World Series Fired For Reds Comiskey Hears
Chicago Sept 27 President Comiskey of the Chicago club received word that Billy Maharg and Bill Burns partners say White Sox players offered to fix the World Series for Cincinnati. Maharg named Eddie Cicotte Abe Attell and eight players as involved. Garry Herrmann asked to testify before the grand jury and Mrs Henrietta Kelley of Chicago was subpoenaed to appear with details on players rooming there.
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Chicago
Comiskey
Tonight
Billy” Maharg
Bill Burns
Philadelphia
White Sox
Cincinnati
Cota
Maharg
Cook County Grand Jury
Eddie Cicotte
Abe Attell
Cicotte
New York
Sox
Attell
Burns
Tedroid
Garry Herrmann
August Herrmann
Cincinnati Nationals
National Commission
Hoyne
Herrmann
Henrietta D. Kelley
Kid” Gleason
John Collins
Ray Schalk
Polish forces seize Grodno and push Bolsheviks back
Grodno a key Northwestern Russian city near the Lithuanian frontier fell to Polish troops after heavy fighting. A large number of prisoners and war material were captured. Poles reported successful operations north of the Niemen and enemy retreats near Rozany Volkovysk and the Volhynian frontier as the Ukrainian army expands east of the Zbruch River.
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Warsaw
Grodno
Russia
Niemen
Medyn
Oki
Zburch River
Home Run Feats Lift Ruth to Fifty Three
Babe Ruth hits his 53rd and 54th home runs in a Philadelphia game against the Phillies, driving in Pipp and another runner as Rommel is the pitcher. The same day Brooklyn clinches the National League title by virtue of New York’s defeat to Boston in a doubleheader setback.
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Philadelphia
Babe Ruth
New York
Ruth
Rommel
Brooklyn
Boston
Two Balloons Compete For U S Title In National Race
Kansas City N led the field in the national balloon race from Birmingham Alabama as nine others landed across Kentucky Ohio Indiana and Illinois. Balloon No 8 landed near Van Wert Ohio after traveling over 500 miles in 36 hours 46 minutes.
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Birmingham
Ala
Kansas City N
Homer E. Honeywell
Army
Richard E. Thompson
Chamber of Commerce
Kansas City
Toledo
E. W. McIntyre
Dale Mabrey
Aid
Lewisport
Bernard von Hoffman
University of Missouri
Caneyville
R. F. Donaldson
E. King
Owensboro
Ohio
Warren
Ninety Day Law Triggers Boston Bank Withdrawals
Boston residents flock to Tremont Trust and Fidelity Trust to withdraw savings after a newspaper report that banks will enforce a ninety day notice rule. Dorchester Trust also follows, amid fears after Cosmopolitan Trusts’ closure. Old South Trust replaces McCall and four officials as scrutiny rises.
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Boston
Tremont Trust Company
Fidelity Trust Company
Savings Department
Dorchester Trust Company
Cosmopolitan Trust Company
Allen
Old South Trust Company
Samuel W. McCall
McCall
Violent Earthquake Destroys Village at Mt Aetna Base
A violent earthquake near Giarre Sicily at the base of Mt Aetna lasted ten seconds. One village was destroyed and many people were injured according to a Rome dispatch to Exchange Telegraph.
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Mt. Aetna
London
Giarre
Sicilly
Rome
Exchange Telegraph Company
Canal Advocates Meet Opposition At Conference
Cincinnati and other groups urged revival of the Miami and Erie Canal with four proposed routes from Ashtabula to Pittsburgh or Sandusky to Portsmouth. Toledo hearings reviewed route No. 4 Toledo to Cincinnati as engineers prepared to study terminals, while opponents stayed silent.
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Toledo
Cincinnati
Miami
Erie
Board of Engineers
Maumee
Ohio River
Gcanal
Chamber of Commerce
Defiance
Lake Michigan
Ohio Valley
Sandusky
Columbus
Portsmouth
Anti-Canal Association
Dayton
Miami and
William Y. Judson
Edward H. Markham
W. W. Harts
C. D. Grimm
J. H. Clark
University of Chicago
Ashtabula
Pittsburg
Ohio
Cleveland
Marietta
Upper Lake
Hotel Secor
Memorial Hall
John Galvin
Cornell Schreiber
Albert Krell
Central Inland Waterways Association
Krell
Miami and Erie
Galvin
Sprankle Family Suffer Injuries in Canton Baseball Game
In Waynesburg near Canton Ohio Ben Sprankle broke a leg after his spike caught on first base. Later Roy Sprankle suffered broken ribs and internal injuries after stepping into a hole while pursuing a fly ball. East Sparta won the game on the Waynesburg home field.
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Canton
Sprankle
Waynesburg
Here
East Sparta
Ben Sprankle
Roy Sprankle
Riot at Trim Meath as Black and Tan attacks blaze
In Trim Meath Ireland Sept 27 armed men attacked the town after the police barracks burned. Chief Constable White was wounded and several buildings and Sinn Fein residences were set ablaze. About thirty houses burned with fires still burning at noon. Two boys were shot, one seriously. Police move to curb further violence.
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Trim
County Meath
Ireland
White
Cork Explosion Destroys Store as Sinn Fein Ties Implicate unrest
A violent explosion rattled Cork at 2 am followed by rifle fire in the business district. The Patrick Street department store, reportedly employing Sinn Fein members, was wrecked with many upper floors windows broken. Troops rushed to the scene after snipers fired from the store roof. a military guard was placed on duty.
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Cork
Patrick Street
Traops
Hunger strike enters forty sixth day for Lord Mayor
London dispatch reports Lord Mayor Terence MacSwiney of Cork remained in a weak exhausted condition at Brixton Prison after another bad night. A bulletin from the Irish Self Determination League notes he slept briefly before midnight but none after, marking the forty sixth day of his hunger strike.
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London
Terence MacSwiney
Cork
Brixton Prison
Irish Self-Determination League
Belfast Street Turmoil After Sniper Attacks On Royal Avenue
In Belfast last night snipers and masked assailants triggered a panic among crowds on Royal avenue after church hours. The violence followed shootings on Saturday and Sunday that killed one policeman and wounded two others, with three civilians slain in reprisal. A North street sniper volley forced a tram to halt and passengers to dive for cover as traffic was diverted.
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Belfast
Royal Avenue
Sinn Fein Quartey
North Street
Sinn Fein MP Countess Markicevicz Arrested in Dublin Suburb
Dublin reports Countess Geor Gine Markicevicz Sinn Fein member for St Patrick division was arrested late last night in a Dublin suburb. Also taken into custody were a journalist and Sean MacBride, Maud Gonne MacBride’s son and widower of the executed Sinn Fein leader.
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Dublin
Georgine Markicevicz
Sinn Fein
St. Patrick’s
Sean MacBride
Maud Gonne MacBride
Joan of Arc
MacBride
Partially Identified Man Killed by Train at Carr Street
A man aged 65 to 70, with gray hair and beard, about 200 pounds, was struck and killed by a B. and O. passenger train at the Carr Street crossing. He was found unconscious and taken to General Hospital by traffic watchman Thomas Kelly, but died on arrival. He was believed to be Mr. Stewart and possibly resided at 709 Carr Street. He wore a black shirt and black trousers with matching shoes.
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Mr. Stewart
Carr Street
Carr Street Crossing
Thomas Kelly
General Hospital
Amundsen's Maud Wedged in Polar Ice Reported
Nome fur traders report Captain Roald Amundsen's ship Maud wedged tight in polar ice west of Kolyuchin Bay Siberia midway between Wrangel Island and the Northern Siberian coast.
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Amundsen
Maud
Nome
Alaska
Roald Amundsen
Kolyuchin Bay
Siberia
Wrangell Island
Siberian
Harding Address Draws Roar At Baltimore Armory
In Baltimore September 27 a 20 000 crowd at the Armory greeted Republican presidential nominee Warren G. Harding as he outlined his plan for sound business and rehabilitated industry. He faced heckling over the League of Nations and offered to debate, pledging to share time if the heckler joined him on the platform.
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Baltimore
Warren G. Harding
Senator Harding
Pennsylvania
Feli Agnus
Baltimore American
Harding
League of Nations
Tor
League
Johnson
Maryland
America
Versailles
Arsenic Milk Deaths Highlight Newport Jury Verdict
Idaho voters seek change in 1920 race as survey notes strong Republican lean with Borah and League of Nations debates. Nugent leads Democrats in Idaho despite Cox hopes, Non Partisan League and Mormon influence viewed as swing forces. Idaho poised to vote Republican, with Harding ahead in Idaho could win state.
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Idaho
Lawrence
Boise
Tra
Harding
Cox
Wilson
Borah
League of Nations
Republican Party
Senator Nugent
America
League
Senator Borah
Nugent
Utah
Europe
Coe
Wyoming
Triple murder verdict in Newport milk arsenic case
A Campbell County jury ruled arsenic in milk caused the deaths of Shirley 4, Carl 2, and Stanley 4 months in Newport. The jury referred the case to the grand jury and prosecutors promised arrests within a week. The inquiry focuses on Newport Dairy Company milk left at the Williams home on September 14 and given to the children after noon.
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Shirley
Carl
Stanley
Carl Williams
East Second Street
Newport
Campbell County
Blaine McLaughlin
William Simonson
Cincinnati
Williams
Grand Jury
McLaughlin
Kentucky
Meim
Newport Dairy Company
Warner
C. F. Sauter
League Would Stabilize European Market for American Farmers
Governor Cox urged Nebraska corn growers that the League of Nations would stabilize foreign and domestic markets and boost European credit. He argued armament cuts and international arbitration would prevent future wars and argued for agricultural representation on key boards. Cox spoke at multiple towns in the Platte Valley before Omaha remarks.
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League
Europe
Cox
Nebraska Corn Growers
Omaha
Neb
League of Nations
Ohio
Nebraska
North Platte
Gothenburg
Grand Island
Lexington
Kearney
Interstate Commerce Commission
Federal Reserve Bank
Platte Valley
W. H. Thompson
Keith Neville
Hitchock
William J. Bryan
Bryan
Palmer
Burleson
Man Arrested After Whisky Seizure at Arlington Corner
John Burns of 2319 Clifton avenue was arrested by Policemen Glaser and Hearth while unloading fifteen cases of whisky from a truck in front of a saloon at Arlington and Spring Grove avenues. Burns said the whisky came from a barn in Pleasant Ridge as detectives investigate the case.
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Arlington and
Spring Grove Avenues
John Burns
Clifton Avenue
Glaser and
Hearth
Burns
Pleasant Ridge
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Abe Atten
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Harold W. Coates
The
Commercial Tribune
Co. R. Hebble
Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce
H. E. Fairweather
Ft. Wayne
Colongel Judson
Judson
MacSwiney
Countess Markievicz
Heckler
Association of Nations
David Lawrence
Melaughlin
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