The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 22, 1932, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service VOLUME LIII. No. 251, More. Floggings Reported Ah Jacksonville : Number Of Those Dealt “With Reaches Ten Ac-| cording To Reports Is- sued Today ~ (By Associated Press) JACKSONVILLE, Oct. 22. Four more persons who re- ported to authorities here today they had been victims of floggers, bring to 10, the herwho said they:were F mistreated by mob- the alleged victinis are Uineluding-.a {mother and er daughter, two are white men and three negroes. Sheriff's deputies and _ police withheld the names of those who reported today saying secrecy would aid them in their investiga- tion. Two of the floggings occurred last August. Two of the women told authorities they feared fur- ther punishment from floggers if they said anything about it soon-} er. One of these women said two ear loads of men came to her 3 chicken farm in east Jacksonville © and severely beat her with a stick and left her there telling her the Teason was because she “lived in the negro section.” She denied living there. The other woman said she | in the Ortega section, eZ ~“Plid>two~white »men. reporting today live in the, Lackawanna sec- tionidnd near Ortega. lived Three other white women and} three’ negroes previously report- ed as being mistreated by mobs. omens MORE FLOGGINGS REPORTED TODAY JACKSONVILLE, Oct. 22—-An attempted) flogging of a third Woman added tdday to the recent series of such crimes upon which city and county aythorities turn- ed to what they called a relentless investigation. Close upon the flogging of Mrs. Sally Geringer and her daughter by a former marriage, Ua Bell Gilstrap, for which five men had been arrested, another woman whose name police withheld, re- ported six men attacked her at her home August-7 and attempted te force her into an automobile. When she put up a fight one of the men struck her with a piece of 2x4, she reported, causing in- \COUNCIL:GETS REQUESTS FOR CUTS IN TAXES APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS MADE TO PUBLIC WORKS City councilmen sitting in reg- ular session last night heard sev- eral requests from merchants for teductions in amounts assessed for occupational licenses as ‘well as personal’ and other property taxes. There were also requests heard for additional time on , de- ferred payments in occupational licenses. P. Ross Roberts, representing R. Cabrera, manager of the Palace Theater, addressed the board re- mitted to settle for occupational licenses in two or three _install- ments, stating that it would be a hardship for the full payment at one time. Mr. Roberts showed that the request at this time was for more time on deferred payment and not for any reduction in the amount. the matter. Carbonell Heard Juan Carbonell of the Monroe and Strand Theaters, also ad- | dressed the board on the | Subject, although Mr. Carbonell jaa not ask for any extension of time, butwimply stated that if the i } | board felt that it could not make any reduction as was previously requested that he was ready t }come-forward and pay the amoun' as « a2 it , : A request through a communi- cation read was made from Jemes Adams for a reduction of 50 per cent on property tax, which deals the corner of Waddell and Ver- non avenues The letter stated that it was felt.that the property had decreased in’ value owing to | certain obstructions that had been | placed around the prentises. request was denied. Request By Smith C, E. Smith, agent of the Clyde- ‘Mallory Line here, also submitted @ communication to the board re- questing a reduction in personal | property assessment in connection | with that business concern. jman Monsalvatge, who had in- {was granted, \for a reductien in city j assessments, but after discussion, this request the was de- questing that Mr. Cabrera be per-|** No action was taken on| same| lo 9 |Spokesmen for the famous locomo- with Mr. Adams’ home, situated sic ore tee {k The| ‘LOCAL DELEGATES Upon} recommendation made by Council- vestigated the matter, the request’ { James D. Roberts, Sr., in a com-| | munication submitted, also asked! property} usual} Steam Up!. SSOP SCEROOGS COOOCO | Tid ti (foreground), | where the “General” is stationed, h: |. (By ‘Ausociated Press) ATLANTA, Oct, 22.—The run- ner-up ina ‘dramatic race run 70 years ago has challenged the win-} ner to’a return engi ent. The champion has accepted the challenge and will go into training for the. event as soon as the mana- gers ‘can make arrangements. The challenger is the ‘‘General,” | comotive of Civil war days which | lost a thrilling. race through rain | and fire to the “Texas,” a similar. relic: of early. railroading: Mayors of the cities of Atlanta} and Chattanooga are acting as} tives. The “General” is stationed Bd Bass) extended ‘chal ‘to. Mayor James‘ L. Key, of Atlanta, where’! the “Texas” is:housed. How soon the race can be run ‘has not been : The “General,” which has been ept in trim by patriotic; Chatta- nooga residents, could be‘ready to | go on short notice, its seconds de- clate. a | yWar Engines fon ‘Seventy years have elapsed since the locomotive “Texas” (in bi d thus prolonged. the life of the Confederacy. N. ancther race, and the relics of the Civil: War will stage a return engagement if plans are carried out. jand that. the loser of 1862 can be Clear: Off. To:Race. Anew eee Fhe Tracks! | | ‘Hoover Asks Commission To - Investigate Tariff Issues 4 | | vs Pe iid : round) ‘outran the ‘General’ mayor of Chattanooga, Tenn., as challenged the mayor of At! The. “Texas,” after spending f¢: At Big Shanty, the train stopped many years in the open at one ef fof breakfast. All passengers, ex- Atlanta’s parks, was placed in the, cept those who had come aboard at basement of a park building sev-}Marietta, went with the © crew eral years ago, where it has beep cross the street to dine. slowly giving way to the rava: : few minutes later Captain of rust and old age. [eter saw his train moving away. “But the “Texas” can be put into hThe ‘passengers who had claimed shape,.says Mayor Key, and i still 'to be refugees from within the fed- capable of coming back -toé defend jeral-lines were really Yankee sol- its title. Mayor Bass, onthe other !diers. hand,’ is sure the “General” is now, i “€aptain Fuller set out in pursuit much. the fitter piece,of machinery; 6m foot. Two miles up the track ie, commandeered’ a hand-car, essing on to Kingston where an igine was seized. Adairsville ge found 60 I the winner of 1932. The original race. was run Apwl 12,°1862, when a party of federpl raiders stole the ‘‘General” at Big}yards of track torn up and again Shanty, Ga., and started to C) i on foot fortwo miles until tanooga, intent. upon . disrupting he met the express freight, drawn’ Confederate. communications in| by the “Texas.” Taking charge the southeast. ofthe train, Captain Fuller ran it Capt, W. A. Fuller left Atlanta | backwards to’ the first switch, on that dark, rainy morning inj; where the engine was uncoupled. charge of a passenger train drawn | Then began the last lap. by the “Genéral.” At Marietta, 20 The race ertded at Ringgold, miles’ away, about 20 persons ap-j|-where the “General’s” steam gave peared as passengers and :boarded out. ~The’ Federals took to the the tain. : { woods, ‘ TO ATTEND RALLY | IN KEY SECTION MEMBERS OF DEMOCRATIC! COMMITTEE LEAVING HERE NEXT WEDNESDAY IN IN- TEREST OF PARTY DEMOCRATS PLAN: |SECOND GROUP OF FOR GREAT RALLY: RELIEF WORKMEN | TO FINISH TODAY | BIG IMPROVEMENT SHOWN IN PLACES WHERE MEN CLEAN UP SIFES IN DIFFERENT LOCALITIES { BIG CAMPAIGN EVENT TO BE| STAGED AT BAYVIEW PARK i i 1 { Plans for a mammoth political) } rally at Bayview Park are now} under way and the Democratic} One Kiled For 62 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West _ Many Injured. PRICE FIVE CENTS D e ‘ork ® m3 (By Assoc! ABOARD HOOVER SPECIAL ENROUTE TO DETROIT, Oct. 22.--Speaking from an improvised platform in the stadium at Charles- ton, West Virginia, President Hoo- ver announced today he had asked the tariff commission to investi- gate the whole tariff schedules to determine whether many commodi- ties were being given adequate protection “‘in- face of depreciated ‘foreign curency.” ‘The’ president left his special train bearing him to Detroit for a campaign speech tonight in order to discuss the tariff and difficui- ties in coal and other natural re- sources to safeguard them from destructive competition. He advocated limited coopera- General Disorders Par- ticipated In By Two Hundred At Welfare Is- land Penitentiary | \ i tated Press) } |intaral resources before. chest: | qc (it Asmestated From ing audience of thousands in the) NEW YORK, Oct. 22.— West Virginia capital. ‘One prisoner was killed and Hoover is the first president to } visit here since Andrew Jackson'many injured today in riot- lin 1832. ty s. :, :, . | “Protective tariff made possible| tee Sty Lapras Ss yall plants in this great valley and {OM “Welfare. Island: | employment: in’ thent,”” the presis | started: in dent said. iy “The great American” policy’ adopted ‘ands defended by: the. re- {bublican’ party also made’ possible |" “é Rane a ‘steel, glass and pottery industries! Two committees of peace in this state,” the president said. |: i f ONGw. the demberatle. six vey { makers had met in the’ war-. promises to destroy the effective-;den’s office to settle racial ness of the tariff commission,” he 'animosities which had broken concluded, out among prisoners. Sari, Robbers Stage County Jail (By Agsoctated Press) CROOKSTON, Minn., Oct. 22.—In a raid on the Polk county jail four men held up the night and day jailers and a third man ‘taped their eyes and mouths and filed Tw@ty slot machines, a machine gun, 500 rounds of ammunition, several rifles and pistols and a_ small quantity of liquor, were also taken in the raid early to- day. | EXPECT KICK ON SHOWING OF FILM “FAREWELL TO ARMS” MAY BE BANNED FROM SHOW. ING IN ITALY (ny Agsoriated Press) HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Oct. 22. —Hollywood picture makers often juries to her head and body from | Executive committee plans to! which she claimed she has unre~ covered, The men fled after strik- ing her. by the board. An ordinance fixing the amount } nied along with the others handled ; Members of the Monroe county | Roosevelt-Garner-Sholtz Club will leave next Wednesday for Taver- bring their active campaign for a} large vote on election day for: Roosevelt and Sholtz -before the The second group of workmen] groan over their difficulties with igned to tasks by the Monroe| domestic censors, but these prob-/ unty Council for unemployment |!ems are simple compared with She gave no reason for not re- of licenses for physicians and den- porting ‘the attack. earlier. The | tists was passed on its second, third | relief, witl@omplete its period of|those arising from the national i hy tl ill hold a di -|people in a gala fashion. shalis seit a iis es nt ie a pride and feelings of other coun- In Minnesota George Holshod was stabbed lto death. The killing was the signal Weed ss for general rioging which id 200 of th ‘SHERIFF'S FORCE [rivens 700. | The ricti led | FAILS TO LOCATE aster note an nour by potice LEWIN UP COAST and an army of 600 or 800. VERMONT ATTACKS AUNT POLICE snidshas wok MISS AG- NES MURRAY; VICTIM BADLY BEATEN DEPUTIES ALONG KEYS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP LOOK. OUT FOR MAN WANTED HERE Cleveland Niles, sheriff, and his \ three deputies, Nathan Niles, Dal- {bert Bethel and Joe Johnson, re- turned late last night from an el haustive search on the keys in an effort to locate Roy Lewin, alleged | embezzler of the Orange State oil company. (By Associated Prenn) BROOKLINE, Mass., Oct, 22.— Miss Agnes Murray, of Burlington, Vermont, was sought today for an attack on her 60-year-old aunt, | Miss Margaret Stone. The sheriff and his assistants; The latter told police she was lvisited Perky, Ramrod, Pirates | attacked by her niece with an auto- Cove, Sugar Loaf, Big Pine Key, , mobile jask while they were riding. and numerous other places where; She was found on the lawn bad- | buildings are, but at no place could} }y beaten on the head, any information be gathered, nor | Physicians feared she might be- did any of the inhabitants in the ; come blind from the beating. jsections visited recollect seeing Police said they will apply for a Lewin this week. warant charging assault with in- | It had been customary for the|tent to kill against the girl. j missing man to make deliveries at} Miss Stone said she knew of ne intervals at points on the keys and| motive for the attack, the sheriff thought it was possible | seimenanaa ane {that he had gone in that direction | Regalar Saturday Night jand been the guest of some of his| 0 | friends who did not know of his al-| Dance At Clab Miramar leged peculations. -——— Deputies on the keys and offi-| ‘An unusually jarge crowd is ex- cers at points between Key West| pected to attend the regular i i | men told her “We want you to,and final reading. The document] cratic rally-with the residents off There will be a parade with redfemployment this afternoon. and Miami have been asked to ex-/ Saturday night dance which ix be- leave this place,” she said, ‘was passed on its initial reading at; that city and surrounding towns. flares, a band and the drum and Those who have been “observing ; tries. In addition to the three white! the previous meeting of the coun- women, police said several negroes | cil. j were recently flogged here. They! -A resolution fixiig bonds for expressed belief that the same band| city officials was adopted. The was implicated in all such flog-| amounts follow: Tax Collector, gings, | $10,000; Treasurer, $5,000; Clerk, Mrs. Geringer and her daughter | $2,500; Auditor, $2,500, and Chief was taken by eight men six miles) o¢ Police, $2,000. into the woods and brutally beaten Asks Payment with a leather strap earlier in the} 4 letter was read from Attorney | Raymond Lord relative to an j over-due account of the Sinclair | Oil Company, against the City of} Key West, requesting that a sub- {stantial payment be made toward/ @} the debt in the near future. Mr.) Lord has taken over the account} for collection. The matter was! Grand Master Leo E. Walters} turned over to the chairman of the will pay an official visit to Key | finance cemmittee for eae w . _| tion, West and. Equity Lodges Morday| “4 copmmunication was read froth} William H. Malone, rep- night, October 24th, at Key West! attorne Lodge No. 13, Odd Fellows Hall, | resenting N. B. Shannahan and} Caroline street, at 8 o'clock. W. A. Gomez, former police of-| All Odd Fellows in the city are} {ier Tequesting that past due r= salaries, with interest, due these, invited to attend, men be paid at once. The matter! R. BEECHAM CURRY, | was turned over to the city attor- Dist. Dep. Grand Master. tney for investigation. Tt was ordered that an smount; $500 be turned over to the! { t oct21-2t ~-} lof In order to enable the memb s|bugle corps. At Bayview Park,!the progress of the work done in| to make the trip and carry lots 24 Pode tans or some oer imj| the different sections are highly|ture in this connection, because literature to be distributed through | fluential democratic speaker, wil |pleased with the results obtained|the novel was banned in Italy, is that section the Monroe County) address the crowd. ni Z Executive. committee, at their! From the state as well as na-|@nd are praising the efforts of|the reception to be accorced the meeting Thursday night, ap-'tional headquarters there comes) those in charge and the men under|film “A Farewell to Arms’ propriated $25 for their use. every day reports of the increasing; them. that country. Objection to cer- It is understood that several, popularity of Rogsevelt. : Especially is the beautifying | tain chapters of Ernest Heming- memes AEP in raed The eh more democratic) program noticeable at the City|Way’s novel was strong in Italy, Vest will make the trip and ad-| committee has made plans to cen-) 5.1, ne especially to those depicts an dress the voters of that district. |ter their attention on every demo-| 1” Mg Ser get surrounding herent * — n j 5 : a Casa Marina and vicinity andjItalian retreat during the World Tt was decided also at the meet- | cratic nominee that has opposition.’ certain sections of the cumatery. | Was ing that Attugpey General Cary E., Ray Elwood, candidate for con- +| War. - . Another place where the pro-| Reports that an official protest Like most films with foreign Landis, will be asked to come to stable, the only local candidate procs is fi | Key West before November § tolwith opposition, has been assured! best kind of reeclte ie at tho griz| s#ainst. exhibition of the picture address the voters on the issues of| of the combined support of the| course. Phe beautifying ‘ond {has been received were denied by the campaign and urge upon them committee. jcleaning program there has been | Benjamin Glazier, associate _pro- the necessity of supporting the| With close to 5,000 qualified! enthusiastically praised by local| g democratic ticket in its entirety. | votes in the county every effort) golfers and they say that it comes ae . (ae | will be made to bring out as large/at the opportune time as a num- - z Masical Program For | vote as possible on election day.| ber of the membership of the Bilt-| arnkre nam wittied esr ieoyy 3 | The Roosevelt, Garner and Sheltz!more Golf Club of Coral Gables| snowing for the bemefit of Italian Congregational Charch campaign is of much interest to; will arrive here Sqprday, October diplomatic forces before it is | Key. Westers and Monroe county/2%, to enter into match play with! jown publicly The following is the musical: is going to endeavor to give these pareh aar team of the Country | ‘ program that will be rendered at! candidates a greater plurality than Club. the Congregational Church tomor- any other county in the state. | The money for this work was ATMY Instructor Will row evening: H THE COMMITTEE. | received today from Tallahassee Arrive Here Tuesda: : ; i ere iy Violin solo, “Simple Aveu.” by {and the men will be paid off 11) Francis Thome—Will Roberts. | SogaBorn To Mr. And —_|°<lck_Monday_ morning. | Sergeant H. Bergfeld, instrac- Chorus, “The Hallelulah Choras” : tor of Batter; E, C. A. Florids from Hande}, | National Guard, has advised Cap- The latest subject for conjee-} by} DANCE) MIRAMAR CLUB Tonight at 10 O'Clock BLUE DEVIL ORCHESTRA Board of Public Works for the Trio, “Fa@r in Heaven,” by Mrs. Alger Rassell ‘tain William V. Albury, battery | | | | 106 o'clock Ladies are } ercise all vigilance in intercepting ing held tonight at Club Miramar creasing since the well known Blue JOHN INGLE TO CONFER WITH| *Auitted free, | John Ingle, state chairman of | eramest through the } Mr. Ingle comes, it is said, to} | While here the visitor will be; Lewin should he attempt to get|on the boulevard. Devil orchestra has been furnish- MEMBERS OF LOCAL | eccctccccnscccccecesonee {the Florida State Unemployment} jeonfer with members of Monroe | evest of his brother, Robert Ingle, | away in that direction. The management of the ¢lub MEMBER RELIEF states that the attendance to these ing the music. The dance starts at j councit | TODAY’S EDITORIAL COeceoeseocersonecosesos ‘Relief organization, was an pee fal on the Havana Special this af- j | County Council and discuss mat- ters pertaining to handling the} ; manager of the local gas com-. ipany, and Mrs. Ingle. j dances have been steadily in- BOARD ARRIVES; and laste until 2 a. m. Why the United States gov- Recoa- (ternoon. ifunds allotted to Monroe coupty. | ' ; i GOT HIS DESIRE i} See Page 4 for reader on this i operation of various departments’ Stearne—Mrrs. Paul Archer, Miss Mr,and Mrs. Alger Russell, of carried on under the head of that Dorothy Archer and A. D. Leuthi./ 1118 Southard street, announce | body. | Quartette, “Even Me.” by War-|the. birth of a son Wednesday After disposing of a few other, ren—Mrs. Paut® A@cher, . Miss'afterpoon 1:30 o'clock im the; imatters of minor importance, the/Dorothy Archer, A. D. Leuthi and home. Mother and boy are doing, meeting was ordered adjourned. George Are, nicely. % Veet as a BUSINESS with us White and Catherine Phone 522 Key Waot Tester, | The sergeant comes especially. | it ts understood, to be present at Nhe drill Tuesday night and inspect the personnel while m action. if; 1 wanted to go to prison so B asthma,” gasped Oval Noyes of THE CRASH a op. oe on * | Matines, 5-10c; Night, 10-206 je of stealing a car.