The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 2, 1933, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service VOLUME LIV. No. 260. Che Kep est Citsen i KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1933. ADMINISTRATION HAS: OFFER [Four Puzzling Problems To Appear In. By CARL C. CRANMER (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.—Four questions are expected to predom- TO BUY ALL FOREIGN COLD Roosevelt Regine Has Op-iINVITE COUNTY portunity To Make Pur-| BOARD TO JOIN chase OF AM Test 1s) LEGION PARADE Shipped To U. S. OTHER MATTERS HEARD DUR- ING REGULAR MEETING OF COMMISSIONERS LAST NIGHT inate when Maxim Litvinoff, Rus- sian commissar of foreign affairs, and President Roosevelt get down to brass tacks in their conversa- tions at the White House. Three relate to barriers which in the past have prevented recogni- tion. They are alleged Russian subversive propaganda, repudiated debts and confiscated property of American investors, Claims In High Figures The other question has te do fficials to take part| a onde “of Rimiaies with future trade relations, prin- ‘be held November 11, by cipally long-term credits to allow a tic had American Legion. Russia to purchase the products of "Th @ communication to the com-|American farms and factories ; : missioners, read at the pron d bar vaeeistegpretilat ES the latter rice last night, P. B. Roberts, past post | 4 « go ‘ For aS ~y < commander of Arthur Sawyer|#"d private, against the Russian $32.36 an ounce was estab-|Number 28, sets forth the propos- | gee total about $625,000,- lished with ed program and asks the commis- : .& “ compared yes- sioners to take part in the parade The governmental claim is a terday’s $32.26, and attend the dance to be given) !0an of $187,000,000, plus inte In the meanwhile, the bul-{4t night at the Country Club. The est. It was made to the Kerensky (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.— The Roosevelt administration today dangled before the world an offer to Ibuy all HELD ‘“ % regime just before the bolshevist lion at London, presumably pitas Soret aant granted Neo et when America sea eae i .|allies were striving. to keep Rus- ee repos so manne, Tome) prewmionion &2 operate the informe [ait the wae and prevent, the from yesterday’s $31.52 to} coast Railway terminals, with the Freeing of German troops from the derstandin, unty will not |€astern front, $82.11 today. Be ee he ncnk| This debt, along: ith all debte The dollar was weak, de- of operation. of the czarist regime, was repudi- i i Resignation of Henry L. Pin-!ated by the soviets early in 1918. eltping Yonica vapcanediag der and. Frank ce deputy Hull Has Secret File the pound. It also weaken-|.ncritts, offered Sheriff Karl 0.| Private claims are in two parts, ad weninad that Thompson, were read. Asked|$86,000,000 in bond issues floated , ‘about the bonds in these cases At-|@™Mong private investors in New ‘Details for purchasing of |tomey Albury advised the bonds| York in 1916 by the czarist regime, foreign gold, including price, |became void as soon as the resig- oF knee ack + ipa : RORSS ‘nations were accepted. ii in Russ! remained undisclosed, as did |" Notary public bonds for Charles|that were confiscated. the status. of P of the Porter| _ These latter are kept in a confi- & hm 4 y, and C. E. Smith,|dential file at state” depart- ‘Hlocal ment, but they aré: known: to in- clude many large items by Ameri- cans doing business.in Russia at the time of the revolution. A favorite American method in the past of handling such claims has been to'set up a commission to work out solutions with foreign representatives, But it is not known: whether Litvinoff is com- ing. prépated ‘to ‘offer any such solution. | 4 In dealing with ot hations Russia in some’ cased has agreed to pay bonuses or high interest on new business, specifying that the extra money be applied against debts and confiscations. German Debts Figure When it comes to the govern- mental debt, two points are likely ‘to be stressed by the Russian com- for the Mallory ‘Line, _} were’ a) pproved. County Judge Hugh Gunn’s re- port of licenses issued for the month of October, show 56 licen- ces issued to others than mer- chants, with $662 for the state and $406.30 to the county. Issued to merchants, 16, ape to the state, $77.50 to. the county. : Clerk‘ an ‘C] ‘Sawyer reported thé ‘tak Kedemptions recorded for the month of October, This is the' first time since he has, been in office, Mr. Sawyer told the board, that there were no redemp- tions to be recorded. Tax Collector Frank H. Ladd’s report. was read and shows depos- Quick thinking, followed by|its of $5, 80 in the First Na- prompt action on‘the part of Chief| tional Bank for the past month Deputy Sheriff Clements Jay-j 2m4 #2,098-31 bond and inter-| missar. ‘The soviets always have est fund, forwarded to the State| justitied repudiation of the czarist cocks possibly prevented an €¢-| Board of Administration at Tal- gS > leads debts by a notice issued by leaders tion by the Justice of the Peace} jahassee. |of the abortive revolution of 1905 Rogelio Gomez; that may have)‘ There being » surplus in the in-jin which the capitalistic nations proven disastrous to both the jus-| debtednéss fund and a shortage in| were warned that future obliga- tice and Raul Garéia; ¢ funds, a resolution wasjtions of the czar would not s-be On°affidavit of Joseph’ Knight! adopted to make the following| recognized. = ECTS transfers from the indebtedness} A second point is that in the and Clyde Knight, ‘Gat rela was ar- fund. . $1,800 to general revenue | treaty of Brest-Litovsk negotiated rested on'a warrant issued | t of{ fund, $1,450 to fine and forfei-|between Russia and Germany in Justice Gomen's: court, after his} ture fund, $1,800 to general reve-|March, 1918, no settlement of pool room had been &nd| nue fund, $1,450 to fine and for-|debts to' Germany was reached two dismantled slot machines had/feiture fund and $400 to the road|@nd it was agreed that any settle- been found. ment with other nations would When brought into court by} ‘The resolution is to be forward-| entitle Germany to equal terms. Deputy Jaycocks, Garcia was eX-jeq to Comptroller J. M. Lee, ask-|The Soviet Union never recognized peeted to be arraigned and given! ing his consent. to the proposed|*"Y such debts. a hearing. . the On the other hand, a cardinal uty, Ji ple of American foreign T DAMAGE IN OIL BLAZE NATED WHEN DEFENDANT) WAS ARRAIGNED policy since the war has been to exact some sort of settlement of obligations, even though consid- ‘erably scaled down. Should President Roosevelt de- mand a guarantee that soviet dip- lomatic representatives in this on a mutual basis, The Moscow government has given similar promises to other governments and, in fact, has held that it is no more responsible for the for- 2.—jeign campaigns of the third in- TIVERTON, R. L,. Nov. of Tiverton Valley, downj|ternationale than are other gov-| mach cots in school houses today and/litical publicity organizations dom- gazed through clouds of biack/iciled within their borders. smoke to see if their homes were) Credit ges > an ard still there. Concerning credits trade. Wai eG tees ss They were driven to the hints which department of commerce of- TONIGHT yesterday ‘by explosions and fires|ficials estimate might reach $100,- Strand—“One Man Journey” that killed at least three men and|000,000 a year, it is considered and “My Woman.” wounded scores of others who are/likely that the Reconstruction Fi- Palace—“Her Splendid Folly.”!in hospitals. . {mance Corporation would be ask- noma meng The damage was estimated at ed to advance the necessary mon- TOMORROW 1,000,000, The fire started by'ey. It would be deposited in this Cuban Club—Free Trip to Mi-|the collapse of a huge tank being/country and drawn against as ami Dance. i tested. | Russia bought goods here. Palace—“Her Splendid Folly."| The barsting tank caused a|- American purchases in Russia, Strand—“One Journey”) short circuit that started he fires/if that country follows her usual and “Tillie and Gua.” pone Sa gasoline and oi] tanks. ‘practice, would be for cash. Litvinoff 's Talks At White House They’ll Meet Face To Face President Roosevelt and Max affairs for the Union of Socialist they probably will confront each other when they sit down at a desk/12 ships in port at a time, as has in the White House to discuss the issues which have kept their gov-/been the case in the past, there ernments apart. im Litvinoff, commi of fo Soviet Republics, are shown . a PREPARES PAPER | ON MANDAMUS IN BEN HUR MATTER ATTORNEY FOR COUNTY COM-' JOHN SCHECK, AWAITING EX-,©o™fortable quarters, but quite ajPorch roof from the upstairs room MISSIONERS HAS MADE RE- TURN TO ALTERNATIVE WRIT AS ISSUED » Attorney W. V. Albury for the} board of county commissioners has! iade a return to the alternative’ writ of mandamus issued out of, the supreme court on October 15 on petition of the Ben Hur Life Association. The writ sought to require the county commissioners, W. R. Por-! ter, Norberg Thompson, B. B. War-| ren, Carl Bervaldi and Roy Ful-/ ford,. together with Tax Assessor} J. Otto Kirchheiner to revise the budget and levy a sufficient tax to pay interest and provide a sink- ing fund for retirement of bonds. It. is claimed -by the association they hold 105 Monroe county high- way bonds, of $1,000 each and 45 of ‘the county’s bridge bonds of $1,000, In the return forwarded to the} supreme court yesterday it is) shown that the budget as it now| is shows that sufficient sums have/| been levied to take care of the; past due obligations of the nasa TURNING OUT LICENSE TAGS' { { MACHINERY OF STATE PRIS-! ON WORKING AT RAPID RATE (My Associated Presa) | RAIFORD, Fla., Nov. 2.—Flor- ida’s 1934 automobile license tags are edthing gut of the state prison v at the rate of 12,-: 500 daily, and 400,000 of them) will be ready for delivery today. | Day and night shifts are en-) gaged in manufacturing the plates. / Tags will be distributed this rest by county tax collectors, who will receive a fee of 25 cents for each tag sold. ‘The fees must be included in the regular receipts of the tax collec-} ter’s. office, and the law does not: provide for the collector to re- ceive, compensation above that! previously allowed him. | In the past automobile tags have! been distributed by private agen- cles, i i {ter 10 minutes siege he opened YOUNG KILLER MAKES ATTEMPT TOWARD ESCAPE ECUTION, (BREAKS AWAY, BUT SURRENDERS SHORT TIME THEREAFTER (iy Anncetated Press) CHICAGO, November 2.—John Scheck,, desperate young killer, awaiting execution for a police- man’s murder, broke loose again today from the bull pen of the county jail, but was recaptured a few moments later in an elevator. Scheck had been arraigned in a robbery charge and was awaiting return to the death cell when. he tore from guards. He dashed into the elevator, slammed the door shut, but unable to operate the lift and af- the door and raised his hands in surrender. (COWBOY SENATOR IS NEAR DEA JOHN D. KENDRICK OF WYOM- ING WAS STRICKEN LAST NIGHT (By Asnociated Press) SHERIDAN, Wyo., Nov. 2— John D. Hendrick, cowboy, who became senator, was nearer death here today from cerebral hemorr- hage. The 76-year-old senator, strick- en last nght, soon lapsed into a coma. He was one of the few re. maining “Texas Trail Herders” Kendrick educated himself the saddle, reading as he rode. TO ISSUE NEW MONEY SERIES ELEVEN MILLION IN SILVER: CERTIFICATES NOW PLANNED | WASHINGTON, Nov. 3— The treasury may soon issue $11,000,000 in silver certifi- cates backed by silver receiv- ed im last June’s war debt pay- ments. ;postoffice building, | navy vessels operating |have increaged activities in an ef- For 58 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENT* Great Disorders In Havana As Demands Were Renewed To Have Mendieta Replace San Martin SERVICE SHIPS (MURDER MYSTERY frie nae so ORDERED BACK | IN OKLAHOMA IS | ' a Var TOHOMEPORTS| VERY BAFFLING) "Fer" 0'Civ: Mow Persons Wounded THIS WILL LEAVE TWELVE/THREE BODIES LOCKED IN (By Associated Press) UNITED STATES NAVY VES-| RED FRAME HOUSE GIVES} HAVANA, Nov. 2.—All SELS OPERATING IN LOCAL| INVESTIGATORS DIF Fl-jeyes were on Carlos Men- AND CUBAN WATERS CULT PROBLEM TO SOLVE, ; | dieta today as Cubans turn- ed back to political council (By Associated Press) tables after a night of near LAWTON, Okla, Nov.- 2—~/terror in. the capital. Three bodies, locked in a red frame house, gave investigators Demands were renewed today a murder mystery baffling} that the veteral nationalist as a fiction thriller. Bieaking’ into Robert ¥, Hey leader replace Grau San jter’s home, officers last night| Martin. found the bodies of Mrs, Hayter, 50, and her children, Nell, 14, and| £Welve bombs exploded Sidney, 17, on the floors of two-}during the night, one while in these! second-story rooms. ‘ ‘ i and Cuban waters. This will mean| Lights blazed and gas jets were being examined at’ police that instead of having from 6 to,open. Mrs. Hayter and Sidney| headquarters by an _ ex- were shot through the head, while plosives expert. He was fatally injured. Nell had been clubbed, apparently with a baseball bat. ‘ Many others, wounded in that and other blasts, were it is said. Apparently she had been dead These unexpected orders, said)since last Friday night, since her in a serious condition today. Neighborhoods *were one officer, work a hardship on mother was clad in a dress she many of the officers and enlisted| had worn at a lodge meeting then. personnel who have brought their} Hayter, traveling salesman, out families to Key West expecting of town for several weeks, was in to remain for the winter season, = City and left for home/thrown into pandemonium i i - immediately. , least until after the Cuban elec-| ii ly. from blast d tifle'and chine-gun he Ee In the midst of the disor- ders, Captain Pedro Gonza- lez of the army, was named tions in February. All doors were locked and block- ~ Not only are there a large num-|¢d with chairs. Just one window police chief to succeed Chief Franco, who was granted an Wher of folks here all ‘settled in} Was-unlateljed, that leading,to the husbands, and frantic endeavors sas eeeparesen SIX ARE KILLED “indefinite leave” because of are being made to reach the DURING TYPHOON, “ill héalth.” travelers and turn them back be- fore the trip'to Key West is com- NINE INJURED IN CASTASTRO.- PHE IN. SOUTHERN pleted. H PHILIPPINES Orders have -been received that all coast guard vessels in these waters, that were ordered here be- cause of the trouble in Cuba, re- turn to their home port on No- vember 6. This exodus of. service ships | from this port will leave 12 U. 8.} will seldom /be more than four, few are gn the way to join their; Where Sidney was found. Several Reasons When asked ofan. officer why this bg tins policy on ie of 4 mént, The Sissld whe hall ge at vera reasons for the orders. One is that conditions in Cuba seem to be calmer and it is:believed there will be no serious trouble in the near future. Another reason is that as the time approaches for the last few states to vote on prohibition re- peal, bootleggers along the north- eastern coast of the United States (My Ansociated Press) MANILA, Nov. 2.—A typhoon spread death and de- struction over southern Philip- Pine Islands today. were killed, jured in the Orien- oes «province, and other places reported heavy. damage and appealed for Red Cross aid. REDUCE CHARGES IN PHONE CALLS|DYNAMITE BOMB WRECKS PLANT DISPOSED, OF AT LOWEST FIGURES SINCE MONTH OF APRIL (Ny Asnceiated Press) NEW YORK, Nov. 2-— Stock exchange “seats” con- tinue to decline. _ Arrange- ments made teday on sale of membership were fixed at $95,000, off $5,000, the low- est since April. ‘The year's high, $250,000, was made in Juhe. fort to get as much contraband into the country as possible, before repeal is made certain. With the absence of the coast guard ‘ships from the vicinity of Boston, Mass., New London, Conn., New York and other ports, the|, bootleggers have become bolder and more successful in landing their cargoes of foreign distilled liquors and brews. Other Duties Cited Tt was cited by one officer that more than 30 foreign and domestic ships, known to be rum_ runners, were lined up off the coast of New} England, ready to dash in with their cargoes. In some quarters it was said to- day that the ships are going to Miami and St. Petersburg. is is positively not the case, it was stat- ed. Ships of the U. S. navy op-} erating in these waters may go to Miami and St, Petersburg for the Six pertons and ni PERTAINS TO LONG ODIS- TANCE MESSAGES BY PEN- INSULA COMPANY (By Associated Press) TALLAHASSEE, Nov. 2— Sweeping reductions in long dis- regular recreational periods but/tance call charges by the Peninsula will be in Key West for supplies| Telephone Company in Tampa, tive home ports, it was said. whenever required, with the stay in port possibly limited to two or ROTARY CLUB ree days. southeastern corner of the et | The regular luncheon of the! ; (iy Aemmciated Proms? MILWAUKEE, Wis., Nor, 2—A dynamite bomb today demolished a cheese factory near Port Washington. A fire which followed the blest completed the destrec- tien. Bradenton and St. Petersburg area were ordered today by the state railroad commission, effective November 21. proceed from Cuban waters, Key ‘West, or whatever place they may Vessels of the coast guard will be on November 6, to their respec- may remain for one week getting accounts and| Rotary Club was held today st other matters straightened out be-|the noon hour with Sebastian Ca- fore leaving, it was learned. brera, Jr., president of the .organ- mats ization, presiding. Today's session Lionel Barrymore-J: cCrea . Bota, seoutmaster, gave 8 1 ONE MAN JOURNEY talk om Boy Scouting, and his re- were listened to with much Helen Tweilvetrees-Victor Jory interest by those present. " in MY WOMAN ‘The usual singing of songs took | this city with very little other sc-jhis money tivity during the session. was very il,