The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 12, 1936, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 56 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LVII. No. 270. Waterway Route And Garrison Bight As Yacht Basin Being Urged By Commissioner Porter Gives Talk On Subject| SHOLTZ WOULD At Regular Meeting Of CONTROL NEXT County Board Conducted! LEGISLATURE Last Night DOESN'T WANT SQUANDERING OF TAXPAYERS’ MONEY IN- VESTIGATED, SAYS TAX RE- VISION 4ZAGUE Before members of the county commissioners and a group of in- terested citizens, Commissioner { 1 ! Wm. R. Porter last night talked | interestingly on the Intracoastal j (Special to The Citizen) JACKSONVILLE, Fila., Governor Dave Sholtz is Waterway, and the possibilities of | the Garrison Bight for use as a! 12 yacht basin. GOMEZ URGES REGULAR FEES | i | SAYS HE WILL ENTER.,SUIT; AGAINST COUNTY IN ATs TER OF PAYMENT IN AB.) S=ENTEE VOTING | i i i | Former County Judge Rogelio} j Gomez advised the board of coun-! {ty commissioners last night at | regular meeting of his intention; {to enter suit against the county! for payment for his services in jeonnection with the absentee bal- jloting prior to the primary election | of June 2. This was at the conclusion of a lengthy address and explanation as to the procedure which had been followed by the board in connec. tion with remuneration for se | Nov.jices of previous judges during ‘ eounty are to be paid three cen :which he cited the pay for this! service which had been accordedj BE PAID: HIM: ral Cittizr KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1936. Kills Scottish Horses| Of ‘Kindly Licht’ Charen MORE WORKERS oan EEDED IN RED | CROSS CAMPAIGN’ aes | i (By Asnseiated Press) (By Associated Press) | EDINBURGH, Scotland, Nov.’ OXFORD, England, Nov. 12.—; '%—Scottish farmors are suffer-,The Reverend J. Hugh Williams,! ing serious losses from a mys-'New vicar of the “Lead, Kindly i ; ARE ‘ASKED TO H=LP IN SE- i CURING... MEMBERSHIPS IN) terious disease known as “grass Light Church” where John Henry! sickness.” | Newman, author of the verse of] ApDEFIONAL VOLUNTEERS -_——— i - FEATURED ROTARY = T= S> Doe of those! Attacking only horses it proves that famous hymn, once preached,! LUNCHEON TODAY “=== * fatal in 90 per cent of cases It} is launching an appeal for $150,- were made public tolay by Mrs. M.; special SONG RENDERED IN j appears to be a,nervous disease} 000 for the restoration of the anfi causes the animals to go into: edifice and the reconstruction of! E. Berkowitz, in charge of the] Ceeetinc BUHL BATES. | VARIOUS OTHER ACTIVE a comatosetose condition. its schools, TIES CARRIED ON Key West, Florida, bas the Most equable -lumate = te coustry: wih a= average ' range of enis 14° Fabrenbeit : FIVE CENTS ELECTION WORKERS CRIMINAL COURT WILL BE PAID MORE, CONVENED TODAY jthe Amer:can Red Cross for 193 } WILL RECEIVE THREE CENTS! ADDITIONAL JURYMEN CALL-. INSTEAD OF TWO CENTS ED TO SERVE DURING FOR EACH BALLOT PRESENT TERM Many of the names j who are soliciting memberships in! Cesmty comm aces o- acs i _ | membership canvassing. =e = ~gem mete: send «2 check fer o corte coe Whi‘e a partial corps of work- iers to take Monroe County over cred Hi catecme wih Indgel ee ee ee William V. Albury presiding and;Peem organized, Mrs, Berkowite, aoe ali officials in attendance. jand Robert F, Spottswood. chair- for each ballot cast in the gen-| ‘The first case called for trial!man of the membership campaign C‘erks and inspectors in Criminal court convened 9:30 pees different precincts the] in Monroe; The singing of the National A> them at this week's meeting of thily trying to control the | other judges, ext legislature, according to ai In explaining his demands Mr. tatement of the Florida Tax Re-}Gomez read several extracts from "vision League, released here to-|the statutes which he asserted most important at this time and’ gay. j were in comp!ete substantiation of 2 i ae this claim for remuneration and believed that it would be possible! 0 aS | concleded this part of the appeal to have both these matters taken |!0F this, eccording to the league’s py saving that he was entitled to jstatement. ithe heretofore vsual compensa- ! “We suspect,” says the league, tion, instead of the $5 per day It is the belief of Mr. Porter “that Sholtz doesn’t want his four! Which had been decided on by the Mr. Porter said that he projects con- thi sidered these two There are two apparent reasons up and carried through. eral election of November 3, in-! was that of Manuel Mesa, Evan-!committee for 1937, asked that jstead of the two cents which was} gelino Boan and Armando jJ-|addit.onal volunteers offer to 2s- | orderea paid in addition to the re-| varez, charged with petit larceny; sist in canvessing the entire city. prunerstion ot $5 for the day. by removing gasoline from tanks) Persons wanting and willing H This was brought about by con: | of cars. {to assist in the solicitation work ;munications sent to the beard of{ When the jury list was calledishould communcate with Mrs. jcounty commissioners. One Of; there were challenges and as the} Berkowitz, either by telephone or |these was from the clerk and in-|venire consisted of but 11 men, ixth precia-t aud seven of the original 18 having personally, when they will be giv- {spectors in the ‘en membership buttons, member- was signed by C. Nonr | been excused or could not be lo- . cated it was found necessary to! i ship cards, and window seals. {J. B. Lowe, Rafael Lazo, S. Owe Key West, it was pointed out the Rotary Club was followed by am enthusiastic singing of “How do you do, Bill Bates, bow de you do”, as the treasurer, «ho p= missed 2 meeting for 22 years, teck his accustomed place at the \ head of the Table of Tall Stories that the members of the Florida Inland Navigation District, will hold their next meeting in Key West and these and other mat-! ters of importance in connection with maritime possibilities will be discussed. He cited the interest which had | been displayed by Commodore Brook, head of the district, who| had taken up at a meeting in New! ;Similar favors. joard. 3 2 Commissioner Wm. R. Porter re- ers’ money investigated by an UN-| plied to Mr. Gomez by citing the controlled legislature. A second fget that he had been indicted by reason lies in Sholtz’ hunger forthe grand jury on charges which rower.” He had plenty of power! had been tried before a petit jury in the last legislature, secured by! ang that he had been acquitted, giving legislators job and other ' but did not feel that there was any R | justification in his present plea “The ‘two-job’ practice was re-| for remuneration other than that years of squandering the taxpay-j; ipudiated by the Florida voters in| which had been agreed upon by the June prinaries. In faet, 80jthe board. Other members of the angry were Florida’s voters that; board coneurred, Sholtz dared not go before them; Jt was then that Mr. Gomez {Sawyer and F. F. McNulty, and! the other was from the f-fth pre- jeinct employes and was signed by ;John Roberts as clerk. | ‘The matter was discussed by the commissioners and it was decided j to revoke the former decision and jincreese the pay for the clerks, call another group of seven to! today, has been a'ded in its hour complete the regular venire and of need, and now that times def- tive other on a special venire. inite'y are better its citizens The names drawn from the box Should respond readily to the cur- jwere: Eugene Fabal, Thaddeus!*¢nt campa-gn, showing an appre- Gates, S. 0. Johnson, Armando! ¢iation of the consideration this | Gayeia, R. G. Bush, Joseph Stick-| city has received when considera- iney and Lawrence Higgs, Jr., to!ton was needed. The Red Cross Understand Sebastian Cabrera. whese paper on the 2 pepe by a farther discussion same subject by Councilman ( ubject was pentec © it inspectors and deputy sheriffs from two cents to three cents for each ballot. It was dec‘ared that this was an equitable arrange- ment, and it was so ordered. complete the regular venire./8 2 permanent orgenization, George M. Park, James A, Kea-| 2S pointed out, and for more sell and Albert Albertus, for the | C@!rying on its work whch trans- cpecial venire. cends the field of emergency and Judge Albury announced that! disester relief, and serves as 9 |ton, Wm. Adams. J. N. W. Bis-|than a score of years has been) ferd G. Hicks. Accompaiued on tne Miss Edna Smith, Mrs. Eve War- jmer sang two Spanish pamme Bomber Orleans, the matter of extending | seeking a coveted seat in the Unit-! stated his intention of entering the Intracoastal Waterway from!ed States senate.” ‘suit agaimst the county for what he “ay, Ay, ay.” and “Ciclite Lim ‘ do.” NAVAL OFF'SER thé jury list would be returnable| helpful force throughout the en t pod at 2 o’clock this afternoon. tire year in other ways. ete Bahia Honda to Key West, and: Continuing, the league says, | considers his just remuneration for iE already Introduced by members “Shortly after the close of the | his services and to which Mr. Por- said that Commodore Brock i zs : oa no doubt,’be present at ‘<> teede 35 leg:slature the Tax Revision ‘ter retorted that it would also be ; ine a sons bi eles me _ br irs wg Ee, | Proper for him to ask for remun- west ion of™ wo-}5b' “matter ‘eration for any expenses which he which time the matter will be fur- charged in a statement that 46° | might incur while progressing with ther discussed. lof the legislators were obligated ‘his suit, 5 F % *!to Governor Sholtz as a result of During the progress of the-dis- peenes slong an hie disCOUrse | sobs, jobs for re‘atives, or other! cussion, Mr. Gomez, in reply to a Mr. Porter cited one outstanding’ s:milar favors at the hands of the! ctatement by Mr. Porter, said that official, Colonel Youngbird, who governor. This statement W&5/te had informed the sheriff that was declared to be one of the, never challenged or denied. | he had found the safe in his of- most influential members of the;,. “AS & result, the “two-job’ prac-| fice open before the e‘ection, and body, and whom it would be pos-|tice was one of the major issues‘ had asked that an investigation be sible, he indicated, to enlist in{0f the June Primary campaign.’ held and that he had stated at the me = i le i the cause of the extension of the | tactically every candidate for an!time that “that safe contained inland route from Bahia Honda to}. Key West. |job’ method of subsidizing the leg- For 30 minutes Mr. Porter dis- lislative branch of our government cussed this feature and the ideal paiemingin ise ape santee Bight: no uncertain terms, ‘or use, in any kind of weather,| these facts plied that had nothing to do with \the matter as Mr. Gomez was re- but in spite of to be blamed for any discrepancies F =| available information: qscovered in the ballots whi! for a yacht basin, and was opti-| indicates that the infamous ‘two-| were found to be improper an‘ mistic as to the outcome. = __|iob’ practice was revived before! whici: had brought on his indict- Mr. Porter Jeft over the high-\the ink dried on the offic'al pri-| ment by a grand jury of 18 men way this morning for Miami and mary election returns. Laelia ‘subsequent acquittal by a Fort Lauderdale on a number of, “We are advised that the Sholtz! petit jury of six men. matters but the one uppermost’ administration has been carrying a appeared to be the waterway and on g quiet but effective campaign yacht basin ideas and he was con-, for several weeks to get as many c G. PLANE GOES fident that he would have some of the members of the 1937 legis-; portant office opposed the ‘two-! dynamite.” To this Mr. Porter re-! |have indicated their willingness to |help put Key West over the top in |its_drive axe: Katherine Diez, im charge of the table at the soda fountain, corner Duval and Fiem- jing streets; Mrs. Geo. Archer and iMrs. J. G. Piodela, table at the CONCERNS THOSE SEEKING’ Postoffice; Mrs. Charles Barnes, 'South Beach residential area; be ales ks alana | Miss Ida Bethel, table at Arono POSITIONS jvitz; Mrs. E. M. Phillips, business jsection of Duval street; Mrs. V. J. ! Bailey, White and Varela streets; i ili: Mrs. Kemp, American Legion Mrs. William R. Warren, local medi ilies dite Shel by plane from Opalocka, Fla., for! member of the District No. 10) oe eee ame 29s : jthe purpose of consuting with/ Board of Social Welfare. announe-| Ot! . te. re * < | Others assisting in the member- Lieutenant William Klaus, U. S.!es that all applicants for social ship drive are: Lieut. Wiliam : COMES 70 CITY ALL APPLICANT Those solicitors who amon WERE Fon conveR.| 10 BE NOTIFIED | ENCE WITH LIEUT. WiIL- i LIAM KLAUS Commander Kenneth S. Bragg, | jC. E. C., U. S. N., arrived this! y jmorning from Charleston, S. C., by the executive branch. The vot-/ sponsible for the safety ofthe ab-(N., officer in charge, relative to the| welfare positions will be notified | Klaus, the Naval Station; William | m& Governer-clect P jers expressed their disapproval in | sentee votes and that he alone was | progress of the rehabilitation work! by the State Merit System Com-jW. Demeritt, Lighthouse Depart- | Mrs. Cone, next Tucsda {mittee if they are eligible to take ment; Sam Goldsmith, Weather ;the written examination to be giv-| Bureau; Miss Margaret Lacedonia, ge eieeeered inet Command-|—n as part of the Merit System iU. S. Marine Hospital; Sergt. A. jer Bragg will remain here until! plan, November 14. B. Layman, Army Barracks; Curry | Monday when it is expected that; The examination will be held at! Herr's, Elks Club; Frank 0. Rob- ‘Admiral H. V. Butler, comman-'the Monroe County High School | erts, Knights of Pythias and Inde- dant of the sixth, seventh and|0 White street. It will begin: pendent Order of Red Men; E. 3 ubeticte . -.,) Promptly at 8:30 a. m. and all pa-; Aguilar, Caballeros de la Luz and Sem Je ee = Pee arr-¥61 pers must be handed in by 2 p. m.'San Carlos Institute, and the Rev or an inspection of the station’ ai applicants are requested te J. C. Gekeler, Rotary Club. and work. The admiral wil be: bring a pen. Other writing ma-j at the naval station. guests they were, Sirs. Eve War- ner, Mus ena Suith, Majer & C. Saidow, US. A, Major 2 & MacMulien, C_. A CC, Jule a ‘Poo, M. D., Victor Larsen, Geo F jGreen, William Kiavenes, Harry | L. Wissen, were greeted by te j club. | A letter was read by Presidest | Gekeler, from H. C. Holder | pressing his appreceuer | hospitauty extended to bm by E jA. Strunk and th ci a= = , invitation from the Jacksonville | Rotary, inviting cur member jbe present at 2 jomt Lake tand Jacksonville luncheon. one Pred Cone == = icommittee to represent the club ‘at the Highway bearme= ed through its chairman. Mele Russell, and was continued full representation the the Red Cross membership was anticipated by the present and to Fred Dien was a=ugned the giers. task of rounding up ==5 + ae | The club adjourned with the repert © tud rel Positive news about the meeting jature, as possible, under obliga- of the Florida Inland Navigation! tions to the Sholtz crowd befo District meeting, proposed for Key! Fred P. Cone takes office as gov rn to the city.!ernor on January 5th. A hasty i See | vestigation reveals that a $urpri COUNTY CLERK jingly large number of the membe lor the new iegislature are now on LEAVING TODAY <. investigation is far from com i GOING TO MIAMI TO “VAN DE VELDE ON j state payrolls or otherwise obligat- i BONDS RECENTLY } accompanied by Chief of Staff J.{ |S. Abbet, from the navy yard at! | T0 FT. JEFFERSON cs Ss. ¢ CARRIES FRED(| EBERHARDT, | = SE CUSTODIAN OF NATION. ‘WPA DIRECTOR — GOING ON TRIP morning, under command of Com- a EF |mander C. C, VonPaulsen, and di-' Director Roy Goodman, of the {rectly after arrival left with Fred! wpa activities in Monroe county} Eberhardt for the Fort Jefferson was scheduled to leave this after-| ; National Monument. }noon by plane for Miami, | H ' i i ! { \ H ‘ Coast Guard plane arrived this en! the monument and the object of terials will be fumnished by the District Merit System Committee. SARASOTA BAY WORK, FINISHED (Speeiai to The Citizen) SARASOTA, Fla., Nov. 12.— After pronouncing Sarasota Bay harbor and its accompanying lighting facilities in exeellent to Jacksonville to attend a|shape, Capt. F. W. Hall in com-' Ingham arrived last night Beard of Governors going mts = huddie. tz COAST GUARD - : ox IN woo tate FOR - VISITING HERE ! ING WONDERFUL i ij i i { ‘ I i i Coast Guard Cutter Samuel D. il bed to Governor Dave Sholtz and VALIDATED | i { i} County Clerk Ross C. Sawyer! was to leave this afternoon 4} o’elock on the plane for Miami for the purpose of signing the bonds BUSINESS VISIT: Mr. Eberhardt is custodian of! route ithe visit is to look over the con- | ditions extant-at the fort and de- REPRESENTATIVE OF DISTIL-| liver to Deputy Custodians Roland Roi; LERY CAME IN ON | Before leaving, the custodian feonference of department heads jfrom all sections of the state. | Other members of the local : force who were expected to leave ig and Sam Sawyer their reg-: with Mr. Goodman are B. C. Mo-|ment charter to the ireno, engineer in charge of the t which were some time ago validat- ular supplies, — | said that he expected he would be! mand of the Eureka of Key West} 3 tes Heft Tuesdzy morning to return to | o’elock which made it impossible |the temporary base at Tampa. me | “The Eureka is under govern- oe: ee a lighthouse| which was assembled to greet {cum “Bey ane couessns = wes |division of the United States and Captain Hemingway, in command of Mrs Angela Vaughan =: the sewer and water project, and Miss} since last June has been ceed the ship, an@ Executive Of-'fami'y home on Amn street Miss Helen Bailey and Mie Louise De Forrest. of New Tork for committee’ City, are vis ters im Key West and ed in circuit court and later ap- proved by the supreme court. These bonds amount to §$3,- Martha Buck, assistant supervisor;in the Tamap Bay area. | yicer Lee Baker. This is the first visit of Mim De jof intake and certification. rg yee j Another distinguished official Forrest, but Miss Beiley was bere ‘on the-ship is N. E. Oliphant, last year and it was at her sugre> ; general scourtse] for the United tion that her sister dec ded A After the ship arrived she was she wished ber vacation } ie H Coast Guard Cutter MeLane ar-'met by a Cutter yoy to 10 weeks macad a i ri i in command o: Captain Peter: days. the construction of the Overseas | West,” said Mr. Van de Velde, ; dentist, was treating a patient. Pitas nese ba Jana fee Pepi = Sars a. dee will and a quantity of electrical —_ Highway bridges. ‘ : ; “and I am foreed to return on the! Suddenly the man jerked his here from Galveston Friday ‘en-|sail this afternoon for Baltimore, plies destined for Seattle, Wash- = B, M. Duncan, chief engineer plane ths afternoon. But had I/head so hard against the den-‘route to New York. | Md. | ington, was placed on board. j Friday-Saturday Special of the Qversess Road and Toll| known there was so much to see/tict’s chest that two of Sarkady’s| Two other vessels of the line! Officers from the vessel told: About 7 o’clock this morning TUTTI-FRUTTI LAYER, DEVIL i lhe Citizen they had just retarn- ! the Ingham eft for Havana! FOOD 2nd CHOCOLATE day morning from New Orleans}ed from Panama’ City where they | Cuba, and after a brief stay will’ MALTED MILK Bridge District, said this morning| in Key West and the many oppor-j ribs broke. ° are due this week. Ozark Satur- was comapleted,! for Key West, Miemi and Jackson- ; delivered the Cutter Dix, and were proceed via the Panama Canai,! that he intended to leave this aft-| tunities for visiting places of in-| The treatment ernoon to attend to matters of de-jterest, I would have made other! despite intense pain, and after-' wards the doctor submitted te an, ville, and the Colovado is ducjenroute to their home port in for the west coast and the Wash- operation. {Sunday enroute to Tampa. Bath, Me. {ington port. jaway from the city only a few See ice wan | Wil pet elds. ae acacia neg 600,! gnd after the signing are}ing one of t irger d'stilleries, = “4 to be piaced in custody of the| arrived on the plane from Miami; Patient Butts Dentist Public Works Administration in'this morning on a business visit Washington as surety for the loanjand conference with the Char.es from the government of the sum! Seuders company, handlers of the (Ry Associated Press) ted by the face value of | distillers’ produets. DEBRECEN, & the bonds, which is to be used in} “This is my first vsiit to Key|12—Dr. Alexander tere mac mewn $e = i. S127 sel. DUE TOMORROW baw Pky tail in eonneectiow with bridge mat-/ arrangements and stayed several ters. idays. MAKE IT A POINT TO ORDER REGAL THE NEXT TIME YOU CALL FOR BEER. ITS FINE FLAVOR, MELLOWNESS AND BEST QUALITY WILL PLEASE YOU