The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 3, 1926, Page 1

Service VOLUME XLVI. No. 182. IN ECONOMIC SURVEY OF STATE PRODUCTS I GTS CHAIRMAN OF FLORIDA COUPLE SHOT RAILROAD COMMIS-: SION MAKES REPORT | ON SUBJECT {By Associnted Press) TALLAHASSEE, Fila., Aug. 3. —R. Hudson Burr, chairman of | the Florida railroad commission, | advised terminal district chairmen | and members of the Florida divi- sion southeast advisory board that | _ gt the last meeting of the Florida "Division Southeast Advisory! Board, held at Sarasota May 15, when all commodities were -e- - leased from embargo, it was de- productive power expressed in! ear loads, which when coinpleted| be broadcasted throughout the United States. * imous vote, Mr. Burr it was decided to ask the department of com- undertake this survey, assistance of members of | _- the Florida division southeast ad- board and American Rail- ‘way Association in the ten termi- nal districts of the state. The department of commerce undertook this work and detailed A. Lane Cricher, with several as- sistants, to make the survey in ‘eo-operation with the Florida division southeast advisory board end American Ra'jway associa- Much time has been spent end a great deal of progress has been made, according to Mr. Burr, ‘Who said, however that it is very disappointing that there is a seem- lack of enthusiastic support this undertaking. He said. he that the people of Florida Det -yet-feully- -reatived the importance, of this survey, will be a splendid advertise- the outside world, and in ion. will present a picture to state’s transportation lines of carload movement that they be called upon to handle for et least twelve months period, ens on be of value in pre- congestion and possible embargoes. \ ing of felt had i nit Lack of Interest Mr. Burr said he was especially Pensacola terminal districts gen- erally speaking, and that unless a spirit of cooperation ip the pro- feeution of this work’ is shown, there ic a possibility of these two terminal districts, reaching from Lake City west to the Alabama | line, being left out of the report, ®s it would be unwise to pubdlish pertial figures for any particular section of the state. He expressed hope that not’ only the people of the entire state but of these two districts will awaken to the im- portance of the survey and lend their enthusiastic cooperative sup- port to the field agents of the U. 5. department of commerce and | the Car Service agents of the Am- ericen Railway association, who! are detailed to make the survey. | It was first believed the survey | would be completed and reports made at a meeting to be held in ‘Tampa Sept. 7, but Mr. Burr said he now feared the work will only be partially completed at that t | Associated Press Day Wire | ty officials as Mrs. Mamie King OF EMBARGO TO DEATH ON SLAYERS HOTLY PURSUE AU- TOMOBILE KILLING OCCU- PANTS AS CAR PULLS INTO SIDE ROADWAY ~ | (By Associated ress) CINCINNATI, Aug. 3.—A wo- man identified by.Clermont Coun- of Chilo, O., and an unidentified man: about 30 years of age, were | shot to death by occupants of an) automobile that pursued another in which they were riding on the Atlantic and Pacific Highway near Chilo late last night. Seeking escape from their pur- suers, the couple had turned into a driveway at the home of Joseph L. Broadwell, farmer, according to a message received here. The other machine came alongside, and | a volley of shots was fired. Awakened by the noise, Broad- well looked out in time to see the slayers in the machine speeding away in a northerly direction. y SINGLE BULLET ENDS HIS LIFE CINCINNATI, Aug. 8.—A sin- gle bullet left in the pistol which authorities claim was used in the midnight slaying of Otto Itin, 19, and Mamie . King Metzger, 30, twice a divorcee, today ended the life of Raymond Ross, farmer of | Felicity, Ohio, 25 years old, just as he was aboyt to be arrested for the dual murder. Ross, suitor for the affections} of Mrs. Metzger, shot himself) through the head as Sheriff Fred | Crosswell of Clermont County and Marshal B. Edward Colvin of Fe- licity, approached his house, DEMOCRATS IN VIRGINIA HOLD ELECTION TODAY CONTEST CONDUCTED FoR| NOMINATION OF CONGRES-! SIONAL CANDIDATES; ONLY | ONE OPPOSITION : | } (Ny Axsocinted Prewar RICHMOND, Va., Aug. 3.— Virginian Democrats went to the} OHIO HIGHWAY ecce | Calles government. of Our Lady of Guadelupe, near Mexico City. The Ke KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1926. SC SOOSOOCSOCOEESOOSSESSHOSSOSOOOOOE =F HOSLSHOOOOOOSSOSSOSOOSLIOOOTO9SO00008 Pay Final Visit to Mexican Shrine eece Tihs exclusive picture shows barefooted Mexican pilgrims proceeding on their knees to the shrine The pilgrimage marked the final day of worship at the shrine, which is now closed up as a result of ihe conflict between the Catholic church and the For 47 Years Devoted to the. Interests of Key West Monroe County Commissioners Discuss Bridge Construction Furnished by the Department A CITY PLANNING PRIMER Arranged Especially for The Kev West Citizen From Material of Commerce at Washington By FRANK W. LOVERING What Is City Planning? _ A city plan with its maps and notes is a program for the fu- ture physical development of a city, town or village. It repre- sents a joint endeavor of a city government and its ciiizens in pre- paring for their own future needs and for the probable require- ments of their commerce and in- dustries. A ciiy or town is a place in which to live, to work, to play, and should be planned sys- | tematically with these ends in mind, just as the location of buildings on a factory. site is care- fully determined. In any community the govern- ment, which means the citizens within the town limits, controls NEGRO PRISONER ARRAIGNED FOR HEARING TODAY DICE, CHARGED WITH MUR- DER, IS HEARD ON SINGLE CHARGE; OTHER CASE TO BE TAKEN UP TOMORROW re A. Dice, alas Lorencio Ortego, recently brought back from» New York and now being held in jail charged with double murder, was given a. preliminary hearing be- fore Justice of the Peace Rogelio Gomez at 10 o’clock this morning, at which iime only the prisoner’s - alleged connection with the death }of Manuel Jiminez was investi-| gated. Judge Gomez will reserve |his judgment until after the hear- ing in the other case against Dice. On the charge of killing his former sweeiheart, Mercedes Car- mancha, Dice will be given a hear- ing tomorrow morning at 10 o’- clock before Judge Gomez. The court will be held in the county. court house tomorrow morning, to accomodate the large crowd. that will attend. Attorney T, S. Caro is repre- senting the defendant and J. F. Busto, Esq., is attorney for the state, in the absence of State At- torney Arthur Gomez. It is un- derstood that an effort will be polls today to nominate congres- sional candidates with interest at | low ebb in all districts due to the | lack of contests in for ten mem- | bers of the House of Representa-| tives, all.of whom are Democrats | seeking re-election. | There is only one taking part in | the primary that has opposition. CALHOUN COUNTY FIXES BUDGET } (By Ansoctated Preas) | BLOUNTSTOWN, Fia.. Aug. 3.) time. He said it was undesirable that it should be delayed much} longer than that because shortly | thereafter the winter business will | he started in Florida, and the in-| formation resultant from the sur-| Wey should be in the hands of} transportation lines and be broad-/ easted through the country. He! suid the work cost the state noth-| ime more than cooperation of} concerns and individuals | in giving the information to those | #eing the work. { AMUSEMENT Seesecccesvesecessoocs MONROE THEATRE TODAY—Patsy Ruth Miller in “Heil-Bent Fer Heaven.” Comedy —“Dancing Daddies.” SAN CARLOS TODAY—“The Diamond Ban- ait.” Also vaudeville. i —The coming year will cost the} people of Calhoun county who are | of voting age, more than $75,000, | according to the adopted budget. | The board of commissioners held several sessions before they final- ly passed the budget and no pro- tests were reported. MASONIC NOTICE The regular meeting of Dade Lodge No. 14 will be held Wednes-| day evening, Aug. 4, at 8 P. M.| Work in the E. A. Degree. resident and visiting brothers in- vited to aitend. By order of the W. M. J. J. TREVOR, Soc. EXCITING See “The Diamond Bandit,” a story of the old west, Also vaude- Ville and musical comedy special- ‘SAN CARLOS THEATRE «. TODAY bond following h's hearings. The crime charged against Dice is that he shot and killed his for- mer lover and her escort as they were walking along Whitehead street on the night of June 26. TWO BOYS BURNED preliminary TO DEATH TODAY | (By Ansocinted: Peens) LOS ANGELES, Calif., Aug. 3. —Two boys were burned to death, and a woman and two children were injured early today when a! still exploded in a private resi- dence in which they were sleep- ing. The house was destroyed. The dead are Sam Manchillas, 19, and Joe Leonza, 18. |BANK ROBBERY TODAY} \NEAR JACKSONVILLE | (Ry Associated Preas) JACKSONVILLE, Aug. 3.— All The Bank of Watertown, a small, community sixty miles west of Jacksonville was robbed this morn- | * ing by two bandits who after scooping up all of the currency in sight amounting to several thou- sand dollars, fled in a light tour- ing car toward Jacksonville. PEER A DECORATOR LONDON—Lord Latham has pened an establishment for in- terior decorating. made to have Dice released on} INVESTIGATION RESUMED IN. ILLINOIS CAMPAIGN FUNDS ENDEAVOR TO ASCER- TAIN WHAT BECAME | OF MILLION DOLLAR APPROPRIATION | ! (hy Axsocinted Perens) CHICAGO, Aug: 3.—Investiga- tion of the Illinois Senatorial. pri- mary was resumed todey by the tee with a view to” develbping more details of what begame of. nearly a million dollars which evi- dence during the first week of the inquiry showed was raised for sen- ate, state and Cook County tickets. One of the chief things the in- vestigators desired to ascertain, was the full extent of contribu- tions to various political organiza- Insull of Chicago, public utilities executive. MIAMI COMPANY DEBARRED FROM USE OF MAILS FLORIDA CITIES FINANCE COMPANY AND REALTY FIRM ARE CHARGED WITH FRAUDULENT ACTIVITIES tions made by Samuel | WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.—The | Florida Cities Finance Company of Miami and Fulford, and the Southern States Realty Company jof Miami, and their officers and agents were debarred from use of the mails today by a fraud order issued by Postmaster General New. They are charged with conduct- ing a scheme for obtaining money through the mails by means of |false and fraudulent pretenses. DIPPING VATS FOR SEVERAL COUNTIES | y Ansoctn! (n TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Aug. 3. j—-The state sanitary livestock board announced the completion fa dipping vat in Jefferson county and the beginning of con- ruction on vats in other coun- ties. The work is under the gen- eral supervision of Dr. J. J. Vara, with J. C. Jeter in charge of Waukaila county, J. W. Carlton, Jefferson; R. B. Thompson, Madi- son and Hamilton counties. Dr. Vara announced the begin- ning of the work after a confer- ence with Dr. Sims J. Horne, fed- eral inspector, and Dr. J. V. Knapp, state veterinarian. Press) Senate CampstentFurids Commil-| so much land in streets and pub- lic places, usually from 25 to 40 per cent of the total area, that it holds ithe key to the situation. Since in the United States many communities double their population every twenty or thirty years, the local authorities, through their control of newly de- veloping sections, can largely de- - Midnight Ride of Mrs. Hall 060000 000020000080000008 conditions that affect not only tions. Every town has a plan, whether it has been put on paper to ex- termine, for good or for bad, the} the present but coming genera-| |get themselves into all sorts of unnecessary tangles. This happens because to no one is assigned the responsibility of looking around, or ahead, when a street is extended, or cut off, or when blocks aré built up one af- ter another with no space left for parks and playgrounds. Housing developments fre- quently spring up near the rail- roads that in qa few years could have been used far better for the expanding needs of industry. Streets are laid out wiih little or no regard for low cost of con- struction and maintenance, or for economy in grading and other- wise developing lots. Water fronts’ which are worth everything {o a city for parks or boulevards flanked by fine build- ings, are used for junkyards, or for backyards which are little better in appearance, and ravines which would make ideal parks are used for ash dumps. Planning Rests on Legal Basis Every square foot of land with- in a municipality is impressed with legal qualities, which are of- ten more lasting than pavements or buildings or other physical structures. Once a strip of land becomes dedicated to the public as a sireet or park it is likely to press existing or desired _condi- sichs or not. Whether it is good, or bad, sr incomplete, a plan i: |there, just the same. It, is not At the hour of midnight, Mrs. Halt | Possbiley therefore, for a was taken from the handsome nity soars trathfall home in New Brunswick N. J., to| \s noWiteterested in rity planning. obtain anticipating munity well in advance. To be fully effective, it should include a good zoning ordinance to mini- | jurious uses of land. A zoning ordinance, on the oth- {er hand, should always be based on a general city plan if it is to promote sound development and the best interest of the commun- ity. the cell marked by the arrow in he Somerset county jail at Som-; 1s Key West Selling Its Birth- erville. She was released on bond} right? after spending 24 hours in the cell. | Although every ciiy is adjusted ACTIVITIES AT TRAINING CAMP watural features of the land on which it is built, and to the con- venience and need of its citizens, the inhabitants of most cities apparently in wilful perversity, mmu- i j that it! mize conflicting and mutually in-| remain a street or park for cen- turies. Sites. for schools, and other public’ buildings, owned by the city, commonly remain its |property for generations. Pri- vaiely owned land may receive a legal impress of more or less enduring character through limi- tations imposed by a zoning or- dance. The. location of street railways, sewers,, water supply systems, is and electric conduits and overhead wires is based on le- gal sanctions, The ‘legal impress of the gov- ernment on the land within a city |forms the basis of » plan, whose value to the community depends ;mainly on the forethought that | was used in the past, day. by day, and year by year, in assigning le- gal qualities to land. Good and bad decisions become so embodied j by force of law and by physical | works ihat follow, that in many cases it is impractical to alter | somewhat to the topography or|them. Wise decisions now and in| | years to come depend mainly on proper planning, so that each step taken will be in accord with a consistent general scheme. (To be continued) IN PENSACOLA KEY WEST BOYS IN ATTEND- ANCE ASSIGNED TO IM. | PORTANT DUTIES IN MAN- EUVERS CONDUCTED | WORKMAN OF TIDEWAT- | ER COMPANY IS BADLY HURT; MANY OTHERS INJURED According to information ob-| tained in a le ter rec d by The} | Citizen from Fort Barrances, Pen-} | sacola, Fla., three Key West boy | Will Roberts, Leslie Russell and! Rudeph Sands, had the honor to) 4 Tidewater Construction Com- be chosen as members of the crew | ts : of Anti-aircraft Gun No. 1, during| Pay truck and Key West Electric record firing at the C. M. T. C.| Company bus No. 51 crashed in at that pace. | coll'sion on tne county road be- All the other boys from Key) tween 6 and 7 o'clock this morn- West attending the military train-|ing. One of the sixteen men on camp have been assigned to! \he truck, G. F. Middleton, sus- us duties in connection with) tained a badly crushed arm, and e@ maneuvers carried on daily,| all the rest of the men were either « taining excellent records in the| slightly injured or bedly shaken various departments conducted un-/ up, it was stated at the Tidewater der the direction of the govern-| Construction Company office to-| ment official: | day, where it wes also learned BIG BUILDING - PROGRAM PLANNED pital, (Br Aquresened: Fram | Ne one was injured aboard the FLORIDATOWN, Fla., Aug. 3. | bus, and, manager Bascom Grooms, —-A big building program is plan-| of the Key West Electric Com- ned for this place in the immedi-; pany, says the bus driver was com- ate future, including a religious! plimented upon the way be han-! building to care for church con-| dled the bus, and that his cool- ventions. A hotel has just been | ness and good judgment probably completed, along with a resort that prevenied q more serious accident. has jumped into popularity. j | the bus broken and bent. ; ton was sent to Dr. Lowe's hos- BIRD BACK AFTER 7 YEARS MARRIED PICKPOCKETS pues 1 EALING, Eng—Seven years. ST. LOUIS, Mo.—Mr. and Mrs. after a pigeon had been sold by) Thomas Wright were arrested at a J. C. Atterwill the bird returned | carnival for picking pockets. te Atterwill’s loft. | that the front end of the truck} | was smashed and the fenders on/ Middle-} STREET BUS COLLIDES WITH TRUCK ON COUNTY ROAD SEVERE EARTH SEVERAL BRIDGES ARE DAM AGED IN HEAVY TREMORS | | EXPERIENCED | (By Assoctated Press) TOKYO, Aug 3.—An vnusually severe earthquake shook the cits at 6:25 p. m., thus far no real damage has been reported. The quake seems to have af fected the Tokyo district, princi- pally in whieh several bridges wer parily damaged, with numero landslides, with communication also being interrupted. MONROE THEATRE | TONIGHT PATSY RUTH MILLER oe BS SHOCK AT TOKYO PRICE FIVE CENTS COMMUNICATION FROM C. A. P. TURNER IS TAKEN UP AT MEET- “ING HELD MONDAY The Monroe county commission- ers held a special meeting at the county court house yesterday af- ternoon to consider a communica tion from C. A. P. Turner con- cerning his efforts to secure) fi- nancial backing in the matter of financing the construction of the toll bridges for the over-sea high- way from Key West to the main- land. The letter from Mr. Turner to the commissioners is reproduced in full below. The commissioners realize that the letter endeavors to be encouraging in its tone and contents, but they were not en- tirely satisfied because the com- munication contained no positive assurance of finances, The let- ter reads: “Minneapolis, July 28, 1926, “Mr. J. Otto Kirchheiner, “Board of County Commissioners, “Monroe County, Key West, Fla. “Dear Sir: “As regards finance, Mr. Wat- kins expects to have a proposition with a strong firm shortly. Max Mitchell writes: “T-have the maiter under con- sideration by my bankers based on a proposition of guarantee of ‘nterest by Monroe county. TI be- ‘ieve this matter will be concluded shortly and favorably. Ultimate action will be withheld until the referendum vote has been passed.’ joyajian wires as follows: ‘W. A. Harriman interested wheh proposition in conerete form, legislative act passed, consent war department obtained and referen- dum vote taken.’ “We have two other assurances of like character. In addition, I expect by the end of the week to close negotiations with an asso- leiation of contractors capable of handling it and taking their time in negotiating bonds. We are ac- cordingly in this position: “The bank is interested if we have the referendum and govern- ment approval. We can furnish them the legislative act which Mr. Malone has provided me with copies. We can unquestionably satisfy the government and the fi- nal hurdle {s the referendum vote.. Kindly wire me how soon you can get this across and I’am about as ‘rtain as one can be that we can got tha legal matters, incdrpora- ~ wteact and bond cleaned np before the first of November, In the meantime we are not idle. We are studying the erection methods, and enuipment and are doing real ort on *hs job, so thatowhen we do get to work there will be no lost time or delay. “Passing the referendum will able us to secure final figures on materials and start final negotla~ tions for equipment, material; ete. ndoubtedly the delay in hearing from me has been annoying but I jean assure you we have been busy jall the time. It is hard to get the jkind of contractors I want to do business together promptly at the {rush season of the year. “Yours truly, “C. A, P. TURNER.” After carefully considering the jcontents of the above letter, the county commissioners instructed the chairman to send Mr. Turner ithe following telegram: “Key West, Fla., Aug. 2, 1926. >. A. P. Turner, | “Minneapolis, Minn. | “Reference your letter July |twenty-eighth. No positive finen- lcial assurance apparent therein. | Board has pledged itself to call election and it is confidently ba- ieved that same will be favorable. Board will not call election until it has definite assurance that fi- nanees are all arranged for and t 1 { i “Hell-Bent Fer Heaven” |' A terrific story of frozen-heart- ed treachery and awe inspiring, fear-revealing the pite of hell and the pinnacles of heaven in the love-swept souls of men. |e near SNOW BLINDNESS FATAL | INNSBRUCK ~~ Stricken _ by lsnow blindness during a moun- itain climb, George leemer of Ber- jlin stepped off a cliff and was killed.