The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 17, 1932, Page 1

For 62 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West est Citisen ===] Che Kep VOLUME LIII. No. 246, — KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 19: Four Children Burn. Dawes A Commuting Banker Now To Death Today Blaze Des Mother And Two Daugh- ters Escape In Disaster At New Castle, Penn- sylvania (By Associated Press) NEW CASTLE, Penn., Oct. 17.—Four children were ” burned to death as fire ‘de-; stroyed their home near Vo-| lant, about 15 miles north of here today. The deed are Delila Rider,! Betty Hedglin, Jack Hedglin; and Lottie Hedglin. i Mrs. Hedglin was seriously burned while trying to save her children. She and two other daugh- ters escaped the fire. The father was away working in a coal mine when the home caught fire. ADDED WEIGHT TO FORCES OF BRIDGE CORP. EDWARD C. FINNEY, OF INTE- RIOR DEPARTMENT LATEST ADDITION TO WORKERS OF PROPOSITION As each day passes more weight fs being added the official forces of the Bridge Corporation. The organization now has allied with it Edward C. Fin- mey, solicitor of the interior de- ‘partment. Saturday Mr. Finney gave his ap- Pproval of the project and stated, after a conference with Chas. R. Pierce and Ernest Cotton, attorney - and engineer of the Overseas body, askéd the opinion of the in- terior department for a report on the project, he would most heart- ily endorse it and recommend the Joan Overseas { | With this high official heartily in accord with the proposal and the assistance of Edward E. Gann, | bfother-in-law of Vice. President Curtis and that of C. Hawley, of the traffic department of the Tex- as Oil company, added to the cor- poration, Glenn Skipper says that he feels more hopeful now than at any time since the application was made. Today Mr. Skipper, in company with general counsel for the cor- ration, H. H. Taylor, Charles ierce and Engineer Ernest Cot- ton, are meeting with experts of the board of engineers nd » of- ficials of the legal deparfen of} the finance corporation and dis-} euss the technical points of the; proposition. TODAY’S EDITORIAL Seocaccocveconcsoncscecose | The death toll resulting | from fire during 1931, and the total economic | in con- necticn therewith, nin today’s leadi Announcement — WE ARE NOW FILLING PRESCRIPTIONS FOR EL ANCORA AND —— THE CUBAN CLUB Gardner’s Pharmacy PHONE 177 FOR PROMPT DELIVERY SERVICE | attraction—-Reason why and |please our patrons, the | Venus will be shown again tonight } ‘picture Saturday troys Home [FIVE CHILDREN DROWNED TODAY AUTOMOBILE PLUNGES OVER EMBANKMENT IN SEC- TION OF ONTARIO (By Associated Press) . GLEN MILLER; Ontario, Oct. 17—Five children’ were drawned today when’ their automobile turned’ ‘over, an. embankment on Trent canal, Two bodies were recovered,' and four adults and a child escaped. CIRCUIT COURT CONVENES TODAY JURORS FOR TERM DRAWN AFTER COURT GETS UN- DER WAY * The October term of the circuit court met this morning in, the county court house with Judge Jefferson B. Browne presiding and all court officials present. Jurors for the term were drawn from the box as follows: Charles A. Roberts, Thomas J. Felton, William P. Wiiliams, Albert Betan- court, Joseph Baker, Thomas H. Roberts, James Russell, William Knovles,..Jr.,. Arthur ,S.. Griffin, Andrea Navarro, Joseph A. John- son, §. O, Johnson, J. F. Cherry, James H. Adams, J. W. Marzyck, John F. Lowe, George F, B. Rob- erts and Grover C, Albury. On the docket being sounded the case of the Homestead Grocery company versus John A. Russell was dismissed. The case of the Orange State Oil Company versus John Esperdy, Jr., was set for tomorrow morn- ing, 1080 o’clock, The case of Mrs. Annie E. Sweeting versus the Key West Electric company, suit for dam- ages, was passed informally. The case of C. W. Curry versus; T. Reginald Pritchard and others, | {was added to the docket as court had adjourned. Disposition of this matter will be announced to-! morrow, PARAGUYAN ARMY SEIZES HIGHWAY! WIPES OUT BOLIVIA’S “PADIL-. LA REGIMENT,” STATE- MENT SAYS { (Wy Ansoctated Press) H ASUNCION, Paraguay, Oct. 17.| —The army general staff an-| nounced today that the Paraguay-| an army operating against Bo! { in Cran Chaco wiped out Bolivia's} “Padilla regiment”. The statement says it has also! captured section of a highway| which dominates an important} area. THE BLONDE VENUS PRAISED BY THE PUBLIC AS AN OUTSTANDING AT- TRACTION Owing to the rain Satarday night many of our patrons ¢ould| not get to see the extraordinary | to Blonde! at the Monroe Theater, j Tt is said by those that saw the! that Marlene| Dietrich renders a masterful per- formance. i The story is a beautiful heart) throbbing drama. Music and songs are blended with very good taste.’ It’s safe to say that the Monroe} will be crowded tonight as there! are many who wish to see the; Blonde Venus. The Strand tonight will show! “Wild Girl,” with Charles Farrell aaa mneeteememmentinaaaell ‘oa Joan Bennett. |Role: Of By .F. A. RESCH (Ny Auséciatea Freund CHICAGO, Oct. 17.—‘“Hell ’n’ Maria” Dawes, world figure of yesterday, has become plain Cam- muter Dawes today, Far from the scenes where at attained international renown, Charles Gates Dawes is more thor- oughly a private citizen, albeit a tremendously busy one, than has been his lot since pre-war days. At 67, his energy undiminish- ed, he has plunged into the job of guiding Chicago’s newest down- town bank—an institution capital. ized at $4,000,000; which succeeds the old “Dawes bank.” And for the first time in 20 years or more he has achieved al- most complete personal privacy. His friends: say. he enjoys: it. Busy Banker, Eyer singe he left; the - Recon- stauction Finance Corporation. last immersed in the . day-and-night task of, planning the reerganiza- tion, of the. Central. Republican Bank and Trust Company, always known as the Dawes bank. ‘the outgrowth of Dawes’ banking project in’ Chicago 30 years:ago has been succeeded by the City National Bank and Trust Company, with the ex-vice-presi- dent as chairman of the board. He held the same post with the Cen- tral Republic. Thus “Hell ’n’ Maria” Dawes has dropped the role of an almost per- ennial public servaht for the work- aday routine of a big city banker. A Commuter Now Like thousands of other busi- iness men, he commutes daily from his Evanston home to his down- town office—sometimes on the elevated train, mére frequently on a steam railroad line. casionally is he driven to work. Leaving home about 8:30 or 9 in the morning, he usually arrives jat’his desk about 10. Often he doesn’t get home at night until 6:30 or.7 e’elock.- Seldom does he tetire: much before m! Sometimes conferences. hold him Now that institution, which was; first ; Only oc-! World Figure: Left Behind As He Beco summer, General; Dawes has been} } Stepping out of world affairs, Charles Gate Dawes becomes a private citizen and big city banke&, The former vice president and diplomat is shown at left as the i® ternational figure and at right as the Dawes df today, head of anew Chicago bank. no public pronouncements—much é dowatown evenings, but whatever less public appearances—since his his hour of retirement Dawes in- sists‘on nine hours’ sleep. \jlast return to Chicago, Hit social life, never extengivé, His associates smile when they has been negligible in recent recall the statement he made a few months. Formerly he played”: ‘years ago when commissioned to oceasionally, but his clubs hav®/study Santo Domingo’s currency: lain idle this year. “I feel that I have just one good On politics he has been mum’ job left in me.” since June, when he squelched re+| Since then he has been ambassa- ports preceding the republican n@| qor to St. James’, chief of the Re- tigiia! convention’ that he lag be construction Finance Corporation, iB eenecnee, 00 SON ee ae and leading spirit in the reorgani- i sident. : vice-pre: ate-| zation of a, huge Chicago. bank—, strength ‘And-excépt fora “few t 2 ige ménts pertaining’ to the ~ bank’s, each task requiring more reorganization, Dawes has made, than the preceding one! | ‘MANSLAUGHTER IN | PAIR TRIED FOR “SWEAT- BOX” MURDER (iy Associated Prexs) JACKSONVILLE, Oct. 17.— ‘The jury late Saturday afternoon trying George W. Courson and Solomon Higginbotham, former prison guards, for the “sweatbox” murder of Arthur Maillefert, found Courson guilty of slaughter, acquitting Higginboth- fam of the charge. The jury de- liberated two hours and sixteen minutes, Charles M. Durrance, state at- torney, in his closing argument, made a stirring address to the jury, charging the defendants with one of the most brutal murders ever recorded. He dwelt at length on the mat- ter relative to the chain placed around the youth’s neck when he was placed in the sweatbox, de-} seribing the proceedings as being equal or exceeding barbarous ac- tivities of ancient days. The verdict brought against Courson, who was former captain of the guards at the prison camp where Maillefert calls for a sentence of from two ~ MAILLEFERT CASE | HIGGINBOTHAM, OTHER DE-! FENDANT, ACQUITTED;) man- ! of manslaughter | COURSON VERDICT | aeerrwee ees iT 1 i | {was found dead in the sweatbox, | | to twenty years in the state end tentiary. APPORTIONMENT OF STATE FUNDS LIBERTY COUNTY NOT CLUDED; FAILS TO SEND IN REQUIRED REPORT (By Associated Press) TALLAHASSEE, Get. 17.— The state department of pub- lic instruction today an- nounced the apportionment of $285,777 te 66 counties. Liberty county was en- shared because it did not send in the required report. | | 1 | | i j i RICT HEAD - OF RELIEF WORK ARRIVES TODAY MISS DOROTHY M. GRISWOLD MET ON ARRIVAL BY WIL- LIAM W. DEMERITT, CHAIR- MAN LOCAL COUNCIL VISITOR LAYS MUCH STRESS ON BRIDGES Mrs. H. R. Giles, of Middle- boro, Ky., believes in the future of Key West and is confident that after the bridges are built there will be wonderful changes for the better in this city and on the } promi- nent in the business and social life of Middleboro, was the guest of her brother-in-law, D..B. Giles, car foreman at the F. E. C. terminals and Mrs. Giles for the past six weeks. While here on this, her second visit, she spent a great deal of her time fishing and considers this the ideal place for lovers of the sport. She left Saturday for her home and expects to pay another wisit next year. Miss Dorothy M, Griswold, in charge of the Unemployment Re- lief Work in this district, arrived jthis morning on the Havana | Special. } | Monroe County Couneil. lrelative to the unemployment |situation in Key West to be taken ‘here that are peculiar to Key West and special provisions will, it is ex- j pected, have to be made to take Baa aasasaea: car@f them. = | It is.proposed to have some of INVESTIGATING |the women applicants who are | Seamstresses work in making up , garments from the material as- |are approximately 6,500 yards of ROBBING OF BANK'‘": material and the needs of |some of the people in Key West for clothing are urgent. These and other matters, LETTER ASKS $10,000 BE PAID | taining to the use of the money jassigned to Monroe county are to WITH UN DERSTANDING) decumed st-confarences to. be HAT PLAN UNDERWAY held by Miss Griswold with the local council. As Miss Griswold WILL BE ABANDONED | will remain here for twe days at | least it is confidently expected that all questions of the disposition to BT calle petunia git be made of the funds, regarding NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Oct. |the class of work ete. will 7.—Federal and city authorities | jegred up. are investigating a threatening let- REISE Sela es ter received by Homer L. Fergu-/ son, presitent of the Newport |Caba Sails For Havana News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock! ‘arryi asseng Company and head of the First} Cc ing 86 P aide! Pes acidoer 0 cin ont The steamship Cuba sailed this with robbery of the bank as an al- termative. ‘The letter is understood to have declared the writer is prepared to state he knew of a plan to rob the-bank and demanded the money! asa price for seeing that the plan was abandoned. One arrest, was made but no charges are yet preferred sengers. She arrived Saturday with 54 passengers, sailed for Tampa and returned this morning: with 65 passengers. The coast gaard cutter.Gresham arrived 7 o'clock yesterday morn- img and docked at Pier B, naval station. She sailed this morning 7, jo’clock after taking on water. mes Private Citizen| 32. Cash Starts Here This Morni | s Here orning Unemployment relief work start-, ed this morning in Monroe county 3 9 * with 212 men. Groups are at the ae ie ee ay ace ~ golf course, cemetery, city park, s ssibaberrigbsegiat fy he sh 53 the area in the vicinity of Casa/ Promptly as the check for $2,000 Marina, Whitehead street park, allotted for the first 15 days in and Douglas school grounds. October is in the hands of the sec+ Originally there were 230 men/ retary of the county council. selected to start this morning but As soon as this work is complet- 11 whites and seven colored had| ed another group of applicants will secured work in the meantime and|be selected. These will be em- reported to the county council | loyed as soon as the allotment-of that they would not need the re-; $2,000 for the last half of Octo- lief tasks allotted. ber is received. New Parties Strive To Have Names On Ballot (By Ansoctated Press) TALLAHASSEE, Oct. 17.—. These men will work for three | state and national offices in Flor-|°" the ballot although it “hed a ida today asked the state supreme of six justices. court to order their names placed’ They were told they could refile on the printed ballot for the gen-| the petition today when a quorum eral election. lot justices was present. Several Highways Submerg From Heavy Rains In Alabama IKEY WEST HAS | HIGHEST DEATH (iy Apaccinted Prem ‘BIRMINGHAM, Oct. 17.—Rain drenched Alabama residents look- ed with apprelfension ‘on rising streams that have already caused some families in Walker and Tuscaloosa counties to seek higher, ground, Themployment Relief Work | petition denied last week by three RATE IN 1930; be| Several highways were sub- ers reported loss of livestock and damage to crops not yet harvested. FLOOD WATERS AROUND SOUTH ATLANTA, Oct. 17.—The deep south fought its way out of flood waters today while rain clouds She was met by William] driver out of that territory ahead“ |W. Demeritt, chairman of thelof a tropical disturbance blowing during 1930 was 4.8 points higher in’ from the Gulf of Mexico loosed |than that for the average for the! There are a number of matters} their “torrents over northeastern | entire, United States, aecording to areas of Dixie. The wéather bureau placed the lup. Certain conditions are met|center of the storm in the vicinity | of Birmingham, Alabama. Correction In Two Names | Of Election Inspectors | | Errors in two of the names of linspectors appointed in the second There | district were made when they were | were 18,102 deaths, the state wide | handed in to The Citizen last week. | The attention of those interested is called to the following: The jis | name listed as George F. Sawyer per-| Should read William F, Sawyer and] 'that of George F. Archer should be Charles Archer. A PATH | TO PARADISE, by Coningsby D iA, i | | i afternoon for Cuba with 86 pas-/ | A story of a vital problem in voune peoples’ lives. ‘ } ON PAGE THREE merged in that section, and farm-! Starts Today | | STATISTICS COMPILED SHOW 216 FOR THAT PERIOD; COM- PARISONS MADE WITH OTHER SECTIONS { By PAUL MAY Special Washington Correspondent Citizen t WASHINGTON, D, C., Oct. 17. +The’ death rate. for Key West \a report made public today by the jcensuxs bireau. During the year the average ;Tate for the country is given as {11.1 per thousand of population, that for Key West as 16.9. | There were 204 deaths in Key , West last year as compared with 1216 the year before when the Key West death rate was 16.8, | In all of Florida last year there death rate being 12.0, ax com- pared to a rate of 12.3 for the {state in 1920, when there were 18,229 deaths. t PRICE FIVE CENTS Claims Roosevelt To Oppose t Of Bonus; Will Favor Relief For Destitute | said: ‘News, Yack Governor Will Refer To Incident Of Ousting Forces In Next Address (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Oct. 17.— The New York Times says Governor Franklin D. Roose- velt ‘will. announce his op- Position to immediate cash payment of the soldiers bonus in an address at Pitts- burgh Wednesday. At the same time the paper says he is expected to link his disapproval of the bonus payment with a pro- gram calling for relief of destitute war veterans with machinery similar to draft | | , The Communist party is also ex- boards of World War days. Nominees of the Liberty party for pected to renew its efforts to get While the program for re- lief to be offered along with opposition to cash payment has been kept secret the article continues it is sug- | gested that the governor will {propose that boards see to it that needy veterans whovhad active war service be assured of relief during the depres- sion, é It also indicated, the Times says, that the governor will jtake the president’s admin- \istration to task in respect to veteran relief measures, and will have something to say about the ousting of the \Bonus Expeditionary Force from W: hington. WALLACE DAVIS REFUSED REVIEW OF COURT ACTION FORMER PRESIDENT OF ASHE- VILLE INSTITUTION WAS CONVICTED FOR MAKING FALSE STATEMENT (By Associated Presn) | WASHINGTON, Oct, 17.—~ ; Wallace B. Davis, former presi- | dent of the Central Bank and Trukt Company, of Asheville, North ' Carolina, which closed in 1930, was i | refused a review today by the supreme court of his conviction in the North Carolina state courts on 2 chatge of making a false state- Last year the urban death rate in Florida was 13.7 as compared to a death rate of 11.6 in the rural) | pr weary EAI RY | WILL ASK JURY TO | | HIS BROTHER AND OTHER? | MAY BE INCLUDED, IT 1S STATED } (iy Sasoctated Press) : | CHICAGO, Oct. 17.—State’s At- j termes John A. Swanson said to-, iday he would ask the grand jury jto indict Samuel Ineull, Sr. bis (brother, Martin, and perhaps others on @ charge of violating the | Hlinois blue sky laws by selling In-| ‘ult Company stocks while the companies were insolvent. i | "They have slready been in-' [dicted for larceny and embezzle- jment : } | ] i | | | PANA, Casey of this city. ment on the condition of the bank. Davis was senteneed from five to seven years in addition to be- ing sentenced to prison fer con- spiracy with Luke Lea and Luke Les, Jr. BUILT OWN COFFIN HiL—The oak coffin which he constructed eight years ago was used to bury Willis D. STRAND THEATER The Home Town Theater Today “WILD GIRL” See Page 4 for reader on this pietare. Matinee, 10-186; Night, 15-280 MONROE THEATER Matines, S-10e; Night, 10-20¢