The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 10, 1933, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service VOLUME LIV. No. 240. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, '1933. ih Fears Felt ForsSafety:Oft» |Gold* Fever Attacks Philippines; * Gok s,s CALIFORNIA AREA ed Ove NOW BOTHERED BY Huge Wave; Steamer! ” STRIKE TROUBLES Founders In Blow re oT TEN THOUSAND OPERATIVES é ALIFAX, Oct. 10-_The IN COTTON AND LETTUCE : two. Score seamen re- “mained uncertain today as marine officials attempted to the toll of the storm (Dy "Asncetated (Prens): >: ; whirled up the Atlan-| SAN\PRANCISCO, Oct, 10-4 tic seaboard over the week- ‘Presenting .#- situation: which; blew itself out north|Frank MacDonald, state labor ‘oundland. commissioner, described as “dan- SULTOF’ DIFFERENCES © “> REGIONS WALK OUT AS RE-| By EDWARD E. BOMAR “\(Hy Auscctated Press) MANILA, P. 1, Oct.: 10.—A gold rush of big proportions was stimulated: both in the mountains of northern Luzon and in Manila! by the order of President Roose- velt opening the higher-priced for- eign markets to the output of} mines in the United States‘ and | possessions, | In the mountains the activities: {of prospectors brought a dispute {with Igorote tribesmen which | threatened to develop violence. Share Market Active At Manila millions of shares of ! stock, in concerns) with ‘actually; producing ‘mines*and “in “othere more recently-organized::'to’ vex- pass claims, ‘have changed: hands: { In one recent week transactions )in mining shares on«'the Manila tock. exchange totalled \2,250,00C shares, : 2 The par value of most of the | Securities is small,-ranging. from five to fifty cents -in American}: _ Igorotes Threaten To Mob Miners Rice Paddies Vs. Gold Mines For 53 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS e:Appears To ‘Under ee evcceccces eccccece Henry Perez In Critical Condition Following Auto Smash Out On Boulevard Henry Perez, 21 years old, is in. a critical condition at 2 local hospitabes @<redult of an automo- +bile: accident which | -hapyened 4 iy after midnight this morn- bs e'young man:has not regained hconsciousness: since the- accident, nd? itis too early» after the in- | juries: were received ‘to: give an: ‘estimate ‘of his condition. Perez, his brother Julio, Frank Caraballo’ driving the car and a GIVES VIEWS ON LEGISLATION IN © BANKRUPT ISSUE y PROPOSED AID* FOR MUNICI- | PAL CASES IS DISCUSSED hips were asked to'keep{gerous” approximately 10,000 lookout for 21 menjworkers are reported on strike in Greek steamer Annuo-|California cotton and lettuce re- gions today. The lettuce trouble, which start- ed with a walkout of 2,000 trim-| The stock is distributed among’ mers.and packers in the Salinas Jmany thousands. of Filipinos and jdistrict yesteraay, spread to Wat-| Americans, but sdme of the re- djsenville where a similar strike of Cent speculative buying has been jcurrency, but the quotations on j the stock of the two chief produc- jing concerns, Benguet Consolidated jand Balatoc Mining, reached up to $18 a share, Igorotes Guard Rice Crop ind! é AT CONVENTION OF INSUR- chief petty officer from one of the boats in the harbor were | ANCE ORGANIZATION out riding on the boulevard. . They reached a spot between the} Club’ Miramar and the Second! cHreK Soe aay com Martello. Tower. when, it is said 2 5 Bisa le pro- by Caraballo, the left front be posed legislation municipal blew out and the car was catapult- z ed against a pile of rocks andj >ankruptcy was said today by Sol turned ‘completely over. Charles Mackey, an employee of for Esarey, Indianapolis insurance ex- Clamor Heard For. Reap- pearance Of Mendieta; Grau Strives To Stave Off Retirement (By Associated Press) HAVANA, Oct. 10.—The hook of governmental over- throw which has snatched more than one of his prede- cessors off Cuba’s stormy po- litical. stage, was extended today for President Grau. As it held out on a wave of shifting public opinion, veteran nationalist leader Carlos Mendieta, listening from its wings, heard a ris- ing clamor for his reappear- ance. The Grau regime, fighting desperately to stave off re- tirement, held out for com- promise in hope of quieting 600 workers was called for this afternoon, Telic put into Yar- h with at half yk on the'lestimated were out. fy their families, } ocwee pg ay cabins, por Population of | 8, & problem to health offi- “Both cotton and lettuce strikers are asking for more pay. FEDERATION OF } LABOR TAKES UP PLEDGES MADE FOR PROTEC. TION OF SCHOOL ORGANI- ZATIONS AND INSTRUCTORS IN ALL PARTICULARS % > | | | | (By Associated Presa) ’ i j San Carlos Theater—Entertain- ment by Cuban colony. TOMORROW Coral Isle Casino—Dance with Chester Brownagle and the Gondo- liers. Strand—“Fast Life’ and Dan-| The lighthouse tender Ivy is taking on buoys and appendages at the bureau dock preparatory to; making replacements of these aids! te navigation at points in this dis-/ trict. Terider Poppy is te leave within & brief time for Miami to construct &® working platform preparatory to! the erection of « range light at the | main entrance to Miami harbor. j As soon as the Ivy has complet) ed the buoy work the vessel will! to Miami where piles will; driven and assistance given the! im the work of constructing foundation for the any ~<a To prevent what it termed “pass-! soma the thirty-third to ratify the yous tree prs ; Beeson st mace © Sy: ton O . ing for “utmost endeavor for pro- The program called for “truly; trained teachers, broader curricu-; and decent working conditions, es-! POPPY TO LEAVE SHORTLY : Oct. 10.— veters today as (B} Aniociated Prens) “they decided if, the state is to be} WASHINGTON, October 10.— Bay : ing of public free school” as a. ré-! : om ont whitch sult of budget. ~balancing, t e Voting wes iconvention today adopted a 12. “the ‘atate, point educational program. call- Both sides had urged voters te tection of education from kinder- ‘ pe sey " ond garten through university.” repealiste were confident of vic-| professional standards” in class-| ies in a th ‘ hi room, smaller classes taught by. bitioniste “will give e good account |!um, equitable wage for all in-| structors with security for tenure} og |tablishment of teachers unions; and other points. i FOR OPERATIONS IN MIAMI WATERS In the cotton belt of the south-|- jyern San Joaquin valley, authorities | Igorotes, , 036,121 and since 1899 the gold) | jtoday, and James Medley, former | gasoline station attendant, drew) cigarettes {threats to kidnap the niece of Rus- | { } i | for Hong Kong and Shanghai pur- chasers, brokers stated. Visions of war between the diminutive — half-wild more than 7,000 pickers! tribesmen, and the “wild cat” prospectors, reminiscent of the clashes between prospectors and Indians in the American west: of another day, were aroused by urgent appeals from. the. Bontoc ere directed: to take steps to prevent an outbreak.. The prospectors, it was claimed, trampled the _. laboriously-con- structed rice terraces of the Igo- rotes‘on the motintdin sides © in staking claims and digging tun- nels. Representative Hilary Clapp, himself an Igorote, went to the Bontoc section in response to # report that 4,000 of the tribesmen were disaffected, and that 300 iad threatened to attack laborers at one tunnel. The known gold-producing area is near Baguio, a mountain resort about 150 miles north of Manila and it has been staked out for many years. Several thousand workers are employed. Gold exports from the Philip- pines in 1982 were valued at $5,- shipped. , from. «the. islands has: brought more, than; $48,000,000. | ; } i ; 4 DEALS WITH NIECE OF PART- NER IN MORGAN BANK. ING HOUSE (By Associated Preas) NEW YORK, Oct, 10.—Nicolia. de Alma, Yonkers nurse, was sen-! tenced to five years imprisonment ten years before Federal Judge Alfred Coxe on pleas of guilty to |sell Leffingwell, partner in the! | Morgan banking house. NEW BOARD ON CONSTRUCTION NEW CORPORATION TO HAN. DLE CONSTRUCTION AND LEASING MATTERS (Ry Associated. Preqs) WASHINGTON, Oct. 10.— Secretary Ickes revealed to- day that the government is considering the establishment of a new corporation to handle the construction and leasing or sale of lew cost housing Projects throughout the coun- try. Skyrocketing gold shares on the Manila stock exchange, whose the Florida Keys Bus Lines, was ecutive, before the American Life jdates to address the next j before the body tonight and ex- mining board is shown left, have sent prospectors into. them north of Manila where they have come in conflict with ‘Igo- rotes who claim that the delvers after yellow metal have - ruined many of the rice paddies on the terraced mountain sides. The group (upper right) is typical of the half-wild tribesmen. CANDIDATES WILL 1A LEAGUE MEETING ALL SELECTED FOR COMING CITY ELECTION INVITED TO ADDRESS BODY TONIGHT ON THEIR CANDIDACY the first to reach the scene of the accident. He managed to extricate the injured. men and brought them to the city. Henry Perez was taken to the > Thospital. Caraballo was taken to his home with an injured leg and a deep cut on thé head also, with possible internal injuries. taken to“ his-home: on -White- head street with severe injuries about the body and head and the petty officer wag taken to hi it. is seid. NNIVERSARY OF MERCEDES HOSP. Caraballo was later arrested and INSTITUTION OPENED TWEN.- an investigation, At the jail he ’ appeared to be suffering from in- SY ee ee ternal: convulsions, indicated by GUTSEN ABLY DIRECTS AF-!spasmodic jerkings of the chest muscles and abdominal region, and FAIRS SINCE BEGINNING {a5 returned to his home, on Si- monton street. Sheriff Karl Thompson visited Just 22 years ago, on October|the scene of the accident early | All:of the candidates who were ‘endorsed by the Economic League} 10, the celebration of the opening) this morning. Later he told The of Key West to run in the citylof Mercedes hospital was held as| Citizen the automobile was a com- lection to be held November 14,]a part of the festivities plannea|Plete wreck and was fully 25 feet “geet ‘ 4 bel eb acinsredageiegh ape beyond the pile ‘of rocks it had are expected to be at the meeting|for the celebration of “El Grito struck. of the league tonight. de Yara.” The sheriff has been trying to When the names were presented During that time the administra-|Jearn the pame of the petty offi- to the organization by the selec-| tion of affairs has been under the pes wt oa oak 2 Sirmarangeed = tion. committee at the special/direction of Maria Gutsen. That | 8° 10 HE ay eae anakic seek meeting last Friday and the votejher handling of all matters in SE hte be ken which assured their na j nection with the institution ‘has being placed before. the publi ibeen able and éfficient is the matter of inviting the candi-|denced by the testimony of rn He ‘made inquiries at the Ma- evi-| rine hospital but was told no petty Pa-} officer had been brought there ing,.was discussed. It was unanimously voted to and on many occasions made cs hhave.the candidates, members and! lic through the columns of The ‘non-members of the league, come ; Citizen, ‘not ‘wish ‘any publicity given to Plans ‘are now under way to|the matter. press their views as to the pr ©-| paint the building. To do this Mrs, ——_—_—__ cedure to be followed by the of-|Gutsen inaugurated a campaign to DEMAND PARTY ficials of the city when, and if,|secure the paint and so far it has they were elected. been very successful, 52 of the 70 That the entire membership of | gallons needed having been donat- JOHN H. MeCOOEY OF BROOK- LYN SERVED WITH NO. TICE TODAY i lon. , It, ig believed hb bob this hip: and does the league may know the thoughts/ed by the city public spirited firms and aims of those candidates en-| and individuals, dorsed by the league, it is expect-| Many persons not in business ed a majority of the members will| donated small sums of money for be at the meeting tonight. |this laudable purpose and it is the After the regular business of; belief of Mrs. Gutsen and her as- the meeting is concluded, cigars,|sistants that paint and funds and light refreshments) necessary to do the work will he will be enjoyed. l eventually secured. | _ Those who have contributed and jtheir contributions are shown | herewith: Paint— City of Key West, 20 lons; Lumley and Roberts, one; ath Florida Contracting and ingineering company, tw | Thompson, two; Gardner, on ONE OF EIGHT TO BE BUILT) Ladd, one; Trevor, one; Jefferson WILL BE ASSIGNED | B. Browne, two; J. Vining Harris, APPROVEFUNDS FOR NEW BOATS: (By Aghocinted Press) NEW YORK, Oct. 10-— John H. McCocey, for 22 years the democratic leader im Brooklyn, wes served with « demand that he retire today by = mpjority of his district leaders. meet- tients treated there whose words | with treatment! . The ‘of praise have been freely offered | Chivedl Ged batted given: the! convention, to be of such a char- acter that the Eighteenth amend. ment is “tame” by comparison. “It is designed to enforce set- tlement by a majority rule re-j gardless of contract and proposes to. accelerate all of the indebted- Julio} ness of municipalities and make} be il come due in the-peak of sion when ¢onfessedly the finan- cial condition of municipalities is at the lowest ebb and when they are least able to pay,” he said. REPEAL ELECTION IN QUIET MANNER MORE THAN 5,000 QUALIFIED TO VOTE; BELIEVED LESS THAN FORTY PERCENT WILL PARTICIPATE More than 5,000 citizens of Monroe county are qualified to vote in the repeal election, being held all over the state ‘of Florida, but it is dowbtful, says 4 promi- nent official, if 40 pertent of the number will vote. Presuming that it’is a foregone } conclusion: that Florida will go j wet by at least two to'one, many {firm adherents to the repeal side of the question will refrain from voting as it is the opinion of many that Monroe county wil be three , to one for repeal. | For those who vote fer repeal pmarking the ticket will be easy. jan that is necessary is to mark the 67 names at the left side of the ballot, stopping at the words “Against Repeal” which head the list of eight names under this cap- tion. 4 Those who vote against repeal will have a difficult task unless they mark the eight names so ap- pearing and stop there. But for those who want to mark a full ticket of 67 names, to’ take selections from the names sppear- jing under the heading “Unpledg- jed” will be a difficult: undertaking| jas many names appear among 'these that are men who are con- firmed wets in every sense of ‘the word. the shouts of the opposition. Militarized university youngsters again ratified their support of the Grau government, but support in other quarters appeared to rapidly crumbling toward _ SHIP GOES TO HAVANA UNDER ADVICES RECEIVED TODAY ARE TO EFFECT REVOLU- TIONISTS ARE BURNING CHURCHES a Advices received today are to the effect that some of the mal- contents in Cuba have started to ‘burn churches and gre committing ,other depredations on the island. { Whether or not there is any con- nection between this news item jand the movements of vessels from Key West could not be learnéd, ‘but the Coast Guard Destroyer | Wilkes sailed for Cuba this after- noon under hurry orders. The Coast Guard Destroyer ainwright returned yesterday from patrol duty off the coast of Cuba. Other than these two movements the service vessels in Port are the same as yesterday. (CRONIN SIGNS NEW CONTRACT TO PILOT AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS FOR THREE YEAR PERIOD iW | (By Agseciatet Press) WASHINGTON, October 10— | Manager Joe Cronin of the Wash- lington Senators today signed a \three year contract to pilet the American League champions. The psy was undisclosed, but j two; Tom Gato, one; B. L. Groor TO KEY WEST two; Einhorn, 10 small cans; Ka tor, one gallon; G. C. Roberts, {two gallons; Arsenio J. Betan- jcourt, one; Dr. Fina, one; Dr. | Galey, one; Pena. one; Dr. Wm. R. | Warren, one; Samuel Pierce, one; jm. Curry’s Sons Co., two. Cash contributions were made by: Frank Lewinsky, $1; Wm. | Mendel, 50¢; Lucignani, 60c; Dan | Navarro, $1; William Arnold, $1; ical cmbeareupmmmmal CHS Spenercicce giv which will be based at \Mrs. Andrew Page, $1; Wing Lee, 5c; A. R. Miller, $1; J. J. Lewis, ea leas Raul Garcia, $1.50; 3. Saw- health service. ‘yer, S0c; Palace Theater, 50c, (Ry Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Oct. 10.— The Public Works administra- tien anvounced an allotment fer the construction of eight Key Those who are fully acquainted) . i with the difficulty of marking the| “*** Griffith, owner of the team, A vindicated jt was considerably lees ticket say that counting the ballots” BOSTON.—Mrs. Nellie Wilson] wit! be » tedious task and will not| than the reported $40,000 « year of this city sued her husband for!+. finished until, possibly, Thurs-;1°F Which Bil Terry signed to deserting her half a dey after| day when it is expected returns|manage the Giants the next five their marriage. from all counties in the states will| #7. : nee naan: ee oriole: BIG DANCE |{\— Wednesday, Oct. 11, 9:30 Till? STRAND THEATER CORAL ISLE CASINO Chick Sale-Jackie Searle in Masic by Chester Brownagie || DANGEROUS CROSSROADS and the Gendoliers of Madge Evans-Phillips Holmes in| Miami Beach BEAUTY FOR SALE Gents $1.00 (tax included) 1) I matinee: Baleony 10c; Orches- Ladies Free ten, 16-200; Might 15-286 EARLY DESERTION ; H i PARIS—Mile. Henriette Dro- gine of this city has her 14-year- old cat's teeth cared for by « dentist.