The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 13, 1926, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service ‘VOLUME XLVII. No. 191. — The Key West Citizen KEY. WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1926. For 47 Years Devoted to the Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS MAKES REPORT ON TRIP T0 EVERGLADES MOVEMENT OF PARTY TO RECOVER STOLEN BONDS OUTLINED BY CAPT. MOSELEY (By Anxocintea Press) TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Aug. 13. —A detailed report of the move- ments of the party accompanying Joe Tracy into the Everglades to recover stolen bonds cached there by the former member of the Ash- ley-Mobley gang, has been made to prison bureau by Captain J. W. Moseley. The escape resulted in the dis- charge of Moseley, the censoring of Superintendent J. S. Blitch, of the state prison, and the sugges- tion to the sheriff of Orange county the propriety of discharg- ing State Criminal Investigator | 0. B, Jarman. Captain Moseley’s report said: “We left Raiford at 1:30 p. m. : on Friday, July 30. Col. Hack, | 0. B. Jarman, the prisoner, Joe | Tracy, and myself, and we drove to Orlando, arriving -there at about 9:30 p. m., where we placed Tracy in the county jail of Orange county for the night. On the fol- lowing morning, Saturday, July B1, we left Orlando and drove to Miami, arriving there at about 10:30 p. m., where we confined Tracy in the county jail of Dade county for the night. We were en route to Homestead at which place Tracy. claimed to have se- ereted certain bonds, and on Sun- day morning, August 1, we left Miami to go to Homestead and arrived at the latter city at about 10 a. m. At Homestead, Tracy called on one Bill Ashley, and af- tez conferring with him a few moments we drove to West Palm Beach, where Tracy wished to a party unknown to me. Upon. in West Palm Beach) we overed that: the party sought hed removed to Ortega Park, at Jacksonville, and we thereupon drove to Orlando and again con- fined Tracy in the county jail of Orange county. Drive To Woods On the following morning, Monday, August 2, at the request of Tracy we drove to a point in the woods west of Leesburg, where Tracy claimed to have some of the loot obtained from the Coleman bank robbery, buried. We worked around this point for a period of several hours but fail- ed to recover anything whereupon we drove back to Orlando and again placed Tracy in the county jail of Orange county. Leave Orlando On the following morning, Tuesday, August 3, at 3:30 a. m. we left Orlando to go to Canal Point in the Everglades at which place Tracy claimed to have left some bonds in the custody of his wife and one Ray Shackelford. Upon our arrival at Canal Point we immediately found the parties sought and Tracy, after confer- ring with them afew moments, told us that they would require several hours in which to pro duce the bonds and we thereupon drove to Okeechobee City, where we placed Tracy in jail for the night and on the following morn- ing, Wednesday, August 4, we| returned to Canal Point and spent | the day with the wife of Tracy | and the man Shackelford, in an ef-| fort to recover the bonds sought. | Tracy was given a large sealed | envelope by his wife which was| supposed te contain a portion of | the bonds being sought and with} this packnge we left Canal Point | en route back to Okeechobee City, at about 9:30 p. m. and ar-| riving there again placed Tracy | (Continued on page e AMUSEMENTS e MONROE THEATRE TODAY — Comedy Rush.” Also vaudeville. “Mad | STRAND THEATRE TODAY——Rudolph Valentino in “The Eagle,” supported by Vilma Banky and Louise Dresser. SAN CARLOS TODAY—“Fighter's Ps Also Vaudeville. jstate board WITH TRACEY Nominated David W. Stewart, Sioux City (Ia.) attorney, was nominated by Towa Republicans to fill the un- expired term of the late Senator Albert B. Cummins. His nomi- nation marked a victory for “reg- | ular”. Republicans over Smith W. Brookhart, who beat Cummins in the last primary. & PREDICTS MEASURE: i'n‘ 'schcin| | cent for single. persons and eight | TO CARRY BY 90 PER CENT “Key West will go ninety per cent for the bridges in the referendum Tuesday.” Mayor Leslie A. Curry told C. A. P. Turner upon meeting him this = morning. “The bridges are our last and best bet, and if we lose them we lose all,” the mayor said. “If I was really against the Turner proposition, I would be a good sport and say nothing about it, in view of the unanimous sentiment fav- oring it here,” a progressive citizen was heard to remark today. During a five-minute per- iod three ladies stopped ‘heir cars in front of the Vie Real- ty offices and requested birdge booster cards for their automobile “The referendum will cer- tainly go over practically un- animous. IT have never seen such keen interest shown in Monree County over any ques‘ion ever submitted to a vote of the people,” an influ- ential voter told a Citizen representative today. The people, not only one but all are becoming more enth ie over the bridge works ally for a solid fav- proposition, and every one orable vote at the referen- dum. |REPORT ON GRADE CROSSING ACCIDENTS (My Axsoe TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Aug. 13. | During the year ending Decem- automobiles and one pea vehicle met with grade crossing accidents, resulting in 42 deaths and 29 being wounded, ac- cording to a report made by the state railroad commission to the of health. — third of the said to have lisaies, instead trains, MONROE THEATRE The Honeymoon Limited Com- pany will conclude this week their engagement at this theatre. This Tress) automobiles run into the of being *{company hes played to capacity | houses every night. hit by, UNANIMOUS ENDORSEMENT ON BRIDGES MEMBERS OF KEY WEST REALTY BOARD ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN BOOSTING PROPOSITION The Key West Realty Board | went on record as unanimously en- dorsing the bridge guarantee as/ requested by Mr. Turner at aj} meeting of that organization held last evening in the office of Melt-| zer & Navarro. A number of the largest’ tax-| | Payers in the city were present | at this enthusiastic meeting -last | n'ght, and every one voiced hearty approval of the board’s action, | expressing thmeselves as heartily | in favor of the interest guarantee | | ; clause in the Turner bridge pro- a. WAGE SCALE IN GERMANY { | SKILLED WORKMAN PULLS! DOWN $9.56 PER WEEK i | that she is penitent. | SPe Aneantntan Pees) bobbed-haired flapper daughter. BERLIN, Aug. 13.—The aver-/| | age skilled workman in the 15| leading German industries earns the equivalent of $9.56 a week ee | her shoes and stockings and a fur coat. 4 ‘Flapper Goes Barefoot to Shrine Going barefoot is the Mexican woman’s fayorite method of showing | Here is a*barefooi Mexican mother and her Note that the flapper is carrying This picture was taken ; outside the famous Mexican shrine at Villa Guadalupe, near Mexico | of 48 hours, the ministry of in- | dustry and commerce reports. From ‘this wage the employers de- uct*ifor the federal government | per cent for married. | The organized building trades ‘workers, ihe plutocrats of Ger- man labor, draw $13.15 a week, | | Miners rank second with $11.7 | The average weekly pay of un-| skilled male workers is $7.75. The cost of living as shown by! | official reports is almost as high as that outside of Metropolitan) districts in ihe United States. Strikes are few because jobs| ‘WHITTEMORE ; and children are jobless in aie KILLING GUARD ‘DEFIES ARREST CRE Complete (ny aosnctated Prous) | CINCINNATI, Aug. 13.—With ‘the body of his wife at his feet, |Scott Workman, farnier, paced | 'back and forth before the windows | jof his house near New Richmond. ;Ohio, today defying the sheriff (By Aksociated Preas) land poese to fire at him and two R 3 babies, which he held in his arms.| PALTIMORE, Aug. 18.- Workman is believed to have | 2" Reese iittemore, | killed his wife While drunk. | leader BALTIMORE; BANDIT LEAD- ER FAILS TO OBTAIN STAY OF EXECUTION REQUESTED -Rich- bandit s executed shorily af- | COMMERCIAL RC ROUTES | ottain a stay | ARE APPROVED TODAY "=" the Whittemore went to the gallows t for killing a prison guard, Rob- ert H. Holtman, the first import: ‘ant act of his brief spectacular ter midnight dellowing failure to of execution re- e. (My Anwocinted Press) PAUL SMITH’S, N. Y., | 13.—The transcontinental and | southwestern airways were ap- proved today by President Cool-! career. idge as the first of two commer- cial routes Taid down by the De-| },, par.ment of Commerce in the dee | velopment of civilian aviation. murder on May 21, CLAIM FERRARA after having ‘escaped feonviction HEADS REVOLT | by © jury disagreement in Buf- falo, N. Y. where he was tried for murder. TRAINS COLL IDE IN OKLAHOMA (Wy Aanectnvea. Preand Aug. kull crushed died two days Holtman, with hi an iron bar, Whittemore ittemore was convicted ved, Reports received here state | that General Ferrara, well-known revolutionary leader, and former minister of war, is heading a re- volt in Honduras. af MUSKOGEE, Okla., Aug. 13.— MURDER HEARING The Midland Valley pass IN NEW JERSEY train collided with a freight train in the Midland Valley yards here «My As Press) SOMERVILLE, 3 NJ. Aug. 13. —AMl principal Races for the state in the Hall-Mills death in- er vestigation have been summoned) 3 GIRLS RESCUE BATHER for tod: hearing of evidence on - which Willie Stevens and Henry CHICAGO. 7 Carpenter were arrested last night | swimmers, plunged into Lake and charged with the murder four! Michigan and rescued J. C. Thorn- years ago of Rev. Edward Wheel-' ton, who was drowning off Clar- jer Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Mills. endon Beach. veral perso: have been s are reported to injured. Three pores, ¢ Turner Actives.To... AFTER KILLING | |PAYS DEATH PENALTY IN of nger Plans For Bridge Construction AWAITING RESULTS OF | REFERENDUM TO GO ference AHEAD WITH OPERA- TIONS C. A. P. Turner, holder of the conditional franchise for the con- struction of the toll bridges on, the highv to the mainland, ar. rived in the city from Minneapolis this morning. “I have brought the, complete pl cations for bridges e,” Mr. Turner ated, “‘and as soon as we get the ferendum and the government's approval of the proje we will be ready to go ahead.’ The big bonding houses want- ed a sur of traffic on which 0 base the income from the con- templated investment. This could not be done on the Florida Keys, so the financiers agreed to accept a guarantee on their investment | from the y upon a vote of the people instead of the survey, Mr. Turner explained. “Harriman & Co., one of the biggest bonding concerns in the me they are ready to 3 as soon as the prop- ition assumes definite form, ap- d by a referendum and government permit secured,” Turner stated. > that we will get the referendum, and the next will be the gov- ernment’s approv a Then w sell the hes and be ready aid n he thought real tion would be un d: “By vorld, » busine tep a scheme y which we can at the rate of a There will be of the of fit the bridges will @ month eventeen three mile about miles tiles affording room for four cars abreast or passing. The concrete bridges will be in (Continued on Page Eight) fo “Thats Gory fede; the! |one day recently, a representative of The Citizen fell in with one of our leading insurance men and noticed he had a Sears-Roebuck catalog in his hands, that he had just obtained from the postoffice. |He jokingly remarked about the |intimated intent of purchasing | goods away from home, and re- ceived the following reply: “You know, I suppose, that this | jfirm has a branch office in At-| jlanta, which serves the southeast- | jern states. This branch office| \from Chicago in freight car lots, jand then sent to their state of- |is Tampa. From there the cata- jlogs are sent out over the state by mail, the names and addresses being obtained from telephone directories, and such other means. By these means this and other their advertising literature at small cost, compared with other advertising.” “Do you think that the patron- age of these outside houses is doing the square thing by our lo-; cal merchants,” he was asked: “You know the local firms pay jeity, county and state taxes, and jthereby support local schools and | institutions while the mail. order | jhouses take what they get and )combine it in states far away. | Were all our byyers to follow this jmethod of getting their supplies, | we soon would be hard put to keep jup local and state institutions.” ied the insurqnee man, “and personally, I | jam a strong believer in the argu- ment you put forth. But there is Janeen side to the question. Mrs. - looks over this cata- Hie when 1 take it home and she sees things therein such as chil-! dren’s dresses and the like at | small cost, which she, will im- | mediately order without leaving ithe home. It is true, in many cases, that after the arrival of the | goods, there will be quite a dif- between the pictured jarticle and that arriving through the mails. But there has only been one time in which she has been ordering these goods, that she has been compelled to return jthem as unsatisfactory. When she did so the money was refund-! ed, as she had been a good cus- tomer. “However,” continued the gen- tleman, “the principal reason for patronizing the mail order houses TWENTY KILLED IN EXPLOSION | (Ne Associnted Press) BUDAPEST, Hungary, Aug. |13.—Twenty persons were report- ed killed in an explosion at En-, |shepel Island near this city, the ne of which was at an ammuni- m factory. MANY KILLED IN TRAIN WRECK (Wy Aasccmted Premed LONDON, Aug. ditpatch to the Exchange Tele- graph, says that fifteen persons were killed in 2 train wreck near the Freising, Bavaria, today.“ ye PPO ooo LLL NOTICE! NOTICE! NOTICE! Call ifor your bridge booster banners and ecards at the VIC REALTY CO’S OF- FICE, Duval Street. Let put this referendum over 100 per cent. IDI IL LLL D | Commg from the post office; |has the firm’s catalogs come south | |fices, of which the Florida dffice | such firms are able to distribute’ 13.—A_ Berlin lent kind of thrill. ment is brought to the home and | placed before her eyes, with prices jlisted. She can almost judge what she will get and at what price. | Take the local merchants and sel- |dom if ever will you find such an |advertisement in the local paper. And when they formerly adver- jtised they did so in such a manner jas almost to render their ads of |no value. Instead of using plenty |ot space to tell of their goods, they invariably condensed the |articles they wished to enumerate into a space that made the read- ing if the ad a burden instead of ja pleasure to intending buyers. |And the average woman of this day, is so busy with her other |Mmultitudinous duties to take day |after day off from them to go | “shopping” as was formerly done. | The newspaper is the buyers’ guide {now, a fact you can’t get away | from.” This gentleman was then told !what the writer had heard Julius | Rosenwald, president of the Sears- | Roebuck Company, state in an ad- dress delivered before an adver- | tising club in a northern city some | few years past. Mr. Rosenwald stated that night that his firm em- ployed a number of men whose ;only duty it was to peruse the several thousands of papers sub- \seribed for from every part of the jland. When these men reported ‘to the sales office that merchants in certain cities and towns were not patronizing their local papers, the mail order house immediately ordered that section flooded with their catalogs. , The result was that the mail order ‘houses capital- lized on the indifference or lack ‘of business acumen of the local merchants, Continuing our the gentlenian in question remark- ed on the statement published ‘in The Citizen not long ago that $100,000 was estimated, con- servatively, to go out of Key monthly to the mail order houses. He stated that in his opinion this amount was not excessive, although it sounded large on first hearing. But from his knowledge of the people of the city and their habit of purch ig from out of the city, he was perfectly satisfied in bis own mind that stated was not excessive. “It is a shame that such things are so,” jhe continued, “but until the local merchants take up advertising as a business and follow it as such, this thing will continue detriment of Key West,” { GRAVES GETS NOMINATION CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR) OF ALABAMA RECEIVES BIG MAJORITY BIRMINGHAM, Aia., Aug. 13—Bibb Graves was nomi- nated for governor of Ala- bama in Tuesday's democrat- ie primary by a big mojority. The cendidate received a majority of sepproximately 13,000 votes. DOG REVEALS TRAGEDY FRANKFORT, Ky.--The howls of John Woodard’s dog drew neighbors to the house and they found Woodard had been killed by Im fall. “FIGHT!” Remember when the kids yelled “fight™ in your school days? See Paradise” for a differ- SAN CARLOS THEATRE TODAY by my wife is that the advertise- | conversation, | the amount | to the| NEW YORK AND OTHER POINTS WASHED OUT BY HEAVY RAINS WHY MAIL ORDER HOUSES THRIVE Interesting “Dope” As Related By One of the Leading Busi- ness Men of Key West To Citizen Representative Two KILLED IN CON- NECTICUT BY LIGHT- NING; HEAT PROS- TRATIONS REPORTED (By Asxociated Preasr NEW YORK, Aug. 13.—Ter thunderstorms in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut have left death, fire and flood in their wake. The storm broke over the east yesterday when a wave of heat j and humidity was at its height. Street traffic here was para- caused with motor lyzed when heavy rains sewers to overflow, vehicles hub-deep in the water, left in the streets, while the sub- way traffic was also tied up. A washout on the Long Island Railroad disorganized traffic, two of the East River tui flooded. Is being Stanley Carpenter, 15, of Heighstown, N. J., and Charles Pocolaukas, 52, of Windsor, Conn, five men also received the shocks from lightning at Travers Island. SEEK RELIEF FROM HEAT WASHINGTON, Aug, 13.—The sweltering and parched capital, the second hottest city in the United States yesterday, appealed in vain today to the weather man for re- lief. Nine heat prostrations wore re- | ported, and many others were pré- vented from working, with all but three government departments excusing employés early in the day owing to extreme heat. MANY CUT OFF | FROM OFFICES NEW YORK, Aug. | of Long Island commute:s 12.—Thou- were cut off from their offices ia Manhattan today by flooded rail- | road tunnels under the East River still choked with 1 bist night's storm. | which were | water f DENY REPORTS OF EXECUTION CLAIM RUMORS FALSE MEXICO’S RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES IN (By Associated Proend MEXICO CITY, Aug. 13.—The department of war today denied the assertion of Archbishop Leo- pold Flores that two priests had been executed by Mexican federal forces in connection with the religious controversy The statement seid that.there had not been any execution of priests anywhere in Mexico, and also minimized reports of clashes between the Catholics and sol- diers. RUDOLPH VALENTINO —fn-— “THE EAGLE” The Sereon's Ideal Lover Rudolph Valentine in « role that gives him the greatest pos sible scopes as the world’s most romantic lover. Thrilling as « bandit, supreme in heart role. See it at the STRAND THEATRE Today and Tomorrow