The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 3, 1926, Page 1

~~ Full Associated Press Leased Wire Day Service VOLUME XLVII. Two Men Mak No. 105 To Rob Custom House Here Sunday Morning TWELVE-INCH HOLE IS DRILLED THROUGH WALL OF ENCLOSURE. IN BASEMENT An attempt was made shortly} after 1 o’cloek yesterday morning to gain an entrance to the base- ment of the Custom House build- ing whert liquor, jewelry, cigars, cigarettes, narcotics and other valuable articles are stored by the customs officers. There were two men engaged in the work of drilling a hole about 12 inches in diameter through the brick wall of the en- closure, using various kinds of! drills, hatchets, hammers, pinch | bars and many other implements! in an endeavor to rob the cellar where these confiscated articles are stored for safo-keeping. The robbers were, however, un- successful in their attempt, as) Leonard Guero, night man in the| fedehal building, heard the noise IMMIGRANTS ARE est Citizen KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, MAY 3, 1926. ‘SPECIAL SCHOOL BOND ELECTION | SET FOR TUESDAY ELECTORS WILL VOTE ON IS-; SUANCE OF TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OF IMPROVEMENT BONDS | ' e Attempt i} | TAKEN UP BY OFFICERS They desired very much indeed to be in the good old U. S. A., did \ In a special election to be held} tomorrow the citizens of Special| | School Tax District No. 1 of Mon-} jToe county will vote upon a $200,-/ three men away over yonder in| 000 soca Mean | s If the bond issue Danzig, that little free state that! Z : i developed out of the World War, | funds a raised will be used a so the three of them signed up|™@Ke ali necessary repairs an with the captain on the cement |!mprovements on the present free boat Flottbek, with a cargo of ce- | School buildings of the county, and ment, Miami bound. They ane _ erect a topsiipnal oe from Danzig on February 9. Ar-|for the Monroe county high school riving at Miami, they jumped their|in this city and a kindergarten ship. Finding no work in the|school building on the campus of Magic City, they walked to Home-! Harris school or another site if; stead. No employment for the | found preferable. The construc- trio there. They had heard work /tion of two school buildings at was abundant in Key West, and different points on Key Largo they decided to come here. But to lig also contemplated. | ence oat of the ey wae ea oxet | ‘There will be but two tickets to| and risky undertaking. They eee matter, ae pooled their finances and spent|T°aes For Bonds,” and the other their last cent to buy transporta-| “Against Bonds. ‘The voter can) tion to Key West. They hit the|cast the ballot of his choice. : Island City dead broke—but they! There will he but one voting found work. One got a job as a|place in Key West. That will be) dishwasher in a local cafe, and the at No. 1 fire engine room, and the | other two were to go to work onjclection inspectors there will be jobs next morning—but they/Ralph Pinder, Roy Lewin didn’t. Immigration Inspectors Claude Albury and A. S. Caviness got wind of the wanderings of these aliens, and soon had them in tow. jas clerk. This is designated as polling place No. 1. | Polling place No. 2 will be at the old school house on carries, the!» Deputy Miss the first deputy U. 8. marshall in Texas. With her badge and her .45 six-shooter, she fills the bill despite: the fact that she only weiehe 119) pounds. REGISTRATION BOO SATURDAY SHOW QUALIFIED FOR COMING PRIMARY ———+_ ___. When the registration books and closed at 5 o’clock Saturday after-| time, and that the total number Harry Baker, with John H. Quinn | noon, approximately 3,300 citizens|™4¥ be increased -until it will be- had qualified to vote in the ap- proaching primary election. of Mate.| this number there are 868 new tised to close May 8, but the at-| |. , EL OCCIDENTE ‘| the Della Ashley of Paris, Tex., is| "STEAMER MEDINA Indiana Contractin DUE ON TUESDAY For | | MALLORY LINE SHIP COMING | | ‘TO TAKE ON CARGO OF Many Metical | | | | The Mallory steamship Medina| | will arrive in port on Tuesday} 8 ; from New York, and will take on| Ff | the cargo left in the Mallory yard} LARGE CROWD TAKES |here by the steamship El Occi-| | | dente, which ‘arrived at this port | ADVANTAGE OF VIEW-| | some time ago on fire. The steamer) ING STRETCHES OF | ist New York at noon on Satur-| LAND ALONG ROUTE. | di ay. | | The Medina is a. sister ship of Henry R. Mallory, which) trundreds of motorists drove out | makes the run regularly between; _ look ties new |Key West, Galveston and New| Sunday to look over the | York, and is said to be two knots| bridge that has just been finished, | an hour. faster than the Mallory, | spanning the mile-wide expanse of | which is considered one of the| water between Geiger’s Key and | speediest ships in these waters. | | The Medina stopped into this| Saddle Bunches | | port about a year ago for fuel oii,, A lot of people left their cars at) | but has not touched at Key West| the approach of the new bridge | | Since that time. | and walked over its entire length/ |to get a glimpse of the lands on| | Saddle Bunches, They found that | a lot of work has been done on the | highway over there, with ample | rock blasted out to finish the road-| | bed for quite a distance. About| a mile, so far as could be seen, of | the road is graded over there and} | material in place sufficient for its! . | completion over the portion that is this | | graded. | An inspector has gone over the | bridge and marked every unsound| | piece of timber in the floor, and a| number of these have already been | replaced by workmen, with others KS CLOSING ON. 3,300 ELECTORS | sary for them to register come around the total of two | years ago. | The poll tax books were adver- Enjoy Drive Sunday Out Over New Roadway CRIMINAL COURT MEETS ON MONDAY PROHIBITION AGENTS TO BE ARRAIGNED FOR TRIAL Criminal court of record for Monroe county will convene at the county court house one week from today, with Judge J. Vining Har- ris presiding. Considerable local interest cen- ters upon this term of court be- cause the Miami prohibition of- ficers who staged a series of raids in this city some time ago are booked to be tried at this session on charges preferred against them by some of the people whose places they visited in connection with these raids. : Aside from these cases, criminal court will have quite a light docket to dispose of. CARTER’S STATE OFFICES OPEN HEADQUARTERS FOR SENA- 47 Years Devoted to the Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS g Company Figures | On Fresh Water Supply For Key West REPRESENTATIVE OF OR- GANIZATION ARRIVES IN CITY SUNDAY IN IN- TEREST OF PROJECT } | i | . Carrell W. Bowyer, of the | Bowyer Company, contractors of | Newcastle, Ind, was in the city yesterday in the interest of the proposition of bringing fresh water from the mainland to K | West. Mr. Bowyer left for Cuba | this morning and will return to | hold a conference later in the | week with Capt. Clark D. Stearns, | chairman of the Monroe County Water Supply Board. At present Mr. Bowyer has his headquarters at Okeechobee, where the company is engaged in drainage work. The principal work that the firm has been deing in the south, he said, was drainage work in the Everglades region. Large propositions have been completed throughout Florida, many of which are well known. Hydro-electric and steam power work throughout the north and middle west were engaged in the north. Mr. Bowyer said that the com- pany planned to have a proposi- tion ready within 30 to 60 days, and would present it to the Mon- roe County Water Supply Board. A joint meeting between the board, the city council and county commissioners will be held some time this month, and these propo- sitions for water supply to Key West will be taken up then. Any “Accommodations” were secured names that did not.appear on the! torney general has ruled that they TORIAL CANDIDATE IN "-%* name as Chris Cooper was ar-| a short time after the men began work, and on approaching the scene sighted the two men in question fleeing from the premises. The watchmaw fired several shots at the fleeing robbers, but, both of them made a safe “get-away, making their ‘exit’ through the rear of the federal — building grounds toward the shore front. One of the men engaged in the activities was said to have been dressed in a light. suit, wearing a straw hat, while no description was obtained of the other rob- ber. TWO NEGROES ARRESTED HERE ~ SATURDAY NIGHT BOTH CHARGED WITH IN- TERFERING WITH WOMEN FOLKS ON PUBLIC STREETS OF CITY *A colored man who gaye his! rested by Hon. Chas. H. Ketchum on the corner of Fleming and Margaret streets Saturday night when a white gwoman uttered a ery of distress. She said the negro had been following her and acting very suspiciously. She had / stopped and told him if he did not | euit following her she would make | e@n outery. He paid no attention) to her warning, the lady told the officers, and she had to call for protection. His arrest was auiek- ly accomplished and he is being held in the county jail pending a preliminary hearing. Another negro was arrested at the corner of Duval and Fleming streets Saturday night by Special Police Harry Gwynn, charged with following a white woman and * shameful — con- duct on the public street, Offi- cers say the negro appeared to be doped or crazy, and did not seem te realize what he was doing. He was locked up in the city jail, but is expected to be turned over to the county authorities today and Temoved to the county jail. AMUSEMENTS MONROE THEATRE TODAY—Tom Mix in “The Lucky Horseshoe.” Comedy— “Bride Tamer.” “The Best Peo- om Cabby's for them at. theRoland Curry |SB™>e: and the inspectors will be | list last year. | must remain open until May 15, |in position to put in this week. | THE ARAGON HOTEL | Hotel,” where they will remain un- til the immigration officials decide / just what to do with them. One.of the three, Franz Weg- ner, is a German, and the’ other | two, Arthur Bolikman and George Rogalesski, are natives of Danzig. YOUTH SHOOTS SWEETHEART IN ~ JEALOUS RAGE MACHO REYES WOUND s| EUGENIA PEREZ; MAKES ATTEMPT TO TAKE OWN | LIFE | t { Macho Reyes, young Cuban,’ who shot his sweetheart, Eugenia Fdney Parker, Milton Parker and) Fanny Russell; Preston ‘Pinder,| es clerk. | Nb. 3 polling place will be at Rock Harbor in the old postoffice building. W. B. Albury, T. W.| May 15. whose names were alrea Sawyer and W.,.B. Johnson. will be pon thetivt;thus making it unneces- the inspectors, with John Pinder) _ r qualified | 4,300. Supervisor of registration Two years ago the total num4j There was si e misunderstanding to vote here wag of the law goVerning the closing of {poll tax book#over the state, and Joseph Roberts thinks that. many} the: attorney general rendered a) | will pay poll tax between now and{#ecision in order to make the re-| end uniform throughout the state. | as clerk. | There is considerable interest! being manifested in the voting of this hend issue, which the school} interests of the county declares to) be urgently needed. It is expect-| ed that “For Bonds” will carry by a large majority. CITIZEN ADDS NEW FEATURES TOITS COLUMNS Jefterson Saunders Is Back In City From Visit To Many Points In State Jefferson Louis Saunders re- turned to Key West Sunday: after jan absence of two weeks. He |visited in Jacksonville, Pensa- cola and other Florida cities. | Me. Saunders attended |Knights of Pythias grand st n at Pensacola as the lodge a rep- No, 14, and reports having had a most enjoyable outing at the numerous points included in his resentative of Island City Lodge) |Miss Charlotte Napoles | And Harry Taylor Marry On Saturday Harry Taylor, of West Palm Beach, and Miss Charlotte Napoles, of this city were mar- ried Saturday afternoon. County Judge Hugh Gunn pronounced the rites in his office in the county court house. Witnes: were J. G. Gaw. Ss to the ceremony Piodela and J. L. Me- roments, defivitelys maders*not conveying kmeadureof conception | When all-are sound pieces, the! [made yosdy foraac. ns SN") JACKSONVILLE, May &— | It is a beautiful bridge, with Ch scage nein peadanertice delightful panorama of charming| Were officially opened here to- scenery surrounding it-on all sides, | day in the interest of Jerry W, Carter’s race for the United ; of the superb beauty that will be|States senate against Senator brought about in the completion | Duncan U. Fletcher, incumbent. -A of the highway to the mainland. | conference‘ of. Carter , adherents They were fishing all along on/j from <all parts of the state for- | that bridge yesterday, where it! mally opened the new - head- | was so shallow that the grunts quarters, which are located in the could be plainly seen basking in| Aragon hotel. the bright sunshine—and they . ¥ were catching fish. The fellows|,, 1%e, Committee in charge Carter’s campaign mapped out a had landed a couple of barracudas let f th roots estimated to have weighed at least | Complete covered OF Sas state, 25 pounds each. the object being to personally When the section of roadway|each every (voter and present arguments on State Hotel .Com- over Saddle Bunches is completed, |@™S¥" 7 and that willjbe done sooner than/™issioner Carter’s fitness to as- sume the senatorial toga. people expect, a numbef of more| miles will be added to the finished! Carter representatives from portion of Key West’s great high-| different parts of the state re- way to the mainland, the moto: s ported an unusual interest in the forthcoming campaign. Many of | of the Island City will extend their pleasure drives that much further | of \ed the girl and said “Good after-| Perez, on South street, late Satur-|EDUCATIONAL STORIES TO ray evening, and then attempted) AppEAR DAILY WITH TO- to tuke his own life, still has a} chance for recovery, attending | DAY'S ISSUE; OTHERS WILL |. FOLLOW physicians declare. t Reyes, witnesseg say, approach- amaenens as The Citizen is pieased to call noon.” As she turned her head, attention to two new features! itinerary. WORRY CAUSES DEATH Worry over the marriage of her 7 daughter caused the White, aged 75-yea Id h of Mrs. M: 102, of Durham, N. €. he drew forth a gun and shot her | in the neck and then ran. It is said that he was infuriated | at his flancee for bobbing her hair. Reyes ran to Fort Taylor and climbed a signal tower, where he tried to hang himself with his belt. Unsuccessful, he threw himself | head foremost to the ground, sixty feet below. He turned slightly in falling and struck on the back of his neck. Reyes was followed to the reser- vation by Julius Camus, South street, at whom Reyes repeatedly flourished the revolver. He called to Camus not te follow him be- cause he said that he was bent on dying. He evidently thought he had killed his sweetheart. The 14-year-old girl was not seriously hurt and will recover. FEDERAL COURT CONVENES TODAY FEW APPLICATIONS FOR NA- TURALIZATION ARE PASS- EDUPON , The May term of federal court for Monroe county convened at 10 o’clock this morning at the court rooms in the postoffice building, _ with Judge Rhydon Call presiding. A few applications for naturali- zation were passed upon before the noon hour and some of the ap- plicants were granted citizenship. The full docket was not avail- able for publication today, as a number of continued cases had to be investigated to ascertain if a hearing was arranged for at this session. It is expected that a full list of the cases to be tried at this term will be available hy tomorrow. starting in these columns today. | They will appear daily in future interesting as well as educational. ‘One will be headed “Daily Les- sons in English,” and the other, “Look and Learn.” | Readers of. The Citizen are asked to look these. features up and give them studious attention. |They will be found interesting as | well a8 instructive and beneficial. This newspaper contemplates adding other features from time ,to time in future. Each will be |selected with utmost care with the sincere aim of having the best, jtrightest and most beneficial fea- | tures of the day appear in these jeclumns for the benefit and plea- 'sure of the large family of Citizen readers. CAPT. STEARNS RETURNS 0 CITY ATTENDS FOREIGN TRADE COUNCIL MEETING IN CHARLESTON Capt. Clark D. Stearns has re- turned from the foreign trade council which was held last week at Charleston, S. C. Captain Stearns was made a member of the rules and regulations com- mittee and was the only one from Florida chosen for this position. Captain Stearns was chosen by the chamber of commerce to rep- i resent the city of Key West at Mauna Loa in Hawaii. this meeting. ference. The bride is a daughter of Manuel Napoles, for many years connected with the Key West fire! department. She is deservedly popular with a wide circle of friends in this city, who are ex- tending congratulations and best land readers will,find them highly ¢®®*¢¢@eeeeeeeccecvcscccscoccooce Radio Picture Of Lava Flow In H Here is the first picture t> reach America of the lava flox that followed the eruption It was taken recently and sent to San Francisco by radio. He presented ma- per part of a house that is beinz overwhelmed by the molten lava. teri! information on Key West as the roof, and at the right and above the trunk and limbs of a tree can be made out. a shipping center before the con- ness of the print is due te the fact that radio transmission of photographs is still in its infancy. The sketch inset is an artist's drawing from the radio picture. north, and Ink by link the scenic higway connecting Key West with the outs.de world for motor travel will be completed, as gradually comes the day that the road will be thrown open for tourists all over America to flock to Key them told of the organization of “Carter Clubs” for the purpose of carrying the fight into every city and town in Florida. These clubs, formed among widely-known men and women, are planning to ac- tively interest the individual voters in Mr. Carter's candidacy company that wishes to submit a proposition between now and the time the joint meeting will be held } can do so. FRANK 0. ROBERTS INPRIMARY RACE FOR SCHOOL BOARD |MAKES FORMAL ANNOUNCE. MENT IN THE CO!i4NS OF | THE CITIZEN TODAY FROM FIRST DISTRICT | | | In today’s issue of The Citizen |appears the formal announcement |of Frank O, Roberts who is mak- ing the race as candidate for mem- ber of the school board from the first district in the coming June primary. Mr. Roberts in nouncement of his candidacy, states that he believes in hand- jsome schools, which are an asset \to any community, and says that in case that he is elected to the posi- tion, that during his term of of- fice that he will advocate the jerection of as fine a buildings as making an- through a series of meetings |P®sible. within the means of the ‘hroughout the state and through personal visitation and individual contact. Mr. Carter's record as state hotel commissioner will be stress- ed in a number of campaign peeches which the committee is now arranging. The Florida State Hotel Commission, Florida As- ‘sociation of Architects and Board of Plumbing Commissioners of the State of Florida, gone on record, in their official publication as declaring that erry W. Carter, as hotel com- ioner, has done more for the protection of the life, health and comfort of people who are obliged to dwell in places of public ac- commodation, than has any other man in America.” Mr. Carter attended the formal opening of the state headquarters and explained to the committee- men present the main points of the platform upon which he is making the race for the senate. Mr. Carter and the committee arranged for a series of meetings; throughout the state at which the candidate plans to make a per- sonal appeal to the voters and ex- plain in detail his stand on vari. ous questions of importance with which the entire state is now con- cerned. WANTS CLOTHES ST. PAUL—John Paul, convict. ed bootlegger, who claims to have reformed since he escaped jail at MecGregory, Ia., after serving seven months of a 13 months’ sen- tence, wants the sheriff to send him clothes he left behind. He requested that they be sent to him here, of It shows the up- Flames are protruding from The cloudi- already have| county’s finances. He states that he advocates the employment of a competent and efficient faculty, one which will command the respect of the pupils and the publie in general, and also promises an economic expenditure of school funds wherever and | whenever practicable without im- ‘pairing the efficiency of the vari- ous departments. Mr, Roberts, who is well known jin this community, states that he will have something to say later through the columns of The Citi- |zen in connection with his can- |didacy for member of the school Loard. | His numerous friends predict that he will make a most success |ful race for the office to which he api ENJOY THEMSELVES NEW YORK—Mermaids are en- joyihg themselves to the big chills they will get when they try to swim the English channel in eum mer. Gertrnde Ederland an Helen Wainwright had a Sunday shiver in a dip off The Battery THE BEST PEOPLE Whe are the best people? The idle rich or the working “The Best People” tells you. It's a spry and roaring comedy. MONROE THEATRE TOMORROW class?