The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 16, 1933, Page 2

— _ Che Kep Wiest Citizen Published Dally Except Sunday . SHE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. L. P, ARTMAN, President. From The Citizen Building, Corner Greene and Ann Streets : pend Only. Daily Newspaper. in Key West and Monroe County Bantered at Koy West, Florida, as second class matter FIFTY-FOURTH YEAR Member of the Associated Press C to use jated Press is exclusively meedand to ‘By. aNO, The Assoc! rep’ tall news re, the local news publi SUBSCRIPTION RATES, aaa ADVERTISING RATES Made knowp on application, L NOTICE eards of thanks, resol 8, ete, will be charge by churches from which ~ All reading noti respect, obituary not the rate of 10 cents a line. Notices for entertainme: tl of a for at &@ revenue Is to be derived isan open forum ai gion of public issues subjects of local ar general interest but it will not publish anonymous com- munications. NATIONAL ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES , LAN! & KOHN meg ric Ave., New York; 35 uae ‘fackez Drive, DIS Ww: ia ie et a THE KEY WEST CITIZEN a =. WILL, alwaya seck the truth and print it witnout fear and withoat favor; never be efraid to attack wrong or to applaud right; alwaya fight for progress; never be the or- gan ‘or the mouthplece of any person, clique, faction or claga; always do its utmost for the public welfare;, never tolerate corruption or inj-stice; denounce vice and praise virtue; commend good done by individual or organ- ization; tolerant of others’ rights, views and opitions; print only news that will elevate Bna not contaminate the reader; never com- promize with principle. | IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY PHE CITIZEN 1. Water and Sewerage, %. Bridges to complete Road to Main- _ land, &, Bree Port. 4, Hotels and Apartments. 6. Bathing Pavilion. 6. Aquarium. -1. Aivports—Land and Sea, -have an inferiority complex. It’s safe to bet he doesn’t play with his wife as part- ner, > That Nebraska man who confessed to stealing a piano “in a moment of weak- ness” might have carried away the house if he had been feeling right strong. Elizabeth Cooper, who .spent a few -days in Key West recently, thinks some of the houses need a “little” paint. That, is diplomatically expressed. Some of the houses need big dobs of paint, and one of these is the writer's, and wouldn't he like -to have it done. Michigan has declared an 8-day bank- ing holiday. One of the leading financial institutions of Detroit was in difficulty, and Governor Comstock did the sensible thing, it was an extraordinary circumstance which required an extraordinary remedy, the object of which was to save the sav- ings of the little fellow, One Year x | Mant | onth — 120 SS OOOO SPRCIA Z tu on of pubis james and i mera PROS?, GO; Ti Cy i AR ear i If a man could “see himself as others - see him,” life would be impossible. = During the war the slogan was “give until it hurts,” now it’s “buy until it hurts.” With what? A professor says all bridge fiends ' The Key West Citizen is peeved be- West will be linked to America by high- way,” although North America is a con- tinent and Key West is not a part of it.— P. E. B in Tampa Tribune, Se there is -where the idea comes from that Key West 4s the seventh province of Cuba. “When so many Americans went to Eurépe we started a cry to “See America ‘Biest,” Later, when the eighteenth “amendment became law, some wag sug- ested that we “See America Thirst.” Welt; people, unless we do something right pronto to get us out of the present dol- drums we will be crying, “See America NEED OF STATESMANSHIP The greatest need of the country to- day is statesmanship at the national capital. For many years governed by politicians. we- have been We have had at Washington too many legislators who have either lacked wisdom or who have lacked courage. A statesman isa man who knows what his country needs and who fearlessly tries to provide it, A politician is a man who listens to what he thinks the country wants and who rushes out to lead a demand for it, regard- less of his own ideas as to its wisdom. That is, if he has any ideas other than his re-election. The statesman is not influenced by the paid propaganda of big financial in- terests. He is not influenced by the de- mands of organized minorities or profes- sional lobbyists. The statesman advocates what he believes to be for the best interests of the people and fights for what he be- lieves. The politician is governed- by the greatest volume of sound, by the demands of the financial supporters of his cam- paigns, or by his fear of organized op- position to him. More statesmen and fewer politicians in our governmental departments is what the country needs, and The Cifizen be- lieves its readers heartily endorse this statement. THE ANNUAL. TOLL While deaths from automobile acci- dents in the United States were about 13 per cent less last year than in 1931, the total was more than 29,000. A total of more than 900,000 were injured. Several factors contributed to the lower casualty rate last year, but to what extent each factor figured can not be de- termined. Car registrations were about 8 per cent less and gasoline consumption was off about 7 per cent, indicating that less miles were traveled in 1931. But, owing to fewer replacements of ald cars by new ones, it is believed that mpre accidents may have resulted from mechanical defects, It seems, then, that the safety warnings and the campaign of edueation which has been carried on by newspapers and safety councils have had a considerable effeet. A marked reduction in the number of children under 15 years old who were run down in the streets is encouraging. ¥ 5 Statistics show that the most danger- ous drivers are those between the ages of 20 and 24, thousands of whom paid with their lives for their foolish speeding and general recklessness. More Americans have been killed in automobile accidents in the last 15 years than were killed in all the wars in the his- tory of the United States, the total being around 325,000, while the war toll was only about 300,000 dead. The deplorable thing about all this is that at least 90 per cent of all automobile accidents might be prevented by the ex- ercise of ordinary caution and common sense on the part of the drivers. and pedestrians. THE PASSING VETERANS According to the adjutant-generals’ office in Washington, 2,128,948 Union sol- diers served in the Civil War, while the best estimates place the number of Con- federates at between 800,000 and 900,000, no accurate record being available. The government pension roll shows only 27,673 Union veterans, while a re- cent survey places the number of living Confederates at no more than 10,406, This, it will be seen, shows a fairly equal per- centage of survivors of the two armies. remarkable that even the numbers men- tioned are still alive, as one who was a is a parole system and an arrange ;a talk to the pupils of Harris high} boy soldier only 15 years old at the close af the war would now be 83, However, | stant attention ts given to means |of the most interesting ever given | | —How It Operates By William Bruckart Bewenensannnnnncnccneuns THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HERE is one characteristic of the American people that consti- tutes something of a puzzle to me i er they have dealings, with } thelr government that result in dis- agreement, they simply rebel against @ compromise, They want to go to | court and fight it.. That reference, of course, is to civil matters. Criminal charges of which the government necessarily is the prosecutor occupy a different status. In theory, there may be no compromige in this respect. Since the government must pro- tect its own rights as well as prose- cute individuals who violate the rights of others, it is readily seen that it ®@ great law office to look after the business of the distinguished client, Uncle Sam, He really has an immense amount of lit- igation, and in view of that fact he } hea his lawyers seattered in every important city im every state in. the Union, They are so distributed. as to make them available to the great- eat number of people and thus avoid 48 much expense. to the individuals and to the government as may be, i k since it would be impossible to place i them . every community, ‘The government’s law office, the Department of Justice with a cab- imet member, the attorney genera! of ‘the United States, at its head, naturally has to have its headquar- ters. in Washington, The attorney general ls just like the attorney gen- eral for @ railroad or a bank or any other organization, He is the legal adviser to the Président of the United States, among his other du- ties, and represents the United States in every matter In which the United States has an interest. — ‘There Is no better way to show the varied interests with which this immense law office is concerned than to set out its administrative or- ganization for handling the vast amount of work, The attorney general, of course, is che boss, “His right-hand man is the | solicitor general of the United States, who appears in behalf of the attorney general at all times in the } Supreme Court of the United States. There is an assistant to the attorney, general, an office cre ated especially to deal with one type of prosecution, namely, the anti. trust law violator, Seven assistant attorney generals serve in their respective fields with more or less limited subjects that } they. may-become specialists in theiz work, One of them deals exclt sively with questions involving tax laws and enforcement of prohibt- tion; ‘a second devotes his time te defending the government's inter. ests in the United States court of elaims where Uncle Sam is always a defendant and never a complain ant In suits for money; a third has an assignment of work in connec tion with admiralty Utigation ané@ foreign relations as well as much of the financial -controversies ip. which the government is concerned; a fourth does nothing but consider the government's right in land niat ters, and with the memory of oil scandals still in mind the job em braces great detail; a fifth assistant attorney general is the official crim inal prosecutor of the great law office; a sixth is a highly trained lawyer in matters of customs, the laying of duties at the customs houses, appraisements of merchan- ! dise and such like, and the other | official of this class seems to be the general superintendent, for it is he who watches over the scores of United States attorneys who rep | resent Unclé Sam in thelr respec. tive jurisdictions throughout ba country. i It must be remembered, however, the bootlegger is convicted, there must be evidence to satisfy a court and a jury that the defendant is guilty. So this law office has a group of highly trained ran dows | ters who do nothing but run down criminals and gather evidence. The Department of Justice now has charge of enforcement of the | prohibition laws, too. But the policy of the government | is to look after its eitizens who have | been found guilty of law violation, | and the attorney general Is charged | with that duty as well. He man- | ages, through his subordinates, of | course, every pena} and correctional | institution operated by the federal | across 1 Strikes a golf ball over an ol 6 Larne serpent . cone ; v 13. Venttiate 14 Ancient wine v 18, Balsa. ry 16, M 4 ie rementa: | 20. evga 21 Antenna, pba river - mouths 24. Make a mistake im 27, Manners KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just 10 Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen Key West is to have a. golf course if the citizens vote on the bond issue. At a regular meeting of city council last night Senator Malone and Mayor Ladd, as a committee from the Chamher of Commerce, addressed the members and asked. that a bond issue of $150,000 be asked for. Oi¥ mo- tion the amount will be’! included in the contemplated bond issue to be placed before the voters at an election to be announced later. Fishing for mackerel and ‘king- fish is resulting in big catches these days, Yesterday there were 20,000 pounds of these choice fish brought to Key West for the Thompson Fish company. They were brought in by the smack Heron and the runboats Standard jand Elizabeth. Appropriate memorial exer- cises commemorating the twenty- fifth anniversary of the sinking of the U. S. S. battleship Maine in Havana harbor. The graves of the men who died when the ship sunk and others who have died in peace and conflict were strewn with flowers. ‘The shipping -board. steamer Carolinas was biought into port this morning by the wreeking tug that before the automobile thief of jielief.. The vessel went ashone off |S, MME, COUT Jupiter and was floated yesterday morning. Divers examined the hull of the vessel and found no damage. £ unknown origin did eon- Fire of jsiderable damage to the yacht Casa, Marina this mo?ning while she was moored at her berth in the |sub-base. The section of the yacht where the cabins are located was badly damaged. Men from the; naval station and the U. S. S, Saco extingiushed the flames. E. L. Hollis, for two years bag- gage master at the F. E, C. term- word Puzzle Pe 309 Bae £3 ing? PRAE RES Bee RRS BEBEE ee ithe keys to endeavor to discover ‘a still alleged to be operating on \vhe keys. t Twenty aliens smuggled into {this country on the west coast jand captured by immigration of- ficials, were brought to Key West from Tampa this morning and de- ported to Havana, The name.of Freddie Page was unintentionally left out of visiting fire chiefs Monday. The story carried in The Citi- zen of yesterday relative to the finding of oil on the property of {Charles Curry, aftracted thou sands of people to the scene whefe the well is being sunk. Experts say that the liquid is oil but much lighter than is usually found in wells, Peinen Oak or Ivy is relieved quickly with — Imperial Remedy. to refund money if it fails,—Advt. Subscribe for The Citizen—20c | , a week. LEGALS | Pet LICATION FOR PARDON 5 Court. and {992. ta two | years. imerigonme merits bteni6-23 JUDGE, — MONK STATE OF FLOR jin March, } j Nunez, des [then and t }the said Jud of my administration of said an discharging me js %. h day of January, Adm Hianses government, and in connection with |inals, has tendered hia resignation | Considering that it will be 68 years | them carries out the national pol-/20¢ will go to Miami and make fause the Miami Herald wrote: “And Key} on April 9 since Lee’s surrender, it seems | 'c¥ of trying to make better citizens |his home. out of violators before they are re | | teased again into society. There | | ment for pardons, the latter a mat- | }ter left to the President, and con- dudge W. Hunt Harris delivered school this morning on the sub- ject “The Old South”. It was one when it is remembered that the last sur- | of improving those prisoners. who | by this gifted speaker. viver of the Mexican War lived more than 80 years after the end of that struggle, it may be expected that a good many civit | War veterans have several ahead of them. Alwaysin accord with the bard's statement that there’s nothing in a name, we agreed until coming across the word halitosis. It’s a beautiful word, but connotation is something else again. more years its | j will accept instruction as a means of equipping them to earn a livell- hood without resorting to crime. the Department of Justice work ts | j accomplished, but the judiciary con- stitutes the third branch of the gov- ja@rmment and ought to be treated }aside from the executive establish- | ment of which the government's law | office is a part. Subscribe for The Citizen—20e a@ week. Pino Morales, at whose place of business intoxicating liquor was The courts, of course, provide the {found in a search conducted by! through which much of jthe chief of police and officers, | m waived preliminary examimation before Justice Russell yesterday and was beund over to criminal court in bend of $200. Deputy A. H. McInnis and Leroy Torres and Herman A’ of the sheriff's office left, over the East Coast this morning with jsearch warrants to seariilone ¢epi¢-it | in = A Case NOTICE OF FIRST M CREDITOR: TO THE CREDITORS 0 PEREZ, trading as Store, bankrupt, Monroe Coynty, "of Pia, to | Went aie: { te that day of January, 1923, the tated cause was referred t the purpose of composition and that the first meeting of the 3 Will be held at my office ab credit Ec 4 } 500 Duval Street. Key West. Flor- lida, (upstairs in Page Building). on .| Normal Precipitation ... \| Huron. the writeup of the dinner given the, Eczema Druggists are authorized } THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 193! eoccccccvesececcescoevee "TODAY'S DENTIN 78 ; O0eeeene racnare ease TODAY'S WEATHER eccccccscese| Dr. Worthington C, Ford, Bos- ton director of the Library of Congress. European mission, editor 3 |and scholar, born at Brooklyn, N. ; as Y.,. 75. years ago. TY)" Wan Wyck Brooks of New York, critic, literary scholar and author, .0 Ins, }born at Plainfield, N. J., 47 years 04 Ins. | ago, " *Thin recand covers 24-hour ——— coding ag 8 qaleeh: OM aay Rt, Rev, John J, MeCort, Cath- ‘Wemocyaw’s Almanar olie bishop of Altoona, Pa,, born Sun rises 7:00 a. m.}in Philadelphia, 73 years age Sun sets ... 6:22 x cena as {Moon rises : m™./ Rt, Rev, Francis Gilfillan, Cath- 00N.) olie bishop ‘of St. Joseph, Mo; Yesterday’s Precipitation 1:13 Moon sets - 12:00, Last Quarter, 17th .... 9:08 a.m /horn 61 years ago. — : Tomorrow's Tides Eiheceatai 2 A.M. P.M} Thomas M. Schumacher of New High 3:18 2:22{ York. a noted railway official, Low . 7:39 10:17 born at Williamsport, Pa., Barometer at % am, today. years, ago, » 3 Sea level, 30.17. f eames ; Katharine Cornell of New York, leatted by some the queeg of the American stage, bora in Germaiiy (of American parents}, 35 aoa ago. Lowest IHighest East night Yesterday Abilene - 38 50 Atlanta Boston | Buffalo Chicago Detroit ‘Dodge City Duluth Eastport .. El Paso Hatteras Helena 58 44 24 28 28 56 12 38 64 60 28 30 83 36 40 80 40 42 George M, Trevelyan, famed ‘Cambridge University, England, historian, born 57 years ago. MOSRROCMRARA0 This day gives an enquiring mind with good intelligence. There is a tendency to acquire lands and become attached to home= sur- roundings. It develops. a good citizen, really public-spirited, from .|a love for the home surroundings, who will prosper and be respected by his acquaintances, KEY WEST Little Rock SHEFFIELD, Eng.—Mark Gel- |don, of this city, molded himself a very satisfactory set of false teeth from scraps of aluminum which he melted, Firemen s Bese iy hs 36 LGOISLOSID SLE SL ILM, * TWO FOR ONE! “Shab asicth SSR S O B ct haa Rid.jid Ironing Board, Original Price $4.95 Lander’s Electric Iron, $2.95 BOTH For-- “4° 75 Cents Down, $1 a Month MPL MT KEY WEST ELECTRIC C0. A. F. AYALA, Sales Manager We pay 3 Per Cent on Savings | JHE FIRST NATIONAL BANK KEY WEST, FLORIDA 1 the 38th day of February. 1933, at) , at which time attend, prove claima, examine the bankrupt, vote on the composition offer of 15 pet Tbury } cent on atl unsecured claims, and transact such other business as may properly come befare said meeting. ‘This February 13th. 193% WILLIAM Ht MALO? Referee tn Bankruptey. Member Federal Reserve System