The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 14, 1926, Page 1

Full Associated Press Leased Wire Day Service t Citsen For 47 Years Devoted to the Interests of Key West VOLUME XLVI. No. M41 KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, JUNE 14, 1926. PRICE FIVE CENTS CREAT DAMAGE RESULTS FROM ~ STORM SWEEPING MIDDLEWEST munoneDs oF WMS TQ) MAKE INSPECTION : OF TAMIAMI TRAIL AND OTHER sad TURES DESTROYED | ’ | *|REPRESENTATIVE O F Oveeu-+--908 Takes Veil ROAD ° DEPARTMENT) TO CONFER WITH OF-, bridges, a - | | FICIALS IN MIAMI | (By Associnted Press) CHICAGO, June 4.—Hun- dreds of flooded homes, highways and railway tracks wash- ed out, electric and telephone ser- A representative of the state | road department will be in Miami | Thursday to join with officials’ | from Monroe county in making an| | inspection of* the Monroe county | | portion of the Tamiami Trail, ac-} | cording to the following telegram | | received by Chairman Kirch-| | heiner, of the county commis- | sioners, from Dr. Fons A. Hatha-| way, head of the state highway | department: \ “Referring to agreement in_ | Jacksonville, the department. will | have Assistant State Highway En- | gineer L. K. Cangon in Miami| | Thurs: ay morning, June 17, at} Roberts Hotel, to make inspection ' of road in Monroe county, and we, will be glad to have an engineer | ‘from your county to accompany thim. Please acknowledge receipt | | of this wire. Regards. F. Aj | Hathaway, Chairman.” | Chairman Kirchheiner immed | | ately wired Dr. Hathaway that he | | y. & | could have County Engineer Joe | | | Watkins at Hotel Roberts in Mi } | | | | | vice disrupted and scores of fires | were in the wake today of wind, | electrical and rain storms that swept the middle west, causing} thousands of dollars in property | as well as bringing relief | to drouth-stricken areas. | damage, One man was killed by lightning | and another who touched a broken | wire was electrocuted. | Rockford, Ill., experienced its worst flood in 36 years. Hundreds were forced to flee from their! homes while others took refuge on| thé roofs and in upstairs room:. | A number of bridges in the vicinity were washed away, one) of them carrying with it two auto- mobiles and seven passengers. The | ami Thursday morning to accom- pany the road. department en- |gineer on the inspection trip. He so telegraphed J. D. Redd, chair- man of Dade county commis- joners, inviting a Dade county engineer to go along. A wire was | cent to George F. Cook, in charge ; of the Monroe county. road con-; | struction for ‘the Chevelier Cor- | poration, requesting that he be present and lend them every as- | sistance possible in making the in-} | GIVEN OUT spection. Commissioners J. Otto! j Kirchheiner, Braxton Warren and/ Hilton Curry will also‘ accompany | the engineers on this inuepection trip, going to Miami from Key Largo after they have finished in- specting ‘the Tidewater Construc- ; tion work at that point Wednes- day. Mary Givens Davis, 18, not long ago! was named the most beautiful girl in| Galesburg, Ill., in a beauty contest. but the passengers were rescued.) phen her sweetheart died suddenly— flooded ind now she has entered the Catho- | , de sisterhood and will become a nun. Chicago and water'in the streets! DIXIE'S TOLL cars were washed down’ stream | | | | Easements were in interrupted automobile and street ear traffic. Two men were killed, Air mail service out of Chigago| was suspended because of un-| favorable conditions. Thirty fires, all attributed to lightning, were reported here in, half an hour. | At a southside FORTY-ONE KILLED AND 263 INJURED IN REPORT COM- PILED FOR PAST WEEK IN FATALITIES theatre water | flowed in the front entrance, wet JUDGE BROWNE GOES TO MIAMI ASSIST the feet of persons in the audience and ran in a steady stream into HEAD. Dix'e’s ASSOCIATED PRESS QUARTERS, June 14. | toll of traftic, including airplane | and railread during the past week, was 41 persons killed and 263 i the musiciang’ pit. They continued to play with the water almost to their knees. The WILL IN WORK DURING WEEK number of dead in the COURT jured, a survey conducted in 11 es by the Associated) A marked shown in compar-son hen 46 were week-end storms totalled ten. | southern | Press revealed tod: decrease is ¥. TWO HAVE NARROW - ESCAPE FROM DEATH (Ny Anwocinted Prem) LAKE CITY, June 14,—Patrol- alter Davis and with the week previous Soe Kila aaa Judge Jefferson B. Browne left last night for Miami, having been requested by Governor Martin to go to the Magie City and: assist Judge A. J. Rose in holding cir- cuit court there this week. persons injured, The airplane victims reported |were Lieut. Harold R. St Sheriff Malone United States Naval Reserve flyer, esped death here today when a) and Herbert S. Fen civilian, One of the judges will hold freight train demolished a touring | joth of Norfolk, Va met Chancery court while the other ilieié death Jn fall view of acores!‘™i<> the Jury cases, and it is ex- : . pected that criminal cases will be taken up folowing the organiza- tion of court. This arrangement, it was an- nounced in Miami, was made for spin |the relief only of Judge Rose, whose docket has become congest ed, and has no bearing on the pending appointment pf a succes- sor to Judge W. H. Price, resign- ed. Judge man Deputy 2. miraculously es- who car Both seriously in which they were riding. were but not) of painfully motorists and golfers at East injured. REQUEST FOR CHANGE OF VENUE DENIED (By Assorinted Press) SPRINGFIELD, Il, June 14.— Petitions for change of venue and habeas corpus filed by Scott were denied by supreme court today. Camp. when the plane operated by the latter The plane coming out of a crashed while stunt fly ng “falling leaf” went into a tail and then crashed to earth, killing + both occupants ins Grade crossings claimed one be at Nerfolk, Va., another was fatally vietim, that reported Russell the Illinois Scott is Browne will be absent from Key West about a week or it was learned at his of- fice th is morning. injured while walking along vad right of way by a freight a un- paily tia, der sentence of death for the mur- | t der of Joseph a drug clerk in Chicago, pending a sanity trial Marie Ga. coe Mauer, Georg.a led the ent of ire southern states in killed fatalities re nutaber of persons re TO THE PUBLIC We beg to ‘fatorae. the public that some Key West bakers have cut the price of bread two cents. We have been informed that this h been done to run us out of business, We beg to advise the public and ir patrons that the price of our is ten cents a loaf, also that ality will be the same. When you ask for bread, get Curry’s Home-Made Bread. CURRY & WATSON, BAKERS JOHN L. CURRY 52 1309 Petronia St. ajured, with total of 54 injur Two the urred Sunday, T. Whittaker being the victim of one ’ » “hit dorun” ty left ¢ Me ported an ni and per deaths eres ” . AMUSEMENTS Seeeeecerecscocsceseceee MONROE THEATRE TODAY—"“The Far Reach Comed. TOMORROW € e of sons in front ).. in Cry.” control of i wnt over an embank- onton, Ga., killing his wife and two vehicle ment his car a I's High Mad the road.” omedy, “The Racer. SAN CARLOS THEATRE TODAY rd Musical ¢ tures. Harry Co Mov nird with six de: Phone edy and ‘ 1. Original members of first Rotary Club in Chicago, 1905. 2. Paul Harris, who conceived the idea of an international fellowship and citizenship and called it ‘Rotary. 3. Donald A. Adams, of New Haven, Conn., president of Rotary International and pre- siding officer over 10,000 Ro- tarians at the Denver Conven- tion, June 14-18. 4. Chesley R. Perry, since 1910 secretary of Rotary Interna- tional, with headquarters located at Chicago. OVER-SEA RAILROAD TO KEY WEST T0 FEATURE yo TO BE SENT COUNTY BOARD T0 MAKE INSPECTION OF ROAD WORK PROJECT NO 1 OF OVER-SEA HIGHWAY AT KEY LARGO COMPLETED BY TIDE- WATER CONSTRUCTION CO. Project No. highway to the mainland, start a year ago by the Tidewater Con- struction Company, is nov ed finished at an approximate ex- jpense of $160,000, and will inspected by the county comm sioners and engineers on day of the present week. The completion of this section of the highway opens up the ro: from Key Largo to the mainland, except a four mile link in Dai county report- Wednes- on which the construction ithe ARE CONFINED PRESENT TIME There are only nine prisoners in county jail at the present |for disposition. jcase is that of Mrs. |a Cuban lady of this city, |time, and this is far below the | average number of inmates j this bastile. | \one, E. R. Bodine, is charged with! |murder and none of for Of these nine pnisoners only the others are held for serious crimes. One jis a erazy alien whose case rests with the immigration authorities A most pathetic Laura Coto, who and was sent to the insane asylum lat Chattahoochee where the treat- ment administered was believed to have effected a cure, and she was released. Here quite recently she __|relapsed and it became necessary |to confine her. room in the jail she never ceases | singing “Nearer My God to Thee.” |A nurse will arrive tomorrow |take her back to Chattahogehee, | go NO WORD RECEIVED At her detention to Sheriff Niles says. | There are usually 25 or isoners ine: TALLAHASSEE, 14.— “All Florida,” will be the name of a book depicting the advantages) June of every county in the state and setting “orth the opportunities of | the Sunshine state, to be publish- | ed soon by the immigration bu- reau of the department of agri- culture. T. J. Brooks, bureau director and Phil S. editor, are now making a tour of Taylor, advertising 1 of the Over-sea eq the state gathering data and in- formation of the book which will) be elaborately illustrated. Newell; Davis, assistant state chemist is aj Ee the | ’® member of the party and is is- photographer of the group. Besides getting first hand ad industrial advantages of the state the “@ beautiful seenery, trio will gather pictures, di historical spots work has been delayed for some ®#”drivers and springs will be tak- time. County Engineer says this Project No. difficult 1 was one the most pieces struction work on the entire high- way. The road is 24 feet wi and has been built through dense It was neces- mangrove swamp. Joe Watkins en to go in the book. Chief among the pictures will f * . °F be the 80-mile engineering feat whereby the of con- Florida East Coast Railway enters Key West. The book is from the press de cheduled to come during July. sary to build seven bridges rang- 109 to feet ing in length from feet and one 2,800 which has a steel span that construction center was built by ng for pion Bridge Company. The length included in Project No. and one-half miles, As Dade county opens up her end entire of roadwi soon the highway it will mean that 32 a road is com miles of the over pleted to the m From the Key read and bridge pleted for a dist: more than 12 mil bed is thrown up for miles more, which will land. e once the work is under way. County Commissioners J. Kirchheiner, Hilton Curry Rraxton Warren, accompanied 300 long draw a steel the Cham- 1 is four West end the © entirely com- of slightly and the road- several be easy to finish and in a short time, when Otto EARTH SHOCK IS FELT IN ALMERIA (hy Anceetnted Pree? ALMERIA, Spain, An earthquake, June 14.— preceded by loud subteranean noises was felt in 7 Almeria and vicinity shortly after of Midnight. The tremors continued for four seconds. The inhabitants fled from their beds in panic ay County Engineer Joe Watkins, will leave here tomorrow for Key Largo to make final inspection of this portion of the road built by the Tidewater Constraction Com- pany on Wednesday, and from there they will go to Miami to meet with representative of the state road department to inspect nd the Monroe county link of the by Tamiami Trail. in-| formation on the agricultural and} jail here, and the fact that so few} are now being held there for crime | \is being taken as an indication of | improvement in the criminal ele-| |ment of Key West. SEEKING OWNER — OF DISTILLERY | (Re Associated Press) SAN FRANCISCO, June 14.- Federal prohibition agents today are seeking the owner of a $200,- 000 aleohol distillery discovered in la densely wooded canyon at Point Reyes, north of here and protect ed by a fifty foot watch tower jousing an automatic rifle nest. Officers believe the still been in operation for three years. Senate Committee Still became demented some time ago county | has tions. Improvement Shown In Criminal Activities (ONLY NINE PRISONERS * IN, COUNTY JAIL AT Asa Bartlett, Klan leader and constable of Blue Lake Township, | Mich., was sent to prison for life | after admitting that he made and mailed the bomb that killed August Krubaech, proprietor of a tavern, Krubaech’s Janet and-her fiance, William Franke, Political antagonism to Krubaech caused the act, he said. FROM AVIATOR (iy Associated Prose) PARA, was lacking this morning regard- ‘ng. the whereabouts of Bernardo Duggan, Argentine flier and his | two jmaribo for this city yesterday morning. Their plane was last jseen passing over Cayenne, French Guiana, at 9:20 a. m. yesterday. BRAZIL RESIGNS _ FROM LEAGUE Asxwcinted Frese: GE A, June 14.—Brazil has resigned from the League of Na- This announcement was made officially this morning. Investigating Matter daughter | Brazil, June 14.—News| companions, who left Para-| ST. LOUIS CAPITALISTS TO VISIT KEY WEST IN INTEREST OF CONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGES c. A. P. TURNER OR REPRESENTATIVE TO BE IN CITY IN SHORT TIME C. A. P. Turner or a representa- |tive of his firm will be in Key | West in a week or tem days with ie party of St. Louis capital |the interest of the plans for fi- | nancing the construction of the long bridges for the highway to the mainland, according to a let- |ter received from Mr. Turner by |J. Otto Kirchheiner, chairman of |the board of county commission- | ers. |. ‘Plans will be made for the en- | tertainment of these distinguished | financiers, and it is confidently expected by the commissioners |that they will favor. the propeci- |tion after becoming thoroughly ; |acquainted with the project and the wonderfully fine investment | that it is sure to be. DISCUSSION OF BRIDGE PLANS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO } HOLD MEETING THIS AFTERNOON The board of county commis- | sionets will meet in extra session at the county court house at ¢ o'clock this afternoon for the pur | pose of passing upon the plans and specifications for the conatruction of the long bridges proposed for |the Over-Sea Highway to the | mainland as submitted by the U A. P. Turner Company of M’nne- apolis. which were recently receiv- ‘ed by the commissioners. The commissioners will have the two county engineers present at this meeting, and it is fully ex- pected that definite action will be taken relative to the Turner’ plans and specifications th’s afternoon, cither to approve or reject them. Q S Pertaining To Primary Christening ideaiaias Take Place Sunday At Stone Church The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clement H. Hudson christened at the First Methodist church Sunday morning, being given the name of Emma Yulee, the full name of her grandmother, Mrs. Braxton B. Warren. An in teresting feature of this event was the wearing of a christening dress which had been worn by three generations. The sponsors were Dr. and Mrs Mra. © Harry I Peterson, N S. Jones. CONVENTIONS OF ROTARIANS OPEN (My Aanocinted Press) DENVER, June i4.—The seventcenth annual convention of International Rotary opened here today with thousands of delegates registered from 35 countries. The first general session will be held this evening when International President Donald A. Adams of New Haven, Conn., will preside at a pageant in which 1,200 persons will participate. Infant Daughter of Mr. And Mrz, E. Rojas Dies Last Evening Alice Rojas, five-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ezelio Rojas, 721 Division street, died at 10 o'clock last night. The funeral ducted b service was con Father Maureau at the re this morning et 9:30 o'el ok in the direction of G and interment was under er of rs. ed for of made city cemetery Frank undertaking xpres Saw Lopez in the low this, their only chile LOVE? In the mad desire for power ind riches che had forgotten love, and the man she loved had forgotten her. “Hell's High- is the play directed by Julian — a powerful mt cast. road” Rupert ~a brill story- MONROE THEATRE TOMORROW "MANY MORE WITNESSES TO BE CALLED IN HEARING CONDUCT- ED (By Associated Prexn) WASHINGTO June 14.-~-Al though it had advanced far into the tangled story of the Pennsyl- vania Republican primary” cam- paign, the senate investigating committee has a number of im- portant witnesses on its list yet to be heard and. is steadily is suing subpoenas as the testimony develops new leads holding promise of aid in the untangling process, Representative Vare, the sic cessful candidate for the sena- torial nomination, is among those whose testimony remained to be 3) (Continued on Page