The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-30
Efforts to Recover Remains
of Frank H. Young Have
Proved Unsuccessful.
BELIEVED TO HAVE
DROWNED IN LAGOON
Extended Careful Search Be
Resumed Today by Large
Party of People.

Efforts to recover the body Of Frank
II. Young, who is believed to have
drowned Monday in the big lagoon.
proved unsuccessful yesterday and will
be continued on larger scale today.
Alpha Morgan, Mr. Young's lifelong
friend and his companion on the trip
which IS believed to have resulted
fatally, is bending every effort to the
search. He has engaged boats to
make close inspection of the gulf beach
and shore of the lagoon and today
searching party win scour the woods
on the mainland in the hope that Mr..
Young made his way ashore and fs
sctill alive. At the same time other
parties will drag the lagoon with nets
and graphing irons.
Frank Fell, who operates the gov
ernment boat employed in the lagoon
patrol, has been on the lookout for
some trace of Mr.. Young since his
disappearance was made known, but
has found nothing beyond the foot
prints leading to the waters edge.
Csa of the mysterious features Of the
case is the disappearance of the canoe
.inswhich Mr.. Young padded TO shore
Id wasi new oidtown canoe and en-
tireiy seaworthy, being practically un-
beach, where it was drawn by Mr..
Young when he landed, and cannot
be found In this fact lies the only
hope that the missing man reached
the mainland 1t is believed by some
of the searchers that he may. have re-
entered the boat and padded across
the lagoon, where he might have sue
cumbed to exhaustion
1t seems quite certain, however, that |
in attempting to ford the breach IN !
the peninsula he was cought in the !
swift current and drowned AS the |
tide was running into the lagoon at
the time, it Is believed that the body, |
If recovered, will be found on that |
side as it probably would not nave
washed into the gulf.
Mr. Young was one of the leading |
citizens of Nebraska and was promi- |
neut in business. political and frater |
nal circles. He was ga years of ago
and a native of Maine. but had lived
in the far west since early childhood. |
He is said to have been the most wide
lv known man in his state and was
famed for his benevolence. He was a
successful ranchman for years but oi
late had devoted his attention TO
banking being president of the Custer
state Bank OF Broken Bow. He was
the first clerk of Custer county ana
is credited with having carried the
state of Nebraska for Mckinley: He
was a prominent Mason. being past
grand master for the state OF Ne
braska- He was also president of the
Nebraska Masonic Home. the Ne
braska7 Masonic and Eastern Star
Home and of the Veteran Free Ma
sons. He was liberal in his charities
and gave $4,000 to home for aged
peop.e shortly before leaving for Flor
ida.
Mr.. Young had spent several whit
ers at Camp Walton and was enroute
there when he disappeared. He was
by Alpha Morgan, vice
president of the Custer state Rank,
and by Mrs. Morgan They travelled
oy rail to New Orleans, where launch
owned by Mr.. Young was tied up Ihe
lwo men proceeded to Pensacola IN the
launch while Mrs. Morgan came by
train. The supply OF gasoline became
exhausted when they neared 1T NC
Rae last Monday morning. Mr.. Young
started for shore in the canoe at 10
o'clock and landed safely. He was
asst seen by his companion at noon
and was then walking toward the
'ort. Mr. Morgan remained aboard the
aunch nntii Wednesday morning. the
patrol boat picked him up and he was
owed to Warrington. He has since
,een instituting a constant search for
lis missing friend.
Word of Mr.. Young's disappearance
vas not sent TO Broken Bow until yes
eroay as Mr.. Morgan hoped his COM
,anion had not suffered an accident
md wished to spare his Nebraska
riends the possibility of unnecessary
very When no trace of the man
,ould be found yesterday hope was
,recticaolly abandoned and relatives
n Nebraska were advised Many tel
grams We're then received ffom
2rcien Bow, Lincoln and OMAHA ask
ne for information regarding MIR.
voung and urging that every effort be
aa6e to locate him.
Mr. Morgan is deeply grfeved over