The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 17, 1934, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service VOLUME LV. No. 66. Five Persons Burn To Death As Fire Destroys Residence One Of Victims as Was sal LIQUOR CASE er Who Died While BEFORE COURT Holding Young Baby In IS DISMISSED Her Arms | JUDGE ADVISED YESTERDAY HE WOULD RENDER DECI- SION TODAY; LIQUOR OR-| DERED DESTROYED (By Associated Press) MEMPHIS, March 17.— ‘HUGH JOHNSON | overshadowed congressional { dent Roosevelt he hoped to reach Five persons were burned to death in a fire that destroy- ed a home in the residential section of Memphis early to-| Zola Braxton, Ida Johnson and day. Charles Patterson, all negroes, 2 were dismissed in criminal court The dead, the fire depart- this morning. They were to be ment reported, were Mr. and] {1icd on shares of possessing and) Mrs, Earl Hammond, whose} This one was argued yesterday! by L. A. Harris, attorney for the home was burned; Mrs.| age * ; defendants and County Solicitor Hammond’s_ Sister, Kitty|J. F. Busto. Mr. Harris moved * ‘ for the court to quash the search Kay, 21; Earl Junior, three, warrant in the case and suppress and an infant girl, yet un-| the evidence. He contended the warrant was named. at variance with the specifications Neighbors said Mrs. Ham-/in the affidavit and that neither mond recently returned from| "Mt nor affidavit was legally correct. a hospital where the baby| Mr. Busto argued that both pa- " pers were drawn in accordance — ae hata with the law and cited instances ie baby apparently suf-| where the same conditions pre- focated as the mother shield-| vailed as in this case and the de-| | fendants were tried. ed its body from the flames.! Judge J, Vining Harris stated he She died with the baby in! would take the matter under con- } Sideration until this morning at her arms. { | which time he would render a de- The family was apparent-, cision, ; 1 h hen court met this morning ly trapped on the second the judge went into a detailed an- floor, | alysis of the facts in connection | with the warrant and affidavit am Bs | and gave his decision. SHERIFF LEA e ordered the defendants dis- e ssh a P -¢tharged, ‘the car ‘in which the li- : quor was found and the suitcase and satchel containing the liquor returned. The liquor was order- ed destroyed. GOES TO MIAMI FOR RU-} DOLPH DARROW, NEGRO, [RUNNING LINES WHO IS WANTED HERE | FOR CHECK ON Sheriff K. 0. Thompson lett} BENCH MARKS over the highway this morning for Miami and will return with! Rudolph Darrow, negro, wanted; MEMBERS OF COAST AND in Key West on a charge of as- GEODETIC SURVEY ARE! sault and battery with intent to kill, ENGAGED IN ACTIVITIES Darrow was in the county jail! IN KEY WEST awaiting trial. With Rudolph — Farrington and William Dames,} Members of the Coast and both negroes, he made his escape} Geodetic Survey are in Key West on the night of July 5, 1983. running lines and checking up on Heth Denies?) ina Pichon the numerous bench marks that New} = are located in the city. were captured later. Farrington Other groups are at different served a three months sentence] points along the east coast doing | and Dames is now serving six! the same work. It is the inten- months. tion to establish these bench marks at intervals of two miles along} the right of way of the! Florida | | the long bridges where one ARRIVE. IN CITY)" este A bench mark is usually | bronze plate affixed to a perma- Con object, which is used in t lal) Rev. and Mrs. Louis J. Tavihis| cheervations, or a line of survey, | of Hyde Park, Vt., and Rev. oaal to furnish a datum level. One of | Mrs, Clarence A. Vincent, of Win-| these can be seen embedded in : i "| & concrete wall near the north-| ter Park, Florida, arrived ‘over! east corner of the First National the F. E. C, today to be the guests; Bank, on the Duval street side. | at the A. D. Luethi and Rev, E. R All of the marks are being; Evans’ homes. closely checked and if any varia-| ; tions are noted, it is said, correc- Rev, and Mrs, Luethi, who have, | see | i | tions will be made on instructions; been spending the winter in Flor- psi Washington, i ida, will visit at the home of Mr. In the group of engineers now Luethi’s brother for several days; in Key West are representatives) before returning to their home in| from many arseasne gs the coun- the north. Mr, Luethi will speak} C2" grains EL at the 11 o'clock service of the; )S™P Hut As | Jersey; Cc, C, Rife. Congregational church tomorrow.| \~ 0 1 W. W. McAllister, eb. Rev. Vincent will speak at Ph ene Bae Deets, Han; evening service of the church at/y” crc) tedicnapelis. tad. Rms eek. _Attee-a shart visit,| Aimakissey 10sbes during which time the interesting); “Wy Draper, Birmingham. Ala! places of Key West will be visit-/ Die REG cere ie ala eho § is accompanied by Mrs. Drap- ed, Mr. and Mrs. Vincent will] i. Peace, Gieahe Hab leave for the north. Dr. Vincent | 5° ‘sl sr canars a m: i oe has just closed a very successful"; “SUeM sr. Feora. OM: B. " et, Kiln, Miss.; H. Hocken pastorate of 47 years at Winter cri m Park, Florida. gomed FIREMEN FIX ROOF SALINA, Kans.—Before putting their ladders away after extin- guishing a roof fire at the home of Wayne Reeves in this city fire- men reshingled the hole the roof, The Key West Citizen . KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1934. GETS BUSY ON STRIKE ISSUE NOTIFIES ROOSEVELT HE HOPES TO REACH BASIS FOR ADJUSTMENT IN AUTO! West were hosts yesterday to their ; INDUSTRY ACTIVITIES Sovereign Grand Commander John j ‘ H. Cowles of Louisville, Ky., David | Scottish Rite Masons of Key, j Sholtz, Governor of Florida, James ; the (Ry Associated Press) WASHINGTON, March Strike threats in the automobile oe ipeas, Deputy of Supreme ami. Mr, Judge Messrs. industry and moves to compromise ae Cowles, accompanied Henry L. Oppenborn, Milo Coffrin, Russell Wil- {liams and Glenn C. Mincer, all of; | Miami, arrived on the noon train} {and Governor Sholtz and Hugh Johnson notified Presi-! nonn came down from Miami via U.S. C. G. plane, arriving at 3:15, accompanied by Floyd Irvin, The gu ; Colonial by a Scottish Rite deleg: tion, and after luncheon spent the afternoon at the homes of some of j the members, In the evening the guests wei served supper of Key West pr ings today to such an extent that it commanded presidential atten- tion, a b for adjustment of the dis- pute between industrialists and organized labor by Monday. He was prepared to be reachable in New York, then should auto- consult while considering his tions, he will mobile leaders want to with him plan for employe si go to Detroit personally to super-} vise any such elections that may be agreed upon. Capitol Hill followed the trend closely, but action there in the meantime was kept to the Bank- head cotton control bill air mail| dodies, said in the cou: and RFC legislation. j remarks that he alwa dimple is ming to Key West DEMAND MADE ON like coming home, for the frien AIRMAIL SITUATION he made during his stay here demand that President Roosevelt “purge his official family of those traitorous elements who misadvised him” on the airmail situation, was voiced today by Eddie Rickenbacker, America’s twenty-six plane war ace. Opposing before the senate postoffice committee the admin- istration’s cancellation of airmail contracts, Rickenbacker asserted | this advice caused the president “to act contrary to American prin- ciples to such a degree that mil-| lions questioned it.” | | from the northwest and has ad- COUNCIL RECEIVES — BOND OF C. RECIO, | Valley. | by the Eastern Star members at {the Scottish Rite Hall. Later, the members and their guests went up to the Lodge room| where yery interesting talks were |given by the honored guests and jmembers of the local bodies. Governor Gives Address Governor Sholtz, who is a mem- Weather Forecast (By Assoep Southerners enjoying a spring- like day, today heard from wave was bearing down on Dixie. | The new cold wave vanced rapidly across the Plains States and into the Mississippi PRESENTED IN CONNECTION WITH MEMBERSHIP ON BOARD PUBLIC WORKS It was preceded by rain and snow, the latter being reported { | one At the regular meeting of the | City Council last night, the bond | of C, N. Recio as a member of the | Board of Public Works was pre- sented and accepted, the premium on same being ordered paid. | As the result of this action, the | Public Works Board now has its} full membership of five members, the other four being Norberg: Thompson, B. D, Trevor, F. C./ Brown and J. R. Valdes. The bends of these were presented at a previous meeting. This was the only matter as’ from the regular routine coming before the body last night, and after disposing of same, the meet- ing was ordered adjourned. { i Governor Dave Sholtz | have liked to remain in Key West would for several days and fish for a | while and then rest in this delight- ful climate far from the cares of © | office. This s what he said just before | he boarded a Coast Guard plane | jthis morning for the return trip e to Miami where he is scheduled to WHERE TO “co TONI iy Ealace-— A0vee to the lorn.” Strand—“Flyi peak tonight. | He told The Citizen !of his visits to Key West he fee like staying and forgetting every- \thing i amid the Love- n this restful atmosphere people. He els at home and among ig Down to Riv.” homutaiae always f TOMORROW Church— and ll a frienc 9:30 Pp. Services at 7, a anda Sayene © At the meeting of Scottish Rite Masons last night, he said Key West should have the Overseas bridges because they are badly needed. said that the people of Key West should unite in Palace—“ Love- lorn.” Strand—“ Navy Field. Advice to the lying Down to Rio.” —Baseball. ROSES AND FLORAL PIECES PHONE 597 South Florida Nursery He also some Progressive civic plan and if ick together there is no at all why their hopes not be realized. to the great they s! reason should Referring ts now under way at the Fior- i | Council for South Florida, of Mi-| Mr.{ ts were taken to Hotel, {duced foods, prepared and served! ber of the Key West Scottish Rite | of his! s felt when, the | | weather bureau that another cold) creenced | on all} Local Masons Hosts. Yesterday To Governor David Sholtz And Other Distinguished Visitors After his introduc- Governor Sholtz |turned to Mr. Cowles and _ said: ‘Sovereign Grand Commander} ‘Cowles, I appoint you Lieutenant Colonel on the staff of the Gover- nor of Florida.” Mr. Cowles ' sponded briefly, accepting the ap- pointment with thanks, Each of the visitors from Miami gave short but very j talks in which they expressed the came Py cate here, jtory remarks by | appreciation always shown them} {by Key Westers. Another Official Heard The Sovereign Grand Comman- der’s talk covered interesting inci-| dents of his travels in South | America, Europe and in the Unit-, led States in which he emphasized | the fact that to outsiders the rep-! | utation of any organization de-) ' pended on the the attitude of the rds it, . Cowles has been very large-{ ly responsible for the organiza- {tion of the International Confer-! ence of Supreme Councils, meets once in four years, idea of strengthening the frater- nal relationship between the na- tions represented. The next meet- ing of this conference is to be held in Havana next Novem- | ber. ! is ir ficial visit of the Sovereign Grand Commander) with the members of the Key Wes' Scottish Rite since 192 he has passed through here several times since on his way to Cuba and South Amer Mr. Cowles and the v from Miami left on the ferry thi: morning while Governor Sholt: j and Mr. Donn returned via plane | later. | { Shows ‘Atother Cold Wave Headed Toward South ated Press) ; this morning at Dodge City, Kan- sas. The temperature there was ; homa City it was 62. Temperatures in the Dakotas |and Minnesota were lower this | morning thaA at any time for some weeks past. | Forecast for the South was for | } generally warmer today and to-| | Right to be followed by rain and. { much colder Sunday. Governor David Sholtz Clans Overseas Bridges Badly Needed ida National Guard camp site, he extended to John H. Cowles, Sov- ter Scottish Rite on whom he conferred a ereign Grand M | Masonry, lieutenant coloneley on the gover- j nor’s staff, an invitation to spend {his summer vacation at the camp. | The told Mr. he would guarantee him comfort- governor Cowles able sleeping quarters, amidst coc lent cuisine and all the comforts lof a bachelor’s home, with lots of entertainment, | Touching on the is jand h ronudings, excel Mr. as fact t | Cowles is a bachelor, he made, an added attraction, the announce- ment that it is freely said that Key West has a greater percent- jage of pre rls than any j city its size the country. | ng the stay of the g amber of peop! other rge fr e scorted to the ding his morning and taken out to the plans by a part of ci in a speed boat. —SPECIALS~— NiceéFresh Veal, Spring Lamb Strictly Fresh E, Large Shipment of Peanut Fed Hens and Fryer H. . by half, Pork Hams and Pork Shoulder CENTRAL MARKET 805 Fleming St. Phone 20 friends interesting! members of that organization to-! cheduled | Ithough | 18, while 200 miles south at Okla. | |INSULL BROTHERS WILL BE BROUGHT TO UNITED STATES, | MARTIN IN CELL AT TORON.! | TO WHILE SAMUEL IS BE- | ING CARRIED BACK TO! | GREECE ON STEAMER 1 i j (By Associated Press) TORONTO, March 17.—Martin: Insull, his last recourse gone, | waited in a common cell today | for American police to come and Veet him to take him to Chicago} where he and his brother, Samuel Insull, Sr., are to face charges in| connection with the collapse of | their utilities empire. + Hi In the meanwnile, Samuel was he nearing Greece whence al i | tempted to esacpe on a chartered | steamer, and he will be deport: ed to the United States. | i | | { COUNTY SOLICITOR | MORRIS GIVENS | | Assuciated Presv) | TALLAHASSEE, March 17.— A report of the Hillsborough | (ny 's| grand jury, showing 15 of its 17! members voted for suspension of Sounty .Solicitor Morris Givens, | was received here today in the} absence of Governor Sholtz. \ ______| The report said 15 voted for uspension on the grounds of; ‘neglect of duty and ineompe- | tency.” i Four of the jurors, the report | j said, voted for suspension of Sheriff W. C. Spencer. ARMY OFFICERS GO "ON FISHING TRIP COLONEL O’CONNER AND MA. | JOR O'BRIEN SPENDING DAY | IN NEARBY WATERS { | Colonel Charles P. O'Conner | and Major V. J. O’Brien are back lin Key West and are out today ‘ after big fish which they say they | have heard abound in Key West waters. The colonel and major arrived | some time ago- but the weather ' was not propitious for fishing and | after a few days at the Colonial j left, to return yesterda From what the it is expected .they will r ; main in Key West until they have | ralized their expectations and captured prizes of the season, ‘FLORIDA TAKES 83 PASSENGERS sand 8 second the Steamship and O. S. S. com Havana yester. ngers Florida of the P. pany sailed for day afternoon. d were one vana sugar, yes terday of h 22 miscellaneo pr and 114 sacks of Tender Poincei: < i Marine terday car for repairs and overhaul. 1. APPELROUTH _ MUCH IMPROVED om Baltimore, of the nee returning h Store of Fa m, has been at his home on Duval street convalesc. ness and was not se e of business dur’ from t his p time Mr. Appelrouth was this week however, able to return to store and meet his many frie mers. the | ci KEY WEST, 8 a. m. FRICE FIVE CENTS Second Member Notorious Dillinger Gang Convicted PIP LIL FISTS S| |ROOSEVELTS PLAN FOR CELEBRATION OF ANNIVERSARY (By Associated Press) WASHNGTON, March 17. —Married 29 years, President and Mrs. Roosevelt plan to celebrate their anniversary tonight with a White House dinner. Present will be the presi- dent’s mother and daughter, and his wife is expected dur- ing the afternoon from her trip to Puerto Rico. John, the youngest son, also arrived from Groton, Mass., school today. In 1905, President Theo- dore Roosevelt, uncle of Mrs. Roosevelt, went to New York to attend the wedding of the present chief executive. IIIS SS SS. ST. Verdict For Chas. Mackley Lacks Mercy Recommen- dation; Calls For Death In Chair (By Associated Press) LIMA, Ohio, March 17.— Charles Mackley, second |member of the notorious John Dillinger gang to face a charge of murdering Sher- iff Jess Saber, today was con- victed without recommenda- | tion for mercy by a jury of 11 men and a woman. i The verdict makes manda- jtory the death sentence in \the electric chair. A similar verdict was given a [REPORT OF GRAND AMERICAN ACTRESS | JURY MADE PUBLIC ‘MARRIES IRISHMAN : | DEALS WITH SUSPENSION a ELSIE FERGUSON AND WEAL- chine guns manned THY VICTOR EGAN WED IN LONDON TODAY (My Associate’ Press) LONDON, March 17.—- Elsie Ferguson, American ac- tress, and \ictor Egan, wealthy Irisliman, wore mar- ried at noon today at the registry office. It was the bride’s fourth marriage, ard Egan’s second. Only the bridegroom's son, Lieut. Rupert Egar. and a few close friends witnessed the ceremony. ‘SAILOR 16 GET TRIAL BY NAVY: CHARGED WITH ENTERING LOCAL WEATHER BU. REAU STATION sailor who ring the meteorologist, a , will be court martial. given a he morning before U joner C i with en Kennedy 5S. we tried by nav Rodney commissioner s render his decision tod. Asked bj he Citizen this he he commi what make of the case, t dhe custody 0: the navy GOODS TAKEN OUT home of| morn- would sion- had decided to re- ‘week ago to Harry Pierpont, nam- ed as trigger man in the slaying, which was committed last October 12 when members of the gang reed Dillinger from the Allen jcounty jail here, | With several batteries of ma- by © national | guardsmen, commanding. all ap- j Proaches, Mackley and Pierpont | now are prisoners in jail as is Rus- } sel Clark, who wili be brought to }trial on the same charge later. | Guards had Lven increased sev- jeral times since Dillinger’s sensa- | tional escape recently from an In- diana jaii. | APT O'NTED ATTORNEY AND | EXAMINER WITH FEDERAL ! TRADE CC MISSION Attorney J Key West appointment as attorney and ex- Trade Lancelot Lester of cently received ' | } | an Federal but declined. | aininer with the | Commission, Asked for his reasons for re- “sing Mr. Lester told The Citi- while he deeply appreciated appointment and realized the { nor conferred, he had given she matter earnest consideration and decided not to accept for rea- | sons best known to himself. . HEAD AUTO FIRM AND PARTY LEAVE |f zen the Reuter, president of the | Buick Automobile company and dent of General Motors t aceon paced by Mrs Reuter, and guests, Mr. and Mrs. B. V. Brooks, left the hig this morn- ing after a stay of several days, While in Key West they w guests at the He Colonial a expressed themselv daa with West. yer a everything being in Key OF FREIGHT CAR. ‘MISS KETCHUM TO QUANTITY OF STOLEN SOME TIME DURING NIGHT ered @ car term- stole a qua.- ast ar which were ot one of the signed to fishing camps The to the tigatior has been reportec ce for inves- DIDN'T LIKE SWEARING KINGSTON En Rev. Ad w y ty has de me football ns made GROCTRIES SEE SPECIALIST Louire Ketchum, daughter and Mrs, Charles H. Ket- leave this evening, a Jackson | Miss jof Mr. chum, will companied by her father sult an eye specialist in v Fila. Suffer puzzlin Misa times iliar and the z with a pec aifliction of etchum can see perfe atd other times is totally The periods of blindne or days at times. Mr. Kétchum is of the nerve centers are effected a n Jacksonville, consult a not- ed nerve specialist. | STRAND THEATER | Gene Reymond FLYING sae TO RIO FI Matinee: Balcesy, 10; Orches- tra, 15-20c; Night, 15-2S¢