The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 15, 1926, Page 1

Full Associated Press Leased Wire Day Service VOLUME XLVII. No. 116 MISSING DIRIGIB The Key West KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, MAY 15, 1926. J. W. ANDERSON, ALIAS J. AL WALDON, WANTED IN KEY WEST FOR FORGERY 1S APPREHENDED IN LOS ANGELES, CALIF. MAN ARRESTED TRIES: City Council Discusses | Matter Of Tearing Down Dilapidated Buildings HAND IN REALTY BUSINESS HERE FOR SHORT TIME J. W. Anderson, alias °J. A. Waldon, badly wanted Key West on numerous charges ‘of for- gery and passing worthless checks in by the wholesale, has been appre-| hended in Los Angeles, California, according to a telegram received | by Chief Deputy Sheriff. A. H. McInnis from the police chief of Los Angeles. But the message says the prisoner is being held for Sheriff Binford at Texas, so it is not certain that he can be brought back to Key! West any time soon, though Mr. Melnnis says he has a sufficient number of charges against him to keep him in the pen a hundred and fifty years, if he should do time for all of them. For a short timo last year this Anderson, alias Waldon, tried his hand at the realty business in Key West, connected with the office of C. C. Symonette. It is claimed that he forged two or three checks just before leaying this city and that he is-very ‘skillful in .) amitating “handwriting “of” others. To thesey checks and to alf others floated by him since leaving here in # far as Key West is ‘ton- cerned had the name of C. C, Symonctte attached ‘as signature, and that the forgery is so clever ‘as to deceive even experts of pen- manship, it is claimed. Officers here believe that the fraudulent operations son, alias Waldor, in connection with Key West will total three or} four thousand dollars. But the} First National Bank of this city} Jost practically nothing as the re- sult of these forgeries, for the checks were promptly turned | down as goon as they reached the | bank here. The bogus checks on the Key} West bank that were floated af-| ter the “artist” left Key West; $100) represented amounts from to $500. They were checks, too. son, lias Waldon, had supplied himself with a stamp used by benks on certified checks, and had forged the signature of Cashier Kemp, as well as that of} ©. C. Symonette, thus giving the cheeks every appearance of the! genuine article, Has Large Supply Anderson, alias Waldon, seems to have laid in a large supply of blank checks on the First Nation-| al Bank of West. A few days after he left here checks com- menced to pour in from Pensa- cola, Before the sheriff's office here could get in touch with au- thorities at Pensacola he had left there for parts unknown. time elapsed and then the fied” checks from Lo only to be turned as forgeries. ter, president of the Na- tional Bank, cooperating with the sheriff's office had all this en n Page 8) Some *“certi- commenced to hail Angeles, | California, turned down and re- Wm. R. Por- First N ere, " ed eeee MONROE THEATRE TODAY tark.” Al F TOMORRO Des “Beverly of Graus h Comedy. “Playthings of ire.” Comedy, “Fool's Luck.” STRAND THEATRE TODAY “Under Skies.” Good comedy TOMORROW Fox Hunt.” 1 Western Houston, | of Ander-} “certified” | In some way Ander- | | Dead? | peevcedesccovcccce | i} | ‘This, man has returned to Port Huron, Mich., and is. trying to convince authorities there that he is Abelard ‘Lebert, who was re- | ported dead four years ago and | whose divorced wife collected on his $10,000 insurance policy. She has remarried and built an apart- ment with the insurance money. | Ineurance officials are investigat- | ing his story. ‘LUNACY BOARD _ TS APPOINTED | TO MAKE EXAMINATION OF NEGRO ARRESTED YES- oe TERDAY Deputy Sheriff Cleveland Dillon has summoned a sufficient num- her of local physicians to form a lunacy board for the purpose of }deciding upon the sanity of Adolphus Dean, the negro who was arr d-and lodged in the county jail yesterday for accosting | a white woman on the street. It hae been learned that this) negro was sent from Tampa to the | insane asylum some time was released from that i when it was bel‘eved that he haa| been cured. Officers state that he can con verse quite intellig: » but that it is knoWn he spends time when at liberty in piling up small stones, playing w:th pota-| ‘oes, and in a general way con- ducting himself as a small child. GILCHRIST STILL ' GROWING WEAKER (By Associated & NEW YORK, May 1 Gov, Albert W. Gilchrist, ida, was reported ens) Former of Flor- considerably weaker today at the hospital where he is iil, * DANCE TONIGHT —At The ATHLETIC CLUB Music FREDDIE BOORDE-ORCE By and Dance 4To7 P. M. Concert Tomorrow ————— \SIXTY-ONE STRUCTURES "INCLUDED IN LIST FURNISHED BY CITY BUILDING INSPECTOR The City Council met at the city hall last evening with a num- ber of interested citizens and tax-| payers when the matter of tear- ing down many old buildings in various taken The) council was furnished with a list | up for discussion. of structures recommended to be torn down by Relph B. Pinder, ed the buildings in question fire ‘traps. Le The move inaugurated in con nection with the tearing down of | these buildings was taken up for| ore thorough discussion with many of those in attendance presenting} their views in the matter. At the termination of the dis- cussion, it was decided to lay the matter over until Thursday night of the-coming week, which is a! regular meeting night of the coun- cil, when the property owners in question will be permitted to ad-| son they may have as to why the structures should not be torn down. The matter is being handled by ordinance, and the propery own- notice of the council’s intention listed by the building inspector to be done away with. In the event that any owner of |these buildings may care to raake necessary improvements in com- pliance with the building ordin- jance they will be permitted to do {so after making same known to |the council and building inspec- Tt was stated last night at) the meeting, however, that many of the buildings were beyond re- pair, and were termed fire traps proper, these to be torn down as soon as possible. There were several ladies from the Woman’s Club in attendance who were present in the interest of the city planning movement that as also discussed. Captain Clark 'D. Stearns addressed the council requesting that a city planning ‘commission be appointed for the purpose of carrying on the work, after which the counci! ordered that an ordinance be drawn up creating a city planning and zon ing commission in compliance with the request made. At the termination of the coun- cil’s session last night, it was de cided to meet jointly with the Board of Public Works on May 26 for the purpose of discussing the matter of widening White strect its full length. | tor. | NOTICE City Tax Books for the year 1925 will close May 31. All taxes unpaid on that date will be adver- tised according to law. ARTHUR H. SHEPPARD, | may 3-16t City Tax Collector parts of the city was building inspector, who has term-| dress the council showing any rea-| jers in question have been given| of ridding the city of these un-/ sightly buildings which have been! RED MEN WILL HOLD MEMORIAL SERVICE SUNDAY EXCELLENT PROGRAM — IS| ‘PREPARED FOR EVENT TO BE GIVEN AT HEADQUAR- TERS TOMORROW eee Appropriate observance of) Boys’ Week, May 23 to 30, inclu-| sive, is ‘being sponsored by the| Rotary Club of Key West. Below is published a few ex- pressions by prominent men con- cerning Boys’ Week. What do you think about it? | - | “tT heartily endorse Boys’ Week, | and am in sympathy with the In- ternational Boys’ Week program. “The easiest way to solve the problems we are facing today is to| see to it that the boys get the right attitude toward the ideals of their country. They should have proper An excellent program has been| spare-time opportunities, sufficient | ceeanieea: and the event promises| opportunities to play, ample facili to be a very pleasant océasion. | ties for education, and the chance | to learn a trade. All members are requested to} “Boys, Week foeuses public eel be present, and widows and or-| tention upon the boy. It is well Members of Tiger Tail Tribe| No. 19, Improved Order of Red| Men, will hold their annual me- morial service at their hall, cor- ner of Caroline and Elizabeth streets, at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. |the hope that the spirit of Boys’ | Week may spread throughout the year.” tend, Local Red Men will meet at the same pluce at 7:30 tomorrow eve- | ning for the purpose of attending divine: worship at the First Meth- “It affords me much pleasure to) | odist Church, Joseph Roberts, -C-| associate myself with those who| of R., announces, \have comniended Rotary Inter- LEAP aoe | national for its work among boy: | Excellent Service To “Civic environments are nec ily the traini hool fi it: | Be Found At Green sarily the training school for ci | Lantern Tea Roow WARREN G. HARDING. | zenship. Whatever serves. to iwi practical expression ta idealism in any walk of life can- not prove other than an advantage | to the state. It would be difficult *\1 believe, to overestimate the eat luncheon, tea or dinner. Thy | value of Boys’ Week in this con- atmosphere created by the furnish) qieet'on.” i ings as well as the; food served | W. L. MACKENZIE KING. there make it a fine place to go ¢ 8, | \regularly to eat. ‘ aan every man Pray that he) The color scheme. of green’ unre the js wne tol | white is’ Garriéd out “from rooting Citewte ert in the unique lantern that hangs. above | service ie hi fellaw man,-in-order the door, the wall colorings, chairs, that he may die, to be recorded and tables to the service itself. {on the rolls of those who have not The food is excellent, A course| thought of themselves but have} |dinner can be secured ot delectable |ed eee ap ne wan hey, Sarre salads can be secured during the | |hot days of summer. There is| everything to attempt the smaller | appetites as well as the “m0Fe Pihing permanent for the averag hearty eaters, | man, you have got to begin befor | Les Aa REE A he is a man. The charice of suc-| | Honduran Schooner Is [cess Les in wotking with the boy not the man.” | Captared Off Coast | THEODORE ROOSEVELT. | | By Cutter focte The Green Lantern Tea Room is a delightful place in which ° WOODROW WILSON. ‘Tf you are going to do any “Save a man,’you save one per- son; save a boy and you save a whole multiplication table.” JOHN WANAMAKER. The Honduran schooner Lena | Sande, now the Evelyn D, was, captured yesterday off the coant lof St. Augustine by the coast guard cutter Yamacraw and tow- jed into Savannah, “I trust that the organizations | sponsoring Boys’ Week will have | | the support of sparengs and all The Lena Sande is an old of-) others interested in.the welfare of | \fender and will now probably be) our boys.” | out of the bootlegging business| J. A. O. PREUS,, for some time. Governor, Minnesota. | appeals to the love of God, love ‘day after day” | hood.” eecce “I am very much in favor al Boys’ Week because there is some- | thing in it most wholesome. It} of country, and love of neighbor. “Our real defense must be built up in the character of our boys. It} is more important than armies and | battleships.” CARDINAL HAYES. “The development of the future manhood of the country and the direction of its energies into proper channels, is the most im-} portant question before us at the} present time.” LORD PROVOST HUTCHISON, Edinburgh, Scotland. “Though the age and ages be- long to the boy, let’s give him one} week in which to fix our minds and} phans are especially invited to at-; that we think of our boys, with] hopes upon him. The American| rendered at the boy is the nation’s greatest asset, provided we deal with him under- standingly. The boy is our prob-| lem, for we who are grown-ups are the keepers of our little brother, | the boy. “The boys, children of God,| makers of America’s morrow, our ounger comfades, let’s help and e helped by them.” RABBI WISE. “All adults are set like plaster, | and, therefore, i you want'to. ac-| complish anything for or with the | men, you must work with the boy;/ play with the boy, see the world | with a boy's eyes and treat him ac-/| cordingly.” | WILLIAM JAMES. “The boy is the-factor In so- ciety Lhave in Pe ty my duties. I want his hero wor- ship justified. *1 don’t want the day to come when the idol might) crumble and fall. I want the boy justified in keeping that candle) | burning at the Altar.” | JUDGE LANDIS. | “The youth of the nation are| he trustees of posterity.” DISRAELL “There is no greater di idend | payer and no better. business in- vestment than Boys—the Lad- | dies.” j HARRY LAUDER. | | “He who hetps a boy to become | a good and strong man makes a contribution of the first order to! the welfare of society. PHILLIPS BROOKS. “All the vagabondage of the world begins in neglected boy-| VICTOR HUGO, | Four Seaplanes ‘Added-To ro Fleet Of Vessels To Patrol Florida Coast STRICT ENFORCEMENT POLL TAX BOOKS OF PROHIBITIONLAW = TQ. CLOSE TODAY. IS NOW BEING OUT- : LINED | PAYMENTS PROGRESS SLOW-; LY ALL DURING DAY Four seaplanes, latest models, have been turned over to the pro- ; | 5 o'clock that hour Poll tax books close et this afternoon. After no one can complete qualification hibition department, Capt. John G. Berry, coast guard, announced June Primary elec of poll tax wa at noon tod: the lim‘t | to vote in the tion Payment progressing slowly and it seemed that about been reac ned this morning, and will be used for scouting along the Georgia and Florida coast? Two more seaplanes were cap oi tent) that he h: from ever believe 3,800 need be exp tured recently at Miami and may be incorporated in the airfleet of the prohibition forces. The coast of Florida is becom- ing better protected every day by added vessels to the coast guard department, airplanes, motorcycle beach patrol and other equipment p Berry ps a mile apart, necessary, Captain de- «| tickets EXCURSION T0 HAVANA, CUBA REDUCED RATES OFFERED OWING TO CUBAN INDE- PENDENCE DAY The P. & O. Steamship Com- pany, through J. H. Costar, agent, has announced en ex Key in connection with Cuban Inde m from West to Havana and return pendence Day, which fall 20. The sailings from Key will be on May 17 and will be good within ten days from 4 First clans adu' jren between 5 and and the return n between 90, and children plus $1.00 under 5 3 00, ar t y further information de may be obtained from the West ticket office. meet For I 47 Years Devoted to the nterests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS NORGE FOUND EXPRESSIONS BY PROMINENT MEN CONCERNING BOYS’ WEEK AND WORK Immense Airship Missing For Two Days Arrives At Teller, Alaska, Safely PROCRAM BY SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES TUESDAY PRIMARY DEPARTMENT OF LEY MEMORIAL CHURCH TO GIVE ENTERTAINMENT AT HIGH SCHOOL The following program will be Monroe High Sehool, Tuesday May 18, by the primary department of the Ley Memorial Sunday Schoc!: Instrumental Dan‘el Lewis. Piano Selection—Miss Curry. Introduction of Guests by Mas- Alice | ters John Little and John Pinder. | Vocal Solo—Miss Edith Russell. Wedding Ceremonies. Solo—Miss:-Rose Mary Bethel. Reading—Miss Phylis Thomp-| son. Reading—Miss Gena: Pierce. Mandolin Selection—Miss Flor-| ence Torres. Reading — Miss Barabara Thompson. Vocal ‘Solo-—Miss Laura Mae Albury. Dialogue — Miss. Rose Mary Bethel and Louise Pritchard. Reading—Miss Alice Jenks. Piano Selection—Miss Fannie} Hansen. Reading—Master Jack Roberts. Violet Drill—Twelve Girls. Reading—Miss Clarabel Cereza. Dinlowpiee Fone ie &: Girls. ‘MISSES LAZARUS AND MYERS TO LEAVE SUNDAY. PROPOSE MAKING TOUR OF MIDDLE WESTERN STATES; GRADUATES OF UNIVER- SITY OF MISSOURI Miss Hannah Lazarus, of the Mi on the Mallory steamer Con- cho for Galveston, to make a tour of the middle wi rn states. They will visit their homes in Missouri. Miss Myers is from St. Louis and Miss Lazazrus is from! Both are gradu- University ,of Mis- Jefferson City. ates of the souri. In July they are planning. to: Miss Myers’ sister, Miss yers, who is a teacher in th nroe County High School, in New York, and sail for Europe, where they will spend a month traveling through England, France, Germany and other coun tries. Selected To Attend National Convention In San Francisco Friends of “Miss Blanch Curry, who is attending the Woman's at Tallahassee, will be tollege glad to know that she has been se- » lected as one of the nine to attend the National convention as a dele gate, which be held in San Francisco in Jt Mir her j Cake year in college and has made president of her fraternity. After the close of school, Miss h ard her sister, Miss Ro < attending Virginia be joined their Walter P. € at St will alsa complete snior been Mr here the will be gw and Mrs. J. N. Fogarty vitit of several weeks. for a Selection — Mrs. | liaies RECEIVED PUTS AN END TO GREAT ANXIETY FELT FOR CAPT. AMUNDSEN | VANCOUVER, May 15. —Completing the first \flight from Spitzbergen to Alaska over the North Pole Capt. Roald Amund- sen’s dirigible Norge ar- rived at Teller, Alaska, at 2 a. m. today, eastern jstandard time. Definite | word of the safe arrival of the airship put to an end anxiety which has been felt for the expedition since. it vanished behind a seeming- ly impenetrable wall of static and interference two idaysago. . ’ The crew of the Norge jwere all well after their epochal experience, mes- sages received here said. It was not known wheth- jer ‘the Norge had been |brought to earth at Tellier jor whether it had simply |cast anchor there. Teller is 75 miles north- | west of Nome. | aeainsiek TELLER | TWo O'CLOCK VANCOUVER, May 15.—The dirigible Norge from King’s Bay, | Spitzbergen, over the North Pole, j arrived at Teller, Alaska at: 2 | o'clock, eastern standard time. All on board the Norge were } ed'torial staff of The Citizen, and| well and everything elie sar to Kathryn Myers, leave tomor-} be O. K No indications whether the Norge had been brought to earth was obtainable here. | Teller is 75 miles northwest of ; Nome, Teller is on Point Clar ence, an atm-of the Behring Sea. FIFTH DAY | OF JOURNEY SEATTLE, Wash. y Anx ety for the safety of Capt Roald Amundsen and his 17 aboard the dirigible } creased today, us more than days since the airship was r ed sighted over Po Alaska, had possed ther word of the explorers, The Norge today started Its day out of King’s Bay, § gen, having left there a. m, Tuésday, eastern stand time. It passed over the 7 p.m. Tuesday and rep position at 9:30 p. m... Since no verified message haz been re ceived from the ship, although eral garbled dispatches have been reported. 15.- ckew TOM BOY Marion D, plays the part of | “Beverly of Grew If Jove makes the world go round this great comedy-ro- the prince terk.” mance will make it spin like « See “Beverly of Graus- at the MONROE THEATRE TODAY top. tark”