The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 5, 1926, Page 1

‘Full Asgociated Press Le Wire Day Service ie < ased VOLUME XLVII. No. 55. County Commissioners Meet This Morning To Discuss Bridge Plans REGULAR MEETING OF BODY WAS HELD LAST NIGHT AT COUNTY COURT HOUSE Due to the fact that a recessed meeting of the county commis- sioners is to be held some time to- day, there were but few items of business considered at the brief but busy regular meeting last. night. ‘On aceount of the absence of County Attorney Wm. H. Malone, who was to arrive in the city this morning, the hour for the meeting today could not be definitely de-| cided upon last night. At the meeting today it was planned by the commissioners to take final action on the C. A. P. ‘Turner Company's proposal for the ion of the bridges over the lorfg water stretches to connect up the Over Sea highway to the mainland. The county at- torney will have the agreement prepared in legal form and every- thing ready for the consummation of the dealtoday. Last night a nunvber of tele- grams were received from chief railroad engineers, city engineers and engineering concerns highly recommending the C. A. P. Turner concern, and mentioning great projects guecessfully completed by that firm in this and other coun- tele, At “meeting Tast night a voucher $9,000 was authorized for the Oba aot Commerce = vertising tom! , and the opin- jon was expressed that this would be the last funds that would be needed bf this committee for the it season. presen Me ali for: the-removal. the route of the Sea highway on Key Largo was awarded to the Janner Company, * The’ accumulation of current ills was gone over and read by the clerk, D. Z. Filer, and those approved were ordered paia. C. A. P. Turner attended the meeting last night, as did also rep- reésentatives of the Janner Com- pany and the Tidewater Construc- tion Company. Commissioners present: J. Otto iner, chairman; Braxton Warren, Hilton Curry and Carl) *Bervaldo. Sheriff Roland Curry was also in attendance to take up some business items with the board. Seee eee eeenesene . . * Pee eee eeeeeevers P, & 0. 8. &.-Governor Cobb, Capt. J..J. Phelan, arrived from | Havana at 4 p. m. yesterday with $22 passengers ‘and sailed for Port Tampa at 7:30 p. m. with 109 passengers. MARINE NOTES of Areata Roderick Arkell, ° *| believes will be equally important | which, he says will cost approxi- ee | PROCEEDINGS IN COURT DECREES Orders and decrees signed by Circuit Judge Jefferson B. Browne during the week end- ing March 5: Mar. 1—William B. Knight et al versus E. H. Dutcher et al. Order authorizing Leon R. Felt to intervene. Mar. 4,—Emory L. Pierce et al versus L. B. Byrd et al. Order to dismiss. * * * « * * * * * * * * * * * * * * eee ee eee eee eee Conners To Build Bridges BUILDER OF sciteat BEARING HIS NAME MAKES ANNOUNCE. MENT TODAY (Special to The Citizen.) OKEECHOBEE, Fla., March 5. —A fifteen million dollar toll bridge from the mainland across the Florida Keys will be William J. Conners’ néxt move in develop- ing South, Florida, Mr, Qonners Florida publisher here today, dur- ing the celebration of the Okee-| chobee Palm-Beach Highway. The famous Buffalo publisher, who built the sixty-mile toll highway that skirts Lake Okee- chobee into Okeechobee City, con- necting it with Palm ‘Beach, at a | cost of several million dollars, is immensely pleased with his invest- | ment and the wonderful develop- |ment that has taken plack’ in the |interior of the state as a result of it, and is impatient to launch an- other toll highway project that he, and useful. - Mr. Conners is seeking the finan- cial co-operation of others toward‘ the construction of the proposed! Key West-Mainland toll road, | | mately fifteen million dollars. Air) P. & 0. 8. 8, Cuba, Capt. White, arrived from Port Tampa this} morning with 93 passengers and | sailed for Havana at 9:55 a. m.; with 161 passengers. | P. & O. S. S. Northland, Capt. Grosby, will arrive from Havana this afternoon. | series { F. E. C. Car Ferry Henry M. Flagler, Capt. Hansen, arrived | from Havana at 5 p. m,. yester- day with 14 cars, and sailed for Havana at 11 p. m. with 26 cars of various commodities. F. E. ©. Car Ferry Estrada Palma, Capt. W. J. Phelan, ar- rived from Havana at 8:30 p. m. yesterday with 19 cars of various imports. F. E. C. Car Ferry Henry M. Plagier, Capt. Hansen, will ar- tive from Havana this afternoon with cars, and will sail for Ha-, Yana tonight with 26 cars of mis- cellancous exports. plane scouts estimated attendance | at today’s celebration of the of-) ficial opening ‘of the Palm Beach- YOUNG MAN ‘WHO WAS SHOT IN ‘THE BACK DIES. AT 1 O'CLOCK; FUNERAL TO- John Ranger, age 25 years, the young man ‘who it is claimed was shot in. the back by Arthur Baker while walking along the street last Sunday ‘afternoon, breathed his last at 1 o’clock this afternoon. The circumstances’ surrounding the tragic end of this splendid young man makes.his sad and most untimely death, one of the most deplorable ‘that ever occurred in this city; and the -home of. ~his sister, where he died, is this: af- ternoon’a scene of sorrowing ‘and sadness -indeseribable. Ap bpe John Ranger..was the son of Mrs. Eva Hotchkiss, and ~ lived with -his- mother-at-417 Simonton street, but died at the home of a sister, Mrs. Bertie Vallaverde, 403 Caroline street. So great was grief of the’family that:names of other survivors could not be ob- tained in‘ time for tion this afternoon. ‘His r ters are p entertaiied for hisirecovery, but at 12 o'clock last ; night he was suddenly worse arid the physician was summoned. He was called again: at.6 this morning, and was there again about 10. o'clock today, at which time it was seen that death would soon claim the innocent victim of the afternoon. Hap . The faneral--will be tomorrow afternéoti’ at “4 -o’elock from the KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 19264 Captains Don’t Have to Pin Their Ears Back to Enter Key West Harbor “First. Peeks at Miami.” By H. I. Phillips in the Boston Daily Globe’s “Once Over.” Enroute Havana to Miami. Blizzard-slackers leave Havana, the land of the free and the home; of the noisy hotel help, for Miami. fhe departing American ‘scofflaws vote Havana a success. They de- clare it almost as easy to get a drink there as in the United States.| The boat arrives off Florida’ at 6 o'clock and around 7 enters what Miami insists is a channel but what visiting skippers assert is just areal good water hazard. It is so narrow-the captain has to pin back his’ears to’enter. And so shallow at low tide that lady. passengers are requested to aid navigation by taking off ‘their high heels. One _of the sights passing through the channel is that of the famous causeway. Another sight is. that of an. elderly gentleman who .wears,a_white snap-on tie, eats pork chops for breakfast and| mops up his gravy with his Te ra only 7:30, but the causeway is alive with automobiles. There is more traffic-on.the causeway of Miaini at this hour than on Broad-) way, New York., ‘ As Miami is approached it is seen that this city, a small town a few years ‘ago, is now a city of scrapers, which grow very Tapidiy jin this climate when well watered. The skyscraper that is only a blueprint Monday at break- fast time is a 20-story office build- ing Wednesday at lunch hour. People aboard ship who are i |curding to the city after an sence.of two or three days point out to gullible strangers the tall buildings that were only under dis- cussion when they left, “Leok at that one!” ex- ms-man who has just «», |ehannel are the islands of Biscayne Bay; all looking so precise and so _ |figidly smart you suspect they night elected» Ai A to the office be) bpd dex er vad ar. This was a ti ite to Mr. Page's’ devotion to:his duty. in that office and as a member of the order. The oltcers elected to} ‘were serve during 192¢ 4 Exalted Rulet—Chas. L. Rob- erts. i Esteemed. Leading Knight—C. Larry Gardner. ° Esteemed Loyal Knight—Ed B. Freyberg. ; Esteemed Lecturing Knight—P. L. Weatherford, Secretary—Ross.C. Sawyer. Treasurer—F. Wolkowsky. Tyler—A. J. Page. Trustee—C. G. Hicks. G. N. Goshorn was elected dele- gate to the lodge, which } Okeechobee Highway at 20,000. BAND CONCERT SPECIAL PROGRAM | meets in Chicago in July, with W. pe Bates as alternate. | Of the officers . elected, Mr. Roberts has filled the chair several term: \are familiar to him, while Mr. and the daties of the office. March, Rivemes Triumphal—| Sawyer was re-elected to the of- Cox. Overture, Nabucodonosor, Verdi. Fox Trot, Aggravating Papa— Turk. waltz, teufel. Cornet and Baritone Solo, (Il Travatore)—Verdi. | Comique Selection, The Village Band—Gaunt. } ests Fox Trot, Cheating On Me— HEADQUARTERS OF ORGANI- Terry. } Overture, Princess of India— King. Fox Trot, Yes, Sir, That's My Baby—Kahn. At a meeting last night of the Seprano Solo, The Sweetest) Key West Realty Board, it was an- | fice of secretary. L‘Estudiantina—Wald- TO ANOTHER LOCATION SOON were designed for the picture post- card trade. These islands are tailor made. When enough exclusive people with superfluous money get to- gether here they call up an island manufacturer who comes over and measures the group for a piece of land entirely surrounded by wa- ter. “What kind of an island would you like?” he asks the cash cus- tomers. “What are they using this sea- son?” asks the spokesman for the buyers. “The octagonal shapes with a Scotch plaid system of foliage are considered very smart by our most fastidious island buyers this Win- ter,” says the manufacturer. “I hear the pear shapes with loud stripes done in low shrubbery are the thing,” suggest a buyer. Finally when the mode is decid- ed on the purchasers, with some you deliver it?” i “Let me see,” says the island builder. “That’s twelve homes with yacht landings: you want on | that island. Will day after tomor- | Tow about 4 p. m. be satisfac- | tory?” Just before the ship docks the prosperity and extravagance of | Miami are reflected by the sight of be tug whichis using six balloon tires as fenders. Only a few of the little wooden | white cottages and old homesteads |that were once characteristic of | Miami are left and, if they have not been-gobbled up already, the .| owners are sitting on the front steps in their shirtsleeves holding |out for another half million. A few years ago all most of them fish bait. About all that is left of old Miami is the park where theshoxse- j _pitchers ani domino: player's: their Winter tournaments. One of these days a contestant is going to throw a horseshoe at the spot where the stake used to be Jand wake up to find himself ar- rested for firing old iron through | skyscraper windows. - Bulkheading GRAHAM HOSTESS | ATSTATE COLLEGE INFORMAL TEA IS GIVEN ON A very delightful affair which took place at the Florida State College Monday afternoon was an informal tea from 5 to 6 o'clock honoring Mrs. Robert Jarvis Wilk- erson. The hostesses for the oc- casion were Misses Dorothy and Mildred Dicknoe and Miss Filor- ence Graham. The color scheme used for the occasion was pink, jorchid and white, the room pre- |senting a charming picture with bowls of violets, peach and plum blossoms which proclaimed the ar- rival of spring. During the hour delicious refreshment course, leonsisting of cocoa, sandwiches, | cookies, mints and salted almonds | was Those enjoying the occasion | were the honoree Mrs. Robert Jar- vis Wilkerson, Mrs. Keith Black, Nellie Johnston, Margaret Bos- | welt, Corinne Van Inderstine, | Kate and Addie McCormick, Mar- igaret Sasary, Louise Singleton, Miriam Curry, Dorothy Clea Lois Chew, Evelyn Wilson, “Jo’ | | Doyle, Ruth Anderson, Carmela | d’Hanasia, Helena Ruberman, and the hostesses Dorothy and Mildred | Dicknoe and Florence Graham. | Before her marriage on Febru- MONDAY AFTERNOON HON- | ‘ : | ORING MRS. ROBERT WILK. | ‘ers of importance were discussed materials, the MacMahon Con- Discuss |MANY OTHER MATTERS) ARE DISPOSED OF AT) SESSION HELD LAST ! |. NIGHT | The City Council met in regular session last night when many mat- and disposed of at the interesting meeting held. Among the most importan' was that of building a bulkhead at the foot of Front street, near the fish docks, in order to improve the unsightiy appearance of that section of the city, where much from time to time. impatience, ask, “Now when can) held out for was another can of} of Street OFFICER MAKES ALIEN REPORT LIST IS COMPILED BY OFFICIAL SHOWING MANY ARRIVALS AND DEPAR- TURES Records in the office of Claude Albury, inspector in charge of the! local immigration bureau, show! that 8,519 Americans and 581 aliens arrived at this port on ves- sels from Hayana, Cuba, during the month of February just ended. - That the number of Americans) visiting Havana increases with each year is shown by comparison. | During February of last’ year 7,911 Americans and 447 aliens ar- rived here from Havana. During January, 1925, 4,424 Americans and 506 aliens came) from Havana here, while for the! same month in*1925, 6,414 Amer- ieans and 625 aliens came. These figures do not include ar- rivals. from New York, Miami, Tampa, Galveston and _ other! American ports, since the immi- gration authorities only keep tab on vessels from foreign ports. During the past few days six stowaways have arrived on the Estrada Palma, ferry boat. They had built arched hiding places in the freight cars, employing tiling, of which the cargo consisted, as building material for their places of concealment. There were two Greeks and four Hungarians. It | was the second attempt of one of the Hungarians to get into Amer- ica, he having made his appear- ance here in a carload of vile smelling old bones some time ago. |. All six of them were debarred) | by immigration officials and made} ‘to return to Havana, TO TRANSPORT | SHIPS TO TRANSFER FREIGHT AWAIT ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP NORDSEE AT THIS PORT | | —— Three schooners are*now “dn .port, awaiting the arrival of the steamship Nordsee with a’ cargo of cement, which they will trans- port to Miami and West Palm Beach. The Radford Jones, Capt. C. R. Davis; schooner John C. Hilde- brand of Tampa, Capt. P. R. Knowlton, and schooner Herbert | | L. Rawling, Capt. E. W. Barlow of Miami, are now awaiting the steamer from abroad which is due Saturday or Sunday. The Nordsee is consigned to! the MacMahon Construction Com- | pany and will carry 3,000 tons of | | cement, | Due tothe embargo on ship- ments north by the Florida East | Coast. Railroad on __ building struction Company has _ been! | forced to charter the three schoon- | mainland by water. Formerly the | | topics coming before the meeting shipments had been unlbaded to ly ears and sent north by rail to! | points along the coast of Florida. For 47 Years Devoted to the Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS Citizen Ady., “For Sale--- Return Ticket to Miami,” Big Boost to Key West Owner of Coupon Thus Proclaims Love for Island City and Intention to Stay Here Where It’s Summer All Winter eee eee eeee eres EDITOR MAKES $2,000,000 BUT NOT AS PUBLISHER Good luck now and then will come even to an editor. We read in the wife’s old home paper, the Murfrees- boro, Tenn., Home-Journal, where ‘its editor, Andrew L. Todd, has cleaned up a clear profit of $2,000,000 on a real estate investment made some six or seven years ago, in Florida. Mr. Todd had already made something like a million dollars in other investments during the past twenty years. —Wayne Co, (Ill) Press. Engagement Wm. Stoke Announce MOTHER OF MISS FLOR- ENCE CECELIA CRIT- TENTON MAKES AN- “NOUNCEMENT ~~ Mrs. Isobel E. Crittentorf an- nounces the engagement of her daughter, Florence Cecelia, to William Earl Dodge Stokes, Jr., of Lennox, Mass,, a son of Wil- liam Earl Dodge Stokes and Mrs. Rita Hernandez De Alba De Acosta Lydig. Miss Crittenton is a daughter of the late venerable C. R. D. Crittenton, one time Archdeacon of Texas and late rector of Saint Paul’s Parish, Key West, a great, great, great grand daughter of Thomas Crittenton, governor of Vermont in 1790 and is a direct descendant of the Washington family. She is the grand daugh- ter of Charles N. Crittenton, founder of the National Florence Crittenton Homes. She attend- ed Cathedral School, Orlando; Kemper Hall, Kenosha, Wis., and Saint Mary’s College, Dallas, Texas, Mr. Stokes attended Andover Academy, Yale and the United States Naval Academy, serving abroad during the World War in Reeve ee nee en ee enn ee eee | ers to transfer the cement to the |the grade of lieutenant, U. S. avy. He later studied law at he University of Chicago and was admitted to practice in the tate of Illinois. He is also the son of a New York hotel owner. He belongs to.the following clubs: Saddle and Cycle Club, Chica- go; Indian Hill Club, Chicago; FOR SALE—Return ticket to Miami; good until March 2. Inquire Citizen Office. Gentle reader, do you sense the news—The News—THE NEWS— in that three-line ad? The.Citizen has been running it for several days up to the first of the month. It has appeared in that mart of exchange which is of great value to every reader of The Citizen, the For Sale Column. But this one time there has ap- peared an adv. that tells a most in- | teresting story of how love for Key West conquered all. things, even what the Germans call “heim- weh,” or longing for home; yes, {longing for as attractive a home ‘city as Miami. It isn’t everybody who will thugs candidly admit his deep ‘and new- found, love for little Key West and her environs. Most anybody else would have gone across to Mr. Lounders at the East Coast station on Trumbo Island—it was named for the engineer who built it, if you did but know—and then and there when he got to the ticket office he would have told his story and cashed in on the return ticket to Miami. But not the one who inserted : i 4 ah, To. reading public know i: printer’s ink way thathe (or was it she?) had come to Hueso: and found it to his liking and thereupon had wedded it and did not, intend ever to be divorced: A good sport, indeed! The Citizen commends not alone the mental ability of the owner of the ticket to see and know when he was in the midst of a right good city and a right fine people, bat further offers its deep appreciation of the fact that the insertion of the little For Sale advertisement proclaims. to all the reading world which revolves around The Citizen that here’s another who is will- ing to share his pride in our Island City with any who run and may read—verily, this light “is not hid under a bushel. Success to this unique Key West booster! CIRCULATING PETITIONS ON | BOND ISSUE | SECURING SIGNATURES OF FREEHOLDERS TO CARRY | seaweed and debris accumulates The matter was brought tothe! TO LOW LEVEL Chicago Racquet Club, New York | Yacht Club, St. Nicholas Club, (By Axsociated Press) |New York; Army and Navy Club, attention of the council in a com- munication submitted by Mayor | Curry, who requested that the’ NEW LONDON, Conn., March New York; the Chicago Bar As- 5.—Off Block Island not. many | sociation, miles from the grave of the sub- | Berzelius at Yale. Alpha Delta Phi and | bulkhead in question be construct- jed. After considerable discussion of the subject the matter was re- | ferred to the public improvement | committee. A communication was received {from the management of La | Concha Hotel requesting that a | parking space of 100 feet be allow- led near the hotel. After some discussion the matter was referred te the ordinance committee. The council i |the use of the fire chief, the old | ear now being used to be turned jin as part payment on the new j machine. There were a number of bids and specifications submitted in. which various makes .of cars marine S-51, which was sunk in| It is of interest to note that ordered the pur-' ZATION WILL BE REMOVED yastalio, Hanna Schell, Carolyn | @5¢ of 3 Chevrolet roadster for , collision last September, the V-1, | Mortimer Delano, an ancestor of the largest of Uncle Sam’s un- | Miss Crittenton, and Anson Green dersea vessels, today was to be Phelps, an ancestor of Mr. Stokes, submerged to the 200 foot. level. were partners in the steel busi- Three submarine experts are to ness in New England nearly a study her performance during the hundred and fifty yers ago. dive, and at that depth where the| He is a nephew of Miss Olive water pressure ix 88.8 pounds per E. Phelps Stokes and the late An- square inch, if the. submersible son Phelps Stokes of New York. the tests satisfactorily she eee 1 | Passes: will be accepted for active service with the fleet of first line sub- marines. She carries a crew of seven of- ficers and 84 men, is 341 feet long and 27.5 feet wide. SAILING ARGENTINE ceeding by the old method of pe- titioning 25 per cent of the free- It was voted in the Jast election to create a fund by raising the if 25 per cent of the people desire up-to-date buildings, the law will be passed over the legislature. School children are now being seen over the city petitioning the parent and citizens of Key West to sign their name to a document which means better structures in which their children can secure instructio: in. If the $200,000 bonds are sold, 8 modern’ gymnasium and kinder- | | } | Story Ever Told, June Brought the! Roses—-Mrs, Eva B. Torano. The Star Spangied Banner— Key Note: The Village Band. Syn-) opsis: The Bangtown Crossroads Band, after practicing all winter, decide to give a concert; the eventful evening arrives and every member feels himself an artist and determines to be heard, as his best girl is there. Result: A Howling | Success. HUBERT REASON, Conductor. nounced that the headquarters for! ary 5 Mrs. Wilkerson was Miss the organization would be moved) Ev, Lou Daniel of Brookville and at an early date to the Wolkowsky |, student of the Florida State ere — corner of Duval! College when she was the room- and Flemi streets, from | i nt Sncntion ou mate of Miss Florence Graham. Miss Mollie Parker was recent-| e@0eessovecococosooocose reaty board and'aes bees sced ~— AMUSEMENTS realty board and has been placed Seeoeorosovoroosooosos® is that accumulates at the in charge of the office. The last ing was ce they ote MONROE THEATRE box factoty. It was stated at the TODAY AND TOMORROW —/ meeting that the city has no fur- called for the purpose of revising the by-laws and receiving and act-| ing on 3 report of the budget com- “Lady Windemere’s Fan.” mittee. [Roach Comedy. GOOD WOMEN Good women may have terrible things in them—recklessness, jealousy, sin. Bad wom have sorrow, repentence, s fice. See the explanation “Lady Windemere’s Fan,” the were offered, but it was decided that the Chevrolet car would an- swer the purpose, and was ordered purchase at a price“of $785. |. It was ordered that Norberg Thompson be given permission to use parts of the incinerator plant /to build a furnace at the bex plant for the purpose of burning the (Ry Assectated Press) BUENOS AIRES. March 5.— Employs More Than at | That's why we can. give you SERVICE. ¥ On tion to Argentina of the seaplane Al ther use for the plant. which has which brought the aviators ret been operated for some time. Spain will take place. i i MONROE THEATRE TODAY AND TOMORROW