Giants win fourth game of World Series at Polo Grounds
By five hits in the fifth inning the Giants score four runs and take the fourth game from the Yankees. The series stands three games to none in favor of the National League entry. The Yankees tally two in the first on clean hits and Ward hits a homer in the eighth for his second of the series.
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Polo Grounds
N. Y
Giants
Yankees
Ward
New York
Scott
Bancroft
Yankee
Hoyt
Huggins
Great Britain and France Agree on Thrace Occupation Timing
Paris dispatch reports Curzon and Poincare outlining a three step plan: Greek evacuation immediate, Turkish civil administration installed, allied troops replace Greek forces, and Turkish army allowed into Thrace only after a peace treaty is concluded with the Allies.
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PRSSS
Paris
Great Britain
France
Curzon
Poincare
Thrace
Rome
Mudania
Dardanelles
Turkey
Double electrocution looms in North Carolina
Oct. 7 Raleigh reports a 60 day respite saves John Dixon of Craven County from execution for first degree burglary. Three others sentenced to die include John Bush of Caldwell County for murder, McKeever Burnett a Wake County inmate for assault on a white woman, and Joe Johnson from Washington County for first degree burglary. Bush faces possible stay if appeal succeeds.
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Raleigh
John Dixon
Craven County
John Bush
Caldwell County
McKeever Burnett
Wake County
Lyon
Wake Superior Court
Joe Johnson
Washington County
Daniels
J. Bis Ray
Lenoir
Ward's Drop Kick Breaks Game for Giants
Giants win 3 0 over Yankees at Polo Grounds as Ward errors set up a two run third inning. Scott, with a bad arm, hurls a drop kick to left that changes the World Series game. Ruth, Meusel and others fail to spark the Yankee offense.
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Giants A
Ki Po
Bancroft
Meusel
Young
Kelly
Ib Cunningham
McQuillen
Syry I
Ty Dugan
Ruth
R. Meusel
aCe i Schang
Ward
E. Scott
Mays
A Jones
Smith
Sos
Greek Troops Concentrate in Thrace Amid Turkish Tensions
Ten thousand Greek troops concentrate in Tehatalja district eastern Thrace under French cavalry control. Greek officers distribute arms to Thrace villagers to repel Turks. Fires break out north of Constantinople near Izstranja spreading toward the Bosphorus. Turkish papers say Mustapha Kemal Pasha left Angora for Mudania to meet British commander Gen Harington.
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Associated Press
London
Tehatalja
Thrace
Cerral
Constantinople
Izstranja
Bosphorous
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Angora
Mudania
Gen. Harington
Reuter
Greeks to evacuate Thrace under Mudania accord
Paris reports the Mudania conference has decided that Greek forces will quit Thrace immediately. Turkish gendarmes and administration will assume control within a month, with allied forces withdrawing after a 30 day transition.
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Paris
Associated Press
Thrace
Forty Killed In Big Forest Fires In Ontario
In Ontario a vast forest fire killed forty people and damaged numerous towns. Premier Duray issued figures showing losses between 7 and 8 million dollars, 88 to 40 deaths, and 150 to 200 farms burned. North Cobalt Thornloe Heaslip Carlton Uno Park Haileybury and Englehart suffered severe damage with a storm cellar collapse at Heaslip killing John Bond his wife eight children and a hired man leaving a lone 19 year old survivor in shock.
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North Bay
Ontario
Northern
Duray
North Cobalt
Thornloe
Heaslip
Carlton
Uno Park
Haileybury
Englehart
John Bond
Bond
Defendants Face Fines After Assault Case in Municipal Court
Dudley Brewer was fined 106 dollars and costs after being found guilty of assault with a deadly weapon on Arthur Sturgess. Earl Cecil received 50 dollars and costs for the same charge. Bond for Brewer was set at 300 dollars and for Cecil at 200 dollars. The defendants were said to be intoxicated during the incident.
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Dudley Brewer
As Asult
Arthur Sturgess
Brewer
Earl Cecil
Burt Hill
John Rodgers
John Kellam
Co operative Marketing plan meeting in Louisville
Louisville conference committee of the Co operative Marketing association meets October 23 and 24 to outline a program for the first national convention in Washington. Senator Arthur Capper urged the gathering to guide congressional movements. Dr. B W Kilgore of Raleigh is among the committee members.
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Louisville
The
Cooperative Marketing Association
Association
Washington
Robert W. Bingham
Bingham
Arthur Capper
Capper
B. W. Kilgore
Raleigh
Sharp Advances on Cotton Trade
New York October 7. The cotton market opened with mixed trading as prices fluctuated 5 points lower to 6 higher. First grade trade and commission houses absorbed offerings, pushing the market to net gains of 14 to 61 points. December 21.75 and January 21.60 with other futures also higher.
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New York
High Point Chamber Directors Set Important Meeting
Directors of the High Point chamber of commerce will meet at 7 30 that Tuesday in the organization's rooms. Secretary F J Sizemore says the session may be the most important in some time and will cover matters of interest to every director and the entire organization. Attendance is urged for all board members.
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High Point Chamber of Commerce
Deep River Hosts First Community Fair At School House
A Deep River community fair is held today at the Deep River school house with many farm exhibits. E. J. White serves as president and announces plans for an annual event. High Point men and women attend the daytime gathering which continues today.
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Deep River
High Point
E. J. White
White
Miller Duggs Seeks Win as American League Contenders Battle
Miller Duggins, diminutive manager of the Yankees, watches every play as the American League contenders vie for the world baseball championship amid fluctuating results.
John J McGraw Joins Giants in Series Action
Giants manager John J. McGraw is photographed at the series likely out of uniform but showing the same competitive effort as his players on the field while the game unfolds.
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John J. McGraw
New York Giants
School Board Orders Saturday Classes for Several Weeks
The Greensboro High Point area board voted to start Saturday classes at South Main and Grimes Street schools to make up for lost time. South Main opens Monday with five weeks of Saturday sessions until 1 pm. Grimes Street runs seven weeks with temporary provisions and a later bell. The county dentist plan was voted down. Superintendent Main moves offices to North Main and Washington. auditorium progress praised as a top state project.
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South Main Street
City
Grimes Street
South Maintreet
W. M’ Marr
Greensboro
High Point
Main
Harris Bros
North Main
Washington Streets
No Demand For Still Outeuss In Stokes County
Sheriff Turpin with county permit destroyed 60 whiskey stills in Stokes county amid a large crowd. The seized distilleries, stored at the county jail, were offered at auction with no bidders and ordered chopped up for disposal to junk dealers.
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Winston-Salem
Stokes County
Turpin
Negro Boys Held on Assault Charge in Virginia
In Richmond on October 7 two Negro youths, Preston Byrd aged 14 and Thomas Brown aged 13, were jailed on criminal assault charges. The alleged victim is an eight year old girl living near the city outskirts. Police report she was playing in a field when Byrd forced her into a bushes clump and assaulted her.
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Richmond
Preston Byrd
Thomas Brown
Byrd
Sultan Mohammed VI Abdicates Said Report From Moscow
London dispatch reports a Moscow wireless claim that Sultan Mohammed VI of Turkey abdicated at 10:55 AM. The report cites An gora and names his successor a cousin known as Medjid II, but no confirmation exists. The sultan had earlier pledged to serve until nationalist forces reach Constantinople.
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London
Mohammmed VI
Turkey
Moscow
Angora
Medjid II
Padrick Slated For Five to Eight Year Prison Term
In Raleigh and Wilson reports, W. G. Padrick and H. M. Lewis receive indeterminate sentences of five to eight years and eighteen months to five years respectively for insurance fraud and conspiracy with a Henderson police figure. The case cites multiple crimes, including theft and arson, with appeals unlikely. Suits against Wake County convict camp officials for flogging prisoners also head to grand jury as state seeks enforcement of law on supervised beatings.
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Mr. Scott
Horton
W. G. Padrick
H. M. Lewis
Henderson Force
Lewis
Padrick
F. W. Wooten
Henderson
Insurance Department
State Department of Insurance
Pardick
Wake County
Oscar F. Johnson
Johnson
Wake
Supreme Court
Wilson Court
Henry G. Connor
Law Department
University
Raleigh
Washington
Connor
Wilson
I Aor
W Soen
Har Ually
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