The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 30, 1926, Page 1

am <= Associated Press Day Wire Service VOLUME XLVII. No, 180. STRUCTURE \FOR KIN- DERGARTEN PUPILS TO BE ON HARRIS SCHOOL GROUNDS CONSIDERS NEW BUILDINGS ‘DEDICATION OF | SALVATION ARMY At a meeting of the county board of public instruction held - last evening bids were opened for| _ the construction of two new school | _ buildings for Key West, which the architects say wil] be strictly mod- ern in every detail of arrangement, } fireproof and attractive in archi- Major Donald McMillan, “divi- Sectoral lines. | sional commander for the Florida Hal Hents and Warren ©. Pow?) nivigion, and Mrs. McMillan will 7 ail, representing ayaa Reid & be in Key Wes! on Saturday and mameee 06 Atlents, the: firm which Sunday, August 14 and 16 to con- prepared the plans and specifica-| 4,0 the dedication service, which ions for the two proposed struct-| i) open the new Salvation Atmy, "ures, met with the school board’ j,.iiging recently erected at 1000 ‘Test night and were present at the) Fleming St. Rev. William H. Nic-| 4 of the bids. holl, pastor of the First Baptist | Several proposals had been re- eee kab salto ty New Jersey, it| will also be present. ceived, und upon being opened it! tiere will be special services wes. found that two local mpnrract- of music and song and everything ' ing firms, the Florida Building’ js being done to°make these serv- Company and the General Con-| ices a time of spiritual blessing to _ struction Company were ihe low- a age of ad tent the Sal, est bidders, and between their to-| Cenrain nbd: Mp cance Nie- "tals for the two structures there | oll, officers in charge of the local} / was a difference of a few thousand} work, say they are very anxious \ dollars. The architecis and mem-| that these services will be a better bers of the school board will hold) means of bringing before the pub: | Ghats Gederibg ut 5:30: tlils ‘af lic the. work of the Salvation Army | | Perea er md t a ete ay and also to get better acquainted | are arrive at a definite un-| with the people who are. helping | » derstanding of nine or ten items! » to be sure that they are included to support this important branch} a ae ae deat cleasty of work which ihe Salvation Army understood. It is expe: that e of the two lowest and the contract be at the meeting tonight. “The specifications indicate that ‘two buildings will be practi proof and as modern as be made. {hg kin. an ae ‘occupy the is grammar end the other will bea et ate dpartment for the Monro> high school jon While street. q The kindergarten building will MAJOR DONALD McMILLAN OF FLORIDA DIVISION TO CON: DUCT SERVICES IN KEY | WEST endeavors to. accomplish. é RGR ESS BEE ENDORSEMENT OF > 1 - GOVERNOR’S STAND | (iy, Associated. Breas) TALLAHASSEE; Fie,, July. 30. —Endorsements of Govetnor ' Martin's stand against the holding up of motorists en the highways of Florida continue to reach the executive office, but they are in-| terspersed with additional com-; plaints against alleged outrages feommitted by supposed officers. eontain four large kindergarten! In the same mail that brought’ ag aan a bye oo and Hag resolution from the» \ Kiwanis facilities, and with a capacity of|Club,° of New Smyrna, in Which fif:y pupils exch. There will also/the governor was commended for $e the usual offices, store rooms, his declaration of “war” against hallways and rooms for the use of |such holdups, came a letter. from teachers. The kindergarten stu-/J, N. Blackwell, a Palatka attor- dents will have their.own separate /ney, who declared that five ne- entrance to the building, their Qwngroes had been detained on aj playgrounds, and will not come in| highway near Lake City by a man contact with the older students, in| with a badge, charged with a the Harris school, at all. jnumber of offenses, including | Tijey cortege building will speeding and reckless driving, and | la $25 bond taken. The negroes, | ogith stucco exterior walls and) Mr, Blackwell wrote, had been| Spanish style roof. All the wit- caught between a number of other | dows will be of metal with cast|cars, and could not have been | og eaagtpapiertagtlad bor speeding or driving recklessly, if | structure, only one story high, and |‘"eY ageean castes nedas Consequently will cost less. The vocational ‘training school proposals |OUTLINES PLANS ON HEADQUARTERS| Insull Says He | 3 | ©08000 0000008 SSSeODOCOOEOOOEOOSOSOOSEOOOOOSOOOOED Gave $158,000 COOOSLOSOSSOSSOOOLOLOLE SLOT EEOOOOOESOOS Samuel Insull, Chicago public utilities magnate, gave $158,000 to the campaigh of Col. Frank Smith in the Illinois Republican senat- orial primary, he told the Senate’s campaign fund ‘investigators when they convened in Chicago. This piciure was taken in the com- mittee room, showing Insull in the foreground with Edward, H. Wright, Negro politician and member of the Illinois commerce. com- |. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1926. For 47 Years Devoted to the ‘Interests of Key West ABRAM WOLKOWSKY DRAWS FINE FOR VIOLATION OF BUILDING RESTRICTIONS COMPLETE WORK N PRC ON-BUILDING ON DUVAL ST. | NEW STRUCTURE - ERECTED BY PEDRO ROMERO; ONE OF | WITH WORK ON STRUCTURE WITHOUT PERMIT i Abram Wolkowsky, who is the owner of a etring of dilapidated shacks fronting on Duval and Greene sireets, principal thorough- MOST. SUBSTANTIAL IN| fares of the downtown. business cITY district, was fined $25 in police i . | court yesterday afternoon as a re- 1 sult of proceeding with repair work on a structure at the corner ij The new store building erected INSISTS ON PROCEEDING| For Canada PRICE FIVE CENTS Nassau’s Entire Sponge Fleet Is Reported Lost In Hurricane ONE HUNDRED AND FIF- TY LIVES TAKEN IN TROPICAL STORM AT BAHAMAS (By Aasocinted. Press) NASSAU, Bahamas, July 30.— Nassau, age old and picturesque capital of the Bahama 'slands, to- day turned aside from its inter- rupted labors to shake off her mantle of debris, uprooted trees and demolished dwellings after the. most ‘destructive hurricane mission, waiting to testify. Musical Program and Refreshments At The Legion Home Tonigh jout over the sidewalk, the roof | |STORM PASSES - INTO ALABAMA HURRICANE BEATS ITSELF ‘our WHILE PASSING Up COAST ake : (By Aasocinted Prens) ATLANTA, July 380.—After lashing the Bahama Islands and the east coast of Florida for. two days, and leaving scores of dead, ahd property damage running into the millions in its wake, the tropi- eal storm last night. passed through Georgia, and early today spent ithe last remnant of its strength in a wnisty rain in Alabama. ‘ROBBERS ARE SHOT IN HOLD-UP TODAY (My Awnocluted Preset NEW YORK, July 30.—Two of three robbers were shot and seri- ously wounded today when they attempted to hold up a govern- ment truck loaded with aleoho! in the Bronx, i j | [REORGANIZATION OF | LADIES’ AUXILIARY; |. LEGIONNAIRES AN Dj LADIES TO ATTEND A splendid musical program*has been arranged in connection ‘with ithe reorganizing of the Lédies’ ‘Auxiliary of the American Legion. This unit is very essential to the welfare of all Legion Posts and ‘all ladies who are eligible should make an effort to be there tonight and join, Mrs. Chaffin will ‘be there and will expect <a large number of eligibles, so the ‘post of- ficers request that all Legionnaires (see to it that their ladies all be ‘present. The post officers also! lrequest that all ladies who have | husbands, brothers, sons or fathers | who are eligible to membership in | the Legion, but do not at present | belong, get behind them and get; them lined up with the post. | An abundance of delicious -re- | freshments will be served and it is urged that all Legionnaires and! their ladies be on hand by 8) 1 by Pedro,Perez Romero, which has been in course of construction for some time on Duval street, is | now completed at a total cost of about $30,000, and is one of the neatest business buildings on this | important thoroughfare. The entire structure is of cream | colored brick lined with dark mor- tar, and a pretty portice extends jof which forms a second story, which is convenient- ly arranged for a residence. There are two large entrances fte.the front of the large store- m on the ground. floor, with ‘windows on all sides of the build- ing for light and ventilation. The structure is one of the most tial buildings in the city. it is just across the street from some home: of ¢ 0 ‘a coffee shop, arid adds materially to the appearance of this section of Duval street. SEES FIANCE DROWN CHICAGO.—Miss Dorothy Clar- en saw her fiance drown when his boat capsized off Jackson Park. of that intersection without having j obtained the “necessary ‘permit from B. Ralph Pinder, city build- ing inspector, for the carrying on of these operations. Mr. Wolkowsky, after having been. warned. by members of the police department, on orders is- sued by the. building inspector, to stop the work in question, pro- ceeded on as usual, after which he was placed under arrest, charged with: making ‘repairs to porch for the | the: buliding without the proper| | permit, and was arraigned before court in the afternoon when the fine. mentiond was imposed by Po- it solig featan @ violation of t fi restrictions. i 4 aN dels dant made an appeal ‘ounall lest night, but fled to take any def- inite .action.in the . matter, still having the: case under ‘considera ter matter ; en thor- oughly deliberated: following the legal opinion of Gity Attorney Lancelot Lester, and other testi- mony in the case. i The ‘building inspector, how- ever, issued'a permit this morning to carry on’ the work, pending the action to be taken by the city council in the matter. ' | CATHOLIC PRIESTS IN MEXICO WITHDRAWING GOVERNMENT’S NEW REGULATION TO BE- COME EFFECTIVE TO-| MORROW (Wy Ansceinted Prvusd MEXICO CITY, July 30.—Cath-| FROM CHURCHES SUMMER SCHOOL CLOSES TODAY |MOST.. SUCCESSFUL TERM REPORTED BY IN. ¢ -|recorded throughout its history. ! This little British settlement, which is the principal city of the | group, ‘suffered the principal damage in the tropical storm which is believed to have claimed the lives of more than 150 per- sons, inflicting private and public losses estimated at $8,000,000, and the sinking or destroying in excess cf 75 boats between Mon- day evening and Tuesday mid- night. Virtually isolated from the out- side world for three days, with a crippled government wireless sta- tion, Nassau received her first This i Sir Henry Lraytoh. who ts suld ty be slated for the position of Canadian epwy to the United States This 1s under # recent British ruling allowing dominions to send thén vwn | representatives ty foreign countries STOKES WILL IS SETTLED’ |RELATIVES OF MRS. STOKES RECEIVE NEWS IN KEY WEST a Relatives of Mrs, W. B.D. Stokes, Jr., in this cityhave been informed that the ‘contest of the will of the late ‘W. E. D: ‘Stokes, \word of outside damage from | nowipaper men arriving in an air- millionaire hotel owner, brought by Mrs. Helen Elwood Stokes, in ata from Miami late Wednes- behalf of her two children who day, and in turn supplied ‘the first word of her own pitiful con- were not mentioned in the will, has finally been settled: ii dition. ' : The greater number of the 150 Under the terms of the settle-| ment W. E..D. Stokes, Jr., who persons judged, to be missing con- was the principal beneficiary of stitute the personnel of the {a- the will, has agreed to turn over | mous Nassau sponge fleet with an to hi half brother and sister one- | third of the estate and a corre-|°Y" Changing group of from 30 sponding interest in properties |to 40 sloops arid small schooners, given him by his father during, the past20 yeare, "This amount | "i" SPehor the! yest sound “be: is unofficially estimated between | Side the submerged banks of ‘the $1,750,000 and $2,500,000. st W. E. D. Stokes, Jr., was mar- ee ee ried in Key West this year to Miss largest isle of the Bahamas. Florence Crittenton, daughter of| The b. “of the late Dr. C. R. ). roving en beter eee for many years rector of St. Paul’s 84 into the sponge area last Fri- Episcopal church in this city. |day, and have not been sighted |sinc> that time by searching ves- TO eeheactes IN | sels nd airplanes which scoured ~ CAMPAIGN FUND |” section from the air. (RY twapelates Srous) CHICAGO, July 30.—Allen F. ee Ee cacand Moore, campaign manager for Frank L. Smith, successful candi- | building to be but in connection! with ‘he Monroe county high school will be a two-story struct- ’ ure, containing on the first floor) ORLANDO, Fla., July 80.—The ROAD BUILDING) The robbers were repulsed by o'clock. Legionnaires are request- ~~ |ermed government employes, and ed to wear their post caps if. they | olics throughout Mexico today of-/ lall were captured when the police have them. If they have no caps, | fered up devotion for the last time \trailed the robbers by following the adjutant has a few on hand | under jeadership of their priests; STRUCTORS a department for chemistry, phy-|Orange county board of commis- sics and general science, also a see-isioners has sold $1,240,000 worth tion for manual training and a mu-|of road bonds for $1,204,911 at #= studio. On ‘his floor will be aj five per cent interest for periods department for home economic) or ten and 18 years. The suc- including housekeeping, cooking, | cessful bidders were The Barnett ‘te, Laboratory space for each of National Bank of Jacksonville, The the departments is provided in the | Florida National Bank of Tackson- | drewing, with provisions for cloak-} ville; The Provident Savings and — offices and modern conyen-/Trast Company of Cincinnati, the aa . |Guaranty Trust Company of Gin-! the serge: orp of this|cinnati and the Brown-Crummer | wetsuit ioe Coa teekern Company of Wichita, Kansas. The - aga RS hires x x jPrice is among the highest ever | s. Inthe rear of the! sitained for five per cent Orange | balcony a moving“ picture booth} county pees will be built for the projection of | . ; Sducazional and athletic’ films.|,, The funds will be used to begin seene of the shooting. |bleodstains into a house near the jor ean get some for those who de-| before the government's new reg- jsire them. KEY WEST LACKS ADVERTISING IN PRICES ON FOOD PRODUCT MANY CARS OPERATE THROUGH STATE (Ry Aaaneli LAKE CITY, Fia., 24-hour ‘eheck of cars passing Press) j July 30.—A The walls will be of brick and tile|*h® construction of the first unit | south of Lake City last week show- ‘with steel trusses, and the floor °F the $7,000,000 road building | .4 2,795 cars passed going north | The Citizen regrets that it is not in position to comply with the request of the Daytona Beach Chamber of Commerce, contained in the following letter, simply be- cause the ‘proprietors of food stores in’Key West do not adver- tise as they do in every other city under the sun. It would be use- will be laid in concrete, while alt /PFoeram. The first unit will: be |and-south. In this number, 21 the window sash will be made of *out 60 miles. | steel, thus making the entire) ee ° Structure practically fire proof. | AMUSEMENTS It is a condition of the contract fo be let this evening that on- peas work on the two build-| eeseecsecccococcccneosocs | must start as soon as possible, ed that the two Sallitags mast MONROE THEATRE be entirely completed within four. TODAY AND TOMORROW— Teonths from daie of starting the |“Joanna.” Al’ Roach Comedy. | work, Also vaudeville. STRAND THEATRE | THRILLS TOMORROW — “The Set-up.” “The Sword of Valor,” the ‘Good comedy. feature picture at the San Carlos | Theatre tonight is choek full of | SAN CARLOS thrills. See this wonderful play; TODAY —- “The Sword of ahd also’ good musical comedy and Valor.” Also musical comedy and vaudeville. yaude states were represented going into Florida and 33 states and Canada were represented going north. A 3-day check made on a Thursday, Friday and Saturday during the latter part of June be-| tween the hours of 8:30 a. m., and 8:30 p. m., showed a total for the three days of 13,080 cars passing through here. » Of this number 38 per cent were going north, 27 per cent south, and the femainder to the east and west. These figures are the result of | a survey made by the Lake City chamber of commerce for ascer- taining the amount of travel into and out of Florida. during the time of year when travel is at a a um. less to send any copy of The Cit- izen since it would contain no ad- vertisements of the nature men- tioned in the letter, which follows: “Daytona Beach, Fla., July 27, 1926. “Key West Citizen, “Key West, Fla. “Gentlemen: To enable us to make a comparison of foods costs in various ciiies in Florida we are} asking you to send us a copy of) | Your paper of this week on the day ou carry the most food advertis- ing. ‘Kindly mark this copy for the jattention of the undersigned. “Yours very truly, “H. F. ELDRIDGE, The summer school, which start- ‘ulation which goes in effect to- ed six weeks ago in the Harris® morrow. i gr ding, t Under instructions from Arch. ® memes See ene, eae ee | bishop Mora y del Rio, the priests |* close at noon today after a most | will withdraw from the churches excellent and satisfactory term. tomorrow in protest against the!The number of students enrolled | government’s. religious measures. ' was 164, and teachers report that |The withdrawal was originally’ z Z planned for Sunday. jthe attendance was surprisingly President Calles in a speech last regular. night declared that the hour for! This is the firet term of these ithe final fight to determine the summer schools to be conducted ‘ triumph of revolutionor reaction|in Monroe county. They are in- | of the struggle, was between light tended to serve a two-fold pur- jand darkness, and said that the pose. Students who failed to pass government would win. \in the final examinations are given \an opportunity to review their | work with careful study until they [ON ARMS SHIPMENT ‘ean gain the required grade. Par- WASHINGTON, July 30—Re- ticularly bright students who want moval of ‘he embargo which pre-|to speed up and go two grades at vents the shipment of arms ate ome term are also afforded the op- Mexico is under consideration | portunity by these brief summer there, and President Coolidge will |school seasions, | be asked to decide whether such | steps shall be taken. | EARTHQUAKE SHOCK 'BETROTHAL OF | ~ ROCKS BUILDINGS | COUPLE ANNOUNCED cnr assortmiea tree) (Ry Asseciatet ress) | CONSIDER EMBARGO | | Islands, July 20.—Many of the LONDON, Joly 30.—Reuter’silargest buildings here were rock- |Geheva correspondent says hejed for several seconds by the learns: from Sofia that the be-lmost violent earth shock today |trothal of King Boris of Bulgariajever felt among the Channel }te Princess Giovanna, the third slands. |daughter of an Italian sovereign,| Several chimneys collapeed, but date in Illinois’ senatorial — pri- mary, decided today to furnish the senate campaign fund commit- tee the names of ail contributors to the Smith- campaign fund. MAKE SEARCH FOR PRINCIPAL IN MURDER CASE (My Asxoeihted Press) CANTON, Ohio, July 30.—A country-wide search was begun today for Patrick Eugene -Me- } | wanted as a principal in the mur- Dermott, 28, of Cleveland, who is ; Cle Anamet Presa) TALLAMASET™, Fla., July 30. |The new dormitory at the Florida | State College for Women, the con- jtract for whieh was awarded some time ago by the State Board of | Control, ig rapidly nearing com- |pletion, according to reports from \the institution. § Roofing for the dormitory was expected to arrive here daily, | with indleations pointing to s | virtual completion of the building |by the time the 1926-27 term opens in September. The dormitory will cost $126,- 000 and will be up-to-date and jmodern in every way. | Exceptional Values Are Offered In Furniture Long’s Furniture Store offers some yery exceptional values in an advertisement elsewhere in this issue. Considering the quality of ‘ the goods offered and terms, you | ST. HELIER, Jersey Channel |¢#"not beat the bargains offered. | Read the advertisement. EXTRA! If you want some real bargains in household articles, read the ad- Hi “Daytona Beach Chamber of Com-|is “considered an accomplished |thus far no casualties have been | ¥ertisement on page 8 of thic insue. merce. ifact.” reported. |lerowded. off.the campus becadse jor limited facilities. Remnant Sale Going On MONROE THEATRE TONIGHT Dorothy Mackail, Jack Mulhall And Edwin Crews tn “JOANNA” See thie remarkable picture, said to have been made under the mest startling difficulties of any movie ever produced. ALSO VAUDEVILLE . LONG'S FURNITURE STORE (|