The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 26, 1933, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service VOLUME LIV. No. 203. HARRY DONGO, MUNICIPAL Ca JUDGE, SUSPENDED FROM OFFICE BY MAYOR MALONE Charges Made Are Mal- feasance, Misfeasance And Incompetence; Will Be Given Hearing Harry Dongo, police judge, was suspended yes- terday by Mayor Wm. H. Malone on charges of 'mal- FINGER INJURIES SUFFERED BY TRIO OF LOCAL PEOPLE AMADO VELIZ, HOWARD THRIFT AND RICHARD RUS- IN DIFFERENT WAYS feasance, misfeasance and}. . ineompetence. Pending a hearing before city council, which body will decide whether or not to up- hold the action of the mayor, Attorney Allan B. Cleare, dr., will preside: over the court. In charging malfeasance the| mayor cites @ case where a special officer, appointed by him, arrest- ed two young men charged with disturbing divine services. Haled into court it was found that one of the names was wrong and the youth dismissed, the judge advising that another would be is- sued. Regarding Warrant The warrant was made out, says the mayor, but never served, and still remains in the possession of Judge Donge. Asked. why he had not had rrant The officer in question denies he was ever given the war- rant. Misfeasance is charged on the basis that warrants have been is- sued for persons without the case being docketed, for not having. warrants, served when issued, and causing, warrants.to bé.served with no record of the case being kept. Contrary To Rules ‘ Oh the charge of ineomipetence, ‘Mr. ‘Malone incorporates in his statement the’ allegation that the judge holds court at irregular hours, contrary to the set rules; that he is frequently unable to ar- rive at decisions in cases until friends of the defendant have been consuited, when cases have been aa and defendants dismiss- It is charged that the conduct of the judge has made a complete mockery and failuré of the police justice’s court which has lost the Amado Veliz, of the firm, of Veliz-and Sanchez, operating a coffee mill on Greene street, had the misfortune to lose part of the middle finger of his right hand this morning, He was cleaning out the open- ing on the side of the grinder | when his finger was caught, in the machinery and crushed off at the second joint, A part of a sinew, 14 inches long, was left attached to the finger when it was separated from the hand. . Soon after the accident happen- ed he was taken to a physician for medical treatment. Howard Thrift, employed at Adams’ Dairy on Seidenberg Aven- ue, also met with misfortune this morning while sdwing wood, cut- ting his thumb badly, which re- quired stitches being made by the attending physician. While very painful, the wound is not considered dangerous. Richard Russell, caretaker. of the cit; k, suffered the loss of the’ ba the middte'Tihger on his right hand yesterday while cleaning a motor driven lawn mower. The mower stopped and Mr. Russell began to clear out the ob- struction without itting off the power. As soon tife . object stopping the operation of the ma- chine was removed, it started and the accident resulted, MENOCAL GETS INTO POLITICS TO CARRY CONSERVATIVE PARTY BANNER IN COM- ING ELECTION (My Aaseciated Press) i HAVANA, Aug. 26.—General SELL, HAVE MISFORTUNE | W2Y 2ssociation, has estimated this respect of the officers of the police Mario G, Menocal, twice president department and the citixenty of, of Ouba, announced he is “carry- Key West. jing the conservative party ban- At the conclusion of his talk ner” in the forthcoming election, with The Citizen, Mr, Malone said a statement generally interpreted he had offered to accept the resig-'as meaning he would be a candi- nation of Judge Dongo but he re-' date for the presidency. fused to resign and will let the’ Menocal spent some time as an matter be investigated. by the, exile in Miami. CONDUCTEXAM | LEAVEFOR CUBA FLORIDA « SAILS CARRYING Im Down, . By D. R. MACKENZIE ay Assoctated Presay MINNEAPOLIS, August 26.— The upper Mississippi river, wild and turbulent at times, is to be} put in a straitjacket ef locks onal dams—and made to pay for its existence. :, Agriculture, industry and con-; sumers of the vast inland domain’ expect to line their pockets with| the resultant revenue—represent-' ing a saying in _ transportation; costs. ' A. C. Wiprud,’ general counsel | of the Upper Mississippi Water-) saving at $10,630,000 annually. | First, An “Operation” First, however, the Father of; Waters must undergo a major op-} eretion—having its 6-foot channel. deepened to 9 feet from the:mouth! of the Illinois river north to Min-! neapolis, and submitting to con-' struction of 23 more dams and! locks. Four have already been: completed. The federal government is to foot the bill. For work this year, $33,000,000 has been allotted from the $3,200,000,000 public; works program. Senator Schall} of Minnesota has announced that! the president advised him he was) authorizing immediate use of; $12,000,000 to provide a 9 foot channel in the upper Mississippi, indicating also that he favored} eventual deepening to 12 feet, Al-| together, it is estimated that the 9 foot project will cost more than} $100,000,000, Put 20,000 To Work It will be a two and one-half year job, on which some 20,000! men will be given employment. Once the 9 foot channel is open- ed, Wiprud prediets a huge jump in freight volume~to 29,500,000; tons a year—against only about! 120,000 now—with 2,000-ton bar- ges carrying grain to Memphis, flour and wool to New Orleans. Barges will carry coffee, cot- ton, sugar, tobacco and coal from the south and east on return trips. Only 500-ton’ barges are used now, because of the shallow :chan- nel and bécausé it ¢osts about 8.5} . cents a bushel to ship wheat and flour on the barge line, compared} to 7 or 8 cents a bushel via the Great Lakes to the east. With completion of the Upper Mississippi project, however, trans- portation costs on wheat and flour are expected to be reduced to 5 or 6 cents a bushel. Big Saving On Coal Reduced freight costs, he says, would be reflected in a greater margin of profit to producers and Jower prices to consumers, The northwest would gave $5,000,000! annually, it is estimated, on coal shipped by barge. into this-area. Tn 1931 steel shipmen‘s,. from Chicago to Minneapolis cost about} 28 cents a ton, via the Great! Lakes, With the 9-foot channel, engineers say, a rate of about)20 cents a ton would be possible. Eighty barges ply the river now under government operation. With completion of the 9-foot channel, shipping, would be turned over to private carriers. FIRE DESTROYS | i aaww ee eee, WRK PROGRESSES | Uses Editorial From b STATE OFFICERS ens KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1933. Mississippi, Says: Valley Here're Your Dams~So Get To Work| eoosooeese COCCCCoeCOCLEs oC edTeCoeTSUSOCCOS A $100,000,000 Plan Under Way SPOCSSeooesoooeooooeOSeoeseCRCCLS { COMPLETED @ The upper Mississippi valley: anticipates savings in transporte- tion costs estimated as high as $10,000,000 annually when the pro- gram indicated on the accompanying map is completed. - Deepening of the channel between the Illinois river and Minneapolis from-6 to 9 feet and construction of a score of new dams are contemplated. | ON BUILDING. NEW. LIGHT STRUCTURE WORKING PLATFORM AT TEN- NESSEE REEF BEACON | 1S COMPLETED; PILING ARE NOW IN PLACE « 5% 5 Citizen: Fo Advertise Big Utility om aad An editorial from The Citizen is now being used in twa Florida newspapers, in the form of an advertisement of a widely known ‘utility com- pany. ‘One of the most prominent men in Florida who is a resi- dent of Tampa, connected with the corporation, sent a copy of the advert the publisher of with the following comment: “Note that I thought so much of your editorial that I have made an advertisement of it in both the Times and il I wish more papers | Bapid work is being done by the lighthouse department in the con- | struction of the new lighthouse at Tennessee Reef. | With the working platform com- [pleted by the Poppy, the work of shkeedenkla: bs ke setting the piling disks and driving torials along the same line.” | Piling was starved this week and basing five of the disks and piling aaa LD Da GDB. wo in place. | All struts, tension rods and other reinforeing 'parts will be iri iplace by this afternoon, week, if the Ivy will not: be ‘on other service, the remaining two piling wilt be driven and the con- ASK REPORTS ON BUDGET MATTERS |rscicn «0 light will be started and it is ex- Two COPIES OF THE CITIZEN pected. will ba tdady fer wee with FORWARDED TO GOVERNOR(|in two weeks. This is the same style of light as that AND COMPTROLLER = BY erected on Smiths Shoals. MONROE COUNTY CLERK INTEREST GRO Two copies of The Citizen are struction of the foundation will} FOUR TAKE TEST FOR GOV- ERNMENTAL DEPART. MENT SERVICE Four young Key Westers, Albert Roberts, Hector Cruz, Louis Dion and J. Peacon, took the examina- tion at the Key West postoffice this morning for Junior Messenger in the departmental service. The examination was conducted by Arthur Pastorini, local tary of the civil Successful contestants in these tests will be in the service at Wash- ington, D. C. At the postoffice it was said the) feason so few took the examina- tion was because no youths over 20 years can take these tests. CASH DISC. 3c en each gallon of Gasoline — SLRS ECE secre-| service board./ | EIGHTY-EIGHT PAS. SENGERS The steamer Florida of the P. ;and O. S. S. company sailed yee- jterday for Havana with 13 pas- Isengers from Tampa and 75 from Key West, a total of 88. The ship carried four automobiles and 167 sacks of mail. Many of the passengers on the Florida were refugees returning from points in the north. were from Tampa and the follow- ing from Key West: Mr. and Mrs. | Luis Igiesias and son, and Julia, Astonio Sanchez Debek. Ferry Parrott came in from Ha- jvana 5:30 o'clock yesterday with fone carload of tobacco, one of avocados, 206 sacks of mail and {2 miscellaneous. | | } 12:20 o'clock this afternoon, fcommand of Lieutenant Comman- ai pier. {ing orders, today being sent to Tallahassee, BLAZE THIS MORNING ON) one to Governor David Sholtz and IN BOND ELECTION j SIMONTON STREET NEAR | } UNITED | | { Fire, which was apparently of incendiary origin, . practically de-| stroyed the two story residence) on Simonton street, near United, 3 o'clock this morning. When engines from No.,1 and Several|No. 3 fire stations _ responded, | the directly the alarm was sounded, | they arrived at the scene to find; the} and Bernabe / building from the interior and the nesday a complete copy in} jbudget for 1933. After a hard fight the fire was | the flames coming threugh |whole j flames, building enveloped gotten under control. Examina- tien of the premises showed that the meter ber had been removed The U, S. S. MacFarland arrived | from the gas meter and a stream / in| of gas was flowing from the pipe. requested and the copies of The! day. Chief Harry Baker is of the der Hill, and berthed at the naval/opinion that this is the plan used/ budget for the present year was|17 and Z The vessel is await-jby the incendiariesto start ss gga in the issue of Wednes-/paid when the office closed day. fire. governor ard comptroller and is the other to J. M. Lee, comptrol- ler, These copies are sent in com- pliance with a telegram to Clerk Ross C, Sawyer, asking for in- | formation regarding millage and budgets for 1932 and 1933. | The telegram was signed by the} TWENTY-FOUR PAY POLL TAX ING ELECTION “Are you a freeholder?” is the as follows: days as the boosters for bridges Please mail Saturday, to reach comptroller Monday, sure, county millage by districts and/ funds for 1932 and 1933. | Also mail not later than Wed- of last} bonds.” year’s budget and the tentative] That many are going to do this In 1933. mil-| is evidenced by the number of poll lage figures are not complete, esti-jtax receipts issued within the past mate as accurately as possible,|few days from the office of Frank giviig as full information as de-, Ladd, tax collector. sired. | When the books The information will be sent asj¢arly week five paid the second the third today 24 asking if they have registeved and paid poll taxes. And the answer usually received this The Citizen included as the tentative! was 11 noon, Spread Of ‘Sleeping Sicknes For 58 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West bd S PRICE FIVE CENTS Challenge Issued By Un- derworld Is Met By Now Reaching Serious Stage! Ser: A= 0 Weis (By Associated Press) ST, LOUIS, Aug. 26.—Thou- sands of children in suburban dis- tricts of this city may not be able to return to school on schedule this fal! because of the epidemic of ‘“‘sleeping - sickness” which has taken 31 lives in this vicinity in less than one month. The Metropolitan Health Coun- cil of St. Louis, last night, asked serious affected by the outbreak to ad- vise whether their schools should | open September 5. Dr. William Patton, tendent of a hospital here, superin- | was outspoken in his opposition to the plan, insisting the council should advise all schools to remain closed until the outbreak subsides, until more adequate knowledge of the malady is gained by science. During the last 24 hours three total to 243. Thé disease now has been re- Ported *from coast A woman ‘in Jacksonville is suffer- ing from encephalitis while a death in California has been reported. Other deaths have been reported in Kansas, Oklahoma, lowa and Mississippi. to coast. CLAIMS NO CASE IN JACKSONVILLE JACKSONVILLE, Aug. 26.— Dr. Henry Hanson said no case of sonville. case, Advices:from Tampa, said a hospital. reported He said Tampa reported a case Next | first as encephalitis, but an autop- sy revealed no trace of the disease. AMERICANS NOW IN VIENNA JOLTED AS DOLLAR DWINDLES (By Associated Prean) VIENNA, Aug. 26.—The fall- Austria right in the middle of their budgets. Travelers from the United States who arrived early in July cut short their stay because of the dwindling purchasing power of their national currency. Americans maintaining hovse- holds here, including those in the diplomatic and consular services, TO TAKE PART IN COM. took deep breaths and began| charged that figuring out a new approach to the problem of “living cheaply abrosé: = Those who had been paying |$100 a month rent in Austria | question frequently heard these|sehillings found their housing) recovery research division, and ‘cost boosted to $140, with no seek out frientls preparatory toi chance of getting out of the leases! Johnson, on the oil code. on that seore. Coffee now costs about $1.40 @ pound and tea of good average 4 is “Yes, and I am going to vote for|grade $4. But those beverages sented, today, as being still op- are listed &s luxuries by the Aus-| government, other} articles additi deaths ra mee Bi ri kee a they were on the witining’ while 25 new cases brought the} encephalitis was reported in Jack- : TEXAS VOTING TODAY ON WET AND DRY ISSUE LONE STAR STATE WILL DE- CIDE WHETHER IT WILL BE- COME PART OF OTHERS FAVORING REPEAL (By Associated reas) AUSTIN, Aug. 26.—Texas de- cides today whether it favors re- peal of the 18th amendment and whether the state constitution shall be amended to permit manu- facture and sale of 3,2 beer. The state has been urged by na- tional democratic leaders to join!’ the unbroken line of 22 which al-! ready have expressed a desire that} prohibition be abolished. Sale of beer has been legalized in states, Led by United States Senator Morris;Sheppard, co-author of the; 18th gmendment, prohibi nists | Concluding a statewide! speaking tour, Sheppard predicted that if Texas went dry it would be joined by 12 other states *o block the repeal drive. Former Governor . James . BE. Ferguson, wet -leader, predicted victory for repeal. iny political subdivisions are holding local option elections to decide whether’ 1 } areas, if the beer amendment is adopted. Washington will vote on repéal next Tuesday. | PRICE-FIXING IN | OIL INDUSTRY IS STILL DISCUSSED PROCEEDINGS DEALING WITH OUTSTANDING ISSUE. BEFORE RECOVERY BOARD (Ry Ansoctated Preas) WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.—Dif- ferences of opinion within the Roosevelt administration over price-fixing for the oil industry, recently ing dollar has hit Americans injsprang up again today with the appearance of a confidential Jet- ter from economic advisers to Hugh Johnson, recovery director, describing a provision as a “seri- ous blunder.” A privately circulated memoran- dum written during the time Johnson was opposing beer should be sold within their} » (Ry Associated Press) The kidnaping — racket © sion today as bullets, . stéel bars and threat of the elec- — tric chair ‘answered the un-— derworld’s challenge. Bo One kidnaper is dead in San Francisco, shot down yesterday by a policeman when his victim, William F. Wood, cousin of former President Taft,» called for help. Before-he was shot, however, he killed a police- man and wounded a woman passerby. = Two men, secused of conspiracy to kidnap, were in jail at Hartford, Connecticut, where, police said, ar- rests thwarted a plot to seize a wealthy Springfield; Massachu- — setts, business man. Seven others Federal als at Oklahoma — City planned to put 12 people on trial within two weeks for kid- naping Charles Urschel, oil million- aire. Three of the flew there yesterday from Texas where they ‘were caught... They are in & bpecially fortified jail: Governor Herbert Lehman, New York, signed a bill last. night which will make the death penalty pos — sible in kidnaping cases. _ Federal agents sought traces of Bernard Bitterman, Denver de- partment store executive, who dis- appeared Thursday. he was kidnaped by criminals who thought him a member of the fam- ily of David May, founder of the May Company stores, eee vg however, | DIFFERENCES OF OPINION IN PASSENGERS OFF BURNED SCHOONER — REACH SAN JUAN RED CROSS IN PUERTO RICO ARRANGES TEMPORARY RE- LIEF FOR THOSE ARRIVING THERE | (iy Anscetated Press) SAN JUAN, Puerte Rico, Aus. 26.—The Dutch steamer Hercules arrived here with 46 passengers, the ment of price-fixing in the code, and members of the crew of the and Secretary Ickes supporting it,| Fernandina, Florida, + small refiners snd distributors of gasoline would be| Augusta G. Hilton, which burned “squeezed out” if this method Of| sag was abandoned at sea August | stabilization were adopted. The memorandum is signed by) 1 Dr, Alexander Sachs, head of the} Locos Red © pom temporary relief and the state de- partment asked instructions, While the code was signed by ‘ President Roosevelt last Saturday,| by cable, as to disposition of the Sachs and Johnson were repre- Joseph Pogue, economic adviser to poxed to utilization by the i Leosh autherttins cxmmenned oui dent of the price-fixing PrOv' | imeestigation of the ‘boat's de- ; strection, sing Racket Over Country eis Serious Set-Back As Laws. Of Nation Scoop In seemed headed for deprés- (