Seven Sox Players Indicted in 1919 World Series Fix
Chicago White Sox owner Charles Comiskey moved to purge the team after Cook County grand jury true bills against eight stars for allegedly throwing the 1919 World Series to Cincinnati for gamblers. Key players including Eddie Cicotte Joe Jackson Happy Felsch and Buck Weaver confessed or faced charges as Comiskey suspended them and vowed lifetime banishment from baseball. The case drew attention from leaders like John McGraw and NL president John Heydler as details of bribes and pillow payments surfaced in court.
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Hicago
Associated Press
Charles A. Comiskey
Chicago White Sox
Sox
Cininnati
Charles McDonald
Joe Jackson
Cicotte
John J. McGraw
New York Giants
John Heidler
National League
Comiskey
Eddie Cicotte
Arnold
Chick” Gandal
Oscar “Happy” Felsch
Charles
Risberg
Claude Williams
George “Buck” Weaver
Fred McMullin
Roman
White Sox Park
Weaver
Jackson
White Sox
Criminal Court Building
Rotteness
Pac
Population shows increases in Laramie county 1910 to 1920
Census bureau data show present Laramie county population at 20,699 in 1920, up about 40 percent from 1910. Adjusted figures note Goshen and Platte counties split from Laramie county, making direct 1910 comparisons with future county borders complex. Pine Bluffs grows to 618, Cheyenne wards listed.
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SS County
United States Census Bureau
Washington
Laramie
Goshen and
Platte
Mathe
Goshen
Ray E. Lee
Platte and
Goshen Counties
Laramie County
Lee
Cheyenne
Pine Bluffs
Burns
Fort Russell
Pine Bluff
Platte and Goshen
Harding Deficit Policy Promises Economy and Reform
West Virginia crowd packs Wheeling auditorium as Senator Harding urges government economy and strict business administration. He cites rising public debt from 24.3 billion on June 30 to about 24.9 billion by April and warns deficits would reach near a billion without Congress curbing appropriations. He faults war department finance and questions new treasury notes.
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Heeling
West
Wheeling Auditorium
Harding
Republican Congress
H. M. Lord
War Department
Treasury
Hoffman Ad Vises Men to Curb Buying
Fair Price Commissioner Harry Hoffman issues a mailed directive to Wyoming regional fair price committee secretaries urging men to limit purchases to necessities. He notes progress from women’s wear controls but warns manufacturers and jobbers in men’s wear to avoid price increases and to promote economy through media, speakers, and labor outreach.
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Harry ©. Hoffman
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Wryo
American Club
Ome
Waparta
Y. M
Enormous Flood Damage Hits Alps After Severe Storm
PARIS Sept 28 Floods caused by a violent storm left damage estimated at 60 000 000 francs in Upper Savoy Savoie homes washed away near Mondanne. Switzerland saw devastation in the upper Rhine basin and Rhone valley above Lake Geneva. The Simplon railway line suffered extensive submersion and destruction.
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Pario
France
Marienne
Department
Savoie
Mondanne
Switzerland
Upper Rhine
Rhone
Lake of Geneva
Gimplon
Postal Airman Sets New Non-Stop Mark
Chicago dispatch reports Pilot H. H. Rowe set a new non-stop flight record between Omaha and Chicago. His mail plane covered the distance in 3 hours and 20 minutes on Tuesday.
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Chicago
Omaha
H. H. Rowe
Tropical Hurricane Approaches Gulf Coast Shipping Warnings
Weather officials issued emergency warnings to shipping and coastal interests as a tropical hurricane neared the Louisiana and Florida coasts. Forecasters predicted gale force winds would arrive late tonight or tomorrow, prompting close monitoring and preparations.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Louisiana
Florida
I W W Invasion Of Mexican Capital
A delegation of I W W representatives is in Mexico City to confer with labor leaders for a nationwide propaganda campaign. George H. Davis heads the delegation and says the visit aims to counteract the propaganda of the American Federation of Labor delegates during their stay in the capital.
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Washington
Mexico City
George H. Davis
Mexico
Troops To Withdraw From West Virginia Coalfield
Federal troops on duty in the strike zone of the Mingo coalfields will be withdrawn as soon as possible. Sheriff Blankenship appoints 100 deputy sheriffs. Judge James Deum of Okemont Court meets with Governor Cornwell who announced the action.
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West Virginia
Charlestown
West Va
Mingo Coalields
Blankenship
Ap Ce
James Deum
Oke County
Ekomit Court
Cornwell
Destruction Test on Old Battleship Massachusetts
The Massachusetts will be used as a target in an experimental bombardment to test coast defense guns. The battleship, built about 20 years ago, will be towed to Pensacola Florida and anchored at a three mile range for the test.
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Ashingdon
Massachusetts
Pensacola
Fila
Four Co Defendants Named in Bergdot Case in Philadelphia
Philadelphia reporters note Mrs Emma Bergdot and four co-defendants faced unfolding legal action. Details remain fragmentary with limited context on charges or court action. Further readable lines indicate ongoing proceedings in the Philadelphia area.
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Philadelphia
Emma
Bergdot
Prisoner transfers between Cheyenne jails in assault case
Albin Y. Jones a Union Pacific brakeman faces assault charges after a sequence of jail transfers within Cheyenne. He was arrested for carrying a concealed .38 caliber revolver at Carey avenue and Seventeenth street and fined 40 dollars in Cheyenne city court. Deputies then sought him for assaulting Ethel Logan with the case to proceed in county court.
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Albin Y. Jones
Finnegan
Jones
Oeete
Cheyenne
Laramie County
Sasault
Ethel Logan
Union Pacific
Clark
Pot Force
Carey Avenue
Seventeenth Street
Laramie
John Fish
Ca Eee
America Not Ready To Finance Europe
Brussels report shows Rolland W. Boyden, U S unofficial rep at the Inter- Finance conference, urged delegates to consider why Europe cannot be viewed as a good business risk under current conditions. He cited a prior letter from former Secretary to Homer Meres U.S. opinion, arguing the United States would not pledge financing at this time.
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Brussels
Associated Press
Rolland W. Boyden
United States
Europe
Mr. Boydon
Dalagatee
Jama
Homer Meres
Ae A Wilson
Ine Ee
Wyoming Weather Forecast Brief
Fair Wednesday and Thursday in Wyoming with no temperature change predicted. light winds and dry conditions expected across counties. Local officials advise travelers to plan for calm skies and stable afternoons.
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Wyoming
Cox Defends Volstead Stance Amid League of Nations Questions
Governor Cox on a South Dakota tour opposes any Volstead law measures conflicting with the constitution and the Eighteenth Amendment as interpreted by the Supreme Court. He also says Germany should be welcomed into the League of Nations while fielding German descent audiences.
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Falls
Supreme Court
League’of Nations
South Dakota
Cox
Harding
Baltimore
Mitchell
United States
Soverite
Répresentayy
Germany
League of Nations
Government Agent Suspected Radical
Nicholas Ceglinsky, American Red Cross agent and wartime information staffer, is held at Ellis Island awaiting investigation into alleged radical and communist connections in the United States and Europe.
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New York
Nicholas Ceglinsky
Red Cross
Committee On Public Information
Ellis I d
Europe
Thousands Mourn For Jewish Financier
The funeral for Jacob H. Schiff banker and philanthropist drew thousands in New York on September 28. Citizens from Jewish and Gentile communities attended at Temple Emanuel, with orthodox rites and no eulogy as requested by Schiff.
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New York
Jacob H. Schiff
Temple Hmanuel
Prohibition Question Put to Candidates
New York September 209 5 Senator Harding and Governor Cox faced questions from Daniel A Poling president of the National Temperance council asking if they would use their official power to enforce prohibition if elected. Poling delivered the inquiry in the names of temperance groups and Christian Endeavorers.
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Prohibition
New York
Harding
Cox
Daniel A. Poling
National Temperance Council
Foling
Temperance Council
Christian
Comiskey Declares Baseball Clean as Grand Jury Action
Charles A. Comiskey praised the grand jury for its handling of the baseball scandal case. He said the sport must stay clean and that his club would rather close the park than field players with dishonest thoughts. Teammates celebrated as White Sox players not implicated voiced relief.
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ICAGO
Charles A. Comiskey
Associated Press
Charles A. McDonald
Harry Brigham
America
John McGraw
Chicago
White Sox
Eddie Collins
Collins
Eddie Murphy
Amos Strunk
Nemo" Seibold
John Collins
Urban Faber
Ray
Schalk
Union Organizers Injured in Kentucky Mining Violence
Springfield Ill Sept 23. President John L Lewis of the United Mine Workers asked protection for organizers in southeastern Kentucky and punishment for attackers after two organizers Frank Davis and T J Cuverler were injured in a hotel room bombing in Garrett Kentucky. They are hospitalized in Garrett with serious injuries.
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Springfield
Kentucky
Garrett
John Ll. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Edwin T. Marrow
Frank Davis
T. J. Cuvetler
Domolinh
Two More Civilians Killed in Irish Rioting
HELPAST Sept 29 report states two civilians were shot dead and a number of persons were wounded in clashes between soldiers and a crowd on the Pall road late at night.
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Pall Road
New York American Team Offered to White Sox Club
A telegram offered to place the entire New York American baseball team at Charlie A. Coens disposal. The move followed the suspension of seven players indicted in a game fixing probe and was sent to White Sox owner by Jacob Ruppert and T. L. Whitney, owners of the Yankee club.
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York
New York American Baseball
Charlies A. Coens
Sweeter
White Sox
Jacob Ruppert
T. I. Hwiton
Yankee
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Chicago Sox
Chance
Grand Jury
Old Roman
Cincinnati
Daubert
Page Thuge
Hoffman
State Fair Price Commissioner
Con Se
Alps
A. Y. Jones
Dr. Heckler
NEW York American
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