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THE ROCK ISLAND ARGU Associated Press Exclusive Wire SIXTY-SECOND YEAR, XO. 285. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1913. SIXTEEN PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS. ROME EDITION TRYTO PROVE PRIEST FIEND ANIMPOSTER Church Officials Begin Inquiry Into Record of Rev. Schmidt. CLEAR RIVER MYSTERY New York Clergymen Con fesses Killing Girl and Hack ing Body to Pieces. New York, Sept. 15. In the hope f branding as an imposter and pseudo priest. Rev. Hans Schmidt, al leged self-confessed slayer of Anne Aumuller, victim of New York's river murder mystery, Roman Catholic church authorities began today a sweeping Investigation of Schmidt's record and pretensions to ordination. "We hope, of course, to be abie to prove this unspeakable monster was en imposter and had been using forg d paper," declared Monsignor La velle, general of the archdiocese of New Ygrk.. "That is something we are trying to clear up now. He came to tliis diocese with credentials ap parently in every way ah'hentic and genuine, but we know practically liothing of him. The crime is too hor rible to conceive. We can only hope he may prove to have been a jscudo priest." 18 SI.AIN 1 IlKO. In a cell at the Tombs, with a coat for a pillow, Schmidt slept soundly through the night, and aro? this mom in to rartake 0r a hearty break fast. He had little to add to his al leged confession of last night, in which he ir said to have told the po lice he killed his victim as she lay 1n bed. cut up the body In the bath tub of the apartment, where he had ':abliEhrd her, wrapped the parts In five bundles and dropped them in the Hudson river. .To Rev. L. J. Evers, Tombs chaplalnV Schmidt was said to have made the following declaration: "I waa directed to kill her by St. Elizabeth, who is my patron, as a sacrifice to be consummated, as was tlie sacrifice of Abraham in blood." To the police Schmidt is alleged to liave Fald: "I killed her because I loved her." The police believe, how er, he killed her because she was oon to be a mother. They believe t-lie accepted as genuine the marriage ceremony through which she went with the alleged slayer, last Febru ary. In which he was both priest and the bridegroom. IIKMIK KCI.IAKIt mirikb. The police sought today to obtain from Schmidt some statement of what he micht know of the murder of !phtyear-old Alma Kellner, whose mutilated body was found in quick lime in the basement, of St. John s church In Louisville. Ky.. two years and a half ago. From August, 1909 to loio Schmidt was a visitor iu lxiuisville, not officially connected with any church there, but as a iniest at the home of Rev. Henry B. Westermann. rector of the Church of the Immacu'ate Conception. Alma Kellner disappeared Dec. 3. 1909. Her lio;ly waB found nine months after by Joseph Wedllni;. janitor of St. John's church, who is serving a life term for 'he crime. Wendling stoutly de nied his guilt, and the jury did not consider the evidence sufficient to lndKe against him a verdict of first de cree murder. ONKKMON MI)F. HV IMIIF.5T. The confession, which the police 6ay Schmidt signed, follows: j 1 met Anna Aumuller two years ugo at the parish house at St, Boni face church. She was employed as a servant there. I was attracted by her beauty. I became infatuated with her. I loved her. "1 killed her because I loved her so much. She was so beautiful, so Kood, I could not let her live without me. "I had made up my mind that she and I could not live together. I waa a priest and must remain with my church. I could not let her go away from me. So I opened the door of the flat. I awakened her. I told her 1 had come to fulfill my threat. Then I drew the knife across her throat. "I cut the body Into six pieces. 1 made trips to the Fort bee ferry, each time with a part of her precious body in a. bundle. When the ferry boat reached the middle of the stream 1 v ould throw a piece Into the water and when the boat reached the other fide of the river I would return and j.o back fo the flat. "After I had disposed of the body I wanted to destroy all evidence of the crime. 1 took the mattress on which I had slain her and carried it to a vacant lot and there burned It. VtU.l.lMi TO PAY PESAI.TV. "I am guilty; that I all 1 can say. 1 must pay the penalty. There is nothing else for me to do. But I lov ed Anna Aumuller. "She wanted nie to marry her and H THE WEATHER J Forecast Till 7 p. m. Tomorrow, for Rock Uland, Davenport, Molina and Vicinity. Generally fair tonight and Tuesday, not much change in temperature, mod erate winds. Temperature at 7 a. m. 49. Highest yesterday 76, lowest last night 49. Velocity of wind at 7 a. m. 10 miles per hour. Precipitation none. Relative humidity at 7 p. m. 33, at 7 a. nt. 71. Stage of water 2.4, no change In last 48 hours. J. it. SHERIER, Local Forecaster. ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS. Evening star: Jupiter. Morning stars: Saturn. Venus. Mars. Mercury. Total eclipse of the moon visible part ly in the United States. Moon enters Bhadow at Charleston. S. C, 5:33 a. m.; Chicago. 5:2:1 a. m.; Denver, 3:52:5 a. m.; San Francisco 2:42:3 a. m. FLYER FALLS TO HIS DEATH ATKNOX FAIR Galesburg,' 111., Sept. 15. Aviator Lillie was killed at the district fair today when a gust of wind hit his machine when several hundred feet in the air Several thousand saw the accident. I procured a marriage license. She trusted me. I am a priest and ordain ed to perform the marriage ceremony, so when she insisted upon a ceremony I married myself to her. There. was no need of any other priest doing it. It was just as absolute as If I had called in another person with author ity to perform a marriage ceTemony. She was my wife." The priest, according to his story, was born in Aschaffenburg, Germany, in 1881. He attended college and at the age of 18 enrolled in St. Augus tine's seminary in Mainz and on Dec. "6. 1904. was ordained. He held sev eral charges in Germany and then came to America because of poor health. After remaining In New York City a short time he was assigned to a church at Louisville, Ky. In 1909 he went to Trenton. N. J., and in Decem ber, 1910, he became assistant to Father Braun, rector of St. Boniface's church, where he met the Aumuller girl. In November, 1912. Schmidt left St. Boniface to become assistant rector (Continued on Page Five.) BOWERY MOURNS FOR DEAD LEADER Impressive Honors Paid the Memory of "Big Tim" Sulli van in Gotham. New York, Sept. 15. "Big Tim' Sullivan passed through the streets of the East Side the last time today. The body was taken this morning to the old cathedral St. Patrick's a quarter of a mile from the rooms of the asso ciation bearing his name, where it lay in state since Saturday afternoon. Tens of thousands of men and women from every section of New York had gazed on the features there, and a throng as only the East Side can fur nish followed it today to the cathedral and to the last resting place in Cal vary cemetery, Brooklyn. A delega tion of congressmen led the mourn ers and behind them marched the longest funeral trains the East Side has ever seen. A thousand members of the Timothy D. Sullivan association and a dozen other East Side organiza tions and an army of the Bowery's poor were in line. MULHALL FIBBER MR. COLE STATES Washington, D. C, Sept 15. For mer Representative Cole of Ohio to day before the house lobby commit tee, branded as false the charges made against him by Mulhall. "Mulhall came to my office." said Cole, "and started to tell me I had to stop my fight on Speaker Cannon. I ordered Mulhall out of the room and told him if he returned I would throw him out of the window. From that day I have neTer seen Mulhall. That's the way I served the national manu facturers. " PROG CAMPAIGN -BODY APPOINTED Washington, D. C Sept 15. The progressive congressional campaign committee organized today and 19 progressives of the house and Sena- tor Polndexter were named upon iL MACK COMES RACK IN SUIT FOR DAMAGES Sulzer Sleuth Charges Party Leader Keeping Campaign Funds. SECURED TO HELP DIX Alleged Contractors Contribut ed Large Sums in Fight Jor Governorship. Albany, N. Y., Sept. 15. Instead of appearing before Judge A. Hennessy, Governor Sulzer's special investigator, to answer charges of having failed to account for money contributed to him in the gubernatorial campaign of 1903, Norman E. Mack, former chairman of the democratic national and state com mittees, today through his secretary served Hennessv with a summons and complaint in a $5,000 libel suit. Mack, complains that Hennessy caused to be published "charges to the effect that the plaintiff unlawfully ap propriated to his own use moneys con tributed by others as a campaign fund toward the election of John A. Dix as governor." Mack said the publication also charges in effect that the plaintiff blackmailed corporations and Individ uals with the collection of campaign funds. BLACKMAIL 1 ALLEGED. Hennessy in a statement today said he has personal knowledge that canal and highway contractors and others were blackmailed for sums approxi mating $1100,010, which were not re ported by Mack. "I predict the libel suit will never come to trial," said Hennessy. ".Mack could not be drawn into court even by his bosses and friends, Charley Murphy and Ross Fitzpatri;k." Concerning Arthur A. McLean of the democratic state committee, who failed to appear today. Hennessy'3 efwnent says: . . , "McLean of course does not dare come. In any event his case is for the first grand jury we can take it to." Charges of the gravest nature respecting alleged misuse of campaign (funds are included in Hennessy's statement. STAR WITNESS fiO.XE. New York, Sept. 15. Frederick L. Colwell of Yonkers, regarded as the i star witness against Governor Sulser at the forthcoming trial of impeach ment charges, has disappeared, accord ing to a statement of the impeach ment managers. VOTE IN PRIMARY ON BENCH LIGHT Puterbaugh, Craig and Shay Nominated for Supreme Court Vacancy. SIPItEME C'OIRT NOMINEES. CHARLES C. CRAIG of Galesburg Democrat LESLIE D. PUTERBAUGH of Peoria Republican ARTHUR H. SHAY of Streator Progressive Returns received from the 10 counties in the Fifth supreme court district indicate an unusually light vote polled in the primary elections for supreme court Justice to succeed John P. Hand. In Peoria county the vote was only about one-tenth of the normal poll. The nomination of Leslie D. Puter baugh of Peoria, republican, is assur ed, he being the only candidate ou that ticket. On the basis of returns received Charles C. Craig of Gales burg, democrat, is nominated on that ticket over A. M. Bergland of Galva. On the progressive ticket the nom ination of Arthur H. Shay of Streat or is assured. The other progressive in the race was John Root of Galva. F.L HOUGH, NOTED SPORTSMAN, DIES Writer and Promoter of Boxing and Baseball Passes at Philadelphia Home. Philadelphia, Pa., Sept 15. FrJrnk L. Hough, sporting editor of the Phila delphia Enquirer, Is dead at his home after a long Illness. He was 55, and waa known from coast to coast At various times he had a financial inter est In both boxing and baseball. In 1901 he was Instrumental in placing the American league on a firm founda tion in this city and had much to do with bringing players of the National league to the American. Last fall he sold his interest in the local Ameri can's to Connie Mack, WEAK TEAMS ARE TO RECEIVE HELP National Commission Has Flan Up for Consideration at Cincinnati Meeting-. Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 15. Major and minor league magnates and others interested in 'lie drafting of players Ty major league club's froS minor leagues were present when tha national baseball 'commission began its annual meeting today. More drafts are entered than In any year since the national agreement went In to effect. It is reported the commis sion will discuss a new plan for draft ing players which would give an ad vantage to second division teams in major leagues which would help them build up. At present all clubs in the big leagues have equal advan tage. Chafrman Hermann announced that instead of the old way of placing in I a hat the names of major league clubs who had entered drafts for same play er of a class A or AA club and con fining the selection to the player named winner in the lottery be given i opportunity to choose any player from j that club on which drafts have been made by auy club. The old rule pro vided only one player could be draft ed from one club and the winner in a drawing could only obtain the man for whom it entered a draft CHARGE FAILURE TO A NEW RULING Big Coal Companies Located in Chicago Are in Hands of Receivers. Chicago, 111., Sept 15. Fred A. Bussa and T. J. O'Gara, appointed Saturday as receivers for the O'Gara coal company of Harrisburg, the Big Muddy Coal company, Harrisburg and the Saline Colliery company, with li abilities of $1,500,000, were today ap pointed by Federal Judge Carpenter, acting on a petition of creditors, re ceivers for the Middle States Coal company. The Vivian Colleries com pany and the Imperial Mining com pany, Illinois corporations, whose li abi'iities aggregate $1,000,000. Coun sel Hanecy for the creditors, said the insolvency was brought about by a new rule of the United States com merce commission requiring railroads to insist upon payment of freight bills within 30 days. THREE ARE SLAIN IN A FAMILY WAR Memphis, Tenn., Sept 15. The po lice are searching for D. E. Baxter, 35, a telephone lineman, who it is said, eirly today went to the home of his wife's father, Henry Smith, and shot and killed Smith and his wife and son Oscar, 16. Baxter and his wife have been separated. Mrs. Baxter suc ceeded in eluding her husband and escaped from the house. MY WORD! BURGLARS BLOW OPEN TWO SAFES Crimes Committed During thi? Night at Atkinson Not Dis covered Till Morning. FIRST HAUL DISAPPOINTS Talcing Chance on Explosion Arousing Citizens Thieves Try Again - With Poor Results.'- especial to The Argrus.) Atkinson, 111., Sept. 15. Yeggmen blew safes in two business houses here last night and escaped with $118 cash. Being disappointed in the size of their first haul they risked the chance of the first explosion awakening citizens' and broke into a second bifflding. Only one resident of the village heard the charges fired and he i was not awarej and Old not give of their significance an alarm. The first place entered was the hard ware store of M. T. Boo:h. The front door was pried off the hinges and nitroglycerine used in blowing up the safe, which was completely destroyed. All the currency in it, $100, was taken. FORCE REAR DOOR. At Vie other place, Rumler's gro cery, a rear door was forced open and the method used in forcing the safe re peated. But $18 was found here. The robberies were not discovered till the morning. Then there were no n)romisrng clues to work on. It is be lieved that the yeggs came and went by auto. UNION VETERANS GATHER IN DIXIE Annual Encampment of Grand Army of Republic Opens at . Chattanooga. Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept 15. As sembled for the first time in a South ern city, more than 14,000 Union vet erans are here today for the opening of the 47th annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic. Several thousand representatives of allied or ganizations, meeting in this city sim ultaneously with the annual encamp ment are also in the city. Incoming trains today swelled the attendance and a record crowd is predicted dur ing the encampment week, which ends Saturday. Today is "Lookout Moun tain Day." Despite a light rain hun dreds visited the famous batte field. Minneapolis, Minn., Sept 15. The 39th annual sovereign grand lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fel lows formally opened this morning. Delegates are present in every part of the United States and Canada, Euro pean countries, Phillipine Islands and Hawaail. Many thousands of visitors mere already arrived and more are expected during the week. Boston, Mass., Sept. 15. The Con vention of the International Brother hood of Electrical Workers opened In Faneull hall today. The first time in the history of the brotherhood, women ' .were seated as delegates on the floorjeta tea. WILL HEAR THAW WRIT TOMORROW Protection of United States Al lays Fears of Attempts at Kidnaping. Colebrook, N. H., Sept. 15. Harry Thaw awaited anxiously today the ar rival of Federal .JacshaV Nute bear-4 lng notice to Sheriff Drew that the fugitive must be produced on a writ of habeas corpus before Judge Aid rich at Littleton tomorrow morning. Thaw will then be under the protec tion of the United States pending dis position of the writ.and this guarantee of safety in the face of many rumors of kidnapping was a source of relief to him. Thaw lawyers desired to have the argument continued in order that the writ may be available at a later date, should it be found neces sary to block extraditon. If Aldrich I insists that the argument proceed to morrow it might result in freeing Tnaw at Qnce prior to the extradltion , , whinh firwernnr PVlker lia set for Wednesday. With Thaw free again serious complications would be possible. His lawyers would be act ing within their rights if they attempt ed to rush him from the state. Jerome and his forces would of course seek to hold him. - A physical struggle be tween the factions is not out of the question as both sides have a lot of private detectives rn hand. Concord, N. H., Sept. 15. Governor Felker's desk i3 burled beneath a pile of letters and telegrams relating to the Thaw case. Most of these mess ages appeared to be the result of a movement originating in Kansas to create sentiment favorable to Thaw. The governor is not expected at the statehouse today. Official request for the extraditon of Thaw has been filed at the governor's office. MILK PRODUCERS GET PRICE BOOST Increase in Elgin District Is Ten Cents per Hundred Over Last Year. Elgin, 111., Sept. 15. Winter con tracts for milk opened in the Elgin district today by big dealers offering an increase of 10 cents a hundred on a flat rate over last year's price. This year's flat rate offer Is $1.75. For milk that tests 3.8 or over the aver age price offered Is $1.85. Producers in Elgin signed up freely, but in other localities it is declared the farmers are holding off for an average of $1.92 for the winter months, Octo ber to March inclusive.' St Louis Merchant Dead. St Louis, Mo., Sept 15. Eliaa Michael, president of one of the largest wholesale and retail dry goods firms In St Louis, Is dead, aged 59. ASK $25,000,000 FOR GOOD ROADS Washington, D. C, Sept. 15. Sena tors Thornton and Bankhead introduc ed bills appropriating $25,000,0tl0 for good roads - peration with REFUGEES IN MEXICO MAY ALLJJEjAFE No Official Confirmation of Reported Imprison ment by Rebels. ' MONEY TO AID RETURN Senate Passes House Resolu tion for $100,000 to Be Immediately Available. Washington, D. C, Sept 15. The senate today passed without reference to committee the house joint resolu tion appropriating $100,000 to get Americans out of Mexico. The state department have no offi cial dispatches regarding 100 Ameri can fugitives in the Mexican desert between Torreon and Saltillo, men tioned in unofficial dispatches, being hurt by bandits. Officials here are In clined to believe the Americans are in no danger. Agents of the constitu tionalists' movement stoutly main tained the Americans to be In no danger at all, and would be protected by constitutionalist forces against any marauding bands. The territory .the Americans are traveling is controlled entirely by constitutionalists, and their agents have been given to understand the United States looks to them' for protection. ATROCITIES FEAREO. Mexico City, Sept. 15. One hundred Americans, including a number of women and children, refugees from Torreon, are reported to have fallen into the hands of rebels while proceed ing overland to Saltillo. The authori ties at Saltillo decline to take the re sponsibility of sending a force to their rescue, fearing, WiJW'IW Inkf-nrS" rebels might commit atrocities upon, the refugees, which possibly otherwise, would be avoided. The report comes from an official source at Saltillo, but has not been' confirmed. The American embassy! has been advised and has called upon the Mexican forces to investigate the matter and do whatever is possible to, relieve the Americans should the re port prove true. Senor Gamboa, the foreign minister, has had no advices further than the communication to the embassy. He expresses regret but added that it was no more than might be expected as; the result of the "neutrality policy" of the United States which had ham-, pered the administration in proceed ing with a strong hand against rebels and bandits. Gen. Trucy Aubert, a federal com mander, with 1.000 men, who Is pro ceeding from the north to the relief' of Torreon, passed Saltillo yesterday. He is traveling over approximately the same route as the Americans and it is regarded as possible that the rebels will disappear before his advance. He is, however, making slow progress. Meantime the fate of the refugees re mains in doubt. AHEBIfAJiS LED BY (OXSl'U The Americans are headed by Dep uty Consul General J. C. Allen of Monterey, who went to Torreon to notify American residents, there of President Wilson's exit warning. They left Torreon on Sept. 1, traveling by , the most available conveyance across the plains in the direction of Saltillo, there having been no railroad com munication for many weeks. They were passed on the way by J. R. Everett of Palestine, Texas, rear Pcrras, about half way to Saltillo, or approximately 80 miles from Torreon. Everett reached Saltillo Sept. 1, and reported that the caravan was making slow headway owing to the bad roads and poor equipment Conception del Oro, In Zacatecas, where some Americans have been ma rooned for several months. Is about to be relieved by Gen. Pena, who is proceeding southward from Saltillo. Aguascallentes, which has been re ported threatened by rebels. Is said to be sufficiently garrisoned to Insure Its safety. Popolobampo, a seaport of SInaloa, Is reported to have been re taken by federals, assisted by the gun boat Tampico. t HRITU RESIGNS. Mexico City, Sept. 15. Dr. Aurell ano Urrutia. Mexican minister of tne; Interior, author of the so-called ultl-j matum. to the United States, which,! was promptly repudiated by Foreign Minister Gamblo, has left the cabinet His resignation was accepted at mid night by Huerta. It is said foreign diplomats here were opposed to the retention of Urmtia because of bis anti-foreign sentiments. On Long Trip. Friends in the city have received word that Bert Mayo of Mollne has arrived at Salt Lake City on his over land trip in an auto hearse. He H . - Tv. An ! to Boston (rurvuic , i urn - o . and expects to stop here on bis yaajj