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

> 3 FE = } Pull Associated Press Leused Wire Day Service “3 VOLUME XLVII. No. 69. ¥ ¥ — EDE ATTORNEY IN * NEW YORK SUGGESTS "VOLSTEAD ACT BE * MODIFIED Z (By Associated Press) “NEW YORK, March 22.—A : of prohibition discussion has with spring. But unlike the natare of the opening of season there was nothing in the view on the question dorth today as a result of a ‘week end of speeches and. ments in various cities. . The hopes of the wets rose 2 bit when Emory. R. Buckner, who since leaving the law firm of Elihu te become federal attorney w York City, has made an ‘extraordinary drive to enforce the ‘v Act by padlock, sug- that the law be médified to ‘each state to define intoxi- ad in an address, at Fordham of Church. A similar solution enforcement problem was in a statement at New by William H. Hirst, former- counsel for the Brewers’ Asso- | Mr. Buckner said a partnership the United States and the ‘was necessary for prohibi- enforcement, and at the pres- wes and car- a i 7 “Different Kind of Prohibition “In Each State” Is Charge Made TO BE LIFTED : OPENING OF COUNTRY CLUB ON APRIL 1 ROBERT F. SPOTTSWOOD, , PRESIDENT OF ORGANIZA- TION, MAKES ANNOUNCE- MENT OF EVENT The Key West Country Club will be opened April 1, according to Robert F. Spottswood, president of the club. Mr. and Mrs. M. Newman, of manager and hostess of the club. They have been given a year’s and have the privilege of renewing year. Mr. Newman was formerly man- ager of Arkville Inn, Catskills, New York. The country club is now being decorated and furnished. The club, which is located on Stock Is- land, was furnished recently at the cost of $30,000. There will be attractive draperies, reed furni- ture and other articles to make the club attractive. > The opening will be marked by big ball and reception, according | to the plans of the management. ‘The article on Key West by Mr. Barron in his financial journal, The Wall Street Journal, has done more to aid this city than any the city, declared J. S. Piper, realtor, at the luncheon of the Key West Realty Board today at the Hotel La Concha. E. A. STRUNK GIVES OPINION RELATIVE TO RELIEF IN RAIL SHIPMENTS UP THE COAST, SENATOR MALONE CANDIDATE IN COMING PRIMARY KEY WEST ATTORNEY. WILL STAND FOR RE-ELECTION FOR POSITION IN JUNE ELECTION Within two weeks the freight embargo will be entirely lifted and normalcy resumed in the rail ship- ping circles of the Sunshine State, is the opinion of E. A. Strunk, chairman ofthe Chamber of Com- merce advertising committee, to a representative of The Citizen this morning: : Mr. Strunk is a close observer of the transportation situation in general at all times, and has been especially so since the railroad Senator Wm. H. Malone is can- didate for re-election to the of- |fice of state senator in the ap- proaching June primary. | For nine sessions Mr. Malone KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, MARCH 22, 1926. "IN SHORT TIME New York, have been appointed! contract by the board of directors} this contract at the end of the; has represented Monroe county in the law making body of the state of Florida, twice in the lower house and seven times in the sen- ate in the house sessions of 1907- 9, and in the senate, 1911-13-19- embargo commenced to hinder traffic several weeks ago. { Now that: travel is decréasing with every passing day and the rush for freight shipments shows signs of weakening, Mr. Strunk sees no reason why the ban. of tail other piece of advertising done by! |21-23-25. + Mr. Malone is now chairman of |Judiciary A committee, the high- est committee of the senate. His )activities have been devoted main- ly to educational projects, includ- ing the University of Florida at Gainesville and the Woman’s Col- lege at Tallahassee, and good jroads. It was through his efforts jand influence that the Over-Sea | Highway was made a state road |so that the state will take over jthe thoroughfare upon its com- pletion and finance the maintain- |ance of same. He was the prin- cipal factor in the organization of jthe Over-Sea Highway Associa- |tion, and has attended every meet- ing of the South Atlantic Highway Association; wrote the Monro¢ county declaration resulting in the road to thé mainland being in- cluded in the official highway from Washington to Key. West. He has been attorney for the 22 years, during which time ithe board.of county commi ers for county has fot lost iq any matter of Ii , the records show. Mr. Malone is author of the Monroe county water supply bill and secured its passage. This. is perhaps the most outstanding feature of his official tareer. If re-elected, Mr. Malone says he will to have the F. E. C. | terminals luded:in Key West. He was one of the negotiators of the contract. and wants to see it shipments should not be raised{ in about two weeks and normal ship- ping conditions restored. | Mr. Strunk has recently ed from a trip up the east ei and bases his opinion about; the lifting ef the embargo upor his own person observations. H. T. Snyder, of the Key 4 Foundation Company, who shat been in ill health for e weeks, is planning to leave soon to return to Seattle, Mr. Snyder has resigned froma#he pub‘icity committee of the West Realty. Beard. Key West’s TO LEAVE CITY 4 oe , Seocoecescceccevesovcccs Abilene (clear) ... Atlanta (cloudy) Buffalo (clear) Boston (clear) ... Charleston (pt. cloudy) > {turned to this port. Havana Special Wrecked For 47 Years Devoted to the Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS VESSELS GOTO ASSISTANCE OF SHIP IN GULF MESSAGE RECEIVED AT COAST GUARD STATION RE- PORTED MUTINY ON BOARD TUG BOAT . Who BAND. CONCERT The following is the program that will ndered at Bayview Park this évening by the municipal band, begithing at 7:45 o’clock: * Part I March, Independencia—Hali. Selection, Shuffle Along— Blake. Waltz, teufel. Fox Trot, Abdaliah—King. Selection, I! Travatere—Verdi. Georgia Girl—King. A message was received here by Captain John G. Berry, head of the Coast Guard Station, last night from the tug Humrick re- ported off American Shoals Light Station reported mutiny among the members of the crew. The coast guard station — dis- Pert |patched two patrol boats from| Fox Trot, Sleepy Time Gal— this port, but on arriving at the|©8@™- ; 3 < Discriptive, American and In- ‘point given, it was found that the ‘dian Fantasia, The Death of Cus- tug had proceeded further up the |ter—Johnson. Fox Trot, Aggravatin’ Papa— Turk. Reminiscences of Havana, A L’Estudiantina—Wald- coast. 7 Capt. Berry then notified the authorities at Fort Lauderdale to -} Night on the Prado—Lake. be on the lookout for the vessel jwhen it passed that port, but in jall probability the trouble must have been quelled as no further call was*received from the ship’s master following the one received last night. The two boats were immediate- ly dispatched from this port by Captain Berry, but the tug in question kept. on going up the jcoast, after which the vessels. re- March, Washington Post— Sousa. The Star Spangled Banner— Key. HUBERT REASON, Conductor. Note: Mrs, Torano will sing Wednesday night in the place of Tuesday night. PLAN ATTENDING epje 2S SRS ADVERTISING COMMIT- TEE MEETS WITH MUCH SUCCESS IN UN- ~ DERTAKING President V. A, Johnson and Secretary Warren J. Watrous of the Key West Realty Board will attend the realtors convention at Orlando March 26 by airplane, it The last day of the present | WS decided today at the luncheon | Today “Realtors” Jealous of Are “Realtors” COURT AGAIN SAYS THAT ONLY ONE CLASS MAY USE MUCH OVER- USED NAME (By Asaceiated Press) MIAMI, Fla., March 22.— slightly shaken, several caré de- molished and more than 100 feet of track torn up when Florida East Coast train num- ber 76, the “Havana Special” northbound, was wrecked this morning. The accident oc- curred at Hallandale, 12 miles north of Miami, when the train ran into an open switch. No damage except shattering of vestibule win- dows on every coach resulted. Two ambulances Hollywood were rushed to the scene, but returned empty after Engineer W. B. Miller Passengers were The active real estate interests of Key West will be deeply inter- ested in_a verdict just handed down by the Circuit of Baltimore. Md. ~-A-perpetual injuction has been granted against the use of the term Realtor by the N. C, Sibley Co. of Baltimore as a non-member of the National Association of Real Estate Boards or any con- stituent board of the association. The injunction was issued fol- lowing a complaint brought jointly by .the National Association of Real Estate Board and the Rea! Estate Board of Baltimore. It holds that the use of the designa- tion Realtor by the defendant in his advertising or in any way in connection with his real estate business was and is a violation of the complainants’ rights. The association in March, 1926 adopted the term Realtor, a coined city exclusive right of the association and its member boards to the use of the term... It is the seventh tc ‘jant, its agents, clerks, and servants (so long as it or of them shall not be a member the National Association of member board thereof) . perpetually refrain, and that it they are hereby enjoined and Mr. Piper gave as a specific ex- {fulfilled according to the agree- ample the change in the attitude |ment. He wants for Monroe — of his home town banker in Ken-|ty all the state aid that can Chicago (cloudy) . Corpus Christi (rai Dodge City (cloudy) . 66 month will close Key West’s pub- 40 | ticity program for the winter sea- son just ending, of the Key West Realty Board. | “Miss Key Largo City,” well- known plane, belonging to Key strained from using the term word or designation ‘Realtor’ office doors, office windows, bill- i i Galveston (raining) .. Hatteras (clear) Huron (clear) — | tucky after reading the article in Secured for road construction and 64 .| Mr. Barron’s paper, Mr. Piper | maintainance, 4 | About $30,000 was placed at| large City Properties, Inc., was 40) 5 as placed at} '32|the disposal of the chamber of Offered to the Realty Board to it i Born in Key West, wher® his é i H if t jaght back with him a@ statement his attorney, James O. that the charge . Paris was not forgery Mr. Paris had been done by the publication of The Citizen is publishing the lawyer's letter in full, which is self-explanatory: “March 20, 1926. Whom It May Concern: “This is to certify that th« report that Mr Paul Paris wa: arrested on the charge of forgery at Key West Florida, on March 12, 1926, by the sheriff of Nassau pet : the Key West daily papers of March 12th, and does Mr, Paris ; grave injustice. The warrant upon which Mr. Paris was returned tc Nassau county was for giving + check with insufficient funds in the bank upon which it was drawn) te cover it. The check was for only $43 and has boen made good by Mr. Paris. Such mistakes a: this occur daily in the busines: world. “JAMES 0. CASSIDY.” MEXICAN KISSES has just returned from visit to his, native state. j Before reading Mr. Barron’: | article, the banker would not lend| money on Florida real estate and) advised Mr. Piper especial’y | !| against Key West property. After| the story appeared, he said “hold | the property for two or. three! years.” Mr. Barron’s word, he! said, is considered 95 per cent-cor- | rect by the banking world, ard if} he considers Key West a good buy | then we stand in back of it. | Mr. Piper sajd that this banker | was now voicing the opinion of the| banking world.. At the meeting! teday, L. R, Warner resigned a:/ secretary and a member of the! board of directors of the Key West Realty Board and Warren Wat-/ rous was elected to fill his place.! A committee, composed of War-| ren Drew, Joe Whalton, Arthur | M. Brown, Robert H. Givens, Sr. and Nat Golson, was appointed to! investigate what steps the city council is planning to take in mak- ing the golf course into a eighteen! hole course. sion The board wil at an early date make plans for an entertainment! either by a show or dance to raise funds. Glure and Mr. Meredith, promin- ent realtors of the State and Na- tional Real Estate Association will visit Key West April 16. The board is planning entertainment for these well known visitors, tative of Key Largo City Proper- ties, Inc., gave an account of the activity in Key Largo City. He said that there were 1,280 visitor: William. Herren, President Mv-! Charles H. Ketchum, represen-| [there yesterday, and the average | was 1,000 daily. Publicity work See how you enn get thom be jis being eee x the — of | moving pictures, he said. “Zander the Great,” the big at-1) The board decided to write to traction featuring Marion|| Chicago to the headquarters of mother also was born, with all his property and "interests in this county, Mr. Malone is a genuine Key Wester. He is a graduate of Washington and Lee University, of Virginia, class of 1902. He paid his way from his own earn- ings and finished the legal curri- culum in one year that usually re- quires two years. He has been practicing law in Key West about twenty-five years. PLAN DINNER PARTY 1 TONIGHT ,,..::> ASHORE IN SMALL BOAT NEAR CAPE CANAVERAL Jacksonville (cloudy) KEY WEST (clear) - Louisville (raining) - Miami (pt. cloudy) - New Orleans (cloudy) New York (clear) .. St. Louis (raining) . Tampa (cloudy) -... Washington (clear) - Williston (clear) - STOKES FIGURES 32 34 SENATOR AND MRS. MALONE WILL ENTERTAIN FRIENDS |W. E. D. Stokes, son of the well | known hotel chain owner, and a crew of three men were washed jashore in a small boat today near Cape Canaveral, Florida, after drifting helplessly at sea since | March 15, according to news re- j ceived here. Senator and Mrs. Wm. H. Malone, 626 Grinnell street, will entertain with a dinner party this | evening in honor of Captain Mc- Neeley, the new commandant of the Seventh Naval District, and Mrs. MeNeeleys Mr. Stokes wired that his yacht The guests upon this pleasant/the Calliope, oceasion will be Capt. and Mrs.| March 15 about 50 miles off the MeNeely, Judge and Mrs. Jeffer-| port of Charleston, S. C., and that son B. Browne, Capt. and Mrs. | he and his crew of three had been John Berry, General H. C. Hale, | at the mercy of the sea since that Capt. Willis Hale, Capt. and Mrs. | time. Details of his experience Clark D. Stearns. | were lacking. —————_—_—— | Announcement of the engage- Leave For Miami After } ment of Mr. Stokes and Miss Crit- Spending Most Pleasant jtenton here recently was received | with interest by the many friends | prominent socially. Mr. and Mrs: A. H. Gleason of | « New York and Miami, who have |Miss Jennie Navarro been spending several days at the| - Weds H, Williams Hotel Casa Marina, left this morn-} . ing for Miami, Mr. Gleason has! On Saturday Evening been the attorney for W. E. D./ Visit In Island City|°* the couple, both of whom are of —— IN YACHT WRECK was wrecked on} commerce gdvertising committee for publicity purposes at the be- ginning of the season. The greater |}Portion of this fund has been spent in newspaper advertising for the city. Key West boosters were kept on most of the incom- ing boats and trains and an infor- jmation bureau was maintained at ithe passenger station, the expense borne by the finance committee. The band concerts for the season cost the committee $10,000, of which $5,000 was appropriated by the city and an equal amount by the county. The $30,000 spent for publicity by thie advertising committee came {from the following sources: the special advertising tax levied by |the county commissioners, $20,- |000; subscribed by people of the jcity, $5,000; appropriated by the city council, $5,000, With the falling off of south- jbound travel the boosters were jtaken from the incoming trains and boats, but the band edih rts |and the booth at the station will continue until the month. Key West has spent more for end of the) transport representatives to the | convention by Charles H. |Ketchum. Mr. Ketehum is the \Key West representative of the LOAD OF LIQUOR SEIZED BY PROHIBI- ‘ TION MAN { i A large capture of liquor was made early this morning by pro- {hibition officers as rum-runners |made an attempt to get away with |liquor both by automobile and by | boat. | A earload of liquor was seized jin an auto that gave the officers a merry chase on County Road from Boca Chica into the cit; | i A small skiff containing five | gallon demijohns of liquor and| \thirty-two quarts of peralta, sev. jenty-one quarts of Canadian club} jand thirty-six quarts of wine was! captured. Thé small boat was| |have invested here. The benefits| Ts"#Porting the liquor from a big lof this season's advertising will Pt which managed to escape. ,extend far into future years and | }Mo one can estimate the number ‘The detection igure were | permanent residents it may) o_o jbring nor the total amount ie ae rye aeenrst, iby Traffie Policemen Johnson i publicity this season than ever! before in the history of the city/ }for a like period. Thousands of |people have been brought to the Island City for the first time through this means, have become interested and a number of them {good that it will do this city and j community. Riv: - |. City and county officials and ™’** i irepresentative citizens who have @eeseeeeeescseooocesooss | or other materials used by or connection with the real business or in any other except as app ying to a clected active member i standing of a constituent board of the National Associ of Real Estate Boards and as a member of the National ciation of Real Estate Boards.” ‘TRAVELING SALESMAN | i el 4 i q & : ; : hi :3 é i 3 ' if L i = i LFF i : i ag if Ni ial | i 1 grt sel fail f ft ry Ey 5 | i / ice Officer W .W. | whe was said to have idefense. | Holt was one of two jeupants in an ai \by I. Q. Martin, ichanician, arrested Whittkemp on aug. #8 if fie drinking, a fired“a entered ji 2 ifesiti gl 3 i so be residents of La Grange, Miss Macie Lowe And Walter Dimmlich Married F z 12:00 M. TO 2:00 P. M. A real good tunch gottes up to meet the tastes of business : i J rf Davies. Comedy, thrills, big | the aviation company that is at- | tempting te start an airline to Key | West, stating that it would stand | behind them in securing a landing place for them. This company is | mow seeking the co-operation of ithe Florida East Coast Railroad. Stokes, Jr., for the. past twenty! Miss Jennie Navarro, daughter |of the best investments the city jbeen heard to express themselves | ; years. of Mrs. J. M. Navarro, and The Gleasons visited Miss Hamilton Williams, son of William Florence Crittenton, fiance of} Williams, were married Saturday Young Stokes, and said before evening. The ceremony was read leaving that they hoped to return ‘by the Rev. E. L. Ley of the for the wedding of Stokes and Ley Memorial Church at the home | Miss. Crittenton im May. of the bride, 1019 Grinnell strevt. a thas ever made, and they express COO@C9C@CSOS0CSRCCCRNCE |*ppreciation of the systematic-and! MONROE THEATRE jchamber of commerce advertising Comedy, “The Goat.” leommittee headed by the ever pro-| TOMORROW—*King of the lgressive and indefatigibie F. A. Turf.” Comedy, “Here's Your Strunk. | Hat" i | lich leffective service rendered by the) TODAY—“Zaneer the Great.” | : in fi The Lowe, Thomas E. took Jodge H tion for the fris was held at men, with a fine service and at the moderate price of $1.00 Hotel La Concha j [ i Fe i é : i