Plan for civilian tribunal to run baseball proposed
Four major league club representatives back a plan to abolish the national commission and replace it with a civilian tribunal staffed by eminent outsiders. The letter, signed by leaders of the Chicago and Pittsburg clubs and others, proposes salaries from league receipts and posits the tribunal would oversee all baseball, with appeal and discipline centralized. It cites gambling and betting evils and asks immediate action to preserve the national game.
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Chicago
Elu
William Veeck
Chicago National League
Charles A. Comisky
Chicago American League
Barney Dreyfuss
Pittsburg
John Moran
New York
National Commission
General Pershing
Leonard Wood
William Taft
Fram Johnson
K. M. Landis
William G. McAdoo
A. D.lasker
John Heydler
Trappers Catch 9 000 Rats In Port Arthur
Trappers employed by the United States public health service in Port Arthur Texas have caught nine thousand rats. Laboratory tests showed no bubonic plague in any of the rodents. The rats cost thirty eight cents each for trapping excluding laboratory expenses.
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Port Arthur
Texas
United States Public Health Service
Doctors Go On Strike in Vienna Hospitals Shut
Four thousand Vienna doctors allied with benevolent associations refuse to admit patients except for standard private fees. In Kerr City oil fields a raid on a gambling house ends with two deputy constables killed and another wounded, while forty four suspects are arrested.
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Vienna
Alc Benefi
Wichita Falls
Texas
Inu
Kerrity
Fourth Red Army Falls Riga in Polish Counteroffensive
Military dispatches report the Fourth Bolshevist army nearly annihilated near the Grodno Lida area with the Polish forces forcing a wrapping movement. Capture totals include 26,650 prisoners and 496 cannon amid a retreating staff and generals.
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Fourth Red Army
Riga
Tuewlan-Pollah
Pollah
Grodno-Lida
Graft scandal rocks Chicago White Sox eight indicted
Chicago dispatch reports eight White Sox stars indicted after grand jury hearings on the 1919 World Series fix. Confessions cited seduction by gamblers with payments ranging from 1 000 to 20 000 dollars. Eddie Cicotte and others testified they accepted bribes to throw the series. President Comiskey suspended seven players immediately and pledged lifetime ban if guilt is proven.
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Union News Service
Chicago
Charles A. Comiskey
Chicago White Sox
Sox
Cincinnati
Gaimblers
Cook County Grand Jury
Comiskey
Meveland Tonlans
White Sox
Iis Seven
Charles McDonald
Jackson
Cleotte
Eddie Cicotte
Claude Willams
Joe Jackson
Buck” Weaver
Happy” Felach
Oscar Risberg
Qhick
Gandil
Fred McMullin
Cicotte
Chick Gandil
Packers Indicted in Boston Meat Profiteering Case
The Boston Armour and Co meat packers were indicted by a federal grand jury for profiteering in lamb. The company pleaded not guilty in federal court, and counsel requested ten days to withdraw the plea and file a demurrer, a motion granted by the court.
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Boston—Armour & Co. Meat Packers
Edison Works On New Delicate Communication Device
Thomas A. Edison is at work on a delicate apparatus intended to enable communication between the dead and the living. If successful, Edison hopes to complete the instrument within a few months.
Death Sentence Changed to Life for Mother in Quebec Case
Marie Gagnon, mother of a two month old baby, who had been sentenced to death for murder, will serve life in the penitentiary after physicians testified the execution would endanger the infant. The cabinet heard testimony and commuted the sentence from death to life imprisonment.
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Ottawa
Qont—Mrx
Marie Gagnon
Quebec
the Council
Mrr. Gagnon
Vagnon
Paice Decline Due to Demand For Modities
A brief market note indicates Paice faced a decline amid shifting demand patterns for commodities, with traders citing reduced buyer interest and price adjustments impacting the stock. The report notes no specific catalysts beyond broader demand softness.
Federal report says price cuts lift consumers toward stability
The Federal Reserve Board reports wholesale price reductions across autos textiles shoes and staples like wheat Are pushing retail prices down and consumer relief is near Labor efficiency boosts production while demand holds steady On balance business conditions move toward greater stability amid cautious purchasing by retailers and bankers
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Union News Service
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Business Review
Se Nes
Postal Service Opens Between France and Brazil
Postal service between France and Brazil under the French ministry of public works has been provided by a decree. Mail routes will operate between Bordeaux Vigo Lisbon Rio Janeiro Montevideo and Buenos Aires with sailings every two weeks. Mixed cargo slips will perform one round trip monthly.
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Washington
France
Brasil
Ministry of Public Works
Paria
Department of Commerce
Mall Hounts
Bordeaux
Vigo
Lisbon
Rio Janeiro
Montevideo
Buenos Aires
Apportioned Delegates Collect $15,000 Rain Insurance Parade
A 20 000-strong parade capped the American Legion's second annual convention in Cleveland with 300 000 spectators and 60 000 out-of-town visitors. Rain insurance totaling 15 000 was claimed as 37 hundredths of an inch fell. Centralia Washington sent a flag carried by J. B. Murray who also bore it when it was fired upon in 1919 Armistice Day.
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Union News Service
Cleveland
American Legion
Franklin D'Oller
Permanent Committee On Rules and Regulations
Julia Wheelock
New York
Minnesota
United States
Col. J. R. McQuigg
Department of Ohio
W. 8. Fitzgerald
France
Francis
B. Drake
Legion
Patil
Drake
England
Belgium
The
Rhine
M. W. Woods
Idaho
Woods
Winfield Thompson
California
Canada
Weather Bureau
Centralia
Wash
T. W. Wis
J. B. Murray
Mano
Murray
Thue
Battleship as Target for Coast Defense Tests
Washington report notes the battleship Massachusetts will be used as a test target for twelve inch coast guns and mortars. The Massachusetts will be turned over to the War Department around November 1 for the experimental bombardment at Mensacolu, Florida, marking a destructive coastal defense test on a historic warship.
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Washington
Madechusetts
Massachusetts
War Department
Mensacolu
Fla
Railroads Show Deficit Amid July Revenue Drop
Major railroads posted a deficit of 6.0 percent in July with operating revenues totaling 528,782,086 dollars, down from 455,280,142 dollars a year ago. Operating expenses rose to 511,778,800 dollars, compared with 358,801,812 dollars in July of last year, according to an Interstate Commerce Commission summary.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Crowds disrupt Pilgrim tercentenary at Carnegie Hall
Police eject intruders at Carnegie Hall during the tercentenary celebration of the landing of the Pilgrims. Anti British banners and songs provoke disorder as The American Women Pickets for the Enforcement of America's War Arms claim the event. Gompers tries to speak but is drowned out. meeting adjourned with apologies from some demonstrators. Secretary Colby was to speak but did not arrive.
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Union News Service
New York
Carnegie Hall
America
England
Samuel Gompers
Mr. Gompers
Gompers
Colby
Gertrude Corliss
United States
Sulgrave
Agathst
White House sheep flock shipped back to Belair farm
The last of the White House flock has been rounded up and sent back to the farm of William Woodward at Belair Maryland by order of the President. Some sheep were disposed of earlier, but the bulk are returned to the Belair breeder who sent them to the White House during wartime for lawn care and wool needs.
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Washington
White House
President Wilson
William Woodward
Belair
Mrs Bergdoll Found Guilty in Draft Conspiracy Trial
In Philadelphia United States District Court Judge Dickinson presided as Mrs Emon Bergdoll and four co defendants were convicted of conspiracy to aid Grover and Erwin Bergdoll evade the draft. Also found guilty on every count were Charles A Braun and former Magistrate James J Romig.
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Bergdoll
Philadelphia
Emon . Bergdoll
Grover
Erwin
Dickinson
United States District Court
Charles A. Braun
James J. Romig
Hundreds of ships tied up in world ports report
Washington dispatches say over 750 merchant ships lie idle in British ports and several hundred in Japanese harbors due to low freight rates and slack ocean traffic. Only twenty six slipping board vessels are laid up in American ports, it is learned.
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Washington
London
Canadian living costs to ease toward prewar levels says labor dept
In Ottawa Ontario the Department of Labor reports further declines in the cost of living across Canada. The statement notes that existing downward trends point to a return toward prewar price levels as conditions improve in the near future.
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Canada
Ottawa
Department of Labor
Pier Fire at Galveston Causes Massive Property Damage
A waterfront fire in Galveston Texas caused property damage estimated between 1.25 and 2 million dollars. The final loss hinges on salvaging up to 280000 bushels of wheat aboard the Tratlan steamship Bina. More than 100 individuals and firms reported losses per owners and underwriters.
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Galveston
Texas
Tratlan
Btna
Wyoming Notes Report Rail, Bank Robberies and News
Two Mexicans robbed section men near Rock Springs and fled with $200. Emile Doerenberg became head of the University of Wyoming modern language department in Laramie. Union Pacific traffic through Laramie City and Rawlins averaged one train every 150 minutes, with 21 passenger and 74 freight trains. The Wyoming State Fair ended after four days of ideal weather drawing over 20,000 on the final day. Claude Gavin was found guilty of embezzling $1,000 from Continental Supply. total embezzlement indictments reach into the thousands. Public school enrollment in Laramie nears 1000. Mail service between Cheyenne and Salt Lake City paused due to airplane shortages. Funeral for Mrs. Kimball of Glenrock held after fatal fall injuries. Nearly 3 million acres in WY, CA, MT classified under stock raising homestead law. Wyoming accounts for 2,011,084 acres. Governor offers $250 reward for Joe Korich, wanted for assault on Guy Robertson. Joe Glass of Diamondville survived a crash when his car rode off a road near Kemmerer. Wyoming State Teachers Association meet at Lusk October 5–8. Banker Arthur Jayne killed by lightning. he left substantial life insurance and estate. 825,000 railroad ties floated 125 miles on Wind River in two months. Peberdy homestead on Lincoln highway robbed of goods valued about $150. Police raid in Cheyenne nets two large stills and liquor materials. Leo Licati arrested.
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Union News Service
Rock Springs
Emile Doerenberg
University of Wyoming
Laramie
Union Pacific
Laramie City
Rawlins
Wyoming
East Side
South Side
West Side
North Side
Cheyenne
Salt Lake City
E, BH
Kimball
Glenrock
California
Montana
Department of the Interior
Michaels
Fremont County
Joe Korich
Guy Robertson
Robertson
Poposia
Hudson
Joe Glass
Diamondville
Kemmerer
Glass
Wyoming State Teachers' Association
Lusk
Wyw
Arthur Jayne
Moorcroft Bank
Jayne
Wind River
M. W. Thompson
Forest Management
J. D. Peberdy
Lincoln Highway
Wyoming Station
Bosler
Leo Licatl
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