The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 15, 1933, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service VOLUME LIV. No. 219. Claims Many Murders In State Chain Gangs Never | Revealed Former Convict States Maillefert Sweat Box Case Only One Brought To Attention (Ry Associated Press) TALLAHASSEE, Sept. 15. —Published charges by James’ H. Travis, former " Florida convict, that he wit- “nessed “six murders in Flor- ida chain gangs” and that; “nothing was done about five of them” today caused Nathan Mayo, state prison director, to invite Travis to aid in investigation of the | To Authorities ‘RAILWAY LINE WILL REBUILD TWO BRIDGES, DISTRICT ENGINEER OF U., S. CORPS COMING TO KEY WEST; PROPOSITION TO BE CONSIDERED AT HEARING The Florida East Coast Railway! will reconstruct two bridges on the right of way of the com- pany’s line between Stock Island land Key West. | The first of these is the bridge over the channel between Key West Island and Stock Island, 3% miles from the station. The other is the bridge across Salt ‘Pond charges. Travis was confined at Sunbeam Camp near Jack- sonville when Arthur Maille- fert died in the sweatbox there last year. He said this was the “only murder. that leaked out, although others were just as brutal.” George W. Courson, camp captain, was sentenced to 20 years for Maillefert’s death. ; Tra Rpm coemgsn age Travis .was recently given a conditional pardon. He was sentenced for robbery. NEGRO HELD IN COUNTY JAIL ON THEFT CHAR CONSTABLE CAPTURES sal MAN YESTERDAY; CHARGED} WITH STEALING FROM CARS IN RAILROAD YARD ~ {on display’ at the U. James Gardner, colored, con fessed thief, is now in the county; jail awaiting trial on charges of stealing from camp cars in the yard of the. Florida East Coast) Railway. | bight, 1.67 miles from the station. Major B. C. Dunn, district en- .gineer U. S. engineer corps, will be in Key West and consider the bridges proposition at a hearing September 27 in the county court house. All interested parties are in- vited to be present at the hear- ing, particularly navigation in- terests that may be,affected by construction of the proposed Widges. Oral statements will be heard but those requiring accuracy as a matter of record, should be sub- mitted in writing. All records of the hearing will be forwarded to Washington for consideration by the war. department, Plans of both bridges are.now . engineer’s Suboffice, Miami Beach, and will be exhibited at the hearing. MUST EXPLAIN SPEED CHARGE, |/PERTAINS TO FINE PAID BY| GOVERNOR SHOLTZ ON GEORGIA HIGHWAY (Ry Associated Preasd ATLANTA, Sept. 15.—Gover- nor Talmadge summoned the may- or and police chief of Lula, Georgia, to appear this afternoon and explain why Governor Sholtz was recently made to pay a fine) on a speeding chi governor of Florida was driving | about 48 miles an hour outside; je when the: Ray Elwood, constable, was’ ihe corporate limi of the town.} The Kep. West Citoen ee KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1933. | Bingham ’s Two Personalities Show In F riendly Ambassadorial ba enc By OSCAR LEIDING [ee (iy Axsoeinted Pron) | LONDON Septsi16.—Amittics’s, ..,...seccccncccceseee |ambassador to the Court of St. James, Robert Worth Bingham, has revealed himself as a man of. two distinct personalities. Many have seen him in his of-j ficia! vole, upholding with dignity the prestige of his office and of the country he represents—a dig- nity, however, relieved by a friendliness and charm which have won wide favor. London Residence Hospitable The other side is known to old; |friends, either American or Brit-' ish, who have found the great yel- low residence overlooking Hyde iPark a house of hospitality and informality. To those who have seen both! sides of the man, his official for-{ imality appears to be a veneer—! j|donned when the occasion de- | mands and as quickly stripped off. Americans who have been close! jto him in the United States begin] to feel at home the instant they| {set foot on the embassy thres- thold, for the footman who firsti meets them is the same who has served the Bingham family for many years in Kentucky. The ambassador and Mrs, Bing- ham have in fact, in the few} months they have been in London,! had their house full of people al- most continually, Fond Of Scottish Sports Reminescent) of the ambassa- dor’s many visits to Scottish moors o Shoot grouse, where for some years it has been his custom to; {rent a shooting lodge, have been the calls paid upon him here by Scot friends. The ambassador is very ue ela at home in Scotland where in times past he has indulged in his favorite recreations—shooting and; riding—and he brought, over with thim his saddle horses and his dogs. Secretary of State Hull and; Senator Key Pittman are both old friends of Ambassador Bingham} and their visits to him here hav been personal as well as official.! The son of Louis Howe, one of} President Hveaavelt's, ‘secretaries, ! —————— RACE FOR CITY TAX ( COLLECT OR, he was in London; Prof. Raymond AN-} { is read: Moley and Herbert Swope were: dor; and among others who have shared in the informal hospitality | jof the embassy have been ae Hugh Young, and daughter, Haltiineve. INCUMBENT MAKES NOUNCEMENT OF DIDACY IN COLUMNS OF THE CITIZEN TODAY ‘RELIEVE JOHNSON FROM DUTIES ON ROAD DEPT. WORK: LSARONCEEME, AND WILLIAM 1), piettianito be held Naveniber | KEMP, TWO OTHER MéEM.- 14. of | | | | sai Jim Roberts, jtax assess llecwt ‘nounces in The incumbent to Mr. Roberts has been a revi Donning And Doffing Formality Robert W. Bingham, Americcan ambassador to Great Bri alike for formal occasions and those where official respon- jilities are put aside, as these contrasting pictures suggest. Henry L Doherty 5 Key West Most Unique ° ee \ j | | HIS CAN-; _ his yacht that has been PRYOR BOWEN IS ‘STORM EXPECTED FOUND GUILTY IN | | KIDNAPING CASE! CHAIN GANG; CASE DEALS; WITH KIPNAPING OF PRESI-| DENT ATLANTA BANK | (By Asm ATLANTA, Se >| Bowen, 17, was found guilty to- | ited Press) 15.—Pryor | lday-by, widjueys) ot | with’ W..R.Delinski in the kid- |naping of John K. Ottley, participating Sr.,! was president of the First National Bank ‘sentenced to one year in the chain of Atlanta. Bowen i gang. Delinski previously had been! sentenced from 21 to 28 years.| | | Bowen and asked that the case be| The jury recommended mercy for treated as a misdemeanor with the | suggestion that the probation of- | fic “shortly” look into it wii | w 1a view, of paroliag the bey. ~~" SCIENCE CLASSES ays | ATTEND LECTURES AT OLD HOSPITAL SERIES OF DEMONSTRATIONS; IN ENTOMOLOGY GIVEN BY DR. McALLISTER OF AGRI-) CULTURAL DEPARTMENT United States | { Henry L. Doherty, Florida dé-| | veloper and financier, said today, } Students of the science cla most! jof Key West high school embrac-! unique spot in the United suche! ing chemistry, tnology and gen-' | eral science, have been attending a id in a state that has more at- series of lectures and demonstra- tions in entomology by Dr. L. |McAllister of the U.S. depart- ;ment of agriculture. | | At the laboratory in the old} the navy hospital on White street, the students were allowed to witnes: the procedure used in the culture of the various insect pests that have proven destructive to fruits and trees ing Mdnroe county, and also the methods adopted for j their eradication. All phases of the operations, t the insects in the various stat of growth and other matters that Key West was the ' tractions for the tourist than any af | other. | Mr. Doherty arrived on | steamer Florida this morning from | Tampa, with the intention of going directly on board the D-1, waiting here for several days. He surprised to learn that his visit had been anticipated when was SENTENCED TO ONE YEAR iN! ANOTHER DISTURBANCE Now| | pared against a blow today as thej | Washington weather ; turbance ‘reach northern South Carolina or} jreport that an army captain, |winds of hurricane force over a } j but unwelcome visitor. | tankers, | dents TO STRIKE ALONG CAROLINA COAST) | TRAVELING TOWARD MEX. | ICAN COAST; EXPRESS FEAR FOR SHIPS AT SEA (Rs Associated Press) , SAVANNAH, Sept. 15.— Southeastern coastal states pre- bureau or- | dered storm warnings raised from) the Virginia Capes to Savannah. Advisories said a tropical dis-| was moving between night about 400 miles east of} Jacksonville, and probably would] {southern North Carolina tonight. The storm was moving about 14 miles an hour and is attended by} gales of a considerable area and small area. Charleston and other Carolina ports dug in against the expected, | ; FEARS FOR SAFETY OF THREE VESSELS TAMPICO, Mexico, ept. 15.— [es for the safety of three ves- | sels at sea were expressed by mari- time officials as tie tropical storm {moved t rd Tampico. One ship is the Mexican tug Cernicalo, due yesterday with oil The others are the Don Juan and Arturo, two days over-| | e. One person was killed by a live- wire. |—The increased trouble j various For 53 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS Further Strikes In Cuba Add To Seriousness Of Situation State Department At Washington Apprised Of Violence In Many Sec ‘tions (Ry Asscetated Press) WASHINGTON, Sept. 15. in Cuba sharpened official ap- prehension today lest: the outbreaks threaten Amer- ican life and property in such manner as te require American protection. The state department re- ceived word of violence in sections, coupled with threats of far spread | strikes, but declined to speak | northwest and west northwest last} publicly of the delicate situa- tion. Some sources received the two lieutenants and eight followers had seized the ;town of Pinar del Rio, along with arms and ammunition. It related that troops had spread weapons among the inhabitants and prepared for the anticipated attack. Thére are noAmericans in the town, which is 105 miles southwest of Havana. MORE MACHINE GUNS MOUNTED HAVANA, Sept. 15.—Ad- ditional machine guns were mounted and soldiers in- The storm was moving north- westward avross the Gulf of Mex-| o and was cxpadtes to reach al point between Tampico and Tux-| pan sometime today. The Vera Cruz observatory re-| ported the storm seemed to be the} worst in the last few years. The port there was closed. | i STORM WINDS ON VIRGINIA COAST NORFOLK, Virginia, Sept. 15. ~Storm winds were predicted for| the Virginia coast tonight, and the weather bureau advised resi-| occupying slightly — built structures to move out during day- | light without waiting for the storns| to strike. Danger from wind rather than} creased at the ‘National ho- tel where 500 former army | officers have been besieged several days in defiance of the government of President Grau San Martin. Guards said they had in- : structions to admit no one at the hotel except the “Ameri- can ambassador.” Two unidentified women, | apparently relatives of offi- jcers, attempted to run a blocade and were seized by w taining to the various flies water was emphasized by the bu-| soldiers, he met by Mayor William H. Jerry J. Trevor, vice pres First Cabrera, have occupied the minds of ists for many years, wer: n the lecture and demonstra i tions. provided with a warrant for the) arrest of Gardner and yesterday started on his search. Arriving, at the railroad yards he was es- pied by Gardner who ran to the: ‘COASTGUARD * | VESSEL SAILS. Ellsworth Johnson, for the past |‘ ; ee Finally they were reau. t is estimated the ‘ull force of the storm will be here by] #!lowed to enter with food. m but as it is} El Mundo, reompanied by gales of hurricane! € at the center, wild winds are) P@per, frankly called upon | BERS, REPLACED BY C. dent of Key West WATKINS AND W. SWEENEY 2"! Was emp! {National Bank for a long per | for many din years, Fir pu P Malone t : dent of the National Ban! others A six a tomorro and * who extended a hearty Havana news- ith the ebastian and : Professor Horace O’Bryant say welcome. | the students have been very atten water, plunged in and started to swim to Mangrove Key. | Constable Etwood secured al skiff boat from J, F. Cherry,! water pumper at the railroad, and | started in pursuit. The negro! soon saw that te escape was im- possible and after swimming about one mile, sought safety on} a small built up island and awaited the arrival of his pursuer. He was arrested, brought to the city and placed in the county jail} where he was held for hearing be- fore Justice of The Peace Frank) O, Roberts. { Charged with the theft of cop- per wire screen from the cars he! confessed to the theft. A bunch) of keys which was found on his! person contained. - one railroad; switch key, which it is believed! he also stole. He was remanded to the county! jail and is being held for trial at the next term of criminal court,! under bond of $250. ] FREE TRIP TO MIAMI , DANCE TONIGHT AT CUBAN CLUB i Music By HOWARD WILSON Admission 50c (Plux 5¢ Tax) Children 10c; Ladies Se TUSCARORA GOES TO RE- LIEVE DESTROYER ON DUTY AT MATANZAS The coast guard cutter Tus- ,carora sailed last night to relieve jthe coast guard destroyer Gres- ham, on duty in the harbor of Mantanzas. The Gresham is due in port for fuel oil at the naval station. The coast guard destroyer Hern don received orders today to sail for the Cuban coast to relieve one of the vessels now on duty there. Two seaplanes arrived from the Cuban coast this morning, took on mail for the U. S. S. Mississippi, and returned. WARNING Rosine hereby pperenee ¥ res! ing sand hein sae oar Those ; eoughe taking sand will be pros- lecuted to the full extent of the — BRAXTON B. WARREN, Boulevard Commissioner. septis-tt j five years foreman of the state | road department working crew, has been relieved of his duties and was today turning over his authority and paraphernalia to Russell Hoff, his successor. ‘come in contact with him | Mr. Johnson has proven his jusiness way ability and on a number of occa-| Jin hav n wide circle © sions has been complimented on ‘inal -“waent his handling of the work pertain- 0 con tick ing to his department. He is sat- theip supprot isfied that his being removed is for orice political reasons. and no other, cause, he states, Aaron Kemp and William Kemp, two members of the read _ force, have been replaced by Cliffer, Watkins‘and William Sweeney, on, orders from Tallahassee. Morris Cochran, who has been si rEPING SICKNESS EPIDEM- in charge of the work on one <ec- - of the road, on Key Vacas, has been relieved as well as the under his supervision. Mr Cechran says the work in that di- vison has been stopped. yceed ability to the office proven hig taxpayers, say REPORT CHECK IN Ic NOW SAID TO BE WELL IN HAND (My Awnoctated Press) tha of the sleep SPECIAL ene dapenenid Silay ter De, Joep and | Temerrew F. Bredeck, city health commis- a i edicted Phone 177 Free Delivery Liege para than ps ant W STRANGE MALADY : After a brief chat with the party! tive to the details explained and t of the mayor demonstrated and is sure the to the naval station where he was' formation imparted will prove of | material advantage to them in the ene of their studies. ‘CHICAGO BOUT he went as the gue: e in by Lieuten- N., offi- offered the courtesie B. Jackson, U cer in charge. With Lieutenant mayor he went ugh the agreeably sur and ride} Jackson for a and was} the ships increased } the ‘thr tation i at the tion, which on} nted a beau-| harbor and the s pre’ activity a Annecinted Press) CHICAGO, Sept. 15—A 10-round fight between Jack Sharkey and King Levinsky, scheduled for tonight, w: postponed until next Monday because of threatening weather. VIET ADOPTS USE OF SECTIONAL SPANS a previo! tiful Later de but inactive sce the party ond the t to th be: for a! evard and on the re and O. wharf Mr. I the yacht] 11 o'clock and went for a trip to] Tort having been siren ¢! went Pr. erty arded ieuten-| ap ry @ Mayor VORONEZH, . Sep -Ready made bridges, built in jrections at « factory here and as sembled at the place of use, are ibeing used in Soviet construction of a new railroad from Moscow to the Donetz coal basin. The bridges. |x maximum of 40 yards, are of } ferro-concrete requiring les» ma- SATURDAY SPECIALS}! KEY WEST VEAL KEY WEST PORK CENTRAL MARKET C. E. ALBURY, Prop. 805 Fleming St. Phone 20 IS POSTPONED : terial and less construciten iaber.jat Brownsville, Texas, expected a Damage torm ha stored STORM REPORT | N, D. C., Sept. 15. 19:30 A.M Horri. ngs ordered from Wilm Hatteras and storm displayed north of Hat tera Boston and touth Wilmington to Charleston, Tre ical distu central early as midnight sustained from the last not wholly been re ington to warnings to ance of great miles east of § 250 miles south moving northw north attended by gales over wide) ares and winds of hurricane force} over considerable srea. Indica-j thet center and now are reach coact late aturday wind morn ttended force of hurricane ed tion advi ve ite path els in and near; Tropical disturbance in western « Gulf apparently central about 100 miles northeast of Tampice mov-) ing west-northwestward. Its cen- ter will move inland on the Mex-! ican coast this afterncun attended! by winds of harricane force Storm warnings remain displayed) i the government to recognize “lack of warmth” for it as the regime faced an armed outbreak in a neighboring | Province, and rumors of the | impending movement circulated. were TEXANS BLOW ‘SUDS’ AGAIN (By Aspoctatet Press) DALLAS, Texgs, Sept. 15 —Beer drinking Texas blew sude off schooners today and rejeiced at the termination of the dry spell. ~ STRAND THEATER . Miriam Hopkine-Lionel Barry- more in THE STRANGER’S RETURN Kay Francis-Lyle Talbot in MARY STEVENS, M. D. Matinee: Balcony 10¢; Orches- tra, 15-20c; Might 15-25¢