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New-York tribune., 1910-08-17
KILLS HIMSELF AT DESK
Wagonmaker Grows Despondent
as Business Falls Off.

Circumstances stTikinSly similar to those
attending the suicide Of Henri Werlemann.
broker in oils on Thursday morning sur
rounded the death of Albert Schmidt, fifty
years old, who took his life yesterday
morning in his wagon shop a No. 227 East
22d street. Each man went TO his place of
business early. and, sitting before his desk,
shot himself through the head with a re-
volver held on the right side Each was
found through the arrival of subordinate
al the office.
Sci midi left his home, No. 80 West 18th
street al 3 so O'Clock. About 7:45 the fore
man, Albert Nauer. arrived and found the
door locked. He climbed TO the tranSom
and saw his employer, apparently asleep.
He raped at the door, but there was no
response. Nauer went to the Schmidt home
and told the family. Schmidt's daughter,
Irene. seventeen years cid, started back
with the foreman. They got Patrolrnan
Dresser TO force the door. When irene
saw her fathers body she became hysteri~
cal
OF late Schnaidt's business fell off and
he had threatened TO kill himself. On his
desk was found note directing Nauer to
take Schmidts money from the bank and
give il 10 his wife The Coroner allowed
the body to be removed 10 the Schmidt
home.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-17
MAY OPERATE ON MAYOR
Continued from fi.st page.

the day before as the physicians told
him il might irritate his throat, and he
was desirous of assisting them In any
way he could.
Yes, and I don't believe I would
talk much to-day" Mr.. Adamson said
"Oh, that's all right" Mayor Gaynor
replied, my throat is feeling fine to-
day, and I guess I can talk little
more"
Jokes with the Surgeons.
When DR.. Brewer and DR. Stewart
appeared in the sickroom little later,
to dress the wound. the Mayor directed
a fusilade of CHEEKY remarks at them.
This is the day I get up and take a
ride in the park, isn't it, gentlemen
he asked. 'It is getting very tiresone
lying here In bed
The doctors told him it looked like
rain, and he had better wait for a pleas
anter day.
"Well. you are weather prophets. as
well as physicians he remarked.
The wound was dressed twice during
the day, and the physicians said that
it's exterior condition was excellent 1t
is necessary to keep it open and well
drained. it was said to avoid the possl-
bilty of infection.
He replied that an opiate had been
given the Mayor only once, on the first
night he was in the hospital. The Mayor
objected to taking opiates after that,
he. he ,ierb7f n g a
TO RELY on them, and he didn't want to do
that.
DR.. E w. Caldwell, who made the
N-ray plates showing the course of the
bullet. was not called to IIoeoken for the
consultation last night. 1t was learned
that no other photographs will be taken,
as those now in the hands Of the sur
geons are of sufficient exactness to an
swer all purposes.
DR.. Stewart and DR.. Dowd were with
the patient all day yesterday.
Mr. Adamson said that the Mayor ap-
peared somewhat restless at times, and
he was asked if the physicians admin
istered any opiates to induce sleep.
A reporter from The Tribune saw DR.,
Caldwell last night at his home. BE
lieve the bulletins" was the burden of
his remarks about the Mayors condi-
ton.
He said no bulletin had been issued
without the most careful consideration
and that each was to be relied upon alb
solutely. 1t was said that DR.. Caldwell
would be called TO the hospital if an
operation was contemplated
There were many callers at the hos
pital yesterday to inquire as to the May
ors condition, and a number of mes
sages and letters of sympathy were re-
ceived. None of the callers except Ger
trude Gaynor, the Mayors daughter, got
to see the patient, and the letters went
no further than Secretary Adamson.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-17
NO ESPERANTO CHANGES
Sentiment Against Making Alter
ations for Local Needs.
LANGUAGE AS TIME SAVER
Physicians Say Medical Disoov-
cries Would Be Known Quickly
with Common Speech.

Washington, Aug 16-Discussions IN
committee meetings of the Esperanto In
ternationaI congress constituted the entire
official work here to-day of the body oil
men and women who are devoted to the
abortion OF a universal language
The committee language met and
heard reports from societies In all parts OF
the world In these reports and in the re-
marks of members OF the committee de-
terruined opposition was displayed to any
revision of the rules laid down by the inter-
national association for the use OF Es-
peranto. except where such changes were
dictated by the language as a universal
tongue.
In some countries there was tendency
to introduce changes in the language, II
was reported, to serve local needs Of ex-
preston, and without due regard for the
uniyersality of the system. The committee
took no action, the session being devoted
wholly to an exchange of views
The committees of railroad men. ply
sicians, lawyers. nurses, engineers, free
New-York tribune., 1910-08-17
FIRM ATTACHES EMPLoYE
Discrepancy in Cash Account Of
Leather Company Alleged.

Justice Gof in the Supreme Court yester-
day granted an attachment in the sum Of
S36. 7e5 in favor of the Blatz Leather Com
pany. OF No. 26 Spruce street, against Adolf
Gabriel. Although having the title Of book
keeper of the concern, Gabriel was virtually
the general manager.
Ii was the custom of the business for
the treasurer to sign blank checks and
leave them with Gabriel. The latter filed
them in and had them cashed the busi-
ness, in his discretion, needed. Officials of
the company stated that the face value of
the checks cashed by Gabriel between Sep
terrlber 1907, and last July exceeded the
amount shown by the stubs in the sum for
which the attachment was levied.
The attachment was obtained by Hirsch,
ScheueIman & Limburg, of No. III Broad
way. attorneys for the company. Deputy
Sheriff McGivney served notice of it on
two banks. trust company. thinner
mann & Forshay. stock brokers. of No. 8
Wall street and on Henry Hanauer. man
ager of a cafe in Second avenue. Gabriel
had personal accounts with the Corn Ex-
change Bank and the Equitable Trust Com
panv, but lately left little money in them
When Deputy Sheriff McGivney went to
the home of Gabriel, at No. West 222d
street. he was told that the bookkeeper
was critically i'll with typhoid fever. Nc
Givney seized a safe there, sealed it and
put il in storage warehouse
GabrieTs Illness which came upon him
about two weeks ago, was the cause that
led 70 the discovery of the alleged dis
crepancfes between his checks and their
stubs. AS far as the officials Of the com
pany knew. he considered his salary, which
was placed at so a week. adequate. The
Blatz Leather Company is capitalized at
$4,000 The officers and directors are:
Francis J. Blatz, president: Milton SchlosS
treasurer.
AT the Columbia apartments, Nos. 3 and
D West 122d street, where Gabriel, who is
Hanauer stated that Mr. Gabriel was in
the twenty-first day of typhoid fever, and
that little hope was entertained for his re-
ing of the proceedings brought against him.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-17
STRIKE ULTIMATUM EXTENDN
BrickIayers Now Have Until Tome
row to Return to Work

The Mason Builders Association has a.
tended the time 20 tomorrow for q.
brickIayers' unions to call off the strike or
the contracts of r. T. Nesbit & 60. and :.
turn the strikers TO work II by to-np,.
row. therefore, the strikers are not sss:
on their Jobs the threatened lockeut .,
1000 brick1ayers will go into effect On n.
day.
The extension Of time was granted az ~
request of the officers Of the locals Of Es
Briekiayers'. Masons' and Plasterers' 4.
ternational Union in this city, in order %
allow the fifteen locals time 10 take ss.
on the question of ooeying the terms Z
the ultimatum and standing By the trad
agreement which enables the brickIaya
to esta blish a prevailing rate of wages Z
70 cents an hour.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-17

thinkers and of the Catholic Union al hss
brief sessions. at which reports we're rszs
and discussed.
The doctors declared thar many ffs~1~.
cries I'm medicine were often not known :,
the entire world until after the lapse :.
several years because Of delays encogs.
tered In making transiations into rsr.
languages The general adoption Of rs.
Deranto. It was declared By Tnernbers Of n.
committee. would permit the pronp4 a,..
sernfnation Of such information TO evs-,
part of the globe
In the afternoon official representatives a.
various governments were presented II ~.
heads OF the several departments OF n.
government. Other delegates were taken n
an excursion on the Potomac River.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-17
SCHENECTADYS GREAT GAIN
Her Increase in Population in l 0
Years More than 129 Per Cent.
TFrom The Tribune Bure'

EFT0nl The Tribune Bureau3
Washington. Aug. 1S.-Surprise was eS-
rressed at the Census Bureau to-day when
the final tabulation of the returns from
Schenectady. y. Y, were made At first
Fl was thought that the counting machines
were not IL proper working order, for the
statistics showed that Schenectady made
The phenomenal gain of 1898 per cent In
ponulatfon in the last ten years. The fig
1Ires were revised, with the same result
The official count shows that Schenectady
has population Of 72,s2s. as compared
with 81 So in 1900. a gain OF 41,144. The in
crease in the preceding decade was 117So.
or 81 per cent.
The population Of Newark. y. j, is 347.-
4se. as compared with 246,o7e in 1890 and
Is, ,s3n in 1890 The increase in the last ten
wears was AZ per cent and IN the pre-
oeding decade 35-3 per cent
Scranton, Penn. has q population of 129-
SCI. as conpareG with 1a2 ,oee ten years ago
and -. .215 twenty years ago.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-17
NEW LAWS In EFFECT
Sections of Railroad Act Become
Operative To- night.
ffnrcm The Tribune Bureau

Washington. Aug. 1s.-The telegrap phfrank
is approaching the end of its career At
midnight tomorrow it will join the railroad
pass as q relic of the good old days.
Two sections Of the railroad law took eff
feet on June S. when the act was signed
by the President One of these sections
authorized the Interstate Commerce Com
mission TO suspend proposed increases in
"a tes pending an inquiry into their reason
ableness. and the other empowered the
President to appoint a commission to in
vestieate questions pertaining to the issu-
ance of stocks and bonds by railroads Ali
the other sections of the act take effect at
midnight tomorrow.
Probably no part Of the law will give the
commission more trouble than the long and
short haul section. As a rule. freight
charges are higher to interior than to coast
points. Every station and every commod-
ity Will have to be considered, and there is
danger that the commission Will become the
storm centre of fights between rival cities
The commerce court section will become
effective at midnight tomorrow. but 1t Is
doubtful If the new judges will he named
until Congress meets. After tomorrow the
commission will have authority to initiate
complaints against carriers and to estab-
Iish through rates and joint classifcations
In addition to prohibiting the issuance of
franks by telegraph, cable and telephone
companies. the act places such companies
under the jurisdiction of the Interstate
Commerce Commission. and requires that
their charges for services shall be just and
reasonable. The regulation Of telegraph
and telephone companies will add much to
the work OF the commission. The forms of
tariffs. accounting system and monthly and
annual reports 10 be made by the tele-
graph and telephone companies will be
prescribed b. the commission. This is now
done in the case of railroads Complaints
arising from interstate telegraph and tele-
phone service will be handled in the same
way as are railroad complaints.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-17
REAL ESTATE MAN ARRESTED.

Simon UtTal, real estate dealer. who was
one OF the principal Witnesses against Mag
istrate Henry ]. Furlong, now in Sing Sing,
was arrested on charge of grand larceny
Yesterday in Brooklyn. Samuel keplan, Of
No, % Lincoln Place. owner of tenement
house, complained to Magistrate Tigne on
August \ that Dtfal, as his agent. had
failed 10 turn over $50 which. he alleged
had been collected from his tenants ON
july - uttal was arrested on the complaint
| of kaplan. who charged him with holding
back ST. Of money collected.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-17
SUB-TREASURy CASHIER OUT
PhiIadelphian Resigns After Visit of
Washington Officials.

Philadelphia. Aug. 1s-Winfeld S. Pugh,
cashier of the United States Sub-Treasury
in this city. it was learned tonight has re-
signed. to take effect September 90. Mr..
Pugh has held the place for twenty-three
years
The reason for the resignation is not pub
licly known. but IT followed visit Of
Treasury officials from Washington. 1t is
stated that his accounts are correct
New-York tribune., 1910-08-17
VICTIM OF AUTO CRASH DIES.

Mrs. Mary Helbis, of No. 90 Bay 2oth
street. Brooklyn, who was seriously IN
iured on Monday night. when an automo-
bile in which she and her husband were
riding crashed into electric car, dled
last night in the Kings County Hospital.
The accident occurred at Bedford ana
Flatbush avenues. Mrs. Helbig was pitched
into the street Her husband escaped un-
injured
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-06-09
SAL ARIES
Of Large Number Of West
Virginia Postmasters
Are Increased.

WASHINGTON, D. c., June s.
Announcement has been made at the
posioftlce department of the annual
readjustment of postmasters' sal
aries that are increased or de-
creased, according to the business
done at the various Offices durin;;
the preceding year. In nearly every
case the change means increase,
though few reductions we're an
nounced.
Following is the complete list for
West Virginia:
Increases: Beclley. s1,7OO to ST..
500; Benwood, $1,000 to $1,000;
Cameron. 81 500 to 800; Charles.
Town, $4,000 to $4,000; Chester
$1,000 to s1,7OO; Davis, 1000 tc
Is1,7OO; Elkhorn, $1,000 10 81 200;
Elkins, $4,000 to $4,000; Elm
Grove. $1,000 to $1,000; Fairmont
$4,000 to $500; Pennington. 81.
100 to $1,000: Follansbee. $780,
to $1,4O0; Gary, $1,000 to $1,7OO;
Chenille. s1,1Oo TO $1,000: Graf
ton. $500 tt $4,000; Hendricks
$1,1OO; Hinton, $4,000 to $4,000;
Holden, $1,000 to s1,4OO; Kenova
81 100 to $1,000; Keystone, 1890
TO 81, 400: Logan, $500 to $n,70O
Macdonald, $1,000 to $1,000; Mid
dlebourne, $1,000 to $1,000; Mont
gomery. $1,000 to s1.7OO; Mounds
vile, $4,000 to $4,000; Norfolk
81 400 to $1,000; Point Pleasant
$500 to $1,000; Princeton, $3.50
to $1,000; Redwood, $500 to So,
900; Romney. $1,40O to $500
Rowlesburg. $1,000 to $1,000; st
Albans, $1,000 to $1,000; Salem
$4,000 to s1,SOO: shinnston, $1.20,
to s1.5OO; sistersville, $4,000 t
SO. 400; Spencer, $1,7OO to $500
Sutton, $1,7oO to $500; TER
Alta, $500 to $1,000; Thomas
s1,4Oo to $500; Tunnelton. 1910
to $1,000; Wheeling. $4,000 to So,
600; WillIamstown, $1,1O0 to 81,
200.
Decrease: Bramwell, s1,4o0 /
$1,000: Elizabeth. $1,000 TO 81,
200; smithfield, $1,000 to $1,000.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-06-09
BOY MISSING
Guy McNemar, of Reynolds
vile, Leaves Home With
out Cause.

Guy McNemar. of Reynoldsyi!ic
son OF Mrs. H. j. McNemar. is miss,
ing. He left home Saturday after
noon and was last seen in the com.
pany OF Edward Shaw. His brother
says Guy had no cause to leave
home. His family is worried over
his disappearance.
The missing lad is II years old.
lie is five feet and eight inches tall
and has black hair and black eyes.
He wore a white cap and a dark
gray suit.
Mrs. McNemar will be thankful
for information as to his where
abouts and she notifies the public no:
to harbor him.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-06-09
PRESIDENT PAYS
TRIBUTE TO HERO
i rirbt hand Al hgs saddle

his right hand at his saddle.
Thousands OF visitors came to Mons
roe today from near and distant towns
to witness the dedication and listen
10 the address of President Taft and
there were many distinguished guests
including Mrs. John A. Logan, who Is
a friend of Mrs, Custer, United states
Senator William Alden Smith and a
number of General Clusters army
comrades of the Civil war.
Af:er the exercises here President
Taft and his party went to Jackson
Mich, to participate in the dedeica-
ton of tablet concentrating the
organization OF the Republican party
Under the Oaks at jackson in June,
1854"
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-06-09
WATSON ELECTED
President Of the Clarksburg
and Weston Traction
Company.

At meeting of the clarksburs &
Weston Electric Railway COMPANY
an organization OF the company was
effected by electinr the following
officers:
Presidents. L. Watson.
Vice President-A. d. Fleming.
Secretary and Treasurer-Walton
Miller.
General Manager-James o. Wat
son.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-06-09
CARRIES GRANT
Senator Scott Has a Walk
Over in Forman'S Home
County.

N-NaER, June 6.-In the Republl-
IN PRIMARIES held in Grant county,
I" forman's nome county. he lost TO
"sfe,sman Sturgiss by about so.
i'"."saie G. II. vessler lost to George
,, Ns"meter by 90 votes for the legls-
.@..-e senator SCOTS majority is
.' " 'on Tor Endorsement for United
..as senator. Grant is one OF the
se. Eepubl!can counties in the
Sa'e
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-06-09
on1cAco GRAIN MARKEr.

CHICAGO, June 6.-whcat, "a ga;
corn, 81 SIS; oats. 81 SIS.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-06-09
MONUMENT ON
FAMOUS ISLAND

fought against them. They had the
cemetery weeded and cared for and
on the Memorial Day following held
services there similar to those held
over the Union dead in Oakland
cemtery, sandusky, o.
Every succeeding Memorial Day VI
TO three years ago they carried out
similar services. AS the veterans
were all men in advanced years they
were forced in 1867 to discontinue
their trips to the island. They de
cided also that in view OF the fac;
that up TO that time practically ne
interest had been shown in the Con.
federate graves by either the rela.
tiyes or friends of those buried there
there was no demand on them to
continue the services.
This action by the Grand Army
post became widely known and drew
the attention of the various confed-
crate organizations throughout the
country to the neglected condition o,
ione of the most memorable land
marks OF the great struggle. The
Daughters of the confederacy be-
came interested. The campaign was
headed by the Robert Patton Post
which raised the funds for the puf.
chase of the cemetery and then is
sued another appeal for fund 10
iprovide suitable monument to the
dead.
Money was literally contributed
throughout the South and sub.
Istantial amount was also raised in
the North. The commission for the
monument was given to Sir Moses
Ezekiel, who executed the statue in
his studio in Rome and shipped i;
here a few weeks ago. The first
photographs OF it will be copyright
ed by the Daughters OF the Confed-
eracy and sold. the proceeds to be
added to the monument fund.
The historic value or Johnson's
island lies not merely in the number
of famous soldiers who were con.
fined there during the war but also
in the many stories OF attempted
daring rescues which cluster about
it. For three years plot after plot
was laid to free the thousands who
lay in captivity on the island. Every
attempt however failed. The mala
guard OF the island was the gun
boat. Michigan, now the wolverine,
which frustrated more than one SEN
sational effort at rescue. The
Wolverine. which is still doing duty
in the United States service. was the
first steel vessel ever built on the
Great Lakes.
The statue occupies a position on
the shore of sandusky Bay near the
entrance OF the island cemetery and
faces 10 the South. II represents a
Confederate soldier in uniform. The
right hand clutches a musket, the
stock OF which rests on the ground.
The left hand is raised to the fore
head. shading the eyes. and the fig-
ure seems to be peering into the far
distance toward the Southland.
The statue rests on pedestal con-
structed of South Carolina marble,
upon which is engraved in large let
ters, Erected by the Robert Patton
Chapter United Daughters of the
confederacy, of Cincinnati, o., in
memory of the Southern soldiers
who died in the federal prison on
this island during the war between
.il
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-06-09
Is Dedicated TO the Memory
of the Confederate Pris-
oners Now Dead.

sANDUsKY, o., June s-4A mon.
ument to the memory OF Confeder.
ate officers and soldiers buried Oh
Johnson's Island, sandusky Bay
Lake Erie, was dedicated today. The
movement to erect the statue orig.
mated with the Robert Patton chap.
ter of the United Daughters of thu
confederacy, OF Cincinnati. The
chapter purchased the cemetery III
1908 when 1t was found that the
spot around so many historic mem.
cries clustered. was being neglected
and practically abandoned. Its only
visitors were the veterans Of q
Grand Army post who every Decora.
tion Day held memorial services for
their former foes.
Prior to this, however, one effort
had been made to save the cemetery
from the neglect into which 1t had
fallen. In 1889 a party of editors
and officials OF the state OF Georgin
visited the island. They saw only
broken fences and weed-growr
mounds. Stirred by the sight they
returned home and raised a fund
which provided headstones OF
Georgia marble for each of the zoe
graves. II was then found that 3
OF them must remain nameless. fol
the memory OF the buried had van.
lshed.
Lieutenant Colonel William Hon.
man, Federal commissary general Of
prisoners. leased forty acres OF
land on Johnson's Island in the fall
of 1861 from L. b. johnson. The
intention was to use this land solely
for the accommodation of Confeder-
ate officers and although during the
subsequent years of the war small
bodies OF privates were from time to
time sent to the island 1t was usually
through error and they were invari-
ably promptly drafted to other pris-
ons. The island lies in sandusky
Bay. about three miles from the
town of Sandusky, and the post was
known officially as Depot Prisoners
OF War. Johnson's Island, near San
dusky, o."
The greatest number OF prisoners
confined on the island at any ono
time was about 5000. This was
just prior to the close of the war
All in all about 10000 officers and
soldiers were imprisoned there and
220 deaths were recorded. Four.
teen Of the dead were buried on the
main land.
When the first prisoners died Mr..
Johnson gave his consent to their
burial on the island and the GENE.
terry was laid out under his personal
direction. No lease on the land was
ever executed ana no compensation
given for its use. Consequently. at
the close of the war, Mr.. Johnson.
at his own expense, built a wire
fence around the plot and kept 1t in
repair for several years. Later on
an officer from the Columbus Federal
barracks visited the island and had
the original fence removed and a
more substantial one erected in its
stead. For many years afterwards
the cemetery was allowed to fall into
decay until In 1891, the veterans OF
Post, Grand Army OF the
Republic. OF sandusky, o. paid a
generous tribute to men who had
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-06-09
ASK FOR LICENSE.

NEW YORK, June Theodore
Roosevelt, Jr.. accompanied by his
fiancee, Miss Edith Butler Alexander,
applied at City Hall for a license to
be married June 20.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-06-09
rKonrpIrIoN coNvENrIoN.

The ProhdbFtlonists OF Harrison
county Will meet In mass convention
at the court house. CIarkshurE, We'd
nesday. June 18th, at 10 o'clock. a. m,
for the purpose of nominating coun-
ty ticket, and the transaction OF any
other business that may come before
it.
j. oTTs STOUT, Chairman,
ALBERT w. MARTIN. secy.