The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 3, 1937, Page 1

Asseciated Press Day Wire Service. For 57 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LVIIL No. 287. Roosevelt Approves Another _ Project For Monroe County Proposed: Program Calls For Federal Contribu- tion Of Over Thousand Dollars Eleven (Special to The Citizen) WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 3. ‘CHAIN GANG FOR MANY DRUNKARDS NEW METHOD OF PUNISH- MENT FOR PRISONERS President Roosevelt has ap- proved Monroe County WPA| Project Number 20248, sponsored / (By Associated Press) TULSA, Okla., Dec. 3.—Tulsa will have a “chain gang” for ha- by the United States Department of Interior, National Park Serv- ice, calling for a Federal contri- bution of $11,461, providing for the repair of one of three docks, ‘also to reestablish grass in a seven acre parade grounds, also to construct concrete manhole covers and reclaim salvage brick from ruined building. Although definite allocation of funds for this particular projeci depends largely upon the total allocation to the State of Florida, the fact that the President has bitual drunkards. Mayor a. Penney suggested the idea and it was approved by Frank Brown, police and fire commissioner and Judge A. A. Hatch of municipal court. Instead of paying their penal- ty by relaxing:and eating in jail, the drunkards -will be sentenced to weeding and:clean-up details and will be chained. together, in ull sight of the public. Police Chief Roy Hyatt said be- tween 40 and 50 habitual drunk- ards were arrested two or three times a week. H. R. DEMERITT ARRIVES IN CITY CEREMONIES ON STEAMSHIP CUBA WHILE AT SEA IN CONNECTION WITH ASHES OF LATE WILLIAM B. EM- MERT BEING SCATTERED TO WIND AND WAVES Yesterday morning after the Steamship Cuba had passed out of the harbor, the vessel’s engines were stilled, and with the mem- bers of the crew and passengers assembled on the passenger deck, the ashes of William Bruce Em- mert were scattered to the winds and waves, in accordance with his wishes. Mr. Emmert was the president of La Francia Sugar Company, and was one of the most gener- ally appreciated of the many. con- tinuous travelers between,Havana and the United States. Last. week he passed on suddenly in his home| in Havana. Pursuant to his wishes, his body was taken to Orlando, Florida, and placed in a crematory, and afterward placed in an urn. Yes- terday Mrs. Emmert and her daughter, Miss Jeanne, arrived on the S. S. Cuba, having with them the ashes of husband and father, which had been placed in care of Purser Sam Stephens. Outside of the harbor, Captain Robert Lord, of the Steamer Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit Che Key West Citizen KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, Tom Evans, Colored Man Wounded On Keys, Brought To Key West Yesterday Tom Evans, colored, is the man who was wounded in the shooting scrape on the Keys Wednesday, and was brought to Key West yes-| terday afternoon and placed in} the Mercedes hospital where he is} who were also witnesses to the a tempted killing, are Bessie Mc-| Cullough, Hilda Lean Bostick, and Lillie May Hill. This trio is be- ing held under a charge of vag-j rancy. } It is understood that if the 1937. PRICE FIVE CENTS Council Defers Bids Scavenger Contract For Second Time Last Night being attended by Dr. Wm. R. Warren. Albury Taylor, negro, who did the shooting, is in the county jail, as also is Frank Hill, who is charged with being an accessory after the fact. in that he started to get from the scene in an auto-/ mobile in which was Taylor. Three other interested parties wounded man is able to testify by} next Wednesday, the preliminary! hearing in the case will be held! on that day as Peace Justice E. R Lowe has expressed his intention of coming to the city whenever Evans is able to appear to testify. , The offense was committed in the third district where Justice Lowe} has jurisdiction. By Prospects of entertaining visit- 1 g yachts during the winter sea- | ing 1 ‘son will wane considerably, if/ Rotary: Club: Hears Address B.D. Trevor: Opposing Entrance Fee'For Yachts in the part of an awfully good father to a pair of argumentive, | Sons known off stage as Ernest] years he has been coming to Key| proposals submitted along with Yates and Aquilino Lopez. The! play had a happy ending, the boys WOULD NOT PAY QUESTION OF BOLITA AND OTHER GAMBLING BEING CONDUCTED HERE OPENLY DIS- | charging fees for no service ren-|teciding to be advised by their | 4 " ., | father, which proved such a shock! ‘dered is to be continued. said B.!1,2¢ was fatal to the old gentle-! FEE CHARGED BY HARBOR MASTER YACHT CAPTAIN SAYS THIS) IS\ FIRST TIME HE WAS, EVER CALLED ON TO PAY FEE AT THIS PORT DURING REGULAR ZATION The City Council at its regular meeting last night received and | Opened bids from four bidders for | operation of the scavenger serv- Captain C. M. Storter. of the ice, but after a lengthy discussion cht Atrebor, said to The Citizen of the matter, all of the bids were; this morning that for the past Ue ie se due to the fact that the West every year, sometimes twice, i the bids were not specific enough | and this year is the first he has} in order to reach an agreement = ever been asked by a harbormas-/ to which was the best proposition | signed this project places it in @/ ENGINEER ON LIGHTHOUSE Cuba, notified the passengers and D. Trevor, at the regular meeiing man, somewhere between the first} favorable position for considera- tion sometime within the near future. TWO DEFENDANTS ARRAIGNED TODAY PAIR ARE GIVEN PRELIMIN- ARY HEARING BEFORE JUSTICE OF. PEACE Benito Perez, alias Mexicano, one of the trio who was arrested yesterday by Sheriff K. O. Thompson and charged with set- ting up and operating a game of chance, appeared before Peace Justice Franklyn Arenberg this morning for preliminary hearing. Without much ado the accused entered a plea of guilty, and de- posited a bond of $100 for his appearance at the next term of criminal court which will be the} second Monday in Januafy. Frank Roberts, operator of the Sunlight Cafe on Division street, is another of those arrested yes- terday, and he also appeared for preliminary hearing this morn- ing, and pleaded guilty. Peace Justice Enrique Es- quinaldo was the committing VESSEL COMES HERE TO VISIT FAMILY Herman R. Demeritt, engineer. of the Lighthouse Fender Poinci- jana, was an arrival yesterday |morning on the Steamship Cuba, from Tampa, to enjoy his leave of absence from his duties with his family in Key, West. Mr: Demeritt said that he had [left the vessel at Pass-a-Grille, on the west coast. MIRS. KESSINGER LEAVES ON BUS Mrs. C. H. Kessinger, who was. paying her first visit to Key West ‘in several years, and visited for a ‘few days with relatives and iriends, left on Florida Motor ‘Lines bus this morning for her jhome in Miami. ‘ There are a number of former , pupils of the public schools in this jcity who will remember Mrs. Kes- singer as Miss Ruby Kemp, a teacher of the school system. JUSTICE BLACK The campaign against Justice magistrate in this case, and his; Hugo Black continues to get pub- decision was the same as that in! licity but, as any well-informed the case of Perez. Hpjalso de- posited a cash bond. fer;his ap- pearance. tt Ramon Cuesta, the third.of the trio arrested by the . sheriff on the same charge, is to |be ar- raigned for preliminary hearing tomorrow. TUG BERTHS AT PORTER'S DOCK Tug Wm. B Ale: from New Orleans through the Panama Canal to Ponderenas, Costa Rica, is berthed at the Por- ter Dock Company's main pier, while minor repairs are made to the machniery by local mechanics. ander, en route ;person knows,.the former Ala- bama senator has no chance of losing his place on the Supreme |Court bench. Recently he wrote this first opinion’ for the Court {while a re-hearing petition was jpending based on an assertion ; that Mr. Black was prejudiced in the case which involved threat- ened seizure of private tele- grams. HOUSING j low-cost housing developments are expected from the PWA | which is anxious to bring this | form of construction within the |low-income group's ability to pay. |Mr. Nathan Straus, head of the Housing Authority, points out that Congress intended to make provision for the “low-income crew that the ceremony of casting the ashes to the elements, was to take place and in the presence of the assemblage, spoke the words of the services which com- plied with the wishes of one who was recognized as an elegant gen- tleman and an earnest friend. BENJAMIN BIRS GIVEN POSITION ‘SUCCEEDS MISS MALONEY AS LOCAL AIRPORT MANAGER Arrival of the regular plane of the Miami-Key West Airways from Miami, brought letters ap- inting Benjamin Birs, clerk at; e airport, manager, to fill the vacancy created by the resigna- tion of Miss Betty Maloney. Mr. Birs has been associated with the service for almost three years, having been assigned to duty on December 28, 1934, and is fully qualified, it is shown, to handle all matters in connection with the operation of the lines from this end. C. E. Bairstow, widely-known sculptor of Washington, and regu- lar winter visitor to Key West, was a visitor to The Citizen's of- fice yesterday, announcing his re- turn for the regular stay in the winter season. As is usual Mr. Bairstow is oc- cupying the home at the corner of Southard and Francis |which he purchased several years ago, at the solicitation of his daughter, Miss Josephine, and is awaiting the arrival of Mrs. Bair- Simplification of plans for new stow and Miss Josephine, who are’ lexpected within the next two} | weeks. PATIENTS ARRIVE and second act. yesterday of the Rotary Club of |; Makes Announcement ‘Key West at St. Paul's Parish} Major J. D. MacMullen an- nounced there will be a meeting | ‘Hall. {for the purpose of forming the} | ided- | organization of a yacht club to be} | Mz. Trevor spoke vary decided ;heid in the rooms of the Chamber | jly on the matter of taking some of Commerce 8 o’clock Wednes- Z day evening of next week. steps toward keeping our harbor| [nterested citizens are t *, rable class | t attend and bring along their open to this very desirable class ii245, The club may be named\ of visitors, many of whom, it was | the Cayo Hueso Club, the most! > hs southerly yacht organization in said, have offered objections to 4,0 United States, and_ may me this fee collecting program, which |£ialize in sailing South Sea types . : of boats, all of which is good for has but recently been put in ef- Key West. At the meeting it is ‘ expected that Melvin Russell will a nor ne produce two models of hulls de- There was a large assemblage , signed by Secretary S. C. payee fees ; {ton, of the chamber, and a sailing of Rotarians present when Presi-| enthusiast. | jomnt Charles Taylor tapped the Renders Account ter for a fee. The captain said that shortly after the arrival of the yacht he had been approached by the har- bormaster and advised that a fee of $10 would have to be paid. The captain consulted with C. F. Wil- liams, of Cincinnati, O., who has the yacht under charter, and a cinnati, and the decision was reached not to pay the fee, and it has not been paid up to date. It was not the amount of the fee, said Captain Storter, but the fact that after coming to this port for the past 12 years, never having been asked for a fee, to be ap- proached and informed that a fee of $10 would be necessary, was galling. He concluded by saying that the vessel and passengers had made the entire trip from Detroit | bell for atention.: There were | quite a few present, among them} being Mayor Willard Albury. ' { Lieutenant J. A. Faigle, U. S. N., to Key West, making a number \of stops, and at Key West, the last jport south of the journey, to be \asked for paying for the privilege brightened up his section by an account of the shuffle board in the city’s interest. Further bids will be received by the council at a later date to be | determined in the meantime. All of the bids were based on a | fifty cents per month charge for CUSSED; MANY OTHER ISSUES HEARD SESSION OF ORGANI- disgrace to the city. Following stated that‘helihad already in- structed the:police force to have all ordinances enforced relative to gambling. tion of city electrician, and an- other abolishing the position of city auditor and license and creating the position audi- ordinance providing for and regu- lating registration of all persons, firms and corporations engaged in business, fixing a license tax, was passed on its first It was brought to the attention of the council that there would possibly be some friction in beau- tification work at Bayview invited | guest of A. R. Jocelyn, also of Cin-| collecting gexbage and trash from residences for twice a week serv- jerating the service, submjtted, |petition in conhection ; with! i | bid, which was’ signed: by: {one |hundred and twenty-¢ight’ per? |sons, stating that the service now being received was satisfactory, the Rey 0 Councilmen Earl Adams, Jim} courts in Jackson Square, and Roberts, William ssa aE maak congenital economists received a | sayanns, é shock when they learned what it | William Doughtry, the latter be-\ 124 cost Dr. Wm. R. Warren, Wil-| | ing present in the dual role. of |member of councis and Rotary liam Bates and Sebastian Cabrera, | | Club, |Jr., to agree to pay for cement,; jpaint and equipment. Anyway Others In Attendance Key West has the courts and one Other guests were A. M. Hew-' more place to park visitors, it was ett, introduced by Bascom L. ' stated. | Grooms; Olaf Thompson, auditor} Rev. Shuler Peele reported that | of Clyde-Mallory Lines, introduc-; the Rotary sign had been erected; ed by Charles E. Smith; J. H. Cos-|on the highway and members who, tar, agent for the P. and O. Co., in'had strayed that far away from’ |Key West; Captain S. P. Vandi-'home said it was an excellent job.| of visiting the port, was just too much, and the harbormaster’s fee was not going to be paid. They! will leave this afternoon or to- morrow morning. LARIFICATION OF NAME GIVEN RELATIVE TO THAT APPEAR-! | viere and Allan H. Armstrong, in-} | Jr. } Rotarians and Rotary Anns troduced by. Sebastian, Cabrera, | were remirided that! December 11} paying | will be the last day for | ING IN COLUMNS OF THE CITIZEN requesting that same be continued this current when it in operation. In Mr. Knight's bid,! que, and also to pay a portion he agreed to all specifications as| each month on the old account drawn up by the city for the per- phic current for the formance of the work, and to con- | traffic tinue with the same service as he It was ordered thet the. in j is now giving [that he would turn over to the! councilman, be paid five dollars | city fifty percent of the net re-) each: ceipts of collections in excess of} Arthur Sheppard addressed the two hundred dollars per month. C. C. Symonette’s bid specified ; streets, | A visitor from Jacksonville Ro- ; tary Club was J. B, Osteen, of the Florida Motor Lines, and: Eddie | Strunk, who was making his first { appearance since undergeing an appendectomy, was warmly wel- comed and greeted with the “How! Dr. Ralph Lee Eyman, Do You Do?” anthem. | School of Education, Florida State Chairman Doughtry of the Vo-| College for Women, wiil be the cational Program sponsored a’ speaker of the day next Thurs- playlet featuring Emil Sweeting i day. Additional Men Called For Work On Bridges RECOVERS FROM | them for voting in the election to the allotmént of fands’to the city Inie tax funds: } | Requisition from the Overseas; | Road and Toll Bridge forces was the poll tax'which will qualify} be held ‘December’ 20, relative to! from the county's share of gaso-|Key Westers as to the identity of | that in the event that'the city de- {the Saunders named as conduct-| dean,’ {streets in addition to the other! Some question seems to have Service in making collections of; arisen in the minds of a group of | garbage and trash. He also stated; sired to operate the service itself,! that he would superintend the work for fifty dollars per week. S. Owen Sawyer and Robert J.| Lewis made a joint bid, agreeing In The Citizen terday ap- . . | peared an article anent the meet- “hepa soe pane bad jing of the county commissioners) 9+ the first four months in hand: ; jat which time communications ling the contract. |protesting the operation of the) Councilman Will Roberts rats Saunders saloon on the) brought to the attention of the| gh neck feel L Saun-| Council that bolita and other gam-| ders should in no manner be con-| Ping was being seang chines acetate sad emesis Pec were buying numbers, and that ae _ of K. , West * | peddlers were seen daily all about cary, Company of Bey West. the city, and said that this condi- » | tion should be remedied. Mr. Rob-) on the whom a by resi-; ing a disorderly saloon Florida Keys, against complaint was lodged dents in the vicinity. S | between January 15 iF pard sta suit against ages, providing were not taken to pay for damages. It was ordered that committee be appoin' into the matter. Chief Harry Baker brought tion of the council company, or come here sometime and 20, to operate on Trumbo Island the auspices of the Key West Volunteer Fire Department, which will receive part of receipts. The permission of council to eliminate the which has been a for a long time, was withheld for the time being, and will e Hy at gS 7 fied i : desired to | ON BOARD PLANE It was learned this morning that! groups”, which means rentals of up at a later date. the vessel was recently sold to the} aroufd: $5 per room. To bring United Fruit Company, and. isiconstruction- costs within this now being taken to the, Pacific) limit means. extreme simplifica- port for delivery. ts i i {tiog: oF projects. Twelve Building Permits Issued During November Building and repair permits is-} sued from the office of Buildin, Inspector Harry M. Baker during the month of November number- ed 12 and totalled $25,2 The last permit issued during the month was on November 30 nd granted permission for gen- eral repairs to residence at 1110 Petronia street. Owner, L. =—s Coast Guard plane from the air} station at Miami, arrived yester-} day with two passengers who} were transferred from the United} Public Health relief station to Key West. The men, Henry Fessenberg and Ernest Wishiewaski, were placed (in the Marine hospital immediate- ‘sf after the arrival of the plane. } SOCIAL CLUB MARTT'S CIRCUS DANCE Tonite, 10 o’Clock HABANA-MADRID CLUB Music by Pritchard's Orchestra | received this morning by Wm. V. \ Little, of the United States Em. {ployment bureau, cailing for « signment of one electric welder, | RECENT ILLNESS TORRES FAMILY pase said that this practice isa Many friends of J. P. Stickney.} former city jailer, now reured, are} These men are assigned to<on-' today extending congratulations tract H-3, which is the bascule on his recovery from a recent ill-| bridge at Channel Five, and the ness, work is being done by Engineer November 22 Mr. Stickney, who} Ed Sheeran. lis better known as “Mick” to his| host of friends, reached the age j of 81 years, and the following day) JUNIOR WOMAN’S CLUB was taken iil i Since then he has practically B E N E F I T D A N c E } j been confined to his home, but Saturday, Dec. 4, 10 till ? RAUL’S CLUB yesterday felt sufficiently well to get out and take a little of that ,Admiss: ion $1.00 i and two rough carpenters. exercise which is necessary to ail j Young old men. LEAVES TODAY Very L A. A. Torres, Eddie, George and} Emil, and Miss Sylvia Marucci,| who were in Key West to attend} the funeral of their mother and} grandmother, Mrs. Minerva Tor- res, who died last week in Miami, left over the highway this morn on the return to Miami Mrs. Joseph Marucci, Miss Celina Torres, daughter, Miss Marcia, v also here for the funer: left for Miami this ng bus of the Florida Motor iLnes. Advi day are from the Dry Tortugas; to the effect that very} le was salvaged from the Cu- jban Fishing Smack Joacuinito, jwhich went ashore the latter part! Another vessel of the same a ices,| was sent from Cuba to make an} on effort at saving the smack, but! after trying for several days was) ittle Salvaged From Wrecked Graft At Tortugas forced to relingtish all hopes, andl the west the east the Channel was in about and it was impossible to salvage the hull, which was at mercy of wind and tide.