The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 18, 1934, Page 1

t of IN HEADLINERS: Helps Fight The: Working Man's Battles — ax e FORE: PEACE ICE. +YES- (My Associated Prebu) : Js’ venue cata | WASHINGTON, April 16.—A! TERDAY ON CHARGE OF AT-' dynamic figure.of a man, chest! like a wrestler’s, step quick and: crt an POBERY lithe, moves on the floor of the | senate. = 2 { He stops to greet a woman} James Cottrell was arraigned’ member of the house, visiting / yesterday afternoon in ‘the court the senate. “Heels come together! i of Peace Justice Frank O. ed penile ert ala - pod ccs erts to enter a plea to a charge of smile, = attempted robbery with a deadly; It’s genial Robert F. Wagner! create: | performing the gallantries—“Bob” Gotieahh cniseca 0: ples of Wagner, the immigrant boy who Senators ‘end representatives in *» ‘lived in the Yorkville section of! CHANGE MADE IN |Ptsn ' Key Weit, Florida; has the _tmost equable weather in the ‘country; with gn average range of only 14° Fahrenheit. ocal Reforms Planned By Cuban Government. Hopeful Forvlmproving Conditions Includes Confiscation Of Property Of Refugee Machado Se * | Leaders Of OF RELIEF UNIT] “tee W. W. DEMERITT HAD SOME. TIME AGO MADE REQUEST, ‘My Associated Press) HAVANA, April 18.— Social reforms, which will Washington are being besieged by veterans and their families rela- tive to the law restoring to many ‘Spanish-American War veterans --sent to |. Fletcher and: -| tains information that ‘will: beneficial to pensioners and: their. families. 5 The letter is signed by George E. * Brown, Director ~ Veterans’ Claim Service and is printed here- of! with for the information - of Builty to the charge and after Now York City, sold papers on its! witnesses were examined by Jus-' sidewalks and ‘worked as bus boy} tice Roberts he found the gravity at«the ‘ab York Hastsike club: of the charge sufficient’ to war- Where ‘he is a memberimow. Sell the. prisoner being placed-uns It has. been said that. Senator ‘der a bond of $1,000 for his ap-» Waener-looksiand:acte like presis|; if z het at dential timber: Efficieney ‘and -en~ pearance at the nex! ergy; a powerful” physique and ‘verve in ‘eombat:more than once «, Witnessés'testified: that Cottrell ‘have “ted: to the’ y went into the Star. Cafe: Sunday: ities, . shortly before midnight and point-’ © But he‘is not a presidential »p ‘ing an automatic gun at employes sibility.” His birth in Germany} ; demanded that all money in the precludes that, The senate is: his jPlace be placed in a sack which he pinnacle. He-quit..a $25,000-a- j tirew. down on the counter. year judgeship in New York’s su- Hesitancy onthe part of one of veterans and their families in Key West. _ “Congress passed a law on shove the weapon close to the em- March 28, 1934, which restores to’ ploye’s body and with a succession the employes caused “Cottrell to preme court to get there, and now, his salary is $10,000, less the pay eut, Unemployment Problems THAT HE BE RELIEVED “| PRESENT DUTIES Sweep aside ancient customs i and improve condition of | News that the offices of assist-! workers and ‘farmers, were j ant-administrator of the federal! ea }emergency relief * administration | }in’ the different counties»of the} today - by ~ President | state will be weleomed, by W. W-| dicta Demeritt,.local assistant adminis-/ ‘ poe Mr. Demeritt was in charge of: o ah | CWA. activities from the incep-|= > TUmentS Program Fe- {tion of the plans in Key West and | Vealed by the president after received the praise and commen. : dation of the high officials for] 1008 cabinet. session at the efficiency in which affairs inj which Carlos. dela Torre Monroe county were handled, was i With. tha chum ts the rera! named to the presidency Mr. Demeritt began to feel that! Of the new state council, promised the Cuban . people: The general outline of the 3 jof. working’ men’s troubles, because seeking jobs, persons who want to of his own experience, - He ‘has | discuss important matters of leg- made labor. problems his specialty.’ islation. His office usually is ‘thronged | with callers, and his phone” is ‘a Wagner indulgence. His few! [ixnown to capitol switchboard op-| senate speeches are meaty and on erators as the busiest in the sen-'subjects in which he is deeply in- many veterans - the Spanish- of oaths reiterated his orders to American War, enlisting before place the money in the sack. -Augost 13, 1898, or actually serv-'. The man held up described the with his maiden speech in the sen- ing in the Philippine Insurrection hand in which he held the gun ate in March, 1928, when he be- Boxer Rebellion, some of the was trembling and his belief was yan talking about unemployment Y for! rly paid under the that if his demands were‘not com- even in those dgys of relative Senator Wagner made his first dent on the “public consciousness the duties imposed, in addi-}calls for “advanced laws” af- tion to those as superintendent of 5 the Seventh Lighthouse District,|fecting practically every Speaking “for the record” is not were making too many demands! walk of life. on his time and on several occa- sions ‘he asked to be relieved of the responsibilities. The program includes a fe Service Ai ‘plied with he would carry his im- “This makes it necessary to ad- plied threat to shoot into effect. | thousands of claims, and it is' About the time he was ready to c place the money in the sack, said fthe narrator, Cottrell began to every back away in real bad man fashion. prosperity. He, has been .concerned with 5 that problem ever since. Today on: the walls of his office are num-; Pr. erous-originals of cartoons depict-)7 @ m. with a quick. perusal of, ing his first unsuccessful fight for ; New York and: Washington papers tate office building. Has Fall Days ae A-t¥pical, Wagner day begins aty terested. He left Monday night on the White House Guest ;Tendér Ivy for an inspection trip His reading centers on econom-/to the west coast of the state and to keep up with new books late tonight or possibly tomor- or plan to confiscate the prop- erty of refugee leaders of the regime of Former President Machado, and a proposal t ‘those subjects, a series of bills creating a federal at-- breakfast. His committee , | Brief walks are almost his only; employment service and providing; meetings frequently number ‘three ; for accurate statistics on .unem-}in.one morning. At noon he is /exercise, Infrequently hi staff ployment. back in his office for. 10 minutes |sneceeds in driving him away for - Wagner is an. important figuredto answer telegrams and letters. week-end trip. If the trip is to ter*-onr Petronia” #tteet* by “Con- in the Roosevelt “new deal.” He; A*'sundwieh “and aw bottierot milk | New York, the ‘opera or theater stable Ray Elwood. The con- took a prominent part in enact-| compose his lunch at 1:80 in his} most likely will be his diversion, stable encountered him just as!ment of the national industrial jot. Labor board hearings are/ and Wagnerian compositions are they came face to at a cor-|recovery act and now has two!held about three times a week in| among his favorites. ner and throwing his arms around controversial bills pending, one:the afternoon. Besides that he! _ He frequently attends formal! Cottrell, pinioned “his arms and for unemployment insurance and} must squeeze in time for attention {dinners in the capital, but he pre- ig in the senate.’ fers informal, chatty affairs where is in a pocket cocked and feady to disputes. j Nights are given over to study of/people drop in without fuss or! -in- shoot. | Enjoying one of his-rare vaca-| legislation, preparation. of « ad-| preparation. He is one of the most | That the weapon had been stol- ; tions in Europe’ last summer,, hé| dresses, reading social’ engage-|regular guests at the informal 6 speed this moving the gun from side to side ‘extent of until he reached the rear door where pos-' when he swiftly disappeared from Portion: if, view. ‘4 He was arrested about one hour . by, this. ind appeals here- : ait! en from th mobile of Deputy hastened home at President Roose-! ments. White House dinners, his fi taken’ Sheriff Gunite Fase ight velt's summons to take over the; In-between times he ) receives} . A widower, Senator Wagner in each case without in of Not specified in the charges which national labor board chairman-| callers—delegations from home-on}has a son who is a law student at 1y claim ‘or inquiry, and all in-| without this additional charge are ship. Wagner is‘acutely conscious; postoffice | matters, constituents ‘Yale. can materially assist by, sufficient to merit 10 years in| ling further inquiry ‘for prison, it is sad, ie | ® wae ore ‘the next sixty About on Cottrell: ° a) af d : f sixty days. ut ohe year ago, Cottrel a 2 4 ‘was arrested on a charge of theft | a e a e mi and was sentenced to spend one; « a \JACKSONS LEAVE TODAY ON TRIP Lieutenant W. B. Jackson, U, S. (By Ansocinted Press) i} ! "a Snatrent'e” | Tg. Repulse Mob In Louisiana | SaPOES GS RT N., ‘communication officer in| , | SHREVEPORT, April 18.—) made after officers had identified | : t ie 3 5 charge, of the Kay West naval sta- 0 TO NEW YORK cxsi. “Parich’s ‘million dollar! Dlnostsined. slothing/an the hi Toe over the highway this| i Fes Sl lqeaiine/and.. ts ueniiog (aia it Loendre wae inte} morning éccompanied by Mrs, nae STAY,..IN KEY WEST) oe wast d inten military, yy the sheriff , as, , admitting. taut “'thbir’ daughter, “Goa kribws Why I did it. T guess! Nancy. ope s { THEY WERE GUESTS OF ‘MR. AND MRS. KIRKE afternoon at 4:30 ati as four com-/it was the,.old devileereepinit OUf.7") Mrs, Jackson. apd Nancy. .»will| | Teepavation todey All T want is a square qeal,.Iistop in Miinil ria a with friends | panies of national guardsmen,| know I’nt‘gding t6"dié"and | want| while the lieutenant will go as) to tell it all, | don’t.need te ; whe repulsed a howling mob dur-)) 1. pe pc sp heen ‘far as Jupiter, -Fla., on a tour of it The sheriff then quoted Lock. - inspection | After enjoying a pleasant vaca- units. ic and social subjects, and he tries} not expected to return until row. . that ii The action abolishing the of.| nat each industry be re: {fice of assistant administrator in| Wired to employ at least counties was taken at'a meeting| three times as many Cuban of regional administrators and oth. er” regional ‘officers held in Or.) Citizens-te-forelgners,, — bie Sunday and Monday of thts Immediate measures to re- week, Herea’ regional direc- tors of relief, engineering ‘and| eve Gnemployment will be auditing will deal directly with} undertaken, the government county heads of the various de-| * partments, Promised. nes SEN. GOMEZ WILL | FURTHER ADDRESS VOTERS) SALES ARE HELD State Senator Arthur Ouine| candidate. for te-election in the| nether day of sponge sales at jdemocratic primary, June 5, willithe new dock was held today and deliver an address at Bayview) resulted in sponges being pur- Park tomorrow evening at 8‘ chased o'clock in the interest of his can-| mately as aon ee didacy. 3 . In an advertisement in today's| Another small sale ix expected issue of The Citizen, Senator|to be held tomorrow as several Gomez invites the public to be! bouts with email eatches reported, present and hear the issues of the! are expected to arrive in port to. , present campaign discussed. ; Right, gy ‘ ain sales for the. week rot ter than was expedted a with Monday's sales totalling SPRINGFIELD, ¢ Masi—-Hathec| about $4,000, yesterday appraki- than veturn to his waiting wife,! mately $2,052 and those of today!” Ellis Stevens of this city, went to' making the sales for the week « jail: for three months, [Jittle better than $9,000, it ix said. | PREFERRED JAIL oe eee eee tion in Key West as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Bryant Kirke, Salvator De Maio and Arthur Schmalz, noted artists, left on the afternoon train yesterday for New York. Some time ago they were as- signed by the navy department to; mated crowd of 5,000 men andition near Cross lake. execute murai decorations in one: of the buildings at the Naval ing the night, steed by to further Sey cask ae thart as admitting that he went to protect a confessed attacker and the home of Mrs. Maggie Peters, é id school; Mother of the girl, Thursday and slayer of a 1 engaged Miss Griffin on a pre- girl. : tense of serving as a companion ito his ill wife. Her body was The last remnants of an ¢sti-! found on Sunday in a wooded sec- She had women, who stormed the jail last ieee: stabbed and beaten. night telling of lynch threats ' "Congress Apprised Of Measures MRS. JOHNSON NOW IMPROVING . —— cg _— | WASHINGTON, April BEB tres the rail wage dispute, In the meanwhile the house fnter- Academy at Annapolis, Md., and 1 were sent to Santing Cabs, to|sesinet Fred Lockhart, 3¢-reer-| SOMERS PIERCE | aketch scenes on the historic bat-' old artificial bytterMy salesman ; ‘the Good Samaritan hospital, at! Mr. Johnson left last week to’ tle fields of the Spanish-Ameri- held in the Parish prison on the! “ses! heap ;top floor, disbursed before They jeft on the Destroyer Mc- Pics = i emesiane istay for a short time and return-| Farland and after securing the. : i yesterday hecensary data returned to Key . TWo unidentified women €X-/ Somers Pierce, former newsbey of her condition which he suid was | ‘West on the vessel more than otie horted the mob te “get” Lock-jof The Citizen, now in charge of | such as to warrant the belief.that! week ago and since that time hart “if you are not a bunch tes ber battery of linotype machinesishe will beable to return home. hgve been guests of the Kirket. [ventow cowards” and pandemon-|% ‘e poner, ame hii than was expected. “Both of these muralists " }was an arrival over way i ldepartment are iradustes of Fine '/i™, "ciened until guartsmen a0d last night for a visit ARRESTED FOR FRAUD Arts Yale ‘College and™ their stay ‘Vi! authorities “beat |parents, Mr. and Mra W. Sore with Mr. and Mrs. Kirke was | Pieree, of 622 Ache street. REDDITCH, Eng.—Posing as a made doubly pleasant by the fact! haus cam |. Mr. Pierce ix accompanied by’ minister, R. B. Tomlinson of thin: lees ‘Mr. Kiske is also taba PRISONER CONFESSES | Mrs. Pierce, their daughter, Eliza-\city got « large supply of whiskey, | TO MURDERING GIRL pbeth Ann; his brother, Joe, andion credit and was arrested for | SHREVEPORT, La. April.18.' Mra: Pierce's brother, Robert Me- fraud. i —Sheriff T. BR, Hughes last night Kinney. j announced that. Fred The party expects to spend) 35, = vendor of artificial butter-\about two weeks in Key West be and trinkets, bed fore starting the return trip to’ i ; Florence. ! “Editor and publisher of the! Florence Herald is Marcy B. Dar-| State Senator ARTHUR GOMEZ F Candidate for Re-Election will deliver an address in 4 (supplied in supplement te presi-! i j _new camtal labor mediation board. H i | require:ment.. umtpesiat tern © tho | "eit tavornigslieg comes tsvally hectic days of the closing | tee of the hause put off until jlate this afternoon its clused ses ision to diteus futute procedure, FAVORS LOAN TO but not an all inclusive list, was HOME OWNERS Through the press, | President Roosevelt was expected et ee ee Oe | ee ee ee soon recommend the extab! lative leaders directly. ment of “federal mortgage ato. The list showed on “aye” side Cintions” to lend individuals want- income tax revielon compeomine, (00'S Sen af potent stock mtarket wapuletion, | cmemninns Under the heading of “no™, the I jassen Cagnes-Rette Davis in After = meeting with reperiert inal, former part owner and edi-|| Thereday (tomerrew) © p. =| vited railroad managers to tor of The Citizen. ‘ EVERYONE INVITED White Houe for « f BAYVIEW PARK =f around hin desk, the j 7 +