News-Press from Fort Myers, Florida • Page 1

ID) US'- THE -FORT MYER "Tnere It eslv Fort Xin ad afaetr nlllloa people at foil to flad It eat." THOMAS A. 1DISOS. OFFICIAL FAPEB FOB-LBM. COCBTT A JIB IOBT MTBBS AU Ik Hews Wltn It It 1L 40TH YEAR NO. 18O SIX DATS A WEEK BIX DOLLARS A TEAS FORT MYERS, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 20, 1924 i JtEMBFJl OF THE ASSOCIATED FllKSfl PRICE 5 CENTS NOW FOR THE FINISHING TOUCHES HENLEY PLACE BBtlB IIIRI'JO ni'JELL IS PMFDIil ET0 BElllY LOIS SOLD Bit US.

BARNWELL TO TAKE AMERICAN 'mm UMIV ir JltltV VEItDICT (By Tlie Aattorlaled Fro) CLEARWATER, June 20. A verdict of guilty, with a recommendation for mercy was returned by the Jury In the case of Frank McDowell, tried here this week for the murder of his mother on the night of February lDth in St. Petersburg. The Jury had the cane in its hanls for a few minutes more than two hours. Young McDowell was in the court room when the Jury filed in, and sat nervously with a slight smile playing over his face.

He received the verdict calmly although his face paled as It asiread. McDowell's fate was placed in the hands of the Jury at exactly noon today. LEAVES it FOB DAMAGE TO ROOM, MILLS SELF SAN DIEGO, June 20. Robert A. Wolski, 60, signed a farewell note as a physician of Minneapolis; and killed nimseli by shooting through the right temple at a hotel here recently.

In a note in care of the coroner he left a check to pay the cost of cremation and $1 to reimburse the landlord for possible damage to the room. CHRISTIANS PLAN JO MEET IN STOCKHOLM (By the Associated Pre) STOCKHOLM. June 20. The crown prince of Sweden has been named chairman of the Swedish committee which is preparing to entertain the delegates to the Universal Christian Conference on Life and Work to be held in Stockholm In August, 1925. The conference will the guests of the Swedish nation.

The purpose of the gathering is declared to be an attempt to concentrate thought on the mind of Christ as the Bible toward the great social, industrial and international; questions prominent in post-war civilization. Dr. Arthur J. Brown of New York; the Archbishop of Canterbury; the! Archbishop of Upsala and the Patriarch, of Constatinople are joint presidents of the international committee which is arranging for the conference. The European section at Stockholm will have 175 delegates; the British section 135, the American section 150 and the Eastern section 85.

Allied organisations such as the M. C. Y. V. C.

Evangelical Alliance, Student Christian Movement, International Missions Committee, the Salvation Army, and Christian Endeavor movement will each have a representative. COCA COLA WILL DIVORCE HIS YOUUG WIFE (Bjr The Associated PreM ATLANTA, June 20 Asa O. Candler, Atlanta capitalist, has brought suit for divorce from his wife Mrs. Mary Liltlo Chandler, alleging cruel treatment. The divorce petition was filed in the Fulton county superior court late yesterday and became public today.

Candler is a millionaire and the founder of the Coca Cola Co. Ho was married to Mrs. May Little Ragin, public stenographer, a year ago. After a honeymoon to a number of the northern cities, the capitalist Installed This "bride in the palatial Candler home in the exclusive Druid Hills section of Atlanta. Some months ago Atlanta's social and business circles were startled by the announcement of chief of police Beavers, that Mrs.

Candler and two Atlanta business men, W. J. Stoddard and G. W. Keeling, had been arrested in a raid on a fashionable apartment house in the north side residential section, while thay were sitting around a table on which wan a bottle partly filled wll hquor.

The trio was released on mi? and when the cases were SfV'd before the recorder, the charges against thorn were dismissed. STRICKEN HILE IX SfRF WILMINGTON, June 20. Joseph Thompson. 44 yesrs old. New York, died suddenly of heart trouble In the Burf at Wrightsvllle beach "here Rill TV uuilp i nun Hy The AwHorfuted Pre) Hong KONG.

June 20. The death list resulting from the attempt of an unknown Chinese to assasHluaUi Gov-ernor General Merlin of French Indo-Chlna, at a banquet I last night, now'stands at tour, H. G. Gerln, silk merchant, died t-day of injuries received when the bomb exploded. It has developed that the governor general probably owes his life to the fact that the would be assassin ila- took Gerln for him.

VISITORS LIVE UN SHIf (By The Asiturlated Press) LONDON, June 20. Because of the serious lack of accommodations during what Is known as the social seu-son hero, a party of BOO Gothenburg students have chartered a ship in which they will live while visiting England. The vessel is to anchor off Greenwich in the Thames. S. JOHN SMITH WILL START NEW RUN ON FIRST OF OCTOBER Officials of the Ftrt Myers Steamship company have announced the purchase of the 350-ton steamship John F.

Smith, of Norfolk. The ves-. ael will take the place of the motor ship I. W. Riggs and will ply between Tampa and Fort Myers, beginning October 1.

The iiompany, operating under the name of the Royal Palm line, will bring the steamship John F. Smith to the west coast within a short tujie to make alterations and improvements for the winter season. 'The vessel is an iron hull steamer, 126 feet in length, screw propeller having a draft of about nine and one half feet loaded, and a speed .15 knots. It has a freight capacity of about 350 tons ant stateroom accomodations for 50 or 60 passengers will be provided. The Royal Palm line has been contemplating the purchase of a large passenger and freight vessel to take care of the increased business between Fort Myers and Tampa for more than a year, according to W.

J. Hunter, vice-president and local ma- ager for the cejnpany. passenger end of the business and for that reason the John F. Smith will make stops at St. Petersburg 'ou both her north and south trips.

OF IS CHICAGO, June 20. Kidnaping threats, modelled after those sent by Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, kidnapers and slayers of Robert Franks, and threatening the life of Irvin Hartmann, ten years old and a playmate of the Frank boy, caused the police Thursday to guard the home of Irvin Hartmann, wealthy furniture merchant, y. The letter, demanding 10,000 ran som under threat that the boy would be kidnaped or killed, was written by a person of little education the police believe, and detective assigned investigate it termed it the work of a II I but? (UVft IIU chances on a repetition of the Franks kidnaping. 1 The Hartmann family lives in a fashionable South Side residential district just a block from the Franks family and it was Young Hartmann who told of seeing an automobile draw up to the curb as the Franks boy walked along the streets, and upon looking a few seconds later. saw tne automouiie, driving away while the Franks boy had disappear ed.

Leopold and Loeb, the millionaire's sons who confessed the kidnaping and killing of Franks, said in their con fessions that they had considered the Hartmann boy as a victim for a The letter sent" to Mr. Hsrtran- demanded that he send the money to old bills, make up a package, and gVr to a designated West Side corner aud throw it over, iiS. PLAYMATE ROBERT 1 nrce Mrs. W. Barnwell reports the sale of the tract of land 160 foot water frontage by 200 feet deep in front of the Thos.

H. Phillips home in Henley Place to Mr. and Mrs. RacqjieL of Petersburg; for approximately 100.00 per front loot. The new owners have not definitely decided what they will do with their purchase hut will undoubtedly improve it soon.

Mrs. Barnwell also reports the sale of Lot No 2 on. Henley Place to C. Nill for $8,000.00. This is the second time this lot has been sold within a month.

The second sale was at a substantial advaneo over the first sale. It is next to the new Standard Drug Store and Druggists everywhere. liW.Ui WAR VETEItANS DEM A NO FREE LAJiD AM) MEDICAL AID (Hv The Assnelateil Press) DANZIG, June 20. The problem of a soldier's bonus Jh occupying the senate of this ancient free city. The 16,000 veterans of the world war living in Danzig declare that they are unablu to get along with the dole that they are now receiving under a German law of 1906.

Among the veterans' demands are preference in the allotment of land for homesteads, free medical treatment, a 300 per cent' Increase of the weekly allowance, and an extra allowance to blind ex-soldlers to defray the expenses of their trained guide dogs. HIGH PEAKS TO BE SCALED (By The Assortateil Press EDMONTON, Alberta, June 20. An attempt to scale Mount Robson will be made this summer by the Alpine Club of Canada. Arrangement also are being made for an expedition to scale Mount, Logan, Canada's highest peak, in 1925. N.

Y.CONVENT TO HAVE 2,600 (By The AxhoHuIimI Pre) NEW YORK, June 20. The tenta tive program of Wie Democratic Na tional Convention follows closely the schedule of procedure which has prevailed In previous national sessions of the party. Many leaders believe the convention will last ten or 11 days. The first formal assembly the 2,600 delegates and alternates at the main auditorium, Madison Square Garden, will be at noon of Tuesday, June 24. Cordell Hull of Tennessee, chair man of the Democratic National Committee, will call tjie convention to order, and a member of the New York City clergy will pronosrnce an invo cation.

Mr. Hull's introduction of the temporary chairman, Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi, will be fol lowed by the Senator's kuynote speech. Mayor John F. Hylan of New York will deliver an address formally wel coming the convention to this city, s.nil adjournment "will be taken, probably at abatit 3:30 p. until noon Wednesday.

The report of the Committee 'on Permanent Organization will start the second day of the convention, after which the committee on rules will report. Meanwhile the committee on resolutions wiU commence its work and start drafting tlio platform. The report of the credentials committee will conclude the regular business 3f the Wednesday session. With the permanent chairman pre siding, the convention will open its third day at noon. Thursday with reports of the conmmittees.

The platform probably will be pre sented to the convention on Friday. The nomination of candidates for the presidency, of whon a score already are in sight, will begin late Friday or Saturday accompanied by the baud-playing, singing and loisy demonstrations' as each candi- iate's name Is put forward. Thus the convention will adhere to prescribed formula for only the first five days. If nominations are not nade immediately, there will be con- inuous day and night sessions, ex- cpt on Sundays and continuous bal- oting until a nominee for president iird a running-mate for th vice-pres- dency shall emerge from the fray fictorioiis. The 1920 convention at San Fran-isco lasted nine days.

Some local parhy counsellors predict the impend-ng conclave confronted by so many landidates to choose from, will be kept busy for 11 days. Should their irognostlcations prove correct, the. Democratic 'caudidates would be aamtd tbs FMrth of. July. ION ATIENMNC The marriage of Paul C.

Franklin and Miss Harirett M. Crane took place at the home of the bride's parents in Daytona on Wednesday, June 18th, as was announced in the Fort Myers Press. The wedding was held at the home of Mr, and Mrs. George II. Crane, 208 Palmetto avenue, at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning irt the presence of the immediate families and Mr.

and Mrs. W. W. Gibson and Hunter Crown, of Fort Myers, only. The pastor of the Daytona Methodist church performed the ceremony.

The hoitae was beautifully decorated in red and white! roses anil the bride carried a bouquet of the same. Hunter Brown was best man and Mrs. Crosby, sister of the bride, was bridesmaid. Breakfast was served after the ceremony and tue bruie ana groom loft by motor for a tour of. the east coast, taking in West Palm Beach, Miami, Key West and other points.

The young couple will return about July 1st to make their home in Fort Myers. Mr. Franklin is one of the progres siva young business men of Fort Myers, the son and partner of Ex-Mayor W. P. Franklin, He has a host of friends who wish for him and his charming wife a long and happy married life.

Mrs. Frank lin very in social cir cles In her home city and will be warmly welcomed to the City of Palms. MXA riTNAM A FREE DEALER WEST PALM BEACH, June 20. Nina Wilcox Putnam noted writer Thursday was granted license 'to be come a free dealer by the Palm Beach county circuit court. The court au thorized her to take sole charge of her property, and manage it to the same effect "as it she were a single woman" and granted her all other property privileges enjoyed by a single woman, in Florida.

Bt The Associated Press) JACKSONVILLE, June 20. Governor Hardee will refuse to allow an Industry of Florida to be ruined by the action of a Georgia official and says so courteously but flatly. Some weeks ago Peter Bahnsen, C.eorgia state veterinarian, issued an order that watermelon shipments from Florida bedded in straw, were not to be allowed to enter thaj. stnte, claiming siuh budding carried cattle tick infectioa and that the state of Georgia had spent, three and one-half millions of dollars in the eradication of the evil. The Georgia official and Florida officials appealed to.

Federal authorities, but the Georgia official remained obdurate. BEACH rUMC C. L. Employe And Friends En-joy Outiuir' Th working force of the Atlantic Coast Line Railway enjoyed a most pleasant outing last night at Crescent Beach. A picnic supper eaten at NpIkiiii'h Casino was much enjoyed.

Swimming was Indulged in by many of the merry party. Tii followinc were present Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mr. and Mrs.

J. W. Griff is and family, Mr. ana Mr. Frank Pate, Mr.

and Mrs. J. B. Nell Sr. Mr.

and Mrs. J. Neil Mr. and Mrs. Powell.

Mr. Craig G. W. Jones and Mr. and Mrs.

Loyd Daniels. The following were guests of the A. C. L. force.

Miss Frankle Stewart, Miss Maxwell Hall and Herbert Wittmeyer. WASTS DRY LAW KMOUt ED ORLEANS, June 20. The Louisiana Pharmaceutical Association, at its recent convention here, went on record as being Boltdly behind the en forcement of the Volstead Law. Another resolution. adopted by the association favors an enactment of the Volstead act creating a stringent law governing the sale of all beverages containing alcohol.

KILIHSOS INHERIT MANILA, June 20. Two sons and the Filipino widow of Cyrus Inlish, 'vho died fifteen years ago in Ho Ho, are heirs to a large estate, It was reported in Ilo Ilo that they have in lierlted property worth more thaa 5 4 000 000, GEORtGA IS FLORIDA MELONS STRAW PACKED MODEL OF CAPITAL 1 00 CABIN TALLAHASSEE, June 20. The committee on reception and registration for the Tallahassee Centennial plans to erect on the site of the original capitol building here a model of the log cabin in which the govern ment of Florida was first housed in November, 1S24. The site of Florida's first capitol obtained by the committee. On the southeast corner of the present capitol grounds.

Walter V. Culley, head of the com mittee on registration, who. is also Boy Scout master, plans to have the boys assist in erecting the log cabin and to use it during the Centennial as registration headquarters of the throngs of visitors expected from all over the state and various parts Of the United States. It will also be headquarters for the reception committees. Although no information is at present obtainable as to Florida's capitol building beyond the fact that it was a log house, it is know to have been located on the southeast corner of the capitol grounds next to whore the chemical 'laboratory now stands and Is supposed to have been one of the typical one-room log house common in Florida in the early days.

H. Clay Crawford, veteran secretary ot, state, has talked with men, now dead, who had seen the first capitol and told one of the members of the publicity committee that the reception committee has correctly located the site. 'S TO BE ATI Y. Md June 20. A copyrighted dispatch from a staff correspondent in New York to the Baltimore Sun today says: "Woodrow Wilson's last political will and testament doctrine of party principle and policy la to be laid by a group at his followers before members of the resolutions committee when the time comes to write the democratic platform." Graoe Growers To Meet lit Lakeland The meeting of the Florida Grape Growers Association has been set for July 11 and 12 In Lakeland.

A large attendance representing 21 counties of the state, Is expected. In addition to the display of all varieties of grapes that will be maintained, it is announced that growers of blackberries and avocados will cooperate in the exhibit with displays of fruit representing their industries. Manufacturers of growers' supplies, insecticides and small machinery have also been Invited to exhibit. Inquiries, of persons interested should be addressed to N. G.

Nicoll, of the etcutive couimjtUe, HEY, 111 I)IY! (By The Assorluted Press) WASHINGTON, June 20. The distribution of application blanlfs, for adjusted world war compensation provided for In the soldier bonus act. has been started by Major Robert Davis general of the and will be completed by June 28th. Mellon Will Attend Trial of Means (By Tile Associated Press) NEW YORK, June 20. Subpoenas were issued today requiring the 'presence of Secretary Mellon and his secretary, Arthur Sixsmith, at the trial of Gaston Means and Klmer W.

Jar-necke, in Federal court here next Tueday on charges of conspiracy to violate the prohibition law. LABORfTES ST. rAUL, June 20. Driven to a conclusion in an eight-hour session, the National Farmer-Labor Party convention adjourned Thursday night after nominating a provisional ticket, adopting the platform advocated by the communists and electing a national committee. The Foster Ruthenberg coherts were in the saddle throughout the proceedings, voting down all attempts by Minnesota farmers to change the nationalization planks in the platform and hooting those who advocated modifications.

Delegates trleklod from the hall in small groups as item after, item of the economic program was jammed through. The national nominees are: For president Duncan McDonald, Illinois. For vice-president tilliam Bouck, Washington. McDonald is former president of the UnRed Mine Workers of Illinois. His home is in Springfield.

He was nominated as an Industrial Bouck owns a fruit ranch in the Pudget Sound country. He was pre sented to the convention as a representative radical farmer. Both were nominated by acclamation. McDonald being declared the choice after farm delegates had been persuaded to forego an attempt to get the convention on record for Senator R. M.

LaFollette as a presidential aspirant. They were assured tlm national committee would negotiate In an attempt to get him to aland for the convention's action, the promise being made that McDonald would be pressed in the campaign only in case LaFollette repeated his refusal to have anything to do with the St. Paul gathering. This lid not satisfy J. Trtylor, and a number of Nebraska farm-era and they left for "thiir dfcCiiica wd lutfeEfcd Jsjr .4 (Ccntjguj Ql NOMINATE HE CHIEF Brigadier, Genera) H.

Martin, C. of G-2, recently received letters from five boys in Big Valley, Alberta, Canada, asking for full information on the C. M. T. they having read an article by "Babe" Ruth relative to the summer's camp.

"I notice that all expenses are to be pakl for one month. Will you please send me complete information on this, as I am thinking seriously of going? I may spend my vacation their if the camp suitable, seems to be the tenor of all five letters. In reply General Martin had to In form the boys that unless they were citizens of the United- States they could not be enrolled for training Since they had not mentioned what their citizenship was, however, he in closed application blanks and other information for their use fn the event Ihcat they were real I J. S. citizens.

BE OPENED IN AUGUST IN LUCIE COUNTY FORT PIKRCE, June 20. TheDixie Highway through the north end of St. Lucie county will be completed and opened within another couple of months, according to present The stretch from Vcro to. Wabasso will be completed within the next month, it is expected, while the Wa-basso-Subastian stretch should be completed in two more months. The former piece of highway will be on the penetration type, and the, latter of concrete.

On the Vcro-YVabasHO stretch, on which work has been under way for the past year and a half, nearly all (lie rock-laying has been finished and the job is now in its final phase. The pouring of concrete has been started on the Wa basso-Sebastian stretch, and good headway is being made, the goal being to finish up the job in a couple of i The completion of these two projects will put the Dixie highway in first class shape from one end of St. Lucie county to the other, eliminating the north -county detours Chat, for the past year and more have been the source of many complaints. The rest of the highway is smooth, asphalt, providing an excellent driveway. On the $175,000 bridge which Is being built across the Sebastian river on the county line of St.

Lucie and Brevard counties, steady progress Is being made and the structure is beginning to assume definite siiape. The present bridge across the stream will provide passageway until the new structure can be completed. Arrested on charges of spreading false reports of Dr. Sun Yaf-tien's death, Him Wong, correspondent tar Reuters at Canton, has been ordered deported from Ch'ua for io.