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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-10-15

that all at once made me see the long
years of suffering which had been
hers. only the beginning is so COM
monplace that it lacks interest. It is
the record of very mediocre stenog-
rapher with aspirations
That she was speaking of herself
her tone told me, but 1 was genuinely
surprised. Mrs. Underwood was the
last woman in the world one would
picture as holding down a stenograph-
er's position.
They Met in Paris.
Il can't remember when I didn't
have in the back Of my brain the idea
of learning to draw" she went on,
but it took years and years of uphill
work and saving to get a chance. /
was an orphan, with nobody TO cage
whether 1 lived or died, and nothing
but my own efforts to depend on. But
/ stuck to it, working in the daytime
and studying evenings and holidays
till at last began to get a foothold,
and then when I had enough put by to
risk it / went to Paris"
Her voice was as matter of fact as
if she were describing a visit to the
family butcher shop. But 1 visual
lied the busy plucky years with their
reward of Paris as If / had been a
spectator of them.
"Of course, by the time I got there
1 was almost old enough to be the
mother, or, at least, the elder sister Of
most of the boys and girls I met, and
had learned life and experience in a
good, hard school. Some of the young
sters got into the habit Of coming to
me with all their troubles. fancied or
real. made some stanch friends in
those days, but never a stancher, truer
one than Dicly Graham"
I started in surprise. Dicky had
told me of his studies in Paris. and Of
the gay, careless time he spent there,
but he had never mentioned Mrs. I'm
derwood as having been one Of his cir
Gle. AS 1 thought Of it, I remembered
that Dicky, aside from praising Mrs
Underwood as a bully good scout"
and characterizing her as one Of his
Oldest friends, had said very little
about her to me.
Mrs. Underwood saw the movement.
Sho tvrned and put her hand on mine.
smiling half- humorously, half tenderly.
Tell me, dear, girl, when you were
teaching in those history classes, did
any of your boy pupils fall in love
with your"
1 answered her with an embarrassed
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-10-15

for the constitutional amendment, we
not only secure state aid, but increase
the state fund by millions OF federal
aid.
The opposition to the constitutional
amendment is coming from South
Florida. This is natural for several
reasons. In the first place a great
part of South Florida has already Sc
cured good and permanent highways.
Besides this, railroad interests are
strongly intrenched in that part of the
state. And, moreover, and most po-
tent of all, those South Floridians OPP
posing the amendment realize that the
creation of a state fund for permanent
highways connecting all parts of the
state, will mean that West Florida, in
a few years, will have a system of
roads equal to any in the state, and
! so will prove a formidable rival to
South Florida.
The building of permanent roads in
West Florida will mean the opening
up of permanent building along all
lines. West Florida will become the
gateway to the state. This section of
Florida is nearer the centre of popu-
other section. Permanent roads con-
Meeting with other Florida highways
will mean permanency of development
along many lines for this section
A vote for the constitutional amend
ment means a vote for West Florida
Every county through which the
designated highways run is as vitaIiy
interested as is Escambia county.
Jacksonville. Milton, Crestview, lie
Funiak. Bombay. Chipley, Mariana,
Chattahoochee, Quincy, Tallahassee
Monticello, Madison, Live Oak, Lake
City, Maccleny, and Baldwin. Panama
City, Brooksville and st. Petersburg
Fort Myers and Gainesville, Ocala and
Leesburg, Orlando and Kissimmee, St
Augustine and Daytona, Punta Gorda
| and Sarasota, and many other towns
in Florida will benefit directly through
this amendment. for these towns are
situated on highways already desig-
mated as state roads.
1t is a plain business proposition,
then, for the citizens of these com
munities to vote for the constitutional
| amendment, which will mean the
early completion of the highways OF
| Florida.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-10-15
More Republican pilemmal


The publication OF the cabled CORE
spondence between Mr.. Taft and Pres
ident Wilson relative to the league
covenant shows that Mr.. Taft suggest
ed and advised with the president in
many instances; and that the president
accepted, and Incorporated in the in
strument, many of these suggestions.
This must be an awful blow to the
Harding campaign committee!
With Borah and Johnson repudiating
the league, and Hardings scrapping 1t,
now to have it come out that the shin
ing light of the old line republican or
ganization, the one which gave the
candidate his nomination, was one of
the architects of this structure, shows
in how dangerous a position the candi-
date stands.
1t looks more and more like a repi-
ttion of the year when Taft and
Roosevelt made present of the presi-
dency to the democrats. 1t looks very
much like Borah and Taft are going
to do it this time.
Since the Baltimore speech by Sena-
tor Harding, Senator Borah has can
celled his engagements to speak for
the republican national committee and
Senator Harding. There go the ire
concilablesi
Since the Des Moines speech of SEN
ator Harding, in which he said:
Il do not wish to clarity these OBJ
legations. 1 want to turn my back on
them. 1t is not Interpretation but re-
lection that I am seeking"
the question arises, where has he
placed Mr.. Taft, who is now shown to
have helped in forming the covenant?
Where Mr.. Hoover, Mr. Wickersham
and Mr.. Root, to say nothing of the
Philadelphia Public Ledger, and all
those republicans who have declared
Mr.. Harding is not committed against
the league, but will bring about its
ratification, with reservations, after his
election?''
Having surrendered Internationally
to Johnson and Borah, Mr.. Harding
will now have to explain or fight the
other, and larger and more powerful,
wing of the party, the old line repub-
icans, headed by Mr.. Taft Truly it is
an embarrassing position the republi-
can candidate is In!
In this connection we cannot but call
attention to the fact that as a bring
ing up of things that hurt the enemy
Governor Cox is an expert. Scarcely
has the pain of the smart from the
slush fund expose begun to deaden be-
fore he jabs another dart into the
quivering- fear-carcass of the
elephant, this time in the form of the
league covenant itself facing the re-
publicans and saying, You made me
what 1 am today, I hope you're salts
fled. Tampa Tribune
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-10-15
BREAKS ACOLD
IN FEW HOURS
''Pape's Cold Compound in.
stantly relieves stuffiness
and distress

Don't stay stuffed-up! Quit blow
ing and snufflingi A dose of 'Papes
Cold Compound taken every two
hours until three doses are taken
usually breaks up a severe cold and
ends all grippe misery.
The very first dose opens your
clogged-up nostrils and the air pas
sages of the head; stops nose run
ming; relieves the headache, dullness
feverishness, sneezing, soreness and
stiffness.
"Pape's Cold Compound" is the
quickest, surest relief known and costs
only few cents at drug stores. 1t
acts without assistance, tastes nice.
contains no quinine-Insist upon
Pape's!-Adv.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-10-15
Revelations
of o. Wife
How Mrs. Underwood Met pioky.
BY ADELE GARRISON.

TOW mrS. underwood Met Dtcky.
The cracking Of the logs in Lillian
Underwood's library CRATE was the
only sound to be heard for many
minutes after she had told me of the
little daughter who had been so cru
ely shut away from her life.
With her elbow resting on the arm
or her chair, her chin cupped in her
hand, her whole body leaning toward
the warmth Of the fire, she sat gaz-
ing into the leaping flames as if she
were trying to read in them the riddle
of the future
l patiently waited on her mood.
That she would open her heart to me
further knew. but I did not wish to
disturb her WITH either word or move
ment
I knew you would be like this" she
said at last. Almost any other wom-
an would have gone off on an emo
tional tangent over this story of mine.
especially when it so concerned her
self. But you know enough to keen
still when you see a situation that no
words can help. It's a rare gift. my
dear. Cherish It."
Ny face flushed with pleasure at her
words OF praise. but my only answer
was a low sincere, Thank you" at
which she hooded and fell silent again.
7 might as wen begin at the begin
ming" There was note in her voice
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-10-15
Press Comment
a Desperate Effort.

THE people of Florida are asked tc
sacrifice the education of their chill
dren to the pleasure of joy riders
They would have nothing to spend on
sanitation or they would pay twice as
much in taxes as they are paying
now"
If that is offered seriously as an ar
gument against the bond amendment
it then raises these questions:
Was the writer, at the time, con-
scious of the utter Stiffness and faulty
of his argument?
Or was it simply a desperate effort
to bolster UP an argument Of some
kind?
For. 1t must be remembered by the
people of Florida that the same oppo-
sition which now screams its blind an
ger against the bond amendment is the
same as that which opposed the drain
age of the Everglades, one of the most
magnificent achievements ever I'M
dertaken by Florida or any other state
1t is the same opposition that
fought, and fought bitterly. the voting
of bonds for the building of the mag
nificent bridge, now nearing compile
ton across the St Johns river.
1t is the same opposition that
yelled murder" and everything else
at that thought of direct election OF
u. S. senators.
It is the same opposition that
fought Woodrow Wilson and the dem
ocratic administration for so many
years, not openly, but insidieus1y and
below the belt.
Having recited and recalled the his
tory of the opposition to the bond
amendment 1t now might be pertinent
to ask: Did Florida children sacrifice
any educational advantages because
of the Everglades drainage project?
Did sanitation suffer any because of
the building of the st. Johns river
bridge?
Have the children of Florida been
kept from school because of the direct
election of senator's?
Has the Wilson administra ton kept
sanitation away from Florida?
And, will voting the bond amend
ment hurt the cause of education or
sanitation In Florida ?-Jacksonville
Metropolis.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-10-15
white Coap' as Substitute
For "BIack Diamonds"

Coal is king today and its kingslip
is undisputed the world over. A few
years ago we exported from the At
lantic seaboard measly 100000 to
100000 tons per year. This year we
have already sent out from the same
seaboard, approximately 100000 tons
in seven months in spite of strikes,
embdl goes and an unprecedented home
demand for coal. And on Top Of all
that we are told there are 800 ships
waiting at Atlantic seaboard piers
alone for coal cargoes to go to all
parts of the world.
Some years ago oil burning engines
were devised, and it was thought the
demand for coal for steam making
would be greatly Neduced. but the
contrary seems to have been the re
suit. Hundreds Of ships, equipped. as
oil burners are said to be lying lille
at various ports because of the i'm
possibility of getting oil for their en-
gines, at any price, and fuel oils have
risen to unheard of peaks. It has
been computed that the total oil pro-
duCtion of the United States and Mex
leo, if entirely used for steam making,
would supplant not more than one
fourth OF the coal used annually In
the United States alone. ~-~~~-
The reason for the continued SUI
preynacy Of coal is obvious. The IN
dustrfes of Italy are PROSTATE because
of FER inability to get coal for steam
making. and price seems to be no 90
ject provided she gets the coal Some
bituminous coal is being sold at the
mines at $40 TO SIS per ton, but such
prices are not common, and are looked
upon by many operators as plain
profiteering and liable to bring about
government intervention. which no.
body wants. The ordinary price at the
mines, on contracts is from $3.50 to
$3.50 per ton. which means fair
profit for the operators
Europe is also in the market for
coal, and is said to be buying ii from
Germany at a good price, although the
latter country is bound to furnish a
certain amount monthly to France, by
the terms of the treaty of Versailles
which Germany is pleased to ignore
AS substitute for the coal which she
has not and cannot get. France is now
utilizing her water powers with con-
siderable success. The United States
has unlimited power of this kind
which has never been fully utilized
The white coal' of the rivers of
France and the United States may yet
dispute supremacy with the black
diamonds of the hills and mines
Tampa Times.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-10-15
The Battle for Booze.

In the transitional twilight zone be-
tween licensed traffic in liquor and
actual prohibition there are many I'M
certainties, collisions and corruptions
of the law. Where stored booze is and
where men abide who banker for booze
there will be necessarily the miserable
struggle against the federal constitu-
ton and the statutes to crafty that
taste.
The habitual craving for booze and
the commercial interests that capital
lie that craving are the greater evils
of liquor. Until the large stocks now
stored are consumed or destroyed and
until that generation of men to which
drinking Is habitual has departed from
the scene there can be no complete re-
lief from the gentle arts of the boot
logger. If the United States should
condemn, purchase and destroy or de-
nature liquor stocks now in storage
the material cause of much lawbreak-
Ing would be eliminated.
Release from the soiled and sweatly
turmoil of men seeking drinks will
come when young men without oppor-
tunity to acquire the morbid craving
have displaced the present drinking
population. Prohibition. if it is TO en-
dure. can wait for the thirst to dis
appear, but meanwhile It must pre-
vent the new growth OF population
from becoming soaked in booze.
This is the function which Capt.
Hubert Howard, until recently prohi-
bition enforcement director in the Chi
cago district, fulfilled very well amid
great difficulties. Against the assault
of lawbreakers rich and poor, booze
bribers. booze thieves. political crooks
after theirs or after the money accru-
ing from it's transference, Capt. How
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-10-15
BETTER TIMES THAN SPRING.
Nv Frank L. Stanton.

Good times in the country-better
times than Spring,
An they're singin' to fellow like his
sweet heart used to sing!
An sorrow Is dream now, an flies
on swiftest wing
An the world is rollin' on to grace
an glory!
Good times in the country-an' let 'em
have their way
what il winds are sighin'-what II
akies are gray?
winters joys are recompense for all
the blooms of May
The world is rollin' on to grace an
glory
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-10-15
Confusion in Registration.

From all accounts. judging from in
formation cleaned from the papers of
the state, there is some confusion
among supervisors of registration. In
several counties. as to when registra-
ton books are TO be closed. previous to
the general election.
In some counties the books were
closed last Saturday. while in others
they are being kept open until next
SATURDAY. night.
The statute concerning registration
says The registration books of each
county shall be closed on said second
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-10-15

ard stood with determination. Worn
down at last by pressure from all
sides, he has resigned.
It is responsible work The high
price Of Illicit liquor hereabouts and
the extreme methods employed to OBJ
tain 1T indicate that the work was well
done. II Capt. Towards successors
hold fast faithfully the guerrilla war
fare for booze should gradually die
out.-Chicago Daily News.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-10-15
A THOUGHT FOR CANDIDATES.

Think: When the fellow gets the office
by cash. or campaign cunning.
He loses-having won the race
The joy OF constant running
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-10-15

The man or woman who tries to
keep up with the high cost of living
ought to have to pay the price ard
usually does.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-10-15

Throwing coal dust in the eyes of
the people is almost as bad as wasting
diamond dust, these days, and just
about as useless.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-10-15

One reason we do not bellows that
Harding will see the inside of the
White House is that it has not port
able front porch.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-10-15

So far. there are no radical reduc-
tions, in spite of all the Reds.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-10-15

Now Harding has turned his back
squarely on the league. What viii Mr..
Taft say about that, Warren?
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-10-15

Harding may be lighting for the old
line-up, but the old line-up is not
fighting for Harding.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-10-15

Even the New York World is point
cheaper to come to Florida this winter.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-10-15

You cannot buy political snthu-
siasm. But you have to pay for 1t.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-10-15

30
Thorn" the humorous, has severed
his connection with the Palm Beach
Post, and will hereafter be associated
with the Kissimmee Valley Gazette.
Now watch the Gazette sparkle! Not
that it doesn't. only the sparkle will
be sparkier
Simple Simon would have spent a
lovely day at Palatka when those
twenty-six whales were stranded in
shoal water.
We have been wondering If all the
male voters know all that they ex-
pect the women voters to know?
Fort Myers will replace its over
head telephone system, with one un-
derground. Which will add to tine
appearance OF that attractive city.
1t is predicted that Florida's sweet
potato crop will be 4.317 900 bushels.
Now IL the 'possum crop is good. we
Ahould worry.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-10-15
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.

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New-York tribune., 1920-03-17
Striking Dockmen
Stand by Demand
For Wage Increase
Conference Fails to Bring
Hope of Ending Walk Out
of Coastwise Workers;
Urge Higher Freight Rates

The prospect Of an early settlement
Of the longshoremen's strike against
the five lines Of the port engaged in
the coastwise trade faded yesterday
with the action Of the striking dock
men, at meeting at their headquar-
ters. 1874 Eleventh Avenue.
After going over the situation with
Thomas v. O'Connor, president of the
International Longshoremen's Associa-
tion, who reported the f.tile results of
the conference with the steamship
owners the day before. the strikers de-
cded to stand by their demands for
the same pay as the deep sea workers.
Delegates of all the other locals in the
New York District Council present also
pledged their moral and financial sup
port.
At the close of the meeting Mr..
O'Connor announced that he probably
would confer with the steamship own
ers to-day. He added that an effort to
obvate the deadlock was made earlier
in the day, by telegram to Congress
man John ]. Esch, one of the authors
of the Esch- -Cummins railroad bill,
providing relief for the railroads after
their return to private owners.
The Congressman is asked to obtain
the adoption of special legislation per-
New-York tribune., 1920-03-17
Major Schroeder's Climb
Called Worlds Record

The altitude record of 36,02O feet, es-
tablished by Major r. w. Schroeder,
United States Air Service, at the army
experimental station in Dayton, Ohio,
has been officially accepted as a worlds
record by the American Flying Club.
This action, coupled with the reported
refusal of the Federation Aeronautique
Internationale to recognize the achieve
ment because one of its representatives
did not witness the flight, has set in mo-
ton again the struggle for supremacy in
the aeronautical world.
The F. A. I. is the European body
that passed upon all aerial records prior
to the war and resumed it's functions
again at the cessation of hostilties.
Practically all of the American records
made during 1919 and those established
this year have been questioned by the
+. A. L., it was said yesterday. The
f. A. l. issued an official statement de-
claring that every pilot who took part
in the New York-Toronto air race last
year had been disqualified. This action
automatically cancels the altitude rec
ords made by Roland Rohlfs last year
records that have not been approached
by European pilots.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-17
3 Early Wills
Bare Change in
Shonts's Life
I'm 1905 He Made His Wife
Legatee, i'll 1916 Trust
Fund Is First Provided
for Mrs. Amanda Thomas
All Documents Filed
In 1917, After Separation,
Clause Barring Contest
Appears in Testament

ny agreement between attorneys for
Mrs. Milla d. Shonts and attorneys for
the executors of the estate of her hus-
band, Theodore P. Shonts, former presi-
dent OF the lnterborough Rapid Transit
Company, three wills executed by Mr..
Shonts were filed in the Surrogates'
Court yesterday. They were not Of
tered for probate, but were filed for
the purpose of making them part of
the record in connection with the last
Will OF Mr.. Shonts, made in 1919, where
IN he left the bulk of his estate to Mrs.
Amanda c. Thomas, without bequeath-
ing anything to his wife, who is con-
testing this instrument
The first of the will produced yester-
day was dated July 20, 1905. In that
document Mr. Shonts left to his widow
100000 outright, and also made her
residuary legatee with her daugh-
ters, the Duchess de Chaulnes and Mrs.
Rutherford Bingham. The will also
gave monthly allowances of 5000 to
the father and mother of Mrs. Shonts
and $4,000 each to Drake University
and Monmouth College, of Iowa. The
late Paul Morton, former Secretary of
the Navy, was one of the executors
named.
Mrs. Thomas Mentioned
Ihls VIII. made by the railroad presi-
dent while he and his wife were still on
amicable terms, was filed by counsel
for Mrs. Shonts.
The earlier Of two wills filed. for the
executors was dated August 10, 1916
This document provided for only $50
600 in trust for the widow and a Dor
trait Of herself. Mrs. Thomas evil
IDENTIFY had come into the life of Mr.,
Shonts before the execution of this
Will, Tor she appears in it as a life
beneficiary of a trust fund amounting
to 100000, similar trusts being Great,
ed for the daughters of the te\tator.
Several other trusts are established
and at the death of the beneticiaries
the will provides, the principal is to be
used toward creating the Theodore P.
Shonts Memorial Hospital, for the care
OF sick and injured employees and for
mer employees of the Interborough and
the New York City Railways Company
MI. Shonts stipulated that in case
his plan with regard to the hosDital
could not be carried out the trus,
benehciarcs were to receive the prin.
come, which would have given Mrs
Thomas 100000 and Mrs. Shonts only
$4,000. In this will Mr. Shonts left
100000 in trust for his grandson
Emanuel de Chaulnes, who. at thirty