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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-04-05


T h e precinct
bosses are su-
preme in their
precincts. All or
ders go through
them. Job seek
ers must g e t
their o. H.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-04-05

knights were bold and pure and frank You
see they weren't trying to hold any voters in line.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-04-05

Amt Nature grand She can take nickel bulb
in nickel pot and grow it into so cents worth.
Evening star., 1935-12-01

Building Boom.
The value of buildings constructed
in Melbourne, Australia, this year Is
the highest in six years.
Evening star., 1935-12-01
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK. November 30.-The
halcyon days of heart balm" suits are
over. but Broadway gold diggers,"
through petty blackmail rackets. are
netting larger incomes than before.
So say private detectives.
Operations have become so wide
spread and complex that according to
one Of Manhattan's confidential de-
tectives," the average male visitor to
New York, no matter how circumspect,
"is only lucky If he doesn't get
clipped"
This, said Detective Edward z.
Holmes, is not because the 1885 siren
couldn't trap local residents If she
wished, but because an out-of-town
man is more anxious to pay of and
forget it."
Pay-off Windows Closed.
The petty blackmail racket. Holmes
believes. has grown to its present pro-
portions largely because reform legis-
lation has closed the erstwhile pay-off
windows marked breach of promise
and alienation of affections"
The girls used to have to do moth
ing more than lead man into writing
them a letter." Holmes said. Then
they had him. Nowadays they can't
get any place that way, so they have
worked up a mess of small-time traps
that place a man in such an embar-
RAISING position that he'd rather shell
out a 10 or 20 dollar bill than to call
in the police.
forte rackets Is to stand on a corner
and wave at man driving an out-of-
town car. The girl Is we'll dressed
and says that she is in a hurry and
could the man give her a lift for
couple of blocks?
THE minute the car stops for a
traffic signal she just remarks that
If he doesn't give her $40 she'll break
the car window and scream! Work?
I'll say 1t works!"
Another. less worked but more
vicious racket Is the Mann act act"
A girl strikes up casual acquaintance
with an out-of-town man. She men
tions that her mother lives in town
in an adjacent State, and if the man
is driving up that way. it's only a
short distance, could he drop her
there?
Arrested" by Fake Officer.
When the couple arrives In the town
a fake Government man" arrests
them for violation of the Mann act.
The phony officer can be dissuaded
from taking them to the jail house
for $50 or so.
The might club entertained racket"
is worked on both sexes, Holmes said.
"A man buys a drink for a strange
girl in night club, she drugs it and
has taxi driver take him to an apart
ment. She stays on in the night club
SO she can't be accused of anything,
but the next morning the girls 'hus-
band walks In on the man.
But every so often we get conf
Dental case of a man using the same
racket on visiting woman. It's easier
Evening star., 1935-12-01
FAKE OMAN ARRESTS
TWO IN WOMAN'S DEATH
Tells Police He Is Investigating
Staying, Has Pair Jailed,
Then Disappears

BY the Associated Press.
HENDERSON, N. c., November 80
Vance County officers today were
investigating what Sheriff J. G..
Bramlett said apparently was a
strange hoax perpetrated by a man
who posed as a Federal agent. arrested
two men here and had local police
lock them up.
The self asserted Federal agent. who
gave his name as j. E. Caddell, could
not be located today, and his two pris-
oners, itinerant showmen who were
booked as Doc Cowan and J. E. Dun
nagan, were freed after being held
overnight. Also missing was Mrs.
Robert Watkins, wife of farmer at
whose home Caddell had lived for the
last several weeks.
Caddell took Dunnagan and Cowan
into custody here yesterday and car
ried them to police headquarters,
where he informed officers he was
a Federal agent and had arrested the
men in connection with the fatal
shooting of Mrs w. W. Mason, wife
OF a storekeeper at Pine View, Harnett
County, early Thanksgiving day. He
never returned.
Hartnett officers are holding Mason
pending an inquest tomorrow into his
wife's death.
Evening star., 1935-12-01
Petty Blackmail Rackets Take
Place of OutId,Ued Balm Suits
Broadway Gold dDiggers Netting Larger
Incomes Than Before From Male
Visitors to Ne,U York.

to catch the men because they can't
let we'll enough alone and try to black
mail the woman more than once"
Young people in college are far from
immune. Holmes said. I'VE get lots Of
cases from parents who want to know
where their sons and daughters al
lowances are going. We usually find
that they have been taken in by one
of these rackets. All the modern gold
digger wants to know about college
boy is does he have an allowance?"
Former British Agent.
Holmes, a Hollander who formerly
was an agent for the British govern
ment in the Far East. has been hand
ling confidential cases of this sort in
New York for a quarter Of a century.
What Is the safest way for visitor
to New York to keep out of trouble?
Never go any place after dark
alone" Holmes said, "and I'm not
talking nonsense. Any policeman or
detective. private or public. will tell you
the same.
Why they even try to clip us
detectives. Whenever We get call to
go to a private residence. apartment
or night club. We always send two
men,"
Evening star., 1935-12-01
DEADL|NE SEES
END TO U. S. DOLE
$500, 900 Put to Work,
Government Says. {.
r. A. Liquidated.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Claiming success at placing the s.
SOC, 900 able-bodied unemployed in jobs
the administration last night stood
on the assertion that its dole con-
tributions" to the States were ended.
With the arrival Of the December l
deadline for the end Of direct relief
also came the passing Of the Federal
last big slice of its funds was split up
Friday night among % final supple
mental allotments. intended to carry
on direct relief where the employment
quotas have not yet been filled.
Although Harry L. Hopkins, dual
chief of the expiring r. e. r. A. and
the Works Progress Administration,
did not disclose new figures as to the
number now employed on works prof.
ects, New Deal spokesmen had as
serted the goal Of $500, 900 jobs would
be reached by last night.
W.P. A. Takes Burden.
The last hours of F. E. r. A. saw
the works progress organization speed
ing its machinery to take over as
quickly as possible its share Of the re-
lief load. w. P. AS main effort was
directed at speeding delivery of work.
relief pay checks, coupled with a drive
to get projects actually under way.
Pending arrival Of the relief pay
checks, unexpended dole balances now
in the hands of State administrators
can be used to tide over the newly en-
ployed. Aubrey Williams, assistant
chief Of F. E. r. A. and w. P. A.,
emphasized that State relief ad-
ministrators will have a free hand in
spending remaining money for this
purpose or any other they believe
necessary But he added they had
received their last allotment Of funds
by F. e. r. A."
Three Billion Spent.
More than 5000 100000 went out in
direct aid to the needy during
F. E. r. AS two and one-half years
Evening star., 1935-12-01

of existence. President Roosevelt re-
peatedly maintained that it was a
stop-gap measure designed for quick
relief and that 1t would be abolished
as soon as a longer-range program
could be revised.
1t was with this argument-"to end
this business of relief"-that he carried
to the last Congress his request for
$4.s80, 100000 appropriation.
Up to November IL $3.50. 1865 050 of
Evening star., 1935-12-01

Peru Is trying to establish tea culti-
vation.
Evening star., 1935-12-01
SPREAD Of CARGO
BOYCOTT PLEDGED
Longshoremen's President
Demands 22 Lines Renew
Port Agreements.
By the Associate6 Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November 30.-Joseph
p. Ryan. president of the Inter.
national Longshoreman's Association,
said tonight that members will boycott
cargoes Of "a shipping lines beginning
at midnight December unless the
firms renew the expired Gulf ports
working agreement.
Ryan said the boycott would affect
even coastwise shipments on the At
lantic and Pacific seaboards.
Recognition Of the LOngshoreman's
Association is the nub of the strike,
Ryan said, adding that wage rates are
not involved.
Set for last Monday, the boycott
was "only called of when the Presi-
dent, through Secretary Perkins, set
up mediation" Ryan asserted We've
been fooling around with this thing
long enough"
In addition to renewal Of agree
ments in Gulfport, Miss; Lake Charles,
La, and Orange, Beaumont. Galveston.
Port Arthur. Houston, Corpus Christi
and Texas City. Tex, Ryan said the
association wished to obtain a Wagner
act election for longshoremen in New
Orleans, Pensacola, Fla, and Mobile,
Ala, so agreements could be effected
in those ports as we'll.
Peru Is trying to establish tea culti-
Yatinn
Evening star., 1935-12-01
Conner SUSPECTED
IN TOURIST MYSTERY
Outlaw Just Slain Declared to
Resemble Man Sought in
Couples Vanishing.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Ell PASO, Tex, November 30.-Mr.
and Mrs. D. e. Williamson, hotel oper-
ators, told authorities today that pic
lures of Chester Conner resembled
those of q man sought in the disap-
pearance of two vacationing Illinois
couples last Spring.
Conner, itinerant oil field worker,
was wounded fatally this week near
Blanchard, Okla, by officers who
sought him for questioning in connec-
tion with five missing Oklahomans, in
cluding his first and second wives.
The Williamsons said they believed
Conner was the James Sullivan" who
registered at their hotel here last May.
"A James Sullivan" was sought in
connection with the disappearance of
Mr.. and Mrs. George L.orius. East st.
Louis, H., and Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Heberer, Duquoin, I'll. =
Evening star., 1935-12-01
FAHNESTOCK FALL
PROBE COMPLETED
New York Police Unable to
Find Suicide Motive in
Fatal Plunge.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November 30.-Police
tonight concluded their Investigation
into the death Of the socially promi-
nent Mrs. Helen Morgan Fahnestock,
which followed q three-story plunge
Thanksgiving night. They came to no
definite conclusion. Detective William
Sonnet said Mrs. Fahnestock had been
i'll recently, but he found no motive
for suicide.
Mrs. Patnestock was divorced seven
weeks ago from Col. Snowden Fahne-
stock, banker and one Of the heroes Of
the Lost Battalion" during the World
War.
New York Hospital Patient.
She had been q patient In New York
Hospital for q nervous disorder but was
permitted to go to the home Of her aunt
and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Spring
Knapp, for Thanksgiving dinner.
After dinner she left the table, os-
tensibly to visit cousin Ill in bed.
Shortly afterward, the 34-year old
latTOn was IOuno III an aredWay un-
conscious from multiple fractures and
internal injuries. No report was made
to the police.
Col. Fahnestock won q divorce in
Newport, October Z.
Long Battle for Children.
The decree was preceded by a long
battle in District Of Columbia Supreme
Court over the custody Of their two
children, Clara. 7. and Mary Lee, 8.
Custody finally was given Col
Fahnestock.
The Fshnestocks were in the lime
light here in January when they were
battling over the children in District
Supreme Court. On January II the
court entered a consent decree which
did not settle the custody issue. but
required the children to remain here,
where Col. Fshnestock had had them
at the home of his mother. Mrs. Caro-
lyn s. Fahnestock, 23ll Massachusetts,
avenue.
Evening star., 1935-12-01

the appropriation had gone for "dole"
purposes and later estimates indicated
that even more than the $3.50 200, 900
so earmarked had been expended for
this purpose before the final dead line.
Evening star., 1935-12-01
Old Wharf Found.

A twelfth-century river wharf has
been unearthed near Wexford, Irish
Free State.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-24
DeWolf Hopper, Veteran Comedian

Had the unique comedian, De Wolf Hopper, in his Sunday night radio broad cast, recited "Casey at the Bat" it would probably have made the thirteen thousand and first time. This celebrated actor comedian of the old school, who died early yesterday morning, played numberless roles from Gilbert and Sullivan down to present day composers and librettists of light opera. His latter days were given over to radio work rather than the stage but he had acted some of the familiar roles up until very recently.
 While Hopper played in long list of light operas and musical comedies dating from the last quarter of the nineteenth and early twentieth century he will be best remembered as an exponent-and an excellent one-of Gilbert and Sullivan comedy roles; and of course was the greatest interpreter until his death, of the faHous "Casey At the Bat" This one stunt, you might say, of his made him famous all over the country, his reciting of same being nothing short of classic, as he presented the gamut of human emo- tions facially and vocally, joy, grief, ex- ultation, bafflement, etc.
 One regrets to see passing this type of actor. He was always on the stage, comedian, a likeable buffoon whose sepulchral tones could delight in the well known type of comedy lines that were peculiarly De Wolf Hopper's. He could burst happily into song, or trip lightly in fantastic dance steps. Whatever his role he played his comedy role to the hilt, and was an example to many who aspired to greater roles, in the matter of diction and proper throwing of his voice, which was naturally happy and sympathetic one for his type of acting.
 His roles varied from the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood to the Lord High Executioner in The Mikado. Local theatergoers will recall him antic-ng in Fl Capitan and Wang in the neighbor- hood of thirty years ago, we venture to say. De Wolf Hopper was an enormous man, of great proportions, but not what one would term stout. He lowered; and was fond of securing for leading feminine character small person, such as was Marguerite Clark who once supported him before she went into silent pictures.
 There are few left of the De Wolf Hop per type of comedian, and the success of his art on the stage is manifested in the fact that he was consistently funny from the late 1800's until the present day. One notes with regret that the mighty De Wolf Hopper "has struck out"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-24
Ask Yourself This?

Major Burrall is nice man, but is that any reason why you should vote for him instead of Mayor Hayes? Our chief executive has provided an excellent ad- ministration. That is the reason why even plenty of conservative republicans are going to give him vote.
 In what way would Sherwood Rowland be an improvement over Dan Leary in the comptroller's office? Leary has done a splendid job
 Do you for a moment believe that you would be as well satisfied in the tax collectors office with Pasquale Di Ciccio as you are with William Ennis? Of course you don't.
 Do you believe that Stephen Winston could or would be any more efficient or courteous in the city clerks office than John Fitzmaurice? The answer to that question is "No".
 In what way do you expect Mrs. Coe to surpass the ability and experience of Dora Egan in the town clerks office? Even the most radical republicans know it can't be done.
 Sheriff William Roach and the other candidates on the democratic ticket have all done their work we'll There is 70 req son to believe that the republican candi- dates would do half as we'll
 Bear this in mind when you talk about the ticket. If you vote to beat the demo- crats, you are putting republicans in power, plenty of whom are strangers to you and practically strangers to the city.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-24
Revenue From Liquor

Federal receipts from liquor taxes have never been as high as some ardent statis- ticians estimated they would be, shortly before repeal They are, however, high CT than they ever were before prohibition except in 1918 and 1919, when exception ally nigh wartime rates were in force.
 Figures compiled by the National Indus trial Conference Board show that liquor taxes for the fiscal year 1885 will net Uncle Sam $411 1,000000-as compared with an annual yield of between $209, 9,000,- 900 and $284,000,000 for the period 1910- 1917. The yield now constitutes slightly less than 15 per cent of all internal rev. enue taxes.
 If the present tax rates stand, it is prob able that returning prosperity and tight ening up of the campaign against boot leg liquor will raise the yield substantially. In any case, the liquor tax seems to have re-established itself as an important part og government income.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-24
Personal Issue

Last week, however. one of the Pape papers indulged in an -ele- phantine attempt at satire upon me-. I was pictured as an ab- sentee landlord, as the owner of a summer home outside of this city, and as one who, because of that, took an unwarranted in- terest in local politics. The state ments are about as close to the truth as most of those which ap- pear in the columns of the Pape papers.
 am not an absentee landlord. I have no summer home, inside or outside, Waterbury. I have been a voter here since, T was made an elector and have never voted elsewhere.
 It is true that take an inter- est in local politics and I am happy to inform the owner of the Pape- -lican party the reason for that interest. Having given the reason I propose to ignore anything the Pape newsrags may print about me. It is still one of my fundamental philosophical beliefs that it is "a waste of lath- CT to shave an ass"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-24
What the Reduction Means

The reduction of 9.92 mills on the bill of every taxpayer in Wa terbury means something more than a mere sewing to him or to her. It represents . decrease in the city's income. The figures which follow tell their own story.
 In 193O-1931 the reduction in the city's income as result of the decreased tax rate was $1,13S,- 977.0O.
 In 1931-1932 the reduction in the city's income as a result of the decreased tax rate was $1,- 362,800.
 In 1932-1933 the reduction in the city's income as a result of the reduced tax rate was $1,- 604,06O.
 In 1933-34 the reduction in the city's income as a result of the reduced tax rate was $1,571,18u.
 In I934-1935 the reduction in the city's income as a result of the reduced tax rate was $1,613,- 53S. @
 The average annual reduction of the city's income from 1880 to 1895 amounts to ONE MIL LION, FOUR HUNDRED S1X- TY-EIGHT THOUSAND, FIVE DOLLARS. Which means that if the tax rate had remained what 1t was when the present ad. ministratiOn went into office the city would have had SEVEN MILLION, THREE HUNDRED FORTY THOUSAND AND sEV- ENTEEN DOLLARS more than 1t received with which to oper- ate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-24

Catholics the world over are intent this week on the seventh Eucharistic Congress now in session at Cleveland, Ohio. The events of the week will be characterized by religious fervor and an impressive program of events is scheduled. Those Catholics who are unable to attend the Congress were enabled to share in the blessings of the event by participating in a iridium over the weekend. Many church dignitaries from all over the country and foreign countries will be in attendance this week. The time of the Congress is suspicious in that prayers will be offered for the welfare of all nations and in view of chaotic conditions now existing all over the world, the growth of pagan spir- it and war murmurings, so inspiring region an event should be given more than just merely passing attention.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-24

the southern borders of Virginia or Ken lucky between the months of June and November, take job as locomotive en- gineer or fireman or as tender of sta- tionary steam engine, or die as result of a duel. By glancing at this formidable list of restrictions, we can see what human actions were looked upon as especially risky in the days before the Civil war and, in that way, we can get revealing picture of the state, of society in those days.
 No visit to California or Oregon-if you went by sea you had to pass around dan gerous Cape Horn, or take short cut across Panama, which was full of yellow fever; if you went by land, you had to cross trackless wildernesses full of hostile Indians Such trips, obviously, were no margain for an insurance company. Just why man would become bad risk if he went into the south in the summertime is not so clear. The southland was a set tied and orderly land. The only explana- tion that occurs to one is the fact that yellow fever and malaria used to pop up in the south in hot weather; that, pre- sumably, was what the insurance company had in mind.
 The restriction on having anything to do with steam engines is an interesting one. A steam engine was apt to be danger ous contraption, in 1851. One could never quite be sure that it was not going to blow up. A locomotive cab was an even more dangerous place; roadbeds were insecure, block signals were unheard of, dispatch ing systems were parliamentary = yes, the company was wise to rule out engineers.
 And duels the old custom had not yet died, though it was on the way out A hot-tempered and prideful man could still get in duel, and the hazard was at least great enough to be worth mention ing in an insurance policy. That, then, was our United States less than 90 years ago. When you think how absurd such policy would sound to-day, you can get a measure of the changes in American life.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-24
No Decrease in Service

It might be expected that in view of the lessened income as a result of the reduction in the tax rate that the city would suffer. THERE HAS BEEN NO LOSS OF EFFICIENCY. The streets are in as good if not better con- dition than they were when the Democratic administration took office. In instances which will be treated later Improvements have been made in many depart ments. Despite all accusations of the Pape-licans to the contrary, the administration has done ev- erything, and more, than might have been justly expected of 1t in relation to the alleviation of the suffering of the needy. In no branch of municipal activity has the Democratic regime taken out in diminished service the reduc- ton 1t has given to the taxpayers through the tax rate. It may well and confidently advise the same taxpayers to LOOK AT THEIR TAX BILLS FOR 1895 AND COMPARE THEM WITH THE SAME BILLS FOR 192D- 1890. No amount of misrepre- sentation on the part of the Pape-licans and the Pape papers can alter the facts.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-24

Our hat is off to MT. William T. Tilden tonight. The gallant tennis campaigner can still hit them with the best of them. In fact, this 42-year old star is sitting them just bit better than the best of them. We might include amateurs in this category, too for Ellsworth Vines is about the only star now who seems to be able to cope with the old master on the courts. We feel quite confident that Tilden would have shown pretty clean pair of heels to all the entries in the recent American championship. And that goes for the new champion, Wilmer Allison, and Fred P@ry, too. Give Big Bill" his just dues. He deserves them.