Secretary Weeks accepts Morrow resignation as Canal Zone governor
Secretary Weeks has accepted Col. Jay J. Morrow's resignation as governor of the Panama Canal zone, effective October 15. Col. M. L. Walker will succeed him. The world brief notes include production leveling in anthracite, and various political and economic items from Washington and New York.
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Weeks
Washington
Jay J. Morrow
Panama Canal Zone
Col
M. L. Walker
Factional Strife Threatens Baseball Governing Body
Washington reports factional strife among baseball's top officials as the O Connell Dolan bribery scandal unsettles the sport. Ban Johnson refuses World Series attendance amid calls to cancel the series while Barney Dreyfuss challenges Commissioner Landis. Landis keeps an open mind but cites no new evidence, preserving the disbarment of O Connell and Dolan.
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K. M. Landis
New York
Jimmy O'Connell
Washington
O'Connell-Dolan
Ban Johnson
Giants
Barney Dreyfuss
Pittsburg
Cozy Dolan
Giant
Johnson
Dreyfuss
Landis
Johnson and Dreyfuss
O’connell
Dolan
Frank Frisch
Ross Young
George Kelly
Americans Win Possession of Georgia Manganese Fields
In a long contest among American British German French and Dutch interests the Americans led by W. A. Harriman & Co. secured the prize in the Chicatouri district of Georgia. Russia and Georgia accepted the offer in principle as a long term contract worth several million dollars over 25 years granting the United States a monopoly on manganese export from Russia. The agreement covers about 10 000 acres of fields.
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Moscow
Chicatouri
Georgia
W. A. Harriman & Co
New York
Russia
Rail Bridge Collapses in Flood Near Goldsborough
A Southern Railroad steel and concrete bridge over Little River one mile west of Goldsborough N C collapsed amid floodwaters. Three coal cars and a stone car were pulled down by the structure after being loaded to test its weight. It marks the first major bridge failure in the current eastern Carolina flood.
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Raleigh
Southern Railroad
Little River
Goldsborough
N. Y
Carolina
Campaign Songs Heard Across States Urge Voters to Ballot
States campaign songs arrive as political pleas to stay-at-home voters to cast a ballot this year. More than a score of states have sent tuneful appeals, with many songs being tuneful and all carrying a punch.
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Washington
Armstrong
Rene Cone Hong
Eee
U. S
Fire Destroys Most Of Ft. Miami Fair Grounds Track
Sudden accidents were heard shortly before a blaze at Toledo Ohio’s Ft. Miami Fair Grounds. The fire destroyed almost the entire race track structure with no explanation for the preceding incidents.
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Fort Miami
Foledo
Ohio
Toledo
Ft. Miami Fair Grounds
Wyoming Governor William B. Ross Dies in Cheyenne
Wyoming governor William B. Ross died in Cheyenne a week after an appendicitis operation. He had been hospitalized following the surgery and passed away at the state capital.
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W. B. Ross
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Wyo
Wiliam B. Ross
Sil
Rioting in Bridgewater Va Bloodshed Leads to Curfew
Three day clash between white and negro residents erupts in Bridgewater Virginia near Harrisonburg. Mayor Arey orders negroes to stay off streets for several days after injuries including a white boy shot in the leg and multiple negroes beaten. Police report arrests as tension rises over automobile collision remarks.
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