The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 4, 1926, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service VOLUME XLVIL. No. 183. CAPTAIN WILLIAM SHAW, VETERAN PILOT ON KEY WEST BA FUNERAL SERVICES TO- MORROW AFTERNOON AT ST. PAUL’S EPIS- COPAL CHURCH Capt. William Henry Shaw, familiarly known as “Capt. Bil- lie” Shaw, the oldest member of the Masonic fraternity in Key West, for sixty years a pilot on the Key West bar, an influential member of St. Paul’s Episcopal thurch, died at 6:05 o'clock this morning at his residence, 406 Whitehead street. The funeral will be tomorrow * g a ° & Yr ; é 2 the residence, 406 White- street, to St. Paul’s Episco- Rev. Brookins, rec- Paul’s church, will be iating minister, and in- will be made under the of the Masonic lodges of i ? gt Shaw leaves his wife, Emma Shaw; four daugh- Mrs. John F, Weeks, Savan- Ga.; Mrs. Nellie King, Mi- ; Mrs. J. T. Davidson, Miami; E. Henriquez, Key West; three sons, Stephen S. Shaw, Bos- ton; George E. Shaw, Miami; Harry Shaw, Key West. He is aiso survived by twelve grand- children and 2 great-grandchildren. Mrs. Shaw and six of the chil- dren were at the bedside of Capt. Shaw when he breathed his last. » had to Key West from Boston hope of seeing his father but arrived just five minutes after he passed away. Shaw would have been 84 next December, Manatee, Florida, bat et the age of three ther, whose name William H. Shaw, was the founders of St. Paul’s pal church in this city. Capt. had been a Mason 62 years, was a member of Dade Lodge here. At the age of 17 he became ® licensed sea pilot-and in that capacity saw sixty, years of ser- vice in the waters surrounding Keg West. Coming to Key West eighty years ago, Capt. Shaw found this island in the main a dense forest of tropical trees, and he witness- ed its gradual development into the charming city that it is <oday. He was a young man when the Martello towers were built, and piloted vessels carrying material for the towers into this port. He also aided in laying the founda- tion for the towers in the year 1859, when Abraham Lincoln was president of the United and Jef- ferson Davis was president of the Confederate states of America. Capt. Shaw also helped to build Key West's first famous little rail- road, that operated with locomo- tive and cars between Fort Tay- lor and the towers during their construction period. Fort Taylor having been practically finished} im the year of 1840. | About 35 years ago, during an ‘epidemic of yellow fever, Captain | Shaw was in command of a trim Bittle pilot boat, “ Foam of the/ Sea” operating between Key West and the fumigation station at Dry Tortugas. At this time/| he aided in floating the Carmelita | J the Dry Tortugas harbor and/ her to Key West. The} framework of the Carme-| is a familiar object in the} ‘ey West harbor near Mangrove | today. | With his clean life, regular! bits” and pleasing disposition, | pt. Shaw always had a vivid re-| tion of events in connection! the history of Key West. advanced in years, he} maintained remarkable vitality un- t# about three weeks ago, when he was taken ill, and the patural infirmities of the aged caused his | eendition to grow gradually worse until he passed peacefully away this morning. BEEF F PERCY watSee Charles Ray in this roaring fomedy. Also vaudeville and Musical comedy specialties. SAN CARLOS THEATRE TODAY R, DIES TODAY i pe ee ln ee oe FACES CONTEMPT CITATION This is Thom- as Cunningham, Philadelphia Re- publican boss and “taxicab king.” whom Senator James A. Reed of Missouri says he, will cite for contempt of the Senate. Reed considers un- satisfactory Cun-| | ningham’s _testi- | mony before the Senate primary} CHALLENGED investigation. DENIES STATEMENT ON STOCK ADVANCE (By Aasociated Prous) NEW YORK, Aug. 4.—Thomas Cochran, partner of J. P. Morgas & Company, bound for Europe on the Olympic today, radioed to the Morgan firm in repudiation of an alleged interview in which he was quoted as predicting an advance of 100 points in the General Mo- tors Company stock. MANY LETTERS RECEIVED URGING ELECTION TO DECIDE GUARANTEE He }* MUCH SPECULATION OVER OUTCOME OF ECONOMIC BOYCOTT CALLED IN ALL PARTS OF MEXICO (By Associnted Prensa} ‘ MEXICO CITY, Aug. 4.—The Situation growing out of the new religious regulations seems to have reached a stage of marking time, there being less optimism daily of reaching an immediate settlement of the controversy. The general convietion is that the danger of widespread violence or an armed rebellion has passed, Speculation coupled with uneas- iness exists, however, over the out- come of the economic boycott | called by the National League for | letters, and no mention was made defense of religious liberty in pro- | test against religious regulations. | TWO SHOT IN BOOTLEG WAR KEY WEST, FLORIDA, INDICTMENTS FOR FRAUDIN PRIMARIES FOUR SENTENCED TO JAIL FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT IN COOK COUNTY ELEC- TIONS (Ny Awsociated Press) CHICAGO, Aug. 4.—County Judge Jarseki today sentenced | four precinct judges and clerks of election to jail for six months for contempt of court. The contempt was founded on false returns certified by election officials at the April primaries. Already 151 persons, chiefly | precinct judges and clerks, have been indicted by a special grand jury as the result of frauds in the Cook County primary. | AUTHORITY i CHICAGO, Aug. 4.—For the }second time within a week the Senate Campaign Funds Commit- tee today had its authority chal- lenged, this time it was Samuel Insull, multi-millionaire, and pub- ic utilities executive of Chicago, who decined on advice of counsel | to tell of any contributions in the recent Illinois primary, except those he made for senatorial can- didates. In a statement prepared by his | attorney, Insull declared the com- | mittee without authority to in- quire into anything except sen- atorial campaigns. Harry Boyojain, an enthusiastic -booster of Key West and intense- ly interested in the highway to the mainland, in his usual pro- gressive spirit, had written dozens fat péople tn Moy 'West urging them to-insist upon the county Flappers Held After Killing These two 18-year-old girls are being held in jail at Carlinville, Ill, as a result of the murder of Charles Spotti, proprietor of a soft drink parlor where they were waitresses. Opal Phillips (left) admits firing the shot that killed him, police say, while Cora McNeal (right) is held as 8 material witness against her chum. EXPRESS TRAIN. PLUNGES DOWN STEEP EMBANKMENT eecorereeve Sought . | | THREE MAIL CLERKS OCCUPYING CAR ARE BADLY INJURED DUR- ING WRECK IN MAINE (‘tr Asaectated Press) AUBURN, Me., Aug. 4.—The Bar Harbor Express from Wash- ington and New York parted on a \bridge. structure in the business ‘Aistriet of the city today, and two '| embankment. vf commissioners calling the tefer- endum on the interest guarantee requested by Mr. Turner, aud to siress the importance of having it done as quickly as pozsible. People receiving these commun- ications immediately jump to the conclusion that the letters should be given ‘all publicity possible. Consequenty The Citizen has been beseiged by recipients of hese communications, desiring to have them published. This newspaper has not space available to handle all of them, and for this reason has declined to publish any of | them, These “communications were sent out by Mr. Boyajian with the j best of intentions, prompted by | his usual optimisiic and progres- | sive spirit, and were evidently not | intended for publication, for The Citizen also received one of the | of publishing same. |GENERAL CROWDER LEAVES HOSPITAL HAVANA, Cuba, Aug. 4.— | General E. H. Crowder, who has been in the military hospital ‘for | See eeceeesreceovescseese '“Tramp, Tramp, Tramp.” Comedy Six cate left the rails, but stay- ed erectwhile the locomotive and | express ear remained. on the tracks. Thre¢ ‘clerks in the mail car | which with the baggage car went | Patrick E. McDermott of Cleve-| gown the steep embankment were !and is being sought throughout mee, the United States in connection | the only persons badly injured, with the murder of Don. R. Mel-) with injuries to the: passengers lett, Canton (Ohio) — publ'sher.| Detective Ora Slater, in charge Confined to minor bruises, it. was | of tht investigation, believes Mc-' reported. Dermott’s arrest will clear up the nine. . e | The road bed was torn up for | 800 yards, and the mail clerk was SERIOUS DISORDERS jnearly suffocated when buried REPORTED IN ODESSA under the postal matter as.his car : plunged down the embankment. (Ny Assoctated Press) MOSCOW, Aug. 4.—Special dispatches to the Pravda report OTE serious disorders in Odessa aris- GLASGOW — Swiss manufac- ing from the transfer of several turers have been awarded the churches from the old Orthodox ‘contract for $640,000 worth of church to the new living of ‘the ‘electrical machinery, British bids Red church. being too high. SWISS BEAT BRITISH imore than three weeks, where he BOTH DIE FROM WOUNDS underwent an operation for hernia, | INFLICTED IN LOS jis again at his office in the U. S. } ANGELES HOTEL jing the picture of health, but he tee ails chaica eee’ as the summer business of the Em- LOS ANGELES, Aug. 4.—Two men were shot early today in what police believe was an out- break of bootleggers’ war, A mah identified as D. Munson, was shot and killed almost instantly while ting in the lobby of a fashion-| able residential hotel. Harry Moran, who was talking / to Munson, was also shot, and died two hours later. There were about twenty guests in the lobby when. three men entered and began shooting. General Crowder is occupying | |mort, but he does not say anything | jabout going on a summer vacation, | jat least for the present. | CHEVE’S Special For one week only Chevrolet repairs at these “pre-war” prices. 1. Grinding Valves— Cleaning Carbon $2.75 Adjusting All -Motor Bearings Installing New ton Rings. Complete Oiling and Greasing .75 Evans, personally, will do your job EVANS AUTO CO. Cor. Duval & Olivia Sts. AMUSEMENT eee 2. 78 MONROE THEATRE = TODAY—Harry Langdon 3. Pis- in 4.75 4. —“Dancing Daddies.” Also vaude- ville, SAN CARLOS TODAY — Charles “Perey.” Ray Also vaudeville. | Embassy. The ambassador is look- | | will take things easy for a while |] jbassy will be slack. ih jan apartment at the Sevilla-Bilt- |]) “DEAD MEN PAY NO TAX”. and neither does his widow or the beneficiaries of his estate in Florida But in forty-five sta.es of theUnion, the Dead Man’s absolute rights of disposal are made null and his expressed wishes for- ever silenced; these states first exact their toll from the Dead Man's estate before his beneficiaries receive the pro rata amounts specified by him. TYPICAL STATE INHERITANCE TOLLS {on an estate of $300,000) $12,000 15,060 21,000 24,000 30,600 FLORIDA North Carolina Mississippi Towa New York Ohio Montana Colorado Kenucky Calfornia > Tinow NOTHING $36,000 42,000 48,000 54,000 60,000 (The foregoing figures are approximate, being compiled from various tax regulations and based om an average class of beneficiaries). “Live in Florida and live longer. The State of Florida collects mo monty from Dead Men, she owes no man and has $28,000,000 in her treasury. Moral—Let the Dead attend the Dead”—Calvin A. Owens, President, Florida Interurban Rapid Transit Railway Company, St. Peters- burg, Florida, | ito || two and one-half record books of i | deeds. ‘Nicently installed in the clerk's of- iB fice. i i | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1926. AMOUNT 0 . For I 47 Years Devoted to the interests of Key West : PRICE FIVE CENTS F INCOME TAXES PAID BY BARONESS CAUSES REINVESTIGATION OF CASE BY AUTHORITIES AT MIAMI rr A CITY PLANNING PRIMER Arranged Especially for The Key West Citizen From Material Furnished by the Department By FRANK W. of Commerce at Washington LOVERING The Street Plan The local government controls the streets of a town, which are its arteries, If they are adequate for present and prospective use they permit a free flow of the traffic which is“the commuity’s life blood. If they are carelessly or inadequately laid out, they fre- quently bring about serious con- gestion. A comprehensive plan furnishes a program for street changes. and development, with the most urgent and least expensive steps first on the list. K It shows what land must be pre- served for principal streets and how the opening of new streets will affect traffic elsewhere. It enables transportation com- panies and bysiness men to place terminals and new buildings at strategic points, where the traffic can be efficiently handled. It aids in meking parks and play- grounds accessible io those who want to use them. In a hundred*different ways a city plan makes for better living conditions, better business, and a more attractive and agreeable sity in which to live and do bus- iness. Street Requirements Wide thoroughfares are basic to good planning. They should lead from the central part of the city to outlying territory, and there should be belt or diagonal ; travel he- tween of ction: and ‘another without @. passage through the central business: district. Nothing preventable should be allowed to interfere with the choice of bes! routes for the main arteries of travel. Without a city plan and the: machinery to enforce it, a whole section of the city may be crippled, and inconveniences maybe heaped. on thousands of people for years to come, by a new residential development in which the blocks run the wrong way or the streéts are too narrow, or by the arbitrary location of a factory or cemeiery. If some cities were permitted by tht federal government to de- velop their harbors on the same principles that ‘hey use in develop- ing their land, extension of piers and other obstructions would soon make their channels impassable. (An automobile map of a modern city will disclose to anyone no | already convinced by disturbing | experiences the expensive delays MAKES RECORDS IN FILING OF DEEDS (Ry Amsociated Press) INVERNESS, Fia., Aug. 4.—A record has been set in the filing of warranty deeds in Citrus coun- ty by Claude Connor, clerk of the | court. In one day he filed 499 warranty deeds ¢xecuted by a development company conveying various persons different pieces of property. The deeds, it was said, filled | | ithe large size used for recording The recording was done lby the new photostatic process re- | | NOTICE Dade Lodge No. 14 will meet now put upon both the visitor and the resident himself by a lack of city planning in ihe past. The determination of principal routes for present and prospec- tive traffic permits a consistent scheme for city development to be laid out to accomodate indus- try, business, and . residence. With main traffic routes desig- nated, a network of paved streeis that will meet the needs of traffic can be developed in a few years through better application of each year’s appropriations for paving. Without planning, heavy traffic is often. diverted to less direct routes because of the isolated sec- tions of good or bad pavement, and such a diversion may break down the light pavements on streets that would normally be but. little used. The Approaches to the City Under modern conditions, a eommuniiy may be approached by, highway, by railroad, by water course, by air-way, or by a com- bination of these four routes, Highway approaches are of en- ormous importance in thece days of the automobile, and thought should be given to whether roads shall lead only through the hear of the town, or shall short-circuit congested districts by appropriate bypasses, _ Rairoads are usually the “basic means of contact between the city and the outside world. Their frieght terminals, spurs. and: sid: ings showldyhe ‘loeated and ar- ranged for economical handling and trucking of the city’s outgo- ing products, and of incoming food, merchandise, building mater- ials, and raw producis for indus- try. Passenger stations, or a single anion station, if considered prac- ticable, should be convenient and well served by local transit facil- ities, Property bordering the tracks should be well maintained and give | a eredi able impression of the ommunity to passengers entering and leaving. Water approaches may be made {fective in serving commerce, amd where that is not practicable, may be made invaluable in serv- ing the health and pride of the community. The air approach involves land- ‘ng fields, which, if properly pro- vided and located, may be of great advantag. (To be continued) FLORIDA IS ONE OF THREE STATES WITH NO BOND DEBT | FACT BROUGHT OUT AT GOVERNOR'S CONFER- ENCE HELD IN STATE OF WYOMING CHEYENNE, Wyo., Aug. 4— There were three states repre- sented at the governors’ confer- ence that have no bonded debt. They are Florida, Indiena and Ne- braska. From all sides their respec- ive governors are being bom- barded with this question: “How did you do it?” The three governors, Martin of Florida. McMullen of Nebraska tand Jackson of Indiana, all sn-| swered about They said. “We just quit issuing bond: A fourth state, Massachusetts, represented by Wellington Wells, the same way. REPORTS REACHING PO- LICE CLAIM BARON GAMBLED WIFE’S MONEY FREELY (Ry Associated Press). - MIAMI, Aug. 4.—A_ complete reinvestigation of the affairs Baron and Baroness Royce-Gar- rett was ordered today by Forrest E. Nelson, acting chief of police. One of the discoveries recently said to have been made by in- vestigators, was that the income derived by the Baroness through her singing last year above ex. emptions was $17,000 on which she paid an income tax. The new investigation has been started with an aim of checking reports reaching the police that the Baron had gambled ‘heavily with the money earned by his wife. In the meantime the Baron's fourth day of fasting was partial- ly broken when he partook of a tempting breakfast offeréd him at the Jackson Memorial Hospital in order that he may have strength enough to attend his wife’s fun: eral at 4 o'clock this afternoon..... BILL AT CAPITAL . RESULTS OF FAMOUS BOSTON TEA PARTY ARE CITED IN SUPREME COURT HEARING THIS MORNING (Hy Assoetnted Proms) WASHINGTON. Aug. 4.—Fior- ida cited results of the Boston tea party in attacking in supreme Court today that section of the Federal Inheritance Tax which would return to states up to eighty per cent of the money collected. An unjust tax precipitated the ica party it was stated in the brief, which was followed by a rev- olution. HEAVY EARTH . SHOCK AT TOKYO NO GREAT DAMAGE TO PRO- PERTY IS RE- PORTED | | j | (By Asnoctated Press) | TOKYO, Aug. 4—Several per- sont were injured, but none ser- jiously, in an earthquake shock | that shook the region about Tokyo {last night. | Although it wes considered the [heaviest earthquake disturbance j since 1924, no serious property j damage was done, and it was not | until reports were received from | the Kanto district, south of here, jthat any casualiies were attr. ; buted to it. i HARRY LANGDON —In— Tramp, Tramp, Tramp The boye ere marching—but they'd get there much quicker jst 4:30 P. M. Thursday for ‘he/ president of its state senate, hasi| if they traveled by the inter- | purpose of attending the funeral some bonded debt left to pay off, lof our deceased Bro. Shaw. All| resident and visiting brothers in-| for six years it has not ismed a/ vited to meet with us. Bro. Shaw! was for sixty two years a mason and at time of his death the old- est Mason in Key West. By order of the W. M. | J. J. TREVOR, Secy.' aug. 4-it* —about 16 millions, in fact, but hond, and, according te Mr. Wells, it doesn't intend to ever again. “We do not even issue bonds ito build reads,” said Mr. Wells./ “We pay for these out of license (Continued on Page Five) urban line. Our lines get you te the Home HEATH It's a First National Attraction i ; ;