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VOL. 1. NO. 25
DETECTIVES!
SAYSCHMIDT
IS MASTER
CRIMINAL
Priest, Slayer of Sweetheart, Said
To Be Swindler, Robber and
Counterfeiter—Dentist Com
panion Has Long Police Record.
Story That He Was Prompted to
Deed by Divine Guidance Held
Only as Pose to Back Up His
Cunning Play of Insanity Role.
NEW YORK. Sept. 2V.—That Hans
Schmidt, the priest, slayer of his
sweetheart, Anna Aumuller. is more
than a fanatical murderer, but a
criminal whose activities extended t >
swindling, robbery and counterfeit
ing. detectives investigating his re<
.rd have found.
In ransacking Schmidt’s rooms de
tectives found evidence that Schmidt
had stolen S4OO from the Easter col
lection of St. Joseph’s Church and
that he had robbed a visiting priest
who spent the night at St. Joseph's
rectory.
Evidence also was found linking
closer and for a longer period than
had been supposed the lives of
Schmidt and his alleged counterfeit
ing partner, the unlicensed dentist,
I>r. Ernest Muret.
Dentist Had Other Names.
The latter, papers found in his of
fice by official searchers indicated,
had left London for some offense
committed while practicing medicine
there, and had practiced In Chicago
under the name of "Dr. Arnold Held,”
leaving that city and dropping the
name or Held some time after July.
1909. Although leuret has claimed
he met Schmidt only six months ago,
evidence has appeared that they had
business relations as lont as two
years ago. and that the dentist long
had knowledge of i'chmidt s counter
feiting experiments.
District Attorney Whitman, return
ing from a brief vacation, took the
Schmidt investigat l i in hand. Co
incidently the Federal authorities
stepped Into the case with warrants
for Schmidt and Muret, charging that
they had in their possession imple
ments with which to make counter
feit money.
The detectives, still scouring the
neighborhood in which An..a Aumui
ler was murdered, found to-day th ,t
three days after the crime a man re
sembling Schmidt, but -iving another
name, rented an Eighth avenue apart
ment, for which he paid a month's
rent. Two suit cases which were left
there contained photographs of Miss
Aumuller and Schmidt, as well as
numerous little feminine belongings,
evidently those of the murdered worn,
an. Baby clothes made up and pa
tiently embroidered and material f>r
many other garments—enough for a
complete outfit for an infant —were
among the contents of the grips. Some
of Schmidt’s things were there, too
clothing marked with the name ’’Van-
Dyke,” one of his aliases; a false
mustache and false goatee and nu
merous other articles.
Discovery Blocks Plan.
Schmidt may have intended to re
move all the bloody tell-tale evidence
from the Bradhurst avenue flat to his
newer quarters, but the discovery of
Anna Aumuller’s body and the conse
quent police search in the neighbor
hood where soon it was found the
girl was killed, spoiled his plans, the
police believe.
Several interesting discoveries re
sulted from the search of Dr Muret’s
uffice to-day. That he had practiced
n Chicago under another name was
ndicated by a certificate issued by
‘the American College of Medicano-
Therapy to Dr. Arnold Held,” attach
ed to the certificate is an excellent
photograph of Dr. Muret with the j
attestation of a notary that he was
’.lie person described ip the certificate,
living at No. 476 North Clark street.
tn the city of Chicago, and practicing
Medicine.” The certificate bears date
of July 1, 1909. A physician s card
bearing Dr. Muret’s name with a Lon
don address also was found, as well
as letters addressed to “Dr. A. Held”
in Hamburg, Germany, and to “M.
Ernest” in London.
Some of the letters bearing post
marks were signed “Vera." the writer
describing herself as “Your loving
wife.” One urged him to come home.
Continued on Page 2. Column 7.
Rag Picker
Seeks Title as Count
Italian, Who Made Fortune in Brook
lyn, Now Claims Noble
Lineage.
NEW YORK. Sept. 20.—Vincenzo
I)'Ambrosio, of 84 Navy street. Brook
lyn, who has made a fortune in the
rag picking business since he came ,
from Italy when 20 years old 40 years
ago, haa applied to the King of Italy
for the title of count, c laiming that
his family is of noble lineage and
has been traced back 700 years.
Directly after arriving in this coun
try he started picking rags in the
neighborhood of the Brooklyn Navy
Yard and has outstripped, it is said,
all his competitors in the country at
the job. He branched out to Manhat
tan and employed an army of labor
ers. Now that he has enough wealth
to support a noble title, he wants
one.
Human Ashes Made
Into ‘Life’ Picture
Denver Artist Says This Is Good
Way to Perpetuate Memory
of Relation.
DENVER, Sept. 20.- ,\ picture ma io
from human ashes is the curious i
handiwork of Myron A. Root. The j
picture is 24 by 36 inches in size.
Root has called his picture "The
Awakening.” It portrays a young
woman awakening from the death
sleep.
The picture will be offered to the
r’ity Park Museum. It was mad*
front the,ashes of a cremated young
wo/han.
Root suggest* that persons having
dead relatives should have th* ir a<b*
made into pictures of them instead of
lilting them in a grave or a vault.
Seizes Pew as Pay
For Grocery Bill
Creditor Who Couldn’t Get Cash
Takes Seat in Synagogue
Instead.
NEWARK. N. J., Sept 20.-To sat
isfy a judgment for an unpaid cheese
bill obtained against John Kirchman,
a grocer of 34 Jackson street, two [
pews in the Synagogue of the Con
gregation Anshe Russia have been
levied upon.
In the papers of the suit it is stated
that Kirchman owes the Columbia
Cheese Company, of 190 Ferry street.
s€»3 for merchandise. It is alleged !
that the executors of the judgment
did not find enough in the defendant’s
store to cover the judgment. It was
learned that Kirchman had two pews
in the Synagogue valued at SSOO and
Sheriff’s officers attached them.
$40,000 Price of Fifth
Husband Is Charge
First Wife Declares Second Spouse
Spent This Amount for Divorce
Decree.
DENVER. Sept. 20.—When the
divorce of Mrs. William D. Cur
rent. daughter of E. J. Gates, wealthy
banker and cattle raiser of Albion.
Neb., cames up it probably will be
charged that $40,000 was the price
paid by Mrs. Current for her fifth
husband.
The first Mrs. Current was a well
known society girl of Louisville.
When Current met the banker’s
daughter, who had been divorced four
times, it was a case of love at first
sight.
Mrs. Current No. 1 demanded $40.-
000 alimony. Current alleges that his
present wife paid this sum so he
could obtain his freedom.
Doctor Calls Kissing
Fine, and Also Safe
Physician Disagrees With Theory
That Osculation Is in Any Way
Dangerous.
PITTSBURG, Sept. 20. Kissing,
“as a general proposition.” was ap
proved to-day by Dr. J. F. Edwards
head of the City Bureau of Infectious
Diseases.
“Kissing is as old as the human
race," said Dr. Edwards. "What harm
is there in it? It is not the puny
creature that sits around and spoon.- - .
Usually the men anu women addict- d
to this love affection are strong and
healthy.
"Weaklings do not have enougn
energy to spoon. There is no special
danger in kissing."
Only Radium in
West Canada Stolen
Particle Worth $1,500 Is Taken From ;
Drawer in Office of
Physician.
VANCOUVER, B. <Sept. 20.—The
only particle of radium in Western
Canada was stolen from Dr. De Ver
teuil. a madical practitioner, who after
treating a patient in his consulting
room, left the drawer containing the
radium open while he left the room
for a moment with the pari* nt. The
radium, which is worth $1,50<», and
which is quit*- dangerous to handk.
was abstracted in his absence.
SUNDAY -" AMERICAN
Copyright. 1913. by
The Georgian Company
COST OF FOOD
UP 58.? PER CT.
I» ONE DECIDE
' . .
Statistics Show Bacon Price In-
creased 128.5 and Ham and
Steak Followed Closely.
U. S. FURNISHES FIGURES
Hens, Roasts. Corn Meal, Butter,
Milk, Pork Chops, Lard and
Potatoes All Advance.
V. ASHINGTON. Sept. 20. —The
startling increases in the cost of food
products to the consumer within the
past 23 years was graphically shown
in a tabulated report by the Bureau
of Labor Statistics. This table chron
icles an increase during that period
of from 28.6 p» r cent on flour to 128.5
per cent on bacon.
The only commodity on the Ameri
i< an table which was shown to have
i declined in price was sugar, upon
which the Wilson administration has
(centered its fight for free trade.
This article decreased 8 per cent.
A comparison of the retail prices on
June 15, 1913. in 4o widely distributed
cities of the United States with the
average prices in the same cities for a
ten-year period —1899 to 1899 —shows
the following advances:
Per cent.
Bacon 128.5
Round steak .102.5
Hens . 768
Rib roast 75 5
Corn meal 57.3
Butter . . , 41.3
Milk 38.4 I
Pork chops 111.0 j
Smoked hams 84.5
Sirloin steak 75 2 '
Lard 66.5
Potatoes .. . . 44.4 I
Eggs 40 8
Flour 23.5 ,
The average increase in prices of food I
on June 15, 1913, were 59.2 above the
average price of food during the tei
year period, 1890 tn 1899:3.3 per cent
over the price on June 15. 1912, aid
14.1 per cent above the prices of Jun«
15, 1911.
Uncharted Rock in
Sea Fatal to Thirty
Captain of State of California.
Wrecked. Freed From Blame
by Board.
SEATTLE, Sept. 20. —The thirty
passengers and sailors who per
ished in the wreck of the steamship
State of California, Commanded bv
Captain T H. Cann, in Gambler Bay.
Alaska, lost their lives primarily be
cause of the failure of the Govern
ment Coast and Geodetic Survey forces
to locate and chart the rock on which
the vessel struck.
Such effect is the decision of the
United States Marine Inspection
Board which investigated the death
dealing disaster.
The decision of the board is now in
the mails and on its way to Wash
ington. It holds that neither Captain
Cann nor any of the officers was to
blame.
‘Pure City’ Blamed
For Luring of Girls
Philadelphia Coroner Declares More
Go Astray Than Did Under
Old Conditions.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 20.—De
claring that mom young girls are
being misled under the so-called
"pure city" than ever in the history
<»f the tolerated Tenderloin, Coroner
Arthur Sellers demanded that the po
lice act. He said that an organized
gang maintains houses in the residen
tial section, to which young girls are
lured, afterward being sent on the
streets as white slaves.
The Coroner’s declaration came fol
lowing an investigation of th** death
from an illegal operation of Miss
Meredith Dukes, of Bishopville. Md..
at the hands of an alleged gang of
malpractitioners.
Baby Is Killed by
Drinking Absinthe
Boy Finds Bottle and Gives It to
Child. Who Dies Soon After
Taking Dose.
CHICAGO. Sept. 20—After finding
a nice-looking bottle yesterday, 5-
\ ear-old Henry Kloski generously
gave it to 6-month-old Eugene Rock
well, of No. 5125 Belmont avenue.
“Here’s a bottle for baby," he said,
kindly.
The bottle contained absinthe, and
Baby Rockwell di* I a short time aft
er being taken to St. Ann’s Hospital.
The police traced the story of the
I'o..tie and the Coroner was notified.
ATLANTA. GA. SCNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1913.
Wedded 3 Weeks:
Keeps Divorce Diary
Bride Shows Record of Connubial
Infelicity Which She Began
Shortly After Marriage.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 20.- Mrs. Charles
Hufschmidt, formerly Miss Margaret
Ryan, for several years cashier at
| leading hotels, said to-day that three
weeks after her marriage, in anticipa
tion of being compelled to sue for di
vorce. she began keeping a diary to
be used as evidence against her hus
band. He is a soda water manufac
turer in East St. Louis. Her divorce
petition was filed recently.
The first entry in the diary is dated
February 24 of this year and accuses
her husband of nagging and fault
finding. Later entries relate that he
stayed out late at night without giv
ing excuses, and that on June 30 he
seized from the supper table a st?ak
she had cooked and threw it at her.
Archbishop Attacks
Bare-Legged Drama
Church Dignitary Declares Theater
Is "Debauching Influence Upon
the Public.’
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 20. In condemn- t
ing what he pictured as “a criminal l
conspiracy to flood the modern world
with a tidal wave of profanity, ob- i
scenity and vulgarity." Archbishop I
Glennon. in an address to-day, de
nounced th*- theater a-s a "debauching
influent e upon the public."
"Then- is a theatrical junta which
appears to want to educate the public
downward.” he said.
"About the grandeur of grand opera
I have doubts. There are <rood produc
tions for good people ami productions
not so good for those who are less
good. Do nt be trapped by bare
faced. bare-legged people."
II Society Girls Swim
In Skirtless Race
1 Daughters of Leading Official Fami
lies of Washington Sport in
Tidal Basin.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20. Eleven
society women, clad in skirtless bath
ing suits, early to-day braved the
('old waters of the Tidal Basin for a
three-quarter mile swim across.
Miss Ada Watrous, daughter of
United States Commissioner Watrous,
was first to finish. She was closely
followed by Miss Anita Torrey. Roth
finished the course in about 25 min
utes. Miss Mabel Jones, who had
been considered the best swimmer,
collapsed at the end of the race, after
maintaining a big lead all the way
across, and was taken into a boat.
Asks $5,000 for
Taking Wine Bath
Autoist Given Drenching in Alcoholic
Refreshment Files Suit Against
Owner of Spirits.
LoS ANGELES. Sept. 20. —Morris
Smith wants $5.000 for a wine bath.
He is not selling such ablutions. He
took the bath in question himself,
and wants the money as damages.
Sult was filed by Smith in Superior
Court yesterday against Frederick W.
Beau de Zart Smith says the latter
was negotiating with his employer,
who conducts a wine store, to sell him
an auto truck for delivery purposes.
Beau de Zart told him he would show
him how to drive the truck. Instead,
he was hurled over the tailboard into
the street by the sudden starting of
the machine and simply inundated by
the contents of many eases of low.
medium and high-priced wines? Beau
de Zart had promised to show him
how to deliver in jig time.
‘Woodrow City’ Fails:
Women Banish Title
Suffragists of Illinois Prevent Name
of President From Gracing
Map of State.
CHICAGO, Sept. 20. - Women of
Spring Road and Villa Park, two
communities on the Aurora, Elgin and
Chicago electric road southwest of
Elmhurst, arose in their might at the
polls and prevented the name of
Woodrow from gracing the map of
Illinois to-day.
The proposition at the special elec
tion to incorporate both communities
into the village of Woodrow. named
after President Wilson, was defeated
by a vote of 139 to 76. Ninety-two
women voted, most of them against
the proposition.
SECRETARY REDFIELD LEFT
A BIBLE AS LEGACY
PITTSFIELD. MASS.. S-pt. 20.
The family Bible and the stand on
which it rests is the lega y left to
Secretary of Commerce W <’ Redfield
bv Mr-. Mary A Redfield, his mother,
in her will.
U.S.SURGEONS
THINKTHETVE
CURED LEPROSY
Two Patients in the Philippine
Islands Recover From Most
Dreaded of Diseases.
TWO KINDS OF TREATMENT
One Sufferer Discharged as Cured
After a Doctor Had Worked
Over Two Months.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20. —An ap
parent cure for leprosy has been
found by surgeons of the Public
Health SerA’irc at the leper colony in
the Philippines—-In fact, so much of
a cure that two patients who showed
distinct signs of leprosy when they
were admitted tc» the institution have
I been discharged as cured. However,
there seems to be uncertainty as to
just which of two treatments effected
j the cure a vaccine treatment or
i chaulrnugra oil taken by mouth and
I hypodermically
The pit lent.s who were discharged
were given both treatments, but there
are said now to be in the hospital u
number of other cases which have
shown "negative” for ttie past twen
ty-two months, and these received
(»nl\ chaulmugra oil treatment.
Surgeon Victor G. Heiser, of the
Public Health Service, chief quaran
tine officer and director of health of
; x z
f - T W
the Philippine Islands, in reporting on
the two cases which were discharged
say's:
"Two patients who hail been con
fined to the San Lazaro Leper Hos
pital on account of leprosy, have been
pronounced apparently cured and dis
< barged from that institution on pro
tuition.
"The first case was that of a male
Filipino, aged 27, who was admitted
to the San Leper Hospital,
Manila, May 29. 1909 on admission
the case clinically showed thickened
reddish spots on the nose and thick
ening and discoloration of the lobe
of the right ear He re» eived vac
cine treatment at intervals, beginning
ir August, 19<'9, but at the expiration
of one year no change was noted in
his condition. From September. 1910.
to November, 191". crude chaulmugra
oil was given by mouth in increasing
doses.
"The case showed evidences of im
provement. November 10. 191". chaul
mugra oil, combined with oil of cam
phor and resorcin, was given hypo
dermically'. By May 6. 1911, the le
sions above described had disappear
ed and leprosy bacilli were not found
in repeated microscopical examina
tions.
"On June 11, 1913, a most careful
clinical and microscopical examina
tion was made of the patients, which
resulted negatively for leprosy, and
as the patient had now been appar
ently cured for a period of over two
years, he was discharged on proba
tion.
"The other case was that of a
Filipino woman, aged 22. who was
admitted to San I-czaro Leper Hos
pital, Manila. January 7. 1910. Clin
ically this patient presented a suf
fused countenance, due to generalized
infiltration.
• I’pon admission this patient was
placed upon a vaccine treatment for
a period of five months, but at the
end of the first month after her ad
mission crude chaultnugra oil by
mouth was given in addition to the
vaccine.
"After the second month the pa
tient began to improve rapidly, and
on May 6. 1911, leprosy' bacilli < ould
not be found on microscopical ex
amination."
Sarah Bernhardt Building Tomb
•I - *’?
’Divine One’ Carving Own Vault
•!•••?• *••••?
Shroud Always Carried by Her
Two views of M oianit' Sarah P»-i*lihat<li. who is now build
ing her own tomb at Belle-Ue-en-Mer.
* - 'O 4 ' ® 1 Q
MF \W Al
"WlMrfcs
Wave-Swept Mausoleum Is Across Bay From
Last Resting Place of < ’liateaiilirianil.
Special Cable to The American.
PARIS. Sept. 20. —News comes from
Belle-Ile-en-Mer where Farah Bern
hardt lives when she is not charming
Parisian or American audiences, that
th« divine Sarah is building her tomb
w ith her own hands. It stands at the
water's edge and is washed at high
i tide. Far across the waves toward
the mainland, at the Grand Berock.
Chateaubriand rest". Will it be pos
sible that these two great geniuses
will communicate with each other
across this narrow stretch of water?
To work on one’s own tomb is nut a
pleasant occupation, but Sarah, hav
ing lost the follies of a youth sup
posed to be perennial, knows that her
day, perhaps her hour, is approaching
and she wants to be fully prepared.
Sarah, as la well known in Europe.
New Comet Located
By Lick Scientists
Wanderer in Constellation Lynx Dis
covered by Minister Is Invisible
to Naked Eye.
SAN JOSE. CAL.. Sept. 20. —A new
comet, invisible to the naked eye, has
been located In the northeastern
heavens by the astronorru rs at Lick
Observatory on Mount Hamilton. It
is in the constellation Lynx and was
fir*n discovered by the Rev. Joel Met
calf, at South Hero, Vt.. who tele
graphed the Lick astronomers asking
them to confirm his discovery.
The comet rises about midnight.
Astronomers s.iy it may never become
vi 'ible to the naked eye.
I
SAVANNAH
carries with her on steamer, train or
sleeping car a wonderful shroud of
silk. She thus follows the custom of
the Chinese mandarins, but the < u-»-
tom is new to Europe.
When death finally comes the great
actress should not undergo any sen
sation strange to her. because for half
j century and almost every evening
Mme Bernhardt has succumbed on
the* stag* to every known kind of
death, by hanging, poison, the dagger
or by fire by ••uffneatmn, being
eiushvd, drown* d. strangled, asphyx
iated or failing a victim to her great
emotion no method of passing from
thig life is unfamiliar to her. ami if
she does not well play iter roll* when
the final call '-nines it will not be from
failure to rehearse it.
Elopes With Woman
Twice His Own Age |
Youthful Bridegroom Wanted To Be
Sere of Sensible Spouse.
He Says.
BOSTON. Sept. 20. Alfred Mc-
Glone, 21 years old, of South Brain
tree, eloped with Anna lobate, 50
years old, it became known to-day.
The couple went quietly to Braintree
and were married two weeks ago. Mr.
McGlone said:
I wanted a sensible helpmate and I
picked out a woman twice my age to
lie sure of it."
Mrs. McGlone said: "I told him that
1 was too old for him, but he said
that he was satisfied."
price: live cents.
U.S.FLEET
TQ KEEP ITS
WITCH UN
MEKICINS
r
Washington Is in No Way Lulled
Into a Sense of Security by the
Peaceful Passing of Republic’s
Independence Day Celebration,
Huerta. It Is Feared. Plans to
Have Friend Elected President
Who Will Soon Resign and
Name Him as Ruler of Nation.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 20»— United
States warships will jm.troi the Mear
i- in ■ <i Mt as long as there is danger
t«» the lives and property of American
'itizens there The parsing of Mexi
can Independence Day without se
rious demonstration against the
United States has in no way lulled
Washington intn a sense of security
which would cause a withdrawal of
the fleet. ’
It is hardh likely that the fleet will
1 be orden d to other waters, even after
the Mexican national election of O<*-
I tuber 2».. in fact, there is grave doubt
if an\ constitutional election will be
'o ld. Election day is barely more
than > month off and as yet then has
been no candidate to announce and no
platform promulgated.
\dminfst ration officials read long
j excerpts of General Huerta’s rnesmige
•to the Mexican ('ongress. but no
I formal (ornment was made. It is un
I <’♦ riitood that the Administration does
not attach much importance to the
ilocument. though there are passages
in It whi« h did not pass without care
ful notice.
Huerta’s Point Answered.
Huerta's statement that "the tense
ness of diplomatic relations" wa<
‘with the Government of the United
States, although luckily not with that
people," invoked little attention, as
the same sentiment had been pre
viously voiced by the Mexico City of
ficials and the answer from here was
the enthusiastic reception which
President Wilson received when he
iddressed Congress and the speeches
supporting him made by Republicans
and Democrats In Congress.
The references to the expiration of
the period during which American
warships were authorized to remain
in Mexican waters caused some dis
cussion. Inasmuch as the ships are
permitted to remain another month,
• >r until after the general elections ar«
held, no statement of policy In this
onnection Is likely to be made until
that time. Informally officials let it
be known that the vessels would be
Kept in Mexican waters indeflnitely if
s he I nited States deemed it neces
sary for the protection of its nation
als.
it was pointed out that in inter
national law the United States clear
v has a right to protect its nationals
»> ' foreign country where Internal
• h-orders prevail and to that end may
dispatch warships to ports where
American interests demand protec-
Precedent for Fleet.
ithin the last year American shins
also hav.’ been dispatched on sucn
missions to ports in Niagara. Vene
zuela and the Dominican republic,
a • r< revolution <>r threatened revol*
made Americans apprehensive of their
interests. Visits from vessels of the
Asiatic fleet have calmed the fears as
\m< ricans in the Chinese revolution
ary districts.
It was pointed out to-day that
\rneri« an warships in Mexican waters
would continue to adhere strictly t:>
the injunction of President Huerta
not to "entail an attack upon th-?
dignity and sovereignty of Mexico.”
but further than that it is not likely
that the Wilson administration will
accept dictation from Huerta as to
the circumstances in which American
vessels may He off the Mexican
coasts.
Secretary Bryan sent a cablegram
to John Lind, 'it Vera Cruz, advising
him of the Government’s view of tha
Huerta message, but the contents
the dispatch were not disclosed.
Huerta Hints Withdrawal.
Huefcta's declaration also that b-s
hoped to turn over the ad interim
eov* ’nment to t. successor, while not
giving any direct information as to
his intention not to be a candidate,
strengthened the belief here that he
would not figure in the coming elec
tions These points may be the bas ; s
for the resumption of negotiations,
out the United States dors not intend
to go forward with them unless tha