Defense Calls Sox Trial Burlesque of Old Ball Feud
In Chicago on August 1, defense attorneys wrapped up their final argument in the baseball scandal trial. Henry Berger Gist contended the investigation resembled a theatrical burlesque, with Bar Johnson as villain and Charles A. Comiskey as owner of the Chicago club. He urged the jury to accept there was no crime in throwing a game and no proof players intended to injure their team or league.
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Bar Johnson
Charles A. Cowisker
Comiskes-Johnson
Henry Berger Gist
Vail
Berger
Body of Former Society Girl Lays Unclaimed in Morgue
The body of Sarah Cowen, former Baltimore society girl and daughter of the late John K. Cowen, was found in a New York hotel room and remained unclaimed in the morgue. Alcoholism and drug poisoning were cited by the medical examiner, with police seeking a man she registered with at the hotel for clues. She was 33.
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Post Graduate Hospital
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France Agrees to Meeting Aug. 8 of Supreme Council
London Aug 1 The British foreign office reported Premier Briand of France has accepted a Paris meeting of the allied supreme council for Aug 8. Premier Lloyd George Lord Curzon and foreign office officials will travel to Paris. Italian Premier Bonomi and Iquis Dela Torretta will also attend. French authorities in Upper Silesia warned that allied forces will act to maintain order if trouble arises, and Germany issued a proclamation urging Germans on the Silesia border to keep order.
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London
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France
Allied Supreme Council
Paris
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Great Northern Earns $7.73 a Share in 1920
New York Aug 1 Earnings of 7.73 a share on 2494 of capital stock of the Great Northern railway in 1920 were shown in the annual report released today. Net income stood at 19 304 697 with 1 815 426 transferred to profit and loss. 1920 earnings were 1.14 less than 1919 when returns were 38.87 per share. Gross operating revenue for 1926 was 122 616 775 vs 104 542 144 in 1919. Revenue included US Railroad Administration operations during January and February and company activity from March to December.
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New York
United States Railroad Administration
Marek
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Rail Unions Claim Victory in Wage Conference Decision
United Press reports Chicago August 1 that the railroad labor board ordered roads to treat with union executives when forming new working agreements. The Pennsylvania lines sought conferences with employee-elected reps, a move seen as favoring the closed shop in railroad drades.
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United States Railroad Labor Board
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Delivery deadline notice for Courier service
The Courier will be delivered before 5:30. If the paper is not received by then due to carrier error or other causes, call 2330 and two copies will be sent. Calls may reach the office before 8:30 p.m.
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Hoy
Thone
Pilgrim ideals urged as nation’s guiding light
The speech reflects on Pilgrim heritage as a divine instrument for human progress. It calls for modest central power, defense by a strong union, and guarding liberty while pursuing world leadership. It urges rejecting centralization and lifting standards of justice and human brotherhood for all America and the world.
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Attica
Australia
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Commonwealths
Storms Kill Seven, Damage Crops Across Regions
Storms Sunday and Saturday night killed seven people, injured many, and caused extensive crop and property damage in New England and other areas. Four deaths were due to lightning and a wall collapse near Golconda Illinois killed a family. Aic hail in New Jersey weighed 11 ounces.
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New York
New England
Receiver Named for An Abandoned Farm
W O Campbell filed in district court to appoint a receiver for an abandoned Poyner township stock farm leased in 1920 by John Grieder. J J McGarvey was appointed and bond fixed at 3600 dollars. The farm, famed for pedigreed stock, will be operated under court oversight with proceeds split per partnership.
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J. J. McGarvey
W. S. Birdsall
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California
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Jessee
Joseph W Tharp Cedar township farmer dies in hospital
Joseph W Tharp a Cedar township farmer residing on Black Hawk road died this morning at Presbyterian hospital after a short illness death due to pneumonia. The body was removed to the O Keefe and Towne funeral home. Former soldiers of the British army are going to France in large numbers to marry French brides they became engaged to during the war. The princess centers for the sqft ere Amiens Bowlogne and Bayes.
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Joseph W. Tharp
Cedar Township
Black Hawk
Presbyterian Hospital
O'Keefe & Towne
Sirix Toy
Princissa
President Gives Medals To Thirty In Reading Tests
In Plymouth mass on August 1 president Harding awarded silver medals to thirty Polish French Italian and Portuguese boys and girls as winners in the fifth annual reading contest conducted by the New Bedford Evening Standard. The medals honor children of non English speaking parentage in New Bedford public and parochial schools for facility in reading and understanding English. The article notes the contest aims to encourage language study and civic integration amid a largely foreign born white population. Previously many nationalities including Chinese Greek Syrian German Swedish Spanish Hebrew and Austrian have competed. The medals feature the motto Blessed Is He That Readeth and They That Hear with a scene of a family reading a newspaper on the reverse.
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New Bedford Evening Standard
New Bedford
Evening Standard
Too Much Bluelaw Agitation Illinois Preacher Says
Rev Harry R Myers of Decatur Illinois criticized excessive bluelaw agitation in Wilmette on a Sunday sermon. He urged residents to mind their own affairs and to let individuals decide how to observe the Sabbath without external regulation.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Harry Bh. Myers
Decatur
Ill
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Wilmetites
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Mr. Myers
Wilmette
Telegraph briefs from Washington on prices and labor
Washington reports show food prices rose in nine of ten major cities from mid June to late July per the labor department. July business activity, unemployment, and production remained weak per Federal Reserve Board monthly review. Comptroller notes 3178 national banks as of June 30 with a net gain for the year. Samuel Gompers urged unions to oppose prison contract systems and improve federal and state procurement rules.
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Washington, D. Ci
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Washington, D.C
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American Federation of Labor
Norma Talmadge Party Sparks University Discipline
Madison Wis Aug 1 Forty summer school students face disciplinary action after a private dinner dance in Middleton last week honored film star Norma Talmadge. Dean H Goodnight says the event violated faculty rules and lacked proper chaperons and hours. Attendees claim it was privately organized and not a university function.
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Madison, Wis
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Middleton
Norma Talmadge
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Congress committees press on with key hearings
Today in Congress summaries show Senate Finance continuing tariff hearings while Military, Judiciary, and Interstate Commerce committees handle routine business. Ways and Means and Republican tax bill drafting proceed. Immigration panel reviews Hawaiian labor issues. Appropriations panel considers shipping appropriations.
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Immigration Committee
Appropriations
Eye on eyewear city advertisement and notices
A jumble of local items lists a glasses ad for Heep an eye on your eyes and several residents traveling for operations, visits, and conventions. It notes Mrs. W. C. Murphy to Rochester for surgery, Lions Club events in Oakland, fishing trips, and multiple Waterloo area movements plus a police report of a broken office safe.
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Buchanan
Peace moves advance on war anniversary in 1921
Washington August 1 United Press reports progress on peace moves marking the seventh anniversary of the world war. Secretary Hughes and world powers aim to set a date for the disarmament conference and other parleys. Ellis Loring Dressel negotiates with German officials toward a separate peace and treaty, with a Proclamation of peace by President Harding expected from Lancaster before a 10 day vacation.
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Washington, D.C
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Ellis Loring Dressel
Berlin
United ‘Press
Germany
Dressel
Harding
Lancaster
Stock Market Is Strong Driven by Shorts
The Sun's financial review notes a strong start to the week with light trading. Bears attempted a raid on Fisk Rubber after news of a shareholders meeting on Aug 9 to discuss capital stock readjustment. Fisk Rubber rose about 3 points while other stocks slipped slightly, and railroad, steel, and sugar groups opened strong with oils gaining by midday.
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California Named Special Assistant for Pacific Confab
First appointments of American representatives to the Washington disarmament and Pacific conference were announced today by the state department. T. Williams of Berkley and Basil Miles of Washington will act as special assistants to the American delegation in the conference.
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Conference report on Sweet bill moves to House action
Washington D C Aug 1 The conference report on the Sweet bill providing for consolidation of all government activities dealing with war veterans under one head was adopted by the senate and now awaits house action.
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Army Airmen to Bomb Philadelphia In Mock Air Raid
The Associated Press reports a mock attack on Philadelphia with a fleet of bombing planes and two pursuit planes from Mineola planned to simulate destroying railroad terminals naval yard and river shipping. Brig. Gen. William Mitchell to participate as planes head to Langley Field after the exercise.
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German Payments Will Hurt England Vanderlip Predicts
United Press reports from London that financier Frank Vanderlip says Germany’s indemnity payments will endanger England’s economy. He cites Germany selling labor to pay debts, flooding markets England must export to, while France can feed itself. He warns world food supply is in danger due to faulty distribution and Versailles effects.
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United Press
London
Frank Vanderlip
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Arkansas Travelers Inconvenienced by Railroad Shutdown
Harrison Aug 1 Several hundred thousand residents of Arkansas and southwest Missouri along the Missouri and North Arkansas railroad faced disruption as the line suspended operation at midnight. Towns adapted by trucking mail supplies and goods from nearby lines. More than 100,000 people may lose employment along the line, which runs 346 miles from Joplin Missouri to Helena Arkansas, affecting multiple communities and their industries.
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Jima
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Hughes Seeks Liberia Loan Payment Under Moral Obligation
President Harding asked Congress to authorize payments to Liberia from the 5 million loan, citing a moral obligation. Secretary Hughes argues commitments by the U S government justify the payment, as heavy rains lash the West and threaten travel eastward. The weather bureau reports 1.50 inches of rain in 24 hours across Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, and the plains.
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Ford to Put Barge Line on Erie Canal
Henry Ford announced plans to operate a fleet of self propelled freight barges between Detroit and New York via the Erie Canal. Construction will begin soon to handle Ford Motor Company freight along the Atlantic seaboard.
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Elkins
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Henry Ford
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New York
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Three-way street pugilistic brawl ends without arrests
A late night melee near Memorial hall drew three men into a chaotic street bout with blows and facial injuries. Accounts vary if it was one versus two or three against one, but two participants bore visible marks. no arrests were reported.
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Marquis of Queensberry
Sioux City Given State Backing to Clean Up Tough Town
Des Moines action to clean up Sioux City after wire conditions and lax law enforcement. Attorney General Ben J. Gibson assigns W. R. Kendrick to investigate immediately. Possible action against unlawful elements implied, details withheld.
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Des Moines
Sioux City
Iowa
Ben J. Gibson
W. RC
Kendrick
Altho
Vacuum Sweeper Stolen From Fourth Street Bridge
Police cannot yet locate an electric vacuum sweeper missing from Fourth Street Bridge Saturday afternoon. W. M. Howard of James Black dry goods store paused to watch fishermen near the dam, placed the sweeper on the walk, and a passerby took it. The item is valued at about $65.
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Des Moines Street Cars May Run Until Bondholders Meet
Des Moines street cars continued running today despite a federal judge warning that the public utility might prepay to discontinue service. Management believed there would be an immediate shutdown only if bondholders vote to halt operations at a Chicago meeting early this week. The streetcar leader J Ben Wiley said time would be allowed for a gradual shutdown, while receiver and general manager F Chambers and attorney J G Gamble were en route to Chicago for the bondholders’ meeting.
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Des Moines
Martin Wade
Publican
Chicago
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J. G. Gamble
Sid Hatfield Killed in Courthouse Yard Gun Battle
Sid Hatfield former Ma wan police chief and Ed Chambers were killed in a courthouse yard gunfight in Welch West Virginia shortly before noon today. Private detective Dr Lively and four others were arrested in connection with the shooting Hatfield had been jailed last week over the Mohawk town shooting and was to appear in court Chambers also faced the same case Hatfield had been released on bail and was with Chambers when a quarrel with Lively and his friends sparked the deadly shooting.
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Ma’ Wan
Ed Chambers
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Knights of Columbus reject Sunday laws appeal
Supreme Knight James A. Flaherty of the Knights of Columbus refused to present an appeal from the International Reform Bureau to promote Sunday blue laws and end prize fighting. He said the convention cannot seriously consider the reform bureau plea and that the order is not in sympathy with the campaign.
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San Francisco
Cal
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Knights of Columbus
Knight of Columbus
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Washington, D. C
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Elevator Strike Ended In Chicago Amid Wage Dispute
The grain elevator and feed mill employees union announced the end of a strike that began a month ago in Chicago. Engineers at the elevators, who also struck, returned to work about three weeks earlier. The stoppage stemmed from wage reductions and changes in working agreements.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Chicagol Grain Elevator and Feed Mill Enployes
Dr Garrison Named Divinity School Dean at Chicago
Announcement reveals Dr Winfred E Garrison former president of Butler College and New Mexico College of Agriculture will serve as dean of the Divinity School at the University of Chicago. His appointment was disclosed today in Chicago.
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New Mexico College of Agriculture
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University of Chicago
Smiles and Kinks Off Today’s Wires
United Press reports odd items from New York where Mrs Anna Cohen allegedly tried to remove ten ants by removing stairs in her apartment building causing conflict. In a separate incident robbers frightened F H Nallo at a flower store by locking him in an ice box.
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New York
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F. H. Nallo
Two Killed When Plane Comes Down
Denver report lists aviator R E Poland and passenger George W Linger dead after a plane piloted by Poland crashed near Denver. Poland’s body was sent to Cameron Missouri. Linger’s Denver home is noted.
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Cameron
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Rotarians Explain Utility Management at Luncheon
At a Rotary luncheon, managers from the gas electric, telephone, and waterworks heard three Rotarians discuss how they would run each utility. Lumry spoke on gas and electric, Mrs Bowman on telephone, and Charles Simmons on waterworks. The speeches stressed current good management and thanked the organizing committee and C A Morris for Reterv isle picnic success.
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