The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 20, 1926, Page 1

- Full Associated Press Leased Wire Day Service VOLUME XLVII. No. 120 BITTER CONDEMNATION OF | FEDERAL INHERITANCE TAX STATE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE GIVES OUTLINE OF ARTICLE PUBLISHED JACKSONVILLE, May —-20.— Probably the most bitter editorial | condemnation of the Federal’ In-|. heritance tax with its 80 per cent rebate provision, yet written ap- Pears in the current issue: of, the Manufacturers Record, of + Balti- more, under the title “Con- gressional Blackmailing of Some States,” says the Florida State Chamber of Commerce. “The edi- torial is bused on one along simi- jar lines which appeared recently in the Wall Street Journal. “The action of Congress in this! respect was probably the most communistie or bolshevistie move- ment which ever succeeded in get- ting through the House and Sen- ate,” says the Record. “It is about the rankest, rottenest’ piece of legislation which has disgraced the United States Congress {or many'a long day—possibly during its entire history.’ It is a piece of legislation unparalleled in that it was simply a deliberate attempt, as the Wall Street Journal puts it, to ‘blackmail states that do not) have an inheritance tax, It was done by the ‘representatives of states who saw an opportunity of looting the United States Treasury, or else of aiding in an act of high- waymen and putting the F bill Congress; destructive of the si amount of faith which American people yet: have in the honesty of legislative work.” No Necessity There was no necessity for an in- heritance tax, the Record con- tinues. “Possibly it was aimed directly at Florida, and yet. the development of Florida has been the outstanding fact in America’s material development, has been of immeasurable value to the whole South by drawing the nation’s at-. tention to the whole of this sec- tion, and has likewise been of great KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1926. FLORIDA ROADS ~ MORE CROWDED. THAN OTHERS REASON GIVEN FOR CASUAL- TIES | DENTS AS REPORTED WEEKLY LIST IN (By Associated Press) JACKSONVILLE, May 20.— Automobiles. which have been hi- bernating in other Southern states during the winter, while those in Florida were operating as usual, with the result that Florida has | been ocupying the head of the traffic casualty list each week in the south, have come to life with the advent ot spring. Florida motorists have been charged far and wide throughout | the state with carelessness and everything else by those who do not remember that over the re- mainder of the South few cars were om the highways, because winter weather prohibited their operation, while Florida’s roads teemed with traffic. Florida was outranked last week by North Carolina with seven deaths, South Carolina with five, and tied for third place with Mis- sissippi, Louisiana and Arkansas, each of which reported four fa- talities. SERVICES TO BE CONDUCTED. ' AT FIRST METHODIST ' CHURCH \ | The funeral service for Sheriff Roland Curry will be held at 4 from the residence, to the First | Methodist Church. The last sad | Tites will be said by the pastor, Rev. L. Munro. The obsequies will be conducted by the Scottish Rite Masons and other local lodges | will attend and participate in the | ceremonies. Sheriff Curry’s sister and | brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs, Jo- seph Roberts, of Little River, IN TRAFFIC ACCI-| o'clock this afternoon, and will be/ FLORIDA HAS GREAT CLIMATE SAYS HINSDALE CLAIMS WONDERS HAVE| BEEN WORKED IN MANY| CASES RELATIVE TO HELP- ING THOSE ILL JACKSONVILLE, May 20.— “Wonders” have been worked in many instances to the benefit of sufferers from nephritis or chronic Bright’s disease by Florida’s cli- mate, according to Guy Hinsdale, writing in Hygeia relative to the influence of climate in the treat- ment of human ills. “Sandy soil, absence of cold winds, abundant sunshine and life at a comfortable temperature in- doors and out make the best cli- mate for the patient,” Mr. Hins- dale declares, with reference to Bright’s disease. Florida, he adds, offers many good localities for such patients, especially in the in- terior. Persons . suffering with bron- chitis and catarrha, and convales- cents from influenza, especially those residing near the Great Lakes and in New England, he says, often respond quickly to a change to the seashore, adding that “it may be Atlantic City or Florida.” The Florida, State Chamber of Commerce, commenting upon Mr. Hinsdale’s references to Florida, declares “the beneficial .-influence of Florida Bright's disease has been known ‘to medical experts for many years, but that the information has not been disseminated generally. There are living in the state to- day, and actively engaged in the practice of their business or pro- fession, scores of persons who | first came to Florida for no other purpose than climatic treatment of this malady. Others suffering with the disease discovered during a winter's visit that they felt bet- ter in Florida, remained through a summer to test out a theory that perhaps the climate had something to do with it, and they are now permanent residents of the state. Tn addition to its climate Flor- ida is unique in that one city in ANOTHER BRUTAL DOUBLE MURDER (By Associated Press) STEUBENVILLE, 0., May 20. —What is believed to be another brutal double murder, the gecond in Jefferson county within three months, was uncovered at Berg- hotz, ‘west of here when the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Omar Miller were found hidden under a pile of saw- dust near their home. The Millers had been missing since Monday} night. GUARANTEE RATES FOR NEXT SEASON (By Associated Preas) BRADENT' operators in this city have agreed to guarantee advertised rates for next season, the Bradenton Chamber of Commerce acting jointly with the hotel men. ‘It is reported that this action is the first definite step taken by hotel interests in the state to help in the truth about Florida. , May 20.—Hotel | |JACKSONVILLE BOY | DIES FROM INJURIES E (By Associated Press) | JACKSONVILLE, Illinois, May {20.—Roy Taylor, 16, died here Mast night following a blow in-| |flicted by a golf ball Sunday. |hit on the head. | ‘Charles F. Flynn Pays Visit To Island City; Leaves Last Evening | Charles F. Flynn, representing | the chain of Biltmore hotels, pass- ed through the city last night from Havana en route to Miami and} New York. Mr. Flynn was high in his praise pf Key West and believes this city has a bright future. He com- mented upon the fact’ that Key; West is getting a lot of favorable publicity here of late. He is a staunch believer in publicity and} says that it should never be al- lowed to lag. Claim “Abortive Attempt Tn Staging Frenzy At Okeechobee” ALLEGES PLAN IS: MADE TO OBTAIN PENNIES OF CHILDREN AND WIDOW’S MITE (Fort Pierce Record}® The Everglades News, a weekly newspaper published in Canal Point, Palm Beach County, im its current issue points out, that R. J. '8rewton, an officer of the «oil company operating im . Gla County, is chief figure in “an abortive attempt to stage a fgenty in speculation at Okeechobee,” and that Brewton will “bg @ bank- rupt, a defendant in coyrt pro- ceedings or a fugitive from jus- tive within ninety days.” The paper states that this fore- cist is made despite the expecta- tion that when another test of the well is made more oil may show than was shown in earlier tests. It is not implied, however, that the well will never be a pay- ing producer. The News states that Brewton’s record, now being disclosed to Okeechobee people, shows that he was mixed up in the fiasco of the Speculative and his associates are powerless to maintain suits for libel because a cogrt proceeding would disclose {his record in full. Documents the Everglades News ‘elaims to have examined, show the signature of. R.. J. Brewton as! | president on a stock certificate is- 'gued on behalf of the “Oklahoma | Star Refining Company not in- eorporated.”’ This is the company that pretended to have drilled an| oil well in Walton County, Flor-j ida, in 1920. Two purported tests were made, both tests seeming to show the presence of oil as oil been. drilled. to the contracted depth it was capped and with ex- citement artificially created as at Okeechobee, a stock selling cam- |paign was engaged upon, Brewton |being president of the “not in- corporated” company. Because! the company was not incorporated, \buyer’ of the’ purported stock be- leame liable for the indebtedness of the company. | | The record shows, The News al-| |leges, that plan was made to get) jthe pennies of children, the jwidow’s mite, the dollars of the; isuckers and the thousands of the jgreedy had the carefully staged \effoit to create a frenzy of specu- He was caddying when he was} - ‘COMPLETE WORK , to the Okaloo&a county line. Coa- | completed or is “rapidly nearing | ONSTATE ROAD | OF OLD TRAIL Seas | FEW MILES OF HIGHWAY BE-, TWEEN JACKSONVILLE AND} PENSACOLA REMAIN TO BE, FINISHED JACKSONVILLE, May 20.— Highway construction forces com- pleted State Road No. 1, the Old} Spanish Trail, through Walton county last week, the Florida State Chamber of Commerce has been advised, providing a continuous stretch of perfect road from Cary- ville, in Washington county, to the | Okaloosa line, a distance of more than forty miles. : With this work finished there remain only a few miles of the highway between Jacksonville and Pensacola uncompleted. All of this is in one stage or another of construction and it will be oniy a few months when a road as smooth as a table top will have been pro- vided across the northern part of the state. The highway has been comrlet- | ed from Jacksonville to Taliahas- see. Between Tallahassee and Quincy the road is under construc- tion with several miles of it al- ready completed. Between Quincy and Chattahoochee “all that re- mains to be done is final portacing of a short itch near Chattahoo- chee andthe > nag ver Junction much ‘of the road into Marianna has been constructed and the old road is in excellnt condition. From Marianna to Chipley the new road 8 v.rtually finished. From Chip- ley to Caryville the old road is in use but is in fair shape. i At Caryville begins a continuous stretch of more then forty miles struction is in progress in Oka-| lo county and when the road | s pushed into Crestview it will be out of the woods, for from that point into Pensacola it has all been that stage. building of a fill and}: For 47 Years Devoted to the Interests of Key West Another? Will Texas have another women gov ernor? Mrs. K. M. Johnston of San Antonio has announced her tandi dacy, declaring against, prohibition and the Ku Klux Klan. She fa the thfra woman in the gubernatorial race there MAKING READY FOR EXECUTIONS ‘NEVADA'S LETHAL « GAS “CHAMBER GIVEN FINAL OVERHAULING ee (Ny Associated Pressey RENO, Nev., May 20.—Nevada’s lethal: gas chamber, scheduled to claim the lives of two condemned murderers, John H. Randolph and Stanko Jukich, has been given its final overhavling preparatory to the executions Friday. The inside of the. little stone building has been whitewashed and the two pine chairs painted a dark brown. aces A trusty spent most of yester- day afternoon chinking: possible | air holes so that none of the hydro- eyanic gas m'ght escape and harm the witnesses at the execution. An electric steam heating ap- paratus has been installed in the PRICE FIVE CENTS Photographers Arrive In Key West _ To Make Pictures Of Scenes To Be Exhibited Througho ut Many Parts —é DAVIS TOURS PLANNING | MOVEMENT FOR AD- VERTISING POINTS IN FLORIDA An innovation in publicity is to {be inaugurated by J. W. Davis, president and manager of the Davis Tours from Miami to Ha- vana, in the form of a series of educational films portraying scenes and activities along the East Coast of Florida, and Mr. Davis, | accompanied by members of his | staff and photographers, arrived in Key West today to take shots about Key West which are to be incorporated in these reels. These films will be exhibited in almost every city of consequence through- out the northeast and central wes- tern ‘states, being shown in thea- tres and selected stores along busy streets for the purpose of inter- esting people in the allure of the tropics as typified in Florida sea- coast cities and Cuba, Through the medium of these films it will be possible to present the myriad attractions of ‘summer vacation trips to Florida and Cuba in a more potent manner than is pos- sible through other mediums. An- other method to be used for com- manding attention to Florida and Cuba ‘will be effected through a popularity contest firm which is to put on contests with merchants in various cities-in the north, through which six young women from a city will be entitled to » free trip to Florida. This undertaking of the Davis Tours -is one that will without doubt be of great benefit to Key West, since views of the city, its points of interest and something of ils quaint insular life will be recorded for the information of the vast throngs who will have the opportunity to see these pictures in northern cities. Every citizen of Key Weat is therefore urged to co-operate with Mr. Davis in | making this film representative of the city’s best attributes. CONTRACT LET ORDERS MUCH — : | building and the thermometers in ROLLING STOCK: the room indicate the temperature | known to be pending against Trust’ had been prepared with ae | to be at 80 degrees, ideal for gas ¥ fs SS ce, ate | executions, prison authoritiés say. Brewton in DeFuniak Springs'the name of a “Bank and Trust) JACKSONVILLE, May 20.—} Mi now, but persons who are ac-'Company” that did not exist, as The Seaboard Air Line Railway| value to the entire country be-| With their son, Fraser, and daug! cause the upbuilding of Florida’ te» Rubie, have arrived for the fu- created i | neral. ahnost Bes or ren | A number of beautiful floral of- products. made in every part of! ferings have been received from DeFuniak, Fla., “oil well” of|lation been successful. “Certifi- 1920. No criminal procedings are | cates” of the ‘Florida Unit Oil the state has a water supply so nearly chemically pure that it is taken directly from the hydrant | and placed in storage ‘batteries. Pensacola, the Chamber declares, ON CONSTRUCTION WORK IN STATE The gas will kill in ten seconds, (08 Manette ereeds Miami and other points in the tits ‘oguatey, state, and members of the family are in receipt of. numerous tele- grams of condolence . from all parts of Florida. “If it was spite work against! Florida it indicated a low degree | of intelligence and moral stand-) ing of those who voted for it. If it was based on a desire to com- pletely destroy states’ rights and| directly and indirectly dominate ; Flags on the city hall and county | court house are at half mast to- day in honor of the deceased sheriff. because of this fact, should be a | Mecca for persons suffering with | disease of the kidneys or kindred | ailments. | A St. Petersburg physician for | several years has been treating | various diseases by exposing the | patients to direct rays of the sun | in connection with ultraviolet light quainted with his record say it is impracticable for him to return to that town to stay, The News adds. The News further states that Brewton is at the end of his rope at Okeechobee, Moore Haven and Sebring. There are more claims! |trustee. A well known banker |was almost made the dupe of the} plotters; the banker has since de- nouneed the project. The plotters| hud printed a form of receipt for money to be paid by the suckers for units “from the Florida Unit Oil Trust in the 16,000-acre oil has ordered a large quantity of | rolling stock for delivery during} 1926 according to information re-| ceived by the Florida State; Chamber of Commerce. While | the equipment will be used gen erally over the system much of it will ke assigned to the lines according to army experts from the Presidio, San Francisco. BIDS ASKED FOR _ MANY PROJECTS (Ry Asxociated Prews) TALLAHASSEE, May 20.— TALLAHASSEE, May , 29-— | Contract has been let by the state jtoad department to M. C. Winter- burn, Ine., for construction of }tock shoulders on old road number }four in St. Johns county, between Hastings and Espanola, Dr. Hath- away ennounced. state legislation it was a blow at! sp eecccenccceccececceces| rays. constitutional government whichy may some day come home to roost | ie ie" detection “ste: THE WEATHER ‘Firty PRISONERS ar et tion es" | Mubeectaccwa A least two state officials, and if he rights. Scars aceaal | ARE BARRICADED | puts into the United States mail “If Congres had no greater |Stations ‘ |the claims that have been made ‘sense of moral responsibility in| Abielene (pt. cloudy) . 56 IN BIG BULL PEN ora his well in Glades County, legislation than to pass such a/ Atlanta (cloudy) 58 the Ansara Pees) |he will be arrested for using the against him than he can meet, his banking connections wi" be broken, he is in conflict with at and gas lease on the Curt’s-Bright tract in Glades and Highland coun- ties.” It is not believed that Glenn Curtis and J. H. Bright were aware of how their names were being used. The prices of a “onit” was to be $100. Phe print- cd form shows a space for the | Bids for the construction of six) qh. dietdnee is approximately highway projects in west, east and joy miles, in\Florida or it will release equip- |ment in other districts for use in tls: state. jcentral Florida have been asked) ee Already this 'yeithe Seaboard |rY ‘he ‘tele Road Department.) Duty Shevitt Retarns To Key West With ,has placed orders for fifty new Dr. F. A. Hathaway, chaltman, | Prisoner In Custody locomotives, 2,400 fifty-ton steel | "nounced. | Tem. gondola cari: 1008 box cue, The proposed work consists of | ail-steel combination — passenger 12 miles of clearing, grubbing and} Dill, how ean anyone in this coun-| try trust Congress in any other matter pertaining to the welfare of individual states?” | The Record thinks little of Southern congressmen who voted for the measure. i “Every Southern Representative who voted for this bill ought to bang his head in shame for having betrayed that for which he has stood in the past and for having tried to stab ‘in the back, in a most diabolical way, the one state in the South which by its con- servative legislation has led the nation in that respect, and which by its material upbuilding has created a nation-wide interest in the South. “In itself Florida has been the greatest advertisement the South as a whole has ever had. It has been the greatest stimulating ex- ample of what can be done by the spirit of legislative conservatism and tireless energy and broadmind- ed vision which have been display- ed by the people of Florida. The Wall Street Journal is not too strong when it says that ‘the moral depravity’ of the act discussed ‘admits of no argument’.” Boston (cloudy) Charleston (cloudy) Chicago (clear) .... Corpus Christi (pt. cloudy) Dodge City (clear) Galveston (clear) Hatteras (cloudy) . Huron (clear) Jacksonville (raining) _ KEY WEST (cloudy) Louisville (clear) Miami (cloudy) New Orleans (cloudy) - New York (cloudy) St. Louis (clear) Tampa (cloudy) Washington (cloudy) Williston (clear) 52 4 64 66 50 68 87 50 7A BIG FLOWER DANCE AT CUBAN CLUB TONIGHT ARTISTIC DECORATIONS GOOD MUSIC | CLEVELAND, May 20.—The} jin a state of siege today with | fifty prisoners barricaded in the {bull pen defying efforts of depu-| jtics and guards to put them back/| lin their cells. | | The mutiny began after a visit} jof the grand jury investigating; charges of profiteering and un- der-feeding against Sheriff Fred) 2 Kohler. Though officials said the ‘situation was well in hand, other reports from the jail told of mill- | ing prisoners armed with bowls) 5 and parts of benches and tables, ithreatening the guards who wait-' jed outside the bull pen all night) junable to get in. | The prisoners the report said iwere clamoring for food. AMUSEMENTS MONROE THEATRE TODAY “Soul Mates.” Comedy, “Sky Record.” TOMORROW AND = SATUR- |} DAY—Colleen Moore in “Irene.” a Roach Comedy. mails to defraud. 68 | inside of the county jail here was; The News alleges that Brewton Here is the first picture te terious bandit leader, Lampeaoc, peas, or “The Lamp,” At the left he is ghown right is a close-up of him. operates Ceara. name of the sales agent and the salesman. and baggage cars and fifty cabooses. diainage structures on road four, |between Sharpes and Bonaven- ture; 3.94 miles on road five, ‘be- | Deputy Sheriff Herman Albury |returned this morning from Day Ocecccvcvecosocscesooesseee® tycon Punta Gorda apd Acline and t0P® Beach, Fla., bringing with South America’s Most Feared Bandit Gang reach this country of Brazil’s no- and his gang of cut-throats. Lam- in the western part of the state of (arrow) with bir bandits; at the MIDI 7 miles on road two from Lees- | burg to Dead River; 7.43 miles of 8-inch lime rock base for road three from DeLand to DeLeon Springs, a 120 foot steel span bridge with concrete piers and 1,- 348 foot approach span, road 1, Okaloosa county and a 1200 fdot jetec! span, concrete pier bridge, sith 1,228 feet of approach span, road 1, Okaloosa county. The bids will be opened at 11 a une 16 metruction of the two bridges on road 1 will conclude the bridge ri s for that highway except the Chipola river at stated. it was DANCE TONIGHT —At The ATHLETIC CLUB Maxie By FREDDIE BOORDE ORCHESTRA ————— him as a pritoner one John L. Brals, wanted in this county un der the charge of passing worth less checks. Officers ‘state that it will necessary for Brals to remain jail until the June term of crim inel court unless he furn ond to the emount required, and it may be that he will be able to adjust the charges against him here and in this way stop prose cution. be WOULD You? Would you marry » man you had never seen? Put yours in her place—this gorgeous || girl suddenly called on to take such step. You'll be thrilled ot the outcome, See “Soul Mates” at the MONROE THEATRE TODAY