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The Kep West Citisen KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1926. Associated Press Day - Wire Service _ .For 47 Years Devoted to tif Interests of Key West | VOLUME XLVII. No. 194,’ - WAKES LARGE AND VARIED COLLECTION OF SPECIMENS. FOR FAIRMOUNT AQUARIUM ROW PRECIPITATED OVER MINING CAMP KEY WEST’S BUSINESS PEOPLE reese ce Ie . s=" || __ DISPLAY PROGRESSIVE SPIRIT. IN SPECIAL EDITION ISSUED COURT OFFICER 1S REMOVED BY GOVERNOR TODAY JAMES WHITEHURST, STATE | PROSECUTING ATTORNEY IS | \ CHARGED WITH NEGLIG-; ee bes S | | \ VETERAN OF THE OLD WEST MATCHES MARKSMANSHIP DUR- | ING QUARREL | ; DR. R. VAN DEUSEN |: LEAVES TODAY FOR’: in rerereNbum PHILADELPHIA WITH . FOR TOLL BRIDGES | At 2 o’clock this afternoon * | BRIGHT OUTLOOK *| (By Associated Press) TALLAHASSEE, Aug. 17. —Removal from office of James -Whitehurst, state pro- *| The sixteen-page edition of The | Citizen published yesterday was Wm. Curry’s Sons Company. (By Afgsocinted Press) MANY FISH Dr. Robert O. Van Deusen, rep- | resenting the Fairmont aquarium | “at Philadelphiu, who arrived in| Key West on July 12 to make the | annual collectign of rare speci-/ mens of fish, for which these | waters are widely famous, left! this morning for Philadelphia with his collection, which is believed to | be one of the finest ever gather- 8s eighteen | ed here. There were large tanks, containing 1,800 of the most beautiful and rare varie- | ties of the finny tribe of the sea} put aboard the Commercial | Pioneer, a vessel of the Moore) McCormack lines, at the Porter Dock this morning, the ship hav-!| ing made this port especially to pick up Dr. Van Deusen and his valuable catch of curious creatures of the deep. Dr. Van Deusen stated that he had enjoyed his stay at Wey West very much indeed and regrets to leave his many friends here, and hopes that he will be sent. back to Key West next year to make the annual collection at this port. A representative from the New York aquarium is expected to ar- the Third Precinct reported *| voting at the rate of 120 to-’ | * 1 in favor of bridges, while * at the Second the rate was 44 to 1 for bridges, At this * rate it is estimated that there * will not be over five “No” * votes cast in the referendum * at Key West. It is expected that the same proportion will * will be maintained at the pre- cints on the keys. 4 The polls close at sundown today, which is about 7:10 * o'clock, and it is expected that * the voting will be lively about * that time. in The Citizen will post the returns of today’s vote in front of the office this eve- ning as soon as the ballots are tabulated. * * * * * * * * ee ee COUPLE DECIDE T0 TAKE VOWS IN MID-AIR secuting attorney of circuit { five, was announced by Gov- ernor Martin today, effective immediately. | | | The charge made was “neg- | lect of duty.” 1 | PARTY LOST IN ~ DENSE WOODS IS FOUND TODAY {TWO. WOMEN AND THREE *| CHILDREN SPEND TWELVE) . HOURS! LOOKING IN VAIN | FOR OPEN PATH | (By Associated Prenn) | EAST DOUGLASS, Arizona, |Aug. 17—Kneeling in a party, ‘two women and three children, |who had been lest in the dense | woods, were found puddled under These two miners had the narrowes: of escapes from the cave-in at the American Zinc and Fluorspar Company's mine at Salem, Ky. | | They heard the sound of rushing waters just in time and fled through the main shaft just before the avalanche engulfed the tunnels. | Then. reaching the surface, they j>ined ‘he rescue crews and worked with the others for a week until the five men entombed below could be rescued. They are Hugh Wiggins (left) and Alton Grissom. Boulevard ;” To Weld Sea-Going Key West _ Road Arouses Rival — Plan In The North ! Governor of Delaware Proposes To Swell Coastwise | 80 Miles of Reefs And Is- | made possible only by the opti- |mism and admirable progressive | spirit of the business and profes- nal people of Key West. They responded promptly and liberally | to the suggestion of The Citizen |ad man that they take space in the enlarged issue, for they were} eager to do so as an expression | of their intense interest in the | proposition of the toll bridges and their earnest desire to see Key) | West go forward in a measure) | commensurate with the resources, | climate and natural attractions af- | forded by this community. | A list of the progressive citi- zens and conéerns taking advertis- ing space puyppsely for the spec- | ial edition and i6 boost the cause | | of bridges in the referendum is) | given herewith. | | Key West Foundation Company. ; C. A. P. Turner. i Oriental Pharmacy. | J. Lancelot Lester. Tidewater Construction pany. Com- | | South Florida -Contracting &| Engineering Co. Valdez Bakery. Sanitary Restaurant. Peter Ponce. Markovitz & Morales. T. Jenkins Curry. E. M. Russell. Maloney & Peacock. Key West Gas Company. * H. Boyajian (Vic. Realty) rts Book Store. | Oyer Sea Highway Association. | Cabrera Bros. Monsalvatge & Drane. Busy Bee Bakery. F. H. Solomon. John C, Park. OQ. K. Shoe Shop. i] Mato Bros. et Modern Meat Market. Isaac Mesa (Navy Smoke Shop). | T.A. Lumley. l, Key Wes: Electric Company. Roscoe Roberts. First Title Guaranty & Abstract Co. Long’s Furniture Store. | Realty Values In Three States By “Del-Mar, ve. CITY STARTS WORK OF R AZING MERCED, Cal., Aug. 17.— Paul Baran, 51, veteran of the gold camps of the old west, matched marksmanship with three men yesterday during a quarrel over a mining camp, and won, Today he faces two charges of murder and possibly three. Two of those with whom he quarreled were killed out- right, while the third is con- ceded but a slight chance tdi recover. The shooting occurred near Brideburg, a sparsely settied and rough section at Mariposa county, REFERENDUM SUBMITTED TO VOTERS TODAY LADIES BECOME MUCH IN. TERESTED IN BALLOTING; (iy Associaged Press) NEW YORK, Aug. 17.— Harry C. McKnown, who was an aviator in France and his bride of today, Miss Ruth I. ja tree early today. They had | {been lost twelve hours, and were ‘four miles from where they en-} tered the woods. rive here about August 20 to se- eure a collection of fish in the waters about Key West, and, will ‘remain four or five weeks. lands Into Ocean Drive __ OLD DILAPIDATED BUILDINGS —_—-—- Wn a ees Key West and Monroe County have set the pace in sea-goiwe | j Sat boulevard building connecting islands, and Delaware, Maryland end ‘MANY STRUCTURES! IN Virginia scem to have recently caught the tremendous potential yal- | REVISION OF Says a é INTER-STATE COMMERCE COMMISSION ORDERS NEW SCALE PUT INTO EFFECT FIRST OF YEAR } (Ry Associated Verena) | WASHINGTON, Aug. 17>-| . Widespfead revision of freight) rates on fertilizers and ‘fertilizer materials in the south was decided upon teday by the Inter-State | Commerce Commission. | The railroads were ordered t put a new scale into effect Janu- | ary 1, 1927. The decision: follow- | ed a two-year investigation begun by the commission. r On its own motion it was found | that in view of characteristics, the fertilizer traffic was ‘“reasonab} entitled to a relatively low basis’ of rates,” . { MAKES DESPERATE FIGHT FOR LIFE. i} (By Associnted » NEW YORK, Aug. 17.— Rudolph Valentino, sheik of the silver screen, is fighting desper- | ately for his million-dollar life to- day in a bower of foses at the Polytechnic Hospital. His physicians have revealed that peritonitis had already , de- veloped when the film star was operated on Sunday night for ap- pendicitis and a gastric ulcer, NOTICE | heard The regular mecting of Dade Lodge No. 14 will be held Wednes- day evening, August 18. Brother Eakins will lecture on Masonry. By order of the W. M. J. J. TREVOR, augi6-2t Secretary. Seceeveccsceces AMUSEMENTS MONROE THEATRE TODAY —- “Dancing Mothers.” Also the Derby Winners, Comedy —“Whoe's My Wife.” SAN CARLOS TODAY— Barroom.” 2 a {Speeial re «Wedding march, , an “aviation. j added materially Hord,' of Birmingham, Ala., - prefer the drone of an air- | plane motor to’an orchestral | company contracting to carry them 4,000 feet ‘above the city this afteynoon to be mar- ried by the Rey. Leslie J. {| Bernett of the Morningside Presbyterian church. PACKED HOUSE AT MONROE THEA TIAL APPEARANCE LAST NIGHT A packed house greeted P. A. Phelps and his “Derby Winners” i their initial appearance at the Monroe theatre last night. The theatre’s seven-piece or- chestra and the beautiful scenery brought along by the company to the interest of the performance. The dancing done by some of | the chorus girls was good and a number of the actors were loudly applauded, with one or two of the teams answering to encores. No announcement was made last night, as to the future bills to be; presented by ‘he “Derby Winners” during the week, but it is under- stood that they will change every other night, as has been the cus- tom at the Monroe up to this time. The pictures at the Monroe last night were ofthe very highest or- ‘der and full of intense interest. The people in the arvdience were io frequently compliment the moving pictures. TWO KILLED IN AIRPLANE FALL (ty Associated Presa? CHICAGO, Aug. 177 naval ensigns plunged to their death today when a seaplane ‘in which they flying above Lake Mic suddenly dived into the w —Two were “Ten Nights elon” An opportunity te see this wen- derful pieture is given to the pub- lie. See it at the SAN CARLOS THEATRE TOPAY {tural jot | They ee Chebgt ues of the local proposition, and inspired by our energy and en- thusiasm here, are getting more Steam at the suggestion of Govern- Whitinsville. her children, Louis and Joseph, aged 9 and 10, and Mrs. Chabot's sister-in-law, Mrs, Addlard Chabot, and her .9- | ‘year-old daugliter. SRE miley | party was found by one of the posse of over a hundred men who had answered the call for assist- ance when it beeame known that the women and children were lost. The women were almost ex- hausted by a continued tramping around in the woods in a drench- ing rain as they tried in vain for hours to find a path that would Jead them out. VETERANS READY FOR MAMMOTH PARADE TODAY SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR CONTINGENT HOLDING AN- NUAL CONVENTION IN DES : MOINES *- (By Anxocl DES MOIENS, ed Press) Towa, Aug. 17. —A military air gripped this city | today as the Spanish-American War veterans prepared for a pa- rade which will overshadow vir- tually all other events of the Na- tional Encampment here. From fifteen thousand to twen- ty thousand, old and young sol- diers, will march by the review- ing stand late this afternoon. Ten thousand or more veterans of 1898 attending®the annual re- union were augmented by the Iowa National Guard, regular troops from Fort Des Moines and stud ents of the Citizens Military Training Camp here. UNIDENTIFIED MAN IS FATALLY SHOT (te Associated Presa) NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 17.—An unidentified man was shot and fatally wounded in a gun battle with @an officer near Beverly Gardens, Jeffetson ‘Parish, early teday. The man died at a shortly afterward. hospital GIANT POPPIES LONDON — Poppy _ blessoms more than a foot in diameter were exhibited at the Reyal Horticul- “s show | or R. P. Robinson of Delaware. | has'such an opportunity as this. Over Reefs and Islands DOVER, Del., Aug. 17.—Three’ | states have begun a. study of opportunitics presented by | long line of reefs, some of them wooded, which skirt the Atlantic | eoast line of Delaware, Marylanj} jand Virginia along the “Del-Mar- Va” western shore peninsula, for len ocean boulevard of nearly 80 | miles south from Cape Henlopen, | Del. | Because’ of state ownership of | the greater part of the islands in- | volved and the chance of creating |a market value for these state |1ends, sta‘e and county authorities lare inclined to believe the project .° can be made to- practically pay i j way, without any charge agai nt road-building budgets. The boulevard, as propesed would constitute a glorious 69-mile sweep of roadway, the en ire di tance along the beaches, or what it is believed will be the long bench boulevard im the country on either coast. surveyed by the the Delaware authorities at northern and by the Virginia coun ies interested at i uthern end, except the coast, lying between the ope and the “inside channel. drive along the strand would pe Henlopen e of the entrance From 1 outh to R lighthouse mil From beach along the beach front outside of Rehoboth and In diaw river bay The trip from™Bet miles, acr Ocean made motor cars at | tide. Ocean City i ve miles south of the elaware-Maryland line; and from that point stretches As so:eague island, timbered s 7 quently five io ten miles from the mainiand, past romantic bays and inlets, along which the drive would Zigzag, first to the ocean frent and then te the bay side conglud- ine, 2 short Here the yland line to frequently in heavy ost of the” Rehoboth to 4 camseway across: | tiantic’ { . a@ drive of 80 mesites, it would n is whether there island, a quaint 15 miles south d-Virginia line. shell. road, already open, across. a series of modern bridges and a éauseway four miles long, brings the route back to the mainland, 66: miles from Cape Charles and its ferries. Gov. Rob- crt P. Robinson of Delaware has advocated an immedia’e investiga- tion of the feasibility of locating the Delaware section of this drive, s, to the Maryland line. In thé five miles between the Del- aware-Maryland line and thé be. ginning of the concrete boulevard 0. v, Md resort dev. fishing commun of the Mary ons for a privately fi- ced boulevard. h of Ocean City’ stretches we island, ‘ts beaches hard to Chinco- inian end st borings ate the probab! Assoteague je in places, has tim- no cultivation and the s have granted few private foundation. ‘0 miles but The state of Delaware holds zil the rights to the reef is- lands a ihe northern stretch. State engineers and I estate men say the sale the state-of property for ummer homes,‘ fronting a new boulevard will more than pay the cost_of cons'ruction. Lt oy. J. Hall Anderson of Delaware. a member of the Del- estate highway commission, a recent statement: ction of the te my know- w practically any part of the ro: paition. diet of coast point.” ve survey men on this miles along the Strand, with a clear sea view pr ictically all the way,” | | The lieutenant-governor of D:laware, J. Hali Anderson, a mem- | ber, of the state highway commiss on, poin's cut what Key West has + for two years been telling the worid: [2 a eee OF CANT ' “If, as has been asserted, th> entire road cost can be carried | by the sale of part of the adjacen® state lands as h seem as if ihe chief question necejsary for decisi | is any danger of erosion by the se:, : j | Governor Robinson ‘says:—And he forgets Key West’s and Mon- ! roe County’s projects—“No othe» section of the. | MAN HELD IN CONNECTION | PUBLISHER DENIES CHARGE VARIOUS PARTS OF CITY T@ BE TORN “The city council's program of tearing down a number of old, | dilapidated buildings in different | parts of the city is now getting | well under way. The owners of | PREDICT BIG MAJORITY FOR BRIDGES The refe; and psople bre voting more rapidg.. ly than had really been anticipat™ ed. The ladies seem especially —in- terested in the success of the im- portant question at issue, and they were among the earliest voters at the polls this morning, a lady {condemned shacks are allowed the |°asting the very first ballot for ily Annesinred Press) CLEVELAND, Aug. 17.—All |“Sron clad” evidence that Joseph R. Roach, famous Chicago clean ap attorney, has gathered in an | effort to solve the murder of Don R. Mellett, Canton publisher, ° i being hurled today against denials of Louis Mazer, underworld char- acter, that he committed ‘he mur- | der after a breakdown before the direct accusation of ‘the distict | attorney A. E. Bernsteen. | Mazer stivfened and sioutly de- | aied any knowledge of the crime. PRIMARIES IN. MISSISSIPPI MANY ‘DEMOCRATS PARTICI- PATE IN ELEC. JACKSON, } Tens of thousands of Mississippi Democrats today cast their ballots in the primary on. The of- fices to be chosen inciude four members of the house of repre sentatives, seven judges and several county judges The nomination is equivalent to election P. ondary cirenit court to he sec st of the ominat cal is: fa with es seem in mw races, larity prede ing., STATE OF WYOMING HOLDS PRIMARY (Ry Assceinted Prees) CHEYENNE, Wyoming, Aug.: 17.—The orate of the state to the p teday to cast of the quietest pri- elections in history of the With unsettled weather predict- sed, a light vote, probably not ex- ceeding 20,000, wae forceast. ele in \ privilege of razing them, but if! they do not the city will, and will | charge the expense to the prop-/| erty in the form of a lien. | The old structure next to the Island City bank building is being by the owners, while | ‘one on Southard, between White- head and Dyval is being razed by the city under supervision of} Ralph R. R ll, who uses city | prisoners in the work. ‘artl Seven buildings have been or-} dered immediately torn down, in-| cluding the two above mentioned The others are: Two shacks at| ner of Emma and Division on William street y Roberts, and two 1 street, oceupied | Mastragani, known “Monkey Man,” and owned by Dr. | Carson, of Melbourne, Fla. The building inspector has pre-| ‘pared a list of 258 other old} buildings with recommendgtion | that they be torn down. This Tist | wil] be considered at the meeting | of the uncil on Thursday | eveni Included in this list_ is) the old structure owned ‘by Abram | Wolkowsky, e corner of Du-, and Greene streets. It is un-| hat he has employed! council te oppose in court the’ razing of this shack. BIG FIREIN ATLANTA, GA. ENTIRE BUSINESS BLOCK 1S THREATENED BY © BLAZE one city i. derstoc ‘Ny Axsoctated Press? ATLANTA, Aug. 17-—A_ fire i whien started in the Glidden Paint Store in the heart of Ailanta’s business district early this morn nt uuder contro! at q k after threatening to de stroy ihe business block The damage was extimsted at between $16,000 and $15,000. The origin of the fire is undeter- mined. the First Precinet, at the cSunt: court house poll. From every voting place this afternodn reports come that the referendum will go over 100 per cent, and it is now believed that there will be fewer ballots oppos- ing the measure than were at first contemplated, Those winning the honor of casting the first ballots at the dif- ferent polling places in the city this rorning were: Miss Elizabeth Wedlington, ist precinct; Braxton Warren, 2nd; Wm. Fagan’ ard; G. F. Morris, 4th; Chertie Lowe, Sth, The fact that the referendum will wo over bya tremendous majority ia generally conceded by one and nil; but there is quite a difference in opinions as tothe of votes will be cast. For this reason a cortain amoant of interest. will center about the counuing of ballotts af‘er the polls close this evening. REDUCTION MADE IN TAX RATE TAVARES, Fla., Aug. 17.—Re- duction of five mills in the tox rate wae decided upon by ‘the town council at » special meeting of that body this week. The rate for 1925 was 22 mills and the rate }decided upon fer the year 1926 was 15 mills. According to a statement by the tax assessor, this reduction was made possible hy the increased to- ta] valuation of reni estate and the ~~onomic management of the tow finances. “DANCING MOTHERS” Flapper deughter. Night efub father. What to do? So mother joins the “Dancing Mothers.” A Paramount picture. MONROE THEATRE TODAY dum is, on todayy?"

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