The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 10, 1926, Page 1

‘Associated Press Day Wire Service VOLUME XLVII. No. 188. Two Men Drown Near Pigeon THREE PERSONS ARE ALSO INJURED WHEN SPEEDERS COLLIDE. DURING FORENOON Two men lost their lives and) three were seriously injured in a collision of speeders this forenoon | on the F. E. C. railway on the approach to Pigeon Key bridge.| The gasoline cars crashed togeth- er while over the water and two! men were thrown from the bridge and drowned. A_ white man named Phillips and a negro mamed Isaac Hendrix are the men reported dead. The three injured awn, all colored, wire rushed to this city on a specder and placed | in Ir. Lowe’s hor} ital, on Eaton street. County Judge Hugh Gunn, Sheriff Cleveland Niles and a, corener’s jury of six men left on| the train this afternoon for the scene of the accident to investi- gate the death of the two men. | At Dr. Lowe’s hospital it was/| \SHERIFF HOLDS Key Bridge MAN WANTED IN CAROLINA COUNTY ‘OFFICER ARRESTS JOHN WALKER EMPLOYED! IN ONE OF LOCAL BAKE| SHOPS | John. Walker, a white man, was | arrested here yesterday by Sheriff | |ed in a special edition which will | CITIZEN PLANS — SPECIAL EDITION ON REFERENDUM ADVERTISING NOW BEING SO- LICITED; MUCH SUCCESS IS MET WITH THUS FAR FROM MERCHANTS AND OTHERS The Citizen’s advertising force is now engaged in soliciting ad- vertising from the merchants and the public in general to be insert- | be published on Saturday or Mon day in the interest of the referen- | Cleveland Niles, and is being held in jai] here awaiting extradition | to South Carolina. | The arrest was made upon tele- | graphic request from Sheriff T.| A. Heise, of Columbia, S. C., the | message stating that the man is; living in Key West with a woman not his wife, and that he is want- ed in Columbia on the charge of desertion and non-support of his wife; that he would probably be! found working in a bakery here. A thorough description of the man was given, stating that he was about 35 years old and had lost dum which will be conducted on| an expression of the people of Key | West and Monroe County relative to the agreement asked by the} Turner Company in connection with the construction of the pro- posed bridges at three different points along the Over-Sea High- way. The matter is considered a prac- tical unit by the residents of Mon- KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1926. ' To Keep the Highways Safe Machine guns are to be used by highway police of Cook county. Hlinols, to keep rural roads safe. This picture shows Sergeant George Ulrich and Chief L. R. Davidson examining the new weapons. “THOSE WHO HAVE RETIRED’’ In both ends of thousands of Pullman cars running over scores of the railroads of continental North America last night the following placard was hung, vividly white against a jet black background: QUIET is requested for the benefit of those who have retired. MERCURY CLIMBS 10 For 47 Years Devoted to the Interests of Key West HIGH PRICE FIVE CENTS MARK IN SOUTHWEST BREAKING HEAT RECORD 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 Regional Planning and the Fringes Beyond the City That a good city plan does not stop short at the city limits is evident from the emphasis laid on the provisions made for people and goods to move in and out of the city. There is no real line of separation between interests of the city and the country near it. Every growing town or city with an undeveloped belt not only needs good highway connection for example, but desires to fore- stall the strangling effect of ill- planned or unplanned suburbs. To some suburbs and towns the main- tenance of clear roadways which pass through other jurisdictions is of vital importance. Inadequate approaches to an important bridge jin one municipality may become promotes the legitimate interests of (a) householders, (b) business and commerce, (¢) manufactur- ing, (d) public utilities, and (e) the city as a land owner. 4. A city plan improves the street and transportation systems for persons and merchandise with- in the city, and to and from the city. 5. The plan aids citizens in the satisfactory choice and de- velopment of land for homes, business, and other purposes. 6. The zoning ordinance, which should be an integral part of every city planning program, promotes ja more healthful, convenient, and safe environment for the people, and incidentally protects the own- er who invests in sound improve- ments in harmony with the plan. TEMPERATURE OF *112 IS RECORDED IN: SA- LINA, KANS.; OTHER SECTIONS INCLUDED (By Associated Press) KANSAS CITY, Aug, 10.— West or northwest breezes are forecast for today to supplant the hot south winds which yesterday swept the southwest states under j@ glaring sun, breaking ‘heat waves of several years standing, and causing damage to corn and other forage crops, Four Kansas cities and ~one Oklahoma point reported tempera- tures of 110 or higher, ’ Salina, Kans., leading with a temperature of 112, with the mercury break- ing a 38-year record. leafned that the three injured men |two fingers from his right hard. | PRAM Sats aa RE CES an intolerable burden to the citi-| 7. Experience shows that a| The temperature also passed the would recover. One of them,| Henry Polocios, of Key West, suf- fered two fractured ribs; Abe Wright, of Georgia, lost two toes; Prince Smith, of South Carolina, only slightly injured. All three are negroes. J. F. Phillips, the white man drowned, was a section foreman and lived at Marathon. Mr. Por- terbaum, foreman of the other , gang, was not hurt. The home of the dead negro is not known. John Walker was soon located by Sheriff Niles, employed in a} local bakery, and the description enabled him to definitely identify the man. After being informed that Walk- er had been arrested, the South Carolina sheriff wired b&ck that! extradition papers were being for- | warded to Governor Martin, and| requestéd that the prisoner be held, pending extradition arrange- ments. -Fire Causes Considerable | Dama eb ae ie In Havana Sunday ge To Penitentiary Night SIX HUNDRED PRISON-|EFFORTS BEING ERS ARE LODGED IN LOCK-UP WHEN BLAZE BREAKS OUT Passengers arriving here yes- afternoon on the steamship » Miami from Havana, report a big fire which occurred in the Cu- ban capital on Sunday night when the immense penitentiary struc- ture located near the Prado was damaged to the extent of ap- proximately $25,000. The conflagration raged for a period of about four hours. with the firemen valiantly fighting the feaping flames which for a time appeared to be quite threatening to other property in that vicinity. The six hundred __ prisoners lodged in the lock-up were hurdled to the far end of the structure when the blaze broke. out, end were kept there all during the) fire with a strict watch being} maintained by officers in safety of the prisoners, the blaze being} kept confined to the portion of| the building where the fire orig-| inated. There were about 25,000. per-| sons witnessing the fire, with the majority of the crowd congregated | on the Prado where a good view of the fire was obtained. Exciting scenes were enacted | orders were given to shift} prisoners to a point of safety, a terrible rush for the other! of the building being made/ the hundreds who became fran- on learning of the fire which up to that time destroyed a considerable portion of the build-| ing. } AMUSEMENTS MONROE THEATRE | TODAY—Conway Tearle and Dorothy Mackaill in “The Dancer of Paris.” Also vaudeville. Comedy —"Rah, Rah Heidelburg.” TODAY—Harry Cordray and! his “American Minstrels." Also movies. MADE TO REACH ENTOMBED MEN TWO GROUPS OF WORKERS ARE ENGAGED IN OPERA- TIONS AT HUDSON MINE IN KENTUCKY (Ny Associated Press) SALEM, Ky., Aug. 10.— Whether life remains in any of ithe five men trapped last Thurs- day by a cave-in of the Hudson Mine, will be determined by sun- down today. Two groups of workers are la- boring to reach the entombed men, | with one group using a pump to} remove the water and clear a path | through the old shaft inio the lat-} eral tunnel, while ‘he other group ; is resorting to methods used at the sand cave té reach Floyd Col- | lins. | A shaft is being sunk to (ap the tunnel behind the slide, this shaft having reached a depth of 60 feet, and it is estimated that tite work- | ers must double that distanee be-; fore breaking through the trap. ARRANGING FOR s| REOPENING BANK} (By Axsoe! Prows) | KISSIMMEE, Fia., Aug. 10.—} Re-opening of the Bank of Osceola | county, which closed here a short | time ago after deposits had shrunk | from more than $2,000,000 to less | roe County and its interests, and the agreement asked by Mr. Tur- ner from the county as to a fixed amount of interest on the: proposi- | tion, seems to meet with the hearty approval of all who are interested in the building of the steel bridges to span the wide open spaces which | will complete the highway to the | mainland. | The response met with thus far in the way of advertising has been | very gratifying, and is only an- other demonstration of the fact that practially all-property own- ers and ‘business _smenic are in hearty accord with ‘the movement for putting the proposition through which will result in the construc- | tion of the bridges in question. ‘ihe Citizen’s advertising staff is covering all available ground in obtaining advertising for the spe- cial edition which will be issued in the interest of the referendum, and all other matters pertaining to the of ereating as much interest as pos- proposition, with a view sible in the project, which no doubt j} will be brought to a successful conclusion. | Enthusiastic Meeting On. Referendum Is Held Lact Night There was an enthusiastic meet- | ing held at the offices of Meltzer & Navarro last night by the} boosters of the C. A. P. Turner | contract, and a committee was ap- | pointed on publicity to inform the | public on the important and bene- | ficial points in the agreement to be voted on in the referendum | next Tuesday. | Spirited addresses were made! by Harry Boyajian, C. Hilton) Curry, Joseph Whalton and} others. Other meetings will be held by this referendum booster organ-| |streets, especially if they were to know them more inti- | Virons may be made to advertise the city’s charm. There may be a spur in this for some Key Westers. | There are people in our glorious Island City who can see no good in any movement that presses for municipal growth and civic betterment. Probably there are few, who would predict ill of the coming of the Oversea High- | way; who would “see red” when fresh water were men- tioned; who would just as leave allow dilapidated build- | ings or unkempt homes to stand and rot to the ground, a| menace to life, a potential expense to the city through the | cost of operation of the fire department. | Possibly there are few, who would not. favor better mately through driving in ar. automobile. There may be! some who. consider the ocean boulevard anything but a necessity, or that better dockage facilities are needless. Once in a while a chap may-appear who believes the pres-| ent Post office building ig good enough; or that there are | sufficient schools of the righttype with teachers who “will do.” (These people- have: eT.) cx Agile oie There are men’who see no good in the’ White Way | lighting of Duval Streety7who consider it a waste of money | because the Court House grounds are lighted and set with coconut palms; who think Bayview Park is not one whit better because of its beautiful evening brilliancy; who. consider the winter band concerts there an extravagance and not an attraction. ! And there are other people. Classify them and cata-! logue their dislikes, their hostile attitude towards Key | West, yourself. “The Mauve Decade” for this city is past | and done. The sun of bigger and better things has risen. | The man who is not gripped by the glory of the sun-| sets Nature lavishes upon us here, should, in the slang of | the boys, “hang crepe on his nose; his brains are dead.” The man who is so much a dullard as not to recognize the | potential value of all good things that are in preparation | for this city is sadly out of step with Father Time. | Why, did you read the splendid article in the Satur-| Dry Tortugas,” replete with the drama of real life, reach-' ing back to the notorious Dr. Mudd, who dressed Booth's; | wound after Lincoln's assassination? Read it, then, and} learn anew that the Dry Tortugas is but 65 miles from the | Key West docks. And think, think that scores of visitors} every winter would be glad to pay ten dollars to be taken! by a competent guide on a seaworthy boat to this fascinat-_ ing objective in America’s making, so little known, yet) which so links the present with the past. business enough here to warrant the establishment of a! company for the exploitation of the Tortugas There are a hundred and one ways Key West and her en- Even a person who opposes improvements because improvements mean increased taxes might be’ willing to stop talking and push ahead if he had the objective of put- ting money in the bank. There is hope for such as these. If they will do something to help the city grow instead of laying back in the traces, the slant they now hold on life! and progress here might be corrected into a more far-see- | ing vision. And if this municipal astigmatism defies cor- | |rection, lay this brand of shirkers in a row somewhere and | hang out the black-draped Pullman sign, “Quiet is re-| ization during the present week. Dr. Gwynn At Marine Hospital Transterred To Another Station) Official announcement is made; {tively set by directors for August ‘been surgeon in charge at the. lo-} than $1,000,000, has been tenta-|that Dr. M. K. Gwynn, who has M4. jeal Marine hospital for almost Additional stock is being sold! four years, has been’ transferred to increase the capital from $59,-|to Astorie, Oregon, where he will 000 to $100,000. Depositors had | have charge of the Columbia river requested that no receiver be ap-| quarantine. pointed as practically all con-! Dr, G. M. Guiteras, who was sidered the re-opening of the|surgeon in charge of the Marine bank a certainty. | hospital here during the World |War period, and passed through |the city a few days ago, will come | |from Galveston, Texas, to fill the | place vacated by Dr. Gwynn. The change becomes effective September 1, according to the an- nouncement. HARRY CORDRAY And His AMERICAN MINSTRELS | Are making a hit this week at the San Carlos Theatre. } ' quested for the benefit of those who have retired.” ‘sions, and of the national govern- |Laws authorizing Modern Planning Has zens of others. Objectionable uses of land in one community may adversely affect another. Regional planning of roads is receiving an impetus through the studies of State highway commis- | ment in connection with its fed-| eral aid appropriations for roads. | It is to be hoped that co-opera-! tive regional planning commissions with permanent staffs will be en- couraged by State governments, such commis- sions and the creation of State} informational bureaus can do much to bring local bodies togeth- er on matters of common con- cern. > jet Test of The experiences of hundreds of American communities have been carefully analyzed to find out how city planning actually works out in practice, The answer is emphatic: In the past, especially in other countries, certain splendid groups of public buildings have been planned without regard for the | comfort and convenience of aj majority of the inhabitants of the | city. It is also true that a mis-| conception of city planning as a purely aesthetic measure did the But the best modern planning. | while promoting beauty and} basic idea of utilizing the land! neering lines, so that the citizens, may find it a better, healthier, and | cheaper place in. which to live,)| work, and play. Its value is well demonstrated by a visit to any of the many. new towns which have} followed carefully developed plans. H City planning fosters a feeling | feel they are really part of a com- | its affairs when they have a con-| ception of its plan and how the~ can contribute to its logical de velopment. Conclusions 1. American cities have foun? that following a well considere: city plan is far superior to the usual haphazard growth. 2. The cost is so reasonable that the arguments for it are un- answerable. 3. A good plan is devised with the public welfare in mind. It Regarding The Toll Bridges WE WANT BRIDGES! The County advertised and re-advertised in newspapers and technical journals throught the country for three months calling for proposals on the Toll Bridge franchise. It received one single of- fer. This was from Mr. C. A. P. Turner. Let us show our faith in Mr. Turner as he has shown his faith in Mon- roe County. OUR confidence in Monroe County can be shown by carrying the Ref- X YES erendum 100 per cent. VOTE park and playground program, such as the citizens of every community owe their children and themselves, is best achieved through a com- |prehensive plan. 8. To obtain such results, a carefully worked out plan must be systematically executed over a period of years. This ordinarily requires: (a) A city plan commission in which responsibility is centered, and a technical force to prepare the plan, and keep it up to date. (b) Public hearings at which all citizens or property owners may be heard, not only during the for- mation of the plan but at intervals thereafter. (ec). Co-operation of the offi- ials and-emplayees of city depart- ments, upon whose work the suc- cess ‘of the city plan so largely des pends. (d) Careful consideration of the city plan, and advice of the city plan commission, by the city council, or other legislative body, in all appropriations for public works, approval of street layouts, purchase of-city property, and other matters affecting the city’s development. (9) Support of the city plan by citizens is needed, and is | movement some harm at one time. |ordinarily given generously through their (a) Consideration of the broad laesthetic effects, starts with the|features of the plan in selecting and developing sites for various day Evening Post of July 31: “Islands of Mystery: The /area of a city along sound engi-| purposes. {b) Support of adequate ap propriations for the preparation of a city plan. (ce) Backing for the city coun- cil in measures to execute the lan. {d) Encouragement to other property owners to conform to There is winter | o¢ unity and civic pride. Citizens |*he Plan. (e) Personal advocacy of city alone. | munity and take more interest in| planning. (The End) CALLES MAKES ATTACK ON CATHOLICS {SSUES STATEMENT IN WHICH HE CHARGES CLER- GY WITH KEEPING MASSES IN IGNORANCE t (By Associated Presa) MEXICO CITY, Aug. 10.—The situation arising from the govern- | century mark in many sections of Missouri and Kansas, with the mercury climbing to 103 in Kan- sas City, which “was the highest temperature recorded since 1918, LICENSE TO MEET TUNNEY WORLD'S HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION RECEIVES DIS- APPOINTMENT N PROPOSED BOUT. | § ing? "(ny Asssctated Press) . NEW YORK, Aug. 10.—Jack Dempsey today was refused a license to fight Gene Tunney for the world's heavyweight cham- pionship at the Yankee Stadium on September 1. Dempsey made formal applica- tion to the commission yesterday, having high hopes of its being passed on favorably. Lei. This refusal will be the result of many disappointments among the lurge number who were inter- ested in the proposed bout. PRISONER READY : FOR GALLOWS | RICHARD WHITTEMORE READY TO MEET DEATH (ly Anseciated Prens) BALTIMORE, Aug. 10.—The last bare chance of life was be- fore Richard Recse Whittemore today.. The man who is scheduled to die on the gallows Friday for the murder of Robert H. Holtman, Maryland penitentiary guard, {ook little stock in it however, and ap- peared resigned to the end. Whittemore signed the. neces- sary papers for an application for a writ of habeas corpus expréssing a ee that it would do no s Whittemore has shown no signs cf breaking under the death house regime. ‘ i ment’s religious regulations and their rejection by the Catholica, .oday became more tense and more complicated when President Calles issued his bitterest broadside: against the Catholic clergy in a! statement te an American “good/| will. mission.” i He charged the clergy with seeking wealh and political power, causing revolutions and bloodshed, and using their pulpite for sedi- speeches while keeping of people ignorant. CONWAY TEARLE And DOROTHY MACKAILL Ia “The Dancer of Paric”’ || This is ome of the finest pic- | prarmen di eae See it | at the : thous i : i TODAY