Veeck Details Fixed Game Claims In 1920 Phillies Scandal
Chicago President William Veeck disclosed telegrams from Detroit Cleveland and Chicago alleging a fixed game with Philadelphia and bets of thousands. He offered Grover Alexander a 500 bonus to win and ordered an independent probe with detectives. The Chicago board and Mitchell support assessing evidence despite unknown senders.
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Chicago
William Veeck
Chicago National League Baseball Club
Veeck
Alexander
Philadelphia
Cubs
Chicago Sharks
W. H. Brown
Detroit
Mich
Bert Tanner
Phillies
Mitchell B. Stevens
Cleveland
Ohio
Heydter
Wrigley
Tommy Ryan
Harry
BR. Allen
J. H. Clinton
Ledbury Ave
Mitchell
Diractive
Ledberry Ave
Chicago Sporting Editors
Heydler
League
Chicago Baseball Club
Colored Pugilist Not Given Liberty
Elgin Illinois Sept 4 AP Jack Johnson is receiving no liberty at Kane county jail in Geneva Sheriff Claude Poole denied Chicago newspaper reports that the former heavyweight champion has too much freedom He is confined to his cell and boxes there but does no prize fights for galleries or spectators
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Elgin
Til
Jack Johnson
Kane County
Geneva
Claude Pool
Chicago
Pugilist
Jonosen
Poole
Harding Promises Tolerance in Campaign Speech
Senator Harding told a marine band at Marion Ohio he would guard against elamor and abuse in his presidential bid. He pledged to ignore insincere appeals and focus on national dignity and constructive issues, putting America first over party interests.
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Marion
Harding
Brooklyn Transit Strike Intensifies Amid Fire at Ridgwood Depot
In Brooklyn conflict over a 50 percent wage rise and closed shop recognition escalates as workers strike. Two hundred strike breakers sleeping at the BRT Ridgwood depot were endangered by a fire of suspected arson, causing about $10,000 in losses but enabling many cars to be saved.
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New York
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Ridgwood
B. Rh. T
Oldest Lyceum Bureau Files Bankruptcy Petition
Newark Sept. 4 AP The Pond Lyceum bureau oldest lecturer promotion company in America filed for bankruptcy in U S district court Assets listed 72044 Liabilities 60259 Included is 50000 damages claimed in a suit against Belgian poet Maurice Maeterlinck for alleged contract violation now pending in New York supreme court
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Newark
Pond Lyceum Bureau
America
United States District Court
Maurice Maeterlinck
New York Supreme Court
Smooth Crook Targets Rent Deposits in Newark
Police hunt a new rent profiteer who takes deposits from would be tenants without renting. Dozens report paying 10 to 20 dollars to a man who tours new buildings as a landlord. Telegrams with identical wording arrive from Detroit and Chicago signed Mitchell B Stevens and B Stevens. Claude Hendrix, displaced by a pitching decision, is not with the team and denies involvement in a betting plot.
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Newark
N. J
Alexander
Detroit
Chicago
Mitchell B. Stevens
B. Stevens
Claude Hendrix
Veeck
Pittsburgh
Baltic Sails for Europe With Irish Sportsmen Aboard
Police and guards surrounded the White Star piers as the Baltic prepared to sail at noon amid a protest by Irish American women pickets and 4000 longshoremen who quit British ships. Flags and banners urged release of Cork mayor Terence MacSwiney and protested Archbishop Mannix’s removal. Sir Thomas Lipton sailed aboard, vowing another challenge for the America's Cup.
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New York
White Star Line
Baltic
Terence MacSwincey
Cork
Archbishop Mannix
Ities
England
Lipton
Thomas Lipton
America
Thomas
Matusl Welfare League
Sing Sing
Peace talks to resume between Poles and Reds
General Budenny massing infantry reinforcements to check Polish gains near Zamosc and Lemberg as Polish peace delegates plan to resume negotiations at Riga around September 9. Minsk group heads to Warsaw and expected to reach Warsaw by Sunday.
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Warsaw
Budenny
Zamosz
Lemberg
Riga
Minsk
Wagon miners protest order on open top car use
Washington AP owners of wagon coal mines protested to the Interstate Commerce Commission against an order restricting open top cars unless fitted with tipples or elevations for loading The operators deny loading practices from wagon mines cause railroad delays and call the order discriminatory The delay cited by railroads is blamed on railroads providing a week’s supply of cars to railroad mines
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
American Party Opens Campaign in Denton Texas
James K. Ferguson former Texas governor and head of the Texas American party will open his presidential campaign at Denton on September 11 according to a letter from his secretary J H Davis.
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Denton
Tex
James KE. Ferguson
Texas
Texas American Party
J. H. Davis
Trains Stolen in Chicago Yard amid Sabotage Claim
Chicago railroad executives say a fan organized sabotage campaign by rail strike breakers is causing nightly engine thefts. They appeal to District Attorney Clyne as runaway trains threaten passenger service after a Rock Island engine was boarded and a collision narrowly avoided. intimidation and threats target strike supporters and families.
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Chicago
Clyne
Rock Island
Men of S-5 Had a Thrilling Chapter in Their Own Rescue
The Aquitania completes a fast transatlantic crossing from New York to Cherbourg in five days seven hours and twenty seven minutes, challenging the 1900 Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse record. Passengers bet on a race between Cunard and White Star ships, with Prince Carol of Romania backing the Aquitania.
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Cherbourg
France
Cunard
New York
Olympic
White Star
Prince Carol of
Romania
New State of Lebanon Declared by French Authority
Proclamation from Beirut Sept 1 by General Gourand, French high commissioner for Syria, establishes the new state of Lebanon. It will be bounded north by the Tibet river and extend to Palestine with eastern hills as boundary. Beirut named government seat. The cedar of Lebanon appears on the white band of the French tricolor as national flag.
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Paris
Lebanon
Beirut
Gourand
Syria
Tibet
Palestine
Diaz Wants to Take the Reins
Mexico City reports that Felix Diaz, Porfirio Diaz’s nephew, leads renewed activity near Misantla Veracruz as he rejects the Agua Prieta plan and says he will fight to restore the 1867 constitution. Reports note rebel efforts near Teziutlan and Jalacingo with uncertainty over Diaz followers versus Aguilar backers.
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Mexico City
Felix Diaz
Porfirio Diaz
Misantla
Diaz
Candido Aguilar
Vera Cruz
Carranza
Navy Wage Scale Effective Soon
Secretary Daniels announced that a new wage schedule for about 75 000 navy yard employees will take effect on the first pay day after September 15. He has completed review of the navy yard wage board findings and said increases approved would be ready for application during the month. The schedule will be published later.
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Washington
Navy Yard
Daniels
Labor Day Plans Highlight Pocatello Parade and Events
Labor Day in Pocatello will be observed as a general holiday with stores closed. The parade starts at 1 p.m. from the courthouse, proceeding through main streets to the high school for speeches by R. H. Parks T. A. Walters Rev. Harry S. Hamilton and Mayor W. T. Whitaker, followed by a grand ball at Columbia hall and boxing matches at the auditorium.
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Pocatello
Court House
West Side
R. H. Parks
Boise
Idaho Federation of Labor
Bor Union and Building Trades Council of
Brady Park
Arthur Avenue
Arther
Bonneville
Main
Fremont
Sheriff Mabey's gang raids Bannock gambling joint
Sheriff Mabey and deputies raided a gambling room adjoining Gate City Athletic Club on East Center Street. Twenty six people were arrested for gambling as $400 in cash was seized and games for poker, crap, and twenty one halted. Those unable to post bond were held at the county jail. cases heard that afternoon.
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Gate City Athletic Club
Carver Pharmacy
East Center Street
George E. Mabeyy
Bannock County
East Side
Sherif Mabey
Guy Nelson
Bert Harrison
Joe Wheeler
State Constabulary
M. Bendixson
Harrison
Nelson
Second Avenue
George Mabey
Clark
District Court Room
Submarine 8 65 Disaster Off Cape Henlopen
The United States submarine 8 65 sank off Cape Henlopen after an air intake valve failed. Of 58 aboard, heroic efforts by imprisoned crew led by Lieut. Charles Cooke Jr. created a suction hole and signaled rescuers, saving many as chlorine fumes and low air challenged them during two minutes relays. Rescue by the Alanthus and General Goethals followed, with the crew requesting cigarettes and food after extraction.
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Philadelphia
Uni States
Atlantic Ocean
Cape Henlopen
Beaver
Charlies Cooke, Jr
Alanthus
Grace
Goethals
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American Party
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George W. Johnagn
First Division Police
Pocatello Bannocks Hand
Pocatello Fire Department
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Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Switchmen's Union
International Association of Machinists
International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers
Carivision Gate City
Bricklayers Union
Carpenters and Joiners of Aerie
Painters Union
Labhors Union
Plasterers Union
Electrical Werke Plumbers Union
Teameters and Chauffeurs
Typographical
Printing
Barbers Union
Meat Cutters Union
Cooks and Waiters Union
Musicians Union
Mabey
Delaware
Alo
Philadelphia Navy Yard
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