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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1932-12-09

Mrs. Walter Ferguson tells the story
of farmer who shortly after the election
presented jug at the post office window
and asked that it be filled with beer When
informed that no beer was on tap he said,
burned if they didn't tell me the postmas-
ter would sell beer when the democrats
got in.
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SIDELIGHTS
By MARCY B. DARNALL.
Former Edito~ of The Key West Citizen

Mrs. Sarah Delano Roosevelt is one of
only six women in our history to see her
son elected president of the United States.
The other five were the mothers of Wash
ington, Polk, Grant, Garfield and McKin-
ley The mother of Grover Cleveland died
about two years before his first election in
1884.
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FOR RENT-Furnished house,
containing IL rooms, on lot
50x198 feet, in select section,
1907 Whitehead street, opposite
beautiful Coral Park, and facing
the sea. Garage in rear. Rent
$50 monthly. Apply to L. r.
Artman, 1909 Whitehead
street or The Citizen office.
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FURNISHED HOUSE with garage
and all modern conveniences in
Guiding Electric Ice Box, Radio
and Hot Water. Opposite City
I ark on Division Street. Apply
905 South Street or Phone 702.
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KEY WEST
in DAYS GONE BY
Happenings Here just 10 Years
Ago Today As Taken From
The Files Of The Citizen
If you were born on this
date 10 years ago, your kirth-
day fell on Saturday.


q DR.. j. Y. Porter, Sr., dean of
the health officers of Florida, and
the first state health officer, was
unanimou ;. elected president of
the Florida llnti-Mosquito Associa-
|tion at a meeting of state and
county officials meeting at Day
tona. More than o representa-
tives from all parts of the state
were present at the meeting said
Mr.. Porter, who returned to Key
West this morning.
DR.. Antonio Iraizos, who is now
assistant secretary of public in
struction in Cuba and Mrs. Iraizos,
arrived yesterday from Havana for
"a few days stay, in Key West. They
are guests OF Cuban Consul Dom
lingo Milford. Doctor Iraizos will
visit San Carlos public school and
make list of the needs of that in
stitution which he will present to
the board of public instruction in
Cuba.
Officers William E. Gassney and
Elmer Davis left Pittsburgh last
might coming to Key West for two
prisoners, held in county Jail, who
escaped from the Western Peni-
Eteptiary of Pennsylvania. They
are Clarence de Vinney end NJ. O.
keefe.
Joseph L. Gals, Jr., and Miss
Rose Rosendo were quietly mar
ried yesterday afternoon in the
office of Judge Hugh Gum. The
ceremonies were performed by the
Judge. The bride and groom will
leave for their home in Texas in =
few days.
Desire to get away from the
quiet life of Elhott's Key and .'live
in a city" was one of the reasons
given by Miss Maggie Parker, 16
years of age, for her desire to
marry William Adams, so years.
of Key West, when they applied
for a license to we'd in Miami.
Reports of the Red Cross chap
ter of Key West show that only
S971.10 of the $1,000 quota asked
FOR in Key West.
The Pilot baseball aggregation
administered q drubbing to the
Rotary Railroad team yesterday 10
the tune Of to 3. AT the first,
things looked bad for the Pilots
but they soon struck their stride
and after the next few innings they
had the game sewed up.
The Athletic Clubs quintet will
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WEATHER CONDITIONS

Key West and Vicinity: Increas-
ing cloudiness tonight, followed by
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LOST

LOST--White gold bar pin. with
three small stones. Reward. if
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FOR RENT

FOR RENT-Furnished apart
ments. $500 to $500 per
month. Trevor and Morris, OPP
posite new Post Office.
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The coast guard cutter Saukee
arrived yesterday from Norfolk,
Va, and is to remain here per-
manently.
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our psychologists, the proper treatment for
murderers and thugs would be to domicile
them in cheerful surroundings, with spe-
cial food and entertainment, together with
the constant ministrations of pretty nurses.
But under such circumstances the criminals
might not wish to get well.
John Gildea a New York bridegroom,
was disillusioned early. When he attempt
ed to kiss his bride Immediately after the
ceremony she objected. but finally sub
mitted to formal caress or the cheek.
John said, Il didn't suppose they got that
way for year or two"
Dancing exhibitions of the coming sea-
son will include illustrations of new series
of gyrations called the "bendola, accord
ing to press dispatch. The new dance
is said to combine the worst features of the
cake-walk, the Charleston and the ST.
Vitus
Henry Ange, New Jersey farmer,
thought ii would be a kindness to put 81
year~old mare out of the way by shooting
her. Thamare had similar ideas about end
ing Henry's troubles, so when he APP
preached on his errand Of mercy she kicked
him to DEATH
j. P. Alleys famous character sEam-
bone" gets off neat wisecrack to the eff
feet that he -.ould rather have half of
sump'n than all of nothin"-which is a
clever version of he old half loaf prov
erb. and illustrates how an ancient idea
may be twisted into n hrand-new witticism.
Pathfinder's definitions of a hick
town: Where the sewing circle is still the
grand jury. Whore the gossips get excited
when a widower shaves on Wednesday
Where the natives are deferential TO the
college boy home for the holidays.
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MISCELLANEOUS

nJa PRICE on your printing Wi
surprise sou. II we 10 not get
your work II will surprise rs
THE ARTMAN R.s.SS.
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AN AUTO STRoP RAZOR outfit
given free with eacn classified
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RAINFALL

Barometer ut y a. M. today.
Sea level, 30.1S.
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The Athletic Clubs quintet viii
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Gays accepting all IHNlIdtlOH 1OT
a series of basketball games.
Quintan Lopez, pitching for the
Firemen yesterday, proved too
much of a puzzle to the Naval
Station team in the baseball game
and the navy boys failed to con-
meet for nine innings. The score
at the end OF the game was z to 0.
"Never have ! been impressed
with any port have been in dur
ing my many years at sea as ]
have been with. Key West" said
Captain r. G. Greene of the tanker
Grove before leaving Key for New
York yesterday.
An automobile truck belonging
to the Standard Oil company and
an ambulance from the Marine
hospital collided at noon today at
the corner of Eaton and Simonton
streets. No one was injured.
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journey to Vero Beach in a few
days accepting an invitation for
a series of basketball games.
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Reports of the Red Cross chap
ter of Key West show that only
S971.10 of the $500 quota asked
for in Key West.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-13
Holmes Successor

re hest tribute that can be paid to Justice Oliver
1vendeu Holmes is to name as his successor on the
supreme court jurist of the Holmes type
There are not many men whose names can be
linked with that of the great Holmes The one usual
" mentioned by eminent lawyers and judges Is Cnlet
Judge Benjamin N Cardozo of the New York court
of appeals.
His reputation is international For seventeen
wears he has served on the New York high courts.
He has the regard of both political parties Many
universities. such as Harvard, Yale, Columbia Mich
loan and New York have given him honorary de-
grees.
His book, Mature of the Judicial Process" gen
eralv is regarded as having had deeper influence upon
the American judiciary than any other work pub
lished in the twentieth century.
President Hoover is said to recognize Judge
cardozos unique qualifications Holmes successor.
The President is described however hestant about
appointing third supreme court member from New
York state-in addition to Hughes and Stone.
Surely geographical accident should not be allowed
to determine such an important decision. There is
precedent for naming third member from one state
raft was appointed despite the membership of
Clark and Day from Ohio But precedent is not vital
The object should be to get the best man for the
place.
It may be assumed that the President is under
political pressure to second-rate man to i'm
prove Republican prospects in some state, just as
Assistant Secretary of the Interior Dixon two years
ago urged him to appoint Judge Parker as "a major
political stroke"
But it is to be hoped that the seven weeks fight
and revelation of White House intrigue which finally
led the senate to reject Hoovers nomination of Park
err will discourage any further effort by the President
to stack the court with unit candidates.
''Under our form of government" declared Presi-
dent Roosevelt no other body of men occupy a po-
stion of such far-reaching Importance the justice
OF the supreme court"
The suprenae court is powerful than the Pres
ident ard congress- it and does restrict the pow
er o. the President it and does unmake the laws
of congress and in effect make new laws of its own
Therefore, the most important decision made by a
President is his choice of members of the supreme
cornt
President Hoover should choose from among men
whose qualifications above question: not Judge
cardozo. then some other man of real caliber and
eminence
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-13
Oliver Wendell Holmes

The trained military man, when he hears the call
of duty, obeys without hesitation and without cues
ton.
In this tradition Oliver Wendell Holmes has re-
signed from the supreme court, because "the condi-
ton of my health makes it a duty to break off con-
nectons that can not leave without deep regret.
The gallant old fighter who has resisted so long
the marauder, old age, says now "he time has come
and bow to the inevitable"
This is the sort of surrender brave man makes
when he must And before Holmes was great iur-
iSt he was distinguished fighting man. and phil
oSopher The universe has in it more than we under
SCano' ne said once, the private soldiers have
not been told the plan of the campaign or even that
there is one we shall still fight"
He has done that. And now, though the flesh is
failing him, the indomitabe spirit whose essential
quality always has been the fire of youth shines as
brightly as and will shine as long as records of
the United States supreme court are preserved for
men to read.
For Holmes was no exponent of rigid fixed iurs-
prudence, but taught the living doctrine of movement
experiment readiness to test new ideas; and the
flame of such a spirit burns on forever.
So while the supreme court is losing one of the
greatest judges to serve upon it, the wisdom the
tolerance that this judge has taught u.s. so quietly
and so tengly through the last ffty-one years re-
main deeply engraved in the laws, and in the minds
and hearts of Americans, where they will not perish
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-13
Inviting Disaster

Efforts on the part of those still comfortable 10
prevent special session of the legislature can only
he construed as an invitation to disaster
The cold fact stands out that the farmers OF tnlS
state are in distress in the matter Of taxation ana
that the state will be in distress when the time comes
for another tax collection.
Delinouencies in tax collections are forcing Inc
problem to the fore as emphatically as the farmers
have presented it in petitions.
Hesitation on the part of politicians about the mat
tor is understandable. They do not wish to take
stand with an election so near at hand. They lear
the people may remember in November any oenn-
ouencies of their own in February or March,
Quite as distressed as the farmer IS the JooesS
worker in many parts of the state
The Night Of the miner has been brought TO the
attention of the national government and as lar as
he is concerned in Indiana local charity has taneo
The Red Cross is promising to care for THESE cCzenS
of the state who can not longer be dismissed Wlth
the curt statement that they have been out OIL WORK
so long that they have become Injured to privatlon
and to poverty.
Anv session of the legislature, regular or SPECIAL
which fails to take some measures to give work TO
the voorhees, would be useless.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-13

The recent assertions of judicial autocracy by
Judge Prewitt in Kentucky and Judge Robertson in
Virginia bring to mind the interesting comment by DR.
Alice Hamilton the exclusive prerogative claimed
by the judiciary, in her article in Harpers:
Doubtless in the early days of the Massachusetts,
bay colony, the clergy held as authoritative place
as the judges, but long ago they descended to the
level of the man. and the doctors never have
been anywhere else.
1T is the judges who form our preSent-day hier-
archy, who constitute class apart. We are told
to believe that, by the mystic laying on of hands
passionately partisan prosecuting attorney demand
ing the death penalty for all and sundry is trans
formed into calm detached dispenser of mperSonal
justice and all in the twinkling of an eye.
1T is judges alone against whom leSe majestic is
a crime. One may revile the President of the United
States with impunity, may utter blasphemies
against the Most High without even attracting at
tention but if one is bold enough to protest against
an abusive TRADE by judge one may have to expate
it in prison.
This is another of the quaint, odfashioned ideas
still held by legal men,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-13
Utility Burdens

With wages falling more men out of work, the
prices of all other products in the cellar the utilities
of this city maintain theR prices and burden the
citizen with an inevitable tax that is longer toll
cradle
The petitions of the city and the south side civic
clubs for relief in the matter of rates for electricity
water are still in the compromise stage SO far
that has meant threat of the water company to
raise it's rates and smrk from the electric company
that it can not be caught in its little holding COM
pany tricks to take exorbtan profits out of its
atoms.
The amount of money taken from this city in the
most prosperous days was uncomfortable. In times
when every citizen and every business is looking for
relief that situation can only be described criminal
in its exactions
The utilities have very successfully eyaded any
legislation in the past few years which would give
the people a chance for sembance OF justice
The real barrier to regulation comes through the
defeat of measures that would place the holding COM
panies for utilities under public scrutiny.
Through these holding companies the transactions
OF the companies are hidden and disguised Even were
the members Of the public service commission eager
to protect the people they would find the task diff
fcult. Lacking eagerness or, apparently even
willingness to secure justice the whole system OF
regulation has become farce. Rather fence for
the loot Of those who understand how to capitalize
the necessities of the public.
The tax by the public utilities in this city is
greater burden than the tax by organized govern
ment It is larger in amount and more imperative
in payment Failure to pay taxes only mean
loss of property after months of delay Failure
to paw utility bills may the loss OF life itself,
for the people must have water and heat and light
in order to live.
1t is to be hoped that next fall the attention
of the public will not be so completely centered on
the presidency and governorship as to ignore the
necessity of eectng legislators who can not be buled
bribed or hattered by the utilities into the same
seryility which past legislatures have shown to these
interests
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-13
Just Every Day Sense
By MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

TINE most joyous message of the new year comes
l. from the psychological squad which now an
that is all right for mother to kiss the baby
suspect most of paid slight attention to the OPP
position at any time since the chief compression of
having baby is that it provides you with something
deiciouSly sweet to kiss.
1t is interesting and significant to observe how the
gentlemen who posed scientific child rasers have
changed their tunes in the last few years Most of
them have discovered that their theories not so
good, after all. Somehow the children are just about
like they have always BEEN
And when we consider the many and varied schools
for infant upbringing can't help but feel little
sorry for the kids who have somehow become children
no longer ubt mere subjects for experimentation.
EFT us look for moment, for instance, at Lincoln
IL Steffens who became the father of son after he
complete charge of the child and announces that he
is going to upset all precedents He figures that moth
ers are gooC at all for looking after babies
And he proceeds upon the theory that all illusions
must be taken from the child He treats him exactly
if he were an individual of 10 thereaboutS. He
debunked the tale of Santa Claus as the in
FAINT could understand what he getting at.
And he believes without a doubt that his will
be unusual person. Doubtless he will be.
But it must be quite as bad for children to be
reared without any illusions at all to be burdened
with too many, because the philosophical attitude
only attained by years of living
An infant cast into existence and permitted no
shred Of fairy lore with which to sustain his inner
imaginative SELF must feel utterly fororn and lost in
a world OF grown-upS.
1t seems to me crime to take from childhood any
OF the creduous and utter happiness natural to that
period.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-13
Peoples Voice

Editor Times-Our lawmakers
simply are turning their brains over
Tor a solution to this great prob
lem before us. They don't seem
to know that it is an evil wrought
by their own hands, and that an
evil measure can not be used to
correct an evil work.
Suppose we turn to the Holv
Scripture for a solution. We read
In Genesis At, 1924, where, in time
OF great want, that the pharoah
took over the land and gave the
people their seed and four-fifths of
the increase. How long would we
nave to stand in the bread line if
the ruling class gave us four-f1fths
of our increase?
This is the Lords way of doing
things, and, just as sure as Gods
word is true, we are going to live
according to his word again, or not
live at all, and that the time is not
far off, or else prophecy is wrong.
EVERETT PEARCE.
Editor Times-I have lived in
Indiana twelve years and when I
moved here from Illinois I sure
thought 1 had moved to a better
place to live. but after living here
a while in one Ct the richest states
Of the Union, ] think I have cause
to complain. First, as rich as this
state is, why haven't we an old age
pension instead of the county poor
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-13
Questions and
Answers

Who was Secretary of War during
the Mckinley administration who
was blamed for the "embaImed''
beef applied to the army?
Russell A. Alger.
When did Washington Irving die?
Nov. %, 1859,
What was the name of the auto
mobile that was first sold CONNER
cially in the United States? When
was the first Ford automobile sold?
The first was Winton, sold April
1, 1898. The first automobile was
manufactured by the Ford Motor
Company in the early part of July,
1908.
Who is the president of Columbia
university, New York?
Nicholas Murray Butler.
How much of an iceberg usually
is above the water?
About one seventh.
Who was the author of these
lines:
MANS love is of mans life thing
apart.
'Tis' woman's whole existence?''
Lord Byron in Don Juan"
Why are the shores of the Strait
of Dover called chalk cliffs?
Because they consist Of chalk.
How many acres of forest re-
serves are there in the United
States and Alaska?
Approximately 100000.
Where is the American Museum
Of National History?
In New York.
What is the distance from New
York to Los Angeles through the
Panama canal?
It is 5.677 statute miles.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-13
Meeting Depression

TIE value OF adequate CITY Plan
Il ming made itself apparent in
1881 when cities rushed building
programs as a means of meeting
the depression. Cheney says.
Never, as in 1881, has practical
planning been of such conspicuous
use to the United States" Cheney
continues.
Fortunate, indeed, was the city,
county or region of the United
States which had its master plan
far enough completed to be used
as guide for the millions of dol
lars of public funds now being
hastily expended by public bodies
for relief during the depression.
For unemployment must be met.
and sound municipal policy should
encourage public works at such a
time.
ut is to the credit of the country
that so large a proportion of the
bond issues and money spent dur
ing the past year and to be spent
in the coming year will conform TO
well-thought out and comprehen-
Sive city and regional plans.
"Of great significance also to the
country is the increasing interest on
the part of city pleasure generally
in good architecture.
planning boards are at last be-
ginning to take steps to conserve
existing monuments and examples
of fine buildings, both public and
private. Architectural control is
slowly but surely gaining atten-
ton"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-13

down to the present day. The phe-
nomena existed from the start.
And MIR. Morrow admitted that
the cycles of unemployment had be-
come more frequent with the de-
velopment of induStrialism. He Of
1ered a remedy, but it was entirely
negative one. Instead of any sort
OF government action he suggested
1alth, hope, and courage.
1t is true that Franklin Roose-
welt has expressed desire for ere
modelling" That is a little vague
1t is peculiarly vague coming from
gentleman who asserts a belief
IN the Sanctity of our economic sys-
tenn.
would much prefer to intrust
the task of revision to somebodv
who does not approach the Job on
ms hands and knees.
(Copyright. 1882 BY The Times,