The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 27, 1926, Page 1

ll Associated Press Leased Wire Day Service ME XLVI, No. 126 mingham Man Challenges Deputy Sheriffs To Fight; Officers’ IN D. JONES SLAIN ON| HIGHWAY; CHARGE) PICIALS WITH UN- WFUL KILLING t? (BY Associated Press) | BIRMINGHAM, May 27. its charging that Byron ley and Dewey Barrett, sher- Peputies, shot and killed John Jones, while he was challeng- m to put down their guns ht it out,” have been to Attorney Horace Wilkin- lial prosecutor, by Thelma } Josephine McManus, and Sheriff J. C. Tate, who fiding with the young law en- it officer on the ~Mont- highway when the shoot- peurred early yesterday, it} d today. Attorney Wil- d that he would not pe, the text of the statements Bblie until the three witnesses p d before the grand jury, t declared that he and other in- pators were prepared to prove to occupants of a third au- lle witnessed the slaying, that Shirley and_ Barrett} ®& woman companion in their! The three statements were vir- identical, the special prose- id. The victim, Jones, and * were on an automobile r ‘Miss McManus and Miss p and Shirley and Barrett ad them and turned a spotlight their car, the attorney said the nts declared. story contained in the vents continued to the effect ie turned into a side road, to be followed by the depu- That Jones stopped his auto- Us and alighted to find Shir- ‘and Barrett covering him with : Actctding to the statements as | iihy Mr; Wilkins, Jones had) his revolver when he| the deputies. OF see | pws are still after me. - If Hl put down your guns and | Minto the middie of the road, Flip both of you.” ithout another word, the re- m of Shirley and sppsece| and Jones dropped dead, Bepecial prosecutor said last jat it will be charged that ms given no chance, and two deputies did not self defen: and Barrett last Roderick Beddow, jwyer, to defend them. i night well | | | ; SUBSTANTIAL JAIL SENTENCES ted Press) | May 27.—The s of two Baltimore | with three} Ac. ny be-| and court * came ahead of » of such action was liston and Karl g editors re ly of the News and Amer- larry Clark, city editor of Bws, and two caniera men,| Sturm nd William} » by Jude Eugene O’Dunne, | inal court. meepenee men were cited tempt of court when papers | pictures of the Richard murder tr rdge O'Dunne hed taking of photagraphs in the court room. : CHIEF ES SURRENDER promi Hareld id, ma: uch bd el Krim, announced his yesterday, has arrived French lines and will diately escorted to Ta cement t by Py Binct m who this mier I lence Shultz, Leota Dongo, Gomez, | Richardson, Sheldon Yates, George noon. Revolvers Roar ‘ENTERTAINMENT AT HIGH SCHOOL THIS EVENING “TOM THUMB WEDDING” BE PRESENTED FOR SEC- OND TIME IN SCHOOL AU- DITORIUM The final performance of Be “Tom Thumb Wedding,” that cap-| tivating juvenile stage success that delighted a large audience here| recently, will be given again this) evening in the auditorium of the Monroe county high school, start- ing at 7:45 o'clock. This pretty little performance! so perfectly presented in such a charming way by the wee small children of Key West is simply wonderful in every way, and will | charm and delight every one who | attends the performance tonight. | Much praise is being expressed for those who had in charge the| | training of these bright little tots to carry their ljnes so beautifully | in this Lilliputian nuptial event, | for the people realize that it has| been no small job. There have been so many urgent | | calls for a repetition *of the Tom! Thumb wedding that the perform- | ance will be given again tonight, the program for the evening be-| ing announced as follows: Instrumental Selection — Alice Curry. Introduction of Guests by Mas- ters John Little and John Pinder. Vocal Solo—-Miss Edith Russell. Wedding Ceremony. Solo—Miss Rose Mary Bethel. Mandolin Selection—Miss ‘Flor- ence Torres. Vocal Solo—Miss Laura Mae Albury. Piano Selection—Miss Fanhie Hansen. Violet Drill—Twelve Girls. Dialogue—Three Girls and One) Boy. ENTERTAIN WITH | ENJOYABLE PAR AFFAIR GIVEN BY BUSY BEE CHURCH WORKERS LAST NIGHT he Busy Bee workers of the ee | T | | Fleming Street Church gave aj HIGH SCHOO party last evening at the home of their teacher, Mrs. Every one had an enjoyable eve- ning. Victor Larson and Jennie May | Johnson won the prizes, Those present were: Lillian Murray, Adams, Elma Rober‘ Cullingford, Norma Yates, Mary Richardson, Sarah Adams, Flor- san La Kin, Gladys Adams, Dorothea | Elwood, Harvey Pritchard; Thomas Charles Victor Murray, George Charles Yates, Larson, Roker and Clarence Sweeting. ‘MEN STUNNED BY LIGHTNING EMPLOYEES “OF “TIDEWATER COMPANY KNOCKED DOWN Twelve men, employees of the Tidewater Construction Company, were knocked down, though only lightly stunned, yesterday after- when lightning struck the about 150 feet off shore from where they were working on the new boulevard near the old Martello tower. The flash came during that tre- dous downpour of rain during 7 men were moment by the flash the ele but water he ND SATURDAY | » Al Roact TO) Richardson. | Lauratina | , Jennie May | Johnson, Carolyn Albury, Adeline ORIGINAL The Kep West fitisen ILLEGIBLE KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1926. ‘OUTLINE PROGRAM ‘Mississippi’s Only Woman Skipper | | FOR MODIFICATION _ OF VOLSTEAD ACT ~~ | | NEW YORK ONLY STATE THUS | | FAR DETERMINING UPON. REFERENDUM QUESTION IT IS STATED (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, May 27. =A) proposal similar to that on which | New York is to vote in November | will form the backbone of the cam- paign to be conducted during the | remainder of this session by the unofficial house committee for modification of the Volstead Act. Taking concerted action in the, | midst of the revised prohibition | controversy, the wet representa-| the only woman to hold a captain's tives making up the group have, widow of a vessel owner and operat agreed to devote their efforts for| but says she will go back to the riv the amendment of the dry law_to Mrs. Blanche Douglas Leathers of New ©rleans 1s. so far as is known, BOYS OF For 47 Years Devoted to the Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE. CENTS KEY WEST ARE GUESTS OF ROTARY CLUB In his talk at the opening of | the joint meeting of the city coun- | trustees of the Monroe water dis- | trict last night, which was held for the purpose of considering propo- sitions and discussing plans for se- curing a fresh water supply line |for Key West and _ intervening | keys, Capt. Clark D. Stearns, pres- ident of the Monroe water supply district trustees, said. “Gentlemen, we all want water. license on the Mississippi River The or, she has retired from active work er promptly if steamboating revives | | permit “manufacture, sale ‘and transportation, importation or ex- portation” of beverages which are | not in fact intoxicating as deter- | mined in accordance with the laws | | of the respective states. A committee of four, compris- jing members of the house judiciary | committee which last year pigeon- | holed all of the 2.75 per cent beer | bills sponsored by the modifica- | tionists, was named to draft a bill carrying the liberalization pro-| posal. ee York is the only state w hich | thus far has determined upon a | referendum question, but it is be- | ing contemplated in a number of | states, particularly in Illinois, | where is is sponsored by George | E. Brennan, who recently won the democratic senatorial nomination lon a wet platform. | While the house modificationists are sharpening their new legislat- ing spear, the state judiciary com- mittee will get to work under the King resolution to determine whether it agrees with Attorney General Sargent and a number: of dry members of congress that | President Coolidge’s order author- izing appointment of state, coun- |, ty and city peace officers as fed-| eral enforcement agents is valid | a under the constitution. Some college lads may be Idlers, but |. Chairman Cum in announc- | gop Edward L. Lloyd. Besides carry- jing that the judiciary committee {ng a full course in the University of | would begin its deliberations in-. Pittsburgh's School of Business Ad- formally today, expressed the! ministration, he works 19 hours a [ovinion that “the order is without nlzht 9s carpenter In a steel mill e's r * | Warrant iE CEES Oe ee tivities Pee A few hours hero “president had no more right to len issue that order than I did.” THE WEATHER Search For Really Busy ‘COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES OF Stations Abilene (clear) Atlanta (pt. cloudy) Boston (cloudy) as on (clear) (cloudy) | REV. THOMAS R. ADAMS, PAS-|Coroue Christi (clear) TOR OF FLEMING STREET Dodge City Galveston CHURCH TO DELIVER BAC. j, Hatteras CALAUREATE SERMON Charle Chicago (raining) (clear) (cloudy) Huron Jacksonville (clear) KEY WEST (raining) Louisville (pt. cloudy) of the Monroe county high Miami (cloudy) school, an event eagerly antici- New Orleans: (pt. pated by the people of this city, New York (clear) every year, will commence on the Louis (pt. cloudy) evening of Friday, May 28, start- Tampa (clear) ing with the Junior-Senior Prom at the Coral Isle Casino, on South Beach. On the following Sunday spans ing at 11 o'clock, Rev. Thomas Adams, pastor of Fleming Sey Methodist Church, will deliver the baccalaureate sermon in the audi- torium of the Monroe county high school buildink. The declamation contest and ni class day exercises will be on the . following Wednesday evening, | starting at 8 o'clock : Friday evening at 8:30 o’clo will commence the graduation ercises and an address delivered ™!* by Dr. Bristol, professor psych The truck ology at the University of Gaines- "ied ville. three r The graduation exercises and « e commencement program are are pected to draw larger crowds than 000. usual this year, for the schools tae mae Tentertl prs, LAKE WORTH PLANS BOND ELECTION " cause of ve ever been before. Associated Prens) WORTE Ma 000,000 (raining) The annual commencement ex cloudy) oud MAKE SEIZURE OF GERMAN BEER (Ry Aswo BRADENTO German rand a small of cham said to ha’ n en route ck? "to Tampa 4 mile rath from a of here. officers port some 45 approximatel cas ntaine and truck cargo «my HUGH JENNINGS LEAVES SANITARIUM «my ASHEVILLE, Hugh C. Jer f the » LAKE 27 Asseciated Press) er oO. Federal Forces ‘Are Making 7 CHURCH DELEGATES | The only way for us to get it is | by real co-operation and pulling together—give each other credit | for his right and his opinion, and | for his desire to do. a right thing Gand work with us.” Capt. Stearns stated that the necessity for water is so self-evi- call | dent that discussion would be fu- tile. But he proceeded to show | ANOTHER AMERICAN IS. | the city at a great disadvantage in CAPTURED BY OUT- every way because of the absence | of a source of fresh water supply. LAWS; APPEAL MADE “Without water no strangers TO FOREIGN OFFICE will be coming in to settle in Key | West or any other of the ke. ee Without water we cannot expect |to have more apartment houses or hotels. Dry dock and other im- | portant developments contemplat- Americans are now in the hands/|ed are awaiting the announcement that Key West has fresh water,” Capt. Stearns said. “With water, Key West is | sured a‘dry dock and marine pairs plant, apartments, homes | newcomers, markets, locality open ja mine owner coming from Laredo, | to all industries and will attract | them, harbor development assured, for the keys, irrigation, better and He-was captured in Durango by | earlier crops. be | mainiend is ithe outlaws Mey 18, the same.day se oe oma oe eh iz veer | secured, id the town with | tourists who will go back to all ‘named Gallagher was made pris- parts of the country and advertise | the fact ‘not enough to drink, no baths, ete.,’ and give us a black eye that will take ten years to live down after we get the water. “IT have talked with engineers from all parts of the United States, from California, New York, Chi- in the state of | cago and the South. | without exception, insist that we of can count on Key West for a daily water consumption (averaging in all industries) of at least 100 per person.. With Key present 18,000 inhabitants, that would give us a daily consumption of 1,800,000 gallons, or 657,000,- 000 gallons a year. Mind you, this for K West alone, exclusive of Key Largo and all the rest of the keys. Please keep these figures in your mind a little later.” Capt. Stearns then summed up » endeavor to res- the proceedings of the water com- mission to date: Monroe count district created b Mexican Bandit (By MEXICO CITY, May 27.—Three Associnted Press) ,of Mexican bandits. @__- = “e-| {ported to be ill and under torture | | by his captors. He is C. C. Braden, | for | Texas. yan American / peas engineer oner. The latest captive taken is J. J. Shanklin, an employe of the El Potrero Sugar Plantation, an American concern, Vera Cruz. Information Shanklin having been kidnaped was contained in a message re- y O. M. Brown, manager of the plantation, who resides in Mexico Ci As in the cases of Braden and Gallagher, the Amer- ican embassy has requested the foreign office te me them water supply an act of the approved Board of appointed January 16, consisting of Clerk D. Stearns, _ president, Norberg Thompson and Paul Boysen During the first three months the present year the Key We pipe line proposition wa meeting publicity through advert 2 of in a number of leading engineer umberland Pr church ing periodicals. On April 1 th pee to their homes fol- White proposal was received. Then after an ad calling for additional posals was wired to five engineer ing magazines of national recog From this ¢ ion from about twenty expressing a desire t propositions. The prop J. G. White Engineering ¢ tion appealed to the trustee than any and it has bee tearns said in closing his remari ‘the only proporiti that Str federal forces are said to be searching for the band'ts. November truste, LEAVE FOR HOMES an Assorlated Press) Ma @ annual given ements eneral sembly the 7 yterian en rente I mg ad rhment a bu averted d to nvesti- urd of education and ge in McKenzie, Tenn divided recom mendations of the committee edueation nition, smmuice m >mmission cam engin orpora more on the ad ot by Pro president other, in regard to ministration of the sch R. Wh ajoritz fessor J itmer The n sked for removal of in-4 5 ii White Engineering It read before t and explanation made « dis Perturbed conditic st the in ik was stitution of learning the were rey crepanci¢ ONE KILLED iN POWDER EXPLOSION : (is inted Prema) WATER TRUSTEES HOLD MEETING AT COURT HOUSE LAST EVENING cil, the county commissioners and | . arrive on the ’s violent rain and windstorm about t months from date of signing con ng tribution ‘MANY YOUNGSTERS IN ATTENDANCE AT EN- JOYABLE LUNCHEON TODAY REPORT SHOOTING More than one hundred big and | little oo laughed, sang, played OF MAN TODAY ‘(Sons Day, a part of the Boy CONSTABLES JOHNNIE ROKER| Week program. The boys were of all sorts, some large, ome AND ROBERT CAREY DE-| jsmall. The largest was Charlie |Ketchum, Jr., a regular chip off TAILED T » i OS NV ESTIGIUR Wie ccidanlock ands. Shen vaniae Charlie Rice, who was full of mis- jchief, just having had his tonsils Reports came to the sheriff's |and adenoids out. office that at 9 o'clock this morn-| As the boys, large and small, ing that the F. E. C. Railway pump|filed into the La Conche dining man at Cudjoe Key station shot ajroom they donned festive paper man, and that the man is severe-jhats. Following the singing of ly injured. Both are understood | | America, Rotarian Livingston to be white men, but details of| ines invoked divine blessing on the shooting and the names of the |the gathering. men involved in the shooting scrape! Charlie Muldrow, of the Boys’ were not learned. Work Committee, in a few apt It is understood that the injured remarks welcomed the boys to the man and the pump man will both|Rotary luncheon. Charlie, who is 3 o'clock train to-;commanding officer of the local which will be after The Citi-|Marine Corps detachment, is hour of going to press. jaround the boys a lot and told Constables Johnnie Roker and jthem that by keeping smiling they Robert Carey were detailed to in-|would always be boys in heart vestigate the case and full reports and thereby great happiness would of the affair will be available for|always be their share in life. publication in The Citizen tomor- Following the “How Do You Do row. |Key West Boys, How Do You Do” 'song, led by Jack Maher and {companied by the club, pianist, |Rotary Ann Ladd, the visitors |were introduced. Rotarian Bob |Hirner, of the Woodbridge, N. J. Rotary Club, was present, and |with a Rotary smile announced his classification of funeral director, ‘thereby showing that even a mor- tician is no crepe hanger when present at a Rotary luncheon. (My Axsoctated Press) Billie Malone introduced Major MIAMI, May 27. — Bernardo George Brown, now of Miami but Duggan and his two companions |stijl very much of a conch. Gene hopped off from Bay Biscayne at 7:33 o'clock this morning in the seaplane “Buenos Aires” for Ha- vana, on the fourth leg of their New York-Argentine flight. FLIERS FORCED BACK TO MIAMI MIAMI, M DETAILS OF CASE day, zen’ AVIATOR RETURNS TO MIAMI TODA WIND STORM INTERFERES WITH FLIGHT STARTED Lowe had as his boy Mayor Les. lie A. Curry, and Frank Ladd in troduced Dr. Fort of the State Board of Health who is in Key West conducting « Crippled Chil dren’s diegnostiec clinic. Dr. Fort spoke very interestingly on the subject of Crippled Children’s Work in Florida. Fine Program The program was snappy and replete with singing, stunts and fun. The High School Orchestra won a large place in the hearts of the Rotarians, playing several times during the luncheon and winning a large hand of applause There were favors for all, aeroplane, fifes and drum and marbles, baby pistols and guns. The first contest ay 27 —Flying into a 100 miles southeast of Miami, Bernardo Duggan and his two companions in the seaplane “Buenos Aires,” were forced to make a hurried return to Miami at 9:45 a. m. REPORT CRIME ON DECREASE (By Axsociated Press) LAKE WORTH, Fla., May 27.— Crime is so greatly on the decrease that police court will only twice a week instead unless congregation of n the city jail warrants n, Judge K. L. Hif- alway. 1 dolls and in this city be held vas a wh barrow race, the contestants bei Will Warren and Will Juri Willie Kemp and Willie J Jack Maher and Jack Junior Allen Schlendorf and Juaior this race the fathers repres' the wheel barrows by walk their hands while the Juniors ed as the chauffeurs by hald up their feet. Will Kemp won head against his nearest rival Jack Maher and son. The winner with a handsome red wheeled cart, with the admoniti that ha ability t fifteen depending upon the season the year in which the work is arted. In the White proposal the F. E. will enter into a con sree to carry one-third al financial burden of district. The ill also farnish vay for the pipe line, their ill pay more for their does the 4 presented ater demonstrated that push pulling. In the blowing conte yuth ver: age. Jc Gene Lowe and Owen pitted against Floyd Ro Yate Porter M Each contestant having been folded, he practice on present con- some on water dis. us e \t the meeting last night the trustees inforn the members of and Joy the est at they of the financial coune e the city burden of desired to relies was given a rubber ballo installing a water dis (Continued cn Page 8) SOLD! He thought money could anything—even love. He $2,500.00 for one dance the benuty prize winner. was the highest bidder. “ a Auction Block” is a picture you bey paid oe will never forget. MONROE THEATRE TODAY