The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 13, 1933, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service Four pleas of guilty to minor charges were entered at the ses-} sion of criminal court this morn-} Distribution And ) Stanley Wilkerson, ‘Under Heav y Guard So Net "| CRIMINAL COURT day Night OUR JURORS DRAWN AND SUM- (By Associated Press) who is to pay the death| AND CASES SET FOR TRIAL penalty for the murder of eS guard at the state prison! ing. All pleading guilty are color- here, after being removed|°“, day night. on charges of vagrancy, the time é ted to kill “all presidents Originally these ‘women were with the theft of a diamond pin “stomach ache” wards arrested on charges of va- Ses icicle chalk hers ed two weeks ago on a charge of Tallat si i a bottle, was sentenced to pay a t 1 i March 20th, the week of labor, sentence to begin from date was sentenced to pay $25 and determined by Superintend- Jurors Summoned by eight machine gunners/to be returned at 10 0’clock. to- box are: Antonio Perez, R. W. DR. A. G. PRICE Roberts, Eugene R. Albury, Sr., ard Turner Roberts, Dalbert Bethel, Hillary A. Crusoe, William . Clarence H. Pierce. CONDITIONS IN TROPIC. lowing coses: Joseph Lowe, charged with non- race in the tropical parts of the | accused is fulfilling his promise to United States and ‘the islands of |the court and supporting his fam- A. G. Price, of Brisbane, Austra- lia. Grooms, president of The Key West Electric Company and was of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, of New York. dation, in Brisbane, made a num- er of notes regarding his obser- of his subject during his further travels, other cities on the Island before leaving for Puerto Rico, Santo VOLUME LIV. No. 61. Slayer Of Mayor Cermak/FQUR PLEAS OF Secretly Removed Out! GUILTY TODAY IN RAIFORD, March 13.—| MONED FOR _ PRESENT Guiseppe Zangara, assassin,| TERM; DOCKET SOUNDED Mayor Anton Cermak of Chicago, is under a heavy 4 Victoria Lloyd and Hattie Smith from Miami secretly Satur-|were sentenced to 30 days in jail of their imprisonment to date The Italian who said hejfrom the day they were arrested. arrested by the police department and kings” because hejon charges of being connected “hated capitalists” and had valued at $500. The ring was and whojlater returned, They were. after- was sentenced to death in| prancy, by the sneriff’s forces. Miami Friday, will die in| George Albury, who was arrest- assault and battery, specifically, Governor Dave Sholtz at| striking his sister on the head with the/fine of $100 or spend three death warrant today setting |™onths in the county jail at hard of arrest. the execution. - Milton Haverty, charged with costs or, do 30 days at hard labor ? in the county jail. ent L. F. Chapman. shy ‘ang. Jurors for the March term are z ara is guarded here being summoned today, the venire +,|morrow morning. from the National Guard unit Names of those drawn from the at Lake City. Pinder, George F, Pierce, J. R. Russell, Charles Parks, Chester Joseph Fernandez, Charles Oli- VISTS KEY WEST vieri, Charles W. Richards, Rich- G. Camero, Christ Knowles, Jose MAKING STUDY OF CLIMATIC | Barcelo, John A. Gardner and The docket was sounded and AL COUNTRIES dates set for the trial of the fol- support, was continued, the county Climatic effects on the white jsolicitor telling the court that the the West Indies and other tropical countries, is being studied hy Dr. Dr. Price was here for a brief time as the guest of Bascom L. introduced to Mr. Grooms by a jetter from Thomas Barbour, head While in Key West Dr. Price, who is from the Rockefeller Foun- vations in this city which will be added to a comprehensive study He left for Havana Saturday and from there will proceed to Domingo, Haiti and other trop- ical countries. | The meeting of Boy Scout! Troop No. 5, under the leadership} of Scoutmaster A. Boza, which was called for tonight, has been|ed a telegram Saturday from Tam-/ Boss. postponed indefinitely. j —— pound boy to Mr. and Mrs. Alfred ‘lieve Gardner’s Pharmacy Phone 177 Free Delivery drunken- ness, continued. $ Ed Simms, assault and battery, continued for the present. It was shown by William V. Albury that the moratorium prevented the ac- cused from securing funds at this time, Roy Lewin, charged with bezzlement, will be tried 10 o’clock tomorrow morning. Wm. H. Malone, attorney for the ac- cused, asked through Attorney George G. Brooks, that the case be set for Wednesday. Solicitor J. F. Busto stated that there was a large number of wit- nesses to be summoned in this case, one of whom was an official of the Orange State Oil company, who is now in the city but must be back in his office by Thursday. Judge Harfis, on this statement from Mr. Busto, fixed the date for the trial. Lucy King, unlawful posses- sion of bolito tickets and Ramon Oliva, charged with setting up a bolito game, will be tried Wednes- day. The case of Mittie Torres, charged with assault and battery on Sallie May, is set for Thurs- day em- CORRECTION Kathlene Gonzalez receiv- Mrs. pa announcing the birth of a 9- Sat the en as which appearing i ssue of The Citize name of the mother was gi Mrs. Kathlene Gonzalez, ; should have read Mrs. Alfred Go zalez. s By J. R. BRACKETT (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, March 13.— On or off the gold standard, the United States has more gold than any other nation in the world. Only four countries—aside from the United States—are on the gold standard without restric- tion, These are France, Belgium, Switzerland and the Netherlands. Free use of gold has been stopped in the United States by the bank emergency. World stocks of monetary gold United States has a third of’ this total; France has a fourth; no other country has as much as one billion. Gold Standard Implies Redemption Being on the gold standard means that the unit of a nation’s currency and coin is fixed as a definite weight of pure gold. The United States dollar equals 23.22 grains of it. Maintenance of the standard pledges the government to pay money for gold at all times and to redeem money with gold at the specified rate. TWO SISTERS AT SARASOTA FOUND SHOT T0 DEATH POLICE MAKING SEARCH FOR TWO MEN BELIEVED TO BE IMPLICATED; ANOTHER MAN WOUNDED (tty Ansociated Pres SARASOTA, March 13.—Two Sisters, Bertie Lee Clemts, 23, and Lacey Bell Dyel, 30, were found shot to death at their home here j today. Police immediately instituted a search for two men known to them Rogers and and New only as “Whitey” Blair Nashville | Orleans, respectively. { A man who gave his name as {James Douglas, 24, of Manatee, was wounded in the thumb when j he attempted to stop the shooting. He was jailed as a material wit- ness. Authorities requested police in all sections of the state to cooper- jate in the search for the slayers. from MAY USE CHECKS | ININCOME TAXES Checks will be accepted in pay- ment of income taxes. A, W. at Key hat he are a number o' e been holding in the belief that be accepted. r. Boss will be in his office i ffice until midnigh Wednesday, March 15, H date and h set Ww Ye poste for Back of such questions as the distribution of the world’s monetary gold supply. Of the total, $12,000,000,000, the and France possess more than half, the accompanying map showing how the remainder Aside from these two countries, no nation has as much as a billion dollars in gold. WHAT fs (T'S A MEASURING STICK FOR MONEY | ON the BASIS of THIS STICK the GOVERNMENT PROM- NSES tO EXCHANGE GOLD FOR } Many countries subscribe to the requirements of this definition in part but only France, Belgium, Switzerland and the Netherlands subscribe to it fully now. Gold has been chosen as the cause it is a commodity universal- ly desired and easily handled. It is desired because it is relatively scarce. It originally became de- sirable in part because of its orna- mental use, but tradition has giv- en it additional value. Gold Measures Money Gold is simply a measuring unit for money, just as a yard is a measuring unit for distance, A dollar—defined always as equal to 23.22 grains of pure gold—may assault. and battery on a woman,|total about $12,000,000,000, The}buy more.in one year than in an- other. . A dollar could be defined as a bushel of wheat—in fact, this has been seriously proposed—or a cer- tain weight of silver, or platinum or a group of commodities. But no matter what the definition of the money standard, if that definition is unchangeable, it does not de- termine the purchasing power of the money. A dollar is always a dollar in terms of its definition. The amounts of other things it will purchase vary with the times. It is not absolutely necessary to (By Associated Press) Many of the nation’s banks re- opened without restrictions today, and everywhere officials ed business being done “at the right window.” Officials say the ight window” is the receiving teller’s window. It is here that de- posits are made. Leading the list of those resum- ing operations under the plan out- lined by President Roosevelt were federal members of the reserve system. Institutions in cities with rec- ognized clearing houses will open ;tomorrow, and banks in smaller } places will follow suit as rapidly as state or federal authorities can approve. Many savings and private insti- tutions are also doing business again. | The New York Stock Exchange has not set the date for resuming trading. SHOW AT STRAND THEATER TONIGHT | The regular show will be con- ducted at the Strand Theater to- night as well as the matinee this afternoon. These shows will be for adults! which isjonly, it is shown, with no one un-/ Pierce, who was motoring in that! pay-ider 20 years of age allowed to at- | vicinity. ‘tend. The Gold Standard TALL OF EUROPE R $ 6,825,000,000 ional finarce lies consideration of. | standard of money primarily be-! Many Banks Reopen Today Minus Of Any Restriction . THE GOLD STANDARD? MONEY AND MONEY POR GOLD United Sta is divi phave any commodity for a stand- ard. England’s pound, on no standard now, fluctuates accord- ing to the supply of and demand for the pound. Not Always Exchangeable While gold may serve as a measuring stick, it may not be al- ways exchangeable for money. In |Germany, for instance, the cur- jrency may not be turned into gold, yet it is defined as equal to a specified weight of gold. Germany will ship gold to other countries only when it is decided to be ab- jSolutely necessary by the central ibank. Many countries are now using gold on this basis. Before the depression nearly all countries were on the gold stand- ard without restrictions. But when the people at home and when oth- er nations suddenly desired that the money owed should be turned into gold the governments were forced to declare restrictions to | protect their gold supplies. The United States has $4,000,- {000,000 in gold—but at the time }the bank holiday was ordered there was some $6,000,000,000 or $7,000,000,000 in money in circu- lation and some $40,000,000,000 in bank deposits. It would be im- possible to turn all of this into gold. {for immediate modification of the tand other beverages of such alco- |holic content as is permissable un- The Key West Citizen KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, MARCH 13, 1933. YOU AND YOUR MONEY Another Earth Shock Causes World Gold Immediate Enactment Of Sight Damage At For Beer Legislation Asked By President Roosevelt (Ds Associated Press) WASHINGTON, March 13.— President Roosevelt, a surprise special message today, asked for immediate enactment of beer leg- islation by congress. He asked passage of legislation Volstead Act in order to legalize the manufacture and sale of beer der the constitution, and provide through such manufacture and sale by substantial taxes proper, and much needed revenue for the government. “I deem action at this time will be of the highest importance,” the president said. Officials estimate the amount of taxes expected at more than $125,000,000 annually. F.STROTHER DIES TODAY MAN WHO SUPPLIED AM- MUNITION FOR HOOVER * SPEECHES (My Aanoctated Presa) WASHINGTON, March 13.— Freneh Strother, 49, who supplied ex-President Hoover with much ammunition for his speeches, died today-of pneumonia. He contracted a cold at the in- auguration March 4, Over 50,000,000 to. See World Fair | That’s Most Conservative of the Estimates. Accepting the minimum estimates of the most conservative experts in such matters, the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago will attract 350,000 visi- tors every day of the five months the gates are open, from June 1 to November 1. That would mean a total of 52,500,000 during the A Cen- tury of Progress Expesition. These experts refer to attendance at former world’s fairs for statis-; tics on which to base their esti- mates. Those statistics indicate an j strongest IDESIRE ADDRESS -} average daily attendance equaling report-| | MATTER WILL BE TAKEN UP WITH COUNTY COM- MISSIONERS Names of all jurors in the jury; box will be accompanied by ad- dresses in the future if the sug-/ jgestion of Judge J. Vining Har- ris is followed out. When the names were being; called from the box this morning| in criminal court the judge said} that in Dade county the addresses of the jurors accompanied the! names and this enables the sher- iff's officers to quickly summon the jury. The judge suggested that} | County Solicitor J. F. Busto andj | Clerk C. Sam B. Curry go before} the county commissioners and} {make a plea for the addresses to} jbe added to the names of the jur- jors, in the box ‘FIRE ON BRIDGE AT BOCA CHICA | A fire was discovered on Boca! Chica bridge yesterday afternoon which was quickly extingished by a bucket brigade headed by Cap- | tain Ernest Roberts. | The fire was reported by Emory j | There was but little) | damage as a result of the blaze. OF JURO | about 10 per cent of the local pop- | the cities and towns included as the | | scholarships worth $5,000 ulation. Basis for Estimates Ten per cent of the population of Chicago alone—the city proper, | without its far-reaching suburbs and | Chicago metropolitan area-would in- sure 350,000 visitors daily at the Fair. | Include merely the suburbs that are so close to Chicago that they are | part of the city in all but their lo- | cal governments, and the population | total of 4,000,000 would give an es- timate of 400,000 guests dally for | the Fair. | Extend the areas to include what | officials of Chicago, its newspapers and commerce chiefs call the metro- politan area, and the population jumps to around 5,000,000. That would mean 500,000 visitors every day at the World's Fair. It would mean that 75,000,000 persons will view the exposition between June 1 and November 1. j 112 BOYS WILL SEE | CHICAGO'S FAIR AS. | GUESTS OF GUILD | Some 112 lucky boys of the Unit-} ed States and Canada will spend! four days at Chicago's 1933 World's | Fale as guests of the Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild. In addition to} the Century of Progress trip, the six who rank first In the competi tion to decide the cleverest coach modelers will receive university | each. ' There also will be 1.100 cash awards of from $15 to $100 each for the finest miniature reproductions of Napoleon's royal carriage. The Gulid incledes 600,000 bors of high school age. It was extal- lished In 1800 by the Fisher Body corporation to stimelate interest in ' craftemanshipa, bothers. WILCOX PRESENTS “BEER BILL” AT SPECIAL SESSION MEASURE CALLS FOR LEGALI. ZATION OF BEVERAGE OF 3.2 PERCENT ALCOHOL BY WEIGHT; 4% VOLUME By PAUL MAY Special Washin Correspondent of Th zen WASHINGTON, March 13.— Fulfilling his camapign promise, Congressman Mark Wilcox was one of the first to introduce a “beer bill” in the special session of congress. Congressman Wilcox’s bill calls for legalization of beer containing 3.2 percent alcohol by weight or four percent by volume. It was said that this is the beer which congress could authorize under the consti- tution. This was brought out by the ways and means committee last session when it decided that any higher content would be in- toxicating. It is doubtful, however, if any action will be taken on any beer bill at the present time, at least until the financial crisis has been taken care of. : TAXES ON CHAIN STORE DECLARED INVALID TODAY OPINION HANDED DOWN BY SUPREME COURT AT WASH- INGTON IN CASE BROUGHT UP BY LIGGETT COMPANY (ny WASHING The Florida chain store tax was declared invalid today by the su- preme court in a case brought by the Louis Liggett ‘company and Justice Roberts delivered the opinion. The court has upheld taxes on ichain stores in several states, and Roberts said the Florida tax would have also been upheld had it not provided distinctions as to coun- ties. The Glass bank reform bill was referred by the senate banking committee to a subcommittee. The banking committee also de- cided to continue investigations of the New York Stock Market. NO NEED JOR JAIL MENDOTA, Cahf. — County commissioners bave ordered sale of the jail in this city because it has not been used in 15 years. NOTICE The regular communication of Dade Lodge No. 14, F. & A. M., has been postponed until March By order of A. G. LUND, Worshipful Master. STRAND THEATER The Home Town Theater Today Double Feature THE PENAL CODE ANIMAL KINGDOM Matinee, 10-18¢; Night, 15-25 No Children Allowed 53 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS Casualties In Recent Dis- aster Now Placed At 119; Property Damage $40,000,000 (By Associated Press) LOS ANGELES, March 13. —Another tremor that sent thousands of residents out of bed early today caused slight damage at Long Beach, the scene of the most destruction, but no further casualties were reported. A short time before the shock, the death ef the hun- dred and nineteenth victim, Henry Ufen of Los Angeles, was recorded. PROPERTY DAMAGE STILL MOUNTS LOS ANGELES, March 13. —After a week-end of ter- ror, shattered Southern Cali- fornia cities today counted the loss of life from a de- vastating series of earth- quakes at 119 and Property damage near the 000 mark. As agencies of reconstruc- $40,000,- . Long Beach "3 pres tion set in motion fear large- ly dissipated through grow- ing infrequency of shocks. Officials estimated there | were about 1,000 in hos- Pitals and 4,000 others prob- ably received emergency treatment. Nearly a score was missing. In piles of wreckage searchers believed other bodies lay. Aray of hope that the seriousness of the di will not be increased by spread of disease, was seen as the day passed without the presence of disease. In the meantime recon- ster struction work was getting into full swing. SPANISH YACHT ARRIVES HERE | The Spanish yacht Heloise, of | Bilbao, arrived in port yesterday morning with a party from Miemi and will remain for two days’ fishing. The steamer Cuba sailed Satur- day with 69 passengers, two auto- mobiles and 158 sacks of mail for | Havana. The Florida returned from Ha vana 3:45 o’clock with 73 passen jxers, 16 aliens and one automo bile. The steamer Colorado, of the | Clyde-Mallory Line, due in port {this morning on regular schedule time, will arrive from New York, tomorrow morning, having left one day late. The Comal, of the same line. will go beck on the run between |New Orleans, Key West, Miami ‘and Jacksonville, leaving New Or \leans March 21 and arriving in [Key West March 23. This ship j will take the place of the Paw nee. | Lighthouse Tender Poinciana left this morning for Caldez Chas- nel to paint day-marks and point- ors, | EXCELLENT RECORD | SEATTLE, Wash —in 27 years jof service for the county, John | A. Bennett of this city, was absent [trom his doties only one days