The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 16, 1926, Page 1

“Associsted Press Day Wire Service The : ep VOLUME XLVI. No. 168. t KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1926, CALIFORNIA NEWSPA- ’ PERS CARRY SCARE- HEADS TELLING OF DECISION IN CASE | { | JACKSONVILLE, July 16.— Newspapers through California Tuesday afternoon and Wednes- “day morning appeared ‘with scare- heads across their first page and if Florida editors had realized the Significance of the brief news! story from Washington Tuesday | ‘Right that prompted it they, too,| Would have been justified in. using large type, says the Florida State Chamber of Commerce. » The Attorney General of the United States ruled Tuesday that all community property of a hus- band in California who dies prior to his wife is subject to the Fed- tal Inheritance Tax. California newspapers ns ever since Florida’s of the now famous mt prehibiting a state in- tance tax, have offered the F California community property law as something that not only offset the advantages accruing ~ from Florida’s statute but as going even further. Under the California lew the property of a husband is equally that of the wife and upon the death of the husband there is no estate taxation because one of the owners is still living. The government got around the technicality for federal taxation purposes when the Department of Justice held that one half of the community property was taxable. Now Attorney General Sargent has upset sverything by ruling that the entire estate*is taxab! He has suggested’ to Secreta ie prosecu' immediately to de- termine the validity of the de- The Attorney Genetal’s ruling ¢ontained a statement of peculiar interest to Florida, especially since Florida: has attacked the federal inheritance tax on the ground that it violates the uniformity clause of the constitution because of its rebate provision. “If in California the wife has. no ownership in the community ,”" said the ruling, “and interest is no more real than the interest of the wife in the hus- band’s property in other states) where the community does not prevail, to exempt from the fed- eral estate tax, on the death of the husband, a part of the com- munity property in California would result in a violation of the uniformity clause in the constitu- tion.” Florida, in its suit involving the yelidity of the inheritance tax stresses the assertion that the re- bate provision violates the uni- formity clause inasmuch as Flor- ide receives no share of the tax! collected by the government while! other states do. Reference to the| wniformity clause by the Attorney | General in connection with the California ruling, is iust so much) more ammunition for Florida, says the chamber. Approximately $10,000,000 is involved in the 3,090 cases pend-| fee ip California which will be af- fected by the ruling of the Attor-} ney General. . | ee Sap GN act qucategm ' BEER FOR BEETLES | REPWAS, Wales—Pesidente of this district are waging a com. prien sgeinst beetles hy placing leren shallow dishes of heer in; Which the insects drown at night.) seccceces) MONROE THEATRE ' _ TODAY AND TOMORROW —“Brown, of Harvard.” Al Roach Comedy. STRAND THEATRE TOMORROW — “Shipwrecked.” Al Reach Comed: SAN CARLOS TODAY AND TOMORROW —“Hurricane Hal.” © Comedy— “Long Pants." Also Harry Cor- dray’s Musical Comedy. A HAIL STORM and| ANTORNEY GENERAL MAKES RULING AN FEDERAL INHERITANCE TAX LAW} Tampa Attorney Relates Changes Made In Florida *|COLONEL P. 0. KNIGHT) GIVES OUTLINE OF| IN KEY WEST! | CONDITIONS IN EARLY, DAYS OF STATE POOSLCCCC CLE SECELORDCOLe ‘That was one of the happenings | j of the past 24 hours. | JACKSONVILLE, \ July, 16.— During the thunder storm last| How times have caangeu in flor- night, shortly after 7 o’clock, sev-|1da was illustrated by vol. Peter eral citizens of Key West were | 0. Knight, of ‘tampa, at the Flor- mystified by the pattering of | ida Takes Inventory Congress held aeththiag ob Chale rools, and upon he Oh eee the Us epsare * manner in which the representa- making investigation found that/tive in the legislature from Dade a considerable number of hail/county reached Tallahassee and stones had fallen. They pro-|now another instance has been peti a to gather a number of the cited by the Florida Times-Union, unusual in Key West and retained $878 the Florida State Chamber of * * | Commerce. them for some minutes until they | When Col: Knight first came to had melted. { vs ; Claude H. Roberts, proprietor |Florida and settled at Fort Myers, of Roberts Book Store, was among | ll of that section of the state was che number who gathered the|Dade county. —_ Representative stones, Mr. Roberts stated that)Ewen resided in what is now Mi- in his 63 years in Key West it was ami, he said, and in order to reach the first time he had ever seen| Tallahassee he went by sailboat) hal stones. His experience is to Key West, from there to New that of many others in the city York by steamer, from New York who saw the hail for the first time 'to Thomasville, Ga., by rail and in their lives. \from Thomasville drove to the IS ROBBED AT BAHAMA ISLANDS paper which appeared during the | | jsupmer of 1852. It contains |ameng other things the following notice: “The proprietor of the Central Stage Line takes pleasure in an- inouncing to the public that he has SHIP REACHING MIAMI TO-! just. placed’ upon the . route to Tallahassee a new and splendid POR Gr oe ky) MEN four-horse coach avhich can make IMPLICATED |.2fN.» ACTIVEs}the trip from Jacksonville te ‘Tallahassee in three days.” THES Motorists now make the trip |from Jacksonville to Tallahassee jregularly in four hours, without | breaking the speed limit. FIGHT RETURNS — | the British liquor vessel of $6,500! THIS EVENING in cash and 300 cases of liquor | and a machine gun, was reported { (Ny Associnted Yress) MIAMI, July 16.—A bloodless battle in Gun Cay, an anchorage of ‘the Bahama Islands, when six Americans in a sea skiff robbed Key West Girl Argues Case In Supreme Court, | LONG For the first, time in the histor {Leaving Curry’s Sons Company, of Florida a woman has argued a; Miss Knowles took up work in the case before the supreme court in| law office of Judge Jefferson B. this state. This occurred just a} Browne, and was next connected few days ago in Tallahassee, ac-| with the law office of the late cording to Assdc’ated Press dis-| Judge W. Hunt Harris. During FLIG pa:ches, and the woman who won this distinction is a former Key West girl, Miss Effie Knowles, who is deservedly popular with ea wide circle of friends in this city, who will learn with keenest pleas- ure of the signal success she is scoring in her chosen profession of law. * Miss Knowles is the daughter of Mrs. Julia Knowles. She is a niece of Mrs. Benjamin Tynes 845 Galveston lane, this Until a few years ago Miss Knowles and her mo‘her resided in Key West, but moved to Miami, where they are now making their city, | all this ‘ime she was devoting her spare time to the study of law.! She had gained a knowledge of |short hand and was soon suffi- ciently prificient to do court re- porting. This gave her a keener insight into the points and prin- ciples of law and she was not slow} ‘o grasp every bit of information| thet she deemed would be of value| to her in her contemplated career) tat the bar. | Moving with her mother to! Miami. Miss Knowles was for 2/ time connected. with the law of-) \fices of Judge Bart-A. Riley in} , thai. city. Later on she For 47 Years Devoted to the Interests of Key West Declare Several Banks Close Without Necessity STATE BANKING DE- PARTMENT TAKES OVER AFFAIRS OF MANY OF CONCERNS (By Asscelated Press) estab-| home. The career of Miss Effie Knowles is a most admirable one, and should be an inspiration for all girls who aspire to a future success, prominence and influence. lished q bureau of stenography inj ATLANTA, July 16.—Declaring | Miami, which she operated inde-| that in a number of © instances | pendently and with much success|there has been no necessity for} } until March of the present year, ‘closing, the State Banking De- when she was admitted to practice | partment prepared today to take Jaw in Florida after standing ®' over the affairs fy *% Early in life she attended school| tigid examination before a board |tional rang aber eer ae bean «3 4 h |tlonal state banks which closed in Key West: at the Ruth Har-| of! aitorneys in Tallahassee, in| th ru . at 2 - 4 |their doors yesterday; and nine grove Instiiute (now the U. S | which she passed with high honor, | other Gee « pedo sk j : | rgia banks which closed navy hospital on White street),| scoring second to the best grade} { |because of financial embarrass- and the Convent of Mary Immae-| made by any of the nUMeFOUs) A ent of the Bank Trust C ulate, finishing at the Florida Ccl-| other applicants examined at that! Se Tee lege for Woman in Tallahassee. | time. fag FI At 15 years of.age she took up| The facts that Miss Knowles|, Five Florida banks declared to empoyment in the clerical depart-| simply builded the ladder by which| ave been dependent upon the ment of Crrry’s Sons bg_ s.ore! she has mounted round by round | Bankers Trust Company were also here, end with the miaintainance| from an humble beginning to a|T@ported closed yesterday. of the family practically resting] position of ,prominence, and that} The’ Bankers Trust Company, upon her young shoulders. Her) she is winning well merited dis-|financing corporation for one responsibilities were greatly in-| tinction so’ early in her career, are hundred and twenty banks in ereased by the untimely death of! highly gratifying to her scores of | Georgia and Florida was placed in her father about 20 years ago.|friends in Key West, who know |the hands of federal receivership | yesterday. Since thai time she has been the full well that the future will bring sole support of her widowed | to jher, greater eminence in her mother and maintained a home for! profession, and will wateh her car- CRIMINAL COURT PUBLISHER OF CANTON DALY NEWS SHOT TO DEATH TODAY oun reesexr 4 % T TO DEATH TODAY, ee ii es them. jeer with pride and pleasure. DURING PRESENT Be eas WOMAN FLEES GOURT, ; ee ee e C¥iminal court of Yecotd for! KILLING’ FOLLOWS UP! GLENCOE, Ul.—Mrs. Katherine | Monroe county reopened thé cases’ i THREAT’. MADE ON renry escaped trom court by \cf Maitland Pinder and Cecil| i ‘jumping out df a window 20 feet Curry, charged with the theft of HIS LIFE SOMETIME from the. ground, but was recap-'20 automobile, and increased the | tured. |fines from $10 to $50 each, and. AGO ____ lost of prosecution, setting aside! | guir-spoke. Neighbors who heard |the unconditional, jail sentence of | the shots immediately daniel! far|c, ot eee Oe the garage, but Mellett was dead,' Cyril Griffin, assault and bat-) |tery, $25 bond estreated. . (By Assoelated Press) CANTON, Ohio, July 16.— seeeeversos Paid Up @2eccoc- esc 200eeee4 Fifteen years ago Samuel Hayden, business man, failed in Clay Cen- ter, Kas., and went $15,000 into debt. He vowed to pay off every cent, and did so, at the raie of $1,000 a year. Now he has just paid off the last of it, at the cost of much self denial. “It’s the happiest day: of my life,” he says. He now lives in Chicago. STREET BUS AND FORD CAR IN COLLISION DAY AFTERNOGN ON WHITE STREET. NO ONE INJURED IN CRASH | Threats on the life of Don R. Mel-. by a vessel returning from Nassau; CITIZEN TO GIVE OUT RE-) no" See OF Don Me™ {hett, publish: f the Canton Dail; ion SULTS AT RUSSELL’S Se ee ee News, because of his activities the bullet through his left temple D. L:Caahi; tan “ead weld having ended his life almost in- of liquor,-case continued until Sep- 4 jtembet term. The hijackers were reported to} have boarded the vessel onj CIGAR STORE Wednesday. } * GETS SENTENCE | Fight returns of the Ber- | lenbach-Delaney bout tonight FOR DESERTION. in New York will be given j round by round by the Asso- MEMPHIS RESIDENT CON.! ciated Press through the Key West Citizen at Russell's DEMNED BY COURT- ' MARTIAL Cigar Store on Duval street. The scheduleed event for last night was called off until this evening owing to rain. Everyone is invited to be in attendance at the cigar siore tonight, and learn the results free of charge. ' | -— | (By Associated reas) BEIRUT, Syria, July 16.—Ben-| jamin Doty, of Memphis, Tennes-| * see, was condemned by court-| martial at Damascus today to} eight years imprisonment at hard) labor for deserting from the) French foreign legion in which he} enlisted under the name of “Gil- bert Clare.” An officer representing government as prosecutor manded the death penalty, Lientenant Gallifer for the de- fense, eloquently described the brave conduct of the accused dur ing battle; securing the smaller sentence. SEARS EXPRESSES HIS APPRECIATION de-| but Avie Aecnhteted “Werced i WASHINGTON, July 16.—Rep resentative Joe Sears of Florida | axpressed his annreciation to the! | *reasury today for its assistance lin the stopping the practice of ff nancial corporations refusing te! accept Florida bank checks. “HURRICANE HAL” tion and tense situ tions galore in “Hurricane Ha which is the feature at th i Carlos Theatre today and to tow. Also Musical Comedy. Unusual a * This picture shows what remains away. The naval arsenal, fired N. J., afver it had been bombarded by shells from the naval arsenal at Lake Denmark, several miles areanly: | Louise Nebo, assault and. bat- The slayers had disappeared im tory, continued until September, an attomobile which they parked |fcssiqn on account of illness of de- fendant. about a block from the Mellett! Manuel Valde-. cherged with: home. That Mellett feared his|stealing a pistol from R. Kirchik, : z ‘was the lest ease tried todev. | life might be taken, wes met The jurv returned a sealed ver-| for several weeks, and as a result |dict, which will he onsned end Hi jannovneed when the conrt opens at at he ieonhs quer bad he usual hour tomorrow morning. bsen stationed at Mellett home. i The policeman was off duty last|TOWN FUNERAL FOR WHALE \ against alleged gamblers, were carried out here early today. Five bullets brought to an end jthe career of the young publisher, to publish the James M. Cox, | publisher of a number of Ohio who came hers News, owned by papers. } Mellett was putting his auto- mobile in the garage in the rear night, however. He is eurvived by) jof his home when the assassins his widow and four children. |of Port Evnon turned out to hury coos ee | beach. Hl NEW PHOTO SHOWS. TERRIFIC | FORCE OF ARSENAL BLAST) |. A street bus and a Ford engaged in a collision at the corner ’ of South and ‘White streets late yea- | terday afternoon. and the Ford got the worst of the scuffle, it is re- ported. Noel Solomon, his wife and sis- ter-in-law were driving out of South street onto White when they me: the bus and the crash came. The Ford was shoved to the curb in front of City Councilman Wil- lard Albury’s home and was badly demaged. Luckily, no one was hurt. ALUMINUM SHOES | CLASCOW—The whole town) BERLIN—The new aluminum) shoes with a wooden or leather Germany. FIGHT RETURNS Berlenbach-Delaney Fight will be given round by round tonight by the Associated Press through THE KEY WEST CITIZEN AT RUSSELL’S CIGAR STORE YOU ARE INVITED TO COME OUT AND HEAR THE DETAILS FREE of the ammunition storchouses at the army arsenal, Piccatinny, | by a bolt of lightning, showered huge shells over many miles of ter- ritory, causing $100,000,000 damage and taking many lives NO CHARGE PRICE. FIVE CENTS [BALLOON BREAKS RECORD IN HT FROM M GHGAGD AIRCRAFT GIVEN -UP AS LOST IN STORM. DESCENDS AT JEN- NINGS, FLA. (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, July 16.—Be- lieved to have broken Ameri- can records for distance and the Detroiter, virtually given up as lost in a storm, descended late yester- day at Jennings, Florida, cnd won the Elks national balloon: race. The distance from Chicago is eight hundred and fifty- four miles, endurance, The balloon was in the air forty-one hours. BODY OF J. R. SMITH, PRESI- DENT OF REAL ESTATE BOARD, FOUND BY SERVANT TODAY (hy Asseemted Preasd ATLANTA, July 36.—J.' R. Smith, president of the Atlanta eget nese Goneenr ter » for which receivership was . desig- nated in federal district court terday, shot himself at his home in iforningside, a subdivisien here | ACCIDENT HAPPENS YESTER-jearly today. Mr, Smith was re- ported dead when found. The body was found by « ser- vant who was attracted to the scene by the sound of « shot. The door to Smith’s room was locked, and the servant broke it down with an exe, The entire load of the shotgun entered his abdomen end 5 beli was expreased that he fired the shot with his toe. TWENTY INJURED IN RAILROAD WRECK ‘Ry Anawolated Preant EASY LIVERPOOL, Ohio, July 16.—-Twenty persons were injured when an engine and three coaches of the Chicsge-Fort Wayne and New York train on the Pennayl- vania lines overturned at Summit- | ville near here today: An early iecheck revealed no dead. MAKE RESOLVE FOR |... EPENDENCE le whale that was shot on the sole are finding ready buyers in} IND! , | | Aanorinted duly 16,—At. the [opening session of the Philippine jlegislature today both houses un- janimously adopted s resolution in (favor of “immediate, absolute and (complete in . MAN HANGS FOR |" MURDER OF WIFE (ts Auameteted Proaed COLUMBIA, Miss, Jnly 16— |4eff Wallace, 88-year-old white [man, was hanged in the Marion jeounty jefl today for the morder lof bis wife, (my Prost MANILA,