The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 4, 1936, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 56 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LVI. No. 134, Che Key Wiest Citizen KEY WEST, FLORIDA, Destroyer Division Arrives This Morning; Vessels Will Remain Here Until Monday Four Ships Comprising Flo-' tilla Take Berths Atl Piers Fronting Naval ‘Station Destroyer Division Eight, United States Navy, arrived in port this morning and the four| vessels of the division are berth- ed at the naval station. They will) remain in port unti] Monday when | they are scheduled to sail at an early hour for Charleston, S.C. | It is possible, it was said by Commander A. S. Merrill, com- division, that the Barry, which is the flag-: manding officer of the ship of the division, may sail at! midnight Saturday in order to ef-| fect certain transfers of officer personnel in Charleston on June 8, in compliance with Navy De- partment orders. Each ship is manned proximately si men. Howev manding officer, over completed in ofiicer person- nel as there are numerous officer passengers en route from sea! duty with the fleet to shore duty; in the east. | by ap-! sand 100! the com- vessels are THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1936. |JOSEPH W. BYRNS | SPEAKER OF MOISE Petteway And DIED LAST EVENING DEATH RESULTED FROM HEART FAILURE AND HEM- ORRHAGE; WIFE WAS WITH HIM WHEN END CAME ELECTION COUNT | BEING HELD UP COUNCIL PASSES BY COURT ORDER | (By Associated Press) ' RESOLUTION | WASHINGTON, D. C., June 4.| QUESTION OF ABSENTEE H SEVERAL OTHER MATTERS!—Joseph W. Byrns, speaker of | | 1 i i i 1 | BALLOTS NOW PENDING; suddenly PREVENTS COMPLETE RE- DISPOSED OF AT MEET- ING LAST NIGHT i.e House, died ieee i nil last | ml ight of a hemorrhage and heart} TURNS BEING COMPILED i = ‘failure. His wife was wit; him! { At a regular meeting of the! at the time. { i City Council held last night, olution was adopted providing! that the tax collector be empow-/ decided whether to adjourn this) this issue of the election of Tues-! Although The Citizen was an-j al | Congress at noon today-had not! xigus to give complete returns in} ered to make individual assess-'efternoon or tomorrow out of re-| day, a decision of the court fo- 4 { Ss ain properties which; i : pipliass oa reer elas | spect of the dead statesman. | day makes it impossibe. H may be listed collectively on the; | books, in cases where the owners! Speaker Byrns was born near} Until the absentee ballot ques-; desire to make payments, } Cedar Hill, Tenn., and lived on 4) tion, pending in cireuit court, is It was also ordered that a reso-/ ¢,11 until early manhood. He at-! decided, it will not be possible to lution be drawn creating a tax ad-; > i | ee eens justment board to be composed of | tended schools of his native coun-/#¢t the results in their e the ae ee of eats. and was graduated from the council bor ‘or the purpose of; x 2 Y oe department of Vanderbilt handling tax matters. oe te nt A committee was appointed to University, Neshville, and was a s i profession, {whose keeping the other set is, will consent to open the books’ conser with tke <ax collect>- re-'lawyer by letive to assessinents and collec-! Sareea ton Miss Iulia ‘ : | ee aie 4 agg {and give out the results, i : Woodard, of Nashville, in 1898,/" In the event that the court de- tions. The roevort of Chief of Police : Ivan Elwood fo: the month of May! nd has one son. Joseph W. Bryns, < to have the absentee ballots t $196 Jr. He was three times elected! ccunted, it is pointed out, there dur-|a member of the lower house of , Will possibly be a number of; : changes in the count which will, it is expected, effect the standing f several candidates. There are mately 500 of these votes to be decided on, ‘t id. This matter was argued before Judge Jefferson B. Browne in, chambers this afternoon. Marion i Sibley, attorney of Miami and iness | and completeness, as neither the county judge, in whose keeping one set of tally books is held, nor/ j the supervisor of re; ation, in read and s* had teen collected in ing that period. — ithe Tennessee legisiature, and was These were tne only matters’ y chosen speaker of coming before the session, and that body in, 1899. , being disposed of, the meet-: He was elected to the Tennes- ing was ordered adjourned. isee state senate in 1900, and was ss {< democratic presidential elector TEUR HOUR rin 1904. Mr, Byrns was elected ‘to the Sixty-first Congress and Roster of the officers show: U.) S. S, Barry, division flagship,! Commander A. S, Merrill, division! commander, Lieutenant Com-| mander C. Allen, Lieutenant (jg)|TC BE FRIDAY NIGHT i PRESEVIIED IN AUDI- mzny succeeding sessions. He was chairman of the Demo- cratic National Committee, chair- man of the committee on appro- priations, and majority leader of representing a candidate, argued that the restraining order issued. by the court would not hold and imade a motion to have thg in- junction dism‘ssed, Had thig-been 4 C. E. Austin, “exécutive officer. Lieutenant (jg) J. M. O’Toole,| Ensigns S. H. Pattie, N. H. Meyer! and N. E. Kingsley. Officer pas-! sengers are: Lieutenant (jg) A.! J. Miller, Ensign Lefelar, Jr. U. S. S. Williamson: Lieutenant; Commander M. K. Aiken, com-! manding; Lieutenant D, Grover,! executive ocficer; Lieutenant (ig) F. T. Sloat, Lieutenant] (ig) P. T. Smith, Ensigns J. v4 Kea’ W. A. Hunt, Jr., E. D. Robertson. Officer passengers,! Lieutenant (jg) J. S. Dorsey, | sign Gerlach. 1 U. S. S. Gilmer: Commander G.! L. Schetky, commanding; Lieu-| tenant (jg) C. T. Corbin, ex- ecutive; Lieutenant (jg) E. J.) Dunn, Lieutenant (jg) C. E.! Mott, Ensigns F. McMaster, L, H. Birthisel and J. M. Ennis. Of- ficer passengers, Lieutenants (jg) H, N. Larsen, C. L, Engleman. U. S. S. Childs: Lieutenant Commander H. J. Walker, com-: manding; Lieutenant H. B, South-| worth, executive; Lieutenant (jg) | J. E. Fradd, Lieutenant (jg) C. R. Herms, Ensigns R. L. Abraham- son, H. F, Carrol, and C. D. Rhymes. Officer passengers. Lieutenant W. A. Bowe’ Ensign R. M. Noxon. To Grant Liberty In the letter to the mayor Com- mander advised that liberty will be granted to the enlisted men in two watches, that is about half of} each crew will be allowed ashore at one time. It is the intention of | Commander Merrill, he said, to es-} tablish 2 small patrol whose only; duties. “I trust” will be to co- operate with the police in direct- ing the sailors toward the many} points of interest in the city. The four ships will be open to visitors daily from 1 to 5 in the| afternoon and it will be consider-} ed a pleasure on the part of the officers of the vessel, it is said,! to reéeive as many visitors as the) city can afford. | In his letter the Division Com-} mander Merril! concludes “I am} personally anticipating with the greatest pleasure this return visit} to Key West. I was first here in| the Destroyer Roe 22 years ago.) Then in the U. S. S. Conyngham! two years later later. My last visit was with this same Eighth en I commanded the: mson. This was‘ in It would be difficult for, me to forget the delightful hos- pitality so generously bestowed on! each occasion.” | ithe Seventy-third Congress. He ; Was elected speaker of the House jin the Seventy-fourth Congress. done the absentee ballots would have been available this after- | noon, es aa | Attorney Arth»r Gomez asked | COUNTERFEIT CHIPS ~ | the court to g:ant a continuance {until tomo-row he expected All is in readincss for the pre-! CQST MONTE CARLO pmnpita ie sc é B. S. A. “Ams ir severaal attorne m Miami te trick Ache sek| MMNAMEONIOWTRIMAEIES ots meee concer oy apsciel pane torivm, Friday, dene 5th, at 8) {to before the court. He; clock. i (By Associated Press) cont nded that the short wait ask- Four zroups of amateurs will! MONTE CARLO, June 4.—'ed would in no manner affect the compete for prizes. The audience, | Counterfeiting of chips used at rights of cither voters or candi- Ly their applause, will helo select |the Monte Carlo casino has been da in Seas ; discovered at an estimated cost, At the conclusion of arguments The st: sett'ng will resemble | f 10,000,000 francs, or $658,-;Judze Browne announced the a broadeasting studio. A “mike” 000, to the management. The; centinuance o7 the hearing until | and gong will be there and will| Chips pass as money in Monaco | tomorrow. H create mucb fun and excitement, ;2"4 on the French Riviera, it ated. : A band of international swind- | — Sane 2 oa ine lers is suspected of counterfeiting W { This “Amateur Hour” is being | a { os page aw si ieesein, BE BURIED HERE; TORIUM OF HIGH SCHOOL argue The first presentation | Chips. ! ne aipeedate be one| The fraud was discovered when of the best forms cf entertain-|2 Monte Carlo merchant brought} ments of its class ever presented im ome he ee ee | hetbedslotr a. Mcconnell; in the city, accordine to popular = &a** "| who died in Miami Tuesday morn-| opinion, ‘es who spoke with a srtong Eng-! in Ke aWeat 16. An evening filed with much} = ting, will arriv ish accent. eee ar, Sullivan; | Plenwidtanifonabtertertarnmantics eu emessinolecetanediethomcHine| gue on cuss ae ae promised by the scouts to all who 27d quickly retired all its Vee “DS i vessel operated by the attend. The proceeds will go to(one® changing the colors en the!" futon, srramapet help defray the expenses of aj¢W ones. | Funera] arrangefments; will be PED q aq,}™made upon arrival of Mrs, Me-; summer encampment yy one fic hase os those Acteciod | (eis ceanen ithe cerry erdah eve. The program follows: jit estimataed that many counter-j io it : a ft { Selection — Dell. Woods’ Or. |feits must have been us2d to win | "IMS Seer chestra bona fide chips at the tables. requests. Or. Cone Still Leaders In Governor’s Race High Man In Gubernatorial Fight Has 44,701 Votes; | 4l,-| Runner Up Has 568 (By Associated Press) JACKSONVILLE, Fla., June 4.—Raleigh Pette- 2: continued to be high man and runner up today Florida’s Democratic _ pri- for the guber- natorial nomination. Unofficial reports from 1,188 of the state’s 1,321 precincts gave Petteway 44,701, Cone 41,568, Hodges 39,516, and Paty 32,176. way and Fred Cone in mary F. EBERHARDT RETURNS HERE Fred Eberhardt, custodian at Foit Jefferson National Monu- ment, was a returning passenger on the plane from Miami this morning. Mr. Eberhardt left Sunday ex- pect'ng to have an_ operation which he hoped would restore his speech which was lost some ti ago in connection with an infec- jtion of the throat, foperation could not be perform- ed*there and was advised that he should go to Philadelphia and i In Miami he was told that the, ‘VISITING OFFICERS! —_ OFF saps cursrs OUMtY Board Appropriates OF roTarY ciU8 Fund For Mamtenance Of ince ceUmmurn: cave: and Information Booth In 1 DRESS ON ADJUSTMENT OF | BOZA ALSO! DDD IOL DOL! Bog Cte: Matters SPLIT TAXI FARES ; . 7” C IN AND Taken Up At Regular Sessee OF Body Con : duciea Last Naga BONDS; J. A. SPOKE IN SCOUTS’ BEHALF The Key West held its regular Rotary week weekly Associated Preas luncheon on-day rish I Melvin E. } W. C. Fripp was grace the table. Guests introduced we ‘Crummer, speaker of Arthur n | Who addressed the clut ef the Boy Scouts of this city. ' From the United istroyers in port, W-lliamson, Gil- jmer, Barry and Child: f ‘lowing officer club: * LONDON, June 4 —~Dutch treat” om taxi fares has suddenly been revealed to = bewildered public inal offense im England, with the offender liable te siee fine. ee Even the bewigged magis- trates, including Brotace » lord chief justice, Lord Hew- art, were startled whee they heard about it “If that’s the law sooner the public kno it the better,” Justice Goddard The explanation British taxicabs are cemsed as Gome them the abest were : commen: ander Comm! sign N. R. Meyer, Mall, Lieut. H. B. Lieut. J. E. Fradd, Lieut. sey, Lieut. Comm. Jam O'Toole, Lieut. Comm. H Mr. Crummer outlined the posed zdjustment of and school bonds. points being, Ist, T ‘ share of the gas tax would care of a interest rate r 30 without any i ‘ad valorem now jcut. ¢ Southwor H. Dor met “express carriages which only may carry passe= gers at separate fares under the road traffic act of 1938 “SII III ISL OFFICIAL WORD that all delinquent taxes levied for bond and inter- It the city, The salient the an ex ad was stated th county and school sired as much publicity sitle on this proposition. t might be informed of their constituents and be ed by their will in the °“ INFORMATION GIVEN | HERE THIS MORNING BY TAYLOR. FOR COMMISSION i ATTORNEY matter. cogsult a nationally known sur-| geon. arranged Mr. Eberhardt leave for Philadelphia, he said. STEAMER CEIBA COMING TO PORT Steamship Ceiba, of the Stand- ‘ard Fruit and Steamship :pany, is due to ar morrow consigned Dock compan The Ceiba adelphia for ive in port to- Frontera, continue to her destination. ATTENDED AL? GAMES BRIDGi PORT, Conn, — Mich- jeel J. Flannagan, Srpreme Court cl has attended y world’s series that has been Sholtz Gives Assurance Local Aquarium com-; 4 o'clock, to the Porter! whi bound from Phil-, Mexico, jand after taknig on fuel oil will! As soon as matters can be will k KEY WEST R™SIDENT DIED H GN TUESDAY AFTERNOON; REV. DIMMICK OFFICIATES ! Funeral rites for Miss May 3. j (Jermain, who died on Tuesday. |were held yesterday afternoon at with Rev. A. Dim- mick officiating at the services.:t h condneted St |Peul’s Episcopal Church. Lopez Funeral "om ,charge of arrangements. Survivors are: Miss Celestine | Johnson. Key We Childs. California |Ploughman, Philadelphia; i Johnson, Perky, Fla.; Henry a |Jermain Johnson, Key West ; Pallbearers were: R. H. Kemp,|, Charles Mathews, James Roberts, | Otto Kirchheiner, Emil Sweetir and Milton Sawyer. | B. at was ‘ | | ' | { Curtain at sound of gong. Announcements: “Station B.S. A.” Amateur 1, children, Selection—DeH Woods’ Orches- tra. Amateu> youths, Amateur adults. Selection—Dell Woods’ Orches- tra. Com>etition—Group Competition—Group 2 3. Competition—Group | i ' | | i | {4.—A four and i STATUE OF MONK RETURNED TO ALAMO (ity Associated Press) SAN ANTONIO, Texas, one-half foot statue of a monk, dated 1502, again is resting in its niche in the Alamo after being treasured in a houehold here for 150 years. June The 500-pound statue was re- Will Be Maintained Dave Sholtz has|place of interest in Florida, par- “ icularly he miilions o again gone to bat for Key West) ‘icularly to the millions | who come here during the tourist j ia LIGHT TENDER fs this city = cooperative} The conferences early this week ; | with Administrator Pynchon Tender Ivy, of the Lighthouse‘ e¢fort involving the Florida WPA Shell Fish Commissioner Dav \department, which has been in : ‘ mit) theke M0 bl Geek |port for a brief time following a 984 State Shell Fish Comm: : igre ‘i ah ji perative arrangement that long period of activity, was again will continued = mainte-| hatchery will be maintained. jordered to duty and left Monday lor Miamt. With the throug | | Governor | visitor V=SSEL ALSO BROUGHT TONS OF FREICHT } i | | | . | to assist pie FOR KEY WEST is in- the assure mance of the Key West Pact to ical | The tas! West, the Ke to which the tender Aquarium. iturned by William F. Freeman, ! | who says it had been in his family i ifor generations. An ancestor, he! | says, found the statue on his prop-| Amateur 4, colored. (A unit of colored talent com- has been assigned is relieving buoys in Miami harbor. ! Competition—Group During a special meeting of th Key West Aquarium Board held; afternoon a telegram Visitors than any yesterday and City, um will attract more persons to the Island ince aquariums app other M. Ir more | jun4-1tx peting among themselves.) CARD OF THANKS We take this method of offer- ing to thé many friends and sym- pathizers who in a hundred differ- ent ways gave evidence of their kindness during the illness and after the death of our loved one, May B. Jermain, | | erty aft the mi r it had been taken from m by Mexicans. APPRECIATION To the Voters of Monroe, County: Iam taking this oppor- our heartfelt| tunity to express my heart- thanks. To those who offered! felt gratitude for the splen- the use of cars and those who gave the beautiful florals, and to the many others, the neighbors and the Lopez Funeral Home, we extend our deepest gratitude. THE FAMILY. - WIN OR L OSE, CELEB ! ' | i | | did support shown me the polls. Gratefully yours, EVA B. WARNER. jun4-1t at H stockade stables. Imprisoned Goat Eats = w T, Barcelo, Angelina Barc The vessel als f freight and 11 i |from the Governor was read| tions of this nature, except n Police Fodder Supply! which said, in part, “Am very) tional parks. Governor Sholtz, ap- ihappy to advice after conference! parently appreciative of the ad- (By Associated Press) {this morning with WPA Adminis-!ded value of the aqua as AUGUSTA, Ga., June 4.—! trator Pynchon and State Shell/ tourist attraction, with comple- | Artenrus Thomas, a negro, is crip-| Fish Commissioner Davis we have|tion of the oversea highwa: led and gets about town in a arranged authorization for start-| bridges, brought the agenc’ | wood cart pulled by a goat. ing crawfish hatchery project at/ gether se that the aquar: More than once when Artemus Key West which at the same time! be maintained. has been arrested for drunkenness, ' will take care of aquarium situa-| From May 1 to the present his goat has had to be taken into tion. Am very happy to further|time the aquarium personne] has custody for participating in the demonstrate my continued inter-| been paid by the Florida WPA celebration. est in Key West and Monroe! through an arrangement wor ; City police wish Artemus wasn’t | County.” out by District Director Thomas ja cripple, because his goat eats, Governor Sholtz believes that! D. Orr. Cost of electric current | deep into the fodder supply at the the aquarium has a distinct value; has been met by contributions of jas a State-wide institution and! public spirited citizens. Ba W. Wheeler | a i 1 { ‘ks of mai freight r Havana ° could WELCOME NAVY DANCE Tonight, 9 till 7 CUBAN CLUB ssion Ad: Soc RATE ELECTION RETURNS WITH ICE COLD WAGNER BEER. REMEMBER, WAGNER IS ALWAYS A WINNER. ON SALE EVERYWHERE