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Show WILL ADOPT New York Banks Protect Depositors by Finger- Print Method New York, May 9. The finger-print system, for the identification ami the protection of depositors Is rapidly-being adopted by New York bankB. The North Side bank is the latest institution institu-tion to adopt the finger print system, regarding which Secretary Arthur Eklrsch said today "It Is not the Bertlllon system used by tho police, but was devised by an Englishman named P. A. Flack, "who for 15 years was employed by the British government at Singapore, India. In-dia. Instead of the thumb, we take the Imprint of threo fingers of tho right hand the tips of tho index, middle and .third fingers. "We provide blanks for our depositors depos-itors upon which they write their sig natures anu icave meir linger prints. These we keep on file to have in case of emergency, as when, for lu stance, the genuineness of a slgnaturp may be questioned. Wo have yet to come across a depositor who objects to this " |