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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-02-19
MIAMI To HAVE
OPERA SEASON
NINE PERFORMANCES ARRANG-
ED FOR CORAL GABLES
STADIUM

MIAMI, Feb. 19.-Miami is to have
a grand opera season-the first ever
arranged in the State of Florida. On
March 8, and continuing for eight
days, the Chicago Civic Grand Opera
Company win appear in nine per-
formances at the Coral Gables Sta
dunn, Miami. Mary Garden and 10
other high priced artists will sing.
There are $50 members of the
company which viii come to Miami
in three special trains. There is an
orchestra of 80 pieces and a stage
band of "a. There are go in the
chorus. and 80 in the ballet.
In order to arrange for presenta-
ton of the operas. exactly as seen in
the Auditorium in Chicago, the Mi
ami Coliseum Corporation is having
erected, at a cost of more than
$25, 900, great stage at the Stadium.
The Stadium has been covered and
400 regulation opera chairs INSTALL
ed. so that a regulation opera chair
goes with every reserved ticket. The
Chicago Civic Grand Opera Company
is being brought to Florida at a cost
of $500, 900. II requires Is baggage
cars to bring the scenery, parapher-
MALTA and wardrobes.
The opening opera Monday night,
March 8, viii be aida" with such
singers as Rosa Raisa, Marchall, Van
Gordon and Fimini. Polaceo viii be
the conductor. Tuesday night brings
Mary Garden in 'sThais"; Wednesday
night, "Traviata"; Thursday night,
Madame Butterfly; Friday "0th-
ello"; Saturday matinee. Mary Gar
den again in Carmen; Saturday
night. Ell Trovatore"; Sunday mat
inee, 'Rigoletto"; and Monday night,
"Cavalleria Rustcans," followed by
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-02-19
OLD 'FLIVVERS"
PREDOMINANT AT
FLORIDA COLLEGE
LIMoUsINEs HAVE NO GREATER
CHARM FOR STUDENTS THAN
CARS OF INFERIOR MAKE;
USED CARS PREFERRED


UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, Feb.
1S.-The ramshackle ''f1ivver" craze
has struck the University of florida.
No more do the new, shiny, multi
colored, multi-cylindered cars rule
supreme on the streets and highways.
The "aivver" has come into its own
with a vengeance. Not the new,
shining product as it comes from the
factory, but the aged, "decrepit" and
broken-down fiivver, is the cock-of-
the-walk among the elite of college
students.
At the University of Florida there
are nearly a hundred of the antiquat-
ed automobiles enjoying a period of
popularity. Perhaps it is the answer
to the used car problem, some assert.
The worse they are, the better they
are, many think.
One 6-year-old "livver" fits back
and forth, covered with white paint,
various signs posted on it, as it says
woefully to one side. The top is
ragged, but, badly battered as it is,
the collegians seem to enjoy it,
The cars are painted all colors,
some are speckled, others periodically
carry the school colors-bright
orange and blue. Some have tops,
some half a top, and a great many
have no top at all. Most of them
are without windshield, and the up
holstering badly shattered.
Signs of every description stand
out glaringly. Humorous ones are
painted on doors, backs and tops.
Fraternity emblems are scrawled on
the windshield, with lanterns used for
lights. The collegiate may find a
solution for the used-car problem or
not, but at any rate they are finding
a use for the used cars.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-02-19
0MkHA.P0LICE
BAFFLED over
TWO MURDERS
rERSON COMMITTING CRIMES
BELIEVED TO BE MANIAC OR
DRUG ADDICT; CONTINUE IN
VESTIGATION
fBy A.sociafed Pres.l

OMAHA, Neb., Feb. ia
handful of little copper rifle shells
left by the phantom rif1eman," who
had killed two persons and sent
leaden pellets whirring too close for
comfort to others, comprised clues
on which police were working today.
I'm completely up in the air"
Police Chief Van Deusen said.
An. all night vigil in the part of
town in which the man, believed to
be maniac or drug addict, has ap-
peared, was kept again last night.
With daylight officials feared an
other victim might be revealed as
was the case yesterday when DIR. A.
ID. Sealres was found dead in his of
flee, his head drilled through by a
% calibre bullet.
The first victim was William Me-
Dewitt, shot to death Sunday night
in similar manner, except that he
was killed on the street.
With the posting of rewards to-
falling $3.50 by newspapers, the
concentration of police efforts
throughout Omaha was great. The
eity's nervousness was attested by
scores of telephone calls for police
aid, the reports ranging from actual
shootings to Tapping shutters.
Dr.. Searles' body was found by
his wife when she went to his of
flee. The door was locked from the
outside and through the mail slot
she saw him on the floor. A theory
that he was the victim of a drug
addict to whom he had declined to
give narcotics was coupled with the
belief he was a victim of the
maniac rifleman" gun because an
empty .22 calibre shell was found in
the room.
When Mr.. McDevitt was shot two
shells were found ten feet from his
body. When a drug store window
was struck Tuesday night, an empty
shell was found across the street, and
several of the little shells have been
found in the neighborhood of the
McDevitt shooting where windows
have been punctured and doors struck
by bullets.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-02-19
GREAT EXPANSION
SEABOARD Line Is
NOW. PLANNED
ADDITIONAL TPAcKAGE IN PRO-
POSED PROGRAM OF RAILWAY
WILL INCLUDE 637 MILES OF
NEW LINES
nv A.-eeiafea Pre.sl

BALTIMORE, Nd, Feb. ia
tremendous program of expansion,
involving the addition of 637 miles
of trackage to the seaboard air line
railway system, calculated to bring
S10,000,000 additional annual gross
revenue to the railway, was announc-
ed here yesterday by S. Davies War
field, president of the Seaboard. The
announcement was contained in a
letter addressed to the stockholders
Offering them the opportunity to ac-
quire stock in a company which viii
acquire the necessary acreage on
which to build the new trackage.
The principal object Of the expen-
sion program, Mr.. Warfeid said, was
to open a new avenue from the west
TO the Atlantic seaboard and, to the
south. The states of Florida, Geor-
gia, and Alabama are the principal
ones affected.
The outlined development follows:
A third line of track to Tampa,
st. Petersburg and intermediate and
other Florida points.
A new short main line to and from
these points opening new gateways
to the west via the Florida west
coast, Perry, Fla, and Albany, Mont
gomery and Birmingham, Ala.
A short line to Atlanta and Ma
con, Ga, and intermediate ports.
A port line from Atlanta, via
Macon, to Jacksonville, Fla. 49,
The shortest line via Macon to
Atlanta to Savannah.
A new short line from the west via
Birmingham and Montgomery, and
also from Atlanta, via a proposed
Inglis- DuneIlon- Wildwood cut of,
to Palm Beach, Miami, and other
points on the Florida East Coast and
Ridge country.
The investment company, in which
stockholders of the railway company
are. offered stock, is capitalized at
100000 shares of non par value.
Shares are priced to them at $25 a
share, to the extent of 3G4,753 shares.
Another block of 10000 shares is Of
fered to Seaboard officials below the
rank of president as reward for
foregoing land speculation in Flor
ida.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-02-19

To abandon comfort and ease for
life in Hindu village is not change
that many women would face with
equinimity. An English woman, Miss
Madeline Slade, daughter of Admiral
Sir Edmund Slade, a former COM
mander in chief of the East Indies
Naval Station, has renowned the
world for social work with Mr..
Ghandi, the Indian revolutionary
leader. Now she is living in man.
ner little more exalted than that of
the ordinary peasant woman Of In
dia. Her meals are seanty, meat of
any kind is forbidden, and she has to
do her own cooking and washing.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-02-19

Membersso the executive commit
tee of the National Grange have beer
invited by Secretary of Agriculture
Jardino to meet with him in Wash
ington today for a,conference on thu
farm situation. II
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-02-19

A Day . Prayer for Missions vii
be observed today by all denomina
tions in the United States and Can
ada.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-02-19

For 25 years Mrs. Harriet Fisher
Andrews, of Trenton, n. J., has been
the president and manager of an
anvil factory which is the largest CON-
Germ of its kind in America.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-02-19
key WEST FOREVER"

There is no better evidence
of a commendable community
spirit than that of loyalty to
town in which a person lives.
If a town is worth living in it
is worth defending and support
ing in its efforts to advance
with the rest of the world.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-02-19

The annual convention of the Min
nesota State Editorial Association
win meet in Minneapolis today for a
two-day session.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-02-19
ToDAY's EVENTS

Eighty years ago today j. p. Hen
derson was inaugurated first State
governor of Texas.
Evening star., 1926-02-01
COLUMBUS URGED
FOR SPECIAL HONOR
Sons of Italy Want Date of
! Americas Discovery De-
CIared Holiday.

Resolutions urging that October -,
the anniversary of the discovery of
America by Columbus, be made Il legal
holiday in the United States, and that
the immigration laws OF this country
he lberaliZed were adopted by the
order of Sons OF Italy in America,
meeting in national convention at the
Washington Hotel today. Bills to Sc
cure beth these ends have been intro
duCed in the House.
President Coolidge received the 300
delegates to the convention at the
White House shortly after noon today.
Passage by the convention of the
resolution urging that October u be
made a legal holiday was the signal
for a demonstration, delegates rising
to their feet and cheering as the con-
vention voted unanimously to add an
other legal holiday to the calendar
Would Amend Immigration Law.
Amendment of the 1924 immigration
law to permit re-entry into the United
States of Italians who served with the
American Army in the World War,
regardless of quota restrictions would
he sought under the resolution propos-
ing that the immigration laws he lib
eralized. Several thousand men. whose
number has been variously estimated
between 1000 and 5000. who enlisted
in the American Army during the war
and were honorably discharged abroad
would be affected by the proposed
amendment. The Labor Department
has declared that 1t cannot permit
them to come to this country without
regard TO the quota provisions Of the
present immigration law unless the
law is changed.
The convention also approved a res
oIution providing for acceptance into
the ranks of the order Of several
lodges in New York State which had
broken away and become separate
entities Commenting on this resolu-
ton, delegates said members of the
Seceding lodges would have to take
The oath Of allegiance to the United
States and to the order before they
would be taken back. We want no
anarchists or bolshevists in our order"
a delegate said.
Decorate Grave of Unknown Hero.
Standing with barred heads in a
downpour of rain, the 900 delegates
remained at attention yesterday while
supreme COmdr. Giovanni NJ. di Sill
veStro laid a bronze wreath on the
tomb Of the Unknown Soldier. The
group gathered at Arlington to honor
the unknown hero of the World War
represented nearly 10000 persons Of
Italian birth. who are now American
citizens. Mrs. Anna Eopulucci of
Washington, mother of the first
American soldier to die in the war,
was present at the ceremony.
Following the ceremony at Airing
ton, the delegates went to the
italian embassy. where they were re-
ceived by Ambassador de Martino.
The closing event of the three-day
convention Will be a banquet and
dance at the Washington Hotel
tonight.
Evening star., 1926-02-01
DRY AGENTS ORDERED
TRIED In MARYLAND
Supreme Court Upholds Claim of
Jurisdiction in Charges of
Murder and Perjury.

Maryland won in part in the United
States Supreme Court today in its
fight to place on trial in the State
courts Federal prohibition agents
charged with the murder of Lawrence
Wenger near Madonna, Md.
Four Federal prohibition officers
and their chauffeur were being held
by the State for trial on several
charges, including murder, when Fed
eral District Judge Soper, at Balti-
more. ordered them surrendered to
the Federal authorities for trial in the
Federal courts.
The State insisted upon its right to
enforce its own criminal laws. denying
that the Federal Government had the
right to interfere. The Federal Gov
ernment contended that under the in
ternal revenue and prohibition statutes
Federal prohibition agents must be
tried in the Federal courts, regardless
Of any charges that might be brought
against them in State courts.
The court, after ordering the pro-
hibitlon agents remanded to the State
courts, stated that the Federal Dis
trtct Court would be at liberty 10
permit them further to amend tha'-
bill upon which they were removes
to the Federal Court. and could again
take jurisdiction of the men provided
they by amendment perfected their
ayerments to meet the objections
pointed out by the Supreme Court
to the original averments
Regarding the demand of Maryland
for the right to try the men on the
charge of murder the Supreme Court
held that the men had no right to
trial for murder in the Federal courts
and must be remanded for trial in
those a. ~ tna nj 30
County.
Regarding the charge of perjury the
court held also that the State courts
had jurisdiction.
Evening star., 1926-02-01
STEPHAN is REELECTED
BY FOREIGN WAR ORDER
Other Officers Chosen at Annual
Meeting-Masonic Leader Gives
Principal Address.

Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan was re-
elected commander of the local Order
of the Military Order of Foreign Wars
at the annual meeting and banquet
at the Army and Navy Club Saturday
evening.
/ Capt. John III. Cowles, supreme oom-
nhander of the Grand Council of Scot
tiSh Rite Masons of the Southern
Jurisdiction. was the principal speaker.
and told of his experiences during
the Spanish h-American War and the
World War.
The other officers elected were Maj.
George J. Newgarden. national vice
commander; Lieut.. Col. J. Miller Ken
yon, senior vice comman nder: Lieut.
Comdr. Lewis =. Clephane, jr.. vice
colnmander; Capt. Edwin S. Bettel-
helm, Jr., secretary Ue-elected): Maj.
Albert II. Dondero, treasurer ire
elected); Lieut.. Col. James f. Town
send, surgeon; Lieut.. Col. Robert p.
Parrott. judge advocate tre-elected);
Capt. Samuel w. Small, chaplain ire
elected; Lieut.. Comdr. Edward Breck,
historian; Lieut.. Comdr. John Balch
Blood, recorder: Maj. Emil Walters,
registrar (re-elected.
Evening star., 1926-02-01
MAN SLAIN IN EFFORT
TO RESIST BANDITS
Robbers Wound Another Man,
Then Flee-Jeweler Held Up
and Loses $50, 900 Gems.


By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. February 1.-Resist-
ing two bandits who invaded an
oyster and chop house on the edge of
the Times Square district. John J.
Mullaney. 80, was shot and killed
yesterday. The robbers had forced
the dozen patrons into a back room
and started to search them. Null
laney grappled with one of the bandits
and In the struggle was shot through
the breast. The pair quickly aban-
doned their hold-up attempt and fled
after firing a volley through the
place and Wounding John Spears. an
other of the patrons, In the foot.
Police discovered four barrels of
beer In the cellar and arrested the
bartender and a waiter on charges of
Evening star., 1926-02-01
ASKS AUDIT CHANGE,
Zihlman Bill Would Relieve Judges
Of Job of Certification.

To relieve the judges OF the Su
preme Court OF the District from Ger
utying the accounts of the recorder
OF deeds, a bill was introduced today
at the request OF the District Commits
sloners, by Chairman Zihlman OF the
HouSe District committee This pro
poses to amend section 553 OF the Code
OF Laws for the District.
The commissioners explained that
these accounts are audited by the
Treasury Department and the judges
OF the court are unable to make an
investigation and examination of the
accounts for the purpose of certifica.
ton before they are transmitted to the
Treasury Department. The activities
or the recorder of deeds. the Commits.
sioners emphasize, are in no way un.
der the supervision of the court.
Evening star., 1926-02-01

violation of the prohibition laws.
Police said the chop house was oper-
ated by BARLEY Madden, heavyweight
pugilist.
Two robbers entered the jewelry
store of Lerner Brothers e. Busbaum
on the East Side. and, after holding
up Harry LerneC, who was in the
store with three friends. made away
with diamonds. platinum, loose gold
and jewelry. valued at $4,000 to
100000.
Evening star., 1926-02-01
THREE HURT IN CRASH,
Taxicabs Collide-Woman, Child
and Driver Injured.

Three persons were injured In a
colhSlon between taxicabs this
morning at Twelfth and X streets
Mary Sullivan. 5 years old, and her
mother. Mrs. Nellie Sullivan, residing
at 81 l. street. passengers in one OF
the cabs, and w. y. Nelson of 1871
L street, the driver, received scalr
wounds. Mrs. Sullivan also is be
l1eved to be suffering from internal
injuries. They were taken to
Emergency Hospital.
Nelson was driving west on K
street when his machine and a similar
vehicle coliided at Twelfth street,
causing the former to overturn. The
other cab was not overturned.
Evening star., 1926-02-01
Pepy's Diary Uniuue.

In all England literature there is
nothing that SO reflects society of the
time in which it was written, between
1860 and 1890, as Pepy's Diary. 1t
was inscribed in shorthand by Samuel
Pepy and was not published until
1925. The years in which he wrote
were gay and profligate times.
Evening star., 1926-02-01
TETRAZZINI PLANNING
OPERATIC COMEBACK
Famous Singer Yields to Shattered
Nerves and Goes to Riviera
for Rest Cure.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
LONDON, February AFTER hav-
ing made many unsuccessful attempts
to give concerts in Great Britain this
season, Tetrazzini has surrendered 10
her shattered nerves and now Is ut
the Italian Riviera for a long rest.
Il shall not return again except
as the old Tetrazzini," the prima
donna said as she was leaving Lon
don. Il hope that Will be in the
Spring. | shah be joined at tile
Riviera by my sister and shall do
nothing but rest and recuperate for
two months"
The great singer has shown un
usual kindness to Luella Paikfn, the
English girl who substituted for her
whenever she was unable to appear.
on many occasions she went to the
hall and introduced the young singer
to the audiences, and this has given
rise to the belief that she has Sc
lected Miss Paikin as her successor on
the concert stage.
Evening star., 1926-02-01
McCamant Qualities Testimony

Wallace McCamant Of Oregon. whose
nomination as Federal circuit Judge
is contested in the Senate transmitted
today tn the Senate Judiciary commit
tee a letter qualifying his testimony
that Theodore Roosevelt was not a
good American.
His letter was identical with the
statement he made public Saturday.
1t was made part of the record.
Evening star., 1926-02-01
Decorate Grave of Unknown Hero.

Because the signalman at Lady
hank, England, oversight during a
heavy storm recently, he did not reply
TO signals and the railroad cancelled
the daily train due TO leave at o'clock
in the morning.
Evening star., 1926-02-01
REORGAN|z|NC BILL
APPROVAL IS SEEN
Representative Smell Believes
Mapes- -Smoot Plan Will Be
Given Congress o. X.

Should the new reorganization plan
for the executive departments of the
Federal Government, as proposed by
bills of Senator Smoot and Representa-
tive Mapes, and backed by President
Coolidge, be given Il fair chance in
Congress this Winter it will be enact
ed into law, said Representative Smell
of New York, chairman of the rules
committee of the House, at the White
House today.
Mr.. Smell thinks this reorganization
plan is the simplest and most practical
of ali introduced. He thinks also that
it comes nearest to meeting with gen.
eral approval.
The rules committee will handle
the Legislation in the House, and al
though he personally IS heartily in
favor of the Mapes bill, he was I'M
able to say today just when it will
be brought before the House for ac-
ton. He said that he intends to
hold some hearings, but these will
be brief, as his committee will have
at it's disposal the records of the
hearings conducted by the joint con-
greSsional commission on reorganiza-
tion of which Senator Smuot was
chairman.
Expects Some Opposition.
lie admitted that there will he some
little opposition To the Mapes bill. but
he does not anticipate any great fight
such as would have been experienced
had the general reorganization bill
originally introduced by Senator
Smoot been again put before Con
SreSS.
The new plan merely provides for
the appointment Of q commission to
be composed Of two members To be
appointed by the Senate. two by the
House and one by the President. to
make recommendations to the Presi-
dent for the changes IN the various
departments and bureaus. The Presi-
dent is given authority to effect the
changes as recommended by this com
mission or to ignore them. In any
event, 1t viii not be necessary, under
the provisions OF this bill, to seek
further legislation to bring about any
of the proposed changes.
Hopes for Early Action.
Chairman Smell said that he hopes
this legislation viii get out on the
floor at the earliest moment after the
various appropriation bills have been
disposed of by the House. lie said,
however, that his conference with the
President was regarding the legiSla-
tive situation in the House in general.
Representative Lehlbach OF New
Jersey, chairman of the civil service
committee of the House was in con
ference with the President today re-
sarding proposed legislation for the
liberalization of the retirement act for
federal employees and for the abolish
ment of the Classification Board. Mr.
Lehlbach declined to discuss his con-
versation inasmuch as he had been
summoned by the President.
The President is understood to favor
in general way the proposed
liberalization of the retirement act.
but is opposed 10 the aholishment of
the classification Board. Mr.. Lehl-
bach's resolution would turn the func-
tons of the Classification Board over
to the United States Civil Service
Commission.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-11-16

Wednesday evening.
Miss Floss Krause passed Arm
istice Day with her sister, MRS.
William Brennan, of Audubon.
Mrs. Alonza Evans is recovering
from her recent ILLNESS.
Mr.. and Mrs. James A. McGeary,
of Main street, will leave shortly
for Florida, where they will pass
several weeks.
Mrs. James Skinner, mother OF
Mrs. George Watson, of this place,
is quite i'll.
Alvin Hartman has purchased the
Pomeleer property now occupied
by Charles Joslin and family, WHO
will make their residence at Bel
coville.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Bridgehouse
rendered their son Edward a sur
prise party Tuesday evening IN
honor of his twelfth birthday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Pence have
moved to Belcoville.
Frank Mingen has purchased the
Hears property on Maple avenue.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-11-16

Force, Mrs. Anna Maria Lee, Mrs.
Alma Barrett Miss Caddie Lee,
Mrs. Eliza Bailey, Mrs. Sylvia Lee,
Mrs. Mamie Steelman and Mrs.
Kate Stiles.
Mrs. Kate Stiles, of Pleasantville,
visited her daughter, Mrs. Eugene
Scull, Wednesday night.
Claude Somers has moved his
family into his new bungalow on
the Somers PointMhys Landing
boulevard.
Mrs. Lima Harvey visited Mrs.
Lucy Lee Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Willets en-
tertained Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Smith
and children, of Gloucester Heights
the past week.
Miss. Alice Osman visited her
brother, Charles Osman, in Wood
bury Sunday.
Harry Massey has returned to
his home in Philadelphia, after pass
ing several months at the Wesley
house.