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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-09-25
STRANGE STORY
/. OF GREEK WHO
LOST MEMORY
MAN WHO WAS IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH JAMES KANTELIS OF PEN
SACOLA, IN OWNERSHIP OF
BOAT, TELLS PECULIAR TALE.

John A. Kouthris, the Greek sponge
fisherman, who disappeared several
weeks ago from the boat in which
James Kantelis of Pensacola, owned
a half interest, which he lost through
the sale of the vessel by the United
States authorities, has recovered his
memory in Boston, where he was taken
by a vessel which picked him up at
sea. The Greek claims his mind was
a blank from the time he was taken
from the vessel until a few days ago.
The Miami Herald of recent date con-
tanned the following story sent out
from Boston, where the Greek was
landed:
Recovering from the strangest sort
OF malady, which seized him while
he was sponge fishing off the coast Of
Florida, John A. Kouthris, aged AZ,
resident of Miami, Fla, today for the
first time in weeks had his mental
faculties restored and is striving to
obtain information regarding his YES
sci, the sloop ST. James from which
he was rescued by the schooner Es-
Their Ann and landed at this port a
week ago.
THE story of Kouthris is one of the
most extraordinary ever told along
the Boston waterfront. Until last
night the mind of the sponge fisher
man was total blank. During his
strange illness off Miami, his memory
gradually left him, and when he
reached Boston seven days ago, al
though physically improved, he could
not tell his name, age, or occupation
His mind was gone, and apparently,
forever. Today, however, in some re-
markable manner, his mind cleared like
a flash and he was able to tell his odd
story
HE stated out today with the re-
covery of his mental faculties to in
woke the aid of his friends in Boston
to recover his boat, and outfit, which
he says is valued at eight thousand
dollars. The $4,000 sloop represents
the mans entire worldly possessions,
and he states that he has worked
long and hard for many years to ac-
cumulate the small fortune that is
represented in the craft, of which he
is the sole owner
"At the marine department of the
chamber of commerce, where he
sought information Of his missing boat
today, Kouthris told the strange story
of his adventure. He said he had
reached the Straits of Florida when
he was stricken with his peculiar ILL
ness He said his feet and legs be-
gan to swell and that in very short
time they were twice their regular
size, and that he could not move a,
muscle. For days he lay in this con-
dition part of each day and part of
each night in an unconscious state.
Finally his mind gave way, and his
recollection of past events left him
until he became so helpless mentally
he could not speak his own name.
Finally, the schooner Esther Ann,
on her way from ApalachicoIa for
Boston, fell in with the st. James and
took off the unfortunate owner. The
sloop was left adrift. Kouthris says
he last remembers his boat being
about fifty miles south of Miami, and
in the beaten track Of steamers and
vessels bound to ports in the gulf"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-09-25
LEAKS
IN STORM SEWER
EXCAVATION MADE IN GRASS
PLOT ON EAST GARDEN STREET
TO MAKE REPAIRS TO BIG
DRAIN.

The storm sewer in the grass plot
near the corner of Garden and Man
resa streets is leaking badly, while
surface indications point to leaks in
the sewer in the grass plot on the
east side of Alcaniz street, between
Garden and Chase streets, several
holes having already appeared at this
point
The sewer gang, working under the
direction of Henry T. Beirne, who
was recently placed in charge of the
sewerage system, have made an ex-
cavation in the grass plot on East
Garden street, where a leak has for
some time caused a large cavern in
the ground over the storm sewer built
under the Storrie contract. The aew-
er at this point is built in two parts,
the lower being of concrete and the
upper brick. Another large sink in
the ground at this point has occurred
a short distance from where the ex-
cavation has been made, indicating
that another leak has occurred in the
sewer. Repairs to the defective parts
will be made at once.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-09-25
VOX POPULI.
MYRTLE GROVE MAN 10
DISSATISFIED WITH TEACHER

Pen acola, Fla. Sept. "a. 1918.
Editor Pe,sacola Journal.
VIII yot please allow me space in
your paper to ask the board OF public
instruction a few questions. The first
thing want to ask them Is do they
think that they are doing what they
should do by all the public schools I?
II they do think so say they are not,
for school Np. II wanted Mrs. Ora
Tanton for their assistant teacher as
she taught for them last session, and
ali the patrons were well pleased with
her. and the little children are heart
broken because they are not going TO
have the teacher, they love.
I understand that their excuse Is
that Mrs. Tanton is married. Now
what a poor excuse that is and with
out any grounds at ALL
The country children need good
schools as well as the city, but they
fail to get them. IF the country gets
good teacher that board will have
some excuse to get rid Of them, and
give the children another setback.
This is a damper and a bad one on
the school at Myrtle Grove and one of
the oldest schools in the county.
Thanking you for your space. I am,
Yours truly.
]. w. BoYETT.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-09-25
DON'T LET BABY SUFFER WITH
ECZEMA AND SKIN EXHIBITIONS

Babies need a, perfect skin covering.
Skin eruptions cause them not only in
tense suffering, but hinder their growth.
DR.. HOBSON'S ECZEMA OINTMENT
can be relied on for relief and perma-
nent cure Of suffering babies whose
skin eruptions have made their life
miserable. Our baby was afflicted
with breaking out of the skin all over
the face and scalp. Doctors and skin
specialists failed to help. We tried
DR.. Hobson's Eczema Ointment and
were overjoyed to see baby completely
cured before one box was used" writes
Mrs. Strubler, Dubuque, Iowa. All
druggists, or by mail, soc. D'Alem-
berte's Pharmacy, 121 S. Palafox st.
PFEIFFER CHEMICAL COMPANY
ST. Louis, Mo. Philadelphia, Pa.
(Adv.)
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-09-25
Strengthen Weak Kidneys

Don't suffer longer with weak kid
neys- You can get prompt relief by
taking Electric Bitters, that wonderful
remedy praised by women every
where. Start with a bottle today, you
will. soon feel like new woman with
ambition TO work, without fear of pain
Mr.. John Bowling of San Francisco,
writes: Gratitude for the wonderful
effect of Electric Bitters prompts me
TO write. It cured my wife when all
else failed" Good for the liver as
well. Nothing better for indigestion
or biliousness. Price, soc and s1.o0 al
n'Alemberte's Pharmacy. III s. Pala-
fox 81. <Adv.)
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-09-25
BARK ARRIVES
HERE FOR CARGO
EROS ENTERED YESTERDAY FROM
RIO JANEIRO AND WENT INTO
oUARANTINE-TW STEAMERS
CLEAR AND ANOTHER SAILS.

The arrival of the bark Eros, the
clearing of the steamships Hermion
and Larchmore and the departure of
the steamship Elton made up the
shipping transactions at Pensacola
yesterday. The Eros entered from Rio
Janeiro and went into quarantine.
She is consigned to the Southern
States Lumber Company. The Elton
sailed for Rosario with cargo Of lum-
Der and timber.
The Hermion, which arrived here
recently with a cargo of manure salt.
has finished unloading 500 tons OF
the salt and will leave port today for
Tampa, where she will discharge the
remainder of her cargo, consisting Of
1900 tons.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-09-25
SAVE YOUR. HAIR! IF FALLING OUT
OR DANDRUF rs CENT DANDER|NE

to shrink, loosen and die-then the
hair falls out fast A little Danderine
tonight - now - anytime - will surely
save your hair.
Get a 25 cent bottle of Knowlton's
Danderine from any drug store or
toilet counter, and after the first ap-
plication your hair will take on that
life, lustre and luxuriance which is so
beautiful ~, 1t will become wavy and
fluffy and have the appearance OF
abundance; an Incompatible gloss and
softness, but what will please you
most will be after just a few weeks
use, when you will actually see a lot
Of fine, downy hair-new hair-grow-
ing all over the scalp. (Adv.)
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-09-25

Washington, Sept. 23.-The old plan
of a Central American union, which
has been brought up from time to
time since the collapse of the old
amalgamation, is again under consid-
Grafton in the state department. Sec
rotary Bryan and Counsellor John
BassettN Moore consider sending
friendly note to the five nations COM
posing Central America, sounding out
the people on that subject
Estrada Cabrera, president Of Qua
temala, is the foremost leader for
amaIgama ton. Costa Rica is opposed
to the proposition. The countries in
volved are Guatemala, Costa Rica,
Nicaragua, Honduras and Salvador.
Cabrera is regarded as the strong
man in Central America. He has
been able to keep himself in office
since 1898 without revolution of any
consequence.
1t is the opinion of the state depart
ment that an amalgamation of the
five states into one nation with a GEN.
trail government either at Guatemala
City or San Jose, the capital of Costa
RIGA, would work for the general ad-
vancement commercially of tn, five
republics
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-09-25
THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER rs. 1913.
West And The
Pensacola Navy Yard.


Editor West of the Panama City
Pilot answering The Journals edi-
ltorial on his criticism of the naval
boards recommendation OF Pensacola
las the best place on the gulf for a
great naval base, disclaims any inten-
ition OF attacking Pensacola, but says
Ahat ST. Andrews Bay is the proper
place for the naval base and that the
board erred In not investigating that
Aarbor. He then continues In diff
Weren't strain and says:
For reasons heretofore stated the
Ipresent site of the navy yard in Pen
saeola Bay has been condemned by
expert naval officials in the past. Con-
lditions upon which these reports were
based have not changed.
With vastly improved conditions in
THE city of Pensacola, in the way of a
lairst class hosiery. wide awake Com
mercia1 Association, paved streets.
etc. PensacoIa's power in influencing
uunketing committees has become a
very decided factor in the decisions
of such committees.
Either Pensacola. Bay is a proper
place for the navy yard, regardless
of there being such a place as Pen
wacola, or 1t Is not. There Is no con-
nection between the two subjects,
Pensacola and a navy yard. That
they have been considered together is
mn evidence OF the weakness of the
committee, and of their decision.
Editor West is quite right in saying
Ahat the navy yard and the city of
Pensacola are two separate and dis
tinct matters and that the former
should be considered on its merits
regardless of the city itself. That is
exactly true and Pensacola has taken
particular pains to impress that fact
! upon every naval official who has Wis
3ted here. The yard will of course
incidentally help Pensacola, but unless
1t will be advantageous to the navy
and to the nation at large 1t ought not
TO be located here
But when our Panama City contem-
porary states that '-the present site of
the navy yard in Pensacola has been
condemned by expert naval offlcials IN
fhe past he makes a statement which
cannot be sustained by the facts.
Naval oficials since the beginning of
the government have used and recon-
mended the Pensacola yard and the
Recommendation of the board appoint
ed by Secretary Daniels is in line with
l+he Judgment OF the best naval au-
sthorities who have ever heretofore
pronounced on the subject
The Journal. Il 1t were in the kind
of business--that Of knocking other
ports--in which Editor West takes
Euch delight. might advance some rea-
sons why st. Andrews Bay would not
be good place to locate navy yard.
nut The Journal il not I'm that BUSH
mess and. thank goodness. It never
expects to be. We are content to
lrresent Pensacoia's advantages and
claims and we are gratifed to know
that the leading naval experts who
have Investigated the subject find on
Pensacola Bay the ''best and only site
practicable on the Gulf OF Mexico for
IA navy yard OF the frst class"
we hope st. Andrews Bay will de-
Nelop into the great port which It's
great natural advantages and the en-
ergy of its people ought to make of it,
but Editor West can never aid in that
development through his policy of try
lng to discredit other harbors.
a.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-09-25

that Kouthris, the working partner,
owned half interest. He had last
heard of'Kouthris when the latter was
at Mobile with the st. James.
"Kouthris no doubt has an interest
ing story to tell of how he was sepa-
rated from his craft far out on the
Gulf Of Mexico"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-09-25
The New York Worlds
Cheap Joke.


The New York World is a big news
paper built and conducted, usually, on
broad lines. But it sometimes de-
sends to little things and 1t did SO
recently when 1t offered to pay Mr..
Bryan $4,000 a year IL he would give
up Iecturing The Columbia, S. c.,
State very properly characterizes the
offer as a cheap joke on the part of
the World and says:
In a moment of elephantine glee.
the New York World offers to con-
tribute to the support of Secretary
Bryan $4,000 a year, thereby to in
crease his income CHS salary being
to be sure.
But is not the World. democratic
newspaper, rather tired Of the spec
tacle of cabinet officers supported by
outsiders? Has it never suspected the
existence of a secretary of state liv-
ing, for some part, on an income from
industries Indirectly endowed by
congressional and presidential partner
ship and Is not that precisely what
the World has, for so long, opposed?
Does not the World know that three
fourths of the cabinet officers during
the last half century have been draw
ing their great incomes through de-
vious and tangled channels perhaps,
but none the less truly, from favored
interests? Does it not know that the
protected industries and the petted
monopolies have In this way owned
and controlled the government of the
United States?
Now when a secretary of state open
ly undertakes to earn money to exc
out his salary in a manner unques-
tionably honest and legitimate, does
the World propose to acquire him?
Is a cabinet officer earning money
by lecturing. in the sight of all men,
less to be trusted than another who
drew his tens of thousands in divi-
dends made possible by the largess Of
the congress at the expense of the
people.
: The Worlds attempt to get itself
talked about is on a par with the
offers of some of the cheap vaudeville
shows which have solicited Mr.. Bryan
to take part in their performances
all of course knowing that their in
sulting offers would not even be dig
nified by a reply.
So far as Mr.. Bryan's lecturing is
concerned, there are but two ques-
tons to be considered-frst, does 1t
interfere with his official duties; and,
second, is 1t proper to deliver nom
partisan lectures for money!
No one familiar with the facts has
intimated that Mr.. Bryan has ever
been guilty of neglecting his duties at
Washington. No one on the other
hand will hold that there is anything
discreditable in a man making his
living by lecturing. Mr.. Bryan lee
tured before he became secretary of
state and no one claimed that he was
doing anything dishonorable or i'm
proper. If 1t was not improper to lee
ture before he entered office, 1t is not
improper to do so after he enters Of
fee providing his official duties are
not neglected.
The truth OF the matter is as some
one has well remarked, the very peo-
pie who are complaining about Mr..
Bryan being away from Washington
are the same ones who never wants ID
him to be in Washington. And no
matter what he does or does not do,
he has never been able to satisfy
them and probably never will be able
to do So
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-09-25
Whenever You Need q General Tonic
Take Groves

The Old Standard Groves Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as a
General Tonic because IL contains the
we'll known tonic properties of QUI-
NINE and IRON. Drives out Malaria,
enriches Blood, Builds up the Whole
System. soc. (Adv.)
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-09-25
Safest and Best

Pensacola has decided to destroy it's
garbage by fire and will soon have a
modern crematory on the outskirts of
the city. This plan of garbage dis
posal is regarded as the safest and
best and it has been used effectively
by many large cities for considera BILE
time. The plant to be installed will
be a small one, but capable of being
double in capacity without interfer-
ence with its working .--Jackso
Times Union.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-09-25
WOMEN GOLFERS READY
FOR OPEN TOURNAMENT

Memphis, Tenn, Sept. 23-Clear,
bracing weather and fast course
welcomed the players in the open
tournament of the Women's Western
Golf Association, which started here
today. Including the local players
more than fifty women started OFF in
the qualifying round, Miss Chisholm,
Mayfe1d, and Miss Edwards, Midloth-
ian taking the lead. The first round
in match play will start tomorrow
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-09-25
LADIES! MEN! HERE'S THE BEST
Is CENTS you EVER SPENT
DON'T WAIT! APPLY A LITTLE
TONIGHT.

Thin brittle, colorless and scraggy
hair is mute evidence Of a neglected
scalp; of dandruff-that awful scurf.
There is nothing so destructive to
the hair as dandruff. 1t robs the hair
of it's lustre, its strength and its very
life; eventually producing a feverish-
ness and itching of the scalp, which
If not remedied causes the hair roots
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-09-25
How to Cure Sick Headache.

c. E. Mustoe. of Fresno, California,
has adopted the correct treatment for
sick headache, He says: "I have
used Chamberlain's Tablets for sick
headache and constipation for the past
two years. I never have found any
preparation so satisfactory in every
respect for this trouble For sale by
all dealers.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-09-25
DIR. CHAS. r. MITCHELL
osTEoPATHIc PHYSICIAN.

Masonic Temple. Hours e-12 and as.
Phone 1890.
Eleven years experience in the treat
ment OF all sub-acute and chronic dis
eases, such as Asthma, Backache, Bill
iousness, Bronchitis, Constipation,
Cramps, Coughs, olds. Dyspepsia, Eye
and Ear Disorders. Diseases of Women.
headache. Insomnia, Kidney and Liver
troubles. Lumbago. Nervousness, Neu-
ra1gia, Neuritis, Paralysis, piles, Rheu-
matism, Stomach Diseases. Sciatica.
Spinal Curvature. Stiff Neck, Stiff Joints.
etc.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-09-25
Meet in ooala-

Meet in Ocaia-
The Florida Printers Cost Congress-
is to hold it's first meeting Nov. Is,
IA, and 10 at Ocafs. Harry Brown,
of the st. Augustine Record; Robt. J..
Holly, of the Sanford Herald, and J.
NJ. Burrow, of the Burrow Press, Pen
sacola, are the committee of arrange
ments. West Palm Beach and, prob
ably, Palm Beach will be represented
West Palm Beach Sun.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-09-25
Pensacola, St. Andrews and

Gulf Stn--nsfin Co.
STEAMER TARPoN
FIRST CLASS PASSENGER AND
FREIGHT SERVICE
Between
PENSACOLA, MOBILE, APALAcHl-
COLA, CARRABELLE, ST. AN
DREWS. PANAMA CITY.
MILLVILLE.
And All Points on ST. Andrews Beg,
CarrabeIle and Apalaehioola.
SCHEDULES
Leaves Pensacola, Sunday $3.50 2. m.
for Mobile, Ala.
Leaves Mobile, Monday 1880 p. m.
Leaves Pensacola Tuesday 500 p.
M, for ST. Andrews, MilIVille, Apa-
aIehieola, CarrabeIlo and intermediate
Points.
r. J. REAGER.
General Freight and Passenger
Agent, Pensacola. Fla. Phone $50.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-09-25
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.

The Swan will leave Pensacola We'd
nesdays and Saturdays at a. m, re-
turning Thursdays and Mondays.
Spend your week at Mary Es-
Their or Camp Walton. sep21-1w
(AdV)
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-09-25

Now that policewomen as well as
hcldup men are toting revolvers in
Chicago. II is evident that the posi-
ton OF the innocent bystander there
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-09-25

An English court has decided that
kissing an actor is just as legal as ap-
plauding him. And frequently more
sipcere-Minneapoli Journal.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-09-25
PENSACOLA AND
PENSACOLIANS
Perkins Was Original

Perkins Was Original
j. C. Brown. an engineer on the A
C. L. railway, and a member of the
last legislature from Polk county. will
be United States marshal for the
southern district of Florida, while
James B. Perkins of Pensacola, gets
the same Office for the northern dis
trict. Both were original ardent
Wilson men."-GainesviIle Sun.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-09-25

Don't think that our schoolnaster
president isn't an astute politician.
lie is determined to have that elastic
eegrency ready before Christmas.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-09-25
ASHAMED
OF ECZEMA

You ought TO be when eczema. itch
ring-worrn and piles are 50 easily cured by
LENOIR's
ECZEMA
REMEDY
Il kills the microbe that causes the
troubie--sure, certain. never-failing even
In ugly old cases.
soc at Druggists
cAWTHoN -coIEMAN COMPANY
Selma. ria.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-09-25

Now we know why people who ha-
bituzlly dine in hotels are different"
A German scientist says hotel orches-
sras are driving people crazy.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-09-25

In advance OF Mexico's long-threat-
ened bankruptcy, we hasten to nouni-
nate Joseph Quincy Cannon for the
job OF receiver.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-09-25

Capt. Tom Bridges, who Is around
the state a great deal, knows every
body and has thousands of friends,
says that in his opinion public senti-
ment looks good for Stockton. The
against-Jacksonville spirit is being
worked for all 1t is worth in South
Florida for Gilchrist, who also has
friends all over the state In an ar
ttcle from Dixie which the Star re-
printed Monday. it was clearly shown
that the charge of hoggishness against
Jacksonville was largely the result Of
ignorance and prejudice, and so far as
the Star is concerned it would support
the man it believed best for the office
il he hailed from Baldwin In regard
to L'Engle running again as congress
man at large, Capt. Tom says that
Claude will be a hard man to beat.
-Ocala Star.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-09-25

There are differences of opinion as
TO whether Thaw is insane or not but
IL Is certain New York is crazy TO
get him back
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-09-25
Hubs Baseball ProcIivities--

The Pensacola Journal says Hub AL
len reminds him of a Georgia polite
ian who was such liar he had to get
somebody else to call his hogs for him.
st. Petersburg Times.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-09-25

In the absence OF German war
scare and with Mrs. Pankhurst in
France. John Bull may soon have to
take something for that lonesome
feeling.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-09-25

Huerta says his eyesight is failing
Perhaps that's his excuse for not
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-09-25
Ought to Have SQUARED Him

Ought TO Have Squared Him
The Jackson Leader says that Gil
christ will have to do some explain
ing in Jackson before he could carry
one precinct for United States sena-
tor" Tut, tut man didn't he square
himself with Jackson when he played
in that fat and lean game Of baseball?
-Apala chicola Times
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-09-25
Whole State Reioices=

Pensacola is to retain its navy yard
which is good news for the whole
state.-West Palm Beach Sun
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-09-25
. . . . , , = . . . . . . :,
) SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN AS I
SEEN BY THE STATE PRESS 4
The Monkeys Aaain-

The Monkeys Again
Ex-Governor Gilchrist's hat is in
the ring for the United States senate.
What's the good Of prohibition if we
are to have the monkeys after US
again ?-Tarpon Springs Leader.