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Evening star., 1934-12-30
STATE INCOME TAX
FACES OBSTACLES
Amendment to Constitution
of Maryland Is Held
Needed for Levy.
BALTIMORE, December 2s.-No in

BALTIMORE, December 29.-No in
come tax legislation for Maryland can
be enacted without a change in the
State constitution. according to DR..
Horace F1ack, head Of the Bureau OF
Legislative Reference.
An income tax as one Of the means
OF raising the Sl0,000,00O estimated
by Gov.-elect Harry w. Nice for un-
employment relief and to take care OF
the State deficit has been advocated.
DR.. Flack said a special tax survey
commission in 1922 gave the opinion
that State income tax would be
unconstitutional.
II 1t should be so declared at this
time, 1t automatically would require
an amendment to the constitution to
impose the tax, and this would so
delay its enactment that it would be
useless for the present emergency.
To amend the constitution, vote
of the people of the entire State Is
necessary.
Dr. Flack said:
This whole matter was threshed
out in 1922. OF course, the opinion
of the tax commission at that time is
not the same thing as judicial ruling
on the measure, but 1t is at least an
opinion, after study, that the tax Is
unconstitutional.
What probably would happen If the
Legislature were to enact State in
come tax Is this: Some citizen would
file a suit in the lower court to restrain
the collection Of the tax, and then 1t
would have to 60 through the courts,
the final opinion resting with the
Court of Appeals.
TT Is certain that there Is no pro-
vision for the tax in the constitution,
and the 1922 commissions interpreta-
ton went further and said the consti-
tuition would prevent the imposition OF
such q tax without amendment"
Opposition to an income tax also
was voiced this week by Senator ].
Allan Coad Of st. Marys County.
Senator Coad said he was giving the
matter Of emergency taxation consid-
cradle study and that he would pre-
pare . statement on the subject.
Evening star., 1934-12-30

Gil. liquor has been legal in Minneapo-
lis only since January 27. but the first
IL months of this year produced
1886 arrests for drunkenness as COM
pared to 7,046 In the same period Of
1888. The same periods show 406
arrests for driving while drunk in
1884, and 258 in 1888.
Arrests for liquor violations jumped
from 1856 the first IL months of 1888
to AL in 1884, but arrests for assault
and battery dropped from 254 to 228.
From financial standpoint, repeal
was big help to the city govern
ment, which sold licenses to 200 on
sale establishments. where drinking
must be done on the premises, at
81, 200 each and 80 'off sale" licenses.
TO establishments retailing packaged
liquor for consumption elsewhere, at
$3.50 each
In addition, the city collected
100000 in back taxes as a result
Of the regulation prohibiting issuance
of liquor licenses for buildings in ar
rearS in taxes.
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practitioners as Dashiell Hammett and
the pseudonymous S. S. Van Dine. In
time its enthusiasts insist, 1t will be
subject of serious study and debate
In the universities Of the world.
Outstanding Tones Sought.
In the meantime, the search con-
tinues among collectors for the out
standing volumes in the field, in first
edition form. Such novels, for ex-
ample, as Collins The Moonstone"
and THE Leavenworth Case" by
Anna Katherine Green, and all the
tales and novels written by Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle about Sherlock Holmes.
Not only the masterpieces are in
demand, for in q representative his
torical collection it is imperative to
show the milestones along the road,
the many curious examples of detec-
tive fiction that marked the tastes of
one age and another.
At the top of the field Is the great
name of Edgar Allan Poe and at the
bottom, perhaps. the latest entrant
into the contest hfor mystery story
honors.
Evening star., 1934-12-30
COURTS FOR POOR
PROVING SUCCESS
Quick, Cheap Justice Dis
pensed People of All Walks
in New, York.
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
ALBANY, N. Y, December 90
Poor mans courts" which were rec
commended year ago by Gov. Herbert
H Lehman, have been set up in New
York City and are dispensing cheap,
quick justice.
Pelham st. George Bissell, presid-
ing justice of the Municipal Court,
describes the Small Claims Court in
the bulletin of the New York State
Bar Association.
ITO seek its assistance come ladies
seeking return of deposits wrongfully
detained" Justice Bissell writes.
Broadway press agents wanting
money for services rendered, SWIM
ming pool proprietors, doctors and
dentists and tradesmen seeking to col
lect small debts"
S1.25 Begins Case.
1t costs only S125 to institute an
action in any of the Small Claims
Courts. Claims are limited to $50.
Attorneys are not barred, but nti-
CANT can state his case before the
court with as great effect as the vet
eran attorney" Justice Bissell writes.
Corporations are barred from court.
"In Boston the telephone COM
pany, gas companies and similar con-
Germs provide the court with the ma
jority of the business which comes
before it," Justice Bissell reports.
"Our New York Small Claims Parts
are not a collection agency for any
corporation or professional assignee" ="
Cases are disposed of within 5 to
II days.
Variety Of Complaints.
Ruined prayer shawls, small prop
erty damage in automobile collisions,
bills for Holsters, medical services or
merchandise make up the daily kalei-
doscope. A man buys a radio receiv-
ing set, returns it as defective, and the
store refuses to return the. purchase
price Of SIS and offers no satisfactory
substitute"
Evening star., 1934-12-30
Kansas City Massacre Trial
To Bring Out Maze of Crime
Eight Defendants Connected BY Tele.
phone Evidence and Other Circunn.
stance With Staying of Fire.

Just outside the huge Union Terminal
here
up. up up with 'en1." was the cry
of the leader as seven officers escorted
Nash to motor car.
None obeyed A moment later ma
chine-gun fire began. Frank Caffrey
Federal agent: Police Chief Otto Reed
of McAlester, Okla, and William
Grooms and Frank Hermanson,
Kansas City detectives. fell. fatally
wounded. Nash apparently was killed
by mistake. The killers escaped.
Richetti, only recently cleared by
another'S confession of the Staying OF
State highway patrol officer, is in
Jail here, accused of murder in con-
nection with the massacre.
The defendants who will be tried
this week:
Richard T. Galatas. Hot Springs
Ark, underworld figure who was re-
turned here after his arrest in New
Orleans.
Mrs. Elizabeth Galatas. his wife.
Herbert A. Farmer. Joplin, Mo.
Mrs Esther Farmer. his wife.
Mrs. Frances Nash, widow Of the
slain convict.
Frank B. CFritz) Mulloy, Kansas
City
Louis Stacci, Melrose Park, Ill,
cafe owner.
Mrs. Vivian Matthias. alias Mrs.
Verne c. Miller, Chicago, widow Of
Verne Miller.
Evening star., 1934-12-30
KANSAS CITY

In Kansas City there are ESQ clubs
selling hard liquor by the drink, 273
places selling hard liquor by the pack
age, rs places selling per cent beer
and more than 1850 places selling 80
beer. Many of the 80 places resemble
the old fy-by-night joints of pro-
hibition. The 80 license is the deco
ration; under the bar rests cheap
bootleg whisky and gin, and pints of
alcohol to add a jolt to the thin sup
ply of alcohol in the 80 beer.
The reason for the enormous num-
ber of 80 places is evident Only a
$40 tax is required to sell the liquid.
Where the State planned to realize
its profits was on the sale-by- drink
and package licenses. E. J. Becker,
State liquor control supervisor, be-
lieved the revenue for the year from
liquor taxation would amount to
s4,000,000. Instead, 1t crossed only
$2,01O,3O8
The Joker" in the State law. speci-
flying that a man may drink only
when he is seated at counter or
table where meals regularly are served,
has been ignored The practice of
giving away sandwiches and pretzelS,
banned by the law, continues
A heavy percentage of the men
operating clubs today were in the
speakeaSy business during prohi-
bition. But the modern gangster has
reached the twilight of his life. There
has been less racketeering, fewer
wholesale murders linked to liquor.
Frank C. Lynch, director of the
Kansas City Safety Council, reports
traffic accidents have not increased
over the last two years of prohibition.
Thomas j. Higgins. chief of Kansas
City detectives. says hold-ups sirAe
Continued on Pare Z Column
Evening star., 1934-12-30
BY GEORGE V. MCINTYRE,
Associated Press STAFF Writer.


- ANSAS CITY, December 90
" Tangled trails of crime which
n met at the crossroads of
L ~ America on the morning of
June IT. 1888. and left five
men dead at their junction lead again
to Kansas City next week.
In the Federal Court Of District
Judge Merrill E. Otis the Government
will trace the wanderings of such men
as Charles Pretty Boy" Floyd. Verne
Miller and Adam Richetti, some long
since dead. in an effort to convict
eight persons of conspiracy which
led to the machine-gun slaughter OF
four officers and convict at the Kan
sas City Union Station.
None of the eight defendants Is
charged with participation in the
shooting. Each, however, Is accused
of taking some part in hastily con-
ceived plot to rescue Frank Nash, no
torious criminal and escaped convict.
from officers who were taking him
back from Hot Springs. Ark, to the
Leavenworth, KanS., Federal Prison.
Gunmen on Scene.
Floyd, killed by officers near Wells
vile, Ohio; Miller, slain by Detroit
gangsters, and Richetti, the Govern
ment asserts, were the gunner who
accosted the party on parking plaza
Evening star., 1934-12-30
KENTUCKY PREPARES
FOR VOTE ON LIQUOR
Vets and Drys Draw Battle Lines
for Referendum Next
November.
BY the Associated Press.


LOUISVILLE, KY, December 90
Kentucky, native State of the militant
prohibitionist, Garry Nation. but prob
ably more famous for its Bourbon
whisky, is preparing for another
voters battle over prohibition next
year.
A referendum, for which both vets
and drys are drawing battle lines now,
will be held next November on repeal
Of the States prohibition amendment
to its constitution.
Although beverage liquor is banned
by State constitution, an act of the
1884 Legislature legalized it on the
theory it is medicine. Should the
drys' contention that the act is un-
constitutional be upheld, many biz
distilleries, booming since national res
peal, would be closed.
Evening star., 1934-12-30
BY VINCENT STARRETT.

NEW YORK, December 29.-There
are still living in the world, at nc
great age. innumerable gentlemen OF
benevolent aSpect-bankerS, diplomats
educators, and whatnot-who once
hid shamefully behind the old barn
to read the detective adventures OF
Nick Carter and old and young King
Brady. ....
It was a pastime frowned upon by
their parents, who frequently regarded
the lurid five and ten-cent weeklies
as vicious to an extreme degree.
These amiable citizens, few of whom
actually turned out very badly, will
be happy to know that at last their
depraved taste has been justified.
Now Highly Desired.
Today those same highly litho-
graphic pamphlets are numbered
among the disiderata of advanced
students in the field of book-collect-
ing; they are sought by discriminating
book -hoarders in every part of the
country. When they come into the
market in decent condition they are
sold at figures far beyond their origi-
nal selling price, as museum pieces
of extraordinary interest.
In short, they are on the way to
take their places beside the old
Currier g. Ives prints and other van
ishing and expensive specimens OF
other times.
The detective story, good, bad and
indifferent. at last has come into its
own. It has emerged from below
stairs" and Is o matter Of interest
not only to the general collector, but
to the specialist and scholar.
In q recent important volume for
advanced collectors it Is given q
chapter Of its own, as almost the latest
trend in bibliophily, and its high
spots" are listed from Poe and
Gaboriau and Wilkie Collins, down
through Anna katherine Green and
Conan Doyle, to- such contemporary
Evening star., 1934-12-30
OLD DIME NOVELS
ARE HIGHLY PRICED
Advanced Book Collectors
Seeking Volumes Once
FroWned Upon.

The boys iDho once read Nick Cdr-
ter and Young King Brady behind the
barn didn't turn out bad at all, says
Vincent Starrett. noueiist and biblio-
phile. In tact, lot OF them became
bankers and diplomats and business
leaders, and they noW are collecting
the once-trowned-on yelloWbdcks for
their libraries. The neD trend in book
collecting interest is told By Mr.. Star
rett in the follotUing article trritten
for the Associated Press.
Evening star., 1934-12-30

These figures were gotten today
from State Controller E. r. Combs,
who said new sources Of revenue are
largely responsible for the substantial
increase in collections. but at the
same time the operation of the largest
single source of new revenue ac-
counted for the largest single item
in the outlay increase. This was the
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
which began functioning last May.
The figures carried the controller S
records through November 80, when
revenue from all sources since July /
Evening star., 1934-12-30
MINNEAPOLIS

The first year of repeal, which meant
. little more than 10 months OF legal
liquor in Minneapolis. brought an in
crease in activity for Minneapolis
Aohcemen.
Because OF delays in the City Coun-
Evening star., 1934-12-30
AMERICAS MAJOR CITIES SURVEY FIRST YEAR OF REPEAL
OLD CONDITIONS BACK
IN MANY LOCALITIES
Boston Notes 80 Per Cent Increase in Drunken
ness and Wide Revocation of Car Licenses.
Corner Saloon Returns to Chicago.

md
criminal life OF Americas cities
series dispatches obtained the request
Ne1pSp
Evening star., 1934-12-30
VIRGINIA INCOME RAISED
BY REVENUE ON LIQUOR
Five Months of Fiscal Year Show Total Gain
of s9,452, ,O98 Over Same Previous
Period, Says Report.
BY HEYWOOD BELL,

~ ICHMOND December 29Virginas State revenue from
all in the first five months of the current hSca
wear amounted 4520 098 than in the period
last year expenditures all in tbs
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MOUNT M0RIAH

MOUNT MORIAH, June Is
The Sunday school here recently
elected new officers The; super
intendent, w. w. Marshall, who
has served so faithfully was re-
Iieved of his responsibility be-
cause of failing health and a
vote of appreciation was extend
ed to him by the Sunday school.
The new officers are as follows:
Superintendent, Mr.. J. 0. Byers.
Assistant. Supt,, Mr.. Weldon
Stepp: Secretaries, Miss Moreno
Hill and Mrs. Jethro Lamb; Music
Director, Mr. ]. P. Kerr; Organ,
lists, Misses Bessie Marshall and
Roscoe Townsend. ga.
The teachers will remain as
they have been so far as pos
sibie.. People here are hoping
for a larger. and better Sunday
school and invite all to. attend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Dal.
| ton and children were guests of
MI, and Mrs. B. F. Gilbert, Sun
Use Several from this community
attended a singing at. the home
of Mrs. Samuel Williamson and
Miss Emma Williamson, Sunday
Mr.. ]: l.. Hill and children
who have been i'll with measles
are able to be out again and
called at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. b. Hill, Sunday. -
B.Y.PU. social was, given
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TN. ReG. U. S. PAT. orr.
By COWan

recently at the home of Mr.. anc
Mrs. A. Allison. A number OF
interesting games were played
and at the close of the evening
lemonade and cake were served
to the following: Rev. and Mrs.
Drye and family, Mr.. j. 0. By,
ers and Jaunita, Marie and
Louise Byers, Mr.. and Mrs. W..
A., Hill, Misses Bertha and Glenn
entine Ledbetter, Ethel Davis,
Gladys, Merrill. Louise Merrill,
Ella Laughter. Nellie and Mar
iorie Nix and the, following
young gentlemen: Weldon, Clar-
ence and Clyde Stepp. OgIa!ln
Lamb, Herbert Jones, Hulan Will
liams, Rroadus and Barney Nc
Grain. and others. g., an4
:. Mr.. and; Mrs: sidney Hill call,
ed at the yfhome of Mr., and
Mrs. Beauford Haydock, Sunday;
Mr., and Mrs. ]. c.. Dalton and
Marion and Mr.. and Mrs. W. T.
Hill were dinner guests OF Mr..
and Mrs, Verney Merrill Sun
MIR. and Mrs. Grady Gillian.
spent Sunday as the guests OF
the latter's mother, Mrs. V. &.
Stepp.s ~. @s.EE 10 Gt.EG
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with a fold of the shawl and
ran back to the house. "Mr.
Siddal has rome to town" she
said breathlessly. "All we can
do is ask the doctor to come in
his car. How is Grandfather"
Miss Perkins, shook her head.
ono better no.. 80.
Donna knelt beside the bed,
resting her cold cheek against
the .withered one, Grandpa, can
you hear me? You mustn't leave
us now when we are in so much
trouble. | need you? You'll
never know how much need
you. You know, don't you, that
! | love you? Bill will never for
give me, but you will. You'll
understand. You said intentions
and my intentions weren't
wicked. l was just a coward
afraid of hurting you and Bill
and losing the only love / have
ever known! Oh, Grandfather,
you mustn't die! Not until I can
explain everything. Not until
you do the right thing by Bill
and until ! know you forgive
me- -
She thought she saw his eye
lids flutter. and continued muir
muring words of love and contri-
ton. Tears were rolling down
her cheeks. Again and again
she pressed her trembling lips
against the shieveled ones, un-
conscious that the nurse had re-
turned.
"Mrs. Siddal." The nurse
shook her gently. Mrs. Sid
dial"
Donna raised her swimming
eyes.
"Please get up. He can't hear
you. He's dead"
Dead" Donna dropped back
and let her hands fall in her
lap. dead? He can't be! With
out Bill to say goodby-without
knowing me Or"
Hes dead, my dear. Gomez
The nurse bent over and lifted
her to her feet.
"He was dying when. you went
out to get the sleigh. He died
while you were sitting there.
Poor child. don't grieve so. You
knew it was only matter Of
weeks. He was so old"
Donna moved from her en-
brace, walked unsteadily to the
window and pressed her face
against it. Grief over losing the
kindest, dearest friends she had
ever known banished thoughts of
self and future. Her sense of
loss obliteratcd everything else.
A long time she stood there,
seeing nothing, too deeply NOV
ed for tears. She knew when
DR.. Freeman arrived but she did
not answer when he said, w'm
so sorry, Madeline, though there
was nothing l could have done if
I'd been here. You have the
consolation that he suffered no
pain and that his death was
quiet, peaceful going to sleep"
Sleep. A long, long sleep.
Donna thought of Amos Siddaps
beautiful confidence t h a he
would join his loved ones on the
awakening. He knew now what
she had done, knew the guilt she
suffered. but he could do moth
ing to help her. Nothing to
right the wrong she had done his
boy. 1t was too late.
Suddenly great wracking sobs
tore at her slim body. She tried
to stifle them, but they escaped.
She wanted to beat at the win.
dow and smash the pane of glass
with her bare hands. to feel the
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blood trickle down her wrists
and suffer physical pain that
would relieve the horrible angu-
Iish. She knew that in a few
minutes she would scream,
shrieking the truth-that she, an
limposter. had ruined the life OF
Amos SiddaPs only living re!a-
tive, had robbed him OF his IN
heritance and stolen the love that
should never have been hers.
When Miss Perkins again put
her arm about the girl and led
her from the room she made no
protest. "Take this, dear" the
nurse whispered and put a glass
to her lips. ~
Donna lay down on the living
room soft. The floor rocked
with her. She seemed to be
floating in the air. Her lids
dropped and she slept.
She heard humble of voices.
| AT first they seemed far away.
Then she opened her eyes.
Through q hazy veil she picked
out three figures standing in the
doorway. A woman and two men.
The woman wore a white uniform
and the men we're in overcoats.
One coat was a dark raccoon
and there was a cap on the
mans head, pushed far back
frock thick dark hair.
Bill had raccoon coat and
/ a cap like that. But Bill had
gone away. No-Bill was stand
ing there. They were telling
him. that Grandfather was dead.
/ eve tried to find you," Miss
Perkins said, "but there was
nothing that could have been
done. You mustn't blame your
self"
Donna raise dhersclf on one
elbow. "Bill" she said.
He turned and looked at her.
There was hatred in his eyes
a bitter, scathing scorn that
seemed to penetrate through her
clothing and scar her very vi
| IdiS. one SIIdllK DdSh. SoNcIIihS
her face with her hands. But
| her hands could not blind her
to the expression on his face.
"Leave us alone" he said
crisply to the others.
Then he crossed to the sofa.
81 know the truth" he said slow
ly. AZ know all about Con
David"
yes" She could not look at
him. ...
"You know it's the end be-
tween u.s."
Eyes, | know it,"
after the funeral I'll be get
ting out"
ITO Be Continued.)
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sonville with Mr.. and Mrs. Malvin
Morgan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Mccall!
of Etowah were Sunday guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. M. E. Allison.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. K. Duncan
spent Sunday afternoon with Mr..
and Mrs. John Powell.
Mr.. Claude Hickman of Ashe,,
vile visited his parents, MIR. ana
Mrs. A. C. Hickman, Saturday al
ternoon. .'
Miss Virginia Justus has re-
turned home from a visit in Char
lotte. i. .....
Mr. and Mrs. Harvie Lance,
who are now occupying their sum-
mer home at Cedar Mountain:
spent the weekend as guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Avery Justus.
Nh. and Mrs. A. j. Huffman
and children of Asheville, spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. John
Powell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ohio Scott and
children visited Mrs. A. w. Davis
Sunday.
Mrs. jim Maxwell spent Satur-
day night with Mr.. and Mrs. II. f.
English on Boilston.
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BLANTYRE

BLANTYRE, June 15.-Mr
and Mrs. Clannie Justus of Old
Toxaway spent Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. j. T.. Justus.
Rev. F. H. Holdin was dinner
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Nesbitt Sunday.
Mesdames Doyle and Lamar
Hamilton of Little River, were
Sunday guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Virgil Duncan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Shame. Mr.. Guy
Osborne and Miss Bessie Frady
were in Hendersonville on bust
ness Saturday.
Rev. r. H. Holden. Mrs. c. Mes
bitt and Mrs. A. C. Hickman call
ed on Miss Doxie Brewer Sunday
afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. l.. Morgan
spent Saturday night in Hender-
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