Indictments Set in 1919 World Series Fix Case
Chicago sources report the Cook county grand jury returned 144 indictments naming 18 men over the alleged throwing of the 1919 World Series by the White Sox. The list includes Eddie Cicotte James Williams Joe Jackson and others with three-count charges and $300 bonds each. State's Attorney Crowe vows extradition and eventual pententiary sentences.
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Eddie Cicotte
James
Claude Williams
Joe Jackson
Fred McMullin
Chick Gandill
Charles Risberg
Carl Felseh
George Weaver
Hal Chase
Bill Burns
Abe Aftel
Raphael Brown
Joseph J. Sullivan
Cicotte
McMullin
Risberg
Jackson
Pelsch
Weaver
Williams
Robert R Crowe
First Investigation Bungled in Gambling Case Says Crowe
The proceedings against seven players were dropped amid claims the first investigation bungled. Charles K. Nima was named as a defrauded victim of 250 in the alleged gambler conspiracy. Samuel Pas, another foreman, is named as defrauded. Crowe says the investigation is finished with no further indictments expected.
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Crowe
Charles K. Nima
Nima
Samuel Pas
Law
Cost Helen 200 a Month to Live With Her Hubbie
Mrs Helen F Cobb a $12000 a year department store buyer was granted a divorce. She said her husband Norvelle H Cobb a broker charged her 200 a month with an annual bonus of 1000 for living with him.
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Chicago
Helen F. Cobb
Norvelle H. Cobb
Death of Cardinal Gibbons Draws Multi Creed Grief
Baltimore records condolence messages from diverse groups among them the Baltimore Hebrew congregation which sent sympathy to Catholic household and invoked a leader for American Catholics. The Baltimore Federation of Churches praised Gibbons praising his dignity and service beyond creed. A telegram from J J Jusserand France s ambassador in Washington lauded him as a sanctified prelate and patriotic model American.
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Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
Baltimore Hebrew Congregation
Bretheren
America
France
American Captain Kilpatrick Sentenced in Moscow
Captain Emmett Kilpatrick of Uniontown Alabama, a Red Cross worker in South Russia, has reportedly been sentenced to twenty years in a Soviet prison by a Moscow tribunal. Red Cross headquarters launches an inquiry as details remain unclear.
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Washington
Emmett Kilpatrick
Uniontown
Alabama
Red Cross
Russia
Moscow
Kilpatrick
Wrangel
Pitpatrick
United States
Indictments Link Zork Franklin in Baseball Scandal
Officials say Carl Zork and Ben Franklin organized the throwing plot with Joseph J. Sullivan directing eastern operations and Abe Attel serving as traveling agent. The Levi brothers allegedly earned about 80 000 dollars from the series with about 2 000 dollars per White Sox player defrauded, while the Levis were said to have been paid around 40 000. St Louis officials announce denial of park remittance for all named in the scandal following Chicago indictments.
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Carl Zork
Ben Franklin
Joseph J. Sullivan
East
Abe Attel
Levi Brothers
White Sox
State Attorneys’ Office
St. Louisa
St. Louis
Stay Denial of Denver and Rio Grande Sale Confirmation
In Denver on March 26 Judge Robert B. Lewin denied a motion for confirmation of the sale of the Denver and Rio Grande railroad to Western Pacific. The decision blocks the sale while a further hearing on confirmation is scheduled for this afternoon.
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Denver
Denver and Rio Grande
Western Pacific Railroad
Robert B. Lewin
United States District Court
Pinsion
Uprisings Reported in Russia Amid Peasant Revolts
Dispatches from Stockholm report an antisoviet uprising in Kasan on the Volga with Communist headquarters burned and officials killed. Peasants in White Russia clash with Soviet troops, Pskov is held by revolutionists, and deserters reinforce White Russia’s peasantry as Minsk region sees fighting and twenty soviets driven out.
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Stockholm
Kasan
Moscow
Volga
Russia
White Russia
Pskov
Red-Guard
Minsk
Child Poisoned as the Result of Playing Doctor
In New York on March 26 AP reports two seven year old boys Roy Strom and Laffis Jurgenson were held in 500 bail each in Brooklyn Children's Court for feeding poison to four year old Josephine Olsen while playing doctor. They allegedly prescribed rad tablet a slow poison from tablets found in a vacant lot. case adjourned pending the child's illness outcome.
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New York
Josephine Olsen
Mrooklyn
Athens to seek royal marriage legalization to secure heir inheritance
The government will ask the national assembly to legalize the marriage of the late King Alexander and Madame Aspasia Manos. Their daughter, born yesterday, would then have the right to inherit the late king's fog type.
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Athens
National Assembly
Alexander
Aspasia Manos
Bergdoll Habeas Corpus Plea Heard by Kansas City Court
Erwin R. Bergdoll, Philadelphia draft evader, seeks release from Leavenworth via writ of habeas corpus. Major Charles Cresson testified he received mail notification for draft service after Bergdoll’s court martial. Bergdoll’s attorney challenged the court martial record as lacking Bergdoll's notification proof.
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Kansas City
Erwin R. Bergdoll
Philadelphia
Leavenworth
J John. Pollock
Kas
Charles C. Cresson
Bergdol
Cresson
Bergdoll
Hearing Postponed In Camp Lewis Case
A New York AP report states today's hearing on removal proceedings against former Army Captain Robert Rosenbluth, accused in the October 11 incident at Camp Wash involving Alexander P. Cronkhite, was postponed until next week.
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New York
Robert Rosenbluth
Ofexander P. Cronkhite
Camp Wash
Millionaire Hobo Organizes Army of Unemployed
James Eads Howe known as the Millionaire Hobo forms an organization of unemployed men in Salt Lake City. He says a large delegation may travel on foot to Washington to seek work on road construction projects. He claims there are millions of dollars to fund such work and the group could grow to several thousand.
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Salt Lake Cuy
James Eads Hows
Harding
Howe Pa
Fox Road
Washington
Missing naval balloon sparks Florida search by naval units
Pensacola March 26 AP A naval balloon missing since Tuesday night with five men aboard prompted a search by a naval dirigible crew and two days of supplies left from the station. Seaplanes and vessels combed the coast while officers held out hope the occupants reached shore at an isolated spot and could be heard from in coming days.
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Pensacola
Mar
R. F. Reed
Naval Station
Abecard
West
Florida
G. K. Wilkenson
Planter Held for Peonage Murder Probe
Bodies of three more alleged murder victims were unearthed at the Williams plantation in Jasper county by investigators. John Williams is jailed on a state murder warrant and three sons were taken as witnesses as search continued for additional graves. Manning reportedly claimed he buried more bodies on the property.
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Atlanta
Williams Plantation
Jasper County
Justice
John Illiams
Cly
J Williams
Jul- Hal Hasler
Pane Wag
Manning
Unclear text about Texas bank doors opening and oil price notes
Fragmentary report mentions the State Bank of Texas opening at noon and notes on insurance suspensions. It also references unofficial talk of large note sums and crude oil price reductions with no clear details.
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Texas
State Bank
Easter Weather Outlook Promises Bonnets and Bright Skies
An early spring report suggests pleasant Easter weather with mild temperatures and sunshine. Forecasters warn of a few squalls in some areas but overall a favorable outlook for holiday outings and bonnet wearing.
Air pilot W D Coney battles for life after crash
Lieut W D Coney transcontinental flier with back broken and paralyzed from chest down fights for life in a Natchez Mississippi hospital after his airplane crashed near Crowville Louisiana during a record breaking Jacksonville Florida to San Diego California flight. Doctors say his recovery chances are one in ten as fever develops and his mother travels to be with him.
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Natchez, Miss
W. D. Coney
Crowville
Jacksonville
Fla
San Diego
Calif
Natchez
Lieut
Coney
Monroe
Union Carpenters Accept Wage Reduction in Tacoma
Union carpenters in Tacoma Washington announced a voluntary wage cut from eight to seven dollars an hour. The reduction, effective the coming Monday, was described as a move to stimulate employment and demand.
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Tacoma
Wash
Union Carpenters Today
Receiver Refuses Grant Discharge In AT&L Railroad Hearing
Atlanta March 26 the receiver of the Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic railroad should not discharge the 900 men employed to replace striking union workers. The striking employer withdrew from the U S court hearing directed by Val Fitzpatrick, chairman of a joint brotherhood committee.
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Atlanta, Ga
Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic Railroad
U. S
Val Fitzpatrick
Whipping Post Offenders In Delaware County Workhouse
Four men were whipped at New Castle county workhouse Delaware on March 26. Arnor Lewis convicted of larceny sentenced to one year and twenty lashes Leonard Barrett charged with highway robbery ten years and forty lashes John Richardson and Horace Archie also tied to highway robbery each with ten years and forty lashes. Only occasional flinching showed their pain.
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Wilmington
New Castle County
Delaware
Arner Lewis
Leonard Barrett
John Richardson
Horace Archie
Prehn Defeats Butter In Two Falls At Mason City
Mason City March 26 AP Paul Prehn wrestling coach at Illinois defeated Butter the veteran Montana weight in two short falls lasting nine minutes thirty two minutes thirty seconds. Prehn forced Butter to quit in the first fall with a toe hold and applied an arm scissors and bar arm in the second.
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Mason City
Paul Prehn
University of Illinois
Butter
Montana
Prehn
Advance Money for Silk Industry Authorized by House
Tokio March 25 AP authorizes an advance of 40,000,000 yen to the Japanese silk industry. The House voted in line with current reorganization fusion, approving the financial aid as part of government measures to support the silk sector during the crisis.
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Tokio
Mar
Wife Missing Wife Man Ends Life After Police Visit
Spokane report says Mrs. Charles Fett vanished and her husband killed himself when police sought entry to question him about her disappearance. Fett’s clothes were found soaking wet after the fatal act.
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Spokane
Wash
Charles Fett
Kane River
Fett
Child Kills Stepfather With an Axe
Caspara Didia, 14, confessed to helping his mother kill his stepfather Joseph Scalbius with an axe during a quarrel. He and 9-year-old James then placed the body in a toy wagon and moved it to the railroad yards, where a switching crew found it. The mother and two boys were detained after the discovery.
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Grand Rapids
Mar
Caspara Didia
Joseph Scalbius
James
Caspara
Newspaper editor Colonel M. A. Aldrich dies in Chicago
Colonel M. A. Aldrich, a noted editor and founder of the Milwaukee Journal, dies at his Chicago home. He later served as managing editor of the Boston Globe Detroit Evening News and the St. Louis Star among other papers. His best known work is A History of the United States Marines.
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Chicago
M. A. Aldrich
Milwaukee, Wis
Journal
Boston Glo
Detroit Evening News
St. Louis Star
United States
Divorce decision expected late next week in Stillman case
In White Plains New York March 26 AP the divorce action of James Stillman president National City Bank of New York against former Mrs Potter nears a ruling Justice Morchauser plans to file the decision with the Putnam county clerk for public access in Carmel and later transmit to Putnam county the timing suggests no ruling before week’s end with public release likely early next week in Yonkers Poughkeepsie or White Plains depending on filing schedule
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White Plains
N. Y
James 8. Stillman
National City Bank of New York
Potter
Supreme ‘Court
Dusfice
Gorsehauser
Charles E. Long
Stillman
Putnam County
Yonkers
Poughkeepsie
Morschauser
Carmel
Morsehauser
Asiatic Ark En Route West Resumes Journey After Detour
A passenger train colloquially called the Asiatic ark resumed its westward trek after a brief halt in Houston Texas. The two passenger cars carried a mix of Chinese East Indians and other Asians along with federal officers. The train began on the Atlantic seaboard and stopped to pick up travelers before continuing toward the West Coast and onward to the Orient by ship.
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Houston
Tex
Atlantic Seaboard
Goingrancisco
Orient
Agitations Continue in Munich and Central Germany
Sporadic violence reported across Munich and central Germany as protests and riots persist. Authorities, including Prussian security forces and police, moved to suppress communist agitation in Eisleben Hettstedt and Leuna with reports of uprisings and bombed targets.
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Berlin
Mansfeld
Leuna
Eisleben
Hettstedt
Communist Rioters Move Toward Eisleben and Mansfeld
Halle reports reinforcement of rioters moving from Halle toward Eisleben and Mansfeld to surround Eisleben police. Communists claim fugitive Eisleben groups reorganized on hills northwest of the town while security police say they halted entrenchment. Tense conditions persist in Halle with a general strike effort underway but no clashes by noon.
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Halle
Saxony
Mar
Mansfeld
Eisleben
Armer.werkmen
Hettstedt
Communists Driven From Eisleben Report Reach Oberroeblingen
Reports reached Oberroeblingen that Communist forces fighting the security police in Eisleben for three days had been driven out. Escaped fighters reported retreat across fields, with some losing weapons or being captured. Refugees blamed authorities and questioned the U S approach, while locals prepared for further clashes.
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Oberroeblingen
Broan
Eisleben
Kisleben
America
Wool Schedule Likely Adopted Without Change
Washington March 96 AP reports the old Payne Aldrich tariff duty on grease wool and unshorn wool remains agreed by the fall committee and will likely be adopted with no changes.
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Washington
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