American financier Jackson seizes $50 million China loan
A. Wendell Jackson arrived in London with a lone grip sack and forged a path to a $50,000,000 loan for the Chinese Republic despite six powers and London banks resisting. His bid claims the money awaits China, challenging the six-power loan monopoly and complicating Peking protests from foreign ministers. The London firm E. Buck Crisp & Co. is said to have taken up the deal.
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NEW York Times
London
China
Europe
America
A. Wendell Jackson
Jackson
Germany
France
United States
Russia
Japan
Republic of China
Peking
Mr. Jackson
New York
Chinese Republic
E. Buck Crisp & Co
London House Which, It Is Understood, Has Taken Up Mr. Jackson
Daily Mail
Times
Great Britain
Edward Grey
Hongkong Bank
TWO HURT IN BURGLAR HUNT
Mrs. Josephine Thatcher, caretaker at 100 West 124th Street, witnessed two men burglarize the Ellis home while two bystanders chased the suspects. One assailant struck Mr. Laboda and fled upstairs. the other evaded police five times before being identified as Walter Pelletre on Lenox Avenue. The would be burglars escaped, with Mrs Laboda injured and Miss Kelly shaken but unharmed.
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Josephine Thatcher
Margaret Ellie
West 124Th Street
Ellis
Henry Laboda
Perry Avenue
Bronx
Julia Kelly
Miss Kelly
Ellis House
Labodas
Mrs. Laboda
Mr. Laboda
Mrs. Thatcher
West 125Th Street
Eighth Avenue
Inspector Sweeney
Lenox Avenue
Stutterer
Walter Pelletreon
West Twenty-ninth Street
Pal
Lenox Avenue Collegiate Reformed Church
Edgar Tilton
Tech Jr sinks in Hudson race for world motor boat cup
Tech Jr a famed speedboat sinks during the National motor boat carnival in the Hudson River near Fonkers after being swamped by Peter Pan V’s wash. Capt. Malcolm Billsborough and Arthur Booye were rescued by Bull Moose. the crew says life preservers would have saved the boat. The vessel, valued at 7500, had just rounded the first lap of a 30 mile race.
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Tech Jr
Hudson River
Fonkers
Malcolm Billsborough
Arthur Booye
James Simpson
Billsborough
Booge
Tech, Jr
Huntington Harbor
Col. T. Coleman du Pont
Wilmington
Del
Adolph Apel
Ventnor
N. J
May Wear Religious Garb at Indian Schools
Special to The New York Times reports President Taft’s policy on Catholic religious garb in Indian school staffing. The Indian Rights Association predicts the decision may permit existing garb wearers who were admitted without Civil Service exams to stay, while barring new cases and enforcing standard attire. The timing of a final decision remains uncertain, with expectations of a possible compromise after the fall elections.
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New York Times
Washington
Taft
Indian Rights Association
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Valentine
M. Brosius
Fisher
Washington Warns Central America Over U S Influence
The note from Acting Secretary Wilson signals a broad U S role in Central American stability amid Nicaragua’s revolt. It asserts moral mandate to back constitutional government, warns against Zelaya era ideas, and hints at force to protect Americans and interests, raising questions about Mexico's omission.
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New York Times
Washington
Nicaragua
United States
Weitzel
Wilson
Mena
Elena
Central America
Central American
America
Mexico
Cuba
Santo Domingo
Domina
Tad" Semaine Felipe
Nic
Aismisselipo Rodriguez
Caraguati
Zelaya
Knox
State Department
Cable
Beverly
Wickersham
Chandler P. Anderson
Rodriguez
President Zelaya
Gen
United States of America
United Mexican States
Transatlantic Vessels and Local Real Estate Ad
Marconi wireless reports SS Duce d Aosta en route from Palerind to New York was 1221 miles east of Sandy Hook at 7 20 P M and due 71st at 8 30 A M She also notes SS Kais erin Auguste Victoria Hamburg to New York 1236 miles east at 8 30 P M due 21st at 0 A M Hamburg American Line Arrived SS Pring Joachim Colon Sept 19 Z This Modern Shore Home for sale offers a well located waterfront property with yacht tennis and golf clubs nearby Times Downtown advertisement detailing a nearby real estate offering.
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Marconi Wireless
Duce d'Aosta
Palerind
New York
Sandy Hook
Itelian
Kaiserin
Auguste Victoria
Hamburg
Pring Joachim
Colon
Sound
When Nogi Was My Guest at a Fourth of July Banquet on a Battlefield
Reporter Richard Barry recalls the dramatic death of Japanese hero Nogi and previews further details in Next Sunday’s Times. The piece frames Nogi’s wartime banquet as a poignant postscript to his career, highlighting the public and historical impact of his actions.
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Nogi
Kaiser’s Friend Dies At Dinner In Hotel
Dr H F Wiebe of Charlottenburg a German scientist and Kaiser envoy to the Eighth International Congress of Applied Chemistry died of heart trouble at the Hotel Netherland dinner in New York City. He planned to sail home Sept 25 from Cincinnati. Police took the body to East Sixty-seventh Street Station for later claim by his brother in New Rochelle.
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H. F. Wiebe
Charlottenburg
Hotel Netherland
Fifth Avenue
Fifty-ninth Street
Presbyterian Hospital
Wieber
Henry
Sixty-seventh Street
Dr. Wiebe
Wiebe
City Park
New Rochelle
F._S. Wiebe
Hamburg
Germany
Technical
Berlin
University of
Bridge commission stalls vote on Manhattan Bridge car permit
At a Public Service Commission meeting Commissioner Cram urged a vote on allowing Brooklyn Rapid Transit New York Railways Third Avenue Railway and Coney Island and Brooklyn Railway to run cars over the Manhattan Bridge under Bridge Commissioner OKeeffe permit Judge Almer R Larson for the Three Cent Line warned of an appeal claiming lack of authority and illegality of extending franchises by a temporary permit The commission argued permission once granted cannot be retracted while the bridge permit endures Chairman Willcox blocked action pending counsel opinion and Cram criticized past approvals as unconstitutional but some members hesitated joining a division as they faced a minority on the issue.
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Cram
Public Service Commission
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
New York Railways Company
Third Avenue Railway Company
Coney Island and Brooklyn Railway Company
Manhattan Bridge
O’ Keeffe
Almer R. Larson
Willcox
Manhattan
Primaries Highlight New York Nomination Battles
New York held its first direct primaries with light voter turnout and few contests. Republican bosses benefited overall, while Bull Moose Republicans and Democratic progressives competed in Queens and Brooklyn. Notable results included Sereno Payne’s decisive GOP win and Connolly’s strong showing in Queens, with Brooks defeated in the Eighteenth Senatorial District and varied races across Brooklyn and other districts.
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New York
Congress
Senate
Assembly
New Idea
Republican Party
Theodore Roosevelt
Sereno E. Payne
County of
Queens
Samuel Burden
Alfred C. Kennedy
Albert C. Benninger
Howard Sutphin
India
Westside
John F. Yaneger
Abraham Gruber
Seventeenth Assembly
Franklin Brooks
Brooks
Gruber
Alexander Brough
Nineteenth Assembly
Republican Organization
Martin C. Ansorge
District Committee
Davis
Ansorge
Tammany
Brooklyn
McCarren
Thomas J. Harden
Daniel J. Carroll
Harden
Kings
John J. Kelly
J. Leroy Gibson
William J. Gillen
Samuel S. Woodburn
Payne Wins Republican Nomination in Auburn Race
Serena E. Payne defeated ex Mayor B. Clarence Aiken for the Republican nomination for Congress in Auburn New York. Returns from five counties show Payne ahead about two to one with Payne carrying Penn Yan Interlaken Waterloo Geneva Seneca Falls and Auburn. Aiken carried parts of Cayuga County but not enough to threaten the nomination. The Tammany write in plan failed and the regular Republican delegation will oppose Murphy at the convention led by Thomas Mott Osborne.
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New York Times
Auburn
N. Y
Serena E. Payne
B. Clarence Aiken
Congress
Mr. Payne
Mr. Aiken
Bull Moose
Payne
Penn Yan
Interlaken
Waterloo
Geneva
Seneca Falls
Cayuga County
Aiken
Tammany Organization
Tammany
anti-Murphy
Thomas Mottsborne
London house for Schwab in sight as plans shift
Cable from Chicago reports a London furmer circulating that Charles M Schwab may take up permanent residence in London. Mrs Schwab has visited multiple recommended homes in the past eight months seeking an American style English residence, showing interest in purchasing rather than leasing, and is expected to return with that aim.
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New York Times
Chicago
London
Charles M. Schwab
Hotel Glenwood Destroyed by Fire at Lake Bomoseen
Rutland Vermont September 17 A fire destroyed the Glenwood Hotel at Lake Bomoseen causing total loss of the hotel and furnishings valued at about 50 000. Owner W H Wyatt of Troy New York reported no injuries. Fire departments fought the blaze through the day and into Saturday.
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Glenwood
Rutland
Lake Bomoseen
W. H. Wyatt
Troy
Embezzling Cashier Pleads Guilty in Bridgeport
Bridgeport report says George S. Wilson a former teller at Stamford Trust Company Stamford pleaded guilty to a charge of embezzling money. He faced the embezzlement count in a Stamford area case and was awaiting further action.
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Bridgeport
George S. Wilson
Stamford Trust Company
Stamford
Tseee
Close Fight for Primary Control in Nassau and Suffolk
In a bitter Nassau and Suffolk County primary battle, Thomas H. O’Keefe of Oyster Bay claims a plurality over 100 in the First Senatorial District, with about 250 votes in Nassau and a Suffolk squeeze. Lathrop Brown leads for Congress nominally, while Tammany gains delegates to the State Convention as Long, the Tammany man, hedges on confirming defeat.
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Mineola
L. I
Nassau
Suffolk
Thomas H. O’keefe
Oyster Bay
Suffolk County
Long
O’keefe
Lathrop Brown
Congress
Tammany
O'Keefe
Deine Fresh Puree Grape Juice Ad Note at Fulton Street
An OCR fragment notes Dein(e) Fresh puree grape juice with a reference to a location at 188 Fulton Street New York. The readable text is brief and lacks full context but implies a commerce or product listing tied to a street address.
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Ons Co
Fulton
Guns To Fight Aircraft On British Armored Ships
London report notes four British armored ships to be begun this year will add overhead armor against aerial attack and mount high elevation guns that serve as anti torpedo craft and anti aircraft weapons. The gun fires 31 pound shells to 13 000 yards, elevates to 80 degrees, and can reach 9 000 yards height. A new shrapnel shell aids anti aircraft use.
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NEW York Times
London
Man seeks seven dollars from state over car cleaning and spray damage
Albany reports Max H. Elbe of Niagara Falls filed a claim against the State for seven dollars for cleaning his automobile and damages to two suits damaged by liquid sprayed on trees in the Niagara State Reservation in July. He alleges negligence by a state employee and careless handling of the spraying apparatus while he drove through the reservation with two friends.
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Albany
Max H. Elbe
Niagara Falls
Niagara State Reservation
Elbe
Missing German Brother Sought by Sister in 1860 Ad
Mrs Gesinna Dohrman seeks word of her brother Johann Stainau who vanished after leaving Raupendorf Germany in 1860. A note from 1862 and a later appeal from Bremer Hafen prompts niece Mrs Freda Ohland of Brooklyn to place the advertisement to heal a family rift before the sister’s death.
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Gesinna Dohrman
Johann Stainau
Stainau
Raupendorf
Lillanthal
Germany
Chum
America
Rampen Strasse
Bremerhafen
Freda Ohland
Seventeenth Street
Brooklyn
Johann
Disappearance of Henry Luyties Leaves Clues Hunted
Police and relatives chase leads after Henry Luyties head of a cigarette company with offices at 546 Fifth Avenue vanishes on Friday September 6. A hospital admission and a possible $500 check raise questions while Otto Luyties and Herman Luyties suggest family links as Otto distributes reward cards to taxi drivers for information on Henry’s whereabouts.
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Henry Luyties
Fifth Avenue
Otto Luyties
Thomas F. Smith
St. Vincent's Hospital
Mr. Luyties
Ernest Sherry
Kisko Chemical Company
West Forty-second Street
Chicago
Gibbons Calls Equal Suffrage a Threat to Morals
Cardinal Gibbons told 550 at the City Club that if a historian writes of decline it will stem from civic sloth and political apostasy rather than invasion. He argued equal suffrage could raise divorce risk, hurt families, and damage children, urging stricter laws and a return to Gospel principles.
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New York Times
ST. Louis
Cardinal Gibbons
City Club
American Republic
United States
Nevada
Affidavit alleges $15,000 price for promotion in police ranks
The document links Capt. Reith’s 1911 promotion to bribe talks involving Alfred Johnson and Tom Hassett and implicates ex‑Sheriff Hayes and City figures. Waldo and Sheehan dispute the claims, while Norton sightings tie to a 115 Broadway graft office. Reith’s testimony and Johnson’s denial frame a volatile, ongoing probe.
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John T. Reith
Macdougal Street
Waldo
Aldermanic Investigating Committee
Capt
Keith
Alfred J. Johnson
Hugh J. Grant
Nicholas J. Hayes
Daniel G. Reid
Thomas Hassett
Board of Water Supply
John
Johnson
Reith
Gen. Bingham
Park Avenue
Bingham
Sheehan
Raffles Waldo
Bunny” Sheehan
Police Department
Broadway
Hayes
Norton
William P. Sheridan
Thompson
New York
Congress
Sumner Gerard
Messrs
Waldo and
Hbel
Maret
West Forty-seventh Street
Stanwood
West Fifty-fifth Street
J. C. Sheehan
J. Johnson
W. R. Sheehan
John Hanneran
Hreehan Gente
Pring
Police
Repeal Debate in Madison on Income Tax Law
Madison Wis Sept 17 after five hours debate tonight lawmakers pledged to press repeal of the income tax law. The discussion centered on amendments and possible changes to the current tax framework as supporters argued for scrapping the levy.
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Madison
Wis
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Kaiser
Dr. H F. Wiebe
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Primartes
Cassidy
Yawger
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Schwab
Gibbons
A. J. Johnson
Thomas
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