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September 12, 1929

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SECRET POLICE FIND $200,000 GEM CACHE; Two Arrested as $10,000 Weber Bracelet Is Recovered in Raid in the Bowery. SAY PAIR OFFERED BRIBE Detectives Report Men Held asFences Tried to Buy Freedom for $15,000. $10,000 Weber Bracelet Recovered. Gems Taken From Settings. SECRET POLICE FIND $200,000 GEM CACHE

By Unknown Author

Jewelry said to be found at Jewelers' Exchange, on the Bowery

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BANTON ASKS FACTS FOR MACRERY INQUIRY; Demands That Broderick Furnish Evidence to Back ChargeMagistrate Was Beaten.DEAD MAN'S KIN WON'T ACTBrother Scouts Report He WasReady to Ask Action--Slander Suit Considered. Banton Issues Subpoena. Brother Scouts Murder Theory. BANTON ASKS FACTS IN MACRERY CASE

By Unknown Author

Dist Atty Banton asks proof of allegation by E V Broderick that magistrate died as result of beating due to failure to pay for reappointment; brother scouts charge

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VARE VOTE DEFERRED BY DEMOCRATIC AID; Watson Wins Fight Over Norris and Battle for Senate Seat Is Set for Dec. 3. WAY CLEARED FOR TARIFF Roll Call Is 41 to 34--Physician Promises Pennsylvanian Will Be on Hand for Hearing. VARE VOTE DEFERRED BY DEMOCRATIC AID Promises Vare Will Attend. Earlier Vote Proposal Beaten.

By Special to The New York Times

attempt fails

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Says MacDonald Has Decided To Sail for Here on Sept. 28

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

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HIGH OFFICIALS GUIDE HIM; Conferences With Chiefs of Navy Go on All Day and Into Night. CUTS IN CRUISERS DESIRED Strive to Meet England's Demand for Tonnage in Excessof Our Scheduled Total.CABLES SENT TO DAWES President's Reply is Likely toEstablish Principles for Five-Power Parley. Cables Sent to General Dawes. Naval Chiefs at Conference. Hoover for Actual Cuts. Japan Complicates Situation.

By Richard V. Oulahan. Special To the New York Times

Armament Limitation negotiations

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Notable Births

1929Harvey Schmidt, American composer and illustrator (died 2018)^[†]

Harvey Lester Schmidt was an American composer for musical theatre and illustrator. He was best known for composing the music for the longest running musical in history, The Fantasticks, which ran off-Broadway for 42 years, from 1960 to 2002.