World series likely to end today amid wreck reports
In New York on October 12 six Coast Guard crew members from cutter 154 were hauled from gale swept decks by lines from the ocean liner Republic. They are en route to New York and expected this afternoon. Fate of the new 500 foot cutter was not disclosed in a wireless report from Captain A B Randall of the Republic.
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New York
Coast Guard
154
Republic
A. B. Randall
The
Senators Heavy Favorites In World Series Showdown
Washington holds a 3-1 lead entering Game Five at Griffith Stadium as the Senators aim for their second straight title while the Pirates face a decisive moment in the World Series. The weather is cool and cloudy as Davis J. Walsh notes the high stakes and the crowd's expectations.
Pulitzer Trophy Race Entrants Ready at Mitchell Field
Three army and navy pilots prepare high powered Curtiss racers for the Pulitzer trophy race aiming to break the 243 mph record, weather hazy with a six mile west wind. Lt. Williams forecasts 265 mph while Lt. Bettis works on engine tune before dawn. In Mitchell Field New York Joseph A. Faucher wins the speed contest with a 76.41 mph average over 50 miles in the civilian division.
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Mitchell Field
Army
Navy
Hugh W. Robinson
Alford J. Williams
Cyrus Bettis
Farmy
Curtiss
St. Louis
Adjt
Bennett
France
Williams
Bettes
N. Y
Joseph A. Faucher
Detroit
Faucher
Despondent Man Dies After Poison Attempt in Newark
Charles J. Procter, 50, a single man from Newark, consumed a quantity of roach poison after losing his job and being unable to obtain work. He died this morning, after taking the poison yesterday afternoon.
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Newark
Charles J. Procter
Interest Wanes In Trotting Races At Local Fairs
Horse racing devotees lament the drop in trotting events as running races gain popularity. Many circuits with long histories suspended operations this season and county fairs shift away from trotting toward auto racing. An noted example appears in the film The Lucky Devil at the Valentine Theater, with free ticket details in Canton listings.
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Richard Dix
Lucky Devil
Valentine Theater
Canton
Colonel Harvey W Kirby and Wife Die in Malvern Gas Tragedy
Colonel Harvey W Kirby age 82 and his wife Effie 75 of Malvern are victims of lethal monoxide gas from an open stove. Mrs Kirby died, Col Kirby remains in serious condition at Aultman Hospital with slim hopes for recovery. Neighbors found the couple Sunday. funeral plans await Col Kirby’s illness outcome. Arthur Lewis, a former pupil, suspects both had inhaled gas since Saturday night.
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Effie Kirby
Malvern
Col
Harvey W. Kirby
Aultman Hospital
Kirby
Crumbecker
Arthur Lewis
Carroll ¢Co
Lewis
Carra]co
Col. Kirby
Meadow Brook Park Burns in Ontario Town
Meadow Brook Park in Tiffin Ohio burned to the ground early today causing about 100000 dollars in losses. The fire started around 3 30 am with undetermined origin and razed the pavilion and nearby structures while Tiffin fire crews fought the blaze without success. Meadow Brook Park recently drew attention over Sunday dance laws as operators won the right to hold dances two weeks earlier.
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Tiffin, O
Meadow Brook Park
Tiffin
Meadow Brooks
Football Players Injured In Bus Crash Near Coshocton
Twenty members of the Hiram College football squad were shaken up and one student named Williamson dislocated a shoulder when their bus returning from the Muskingum game struck a bridge south of Coshocton. The party, led by Prof. George Pritchard, spent the night in a local hotel.
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Coshocton
Hiram College
Williamson
Muskingum
Here
George Pritchard
Navy inquiry hears Shenandoah was not on ad trip
Washington Oct 12. The dirigible Shenandoah was ordered to the middle west by the navy for semi military purposes and not as an advertising stunt, Capt. Col. Malcolm of the bureau of operations testified to the naval court of inquiry investigating the crash.
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Washington
Shenandoah
Middle West
Navy
Cp. Macolin
Bureau of Operations
Naval Court of Inquiry
North Canton Men Lose Lives At R R Crossing
Three deaths Sunday in Stark county were investigated by city and county authorities. An automobile collision killed Fiat Cox of Kensington and a tractor accident occurred while Cox drove for John F Casey Construction Company on Penn work. Total automotive fatalities in Stark this year rose to 57. Coroner McQuate ruled Cox's death accidental.
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Stark County
McQuate
Fiat Cox
Bi Ae
Kensington
Cox
John F. Casey Construction Company
Penn
Alibis Fly as Senators Face Persistent Defeats
Washington grapples with alibi lore after a season of close calls and odd misplays. The piece recalls past giants' pebble excuses and cites Edgar Rice, known as Sam, in the ongoing debate over controversial calls and blamed losses in a murky national league season.
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Washington
Muddy Ruel
Earl McNeely
Credi
Giants
Edgar C. Rice
Ow” Smith
Pittsburgh Pirates
Edgar Rice
Sherwood Civil War General Isaac Sherwood Dies Close to Death
Toledo dispatch reports Gen Isaac R Sherwood 90 former congressman from Ohio ninth district and the only living Civil War general passed a restful night at his home. He slept much of Sunday and later became restless. Authorities believe the end is near.
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Toledo
Isaac R. Sherwood
Ohio
Sherwood
Deposal of Bishop Wm. M. Brown Declared at St Pauls
In New Orleans on October 12 the ecclesiastical court verdict finding Bishop Wm. Montgomery Brown guilty of heresy was enacted at 9:30 AM in St. Pauls church by Archbishop Ethelbert Talbot. Brown did not appear to accept the sentence.
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New Orleans
Wm. Montgomery Brown
Arkansas
St. Paul's Church
Ethelbert Talbot
Brown
Restrictions on vodka sales in Moscow amid new 40 percent alcohol
Moscow imposes Sunday and holiday bans on vodka sales to children and intoxicated individuals while moving to remove saloons from workers districts. Violations bring fines up to 25 or imprisonment up to three months. Officials cite deaths from the new vodka and warn of moonshine production across the country.
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Moscow
Comissariat For Home Affairs
Commissar of Health
Man Held In Stock Sale Case In Akron
Akron Ohio October 12 Harry M Geul arrested on blue sky law suspicions over Templar Motor Car stock sale. He is held for Cleveland police with a transfer to the city expected today.
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Akron
Harry M. Geul
Cleveland
Templar
Boy Dies After Auto Hit Near Roscoe County Fair
Coroner Samuel Cohen opened an inquiry into a fatal accident in Columbus County. John C. Wisenberg aged year old son of Mr and Mrs Owen Wisenberg of Roscoe was struck by an auto driven by Mrs Frank H. Wolford of Mansfield while walking with two sisters on the way to the county fair.
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Coshocton, CO
Samuel Cohen
John C. Wisenberg
Owen Wisenberg
Roscoe
Frank H. Wolford
Mansfield
Educator Charles H. Melchoir Dies at 74 in Toledo
Charles H. Melchoir president of the Tri State Business college died at his Toledo home at age 74. A noted Ohio educator, he was born near Mansfield and educated at Hayesville academy Fostoria normal and Oberlin College.
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Toledo
Charles H. Melchoir
Tri- State Business College
Melchoir
Ohio
Mansfield
Hayesville Academy
Fostoria Normal
Oberlin College
Carry Condemned Man To Electric Chair On A Cot
BELLEFONTE Pa Oct 12 For the first time in recent years a condemned man was carried on a cot from the death cell to the electric chair at Western Pennsylvania prison today Edward Stevenson of Fayette county paid with his life for the murder of Constable Robert Mason of Uniontown in February 1924 The constable was killed in a rain on a gambling den Stevenson escaped but was captured near Hock Forge W Va after a gun battle with authorities During the shooting he was wounded in the hip resulting in paralysis of both legs Throughout the trial Stevenson lay on a cot in the courtroom.
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Bellefonte
Western Pennsylvania
Edward Stevenson
Fayette County
Robert Mason
Uniontown
Stevenson
Hock Forge
W. Va
Reds Clash with Paris Police Over Attempted Strike
In St Denis a Paris suburb, communists angry at a failed general strike clashed with police as they tried to enter an automobile factory to halt work. The St Denis police chief and two gendarmes were seriously injured in the melee. The communist mayor is said to have aided the assailants escape.
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Paris
St. Denis
Denis
Enforcer Shot in Ambush in Steubenville Section
Caleb Harris city enforcement officer, 38, was shot three times in an ambush in Steubenville in the Argonne district. Italian suspect Battista Pandora was arrested in connection with the attempted murder. Harris was hospitalized with three bullet wounds.
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Steubenville
Caleb $. Harris
Jeffersonen
Argonne
Battista Pandora
Canton Population Grows by 19 169 Since 1920
Federal census department estimates released Monday place Canton’s 1925 population at 106,260, up from 87,091 in 1920. Toledo Columbus Dayton and Canton exceed Cincinnati in growth by July 1, with Toledo leading at 44,216.
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Canton
Federal Census Department
Toledo
Columbus
Dayton
Cincinnati
Auto Hits Boy Crossing Street in New Lexington Incident
Robert Fuller, 12, of 111 Schauer et BW, suffered a leg injury when struck by an automobile driven by Paul Everetts at Market at 8S and Navarre Road SW. Everetts said the boy ran from a drug store into the path of his car and he took the boy home.
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Robert Fuller
Schauer Et BW
Paul Eiveretts
New Lexington Hotel
Market
Navarre Rd
Everetts
Line Up Picked For Today's Game
Washington October 12 The probable lineup of the teams in the fifth game of the world series this afternoon was as follows Senators Rice of Moore 2b Carey of Gosling If 2 Cuyler rf J Harris re Barnhart If Judge 1b Traynor 8b Peckinpaugh ss Wright ss Rael e Crantham Ib Myer 8b Smith e Coveleaskin p Aldrige p umpires at plate Rigler National at first Owens American at second McCormick National at third Morarity National
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Washington
Pirates
Rice
Moore
S. Harris
Carey
Gosling
Cuyler
Rf J. Harris
Barnhart
Judge
Traynor
Peckinpaugh
Wright
Rael
E Crrantham
Ib Myer
Smith
E Coveleaskin
P Aldridge
P Uimpires
Rigler
Owens
McCormick
Morarity
Prisoners Guarded As Two Alarm Fire Strikes DC Jail
A two alarm fire at the District of Columbia jail prompted a noon rush of police reserves. The aging facility houses over 200 prisoners and was described as old and insecure, forcing swift security measures in the capital.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Weeks to resign as secretary of war soon
Washington Oct 12 The resignation of John W Weeks as secretary of war, long expected due to ill health, will be formally announced in a day or two. Weeks was clearing his desk today, the first time he has been in the department in months, and Acting Secretary Dwight F Davis is expected to be named as his successor.
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Washington
John WW. Weeks
Weeks
Dwight F. Davis
Woman Ends Her Life With Poison In Cincinnati
Mrs Grace Grinstead wife of I L Grinstead Mosler Safe Co district sales manager died by poison and a self inflicted shot. Her husband was away from home and found her in a locked room with a revolver and poison bottle nearby.
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Cincinnati
Grace Grinstead
I. L. Grinstead
Mosler Safe Co
Pirates Hope Aldridge Sizable Edge In World Series
The article notes Vic Aldridge likely to start for Pittsburgh, with Lee Meadows injured and Stanley Coveleskie considered as a backup. Crowds are down as fans lose interest, while ticket scalpers profit from low demand. Coveleskie’s performance is praised despite a Game Two loss, and the Pirates face a lineup ready to exploit hitters, amid a tense, uncertain Series outlook.
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Kame
Vic Aldridge
Pirates
Aldridge
Lee Meadows
Stanley Coveleskie
Stanley Harris
Meadows
Pittsburgh
Coveleskie
Washington
Feam
Aviators Not Probed in Morocco Use by U S Fliers
Washington reports that American aviators recalled from Morocco by the French government raise questions of neutrality but no charges. Officials say no U S statute appears violated since enlistment occurred in France, not American soil, and the State Department defers to Justice for prosecutions if any. The incident reflects U S caution in Europe and reluctance to become embroiled in foreign conflicts.
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David Lawrence
Canton Daily News
Washington
Moroccco
Department of State
Nitates
Abd Itim
United States
Moroccas
France
State Department
Tan
Morocco
Department of Justice
Europe
Mexico
United State
Central
South America
Cool And Cloudy For Game Today
Washington observers forecast cool cloudy weather for the fifth and potentially deciding World Series game. Rain showers may fall with the day advancing, bringing damp conditions to the event.
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Washington
Neady
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