The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 15, 1938, Page 1

paca ee iis Yt he tet sinking of the ship. " Sigsbee, and with 26 officers and | Associated Press Day Wire Service For 58 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Entire Nation Sinking Of Ba ain Appropriate Exercises To CURTIS STANTON Be Held At The Local GIVEN RANK OF Cemetery This After- SERGEANT MAJOR noon NEXT YEAR HE WILL BE COMMISSIONED AS LIEU- TENANT IN RESERVE OFFI- CERS TRAINING CORPS In the United States today, and in Cuba, ceremonies are being held gommemorating the sinking | of the U. S. Battleship Maine. which occurred 40 0, Feb- | ers ms | Curtis H. Stanton, .Jr4.who is a tuary. 15, 1898, and which resulted.) «+ .jent at Florida University, has in the loss of 260 officers and men. }been promoted from»the.rank of Despite. i igations held by first sergeant to that.of Sergeant ations BO Tee in the thtsaieny / Shenton, the United States. responsibility | who is a junior in the College of | | Engineering, had been on a vaca- jtion, and when he returned for . | the semester, was informed of his Both investigations failed to re- jadvancement, which places him weal acy of the causes of the ex- |” jhe Bighest rank obtainable, for plosion, except that the tragedy | Was caused by a mince. In the} ter to The Citizen, from minds of most of America. long | ©®ts points out, he did inflamed over the proofs of Span- | Mit, Studies, as, his record lishomisrule in Cuba, it was as-| ing the semester consisted of sumed ‘that the Spaniards were re cake B’s, moking an guilty of the responsibility for | age in the fist eemmetieee while three is perfect. He will be required to go to R. for,the catastrophe remains a mystery. Commanded by Captain Charles! Che Kry & 72 t 8 an pat Citizrn THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. ABANDONED VOYAGE TO | SOUTH AMERICAN RIVER | TO SEEK GOLD BECAUSE BOAT WAS TOO SMALL Yachts arriving over the | weekend were the 42-foot “Phyl- {lis Lea” belonging to Sam Katz, | the 40-foot. “Virginia” of H. Kol- | vig, the 39-foot “Mabel SS.” of F. M. Schegert, the 49-foot | “Spendthrift” of Jameson Handy, | the 101-foot “Lela” of O. M. Ed- | wards, the 40-foot ““Sampan” of | foot “Gulf Stream” jer. All of the yachts have left ex- cept the “Virginia”, “Lela” and “Gulf Stream”: of S. D. Bak- | Mrs. Edwards, Harkins Edwards, |W. A. Ford and the large yacht | is captained by P. L. Adams. Aboard the “Virginia” are were part of the members of crew of the “Mystery”, which heading for a South Ameri- river to pan for gold, which reported found there, and ed at Key West on the way It was found that the boat could not make the trip, being too }small, and it was decided to ibandon the venture. Brunt and Aboard the “Lela” are Mr. and! KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1 Instances Very Rare s+ ; Used Off eee eee POLES TO HOOK SPONGES OFF SCSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSEESO Key West spongers, famous the world over, occasionally get | Cities, but now they can take the sponges from off the bottom with een Se tated ome sixty foot poles. This is in deep net profit, was cl i by local water off Bahia Honda, but these | spongers last year. The “share” eases are very rare. travel together on the same boat 'spongers in Key West, but the on a sponging trip. The boats are | only regular spongers,,those who ‘about 30 feet long, are of shallow |go out summer and winter, are} draught to go over the many lew Ben Felton, Nelson Spencer, Wil- spots of the Keys, and are buill to carry the load of sponges. On board the sponging boat is care ried a stove and other necessary Captain Leo Droughton, the 49-! the Bay grounds, but in the wateg they sponge from the Mates quesas to Bahia Honda. A threé> used to hook the Sponges, grow- ing on the sea bottom, and bring them up. “Shirt tail” diving that? is skin diving is also occasionally j employed. | When the sponges are brought” up, they are alive and filled with | a thick rubber-like substance. They are left on the deck of the; boat and allowed to die, during} the process of which they raise! quite an awful smell, spongers re- | {port. They are also kept aboard! lin a trough or overboard strung! on long strings. Then they are} Bahia Honda eevccccccccccccccces | ths, and the spongers s2w no/ éach trip was an average of $111. | From three to seven spongers Roughly, there are around forty | 5, 1988. | Shooting of scenes for the! quainted with the town and the March of Time series in which the possibilities of including # in @ story of Key West's early pros- March of Time movie occurred to ariel Resa We Fed mt if re i 4 | | E i f c if | if | : E QO. T. C. Camp for the summer a‘ _ vers Anniston, Ala, for six weeks|Kolvig are now just cruising for 320 men, the Maine sailed from) taken up and the black meat|and worked up scraped off with knives. Some further | Spongers use a bruiser, or stick, | i to beat the sponge and make th meat easier to scrape off. Spong- |: ers must carefully watch the sponge, however, since they may equipment in quickly contract a disease, which | still i : i i i i fj 4 | t HJ i | i t i was-taken inte the harbor under | fie direction of a Spanish Pilot; | and made fast to a government | co, H e if te it Le I 4) : HS ih i tf ij fy i HY il ‘ ti " £ » many of the Maite victims and eight died subse-_ of wrath in America | rolled over the land, | court of: inquiry over’ ine was destfwyed by of a submarine ‘aine, and not the result of an er sabag board the vessel. This last had been expressed by ‘the Spaniards who held a super- | — The Maine” became fy throughout the land, and ‘was this slogan which was car- ‘on the battle fields, and to 3 the war was fought. - Of the inability. of the te definitely fix 4 idee the catastrophe, | the arniy“egineer corps raised the | wreckin, 1U1.A joint army and! ‘navy: headed by Rear Ad- + 4 les E. Vreeland, was . Havana to make another? investigation. ~ Its report of December 15, 1911, wonfirmed the findings of the Sampson court, but there it stop- | ped. The after half of the hull of Ahe ship, ail that had not been broken. and twisted, was floated sow February 13, 1912, 14 fears, less two days, after the explosion. This: section of the hull was then towed out to sea, and on March 37, 1912, it was sunk in 16 fathoms of water. Today ceremofiies held in Ar- lingten National cemetery, where are buried an aid fram the White House placed & wreath from Pre- sident Roosevelt, and wreaths were also placed by Alfred J. Kennedy, National commander of the United States Spanish War {Continued on Page Six} | looking over properties recently | moved from activities of ferred from Key |CALLED THIS MORNING IN jing and all court officials pres- ent, circuit court was opened this morning to hear attorneys argue the case of the City of Key West against Carl Taylor, charged with violating an ordinance relative to removal of garbage and trash. The case was first brought he- fore Judge T. S. Caro, of police court, the city being represented by City Attorney. George G Brooks, and the defendant being represented by Attorneys W. Cur- ry Harris and Aquilino Lopez. At the city hearing, Mr. Harris W. P. Brown, who was in Key West yesterday for the purpose of purchased from the Key West In- vestment company and allied in-| terests, and make certain ar-' rangements for planned improve- | ments, left over the highway in! the afternoon, by L. Z. Clarke, an associate in the company. It was not Mr. Brown’s plan to leave at once, it was said, but re- eeipt of telegrams made, it. im- sRerative that he leave immediate-| advised the matter was to be tak- dy, and he and Mr. Clarke took | en to circuit court for a decision the first ferry to leave, after re-| by the circuit judge. At the time ceipt of the telegram. It is | this announcement was made and dersteod that Mr. Clarke may the case postponed, to be taken turn later in the week, or pos-/ to circuit court, Judge Gomez was Te- un- re- sibly next week. in Miami, and did not return to Yesterday the judge agreed to hear the arguments and set 10 o'clock this morning for the hear- HERE TOMORROW i= ssw sn | there was a large crowd to hear ._¢| was to be the outcome. a pbs. 27 pee — They were disappointed, as the a tion awe arguments were briéf and after aa ae bad sie aa While the attorneys had concluded, PLANS LEAVING .cseuc hr | the arguments and learn what street, will leave tomorrow for where he has recently been as-/ signed to duty. em consideration and the judge's | detision been prepared. an an- }mouncement will be made Satur- ‘day. if not before. gomery has been stationed at Co- co Solo, Canal Zone. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY OF KEY WEST Announces A FREE LECTURE ON CHRISTIAN SCIENCE By JUDGE SAMUEL chicage, Mlinois Lectureship of The Mother Church, ‘The First Church of Christ, Scie: in the Member of the Bes HIGH Corner t HOOL F ted and White Streets { TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 15, 1938. At 8:00 P. M. The Public Is Cordially Invited |}GET IN THE MOVIES! | March Of Time Scenes Will Be Taken Tomerrow Evening at The Big Free Dance —a— SLOPPY JOE’S BAR Geo. Dean's Rhythm Boys —NO ADMISSION— W. GREENE, CSB. ntist, in Boston, Massachusetts AUDITORIUM i | will turn them a bright orange, | +Keys known. as. (“New _Grounds,”....- Marquesas, Northwest Channel and Bay Keys. | | Those from the “Spot” bar are by }far the best, however. These are deep water sponge..The Marque-* )sas goods are of heavy tough fiber. open work and big eyes. The best: kind of sponge is the sheepswool, | but there are also yellow, grass, “The RE su 3 inf A E wire, glove, and velvet sponges, | li which have markets. The logger- head sponge is used for fertilizer. It is composed of nothing but: meat, though it looks like a sponge. In the old days, boats the sponge remained out for five RENDERS REPORT ON VARIOUS Robert Spottswood is chairman, | showing that three physicians of the city are engaged at specified hours, Dr. H. C. Galey on Tues- days from 10 to 12; Dr. Julio De Poo, Wednesdays, and -Dr. Wm. R. Warren. Fridavs. at the same hours. Mrs. Madie Butler, registered nurse, is on dufy every day, ex- cept Saturday and Sunday after- noon, for office conferences or bedside nursing service at the home. There is telephone service has been rendered actively _ for outside communication. Majority of the cases cared for at the clinic are medical, and the total number during the past month was I79. Minor surgical, six; dressings, 22; prescriptions filled, 282. Of the number of prescriptions filied. 111 of the patients paid a small sum each to partially cover the ensts of drugs, and 91 cases received medical attention free of charge. There were 12 cases for urin- alysis; blood for Kahn, four: ven- WALLS OF LASTING BEAUTY AND THOSE WHERE THE LEAST AMOUNT hospital, two; X-ray, two; dentist, three. Home visits by nurse were made as follows: Morbidity cases, 18, to six of these demonstrations were given regarding the treat- ment, bathing the patients in bed, changing patient, improving bed, how to place patient to avoid sores, method of preparing and giving simple treatments, and how to care for the bed linens in the case of communicable dis- eases. Visits were made in behalf of tuberculosis control as follows: To positive cases, white, eight, and colored, four. Contact cases, white, seven, and colored, nine. Suspects, white, two, and colored, one. Home visits were made to 10 children having chicken pox. 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