The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 12, 1926, Page 1

A loa! Nei REA RI ENP HR beatae tS Om Oe silage Phe ep NAR prey in onde Le All aes Aer ll he CARI An Shall i 5 Wh finally decided to send a delega- '¥ : : Chamber of Commerce for the from the citizens of Key West ‘that aze now being handled in that ~ section! by: theTurner Company. Full Associated Press Leased Wire Day Service VOLUME XLVII._ No.'113 County Commissioners To Pay Visit To Minneapolis — To Confer With Mr. Turner e MATTER IS DECIDED AT MASS MEETING HELD AT COURT HOUSE LAST | NIGHT | At a mass meeting held last night at the County Court House, | which was presided over by Dr.| J. Y. Porter, Sr., president of the| Chamber of Commerce, it: was} tion from Key West to Min- neapolis, Minn., for the. purpose of conferring with Mr. Turner of the GP. A. Turner Construction Company relative to the proposed project of building bridges in con- -negtion with the Over-Sea High- way to the mainland. The meeting was called by the “Purpose of obtaining expressions 4 upon an‘ invitation ex- tended by Mr. Turner a short time ago in which he stated that he felt that ib would be a good idea to have the commissioners visit Minneapolis and obtain first hand information on bridge building in After stating thé object of the mectirig, there. were a number of citizens. making addresses, with the matter being thoroughly dis- cussed by those in attendance. Among those making addresses | on the subject, all of whom ‘were strongly in favor of sending the delegation in question to Min- neapolis. were: J. Otto. Kirch- heiner, chairman of the Board of County Commissioners; Braxton) B. Warren, Hilton Curry and Carl Bervaldi, all commissioners; Dr. | J. M. Renedo, Paul Boysen, V. A. Johnson, Mr, Mallory, Warren 3. Watrous, County Engineer Clif- ton G. Bailey and Emory Pierce. . It was recommended that the delegation to be seut be made up of the members of the county | | | commissioners, one representative | from the Rotary Club, one from! the realty board, chamber of com-| merece, county engineers, legal ad-| viser, city government, and other TQ BE RENDERED DURING Chicago (clear) representatives. The meeting was an enthusiastic one, with all present being much | in favor of having the delegation | visit Minneapolis for the purpose! stated. | SMITH IMPERSONATES SMITH JACKSON VIL Smith im- personating Smith landed a Smith into the arms of the authorities. W. BE. Smith was taken by the police here and charged with hav- ing represented himself as W. M. Smith, at-a local bank. HE’S NOT— MOTHERS’ CLUB 10 HOLD MEETING PROGRAM TO BE RENDERED AT SESSION TO- MORROW The Mothers’ Club will hold a meeting Thursday, May 13, in the Armory building at 4:00 p. m. Plans for the children’s party will be discussed and the various committees appointed. The following program will be given: - Piano Solo—Miss Leota Grillon. Reading—Mrs. Ira J. Moon. Piano Solo—Miss Elma John- son. * Talk—Miss Alice Evans, R. N. Song—Children. ¢ Committee: Miss Gardner, chair- KEY. WEST, FLORIDA, ‘JOINT MEETING “AT CITY HALL THIS EVENING STREET At the city hall tonight there will be a joint meeting of the ‘memtbers of the, city council and the board of public works. The meeting will be held for the pur- pose of discussing the matter of | widening White street its entire | length. All White street property own-| jers are invited to be present, for| at this meeting the matter of ex- tending White street to the F. E.) C. terminals will be discussed and | perhaps some action taken along | that line. | The property owners along White street are very enthusiastic | ‘over the idea of widening and| | beautifying their pretty thorough- | fare, and their ambition has re-| ceived a new. impetus in the beau- tiful appearance of that portion | man; Mrs. Antonio Martinez, Mrs. Kingman Curry, and Mrs. J. J. Quaid. “SERVICE Coen occeccscccoesscccccescccccccccceccoeooeeooces | “Looks like you fellows are get- ting out a better paper now than you did when you had competi- tion,” a friend remarked to a Citi- sen representative yesterday af-! ternoon. “Sure we are,” was the -reply. | “The Citizen goes steadily on whether it has opposition or not, wha” ther"recent~impkovement “in Ther Gitizen would have ~ been made even had there been no other paper ‘in Key West at ° the time,” The Citizen ‘man ‘stated. And that is’ true. The Citizen management finds timé well spent in endeavors to build up this newspaper rather than worry about the success or failure of another one, The Citizen always has been and will be in future} just as good a newspaper as the cooperation and patronage of the FIRST AND ALWAYS’: IS MOTTO OF THE CITIZEN of White street that is being im-| proved by the city from Division street to the south waterfront. | ing of a newspaper, nor of the.in- | dispensable service that it con-| stantly renders, cheerfully and | free, in the interest of the com-| munity in which it is published. | Citizens seem to underestimate | the inestimable value that the. newspaper is to its community and | ‘the countryat large. The welfare | of the nationsirgely depends upon i the newspapers ofthe land, for, without them all good work would | suffer and perhaps fail of their | purposes in a surprising measure. | or a society, not a Red Cross drive | or Christmas Seal Sale, not a chamber of commerce, not a school | or library, or a chautauqua, not al |charity or any good movement that | is.not in a greater or less degree} depend upon the newspaper for) the desired degree of success and! There is not a church, or a lodge,| * The Key West Citsen Candidate For Congrel Voters at Bayview Park Last Night In Interest of Cn- There was a large crowd as. sembled at Bayview Park last eve. ning to hear the address delivered by Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen, daugh- ter of the late William Jennings For I oe WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1926. 47 Years Devoted to the nterests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS GREAT BRITAIN'S GENERAL STRINE CALLED OFF TODAY eececceces NATIONAL HOSPITAL DAY eeee National Hospital Day was ob- | 12, 1921. “This day was selected| ease with which’ it concentrates | as the, most fitting date because! the latest triumphs of surgery and | in’ modern: hospital and nursing/ specialists in every disease. | methods. | ‘Whateare the hospital facilities | Do people realize that the! in this community? Do you know | hospital as we know it is largely| whether these facilities are ade- an American Institution? Origin-' quate or inadequate? jits personnel, its equipment, its | served for the first time on May} contact with individuals and the} it is the anniversary of the birth| medicine, the newest: tools of re-| | of Florence Nightingale, pioneer! search and the more highly trained | Are ‘your! @ From Fourth District ‘LARGE AUDIENCE AT BAYVIEW PARK lally there were places for the destitute, poor houses in fact, but the great modern hospital is in no small measure an American insti- ‘tute, developed in America, | patronized by all classes of society | and recognized’ as a proper place | for the sick regardless of class. | Every hospital is an institution | built as a bulwark against disease. Every hospital is battling for the health of the people and is en- | deavoring to serve as an instructor | of the people. In this latter ser- | vice its success is proportionate to \Steaimak With hospitals fireproof? Are the proper precautions being taken to | protect patients from the danger | of fire? How are your local hospitals | operated and controlled? What provisions are made for the care of city and charity patients? How are contagious diseases like small- pox handled? Are there funds to equip the hospital properly? Do | you ever visit the City Hospital known as the Mercedes ‘Hospital? | These are questions. which every citizen may well look into. Immense Liquor Supply. Seized Who Addressed | Sse IS CONDUCTED GOVERNOR MARTIN WILL BE ASKED TO MAKE COM. | that. in many cases that Florida! PLETE PROBE IN WATSON |was a great deal more prosperous; Case and urged more agricultural a ivities be entered into, and stated than many other states for various reasons, principally the one of (By Agnociated Preas Off New Jersey Coast ESTIMATED VALUE OF CARGO SONFISCATED SAID TO BE WAY OVER A MILLION DOLLARS (Ry Assuctated Dress; NEW YORK, May 12—Twenty- three sailors, brought into port “roaring drunk and noisy,” and none of whom admitted they were officers, were held today on the | steamer Donnetta, loaded with a | $1,420,000 liquor cargo, accused |does its duty to this community, maintain ifs present standard of | people of Key West enable it to! maintenance. | Bryan, in the interest of her can- The Citizen is now in the midst} ,. tele 3, . If the local organizations, so-,of its forty-seventh year of Puitie. | oeer for the United States Con- cieties, business firms, merchants|ful service for Key West and gress. and citizens in general will do;Monroe county. It is at present their duty to The Citizen as faith-;one of the best afternoon news- fully and as well as this paper | papers in the state and is eager to . | Mrs. Owen is making the race from the fourth congression- al district. Hon. Chas. |duced the speaker, and made an H. Ketchum intro- The Citizen would soon be a pub- excellence, BUT IT CANNOT lication of great scope and ser--CARRY ON THIS WAY INDEFI- ST. PETERSBURG, May 12. Official inquiries were made today| mto two lynchings within three{ days in different sections of! Southern Florida. A special grand | jury here was ready to announce its findings in the case of Parker Watson, negro, who was lynched Sunday night last after being taken from officers who were! bringing him here from . Clear-| jot piracy. y| ‘Another ship, the Atlanta, des- eribed as a fifty-foot power boat th an armored’ superstructure, as free today after a pitched | battle last night mear Atlantic City with patrol boat 113. The Donnetta was captured Monday night 60 miles southeast which investors have had an op- pertunity to realize enormous re- sults in realty activities. Mrs, Owen stated that the hos- pitality of the people of Florida was one of its greatest drawing , cards, and predicted a great future vice. Few people have ever been brought to the full realization of expense that enter into the mak- NITELY WITHOUT, THE PAT- |RONAGE AND COOPERATION THAT IS DUE IT FROM THE ithe amount of time, effort and| BUSINESS INTERESTS OF KEY| WEST AND MONROE COUNTY. PROGRAM AT BAYVIEW PARK ON THURSDA AFTERNOON UNDER AUS- PICES OF DAUGHTERS OF CONFEDERACY A very pleasing program will ‘be rendered at Bayview park to- morrow afternoon at 4:30 o'clock under the auspices of the local chapter Daughters. of the Confed- eracy, of which Mrs. Claude Al- bury is president. Every number will be rendered in an excellent manner, and the event will be one ‘of the prettiest and most interesting out-door en- tertainment affairs of the “sea- son. It is expected that a large crowd will witness the exercises. The program as anhounced fol- ie lows: George O'Brien is not a sheik, @ caveman nor a lounge lizard. He is a welcome type of young manhood admired by women and men—a man’s man. George appears in “The Iron Horse,” the latest and best production of Wm. Fox. MONROE THEATRE TODAY Givens, Children marching in revue past jthe judges. | Awarding the prizes. Seng and Dance—Fannie Pa Recitation—Bettie Sawyer. Song—Kathleen Watkins. Recitation—Dorothy Bearup. Dance—Matilda Hansen. Song—Harriette Johnson. Recitation—Edith Russell. Gwynnette and Song Ruth ecescesee /THE WEATHER eoscce j Tem. 50 co 44 Charleston (clear) 70 42 Stations | Abilene (pt. cloudy) ..... Atlanta (clear) a Boston (pt. cloudy) | Corpus Christi (cloudy) | Dodge City (cloudy) | Galveston (pt. cloudy) Hatteras (cloudy) Huren (clear) Jacksonville (cloudy) KEY WEST (clear) | Louisville (pt. cloudy) | Miami (clear) New Orleans (cloudy) ew York (clear) St. Louis (clear) Tampa (pt. cloudy) Washington (pt. cloudy) Williston {clear) 4 70 54 40 72 77 52 72 72 48 48 74 46 44 WHITE STREET PROPERTY OWNERS Are requested to attend joint meeting City Council and Board of Public Works tonight at 8 o’elock at City Hall, (Pending completion of plans for beautification of White Street, Property Owners are requested to postpone for the present § con- structing of sidewalks). Rese Thompson. Recitation—Edna Bearup. Charieston—Leona Bethel. Song—Claudia Albury, Kath- teen Watkins, Dorothy Dobbs and Leona Bethel. i address himself also, which. was an interesting one throughout, af- which Hon. B. Browne also made an excellent ad- ter Jefferson dress on the occasion. Mrs. Owen’s address was prin- cipally along the lines of Florida developments in which she ex- pressed her love for the whole state, and brought out her talk which fully demonstrated her liking for Flor- many points in ida inasmuch as she has adopted this state as her home in which she has all interest. Mrs, Owen told of her long ex- perience in connection with her father’s political activities, and Stated that from her wide knowl- she felt that she was thoroughly fitted for edge in this connection the position to which she aspires. Mrs. Owens cited the numerous substantial de- velopment of the State of Florida, possibilities for NO OFFICIAL NOTICE RECEIVED AS YET (My Associated Presa) TALLAHASSEE, May. 12.—If Gov. John W. Martin has been petitioned to act in two lynchings which have occurred in the state within the past few days, nothing regarding them has as yet been received at the executive office, the governor stated here early to- day. The that governor indicated as a whole for the state in which she resides. * The speaker ‘announced her platform: assbeing a plain and simple one, stat'ng that she was in favor of any measure or un- dertaking for the welfare and progress of the state, and. said ,that in the event that she is elect- ed ag a representative to Congress that she will fill the position to the satisfaction of all concerned. Mrs. -Owen made no reference whatever to her opponent*in the coming-campaign which fact was rather noticeable as it-xeldom oc- curs that a speaker fails to make some referente to the opposing side in the deliverance of a poli- tical address on a like occasion. Mrs. Owen delivered an excel- lent address in the interest of her candidacy, holding the undivided attention of the large crowd as- sembled at the park. although the request for executive action had not yet arrived at the capitol, they will be given his personal attention when placed before him. NICE TABLE HENS GEO. 1. KNOWLES FRONT STREET water. At Labelle, near Myers, sheriff's forces inves ed the death of Henry Patt: negro, who was shot to death and hanged last night for an alleged} attack on a white woman. Herman Dawn, president of the state chamber of commerce, an- nounced here that Governor John W. Martin would be asked to make a complete investigation into the killing of Watson. Mr. Dawn said the state of Florida could ill af. ford to have a stain like that caused by the slaying of the negro at this time, when th yes of the nation were on the s Watson was found des with five bullet wounds in his body and his face seorched with a The theory has been advanced that some persons believed the negro knew the location of a large amount of stolen goods and him to reveal the eache. had been arrested for burglaries here. Ae coroner's jury at Labelle, summoned last night, rese d its verdict until today in the case of Patterson, who was accused of attacking a white woman at her home near here. Officers said they Watson alleged had learned that the woman told) her friends later that she had only become frightened at the negro’s presence, and that he had not at- tacked her. Patterson was captured by the band of men after he was said to have escaped from officers. His body, first paraded through, the streets of Labelle, was left hang: ing to a tree on the outskirts The lynching cast great into the negro quarters of town. Many of the inhabitan fled to Fort Myers. In road build- ing camps im the vicinity, where large numbers of negro laborers are employed, foremen gathered the negroes into one large camp and stood white armed guards about them. Fort} igat-| ‘son, | ap-| plied the acid in an effort to force} of Atlantic City by the coast guard cutter Seneca, and brought into New York last night, where it was anchored by the Statue of Liberty and the hatches sealed. Coastguardsmen called it the biggest prohibition prize captured in two years, and expressed the belief it was connected with a | bootleg ring of Rochester, N. Y. | Six alleged members of the ring | were indicted Monday. | The ship flew the American flag, hip’s papers nor officers’ credential found on it, brings it under a technical ation of piracy, guardsmen | but no were whic } cl said. Commander Blake, of the Sen- eca, said that when he pulled alorgside the Donnetta at sea, he ‘got a gigantic Whiff of alcoholic content which would have stagger- led a theatre crowd.” When he boarded it, he said, champagne was flowing freely. Members of the crew were on deck drinking it from pitchers. Assistant United States Attor- ney Herman T. Stichman said her cargo consisted of 500 drums of Belgian alcohol, each containing 90 gallons, 7,500 cases of cham- pagne valued at $125 a case, and 50 talian wines, d other liquors BOY WANTED To do collecting, delivering, ete. Must have bicycle. —APPLY— CITIZEN OFFICE ,|recommended for [LEADERS OF TRADES | UNION CONGRESS CONFER WITH PRE- MIER AND CABINET (By Associated Press) LONDON, May 12.—The British | general strike was called off to- jday. | Leaders of the trades which union congress, initiated the movement in sympathy with the striking miners, visited Premier Baldwin and his cabinet minis- ters in Downing street at noon and announced that the strike was over. This action was taken, Chair- man Arthur Pugh said, in order to enable resumption of the negotiations for settlement of the miners’ grievances, which nego: tiations the government had de- clared could not be resumed while the general strike lasted. The trade union congress forth- with dispatched telegrams to this effect to the affiliated throughout the country, The individual unions before acting must await definite structions from their own ecutive councils. However, it is stated that T..U. C. instructions will have quick, effect and that the . wheels of industry, tilled since last Monday midnight, will begin to turn again almost im- | mediately. | The official statement of the settlement issued from the pre- mier’s residence in Downing street read; The prime minister, who was accompanied by the minis jof labor, the secretary of war, |the. first lord of the admiraity, |the minister of health and the |secretary for mines, received the ;members of the gencral council of | the trades union congress at 12:20 jo’clock this afternoon at number |ten Downing street. Mr. Pugh announced on behalf jof the general council of the trades uhion congress that the general strike is being terminated today. Mr. Citrine, secretary of the trades union congr: nfter- ward made the foll e- ment: | “In order to resume negotia tions, the general council of th jtrades union congreas has decided |to terminate the gencral ¢ day, and telegrams of inst are being sent to the secr of all the affiliated unions “The members before |must awa;t definite inst from their.own executive - eo \eils. unions in- ex- owing stat “ (Signed) “ARTHUR PUGH, “JOHN BROMLEY, “W. CITRINE,” CONDITIONS OF SETTLEMENT LONDON, May 12.—The « tions on which the general strike was called off are as fo “The government the coak industry will be temporarily, “The lockout aga will be withdrawn. “A wage board will be © lished to revise the miners’ wag with the understanding that there shall be no revision without cient assurances that the reorg f the mining industrs Royal Coal Cormmission shall put into effect.” SOC OS SOe rel Ee HSE TEEETe AMUSEMENTS oe SOSSeSeeeseeeseseree MONROE THEATRE TODAY —"The Hor Good comedy. 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