The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 9, 1926, Page 1

Full Associated Press Leased | Wire Day Service VOLUME YLVII. No. 85. Oil Tank Steamer Calling At Key West Recently Collides With Dutch Vessel MANY LIVES ARE Lost MILLIONS OF BARRELS OF OIL BURN TION IN CALIFORNIA | AT SEA WHEN TANK- ER THOS. H. WHEELER RUNS INTO ACCIDENT News received by The Citi- zen through Associated Press dispatches today conveys news of the collision in which the oil tank steamer Thos. ith an acci- Dutch steamer Silvanus, the result of which over 35 sailors lost their lives. The ‘oil tanker was tied up to the Florida East Coast Railway decks here just a short time ago, arriving with a load of oil for the railway company, the vessel being consigned to Everett Russell, agent of the oil company at this port. RESUME SEARCH FOR MANY BODIES MEW ORLEANS, April 9.— Searchers today resumed their task of recovering the bodies of more than 35 sailors believed to have lost their lives in two Mis- Sissippi river disasters in the New Orleans district yesterday and last night. Authorities believed it possible that the death list will mot be as large as had been ex- Several boats centered their activities near Pointe A La Hache, La, about 40 miles below New Orleans, where the Dutch steam- er us last night collided with _ the Standard”. Oil ~Company’s tanker Thomas H. Wheelcr, Thirty _ members of the crew of the Sil- vanus were unaccounted for. None : H Wheeler men ad, were offitially re- ». another unac: ‘AS B result of five oO mer O, T. War- , in a dry dock here yesterday. missing from ‘ee Ais % are oa . 3 ue! All of these men: were residents of New Orleans, . In addition, Side Roth, another local sailor was reported missing ‘by members of his family. Forty- four other members of the crew. were hurt. Shortly after the Dutch and ” American ships ran together, a ‘severe explosion occurred aboard the owned tanker which for London with’ a of benzine. vessel ran against rd the Stand-| Auyine, Perry é A few minutes} IN CONFLAGRA ‘SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS MEETS ON THURSDAY |ENJOYABLE PARTY GIVEN | YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT HOME OF MRS. C. F. KEMP ON SIMONTON STREET | The Sunday School class of | Mrs. Sophia Curry and Miss Emily | Ladd was delightfully entertained yesterday afternoon at the home of Mrs. C, F. Kemp on Simonton street, where a large number of the members of the organization } » }assembled for the purpose of meet- ‘ing Mrs. Francisco Fleitas, who was formerly instructor of the class. The afternoon’s program was | opened with the rendition of the inumber, “God Will Take Care of You,” after which an address was given by Mrs. Fleitas, following |which talks were given by Mrs. {Curry and Miss Ladd. The outstanding feature of the afternoon’s program was a vocal solo rendered by Mrs, William ‘Scheurer, which brought forth much applause by the many as- sembled on the enjoyable oc- casion: Mrs. J. D. Redd presided at the piano furnishing excellent music all during the afternoon. Deligious refreshments were served, which were — heartily. en- joyed by those assembled on the occasion, while’ various games were indulged ‘i to the delight of all in attendance, ° °.” ‘The ‘afternoon’s program» was concluded’ with the singing of “God Be With You ‘Till We Meet Again,” after which the guests de- parted for the respective homes voting the affair one of the most enjoyable of the season. Those in attendance were: Mesdames Sarah Roberts, M. A. Fletcher, Priscilla, Richardson, | Lavonia Grillon, Louise Albury, | Tillie Lowe, M. H. Minnus, Al- }mira Pinder, Cora Russell, Caleb |Baker, Will Nelson, J. D. Redd, /Francisco Fleitas, Sam B, Pinder, .C. F, Kemp, Charles A. Roberts, |Della Skelton, Charles Sawyer, |Sopltia Curry, William Scheurer, |Jeanette Albury, Constance Mc- | Donald, L. Munto, Leonard B. | Grillon, Will Baker, Otto Lund- quist, Annie BE. Richardson, Anna ~| destroy: (By Associated Press) SAN. LUIS OBISPO, April Calif., 9.—Men’ today » continued their two-days: battle against flames that were consuming about 8,500,000 barrels of oil stored by the Union Oil Company on two tank farms in California. The fire near here apparently had ceased to spread, but officials of the company said it would be three or four days before the 6,- 000;000 barrels of petroleum in the field were completely burn- ed out. At Brea, 250 miles south- east of here,” 3,000 men were battling the flames to save three huge reservoirs’ and a number of surface tanks that were threaten- ed. The damage done by the fire was estimated ‘ at $18,000,000 which officials said- was largely covered by insurance. Two Lose Lives Two lives was claimed by the disaster here when a reservoir exploded yesterday. A miniature storm generated by the heat tore apart the farm house occupied by the victims. Hope raised by a_ favorable change in the wind» here during the night that the remaining seven or eight small tanks of 55,000 barrels capacity each may _ be saved stirred little enthusiasm among the weary fire-fighters, who had been beaten back in a steady retreat before the lake of flames. Along the length of the two mile area, successive boiling over of the six great storage reservoirs of from 750,000 to 1,250,000 barrels each, and the smaller sur- face tanks had spread flames.that farm houses and. lines of trees along the landscapes. The workers have bent their force to patrolling this ~ area, stemming the rush of the flame that threatened to cut off the main highway through the valley and warning persons away from the danger area. By_early morning oil men de- clared: that reservoirs four and seven were virtualiy burned out, while numerous boilings over by reservoir number two of 1,250,000 barrels capacity, had almost ex- hausted it, and its contents spread over the burning field were lick- ed up greedily by the flames. | Parts. of the districts appeared | today as if struck by a tornado. | At least two houses were wreck- | ed. The roof of the one in which | the two persons met death was} fleers: meets'in New Orleans nex’ {of the Phi Kappa Phi fraternity| th. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1926. FIRE DRILLS AT SCHOOLS THIS MORNING For 47 Years Devoted to the | Interests of Key West Motor Boating And Yachting Activities In Key West Waters To Become More Popular CONDUCTED UNDER DIRE TION OF FIRE CHIEF viv. WANTS JOE DER; EXCELLENT RESULTS| COOPER TO FIGHT ARE. OBTAINED f IN KEY T Chief Ralph Pinder of the Key| : West Fire Department this mofn-)yOHNNY COX, MANAGER OF ing conducted fire drills in the FARMER BOY, IS ANXIOUS schools of the city, and was high- ly pleased with the records scored} TO INTRODUCE - BOXER HERE. by the students of the institu- tions. The time required by the vari- ous schools to vacate the build- ings in an orderly manner, just as the students would be expected to do in case of fire, is given be- low, the figures representing’ seconds. 3 3 7% sf MIAMI BEACH, Fila., April 9.—Johnny Cox, manager of Far- mer Boy Joe Cooper, now of Mi- ami Beach is anxious to introduce Cooper to the fans of Key West. Cooper sprang a big fistie oot here a few nights ago 5 : e when he lambasted Pedro Campo, Harris School, 26; Division'| the tough Filipino in every sae Stgeet School, 35; Monroe High! of a ten round scheduled contest School, 62; Concent of Mary Im-} at Miami. maculate, 22; St. Joseph’s College, Magy cl Tage Senos ar Res 28. * No arrangements have been Pilipino with every punch in the made for fire drills in the colored] pugilistic category. The bell sav- schools, | ed Pedro in many of ‘the rounds. Chief Pinder says the Harris| ,, Cooper was making his debut ina Miami ring. Local critics are School scored the best record to-| lohd in their praise of the former day, and has the, best standing in| Indiana _knuckle whirler. Every the contest up to this time. While | $Port writer here conceded Cooper he C € achddl wasaied taal each round of the ten round stru-: the Conyent school vacated in 22) 51. against the tough Campo. seconds, allowance must be made/|* Cox is ready to book the sen- for there being only one floor to} sational club fighter at an early date. If local promoters desire to » ‘. use Cooper they can communicate These fire drills are held on the | with Cox at the Sea Breeze Hotel, second and fourth Friday morn=| Miami Beach, Fla. ings of zach month, between 10}. and 11: o'clock. Parents ‘ahdj friends of the students are invited: to be present. The school “ record during the term will be! fight show At Miami-ficld by giv- vacate. . "WINS VICTORY mer Joe Cooper smashed his w: awarded a ‘prize when the. Inter- national Association of 7 4 i October. The fire chiefs will be} The piece went the limit, due there and turn in the records| to the gameness of the little Fili- made by the schools in their home| Pine, who was outweighed far 4 ti )} more than should have been the Onin acherla colt be deciing (ease for little men,” Cooper jabbed | winning schools will be sans away and then crossed with. a smashing right at wil', leading alt the way. . ‘ Key West Boy Gets Knockotits: ended two of the | other bouts. A punishing) right Honors At State |to the stomach in the third round College In Gainesville! trom Chie Miller took all the fight | out’ of young Trevor and the lat- Word has been received by Mr. | ter failed to finish the battle after and Mrs. Berman Weintraub, 700 leading in the first two rounds. Elizabeth street, that their son,| Miller dropped -h'm twice in the David, has been made a member|Sixth and twice more in the sev- a It was the first knockout at the Florida University. David} for Trevor here since a bout with is the only member of the law! Frankie Nanci in the old armory class in that institution to be ad-| pekiy. oigireks eal page ag mitted this: semester. ceils, Jack Kelly of Mobite was out- numerous friends in this city wil | classed by Dick Leonard and was “A fighting hoosier named Far- |S 'y into the upper strata of the Mi-|» making the best{ athi fistic world at Pa Stribling’s ing one Pedro Campo the most | i WILL MAKE RACE IN JUNE PRIMARY FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER FROM SEC- OND DISTRICT Braxton B. Warren, who has so efficiently served Monroe County as a member of the Board of County Commissioners, today an- |mounces for relection from the Second Precinct, subject to the Democratic primary to be held in June. Mr. Warren took an active part in advocating the erection of the Monroe County High School, the Division Street Grammar School, |the Harris Publie School. He was among the foremost workers in having the county con- struct the. County road on Key West and Stock Island. He was among the first Key Westers who conceived the idea of building a road from this city to the mainland, and. since . that | Florida ‘ in the next few’ years, and Mr. Warren supported the movement. to beautify {duced the resolution to have «a white way installed around Jack- son Square, . Years. ago, when the city and county firemen were receiving salaries that ranged from $40 to $60 a month, Mr. Warren, de- claring that it was not a living |wage, introduced a resolution |whereby the board increased the salarics of. the county firemen to | $100 a month. When the county took that action, the city fell inte line by increasing the salary of itr | firemen to the same amount. Sub- sequently, when the city took over the county’s apparatus, it was at Mr. Wafrep’s suggestion that the *®) Watkins, and Misses Caroline Fifi be a minor explosion fol-| The impact with the earth! the tanker back into the} Tt was caught in the cur-) and carried down the river) eleven miles before burning to the water's edge and sinking. | Meanwhile, members of the erew of the Thomas H. Wheeler xtinguished a blaze which orig- i Fifteen. sailors rescued from the Silvanus were brought here! and were being held for immigra- ‘tion authorities. One of this num- ber, a badly burned Chinese, gave 8 vivid account of the collision to- day. He declared that he w: n deck for several minutes before ‘Phe catastrophe took place, The Silvanus was nearly cut in half in the crash, he related. The sailors-aboard the Silvanus rapidly gathered to discuss their chances of asking death. They noted that.a large quantity of Diazing benzine gave the water ® dangerous appearance. He said that of his 35 countrymen in the vessel but 12 were powerful enough swimmers to clear’ the burning oil without rising to the surface. AMUSEMENTS Seeeseceesevcece ° MONROE THEATRE TODAY AND TOMORROW “The Fool.” Al Roach Comedy. STRAND THEATRE TOMORROW “Lightnin’.”” Good Comedy. Sears, Mary Stickney and Emily Ladd. . BIRS FROM RESIDENCE: FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD YOUTH .TO BE BURIED SUNDAY AFTERNOON The funeral of Anthony Birs, the 14-year-old Boy ‘Scout who died Wednesday morning from in- juries received accidenta'ly while at play, will be held Sunday af- ternoon at 4:30 o’clock, and will be from the residence, 523. Eliza- beth street, to the First Baptist chureh. Rev. W. K. ames, the Baptist Pastor, and Rev. E. L. Ley, pastor of Ley Memorial Methodist church, will be the officiating ministers. The service will be attended by Boy Scouts and Girl Secuts in their respective troops and uniforms, The father of the deceased will arrive from New Jersey in time to he present at the funeral. p shal later aindiatinndinanst The Key West Electric Com- pany will pay a reward of $50 for information ding to the arrest and conviction of person or persons guilty of cutting up bus seats and seat back up- bolstering. By L. GROOMS, Manager. rn jtorn off, the porches demolished | be pleased to learn that he has} and seattered. The barn,was aj winning the recognition he so well heap of broken timbers, but. «| merits. {smaller building 100, fect nearer). finally put out in the seventh | County continue to contribute to and the furniture inside broken|been thus honored and that he is| when he was slow in getting up|S#aries of the firemen. That ar- | after taking a right hook to the jaw. - | }the fire was untouched. Tele.! phone poles and trees were blown | down. In Brea 2,500,000 barrels of refining oil were burning in three | jTeservoirs. | Waves of Flames i In the lee of the burning re- |Servoirs, there flowed waves of |flames as the reservoirs boiled lover and erupted. The remaind- er of the tank farm lies to the windward, where it was protected by the stiff breeze and by dykes of sheet iron and earth. A new method of fire-fighting was given ‘a trial when 20 artificial wind machines were rushed to the tank farm to keep the draft away from ithe remainder of the storage. The. wind that held steadily through the night proved more’ satisfaetory, however, than its | mechanical aids. The protection of the remaind- er of the tank farm has been at the sucrifice ofthe arca in the direction of Brea, however. Ten cottages that formef#y housed em- ployes of the tank farm and sev- eral acres ef orange and lemon orchards were destroyed carly to- day. Company officials directing the battle against the blaze near Brea succeeded in having al! of the smaller surface tanks, in which the more volatile oil was stored, pumped out, thus lessening the danger of the spread of the fire. While the logs im the fire is estimated in excess Of $3,000,000 ‘ | eccocce e TODAY IN WASHINGTON (By Associate Prohibition hearing continues. * es Senate’ continues Steck-Brook- hart contest. * House agriculture proceeds with farm ing. committec RETURNED TO CITY Mr. and Mrs. Roy child, who had been spending a few weeks visiting at Miami and other points up the East Coast, have returned to the city. enjoyable outing at the many points included in their itinerary. there is about 90 per cent of this said to be covtred by insurance. Following the firing of the first tank yesterday, the most spec tacular event in the progress of the blaze came last night when the third tank was ignited as the other two boiled over. The tank of 1,000,000 barrels exploded ax jit caught fire. relief hear-| y Canfield, and Mr} and Mrs. Canfield report a most UNITED STATES AMBAS- | SADOR TO ISLAND RE-| PUBLIC CONFERS WITH MACHADO } | HAVANA, April 9.— i ed States Ambassador. Enoch | Crowder denies that he is planning to resign his diplo- matic pest in Cuba to become the representative of a group of Wall Street financial stitutions. » Although the <ubject of his conference with President Machado and Dr. Sanchez Aballi, Cuban Ambassador to Washington, was not made known, Ambassador Crowder declared that his health did, not ¢all for his resignation and that he has no reason to éonsider leaving his Havana post. _ President Machado is ex- pected to announce shortly the subject of the recent con- ference between the two am- bassadors and himself. in- j \ers, Mr. Warten’s aim has been to | conscientiously work for Monroe General Crowder Denies Rumors’ Of Resigning Diplomatic Post that he has attained it. |Miami before proceeding to Key rangement is still in effect. In all his acts as a member of |the Board of County Commission County, and his friends believe Red Crocs Field Director Coming Here To Hold Conference Henry T. Reed, field director of the Ameriean Red Cross, Wash- ington, D. C., will arrive in Key West Sunday to confer with Mrs. Blanch Heidlebaugh, local Red Cross secretary. A meeting of the Red Cross will | be held “Monday, at which Mr.! Reed will-be present. i Mr. Reed has been attending | the conference of social workers | at Orlando. He will stop off at 1 7 West and will be accompanied as| far as Miami by J. Arthur J2ffers, | essistant to the vice-chairman of | LIGHTNIN Did you see “Lightnia’” on the legitimate stage? If you did vou know what to expect from the screen play of this nation- |) || ally known hit. STRAND THEATRE TOMORROW WM. JENNINGS BRYAN’S DAUGHTER IN coast ano coveric RACE FOR SEAT IN CONGRESS BRAXTON ¥ LAND WATERWAY IS MIAMI, Fla, Apl. 9—(aP) A} NOW BEING MADE ~ daughter of William Jennings Bryan, who studied statecraft at Geko Cee ee. and yachting along the Atlantic pipe mations the ee ‘Coast from New ‘York to Key West Mrs. Owen, for seven years ajis expected by Commerce Depart- ree i tae ae ment officials to become more mary of June 8. The address will|way possibility by the coast and be the inaugural of a speaking campaign which will be carried to the entire district composed of all the counties along the east coast of Floorida. 2 Aside from her social _ duties, Mrs. Owens has maintained a close/@nd other craft. to these waters P ° and welfare organisations here where the regular activities | wilt is a vice president new carried : University of: Mingal aid. weceber|"* 19> OME ER: of several civie boards, — especially during the winter then be afforded a much better One of the three children of the late commoner, Mrs. Owen opportunity of conducting regat- only recently became an American citizen for the second time. In her marriage to Major Reginald Owen, now a retired British army officer, and veteran of Allenby’s campaign in Palestine, she | re- nounced her American ship, recently, however, tained her citizenship my intention to seek post,” she said yesterday, in actual'y enter the race, Joseph Sears, of Risahnee v Se ENTERTAINMENT TO BE PUT of Lake Obeecho ON THIS EVE- NING sine That delightful. entertain: “The Indian Wedding” to staged by the Datghters of hentas at the Garden Theatre evening promises to be greeted @ packed house when the goes up at 8 o'clock, The program will be in a splendid way by. local the numbers to be presented order given below: Selection-—Orchestra. Railbow Drill—Twenty girls in vari-colored costumes. Vocal Solo—Miss Jane Lewis. Violin Duet—Alfredo r Feature Dance—Dolla if; SFECES = = i Exhibition Dance — ‘Lillian Roker. q Russell and Etta i i f PRET le te gf i i i Pa