The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 24, 1926, Page 1

KEY WEST, FLORIDA, INESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1926. PRICE FIVE CENTS "Sam CUBAN ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION carers OFAIGALLY OPENED TODAY WI FORMER RESIDENT OF KEY WEST, TO CONDUCT _IN- STALLATION CEREMONIES j wards of 300 visitors are expected | \here Thursday afternoon, when Fort | B | IPieree Lodge, B. P. 0. Elks, No. AND CONCERT DISTINGUISHED OFFICIALS [will be tendered this evens, tere] GIWE LUNCHEON ON BOARD GOVERNMENT CRUISER CUBA. VOLUME XLVII. No. 47. Chamber of Commerce Sponsors Movement In Relief From Embargo — ® manne mts ver COUNT NOT LIKELY QUESTION IS BROUGHT. TO BE PUBLIC CHARGE UP FOR DISCUSSION (By Associated Press) | NEW YORK, Feb. 24.—Count Ludwig. Salm Von Hoogstraeter, ; whose financial status and consequent | Tight to be in the United States has Efforts to remedy the condi- tions caused by the embargo placed by the Florida East Coast Railroads on the shipments of |1520, will be installed, with <cere-| | monies in charge of State Deputy , Harry Bethel, o f Daytona. The | ning at 7. 0’clock, at the Carnival lodge will have a membership of 87, ; Grounds: | | March, Trisigain—Losey. Overture, Mazeppa—Mahl. including 32 residents of the city al- | jready members of the order. j The institution ceremony will be} oS te: a Selene held at 3 o’clock at the Masonic Tem-; Waltz, Enchanted Night—King. | VARIOU: 1M. EES NTERT ME PROPOSE | been questioned by Representative ' ple, on Avenue A. A parade will} Reverie, Sliding Jim—Losey. | 5. COMMITT one ae NY Fox Trot, My Sugar—Little. | SENDING MESSAGE OVER RADIO AT MIDNIGHT Selection, Woodland—Luders. HOUR TO PRESIDENT MACHADO INFORMING CHIEF | Fiorella H. LaGuardia, socialist, of form in front of the temple after the | New York, not only has means of|ceremony and march through the Galop, An Indian Ride—Loetz. Phi ane g line feck EXECUTIVE OF ISLAND REPUBLIC OF SUCCESSFUL, CONCLUSION OF DAY’S FESTIVITIES lumber from Key West into the state of Florida were made yes: terday afternoon at the cham- her. of commerce. proper home to his estranged wife j will be several floats. Business men and his child, his lawyer here asserts. have been asked to decorate their | Representative LaGuardia yester-'cars for the occasion. day, in a letter to Secretary of Labor| At 6 o’clock a. buffet luncheon Davis, requested that an investiga- will be served at the gymnasium on _tion be made as to whether Count|Avenue A. Initiation of the 55 = | PRENCH DIPLOMAT’ Salm was likely to become a public members will take place at 7 o’clock. charge, with a view to deportation! After the initiation a dance will be "if this were found to be the case. ‘given, with music by the Bells Hops AT SANIT 'ARTUM Mr. LaGuardia cited the immigra- Orchestra. : tion law as barring any alien who! The degree work will be conferred that the “alien in question has no tion have been sent to all of the 27| (ay ded Wrens) ncoipasion. © lodges in the state and a large oa DECATUR. G: aes Pan. BPRS support but,is well able to give a/ principal streets of the city. There March, Knight Errant—King. Representatives of a Pacific HUBERT REASON, Conductor. coast lumber company met with with Dr. J. Y. Porter, Sr., Capt. Clark D. Stearns, Wm. R. Por- ter, George Morris, Rep. Chas. H. Ketchum and Andrew Miller. Certain Florida, Georgia and other Southern interests have com- plained that the west coast and for- eign lumber interests are competing with them, succeeding in. stopping the shipment of lumber from the ‘west coast, persuading the Inter- atate Commerce Commission to The Cuban anniversary celebration in copnection with “Grito de Baire” got under way proper today at the noosa hour when a salute of 21 guns was fired at the termination of a luncheon given aboard the cruiser Cuba, which & anchored in the channel off the Navy docks. Cuban Consul Domingo J. Milord, accompanied br = large delegation of local residents and the visiting membess of the Cuban government and other personages, proceeded provided by another, and{ declared{ Invitations to attend the celebra- come to the United States on funds by the Palm Beach Lodge. | “ ‘ ber of visitors are expected to at- ‘Count Salm finds it necessary to Noel Cobb, slies Noel Dupre, rumor that anybody pays or contri- butes toward his expenses,” said his lawyer, Herman B.. Goodstein. Place an embargo on all shipments north. They give as an excuse con- gestion. a aa x sang arenes if tained financial aid from any source the American Railway i tion - 20d he is not indebted.to anybody on has supplanted the Com: | 8y account. He is quite able to pay merce. Commission in this own way, and has shown in court freight shipments due to freight em-, proceedings that he was and is able bargoes the past few, months, | to support his wife and child and to dispel by an absolute denial the false tend. All visiting Elks have been in- vited to be present. Organizers of the local lodge, all| “ye of whom are already members of the has neither requested, sought nor ob- rder,.are Dr. C, E. Getchell, Dr. 1 0. Bishop, George J. Reynolds, E. H. Collins and Louis Miller. REV. W. STANTON was in an unnamed South Caro- lina sanitarium today following his | masquerade here since February 7 as a “French diplo- mat,” his marriage on February 9 at Chattanooga, to Miss Vir- ginia Hollingworth, pretty Agnes Seott, college student, of Daw- son, Ga., and his arrest and sub- sequent release on a charge of board ship at 11 o’clock today, where an excellent lunch- eon was served. Included in the list of invited guests were a number of American residents. The government vessel was decorated with Gags from stem to stern in honor of the occasion, with the naral band rendering an excellent program during the pregress of the enjoyable event. At 1:30 o’clock today the delegation assembled at Sam * provide a suitable home for them.” wk taedeek ottieials toa Saal The count, at Washington, axip ¢ eR arey ome possible for relie | ee Representative Le ete sete help remove | —s{I.do not find it very ineerenting."| = ‘ the ‘ . represéntative of: he,said. “Perhaps my lawyer. will, ‘ Pacifie-eoast lumber con-, but I do not.” Carlos Hall, where ceremonies were conducted in conmec- and that she is believed to live somewhere in Alabama. De- velopments yesterday, however, dispelled this belief. A South Carolinian, Cobb at- tended the University of South Carolina at Columbia. After one year, he went to Vander- bilt University at Louisville, Ky. About February 1, he went to Birmingham, Ala.. where he }pounds at birth. Mr. and Mrs. Holland formerly made their home in this city where | Mr. Holland was connected with the | First National Bank. "THE WEATHER represented himself to church officials as a Frenchman named Dupre commissioned by a French university to paint portraits and to study theology in America. He was given letters of intro- duction to a theology senior at Emory University, Atlanta, where his present escapade be- An outstanding feature of the day's festivities was the | exercises held at San Carlos in connection *ith the dediics- tion of a bronze tablet donated by the Masonic Ledge “Minerva,” in which the presentation address was de- ? livered by Louis F. Fabbello. Mr. Fabbelle was assisted in conducting the ceremonies by Martin Herrera. whe & known as “The father of San Caries Institute” Anteniie #ern at the meeting stated that he| “The count’s suit for, separation’ |» 3 t 2 m ‘would have. his company get in tem his wife, the former Millicent | suit wider we visiting at e pi the erection of the new ‘San Carlos ‘ ae oe representatives | Rogers, and for custody of his son,/ 1.7. of St. Mary’s Star of the credit to the Cuban government and the Island City as 07 protest. i is Stan whose head- By curtailing the shipments from fEamp Rogge... New York- Dr. Renedo worked indefatigably im connection with the south, no protection is secured | terday after seeing his son at Palm) to viand college, New York, has * raising of funds for this institution, and the members for SS oe Beach for the first time. been in poor. health for some time the visiting delegation eulogized the head of the San Caries as daclosed at the setiong — _— ees His er rage wat de- institute during the i ‘ : 5 y in = * day. s TRAFFIC SIGNS ater on the: conditiad = of his | d i r E tion of his untiring efforts, which were brought te = sec * These southern lumber merchants health. § A cessful conclusion by the erection of this magnificent and ~ gam tone Florida con, teodic and) NOW DISPLAYED "- ——____ dem struct : use all the lumber being brought Stork Vi 5 H of modern t ure. : : into the state. Representatives of tstts Home Last night, on the eve of the big celebration. « grand the western shippers yesterday stated CHIEF OF POLICE PLACES; Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Holland ball was given under the auspices of the Sociedad Cuba. that they could handle all that they} BRIGHT SIGNS ON MANY | Now Residing In Miami | he Cuban Club on Duval : - could bring into this port. They STREETS te low Residing In Miami | at the Cuban Club on street, which was attended br said that they could handle 5,000,- Pe ee pe = a large crowd, with an excellent orchestra furnishing music 000 feet of lumber a month for the! The traffic signs now in use on the re. Alice - He ape dae Sas i bers rendered from pregram: * rest of their life, coming through streets of Key West are eliciting | of a telegram announcing the birth | son the aR Thesen me - le pact. ;much favorable comment from |of a little daughter to her son and | outlined consisted of several of the latest dance hits of the It was also brought out at the jvisitors and local people as well. Se Sag or ta rage one season. A bountiful supply of delicious and appetizing r= meeting that Key West business men; “There can be little excuse for, P- Holland, a’ See poe a ee i evening : were also hurt by preventing the violating any of the main traffic Saturday morning. 2 } freshments were served during the - and the affnir shipments north, which means the |laws of this city,” said Chief of Po-| The little lady weighed ten was Voted one of the most enjoyable of the season. prevention of ships coming to this lice Cleveland Niles today. The port. j bright yellow signs placed on ‘the The west coast shippers sent 1,-| sidewalks showing where and where 193,110,596 feet of lumber through | not to park are easily visible from Key West to Florida cities during the middle of the streets, and no nine mouths of 1925, the chamber of!one can overlook the “stop” and commerce was told. A large num- “slow” signs painted in bold white ber of ships had been expected and jetters right in the center of the much lumber was going to be sent strect. to the mainland during the next sev- The sidewalk warning signs indi- eral months. cate the school zones, the quiet zones This would have meant much to ‘for churches and places at which | station Navarette is also a member of the committee handling the * arrangements during the celebration. ’ The visiting delegates will be taken or an autemetdic ride over the city this afternoon. and will be taken eat ower * gan. j His bride has gone to the home | | | the Stock Island Bridge where an opportunity =i be [ | of her parents at Dawson. In the meantime, relatives are pre- paring to go ahead with annul- ment or divoree proceedings. SWALLOWS PIN ON BET DONCASTER, Eng. — Patrick O'Neill won a bet of $25 by swallow- ‘9 | ing six safety pins, but the operation Key West in the way of supplies and | ; i j , indicati pes ceckevunak of laborers, << was porking: ee peng ay | Abilene (pt. cloudy) brought out at the meeting. With !the one-way streets and lanes. j Attants, (cloudy) the cooperation of railroad officials, | Chief Niles expresses himself as Boston (clear) political influences and lumber men jbeing highly pleased with the co-| Buffalo (clear) —.. on the west coast, methods will beloperation given by the people in | Charleston (cloudy) devised for lifting the embargo. it handling the traffic situation in Key |Chicago (pt. cloudy) was declared. | West. Corpus Christi (cloudy) There is a demand for lumber | Dodge ag) Lasrangld = throughout , and Ke: Vest | Galveston (cloudy) -. them cost him! is ss miptined Sale wbewinn, teow FIRE THREATENS |Hatteras (clear) $g | Performed to remove $250. ing aside any discrimination between NEW YORK DOCKS Here: (clear) 28} i ‘cities and lumber companies, was {Jacksonville (cloudy) ened ; | NEW YORK, Feb. 24.—The Clyde | Louisville (cloudy) -- 26 | , liner Seminole was towed into mid | Miami (clear) ood brought out at the meeting. {stream and silks, tobaceos, and cot-' New Orleans (cloudy) —— = MONROE THEATRE LONDON—Richard Ledger, aged/tons valued at $1,000,000, was saved New York (clear) 20) PODAY—“Waking Up the Town.” 77, won by a bare inch in a awinmiing from destruction early today 35 as ae de re | Serial, “Adventures of Mazie.” ii 75. ; fire threatened pier 37 on the Hud-| Tampa (c' — ¢ 7 race with George Webster, aged 75. tae oo p skieg freight on the pier Washington (clear) 26 TOMORROW—“The Trouble With jwas damaged before the fire was | Williston (cloudy) 24 | Wives. Comedy, “Nicromantic. # brought under control. ope Ares Fee EE { “Waking Up the Town” i Soon after the fire at pier 37 was ,conquered, fire threatened the old dominion line pier at the foot of Beach Street and the Hudson River. The steamship Boston was towed to jsafety in mid stream. A $500,000 ‘cargo of cotton was being unloaded } when the fire was discovered. afforded the Cuban delegates of viewing the head of the road which will connect with the proposed Over See Bigh- / way to the-mainiand. A band concert will be given st Bayview Park this afternoon by the ship’s band, when an excellent program will be rendered for the benefit of the genera! puibllic, besides other festivities to be put om as features of the day's celebration. The cruiser Cuba will be brilliantly Meminated ths evening with lights of various colors, which will presest a beautiful scene from the shore line, and the water freet will no doubt be crowded by the many that will ausemibie to view the beautiful government vessel anchored & mit- stream. As a concluding feature of the day's program. the committees having the affair in charge will seme 2 memes over radio at the midnight hour te Presidest Meckade &- forming the chief executive of the island Eepueblic of the successful conclusion of the anniversary celebration ces~ ducted in memory of General Jose Marti, whe was etrs- WINS BY AN INCH Basiness Men’s Lunch 12:00 M. TO 2:00 P. M. 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