The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 1, 1926, Page 1

| Full Associated Press Leased Wire Day Service VOLUME XLVII. No. 104, 4.27 a The Kep - KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, MAY 1, 1926. PLANS CONVERTING OF LA BRISA © PAVILION INTO MODERN CASINO LEADING CITIZENS EN- DORSE INNGVATION FILLING LONG - FELT COMMUNITY NEED Anticipating the great demand for a recreational center that is sure to come with the continued growth and civic progress of Key Key West, Chas, H. Abbott, for- merly of New York City and Honolulu, T. H., but now a resi- dent of this city, will start work within the next week or ten days upen improvements to be raade in converting La Brisa into a modern Casino, to be known as the “Coral Isle Casino.” Mr, Abbott intends to renovate and remodel the present buildings now occupying the La Brisa site into a modern, well-equipped bathing pavilion with spacious out- door tea-room, and dance-floor where bathers or members of the Casino may supplement their out- ing with refrshment or trip the light fantastic as they wish. This airy space will be screened, and furnishings will combine beauty with utility. All appointments of the bath house will be modern in every respect and the keynote of the entire place will be that of} democratic refinement and abso-; Yate cleanliness. Cloak rooms, a novelty shop, and a modern and complete “sweet shop’ for the juniors will be maintained in the Cas'no building. One of the most attractive fea- tures of the Casino will be the tea- room where salads, sandwiches, a. refreshing summer P . may be purchased at vensor able prices. A well-equipp- ~oed_kitehen in charge of €: ienc- 4 gees » exeellent ser- vice and cuisine. “Good things to eat” will be the slogan of the culinary department, and here one may find delicacies and toothsome: dainties to satisfy the appetite of the most fastidious. A six to nine-piece orchestra of imported talent will render dance music for tea-dancing in the af-| ternvon, and also for dancing BARRON PREDICTS FLORIDA WILLBE MAIN STATEIN REMAKING OF SOUTH JACKSONVILLE, May 1—Junderground wealth in oil. The: Development of the south, planned | great oil fields of Mexico are un- on a huge scale before the Civil | de" a coral formation, and Florida as has a coral area that is probably | War by the late John M. Forbes! inmatched in the world. Geo-| who built the Chicago, Burlington | jogists say that Florida is on the and Quincy and the Michigan Cen-|line where’ great underground trail railroads, ‘is to come in| Wealth in oil might well be look- mightier volume two or three gen-|ed for. | erations later and through forces} “But this is a matter of specu-| |that did not exist before the Wa pad in which few people can War,” C. W. Barron, declares in| indulge financially. Nobody save; the eleventh of his series of articles|a trained oil man should now put! on Florida being published by the|a dollar. into. oil schemes in Flor- Wall Street Journal. ‘The par-ida.” | ticular article appeared in the} Great Necessity | Journal of Wednesday, April 28| yo g nee : great necessity for Florida | ae fone awe ded Prsicecealiel ne present time, he wrote, is; A + jagriculture. “I. cannot discuss’ Commerce believes it eould well be this subject any better, nor close | Feproduced by every newspaper 1” | this series of articles on Florida! farce Oe ie vet ke the |More helpfully than in a letter 4 vi Rie nen eeecrence: |just written to one of the most ee. by an Seabee Mr.| public spirited and valuable citi- bei ry eh pant i we vette. | 2°08 of Florida, Herman A. Dann, hacking stay Papen Suet fy jPresident of the Florida State *¢ * ~|Chamber of Commerce, who in- eomeng Lagapyimebered oF z m vited me into some discussion of | i a, Aah eee ed - asd | Florida’s needs.” | “is Hit $ ¢ southern’ The greatest need of Florida,| states.” he declared, is to follow the ex-| lample of California in united or-| ganization for branding, shipping | for belief in Plorida,” he writes.|and marketing. Other needs he “They are January, February and! outlined included: | March. But these reasons would} The filling of the home market not’exist had not accumulatedjand table of the visitor to Florida wealth with new-born ambitions! with the foods that Florida is, preceded. “Give me the luxuries!capable of producing, in the line, |of life,’ said the philosopher, ‘and/6f fresh fruits, vegetables and 'T care not who has the necessities.’ | dairy products. Life today is a matter of luxury. | The produetion of more flowers | Formerly it,was a matter of living, |as well a; more fruits. of existence, ~~ 5 gee | “It is luxury conditions in the \United States that are making Florida, and Florida is destined to romake the south.” “Florida has as winter residents Mr, Barron then discussed con-|three of the wisest men in the! struction in progress in the state;country from whom it may learn} and continued: |much-——Edison, Ford and Rocke-| “Florida has passed through feller,” he concluded. “They un-) many booms and speculative ex-|derstand the secrets of nature, of | | : Three Reasons “There are three great reasons The proper investigation of un} derground resoutees, which he de-| clared had never been done except} as to phosphate. through the evening, The floor citements, as well as frost, yellow- space, when finished, will be one; fever and small-pox scares. If I of the finest in the city, hardwood were in the predicting business I “ being used in its construction. would ne another and great- Ample space for large gatherings er speculation and excitement for will be reserved for this purpose) Florida—the opening up of her and a number of the most impor- | tant summer affairs are already) booked to occur there. Hostesses' will find Coral Isle Casino an ideal) REALTY BOARD | water power evelopment, and of (manufacturing and merchandising. | | “And Florida should prepare to, | compete with all the growing cities jof the seuth and the spending jeities of the north.” matter. Ketchum added that he has known position in the Mr. ; | wetting for bridge parties and af-| ternoon teas, with its vista of sea and sky and its dainty seryice. Other Arrangements A club lounge, or foyer, will be arranged in the main building, where one may pass the time in reading, chatting, or writing let- ters, Tennis courts will be laid out, and in order for those who ~ are athletically inclined, and un- limited opportunities for swim- ming, diving and sports is to be afforded from the pier of the club, where the finest bathing place in town is to be found. As foon as the Casino is com- pleted, it will be operated under the “privilege” plan, i, e.: every. person will be required to have a card in order to use the The only Casino conveniences. requisite is respectability. policy of the Casino will be first to provide a place where the mothers, wives and daughters of Key West may go and be confident of receiving courteous treatment whether accompanied by a gentle- man or not, Another point to be ed is that the Casino be! eopducted so that the most exact- ing person would find an air of democratic refinement above re- proach. Another feature of its purposed program is the further development and promotion clean athletics and good sports- manship among the juniors of the ¢ity and to encourage competitive 8) MAY 9TH MOTHERS’ DAY Appropriate Gifts CANDIES AND CARDS To Express Your Love and Sentiments KEY WEST DRUG CO. PHONE 40 other aquatic i They, | Governor Martin intimately since jhe was twenty years of age; that 'he has always found him a man/ | TAKES ACTION IN | ROAD MATTERS. to his word, and that he will con- tinud to believe that he is such a | man until concrete proof is sub- mitted to convince his otherwise. [ORGANIZATION ADOPTS RES.” Sitcom Be Browne, | OLUTIONS ENTERING PRO- |who called at the meeting shortly | TEST IN REROUTING oF |¢fore it was adjourned, spoke Ibriefly about the ruinous effect TAMIAMI TRAIL jthe rerouting of the trail would have on Monroe county, and call- | The Key West Realty Board jed on the people of the county to |held a special meeting today,|make a united front against the called by President V. A. Johnson, | proposal made by the State High- | to protest against the proposed re-; way Commission. He said that it routing of the Tamiami Trail by is plain to see that Barron Col- the State Highway Commission. |licr, fearing the mainland part of 'The two gentlemen from Miami,| Monroe county because of its bet- who spoke last night in the coun- ter and richer land, is trying to ty court house, made brief ad-jhave the route changed, because dresses, in which they again;he realizes that the opening up of stressed the importance of the the Monroe section before Collier jpeople of Key West backing upjcounty will be to Monroe's |their county commissioners in|vantage and Collier’s their demand that the commission vantage. ~ route the trail through Monroe’ The pre- county, as originally planned. | pared by Sam Harris and adopted Charles H. Ketchum made aby the board, was sent to Gov- |stirring address, in-which he said crnor Martin and copies of it to jthat, in the event the contract re-/the members of the State High- ‘ceived by the commissioners from | way Commission: the commission showed that the Governor John W. Martin, intention is to reroyte the road, Tallahassee, Florida. he will leave here to make a cam- | [t was the unanimous sense of paign throughout the state against |the Key West Realty Board, at a ‘the change, and that he will final-| meeting held today, that failure ly “lay the cards on the table” be-jto route the Tamiami Trail fore Governor Martin and demand | through Monroe County, as orig- that he unequivocally state his) jnally intended, will result in in- ee calculable injury to our city and jcounty, and we appeal to you, whom we gave a greater measure fof support proportionately than jany other part of the state in your election as governor, to save us f ad- disad- following telegram, Seeeeeeneerss AMUSEMENT MONROE THEATRE TODAY—*“The Sea Boast.” Al!from what we consider a betrayal} by the State Highway Commis- sion. KEY |Roach Comedy. STRAND THEATRE TODAY—"“No Man's Good Comedy. TOMORROW-—*“Arizona Sweep-- WARREN WATROUS, stakes.” Universal Comedy. Secretary. WEST REALTY BOARD V. A. JOHNSON, Pretiden:. Law. Scout Head - est Citben For ‘OILINDUSTRY — | © DISASTER TAKES LIVES OF 57 FIFTEEN MILtION DOLLAR | “DAMAGE IS ZSTIMATE IN, “WEST AND. SOUTHWEST) OIL FIELDS | Milton A. McRae of Detroit is the | peo ATED eee Hee new president of the National Coun. |@UARTERS, May _ 1.—Fifty-) ot ot os ashi sd America, Aaj seven lives and approximately | “Gone in this countay | M\| $15,000,000 damage is the toll of oil industry disaster in the west and southwest this month. | April 7-——Two lives lost in three | Union Oil Company of California gasoline tank farm fire, and SCOUT TROOP TO | ‘ April 8—Three million, dollar| |loss when Iightning struck a} EVENT -TO BE OBSERVED| Union Oil Company tank 350 miles | | southeast of San Luis Obispo. | BY: FROOP (1 -OM April 9—Five men killed in ex-| SUNDAY plos.on on Standard oO tanker | O. T. Waring at New Orleans. ——— Fire at Magnolia Petroleum! hay Company tank farm at Luling,! Troop No. 1, Boy Scouts of} texas, caused $100,000 damage. | America of this city, will hold Twenty-five mo» perished, $2,-| their memorial on Sunday, May! 000,000 damage when Standard) Oil tanker Thomas H. Wheeler) collided with ‘Dutch steamer} Sylvanus in Mississippi river: near} New. Orleans. April 11—Twenty-five $2,000,000 damage in ard Gulf mker, Gulf of Arthur, Tex: 2nd. The troop from year to year: has been setting aside a day in which to pay tribute to their de-/ parted brother scouts and bene- i { killed, | explosion | whose ¢ as follows :* Deported brother Scouts James Report Compiled In Fines Collected By Kemp, Anthony Birs, Jr, and Howard Roberts, y Departed benefactors: * George Brooks, Sr., committeeman; Dr.| City Police Dept. 3. R. D. Crittenton, —chaplin;| ati Benjamin Lopez, committeeman.| Fined collected through . the The parents and friends of the|city court during the month of troop are requested to be present| April total $2,270.05. This is at the ceremony, beginning 4:30|the best showing of any month o'clock. | during the administration of Chief All those hzving floral offerings | of Police Cleveland Niles, who as- are requested to take them to the|sumed the duties of chief last cemetery or to scout headquarters \November. | at 830 Division strect. The records show fines collect- ed for the month of April last Registration Books ian of ASE aaa aanrasiincss To Close At Five During the month of April just O'clock This Afternoon | ‘!os¢4 the municipal court handled | 193 eases, and the fines ranged} Registration books close at 5|#!! the way from $1 to $250 o'clock this afternoon. About} \fifty people had registered today| TO CONFER ON | up to the noon hour, and quite a} number was waiting when the of- fice opened at 2 o’clock this after-/ PEACE OFFERS. noon. | PARIS, May 1.—The Riffians! who yet desire to qualify|have been granted one more nly have to be quick chance to confer with Abd-el- about it, for with the stroke of 5|Krim before replying definitely to the Franco-Spanish peace of- | fer: afternoon the opportunity to Here’s $500,000 Radio Burglar sooce William Schoch, college graduate, was a Chicago lawyer and business man by He was known as a model citizen. William ‘ Sehoch, by night, sat before his radio set, jotted down the names / who of fan: lephoned or telegraphed for musical numbers, broke inte 12 s and took leot valued at $50,000, according to the Chicage police. Schoch (with glasses) is shown in jail with Sergt. J. J. Walsh, who captured him. ining: © ny | ala ‘at ove! lof the following: KEY WEST LIBRARIAN SHOWS Leg for Sale A few Ways ago James Tatom ot Dayton, O., announced he wanted to buy a leg to graft on the stump of his own that had been amputated. Now George W. Adains, 40. Colum bus (O.) shoeworker offers to sell his leg. price’ and an artificial teg HARRY M. BAKER MAKING RACE FOR SCHOOL BOARD MENT IN COLUMNS OF THE CITIZEN FOR FROM SECOND DISTRICT In today’s issue of The Citizen appears the formal announcement of Harry M. Baker, who will make | the race for member of the school | board from the second district. Mr. Baker is the son of Mrs. Lemuel Baker of Fleming street, and is a young man who is well known in Key West, and at the present time being employed with the Lopez undertaking establish- | ment. Mr. Baker is one of the Island City’s most popular young men, who is held in high esteem by large number of friends and acquaint- ances, having a large following in the political race for the office to which he aspires, and | ous friends predict his the coming June primar: DINNER PARTY THURSDAY NIGHT ENJOYABLE AFFAIR IS GIVEN AT COUNTRY CLUB A dinner party at the Country Ciub Thursday evening consisted Mr. and Mrs. Curry B. Moreno, Mr. and Norberg Thompson, Mr. u Cfion Bailey, and Mr Surry. Moreno, Mrs. Thompson Bailey ha just re- turned from a visit of several days in Miami. They were enter- tained with 2 large party at the Coral Gables Country Club during their stay there. —At The ATHLETIC CLUB Music FREDDIE BOORDE’S COUN- TRY CLUB ORCHESTRA Dick Spencer—Piano Skeet Overley—Drums Clyde Bowman Banjo Freddie Boorde—Saxophone Hotter Than the Chicago Fire 10 CENT DANCING All be asks is ‘a good | GREAT INTEREST IN PRIMARY One of the first visitors to the registration office this morning Mary H. Lake, the and most efficient librarian at the public library. With wonderful alacrity for her jadvanced years, Mrs. Lake ascend- }was Mrs. | venerable ed the court house steps and pro- lceeded to the office of Joseph |Roberts, the supervisor of regis- tration. She had previously reg- listered, but came to find out defi- nitely as to which ward she would be expected to vote in. Mrs, Lake did not hesitate to voluntarily jspeak out and tell them who she lis going to vote for in connection with one of the important offices jto be filled, and she manifested |keen interest in the general out- |come of the approaching primary. Mrs. Lake is widely known and \highly esteemed as a result of |her devotion to the welfare of the local public library. She has been the foster mother of the in- | stitution, and has been actively connected with its operation for more than thirty years. Since 1917 {she has been librarian in charge. She made a trip to California, returning to Key West in 1917, jfinding her cherished institution, the public library, struggling for existence, She came to the rescue with her time and means, and for five years served ,as librarian without any remiineration what- ever and finally succeeded, with |the aid of the Woman's Club, in igetting the library upon its feet | pase | MAKES FORMAL ANNOUNCE. #82)”. The public library as it exists |today is a sacred institution to POSITION the heart of Mrs. Lake, and her; undivided devotion to it is most admirable, She does not want to see the institution pass into the care of another librarian so long as she is able to discharge the duties of her office, for no other could readily acquaint herself with every book in the shelves as |Mrs. Lake knows them, | Nevertheless she is intensely in- terested in the approaching pri- mary, and she makes no_ bones about telling who she is going to vote for. yi TWO LOSE LIVES WOMAN FALLS OUT OF PLANE; MAN FALLS WITH MACHINE y Anxocinted Préns) SONVILLE, Fla, May m D. Wills, 24, Dallas, Texas, and Bessie Coleman, said ito be the only negro aviatrix inj the world, lost their lives in an airplane mishap west of the city yesterday. The woman fell out of the plane when it got out of control at 2,000 feet and overturned, and Wills was killed when the plane crashed to the ground. ‘The machine truck a tree just before landing. Wills’ body was cremated when a spectat6r lighted a match near the wreck of the plane. Gasoline fumes ignited and before the body could be extricated the machine was ing mass of flames, | Wills and the negro woman went to Paxon field early this morning. accompanied by John T. Betsch of the Jacksonville Negro Welfare League. He was handling the publicity matter for an exhibi- tion to be held at the fair grounds here. They took off with Wills in front and the negro woman in the eock- pit. It flew to an altitude of about 3,500 feet and circled around. Then persons watching it saw the plane take a nose dive. It dropped about 1,500 feet and then overturned. Police were preparing to re- move the body of Wills from the plane when Betsch struck a match to light a cigarette. Gasoline ; fumes caught fire and two explo- | sions of the gas tanks followed. Police detained Betsch. Interests of Key West 47 Years Devoted to the PRICE FIVE CENTS Monroe County Citizens Enter Bitter Protest At Mass Meeting Against Change Now Proposed | By Road Department In Route Of Tamiami Trail MANY ADDRESSES ARE DELIVERED AT _ IN- TERESTING SESSION LAST EVENING { A large crowd assembled in mass meeting last evening at the County Court House in response to the call issued by the Chamber of Commerce for the purpose of | discussing matters in connection with the construction of the Tamiami Trail through Monroe County. The meeting was presided over | by B. L. Grooms, who was select- ed as chairman, with a number of addresses being delivered by those assembled at the meeting for the purpose of expressing their views on the important question which was generally discussed ‘all during the course of the session. J. Otto Kirchheiner, chairman of the Board of. County Commis- sioners, was the first speaker, who gave an outline of the procedure in connection with the building of the trail, explaining the original plan for the bringing of the road through a certain portion of Mon- roe County. Messrs. Price and Coachman of Miami were among the principal speakers of the evening, both of whom gave a detailed outline of the plans now under way by the State Road Department in the construction of the Tamiami Trail through Dade, Monroe and Col- lier counties. The Miami repre- sentatives submitted a map of the proposed route showing where jthe State Road Department was | planning to. make a change in the jroute. whereby the main portion jof Monroe county, especially, |would be cut out. It was shown | where the original plan called for jthe completion of seven miies |through the westerly end of Mon- |roe County, which as it was stated, | Was the most practical line to fol- jlow, but Messrs. Price and Coach- |man explained that if was the in- tention of those having influence {enough to have the road follow over what. is known, as the Jenkins survey, requiring the building of some twenty or more additional | miles te connect the highways than that of the former route adopted. A general discussion was enter- ed into with addresses being livered by Chas. H. Ketchum, J. Otto Kirchheiner, Messrs! Price and Coachman, Geo. W. Reynolds, Frank H. Ladd, Samuel &. Harris, and County Commissioners, Hil- ton Curry, Braxton B. Warren and |Carl Bervaldi, and Captain J. J. | Maher. At the termination of the dis- cussion entered into, a comniittes was appointed to draft resolutions in which was expressed the senti- ment of those present that no agreement would be signed by Monroe County with State Road Department unless the seven-mile stretch of road on the westerly end of Monroe County is com pleted first conforming with the wishes of the citizens of Monroe County. Defends Martin The name of Governor Martin was frequently mentioned during the meeting, it being inferred that the chief executive was of de- (Continued on Page 5) WHALERS ALL Whaling—a lost thrill of other days. See the most thrilling struggle the screcn has ever Presented. Six men pitting their strength and skill against ® monster 50-ton whale in “The Sea Beast,” at the MONROE THEATRE TODAY