The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 2, 1926, Page 1

Full Associated Press Leased Wire Day Service VOLUME XLVII. No. 131 GIVING OF WORTHLESS CHECKS CLASS EXERCISES IS CONSIDERED STATE CHAMBER OF! COMMERCE CITES LAW IN CONNECTION WITH PRACTICE vinted Press) JACKSONVILLE, June 2.—The | giving of worthless checks, or) of checks in excess of funds on deposit would almost die out in Florida if the public generally knew how grave an offense it is under Florida law, says the Flor. ida Chamber of Commerce. Until the last session of the Legislature the law on the subject was so de- fective as to be virtually worth-| less. The act was amended last! year, however, and the law as it} now stands is one of the most} stringent of its kind in the coun-! try. . For the benefit of business men, and the public generally, the } | State Chamber quotes this prin- cipal provision of the act: “Whoever makes or issues to| another any draft, order or check, | either in his own behalf or as agent for any person or persons, firm or corporation in payment for goods and chattels, lands or tene- ments, or other things of value the title or possession of which shall have been transferred upon faith of payment of such draft, order or check and shall not at the time} of giving, making, issuing or pres-| entation of such draft, order or check, have sufficient money on deposit with such bank or banking! house, person, firm or corporation | te pay said draft, order’ or check! by the bank diawn upon, shall. be fined up to $500 or six months in prison, or both. If restitution is! made before trial, fine shall be| $100 or 80 days in prison or both. The introduction of such unpaid draft, check or order with the reasons for its non-payment stamped or marked plainly by the; payer shall be deemed prima facic | evidence of fraud and_ sufficient for conviction. If the one who} gives the check states at the time | it is given that he has not the, funds at present to meet it but! will have by the time it is present- | ed this notice from the drawer will remove the cause from this status | of fraud.” | Faneral Services Held Yesterday Afternoon For Ralph C. Morine The body of Ralph C ine, | who died at 5 o'clock morning as the result of being shot five times in an altercation; with E. R. Bodine at Cudjoe Key, was buried the cemetery here yesterday afternoon, as no in- structions had been received from any of the people whose addresses he gave as his relativ The funeral was from the Lopez chapel to the grave. Rev. W. K. E. Jame of the First Bap- tist the officiating minister. Fire Drills To Be Conducted Tomorrow At Several Schools Fire dril's will be conducted in the free schools of the city tomor- row morning between 10 and 11 by Chief of Depart ment Ralph Pinder This will be the last the term, } | ives, pastor o'clock fire drill of present closing deter as hools are how, and the ter ecord for ¢ of the will be mined tomorrow, institutions the dril @rvoceoeccoeecs AMUSEMENTS Seeeevececcccvosevcccces MONROE THEATRE TODAY *“The Gold comedy TOMORROW Storm.” Comedy, Charlie Rush “Bride of th “Alice Blues. SAN CARLOS THEATRE TODAY—Harry Cordray’s M asi- Comedy Stepper head and necessitating several| @taduating class, will participate ° BECONDUCTED. AT HIGH SCHOOL GRAVE OFFENSE" OMAN STRIKES | ANNUAL EVENT TO TAKE, MAN OVER HEAD | PLACE THIS EVENING IN WITH BOTTLE AUDITORIUM BEGINNING! | AT 8 O'CLOCK | INFLICTS UGLY GASH NECES-, SITATING SEVERAL STITCH-| ES; INCIDENT HAPPENS ON | School will be held in the auditor- i lium of the high school building DIVISION STREET | | commencing tonight at 8 o’clock. | ie as Twenty-four bright girls and| | boys of Key West, members of the | The annual senior class exer- cises of the Monroe county high Charged with cruelly crushing a coca cola bottle over a man’s | | Key West And The Railroad That Goes Out Over The Sea (From The Hardware Age ‘of May 27. Written By Llew S. Soule, Editor of Hardware Age And President of Hardware Age Publis Did you ever go to sea in a par-; lor car? It’s worth crossing the continent to do., All the ex- periences of an ocean voyage with- out the sea sickness. I had asked a chance acquaint- ance about Key West, Florida, and e had discouraged me. “It’s only a little place” he said, “with a population mainly Cubans negroes. It’s mighty there too, and nothing to see.” What a consummate liar that fellow was. Anyhow I had made and) hot down! hing Co., New York) and drove me around the city and out on the marvelous new highway that is to connect the island city with the mainland. It is a gigan- i tie piece of work, requiring cour- age and money, but it is being built, and soon the tourist can cross the Florida Keys in his car to the quaint but progressive city of Key West. The next day I call on William | Curry’s Sons Company, and had }an enjoyable interview with Mr. Curry. The store is large, and is titches te sew up the wound, Alice | Ried was arrested at 1 o’clock this morning at her place on Division street by Constable Robert Carey and placed in the county jail. Her preliminary hearing was set for 10 o’clock this morning, but was postponed by Justice of the Peace Rogelio Gomez until tomorrow morning at the same hour. She made the $1,000 bond required by Justice Gomez for her appearance in court at the appointed hour to- morrow. There is no charge against Alice for shattering a perfectly good bottle. She is not charged with anything at all but knocking a man in the head with a bottle. - A. H. McINNIS’ RECORD (Communicated) Much has been said with refer-| ence to the candidacy of A. H. in the exercises. of the evening, and the event will be one of es- pecial interest to patrons of the school and people in general. | The program for the evening | will be divided into two parts and | the candidates for graduation, 11 \girls and 13 boys, will carry the | principal roles. | The numbers on the program! | will be presented in the order here | | given: } Part I. | Declamation Contest. | Armistice Day Speech—Angela Napoles. | A Message to Garcia—John W. | Lowe. | | At Tomb of Napoleon—Nellie | | Louise Russell. 1 | A Message to America—Stuart | | Walker. ; | Highwayman—Margaret Curt | Intermission Part II. McInnis, about his effort to save! for the widow and children of the} late Sheriff what Mr. Curry work- | ed so hard to obtain. It is quite| Song, “Friendship” — Senior | tiue that Sheriff Curry only! Glass, | served eighteen months of his two} History, Class ’26— Dorothy, years, and the writer thinks that) Sheppard. ! his family should have the benefit} © Class Gifts—Edna Collins. * | of the office, and knows that Mr.| Song, “Singing to You Old Hi.” Melinnis would see that they got Last Will and Testament—J. Y.| it. | Porter and Carolyn Hattrick. | But little has been said with} Class Poem—Angela Napoles. reference to the qualifications of} Class Prophecy—Carl Nelson. | Mr. McInnis to.hold this important) Song, Farewell Alma Mater: office. The office of Sheriff is, Listof Graduates: perhaps the most important office) Names of the 24 race Se in the County, It carries with it will graduate) trom the high:schoo grave responsibilities, and thal eee Bane “ Collitie, man placed in this position should Philip Cosgrove, itay Curry, Mar-| : 308 : , have tact and judgment, should garet Curtis, Harry Doago, Maga-| be a diplomat, should have a level) Geline de Leon, Allan Hampton, head, and at all times be ready to| Robert Hart, Carolyn Hattrick, | meet any emergency that might’ Claude Hernandez, Munson John-| arise. |son, Thelma Montecino, Angela | My view jis, that Mr. McInnis | Napoles, Carl Nelson, Clifton Park, | has all these qualifications, | than ordinary ability. Shortly af-| remembered that this city was a and had thousands of men going There were numerous investigat Sheriff handled the very difficult served as Chairman of the Draft nown that he has acquitte and Doris Parks, Mary Pinder, J. Y)| would be the right man in ter he took oath of office the; bee-hive of activity. | Every; SESSION CONDUCTED YES- and coming at all times. Togeth- ing committees in and out from, situation, came through with fly Board, this required much labor, Ni He Class Day Exercises. Selections—High School Or-| chestra. | The district meeting of the mi sionary society of the Methodist denomination for zone 5, whieh includes all the Methodist churches in the city and the one at Isla- morado, was held yesterday after- noon at the Ley Memorial church in this city, Mrs. V. A. Rutherford, district secretary, came down from Miami to conduct this meeting, and she was accompanied to this city by Miss Addie Greeley. At the meeting yesterday after- noon, Mrs. Agnes Pritchard was elected chairman of the society in this zone, and Mrs. Roland Adams seeretary and treasurer. Mrs. C. F. Kemp, Mrs. Benj Lopez and Mrs. A, H. Melnnis were elected members of the pro- gram committee. Mrs. Rutherford and Miss Gree- left on the afternoon train today for their homes in Miami While in the city they were enter tnined at the home of Mrs. A. H. McInnis, on North Beach. duties as called the Porter IV, Frank Romaguera, right place at this time. world war came on, and this be-, branch of the Government wan TERDAY AFTERNOON AT er with this we had toughs to deal Washington looking after the in- ing colors, and was commended by and nights of hard work, | Raul Roque, Rudolph Sands, Doro- He served the people as Sheriff thy Sheppard, Margaret Sweeting. for four years, and at a time! SIONARY | ing a seaport city and an impor- tant point for the operations of} our Government in equipping men represented here, the Army, N: Marines, Aviation, Artillery, Coast) MEMORIAL CHURCH; OFFI- Guard, Secret Service and all CERS ELECTED with, crimes of all kind were being pulled off and thousands of things coming up daily that required the ter of the enlisted men in which the Sheriff and other offi- cials were c¢ in, and it cannot the Government. In addition to his Sheriff Mr. McInnis was tact and skill to handle. Since the war Mr. McInnis ha served as Chief Deputy to the late when it required a man of more} SOCIETY HOLDS and boats for the war, it will be} other branch re represented time and efforts of a Sheriff. be denied that Mr. McInnis as our upon by the Government, Sheriff, and many and je. i Curry, it is well NOTICE himself we this capacity. advisor of Mr. Curry attended to all the detail work of th When all is said and Melnnis is well quali- this important of opinion it would be All resident and visiting Masons invited to attend the regular ng of Dade Lodge No. 14 to » held Wednesday evening, June , at & o'clock. Work in the are mecti ice b and in my to make a’ change Fellowcraft Degree By order of the W. M J. J. TREVOR, ious mistake pis tin QUALIFIED VOTER (Paid Politieal Advt.) jat one time we traveled seven and! |gers as witnesses. ‘feet pulled down the windows on | passed a beautiful fishing camp in |A little farther on we saw yachts —_——_———— ‘situated near the docks and the jrailway station. “You can, tell the folks up north” Mr. Curry said with a-smile “that Key West has the longest street in the world. It runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico.” Well, I called on all the mer- chants, found them optimistic and |doing a normal business. Then I | wandered all over town. up my mind to go and I did. The train left Miami at 9:10 in the morning, and I was aboard when it pulled out. It was warm that morning, and the breeze was con- spicuous by its absence. For the first hour or so we passed through typical Florida east coast country, with little new to look at. I was beginning to think that my erst- while acquaintance had given me the right dope, and that I was due for a long, hot and uneventful Key West ride. And then we struck the gige, Florida Keys and things changed. qustries. There are fish to be For four hours we traveled over caught in every’ direction—from beautiful coral islands, and long ithe bridges, docks and boats. stretches of concrete trestles which Sponges are also taken from its linked the islands into a tropical chain. Each island or key had} something new to offer. Some, were covered with long leaf pine some with low dark green shrub- bery, and all were fringed with} stately cocoanut palms, All about . 2 . us we could see islands small and) It is a resort city yet in the large dotting the sea. It remind |™2king. From Key West the ed me of the Thousand Islands in Steamers ply to Havana, and in) the St. Lawrence, except that the |Key West the American and the ‘uban tourists visit as they come water was salty and the verdure! and go. tropical, : | I say it is a resort in the mak- Trestles Over the Sea ling, it ibiliti in i | , because its possibilities, | And those trips to sea over the that line have only begun. to be trestles. They are unforgettable. | tigdd. Th has halkiaa, Wallding | a halt sniliaa ect covert tes oceans {room although it‘shared to. some | Looking. out of the ear windows.) °<trnt in fhe.clend some The hing but water {oun Ts eeely Rese eee we could = not r it undoubtedly will come. The} and small islands. The colorings| imate, the quaint’ homelike city, | of the sea were wonderful, dis-| the fishing and other sports are playing all’ the shades ef green) sure to draw the tourist in in- and pear when: the 6 aRE | creasing numbers as the seasons us eth and gray green in lcome and go. shallows. We. could sce fish of all kinds| Another Industry swimming’ lazily in the érystal|’ But I forget to tell you of an- Jear water, and pelicans perched | ther industry—the turtle indus- on old trestles and pilings. Once|try. In large pens on the wharf a baby shark, about four feet long, |@ hundreds of ea turtles played along within 20 feet of the Some of the famous logger heads ear window, with all the passen-; Weigh as much as 500 pounds. Many of these turtles are killed’ for local consumption, Others are, taken to the local canning fact and transformed into delicious Werturtle soup. Stil others are ship- iped alive in cars to Ni York and ‘other large northern cities. It’s almost worth the trip just to see the turtles. Some day I'm going hack to Key West te spend several weeks; to enjoy the Key West climate and the pitality of its people, and to try my luck with cane pole, rod and reel. Qthers are going to go there too—more each year, and when the new highway is com pleted Key West will come into its own. You simply haven't seen Florida until you have seen Key West and rode on the railroad that goes to sea Angler’s Paradise s an angler’s para- Fishing is one of its big in- waters, and thuusands are cleaned and shipped out yearly. In addition there industry with several tories turning out cigars. is the cigar large fac- Key West e It was cool, and there was a real breeze. Some of the tender the the windy side of car. sandy grove of cocoanut palms. in the island inlets with fishermen out in small boats. And so it went—island after ‘sland—trestle after trestle, and the time passed rapidly. There was no diner on the train, and we were due in Key West at 3:00 p. m. The newsboy passed down the aisles calling his wares. I called him over and asked for an orange, ‘ut he didn’t have one in his stock. In the wonderful fruit country of Florida he was selling northern made factory cookies, candies and soft drinks. Some one has evi- dently overlooked a bet in the trains of Florida Arrived on Time We arrived‘in Key West time and I taxied to a new modern hotel—one that would be a credit to any city. Ten minutes later I had my note-book in my and was out looking for hard stor The first one I ran across that of Pierce Brothers, one the leaders in the line. It progressive and up to date, with good stocks and diversified lines The brother enjoyed my LLEW S. SOUL United States Coast Guard Cutter Saukee Iz Due Here Tonight The U.S. pected to arrive at this port night, it wa ned at the coast guard station this morning * The Saukee coming from Mobile, where she has been on the dry dock for her hauling. The have many friends in the city who will be pleased to learn that the on Cutter Saukee is ex to lea local was is of was annual over men aboard the Saukee were cordial, visit. Then them ushered me out to his car vessel is returning. LADD’S PLEDGE voters of Monroe Co , that there MR. IT solemnly pledge the elected to the State Sena arrangement of Monroe County during my term of office that if | am ” re form unty will be manner, no division any shape or FRANK H. LADD. Sworn to subscribed before his 1926 and A.D RUBIE BETHEL, Public for State of Florida at Laryre. mmission expires December 9, 1927 (Paid Political Advertisement) ry The Key West Citisen KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1926. CONGRESS SETTLEMENT OF FR For 47 Years Devoted to the Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS CONFRONTED WITH ENGH DEBI Cc. C. Brantley, editor of the Valdosta Daily Times, who was a | member of a large party of Geor-| gia newspaper men visiting this jcity recently en route to Havana, | told the readers of his paper about the trip in a complete and very in teresting way. The articles in his the entire | paper covered tour, from which the following refer-| ence to the stop-over of the edi- tors in Key West is clipped: | “The voyage from St. Peters-| burg to Key West was uneventful, | that city being reached on Friday | morning about six o'clock. Break- fast was ready when the boat landed, and a bunch of Key West | newspaper people were on the dock | | waiting to welcome the editors. The Rotarians of Key West had a} large number of automobiles on ‘hand to give the visitors a ride over the city. That was a most interesting as well as unexpected | The ride took the visitors to \some of the wharves #vhere deep sea fish are loaded for shipment to different) sections. | There were hundreds of small} fishing boats in the Bay, and an) interesting sight was a haul that; was made of minnows for use in fishing for larger ghme. That haul netted about half a bushel of small fish, and one of the fisher- men declared that it was one of | the most snecessful hauls that had | been made Igtely, He lost no time | in pubtitiy thee ih in nis boat and! pulling out for deeper water. “At Key West there is a small! aquarium where many of the rar-! est kinds of fish are kept. This includes a fish that resembles an eel, and which is said to be as poisonous as a rattle snake. Sea turtles and other kinds of fish are also exhibited there. The business section of Key West is about like that of any other town of 25,000 or 30,000 people, though the build- ings are hardly as large, ~ the streets are narrow and at that early hour there were not many people stirring. | The chauffeur who had the writer in charge, experience. famous | drove around by the great hotel, the Flagler System, which is lo- cated on land that has been built from the Gulf, and there is a large development there all built up land. “The drive included a visit to the cemetery where are buried the victims of the Maine disaster There is a monument to them and there are also several small head- stones for soldiers and sailors who were killed in the Spanish Amer- ican War. Among them is a tab. let to Worth Bagley who was kill- ed in Matanzas Bay. He was an Ensign on one of the torpedo s, and was the, first man killed in that war on the American side His remains were carried to his home in North Carolina for burial The stay in Key West three hours and was a vy ant one, as the Rotarians took ad vantage of the opportunit der service by furnishin: ances for visitors who wished to ee the city. “The secretary of the Rotary Club was on the wharf and ass st- ed in getting the visitors off. He declared that the Georgia editor had done something that nobody else had accomplished, and was to get the Key West Rotarian cut of bed before nine o'clock in the morning. Key West, hke Ha vana, is a town the oh tay up late at night and sleep lat he next day. “Another pleasant in Key We to ren f here feature of ay tatement that the Cubar ment would not require the gia editors to go throu inspection upon their Th take usually a good 4d nd is frequently er “At Key West the with two former of them be rr write Mr ler « up One who wa here, and the h a rep yther wa: ray, who was receiver fo: M. & W. Railroad, w of custom §¢ We GEORGIA EDITOR TELLS ABO HIS RECENT UT TRiP TO KEY WEST ARTS SOCIETY PLANNING FOR’ COMING SEASON DIRECTORS = OF}, ORGANIZE | mained tpn idebatey with clasders TION OUTLINE MUSICAL prepared to bring it to a vote be- PROGRAM FOR EVENTS OF fore adjournment tonight, so it NEXT YEAR HOUSE MEMBERS ASSEM- BLE AT EARLIER HOUR TO EXPEDITE ACTION ON ISSUE (By Axsoctated Press) WASHINGTON, June 2.—The house was called upon to meet an hour earlier than usual today to expedite action on the French debt settlement. About three hours re- to the senate, at may be hurried | where a vigorous fight agi | ratification is in prospect. The directors of the Arts So | 4 , ciety met recently and formulated| Ratification of the $6,847,674, plans for their musical season next 000 funding agreement by the year. Some of the world’s fore-| house was generally conceded. most musicians will be available,! strongly backed by the adminis- and the directors were more than) pleased that they will have such a| fine lot of attractions from which! for payment of the total amount, to choose. | Subscriptions to the) which includes interest in’ 62 an- Guarantee Fund have been put at) x i $20 per membership, which shall; nual instalments graduating up entitle each subscriber to two Pre-| ward from two initial payments of concerts planned. ‘This puts the | $300,000,000. cost well within the means of those! Representatives Collier, of Mis- truly interested, and it is hoped) sissippi, and Rainey, of Illinois, that the work will be able to be democratic members of the ways carried on from year to year. : : Avibhe “tie cane ashe being | 824 means committee,, took the considered are the following: [zene in opposing ratification by The Universal Grand Opera Con-| the house, contending that the cert Company, with Elvira de) terms did not represent France's Hidalgo. This company carries a capacity to pay, and the pact, lete coxps of well known solo- ce Se theis ine chorus | the former phrased it, was a “ and orchestra. | graceful attempt to settle an hon- The Cleveland Symphony Or-/ est debt at fifty cents on the dol- chestra, ninety musiciarls under! jar.” bapt ReOR a fe keel atl Chairman Green, of the ways Four Artists, These include | 2" means committee, insisted that Robert Steel the eminent baritone | the agreement was a favorable/one and Carolina Lazzari the famous|to the United States as was pos- contralto, a concert pianist and/ sible at this time, and argued that violincellist. | the French Met eas ans The Cossack Chorus, sixteen | en people: were taxed now male voices with soloists. jto the limit. He was supported The London String Quartette. | by Representative Burton, ‘repub- Beniamino Gigli, member of) lican, Ohio, a member of the debt the Metroploitan Opera and the ‘committee, and Representative world’s foremost tenor. pig Cecil Arden, Metropolitan mez-| Mills, republican, New York. zo-soprano. Alfred Cortot, the famous pian- t. tration forces, the pact provides ‘SYMONETTES OCCUPY NEW HOME TODAY WHITE STREET BUNGALOW COMPLETELY RENOVATED; PROPOSE PLANTING © OUT GARDEN is! Subscriptions may be made to Mrs. C. D. Stearns, Mrs. Wm. R.| Warren, Mrs. Andrew Miller, Miss Illeen Williams mailed to the secretary, J. J. Trevor. | or SECOND BRIEF | CONDUCTS INVESTIGATION IN CONNECTION WITH MAN KILLED Mr. and Mrs. © are today moving into one of the bungalows on White street former. ly owned by P. Uliendorff, but which was purchased Mr. Symonette some time ago The place has been completely renovated, with the stuceoed, with several other need ed improvements to structure. Mr. and Mrs. Symonette prop making their home there future, and are planning to plant out the grounds numeron rove bushes and tree hrubbery, which will add fully to the premises The home ha furnished, with all modern veniences installed, and j sidered one of the prettiest hor: of its kind in the city today C, Symonette The coroner’: by Justice of the jury empaneled Peace Rogelio to investigate the killing ¢ alph C. Morine, held a second brief session yesterday afternoon Members of the freight train who witnessed the shooting at Cudjoe Key Saturday morning were ex- amined by the jury, and E. R. Bo dine, the man charged with the brought from the jail for them to identif The jury will meet again at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon in the office of Judge Gomer, which time it is expected that a verdict will be by exterior made the in the crime, county wa with other at y appearance been HOLIDAY NOTICE 1926, Jeffer tirthd the f State of t be open for the that k will r busine on A THRILLER Those who like a cofking good ory om the screen should see “Bride of the Sea,” fea turing Dolores Costello. This is said to be one of the must difficult plays to film on record. Full of action. MONROE THEATRE TOMORKOW THE FIRST NATIO OF KEY WE: Key West Al T Florida June z BANK it FOR SALE Good Brokerage Business BROKERAGE P. O. Box 83 KEY WEST, FLA.