The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 18, 1926, Page 1

Full Associated Press Leased Wire Day Service The Key West Cithen For 47 Years Devoted to the Interests of Key West VOLUME XLVI. No. 145 KEY WEST, FLORIDA, , FRIDAY, JU NE 18, 1926. Old Couple Celebrating Seventieth Anniversary Of Marriage Here Today AUTOMOBILE RUNS HEAD-ON | THEATRE TO BE EQUIPPED) ELDEST GRANDCHILD OF MR. AND MRS. .LA MORA ARRIVES FROM CUBA FOREVENT | Having lived happily together for three score and'ten years and traveled the world over, Mr. and Mrs. Louis La Mora, 1013 Angela street, surrounded by loved ones representing four generations of the family, are today celebrating the seventieth anniversary of their wedding. EXERCISES AT CONVENT SCHOOL - LAST | EVENING LARGE NUMBER ATTEND TO HEAR MUSICAL PROGRAM; REV. MARNANE GIVES AD.-! DRESS ! TROLLEY WIRE PARTS ON DUVAL ST. YESTERDAY INTO HYDRANT AT CORNER OF CAROLINE STREET; ONE INJURED The trolley wire of the West Electric Company's system parted late yesterday af. | ternoon at the corner of Duval ane Caroline streeis a few seconds af- railway | terter one of the street cars hae | passed that point on the trip dowr. the main thoroughfare. A Ford automobile was ap proaching the corner at the time, and when the wire struck the | ground, the driver of the automo- The closing exercises of the ‘grammar grades of the Convent of bile quickly swung the car to the side of the street, running head-on Mr. La Mora is now 97 years Mary Immaculate held last night into the hydrant located on the old and Mrs. La Mora is 85. When were largely attended, with an {corner of that intersection. The bride and groom seventy years excellent musical program render- 'adiator of the automobile was ago he was 27 and she was 15. He is a native New Yorker and she is| French parentage. To them have been born nine children, and they now boast of 86 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. Mr. and Mrs. La Mora resided in Michigan for many years and} were distinguished by their being the oldest married couple in the| state. They are members of the} famous Century Club at Battle} Creek, which two years ago pre-| sented them with a gold medal for | being married longer than any? other couple in Michigan, | In October, 1924, Mr. and Mrs. La Mora came from Battle Creek to Key West and established their home here. They say they are! happy to be in this delightful Island City. After travelling the | world over and visiting almost! every resor\ and place of interest, they find Key West the they have found anywhere. They | have no touch of. rheumatisny, here, they enjoy perfect health | and find much of beauty and in- tercst here. Nothing im-the world could induce them to leave Key West, they say. Even after the ending of their delightful days here | they expect peaceful rest on this Coral Isle, and for this they have} already carefully attended to every detail of arrangement. Mrs. Lillian McNabb, the eldest andchild of Mr. and Mrs. La ora, whose home is in Havana, _aecompanied by her pretty little daughter, Carmen, is in the city to participate in the pleasures of the celebration of the seventieth an- niversiiry of the marriage of her venerable grandparents. REAL ESTATE se GETS OFF WITH FINE (Ry Axsocinted Press) ST. PETERSBURG, June 18.— Because he made complete | restitution to everyone of the 84 purchasers of lots in the subdivi- sion he opened near Arcadia, without the promise of any pre pect for leniency, Jay Gifford, lo- eal real estate dealer, escaped with # fine of $500 instead of a sen- tence to the state prison. Gifford, who was convicted May 25 on an indictment charging him with misrepresentation in the sale of lots at which he called Gardens annex, was before Judge Freeman P. Lane yesterday for sentence. Judge Lane let him off with the fine which was paid and the motion for an appeal was drop ped. finest | MAKES REFUSAL TO ENTER UNION CABINET (Ry Associated Press) PARIS, June 18.——Despite last minute appeal from Premier Briand, Edouard Herriot, chief, today fina!ly and def: refused to enter ( tional union cabinet, a radical »posed na SeSeeesecersoevecseeeees AMUSEMENTS: Secececoceccescssscseeees MONROE THEATRE TODAY AND TOMORROW “The Rainmaker.” Al Roach Comedy. STRAND THEATRE TOMORROW- “A Desperate Skyrocket.” Pete Morrison in Game.” Comedy, “Puster’s SAN CARLOS THEATRE TODAY Harry Musical Cc i | Albury, PARTY GIVEN ABOARD SHIP Cutter Saukee Returns | delightful Areadia | 4 ‘ed on the occasion. An address was delivered to} the students by Rev. P. I. Mar- nane, S. J., which was much en-| joyed’ by the many assembled for the evening’s entertainment. The class members were com- posed of the following: Edah M. Marjorie Calkins, Alber-| tina R. Charron, Mary E. Diaz, | Laura Dieguez, Juanita Farto,| Macie M. Gaiti, Claudia M. John- son, Cleora M. Knight, Amelia R. Lucignani, Mary R. Pinder, Lourdes M. Pineda, Martha E. Pollard, Carmen M. Reyes, Maria E. Rodriguez, Romalda Russell, Ladorna E. Saunders, Roberta A. Saunders, Florence E. Sawyer, Carmen C. Solano, Irma A. Ste- fani, Danaida J. Valdez and Mary F, Whitmarsh. { CHARLESTON AND PAUL JONES FEATURES OF AFFAIR to} “! Prettily dressed with flags and _ Helps bunting and quietly riding at the, end of the path of the moon, the: J. S. S. Aramis was the scene of a pariy last evening, | given by Ensign Engeman an Lieut. Shiebler to the beautiful debutantes and young bachelors of A buffet supper, de- | prepared by the officers’ dof the ship, was served in| he wardroom, | Several impromptu renditions | of the Charleston and a Paul Jone: added to the merriment of the in evitable Gurieg’s on the quarter deck Invitations were exiended to! the following: | Lieut. and Mrs. Starke Warner, the Misses Mabel Sharpley, Eliza- beth Tilma Louise Garth- side, Cu 5 Coleman, Mary Curtis Dorothy Pease, Bonnie B ber.ina Gato; Ruth Cash, Elizabeth Maloney, Mary Herbert Gwynne, Claudina Lucignani, Mary Cabre- Commander Lindsley, Com- mander Kessler, Joe Porter Mount- ioy, Tom Buchanan, Shirley Bott, orge Brice, George Barton, I. N. Meltzer, Jeff Spottswood, Wal- ter Lightbourn, John Delgado, Bob ns, Basil Guyette, Munson Johnson, Henry R. Mallory. SERIOUSLY INJURED IN. AUTOMOBILE June 18.— le which had ksonville po- Thursday night, a identified as C. L. Wilson, of Headlight, Ga. was seri- susly injured early today at Calla- han when he crashed into a Sea- Air Line standstill Wilson sonville Driving an automo! been reported to J tolen man, rard passenger train at on a grade crossing. rushed to a Jack hospital where attending he had fifty-fifty wal chance. machine was virtually de It was procee . of spee: TWO HOME RUNS H Miller, ack hitting out- ers, knock- and a two- game a recent against | damaged as a result of the crash, but fortunately no one was in- | jured. No! Key The accident caused but little) delay in the operation of the street cars as ihe wrecking crew was | soon on the scene removing the wire from the street and making temporary repairs to the trolley for the time being. The parting of the wire caused cons'derable excitement to pas- sers-by, while the electric com- pany’s forces kept a strict lookout for pedestrians and auto traffic while the wire was on the ground in order that no one migh! come in contact with same. The company’s linemen made substantial repairs to the trolley today, and the street cars are operating with the same rapidity over that portion of the street | following the installation of the ; broken parts. ‘MOVING MACHI SAN | CARLOS WITH TWO NEW Smee} MACHINES OF LATEST | MAKE | ae STATE BANK AT LAKE ALFRED PRICE a IVE CE — BY LONE BANDIT TODAY San Carlos theatre is soon to be| | equipped with two new Simplex| moving picture machines of the lvery, latest and most type, using the Peerless low in-| tensity reflecting arc lamp. The new machines are expected to ar-| rive and be installed in about one! week from today. | Carl B. Rowntree, representing | the Theatre Supply and Equipment | Company of Atlanta, is in the city | today closing the sale to Manager | Ramon Perdoma for his firm. Mr. | Rowntree says the equipment se- lected for San Carlos is the same! that is being used in practically | all the South Florida theatres, | and that they are creating a lot of favorable comment. | Mr. Perdoma says there will be} new additions to the personnel of | the “Snappy Steppers” right away | and from time to time. Some new! girls will appear on the program with the beginning of next week, and other artists wi!l add interest to the bill. The “Snappy Steppers” are} going strong in Key West. A full) house greets them at every per-| formance. and every ons goes! away highly pleased in every way. The Snappy Steppers,” Harry Cordray’s Musical Comedy andj Moving Pictures, are at San Car-| los for an indefinite engagement, end the artists are becoming popu-| lar with a wide circle of friends! they have quickly acquired in this city. { | | | | Miners Prot. Samuel W Pair, chief chemist at the University of Tlinois. has un expectediy become one of the best friends of the Illinois coal miners He has perfected a process for co!: ing soft coal cheaply, and as a result it ig expected that Ilinois soft coa! mines will run twice the number of days yearly that they do now SMOKING ROOM ALL TO HERSELF Associnted Press) (my LONDON, June 18.—A smoking room all to herself is to be as signed to Miss Susan Lawrence, one of the four women parliament. Lady Astor and the three other commoners do not moke but the laborite member for Eastham greatly tine solace Miss | members of enjoys the nico. wrence after some per suasion finally convinced the male ¢ that evén though nd the parliamentar' Lady Astor frowned up: other women cigarette smoking bj women she least was ent have Moss Lawrer pred place in whic 2 quiet puff fa family f barristers. She has a deep re sonant voice which is heard e throughout the chamber gan | public career on don school hoard. She ser’ member of April and was ‘GOVERNMENT VESSEL DESPATCHED TO THE. SCENE OF SHIP IN DIS- ABLED CONDITION. . The coast guard cutter Sankee, Hl. 8. Brown, Jr., commanding, re- turned to port early this morning. Last Saturday Capt. J. G. Terry, division commander, re ceived word that the brigantine | Geneva, cf Mobile, Ala., ing et a point twenty miles east of | Rocks; that the crew had been picked up by the Gulf Re- fining tanker Gulf ; but that the Geneva, left drifting north in the Gulf stream, was a scrious danger to navigation was burn- | Fowey Company State in thet much traveled section. Berry despatched s this danger. The Geneva was located about 30 She water's edge Capt the ikee to remove miles northeast of Jupiter. 1 burned to the zed, leaving only a small portion of the rudder and keel ex the bulk of the hull prob- held under water by ballast. Several at were made to secure a tow firing shots through the keel and cutting it, but each time fastening parted, and it was necessary wrecking mines. All the principal cutters are equip- ped with these mines, » of 80 pounds of carrying a terrific A working (T. ork mines and returning » from where they » »ntact and caps ably anchors tempt line by being or to use a char destructive ef party under Whitfield on the derelict, con- fre water ectrical masses of of wreckage a This aiding ments huge f sand feet into the air rk lasted from Sunday Tuesday afternoon before it was ng uring idered that was danger to ship sufficiently removed had £ the this time the Saukce s east the Saukee milar | Scottish improved | * Rockford, Mll., looked caused and business was eee d until the waters subsided lev district, strect. with the water near Arrow FOR BOY SCOUT TROOP TONIGHT |FERN CHAPTER ORDER OF EASTERN STAR TO PUT ON AFFAIR AT SCOTTISH RITE HALL Fern Chapter Order of TMastern Star will give a silver social at the Rite hall r Eaton and Simonton st commencing at 8 o'clock this for the benefit of Tr vats of this city The ladies of Fern chapter have made especial preparation for thi pleasing event, as it is their ‘re to aid and also to afford the people an evening of *plendid entertainment The following program + rendered in the ening, Troop 1, ill be order here given: Orchestra Mrs. Julia Selection, with eeting at the piano Vocal », man Mandolin Mrs. Inez Stead and piano selection, Miss Rendueles. Reading. Di Matilda Hansen Vocal Quartette, Curry, Taylor and Piper Vir Henry mpanied Miss Margeret Curtis. Messrs. Sands, Thelma Mor Spe b al numbe Reading. v Duet. Mrs. Bervaldi Violin S Vocal Mrs. K Emil real chen . Richard Curry. Edmund Curry. estra Selection. MEANS NOTHING until 1 points to the top of ‘SILVER SOCIAL From Trip Up Coast’ and Sa ‘| with the first floors ef the hou * 9 0re © D208 0:6 8's. Oe 4 ~ MIAMI DAILY TAB CEASES TO FUNCTION « (By Associated Press) MIAMI, June 18.—Vander- bilt’s Illustrated Daily Tab, the latest Miami newspaper, failed to appear today. A court order was handed down on June 9 by Acting Judge W. H. Shippey, order- * ing Vanderbilt Newspap>rs, Inc., publishing organization of the Tab, to vacate its of- fices at 70 West Flagler street by June 20. The complaint * was brought by News Tow>r, * Inc., subsidary of the Miami Daily News, and owner of the property, alleging failure to pay rent under the landlord tenant's act. . . . eee ew eee THE WEATHER | eeeeeveesececrcceccseeee® s vv eee Tem. 66 16 tions lene (cloudy) Atlanta (pt. cloudy) (raining) Ch (pt. cloudy) Chi (clear) Corpus Christi (clear) raining) ston (pt. cloudy) Hatteras (cloudy) Hur (pt cksonville KEY WEST (clear) Boston rlaston ago Dodge City Gs (clear) (clear) Orleans (pt (cloud (cloudy) Yc DEATHS NOT KNOWN ,.,. (Ry Assoctoted Press) SALT LAKE CITY r of persc n fire tee yesterday revealed that at ished, Conductor L. £ three passenger like Venice after the cloudburst hit it Aboy a submerged automobile, abandoned when the Great property damage was is shown part of the residential Below is shown a downtown ele ae came. ‘SANFORD DEFEATS. F QUARTER ran its sight t 70 f | | nie | | | | | TAMPA BUNCH IN BASEBALL ORT MYERS WINS DOUBLE HEADER FROM ORLANDO INTERESTING STAGED ASSOCIATED PRESS HEAD June 18.—Sanford string of straight wins to in the Florida State League terday by defeating Tampa 2 Ben Cantwell his end eleventh vie an) scored f the :eland and Bradent ings bef s finall n fought High- broke through the defense to score fth and win inn ore the 1 double header srea of 15 to »1 Petershurg triumphed over Messner’s triple the inning ran in the eighth ! ROLD ROBBERY 15 STAGED IN MIAMI (Ny Assoetatea across the i outside . filling station at was telephoning t ora for aid when 1 a re- ed, stuck ¢. and ordered him receiver from from ~o minutes RAIN? They called jockey Robertson The Rainmaker.” Ownere of mud horses hired him, others paid him to stay away. See how event enables him ‘The Rain- is a Paramount picture a dramatic to save = town maker MONROE THEATRE Today and Tomorrow EXHIBITION | W. B. NEELY, CASHIER OF INSTITUTION, IS BADLY WOUNDED BY ROBBER (By Associated Press) WINTER HAV. June 18.— W. B. Neely, cashier of ihe Firs State Bank of Lake Alfred, miles from this city, four was seriously wounded early today when attack- ed by a lone robber, ed the bank. when the stranger bank and ordered him his hands. ho rans: Neely was at work entered the o throw up Upon trying to remor strate with the man, Neely claims he was shot several time unconscious to the floor while the | robber got away with a large sum of money. falling No bullet marks were found j anywhere in the bank, believed that | with a piece of iron pipe, which | was found lying in the bank eral painful gashes on his would substantiate this the | People on the sireets claim and it is Neely was struck Sev no shots were heard. The plight of Necly was discovered within a fe minutes after the ! exact amount of money not known. No one knows the identiiy of the robber, but it is believed that he was one of several strangers | who have been noticed on the streets of the litle town the past two days. The strangers drove an automobile, which it is claimed was seen proceeding on the Au- burndale-Lakeland road within a | few minutes after the robbe | whieh occurred between 9:15 and | 10 o'clock. KE READY TO | REPLENISH FUNDS LAKELAND, June 18.—John L Fou's, president of the First tional Bank, Lakeland, left with an ample sum of money to replace that looted by robbers who | shot W. B. Neely, cash’er of the Lake Alfred bank, at Lake Alfred early today and escaped Sheriff an‘ police officers in this and adjoining towns were wa‘ ch- ing the roads for the two men who shot the cashier and robbed the bank robbe The taken is Na here MEN DRIVE IN HUDCON COACH BARTC dune 18. tits, described as young dressed in grey, driving a Hotien held up the State Bank Lake A fred this morning and ser ously wounded W. B. cashier, aceording to advices 1 ceived by Sher'ff Wilder here, Th sheriff immedcia ely sent his for of he scene and ser Two ban coach, of leputies a general alarm MAKES ESCAPE IN AUTOMOBILE ORLANDO, June 18.—A ! distance telephone call local police headquarters fr of Lake Alfred, the cashier of a bank in that ci had been shot by # lone robbe de his escape with in the bank this r No further details v According ‘o t bbe: robber cur police atated ho m all t mone venir g this morning. the was able t a meager descript dit. The rot quoted and He cashier on pber, ‘he as saying, was 4 as a mar { med mede his pe onditi is not serious, # able to return ¢ few days SEVEN THOUSAND 1S AMOUNT TAKEN TAMPA, June 18.—S sand curren dollars wa sum secured the bandit slugge Fir tate J the cashier and robbed Rank Lake Alf wg, according onds which were