The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 31, 1926, Page 4

_AGE FOUR KEY WEST CITIZEN THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING Co. L. P. ARTMAN, President. IRA J. MOON, Business Manager. sutered » Key West, Florida. as second class matter Member of the Ansociated Press The Asscciated Press is exclusively entitled to use for repul-lication of all news dispatches credited to "iber ~.t otherwise credited in this paper and also _ the lorat news published here, a a SUBSCKIPTION RATES One® Year. Kix Months. Three Months. ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. Cards of tnanks, resolutions of respect and obituary actices other than those which the paper may matter of news, wili be charged for at the rat tents a line. «Notice of church and society and all other enter- ainments from which a revenue {s to be derived will wgbarged for at the rate of 5 cents a line. Citizen is an open forum and invites discussion t jie Issues and subjects of local or general inter- 3 ut it will not publish anonymous communica- is. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST - ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Road to the Mainland, Comprehensive City Plan. Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion. ee Some popular song hits make us want to s‘rike out the singer. ‘ When did anybody ever see you at Sunday ‘School or church? y | , “The lawyer’s best friend is the fellow who thinks he can make out his own will. A man who keeps his .nose to the grindstone eldom turns it up at his neighbors. “We follow the banker’s advice to “pay by ‘check;” but we prefer to receive in cash. ee A nice new game for elderly people is trying remember the original names of the new songs. Two canoe paddling champions were married Toronto, and their experience will come in handy. . ; Possibly that row over Sunday closing at the jui-Centennial was staged by the publicity de- partment. : Dumb Dora thinks Ethy| Gasoline must be Quite’a vamp, considering how many have gone joony over her. ‘ eeU se trcchtomonrina° When six boys applied for a job as plumber’s appreniice, the one who forgot his letters of recom- nendation got it. ‘ | Strangers will find a cordial Christian welcome @t any of the church servicse in Key West on the Sabbath day—and more Key West people would do well to attend divine services somewhere every Sunday. A GRUESOME HOBBY Most persons have a hobby of some sort, but the strangest that has come to our attention is that of Phil Hana, a farmer of White county, Illinois, whose hobby is hanging people. According to a writer fm Grit, Hana has hanged 51 men within the past 30 years. Strange to say, Hana is said to be a very hu- mane man; in fact, he declares that he hangs peo- ple “out of a humanitarian interest and a desire to help shériffs who have no experience.” He has & horror that some nervons sheriff might bungle a hanging’ job and cause the condemned man needless suffering. . Therefore, when he hears of a man condemned to be hanged he offers his expert services to the sheriff concerned without a fee, frequently even paying his own expenses to the place of execution. It is said thet he has performed this service for sher- iffs in Miinois, Missouri, Indiana, and Arkansas. Hana has a complete hangman's outfit with the exceptian of the gallows itself, including ropes, black céps, and straps to bind the condemned man’s | arms atd legs, which he carries with him on his en- | gagements. He says thet he arranges all details | , 80 carefully that death is almost instantaneous, As}souvenirs of his gruesome hobby Hana has | newspaper clippings telling the story of each exe- eution at which he officiated, and other relics. made to! carry out these threats, and he says these letiers never worry him. Revolting as Hana’s hobby appears at first | glance, it may be a commendable one after all. If he has reaily saved condemned wretches from pro- | longed agony, who can say that he has not per- | formed @ humanitarian service? | every expedient to keep out, except the very ob- He | also had,a large collection of “black hand” letters | threatening to kill him, to dynamite his home, and | to kidnap his family, but no attempts have ever been | | cent war, the public will benefit in any ways. vthe federal government did not coilect any con- THE ABRAM WOLKOWSKY CASE The fact that Abram Wolkowsky. reputed to | be one of the wealthiest men. in Key West; who made his money here in a manner that is: quite well known, owner of a number of old shacks at the corner of Duval and Greene streets, was arrested this week, tried in the city court and fined $25 for persisiently refusing to comply with the: building laws of the city, is a distinct compliment to the police force, the city building inspector and the municipal judge. The Citizen gave this story prominence on the front page yesterday, because it isa most sign‘fi- cant news item, and is backed. by the records in the office of the chief of police and of the city couri. Abram’ Wolkowsky had started workmen on the job of placing some kind of strip roofing over the old shingled top of the old ramshackle, hen- coop looking excuse for a structure at the corner of Duval and Green, directly opposite the Victoria Cafe. Policemen stopped the work because no per- mit had been issued by the building inspector. As soon as the police officers left the scene, ihe work was started again, the evidence showed, and there was nothing left to do but arrest Abram Wolkows- ky. After being fined in Court, he ‘hen took out a conditional permit, and went ahead with the work. If this had been due to ignorance on the part of Abram Wolkowsky, or if he had been too poor to pay the insignificant fee for issuing the permit, the case would have assumed an entirely ‘d'fferent aspect. But it is well known that at frequent in- tervals in the past he has by one ruse or ano.her overridden the building regulations of the city in patching up his old shacks, even sometimes having the work done at night time. But, in the language of the cartoonist, ‘Them Days Are Gone Forever” in Key West. It was the admirable spirit of progress that prompted the building inspector, the police officers and the mun- icipal judge to arraign and fine Abram Wolkowsky, who so boldly manifes‘ed an utter absence of civic pride in his efforts to patch up that old eye- sore, that nuisance and firetrap of his at the cor- ner of Greene and Duval streets. ‘ Key West musi be an up-to-date city or she had just as well be none at all. tion as this on the part of the city officials bespeaks a spirit of civic pride and progress that will spread in Key West to the ultimate extinction of all the old fashioned ways of doing things here, will create in the poor as well as the rich a greater regard for local laws, and will produce a sentiment that will force others to give up the idea that they can ignore legal authority and do as they please in’ Key West. Such commendable ac- RUSH TO PENITENTIARY An unusual scramble took place in New York siate a few days ago. It was a scramble of crimin- als hastening to plead guilty and get into Sing Sing before the doors closed on the night of June 30. It is said that Warden Lawes kept office hours over- time that night in order to accommodate the late comers. Of course, there was a reason for this mighty ruch. The new Goodrich parole law, which pre- scribes a careful examination into the past life and record of all prisoners before they may be granted a parole, became effective July 1, and al] prisoners received on or after that date are subject to the new law. The wise crooks who knew they were going to be convicted anyway wanted to get in under the old law, which was much more lenient. Courts held extra sessions to receive (heir pleas of guilty, and fast transportation by train, bus and automobile was arranged by friends of the criminals in order to get them behind the prison walls in time. Heretofore paroles have been granted with lit- tle attempt to investigate the record of the appli- eant. As many as 70 cases were disposed of in a three-hour session of the parole board. Public opinion finally asserted itself through. passage of he new law. Consequently Sing Sing has many new faces But the rush is over. Instead of fight- ing to get in, the criminals will now fight harder than ever to keep out. just now. In fact, they will employ vious one of behaving themselves. DEBT REDUCTION The public debt, according to recent figures, has been reduced about $5,842,000,000 since July 1920. There are some who do not see that this rapid rate of payment is helping out the common people very much. They argue thaf if the debt were all paid off, the people who would benfit woul be principally the rich folks who aré now paying heayy income taxes. Yet when that debt is paid off, ‘or somewhere near so, and these wealthy people are mostly re- lieved from federal taxation on account of the re- | If | siderable sum of money from them, they would no | doubt consent to pay more to municipal and state governments, and te give more to philanthropy, for public causes that so greatly need assistance. | jcan tell, jand irregular secretions warn me !derson, jteed to ilittle. Sold everywhere. Key West THE KEY WEST ‘CITIZEN Ore It’s Funny She Can’t Get Anything Done Without Being Bossed POCOOO SOOO CEOSSOSOOESOTHOSOOESOOEOSOD SHOOT OHOOOLOSOSSSSSSOSOSSHOS~ 3008008 \ BY CHARLES P. STEWART | NEA Service Writer ASHINGTON—No wonder the government finds a nationally owned merchant marine un- profitante If une of the Shipping Board's lines ts uperating at a hopeless loss, the tuard bangs onto tt and keeps the ships cunning. the government pony- ing up the awney to meet the deficit. tt » tine’ts paying, the board im- mediately becomes anxious to sell it as suon ay it can, for pretty much anything it can get tr + tine tooke as if tt might pay vefore ieng, the board wants to sell that toy and ts willing to make the terms sv reasonable that the pur- chaser wil} find the transaction @ vaying one in the tong run, even tf t dows take him a few months to be- in quaking a margin of profit. Unbusinesslike A dustness man who sold all his iividend-paying stocks far below her market value and hoarded those 2 which he was being regularly assessed would hardly expect to grow etch However such is the government's policy with its merchant ships. The explanation. of course, is that President Coolidge represents a whool ut thought which holds that 4 government should engage in no commercial ventures, or béing 80 en- gaged. should get out of tt as speedi- ly as possible and at almost any ‘ost It simply cannot sel) vessels that vromise ( cost @ private company Money vv operate, even as a gift. It stands some chance of disposing at Unes which‘pay or promise to pay suum but prospective. purchasers, aware now desperately anxious it is co sett are more moderate in their dias New to Them Tht poncy of Keeping what te worse han worthless and getting rid. at a sacrifice, of what yields Qandsome returns, ts oné which the president nas had some difficulty in stilling into the minds of the men H I | | | i 1 i | at the head of the governmentaly | owned merchant marine The Shipping Board balked at first. Finally, however, by appointing few and more manageable members, | when old members’ terms expired, he got a working majority on the board, with Chairman T. V. O'Connor at its head. i Vice-Chairman Plummer and Ad- miral Bensun, minority members, continue to protest with all their might. out are voted down now, every ume. | WHEN THE OLD BACK ACHES! Just how hard it is for a man (or a women, either) with an ach- ing back to nerve himself up to his task, no one but the sufferer “When my back hurts of coming trouble, I take Foley Pills, a diuretic stimulant for the téineys. They give me quick re- ults.” Ask Wm. F. Lagle, An- Ind., 402 W. 21st Stj bout Foley Pills. They are a re- able valuable medicine, guaran- give satisfaction. Cost Drug Co. julyl-im FOR RENT Lower floor concrete build- ing, Caroline and Duval Streets; 00 per month. C. N. RECIO, Owner. | word? stentorian; exteremely loud.} DAILY LESSONS IN | ENGLISH By W. L. GORDON eeccevecescossocorccooes Words often misused: Don’t say , “midn'ght yesterday” or “midnight | last night.” Say “last midnight.” | Ofien mispronounced: consum-} mate. Accent on first syllable is preferred. Often misspelled. holiday; one 1. ' A Synonyms: arise, rise, ascend, | ‘s3ae; flow. emanate. oe {Wot study: “Useai word three tintes and it is yours? Aet-using crease cur vocabulary by master- ing one word each day. Today’s “He raised his s.entorian voice in| command.” #5 Ceccccccccovvccenccccecs, LOOK AND LEARN By A. C. GORDON Seeerecesccccnnccosccee 1. Where did General Lee sur- render his army to close the Civil War? 2. What city in the U. S. the seat of the silk trade? 3. ‘What famous king of his- tory w assurnamed the “Lion-! Heart’’? H 4. What kind of ba‘s settle on the backs of horses and cattles and suck blood? 5. Who was the first success- ful postmaster-general of the U. 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