The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 23, 1933, Page 1

Dest Citizen RACKETEERS ‘House Passes Bill Creating __ Special District Commission __ For Building Highway Bridges In Newer Field: | II S| VE COMMISSIONERS WOULD BE APPOINTED BY BRIDGE DISTRI ieee iste GOVERNOR HAVING POWER TO BORROW BY SENATE BODY MONEY FROM GOVERNMENT; HOUSE MEA- el aaah SURE PASSED FIXING SALARIES OF MONROE OFFICIALS; COMMISSIONERS PAY TO RE- MAIN AS AT PRESENT For 58 Years Devoted to the Service Best Interests of Key West HLS 13) PRS Many Also Injured In Mid-, ; dlewest; Seven Report-| : / : | ed Killed Near Tyron, ae 4 4 : fe gt | { i The LAW And The Hard-Hit Gangdom Seeking Fortune sereeeaeegooson TALLAHASSEE, May 23. —The senate passeci house bill 1312 creating the over- * geas road and toll bridge dis- trict. Nebraska 4S Axnoeinied Vrexn) GARDEN CITY, Kansas,| May: 23.—Tornadoes left 13: | dead: and many: injured: in! \ the middlewest today. Seven were killed near! * Tyron, Neb., five in Liberal, | Kas., and one near Garden City. Scores were injured in: sister states and a dozen! Be EO rises grips Ushtedlng spon. codkstecc| ins made | thele ville, Montana, tornado yes- operations more hazardous and less profitable. In. Chicago, State's tetiday. | Attorney Thomas J. Courtney is directing a reform) of aorcalled \ | “outlaw” unions to stop the flow of millions into the hands of The Kansas twisters struck’ gangsters there. In New York, Charley Phil Rosenberg has been tenced to the penitentiai hi f racketeering in poultry. uring s sand and dust storm 51 Corcne, Usted co Chicegd’s “public eneuy No ty” te mow fo which had blotted out the, sun, hampered traffic and| forced the use of artificial! {By Axsoclated Preasy . CHARLEY PHIL’ ROSENBERG federal prison. Larry Fay, whose name has been linked with al- leged rackets in New York, has bee: Murray Humphreys. is reported to have succeeded to som © power formerly at- tributed to Capone in Chicago.. Ca; nd Fay are listed among’ j gangland’s “pioneers.” In other parts of the cow | pression and aggressive prosecution are making other changes in the line-up. . . e ALBURY’S WAGER Given Great Ovation’ By NOEL THORNTON Chicago is reputed to have been| “@eerereneesescesece (By Associated Press) taken over by Murray Hum- NEWYORK, May 23.— phyres: Racketeers, composing brig-| ‘With the slaying of Larry | and. organizations, which bia pesos debi seer mane | extort an ual*toll wis Espana . persed sielating i ‘ mated in billions from legi- ‘BILL AGAINST BETTING INjtimate business in this coun-' VARIOUS FORMS IS INTRO- try, have fallen into sudden; DUCED; ‘PENALTY FOR VIO.) chaos. t LATIONS FIXED Frightened by sweeping | -7ear sentences for racketeer- tacks from federal and. state; ing tactics im the Bronx prosecutors and attempting to’ poultry markets. former bantamweight -cham- pion Charley Phil Rosenberg. DPOB LA AA Aw’ 4) order to complete the highway between Miami and Key_ A board of commisssioners would head the district ; "Except that the money for repaying the governmen’ ay taxes only in the event tolls are insufficient to meet Wiccan dates glen hisn fiye commissioners for four year terms who would be p ig {in the te ta .and.name.# general.manager of the distri¢t to. is kas fe SU i he building of docks and basins for fishermen and ha | The bill is now on its way TALLAHASSEE, May 23.—An oversea road and toll to: Governor GSholtz for hie | bridge district for the purpose of building proposed toll signature. bridges between lower Matecumbe and No Name Key ———___— | West will be created under a bill introduced in the house ‘BITTER DEBATE yesterday by Representative William V. Albury of Mon- i roe County, and was passed at the night session. | ON PUBLIC DEBT and have power to build bridges. It would borrow mon- FUNDING BILL ey from the government for the purpose of issuing bonds 28 not in excess of $20,000,000 for repayment of the loan. ,MINORITY. IN SENATE AT-| is to be derived from tolls instead of from taxation, the dis- TEMPTS THROUGH AMEND-| trict in, effect will be similar to the Florida inland navi- MENTS 16 STRIP MEASURE gation district. The board would have the right to levy bond principal and interest and maintenance costs, 4 Governor To Name Commissioners ‘ 3 Mercer etttindd Governor Sholtz would be given power to appoint —Long and bitter — a salary of $10 monthly and traveling expensed 0 marked the consideration of | funds of the district. The commissioners could igj.| the. public debt funding bill} for construction of the necessary bridges and house worked on the senate the work and general maintenance, 1 PE Authority also wil! be granted the district to Bee “ee ®""l tract for the laying of water pipe lines to Key West tomobile tags to five, ten pews the right of way. The board would fix the to A fighting minority in the sen- All bonds to be issued for the district would bi ate sought by amendments to} more than six and a half percent, interest. Th at- (Wy Awsoctated Press), / TALLAHASSEE, May 23. z Representative William V. < Albury. today - introduced house bill 1337, providing that anyone who bets or ac. cepts bet shall be guilty of gambling and subject to im- prisonment of 90 days or a fine of $250. ae | The bill would not pertain to legalized. pari-mutuel wagering but would apply to prize fights and: other con. GETS HEARING stave off bankruptcy threatened by a depression in illegal liquor traffic, gang leaders are branch- ing into new fields in a frenzied effort to continue, the flow of easy money into their pockets. Racket Leaders Changing As the rackets. change in character so the racket leaders are giving way to new regimes. The throne of Al Capone | in Attorney. General Homer. 8. ; Cummings has ordered an inquiry into the evidence of racketeering :in New York's fish market and itrueking industries. These two businesses and the poultry and milk dealers aré said to be the ‘chief contributors to the-anmial bill of more than $300,000,000 which the State Crime: commis- (Continued on Page Three) Morgan Relates Story Of Banking Business To Senate Committee Today (By Associated Pree) | | WASHINGTON, May 23.—The EEE Ss of the wealthy Mor- gan banking firm were unraveled “There is none,” was the reply. At the opening of testimony. Morgan, in a prepared statement, defended the practice of his firm in permitting its partners to serve |REACHES DENMARK strip the debt funding bill to its suance provisions giving the state board of Administration wide powers to adjust bond debts of cities, coun- ties and districts in actual de. Two Funds To Be Provided fault. Two funds will be provided by the board. One The amendments were defeated) be a reserve fund for the collection of surplus funds by about two to one, but the at-| the other will be a contingent fund not to exceed $500,064 tack continued. : One is to be spent in the event the tolls in any year Efforts were made in the house/ insufficient to meet the bond requirements, and the padre Hallas venti catteen 8nd} will be for improvements or to meet any lawful obliga e tag bill, 4 but these also were defeated, al-| of the district. ; ems Conor beth eeesigoue Right of way over any state lands along the keys Sonate ‘appre pro") purposes necessary in the construction of the bridges vetnaticine the lecislatone Conen'| be given and the district also will be given the right act uniform laws for counties and; eminent-domain for acquisition of other necessary pi cities. : erty. The first meeting of the commission will be | the house favors the measure would be contingent upon approval by the tered voters within the district. They would matui not more than fifty years. . MRS. RUTH BRYAN OWEN .. New Minister To Denmark RUTH BRYAN OWEN UNITED STATES MINISTER RE- CEIVES GREAT OVATION UPON ARRIVAL (By Agscctated Pres) at the next general election. enact a federal sales tax. it it will be submitted to the people ‘A-bill calling for three percent general sales tax was introduced in the senate shortly after a reso- lution was proposed that the legis- lature memorialize congress to! in Key West as soon as practical after the appointme: the commission, : 4 ? Two Bills Are Introduced Two bills bearing on the same subject were int duced yesterday by Repres«ntative Register, Union co: by request. One provides that in the event a county ag COPENHAGEN, Den- BH two special venires| weNRY DAVIS CHARGED WITH) ‘lowly today by the senate com-| ac directors of other companies in cy has granted a franchise for construction of any li each were called yes- Jefferson “B, cere| in the-opinion of court officials, facilitated and hastened the work! of sécuring the panel. At a late hour yesterday after-) |eharge of destroying fruit DESTROYING FRUIT TREES Henry Davis, colored, was given to.avk no questions that)» hearing bef: P Justi had been asked by the-tourt. This,|'Rogelio Gomer last night on a Goniex last night ~ on trees and is being held for the criminal court on $250 bond. Davis was arrested by C. O. Gar- noon the jury was completed and rett, deputy sheriff at Rock Har- the taking of testimony began. ‘The prosecution bor, and brought in over the high- introduced! way last night. To enable the three witnesses -yesterday after-| deputy to return to his duties the noon, Dr. Pintado, Mrs. Stirrup,| pretiminary hearing was held im- nurse at Dr. Galey’s hospital where; mediately after his arrival, Anderson died and Alberto Cam- Many tales of robberies of ‘ro, motorcycle officer of the city,|/fruit orchards and destruction of | committee decision as mitee in examination of its mas- ter, J. P. Morgan, who quietly defended its business, and disclos- While willingly answering some questions, the elderly financier, through John W. Davis, his coun- sel, demurred at submitting part- nership articles of his firm. That question was put over for future! who was the first officer at the/ trees have been brought from the | cedure. Beene of the stabbing. At the session this morning two/ have been issued to arrest anyone more witnesses were by State Brooks, Sheriff Cleveland Niles, who was present when Anderson: When the state rested at the’ fonclusion of Mareoszi’s testi-! yoony, the bench ordered a few} moments of rest while “Attorney} A. Harris. consulted with the; fendant. © When the court was: * (Continued on Page Four) ' 7 * Attorney George G,/ stances. 2%ee deposit on bottle if taken out PA BLUE HON, bottle $2.00 Dezen No deposit on bottle JOE KNIGHT’S PLACE Cor, Caroline and Grinnell Sts. keys, it is said, and strict orders} Piacing deposits held by the introduced} caught under suspicious circum-| firm at $225,000,000, the witness | also gave exact assets as of De- cember 31 last to the penny. $424,708,095.56, A Panter. 7 through the packed committee reont as Morgan quietly went on. There are 20 partners he said who meet every week-day except | Saturday. | “Is there any written record ér | minutes?” be was asked. | “Only names of those who { tended,” he said. | “Es there ne record of delibera- * tions of floor conclusions?” at- j te pre inot of principle.” whose securities the bank was in- j terested, saying such an arrange- | menit was valuable to all concern- ed, | It adds to the strength of priv- [ed that its assets approach $500,-' ate banks to accept deposits, he “; | 000,000. eet He said he was aware that this | practice recently had been much e In substance he defended priv- ate banking as a “national asset and national danger.” Aa to the theory that a private banker may become too powert said Morgan, “it must be remem- bered that any power which be has Seay not from the possession of tiarge means but fram confidence | of the people in his character and } credit. “We have never been satisfied } with simply keeping within the law but have constantly sought so to act that. we might fully observ. @ ptefessional code and so main- aia eredit and repatation which | j bat been handed down to us from/ ‘our predecestors in the firm, = | we have no more power; fot the future than any other men, we have made many) ; taistakes: {whe has not during the | past five years) but our mistakes | have been errors of judgment and the state or federal road, the state road department alter, vary or modify the terms of contract, extend or waive non-performance of conditions as it sees Finally, in such evént, a new or amended franchise be issued in the name of the state road department instem ROOSEVELT PLAN ON WORLD PEACE of the county, The other bill will give the state —_— department the right to buy or contract for the IN REPLYING TO MESSAGE| tion of toll bridges and to grant exclusive franchises FROM PRESIDENT; GREAT|®°t more than fifty years. BRITAIN SHARES VIEWS FIX SALARIES OF OFFICIALS ON PROPOSED PROGRAM mark, May 23.—Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen was cheered by the populace today as she landed to assume her post as She said, “My par- lieve economic rela- tions between America ee see ty officials ax provided for in the salaries fixing bill and Denmark.” | LONDON, May 23.—-The Brit-| ed yesterday by the house would be county judge, lish governwent, replying today to! clerk circuit court, superintendent of public ji President Koosevelt's menage {0 tax amensor and tax collector, $3,600 each; ee eee ican nal registration, 9600; clerk criminal court ENGLAND FAVORS