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Aasociatad Prats Day Wire
Service.
For St Yean Devoted to the
Bast Interests of Key West
VOLUME LV. No. 192.
Silver Nationalization Now
Tops Money Control Program
Latest Action Adds Page
To Metal History In
United States' Mone
tary System
I Hi Pressl
WASHINGTON, Ah ( . 13.
VlatiaMliMllaa of tilnr marks
aaolkor movo on man's troubled
•rail from tba ancient temple of
Juno. It was there tbo first coins
more made which people could
(its la eschange for tbo things
•hop needed. Monet a was the
ooroame of the Roman goddess,
aad gradually these pieces of
metal came to ho known as
The protean by which metal'
was made into money was called
“monetisation,” which, strictly
•peaking, meant to endow that
metal with powor to be the stand -
•Pd of each Alt Iff.
Monetisation, remonetisation
•nd demonetisation of precious
eentmmlitier have, in their turn.
Influenced the political, economic
Mil tortsl fortunes of mankind
over store the first coin was swap
pei for • loin cloth.
Ranh Crisis Is Start
Nationalisation of • monetary;
metal In the United States has
been of rerent origin but springs
frm the age-old struggle to
manipulate the functions of
money. It began during the
hanking crisis in Mkrch, 1933.
when congress |ssed a law pro
vtdittg that when the secretary of
the treasury denned it necessary
to protect th. currency system of,
•he nation he ought require thr
ee ie of gold coin, bullion or gold
certificates to the treasurer of
the United States.
In January, 11134, gold was na j
t lona liked by act of congress an <!j
tith tu ail gold was vested in the
federal government which buys
and aells the metal at stated
prices.
Geeerameat Gams Profit
Nationalisation of silver give*
the tr easury control and vests in (
the federal government title to*
the silver of the United Stales ex I
tept that which is fabricated.
One aim of nationalisation of
• nun lory metal is to gain for'
the government any profit which
might he made by buying and
selling it. Another purpose is to
give the metal a more stable
•Whie.
When the l otted Status was on
a hi metallic standard during the!
hist century the fact that the!
market price of silver differed
from the mint prir resulted in aa|
ausatieiactery monetary system.
Remetallism ia 17t2
The battle between gold and*
Stiver in this country is almost as i
aid oj the country itself. The 1
mint art written by Alexander:
Hso ttoo in 1 1 UK established hi |
mristi- ni with silver at a ratio of!
li units to I of gold.
By llti laige domestic de-j
posit* of silver opened up, and’
the currency art of the Grant ad
attnisi rattan terminated the use
of the white metal as a major
ha*s fur currency. Silver was of
ficially demonetised, anil gold be
came the single standard for
American money.
The Hiand Allison act of 1878:
remonetised silver over President I
Mayes veto, anil the treasury was j
taut rise ted to buy at least $2,000.-'
•M of etlaor a month and coin it. j
TBs Sti 'iman silver purchase act!
f I*s*o increased silver pur-j
•An*** to 4.500.000 ounces a’
month and mode silver certificates •
redeemable to gold.
Piesidmt Cleveland forced re-‘
ptmi of the stiver purchase laws in
tttt, hr raging on the McKinley-j
Btyaa campaign in which free|
coinage of silver was a ringing is- j
•as.
WE AGAIN FILL I
PRESCRIPTIONS|
for the
EL ANCONA SOCIETY
Gardner'* Pharmacy
Phono ITT Free Delivery j
THERE IS NO BETTER DRINK TO BE HAD THAN ICE COLD WAGNER’S “PRIDE OF FLORIDA” BEER. ITS DELICIOUS FLAVOR WILL QUENCH YOUR THIR> f
W. H. GOULD WAS
SUNDAY VISITOR
DIVISION MANAGER BREW.
ING CO. GUEST OF VIC.
TOR MOFFAT
W. H. Gould, division manager
of the Wagner Brewing com
pany, was a visitor in Key West
yesterday and the guest of Victor
Moffat, of the Charles Saunders
company, and other members of
the firm.
Mr. Gould expressed himself as
being delighted with business con
ditions as he found them in Key
West and is looking forward to a
return to Key West later in the
year.
Mr. Could was connected with
the executive staff of the com
pany in New York but was, two
and a half years ago, transferred
from Buffalo to Miami and has
since been in charge of that divi
sion.
He is also manager of the 15
plants of the City Ice and Fuel
company.
SPANISH PAPER
PUBLISHED HERE
.
FIRST EDITION OF "CAYO
HUESO" APPEARS
YESTERDAY
I
- ■ j
Sunday morning, August 12,:
the initial edition of a Spanish
paper, ‘‘Cayo Hueso,” was pub
lished.
Its purpose, as stated by the
editor, A. O. Armayor, is to as
sist the FERA in its movement to
make a newer and better Key
West. The paper is especially for (
the Spanish-speaking population
of the city and is expected to add
to the Latin atmosphere here, one
of the purposes of the FERA.
Another aim of the publication
is to unite the Spanish and Amer
ican groups into a solid unit for
the greatest possible cooperation
iq Key West’s rehabilitation pro
ject. |
The first paper coming off the
press Saturday evening was pre
rented to Governor Dave Sholtz,
visiting in the city.
Publication will be weekly and '
the staff consists of a director, A.'
O. Armayor and an administrator,'
Feliciano Castro. The Artman
Press is in charge of the printing, i
Julius Stone, FERA Administrator,
Pleased With Rehabilitation Work
Julius F. Stone, Jr., FERA ad-1
ministrstor for Florida, said yes
terday before leaving for Jack- I
sonville, he was very much satis
fied with the progress of the re
habilitation work in Key West.
While there is a great improve
ment shown, he says, it is not so
evident to the casual observer as
to those of the administration
who made thorough surveys of the 1
siuation before the movement
started and recently went over
the ground to see what has been
accomplished.
Speaking of what is to be dona
along other lines than those now
being prosecuted he said while
many things that are going on at
this time are obvious, there are
other activities being planned
which have not been announced
for the reason that the complete
setup has not been determined.
mp iiep Slest Cttijen
BAND CONCERT
THIS EVENING
FORT TAYLOR
j CAESAR LaMONACA ARRANG
ES EXCELLENT PROGRAM
TO BE RENDERED, BEGIN.
NING AT'7 O’CLOCK
Another of those delightfully
entertaining concerts by the 265th
Regiment Band has been arranged
for 7 o’clock this evening by War
rant Officer Caesar LaMonaca, in
charge.
There is one particular number
of the program which will be ex
| tremely interesting. This is
I Rumba “La Spagnola,” The Star
!of Love. The Italian words and
| the music to this was written by
! Director LaMonaca.
| The director says it is an in
| spiration of Key West during the
| encampment of 1933 and is re
spectfully dedicated to Mayor Win.
! H. Malone and the people of Key
! West. Tonight will be the first
| time it will be played.
The full program is as follws:
| I.—March, “Washington Post”
(requested) Sousa
! 2.—Suite, “Atlantis” (The Lost
Continent), in four parts
Safrauck
Popular, “All I Do Is Dream
Of You” Brown
; 3.—Popular Waltz, “Just A Year
Ago Tonight” David
Rumba, “La Spagnola” (The
Star of Love) LaMonaca
4. —“Humoreske” Dvorak
Popular, “Nasty Man”
Henderson !
5. —Selection from the light opera, \
“Chimes of Normandy” i
Planquette j
The Star Spangled Banner.
Two numbers of the concert j
Saturday night were played under
the direction of Governor Sholtz
and so expertly was his direction
done that he was asked to direct;
other numbers on the program
and to the delight of his audience
did so.
HEAVY GUN FIRE TO
BEGIN TOMORROW
PRACTICE BY NATIONAL \
GUARD TO START 8 O’CLOCK j
IN MORNING
Tomorrow will start the heavy
gun practice at Fort Taylor by the ;
Florida National Guard ami a j
warning is issued to all shipping.
Firing will begin at 8 o’clock in
the morning in that area east of
the main ship channel and all
shipping is advsied to be on the
alert of danger signals.
This heavy gun practice will al-,
so be continued Wednesday, be- i
ginning at the same hour. The ,
same precaution should be taken ;
by shipping.
B. M. Duncan is continually at
work on new phases of the re
habilitation program and will,
when all plans are perfected,
make announcements through the
press covering the entire scope of
the projects.
While in Key West this time
Mr. Stone received a telegram
from the editor of the Washing
ton Post asking for a 2,000 word
article on Key West. This he will
start preparing at once. He ex
pects to be in Washington be
fore August 25.
Before that time he will go on
the air and tell the world what is
being done in Key West and what
is further contemplated by the
administration. The entire time,
it is said, which will be occupied
by the administrator in his talk
will be devqted exclusively to Key
West and Monroe county.
About September 1, or as soon
thereafter as possible. Mr. Stone
will return to Key Wtst and de
vote several days tS an intensive
study of the progress of the re
habilitation program and also to
making plans for other contem
plated projects.
KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 1934.
Hemingway And Companion Make
Start On 2,300 Mile Voyage
Imbued with the spirit of ad
venture and with the dtetermino
tion to complete a journey which
began several months ago at Mo
bile, with Venezuela as the des
tination, Leicester Hemingway
sailed midnight Saturday in an 18-
foot yawl, on the first leg of a
2,300-mile voyage through the
West Indies and South American
waters.
This daring youth seeker after
i
knowledge is but 19 years old. He
is a brother of Ernest Heming
*
way, noted author of Key West.
I
His companion is Bob Kilmo, of
Mount Vernon, lowa, who joined
young Hemingway in Key West
several days ago. Neither is 21
years old.
The boat in which the voyage
is being made was built in Mo
bile and the first leg of the trip
from that port to Key West was
started in April of this year with
AI Dudek as Hemingway’s sailing
companion, but after reaching a
point within 40 miles of Key
West, heavy winds were encoun
tered and the little craft was bat
tered so badly that to continue
would have been foolhardy in the
extreme.
It was decided to make the
nearest port but the heavy winds
The Everglades National Park
A portion of the Florida
| Everglades was designated
by Congress at its last session
as the site for a national park
1 to be known as the Ever
glades National Park. Por
• tions of this site lie in Mon-
I roe and Dade counties. This
| will bring the number of na
-1 tional parks in the United
| States to 24, an area of
! something like 20,000 square
miles. Exclusive of the Ever
| glades Park —which will not
be ready for visitors for some
time —3,000,000 people visit
ed the national parks last
| year. Our newest national
park is different than the
others in that it is not moun
tainous but an expanse of wa
ter, tropical flowers and
jungle foliage—a fairy land
for thousands of birds.
The following article titled
j “The Everglades—A New
Kind of Park” is reprinted
from The Pathfinder, issue
of August 11:
j Our newest national park, the
! Florida Everglades, is known to
i most people only as the home of a
; few Seminole Indians, a vast, dan
gerous hunting region or a swamp
i thickly populated with alligators
j and snakes. Asa matter of fact
| some of our congressmen appar
j ently did not have a clear idea of
! it last spring when the park pro
| ject was under consideration. Sev
• eral of them shouted “snake leg
j islation” and “alligator farm.”
: But botanists and other scientists
I tell us it is a place of beauty as
i well as a rieh.fertile region; and
that it will develop into a beauti
ful national park comparable with
any of the others.
At any rate it offers an inter
esting contrast. Instead of snow
capped peaks, wide canyons and
valleys, deserts and caves the
tourists will have an opportunity
to gaze on expanses of water,
tropical flowers and jungle foil
age. Dr. John K. Small, head
1 curator of the New York Botan
-1 ical Garden, relates almost un
( believable tales of the plant life
' of its interior. More than 25 va
rieties of orchids grow there.
[ some of the plants estimated to
,be as much as 500 years old.
: Some orchids have been found
• with stems 15 feet long and flow
' ers so large it required four men
! to handle them while others had
' as many as 1,000 blossoms on one
| stem.
i Mangrove trees grow thick and
and high seas were followed by a
period of calm weather and after
drifting several dasy and nights
the mariners landed at Fort My
ers. There the vessel was recondi
tinned and supplies taken on and
the voyage to Key West was re-
I sumed, the travelers reaching this
; city early in May.
i While spending a while with
i Mr. Hemingway’s brother, Dudek
received notice of the illness of
! his mother in Chicago, just as the
voyage further south was to be re
j sumed, and he left the same aft
i ernoon for his home. Circum
stances prevented his returning
' and since then Leicestr has been
j communicating with friends and
Bob Kilmo decided to make the
! trip.
j Their first stop will be in Ha
j vana where a few day3 will be
! spent with Ernest Hemingway.
who is fishing for marlin and ofh
| er large fish to be found in the
waters adjacent to Cuba, after
which they will sail for Haiti,
Santo Domingo and Puerto Rico.
Cruising around these islands it
is the intention to study the hab
j its of the natives and gain other
information which will be used in
; a series of articles to be written
by young Hemingway covering
the highlights of the cruise and
adventure.
After leaving Puerto Rico the
voyage will take them through the
Windward Islands, down to the
coast of Venezuela, where they
will make for the mouth of the
Orinoco River, which was decided
upon as the destination when the
: voyage was planned last April. It
is expected the trip will take
about four months.
as tall as 100 feet and coconut
I trees are abundant. Besides these
' are found maples, ash. cypress,
! mahogany, rubber and many oth
-ler varieties. From many of them,
I especially in the interior, vines
I trail from the branches in such
! numbers as to form almost im
passably barriers. Here and there
are salt water streams (the aver
age relief is about one foot above
sea level). Attached to the roots
of trees on their banks may be
growing oysters. Hugh sea
turtles weighing up to 300 pounds
make their home here and come
out on the sand under the cover
of darkness to lay their eggs in
nests made in the sand. These eggs
are considered great delicacies
and natives spend a great deal of
time digging for them. Also the
turtles are themselves excellent
and are caught as they move from
the water to their nests in the
sand. A single turtle often lays
from I-7O to 200 eggs.
Ornithologists find the Ever
glades a fairyland for bird study
as it is the roosting place and
feeding grounds of thousands of
birds. Among the species to be
found here are the ibis, spoonbills,
egrets, cranes, flamingoes and
herons. Students of animal life
may find some bear, panthers or
wildcats, foxes or deer—not to
mention a few alligators and
snakes. The waters abound with
fish.
The Everglades proper is a great
saw-grass morass extending from
the southwestern side of Lake
Okeechobee in southern Florida
and takes in an area variously es
timated from 2,500 to 5,00(1
square miles. It owes its origin
to the copious rainfall and the
slight relief of the section. In
fact, the relief is so slight through
out the region that a two-foot rise
of water in the past changed hun
dreds of square miles into a lake.
Much of it was submerged during
the rainy season.
Besides the land acquired (2.-
500 acres) by Congress for the
site of the park the state of Flor
ida has made available many thou
sands more and the Florida Fed
eration of Women’s Club have of
(Continued on Page Four)
MONROE THEATER
Pat O’Brien-Glenda Farrell in
PERSONALITY KID
Janet Gaynor-Chas. Farrell in
1 CHANGE OF HEART
Matinee: Balcony, 10c; Orches-
I tra, 15-20 c; Night, 15-25 c
SURVEY MADE TO
LOCATE CHANNEL
IN LOCAL AREA
COAST AND GOEDETIC UNIT
CARRYING ON ACTIVITIES
IN FINDING CHANNEL TO
NO NAME KEY
Among the varied activities of
the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Sur
vey unit now operating in the
waters in Key West harbor will
be the location of a channel to No
Name Key.
The one now marked by the
lighthouse department is the only
one which is used gnerally by the
vessels of light draught plying be
tween these two points.
Should a channel be located
which is deeper than the one men
tioned it will be staked out for the
purpose of guiding yachts from
Miami to Key West.
In the opinion of many persons
a channel from Miami to Key
West with ample depth for yachts
is second only in importance to
bridges for vehicles between the
same points.
TWO HELD FOR
COURT HEARING
Catherine Saunders and John i
McQueen, both colored, were giv- 1
en preliminary hearings Saturday. j
The former was charged with.
trespass and the latter with as
sault and battery.
After hearing all evidence con- j
nected with the case they were '
bound over to the next term of;
criminal court in bond of SSO
each.
'WWRE W GO*
TONIGHT
Monroe—“ Personality Kid” and
“Change of Hearts.”
Palace—“ Manhattan Tower.” ,
TOMORROW
Monroe—“ Murder in the Priv
ate Car.”
Palace---“Chioe.” '
Governor Sholtz And Many Other
Officials Inspect Guards’ Camp
; Yesterday was a busy day at
I the Florida National Guard
: camp with the large number
of guests and many callers from
| the city going out to meet friends
j and look over the new arrange-'
i ments.
Many who had not seen the j
: camp since its rehabilitation ami
; the new buildings were surprised
iat the transformation which has
[ taken place since the. troops were
' here last August.
I It is understood that other
} changes are contemplated. New
j buildings to be constructed and
! many improvements which were
| not included in the original plans
1 are being considered and steps |
j will be taken to bring the matter
; before the authorities in Wash-;
1 ington.
| With this end in view a com-j
j plete survey of the camp and all 1
equipment was made yesterday.,
all buildings checked ami the ini-!
| provements to be asked for noted. I
i It is understood that the needed
I additions will be asked for at an i
j early date.
[ Those in the inspection party j
were Governor Dave Sholtz, A‘d-!
I jutant General Vivian Collins, F.
|n. G., Major Wade W. Rhein, U.<
jS. A., Major R. T. Gibson, U. S.j
; A., instructor of the 265th Regi-j
j ment, Lieutenant Colonel M. R.
Woodward, F. N. G., and Chief i
Justice Fred H. Davis, Supreme
Court of Florida.
Later on Governor Sholtz. his
brother, Carl Sholtz and Colonel
J. E. Yonge, members of the gov
ernor’s staff took plane for Mi-i
ami.
While the inspection was being
j made at the encampment Con-i
j gressman J. Mark Wilcox, Julius
I Stone, Florida administrator for,
1 FERA, C. B. Treadway, chairman.
Political Map Now Strewn With
Confusions And Contradictions
CHARLES CURTIS
DIES ON SUNDAY
FUNERAL SERVICES BEING
CONDUCTED THIS AFT
ERNOON
Charles Curtis, 67 years old, j
died yesterday morning 5 o’clock
in the U. S. Marine hospital. He !
was dangerously ill for two days j
following a major operation for
an aggravated condition of the
stomach.
I Funeral services are being held i
j 4 o’clock this afternoon from the j
j residence at Caroline and Simon- •
j ton streets to the First Presbjr
{ terian church. Rev. Ryan L. |
Woods, Moderator of St. John’s!
Presbytery of Florida, officiating. :
j Pallbearers arc V. A. Johnson,
Frank Delaney, Thomas K. War- j
ren, A. C. Elgin, Charles Maloney,
and Jonathan Cates.
Funeral arrangements are in j
charge of the Lopez Funeral i
Home.
Mr. Curtis is survived by his
widow; one daughter, Mrs. I. N.!
1 Meltzer; three sisters, Mrs. Jennie ;
i Pierce. Mrs. Maty Williams and)
1 Mrs. Annie Delaney; one brother,)
Edward Curtis and a grandson,
< Charles Curtis Meltzer.
CUBA BRINGS IN
102 PASSENGERS
!
Steamship Cuba, of the P. and
O. S. S. company, arrived tiatur
day afternoon from Havana with
76 first class passengers and sev
en second class for Key West. 18
first class and one second for
Tampa.
Of the number of passengers
listed there were 51 aliens ami a
few of them making entry in the
United States for the first time.
Freighter Henry R. Mallory, of
the Clyde-Mallory Steamship
Lines, is due to arrive in port *his
afternoon from Galveston enrouto
1 to Charleston and New Y’ork.
of the state road department,
.Lieutenant Commander George
j Gibbs, Captain S. Barchan, F. N.
G., and Ellis Heliums, managing
'editor of the Miami Herald, left
! by plane for Tortuga* where an
1 inspection of the historic Fort
; Jefferson was made ami the party
returned in about two hours,
i lUOy the guest of honoi* fct Oie
I canq/lls A. HL Blandmg.
; commanding the hist Division,
comprising the State of Florida,
I Georgia ami Alabama. The gen
! eral arrived over the East Coa t
1 yesterday to look over the an
i campmcn* and today is becoming
| acquainted with the FERA offi
; cials and the work so far accom
; plished in the rehabilitation of
Key West.
! Most all of the visitors at the
I encampment Saturday and Sun
j day departed yesterday either by
: plane or train in the afternoon,
j The governor, hi" brother Carl and
I Colonel Yonge left by plane.
Among those leaving on the aft
ernoon train were Congressman
| Mark Wilcox, Administrator Juliu
| F. Stone, Jr.. Secretary of State
j R. A. Gray, Ellis Hollum.>, editoi
' of the Miami Herald; Burk Kree
j man, private on the Ktaff *f the
! governor; Hal Leyshon, Miami
| Daily News; Fred Rossner, Louis
, Hitt and W. H. Gould.
Tomorrow morning at H o’clock
• the first of the heavy gun firing
will commence. The First Hat
talion will practice with the 155
.M. M. rifles. And on Wednes
day the 15 inch mortars will be
fired by the Second Battalion.
During both of these practice*
the range will be ea.-t of the mam
ship channel and shipping is
, warned to keep on the watch for
1 danger signals. (
Key Wrt, Florid*, km tbo
most aquabla weatbar to tbo
country; with on ovorofa
range of only 14* Folwonbtrft.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Democrats Aod Republi
can* Depend On Great
Strength In Variant Ac
tivities
(St AmwlhiM *MO>
WASHINGTON. Aog. 11 —A
. mid-season survey of primary and
coavaatiaa results, shews the* the
; political sitootioq is still qoite
! puzzling in atony respects. The
republican drought rsstissw near
large areas, according to woothor
•harps, who refer to the pohtzeol
No one denies that ia other sec
turns weather eeoet have been
shifting sppeoriokfy nod the set
look is unsettled. Nowhere k
there any sign ef cyclonic de
j vclopmeots.
The democrats expect to hoop
j most of their present btg osOjorit f
in the house, and while republ sa
gains are accepted as certain, few
leaders of that party go as far as
to forecast any actual republican
majority. Because ef special cir
cumstances it ia conceded the
democrats will retain control a*
the senate, possibly by a conmitei
ably increased margin.
The bigger question ia what it
all protends with respect to tat
Roosevelt regime oi Wasbtog*<Mi.
On that question the claims r*
distinctly conflicting, and ra a
side is able to produce evidence
which it seems to regard as t<*t
vinemg.
Political Occsotrls teles
That is possible only harawsa
1934 is becoming a year of poli
tical eccentricities.
Everyone agrees Mr. Powaeveil
has an exceptionally effort**
control over his party.
Yet in the one instance *.<•
Chairman Farley went the trap* *
of openly endorsing a senalm tal
candidate -Clem Xhaver in * >
Virginia that candidate was <*•
fcated for the nomination.
Everyone agrees that sms' re
publican voters prefer Mr R*-*w
velt’s leadership to that of old
line republican conservatives,
Yet probably the two meet cau*
tic republican senatorial mine *f
the President -Hatfield ef •
Virginia and Kobtn-on ef !>•<!<*<.4
- -have been renominated aim*-
without a murmur of opp*>- ’ <*
Everyone hr.,.*- the tepubii so
high command larks control ever
the western gronp of repuhln al
liberals.
Yet two ef that geeup- On*ah
of Idaho and Nye of North Da
koto—are l<-admg the i
stuck on koomvsdt palters-
Seme Mere Paradoses
been openly iclmitiding the port,
But in MmnesoU. the d*
crats si v seeking a fu v <t
the republicans to defeat I
- farmer laboities;
V MMnia a gmup of you.,,
publican liberals” is sekm, l<.
overthrow of Dem*cratie o*a
Byrd; m Wrt Virginia. H D
Holt won the demur,stir a
Iona! nomination with th
port of organised laboi a*< lon 1
platform too liberal for the Fai
ley barked Shave, to orrep*
The evidence is wids-spread *Hs‘
the pendulum of public pu, >,
But in Missouri. Bo~> Tom Pe
dergsst of Kansas fitv w*h.
uMv his ftoii* o
tory m securing the non,.no' .
of his candidate for the 4**>.*
natic nomination fot senal>
Even the windted pul it* mi
who ordinal liy wilt undertsl
explain anything from tot *
winks to the Einiain th ••
grow confused when they tt
account for all that Is hspi-et
today.
But even if they can't exp
it. they one and all are ah!< t
present proof that is ■ntu.fs •
(to them, that their ,dt will
111 November.