Giants Win World Series Title in Eighth Game 1 0
The New York Giants defeat the Yankees 1 0 at the Polo Grounds to clinch the series in eight games. Nehf wins with four hits allowed while Hoyt struggles with limited run support as McGraw earns his second world championship.
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Rawlings
Baker
McGraw
Nationals
Giants
New York
Yankees
Polo Grounds
Waite Hoyt
Art Nehf
John J. McGraw
New York Nationals
Athletics
Ed Sox
White Sox
Pittsburgh Pirates
Yanks
Miller Huggins
Mays
Hoyt
Douglas
Nes
Nehfarene
Yankee
Nehf
Ries
Nehi
Sisthenth Page
Helium Gas to Be Tested in Airship
The first use of helium for airship inflation will occur within days. A nonrigid C class airship will be filled with helium at Fort Worth Texas and tested at the Hampton Roads naval air station to study buoyancy valve control and fabric permeability. The navy will run the helium experiments under Army and Navy Aeronautical Board regulations to shape future lighter-than-air craft.
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Associated Press
Naval Bureau. of Aeronautics
Fort Worth
Texas
Hampton Roads Naval Air Station
Army and Navy Aeronautical Board
Navy
May Drop Boycott Before Irish Peace
London October 18 The Irish conference adjourned after a 90 minute session as negotiators consider unemployment and a possible commercial treaty. Michael Collins warned reporters they would not return to Downing Street but Griffith said the talks were only adjourned. Optimism remains on both sides as Prime Minister Lloyd George plans a Washington trip while private talks continue.
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London
Associated Press
Dailyireann
Lloyd George
Michael Collins
Irish Republican Army
Sinn Fein
Downing Street
Arthur ‘Griffith
Dail Elreann
Ireland
Ulster
Belfast
Washington
Austen Chamberlain
Boy Struck By Auto Suffers Fractured Skull
David Finch seven year old son of George A. Finch was hit by a car driven by Major H Robb as he crossed Emerson street northwest between Thirteenth and Fourteenth yesterday. He was taken to Garfield Hospital with a fractured skull and remained unconscious with little hope of recovery. Major Robb stayed at the bedside most of the day.
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Emer‘son Street
Thirteenth
Fourteenth Streets
David Finch
Emerson Stree
Maj. H. Robb
Farragut Street
Maj. Robb
Garfield Hospital
Murray A. Russell
Maj. Hobb
Unemployed Relief Talks End As Conference Adjourns
The national unemployment conference completed its labors after three weeks of talks urged by President Harding. It proposed emergency relief measures coordinated by Col Arthur Woods with a central agency and local community action. The delegates endorsed a broad program to restore normal wages and prices and to speed public works and jobs programs nationwide.
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Associated Press
National
Harding
Organization Committee
Hoover
Ernest T. Trigg
Philadelphia
Samuel Gompera
American Federation of Labor
E& Central Agency
Col
Arthur Woods
New York
Congress
United States Employment Service
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Reclamation Fund
Denounces Traitors Within Klan Leader Faints at Hearing
William J. Simmons imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan collapsed in his chair during a House committee hearing on the order. Witnesses rushed to aid him as he defended the organization and urged forgiveness for alleged enemies. Senator Thomas Watson of Georgia briefly helped calm the crowd before the session adjourned.
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Ku Klux Klan
William J. Simmons
House
Simmons
Phias
Georgia
Julius Caesar
Brutus
Washington
Benedict Arnold
Kuklux
Thomas %. Watson
Col House Courteously Calls on Wilson After Feud Ends
Col Howard M House longtime adviser to Woodrow Wilson buried the hatchet with the former President yesterday. They had been estranged for two and a half years and never met since Wilson’s collapse. House drove to the S street residence and left his cards signaling a closure of the rift.
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Woodrow Wilson
Col. Houge
S Street
Mr. Wilson
Col. House
Paris
Wilson
Cal. House
White House
Europe
Harding
Senate
House
Washington
Terai Ie
German Chancellor Reacts to Upper Silesia Decision
Berlin reports show Chancellor Wirth condemning the League of Nations ruling on Upper Silesia as a European calamity and a grave miscarriage of justice. He warned the fate of the government rests with the Reichstag and noted potential unrest if towns like Beuthen Koenigshuette and Katowice are handed to Poland.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Wirth
Germany
Council of the League of Nations
Upper Silesia
Reichstag
Beuthen
Koenigshuatte
Kattowits
Poland
Europe
Batd
Upper Silesian
Interallied Commission
Sinesia
Citizens Indorse Probe of Police Force by Congress Committee
Residents write to Representative Fitzgerald urging a congressional inquiry into Washington DC police. The material cites crime levels, calls for reform, and support from local business leaders and associations. Continuation note indicates more details on second page.
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Indorse
Congress Committee
Fitzgerald
Ohio
Police Department
District of Columbia
Congress
Washington
America
House
Langley
Kentucky
National Capital
John
Larner
Washington Loan and Trust Company
Harley V. Speerman
Columbia Heights
A. BD. Stevens
Thirteenth Street
Pennsylvania
War Department
Police Third Degree Allegations Stir DC Proceedings
A legal letter from Attorney Porter Wood accuses police of brutal third degree methods in the Clarence N. Taylor robbery case. Taylor was acquitted despite a signed confession, which Wood says resulted from fear of beatings by officers Brodie and Jacobs. He urges investigation and possible dismissal for coercion. Meanwhile Washington club women press to accelerate school construction to relieve overcrowding and protect children, urging timely completion and examination of delays.
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Gili
Gerbford
Nathaniel ‘Taylor
Taylor
Claude M. Rocca
United States
Clarence N. Taylor
Brodie
Reed
Jacobs
Brodie and
Washington Club
District of Columbia
Meshington
J. W. Fridzell
District of Columbia Federation of Womens Clubs
Washington
Blaine Elkins Weds Mrs L Douglas Evans
Blaine Wiking Elkins son of the late Senator Stephen B. Wiking and brother of Senator Davis Hiking married Lucy Douglas Evans of Alexandria Virginia in Baltimore on October 18 in a quiet society ceremony A three weeks motor trip honeymoon through the North was planned with the couple leaving for the trip the same day
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Blaine Wiking
Stephen B. ‘Wiking
West ‘Virginia
Davis Hiking
William F. Hitt
Lucy Douglas Evans
Alexandria
Washington
Society
Elkins
Evans
Granta Wins Championship and Unemployment Sessions End
Page index reports Granta winning the championship and unemployment sessions ending. It notes Mellon predicting large deficits and mentions various political items including Kuklux Chief collapse and a police probe, Harding praising Knox, and plans on Irish Boycott and school relief.
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Mellon
Kuklux
Citizens For Police
Harding
Knox
Col
House
Wilson
Hays
Senate
Howat
Alexandria
Harding Lauds Knox as Senate and House Adjourn
President Harding and Mrs. Harding receive callers at Knox home as services for Senator Philander Knox of Pennsylvania are set for St John’s Episcopal Church. Proclamation declares national mourning with flags at half staff and ten days at foreign posts. Interment to be at Valley Forge after morning funeral.
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Knox Home
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Valley Forge
United States
Knox
Pennsylvania
Philander Chass Knox
The
Washington
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Senate of the United States
Memory of Senator Knox Honored by All Government Branches
Federal government pauses to mourn Senator Knox as President Harding and Mrs. Harding lead the nation. Chief Justice Taft and associate justices attend the Knox home. Congress adjourns with a notable House exception and funeral arrangements are announced for St John’s Episcopal Church before burial at Valley Forge. Mrs Knox travels from Washington to West Philadelphia for the service and burial.
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Harding
Taft
K Street
Supreme Court
House
Congress
Representative Mondell
Wyoming
Flack
St. John's Episcopal Church
Alfred Harding
Washington
Senate
Valley Forme
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H. ¥. Speelman
A.’ E. Stevens
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District of Columbia Federation of Women’s Clubs
Hadleigh Hotel
Blaine Elkins
L. Douglas Evans
Harding Lauds
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