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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-28
A RoGUE's NAME LIVES

The other day The Citizen published
a story of a mule being rescued from a
we'll into which he had fallen, derrick
being used to hoist him to safety. This
incident reminds us how the use of the
word derrick" came to be applied to var
ious lifting apparatus ana Is interesting,
for it confers sort of Immortality upon
rascal who became a famous hangman
When Robert, Earl of Essex, favorite of
Queen Elizabeth of England, aided in the
capture of Cadiz, Spain, in 1896, some
sailors under his command engaged in the
pillage of the city, even making attacks
upon Spanish women.
Twenty-four of the culprits were con-
demned to death, but no one wanted to be
the executioner. Essex thereupon pardon
ed one of them, sailor named Derrick, in
consideration of his hanging the other %,
which he proceeded to do.
Derrick evidently did good job of it,
for upon his return to England he was
made hangman at the famed Tyburn pris-
on in London. In the meantime Essex
had incurred the disfavor of the queen,
and had made feeble attempt to incite a
revolution against her. He. was tried and
condemned to death.
On February 81, 1906, Hangman Der
rick had the painful duty of beheading the
man who had pardoned him in Cadiz five
years before, and he welded the axe as
skillfully as he had hitherto manipulated
the moose
But his name became synonym for
hangman, and by extension to gallows
or other hosting device. Thus the useful
derrick came to be so called
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-28
WEATHER CONDITIONS

This morning pressure is above
normal over the eastern half of
the country and off the north Pa
cific coast with a trough of low
pressure extending from Mani
toba (WilIiston. N. D.. 29.5S In
chess southwestward to Arizona,
phoenix, 29.70 inches). Precipi-
tation during the last % hours has
been confined TO the South At
lantic and East Gulf states ex-
cept Florida. Elsewhere fair
weather was general. Temper
atures have increased slightly
since yesterday morning over the
North Atlantis states and in North
Dakota. High day temperatures
were common yesterday over the
northern great plains and Utah
with maximum temperatures rang,
ing from 90 to l04 degrees. &
AT 8to'clock last night the trop-
ical disturbance was central about
SO miles north of Great Inagua
Island. By this morning it appears
to have moved slightly northwest
ward to position 900 miles south
east of Nassau. S.
s. M. GOLDSMITH.
Temporarily in Charge.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-28

If you were told that you must have
one of the well recognized diseases and
take your chances on recovery, which
would you choose? According to two emil
nent physicians who have studied the per-
centage of fatalities from various maladies,
your best bet would be to choose having
measles.
For they have found that only four
tenths of one percent of cases of measles
proves fatal On the other hand, the most
deadly of acute diseases is lockjaw, which
is also one of the most horrible
Yet lockjaw is not necessarily fatal. as
many believe. In fact, it is nowadays, fatal
in only Ill percent of cases. considerably
less than one-haif
Among the more common diseases.
pneumonia is the most deadly. Still, even
in this most serious malady the mortality
rate is only IL percent
These figures, we assume, are based
upon the assumption that no other compli-
cations are present As q matter of prac-
teal experience. very great number Of
deaths are due not merely to the acute dis
ease which may be the preponderant fac
tor, but to combination of causes
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-28
THE KEY WEST CITIZEN
WILL always seek III Truth and print It

WILL always seek the truth and print It
without fear and without favor; never be
afraid to attack wrong or to applaud right;
always fight for progress never be the or
gan or the mouthpiece Of any person. clique.
faction or class; always do It's utmost for the
public welfare; never tolerate corruption or
injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue;
commend good done by individual or organ
lzation; tolerant Of Others rights. views and
Opiniona;-prin only news that will elevate
and not eontaminate the reader; never COM
promise with principle.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-28
TODAY'S WEATHER

portion and moderate northeast
backing to north or northwest
winds increasing over south por-
ton; increasing, becoming strong
and probably reaching gale force
in center tropical disturbance;
partly overcast weather over north
and overcast weather with showers
over south portion tonight and
Saturday.
East Gulf: Gentle TO moderate.
easterIy winds.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-28

Six prominent men. including an in
surance broker. two real estate men, two
growers and county official. fell to dis.
eussing the proposed Miami-Key West
bridge project, proposed for ALLEGATION of
r. F. c. money Il cant see it, said one.
Looks to me just like another road lead
ing nowhere. = The others promptly and
unanimously agreed with him,-From
'WhTligig" in Miami News. On the con-
trary, this road, almost completed, lacking
only bridges over two water gaps. leads to
one of the most beautiful spots to be found
anywhere West, gem in the ocean
the enchanted isle. Ninety miles beyond
lies Cuba, the pearl of the Antilles, mecca
of thousands Of tourists.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-28
WEATHER FORECAST

Key West and Vicinity: Fair
tonight; Saturday showers; mod
crate northeast winds increasing
and backing to north and north
west.
Florida: Generally fair to-
night; Saturday probably fair In
north and showers in south por-
ton.
Jacksonville to Florida Straits
Gentle variable winds becoming
moderate northeast over north
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-28

"Yo Hop shouts the Puffy, and
dances a jig,
"That's just the right place for a
bunny and Pig.
I'll see everything but the stock
yards out west,
They might want to make me a
permanent guestp
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-28

Rev. Edward Franklin Gates,
former Methodist minister in Key
West. died last Wednesday night
in his home in Manatee. He was
88 years old. and the oldest mem
Der Of the Florida conference.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-28
UNIQUE METHOD

SPOKANE, Wash.-To put his
name before every housewife 90
candidate for city commissioner,
Lew Hurtig of this city, had il
stamped on 10000 eggs.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-28

Editorial comment. The Ameri-
can Legion denies that il has any
thing 10 do with the Dempsey
Gibbons fight. II II not necessary
for Dir. Dempsey To deny that hs
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-28

Today's
Anniversaries

.
1746-Thomas Hayward. DR.,
South Carolina signer of the De-
claration OF independence, soldier
of the Revolution. jurist. born in
st. Luke's parish. S. c. Died
there, March 6. 1909.
1751-Joseph Habersham, Geor-
gia patriot, soldier. Postmaster
General under the first three
presidents, born in Savannah. Died
there, Nov. II, 1915.
1767-James A. Bayard, Dele
ware leader of the Federalist par
ty in Congress, statesman and
diplomat, born in Philadelphia.
Died in Wilmington. Aug. 6, 1915.
1796-Jean B. C. Corot, famed
French landscape painter, born.
Died Feb. %, 1875.
1830-Charles F. Dunbar, edi-
tor and economist, Harvard's first
professor of political economy,
born at Abingdon, Mass. Died
Jana 20, 1900.
1833-James H. Lane, youngest
brigadier-general in the Confed-
crate Army. professor of civil en-
cheering, born at Mathews, Va.
Died Sept. 81, 1907.
Edward d. Cope, one of
the foremost of the naturalists and
biologists of his day, born in Phil
adelphia. Died there, April IL,
1897.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-28

1T ia, Oregon Tampa Tribune We
thought The Tribune was for repeal. When
a man sticks poinard between your ribs,
it certainly Is not friendly gesture. That's
Why Caesar called his assaiIant Brute.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-28

Charles Thompson entertained
members Of the Pirates Club and
. number Of their friends with q
ride around the harbor last night
on the yacht Twilight. Dancing
was enioyed until midnight. Boun.
tiful refreshments were served.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-28

Our best people understand this is
no time to get rich quick" Obviously,
the thing to do is to promote understanding
among those who are not our best people.
The Knickerbocker Press.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-28

Looking for fast baseball play
ers the team of the u. s. S. Cleve-
land has them. They will line up
against the team that will play
the University of Havana team.
Sunday afternoon is the date and
the place the army barracks.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-28

1t issafer to guess that the headlight
nearest tesyou is the one that is out.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-28

DO You know that sugar is the only
word in English where IS, and u" come
together and are pronounced ''sh?"-Ex-
change. Sure.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-28

There is such thing as orderly dis
order. If you don't believe it, look at a
lawyers desk.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-28

Staff Sergeant John A. Fergu-
son, u. S. A.. and Miss Jewell
Albritton, were quietly married
Wednesday afternoon at the home
of the brides mother. Rev w.
E. Bryant. OF Fleming Street
church. officiating. Only a few
friends and members Of the i'm
mediate families were present.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-28

Women rule certain tribe of Indians
in Peru. Which is further evidence that
civilization is spreading.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-28

Arriving in the city yesterday
were Sr. Francisco Centurion,
architect and civil engineer; DIR.
A. Covas Guerrero, delegate from
the office of public works; and
Ramon Perdomo, of the San Car
los institute. They are in Key
West in the interest of the pro-
posed erection of new San Car
los theater to be constructed on
the site where the old theater
stood on Duval street.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-28

Many personsis on such good terms
with himself that he never thinks of being
pleasant-aO anybody else.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-28

Then there is the fellow whose idea of
fame is to'have one of his testimonials read
over the radio
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-28

Now if the efficiency experts could
only devise some means of utilizing the
leftover advice!
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-28

Every governmental officer or board
that handles public money should publish
at regular intervals an accounting of it,
showing where and how each dollar is
spent We hold this to be fundamental
principle of democratic government"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-28
Today's Horoscope

Here is another strong eharac-
ter, with more subtlety than that
of yesterday, and more given to
scientific methods. capable of car
rying out difficult researches to
the ultimate end. There may de-
velop vein of cunning and some
times cupidity. keen sense of
rivalry, and some jealousy. These
latter traits should be kept strictly
under control, if present.
(Copyrighted)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-28

1t is difficult matter to pick bone
with vegetarian.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-28

Pity for others is courage; pity fol
ourselves is cowardice.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-28
KEY WEST IN
DAYS GONE BY
Happenings Here Just 10 Years
Ago Today Az Taken From
The Files OF The Citizen

Key Vests company of Ma
tional Guards left over the East
Coast last night for Fortress Mon
roe, Va, where they will remain
in camp until August II. There
were 81 men making the trip.
Joseph William Sawyer, Joseph
G. Piodela. DR.. John Bertram
Bright, Winston Brown and Pab-
lio Esperdy, who win attend the
Citizens Military Training Camp,
will leave in two separate parties
for their camp tomorrow.
The u. S. S. Cleveland arrived
in port today shortly before noon
and berthed at the naval station
pier. She will take on fuel and
supplies and be ready Tuesday
morning to return to Cardenas,
Cuba.
Superintendent William w. De-
merritt, of the Seventh Lighthouse
District, announced today that
the lighthouse tender Ivy viii
leave here on August 6 with
Troop /. Boy Scouts, en- route to
Fort Myers, Fla. Inspection Of
the troop win be held Thursday
evening at the troops head
quarters on Duval street. The
boys will be gone two weeks.
The University of Havana base
ball team will play in Key
West on Friday. Local players
will oppose them. The game will
be at the army barracks and will
begin at o'clock. The game viii
be played under the supervision
of the American Legion. After
expenses have been deducted the
proceeds win be divided on a fifty
fifty basis.
Mrs. John Williams died s
O'Clock this morning in her home
ait Eaton street. The deceased
was IS years old. She is sur
vived by one sister Mrs. jeremiah
Fogarty. Funeral services will
be held tomorrow from 81. Paufs
church
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-28

has anything to do with the
legion.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-28

Subscribe for The Citizen--20.
weekly.
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Rainfall*

Barometer at 8 a. IN. today:
Sea level, 5000.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-28

1796-Jean B. C. Corot, famed
French landscape painter, born.
Died Feb. %, 1875.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-06-15

ing is being stimulated by the fear
of imitation. In the fourth place, de-
probation of the dollar in terms of
foreign exchange is tending to en-
large the foreign market. In the
fifth place, and most important of all,
the downward movement of the bus
mess cycle has apparently been halted
and business is now free from the Sc
we're pressure of this factor.
at is questionable, however, wheth-
er the cyclical movement is yet up
ward in view of the Embellishments
still prevailing. This suggests that
the current expansion of business will
be followed sooner or later by some
reaction when the influence of the
temporarily stimulating factors has
worn off. Moreover, there is still dan
ger that fallacious governmental
measures may have to be overcome
before business is in position to
stage prolonged revival"
= 4
Yet it is encouraging to know that
many business charts now indicate
that in some lines there is more acti-
witty than a year ago. Let us hope that
nobody rocks the boat.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-06-15
NATIONAL AFFAIRS
BY FRANK P. LITSCHERT

There has been undoubtedly pick
up in business in some parts of the
United States. At the time this is
written there is more hopeful feel
ing SO far as the immediate economic
future is concerned than in many
months. There has been a rapid in
crease in the price of common and
preferred stocks on the New York
and other stock exchanges. The aver
age price of stocks recently event
through the September high" as the
chart students put it, which means
that the average of common stocks is
now higher than it was in September
last year, the high point of the rise
which started shortly after July I,
1882 According to the experts" who
believe in the charts, this means that
the tendency of the stock market is
still upward, subject to temporary
reactions.
Fortunately, however, there are in
dications of business improvement
aside from the stock market. Steel
mills are more active at this writing
than they have been since 1881, and
car loadings and electric power pro-
duction are higher than they were
year ago. Farmers are encouraged
by the rise in the price of agricultural
commodities. There have been slight
wage increases here and there, and
although the business improvement is
undeniably spotty, many students of
economics now believe that we are or
the upgrade at last.
1t is of course devoutly to be hoped
that this is true. There was pickup
in the late summer and early fall last
year, but it finally fiatened out, al
though values on the stock exchange
did not go so low as they were in the
previous summer. The element Of
time is now working in favor of recov-
cry. We have had nearly four years
of depression, and certainly must have
passed the low point of the valley.
Depressions, even those following
great wars, do not last much longer
than four years, so that some i'm
provement is due, if we are to main
tain our economic society as it is now
constituted.
While we are all hopeful, and it is
right and proper to be hopeful, it is to
be remembered that there is yet no
time for undue rejoicing. AS Presi-
dent Roosevelt remarked: eve can
not ballyhoon ourselves back to pros
perity." Many weary miles yet re-
main to be retraced. Hundreds of
banks closed during the general bank
ing holiday remain yet to be reopened
or liquidated. Many cities of the
country must have their finances reor
ganized and there must be consoli-
dalton and refnancing of railroads.
The farm problem is not yet solved, in
spite of the increase in the price of
commodities. Many adjustments yet
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-06-15
Christianity

christianity is unique; Christianity
is something most lovable; for Chris
tianity is person, and the person is
Jesus; and this Christianity has &C.
complished more wonderful things
than any other religion in the world"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-06-15

The business situation when it said:
There are several reasons for this
burst of business activity. In the
first place, business is experiencing
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-06-15
More Effective

Christianity in books may have done
much to influence men, but Christian
ity in boots has done more along this
line, and is still as effective as ever
Isaac Page.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-06-15

the usual seasonal expansion. In the
second place, the demand postponed
by the bank holiday is now making
itself felt. In the third place, buy
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-06-15
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-06-15

The Republican Commercial Print
ing Department is the best equipped
urintery you could care to inspect.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-06-15

remain to be made.
X
The Alexander Hamilton Business
Institute recently we'll summed up
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-06-15

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Evening star., 1933-06-22
WILD CAT BANQUET
MENUFOUND HERE
Effort to Make Puma Meat
Popular Revealed in Smith,
sonian Files.

Notices Of what Is believed to have
been Washington's only wild cat ban
quet-served back in 1874 to some Of
the country's foremost scientists-have
just come to light in the files OF the
Smithsonian Institution.
At the invitation of Prof j. H. Baird,
secretary of the institution and a dis
tinguished naturalist, Aae guests dined
on a choice roast puma which, they de-
clared, hardly could BE distinguished
from lamb. Invitations, which were
declined, we're sent to President Grant
and all the members of his cabinet.
The Secretary of the Navy was repre-
sented by proxy
The dinner was served on antique
plates at Prof. Baird's apartment in the
Smithsonian Building. Among the
guests was Simon Newcome, director Of
the Naval Observatory, and other local
scientists.
Had Object in Banquet.
There was method in the Smithsonian
secretary's madness. for with the open
ing of the West for settlement there
was a tremendous slaughter Of the
wild cats. which were regarded as an
unmitigated nuisance. If the flesh could
be made popular, Prof Baird felt, these
animals might be made of considerable
economic importance, and he wished
to set an example for the country. He
had been told that wild cat was con-
sidered real delicacy by some Indian
tribes.
Besides the puma was the easiest OF
the cat family to rear in captivity, and
there was no reason why 1t could not
be domesticated, except that there
would be so little financial return. The
strange banquet was served on the
evening Of April 80, 1874, and was
widely reported in the newspapers at
the time.
Failed to Win Support.
The scientists, according to the ac-
counts, sat down for a congenial eve
ming. They talked over the desirability
of making Sanscrit the official language
for international affairs and the validity
of the theory of evolution, which was
just beginning to rouse debate in the
United States.
Simon Newcombe said wild cat was
''better than bear" Others expressed
their approval of the new dish. But
despite its distinguished sponsors, roast
puma gained no adherents throughout
the country and Prof. Baird's effort was
looked upon generally as a joke. Even
the Smithsonian secretary apparently
did not try the juicy dish again and the
puma continued to be slaughtered
merely to get rid OF it.
Evening star., 1933-06-22

hospital with pneumonia four weeks
ago. He recovered from that illness
all right, but grew thinner and weaker
each day.
Physicians examined him repeatedly
without finding the cause until they
resorted to the Horoscope, an instru
ment that employs a screen to detect
shadows cast by objects in the path
of X-rays.
BY means Of that they followed the
course of fluid taken through the
BOYS mouth and learned it poured into
lungs through hole in the esophagus.
Now they are feeding Walter through
a tube that runs directly to his stomach
and he is gaining weight and strength.
And they are counting on nature to
Evening star., 1933-06-22
TREASURY BILLS ISSUE

Another issue of 91-day Treasury bills
has been offered in the amount of about
5000 900, to be sold on a discount
basis Monday afternoon.
The bills will be dated June % and
mature September 81. The money de-
rived from the sale will be used to
help retire 100000 900 in other bills
which mature June 28
Evening star., 1933-06-22
EFFORT IS Renewed
TO FREE AL CAP0NE
Leahy to Take Gangster's Case to
Supreme Court or District
Tribunal at Atlanta.

Efforts will be renewed to obtain the
release Of AL Capone from Atlanta
Penitentiary, where the erstwhile gang
leader is serving term for income tax
evasion, William E. Leahy, Washing
ton attorney. announced yesterday.
Leahy. who failed once in his efforts
to free Capone, said application would
be made either to the United States
Supreme Court or to the Federal Dis
trict Court In Atlanta. Recently the
Federal Circuit Court in New Orleans
decided against Leahy's request for a
writ Of habeas corpus.
"It certainly Is not our intention to
let this matter drop" Leahy said. MY
present inclination is to petition the
Supreme Court for review of the Cir
cult Court decision. II this Is not done.
petition for new writ of habeas
corpus to free Capone from the peni-
tentiary will be filed in the District
Court In Atlanta"