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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-08-26
kidnapping Racket Over Country
Gets Serious Setback As Laws
Of Nation Scoop In ViOlatOrs
Spread OF Sleeping Sickness
Now Reaching Serious Stage
.By Ass oeaatea PRESS,

thy Associated 1sreas1
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 26.--Thou-
sands Of children in suburban dis
triets Of this city may not be able
to return to school ON schedule
this fan because Of the serious
epidemic Of sleeping sickness"
which has taken 81 lives in this
vicinity in less than one month.
The Metropolitan Health Coun-
Gil Of ST. Louis, last night, asked
health officers in each community
affected by the outbreak to adj
wise whether their .chooIs should
open September 5.
DR.. William Patton. .uperin-
tendent of hospital here, was
outspoken in his opposition to the
plan. insisting the council should
advise all schools to remain closed
until the outbreak subsidies, or
until more adequate knowledge Of
the malady Is gained By science.
Darins the las. ~ hour. tire.
additional deaths are reported,
while rs new ea.es brough. the
total 10 24s.
The di.ea.. now Ia. been re.
ported from eo.ss TO coast. A
woman in Jacksonville |. suffer
ing from encephalitis while death
In California has been reported.
Other deaths have been reported
in Kansas, Oklahoms, Iowa and
Mississippi.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-08-26
Challenge Issued By I'm
derworld Is Met By
Strong Arm Of Written
Statutes
my Associated Press,

The kidnapping racket
seemed headed for depres-
sion today as bullets, steel
bars and threat Of the cleo
trio chair answered the UNI
derworld's challenge.
One kidnaper is dead in
San Francisco, shot down
yesterday by a policeman
when his victim. William F.
Wood, cousin of former
President Taft. called for
help. Before he was shot,
however, he killed q police
man and wounded a woman
passerby.
Two men, accused Of conspiracy
to kidnap, were in jail At Hartford,
Connecticut. where, police said, ar
rests thwarted q plot to seize
wealthy Springfield. Massachu-
setts, business man. Seven others
are sought today.
Federal officials at okIakoma
City planned to put IL people on
trial within two weeks for kid
mapping Charles UrscheI. oil million
aire. Three Of the prisoners flew
there yesterday from Texas where
they were caught. They are in l
specially fortified jail.
Governor Herbert Lehman. New
York, signed 4 bill last night which
win make the death penalty pcs,
sible in kidnapping cases.
Federal agents sought traces of
Bernard Bitterman. Denver de-
partment store executive. who dis
appeared Thursday. They believe
he was kidnapped by criminals who
thought him a member Of the fam
lily Of David May, founder Of the
May Company stores.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-08-26
STATE OFFICERS
ASK REPORTS ON
BUDGET MATTERS
TWO COPIES OF THE CITIZEN
FORWARDED TO GOVERNOR
AND coMPTRoLLER BY
MONROE COUNTY CLERK

Two copies Of The Citizen are
today being sent to Tallahassee.
one to Governor David Sholtz and
the other to j. NJ. Lee, comptrol-
Ter.
These copies are sent in COM
pliance with a telegram TO Clerk
Ross C. Sawyer. asking for in
formation regarding millage and
budgets for 1882 and 1888.
The telegram was signed by the
governor and comptroller and is
as follows:
Please mail Saturday. 20 reach
the comptroller Monday. sure,
county miIlage By districts and
funds for 1882 and 1888.
Also mail not later than We'd
nesday q complete copy Of last
years budget and the tentative
budget for 1883. In 1888 mil-
.lage figures are not complete. esti-
mate rs accurately as possible.
giving ms full information Is de-
sired
The information viii be sent Is
requested and the copies Of The
Citizen included - the tentative
budget for the present year was
published IN the issue 81 Wednes.
Iday.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-08-26
INJURIES
SUFFERED BY TRIO
OF LOCAL PEOPLE
AMADo vELIz. HOWARD
THRIFT AND RICHARD RUS
SELL HAVE MISFORTUNE
IN DIFFERENT WAYS

Anado Veliz, of the firm. of
Veliz and Sanchez, operating a
coffee mill on Greene street, had
the misfortune to lose part of the
middle finger of his right hand this
morning.
He was cleaning out the open
ing on the side of the grinder
when his finger was caught in the
machinery and crushed off at the
second joint.
A part of sinew, ID inches
long, was left attached to the
finger when it was separated from
the hand.
Soon after the accident happen
ed he was taken to a physician for
medical treatment.
Howard Thrift, employed at
Adams Dairy on Seidenberg Aven-
ue, also met with misfortune this
morning while saving wood, cut
ting his thumb badly, which re-
quired stitches being made by the
attending physician.
While very painful, the wound
is not considered dangerous.
Richard Russell, caretaker of
the city park. suffered the loss Of
the ban OF the middle finger on
his right hand yesterday while
cleaning motor driven lawn
mower.
The mower stopped and Mr..
Russell began to clear out the OBJ
struction without shutting off the
power. AS soon as tie object
stopping the operation Of the ma.
chine was removed. it started and
the accident resulted.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-08-26
NOW TN
VIENNA JOLTED AS
DOLLAR DWINDLES
sny Asseslases rses.,

VIENNA. Aug. 26.-The fall
ing dollar has hit Americans in
Austria right in the middle Of
their budgets.
Travellers from the United
States who arrived early in July
cut short their stay because Of
the dwindling purchasing power
Of their national currency.
Americans maintaining house
holds here, including those in the
diplomatic and consular services.
took deep breaths and began
figuring out . new approach to
the problem Of Giving eheaply
abroad"
Those who had been paying
800 > month rent in Austria
Seedlings found their housing
cost boosted 10 $40. with no
chance Of getting ont Of the leases
on that score
Coffee now costs about ki.A0
= pound and tea Of good average,
grade -. But those beverages
are listed rs Iuxurics by the AUS
TRAN government. and other
articles are not 70 costly.
Fruit IL sold by the pcund. sS'~
Pies costing - cents and hsnanasI
81. Bread II 10 CENTS . loaf. nilkI
d dime = guaFt. eggs 30 70 90
eenss . dozen and busssS 90 cents
= paund
One remulk i THAI eggs poached
il milk and served on toast has
beeome popuIag diSA with Amer
lean honsswtvex
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-08-26
GROWING
lin BOND ELECTION
TwENTY.FoUR par POLL TAX
TO TAKE PART IN COM
ING ELECTION

Are you a freeholder2- Is the
question frequently heard these
days as the boosters for bridges
seek out friends preparatory TO
asking if they have registered and
paid poll taxes.
And the answer nsualIy received
Is Yes. and am going to vote for
bonds
That many are going 20 do this
Is evidenced hy the number Of poll
tar receipts issued within shs past
few days from the office Of Frank
Ladd. tax collector.
When the books were opened
early this week FIVE paid the first
day. The second day the count
was fl. the third the number was
II and TODAY "a freeholders had
pasd when The office slosesi ~
noon.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-08-26
HARRY DONcO, MUNICIPAL
JUDGE, SUSPENDED FROM
OFFICE BY MAYOR MALONE
Charges Made Are NAL
feasance, Misfeasance
And incompetence; viii
Be Given Hearing

Harry Dongo, police
Judge, was suspended yes
terday by Mayor VIM. H.
Malone on charges Of NAL
feasance, misfeasance and
incompetence.
Pending a hearing before
city council, which body will
decide whether or not to up
hold the action Of the mayor,
Attorney Allan B. Cleare,
Jr., will preside over the
court.
In charging malfeasance the
mayor cites case where q special
officer, appointed by him, arrest
ed two young men charged with
disturbing divine services.
Hailed into court it was found
that one of the names was wrong
and the youth dismissed, the Judge
advising that another would be is
sued.
Regarding Warrant
The warrant was made out, says
the mayor, but never served, and
still remains in the possession Of
Judge Dongo. Asked why he had
not had the warrant served, the
Judge replied The officer to whom
Il was given could not find the
person. The officer in question
denies he was ever given the war
rant.
Misfeasance is charged on the
basis that warrants have been is
sued for persons without the case
being docketed. for not having
warrants served when issued, and
causing warrants TO be served with
no record Of the case being kept.
Contrary To Rules
On the charge Of incompetence,
MIR. Malone Incorporates in his
statement the allegation that the
Judge holds court Ut irregular
hours, contrary TO the set rules;
that he is frequently unable to ar
rive at decisions In cases until
friends Of the defendant have been
consulted. when cases have been
reopened and defendants dismiss
ed.
1t is charged that the conduct of
the Judge has made complete
mockery and failure Of the police
Justices court which has lost the
respect Of the officers of the police
department and the citizenry Of
Key West.
AT the conclusion of his talk
with The Citizen, Mr.. Malone said
he had offered TO accept the resig-
nation Of Judge Dongo but he re-
fused to resign and win let the
matter be investigated by the
council.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-08-26
CONDUCT EXAM
FOR MESSENGER
FOUR TAKE TEST FOR GOV.
ERNMENTAL DEPART.
MENT SERVICE

Four young Key Westers. Albert
Roberts. Hector Cruz, Louis Dion
and ]. Peacon, took the examlna-
ton at the Key West postoffice
this morning for Junior Messenger
in The departmental service.
The examination was conducted
By Arthur Pastorini, local seere-
tary Of the civil service board.
Successful contestants in these
tests win be in the service at Wash
ington, D. C.
At the postoffiee il was said the
reason 50 few took the exsmina-
ton was because no youths over
20 years can take these tests,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-08-26
Uses Editorial From
Citizen To Advertise
Big Utility Company

An editorial from The
Citizen is now being used in
two Florida newspapers. in the
form of an advertisement of
a widely known utility conn
pAny.
One of the most prominent
men in Florida who is resi-
dent of Tampa, connected
with the corporation, sent a
copy of the advertisement to
the publisher of The Citizen
with the following comment:
Note that I thought 50
much Of your editorial that
have made an advertisement
of il in both the Times and
Tribune. | wish more papers
Of the state would have edi-
torials along the same line"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-08-26
CLAIMS NO CASE
IN JACKSONVILLE

JACKSONVILLE. Aug. 26.
DIR. Henry Hanson said no case Of
encephalitis was reported in Jack
sonviIle. He said Tampa reported
case.
Advices from Tampa, however,
said a hospital reported . case
first as encephalitis, but an autop-
sy revealed no trace of the disease.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-08-26
PASSENGERS OFF
BURNED SCHOONER
REACH SAN JUAN
RED CROSS in PUERTO RICO
ARRANcEs TEMPORARY az
LIEF FOR THOSE ARRIVING
THERE


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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-08-26
Calm Down, Mississippi Says Valley.
Here're Your DamS--So Get To Work
BY D. r. MACKENZIE
,lsy AssocIntcd l.reAa1

MINNEAPOLIS, August 26.
The upper Mississippi river, wild
and turbulent at times, is to be-
put in straitjacket of locks and
dams and made to pay for its
existence.
Agriculture, industry and con-
sumers of the vast inland domain
expect to line their pockets with
the resultant revenue-represenS-
ing a saving in transportation
costs.
A. G. Wiprud. general counsel
of the Upper Mississippi Water
way association, has estimated this
saving at $10,63O,00O annually.
First, An Operation"
First, however, the Father of
Waters must undergo a major OPP
Grafton having its 6-foot channel
deepened to 9 feet from the mouth
of the Illinois river north to Min
neapolis, and submitting to con-
struction of % more dams and
locks. Four have already been
completed.
The federal government is to
foot the bill. For work this year,
$33, 100000 has been allotted
from the $4,000, 100000 public
works program. Senator SchalI
of Minnesota has announced that
the president advised him he was
authorizing immediate use of
$4,000, 900 to provide a 8 foot
channel in the upper Mississippi,
indicating also that he favored
eventual deepening to IL feet. Al
together. it is estimated that the
% foot project will cost more than
100000, 900.
Put 10000 To Work
It will be two and one-half
year job, on which some 10000
men will be given employment.
Once the 0 foot channel is OPEN
ed, Wiprud predicts a huge jump
lin freight volume to iO,50D. 900
tons yearagainst only about
10000 now with 2.O0O-ton bar
ges carrying grain to Memphis,
flour and wool to New Orleans.
Barges will carry coffee, cot
ton, sugar, tobacco and coal from
the south and east on return trips.
Only 500-ton barges are used
now. because Of the shallow chan
mel and because it costs about 8.5|
cents bushel to ship wheat and
flour on the barge line. compared
to Z or s cents a bushel via the
Great Lakes to the east.
With completion Of the Upper
Mississippi project. however, trans
portation costs on wheat and flour
are expected 70 be reduced to B
or 8 cents a bushel.
Big Saving On Coal
Reduced freight costs, he says,
would be reflected in a greater
margin of profit to producers and
lower prices to consumers. The
northwest would save SIS, 600. 900
annually, it is estimated, on coal
shipped by barge into thissarea.
In 1881 steel shipments from
Chicago to Minneapolis cost about
20 cents ton, via the Great
Lakes, With the 9-foot channel,
engineers say. rate of about 20.
cents a ton would be possible.
Eighty barges ply the river now
under government operation. With
completion of the 9-foot channel,
shipping would be turned over to
private carriers,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-08-26
MENOCAL GETS
INTO POLITICS
TO CARRY CONSERVATIVE
PARTY BANNER IN CON-
ING ELECTION

HAVANA, Aug. 26.--General
Mario G. Menocal, twice president
Of Cuba, announced he is carry
ing the conservative party ban
ner" in the forthcoming election,
q statement generally interpreted
rs meaning he would be candi-
date for the presidency.
Menocal spent some time as an
exile in Miami.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-08-26
Way BEHIND TiMEs

NEW YORK Because he
shougsst Herbert Hoover wss stiIl
president 81 Tie United States .
ran og this city waa denied
citizenship paperS ID xnpEssns
eoart By Judge Jahn = Ne
fss@kax.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-08-26
STRAND THEATER

Peggy 1oYe@ Rudy WmIgee IS
INTERNATIONAL HOUSE
Ann Harding. Rohl. Montgomery
il WHEN LADIES MEET
Mssiases BnIsaay loss Oreks..
tFs, ts-zeel Niehs 1s-zs1
Evening star., 1933-12-26

arising since the 1l-day armistice be-
gan, with Bolivian charges that Para
quay violated the truce.
Evening star., 1933-12-26
MECHANIC ADMITS
KILLING SCHOOLBOY.
ContesSeS He Enticed Youth
to Abandoned House and
Beat Him to Death.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
COLUMBIA, S. C., December 26.-
Officers said today that Robert H. Wiles,
q 49-year-old automobile mechanic had
confessed he lured Herbert H. Harris,
jr., Columbia school boy, from his home
and beat him to death with an iron bar
at a deserted house.
The 15-year-old lad, described by his
schoolmates as always smiling" was
enticed from his home Saturday as he
with his parents and sister was pre-
pairing to celebrate the Christmas holi-
days. He was the son OF chain store
executive.
His body, the head battered by heavy
blows, was found neutrality-suspicious.
day-in the abandoned house in the
desolate Congaree Swamp section, nine
miles from the city.
Arrest of the automobile repairman,
at his home near Columbia. followed
last night. His confession came after
hours of questioning by city. county,
State and Federal officers at the State
penitentiary.
At the end of the long examination,
WileS unloosened his necktie and un-
emotionally related his story. Within
the room, gayly bedecked with Christ
mas holly and tinsel, were Sheriff T.
A. Heise, Police Chief w. H. Rawlinson,
Col. A. M. Scarborough, the prison su-
perintendent, and several Department
Of Justice agents.
A blood-smeared strand of sandy
hair, poking from a pile Of cotton
waste-evidently the parts of dis
carded mattress-led to the finding Of
the boys body in an abandoned farm
house about 10 miles from here 48 hours
after he had mysteriousiy disappeared.
A few feet away was blood-stained
iron bar, apparently the instrument Of
death.
The skull was battered over each
temple.
Officers said they were working on
the the theory that the boy was abb
Quoted and killed in a spirit of revenge,
probably against his father. No at
tempt was made to obtain any ransom
money between the boys disappearance
Christmas eve and the finding of the
body.
Evening star., 1933-12-26
LEAGUE PREPARES
CHAC0 PEACE
Commission Will Summon
Bolivia and Paraguay
to Meetings.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MONTEVIDEO, December 26-Re-
liably reported to have a plan of peace
ready to lay before Bolivia and Para
quay, the League of Nations Chaco
Commission met yesterday and decided
to call formal conferences with the bel
ligerents today.
The commission held two-hour con-
ference with Jeronimo Zubizarreta "a,
Paraguayan minister of foreign rela-
tions, who said later they had discussed
preliminaries, but did not touch on
questions of forts in the Chaco Boreal
or the armistice.
Afterward Castro Rojas, Bolivian dele
gate to the Pan-American Conference,
conferred briefly with the commission.
The Paraguayan delegate was not
present.
Today's conferences with special rep
resentativeS of Bolivia and Paraguay
were scheduled to start at pm. They
will be held separately.
The League of Nations Commission
was specially delegated at the sugges-
ton Of the Pan-American Conference
to attempt a settlement of the dispute
Evening star., 1933-12-26
FRANCE PRESSING
TRAIN CRASH PROBE
Number of Dead Stands at 1856.
National Funeral Planned
Tomorrow.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
PARIS, December 26.-The investiga-
ton into Saturday nights railroad
wreck was pressed today, the number
OF dead standing at 1856. The bodies
of eight women and small boy remain
unidentified.
The exact total Of deaths may never
be known Remains shapeless beyond
Identification as human bodies were
gathered together today in nameless
caskets.
At least 10 of the survivors of the
crash of the Strasbourg flyer into the
fogbound Nancy express II miles from
here were reported near death from
infections.
Lucien Daudigny, engineer. and Henry
Charpentier. the fireman of the flyer
are held in prison, charged with homi-
eide by imprudence, but Deputy Louis
Rollin protested that their inlprison-
n1ent was illegal and arbitrary"
Impressive simplicity will be the key
note of a national funeral service to-
morrow, arrangements for which were
being completed today.
Evening star., 1933-12-26
1900 ARE WANTED
IN MARINE CORPS
Gen. Fuller Recommends In.
creased Force to Secre-
tary Swanson.

Because the Marine Corps enlisted
strength of l5,200 during the past fiscal
year was not sufficient to perform
properly the duties required of the
corps" its commandant, Mai. Gen. Ben
H. Fuller, told Secretary Swanson to-
day in his annual report he wants 1t
boosted to $1,000.
Promotion Change Urged.
The general asked that Congress take
remedial action to relieve the serious
condition of the promotion question
among the commissioned officers" in
citing the point that about 35 per cent
of the majors and captains have been
in their present ranks for 13 years.
This, he said, is in contrast to naval
officers OF similar age and service, who
have advanced more rapidly
The cost of recruiting and maintain
ing the corps has been cut, said Gen.
Fuller in pointing out "the Marine
Corps has done its part in striving for
national recovery by practicing the
most stringent economies in all eXpendi-
lures and doing cheerfully more work
with less men and less pay. Great
credit is due all ranks for keeping high
the corps esprit and efficiency In a
are extended to them
Slight Increase Favored.
Although Gen. Fuller wants the Ma
rine Corps enlisted strength at 1900,
it is understood that the Bureau of the
Budget is prepared TO pass along to
Congress next month a program for an
increase to only about 1920.
Gen. Fuller called attention to the
fact that 86 per cent of the Marines
had qualified as marksmen during the
fiscal year, illustrating the spirit that
permeates the organization.
Evening star., 1933-12-26
PARENTS BEG SON
T0FACE CHARGES
Appeal to Youth to Surrender
Following Staying Of
Sweetheart.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, December
26.-While authorities today spread
their search throughout Southern Mich
igan, newspapers of the State were
asked to publish parental appeal to
William Mccain, 20. sought in connec-
tion with the Staying of Miss Margaret
Peevey, 22-year-old deaf mute, urging
him to give himself up to police.
and face the charges" the message read.
1--WE will stand behind you to the limit
and help all we can." Mr.. and Mrs.
Lloyd A. Walcott, mother and STEP
father Of McCann, asked that their mes
sage be given wide circulation in the
hope that he would read and heed the
message.
Sheriff Fred Kelley, announcing the
hunt for Mccain, described him as a
former sweetheart of the girl whose
body was found last Saturday living in
a field near Grand Rapids. Three bull
lets from q small-bore rifle had been
fired into her head, two teeth knocked
out. and her clothing torn and disar-
ranged.
Coroner Simeon Leroy said Miss
Peevey had been dead for at least "a
hours before the body was found. Not
until several hours after it was dis
covered was the body identified as that
Of Miss Peevey.
Sheriff Kelley said he had learned
from McCann's parents that the couple
quarreled some time ago, and that Nc
Cam obtained some money from his
mother Saturday and left the city in
an automobile. Miss Peevey had been
missing since Thursday night.
Edward G. Peevey, father Of the girl
told authorities she had been deaf since
she was years old, and had never
learned to talk. He said he did not
notify police of her two-day absence
because she had disappeared from home
at other times.
Authorities early today were without
clues as to McCanns whereabouts.
Evening star., 1933-12-26
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, December 26.-Dr. Arthur
H. Compton Of the University Of Chi
cago, chooses a deistic view Of the intel
ligence and order of the world
The noted student of the cosmic ray
and Nobel prize winner in physics in
1927, takes the position that faith in
God may be thoroughly scientific at
titude. even though we may be unable
to establish the correctness Of our be-
lief
DR.. Compton expressed himself in a
Christmas day authorized interview.
Science" he said, can have no
quarrel with religion which postulates
a God to whom men are as his chill
dren. Not that science in way shows
such relationships a religion which
makes such an assumption does not
have its own evidence it should not look
to science-but the evidence for an in