The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 7, 1926, Page 1

Full Associated Press Leased Wire Day Service VOLUME XLVII, No. 83. Over-Sea Road Advertised By Big Motor Car Manufacturer Key West-to-Mainland Highway a Fact Ri- valling Weird Fiction of Jules Verne, Says Author of Article in “The Stude- baker Wheel.” (Special to The Citizen) SOUTH BEND, Ind., April 7.— This may be advertising, but it siso splendidly advertises the Oversea Highway to hundreds of thousands of Studebaker ar. ‘owners -everywhere in United States, The article ap- pears in the last issue of “The Ptudebaker © Wheel,” published there, and it carries a two-column the Picture of the last of the motor-| cade of 1500 cars leaving Stock Island for Boca Chica when the first bridge leading eastward was) opened last fall. “The article is entitled: “122- mile Motor Road Will Span Gulf Between Florida and Key West,” and it is as follows: ‘ “Overseas, by hutomobile. Literally it has become a fact, rivalling the weird fiction of Jules Verne. “Off the coast of Florida— where one expects the unusual these days—is the first link of a \way spanning the Gulf When completed will West and the Florida and will be one of the engineering feats of all | i d | motor | | ARTHUR BAKER | ON WAY 70 STATE PRISON | MAN PLEADING GUILTY TO | | MURDER OF JOHN RANGER | TO START SERVING LIFE SENTENCE Arthur Baker is on his way to the state prison at Raiford where he will entér upon a life term of hard labor for killing John Ranger in this city on the evening of Sunday, February 28, to which crime he entered a plea of guilty jat the recent term of the circuit court held in Key West with Judge Jefferson B. Browne presiding. O. H. Rogers, state recruiting officer, arrived in; the city this morning and left ‘on the 12:20 train today with Arthur Baker, j}securely ironed, in his charge. When Baker was brought from the jail he submitted meekly enough to being photographed by @ representative of The Citizen. Mrs. Baker then requested to’ be when MAKE READY FOR WORK AT NO NAME KEY S. J. GROVES AND SONS COM. PANY UNLOADING DRAG- LINES AND MUCH OTHER The Key West | KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 1926. EQUIPMENT. The S. J. Groves and Sons Com- pany, of Minneapolis, who were awarded the Over Sea Highway} contract from Sugar Loaf to No | Name Key, are now unloading their draglines and other equip-| ment, establishing their present base on Cadjoe Key. | Piling and lumber have been! ordered by the company, and it is expected that the work will be un-} |der way rapidly. } The Minnesota contractors were awarded the contract February) 19 by the Monroe County com-} missioners for the construction of} projects 7. and 9 of the Over Sea) Highway. The Groves’ company’s} bid for construction was $875,010. | Projects 7 and 9 include con- struction of roads and bridges con- necting Ramrod Key with No Name Key and the linking of Gras- sy. Key to Knight's Key. Before leaving Key West last February, Mr. Groves stated that it was his company’s aim to ¢om- plete the project as soon as pos-/ sible and work would be started} in a short time. No contract was awarded for the construction of. project 10, be- cause the commissioners believe that there is no urgent need for this work until the long bridges have been provided for. | | i | | | Miss Virginia Herbsman plays the story of a small boy, a smaller dog and a policeman. Patrolman Edward V. Gallahue, |clerk at the Dudley street_police station, was the policeman and only witness. The little boy walk- ed into the station unheard and unseen. He was too short to look over the top of the desk, so he quietly climbed on a chair in front of the desk. Gallahue. looked up from his work for a minute and his eyes were caught by those of the little boy and the small dog. Clutched . |in the lad’s hands, which were part of Spanish queen, and she much occupied in an* attempt to control the squirming dog, was a primy paper bag. “Say, mister, I wanna get a license for a dog, an’ this is the dog.” JUDGE HARRIS ANNOUNCES FOR Small Boy Saves for Year to Buy Dog $2. License BOSTON, April 7.—This is the) a For 47 Years Devoted to she Interests of Key West. - * Son of Assistant Secretary of Navy Reported Missing In Boston OF NAVY INFORMED © OF FACT ON REACH- ING CAPITAL T. Douglas Robinson, assistant secretary of the United States Navy, who spent a short sojourn in Key West on Monday, was in- formed on his arrival in Washing- ton this morning that his son, who is a freshman at Harvard Univer- sity, was reported missing from the institution, this news . being conveyed in Associated Press. dis- patches received today by The Citizen. The distinguished official; in company with Lieutenant Com- mander C. 0. Pownall and Captain “How old are you, sonny?” Gallahue asked in: surprise. “Six-goin’ on seven, though,” was the firm reply. The youngster then was asked if he had $2, and for answer he thrust the grimy paper bag into Gallahue’s hand. opened it and soon had counted out 165 pennies, 5 nickels and 1 dime—enough to buy the license. “Tt is all right?” asked the lad. “Sure; but where did you get the money?” “Oh, I’ve been saving’ it for a year, ‘cause pop says they'd take the dog away if I didn’t give a policeman $2.” The license was granted. im- mediately, and happily through the door went the best of friends— a small boy and a smaller dog— safe again for a year, OVERSEAS ROAD ANOTHER TERM! FOR APRIL 13 photographed by his side, The Over Sea company at that| has in her court six lovely St. Augustine girls as maids of honor time submitted the lowest combin- : accompanying photograph the finished section of road. The last ® motorcade of 1500 cars are leaving Stock Island, Key suburb, for Boca Chica 12 miles distant, the pres- of the projected 122- across the Gulf. aallsbbiicinest oon ot fat valmost out*ot stght you have.a picture. of we road, When the en- is completed the mo- pass over 20 to 30 feet of tarpon, barra- other famous off-Flor- F ag FH feet ihe i FES nh & rk is being rushed on, both the roadway. It is be- that sometime during the winter the motorist will to leave Miami and cross briggi wing the road on Key will come ;to Tavernier southern end of the ce. of 65 miles i, Key West, the United southernmost city the road touch island after island, traversing picturesque lagoons and tropical waters. The ocean liners following the deep sea lanes to Cuba and Panama will, often be the motorist’s nearest glimpse of civilization, and huge game fish sometimes leaping and flashing in the bright sunlight will make the @rive a strange and vivid eéx- “The Oversea Highway is the most unique road construction planned the automobile brought about a revolution in toad building. The .gpectacular natare of this engineering feat ean be fully realized only after one has taken into consideration the forces of Nature to be sur- b, x Hl 7 F u = i “The deep and swift-running tides exert a tremendous upon bridge foundations and huge concrete piers essential to such work. Then there must be con- sidered the terrific West Indian storms. During construction of the Florida East Coast Railway! these hurricanes were encounter- ed several times, and boulders for foundation purposes weighing over three tons were swept out to sea like empty cans. “When this wonder highway is completed it will bring Key West within a half-day’s automobile journey of Miami and will make Cuba more accessible to the Am-; erican motorist.” AMUSEMENTS MONROE THEATRE TODAY—“The Golden Cocoon.” Comedy, “Three Wise Crooks.” TOMORRO W —“The Circle.” Camedy, “The Randmaster.” ing to Key Largo./ pull} Baker surprised the crowd ‘by jfiring up and flatly refusing to let it be done. He did not say why he did not want to be photo- graphed with his wife, who, as is well. known, has stood loyally by him throughout his troubles, and was there desiring to ride to the station with him, her request be- line refused her by the officers. Officer Rogers was accom- {panied to the passenger ‘station jby Deputy. Sheriffs Cleveland Dillion and -Herman Albury, and no unusual incident occurred ta mark the last departure of Arthur Baker from Key West. ‘Chief Deputy A. H. MelInnis went over the details ef the Baker ease with the state recruiting of- ficer and urged precaution in con- veying him to the state prison: Arthur Baker emerged from the jail with a fresh shave, a clean shirt, soft white wool hat and nice clothes, putting forth a very neat appearance. His wife had just, brought him'a fresh change of linens, and’ had earlier in the forenoon brought him a nice; | breakfast, as had been her custom ever since he was placed behind jthe bars. This morning he had jevery appearance of a neatly | dressed business man starting out jfor a day's work, excepting, of |course, the shackles he wore and jthe presence of officers at his side. During: his entire incarceration here Baker has not given the least inkling of his past life, and has} jhad very little to say to any one.| Baker will not arrive at Raiford until Friday or Saturday, as Of- |ficer O. H. Rogers will pick up jother prisoners at several points alone the way. At Miami he will) }wet three, at Palm Beach 12, at! Okecchobee “4, Palatka 7 and| Titusville 5. This will give him} a string of 32 prisoners to turn! over to the prison authorities at Raiford. and ‘nineteen beautiful girls, the fairest of all Florida, as her maids- ed bids for the three projects, 7,/ 9 and 10, totaling $1,118,235. in-waiting, including Miss’ Clara Carbonell The Over Sea Company’s bid of $198,000 for project 10 was $152,- 000 lower than the amount bid by the Groves company. The Minneapolis concern bid $44,985 lower for projects 7 and 9 than the Over Sea company. » Projects 7 and 9 are about 20} miles ~of. road.and_ bri work. The*distance of ‘project..10 is ap- proximately seven and one half mi BEGIN FIGHT ON PROHIBITION DISTRICT ATTORNEY CALLED UPON FOR MORE AMMUNITION Today Pedro’ Menendez . Aviles founded the city of St. Augustine. The year d was 1565. At 10 o’elock a. m. the day’s program operfed with the firing of an aerial bomb, after heralds with a flourish of trumpets jannounced the beginning of the pageant. There was much spirited action, as the ‘historical scenes were en- recalle which ‘Activities At Ponce De Leon Celebration At St. Augustine WASHINGTON, Apl. 7.—(AP) District Attorney Buckner, of New York, was called upon by the wets today to produce further ammui- tion for their fight against the restrictions imposed by the Vol- | acted, with Menendez parleying with the Indians. Then came an’ interm om of ten minutes during which twenty- one years are supposed to elay | has been in the past, have fot al- stead act. | RS With completion of the testi-| St: Augustine is 2 lonely settle mony of the government’s chief|ment on the shores of the New enforcement officer, Assistant Sec-| World, in 1586, and the bold Eng- retary Andrews at the senate Pro-ltish sailor, Sir Frances Drake, re- called by the modificationists .as|turms from a voyage in the West their second witness. Indies. He decides to burn and The pubticly expressed views} plunder the fort after attacking of Mr. Buckner as to liberaliza-|the garrison. oe ot em bore could be| was at 11 o'clock, and the Spanish enforced more effectively tan ‘| soldicrs are seen patrolling the . of Fort San Juan de Wire, Pleased advocates of Prohi;|Pinas, ‘The square-rigged vessel upon by the wet field marshals|°f Sir Frances Drake is seen by to give important testimony in| the lookout upon the fort, and the the building up of their case|garrison is called to arms. The aga‘nst the act as it stands. + | buccaneers are seen to take to The third day of the first com-|small boats and make for shore. prehensive congressional inquiry! There is a spirited engagement, | ramparts found the hearing three hours be-| and the English are repulsed. hind schedule, Monday’s meeting} The parade formed at having been cut short by one hour o'clock noon, and traversed 12 the The pirate attack , into the effects of prohibition! with a little comedy introduced, |” Tt will be noted that Kev West | and yesterday's by two. The wets’ streets of the olden town. is the only place from which only | *"4 drys each were allotted twen-| This afternoon from 2 to one prisoner awaited the arrival|‘Y four hours a day, and unless |» 1,-4 there will bea Grand P. 4 ow Matanzas 0 jof the teeruiting officer. For the| the time already lost can be made er past thirty years Key West has averaged shout one murder case ch five years, which record, of- ers state. is not equalled in any/| jother county of the state having ij the © population of Monroe. Baker was not a Kev Wester. and no cne seems to know defi- jnitely where he hailed from. | $50 REWARD The Key West Electric Com- pany will pay a reward of $50 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of person or persons guilty of cutting up bus seats and seat back up- holstering: B, L. GROOMS, Manager. |up this week it is likely that the Boat Regatta on Bay. hearing will extend beyond the = . | two weeks limit contemplated by! At 3 p. m. there was a big baptist Sco Civie Parade led by Miss St. Plans for presentation of the Augustine with prizes for each dry’s case, which is'scheduled to division, floats and decorated begin Monday, were announced cars. Miss Helen Hindry as M today by the joint committee com- St. Augustine will lead the pf fprising legislative representatives cession on the Chamber of Com- | 0f the Women’s Christian Tem- merce float. perance Union, Anti-saloon league,| This evening at 8 o'clock there International Reform Federation, wij] be the Venetian Water Car- National Temperance — Bureau, | nivai and Iilaminated Boat Parade Good Templars, Board of Temper- on Matanzas Bay opposite Fort ance, Prohibition and Public Mor-| ss. 0i05 The flotilla of illuminat- ‘als of the Methodist Episcopal eons Sx : church, and the Commission of = seme baaall ethan Puan Social service of the Methodist /**¢ in Sam Sebastian river Episcopal charch South. 5 o'clock and in single line for- “The witnesses for prohibition,” ™&tion, sail down the San Sebas- said the announcement, “will come tian and Matanzas rivers, where from every phase of American they will maneuver on the bay life, and will present their cases south of the bridge. without direction of counsel, Wo- The concluding event men will have the right of way at day of nee and gayety will the hearings on Monday. be a street dane Fort Marion ‘ of this * ircle, with a concert by Mac- ‘Donald’s Band in the Plaza for |the ‘hon-dancers, | Thursday, April Eighth | After devoting two days to the {early history of Florida and St. | Augustine, a great epochal event |which marks the passing of . the Spanish regime, and the owner- ship of Florida by the United States, comes with the Change of Flags. There is no. wore thrilling scene to be found anywhere than the ampitheatre north of Fort Mar- ion when the various flags that have floated over the Oldest City come down from their flag poles one at a time to make room for the Stars and Stripes, which floats on the April air, while the band plays the Star Spangled Banner. To add the impressiveness of the occasion the national air of each country which has. ever held sway over Florida and St, Augustine is played. The grand street parade forms al directly after the page- a At 8 o'clock in the evening, in frent of the grand stand, there will be enacted the attack of the Indians upon white settlers. This is a spectacular event which intro- duces the Oglethorpe attack on oid Fort San Marco. In the flare of rockets and the blaze dnd rattle y, the English soldiers their attack. Then comes the grand finale of the Fort Green events, with the i great program de luxe of wonder-; ful fireworks prepared especially fer this. occasion, © introducing many new~ and novel arrange- ments, under the personal direc- tion of Art Briese of the Thearle- Duffield Fireworks Go., of Chica- zo, who has managed the fire. the celebration for the seasons. The ground will consist of a mammoth t of the Queen, a portrait a mammoth set apiece depicting the Landing of Ponce de Leon, several comedy numbers, the largest . Niagara Falls ever to be presented in Flor- ida, and a huge American Flag. At 9-30-p. m. there will be a nendez, |MAKES FORMAL ANNOUNCE-| SESSION TO BE HELD AT KEY | Lieutenant R. A. Oftsic was % , ed to fly an :pany MENT AS CANDIDATE FOR| WEST COURTHOUSE, COL. eiaohiassd : _ JUDGE OF CRIMINAL COURT| “BROOKE, OF ENGINEER cement in the columns of The Git- cies, crecetas: ennay ae : Miami to’ Key West will be held izen today for judge. of that court | . 3 in thive: ebiafiag Fane’ oth A at the courthouse here at 2 p. m. QT Judge Harris, site er aks: Tuesday, April 13, according to} ~ mental in. having the criminal | announcement by Lieut. Col. court instituted,’ which was. first| Brooke, of the U. 8. engineer pr esided over by the late Judge L. W. Bethel, has filled the po-|°O'P® "Ho will conduct the hear- sition of judge to the satisfaction | ime. of all concerned since serving in| Plans, which have been submit- that capacity, he having been ap-|ted to the war department by the appointed by Governor Harddee : at that time to. fill the vacancy county commissioners of Monroe created by the resignation of Judge Henry Taylor. Judge Harris, who was prose- cuting attorney of the Criminal Court efor “many years during Judge Bethel’s’ regime, states county, show that crossings over] ANNOUNCES five channels between the Florida keys, seven feet above will be erected. These channel between Sugar Cudjoe ; Kemp that he will fully appreciate the| tween Cudjoe and © support of the Democratic voters| keys; Niles of Monroe County, and his num- | Su erous friends predict his e‘ection| Torch channel, at the coming primary to be held | and Lower T: in June. channel Big Pine key. . GIRLS ARE IMMUNE No Name channel, Pine and No Name Girls who work in artificial | crossed | silk factories are declared to be tats cei immune from influenza. In the} pannel span will process of manufacture copper ance of approximately ammoniate is used, and ammonia mie ties} ele | is good for ¢alds, 10 feet at high The channels between ii s i i tle NOTICE Don't fail to reserve your seat jfor the Grand Opera Concert of Marguerite Starell, April 8, at the La Concha Sweet. Shoppe. apr 1-3-5-7-8 ioe i ALL SET FOR TONIGHT WE'LL BE THERE DE MOLAY | DANCE || IN BALL. ROOM OF HOTEL i LA CONCHA TONIGHT APRIL 7, 1926 i | | } The regular meeting of Lodge No. 14, F. & A. M. will be |held this evening, Wednesday [April Tth, at 7:30. Work in |E. A. Degree will be conf |All resident and visiting cordially invited to attend. order of the W. M. J. J. TREVOR, ; } (ay japr-1t } i } street dance on Fort Marion Cir-} cle i INFORMAL The concluding event of the big! three days of pageantry wilt be) the regatta ballin the Aleazar! Casino, when the trophies. won during the*regatta will be present- ed by the officials of the Ameri- can Power Boat Association. 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