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As printed: Officials from Governor Down and Including Real Estate Men Accused of Sacrificing Real Sufferers in Interests of Hotel and Tourist Business.
ContextThe West Indian hurricane struck Miami and Miami Beach in the early hours of Saturday, September 18. John Barton Payne is national chairman of the American Red Cross, the body that organizes relief after disasters and pays for it by public subscription; Edward W. Romfh is mayor of Miami, and the San Francisco disaster referred to is the earthquake and fire of 1906.
ContextThe New Britain is an American steamship; the Seneca is a United States Coast Guard cutter and the Chaumont a Navy transport. Shore wireless stations such as the government station at St. Augustine relayed ships' messages, which were the only means a vessel had of calling for help at sea.
As printed: WILLIAMS NOT CONSPIRATOR, JUDGE STATES
ContextHarry M. Daugherty was attorney general under President Harding and Thomas W. Miller the alien property custodian, the official who held property seized from enemy nationals during the World War, including shares of the American Metal Company. Julian W. Mack is the federal judge presiding in New York and Emory R. Buckner the United States attorney prosecuting; a co-conspirator is a person the government says joined the scheme, whose words can then be used against the defendants.
As printed: STAGE IS ALL SET FOR START OF WORLD SERIES
ContextThe Yankees won the American League pennant and the Cardinals the National League's, the first in St. Louis's history; Rogers Hornsby plays second base for the Cardinals as well as managing them, and Babe Ruth is the Yankees' outfielder. Kenesaw M. Landis is the commissioner of baseball, and rosin is the powder pitchers use to dry the hand.
As printed: President Turns Joke on Will Rogers And Comedian Sleeps in White House
ContextWill Rogers is a stage and screen comedian and newspaper humorist who spent much of this year traveling in Europe and writing comic dispatches addressed to the President. Everett Sanders is President Coolidge's secretary.
The first game of the World Series starts at 1:30 at the Yankee Stadium with the pitchers still to be named, and the cutter Seneca is due to reach the burning New Britain about noon.
