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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-15

a long way toward remedying the present
humiliation Of the city.
after we have disposed of the matter
OF appointments Commissioner waldo
will be examined in regard to the pollcy
OF promotions inside Of the service. Ana
here the same thing is true as TO the
question whether the Commissioner snail
act blindly in the matter, and accept
without question the recommendations or
the Civil Service Commission.
The question Of the organization OF
the uniformed force and the detective
bureau. and the policy of the department
toward the suppression of particular
forms OF rice--namely. gambling, EXCISE
and disorderly housewife be taken up
in order with the Police Commissioner.
"All these inquiries are highly pertinent
10 the graft inquiry. because 1t Is study
OF tho machinery in which the graft cogs
may or may not be easily inserted. On
all these points the Commissioner Will be
not only as to his own aor
n,,nistratfon, I'm view OF ascertaining his
efficiency. but also to give the committee
the value of the opinion OF a police eX-
pert"
The committees counsel said that COM
missioner waldo probably would be WIT
ness ut several Of the coming sessions,
and that the committee had not decided
vet what witness 1t would call next inc
committee expects to hold sessions on
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday Of TINS
mack
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-15
INQUIRERS FOR lefty
Mrs. Lieben Says Her Daughter
Is Gunman's Bride.

Mrs. Lilly Leben. OF No. 2s6 Grand
street, went To Police Headquarters late
last night TO inquire for her daughter,
who she said married Lefty Louie
seven months ago.
The woman was excited and had evil
IDENTIFY left her home in haste, as she
had no covering on her head and wore
an apron She said she did not know
much about her daughters husband, out
Thought he was a salesman. The last
time she saw her son-in-law was three
months ago.
few minutes after Mrs. Heben's ar
rival at Headquarters two well dressed
girls entered and asked to see Lefty.
one of them said she was his sister.
Becky the other refused to give her
name.
Becky, who is only sixteen. was disin-
olined TO talk When reporter spoke
to her che. thinking him a detective.
said II know you. Youse detectives
are all alike"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-15
Will Detsin Wives.


Eventually Dougherty announced that
he would detain the wives of the pris-
oners as material witnesses. Accord
ingly they were sent to the House Of
Detention.
Captain FaurOt. the fngerprint ex-
pert and newly assigned head OF the
Detective Bureau. took impressions OF
the prisoners fingers shortly after
their appearance in Police Headquar-
tiers.
Newspaper photographers asked
Dougherty to determine whether or not
the prisoners objected TO flashlights
being taken OF them. "Gyp' and
Lefty" sent word that they had no
objection and five snapshots were
taken The photographers then asked
the prisoners II they objected to fash
lights being taken Of their wives. Both
objected.
A dinner for four, consisting Of al
most everything on the menu Of
restaurant short distance from
Headquarters. was ordered sent 10
Doughertys offices. while Lefty" and
"Gyp" and their wives were closeted
with the deputy. When the waiter
reappeared after bringing the dinner
the four could be seen through the
open door. seated at a table spread
with snowy linen. The check for the
repast was 81 -.
Late last night Assistant District
Attorney Moss sent his automobile on
hurry trip for James Hamill, a
stenographer Of the District Attor-
ney's Office. who, lives in Harlem. on
returning to the office the attorneys
chauffeur exceeded the speed limit In
Fifth avenue, and at Gath street the
machine was stopped by a bicycle
policeman After a heated contro-
, yersy between the chauffeur and the
patrolman the machine sped on down.
| town.
At an early hour this morning AS
! eistant District Attorney Moss said
that no statement Of importance had
been made by any Of the prisoners or
their wives. Generally speaking, every
one detained was standing pat to
use Mr.. Moss's words.
Mr.. Socks, the owner Of the house in
Ridgewood where the arrest Of "Gyp
the Blood and Lefty Louie was made
late last night, identified Lilly Lefko-
WITT. the wife Of "Gyp," as the woman
| who with Polechuk rented the apart
! ment
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-15
"lefty's" Wife a Beauty.


Lefty" Louie's wife is a very pretty
girl of about twenty. Dougherty de-
scribed her as being like zone Of those
pretty French dolls that you see in
windows" She has mass of blond
hair, deep blue eyes, pink and white
cheeks, and trim, though plump, fig
ure. She is scarcely over five feet in
height. She married Lefty a little
less than year ago. She had been
living with her mother, Mrs. Lille
Lieben, dressmaker. at No. 296 Grand
street, until last Tuesday. "Gyp's'
wife was formerly Miss Lillian Lefko-
WITT. Of No. "A East 9Sth street
Both their names are Lille" said
Dougherty, land we call them Lefty's'
Lille and 'Gyp's' Lille. 'Gyp's' Lille
is not so pretty. She is about the same
height and age and has big brown eyes
and auburn hair. she has been mar
ried seven months"
Both women were still being interro-
stated in Doughertys office long after
midnight by Assistant District At
torney Moss and Deputy Dougherty to
decide whether or not they would be
held as material witnesses.
Dougherty said that there were many
detectives. whose names did not figure
materially IN the story, who did Won
derful work. But the glory belonged
primarily to Frank Casassa, he said,
ana after him came Detective Myers.
But cont forget my secretary here.
said Dougherty. pointing to George
Young. who looks more like student
than detective. for he has stayed
up many night with me working out
details that helped to bring about to-
nights work
The two gunner will be arraigned
in the supreme Court tomorrow
morning on charge Of murder In the
first degree. there being bench war
rant out for their arrest. This dis
poses Of the formal arraignment be-
fore a magistrate.
They were locked up for the night ia
Police Headquarters.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-15
sIcKLEs TO QUIT GUARDIANS
Had No Idea They Were Hostile
TO ANY Religious Sect.

General Horato King received yester-
day the following letter from General
Sickles. dated at his home. No. 3 Fifth
avenue, Friday:
Dear General: have your favor OF
Yesterday. | agree with you about the
Guardians of Liberty ] am sorry |
Joined the society. and am sorry you
Joined IL on my suggestion. ! never
dreamed il was hostile TO any religious
scct or 1 would have declined any con-
nectIon with IL. | shall resign a. soon
as / can learn the address OF the society
or OF Haines. Can YOU give me either:
d. f. SICKLES.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-15

the revelations Of their chief captor'
and when he told them of purchases
Of furniture that they had made 10
stock their fat in Eidgewood and oil
their moving into it on August 10 they
began 10 do little talking.
And here 1t is only proper 10 mention
that the arrest Of the pair was due III
no small measure TO the highly moral
computations OF their landlord-who
bears the picturesque name of Ra-
phael Socks-who objected To two men
living alone.
Mr.. Socks told the two gunner last
Sunday that he did not like the idea
of two women visiting them all the
time.
But they're our wives" said "Gyp"
the Blood. ,..
Well they must live with YOU or
YOU must get out when your month is
up said. Mr.. Socks.
Tuesday their wives joined them.
This caused the detectives. who had
been shadowing the wcmen up to that
day with more or less success from
about a week after the murder, to lose
track Of the women temporarily.
The detectives. acting under Dough-
erty's instructions. had been following
the women from their homes in Grand
street and in East 9Sth street. until on
Tuesday they disappeared.
From words and phrases overheard
from other relatives of the gunner and
their wives the police learned that the
fugitives lived in a fiat above or near
laundry and that the apartment over
looked an open air moving picture the
afro and thar there wore --
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-15
AVIATOR KILLED IN
M|DA|R COLLISION
Continued from first page.

was circling over the course indepen-
IDENTIFY OF the monoplane race. Two
other aviators were up high, and the
eyes Of the spectators at the time were
directed to spectacular downward
flight of Max Lille. who had stopped
his engine at an altitude Of 1900 feet
Mestach was going at about mile
I'm two minutes, and had gone only
twice around the course when mis-
monoplane and ellis biplane came to
the earth together.
De Lloy- Thompson. Max Lille and
Glenn II. Martin flew from the field to
cover a G4-mile trip. encircling Az
rora. ILL.,. on the way. Martin and LII
lie returned .afely. Thompson. who
was unaccounted for most of the AFTER
noon. was found later TO have de-
scended in a cornfield on the way back.
His gasolene had given out.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-15

Howard W. Gill had figured IN
number Of exciting adventures as a
hunter automobilist, halloonist and
aviator. Twice before he was badly IN
iured by falls from aeroplanes-at 81.
Louis. in July. 1910. and at Los An
geles. in February. 1912. On October
10 1911. at st. Louis. Gill established
an American aviation endurance rec
ord by remaining in the air hours III
minutes and 80 seconds. Gin was a
son Of the late NJ. Gillett Gill, OF BalU-
more. and was thirty years old.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-15

al first. We followed him, and round
him to be an East Slider. And, learn
ing a little more that was OF assist
ance. we patched that and something
else together, and we had what / call
a good connection. II that hadn
banned out good it would have been
what I'd call a dead connection.
1T was this way that we got Pol
echuk. He is what I'd call live con-
nection. He was real live one. He
had been i'm the House of Refuge with
'Gyp' and Lefty and once he and
Lefty were pinched together in Madi-
son Square Garden for picking rockets
"Polechuk was sort Of lobbygow-
a messenger for Lefty and 'Gyp.' He
would make purchases for them. and
perhaps establish communications with
people they wanted to get in touch
with.
How long has he been with them?
From at least last Tuesday
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-02-09
TEDDY DECLARES HE is
FOLLOWER OF LINCOLN

New York, Feb. 8.-Col. Theodore
Roosevelt yesterday indicated a let
ter written by Abraham Lincoln on
April 6, 1860, to C. F. Mcneil, as one
especially applying to the conditions
confronting him today. The part of
the letter he emphasized reads as fol-
lows:
Il have made this explanation 20
you as a friend; but wish no expla-
nation made 20 our enemies. What
they want is squabble and fuss,
and they can have it if we explai.t:
and they cannot have it if We don't
Six newspaper reporters heard CN!-
onel Roosevelt, using a volume of Lin
coins letters as a text book, address
what he called his first class in ap-
piled decent politics."
Colonel Roosevelt prefaced his talk
with the declaration that he had tried
to axe Lincoln's letters as a guide
to himself and he thought excerpts
from many of them would make ad-
mirable replies to questions that are
being asked him daily.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-02-09
WILL OFFICER GO TO JEkYL
TO SUMMON JAMES j. HILL
He is Wanted as Witness in Steel
Trust investigation.

James J. Hill, the great railroad
magnate and financier, who is quietly
resting at the palatial clubhouse at
the Ecme of millionaires on Jekyl ISL
ad, is wanted as a witness in the
steel trust investigation now being
conducted by the investigation COM
mittee in Washington, and the COM
mittee has given it out that Mr.. Hill
will be subpoenaed to appear before
the committee Monday morning, con-
sequently, to be there by that time,
he will have to leave Brunswick not
later than Saturday night.
Whether or not the millionaire will
be summoned remains to be seen. II
it is necessary for a government Off
Ger 10 so to Jekyi and personally sub
peona him, then it is known that this
can hardly be done and give Mr.. Hill
time to get to Washington BY Mon
day morning. 1t is doubtful if the
government authorities even know he
is quietly enjoying the delightful
weather over at Jekyl.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-02-09
TRAIN ROBBERS SEEM TO
HAVE MADE GOOD ESCAPE

Memphis, Tenn, Feb. 8.-To salts
fy themselves, but with little hope,
they assert, of success, local authori
ties assisted by q squad of railroad
detectives, left early today for Pres
ident's Island, two miles south of the
Memphis landing. to search for men,
bers Of the party of five bandits who
held up, dynamited and robbed Rock
Island passenger train near Hulburt,
Ark, early Wednesday.
The trip was made because OF the
insistence with which alleged inform
ers told of having seen suspicious
persons making for the island about
daybreak yesterday morning.
No other clue has been turned up,
and the fear is expressed that the men
have made their escape
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-02-09
May GET THEIRS
ON The FRONTIER
NATIONAL GUARDSMEN HAVE A
g NOTION THEY MAY MANEUVER
THIS SPRING IN TEXAS. Z

If it becomes necessary for the Uni
ted States government to mobilize
10000 troops in Texas, because of the
Mexican civil war, it is very probable,
say Georgia national guardsmen, that
there will be no combined regular
army and national guard maneuvers
this summer.
There was doubt about combined
maneuvers before trouble arose in
Mexico. The war department is anX-
ious to know if there is any place
in Georgia available for the troops,
other than Chickamauga park. Adju-
tant General W. G. Obear of the G.
N. c., will write soon to the war de-
partment on the subject. A reply IS
expected by February Is.
Also it is the belief here that if
the province of Chihuahua, Mexico,
attempts to secede from Mexico there
will be doings along the Texas from
tier of far more interesting nature
than during the Madero revolution. If
SUCH D. S6CGoolUE is dICtHlpLSu IL 1udJ
mean that national guard regiments
will be sent to Texas so that they
may get the same sort of experience
as is being planned for the regulars.
Of course regiments from states 9TH
er than Texas would not be subject
to call without the consent of the au-
thOrities of their respective states,
but, Judging from talk among guards
men, there would be an effort made,
in Georgia at least, to get that con-
sent. The experience would be the
equivalent of the regular order of
maneuvers, but at the expense of the
government.
The whole situation is one of spec
ulation and lively discussion among
the volunteer troops and they con,
fidently expect to get some practical
experience from it and in Texas or
maybe, further south
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-02-09
CHlNKS TO HELP STOP q
BIG COAST TcAg WARS

San Francisco, Feb. S.--Fo. hing an
offensive alliance with the young Chi
nese Of the city, the San Francisco
grand jury will attempt to end the
Tong war now simmering in Pacific
coast towns and to prevent it's recur-
renee. The grand jury has engaged a
number Of young Chinese who are eX-
pectad to furnish information that will
justify the return of indictments
against Tong leaders, charging con
spiracy to murder.
It is expected that the men indicted
will become fugitives from justice
and the coast towns will be rid Of
them.
All Of the Tons leaders are in hid
ing, the streets of the Chinese sec
ton Of the city virtually deserted and
business is at standstill
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-02-09
4 SLIGHT DROP
IN FOOD PRICES
CONDITIONS FAVOR CHEAPER
FOOD, SAVE THOSE GOV
ERNED AUTOMATICALLY.


While other staple groceries are
maintaining the level of wholesale
quotations established som days ago,
sugar has gone up ten points. The
difference is not enough to affect re-
tail prices, being less than half a dol
lar more a barrel, wholesale, but the
fact that it has again risen is 6aus-
ing rneasiness.
Just why sugar has taken another
squirt is not known. There have been
no reports of trouble in the beet sugar
farm cCun.ry or where sugar cane is
grown. In fact, the plants from which
sugar is obtained have enjoyed a
most prosperous year; but sugar
being at the beck and call of a trust,
the price is liable to upward marches
on no provocation whatever, save the
avarice of the few men controlling
the commodity.
While coffee is maintaining the
level to which it was dropped some
few weeks ago, it is expected to ease
off still more. AS is known, the
Brazilian government controls the ex-
port of the crop, and having had
two fat years, is letting out the stock
gradually, but with a price tendency
downward, for Brazil is facing anoth-
er dig harvest and has a world of
coffee beans still to dispose Of
The threat recently made in Wash
ington to let in potatoes from Europe
free of duty, has had a SOLDERING ef-
feet 'on the big commission houses
and. there is small danger of prices
rising materially.
Wheat retains its prices prevalent
during the past week or two, but be
ing controlled so utterly by the -arti-
fees of the stock market, is. apt sto
fiuctuate.
In the South it is believed the day
of famine prices for pork products
has PASSED. The extensive planting
of corn and consequent raising of
hogs, brought on by the high meat
prices of two years ago, has taught
the packers a lesson and having step
ped in one ants nest, they are more
than apt to walk carefully in regard
to southern prices, from now on.
A scanning of newspapers from Sec
tions of the country where food prod
ucts are handled, or assembled in bulk
for distribution, gives the impress
sion to local traders that prices will
be more normal for some time to
come.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-02-09
DISCUSS SALE
TOWN COMMONS
COUNCIL, AS COMMITTEE OF THE
WHOLE, HELD A MEETING
LAST NIGHT.
Ordinance Providing for the Sale Of
the Property, Has Been Prepared
and Will Probably Be Passed IN
Monday Night.

City council, as a committee of the
whole, met al the city hall asst nigh
for the purpose of taking up fo- dis
cussion the question of dispoa.ng vi
all Of the Towns Commons property,
as authorized by the voters of the
city a. the election held in Decem
ber.
AS is we'll known, this is one OF the
most in portant and complex questions
that has come up before city council
in many years and it will take con-
siderable time, working and thinking
before the property in question will
be placed on the market.
Alta meeting of council held few
weeks ago, an ordinance was intro
duced providing for the sale of all
of this property and the special COM
mittee meeting was held last night to
discuss the ordinance and make such
changes necessary before it comes up
for final action at the regular meet
iEg >f council on Thursday night, when
the document will be placed on its
second and third reading and voted
upon.
Practically all of the members or
council were present at the commit
tee meeting last night and the mat
Ter was thoroughly gone into. There
was scme little difference of opinion
on various features of the ordinance
in its present form, but as whole
it is expected that it will be passed
without any material changes.
City council is very anxious to fin
ally settle this question and dispose
of the property. 1t is hoped that this
can be done within few months, but
as stated, the. matter is one of the
most important that has been mp be!
fore the local council in many years.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-02-09
A BROKEN Rail
CAUSE OF WRECK
TEN FREIGHT CARS ON THE
A., 3. & A. WERE DlTCHED
YESTERDAY.


A broken rail caused ten cars OF
northbound freight on the Atlanta,
birmingham and Atlantic to take to
the ditch yesterday at Kettle Greek,
three miles from Waycross. Three
Of the wrecked cars were loaded No
one was injured.
At the point of the accident there
is a high embankment and most of
the cars plunged down his. Until
the track was cleared passengers were
transferred at the scene of the wreck.
The Wrecking crew of the Atlantic
Coast Line went to the wreck
to pick it up, the A., B. & A. crew
being engaged at another point some
distance up the line.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-02-09

Camp Jackson, Confederate vete-
rams, held meeting at the office OF
DR.. w. p. Burroughs yesterday after
noon for the purpose Of electins offi-
GERS, ncmes delegates to the annuil
reunion to be held in Macon th.a
spring and disposing of other ma
ters. An unusually ,arge num3'sr Of
the old veterans were present 1T the
meeting.
Probably more Brunswick and Glynn
county veterans will attend his re-
union than any ever held. They are
going to make a special effors for
two reasons; in the first place Macon
is the nearest city to Brunswick ~
which the reunion has ever been held,
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-02-09
YELLOW PENE LUMBER
ELEVEN PER CENT. OFF

New Orleans, Feb. S-A decrease
OF nearly II per cent in the shipments
of yellow pine lumber for 1911 under
the ten year average was recorded in
the report submitted at the opening
session of the twenty-second annual
convention here Tuesday Of the Yel-
low Pine Manufacturers association,
by Secretary George X. Smith.
There had been a decrease in the
shipments each month during the past
year with the exception Of the month
Of February.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-02-09
Thousands Reported Killed By
A Great Flood in Portugal

The river Tagus is a raging torrent,
carrying seaward on its tempestuous
current corpses and merchandise of
all kinds.
Many barges which were anchored
in the navigable section of the Tagus
We're sunk at the first onslaught Of
the Hood current; others were swept
Iseaward with a great mass of debris
from the upper part of the river, in
Guiding uprooted trees and the bodies
Of cattle and livestock.
Crops throughout the flooded dis
tricts are ruined and all communica-
cation by wire is severed.
The chamber today voted $500 900
to aid victims of the disaster.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-02-09
Many Local Old Veterans Will
Go to the Big Macon Reunion

and again many of the old soldiers
realize that the veterans are now
passing away very rapidly and they
expect to see many faces at the re-
union which they will not ever have
the pleasure. Of seeing again.
THE reunion will undoubtedly be
the largest and most successful held
in recent years, said Dr.. w. B. Bur-
roughs, one of the best known vete-
rams in the state, land l hope that
every old soldier in Glynn county will
be able to attend the meeting"
lfany of those who were at the
meeting yesterday stated that they
gould make every possible effort to
be present at the reunion.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-02-09
DALLAS LOSES MEETING.

Dallas, Tex, FEB. S.-Despite Off
cial announcement chat the outbreak
of meningitis has been controlled / {.
that the danger Of the spread of tae
disease further has passed, Il . NA
tional Congress of Mothers scheduled
to mold its convention here in Mare J
has announced chat the meeting VII
be transferred to some other place,
is as yet unienled