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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-06-30
YACHTSMEN To
DISCUSS RACE
All Pensacola Committees Will
Meet Tonight to Lay Final
Plans for Sunday.
L &C AL 30 ATS OFF
Lottie r. and Mercathades Are
on Way to New Orleans
to Enter Race.

Pensacola yachtsmen are laying
plans for the annual long distance
race from New Orleans to Pensacola
run under the auspices Of the South
ern Yacht Club of the Crescent City
The race is the longest in America
with the exception of the New York
Bermuda event of the New York
Yacht club.
All committees of the Pensacola
Yacht Club will meet at the club
house at G:30 o'clock tonight to dis
cuss the final plans for the entertain
ment to be offered the visitors. Sec
retary Frederic will serve one of his
justly famous fish suppers and every
committeeman is expected to be pres
ent.
The entry Jist this year is the Iarg-
est ever and is bigger than in any
long distance race in the country
Sixteen boats have entered. two OF
them from Pensacola. The Mercath-
AIDES left yesterday afternoon and the
Lottie r.. Capt. n. c. Walpole's boat,
left about . o'clock last night
The entry list comprises fourteen
Of the best and most seaworthy boats
of the ESQ in the Southern Yacht
Clubs powerboat fleet, but it prob
ably will be increased by two or three
before the entries close July 1. Ac-
cording to the present schedule. the
boats will leave in the fofio~iug or
der and on the following times from
West End, next Saturday:
Rear-Commodore Gus b. Baldwin's s
Gwendolyn. IL a. m.
Commodore Percy s. Benedict's
cruiser Bunny, 2:30 y. m.
Vice commodore Harry Howard's
Loiterer. DIR. w. Milton Millers Nath-
allie and Paul Stewards Mercathides
at 3:30 p. m.
Commodore Benedict's flagship vio-
let at 4:30 p. m.
James Robards Waif at $50 p. m.
w B. Gillican's Au Revoir at $50
p. m.
The express cruisers. each capable
of speed of eighteen miles an hour
or more, will be sent away at a. m,
July 4. They include:
w. b. Gillican's Half Moon, f. ".
Benjamin's Indra, James McMahon's
Luine III, Theodore Grunewald's Gre
ole Sue. Z. NJ. Loeb's Ell Clamar. and
owned by C. A. Sport and
George Plant.
Full instructions were given all the
at a dinner at the Southern
Yackt Club Thursday evening, but the
handicaps. as worked out by the. race
will not be revealed until
the last boat has crossed the finish
inc at the Pensacola Yacht Club.
After all the racers have left New
the Southern Yacht Club pa
-rol boat will follow them, so that at
no time will any one of the racing
craft be alone on the Gulf or without
4 boat behind her TO pick her up in
,ase of breakdown. or to give aid
4 the break can be repaired at sea.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-06-30
WOMARSDEATH
CAUSES INQUIRY
Local Police Ask Mobile to Lo-
cate Husband of Woman
Found in Station.

The death of a woman known tc
the police as Mrs. L. Mertons of Mo-
bile, at the L. & N. station yesterday
morning under as yet unexplained
circumstances, is being investigated
by the local police, while Mobile po-
lice have been asked to locate the
woman's husband. Coroner Johnson
has not decided what course he will
pursue, but the woman's actions dur
ing her short stay in the city, and a
telegram purporting to be from the
woman's husband give the death a
mysterious air. The certificate, as
signing cause of death has not been
signed.
Mrs. Mertons, as she is called, was
found dead in the women's waiting
room at the station early yesterday
morning. She had been in the wait
ing room since IL o'clock the night
before, except for a few minutes dur
ing which she had been sent to the
Merchants hotel by advice of Capt.
r. E. Bergren of the Salvation Army.
On arriving at the hotel. Mrs. Mertons
refused to leave the taxi, saying that
she would rather spend the night at
the station. This was finally agreed
to.
The woman arrived in Pensacola
from Mobile Sunday morning and
registered at the Merchants hotel.
She met trains with Mobile connec-
tions Monday after checking out of
the hotel, saying that she was ex
pecting relatives. She did not return
to the Merchants hotel until after IL
O'Clock Monday night, and then re-
fused to remain, but decided to re-
turn to the station where she was
found dead at o'clock yesterday
morning.
The woman's baggage, including a
trunk, two bags and miscellaneous
articles, was never removed from the
L. & n. station. She carried a hand
bag with her to the Merchants hotel
Sunday. She was well dressed and
had sufficient money to pay travelling
expenses.
Letters found in the woman's pos
sessions gave an address in Mobile at
III st. Joseph-st. Chief O'Shaugh-
nessey of the Mobile police depart
ment was asked to investigate. Other
letters were from Edwardsville, Ill.
Police Commissioner Pou yesterday
received telegram from Mr.. Mer-
tons at New Orleans saying that Mrs.
Mertons had frequently expressed a
desire" that her body be turned over
to medical college in event of her
death. He added advise me tomor-
row."
1t is not known from whom Mertons
received information of Mrs. Mer-
tons death, but it is presumed it was
from Chief O'Shaughnessey.
Until further information is OBJ
~
leans authorities and from Mertons
the local investigation is being held in
abeyance- It is believed. however,
that the circumstances surrounding
the death require official investiga-
tiop
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-06-30
WORK BEGINS
ON PLATFORM
All of Tuesday Was Taken Up
With Public Hearings on Big
Campaign Party Issues.
DRYS GET SLIGHT BACKSET
By Vote Committee Bryan Must
Present Dry Plank First;
Labor Issues Presented.

San Francisco, June 29.-Actual
work on the Democratic platform was
begun tonight by subcommittee of
nine after last minute suggestions
from many sources were heard all
day during public hearing. When the
subcommittee met the most serious
problems. including prohibition, the
League of Nations and the Irish ques-
ton, which are still far from solution,
and it was apparent some of these
will develop fights later in the full
committee and probably on the con-
vention floor, regardless of action by
the subcommittee.
While the sub ub-committee is headed
by Senator Glass. administration man.
and is holding a clear majority for
the main administration policies, most
Of those holding views not in har-
mony with the White House decided
not to ask the subcommittee to con-
slider their proposals. One of these
was William J.. Bryan, who said he
preferred to wait and make the fight
for his League of Nations and bone
dry planks in the full committee after
the subcommittee acted. Senator
Walsh. of Massachusetts, who had a
league plank of his own. made a sim
liar decision.
1t was said if the sub committee
completed its report tomorrow the full
committee might consider it tomorrow
night and thus have the platform
ready for the convention Thursday.-4
Bryan had been administered mo-
mentary defeat when the sub-commit- :
tee ruled today .ly vote of twenty
seven to twenty-five that the drys
should present their views on prohibi-
ton enforcement before the vets. w.
Bourke Cochran, of New York, is
chief spokesman for the vets.
The Irish issue was argued in such
militant fashion by advocates and OPP
ponents of recognition of the Irish
Republic" that the committee room
was almost in constant uproar.
Labor's platform was presented to
the subcommittee by Samuel Gom-
pers, who declared the Republican
party had written reaction on its.
banners and that the labor vote must
find some avenue elsewhere for ex-
preston of its desires. Scores OF
other subjects were offered for pre-
sentation to the subcommittee.
President Walker, of the California
Farm Bureau Federation, sought ap-
proval of cooperative marketing by
farmers. He disapproved of govern
ment ownership and operations of
railroads.
Resolutions for compensating form
er service men were presented by
Richard A. Jones of the Washington
delegation, to provide for selective or
optional compensation" and con-
demned 'hyprocritical conduct of the
Republican congress" on the bonus
bill.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-06-30
Time WARRANTS
Sale LAUNCHED
Good Roads Enthusiasts Meet
Tonight to Promote Sale
County Time Warrants.
DELEGATION TO CAPITAL
Will Outline Proposed System of
Roads for Escambia County
to State Commission.

To organize and promote the sale
and subscription of $4,000 time war
Irants to be issued by the county, the
money derived thereform ultimately
to make possible the completion of the
road to Lillian bridge and the ap-
lproaches to Molino bridge will be held
tonight In the offices Of r. Pope Reese.
The meeting will be under the direc-
Ition of Mr.. Reese. Commissioners Gus
Soderlind, L. w. Hardy and others who
are interested in the good roads.
The time warrants issue was made
necessary on account of the county
borrowing from the fine and forfeiture
fund a sum of money to be used for
completing Barrancas avenue. This
borrowed sum must be paid back
into the fund from which it was drawn
and the issuance of time warrants was
decided upon.
AS soon as the fine and forfeiture
fund has been repaid permission will
be asked of the state comptroller to
borrow funds from the fine and for
feiture fund to complete the Lillian
bridge road and the approaches to the
Molino bridge.
Several citizens have already ex-
pressed their intention of taking part
of the time warrants to be issued and
these men are expected to be present
at the meeting tonight. Any one else
who is interested in the movement is
requested to attend the meeting at 1880
o'clock.
The joint committee, composed of T.
L. Cant, Fred w. Marsh. George En-
manuel. C. H. Turner. John Massey and
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-06-30
CIVIC BODIES
ENTER PARADE
Ship-by-T Truck Celebration Is to
Be Biggest Event of Week
In Pensacola.

Practically every civic organization
in the city has accepted the invitation
of the Ship Truck committee TO
take part in the July 2 parade.
The parade will move at 12 o'clock,
trayersiagS tle principal streets and
will end at Bayvfew where a. big free
fish fry and dinner will be held.
Fred Schad is grand marshal and
has an able corps of assistants. Dec
Grated, automobiles carrying city Of
ficials and officials of the Various civic
organizations will lead the parade.
Every truck dealer in the city will be
represented. Manufacturers have
given orders for their product TO be
played up and the parade promises to
be a big affair.
Streets will be decorated and it is
expected there will be many people
from out of the city in attendance.
The swine breeders are to meet Fri
day morning and their session will
bring many visitors to the city.
Terry l.. Moore of the Firestone
Tire and Rubber Company arrived in
Pensacola Tuesday morning and at
once got in touch with the Ship by
Truck boosters. Mr.. Moore is well
known in Pensacola and through his
efforts several local dealers were in
duced to lend their co-operation to
make success of the day.
At a meeting held last evening at
the office of President p. d. Tebault
it was determined to have several
short talks on Ship-by-T Truck and
good roads. The speaker of the day
will be Kelley ID. Spencer of national
fame when Ship-b Truck is men
toned. Local speakers will be select
ed today.
The w. A. Ray Hardware Company
announced Tuesday that they would
do everything in their poyer TO make
a success of the parade and declared
that they would have three trucks and
a tractor in line. One truck will be
loaded with tires. another with re-
frigerators and the third with farm
Committees appointed by the Pensa-
cola Automobile Dealers Association
and who have been working to make
a success of Ship by Truck day are:
Finance: Jack Crenshaw, George
Sellers and F. L. Miller.
Fish Fry and Chowder at Bayview:
Fred Schad, George Sellers, Jack
Crenshaw. p. d. Tebault, F. L. Miller
and w. G. Palmer.
To Present Ship by Truck Day to
the respective organizations and ask
their corporation: Jack Crenshaw
for the Rotarians, F L. Miller for the
Club, Punch Newman for the
Retail Merchants Association, George
Sellers for the city and county COM
P. H. Brock for the Cham
ber of Commerce and w. G.. Palmer
for the Pensacola Yacht Club.
Invitations to induce merchants and
wholesalers to participate in the pa
-ade: Fred Schad. Felo Turner and
81. J. Quina.
Parade: Fred Schad. grand mar
shall with the following assistants:
T. H. Lacy, F. L. Miller, George Sell
ers and Jack Crenshaw.
Soft Drinks for the Bayview Fish
Fry: NJ. ]. Elkins. C. P. Rowan and
Fred Schad.
Advertising: W. G. Palmer, F. Mil
er and George Sellers
Good Roads: Secretary W. G.. Pal
ner was instructed to meet with the
Good Roads association each week.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-06-30
Second Day OF Convention
Was Marking Time Period
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TROPHIES OFFERED IN
LONG YACHT RACE

Following are the trophies
given to the winning boats in
the Southern Marine Marathon
from West End to the Pensacola
Yacht Club pier in Pensacola.
Bronze shield, three feet high
valued at $3.50. given by the
Southern Yacht Club to the boat
finishing the race first. This
trophy must be won three times
by the same owner, though not
necessarily by the same boat, to
become his permanent property.
San Carlos Hotel (Pensacola)
Cup, for the boat of twelve
mile-an- hour or under speed fin
ishing first.
Second Yacht Club Cup, for
the boat making the second
best elapsed time.
Percy S. Benedict Cup, offered
by the commodore of the South
ern Yacht Club, for a handicap
contest, within the big race for
cruisers of speed of not more
than ten miles an hour.
Southern Yacht Club Cup, for
the boat winning che race on
handicap.
Julius Werner Cup, for the
winner of a handicap race from
Pensacola back to Biloxi. Miss.
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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-06-30
ATLANTA HOLDS
SECOND HONORS
Retains Position as Second City
in the South, Birmingham
Being Third.

Washington. June Atlanta, with
| 2006i6 people, retains her rank as sec
ond city in the south, figures for Biz
mingham announced today by the CEN
sus bureau showing the Alabama city
has 178,270, an increase OF 1855. or
344 per cent. Birmingham was third
city in 1910 With t326S5, willie Atlanta
at that time had i54.s39.
Southern cities of 100000 or more
thus far in the fourteenth census are
New Orleans. 3o1,40S; Increase i43
per cent.
Atlanta, 2oo6ls; increase 296 per cent.
Birmingham, 1920; increase 3i.4
ceit.
Memphis, Tenn. i62,35i; increase 23,s
pr cent.
San Antonio, TEX, iei,3os; increase
e7e per cent
Dallas. Tex. 1876; increase 7s6 per
cert.
Nashville. 1892; Increase ~ per
cent.
Norfolk, ii5.777; Increase 7i.6 per
cent.
Richmond, Va, which ranked as fifth
southern city ten years ago. iss the only
100000 population city of 1910 whose
1920 census has not been announced.
10 the 1920 ranking of southern cities
of the 10000 class Nashville. sixth
city, has been passed by San Antonio
and Dallas.
OF the smaller cities which in 1910
had $4,000 or more. the only ones that
remain to be announced are Houston,
Fort Worth, Charleston, Little Rock,
Montgomery, Galveston, Portsmouth.
Austin, Waco and Muskogee.
Birmingham had the distinction of
having one of the largest percentages
of growth of the cities of the country
in the ten years from 1900 to 1910 In
number it increased 9l,270, which was
245.4 per cent over 1900. Only Okla
homa City with a growth OF 539.7 per
cent and Muskogde, Okla, with an in
crease of 1912 per cent, exceeded Bir-
mingham in that decade. oklahoma
City's growth in number was slightly
more than $4,000 and Muskogee's in
crease was less than $4,000, while Bir-
increase was almost double
that of Oklahoma City and almost four
times as large as that of Muskogee.
Birmingham, Ala, June 29-Follow-
ing announcement of the Birmingham
census today the city commission held
a special meeting to adopt resolutions
recount
The resolutions called upon all civic
to join in a movement for
a-checking the returns which were
denounced as far below the actual
population of the city.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-06-30
GREEKS TO HOLD
FIRM ADVANCES

London, June 29.-The positions taken
by the Greeks in their advance against
the Turkish nationalists from Smyrna.
in Asia Minor. are being constructed
and the forward movement has been
stopped to permit of this process, it is
announced in advices from Smyrna
dated Monday.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-06-30
TALLAHASSEE WILL
STAY OPEN SUNDAY

Tallah assoc. June 29.-By vote Of
over three to one. the citizens Of Tai
lahassee today defeated the proposed
ordinance providing for air-tight sun
cay closing. which had been referred
to the people by the city commits
sioners.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-06-30
FURNITURE PRICES
AT HIGHEST PEAK

Chicago, June 2s.-The peak of high
prices on furniture has been reached,
according to members of the Retail
Furniture association Of this state
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-06-30
MIAMI is SCENE
RACE TROUBLES
Especial to Journal)

Nk5PCIItLI GO
Miami. June 30-Explosion of
a dynamite bomb said to have
been thrown from an automo-
bile occupied by white men
late last nigt caused three
thousand negroes to gather and
four hundred white man and
early this morning patroling
the negro section of the city
with rifles. Police said that
the situation was well in hand
at 1880 this morning.
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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-06-30

Generally fair Wednesday and :
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Hundreds OF Journa; readers
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New-York tribune., 1920-06-08

The o1'erlooked
appeal in
farm selling 6
Although for. ApvHRr1sERsfrom
a<Country Storekeeper
small town eweer told Of Investigators the other
day. about Man Who Lives motoring fifteen miles,
through hard rain, to buy his watch
The day boys brthdayand the watch had been
promised.
This simple Of wonder who named
men who live on farms, farmers
The Folks Who Live ON Farms
He must have been thinking and
harvesters, sos and barns the
making money
Forgetting to think of boys and girls FARMS
birthdays OF fathers and mothers who live
that happen to be on farms, and of spending money.
Thinking of that earn farm dollars
Forgetting the heart that spends
your picture has been from agricultural
bulletins and
who lives there.
See him the plow
and learn what he thinks and dreams of
works in but the home he lives in 4z
See how he laughs and and his
children and his friends
FIREsIDE we attribute the success Of
to the fact that
of Folks Who Live on
The Great Appeal
That why you will n FARM AND F1REs1DE so many
articles dealing with plows:
with the capacity of folks
and with the spending
well as the interest of brains in making it,
This great appeal overlooked in
selling
The appeal the demand out
heartshearts Folks Who
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-14

Ellen Dover of grade 5 in school
No. writes that she likes the
"Bobbsey Twins best because lit is
a very fine story about kindness.
The way the story is begun is par
ticularly interesting for fifth grade
pupil.
I The story of the Bobbsey Twins
oells us of them coming home from
he seashore. Their names are
Z freddie and Flossie, the smallest
twins and nan and Best, the largest
twins. Their relatives are Dorothy
Buckingham and Uncle Ned.
The smallest were four years old,
the largest were thirteen and they
'swere all good looking children.
These children were on their way
home from the seashore. They had
little cat. Snoop. and they We're all
on the train. All of sudden they
heard a noise. Mr.. Bobbsey asked
what was the matter and they said a
circus train was off the track and
that the wild animals were running
lbout. The circus men were after
.he animals and after while they
taught them. Soon Bobbseys were
on their way again and came to the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-14
SOUTH AMB0Y

Announcement has been made of
the eighth anniversary of the Soutn
Anboy Woman's Club to be held in
the City Hall Friday night. The
committee in charge has decided to
change from the city hall to the
high school auditorium.
An adjourned meeting of the city
council will be held in the city hall
tonight at eight o'clock. There is
still a great deal of business to be
done by the old council who are
working hard to leave the new
council with clean slate.
1t will be but a day or two be-
fore the South Amboy water works
will be in operation. The chlornia-
tor, the only thing holding up the
pumping, has arrived at last and Is
now being installed.
There was special meeting of
the South Amboy Chamber of Com
merce last night for the purpose OF
making arrangements for large
delegation of people from this city
to attend the hearing at New Bruns-
wick in the interest of a deeper
Raritan. Col Sanford, chief of
army engineers has requested a
great deal OF information from the
local chamber. which is being pre-
pared and will be presented by the
secretary at the hearing in New
Brunswick on Saturday morning.
Further announcement of the plans
will be made at the banquet Thurs
day night,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-14
The Book of Martha
BY JANE LORINiER

that horrid yellow telegram. IF
Bob could only comprehend that
Ted was making an appointment TO
meet Deb. not me, perhaps he would
be cured instantly. Perhaps l have
been wrong"
L hesitated, stopped. 1 did not
care to tell Martha my suspicion
about the whereabouts of Bob for
thirty-six hours preceding his col
lapse.
Then shed few tears. some for
myself and some for my husband
and l murmured again:
I'm SO tired. Martha, of trying
to be brave alone"
II understand perfectly, janet!
Martha replied with a comforting
grasp upon my hand.
impossible! You can't!" 1 pro-
tested.
Martha looked at me curiously,
then she asked:
"Why should you believe that
am exempt from my share of wo-
mans sorrow?"
Because you have everything any
woman can want?' l cried. You
have your child-and / have none.
If 1 had, / might be brave, L might
wish to go on"
Martha interrupted me in her
finest professional tone of voice:
Jane Lorimer. will you be sensi-
BILE? You do want to go on-you
know YOU do. We all do, no matter
how much we weep and wall. You're
not going to give up because you
think your heart is broken!"
l felt a bit rebuked, anC l knew |
deserved to be. / sat up rather
stiffly and listened for further wis
dom fEom my friend:
perhaps you do not understand
Bob" she ventured.
i've studied him enough. l ought
to-" l asserted defiantly.
perhaps you didn't study him in
the right mood"
You're talking just like Chrys!
But why should everybody worry
about understanding Bob and no.
body worry about understanding
me?"
Martha overlooked my bitterness
to ask:
What odd new theory has Chrys-
tobel taken up this week."
Ito be continued)