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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Idly she rode, her 12,900 ft. of sail furled. The crew were going leisurely through the routine chores of a ship in port. On the quarter deck was James Percy Ault, master of arts, magnetician, the Carnegie's commander in all the oceans for the past 13 years. He was overseeing the storage of a load of gasoline...
...calm of Apia was suddenly burst and rocked by an explosion within the Carnegie. Commander Ault was hurled past the masts, into the sea, dead. The Carnegie took fire, burned herself and five nearby ships beyond salvage...
...mind past cure; strained basket ribs, and pale clay mouth opening and closing...
...voluntary contributions more and more generously. Millions of small contributions have come in. But the dry forces have never had funds enough to carry on as vigorous a campaign as the wets. At the present moment they are under the same old handicap. They must rely, as in the past, on the merits of their cause...
...past seasons the fault in the officiating at college and amateur games lay in the fact that the referees, usually the same ones that arbitrated at the professional games, were not thoroughly familiar with the amateur rules. It was the purpose of the meeting to correct this. No action was taken on the new offside rules now in force in the professional leagues...