The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 28, 1932, Page 1

Associated Press Day W Service VOLUME Lill. No. 307. Hoover Plans To Fish InPalm Beach Waters Flotilla With Presidential] BELIEVE MAN Party Passes Daytona| Beach This Morning Southward Bound (By Associnted Press) WITH PRESIDENT HOO- VER, Dec. 28.—Abandoning! plans for fishing before Fri- day or Saturday, President Hoover today decided upon continuing a slow cruise down the Florida east coast waterways and starting ang- ling off Palm Beach. The presidential flotilla passed Daytona Beach this morning and slowed down after receiving reports of shallow waters ahead. It had been planned to take on water at Daytona Beach but the schedule was changed and a stop was ar- ranged at New Smyrna. The party hoped to reach Melbourne tonight but ex- perienced yachtsmen said it ‘was more probable . that Cocoa would be the ‘night’s stopping place. Stuart or Fort Pierce may he. reached. by _.tomorrow night with Palm Beach the destination for the next day. During the * president was continuing ‘work on various govern- mental affairs. KEY WEST IS NOT SINKING, WORLD TOLD YEARS, ACCORDING TO SCIENTIST’S VIEWS (My Associated Prexs) ATLANTIC. CITY, N,‘J., Dee. 28.—Key West is the only place on the Atlantic Coast that is neither rising nor falling, the American Association for the Ad- \lumbus, Ohio, garage. ®@panions running short of ire MISSING HAS LETTER RECEIVED FROM, “BOY IN DISTRESS’ THROWS | SOME LIGHT ON SUBJECT DEALING WITH CASE { (By Associated Prens) HENDERSON, North Carolina, | Dec. 28.—The mysterious disap- pearance of R..S. McCoin, 60, prominent attorney, was believed today to have become a murder} case which authorities in six states are seeking to solve. | ( A letter sent from Chicago by a “boy in distress” to the supreme, court judge led to the discovery} of McCoin’s automobile in a Co-} It said the writer and three com- | cash ; The Key West Citizen — KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER: 2 British Tube Smashes Atoms Same As Do Stars COO OSOOSEOHCOOOO OOOO HOH OOOOOOOOOO OOO OOOOHDOSOOOOOOSOOOOSOO OOOOH SOOO OOOOR ORDINARY ATOMS ON EARTH ALWAYS HAVE THIS FORM THIS 1S WHAT HAPPENS TO AN ATOM SMASHED’ EITHER IN TUBE AT LEFT OR IN STARS AT RIGHT. PHOTOGRAPH OF TRACKS. MADE BY ‘PARTICLES ATOMS SMASHED ASt =} _ For 8, 1932. 52 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS Senate Committee Fails To Muster | | Quorum For ActionOn HELD FORTRY AT | CHAIRMAN OF MURDERINMIAMI BRIDGE CORP. J. D. REDD PLACED ON COM- ARRESTED AFTER BEATING | SOCIETY WOMAN;HUSBAND; MITTEE; LESTER AND WAR- ESCAPES AFTER BEING AT-| REN RETURN FROM MEET- TACKED ALSO | ING HELD YESTERDAY { —— |. MIAMI, Dec. 28.—Mrs, Freida} Attorney J. Lancelot Lester |J. Riley and her son, Bernard, 20,/82d Leo Warren, president of city iwere held in the county jail of-| council, who attended the meet- 'fices, charged with assault and in- ing of the executive committee of. |tent to kill Mrs. Adelaide Doing!the Overseas Bridge Corporation ‘Stork, wealthy Brickell ave., resi-|held yesterday in Miami in the of- ident, who is in a hospital serious-|fices of H. H. Taylor, returned to- ily injured. I day. | Bart A. Riley, prominent at-| In discussing the meeting they jtorney, is also said to have been told The Citizen that Frank B, {attacked and injured by his son ;Shutts, publisher of the Miami’ jand wife in the affray Jast Thurs-| Herald was elected chairman of jday in Mrs. Stork’s home. |the corporation, succeeding Glenn _ A man identified on police rec-|B. Skipper, who resigned but re- ords as “Jimmie Duffy,” accom-}mains on the board of directors, | | { | 1 plgnned to have a slight collision with another automobile and col- lect damages. panied Mrs, Riley and her son to jthe Stork home, 1809 Brickell ave., jand is alleged to have held Mrs. ABOVE IN A MAN-MADE TUBE One other member was added to jthe committee. J. D. Redd, who. was elected to fill the vacancy left Measure Second Unsuccessful Ef- fort During Week For Discussion Of Outstand- ing Issue ee (By Assoctated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 28. -——Lack of a quorum delayed action by the senate judiciary committee today on _ the house .3.2 per cent beer bill, but Chairman Norris called another meeting for next Monday. It was the second unsuc- cessful effort this week to obtain a quorum of the com- mittee to begin work on the bill. Chairman Norris appoint- ed a sub-committee of five members on the Black five- cruise the} Doing so, the letter said, a man in an automobile similar to Mc- Coin’s refused to acceed to the quartet’s demand for $15 and he was killed. The letter said the body was buried near Hagerstown, Mary- land, after the clothes were burn- ed. GREEK AUTHORITIES BARRED FROM FURTHER ACTION; U. S. WILL STILL CONTINUE FIGHT, HOWEVER (By [Assoetated Prénn) ATHENS, Dec. «| 28,—-Further | proceedings cannot be ‘taken ‘in Greece against Samuel Insull on A new “chemistry of the stars” is expected to have a prominent place in scientific study in 1933 as a result of atom-smashing diseoveries in 1932. It deals with atoms never found jin nature on earth but believed to exist in stars. The nt tube at left used by British scientists imitates the hot center of a star in stripping and splitting atoms. RED CROSS UNIT OUTLINES PLANS FOR WORK AHEAD (GENERAL BASH 0. |C. IRVING WRIGHT VISIT TORTUGAS; DEAD; FUNERAL AT PROPOSED TRIP WILL BE, ROCKLAND, MASS. MADE ON LIGHTHOUSE | ’ cekiiee 10Y DECEASED. WAS OWNER OF PIRATES COVE FISHING CAMP; HAD LARGE BUSI- NESS HOLDINGS IN FLORIDA; + 4 ADVISORY COUNCIL DECIDES | HAVING REGISTRATIONS) ATTENDED TO AT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Brigadier General L. H, Bash, Q.-M. C. U. S. A., who with his family is spending the holidays in ‘Key West, will make a visit to At a meeting of the advisory i |Stork to the floor as the Rileys | beat her with a pistol and a tele-| Phone snatched from the wall. Mrs. Riley and her son were ar- rested in municipal courtroom this morning. on watrants charging them with breaking and entering with intent to commit murder in the first degree. The warrants were issued by Peace. Justice H. L, Oppenborn on complaint of Mrs. | |Stork’s attorneys’ and bond set at $5,000. They did not make the bond and were in the county jail atip m The arrest followed Mrs, Riley’s conviction 4 dentent Ing on an assault and batiery charge pre- ferred by Mrs. Mildred Johnson, secretary to Mr. Riley, who charg- ed that Mrs. Riley came to the office Saturday and threatened to kill her. Mrs. Riley, fined $54.24, posted appeal bond, } council .of the local Red Cross chapter this morning, it was de- cided that registration, and receipt ‘cards, for those wishing to enroll the same charges on which the} in the Red Cross will be placed at court ruled yesterday that he was! the Chamber of Commerce for the unextraditable, legal said today. The decision is binding upon! ter rooms. Greek executive authorities, bar-, Some persons have failed to reg- ring them from further steps!ister as members of the Red Cross, should they be ‘so inclined, it was/ it was shown, because they found declared, |it inconvenient to wait at chapter rooms during the distribution of WILL CONTINUE jelothing, others could not make it TO MAKE FIGHT jeconyenient to go to the chapter CHICAGO, Dec. 28.—The fight | 700ms during the hours the secre- to bring Samuel Insull back to the tary ison duty. To accommodate United States to face accusers ‘is these, the enrollment may be made to go on but there is a big quies-|%t the Chamber of Commerce. tion mark-today-as to the method}. It was-also decided at the meet- of procedure. jing today that during : the first This was indicated by the! Week in January a list will be pub- . . lished showing the names of those re ee eee UN So). have enrolled in the Red Cross authority] convenience of those who may not; j have time to go to Red Cross chap-/ {Dry Tortugas this week, aceom- panied by Mrs. Bash and daughter |Q.M. C., reserves. | The trip is to be made on the Tampa Bay at noon today and is due in port late tomorrow after- noon. The trip to Tortugas and |Fort Jefferson will be started is expected, General Bash and Lieutenant the tender Poppy which is on a tour of inspection of aids to navi- gation in the vicinity of Key West. ‘RELIEF WILL GO | | and Lieutenant Alvin R. Moore, | { lighthouse tenaer ivy which left} |Moore are today guests on board! labont 10:o'leck toniorrow night: it| “ee Set National Bank {the country from time to time dur- OHIO COMPLAINS OF RACKETEERING IN THAT SECTION News has’ béen, received in the| city afinouncing ‘the’ death of <C.} Irving Wright at Philadelphia on Monday morning, Funeral services| will be held this afternoon at the j home of his father in Rockland, | Mass. This information was con-| tained in a telegram received to- day by William R. Porter, presi-| of Key West, who was a personal | friend of Mr, Wright. The deceased, who had large| financial holdings in Florida and, elsewhere, was well known to many | Key West residents, he having} (oy ecoenet Deetnd come in close contact with many, CLEVELAND, Dec, 28,—Bar- persons here through his activities Ticaded shop fronts, guards peep- as the owner and operator of ing from firing slots and a long TO POLICE STATEMENTS | Pirates Cove, famous fishing camp |tecord of gunplay bombings and |and resort which has been visited other violence, provide evidence, : by a large influx’ of wealthy and {Police admitted today, that “busi- influential people from all parts of ness racketeering” in Ohio like Chicago and New York has ac- by the resignation of F. G. Railey.|day work week bill and an- He will remai th i- : r etches remain on the board of di: nounced hearings to begin Other officers of the organ-|January 6. ization remain as heretofore, i: William R. Porter, vice chairman; Testimony to SBD Charles R. Pierce, attorney, secre-|their plea that increased tary; Walter S. Hammons, | presi- i ; dent of the surf, club ef Mismif ene Tates will be con- Beach; treasurer; H. H. Taylor,|tinued after next March 31 attorney. was placed before the inter- state commerce commission by: railroad. representatives. MALCOLM W : ‘ . Patrick Farrell elect- LEAPS : TO DEATH ed neigh of pt sion succeeding Claude Por- ter, STATE GASOLINE SALES DROP,OFF ter | JUMPS FROM TOP OF APART- | MENT HOUSE IN “EW YORK (ly Associated Prensa) NEW YORK, Dec, 28,— Malcolm Whitman, 55, mem- ber of the textile firm of Lasher and Whitman, and former tennis champion, com- NOVEMBER CONSUMPTION FELL BELOW THAT FOR TAKING PLACE WITH CHI-| CAGO AND NEW YORK IN| OPERATIONS ACCORDING} mitted suicide today by leap- ing from the penthouse atop of a five-story apartment house here. Associates told police Whit- man had been suffering © nervous breakdown. Whitman was an official of several mill- ing companies and held the na- tional singles tennis champion- ship from 1895 to 1900. He wrote the history of ten- nis, one of the most complete books om the game ever writ- ten. Formal Opening Of Paul’s Tire Shop Here Saturday OCTOBER (Ny Asnoctated Prenay TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Dec. 28. -~-Elther Florida has not yet ex- perienced its annual flow of win- ter tourists or the tourists, if they — come, are not buying gaxo- e. The state comptroller’s office today reported that grsoline sales in Florida during November fell below the total sales for October and below the sales for Novem- ber of last year. Officials said this was unusual. There were 15,542,849 gallons tof gasoline sold in the state during vancement of Seience was told]mer utilities czar of larceny and yesterday by Dr, William Fitch} embezzlement. & A There is a possibility that the Cheney, Jr., of the Connecticut atate’s attorney may. ask the state Agricultural College, department to request the Greek! Another announcement ‘made bg} government to deport Insull to some country from which he might be extradited. | the scientist is that New York will be a mile under water in a million ing its open season. roll call. According to reports}T@ UNDERGO OVERHAULING | read at this meeting, the number | of memberships placed for Key; BEFORE RETURNING TO West has not yet been reached, | and a committee of women will | THIS, PORT. begin a house to house canvass of | homes, it was decided. Business places have been visit- joperate this winter as usual. Mr. Wright’s demise is Before returning to Key West |held in high esteem. In this connection, it is stated | j that Pirates Cove will continue to} said, often collect upwards | quired a big league calibre. ! The formai opening of Paul’s November. There were 15,694,183 Business racketeers, authorities Tire Shop in its new quarters at gallons sold during October and | of!the Sinclair station on Saturday 17,602,896 gallons sold doring | thousands of dollars a month by has been announced. It is stated; November last year. keenly |foreing men in legitimate business 'that part of the day's reeeipts will| The state’s seven cents @ gallon felt by his numerous friends and j acquaintances among whom he was to join and pay “dues” to “pro-jbe donated to the P.-T, Associa- tax on gasoline produced $1,047,- tective associations.” jtions of the various schools which 999.43 in revenue last mont’. | Most of racket killings in Ohio years. Measurements reported by Dri| Cheney to the association show) Portland, Me., and Charleston, S.! C., are rising from 7 to 15 inches} ed in this drive but residences have | yet to be canvassed. It is thought jthat after the house to house can- jvass is made there will be suf- {ficient funds on hand to keep the Mrs. Warren Recovering Rapidly From Operation in readiness for calls or salvage operations the wrecking tug Re- lief will go on drydock for annual inspection and repairs. The Relief left yesterday for} | per been connected with liquor, 9 s gambling or fire but police said Thieves Again Enter {they are fearful that ¢apital crimes {soon may spread to dry cleaning, Cate At Railway Yard jbarbering and other lines of regu- |will be used to purchase lunches ‘for the needy pupils, | Paul's Tire Shop has leased the inew station recently erected, it is ted, and will be ready for busi- nsign J. Browning Of Aviation Branch Makes Trip To City Yesterday per century, but New York, Atlar-| Mrs. William R. Warren is chapter functioning until the next | the coast of Mexico to assist the; ness with the opening on Satur-/ tie City, Philadelphia and Baiti-;"apidly recovering from an opera- more subsiding from 3% to;tion performed in a Philadelphia} 11% inches each hundred years.|hospital recently according to There may be cycles of rising | telegrams received by the family. and falling, the scientist said, for! Dr. Warren wired yesterday Boston rose between 1847 andjthat Mrs, Warren was permitted 1876, but now is dropping again.) yesterday to be seated in a berury B He suggested Boston's rise might} chair in the hospital, and was rid-| § ; have been rélated to the. Naples,/den to different parts of the in-! ryan Jennings And Ttaly, earthquake of 1817, as mos' itution visiting with other of the rise was in 1857 and 1818, | patients. TOO ANXIOUS rising 11 ~~ [BOXING ATHLETIC CLUB FRIDAY e restaurant of the Interstate | Ensign J. Browning, aviation Names of those who enroll will in salvage operations of the steam ALL-FLORIDA AIR TOUR \stock of the company. Dies This Morning |fiving field and visited with Weit’s ‘goal of 800 members will! | will sail from the Mexican coast the eastern end of the building... MIAMI, Fla, Dec. 28.—The!old, died 1:1 o'clock this morn-|M«s. Tellman. Family Visiting Here| Party Of Kentuckians jaway with their plunder they care-\the close of the fifth annual Mi-| Funeral services will be held|that a certain number of fizing { S. Bryan Jennings, son of. for-| rise at Charleston may be due te An assortment of all the differ-, Officiale of the Florida state of - Fieming Street Methodist! | GRANTHAM, Eng. — George, mission of Florida, Mrs. Jennings|ate Mrs. Catherine Fertig, daugh-/ Rates of rising and falling: smoker's favorites in widely ad-|‘Pi* winter will be made by the) Home, Fernandina, Fia., rising 31% ‘notice in the newspaper. \the highway last night and are; worth, all of Louisville, Ky. Mrs.i pipe and some chewing gum. jtory of the state tours. Last win-| daughter, Mrs. Mbreedes Torres } inches per century. Today they are enjoying a!bers of the party are guests of Cities visited last year seine | Philadelphia, falling 344 inches Charles Atwell. Mr. Porter, who| They are much pleased win] hopes of extending their stay 85) Bive Devils. Phone Page's 9117 |ville. The route for this winter’s'raigned for the’ 258th century i party. ‘long a8 poszible, > e Once again thieves have entered ,!at trade. |day. Red Crom:rell call drive. wreeking tug Willett now engaged !th, j | I ompany at the Florida East Coast’ Mrs. Carmen Valdez acmeek US. MH, aan pater be published at frequent intervals er Vistula aground near Tam-!terminals and made inroads on the 7 day afternoon from Opa-Locks so that all may. know whether Key {pico. ‘WILL START JANUARY 9) Aceording to present plans the! Entrance was gained by prying weit ' jLieutenant H. A. Tellman, ¢om- be reached. two tugs with the Vistula in tow/ off the door facing the south et (Wy Associated Prensa) \ Mrs. Carmen Valdez, 87 years; mandant at the naval station and \direet to Mobile. |The hinges were torn asunder.|fourth annual all-Florida air tour ing in the residence 1407 Simon-| The trip was made in con- | |After the marauders had made! Will start from this city following ton street. formity with =e ifully stood the unhinged door,2™i all-American air races oM|this afternoon & o'clock from)hours be made each month. The drop at Baltimore and the} On Visit To Key West){0y Soot opening: jJanvary 9. |the residence, Réw. ©. J; Coulliette! imer Governor Jennings of Flor-| op z 4 | readjustment after the Charleston} jida, president of the Foresty Com-} Among the visitors in Key West! nt classes of popular cigarettes *Viation association said the entry church officiating. Arrangements earthquake of 1886, he said. | } taken. Also ity list already indicates that the tour ; 7 x ' Springfield of this city, had his and their'children Dorothy, Bryan, jter, Catharine, son George, and)... a Agra tool oe ee Key West, Fla. no rise or fall. wife arrested for putting his death [Jr and Lelah Mae, arrived over| Messrs. Cari and George Ells-|vertised brands of cigars. One//#‘eest party of pilots in the his-| inches per century. sia te aaacpaneeiailiptienies |guests of Mrs. W. Hunt Harris\Fertig is a cousin of William jter 50 planes took part in the 12-' Charleston, S. C., land family, Scheurer of this city. The mem-| laiy tone. yand tater once ome ici GOOD REASON FOR SAME New York, falling 5 day's fishing on one of the boats; Mr. and Mrs. at their century. jot William R. Porter, captaimed by'home on Georgia street. per century, : ‘ia convaleseing from an attack of|their visit here, and pases ’e Baltimore, falling 5 inches per! flu, was unable to accompany the! tour has not been completed. idrankesness,