The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 29, 1936, Page 2

» metropolitan PAGE Ue) The Key West Citizen shed Dally Except Sunday By PUBLISHING CO., INC. ARTMAN, President N, Ansistant B as Manager rom The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streeta only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County. West, Florida, as 1 YEAR er of the Ansociated Press he Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for reptlication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otberwise credited in this paper and also the local news published here. RATES SUBSCRIPTIO une Year ..... Bix Months Three Months “ne Month Weekly ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application, SPECIAL NOTICE All reading uotices, cards of thanks, resolutions of eespcet, obituary notices, ete. will be charged for at the rate of 10 « Notices for en urches from which ents a line. d invites discus- local or general ymous communt- THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL always seek the truth and print it without fear and without favor; never be afraid to attack wrong or to applaud right; always fight for progress; never be the or- gan*or ithe zuauchpiece of any person, clique, factioman lways do its utmost for the public a never tolerate corruption or Enjusticd derogiieg com nd good’ dgne’ by individual or organ- heation; 4 int of others’ rights, views and opinio! print only news that will elevate Vice and praise virtue; and not contaminate the reader; never com promise wita priaciple. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Bridges to complete Road to Main- innd. "re Port. Hotels and Aparcments. bathing Pavilion. Aizports—Land and Sea. Cx rsviidation of County and City Covernments, The news hotter every about the bridges is getting de We haven't lost faith in our country, but our faith is getting spread out pretty thin. Add to the list of classic newspaper's boners a reference to butler of Columbia “Dr. Nicholas ; than upon facts and a désire to ; technicalities, ARCHAIC COURT RULES To the intelligent layman the rules of | procedure in American courts are so anti- quated as to be positively ridiculous. As! the St. Louis Star so aptly says: “Our ab- surd rules of evidence, our decisions — on | slow down and _ pervert | justice, and foster crime and lawlessne: Consequently there is a growing lack , of respect for courts and for law _ itself. | Most people believe, and not without rea- | son, that lawwsuifs naturally involve trick- ery and sharp practices on the part many lawyers. Even the bench is not ways exempt from suspicion that many | cases are decided on technicalities, rather | ‘ e mete out | Continuing the Star | of al- even-handed justice says: “What about these pleadings that} ramble on for thousands of words, wherein | every point must be stated just so, or the : 2ase is thrown out of court? Are they necessary, In England, after the great law | reform of 1873. a rule was adopted that no | case should be thrown out of court for any alleged want of form in a_ pleading. The | result was that English pleadings, once | thousands of words long, now take up; about a dozen lines in the plainest of plain English. Pleadings as we know them have | disappeared from the practice of law in England. The result is that all English | lawsuits reach a final decision in from two ; weeks to four months. There is confidence in the courts, and the judges have the time to attend to criminals in the same speedy Anyone with a sense of humor find quite a bit of entertainment by spend- ing an hour in an American’ courtroom where pleadings are being bandied about. ; But if one stays too long his amusement will turn to disgust. fashion.” can A GOOD WILL DESK It has long been the custom for na-!} tions to send historic tokens of govd will to one anvther, and the United States has} sent and received many such mementoes. One of the most interesting gifts in the ssion of our government is a desk in the White House, which was presented | by Queen Victoria some years before her death. The desk is of carved “heavy oak and carries a brass plate with this inscrip- tion: “H. M.S. Resolute, forming the expedition sent in search of Sir John Iranklin in 1852, was abandoned in lati- | tude 74 degrees 41 minutes north, long-| itude 101 degrees 22 minutes west, on the 15th of May, 1854. She was discovered and extricated in September, 1885, in lati-' tude 67 degrees north by Captain Bud- dington of the United States whaler j pos: part of | Low .. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN “You and Your Nation’s Affairs What Price Ethiopia? By ERNEST MINOR PATTERSON President, American Academy of Political and Social Events are moving rapidly In world economics and politics. Under pres- sure of an exaggerated >conomic na- | tionalism sweeping changes are tak- ing place. The United States is granting inde- pendence to the Philippine Is- lands and is suggesting it for Puerto Rico. The ties be- tween Great Britain and its former empire have so weak- ened that we now refer to the Commonwealth of Nations. The influence of Western Pow- ers in the Far East have undergone great changes. Most prominent at the moment is the conquest of Ethiopia. Complete pacification of the country may take months or years. And it is more than doubtful if it pays Italy in the end. Coinparatively little is known about the resources of Ethiopia. Extravagant accounts have | been given of its actual or potential wealth In any case the gains will have to be very large to offset the costs al- ready incurred by the Italian govern- ment. We do not know with any pre- cision what these costs have been but there are some very clear indications that they have been terrific. The sanc- tions imposed on Italy by the mem- bers of the League of Nations may ar to have failed of their main ose, but Italian exports have been sharply reduced. Many markets for Ilalian goods have been lost and it will take months or years to regain them. ‘The task of the Italian government is to recover these losses and at the same time find funds to carry the (Address questions to the aw TODAY’S Temperatures* Highest Lowest Mean Normal 84 17 80 Mean Rainfall* Yesterday’s Pi 03 Ins lat 24-hour petiod ck this mornang. Tomorrow's Almanac a. ecipitation liation vers 2 Sun Moon rises Moon sets . 2:31 p. 7 1:46 a. E I High 23 ‘i Barometer 8 a. m. today: Sea level, 29.79. WEATHER FORECAST 11:31 Science | greatly enlarged government debt in- curred for the Ethiopian campaign. Either this must come from the Italian ' people through taxes or in some other | way. Can Ethiopia furnish it? Of course ; outlays in Ethiopia must go on and | they will be heavy because of the na- ture of the problem and the great dis- tance from Italy. How about offset- ting gains? Mussolini has announced that 400,000 of the italian soldiers are | to stay there as settlers but they must ; be given financial aid which means more expense. These Italians did not ! voluntarily go to Ethiopia because of | better living conditions there. Nor is there any evidence that they would prefer to stay there if given a choice in the matter. From 1904 to 1913 Ger- many’s population increased each year by 733,500, but only 25,624 per | year emigrated to all countries with | but 33 going to German colonies. On January 1, 1913, there were only 19.696 | Germans in the pre-war German col- | onies of whom nearly 16 per cent | were German soldiers and police. How about trade? The outlook is dubious. No estimate is more than a guess. But the experiences of other countries with similar colonies is not encouraging. Italy depends heavily on imports, receiving about $20 per per- ; son in 1929. But in 1929 France, with | a huge colonial area in Africa, re- ceived only $45 per capita. In the | same year Sweden received $45 per capita. Norway $50, Switzerland $75 and Denmark $80. None of these four has colonies or at least none of im- portance. Export figures show the same situation. Countries without colonies have as much or more im- ports and exports per capita as coun tries with colonies. Such figures are not final and posi- tive proof. But they create a very strong presumption that colonies are not an economic gain and that Ethi- opia will not be an exception. Gains, if any, must be of some other sort, thor, care of this newspaper) WEATHER | area occupying the north- central portion of the country, Duluth, Minn., 30.16 inches, anu low pressure areas overspreading | most of the remainder, Eastport, | 56 inches; Fla., .72 inches, Brownsville, Texas, 29.70 inches, and Salt Lake City, | Utah, 29.68 inches. Showers have ‘continued from Colorado — south- castward over ‘Texas and around } the Gulf coast to Florida, being heavy at Miami, Fla., wher | “\inches have fallen in the last 48 j hours. There have also been light | to moderatel showers on the north Pacific coast, in eastern North} Ceroline and Maine, Temperatures j m the middle Mis-| enxstward to the st, wita light to teavy | in portions of! and New York; Tampa, ippi ;Alantic ¢ i frost. reported ania jfive times, | joe's | Lowe’s hospital. | a coroner | anti !examine wi {day aboard the }ner mother, Mrs and KEY WEST IN | DAYS GONE BY | Happenings Here Just 10 Years- Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen Ralph C. Morine, whu was it leged, by R. Bodine, F. E. C. pumper at Cud- Key last Thavsday morning, died this morning 5 o'clock in Dr. The dead man was 84 years old: Justice of the | Perces io’ Gomez empanelled jury. The members tieved, the{ body and adjourned ‘aiext Tucsday afternoon to; nesses who wil!l not until that date as {they arer-members of a freight ltrain crew which, it is said, wit nessed the shooting. The actual facts of the shootin re being withheld until the examination of witnesses next Tuesday. be in Key Mr, und Mrs. former Key Westers but now stung in Miami, arrived Yacht Sal aud Will visit relat.ves fer Mis. Homer Sweeting, yester- Fran a few visiting on, days. Sweeting 1s Mary Thomy on Margaret street, and her ter, Mis. Sam Pinder, Eaton street. 1 J. Otto comms Jacksonville Sirchheiner, county chairman, is in in, response to a tele- xtam received from Fons Hath away, chairman of the state road department, who expressed 2 de- site to confer with him on matters pertazining to roads in Monroe county, and with Mr D. Redd, chairman of tne Dade county comm ssioners, It understood the conference will settle the mat- ter of the Tamiami trail. sioner is One of the herns with an morning at the corner of Fleming Bahama stveets and the coms to have gotten the best of the battle. The car belongs to C. E. McCoy of the Comme-cial In- surance company and at the time of the crash was being driven A. Barroso, Jr. The extent the damage to the | been determined. » one was jured when the buses collided. street bi bus of in- Captain Clark D. Stearn dent of the board of truste the county of Monroe and the ter supply district, tc'egram today adv's' property owners of K y coming to Key West to Cap- tain Stearns and confer with him nd discuss plans for the proposed pipe line to Key West. The mittee was appointed at the ing last week on the : presi- s for! wa- received a five ce com- meet- me night nison, FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1936- Today’s Today's Anniversaries SSCHKSSSES SS Seeeeeeeeet 17. Patr Henry, patrio and orator, m ment for American i bern in Hanov Ce., June 6, Birthday 5—(200 years ago) Virginia’s famed k leader ve ndence Tned pioneer agric father of a noted ter, Maspeth, N. ¥ Jan, 1866. born at 10, 1 vento clothes pai M Died M erns, 1845 gregat Near years, Farm School at born at Paine Athens. John onal mii East in enginve Coast ¢ it Dorche 187 vannah, Ga Died June 1880— Oswald Svengie German _ philosopher born. Died May 8, 1936 the court joint meeting house here. was he Editorial a Princeton comment to prove nut type h energy hendtul w contains € 1000 wor o peech. probably enable a peanut cian to make a three-how Mon County commissioners of ‘or bids truc and The * vehicles roe calling nishing two deliver a * flotel Patricia command 312 Unit- All Outside Rooms Bath COOL —CLzAN and engin on June 3. 5 Second Avenue Charles H. K er of B. H. McCalla camp, ed Spanish War Veterans, all members of the camp semble at the corner of Margare’ and Southard streets Monda ernoon 4 o'clock attend Memorial Day exercises tchum, with Private rt Overiocking Biscayn- Tee Blocks and Busa->: RATES $1.50 Single $2.50 Double Special Family, Weekly Monthi. Rates D. McCREARY Proprietor aft 20 te Sheps Mrs Kemp Havana vacat V. Ke L Mrs, Frank Hayes Ward and Pr. ¢ turned yesterday where they and to take attendant upc Hayes, F from Guyer - acd went part im the a the fi niversary LOIS. SOITTTTTTEES BaP as. an, ie ig INSECT SPRAY SPECIAL SAL Kills Flies, Mosquitoes, Moths, Bed Bugs, Roaches, Ants and ===y other Household Insects. Will not stain. Murray, . { Penns; George Henry. The ship was _ purchased, fitted out and sent to England as a gift to jwhile warm weather contintes in western districts, snd inaxaimum University. (Till 8 p. m., Saturday) Key West and Vicinity bud. weather dollars a material for A Yale professor ys the costs the world a half billion year. But think of the raw conversation it gives us Heaven knows what the “Black Le- gion” would have done eventually, but the depredations ef the organization of “puri- ficators” seem to have been nipped in the It did not take Senator Loftin long to get on the job to aid Representative Wil- cox in obtaining allocation of the neces- sary funds to build the bridges over the two water gaps to connect Key West with the, mainland, Mark Twain in describing a visit to New Orleans refers to the custom of giving “lagniappe” in a complimentary way but says it is a Spanish word. As a matter of fact it a French word, the Spanish equivalent being “contra.” The speaking children of Key West wouldn’t know what it’s all about if you promised them “lagniappe’, but just mention “contra” and see their faces light up. is Spanish. Ritter refuses to obey the senate, and Townsend defies the congressional investi- gating committee. It seems some drastic procedure is necessary to have these recal- citrants understand they are not running the whole show. Imagine such actions un- der Mussolini, Hitler or Stalin and their consequences. It demonstrates one thing definitely we are not as yet governed by a dictator, but such atrabilious conduct by men in high pleaes may hasten the day when an iron man will occupy dential chair. Her Majesty Queen Victoria, by the tresident and people of the United States, as a token of good will and friendship. This table was made from her timbers when she was broken up, and is presented by the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland to the President of the United States as a memorial of the cour y and loving kind- ness which dictated the offer of the gift of | the Resolute. Sir John Franklin, in search of whose expedition the Resolute and many other vessels were sent, perished with his 134 of- ficers and men while trying to find a northwest passage from the Atlantic to} the Pacific, between the years 1846 andj{ 1848. Their skeletons with some records ; and other relics, were found a few years later. now each thinks the other is a swindler. Sam Getzen, it will be recalled by: most Florida alumni, the young man} who, as a novice in the Staté Legislature | a few years ago, tried to'throw a monkey | wrench into the operation of the University of Florida because of some trouble he had while an undergraduate there. Sam now running for state treasurer—Sanford Herald. < iS j 1 | | t Two Brooklyn men traded wives and | | | i is A few days ago The Citizen advertis- | ed the loss of a foundation pen, and short- ly after the paper was off the press the; loser was presented with his property, af-' ter having identified it. Exactly a dozen persons called to see if it was not their pen} which had been found. This proves two TT TIPO LIT { things, one that the people read the want , the. presi-{ ads and the other that many fountain pens are lost, strayed or stolen. overe: j overc | tion and moderate northeast winds artly Yeadings of 90 degrees occurred | howers) again yesterday in North Dakota. moderate G. S. KENNEDY, winds. Official in Charge. cloudy with occasional tonight and Saturday; south and southwe Florida: Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with ‘occasional showers, Jacksonville to Florida Straits: Moderate south and — southwest winds over south portion and mod- erate southeast to northeast winds over north portion and mostly weather tonight and Sat- urday with occasional showers. iN 106 een0 lay’ S$ ‘Lor oscop” The life of the native of — this jday is apt to be full of disputes ;and turmoil, though there is some success in life. Some na- East Gulf: Moderate south and|tvres, when combined in daily life} southwest winds over south por-! With persons of a nature balanc- ‘ing theirs, have a very good com- ‘bination of push and energy, but the full strength is liable to pro jduce a very cantankerous person. | over north portion -and~ mostly overcast weather tonight and Sat- urday with occasional showers, WEATHER CONDITIONS ; The Bolivian railway company! ~~ jis planting thousaands of eucal; Pressure distribution has aang ptus trees on its shifty ¢lay soil ed but little during the last 24 , Property at La Paz to ‘end hours, with a moderate high pres jsion. ero- a FOR GRADUATION Start them off right with a savings account. 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