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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-28
CIVIC BODIES TO FEDERATE
Representatives of Twenty AS
sociations at Meeting.

Presidents and other officials OF twenty
civic associations attended luncheon at
the city Club, No. % West 4ith street
yesterday. and later resolved TO form their
associations into federated central body.
Robert Grier Cooke, president OF the Fifth
Avenue Association. presided. and said
that the idea of the officials was that if
the many associations were combined
their work could be better accomplished
economy could be enjoyed and their plans
could be better built.
A committee of ten representatives was
appointed to redraft the bylaws Of the
federation and TO nominate a ticket for
officers by next Monday, on which day
another meeting will be held at the club.
The two attorneys for the federation.
Bruce M. Falconer OF the Fifth Avenue
Association. and Bert Hansen. former
deputy Police Commissioner. were pres
ent at the meeting.
Others present were Thomas w. Slocum.
president of the Wholesale Drygoods Cen
ire Associations Colonel Jefferson De
Mont Thompson, OF the Broadway Asso-
citation: Laurel Harris. president OF the
Municipal Art Society. Joseph w Cush-
man. secretary Of the Twenty third Street
Association. David Robinson secretary
OF the Broadway Association. Simon
Brentano. of the Fifth Avenue Associa-
tion, and Edward w. Forrest, Charles II.
Fuller and Thomas v Fowler. OF the
Harlem Board OF Commerce. There were
also present representatives OF the Amer
lean Art Society the American Society Of
landscape Architects and the American
Scenic and Historic Preservation Society.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-28
NEW ISLAND IN ATLANTIC
Appears About Sixteen Miles
Off Sable Island,

Halifax. y. S. oct "a new island
has appeared in the Atlantic, not far from
the track Of ocean vessels, of the Nova
Scotian coast, according to report from
Captain Anderson of the Gloucester fish
ing schooner Lizzie Gifin. The new land
is a dry bar standing about ten feet above
high water. sixteen miles east-northeast
OF Sable Island, about seventy miles from
Whitehead. the nearest point Of mainland
according TO Captain Anderson. The Ma
rine and Fisheries Department is making
INQUIRIES TO confirm the discovery.
Parts OF Sable Island have been washed
away at various periods only TO be cast
I'D again at other points further out 10
sea and doubtless the new island was
formed In this way.
Washington, oct. 27-Ofieials at the
naval photographic office We're keenly i'll
terested in the announcement that a new
island had risen out of the sea off the
Nova Scotian coast. While government
scientists are without information as. TO
teh occurrence. they regard It as espe-
ciaIly interesting taken in connection with
the recent violent earthquakes in Panama
and other disturbances which have caused
marked changes in the ocean bottom and
shore conformation off the Pacific Cen
trail American coasts.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-28
FLAWS IN NEW HAVEN RAIL
Test Made of Steel That
Caused Gilt Edge" Wreck.

Providence oct. 27.-More flaws In the
broken rail which wrecked the "Gllt
Edge" express near Westerly on Satur-
day night inJuring thirty-nve persons.
were found to-day in test by officials
OF the New Haven Railroad. Pieces OF
the defective rail broke sharply when
dropped from a height OF about eight feet.
The freshly broken parts revealed pc
culiar formation. which appeared very
much the same as that seen where the
rail broke under the wheels.
The test was made in an official inves-
tigation OF the wreck by c. y. Woodward,
general superintendent. Of Boston, and
John ID. Gallary. superintendent OF the
Providence division. William c. Bliss.
chairman. and George A. Carmichael, spe-
cial agent. OF the Rhode Island Public
Utilities Commission, were present and
heard the testimony OF the men OF the
train crew.
Woodward and Gallary left tonight for
New Haven. but MIR. Bliss said that the
roads investigation was not completed
and that he expected 10 sit with the Off
Gals again tomorrow.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-28
INCOME TAX EXPLAINED
Trust Companies Committee Issues
Pamphlet on Law.

The trust companies committee of which
Alexander J. Hemphill is chairman Is
issuing an explanation of the business
Side of Holding out the Income Tax on
Coupons. etc.
Mr.. Hemphill said that the Treasury
Department regulations should commend
themselves to the common sense of the
business community The Treasury De-
pertment in compiling them seemed to
have added TO the "collection-at-the-
source" method the proposal originally
made by the committee Of information
at-the-source." In these regulations the
collection is made simple and direct. and
many complexities OF the law are eliml-
mated.
The government is 10 be particularly
congratulated upon the ruling it has made
eXemptinS nonresident foreigners from
the provisions Of the income tax. This
removes the doubt which was occasioned
by some cquivocal language in the bill as
originally drafted.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-28
UNLUCKY, SAYS MURE1,
FRIEND OF SCHMIDT.
Failed in Everything He Tried,
He Declares in Trial for
Counterfeiting.
RIGHT NAME IS HELPING
Says Slayer of Anna Aumuller
Suggested That He Make
Money and That the
Idea Shocked Him.

Ernest A. Muret. friend of Hans
Schmidt, the murderer Of Anna Aumuller.
told his story yesterday in the United
States District Court in answer TO the
charge that No had counterfeitlng ma
terials The defence will close its case
to-day, ard il is probable that a verdict
will be reached this evening.
IL was born In 1884 in Posen, Germany"
he began. MY name was Herman Ar
thur Heibing. one of my first positions
was secretary TO a lawyer. and from
that went into the Hamburg Office OF
the ROYAL German Mail Steamship Com
pany as a clerk.
II was ambitious TO be my own en-
ployer, and II seemed to me that the
banking and brokerage business offered
the best opportunity for me to achieve
this; but | did not succeed. and / moved
from that line into the lecture field. Then
entered the employ of telephone COM
pany as scientific experimenter
"In 1907, while | was working for a
bank. one Of the employees forged a note.
Suspicion fell on me unjustly and so II
turned ont. for. though was charged
with the crime. | was released. But my
name had been so burdened with dam
ming newspaper publicity that felt | had
been disgraced. II preyed on my mind
and I wanted TO kill myself. ! had made
UP my mind that It was the wise course,
but something turned me from IL, and |
then decided that a change OF name
would relieve me Of the odium.
Failing at everything | attempted In
Germany, went 10 London. There ! was
not more fortunate. so ] came here-went
to Chicago. where ! studied under GER
titled dentist Even there trouble was at
my door, for ! was arrested on a charge
OF falsely using the title Doctor | at
tended school of medicine in Chicago
and became a teacher Of languages.
Il did not meet Hans Schmidt until last
December, when he came as dental pa
tient His frequent calls inspired a
friendship between us. friendship OF
such strength that even when ! was away
from home he would come to my apart
mcnt
I'VE took several walks together. and
last June while passing a store where
picture postcards made In Germany were
on view schmidt suggested. and ac-
copied the suggestion, to go into the bust
ness Of making postcards. Schmidt agree
ing To pay for everything. But We didn't
prosper at this.
Il come now TO Schmidts suggestion
that we make counterfeit money. II was
In 81 Nicholas Park on August IL last
that he said. Let's make money ! re-
fused. was indignant schmidt became
angry. We quarrclled. and | gave back to
Schmidt the keys to the apartment he had
rented"
The first witness yesterday was Inspec-
tor Faurot. who told OF the arrest and
read from stonographlc notes Muret's
statement at the time. Faurot also testi-
fed that when he raided Murets rooms
he found instruments used in performing
1t,g4I pugfa.fpre
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-28
TUESDAY. Ne&u-Do Gribmt1t. OCTOBER %: 1913

strongly suspected in Wall Street at the
time. that the syndicate which was sup
plying the stock was also furnishing the
call money wherewith to buy. This be-
lief was more or less confirmed by the
later collapse of the Rock Island pool, due
to the sudden calling Of these loans, which
threatened failure for many firms and
individuals.
On September u, 1911. Kuhn, Loeb &
Co, which as the head OF bankers syn
dicate, had taken over the Pearson, Far
quhar holdings, announced that they had
sold their preferred stock to Phelps,
Dodge & Co. While neither the number
Of shares nor the price was made public,
II was reported that the block consisted
of about 100000 shares and the price
around So.
The fact that the Phelps-Dodge inter-
ests have been so largely interested in the
road has made it seem reasonable that
sooner or later they would secure a larger
voice in the management. 1t was pointed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-28
ROCK ISLAND CHANGE
RUMOR IN WALL STREET
Phelps Dodge Interests Report
ed as Dominating Sytem, but
Road Officials Deny It.
GAIN PLACE IN THE BOARD
Independent Bankers Have
Holdings of Pearson Far
quhar Syndicate-Stock
Advances Sharply.

Rumors that have been current in the
financial district for several weeks con-
corning the future of the Rock Island
Railroad system eliminated yesterday III
a report that control of the property had
rassed from the Moore interests 70
Phelps. Dodge & Co. one of the largest
independent banking houses In this coun-
try. which has extensive railroad ana
mining properties in the South and SOUTH
west II was also reported that Artnir
curtiss James, vice-president Of Phelps,
Dodge & Co. would be elected chairman
Of the Rock Island executive committee
to succeed William H. Moore.
Despite denias from an official source
Wall Street persisted i'm the belief that
there was much truth In the rumofs'
A Rock Island official said that the only
changes contemplated were the election
OF a director from Phelps, Dodge *
Co. and possibly later that some one
from ST. Louis would secure representa-
ton on the board. This official also de-
MED that Mr.. James, vice-presldent OF
Phelps, Dodge & Co, would be elecseu
chairman of the Rock Island executive
committee to succeed Mr. Moore. lie ad-
mitted, however that the Phelps, DohSe
& Co. interests would have more ACTIVE
voice in the roads management mere
after. but added that II was not sufficient
TO give them control
A director who did not wish hls nams
mentioned said that the contemplated
changes presaged closer relations between
the operating departments and the ooaru
OF directors. He added:
Meetings OF the directors and eXecu-
tive committee will be held with greater
regularity and the operating staff VIII
know that the directors are scrutinizing
operations Heretofore officials IN the
operating end have apparently felt that
the directors were little lax In their
attention 10 the property. IL seems UNI
reasonable that a system earning
81. 10000 gross yearly should be oper-
atcd AT n per cent OF gross, yet that Is
the record of the last fiscal year
On rumors OF reorganization, which
would involve a receivershp, the Rock
Islands preferred and common stock and
4 per cent collateral trust bonds have de-
clined heavily since January |. Despite
official denials OF any threatened financial
troubles. these securities continued their
downward march, but yesterday. on the
reports OF executive changes, the pre-
ferred sold up pa points, closing at 2ik,
compared with a recent low mark OF 49,.
The common closed at lFs, compared
with "A recent low Of Az. The railroad IS
sold as high as IS during the day. s points
above the sale price OF a few days ago
Phelps, Dodge & Co. have had a
minority interest In Rock Island since the
summer Of 1911. when the Pearson-Far-
quhar syndicate undertook 10 form n
new transcontinentaI system buying Rock
Island. Lehgh Valley. Wabash and MIS-
souri, Pacific shares on margin. II was
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-28
EAST SIDE IN "PYGMALION"
All Star" Performance Given
and Actors Get Prizes.

An all-star performance Of "Pygmalion
and Galatea" was given last night under
the auspices Of the Educational Dra-
matte League. Of which Mrs. August
Belmont rs president at the Music
School Settlement. No. IS Sd street The
cast comprised picked players from the
SIX clubs which entered into the league
competition last spring Mrs. Belmont
announced after the performance these
prize winners: First. the stanton House
players: second Greenwich House; third.
do We the Next Thing" House.
The next plays, she announced. would
bc "The Little Princess" by Frances
Hodgson Burnett, for the junior players,
and clyde Fitchs Nathan Hale" for
the senior PLAYERS Both plays will be
under the direction OF Mrs. Sarah Cowell
lie Moyne.
The children OF Public School ISIS gave
their prize performance OF "The House
Of the Heart and there was music by
the orchestra OF the Music School Settle
mcnt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-28
SALE OF GAYNOR PROPERTY
Auction Will Be Held at St.
James Next Saturday.

The personal property Of the late Mayor
William J. Gaynor at Deepwels his
country estate at st. James, Long Island,
is to be sold at auction at Deepwels on
Saturday. The sale is to be conducted
under the direction OF the Kings County
Trust Company. as executor and trustee.
Included in the property to be sold are
the prize pigs, COWS and horses, Of which
Mayor Gaynor was exceedingly fond. to-
gether with poultry, farming implements,
etc il has not yet been learned whether
Deepwells is to be disposed Of, but the
announced sale OF the farm implements
has given rise TO the belief that the farm,
too, is to he sold.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-28
BOY KILLED BY AUTO.
Was Playing in Street When He Was
Run Down.

James n Rernat, seven years old. of
No. 1916 Park avenue. was killed late
yesterday afternoon i'm West Ssth street
by an automobile owned by William
Henes, of No q East 66th street.
The front wheel passed over him, but the
chauffeur, Otto Meisezahl, of No l022
Avenue a. stopped the car so quickly that
the rear wheel did not touch the boy.
The boys father. James Bernat. came
along just as a policeman was picking
him up. The chauffeur drove the boy
and his father To the German Hospital,
at Lexington avenue and nth street,
where the boy died.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-28
PLAN PEACE CELEBRATION
Delegates Meet to Prepare for
Centenary Jubilee Next Year.

The first important step toward the in
ternational celebration of the beginning
OF one hundred years OF peace between
English speaking nations was taken yes
terday afternoon, when the New York
State commission In charge of arrange
ments for the centenary OF the battle ~
Plattsburg met in this city and agreed
upon tentative plans for September II.
The meeting was held in the Office OF
former Lieutenant Governor Thomas r.
Conway, No. 80 Nassau street. and was
presided over by Francis Lynde Stetson.
chairman of the commission. An execu-
tive committee was appointed. with Sem
ator Foley as chairman, to confer with
the American committee for the celebra-
ton OF one hundred years Of peace among
English speaking peoples.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-28
SEES CIVIL SERVICE PERIL
League Urges Wilson to Disre
gard Vicious Rider"

Washington, oct. PA statement was
issued by the National Civil Service Re.
form League to-day urging the President
10 exercise his power to set aside the
provisions Of the urgency deficiency bill
removing the deputy collectors OF internal
revenue and deputy marshals from civil
Service protection.
Regret is expressed that the President
did not veto the bill because of the
vicious rider as such step would
have gone = long way toward stopping
TINS practice of practically repeating the
civil Service law little by little through
riders on appropriation and revenue bills"
The Issuance Of an executive order, it is
argued. would avoid The evil results that
viii follow If the provlso is adhered to"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-28
Here's our platform

Here's our platform
Atwood fabrics-the best
products Of foreign and do
nestle mills.
Up-to-date styles - smart,
but nothing extreme or
freakish.
Moderate prices-much less
than good tailors charge for
custom garments OF the same
grade. No more than is
asked for much inferior ready
to wear clothing.
Efficient service - every
thing possible done for the
customers com t ort, from
courteous statesmen to ease
in making your selection
all our suits and ovcrcoats
displayed under glass.
Satisfaction-"your money
back if you want it has been
our slogan for forty years.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-28
N. Y. U. GROWING FAST
Total Enrolment Now Is Reported as
5.637 Students.

New York University, under chancel-
lor Brown, has shown an increase of IS
per cent in registration. The total en-
rolment is 5,s37, not including auditors
nor students in the extramural division
of whom there are more than 1000.
or these 5.637 students 2'5oS are new.
The greatest increase. 40 per cent. was
in the summer school. The school OF
commerce, accounts and finance has this
year a total enrolment of 2,O53 stu
dents.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-28
ONE FREED OF ROBBERY cHAeoe

When John Barry of No. l7s East
18th street. and Robert Lewis. Of No.
PA East 18th street, we're arraisned IN
Jefferson Market court yesterday on ths
charge Of stealing the Hammerstei,
payroll of $3.50 from ]. ]. Schmidt ON
Broadway car on Saturday Barry was
not Identified and was discharged. Levi,
was held for examination tomorrow. nj.
$4,000 bail being continued. The charge
was changed from grand larceny to dis.
orderly conduct.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-28

out that one Of the indications OF closer
relationship Of these interests With the
Rock Island was the recent announcement,
that the roads passenger service to the
coast would use the Ell Paso and South
western "a Phelps-Dodge property be.
tween FL Paso and Tucson and the Souths
ern Pacific the balance of the distance
Previously the Rock Island had used ,ba
Southern Pacific from FL Paso ives,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-28
FREE ON MURDER CHARGE,
GIBSON is REARRESTED
He Must Now Face Trial in
Connection with Handling
of Mrs. Szabos Estate.
fBy telegraph 10 The tribune


Goshen, y. Y. Oct. 27.-Freed Of the
charge of numbering Mrs. Rosa Szabo, his
client Burton W. Gibson had a few mo-
ments of liberty to-day before being ar
rested by a New York detective on in
dictments pending against the lawyer IN
connection with his handling Of Mrs.
Szabo's estate.
Gibson was tried twice on the charge Of
causing the death of Mrs. Szabo by stran-
Culation in Greenwood Lake on July 10.
1912. Both juries disagreed and the court
to-day dismissed the indictment against
Gibson.
After the dismissal Of the case Gibson
stated that he was anxious for ano'he'
trial. as he had evidence that would con-
vince any jury of his innocence. MIS-
Gibson who had joined her husband again
expressed her confidence in his innocence
She had visited him almost weekly during
the period of his imprisonment and at
tended both trials
Burton ". Gibson was brought here
last night by Sheriff Fayer of orange
County and lodged in the Tomos.
In preparation FOR GIBSON TeleaSe' D''
trict Attorney Wilson came from New
burgh last week and obtained from lsiuor
Wasservogel and Deacon Murphy. ASSIST
ant District Attorneys Of this county d
bench warrant calling for Gibson arres'
on a charge of forgery. The warrant was
70 ne executed as soon as Gibson was re-
leased in Orange County.
There are two indictments for grand lar
cenv and one for forgery against Gibson
lere. They were found last December
He will be brought TO trial upon the IN
dictment charging the forgery of the sig
nature of Mrs. Petronella Menschlk' lh'
! mother of Mrs. Rosa Szabo. to a waiver
/ of citation. Frank Menschik, the brother
| Of the deceased. is an important witness
in that case. He is now in Europe. GID
son will be tried here before the latter
part OF December.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-28
SHEPARD CHOSEN BY N.Y.U.
Elected to Council to Succeed
Late F. w. DevOe.

At the annual meeting of the New York
University council. Finley j. Shepard was
elected a member. TO succeed the late
Frederick William Devoe.
Mr.. Shepard is the husband of Miss
Helen Gould whose gifts to the uni
versity are more than 100000.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-04-05

y
afew minutes showed him the nature
of his &C cupation. He was conducting
a loan business and he was the shark.
No doubt the police were engaged on
one of their. periodical crusades
against such people.
Into the half ream of documents
had been compressed the pitiful trag-
edies of many lives. School teachers,
small clerks, city officials all were
in his net. He, Henry Patterson, sat
there like a spider and sucked the
blood out of those fellow-creatures
who had written down their obliga-
lions on these pages. There were
legal and illegal bonds and undertake
ings, salary assignments; there was
a special fund for tracking down alb
sconding debtors Within an hour
Drumfield's trained legal mind had
shown him the exact status of his en-
terprise. He knew that the papers
were not worth, legally, the ink with
which they were written. But they
were good enough to terrify those
who feared the money-lender and his
means OF making their lives miser-
able.
'Mr. Ebenezer Jones is outside,
SIR said the woman, putting her
hard face in at the door. She ran her
fingers over the documents and pull
ed one out That's him. she said,
snickering. Borrowed $50 three
years ago; has paid back S195 to date
and still owes us $12250. There's a
dollar fine for being ten minutes late
with the last payment. She whisper
ed: ''The sucker will stand a lot of
blood-sucking yet. l told him we
might renew the loan for a consid-
Grafton. Shall show him in?"
Eyes, and stay with us, - said Drum
field, quickly. I'm not quite familiar
with the details of the business here. -
The woman snickered again and
called the man inside. He came in
humbly, hat in hand. He was an old,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-04-05


yesterday and I've got to keep her
out of pauper's grave. Let me re-
new and I'll work my fingers to the
bone for YOU
That's how you all talk, y said the
loan shark clerk, CONTEMPORARY.
"And you're just the kind of chap
that runs round to the district .attor-
ney and tries to get us into trouble.
But you can't" she snapped, waving
her fingers in Mr.. Jones face. Get
up, you cheap skate, you poor pay,
you ten-cent man. Now then! Sup
pose we let you renew"
81 will go in!'' shouted a voice out
side. ''You shall not keep me back!
Pm going to see Mr.. Patterson him
self. L"
The woman clerk swung around
and filled the doorway with her burly
body. Outside young woman
pressed impotently against the clos
ing door.
"Let her come i'm" called Drum
field, and, reluctantly, the clerk let
her pass. <'t
Another of them down-and-outs,"
she shrilled. Case No. 247. School
teacher. Borrowed $40 to pay for her
sisters illness and owes us S125, and
says she's too poor to settle. Ugh!
I'd settle her."
Slowly John Drumfield drew out
the two papers. He tore them into
fragments and let the pieces fiutter
out of the open window. -,
your debts are paid" he said to
the old man and the girl. And while :.
the woman stared in horror and
amazement he quickly ripped the rest
of the documents to pieces. THAT
ends this business" he said.
Outside there came a hammering
at the door, The woman turned
quickly.
81 thought you, was mad" she
whimpered. Nov 1 know what you
are, you dog. You're one of the gov