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both to hell, where they be-
longed.
1T may surprise you to
learn that I could have made
at least $4,000 if I had kept
my mouth shut instead of going
to Seabury voluntarily. But 1
am not sorry, in spite of the
suffering and misery that l
have heaped upon the heads of
my wife, my son, and myself.
1T is no bed of roses for me
now. But if it we're only myself,
I wouldn't care. How about my
wife and son? Why should they
be made to suffer? My little
boy, of course, is too young to
understand things now. But
should he grow to be a man
branded because 1 was once a
stool pigeon. The thought
hurts, Mr.. Hellinger.
II have very few friends now,
and they are all new friends.
My old friends have all deserted
me. The new ones include sew
eral newspaper men whom you
know very we'll. They are not
after a sensational story. They
simply know the truth about me,
and they are not ashamed to say
that they are my friends.
"Of course, as I told you be-
fore, not everybody knows all
the facts. Such being the case,
1 cannot blame people for their
wrong opinions. But when you
said that Chile Acuna made his
living by framing any number of
women'-that hurt pretty deeply
From anybody but you, l would
have taken the rap and said
nothing. But, after reading you
for so long, I can't conceive of
you being unfair and unjust
even to a man who WAS a stool
nippOn
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Figure of Contempt

1t is a most dreadful thing"
he writes, for q soul to realize
that one is not wanted, and to
know that the best he can ex-
pect from the world is contempt
or little pity. Such rea1iZa-
ton will drive a man to hell or
to madness more quickly than
anything else. 1t is such a bitter
despairing feeling that I can't
describe it. even though have
been experiencing it for a long,
long while.
Il know I am not needed. 1
know I am hated. And know
that I am pitied. The most re-
demptive poW.r in ones life is
to feel that one is needed. This
can't expect. No matter what
I do or say, 1 will be considered
low and contemplate.
But I can't do anything
about it. I ant complain, and
deceive myself with the thought
that those who hate me are mar
row-minded. intolerant or prig-
giSh. No, l can't deceive myself.
I am fully aware of the fact
that it is all my own fault,
whether the result of my own
mistakes, my vices, my weak
less, or-as I believe the re-
suit of unfortunate circum-
stances into which l was tossed
BY fate.
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All Ina Day
By
MARK HELLlNCER

Il NEW YORK, Dec. Is.
few days ago. wrote short piece about Chile Acuna
and tossed harsh words in his direction. called him
"framer of women" and said that he was the most
notorious stool pigeon in all history For period Of several
months, this the front pages of the nation in
connection with his activities with the New York vice squad
And imagine my reactions to him were pretty much the
the entire American public
In my mail today is letter from him. present it to
you in part for several First because it is
human document And secondly, because this column is
always to anyone who wants hearing. Here IS his
letter Consider If
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Is a Marked Man

Il have really been
through hell for the past few
months. I was quite happy be-
fore. even though was nobody
and worked like a horse. But
since became Chile Acuna,
the stool pigeon I have been
miserable.
II have been accused of
things I never dreamed of do
ing. I have been called this
and that. I have been insulted
and forsaken by my friends.
And simply because 1 did what
I thought was the right thing.
IF I had wanted to cash in
on the notoriety that was given
me, I could have made thou
sands of dollars. I turned down
many offers because making
money was not the purpose for
which I took the witness stand.
I even refused 81 a day, for
two months. from the police de-
partment. For the stories I did
do I have been paid almost
$4,000. Nearly one-third of this
sum was given to charity, and
the rest went to my wife and
kid.
1T hurts me terribly when I
am referred to as a stool pigeon.
Those two words burn my very
soul But it hurts me much
more when I am accused of
things I have never done.
The Washington times., 1931-12-18

crackers or merely entertaining
writer's arouse resentment. The
integrity of the writing craft is
apparently conceded.
This is just as well, for it's easy
to point to the plays of Alexander
Woollcott, Bide Dudley, Laurence
StallingS, Ward MorehouSe, Will
lard Keefe, John Anderson. Lewis
Weitzenkorn. Gilbert Seldes, Hey,
wood Broun, Charming. Pollock
and George Kaufman-all mem
bers Of or closely allied to the
Broadway critical family - and
find that at times they have been
most severely belabored in print
by their writing colleagues on the
morning after a first night.
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positions as a
m e d ium for
their personal
a d v a ncement
or the estab-
lishment of a
piquant and ar
resting person
ality at the eX-
penSe of any
person or thing
on which they
may lay hold"
What Equity
objects to most
S t r o ngly are
the wisecrack-
ing first night
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y o . III q II D !,
"who use our productions, aur
playrights and our actors as fly.
ing trapezes from which to per.
form for the public -
It suggests the remedy is for
some courageous producer to is
sue warning and then bar from
the theater those commentators
who are regular offenders.
The Washington times., 1931-12-18

speech, for which she is noted
on the stage. ,.
One of the few stars she's
met is Jackie Cooper. This came
about when Joan Crawford and
Douglas Fairbanks, jr., invited
her over to meet "a very clever
young man." g.
You've heard. of course, that
Tallulah has taken Billie Haines'
house for her stay in Hollywood.
Let me assure you, her coming
has brought a glamorous person.
ality to the film capital.
And Plenty of Them
He don't know where he heard
it, but Bernie Weinberg insists
what tn. country needs is a
good five-cent nickel.
Cause for Complaint
Wilson Miner insists people
The Washington times., 1931-12-18
TaIIuIah Bankhead Hopes For Better Movie Stories

complain too much about bad
breaks. Why 1 knew a fellow"
he says, who spent a whole win
ter in a bowling alley, and never
knocked down a pin"
The Washington times., 1931-12-18

Queen Kelly" RumOr
If you can believe the report,
and it seems authentic this time,
Gloria Swanson's ill-fated pro-
The Washington times., 1931-12-18

duction, Queen Kelly" is at last
cut down to $500 feet, and will
be released in the near future.
The Washington times., 1931-12-18
They Thrive
at Expense
Of Actors
BY ANDREW r. KELLEY

The Actors Equity Association
officially for the actor
right and left at dra.
matte critics twho regard their
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VF3TIUNEIa , NVNWEN
By the
NATIONAL
SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA
On INACuINCTON m m

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Saturday Morning, Dec. 10, II O'clock.
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Now on sale, Mrs. WILSON, Greene's Bureau.
DrOop's, 1900 G St.; Dist. 6493.
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Wants Friendship

IT do not ask for a break in
your column. I will be more
than satisfied if you will change
your opinion of me. And 1
know that you will believe that
what 1 have said is true-and
it is true!
The cops who framed me
were tried and found guilty.
They were dismissed from the
department.. Other cops have
gone to prison. Some girls
were pardoned by the governor.
My conscience does not bother
me, but am terribly miser-
able and alone. And all this
in spite of the new friends l
have made and in spite of the
fact that so many people have
been kind to me. After all,
there are far more who think
of me only as a stool pigeon; a
low and contemplate human.
How I have stood it ali for
over a year without going in
sane is a mystery to me. I
believe that my wife, my little
boy. and my new friends have
helped me to Withstand all this
misery. But. twist as I might,
I can't get away from the
shadow. Wherever I go, where.
ever I am. there is that voice
that tells me what 1 was.
The Washington times., 1931-12-18
Sometimes Forgets

"At times, I feel better and
I almost forget this entire
nightmare. But, somehow or
other, the peace doesn't last
very long. Something happens
to remind me of reality-some
sthing like your line that said I
had framed so many women.
Please, believe me, Mr.. Hell
linger, when I say that I never
did such thing. More than
that. I cannot say. More than
that, no man can say"
The Washington times., 1931-12-18
Starts as Inforner

"As I have told hundreds of
times the witness stand
and in my stories-I began
working for the vice squad to-
ward the end of January. 1929.
On the 10th of April. in the
same year. or less than three
months after I was initiated as
an informer, I rebelled against
the cops, because they had
framed an innocent woman. I
was bold enough to defy them,
and I went to court to testify
in behalf of the woman. AS a
result she was freed.
Three months later my
self was framed by these cops.
They sent me to Jail on framed
evidence. spent IL months in
the penitentiary because I had
aided an innocent woman. Does
this make me look like a
framer of women?
1T is true that I was an in
former. Or call me a stool
pigeon. If you will. But I was
never thief. / never black
mailed. And I never framed
any women! .
Sacrificed Wealth
IF I was as low as some
people believe me to be, don't
you think I could have remained
q stool pigeon and made plenty
Of money? I accepted the dirty
job because was a damned
fool and because never realized
how contemplate it was. But
you must grant me one thing.
When I saw the framing and
the grating, was man enough
to send the cops and the job
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cHlLDREM's CONCERT
The Washington times., 1931-12-18

Cause for Complaint
Wilson Miner insists people
Evening star., 1931-12-06

gifts perfumes the most hatterng expression OF regard
fragrance xquise bottled is sure TO please any feminine
Evening star., 1931-12-06

wisely and welrom Palai Royals
The parfums herea
choose
The Washington times., 1931-12-02
MOVE To DELAY
LEAGUE COURT
QUESTION

Because of the business de.
preston, some of the leading
proponents of the League Court
yesterday expressed the belief
that Senate action on proposed
American adherence should be
deferred until all economic legis,
lation has been enacted by Con
gress.
Among those sharing this view
Is Senator Thomas J. Walsh of
Montana, one of the foremost
advocates of American entry into
the League of Nations legal de
partment, which recently rendered
a political decision in the Austro
German customs union case.
Recent international events,
q. notably the failure of the League
of Nations In the Manchurian
affair and the political decision
in the GermanAustrian tariff
treaty, combined with the neceS
sity of Congress devoting first
attention to domestic affairs, have
made some of the Democratic
leaders scary of dabbling in Euro
pean politics.
In commenting on the situa
ton, Senator Walsh said:
1--WE have waited for the
World Court for 10 years and
/ think it would be ungenerOuS
If we sought to consider 1t
ahead of vital economic legiS-
latiOn crying urgently for &C
ton"
The Washington times., 1931-12-02
COLONIAL SOCIETY FEASTS

John Edward Shoemaker and
William Jeffries Chewing. jr.,
we're admitted to membership in
the Society of Colonial Wars at
its thirty-fouTth annual banquet
and meeting last night at the
Willard Hoel.
Representatives S. Otis Bland,
of Virginia, and Robert G.
Houston, of Delaware. spoke on
the recent Yorktown bi-centennial
and the early history of Della
ware. Caleb Clarke Magruder
was elected governor of the soci-
ETY., and other officers named
we're: =
Capt. Robert R. Bennett, dep
uty governor; Ralph P. Barnard,
lieutenant governor; Gilbert l..
The Washington times., 1931-12-02
SITE Of SCHOOL
IS OPPOSED

A delegation from the Chillum
Heights Citizens Association
called on the District Commits
sioners yesterday and protested
against a proposal to locate a
colored school on Blair Road at
North Capitol Street, in the
vicinity of Rock Creek Cemetery.
The protest was taken under
ADJ om.ent by the Commissioners.
The Washington times., 1931-12-02
GIN TAKES NIOOD?ILE PAY

Purveyors of "bathtub gin" in
the vicinity of Sixth Street and
Missouri Avenue Northwest, are
reaping a golden harvest from
workers at the Municipal Wood
yard, according to police of the
section.
Woodpile workers. who are paid
25 cents an hour, often spend
their earnings on liquid refresh
ments, it Use said Working two
hours, they earn so cents which,
invested IN the type of beverage
carried in the hip-pockets of some
of the statesmen" in the vicinity,
is good for real, old-fashioned
bender"
Ostensibly the work at the
The Washington times., 1931-12-02

woodward is to enable the iobless
to earn money to pay for food
and lodging-but after they con-
sumo few drinks of post.Volstead
"fire-water" they get the food and
lodging in the nearest police sta
ton cell.block.
Issuance of tickets good for food
and lodging at specified places
instead of cash payment has been
suggested as a remedy.
The Washington times., 1931-12-02
81 YEARS ON JOB
At G.P.O.

James Edward Karnes. SO, Of
1913 Longfellow ST., N. W., has
retired after 81 years service as
pressman in the Government
Printing office during which he
never missed day because Of
illness. He was. presented by
Public Printer George II. Carter
and fellow employees with a radio
set
The Washington times., 1931-12-02

Hall, secretary: William II. Somer.
veil, deputy secretary; Robert c.
Jones, treasurer; DR.. Roscoe J.
c. Dorsey, registrar; Dwight
Clark, deputy registrar; Lawrence
Leonard, historian; DR.. @. g. r.
Bratenahl, chaplain; Fulton Lewis,
chancellor; DR.. Edward E. Morse,
surgeon, and Job Barnard, Gus
todian of the colorS.
The Washington times., 1931-12-02
LEGION DANES TO MEET

A regular meeting of the Dis
trict Society of the Danes of the
Loyal Legion will be held tomor-
row at 2:30 p. m. at the resi-
dence of Mrs. Merrick Williams,
1915 Vermont Ave. N. w.
The Washington times., 1931-12-02
KENTUCKIAN NAMED

President Hoover yesterday ap-
pointed DR.. William j. Moore,
of Richmond, Ky, as q Nom
Der of the Perry's Victory Me
mortal Commission.
The Washington times., 1931-12-02

Transportation worries can be ever
come economically through the pur
chase of a good used car one q
the many GOOD BUYS listed in today!
Classified Section
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-10-08
SAME OLD GAME

It. Is the eternal struggle between
these two principles-right and wrong
Throughout the world. They are
the two principles that have stood
face to face from the beginning of
time and will ever continue to strug-
gle. This one is the common right
Of humanity, the other the divine
right of kings. 1t is the same spirit
in whatever shape it develops itself.
1t is the spirit that says, you toll
and work and earn bread, and I'll eat
it," No matter in what shape it
comes, whether from the mouth Of a
king who seeks to, bestride the people
Of his nation and live by the fruit Of
their labor or from one race of men
as an apology for enslaving another
race, it is the same tyrannical prin-
ciple.-Abraham Lincoln.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-10-08
BILLBOARDS SHOULD GO

Red Wing Republican,: In keeping
with what is becoming a worldwide
protest against offensive signs and
billboards, the authorities of Paris
have decreed that no signs shall be
displayed on its famous thoroughfare,
the Champs Elysees, which advertise
any goods not actually sold on the
premises. Recently protests were
heard in Spain concerning objection
able American billboards which mar
the landscape. In this country the
women's clubs and other organiza-
lions are waging a campaign against
the billboard nuisance. By their erec-
tion of signboards which spoil the
highways, and by their encroachments
in residential sections of our cities.
the billboard people have brought
upon themselves the just resentment
of that section of the public which has
regard for appearance. When we be-
come more civilized the billboards
will go the way of the town crier. AS
an advertising medium it is an ana
chronism already.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-10-08

legislature that voted for the new
law, making it possible to have an
area test in counties where the mat
ter had been turned down by the
commissioners after a majority of the
cattle owners had petitioned for it,
If another petition was presented with
100 or more signers. In voting for
old one, looked at it from this angle
that the citizens must have redress
or some means of securing that which
the majority want even over the
heads of an. obstinate board. r Out of
81 counties there might be a few
boards who would set themselves up
as bitterly and unalterably opposed to
the test and hence l thought like
many other, legislators that the
amendment would only be fair one.
However, as the times now are, it
seems to me it would not be we'll to
carry through an area test in Pine
county at this time. Arguments can
be presented to show that cattle are
low in price now and therefore the
loss through condemned cattle would
be less at this time, but the fact still
remains that the test would incur
considerable expense to the county
If we are to have the area test
hope it can be delayed for time and
l feel that this is also the sentiment
of folks all over the county"
HJALMAR PETERSEN.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-10-08
WORLD. SPORT CIRCLES
SADDENED

The death of Sir Thomas Upton
on Oct. 2 shocked thousands through
out sport circles of the world where
the great commoner was known for
his yacht racing.
Mr.. Upton was born 81 years ago
in Scotland poverty and came to this
country in 1869 when but a young
man. He worked in New Orleans as
grocery clerk and as street car mo-
torman until he had saved $500 when
he returned to Scotland and opened
up a small grocery store, This was
the start of chain of stores there
which meant eventual wealth,
His greatest interest in later life
seemed to be racing and he tried num-
erous times to win the cup awarded
to the winner of Americas and Brit
aims yacht races. His latest futile
attempt occurred in 1880 and it was
at the conclusion of this race that
sportsmen in the Urited States made
up fund to purchase cup for him,
"the worlds best loser"
His death is felt deeply, not only
because he was a lovable old sports
man, but also because of the example
and inspiration his sportsmanship
gave to the world.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-10-08

Mobiles County Times: There is this
to be said for newspaper advertising:
1t doesn't shout at you when you are
trying to concentrate on something
else, it doesn't obscure the view and
mar the landscape, it doesn't interrupt
your enjoyment of good grand opera
program, it doesn't clutter up your
mail and your waste basket, and it
doesn't make you turn to page 81
and then shuttle through eighteen
more pages to finish your story, it
doesn't clutter up your front yard or
obtrude itself onto the seat of your
motor car on Saturday afternoons. 1t
is like a we'll trained servant-never
intruding or making itself obnoxious,
but always quietly at hand ready to
give service when called upon.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-10-08
EQUILIBRIUM MUST BE
RESTORED

Lacking leadership in church, home
and state since the World war, Ger
man youth have turned to radical
clubs and sports to fill their need for
discipline, romance, and ambition,
says Emil Ludwig, eminent German
historian and biOgrapher. In an ar
ticle in this weeks issue of the Lite
rary Digest, entitled "Pitiful Plight
of German Youth" Mr.. Ludwig was
quoted in part as follows:
''Since the children of middle-class
families-whose sons formerly were
permitted to study for years, whose
daughters used to wait at home until
their marriage-now have to support
themselves by the time they are eigh-
teen, they have become as brothers
and sisters to their parents, engage
i'm love affairs on their own response
bility, often marry early, divorce
quickly and remarry, all without any
deep feeling. A remarkable lucidity
and GOODNESS which deprive our mod
ern youth of the most precious costa
sizes have done away with all amaze
ment, and introduced public discus
sion on the most delicate bjects.
Zone is thunderstruck at the OBJ
jectivity with which young girls in
their clubs or journals discuss prob
lens whose charm lies in their cloak
of silence. These girls are proud Of
that obiectivity, ard write actual vol
umes -in-whieh they set forth that
they no longer need books
The perplexed state of mind Of the
German youth is not healthy condi-
ton for the country. They are
divided in groups of extremists, Com
munists and Facists-subjects of pre-
judice, resulting from the economic
and social conditions following the
war. When 1000 boys and girls were
asked recently to write down their
opinion Of God, one boy wrote: 81
have been badly off since childhood;
my father fell in battle, my mother
is dead; how can 1 believe that there
is God?"
Such conditions in other countries
should bring to our mind more strong
ly the need for developing leadership
in America to get our reforms through
the ballot in an orderly manner, and
to labor for more equitable distri-
button of wealth through more scien-
tific taxation such as the income, in
heritance, and gift taxes. We must
also work for a solution of the unem-
ployment problem which is causing
much unrest today, to say nothing of
want. 1t has bad effect on agricul-
ture as well as the general business
conditions of the country. Our eco
nomic house must be put in order for
the public welfare. Economics is not
everything but many good things rest
on it.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-10-08
THE FORT SMELLING TRAGEDY
THE MINNEAPOLIS Tribune)


No pehalty which the law provides
is too harsh to impose on the driver
who rammed his car into a detail of
soldiers at Fort Smelling Saturday
night.
The normal mind must revolt from
the sheer savagery and wantoness
which characterized the wholesale
killing and manning of human beings
along that reservation road.
Three men dead and five injured
what price to pay because a jugger-
naut of death careened through the
night at the bidding of an irrespon-
sible driver! Three men bound on an
errand of mercy crushed lifeless to
the ground because an alcoholic
fuddled mind could not react in an
emergency! An orderly file of SOL
diers one moment, a scattering of
broken, inert forms the next: surely
war could work destruction no more
cruel and ruthless.
Say what one will about prohibition
the force of sentiment which brought
it into! being was deeply rooted in
just such dark and drink-soaked trag-
edies as this. One need have scant
respect for either the eight enth
amendment or the Volstead act to
understand that the drunken driver is
a definitely anti-social person, or to
comprehend. what misery, what suf-
fering, what stark cruelty and brutal
ity can be born of few drinks, taken
furtively in garage, which numb
drivers sense of caution, right and
ordinary highway decency.
Prohibition or no prohibition the
drunken driver, apparently, we shall
have always with us. But under any
circumstances, and regardless of the
legality or the illegally of the liquor
which sets the stage for his rash and
maniacal acts, he is scourge which
civilized society cannot afford to toll
crate. Justice does well when it
moves swiftly and surely and with
the strongest weapon that the law
provides against him. For it is only
when justice so proceeds that society
can be insured to any reasonable ex-
tent. against the drunken, manning,
killing fury of his kind. -