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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-21
MORGAN ETCHING
MAKES FAMOUS
ART COLLECTION
BARGAINING" DRY POINT
ETCHING BY LOCAL ART
IST. IN TINE PRINTS OF
YEAR 1887"

F. Townsend Morgan, well
known artist and etcher, has had
his dry point etching entitled
Bargaining" included in Fine
Prints of the Year." an annual
faithful anthology of the worlds
contemporary print production,
edited by the well known Camp
bell Dodson, and issued last
month. Only % prints are repro
duced, and they represent the
work of artists from all over the
world. But A American artists
are included. Previously, the pub
LEGATION has dealt only with AM
erican and British work, but this
year it was expanded to include
the work of all known artists. The
anthology made its fifteenth an
nual appearance this year.
The Townsend print represents
a scene presumably in the West
Indies at a wharf. The maSts OF
fishing and trading boats rise
above the planking of the wharf
There is a colored woman in the
center. To the right are a mum.
Der of colored boy loungers in
back of a group of sheep. The at
mosphere of a ship-bargaining
wharf is admirably portrayed, ac-
cording to many who have seer
the print which is one among 9
collection of the authors print:
at the Old Island Trading Post.
Mr.. Morgan was in Key West
with the Federal Art Project ar.
lists during the rehabilitation
of the city a few years ago. With
his daughter, Norma, he has re
turned this year and is associated
with the movement for an art gal.
lery in this city.
In a preface, MIR. Dodson notes
that etching is very much alive
in this country and that American
photographers are more numer.
Gus and active than their fellow.
in most European countries at the
present time" in American litho.
graphs there is an emphasis or
tone rather than line"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-21

general slackening of the business
of the country, on which the in
dustry depends, and the situation
is made even more critical by the
constantly growing cost of tele-
graph operation through heavy
Social Security and other taxes,
wage reservations and mounting
expenses of all kinds.
AS indicated by figures pub.
lished a few days ago, the Tele-
graph Companies are operating
either at a deficit or on a very
slender margin, and, it is pointed
out, if this condition continues,
will shortly impair their ability
to continue rendering the eff
cient service on which the public
depends and which forms such an
essential part of the commercial
and social fabric of the nation as
well as an indispensable arm Of
national defense.
In recent years the Telegraph
Companies have offered a num-
Der of new and additional serv-
ices at low rates for the purpose
of developing new and enlarged
uses of their service, in an eff
fort to increase the volume of
traffic and thus keep their rev.
enues abreast of the constantly
mounting expenses, but in spite Of
favorable public reception Of
these innovations they have not
been sufficient to offset the gen.
eral downward trend.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-21
CONDITION OF
PATIENT, SAME
ESMoND SAWYER STILL RE.
MAINS UNCONSCIOUS IN
MARINE HOSPITAL.

ESmond Sawyer. who is at the
Marine Hospital where he was
taken after he was injured Sat
urday afternoon while riding his
motorcycle on Roosevelt Boule-
ward. had not regained conscious
ness up to IL o'clock this morning.
Il was stated that he has on
several occasions appeared 20 be
rational. or sernirational, but al
most Immediately lapSes into q
state of coma. II was said this
morning that even though uncon-
sciouS. the longer life lasts the
better his chances for recovery.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-21

Jack Baker, employed on the
bridge at Spanish Harbor, plung-
ed on an auto truck this morn
ing from the bridge, falling APP
proximately 20 feet into the wa
ter, but was not severely injur-
ed.
The truck had been backed on
to the turn-table, which is locat-
ed in the center of the bridge,
and on which vehicles are driven
in order to turn around, as they
cannot make a turn on the road
way, without the device.
1t was stated that the truck
was on the turn-table when il
began to move off. MIR. Baker
sprang to the vehicle to apply
the brakes, but this was not pos
sible before the truck reached
the edge of the structure and
plunged into the water.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-21
SIX MARRIAGE
LICENSES ISSUED

During the week ending today
six marriage licenses were issued
nom the office of County Judge
Raymond R. Lord. AS shown by
the records issues were made to:
Levi James and Isolina Mar
zero; Jacob d. Winslow and Mary
II. jones' MerEnit Saunders and
Marie Roberts; Maxwell Nathan
lei ShaverS and Lorraine Darrell;
Ralph Gillespie and Florrie Ca
rey; Read S. Russell and Dur
lean Riggs.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-21
Wrecked Ward Line Ship
Goes To Pieces; Warbler
Returning To Key West
To Advices Re-
ceived, Wrecking Tug
VIII Arrive Here On
Thursday

Advices received Al the Office
of the Porter Dock Company. in
dieats there is q possibility Of the
wreekins Tug Warbler returning
from activity in Mexican wPtsrs.
and probably being Al her berth
Thursday. December -.
The Warbler sailed from Key
West on the morning of Novem-
Der %. summoned to the assist
ance of the Ward Line Steamer
Cauto, which was reported
aground near the port Of Puerto.
Mexico. Wrecking tug left with
additional wreckers and upon ar
irving at the scene. it was found
that the ship was in a perilous
position, and was giving evil
dences of being smashed on the
rocks.
The Number hold was filling
with water, and there was little
hope of saving anything else but
the cargo, and it was doubtful IL
that could be saved before the
vessel began to break up. Later
the actual breaking up Of the
vessel was announced. and all
attention was being given to sal
vaging the freight.
On December II messages re-
ceived from the Warbler indi-
Gated that the Cauio was gong 10
pieces. the personnel Of the ship
was being sent home. and there
was a possibility that the Warb-
Ter would not return to her home
port until January l.
The information received yes
terday puts an: entirely new phase
on the situation, and the members
of the crew Of the nlreeking tug
may be home to spend the holt
days with their families.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-21
Telegraph Companies Will
Ask Permission To Raise
Rates Fifteen Per Cent

NEW YORK, Dec. 21.-The
Telegraph Companies are about
to apply to the Federal Commune
cations Commission for a fifteen
percent increase in rates.
In making this application, one
of the oldest public service insti-
tutions is obliged to- break a
precedent of thirty years stand
ing.
The position of the telegraph
industry in the public service
field is unique in that it does not
assess a standby charge, but must
rely for its income wholly on
what is paid for each item Of
service performed.
BY progressive methods and a
continued series of improvements
and new developments in plant
and operating processes, it has
not only met all the increasing
costs arising during the past
three decades, but has actually
decreased the cost of its service
to the public.
The only increase in telegraph
rates which has been made in the
past thirty years was made by the
government when it operated the
industry during the World War.
Today, despite drastic operating
economies the financial resources
and credit of the companies are
being jeepardized by the decline
in revenues brought on by the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-21
CORONER'S JURY
RENDERS VERDICT
DEALS WITH CASE OF COLOR.
ED WOMAN WHO DROWN.
ED IN cISTEHN

Coroner's jury which was en-
panelled to invetigate into the
death of Susan Culmer, colored,
who came to her death by drown
ing Saturday afternoon, rendered
a verdict yesterday afternoon to
the effect that the act of the de-
ceased was done with suicidal in
tent, while in a fit of despond-
ency.
1t was shown that the woman
had for some time displayed fits
of dependency, caued, it is said,
by physical condition which, at
times, resulted in suffering, and
which had preyed on her mind to
such an extent as to bring about
partial arrangement.
Saturday afternoon she ran
from her home on Olivia street to
Division street and entering the
home of Mrs. Fred Dion, Jr., ex-
claimed that she wanted to be
saved from her purSuer, who she
said was the devil. She seemed
very much excited, and turning
from Mrs. Dion, sprang to the
door, opened it. leaped the fence
of the adjoining home, and threw
herself into the cistern on the
property of Mr.. and Mrs. Tony
Arthur at SGT Division street.
Members Of the jury, which
was empaneled by Peace Justice
Enrique Esquinaldo, coroner ex-
offieio, were: Armando Ber-
mudez, Felipe Marrero, Oliver
Kemp, Herman Roberts, Limo
Cruz and Enrique Esquinaldo, Sr.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-21
CITY COUNCIL
MEETS TONIGHT

A special meeting of the City
Council will be held tonight
at 7:30 o'clock, for the purpose
of taking up matters relative 70
the operation of several beer and
wine establishments which it is
claimed are operating within
three hundred feet Of the San
Carlos School building. which Is
prohibited by a city ordinance
While the meeting is called
speed rallY for this purpose, it Is
said Plat 6tber matters may also
be taken up during the session.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-21
Shown That Monroe County
viii Retain Ratio Bearing
On Its Future Population
Statistics Reveal That
Seven Other Florida
Counties VIII Show
Decline In Future
By PAUL MAY
Especial washington Correspondent
OF The CitIzen)

aAnEEtAt tH4AmAMkNOn
of The CitIzen)
WASHINGTON. D. c. Dec. 81.
Although by 1880 population in
seven Florida counties will be-
gin TO decline. owing TO lack OF
fertility among women and the
practising Of birth control. pros
pects are for a continued in
crease of population in Monroe
county. the National Resources
Board announced today as a re-
suit of population studies in every
county in the country.
The Scripps Foundation for
Research in Population Problems,
which conducted the study, found
that there are more than enough
children under five years of age
in Monroe county in ratio to
white women between the ages OF
!. 20 and A years, to maintain 3
stationary population beyond
1880. The number of children in
the county under 5, per 1000
white women, is 400, and to
maintain a stationary population,
the number needed is 446, it was
said.
The state of Florida as a whole,
however, is assured of a steady
increase in population, based on
the number of children under five
years now in the state, it was
learned.
The Scripps Foundation says
that high fertility is based on the
assumption that the number OF
births per 1000 women living
through the child bearing period
viii continue according to the
same ratious prevailing during
l930-1954.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-21

Naturally, the Japanese are
very much gratified that the
United States has not embarked
on a policy of determined resist
ance to Japanese aims and that
efforts to create a joint front
against Japan have failed at Ge-
neva and at Brussels. This is I'M
doubtedly reflected in the recent
statement of Admiral Tadao Hon
da, who says, IF Japan had not
gained anything else important
ilf1sthis undeclared war with
China, the struggle would have
been worth its cost because OF
the Qualification of Japanese
American relations and the ban
ishment-which l hope is per-
manent-of dangerous distrust
and suspicious"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-21
CANS EXPLODE

EMPoRIA. Kans.-Explosion Of
several cans Of beans awakened
Mr. and Mrs Paul Trimhle Of this
city when their home caught fire
during the night.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-21

AS matter of fact, when the
present policy in China was be-
ginning to unfold and the mill
tary domination of China begun,
japanese officials, IN the words
of correspondent, had one eye
on China and the other on the
navy of the United States. The
japanese believed that the Brit
ish and French fleets were pin
ned to European waters and that
the Russian Army was too par
alyzed from its liquidation to in
terfere with the Chinese venture.
However, the Japanese knew
well that the United States
fleet, representing probably the
most powerful navy in its his
tory, was in splendid condition
and that it was stationed in the
harbors of American Pacific
ports. The Japanese We're con-
cerned lest Washington adopt a
strong policy against japanese
aggression in China and feared
that the British might open its
new naval base at Singapore to
the American fleet which would
there be able to threaten Japan's
right to do as she pleased with
China.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-21
APPRECIATION

Our hearty thanks 70 al Who
helped make the ELKs CHARITY
BALL . success Your generous
cooperation has assured many
needy Key Westers Of = Happier
Christmas.
dec2i-lt ELKS CLUB.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-21

The presence of such a deter
mination on the part of the jap
anese explains the abrogation of
the treaties limiting the navies
of the world. Under the Treaty
of London, the japanese fleet was
limited to a ratio which would
not be sufficient to establish Jap
anese supremacy in the Far East
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-21

WA GHHNGTONT

and to maintain it if assailed by
a combination of two or more
powers. The japanese appar-
emily intend to build their navy
to a strength sufficient to pre-
vent the United States and Great
Britain from being able to sue
cessfully challenge their course
in the Far East.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-21

Meanwhile, apparent confirTna-
ton of rumors that. Japan is
building huge battleships comes
from an article published in an
Italian newspaper. Information
about the naval building program
of Japan has been uncertain but
the Italian dispatch seems to be
in line with what is known. Ac-
cording to the story, Japan is con-
structing three 46-ton battleships,
armed with 16-inch guns and, in
addition, has 90 other-men.of-
war actually building or project
ed. The other units include five
aircraft carriers, seven light cruis-
ers, 40 destroyers and eight sub
marines.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-21

The Japanese campaign in
China is probably based on the
intention of the japanese to
profit through the economic ex-
ploitation of China. In other
words. the only source that Japan
has available from which to re-
coup its military expenditures in
China Is the capture of Chinese
commerce. This means that COM
petition from other nations must
be positively removed. This eco
.nomic motive is behind the jap
anese insistence that, in the Far
East, Japanese rights are para
mount and that the Western ma
tons must permit the Far East
ern nations to work out their
own destiny. 1t requires no
prophet to foreSee that if West
ern powers remain aloff, the des-
tiny of the Far East win be di-
rected by the aggressive military
regime which now rules Japan.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-21

The Italian newspaper printed
its article simultaneously with
the announcement of the conclu-
sion of an anti-Communist agree
ment between Italy and Japan.
1t predicts that in 1871, when the
United States has achieved the
limits of the discarded Treaty Of
London, the Japanese fleet will
include twelve capital ships, five
with l6-inch guns; ten or eleven
carriers, five with flight decks;
twelve heavy cruisers; 81 light
cruisers; 155 destroyers and So
submarines.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-21

II is interesting to recall that
the London Naval Treaty limited
the size of capital ships to $4,000
(Continaed on Page Fourl
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-21

For many years, the nations of
the world have concerned them
selves with the maintenance of
the "Open Door" policy in China.
This was an agreement that the
powers of the world would have
equal commercial rights in
China. Obviously, Japan is in a
position to close this door unless
Western nations are ready to do
something more than talk about
their rights.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-21
WHAT JAPAN WANTS
IS THE DOOR oPENa
JAPAN DETERMINED
WATCHES U. s. FLEET
BUILDING wARSHIPS
FACING a DECISION
ARE INTERESTS VITAL?
BY HUGO S. SIMS
Especial. Washington Correspor
ant Of Tha Cifixenl


ent Of The Citizenl
The situation in the Far East,
where the Japanese invasion of
China has been a striking mill
tary success, creates the neces-
sity for Western, powers to reach
a momentous decision. When
Japan inaugurated her present
aggression, there was some doubt
as to the attitude of the powers
to the maintenance of the terri
-torial integrity of China but few
people now believe that any ma
ton in the world will undertake
to prevent the political dismem-
berment of China. In fact, the
Chinese themselves thoroughly
understand that the territorial
salvation of their nation depends
entirely upon the action of the
Chinese themselves.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-21

The Japanese campaign has
gone far enough to demonstrate
that. the invaders have control of
vital economic areas, so far as
China is concerned, and possess
necessary transportation facili-
ties. This means that the Japan
csc are in position to attempt, In
regard to China proper, what
they have already done in Man
chukuo-the setting up of puppet
governments which will be fav-
orable to Japan. Thus, the estab-
lishment of preferential traffics in
favor of japanese goods will
mean the eventual loss of the Chi
nese market as far as the Western
powers are concerned.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-21

Key West, Florida, has the
most equable climate in the
country; with an average
range of only Ia Fahrenheit
Evening star., 1937-06-17
Regular 81 Girls &u
CAMP SUITS

1872, 2-Pice White Camp Suits.
Sizes 8, IL and IA.
4-2.95 Girls Large Milan and
Ribbon Hats in navy or
brown &c
2-$2 Girls Pastel Flannel But
ton-on Skirts. Sizes 8 to
IL 81
3-$2 Girls Sleeveless Sweaters.
White with embroidered
trims. Sizes IA to 16--$1
2-2.95 Girls Bathing Suits Of
all wool in gray. brown and
maize combinations----1.59
(Second Floor)
Evening star., 1937-06-17

l|8 Mems &c and 81 keckweor- 35c
a,a Esndt Lisht and dark Tor 81
/o Mems soc Westminster Silk Socks Iqc
Solid color silk famous make socks! Broken sizes
Mems 81 Fine Flannel Shirts QEc
=, Collar, attaehed STYLES in sizes and II only
II Mems 80 Silk FouIord Hdkfs. QSc
~ I-ineh sizes one and two pattern,
Zo Mems so ond 81 Union Suits Rlac
1gnuS fvIe soiled g and mussed from handling Athletic
'Mens Furnishings, Main Floor. The Hecht co..
Evening star., 1937-06-17
BOYS AND GIRLS
CAMP MOCCASIkS
s3 ';;;;;' e; ;::;;
~
Sizes 211 to big 9.

27-S3 Boys Brown Elk Per.
forated Oxfords with welt
rubber soles. Broken sizes l
to S " o6S
Infants First Strap High Shoes.
Brown and white, broken sizes 3
to 1863
Girls Patent Straps and brown
oxfords. welt soles. Broken sizes
Sl2 to 3 l.34
Jr. Miss Beige and Brown Strap,
Sizes 1 to 1.6q
Second Floor. Children's Shoes
Evening star., 1937-06-17
CLEARANCE ofBOYS' CLOTHING

Discontinued
Patterns
Half Socks and
Anklets. Every pair
perfect. Broken sizes
81; to 1O1z.
1871 Sports Belts,
1&c
o6 - 1.95 B ach
ko0eS 99c
9"-l.6J Sleeveless
Sweaters 99e
30 l.1S b oyS'
Shirts l3c
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-05-08
TODAY'S YESTERDAYS

May 8, 1657-Oliver Cromwell. So,
refused the crown of England. A
crown or title, he thought (to use his
own words) was merely a shining
bauble for crowds to gaze at and
kneel to-"
A good thought for next Wednes-
day, when the writer will be in Lon
don gazing at the shining bauble.
May 8, 1900-The streamline train
era began.
Yes, you're wrong if you think it's a
recent innovation.
After Frederick Upham Adams, a
Chicago newspaperman with a mech
anical turn of mind, was assigned by
his city editor to interview an inven-
tor who claimed he could build train
able to travel between New York and
Chicago in one hour, Adams came
ba ck with a practical idea of his own.
He convinced Baltimore & Ohio Off
cials of the value of reducing wind re-
sistance, and in their Mount Clara
shops developed a streamline train
the adams Windsplitter" which had
it's first test on this date 81 years
ago. With a 58-ton engine, about half
as large as locomotives ordinarily
used for the run, the six streamlined
cars were pulled from Baltimore to
Washington in 81 minutes, 80 seconds,
record.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-05-08
NOTICE OF RESALE.

The land hereinafter described hav-
ing been offered for public sale, and
subsequent thereto an advance bid of
1920 having heen made as provided by
by law, by virtue of the power and
authority contained in a Deed of
Trust executed by Elizabeth Somer-
vile, unmarried, recorded in the Of
flee of the Register of Deeds of Vance
County, North Carolina, in Book 18i,
at page 96, default having been made
therein, at the request of the holder
of the note, I shall again offer for
sale at public auction, to the highest
bidder for cash, at the Courthouse
door in Henderson, North Carolina. at
12 o'clock, Noon, May "a, 1887; the
following described real estate:
On the East side of the S. A. l..
Railroad, adjoining the late Thad P
Rowland, ct al. Beginning at the site
of a Blown Red Oak, Cooper Basker-
vile (formerly Mrs. Williams) corner
in the Rowland land; and run thence
East SO IL poles to a stone in the
Baskerville line; thence North 81
poles to an old Red Oak site on East
ern side of R. R. 40 feet from it's CEN
ter; thence along the Railroad South
81 West rs poles to a stone in Row
land line on the East side Of the Rail-
road; thence South II West IL poles
to the place of beginning. This is the
same land conveyed to Bosin Somer-
vile by deed of James I. Harris ct ux
September 13, 1871, and registered in
Warren County, N. c., in Book "a, at
page 323, in the Register of Deeds Of
flee.
This land is located partly in War
rem County and partly in Vance Coun-
ty, and the Deed of Trust being fore
closed is recorded in Book 1874, page
96, in Vance County, and in Book 1873,
page 2O6, in Warren County, N. c.
Bidding to start at $115.50.
This the 7th day of May, 1897
T. P. GHOLSON, Trustee.