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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-11
WAR VETERANS
HOLD MEETING
AT ORLANDO
MEMORIAL SERVICES ARE
CONDUCTED AT LAKE
cola BY MANY IN ATTEND
ANCE

ORLANDO, May United
Spanish War Veterans attending
the sixteenth annual state en-
campment here opened their sec
ond days session this morning
with memorial services at Lake
Eola. The auxiliary also parti-
cipated in the services. Approx
matcly 200 delegates and hun
drcds of citizens attended the SER
vices which were presided over
by Rev. w. A. Myers, national
chaplain, of Jacksonville.
A regular business session was
held following the memorial ser
vices.
Tonight the veterans and citi-
zens of Orlando will participate
in a great military civic parade
in which viii march members of
the American Legion post, the To-
cal National Guard company and
civic organizations of the city as
we'll as the veterans and the iauxi-
Iiary.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-11
ADVERTISING is THE :.
PEOPLES PROTECTION
by Captain Jack DeLysle in
KS The Palm Leaf
*%* *~*ss ***

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Advertising has been and still is
one of the most constructive forces
of the age.
1t is the peoples protection. 1t
brings business out in the open
forcing the merchant to tell the
ruth about his goods or as an alter
native be bound with the ligate of
mis- representation. Advertising
has put some of the country's
largest concerns over the Top. 1t
has increased the faith of man in
his fellowmen and has been the
means of helping every progress
sive business in the world.
1t is the unfortunate truth that
the crooked and Inscriptions
merchants and others employ as
an unfailing means to an end but
their careers are short Lived. Most
newspapers, magazines, and other
mediums are careful to accept
only the advertisements that they
are sure come from firms that are
honest as well as trustworthy and
that the proposition or goods they
are exploiting are genuine.
With but very few exceptions,
the man who advertises is success
full. Compare his business or store
with his neighbours who does not
advertise. AS a rule the non-ad-
vertiser is a man with narrow
vision, crude or old fashioned me-
thods, and ideas that stamp him
as a small town non-progressive
citizen.
A striking example of this fact
is demonstrated in the exploita-
ton Of some of our patent rem
edies and toilet preparations.
How would they become univer-
sally known except by their adj
vertisements?
After all, advertising is merely
the placing of a name, an article
or object before the public.
The individual or concern that
has something to sell or exploit
should understand this and take
advantage of the mediums offer
ed for this purpose in his city or
state.
Too many times the advertising
solicitor has been turned away by
merchants who say. Everyone in
town knows me. don't have to
advertise" He who can truthful
ly say this is a lucky man, for, in
these days of keen competition, the
fancicd security of being we'll
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-11
Communicates With
Ne.o York Engineer
Regarding Dry Dock

At a recent meeting of the Key
West realty board, Secretary War
rem Watrous was instructed to
write to New York engineer for
further information relative to
the construction of dry dock at
this port.
This information is being asked
of an engineer who has had long
experience in dry dock building,
specializing in docks with lifting
power of from 1000 to 10000
tons. He had communicated with
Mr.. Watrous previously about the
proposition, asking that a definite
survey be made with view of
getting construction work on the
dry dock started as soon as pos
sible.
The realty board and the cham
Der of commerce are considering
the dry dock proposition Jointly.
and some definite action is ex-
pected at an early date.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-11

known is very liable to be rudely
shocked by the loss of established
or prospective customers who say,
'I'll try the new man who adver-
tises."
Merchants and others who read
these paragraphs will do well to
give these facts their earnest
thought. The most successful
men in any community are almost
without exception great readers.
In spite of their unquestioned in
telligenee they are constantly
searching for new thought that
they may apply to their own lives,
in the writings of others.
The very act of writing a small
advertisement win point out REM
ediable flaws in your business
structure and personnel. Statistics
show that 5 per cent of the ma
tons business establishments that
have been started OH sound bust
ness basis, within a year deterior-
ate to the point where they find
themselves in rut of inefficieney.
Advertising will help you to get
out of your particular rut.
Observe the financial condition
of those who advertise and profit
by the resultant lesson.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-11
NAVAL EXPERTS
PASS ON FLIGHT
ACCOMPLISHED
ACCEPT AS A FACT AIR voY-
ACE OF COMMANDER BYRD
NOTWITHSTANDING OTHER
VIEWS
my Associated press)

NEW YORK, May 11.-Amer-
lean naval experts are accepting
as fact accomplished the flight
of Lieut.. Commander Richard E.
Byrd and Pilot Floyd Bennett
from Spitzbergen to the North
Pole and back, Notwithstanding the
feeling, OF reserve held in Italy,
Denmark, Norway and Germany,
pending positive proof of the
achievement.
With his sun compass and his
own bubble sextant Byrd at all
times was able to determine his
exact position and to know posi-
lively when he crossed over the
pole and circled about it. 1t is
the belief of the naval experts
that with bright sun shining and
absolute freedom from fog or
clouds, Byrd was certain, when he
returned to Kings Bay Sunday,
that he had visualized from the air
the scene that .Peary had observed
from the ice, the exact top of the
world.
1t is the opinion in naval circles
that with the formula which had
been worked out for him to deter
mine his geographical position,
Byrd's claim will be proved out
side the realm of contradiction.
Because of the sun compass and
his own bubble sextant, resort to
the mariners compass, which is of
little value in the Arctic regions,
owing to magnetic variations, was
unnecessary.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-11
ACTIVITIES AT
WEATHER BUREAU
In OBSERVATIONS
STRENUOUS DAYS AT LOCAL
STATION WITH ONE OF
ASSISTANTS NOW AWAY
: ON LEAVE


They are having strenuous days
at the Weather Bureau these days.
May is international month";" and
that means additional and inten-
sive work at the local office. And
all this extra work comes at a
period when Mr.. Boyer is shy one
assistant who is on leave.
For many years most of the
meteorological services of the
world have cooperated in ex-
ploring the upper regions of the
atmosphere, the work being con-
Quoted under the general direc-
ton of the Commission for the
Exploration of the Upper Air. All.
available mfthods were employed,
including kites, balloons of vari-
Gus kinds, airplanes, and mountain
and cloud observations. The data
were published from time to time,
and upon them were based some
very important studies concerning
the structure and character of the
upper atmosphere.
Heretofore the Commission has
designated one day in each month,
occasionally groups of three or
six days, as international days"
Upon the suggestion of the Wealth
err Bureau that an international
month would supply data of much
greater value than would an
equal number of days scattered
throughout the year, the Commits
sion, though retaining the present
custom Of selecting isolated days
in various months, has also desig-
mated May as international
month" for this year. Special eff
forts are being made by all SER
vices to gather as much informa-
ton as possible concerning the
upper air during this month.
Intensive work is being done by
the Weather Bureau as its part in
carrying out this ambitious pro-
gram. especially at the large aero
logical stations. and more especial
" at Royal Center, Ind, where
particularly intensive investiga-
tions were carried out on the 7th
and 9Th by means of sounding
balloons which carry recording in
lstruments. At all Astrological sta
tions continuous kite records, day
and night, were made on the 7th
and 9Th, and, in addition, double
theodolite pilot balloon observa-
tons. whenever possible, through
out the month.
One Of the most fruitful sources
of information concerning upper
air structure is accurate observa-
lions of cloud movement, par
ticularly of the cirrus group.
Balloon and kite data can be pro-
cured at present from only a few
points, but some 200 stations can
supply invaluable information for
this survey by noting and record
ing the amount and direction of
cirrus and sirro-stratus clouds.
The local office of the Weather
Bureau is doing its part in this
work. In addition to the routine
observations. upper cloud observa-
tons are being made three times
each day by means Of a nepho-
scope and, from the 10th TO the
18th, inclusive, three pilot balloon
runs" are under way instead of
the usual two.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-11
MUCH LAND FOR
AGRICULTURAL
DEVELOPMENT
APPROXIMATELY TWO HUN.
DRIED AND TWENTY-FIVE
THOUSAND ACRES MADE
AVAILABLE

TALLAHASSEE. May Ii
Approximately 225,OO0 acres Of
choice land in the Broward and
Dade sub-drainage districts would
be safegaarded for agricultural
development. if plans tentatively
agreed today by the Board of
Commissioners of the Everglades
drainage district are carried out.
according TO an announcement.
The board decided 10 comply
with a request By q delegrasion
from Broward and Dade counties
for the construction Of rs miles
q levees on the Miami Canal. ten
niles north to the south new
river canal. this already partially
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-11
About Women

Miss Beryl Linville, chief oper-
ator of an Omaha telephone Office,
has served Is years withou ever
being tardy or absent a day from
her work.
Mile. Eve Curie, youngest
daughter of Nine. Currie, discov-
erer of radium, will abandon her
laboratory research work and de-
vote herself to the concert stage as
a pianist.
The Daughters of the American
Revolution numbers among its
membership 10 actual daughters
of men who fought in the war for
independence.
Miss Florence Jenkins of New
York maintains a hospital for
birds, whose ailments she has
studied for 20 years.
Hiss Della Ashley of Paris,
Tex, is the first woman to be ap-
pointed United States deputy mar
shall in that state, although she
weighs only 10 pounds.
Daisy and Violet Hilton, the
famous Texas twins whose bodies
are joined at the back, have an au-
tomobile with two steering wheels,
which they take turns in driving.
Mrs. Walter Draper has become
a telephone operator at the
Soldiers Home at Oklahoma City
at the age of Sc.
Hiss Lucie Bouehelle of Birm-
ingham, an employee of the Ala
bama Power Company, won both
the state and southeastern section
contests in public speaking, and
win enter the national competition.
sponsored by the National Electric
Light Association, at Atlantic
City.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-11
Mass Meeting To Be Held
This EUening At County
Court House Building

The Chamber of Commerce has
called a mass meeting to be held
at the County Court House this
evening. beginning at 8 o'clock
when several matters of import
ance win be discussed.
The meeting viii begin prompt
" at s o'clock. and it is request
ed that as many as possible at
tend in order that the subjects to
be taken up may be fully discuss
ed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-11

completed. with necessary dams
and sideways.
Fred C. Elliott, chief engineer
for the drainage department. will
go to the Broward sub-drainage
district shortly for an inspection,
and if the outlook is favorable fer
carrying out the project, q loan
Of $4,000 viii be made to the
Broward district by the state and
dredges put into operation for
building dams and sideways, It
was announced.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-11
EDINBURGH TO
LONDON TRAIN
WRECKED TODAY
CONSIDERED FIRST CASE OF
SERIOUS INTERRUPTION
SINCE BIG STRIKE START
ED
eny Associated Press) ,


LONDON, May 1.-THE first
case of serious interruption since
the general strike began was re-
ported today.
The famous Flying Scotch
man." an express from Edinburgh
to London, one of the fastest
trains in England was wrecked
near New Castle and the authori-
ties today claimed a rail had been
deliberately loosened.
The train was being run by a
volunteer crew, replacing railway
men. The engineer had slowed to
six miles an hour, and only one
passenger was injured.
-Four deaths from railway acct
dents have occurred in the last "a
hours. Three passengers were
killed and a number hurt when a
trained manned by volunteers
eollided with freight train near
Edinburgh, and in another acci-I
dent at Cambridge one person
was killed and two we're injured.
King George held a private
council at Buckingham Palace this
morning. Whether it was for
ratification of further emergency
measures was not disclosed.
A government spokesman, out
lining the situation at the begin
ring Of the eighth day Of the
strike said there had been import
ant defeetions among the railway
men bat that the main body Of
strikers had remained out.
The country was quiet, he add
ed. The improved transportation
services were steadily expanding
and the measures Of protection for
the volunteers had proved effica-
cious.
Much interest is being display
ed in the activities Of the various
labor leaders, and especially in al
general meeting of these men
scheduled for tomorrow, at which
It said a formula for ending the
trouble will be discussed. No in
dication has come from either
eide that peace is in sight all
though there has been gossip about
doings Of Sir Herbert Samuel,
chairman of the Royal Coal Com
mission, who has just returned
from a visit to Egypt. Sir Her
bert is said to have seen repre-
sentatives of both the miners and
mine owners in an unofficial
capacity.
Notwithstanding the govern
ment's action in communicating
the newsprint supply not in the
hands of publishers, the Daily
Mail brought out its first London
edition this morning.
In its leading article the paper
suggests that "as it is not denied
by any one that the general strike
Is Illegal" the trades union con-
gress has no legal sanction. It's
orders are contrary to the law,
and 1t should be dissolved. The
Mail also urges that '.the 500
soviet agents in England be de-
ported.
Sir John Simon's declaration
that the strike is illegal is declared
by the government spokesman to
have caused many trade unionists
70 return to work unconditional
y.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-11
BELIEVES WARD Is
VICTIM OF GANG
eny A..eela.ra Pres.l

NEW YORK. May Walter
s. Ward. missing millionaire has
fallen victim Of belated gang
vengeance for staying Clarence
Peters in 1922 is the be-
lief Of Ralph n. Ward. a brother.
Officers are searching for Walter
IN New York. New Jersey and
Maryland.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-11

Miss Beryl Linville, chief oper-
ator of an Omaha telephone Office,
has served Is years withou ever
being tardy or absent a day from
her work.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-11
WIT AND WISDOM

sssss $50 :
surly to bed, suriy to rise.
A laugh a day keeps the doctor
away.
A stitch in time saves embar-
rassment-
Many a dark horse a bright fu-
ture.
Man proposes but the girl
makes him stick 20 il.
A friend i a rare book Of which
but one copy Is made.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-11

:
The Alaska fisherman., 1926-10-15
THE MENACE OF MR. PAUL

The above heading is taken from the leading editorial of the Juneau Empire of October 7th. MT. Paul is willing to be judged by the speech to which the editorial referred and by the arguments of the editor who wrote the editorial, be he John w. Troy, or Governor Scott c. Bone or some other person.
 The speech which the Elm pire criticized was made before the meeting of fishermen, all white men, at Ketchikan, and the part quoted is as follows;
 "The seiners, the gill-netters and the trollers are against the trapmen because the traps strike directly at the manner of mak- ing a living. As the fishing industry of Alaska is a polit- ical question, the fishermen should take advantage of their voting power to remove the trap, rather than to talk of blowing up the traps. x * x
 "The only manner in which this problem can be success fully coped with is by the fish ermen's power to vote and consequent ability to place pro- hibitive taxes upon the traps. This applies also to the closed season. The organic act creat- ing the legislatures power to make laws prohibits them from
The Alaska fisherman., 1926-10-15


 To survey Nome harbor. To survey Portage bay. To survey Port Frederick. To survey Sitka harbor. To survey Tolovana river. To survey William Henry bay. To survey ocean frontage at Afognak.
 Separate bills for. relief of Frank Buteau, William J. Casey, s. O. Casler, Albert E. Ed wards, Julia Haley, Michael P. Calvin, Nick Masonich, John Solen, John Brewer, Dan Ken nedy, Arthur Shonbeck, Thos. H. Deal, Alex E. Johnson. Bill to pension Jane Wash ington.
 Bill to extend provisions of employees Compensation Act to Adolph Biederman, also to Albert Trana.
 Bill for relief of owner of schooner Sentinel.
 Bill to extend provisions of retirement act of 1920 to Solo, mon Hopkins.
 Remarks were made on the floor of the House by Delegate Sutherland on the following matters:
 Alaska federal expenditures. Alaska Fisheries.
 Alaska Railroad.
 Interior Department appro- priation bill.
 National Parks.
 Reindeer.
 Fisheries situation in Alaska. War Department appropria- tion bill.
 Granting passes on Alaska Railroad.
 Homestead surveys on Kodiak Island.
 Alaska Railroad surgeons. Literacy test for Alaska vot- CTS.
 Overland communications on Seward Peninsula.
 Coast Guard vessels. Fairbanks municipal bond is- sue.
 Wrangell bond issues. Juneau bond issue. Indian policemen in Alaska. Alaska Railroad surgeons pay. Bond issue by Fairbanks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-25
CONTRACTORS DELAYED BY "ACTS
OF COD MUST PAY. SAYS MCARL
Disregards Rains and Winds in Oregon and Drought
in Texas as Contingencies With Which Firms
Should Have Dealt. in Opinion.

not have procured the same quality Of
hay elsewhere. Even assuming
that il might hay" p"rn Impossible
10 procure prairie hl,' elsewhere. Guc
10 The drought. that fact would be no
defense To the breach # formally
executed contract."
DisregardinC the act of God claim
in the hay case, NcCarl did curtail
the charge assessed against the con
tractor. Fl. l.. Roberts Il Co. from n
previous sum Of $500 To S750.7l on
the basis of another contention.
In the case Of the Fort Stephens
Greg. steel tank ana trestle repairs
the Pacific Machine and Black smit n
Co. Inc. was assessed slo0 liuuida ted
damages because they took 10 days
longer than the one month stipulated
IN their contract to complete the work
1t is contended on behalf of tho
contractors said the AfcCarl decision
that II was prevented from comDlat
Ing the work at the appointed time b,
unusual winds and rains that prevaile.
during The latter part Of July. 1874
and that such weather conditions con
stituted an act of God within the
meaning OF the contract which exempt
ed it from liability for damages ful
the delay
Dissenting. he said. the contrac
tors base of operations is in the local
itN Of Fort stevens. the place where
The work was performed. and il knew
or should have known of the treaCh
erouS and fuctuatinG character Of
weather conditions prevailing in thai
section. With this knowledge OF
weather conditions. it was the duty OF
the contracting company as pruden,
and careful contractors. to order and
prosecute the work in anticipation NJ
the very contingency that happened. :
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-25
GASQUE WILL ADDRESS
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES
Representative to Discuss Election
of Education Board-Speakers
Listed for Commencements.

Representative Allard Gasque of
South Carolina. who is sponsoring d
bill in Congress for the election of
members of the Board of Education
by popular vote in the District. will
be the speaker at the four-year gradu-
atin- exercises of Business High
School Friday night. DR.. n. Is. Learn
ed of the Board of Education will
preside.
Other speakers at the principal
senior high school graduations tins
week follow: Wilson Normal School.
Saturday night. Mrs. W. Il. Heron
of the board Of Education: Business
High. Friday morning at 10 O'Clock.
two-year course, Prof. William Mather
Lewis of George Washington Univer-
sity; Central High School. Frida Y
night, DR.. Charles Wood, pastor of the
Church of the Covenant: Eastern
High, two-year course, Thursday
night. Guilford S. Jameson, president
of the Lincoln Park Citizens Asso-
citation: Eastern High School. four
year course. Friday night, Commits
sioner Frederick A. fleming: Nc
kinley High School, Wednesday night,
to be held at Eastern High School,
Rev. Joseph r. Sizoo pastor of the
New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church, and Western High School, Fri
day morning at II o'clock. Commits
sioner of Education John j. Tigert.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-25
D. c. SCHOOL CADETS
UNDER INSPECTION
Col. Deems of R. O. T. c. on
Annual Tour to Deter
mine Progress.

COL. Clarence Deems. il. in charge
of Reserve Officer Training Corps ar
fairs IN the Third Corps Army Area. Is
in Washington this afternoon making
an annual inspection of the / ,438 local
high school cadets. which are formed
II there regiments and two bands. Ac-
companicd by Col. W. NJ. Craigie, pro
fcssor of military science and tactics
in the school system. Col. Deems
started his tour at Western High
School and will wind up his inspec-
ton this evening at Eastern High
School
While Col. Deems will not rate the
various schools or the cadets here AZ
q, whole. he will make a report on
their progress To the corps head
quarters in Baltimore
Col. Deems has Travelled 400 miles
since he middle of October in Penn
aylvania. Maryland. Virginia and the
District. making an inspection of mill
1ary activities in "a colleges and uni
versiticg. He will return to Wash
iucton January % to inspect the. col
orcd high school cadets Al the Arm
II onc Technical High School and the
Dunbar High School.
Touching on the agitation in some
quarters Of the country for abolish
ment of military training in hich
huols and colleges. Col. Deems de
cldred that for the most part il comes
from those not verTed on Just what
he limited amount of military train
- ~ir~,r in tho schools -,cCoDlDliSheS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-25
D0UMERGUE BREAKS
BARRIERS OF PAST
Gets Privilege of Two Luncheons
Weekly in Old Bachelor Apart.
ment With Friends.
Hr the Associated Press.

PARIS. January IS. - President
noumergue - the prisoner of the
Elysee" as the chief ma gistrate of
France is known-has at last broken
through the barriers of his rigid social
calendar and obtained two private
luncheon dates A week for himself
with no questions to he asked or am.
montitions given by his official social
advisers.
Twice a week now he repairs to his
old bachelor apartment in the Avenue
Wacram. There. the President has re-
tanned his lease on the little bachelor
Nat he occupied during the many years
he So in the chamber and senate. The
fiat is on the sixth floor. quite high
for Paris apartment houses. and there
Is no elevator. Yet just about noon.
twice a week the chief of state makes
the climb all alone. to meet a few in.
innate friends and offer them a sim.
pie lunch in memory of the da W
when he was merely "DoumerCue" or
Castor and not Monsieur lie Presi.
dent"
The President takes 4 good two
hours and more for these luncheon<.
sitting over the coffee. liquors and
cigars. as long as his official schedule
will allow him. Then within sigh Of
regret he descends the six flights Of
stairs and climbs Sedately into a wait
ing limousine to he whirled back
again to his round of official cere-
monies.