The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 18, 1926, Page 1

Full Associated Press Leased Wire Day Service VOLUME XLVII. No. 118 Lester Cleare, An Aged © | eoccccccccccs | Fisherman, Drowns Near ~ Eastern Sand Bar Today BODY BROUGHT TO THIS PORT DURING AFTER- NOON ON FISHING BOAT Lester Cleare, an aged fisher-| “man and sponge fisher in former years, but a familiar figure abodt! the waterfront cafes where he se-| cured employment at times in re- cent years, was dyowned near the eastern sand bar this, forenoon while out there on a fishing trip with Frank Gates. The body was brought Curry’s fish dock here about 1 Justice of the to o'clock today. Peace Regelio Gomez immediately summoned a coroner’s jury. The body was viewed by the jury and} the only eye witness examined. Dr. Geo. R. Plummer examined the body and stated that the old man died of heart failure and was evidently dead before he had a chance to drown. The body was turned over to G. Frank Sawyer, of the Lopez undertaking establighment, to be prepared for burial. * Those who knew the deceased well gay that he has lived pretty much to himself for several yuafs,| but that he has numerous relatives ‘in the city, The details of the ¥enerable fishermah’s death could tot be learned in time for pub- lication this afternoon, MANY PROBLEMS TO BE SOLVED (ity Annociated rens) WARSAW, Muay 18.—Problems ere mounting for the new govern- ment installed after Marshal Pil-| sudski’s seizure of the capital. Count Skrazynski, | admittedly one of Poland’s strongest men in public Affairs, refuses to resume | the post of foreign minister which he held under the previous cabi- net. . There is dissatisfaction over the failure of Marshal Pilaudski to dis- solve parliament and the fact that! troops favoring the old govern-| ment ousted by. Pilsudski in his; coup last week are still under} arms. The question of the calling. of the national assembly for the pur- pose of electing a president to} succeed M. Wojceichowski has; brought about a difference of! epinion among the politicians. The leaders of some of the parties! have informed Acting President Rataj that the assembly should! not be held in Warsaw where un-! prejudiced discussion could not be carried out. | | | REACH AGREEMENT TO LIVE APAR (Ry Asxectated Press) HOLLYWOOD, Calif., May 18. ~-dack Pickford, motion picture actor, and his wife, believe they will be happier if they live apart, and so they are going to try it. “There will be no divorce, and no iegal separation,” My. Pickford said last night. “We mutually agreed to separ- ate,” he said. | “There are no ill feelings and there will be no legal diverce or legal separation, as far as 1 know.” The actor did not reveal the cause of the separation. AMUSEMENTS Seeeceesesessscetocosese MONROE THEATRE TODAY—“Lord Jim.” “Hold Tight.” TOMORROW Man.” Comedy, Spaces.” evevers Comedy, “The “Wide Cave Open HIGH REGARD FOR MANY BOYS OF COUNTRY ELBERT HUBBARD’S EXPRES-| SIONS RELATIVE TO| YOUTHS ARE PUBLISHED] HEREWITH | | The citizenry of Key West is showing much interest in connec- tion with Boys’ Week, to be spon-| sored by the Rotary Club under | the chairmanship of Geo. V. Per- pall, who is making arrangements for the event to be inaugurated in! Above is shown the dir what Elbert Hubbard has to say about Soys: KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, MAY 18, 1926. Amundsen Goes Over Pole in 2,000 Mile Flight. | ted in ible Norge in which Roald Amundsén flew over the north pole from the near future. The following is! ying’s Bay, Spitzbergen, to Point Barrow, Alaska. Insert are Lin eoln Ells Amundsen (center) and Captain Umberto Nobile (right), captain of the airship. “I have a profound respect for, boys. Grimy, ragged, tousled) boys in the street often attract me strangely. “A boy is a man in the cocoon, —you do not know what it is; going to become—his Life is big! with many possibilities. | “He may make or unmake) BADLY INJURED ON VOYAGE kings, change boundary lines be- tae tween states, write books that will! mold characters, or invent ma-|MEETS WITH ACCIDENT ON chines that will revolutionize the commerce of the world. BAHAMA SHORE WHEN SMALL BOAT “Every man, was once a boy. 1} NEAR ROCKS SHERIFF CURRY trust I shall not be contradicted ;| it’is really so. “Very distinctly and vividly I remember a slim, freckled boy,j who was born in the Patch, andj used to pick up coal along the rail- road tracks in Buffalo... A few months ago J had a motion to make before the Supreme Court, and the boy from the Patch was the judge who wrote the opinion Prasene aie penniien: Pe? Bahama shee : “Yesterday I rode horseback} He ‘was immediately placed past a field where @ boy was plow-' aboard his new cruising launch, ing. The. lad’s hair stuck out) hechere x 1 through the top’ of his -hat; his, “"¢ Barbara May, and the, vesse form was bony and awkward; one, made for Key West with all avail- suspender held his trousers in able speed, landing at this port place; his bare legs and arms were | just before 12 o'clock last night. brown and briar-scarred. | s ; “He swung hig horses ‘sround|#e is suffering. severely today, be- Sheriff Roland Curry was pain- jured at 12:30 o'clock yesterday jwhen caught between a capsized boat and the dog rocks on the just as I passed by, and from. un-|ing unable to take his bed because | der the flapping br.m of his hat he cast a quick glance out of the dark, half bashful eyes and mod estly returned my salute. jot the increase of pain when he lattempts to do so, and is sitting furrow after him. Who knows?—| CAPSIZES | | “fully and perhaps seriously. in-| His|im an arm chair at his home un-| back turned, I took off my hat and|der the influence of medicine ad-| |sent a God-bless-you down the! ministered by his physician to ease! I may go to that boy to borrow money, or to hear him preach, or! /to beg him to defend me in a law- suit; or he may stand with pulse Sheriff Curry will be determined | unhastened, bare of arm, in white | apron, ready to do his duty, while the cone is placed over my face, | and Night and Death come creep-| ing into my veins. “Be patient with the boys—you are dealing with soul stuff, Des- tiny awaits: just around the corner. | Be patient with the boys!” SOCIAL EVENT LAST EVENING MEMBERS OF JUSTICE TEM.) PLE ARE ENTER- TAINED Mr. and Mrs. James Wells and Mrs. Charles Baker delightfully entertained the members of Jus- tice Temple No. 17 last evening at their home on William street. Games and dancing were en- joyed by all present and delicious refreshments were served in abundance. At a late hour the guests went in a body to the Mallory dock to bid Chief and Mrs. Seouls and Miss | Frances Cochrane goodbye and a pleasant voyage. Miss Cochrane goes to visit her brother at Long Island, New York, while Chief and Mrs. Seouls go to make their home in Brooklyn, Those attending the party were: Mr, and Mrs. Charles Baker, Chief d Mrs. Seouls, Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Higgs, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Knowles, Mrs. Marion Tucker, Mr. and Mrs. Cochrane, Mr. and Mrs. Hilton Curry, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Barber, Mrs, Rosam, Mrs. Daniels, John Lord, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Pinder, Miss Lucille Rich- ardson, Miss Sadelle Albury, Miss Frances Cochrane, Mr. and Mrs. James Wells, Mrs. Slaughter and Mrs. Charles Richardson, his suffering. The real nature and actual ex-| tent-of the injuries sustained by} some time today upon a thorough examination by local physicians. (‘The accident is reported to have occurred on the coast of the Bahama Islands yesterday about noon. A number of the cruising party had gone ashore. Sheriff Curry remained on the launch, and when they were ready to re- turn to the Barbara May he took the small boat and started to the shore for them. When near the ore his little boat was swamped by heavy seas and he was thrown out on the lee side, between the boat and the dog rocks. The heavy seas caught up the small boat that was then filled ‘with water and dashed it against Sheriff Curry, who was standing with his back to the rocks. He was thrown violent against the sharp pointed rocks, crushing his chest and lacerating his back. Sheriff Curry and party left here a week ago yesterday aboard the Barbara May on the vessel’s maiden voyage. They were ex- pecting to be absent until next Saturday, but the entire party re- turned on the boat last night. APPROVES BILL ON PUBLIC BUILDINGS (iy Axxoeiated Press) WASHINGTON, May 18.—Con- gress today completed its approval of the $165,000,000 public build- ings bill, under which new federal buildings are to be rected in many cities, The conference report, already approved by the senate, was ac- cepted by the house and the bill sent along te President Cool- idge, who generally is expected to sign it. Except for buildings to be built in Washnigton, the bill does not designate other buildings | built. to be, | ; | BUICK BATHING ~ BEAUTY AT BEACH | ATWOOD SANDS INTRODUCES i NEW STUNT THIS | MORNING j The first Buick bathing beauty ever seen at Key West attracted a whole lot of at- tention at the beach early this morning. Atwood’ Sands, of the local postoffice, nad been taking his morning dip in the surf regularly and his faithful old Buick seems to have acquired — the © habit. When he went in to don his * | bathing stit this morning, he heard a commotion outside. and when he peeped out he saw his Buck -had run down into the water and was cutting all kinds of monkey shines in the briny blue. He had left his engine in some position so that it started up after he left it, and caused the Buick to fumip into the sea “head and ears.’* Sands had to take the day off today in order to carefully nurse his big bath- ing beauty until she recovers froia the shock, and to get all the salt water out of her system. | | | | i | j 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, may13-16t City Tax Collector More than 16.000 acres of vatuable timber were burned when a nuge forest fire swept across the Black Hille national forest. near Rapid City. S. D.. biazing for two days before a tumety rain selped forest rangers and students ffom the South Dakota School of Mines check it. 7 Lover. orth (left), his partner; \ her successor, who, under ordinary | procedure, should have been the | Central — The Kep West Citsen For 47 Years Devoted to the Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE -CENTS Passengers Off Leaking Ship Seneca Claim Liquor Sold Openly On Vessel ABDICATES THRONE IN FAVOR OF SON} (By Associated Press) | LONDON, May 18.—India’s only woman ruler, Her Highness | the Begum of Bhopal, has abdi- | cated her throne in favor of her son, Nawab’ Zada Hamidullau. For a long time she had contend- ed for the Islamic right to name privilege of her deceased ‘eldest son, Nawab Nasrulla Kahn. The British government finally acceded | to her desir: | The abdical ion of the Begum brings to an end 25 years of fe- male rule in the little state of India of 6,902 square acres with a population of about 700,000. She had ruled Bhopal with vigor and statesmanship. Although now 68 years old, she still is mentally and physically: vigorous. KEY WEST, | Only Frost-Free City In The United States HERE ARE THE FACTS KEY WEST IS: The City. of Romance. The Gateway to the Gulf._ The Land of Opportunity. The Gibraltar of America. The Yachtsman’s Paradise. | The Southernmost City in the} U.S. A. | The Magie City for Winter Visi-' toe | or | The Paradise for the Home) The Cit fowith the Gonst»s:t.Sea_ Breeze. | The Destined Riviera of the Western Hemisphere. | The Headquarters of the Sev-! enth Naval District. | Southern. Terminus of the stal Highway. . 60 North of the Tropik of Cancer. 5 90° Miles Cuba. The Home of the Hospitable The Marital Isle of Perennial! Flowers and Trop‘cal Fruits. The City Wh the Sun Rises} and Sets in th * The Same Shape and Size of America’s Greatest. _Island—Man- hattan. The Only City in U. S. Having a Green Turtle Canning Factory. An Island Soon to be Connect- ed with the Mainland by the World’s Most Wonderful Highway | —THE HIGHWAY OVER'S: KEY WEST HAS: Good Hotets. Superior Schdols. Pleasant. Boating. North of Havana, Forest Fire Sweeps Dakota’s Blac This mourain cicht miles away FLORIDA | Excellent, Churches, | The Climate Ideal. * | Best Fishing in America. Finest Cigars in the World. | Par-Excellent Bathing Beaches. Sporty Municipal Golf Cours Beautiful Flowers Perennially. Tropieal Fruits Galore. No Frogs. No Soot, No Smoke. No Frost. No. Flies... No Winter. No Chimneys. No Heat Prostrations. No Need of Artificial Heat. Paved Walks and _ Streets! Throughout. | Electric Lights and Street Cars. | Nine Months Public School} Term. Adequate Banking Facilities. Fish to Eat and Ship Away | | | Daily. Abundance of Wealth and Op- portunities. 18,000 Happy Inhabitants. Just Room for 18,000 More. | When you wish to evade the chills of winter, take your next) vacation, educate your child, en- joy your money’s worth, catch fish Ended Strike Sir Herbert Samuel, chairman of the British Royal Coal Com- mission, is given eredit for endii the general strike. His peade pro- pocals, calling for immediate re- sumption of work, a short ¢on- tinuation of the government coal subsidy, acceptance of a temipor* ary wage cut by the‘miners and adoption of the government coal commission’s recommendations, fi- nally brought peace to the .two factions. “ORDERS CASES TRANSFERRED TO FEDERAL COURT JUDGE MAKES RULING IN TRIAL OF AGENTS IN RAIDS STAGED AT KEY WEST LAST FEBRUARY (ty Associated Press) JACKSONVILLE, May 18.—An charges against two prohibition agents as a result of a dry drive in Key, West on February 16, from | state to federal courts, was is- sued in federal court here today by Judge Rhydon M. Call. Judge Call’s order was made tion of Francis L. Poor, as- on sistant United States District At-| MANY OF PERSONS OFF CLYDE LINE STEAMER REACH NEW YORK THIS MORNING (Dy Aasociated Press) NEW YORK, May 18.—Seven- teen of the passengers of the Clyde Liner Seneca, who were among those taken from the steamer when it went aground at Miami, Fla., Sunday morning, upon their arrival here today, signed a statement charging that some of the crew were under the influence of liquor. F. A. Edwards of Brookline, Mass., gave the newspapermen a statement which read in part: “We, the undersigned, being passenger's aboard the S. S. Seneca bound from Miami to New York, leaving May 15 at 4 p. m., hereby certify that the following stdte- ments are true in the affair of the Seneca being in a sinking condi- tion the night of May 15 and 16 and pasengers being removed in life boats, to wit: “No. 1, Liquor sold openly on the Seneca, “No. 2. A portion of ship’s crew under influence of liquor. “No. 3, Men were taken ashoré on large tug while many women wete forced to use small life boats. “No, 4, Many members of crew in life preservers ahead of pas- sengers causing much concern to ladies.” After reading the stateinent, Mr. Edwards was asked: “What do you mean when you say portion of ship’s, crew under influence of liquor?” “Waiters and.bell hops,” he re- plied. » « He also said a group of boys and girls boarded the liner invox!- cated. Elbert B, Kip, traveling passen- ger agent of the Clyde Line, who | returned with the party, when in- | formed of the charges, said it was } An order transferring criminal | impossible to stop drinking among the passengers. | He said that the Senca never | was in danger; that she went | aground in only seven feet ,of |water and that there were any | number of passengers he had | spoken to who had praised the | captain and crew of the liner, While Mr. Edwards was voicing corney, who argued that the agents | his and other passengers com- would not rece:ve an impartial | plaints, others on the train took cemarkable picture was by the ton, or look for a new home--COME TO KEY WEST. If from Mississippi—my native state—write or call upon me. Joseph O. Carra 605 Mar- street, Key West, Flordia. of Harris School—-21 trial in the Monroe county erim- inal court because of feeling inst the proh‘bition law at Key arges of grand larceny and of assault and battery were lodg- ed against two prohibition agents following the February raids. J. O. CARRAWAY, Municipal Harris School.’ TO INVESTIGATE PIE PROFITEERING is” ens) CLEVELAND, May 18.—Be- cause pie in jails cost more than pie outside, Cuyahoga county com- mon pleag judge will try to find out if Sheriff F. en profiteering in’ sell- pastry and tobaceo to il inmates. se Louis Pie Man” gora, former prison er, says he charged $1 a day rental for a cell used as a sto room when he was the sheriff's chief salesman, a grand jury in- »nditions at the jail k Hills . county And wa: quiry into ay be ma Chief Ja of the he the judg Frank ¢ determine Homer G. Powell, » pleas court, said the matter before afternoon. Judge Phillips said he would if a grand jury could the charges of “Louie * expecially his state coffee and soup t of the prisoner. heriff com ld Ja thi investigate the Pie Ma is al GRANTS PERMIT FOR CAUSEWAY -—The today granted a t ¢ board of commis- sioners of Monroe County, Flor- ida, for the construction of a causeway across the channel be- tween Upper Matecumbe Key and Windiey Island. taken trem + Kohler of Cleve-| “Louie the | exception, but when asked for their names declined to reveal their identities. MAKES VIGOROUS DENIAL OF CHARGES | MIAMI, May 18.—Vigorous de- nial of charges by 17 passengers lof the Clyde steamer Seneen™ in New York that members of th ship’s crew were under the in- fluence of liquor while the vessel was in distress off Miami Satur. day night was made here today by President H. H. Raymond of the line and Captain Byron W Leek of the Seneca. DAN O’NEIL, BASEBALL OFFICIAL, 1S DEAD (Ry Ansociatea HOLYOKE, Mass., } Dan O'Neil, president | Eastern Baseball Leagne, and a member of the National Board of Arbitration, died tod: For many years O'Neil picturesque figure in bane: ball, politics and light harness racing. He had been ill a week He is credited with being the cause of more by rules thar any other figure in the game. He was succeisively player, manager, owner and finally presi dent of the league he found “LORD JIM” “Lord Jim” is the greatest ad- venture story of the sea. Here was a bial captain, a man risks hie life to back. The story is by the mar ter writer Conrad and features Percy Marmount. MONROE THEATRE TODAY come