The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 16, 1936, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 56 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LVII. Investigators Of Munitions Go After World War Loans Story, Senate Committee Plans) SII aEO SOs | STUARTS BRING IN FIVE TARPON Eight strikes and five tarpon was the record estab- lished yesterday by Mr. and Mrs, C. H. Stuart, Newark, N. Y., guests at the Casa Marina, while out fishing with Captain Begley Filer. Mr. and Mrs. Stuart are regular winter visitors to Key West and never fail to make good catches, laughing at the old tales that tarpon are only caught in the sum- mer. That they both know the characteristics of the “silver king” evidenced by their catch yesterday, which is record for a party of two, it is said. The tarpon weighed from 60 to 80 pounds. No. 14. To Look Into Various Activities Relative To Operations 1 ! | _By WILLIAM S. WHITE (By Associated Prenn) ‘WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.— Source of a hundred sensations as to the world-wide secret activities the of the war gun merchants, senate munitions committee re- turns to its job determined this time to turn up the story of A-ner- ican World war loans. In the backwash of mittee’s the com- disclosures, 1935 astonishing tem- |} MILI LI LI SI ST ST ST S| ‘BOYS ARRAIGNED FOR TAKING CAR | TWO DEFENDANTS BROUGHT BEFORE CRIMINAL COURT congress passed in porary neutrality laws that were the broadest the country ever has known. Now, the investigators again become the means of drama- tizing the views of those who want} rigid neutra‘ity and control the munitions industry. Already an inquiry has been} made as to how much it would cost the government to manufac- Joseph Johnsor Kemp, 20, and| William Sweeting, 18, charged! with taking and using an auto-! { mobile belonging to another with- out the owner’s consent, the own- er being Ben; Acams, wer arraign- ed in criminal court this morning. | The auto was taken from the ture its own guns and bombs and ships; a drive for a government monopoly on the implements of war appears in the offing. i} Tale Of International Intrigue ! The committee in its last ses-! sion heard a. sto of corner of Eaton end Duval streets; ¢ ullegea graft! last Friday_night. The owner re- » reaching from Cen-| Ported the mtatter to Traffic Of-) Some of| ficer Everett R. Rivas. the testimony provoked diplomatic: Officer Rivas immediately started a hunt for the car, and} in 50 minutes later located it} Rinslaniaveas mictured| one its riders on Bertha street. the committee sub-| 2° ee ies : Mz.| stantially as an arms salesman for cerns yeni anted genoa oven ae i der arrest. British interests—competing at! interna- tional intrigue, and bribe tral Ame: rica to China. representations from abroad; no} less majestic George of once a figure than car to before | E. Russell. j ship.” ‘TODAY IN ADDRESS AT ROTARY CLUB S=VERAL GUESTS IN ATTEND- ANCE AT REGULAR LUNCH- EON OF ORGANIZATION HELD AT NOON HOUR The Key West Rotary Club held j its regular luncheon today at the | noon hour. The meeting was call- ed to order by President Melvin Rev. Shuler Peele in- voked the blessing) Sebastian Cabrera introduced as his guests, the Rev. Shuler Peele, Norman Lowe and Robert Strunsky, representing the New York Sun. E. A. Strunk introduced Chas. C. Roper of Dark Harbor, Me., {and Joe Lopez as his guests. Bas- com Grooms introduced Geo, A. Dody, and William Demeritt in- troduced Lt. Alvin R. Moore, U. S. A., of Atlanta. President Russell presented a new member to the club, John | Bogart. Joe Lopez ted the club in sing-} ing “Round and Round.” The program, in charge of the Fellowship Committee with W. W. Demeritt as chairman, was pre- sented by Sebastian Cabrera, who intrdouced as the speaker of the luncheon the Rev. Shuler Peele, pastor of the ‘Fleming Street Methodist church. Rev. Peele spoke on the subject of abellom, Stephen Douglass mammentea to the club the erection of a large sign board at the information booth at the head of the Island, bearing a map of Key West streets and showing places of interest thereon. ' JUNIOR PATROL TO HAVE DRILL EVENT SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE FRIDAY AFT- ERNOON All members of the Key West i Junior Patrol are asked to report at Bayview Park Friday afternoon z : After consideri: in one time against officers of the| Hering jetheh cere army and navy of the States. 4 The inquiry brought forth sec long guarded, time committee investigators charged ¢ in government de- partments with blocking them by. withholding material information. A great deal of what was told the inquiry subsequently was de- nied by the principals involved; munitions manufacturers — struck out sharply against government manufacture of war weapons on| the ground it could not be as ef- ficient as private operations. Advocating Large Armies Chairman Nye of the commit-| tee reached the belief, he said, that some American munitions in- terests were cooperating with for- eign companies to increase their profits through advocating large armies and navies, MORE AUTO TAGS SOLD LAST YEAR: REPORT MADE SHOWS _IN- CREASE OVER CORRESPOND. ING PERIOD OF, YEAR 1934 (Spectal to The Citizen) TALLAHASSER, Jan, 16.— Substantial increase in motor ve- hicle tag purchases for the cal- endar year of 1935 exceded the! total for 1984 by $500,000, motor vehicle commis- sion auditors reported. The commission receipts 1935 were $4,864,318.77, which $4,690,296.27 was from tag sales. In 1934, receipts were $4,- 398,784.82, with tag sales repre- senting $4,244,450.82. The y 1934 saw 354,847 tags sold; 1935, 375,018 tags. rom sale Revenue with exception of expenses commission, the motor vehicle foes to the state’s eommon schools, in United: and at one! approximately | of; {its different aspects, Judge J. Vining Harris :dmonished the lads they had committed a grave offense and could be severely ; punished for it. He warned them of the law in future, and permit- sentence pending good behavior. CUBA BRINGS IN 33 PASSENGERS: ER ARRIVAL ENROUTE TO HAVANA, CUBA Steamship Cuba, of the P. and O. S. S. company, arrived this morning from Tampa with 11 first class passengers and four second class for Key West; 15 first and three seconds for Ha- vana. The vessel brought 18 tons of freight and 99 sacks of mail for | Key West; no freight and 104 sacks of mail for Havana. Steamship Ozark, of the Clyde- Mallory. Lines, is due to arrive to- morrow evening from New Or- leans, en route to Miami and Jacksonville. | ' i ! i | i lines, is due in port Sunday morn- ing from New York, with cargo | for Key W i { KEY WEST COLONIAL], ‘| HOTEL RESTAURANT } Is NOW OPEN | Featuring SEAFOODS and the best the market offers A La Carte and Regular Dinners at POPULAR PRICES Rete er. ad not to be guilty of any breaches | ted them to go under suspended | VESSEL SAILS SHORTLY AFT-; Freighter Colorado, of the same} at 4 o'clock for a drill practice, leaders in the recreation section of the local WPA announged this | morning. Boys and girls who would like to belong to the patrol also are invited to meet with others to- | morrow, it was said, and plans will be discussed for working up the drill team to the same point of perfection which it had last summer. Former thembers who do not care to continue membership in the patrol are asked to turn in their uniforms. After the patrol has been de- veloped again to its old efficiency competitive drills with teams. in, other parts of the state, it was said, ‘ORR DEPARTS ABOARD PLANE | WPA DIRECTOR HERE ON WAY TO JACKSONVILLE FOR CONFERENCE Thomas D. Orr, WPA director in Key West, left yesterday aft- ernoon by plane for Miami to there entrain for Jacksonville for a conference with officials of |the WPA and FERA. Mr. Orr said before leaving he j will, with Robert Unkrich, assist- ant to Florida ERA! administrator, recommendations which will, | put in effect, mean more money jin circulation in Key West. ‘DEMOCRATIC CLUB A meeting of the Young Demo- cratie Club of Monroe County will be held tomorrow evening at 8:00 o’clock in the County Court House. | at this session. efforts will be made to arrange)” Conrad Van Hyning, make certain, if “ ARRANGES SESSION A large attendance is expected! —. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1936. REV. PEELE HEARD'ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN WINNERS IN CITIZEN CONTEST Rapid movement in the Auto Strop market is predicted for to- morrow when 117 puzzle solving readers of The Citizen arrive to} receive their prizes for finding the misspelled ‘vord in yesterday’: 19] issue. Solutions were received today from 121 readers. Four of them 1 were wrong, but the others, 117; in number, decided that cae roe” was not the right way to; spell “Monroe” in the advertise-; | ment of that theatre, and are each entitled to an Auto Strop Razor} Set. Another misspelled word appears in the advertisements in this is-} | |ners will be published in tomor-! [sue, and the names of the win- ! row’s issue. Names of winners in yesterday’s | {contest are: | Edward E. Suarez, 617 Grin- j nell street. Raymond Saunders, 910 South- ard street. Miss Gladys Roberts, 924 South-! ard street. Mrs, Elma Warren, 924 South- ard street, Mrs. Elmer Harper, 928 United street. Elwood Roberts, street. Hilburn Cerezo, street. \ Hubert Dion, 606 White street. Mrs. Lillie Carey, 1108 Fleming street Willard Albury, 515 Margaret street. Ray Atwell, street, Jack Weech, street, Mrs. Lucille Roberts, 817 Eaton street. Mrs. Flossie Atwell, 1110 Flem-: ing street. Mrs, Lulu Gandolfo, 519 Mar- garet -street. John H. Solomon, 1400 White street. Louis Gonzalez, 1216 seul street. Louis Ovide, Jr., head street, Frank Saunders, 930 Southard street. Mrs. Wilson Jolly, 506 Grinnell street Kathryn Stirrup, 1221 William street. Mrs. Leo Curry, 915 Southard street. Mrs, Godfrey Thompson, 1120 Seminary street. R.'R. Bertram, S. S, Warbler. Charles Munro, 721 Love Lane. Emelia Diaz, 525 Angela street. Joseph Alvarez, 823 White j street. Clements Jaycocks, Jr., Grinnell street. Grace Rosado, street. Mrs. Angel Ramos, street. Gould Curry, street, Mrs, Harold Cruz, 316 Peacon Lane. Mrs. Frank Caraballo, James street. George Faraldo, ; Street, Norma Riggs, 907 White street. Andrew Atwell, 1201 Olivia street. Antonio Martinez, | sion street, Angel Pereira, Jr., 1010 Divi- sion street. Helio Gomez, 719 Duval street. Mrs. J. L. Menendez, 1419 Thompson street. Theodore Russell, 906 Southard street. Mrs. Lee Roy Roberts, 748 Windsor Lane. W. A. Cooper, 507 Whitehead] street. Frank Veliz, 506 Greene street. Leona Arias, Lane. Nestor Lucignani, 524 Bahama street, Ray Elwood, 607 Ashe strect. Edwin H. H. ‘Carnes, Jr., U. S. | Marine Hospital. 921 Angela { 916 Francis | i 1106 Fleming 518 Margaret} 400 White- 1016 1191 Virginia 925 Duval 530 Grinnell 1026 905 White 1016 Divi- Donald Lowe. North Beach, Mollie Woody, 1021 Packer street. Robert Bethel, street, Leon Hepburn, Lane. iMrs. Verna Ferguson, Shavers Lane. Geo. A. Dean, Jr., street. Norberg Diaz, 1111 Duval street. Miguel Bazo, street. Julian §S. Butler, street. Antonio Amuez, 817 Simonton ' street. 1411 Petronia| 821 Shavers} 824 ‘Mrs. Merrill Roberts, No. 1 Ha-| vana street. Mrs. Vicente Cremata, 808 i Ashe street. Mario Garcia, 408 Eaton street, Miss Dorothy Fry, 912 Duval street. Joe Singleton, Jr., 315 street. William Vassie, street. C. C, Bryant, 710 Ashe street, (rear). Ole Velasquez, street, P. L. Weatherford, 629 Caroline street. Mae Pintado, 914 Eaton street. John Antonia, 910 United) street. Elinor Ruth Larsen, 923 Francis, street, Ed. F. Cranch, 123 An street. Mrs. Sarah McDermitt, Cor. Duval and United streets. Rose Acosta, 503 Whitehead street. Chas, S, Mathews, 1023 South- ard street. Manuel C. Perez, 506 Elizabeth street. P. B. Roberts, P. O. Dept. Bennie Cates, 409 Francis street, Miss Vi: Peacon Lane. Thomas Whitmarsh, 833 Olivia street, Mrs, Carmen Fernandez, Pine street. Miss Lucy Fernandez, Pine street. V. Ceballo, 511 Fleming street. Manuel Lariz, 1227 Royal street. Andrew Saunders, yer’s Lane. Mrs. Rose Knowles, 1004 Eaton street. 421 1103 Florida ian Saunders, 315 1407 1407 815 Saw- 208 Angela! 517 Elizabeth! 715 Olivia; Fleming; William; The Kep West Citizen COUNCIL HEARS WATER SUPPLY. MATTER AGAIN) __ pea VARIOUS OTHER ITEMS ARE TAKEN UP AT REGULAR! SESSION CONDUCTED LAST =VENING There was a regular meeting of the City Council held last night { |with President Jim Roberts, | siding, and all other councilmen in attendance. Others present; were: Glerk Wallace Pinder, Audi- tor Willard M. Albury, Fire Chief; Harry Baker, Assistant City At- | torney Aquilino Lopez, Jr., and ‘several interested citizens. A letter was read from J. Rice Scott and Otto J. Seiplein, rela-| tive to the proposed fresh water plant proposition in which they requested that some definite ac- tion be taken in connection with} the franchise sought by the water jeompany. The letter in question | follows: “Under date of November 25, the undersigned submitted to you {an offer to furnish a fresh water i supply to the city of Key West} under the Seiplein-Scott Process : for obtaining fresh water and salt from sea water, “We feel that the matter has heen before your body a sufficient ; length of time to have been given} thorough consideration, and we are not in a position to wait in-| definitely for a decision on the! matter, ‘ “We therefore beg to say that} unless the offer contained in our] said proposal is accepted or re- jected on or before Friday, Jan uary 17, the said proposal must be considered as withdrawn, in which event you are requested to {return to us all papers relating to, the matter.” Much discussion was entered, linto from miany angles pertaining | to the franchise requested to! furnish fresh water in the offer) made by the company in question, after which it was agreed that the matter be referred to the city at-' torney for his opinion as to the legality of the proceedings bear- ing ‘on the issue. When this has been accomplished, the promoters of the project will be duly noti- fied as to the stand to be taken! pre-| ' j mands of the law, Rupert Knowles, 824 Caroline; Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country ; range of only 14° Fahrenheit with an average PRICE FIVE CENTS Belgium Hurries Defense For Border Fortifications JUDGE REDUCES SENTENCES FOR ROBERT MOORE JURIST BECOMES LENIENT, =XPLAINING REASONS FOR REDUCING TIME TO THIR- TEEN YEARS Actuated by a feeling of sym- pathetic benevolence, Judge J. Vining Harris in criminal court this morning reduced the sen- tences aggregating 22 years im- posed on Robert J. Moore yester- lay, to 13 years. When Moore was arraigned, the ! judge told him of his intentions to reduce the sentences, not be- cause there were any extenuat- ing cireumstanes connected with! the several cases, but that he felt that a reduction would permit ; Moore to regain his liberty while still a comparative young man. The judge said also that he felt that to cut two years from each) of the four sentences of five years on the felony charges and one year from the sentence of two years on the misdemeanor charge | was sufficient to meet the de- and it was so ordered. Henrietta Gates, who was ar- rested for complicity in the rob-} beries committed by Moore, was arraigned on a charge of “having, i receiving and aiding in the con- cealment of stolen property” and entered a plea of guilty. The defendant was asked by Judge Harris how many children she was the mother of, and’ re~ pied two, the eldest eight yea After giving the woman's state- ;ment several minutes of thought | Fernand Demets who the judge, tentpering justice with a large share of mercy, due prin- cipally to thoughts of the two little children, advised the pend sentence. She was admonished that sentence would remain suspended de-; fendant of his intention to sus-/ the: | senate Pen Budget In Which Appropriation pr Is — For National By EDOUARD TRAUS (By Associated Press) BRUSSELS, Jan. 16.—With an anxious eye on rapidly re-arming Germany and mindful of her own tragic fate ix 1914, Belgium is -| building up her frontier defenses post-haste. By an overwhelming vote of 111 to 4, the Belgian senate ap- | proved a 1936 budget for nation- | al defense totalling $66,000,000— crease of $4,000,000 over the previous budget. In addition, budget for the new year includes | $10,500,000 for j works (part ec: $000,000) and 500,000 for the meédernization and re-equipment of the army (pact of a total ex- | benditure of some $13,000,000). King Active In Background Tne total amocnt of i | eredits” for the new defensive j Works and army re-equipment j will be approximately $50,000,- 000. The Italian-Ethiopian question, been active an extraordinary forti ‘ication total of $14,- lin which King Leopold ha: | credited with paving an | part here and in England, plus German milita: strength, are ; seen as the ‘kground for this | program. A direct reference to Germany's intensive re-armement.swhich is ‘egarded in responsible quarters s a threat to Belgium’s inde- j pendence, was made by Senator told the ; senate: “Our military developed with state must be regard to the necessities of the international situation. The extraordinary credits of the budget are justified by the present international polit- | ical situation, which necessarily [Ges George Johnson, 308 Margaret } street. Daniel Lopez, 814 Olivia street. Mrs. C. W. Hoeffer, 11 Lowe’s Lane, Lucille Mixon, Army Barracks. C. Henriquez, Navy Club. Warren Bethel, 813 street. Henry Ogden, street. Eaton 1210 Duval Tomas Aguilar, 13 Thompson) Lane. Florencio Romero, 1000 Duval! street. Idilio Salinero, 726 Simonton street, Theophilus Sawyer, 900 Eaton street. Beulah Brantley, 900 Francis street. Rene Diaz, 728 Duval street. Roscoe Roberts, 1123 Stump Lane. Jose Nunez, street. Sergio Lopez, street. Mrs. Mary Perez, garet street. Antonio Garcia, 507 Southard street, Anthony Perez, 1215 Margaret! street. 1187 ‘Virginia 1208 1217 Mar- Miss Violet Roberts, 815 Eaton! street, W. J. Schoneck, 1101 Seminary) street. Merrill street. B. R. Bales. 905 Elizabeth street. Leslie B. Albury, erine street. Horace W. Lewis, 208 Angela Stirrup, 1413 Olivia 1119 Cath. street. Joe M. Villar, 620 Simonton street. Milton Roberts, 1122 Fleming; street. Harold Pinder, 1107 Southard 11 Thompson! street. Thelma Mendoza, 416 Dahama street. Octavio Gonzalez, Whitehead | street. Blanche Hernandez, 1119 Duval street. Duval | by the council in accepting or re-} jecting the offer as made. A letter was also read from F. j J. Keisacher of Miami Beach rela-j tive to the water proposition, in which he stated that he felt that the city would profit by accepting the offer. The matter of offering some inducement toward the collection of taxes was taken up for discus- sion. after which it was decided to defer the issue until a later flate| at which time it is expected that some’solution will be offered to, increase ‘the ciiy’s revenue. A resohition was adopted calling for the reduction of taxes on cer- tain properties which had been as- sessed as non-homestead when the books were made up. The resolu- tion also called forthe reduction of taxes on other properties which had been over-assessed, An ordinance covering fares to be charged by public chauffeurs, was brought kefore the meeting last night, and after a few chang- es, was passed on its final read- ing. A resolution was ordered drawn that the tax assessor in future require all applications for homestead exemptions in the city {be filed in the same manner as done by the county. NEW ARRIVAL AT HOME OF LEWIS Born Wednesday to Mr. and Mrs. Will Lewis at their home, 1217 Margaret street, a fine girl. The little one has been given the name of Myrna Rae. Mother and daughter are doing nicely, it is reported. | | 1 DANCE Tonite, 9 till 2 a. m. HABANA-MADRID CLUB | No Cover Charge | A cordial invitation is extended to visitors and tourists just 60 long as her actions war-| commands our policy in military ranted, and advised her to pursue’ matters and entails a supplement 'a straight-forward comes in fu-/ of expenses of a permanent {force at the discretion ture. Any deviations from no path of strict rectitude will make it neces- sary for apprehension and the sus-/| pended sentence can be put in of court, the judge advised. \FIX RATES ON CARS FOR HIRE PROVIDED FOR IN ORDIN- ANCE ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL Ghauffeurs of automobiles for public hire in Key West are re-; quired by law to charge not more than 25 cents per passenger pcr trip in five passenger cars and not more than 40 cents per pas- senger per trip in seven passenger cars anywhere in the city limits west of Bertha street. This is one part of section of Ordinance 323 Council series, passed at regular meeting of city! councit held last night. Other | provisions are: Five passenger cars may charge $2 per hour and seven passenger ears may charge $2.50 per hour, regardless of the number of pas- sengers cagried. Passengers shall free of additional charges, two peta of baggage for each per- son; extra pareels of baggage! shall be charged for at the rate of © 10 eents each. All chauffeurs are required to! post in a conspicuous place in; their ears a card carrying the schedule of rates, which shall bej{ furnished by the city. Any person violating the pro- visions of the ordinance, whether passenger or chauffeur, shall be fined not more than $25 or im- prisonment in city jail of not more than 30 days. the} be allowed,’ } character.” Flemish Protest Voiced A virulent attack on France, as dictating Belgiam’s military poli- cy was launched by Senator F. Lindekens, Flemish extremist, | who said: “The Belgian government arms {merely at the reqve:t of France. | Flanders wants her autonomy. ‘She does not wart to go through a second Yeer ordezl.” Belgium’s lack of Moo so against 2° vuids | fire from Se: -tc vatteau of Brussels, but same time counter-fire came from Senator Henri Roin, the Belgian delegate at Geneva. Tie latter said: “Such defensive measures are delusive. In pretending to or- | ganize ourselves officially against attacks by we reduce the | world-wide sentiment, now rapid- ly increasing, which considers the bombing of civilians as an odious act entailing international sanc- tions.” defensive drew [PROGRAM TONIGHT AT BAYVIEW PARK An amateur night performance will be staged tonight at Bayview Park under the sponsorship of the reereation section of the local district of the WPA, it was an- nounced this mo-ning. The pro- | gram will start at 7:30 P. M. A number of new < cts have been listed. by those who cre to partici- | pate in tonight's performance, land it is expected to be excep- tionally enjoyable. ——— FRL-SAT. SPECIAL lrUTL-FRUTI and MILK CHOCO- LATE LAYER, CAKE, ic special, each _ MALONEY & PEACOCK | Phone 812 Fleming St. GOOD TO TASTE AND ALSO GOOD FOR YOU—THESE ARE THE OUTSTANDING QUALITIES OF WAGNER BEER. ITS SOLD EVERYWHERE. FACA 22RBB80