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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-02-28
KEY WEST SPONcERS PREPARE FOR
T.selse Beats In Port; Resiew Gathering Methods.
SALES THIS WEEK AND COMING WEEK

is used for fertilizer. 1t is COM
j posed of nothing but meat, though
F; it looks like a sponge.
In the old days, the sponge
boats remained out. for five
months, and the spongers saw no
cities, but now they can take the
bus down from the Keys, or just
make weekly trips; Over $85, 900
net profit, was cleared BY local
spongers in 1887. The share
each trip was an average of Sill.
Roughly, there are around forty
spongers in Key West, but the
only regular spongers. those who
go out summer and winter, are
, Ben FELTON,, Nelson Spencer, Will
liam Spencer, James Thompson,
and John Spencer. These five
own their own boats.
When the spongers come in they
go to the municipal wharf and
place their ware on display. In
this city the individuals and COM
panies buying sponges are the
American Sponge and Chamois
! Company of New York; Joseph
Block of ST. Louis; Schroeder and
Aremain, ST. Louis; ant the in
dividual traders, Tony Giallou-
rakes, Green dealer, and Milton
Russell. The buyers overhaul"
the sponge lots. They get the
average of pounds fef each bunch,
allowing for roeksb and water.
Forty per cent waste is usually
recorded. A 'bunch" is the
amount of sponges that can be
strung on a string four feet eight
inches long.
When the sponges are bought
they are loaded on one horse
carts and brought to the sponging
houses where they are trimmed
and worked up presumably.
Then they are dried further and
assorted in sizes, packed in bur-
lap in square boxes, and shipped
away.
The Greek spongers who are
forbidden to dive with diving
equipment in these waters are
still sponging a little from time
to time under cover, but do not
do so openly. The Key West
spongers object to helmet and
equipment diving because they
say the sponges give off seed and
if the divers go into deep water
and trample up the beds they will
kill all the bearing sponge. In
Tarpon Springs the grounds have
been cleaned out, it is said. An
other objection is the health of
the divers. A veteran Greek
diver at Tarpon Springs can
hardly walk, and is usually car
Fried or wheeled in wheelchairs.
This is because the greater part
of their lives are spent at the
deep water pressure. These
pathetic looking 'cripples" are
taken out, dumped overheard,
and when they regain their Gus
tomary depth they are as active
as the normal person on land:
The blood vessels and ear drums
are burst from long diving.
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Netics liz hereby given that
Matte Albury has filed with
me written request that the
tax certificates together with all
subsequent omitted or levied taxes
held by the Ss&tS sof Florida be
ADVERTISED and nsold ftel the highest
bidder for cash as provided by
House Bin ssG OF enc 1857 acts OF
the Legislators, upon the following
described real estate I'm the County
OF Monroe, State or Florida, to-wit !:
PIT Lot 4, Blk. 50. as recorded in
Monroe County Records. Deed Book
S, Page III.
The taxes to be sold are evil
denced by certificate No. 1o7 OF
1929 and represent taxes for the
years 1928 10 1899, both inclusive.
Said tax certificate together with
all subsequent omitted or levied
taxes will be sold to the highest
bidder ut the Court House Door
in Key West, on the Sth day OF
March. 1899, at 100 o'clock p. NJ
Dated this the e1st day Of Feb
ruary, 1889.
(SEAL) Ross c Sawyer
Clerk Circuit Court. Monroe County.
Florida.
feb2l-2s: mari. lsss--Mi5ls
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PROPOSED BOAT
RACE TAKEN UP
DURING SESSION
DIRECTORS AND RACE COM
MITTEE DISCUSS MATTERS
AT MEETING CONDUCTED
LAST NIGHT

Directors and race committee
members of the Key West Yacht
Club met last night at the home
of Rear Commodore H. P. Con-
nable to discuss matters in con-
nection with the proposed race
from Havana to Key West, after
the race from st. Petersburg to
Havana has been decided.
Present at the gathering were
Commodore James d. MacMullen,
Vice Commodore Melvin E. Rus
sell, Fleet Captain Albert E.
Peirce, Treasurer Ross c. Sawyer,
Jr., Associate Director Armando
Cobo, Junior Director S. c. Sin
gleton. III, Secretary S. c. Single
ton and Lloyd Won Fangel.
Receive Check
Commodore MacMullen read a
communication from non-resi-
dent member of the club in which
was enclosed a check for $500 to
be used for completing the club
house on Garrison Blight.
Mr.. Peirce was appointed to so
to Havana as a representative OF
the club and to extend an invi-
tation to Havana yachtsmen and
the members of the fleet entered
in the St. Petersburg Havana
race, to take part in the race from
Havana to Key West, at a con-
venient date after racers have ar
rived in Havana If business
permits, MIR. Russell will accom-
pany him.
Arrangements were completed
to station boat at the finish line
and to provide an escort from the
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! With approximately Is vessels
of the Key West sponging fleet
in port at the blight near the
corner of Caroline and William
streets two more sales of sponges
besides the $4,000 sale yesterday
are scheduled for tomorrow and
Friday. :.
Regular sale days are Mon
days, Wednesdays and Fridays.
There will probably be other
sales next week on these days
and there may be sales the fol-
lowing week.
Key West spongers, famous the
world over, occasionally get
sponges from off the bottom with
sixty foot poles. This is in deep
water off Bahia Honda, but these
cases are very rare.
From three to seven spongers
travel together on the same boat
on a sponging trip. The boats are
about 80 feet long, are of shallow
draught to go over the many low
spots of the Keys, and are built
to carry the load of sponges. On
board the sponging boat is car
ried a stove and other necessary
utensils. Spongers tour the waters
from Biscayne Bay to Key West.
During the summer they work
the Bay grounds, but. in the
winter they sponge from the Mar
quesas to Bahia Honda. A three
prong hook with a long pole is
used to hook the spongeS, grow
ing on the sea bottom, and bring
them up. shirt taiP' diving that
is skin diving is also occasionally
employed.
When the sponges are brought
up, they are alive and filled with
thick rubber-like substance.
They are left on the deck of the
boat and allowed to die, during
the process of which they raise
quite an awful smell, spongers re-
port. They are also kept aboard
in a trough or overheard strung
on long strings. Then they are
taken up and the black meat
scraped off with knives. Some
spongers use a bruiser, or stick,
to beat the sponge and make the
meat easier to scrape off. Spong-
ers must carefully watch the
sponge, however, since they may
quickly contract a disease, which
will turn them a bright orange,
and which sets up an iodine smell.
When a sponge turns this color it
is entirely ruined.
The better class of sponges are
from certain sections along the
Keys known as "The Lakes"
New Grounds" Marquesas,
Northwest Channel and Bay
Keys. Those from the Spot" bar
are by far the best, however.
These are deep water sponge.
The Marquesas goods are of
heavy tough fiber, open work and
big eyes. The best kind of sponge
is the sheepswool, but there are
also yellow, grass, wire, glove,
and velvet sponges, which have
markets. The 1oggerhead sponge
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NOTICE OF sale OF TAX
CERTIFICATES



Notice is hereby given that
Key West Box Co. has filed with
me written request that the
tax certificates together with all
subsequent omitted or levied taxes
held by the State of Florida be
advertised and sold to the highest
bidder for cash as provided by
House Bill 396 OF the 1887 acts of
the Legislature, upon the following
described real estate in the County
of Monroe, State of Florida, to-wit:
Lot 2, Blk. 10. as recorded in
Monroe County Records, Deed Book
AS. Page I25.
The taxes to be sold are evil
denced by certificate No. 6 of
1884 and represent taxes for the
years 1888 to 1889, both inclusive.
Said tax certificate together with
all subsequent omitted or levied
taxes will be sold to the highest
bidder at the Court House Door
in Key West, on the Sth day of
March, 1899. at 500 O'Clock p. NJ.
Dated this the 21st day of Feb
ruary, 1889.
9SEAd4D Ross c Sawyer
Clerk Circuit Court, Monroe County,
Florida.
feb21-2S: mari. 19S9-M1516
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LEGALS
NOTICE or SALE OF TAX
CERTIFICATES

&N0s H80
Notice is hereby given that
James N. Roberts has filed with
me written request that the
tax certificates together with all
subsequent omitted or levied taxes
held by the State of Florida be
advertised aud sold to the highest
bidder for cash as provided by
House Bill S96 of the 1897 acts of
the Legislature, upon the following
described real estate in the County
OF Monroe, State Of Florida, to-wit,::
PIT. Lot 2, Blk. z. Tr. 4, as rel
corded in Monroe County Records,
Deed Book Al, Page els.
The taxes to be sold are evil
denced by certificate No. 249 of
1880 and .repreSept~jtaxes for the
years 1929 to 1888, both inclusive.
Said tax certificate together with
all subsequent omitted or levied
taxes will be sold to the highest
bidder atibtheIe Court House Door
in Key, West. on the Sth day of
March, 1899, at $500 O'Clock p. NJ.
Dated this the 2ist day of Feb
. rSaryi 1872, .o =
CLERK dirnpio Court, Monroe County,
feb21l2s; mar, lsss-M151e
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finish to the anchorage in the
harbor.
Design For Souvenir
A beautiful design for an etch-
ed pewter ash tray to be present
d as a souvenir to the members
of the winning crew was SUBJ
mitted by Cyril Marshall and
was given enthusiastic approval.
Commodore MacMullen ap-
pointed as an entertainment COM
mittee the following members:
Wallace Bryant Kirke, chairman;
Melvin E. Russell, Mrs. Edith
Wright, j. Lanceiot Lester and
Lloyd Won FangeLso
Yatchsmen To BE Feted
Visiting yachtsinan and men,
bers of the Key West Club, and
friends, will be the guests at the
Casa Marina at a costume ball to
be given as welcome to the
members of the fleet. Rear Com
modore Connable will also well
come them at a cocktail party to
be held at his home.
4 After refreshments had been
served the meeting was adjourn
ed with the feeling that a long
step forward had been taken to
introduce to the yachtsmen of the
Atlantic Coast the superior facili-
ties of Key Vests matchless har-
Dor and its assured hospitality.
Club Members
Members of the Key West or
ganizatien are: q II
S. C. Anderson, James c. Barth-
olomew, e. J. Bayly, Armando
Cobo, Milton w. Curry. Daniel F.
Craig, Horace p. Connable, Lloyd
Won Fazgel, Leon Falk, Jr., John
A. Gardher, H. s. Herrick, Wal
lace b. Kirke;J -Lanrelot Lester,
William v. Littlg Aquilino Lo-
peg, Jr., j. D. MacMullen, Albert
E. Peirce, George G. Park.
James B. Parramore, DIR. J. X.
Porter, Louis E. Pierce, William
r. Porter, T. E. Price, Everett
Russell, Melvin E. Russell. Wen
ster r. Robinson, Ross c. Sawyer,
Jr., Stephen c. Singleton, Stephen
c. Singleton. III, Norberg Thomp-
son, Charles Taylor, Ben D. TSev-
I.or, X. o. Thompson, E. P. Win
ter. August S. Wittenbel, Earl "
Wolfe, Mrs. Irving Wright.
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NOTICE OF MASTERS SALE

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN,
that under and by virtue of and
pursuant to that certain decree
made. and entered on the goth day
of February, a. ID. 1889, by the
Honorable Arthur Gomez, one of
the Judges of the Circuit Court of
the Eleventh Judicial Circuit OF
Monroe County, Florida. in Chan
Gerry, In that certain cause therein
pending wherein Grace Lowe, in
dividually and as Executrix OF the
estate Of Stephen F. Lowe, de-
ceased, is the complainant and
Manoog Giragasian. ct al. are the
defendants, Chaneery Case No.
7-94, the undersigned Special Mas
ter in Chancery, appointed by said
decree will offer for sale at public
cutlery to the highest bidder for
cash, before the front door of the
County Court House in Key West.
day the Bird day of April, A. ID. 1899
tsame being a rule day of said
court and a legal sales day) dur
ing the legal hours of sale, to-wit,
between IL o'clock in the fore
noon and o'clock in the after
noon of said day, the following
described property to satisfy said
decree by payment of the amounts
therein specified:
On the Island of Key West,
known on William A. White
heads map, delineated in Feb
ruary, A. II. 1929, part of Lot
four "a, Square five go, COM
mencing at the corner OF Simon
ton and Greene Streets and
running thence along the said
Simonton Street in North
westerly direction One hum
dred and thirty-four U3D feet;
thence at right angles In q
Northeasterly direction Fifty
five $3.50 feet; thence at right
angles in a Southeaster1y d.
Eection One hundred and thirty }
four 13D feet to Greene Street;
thence along Greene street In
Southwesterly direction Fifty,
five $3.50 feet to the point aD&
beginning.
AoUILINo LOPEZ. JR..
Special Master in Chaneery.
RAYMOND r. LORD,
Solicitor for Complainant.
feb2S; mar7-1421-2S,1939
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NOTICE or SALE OF TAX
~ CERTIFICATES

Notice is hereby given that
Paul E. Sawyer Est has filed with
nae written request that the
tax certificates together with all
subsequent omitted or levied taxes
held by the State of Florida be
advertised and sold to the highest
bidder for cash as provided by
the Legislature, upon the following
described real estate in the County
of Monroe, State Of Florida, to-wit:
PIT. Lot /. Blk. as. as recorded in
Monroe County Records. Deed Book
ZZ, Page 90.
The taxes to be sold are evil
.denced by certificate. No. 40 of
1877 and REPRESENT taxes for the
years 1895 to 1893. both inclusive.
Said tax certificate together with
all subsequent omitted or levied
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taxes will be sold to the highest
bidder at the Court House Door
in Key West, on the Sth day of
March, 1889, at 500 o'clock p. NJ.
Dated this the 21st day of Feb
ruary, 1899.
(SEAL) Ross = Sawyer
Clerk Circuit Court, Monroe County.
Florida.
feb21-2S; MARI ,1sS9-Ml52 $50
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has been hunting guide for
more than 80 years, never carries
a gun and has always refused to
kill any animals or birds.
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The Characters
Peter Malone: A potential
netDspGpermd1,.
Petronelia: His young sister,
and stanach supporters.
Tony Lance: Famous foreica
correspondent.
Yesterday: Tony comes into the
-conteeB Petrol 10 running. he OF.
feTs to take her home.
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WILLIAMANTIC, Me. - Will
liam Early, SO. of this city, who
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Evening star., 1939-05-20
Foreign Ministers
To Weigh Scrapping
Of Balkan Entente
YueosIovio and Rumonio
May Replace 1t With
Loose Federation
BY the Associated Press.

bS lHe Associated PreSS.
BUCHAREST, Rumania, May 20.
"A proposal to scrap the Balkan
Entente military and political obli-
cations in favor of a loose federation
will be discussed by Yugoslav and
Rumanian foreign ministers tomor-
row, a high authority said today.
The proposal was advanced orig
inally by Yugoslavia to replace the
close union of Turkey, Greece, Ru-
mania and Yugoslavia with group
that would also include Bulgaria.
The foreign ministers, Grigore
Gafencu of Rufnania and Alexander
Cincar-Markovich Of Yugoslavia, are
to meet abroad a Danube River
gunboat The idea later is to be
submitted to Turkey and Greece.
YugOslav Neutrality Aim.
1t was understood the objective
was to insure particularly the neu-
trality of Yugoslavia in the present
struggle for influence in the Balkans
between the British-French and
Italian-German diplomats.
The ostensible reason for the new
federation would :" to get Bulgaria
to quit her 20-year isolation from
economic cooperation with her
neighbors.
Practically, foreign diplomats said,
it would leave members of the en-
tente free to remain neutral or to
take up new political positions-such
as the assistance understanding
Turkey has concluded with Britain.
Approved by Axis Powers.
The idea was understood to have
German and Italian approval since
the new federation would permit
Yugoslavia to join their camp in the
future without violating political
obligations to Greece, Rumania and
Turkey.
Under the Balkan Entente pact,
Turkey, Greece, Rumania and Yugo-
slavla are required to give immediate
military assistance when any one of
them is attacked.
Evening star., 1939-05-20
Tax-Exempt Homes
To $4,000 Urged in Senate
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Exempting homes from all tax
alton up to $4,000 was proposed to-
day by Senator Sheppard, Demo-
crat, of Texas as a possible remedy
for many pressing social and eco
nomic problems.
The dean of Congress told Sem
ate Judiciary Subcommittee that
taxation exemption for homesteads
offered an effectual defense against
the menace of our free institutions
by foreign relationships"
"A home-owning citizenship is the
best guaranty of the institutions of
freedom he explained.
Senator Sheppard said his pro-
posal could create a vast immediate
market for idle land; for idle labor,
both skilled and unskilled; for build
ing materials of every kind, for
household and farm furniture and
equipment for everything essentla,
to home and farm use"
He testified that 13 States already
had amended their constitution or
approved laws to exempt homes
from taxation. He asked congress
sional approval of a proposal to
amend the Constitution for tax ex-
emption up to 5000. He predicted
"the loss in tax revenue would he
negligible" should three-fourths of
the States approve it and thereby
make it part of the Nations basic
law.
Evening star., 1939-05-20
Text of Queens Speech
Womon's Position Has Depended on
Growth of Law, She Declares

Henceforth, on these river side
cliffs. there will stand in this beau
tiful capital group of public build
lngs unsurpaSs as symbol of the
free and Democratic institutions
which are our greatest heritage.
Then, speaking in French, her
majesty continued:
In Canada, as in Great Britain.
justice is administered according to
two great dissimilar legislations. In
my native land, Scotland, we have
law founded on Roman law; it
springs from the same fountain
head as your civil law in the old
Province of Quebec. In England,
as in Canada's other provinces,
common law prevails. At Ottawa,
as at Westminster, both are ad-
ministered by the Supreme Court
of Justice. To me, this is a very
happy augury.
To see your two great races with
their different legislations, beliefs
and traditions uniting more and
more closely, after the manner of
England and Scotland, by ties of
affections, of respect and of a COM
mon ideal, is my fondest wish.
Evening star., 1939-05-20
Invitations
Continued From First Page }

the party, and 400 of the invita-
tons were allotted to out-of- town
olg-Wigs, leaving room for only 900
capital residents. The bulk of these
invitations had to 60 to officials
whose rank made it impossible to
leave them out-cabinet members
members of the Senate Foreign Re-
latlons and the House Foreign At
fairs Committees and chairmen OF
other standing committees of Con-
gress, Supreme Court justices, heads
OF foreign diplomatic missions here
and their wives.
This left only a very limited num-
Der OF invitations that could 20 to
members of residential society, ana
Lady Lindsay made it plain at a ie-
cent press conference that she was
distributing these largely on the
basis of personal friendship.
A diligent worker in her own gar
den, Lady Lindsay often has chatt ed
over the garden walls with her i'm
mediate neighbors, and so made
sure that their feelings would not
be hurt by not being hidden to the
biggest social event Washington mas
seen in many day.
Senator Davis and Mrs. Davis
frankly were surprised when they
received their invitation, because he
is not a member of the Foreign Re
lations Committee or chairman of a
standing committee and so was out
side the classification of oficia,
guests. Then it came to light that
the other neighbors-all, incidental
ly. listed in the social register-also
had received invitations.
There still is room for some dis
appointment in the ranks of even
the Embassy neighbor families. how
ever, because in trying to fit the
large number of those who would
like to 60 to the garden party into
the available space, Lady Lindsay
made a fat rule against invitations
to the sons and daughters of the
family heads invited.
But the children of Senator and
Mrs. Davis already have solved that
problem. They have a play house
IN their garden and always have
made it a habit to climb to the TOP
OF the play house for a "bleacher-
seat" view of Embassy garden party
activities.
James, jr., away at college, and
Jane, debutante-age daughter of
the Davises may consider themselves
a bit too dignified for that sort of
thing now, but the younger daugh-
ters-Jean, Joan and Jewell-al-
ready are discussing jocularly the
possibility of making bit of spend
ing money by charging admission to
their "bleachers.' They can't agree
whether seat there would be worth
81 or $40.
Evening star., 1939-05-20
Ten Gardens on View
In Georgetown Pilgrimage

The annual Georgetown Garden
Pilgrimage was being held from
1:3O to $50 pm. today with 10 gar
dens displaying roses. peonies, pop
pies and irises. Proceeds will &C
to the Georgetown Children's Home
The program included tea in the
garden of Miss Frances Sortwell
at 3210 Volta place NV, program
by a group of Marian Chase Dancers
on the lawn of Mrs. Herman Hol-
lerith's garden. 1917 Twenty eighth
street NV, and trips to the old
home of Mrs. Dean Acheson at 2805
P street NV.
Mrs. Acheson's home contains
water colors and oil paintings of
scenes in old Georgetown. The front
fence is built of musket barrels
from the War of 1912.
The pilgrimage also included Ever
may, historic garden of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lammot Belin, 1923 Twenty
eighth street NV, and the gardens
of Mrs. Henry Leonard, 3038 N
street NV; Mrs George Grant Ma
son, jr.. 1924 Thirtieth street NV;
Mrs. Gordon Dunthorne, 1904 N
street NV; Mrs Robert Allen, 1923
Twenty eighth street NV; Miss
Katherine Dougal, 3030 P street
NV, and Miss Lucy Bentley, 2918
P street NV.
Evening star., 1939-05-20
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
OTTAWA, May 2O.-FolloUing is
the teTt OF Queen ElisabeM's speech
today at the laying of the tounda-
ton stone OF the ne1u Supreme Court
OF Canada:
Il am happy to lay the foundation
stone of a building devoted TO the
administration of justice in this
great Dominion. Perhaps it is not
inappropriate that this task should
be performed by woman; for
Woman's position in civilized society
has depended upon the growth of
law.
Canada is rightly proud of being
a land governed by the rule of law.
Her judiciary and the members of
her legal profession have been true
to the highest British traditions of
bench and bar
1T is fitting that on these heights
above the Ottawa-surely one of the
noblest situations in the world
you should add to the imposing
group of buildings which house
your Parliament and the executive
branch of government a worthy
home for your Supreme Court.