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[[underlined]] harbor rather crowded [[/underlined]] with many [[underlined]] small yachts [[/underlined]] then went to [[underlined]] Pelican [[/underlined]] Bay. - look out for hidden rocks! near point of Bay. A man in a rowboat tells us he just saw a [[underlined]] shark. [[/underlined]] Then evening anchored near [[underlined]] Belden Point [[/underlined]] and [[underlined]] Doremus [[/underlined]] and myselt had supper at [[underlined]] Chateaux Laurices Restaurant. [[/underlined]]
Aug 15 Quiet calm night. [[strikethrough]] Shifted [[/strikethrough]] [[underlined]] Doremus [[/underlined]] left early for New York. We anchored near Harlem Yacht Club. I too am going to New York Bad anchorage - surly janitor so went on other side near [[underlined]] Nevins [[/underlined]] Yacht Yard. At Clements Club met [[underlined]] Celine [[/underlined]] who has had meeting of Ladies Committee for next September meeting
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[[underlined]] Hendick [[/underlined]] there also. Invited him and Mrs. [[underlined]] Baskerville [[/underlined]] to take lunch with us. Afterwards went to Waldorf to meet [[underlined]] Mr. Deeds president of Delco [[/underlined]] Co. Mrs. Deeds there; they recei me in their appointment. [[underlined]] Deeds [[/underlined]] showed me all letters he had received from [[underlined]] Wiechman, George H. Benjamin, Otto P. Amens [[/underlined]] and a certain promoter called [[underlined]] Stevens [[/underlined]] who have already tried to rope in Mr [[underlined]] Joy of Packard [[/underlined]] Co. on pretext of [[underlined]] Wiechman [[/underlined]] patents. [[underlined]] Deeds [[/underlined]] showed me a letter in which Stevens claimed to offer them the Wiechman patents as "a good thing on a platter". and to form a [[underlined]] 5000000 Dollar Company [[/underlined]] In theis letter he says that "our [[underlined]] Bakelite Co [[/underlined]] is inexporated for [[underlined]] five million [[/underlined]] and pays