The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 5, 1926, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service VOLUME XLVI. No. 184. For 47 Years Devoted to the Interests of Key West IMMENSE LIQUOR SEIZURE MADE BY CUSTOMS OFFICERS AT MIAMI TODAY A CITY PLANNING PRIMER FIVE HUNDRED CASES OF WET GOODS CON. FISCATED; SEVERAL MEN ARRESTED (Dy Associated Press) MIAMI, Aug. 5.—Three boats, five men and 500 cases of liquor were taken into custody in Bis- eayne Bay at the entrance to the estate of Arthur Curtis here early this morning. ‘The customs inspectors who made the capture acted upon a tip received from Bimini relative to the wet goods that were being smuggled out of the Bahama port, according to information obtain- ed in conndction with the seizure. This is considered one of the biggest hauls! made in some time, ‘and the confiscated booze, accord- ing to appraisements made, will reach a high figure. ‘The men and vessels are being held by the customs department along with the liquor, which will be placed in storage awaiting a hearing of the case. James Arranged Especially for The Kev West Citizen From Material Furnished by the Department of Commerce at Washington By FRANK W. LOVERING ping District Free movement to the central Business and shopping district concerns the entire community, the housewife and the bank presi- dent alike. Certain businesses naturally seek locations in cen- tral districts, which are accessible to and commonly visited by per- sons from the entire city and sur- rounding territory. Such are central banks, depart- ment stores, certain hotels and principal theatres, the offices of the local government, and to\a lesser extent automobile sales- rooms and specialty shops. On account of the great num- bers of people traveling to and within this area each day, its side- walks should be broad. Retail stores want traffic movement, facilitated, and traffic congestion diminished, to protect the safety and convenience of their custom- ers and employees, and to facili- tate the trucking of the goods they receive and deliver. Conditions in the central busi- ness district cannot be improved over night. By-passing of through traffic around the business dis- trict has proved effective for re- lieving traffic congestion, but it may. be necessary to extend “dead end” street; or grade crossings of railroad tracks may need to be eliminated, or new crossing con- structed, or new bridges may be sirable. The necessity for ex- pensive undertakings may be javoided or diminished by a well PR WM. R. ARREN GAVE Skt bio i *4 INSTA TERNATIONAL. MEET . RE- PORT AT SESSION HELD Dr. William R. Warren, delegate from tho local club to the Inter- nation»? Rotary Convention re- cently. aeld at Denver, gave the third and final installment of his talk today. Among other things brought out in thi: final instaliment was how well one person may know another and yet fail to understand considered city plan. With forethought a -city may fsave much of the cost of widen- ing ‘streets, by requiring that new structures be set back a given distance from the street line. By the time blocks are rebuilt the city is able to obtain the land needed for widening, without un- necessarily paying for expensive buildings. Some light manufacturing or other uses of property may de- rive litte ov no specia: advantage from being in the centrat business The Central Business and Shop- . district, and at the same time may make for its unprofitable con- gestion. They may be encouraged to move by being shown the ad-! vantages of more suitable loca-| tions elsewhere and by a proper zoning ordinance operating over | a period of yeats. Moving of terminals or shifting of the whole- {sale district is sometimes a prac- |tical way to lessen traffic difficul- ties. Warehouse Districts Waréhouse districts, under ideal conditions, should be located di- ‘rectly between the water or rail- |road terminals and the manufac- turing or commercial area which they serve. Too frequently, however, truck- |ing.to and from the terminal may have to pass through the most congested part ofethe central re- tail business district. This is neither economy nor common sense. A good city plan is a means of insuring against a re- petition of mistakes. Industrial Districts In a well-planned city, residen- tial development leaves industrial districts free and unbroken for use | by industry. Light industries are | more concerned with trucking | facilities, and with sites accessible | to a large number of workers. A! city gets along much better when | homes and industry are kept sep-| arate, but at the same time ac- cessible to each other. Produce Markets | The handling , of perishable | food stuffs from their arrival in a city by freight..car or truck to scattered retiit: is a very Wes. Mary T McConnell | t him. vestigat:ng. She found a bullet a gun which Abel owned—and n sen’ éneed-to hang. - iSends Slayer of Husband to Gallow POOOSSOTTOOHOHTOSCOESESLEOHESESSOVETODELSSCELOEES When Harry T. McConnell, Kansas. City railroad man, was mur- dered, police arrested Millard Abel but could not get enough evi- So»Més,. Mary McConnell, the widow, began in- stood beside her husband when h? was killed. bs Abel eee been. Bee a] hijo oh vey oe ag matier She eons bull in the reay seat of an auto ja the rear seat of an auto which The builet fitted complex problem. If the dis-/ tribution is pro! and efficient the people ean obtain their food fresher and at lower prices. A well planned wholesale market is usually the first essential. It per-| mits quick inspection of goods by buyers, and cheap handling and| iloading, without cartage delays. Cold storage facilities ‘should be nearby. (To Be Continued) A. DICE REMAN FOLLOW! MANY PERSONS DROWN WHEN CLAIM BUSINESS CONDITIONS VESSEL SINKS NG HEARING TODAY BOND OF PRISONER IN { | MURDER CASE FIXED | AT TWENTY THOU-| each other. Rotarian Sutton, of Tampico, Mexico, in a talk before the convention said that in Mex- jeo he had known for years, yet he did not appreciate their qual- ities until he met ihem in Rotary. Dr. Warren's ialks were highly appreciatd by the club, and regret ‘was expressed that they were com- BIG FIRE NEAR QUEBEC DESTROYS MANY HOUSES DAMAGE Mr. Swink, of Miami, was the only guest present. In an inter- eping talk he stated that Key. ‘West was the only city in Florida he knew of that had not lost its identity. He said, in other words, that in Key West no one was 30 ‘busy that he could not accord the out of town visitor a courteous welcome and entertain him to the best of their ability. On the late list were Bascom Geo. Perpall, Eugene Lowe, Will Warren, Ross Sawyer, Joe Pearlman and Willie Kemp. village of St. Come de Kennebec, THREE DIE FROM 72 miles, from here, were de* HEAT IN CHICAGO atroyed by fire last night. The church, presbytery and con- vent and some residences in the extreme end of the Village were ESTIMATED CHURCH AND ‘CONVEN SAVED (Ry Assectatee reese QUEBEC, Ang. *%. gh} houses out of a total of 92 in the * (Ry Axsectated Press) CHICAGO, Aug. 5.—Three deaths attributed in part to the heat were reported as the tem- perature rose from a minimum of 74# at 7 o'clock this morning to 83 at 10 o'clock today. An estimate that six thousand men slept in four west side parks last night was made by the police, AMUSEMENTS MONROE THEATRE aes TODAY—Esther Ralston in the PERCY “American Venus.” . Also “Fight-| ¥ a ing Hearts.” Also vaudeville. Rbue paige a Toon eapiay |musical comedy specialties. village. The flames fanned by a high wind rapidly spread to other build- ings, and in less than two hours virtually the entire village was mated at aq half million dollars, with a total insurance of $150,- 000. r+ SAN CARLOS TODAY ~—Charies Ray as “Percy,” Also vaudeville. TODAY AT HALF MILLION DOLLARS; | ablaze, with damage being esti-i CARLOS THEATRE FLORIDA MOST EXCELLENT |STATE CHAMBER OF | COMMERCE _ISSUES | ING SURVEY MADE ! (iy Annocinted Press) JACKECNVILLE, Fia., Aug. 5. —Florida is in a better business ‘ondition now than it has been in all its h's:ory, according to an in- | formal survey taken at ihe con- {ditions at important points ' throughout the state at a meeting | of the state chamber of commerce | here. The research department of the | chamber when called upon for | statistical facts presented such in- | formation as convinced the mem- bers that the real wave of pros- | perity has just begun. | Citing the survey made by saved, the fire having started im/ in. National Association of Real; The Knights of Columbus in an- a creamery in the center of the! Estate Boards for June 1926, the |PUal convention today unanimous- | department pointed out that it | was not a lack of business that | was affecting the South but that ‘it was unable to build fast enough to meet the demand. The -sur- vey it was declared was concrete evidence that population in the Southeast was on the increase and | that since Plorida was embraced in this territory and during the past year has gained more than any other Southeastern state, that the report direcily affected Ior- ida. By classification the Southeast was reported as having a shortage of 63 per cent in. single family homes, as against 21 per cent in (Coniinued on Page Eight) STATEMENT FOLLOW.) SAND DOLLARS At the conclusion of the second ; SHIP PLYING BETWEEN BE-| TWEEN BRAZILIAN PORTS | Preliminary hearing of A. Dice,} ‘alias Lorencio Ortego, before Jus- COLLIDES WITH FLOATING jtice of the Peace Rogelio Gomez | }this morning, the finding of the | court in both cases was announced | |by Judge Gomez. | | | Dice was bound over to await | , Aug. the action of the grand jury, the! 5. Twenty-six persons" were |amount of bond being placed at | drowned last night when the coast-| $10,000 in each case. The pris-| wise steamer Bitar, carrying | oner was remanded to jail, and it | freight and passengers between |is not expected that he will be {north Brazilian ports, sank after |able to arrange bond for $20,000, | collid'ng with a pontoon near the |the amount required for the two} i bay of Argras. { cases. | Reports received here from the} It is well known locally that A. Para say that five of the drowned |Dice is~ charged with _ killing persons belonged io the crew of |Manuel Jiminez and at the same | the ship, the remainder being pas-|time shooting and injuring Mer- sengers. jeedes Carmancha so that she died | The survivors include the cap-/30 minutes tain and his wife, who have ar-|was walking along Whitehead {rived in Para. jstreet on Saturday night, June (26. | Two coroner’s juries found Dice! }guilty of the killings. He escaped, went to New York and was brought back by Sheriff Niles. Now the preliminary hearings in both cases hold him to the action of the grand jury at the next term of circuit court, which convenes in October. Dice was represented by Attor- ney-T. S. Caro and Judge J. F. Busto appeared for the State in absence of State Attorney Arthur Gomez, PONTOON (By Asxocinted Press) RIO DE JANIERO, Brazil | | |PROTEST AGAINST | CALLES’ ORDERS i (Ry Axsoctated PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 5.— ly adopted a statement protesting jagainst the policy of President ;Calles in the religious situation in , Mexico. } - —_—— the ‘NEW ARREST IN MANY REPORTED ° (Me Axvocintea Preae> i | JERSEY CITY, N. J., Aug. 5.—/ State Senator Simpson, special jprosecutor in the revived Hall- {Mills murder inquiry ‘today said he had ordered the arrest of Ralph jV. M. Gorsline and a choir singer jim the late Rev. Edward W. Hall's |New Brunswick church. The nature of the charge was, not made public by the prosecutor. (My Amsociated Frees) ; TOKYO, Aug. 5.—More than} 75 persons are dead, and several | thousand acres of land inundated newspaper here. The floods are a result of recent heavy rainstorms. i later, as the couple, the | Company several years ago, and County Commissioners | Calling Referendum On PRICE FIVE CENTS Decide On August 17 On Turner Bridge-Toll Guarantee FAVORS CALL FOR REFERENDUM The Citizen is heartily in favor of the county commis- sioners calling for the referendum on the question of the} interest guarantee in connection with the toll bridge prop- osition without exacting definite assurances from the Tur- ner Company as to furnishing the necessary funds. This newspaper believes that the proposition would go over practically unanimously, and that it would be a fine expression from the people at large in Key West and Monroe county, showing in the most effective way possible their absolute confidence in the ultimate success of this great and tremendously important proposition, The expense of calling and hoiding the election would be slight, and it is a case where the county has it all to gain and nothng to lose. Should the C. A. P. Turner Company fail in their plans for financing the proposition, there are a number of other reputable and financially responsible concerns that would become immediately interested in the matter of building the bridges and possibly under just as favorable terms and conditions. With a unanimous expression from the people at the polls and the detailed information that has been secured as a result of negotiations thus far, the groundwork would already be laid for any other proposition that might be offered. The referendum assuring the confidence and backing of the citizens in general would add immeasur- ably to the strength of the proposition, and the vote should certainly be called for at the very. earliest opportunity. CHART COVERING BOTTON OF SEA MADE AVAILABLE AS: WORK OF .NAVAL RESERVE OF FICER DURING VOYAGE - LOS ANGELES, Cal., Aug. 5.— A chart of the bottom of the sea, jautomatically and continuously |@rawn during a yoyage, is now lavailable to the Navy as a result of the work of Lieut. Leo P. Del- jsasso, United States Naval Re- ‘serve. On shore Lieut. Delsasso iis physicist at the University of | California, Southern branch. In- \formation just received from the |Navy Department tells of elabor- tests of his new automatic ‘depth-sounder conducted by Lieut. Delsasso on board the U. 8. S. Maryland on its trip to Australia. | The apparatus follows previous development in the idea of send- ing a sound impulse at high speed ‘from a ship to the ocean bottom, late . and calculating by the time of the return echo how deep the water is. Heretofore it has been neces- sary for an attendant to wateh operations and make constant readings and calculations to be sure of safety. The Delsasso apparatus, em- ploying vacaum-tube amplification along with marking devices, yields ja chart which not only advises the | navigator of the depth at a given | |time, but shows gradients, ap- | proach or recedence of shallows, SEEKS DIVORCE 2 in general give warning of \anything untoward in the briny | depths. | It is hoped-that further im- WELL KNOWN WRITER WAS provements may enable the ap- FORMERLY STATIONED | P@ratus, built in more ragged Carl Glaze, 14, is the state's “mys- tery w-tness” against Rev. Dr. J. Frank Norris, Fort Wor.h (Tex.) evangelist who faces trial for mur- der in connection with the killing of D. E. Chipps, Carl is said to have seen the shooting—the only state witness who did. ifor convenient use of the skipper. |Had such a device been available jon the U. 8. destroyers, the Honda (By Associated Pressy ldisaster could have been avoided. STOUDSBURG, Pa., Aug. 5.— In this accident several vessels + were beached after a blind ran Richard Washburn Child, former | evath water whose shallowness ambassador to Italy, and widely | would certainly have been report- k , ed C led by the depth-sounder. writers bine - | Ang solid surfece of consider- jform, to be placed on the bridge IN KEY WEST closed today. icebergs. larly is well known in this community. gation. ACTION TAKEN TODAY AT SPECIAL MEETING HELD TO DISCUSS IM- PORTANT MATTER At a special meeting of the county commissioners held at the county court house this forenoon, it was decided to calla referendum on the question of the interest guarantee request- ed by the C. A. P. Turner Com- pany, and August 17 was the date set for the election, On Monday of this week the commissioners caused a telegrain to be sent to Mr. Turner inform- ing him that the referendum would not be called until definitely as- sured that finances are arranged and the Turner concern legally bound to construct the bridges. But developments changed the attitude of the com- missioners and matters were re- considered at the meeting today. H. C. Gaffney, builder of the Hotel La Concha and designer of the Gandy bridge at Tampa, was present at the meeting this morn- ing and presented a proposition for the of the tell bridges, but the commissioners ‘took mo definite action on the proposal, deeming it a matter of wisdom to first “await the out- come of the negotiations with the Turner people. CUBAN SERVANT TO BE BROUGHT BACK TO CITY EXTRADITION PAPERS ARE ISSUED IN CASE OF WOMAN WHO IS NOW IN NEW YORK CITY subsequent construction Papers requesting the extradi- tion ¢f Juana Dominguez, a for- mer servant in the home of Dr: J. N. Renvdo in this city, from York were received by Sheriff Cleveland Niles from Governor Martin ‘his morning. Chief Dep- uty Sheriff Joseph Kemp is leav- ‘ng immediately for New York and will bring the woman to Key West. Juana Dominguez was brought from Havana by Dr. Renedg to take the place of a servant in his home. It was necessary for him to sign a bond of $590 for her with the immigra‘ion officials. The charge against her is that she left Key West and went to New York City, skipping her bond of $500 and carrying with her a fine jiamond ring taken from the Re- nedo home. ESTHER RALSTON —la— “The American Venus” Get in the swim with “The