The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 17, 1926, Page 1

abet joerg © 3 spall, ¢ Full Associated Press Le: Wire Day Service ased he Key West Citise For 47 Years Devoted to the Interests of Key West VOLUME XLVII. No. 144 KEY’ WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1926. PRICE FIVE CENTS PLUS oR THE CITIZEN PREPARES: BRIEF SUMMARY OF | BILL CREATING MON-| ROE WATER DISTRICT | Since plans are in the making with the aim of bringing to pass} # long cherished dream of Monroe | county people—a fresh water sup- ply pipe line from the mainland— and, realizing that each and every one are intensely interested in this great movement upon which! the future progress of this com-| munity practically deper.ds, The | Citizen has prepared a brief sum-| mury of the legislative bill cre-| ating the Monroe water district | and authorizing the construction) of the proposed pipe line, men-| tioning the numerous ways that it | will be of service to the people| and business enterprises of this! ecmmunity. This act was signed by- the Governor of Florida on November 28, 1925. It contained some twenty sections, creating the Mon- roe county water district and a board ‘of trustees, defining their duties and authority. The water district comprises all the Florida keys in Monroe coun- ty. The trustees are charged with securing a water supply for the inhabitants of all the keys. It is | provided that water shall be sup-{ cloak room and the refreshment, West. | plied for domestic purposes, also for irrigation and sanitary. pur- poses. The supply is to be ample for every one on every inhabited key, whether he be a manufac- turer, a farmer or a householder, Under Section 6 of the Act the Trustees are authorized to con- struct a pipe line for the trans- mission of water from the main- land of Florida to Key West afd “and along with this the necessary pump stations. ‘ Under Section 7 the Board is also authorized to enter into a TRUSTEES WORK TOWARD DEFINTE FRESH WATER SUPPLY ‘FORMAL OPENING OF CORAL ISLES CASINO. Elaborate preparations are be-|booth are being nicely finished. ing rapidly made for the ultra|Everything is being made brilliant event of Saturday eve-|™odern, convenient and attrac- ning, marking the formal opening) johnnie Wages’ nine-piece _or- of the beautifut Coral Isles! chestra has arrived from Birming- Casino, Key West’s newest social|ham, and is now rehearsing their rendezvous, bright in its brilliant | special program for Saturday illumination from hundreds of |night. An experienced and popu- lights, sparkling in its newness | lar dispenser of this city will have and decorations in gay colors that blend so prettily in all the mod- ern features and cozy con- veniences, Saturday night will mark an epoch in the social circles of this Island City, for it ushers in one of the prettiest and most modern pleasure places Key West has ever had. Workmen are hustling night and jand Harry Birkin, the pantryman, than whom there is none better, arrived Sunday to get things in shape for the opening night. | Saturday night there will be |superb music and delightful dancing, with perhaps a brief ad- dress or two from leading citi- zens. There will be ice cream, jmade especially good for that new, | jcharge of the refreshment booth, | Maccabees Building New Home | | ‘This 14-story temple ts being built at Detroit by the Order of Maccabees. Governor Alex J. Groesbeck of Michigan and Senator Royal S. Copeland | spoke at the laying of the cornerstone, ceremonies for which were in | charge of\Supreme Commander A. W. Frye (inset), |day in order to entirely complete jevery detail of arrangement in time for the formal opening event Saturday night. The fine floor, size 60x125 feet, has been made as smooth as glass. The chairs, tables and accessories have been painted in harmonizing colors, ‘be separated by crepe curtains jabove low board partitions. The jevent, and refreshments of all | kinds. | The citizens of Key West are cooperating with Charles 4H. |Abbott, who has worked faithful- ily and hard in the making of the |casino, in his efforts to’ see that the formal opening of the Coral! {and the refreshment booths will Isles Casino shall be an event of | be! splendor and | pleasantly joy long to remembered in Key "ARRESTED FOR “MIOLATION OF ~ NARCOTICS LAW | UNITED STATES: MARSHAL YESTERDAY contract for the supply of water? from any water company or any- body else who has sufficient water to meet the needs of the water district but if the Board elects to purchase water then they are re- lieved of the necessity of con- structing the main pipe line. ‘It is left to the diseretion of the Board as to what method they shall adopt, whether purchase of water or erection of a main pipe line in order that the intention of the Act may be carried out and that is that the Florida Keys may have a fresh water supply. Section 8 authorizes the Board | pending the outcome of efforts be-| Magee, who was one of the pr: | Armando ‘Machin, a Cuban |wanted in Tampa under the |charge of violating the, narcotics jlaw, was arrested under a federal |warrant by Deputy United States }Marshal 1 ihere yesterday afternoon. ‘The warrant gives Machin the! of ‘manslaughter brought against | nounced, “I don’t know what you| privilege of making a $1,000 bond him following the fatal shooting! are, brother, I’ve here for his appearanee in court| of John H. Lasseter, young hgh-| Clau: at Tampa and be held in jail there until the next term of federal |court, or until he furnishes the re- \quired bond. ed in the Monroe county jail the Keys. in # PAMANDG: MACHIN IS TAKEN | IN CUSTODYS BY) ats MAGEE FREED "ON CHARGE OF |STORMY. PETREL OF NEW MEXICO POLITICS TURNED | DICT OF CoURT | (By Associated Press) | EAST LAS VEGAS, N. M., | June 17.—Carl C. Magee, stormy | petrel of New Mexico politics, is ‘a free man again today. By a di- vyalle Van Valkenburgh rected verdict of the court last | | night he was freed of the charge way department engineer, ; last August. | Lasseter was killed by a bullet here He is being detain-| intended for former Judge David | J. L eahy, political enemy o n- of Trustees to issue bonds in suffi- ing made by friends to make bond | ©iPal witnesses for the state yes elent amount and such denomina- tions as they may find practical the proceeds of which bonds are to be applied to the construction of a water system. These bonds are only issued after an ele Shall be called and held by the Board of Trustees and those who are freeholders are the only ones who are eligible to vote at such an election. Section 10 provides that the Board shall collect a reasonable charge for supplying fresh water by wholesale or retail to any municipality, public or private cor- poration, the United States Gov- ernment and any persons in such district. In making up this charge the Trustees consider the operat- ing charge of the district, the up- keep and repairs, the interest on the bonds and the sinking funds. Section 11 makes provision for any taxpayer to file an objection to the rates charged and this ob. jection will be passed upon by the Judge of the Circuit Court of the Twelfth Judici@ District of (Continued cn Page 8) Seer eoeeeeeoeeere AMUSEMENTS MONROE THEATRE TODAY—“Why Women Love.” Comedy, “A Fraternity Mixup.” TOMORROW AND SATUR- DAY—“The nmaker.” Al Roach Comedy. SAN CARLOS THEATRE TODAY Musical Comedy and Moving Pic- turcs. - Harry Gordray’s, for him here. ? BY TORNADO "MUCH DAMAGE RESULTS FROM TWISTER STRIKING CLARINDA. 10WA, — YES- TERDAY (Ry Associated Prensa) CLARINDA, Ia., June 17.—Two persons killed, at least twenty in- jured, and property damage ag- gregaiing $150,000, was the toll of a tornado which swept across Clarinda late yesterday. Ap- proximately thirty homes were wrecked, Dennis Usher, 18, was killed when he and three other boys were caught in a pasture. The lad was hurled several hundred feet. J. A. Douglas was fatally injured when ihe home of his daughter, Mrs. Lyman pest, was demol- ished. He died in a hospital. Two funnel shaped clouds, one from the north and the other from | southwest, were caid to have met southwest of town. The wind struck with terrific force, ripping roofs from homes, toppling less ; substantial houses and leaving 5 red debris in its wake. dents a.tributed the low loss to the fact that the two moved comparatively slow and gave persons a chafice to seek shelter. terday. Leahy, on the stand, ad- | mitted he was the aggressor in the fight in a hotel lobby here that | ended in Magee firing three shots. | One shot killed Lasseter and an- other struck Leahy in the arm. Leahy testified that Magee had previously expressed a desire to tak him to a “cleaning.” The former jurist said on seeing Magee in the hotel he dec‘ded to give the editor a chance to meet him “man to man.” Two witnesses testified that Leahy knocked Magee to the floor and continued to beat him. Magee fired the shots while lying on the floor, the testimony showed. The tr.al was in progress two days. District Judge Luis E. Armijo, by granting the defense motion for a_ directed verdict of not guilty, following closely on the state’s case, took the matter out of the hands of the jury composed of two men who could speak and understand English and ten men for whom it was necessary to translate every word of the pro- ceedings inte Spanish. Although many times in the courts of New Mexico, in the six years he has been a resident of this state, the manslaughter charge was the most serious yet faced by Magee. ESTABLISHMENT OF STEAMSHIP SERVICE {Ry Associated BRADENTON, June Freight and passenger steamship service will be established between Bradenton and New Orleans, August 1, Philip Shore, representa- Press) tive of New Orleans and Tampa interests, declared this morn |. MANSLAUGHTER ‘DAVIDSON GIVES “INSIDE STORY” T0 COMMITTEE EVIDENCE RELATIVES To| | BANK TRANSACTIONS WITH} | BOOTLEGGERS CUT oFF| TODAY | | | POEs | | | (Ny Asvocinted Press) WASHINGTON, June | William C. Davidson’s ; story” before the housé aleohilic liquor traffic committee about/| bank transactions with bootleggers apparently is not. to be continued. Styling himself ‘an “ex-bootleg- ger” but “going straight” now, he 17.—| of his story yesterday and last night, naming a number of banks) |in the far west and various fed- eral enforcement officials. | ‘Then the committee, voting four | to three, decided that James Pritt, counsel for the prohibition | junit, might cross examine him. | Britt arose, so did Davidson. “IT refuse to answer your ques- |tion,” the ex-bootlegger —an-| pulled on me too many} | time: | | Washington address is not known but he told the committee he does |not want to be “bumped off.” He |said‘his home was in Los Angeles and that nom de guerre during his career as a wholesale bootleg-} |ger had been Wiiliam Cain. : Robert E. Firth, prohibition ad ministrator for Southern Cali- fornia, in a telegram read to the committee by Britt, described him as a “notorious character” and ac- cused him of having attempted to blackmail a bank. Dev on got his hearing after Representative La Guardia, pro- ere » New York, had conduct it single handed because the memb: of the committee had refused to ar range for his appearance The decision to allow Britt to examine him wes made over La Gduardia’s opposition Assistant Secretary’ Firth and the latter's ass' ; nderson, were ‘ocia ‘ e atened to Andrews, stant, W. aceused by Davidson of having refused to act on evidence of dry law violation he had given them. He was, in turn, accused by Britt of having attempted to exchange the dence for a job with; the prohibi- tion forces and to sell it to news- papers and others P. & 0. S. S. COMI for Havana on Friday morning, Saturday night, June 19th will be canceiled Port Taw lith and f ancelled. after conferences with Bradenton | backers of the project. STUDENTS AWAIT TRANSFER TO REFORMATORY THREE YOUNG MEN FACE THIRTEEN YEAR SENTENCE FOR CRIMINALLY ATTACK- ANG GIRL SYCAMORE, Ill. fir criminally attacking a’ school mate, Leonard Rich, 20; Stanley Hurt, 20,. Emerson ,Wilson, 2YAdormeit: nteat UA NOR ein’ [linois’ State Teachers Col- lege, at’ De Kaib; today awaited tory. In the presence of the woman whom they had pleaded guilty to attacking last April, ‘the’ trio heard Judge William J. Fulton |The judge characterized the task of fixing the sentence as the most difficult he had encountered while on the bench. The youths are to be confine at Pontiac until they are 26 years state prison at Joliet. Throughout yesterday the court Thereupon he walked out. His|heard the boys’ plea for mitigation | tempts jof their sentences, each testifying that the girl agreed to their de- mands. None of the three, how- ever, accounted for her bruises, which doctors, who attended her, described on the stand. All de- jnied beating her. F aneral Services For Joseph Arias To Be Held This Afternoon Joseph Arias, age 49 years, who died at 2 o'clock yesterday after- noon at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Blass Arias, 1411 Watson street, will be buried this afternoon following funeral ser- vice at Ley Memorial Methodist chureh, conducted by R W. K. E. James, pastor of the First Bap- tist church The parents of the deceased sur- vive him, as does also his wife, Mrs. Lillian Arias; two daughters, M Eugene Rosam and Mrs. Teddy Kerr; two sons, William and Maitiand Arias. He also leaves three sisters, Mrs. C. E. Dexter, Mrs. Mirvin Sterling and Mrs. Peter A. Knight; two broth- . William and Loami Arias. All viving relatives mentioned Key PANY SAILING June 18th and for Port Tampa Also sailing from Havana June 19th will be FIGHTEEN PERSONS ARE ~WILLED IN TRA Senate Investigating Board Hears Additional Testimony On Campaign | ee | | WAYNE B. WHEELER, OF | ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE | IS QUESTIONED CON. CERNING CHARGES | (By Associated Press) | WASHINGTON, June 17.—De- | tails of the wet and dry aspects | of the Pennsylvania primary cam-| |paign and the relative veracity of | jnewspaper reporters and politicians | today claimed a share of the oe, late investigating committee’s at-| |tention in its inquiry into the $2,- |000,000 fight. ; Wayne B. Wheeler, of the Anti- {Saloon League, was questioned | {about his charges that “brewery | ,end liquor interests’ expended} large sums in behalf of the Vare-| Breidman ticket, and about the/| |activities of his organization, if| ‘any, in the campaign. | | Representatives of the Philadel-| |phia Public Ledger, meanwhile, ‘had been asked to arrange for the, | | | Indicted Circuit Attorney Howard Side- ner of St. Louis has been indicted on a charge of fraud in office. He is accused of letting a wealthy de- N WRECK | CINCINNATI LIMITED CRASHES INTO WASH- INGTON EXPRESS AT MIDNIGHT (By Associated Press) PITTSBURGH, June 17.—At least eighteen persons were killed when the Cincinnati Limited, train No. 40, crashed into the Washing- ton Express near Blairsville intet- section shortly before last mid- night, Pennsylvania railroad of- ficials said this morning, Of the eighteen known victims, nine bodies were recovered from a sleeper on No. 50, three were trainmen. Five bodies were found an irain No. 40, which was immediately be- hind the double-header locomotive pulling the Limited. The smash occurred on a slight | curve two miles east of Blairsville intersection, an important railroad center. Here the ground is level and the entire countryside is farm | land. As daylight dawned, those at the scene were given their first real | view of the wreck. | tracks were ripped up and twisied | for about 100 feet. The two en- gines on No. 40 were reduced to a jmass of twisted wreckage, while ; one sleeper, in which most of the Four main line |eppearance of the reporter who fendant escape punishment in a| victims were located, was found |wrote a story published ‘nor, Pepper-Fisher candidate to} ‘suceted Vare in the house, as say-} ling he had been offerdd $150,000 Hes withitrade. um. thie race. af { b-O’Connor, who was defeated by James M. Hazlett, Vare’s candi-! LOOSE BY DIRECTED VER- told the committee most, if not all transfer to the Pointiac reforma- cate, testified last night that’ he} \“made no such agreement,” and |that the story was “manufac- tured.” The Public Ledger this | jorning supplied an affidavit by |Herman H. Anderson, the report- J.| pronounce the’ sentence yesterday. er, asserting that he had correctly |quoted O’Connor. By summoning Wheeler, the’ committee provided the oppor- |tunity denied its chairman, Sena- or Reed, Democrat, Missouri, at the recent prohibition hearing to had a Santa | of age and then transferred to the |examine the Anti-Saloon League counsel with respect to expendi- tures of his organization in at- to influence senatorial legislation. In addition to this phase of the question, the commit- |tee also disclosed its interest in reports of a $200,000 W. C. T. U. fund and in the transfer of former Prohibition Administrator Baird, |shortly before the primery from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia. These angles were brought into ‘the limelight during yesterday's |probing into the machinery of the Pennsylvania political expendi- tures Harry A. Mackey. grand chief of the Vare forces throughout the state, insisted at the conclusion of his examination late yesterday that there is no evidence that there was any illegal expenditure of money by either the Pinchot, Pep per er Vare organization Little was added to the total, now somewhere around $2,000,000 by figures assembled during the day’s proceedings. Key West Woman To Hospital Fer Incane Mrs. Obie Henderson arrived in the city yesterday to take Mra Laura Coto back with her to the hospital for the insane at Chatts hoochee, where che will again un dergo treatment for insan‘ty. Mrs. Coto had been to the asy lum before and when it was believed that cured. About three she commenced to dications of a relapse and wa discharged he had we was been age how as badly demented as she fore. They left on the afternoon train yesterday. This was Mra. wa Henderson's first d she expre: ed herself as being simply delight ed with the beauty of this Island City and its picturesque setting. in the murder case, and relatives of the| to have been ieleseoped 17.—| Evening Public Ledger May 19,/defendant say they spent $14,500 length, inside thig sleeper another “inside | Facing thirteen years in prison’ purporting to quote Frank O’Con-'to “arrange matters.” INVESTIGATION BEGINS IN FIRE ABOARD SLEEPER FIVE PASSENGERS LOSE LIVES WHEN UNION PA- CIFIC CAR BURNS YESTER-} DAY NEAR CRYSTAL SIDING (By Associated Treas» LAS VAGES, Nev., June 17.— Two separate investigations wert started today to fix cause and re- sponsibility for a fire at dawn yes- terday in a Union Pacific tourist sleeper near Crystal Siding, Neva- da, in which five passengers were burned to death and seven injured, one seriously. Only one of the bodies recovered had been ident!- fied this morning, the railroad list- ing four persons as missing. Mrs. J. C. King, Drummond, Montana, a bride of a few days, perished when she returned to the cay in an effort to save her hus- band who entered it to recover baggage. King escaped by jumping from a window and was not aware that his wife had re-entered the car. He was badly burned and bruised The fire broke out in a Pullman car and before the train could he moved ‘o the Crystal Siding the flames trapped the sleeping passen. gers. The cause of the fire is un- known, although investigators re- garded the electric wiring in the Pullman car as a possible source The civil authorities here and the Union Pacific officials are making eparate inves igations. The train was stopped when the blaze was discovered, but the seri- ousne not apparent until an attempt made to bring the coach to ¢ stal Siding WHY? “Why tells the play Women the Love” heroine why. “She who waits for is that never touch the hor tell.” at the MONROE THEATRE TODAY can See this powerful drama its full Pullman car had been pushed by |the terrific impact. The two | sleepers appeared as though they j had been constructed around the | o.her. Another sleeper was standing on j ite end, the near section being | high in the air. Express Halts G. M. Sixsmith, superintendent of passenger. transportation, said today that the smash-up occurred when the express halted so that a broken air hose could be repaired. 1 The flagman of No. 50 went to the veer to set off flares, and the block signals were set against eastbound \irains. T. W. Beecher, the flag- |man from the express, performed his duties, for after No. 40 tore into the Express, Beecher's flares were found burning on the right of way. Deley in bring: in details of he vre2k was due to the fact that the nearest telephone to the scene at Blairsville several miles y wes intersection, Crowds Gather Great crowds gathered at the scene of ‘he wreck during the morning, many them coming afoot \ hile othe.» e rived in au tomobiles. They were kept at a distance , as to permit the wreckers to work unhampered. The Cleveland sleeper in which nine bodies were found, bore the greatest part of the impact. It was driven through the sleeper ahead. A’ heavy derrick was used to lift it from the other car. Bright sunshine flooded the scene as the wreckage was picked up by derricks and placed on the right of way. The crowds shud dered at the sight, for disclosed to view, pinned in the of twisted steel, could be seen the nine bodies, five men, a and three children. These removed quickly. The r of the other telescoped was mashed in The club car of the second train likewise was a mass of wreckage The first inspection yielded three bodies. Some rescuers reporter four others pinned in the debris. It was the belief at the that the death list would moun to at least 23 A special train brought a num- ber of slightly injured into Pitis burgh The passengers were given medi cal attention here and then con tinued to their destinations. They were bruised for the part. and many were cuffering from shock. One woman of mass scene most passenger escaped from a sleeper in her nightgown.