The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 22, 1926, Page 1

Full Associated Press Leased Wire Day Service For 47 Years Devoted to the Interests of Key West The Key West Citise KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 1926 ‘TWO OFFICIALS = “awempore KEY WEST TIRE COMPANY AWARDED vecowwuwe —QONTRACT FOR SCAVENGER SERVICE COUNTY COMMISSIONER WAR-| a e VOLUME XLVII. No. 148 UNITED STATES TREASURY OVERFLOWS WITH REVENUE PRICE FIVE CENTS PRESIDENT COOLIDGE | DEFERS PROCEEDINGS | ON TAX REDUCTION REN AND ENGINEER, BAILEY REPORT MOST EN- JOYABLE OUTING CITY COUNCIL TAKES | : ; ‘MUCH LIQUOR ‘PRINCES OF CHURCH Al | EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS DESTROYED AT > specia. mretine CUSTOM eee Address By Peter 0. Knight At Luncheon of Orlando Chamber of Commerce Today. ass ” County Commissioner Braxton Mr. Knight, after talking at|a corporation tax, or a corporation’ Warren and County Engineer Clif- eeveeccescecccccoceeccocesceccccsscesesecnceseces length about the principles upon|stock transfer tax, or a severance! ton Bailey, who made a trip last which this republic was founded, |tax, or a tax on intangibles, or an} Week over the Tamiami Trail, in) WASHINGTON, June With the with money even beyond the fond- treasury overflowing est hopes of estimates, President Coolidge has turned thumbs down om tax reduction talk until the mew rev law is submitted to the test of operation during the coming year. The president informed his eabinet officers and bureau chiefs and recounting the growth, de-|income tax, or an inheritance tax. velopment, prosperity, and wealth) And while the remaining tax bur- of the United States, said: dened states of the Union are “I have recited the foregoing looking fot more sources of rev- for the purpose of demonstrating enue, and are even endeavoring to to you that the extraordinary and amazing growth, development, and force Florida to levy a state in- |heritance tax, because their finan- company with L. K. Cannon, as-| sisiant state highway engineer, | of the state road department, all accompanied by Erben Cook, of the Chevalier Corporation, report} an instructive and enjoyable trip.' That portion of the Trail now) under construction by the State prosperity of this wonderful na-jcial condition is such as that they poaq Department for the first ten tion has not been because of its cannot repeal theirs, the state ad- miles out of Miami is rapidly near- climate, its soil, or its natural re-| ministration in Florida is actual- jpg comple ion, and is an excellent sources, but because of its Con-|ly contemplating a reduction of! piece of work. The ultimate road stitution and its form of govern-|the state tax; and probably short-| bed will be 30 feet in width, with! ment under which life, liberty, and'ly one will be made amounting to| an 8-inch washed happiness are more amply secured | and property more fully protected about twenty per cent.’ | “This is the story that can be rock surface, | impregnated with an asphaltic! binder. The state engineers esti-| at the semi-annual budget meeting |than under any other form of told about Florida and cannot be| mate that this portion will be com-| last night that this fiscal year, government ever devised by man; told about any other state. ending June 30, probably would be closed with a surplus of $390,-| 900,000. Indications also pointed, to margins of $185,000,000 next fiseal year and $20,000,000 at the | end of the succeeding 12 months he ‘said, but withheld promise of | tax reduction pending thorough | stady of the working of the new law.. \ The $390,000,000 surplus, cal-! culated yesterday on the basis of | latest returns from second install-| ment income tax payments, is al- most four times the amount fore-! cast six months ago. \ Income tax returns this | quarter are expected $440,000,000 almost $70,000,000; more than was collected for the | corresponding périod «last year | despite the higher tax rates which! prevailed then. March receipts of | $505,000,000 also were much high-| er than # year ago, in the face of | reduction in taxes just authorized. | The surplus will be applied to} the public debt, bringing the total) reduction for this fiscal year to about $836,000,000. This will leave the debt at $19,680,000,000. Proposing to cut expenditures next year in order to assure a sur-| plus, Mr. Coolidge informed the department chiefs that some re- duction in personnel must be made to offset the increased expendi- tures brought about by the public for Yesterday En Route To Hendersonville, N. C. David Glickman, who has for some time been with the Monroe County Abstract Com- pany in this city, accompanied by Scheurer Weatherford, son of P. L. Weatherford, chief clerk of ac- counting office, Nayy department, left yesterday for Hendersonville, N. C., in which city they will both be employed by a large abstract company. They left here on the schooner Eureka for Caxambas, taking with them Glickman’ ear, in which they will tour to North Caroli connected Give Reception At Home Last Evening Following Marriage Sunday Night Mr. and Mrs. Paul Arc were married here on Sun ning at the Congregational church, gave a reception last night to their numerous friends at their home on Margaret street, near the corner of Fleming. A band was in attendan furnished enjoyable music ing the evening, with refreshment being served in abundan: Everyone in attendance thor oughly enjoyed evening pleasure. the AMUSEMENTS STRAND THEATRE TODA Y — “Money Comedy, “Page Me, TOMORROW Comedy, “Moving Day.” Talks.” to reach! and I now want to this thought to Florida, apply “I could prepare an address that could be delivered in any one of ed. Jt would run about this way: ‘This is a wonderful and mar- velous state. Its climate is won- derful; its soil most fertile; its natural resources unequalled; its future very marvelous. If all of the soil of this state that is capable |of production were cultivated and its natural resources developed, the state could easily quadruple its population, cte., ete.’ “That talk could be delivered everywhere. “But there is a talk that can be made about Florida and only about Florida; and that is it: ‘Florida is the most conserva- tive state inthe nation. It has an entire absence of’ radical legisla- tion, And its growth, and marvelous’ prosperity, parti- eularly for the Jast few years, is due not so much to its matchless climate, its intomparable soil, and its wonderful natural advantages, but to the fact that it is the most conservative state of this nation; that it has no radical legislation. While the remainder of the states of the Union have for the pa quarter of a century been ende: oring by legislation to make water run uphill and ave been en- deavoring by legislation to create 1 condition whereby the fool can compete with the smart man, have been endeavoring by legislation to make the unnatural natural, Flor- been sitting steady in the boat, believing in the law of the survival of the fittest, believing such the law in Biblical times, is now, and always will be, and believing that you ‘could not by man-made laws supersede God And so while the re- the states have been busy tomahawking, knifing, buteh- ering, penalizing, and harassing ness, Florida has heen inviting tal into this state and protect- it after it has been’ invested. ile the remainder of the states busy creating bureaus, . nd increasing tax- today administerin ate affairs in the made laws. mainder of me simple arter of a : governor and hi , the supreme court, 2 railr commission, highway health b a st rommission, and a st ard—nothing else. And economically and splendidly the affairs of our state been das paved have that, although we y more highways and than sny state in the Union per capita, more public improvements ida de ar, has of es not owe a dol state bonded indebtedness kind or character, and had in tate treasury last evening six- sh. The in Florida is by an nal tax, 2 gasoline tax, real dollars in and, the r util . insignificant sum of nd twenty t ten ¢ lion of * | “And it ought to be told and |repeated over and over again by the state press, the chambers of commerce, the boards of trade, and |dozens of states of this Union, ap-|the individuals of this state. plying that address to the parti-; ‘cular state in which it was deliver- “We have not capitalized this asset. We have been talking about our soil, our climate, our re- ources, our sunshine, palm trees, and mocking birds long enough. | They have all existed since 1492. And when Hamilton Disston, in |18890, purchased four million acres of land in Florida for twenty-five ‘eents an acre, he sang the same isong that has lately been sung b; ithe real estate agents and adver- jtismg men of this state. And it ‘is time that we should capitalize lour real asset, of which we have jen absolute and complete monop- joly. | “Florida’s real, extraordinary |development dates from the time ithe legislature ofthis state pass- led the constitntféral “ainendment |prohibiting the levying of a state ‘income or inheritance _ tax. It placed Florda definitely on the ‘front page of the magazines and newspapers of the United States. iImmediately it was passed, I be- gan receiving inquiries from all over the country concerning it. It so happened that that summer I went abroad and, going over and coming back on the ships, and traveling around Europe, when- ever I came in contact with an American, he asked me about it; and when I explained the situation to him he always replied,-‘Oh, the people of Florida will never adopt that amendment.’ When they did rdopt it by a vote of four to one in November, 1924, the future of Florida was, assured, “The people who have made good in the United States and ac- quired riches, do not care for money as such. The total estate and inheritance axes collected amounts to only one hundred and ten million dollars annually; and have at least two individuals in the United States each of whom !was born poor and who have given times .that amount for charitable, religious, and educa- tiona We all know the pirit of the American citizen who has millions for defense and not one cent for tribute “And assed and annoyed by the cians we purposes. busine having been } mered and ham demagogues and of this country to the extent that it has been by the re. spective states during quarter of a century, when finally there was a state whose citizens till believed the Constitution of the United States and the prin- this republic people the past in ciples upon which was founded, these ‘That is the state in” And that in thereof many of those people have said, want to live consequence moved into Florida can easily be proved. When the first quarterly fed eral income taxes were paid in March‘ this year, the astonishing fact was revealed that Florida led the nation in the percentage of in Although income tax payments, a smal! state in popula was actually ninth in ; It actually paid taxes than any of the states. Although ire materially reduce of taxes paid. mor southern taxes were ome - his plane crash | pleted within the next 90 days, and bids are being called for, for | an additional 12 miles. The eleva-) tion of the finished grade is 11.5) feet above sea level, and the ulti- mate cost will be between $30,000 and $34,000 per mile. j From the westerly terminus of | the above-mentionegl section, the | ‘ route is passable, but rough, to the| Monroe county line, approximately | 23 miles distant. From the Mon- | roe county line, which has been} and is now under construction by) the Chevalier Corporation, the} route is exceptionally good and| smooih, but somewhat narrow.) The forces of the Chevalier Cor- | peration are making good progress ; towards the Collier county having but 2.8 miles of road bed} to throw up with the clearing all) : done. | It was of in’erest to note the erection of an oil drilling derrick practically on the Monroe and| Dade county line just south ef tha! Trail, it being absintJ00 feet dis- | {ant in both direttions. Machinery | for the drilling operations isvnow) being hauled to the site. * | The state engineers expressed, considerable admiration for the} work of the Chevalier Corporation | with the difficulties apenas, and under which they are cheer- fully working, were considered, and felt, from a preliminary inves- tigation, that the work through | Monroe county could be accom- plished satisfactorily wih the funds allotted. Serpentine ; Denes Paraphernalia Here For Affair Thursday The paraphernalia for the ser- pentine dance to be given in con- nection with the De Molay ball at! the Coral Isles Casino next Thurs. day evening have arrived. They are certainly very pretty and rep- resent the latest designs in such | creations. Elaborate preparations are being made for this gala event and tickets are going fast, the promoters say MEETING OF PALM LODGE Regular communication of Palm Lodge of Perfection No. 10, A. A. ill be held tomorrow night lock. All members are requested to be ni, as this will be our last egular communication until after our regular summer vacat’on. By order of the V. M., A. G. LUND. C. E. GARING, Sec. June 22-1t Cocevcceesurecesevsss Pilot Lives Lieut. lenry H. Ogden, round- the-world flyer, escaped death at tian air meet at Flint, Mich., when ed from an altitude of 150 feet. This photo was tak- just after he crawled from the t and bruised but not rt. wreckage D Henry, Cardinal Casanova, archbishop of Toledo, Spain. line, |} George, Cardinal Mundelein, archbishop of Chicago and sponsor of the Eucharistic Con- gress. Parade FORTY BLIND MEMBERS i LEAD PROCESSION TO- DAY OVER HISTORIC THOROUGHFARE (By Associated Prexs) ATLANTA, June 22.—Along | Peachtree street where more than sixty-two years ago the armies of a divided nation moved in battle, representatives of the entire coun- try’s maimed and broken veterans of the world war marched today. It was the sixth annual parade of the convention of the disabled vet- erans of the world war. Forty blind veterans led the pro- guided by forty little girls who set the pace cession. They were for the slow moving line of march. rho lost an arm The v step of the blind men was merciful to of those who hobbled along on crutches or limped with the aid of canes. Then marched veterans who suffered disabling wounds of various kinds. With these march ed the gassed, the riddled, the those wh without Cheer dominated enthusiasm was Next came those or leg in the service seem machine gun shrapnel and e health torn, was broken ound e line and With the disabled veterans ent f tones. hting machin DEFENDANT FIGURING IN CAPTURE MADE IS GIVEN HEARING BEFORE U. 5S. At a special meeting of the city | council held at 6 o’clock last eve- ning definite action was taken on the garbage service situation, isabled Veterans Of World War Stage ‘which has been the subject of dis- COMMISSIONER cussion for some time past. | The scavenger service contract‘ was let to Harry Gwynn on May 20, 1926, for the sum of $3: per year for a period of two years, it was stated last night. Roy Lewin was present and stated that he had negotiated with Harry Gwynn for the purchase of at 10 o'clock this morning for aj ae pcan bagel A preliminary hearing. He entered} work on July 1, if favorable with a plea of not guilty, but the evi-| the city council. It was moved by dence was such that Judge Gwynn | Councilman Roberts, and duly sec- placed his bond at $500 for ap-|°"ded. ihat the scavenger service contract be awarded to The pearance at the next term of fed-| West Tire Company, by Roy eral court in Key West. Mesa was| Lewin, manager, for the sum of nted by Attorney J. Kirk-| $34,288 per year, condijioned | upon Harry Gwynn filing his writ- A | ten relinquishment with the city ge quantity of valuable) clerk. On roll call the moiion ized by Prohibition Of-! passed, with Councilman Smith W. C. Crumbley and G. | voting against the measure. : Watson, of Tampa, at 1018 Grin-| , Attorney J. Lancelot Lester ad- | dressed the council relative to his to be the) fees for validating the $2: home of Isaac Mesa, was destroy-| bond issue. Councilman ed by G. Watson in the postoffice| moved, and it was seconded and building last night, the job being! casried, that a warrant be drawn finished at 3 o'clock this morning. | covering the amount due ihe city Of the $10,000 worth of liquor, | attorney for validating the bond that would have been sold here for | issue. ‘approximately $20,000, it is esti-| Councilman Roberts stated that | mated, only a few cases temain, in| h€ had replaced the two men who |charge of Officer Watson today, | #4 been eliminated from the work 1th be used as evidedée, | 8 grass cutters im the city ceme- ‘The air was liquor laden on the| ‘TY: , His action was approved by second floor of the custom house the city comme : Councilman Albury spoke of the Seis oo ante Isvatcry oD| condition of Simonton street, that floor cked high with | where it was dng up by the Colum packing straw, crushed glass,/ big Steam Laundry, stating that broken demijohns and jugs. The! the taxpayers are © complaining liquor had been poured into the! about the condition of this sinks in the lavatory, but the|“and I think they have a pe: scent of the liquor remained in| right to kick,” he said. It was taggering strength. jexplained that the Columbia Steam Officer Watson had his hands} Laundry had up a $500 bond guar- full. He couldn't stay in the}! anteeing the faithful performance lavatory and the marshal’s office| of this work, and if there is any hoth at the same time. Conse-| damage, such amount would be de- juently some of the liquor that) ducted from the amount of this started out to be destroyed may| bond. have met a different “fa But; _A motion was made and .car- the lavatory stacked high with ill-| Tied that the clerk communicate | with the manager of the Key West | Electric Company with the reques that Eaton and Southard st ‘ iven immediate a‘tention, and | these streets, inside the upon ithe fight pape: be placed in proper terday, U.S.) Councilman Albury stated tha Deputy Marshal Val-\ the finance committee should get kenburgh made the following| together and devise . and nt to a representative of! mean or meeting the cit | pay roll, as he ‘0 cases of liquor seized] tax collectcr is prohibition agents and broken] taxes. ame were stored in the mar-| ~ office temporarily to as Improvement Shown In and cooperate with the said| soe The key to the marshal's| Condition of J. Carry Now In Hospital | Isaac Mesa, at whose home it} was alleged that $10,000 worth of | liquor was 3,990 zed by Tampa pro- hibition officers yesterday morn- | arraigned before U. S.; Commissioner C. Rodney Gwynn | John, Cardinal Czernach, archbishop of Strigonia and primate of Hungary. repr | wood Watkins. The la liquors se ficers jnell street, claimed Sav John, Cardinal Bonzano, papal legate to the Eucharis- tic Congress. In Atlanta melling debris proof this morning is that it all didn’t get away for the “evidence” indicated that b a tremendous quantity of booze}, had been destroyed In commenting liquor seizure of yes Pilot Killed weencoaneanest arr scenes zen: the hat ving inderstood not re any agents. office was turned over to G. Wat charge of said liquor, | This.is a pro prohibition agent, ving was hibition ¢ augurating I airmail 1 service crashed near Paul. He is believed to have fainted and lost control of his ship, which v Friends of Probation Officer, Joshua Curry, will be glad to learn that his condition is greatly ed from B. E.|proved, and that the ph marshal, that he had/hope and expect to s h do with same, that it hibition lestre same. Elmer Partridge, pilot, killed when the plane i the wire icians Chicago-Minnea; son, I ng to was a pr as As the He is at the Samaritan H at Broad and Ontario s' officers re-' Philadelphia ed to store liquors in vault and “Josh,” as he is kno was available, man, woman and marshal allowed has heen chairman the prohibition agents to use his Committee of the Elke’ 1 ffice for the being.’ a quarter of a century, s quantities of flowers thet b ames L. Johncon Now sent to the sick and afflicted »: decorate a King’s recepti - En Route Home % His many friends are ¢ From Rochester, Minn. ‘ear of bis improved condition case. customs a new one of his own design other place the deputy U VERY FOND OF ANIMALS Queen Wilhelmina cf erlends is very fond+cf animals and active in humane hehalf he Neth or time wrk in their soldiers was Major Gen ron Haygood, fourth corps area, t Following the und comman MONEY “Money Talk James 1 Johnson Johnson & of the realty of ar pees for the t the Dr parade n throw ho ha past for en route home West he i very pleasantly at Frank is the title of A reets, the veteran at Rochester, Minn., tained at Innche Rupert Hughes’ latest hit. Key thet Hotel roof garden received in 2 story of the glorification of the a disabled Almighty Dollar, bey ne rtate noen what today it can and tournament Lake Countr played go! began at Club thers met af Ww brains Lovering of beauty, honor. STRAND THEATRE TODAY