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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-10
Enthusiastic Meeting
On Referendum Is
Held Last 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 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
ization during the present week.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-10
Dr.. Gwynn At Marine
Hospital Transferred
To Another Station

Official announcement is made
that DIR. NJ. X. Gwynn. who has
been surgeon in charge at the To-
cal Marine hospital for almost
four years, has been transferred
TO Astoria. Oregon. where he win
have charge Of the Columbia river
quarantine.
nr. G. NJ. Guiteras. who was
surgeon in charge Of the Marine
hospital here during the World
War period. and passed through
the city few DAYS ago. viii come
from Galveston, Texas, to fin the
place vacated By DR.. Gwyun.
The change becomes effective
September i. according to the an
Rouneement.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-10
PRISONER READY
FCR GALLOWS
RICHARD syIuTTEMoRE IS
READY TO MEET
DEATH
l..g As.eeIaie.. I.fea.l

BALTIMORE. Aug. 10.-Ths
last bare chance Of life was be-
fore Richard Reese WhItsemora
today The man who Il scheduled
10 die on the gailows Friday for
the murder Of Robert II. Hoffman,
Maryland penitentiary guard. took
little stock In Il however. and ap-
peared resigned to the end
Whittemore signed the neees-
saTy papers for an application FOR
. writ Of hsbeas corpus expressing
his opinion that L would do no
good.
Whlttemore has shown no signs
cf breaking under the death house
regime.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-10
Fire Causes Considerable
Damage To Penitentiary
In Havana Sunday Night
SIX HUNDRED PRISON
ERS ARE LODGED IN
LOOKUP WHEN BLAZE
BREAKS OUT

Passengers arriving here yes
terday afternoon on the steamship
Miami from Havana, report a big
fire which occurred in the Gu
ban capital on Sunday night when
the immense penitentiary struc-
ture located near the Prado was
damaged to the extent of APP
proximately $4,000.
The conflagration ragged for a
period of about four hours. with
the firemen valiantly fighting the
leaping flames which for a time
appeared to be quite threatening
TO other property in that vicinity.
The six hundred prisoners
lodged IN the lookup 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
mated.
There were about $4,000 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
when orders were given to shift
the prisoners to a point Of safety,
with terrible rush for the other
end Of the building being made
By the hundreds who became fran
tic on learning of the fire which
had up to that time destroyed q
considerable portion Of the build
ing.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-10
GALES MAKES
ATTACK ON
CATHOLICS
ISSUES STATEMENT IN
WHICH he CHARGES cLER
CT WITH KEEPING MASSES
IN IGNORANCE

MEXICO CITY, Aug io.The
situation arising from the govern
ments religious regulations and
their rejection BY the Catholics.
.oday became more tense and more
complicated when President Gales
ssued his bitterezt broadside
sgainss the Catholic clergy in q
statement 10 an American good
siII misEion."
He charged the clergy with
secking veal h and political pouer.
causing revolutions and bloodehed,
and uasng their paIpiss for pcdi-
tious speeches while keepsng
masses of people Sgncranf.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-10
JACK REFUSED
LICENSE TO
MEET TUNNEy
W oRLD s HEAVYWEIGHT
CHAMPION RECEIVES DIS
APPOINTMENT N PROPOSED
BOUT

NEW YORK, Aug. 10.--Jnck
Dempsey today was refused
license to fight Gene Tunney for
the worlds heavyweight cham
pionship at the Yankee Stadium
on September !.
Dempsey made formal appliea-
ticn to the commission yesterday,
having high hopes Of Its being
passed on favorably.
This refusal viii be the result
Of many disappointments among
the large number who were inter-
ested in the proposed bout.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-10
Two Men Drown Near
Pigeon Key Bridge
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. G. 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 negro
named Isaac Hendrix are the men
reported dead. The three injured
men, all colored, we're rushed to
this city on a specder and placed
in I,r. loves hosl :tsl, on Eaton
street.
County Judge Hugh Gum,
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 DIR. Loves hospital it was
learned that the three injured men
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.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-10
MERCURY CLIMBS TO HIGH MARK IN
SOUTHWEST BREAKING HEAT RECORD
A CITY PLANNING PRIMER
Arranged Especially The Kew West Citizen Material
Furnished by the Department of Commerce Washington
BY FRANK W. LOWERING

promotes the legitimate interests
of (a) householders, (bl business
and commerce, (c) manufacture
ing, Cd 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-
yelopment of land for homes,
business, and other purposes.
6. The zoning ordinance, which
should be an integral part of every
city planning program, promotes
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.
z. Experience shows that a
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 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
nation of the plan but at intervals
thereafter.
fcl Cooperation of the Off
Fcials and employees of city depart
ments, upon whose work the sue
cess of the city plan so largely de-
pends.
I'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.
90 Support of the city plan
By citizens is needed, and Is
ordinarily give generously
through their
(a) Consideration of the broad
features of the plan in selecting
and developing sites for various
purposes.
tb) Support of adequate ap-
preparations for the preparation of
"a city plan.
(c) Backing for the city coun-
ell in measures to execute the
plan.
tdl Encouragement to other
property owners to conform to
the plan.
te) Personal advocacy of city
planning.
THE End
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-10
THOSE WHO HAVE RETIRED

In both ends of thousands of Pullman running
over scores railroads of continental North America
last night the following placard hung wildly white
against jet black background:
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-10
ADJUSTMENTS
MONROE THEATRE
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Dorothy Mackaill in "The Dancer
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-10
Regional Planning and the Fringes
Beyond the City


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
in one municipality may become
an intolerable burden to the eiti-
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 commits
sions, and of the national govern
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.
Laws authorizing such commits
sions and the creation of State
international bureaus can do
much to bring local bodies togeth-
er on matters of common con-
Germ.
Modern Planning Has Net Test Of
a. krsriense
The experiences of hundreds of
American communities have been
carefully analysed 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 a
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
movement some harm at one time.
But the best modern planning.
while promoting beauty and
aesthetic effects. starts with the
basic idea of utilizing the land
area of a city along sound engi-
neering lines, SO that the citizens
may find it better, healthier. and
cheaper pldJc III ~HtNH 1V ttNGt
work, and play. Its value is well
demonstrated by a visit to any of
the many new towns which have
followed carefully developed
plans.
City planning fosters feeling
of unity and civic pride. Citizens
feel they are really part of q COM
Imunity and take more interest in
its affairs when they have a con-
ception of its plan and how the.
can contribute to its logical de
velopment.
Conclusions
/. American cities have found
that following well considers
city plan is far superior to the
usual haphazard growth.
2. The cost IL so reasonable
that the arguments for it are un-
'answerable.
3. A good plan Is devised with
the public welfare in mind. II
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-08-10
san cARLos

ToDAY-Harry Cordray and
his american Minstrels.. Also
movies.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-08-20
CANNOT FORCE
TENSI0N
Board Refuses Demand of MI
not Citizens For Elec-
i. trio Service

The state railroad board has dcclin-
ed to order the Northern States Power
20. to extend electric services to
the home of 4. NJ. Larson and seven
other Minot citizens. The reason, as
outlined in IA written decision OF the
case, is that it would cost the company
SO much money that it would make no
return on the investment and would
penalize other sections Of the com
munity which now are paying their
own way. Investigation showed that
neither graded roads, water or sewer
facilities have been extended to the
eight residents by the city and the
extension would cost approximately
$3.50 whereas the net revenue would
be only $50 a year. leaving the com
oany "A net loss Of x2G8 after fixed
their service to growing sections OF "A
charges had been deducted.
The Standard Rule
The standard rule Of the comm issi0n
requires that public utilities extend
their service 10 growing sections Of u
community when the gross income
for Il period, Of two years from the
prospective consumer or consumers is
equal to the direct cost Of the extern
sion, provided that the prospects are
that the patronage or demand will be
permanent" The commission also has
laid down rules for extensions where
the cost is too great to come with
in the requirements for a free extern
sion, arrangement is made whereby
the prospective consumer bears the
additional cost and gets rebate II
additional consumers are obtained to
receive service from the line so con-
structed.
The railroad board authorized the
Central Light and Power Co. Of Har-
vey to mortgage its plant for $780,
600 and to issue 100000 of first
mortgage bonds.
New Transmission Line
Route and specifications of trans
mission line proposed by the Otter
Tail Power company to serve the viii
lage Of Minor were approved.
Application by the Hughes &
Dieters company to sell its property
at Dickinson. Taylor, Gladstone, Rich
ardton, and Hebron and the connect
ing lines Of the Hughes Electric COM
pany was approved.
Lorenz Geiss, St. Anthony, was au-
thorized to purchase from p. s. An
derson a certificate authorizing the
holder to conduct motor freight SER
vice between st. Anthony and Mandan.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-08-20
DIRECTORS TO
STAND LOSS
Supreme Court Holds Fargo,
Minneapolis Banks Accepted
Mortgages in Good Faith

Reversing judgment Of the Foster
county district court, the supreme
court yesterday ordered Judgment for
the Northwestern National bank Of
Minneapolis and the Merchants Ma
tional bank of Fargo, against certain
directors Of the defunct state bank Of
Brantford, which failed in 1921.
A jury in the district court held
that mortgages on real estate, given
by Joseph Reiniger and A. .. Snyder.
bank directors, to the Minneapolis
and Fargo banks were the result OF
fraud and therefore not enforcible.
They contcnded that they had been
tricked by the officers Of the Rrant-
ford bank into signing certain obliga-
tiOns.
Fraud Not Established
The supreme court held, however.
that the Minneapolis and Fargo
banks accepted guarantees of the
Brantford bank in good faith and
that defenses Of fraud and want Of
nsideration had not been estab-
lished
When the Brantford bank failed,
the plaintiff banks sought to collect
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-08-20

The Studebaker bus line, Devils
Lake, was authorized to extend Its
service to carry passengers from Rug-
by to Steele.
A schedule of reduced street light
ing rates for the village Of Drayton,
filed by the Drayton Light and Power
company was approved.
A proposal BY the Hughes Die
ters company to establish meter de-
post rule at Hebron was suspended
Tor 100 days pending hearing by the
commits sion.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-08-20

collateral turned over to them by the
Brantford bank When the banks, as
mortgages attempted to foreclose
the mort ages, the action was con-
tested on the ground that they had
been obtained by fraud.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-08-20

from the directors and shareholders
as guarantors Of debts owed by the
Brantford bank. Later Reiniger and
Snyder gave mortgages on real
estate to secure the plaintiff banks.
while they attempted to realize on
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-03-19
MONTANA WEEKLY
INDUSTRIAL REVIEW

Billings-RecOrd petroleum well in
Big Lake field comes in; $4,000, 900
feet gas a day, with $500 feet oil in
hole.
Great Falls-Building permits here
for February, reached $23,895.
Butte-Keefe Brothers will build
$4,000 brick store on West Broad
way.
E~ureka-MOntana Products COM
pany starts work on chemical plant
Of Larch Products company.
Montana and Idaho national for
ests have new $4,000 fire patrol
fund.
Malta-CrOps worth S5O7,297 were
raised on lower part Of Milk river
irrigation project, last year. Alfalfa
seed paid S51.50 and certified seed
potatoes $389.75, an acre.
Glendiye-Eastern Montana Light
and Power company and Dakota
Montana Power company NAV bring
natural gas from Cabin Creek field.
for power distribution.
Butte city budget for 1925 is e872-
529, $1,667.50 above 1926.
Butte-Milwaukee logging extenl
sion to BlackfOOt valley win begin
at once.
Greater wheat crop forecast for
this year, than in 1925.
Havre-Bricklaying begins on Ford
building and hotel block.
Montana oil production FOR 1925.
was 4,O16,271 barrels, worth e 1sl-
267.
Sheridan county's $4,000 acres
spring wheat last year, produced
3lO26,000 bushels. Mineral cornfv
had the highest yield per Acre. 1T
bushels.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-03-19

Montana Power company may eX-
tend power service from Malta to
Glasgow. All rates will be lowered,
some as much as 80 per cent.
Bainville-Public utilities and city
property may pay more than so per
cent Of taxes in Roosevelt county, a
farming county.
Montana live stock valued at S94,-
100000, S1,00O,OOO more than a year
ago.
ROnan-Milwaukee begins building
rail extension to Blackfoot timber.
Harlem - Mountain States Tele-
phone company may build phone line
to Turner, this year.
Ronan-State plants 100000
whitefish in Flathead Lake.
Red LOdge-COOpeTative coal COM
pany will be formed, to work 1920
acres coal lands here.
Bozeman-State college rodent con-
troll officers have treated 100000
acres.
Hamilton-Peter Boske produced
five carloads onions on 15-acre farm,
Bainville-Roosevel county FARMS
worth $8,5OO,OOO, yield $3,25O,0OC
gross income a year.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-03-19
STATION KOA GETS
SPRING INSPECTION

DENVER, COlO-Preparatory to
the pre-summer brOadcasting season.
KOA's transmitting equipment and
towering antenna system this week
were given a rigid spring inspection
at the hands Of technical staff mem
bers. .
Examination Of antenna joints and
connections, insulatOrs, blocks and
messenger cables was especially i'm
pOrtant at this time in anticipation
of the usual March winds" declared
Charles J. LaGue, engineer in charge
Of transmission at the General Elec-
trio brOadcasting station.
eve were particularly interested to
find a complete absence of ~corrOsion
on the antenna wires and two down
leads" he continued. "This condi-
ton, no doubt, is explained by the
thin, dry atmosphere at this altitude
Designed and built for the sole pur-
pose of radio b~roadcasting, the Den
yer STATEN, it was pointed out
stands between two 2O-ton triangular
steel towers. These support the an
tenna at a height of $50 feet and
are more than a half block apart.
Seven strands of silicon-brOnze are
used in each of the three wires in
KOA's ~antenna, the multiple-tuned
type, it was explained. Spreaders
are "a feet long and are suspended
by steel brides from huge porcelain
insulatOrs.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-03-19

utilities has been proportionately
greater than fer the same period in
1925, ~reflecting the improvement
that has taken place in railroad earn
ings, and the increasing earning
power and equities behind public util-
ity issues. One reason for the i'm
proved market position Of public util-
ity securities is the possibility of
power and light company and tele-
phone company bonds being made
legal for savings banks and trustees
in New York and Massachusetts
Price Factors.
In view of the relatively high lever
Of bond prices in comparison with
recent years, there is considerable d.
versity Of opinion as to the possibility
of a reaction in the near future. It
is, therefore, interesting to analyze
the factors that are likely to have an
effect on bond prices.
One of the most important sources
of funds for bond investment in recent
years has been the life insurance COM
panies, which in 1924 had a surplus Of
approximately $1,000, OOO,O available
for investment after payment of all
expenses and claims. AS a greater
amount of life insurance was written
| during 1925 than in the previous
year, and no decrease in volume is
yet apparent, there should be a large
surplus available for investment in
! 1926.
The l~essening volume Of desirable
real estate mortgage loans should re-
suit in diverting a greater proper
ton Of these funds to the bond mar
ket. Savings banks are also likely t.
be heavier purchasers of bonds, be
cause in many instances their hold
!, ings of real estate mortgages r al
most up to the legal limit. In add
ton, bonds are being bought in larg
, volume for the growing endOwmer
funds of educational institution
l The permanent nature of invest
= ments of that character should Civ
r greater stability to the bond mark'
f than it has ever enjoyed IN the pas
The retirement of Liberty bonds
f also providing a very substanti
amount Of capital seeking reinves
ment.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-03-19
MRS HENsHAIL DEAD

Mrs James A. HeushaH, widow Of
DR.. Henshall, former superintendent
of the U. S. fish hatchery here, died
March 8 az the home of her uieces,
the Misses Rockwell, near Chicago,
according to word received last week
by friends in Bozeman. Funeral
services were held at Cincinnati, Ohio,
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-03-19

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The Phila-
delphia Sesquicentennial committee
has decided to distribute a million
facimilies of the Declaration of indie
pendence in an effort to better ac-
quaint the American people with that
famous document. It is we'll worth
the endeavor.