The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 22, 1926, Page 1

Full Associated Press Leased Wire Day Service VOLUME XLVII. No. 122 KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1926. | “GOOD THINGS COME IN SMALL MURDERER OF YOUNG GIRL GOES TO HIS DEATH IN CHEERFUL MOOD STANKO JUKICH SAYS Newton Pinder Badly Injured GOODBYE WITH SMILE ING GAS CHAMBER (By Associated Press) CARSON CITY, Nev., May 22. —With a smile and a cheerful greeting for those assembled witness his execution, Stanko Jukich, went to his death in Nevada's lethal gas chamber at the State Prison here yesterday. “Goodbye, boys, I have not lost | my nerve,” he flung at newspaper men and prison officials as he en- tered the concrete death vault. “T'll save a place for you there.” He was executed for the mur- der of Jennie Madek, 16 year old girl whom he killed when she re- fused to go through with a mar- riage- pact arranged by © her parents. Jukich entered the execution chamber at 10:55 a. m. Guards strapped him to the chair which had heen built to accommodate his huge form. It took the jailers one minute to complete preparations, so care- fully had everything been plan- ned. Then the heavy door, which sealed the cell hermetically, was swung to and made fast. A guard turned a valve sending ss spray of the deadly hydrocyanic gan into the cell, Jukich appear- “ed startled, watchers said, as they peered through the little window. he took a-deep breath of the mes and ten seconds later sank into @ coma, Four slight nods of his head were noticed and then doctors said death had over- taken him. ~ Fans cleared out the deadly fumes an hour and 49 minutes after he was declared dead. A. H. MINNIS ENTERS PRIMARY FOR SHERIFF MAKES ANNOUNCEMENT IN COLUMNS OF THE CITIZEN; PROMISES STRICT FULFILL. MENT OF DUTIES In today’s issue of The Citizen #ppears the formal announcement of A. H. Melnnis for sheriff of Monroe County to fill the unex- pired term of the late Roland Curry. Mr. MeInnis has been connected with the sheriff's office in the capacity of chief deputy ever since Mr. Carry was first elected to the position, having prior to that time served the county as sheriff him- self. Mr. McInnis has been connected with the sheriff's office for a mumber of years, and is quite familiar with all the duties of the position, having handled prac- tically all affairs of the office since becoming affiliated with the county de tment. Mr. McInnis is well known this community, having numer fi . all of whom are pled their full support toward his ¢ tion to the position in the coming primary. DANCE TONIGHT ATHLETIC CLUB Masie By Blonde man, Spen: Krause, Clyde Bow- Skeet Overley, Dick » Freddie Boorde —Also— MATINEE DANCE Sunday Afternoon 4 P. M Same Place Same Music to} HOLD MEETING — IN WASHINGTON CONVENES ON MAY 25; DELEGATES APPOINTED | FOR MEETING Delegates of the United at Cross Conference, which convenes appointed by Chairman John Bar-| ton Payne, of the American Red} Cross. The delegation includes| the eighteen members of the een- tral committee of the American} Red Cross and twenty-oné dele-| gates at large, representing all sections of the country and the | territory of Porto Rica. Every nation of the Western Hemisphere with a recognized Red | Cross Society has definitely ac- cepted the invitation of President Coolidge to attend the conference, and will send a representative del- egation. | Plans fér closer co-operation be- tween Red Cross Societies in meet- ing emergencies precipitated by} major disasters, and in matters af- | fecting the public health of the) countries, will be important topics for discussion at the conference. | It is believed that out of this dis-| cussion and exchange of ideas will) come definite plans for closer co- eration hetween. the two-Amer- as in all matters affecting the! public welfare. The phenomenal growth of the Red Cross Societies of the Western Hemisphere in re- cent years has placed them in a stronger position to co-operate through the concert of action pro- moted by the League of Red Cross Societies, There died recently in the city! hospital at Cleveland, Ohio, a |“man of mystery,” who had been! employed a few weeks as an or-| derly. He was known as Rene Armand, a veteran of the French! Foreign Legion. The Cleveland Chapter of the American Red | Cross revealed, through investiga- | tion, that he was Francois Lefebre, ; a eaptain in the French army dur- ing the World War, that he had been decorated, and that he held certificates as a navigator. There was no place for Lefebre in the soldiers’ plot legally set aside for American veterans. | Through the efforts of the Red Cross Chapter, however, this young | man was laid to rest next to the} | plot of the dead American heroes. | The Rev. Royal Clyde Agne, of | | the Old Stone Church, conducted! | Short services, Later, he said: “I| | | h every person who thinks the world is full of nothing but sel-| |fishness could have viewed that| ‘seene at the cemetery when Rene| | Armand, a stranger, was buried.” | | The stranger came from Bor- | deaux. His diary established that | he was an artist and a poet; he | was also a man who, by his wil-| lingn to serve in the hospital,! | won friends who felt the pang of ‘having lost in the stranger a friend. The Cleveland Chapter and the Rv. Mr. Ange, former staff assistant at National Headquarters of the American Red Cross, also won the apptoval of the commu-} ;| nity by their service, Holding Examination For Positions In U. S. Railway Mail Service Examination of applicants for positions in the U. S. railway mail ery is being conducted in the court room of the Federal build- ing today by Arthur Pastorini, of he local postoffice, who is local secretary for the U. S. civil service board. Two young men, Philip R. Stephenson and Earnest Thomp- son, both of this city are taking the examination. These examinations are con- ducted annually unless need of ad- ditional force in the United States railway mail service render it necessary to hold them at more (frequent. periods, | night. ‘NEW STEAMER ‘STEAMSHIP CHATHAM OF In Railway Yards At Trumbo. ON FACE ON ENTER-| | YOUNG MAN IS FOUND) UNCONSCIOUS AT AN) EARLY HOUR THIS) MORNING | Newton Pinder, an employe of | | PAN-AMERICAN CONFERENCE |, pb, C, railway as member of | up to the stamp window and made | again. a freight. train crew, was found) badly infured and in an uncon- | | scious condition at 3 o’clock this) oversight. He described the purse/ and was awaiting him when he | morning near a railroad track in) the F. E. C. yards here. He was| conveyed to Dr. Lowe’s hospital, | to the Second Pan American Hed | "here he said to have regained) that the gentleman had-described| who had given up the valuable | consciousness, but morphine was|the contents exactly, and the package as lost for evermore, in Washington May 25, have been | #dministered to relieve his natter:| ee ing until a surgical examination | can be made to ascertain the ex-! tent of his injuries. | Newton Pinder’s stepfather, | John H. Roberts, 312° William| street, stated this morning that the injuries seem to have been! on the head only, and that foul| | play is not suspected for the man’s, watch and money had not beet taken. “No one knows how it happened but Newton Pinder him-| self, and when he regains con sciousness he will be able to tell) us all about it,” Mr, Roberts said. | The injured man was employed | on the Homestead-Key West) freight run, and his train arrived) in Key West about'10 o'clock last | It is thought that he had, been up town and was on his way back te the caboose of his train! when the accident occurred. | Newton, Pinder. is.a.Key W: buat has been residing in for some time. His wife and chil- dren will arrive in-the city today. | At 2:30 o'clock this: afternoon | the injured man awakened and| recognized his mother at the bed-) side, but dropped off to sleep again without making any statement. He) is believed to be resting as well as, could be expected under the cir-) cumstances. His wife and two children will arrive gn a belated! train at 4 o’clock this afternoon. ARRIVES AT PACKAGES” WAS DEMONSTRATED TODAY IN RECOVERY OF PURSE A sailor sauntered into the loca!) purse with its contents was turned) | postoffice this morning to address | over to him. a postcard and mail it. He found | The gentleman gave his name as T. Higgins, and says that he | labor on handling pineapples. an old flat-looking purse lying OM’ j,'4 genuine Floridian. He is liv- one of the tables in the postoffice jing at the home of Herbert Saun-| lobby, Handing it over to Stamp! ders on Margaret street, and says Clerk Arthur Pastorini, he. said, | he would certainly like to meet the | “Here is a little purse some on) 1 aided it over to the stamp clerk, | has left here. it seems to have} for he desires to thank him for his| some change in it.” The stamp; kindness and to commend him} clerk put the purse into the safe.| upon his honesty. | In a few minutes an elderly gen-| The Key West Postoffice seems | tleman, who often purchases | to be a pretty safe place in which | stamps at the postoffice, stepped|to lose things and get them back Not long ago. a cigar| inquiry about the pocketbook,! manufacturer left a payroll of | stating that he had simply walked | $600 lying on a desk there. It! off and left it there through an| was found, turned over to a clerk, | as having some small change in it,! hurried back to hunt it. At an-| also some few bills of small de-| other time, $3,000 in revenue | nomination and one $1,000 bill.) stamps was left there and was Upon examination it was found) promptly restored to the owner, | STRIKE CALLED PROHIBITION. BY PINEAPPLE ADMINISTRATOR WORKERS HERE. . INCITY TODAY MEN AT FLORIDA EAST |H. M. LUCKETT, DEPUTY AD- COAST YARDS DEMAND MINISTRATOR, ARRIVES IN SIXTY CENTS AN HOUR FOR|° KEY WEST ON OFFICIAL SERVICES VISIT | —- ene | The movement of Cuban pine-! apples north by rail out of Key West was completely tied up last | night, when 150 men walked out x 3 on a strike, demanding 60c an|teday in connection with the auc- | hour instead of 50c, for. their! tion sale of the automobile at noon today that was seized by local cus- toms officials in a recent raid. H. M, Luckett, deputy prohibi- tion Administrator of the Miami headquarters office is in the city A committee representing the ~The Kep West Citisen Star Pitcher For 47 Years Devoted to the Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS Of Southeastern Baseball League Arrested Today For Attempted Criminal Assault Court Restrains “Ardent Pastor” | sailor who picked up his purse and | eqeeecececceceecavcscccceccceeeesseceeeeseeeeeeoes Mrs, Iva M. Bryan, 25 (left | a temporary injunction in the Monroe circuit court restraining the Rev. William R. Curtis, 56 (right), from making love to her. She | charges he showers unwelcome attentions on her; he denies it and says he is being “framed.” |Customs Collector Of Geo Arrives On Board Tallapoosa TOM GHEEN TAKEN Up- BY POLICE ON WORD RECEIVED FROM AU- THORITIES ALBANY, Ga., May warrant charging Tom star hurler of the Jecksonville Southeastern League baseball team, with attempted criminal as sault has been sworn out here and Sheriff 0. F. Tarver of Dougherty county has requested the arrest of the pitcher by the Jacksonville authorities, The alleged crime was said) to have been committed Thursday afternoon at a local hotel whan the Jaeksonville players were staying while playing Albany in a four game series. Gheen is charged with having entered the room of a young married woman and attempted to attack her. The Jacksonville team left the city about thirty minutes after the al- leged assault and Sheriff Tarver was unable to take Gheen : into custody. Late this morning he said the Jacksonville authorities promised to place Gheen under arrest today. ), of Monroe, Mich., has secured . ARRESTED ON ORDERS RECEIVED JACKSONVILLE, May 22.— Tom Gheen, 27, star pitcher of the Jacksonville team of the the striking laborers is today in_con-{ ference with the F. E. C. railway |, officials in-an effort to adjust the differences that exist in the hope? getting the men back to work al earliest moment possible: | About 60.per cent of the laborers jat the pineapple sheds here are/| white men and the rest negroes. i The pineapple season is just ap" proaching its best now, and the} tO! My. Luckett stated that trie This is the first automobile to] ami 15 automobiles of .one kind} and, another were confiscated in. have been sold by the customs of- ficials in some time. 15 days by: prohibition officers, some of them being excellent cars, | one a Lincoln sedan in fine condi-| tion, As many of the good cars| SAILORDROWNS ™. W. DUNNING 1s cow JHIS MORNING MAKING TOUR OF MANY SECTIONS IN FALLS } | OVERBOARD FROM. LINE OF DUTY GOVERNMENT BARGE IN _ | * HARBOR | The United States Coast Guard Southeastern League, was arrested by police here today on request telephoned that they held ‘a war- rant for Gheen’s arrest on charges of breaking and entering and as- sault with intent to criminally at- tack a white woman. Authorities here said the |bany. sheriff held a warrant Al- for of authorities at Albany, Ga.,Swho 4 ~ | cessation of work has seriously as may be needed are appropri-| handicapped the handling of ship- | ated for the use of prohibition en- ments. Yesterday 160 carloads of | forcement officers and the others) “pines,” as they are called, went | are sold at auction, Mr. Luckett | north out of Key West. Om Mon- | says. | day the number of cars shipped During the five days in which from here was 175, Officials re-| the 15 cars were confiscated, the | JACKSONVILLE MERCHANTS & MINERS COM. | PANY MAKES MAIDEN| VOYAGE (Special to The Citizen) JACKSONVILLE, F 1 a. May 22.—The new steamship Chatham of the Sicecbeniite & Miners Company arrived in Jacksonville at 9 o'clock this mccning on her maiden voy- age from Baltimore to this port. The Chatham is one of the largest and most luxurious ships in the Florida service, and is one of the company’s | group of five new ships. The Chatham dates three hundred and four- aceommo- AMUSEMENTS TODAY—Colleen Moore “Irene.” Al Roach Comedy. TOMORROW — “Are Parents People.” Comedy, “Millionaires.” in STRAND THEATRE TODAY — “Yellow Figures.” Comedy, “Buster's Hunting Party.” TOMORROW-—“Justice Far North.” Comedy, U isel; H. E. Bemis, vi Jose Romerro, water tender first class U. 8. Navy, was drown- ed at 6 o'clock this morning when he fell overboard from govern- alize that to stop this great move-| fines imposed for violation of the} pont barge No. 66 near the Navy ment of pineapples all at once | would be a serious blow to the, in- | dustry and every reasonable ef- fort, they say, will be made to re-| sume normal movement of “pines” | ami this afternoon or this eve-| York. as quickly as possible. | F. E. C. Officials Inspect Key West Properties Friday ARRIVE ON PRIVATE CAR; SPEND SEV-| ERAL HOURS IN IS- LAND CITY Arriving in the city yesterday afternoon on a special car over the Flagler System, were quite a number of officials of the Florida East Coast Railway Company ‘on their annual inspection trip, and general inspection of all proper tics of the company. The officials expressed them selves as being well pleased with the many improvements noted at Key West, and after conferring for a few hours with the local officials, the party left on their private car during the evening on the return trip up state. The dis- tinguished party was composed of the following members: W. R. Kenan, Jr., president of the Florida East Railway Company; L..C. Haines, vice- president; H. N. Rouenbaugh, vice president and operator of traffic Coast e and construction; Scott M. Loftin, vice president and general coun- president of prohibition law in Miami totaled} $30,000, the majority of cases en-| tering a guilty plea. | Mr. Luckett will return to Mi- ning. Florida East Coast Hotel Com- pany; J. D. Hoffman, vice presi- dent of Model Land Company, A. A. Jaekson, executive assistant to vice president; C. L. Béale, as sistant general manager; L. ‘C. Frohman, assistant engine Ww. G. Brown, engineer, maintenance of wa: talvin Oberdorf, engineer of construction; J. J. Gantt, istar’ engineer of construction; J. W. Fo: istant to vice dent; H. M. Brown, special assist- ant to the vice president; P. H. Conniff, assistant superintendent of motive power and machinery; Pk superintendent of hern division; P. G. Walton, perintendent of terminals, Mi- ; A. I. Pooser, superintendent northern division; J. H. Morgan, roadmaster of southern division; 2. D. Story, in and bridges, sion; J. T. Dav trainmaster, southern division; C. Thorpe, trainmaster southern division; F. A. Daniels, road foreman of en- gines; A. C. Heas, secretary to the vice-president; . Daniels, secretary to C. L. assistai general ; Harold manager of public relat A. Hoffman, superintendent signals; E. W. Sellers, r »admaste: of northern division; G. R. Branch, trainmaster of southern division. presi upervisor of build southern divi- ma Cole The trip was made on the private car Randleigh, and the train crew was made up of the following Tom Atkins, conductor; L. Z Hoover, engineer; W. A ards, flagman, and Milton Seals, fireman. Rich- ¢ yard docks at this place. The sailor was a Porto Rican by birth and had a wife living in New| He was apparently about 35 years old. The body v turned over to} G. Frank Sawyer of the Lopez undertaking parlors to be held awaiting instructions from rela- tives of the deceased, who have been notified by wire of his death. |Book On Navigation In Gulf And Inland Waters Issued Recently In its efforts to aid and assist navigation of the coast and those who make use of our inland water the United States Const and Geodetic Survey, ha a new “Inside Pilot Rout ering the coast and inland wa from Key West, Florida, to the Rio Grande. This book with a folder of charts embracing thi area, can be obtained from Lieu tenant F. 1. Gallen, incpector for the Gulf Coast, 314 Custom House, 423 Canal St., New Orleans, La This volume gives all sailing di rections, location and of dangers, distances between points, le places for the ion of cities and towns along the route with facilities plies obtainable at th Valuable information regarding the tides and currents, description ways, issued extent sailing, and eS se places and location of buoys, beacons and lighthouses and other of intcrest to motor boat traveler of the interior waterwa found in this volame, matter t are *'B. Riverio Purchases Buick Car So'd By Federal Authorities The Buick automobil seized in a raid on here and was sold at today by H. M deputy prohibition adw { Miami, was knock Riverio, his bid of $65 best offer. neon : 3 Gheen’s arrest issued on com- port; i Cutter Tallapoosa arrived in por" jplaint of R. E. Hill, of Albany. Lieutenant Francis Smith of the Jacksonville police depart- ment, said the sheriff at Albany toms of the state of Georgia ©n \told him an investigation of the last evening from Havana with M. W. Dunning, collector of cus: board. Mr. Dunning headquarters at Savannah. Collector Dunning is — co- the states, and is making a tour of ordinator for southeastern various sections in connection with the his official dutics, making trip to Havana in company with Captain John G. Berry, who is in command of the Coast Guard Sta-| tion in this district. The Tallapoosa, which is one of the best vessels the Coast Guard K in service, was stationed at ey West for a number of years, having been transferred to Mobile at the time when the ship was re- f duty here. Tallapoosa has seen con iderable service in patroling the cas searching for derelicts and performing other important work in connection with the guard. Many of the officers and men well of on board the to Key veasel are known Westers, all om are receiving a loyal wel come by the residents of the city in general during their sojourn in Island City. Dr. Rabies Reported To Be Improving Rapidly From Operation Dr. Rodriguez, been E pending has Ha- ubmitted to a slight sur who some time in na and sical operation hi for abcess on the ear during visit there, is re ported today as getting along to in this city wthin a very icely and expects to return is hon conducts | coast | ,case had been made there and that it has been found that the woman | was badly beaten. The Jacksonville team began a |four game series at Albany last Monday and returned f6 Jackson- | ville yesterday. | Gheen denies the charges. He |told police, however, that three jmembers of the Jacksonville team jhad been on a “party” with an | Albany woman and that they had | been drinking. Gheen was held for service of |the warrant without bail, but jlater was released in custody of Charles B. Griner, president of the Jacksonville club. ‘GROOMS RETURNS FROM CONVENTION ENJOYABLE OUTING B. L. Grooms, manager of the Key West Electri¢ Company, who had been attending a convention of the Stone & Webster managers held in Norflok, Va., returned to the city this morning over the Florida East Coast Railway Mr. Grooms also attended the national convention of the Electric Light Association held in Atlar tie City, N. J., and reports having had a most enjoyable outing at the many points included in his itiner- ary, reer COLLEEN AGAIN The star, Colleen Moore, appears inj her latest hit, “Irene.” Those who know her well may think they have seen her best—but soe ene” and you'll find her bet- ter than ever. MONROE THEATRE TODAY ever entertaining