The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 21, 1926, Page 1

_» in_anewer, to. questions that it did Associated Press Day Wire Service VOLUME XLVII. No. 172. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1926. For 47 Years Devoted to the Interests of Key West MN HELD 1N CONNECTION WITH SLAVING OF CANTON ~ PUBLISHER INVESTIGATION IS STILL TIONED (By Associated Press) CANTON, July 21.—Major in- terset in the Meliet murder case centered today on leads running from here to Pittsburgh and~ to Cleveland where two men are held in connection with the in- vestigation. While Police Chief M. S. Lengle was in Cleveland questioning Jim- my Lamont, who gave himseif up to the police when his name was involved, Detective Ora Slater ‘was making a second trip to Pitts- burgh in less than 24 hours in an attempt to identify George Psilias as one of the gunmén. ORDER RELEASE OF MAN HELD PITTSBURGH, July 21— George Psillas, New Kensington, Pennsylvania, coffee house pro- prietor, held. on a suspicious charge in connection with the slaying of Don R, Mellett, Canton publisher, was ordered released by Common Pleas Judge James R. McFarland at a habeas corpus hearing today. The release of Peilias, who is known as “George the Greek,” was ordered when counsel for the city of Pittsburgh informed the court fiot have sufficient... evidence against Psilias on-which to detain him fonger. Prior to the hearing) Henry C. Déville; Canton, Ohio, \ BEING CARRIED ON; | MANY PERSONS QUES-) IS RELEASED RAINS BRING RELIEF FROM GREAT HEAT CHANGE, EXPERIENCED FROM HIGH TEMPERATURES IN MANY SECTIONS OF COUN- TRY (By Ansociated ress) .CHICAGO, July 21.—Close be-} hind the heat wave which in the} last few days caused more than} two score of deaths, and set up many new temperature records, thunder clouds were boiling east and southward from the north- west today, bringing relief for sweltering millions, The rains began falling yester- day, leaving in its wake fatalities and blistered crops. The wave has been broken in the northern Great Plains region, and is gradually dis- appearing over the upper Missi sippi Valley. Warmer weather is) forecast for the east, but with a prospect of scattered rains. ARREST MADE IN CHICAGO ROBBERY CASE GEORGE COHEN HELD | AS SUSPECT; ADMITS: KNOWL- EDGE RELATIVE TQ. CRIME CONDITIONS fe Se: eccnvcccccccccccccccccccceccocccececce Ceooeceseqecscocesoncoooooesoooselle Publisher, Foe of Vice, Killed From Ambush The picture shows how Donald R. Mellett, publisher of the Canton (0.) Daily News, was slain early Friday morning in front of the garage at his home. garage when a fusilade of shots rang out. Mellett was caught in a cross fire of his assassins’ guns. professional gunmen. euvee Melleit had ju eccedeoce st closed’ one of the doors of his He fell with two bullets in his head. It is believed the murder was the work of Evidence indicates RAILROADTO BE DISPOSED OF AT AUCTION TAMPA AND JACKSONVILLE LINE TO BE SOLD BY SHER- | IFF AT GAINESVILLE IN MONTH OF AUGUST (Dy Associated Press) | GAINESVILLE, Fia., July 21. —Sale of the Tampa and Jackson- | ville railroad by publie auction by! the sheriff of Alachua county will take in this city on August 2 next, | according to ‘an ‘announcement made: here... The sale is 1o..be ynade under:the virtue ofa final decree of foreclosure of a mort- gage rendered by Judge A. V. STATEMENT BY THE CITY COUNCILMEN ALDERMEN NOT OPPOSED TO OPERATION OF BUSSES BUTBELIEVE TIME OPPOR- TUNE FOR RATE REDUCTION AND SUG- GEST METHOD OF PROCEDURE The recent action of the City Counc] in authorizing the institu~ tion of proceedings against thé tablish such raie for light and Key West Electric Company sa met 2s is justified by its invest- the forfeiture of its franchise ¢#> tension has caused general co mentameng the citizens here and|.Gompany has by its discontinugnce the Council now thinks it exped- dent to state the situation with a City of Key West that the Key | West Electric Company should es- ment in Key West. Noor if. the Keye West. Electric of sits electric sireet railway "for- feited its right to the ninety-njne PRICE FIVE CENTS Herriott Government Opposes Inflation Of French Currency REMINDER OF LATE EMINENT FINANCIER EGYPT, Mass., July 21.—There is.a pathetic reminder of the late eminent financier, Thomas W. Lawson, in this little South Shore community, a section of the town of Scituate, where for twenty years in the heyday of his career on State ‘Street, Boston, he lived and moved and had his being. Lawson passed away at his summer home on the Maine coast about two years ago. His wife had died before him, and her death doubtless cut short the remaining days of Lawson’s life. Here in Egypt, which “Tom” Lawson made famous, are the straggling ruins of his vast shore estate, Dreamwold, upon which he spent hundreds of thousands of dollars when he held within his grasp the reins of finance in New England. He died without a penny. Dreamwold was ‘sold and the lodge house which none. might pass in other days without permis- sion was turned into a realty of- fice. ‘ Dreamwold covers a great grassy hillside. At its feet the waves of the North Atlantic surge under winter’s stress, or sweep gently in with the summer tides. Many buildings once marked its emerald lawns, horse barns, a rid- ing academy, a starting stand at the edge of a racetrack, homes for the employees, a majestic wind- mill, a spacious mansion house, and a splendid chapel with a sweet-toned bell. Except the chapel and the man- sion and the lodge honse at the rates nenr the Faypt. station, nothing ‘now. ret is ‘but brokert cement barn floors, rusting water nipes and bedraggled fences. The fences were ‘Lawson's’ pride and {grass was clipped to a wondrous beauty, the drives were oiled till they shone like ebony. All this beauty is gone. Today along the railroad track which runs between Boston and Plymouth the Lawson fences are broken and tumbling down. The great stone gateposts at the entrance have house, Rolls of barbed wire lay dumped into the fast-growing un- derbrush. The windmill has been burned—a_ spectacular ‘torch it several small houses dot. the up- lands which overlook the ‘shining sea. Relics of Lawson’s stables are scattered all about the Cape. The riding academy — building was brought by the Brockton Fair Corporation and was set up in the fair grounds for the main display hall of this once-a-ayear exposi- tion. Cupolas with their weather- vanes adorn many another stable in many another town. Weather- vanes went for $25.00 each. There are still some left. Building wreckers took most of the build- ings down and sold the splendid lumber all over the. southeastern coast of Massachusetts: Today, here and there along the jfences, a solitary crimson rambler jnods in the sun, flaunting its glory to a few passers-by, and maybe none of these knows or cares. “Tom” Lawson is dead. The wife he mourned in his'latter days slecpscbeside him in the shadow of thé pretty chapel on the hill. The mansion”is tenanted by an- other, but perhaps the ghosts of Lawson and his wife keep tryst in the evening watches; perhaps their made a cellar for a speculative} made one night in the spring—and | PREMIER TO APPEAR BEFORE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES ON FINAN- CIAL MATTERS (By Associated Press) PARIS, July 21.—After the cabinet meeting this afternoon, Premier Herriott again announced jhe would appear before the Chamber of Deputies this evening, jand would accept immediate. in- terpellations and discussion on his ministry's financial bill. This was in contradiction to re- ports that his government would resign immediately after the read- ing of the ministerial declaration. The newly formed Herriott gov- ernment in its ministerial declara> tion set itself on record as op- posed to the inflation of French currency, and is in favor of pay- ment of all debts: MEN WERE HOLDING DOWN EXTRA SHIFT; MINE IS PROPERTY. OF MOFFATT 4 COAL COMPANY ; BLOCTON, Alabama, July 21. r-Nine men were killed in a gas ; hudge view of inferming the public of! year: extension: then the City is Long, of the Eighth judic‘al Flor- | the facts and to clarify the i&sues | now in the position to require the’ ida_cireuit. | which have been beclouded. Key West Electric Company to fix (iy Assvciutea “Prens) NEW YORK, July 21.—George Cohen, of *Chicago,. was arrested broker, who lives near the Mellett joy. There were possibly miles of home, failed to identify Psilias as them, about fonr feet high, of eyes look down upon Dreamwold| explosion at the Dixie Mine of the from above, upon the Dreamwold | Moffatt Coal Company at Moffatt one o f the men he saw fleeing from the scene of the shooting. SHERIFF NILES TO ARRIVE HOME ON FRIDAY MORNING COUNTY OFFICER. REACHES TAMPA WITH PRISONER IN CHARGE; COMING OVER ON GOVERNOR COBB Sheriff Cleveland Niles has ar-| rived in Tampa from New York | and will come to Key West on the/| today as a suspect in the $75,000 jewel robbery here Monday. He admitted to the police he had knowledge of crime conditions in Chicago, which would be beneficial to the district attorney there. “Do you mean the murder of Assistant District Attorney McSwiggen?” he was asked by. the police. “Well, Chicago’s district attorney will know what I mean,” ‘was the reply. ROBBERS ENTER NO TRACE IS FOUND OF According to William Wade! In the first place the City Coun- Hampton and Fred J. Hampton, | ci] is not opposed to the operation attorneys of this city, the amount | of the forcelosure decree is slight-| tric Company. ly less than $800,000. The decree; The City Council does oppose was issued at the request of the| the abandonment of the electric New York Guaranty Trust Com-| street railway for the following pany for the bondholders, | reason, namely, in the year 1898 While the decree is for approx-| the Key West Electric Company | imately $800,000 but this not giv-| obtained from the City of Key en_as the value of the property.| West an extension of its light and The route of the Tampa and railway franchises for a period of of busses by the Key West Elec-! its rate at a fair price. This can be accomplished by a proper ap- | praisal of the Company’s invest- \ment and an audit of its opera- tions. The Ci y Couneil is not seeking \ for the City the right to fix the | Company’s rates, but is endeavor- ing to obtain from the Company | the right to have such rates fixed | by competent disinterested au‘hor- ity. In fact, the Council has no plain boards, crossed between the they knew in a, happier day, and vosts and fitted with ton and bot- tom rails as wide as the boards that made up the crosses. looking, see the friendly gleam of Minot’s Light, “One-Four-Three,” of which. when “Tom's” danghter These fences were kept im-|was married, the financier who was maculate with whitewnsh: thevivery much of an anthor wrote a were almost smothered in elorions | nuptial room. The burden of thie crimeon rembler roses which mode was: “One-Four-Three. | Llove- a. riot of color in summer; the | you.” Jacksonville railroad is from Sampson City io Fairchild and it) | is said it passes through cne of the > richest agricultural sections of the | GROOMS HOME state. This route runs through! f Gainesville and Micanopy and} Emathla, At Sampson City the} T, and J. is connected with the: r, THIEF UP TO PRESENT | TIME | | P. & O. steamship Governor Cobb | Friday morning, bringing with him | Lorencio Ortero, alias A.‘ Dice, | colored, who is wanted here on! the charge of double murder, it be- ing alleged that he killed Mercedez | Carmancha and Manuel Jiminez on Whitehead street on the evening! of Saturday, June 26. | The fugitive slipped aboard the} steamship San Jacinto here two days after the killing, was cap- tured aboardship in -response to radiogram from Sheriff Niles and | was turned over to New York au-| thorities when the vessel. arrived there the following Friday. morn-| ing. Sheriff Niles left here on Sunday, July 11, to bring the prisoner back to Key West. The sheriff was accompanied on his frip. to New York by his brother, Nathan Ni eee MONROE THEATRE TODAY—"“Tom Tyler.” Vaudeville. Also STRAND THEATRE TODAY—“The Exquisite Sin- ner.” Comedy—“Wages of Tin.” TOMORROW — “Seven Days.” Also “Fighting Hearts,” No. 4. SAN CARLOS TODAY AND TOMORROW- “Bad Company.” Comedy— Charley, My Boy.” Also Musical Comedy. silverware, No trace has yet been found of | the thieves who ransacked and robbed the home of Bascom Grooms, 803 Washington street, last Sunday while the family was away, Mr. Grooms says the robbers entered the house through a small bathroom window and ransacked the home from one end to the other, scattering over the floor the contents of every drawer, trunk and clothes closet in the house. Among the articles missing are numerous pieces of valuable jewelry, including a ladies’ gold jwatch, a crescent pin set in sap- |phire and pearls, two necklaces, two gold vest watch chains, sev- eral children’s pins, buttons and expensive stick pins. A, Colt’s automatic revolver also was stolen. An unusually valuable watch belonging to Mr. Grooms, a believed to have been 80 reported to the poli found in the stuff swept up from the floor, wrapped in a hand kerchief. Tt was also lucky for Mr. and Mrs. Grooms that th at $600 n stored aw the home of * mother, RK. e, was later valued $700, Mrs. GIVEABLE GIFTS New KEY WEST DRUG CO. See Our Fleming Street Window Southern and Seaboard railways. It is tentatively planned to re-| habilitate the line afier its sale and extend the tracks to Ocala in the center of the cucumber and other vegetable district as well as citrus section The Guaranty Trust Company of New York is expected to pur- chase the road and then sell it to the Seaboard by arrangements al- ready mapped out, according to! authoritative information. RECORD FOR QUICK ACTION BY, TARPON SPRINGS COMPANY (By Axsociated Press) TARPON SPRINGS, Fla., July 21.—A record for quick action was demonstrated by the J.B. Mc- Crary Engineering Company here. The Board of City Commissioners ordered the extension of Pinellas avenue one block. The engineer- ing company, which is doing mach street paving here, was low bid- der. Eighteen hours after the work was ordered the contractor had trucks and laborers on the grad. ing. The street is in the center of the business district, and the cut ¢ will do mach to relieve traffi ostion. “BAD COMPANY” You are judged by the com fou keep. See “Bad Comp tin play of the silver Alsi audeville and comedy specialties. SAN CARLOS THEATRE TODAY AND TOMORROW creen musical ninety-nine yeats from the year! definite information as to whether j ch'se: 1898. The consideration for this extension is stated in said exten- sion to be “in cons'deration of the benefits to be derived by the City of Key West from the establis and operation of an electric in said City ****”. Now if the Key West Electric Company has deprived the City of the con- sideration which it gave for said extension by discontinuing its elec- trie street railway, then the citi- are entitled to ‘be compensated in some manner for such loss. It will be remembered that the on /of franchise was for y-nine years. The follow'ng year the S.ate Legislature wisely enacted a law prohibiting the granting of any franchise for a period of longer than thirty years. Unfortunately the original fran- granted failed to reserve to the Cily the right to fix a max!- mum rate for the services rend- ered, nor was it provided that any other disinterested authority would have supervision over such rates. Under such circumstances the City Coun of the City of Kye West have been powerless to exam or cause the Key lectrie Company to reduce ng rate which is generally be unjustifiably high. i he Council's terest of the con- desire in th eumers of light and power in the ‘or not the present rates- are ex- cessive but it is generally known ; that such rates are far in excess [of rates in force in other Florida | cities. | The present occasion appears to | be the first opportunity that the | citizens of Key West have had, since the granting of the ninety- nine year extension, in which to} attempt to have their represent-| atives in the Council take action | for their protection in the matter of light and power rates. The City Council does not believe that the ci.izens of this community wish to submit for the next seven- ty-one years to the present powers} held by the Key West Electric} Company after the Company has! violated i‘s franchise agreement by discontinuing its electric street railway if it is now within the/ power of the City to free itself from ill advised provisions of the franchise as set forth above. And j for th's reason the Council has} taken action in the matter end ex- | pects the support of all good think- ing citizens. W. M. ALBURY ® JOSEPH ROBERTS CHAS. H. SMITH PAUL G. ALBURY Councilmen. (Paid Advertisement) BOY SCOUT DANCE Benefit Troop Ne. 1 THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1926 CORAL ISLE CASINO ADMISSION FE. ¢. HOTELS MAKING PLANS FOR COMING SEASON Moves Up | ANNOUNCED IN BOOK- | LET ISSUED BY COM- | PANY | The Citizen is in receipt of a letter from an official of the Florida East Coast Hotel Com- pany, subsidiary of the Florida East Coast Railroad, announcing the rates of the hotels making up the chain throughout the state for \the coming season, giving an out- {line of the activities in planning \for the various hostelries, incladed lin which is the magnificent and \palatial Casa Marina situated on south shore. i. \ | The highest priced accommoda- Robert P. Skinner. U.S. consul gen ‘tions of the entire number will eral at Paria, has been nominated by | prevail at the new Breakers which Preaident Coolidge as minister t# will open in Palm Beach in De- Greece. He will succeed Irwin B cember, while a slightly higher LO SER EE TINE | sa sil he: te attack ok Wek Cden ——————Murina, secording to a list of prices published th connection with the operation of the many ARE SHOT TODAY IN CALIFORNIA **« **** hotels situated in various parts of Special rates for the season will be available at both the Breakers —— and the Rovel Poincians. and the BERKELEY, Calif., July 21.—/ publication of rates ix in line with Gee Wong, 70, and Free Gee, 45;|the move of the chamber of com- meree at Palm Beach to swure a laundrymen, were shot, probably weneral rate enerantee that mer he nested in batel rooms, and enh. fatally wounded early today by ST ed. wet anle te iellesad tothe alleged highbinder Teng man who tins, but also in chamber nubilier-; excaped. (Continued on Page Five) ‘PREVAILING RATES ARE| today. The dead include three white miners and six-negro work. ers, seven of the bodies being re- moved soon after the in. Representatives. of ihe United States Bureau of Mines, and atate mining officals, stationed here, hurried to the mine. ‘ Every man in the mine at. the time of the ac- ciden, was. killed. They were working # short night shift. The mine is fully manned by a daylight shift of three hundred and fifty men. Last night the nine men were working an extra shift for special work. If the accident had occurred a few hours earlier or later, officials sad many men would have beer rapped, een | Couple Marry Last Night At Pastoriam of First Baptist Charch Ralph H. Brown, an employee of tha Tilewrter Construction jCompany, ond Mss Gwendoline Esmedell Burgon were united in marriage at 7:30 o'clock leat eve- ning at the pastorium of the First Baptist church in this city, with the pastor, Rev. W. K. E. James, officiating. Only close relatives of the contracting parties witness- jed the pretty nuptial event. | The bride was beautifully gown- jed and carried a lovely bouquet of white roses and lace ferns She jis the daughter of Mra. Catherine |Logan, 1 Rose Lane. | Friends of these popular young people will be pleased to know that j they will reside in Key West, making their home for the present with the bride's mother at 1 Rese | Lane. i '| “SEVEN DAYS” If you wast to kaow whet can really transpire in one week, |] fest see “Seven Days,” the feature sttraction for tomer j[ tem: Thi le am Al Christie |] Rich. You will Tike i. || STRAND THEATRE ; TOMORROW Festere Comedy with Lillien| =