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SUNDAY JUNE 16 1929 HERALD TELEPHONE 23125 THE HERALD MIAMI FLORIDA HERALD TELEPHONE 23125 PAGE TWENTY-FIVE TIIEIR CAMERAS WILL CLICK IN HOPES OF WINNING PRIZES health conditions In 1925 she went to South Africa to study the effect of light In the treatment of disease which she says Is of especial lnteresj now In view of the widespread Interest in the curative effect of the sun's rays in- this section Last year she' spent her vacation fn Mexico where she was the guest and made Intensive health studies In 19 Mexican provinces On these trips she goes as the ambassador of good will from the Woman's Overseas Service League 22000 women from America were In service overseas during the war She also represents on these tours the' American Medical Association and Medical Women's National Association After the war Dr Morton wanted to do something In the Interest of world peace arid the future She personally undertook to educate 60 Serbian youths In American universities To do this she organized the International Serbian Education Committee obtained scholarships from 60 unlversl- ties and raised a quarter of a million dollars for the expenses of these young men whose only obligation after graduating waa to return to their own country and practice the art or pro-' fesslon they had learned in America-- Dr Morton expects to go to HalU and Santo Domingo countries she had Intended to visit last summer but could not on her return from Mexico on account of storm conditions Personally she Is a delightful woman In the prime of life with wavy dark hair and a kindly smile She has a frank open face very attractive and the distinctive charm of her native land is felt in her voice and gracious The youngest entrant Pictured above are some of the entrans In the photography contest which started yesterday in Flamingo park Miami Beach In the contest Is Oseta Martinez 4 Elizabeth Tack Is in charge of the congest Photograph by Ray Anderson RECEIVES BIDS ON FIVE NEW WARSHIPS WOMAN SURGEON SAW BATTLE LINE SERVICE Dr Rosalie Slaughter Morton Who Founded Hospitals In Serbia and France During War Says Stud of Medicine Was Inheritance To Her 18 of Her Ancestors Being Physicians By JEFFERSON BEIL Staff Writer For The Herald Dr Rosalie Slaughter Morton of New York surgeon scientist and educator and widely known woman physician studied medicine because it was born in her she said In reply to a question yesterday When she was looking up her family history to become a member of the Colonial Dames she found that 18 of her ancestors were physicians The wish to study medicine was a direct inheritance She was the first woman from the South to 6tudy medicine and the college she attended Medical College of Pennsylvania was the first college In the world Dr Morton Is Virginian by birth but has been practicing her profession In New York City the last 25 years She was the first woman professor of the medical school of Columbia University and the first woman professor In New York Polytechnic Post-Graduate School and Hospital Dr Morton has been In Miami several a guest of Mrs Marvin Wilson In Coral Gables She came to Florida to receive the degree of Doctor of Humanities from Rollins College and being an Overseas Service legionnaire came to Miami at Mrs invitation she being vice-president of the fourth corps area Another reason she gave for her visit to Miami the first time since 10 years ago was a Southern woman's pride In the great progress made here since her former visit Not to many women has it been given to live a life so full of adventure and service to humanity as has been hers At the time of the World war Dr Morton was selected by the TJ government to represent all women physicians She mobilized for service at home and abroad 8000 women physicians and founded hospitals In Europe for service during the war Two were In Serbia and two were In the devastated area in France at Lusancy and Blarancourt France and Nodena and Monastlr Serbia Before the beginning of the war Dr Morton was made a special commissioner of the American Red Cross to take surgical supplies to Serbia and to Investigate and report conditions In this way began her Interest In Serbia After war began she volunteered for work in the French army In Its service de sante and was under Gen Paul Rouote In the military hospital at Sedes Macedonia where they had 3000 cots which always were filled because their quota from the front was about 250 patients dally and they bad to exacuate their convalescents to hospitals further back of the lines Dr Morton worked through four fpldemlcs under fire Patients of this DR' ROSALIE SLAUGHTER MORTON hospital were Serbians She did surgical work on French hospital boats In the Mediterranean never out of sound of cannon and with enemy airplanes overhead She was decorated by both France and Serbia for distinguished service under fire She also was decorated by the governor and legislature of New York and was given a medal by Veterans of Foreign Wars Along educational lines In addition to her practice in New York Dr Morton has served on the staff of leading hospitals and inaugurated the first national campaign systematically carried out by the American Medical tlon for public health education through a series of lectures before county medical associations on the cause and prevention of disease the forerunner of the campaigns now carried on In newspapers and magazines Dr LJorton admits that she Is Internationally minded and Is Interested In the progress of her era as a whole Every three years she takes her vacation In a foreign country to study 10 AMERICAN TOURIST Attractions There Combining Tropical and Continental Are Easily Reached Continued from Page 20 In particular having a ateeple of unusual height and ornateness In one Catholic churches to which all visitors are invited to go is a remarkable relic in the form of the heart of an Italian Catholic saint encased in glass so that all may see A drive of 40 miles through the country back of Havana reveals some of the most fertile soil in the world with the sugar mills looming in the center of large areas of sugar cane Business is comparatively dull In Havana during the summer season merchants say as it is expected to be But there Is one business that never slackens In Havana and that is the liquor business There is a saloon on practically every important downtown corner and though there are many scores of them none are ever without customers Many things happen to the lone tourist in Havana and among these is the meeting up with the Cuban guides who seem bent on showing one something of Interest at any hour of the day or night The guides have a habit of confidently approaching a stranger anywhere on the street and beginning without the least formality to tell when where and why' one should go different places The larger hotels arrange special trips In the day or evening hours in charge of competent English-speaking lecturers and guides who point out the numerous points of Interest Apparently Cubans have forgotten how to worry at least the younger element of the population for one sees and hears only smiles and laughter as he passes along -the Prado or even any of the smaller shopping streets And on Sunday afternoon and evenings especially the broad plazas in the Prado are filled to overflowing with pedestrians who meet and greet it appears almost as if they were all one big family And on either side of the Prado central promenades over smooth wide streets hundreds of motors glide along adding their hurry-up honks to the spirit of gayety that pervades the populace Five thousand Americans reside in Cuba it is said most of them affiliated with large commercial American branch houses of food products concerns automobile and radio manufacturers and retailer The Americans mingle freely with the Cubans visiting their dance halls hotel roof gardens the casino and other places of amusement including motion picture houses that show screen titles in both English and Spanish Grand opera is a frequent attraction in Havana an auditorium facing the Prado having become famous through the appearance there of many noted stars Administration Goes Ahead With Cruiser Expansion Program Three Private Yards and Five Navy Yards Make Offers To Construct Fighting Craft At About $10000000 Each BV THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON June The administration went ahead today with the cruiser expansion program authorized by the seventieth congress the navy department receiving bids for the construction of five of the 15 10000-ton ships to be started during the next three years While a limitation 'on this building program may come In for discussion at the contemplated visit of Ramsiy MacDonald to President Hoover the chief executive Is without authority to forego the building of any of the cruisers unless a new limitation treaty Is agreed upon before their completion Even with these craft in commission the total American tonnage of modern cruisers would be within the 500000 tons limitation proposed by the American delegation to the preliminary disarmament commission at Geneva Tenders submitted on the craft were slightly higher than had been expected and they will be studied before any of the contracts are let Three private yards and five navy yards submitted bids as follows: Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation (Quincy plant) 810753000 one ship only New York Shipbuilding Company Camden 10903000 one ehlp only Newport News (Virginia) Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company 11130-000 one ship only Puget Sound Navy Yard 8838000 one ehlp Mare Island Navy Yard 9307770 one ship Philadelphia Navy Yard one 10-285906 two 20000000 New York Navy Yard one 10908-100 two 20147603 Boston Navy Yard 11895931 WILLYS-OVERLAND -EXPORTS INCREASE First Five Months of 1929 Shota Big Gain TOLEDO Ohio June Wlllys-Overland established a new high record on export business In the first five months of the current year with an Increase of 44 per cent over the same period of last year During the first five months of 1929 the corrp-Pny shipped 22132 Whippets and Wlllys-Knights to the foreign markets as compared with 15309 cars shipped in the first five months of last year Indications are that the June x-port business will maintain the same proportions since plans call for ship- -ment of a large volume of the new Whippet six one and one-half ton commercial units which were recently announced by the Willys-Overland Company In addition to shipment of the Whippet and Willys-Knlght passenger 4-Year-OII Is Youngest Contestant In Miami Beach Com-petition In Park More than SO children ages from 4 to 13 yesterday began a photography contest In Flamingo park Miami Beach Little Osefa Martinez 4 Is the baby of the contest which will' continue to June 27 Entrants Saturday morning received Instructions for the contest after which Raymond Anderson Instructor took their pictures Subjects of the prize pictures must be young children animals or scenes Miss Elizabeth Tack has charge of the contest Those contesting and their ages Include: Gloria Pollard 6 Edith Stanley 11 Grace Rogers -10: Virginia Martinez IQ: Osefa Martinez 4: Sheldone Whitney 10 Paul Lyon 10 Baraby Martinez 12 Jack Farley 8 McKinley Bow-ker 14 Robert Moore 10- Edward de Brauwere 12 Harold Bowker 12 Robert Thompson 12 Burton Reiman 13 Omer Millard Jr 8 Howard Conklin 10: Lawrence Jacoby 13 Jimmie Shal-lern 10 Bruce Simmons 12r Arthur Horsfall 13: Fred Finlay 7: Jacqueline Finlay 5 Kathleen Kilmartin 13: Antoinette Sevier 9 Lewis Sevier 11 Bail Ranges Up To $24S00 In Case of New York Banking Institution IBT THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK June The criminal arm of the state Investigating Into the collapse of the City Trust Company reached out today and placed under heavy ball three officers of the Institution which was wrecked several months ago with millions In forged paper in its accounts Arrested on charges of third degree forgery Anthony dl Paola treasurer who refused to tell former Secretary of State Robert Moses how much be was worth was held In bail of 24500 by Supreme Court Justice James Crop-sey appointed committing magistrate by Governor Roosevelt He will be given a hearing on June 28 Louis Tavermlna vice president and George Zlnltl assistant cashier of the City Trust and a vice president of one of the two banks which the late Francesco Ferrari merged to form the City Trust were each held In 15000 ball on charges of forgery Ball was supplied by the three as It was for Frank Warder resigned superintendent of the state banking department whose administration Is being Jointly Investigated with the collapse of the City Trust and who was the first arrested as a result of the hearings SIDNEY TRIAL' CHASE BY POLICE ENDS WITH WRECK MIDSUMMER EXCURSION PLANNED The Swedish society midsummer excursion to Ragged key aboard the yacht Blscayne will be next Sunday The boat will leave pier No 8 city yacht basin at 8 :30 a As Predicted OAKLAND 1929 SALES SHOW7 GAIN OVER 1929 Sales of new Oakland and Pontiac sixes for the first five months of this year totaled more than 65 per cent of the entire output during the 12 months of 1928 Tracy vicer presldent in charge of sales of the Oakland Motor Car Company- announces As a result of the volume achieved to date Mr Tracy stated that every indication points to a new high record for the year substantially exceeding the previous record of 262000 units sold during 1928 the total for five months of this year being 145868 against 131303 for the same period in 1928 Youths In Stolen Motor Car At tempt To Escape A chase by motor patrolmen Friday In which a new sedan automobile was wrecked resulted in the arrest of Lamar Barnes 21 of Sixteenth avenue and Eighth street and a 17-year-old boy They were charged with steal-in the automobile Motor Patrolmen Fouts and A Jollay stopped the boys Sixteenth avenue in Eighth street when they crossed the street intersection against a red light The Inability to answer questions about the automobile led the patrolmen to believe it was stolen and they ordered it driven to police headquarters After they crossed the 8 Twelfth avenue traffic light they said the boys attempted to escape by accelerating the automobile to a speed of 60 miles an hour At Eighth avenue they attempted to turn the corner st about 50 miles an hour and wrecked the car The patrolmen took them to headquarters The automobile belonged to Aubrey Green who said he pgrked it in front of the Tower theater A RESOUNDING MARMON EXECUTIVE IS VISITOR IN MIAMI Kalis district sales representative of the Marmon Motor Car Company of Indianapolis is in Miami on a visit to the local distributor Nathan Bauer president of the Roosevelt-Mar-mon Sales Company Inc which was recently appointed with headquarters at 1601 Second avenue Mr Kalis said he is much Impressed by the building activities in the Miami area Jf'd that general business conditions fere are superior to those in some other sections of the territory that he has recently covered He has been in the automobile business for more than 20 years Highly favorable comment regarding Miami is the usual thing en- Illne of Son Prompts Federal Judge To Grant Delay 1BT THE ASSOCIATED TRESS TAMPA Fla June 15 Trial of Sidney Catts ar former governor of Florida on charges of aiding an alleged counterfeiting ring will not be held until next fall Judge A Akerman in federal district court today ordered a postponement of the hearing because son could not be present The trial was set originally for Monday The action followed an early morning conference between attorneys for both sides with the Jurist Defense attorneys stated that Sidney Jr of West Palm Beach had been operated on for appendicitis last Thursday that he was a material witness as W'ell as a member of defense counsel and asked the delay Government attorneys demurred but the Judge ruled In favor of the defense saying he did not want to deny the aged man anything that might react in his favor In the course of the conference Mr attorneys declared he had loaned money to Julian Diaz defendant but it was ita no way connected with the alleged crime The government had alleged that Catts put 5000 Into alleged counterfeiting ring but the loan admitted today was thought to have been another sum of money and that the defense would eeek to show that Catts advanced money to Diaz for other purposes than which the government claimed CtBAMI SPANISH (LIB HEARS CUBA DISCUSSION Cubaml Spanish club met Thursday evening at the Rustic Gardens The club president Vice Consul Morales discussed Cuba followed by progressive conversation The club will meet again countered in his travels Mr Kalis said next Sunday Inc RIVERSIDE AUTO SUPPLY CO I Take Pleasure In Announcing Their Appointment As Distributors For THE FIRST STRAIGHT-EIGHT UNDER $IOOO IN April the public swamped Marmon salesrooms looking at the Roosevelt In May they bought 'every one the Marmon factory could build and wanted more And now in June even bigger things are happening There is no competition for Roosevelt value even in sight If you want a better and finer type of transportation if you want to drive a straight-eight rather than the customary six if you want a car that rides and drives with anything on the road and still want to hold your investment to around $1000 then you ifcill just naturally be interested in the Roosevelt the only automobile that offers 1 'all of these things at this price A Straight-Eight for Every Purse Roosevelt $995 Marmon 6Sy $1465 Marmon 78 $1965 Prices at factory Group equipment extra ATLANTA DOCTOR KILLED BY POLICE Shots Exchanged In Alleged Attempt To Disarm Him ATLANTA Ga June 15 P) Dr Thomas A Spears prominent physician and surgeon was killed and Patrolman Morgan wounded critically today in what police said was an attempt by the doctor to resist efforts of Morgan and a fellow officer to wrest two pistols from him The estranged wife was present at the public lunch stand where the shooting occurred Several shots were fired and other customers in the place fled In a statement to police Mrs Spears said her husband from whom she had been separated two months called at her apartment last night and they went for a drive stopping later at the lunch stand She said Dr Spears was drinking and became Infuriated accusing her of accepting the attentions of another man and claiming someone bad stolen his spare automobile tire He left the place according to the statement with thie announced Intention of procuring "his guns" A pistol was grasped in each hand when he returned and as the two officers encountered him they said he commenced firing They returned the fire and the physician fell fatally wounded DOCKS AND DECKS The new Dayton DeLuxe Thorobred more than meets the imperative need for a safer tire big1 and tough and a tire that will go out and put new mileage records on your speedometer The Dayton DeLuxe Thorobred Balloon is built as only Day-ton could build it as a master watch is built as the finest motor cars are built with materials that meet the most rigid of tests We have received a shipment of these tires direct from the factory and cordially invite everyone to call and inspect them for even if you do not need tires at the present time you will ultimately want a DAYTON DE LUXE THOROBRED for it truly is as it is called THE MOST DISTINGUISHED TIRE IN AMERICA Very truly yours The Roosevelt Roomy sturdy economic! to operwte 70 horseporoer Mormon-halt straejht-aiiht motor SHIP MOVEMENTS Departure Yesterday: S3 Pawnee Clyde Steamship Company Capt Packard freight for New Orleans Pier 2 Municipal docks 5 SS Munamar Munson Steamship Lines Capt Lum passengers mail and freight for Nassau and New York Pier 3 Municipal docks 5 Tut Tartar Neptune Towing Company of New York Capt Lewis with dry dock section in tow lor New Orleans Pier 1 Municipal docks 7:30 a Departures Today: SS Princess Montagu -Saunders Mader agents Capt Songdale passengers for Cat Cay Bahamas Peninsular and Occidental docks 8 a Motor vessel Ena Saunders Mader agents Capt Aibury passengers aDd freight for Nassau Peninsular and Occidental docks 9 a S3 Nancy Weems Baltimore and Carolina Steamship Company Capt 2 Foster freight for Charleston and Baltimore Pier 3 Municipal docks day light Departures Tomorrow: S3 Princess Montagu Saunders Mader agents Capt Songdale passengers mail and reight for Nassau Pen Insular and Occidental docks 4 Arrivals Yesterday: S3 Munamar Munson Steamship Lines Capt Lum passengers and freight from New York Nassau and Havana Pier 3 Municipal docks 8 a SS Princess Montagu Saunders Ac Mader aeents Capt Songdale passengers mail and freight from Nassau Peninsular and Occidental docks 9 a S3 Nancy Weems Baltimore and Carolina Steamship Company Capt Foster freight from Baltimore Charleston and Jacksonvile Pier 3 Municipal docks 5:30 Arrivals Tomorrow: S3 Princess Montagu Saunders Se Mader agents Capt Songdale passengers from Cat Cay Bahamas Peninsular and Occidental docks 7:30 a nu Inc RIVERSIDE AUTO SUPPLY CO 579 WEST FLAGLER STREET ROOSEVELT-MARMON SALES CO NATE BAUER PRESIDENT PHONE 4150 16G1 Second Avenue Phone 6449 i JU.