The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 24, 1934, Page 1

VOLUME LY. No. 227. Arrest. Of ‘Clerks tn Result Of i Nesidlgiles On By Late Judge And Carried Primary Busto Inspectors and clerks in the Fifth and Seventh precincts are to be arrested in connection with al- leged fraudulent practices these precincts in the first primary election on June 5. County Solicitor Aquilino Lopez; dr., for the arrest of Freeman D. Hall, Jose Castro, W.' B, Curry and E. C. Gomez, employed in the Fifth precinct and Evelio Gomez, John Cates, Hugh Hinde and Wil- liam E, Huston, employed in the Seventh precinct. These arrests will be the result! of investigations began by the late J. F. Busto, county solicitor, on instructions from Governor Dave Sholtz, on July 13, that com- prehensive investigations be made regarding alleged frauds in recent primary elections. Immediately after receiving these instructions Mr. _ Busto started a vigorous investigation and examined more than 50 wit- nesses securing some conclusive evidence to the effect that fraud had been practised in at least two, precincts, At his death all matters were turned over to Mr. Lopez, who} was appointed to fill out the un- expired term of Mr. Busto. Pur- suing the investigations started by| al Mr. Busto, Mr, Lopes, after careful analysis of the results, de- Aided to arrest the persons em- ployed in the precincts afore men- tioned. The accused are cnarged with making false entries in the elec- tion books carrying the returns of j the ballot and falsifying the count by adding as many as 20 votes to the count of one candidate. Mr. Lopez told The Citizen that. the cases will be tried at the No- vember term of criminal court. YOUNG DEMERITT GOES TO COLLEGE ACCOMPANIED 0 ON TRIP BY HIS WIFE AND OTHERS FROM KEY WEST W. W. Demeritt, Jr., son of the superintendent of lighthouses, left over the highway this morn- ing for Atlanta, Ga., where «he will matriculate at Atlanta Den- tal College Dental Surgery. Accompanying Mr. Demeritt were Mrs. Demeritt, who will make her home in Atlanta; Miss Mary Lightbourn, sister of Mrs. _ Inspectors Two Precincts - | For Alleged Election Frauds ‘KEY WEST GIRLS — MAKE HONOR ROLL | AT STATE SCHOOL MISSES SYLVIA GUITO AND; GOLDIE LEWINSKY AMONG! 289 STUDENTS ATTAINING| HONORS (Special to The Citizen) TALLAHASSEE, Sept. | 24.— | The Misses Sylvia ‘Guito and} Goldie Lewinsky, of Key West, | are among the 259 students’! at| ‘Florida’ State College for’ Wome making the honor’ roll for the last semester of the 1933-34 term, S.; R: Doyle, registrar, has announce: | ed. Miss Guito is a member of; last year’s cenior class, and a) Lewinsky, of the sophomore class. | Only students who have faade: j a clean B average with not a sin-} gle grade below C nor quality, point cuts reducing their averag | below the 2.0 average are placed, on the honor roll, the registrar) said. An A at the college is giv- en the value of 3,'B, 2, and C, 1. H. THOMPSON, 61, | DIES THIS MORNING | FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED THIS AFT- ERNOON i el Henry Clarence Thompson, 61 years’ old, died 3:30 o’clock this’ morning at his home on Grinnell! | Street. Funeral services are to be held.5 o’clock this afternoon from Fleming Street Methodist Church, Rey. Shuler, Peele officiating. Those who have been selected to act as pallbearers are G. H. Gibson, William Knowles, Samuel, Bethel, R. G. Watkins, Milton | Russell and Eddie Roberts, i Lopez Funeral Home will be in charge of funeral arrangements. | The deceased is survived by his; widow, Mrs. Charity C. Thompson; two daughters, Mirs. Leona Bethel | and Mrs, Matilda Neese, of Miami, ; and one son, William. | STEAMER CUBA DUE TOMORROW Steamship Cuba: of; the Py: cand| i S..8; company is due 8: 30 o'clock ‘tomorrow | morning’ “frém | | afternoon for Havana. “+ Freighter Henry R. Mallory of the Clyde-Mallory Lines is dye this afternoon” from’ Galveston with freight and after discharging | ¢; for the course in} will take on’cargo for Charleston! ‘for the fact that party le: and New York. waoidastes The Occupational ‘Cian andj ieouane confidently not only ; retaining but increasing materially BEING STUDIED IN) NATION'S * CAPITAL: SENATOR COPELAND AND) HUEY LONG FURNISH TOP-! IC OF POLITICAL CONVER- SATION IN WASHINGTON BY HERBERT PLUMMER {By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Sept. | senate is going “redder.” In ad-} dition to the famous red care| | nation of Senator- Copeland of | New York and the famous red_ hair even more; of turbulent { Huey Long of Louisiana, it is go- ing to be further adorned when it: red, necktie, horseshoe diamond pin: ‘meets ‘next January by ‘the and’ all, favored by Senator-desig-; ” até Bilbo of Mississippi. | It seems fair enough to style Migsissippi’s latest choice for the |senate that way. Election day is. merely ratification of primary re- |sults down south and Bilbo mad» ‘a runaway race of it against the | veteran, Senator Hubert Stephens. | Just why Mississippi turned on’ tephens after having sent him to the house for five terms and then twice to the senate is matter that may well occupy the attention a of Senaor Pat Harrison, senior senator from that state. He has ‘had four house terms and his third ‘hitch in the senate will be up at | the end of '36. He is next at bat: ‘or re-election. If there is any special, significance to Stephens’ defeat, Harrison will be quick to drop it out and learn thereby. ‘In The Long Manner Washington press galleries an-} ticipate a flood of “copy” when | Senator Bilbo takes his seat, Hv! is. getting plenty of advance no- for | tice as a rival to Huey Long doing the novel thing on or off! the floor. The glimpses of his} platform available hereabouts, despite the support Roosevelt theme song, give administration, *key-man no great amount of joy. Senator Long is also an ardent! Roosevelt—sometimes, Bilbo is described as used Long technique in his ° pri ‘mary battle. He also favors, by all accounts, such Long polic wealth redistribution, the topic on which the Louisianan has_ enter-; tained the senate at great length! iso frequently, Bod having! | murity was shocked. Even Mayo? | theatrical than Not A ‘New Deal’ Test i There was no test of “new/ dea]’”’ sentiment involved in = | Stephens-Bilbo run-off, Both cam. paigned as “new dealers.” Bilbo! supplémented that with promises! on kis own hook, going beyond the| ‘; Tampa and will sail early ,in the present scope of the “new deal” in ‘gome highly important respects. Democratic leadership in the sen-! ate has had to deal with the em- . barrassment caused by such elec-! tion commitments in the past. But, aders are} on their senate majority this year,| Bilbo’s case might be causing them) concern. | est Citisen KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1934. (PRIMARY MATTERS|New York Lottery Under Fancy Name'Draws*Fire Of‘ Churches) RETURNS 10 THIS (By Associated Prensa) NEW YORK, *Sept:'24.—It's been given a fancy name and new airs but it’s stills léttery’as far as the opposition to New York City’s proposed ‘“‘Municipal Sup- plemental Relief Association” is concerned. The Greater New York Federa- tion of Churches voted a condem- nation of this plan to raise rev-' The enue for relief president of the Board of Trade purposes. said the moral sense of the com- LaGuardia doubted the Tegal) i} latus of the project, which has That is what will have to be de- termined. As a game .a the United States, the lottery is very, very old, and it had some illustrious colonial dabblers before it became strict- ly taboo. Practically every state! has a law or constitutional pro- vision against lotteries, and the} federal government has post of- fice, interstate commerce and tariff laws against them. Lotteries originated in Greece jand Rome, and today some for- eign countries conduct them to bolster railroads, arts, museums and to fill their treasuries. The lottery in America goes back to 1612, when King James) authorized lotteries to finnace and/ supply the Viriginia colonists. One of the first lottery notices) appeared in Philadelphia in 1720,| between trips, She was also used | The colonists used ‘build churches, lotteries to | schools, roads, | STEAMER FLORIDA | ( | | wharves, glass factories and other | assed the board of alderiien and the board of estimate. Borough President J. J. Lyons} of the Bronx, its sponsor, said it! is not “properly” a lottery. His! plan to sell shares at $2.50 each! in the MSRA. Twelve trustees would be appointed by the mayor to serve without pay. There would | be a hundred or so “officers” ; who would be paid generous “sal- aries” as the method of distribut- ing prizes. These officers would be mem- bers of the association, their names to be picked from a jury wheel, such as those used for se- Yection of jurors. Not more than 44 percent of funds collected would go to the officers. Ex- pences would not exceed 12 per- cent, the remainder going into re- lief coffers. Old Game In U. S. A court test seems inevitable.’ “Is it—or is it not—a lottery?” industries, lighthouses, canals and to encourage agricultural projects as growing. In 1761 the number of lotterie phia was for ecclesiastic projects. Washington A Subscriber Yale, Harvard, Dartmouth and Brown were among early colleges partially supported by — state-au- thorized lotteries, In 1748 Benjamin Franklin and others organized a lottery to erect! such grape ‘a battery of cannon on the Dela-; ware to protect the colonists. Washington subscribed to many lotter including one to save the Col. William Byrd estate in Virginia, and another to build the! Cumberland mountain road. When Thomas Jefferson was 83 years old Virginia authorized a bridges, | largest , in Philadel-; lottery to save his Monticello es-} tate from debt, but he died be-j | fore the lottery could be held. Faneuil Hall in Boston was built - from lottery receipts. Boris Wants [ Free Andorra” But ‘Jail Keeps Him From His ‘Throne’ (By Associated Press) By H. E. KNOBLAUGH MADRID, Sept. 24.—Andorra, world’s tiniest republic, has be- come the battleground of a ves! pockét war which, although more sanguinary, has both France and Spain consider- ably upset. Apparently from nowhere @& monocled young man appeared in the country, nestling among the Pyrenees, bent on making himself king. Until recently, moments of, un- rest for the Andorrans have been few and short-lived. For 10 cen- j turies the people, now numbering | | 5,500, have tilled the soil tended sheep, enjoying undisturb- ied sovereignty and apparently | content under the suzerainty of | France and the Spanish Bishop of| Uurgell. But along came “Count Earl cal andj | bonds’ court and remanded to jail. Boris is 38, athletic, and admits | jto a -} Born in Vilna when that city was} “most adventurous life.” part of Russia, he was educated in France and England for the ministry, but afterwards took up social work, Emulating Byron ij | lsays Supervisor | John England, PORT ON SUNDAY VESSEL HAD BEEN ON SUM- MER RUN BETWEEN PORT-|- LAND, ME., AND NEW YORK SINCE JUNE Steamship Florida, of the P. and O. S. S. company, arrived in port yesterday morning 9:45 o’clock and berthed at the Flor- ida East Coast terminal wharf. The Florida left Key West on! June 19 to ply between New York! and Portland, Maine, during the late summer and to be used for for taking out excursion parties on two occasions to take out par- ties for the America Cup races. It is understood that in the} event the P. & O. S. S. company decides to put a vessel on the run between Miami and Havana dur- ing the-winter season, the Florida will be the vessel used. Among those returning on the vessel were Captain Wellington M. White, master of the ship, who has been on vacation; A, R. Miller, ; superintendent of the P. and O. S. | $8. company and his son-in-law) i and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Trevor and their daughter, Ellen; | Mrs, Russell, wife of Chief Engi-! neer Guilremo Russell, and fam- ily; Mrs, Brady, wife of James Brady. of the engine room force, ; and John Key, port steward, of | the steamship company. MANY ON BOOKS = NOT QUALIFIED | - FOR ELECTION | SUPERVISOR OF REGISTRA-/| TION CALLS ATTENTION TO FACT; BOOKS ARE NOW "REDUCED FARE FROM TAMPA Willard Goodwin Of Homestead Held In Connection With Death Of Wm. Watson At Key Largo EXCURSION RATES |Brought To Key West FOR CELEBRATION | Ait Aste Accent ’ WILL BE OFFERED, 4%? sali Jail Here AND ALSO HAVANA FIG-| Willard Roy Goodwin, of Home URED ON TO BRING CROWD) **°* Fis is being held im county jail at Key West in the matter of the death of William Watson, a Key Largo, on Saturday, Septem ber 22, News of the death of Mr. Wat son was sent toe Key West Setur day end Peace Justice Regeliv FOR EVENT An’ excursion rate will be of-| fered by tl P. and O. Stea: ship y Comuny fi mr Tampa’ for the celebratiof of El Grito de Yara here October 9 and-10, in an ef- fort to make it possible for Tam- pans, many of whom formerly re- sided here, to attend the two-day celebration. An approximately 50 percent! the cause, reduction it: rates has been madej by the steamship company, it was| Empanelling jury J announced, and the excursion is} Gomez learned that death reey expected to pley an important/ from an aceident « part in swelling the crowds here! for the two days. A reduction in the rate sleo|®® may be made from Havana, giving | 0" which Watson was riding Cubans an opportunity to attend! he met his death the commemoration of the first cry for freedom voiced by Cubans 66 years ago. ‘TWO ARRESTED BY COLORED MAN AND WOMAN) Goodwin would be in @ me ARE HEARD ON CHARGE OF | ASSAULT AND BATTERY that ¢ i win could give all the partic he was the driver of the tr Goodwin was | the ; Knowledge of the af arrested a hearing positively den an | said, by Justice Gomez, to been so much under the in ie aah ys as to be unable to t physical reasonable story of bow | met his death, condition te Wat | At the postponed hearing Goo areested by | win stated he owned an aut s this morning on| truck but had not been drivix Zoila Ellis was sheriff's offic | a charge of assault and battery, and did not know anythir OPEN AT COURTHOUSE Names of quite a number of Key Westers, men and women, | ,Show on the county registration | books who are not qualified to vote in the November election, of Registration There may be many who not aware of this and_ will are not “T started out to be a parson,” | realize they are disqualified until he sai for social work. spent in many countries and have had many strange tures. Without being patheti about it, I think I’m going to end} up like Lord Bryon. “What Lord Bryon did |, “but found I was cut out| their names appear in for; which the books will Greece I’m trying to do for An-; Mr. dora, and I have neither received! person who is re; nor expect to get a cent out of it.” | not vote in the primaries call the dis- My life has been! | qualified list to be published dur- 1 ing the month of October, adven-/ the supervisor. says The books are now open and poll taxes can be paid up to Oc-| |tober 13, which is the date on be closed.! England suggests that any, istered but did} at His recollections of America are the office, pay the poll tax and} quite p | two visits, one in other in 1919, he said. “T got to know every beach in; California and Florida, and have had some very enjoyable times in| New York, Chicago, San Fran-! | cisco and Miami,” he said. “The! Americans are beyond a doubt thej most hospitable people in the ant, he said. He made be sure their name will appear on} 1912 and an-* jthe qualified list, ‘ARRANGE PROGRAM “AT WESLEY HOUSE on the person of Vera LaVong. the accident whateve Later the LaVong woman was | than that refused to furt | arrested on a similar charge, the | tify. complainant in the matter being} Zoila Ell The woman showed evidence of having received a thorough thrashing and the man displayed| for the a wound on his hand which he| county grand jury | Says was inflicted by a knife in the} rought to Key Wee ‘hands of the woman. i Both of the parties are colored. | Relates Stery LEGION UNIT TO. =" Harri | Keys coming relatives, That, al! of th REPRESENTATIVES GOING TO) been drinking, ha HAVANA IN INTEREST OF | ie, and were pretts ; the influence of the MIAMI CONVENTION j However, | was th je it was know hly av msicnees ter and it was deeided t ction of the En route to the eit W tarted southward wel drink Driving along at rate of speed they Key La for a consid the auto tr from side to and ha Victor MacKenzie, representing’ the American Legion 1934 Con- vention Corporation; Mrs. Fred P. Bradford, transportation cour tesy chairman of the Legion | Auxiliary; and Mrs. Hilda Town- send, mother of Mrs. MacKenzie, will arrive by train tomorrow at noon and later take the boat for seemed .o bee After driv happened to ¢ truck and Harris veyance. after driving Demeritt, who will visit for aj|Auto Tags of the City of Key! while and then go to the moun-| West, are‘due and payable on Oc-, i Piscrpe ulti pe is tains of North Carolina, and Fred| tober 1st of each year at the of-| f0%, Collins of Mississippi has suf-, Carbonell, son of Mr. and Mrs.|fice of the City Tax Collector,! - rd eee es coun Z the peacefulness of the — John Carbonell, who will Lae as Lina DIES IN GOTH M A The Wesley Community Hoi enter/and failure on the part of any) on ote mgininatibng ead: therebyt definitely dis urbe for his senior year at the college.| person, or persons, firm or cor-! 1). me-ducked himself out of con-| days after registering at: the ett | | 1106 Varela street, has arranged ; a program of activities to be put| | VARIOUS ACTIVITIES WILL BE PUT ON DURING WEEK, BEGINNING TUESDAY Havana. Their trip to Havana is; in connection with the American} | Legion convention in Miami. Mrs, Bradford is the wife of; | Major Fred P. Bradford, who i | of the editorial staff of the Miami | Daily News, and associate editor; of the Florida Motorists Alliance.| Orange, Baron of Skossyreff,” as} world.” the young man calls himself, ena ‘REY. V AU N t Incidentally Representative | tson dead a Word wa Harri took him i WHERE TO GO TONIGHT Bayview Park—Diamondball. Monroe—“Stand Up ans Chee: Palace—“The TOMORROW Bayview Park—Diamondbail. Monroe—‘Midngiht Alibi” an “Embarrasing Moments.” Palace—“Dancing Man.” White Devil.” of { is} | will NOW OPEN— Griffin and Labrada’s BARBER SHOP 914 Fleming Street Opposite Oversea Hotel John Griffin Louis Labrada me ly meee STAND UP AND CHEER Matinee: Balcony, 10c; Orches- tra, 15-20c; Night, 15-25¢ poration or association without) hotel in Seo de Urgell, he had set lgress, he attempted to throw his| in Seo de Urgell, he had se eeee ‘first obtaining a license shall. be support to Stephens in the! about to do some rather remark-| deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,! Steph Bil 7 able things. | | before. the! StePhens-Bilbo run-off. It did not} i | WAS LOCAL PASTOR OF CON-! and upon conviction be: ars aa eo Otten it does sick (Per Proclaims War | on during this week, beginning to P. eT: A. A. MEETING Police Justice, shall be punished] {07 popularity is not a transfer-| _ So remarkable were they, in! GREGATIONAL CHURCH | morrow. Other events will be} : by a fine not to exceed $250.00,! 01). political asset. | fact, that his view of the scenery | announced ata later date, it i , 1} OF by imprisonment in the city! has been restricted to that av MANY YEARS AGO | stated. TOMORROW NIGHT: " jail for a period not to exceed 60/. ¢¢ 99 | able from the window of a cell in| | The program days. It shall be the duty of the: KIDDY CABARET a the Madrid jail while the govern-| Tuesday— ; Tax Collector before issuing a} nent is debating what it should} Announcement has been made, Library. Announcement _ has been made nse based on a proper valus-| AT BAYVIEW PARK' lio with him. j of the death of Reverend Howard} Tuesday, 3:00 to 4:30 p. m.s| of a meeting of the High School’ enae of capital stock, capacity of; When Boris’ first proclamations | R. Van Auken, member of the! Children’s World Circle Club and| Parent-Teacher Association to be} dj Production or other contingency, | were made public by huge posters! Bergenfield Board of Education,| World Friendship Club. (For held tomorrow evening. beginnin.| ! to require the person applying for} and in the columns of a newspa-| in New York City. | boys and girls 6 to 12 years old.) | at 7:30 o’clock at the High School | jsuch license, to file under oath,, “Kiddy Cabaret” is scheduled) per he had found time to start,; Mr. Van Auken, who was 55, Tuesday, 7:30 to 9:30 p, m.,| building. duly authenticated a statement of for Wednesday afternoon at Bay-| folk generally regarded them a ars of age, was pastor of the. Industrial Arts Class for adults. ! It is expected that there ithe value of the property or the: view Park, the department of; the work of a practical joker or a} First Congregational Church in} Wednesday, 3:00 to 3:30, Li-| be a large number in attendance. j amount of capital stock. Forms! parks and recreation announced| crank. But Boris’ succeeding ac-| Key West when he was a young) brary. | of oath are to be had at the of-! today. The cabaret will start at. tions quickly demonstrated that) man of 26. His elder son, now a| Wednesday, 3:30 to 5:00,!f MONROE THEATER fice of the Tax Collector. All! 4 o'clock. he was not joking. | Physician in New York City, | Mother’s Club. Vie Warne, Bactord Boles i 5 i 7 r 15 A A i 5 . | 3 ‘i x ‘arner Baxter-John Boles licenses unpaid after October 15th; Prizes are to be given for the! Brought to Madrid third-class; born in Key West. Friday, 3:00 to 3:30, Library. | James Dunn-Shi Temple are subject to arrest with penalty.| three best numbers presented dur-| and lodged in the city jail, Boris | The many Key West frien¢ Friday, 0 to 4:30, Girls’ SAM B. PINDER, ing the show, it was announced.! was given anything but royal! tend their sympathy to Mr Club. (For girls 12 to 16.) 1 City Tax Collector.! The program is to be announced! treatment. He was submitted to} Auken and family in their al Friday, 4:30 to 5:30, Girls’| later. J the indignity of a hearing in vaga-! bereavement. | | Club, basketball practice. {I I -PEP UP WITH WAGNER'S BEER : | sept24-26-29