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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-12
NEW MAYOR TO FOLLOW
|. IN CAYNOR'S FOOTSTEPS
Colonel Kline ContempIateS No
Changes in Heads of
City Departments.

Mayor Kline said he did not contem-
plate making any changes in the heads %
the city departments when the straight
question was put TO him late yesterday
afternoon. Although some Republicans
were figuring that 1t would be good
chance to get a little patronage for the
organization. rs Mayor Kline is good
organization Republican. the leaders wers
OF the opinion that il would be the worst
sort OF politics to play.
There was only one removal that might
be made. according 10 the prevailing
opinion and that was the removal Of Po-
lice Commissioner Waldo. II was argued
that the retention of Waldo had been
one OF the Mayors obsessions and that
he would have appointed another man
long ago except he did not want 10
knuckle down to the public opinion that
was against Waldo.
Mayor Kline called a meeting Of the
department heads for this morning at 10
o'clock At that time ARRANGEMENTS will
probably be made for some suitable trih-
ute TO Mayor Gaynors memory. and
Mayor Kline will possibly announce his
policy toward the Gaynor heads OF depart
ments.
Police Commissioner Waldo had several
, conferences with Mayor Kline yesterday.
lie was there in the morning and in tho
early afternoon and they went away 10.
gether at night
When consideration of the CUrran police
report was before the Board of Aldermen
Mr. Kline did not vote, holding that 1t
was not necessary for the presiding officer
TO vote except IN case OF tie.
Are YOU going TO make any change IN
the heads OF departments" Mayor Kline
was asked.
Il Do not contemplate anything Of the
kind" was the reply.
At present, at any rate?' he was
asked
The Mayor did not have time 10 answer
this when some one broke in TO say:
you will probably take the same atti'
tude that Colonel Roosevelt did at the
time of the death Of President Mckin-
Icy"
YES. that is it, said Mayor Kline L
intend to carry out the ideas OF Mayor
Gaynor as nearly as il may be possible
SO 10 do
1T is usual when new Mayor comes
into power for the department chiefs 10
hand in their designations said one OF
the Mayors callers
II have never been Mayor before, 30
did not know that" said Mayor Kline.
However. / do not think that Will be
necessary"
II IL were not near the end OF tne
present administration. and II the nv
nicipal campaign were not pracucdE
under way. IL is probable conSlderanle
pressure would he brought 10 bear on
Mayor Kline to supplant the Gaynor ap-
pointees with Republicans.
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KLINE SHOCKED. ISSUES PROCLAMATION

executive on INC
MAYORS DEATH proclamation at yesterday
To Public: -, .
OF Mayor Gaynors aea'n'
comes 10 me stunning know speak for the people OF s
Mayor the cry OF
will be hard to repair for n''"'
unntedy 10 the peoPe
the manifest for years 10
Of the problem munpa govern
reform improve inc
government ne alone WI" S'"
the value Of his this direction
kn" the Mayor Tor
first with him began sr0on VIM"
he for that mad Tor
respected me- NY ao
always OF the peasanes
Wednesday OF
little dreamed would
Hall and all runiepa'
will committee OF
regarding the Mayors death and 10 arrange
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-12
COMPLAINED MORE FREQUENTLY
AFTER TAMMANY TURNDOWN

Star Line pier cid / know his Plans
Commissioner Smith and the Mayor
rode i'm the car, and Rufus Gaynor'
with the trained nurse who was 10 go
with them. rode in the Mayors own
car behind.
1--WE drove slowly over the Mammal
tan Bridge and up to 18th street then
over 10 West 10Th street and to Per
90 On the pier we went up by ele-
vator. The Mayor had coughed some
on the ride over, but not as much as
l have seen him when these attacks
were on him before.
AS We came 10 the foot of the gang
plank, the Mayor turned 10 me and
said
There's one good old ship-where
do we go, officer
He always called me either officer
or lieutenant ! pointed the way up
the gangplank and the Mayor walked
up slowly, helping himself by the rail
on one side. Everybody on the dock
seemed to be much surprised 10 see
the Mayor going abroad. He sat down
in a chair on the main deck Immediate
ly, and Mr.. Creelman came up and
talked to him for a minute. Several
them it was his orders that he should
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-12

THE Mayor had ordered his car back
at / o'clock on that Tuesday" said
Adamson. "but when he got into his
work he would not stop, and as mat
ter Of fact he did not leave the once
until late that afternoon.
1T was on that afternoon that he
dictated his speech Of acceptance Tor
the notification ceremony scheduled for
the next day. 1t took him just abost
five minutes to dictate that, and when
he had finished he called me in and
said that he did not feel equal TO the
lob of giving it and that ! would have
TO read it.
THE next morning he asked me very
particularly il there would be chairs
out in front Of the City Hall at the
notification. Usually he preferred TO
stand up at any meeting OF the sort.
You know he always stood up 81 legis-
lative bill hearings, sometimes for over
an hour at time. but it was en- indi-
cation Of his real condition when he
Wanttu CildlFS lH'l' VII N'uii'''"''
He was bothered somewhat by the
heat Of the sun at the notification. too
and spoke of the heat. He was talking
afterward about his coughing spells
and Colonel Kline was in the office. The
colonel said something about an opera
ton to relieve his throat, and the
Mayor laughed and said
why. YOU see, colonel, ] am getting
better slowly and when I have these
attacks they are so painful don't want
to have an operation. and when they're
over don't need it,
Colonel Kline told him he was ike
the Arkansas rountainecr who was
asked by traveller why he didn't mend
his leaky roof, and who told the tray
eller that when it was raining 1t was
too wet To mend it, and when the sun
was shining he didn't need it mendcd.'
The Mayor was very weak and tired
just after the notification. though
Adamson went on, and when he came
in he took his coat and collar OFF, anc
for a time we thought we would have
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-12
.DELANY ADMINISTERS
OATH TO COLONEL KLINE
New Mayor Calls at Justices
Chambers and Is Intro
duCed by Watson.

With tho sudden death OF William j.
Gaynor. Colonel Ardolph l.. Kline who
was acting Mayor. and who succeeded
John Purroy Mitchell "a President OF the
Board OF Aldermen. became the Mayor OF
the city OF New York.
While IL was understood that Mayor
Kline came into possession of his office
automatically upon his predecessors
death. I'm view Of the provision Of the
city's charter. which states that in case
Of the death Of the Mayor tho President
OF tho Board OF Aldermen Is To succeed
10 the mayoralty. the new Mayor de-
cided after a conference with other city
officials to take the oath OF Office for
mally Colonel Kline appeared in the
chambers OF Justice John J. Dclany. Of
the Supreme Court. shortly after p. m.
yesterday. and went through the cere-
mony % taking the Mayors oath.
He was introduced 10 Justice Dclany by
the dead Mayors friend Archibald Il.
Watson. tho Corporation Counsel May
IL please your honor" said the Corpora
ton Counsel "I present the Mayor OF the
City Of New York FOR the making and
taking OF the Official oath"
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MADE MISTAKE IN NOT
TAKING VACATIONS, HE SAID

"Why. he had his mind very much
set on the vacation idea lately Adam
son responded, land he had evidently
come TO the opinion that rest from
work was a very important thing.
recall that he asked Lieutenant Ken
nell about his vacation one Gay anu
told him he ought 10 take month OH.
""rbat's the mistake I've made the
Navor said at that time. that / didn't
take a vacation when / needed it
when he came back to the Office
after that short rest at St James he
dictated several letters, his speech OF
acceptancc OF the nomination for tho
rotifcation ceremonies, and that state
,oert which was given out on the day
he called. He was very particular that
mo hint Of his plans for sailing on the
Raltic should he made public in any
uav and to that end he told me he
would say goodby here in the ONCE the
dav before Commissioner Smith was
the only man who went over to the
boat
"Thc Mayor had had it in mind for
come time TO take a trip 10 England,
Chiefly for the sake Of the rest aboard
shin. but II wasn't until the day before
that he finally made up his mind about
II Then ne said he was going to send
me a cable every day. and as a matter
q fact II was when none of those cables
came That began to think that he
must DC sick"
Dock Commissioner Smith, who was
ia AdamSons room al the time, recalled
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ADAMSON PRESENTS MENTAL
PICTURE OF LATE CHIEF

as buffer foriand marking out the for
ming with the early morning, when he
received the first news of the Mayors
death, from Rufus Gaynor on the
Baltic. to the end of the day. when ne
saw the new chief through the intrica-
cies of the assumption of o:ice, Adam
son kept his even tempered way under
a heavy load.
Borough President McAneny ordered
the draping of the City Hall, the Board
Of Estimate chamber and the Alder
manic chamber. and late last night the
columns of the historic municipal
building were covered with black cloth
Many of the hotels Of the city put up
black drapery i'm their Hobbies in honor
Of the dead Mayor. and the flags on all
public buildings were struck to half
mast early i'm the day
At the special meeting of the Board
of Estimate to-day and Of the Board
of Aldermen next Tuesday action will
be taken looking toward the closing Of
all the city's courts and the cessation
Of general city activities on the day
of the Mayors funeral, whether the
funeral is public or private Some OF
the magistrates courts adjourned yes
terday as a mark of respect to the
Mayor.
While no definite plans were an
nounced yesterday, it is understood tho
body Of the Mayor will be brought to
the City Hall when it arrives on the
Lusitania, and that it will lie in state
there until the funeral.
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at exactly one minute To- -. and |
stepped into the Mayors room and
said I wish YOU good health, Mr..
Mayor. and bon voyage
Thank YOU. and goodby lieuten-
ant he said. and then left him. sit
ting I'm his chair. He had been alone
for the last twelve minutes before the
ship sailed. sitting I'm his room. looking
over letters and n book Rufus Gaynor
had tho room next TO him on one side,
No. -. and the professional nurse had
the room on the other side. 80. g.
After the rush ana strain Of the day
yesterday, SHobcrt Adamson, the May
or's private secretary. who has been
probably more closely associated With
him since h has been in Office than
any other member Of his official fam
lis. spoke Of the circumStar IS leading
ND 10 the Mayors decision that he
would take rest by going on voy-
age.
There has never been day since
he was shot that he hasn't suffered
from that bullet" said Adamson. lie
would be- seized with these attacks II
coughing spells frequently. at first, af-
ter the shooting. and gradually the
time Of the periods between attacks u
such violence heightened. lie has al
ways belittled these attacks. but late
ly he has spoken of them occasionally.
The doctors have said that his heart
was absolutely sound, but we have felt
that these terrific attacks OF coughing
spells were straining him in that re-
spect. and he told me once. not long
ago that he felt sometimes during an
attack as II his heart would burst"
Adamson was asked about the May
or's plans for a vacation. over which
arose. few weeks ago. the report
that he was going TO the Adirondacks
this summer
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not be bothered. Some persons then
tried to send their cards over TO him.
but stopped when they saw that ne
wanted 10 be quiet
Then he asked mo where his room
was. and Just then Commissioner
Smith. who had left us for a minute.
came back and said II was No. - on
the main dock Mr. Creclman left then.
and the Mayor walked slowly 10 his
room. and Commissioner Smith brought
Captain Ransom up and introduced
hir. to the Mayor.
81 am more than pleased 10 have
YOU on my ship this trip. and | want
YOU to be my guest at table Captain
Ransom said TO him, and the Mayor
stood up.
He patted the captain on the shoulder
and said TO Commissioner Smith:
a. well built man. Commissioner,
and then. turning toward the captain.
4 will be glad to Accept
IF you would prefer table b.
yourself the captain added, but the
Mayor interrupted him with wave OF
his hand and said: No, no. it'll be all
right
when the captain left the Mayor
turned TO me and told me ! could so
ashore but told him / would wait "A
little longer. that there were two gang
planks down, and you couldn't tell who
might come along.
"'All right he said and then few
minutes later. after he had looked over
some letters he asked me what time II
was. told him it was five minutes to
12.and he told me again that could go
ashore then. Commissioner smith had
made arrangements 10 have man no.
tify me when the last gangplank was
60 be taken down. so ! told hip ! would
wait until the last minute
The man came few minutes later
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-12

While Secretary Adamson was not
willing 10 admit that any recent polit-
ical disappointments had anything TO
do with the Mayors condition, 1t was
noted that the Mayors habit Of BELT
Ting and refusing TO admit the strain
of these coughing spells upon his con-
stitution had changed gradually Of late
coincident with his political disappoint-
ment.
II is only since then that Mayor Gay-
nor had been willing to admit, even 10
his closest friends. that his physical
condition was a matter OF concern to
him.
Adamson babe goodby 10 his CHIEF in
the Mayors office on the Wednesday
afternoon just after the notification
ceremonies, at which Mayor Gaynor's
feebleness made it necessary for the
secretary TO read his speech OF accept
ance. IL was the Mayors desire that
his embarkation on board ship the next
day should be as quiet as possible, and
II was for that reason that he said
farewell TO his secretary in the office
instead Of on the dock. At that time
he asked Adamson to buy copy Of
Enerson's Essays" the Cambridge edi-
ton. and send it TO his cabin on the
Baltic.
The LAST man who was with the
Mayor on board ship was Police Lieu
tenant William Kenneth the Mayor s
bodyguard. So carefully did his hon
or cover his plans for the voyage that
Kennels instructions On the night De-
fore the sailing were simply to report
al the Brooklyn home Of the Mayor.
No 20 Eighth avenue, at ii O'Clock
Thursday morning.
Kennels description Of the last hour
the Mayor spent in this city, as given
To Tribune reporter yesterday. en-
phasized particularly that extreme
care which the Mayor had taken to
guard the secret OF his intention TO
tnke the voyage.
eve left the house at ll;lo Thurs-
day morning" said Kennel. in a
Dock Department car, and not until
the Mayor himself told me TO direct
the chauffeur TO drive to the White
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that the Mayor had had one Of his
coughing spells, although not q severe
one, on board ship just before the boat
sailed
Those were terrible attacks" said
Adamson. why. one OF them lasted
thing was that he admitted lately. al
though he always used to belttle IL.
that these attacks were bothering him.
II wasn't i'm his composition To admit
physical weakness"
Adamson went down to talk with the
Mayor on Wednesday, August q, when
he was resting at St James. He was
feeling much improyd that day and felt
he had passed the worst Of his attack,
He told Adamson then he wanted a ste
nographer sent down the following Sat
urday, but so rapidly did his condition
improve that on the following day he
sent this wire to Adamson, AT the City
Hall:
I'm feeling fine. Want TO get into
the work. Send stenographer down
with the mail.
The following Tuesday. when he re-
turned to his office, the Mayor did not
feel so well. When he came into the
Office he sank down i'm his chair with
out even the energy to remove his hat
I'll come all right In minute" he
said to Adamson. and while. as Adam
son said yesterday, he was far from
being "all right in minute he pro-
ceeded to his work with all his Gus
tomary vigor.
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Mr.. Adamson seemed to be recalling
very move made by his chief in his last
active days as Mayor, and with the
mental picture he presented he put in
his impressions Of the growing weak
ness of a man whose constitution was
fatally undermined by the bullet shot
into his neck three years before.
To this man. who had been so closely
associated with him, probably more
than to any one else who knew the
Mayor, had come the realization that
Mayor Gaynor would never recover
from that attack Within the last few
weeks especially, as Adamson brought
out the story. he had seen more plainly
than ever before the physical strain un-
der which Mayor Gaynor was working
along.
AS Adamson saw 1t, this strain was
entirely physical. He would not adj
NIT that political or mental worry over
the turmoil Of the coming municipal
election had any remote relation to the
change in the physical condition OF the
Mayor, which was coincident with the
beginning OF the Mayors open split
with Tammany.
The Mayors secretary yesterday &C.
cupled the position OF link between
the administrations ended and begun
by the sudden death Of the Mayor al
sea. on the one hand he carried tn,
burden Of the sole active representa-
tive Of Mayor Gaynor al the City Hall,
and on the other, the burden Of acting
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-12
GAYNoR DEFENDER MoURNs
Brooklyn Man Closes Store When He
Learns of Mayors Death.

one of the first to take recognition OF
the death of Mayor Gaynor was j. &.
Mason. of No. 32s Flatbush avenue
Brooklyn. who was known as one of the
stanchest defenders OF the Mayors policy
When the news of Mr. Gaynor's death
reached Mason he closed his place oil
business and draped the front of his
store in mourning. on large sign. with
mourning band. was the following In
scrlptlon:
The Great Defender of the Personal
Constitution Has Fought His Last Fight.
Mason was firm believer in the May
or's personal liberty policy, and each day
had a new sign in his window attacking
Mr. Gaynors enemies
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FACED DEATH WITHOUT FEAR.

Mayor Gaynor, in a letter to one
OF his sisters while he was recov-
ering from the immediate shock
after the attempt upon his life IN
1910, wrote:
81 was not bit afraid to die il
that was Gods will Of me. said to
myself, Just as we'll now as a few
years from now. No one who con.
templates the immensely of Al.
mighty God and Of His universe and
His works, and realizes what an
atom, he is in il all. can fear to die
in this flesh, yea, even though il
were true that he were to be dis
solved forever into the infinity of
matter and mind from which he
came"
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to send for a doctor. But we got him
some aromatic spirits Of ammonia. and
in short time Ne said he was feeling
all right again.
Then he wrote tier to Mrs. Gay
Tor. She had gone out to st. James,
and he was going to stay at his Brook
Ign home that night, so as to catch
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-12
FOURTH TO DIE IN OFFICE

Mr. Gaynor was the fourth Mayor OF
this city to die In office. Samuel Lurting.
appointed by the English Governor in l726,
died while still in office In 1873. Edward
Holland, appointed In 1856, died the same
year.
The other Mayor to die was William T.
Hayemeyer. who died at the City Hall
November 30 1874. a month before the en-
piration OF his tern. Mr.. Havemeycr
was then serving his third term.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-12

reached the City Hall at o'clock yes
terday morning. few minutes before
that hour the cable company called
Bobert Adamson. the Mayors secre-
tarv. on the telephone at his nome IN
West 1O1st street. to read to him the
fc1lovinp brief message from Rufus
Gaynor
Baltic. radio by Crockhaven.
Father died Wednesday at o'clock
Death due to heart failure.
Notify mother"
Adamson was AT loss 10 explain
the eighteen hour lapse between the
time of the Mayors death and the re-
CONT of the news here, except by the
possibility that the Battles wireless
was unable to connect with any OF me
boats TO the west of her, and 50 dld
not communicate with anything until
il picked up the land station at Crook
haven.
The secretary transmitted the news
to Mrs. Gaynor, who had gone to ST.
James, Long Island, the Gaynor coun-
try place. 10 spend the time until the
return Of her husband from abroad
and the other members of the Mayor
family. Norman, the second son; Mar
ion. Helen and Ruth. Mrs. Ningut and
Mrs. Webb, gathered there during the
day 10 await the return OF the eloest
son with his fathers body.
Mayor Gaynor's last days were IN
terrupted by a recurrence OF the at
tacks of physical strain and weakness
which he had experienced al frequent
intervals since the Gallagher shooting.
He left the City Hall August - to
take a rest at st. James, but whlle
still far from his normal health and
strength he returned TO his office Sep
TENDER 2.
on the following day he took quiet
part in the notification ceremonies IN
front of the City Hall. where the Cay
nor League notified him of its nomind-
ton, and on September he sailed
for England.
Mr.. Adamson received a second mes
sage direct from Rufus Gaynor at I
O'Clock last evening. The message was
addressed to the City Hall, but Mr..
Adamson got it at his home at No. 10
West 101st street. and transmitted II
TO the family at st. James. 1t was as
follows:
Radio, Baltic. Crookhaven.
Robert Adamson, City Hall New
York.
Father died at 1:0I p. N. on
Wednesday. the 10th. His death was
due to heart failure. He was seated IN
his deck chair at the time. and the
nurse and the ships doctor were with
him. / discovered him unconscious in
his chair. though still alive. He died
about three minutes later without
recognizing any OF US. Everything pos
sibe was done, but he seemed to so
out as a candle hickers out. Am all
right and am trying to arrange TO bring
the body back on the Lusitania, sailing
e>f5Om Liverpool on Saturday, the 18th.
RUFUS w. GAYNOR."
. sir. Adamson. Dock Commissioner
Smith and other men who have been
closely associated with Mayor Gaynor
attributed the heart failure mentioned
by Rufus Gaynor to the terrific strain
on his heart occasioned by the racking
coughing spells which had intermit-
tently attacked the Mayor since the at
tempted assassination by Gallagher
These attacks had grown further
apart steadily. Cut each one Of them
was a heavy physical strain on the
Mayors constitution. The Mayor him
self appreciated this but was always
hopeful that each attack Of coughing
would be the last.
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shocked all the passengers ard cast
gloom over the entire ship. The pas
sengers joined in rendering sympathy
TO Rufus. and subscriptions at once
were taken up for flowers.
DIT. Hopper. surgeon Of the ship re-
ported by wireless to-day that he gave
the Mayor a saline injection in the
arm. and that Miss Gaynor, the nurse
tried artificial respiration. but that in
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few minutes it was evident to all tha'
the Mayor was dead.
The ships officers. headed by Cap
tain Ransom, took the body in charge
embalmed it and placed it IL iead
coffin.
The body will be carried to Liverpooi
and present plans. according to captain
Ransom. are TO transship it TO the Lusl-
tania. which is due to sail on Saturday.