The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 29, 1932, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service “VOLUME LI. -No. 308. Floods Menace Six Of Southern States! Waters Rise Up To Back| WINNIE RUTH JUDD * Doors Of Many Resi-\IS TAKEN BEFORE dences In North Mont-' CR AND JURY TODAY gomery GIVEN CHANCE TO TELL (By Associated Press) STORY IN MURDER CASE; Six Southern states were har- rassed today by flooding rivers that overflowed lowlands, invaded lowlying sections of a number of APPARENTLY HYSTERICAL DURING TIME towns and kept on rising with (Ry Anscciated Press) PHOENIX, Dec, 29.—Given a chance to tell a “true story” of the killing of her two former wom- en friends and sending their bodies spported fram all states, Norland in a trunk to Los Angeles, Winnie South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, |Ruth Judd, condemned murderess, Mississippi and Tennessee, al-!today awaited whatever action will taken by the county grand jury. For four hours she was before 'the jury, and her voice at times, apparertly hysterical, could be heard in the corridors outside of the jury room. There was no official statement as to what she told the jurors. Her attorney said if the grand jury indicts another person he will place the woman’s case before the pardon board with a plea for com- tutation of sentence. She. was scheduled to hang February 17 for the murder of Mrs. Agnes Leroi. She is also charged. with the murder of Miss Hedvig Samuelson. COUNCIL CHECKS - UP LICENSE LIST more rain in sight for headwaters tonight and tomorrow. Comparatively small damage was though some residents were forced | be out of homes in each and ‘from several points, rivers were reported at highest levels in years. Coosa and Alabama :rivers in Alabama were the greatest trouble makers, rising up to back doors flooding basements in Wetumpka and Con- in North Montgomery, verging to spread over several thousand a in Central Alabama. ~ COUNTY COUNCIL EMPLOYS LARGE FORCE THIS WEEK EST NUMBER YET IN OPER-| ro seRvE WARRANTS ON ATIONS AFFORDING RELIEF DELINQUENTS There: were 449 men put to} mye city cquneil at a” special work this week by the County |meeting held late yesterday. after- Council for unemployment relief, |noon, checked over the delinquent This is a greater number than has list of eels aay * a worked at any period sinee relief result of which the chief of police work was given in Key West, bay beta ve RL tan dala This number will use up the last — thus far. of the funds allotted Monroe coun-| At the last regular meeting of ty for the last half ef December {the council this question was) and there will be ne other work |brought up at which time it was assignments until next Tuesday shown that there were quite a Z number who had not met with the ~~ syvhen selections from the lists are requirements of the law relative to _ ~* to be made. ; the payment of assessments against During the months of October. | merchants operating different November and December the sum|jines of business in Key West. of $13,000 was made available for! Chief Ivan Elwood and officers relief work in Monree county. of the police department have When the forces are paid tomorrow | heen busy today serving warrants $12,000 of this sum will have been| 5. merchants and others who have used. The extra $1,000 is-a re-! >. i ional volving fund to be used in . the call ved i og poet seater THREE OFFICERS MAY COLLECT ON PAST DUE FEES MALONEY, NILES AND AL- WHERE THEY ARE TITLED TO CERTAIN PAY EN- Raymond Maloney, tax collec- and Cleveland Niles, sheriff, may be able to collect certain fees that are said to be due them for work performed, Mr. Niles bases his claim on milage fees that he has never put been allowed in other counties in the state. The other two officials base their bills for remuneration on ithe fact that they have collected in the past on tax books that were supposedly showing a value of $5,000,000 when as a matter. of fact the assessed valuation is much less, Instead of one and one half per cent they should have been paid two per cent and it is for this additional half per cent they are billing the county. A number of letters have been sent to Tallahassee relative to this situation and some replies received that did not exactly ‘cover . the situation. Recently Mr. Maloney wrote the attorney general asking for a reply by telegram. Today he received this; signed Cary D. Landis, attorney general: Section 4665, compiled general laws does not prohibit county com- missioners paying legal commis- sions due county officers, even though the claim was not presented within one year. Therefore’ you could bill the county for two years and commissioners can legally pay: the claim if commissions have heretofore been paid under the NOT MANY STATE AUTO TAG PLATES SOLD UP TO DATE APPROXIMATELY FIFTY HAVE AGENCY OPENED; IN- CREASE LOOKED FOR SOON Since establishing the state tag agency on Duval street several weeks ago, approximately 50, in- eluding tags for several trucks, have been sold. George Gomez, agent in charge, said today that he expects to be a busy man from now until the Gate set for the expiration of sales, as he feels that every owner of a truck or automobile will have purchased the necessary tag by the last day of January. They will thus avoid having to pay the addi- {tional 25 percent which is . the }penalty for failing to purchase a tag in the required time. Mr. Gomez and his assistant, Mr. Richardson, returned last night from a tag selling tzip to the keys, but did not report any sales. Many owners have little discrepancies in their papers which wil! need cor- BURY ENDEAVOR TO SHOW | The Kep West Citi KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1932. (iy Associated Prean) BELGRADE, Dec. 29.—King Alexander of Jugoslavia who has just celebrated his forty-fourth birthday, is a great admirer of American automobiles, fiction and the latest Hollywood motion pic- tures, He is also a soccer football ¥an, likes the radio and doesn’t object time. i Heavy Daily Routine ‘Affairs of state do not allow {him much leisure, however, especi- ally now that relations with Italy re Alexander, After Eight-Hour Day, Turns To American Books, Autos, Films: |to playing bridge if he can find tor; Eugene Albury, tax assessor,; q REDUCTION IN FREIGHT RATES ARE REQUES ASK I, C. C. FOR AUTHORITY } THROUGH KEY WEST FOR EXPORTATION By PAUL MAY ‘Special Washington Correspondent { of The Citizen WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.— | Authority te put into effect im- en - ON COMMODITIES MOVING; __ in any claim for, but which have} have become delicate. His daily schedule calls for an early break-{' {fast and he gets to his desk be- fore. 8 a, m. Through the morning he receives ministers and deputations, signs {state papers and peruses reports juntil 12:30 p.m. After luncheon he returns at 4 o’clock for anotHer period of work before dinner. In his free time the king reads much, and in many languages: in Sebro-Croatian, Russian, French English. He receives all the more important new books and his pri- vate library contains 30,000 vol-} umes. i “KING ALEXANDER I than 20 cars of an expensive American make, and ‘drives them | himself. If a new model comes out he immediately wants it. Royal impatience is encounter-; Seeks Old Volumes ed when there is any delay in get- He likes to browse through old: ting football results up to the ibooks, too, Certain sellers of old | palace. The official news agency books in Paris know him well for has standing orders to rush scores he escapes to their shops whenever |to the court the moment they come he is‘in the French capital. ‘in and when the king travels he re- Almost every good film brought! ceives news bulletins at stations into the country gets its fitst;along the road. { showing in a hall of Alexander’s| |The king also likes to play the little palace at Dedinje. piano and to hunt, He goes to Sla- One of the king’s outstanding | vonia for deer and chamois or to enthusiasms is his fleet of Ameri-}Belje in the Voivodina for small can automobiles, He keeps no less ‘game. STORMY YEAR TESTS LEADERS LATIN-AMERICAN REPUBLICS, By RAFAEL ORDORICA ;munistic hue, were succeeded by (Associated Press Staff Writer) open revolt late in the year. This -: Revolutionary. and. international, swift administrative changes agi-'Tiburcio Carias over Dr. Angel tated 18 of the 20 Latin-American Zuniga Huete. The general is to nations in 1932, {take office next June. One of the wars, the Gran Chaco Revolts Shake Peru clash betweén Paraguay and Bo-| Ivan B.. Sacasa,. chosen| livia, was undeclared. Yet its cas- . . ey 2 president of Nicaragua in elec- ualities had been estimated at 30,-| 1:0). supervised: by uprising, still-en,.was.the result. of | \ wars, hurricanes, earthquakes and:a vietory at the polls of General} e@ mediately two reductions in freight r on commodities moving through Key West for exportation was asked of the interstate com- merce commission in petitions filed today by the Southern Ports For- Freight Committee, _repre- senting 33 railroads whose lines provide Florida connections. Establishment of a rate of 60 {cents per hundred pounds on can- ned. goods, from Indianapolis, Ind., and 69 cents from Morrison, IHin- cis, both rates to remain the same when; used as a basis for combina- tion-rates from more distant points, as the most important change pro- posed. In connection with the low- ered rate to Key West, establish- ment of a rate of 38 cents to gulf ports, and to South Atlantic ports, {from Indianapolis, and 47 cents from Morrison, was also asked. Present rates are: to Key West, 80 cents from Indianapolis and 76 from Morrison; Gulf and South At- lantic ports, 50% from Indianapo- lis ard 63 from Morrison. Shippers in the Middle West have insisted upon the establish- ment of the reduced export rates through Key West, the railroads told the commerce commission. A rate of 60 cents a hundred pounds on benrzol, from Duluth, Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Sault Ste. Marie, to Key West, Tampa and Port Tampa, was the second change proposed. It was pointed out that the present comparable rate to gulf ports is 47% cents. A differential of 12% cents, Ke: the proposed reduction woud give Min- mesota producing and shipping points the same differential, it w establish both new schedules upon less than sta- tutcry notice, because of the alleg- For 52 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS Roosevelt To Be Given Board Authority Toward Reorganization Matters HAVE HOPES YET [President-Elect To Begin FOR RESCUING QF | Study Of Governmental SEVEN OF MINERS Structure Next Month At OWNER OF MINE GIVES OR- j Warm Springs, Ga. BEEN DISPOSED OF SINCE; 000 by mid-December. A revolt in Brazil engaged 100,- 000 men and cost the victorious federals $10,000,000 for supplies alone. One of the hurricanes swept a jtidal wave across a Cuban coast \town and took 2,500 lives. Another jkilled 800 in Porto Rico, left 175,000 homeless and caused $7,- {000,000 damage. One of the earthquakes smote Mexico, bringing down buildings jand death upon 400 inhabitants of jone town. Presidents were made and over- thrown in bewildering succession. Some held firmly to the reins of jgovernment through rigid applica- tion of the rules of dictatorship. Combatants Resist Peace Landlocked Bolivia and hem- med in Paraguay, gathering mo- mentum from a border clash — in July, hurled 60,000 men into the virgin jungles of the Chaco boreal, {subject of a border dispute for a {half century. Bolivia began to igain the upper hand with the re- jturn of General Hans Kundt, Ger- ;man organizer and directing genius { of her army. } American | ed urgent need, was asked. imarines, takes office on New DERS TO SPEED UP MAT- TERS BELIEVING REMAIN- ING ONFS MAY BE SAVED (My Associnted Pregs) MOWEAQUA, Iil., Dec. 29. —Glerin ShaMer, owner of the mine where 54 men were en- tombed by an_ explosion Saturday, gave seven miners still missing a “good chance to get out alive” today. He ordered all speed in reaching the men_ believing if they had time to get back far enough they might be safe. Last of the funerals for the first 40 victims were held to- day. Bodies of seven others were recovered yesterday. PROBE BEATING OF MRS. STORK BY 3 PERSONS ASSAULT. QUESTIONED BY (Dy Associated Preas) WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. —Democratic leadership in the house tentatively agreed upon a proposal to give President - elect Roosevelt broad authority to reorganize the government to effect economies as a major step toward balancing the federal budget. The proposal will be of- fered by Chairman Byrns of the appropriations commit- tee, probably as an amend- ment to the general defi- ciency bill late in the present session if it is not put on another supply bill by the senate. Roosevelt will begin study of the gevernmental | struc- ture when he goes to Warm Springs, Georgia, next th. ANLEGED ‘eoia OF RILEY VANDALISM SAID , TOHAVECAUSED STATE ATTORNEY JOHN B. ROWLAND AT MIAMI MIAMI, Dec. 29.—Mrs. Ade- laide Doing Stork, wealthy Brickell ave resident, repeated to John B, yYear’s day. The last marine is to} jleave the country two days later. In Peru President Luis M. San- first year in office on December 9, but} not until he had seen hundreds! jkilled in a revolt at Trujillo in {July and after a naval revolt in| {February which a single plane} terminated with a threat to bomb {the mutineers. | | Panama, Mexico and Paraguay} chose presidents in 1932 who are| expected to serve through 1933] and beyond. West Indies Stable President Augustin P. i jchez-Cerro rounded out his t i Justo} jruary. Argentina began recovery} jin 1932 from the revolution of late! 1930. She was harassed con-| tinually by terroristic outbreaks, ; but managed to keep order. Governments of the West In- dies held firm. President Gerardo} | Machado of Cuba, after fighting a! reign of terror provoked by his! jdisagreements with opposition | }leaders, gradually led the country tback toward normality. Martial) jlaw, lifted from five provinces,} Five neutral nations in Wash-| stil! held in Havana at the year’s PAUL MESA’S CAR STOLEN IN MIAMI HAPPENED DURING VISIT TO THAT CITY; RECOVER. ED, HOWEVER Paul Mesa, superintendent of istribution for the Key West Elee- ee company, had his car stolen while in Miami this week, took office in Argentina in Feb-| Mr. Mesa left Monday with Mrs. | Mesa and son for a few days in Miami with relatives and friends. Tuesday he was in the vicinity of the Huntingdon hotel and parked is ear. Returning later he found that it was gone. Disappeared com- pletely, as far as he was concern- ed. He communicated his loss to the company in Key West in order that steps be taken to recover the insurance. Now it appears that the car has been located. Mrs. Mesa and son Rowland, state attorney investi- gator, the story of the savage beating she suffered in her home, 1809 Brickell ave.. Thursday night. at the hands of Mis. Freida J. Riley, her son, Bernard, 20, and a man identified by police as Jimmy Duffy. Bart A. Riley, prominent at- torney, husband of Mrs. Riley and father of Bernard, who also was beaten in Mrs, Stork’s home, then dragged from there unconscious when the assailants apparently de- cided to complete the beating ‘at some other place, also was ques- tioned by. Mr. Rowland. A sudden turn for the worse in |Mrs. Stork’s condition sent the in- jvestigator to the Victoria tal to recheck on points covered in ithe questioning before. Mrs, Stork suffered a triple-skull fracture, fracture of her left wrist and one finger, and multiple contusions ‘about the face, head and body. | Mrs. Riley and the son were ar- lrested on warrants charging ibrenking and entering with intent ‘to commit murder in the first de- gree, issued by Peace Justice ' i TRAIN SMASH UP INVESTIGATOR SAYS SWITCH , TAMPERED WITH; TWO PER. SONS KILLED, AND OTHERS INJURED X _ Uy Ansocinted Press) | JACKSONVILLE, IIL, Dec. 29. —Vandalism was blamed today by State Attorney Wolford Absher as he investigated the wreck of the Wabash passenger train that cost the lives of two persons and in- jured two others and endangered the lives of several passengers. The train crashed through a switch and into a tank car over- turning the engine and one car and was drenched in a flood of burn- ing oil. Engineer John Rapp and H. L. Meyer died of injuries. Absher said the investigation showed someone filed open a lock at the switch and threw it open. {Rosenthal Tenders Bond In Bridge Proceedings ‘e neat George J. Rosentha], who claims to have a franchise for the con- struction of bridges over the water gaps on the Overseas Highway, has tendered the county commis- | Fe fe j i gE é ; : MAGIC NIGHT See Page 4 For Reader On This Picture g i uf —Aleo— STRANGE JUSTICE é “Not all of this money was ex- ‘up. In several other cases the taken over by the state. This af- Clerk Wallace Pinder said to- = Ss : 9 ~ at nenry * ppenborn and on af- | recting before they can purchase | ington and. four in Buenos Aires} ong, In Haiti and the Dominican|Teturned on the Havana Special) sioners of Monroe county a penal Of Government Quarters ‘© be served. It is the in-|to within a short time, it is said, nations of the League of Nations! Innocents Day |Mesa that she had received the Property bond after several huursii, compliance with one section of the navy to the con |linquent in the city before the} H lattorney associated with Mr. Riley, Two of those interested in peace! i must start within 90 days after i { involved in a territorial dis-jserved at St. Paul's last night Steamer Cuba Has O meee oe d to reach Key West] : ‘ jeamer © uba fas Uver wiikin | Business Session Today)” a PRACTICE jand Peru, of the South American | piessed tincennnnk: ate which} communication service new. oc- t this { 4 os | <a.Waseer Steck sot We ean fc nds } Se ee children of the kindergarten and ive OFF PALM BEACH rae tates Stork e old federal building and the the meeting last week, which ac-|Yesterday afternoon with 112 pas- . {se H and her zips las the neg jothers that only five nations south!" The giret part Gf the precrann! :he would support her 4 details for this mov ; i " ‘i nove were days. ;Cuba with one car of Spanish tile | ame of those went through 1932! both departments. However, it is) “el! Soday with J {Mallory line, is due to arrive this joyed by the large number pres-/ing up to top-notch speed, Presi-| this ii The ithe expectation of reaching game their official approval. OMAHA.—Louis Boisen, jewel-| Salvador In Limelight |this city, was ordered by court to land waterway instead of turning making the exchange of the jrop-! ‘ event that the allotment, allowed |“, aamaber''od ; thase . watratith pended in Key West... A small 'defendants appeared in court and forded employment to a number day that he had in the neighbor- “ dren. was a play by the smaller children, and had said. the exchange will not be jevening from New Orleans en|Otwildering kaleidoscope of cight 115 tin the midst of violence. PLAYED SAFE i fishi ; Palm Beact The final action in the matter if ae bet ler, has a 250-year-old watch which} Honduras was e revolutionary pay his wife’s income tax despite out into the ocean as previously planned. * E for Mohroe is delayed in reaching Wake ‘eorted't nad in sabes Amount was used on a road in one their cases disposed of by Judge of people on the keys, |hood of 100. of these warrants to {busy for the next few days com-/ tags. jmade, and still are making, os q.|today. Later The Citizen inquired |fd6, its egied by Mrs, Stork. The | bond in the sum of $500,000, Approval of the secretary of 85 yet t j : Hol: jin the county jail offices. 7+" to summon every de-;and about January 9, Edney Park-'sent repédited warnings. | y ‘news, shortly after her arrival, that the alleged franchise which. pro- eenttectad ‘by courts it ix said, jeanne te Rey Wer and purchase | |who waa counsel for Mrs. Stork in|must start an Demeritt; jbetween Bolivia and Paraguay be-; Holy Innocents Day was ob-| id tendered a: éom- of the S pute of their own in April. Colom-!when service in this chureh con- e next few days. 100 Passengers Today Th was no luncheon held to-} i 2 Hi f : cuban ei woh : imediators, began then a series Of! 1,20 was an entertainment at the ‘The petition: ststen: Se parte cupying Number 1 building of the} nection with its) regular weekly;2fterngon with more than 100 pas- | The Brazilian revolt was only cine ej of St. Paul's Sunday ‘to beat defendant (Mrs. Stork) lighthouse department iting. |tOn was taken owing to the fact/Sengers, eight aliens. | — worked out some time ago and The Rotarians answered roll and 11 miscellaneous cars. eadee’: shiiethba dictatorships. | (ewe? by the annual Cisktmnes | {My Resociates Prean} _ Inard Riley repeated i made until the secretaries of the! ‘route te Miami and Jackesactan! dent Keovers fishing perty beod-| i jninth, that of Arturo Alessandri, is! will be taken when congress, at night. ee, toe \tieks 24 honrs each day in his shop ‘hotbed throughout almost the en- his plea that she would never tell erty official the council. jinstances the icin promptly appeared at the ¢ity hall and paid section of the county that was not Dongo. Await Word On Exchange | make out at first and he will be| | Republic, intai ys gain i lease pleting the work. ‘There are about| ‘These matters will be attended forts to end hostilities, ‘The 67) ~“PUric: order was maintained.| Ot 1 ‘tons and was told by Mrs.|Rileys gained their release on] arnss bond ts tendered, he claims, . tention ‘4 commerce and the secretary er, constable at Tavernier will| Peace Makers Near War | Observed Last Night |tre car had been found. Late yesterday, J. Aron Abbott,| 4.4 that ectual construction change of buildings requested by! rs y pleted mow e dings req y : - itags for dwellers on the keys. | jher divorce action against the polit rr venth Lighthouse district, (Rotarians Hold Brief is expec : ; 7 : x bea bia, of the Washington neutrals,! juded with Besetistion of the AS soon as this is received the} day by the Rotary Club in con-{ The steamer Cuba sailed ‘charges and countercharges Ore carats Suis eer tema ty | PRESIDENTIAL FLEET TO an-| “That Freida J. Riley then stat naval station will be moved into meeting. This was decided upon at/S¢nmers for Havana. She arrived jthe largest. There were so many/ 4091 {death and that if she would do will go into the navy buildi : : : i } : ill go into the navy building, |that the time fell between holi-| Ferry Parrett came in from} .¢ the Rio Grande escaped and Bark Nene c nant from officials of] ait today with just a brief busi-| Freighter Pawnee, of the Clyde-lae te in tree cenths presented the Paxeant. Both were greatly en-| FORT PIERCE, Dec. 29—Open-|sent by C. Warner Stork to different administrations, all risen} | i ‘ 4 } departments involved have given probes Soe cated aan SOME OLD TICKER i. " jest toking effice. | CHICAGO—Joseph Wilson of | Boats continued down the in-; the spring term, passes an act here. tire year. Strikes, some of com- him what she earned. ILLEGIBLE ORIGINAL