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Evening star., 1926-02-16
FATHER AND SON GET
7YEARS FOR FRAUD
Grunebergs Sentenced to Leaven-
worth in $4,Oo0,oO0 Failure Of
Realty and Theater Company.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, February l6.-Frederick
III. Gruneberg. Sr., and his son Fred
'erick. Jr.. convicted last week of using
the mails to defraud in connection
with operations of the Consolidated
Realty and Theaters Corporation, yes
terday were sentenced to serve seven
years each in the Federal penitentiary
at Leavenworth by Federal Judge
James n. Wilkerson.
The Consolidated company failed
FOR upward Of $4,000,000 and about
5000 investors lost their money.
Judge Wilkerson set March as the
time for sentencing Oscar II. Olson.
Chester Ortner of Sandusky Ohio,
and f. B. Harang of New Orleans.
convicted with the Grunebergs. The
elder Gruneberg was president of the
corporation, which was engaged in
building theaterS and hotels in In
diana and Illinois
Roy Martin, treasurer of the COM
pany, who pleaded guilty and turned
Government's witness, may be treated
ieniently.
The Grunebergs were taken into
custody after sentence had been i'm
posed.
Evening star., 1926-02-16

raca's good things" went wrong and
the government was the heavy win
ner. 1t is being pointed out by those
who have started the movement that
Torraca lives in extreme poverty
with his mother and sister. The gov.
ernment is being asked to grant him
some minor job, since "he. like Count
Volpi, the finance minister. is a re-
storer of state finances.
Evening star., 1926-02-16

scale. II the State has first to buy the
shells. 10 deemed prohibitivo.
Consequently q plan has been deveI.
oped under which the packers would
turn back to the State one-ha1f OF the
shells from the oysters they handle.
This, 1t Is calculated, would give tho
State the requisite 100000 bushels
Of shells a year.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-29
ADOPT QUICK
LUNCH IDEA
LONDON BUSINESS MEN FALL
IN LINE WITH AMERICAN
CUSTOM

LONDON May 29.-London
business men are adopting the
American quick lunch idea and
are not eating as much as former
~.
DIR. w. J. Haworth, medical of
fieer Of health for the city of
London, commenting in his annual
report on the reduction of the
number of ''the moro expensive
and luxurious city restaurants'
says: "The heavy meal of former
days is being replaced-1 am re-
ferring to the successful men in
the higher administrative ranks
BY lighter meal occupying not a
quarter Of the time and as was
the custom in years gone by.
when lunch was a sort of a mid
day feast.
The increase in the newer
type Of cheaper restaurants has
certainly benefited large num-
Der Of people. who take sand
wieh and milk, tea or coffee at the
noon hour"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-29
LIQUOR SOLD
ON VESSEL
FACTS IN CASE FORWARDED
TO WASHINGTON FOR
INSTRUCTIONS

Los ANGELES. May 9s.-The.
Los Angeles Times says that liquor
has been sold to visitors aboard
the cruiser Hamburg, Germamy's
first war craft to visit the Pacific
coast since 1914.
The newspaper describes w. ".
Anderson, assistant prohibition adj
ministrator in this district. as re-
luetantiy admitting that federal
operatives boarded the vessel two
days ago at San Pedro and obtain
ed evidence In the form of bottled
beer that tested 4.8 and 40 per
cent.
Facts in the case have been
forwarded to Washington for I'M
struetions," while the beer has
been locked in the federal vaults
here.
Our men had no trouble OBJ
tanning the beer" Anderson is
quoted IS having said. "Their only
difficulty was TO evade the mob
that swarmed about the ships can
teen, and to find an officer who
would sell to them. This they
did, paying s. bottle"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-29
FORMER KEY
WESTERS MAKE
TRIP TO CITY
Mr.. AND MRS. HOMER SWEET
ING AND PARTY ARRIVE ON
YACHT BOAT FROM MIAMI
WITH GUESTS

Mr. and Mrs. Homer sweeting,
Of Miami, former Key Westers,
are in the city aboard the yacht
Sal Fran, visiting relatives for 9
few days. Nrs. Homer Sweeting
is visiting her mother. Mrs. Mary
Thompson, on Margaret street. and
her sister. Mrs. Sam Pinder, on
Eaton street.
They have as their guests on the
cruise. Mr. and Mrs. Sealy Sweet
ing and their little son. Sealy
Sweeting, Jr., Dir. and Birs. Robt.
Thompson and son. Mr. and Mrs.
Ben Sweeting. all Of Miami, and
al former Key Westers. All the
visitors have relatives here. Mrs.
Sealy Sweeting is visiting her SIS
ters. Mrs. y. b. jerks, Mrs. Nellie
Klrschenbaum, Mra Mamie Adams.
sifs. BiFdina Perpali and two
brothers. Theodore and Milton
Kn0wles.
While cruising down this way
from Miami. when anchored for
the night one evening, little Sealy
Sweeting fell overload and came
near being drowned. The party
was at supper when the child was
heard 10 aeream. Excitement ran
high, for every mother thought
sure it was her child. ~ it hau-
pened a small rope had been left
hanging from the Sal Fran, and
the child heroically held on 70 this
until rescued. lie IL about 3 years
old, and had a very narrow escape.
The party aboard the Sal Fran
expect 70 leave port some time
next Monday and ieisBreIy cruise
their way back 70 Miami All the
men are pilots. and have charge Of
nill.9aairez yaehta at Miami dur
inr winter seasons.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-29
REFUSES TO
GRANT LOWER
SUGAR RATES
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COM
MISSION DENIES APPLICA-
TION OF FLORIDA EAST
COAST RAILWAY co.
fny Assoriated Prersl

WASHINGTON, May 29.-The
Interstate Commerce Commission
has denied the application of the
Florida East Coast railway for an
fhority to establish lower rate
on Cuban imported sugar from
Key West to Jacksonville than to
intermediate points.
The application was for a rate
of 25 cents hundred pounds sub
ject to minimum weight of 10000
pounds.
The commission found that
actual competition with water
lines between Cuba and Jackson
Vile direct does not exist and that
it was not shown that competition
with refined sugar shipped to Jack
sonville from Port Wentworth
warranted the establishment of
the rate.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-29
Mexican Bandits Release
Two OF Americans Captured
STATUS OF SITUATION RELATIVE
DISAPPOINTMENT MADE FOR SHERIFF

The situation existing here in
connection with the office of
sheriff of Monroe county is the
subject of wide discussion and has
brought forth the expression of
many opinions relative to the time
the sheriff appointed by the gov
ernor to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of Sheriff Curry will be
entitled to hold the Office.
The Revised Statutes of 1920,
Section 399, under the caption
Filling Vacancies" says: "In all
such cases and in all other cases in
which a vacancy may occur if the
Office be State, district or county
office (other than a member of the
legislature) it shall be the duty of
the governor to fill such office by
appointment, and the person so
appointed shall be entitled to take
and hold such Office until the same
shall be filled by an election as
provided by law !"
The law on the question is given
in Sections 6 and 7, Constitution
of Florida, page 80,
/ CootiOY q. (GTko Ao,~.. e H.
for all appointees to fill vacancy
in any elective offices under this
Constitution shall extend only to
the election and qualification of a
successor at the ensuing general
election"
Section z: ain all cases of cleo
tions to fill vacancies in office such
election shall be for the unexpired
term"
So under the statutes and the
constitution of the state, it appears
that the appointee for sheriff of
Monroe county, unless elected in
the primary and general election,
can only hold the Office until Jan
uary, 1927, when the sheriff -eIect
will be inducted into Office along
with the other county candidates
elected to Office in the primary and
general elections.
Quite number of people con-
tend that the appointee, in this
case, would be entitled to hold the
Office until the four-yc ar term of
the late Sheriff Curry had expired.
This position, it seems, is not
borne out by the Constitution and
Statutes of Florida.
In response to numerous re-
quests, The Citizen has looked up
the law on the matter and is pub
fishing it for the information of
the public.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-29
KEY LARCOANS
TO CONFER ON
WATER SUPPLY
COMMITTEE OF PROPERTY
OWNERS COMING TO KEY
WEST TO MEET WITH
CAPTAIN STEARNS

Capt. Clark D. Stearns, presi-
dent of the board of trustees for
the Monroe water supply district,
is in receipt of a telegram today
informing the trustees that a COM
mlttee consisting of five of the
principal property owners on Key
Largo will arrive in the city during
the day tomorrow to be present
Monday morning for the purpose
of spending the day with the water
trustees, discussing the plans.
prospects and propositions for the
proposed pipe line from the main
land to Key West.
The committee was appointed at
the joint meeting held in Miami on
Wednesday evening of this week.
the same night 'on which the com
bined meeting was held at the
court house here.
Their coming here is an unmis-
taxable indication that the people
up their way are intensely inter
ested in the vitally important mat
ter of getting a fresh water sup
ply, and that they are ready to ex-
tend every aid in the quickest.
most practical and economical way.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-29
MELLON-BRUCE
NUPTIALS BIG
EVENT OF TODAY
BRILLIANT
SOCIAL EVENT ATTENDED
BY MANY DISTINGUISHED
PERSONACES


WASHINGTON, May 29.-The
wedding of Miss Ailsa Mellon,
daughter of the secretary of the
treasury, to David Kirkpatrick
Bruce, son of the Democratic SEN
ator from Maryland, provided the
capitoPs social elect today with
the seasons most brilliant event of
the kind. Many regarded it as
comparable only to the white
house wedding in 1905 of Alice
Roosevelt to Nicholas Longworth.
With Miss Cragie Mckay, of
Pittsburgh, as maid of honor, and
James Bruce, of Baltimore, broth
er of the bridegroom, as best man,
the ceremony was set for high
noon in the small Bethlehem chapel
of the Cathedral of Saints Peter
and Paul. The Episcopal marriage
service was in charge of Bishop
J. E. Freeman and DIR. Hugh Birk-
head of Baltimore.
President and Mrs. Coolidge and
other high government Officials
were among the two hundred to
witness the wedding.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-29
FLORIDA WILL
CHALLENGE new
FEDERAL POLICY
PROPOSES FILING INJUNC-
TON AGAINST MELLON
Z
CHARGING DISCRIMINATION
- AGAINST STATE
nv A..ec,rted rres.,

WASHINGTON, May 90
Florida, which has no state inheri-
tance tax, formally gave notice in
the supreme court that she would
challenge the new federal policy of
remitting to states which have
such levies a part of the inheri-
tance taxes imposed by the new
federal revenue act.
Attorney General Johnson, un-
der instructions of Governor Mar
tin, notified the court that he
would ask, probably next Tuesday,
for permission to file an injunction
against Secretary Mellon, charging
unconstitutional discrimination
against Florida as well as against
Alabama and Nevada, which also
have no state inheritance levies.
A number of citizens of Florida
have decided since the federal act
passed, the petition asserts, leav-
ing estates subject to taxation un-
der the federal law. The effect
will be to take several million dol
lars out of the state each year,
Florida argues. thus diminishing
material sources which it could use
in raising revenue.
The federal law is described by
Florida as an invasion of its
sovereign rights and an effort upon
the part of congress to coerce the
state into imposing estate or in
heritance taxes.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-29
Automobile And Street
Bus Collide Today
On Fleming Street

One of the street buses
locked horns with an Oldsmohile
this morning. at the corner of
Fleming and Rahama streets. and
tho bus seems tn have gotten the
best of tho battle, The car be-
lougcd 70 c. f, Mccoy of the
Commercial Insurance Company
and at the time of the crash was
being driven by A. Barroso.
The extent Of the damage ia
the automobile has not been de-
termined. No one was injured in
thc collision.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-29
KIRCHHE|NER IN CONFERENCE
With STATE ROAD DEPARTMENT
CHAIRMAN OF COUNTY
BOARD CALLED TO
JACKSONVILLE RELA-
TIVE TO PROJECT

]. Otto Kirchheiner, ch: ir-
man of the board of county
commissioners, is in jackson
vile, having been called there
by a telegram from DR.. Fons
Hathaway. chairman of the
state road department, who
expressed a desire to hold
conference with Mr.. Kirch-
heiner and Mr.. Redd, chair
man of the Dade county COM
missioners in Tallahassee.
1t is considered as very
likely that the head of the
state road department has 6e-
cided to reopen the Tamiami
Trail proposition, and if such
is the case, this conference in
Tallahassee will be a meeting
of tremendous Importance to
Monroe and Dade counties.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-29
NEW APPOINTMENTS

Mayor Leslie A.. Curry has
appointed Harold (Jakie) Key
as captain of the night police
and Robert Carey as call Of
ficer. according TO informa-
ton gwen out at the Office of
the chief of police this after
noon.
This leaves the appointment
of a police officer to take the
place made vacant by the pro-
motion of Harold Key yet to
be made.
Sheriff Niles is today get
: ting things in shape for his
books as chief Of police to be
audited and turned over TO
his successor. Chief Ivan Ell
wood.
At the sherifT's office the
same process is going on. and
Sheriff Niles says that he ex-
poets things will be in shape
; for him to take charge Of the
sheriff's Office by Tuesday Of
next week.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-29
SEVERAL INJURED
IN TRAIN WRECK

ORLANDO, May 29-Aceord-
ing TO report received at the 10
cal Atlantic Coast Line office.
northbound passenger train mum
Der 81 split switch at Lake Alfred
shortly before noon today and IN.
jnred several passengers.
The train was due in Orlando
at o'clock.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-29
Man Shot At Cudjoe Key
Dies Here This Morning
CORONER'S JURY is EN-
PANELLED TO MAKE
INVESTIGATION FOL-
LOWING INCIDENT

Ralph G. Morine, who it is al
legged was shot five times by E. r.
Bodine, pumpman at the F. E. c.
pump at Cudjoe, on Cudjoe Key
last Thursday morning at 8 o'clock,
died at 5 o'clock this morning at
Dr.. Loves hospital in this city.
The dead man was "a years old
and is understood to have a wife
in this city. His home is in
Genoa, Colorado, where his faith
er, Jake Morine, and his sister,
Blanche Morine, are understood
to be living at the present time.
The body was turned over to G..
Frank Sawyer of the Lopez I'M
dertaking parlors, and will be
held pending instructions from his
relatives.
Justice of the Peace Rogelio
Gomez empanelled a coroner's
jury this morning, and after view
ing the body adjournment was
taken until Tuesday afternoon at
3 80 o'clock, as it is necessary to
examine as witnesses members of
a freight crew who happened to
see the shooting while their train
stood at the Cudjoe station. A
negro who is one of the most
material of the eye witnesses to
the tragedy, cannot be found, and
his evidence is very much desired
by the jury making the investiga-
ten es--
The wife of the man who is
charged with the shooting, in an
interview with Citizen repre-
sentative this forenoon, said her
husbands full name is Earl Ran
som Bodine, and that his age is
81 years. He has aged parents
living at Bloomingdale, Michigan.
She does not want the news to
get to Bodine's mother, who has
heart trouble, for she fears the
shock would be too great for her.
Mrs. Bodine says she and her
husband have been married 19
years. They have no children,
she says, and have been residing
in Whiting, Indiana, until coming
to Florida some time ago. They
had been at Cudjoe Key just one
month. Her husband, she says.
belongs to the Odd Fellows and
Knights of Pythias, with member
ship at Whiting. Indiana. Remit
tances have been made for dues
up to date. she says. though re-
ceipts for the last payments, just
recently made. have not yet been
received.
Mrs. Bodine says she will re
main in Key West to be near her
husband, if she can find any work
TO do. She was in tears during
her interview with The Citizen
representa- We, end much sym
pathy was expressed for her By
those present in the sheriff's Of
flee.
Hy husband has never been in
eny kind Of trouble before" she
told the people present.
There are number of runners
concerning circumstance that lead
up to the fatal tragedy. but have
no foundation in fact. The real
facts ere being aithheld until the
actual evidence is made a matter
Of record.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-29
WORKING TOWARD
COMPLETION OF
SPANISH TRAIL
STATE ROAD NO l CAN NOW
BE COVERED IN COURSE OF
TWELVE HOURS, 1T is AN
NOUNCED

JACKSONVILLE, May 90
State Road No. l, the Old Spanish
Trail, is so we'll advanced toward
completion between Jacksonville
and Pensacola that the run of
nearly 400 miles can now be made
comfortably in twelve hours ac-
cording to the Florida State
Chamber of Commerce. An at
tache Of the Chamber, in motor
trip from Pensacola to Jackson
vile this week, driving at night,
made the run from the ferry
landing at Mulat, to Jacksonville
in eleven hours and ten minutes
with one hour and eleven minutes
devoted to stops along the route.
His running time was 8 hours SO
minutes for the 373 miles. The
ferry trip across Escambia Bay
requires about fifty minutes while
the distance from the ferry land
ing to Pensacola is nine miles.
The Trail has been completed
from Jacksonville to Tallahassee,
lit miles, and engineers now are
setting stakes at various points
preparatory to hardsurfaeing the
sand clay road. Construction is in
progress between Tallahassee and
Quincy. The present road is in
such condition as to require at
least one hour for the twenty
eight mile run between these two
points.
West of Quincy the twenty miles
to Chattahoochee has been COM
pleted for the most part while the
final surface is being applied else
whore. West of Chattahoochee
the old road is being used to Bevis
Mill but it is in excellent condi-
tion since Jackson County is keep
ing road crew busy upon it. The
completed Trail is encountered at
Bevis Mill and from that point all
the way to Chipley, through
Mariana and Cottondale the mo-
torist has perfect highway. From
Chipley to Caryville the old road
is in fair condition but extremely
rough in spots. Construction of
the new highway is proceeding
east of CaryvilIe toward Chipley
along a different route. West of
Caryville the Trail for a distance
of nearly forty miles, through
Ponce dc Leon and DeFuniak
Springs, to the 0kaloosa county
line. has been completed. Con
struction through Okaloosa is in
progress, and with completion of
the remaining few miles the road
will have been virtually finished
all the way to the ferry landing
at Mulat.
In the 373 miles between Jack
sonville and Mulat there is not one
foot of the road that cannot be
negotiated in high gear and the
only stretch that the most par
ticular driver could call "bad
road is a three mile section near
the okaloosa- Walton county line
where one has the choice of run
ming through deep sand or of pull.
ing through the new roadbed
which has not yet been surfaced.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-29
PONZI, FINANCIAL
WIZARD, TO RECEIVE
SENTENCE TODAY
nv Associated Pre.xl

BOSTON. May 29.-Charles
Ponzi. one time financial wizard.
has been ordered to appear in
Suffolk superior court next Tues
day for sentence.
The supreme court yesterday
overruled his exceptions to a SEN
tence of seven to nine years for
larceny.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-29
RENoYATIEG HOME

Mrs. Frank Hayes IA having The
interior of her residence at the
corner Of Eaton and William
streets. completely renovated, with
several other improvements addad
to the home. which adds wonder
fully 10 the appearance of tie
place.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-29
DELINQUENT TAX LIST

The county delinquent tax list
appears in today's issue of The
Citizen. The list makes almost
three newspaper pages. containing
the names. amount, and descrip-
tion Of property advertised for
taxes by the county tax collector.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-29
MASONIC NOTICE

4 special communication of
Anchor Lodge No. ls2, F. & 4. NJ.
will be held Monday evening at s
o'clock. Work in the f. A. De
gree. All members are expected
10 be present and visitors are cor
daily invited.
c. +. CARING. Sec.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-29
STRAND THEATRE

TODAY-Iack Hoxie in The
Demon" Good comedy.
TOMoRROW--sThe Love Toy. ."
Good comedy.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-29
A M U Sc M { Mt S
MONROE THEATRE

TODAY-"The Vanishing AM
erican." Al Roach Comedy.
TOMORROW -- when Love
Grows Cold" Comedy. For
Susie's Sake"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-29
u. S. EMBASSY STILL
AWAITS WORD AS TO
FATE OF TIL EE
OTHERS HELD
my Associated Press)

MEXICO CITY, May 29.-The
bandits in the Tampico region
have released Messrs. Briggs and
Greedy, American employees of
the British Ell Aguila Oil Com
pany, who were captured Thurs
day and held for ransom, but the
fate Of the three other Americans
in the hands of outlaws in sew
eral other sections of the country
was still uncertain today.
The American embassy here is
still. awaiting word as to the fate
Of John J. Shanklin, of Canyon,
Texas; C. C. Braden, of Laredo,
Texas, and mining engineer
named Gallagher. Last reports
said that the bandits in Vera Cruz
who were holding Shanklin had
threatened to kill him Thursday
night if ransom of $4,000
was not paid.
In the absence of any reports
TO the embassy today regarding
Shanklin, the belief prevailed that
he has not been killed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-05-29

Mrs. c. B. Braden, at Laredo,
Texas. has received a message
from B. F. Yost, United States
consul at Torreon, denying re-
ports that her husband had been
hanged by the thumbs.
Yost has sent his vice consul to
Mapimi 10 negotiate with the ban
dts for the release of Braden and
Jules B. Gallagher.
The Briggs reported released is
believed by Mrs. v. w. Briggs, of
Brownsville, Texas, to be her hus-
band.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1926-05-04
ABBOTT FREED
BY ITALIANS
Charge of Insult to
Mus S olini is
Unfounded

ROME. May Am investigating
magistrate today ordered the imme-
diate release of John Adams Abbott,
member Of a prominent Boston fam
ily, who has been held in jail here
for the last week.
The charge that he had insulted
Premier Mussolini was shown to be
unfounded.
Abbott was arrested on the COM
plant of an Italian guide. Salvatore
Astroloco. whom the American van
quished in fist fight following an
argument over their respective places
in line while awaiting entrance to the
vatican garden.
The fight took place in front Of
Abbott's hotel, where Astrologo, ae-
companied by two friends. sought
hIm after the argument. Astrologo re-
cciveG a fractured jaw and was tax
cn to the hospital.
While cleared Of the charge of in
sulting the premier. the young Am
erican must still face the assault
proceedings brought by the guide
Lawyers say the quashing of the
charge affecting the premier re-
duces the affair to minor character
and that the penalty, if Abbott Is
convicted, will be very light.