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Full Associated Press Leased Wire Day Service VOLUME XLVII. No. 90 Professional Testimony In “Cocktail Courtmartial”’ Introduced On Closing Day NAVY SURGEON TELLS OF TREATMENT) GIVEN COLONEL WILLIAMS " ii anectlaieh Poem) MARINE. BASE, San Diego, Calif., April 15.—With but a few swallows of rebuttal testimony re- taining in the bottle of evidence, the. tocktail courtmartial of Gen- eral Alexander S. Williams today ig expected to turn down an empty glass over brief arguments and possibly direct a verdict before night. Defense counsel for the suse} « pended colonel of the Fourth regi-- ment of marines rested their case Jate yesterday after introducing evidence pointing to Brigadier General Smedley D. Butler's tooth | trouble and Colonel Williams’ ail- ments as underlying causes of the gemeral’s belief that the colonel wes “staggering drunk” at the ho- tel ‘Coronado on the night - of March 6, last, afew hours after the had refused to drink cocktails at the colonel’s home. Hexyl resorcinal, a medicine pried Col. Williams, a half dozen ors explained, from the wit-| néss stand, is unfortunately apt to introduce gastric troubles, nausea ’ dizziness, _ ‘One of the doctors, a navy sur- eon, said he had been treating the defendant since last January for a serious disorder which, while it did not prevent Colonel Wil- ‘from fulfilling his military daily doses of hexyl.resor-| “a few days after March 6, witness continued, Colonel | returned to him with the that the medicine had’ been | ing place in which three Klansmen INVESTIGATION | TO BE MADE INRIOTING, INQUIRY ORDERED IN FATAL SHOOTING OF SIX PER- SONS IN HERRIN ON TUES- | DAY: HERRIN, Ill, Apl 15—(AP) A jury of Williamson county citi- zens will sit tomorrow morning: in inquiry over, the fatal shooting Tuesday in front of a Herrin poll- and three killed. : The jury is impanelled, and, has visited the morgue where lies the bodies of the dead. Newspaper- men will not be barred from the inquest, State's Attorney: Boswell announced today, dispersing ru- mors to the contrary. After the coroner’s jury had viewed the bodies, those of the three anti-Klansmen were remov- ed from the city to their homes and the corpses of the three Klan- men were taken to their kinjs res-| idences here. The body,of A. E. Treadway was sent to Paragould Ark., that of@Charles Briggs to Marion, Ill., and that of Noble Weaver to West Frankfort, Il. The funeral of Mack and Ben Sizemore, two of the Klan victims will be held Friday and that of} Harland Ford will be, arranged after relatives in other states are heard. from.” While the community awaits the verdict of the inquest, it is analyzing, side in the Jight ‘of its hies, the behind the strife which burst’ forth ‘Tuesday’ just. as residents anti-Klansmen were were beginning to HOpe that an! 'R. -eleven-month' truce meant perma- nent péace. x Relatives of the dead Klansme: declare that the anti-Klan faction launched the attack in reprisal for him gastric irritation. Pre- witnesses already had testi-| wher they saw Colonel | at the hotel Coronado) night in question he ap-| sick rather than intoxi. ‘General Butler's condition, on| oo hand, said the surgeon | examined him a few days af-| ter the Coronado cocktail inci- derit, was that of a man suffering | from low blood pressure and ner- Yous exhaustion; “easily excited”, and with poor vision in his left| ” | Efforts of defense counsel to) ‘ask a hypothetical question bear-| ing on the likelihood of a man in! such a condition mistaking illness | f& another for intoxication were) Blocked but not before the drift) of the testimony was apparent. | QUALIFIES As CANDIDATE FOR STATE'S ATTORNEY {My Associated Press) } TALLAHASSEE, Fila., April 15. | —Angus Sumner; of Fort Pieree, | has qualified with the secretary! ef state as a candidate for the of-; fice of state’s attorney for the twenty-first judicial circuit in the June primary according to an an- Rouncement made. Andrew R. Miller To Attend Inventory Congress At Palm Beach » Andrew R. Miller, superintend-' eit of the P. & O. Steamship Com- pany, leaves tonight for Palm Beach to represent the city. of Key West at the Inventory Gon- *This two-day conference was liquor raids by S. Glenn Young, Klan leader two years ago. Young was killed January 4,} 1925, when he engaged-in a gun battle in the lobby of ‘a Herrin hotel, across the street ftom the Smith garage where yesterday’s shooting began. Mayor Marshall. McCormick, a former Klansman\named to,office | on a non-partisan ticket, blames bootleggers of the anti-Klan fac- tion for the Tuesday . shooting,/ Donald Schwab son of, Mayor. Schwab of Buffalo. N Y¥:. drove across the continent ine rickety. fliv ver that fell apart, in San Fran cisco Rather than wire home for a return ticket young Schwab shipped as a mess boy an a‘‘stesmer for -.-. New York RED CROSS HEAD IS PLEASED. WITH: AID IN CAMPAIGN omecton’ OF “ROLL CALL DRIVE ‘WRITES > LETTER OF _APPRECIATION TO. KEY WEST. ROTARIANS. L. R. Warner, sécretary of the Rotary Club, has‘received. q leter from Douglas Griesemer, director of roll call, American Red .Cross, Washington, thanking the Rotari- ans’ for their aid’in the member- ship campaign recently sponsored by the’ clab: Fes Gry tet ecg foll lows > ter ugh, Key chapter ducted by the Rotary Club of Key West. A _ “The success attending the un- tiring efforts of the. members of your club is a @ of consider- able satisfaction. t@ all-of us: here cae! “FIT FOR SERVICE” JS SLOGAN ADOPTED BY JUNIOR RED CROSS of the lateness of Toll call ‘of the Key West. and the un- usual conditions prevailing in Flo- rida, the members of the club that | participated in the campaign are to be congratulated upon the results achieved. I shall be glad if you will express to. them the appreci while state’s attorney Boswell, a Klansman, says the mayor and the} sheriff could have prevented| trouble had they “done their du-/ ty.” Sheriff George Galligan, an} anti-Klansman, had agreed with) McCormick not to send deputies, | botk believing it would only irri-| tate the situation which did not! look serious a few hours before| the actual outbreak. The incident which served to fo- cus the shooting at the polls and | nomination was won by Oren Cole- mah, endorsed by the Klan, who, j had a big’ plurality in a field of seven. SAMUEL J. WILDE PLANS TO MAKE TRIP TO BOSTON PROPOSES LEAVING KEY WEST NEXT TUESDAY ON MALLORY SOAT; ACCOM- PANIED. BY MRS. WILDE. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel J. Wilde: will leave next Tuesday on the Mallory line for New York and Boston. On the trip north they will be accompanied on the same steamer by Mr. and Mrs. Perey A. Cook. Mr. Cook is salesman- in,the American .National TON AT OPENING NIGHT Red C }on primary day was the fight for) NEW CLUB HOUSE BEAUTI- | Sheriff of Williamson county. The KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, APRIL 15,1926. KIRCHHEINER TO CHAIRMAN OF MONROE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS LEAVING TONIGHT GAPITAL CITY. J. Otto Kirehheiner leaves ‘this evening for Tallahassee to attend the cofiference of the chairmen of the boards of county commiss- ioners, called by Fons A. Hatha- way, state road conithissioner. The meeting is held to determine the location of the Tamiami Trail, and representatives .of Monfoe,/ | Dade and Collier counties will be) present. From Tallahassee Mr. Kirch heiner goes to Vero Beach to be present on the 20th at the East Coast conference. Representa- tives of chambers of commerce. | from every city on the east coast of Florida ‘ill be present. After the Vero Beach ‘meeting, Mr. Kirehheiner will go to Flori- da City to look over the progr | of the work being done ‘on _ thi Over Sea Highway by Dade Coun- ty. Dade County commissioners have asked the Monroe commiss-| ioneers for aid in the completion of their portion of the highway.| After this investigation trip, Mr.) Kirchheiner will report his find-| ings to the Monroe County Board. Seeecorgevovccsesssoeses THE WEATHER | Stat ions ‘ Abilene (clear) . | Atlanta (cloudy) | Boston (cloudy) Charleston (cloudy) . | Chicago (clear) | Corpus Christi (clou |Dodge City (clear) . | Galveston (cloudy) . | Hatteras (cloudy) - |Huron (clear) ........, |Jacksonyille (raining) - EST- (pt. ctoudy Louisville (cloudy) Miami (cloudy) 2... New Orleans (cloudy) . New York (cloudy) . St. Louis (clear) - Tampa (cloudy) - Washington (pt. cloudy) Williston (clear) 34? 76| 44 46 FOR |: evccveccscccccossedocees| jciation, and Paul'O. Meredith, see-| lretary ‘of the state : | Realty Board at 8 o’clock this eve- Defender Mujor Russell B. Putnamot une ma rines will defend Col Alexander Wik diams at the latter's, court-Tartial: in San Diego—the ‘court-martial. thar was ordered as a result of. General Smedley Butler's charges that Williams served cocktail#at a party. The trial starts April 8. REALTY BOARD DINNER TONIGHT WILLIAM HERREN AND PAUL MEREDITH STATE AND-NA- * TIONAL REPRESENTATIVES “TO ATTEND | ° William Herren, national repre- sentative of the realestate asso-| association, For 47 Years Devoted to the Interests of Key West. — Secretary Andrews’ Opinion PRICE FIVE CENTS On Modification Of Volstead Measure | Now Considered Rather Significant Course Of Construction INSTRUCTOR AT “EMORY COLLEGE FORMER CITY “EDITOR OF TAMPA TIMES TO TEACH ‘UNIVERSITY (Dy Associated Press) ATLANTA, Gai, April 15. —Emory University is the newest. southern institution to offer ‘journalism courses. Dean. Goodrich C.. White of the. College of Liberal Aris has announced that the course will be offered at the begin- ning of the 1926-27 season. Raymond B, Nixon, 1924 graduate, and formerly city editor’ of the Tampa (Fla.) Timer,..will be the instructor. Addresses. by (southern a will be the quests of the Key West ning at @ dinner at he Hotel Ed ‘Concha. * f Mr. Herren will give an outline the organization: —V. A. Johnson, president, will preside. A Rumber of prominent business | men have been. invited by the! MR. and individual * members ited guests. It is expect- ed that there will be.a large crowd of representative realtors there. { AND MRS. EUGENE L. HOLLIS ATTEND RECEPTION AT COUNTRY CLUB LAST EVENING ** Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Hollis, for- “Fit for Service” is the motto] merly of Key West and now of Miami, ‘eame to Key West yester- day for the opening of the Key | West Country Club. Mrs. Hollis has been spenamg a week in Ha- fof the Monrce. County branch of | ¥#"# and ‘was’ joined ‘by her hus- { | | | } | | FULLY DECORATED FOR) AFFAIR | TAKING LAST EVENING. Key West society was well rep- resented last evening at the beau- tiful opening.of the new Key West country elub, With its pres- ident, Robert F. Spottswood, and executive committee, officiating, the affair last evening went over in a most successful manner. The club was decorated attrac- tively for the occasion with many flags and flowers. A bank of ferhs and other varieties of pot- ted plants separated the service counter from the ball floor prop- er. 3 The draperies, old chandeliers, and other decorations made the club house last evening a scene of beauty, . A number of features added to interest of last evening. Miss Trene Reynolds, “sweetheart _ of ealled together by Peter 0. Knight./ ager for the Tropical Isles Sales the air”, sang several selections, A survey of developments anid eenditions in Florida will be tak- en up at this meeting. SOSSCCSSSE>- ceeeereeeoece | AMUSEMENTS SoSSESe DES eoeeoeeoeeeeCS MONROE THEATRE TODA Y — “Just Suppose.” Comedy, “Watch Out.” TOMORROW—“A Kiss for Cinderella.” Al Reach Comedy. Corporation. Mr. Wilde is a Boston banker and owns much property in Key West and the north. He owns seven furnished houses near Bos- ton, much property and mortgages. He stated that he wanted to d's- pose cf some of his preperty and invest in Key West. Mr. Wilde did not state how long he expected to remain away from Key West but said that he hoped to be back here within the next two menths . ‘ well known to radip fans. Miss PLACE Charles Lathrop Pack is president of the American Tree Association, and is giving away 300,000 primers on forestry to school chilGren. He ts in charge o@ plans for observance of National Forestry Week, begin- ning April 13. WEATHER BUREAU ISSUES WARNING TO SMALL CRAFT R. T. Vertuen of Tampa rendered‘ several popular selections. Little Miss Hansen interpreted some un- usual steps in dancing. NOTICE Commencing teday and con- tinuing through the summer months, we will close at 12 o'clock noon, on. Thursdays. MONROE MEAT MARKET Ap! 14 2t. {My Asnocinte? tres) WASHINGTON, April 15.— The (Weather Bureau today issued the following storm warning: “Advisory: Northwest storm warnings 9 a. m. Virginia Capes te Boston and small craft warn- ings north te Eastport. All warn- ings will be lowered at sunset. Disturbance over New England and St. Lawrence Valley moving eastward.” the Junior Red Cross in which| 2,500 children of the county hold} membership. These children work in commit- the playing field to further _ the! cause of good health for them- | selves and all others-whom — they | ¢y, may be able to assist. It is the lesson of the instructors that the members learn to guard against every danger to the body. Aside! from this physieal education there | is learning on a world-wide scale in the program of the organiza- tion, obtained through the” ex- change of the work of members ef forty nations. , The principal activity of . Junior Red Cross in Monroe Coun- t kits magazines and flowers to the sick and shut-ins. Each child has been asked the | to; build a tree to beautify the city, County, according to an announce-| indoor sports and amusements. according to instructions of Mrs. | Allan Cleare. Some of the questions the|!¥, @ was stated, andgbids asked | Junior Red Cross keeps constant-| for the hard-surfacing of 1 more | ly before 2,500 children are: “What people can we make! happier and how? “What can we school? “What docs. our community need that we tan do for i@ “What can we do for our na- tion? ee “How can the Juniors all over the world help each other? “How can we keep ourselves fit; for service? s do for our There dre sixty-seven fit service clubs, having as one their first duties the each day of fifteen Nakiecs corrective exercises. for ‘ber of commerce. band here. Mrs. Hollis was at one time secretary of the Key West cham- She represent- ed Key West at Miami, managing |tees, in classroom, groups ‘and on| ay information booth in the Miami station. Mr. Hollis was baggage man for e Florida East Coast Railroad land P. & ©. Steamship Company ‘for two years and a half, leaving to go in the dry cleaning business in Miami. > GETS CONTRACT FOR ROAD WORK (By Associated Péens) TALLAHASSEE, Fia., April 15. —The Noonan-Lawrence Con, Read Depaftment today for the hard-surfacing of 10 miiles of state road number 20, in Bay ment. Contfact will be awardefl short- miles of the same highway. The bid was approximately $32,000 for the paving complete. A delegation of the Bay coun- ty board of commissioners and resideMits wai present when the bids were gpened. JOURNALISM AT GEORGIA} - WORK PROGRESSES RAPIDLY ON NEW BUILDING ADJOINING CLUB HOUSE Construction work is progress- ing rapidly on the new Cuban Club stadium, which will join the present pretty Cuban Club build- ing .at the corner of Duval and Virginia streets. Arthur Armayor, the contractor, is on the job every jminute and says he will have the structure entirely completed with- in a month or sig weeks. This stadium will be modern and attractive in all its appoint- ments and will have a capacity for seating 2,000 comfortably, with provision for additional seats on special occasions. The stadium will have a frontage of 64 feet on Duval street, and will be set jback somewhat from the side- walk, There will be two store jreoems, one on each side of the jmain entrance, to be rented out PROPONENTS FOR LIBE-- RALIZATION OF ACT MUCH ENCOURAGED OVER DEVELOPMENTS (By Associated Presx) WASHINGTON, April 15. —Members of congress who advocate liberalization of the Volstead act were given the opportunity today to provide the touch of color to a story spread upon the record of the senate prohibition hearing by : The elitiiax of the modification- ists’ attack on thé act was achieved yesterday +when they drew from Assi wary Andrews, re- organized of the government's en- forcement ‘machinery, an opinion tat sale of beer, non-intoxicating in fact, as proposed by Senator Edge, Republican, N. J., with the government exercising strict con- trol; would improve conditions un- der prohibition. With completion of the wets for business purposes. The blue one of the niftiest places, of sports jand amusements in the Island | City.” | The construction material used ‘Poy be concrete and brick, with jthe masonry work in Charge of Fred Buttgrman, of Indianapolis. {There will be no roof over the erena, but the auditorium and \eallery will be under roof, as will jalso the box seat booths along jeach side, one of which will be \formed by the present veranda of ithe Cuban Club building. | Building and equipping this Cu- iban Club stadium will cost in ex- feess of $10,000. It will be a valu- lable adilition to the city and an ornament to the part of Duval! street where it will stand. | i The Cuban Club owns the prop-| erty- to the corner of Virginia; street, including.the old frame! building, until recently occupied | by a drug store. This structure | the delegation from the W foreément left off when it open- ed the drys’ case Monday. le and those who followed him will, have 22 hours for presentation of their side of the issue. AIRSHIP LEAVES NORWAY TODAY ON LONG TRIP AIRCRAFT ON — SIX THOUSAND MILE vOY- will be remodeled and put in first-/°" elass condition, for the time be- ing, for the Cuban Club members | ‘are now figuring on one tremend- | ous building to be erected at} enormous cost, to cover the! ‘grounds of the present club build- ling, the stadium and the old build-} lon the corner, This will be an/ |immense project and is not ¢on-| |templated for © the immediate 'future, but it will certainly come; in course of time. jthe place will be available for box-| ling bouts, wrestling (basketball, and all other kinds of GRAND LARCENY (By Annectated Prean) WEST PALM BEACH,. | April .15.—Charles Allen, 2 Wildwood, Fla., and C. C. Mi ton, 22, of Jacksonville, drew jtences of four years and when a Pt t itt I é if i & é FR et i i | lay. The airship which arrived here yesterday afternoon at 3:15 o’eloek on @ six-hundred mile yoy- age from Pulham, England, cat— Ere trom ae Cd 210 o'clock morning for. additional jy teundred' an —s through the air to The arrival here " | The gymnasium of the Cuban fer this year is placing first aid StTuction Company, of Pensacola, | Club will be moved into the new in the schools and delivering W@* the lowest bidder at the State | stadium when it is finished, and) the Mronardh Am FRE iil i i 3 ¥ tH i 3 t