The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 4, 1934, Page 2

© -Advertioors who get Fath its know that the columns of The Citizen pay dividends. ‘2 leaving his éstate to his lawyer in the first If you favor ending the profit system, advocated by some, start a small town " Newspaper. Subseribe for The Citizen and thus de your part to keep ye editor away from the atu: If everybody in Key West would make a real effort to pay his bills conditions would be greatly im; When Ruth Bryan Owen visits Key ~-« West we are going to ask her to tip us off about what’s rotten in Denmark. When the judge told the prisoner that 2 Ne was found guilty bya jury of his*peers, — he looked at them and seratched his head. - ~ Presumably, when Jesus changed six i iter pots of water into six water pots of ~ = wine, there were some prohibitionists who — “protested. ._. .. It is legal to tip a waiter in Key West, but it must be the inanimate kind, of which _ {there are some on this island. No “double entente” intended, : -. .In Cuba, the presidency is, as Men- dieta states, nothing more than a sacrifice if the incumbent is honest, and a dream of power and attainment for greedy ambi- tions, if he is not. , Q. O. McIntyre, the calumnist, ‘says “Tittle Hemingway turned: out interested him” ' ‘Presumably, after that, Author 4eHemingway! will cease: his literary efforts, and call-his life’s work finished. a ben Sa .« ..When we were small we. were told that there was a Santa C¥aus; after some years of course this childish belief was dissipated. Now, though not yet in second childhood, we believe in Santa Claus again. Pe eh ACs POs Oe ee 4 Presumably there never was a reason for erying over spilt milk particularly not when the price was as low as in years gone by, but if the price increases the “Titipid fluid from the lachrymal gland, .What Jonah calls tears, may be justified. Ship me somewhere south of Georgia ~ where the winter’s like the spring and > °*there ain’t no frozen plumbing and the = north wind has no sting. For the orange _ groves are calling and we’d drift down there and rest, but free busses ain’t a-run- ning from Atlanta to Key West.—Atlanta Journal. are HG Me Fy Oe Op te on See Boosters of Key West say that the longest street in the world is Duval street, running from the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico. This is not correct. Duval street actually runs. from the Straits of Florida to the Bay of Florida. This fact | *Sis.given without disparagement to the for- ..mer statement, as the distance is exactly the same. —_— namely, electric power. “Destructive com- petition in power is subject to the same te business.” presented on or through sy Qaiiiaied werd, on agi a| eee te ee: in tragedy, vividness, power. ' ‘ : x In time the general public for-| [py eame the Vestris die yardstick to measure the cost of elec-jgets a disaster. But the law s by der: tricity over the nation. That is merely a {tio covering truction and| listed until it samk with loss “ clever statement as any fair analysis will | operation of modern ships stem}110 people. The inquiry oo prove. Qn this point, the Chronicle says: |‘om disasters which taught les-j veloped that it had been over-' “If the publicly owned utilities would jany Naan eate ee oe tine ta tha jloaded. that its life-boats were. in! adopt and follow the standard forms of ac-!New York Times, which recently|P00r condition, and that there, counting demanded by utility boards on all | traced the influence Kel marine | were ane ee pega privately owned utilities, there would be a | “a*etles Mia bake cao . 0. S.. : basis for comparison. But there can be no | times has resulted in it eee purposely delayed, because the, ‘ - Saint i ‘ish to force his yardstick. The cost of electricity depends | tive legislation. en ek pt a upon the location of the plants, the market, |. The first of the wrecks that /comspany to pay i : & started this trend was that of Lal preferred to take a chance on, their volume and many other facts that/ Bourgogne, on July 4, 1898. C canal vary with the localities.” Bound from New York to France! s ‘oes, and mere} There is no more erroneous belief than | with 750 passengers and Restart ctxingest rules for inspecting! the idea that “there cannot be too. much | toy and sank in forty minutes. shi i doesn’t. Many important regula- power. Electricity is a commodity! Only 163 were saved—and of; ‘The Morro Castle, latest of erate east and southeast winds,’ exactly as is food, clothing, automobiles. | these but one was a woman! a aior disasters, will undoubtediy | possibly fresh at times. though 300 were aboard. It was = We can generate twice as much power as be of similar influence in} Florida: Partly cloudy in south Germany applies the ore = is being generated now (precisely as we | its eaiciche Bates had saved ‘strengthening maritime law. The portion and cloudy. probably with uniform contings setting <= Peirce are could make twice as many automobiles, or j ‘eneebree og expense of the | inquiry on her reins has mt rt —s north portion tonight and —————— oy cane Seer 8 ee See passengers, result was a) been completed, already , Friday. paiders raise twice as much corn or twice as much wheat as we need)—but there is no known way of making the people buy and use the | tightening up of ship discipline sult-is that either the taxpayers or the in- | "met. of Nantucket. Though sabotage. However, Ge mein} ‘are dark rumors of inefficiency,! Jacksonville to Florida Straits-| —————— _ | throughout the world. | cowardice on the part of officers,| Fresh northeast and east winds Then, in 1909, the Republic, | callous disregard for dying P85-/ over north portion and fresh east | Yor surplus that would be created. The re-| carving 461 passengers, was sengers on the part of the crew,’ on southeast winds over south To : { portion; weather partly overcast me both holds filled, she kept afloat’ points so far developed have to 40! tonight and Friday, possibly fel- vestors suffer. | snip enough to bring a rescue with the liner’s fire hazards—ap-| jcowed by rain over north portion. NATIONAL BOUSINT Proce. ship “in response to an S. O. S.! parently she offered little resist-) Prigay. = FREE SPEECH UPHELD _|Every paksenger was saved, and’ ance once a blaze was well started.| 52% cuir: Fresh southeast and Your beidkiug » a2 sees = oor Se the. neseslity sf endl. wens Js: Lagisiation Wit be alters © 2°) saath ints aver. th " lected, 2 pars mw Guages ant cee 2 oe = pag Bra stantly realized — comparatively ‘next Congress to lessen ire! fresh Ps esi en ——s come. (Fort Myers News-Press) few ships were so equipped at the will unquestionably follow—effec-j ion and aipeng entt end anath Protected and aegeweed pear ome page As interpreted by the supreme court a rather | time. The result was laws making’ risk on all ships. Other nations) ...: winds over northwest por- |Tadio equipment mandatory, first tive marine law must be inter-| +4) silly provision in the election law is given a use- on liners, then on freighters as national in scope. It is safe to ful mission. This is the provision prohibiting the | well. ‘ say that on the ships of the future, WEATE * cireulating of “charges” against a candidate with-; The next great disaster, April less wood and cloth will be used, Serta ; “ _ m inf 18 days of the election unless the object of | 14 1912—one of the worst in and more metal and glass. Pressur2 continues high from many eppateniios Sr pit 2 pew Going aE e z marine history—was the Titanic,' Thousands of lives have been| the upper and middle Mississippi “up te the standards af the tame ~ “attack” is furnished with an advance copy. “marvel of the seas.” Her bottom lost needlessly in sea disasters—i Valleys i to the Ath As invoked in a Miami case an attempt was | almost sliced off by a submerged but it cam be said that they have| coast, Boston, Mass, 30.44 im For Loam Umte ce Xetume Se 8 tute to bli iceberg, she went down in three not been lost entirely’ in vain.| ches, and has fallen im the madgtoapply the sta’ @ publie address which hours and 1,517 of the 2,340 per- Every catastrophe makes the/and South Atlantic States sons aboard were lost. Out of operation of ships safer; every one] disturbed conditions in the mi THE FIRST NATIONAL BANE OF EEY WEST if of Mexico, Key Went, Fis./ Nbemmbe: oc tae Federa Bo was broadeast by radio and published in the news- papers, .The court held that this was no violation |that tragedy came the North At- lessens the chance of another dis-| Gul: | of the law, taking the position that the legislature | !antie Iee Patrol, which checks on aster occurring. 29.85 inches. During the last 24° had not intended “to restrain ordinary public cam- | ——-——— sat ae ees a TS | soloists and there is a dearth of paign speeches or the publication of reports of such speeches in the newspapers.” The statute ap- KEY WEST IN jaccompanists, CLIIIIII III IED IO DD OEE Sia plies, the court went on to say, only to “unan- i ahlicati q = The Young Giants, a newly or- Send pases a craton ot cere] DAYS GONE BY |, Yo Genus oy oN and attacks upon a candidate of a kind designed | Happenings Here Just 10 Years! (jy) will meet Sunday afternoon & and intended to be passed from hand to hand;” } a ee From j4 o'clock at the Army barracks. | - i = that is to say, the handbill form of campaign pe oi ee gee: ae rs | | literature, nS SI Saas ir eT, ti A great deal of complaint in| Promised. “In fine,” the opinion summed up, “one of | peard daily about automobiles! the objects of the statute appears to have been | speeding on the county road, par-| Outplayed, outgeneraled and largely to limit candidates and their supporters to , ticularly at night. The activity of : outweighed but not outgamed, the Pest ft th £ af a the local police foree arresting! fast high school quintet went down eS ee ae Ae FT Sh Cena speeders and reckless drivers put| to defeat last night before the their charges, rather than causing them to be re- | an end to this highly reprehensible | vigorous onslaughts of the Ath- N duced to written or visual form and thereafter | practice for some time but new it! letic Club five by a score of 60} j has been resumed and is worse to 16. The fight was not an easy; seatanee marreD eiaely Panos 8 candidate than before the arrests werej victory for the club team as the Viewed in this light the court found the law “an | made. A couple of alert.polige-|sehool boys fought hard and de- aid rather than a deterrent of free speech and | men can make a good haul any; serve a great deal of credit for 2s, restrain he i i | night of these reckless and Iaw)the game defensive battle which press by restraining the launching of secretly pre defying speedsters, ana"; Juqeaias Wiha Eiae start, be, Halk rges and attacks sponsored by persOns.) archer promises he: will give them| entity may or.May not be disclosed.” The | the limit of the law. {Key West Temple Pythian Sisters Guban Consul. Domingo Milord| #4 friends enjoyed a delightful {has received notification from! auto ride over the si of Key Cuba that the Cuban Transport West. After two hours of riding Maximo Gomez will arrive at Key | the merrymakers went to the id that the requirement of “reasonable | _ advance notice” was met by voicing them in a pub- lic forum like the ; ! chp speaker's platform or “through the ordinary medium of the press.” That sensible opinion takes most of the buga- | West on the afternoon of Octoher sai ean ‘oo ans = “4. {8 with one company of artillery,!@"¢ enjoyed delicious ae { the 18- -noti 4 Q y I t : boo a of the 18-days’-notice provision. It still one of infantry and the artillery | ments of ice cold chocolate and leaves the statute rather vague as to what con-!h2nd on board. The U. S. Tug! Nabisco wafers. This impromptu stitutes “attacks” and “charges” but it makes lit-| Bay-pring will leave Havana on|"epast was followed by singing and. October 8 in the evening and will , dancing. arrive the following morning with : : Boe boy scouts, the municipal; Miss Ruth measgpiage and = Miss cireulation they are not actionable. What is ban-|band and a detachment of fire- ee Co ae lc i inti i i }men and traffic police. They will ; 4s nehors, recel second ned is the printing of handbills and circulars. i lake oss . ee San Carlos (€tade certificates as the result of | \ caleheation: bas recent eee } | | | tle difference since if they are spoken from the platform or published in newspapers of general These are commonly unsigned or obscure as to authorship and are usually circulated under cover. ——— Knights of the Golden, Eagle of * } ‘ nig! o e Golden Fi ie They should be banned. But a fellow who speaks | Information from all parts of Key West will attend religion up in 6pensmeeting or puts a piece in the paper} Florida indicate that the coming | services at the First Baptist over his own name is-entitled to the protection of ; Winter will be the most success’ church tomorrow might when a aS ; ful the state has experienced in) special service will be held and the constitutional guarantee of free speech and ' many years. Full credence is giv-' sermon delivered for the benefit free press, restricted only by the libel laws, en to this information as thej of the order. fi - ‘chamber of commerce has receiv-} — ! rae Gis = ed during the past few months’ Work of placing a coat of oil There is talk of ‘three wheel auto-} many requests for information| on the cael Latins fas ae mobiles, and many drivers on four wheels / relative to housing facilities and| Florida East Coast Railway sta- seem to think they have one wheel too j the poset *« a eade cones en nn er Boe Ee iz | modations for perio ranging | A temporary curbing will be plac- many, judging by the way they run round |from days to weeks. Some of! eq on one side of the road while corners. ithese requests have been received ' the oil is being poured. Sy SERRE SES Ee ee ifrom points as far away as Can- * as ada and all have been promptly} BENJAMIN LOPEZ Automobiles continue to become}. n.wered with the required infor-|f UNERA L HOME | cheaper in price and superior in quality, ; mation. and two-thirds of the entire population of . N . . . . . N . . . N N . . \ : . S . . 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