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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-10

1904 inches. Precipitation has
been confined to the eastern por-
ton of the country during the last
"a hours, being heavy in west
central Florida, Tampa reporting
4.32 inches. Temperatures have
fallen throughout most Of the
eastern half of the country, ex-
cept in the Florida peninsula. with
readings % degrees lower in ex-
IRENE northwestern Florida. and
freezing southwark into central
/. Georgia. Subzero temperatures
continue in the extreme upper Mis-
sissippi Valley and readings are
somewhat below normal in western
districts, except in the northern
Rockies and western North Dakota.
sao Bad 9og &. S. KENNEDY.
aa g'aissidN Official in Charge.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-10

The auto strike overshadows all other
business news. At this writing little or
nothing has been accomplished in the way
Of settlement. John L. Lewis, labor gen.
eralissimo, is as adanant as ever, and so
Is Alfred E. Sloan, General Motors head
g. NJ. car production has fallen to ex-
IRENE lows, with strikers in possession of
many plants. Labor chiefs will not call
a halt to sit down" tactics; Mr.. Sloan
will not arbitrate unit! stu .kers leave the
plants. So a stalemate exists and long
legal battles are pending.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-10

The pros and cons are lining up in
battle array to hara1eue on the proposal
number of the Supreme COu1y judges from
nine TO is. There will be .ots of oratory
on both sides, the house CT representatives
will go over the trenches with agility,
then the senate will discharge few big.
Berthas. When the smoke of battle clears
away there will be 10 on the siipf5psel
court bench, only nine of whom will be
old. Wa
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-10

On its face that was farcial state
ment 10 make that the city could not raise
S2Oo required to start the suits against de-
linquent tax payers. Where there is a will
there is a way; and that small sum could
have been raised in a jiffy, to pay the
county which will not credit the city in fill
ing the suits. All other expenses could
have been delayed until the money was
available by the taxes obtained through
the suits. One of the expenditures to be
insured was the publication of the legals,
and while the City of Key West is indebted
10 The Kev West Citizen in the sum of
$4,000 or mere, this paper Eras willing to
give the city further credit in publishing
he legals required by law.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-10
WEATHER CONDITIONS

Pressure is relatively low this
morning over New England and
off the coast of the Carolina,
PASSPORT, Me-, 1880 inches. and
Charleston, S. c., 1894 inches;
while strong high pressure areas,
crested over the southern Pains
States and lower Missouri Valley,
and Plateau region, overspread
most of the remainder of the
country, Oklahoma City, Okla,
and Kansas City, No.. 30.58 inch
es, and Salt Lake City, Utah,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-10

0Ts4 Fifteen years ago the deepest produc-
ing oil we'll in the world had a depth of
4,683 feet, and its drilling was rightly
considered remarkable feat. But during
the intervening years progress has been
made in the oil fields as elsewhere Re-
Gently California we'll owned by the Tide
Water company was brought in at the as
founding depth of 1850 feet-9 feet over
two miles,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-10

and coal industries to initiate the
practices which Soviet Russia is now
trying hard to eliminate. must be irri-
tating to many of the more intelligent
American workmen. One could ven
ture the guess. or at least express the
hope, that those who still cling to ex-
ploded labor doctrines will eventually
wake up to the fact that they have
fallen for programs, which at bottom
are plain tofnmyrot. Surely it must
soon be clear that everyone cannot
have more by working less.
OF course. there is still much to be
desired inahe way of satisfactory liv-
ing conditions in Russia. No one to-
day. who values the basic comforts OF
American life will recommend emf
grating to her shores. But strange as
it may seem. labor organizers in the
United States are definitely support
ing programs which must lead to
higher production costs. Russians. on
the contrary. are renewing their eff
forts to reduce such costs. and to inn
prove the quality of their production
at the same time so that there may be
more goods to distribute at lower
prices.
Political and union spokesman. who
presume to represent the best inter-
ests of American workmen. insist
upon fuller employment via shorter.
thirty-hour weeks and slower produc-
ton schedules. In the same breath.
higher wages are. also. demanded.
Yet. Commissar G.. K. Ordjonikidze.
in order to reduce costs and eliminate
red-tape in Russia's heavy industries.
is driving hard in the opposite direc-
ton. Many concerns there are over
manned as much as 100 or $50 per
address questions to the al
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-10

According to the Literary Digest,
Prof. p. j. Schmidt has demonstrated that
fish may be gradually frozen into a solid
block of ice, and after being kept in that
condition for three days or more will re-
vive and go swimming about as ussal
when the ice around them is melted. The
demonstration was made before Russian
scientific society.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-10

Taxes on petroleum and its products
in the United States amounted to $1,173,-
413,000 in 1886, of which motorists paid
about 900 million dollars, the remainder
being paid by other users. State gasoline
taxes amounted to 685 million, Federal
gasoline tax 100 million, and lubricating
oil taxes more than 20 million dollars The
motorist would have less cause for COM
plant if all this money were spent on
highways.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-10

1851. S. Supreme Court in
validates Huey Long tax on Louisi-
ana newspapers-Senator Pitt
man, chairman of the Foreign Re-
lations committee, attacks Japane
csc policies IN Far East-Free an
ti-New Deal movie house opens in
Chicago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-10
Know Your Language
BY c. L. Bushnell
School Of English.
International Correspondents
Schools
-DHAPIDATED" derives from

nILAPIDATED" derives from
slapis," the Latin word for
stone. One explanation Of its deri-
walton is that in Roman and pre-
Roman times stoning to death was
a frequent form of punishment. To
us it seems q barbarous practice.
but undoubtedly when an unfortu-
nate victim was stoned to death. he
was completely "dilapidated."
The use Of the expression "old
adage" is what grammarians des-
cribe as tautology 4Adage" by it.
self means an old and long accepted
saying The told" is. therefore. un-
necessary and hence Pathological
Turbulent mob" is another example
of the same thing, for the word
"mob" itself means q turbulent
crowd or assembly
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-10

Ot eulpkO5ulcuks
the best inter-
Festsaof th e
American peo-
pie are not be-
ing served. IL
such a situation
occurred in
Russia, there
certainly would
be some fancy
explaining by
I h o S c W h o
b r o u g b t 1t
about.
The efforts Of
small labor mi
norities in the
~nkn~ r%aal
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-10

A government agency arranged to
buy team of mules for George Marlin,
an aged Arkansas farmer, but through
mistake sent the check for an even $500
to Marlin. Thinking it was the first in
stallment of his Townsend plan old age
pension, which he must spend in 80 days,
ne bought secondhand merry go-round.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-10

Quotation from financial pamphlet:
Key West finally and timidly decided to
start foreclosing delinquent taxes; then
found it didn't have TIE $500 necessary
for preliminary legal expenses" Mere
eamouflage 20 avoid due.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-10
SIDELIGHTS
By MARCY B. DARNALL.
Former Editor of The Key West Citizen

In the Texas senate bill was intro
duced recently which would prohibit
newspaper pictures displaying women's
naked legs. Some of his colleagues think
the author of the bill, Senator Olan R. Van
Zandt, is dog-in-the-manger sort of
person. The senator is blind man.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-10

Curtis Weigold, an escaped prisoner,
thumbed ride with kind-hearted mo-
teFjsk George Mccoy, near Pierre, S. D.
MeCoys happened to be an officer of the
state bhtqce department and after taking
a good look AtFhis guest he arrested him
IqEa took in back to prison.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-10
Today In History

1763-Treaty of Paris by which
France relinquished to England
her possessions in North America
east of the Mississippi excepting
New Orleans.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-10

1s8O-Federal Grand jury in
Chicago indicted 81 corporations
over country engaged in gigantic
bootleg liquor ring.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-10

1934-Japan's Emperor grants
general amnesty to some $4,000
in jails in official celebration of
the birth of the Crown Prince.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-10

1931-U. S. Treasury puts en-
barge on Russian lumber and pulp
wood because made by convict la
obr.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-10

When small minority Of laborers.
occupying key positions IN any indus
try, can throw hundreds of thousands
of their contented fellow workers out
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-10

1S24-Samuel Plimsoll, Eng
lish reformer who secured passage
of the law making the overlooking
of ships illegal born. Died June
8, 1898.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-10

1841-Upper and Lower Can
ada united in federation of two
provinces.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-10

1S19-Frederick B. Conway,
noted American actor. grand
father of Conway Tearle, born in
England. Died at Manchester,
Mass, Sept. Z. 1874.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-10

American Chemical Journal, born
in New York. Died March A,
1927.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-10
DunlsteadsW OInSJrup

saTo children an angel Of mercy" Where
directions are followed. 1T NEVER
cost of SANTONIN It contains fun dose.
Stood sixty years test. Sold everywhere
ar by mail. soc q bottle.
Hst. C, A. Voorhees,. Al. D.. PhilRdelDhia
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-10
Today's
Anniversaries
Observation-Disclosures

1775-Charles Lamb, English
essayist, born. Died Dec. q,
1884.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-10

1827-Edward Atkinson, Bos-
ton fire insurance president and
writer on the subject, born at
Brookline, Mass. Died Dec. IL,
1905.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-10

Subscribe 20 The Citizen-20c
weekly.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-10

The mosquito is al4o a, sit-down
striker.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-10

Jeffrey Farnol, English aovelist.
born SO years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-10

1837-Q00 years ago) Harri-
son Gray Otis, Union soldier,
Journalist, Washington govern
ment worker. noted Los Angeles
newspaper publisher, whose plant
was dynamited killing 81, advo-
cate of the open shop, born near
Marietta, Ohio. Died July 80,
1917.
1914 - Alexander Hermann.
noted American magician, born in
Paris. Died near Salamanca, N.
Y, Dec. II, 1896.
1846-Ira Remsen. first Johns
Hopkins professor of chemistry.
its president, founder of the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-10

Barometer 1880 A. N. today:
Sea level, 29.98.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-09

With the delivery of Ben Hur,
a Tale of the Christ" by Gen.
Lew Wallace, tomorrow, Washing
ton Times readers will have
reached the halfway mark in their
collection Of the Worlds Greatest
Literature volumes.
Nine books have been collected
by Times readers to date. The
tenth book makes its appearance
tomorrow in the regular weekend
release and will be available at all
So coupon exchange stations.
Seven consecutive coupons
clipped from The Times and No.
from the Sunday Washington
Herald, with a 39-cent fee, enables
anyone to obtain any one Of the
books released to date. .......
Remember, the stations will be
opened at 9 o'clock tomorrow and
books will be issued all day. There
is an ample supply of all volumes
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-09
FirebOat Powered
ByOldeSt Boilers
On Potomac

Critics Of Washington's out
NODDED fire fighting apparatus
have overlooked the oldest piece
Of equipment in the District Fire
Observation-Disclosures No. /.
The boat was put in service in
1905 and its boilers are the oldest
on the Potomac River, it was
pointed out today by Capt. Jacob
Stulz, commander Of the Fire
fighter since 1905.
The critics missed a demonstra-
ton of the boats inadequacy yes
terday afternoon when it re-
Sponded to a fire in the Flood
Gate Boat Yard, only a short dis
lance from the fireboat wharf.
When the cumbersome craft ar
rived at the scene, the blaze was
under control.
Unable to Turn
Engines from Company No. 10
that had extinguished the fire
were returning 70 their station
while the fireboat was still
maneuvering among small pleas
ure craft anchored in Washington
Channel. Because Of a strong
southern breeze, the bulky boat
was unable to turn about. 1t re-
turned to dock in reverse.
When the District bought the
Firefighter 80 years ago. it was
to serve a double purpose-ice
breaking and fire fighting. Cap
tain Stulz said:
"In those days District
budgets included appropria-
tiOns Of $4,000 and some
times as much as $4,000 for
ice breaking work."
The unusually cold winter of
1885 was the first winter for
many years that the boat had
been called upon to clear nearby
channels of ice, he said. Most
waterfront cities. the captain ex-
planned. have two types Of boats,
one with a bow designed for ice
Continued on Page IS, Col. q
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-09
Ken Murray
Says:

Well, 1 see a New Jersey
authority has just dynamited the
myth that Betsy Ross composed
the first Stars and Stripes. He
credits a man named HOpkinsOn.
thereby pouring a dainty histOri.
cal incident down the sink.
1 suppose the next thing some
researcher will be telling US Paul
Revere didn't make that mid.
night ride, but some jockey from
the Greentree stable spread the
alarm that the redcaps were
coming Ind please have your
Pullman baggage ready.
And maybe that was a life in
surance application John Han
cock got the boys to sign, after
he Scrawled his name on it, and
not the Declaration of indie
pendenCe. 1t may develop that
the Boston Tea Party was only
the local lodge of Redmen pull
ing off an initiation, and 1 won't
be stunned if some professor
proves that what Patrick Henry
really said was, Give me Liberty
or the Saturday Evening Post"
And that terrible winter at
Valley Forge, l suppose, George
Washington spent at Palm
Beach with the StOteSburyS.
Copyright, 1881 by Mcknight
Syndicate. Inc.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-09
STREETS
BLAMED FOR
ACCIDENTS
Man Hurt in Sunday
Crash Succumbs at
Casualty Hospital

Rain and slippery streets caused
a number of automobile accidents
during the night as the traffic
death toll for the year mounted
to 80.
William K. Price, IS, of Lin.
coin University, Chester, Pa, died
last night at Casualty Hospital
from injuries suffered Sunday
when an automobile in which he
was riding eollided with a street
car.
Mrs. Jessie Knott, A, of 561s
Eighth st. N. W., is in serious
condition in Emergency Hospital,
suffering broken ribs and a back
injury received when she was
struck by an automobile at Six.
tenth st. and Arkansas Ave. N.
w., last night.
Agnes Embrey, 20, of 1922 Eighth
st. N. w., was cut and bruised
when she was struck by an auto
mobile at Seventh Street and Con-
Stitution Avenue Northwest early
today. She was taken to Elmer.
gency Hospital.
Cora Dowd, IS, of 1912 Thir.
tenth st. N. W., was cut and
bruised when she was struck by
an automobile while crossing Union
Station Plaza last night.
Homer Miller, 46, of ForestviIle,
Nd, was in a critical condition in
Casualty Hospital, suffering o
fractured skull and two broken
legs received last night when he
was struck by an automobile
while walking on the highway
near his home.
Mrs. zula Davis, colored, 80, Of
11O2 Sixth st. N. W., suffered
cuts on the legs today when an
automobile driven by her husband.
George Davis, was in collision with
two other cars at Seventh Street
and Washington Drive in the Mall.
She was treated at Emergency
Hospital,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-09
TRAFFIC CONVICTIONS

John Burns, no address given,
IS.
Walter Bauer, 1899 Potomac
Ave. S. E., SIS.
Frank ]. Reagan, 1900 Prout St.
S. E., S..
George B. Edge, 1881 Massa-
chusetts Ave. s. E., S..
Earl c. Bowman, Virginia, IS.
Rubin Brown, IL @ st. N. W.,
S..
Patricia Martin, Virginia, S..
Morgan B. Bennett, Virginia, S..
Wesley l.. Webb, Pennsylvania,
S..
John E. Salmon, Maryland, S..
Warren E. Graves, Virginia, S..
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-09

A446 IA y 4AA
about Washington and its funny
reverence for rank. It's rules Of
precedence and the way lesser
celebrities made way for the Of
ficial Great reminded him, he said
of Longfellow's "Song of Life"
Thereupon, while 20 or 80
guests were proceeding in dignity
to q party dining room, the Chief
Justice whispered to the lady on
his arm:
WipeS of great men
All remind US
We can make OUR Wives sublime;
And preceding, leGUe behind US
Other ladies in the line.
And another good tale. This one
about the Secretary of Labor
Frances Perkins.
Madame Perkins had as lunch
con partner at a recent party in
Philadelphia, Mr.. Martin w. Glenn
emit, president Of the Pennsylvania
Railroad. ri.
The Labor Secretary was frankly
interested in how Mr.. Clement con-
Quoted his big organization. She
asked him many questions. Some
about labor.
Mr.. Clement answered all the
questions evasively. At last Sec
rotary Perkins turned firmly to
him and said: s..,
''Well, Mr.. Clement, there must
be one question you can answer
Just how did you ever get to be
president Of the Pennsylvania
Railroad?"
Somebody died." replied the 10
quaciot1S Mr.. Clement. ~.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-09
Second Offense Speeding

Second Offense Speeding
Henry P. Carroll, 1912 Thirty.
sixth st. N. w., SIS.
Edward B. Davis, 461 E st. S.
W., SIS.
Andrew B. Czarnecki, pit F st.
N. w., $40. 49,.
First Offense Speeding
Lee D. Butler, Maryland, $40.
James T. Rowe, Virginia, $40.
Norman E. Miller. Maryland,
Jane SAKE, 1920 Connecticut
Ave. N. W., IS.
Herman J. Hitler, 1918 Hem
lock st. N. w., IS.
Milford L. Douglas. 1915 West
Virginia Ave. N. E., IS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-09
BIG INSURANCE
SAVING HERE
IS SOUGHT
House Group Told Rate
Expert Can Cut Bill
$4,000 Yearly

Fire insurance companies doing
business in washington are prof
iteering to the extent of $500,0
a year, and in the 12-year period
from 1924 to 1885 took more than
$40, 100000 in premiums from Dis
trict property owners, Superin-
tendent of Insurance j. BaIch
Moor has reported to the House
District Appropriations subcom-
mittee.
His report was cited today by
Representative Charles Engel (R.)
of Michigan, a member of the sub
committee, in justification for the
appropriation of $4,000 to pay the
salary Of a fire insurance rate
expert for the District.
Law Is Sought
Mr.. Engel pointed out that be-
fore this condition can be cor
rected it will be necessary for Con-
gress to enact legislation creating
such a position in the District in
surance department. This prob
lem at the moment is in the hands
of the House District Committee.
Superintendent Moor reported
that from 1924 to 1885, inclusive,
fire insurance companies collected
premiums here amounting to $685.
991 ,447.02, and that losses paid in
the same period totalled only
$8,357, 383.84, equal to 1895 per
cent Of the premiums. The report
said further:
at is generally understood
that companies are required by
law to set up reserves equal to
50 per cent Of the premiums re-
Ceived against losses that are exs
pected to occur. As a rule, the
State rating boards actually fig
ure that the company should
operate with fair profit on a
basis of only 46 per cent of the
premiums received, allowing SIS
per cent available for losses.
Under the liberal formula Of
so per cent for expected losses,
the actual experience shown in
the above statistics indicates a
liberal premium charge over
these IL years should not have
exceeded $16,714,767.6 the &C
tual Overcharge thereby amount
ing to $1O,276,679.34 during this
period.
FIVE-YEAR AVERAGE LOWER
Rates are usually calculated
on the basis of the previous five.
year average which, if applied to
the experience in the District,
shows loss ratio of only 25.12
per cent, meaning that out of
every $1O0 paid in the District
during this period only $25.12
was required to cover losses Sus-
tanned.
"These figures undoubtedly in
dictate that the inSuring public
of the District is paying an
exhOrbitant rate for fire insur-
ance protection"
Pointing out that under existing
statute the superintendent of in
Surance is empowered to go a long
way toward the regulation of fire
insurance rates, Superintendent j.
Balch Moor said:
"Such regulation, however, if
attempted cannot be expected to
bring about any reasonable de-
gree of information or equity to
the individual policy holders
unless the basis of the admin
istratiOn is founded on a pro-
gram and procedure inaugurated
by fire insurance rate expert
thoroughly capable Of develop
ing the exhOrbitant rates in Ger.
tain classes and bringing about
an equal distribution of the cost
of carrying the insurance burden
as a whole" |
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-09
Social Agencies
Dance Tomorrow

The Washington Council of So
cial Agencies, in cooperation with
the Community Center Depart
ment, is sponsoring a barn dance
to be held in Thomson Center to-
morrow night at o'clock. The
function is to stimulate interest
in girls clubs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-09
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Read y Tomorrow

'at the stations and at The Times
Building, 1917 H st. N. w.
Call District 1000 and ask for
home delivery and arrange for de-
livery of the books, one each week,
by carrier at no extra cost. Thou.
sands of Times subscribers are
taking advantage of this method
of building up their libraries of
the Worlds Greatest Literature.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-09
KaIipoIis Grotto
Headed by StiChman

Solomon Stichman has been
named monarch of the KaIlipolis
Grotto, the organization an,
nounced last night. He succeeds
Cyrus F. Armiger.
Other new officers include Ar
thur C. Shaw. chief justice; DR..
A. H. Ostrow, master of cere-
monies; C. Walter Umhau, mar
shall; Louis Prawde, captain Of
the guard; E. w. Libbey. secre-
tary; L. Whiting Estes, treasurer:
and Cleve Smallwood, sentinel.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-09
NOW
Back in Hectic
Washington
AFTERCUBA
By HELEN ESSARY

Back home in hectic Washing
ton again after a tranquil holiday
in Havana-in Havana where
nothing ever happens-except o
few revolutions, almost the first
story hear is about-of all things
the Supreme Court! About the