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Full Associated Press Leased Wire Day Service VOLUME XLVIL No. 93. W. E. D. Stokes, Millionaire’s Son, To Wed Miss Florence Crittenton On May 10 NUPTIAL EVENT wi Dr. J. N. Fogarty To Deliver TAKE PLACE IN KEY, WEST; COUPLE PLAN EUROPEAN TOUR | | | of Miss Florcnte| ; ton and W.'E. D.| Stokes, or., if Lennox, Mass., a> son of William Earl Dodge! \Btokes, millionaire, and Mrs: Rita | Hernandez de Alba de. Acosta! Lydig, will take place May 10, ac-| cording to an announcement made} by Mrs. Isobel E. Crittenton, | mother of Miss Crittenton, this morning. The wedding ceremony will be performed in the morning at St: Payl’s church, “and it is expected that a number of relatives and friends of Mr. Stokes will be in Key West for the wedding cere- mony. Reservations have been made on a large ocean liner leaving Bos- tom May 22 for a six ‘months tour @f European countries. Mr. Stokes, who has been | Wew York for several weeks ar-| ranging his busihess affairs, will | return to the city Saturday.. He left here on his cruiser the Calliope, which was wrecked near Jacksonville during a storm. Mr. Stokes and his crow of three were} uninjured after drifting about on the high seas for severs] days. The engagement of Miss Crit-| ee eh Mr, Stokes was. an-| day, March 5. Miss Crittenton is the daughter of the late Rev. U, R. D. Critten- in é Address Of Welcome At Meeting Of Anti-Mosquito Association | | | | ANNUAL MEET OF OR-| GANIZATION TO BE. HELD IN ST. AUGUS-. TINE | He May Run | JACKSONVILLE, April 19.— | Intergst in the annual conference | The Key KEY WEST, FLORIRA, MONDAY, APRIL 19, 1926. Coeecccccccccccccceveeseooccocooscesoooecocececce - AS THE BUTLER-WILLIAMS TRIAL STARTED - | Historic est Citizen COAST GUARD For 47 Years Devoted to the! | Interests of Key West ~ PRICE FIVE CENTS GUTTER YAMACRAW SEIZES SCHOONER WITH IMMENSE LIQUOR CARGO PAUL REVERE RIDES AGAIN INTO HISTORY | GREATER BOSTON TODAY OB- } SERVING ONE HUNDRED) AND FIFTY-FIRST PATRIOTS DAY ANNIVERSARY CONCORD, ‘Mass., April 19.— obserying | Concord is | CAPTAIN JOHN G;-BER- — RY. COMMANDER OF ee KEY -WEST STATION, REPORTS INCIDENT Capt. John G. Berry, ‘head of the coast guard depart- ment, returned last night from a trip to Fort Lauder- dale, where he had previous- _ ly assisted in moving Base six from Miami. Copyright. Harris & Ewing Ray T. Baker, director of the U. 8. mint under the administration of Woorfow Wilson, © is , considering running for the Democratic nomina. | | tien for U. §, senator in Nevada, If he does his primary opponent praba- biy will be Mayor Edward Roberts | jof Renv,. father-in-law of Walter |Jobnson, famous Washington | pitcher. of the Florida Anti-Mosquito As- | sociation, sponsored by the State | Board of Health which will be} held in St. Augustine May 5 and! 6, has been quickened by the an- nouncement that among the dis-| tinguished visitors to attend will) be Dr. W. G. Smillie, Malaria Ex- | pert of the International Health| eee ne cinta enene nheits anentenene nee eect This photo, rushed from-San-Diego-to San Francisco by fast mail and. thence across the country..by tclephoto, shows. Colonel. Alex- | ander Williams and his counsel entering the room where Williams’ court-martial on charges of being intoxicated is being held. The | |again today its anniversary of the} jbattle “of 151 years ago which| made this nation free. The town! is jammed with thousands of peo- | |ple from every quarter of eastern} | Massachusetts, Rhode Island and| |Southern New Hampshire and the| |day has been one of feasting and! |celebration singe’ hoarse guns awoke the countryside at dawn.| From .Fort Lauderdale Captzin Berry went to Savan- nah where he attended a meeting of the board of strategy. e On ‘the way from. Fort Lauderdgle to Savannah on Board, who will make the address | on the evening of May 5th, and the presence of Col. W. D. Wright- | charges. were preferred by Brigadier General Smedley Butler, new commander of the marine base at San Diego. Left to right: Colonel Williams, Major Russell Putnam, Lieutenant Commander H. A. Garrison and Captain Clifton Gates. The court-martial is at the | The graves of the 72. Revo- lutionary soldiers buried in the town were decorated with flags, |frank P. Estrada, chauffeur for | Pola Negrl, film star, i$ under ar- jrest in Los Angeles charged with jorsanizing a $1,500,000 swindle. board the coast guard cutter _ Yamacraw, the officers seized son on the program the following | day. Col. Wrightson is the son- in-law of General Gorgas ‘of Panama Canal fame who con- quered the mosquito and drove yellow fever from the Canal Zone and who “cleaned up” Havana, Cuba, making it one of the marine base, San Diego. GEORGIA PRESS ASSN. DELEGATION healthiest cities on the Western reontinent. There will be other celebrated speakers on the program accord- ing to Mrs. Vida Lester Mac-) Mayor Curry And Fs TO ARRIVE IN KEY WEST ON FRIDAY \ One hundred and seventy mem-} bers of the Georgia Press Asso-|men and women whose writings! jand at the famed old: North Bridge | Leading bankers were victimized, it |where the first shot. was fired, the/ 4s asserted. jgraves of the British who died on) - ——— its eastern shore were dressed | The school children of the town placed the flags on the varioous graves during the forenoon, first the Nicaraguan schooner Ex- This boat was on her way south with 4,000 cases of liquor on board when she Gulf stream, which . succeeded ploit, was caught by the in in. the Main-st burying ground and. thensat.Sleepy Hollow Ceme- tery, wherein also lie many of the Party Leave Today ° Donell, President of the Associa- On Fishing Trip tion, among whom are members of : the Florida Federation of Women’s, Mayor Leslie A. Curry, Colon Clubs who have done much. to Robert F. Spotswood, Jeff Spotts- stimulate interest in mosquito| Wood of Jacksonville, C. Aubre| contrel.work. and who. will have | Nicklas and Archie:Goehring prominent. places at the sessions. Members of-a fishing party that This year’s conference, which. is| left’ port bright ‘and early this regarded as more important than | morning arid are expected to -e- ciation will arrive Friday fromjhave made Massachusetts famous. ABOARD YACHT drifting her off the const. of Daytona. She was picked up by the. Yamacraw and taken “Tampa on their way to Havana. They will remain in Key West two hours, arriving early in the morning on the Tampa boat. .L. R. Warnervhas received the’ following ~ lettér from” “Hal ~M. }Stanley, corresponding secretary, |relative to the visiting press mem- | bers: At ezch place “taps” was blown = | jby a bugler.. Sports formed: the | a re afternoon program, and. in» the| Mr. and Mrs. William R. Por-| ‘evening ihere will be a dinnor at ‘¢? entertained. yesterday aboard ‘whieh the oe A isito be W. (their yacht; the Idler, with’ a din- ‘Cameron “Porgess “former” Gov- et party. 4 us jernor-general of the Philippines. yr Me andl Mrs. ‘Autrey Egnue-} |The Améxiésn Legion is directing 8%: Of New -York Mri and Mrs. | |the evening affair. | Robert F. Spottswood, Henry R.} into Fort. Lauderdale. Tn Savannah Captain Berry attonded the meeting of the Anti-Saloon League as a rep- resentative of the coast guard”: department. . lany preceding one, will open gn|turn this afternoon with a won-} |Mallory and Major General Harry ton, late rector of ‘St. Paul’s Parish. She is the granddaugter of Charles N. Crittenton, founder | of the national Florchce Critten-| ton homes. She attended Cathe- dral School, Orlando, Kemper Hall, Kenosha, Wis., and Saint} Mary's College, Dallas. | Mr. Stokes is'a graduate of the} University of Chicago law. school| and was admitted to practice in| the state of: Ilinois. | | | | 5 ‘AIR TO BE GIVEN AT HIGH | HOOL TUESDAY | tte (NIGHT Mrs. Haydn Mlingworth, chair- man of the music committee, and Mrs. Melvin Russell, of the pro- gram committee, of the Key West Woman's club, announce that the; program will be rendered at the literary meeting of the Wo- man's Club to be held at the Mon- roe couritty High School on the evening of Tuesday, April 20, starting at half past 8 o'clock. lt is expected that a large audience of members of the Wo- man’s Club and their husbands will attend and enjoy this pleas- ing event, when the program car- rying the following numbers will be rendered: i Program Opening song—‘Florida, Florida,” by the Club, Sidelights from the. Convention F. F. W. C., 1926, Mrs, Andrew Miller. Vocal solo—Selected, James Roberts. Dance—Misses Capa and Robin- My Mrs, son. Original reading—“Florida, the Ugly Duckling,” Mrs. Philip Cos- grove. Vocal solo-—“Florida Nights” (Vesels)’ Mrs. Eva Torano. AMUSEMENTS Peeeescesscscooeeseseses MONROE THEATRE TODAY-—“The New mandment.” Comedy, Tragedy.” TOMORROW Wildcat.” Limited.” Com- “Jungle “The Comedy, Wyoming “Sundown ENGINEER |the night of May 5, in the State |Arsenal in the Ancient City. The | IN COMING | invocation will be given by the| Rev. L. Fitz-James Hindry, ree- SECOND | 0. of Trinity Parish, St. Augus-! tine, and Dr. J. N. Fogarty, mayor jof. the city, will deliver the ad- dress of welcome. Dr. Joseph Y.} Porter, of Key West, president | vad ;, emeritus of the association and columns of The Citizen today iS \cormer State Health Officer will! the formal announcement of | respond. i Emory Pierce as candidate for! Among the distinguished club| County Commissioner from. the | women of the state who will be in- second district. {troduced are: Mrs. Kathrine B.| ‘ ‘ . ~ |Tippetts of St. Petersburg, Presi- D > Mr. Pierce is 8 native bora Key it of the Florida Federation of Wester; attended Ruth "Hargrove ‘Women’s Clubs, Mrs. W. S. Jen- Institute and graduated in Elec-|nings of Jacksonville, President of trical Engineering from the Geor-|the Florida ‘Legislative gia of Technology, Atlanta, Ga. [and the following members of | On graduation from school, he Mrs. Tippetts’ staff: Mrs. ad ea : Stanley of Daytona Beach, Vice-! was employed by the Allis-Chalm- | President at Large, Mrs. William| ers Company, Milwaukee, Wis.,/L. Wilson, of Panama City, Chair-| and‘ resigned this position to re-|man of Public Welfare, and Mrs. turn to Key West as an engineer | for the Key West Gas Company. | FORMER CITY SEEKS POST PRIMARY FROM DISTRICT Appearing elsewhere in the of | Health Chairman. At 9:30 A, M. on the morning Council, | transfer any of its valuable Cape Ethel T. Porter, of Stuart, State vote may be indicative of the pco- |. “Owing to our arrival at Key) | West, I don’t suppose anything; derful catch of fine finny fellows. jean be done by y" im the way of | | entertainment. would suggest, | VOTERS, ATTENTION! |however, that a committee come! My opponent hes never declared | sown to the boat and meet the himself Le the newspapers OVC menibers of. the association. I his own signature as being against | County Division, but by innuicndo| \°U4 Particularly like to see you =e MAE talk, * ea ®P-|- “The boat will arrive at Key; PoE gerating ergives: ee est carly on Friday - morning, } z ahs Hor ryadtas gee tier aed signa-| the 23d, and I suspect we will be| ture. as being absolutely, and ir-| i, Key West. ‘about, two houra_| retrievably against rearrangement | y)., Will know abant. “that bie: . | é i of any of Monroc County's bound: | ever. We can go ashore at Ke ep oeage at it aj West, but when we return from! a eee Soe eee oe | Havana we cannot go ashore on means that if’ you clect.me to the} account of youv:cutews regule- State Senate, Monroe County will tions. That. will be at night, not, during my term of office, | however, and we could _not see anything if we went ashore. “Col. Sam’ Wilkes will be in the party, but Colonel Napier will) ‘not. It may be, that . Colonel Napier and~I will visit Key West some time during May; we are not certain about it, however.” Sable Country and waterfront to Collier County for any purpose or consideration whatever. I would especiclly urge that all qualified citizens register and pay their poll tax, in order that their If you believe as I have out- LEXINGTON MINUTE MEN IN BIG PARADE LEXINGTON, Mass., April 19. —Lexington has been celebrating its historic holiday since yesterday when all the sermons dealt with the dramatic part this town and Concord played in the making of America’s parly history. A parade of the Minute Men, many of whom are descendants of the original settlers who afiswered the call of Paul’ Revere te duty 151 years go last night, was cre of ‘the features of the forenoon. In this parade were troops of Boy and Girl Scouts, Spanish and Civil War veterans and American Legion posts from this and near- by towns. Lexington Greer, where the British were repulsed on that tong, vanished Nineteenth of- April in 1775 was alive with people throughout the program, and the several monuments there as well as the tree whieh Gen: U, S. Grant planted when he was President, Cy Hale: were present, his sweating steed he was likewise roundly greeted., Dawes went out | through Roxbury, a part of Bos-| ton, on the night Paul Revere made famous, and his route was) likewise covered with cheering| throngs. The Minute Men of '75|OFFICERS AND DEPUTIES had taken no .chances and they mage RAID ON PLACE feared Revere might be captured | and could not get his alarm; IN OPERATION ON SUNDAY through to Concord and Lexing-| AFTERNOON ton, so Dawes was sent on a simi-| lar errand by a back route. } The ‘celebration will end to-| ae night with a band concert on the) . S#erift Roland Curry and Dep- Green, and fireworks, | stles Dillon and Albury swéoped eats | down on the cock fight aéeha on THOUSANDS GREET | Stock Island yesterday afternoon |REVERE IN MEDFORD | between 4 and 5 o'clock, arriving MEDFORD, Mass., April 19,—| 0" the scene While two gaijé, hitds Faul Revere, modernized, but | ¥¢F® engaged in mortal: ¢ t still in buff and blue, rode madly | Pale Rodrigues, was arrested sas aercss Cradock Bridge and into, Promoter of the fight and placed “Medford. town” a little "after! under a ‘bond ‘of $100 for his ap- noon today on his way to “alarm | pearahce ab the next term of érim- every Middlesex village and| inal court, ef SHERIFF } From 1913 to 1917, he was en-| gaged as City Engineer of Key! West. It was during his term of office as City Engineer that the/| first oiled streets were laid in the | city as an experiment, which form | of paving has proven so success-| ful as to be at the present time, | the only form of paving the city is doitg. | Mr. Pierce is at present the senior partner of Pierce Brothers| Company, one of the largest hard- ware concerns in the city. He has large business holdings} in the city and has always been} identified with movements in the interests of public welfare. If elected, he will be the only engincer member of the board, with a record of considerable busi- ness and engineering experience | extending over a period of years. His friends are predicting his vie- tory in June, LEAVING TONIGHT ‘ Mrs. Benito Largo and husband and two children, of Live Oak; Mrs. L. A. Peacock and two child- tren, of Fort Pierce; William J. Warren and John B. Warren, of Fort Pierce, who came to the city Saturday to attend the funeral of John M. Warren yesterday after- noon, are all leaving on the eve- ning train for their respective homes. of May 6, the business sessions lined above, I earnestly and sin- —The well CAMP BE i and were decorated with flags and ” of the fast approach of “the | flowers. The arrest was made for viola- will get under way. Among those cerely solicit your vote. on the program will be Dr. B.-L. Arms, of Jacksonville, State Health Officer, and Mr. George F. Moznette, an entomologist con- nected with the Bureau of Ento- mology, Washington, D, C. City health officers -and representa- tives of health boards and cham- bers of commerce from cities throughout the state will tell of the work that has been done and is being done in their respective| communities. Delegates from) various cities of the state will present their mosquito problems | to be solved by the experts in at- tendance. Indications are, accord- ing to Mrs, MacDonell, that the conference will be largely attend- ed. Reports from all sections of Florida indicate that the fight against ‘the mosquito is progress- ing satisfactorily. The 1926 cam-} paign began March 15, and is to be continued until the last day of! December, and the 1927 campaign > will begin the following day. The association's slogan “Keep Everlastingly At It.” is ADVICE GIVEN ‘ NEW YORK,—Advice his congregation by the Rev. Dr. Pe- rey Stickney Grant “let your patriotism put you on the water wagon instead of on a steamer to Pranee.” j to ssed Riff v 3 thin wool hose half way up to the knees. The was | exempli- fied by a Riffiai delegation to a peace conference. (Signed) F. H. LADD, Candid for Senate, 24th Dis trict, te of Fiorida. (Paid Political Advt.> And 25 People Escaped With The arrival of the Paul Revers of 1926 was the signal for wild applause, and when William Dawes arrived a few minutes later on Their Lives! ‘Twenty-five occupants of an auto bus narrowly escaped death when a Rock Island railway locomotive strack their conveyance near Little Rock. Ark Eleven of them were hurt. nom: seriously. Photo shows what hop wened to, the bus. ." There was no enemy | tion of the statute dedigned to phe- only many hundreds of school | vent cruelty to animals, the de- children, military and civic or-} fondant resting his case’ oh thie ganizations and residents of the | decision of the court as to whether to greet the rider. {| ® fehting cock is to be - At the old Garrison House in sie Medford Square, where Revere! erif{ Curty says thet come stopped for food on the 19th of | 7rais seo ® similar case was tried April 151 years ago, refreshments | ¢y ‘ya cu mutal Sains Mae were again served today before | structed ee apreting win in- tiie horseman and bis escort dash-| y ehieken ind not an onieat ont ed on to West Medford and into) advised = verdict of pas ta Arlington throagh an historic heteintaapheioreiisas countryside lined with cheering LEAVE FOR MIAMI throngs. ; : Tho, stop here was brief. In| Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer Court- Arlington it was briefer, for the; %¢€¥, who had been spending a visit neighboring town did not make in Havana and Key West, left this much of the celebration this year, “°rting for Miami where they are Mayor Richard B. Coolidge! ing their home. While - in spoke from the steps of the old) Mey West they visited with Més- Garrison House and “Paul Revere’s | William Scheurer and Ride” was recited. | Charies Lana. Notice to All Odd Fellows AH members of Key Weat Lodge No. 13, Cuba Lodge No. 15, and Equity Ledge No. 76, are requested to be present te- night at a meeting of Key West | Lodge No. 13, when final ar- 7 rangements will be made for the celebration of the 107th enniversary. WILLIAM MENDELL DD. GM “WILDCAT” As owift as the autumn winds om the plains—es rugged as the pionesrs who forced their wey te the open West—that's