The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 10, 1926, Page 1

Full Associated Press Leased Wire Day Service est Citen For 47 Years Devoted to the Interests of Key West VOLUME AUVEL: No. 138 KEY WEST, ", FLORIDA, EHURSDAY JUNE 10, 1926. Sears Leads In Race For Congress With Majority Of Over 490 Votes PHILIP VARELA DROWNS IN _ BAY FACING BAYVIEW PARK IRREGULARITIES ARE CHARGED BY CAM- PAIGN MANAGERS OF | HIS OPPONENT | ASSOCIATED .. HEADQUARTERS, June 10., —Possibility of an election! contest was indicated today as an aftermath of the Flor-| ida democratic primary of; Tuesday. Charges of irregularities have been advanced by cam-| paign managers for Mrs.| Ruth Bryan Owen, of Miami, | who, trailing by a little more} than 300 votes, is contesting the right of the nomination} to congress from the fourth} district over W. Joe Sears, of Kissimmee, the incumbent. | Definite pronouncement was made by James M. Car-! son, at Miami last night, that should the election returns} fail to show Mrs. Owen as the chosen democratic nomi- nee a contest would be made. “We are advised that! there has been stealing in| the count,” Mr. Carson said, | referring to Monroe county} in particular. On the other hand, Con-) gressman Sears, at his Kis-| simmee home, declared that! he would welcome a Monroe county recount, intimating| that in the event a recount was demanded there that he! would ask for a check of the returns in other countie where “the race,” he said,/ had been closer than it) should have been, .He.de- clared that he was “in the fight to the finish” if they wished to resort to those methods. Has Fair Majority With thirty precincts missing,| Sears had a majority of 304 votes over his opponent, rouee 19,998 | votes in 295 of the 325 precincts) in the d ct. Mrs. Owen's count | was 19,694, acor complete and unofficial returns. | The precin lacking were two) in. Broward county, three in Mon-} roe, four in Palm § » one each | in Volusia and Indian River, and} 19 in Brevard county, the county! ° seat of which is Titusville. From the third congressional district, incomplete returns have Thomas A. Yon, of Tallahassee as the democratic nominee to. the house of repre ceed the incumbent, J. H. Smith wick, of Milton, Two hundred) and four precincts out of the 228) in the 12 counti e Yon 9,107 | and Smithwick The miss are said to be small, ntinued to come in, Duncan U. Fletcher, candidate for renomination to his at in the United States senate, seemed more assured of a little less than'a two to one majority over his chief rival, Jerry W. Carter, state hotel commissioner. Fletcher had _poll- ed 52,401 votes, Carter 30,653, and John Van Valzah, of Daytona Beach, the third candidate, 2,917. Have Wrangle R. Hudson Burr of Tallahassee, the from aton, tri seeking the renomination to state railroad commission group one, and R. L. “Bob” pt Monticello, today were con- tinuing to have a wrangle all their own, with Burr a bit in the lead. Burr, the incomplete returns show ed, had polled 2 while n had with number of western precincts in which section the Monticello man seemed to be (Cc ontinued | en Page 8) AMUSEMENTS © eee MONROE THEATR TODAY—" Wreckage,” “Im the Air.” TOMORROW DAY Blackbi Comedy, AND SATUR Chaney “The Al Roach Comedy. mn in SAN CARLOS THEATRE TODAY Harry Cordra\ Musical Comed Moving Pic- tures PRESS)|* ORME 8 6 04S 4 4 eo 8 8 * * SEARS HAS LEAD OF 426 VOTES * (Associated Press) JACKSONVILLE, Florida, June 10.—Revised figures cluding two missing precincts from Monroe county, and 16 out of 25 precincts in Brevard county, with a minor change in the Volusia county totals, gave Congressman W. J. Sears a lead of 426 over Mrs. Ruth Owen in the race for the nomination for congress from the 4th Florida district. The revised totals were 20,437; Owen, 20,009. in- * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * eR Ces eeee~ecr-+coceeeoeeee Moderator POSeCCeCeCOSODERECR00508— Dr. William 0. versity, chosen moderator of the Presbyterian church in if zeneral assembly at Baltimore. s supported by the modern- was ng to the in- ji MARINE NOTES Covocerenrersscvovcccses PL & O. s. Miami, Captain Albury, ed from Havana at 4:30 p. yesterday with 104 passengers and U. S. mail. m. . BE. C. Car Parrett, Captain rived from Havana lay with cars and s Havana night with seph R. Harrington, ar- at 6:00 p. » sailed 26 vest for ‘ears. Fe’ Ward, 45 p. cars of Havana Co. Car Estrada Captain I Palm from na at terday with 31 and sailed for cars. E. import with 26 P. & O. Miami, Albury, sailed for Hav 2 m. with 68 S. mail. Captain ‘ana at 8:30 passengers and U. Ferry He Hansen, a F. E. C. Car Flagler, Captain from Mobile " arrived m. | Le Parrott, Captain Perr Harrington, thi sail arrive from Havar with and vana tonight with ports, afternoon for Ha- 26 cars of ex- cars will Car Ferry Wa wna th rada Captain rrive from Ha with d port FL E Flagler, for Hav with ¢ pr for E Pal | Sears, eee some time ago. *\ was discovered by boys in bathing Thompson, for-! }mer president of Ohio State Uni- | BODY IS DISCOVERED BY) BOYS IN BATHING AT) 6 O'CLOCK YESTER- orders growing out of the attempt! brief session at DAY AFTERNOON | Philip Varela, the 15-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Varela, | 1501 Division street, was gravee | some time yesterday forenoon in| front of Bayview Park near the erected The body} | springboard that was | | | about 6 o'clock in the afternoon. | | and a physician examined the | body, stating that death had oc-) j curred at least four hours before |the body was recovered. There| |were no witnesses to the cm ltragedy, and the exact time tha t| | the young man took his last and| fatal plunge into the surf may | never be known. | DEMONSTRATIONS STAGED AGAINST JAPANESE RULE KOREAN STUDENTS CAUSE DISORDERS TION WITH FUNERAL OF PRINCE YI (By A inted Press) SEOUL, Korea, June 10.—Dis- of Korean students to protest | against Japanese rule marred the serenity of the first phase of the great two-day funeral of Prince Yi, one-time emperor of Korea, Although the disturbances were quelled and the funeral pro- today. | gram went forward, the Japanese li | authorities fear more trouble is in prospect before the ceremonies are completed. While the was moving through the streets funeral procession this morning, with the great cof- fin being carried from the palace | to the funeral pavilion in a parade | ground a mile away, students tried to circulate inflamatory literature against the present rulers of: Yi’s former kingdom. Troops, police |and gendarmes quickly ‘arrested scores, but the march was serious- ly impeded and it required some time to quiet the crowds which | openly showed sympathy with the Philip Varela left his home y *terday morning for the beach, his usual custom, and when he| failed to return at 10 o'clock, as} lhe had been used to doing, his| mother became alarmed, and his | father’and friends commenced to} arch for him, but with no idea) that he had been drowned. The| boys who found the body late yes-| terday were diving from off the! ringboard and some of them dis- vered an object at=the, bottom} | of the sea. but could not:see well) enough in 15 feet of water to’ tell! what it w: So three of them) j held onto Joe Cleare as all dived to the bottom. He caught a firm| hold on the object and the other | three boys helped him to rise with his burden to the surface, when it was found to be the lifeless body of the missing boy, whose family Was immediately notified of the} gruesome find. A coroner's jury empaneled by Justice of Peace Rogelio Gomez viewed the body, and it was then| taken in charge by G. Frank Saw-| f the Lopez undertaking es tablishment to be prepared for in- terment. The coroner’s jury re-| essed until 10 o’clock this morn- ing, when the final session was heid in the office of Judge Gomez, resulting in a verdict of acciden-| tal drowning. Constable Robert} y and Deputy Sheriff E.R. as assisted in handling. e funeral se: vas held in the home 1501 [ ion street, at 10 o'clock this morning, and wa conducted by Rev.. Thom; R. Adams, pastor of the Fleming Methodist chureh. Many attended the obsequies extended sympathy to the family, who are almost prostrated with grief over the great calamity that has befallen their home. street friend CURRY RECEIVES BIG VOTE Hilton Curry, sioner from the fifth Ww. county commi district, is being widely con- gratulated on the handsome vote given him in Tuesday's in which he received more votes than that cf his two opponents combined. Mr. Curry has been one of the commission- the leading members of board of county rs for a number b the c-election bespeaks in a ‘ of years, nd ig majority given himsat polls Tuesday for substantial way his well and whic he county. | students. Late reports place the | number of arrests at 300. Stones were hurled, and many shop windows were broken. The wife of a secretary of the Japan- ese governor general, Baron Sa'to, fainted in the melee and was slightly injured in the surging crowd. Despite the students demonstra, tiot and the atmosphere of unea: ness, the rites moved forward on the grand scale planned by the| Japanese according to schedule. The first ceremonies began at the} palace followed by the march through the streets. THE WEATHER eeeesccesccecsrcocensses Stations Abilene (clear) | Atlanta > (clear) Boston (clear) Charleston (pt. cloudy) . Chicago (cloudy) Corpus Christi (pt. cloudy) Dodge City (cloudy) Galveston (pt. cloudy) Hatteras (cloudy) Huron (cloudy) Jacksonville (cloudy) KEY WEST (raining) Louisville (pt. cloudy) Miami (cloudy) New Orleans (clear) New York (clear) St. Louis (pt. cloudy) Tampa (cloudy) WwW: ngton (clear) Williston (cloudy) IN CONNEC- | Admiral} 68 CRIMINAL COURT CONVENES TODAY FOR JUNE TERM. CLEVELAND SHERIFF OF MONROE) COUNTY, OPENS COURT; FEW CASES HANDLED NILES, NEW) Criminal court of record for! convened for aj 9 o'clock this| morning with the usual personnel | of officials: Judge J. Vining Har-| ris, Solicitor J. F. Busto and Clerk :C. Sam B. Curry. | | Sheriff Cleveland Niles, who! | just assumed the duties of his of-| | fice yesterday, opened court for his} | first time, and he did it like an old| \timer. He was assisted in handl-| ing the court by his two deputies, | lye Kemp and E. R. Ri Three non-jury cases were dis- | Posed of this morning, as follows: | Ofelio Farnet, charged with re-| j sisting an officer, entered a plea | of guilty and was sentenced to six | months at hard labor in the Mon- roe county jail. He would have been given twelve months, except for the fact that he had been in jail six months before trial. John L. Brals, who was recent- ly brought back from Miami under | the charge of passing worthless | checks, adm‘tted his guilt. Before being apprehended he had made | good all checks passed, and he! agreed to pay all costs of the court. No witnesses appeared | against him, so sentence in his ease was suspended. De Wit Roberts, unlawful pos- ; session of liquor, $50 bond es- treated. | Court adjourned until Monday, June 21, at 9 o’clock, at which !time a jury will be drawn and a | docket carrying ten or twelve jury | cases will be disposed of. ot ee Teed eee Monroe county ivas. WEATHER CONDITIONS Aside from showers in southern Florida and on the * central and west Gulf Coast, |* and rains in North Dakota, |* the weather was fair east of | ‘othe Rocky Mountain plateau. oe Its cooler t morning in Maryland, ginia, South Carolina,’and North Dakota, and materially warmer in the *| extreme upper Miss'ssippi Valley, Nebraska, and Kan- sas, where temperature is now above tlie seasonal. During last night there were * | thunderstorms over the south Atlantic and central Gulf * coasts and over extreme southern Florida. Pressure is lowest over New * England and the Dakotas, and * highest over Illinois and In- diana. Moderate east and southeast winds will prevail over the Florida Keys tonight and Fri- day. H. B. BOYER, Official in Charge. ee eee ee ere eens Fight Return TONIGHT The Key West Citizen Will Announce STRIBLING -BERLENBACH | . FIGHT RETURNS AT Curtis Pool Room Duval Stre You are inviled to come et TONIGHT out and hear the returns of this important fight. | the PRICE FIVE CENTS IN PENNSYLVANIA | | @eececaencersee0009 | Visiting Prince‘and Crown Princess Their Royal Highn Crown Prince Sweden and Crown Prine Louise, beleagu paper reporters and photographers on the and seeking to like it. This photograph v non the deck of Motorship Gripsholm as York harbor, the royal couple here getting their first giimpse of the American sky- line and Americans at home. Gustavus Adolphus ‘of ed by American news- val in New York— it came up New Ford Car “Runs Away” With Two-Year- Old Child In Seat : ‘FIGHT RETURNS AT CURTIS POOL ROOMS TONIGHT | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL ANNOUNCE RESULT OF STRIBLING BERLENBACH LEAVES ENGINE RUN- NING ON GETTING OUT OF MACHINE Excitement was high on South reet late na For Simonton yesterday af. touring car along ata with only a the front oceupant of car raced along, side of the en along the thoroughfare, miss and traffic by the in a most until it reached re it crashed into the the ner, knock ts and shattering indo und the Ford The tricated from the i eck, and was found to have | istained some face, sician, sing peed child SET-TO AT STADIUM f r-old and the r The on The fight returns of the Stribling-Berlenbach match in from one will be an- ts narro New York toni rer nounced the obstacle £ margin ane Citizen at Curtis Pool Room miraculous way, on Duval street. The event is a scheduled fifteen-round exhibition in which great interest being d manifeste throughou country. but upon seriously in out and hear the ret n its wild ng) Delight PMc Program Is Rendered At First Baptist Church Cassio Brannan, assisting local of the home ignacio Castillo, 818 He had stopped and moment, and his for running, ng went 2 tor musicians, gave to a very appre |eiative audience a most delightfu causing of music at the First Tuesda program church evening ee All numbers t render of Her ere + vas evi eds the wotlk by the praiseworthy Mr technique especially long the street were lin solos by Brannan showed isaac tec cunkeway excellent and marked fearing thet an in et the interpretative abili wm wheel 3 car one tire 4 it badt the LOCAL NOTICE TO MARINERS crash into FLORIDA 2 extings ns relighted Jv Light List, At PRESENTS BRAZIL'S : RESIGNATION Associated Press 16 Melle DEMERITT, { Ligh Supt. FATHER OF YOUNGSTER ENORMOUS EXPENDITURES MADE PRIMARIES * CAMPAIGN INVESTIGAT- ING COMMITTEE FINDS AMOUNTS RUN- NING INTO 6 FIGURES (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, June 10.—The senate campaign investigating committee at the very beginning |of its broad inquiry into the past, | |present and future 1926 primary election contests, has en- | countered expenditures mounting well up into six figures in the |Pennsylvania Republican _pri- maries, . which resulted jin the nomination of Representa- |tive Vare, Philadelphia political leader and wet, Senator |Pepper, and Governor Pinchot |who leaned more or iess heavily |toward the dry first | docket counter-charges published during and after the race. Representative Vare and Gov. |Pinchot both were on hand for | the opening of the hearing, and behalf of | the latter’s candidacy list at more {than $160,000, were the first to get into the record, but toward |the end of the session $500,000 was mentioned in connection with the Pepper campaign. Governor Pinchet’s. campaign treasurer, P. S. Stahinecker, was {the witness who brought the latter um to the committee’s attention for its further consideration. Expenditures in behalf of Rep- resentative Vare and Senator Pepper, who had the support of the Mellon group in Pittsburgh, | were not gone into directly at the opening session, | This campaign over side, was given place on the committee’s because of charges and | ; expenditures made on ENTERTAIN WITH AFTERNGON TEA CONVENT SOPHOMORE CLASS MEETS AT HOME OF ELENA LUCIGNANI The Class of the Convent of Mary Immacuiate de lightfully entertained with an af- ternoon tea yeste at the home of Elena Lucign on Simonton street, beginning ) ofclock Various musical selections were rendered during the afternoon, be sides many other amusements dulged in by tho enj ble refreshments evening. A feature of the event autmobile ride over the city, igcluded a trip out y road on the eastern end the island, which wa enjoyed by those making party. In the evening the merrymakers attended the show at the M Theatre, after which another sh motorcade over the city was en- joyed, following which the young people concluded the evening's entertainment, repairing to their respective homes. The class is composed following members kins, Mary Elizabeth ( Singleton, Muriel I beth Weech, Collette Miriem Watkins, Eola Margaret Sands, Cornelia Natalie Perna ders, Eva Ley Spohomore in present on AMic during ocasion, served the was an h n immer of Mar'e Hias irillon, M mn, ez, Margaret 1 and Elena Lu nani cee ST WRECKAGE Mey Allison again scores in “Wreckage thrilling Se difficult make was this picture that sctusl storms threatened the lives of sen ttory to the film company many times je ao Banser pro- shows at the MONROE THEATRE TODAY