Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-09-11
MAYOR GAYN0R
Dies IN MID
OCEAN
HEART FAILURE CAUSES DEATH OF
new YORK CITY'S CHIEF EXEC.
UTIVE EN- ROUTE TO EUROPE
ON VACATION Been FAIL.
ING FOR SOME TIME.
WAS INDEPENDENT
CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR

New York, Sept 11.-Mayor Gay
nor died on the steamer Baltic in
mid-ocean at | o'clock on Wednesday
afternoon
News of his death was received here
in a message sent by wireless and
cable to Robert Adamson, his secre
tary, by Rufus w. Gaynor, his SON.
who sailed with him.
The message read as follows:
Father died Wednesday at / o'clock
due to heart failure. Notify mother"
! Mayor Gaynor sailed away from
New York. fast failing man. on the
morning of September 4. An hour be-
fore he sailed, only one man, his sec
retary, knew of his plans outside of
members of his immediate family.
The mayors announced purpose was
a brief vacation on the ocean. He felt
that the tonic effect of the salt air
would restore him in some measure
| to health.
The Baltic was due at Queenstown
Friday.
| The mayor died as she was nearing
the other side.
1 Mayor Gaynor left New York at a
1 time when the city was seeing one of
the strangest municipal political CON
ditions in it's history. The day before
/ his departure, he was notified on the
/ city hall steps by representatives of
/ Independent political organizations
/ that they had chosen him as their
standard bearer in the mayoraltv cam
Daign, A throng that crowded city
cept. He had prepared a speech OF
acceptance, but was so weak that he
was unable to deliver it, and his sec
rotary read it for him, the mayor
standing beside him
He was expected to attack Tam
many hail. sharply. politically as soon
Jas he returned to the city.
The assassin's bullet that lodged in
his throat three years ago had never
been removed 1t was the mayors
| plan to remain abroad less than
week He expected to sail for New
York from Liverpool on September
IS, and to reach this city week
later
Mayor Gavnor's sudden death com
pletely overturns the municipal polti-
cal situation 1t removes cand
date for mayor who was expected to
cut heavily into the vote of the fus
ion nominee, John Purrov Mitchell,
and leaves only the ticket nominated
by the Democrats and the Fusionists
The former is headed by Edward f.
Mccall, former chairman of the public
service commission of this district.
The mayors denomination was
brought about by no particular politi-
cal faction or party but represented
only his personal popularity
Politicians who discussed his
death today expected that his follow
ers would make no attempt to nomi
nate candidate in his place.
No other places on the Gaynor
ticket have yet been filled.
Mayor Gaynor was placed at the
head of the independent ticket after
Tammany Hall had refused him re-
nomination. He was to lead those who
opposed the regular Democratic or
ganization and yet were unwilling to
Join the fusion of Republicans and
Progressives.
Mayor Gaynor was a strong man
with a genius for public life" said
Secretary BRYAN today on learning OF
the death "He was strong, not only !,
IN the sense that he showed ability in
the discussion Of public questions but
his sympathies were broad and his !
heart was enlisted in reform. His
place will be hard to fill. am dis.
tressed to learn of his DEATH
A. L. Kline. who will be acting /
mayor of New York till January /.
next, is resident of Brooklyn and a !
Republican.
AS acting president of the board of ,
aldermen he took the executive chair (
when Mayor Gaynor sailed for Europe. /
Mr.. Kline has served three terms on |
L0e DOdTu Ol ne NdS NICtG
chairman of the board, elected by fu- I
sion members, when John Purroy Nit I
chell resigned as president to become !
collector of the port of New York.
Mr.. Kline reached the city hall at !
II o'clock and summoned the heads of .
the departments to his Office. He in
dicated that he would issue a procla-
nation later in the day.
Tentative plans. subject to revision
by the Gaynor family, were to have 1
the mayors body brought back to New
York on the steamer Cedric which I
called this afternoon from Liverpool. 4
The Cedric is due at Queenstown to-
morrow morning.
London, Sept. 11.-It was announc-
ed here this afternoon that Mayor
Gaynor's body would be sent to New
York on board the Cunard line steam
Ell Lusitania, which sails from Liver.
pool on Saturday.
Murphy's Regrets.
New York. Sept. 11.-Charles F. i
leader of Tammany Hall,
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