Waldo Depresses Three Policemen in Chinatown Raid
Commissioner Waldo stripped Captain Tierney Sergt Keegan and Patrolman Gray of their shields after catching them in Chinatown amid open gambling. He ordered immediate suspensions pending trial and ordered Newburger and detectives to gather evidence for a broader crackdown ongoing since his return from Europe.
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Waldo
Tower
Chinatown
Fan Tan
Pell
Dover
Elizabeth Street
Frank A. Tierney
Sergt
Owen Keegan
Louis Gray
William Lahey
Capt. Tierney
Sergt. Keegan
Gray
Newburger
Lahey
Daly
Sweeney
Harlem
Brooklyn
Europe
August Kuhne
Lenox Avenue
Lieut
John Benner
Tierney
Dennis Hourigan
Forbes admits slavery in Philippines report
W Cameron Forbes ex Governor General of the Philippines says in The Rangoon Gazette that the Philippines have made progress in trade and education but are not ready for independence. He notes slavery and peonage exist and demands strict investigation and legislation, dismissing half measures.
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Philippines
Rangoon
W. Cameron Forbes
Forbes
German Uranium Deposit Found on Erzgebirge
Berlin reports a major uranium and pitchblende deposit uncovered on the German side of the Erzgebirge, extending a Bohemian source. The find heightens interest due to radium demand for cancer treatment, with German cities and states placing orders totaling $625,000.
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Berlin
Erzgebirge
Saxony
Bohemia
Bohemian
May Van Alen Weds Griswold Thompson in London
Secret wedding of May Van Alen daughter of James J. Van Alen to Griswold A. Thompson occurred Wednesday at St George’s Hanover Square London with ten guests. The couple departed for a tour of England after a quiet ceremony and a special license four days earlier. Thompson, a bond and investment banker from New York, lives on East Sixtieth Street.
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London
May van Alen
James
van Alen
New York
Griswold Thompson
St. George's
Hanover Square
George Ogilvy Haig
Carlton Hotel
England
Miss van Alen
James J. van Alen
Griswold A. Thompson
Mr. Thompson
Surrey
Mrs. Astor
Charlotte Astor
Robert J. Collier
M. Orme Wilson
Vincent Astor
R. Thornton Wilson
Orme Wilson, Jr
William Phillips
Henry Coleman Drayton
William Astor Drayton
Thompson
Fifth Avenue
East Sixtieth Street
P. H. Thompson
Harold Severance
Frank Tasker
Fresh Air Allegations At Ellis Island Probed
Reports to the Labor Department claimed a gospel minister said many immigrant babies died at Ellis Island from too much fresh air. Commissioner Caminetti ordered an investigation and warned the accuser could be barred if the charges are false. The Ellis Island official said the statement was ridiculous and mortality among infants there is lower than city hospital levels.
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New York Times
Washington
Department of Labor
Ellis Island
Anthony Caminetti
Caminetti
Byron H. Uhl
New York City
Lang
Seek All Night Licenses At City Hall Hearing
Mayor Kline heard forty hopefuls in City Hall reception room as café and restaurant owners pressed for after one o clock licenses. James W. Churchill and Thomas Shanley asked for late hours. the Mayor promised careful review and a decision by October 1. Renewals and new licenses to be weighed on their merits with no resignations demanded from Fire Commissioner Johnson or Police Commissioner Waldo.
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Kline
James W. Churchill
Thomas Shanley
Shanley
Churchill
Johnson
Waldo
Fire Rescue At Newport House Fire
Newport Rhode Island September 25 Mrs Clermont L Best saved from a fire at her Belleview Avenue home by her daughter Mrs Arthur Carroll The danger ended with Mrs Best in hospital and the house largely destroyed Nearly forty cottages and rich fabrics perished in the blaze as neighbors aided and the minister's wife next door offered assistance
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New York Times
Newport
R. I
Clermont L. Best
Newport Hospital
Bellevue Avenue
Arthur Carroll
Carroll
William G. Roelker
Edward J. Berwind
Prescott Lawrence
Samuel F. Er
Baltic to New York Fleet Update and LAurel House Ad
Latest shipping notes report SS Baltic bound for New York was 203 miles south of Sandy Hook at 9 PM and due 5:30 PM on the 26th. White Star Line announces arrivals. Pretoria from Hamburg arrived September 15. The Laurel House of Lakewood opens October 1 offering an ideal autumn resort ninety minutes from New York.
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Marconi Wireless
Baltic
Liverpool
New York
Sandy Hook
White Star Line
ARRIV
Pretoria
Hamburg
Lakewood
the Pines
Dr Roland D Jones Dies In Auto Tragedy At 56 East Fifty Ninth
Dr Roland D Jones owner of the Hotel Roland and noted rheumatism specialist died yesterday afternoon when his car slowed near 114th Street and Broadway. Dr Elwood Patrick his friend and patient from West Chester was with him. Death likely from heart disease. Jones born in Delaware in 57th year, net worth reported over two million dollars.
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Roland D. Jones
Roland
East Fifty-ninth Street
Elwood Patrick
West Chester
Penn
University of Pennsylvania
Broadway
Columbia University
114Th Street
Dr. Patrick
Dr. Jones
Columbia
St. Luke’s Hospital
West 125Th Street
Adele Johnston
Claude Marriner
Jones
Roeland
County Medical Society
Andrews-Mooney
Charles J. Mooney
Society
Champe S. Andrews
Andrews
Delaware
Part of Pharaoh's Temple Found in Thebes Cemetery
The Theban cemetery reveals priceless artifacts as excavators unearth a buried ancient avenue of trees. The Times reports the discovery is set to appear next Sunday.
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Ancient
Thebes
TIMES
Garros rules out Atlantic flight for now
Special dispatch reports Roland Garros arriving in Marseille on the steamer Manouba from Tunis. He says transatlantic flight is not morally possible at present and would be madness to attempt. He favors a staged route England Iceland Newfoundland with a light monoplane, noting three long legs and oil stops, then praises the welcome in Marseille and cites a valve spring scare but safe engine performance.
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New York
Marseilles
TIMES
Roland G. Garros
Manouba
Tunis
THE
Mediterranean
Atlantic
England
Iceland
Newfoundland
Mr. Garros
Aero Club
Corsica
Sardinia
Legislature halts to expel gunmen in Nashville riot
In Nashville the Tennessee House cleared the floor and galleries of armed guards and alleged gunmen after a riotous session. Police were stationed at entrances, but Speaker Stanton ordered their removal. The body adjourned amid filibuster over liquor enforcement bills strengthening prohibition.
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New York Times
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Stanton
State House
Howse
Speaker Stanton
McFarland
Hooper
Senate
Bejach
John Yeatman
McDade
Fiy-Two
Kept Child From Praying Separates Barber Couple
In White Plains a separation suit opened as Mrs. Tusi Bradley Barber accuses Arthur W. Barber of cruel treatment while he countercharges her with temper fits. They married in 1909, separated last year, and formerly lived in Hastings on the Hudson. She says he forbade teaching the child to pray and blocked baptism. he says she threw objects, scratched him, and rifled his pockets at night for money.
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New York Times
White Plains
N. Y
Tusi Bradley Barber
Arthur W. Barber
New York
Justice Mills
Supreme Court
Schiff Refuses Offer To Return 2500 Dollars
Jacob H. Schiff testifies before the Impeachment Court that Governor Sulzer wished to repay him 2500 dollars. Schiff says he could not accept, as the matter was under investigation, and notes that no definite offer was tendered though he was asked if he would accept. He reiterates the refusal to accept pending inquiry.
Break from Sing Sing leads to river escape try
Big Bill Green and four convicts attempt jailbreak at Ossining prison pier as guards fire over their heads. Green, famed for a 1910 escape, and De Barri reach shore before surrendering to guards aided by a convict. One inmate unidentified. Green’s 1910 breakout involved a dormitory escape and crossing the Hudson.
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New York Times
Ossining
N. Y
Big Bill’ Green
Sing Sing
Liberty
Big Bil
Green
William Gornley
Gornley
Hudson
Discourage
de Barri
Clancy
Albany
England
Boston
Chicago
Pacific
Mrs Sage Gives 30000 for Rensselaer Fellowship
Troy September 25 The Board of Trustees of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute announces a gift of 30000 from Mrs Russell Sage to establish a fellowship in memory of Russell Sage second who graduated from the institution in 1859. Appointments go to Edward Kneiss Philadelphia and Frederick M Sebast Albany. Each will receive about 500 in addition to tuition.
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New York Times
Troy
The
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Russell Sage
Edward Kneiss
Philadelphia
Frederick M. Sebast
Albany
Sex hygiene debate at national settlement meeting
The National Federation of Settlements met at Lillian Home near Pittsburgh on September 25. Delegates, many women, discussed endorsing sex hygiene teaching in public schools. With divergent views on methods, the resolution was sent to a committee to report recommendations tomorrow. About 700 Pittsburgh club women hosted a luncheon for the delegates.
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Pittsburgh
National Federation of Settlements
Lillian Home
Here
Pittsburgh Club
Stable monoplane wins French prize at Melun flight
Albert Moreau, a French airman, flew 17 miles in a self built monoplane with an 80 hp Gnome engine, never touching the controls as wind gusts reached 30 miles an hour. An official passenger observed the craft right itself with Moreau's arms folded. He praises invention but cites lack of funds and his six children as his main wealth.
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New York Times
Paris
Albert Moreau
Melun
Moreau
Air Conference Meets for Uniform Aviation Law
Frankfort on the Main Sept 25 delegates from France Austria Great Britain Italy Switzerland and Belgium attend a conference under the International Law Committee of Aviation to seek international legislation for uniform aviation control. A representative of Germany expresses keen interest in the conference efforts on behalf of the German government.
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Frankfort-On-Main
International Law Committee of Aviation
France
Austria
Great Bri
Italy
Switzerland
Belgium
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Americans Win Air Event at Brooklands
The international aviation contest at Brooklands opened with American pilots G. W. Beatty and W. L. Brock taking first in alighting, second in quick starting, and third in team race. Boeynd won the team race and Fran the quick starting event.
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London
America
England
France
Brooklands
G. W. Beatty
W. L. Brock
Boeyvnd
Fran
Pegoud Flies Upside Down in Death-Defying Aerial Feats
London dispatch reports Pegoud performing vertical spirals loops and inverted flight at Brooklands before 5,000 spectators. Over an hour and a half he executed loops, a complete somersault, corkscrews, and tail-to-earth climbs, with moments of engine failure and daring recoveries.
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Marconi
New York Times
London
Pegoud
Brooklands
Pegond
Earth
Wilson Intervies Girl On Toy Mail Plan
President Wilson met Olive May Wilson a 17 year old from Jenkintown who seeks to send toys through the mails to 5000 destitute Philadelphia children this Christmas. He said he would consider the plan before any official endorsement and has support from Vice President Marshall while aiming to gain Secretary Bryan and Speaker Clark’s interest next.
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New York Times
Washington
Wilson
Olive May Wilson
Jenkintown
Philadelphia
Marshall
Bryan
Champ Clark
Society Women on Jury in Court for the Insane
Judge Owens selected a jury of society women to sit in the Court for the Insane at the Wood Street temporary detention hospital. Among the panel were Mrs. Barnard, Mrs. Stewart, Mrs. Watkins, Mrs. Rodiger, Mrs. Burton, and Dr. Clara Seipple. One juror had prior trial experience. a feeble minded elderly client faced the court. The Terra Cotta Grill at the Botel McAlpin opened for the season.
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New York Times
Chicago
John E. Owens
Social Register
Wood Street
John H. Barnard
William T. Stewart
J. O. Watkins
William Rodiger
William M. Burton
Clara Seipple
Seek Check Swindler in Vienna and Carlsbad
Vienna and Carlsbad police seek Justus William Loctmann charged with cashing falsified checks and letters of credit in Vienna Carlsbad and Marienbad. He is linked to circulating false United States express checks and has served multiple terms in American prisons for similar offenses.
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New York Times
Vienna
Carlsbad
Justus William Loctmann
Marienbad
Loctmann
What the Canal Has Cost
The Panama Canal Commission current report to the Secretary of War shows total canal costs through May 30 this year at 295,587,518.41 dollars. Expenditures include sanitation in the Canal Zone 16,132,056, civil administration 6,370,866, fortifications 2,965,939, and construction and engineering 182,187,886.
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New York Times
Washington
Panama Canal Commission
Secretary of War
Canal Zone
Civil Administration
Baltimore Race Segregation Ordinance Passed by City Council
Baltimore voters confront a new segregation ordinance to separate white and colored residents, crafted to quell conflict and promote welfare by enforcing housing separation. Tonight a Mosher Street block faced brick and stone bombardment aimed at negro homes, as white assailants attacked and a white girl and a reporter were wounded.
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Baltimore
Preston To-Morrow
Baltimore City
Mosher Street
Reuter
Jumps Rope Turns Lie as Bronx Detective Spot Gun
Detectives Digilio and Capobianco watch a boy in a rope skipping contest in Morris Avenue near 162nd Street in the Bronx. A gleam under his coat tails is a revolver as the youth, identified as Michael Pisniello, moves toward the police station.
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Digilio
Capobianco
Morris Avenue
162D Street
Bronx
Little Italy
Revolver
Michael Pisniello
Toy Trumpet A Fire Alarm In Roselle
In Roselle New Jersey a 5-year-old boy Harold Turner woke his sleeping mother by blowing a toy horn into her ear as flames engulfed their room. The mother escaped with the child, while the 10 year old landmark house burned. The child’s father George Farner works as a Pullman conductor on the Denver Railroad.
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New York Times
Roselle
N. J
Harold Turner
Beverly police summon Eleonora Sears to Salem District Court
Boston Sept 25 Beverly police summon Miss Eleonora Sears to appear in Salem District Court on a charge related to a fast roadster with a New York plate alleged to be connected to Vanderbilt's stable. The summons was served after officers observed a vehicle matching the description in the North Shore area.
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New York Times
Boston
Beverly
Eleonora Sears
Salem District Court
Sten Shore
North Shore
New York
Csase
Sears
Vanderbilt
High Court Rejects Limits on Campaign Fund Testimony
Schiff aided Straus with 1000 dollars for the Bull Moose campaign fund, similar to Sulzer's 2500. The court wouldn't accept a gift back as the Frawley inquiry unfolded. Stadler recounts Sulzer’s partner urged cash collection from brewers, not checks, to fund the effort.
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High Court
Sulzer impeachment trial reveals broader campaign fund issues
In Albany on September 25 the Sulzer impeachment case saw judges allow managers to admit evidence of unlisted campaign fund offenses. The dispute centers on Sulzer’s true contributions, with estimates ranging from 9,000 suppressed to 150,000 200,000 received. Schiff testified about a 2,500 contribution and possible restitution talks.
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Albany
Sulzer
Louis Marshall
William Sulzer
Cullen
High Court of
Jacob H. Schiff
New York
Schiff
Edgar Truman Brackett
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Blue Book
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