Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1919 — PRESIDENT IN TERRIFIC GALE [ARTICLE]

PRESIDENT IN TERRIFIC GALE

Convoy of Steamer George Washington Lost in Storm* Washington, Feb. 21. —The presidential ship George Washington Is proceeding to Boston through heavy weather without naval convoy, the navy department was advised by radio. The convoying battleship New Mex-ico-stripped 6ne of her turbine engines and was forced to drop out of the fleet, while heavy weather made it necessary for the destroyer flotilla to leave the line. Newport, It. 1., Feb. 21. —The destroyers Gamble, Meredith and Harding have been ordered by the commandant of the Second naval district to proceed to sea and escort the steamer George Washington, with the presidential party, to Boston.