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

Associated Press Day Wire Service VOLUME XLVII. No. 179. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1926. EIGHT KILLED IN S TROPICAL STORM ATTAINS WIND VELOCITY OF A HUNDRED MILES ITALIAN "STEAMER IN| DISTRESS TOWED TO, PORT; MUCH DAM- AGE TO SHIPPING The tropical storm whcih swept | the east Florida coast during the past several days, causing con- siderable damage at Miami, Palm Beach and many other sections, is bs mow central southwest of Macon,) Ga., apparently moving in a north- if ward direction, diminishing in Ine} ‘ tensity, according to reports issued | by the weather bureau today. The disturbance caused con- siderable damage at Fort Pierce | where the wind attained a velo-! city of 90 miles an hour, unroof- | ing many buildings, smashing win- dows and flooding homes and | business places, with the amount | of damage ‘being placed at ap- \ proximately a half million dollars. At Jupiter, where the cane hovered around for some} time was experienced a 100- ‘mile an hour wind, which resulted | in larger number. of vessels. inte that vicinity being: wrecked, ‘while “'Sure—I'm no'Jily,"ysnid Gol. Ned | M. Green (above), federal prohi- hurri- many were torn loose from their | bition chief for northern Califor- | ton. moorings and blown out to sea: | nia and Nevada, when asked if it The Italian which was reported in distress, has been towed to port, according to advices received from ships stand- ing by the steamer during the | time that the vessel was reported | rudderless and in a sinking con- dition. The storm spent most its fury yesterday between afternoon steamer Gregorio, | were true that he had drunk a large quantity of the liquor his raiders seized Accordingly he | has been suspended, and U. S. Dis- trict Attorney George Hatfield {below) will present the facts to a grand jury. ‘AUTOMOBILES — -—INCOLLISION ACCIDENT HAPPENS AT COR- Titusville and Jacksonville, slow-| ly moving in a northwestward di- rection, reaching the Georgia coast early this morning. Wire many points north of Miami is still badly crippled, with a large force engaged in the work of mak- fing necessary repairs for the re- astablishment of communication along the route affected by the} communication along heavy winds experienced during | the past several days. ida East Coast Railway were af- ferted by the heavy rains and/ ‘wind, with many trains running | behind schedule, although it is ex-/ pected that within a short time) the service will be fo normal conditions. restored Seeoccedeevevccvesceeees AMUSEMENTS" ee MONROE THEATRE TODAY AND TOMORROW "Thos. Meighan in “The New Klon @ike.” Also vaudeville. SAN CARLOS TODAY “Apache Good comedy. Also comedy and vaudeville. Daneer, musical STRAND THEATRE TOMORROW AND SATURDAY |{, Al Reach Comedy. | “Joanna.” NER OF SOUTH AND WHITE STS. | Two. cars were slightly damaged and no one was hurt in an auto- ; mobile collision at the corner of | South and White streets yester- day. The car driven by Orin De- metritt was turning into White street from South and crashed into the one driven by John Delgado on White. Two weeks ago there was a lerash at this same corner when a{have played. street bus struck a car driven byjlets full of pep and complete, in troducing Several months ago F. C. Brown, | clever entertainers, musical nov: | an engineering officer of the local| ties, song hits, Train schedules along the Flor- | n Noel Solomon. t naval st 1 | Sion at this s ny me point. PASSENGERS LOST ON TWO SCHOONERS Cty Ane Press) SANTO DOMING | Republic, Ju jgers were I fany passen- n the schoon- ers Frenscimy Peacefal and the mission,” | Mac oris bound for the windward lislands bom i Fifty-four bodies were tincinlegy j washing ashore at § | were a storm. | SERPENTINE DANCE | —AT— | CORAL ISLE CASINO | | TONITE AT 9 P.M. ADMISSION, $1.50 LADIES FREE ' ' IMMENSE CARGO OF CAPTURED LIQUOR a TO WASHINGTON FORTY " BARRELS OF | WET GOODS ARE TAK- EN OUT OF CUSTOMS | VAULTS The forty™barrels of fourteen- year-old whiskey that have been stored in the customs service vaults in Key West for the past | four years is being shipped today to Washington, D. C., to be used for medical purposes in the gov- ernment hospitals in different parts of the country. This whiskey was said to have been ten years old when seized | here in 1922; which would make it 14 years old at the present | time, and its value is conservative- ly estimated at $120,000. It was captured in a freight car from Cuba ~ supposed to contain 160 barrels of molasses, but it was dis- covered by customs inspectors that 40 of the barrels contained fine whiskey. Major General Ireland learned that. this liquor is of unusually } fine*quality’and high in proof, so | “ the. much needed auxiliary and get | hepetitioned for the -entire quan- tity, to,be appropriated. fo gov- it hospital use. He desig- nated bi. Ernest E. Thompson, U. th to. have charge of the ion of the Rete from Key ran to Washing- NEW COMPANY OF PLAYERS FOR MONROE THEATRE HIGH CLASS ATTRACTION BOOKED FOR POPULAR THEATRE BEGINNING MON- DAY EVENING The management of, Monroe Theatre ‘announces a high-grade attraction in the Prather’s Honey- | moon Limited Company, a well | known company of sixteen players | to open at the Monroe next Mon- | day evening for an engagement of two weeks, Manager Fleitas says the artists | composing this excellent company | have proven their popularity by | { rebooking in every city where they They present: play. their during plays} Charleston step figured in a colli-!pers and a pretty: chorus of fast | stepping beauties. The Honeymoon Limited play- ers bring with them elaborate seenery, gorgeous costumes and every accessory necessary for pre- senting their performances in the Daminican |™0st perfect and effective way. “While this new company alone is worth more than the price of Mr. Fleitas stated, “there will be no advance in sunk off Saona/Prices, the same rate of 25c and 35e. will be jintained.”” All those wishing to see a good, {elean attraction should certainly embrace the opportunity of seeing the Limited Company at the Mon- ree Monday. The high-grade of — pictures usually shown at the Monroe will be exhibited in connection with the Honeymoon Limited Com- pany, with ne advance in admis- sien charges, Mr. Fleitas stated. CANNIBALS PUT TODEATH | BRUSSELS — Thirty have been executed in the gian, Congo for disobeying against cannibalism. natives Bel- thet edict ‘MUSICAL PROGRAM |Hespah Pritchard and Mrs. P. D. | Herrick, ukelele accompaniment. | looked doubtful until today when | weather the cutter was ordered to / AT LEGION HOME. | HERE TONIGHT AFFAIR TO TAKE PLACE IN CONNECTION WITH REOR- GANIZATION OF LADIES’ AUXILIARY In connection with the reor- ganizing of the Ladies Auxiliary | of the American Legion, the local |Legion post has arranged a splen- did musical program, including ‘some of the most popular. and |talented musicians and voices. |Delicious light refreshments will also be served and a few dance numbers will be enjoyed after the | refreshments. | | All legionnaires and those jeligible for the legion are urged jto be at the hall by 8 o’clock and |bring their wives, mothers,.daugh- ters and sisters with them. It. is also urged that all bachelor le- gionnaires bring their lady friends with them. Mrs. Bess Chaffin, state president of the Ladies’ Auxiliary, will be here to assist in reorganizing the unit and all who are eligible should make an ef- fort to be tiere. All service ‘or! ex-service men who are eligible to membership in the legion should | join, thereby automatically mak-} ing their lady folks eligible for} the auxiliary. The Legion Auxiliary has often been spoken of (and is without a doubt) the right arm of the le- gion. Nothing of any consequence that. the legion. contemplates can, be successfully carried out with- out the valuable assistance of that unit and the purpose of this ‘get-together” is to reorganize the various legionnaires and thai families better acquainted. The post officers request all gionnaires tow, and be at the hall by. 8 o’clock. The program follows: Opening number—Legion Or- chestra. Vocal Trio—Misses Rebah and Vocal Torano. Instrumental seléction — Miss Claudina Lucignani. Vocal - solo—Mrs. Kitchen. Selections by one man chestra—Joe Mora, Vocal trio—Mrs. Kitchen and: Fay and Lucien Kitchen. Instrumental seléction—Ed Wil- DONATION TO LOCAL SCOUTS ROTARY CLUB MAKES IT POS- SIBLE FOR TROOP 4 TO ENCAMP solo—Mrs. B.} ‘ Eva or- Troop 4, Boy Scouts, can go to eamp this summer, though it the Rotary Club voted to donate 35.00, the balance needed for the trip. The Coast Guard Cutter “Sau-/ kee” was to have taken the boys to camp, but because of the stormy | } remain here to answer distress calls. Efforts are being made to have reduced fares over the P. &) O. for the boys. L. E. Spencer. former a agent of the F. E. C. Railawy was a guest and had some “cross cross- | ings cautiously” literature. { Captain Berry, in response to} an inquiry, said that the Coast; Guard was ready to meet the boot-/ leggers in a baseball game at any time. He said that he much pre- fered to see players throwing out | the bootleggers at first than to} see them being shot at by the | Coast Guard, and “would rather | see them running bases in prefer- ence to running rum.” APACHES Do you know the ways of the wild Apaches of the slums of Paris? If you want to get an in- sight to their workings, see “The | Apache Dancer” at the SAN CARLOS THEATRE TODAY their. post caps] Husband Says > She ‘Wied Gcee | Grange a B This is Mrs. Charles A. Taylor of Los Angeles, whose husband has sued her for divorce, charging, among other things, that she perched in the lap of Red Grange and kissed him. Taylor added that he blamed Grange not et all, as the famous football stat didn’t have a chance to dodge. Mrs. Taylor denies the charges. .... .| gers.on. board, none.of them re- For 47 Years Devoted to the Interests of Key West STORM “REPORT The following information was | given out by the local office of the Weather Bureau, this morn- ing, anent the tropical storm: Advisory—10 a, m.—Southwest storm warnings are now displayed from Jacksonville, Florida to Charleston, S. C., and small craft warnings are displayed north of Charleston to the Virginia Capes. The tropical disturbance is cen- tral southwest of Macon, Ga., and apparently moving northwest or north-northwestward with dimin- ishing intensity. (Signed) BIMINI IS HIT HARD BY STORM PRACTICALLY ALL BUILDINGS ON ISLAND ARE DE- " MOLISHED MITCHELL. (By Associated Press) MIAMI, July 29.—The Miami Daily News today is publishing the first authentic news of the havoc wrought by the tropical hurricane at Bimini upon the arrival here vf the storm-battered yacht Suleita HI, formerly of Brunswick, Ga., whose commander, Captain G. Grey stated that practically all structures on the island were de- molished. The Sulsita J limpde into:port this morning with seventeen passen- ported badly injured from being buffeted about by a hundred-mile an hour wind. Many of them were bruised by TROPICAL DISTURBANCE REACHES GEORGIA ( COAST |IMMENSE "AMOUNT OF DAMAGE REPORTED IN MANY SECTIONS OF FLORIDA (@y Associated Presa) MIAMI, Fla., July 29.—Eight persons are known to have been killed by thie tropical hurricane that struck Nassau on Monday, according to the first direct re- port on storm fatalities received by the Miami Daily News today from Captain McDonald of the steamship Munamar. The mescage obtained convey+ ing the information was received by the Tropical Radio Company from the skipper of the Munamar lying at anchor off Naveau. The greatest amount of damage was reported at Palm Beach and West Palm Beach whore the loss was estimated at a million dollars, A message received from Nas- sau vie. Miami said that damages amounting te five million dollars F.| was euffered when the hurricane hit. Nassau after it came up out of the Caribbean Sea. IMMENSE DAMAGE FROM HURRICANE SAVANNAH, Ge., July 20.— flying cocoanuts which “fell like| High seas and wind of increasing \ of Police S. Mayor S. M. Swar's (above) of Centon, O., has suspended Chief) A. Lengel for 30 days, | charging inefficie: and alleging that he was too familiar with char- acters of the underworld. The, suspension came as a move in the effort to clear up the murder of Don R. Mellett, publisher of the Canton. Daily, News. Haare’ Couiily Board To Open Bids For School Improvements Bids for the construction of a| | kindergarten building, corner Reynolds and South streets, and’ a high school annex to be con- structed at the corner of White and Seminary streets, will be! opened at the regular meeting of |the County Board of Public In-! struction starting at 7:30 o'clock this evening. These, two proposed structures have been long needed in md West and will prove a wonderful benefit to the educational inter- ests of the city and county, is the ‘opinion of instructors and people interested ‘in the .welfare of the} jleeat sehools. hail from trees” into the small har- bor tearing holes in the super- structure of crafts. PRELIMINARY HEARING OF CASE POSTPONED UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING Bayspring Ic Sent To Bahama Waters To Assist Vessels Tug Bayspring, Capt. James, sent yesterday from the local navy yard to render assistance in storm relief in the waters of the Bahamas, arrived at Bimini at 8 o'clock this morning, according to radio reports received from the A. Dice, alias Lorencio Ortego (colored), entered a plea of not guilty when arraigned before Jus- | tice of the Peace Rogelio Gomez vessel at the navy Yard this after- noon. The Bayspring reports the | wireless station at Bimini tem-| porarily out of order and that the Methodist and Episcopal churches and four residences were blown away in Bimini. HOTEL AND BATH HOUSE DESTROYED AT JACKSONVILLE |this morning at 10 o'clock charg- led with killing his former lover, Meresdez Carmancha, and her es- cort, Manuel Jiminez, in this city on the evening of Saturday, June }26. | In the absence of the state at- ltorney, in which capacity Judge J. F. Busto is ¢erving while State \Attorney Arthur Gomez is away, |a motion was made by Judge T. 8. | Caro, counsel for Dice, that the preliminary hearing be postponed (Ny Aanocines Preney until next Tuesday. His request; JACKSONVILLE, July 29.— |was granted by Judge Gomez, and jearly this morning destroyed the ‘the hearing set for Tuesday morn-| Oceanview Hotel and bath house ling at 10 o’clock. at Jacksonville Beach, with the An immense crowd of colored |loss estimated at $100,000. people jammed Judge Gomez’s | The telephone exchange in the court room and crowded the side- | | hotel building was abandoned, and walk in front of the building, \the beach towns are without ser- The money to employ counsel | vice. |for Dice was raised by individual | subscriptions among his colored / TRAIN’ ROBBERS f SECURE BIG LOOT | | ‘ (Mix Ansoclated Preant SALISBURY, Mass., July 29— Train robbers obtained $65,000, in jeash from the baggagemaster of WASHINGTON, July 29:—| the Boston and Maine train et | Courtmartial of twelve enlisted | Salisbury Point station today. ‘coast guardsmen and one non-com- |. The money had-been sent by the | missioned officer on charges of |Federal Reserve Bank to the Po- misconduct were ordered today by | wow River National Bank of | {Captain D. F. A. Decotte, acting Amesbury, and it was reported | | commandant, ‘that three young men appeared in The order was the result of the the baggage car just before the outgrowth of an investigation of {train stopped at the station, andj} \rum-running by guardsmen along | forced the baggage man to throw ithe New Jersey coast. loft the bag Se the money. SHOOTS OFF HER HAND DESPLAINES, _ Finding eat| her father's loaded revolver, 2- and year-old Clara Parish pulled the urned Mrs. Carrie Rice rege aot te both hand was shot OURTMARTIAL FOR. COAST GUARDSMEN | (Ry Associated Preas| ronm) } | HAMMOND, Ind. a for | the kitchen windowy sill, her knocked ovet a pot of coffee | severely: bi ards. | CAT SPILLS THE COFFEE intensity along the Georgie coast early today presaged advent of tropical hurricane which had been thundering up the Florida coast since Monday, and left damage and destructiqn to shippirg, prop- erty, communication and crops, which. may run into millions of | dollars. The weather report last night placed the storm center near the Georria coast about fifty miles |morth of Jacksonville, with, heavy seas rolling in on the highest tides of several years pounding at Soa Island along the lower Georgia and upper Florida cosstline. At B:urewick, Ga., @ wind yelo- city of 40 miles an hour was re- ported, accompanied by a driving rain. Sudden squalls and torrential rains deluged Savannah with five inches of rain last night. - Trees were uprooted on St. Simons Island and foundations of several cottages were wrecked in the meantime, Florida took « toll of destruction caused by three days ravaging of the hurricane, with property damage running into the millions. THE NEW KLONDIKE