a 45 Geneva, 2 3—Scene in pleading not gullty. SOme NEWS REVIEW OF by Hurricane—Life and Property Losses. By EDWARD W. PICKARD en and children dead. More than may not recover, proximating £200,000,000, 80,000 and 75,000 persons homeless and great numbers of them rendered des- titute, That In a few words s situation in southern Fi terrific West Indian swept across the don of Miami, across the gulf rida hurricane from moving northwest ! after the hat state the re- and to Pensacola and though fatalities there were re ported. Miami, beautiful ferers, though Fi wood, Moore Haven and were virtually ruined and were devast no “wonder the suburb city, $ were the rt Lauderdal other places the wind the waters of the | driven and that BOrts blowing clear over 1 and ana Miami Const, all along Vessels of all r nd at the slzes far inla part of ' and were plled upon beaches totally wrecked, thousands of houses other bulldings of wooden and nearly and construction were } all the towering palms, Australian pines and other trees were torn up by the the thou- sand were swept the Milam! cause ways into Biscayne boy or piled up In heaps of junk in the ’ bulldings of constructior Miami Cases, leveled Automoblles by w Of roots, streets, steel resisted the many 3 the Invading waters, we 10t ruined l ls of Miami Beach the Miami al Gables, where there are off best Miami storm rellef executive Is sued this appeal: ittered. Of “To the American People: “The of Miaml issue an appeal to th United for the and Dade Six d city of 200,000 days prosperous, city is compelled to wi} ¢ +h e people af the of Miami this States relief county ago one cof the and delig country. Today, as a result of a disastrous tropical hur was most beautiful shtful communities in this ricane which devastated our coast last Baturday, it prostrate, “We have 100 dead and nearly 1,000 patients In hospitals, hus f of whom are grievously injured les ireds by means of most wonderful and effi clent co-operation of its citizens along all Important lines, the problems con- fronting them are almost insurmount- able. Food and other necessary sup plies are coming In In great quantities end we’ have been blessed by the ar. rival of a sufficient number of physi cians and nurses and ample medical supplies for the immediate present. “But more than 5,000 have been elther entirely destroyed or made unfit for human habitation. Twenty- five thousand people have been made homeless. These are being cared for in thousands of Instances By neigh- bors who themselves are suffering Miaml needs money quickly and In large amounts, “It needs It to take care of the poor, sick, and Injured. It needs it to re habilitate the homes of thousands who have lost everything In the world and who will dle of exposure If assistance does not come promptly and amply.” Instantly upon receipt of the first news of the disaster rellef measures were organized by the American Red Cross and by communities all over the country, and along every rall- way to the southeast the trains streamed carrying physicians, nurses medical supplies and food. The trained workers of the Red Cross were speedily on the field, as they al ways are. Banitary measures and fteps to prevent disease that follows 80 often In the wake of storm disaster marked the first steps taken after the work had been organized. Workers homes | were required i | vaccination, to and submit to residents of uate those towns because the water supply was polluted and an epidemic of the | threatened. Vessels tion of the Red Cross, and the stroyer Downe was rushed | Charleston to Miam! with serum the destroyer Cassin carried a lof of general supplies. Under the direction of Henry M. Baker, national disaster director for the Red Cross, great num bers of refugees from the shattered biles. Moore which was the waters of Lake Okee with a f than 100 loss of But ste Haven, aver. chobee more never be rebulit, | already have beer | construction of wl and Miami { fore its for: WO other places, while of course itself purposes soon endor, done at Pensacols tiated at 3 ner thers places on the g her towns In t 1 ? and ot nsidernble yo fl RCOre v ; Nps ds and done and B From Buenos Alres cor another hurricane town of Encarnacion, Parana river, ki ind leveling th { viator, unc k t “APT. RENE FONCK, the C " lertook WO hie : from New York nt Sikorsky plane bull the project. his non-stop flight Paris in the gla for ast m Overloaded at ti oment, the machine rushed down the prepared at Roosevelt runway Long Island, distance staggered along ith with on two wheels nose-dived Into the es into Fonck Ww. alternate pliot, erawled from but radlo operator, and Jacob arth flames, and Curtin, the the wreckage un the French Islamof, were trapped 1 burned to death Igor hurt, Charles Clavier, Russian mechaniclan, the fuselage and were Grief stricken but Sikorsky, the president of the Sikorsky Manufactur undefeated, Russian designer ng corporation, briefly announced his plans, of the “are shocked at the tragedy, but we ie best tribute we can pay to their memory Is to begin in ly the of another plane to carry out the project for which these men gave thelr lives” “Officers corporation,” he sald, believe ti mediate bullding HE states members of the court agreed States’ reservations for adherence the court with the single condition that by a two-thirds majority court powers could repudiate thelr ac- ceptance of the reservations regarding advisory opinions and the right to amend statutes without the consent of the United States. proved the drafting committee's proto- col covering their terms on America's entry, and the joint note which will be circulated to the Individual replies to the United States, The United States will be Invited to take part In a conference with the court states to frame a special pro- tocol to translate the flve American reservations into the language of the court. RIAND and Stresemann, motoring from Geneva to a French town near the border, lald plans for a rap- prochement between France and Ger. many that promises great things for both countries and for Europe general. ly. Briand reported to the French cabinet and was given a free hand to proceed with the agreement, while Doctor Stresemann, returning to Ber. Hin, prepared to fight the Nationalists and Communists who alone oppose the negotiations, It 1s understood the pro jected accord Includes a plan for the immediate flotation of releh rallway debentures, ns provided In the Dawes plan, and that France's share of these amounts would be 780,000,000 gold marks, which would help to stabilize the franc. Germany demands reduc: tion of complete évacuation of earlier than had been frults of the departure of allled forces of occupation and he Rhineland intended. The first negotiations were the detachments of French troops from the occupled area, with the prospect that by the end of September about 6,000 of them would be withdrawn. This was immensely pleasing to the Germans. EN. GEORGE KONDYLIS, pre mier-dictator of Greece, has dis from uve leaders he was He ad- parties i , politics because political that interests been complaining working for his own his friends t« : in n Ea will representiati Athens $ throne. SUCCESSFUL is the Re " iroyer waters y tot TIAL ted to leave eave Buchar ‘nited States about October 2 hair bobbed In trip. The Rumanian f« me time ago denled the ¢ t her the 8 queen was but of oO ike the Journey, it now mi ares it has approved her plan, 18 Ferdinand, who Is {il, says noth- it for publicat ty a Fests # ing abou i fon, Court icizing her majesty, who or cutting off her golden J RESIDENT COOLIDGE has given his approval to Gen, Charles P. Summerall as the of staff of the army, to suc. John I. Hines in De Summerall entered the war as a colonel and made a bril. lant record in France, where he com: manded the artillery brigades and af. terward the First division. He Is con- dinarian, his subordinates the selection of Ma) next chief Gien, General highly respected by get things done. EARLY eight thousand veterans of the Civil war gathered in Ded Moines for the sixtieth annual en- campment of the Grand Army of the Republic, and the members of the auxiliary organizations and members of the delegates’ families swelled the number of visitors In the Iowa city to about 50,000, Much of the time was given up to entertainment and to re- unions of various units. MA GEN. ROBERT LEE HOWZE, commanding officer of the Fifth corps area, United States army, died in Columbus, Ohlo, following an opera- tion. He gained fame In the Indian warfare in the Northwest, for which he wns given the congressional medal of honor; In the Philippine revolt, the Mexican border troubles and the World WHT, ENE TUNNEY, ex-marine, is the new heavyweight champlon of the world, having taken away Jack Dempsey’'s crown in ten rounds of rather mild fighting in the stadium at Philadelphia, The spectators num. bered 132,000, and the gate receipts were about $2,000,000, Dempsey's power and judgment of distance were gone, and Tunney won easily on points, The victory was popular with all except those who had bet on Dempsey. { (Copyright, W. N. UU) : 7 Bv ELMO SCOTT WATSON HE early poets used to ff OO { sing “nut American “Octo ober a1 id its brown ale.” One wt made famous Pe he bri weather it to Mr. Average Ameri- 4 isn't ’ hue wht ue ¢ 1 Bu . tiz 1 els her irs Lert »ut can KO mintte ter of “Well f the cartoonis cartoon “All of I'™ Hy of what the Worl Series means to America At is not yet known ¥ he and truthfully this writing It the scone of 3 Nati © mal league finish with Pittsbur iN team lo Red Sox in Tigers In the 103, win 1600 to banner keep year from the tors Cincinnati's Washington Reds ed only once-—in their have crown sweetness of the by famous soured al St fans enjoyed a straight, back eighties, when Comiskey's Browns of the old American assocla- tion won it for them, but that time neither the Browns of the Amer lean, nor the Cardinale of the National have won the flag In thelr re leagues so that battle for baseball's highest Nonor. So the 1020 title may be fought for the National league park of any of the three cities, Pitts. burgh, Cincinnati or 8t. Louls New York probably will be the other battleground, for the New York Ameri- can, otherwise known as the Yanks, seem $5 have the American league pennant nailed to their flagpole. PBar- ring an unforeseen and almost unbe- Hevable upset, this team, which won the world’s champlonship In 1028 by defeating thelr fellow-townsmen, Mr. MeGraw's Giants of the National league four games to two, will again be a title seeker. Interest in this year's World Series inevitably recalls champlonship games of other years, but it Is doubtful if the oldest of the old fans can recall the days when the Atlanties of Brook. Iyn and the Athletics of Philadelphia Louls world title four in the years since even fpective in BASEBALL AS IT game between the Atlant 1866. From an “Annals of American Sport” University Press. WAS 60 cs of Brookl old in the ¢ y Lae ne sitting in line just the calm indi 3 the Notice the chair hair in the foregroun ) he batter, the one box That & the umpire ‘an you imagine Hank O'Day or Billy Evans a World too, the 106 officiating Ne many if any it to in Reoerles thus? tice, nr of get the as oubtful crowd pe ple t a them stood in line all nig ‘ a la first chance at the best seats, as is custom nowadays of in those Here's proof of that statement : this particular game ended with a of 83 to 33 and It was called at the end of the seventh Inning of big lots haseball HE aw gOOTre on account darkness ! Even if the Oldest Fan can't recall this classic he may be to remember the World Reries of a lit. tle later date—T188€-when the 8t ! Louls Browns, four times winners of contest, ahle tented the New York Giants of the National league for the then fourth a national Institution until the of the century.” has been In existence since 1876 and the American since 1000, The custom of having the champions In each league meet at the end of the season to determine the world’s championship began In 1008. There was no World Series In 1004 but In 1005 it was re- sumed and has continuwed uninter. ruptedly since that time. If your mind needs refreshing as to who won the World Series In what year, here's the information : Year Team 1903-Boston Americans. ....... wePittsburgh Nationals .... § 19086—New York Nationale..... 4 Philadelphia Americans . 1 Won Tie 5 C Wea 8 » ss + > RRS championship yn and the Athletics of Philadeiphia In “Pageant of America”; Courtesy Yale - & Nationals lonals rene ian Americans n Americans a lladeliphia Nationals... Americans kiyn Nationals Cago Americans York Nationals n Americans » Nationals innati Nationals “hicago Americans 0—Cleveland Americans -Brookiyn Nationals ~New York Nationals ~-New York Americans New York Nationals New York Americans New York Americans New York Nationals 1924—~Washington Americans New York Nationals 1826-—Pittaburgh Nationals ~Washington Americans aa EE A SP Pa Some Indication of the Importance of the World Series In American life Is shown by the attendance records during the last 20 years and the amount of money that has been spent by the American people to see these games, Here's the record. See for your self how the World Series takes its rank as a big affair In the financial { as well as in the sport sense: Year 1505 1808 1907 1908 1909 1810 1811 1812 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1818 f1919 11920 Lien 1002 [1023 11924 | 2038 Attendance Receipts 91,013 $ e8408 9.204 106.850 78.068 101.728 62,232 $5578 145,807 188.882 124,222 178.580 179.851 B42.304 252.2387 400,823 150,092 22597 111,009 225.739 143.351 320,361 162,359 285,500 186,691 425,878 128, 488 178.819 226.928 T8414 178,357 bee, 788 200.977 $00,232 165,047 605.478 200,430 1,063,818 282.098 1,083,104 282.830 LA82.854 CEE Fan mE Ena Fara n aan SEARS ERA ane IRE RAAT REAR. EE SERRE RR ET ERE FERRE RRR EE a FERS R RARE ae EA EE Fess rE Eras Extreme “Cold” Smoking The rubber cigarettes Invented by fi Mayfair chemist with the idea of providing a check on the cigarette habit by supplying the “feel” of smok- Ing without the results, would seem to be merely an old friend In disguise, “Cold” smoking, generally with an empty pipe, 1s falrly common and, ac cording to some of Its practitioners, al- most ns good as the real thing. Lisst invented a method of “cold” smoking of a more peculiar type. In his later years he could not play without a elgar in his mouth, but this he never Ht. He would sit down to the plano with a Havana between his teeth and keep munching it all the time he played.—Manchester Guardian. ————————— I —_—————— Demand for Snake Oil Gathering snake ofl is still a consld- erable Industry In parts of Texas, Near Cisco the Industry Is not only a novel one, but lucrative. Rattlesnake oll derived from the Texas rattiers that infest this section has wholesaled at £100 a gallon during the past few months, A keen eye to avold mishap, and a quantity of dynamite to dislodge and kill the snakes are the only imple- ments necessary for the snake hunters who work during the winter months when the snakes are dormant in thelr dens, A ——————— 5 A bank In a western town has pro- vided parking space for automobiles in the basement of the building as an accommodation to Its customers.
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