The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 26, 1926, Page 1

FOR 47 YEARS DEVOTED TO THE INTEREST OF THIS COMMUNITY VOLUME XLVI. Wo. 49. KEY WEST. FLORIDA. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1926. CITY COUNCIL DISPOSES OF IMPROVEMENT BONDS AT EXCELLENT FIGUR MECESSED MEETING “18|/°° °° ** 5° ° 429 2% 4 HELD YESTERDAY AF- + FIRE OCCURS IN TERNOON WHEN BIDS . CAPITOL BUILDING ARE ACCEPTED (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.— Fire broke out today in the south wing of the capitol build- ing, but was quickly extinguish- * ed without great damage. . At a recessed meeting of the City y Council held yesterday afternoon, the * city disposed of $225,000 worth of public improvement six per bonds for $222,750 together with accrued interest from date of bonds to date of delivery to the buyers of the issues, who are Walter, Woody,’ and Heimerdinger, and Weil, Roth! kad cirving, a consolidation being ef-| fected among the bidders who were! successful in having the city accept | * . * . * * . * * * BILL PARES DOWN INCOME TAXES TO LOW LEVEL MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED MILLION WILL REPRESENT their propositions. With the accrued | i interest the rate will reach above; TAX PAYERS par, which is considered a very good | Fo et SP ; WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.—Presi- the sentiment of the councilmen who dent Coolidge’s signature was all that was needed to enact into law the new, tax reduction bill. ' | As finally approved by congress the proposition for the city according to disposed of the bonds at the session held. A to i peeve ont eed bill pares down income taxes to their were wojacted artes path therep- lowest ievei sirice tne world war, and resentatives of the bond buyers pres-. Wipes out virtually all the misce'- ent submitied further bids which were agg excise and occupational war finall; ted after a th h di: 26 F cumsion of the ‘mation among the | - Of the’ $887,000,000 reduction in, councilmen and the representatives ‘the federal tax total, more than $200,-, of the various bonding firms bid-, 900,000.will represent a saving to, ding on the proposition: personal income tax payers. Under » It is the purpose of the city to, the new schedule a married man with x SAVING TO PERSONAL INCOME ; town, TORNADO DOES : MUCH DAMAGE | ___IN TENNESSEE MANY LIVES ARE LOST IN TWISTER; LARGE NUMBER ARE MADE HOMELESS IN MANY SECTIONS (Ry Associated. Press) MEMPHIS, Tenn., Feb. 26.—WitH restoration of wire service to the areas stricken by a tornado Wednes- day night, reports continued to drift into Memphis today telling of the damage caused by the twister, which left in its wake a toll of ten known deaths, 61 persons injured and a property loss estimated to run into hundreds of thousands of dollars. Of the dead five are whites and five white: persons were among the injured. The tornado, originating in Chicot county, Arkansas, virtually wiped out the family of Levi Tyson, when it struck his home on the C. D. ‘Head | plantation on the Bouef River, nine miles south of Lake Village, Tyson, 30, his three daughters, ranging in age from one to five years, were kill-' ed, and his wife, Lena, 28, was in a Lake Village hospital not expected to live. Mrs. Tyson was reseued from the top of a tall tree, where she had been blown by the heavy winds. The twister then centered its fury on the little town of Jennie, four ; miles south of Lake Village, where a negro girl was kil'ed and ten negroes and a white man injured. Tlie Chicot county chapter of the Rq@i Cross eared for the victims. Crossing into Mississippi the tor- ‘nado struck the outskirts of Green- ville, killing a negro woman and in- juring 11 others; one, Mrs, Anna Lit- tle, perhaps fatally, and ‘made seores of others homeless when ft swept the: residential suburban section of the damaging and demolishing houses in its path. Organized relief workers provided shelter for the refugees. The tornado swung northeast, pass- ing the border of Greenwood, killing { 1 | ‘Flight From Washington ENTERTAIN WITH DINNER PARTY — ATLA CONCHA LIUET! | ENANT AND MRS. STARK p WARNER GIVE AFFAIR IN. The following is the program that HONOR OF LIEUTENANT’S will be rendered this evening, begin- MOTHER VISITING HERE ning at 7 o’clock gt the - Carnival grounds in the Army Barracks: March, United Liberty—King. Overture, Princess of India—King. Fox Trot, When My Sugar Walks Down the Street—Mills. Waltz, The Skaters—Waldteufel. Fox Trot, Twilight—Brown. The Sunny South— OF AIR FORCES BAND CONCERT Lieut. and Mrs.,Stark Warner en-| tertained last evening for Lieutenant Warner’s mother, Mrs. J..S.- Warner, and Mrs. Sarah D. Nicely, Wilkes- Barre; Pa. Dinner was served at the Hotel La Concha, and after dining! Selection, the guests were taken to the hotel Lampe. parlor, where a number of tables! Fox Trot, Brown Eyes—Meyer. were prepared for bridge. March, Mountain i Dancing was also engaged in dur- HUBERT REASON, ing the evening, the Hotel La Concha | Conductor. Orchestra furnishing the music. The Sees ee tables were beautifully decorated RECIT with cut flowers, roses and ferns. ’ The men’s prizes were won by} Capt. C. N. Muldrow,° first, and, NIGHT VOTED Lieut..C. W. Martyr, second. Mrs. | “ prize and the second prize was won’ BIG SUCCESS by Mrs. Stanley Fewster. Mrs. John H. Thomas won the consolation prize. | The guests at the dinner party in- ENJOYABLE EVENT IS GIVEN cluded the following: ' IN AUDITORIUM OF MONROE Capt. and Mrs. Clark D. Stearns, COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BUILD- Lieut: and Mrs. Stark Warner, Mrs. Sarah D. Nicely, Judge Jefferson B., One of the most unique and thor-| ‘Browne, Lieut. and Mrs. E. C. Seibert, oughly pleasing xetitals ever Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Boyne, Lieut. in Key West was presented last and Mrs. MacCall Pate, Mrs. R. A.! ning at the High Audi Anderson, Capt. and Mrs. Charles'by Glen Ellison, and Willis Hale won the woman’s first | Senator and Mrs. William H. Malone,; ING Muldrow,' Miss Mary Trevor, Warren ; Alta Hill, pianist. The recital was i ; ‘ PRICE FIVE CENTS Commander John Rogers, Assistant Chief of Navy Air Service, To Make To Key West ‘PROPOSES MAKING INSPECTION AT GUANTANAMO RETURN TRIP TO NATION- AL CAPITAL WHL 8E& MADE VIA ISLAND CITY ACCORDING TO PLANS Commander John Rogers. as i f F aa | | | | | 1 f | ih ik ‘fi H | i i bs olt if Fe z F ! g. f f | iT { b 2 | . i [ i k ? use the funds to be derived from:the twa children will have to make $4,300 a negro and injuring 18 negroes and Drew, Mrs. Stanley Fewster, Mrs. artistic suecess in every respect, bond issue for the constructions of before he is subject to income taxa- a white child. Passing through Smith, Lieut, nine. ‘on. Stock Island, the} . Personal exemptions are, ian aco Y $1,000 to $1,500 for _ Crugers it left two negroes dead and Thomas, “five others injured, Jittle-village-of : four of its homes were demolished.! The 12-year-old daughter of Mrs. ; Lena Martin; 6f Teasdale, was killed, the past several weeks to dispose of © the bonds in question, and the work “the remainder: on the pany adeostraties planned iteing upward will be started as ‘soon as . % 4 Din eAeplstieer ot thir aaitisanl renee Sore teat ne ew mah 4 is 20 per cent. work on the golf links the municipal- capesdng 4 ity will then have an 18-hole rs These miscellaneous excise and oc " repe: it~ which will compare favorably wah Peer feees, ate aed. Oe any golf links in the country. a Automobile trucks} amtomobile nine-hole course now being used ip tres and parts; jewelryckameras and considered an excellent one, which® : § dack wan demonstrated ta: the recent { lenses; photographic films and plates; : os firearms and ammunition, except pis- match staged which was participated A Rhy in by many golf champions, sete | tols; automatic slot machines; mah ing French and: British stars, all of {Jone sets; works of. art; teed whom were much pleased with theg pownne ct akan ad ah well laid-out links on which the bigs tables: | shooting Alleres; vi event. was conducted. . academies. automobile for hire; /to- lbaceco manufacturers; opium dispen- Hey Dey Is New Device J sers;yachts, except foreign-built here- vafter purchased; stamp levies on Installed At Firemen’s Carnival At Barracks: cut from 5°to 3 per cent; that on ad- $4,000, and (deeds and various other legal papers. ‘mission tickets is amended to exempt j tickets costing 75 cent, in place of The Hey Dey is the new kind the present 50 cent maximum; vary- of. ride that hundreds are enjoying ing reductions are made in the tax at the Firemen’s Carnival at the’ on virtually all grades of eigars; and Army Barracks. There is only one the tax on alcohol is reduced from other amusement of this sort, which $2.20 to $1.65 per proof gallon. is owned by the Johnny J. Jones Cir-' The capital stock tax is repea‘ed, ~ cus. | and the flat corporation income tax is The miniature motor cars go increased from the present 12 1-2 around in a circle, giving everyone | per cent on taxes paid this year and a thrill as they unexpectedly t *13 1-2 per cent paid on taxes here- in every direction. This is one a after. the most. unusual and enjoyable!’ The gift tax is repealed, and in- amusements carried by the Miller| heritance taxes are reduced, the in- Bros. Shows. | heritance maximum rate becomes 20 I ES A | per cent in place of 40 per cent, the Admiral Bronson, Retired, present 25 per cent credit for Z * amounts paid in state inheritance Arrives From Capital | taxes is increased to 80 per cent. =, The only new tax in the bill is a City For Visit Here levey of one tenth of a cent a gal- ‘ oe ee lon on cereal beverages. Admiral Bronson, retired, has af) Most of the provisions go into ef- rived from Washington, D. C., and | fect immediately on signing of the is the guest of Col. Robert Thomp- bill by the president. The income tax son on board his houseboat, the! reductions will apply to the payments Evergiades. Admiral Bronson will due March 15 of this gear, and there-| remain in the city until Sunday as ; after. the guest of Colonel Thompson. | Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Meacham Attend Sapper Dance At Palm Beach Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Meacham attended a supper dance Tuesday (night, given by Miss Kathryn Bache at Palm Beach at La Colmena, her “The Tower of Lies” You'll say—“This is true. This It is the tale of a mighty love that won back its ows from the pit of man’s greed and desire. is life. This is great.” Tax on passenger automobiles is © villa on Barton avenge, Palm Beach. and one white man injured. Citizens of Charleston took caré of Teasdale’s| homeless, Other towns in northeast Missis-; sippi were damaged by the tornado,; which spent its fury as it spread northward. High winds and heavy rainstorms in west Tennessee added) to the damage. Towns reporting killed and injur- ed fo'low: Head Plantation, Chicot county,! Arkansas, four dead, two injured. Jennie, Ark,, one dead, eleven in- jured. | Cruger, Miss., two dead, five in-' jured. i Greenville, one dead, eleven injur- ed. Greenwood, one dead, nineteen in- jured. Teasdale, one dead, two injured. Shaw, Miss., eleven injured. Plan Demonstration To Be Given On Million Dollar Invention In City Tonight A Million Dollar Invention in con- fection with an electric light device will be demonstrated this evening in Kev West at the corner of D and Southard streets, between 6 9 o’clock by Frank Maloney, who arrived in the city this. morning ac- companied by his son, Jack, from! Miami. Mr. Maloney, who formerly _re- sided in Key West, has the exclusive | agency for the new device for Mon- | roe County and the Island of Cuba. “Mr. Maloney will leave here with- in a few days for Havana and other points in the Cuban republic where he will also give demonstrations of i the new invention. BLACKMAIL TRAGEDY BROMWICH, Eng. — Following the receipt of 2 blackmailing letter, } Mrs. Elizabeth Cooke committed sui- cide. We Are Running the Ucesl SATURDAY NIGHT * DINNER DANCE =e CASA MARINA This Week, 27th Inst. } i | Mrs. Drew, Capt. and Mrs. |last September, have been” releésed ea |in Commissioner Gwynn’s court. Mrs. John H. Florence ritténton, Stokes, Jr., Capt. ‘and Maher. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence John Berry, Lieut. and Mrs. George Wil-j| that glorious voice with a cox, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Gato,’ mere wood and metal! Impossible! Mrs. J. S. Warner, Mrs. A. F. Grims- The skeptics were soon convinced ley. ; however, for, in Mr. Ellison's initial U.S. P | fied audience that Mr. Ellison was no ARE RELEAS longer sing'ng, though his voice came forth as clear and sweet as before.’ ‘ | Again he sang, but the audience only; SEVEN MEN OFF SEIZED VESSEL| new it was ‘hs living Mr. Ellison by TO APPEAR BEFORE if there were two artists on the stage FEDERAL COURT | two: singers, but only one voice. The tones emanating from the New’ Edison were identical with those of} the living artist, and ‘t was impossble to detect any difference. The instru- ment produced not an echo or copy, but the real thihg—Mr. Ellison’s voice, untainted by any mechanical transformation— unspoied by any metallic ring. * After the applause which followed this “miracle” exhibition, Miss Hill shared the stage with her fellow mu- sician the New Edison. She played in unison with the recreation of Lv- ing artists were being heard alone and when the music came in double ' measure. The re-creation was abso- lutely identical with the original in every particu‘ar. Further numbers in which Miss H'll performed impressed the conviction {of one’s inability to distinguish be- ‘behress recerated art and its original. Seven colored prisoners who were taken in custody in connection with the capture of the alleged _rum-run- ning schooner, Fannie E. Prescott, upon their own recognizance by or-, der of U. S. Commissioner Rodney Gwynn. Eight engroes and three white men were arrested aboard the Prescott,’ charged with violation of the prohibi- tion laws. The white men made bonds of $2,006 each for their ap- pearance in court. Unable to make bond, the negroes have been held in jail since that time. These are ind:vidual criminal cases and have no connection with the case , invelving the stizure of the Prescott, which hearing was recently postponed The next term of U. S. Court at Key West will be in May. Captain Watrous Placed ATLANTA MAYOR On Unassigned List TO Visit crry 4% "een Capt. Warren J. Watrous has been notified that his resignation from the National Guards has been sccept- ed and that he has been placed on the unassigned list. Melvin E. Russell bas been ap- pointed captain of the National Guards and will take command at , drill this evening. During the two and 2 half years ,that Captain Watrous had been in command, the battery has made a record im the coast guard artillery in target practice. | AMUSEMENTS LONDON—John Huriey, Se suicide in a cel here, is) TODAY AND TOMORROW— tp have left 2 $200,000 estate. “The Tower of Lies,” starring Lon’ "He was an expert forger and had Chaney. Comedy, “Hosiery K=‘%t- _Sezved many orison terms. tre” Mayor Sims, of Atlanta, Ga, will arr:ve in Key West tomor- row morning, following an in- vitation issued the distinguished official by Fire Chief Ralph Pinder te preside at the closing of the automobile contest at midnight tomorrow night at the carnival grounds. Tomorrow night will witness the termination of the carnival, which has been operating for the past 10 days under the auspices of the Key West Fire Depart- ment. } | EXPERT FORGER SUICIDE i “commander and his r t ¥ Lf at ff "i IE ff f i é jetties ave ied made for Ll probability a reception tendered in honor of the dis- ing his sojourn in the Island City. LOVERINGS ATTEND ' RACES IN MIAMI KEY WEST BOOSTER AND FAMILY OCCUPY BOX DUR- re ijt of | thd aj ie af il y . ais | | nee J ily Af ‘ é [ SATURDAY EVENING 9.00 P. M. TO 12607. mM GEORGE WALKERS 1A CONCHA ORCHESTRA HOTEL LA CONCHA