The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 22, 1926, Page 1

Full Associated Press Leased Wire Day Service 7 VOLUME XLVII. No. 96. Senate Centers Attention On — Funding Of French War Debt marten oF aprnovinc |HEFFNER-VINSON STOCK COMPANY AGREEMENT ON voces! IAN ISSUE DISPOSED OF (By Asnxociated Preas) | WASHINGTON, April 22—With | approval of the agreement for| settlement pf the $2,000,000,000 | Wtalian war debt voted by the sen-| ate, attention turned today toward the negotiations for funding the) $4,000,000,000 French debt. | ‘The bitter fight over the Italian | settlement, however, had not been | eaded with the 54-33 vote of the| senate last evening, opponents having laid the basis for recon- sideration. Announcement was made at the treasury immediately after the senate voted on the Italian agree- ment that the American debt com- mission would be convened “shoft- ly” to begin negotiations with Am- bassador Berenger of France. No date for this meeting was given and it has not been made ‘known whether it will be called before the senate acts on reconsideration of the Halian debt. Secretary Mellon, chairman of the commission, and the ambassa- who has the authority to nego- #@ settlement of the ‘French have been discussing the for some time, and they spparently have laid the founda- ‘tion for a resumption of formal Megotiations, Statements in Paris ‘that un agreement has been reach- ed, however, have brought no con- firmation from the treasury. & ment,’ “There can be“no agreem Mr. jy ce “until the Amer- ican debt passes upom EAR wubmitted to the American com- DEPUTY UNITED STATES MAR- SHAL RECEIVES WIRE IN- STRUCTIONS FROM HEAD- QUARTERS A telegram was received yes- terday by Andrew Lopez from his immediate superior in Tampa, re- Tieving him from his office in Key West. The message read: “The Attorney General ter- minates your services today. Ar- Tange to turn over office to your successor who will present com- mission in few days. See letter.” The message was signed by Mr. | ‘going the rounds, ADVERTISES KEY THROUGH MANY ‘DR. FOGARTY GIVES TALK AT ROTARY MEET! OTHER OUT-OF-TOWN PER- SONAGES ARE. GUESTS AT ENJOYABLE NOON DAY LUNCHEON “Regardless of where a man may travel or ‘acquaintances that | he may acquire, he; will have na- tional and human feeling for his native, city.” Dr. J.. N. Fogarty, formerly mayor of Key West and now mayor of St. Augustine, said hefore the Key West Rotary Club at luncheon today at the Hotel La Concha. Doctor Fogarty spoke en- )thusiastieally about the sea food that one could secure in Key West which was equalled no, other place. In referring to the stability. of Florida, Doctor Fogarty © cited Roger Babson’s words at the re- cent Inventory Congress held at Palm Beach:’ Babson said that in- vestments: in the state of: Florida were safe and sound. Now it is necessary to stabilize prices. ; Doetor Fogarty saidethat ‘there Was much adverse propaganda but ‘the general eoncensus of opinion is that it is a greater benefit to the state. The deduction is that Florida is a little sickened and has had to con- valesce. We must show our faith in our community by promoting things, Doctor Fogarty urged. In ‘comparing Florida with California, he said that Florida’s close proximity to the money cen- ters had it all over phia and Washington in a few hours from Florida where it took five days to come from California. Doctor Fogarty was the guest of Bascom L. Grooms luncheon. Among the guests present were Llewellyn Soule, member of the! California. | Busincss men could run back and/ ferth from New York, Philadel- | at the) WEST ON TRAVELS PARTS OF COUNTRY | | People of Key West will, be pleased to learn that the Heffner-| | inson Stock Company, the popu- j lar players who’ pulled capacity houses to the Garden Theater last | winter, are meeting with popu-| larity and prosperity all along the way. A letter from “Jimmie” to Roy Hamlin contains news that will be of interest in the Island City. Jimmie Heffner and his splen- |did company are now playing Sparta, Tennessee. Jimmie has bought him a great big tent thea- tre, one of the most modern, larg- est and prettiest “tops” on the ; Toad. 1 | Jimmie loves Key West, and at every. place he stretches his mam- moth tent theater, he advertises Key West. On pretty signs placed in conspicuous places about the | big tent are seen the words, “Key | West, Florida. The Only Frost | Free City in the. United. States. | Only Ninety Miles From Havana, Cuba,” ete. Mr. Heffner has made Key.West his winter home, and writes ‘that he fs very anxious to see the city | come into its own. The Heffner-Vinson Stock Com- pahy has grown somewhat since ‘it |-was here, and Jimmie‘has bought rights to a number of new plays to be staged in this city when they | }retutn next season to fill an in- | definite engagement in the Garde Theatre, : The. members, of the Vinson ‘Stock. ny. present tim ower as follows: Jimmie Heffner,, Beat- rite Leroy, Sarah Vinson, Mr. and Mrs: C, B. Ellis, Billie Miller, Jack | Gould, Dick» Caldwell, Mrs. Cald- well, six chorus girls and an or- | chestra of eight pieces. All the company send best re- gards to Key West friends, et one wishing to write to them wi address »their/ mail to Cookeville, | Tenn., their next stand. | 'Merning Call And | Evening Telegram | Cease Publication | Heffner- ocleman Duncan, editor and} |publisher of. theyKey West Morn-} jing Call and the Evening Tele-| |gtam, announced yesterday after-! |noon that.he would, cease publi tion. of these two newspapers, hi: | paper issued last evening being the llast to appear. Mr. Duncan stated that he had New: York Rotary Club and pub- | oie a careful survey of the field | of the Woman's Club in the beau-| lisher connected with the Econ-| omist group of newspapers. Others present were Col. Charles Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. M, Newman, Mr. | tions do not warrant the publica-_ are} Monroe county h KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1926. seeccecosecccnsecncesseqseccecscoscvccceccoccvece What a Queer Desperado? * Jim: Lyon, held“ in the: Norwal gree murder, and reputed to b the lock in his cell and walked 0 | Posses hunted. for him: without sugcess. walked back and. surrendered! to sheriff, as shown:above. Ha ha said, and -haying scen her though k.(0.)_ jail on charges of first de- a Wangerous two-gun man, picked ut of. jail the. other. morning. Then, at. evening, : he Lucile . Gregory,: daughter of the .d stepped out to see. his wife, he t-he’d come back. White Street Civic Association Discusses White W. ENTHUSIASTIC MEETIN HELD AT HIGH 8CH BUILDING LAST’ EV! NING The meeting of the White Civic... Association, ing last night was attended by a large. number. -of. enthusiastic. citi- zens. . The» meeting was held in! the. officé. of Sapt..Melvin Russell, | who is also. secretary. of-the White street :absociation:: © + Chairman ’L. T; Bragassa. called the meeting to order; and the con- sideration’ «of ‘business items* was immediately taken up. j | Tt:was decided on. aecount of} the financial condition of the city! and ‘the efforts.of the city to cur-| tail expenses, to postpone for the} time being the ‘installation of the proposed W.. M: white way.: . Albury..and. 8. Owen! | Sawyer, members:of the city coun-| instructed. to in’ which ‘they’ stressed the matter | of ecoriomy ‘being «necessary - in | the «management. of the affairs of | the'¢ity just at this time. | Mrs. J. of' thé beautification committee. of | the .Woman’s Club, ‘addressed the! meeting;. arid. offered’ the services| |here and had decided that ¢ondi-| tification of White street. The white. oleander: was the |tion of more than one daily news- flower adopted to’ be: used along lay Improvement | .Mr. and, Mrs, Roy Hamlin are ‘\Meaving tonight ona trip to At-|¢ne “!Yanta, where Mr. Hamlin will eom- Stree arra: for opening)... moving pietures, ‘to Gom- | | mence about October 1. i Before returning to this. city, | Mr, and Mrs. Hamlin will go. to} Pensacola, where. Mr. Hamlin will represent the Isle of the Sea Lodge No. 104 as delegate to the Grand jLodge Knights of Pythias, which | ‘convenes at Pénsacola-this year. C. piers and F. E. C. station. A committee was appointed to; confer with the city attorney and assist him in clearing all legal technicalities so that construction of sidewalks may. be carried. on at the earliest. opportunity. President L. bill granting the. city ten feet: of space along the White street side of the naval hospital where the s'dewalk will be laid. This bill M) Navarro, chairman} has already been passed by the! United States senate. Capt.. MeNeeley, commandant of the Seventh naval district, was present at the meeting last night, and indicated his intention to as- sist in every cons'stent manner; the movement for the improve-} For 47 Years Devoted to the Interests of Key West CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL DAY PROGRAM SUNDAY OBSERVANCE OF EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE AT 5 O'CLOCK IN ‘AFTERNOON AT. BAY- VIEW PARK Confederate’. Memorial Day, which falls on Monday, April 26, | will be observed on Sunday after- | noon@beginning at 5 o’clock, with ;& program to Be rendered at the iview Park. The program to be | rendered on the ocasion follows: Prayer by Chapter. Hymn, “How Firm A Founda- tion.” i Vocal Solo,’ Mrs. Eva B. To- rano. P | Reading, Miss Margaret Curtis. Vocal Duet, Mrs, Kitchin and Mrs.. Bervaldi, Voeal Solo, Edmund Curry. ‘Reading, Miss Anita Wilson. | Vocal Duet, Mrs, Daniel Lewis \and Miss. Jayne Lewis. | Reading, Mrs. Luther Pinder. Quartette, Mrs.: Kitchin, Miss Doris Johnson, Miss Marie Taylor | and Robert Pritchard E, James nies, whic well attended. le | | MAKES FORMAL ANNOUNCE- | MENT. IN "THE CITIZEN AS CANDIDATE FROM SECOND PRECINCT —— 1 * In andther,part of this issue of T. Bragassa: was| The Citizen. the announcement.of | ie wire’ Congressman: cil, ‘were present and. made talks) Sears to rush the passage of the! Myrtland Cates appears as a can- didate for the school board from the second distreit. tician, is well known, to the voters pf his distriet, having been raised in that district: He is honest and conscientious and his friends per- {suaded him*to enter the race be- lieving him to be the right kind of a man to fill this position. He was educated inthe public schools of Monroe county: Mr. Cates served overseas in the | Confederate monument in Bay-| Memorial ‘address, Rev. W. K.; Bened‘ction, 2 8 | The public 8 d to attend | Mr. Cates, although not a poli-| 3. G. Maupin has been * ‘of the town of Clarence, Mo., contest.in which the religious. views of himself and his opponent, L. P. Peterman, were the chief isstie. Mau- pin was opposed by the fundamenta)- ists of the town because of -his. lib- eral interpretation of certain Biblical passages, buthe won by 110 votes, elected. mayor fter a ENJOYABLE OPEN SESSION OF | EVENING “AT: GARDEN THEATRE BUILDING _ Key West Odd Fellows and |friends gathered at the hall of the lorder, Garden Theatre, last ‘night | in large numbers to celebrate the ;107th anniversary of the founding { jof the order in this country. Ap- | propriate arrangements. had been made for the successful carrying jout of a nice program for the oc- ,casion, providing of refreshments, \ete., all of which were appreciated | by those attending the anniver- jsary celebration. The hall was nicely filled. ‘ Promptly at 8 o’clock D. D. G. |M.-William Mendell .eseorted , to places upon the stage, four. Noble |Grands, foug Vice Grands, the Chaplain, three speakers of the yevening, Messrs. Arthur” Gomez, |Senator William: H. Malone and | Andrew Lopez, and the oldest Past | Grand: Master of the State, Dr, J. Y. Porter, Sr. Mr. Mendell was PRICE FIVE CENTS. Dry Forces Raise Objections In Questioning Of Witnesses At Hearing By Senator Reed CLAIM EXAMINATION OF - THOSE TESTIFYING CONSUMES MUCH TIME (iy Ansociated Press) WASHINGTON, April 22.— The concluding verbal battle of the senate prohibition hearing ap- proached today with the time ex- tended 9 few hours to meet. ob- jections raised by the drys be- cause of the questioning of wit- nesses by Senator Reed,’ Demo- crat, Missouri. The drys had one hour and fif- teen minutes left of their allotted 24 for the presentation of testi- mony, after which the committee has decided to give them and the wets three hours each to use as they please. :3 This action followed the-formal complaint by dry leaders that the cross examination by Senator Reed, member of the committee, the most active in pressing ques: tions, had deprived them of much of the time allotted to them for presentation of their case. The wets who had two and a half hours’ remaining to their hearin; yes- terday with fire in his eye and the chief of police, Morgan Col- lins by his side, announced that he intended to refute.“a pack of ut- ter fi joods.” —~ = : “Noéw it is my turn to talk)” he sdid wheh assured of a hearing, id I'm going to talk, talk, ik, ‘tale? ‘The Chicago city council yes- terday memorialized congress to todify “the Volstead act, but Mayor Dever declared he was not coming to Washington asa wet, or dry, but as “defender of the good name of Chicago.” Whether Assistant ‘Secretary Andrews. commander in chief of the tréasury’s prohibition “forces will be recalled to the stand re- mained in doubt this morning. Second Alarm Calls Fire Department To Rubbish Blaze White’ street for beautifying the thoroughfare, , . | Capt. Clark D. Stearns was | pointed a committee !of one to ment and beautification of White’ World War‘and has an excellent | Chairman of the occasion, ‘The ecg \ service record. He holds three |fellowing program was carried A resolution was passed thank-| honorable discharges. One from | out: ing Mrs. J. M. Navarro and the; the United States Army, one from| A\ A second. alarm of fire was sounded at noon today calling the department to another rubbish paper in Key West. The plant was closed following the issue of the Evening Telegram U. 8. Marshal for the State ri | Robinson of the Ford Motor Com- with headquarters at |pany and Louis Victor, representa- tive of St. John’s county. nniversary dialogue —— Noble . Lopez, when seen by a Citi- ntative last night, give no definite reason for| mary dismissal, He stated | salary had been twice cut} the past two months and} ecasion he had tendered | his resignation only to have it re-| fused by the department. He does} not know who will syeceed him in! this office. i ive From St. John’s County On Visit To Key West Hon. Louis Victor, representa- tive from St. John’s county, whose home is at St. Augustine, is reg- | istered at the Hotel La Concha while spending the day pleasant- ly with friends ia Key West. Mr. Vietor,is chairman of the city and towns committee in the! state legislature. He had come down to Palm Beach for a con- ference with Governor Martin, and dropped on down to Key West | simply on a visit, Peeececoee>reeoeveceooee AMUSEMENTS eegeecocoocs MONROE THEATRE / TODAY—“The King on Main Street.” Comedy, “Goofy Age.”| TOMORROW AND SATURDAY | “As No Man Has Loved.” Al Roach Comedy. b. R. Warner, secretary, urged | that a large crowd turn ‘out in the morning to meet the members of the Georgia Press Association who will arrive on the Tampa boat ARBONELL LEADS IN RACE FOR MAY QUEEN MUCH INTEREST NOW SHOWN IN CONTEST PUT ON UNDER AUSPICES OF WOMAN'S CLUB. Considerable interest is now be- ing manifested inthe May Queen Contest sponsored by the Woman’s Club, which will terminate with the May festival to be given on the grounds of the Army Barracks when an excellent program will be rendered along with the festivities now in planning by the members of this popular club. The following is the standing of the contestants for May Queen: Clara Carbonell __—— 2003 Jewel Meisan 1003 Myra Larche 1002 Mary Pinder 1001 Virginia Shepard 1000 last night. The Morning Call was launched jlast June and the Evening Tele- |sram started April 12 of the pres-; jent years | | The Call was in existence niné} |months and the Telegram lasted nine days, | peal A 'Old American Ship Nonpareil .To Change To Honduran Registry, That familiar old American | schooner Nonpariel will change her ownership and nationality and | is sailing today flying the flag) of Honduras, with her name/ changed ‘to that of “Resolute.” The U...S.. Shipping Board granted permission for the Non-} pariel te be seld to an alien, and | the transftr of ownership is being | compltted today, so that the| schooner can sail for Honduras this afternocn. The old Nonpariel ander her! ‘new name “Resolute” will be seen at this port at regular intervals in future’ bringing bananas an plantains from Henduras. } | DANCE TONIGHT) —At The— | ATHLETIC CLUB Musie By FREDDIE BOORDE ORCHESTRA | pecially plan ways and means of; Woman’s Club for their voluntary | opening White street to the P. &| and valuable assistance. the National Guard andthe other i from the United States Navy. C000 Beeccccceccece First Picture of California Oil Fire Here is the first picture Calif., the greatest of its kind in Francisco by telephoto. of 208000 CCOORTCOOOE SOHO OHOOOOSESESD SOSSESSEOSSOOESOOCSERE spectac: $15,000,000 oii the ular history, where two eeeeses tank fire at San men were killed. It was _rushed « | Grand, Vice Grand, Chaplin. (This jdialogue gave the history of the founding of the order and its sue- \cessful career since). | Orchestra selection. Address—Arthur Gomez. Song—Miss Caridad Domenche. Refreshments. 4 Address—Wm. H. Malone. Orchestra selection. Address—-Andrew Lopez. Orchestra selection. Serving of punch and cloving lexercises. | During the evening those not jmembers of the 1.0.0.F. were| jgiven some interesting data eon- cerning the order and the talk of | |Mr. Lopez, in which he gave the | | progress made by the order in | Cuba was especially interesting. | Mr. Lopez is the “baby” member jof Cuba Lodge in Key West and jhas takeh great interest in the \workings of the lodge. blaze that resulted in no damage. This fire was on Galveston al- ley on the Jot where an old build- ing burned a long time age. A lot of trash in an old cistern had become ignited in some way un- known, The fire was extinggfii- ed with one hose. This is the first time in) inany months that the fire laddies in Key West have had two calls so close together. SPANISH FLIERS REACH SIAM (By Aaseiated Prensa) BANGKOK, Siam, April 22.— ‘The Spanish fliers, Captains Lurica tnd Gonzalez Callarza, who are on a flight from Madrid to Manila, arrived here at noon today. They left Rangoon early this morning for a flight of about 676 miles.