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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-28
PROTESTS co UP FROM OWNERS
Congressman Jefferson NJ. Levy Writes to Waldo
Other Real Estate Men Deny Ever Knowing
Gambling Was Carried On in Their Buildings

our attention that any Of our property
is being used for wrongful purposes ws
serve notice on our tenants to vacate
or TO make their sub-tenants vacate.
We shall at once take up this matter
of the Third avenue house, and. X
justified, order the Objectionable ten
ants to vacate."
Lawrence Drake, of No. $50 West
57th street, who is on the police list as
owner of the property at No. ~ Monroe
street. an alleged gambling house, said
last night that he had never heard
through police channels or from any
other source that gambling was main
tanned on the premises.
Il am the owner of that property"
said Mr. Drake, but have never been
notified by the police or any one else
that there was any objection 10 the
tenants or that a gambling house was
maintained there. There is a pool anG
billiard room on the ground floor. 7
never heard that the police raided the
place. and always supposed that the
business being conducted on the prem
ises was entirely legitimate"
The alleged proprietor of the gam
bling house oh the police list is Gesuldo
Garaci. Commissioner Waldo said yes
.erday that the property owner had
been notified in each instance where
the police had taken action.
Says He Received No Complaint.
Alexander Wilson, real estate
dealer, of No. iS9 Fifth avenue, who
was on the police list as the lessor OF
No. II Pell street. an alleged gambling
house. with Mock Duck as lessee de-
MED last night that he ever knew ~
any gambling on the premises. Mr..
Wilson said that he had handled the
property for about a year for the es-
tate Of David II. King.
THE property has been vacant Tor
several months said Mr.. Wilson.
There has been no complaint from the
police OF gambling on the premises
since l have had II. The lower foor
was leased as store, with rooms for
tenants above. 1t was never leased to
Mock Duck. as far as ! know. and I
have never heard of gambling on the
premises"
Fred NJ Hilton, secretary Of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-28
RECLUSE LEFT A FORTUNE
Miser's Thousands Go to Neigh
hors Who Befriended Him.

When Michael kiley. a recluse. died at
his home in Jersey City month ago. II
was known that he had owned a house
or two. but the extent OF his wealth
was not revealed until yesterday.
His will was filed for probate on August
and Surrogate Egan appointed ap-
praisers. who were surprised to find a
personal estate valued at sI52,S0sl2. They
presented their inventory yesterday. He
had no known relatives and neighbors
who had been kind to him viii get the
bulk Of his estate and be raised from
poverty 10 comparative wealth.
Kiley lived alone for years In apart
ments In a dilapidated house at No. %
Bright street, Jersey City. He was re-
earded as miser with small income.
who practically saved all he got.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-28
MORE NEWPORT GEMS LOST
Casino Bulletin Reveals Three
Valuable Triukets Gone.
INV Telegraph 10 The tribune

Newport. r. l., Aug. 21.-Thrce more
valuable bits of Jewelry have been lost
here. IL was learned to-day. Although
the owners names We're not made pub
lic. 9 bulletin at the Casino described
the missing trinkets.
They are a pearl and diamond bar
pin. n stickpin set with emerald ana
diamonds. and a diamond. turquoise
and pearl brooch.
The valuable diamond pendant lost
by Mrs John r. Drexel last WEDNESDAY
night IS etll missing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-28
Mayor Sent Emissary to Sound
Former Deputy Commits
SiOner as to Place. 1t
Is Learned.
CHIEF WANTS OFFER DIRECT
Urged That He Could Do Greater
Service than as Investigator
for Aldermen Friends
Say He Would Accept
the Commissionership.

Mayor Gaynor has asked William J.
Flynn. chief of the Secret Service of
the Department of the East, 10 take the
iob. Of Police Commissioner. it was
learned Yesterday.
Chief FLYNN. who was Second Dep
uty Commissioner Of Police under Com
missioner Cropscy. was not asked per-
=onalv by the Mayor TO succeed Com
missioner Waldo. but AN emisssry OF
the MAYOR called on Chief Flynn at his
home sunday TWO days after his re-
turn from his vacation.
The Mayors representative told Chief
Flvnu mat the Mayor believed tho Se-
cret Service man could accomplish more
effective police reform as head OF the
department than as chief investigator
Of the Curran committee.
The Mayor wants you for the job,
said Chief Flvnn's caller.
How about Waldo" Flynn is said
10 have asked
Waldo will resign. He IL not any
too strong with the Mayor just now
the Mayors representative is said to
have replied. while the Mayor has
full faith in Commissioner Waldo's in
tegrity and honesty OF purpose. he
thinks that Waldo has let some OF his
suhordinates hoodwink him"
Flynn hesitatcd on hearing this. ac-
cording 10 The Tribunes informant,
which caused the Mayors representa-
tive to continue:
You are perhaps thinking that you
would be placed in All embarrassing
position before the public were you TO
accept this job when the Curran COM
mittee wants You. But there YOU are
I'm error. The Mayor wants general
housecleaning in the Police Depart
ment He has sent word 10 Waldo
that II would not displeasc him II he
would resign"
The Mayors representative pointed
out TO Chief Flynn that he could be OF
greater serviee to those anxious 10 ger
1T the bottom Of the graft scandal as
Police Commissioner than outside the
department. Chief Flynns attitude, II
was said, was that he would not con-
slider any such proposition until he had
the offer from Mayor, Gaynor direct,
either by letter or by word OF mouth.
Those close TO Chief Flynn say that
he will accept the Commissionership IL
4. Is offered by the Mayor, az he re-
alizes that 1t affords big opportunity
TO make good.
1t is now considered significant by
those in close touch with the situation
that Chief Flynn. in the statement he
made on Saturday describing his work
as Second Deputy Commissioner, In
which he told about closing gambling
houses, should have paid a high COM
pllment to Mayor Gaynor. He said az
the time
There is one point wish 10 mako
clear, for II never has been my policy
to do injustice TO any one. Mayor Gay
nor gave me every announcement in
my work to suppress gambling, and /
have no reason to believe him TO have
been other than absolutely sincere"
There have been several reports since
the present scandal arose that Com
missioner Waldo would resign, but both
the Mayor and the Commissioners have
maintained silence when asked about
them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-28
POUNDED DESK TO PIECES
Speaker Clark Used Gavel Wig
orously During Session.

Washington. Aug. 21.--Workmen eX-
anining the furniture Of the House to-
DAY discovered that Speaker Clark had
used his gavel with such effect in the
last nine months that virtually the
entire top of the desk was wrecked.
one section had been pounded away.
leaving large hole concealed by the
green felt that covers the desk. Ac-
cording TO old members. no Speaker
since Thomas p. Reed employed the
mallet with such freedom as Mr.. Clark.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-28
GIVES LIFE FOR FRIEND
Leaves Swamped Boat Capable
of Supporting Only One.

Auburn, y. y, Aug. 21.-John f.
Waits, a Lehigh conductor, was
drowned to- day in Owasco Lake In try
ing TO swim ashore from half
swamped rowboat capable of support
ing only one person. which he had left
to a friend Captain T.. c. Loder. Of
Cascade.
Waits sank when within n few hun
dred yards Of the shore. Loder was
unable TO reach him. as he had lost al
oar.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-28

1t may be presumed that the consols
thus sold were bought by the Corpora
ton Of the City of London toward the
close Of the last century, when the
quotation ranged well above par. In
1895 the average quotation was above
1O6, making high record in 1896 Of
IA Three months before the out
break OF the Boer war. in the fall of
1899, consols sold at 1O7. This week
the quotations have ranged from I6Ss
10 15Ia
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-28

CONGRESSMAN jefferson NJ. Levy, who
Is large real estate holder in New
York City, wrote the following letter
to Commissioner Waldo, protesting
that his name be used as the owner cf
the property at No. 5Ss Seventh ave-
nue.. which the police place in their
gambling list as property on which IL
gambling house is run. Mr.. Levy said
that he first learned that there was
gambling on his premises last March,
and from then until he sold the prop
erty attempted in every way TO oust
the gamblers. His letter follows:
1es Broadway. New York
August p, 1912.
Hon Rhinelander Waldo.
Commissioner Police Department.
Dear Sir-I desire to earnestly protest
against having my name printed as the
owner OF No SIS Seventh avenue In the
list which | understand The District At
torney has OF properties containing ton
ants engaged in unlawful practices. The
fact IL | made every enort, as the rec
ords of the municipal court will show, to
remove the tenant in question i'm
medately upon receiving notice from the
police that the law was being violated.
which was my first notice Of any such
violation. Two dispossess proceedings
were brought in the 54th street court, as
the records I'm that court will show. and
every effort was made on my part to
oust them, but we were bombarded with
technica'ities and delays, and We're un-
able to get a warrant.
The matter became such an annoyance
TO me that I'm April last ! sold the prop-
erty for less than its value TO Felix
Isman. who Immediately conveyed Il to
c. William Funk. of Philadelphia.
Yours very truly,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-28
WHAT THE LAW SAYS.

Section go of the Penal Laws entitled Common Gambler
provides that:
person who is the agent superintendent OF
place, Of any device, apparatus, for gambling;
or who hires or allows to be used a room. table,
establishment apparatus for such purpose; or
who engages dealer, gamekeeper, player in any
gambling or banking house where money property
is dependent upon the result; who sells or offers
to sell what are commonly called lottery policies, or
any writing, paper, document in the nature OF
bet, wager or Insurance upon the drawing drawn
- numbers. of any public private lottery; or who
indorses or uses a book other document, for the
purpose of enabling others SELL or offer to sell.
lottery policies or other such writings papers,
documents is a common gambler, and punishable by
imprisonment for not than two years, or by
a fine not exceeding $1,000, or both.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-28
Leaycraft Would Gust Gamblers.

J. Edgar Leaycraft, of J. Edgar
Leaycraft & Co. real estate dealers, at
No. II West AID street, was asked by
telephone last night at his home. No.
81 West End avenue, for statement
regarding the fact that property owned
by him at No. 113 Third ave'Ie was
included In the police list.
I'VE lease that entire building" he
said. ito a single tenant whom we know
10 be thoroughly reputable. Tenants
NAV sublet, and. Of course, we can't
always know about the character Of
such sub-tenants. We are in the habit
OF sending men around to investigate
all of our property. TO report on the
uses being made Of IT, OF course, these
men are not able to go through the
places personally. 1t is difficult mat
ter to get at. but as soon as II comes to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-28

Dresbach. AIlnn., Aug. Z"--pond'u
Moore. six years old, was shot by Hupe''
Baker. twelve. cousin. and died IN two
hours to-day. The boys had been piayins
for hours with a shotgun without rea"N-
ing II was folded.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-28
BIG LOSS ON CONSOLS
Corporation of London Drops
So8,875 on Premier Security.
[By Cable to Tho Tribune. ]

London. Aug. 27.-On a sale OF con-
soils valued on the books at $3.50, $40
the Corporation Of the City Of London
lost $9S,S75.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-26
CYCLONE HIT HIM
Then Santa Fe Engine Pushed
Conductor Across Bridge.
Now Frank Nicholson Asks
S3.185 Damages of Road.

Hutchinson Kan, Oct GA dam
age suit in the sum of $31. 935 was filed
in the Reno county district court;
against the Santa F'e Railway company
in behalf of Frank Nicholson, A con-
ductor of the company.
Conductor Nicholson has been perma :
nently disabled by injuries received in
two unusual accidents while in the
company's service
Three years ago, May IA 1909 while
in charge of a work train on the Scott
City branch, in Barton county. n tor
nado bore down on his train, hitting it,
wrecking the train and hurting the
conductor 800 feet through the air. ter
ribly injuring him.
He was unable to stop his train be-
cause there was no air valve in the ca
boose, an old converted box car. Mr.
Nicholson recovered from the injuries
sustained at that time, and returned to
duty.
Last summer, June II, while Conduc-
tor Nicholson was in charge of a work
train on the new Colmor cutoff, south
west of Dodge City, the track sank as
it approached a new bridge, and Mich
olson, who was riding on the foot
board of the switch engine pulling the
train was knocked in front of the en-
CINE, and pushed across the bridge,
sustaining terrible injuries which near
~ proved fatal, and which have totally
disabled him.
The suit, which was filed this after
noon, by Attorneys Neeley & Malloy
and Judge G. M. Williams, is to recover
$3O,O50 for the injuries in the latest ac
cfdent, and $1,S85 for injuries sus-
tanned in the Barton county accident, a
total of $31,935.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-26
OPEN HATCHERY
Pratt to Be Scene of Dedication
Tuesday.
Governor Stubs viii Open
State Fish Plant.

Pratt. Kan. Oct. 26.-Pratt is pre-
pairing to entertain a record breaking
crowd next Tuesday, the day set aside
by Governor Stubs for the opening
of the new state fish hatchery. The
commercial club has completed all ar
rangements for a splendid entertain
ment for all Pratt visitors and for a
hearty reception 70 be given the Wis
iting governor and to Chancellor
Strong of the Kansas university
President Waters and the regents will
also be included in this loyal recep-
ton to be given. The program that
is now arranged by the commercial
club begins at S:45, when the recep-
ton to the visitors will be given at
the Rock Island depot. Then q pa
rade from the depot to the high school
building will take place and SO auto
mobiles will take part in this display
of cordality.
After the speeches at the school,
building, which will last 40 minutes,
the parade will start to the fish
hatchery grounds. At 10 o'clock Gov
ernor Stubs, accompanied with ap-
prOpriate music by the Great Western
Indian band, will officially open the
new fish hatchery and many speeches
from the officials present. The wa
ter will then flow through that lot of
ponds which has taken $4,000 and
nearly two years to complete
At noon all will take dinner at the
different places and at 1 o'clock the
different schools of the county will
be awarded prizes for attendance at
the opening and for the largest num-
Der of enrolled scholars. The rest of
the day will be spent at the fair
grounds, where DR.. B. F. Patterson,
national president of the F. A. M,
has arranged some thrilling motor
cycle races and other stunts by mo-
tors. This promises to be a great
day for Kansas and for the city of
Pratt, and many thousands of visitors
are expected to witness the varied GER
enOnies
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-26
RAILROAD NEWS
Rock Island Faces Labor Short
age in This State.
Track Work May Suffer-Gen-
eraI Manager Sweet.
IMPROVEMENTS IN KANSAS
Hundred-POund Steel-BalIast
in Southwest and South.
Other Items of Interest in the
Traffic World.
IMPROVEMENTS IN KANSAS

The Rock Island railroad is racing a
serious labor shortage in Kansas. A.
E, Sweet, general manager OF the sec
ond district with headquarters In To-
peka, stated this afternoon that there
was danger of considerable track work
being held up this fall on account of
the lack of workmen. 1t is impossl-
BILE to procure laborers for this work
The Rock Island this fall is laying
100 pound steel between Mcfarland
and Herington and ballasting between
Bucklin and Mullinville and Wellington
and Wichita. Hundreds of men are
needed to finish this track improve
ment before fall.
The road has tried shipping train
loads of laborers from st. Louis. They
were sent to the scene of the track
camps and after a few days labor
scattered over the state or went south
to warmer climates.
1--WE have tried men of every nation
atty and COLOR General Manager
Sweet explained. None will stay with
the work. We pay them $1.70 a day
"a good daily wage. Still we are maxi
ing frantic attempts to maintain the
work 1t seems impossible to get la
bOrerS."
This labor shortage extends through
out Kansas. Nebraska, Colorado and
Missouri. The old dependabIes of the
have gone south. A few of them slip
ped away to the old country. Some of
the Greeks rallied to war.
1t is probable that a part of the
track improvement program on the
Rock Island Lines in Kansas this fall
will have to be postponed until next
spring.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-26
MANHATTAN TEACHERS COMING.
Special Trains Will Be Needed to Bring
Crowds Here.

Manhattan. Kan. Oct. 26.-The board Of
education of the Manhattan city schools
has requested all the teachers to attend
the coming meeting of the State Teach
e-s' association at Topeka November z
and s. Superin tendent Edgerton says all
his teachers will attend. The board grants
them a leave of absence on full pay.
In commenting on the program of the
coming meeting superintendent Edgerton
said: 1.-The program is well arranged, and
well adapted to meet the needs of the
great mass of common teachers. am
greatly pleased with it. My teachers will
get great good from attending meeting
at which they may hear and meet 50
many of the nations leading educators.
President Waters has certainly planned
program which will meet the needs of cUl-
lege and high school teachers. as well as
the teachers of the common schools"
When asked what he thought of the
prospects of attendance from this vicin-
ity, he said
Il think all the teachers from this part
of the state who can possibly do so Will
be anxious to hear the excellent talent
provided It will be necessary for the
railroads to put on special trains to ac-
commodate the large numbers who are
planning to go"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-26
One Cause Of Fad
CcmpLecfcE-fhe Cure
CFrom Family Physician.)

Look at section of skin under the
microscope and you will readily under
stand why cosmetics generally injure
the complexion says DR.. H. Robert
Mackenzie. The skin, smooth as it
looks to the naked eye, under the glass
exhibits a lacework of tiny holes,
mouths of myriads of little glands. To
keep the skin healthy these holes mus:
be unobstructed, that the perspiration
and natural oil can have free Quiet.
Should the glands be blocked up with
irritating, gritty particles. a common
result of using powders and creams.
Nature retaliates by causing sallow-
ness, rougnness or pimples.
LAS a substitute for all cosm etics /
recommend ordinary mercolized wax.
1t not only does what the various face
preparations are supposed to accom-
plish, but its peculiar absorbent action
frees the pores from the daily accumu-
lation of impurities, also absorbing the
devitalized particles of surface skin.
This produces a natural, healthy,
youthful complexion. One ounce of
this wax, to be had at any drug store,
usually suffices to rejuvenate the poor
est complexion. 1t is put on nightly
like cold cream and washed of morn
ingS"-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-26
ROADS LOSE COAL RATE FIGHT
Colorado Southern, U. =. and Burling-
ton Reduce Denver Rate.


Denver, Colo, Oct. 26.-The Colo
RADIO & Southern, Burlington and
Union Pacific railroads must reduce
freight rates on coal shipped to Den
yer from the northern fields to con-
form with the order issued by the
state railroad commission over tw o
years ago. This was the decision of
Judge Whitford in the district court.
The victory, won in the interests of
the people by the Colorado Consumers
league, after four years of litigation
before the railroad commission and in
the state supreme and districts courts,
means, when the commission order
is put into effect, a saving to Denver
coal consumers of over $250,000
yearly.
It also means that 100000 must be
refunded by the railroads to northern
Colorado shippers because of the ex-
cessive rates during the time that the
enforcement of the order has been
held up by legal technicalities.
The decision eSta blisheS a precedent
in freight rate regulation in this state.
1t marks the first time in the history
of the Colorado courts that rates fixed
by the railroad commission have been
upheld and it paves the way for the
arbitrary reduction of any freight
charge by any carrier for services
rendered within the state boundaries,
which, after examination, is found to
be unduly high.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-26
ROMANCE LEADS HIM AWAY.
soldier Leaves Post to Marry, 1t Is
Believed.

Believed.
LeaVenWorth, Kan, Oct. 26.-HaS
Private Kelly, Troop H. 18th Cavalry,
stationed at FIT. LeaVenWOrth, temper
arily abandoned his obligations to the
government to become a benedict, or
has he deserted the army to take up
the life of a civilian? Nothing has
been heard of him for two days and
officials at the fort have asked the
Leavenworth police to assist in find
ing him.
Kelly is the soldier who was the
cause of Pearl Pennington, a young
girl living at Rosedale, leaving her
home week ago and coming to LeaV-
enWorth where he Joined her. After
spending a day here the police receiV-
ed a request from the girls parents IN
R osedale to find her, if possible, and
hold her until she could be taken back
home. The girl was found in company
with Kelly. At first she flatly refused
to leave her soldier" but the police
advised her to return home, and this
she finally consented to do.
The little romance, which com
menced five weeks ago during the cell
ebra ton of the Battle of Westport at
Kansas City, Mo, has not been as short
lived as friends of the soldier and the
girls parents supposed. 1t is now be-
lieVed that Kelly has left the ranks for
the purpose of meeting the girl and
marrying.
Officials at the fort contend that
must pay and are inclined to believe
he will return to stand trial for being
absent without leave. 1t is also be-
lieved at the fort that the Pennington
girl is the attraction causing his long
sojourn.