The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 26, 1926, Page 1

Full Associated Press Leased For 47 Years Devoted to the Wire Day Service Interests of Key West Tie Key West Citis KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 1926 VOLUME XLVIL No. 15% 3 Captain Jack” Maher hwo TEAVING FOR PANAMA THREE KILLED AND MANY INJURED IN Leaving For New Station “ ) ) RAILROAD ACCIDENT IN’ RHODE ISLAND COMMANDING FFIceR PR EDINCSIN ‘ee | : . AT KEY WEST Bax CRIMINAL COURT | tha REV. BROOKINS | WOUNDED HORSE RAC | NEW PASTOR ST. ONLY SURVIVOR | ae | THIRTY-ONE CASES ARE DIS- sei | POSED OF; COURT TAKES | WILL ARRIVE IN KEY WEST “COMANCHE” FOUND WAN- ere. : © eee: st Mey Wert) ADJOURNMENT © UNTIL IN DUE TIME TO HOLD SER-| army barr.cks for a number of) MONTH OF JULY PRICE FIVE CENTS |CAPE CODDER EXPRESS CRASHES INTO STRING OF FREIGHT CARS OF BIG BATTLE, NEAR KINGSTON (By Associated Press} KINGSTON, R. I, June 26.— DERING WEAKLY ~ ABOUT One man was killed and an unde- Captei: John J. Maher, com- years, a congenial gentleman who has besn closely and emergetical-| Jy identified with every progres- sive movement during his resi- dence here, is leaving with Mrs. Meber and their three children evér the Flagler System tomorrow evening for New York, where they, will embark on the transport St. Michiel for Fort Randolph, Pans- ma, where Capt. Maher will he as-| signed to duty. Key West keenly r. loss of this splendid f. highly esteemed and progressive people. They will be greatly missed in all the business and so- cial_circles of the city, and one ‘end all will singerely wish for tl suecess, health and happin?ss in) their new, far away home.; “Capt. Jack,” as he is kmown by his many friends here, says he i "coming back some day-—that they can't keep him away from Key| unless they keep him tied. i az COAL. “yy u IN MAGIC CITY FORMER KEY WEST RESIDENT BECOMES AFFILIATED WITH MANY LARGE MERCANTILE! ENTERPRISES An article appearing in the Mi- Herald teils of the rapid ad- Yancement made by Mitchell Wolfson, son of Mr. and Mrs, Lowis. Wolfson, since bocating in the Magic City about jten ~years go. In the write-up appears a photograph of Mr. Wolfson and pertner, Sidney Meyer, of the Wolfson-Meyer ‘Theatre — Enter. prise, builders of the naw Capitol Theatre, recently constzucted, at & cost of $300,000. Mr. Wolfson was born in Key West, his father having been the founder of the Store of Fashion, dry goods establishment which was | Joented at the corner of Duval and | Fleming street, the site on which La Concha Hotel now stands. Mr. Wolfson has been identifie” with many large mercantile e> tablishments since locating in Mi | Criminal court of record for} Monroe county, which has been in| session all week, closed the term at | hoon’ today. |, Thirty-one cases were ‘disposed | {of by County Solicitor J, F. Busto. There were about 25 convictions, three cases continued until next | term and the rest nolprossed upon i payment of costs. The court passed a resolution | upon the death of ihe late Sheriff Roland Curry to which was affixed the signatures of Solicitor J. F. Busto, Sheriff Cleveland Niles and} Clerk C. Sam B. Curry, the com- mittee appointed by the court to prepare the memorial. Cases disposed of, not including those already published from day (to day this week, are entered on , the court records as follows: Wardlow M. Adams, desertion | and non-support of minor child- ‘ren; not arrested yet; case con- | tinued. Clifford W. Osler, utiering {forged instrument; not arrested yet; case continued. Marcus H. Kohn, forgery; not | arrested yet, case continued. ».. Rosalie nez, aiding and ting; case continued; not yet in custody. wador Gomez and, William | Hamilton, kidnaping; not yet ap. | prehended; case continued. Nancy Mary Lee, passing worth- less checks, continued. Aaron Conley, passing worthless, checks, continued, |. John George Shields, drunken- ness; «plead guilty; senience, two + days in jail. Isaac. D, Brown, drunkenness, nolprossed. De Witt Roberts, unlawful pos- session of liquor; $50 bond es- | treated. Hillary Albury, driving a car while - under the influence of liquor; nblprossed on motion by county solicitor. Dennis Sweeting, lascivious act; {nolprossed. The Court being in- formed that the defendant in this| case is of unsound mind, the! sheriff was asked to instruct the) county judge to appoint a commis-| sion to inquire into the sanity of | the prisoner, E. H. Keese, grand larceny; A. }C. Gevhan, aggravajed assault;) these are the prohibition agents who came from Miami and con- ducted a series of raids here some time ago, Upon order of the U.| S. district. judge these cases were | turned over to U. S. court. il Griffin, assault and bat- tery; continued util July term. William Cooper, assault and battery, nolprossed on payment of t i ‘HIGH PRICES © ami, following the line of bosiness of his father who conducted one of the most successful business en costs of prosecution, ; L. Nebo, assault and battery; | coniinued to July term. terprises ever conducted in West. Sree eee eee ees NOTICE TO PASTORS All church notices for pub- * lication in The Citizen on * Saiurdays must of necessity * be in the office by 3 o'clock * Friday afternoons in order to * have them appear in Satur * day’s issue. . . . . . - ee ee ee eee AMUSEMENTS STRAND THEATRE TODAY—*The Devil's Circus.” Al Roach Comedy. TOMORROW — “The Ancient r” Comedy, “Whose Your Watch Your Wife.” inter’s Pain.” ‘The Cowboy Al Roach Comedy. Key! . L. Cash, poss jon and sale of intoxicating liquors; continued | to July term. Court adjourned at ‘noon and the 25 jurors were given their checks by Clerk C. Sam B. Curry. It was announced that the.next lerm of minal court wll commence July Attendant At State Hospital Arrives To Take Patient Along Mr, David, representative of the hospital for the insane at Chatta hoechee, arrived in the city this morning and will leave tomorrow afternoon, taking with him Erminia Perez, who became de- mented some time ago and has been confined in the county awaiting transportation state institution for treatment, Mr. David is remaining over un- til tomorrow in order to see Key West. Sheriff Niles is taki f a series of th to care on tours >ugh and out on the c + and he is delighted visit here. 'T EXCURSION Commanding Officer of Key Weat Barracks Who Is Leaving Tomorrow Night For RAPID PROGRESS IS MADE IN BUILDING OF HIGHWAY CAPT. J. J. MAHER New Station At Panama PAID IN PARIS FOR LIQUORS UNITED STATES BOOTLEG- GERS WILL BE SURPRISED TO LEARN OF EXORBITANT CHARGES (ity Aaxoeiated Press) PARIS, June 26,—Bootleggers in the United States possibly will grow green with envy when they fearn that plus bootlegger prices have been paid for liquor and ines in Paris. At the auction of the Dutasta cellar here three bottles of liquor brandy bottled in 1806 fetched 666 francs each, or about $20 per bot- tle. One da sales, comprising 2,000 pott! of yarious vintages, brought 025 francs. Two half bottles of green grande chartreuse Monks: before the were from the country, sold for » franes. Among other lots disposed of were 24 bottles of liquor brandy of 1820, which brought 9,000 franes, 57 bottles of 1847 port 10,000 frances, and 130 tles of champagne ‘made in .1914, which fetched 11,000 francs. made by expe Excursion rates as requested have been granted the party of Cubans coming over for the Fourth of July celebration here Albury is chairman of the committee, and les to hear from any will bration. Paul “SHOOT RATES GRANTED } AT COUNTY There was a “shooting scrape” in the county jail yard this morning that made bystanders shake in their shoe Sheriff Niles stood within three feet of a man and fired 2 pre bullet, striking his “victim” at a point near the heart. . But the bul- let did not enter the man’s body. It erumpled up and fell to the ground in full view of every one present a demon- proof It was simply stration of a bullet jacket that B. M. Hass, a ing man, is selling to rs of the law. He had fidence ‘enough in his to let the sheriff fire a y at close yve its efficiency It was a thrilling incident, and none of the men present cared to don the jacket and give it a similar test after the mn had conducted the demonstration The jacket covers all the extremely vital portions the body in front and . They are made of overlapping sheets of steel. of WOMAN BITES JAILER ‘DON—For biting the arm prison guard while Mrs. Louise ter rving time, co-iperate in staging was given a 4-mon:h term at hard NG SCRAPE’ VICES ONE WEEK FROM TO-| CUSTER!'S-BATTLEFIELD termined number of passengers MORROW FOLLOWING INCIDENT The Rev. Father C. F. Brookins,| DENVER, June 26.—Few nijli- i chaplain at the Convent of St.|tary engagements in the history Mary, Mount Saint Gabriel, Peek- | of the United States ever brought skill} New York, has accepted the |forward so many claimants to be- call to become rector of Saint/ing the “sole survivor’ as the bat- 1 Paul’s church. He will arrive in|tle of the Little Big Horn, June time for the services Sunday, July }25, 1876, the semi-centennial of 4th; his first service being the | which was observed at Custer bat- celebration of the Holy Eucharist ! tefield, jat 7:30 a. m., at which time there! While the disaster will be made @ corporate com-|the five companies of the 7th munion of the entire parish. Fath- | cavalry was in no sense a massacre er Brookins is a university and) every trooper fighting to the seminary graduate. He has made |jgst ditch—it was annihilation a special study of liturgics and has | from which not one man escaped had considerable training in voice |14 tell the story of the battle. culture in the United States and | Yet there was » “sole survivor.” Europe. St. Mary’s church, Cleveland, Ohio, | gelding mount of Capt. Myles W. was on the staff of St. Marks | Keogh, Farlah, Philade}phia for oe Was Wounded Early twelve years, was-on the cathedral w e : stat?’ in ‘Argyil.and The Isles, | ve hen he was five years old, the Scotland, and rector of a large | S0verument purchased Comanche parish in the West Indies and is {20d signed him to troop I of the that befell ¥. He will make his residence at |‘°r-senctal on Gen. Sully's staff the rectory, 415 Duval street. The | when am expedition was organized rectory is at present. being re- |2eainst southern Indians at Fort papered and painted both on the | Dodge in 1868, chose the animal. inside and dutside. The following | DYing One of the engagements ta ete ish: | With Comanche Indians the horse 3 a Fetter Addresstil to the parish Fak wounded while Keogh was Mae REE 2 act {riding WOMEO nr that time hence a tector f-St. Paul's wilh, be the the anim#l was known as Coman- celebration of the © Hol Com- |“ pi munion, Sunday morning, July 4th, at half past seven o'clock. 1! phould like i to be the occasion |JU"* 25 when Custer made his last of ‘a ‘corporate’ communion. of: the {charge into the great Indian village parish and am writing to ask if|°" the Little Big Horn. you and the confirmed members 5: days Inter, Fe hs Gre. jof your household will not try to arr. £ men Ware: puetening. ae be preatht ak Head daradae. tie oes |last rites for their dead comrades, jder to receive the sacrament of |? field quartermaster found | tee Body and! Biboa of. our Lord Comanche, riddled with bullets, jand to pray at the offering of the |/)ndering werkly about the bi Holy Sacrifice that the work upon | "°"!©!¢- which I shall enter that day, may |P°@red to be to put the animal |e the honor and glory of His Holy out of its misery, yet the soldiers latasea r i ped at a chance to save one ; life—man or beast—from among I faithfully y 5 am faithfully yours, that dotted the C. F. BROOKINS. _| the still forms | Plains. was Comanche on which Became Comfort of Post NINE ARE KILLED Comanches wounds were dress- BY LIGHTNING ‘ca with the same care that would have been shown one of the gal- es, i von lant troopers, The half-dead ani- » June 26.—Nine per-' mel was conveyed to the steamer ee sons have been killed by lightning far West, at the junction of the “People will be driving from|i" the Lake Colistance region, 'y,ittle and Big Horn rivers, where Key West. to Big Pine Key by| Which was visited today by terrific » comfortable stall was built to Christmas Day,”. Jack Lambert,| lightning storm. : _ ‘make his trip a5 painless as pos construction superintendent on | The fatalities occurred in vari- | <jhJe into Bismarck, N. D. From the Cudjoe Key lap of the Over-|0US villages on the shores of the |:here he taken to Fort Lin Sea Highway, told Sheriff Cleve-| lake. oln, the post from which Custer land Niles while he was up there! ee ae eee and his command had started on LOOKING FORWARD CLAIM ROAD TO PINE) KEY WILL BE READY) FOR TRAFFIC IN NEXT| He has been rector of |}¢ was “Comanche,” the claybank| et present one of the chaplains at | 7th cavalry, then stationed at Ellis, | St. Mary’s Convent, Peekskill, N.|Kan. Capt. Keogh, acting inspec. | Keogh was mounted that fateful | The humane thing ap-| were injured when the Cape Cod- | der, a New York, New Haven and | Hartford. express train crashed jinto the wreckage of a 60-car freight train which had been | thrown in its path by the explosion | of the freight engine this morning. {Two persons were missing when { | aid arrived. { Kenyon, a village two miles from here, was the scene of thé | accident. The dead man and ihe missing are believed to be raijroad men. The express, bound from New | York, was making its first bun of the season. Four of its nine sleep- ing cars left the tracks and two ‘hung over an embankment. The engine of the freight train exploded’ on a main line track | Paralielling that-on which the. ex- | press was appioaching, The force of the blast demolished the engine | and hurled its boiler 200 feet j away. | Half of its 60 freight cars left the tracks, piling up on the express rails. The fast irain crashed into | the wreckage a moment later. OVER ‘OPTIMISTIC » CITY'S FUTURE |MR. AND MRS. W. W. THOMP- | SON ARRIVE For | visit Mr. and Mes. W. W. Thompson ‘were arrivals this morning from | Miami for a week end visit to their | former home. Mr. Thompson has been operat- ting in Key real estate for iha past | year, and is still quite an optimist as to the future of the Keys, in- eluding Key West. “Of course," he said, “the Keys will not come into their own until they are link- ed to the mainland by an auto road. “No matter what o‘her improve- ments are made, the road is the one essential feature, when tha is built the other developments slong on our highway ‘o’the main- Jand,” Sheriff Niles stated to aj izen representative this morn-| yesterday. | their last expedition. Here, un- TO MARRIAGE “People in Key West have no der the ministrations of surgeons, (By Associated Presa) idea how the work is speeding Comanche recovered, and hi sales vill follow as naturally as day fol HOLLYWOOD, Calif., June 26. i treatment and comfort thereafter | night,” was the solicitude of the post. While many stories have been “The road is being rapidly |——Filmdom looked forward today téld of bow: the tabae teak ca built in several sections all at the|to what promises to be its next °° same t'me,” he sand, “and before| outstanding marriage—that of ‘#vorite saddler among the ladies we hardly know it the entire scenic Mae Murray to David Bivaini, °! the post after his wounds had highway to the mainland will be| artist, who is described as having he*led. * general order, issued by finished.” once been a prince in what is now Col Sturgis, would indicate that With the completion of the|the Republic of Georgia Comanche never, wes ridden after highway te Big.Pine Key, which} .A marriage license was obtain- the Custer battle. That saction Jack Lambright says will be ac-jed by the couple yesterday. Miss °2'd ‘The commanding officer coniplished by Christmas Day, only| Murray is 33 and her fiance 27. | °f ‘Top I, will see that « special about 30 miles of the road to the} znd comfortable stall is fitted up mainland will then remain unfin-! for him, and he will not again be FREE CONCERT and this distance will in- ridden by any person whatsoever, Given By The clude three of the longest bridges under any circumstances, nor will ef the entire mammoth project. r be put to any kind of CORAL ISLES CASINO ORCHESTRA Prospects for having consiruc- 9 Pieces tion work on these bridges well under way by that time are now} Hear The Rest Orchestra Key West Has Had In Recent very favorable indeed. They will) Years be built in triplicate of unit’ sec-; . according to contemplated} Refreshments At Populer Prices plans, rapid progress will be} Sunday Afterneon 5 to made in their construction. i CORAL ISLES CASINO | ix! When the 7th was ordered to Fort Riley, bat carred Coman- tehe was taken along. Until 1892, when at the age of 28 year Comanche died, he was given ten- der care ANCHOR LODGE All members of Anchor Lodge 182, F. & A. M., are request- o present at the regular communication to he held Monday evening at &:00. Visitors are al- ways welcome, Key West's wonderful highway to the mainland, once believed im- possible of accomplishment and was for many years only a fond dream, is now actually and rapid- ly oming a great and beantifal reality, and will, according to present indications, be available; for public use long before the time/ he most optimistic 6 J. ©. PARE M | june26-it MASONIC NOTICE! All members of Dade No. 14, Dr. Felix Varela No. 64, and A chor Lodge No. 182, F. & A are requeated to be present at the Lodge Room at 7:15 Sunday eve ning for the purpose of attending Divine Service By order of ROY J. LEWIN, W. M., Dade No. 14. LUIS GONZALEZ | W. M., De. Felix Vareis J. ©, PARK, W. M. Anchor No. 0. #4. 182, June 21-3t CIRCUS DAYS Above the blere of the circus band rese the frenzied shout: “The Lion! The Lionl” The tawny beast crowched for the thrill equal to this in all your ipopring. You've never soon: a picture going dayt, See "The Devil's Cireus™ at the STRAND THEATRE TODAY