The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 23, 1926, Page 1

Full Associated Press Leased Wire Day Service Che Key West Citsen — VOLUME XLVII. No. 14 9 KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1926 MISSING EVANGELIST “FOUND AGAIN MRS. AIMEE McPHERSON SAID TO BE IN DOUG.’ LAS, ARIZ.; IDENTIFI- CATION MADE (By Associated Press) DOUGLAS, Ariz., June 23.—; Police headquarters here announc- ed early today a woman who col- lapsed and was taken to a hospital here was identified by William F. McCafferty, editor of the Douglas) Dispatch, as Aimee Semple Mc- Pherson, evangelist of Los An- geles, who was reported drowned there last May. | McCafferty said he had known! Mrs. McPherson in Denver, and declared that he was certain she was the woman in Douglas hos- pital. She said that a man named, “Steve” and a woman named “Rose” had carried her off to hold her for rans She believed that | her prison was somewhere near Mexicali, immediately across the | border from Calexico, Calif., for she had heard the man and the) woman referring to Mexicali in their conversation. ‘Two days ago, the woman said, | she escaped and walked several miles until she was picked up by some Americans who took her to Douglas. IDENTIFICATION OF WOMAN MADE DOUGLAS, Ariz, June 23.— Positive identification of a woman in a hospital here as Aimee Sem- ple McPherson, Los Angeles evan- | gelist, who was reported drowned there May 18, last, was made over the telephone by Mrs. Minnie Ken- nedy, the evangelist’s mother, in conversation with William F. McCafferty, editor of the Dispatch, this morning. Identification - was established | through a long white sear on the second finger of the woman’s hand and also by her giving the name of ® pet pigeon. The woman in the hospital ere | told the name of the pigeon, which was Jennie, and also said that she was injured on the second Roget | of her right hand. The mother told McCafferty the| same thing. | ' The ‘woman said the sear was | result of being accidentally cut by a cycle years ago. She also gave the name of a cousin, Mrs.| Emma Nickerson, now dead, and described birthmarks on her babies / for McCafferty. | The former evangelist, from her | cot in the hospital, told a story of abduction from Ocean Park, CalM., a trip across the border to Mexico, and of how she escaped | about noon yesterday and ran un- til she fell from exhaustion. Finelly, sighting a ‘mountain, | which has been identified here 9s} the famous “Niggerhead” moun- tein, 13 miles south of Sonora, Mexico, she headed for it. Reaching the mountain about dusk, she found a road and strug- gled along, falling from time to time with fatigue. She said she! sighted the glare from the copper | smelters in this city as the night eame on. She finally reached the outskirts | of Aqua Prieta and, approaching | a house, called for help and asked | that the police be notified. | RECKLESS DRIVERS POTENTIAL KILLERS | «ny Amortated Creat | WEST PALM BEACH, Fia.,| June 23.—“Every reckless driver on the streets of any city is a! Senta) killer even though he is thoughtless rather than careless,” said Judge Harry Hauck in muni- cipal court here when six men ap- peared before him charged with| reckless driving. The men were fined amounts varying from $25 to $50 in ac-} cordance with the circumstances} of each case. He issued a warn- ing, however, that a jail sentence | hangs over the heads of future + peste Seecucccceceeseese AMUSEMENTS Sececevcoscsecsooscesese STRAND THEATRE TODAY — “Havoc.” Comedy, | “Moving Day.” TOMORROW—Raymond Grif- fith in “Hands Up!" Comedy, “Heave Love.” | tracts were made in Florida dur-| \Mr. | URGES SANE | OBSERVANCE OF 99, CELEBRATION | FIRE CHIEF PINDER TALKS ON SUBJECT; “KEEP THE, ‘L’ IN GLORY” IS SLOGAN | ADOPTED | CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS SHOW Most people in Key West, as elsewhere throughout the country, celebrate the Fourth of July, but MARKED ) INCREASE ; there is one man, though as pa- FIGURES FOR FLORIDA IN triotic as the next, does a large MONTH OF MAY EXCEED) Patt of his rejoicing on the Fifth. | That man is Fire Chief Pinder, $21,000,000, ACCORDING TO) 1.14 trom the following brief in- REPORT ISSUED terview it is easy to see why. | “Due to the growth of the safe jand sane movement,” said the ASSOCIATED PRESS HEAD-| chief, when questioned today, QUARTERS, June 23.—A total of | “Key West, along with the rest of $21,238,200 in construction con-| the country, has gone some dis- tance on the way towards a ‘Fire- less Fourth.’ Every year shows up a little betier than the one ing the month of May, according | to data compiled by the F. W.! Dodge Company from information | before, but there is still plenty of received from reporting cities. room for improvement right here While this was a decrease from the| in town. | total reached in May of 1925, the} “Just today I had a report from total figures for the first five) The National Board of Fire Un- months of this year are greater | derwriers showing that fireworks, than those for the same period of | firecrackers, etc., destroys almost last. year. a million dollars in property annu- Building and engineering work| aly, although the danger to life started in Florida during the first | is, of course; the most important five months of 1926 reached a/ thing. Last year, as usual, a num- total of $133,932,800, as cgm-! ber of lives were lost in celebrai pared with $79,111,700 during the | ™& the Fourth in various sections first five months of last year, gi -two New York boys, for ex-| ing an increase of 69 per cent. | ample, were instantly kfiled when Last month’s building record | one of them struck a giant cracker | for Florida included the following | with an axe. a New Jersey man | classes: $5,687,200 or 27 per cent| developed lock-jaw from a. pistol of all construction for public} burn on his wrist and died; a lit- works and utilities; $4,965,500 or| ‘le girl on Long Island swallowed 23 per cent for residential build-|@ fireeracker and died the follow- ings; $4,218,000 or 20 per cent! ing day; a Fourth of July ‘bomb’ for.industrial buildings. $3,026,-| °xploded in a Jamaica, N. Y., cel- 500 or 14 per cent for commercial | lar, fracturing a boy’s skull; a buildings; $1,585,600, or seven| Peekskill, N. Y., boy blew off four per cent for educational buildings; | of hs fingers with a ‘dynamite’ $886,000 or four per cent for so-| firecracker; and there were many | cial and recreational projects, and | other cases. So it will be seen that | $855,400 or four per ¢ent for re-} Independence Day observances are jby no means fully * safe or sane heven’ yet, j | “As for fireworks in Key West, ' I'm ‘clamping déwn’ pretiy tight | and prohibiting their sale, not for- ‘getting the so-called ‘safe’ spark- ler. The sparkler is not really ‘safe at all for its core becomes white hot and will ignite whatever | comes in contact with it—a little | gtl’s flimsy dress, very often. One ARE , case last year was of a little girl | who burned to death when a sparkler touched off fireworks in her lap. So every legal restriction will be enforced here to keep small fingers and toes where they be- fle eccecicioe eee), [one oy pnindured and buildings Soci zeae N: ¥.; Jone 23.—| “Of course,” the Chief continu- ociety in New York and on Long) og, “some folks s.ill think noise Island was shocked today by the] ana fj * deat sige and fire essential to a proper ob- aes ea 3 of Mr. and Mrs. Sid-! servance. For such people sports ney E, Brewster, who had an elab-| and games, a parade, perhaps, and orate wedding three years ago. possibly a community observance Servants found the bodies of] 4t night—closely watched by uni- Brewster, who was 29 years) formed firemen—are not enough. ligious and memorial buildings. hier —omeeaeipeks ‘SERVANTS FIND DEAD BODIES OF SOCIETY COUPLE NEW YORK .FOLKS SHOCKED OVER TRAGIC DEATH OF MR. AND MRS. S. S. BREWSTER old and his 26 year old wife in Mrs. Brewster's bedroom in their home last night, a few minutes af- |ter two pistol shots had ended a quarrel, Each had been fatally! wounded by a bullet in the chest. A pistol with two empty — shells was found on the floor. It is believed the couple were dressing to go to dinner, The jcoroner was unable to say after a | preliminary investigation, who had fired the fatal shots. “LOYALTY DAY” IS SUGGESTED APPEAL MADE FOR OBSERV- ANCE OF INDEPEND- ENCE mar (Ry Axsecinted Presa) NASHVILLE, June 23.—A | church-wide appeal to southern | venth observe Independence |Day as “Loyalty Day” will be made by Southern Methodist pas- tors throughout the connection, Bishop James Cannon, Jr., chair- man of the board of (‘emperance and social service of the Methodist | Episcopal Church, South, announc- ed today. “Pastors throughout the church are urged to hold special serv on July 4 in an effort to rally young people of each community in open demonsirations of loy to the constitution of the States and protest against acks which are deing against that document by who are preaching throughout the country,” nouncement said, It's a good thing their number is not large—and it’s growing Her. A misguided few still in- on a ‘shooting off? type of celebration, but they're being crit'- cized by their more careful neigh- bors. They'll come around, too, one of these days. Meanwhile I’m ready for them and whatever trou- ble they may cause. “As for those who must make noise, let them keep in mind these precautions: “Don't ‘set off fireworks close to tany structure, especially one of frar Keep them away from porches. “Avoid using cheap toy cannon, pistols, and the Uke, in which powder charges or cartridges are used. Mach of the yearly Fourth of July life loss is due to these contraptions. “If a firecracker or other noise- | making device fails to go off, wait before investigating. it may explode suddenly and take you or a part of you with it. “In short,” concluded the Chief, “let's make sure to keep the ‘I’ in the glory that attaches to the Fourth.” TEXAS BANKER HANGS HIMSELF (By Asxeciated Vress) BAY CITY, Texas, J 23. ll. H. Fall, East Texas banker, hanged himself with a wire from ceiling of the county jail here y, apparently despondent over ure to secure bail charges ing Mr. and Mrs. Cam- . The Sanborn’s were in their h Fet de , near here Confesses Murdering Indians frnest Burkhart, nephew of E. K. Hale, Osage cattle king, has confessed bombing the home of W. E. Smith, wealthy Osage Indian, killing Smith and his wifs. He did it, he says, at the instigation of Hale, who is under indictment for murder. Two views of Burkhart are shown above; below is shown the wreckage of the Smith home. « ADVERTISING OF CONFERS WITH REAL FORCE IS OFFICIALS OF NOW SUGGESTED RED CROSS HERE) ONE OF PRINCIPAL SPEAKERS HENRY T. REED, FIELD REP- AT CONVENTION TALKS ON RESENTATIVE, LEAVES VALUE OF REAL ADVER.,; FOR WASHINGTON, AFTER TISING | VISIT TO KEY WEST Henry T. Reed, of Washington, 23.— field representative of the Amer- pavernntianee adver eae has come dni ne ee eel “not ‘simply placards, the executive board of the sal) pamphlets and miscellaneous ver-/ chapier, left over the Flagler Sys-| biege, but a real force for sound tem this afternoon on his return | eh esuctive \tr'p to Washington. Mr. Reed expressed himself ss new world of international busi- being well pleased with the work ness, in the opinion of Dr. Julius accomplished by Mrs. Heidlebaugh | Klein, director of the bureau of | during the past six months, and} foreign and domestic commerce commended especially ihe crippled | Gite 60th sae 1 xi children clinic conducted here ne of the principal speakers through the co-operation of the) on today’s program of the ASs0- Req Cross and the Scottish Rite ciated Adver' ng Clubs of the! Masons. He also complimented World, Dr. Klein said in his pre-\ (he splendid manner in which Mrs. pared Shake that the “fever of Ye'dlebaugh is handling the loca! nationalism with embittered re- communiiy service situation. actions against international com-, He can’t swim much, but Myr. merce, transportation and finance ; Reed is enthusiastic over the Red) is gradually subsiding,” and a | Cross life saving movement, and (By Associated Tress) PHILADELPHIA, June to mean development” in Of Ship With I For 47 Years Devoted to the Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS Coast Guard Makes Capture Off Virginia Capes mmense Liquor Cargo |MANY PARTICIPATE ne ACTIVITIES PUT ON| UNDER AUSPICES OF) RED CROSS CHAPTER | | | The Seniors and Juniors trying | for eligibility as members of the | | Red Crees life saving corps to be formed in this city were put | through practice exercises at the | Coral Isles Casino beach this af-| | ternoon at 2 o'clock. This prac- | jules in swimming and life-saving | was open to beginners as well as | | those who had taken the tests, and , there was a large class present. | | The instructors are Frank Car-| bonell, Neil Knowles and Morris} Cruz. 1 | | | Tomorrow afternoon at 2) | o’clock and at the’ same place, | there will be tests for the Juniors | and Seniors, butmo practice. The! same instruetors will be in charge. ' Mrs. Blanche Heidlebaugh, local | Red Cross executive, has created | | quite an interesi among the young | people in the life-saving move- | ment, and a corps will be organ- | ized as soon as the required num- | ber have taken the tests and’ | passed. It is expected that a corps | ‘of boys will be formed first, then | j one for girls. | | The hfeboat contrubuted by! | Norberg Thompson, thro the! co-operation of Chas. H. #bbot.,) jof the Coral Isles Casino, and L. | Monerief, is being put in first-class | condition, and it is hoped to have | it ready for christening, with ap- | propriate ceremonies, ‘omorrow Lafternoon. Capt. John J. Maher! donated the oars for the boat, Mrs. | Heidlebaugh the oar locks, and the | Junior Red Cross is aiding in | painting and equipping the craft. lr bas two air tanks and will be, furnished with a first-aid kit, ‘blankets, and every aid necessary for life saving srevice. Mr. Ab- Lott has proposed to erect a davit for the life boat, from which i: will shoot into the water in quick time when occasion requires. The boat has a capacity of 12 passengers. | ft is a model lifeboat and it will | no. sink, The boys and girls participating n the lifesaving tests are very much interested in the cause and hope to be of real service in case a life is ever in danger in the surf a the Casino beach. Great Interest Shown In Life- Saving Tests FOUR THOUSAND CASES OF WET GOODS ARE vn ON STEAMER LMA (By Associated Press) Let It ide | NORFOLK, June 23,—In | seizure 100 miles off the Virginia the capes of the whiskty laden steam- er, Elma, formerly the lighthouse |tender Lilac, the coast guard ser- vice has picked up a new problem which thus far has officials | puzzled. Although the craft was towed \into port by the cutter Manning | Sunday night, have j been made and no charges lodged | against any of those on board, so | far as can be learned, The unofficial no arrests explanation is |that the Elma was operated on a be , ft can rain now and Movard Tooley | Sort of soviet arrangement. None of Suilivan, Ind., won't care at all. He travels with a Chautauqua com-) ‘ pany and has devised a detachable; | would ow rubber covering for his straw a n up to being captain or that protects it in any Kind of |even a mate, and all are said weather. REQUEST FOR COVERING OF SCHOOL BOOKS PROCEEDINGS OF ALL coUNTX iereninren CRIMINAL COURT DENTS ARE PETITIONED TO| CO-OPERATE IN PREPARA.| NUMBER OF CASES DISPOStD TIGNES BboES | OF DURING S=Es- | SION | jot the fourteen men of the crew to | disclaim any responsibility for the "| actions of the ship. There were about 4,000 cases | of liquor aboard the Elma. (By Associated Press) TALLAHASSEE, Fia., June 23. —All county school superinten-| Monroe county ig still in session ddents of Florida were asked in’ a} d di resolution adopted from the State | “” sposing of jury cases in the School Book Commigsion to see|°Tder entered on the docket. that all of the free tex. books, to| Francisco Fuentes, charged with be furnshed by the state next/ unlawful possession of liquor, year, are covered. The request, it was stated, was for the purpose of ensuring pro- entered a plea of guilty. tec ion for the books, in order that |tves $50 and costs. they may be available for use for The liquor, four demijohns of several years. i ns A The commission also adopted a|*#2#Fdlente, was submitted to tho resolution approving the supple-|°°Urt as evidence, and w mental contracts, entered into|cd dest oyed. Complying. with the with ten publishing houses, under order, officers poured the Criminal court of record for was |the only case tried yesterday. He The fine as order court's j whieh the free books are to be liquor out of the court house win Otherwise program for the betterment of in-| believes it is one of the greatest ternational advertising must in- ' and most beneficial movements (he chide first the furtherance of long society has ever inaugurated. selling for the sake of temporary returns.” EQUIPMENT BEING INSTALL- ED AT SAN CARLOS THEATRE The two new Simplex moving picture machines ordered for tize San Carlos theatre have arrived and are being installed today with the hope of having them ready for use tonight The shipment consisted of sev- enteen boxes and made a good truck load. The installation of ruch a large shipment is “some and Manager Ramon Per- doma says it may be that the machines can not be completely installed for service tonight, but if n@t they be run- omorrow night. ‘UNION SERVICES ON SUNDAY NIGHTS vie ment (By Associated Press) OCALA, Fla., June 23.—In a spirit of fine fellowship among the churches of this city arrangements are being made to hold union ser- vices on Sunday nights during the summer. Only a part of the sum- mer program has yet been made |up due to the absence from the city of Reverend Charles Hol- brook, rector of Grace Church on whose return it is planned to com- plete the program for the entire summer. At a meeting of the local minis- ters association attended by the pastors of the Baptist, Methodist and Presbyterian churches, it was agreed to start the union services on Sunday night, June 27. The preacher on that occasion will be Reverend Richard Dodge. The services will be held in a local theater under the auspices of the Baptist Church Other services and the speakers for the occasion as arranged so far, are July 4, Rev. 0. FE. Rice in the Christian Church July 11, Rev. Jerome Emanuel in the First Methodist Church July 18, Rev. © L. Collins will be the preacher in the Presbyterian church and July 25, Rev, John A. MeMurray will preach in a local theatre. Star Electric Company Receives Shipment of Deccrated Floor Lamps The ‘Star Electric Company, managed by Grayburn Pinder, has rec a shipment of beautiful hand deeorated floor lamps, com- plete with stands. These lamps, according to Mr. Pinder, are guar anteed to be washable, which means that they are far superior to the silk kind that soon split and_ They are being offered at low prices in order.to get the acquainted with the new location of the concern at 134 Du- val street Read the announce- ment in this issue of The Citizen and then call and see these beau ceived job” will certainly tiful lamps. WE ARE ALL GOING TO THE DEMOLAY DANCE pe es CORAL ISLES CASINO TOMORROW NIGHT, JUNE 24 We Want To Meet You There Where You Can Spend An Enjoy- able Evening At Small Cost. Come Out And See The Innovations For Your Benefit NOTICE OF MEETING Otto Encampment will meet on Friday night. Members please at- tend. June 23-1t j only for Christian, ° prisoners who escaped ob:ained by the state. The latter resolution was in triplicate form,! dows. one copy to be kept by the Secre-/ The Rodriguez, tary of State, one by the Depart-| charged to animals, ment of Public Instruction, and! as the first cne disposed of this he other by the publishers. morning. The defendant entered The action of the commission is|@ plea of rot guilty and wa believe to have cleared up all pre-!quitted by 2 juvy < ordiet liminaries to actual circulation of case grew out of a raid made by the text books, and it now remains the late Sheriff Roland Curry on the county superinten-'a Sunday afternoon cock fight dents ‘o receive their supply for Stock Island. The deceased sheriff the 1926-27 term and distribute would have been the them among the pupils. Some of ness the books are understood to al-| B Saunders, colored, charged ready be at the depository | with drunkenness, case noleprose:d Jacksonv lle, from where ‘hey will opon payment of jonni be sent to the superintendents, and it is probable thet the first distribution will be made shortly. Superintendent of Public In struction sent out a request some main wit CLEAR REGION OF MANY TRIBESMEN (tty Anno od Vreane PARIS, June The Pres troops in Morocco red Ouzzan region of dissident tril men by an attack of th division yesterday morni time ago to the parents of pupils to s that all text books from the first to the sixth grade, already in use, be preserved to assist the state in dis.ribution of the free studies. communication received ESCAPING PRISONERS — jesssuorters at ree we Le “HANDS UP!” Ray Griffith and his high het “Hands nach (Ny Awcoetnted Press) LOS ANGELES, June 23. Thirty-one of the thirty-three from the Lincoln Heights jail here last night were stil! at large today. All were sentenced on narcotic charges and were serving from 30 te 90 days. Most of them were Mexicans. Using smuggled hack blades, the prisoners sawed their way to freedom. Two were picked up in the downtown section a few hours after their flight. have hit home « Up!" This comedy is of Civil War period and is Grif- fith’s latest. comedy at the STRAND THEATRE TOMORROW the See this hilarious saw