New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-25
SLOWER SUSPENDED;
FILMS TO FIND HIM
Mayor Kline Acts in Case
of the Missing Park
Commissioner.
10000 THEATRES
TO SHOW PICTURE
Friend Thinks Grief Over Death
of Gaynor May Have Caused
a Mental Trouble.


MAYOR Kline suspended Park Com
missioner Stover Yesterday because of
his protracted absence but did not re-
move i'm from Office, as he indicated
he might do unless the missing Com
missioner returned 10y the first of tins
week The suspension means that
when Mr.. Stover does return ne VIII
have TO explain to the Mayor his lorg
absence without leave. If the eN-
PLANTATION is satisfactory he will hold
the office during the remainder of
Mayor Hines term.
The Mayor has received no word
from Commissioner Stover. Police
Commissioner Waldo was asked ycstcr-
day TO make inquiries for the absent
Commissioner through the Police De-
partmcnt Some of Mr.. Stover's per-
sonal friends have arranged to have
his picture appear in 10000 moving
picture places throughout the country.
showing him in the Fairgrounds and
parks. The picture will be included in
on Thanksgiving Day. unless he re-
turns in the mean time. The introduce
tory inscription on the picture will read
as follows;
Friends of Charles b. Slower, Park
Commissioner of New York, who mys-
teriously disappeared on october 1G
have not had a trace of him since"
Some of the Commissioners friends
who have been trying to trace him
have become convinced that he is suf-
fering from some sort of mental aber-
ration. possibly aphasia.
J. +. Lavery. of No. 40 West list
street, who is one of Mr. Stover's old
est friends. has been conducting a care
mi seach for the missing Commits
sioner. Lavery lived at the University
Settlement for three years, where Com
missioner Slower made his home He
is convinced that Slower would not
have remained away so long unless he
trouble.
Mr.. Lavery. having an account at
one bank where the COMMISSIONS was
a depositor, found opportunity to as
certain whether the missing man had
drawn any money for his personal use
since he has been away. He found
that on November IL the commissioner
sent a check, dated ahead on Novem-
Der Is. to Maurice Rosenfeld, a photo
erapher. at No. JIG Nassau street, in
payment Of q small personal Obliga-
ton. The letter containing the check
was written on Park Department sta
iioncry and was Enclosed in Univer-
sity Settlement envelope. 1t was post
marked Philadelphia, without any ad-
dress Lavery discovered that on the
same day, November II, Commissioner
Slower mailed four other checks, all
in payment of personal bills in this
city
Robbins Gilman. head of the Univer-
sity Settlement received letter from
=
similarly postmarked, containing in
structions 10 clear up certain personal
rapers in MS desk at the Settlement,
some of his friends feel that if he did
not have an idea Of making away with
himself ne at least did not intend
70 return for some time.
1t was learned at the Park Depart
ment yesterday that Edgar Walter
the sculptor who executed the design
for the bear and faun fountain TO be
erected in Morningside Park as a me-
mortal to Alfred L. Seligman. came all
the way from San Francisco. where he
is doing work in connection with the
Pan-American exposition, to see Com
missioner Slower about the plans for
the fountain. He saw the Commits
siOner the day before he disappeared
and has been waiting ever since TO see
him again. For several days the park
officials assured the sculptor that Mr..
Slower would return Finally they de-
cided TO go ahead with the erection of
the fountain. according TO plans Com
missioner Slower had tentatively
mapped out