The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 8, 1926, Page 1

@ Full Associated Press Leased For 47 Years Devoted to the Wire Day Service VOLUME XLVIL. No. 84. Prohibition Opponents Present Witnesses At Senate Hearing UNITED STATES ATTOR- NEY BUCKNER OF NEW YORK 1S CALLED BY COMMITTEE. WASHINGTON, Apl. 8.—(AP) Opponents of prohibition — still had United States Attorney Buck- mer, of New York, as their star witness today in the presentation of their case against the Volstead att before the senate committee * eonducting a hearing on various modification proposals. The committee had an extra stésion last night to make up al- dotted time it had been unable to, the wets during the first regular meetings, but other Witnesses were put on the stand resumption of testimony by Buckner. © ‘ “~The witness called by the wets ; included Representative rar Pennsylvania, who is r ‘against Senator Pepper Governor Pinchot for the Re- . senatorial nomination fall, Alfred Talley, former } of the court of general sess: at New York, Dr. William C. o f New York, seere- u of Legal Medi- lation. wut beer..and wine in | you remove incen- - ing” the . forbidden, will hootleg liquo j will remove the bootlegger, you will abolish the speak- said Dr: Woodward. 7 sald conditions would ‘im bly better” and “would be reduced tremen- if the Eighteenth amend- repealed. "The prohibi- he. said, “is the great- confronting us.” ‘ave supported ator Edge, Re- to legalize ‘non-intoxi- To supplement the New Jersey sen- another, would permit each state to the words “intoxicating in ' as used in the Eighteenth and fix drastic pen- shipping into any stronger than tens! ts. = the ‘a representa- sale of beer would industry in’ which $792,- d prior. for farm at $87,520,287 = ago, and create a t terials estimated at $123,- annually. Favors Proposal Dr. Woodward testified in favor the Edge proposal to remove prescription restrictions, as foolish the provis- in the law permitting _pres- of the same amount of for an infant as for a or near-chronic drunk- Senator Harre’d suggested that, | te in heeded to prescribe} more m the law permits, there sources from which to get it. | . “The suggestion of the, senator ma,” remarked Sena-| Sault with intent to kill have been | books. Reed, Democrat, Missouri, the | lodged against Ross, who is in the/ BIRS FUNERAL TO f BE HELD SUNDAY, | FUNERAL ‘WILL BE HELD) VESSEL GOES TO MIAMI TO- FROM LOPEZ CHAPEL TO BAPTIST CHURCH Anthony Birs, Jr., who died Wednesday morning at 5 o'clock at the home of his grandmother, Mrs, Sarah Lowe, 708 William street, will be buried Sunday af- ternovn following the funeral which will be at 4:30 o’clock from the Lopez chapel to the First Bap- tist church. The pastor, Rev. W. K. BE. James, and Rev. E. L. Ley, pastor-of Ley Memorial Methodist church, wilt be the officiating ministers. fi The funeral will be under the direction of G. Frank Sawyer of the Lopez undertaking establish- ment, Anthony Birs was fourteen years old and was a member of Boy Scouts Troop No. 1 of this city. It is expeeted that the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of this city will be largely represented at the funeral service. i The father of the deceased is expected to arrive in the city Sat- utday from New Jersey to, attend the funeral of his son. The burial was delayed pending the father’s arrival. DE MOLAY DANCE "~~ BIG SUCCESS ENJOYABLE AFFAIR 1S GIVEN LAST EVENING AT LA CONCHA The De*Molay dance given at the Hotel La Concha last evening: was a beautifu'ly appointed event, brilliant in all its delightful fea- tures, i : A large number of handsomely dressed couples danced merrily to the entrancing strains of superb music and every one present en- joyed a pleasant and most mem- rable evening. \ The De Molays are planning a number of other pleasing social functions to he given from time to time in the future, and these to Pe 20,| events will be eagerly anticipated! by the young people of the city. LITTLE HOPE HOLD OUT FOR RECOVERY OF WOUNDED MAN) {tity Associated Prensa) MIAMI, Fla, April 8,—Little change was noted today in the condition of the three men seri- ously wounded in spectacular shooting affrays here during the| past two days. Paul Cavanaugh, 48 shot in his Miami Beach apartment Tues- to be“ his son, no improvement. law, had~shown Charges of as- {Spears Brown aii etindépn af ‘TENDER POPPY LEAVES PORT DAY WITH SUPERINTEN- DENT ON BOARD The tender Poppy left this morning with F. C. Hingsburg, general superintendent of light- houses, Washington, D. C. and H. C. Haskins, assistant. superinten- dent of lighthouses of the seventh district, on board. Mr. Hingsburg and Mr. Haskins will inspect aids to navigation in Miami, remaining there several days. Mr. Hingsburg will leave Miami for Washington and later will preceed to Porto Rica on an in- spection trip. Mr. Haskins will return to Key West by rail. NOTED YACHTSMAN DIES ON VESSEL McEVERS BAYARD. BROWN PASSES AWAY TODAY | COLCHESTER, Eng., April a| —McEvers Bayard Brown, wealthy eccentric “American yachtsman, died today aboard his yacht Val- freya, which has been moored) near Brightling sea since 1889. Heyhad long*been in ill health. McEvers Bayard Brown -was the son of the late Alexander { Robert Bayard, partner in the banking house of Brown, Shipley & Company and prominent in New York society. He suddenly deci- ded one day. to. go cruising. | He} had the Valfreya, a splendid craft, | built and started off to circum- jnavigate the globe. It was on this! trip that he developed the indio-| syncrasies which later made him} the subject of wide comment. Coming finally to . Brightling; sea,. at the mouth of the little] Colne river, he decided to anchor | and the Valfreya has swung to its! chain there since that time, One! jof Mr, Brown eccentricities was to| throw water on members of his crew. | One of the stories-told about} |him was that he would invite the} \members of the crew in to have a/ ;meal with him, and when they; |stood with the glasses in their hands, he would jump among them with a cudgel-and beat them. Despite his eccentricities alon¢ this line, he was well liked in Col- \chester and Brightling sea, send- jing money to the -needy, estab. |day by John D. Ross, 35, believed | lishing parks and keeping the! |tibraries of the towns along the) {Essex coast stocked with good When the Valfreva dropped @nly wet on the committee, “is|county jail with his wife, Maude janchor for the laxt time in 1889 that the doctor ought to join the| Ross, held as a material witness. the American flag. was at her bootlegging gang because we have! passed an idiotic law.” | “Not at all,” returned Senator | Harreld, “What I meant was, the| @octors could call in a bootlegger | society, Dr. told him, “doesn’t; fountenance the violation of the! law. | Mr. Maxim, asserting that pro-| hibition is “an absolete, abject failu related that, while spend- ing three months in England re- cent'y, he didn’t see a drunken man, but, “when I returned home, the first man I saw was drunk.” “He came to the boat to meet me,” the 73-year old inventor add- ed. “He was accompanied by a man who was drunker than he was.” Secesceccecvscessoe ee AMUSEMENTS Peeeeoeeoageecovcsocse MONROE THEATRE _TODAY—*The Cirele.” Comedy, “The Bandmaster.” TOMORROW AND DAY — “Lightnin’.” Comedy. SATUR- Reach x Al |battle here yesterday. Little hope was held by hos- pital attendants for the recovery of George Davis, 28, alleged liquor runner, and C. H. Perkins, 30, a police spotter, wounded in a gun Davis was suffering from a punctured lung while Perkins sustained the full arge of a shotgun at close range in his right side. OIL TANKS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING (Me Axseetated Prone) ANAHEIM, Calif., April 8.— Two 75,000-barrel capacity oil tanks of the Union Oil Company at Brea, a tank field, six miles north of here, were struck by lightning and set afire teday. PROPOSE INVESTIGATION (Ry Asseciated Press) WASHINGTON, April 8.—A congressional investigation of the political, industrial and economic- al and social conditions was pro- posed in a resolution introduced teday by Senater Pittman, Demo- erat, Nevada, |masthead but later it was re- moved. At one time an attempt was made by the British to collect an income tax from the wealthy old man but he turned the col- leetors away, declaring he was a citizen of no country. ‘HEAVY RAINFALL REPORTED AT MIAMI (Re Asaeeiated Press) MIAMI, Fla. April 8.—Tele- phone and telegraph service was temporarily crippled here about midnight and small damage was done to rural roads in the first of the season's electrical storms. Rain fell intermittently after midnight, accompanied by light winds but the heaviest fall was recorded at the Weather Bureau between 1 and 1:30 o'clock. MAY BE DEPORTED (By Asgqetated Press) Eugene V. Debs, fearful he may be barred from returning to Unit- ed States is warned in Bermuds he will deported if he engages in sociatistic propaganda. there. }ball club, it was learned today: | ture.posed especially for the co: |Richard Adams‘and Ulric Henson, | notation |days was almost every variety of | KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1926. Here Tomorrow Night In Waters of Key West Rehearsals for the Rotary min- |strel will start tomorrow evening, } Claude Nolan, of Jacksonville, Fla., is spending a few days in| enjoying... +oAnt, John J. Maher, director, an- the Island City ae | nounces. spacious fishing grounds of th¢/ ‘The minstrel will be given next gulf and surrounding keys. Mri! Thursday evening at the San Car- Nolan who is the Cadillac dis; los Theatre. tributor for Florida and southera | a digeet eet my - . |, Captain er to oul early. ssl ahi le ee eas y|Miss Cele O’Brien will be _ the years, While here on his yacht) Pianist for the minstrel, and Jerry While-Away, some very important Trevor - .will be the musical di- business in regards to Cadillac "°°tor- service is being discussed and tak-| en into details with Lewis Motors the large garage Lewis Motors Co., Inc., the local distributor fpr|Co., Inc., has recently completed the Cadillac Motor Cars. Mr.|and believes it to be of unsur- Nolan is more than pleased with! passed value to the community. Missing Son Of Assistant Secretary Of Navy Found This Morning Unconscious MAKE EFFORTS TO HAVE COOLIDGE ATTEND MEETIN (By Asnocinted Press) { ATLANTA, Ga., April 8.—Ef® forts to have President Calvi Coolidge attend the annual con- ventior of ‘the disabled veterans of the world war here in June will be augmented by the Washingto1 Senators, American League -base- || TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD FRESHMAN IS RUSHED TO HOSPITAL IN RO- CHESTER (By Annociated Prenu) ROCHESTER, N.-Y., April 8. —Douglas RoWinson, 21-year-old son of! Dougias Robinson, assist- ant secretary of thé navy, was in a hospital today, having ‘been missing from Harvard University for nearly:a week. The 21-year-old freshman whose absence caused his father to make a hurried trip from Washington to Boston, was found lying dazed in front of a North Fitzhugh strect hotel’ by a policeman early Both “Bucky” Harris, man and Walter Johnson, star Wash: ington hurler, will sign an invita: tion ‘with the Senators and conve; to Washington and present to, President. Coolidge. Yesterday the ex-service men, with,the Cincinnati. Reds auto; graphed. baseballs for the benefif of wounded veterans and will als convey to the disabled veteran headquarters at -Cincinnati_a pic?’ questioning. the «youth mumbiéd that his name was Douglas’ Rob- inson and produced his father’s personal eard. Hospital physicians said that he was apparently suffering ffom amnesia and a nervous breakdown CAPTAINS ADAMS AND HEN- brought on by overstudy:: There had been a lapse of memory, they ROR FRAT VISIONS FO said, and the youth was unable to FISHING GROUNDS explain his presence in Roches- ‘ ter. The physicians ~ explained | however, that he appeared to be Dr. E. McCord, of Atlanta, Ga.,jin good physical condition and and a party of. friends enjoyed|that his chief worry seemed to be many delightful thrills on a fine| fear of involving his family in un- fishing trip in the waters sur-|due publicity. { rounding Key West, the crowd of} Police began an attempt to un- skilful anglers landing about five |Tavel the mystery surrounding hundred pounds of finny fellows|names found in’a diary in Robin- on a fishing expedition of two son’s ‘pocket. The book marked days, _ | “William Johnson, No. 90 Second The party was aboard the yacht! Street,” and Jane Kelly with no “Imp,” accompanied by Captains address under the names had the “will be in Rochester Included in the big catch of two| before April 30.” The youth was unable to ex- fish known in these famous fish-| Plain the notations. ing grounds, many of them pret-| Robinson had been in Roches- Curd Nees Ess, |e Fo [Premier Mussolini Delivers Stirring | Address Before Fascist Party Following His Escape Yesterday From Assassination Interests ENTERTAINMENT FRIDAY NIGHT AT GARDEN THEATRE EVENT TO BE PUT ON FOR BENEFIT OF MINOCA COUN. CIL, DEGREE OF POCA- HONTAS What gives promise of being a most enjoyable entertainment, is the program which will be given on Friday night at 8 o’clock in the Garden Theatre under the auspices of Minoca Council, De- gree of Pocahontas, It is hardly possible to imagine a more beautiful sight than twen- ty dainty little lassies dressed in GRAND OPERA STAR TO MAKE APPEARANCE HERE MISS MARGUERITE STARELL OF METROPOLITAN OPERA CO. TO BE HEARD/AT HIGH SCHOOL. Miss Marguerite Starell, grand opera star from the Metropolitan Opera Company, New York and Chicago, will give a concert in the Monroe County High School auditorium this evening under the auspices of Key West . Con- sistory No. 4, - Scottish Rite Masons, for the benefit of the school library. This charming this morning, his mind in a blank.| 's hospital after some| the most delicate colors and per-|soprano, whe achieved success in forming the quaint figures of. athe National Opera of Paris, “Rainbow Drill” which also in-| Monte Carlo, and the Metropolitan cludes the _ awakening of -the|in New York and Chicago, will “Roses” by the magic movements} make her first Key West appear- of the bewitching little “Fairies.” |ance for one concert en route to ‘In connection with many other|Cuba where she will give five con- musical and vocal selections the|certs in the Teatro Nacional. final act of this delightful enter-|. Connoisseurs of classical music tainment. will bean “Indian. Wed-|who have heard Miss Starell sing, ding” with the’ tribes of “Red|are anticipating this concert as a Feather” and “Yellow Feather” | musical event of great importance. all in costume and headed by their} After graduating with — high i Mohawk is a per-|honors from the conservatory of sistent wooér and finally claims/music, of Paris, Miss Starell. sang Prineess Red Wing for his bride.|“La Valkyri” one’ of Wagner's This formance is entirely} most beautiful operas, in the Na- “be avtreat to tional Opera of Paris. amusement. |won laurels in Convent ind the com- 0 have work- public to come ‘out aind assist them | in their éfforts. wage Channel In Northwest Tsceoeus- tebe gre ae The lighthouse tender Ivy has/ il! include compositions of Wag- completed construction of the/"¢t Hanh. Debussy, northwest’ channel inner range|Ch#usson, Geoges. Rabey, Bizet, front light and this light will be |@nd Luckstone. Tickets can be lighted tonight. jeemes from members of the The buoy that has’ been tem-|<7%ttish Rite and La Concha Sweet porarily marking the position of Shoppe. this light ‘will be discontinued to- day. THIEVES sador to W: to sing at a diplomatic f “Later she | LIFT } | ROOF FROM HOUSE, 5 Reme says she has been in a sani- ‘By Ansocinted Presa) NEW ORLEANS, April 8.—Po- | tarium; Mussolini serves notice he lice here today were tracing clues! «wij! continue to fight for Fascist which they hope will result .in the | throughout.” rs : arrest of thieves involved in the, ses She also}. stealing of a roof from a large house in St. Charles avenue, a fashionable residential thorough- Four hundred men fight $10,- 000,000 oil reservoir fire at San ite two other réservoirs and tily arrayed in bright colors of many. hues and tints. Dr. McCord was much taken up with Key West and will make frequent visits to this city in |future, for he says the waters here afford the best fishing to be found anywhere. TANK FARMIS __ THREATENED BY FIRE IN CALIFORNIA TOWN te remember having talked with| My Aw tat Penn) SAN LUIS OBISPO, Galif., April 8.—The entire tank farm of the Union Oil Company two and .a half miles south of here, faced destruction early today as the fire burning in four huge un- derground reservoirs since early yesterday, boiled over, jumped an earthen embankment. and spread ten surface tanks. $50 REWARD The Key West Electric Com- pany will pay a reward of $50 for information leading te the arrest and conviction ef person or persons guilty of cutting up bus seats and seat back up- holstering. B. L. GROOMS, Manager. ter since Monday when he regis- | tered ata hotel. | He checked out Tuesday after- noon but was seen in the hotel by} | friends after a college concert and dance early yesterday morning. These friends said he appeared to (be in good health and was jovial | while with them. At the hospital it was said that pRobinson did not recall having been at the hotel nor did he seem his friends. In addition to the diary and his father’s personal card; the hospital authorities found in Rob- inson’s pockets his own motor vehicle operator's license, a credit cafd on the Crimson Drug Store| of Cambridge, a membership card of a New York club, a photograph of a girl, several time tables and $1.05 in change. Two bags in his ;possession when he left the hotel jcould not be located. The youth’s father at a Bos- ton hotel telephoned the hospital and arranged to come to Roches- ter at once with Mrs. Robinson. The father retired last night think- ing hia son had gone to sea. Albert Harris, one of the friends who had talked with voung Robinsoh, said Robinson told him he was im Rochester on business for his father. Harris identified the Jane Kelly mentioned in Robinson's dairy as a Rochester girl to whom he had introduced the student. | Luis Obispo, Calif, fare. ; ‘ a ee Sn William Feldman, operator of) © postin Ross, missing an antique shop, became pared rides horse. to om | when he visited a home he had re-/ 5 40" risho, and cently purchased for $13,900 dt 1s yy storm |found the upper portion of hie! ane stuck in mud. jhouse had been “lifted.” =| 7s © tion revealed that the robbers had Ifred Talley, New [helped themselves to the Fae arigy cas te before senate com- ithat had reposed in window frame crime increased in addition to removing the siate| mittee that br : and shingles with which the roof! | was built. Even the bricks which Lanta Jersey, pes me Th Ee ee sa ra sleohotie contents A i * lestimated at $1,000. ea | } i Di i ma | Antonio, rules that NOTICE (for internal revenue | |not be used for prohibition / Don't fail to reserve your seat’ dence. }for the Grand Opera Concert of} 5. 228, | Marguerite Starell, tonight, at the| Indictment at Syracuse of nine jLe Concha Sweet Shoppe. i aprl-3-5-7-8 |» j | Rocky | liquor from Buffalo, “ee University of Pennsylvania pro- } { of Key West _ ob ~ PRICE FIVE CENTS: CLAIMS ORGANIZATION MUST BE NEXT IN HIGHEST STATE OF EFFICIENCY. ROME, April 8.—(AP). Beni- to Mussolini, premier’ of Italy having escaped assassination at- the hands of a woman, is deter- mined to fight for the principles for which he stands throughout the world, “IT have chosen as the slogan of my life, ‘live in danger’ and I say as en old fighter: ‘when I advance follow me; when I re- treat, kill me; should I die, avenge me.’” ‘Thus Mussolini ended an ad- dress to the directorate of the / Fascist party only a jfewi hours “ after he had been shot through nose yesterday by the Honorable Violet Albina Gibson, Sister of | the Irish baron Ashbourne, The directorate of the Fascist. party, meeting in the Littoric Palace last night, was informed by the premier, that it must maintain the party in the highest state of efficiency. “We have won our battle at home,” he said. “We truly affirm that the old parties have (been put to” rout and that the old regime is destroyed. 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