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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-04
Letter Prom Comlnittee.

Pensacola, Fla, July 80. 1915.
Mr.. A. Greenhut, Mayor, and the Hon.
Board of City Commissioners, Pen
sacola, Fla.
Gentlemen: We are in receipt of
Mayor Greenhut's letter of July 29th
directing the Pensacola Fairgrounds
Committee to Immediately relinquish
control of the Bayview Park bathing
pavilion, with which demand we have
complied by delivering the keys into
your hands.
This committee having been ap-
pointed under former adninistra-
ton by Mayor Goodman, at the re-
quest of the Fairgrounds Association
of America, for the purpose of de-
veloping system of public play.
grounds for the entire city, it may
be considered not amiss 20 make tc
this administration, and through you
to the public, report o. our aims
and accomplishments.
Our first work was the organiza.
ton Of the Twilight Baseball League
which was designed to meet an i'm.
mediate need and to demonstrate the
necessity for at least one public ath.
letic field, which was provided by the
dedication of Cordova Park for that
purpose, and the grounds we're made
suitable through generous appro
priation by the city. This projecf
prospered as long as adequate super
vision could be had, and can be re
vived to its former usefulness b,
again providing proper supervision.
Our second undertaking was t,
stimulate a wider use of our schoo
grounds and to assist our teachers il
directing the recess play at oul
schools. In this we had loyal co
operation from the teachers and thi
Public School Athletic League which
| f1ourished for several years clearl,
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MAYOR RECEIVES
RESIG NATIONS
OF COMMITTEE
COMMITTEE ON FAIRGROUNDS
GIVES UP COMMISSION WHICH
WAS ENTRUSTED TO IT SEW
ERAL YEARS AGO

Seven years ago, at the request OF
the Fairgrounds Association of
America, Mayor Goodman appointed
the Pensacola Fairgrounds Commit
tee, and from year to year this COM
mittee has been responsible for many
things for the good of the town. The
first work was the organization of
the Twilight Baseball League, which
has existed ever since, and which has
been the means of furnishing amuse-
ment to perhaps many thousand men,
women and children.
The second undertaking was the
stimulation Of interest in school
grounds, and how well they succeeded
in this step is attested by the inn
proved school grounds all over the
city.
The third effort was the establish
ment Of a bathing resort at Bayview
park, in which undertaking, perhaps,
was expended the most diligent eff
fort. The resort was fixture at
Bayview, and despite the loss Of a
considerable sum in the bank failures,
the committee has been successful in
making that good, in paying off all
indebtedness and presenting a clean
slate. The committee was on the
verge of further expeiiding efforts
for the pleasure of the Pensacola
people when the city stepped in and
called for the return Of the control
Of Bayview. That was done without
question and without hesitation, but
| it is the ending perhaps Of the PEN
sacola Fairgrounds Committee, for
yesterday Mayor Greenhlt received a
long letter from the committee, ask
ing that it be dissolved as a COM
mittee, and that the Fairgrounds As
ISOLATION Of. America be so notified.
The mayors notification from the
committee was lengthy letter, and
was as follows:
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-04

All our summer Dresses
including silk and wash
dresses we are selling for
u price. Mems suits re-
duced one-third. Your credit
is god. Gains, 90 S. Pala-
fox.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-03-09

Wholesale Hay and Grain
Prices
Wheat hay. $14@I5; clover,
$16@17; alfalfa, $14@15: corn,
$50; cracked. $50; wheat. $53,
shorts, $34: bran. $32; oats, sal.
Rend tho Classified Ads o.
Fsge Sir.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-03-09
Interesting Story in
"Tha Yellow Ticket"

A Jewish girl defends her hon
or and kills the head OF the Rus
sian secret service in the climax
of THE Yellow Ticket" an in
teresting play which held the at
tention of Tacoma theater pat
rons last night. The Russian
system OF Jewish persecution has
forced the girl to take yellow
ticket" the passport OF infamy.
She fights against the evils of her
lot and refuses to sink to the
level of life the police have as
signed her.
The head of the secret service
insulted her in his apartments
when she went to him for aid.
She killed him with a hat pin.
She is saved from Siberia through
the efforts of an American news
paper man, who has fallen in love
with her. Belle Mitchell as
Marya varenka and Warner
GLAND as Baron Audrey take the
leading parts acecptably. The
play on the whole is well done,
although weak spots here and
there are easily detected.
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flashed wide open, big and black,
and stared, unblinking, into our
faces. Wolf Larsen put his fin
ger to his lips as a sign for ST.
lence, and the eyes closed again.
In the lower bunk lay Louis,
grossly fat and warm and sweaty,
asleep unfeignedly and sleeping
laboriously. While Wolf Larsen
held his wrist he stirred uneasily,
bowling his body SO that for a mo-
ment II rested on shoulders and
heels. His lips moved, and he
gave voice to this enigmatic ut
terance:
"A shilling's worth a quarter;
but keep your lamps out for
thruppenny bits, or the publ
cansll shove em ON you for six
pence"
Then he rolled over on his side
with a heavy. sobbing sigh, say
ing:
"A sixpence IL q tanner, and
a shilling a bob; but what a pony
Is ] don't know"
Satisfied with the honesty of
his and the Kanaka's sleep, Wolf
Larsen passed on to the next two
hunks on the starboard side, oc-
cupied top and bottom. as we saw
In the light of the sea-lamp, by
Leach and Johnson.
As Wolf Larsen bent down to
the lower bunk to take johnson Is
pulse, l, standing erect and hold
ingsthe lamp, saw Leach's head
raise stealthily as he peered over
the side of his bunk to see what
was going on. He must have d.
vined Wolf Larsen's trick and the
sureness of detection, for the light
was at once dashed from my hand
and the forecastle left in dark
ness. He must have leaped, also,
at the same instant, straight down
on Wolf Larsen.
The first sounds were those OF
a conflict between a bull and a
wolf. heard a great Infatuated
below go up from Wolf Larsen,
and from Leach snarling that
was, desperate and blood-curdling,
Johnson must have Joined him inn
mediately, so that his abject and
groyeling conduct on deck for the
past few days had been no more
than planned deception.
was so terror-stricken by this
fight in the dark that leaned
against the ladder, trembling and
unable to ascend. And upon me
was that old sickness at the pit OF
the stomach, caused always by the
! spectacle OF physical violence. In
thu ,instance ] could not see, but
Iscould hear the impact Of the
bl0ws---the soft crushing sound
made by flesh striking forcibly
against flesh. Then there was the
crashing about the entwined bod
les, the labored breathing, the
short quick gasps of sudden pain.
There must have been more
men in the conspiracy to murder
the captain and mate, for by the
sounds | knew that Leach and
Johnson had been quickly REIN
forced by some Of their mates.
Get a knife, somebody
Leach was shouting.
Pound him on the head! Mash
his brains out!" was Johnson
cry.
But after his first below, VOL
Larsen made no noise. He wa!
fighting grimly and silently for
life. He was sore beset. Down
vat the,yery first, he had been I'M
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-03-09

leaving the sailor rubbing his eyes
with surprise at having been let
off so easily.
Softly, now Wolf Larsen
warned me in q whisper, as he
doubled his body into the fore
castle scuttle and prepared to
descend.
l followed with a quaking
heart. What was to happen
knew no more than did know
what had happened. But blood
had been shed, and IL was through
no within of Wolf Larsen that he
had gone over the side with his
scalp laid open. Besides, johann
sen was missing.
IL was my first descent into the
forecastle, and | shall not soon
forget my impression OF II, caught
as | stood on my feet at the bot
tom of the ladder. Built directly
In the eyes of the chooner, II was
OF the shape of triangle, along
the three sides OF which stood the
hunks, in double-tier twelve OF
them. It was no larger than a
hall bedroom in Grub street, and
yet twelve men were herded into
1t to eat and sleep and carry on
all the functions OF living. My
bedroom at home was not large,
yet II could have contained a
dozen similar forecastles, and taxi
ing into consideration the height
of the ceiling, score at. least.
II smelled sour and musty, and
by the dim light of the swinging
sea lamp ] saw every bit of avail
able wall space hung deep with
sea boots. oiIskins and garments,
clean and dirty, of various sorts.
These swung back and forth with
every roll of the vessel. giving rise
to brushing sound, as of trees
against a roof or wall. Some
where boot thumped loudly and
at irregular intervals against the
wall; and, though it was a mild
night on the sea, there was a con-
tinual chorus of the creaking TIM
bers and bulkheads and of abys-
NAL noise beneath the flooring.
The sleepers did not mind.
There were eight Of them--the
two watches below and the air
was thick with the warmth and
odor of their breathing, and the
ear was filled with the noise OF
their snoring and of their slghs
and half-groans, tokens plain OF
the rest OF the animal-man. But
were they sleeping? all of them
Or had they been sleeping? This
was evidently Wolf Larsen's quest
Ito find the men who appeared
to be asleep and who were not
asleep or who had not been asleep
very recently. And he went about
1t In a way that reminded me of a
story out OF Boccaceio.
He took the sea-lamp from its
swinging frame and handed it to
me. He began at the first hunks
forward on the starboard side. In
the top one lay ofty-Oofty, a
Kanaka and splendid seaman, 90
named by his mates. He was
sleep on his back and breathing
as placidly as woman. One
arm was under his head, the other
lay on top of the blankets. Wolf
Larsen put thumb and forefinger
to the wrist and counted the
pulse. In the midst of it the
Kanaka reused. He awoke as
gently as he slept. There was nc
movement of the body whatever.
The eyes, only, moved. Thu
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-03-09
SEA WOLF ,',,'; 3,, ;;;s; ;;;


tn Han
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BY JACK LONDON.
Continued From Yesterday

He put few spokes over, and
| watched the compass card swing
slowly to N N w and steady itself
with slight oscillations.
took a fresh hold on my bed
clothes and was preparing to start
on, when some movement caught
my eye and ! looked astern to the
rail. A sinewy hand. dripping
with water, was clutching the rail.
A second hand took form In the
darkness beside 1t. / watched,
fascinated. What visitant from
the gloom of the deep was ] to
behold? Whatever II was, l knew
that 1t was climbing aboard by the
log-line. ] saw head, the hair
wet and straight, shape itself, and
then the unmistakable eyes and
face of Wolf Larsen. His right
cheek was red with blood, which
flowed from some wound In the
head.
He drew himself inboard with
a quick effort, and arose to his
feet, glancing swiftly as he did so
at the man at the wheel. as
though to assure himself of his
identity and that there was moth
ing to fear from him. The sea.
water was streaming from him. II
made little audible gurgles which
distracted me. AS he stepped to-
ward me | shrank back instinc'
lively, for saw that in his eyes
which spelled death.
"All right, Hump" he said In
a low voice. where's the mate?
| shook my head.
"Johansen! he called softly
"Johansen!"
Where is he?" he demanded Of
Harrison.
The young fellow seemed t.
have recovered his composure, fol
he answered steadily enough. 81
don't know, sir. ] saw him &c
fora a little while ago."
so did / go for'ard. But you
will observe that | didn't come
back the way I went. Can you
explain it,"
"You must have been over
board, SIR"
Wolf Larsen shook his head
"You wouldn't find him, Hump
But you'll do. Come on. Never
mind your bedding. Leave 4
where 1t is"
/ followed at his heels. There
was nothing stirring amidships.
Those cursed hunters" wal
his comment. TOO damned ia
and lazy to stand four-houl
watch"
But on the forecastle- head W,
found three sailors asleep. ii,
turned them over and looked a
their faces. They composed tn,
watch on deck, and II was the
ships custom, in good weather, t,
let the watch sleep with the ex
ception of the officer, the helms
man, and the lookout.
who's lookout" he demand
ed.
me, sir" answered Holyoak
one of the deep-water sailors, ;
slight tremor in his voice. q.
winked off just this very minute
sir. I'm sorry, sir. 1t won't hap
pen again."
did you hear or see anything
on deck?"
mo, sir, T."
But Wolf Larsen had turned
away with a snort of disgust
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-03-09
Name Postmasters

The postoffice department mas
announced the appointment NJ the
following postmasters: Mcmillan,
Pierce county, Austin Richard
son: High Point, King county,
Paul v. Lovegren; Spiketor,
Pierce county, Charles G.. Sharp.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-03-09

able TO gain his feet, and for ALL
OF his tremendous strength I felt
that there was no hope for him. |
The force with which they
struggled was vividly Inn
pressed on me; for | was knocked
down by their surging bodies and
badly bruised. But In the con-
fusion | managed to crawl intol
an empty lower bunk out OF the
way.
"Ali hands, We've got him!
We've got him!" ] could hear
Leach crying.
"Who?" demanded those who
had been really asleep, and who
had wakened to they knew not
what.
ITS the bloody mattel" was
Leach's crafty answer, strained
from him In a smothered sort OF
way.
This was greeted with whoops
of Joy, and from then on Wolf
Larsen had seven strong men on
top of him. Louis, I believe, taxi
ing no part In II. The forecastle
was like an angry hive of bees
aroused by some marauder.
What no. below there!" l
heard Latimer shout down the
scuttle, too cautious to descend
into the inferno Of passion he
could hear raging beneath him In
the darkness.
Won't somebody get a knife?
Oh, won't somebody get knife?"
Leach pleaded in the first inter-
val OF comparative silence.
The number of the assailants
was a cause of confusion. They
blocked their own efforts, while
Wolf Larsen. with but a single
purpose, achieved him. This was
to fight his way across the floor
to the ladder. Though In total
darkness, ] followed his progress
by it's sound. No man less than
giant could have done what he
did, once he had gained the foot
of the ladder. Step by step, by
the might OF his arms, the whole
pack of men striving to drag him
back and down, he drew his body
up from the floor till he stood
erect. And then, steps by step.
hand and foot, he slowly struggled
up the ladder.
The very last of all, saw. For
Latimer, having fially gone for a
lantern. held il SO that its light
shone down the scuttle. Wolf Lar
sen was nearly to the top, though
| could not see him. All that was
visible was the mass of men fas-
tened upon him. IL suirmed
about, like some huge many-leg-
ged spider, and swayed back and
forth to the regular roll OF the
vessel. And still, step by step,
with long intervals between, the
mass assembled. Once 1t tottered,
about to fall back, but the broken
hold was regained and II stu
| went up.
who is it," Latimer cried.
In the rays OF the lantern
could see his perplexed face peer
ing down.
Larsen" heard muffled
voice from within the mass.
Latimer reached down with his
free hand. saw hand shoot up
to clasp his. Latmer pulled, and
] the next couple of steps were
made with rush. Then Wolf
Larsen's other hand reach up and
/ clutched the edge Of the scuttle.
The mass swung clear OF the
ladder, the men still clinging to
their escaping foe. They began
to drop off, to be brushed off
against the sharp edge of the scut-
tie, to be knocked off by the legs
which were now kicking power
fully. Leach was the last to go,
falling sheer back from the top
of the scuttle and striking on head
and shoulders upon his sprawline
mates beneath. Wolf Larsen and
the lantern disappeared, and we
were left in darkness.
| Continued Tomorrow
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-03-09
Death Wins Battle

WASHBURN, Wis, March A.
Stricken with nerve paralysis in
the pulmonary region. Lafayette
Reuter-, 23. kept alive for seven
weeks by friends and relatives by
artificial respiration. died yester-
day.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-03-09
Wholesale
Quotations
Prices Paid Producers For
Meats, Butter, Eggs, Poultry

Livestock-Cows. SO &C: calves
S&9c; hogs. TIC; sheep. 40 SC;
lambs, &c. Dressed hogs. loo.
Butter ana Eggs-nancn but.
Ter, 81 @32c: strictly fresh ranch
eggs, $50 19c.
Poultry - chickens. dressed.
14@16e; ducks, SC; squads, 81 q
2.25; chickens. live, 10@14c;
turkeys, live, 25c.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-03-09
Local Drama and Vaudeville

Tacoma heaerWednesday Thursday and Friday The Ger
Side OF the War; five omng week. Potash and
Perlmutter THE Wh OF the World bringing Up Father
Patanges TheaerMums the Word musical comedy Pierce
Roslyn Mr. and Mrs Charles Rebyns Wright Davis Will
lams Bros Menomes Aiken Co.. The Greed of Clans;
vaudeville all
Empress Theater-"Knding" with Florence Bell Maggie
Schultz Wednesday Thursday and Saturday
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-03-09

White River. $19G 20 I on Cab
bage, $1.75 cwt. Ore. cauliflower,
1926 or. Walla Walla spinach,
$1.10 box. Chill peppers, $1.35 bx.
Wax beans, &c. Pumpkins, 1kc.
Ore. cider, % % soc. Celery, $40
$50 crate. Sprouts, &c lib. Flor
ida tomatoes, SIS crate. Rhubarb,
10c lb. Sweet potatoes, SO cwt.
seed potatoes, $45.
Brussels sprouts, Sc lb; egg.
plant, 10 Id. Cal. Hubbard
squash, 2 NC lib.
Hops, 1914 crop, 23@15c;
13@14c.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-03-09
Selling Prices to Retailers
For. Butter, Eggs and Cheese

Cheese--Was hington, Ice; Til.
Iamook, 15@17c.
Eggs-Fresh ranch, 20@22e;
Parsley, 30c doz Sbu. Early Rose
Dutter-wasnington creamery
33@34c; Oregon, 29c; East
ern. soc.
Wholesale Meat Prices.
Fresh Meats - Steers IAN y
13c; cows. liz @12c; heifers,
12c; hogs. trimmed sides. 1910.
ewes, lie; mutton, wethers,
12hc; lamb. lac; veal, 12@14c.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-03-09
PricesPaid Wholesale Deal.
ers For Vegetables, Fruit

Fruits-Native app1es. rs 0$i.
Bananas. 4kc Id. Jap oranges.
box, 75c. Oranges, Camelias,
$2.35 per box. Lemons, SO % $50.
Grape fruit, $3.50 box. Cali grape
fruit, $3.50 box. Persimmons,
10c Id. Pomegranates, 50 box.
Spanish Malaga grapes, $3.50 keg.
Pineapples, $3.50 doz.
Vegetables-Gr'n onions, $3.50
box; Oregon yellow, cwt., $1.G0
Oils. Hid lettuce, CALI, $2.25 pr
crate; leaf lettuce, 75c. Yaki-
man turni2s. $1.25; rutabagas.
$1.25 sack; carrots, $1.25. Pota.
toes, Melted Gem, $20@21 ton.
The Hartford republican., 1915-09-03

in both county papers and II was then
charred that This threatening speech
was iEHrnded for Republicans only.
We were SOW to believe such
charge against our good friend
Ringo. but in the light OF recent
events and I'm view OF his failure to
become in the least interested in
what many people believe to have
been the most corrupt and disgrace
full election in this part of Kentucky.
our faith is fast ebbing Mr.. Ringo
is the only man who can set in mo-
tion the necessary investigation. or
by vacating and requesting the ap-
pointment of a special prosecutor.
He does not do either but even side
steps a civil investigation by taking
advantage Of an error in the time the
notice was served on him. We don't
know how this looks to the Tanner
Democrats and Others, but To one on
the other side who has always been
a strong personal friend to Ben. it
looks bad.
The Hartford republican., 1915-09-03

After almost finishing a har-
monious State Convention the Demo-
Gratis came near duplicating the cele-
brated music hall meeting in Louis
VILE this week, at the close. After
high handed methods in deposing the
National Committeeman. Mr.. Wood
son, and State Chairman Vansant and
other members of the State Central
Committee. Senator Beckham was
sent for to make a speech. The
Senator proceeded to unload his
mind concerning the unusual pro-
ceeding. This threw the Convention
into the widest scenes of disorder
He was howled down and not per-
mitted to complete his speech. To-
day the party is disrupted by the
acts of the Convention and it's treat
ment of Senator Beckham, in its clos
ing hours. 1t will be interesting to
know how the $4,000 Democrats
who stood by Beckham, McChesney
and Rhea will take this treatment
)y the State Convention.
The Hartford republican., 1915-09-03

The friends of Mr.. Stanley took
the position that he should control
the platform Convention and hence
the platform is a Stanley platform,
although less than half the Demo-
Gratis In the State voted for him.
What was the use in holding a con-
yention? II would have been just
as well to have had Stanley write
and publish the platform, Seeing
as how" the convention could not
oppose his wishes anyway.
The Hartford republican., 1915-09-03

We can see how a defendant might
be preiudiced in case he was noti-
fed too late. but for the life Of US
we cannot imagine a contestee COM
planning that he had too much no.
tice. In this case It Is also strange
that the Special Judge did not get
appointed and the case set for a hear
ing until it was just too late under
his ruling for Mr. Tanner to serve a
new notice. In other words he was
caught a comm and Vwine."
The Hartford republican., 1915-09-03

In this issue we republish an edi-
torial from the Owensboro News,
dealing with the late Democratic pri-
mary in this judicial district. This
article is only one Of several appear
ing in that paper in which the open
charge of bribery and corruption is
made and in which the successful
candidates are dared to challenge the
truthfulness of the charges. This
paper does not desire to make any
improper charge and has waited sew
eral weeks to see If any denial would
be made to these serious accusations
published in Owensboro paper. They
are being talked all over the dis
trict and we do not feel that our
duty to our people will permit us to
longer remain silent. If they are
untrue our columns are open for
denial, as we mean to be just and
fair in this matter. What we want
to know is did Judge Birkhead and
Mr.. Lavaga Clements, his Master
Commissioner for Daviess county, go
into a saloon or saloons Wednesday
night before the primary election, in
company with various persons who
had attended speaking at which ]. S
Glenn was repeatedly howled down
and discourteously treated by sup
porters of Birkhead, and did either,
or both Birkhead and Clements buy
the drinks for any or all of these
people? We will be glad to publish
an answer to these questions.
The Hartford republican., 1915-09-03

The Progressive State Convention
at Louisville was a failure. Less
than a dozen counties sent delegates
and the entire number present was
less than the number OF delegates
allotted 20 Louisville. It is not be-
lieved that the partial ticket placed
in the field by the Progressives will
poll a thousand votes in the entire
State. Last year the only vote polled
was in Louisville and the platform
declaration on the subject Of State
Wide will wipe that vote out. The
Progressiyes are practically all in line
for Edwin p. Morrow and the State
ticket nominated with him.