The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 6, 1926, Page 4

:E FOUR HE KEY WEST CITIZEN THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. L. P. ARTMAN, President. IRA J. MOON, Business Manager. fered a. Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Ansociated Press ted Tress is exclusively entitled to use vitention of all news dispatches credited to otherwise credited in this paper and also news published here. SB SUBSCRIPTION RATES ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. Card of thanks, resolutions of respect and obituary notices other than. those which the paper may give as matter gf news, will be charged for at the rate of 6 ts a line. t fce of church and society and all other enter- Irom which a revenue {x to be derived will ‘charged for at the sate of 5 cents a line. “tne Citizen is an open forum and invites discussion sf public issues and subjects of local or general inter- gee it will not publish anonymous communica- “IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST : ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Road to the Mainland. Comprehensive City Plan. Hotels and Apartments, Bathing Pavilion. * Modern martyrs also bear publicity With be- coming fortitude, : What has become of the little girl who used ta plead for long skirts? : The solar system is said to move 130 miles a s¢cond, but the automobile speeders need not think they ‘can keep ‘up with it. Some people’s idea of the removal of rubbish, is to leave it around until the wind blows much of their néighbor’s lot. young women are said to be not up to physical standard, but some seem to think they ag up there by wearing high heels. ; The American people are always willing to pale most everywhere, except out to the vege- table beds with a garden fork on their shoulder. i © Texans who have fought duels are ineligible to holil’ office, It is refreshing to learn that such drastic measures are being taken to keep unde- R sirables out of public life. 4 while a jury was deliberating in the suit of Stone of New York against C. Z. Weiner for stealing his wife's affections, Stone agreed to ac- cept $4,000. Five minutes later the jury awarded Stone $20,000. Impatience is sometimes costly. at na) 2 France lost 1,000,363 men in the world’s war. Hail there been no world’s war and had each of thése 1,000,363 men been employed, they would have eaftied for that country many millions in money. Efftywhere upon this earth men should work to prevent future wars for—industry’s sake—Holly- wood News. es The system of government is said by President Coolidge to rest on the ballot-box, but unfortunate- ly,many citizens think the ballot-box can hold up the government without any ballots being put in it. However, many people in Key West have supreme confidence that if they fail to do their civic duty, the'ever faithful George will look after it for them. COAST GUARD HEROES Fifty members of the United States Coast Guardewere killed during the past year'and some 400 were injured in line of duty, while engaged in operations against “rum row, Lieutenant Com- mander Yeandle told a prohibition gathering in Detroit recently. Most of these deaths and injuries were the re- sult of forcing the men to keep to sea in 75-foot boats during the terrific gales which sweep the North Atlantic, 23 deaths having been caused by | men -being swept from the decks of their vessels | last winter. | Yeandle declared that larger ships must be supplied for use of the Coast Guard if this deplorable loss of life is to be check ed. Commander much Regardless of anyone's views on prohibition or the means being taken to enforce, the fact that so many lives are sacrified and so many men are | how to su j moved fi crippled in the performance of their duties, through the failure of the government to provide suitable boats, i: little short of a national disgrace. Coast Guardsmen have always been heroes in | time of stress, but there is no justification for send- ing them to death in 75-foot boats. CASHING IN ON CRIME Regardless of the particular activities in which we engage, it is natural that we should endeavor to look ahead, with a view to estimating the re- | turns which may be expected. | Unfortunately, many do not look ahead at all, or if they do they fail to heed the warnings plenti- fully supplied by the experiences of others. This | is especially true of those who. decide to embark | upon a life of crime. Laying aside all moral considerations, and estimating the rewards of a criminal solely in terms of money, health and comfort, it seems strange that any should try to beat sueh a desperate game. Yet thousands try it and fail. “They fail whether | they are ever adequately punished by law or not. | The daily fear of detection and punishment is often | worse than punishment itself. many criminals give themselves up when they can no longer stand the strain. Ray Majors, recently captured again in K: charged with a long list of daring crimes, speaks on the subject with authority. For this reason, | He says: “I am 30 years old. I began my career of crime 10 years ago. Eight of those 10 years I have spent in jails and penitentiaries. 13 times with pistols,,once with a rifle and three times with a shotgun. My left shoulder is shot away. My left arm is- paralyzed from the elbow | to the shoulder. Qne lung gone. My body is scar- And I 1 have been shot red from head to foot with bullet wounds. say: ‘You. can’t win’.” A STRENUOUS CAMPAIGN > Now that the campaigns are warming up, it may be as good a time as any to republish the ex- perience of an Arkansas candidate for sheriff which has been “going the grounds of the press” for sev- | eral years. The story has gathered various and sundi additions in its march down the corridors of time, the latest version being as follows: “Lost four months and 20 days canvassing, lost 1,360 hours of sleep thinking about the-elec- tion, lost 40 acres of corn and a whole lot of sweet potatoes, lost two front teeth and a lot of hair in | personal encounter with an opponent; donated one beef, four shoats and five sheep to barbecues; gave away two pairs of suspenders, five calico dresses, five dolls and 13 baby rattlers, kissed’ 126 babies, kindled 14 kitchen fires, put up eight stoves, cut 14 cords of wood, carried 24 buckets of water, gather- ed 7 wagon loads of corn, pulled 475 bundles of | fodder, walked 4,060 miles, shook hands 9,080 times, told 10,001 lies and talked enough to make 10,000 volumes, attended 26 revival services, was baptized four times by immersion and twice some other ways, contributed $50 to foreign missions, made love to nine grass widows and got dog-bit 39 times, and then got defeated.” WRITING UP A WEDDING | | Most newspaper men shrink from the task of writing up a swell’ wedding, and prefer to pass that responsible duty to a female socicty editor. Yet there are exceptions. Occasionally an editor is found who can paint word pictures of nuptial events that any lady reporter might envy. © We just discovered one like that, who appears | to be hiding his great talents in an obscure Kansas town, while he ought to be holding down a big city job. Here is a sample of his literary ability, which proves our point: * “It was a wonderful wedding. The girl was as sweet as any girl who ever lived, but modern. | As she walked up the aisle on her father’s arm, | her lips lightly tilted at the corners with a smile, she was a picture of modest beauty. filmy wedding gown and gossamer veil around her fair blonde head like a halo. Her float She w as nearly an angel as girls get to be in this wor! At the altar as she passed from her father, the man she had always loved, to the other man to whom she would devote the rest of her life, her dainty slipper touched a potted lily resting on the floor and turned it over. Smiling again, she turn ed to the dear old pastor waiting at the chancel, and said: ‘That was a hell of a place to put a lily’.” BIRTHPLACES OF NOTED MEN Many ers published recently a picture of the birthplace of Thomas A. Edisor It was a little home in M stantly we see pictures of birthpl the famou inventor. and commonly they are modest litt bare and meager. Not often do we ture showing that a famous man originate: some handsome mansion. The modest home acts as an inc velop people's possibilities. Things come too e: to the rich man’ son. He does not have to t very hard, nor does he have much chance to | nount obstacles. These are already 1 his path. The poor man’s son need not think his hamble { origin blocks his way. Instead of that, it gives him | the training that he needs for success. We doubt that many girls lost their matri | monial chances by leaving their hair long. | ridic THE KEY WEST CITIZEN A Game Two Can Play At A girl doesn't deserve much credit for catching a husband during fine spring weather One sign of spring ts when cold | Weather ruins the peach crop. Playing bridge ts almost as much fun as out playing bridge. Do your June loafing early and avoid the rush. Better boast about your garden quickly before the weeds ruin it. Most divorces are caused by wo men marrying the men they do, (Copyright, 1926, NEA Service, Inc.) "| pescesecsecevcooece e DAILY LESSONS IN ENGLISH By W. L. GORDON eeceorceeceoese Words often misuse means at one’s side ddition to. “I No one went besides me.” st. mispronounced. Piani both i’s as in “it,” a ds accent on the n. Often misspelled: Cocoanut. Synonyms: Admit, con | cede, permit, let, allow Word study: “Use d it is your ur vocabulary by maste ing one word each d Today word: Ludicrous, exciting mirt ous. “His attempt to imi tate her was ludicrous.” “LOOK AND LEARN By A. C. GORDON 1. Why is Connectic the Constitution State? What city is the d center in the world? What has been the used of the precious me 4. Where does the earth rank in distance the planets from the sun? 5. What preside White H Among first ped the Answers to Yesterday's Questions: outh Carolina. ry Harrison What's The Difference BETWEEN A COBBLER AND A SHOE REBUILDER? The answer is found in the work ved out by this shop Bring Your Shoe Repair Work Here O. K. SHOE SHOP t called « greatest most oceu- BY Gou ! WF IT IST ONE OF US ITS Te OER AND SoneTines BoA? OF US AT ONCE | | NEA Service Weiter | ASHINGTON—The general im pression in Washington is that | President Coolidge means to be } cenominated in 1928 If, however. by any chi changes his, mind, it’s said of Commerce Hoove Or. in case he does keep the nomination for himself, it’ ferred he'd be for Hoover tn Hoover would be 5% then, and it’s @ long time ahead. The essential point 1s that Cool | idge thinks well enough of his com | merce secretary to believe he'd | make the best president he knows | of, next to himself. ° | ete | HAT the president depends more | on Hoover than any other mem: | ber of his cabinet. with the 1928 in | BY CHARLES P STEWART : single exception of Secretary of the | Treasury Mellon, in the latter's own os WASHINGTON LETTER teular department, isn't much of cret ‘This is speaking, of course. of offi cial relationships. Personally the chief executive doubtless ts more tn timate with Attorney General Sar gent Hoover's department ts near the foot of the list, in formal order of cabinet seniority, ranking only the Department of Labor, but actually the Californian has succeeded in muking it the most important of all, in many ways. Been the portfolio of justice, for which he lacks the legal | training, and of the treasury, so | jong as it remains in Mellon's hands, Hoover could have had any other | place in the president's official fam ily long ago, had he wished. Indeed, at various times the prest dent has wanted to transfer him, but Hoover preferred not. LOCATES DIAMOND NEW YORK— Scotland thinks it ha: jeweler a 2: | $20,000, removed from a $100,000 , neeklace stolen from Agnes Gold- man, of London. The jeweler who | bought the gem in Antwerp inno- j cently, is going to London to re- turn it, if it is identified. 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RAHNER, General Passenger Agent PORT TAMPA THE PENINSULAR AND OCCIDENTAL STEAMSHIP COMPANY United KEY WEST States Fast Mail Routes For K Via WEST, CUBA AND THE W Port Tampa, Key weekend un Proposed sailings in effect on datestshown, Subject to change, cr mement without notice: EFFECTIVE FROM KEY WE y, APRIL 20, 1926 Ly. Key, We oT 8, ’ 8:30 A. M. Ar. Ha e 2:30 P.M. Ly. Havana 10:00 A. M. Ar. Key West 5:00 P.M. ana Mon Mon., Wed. Fri., Sat. es., Thurs., Sat. Wed, Fri. Monday, Friday. aturday. Cuba leaves Key W Cuba leaves Havana Tuesda Above hours are based astern Standard Time PORT TAMPA-KEY WE! HAVANA LINE EFFECTIVE FROM PO! , APKIL Ly. Port Tampa Sund: hursday Ar. Key West Monday, Friday Lv. Key a ay. ¥ 9:30 Ar, Havana r ‘ 4:30 Lv. Ha . 8 10:00 A Ar. Key West T 5 Key West Tues Tampa Wed { TAMPA TL 00 uba leaves Port Tampa Sund: Cuba leaves Havana Above hours ‘Tuesday, are based on Kastera Standard Time Dv. ¥ &P. A. Jacksonville, Fin. P, J. SAUNDERS, M.. J. H. COSTAR, Agent, Key West, Fin. NOTICE! - GAS CONSUMERS Please note the dates of meter readings on your gas bills this month. The Gas Company's nd sale of ment of bills office will be ypen until 9 o’gloc turday night for the pay- merchandise. GAS SERVICE CO.