The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 29, 1926, Page 1

Full Associated Press Leased Wire Day Service VOLUME XLVIL No. 154 For 47 Years Devoted to the Interests of Key West KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESP4¥Y, JUNE 29, 1926. CONTRACTING. MONROE TRUSTEES HOLD CONFERENCE IN NEW YORK; LEGAL _ MATTERS FIXED | Though not a member of the} board of trustees of the Monroe! Water district, J. Otto Kirchhein-| ‘*r, as a county official and inter-| ested citizen, attended some of the conferences on the pipe | Proposition held at the offi I Attorney John C. Thomson, while! Mr. Kirchheiner was in New York | id, were) attended by Capt. Clark D.! Stearns, Paul Boysen, Se | Wm. H. Malone, Mr. Farnum of | the J. G. White corporation, also. ® representative of Caldwell & Company, a bonding concern of New York, and Mr, Kirchheiner. | Mr. Kirchheiner says all the le- gal questions concerning the water district have been settled greed upon by Sen. Malone, who is attorney for Monroe county, and Attorney Thomson, as to the} validation of the bonds proposed to be issued by the water commis- sion. The White Company and New York bankers have asked for | a little additional time in which to redraw their contracts to present to the water commission. This! ‘was readily consented to, and the, eontracts are to be first presented ‘te Attorney John C. Thomson for! his approval, then’ forward, them: to Key West for the consideration ‘and deceptance by the water dis-| trict trustees. This they agreed to| immediately, and the new con- “Wacts are expected to arrive in, Key West within a week or ten days. These contracts will require of the trustees of the water district a me yee of certain payments to J. G. White Company in re- turn for which that company will eonstruct and operate a fresh water supply pipe line from Home-! stead to Key West. In ‘other! words, the J. G. White Company Proposes to finance the pipe line with a bond issne of $2,750,000, and they want a con ‘tract that Key Went and the keys will guarantee the purchase of six ‘hundred million gallons of water per year at 50c per thousand gal- tons, which would , amount $500,000 annually. It is believed that the amount required for consumption in Key ‘West, the reservoirs and distribu-| tion system here and for use on} the intervening keys will be in @xcess of the amount for which} COMPANY PERFECTING. PLANS FOR FRESH WATER PIPE LINE PRICE FIVE CENTS ‘SISTER LOUISE LEAVES FOR NEW YORK AFTER LONG SERVICE HERE Sister Louise, one of the most)up their work of training youth| popular and lovable sisters of the and devoted their time and efforts Ambitious Miss Dorothy BE. Pilley of London, well known English mountain climb- er, has arrived in Glacier National Park to try her skill on the Rockies. She hopes to beat Norman Clyde's fecord of climbing a mountain a day for 36 consecutive days | Convent if late, sail. t© saving the life of those who) pronvent of Mary Ueieaculats, 29° liall team for thal’ conta e | i ! ‘ed on the Mallory Line steamer’) ise. i phil: atise: {the aael |San Jacinto last night for New! ceased, the Convent resumed its| | York. loperations under normal condi- The entire life of Sister Louise ' tions. | Gabriel has been a beautiful career, Sister Louise had two sisters,) jof consecrated devotion to her so there were three girls in the! \religion and of service to mankind. ‘family, all leading a life of devo- RE ae {She was born in Detroit, Mich-|tion to the religion that they One of her sisters, Sister |NEGRO WANTED FOR KILLING |igan, and received her early train-|loved. ling in the Convent of the Sisters Mary Lydia, has been stationed in| COUPLE HERE SAID ~TO|of Holy Names in that city, of, Tampa for the past 32 years; and HAVE SAILED ON SHIP LAST | Which institution the mother house the other sister, Sister Aurelia of was in Montreal, Canada. She Jesus, is at Detroit, Michigan, NIGHT made her novitiate and took her! Sister Louise Gabriel stated be- final vows in Montreal. fore leaving that she had enjoyed Sister Louise came to Key West her work in Key West and had | A. Dice, the negro who shot and|in 1897, and has taught art and/ learned: to love the people here. | |killed a.man and a woman on|kindergarten during these 29!She would like to return and hopes, Whitehead street last Saturday|years. During this long period of ,her wish may be fulfilled, but that | |night, is claimed to have got/service here she has taught will depend upon the decision of | ‘CLAIMS DICE | | i i | | | 'e GUARAN Charles Ponzi, Wizard, Taken To Houston, _ Texas, By Deputy Sheriff FIRST POSITIVE IDENTI-| FICATION MADE OF) BIG PLUNGER SINCE| LEAVING MIAMI (By Assomated Prexny | NEW ORLEANS, June 29.— | jaboard the Mallory Line steamer | students who later assumed the Mother Superior. | San Jacinto while the vessel was|responsibilities of home. Her; Sister Lonise hes hosts of} in port here last ‘night en route| pupils include a long list of Key friends among the best people of| for New York, according to re-|West women and a large number'all denominations’ in Key West | ports reaching the sheriff’s office |from different points in Cuba. who would part with her most re-| at an early hour this morning. During the Spanish-American luctantly, but who would send} Sheriff Cleveland Niles states|war, the Convent of Mary Imma- with ‘her earnest prayers and all} Charles Ponzi, sought as a fugitive | by Massachusetts and Florida au- thorities will reach Houston, Tex., this morning. The “Financial Wizard,” who is credited and and, to} | that a reliable colored man reports jseeing Dice get aboard the vessel jat the dock here, and that there! CONGRESS MAY into a hospital. The sisters gave; culate in Key West was converted good wishes. | charged with making, millions of | | dollars, was arrested yesterday _.|afternoon by George Lacy, a [Bon Voyage and Au Revoir. can be no doubt as to his identity. | The negro man informing the) ‘sheriff said he was afraid to re- |port the matter and . id not want CONCLUDE WORK ON SATURDAY ic jAGREEMENT REACHED TO-! pincs friends, for he seems to| WARD TAKING UP RIVERS have the sympathy of a large! ‘number of colored people in his AND HARBORS BILL DURING trouble. | ‘The sheriff is today taking steps | PECEMEER jto have the fugitive apprehended <'f found stowed away aboard the ety Aislbaio tail; beeen) San Jacinto, and have him return- WASHINGTON, June 29.—A °¢ to this city. ey | | Mallory Line representatives in (Ry Associa { tentative agreement to take up|charge of the company’s local of- sige Line set aay ae rere” | fii it! or 1S WH the rivers'and harbors bill on next fice stated this morning that it) 22%, by a verdict of a coroner's wou a e impossible for!’ 4 December 10 and to limit debate pico to have boarded the vessel| eta em a Ser tien epee [After December 15 was reached here without being detected. faced preliminary hearing of first 4 id ial Dice. had worked for the Mal- degree murder. today by leaders on both sides jlory Line as stevedore here and Mrs. Elliott died Saturday-night the senat ihis name is on: the payroll as A. df this agreement is’ is as a result of a fractured skull ; we wer ice by the senate and objec! = TINK COUPLE a fall-from the ‘rear doorway of the Elliott home to a concrete side- walk. Though testimony before the inquest yesterday was not made public, police have worked , onthe theory ihat Eliott: either | pushed or caured his wife to fall. senator would upset it—the lead- ers believe congress can adjourn) WITH MURDER IN TAMP A, FLA. The fatal fall followed Mrs. El- ; |liott’s return home from a ¢on- next Saturday. | | i {ference with Crockett Owen, her HAS NO HAND IN TRANSFER OF OFFICIAL | ceedings for her during the day. FARTIES. FORCIBLY EJECT-| «ches at the hospital where the ED RECENTLY FROM ROW.) ELL HOME —_— woman was taken say she never regained consciousness. If she | made any statement following the fail, it has not been made known: {Or Roenctaged. Rreaks Elliott was arrested immediately | ‘TAMPA, June 29.—Holding re-| following his wife’s death. He NOTHING IN CHANGE MADE | sence as a possible motive for the! was jus st recovering from an opera- RELATIVE TO PROHIBITION SENATOR PEPPER KNOWS) | lay asleep in their beds here early! moval to a hospital where he re- LAND PROMOTER: FACES PRELIMINARY. HEARING “FOR MURDER OF WIFE “Which police Gaim she received in| | POLICE SEARCHING FOR TWO) attorney, who had filed divorce pro- | | Houston deputy sheriff, and ac- } companied ihe Texas officer to Houston last night. | | Ponzi’s appearance here was.the | first positive identification of the | fugitive since he left Miami June | 4. He vehemently denied his iden- ‘ tity here, but finally admitted that he was not “Andrea” but Ponzi. “Tt is just ag well anyway,” he j was quoted as saying. “I wasn’t | at all sure that I was doing the| proper thing in fleeing the coun-| $25,000 bond. | xy, but I saw that T could not save | *Chiet of Police Ed Vaughan |™Y bondsman any money by stay-| who has conducted the police in-| ing and I had reliable information | vestigation into the tragedy, said | that I was due to go right up if 1} Eiott told him that his wife lost i went back to Boston, so T just de-| P pat. - chanee—but |}ere I am.” wee, ‘ \.. Ponai's apj fet dajes ' Orders Her Away | to the dockiny at Galveston of the | The chief said Elliot declered | Sie Vos Non! Vobig, on which he that when his wife returned from | sailed from Tampa June 16. He! the conferenee with her attorney | went from Galveston to Houston, | he aipard ag aa Bhar ae | rs noapic ee sipheghatle of | house. When she determined to | Deputy Sheri icy who was con- enter, he said, he locked the front videeo Shiat the iatioe fitted the de- door. When she srperns se scription of Ponzi. | side dopr he bolied that also, he told police. Then Mrs. Elliott ran| py, Pairs oer to ithe back doos, and.as' she WAS) Cot” saother glimpse of the coming into the house, fell, he de- “Andrea” he believed to be Ponzi eeteo ia told police Mra, | bit: following a clue that he was| negro maid told police et ‘ % Sal- Bileott cuteced: smiling’ and thei ne Pe aeeely sd she turned io her stove. She heard away. New Orleans and Norfolk the door slam and a scream from’ yemained on ihe ship's schedule | Madeline Elliott, the daughter,! before she was due to proceed to who was standing in the yard. AS} Genoa and the Texan came here. the negto turned again, she said; He communicated with custom she saw Mr. Elliott rush out and’ offcials telling'theny that he sought pick up his wife's body. - The/“a swindler aboard an. Italian chauffeur, seated at the doorway ‘ ' ted Prewx) Financial Air Chief? Ga’ \ it Trubee Davison. New York state assemblyman, is understood to be in line for appointment by President Coolidge 4 assistant secretary ot war in charge of the contemplated army air corpa FIRE DESTROYS PAPER STOCK AT PRINTING PLANT BLAZE DISCOVERED LAST EVENING IN REAR OF KETCHINGS PRINTING COM- PANY ON DUVAL STREET Fire was discovered in the rear lof the Ketchings Printing Com- pany establishment at about 7:30 o'clock last evening, but the flames were quickly extinguished) upon the prompt arrival of the fire de- partment. The fire apparently originated from a cause undetermined in some old accessories of a bakery plant that once was operated in the place. The damage was confined main- ly to the stock of paper and en- velopes in the shelves of the plant, FE OF FIXED TOLLS OVER GES 1S ASKED BY BONDING CO. 'C. A. P. TURNER HOLD- ING OPTION RELA- TIVE TO PROJECT AR- RIVES IN CITY | | | C. A. P. Turner, of Minneap- | otis, whose company holds an op- |tion for the franchise authorizing |the construction of the three long |toll bridges on the highway to the jmainland, arrived in the city yes- | terday, accompanying J. Otto of, the jboard of county commissioners, | fom New York to Key West. These gentlemen express them- selves as being pleased with the | progress being made with the | plans of these three bridges. At a confer- in New York attended by | themselves, Capt. Clark D. Stearns, | Senator Wm. H. Malone and Paul | Boysen, it was brought out by |Mr. Turner that the bonding con- cern negotiating for the ten mil- dollar bond issue for the bridges had expressed-through a representative the belief that the ten million dollar issue could be |suecessfully floated, provided the | comminsioners of Monroe county would guarantee that the tolls col- lected from the bridges would equal interest on the bonds, which / would amount to $600,000 a year, and agree to make up any amount of difference ‘between the tolls’ collected and the amount of the | guarantee. Kirehheiner, chairman for the construction ence lion This guarantee, was pointed out, would serve as an assurance to the bond holders that the interest would be paid when'due: It was agreed by tnose present at this conference that | Monroe county should make ‘this guarantee, it everyone firmly be- lieving that the annual tolls would jbe very much greater than the | $600,000 @ year guarantee; and that this being true, the county ‘murder of four persons-while they iion and police perm'tted his re- OFFICER (My Associated Dressy WASHINGTON, June 29..—Sen- j yesterday, police today searched) mained until Sunday noon when | for a couple who were forcibly| he was taken to a jail at Clear- | ejected las: Saturday from the| water and later released under | rooming house in which the mur-/ : | ders were committed. j Mrs. Caroline E. Rowell, 90;| ator Pepper of Pennsylvania told | of a servant’s house nearby,, heard the door slam and then saw Mi Eliott fall, police said. the guarantee is ‘required, so it| the Sena.e campaign funds com- froms to be another Saf6 proposi-| mittee today that he had nothing Yion where the county may never to do with the transfer of federal Be called upon to make up the! prohibition administrator F.C. her son, Bee Rowell, 45; his niece, | Eva Lena Rowell, 16, and 2 room-| er, C. H, Alexander, 36, were! found by a neighbor with their) heads beaten in. A bloody axe was t “BINDER BOYS” CAUSE FLORIDA BUT LITTLE PERMANENT INJURY Bmount guaranteed, Mr. Kirch-| Raird, of Pittsburgh to Philadel- | found leaning against, one of the heiner stated. However, Mr. Kirchheiner says, ‘the trustees will get an expression Trem the people on the matter! before entering into a contract! that will bind the county to the fendit'ons mentioned. ) ‘ GRANTS PERMISSION TO BUILD BRIDG (Me Assochured Prower WASHINGTON, June 29.—The| gar department approved today, the application of the Seaboard | All Florida railway for permission % constroct a bridge over Shell ‘Creek, Fla., two and a half milés| Shove its mouth and two miles) aock, director at Philadelphia, had | from Cleveland, Fla. EVER IN PARIS? If you have been in Paris you will appreciate the comedy “Three Weeks In Paris.” Matt Moore is the masculine lead, while Dorothy Devore plays op- posite him. This is a comedy free to life and is as good as they make. STRAND THEATRE TOMORROW phia, just before the republican state primary in which the senator was defeated for renomination. “This removal was not done at my instance or wiih my -know- ledge,” Senator Pepper said. “Any statement to that effect, if made | here, was made in ignorance of the / facts, or as a deliberate mis-state- ment.” From previous witnesses the committee has heard testimony that Pittsburgh was thrown “wide open” upon Baird’s witdrawal, and that the saloons displayed posters advertising the Mellon-Supported Pepper-Fisher ticket. Se or Pepper told the com- mitt oday tha! William G. Mur- been asked to resign, that he was advised of this but followed his usual practice of not interefering in prohibition matters. “Thad complete confidence in), Mr. Murdock,” the senator added. MASONIC NOTICE All resident and visiting Masons are invited to attend the special communication of Dade Lodge 14 to be held Wednesday eveain June 30, at 8 o'clock. whe F. C. Degree. By order of the W. M J. J. TREVOR, See. June 29-1t Exam in tops, JACKSONVILLE, June 2! —“Ferm Life,” published at Spencér, Ind., has a cireula- tion of 900,000 copies and reaches virtually that nu of farm homes in all sections of the middie west. There is not so much of interest in this fact by itself, says the Florida State Chamber of Commerce, but there is a great deal for Floridians to think about when “Farm Life” published an edi torial co rning Florida. In a recent issue of the publica- tion, the 900,000 copies con- tained the follow “Di € there? Did buy boom time, expecting 9 bigger sucker than me al end pay still more than it worth so he might some dav sell it to a bigger ete.? If and if you ate stang, go ten it eds. | Richard Rowell, father of Lena! and son of Mrs. -Rowell, and Henry, another son, who lived with | the murdered people, were being sought by police. BE. S. Keen and Lee Weaver, who are known jo have left. the house shortly before midnight Fri-| day, are held by police as material | witnesses. A man and @ woman, /| ‘whose identity authorities refuse| to divulge, also are in custody. | Neighbors testified at the in-| quest that Rowell had trouble with a couple and had: forcibly ejected them from the rooming house Sat-| urday after they had refused to leave. The man is said to have threatened “to get” Rowell. The robbery theory that guided/ the police investigation early in: | the day was abandoned when $400| was found in the aged woman's you you to ce unk, and the purse of the girl.) niaining a small amount of} wonty, was found lying beside the ved apparently untouched. FOLDING Card tables, felt or leatheret regular price $4.50, sale price $2.90, 20 to 40 per cent re- duction on our entire stock. Sale ends Saturday, July 10th. Long's) Furniture Store. june29-1t) get Rr some soda end mo put it on your nerve. That usually Telief to any sort of sting. “But if you did. feller, don't kid yourself that Flor ida is a thing of the pest, a tale is toid, a burst bubble not br a whale of a iugful Florida hasn't started “You ain't heen no where nor seen. nothin’.” 1 ' + brings yet i “Have you heard of any talk of abandoning Ohio or Indiana or Pennsylvania, or Jersey? Until these states are abandoned as a bad job there will be no dimuni- tion of Florida’s intrinsic worth—a thing that nobody thought of during the wildeat speculation time. “Florida will be on the job just as long as any state in the Union. It is the tropical teat on the great, swelling udder of the states. Just be- cause-a few people saw great visions of sudden wealth by enticipating the growth and prosperity thet state is abso- le sure to bring to those ¥ buy land for home-mak- ing aad soil cultivating and ivestock raising purposes, in New jship.” It ‘was explained that it | would riot be possible to arrest the *|man sought aboard the ship, but) | an inspector “was assigned to aid | them in an effort to identify the | fugitive. It understood that | Ponzi was prevriled upon to leave | the vessel by his selection as a |member of the crew who could | speek English to check some pa- | pers in the dock office. Reaching the dock he was e¢: | corted into a taxicab and driven to a hotel where the first of a series of questions were asked in an ef- fort to establish his identity. Pro- fessing but a slight knowledg: English, he retained the character of Lucian Andrea for 2 time, but eventually admitted that he was Ponzi, and said “here I am.” The prisn.cr pians to fall in i with any plans of his captor. He was quoted es acquiescing in a program that would take him to Houston or one that would lead directly to Boston. The Texas of- | fieer proposed that he be taken to Howson, and the journey was started in # few hours His only request ‘vas that his clothing be brought to the hotel ; | from the ship, and his first ac efter admitting his identity ;to shave hiv mustache. He med especially several suits on was most of which: material, itis be-| would never be called upon to lieved, can be salvaged. The mo- tors were flooded and the presses| Provide any money for bond ‘in- ‘ere drenched with water, but not | terest, ffering any further known dam-| age. The type cases in the cabl-| However, it was determined, Mt. nets were damaged also by water being held in the type receptacles, causing the veneer bottoms to warp. The loss on stock is understood Kirchheiner stated, that before | any contracts or agreements would be made thst would bind Monroe has been in the pose, pajamas. stead of merely buying it to sell to somebody who bays it toe sell to somebody who buys —well. you now-—-these #3 can't kill Florida. “Th speculators were Florida's enemies, but even then they can't do it any per- manent harm. Keep vour shirt on, and if you ever thought of Florida favorably, hold the habit and obviate the certain necessity of renewing the feel- ing. | eeeveeccoccesee ezeceses } i TODAY IN WASHINGTON Seerecceoseesesesresecer (By Associate? Pre=s) Campaign investigation tinues. it t th con- Deficiency vill remains before} house. Senat> spproaches vote on farm relief. \greater than that jament that Florida is falling be-| to be covered by ineuraies; and | county to this guarantee, the con- the machinery and iype cabinets,! tract would be put to the people it is understood, were insured in favor of the stock houses from | for a vote, and that the action of hich they were purchased. the commissioners would b v- The Ketchings printing plant} " gs erned by the expression of the people at the polls. will suspend operations for a few This plan met with the cpprovil days until the matters pertaining | to the fire are adjusted and the | plant and machinery recondi-| tioned. | LARGE SHIPMENTS | OF MATERIAL FOR BUILDING PROGRAM “*** seid agreement to become of }no value in event the people votes (By Associated Press) JACKSONVILLE, Fis., June|*##inet the guarantee. — of —— and/ Mr. Turner eft early this morn- construction material into 4, ida is greater today than it|™S for ® final inspection of tne history of the) sites for the proposed bridges, and state, according to W. E. Gardner,| _« manager of the locel traffic bu.| i! Probably return to the city He presented figures show-| ome time tomorrow. ing that the freight movement in- to the state during the first quar- esenseeeds ter of this year was $8 per cent! “te =m AMUSEMENTS STRAND THEATRE TODAY—“The Gilded Butter- Comedy, “Love Sweet of Mr. Turner, and h¢ has return- ed to Key Weat for the purpose jof becoming # party to this con- | 29, rh reau. period in 1925. According to Mr. Gardner, ti alone shuuld disprove any state. hind in her development. The ‘¥-” Florida advisory board of the Am-|Piffle.” erican railway association is plan-| TOMORROW — “Three Weeks ning to care for a great influx of |In Paris.” Comedy, “Two Lips In freight shipments in the fail. | Holland.”