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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1912-02-22

Plenty oi Rsom ID the Csuntiy.
Edna v. Funderburk, in Carolina
Democrat.
Perhaps my heart isn't in the
right place o nv reasoning isn't
very clear. There must, be some.
thing wrong with me becanse
when / read the accounts in the
papers oi the terrible suffering
OF the poor people who have no
employment in the cities during
the reent cold wea ther, l haven't
the proper amount OF sympathy
tor them that. the circumstances
seem tn demand. Now, III give
my. reasonsfor the lack Of gym.
pathy ON my part.
This is a great big good old
world we've got here. True it
gives us some chilling weather at
times, weather. cold enough to al.
most freeze the marrow in our
bones, but there is q long, glori'
ous l,eautifnl season in the three
hundred and sixty.fve days oil
the twelve months that she just
opens her store house to US and
bids us yet. whatever we want.
Attthe dawn Of creation, when
man with his strong muscle, his
princely strength and his active
BRAIN, stepped out upon its wide
expanse, the Creator said to him,
in the sweat of thy face shalt
thou eat bread" And with the
great and wonderful power that
the earth has OF produclpg anv.
thing and everything thatis nee
essary for making the human b.
ing comfortable both in cold and
hot weather there is oeood rea.
son why everybody in it should
not be we'll fed and comfortably,
housed. IT'S true the Master
said "The poor ye have always
with you," but He didn'trsay it
couldn't be otherwise. L do not
mean to sav that everybody. ca u
be rich; no indeed, aud it's good
thing they can't; but l do say
there is work enough in this busy;
hustling world for everybody to
gvt Job and havernough to eat
and wear if they will manage
right. II there is pot work en-
ough in the towns, thpMlet them
come to the broad, open, coun-
try where the job hunts the man
and the man doesn't hunt tn e
job.
In our beautiful South. t h e
most favored land ON the globe
today there are thou; ;an ls Of a.
cres lying INTENDED every year,
acres that would hiring forth a.
bundantly a plenty of all kinds
Of things to eat; and 80 whose
fault is it if any man goes hun
cry?
Why, even here in my own ma.
tive State, in Chesterfield county
there are acres and acres OF cot
ton firlds that haye meyer i,een
picked over even once, for the
lack Of hands to pick it. i saw
this cotton very recently and re-
marked to q farmer in that SEC
tion that they must have q plen.
ty OF money or they wouldn't be-
letting their cOtton rot that way.
He told me that they couldn't
get It picked. Said he he had Of
fered to get bis cotton picked on
halves and stiil he had failed to
get it gathered. He said he had
fifteen bales Of cotton in the field
now. You zee labor is very scarce
on the farms.
Yes, there is plenty Of work all
over the country to do and good
pay, and wood lying in the woods
that can be had for the asking
for making fires. and yet there
are men who will stay in the cit
les and half starve and almost
freeze to death before they will 60
out to the. country and work. 1
oupnoao thov oro ofro;d thnv uill
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1912-02-22

An awful lot of energy ia vast.
ed hating people who don't care
whether you do or not.
The evening world., 1912-08-01
Mayor Snortles at Toxic
Investigator and He
Loses Trail in Hospital
When Large Blue Of
fcer Shows Hin, Some
Real Protection.
hRSee 700 SHovro
60 FIRST AND 0Uz1

BIZ Tame Matsuyan,a
Oriental Investigator
(who htres himself to Evening
World for purposes OF discovery "
pickedness Of Police Department
and general 0amblerS Department.
The evening world., 1912-08-01

that his entire stan IL at our disposal
and the aid to be derived from that
source will be effective. In the matter
of expenses for the proper conduct of
the investigation. the Board will make
an appropriation. Money Is necessary,
for we propose having Investigators In
dependent OF the police. subpoena serv-
ers. clerks and stenographers. In fact.
q perfect working investigating body.
TALK OF MR.. M'iNTYRE OR
GOV. BLACK.
NO decision has a. yet been reached
as 10 counsel for the committee"
Corporation Counsel Archibald n.
Watson was ind gnant to-day whom he
head q statement attributed to Alder
ma Curran that none Of Mr.. watson's
assistants in the Law Department
would be asked to aid the Alderman IN
the coming investigation
The Corporation Counsel proposes to
take the lead in the Investigation. and
intends. he says. to strike hard at every
target no matter who 10 hurt. Lot ~
say once for ALL" said tho Corporation
Counsel. that In this grave public crisis
I shall not abdicAts my onicial func-
lions. and more especially shall l not
do 80 In the face OF . dastari insinua-
ton that an investigation OF the Police
Department under my legal direction
Will not be thorough and scar ching. and
conducted without fear or favor.
In the existing situation II Is not
only my duty TO act but the oppor-
tunity presented for an unprecedented
The evening world., 1912-08-01
ole sa,o3o, 200
FORCED TO GIVE UP MORE THAN
EVER BEFORE.

Accurate fluctuations. they say. are
impossible This Is truer now than at
any time In ten years. 1t Ia also true,
they frankly assert, that the houses
shares have been less. although they
have been forced to give up more than
ever before. An approximation OF the
gamblers tolls is doubly difficult. they
say. because OF the variance IN the play
and the variety OF the collectors. Then
there was the constant CLOSING down"
aHd Opening up" which meant a cut In
tie monthly ante.
Where this enormous protection fund
has gone has puzzled the gamblers as
much as 1t does now the District-Attor-
ney. Even the "wisest" among them
professed their perplexity. The death OF
Rosenthal and the revelations since
have not cleared their minds.
All we know is that the cops got It,"
said The Evening Worlds Informant to-
day
In twenty years never saw so many
wardmen. The gambling game was
never harder. You were squeezed and
bled until nothing was left Every po-
lice head was said to have his men, One
fellow would take your stun ore day.
next day ono Of the raiding heads would
break your place up and the next day a
"flxer' was on the job. Why. bank roll
after bank roll went as fast as the
money guys could be found. Whoever
tho genius 10 back OF the spells he
ought to be decorated.
Mind you. I don't begin to say that
the police heads whose names were used
got the sugar. The signs all pointed 10
every one right being in.
"ThsTs was an ante to the ward
msn OF the inspector and captains
Of $500 monthly, another wad Of
$500 WAS one raiders bit, another
raider sent his collectors out for
S25o rsks-oR and the nxer for
Third raider was in for $3.50
month more. They would tell you
this ante was q commissioners bit.
why, even the head OF civic vice
society declared himself in for
$50 monthly shake down. He got
II, too. These amounts make up
the customary 1880 Q month
for Q swell place. The smaller fry
were graded down accordingly"
The veteran gambler told an amusing
incident of how an east side gun man
made the rounds of the smaller houses
Of the Tendcrioin shortly after the
mysterious" death OF Spanish Louis.
THIS gangster was known to the dozens
OF east side stuss men who had "gradu-
etsd" 20 the Tenderloln from the Ghetto.
They feared him and his mob.
Hnaa,' who found employment ~ out.
The evening world., 1912-08-01

He ASSERTS that he nss reduced IN
spectors and promoted captains when
ever he deemed II best without consult
Ing the Mayor. and that the Mayor has
known nothing of his appointments unui
they we're made, whether for gambling
raids or anything else. He continues'
IT there Il q system that 10 more
corrupt than in previous years-indeed'
II there Ia nearly so much colius'on ne
tween members Of tho force and the
criminal elements az In any previous
police administration OF which there IL
record-I am here to accept the whole
responsibility.
since I assumed the Police Commits
s!onershlp ON May %, 1911. my task has
been TO rcorganize the department. Its
business primarily Ii that OF detecting
crime and In deterring and bringing
criminals to Justice. The record OF COM
plants Of criminal misdoings made by
citizens has during the last six months
notably decrease the record or con-
yictions obtained has correspondingiy In
creased.
The depa rtment has been placed. for
tho first time, In q position to welcome
the 1ullest ana fretV uiNes'e"b'" ~ ''
organization and activities"
FIGURES SHOW 1912 BETTER
THAN 1911.
lie cites ngures to show that there has
been an Improvement for the first hal
OF 1872 a. compared with the correspond
ing period of 1911. Total complains hav'
decreased from 1850 to 1855. There
a big decrease IN complaints OF assaui
and robbery. burglary and pocket pick
ing, but complaints Of homicide. inciud
ing accidental deaths. have increases
from 81 to 10. Convictions for homicid
have increased from . to II. and Their
are 50 awaiting trial Six have bee
sentenced to death against none for tn
corresponding period last year. Tots
convictions have increased from t.67b
7,6ss. He continues:
II have repeatedly told how ! place
in tho hands Of less than $50 men II
enforcement of the law against gan
biers. There are more than 10000 me
on the police force who. u they wei
The evening world., 1912-08-01

minded to Be corrupt. have no influence
to sell In the way of keeping gambling
houses open or OF protecting gamblers
from arrests or convictions
II have told. also. how I have not de-
pended upon one raiding party alone.
nor upon the Inspector In any district.
have used freely my power OF reduc..
ine inspectors who failed TO get evidenc Q
against gamblers within their jurisdv,.
tion. whom such evidence existed SUN
Client to convict. Not content with that.
since the courts are reluctant to admit
tho testimony OF tho police and hrve
restored the gambling Instruments to tho
places raided. I have proceeded to close
up these houses and keep them closed.
II have heard plenty Of accusa tons.
plenty OF statements that gambling In
more prevalent In this city than ever
before. ali sorts OF vague charges and
innuendos. What I have not seen, and
should like very much to see. IL q list
OF notorious establishments that have
not been visited by my men. closed and
kept closed.
BEckER's DEPARTMENT WORK
CHECKED At EVERY sTEP.
Lieut.. Becker may himself. for all I
know. have murdered RosenthaL Tn.
District-Attorney's once may have svi-
denos that he was grating But II ts
an indisputabio fact. . fact that can be
verified. that his activities for this de-.
partment were checked at every turn.
that he could not have sold OUT for he
had nothing TO sell.
| Il had other mon 1T work around and
over him. mon whose assignmentu n,
could not have known. who could no,
have known each others assignment
These assignments for gambling raid,
have been shifted on many occasions
ana could be shifted at Q momsnt's no.
tice among such a number Of men, tina,
It would Be necessary to accuse then
all Of being partners In the 'aystem' n
order to establish the possibility Of thai
wsgkinS IN concert.
Tnsrs has been . ssnsationsi murder
feuowsd BY storm Of popular indisna,
tion. II 10 the time Of year WIEN erin.
waves starr In he hasy distance spt
,overwhalm the city. Il does not ned ,
Rossnthai murder to fan into fame tn,
public belief that tho Police Dspartmsu
: In demorslissd: that NE town = at tn
{ mercy of criminals.
, The public u taught TO believe thu
regularly every summer. and the nnur
= der OF Rosenthai. which was . despsrat
deed. and may impiicate one policNman
VIII confirm that belief until the tn,
state OF facts 10 disclosed BY q thorour
, Investigation. Let II come I weloon
It,"
The evening world., 1912-08-01
CAN CALL MAYOR
IF PR0BERS THINK
PROPER TO Do 50
Full Power in Aldermanic In
vestigating Committee to
Compel Attendance.


VIZ" ~''o'".o p'"'' '" euopoe""'
ample LATITUDE IN competing witnesses
to attend and TESTIFY. and authority
to adjudge In contempt the special
committee of the Board OF Aldermen
TO be appointed next Tuesday to in
v.,,ir.te po,ic. graft and gambling
.,u, ~ .no.,.a 10 hr,r~ IN IN.
-. 80 -. .,.o. -, ..oru 80
,,
orc. "o. o"'y '"' N'".'''es'o"e' u
ro''ce. ou' every '"A" :" '"e o"o.
department. ~ wen 40 any lne"'e' Vi
the gam Dung fra'ern't'' Ihey can
command the Attendance OF the mayor
OF the city and any member or MIS-
office stan.
The Aldermanio Committee on Rules
will select the five or seven members
who are to comprise the special investI-
eating committee from the full member
ship of the board. Alderman IL. H.
Curran. who II likely to he chairman OF
the investigating committee. said to-day
that the personnel OF the committee will
be- non-partisan and that every effort
wfli be made to prevent criticism on the
score OF politics. Alderman Curran IL
Republican. He added: III any He
publican, no matter who. he may be
or whatsvsr influence he may WELD,
10 hit By the Investigation, he win be
hit Just - hard - . man Of any
othsr political stripe. We may find
Republicans and We may find Demo-
The evening world., 1912-08-01

table. Maybe so that one man betrays
Mr.. Waldo, but dam-dam-dam."
Am tackpots and rouletters and
stusses sacred institutions for protection
from all harm by slipping IT, to rev.
erend cops?" make polite interrogs-
tion. using tho term 'slipping H. which
Hashigouch1 u wise about.
"Who-let-you-in?" wraggles Hon.
Mayor SO fast I am unable quite to take
down In japanese shorthand. "Impossi-
BILE for slipping It unless each and all
inspectors and 100 cops knows which is
dofngv. Rotting newspapers-paid press
agents-mud -siingers-dam-dam-
Excuse" your correspondent surgles
with thuggy accent. But whore will
find Hon. police grafters and systematic
cops?'
Get out" New York's Mayor say to
me, his hand approx ching a paper weight
with impulsivcness.
Consequently l went away from Hon.
Mayor with accsleration. Most darkly
are my thoughts for Misunderstanding
Hon. Gaynor's kind words. Perhaps he
explained to me-perhaps not. l mis-
give myself to know.
80 I make all speed in my patented
feathers for here gold dome lifts IT.
self to sunlight to be warnings TO
criminals. This am Police Headquar-
tiers. to which gamblers ride in 4as-
wagons on Tuesday and Friday after
moons foy police "at home" reception.
80 this am Police Headquarters"
snorkle. for myself like Hon. Poet Epic
titishoshi were saying In his odes.
A large cop with beautiful uniform
am making stsnd-up by the gates. lie
looks noble. so him make addresses TO.
II am Oriental Investigator of all
varieties Of wicked thoughts and do
ings." l murmur. Maybe you know
and perhaps you don't know. IL you
please. Good morning"
The evening world., 1912-08-01
A PhotoQraYure Portrait Free,

The Sunday World VIII give . large
phetegrsvure psrtrait Of Woodrow WiIsoa
free lfor tho coupe.) II neat sundny's
World. This picture u In same style -
grsvurss, bst nero than twice % lorg~
II u . great pirture Of the Dymo-
cratic candidate for President. 0snV Snass
The evening world., 1912-08-01

Its a lie." he snortles politely. max
~ slAp-slA1 @9vsmspt n AAad 81
The evening world., 1912-08-01

FAT \ dsnyruu. d, not stay fat Nine yssD
. aso ! reduced ny weight eizhty-fivs pouads.
Mo- =. .s .sn' :,; ~ s::sr1 .,ns. %:.'
HIS 20 With my method fat Simply disappssss.
No starving. drugs or violent eraeiss. Rhsu.
Wnts today. Tomorrow may be TOO late
viah you could hnow tbs Joy that know IN
having the burden OF ponderorp weight removed,
cENn PicKELL. 10 y. +ad St. Ns~ Yct
CITY
The evening world., 1912-08-01
MYeTiFiED BY THE WORDS OF
THE POLICEMAN.

MISUNDERSTANDING" say Hon. Cop
so fast have difficulty translating my
japanese shorthand notes from what
they aren't to what they might be.
Perhaps this II home OF the graft
and land Of the free. am It not?' say
with suck-in breath. very polite.
what yon giving u.s." the large blue
cop snugger at me, quite unpleasantly.
II am prepared to give you what Is
the honorable custom when open jack
pot game and rouletty wheel" whisper,
which I haven't open yet. But am
Just asking for information"
"Boutwbat7" which s q word 80
strange ! do not find It In dictionary,
but maybe kind readers know Il for
what 1t must be.
For chest protectors and gambling
protectors. what tho market price for
July?" says your correspondent.
Come with me. little guy" says tina,
purplish cop, and he takes me by the
hand and leads me around many cor
ners 10 very lowbrOw palace Of drink.
ing where am very many gentlemen
with unfortunately ugly faces and de-
portments am wondering what Is
coming next ] soon make that disoov.
cry.
Hey" SAYS this Hon. Polioeman.Cap.
tain to those gentlemen with unkind
faces. This guy wants to know II he
cain get police protection, Show him"
Which exclamation am tho last I was
hearing for six hours.
And which IL an explanation OF why
] am writing this report from Ward Y
In Bellevue Hospital for the s,ok and
busted-up. Kindly excuse me from com,
p,ete investigation of graft and protsc
The evening world., 1912-08-01

They calculated Roses figures TO cover
one agency in the gambling graft alone.
the biggest item of which Ia the open
ing ante They have reasons for think
ing that the wheel within which Rose
was a spoke had nothing TO do with tne
enormous rake-off from disorderly
houses and the wire game" These
two sources OF graft are under the spe-
cial care OF two other rings. the ''privi-
lsgss In the wire game being sold out
tor the summer" as one OF the wise
2sllows expressed t.
The total graft levied from these three
elements Is much nearer 100000 than
0,tooooo. they say.
FIGURES FURNISHED By MEN
ON THE INSIDE.
In round figures. however. excluding
''slices" because OF real and "phony"
raids or word to close" three men in
t1mately identified with gambling gave
The Evening World to-day q set Of
figures which they asserted are a. near
IT, yearly graft levy in Greater New
York A. Is possible to reach. One Of
these men. who inaisted that their
names be withheld. was at one time
closely associated with Matty Corbett
and John Freeman. whose palatial par.
Aor Of chance At No. 1Os West Thirty
eighth street was recently closed for the
asst time in eighteen years.
IN al, he said, there are sbout
as gambling ~plaoss In Greater
Few York, divided - foliovs,
Manhattan, 17e; Kings County, IS;
Queens County, 90; the Droax, -,
asd 1iohmoad, d
OF this number. ssventy-fout were
designated ~ high class" places where
there are roulette wheels. q faro bank.
poker rooms and In many cases pool
rooms. Places for stud poker. crap
games. Klondike and the like were called
smaller games" and their number
nxed at ~.
He divided the numerous poker rooms
INTO two classes and estimated about
100 Of them operating. One hundred, he
said. got the swell play from the
hotels and Tenderloin resorts. and the
other hundred were the bigger kind in
the east side and Bronx. which lately
40 af.ve with protected poker joints
The graft he fixed "a follows:
Resorts. Fer Month. Fer Year
~ nigh class
houses ,.......sl,3 $50 Sl,lse, 800
- "smalisr gemss"., 800 423,4oo
100 "swsii" poksr
rooms ....,... 400 100000
100 "smau games, $50 10000
The evening world., 1912-08-01
GAMBLERS ARE HELD Up"
FOR MILLIONS IN GRAFT,
SAY THREE ON THE INSIDE"
Veteran Says Yearly Total Is Nearly
$5,OOO,O0O, and Lawbreakers Are
Made Dizzy by Demands for
Protection Money.

Veteran gamblers who watched
coming
Devery their pencils
Jack Roses estimate $2ooo yearly graft
lection police Generally
they he was only
ne line of the "supar"
The evening world., 1912-08-01

THE sales tell - more
l. money is spent for
Fatima than for any other
cigarette. The Turkish
blend that has character
"distinctively individual"
No extravaganza in pack
ing-th erefore m ore
smokes 20 TOR Is cents.
The evening world., 1912-08-01
I'm RESPONSIBLE, WELCOME
INQUIRY" WALDO DECLARES
Police Commissioner Says He Has Been Abso-
lutely Free of Mayor-Becker Couldn't Have
Sold What He Didn't Have to Sell

thus quoted In interview to-day
the omce of Police Commissioner" he
absolutely FREQ rein In the conduct Of this
,6cA"
The evening world., 1912-08-01

tpickedness OF Pohcc Depa''"o"'
and general gamblers oePoT'"'
Because am ior """y
crime investigator FOR TOXIC io''''"f'
shimbun and am sleuthing In times past
u,ckedness OF Koreans and Toxic cleo
,-,c railway grating gentlemen and all
Wind. a, UNPLEASANT bodies which enjoy
Measurable breaking OF laws. ! am, OF
course, best person In New 10TH LOT
nnding out pleasing revelation of police
grafters. gambler extinsuishers ana
money payers to protec'ors '"".
II Is glad congratuiatoh 10 enl'or VI
Evening World the hohorao'o "yo''
Mr.. Rhine Land waldo ana al o'"e,N
that I am here inste"d oi "a''' !"
Toxic.
To do which must no. "'e"
make honest report 10 FVeh'"s "or.u
of Oriental investigation INTO co"ior'-
able summer sports OF Now 'orn-p'o-
tectioning of gamblers ana snoot'hss
OF them who go out AZ h'sh's "''"ou'
protectors-I nrst uhoertooN inc au'
ings OF my good irieha' Esa' ''"e'
Hashigouchi, who knows al ABOUT
dra W -one-card-to-flush ana AL other
1oyable American national sports,
which Is unknown to average oriehta'
Investigator. He says TO me Win one
eyelid half pulled down In most serious
attitude. Maybe you should 20 hrst
and buzz HONORABLE Mayo'' D'"n'
look up in dictionary and II says ioud
notse. developed by snai' Dug Do
Honorable Mayor ouzz OF ooh
| knowD
HE CALLS ON THE MAYOR At
CITY HALL.
c, today propel myself on my
Fat which ia clothed with newest pat
.r,ed leather shoes. and a frock coat
and nv Toxic silk plug hat on top OF
all 70 city Hall. Holding In my hand
letters of introducing from Jihei Hash.
,vouchi and Sunrise Employment Agency
for window Washers, because Honora BID
Gaynor says on his front porch thuggl
reporters which no knows not mus
have introducing manuscripts concealed
about thesir persons INTO honorab''
once so anu . .,ere ga n,oa nan h.,u,a W.,
New York and Baltimore as he Is 20
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-03-30
StariIna Goina South.

Reports received at the department
of agriculture state that the English
starting, whose progress In this coun-
try has been watched with some un'
easiness, has got as far south as New.
port News.
This is one of the imported birds
that 1t is feared will rank with the
English sparrow as a pest. 1t does
no particular harm in England, but it
was introduced into Australia a num-
ber of years ago and there it has been
a serious menace to the wheat crop.
It's only redeeming feature is that II
is much larger bird than the English
sparrow, and therefore likely to be
easier TO handle. The birds were
started in this country in New Eng
land and worked south slowly. For
several seasons they seemingly were
stationary in the latitude of Philadel
| phia.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-03-30
puzzIe of Livinq.

Religionists chided about their ina
bility to agree on points of faith might
point out that they differ only In Incl
dentals, and not essentials, whereas
the scientists differ on everything.
Take the science OF living. A week
ago you would have died If you drann.k
water with your meals" Now they
say 1t doesn't do any harm at all. one
variety says: Eat meat, lots of 1t, to
build good, rich blood" Another says
meat is poison; that vegetables are
the only food. A third declares meat
and vegetables both increase debility
and that you will live twice as long
on raw fruits and nuts. Some say
"Talk with your meals, laugh; II
makes the food digest" Others insist
silence Is never so golden as at tie
table.
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-03-30
Fortissimo.

When a certain Baltimore matron
returned home one afternoon not so
long ago the first sign her eyes be-
held was badly damaged youngster
of hers. Little Bobby's forehead bore
a bump almost the size of a doorknob.
Heavens" exclaimed the mother.
what has happened to Bobby?"
"Nuthin' much, num-" explained the
new nurse. You told me, mum, he
might play on the pianner II he wanted
to. Well, mum, wanst while he was
sliding on the top, he slid a bit toe
far, mum; an that accounts for the
bump ye see, num-"
Charlevoix county herald., 1912-03-30
Conclusive Proof.

THAT expression. human dynamo
fascinates me-"
1T is very apt and vivid when ap-
piled to a man of boundless energy"
"Tackbttors must be human dyna-
mo-"
why do you think SOP"
"No matter how cold the morning
g, he leaps out OF bed without ever
stopping to think the matter over"