The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 22, 1934, Page 1

“Associated Press Day Wire Service VOLUME LV. No. 70. The Key West Citsen KEY WEST. FLORIDA, THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1934. KEY WEST, 8 a. m. Warmest City in United States PRICE FIVE CEN Death Toll In Fire Destroying Japanese City Has Reached 650 |REV. DE BARRITT HEARD TODAY AT Number Of Injured Persons Shown To Be 460 With 23,000 Houses Destroy-! ed LIEUT. MULLANEY, ONE TIME (By Associated Press) TOKYO, March 22. -The| governor of prefecture of Hokkaido announced offi- cially today that casualties in the fire which destroyed the beautiful port city of Ha- kodate yesterday were 650} dead, 460 injured and 23, 000 houses destroyed? It was Japan’s direst tra- gedy since the Tokyo-Yoko- hama earthquake and the! about ten members who had sig holocaust of 1932. |nified their intentions of attend- Witnesses described the city of| ing the convention to be held in 213,000 population as a Eustis, Fla., in the near future. hell.” Mr. Strunk said that several oth. 4, < * ers may yet decide to make the! Firemen, police and soldiers/ , | trip. moved through still smoking build-} Ensign H. R. Prince and Ensign ings on a grisly search for corpses,} E. M. Brown, attached to ships) Four destroyers and two war-|in the harbor, were guests at the | ships were dispatched from Omi-; meeting today. nato, carrying bluejackets andi Other guests were Lieut. B. J. medica] supplies, { Mullaney, U. S. Navy, and Jame: The army rushed blankets and; M. Boy Kins, revenue agent food to succor the destitute and: Key West. Mr. Boy homeless throngs which faced a, short talk during the se: bitter shelterless night. | ‘Lieut. Mullaney was Meagre details seeping through time governor of Wake — Island, to the capital over partially out in the Pacific, and has trav- wrecked communication systems eled considerably in various told how during the day and night pacities with the navy forces. before, whole crowds, trapped be-' Sebastian Cabrera, Jr., presi- tween fires, jumped enmasse ced dent of the here presided, the water. Many of these already creey ~ or-berned” is ta at heads! LAND IN PACIFIC, WAS ONE OF GUESTS PRESENT | Rey. Alfred DeBarritt was the! principal speaker at the Rotary; {Luncheon today, selecting as his; subject, “The Touch Stone of His address was quite| lengthy, covering many topics of tinterest, and was greatly enjoyed by the club members. Eddie Strunk, chairman of the “On-To-Eustis” committee, nounced that thus far there w “living The fire meant freedom, per- -DELNO AT RAMROD | haps, for many convicts for they} were turned out of jails into the! KEY WAS BURNED upon the prisons, i Authorities feared their pres-; chances for crime. i Infantrymen patrolled © streets) ALSO DESTROYED BY Fhomes and shops. BLAZE AT KEY ABOUT 7) streets when the flames bore down ence abroad might increase, syRRQUNDING STRUCTURES! to prevent looting of what was left | O'CLOCK LAST NIGHT MEETING T0 BE HELD IN OCALA ON ROAD ISSUE ACCORDING TO ADVICES RE.| CEIVED BY THE CITIZEN,| MONROE WILL NOT GET ANY ROAD FUNDS About 7 o'clock last night the home and were totally destroyed by Tire. Only the servants’ quarters main. King Gomez, caretaker of the Delno properties, arrived — this morning and repor' ‘ted the fire and} Allen company, which carries the! insurance policies on the epildings | }and contents. Mr. Gomez says he had itacted | } the pump to renew the water sup- Monroe county is not to receive! ply and was sitting with his wife any funds from Tallahassee for! ingtheir quarters when he looked read ‘construction or mainten-| toward the house and saw the ance, according to ‘advices sent) side of\the building in flames The Citizen from the capital. There was nothing to be done While Monroe asked for-an al-!in an attempt to stop the con- lotment of $25,000, the decision} flagration which wiped out the was made that no funds would be! home, garage and the pumphouse, granted. However, there is to be! leaving only the servants’ quar- a meeting held in Ocala Monday | ters standing. Mr. Gomez told i representatives of counties|The Citizen the destruction was will hear suggestions and com-jcomplete, naught remaining put a plaints from counties. heap of ashes. Demands all over the state! The house was insured for $ amount to $49,579,845.06, while! 500; furniture for $1,000; garage the budget provides for an expen- ‘tor $225 and pumping plant for diture on state highways of but | $180. $5,929,403.57, it is shown, Last year a fine yacht belong- Chairman C, B. Treadway, of|ing to Mr. Delno was barned to the commission, advised at a meet-| the water’s edge, and was a com. ing this week ‘that there is little | plete loss. hope of any of the pro the budget being changed, Stated that routine maintenance) will be carried on as will the work | toward completion on paving and grading now under construction, KILLED IN BUS COLLISION IN TROY, N. C. BE- TWEEN SCHOOL BUS AND LUMBER TRUCK ON PLANE VOYAGE . a (My Associated Press) Major R. W. Hart, chief sur- TROY, North Casolina, March geon in charge of the Marine hospital in Key West, left yes-|22.—Twe scheol children terday by airplane for Miami and Sitch cud dies ininbieily Inbound other point: Accompanying the major were | a colli: between a school bu ee ee el ber truck mear here to- is expected their stay away from | the city will be brief. ROTARY MEETING GOVERNOR OF WAKE IS-! an-! ca-} surrounding buildings | of Henry Delno at Kamtod Key} re-} Subsequent losses to the Porter-| ‘VISITORS COME HERE DESPITE FALSE ADVICE "RESIDENTS. RECEIVED: Find Plane Of Pan-American “aE FIELD Airways Lost Twenty Months | rh el Ago In Flight Over Ande TOR OF AVIATION AT MI- (e804 PopBPOMNY SH) A A ey ae A AMI, ARRIVES IN CITY ON I rgentina,, citizens, preserved under a | BOARD PLANE 'March 22.—One of the} heavy blanket of snow. i cane el greatest mysteries of the air} Seven of the bodies were ed ' icome to Key West because of lim-! today when said to be in good condition. ited accommodations at hotels,| | the high cost of living at these ho- | | | \ i | | | |NEW JERSEY | CLAIM THEY GREAT DISCOURAGEMENT; PLEASED WITH VISIT | Though they were advi Andy Heermance, director of was solved Meacham under an-American Airways. searchers found the wreck of | The other two were headless. by plane this morning for the tels and being forced to submit to! the Pan-American Airways: ‘The found PUrpose of inspecting untold inconveniences, Mr. and Liner San Jose, lost 20 Aviation Field, | Mrs. Allen Burgess came and were} crumpled in the Argentine by P. | months ago in a flight over; | delighted. Mr. and Mrs. Burgess have their j the Andes. i i e |its | approaches, landing home in Gloucester City, N. J., and; . : were on their annual auto trip to. They found the bodies ob bs Evicnte: Delince j#ereage and the general | places they had never been. They! nine occupants in the plane, | Its disappearance caused graphy, with a view to securing data for for {decided on Key West and motored; panies and individual aviators, ‘down, stopping at places on the! keys. festerday they went fishing! Being the nearest city in North} jand returned with a magnificent Amer to the Panama Canal} | Key West and its aviation facili- ‘ties should be advertised to the plane was now lease | Mountains, four miles south A survey of the field was made, area, information com. two of them United Statés! a ace lg search. i. E. Day Given’ Hearing Today ~ Before Commissioner Gwynn With Bond Placed In Case At $3,000 ch of yellowtail, mutton fish,’ | grouper, mackerel and barracuda, | jand it was w they were i | lightedly selecting some of the ito have cooked Key West i they were spoken to by The C zen, | “Yes,” said Mr. Bur certainly enjoyed our trip and this jis the greatest sport we have had, ‘in many day: And we jnear missing it. We had re ied so many discouraging re; jabout Key West we had actually world and every item of informa-} | tion available should be heralded ‘by local bodies Citizen. Asked if he believed the field would be utilized in the near fu-| ture, Mr. Heermance said not} y by the Pan-American; “but he saw no reason H, E. Day, former cashier at oh purhaeed a ticket for Jacksonville with the intention of coming back to Key West and surrendering. [oer eeeee cee it would not be used by oth- Commissioner C, Rodney Gwynn! Commissioner Gwynn asked and the information he is se- turned back, when Mrs. Burge: ' P. Galvin, customs agent who came eyring will be u: od h t ecided we must go to Key W this afternoon on charges prefer>! ty Key West on the Havana Spe-' on Pie at Ke sue ae Then Mrs. Burgess told about! red by the government. He waiv- cial today with Mr. Day, if he’~ Mr. Heermance was accompan-| being advised to stay away from| could corroborate this statement jeg on ae tour of inspection by ,'the city which had no attractions’ and Mr, Galvin replied that when. Major E, J. Close, assistant ad- jand charged $15 a day ata poorly was placed under bond of $3,000. arrested by Mr. Raley he, Mr. Day, min Mae of Federal Emer, sue furnished hotel. “But,” she said, had in his possession a ticket to Relief activities in Dade counts, “I wanted to see the city and I Jacksonville and had expressed his After being several ho an vas not foolish enough to think: indictment which alleges that Hob+' intention of returning to Key’ Key West they returned ante aa Se came the Key West customs house was! ports arraigned in the court of U. S, preliminary examination and ; There were four charges in the on Ezekial Day did embezzle pub- ed to render accounts; failed tq! ‘he! entries in accounts and records monies in accounts or securities. that $15 a day was the West. ernoon by the same plane could be accommodated for. Commissioner Gwynn said it which they arrived. “And my husband and I are de-! lic money and other property; fail-! had been his intention to make the lighted over changing our. decision! i bond $5,000, but the information tog6 back shome -without- seeing} Hed hiir'to modify’the bond, whieh THREE KILLED | IN Key West, as we have had a won-| deposit public money; made false! he fixed at the sum named in‘the! derful time and will spread \ first paragraph. : AIRPLANE C He good news that Key West is Two Bondsmen Required RAS great place and wonderful for [ona false reports of public or trust} Two bondsmen will be required, Ashing us ‘if a property bond is furnished, | supplemented Mrs, ‘the property to be of the value of, CHILEAN AMBASSADOR TOY ory by remarking to! After the charges were vead, | $6,000, free and unencumbered his hearer “she should think it is! Mr, Day stated he would make no, by any lien or mortgage and with UNITED STATES INJURED | # great trip for at least 75 percent | plea, but asked that the bond be} current taxes paid in full. IN ACCIDENT lof this wonderful catch of fish was! made as light as possible in order From an official in the treasury { taken on her line.” jhe may be able to provide for his| department it was learned by The | |family in the event he can ec that while in Miami Mr, | bondsmen. Day had confessed to his pecula-| | He advised the court that when! tions and it is believed that when | apprended in New Orleans by Cus-| arraigned in United States court itoms Agent V. H. Raley, he had he will enter a plea of guilty. \REGISTRATION "BOOKS OPENED (iy Associated Press) LIMA, Peru, March — Three persons were killed today when Pan-American Air- at “cca ETON painistration Sell Works In Effort To Settle Labor Trouble | TERED FOR GENERAL PRI-| pwn smse 1 dae ean (BS Agscinted: Press) MARY IN 1932 WILL NOT BE ! 'FERA OFFICERS | waitiitisouturz’ wa INCLUDED John England, county super- | visor of registration, has opened ARRIVE IN CITY | The, adpniniatretion kept seoking {the books for the benefi e | ¢ books for the benefit of those settlement a cemcane, tia who must register if they expect FOR CONFERENCE : ar EET Gal Abs cae. to vote in the elections this year. | | ing a slap from the house on its a ways plane crashed the take-off. On board the piane and injured the crash was Manuel Truc- | in 1 0, Chilean ambassador to the United States. There were 12 aboard. The dead are bers of the crew, mem- air liner’s Any person who was registered [for the general primary in 1932 py Shasta ane wknd pty W. H. GREEN AND SETH PERK-, veterans’ compensation position. eral eledtion in that year or ei- {NS SPEND TIME WITH LO-! ther the special elections of ithe senate ts 1933 will be required to register, CAL OFFICIALS RELATIVE he sensi in: vosne, tol restore tisHave wotideciared thaie! | tion of cut pay to government em- party affiliations. All persons who isinee ed TWO PERSONS ARE FOUND DEAD HERE The house also refused to join of TO OPERATIONS NE j Management of the workers of: ‘the auto world gave no sign of yielding, but officials still talked i privately of a hope to avert the strike that would the have moved! last registering are request. to have the proper transfer made out for the proper precinct. Any woman who has married since last registering should take this opportunity of having her name changed to avoid any ques- tion gn election day. The books are now open in the regular pr and will remain open until April 2, 1934. The | supervisor is asking the coopera- | tion the public Formal notice, may be found ¢ issue of The Citrren. W. H. Green, regional director of FERA projects in this district; and Seth Perkins, regional engi-; arrived in Key West this morning by plane from Miami, | This the first visit of offi- cials since the new plans of relief; have been put in effect and the’ ” time was spent with W. W. De- liberal allowances for OTHER WAS COLOR. ED MAN paralyze neer, recovery program. Speaker Rainey Justice Was apprised yesterday of the finding of the body of a Cuban woman in the rear of veterans Watson street, near Catherine Investigation showed the body to be that of Maria de los Dolores Francisca Roman, 91 years old. It was decided that death was the result of natural causes and no coroner's jury was necessary. Death of a colored name, Alfred Russell, ported to the sheriff's « terday and investigation followed. The deceased had been iil f heankle Peace Rogehio Gomez the would approve the senate’s more told house reporters he feared VISITORS SPEND SOJOURN IN CITY Mrs. J. meritt BC: Moreno, construction supervising neer and A. H. Sheppard, di- reeter of work. Work projects now under way f local administrator; wzned by him, ge Four, this en m b others that are discussed. The offi- at 2 o'clock this after- | oon, with the understanding that | Mr. Perkins will return Monday to further go into details. | STRAND THEATER | Francis Tiderer-Elissa Landi in MAN OF TWO WORDS James Dunn-Claire Trevor in and severa pro- WHERE To GO 5 TONIGHT Palace—“Mystery Liner. Strand—“Man of Two Worlds” and “Hold That Girl.” was posed were cials left Wade Dumas, Mrs. iCharles J. Dumas, Mrs. Harriette for 'Hall, Mrs. J. Churchman and some time, but had not had any Edward Landgley, of the Caribbee' medical attention. No coroner’: Colony at Matecumbe Key, were jury was needed, it was shown. visitors in Key West this week. | The deceased negro was They enjoyed their trip over years old, and the father of “ , the many hospitable and py" Russell, one time steward of riendly people met in Key West the Lighthouse Tender Ivy, who land expect to pay other visits to) was recently declared insane and {the city before the end of the sea-\is being held in the county jail for disposition. TOMORROW Congregational Church—Sock Social in Recreational Roo Palace—“Mystery Liner. Strand—“Speed Wings” “Man of Two Worlds.” HOLD THAT GIRL Matinee: Balcony, 10c; Orches- tra, 15-20c; Night, 15-2S¢ and Baebes HEERMANCE, DIREC-| __ aviation of Miami, was an arrival | topo-} was the gist of; Mr, Heermance’s remarks to The! in} ONE A CUBAN WOMAN, WHILE : a house on! re-|s Hop-" Body Of Man Found In Chicago Identified As Notorious Criminal Sought For Numerous Grimes KEY WEST HOME OWNERS HELPED BY LOAN BOARD NUMBER OF LOCAL PERSC.'S; OBTAIN MONEY FROM ©OR-} PORATION TQ LiQUIDA1. MORTGAGES, TAXES Was That Of Of Fred Goetz, College Educated Gang- And Brains Of Criminal Group ster, | | { | (hy > sociated CHICAGO, March That man, whose body they > 2° { | ‘found full of lead in a Cicero | gutter Tuesday, was identi- stendily being’ Ce} Collect {made in the of ions now fied today by police as a for most fice of Ross icriminal long hunted | Sawyer, » county clerk, indicate| e the nation’s ‘that a number of Key West home|S0me of the nation’s loans owners are securing sational and cold blood- jthe Florida age> fof the poration. from} s* t 1» Jacksonville! ed crimes. rs’ Loan Cor-} Home Owr | Except for his fingerprints ; the nan might have conceal- { When an application is made by} g i jed his iuentity in death as he \a Key Wester for a | to liq-} uidate a mortgage, delin-| SO suecessfully did in life. both, ype to pi matter s {makes a report on the value of the [quent taxes, or the His true identity was Fred jis referred to an wha! G: etz, 37, college educated and the brains of property. It is thea referred to Attorney! as deadly a group of desper- j Wm. B. Attorney W-| adoes as Chicago ever hunt- Curry Harris, who handle all legal ed. loans! matters pertaining to the in Key West. Necessary papers} The law caught up ys and; him are prepared by the attorn ' gangster, Malone or with the pe posthumously in in a short time the loan is secur- | morgue where prirts taken ed and the money made available. | When the money is sent it is)#9m his lifeless fingers jitemized and a separate check! showed he was not J. George {sent for each item, In the mat-| |ter qf paying taxes the check i - Bgleley, under which namie j sent to the clerk and in this way, he wes tentatively identified, but Goez, one time football he is able to determine the ex- act number of persons who have player at the University of Illinois, partici- secured the loans. While there are quit Sawyer told The en, it that there are not others making applications ‘tor loan which are so easily se-! jcured and can be paid back ove~ ja period of 15 years. officers and Frank j me prous bank eshhe ries, kid- ‘napings and other crimes. | The gangster's | fille the body full of bul- ; lets, | Mr. ix surprising | many few, suspected St. massacre Moran Cc Valentine's of vangsters, pant in the Day seven George | machine gun slaying of four Convict [DISTRIBU TION OF WARRANTS, TO BEGIN 9 O'CLOCK IN MORNING enemies SNOW REPORTED IN MANY PARTS WINTER STAGES COMEBACK IN FOUR PROVINCES OF CANADA County Ci ma k Ross C. Sawyer y preparation to a payroll ready employes and distrivution ef war- [rants w >egin Saturday morn- jing 9 o'clock j None of ‘ready disbursement then, ond payméats as follows: From General Reve Fund, for March, 1933. lrom Fine and Forfeitare Fund, June $2, Bnd fiom Road Fu: for | | is now | ave fox county the will be before checks for will be ie e st those (Ny Associated Presa) Snow had come inte Missouri, es who are hs specified and Ohio indicated are to be ° | Wednesday morning. Mlinois, Indiana since ars Thermometers stood at freez- and last night Buffalo and jing at St. Loui suched si ‘MAKE REPAIRS TO BUILDINSS FOUR PERMITS ISSUED HERE FOR Wk». NDING MARCH 2 abo , at In polis. Up in Canads, wioter was stag- comeback, sweeping across ing cos with sub-zero gales the four prev’ and bang storms. Ths south acoast = with was experiencing ding and repair per the week | senerally wa: HS eDITORSHIP (ity Associated Press) NEW YORK, March 22.—For- caer Governor Alfred E. Smith to- ¢ weather today Owner, Kamon $50. Repairs to roof at 516 street. Owner, J. Roberts; erst. $35. New roof to be placed on roof| day formally snncunced his resig- 7 Simonton street. | aetion as editer-im-chief of the y | Presbytericn 135. New Outlook. of church at 71 Owner, Trin church; cort