The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 22, 1926, Page 1

a “Key West for this purpose, with a THE KEY \ FOR 47 YEARS DEVOTED TO THE INTEREST OF THIS COMMUNITY Cuban Colony Plan Big Celebration To Be Held In Key West Wednesday ra —_—_—_————___ | LARGE NUMBER OF PROM- CUBAN CUNBOAT | INENT OFFIC .' | ING ins Soe earnoee EVENT e The Cuban colony of Kéy West, DR. JUAN RAMON O’FARRILL, solual Sw the 5 - REPRESENTING PRESIDENT OF joine y the American population CUBA, COMING OVER FOR CELEBRATION , in general, are making elaborate | | | | J | preparations for the proposed Cuban Dr, Juan Ramon O’Farrill, repre- anniversary celebration which falls senting the president of Cuba, will a i arrive here tomorrow on the cruiser 3. ey on _ “yoek,. the Cuba for the celebration of the move-' event of which will be in honor of ment begun by Jose Marti, February’ : ; ~ {24, 1895, to free the people of Cuba, SOE ee eh ante aE, Cie CONGR LO eae Onben gunboat Yara will public, who inaugurated a revolu- | bring a large number of patriots | 5 ‘members of the Society of Emigrados tionary movement in the year 189: m * é | Revolucionarios de Cuba. } in the interest of the residents of the A ball will be given tomorrow eve-' ning at the Cuban Club for the visi-' Island Republie toward obtaining — tore: During’ Weducelsy. attamndon;! their freedom. ; the Cuban band-will play in Bayview Park. Patriotic addresses will be given during the evening of February: an effort to break away from the 24 at San Carlos Hall. = ji ich‘ + \ Entertainments are being arrange Spaniah rule by which’the island was ‘the’ San Carlos Club, the Cuban governed up until the time that the Club and the Emigrados Revolucion- United States entered into the war *Tios de Cuba. i with ‘Spain, the termination of which TY , automatically gave the Cuban peo REAL BOARD | The secretary of state. of the Cu-.} f ban government has outlined a — gram in connection with the event, | and has ordered that one of the gun- ee ee come ee boats of the Cuban navy be sent to) GANIZATION OFFICE SPACE, IN REALTY BUILDING” i number of representative officials “at the ia fobcheta’ of ithe | } This campaign was undertaken in » of Cubs, aho. will agrive here S [Bee Sak Resiey Woant.ot the Cree 4 , 5 | Sean Hi Bofajian of : “Company offered y among the | board one of his offices in the Vie delegates who will arrive here on Pog. ; It was announced that Tuesda y for the celebration are mer im gissihts fie the Auimiing Gin: bers of the society Emigrados Revo- | pions to come to Key West. Another lucionaries de Cuba. attempt will be made on the part of | : the realty ‘board to bring the young The president of the Cuban Re- jiadies to Key West on Col. Robert, public is also sending over a special ores birthday, March 2. Colonel Thompson. accompanied representative, besides several -other |shese «-young ie iiread ro the members of the government forces | Olympic events. who will participate in the day’s’ Young Stribling will not, be able’ h Tey ‘to put on a match here in March as festivities. he has signed up for March 26 for; The entire delegation 4f Emigrados a fight in Néw York. It was de-| cided to stage a match here in April and bring Young Stribling to the! Ramon city. j | The publication, Florida News, contains twenty-four pages relative Antonio Navarrete, to Key West, and the realtors pres-' Senor °* pledged to 1800 copies of the | jcurrent issue containing the publicity Raoul Alpizar, Dr. Juan Garcia, Dr. about Key West. The Key nl * |, |Foundation Company has ordere Frank A. Betancourt, Senor:Jose R. 5,000 copies to pe sent throughout O’Farriil, Senor Eduardo Reyna, Jr., the United States. . i] Senor Gustavo Soria, Senor Luis Fa-' ae cay eepry ar aC bello and Senor Rosendo Pardo Ponce Key West Realty Board the stand- ing finances and the matter of in- Cubanos from Havana is composed of. the following: Dr. _ Juan O’Farrill, president; Senor Eduardo’ Senor Reyna, Major Crescencia Cabrera, de Leon. creasing the dues of the board. . > Birthd | The guests’ present were: Charles | Washington’ $ jay Smith of the Gulf Keys Realty Com- Dance To Be Given ;pany, Capt. peerage 4 of a : ht Tropical Isles jes ‘orporation, T At La Concha Leo Warren and Glen Kirchheiner i coleeitens tes been [of the Key West Foundation Com- made for the “Contest Dance” which | *"¥- is to be given tonight at the Hotel 4). FY * | La Concha, and according to-state-' Wisconsin Resident Much | ments of the management, the oc-/ Taken Up With Key West; casion promises to be one of =, Will R . To Fl ida most enjoyable of the season. j A good number have registered, L P. 1 > for entrance into the Charleston .. o¢ Ye i, woah es peas 9 also the — Prize 4 F denen; peatest and re ifor a few months with the aim of lo- Waltz contest and competition for the two silver loving cups and the nas decided to di of his hold- $10 in cash promises to be very keen. |i. -5 Remetend fer his in- enn terests to the Land of Flowers. Any PP 99 |.community would be indeed for- { The Pleasure Bayer: tunate to get a valuable citizen like Baffling mystery, punctuated SE Soa we ge ago ers with thrills and crammed with excitement. _Five people sus- pected of the murder of Gene Cassenas, each with a reason [f/f for wanting his death. It keeps [) you im suspense until the last flicker of film. i Fairyland of Florida. MASONIC NOTICE ~ | Regular communication of Anchor : Ledge No. 182, F. & A. M., tonight at | 7:45. Work in the Master Masons | degree. All members are expected to MONROF THEATRE | be present. Visiting brothers are cor-basie > di invited. dially C. E. GARING, Secretary. TODAY feb. 22-1t jeating permanently in Florida. He piaden away in the’ proverbial wool- | cordial welcome to Key West, the | KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1926. _ ‘SERIOUS ACCIDENT HAPPENS SUNDAY; ONE LIFE IS LOST PRICE FIVE CENTS FIGHT BREWING IN CONGRESS AGAINST RETROACTIVE CUT IN INHERITANCE TAX AUTOMOBILE CAPSIZES, KILL- ING ONE AND zine PROGRAM FOR OTHERS; GEORGE WIMB: "| z IS MAIN VICTIM i PLAY T0 TAKE berly, about 32. years old, who was| PLACE TUESDAY killed in an automobile accident on{ the County Road yesterday afternoon,| MUSICAL COMEDY “THE FLAP- when the five other occupants of the ear were all more or less injured, is being held at the Lopez undertaking; parlors awaiting instructions from! relatives at Shady Grove, Taylor} The musical comedy, “The Flap- county, Florida, where his wife and|per Grandmother,” will be given to- baby, also his aged father lives. at the The deceased was almost instant!y|Theatre under the auspices of the killed, only breathing a time or two Woman’s Club. This interesting after being extricated from thelittle, sprightly show in three acts wreck. His head was crushed andi will have a cast consisting of all lo- his_body badly lacerated by glass cal folks. from the broken windshield. The overturned car had all six of the occupants pinned underneath, until released by eye witnesses of the} tragedy who rushed to their assist-| ance. Of the surviving occupants of the ear, J. F. Morgan, employe of the: Store. 3 : Tidewater Construction Company at Act II—Welcome Key Largo, was most seriously hurt, | Grandma. sustaining a broken collar bone and Cast of Characters fracture of two ribs. resting as well as could be expected! nothing modern)... Emil Sweeting -The body of George Chester Wim- NING AT GARDEN THEATRE morrow evening ranged for “The Flapper Grand- mother :” Act I—Living Room of_Spriggin’s Home. jto@ay at his room at 1004 Division|Mat Spriggins (his wife who wants!) RANCHER, STOPS OVER IN | steéBt. The oth ith - to be up-to-date). Minnie P. Harris’ ypy | Fi e others escaped wii only | vena Sprigei (the wild ° ehild) | er ‘OR SHORT SO- slight injuries. s Those in the car at the time of the Mrs. Vera Cold accident were: G. C. Wimberly, who Belindy Sp (old fashioned and | . H. D. Brown, former owner of the AT HOTEL TODA “land C. R. Wimberly, H. Sherfeld,!Maggie Pepper (the flapper grand-' was killed, his. two brothers, .E. C. Bradley Grooms and J. F. Morgan,| mother)... Mrs. Melvin Russell the owner and driver of the ill-fated car. The brothers of the dead man Jimmy Swift (auto salesman in love stated this morning that the accident with Lena) _Raymond Seum rancher, raising thoroughbred stock. happened so quickly and unéxpected- = = ly that they hed no idea how it oc-|>™>>Y Smith (Sweet Sissy type,-also curred or what caused it. Eye wit-! nesses- fr Br the car was going was all at once seen to turn . They do not know whether it Was the fault of the driver or due to trouble with the steering equipment. Bradley Grooms was arrested in the street near the Lopez undertaking es-! Lillie White (lady of ebony hue) tablishment soon after the — by ‘Deputy Sheriff Cleve'and Dillon, who states that he had started to, Dabatentt: Fagpere drive a car away from there while in! Grace Boyne, i , an intoxicated condition. He was Marguerite Capo, Louise Falk, Vir- released this morning on his own ginia Sheppard, Grace Mildred recognizance. Lowe, Jane Grandma” Wome ‘to Justice of the Peace Rogelio Gomez | viewed the body of the dead man May Dickinson, Emily Vignal and! and held a short session, adjourning Carided Diemenech. > until 11 o’clock tomorrow morning,; Rag Dolls when deliberations will be resumed. | . - = Chief Deputy’ A. H. McInnis was. Ruth Rose Galey, Leonor Warren, at the scene of the accident as soon Loraine Armstrong, Hilda Salgado, as possible after it ‘occurred and took Lillian Roker, Eloise Guito, Helen charge of the situation. | Clayton, Florerice Crowson. a ge el gt Door Knobs Funeral Services Are Tessie “Falk, Katherine Light- Held Here Sanday For bourne, Pauline Phelan, Eileen Hell- Mr: Charlotte Marsh ll ings, Mary Stewart, Loraine Shep- pard, Ann Johnson and Laura May The body of Mrs. Charlotte Mar- shall was laid to rest in the Catholic Grandma Chorus” division of the city cemetery Sunday Sylvia Guito, Ruth Kirchheiner, afternoon following funeral service Anna Kirchheiner, Harriet Johnson, at Saint Mary’s Star of the Sea,'Celia Salgado, Paula Tuell, Sylvia rites were read by the Reverend: Jelly Beans Father P. I. Marnane. , __ | Jerry Trevor, Robert. H. Givens, The Catholic daughters of America Jr., Raymond Seum and Edward attended the service in a body and Freyberg. formed a section of the cortege that followed the body to the cemetery. | The funeral was under the diree- |Roman Catholic church, where the Coller and Fay Kitchen. j tion of G. Renae Lopez undertaking establishment. ; MUCH GOLD COIN bgesees { El PARIS, Feb. 22—At’ least one Upiformed Guards To billion francs in £0ld Coin vt weal, Be Placed On Duty At Carnival Show Grounds man, according to authoritative cal-| culations made im connection with, Chief of Police Cleveland Niles numerous recent arrests for buying has arranged with Capt. Jack Maher gold coins and melting them down/to put three uniformed guards on for sale. jduty at the Army Barracks during Groups of men are traveling{the time of the carnival there. through the country and paying as| Chief Niles states that there were |high as 70 or 80 paper, francs for 20|two or three slight disturbances out | frane gold pieces. In persuading the jthere Saturday night, and that the holders to sell they frequently use| pecple expected the police to make |the argument that the gold coins are | arrests. This, he says, sure to be demonitized before the) done, because the shows are feountry gets back to normal is. The jen stocking of the thrifty French-| placed agents say that even at) has the price of eighty paper francs, the/that in PER GRANDMOTHER” TO BE! PRESENTED TOMORROW EVE-. Garden ' The following program is ar-' . Prologue — Automobile Romance. | ; Act II—Bargain Day at Spriggi: aig Home to’ He is reported| Andrew Spriggins (who believes in| . 1 out-of-date type)....Bobbie Roberts Haven ‘vacé teack, end well.fucus Dick Tate (motor cop in love with} in love with Lena)..Ed. Freyberg’ Dr. Joy (village. doctor in love with: Atmegiea) | a - EE SE Nat {Golson | *éferring to his former business in- yy night. The senate then Rastus Jones (gentleman of color) j,tefests. He was publisher of the New with ratification expected ..Harold Holman | Orleans’ World, that suspended pub- day. > . Curry, Mary Light-| i A coroner’s jury empanelled by bourne, Edith Hilton, Bessie Hotch- FAMOUS PIANIST ARRIVES IN kiss, Helen Claude Williams, Vola: ’ juled to give a public performance | Albury. i ‘cut | AMUSEMENT goldjon a government reservation. He: | BAND CONCERT STRONG DEBATE PRE. The following is the program that’ DICTED IN HOUSE OVER will be rendered this evening, begin-! | COMPROMISE PROVL ‘ning at 7 o’clock, at the Carnival | Grounds: i March, Robinson’s Grand Entree—_ SION IN MEASURE | Overture, Black Queen—White Fox Trot, Show Me The Way— 7 : i ; Waltz,| Dream On The Ocean— om » @e = , Gungl. . the provision cf the compremume bi siibess Me and the Boy Friend , venue bill for « retresctwe cat = Ss 33 J = Past Two , ihe imberitteece ‘tax, Chsieeee } _ Selection, Little Nellie Kel'y— Green, of the ways and meame com Cohan. ! | Fox Trot, Sleeping Beauty’s Wed-, tte Sat warned that a= incomeee ding—Rhode. im taxes may be necessary a cee cmt Descriptive, The Only Tune The of Band Could Play was Old Lang Syne.|™ * 7*** Fox Trot, Walking The Frog— Nevertheless, the $327_000.060 ca King. reduction measure agreed te br c.2- i March, Ponderoso—King. |\ferees of the house and senate wii HUBERT REASON, |be taken up tomerrew im the lower Conductor. jichamber with leaders confidest af | ‘FORMER RACE TRACK OWNER i if sponsibility rests with the senate” The senate voted to repeal the ! |treactive cut m ths tax wherety the |increased rates voted m 193é would H. D. BROWN, NOW CALIFORNIA be eliminated im fewer of the lower ‘rates effective im the 2821 act ! conferees cbtumec ime re tier ut ike tif’ Hl 7 | visitor to Key West, stopped in the .= -city on his way from Havana to the Cs.ng er masa auliee ae gone in which the pereeeed ee wee Mr. Brown is now a California effective. : ; — He has now retired and lives com- Republican, of Mineesots, Ges give _fortably on his ranch in the west, Botiet Be wil seck Ss Sane se SSE He was a familiar figure in Key “* back t = structions that bis = i if stibeiscalaren <. ne Dien et eee | ‘nore "| PADEREWSKI PAYS AWL ARRIVES I vist To cry PORT ONSUNDAY i ‘ KEY WEST ON SATUR- i DAY AFTERNOON ; i Ignace Paderewski, the world’s making the entire trip ome greatest pianist, spent several hours ©T® coast of the United States by te in Key West Saturday afternoon, outside route. with Madame Paderewski, on his way 5 north. bs Paderewski said that he was sched- tifully decorated a= the heustbest er in Jacksonville Tuesday, and then Channels as the ocean Emer, hewewsr, would proteed to New Or'eans, tour- and is built for speed _ing the south, and would then go to California, where he will play. : The great pianist was delighted board this beat. | with the warm climate and spoke en- thusiasti¢ally about his reception in | | the south. ° C di . v & Rev. J. Glass, Archdeacon, Here Beginmng Friday Arrives In City Taking | Wak Holcomb, general eruneeiet t Charge of St. Paul's Church ° = Sos ee | The*Rev. J. G. Glass, archdescon nection with evangelistic wack oat ‘of the diocese of South Florida and Demin © series of meetings Lake's, i i if | formerly the dean of St He has taken charge of St. Paul's. Church here and will remain until after Easter. He celebrated twice yesterday | Mvited to attend and will have regular services 30 EES Sunday and Lenten services on Wednesday and Friday nights and a ‘celebration on Thursday mornings. | _ Wednesday being the festival of | wassumctowes |St. Matthias, the Apostle, there will be a celebration of the Holy Eucharist in St. Paul's Church Chariess | Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock. Fivst Prise—sieer Lewes mp “St. Matthias was the first of the | Secesé Prie—G6ee te Guat j Aabuteliy. suscetiliny. * . ‘Weis i & Fieet Prise—Sitver Lewes Cp et guards see fit to. jand sold at a profit. “ime they will be pleased to respond. Pirate.” Comedy, “Time Flics.” | eSNG SEDI AON CSE