Smith Hurls Robins to World Series Victory in 3rd Game
Sherrod Smith the Brooklyn left hander dominated Cleveland in the third game of the world series, 2 to 1, earning praise as one of baseball’s stars. Speaker contributed a double and two runs, while Caldwell struggled but held Brooklyn to two early runs. The win placed Brooklyn ahead in the series amid a sunlit, cold weather atmosphere and lively yet restrained crowd reaction.
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New York
Sherrod Smith
Brooklyn
Cleveland
Smith
Robins
Mansfield
Indian War Club
Mathewson
Coombs
McGinnity
Beade
National Commission
League of Nations
Superbas
Steve O'Neill
Speaker
O'Neill
Singer
Zach Wires
O'Neil
Jamieson
Caldwell
Yankee
Ray
Iter” Mails
Robin
Marrel
Mem
Brooklyn Fans Roar Through Rapid Baseball Rallies
The Brook fan atmosphere grew intense as rapid plays defined the game. Griffith made a remarkable running catch off Joe Wood to deny a double, Konetchy stopped Sewell at first, and Kilduff aided a double play with Olson. Kilduff and Konetchy again sparked a fifth inning sequence as Mails was forced out at first. Speaker’s team fired up in the sixth.
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Brook
Griffith
Joe Wood
Cleveland
Konetchy
Sewell
Smith
Kilduff
Neill
Robins
Kenetchy
Brooklyn
Olson
Mails
Speaker
Dum mies used to conceal source campaign fund in Cox era
Dayton witnesses testified before a senate subcommittee about a $37,000 fund raised to help reelect Governor Cox in 1916. The money was funneled through dummy employees and forwarded to associations aiding conservancy and flood prevention in the Miami Valley. Further inquiry aimed to trace a $5,000 Cox check and the Dayton Metal Products Company note.
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Dayton
Ohio
Cox
Senate
Pomerene
Edge
New Jersey
City National Bank
Deryton Metal Products Company
Dayton Metal Products Company
Walter Davidson
Adam Schatz
Marvy Scudder
New York
E. A. Deeds
H. E. Talbott
F. Kettering
Schantz
Ted
Great Miami Valley
Independent Voters’ League
League For Protection and Preservation of the Workmen's Compensation Law
Secretary of State
Deeds
Talbott
Kettering
Kidder
Tait
MacSweeney Bulletin Reports Mayor’s Condition
Bulletin issued this evening by the Irish Self-Determination League states Mayor Mac Sween remains in critical condition and is described as continuing to recover.
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MacSweeney Bulletin
MacSween
Irish Self- Determination League
Governor Cox Makes League of Nations Main Theme
Nashville dispatch reports Governor Cox touring Kentucky and Tennessee on October 7 stressing the league of nations as a pragmatic pledge to war participants. He argued disarmament saves money and supports land reclamation and soldier homesteads, while critiquing Harding on railroad policy and urging democratic policy control.
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League OF Nations
Governor Cox
Nashville
Tenn
Cox
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
Ryman
League
American Legion
Harding
Congress
West
Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Plaa
Des Moines
Brother Borah
Confession Disbelieved in Denton Killing Case
Los Angeles on October 7 W C Doran chief deputy district attorney said he took very little stock in the confession alleged to have a Rodriguez and another man killed Jacob C. Denton.
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Los Angeles
W. C. Doran
Rodriguez
Jacob C. Denton
Mining Promoter Remarks on Rodriguez Statement
A mining promoter said last June that no warrants would be issued based on Rodriguez's statement until a further investigation had been completed.
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Rodriguez
State Memorial Drive Making Good Progress
Morgantown reports a three day effort reaching over one third of a hundred thousand dollar goal for the state memorial building. Ten members of the five thousand dollar club are expected. Other cities including Fairmont Wheeling Bluefield Elkins Huntington and Parkersburg show strong support as Morgantown Legion posts urge statewide backing. The memorial plans a convention hall for five thousand and a large gymnasium for university students.
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Morgantown
W. Va
State Memorial Building
Fairmont
Wheeling
Bluefield
Elkins Huntington
Parkersburg
The
American Legion
State Legion Organization
Government seeks fix day for coal plan from Reading firms
The government asked a federal court to set a date by which the Reading Company the Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company and subsidiaries must file a plan to sever their coal interests in line with the Supreme Court ruling.
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Philadelphia
Myers
Federal Court
Reading Company
Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company
Supreme Court of the United States
Withdrawal of Whiskey Stopped in New York and Adjacent States
Prohibition Commissioner Kramer announced that whiskey withdrawals from bonded warehouses in New York City and portions of New Jersey and Pennsylvania have been halted temporarily. The move aims to curb illicit liquor sales in the areas most troublesome to enforcement efforts.
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Washington
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Kramer
Five men killed and five missing in tanker blast
A blast at the Brooklyn shipyard aboard the British tanker G. R. Croe killed five men, left five missing, and injured over twenty, as flames and debris flew from a fuel tank during repairs. Investigators from city, fire marshal, and justice department began work.
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New York
G. R. Croe
Toronto
Brooklyn
Department of Justice
Warner's Point
F. Murphy
Murder Confession Doubted in Denton Case
San Francisco on October 7 Rodriguez held for abducting an eighteen year old girl reportedly confessed to killing J. C. Denton a Los Angeles mining promoter. Police Captain John O Meara said the confession was publicized but doubt arose about its truth.
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San Francisco
Rodriguez
J. C. Denton
Los Angeles
John O'Meara
Payments to Railways Held Up Under Guarantee Act
Treasury payments to railways guaranteed by the transportation act are suspended until final accounting of losses during the guarantee period is completed. Officials estimate about 600 million dollars is involved.
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Washington
Treasury
Comptroller of the Treasury
Warwick
Roosevelt Opposes League of Nations Entry in Denver Address
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democratic vice presidential candidate, welcomed Senator Harding's opposition to U S entry into the league of nations in a Denver speech delivered tonight.
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Harding
Denver
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Senator Harding
United States
League of Nations
Harding Urges Nation to Stay Out of League
Omaha broadcast reports Senator Harding urging voters in Des Moines and Omaha to reject membership in the Versailles League. He argues reservations cannot meet national security needs and warns against harsh law enforcement, deportations, and political prisoner amnesty while praising Cummins-Esch railway reforms.
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Omaha
Neb
Harding
Versailles League of Nations
Iowa
Nebraska
League
Des Moines
Towa
Albert Cummins
Germany
Speech on defending democracy and free expression
The speaker calls for leadership against terrorism and abuse and warns against state control of thought. He argues exposure to air of ideas thins error and that generous, not merely just, authority can persuade discontented individuals that they are wrong.
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America
Crariem
Diaz Held at Vera Cruz HQ Awaiting Esperanza Exile
General Felix Diaz is confined at Vera Cruz general headquarters awaiting the Esperanza steamer for exile. He is closely guarded but treated with consideration and allowed to confer with whomever he wishes.
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Vera Cruz
Felix Diaz
Colby Seeks Cooler View of Change in Campaign
Cleveland Oct 7 Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby addressed a western audience on the perils of party passion and the need to judge public duty. He contrasted Democratic gains under Wilson with Republican tax and currency policies and urged focus on policy over rhetoric.
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Cleveland
Bainbridge Colby
Colby
Wilson
Mexico
Nation's Population Surges to 118 Million Under U S Flag
Census Bureau reports continental population at 105,683,108, up 14.9 percent since 1910, with total including possessions near 118 million. Urbanites exceed rural dwellers for first time, Minnesota rises to seventeenth, Nevada and Mississippi show declines, and farm counts reach 6.46 million.
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Continental
United States
Washington
Census Areau
Alaska
Rogers
Bueau
Rogre
Congress
Mississippi
Nevada
Vermont
Minnesota
Tennessee
Alabama
Nebraska
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Florida
Phan Ae
Detroit
Mich
Crockaton
Offer Seat to Uncle Sam at Geneva Labor Congress
The international labor congress of the league of nations factions debated in Geneva on October 7 and unanimously approved admitting a governmental delegate to the international labor commission in the United States. It also approved creating an international office of Statistics prices and quantities with a coal section attached to the financial and economic section of the league.
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Sam
Geneva
International Labor Congress
The
League of Factions
Thele Bit
Internation Labor Commission
United States
Office of
Ileague of Nations
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Cherrud Smith
Stormy Petrel
Toray Caldwell
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Boston
Henry Morgenthau
National Federation of Religious Liberals
Nation
Paccion
Ofks
Golby
Wall
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