The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 20, 1926, Page 1

Full Associated Press Leased Wire Day Service VOLUME XLVII. No. 94. American Legion Outlining Plans For FLORIDA VETERANS TO ~ SAIL FROM JACKSON- | VILLE; ELABORATE. ARRANGEMENTS JACKSONVILLE, Fia.,. April 20.—Veterans and their Ameri-| can auxiliary wives, daughters, | sisters and mothers from Florida! will sail to France to attend the} American Legion convention | there in 1927 from the port of; Jacksonville on a steamer of the} French line. This information has | been announced by A. R.King of | dacksonville, following the receipt | of embarkation details for the France convention from Bowman Elder of Indianapolis, Isfd., chair-| man of the Legion’s national France Convention Travel Com-| mittee. Mr. King is the France} Convention Travel officer for the} state of Florida. | Though the ship on which the} Florida delegation will embark has | not yet been definitely announeed } the French line will be respon- sible for the embarkation of state} delegations from California, Dela- | ware, Indiana, Louisiana, Arizona, | Maryland, New Jersey, Texas and New Mexico in addition to Florida, operating out of three of the) seven officially designated ports. Present indications are, decord-| ing to Mr. Elder, that at least 30,-| 900 veterans and Legion auxiliary | members will maké the pilgrimage | te France with the Legion, the greatest peace time migration in| the bw’ vy of the world. Part | of the program in Paris will be} the celebration of the tenth an-| miversary of. the entry of the} United States into the world war. | The yeterans will also have an op-|; portunity to visit battlefields of; cemeteries will pay homage to: the thotisands of their..former. com- rades who now lie buried in the soil of France. In addition to the wide popular | interest aroused by: the announce-| ments of the convention, the, plans of the Legion have been of-{ ficially endorsed by President! Coolidge and a cordial invitation | from the government of France| has been received. Details of the | trucks having been ordered taken | the Gulf Keys Realty Company,| Vast project for embarking and the housing and abroad of this great army of vet- frans are being rapidly perfected | - by the France Travel Convention, Committee of the Legion. | In order to place the trip with- in the reach of almost every vet- eran, extremely low rates are to 1927 Convention To Be Held In France’ Blame Moonshine for Murder John Kotarek, 26 Heftand-Haruid tanks 22. 4re held at Manistee (Mich.! for the murder of Mra, Laraise Lenrke #6 They lame muunshine whisky for the act, wccording to <tafe volive who urrested them Harry Gwynn Will Continue Handling Scavenger Contract CITY COUNCIL REJECTS REPORT OF AP- PRAISERS FOR PUR- hs Me i . ~ . AY avspecial meeting of the City, Council. held last night, fol- lowing a thorough sdiscussion of} the scavenger service, it- was fi-} nally decided to. allow Harry) Gwynn to continue on with his} present contract which will expire some time in June. Mr. Gwynn will be allowed the use of one ad- ditional truck, making six: in all, in maintafhing the service, three| was made in the ‘operating ex-; penses of the city. | The eouncil met last night ‘for | the purpose of considering . the report submitted by the board of appraisers ‘in connection with the e | | i VISITORS GIVEN ROUSING SEND- ARTHUR M,. »BROWN AND ee nt Site ta 4 MANY OTHERS LEAVE ON MALLORY STEAMER FOR NEW YORK A number of prominent citizens who haye been sj nd:ng-the win- ter in Key West sailed last evening ,on board the Henry R. .Mallory for New York. Arthur M. Brown, president of | crowd of friends were at Mallory dock to bid him farewell. . Mr. Brown will join Mrs. Brown in New York and they will go to New Castle, Pa., to spend the sum- mer, planning to return to Key West next winter, KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1926. ON VISIT-TO & - i ISLAND CITY foe FORMER KEY WEST MAYOR, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE, GUESTS OF HOTEL LA CONCHA Dr. J. N.. Fogarty, formerly. mayor of Key West for a number of consecutive terms, a prominent physician and influential citizen of this city, now mayor of St. Augustine and chief surgeon for the F. E. C. railway company, ar- Tived in the city last night, and is today enjoying the happy hand- shakes with chundreds of warm friends of years ago. Mrs. Fogarty |accompanied the doctor and they have taken rooms at the Hotel La Concha until Saturday, when they will leave for their home in: thd Ancient City. Dr. Fogarty enjoyed his favorite menu at lunch today, which con: sisted of stone crab, fish a minuta and filet’ beefsteak. H¢ says he can’t find-these good eatd janywhere except in Key West. Dr. Fogarty still owns one of the- most beautiful and valuable homes in Key West, and says, that every visit-to his old home town affords him much pleasure.. Both -|himself and wife were born and | lreared in Key West, and they love |this charming little Island City. Dr. Fogarty attended the In- jventory Congress at West Palm | Beach, and came on down here for ja few days of restful recreations | At the same time he will look af- jter some official business for the \E- E. C. railway. He will be in |St. Augustine again. next Sun} |day. j |* “With the completion of the lhighway. to the mainland,” Dk. Fogarty says, “the keys all the way to the mainland will, become |thickly populated, and the drive He does: not think: Key? West will ever be a great golf center, for those-who participate in this form’ of sport like a» little eooler jelimate than: is afforded here. But he ‘states that. this port will cer- tainly be a rendézvous for. fish- ing, boating and yachting in five years on a scale that will far suf- |pass any other point in all. Flor- jida. 2 The mayor of St. Augustinc ind off by ‘the council at a‘ meeting known as “Habit” by Rotarians, |.o55 theerecent slump in Florida transporting |held recently @hen a’ curtailment; WS among the passengers. A jreal estate, is the best thing that could have happened for Florida. iit has served to rid the state of | Bets (Continued “on Page 8) j@eece |}at the conference of chairman ‘of For 47 Years Devoted to the Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS MONROE COUNTY'S WATER SUPPLY BOARD 10 CONFER WITH REPRESENTATIVE OF PIPE CO. KIRCHHEINER ATTENDS MEET AT VERO BEACH &. } CHAIRMAN OF MONROE COUN. | TY COMMISSIONERS ALSO ATTENDS CONFERENCE AT TALLAHASSEE J. Otto Kirchheiner, chairman of the Monroe county commis- sioners, fs attending the meeting of the Association of Chamlers of | Commerce of the East Coast of Florida today at Vero Beach, as{ a representative of the Key West chamber of commerce. Mr. Kirch- heiner was present at Tallahassee | the boards of Monroe, Dade and Collier counties. Representatives from more than | thirty cities of the East Coast will be guests of the Vero Beach chamber of commerce for the} quarterly meeting’ of the associa- | tion. | Approximately 200 guests are| oxpected, including chamber} presidents and secretaries, state} officials, tailroad representatives, | tmayors and city managers. | STOCKHOLDERS OF LA CONCHA > HOLD MEETING | At ‘a meeting last night of met preferred stockholders of the Ho: tel La.Concha, it was decided. that | they: would’ be represented at all) meetings by Dr. William R. War- ren, Dr, J. M. Renedo and Norberg, Thompson. } Miss C.-M. Larranaga was made} president and treasurer of | the j: | This appointment was made at a} | recent meeting of the board of di-| | rectors of the hotel. Children Picket White A group of children from strikers’ families in Passaic, N. J., tried to: picket the White House in Washington after they had been re- fused an audiencé with President Coolidge. by police who said the picketing violated the District of Columbia child labor: statute. J. A. Weatherford Of Key West Honored At Odd Fellows’ Meet WEATHER aeaeenstacoveansee Abilerie (cloudy) - Atianta (clear) Boston (clear) Charleston (clear) Chicago (clear) Corpus Christi (cloudy) Dodge City, (cloudy) Ga}veston (clear) - Hatteras (clear) . Huron (clear). . Jacksonville (clear) KEY WEST (cloudy) Miami. (cloudy). Tampa (pt. cloudy) Washington (clear) eSoccvesccesso Florida Keys Realty Company, |New Orleans (pt. cloudy) . owners of the Hotel La Concha. New York (pt. clondy) - “4 .| Williston (pt. cloudy). . They were dispersed Pa ISLAND CITY RESIDENT SE GRAND PATRIARCH AT PALATKA MEETING (By Associated Press) PALATKA, Fla., April 20. —J. A. Weatherford of Key ‘West was elected and in- stalled grand patriarch of the Grand Encampment, Flor- ida Independent Order of Odd Fellows at the first ’ session of the state convention here yesterday. The installation ceremonies were conducted PROPOSALS FOR CON- STRUCTION OF LINE NOT OPENED TODAY, AS WAS INTENDED Proposals for the construction of a pipe line for bringing fresh water from the mainland to Key West were not opened at noon to- day, the date set aside by the Monroe County Water -Supply Board. Capt. Clark D. Stearns, chairman, stated that the board adjourned until this afternoon when it will-meet with M. J. Cof- fey, vice-president of T. A. Gil- lespie Pipe Company, who will arrive on the Havana boat. Captain Stearns said that if the Gillespie Company is granted an extension of time to submit a pro- posal the proposals will not be opened -today. According to information sub- mitted by the J. G. White Engi- neering Company, if the contract to bring water into Key W. + is granted immediately that ater can be brought into the city with- in one year’s time and can be brought into Key Largo within ninety days. Captain Stearns said that water and sewerage should be sectired for the city immediately and that it is not necessary to wait on the of the remainder of the Over-Sea Hi A “If the: city “does not wish to take.up: the proposition,” he said, “the city can:give a franchise.” Norberg’ Thompson ‘and Paul Boysen, the other members of the board, and Capt, Siearns will mect again...this. afternoon at. “Which time ‘Mr. Coffey will submit “his P nm for the Gillespie Com- NEW _ ORF-E-C. GOES * "INTO EFFECT TRAIN ARRIVES AT EARLIER HOUR: IN MORNING; TRAIN LEAVES IN AFTERNOON IN FUTURE The new passenger train sche- jcity taking over the contract from| Mr, and Mrs: C. Newton Mun-/ by Past Grand Patriarch F. “| dule of the F. E. C. railway be- be provided. The minimum rate, which will incluile transportation both ways on the Atlantic, hotel in Paris and transportation in France, including a trip to an Am- erican battlefield and an Amori- ean Cemetery, will be about $175. Other rates providing better grades of accommodation will Prange to $450 for the maximum. Tt is estimated that the entire trip, including all reasonable ex-| penses can be made for as little as $300. SEIZE LIQUOR IN HORSE CAR FIVE HUNDRED BOTTLES ARE FOUND ON FERRY . BOAT. Frequently white horse liquor has been captured, but last eve- ning was the first time that a great quantity of liquor was caught in @ horse car. Five hundred bottles of assort- ed liquor were found by customs efficers concealed in the ceiling of a horse car aboard the fer Henry M. Flagler. The cars were being shipped from Havana, and inspectors discovered the conceal- ed liquors on the ferry’s arrival in Key West. AMUSEMENTS MONROE THEATRE TODA Y—tIrene Comedy, TOMORROW—Con Terrell in; “Dance Madness.” Good comedy.! Mr. Gwynn, the amount fixed in ithe report for the purchase of the ‘equipment from Mr. Gwynn being, |$16,200. The board of appraisers | was composed of Mayor Leslie A. | Curry, representing the city; Captain John J. Maher, appointed by Mr. Gwynn, and Paul Boysen, | the third member, appointed by the ther two representatives, | The council rejected the figures | submitted, gclaiming that - the; amount for taking over the equip-| ment was rather exorbitant, and/ after some diseussion Mr, Gwynn | volunteered to make a reduction of $1,200, putting the purchase | price at $25,000. Even . this) amount was considered rather! high, the council refusing to ac-| cept the proposition offered through the report submitted by the appraisers. At the termination of the dis-| cussion as to whether it would be | wise for the city to take over the; contract at this time, a resolution | was adopted permitting Mr.} Gwynn to continue on with the! present contract untf its expira-/ tion a few months hénce, with the} understanding that he be allowed | one additional truck. It was specified that each truek be op- erated with three men in com-) pliance with the contract now in| force, with a daily service to be} maintained on all paved streets of , the city, with an_every-other-day/ son of Muzson’s Isiand were listed | ~ among the names of the passen-| gers, The Munsons dome down) every year to spend the winter on| Munson's Island. They. will go to: New York and then will make a/ year’s tour of the middle west and California. Mrs. J. F. Schlendorf, mother | of Allen M, Schlendorf, architect, | | after spending several weeks in| the city with ‘her son, left on the} Mallory. ‘i | Mrs. W. P. Chase, wife of W. P.! Chase, formerly’ manager of the Hotel La Concha, left for a visit | of several weeks in New York. Included in the Ijst of passen- | gers was Hilliard Hamerschlag and Sam Brownstein, of the National Realty Company. They took par in a little sketch, “The Three Jolly Irishmen”, given during the Ro-| tary minstrel last week. { There was music, automobile | horns honked and = shouts grew louder. The Mallory _ slipped} away from the pier with its group! of reluctant travelers on board,! waving a last farewell, amid all) the noise on shore. Most of those’ leaving, however, plan to remain lout of Key West only during the summer months and will return again to spend the winter here.) gener ce een fines trash per day from residences and > business houses was agreed upon, with the “understanding that all/ excessive trash and garbage be! removed by the owners - or oc- service on unpaved streets. It was +cupants of the premises. ordered that the contractor furnish the viee specified, and in the of failure to perform the work satisfactorily, it was the sense of the council that no war- rants be drawn in his favor for the operation of the scavenger de- partment. In the new ruling made by the council a limit of two barrels of It was also ordered by the! council that bids for a new con- tract be called for at once in or- der that the councilmen may have an opportunity of studying the figures submitted to determine - whether the city would be able to operate the department itself | or let a new contract at the ex- piration of the ene now in force. . Ship To Transpo eee rt Legionnaires To Convention S" McCoy of Manitobs, Canada, Other Grand Encampment officers elected were J. P. Jones, St. Augustine; grand high priest; Fred Jordham, West Palm Beach, grand senior warden; H. A.. Ring, Jacksonville, grand junior warden; J, T. Dale, Orlando, grand, secretary; C. D. Rein- hart, “Jacksonville, grand treasurer, and G. C. Connelly, grand representative. A street parade last night marked the | formal opening of the con- i i vention. | |PUTNAM AND DEMERITT AR.| RIVE AT COAST LIGHT- HOUSE | } George R. Putnam, commission. | er of lighthouses, Washington,’ jand Superintendent of Lighthouses | William W. Demeritt, seventh dis-_ ‘trict, arrived tat Carysfort Reef | Light Station this morning, ac-| cording to information received |by the commerce department, * | Mr. Putnam and Mr. Demeritt” jefe yesterday it on an inspection’ |trip on the Ivy, stopping at na i ida Reet Light Station. They wilt iteach Miami this afternoon. -came effective here with the arriv- al of the first train this morsing, which, however, did not come in quite on time, coming into the tion at 8:06 a. m. wo According to the new time-eard passenger trains are due tocartive and depart as follows: aoe Train’ 75 arrives at 6:25", m., and frain 35 is due at 3 p. m. The northbound, No. 86 leaves at 2p. m, and 76 at 7:30 p. m. The Royal Poinciana, operated as a local train between “Miami /;and Key Weat, is trains 35 and 36. The time of steamship sailing for Havaha was changed to con- nect with the railroad schedule, the boat leaving at 8:30. every morning for Havana, instead of at 9:30, as formerly Arrives In City Today; Formerly Stationed Here Boatswain G. F. Michaelson, coast guard service, was in ar- rival here this morning. Boatswain ~~ Michaelson. wax stationed here fifteen years ago from 1907-11 on the old Forward. Michaelson said that he was gled to be able to come back to Key West and visit his old friends. IRENE RICH —iN—