The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 10, 1933, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service VOLUME LIV. No. 35. Kighteen Killed When Plane Drops Bomb On Deck Of Mutiny Ship Twenty-Five Wounded On Dutch Cruiser; Rebels Defied Warning To Sur- render (By Associated Press) BATAVIA, Java, Feb. 10. Eighteen men were killed and 25 wounded aboard the rebellious Dutch cruiser De Zeven Provicien' when a naval fighting plane dropped @ bomb onthe ship’s deck teday forcing the mutinous native crew to surrender. Three Europeans and 15 Jav- anese were killed in the dramatic end of the mutineers career which came at dawn off the southwest Sumatra coast when a concen-' FIRE DESTROYS OLD DERELICT THIS MORNING ABANDONED STEAMER’ WIS- TARIA ALONGSIDE SAND PILE IN HARBOR COM- PLETELY DESTROYED Flaming skies and flying sparks in the northern heavens 2:15 o'clock this morning apparently portended a raging conflagration. Hundreds of folk from distant sections of the city believed that a dangerous fire was destroying property and started for the scene. Reaching the water front they found the old derelict. /Wistaria HOOVER OPPOSES GARNER PLAN OF REORGANIZATION DOES NOT FAVOR GIVING TO ROOSEVELT BROADE NED POWERS PROPOSED BY DEMOCRATIC LEADERS (iy Associated Prese) WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. ~—Republican house leaders today indicated they be- lieved President Hoover op- poses congress giving Presi- dent-elect Ropsevelt broad- ened powers to reorganize the government proposed by Speaker Garner and _ his democratic aides. Representatives Snell of New York, republican floor leader, and Wood of Indiana, | however. ‘from poverty we get the less is the danger of. revolution, bloody or} | The Bep West Citve KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1933. SCOHOOHOOSSHSOSSSSCECOCESESOSECE No. 3 PrYTT Tri America’s 10 Biggest Problems Giant Industry And Government By WILLIAM FIELDING OGBURN Research Director, President’s Committee On Recent Social Trends (Written For The Associated Press) i The next battleground will not be on the Marne or in the Philippines. The great issues of the future—greater in significance than the wars of nations—will-be- fought out between the forces of government and the forces of private jndustry. No. blood is likely to be~spilt, For the further away otherwise. The weapons will be of the type of the ballot box, and ranking republican on the appropriations committee, said they stated their op- position to the democratic proposal at conferences with President Hoover at the White House today, and printed page, television and talking books. The methods those of the advertiser and the lobbyist. The probability is that many of the struggles will-be very bitter. Our lesson from the past . points this way. ; New Issues Complex Not all ofthe issues will be like’ those of the railroads. The issues, will not be so simplé as.a line be- What’s Ahead For Industry? | t For 53 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West More Than Eighty . Persons Dead From Recent Cold Wave TWENTY-TWO LIVES LOST IN CHICAGO AT- TRIBUTED TO ICY SNAP; NINE ARE RE- PORTED DEAD IN OHIO; STORM PASSES NORTHEAST OF FLORIDA PENINSULA (By Associated Press) Mother Nature today tempered an ‘Arctic-like thrust at the nation with moderating temperatures as reports came in telling, of an increase in the num- ber of deaths attributed directly. and indirectly to the effects of the:storm. ; . Upwards of 80 persons lost their lives during the unprecendented cold wave. : As the growing list of the dead was received from sections which suffered most, Chicago counted a total of 22 dead as the city surveyed the effects of the coldest weather in 34 years. s Ohio counted nine dead with thermometer read- ings dipping down as.low as 14. below, Iowa five, Michigan six, Missouri six, and Wisonsin seven. tration of Dutch naval and air| on the sand pile in'the harbor, in forees bore down on the fleeing} flames from stem to stern, the quarry and ordered her to sur-| intensity of the fire indicating that at no time did the presi-|tween public and private interests. Public interest and private inter- dent express approval of the est are often’ the same, as in the Tender. The rebels were defiant to the last and refused to show the white eloth on deck as directed in the: warning. A bomb was then dropped, and when no sign came from the mutineers, the plane dropped a 100-pound bomb. on the ship and the destruction by the ex- plosion caused the surviving, The followed a recen’ revolt of native enlisted men, wh refused to stand parade drill in that for any future use the ves- sel was doomed. Late this morning the last piece of woodwork in the super- ‘|styneture of the ship fell inside of hull-and this afterfoon all) that is left is the steel hull of this historic old sea mark. The Wistaria was built in 1882, more than 60 years ago, for the U, 8. lighthouse service and was; s to ‘the = * Di ‘with ‘headquarters in ‘Charleston, S.C. She was a side wheeler. When the type of vessel grew plan. = Snell told newspapermen after he returned to his of- fice that “it has never been suggested by President Hoo- ver that congress abrogate its functions.” REJECTS. PROPOSAL: FOR CUT IN FUND WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. —The senate appropriations government’s relation to currency.) A regulated flow of credit is to the interest of both. Government can help in the eradication of de- pressions. The setting which Karl Marx or our own progressives gave to these larly true of the idea of property. In agricultural times property meant ownership of a farm, daily} management of it, and the enjoy: meng of its fruits amid the ti: ment of home life. Property today means shares of stock and divi- dends but not management. the mornings as a protest against| Ob8olete she was sent to Key West @ 17 per cent cut in pay. Some|*t® be used as a place of detention 400 or more were ordered under| fF foreign passengers suffering @rrest, and are awaiting -court-|ffom contagious and infectious martial. diseases, and for many years was ‘The men had expéeted a. 10| #0 used by the U. S. Public Health per cent pay cut, and refased to| Service. . drill when this was increased to| During the storm of 1919 the 17 per cent. Native soldiers wére| Vesse! sank and was considered ordered to stand by. ~ unfit for any kind of service, al- ‘The Dutch had been among’ the| though the iron hull was not dam- few nations with possessions and|®sed by her sinking. @olonies in the Orient, who have| From that time on the vessel not had revolutionary problems in| W®5 the goal of many pleasure Fecent years. The British in In-| Parties who would go there by day| Technology Holds Hope committee today overrode| So also, today, appropriation of | somebody else’s wealth or govern- its subcommittee and re-| ental ownership are not the only jected a proposal for a 10)ways of raising’ the standard of per cent*cut in the $8,440,- 000 prohibition enforcement fund voted by the house. The full committee also restored the prohibition against the use of enforce- dia, and the French in Indo-China| & Bight and have picnies and|ment funds for wire tapping, haye frequently had to use force to put down native rebellion, but happy gatherings. Since the inception of the shark which the subcommittee had the Dutch had lived peacefully in;fishing industry the fishermen| recommended be eliminated their East Indian colonies. STEAMER PAWNEE ARRIVES IN PORT FLORIDA SAILS FOR HAVANA TODAY TAKING 73 PAS- SENGERS The Florida sailed 12:15 o'clock this afternoon for Havana with 73 passengers, She arrived this morning from Tampa with pas- sengers and freight. Ferry Parrott arrived from Cuba yesterday afternoon 6:20 o'clock with three carloads of horses, seven passengers, 98 sacks of mail and seven «miscellaneous cars. Freighter Pawnee arrived 4:40 o'clock yesterday afternoon from New Orleans with assorted cargo for Key West. She sailed at 5:50 for Miami and Jacksonville with shipments of cigars. Freighter Alame, of the Clyde- Mallory lines is due in Key West Monday morning from New York en foute to Tampa and Mobile. SHOE SALE) Ladies’ and Children’s, in|) all leathers and all D. ARONOVITZ| would go to the pile with their ¢atches, remove the hides from the monsters and use the vessel for drying purposes. How the fire started has not been learned. It’ was authorita- tively stated that a goodly num- ber of shark hides were, destroyed by the flames. During the time the ship was burning apparatus from Number 1 station remained at the Porter Dock to be ready for action in the event that flying brands or sparks should reach the city on the high wind that was blowing and start fires ashore, BSAOIPIaOSs#s Editor Mustard Seed Calls At The Citizen The editor of The Daily Mustard Seed, called at The Citizen office just after his arrival in Key West and re- members the incident in a post card received yesterday. He says he called “for a friendly chat, “Pleased to see the office cat. “Enjoyed printer's ink “And L. P. Artman’s motte ‘THINK. ". He says there are two great industries in the United States. One is composed of people who think and the ether of those whe pay the thinkers for thinking. The editor is thinking how to increase the size of The Daily Mustard Seed and will pay cash for any good sug- gestions. Fh hbk Ld) the of from the bill as passed by the house. COURT HEARING ON ROSENTHAL'S | PLEA DEFERRED JUDGE BROWNE POSTPONES ACTION DEALING WITH IN- JUNCTION REQUESTED AGAINST COMMISSIONERS Hearing on the George J. Ros- enthal plea for an injunction against the board of county com- missioners of Monroe county that was to be held tomorrow.morning before Judge Jefferson B’ Browne in cireuit court chambers has been postponed. The plaintiff in the case asks that the Monroe county body be permanently enjoined from in any manner interfering with Rosen- thal’s erection of bridges over the water gaps on the highway. William V. Albury, attorney for! the board, advised the attorneys for the plaintiff that the answer ef the Monroe body was filed Monday, February 6, Rule Day, jand the hearing would be tomor- jrow. j} Late yesterday Mr. Albury was |calied te Miami by Attorney J. Lancelot Lester for a conference jon urgent matters, and left in the obese after securing from Judge Browne a postponement of jcost of $18,000, a saving of about Phone 177 the hearing. living. Technology and manage- ment hold owt new hopes. A: high} standard of living in the future would change the picture. The relationship of government and business are more complex The government's relationship to giant industry is one of the great problems facing America, but commun the only alternatives, says Prof. William F. Ogburn, research ommittee on Recent Social Trends. is one of continuous adjustments, he holds. of the President’s, tinuous series of adjustments. Communism and fascism are not the only alternatives. Some of the fagtors involved are the public util lea, regulation, cooperation, elimination: of prof- its, price fixing, dietatorship, bal- ance powers, social services, taxation, grants in aid, etc. These ean obviously be combined in {Various ways in different fields at) différent. times. , Old’ Institutions Wane | That this is the arena for the greatest issues before our nation ean: be said with assurance., In earlier times the two great insti- tutions, the family and church, and fi m are not lirector The problem should | issues is changing. This is particu:| yow. .The problem is one of con-;dominated the activities of man- kind. Wages, profits, production, consumption were. under the fam- ily. The. church ‘was apart of the jstate, dominated international rela. tions, fostered education, sponsor- ed art, and often practised heal- ing. But as these two institutions de- clined in influence, two others— the government and industry— grew in power, and controlled more and more of man’s behavior. New Jersey, Kentucky, Indiana, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Minnesota and Nebraska also re- ported deaths in the west and southwest with 13 known to have perished since the storm. began early this week. Despite steady moderation, in the icy blast, zero and sub-zero readings held good today in many sec- tions. al y from points in the east to mountainous areas of the west. For the east, south and middlewest weather experts held out hope for a further rise today. _. Florida citrus growers breathed a sigh of relief as the cold wave, which threatened damage, veered dustry each go its own way alone?” |is “what will the relationship be?” | itt the state last nigth. The coldest point was Pensa- COUNCIL FAILS INEFFORTSON | RETRENCHMENT HEADS OF ALL DEPARTMENTS} RECOMMENDATIONS: WERE MADE TOWARD ANY CUT The city council in a special meeting held last night for the purpose of making retrenchments in the various departments of the city concluded its session without any reductions whatever having been made. The council met with the heads/ of the different departments, each having been called on to express themselves on the matter in the way of curtailments. Mayor William H. Malone as head of the police force stated; that his department was now op- jerating with practically a skeleton force, only having enough men to cover a small portion of the city therefore could not make any in this department. Chief Harry Baker f the fire | department made the same state- ment relative to his force, showing where he had barely enough men to take care of and operate the japparatus, and consequently had no recommendation to offer in the way of retrenchment in this branch of the city government. B. D. Trevor, representing the Board of Public Works, read a re- port of the activities of that body covering operations of Bayview {Park, cemetery, seavenger service, | jester works and street sweeping, showing where the Board of Pub- lic Works was now taking care of these departments at an annual ¢ on Page Four) Devotional Exercises At Bible Class Meeting At a business and social meet- ing of Evergreen Bible class of First Methodist church held yes- terday in the church annex, it was shown that members of a commit- tee named to visit sick and shut- ins, made 262 visits during January. FS The devotional exercises which opened this meeting .were in charge of Mrs. Antoinette Rob- erts, and readings were given by Mesdames Alice Scheurer, Bertie| Higgs, Sally Lundquist, and Miss | refreshment | Emily Ladd. _A course added to: the pleasures of the afternoon. Those present were Mesdames Antoinette Roberts, Nellie Baker, Bertie Higgs, Sally Lundquist, Alice Scheurer. Misses Emily Ladd, Mary Stick- ney. Funeral Rites For Mrs. Brigham This Afternoon Funeral services for Mrs. Ella in their duties, and said that he| Brigham, who died-2 o'clock Wed-| nesday afternoon in the residence recommendations for cutting down! 9+ g1¢ Francis street, are being} held this afternoon 4 o'clock. Services are being held from Pritchard’s Funeral Home. The religious denomination “The Brethren” are conducting the cere- monies, Charles W. Brigham, widower of the deceased, who is in Woed- stock, Kansas, will not arrive in time for the services. PRESCRIPTION. Only Graduate Registered Phar- iste fill iti oneal GARDNER’S PHARMA( Free Delivery tion ws "en government sad |pr"ay {rom the state and te mercury elimbed stendl+ cola, with 34. PROBE THREAT The weather bureau explained the high pressure FOR KIDNAPING LINDBERGH BABY DEALS WITH CASE OF TWO IN ROANOKE, VA.; SAID TO HAVE TRIED TO EXTORT MONEY _ (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.—At the request of Roanoke, Virginia, police, the bureau of investigation of the department of justice today jbegan inquiry into an alleged at- jtempt to extort money from ;Colonel Charles Lindbergh on & |threat of kidnaping his second son, Edgar. The chief of the bureau ordered ja special agent to go to Roanoke jand take charge of the case. Two Roanoke youths, Joe Bry- ant and Norman Harvey, are in jail in separate cells there today. They are charged with threaten- ing to kidnap the baby in an ef- fort to extort $50,000. | WARRANTS ISSUED | FOR PRINCIPALS | ROANOKE, Feb. 10—Assist- lant District Attorney T. X. Parsons announced today that he has or- dered the issuance of federal war- rants for the principals in an at- tempt to extert $50,000 from | Golone! Lindbergh. } Warrants would charge mailing ithreatening letters, and generai feonspiracy. | Parsons recommended that each lof the three, Joe Bryant, Norman (Harvey, and the latter's wife, Elsie Harvey, be held on $25,000 bond. j The action takes the case from the hands of local police, which brought a chill to Florida had taken an unusual. turn and passed to the northeast of the peninsula. MAJOR GENERAL E.|G. M. FOX SUING T. COLLINS DIES|RAILWAY COMPANY ILLNESS|FORMER EMPLOYE ASKING FOR DAMAGES TO AMOUNT OF $50,000 SUCCUMBS AFTER OF SEVERAL WEEKS AT HOME IN PENN. (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. — Major - General Edgar T. Collins, as- sistant chief of staff in charge of operations and training at the war department, died today, after an illness of sev- eral weeks at his home in Pennysivania. George M. Fox, formerly a hos- tler in the employ of the company, throught his attorney, J. F. Busto, has entered a suit for damages against the Florida East Coast Railway for $50,000, Hearings on pleadings in the chambers of Judge Jefferson B. Browne, in circuit court, will be heard tomorrow, on demurrer, mo- tion to strike, for bill of particulars and for compulsory amendment. The railroad is represented by R. RB. Anderson, John H, Summer- lin and William H. Malone. In his suit Mr. Fox alleges that the railroad company furnished de- fective appliances to be used in Big Valentine Dance Tuesday At Cuban Clab) i yursuit of his duties. That — he fell because of these défective A big Valentine dance is being Pe a — oh pigeons! planned for Tuesday, February; ¢ripp! accident happen: 14, at the Cuban Club, according! °" February 23, 1930. te Ramon Delgado, chairman of the entertainment committee of; the Cuban Club. Everything is, being done to make this affair! one of the biggest social events! of the season. | Howard Wilson and his band LAUGHTER IN HELL who are furnishing music and ¢8- | See Page 4 for Reader On This tertainment for the dance have Picture arranged to play several new song! In addition; The cold belt ephtinued te extend “ail'the way" .