The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 24, 1933, Page 1

Associated Press Day: Wire Service VOLUME LIV. No. 201. CLAIM MEN HEADED FOR NASSAU DETERMINED 10 ASSASSIN Reports Received To Effect Plane Enroute To That Place; Every Precau- tion Taken (fy Ansociated Press) NASSAU, August 24.— Reports that an airplane car- rying men determined to a sassinate Gerado Machado, deposed and exiled president cf Cuba, had left for this| city, caused placement of armed guards about the ho- tel where Machado is living. Bahama police generally do not carry firearms, and the issue of rifles indicated the gravity with which col- cnial government officials vegarded the airplane re- port. f Several members of the A. B. C. arfived by steamer re- cently and have been engag- ed in the spread of anti-Ma- chado propaganda. Their presence caused the clozely to the hotel. RELIEF WORK IS - SHOWN'TO BE OF "GREAT HELP HERE ONE YEAR AGO LOCAL COUN: CIL WAS ORGANIZED WITH WILLIAM W. DEMERITT AS ITS CHAIRMAN One year ago, on August 28, the newly organized State Council for Emergency Relief in Tallahasee, offered a chairmanship to Wililam W. Demeritt, of Key West, and it Was accepted. He at once summoned a num- ber of influential citizens and formed the Monroe County Coun- el which has since functioned in such a way as to merit the com-| BeF® making the total number; mendation of the state organiza- tion, it is shown, During that period registrants have received more than $70,000: foe beautification work. and hiany other projects that have) been, and are still, going on in Key! West and Monroe county. | That this distribution of funds! has meant much to those who have! worked and also to the dealers in| the city goes without saying, and) while the tasks are only for a few; days and the remuneration nomin- al, employes and their — families; have expressed their deep gratifi- eation for the relief afforded. { ALFREDO CRUZ PLACED IN JAIL Alfredo Avila Cruz was arrest- erday by officers and plac- county jail pending the t of a commission to e him. as to his mental con- charged with making 4» injure his father and other acts which in- s unsettled mind, it is NOTICE! After returning from her New Zealand trip, Mrs, N. P. Nek som, 727 Love Lane, will be ready to receive pupils for her kindergarten en MONDAY, AUGUST 25 A SIP PL SL LSS A LANDING OF LIQUOR DEALER’S AIRPLANE SCARE FOR MACHADO (uaa) parupoxny 1) NASSAU, August 24.—The landing of a liquor dealer's airplane in Nassau Harbor coupled with a wi sage from Havana danger from the air so fright- ened Gerardo Machado that he requested a guard for the first time since his arrival here. Commandant Weibel of the Bahaman constabulary, who placed an armed guard about Machado’s hotel, said ‘“‘appro- priate action” has been taken for keeping a lookout for the possible jlanding of ‘strange planes in other islands of the Bahama group. 'SLEEP DISEASE RAGING INST. LOUIS SPREAD }REPORTED IN ILLINOIS FOR FIRST TIME; OKLAHOMA, KANSAS AND MISSOURI (Ny Associated Press) ST. LOUIS, Aug. 24.-~As toll from an epidemic of “sleeping the sickness” reached 22 in this city the puzzling disease is reported in an- and suburban communities, other bordering state, Hlinois. Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri have been jdiegnosed as encephalitis, a med- ieal rame for the disease, but the Previously cases in ones reported in Illinois are the | first in that state. Four deaths in the St. Louis area the total to 22 since the epidemic took ite first victim here July 30. | Nine new cases 197, TE NAGHADO ¢ NOW. HAVE SICKNESS> =" ‘during the past 24 hours brought! are reported) Pcs The Key West Citisen KEY_WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1933. © 0000602000000000000000000000000005000000 50000 COC OSOSTCLOOLDESEEASOOROOCCR eee (By Associated Press) Wholesale escapes from Devit’s| Island and other penal colonies in | French Guiana have focused the attention of the world again on the “dry guillotine,” so famed in tales of fact and fiction. Ever since Major Alfred Drey- fus languished through long, lone- ly years, a victim of the amazing; Count Esterhazy plot, on Devil’s! \Island, fantastic tales have been | woven around this tiny spot, 27 i miles off the coast. It’s Verdant, Not Bleak | Many of them have been mis- leading. Devil’s Island is not an} arid, sun-scorehed rock nor is it an} limpenetrable jungle area. It is |a verdant dot on the map dominat-| jed by groves of lofty cocoanut trees. It is one of three islands that, {make up the penal stations in French guina. The group is known jas the “Iles of Salvation” and in- clude. besides Devil’s Island, the; islend of St. Joseph, with its pris-| on hospital and the Isle Royale, with tiers of tiny stone cells for} incorrigibles, | Devil's Island is reserved for} political prisoners who have been! sentenced to life imprisonment. Life there is far less rigorous than | at the other convict stations. | Colony Of Prisoners There are no dungeons, barred windows or high walls. The “lif- ers” live in small cabins, wear theiv’own clothing and are allowed their own books and newspapers.| Although only about 400 miles north of the equator, sea breezes! cool the atmosphere, making it more healthful than many settle-| ments along the swamp-fringed,! jungle-clad mainland. Virtually the éntire foreign population of French Guiana. is ‘have been convicted of crimes ih the French courts. Théy are known as “liberes” and may be found in the coast towns and farming and mining regions of the) interior. This is because culprits sent to French Guiana for more than eight years must remain for life. A man sentenced for a lesser pe- riod must spend one year in the ,colony for each year of his sen- tence before he can return to France. Then he or his family or friends must pay his way home; or he, too, ends his days in the colony. < | Devil's Island itself is not over-} populated. In recent years there have at times been fewer than a dozen prisoners there. They are mostly spies. Three are aviators. All professions and trades are! represented among the “liberes.”| On the streets of Cayenne, site of, one of the colony’s largest pris-| ons, stroll former lawyers, doctors, engineers, artists and peasants, as well as former habitues of the slums of Paris and Marseille.) Many are Senegalese, Arabs, Hin-, idus and Indo-Chinese. The “liberes” are free to work! {for wages. Some of them are in French Guiana,” All Classes Represented 5 Prisoners, In Batches, Flee Devil’s Island Devil's Island, where France sends her political prisoners, lies off the northern coast of South America, as shown on the map. boat load of typical culprits, under guard, is shown in the photo- penal colony. Death And Destruction In Many Sections From Storm eo (By Asnoetated Press) Death, terror, and destruction, MALONE HEARD IN ADDRESS AT ROTARY MEE GIVES TALK ON NRA MATTER; | | well over a dozen, JOE VALDEZ ELECTED SEC-| ss two on the : i RETARY TO SUCCEED ROB: coastal Haas, : Madicsa: ERT INGLE, RESIGNED | | ¢ Fede today on the tail of the mad- Seaboard in many a year. The death toll, including a train wreck outside of Washington, was eight in ‘of the Key West,Rotary Club was| S : held today, beginning at 12:15,|/*t Coatesville, Pennsylvania. with President Sebastian Cabrera, | resignation of Robert Ingle as sec-} retary of the club due to his leav-| aesh P ing the city, which was accepted 5*4- shipping shuddered in with regrets, He also announced grip of tremendous waves. that Joe Valdes had been elected | as the new secretary of the club, A resolution was read for the retiring Cuban consul, Rafael Cer- vino, by Will Warren of the reso- ito port at Norfolk. injured, Other deaths battered | Virginia, electrocution of a small| | girl at Sea Cliff, New Jersey, and The regular luncheon-meeting | a motorist driving in a heavy rain |small craft dotter the coast. At/ movie plants. the The Madison fought her way in- Give N. P. Nelson and Mrs. Nelsen, j who recently returned from a visit |to New Zealand, tells an interest- ‘ing account of his trip. They left Key West April 29 in ithe morning, traveling by bus, to j Miami. ere at 4 o'clock. Left 7 o'clock in the afternoon and ar- rived at Jacksonville, 6:30 in the; morning. Left 8 o’clock from Tallahassee and arrived for lunch at Pensacola. They remained for the night. Left ; the next morning, arriving at New ‘ Orleans that evening. Left 10:40 and Lake Charles | was reached in the morning, Next ; graph. Many of these men have tried ‘ately to escape from the to Houston, San Antonio, saw. 9 the beautiful farms in the coun- try. « | Leaving San Antonio they en-/ ‘ countered a body of U. S. cavalry, infantry and artillery, on march and maneuvers.” In the hills en} route to Pesos they encountered a heavy sand storm which was an in- teresting experience. son says if was both : and dangerous, but was thoroughly | enjoyed. : From Texas into. Arizona, they | encountered the Coolidge Dam, one jof the-great engineering feats of, the years. At a little mountain! | dest storm: to strike the Atlantic town in Arizona the driver of the) the bus came out with the mail bag over his shoulder and.a .45 caibre | revolver stuek in his hip pocket. Mr. Nelson asked the driver | why he was’ carrying the artillery 'and received the reply: “Don’t be jalarmed at all, I only carry this} for ornament,.and. not because 1) think 8. mail.” After an all-night ride they en- | tered California. Here they were jin the midst of a cloud burst and wind storm in the mountains. In \Los Angeles, which was reached (that afternoon, they went to ail! Smashed shore resorts, maroon-/the parks and other places of in-/ fi jJr., presiding, who announced the | 64 communities and wreckage of | terest, but did not visit any of the/ taxes in cash, and apply for re- demption of beck taxes in other Cool Weather | Leaving Los Angeles that after-| {noon they arrived in San . Fran- cisco the following day. Here it) ithe noted resorts in Frisco and| Interesting And Varied Account Of Lo Voyage Made To New Zealand APPEAL T0 BE MADE IN FUTCH LAW DECISION ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OF- FICE ANNOUNCES MATTER TO BE TAKEN DIRECT TO U. S. SUPREME COURT. (By Associated Press) TALLAHASSEE, August 24.— The attorney general’s office an- nounced it would appeal to the United States Supreme Court from the three-judge federal court decision holding unconstitutional provisions of the Futch law al- bonds, Three or four months, depend- ing upom the number of cases ahead of it, wil! be required for decision on the appeal, The attorney general's anid the federal. court concerned only. ‘acceptance of bouds by St. Lucie inkt district office but that the same ruling probably @nyone would bother the U.! will be given if other suite are| blocked highways leading into the brought in cther distriets ér coun- In the ‘«-anwhil:, the Attorney generai’s office said, delinquent taxpayers have a right to pay 1932 counties and districts, CERTAIN SECTION She report-| was cool and many were wearing | HELD INVALID ed two men missing as well as two’ heavy clothing. They visited all) yacKsonVILLE, August 24,— ‘The same three-judge federal 53 Years Devoted to the _ Best Interesia of Key West’ * PRICE FIVE CENTS Two Enginemes Killed While - Thirteen Others Are Injured In Accident Of Crack Train dent ion aeenatinamemvomeena @ Engine Of Crescent Limited Plunges Into Mudbank With Many Of Cars Wrecked sre aera * (By Asnectated Privad a WASHINGTON, August 24.—The Crescent Limited, crack Southern Railway train enroute from New Om leans, carried two engine- men to instant death and sent 13 passengers and mem- bers, of the crew to hospitals when it-was derailed over a swollen stream near here. A weakened bridge. over the eastern branch of Ana- costia river, just outside the capital, caused the wreck. The, er gine left the rails, plung- ing into'a mudbank with the op- erating car submerged® in the stream. A. H, Byrde, Washington, engi- neer, and J. H. Faye, Perrysville, ‘Md., fireman, were killed. The mail car and coach hurled ahead of the engine diagonally across the tracks, Four other cars hung preear- iously to the roadbed, saved from the worse crash only by couplings. Two cars, off the track, swung Gireetly over the’ stream, partly submerged, and only the pull of decision cars ih front anc behind saved |them frost topp'ing into the. water, All cars were bedly damaged, Terrific rains had swelled wa- ters of the str am until they were level with the railroad track, and capital. : TWO MORE AFTER THESE ADDED TO LIST WHICH WAS PUBLISHED IN THE CITIZEN AUGUST 18 Since the list of 16 applicants {for the position of postmaster at Key West was published in The SROWING INTEREST | partnership with the natives; some joperate small shops. Still others) spend their time carving figures IN BOND ELECTION :! ss: of animals, women and birds out They eke out a bare existence: . juntil death or judgment of the THIRTEEN FREEHOLDERS PAY | French courts has been satisfied. | } . ; | POLL TAX UP TO THIS | Syndicate Aids Escapes i | Eseape often has been pictured) AFTERNOON jas almost impossible, because the fcolony is hemmed in by jungles jinfested with snakes and wild an-, Property owners are beginning) inials. However, within a year, ito express their intention to vote! more than 100 of the prisoners! secy in the bond election August 18,) have fied, presumably through by going to the county court house! the connivance of a secret syndi- and paying their poll taxes for) cate which has aided criminals to the years 1931 and 1932. [make their way through jungles Up until 3 o'clock this afternoon | or across the Caribbean to the 13 freeholders had paid up and! West Indies. many others were seeking infor-) It is known, however, that a tration regarding the poll taxes number of escaped men have per- and other te ished in the dangerous jungies. matters pertaining to the election. From the interest manifs din this important election the tax col- lector is of the opinion that be- fore the end of next week ma will have paid their taxes, regis- tered and be ready to vote when the day arrives. DIES RECENTL et sae a Mrs. Charles T. Stout, wife of; ODD-.BUILT HOUSE a former pastor of St. Paul's, | Episcopal church, died on August t1-\ 13, at Oak Park, Iltincis, Death 2. came following a stroke of paraly- is two weeks before. There are a large number of mds of Mrs, Stout in Key West, will learn with grief of her PLYMPTON, Mass.The {gave a very comprehensive talk on! tthe subject, and concluded by say- jing “that we cannot get any bene- .jeven took a sight seeing trip! court w a Ches®-| through Chinatown, where 10,000; Fuytch law invalid scaee el oe | Chinese make their homes. This/ order holding that the St. Peters- jis the biggest settlement of Orien-| burg city ordinance authorizing’ mor@ than 24 hours overdue at) tals in the United States, acceptance of bonds in payment May 10 they boarded the steam-|o7 municipal taxes was unconsti- hi R. Lord, Rich- | er Makura which sailed 2 o'clock in! tutional and issued an javeciocs- Harris, Raymond ’s spat A s ‘the afternoon, bound on the first ltory injunction ordinance held in| ara H. Remp, Aes ke ee tly grew, as calls for! jap of the sea trip. They crossed valid on the ground that the ac-| Ca*tie EB. Hattrick, Raymond Ran. from communities beset the equator and on May 20 arrived | ceptance of bonds impairs obliga- dolph Pierce, Fred J. Dion, Anna raging waves or floods re-|at the picturesque island of Tahitl. | tions of contracts, Elizabeth Corcoran, Stephen Po from record-breaking rains.| This is beautiful country, wily | Plone: go Allan B, ep nie bag > calls for coast guard and { Frank Delscey, Premy 1. Weath- with a delightful climate, un- ; ARMY AIRPLANE jerford, Thomas R. Pritchard, Ac- ing Washington from! der®¥rench dominion. The island! : dozen towns where many, sbounds in coconuts, benanas and/ gus H. Melnnis and Charles Hi. es are marooned ‘and re-/ oranges. The inhabitants resemble; | Ketehom. < din deadly peril from the the American Indians, with straight ARRIVES Within the next few days postal t ——~ inspectors sre expected to arrive in Key.West for the purpow of ricane. | black hair and flat faces. aaa Recing far out of the usual After this they landed on Cook'sigeceives pam | path sry h storms, it flailed the island, at Roratongo, about the! DAnnee To mer investigating the character and from the Carolinas north-size of Key West. Here too the! UPON MAKING LANDING j qualifications of the applicants Virginia ia perhaps the land is hilly = in epee places; YESTERDAY AFTERNOON jand sfter their findings are pre- t mountainous. ere . crates rillage of 800 below of oranges were taken on board; f an overflowing moun- for Wellington, New Zealand. Also; i of i er New York,a large shipment of bananas and Hong in charge, arrived here yes-| YOU CAN SAVE 25%-80% ved as the storm coconuts. |terday afternoon from Chapman! oa af! purchases made before | Five days after leaving this is-| Field at Miami making the trip a8! pogust Bist. If you do not take Fleischman land the vessel reached Wellington, & part of maneuvers being 06®-| sivantege of this opportunity you town half about 16 o'clock in the morning. | ducted by the flying contingent at' ait regret it tater. Pali bearers were selected from flooded and the emergency floed| There they remained until evening! the air base in th- Miami ares. | tong’s FURNITURE STORE the wholesale and retail geocers of E&!es at Switzerland lake already; when they boarded a train for Te} On making a landisg, a part of, aug2i-tt Key West three feet under raging waters. (| Kuiti, 300 miles distant, where Mr. | the gear of the plane was damag-: cnipewisnciincnmauerinnchecstigtinlaipte Mr. Vegue's only survivor is ieee te ct ces Ge ed, and s menage byaghonongone™| STRAND THEATER is Mrs, Vinesst ¢ ate, Sr. was ' s ; : 'air- sister, M nesst Cremata, One Wirth aiken . a had aaa i was | Loretta Young-Dovgles Fair. NORFOLK, August 24,—The we Chesapeake steamship liner, k. ix aground in Po- e Sound, one mile east of end af Watt's Island. ngers are safe The City of Norfolk, to peake Bay Line steamer, carrying He’ 40 passengers from Baltimore is lutions committee. Bill Malone was called on give an address on the NRA. Citizen of August 18, the names of two have been added. Roy E. Paulkner and Rafael Solano, Jr. Name: of the other applicants Norfolk. Robert F. Spottswoud, Sam fit out of it unless each prepares| Fear that the death list might himself to carry the burdens of it.” mount sv Mr. Malone also urged everyone over the age of 21, owr tate, to register and vote in coming bond election, He explain ed that we all must vot want to settie t ing t FUNERAL FOR RAMON VEGUE came ng real es- the he brid coast i {ment is to be made. An amry plane with Captain; ts aft held at ti Rev. W of orial church, officiating awoke to find their * LINER AGROUND i DANGEROUS PRACTICE Jot isented in Washington, the appoink x