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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-09-13
Wild RIOTS IN
RHODE ISLAND
BRING ACTION
Dern and Maj..Gen. Con
nor to Make Personal
Survey for Roosevelt
MEDIATION EFFORT
IS NOW ABANDONED

PROVIDENCE, r. l., Sept. IL.
(UP)-The United Press learned
this forenoon that federal author
tiles had virtually completed ar
rangements for the use of federal
troops to maintain order in the
Rhode Island strike area.
Troops are to move from Gov.
ernor's Island, New York, ant
other points into Rhode Island az
3 o'clock this afternoon.
Secretary Of War George H.
Dern, and Major General Cook
Conner, commander Of the first
corps area, are reported zen route
from Boston to survey the area.
with a view Of reporting person.
ally to President Roosevelt.
Earlier today, President Roose7
welt promised Governor Theodore.
Green that he would rush federal
troops here if national guardsmen,,
war Veterans anu bCdtc anu ioSoi
police were unable to quell textile
strike violence, f"s-.----
The president personally tele-
phoned Governor Green this
morning, after, the first New Eng
land strike fatality occurred when
Judge Courtemanche, striker, was
slain in a clash between guards
men and. 5000 strikers at Woon-i
socket. ..,@ay - 80
Six others were wounded, four
of them seriously. Scores of 9TH
ers were hurt, a.
The Woonsocket fighting. was
even more savage than that at
Saylesville, where three pickets
were shot, two perhaps fatally.
Before talking with President
Roosevelt, Governor Green order
ed q special session of the legis-
lature at noon to ask for a $780,
600 appropriation for expenses; of
500 additional state police.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-09-13
Delay In Rescue Sent Many To Dealt
H.B.KELLY CHOSEN HEAD OF
COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION,
DIRECTORS BOARD NAMED
John 10y, Secretary, Law
renee Mckay, Treasurer;
Stock Being Sold

H. B. Kelly was elected presi.
dent of the Henderson County
Fair association at an organiza-
ton meeting held at the city hall
last night.
Mr.. Kelly has long been inter
ested in the organization of a fan
here and has been working fiT
some time on the perfection of TIE
organization which was completed
last night.
John l., 10y, who has also given
much time to the organization of
the association, was named as Sec
rotary, and Lawrence H. Mckay,
prominent county farmer, was
named as treasurer.
The board of directors named
at the meeting last night is as fol-
lows: H. E. Buchanan, T. D..
Clark, J. B. Creech, Mrs. Belle
Abbott Roxby, Milo w. Strong, H.
A. Corriher, J. w. Cantrell, Frank
Cathey and A. H. Houston.
The association will be charter
ed under the laws of the state as
a stock corporation with the privi-
lege of issuing stock in the amount
of $4,000 if necessary.
1t will be a non-profit corpora
ton with the sole purpose of hold
ing a county fair each year. The
fair this year will be held at the
high school athletic field and in
the high school gymnasium. At
a later time it is hoped that the
corporation will be able to own a
permanent home for the fair.
Approximately 70 people have
taken stock in the corporation,
The stock is being sold at one dol
lar per share and the money will
be used for the purpose of hav-
ing the certificate of incorpora-
tion issued and meeting Incidental
expenses prior to the fair which
will be staged during the second
week of October.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-09-13
MANY Will Go
TO ROAD MEET
City Expected to Have
Own Car in Train to
Washington Hearing

Hendersonville was practically
assured of having a Henderson
vile car on the special train
which will go to Washington on
Monday evening carrying large
delegation of Western North Car
olina men and women to the pub
lie hearing before Secretary Ickes
on the location of the national
parkway connecting the Shen-
nandoah and Great Smoky parks.
Nineteen local people this
morning had signified their in
tentions of making the trip to
Washington for the purpose of
being present at the hearing.
and the committee in charge
headed by R. L. Edwards was
certain that an additional per-
son would be secured to make the
total of 20 necessary to have a
private car from Hendersonville.
A special train leaving Ashe-
vile on Monday evening will take
the delegation of several hundred
to Washington for the hearing
which is at 2 o'clock Tuesday
afternoon. The special train will
leave. Washington on Tuesday
night and be back in Asheville
early Wednesday morning.
Those who had definitely sig
nified that they will make the
trip this morning were j. H..
Lampley, L. A. Blair, 7. L. Dur
ham. G. W. Justice, j. Foy Just
ice. w. A. Britt, j. H. Yelton, R.
L. Edwards, H. H. Ewbank, W..
R. McGaw, o. Y. Brownlee. A.
H. Houston, J. w. Bailey, D. G..
Byers, A. V. Edwards. w. NJ.
Sherard, B. L. Foster, j. Harvey
Riggan and l. C. Arledge.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-09-13
MAY PAINT BUSINESS
HOUSES ONE COLOR


TRYON, Sept, d3.-rThe regular
meeting Of the Tryon Chamber Of
Commerce was held Tuesday eve
ming in Missildine's Hall with .
representative group present. The
report on the plan to have all the
business houses along Trade street
painted a uniform color was to
the effect that photographs Of the
entire business section Of the
street had been made by . large
paint company and. submitted to
the experts at their. factory. A.
call meeting OF the comnderce
body will be held as soon as the
report Of these axperts, with their
suesestions j fsseiysa -,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-09-13
RECALL OF PlCKETS
Is REFUSED TODAY

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10. (UP)
Textile strike leaders today refus-
ed to recall pickets in Rhode Is
land in response to q request that
this be done, which came from
Governor Theodore F. Green.
The unions refusal to recall
pickets came after the leaders
conferred with President William
Green, Of the American Fedora
ton Of Labor and while the army
general staff began drafting.
plans for the possible mobiliza-
ton troops. rrg%.
Meantime mediation efforts by
President Roosevelt's board have
completely broken down.
Strike Chairman Francis ]. Cor
man appealed to oil strikers to
avoid violence. ,asz,.'ty ~
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-09-13
EXAMINE BODY
Of VILLMOTT.
FOR POISONING.
Witnesses Say Full Advan-
haze Not Taken by Cap
tain of Cleveland
ALAGNA QUESTIONED
AS TO FIRE ON SHIP

NEW YORK, Sept. Is. (UP)-
S,swsrdess Lena Schwartz today
toI a federal inquiry that delay
~ ar missing Instructions from
snperiors affected the task of saw
inc passengers on the burning
Moro Castle.
She said she had never receiv-
% instructions as to how to act
in case Of fire.
Two officers of the steamship
President Cleveland, which an
swerpd the MORO Castles SOS,
testified that Captain Robert Ca
row of the Cleveland failed to
take full advantage of the oppor-
tunity to save the victims.
DELAY in launching life boats
from the rescue vessel Cleveland
was disclosed at the federal in
quiry.
Chief Engineer James Hender-
son Of the Cleveland said that
in his opinion the Cleveland'S mas
Ter failed to approach the burn
ing liner properly and was slow
in lowering boats.
Following quickly upon revela.
tons of dissension between the
bridge and the radio room of the
holocaust ship, MORO Castle, gov,
eminent chemists today examined
the remains of it's master, Captain
Robert r. Wilfmott, to determine
il he had been poisoned.
Captain Willmott died suddenly
a few hours before his ship burst
into flames, becoming the funeral
pyre Of 1877 passengers and crew
His death was aseribed to heart
disease and acute indigestion by
the ships physician who was
among the victims.
The federal grand jury reSum,
ed It's long Interrogation of George
!. Alagna, second radio operator
held since Tuesday night as a ma,
terial witness. His chief. George
v. Rogers, in testimony before
the department of commerce in,
curry yesterday. pushed the
youthful Sparks" who had quar-
Eeled with his master and the sec
ont mate, into the center of the
dual investigation growing out o.
one Of the worst of modern mari
tine disasters.
Captain Willmott was afraid o.
Ahgna, Rogers testified. HI
thought Alagna might engage il
sabotage to "get even" with tn,
snip and planned not only to dis
charge him at the end of the voy
age, but have him barred from OBJ
tanning a job on another ship.
Last Friday night Captain Will
mott collapsed at the dinner tabl,
and died a few minutes later
Some time between 2 and
o'clock the following morning, TIT
AoTO Castle became a torch.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-09-13

Hulk of the MORO Castle, Ward
liner which burned off the New
Jersey coast, with life loss of
1877, looms in the background Of
the above picture, just off shore
at Asbury Park, looking down one
of the city's main streets. The
ruin is about 200 feet off the
city's convention hall and casino.
At right is shown a sailor, return
ing in a breaches buoy from the
wreck, after a dangerous trip of
inspection to the Inflated craft,
which was mass of smoking
metal, with the upper deck too
hot to stand - on.s%, Investigators
equipped with gas masks found
the fumes still so thick that they
had difficulty in breathing. Yes
terday firetugs played water on
the hulk until it was much cooler
and further search for remains of
victims was expected to go for
ward.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-09-13
FINE ELEVEN FOR
MIAMI LIQUOR SALES

MIAMI. Fla, Sept. 13!-OP)'
Heavy fines were imposed on II
men Wednesday after city and
county officers united in an at
tempt to stop the sale of liquor
over counters in Miami.
Twenty-one persons were ar.
rested. The raiding crew OF IL
officers destroyed large quaint
ties of champagne, scotch, rye
and imported wines at estaollsn,
ments where drinks were served
over the counter.
Liquor bearing government
stamps has been sold openly mere
for several months.
Trial of the remaining nine de-
PENDANTS was set for today -
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-09-13
PLAN LOYALTY.
SUNDAY HERE
Sunday, Oct. 7, Will Mark
Participation in Nation
Wide Movement

The Ministers association at
its meeting Monday passed res
olution calling upon the churches
of Hendersonville and their men,
berS to join in a national move
ment to make Sunday, October
z, what is to be designated as
Loyalty Sunday" on which ev-
cry member of the churches is
urged to attend his church and to
rally to it's support.
The movement is headed by a
committee known as "The Nation
al Committee for Religion and
Welfare Recovery" This COM
mittee consists of over 200 ma
tionally-known leaders of religi-
Gus, educational, and character
building Observation-Disclosures,
educators, editors, and others.
Important as is the recovery OF
economic prosperity. no less i'm
portant, the committee feels, is
the spiritual recovery through the
maintenance of our spiritual
ideals, moral standards, and char
acter-building institutions" The
call is announced as "a call and
a program for strengthening and
undergirding the moral and spirit
ual forces of the nation" The
slogan of the movement is "Turn-
ing to God"
In announcing their co-opera-
ton in this nationwide move
ment here officers of the Min
isters' association said that the
plan is being promulgated early
here, in order that the local
churches may be thinking and
planning and praying for this
united effort of the Christian
forces of the county.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-09-13
Freighter Out Of
Cristobal AbIaze,
In Pacific Ocean

CRISTOBAL. Canal Zone, Sept.
13.-(UP).-The British freight
er Bradburn was reported afire
in the Pacific last night. and re-
turning to Balbora, whence she
sailed for Kobe, japan, last Sum-
dav with a cargo of cotton and
phosphates, out of Tampa. Fla.
The ship belongs to the Leeds
Steamship Co., England. 80.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-09-13
RADIO DRIVES BEAR
10 KILL MATE in zoo

U PPSIhSL 4, Germany. Sept. 10.
a noah Inc constant blare of
bear radio yesterday drove
honici5o l" the municipal zoo to
and Inn ANIMAL mericiless clawed
he Id. hiH ,f its mate, with whom
year. .rred peacefully for eight
was Inc bear since the radio
an Installed recently displayed
rita,;oIIr easing nervousness and ir-
The en- o His nerves snapped at
durir,on l OF a broadcast campaign,
" sii S winch the radio was hard
his roato day or night, and slew
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-09-13
Norfolk Southern
Engineer Killed
hundreds of Relief Cattle
Wild After Wreck

r! HSNNlGHTDALE, N. c., Sept. 13.
.norl~-,Engineer C. G. Sullivan
o "ss Killed and Fireman G. Lloyd
.., az injured when a Norfolk
S ;n Southern freight train, bear
lux Lug a consignment of federal re-
cyt cattle vas derailed by a wash
brt "S any Of the cattle were killed
the hundreds Of others fled into
the woods 2. after the cars in which
smssb we're being shipped were
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-09-13
immaculate Has
School Election
Upper Glasses to Give En-
tertainments for Pupils

The pupils of the sixth and
seventh grades of the Immaculate
school held an election of Off
GERS, Wednesday, Sept. IL. J.
Thibedeau was elected president,
D. Williams as vice president and
C. King as secretary-treasurer.
Elaine Atkin was elected secre-
tary of the sixth grade. Glass
colors and a class flower will
soon be chosen. The class is to
have a number of entertaining
affairs arranged for the school.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-09-13
count of purchases of gasoline for
use by flying squadrons last week.

count of purchases of gasoline for
use by flying squadrons last week.
RALEIGH, Sept. 10. (UP)-
Governor j. C. B. Ehringhaus Of
North Carolina last night replied
to Francis J. Norman's charges
that state militia in your state is
being used in textile strike areas
for the performances of purely
police deputies in behalf of the
mill owners and against their en-
ployes who are on strike"
The governors telegram in
which he replied to German fol-
lows:
"Your telegram is evidently
based on wholly inaccurate infor-
nation. Suggest you inform your
self as to true conditions here.
We have a government Of law and
order in North Carolina and we
shall continue to use all the pow
er of the state when necessary. to
preserve it and to protect the
rights of all our citizens"
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-09-13
NO SUNDAY BEER

MIAMI, Fla, Sept. Is. (UP)-
The city commission yesterday
adopted ar ordinance prohibiting
sale of beer in Miami on Sunday.
A fine Of 5000 or so days in Jail,
or both, are fixed for violation of
the ordinance.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-09-13
, SWALLOWED MATCHES

n'pI- TTLETE, Spain. Sept. IS.
the y 5;MIIFrancisea cantero, 80, Of
Tea s mac, Of FL Bonillo, commit
Is - suicide by swallowing match
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-09-13
BIG MUNITIONS
BONUSES PAID
DUPONT Says $4,000 900
Given Officers and AS
sistants During War

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 (UP)
Pierre S. DUPONT, chairman of
the powerful DUPONT company,
told the Senate munitions investi-
cation committee that wartime
bonuses to company officers and
assistants aggregated $17,o00,-
900. Committee Chairman Ger
aid p. Nye produced figures
showing the company's assets
jumped from SS1,00O,0OO in 1910
to $3OS,0OO,0OO in 1918.
BY RONALD C. VAN TINE
United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Sept. Is CUP
The World war brought gross
sales of 245,OOO,OOO to the
DUPONT De Nemours Co., Will
mington, Del, the Senate Mu-
nitions Investigating committee
learned yesterday.
Profits amounted to $58. 000,-
900.
Members of the famous NUM-
tions firm-Irenee, Pierre s., La
mont and A. Felix DuPOnt-went
Continued on page five)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-09-13
WEATHER

LILLE change in temperature;
.,;bIe thundershowers Friday.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-09-13
GOOD. AFTERNOON

It look. like /. hard autumn for
midwest poets. Tho pumpha crop
10 short and they havs NO place
to put their frost. -. .....r
Evening star., 1934-08-19

through the Hoover administration.
time in Washington, his father having
been here for number of years as
civil service commissioner, following
his term as Governor.
The marriage of Miss Katherine
Virginia Allen to Mr.. Fred Ludwig
Eberz took place yesterday afternoon
at the Lutheran Church of the In
carnation, Rev. Henry Manken Of
hciating.
The bride wore a gown of white
taffeta, with a becoming hat to
match, and carried bouquet Of roses
and lilies of the valley. The ushers
were Mr.. Benjamin w. Hogan and
Mr.. w. Dexter Fales, jr.
The bride who is the daughter of
, Mrs. Celia B. Allen and the late J.
Wallace Allen, is a a'graduate of Wilson
Normal School and Of George Wash
ington University, and is a member
of the Educational Research Service,
of the National Education ASsocia-
ton. Mr.. Eberz, graduate of Drexel
Institute, is employed in the Treasury
Department.
After a motor trip to the Adiron-
dacks they will reside in Washington
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilford Sterling Hall
have announced the marriage of their
daughter Margaret Alice to Mr.. Bryan
Taft Lloyd of Berryville, Va, Tuesday,
August 7, at the Church of the
Covenant.
The bride. is graduate of Western
Evening star., 1934-08-19
Falls Church Resident
Entertaining Californians

Mrs. G. L. Robertshaw of Falls
Church, Va, has as house guests, her
mother, Mrs. Fred Howard of Chicago.
her sister, Mrs. Charles Costello, and
daughter Carol, of Los Angeles. Mrs.
Robertshaw entertained at bridge at
her home Thursday night when addi~
tional guests were Mrs. F. w Jones,
Mrs. T. M. Talbot, Mrs. Irene Mar
shall, Mrs. Mary Smythc, Mrs Irene
Moncure, Mrs. Virginia Quick of Falls
Church, Mrs. Bruce Harrison, Mrs.
Elmer Hooker, Mrs. De Witt Sheah-
man and Mrs. Belle Schutt Of Cherry
dale, Va.
Miss Virginia Campbell Of Green
wich, Conn, is a guest at the home
of her nephew, Mr. Edmund Campbell
of East Falls Church, Va.
Mrs. Irene Moncure entertained at
bridge Monday night in honor of Mrs.
Fred Howard of Chicago and M-s
Charles Costello Of Los Angeles who
are visiting Mrs. G. L. Robert;
Additional guests were Mrs. Virginia
Quick, Mrs. Noble Moore, Mrs. F. w
Jones, Mrs. T. M. Talbot, Mrs. H
A. Fellows, Mrs. Mary Smythe, Mrs
Irene Marshall and Mrs. Edmund
CAN'T.
Mrs. Albert Day and daughter Doris
have returned to their home In
East Falls Church, Va, after spend
ing the last two months with friends
and relatives in Western States.
Evening star., 1934-08-19

live at the Newark Apartments, In
Washington.
Among the prenuptial parties given
for the bride were miscellaneous
shower by Miss Virginia Hawkins, a
lingerie shower by Miss Kitty Pritch-
ard, a bridge luncheon at Beaver Dam
Club by Miss Roberta Wright and a
boating party by MIR. and Mrs. John
McIntire.
Former President and Mrs. Herbert
Hoover were hosts yesterday afternoon
in thier home in Palo Alto, Calf, for
the wedding reception of Miss Mildred
Hall. daughter # Mr. and Mrs. John
w. Hall of Berwyn. Mi. and Mr..
Thomas Allen Campbell O. Hollywood.
Calf, son of former Gov. and Mrs.
Thomas E. Campbell of Arizona. The
marriage of Miss Hall to Mr.. Camp
bell took place yesterday afternoon in
the memorial chapel of Stanford Uni
versity at o'clock and the reception
followed Immediately in the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Hoover on the campus
of the university. The chapel had an
effective arrangement of box and
palms in the chancel and on the altar
were vases of white lilies; lighted
candles gave a soft glow to the scene.
Mr.. Warren D. Allen, organist of the
chapel and lecturer on music at the
university, played the wedding music.
The wedding ceremony was per-
formed by the Rev. Albert Joseph Nc
Cartney, pastor of the Covenant-First
Presbyterian Church of this city.
The bride was given in marriage by
her mother and chose for her wedding
gown white lace, fashioned on simple
lines after an empire model which has
slight train, and she carried gar
denias. She was unattended.
Mr.. Alan David Harrington Of Bev-
erly Hills, Calf, was best man and
the ushers were Mr.. Allan Hoover, Mr..
Joseph Van Buren, Whitman of New
York, Mr. William Bartholomew
Brown of Los Angeles and Mr.. Camp
bell Julliff of Phoenix, Ariz.
Mrs. Hall, mother of the bride, and
Mrs. Campbell. mother of the BRIDE
groom, assisted Mrs. Hoover at the re-
ception, Mrs Hall wearing delft blue
lace with hat to match and cor
sage bouquet of lilies of the valley and
bovardia. Mrs. Campbell was in black
crepe with a collar and cuffs of white
and a black velvet hat and corsage
bouquet of orchids.
Later in the afternoon Mr.. Camp
bell and his bride left for a wedding
trip, she travelling in navy blue and
white printed crepe with a blue silk
coat and blue velvet hat. They will
make their home in Hollywood. Mrs.
Campbell has wide circle of friends
in Washington, where she has spent
the greater part of her life. She be-
came secretary to Mrs. Hoover while
the former President was Secretary of
Commerce, and has remained with her
ever since, serving in that capacity
Evening star., 1934-08-19

Mary Poole shannon and Mrs. Bar
bara Cheyney, and they wore frocks
of aquamarine velvet and carried
flowers similar to that Of the maid
of honor.
Elaine Holt Of Cherrydale, Va, was
the flower girl in q frock of blue silk,
and Sandy Moore, also Of Cherrydale,
who was the ring bearer, was in white
linen.
Mr.. Claude w. Kniseley Of this city
was the best man, and the ushers in
cluded Mr.. William Dismer. jr.; Mr..
Hugh B. Nesbit, Mr.. Fred Barker. Mr..
Alan Redrow, Mr.. Roland Cheyney
and Mr.. Ellsworth Meyer.
Mrs Johnston, mother of the bride,
wore a gown Of brown and burnt
orange silk, and Mrs Birdsong, mother
of the bridegroom, was in black lace.
Following the ceremony Mr. Bird
song and his bride left for a wedding
trip, the bride wearing a navy blue
suit with accessories to match. Upon
their return they will be at home in
their apartment at 1881 Thirteenth
street, where they will hold recep-
ton.
Several pre-nuptial parties were
given for the bride-elect, and among
those who gave showers were Mrs.
Cheyney and Miss Shannon. Mr..
Kniseley entertained the couple at a
pre-nuptial party at the Kenwood
Country Club.
Evening star., 1934-08-19

High School, later attending George
Washington University and is mem
Der Of Alpha Delta Theta Sorority.
Mr.. Lloyd attended Washington and
Lee University in Lexington, Va, and
the University of Richmond. Follow
ing a honeymoon to Atlantic City and
Canada the couple will make their
home at 1888 New Hampshire avenue
northwest, in this city.
The Central Presbyterian Church
was the scene of a charming, informal
wedding last evening at o'clock
when Miss Katherine Layman john
ston, daughter of Mrs. Mamie Lay
man Johnston, became the bride of
Mr.. Theodore Newcomb Birdsong, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Scott M. Birdsong.
The ceremony was performed by the
Rev. Bernard Braskamp of the Gun
ton Temple Presbyterian Church.
AS the guests we're assembling in
the church program of organ selec-
tions was given by Miss Jean Nc
Gregor and preceding the ceremony
Miss Isabelle Steger sang Because" "
Gladioli in shades of peach and sal
mon pink were arranged against a
background Of palms about the chan
eel and the ceremony was performed
in candlelight.
The bride wore becoming costume
of rose beige, velvet, designed on SIM
pie lines. and her hat and other ac-
cessories matched her gown. She
carried shower bouquet Of tea roses.
Miss Emily W. Johnston, sister Of
the bride, was the maid of honor,
wearing gown of peach-color velvet
and carrying an arm bouquet Of
mixed Fall flowers.
The other attendants were Miss