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OBITUARIES
ECHEGARAY’S DEATH
SPAIN’S GREAT WRITER
ONE OF HER MOST FAMOUS
Playwright, Who Began at 42,
Beached the Apogee of His
Career in “El Gran
Galeoto”
The passing of Senor Don Jose
Echegaray upon Friday, the 15th,
means the loss to Spain of one of the
most remarkable figures whioh the
nation has ever produced. Possessing
a fertility of invention and a versa
tility of talents that were no less than
stupendous, even for a land that has
produced a Lope de Vega wttn his
1500 plays, Kchegaray for three or
four decades fairly dominated the
Spanish stage, at Wie same time mak-'
Ing for himself a wide reputation as
scientist, matheriiatician, publicist, ora
tor, educator and moralist. His fruit
ful life, says Dr Isaac Goldberg in the
Boston Transcript, represents rather
the career of one of the Titans of the
Renaissance than that of the great
specialists to which our scientific age
has accustomed us. In 1904. together
with Mistral, he received the Nobel
prize for literature, but it was long
before this that his greatest work had
been done.
It is now more than 41 years since j
Echegaray made his unpretentious and |
somewhat, mature debut upon, the!
Spanish stage, with a clever one-act i
play entitled “El Libro Talonario" ;
(The Check Book). Before that date:
he had been known to the intellectual ;
public in some of the numerous capaet-1
ties I have just mentioned. His
speeches in favor of free trade espe
cially had -won the approbation of the
nation’s leading minds. But upon the
event of "The Check Book” the pub-;
He was asked to accept the Protean
publicist in a, new role, and it was.
not long before the resourceful Span
iard had added another province to
his conquests.
His attraction to the stage Was
largely the result of the success there
won by his younger brother Miguel, i
whose comedies are still very popular]
in Spain, Echegaray, the older, pro-J
duced his first play at the age of 42.
—a fact which explains much in the j
subseonent career of the dramatist. I
He brought to the stage a vast politi- j
cal acumen, a mature life of constant.':
study and activity, a mind naturally ]
given over to moral, mathematical and
social considerations. His was not the
steady growth of the artist groping in !
the recesses of creative fancy: hej
came to the theater with a view of.,
life that was well defined: In the I
drama he saw, not so much a vehicle;
for art. not a form in which to en
,case beauty’, but rather a means for
exploiting his own particular moral,
principles. He is thus frankly a writ
er of problem plays, and it must be
confessed at the outset that for 'the
most part h6'has .allowed Ills 'thesis'to’
predominate, much' to the cost of any
higher dramatic art,
Echegaray's Favorite, Motif
The motif par excellence of Eche-'
garay's dramas is the conflict be
tween two inherent opposite "duties or
forces. Now it is a daughter who
sacrifices her own happiness in order i
to shield her father from the conse- i
quences of an indiscretion; now it I
is a son who, in order to save his fa
ther from disgrace, gives up a happy I
marriage. Again, we find a scientist |
pitted against the/cohorts of supersti
tion. or a father who assumes respon
sibility for the crime of his illegiti
mate son. thus expiating his own
crime against society. The charnc-.
ters of these plays all seem to exist!
for the satisfaction of their morbid !
desires for Self-Sacrifice and expiation. ‘
From this standpoint the theater of
Echegaray presents a long procession ;
of illegitimate children, of heroines in i
ill-merited dishonor, heroes of the ex-!
aggerated Hugoesque type, villains
too often reminiscent of the nickel
novel "hair-raiser.” So that he hasi
created many situations; innumerable
problems, but little character. Gs hu-'
mor there is little enough in this sC-!
Hotis Spaniard
Echegaray’s general conception of,
the dramatist’s sphere may be best
studied in the preface to his first so-1
cial drama. "Como Empieza Y Como
Aeaba" ("The Beginning and thei
End”), produced bn November 9. 1876.
This is also the first of a trilogy'
which possesses as its motif the per
sistence of an evil deed through sev
eral generations. The author’s dramat
ic mainspring is here presented as
"the logic of fatality." which, he says,
“dominates when moral liberty cedes;
to passion its place in the human
soul.” The dramatist, then, would
have us consider him a fatalist, and
he has elsewhere said that “Fate
writes greater tragedies than play
wrights,” but a close study of his sev
eral score of plays shows clearly that
his Fate is purely a social phenome
non—the familiar and inevitable op
position of society as a whole to the
desires of the individual.
Of Greek fate there is little or noth- ■
Ing in the Spanish playwright, al
though he has succeeded as no other
in his own land in giving to the’
world about us all the characteristics
of a cold, impersonal, impracticable
fate. In his better plays he has risen
above his theories. We cannot take
seriously to-day a dramatist who jus
tifies the incongruities of his work by!
referring back to newspaper originals,
or to such a metaphysical formula as;
the "logic of fatality." Logic and fate ]
are really two antithetical concepts,
and to link them creates a paradox
whose ill-effect is easily discernible
in the many melodramas of Eche-1
garay where improbability clashes
against absurdity and the curtain
descends on a crescendo of empty
effect. Echegaray. indeed, has often
been accused by his countrymen of
"efectismo."
His Best—“The Great Galeoto”
In "The Great Galeoto” we find
Echegaray at his best. It is with
justice recognized not only as the
Spaniards masterpiece, but as a mas
terpiece of world literature. For once
in his career the author frees himself
from the devices of cheap melodrama.
Here Is no vlllian of the regular type,
no hero, no heroine —all are victims
of a society which in itself means no
harm. Therein lies the essence of the
tragedy. The casual remark, the flit
ting smile, these are the elements
tha* start Madrid talking of Julian
and his wife, Theodora, and of Ernes
to, their ward, whom the World says
is usurping the position of Julian.
With unswerving impetus, with the
very impersonality of fate, the play
develops to its conclusion- Al the ei?d
' 4 -'-L Jr ~ . p i ,
Jnliati Is killed by the apparent rovela-
Npn of hie Wife’s love for Ernesto, yet
neither the wife nor the ward has been
really guilty. Madrid’s tongues have
forced them together—slander has
forged its unthinking lies to the heat
of apparent truth.
Nowhere, not even In Tbden, do we
find stldh a powerful, logical, convinc
ing study of gossip and its tragic con
sequences. The art of the play Is
masterly in its simple power. But
four personages occupy the central
position, yet in them we feel palpi
tate the heart of the town —they pre
sent, indeed, the world in miniature,
so keenly do we feel their presence,
the effect of each word and of each
action.
A Tragedy of Social Force and Se
quence
This masterpiece has been com
pared to various plays. Sheridan’s
"School for Scandal” has been men
tioned as a frivolous antecedent
“Othello," too, has been adduced as
an example of the malignant effect of
gossip. But in "Othello" it is the per
sonal villainy of an lago, not the im
personal, unintentional force of soci
ety, that leads to the tragedy. For
“El Gran Galeoto” is the tragedy of
"They say.” To .my mind, a better
comparison than either is none other
than “Much Ado About Nothing.” For
here we have the comedy of "They
say." The play is all the more comic
in that it represents a knowing piece
of amiable malice; the Spanish drama
is ail the more tragic in that it Is
the story of an unintentional, imper
sonal infamy.
The name of “The Great Galeoto" Is
derived from the stpry of Paolo and
Francesca in Dante’s Divine Comedy.
“Galeotto fu il libro a chi lo scrisse"
(“Both the book and its author served
as Galehault”), says Francesca as she
tells the story, of the memorable day
when she and Paul forgot themselves.
Galeotto (Galehault) was the interme
diary between Lancelot and Guinevere
, and thus did the book they were read
i ing serve as intermediary between
I Paul and Francesca. Even so does
■ the gossip of tne world serve as the
I intermediary that forces Ernesto and
] Theodora together. It is interesting
' to note, in this regard, that the germ
of "The Great Galeoto" already ap
| peared In “Como Empieza Y Como
Aeaba." In the latter play, the hero
ine Magdalepa, in reading Dante (to
gether with Shakespeare, a great, fa
vorite of the author), comes across the
I identical passage which suggested the
dramatist’s greatest work.
KIFFEN ROCKWELL KILLED
Young American Aviator Meets
Death in Battle With German
Airman
Kiffen Yates Rockwell, a young
American who- had been serving with
distinction in the French aero corps 1
on the western battle front, was i
killed Saturday morning in a fight I
with a German aircraft. His death!
was announced in a cablegram from;
Paris received at Winston-Salem, N.
C., by his mother, Mrs I. A. Rock
well. Young Rockwell had been serv
ing in the French army since Sep
tember 3G. 1914. He was very active
In the aerial fighting around Verdun
and succeeded in bringing down four
German aeroplanes unassisted. For
this feat he recently received'a war
cross and military medal from the
hand of Gen Joffre, who referred to
him as "a bold and courageous pilot."
He had been- Ipbntioned frequently 'for
bravery In the official reports.
Mrs Rockwell had received a letter
from her son onjy a few 1 ours before;
the news of his death reached her, i
He stated he had a leave of absence;
of eight days and had spent the time
in Paris. On the day he mailed the
letter he was leaving for the front and
said he had been transferred from
Verdun to a more active sector.
Kiffen and his brother, Paul, went
to Europe in August, 1914, soon after
the war began. Both volunteered for
service in the French army, Paul was
wounded severely during the first
winter while serving in the trenches. !
He later obtained his discharge and
'is now war correspondent for Amer
ican newspapers.
Sergeant Kiffen Rockwell of the
Franco-American flying corps," Is the
second Amtrican flyer to be killed in
action. Just ”i:ree months ago. on
June 24. Corpora! Victor Chapman
of New York, also ■ a member of the
Franco-America-i corps, v as killed at ]
Vef-dun in a battle with 'German aero
planes. Later It became known that
Chapman had been brought down-by
Cspt Boslke. Germany’s most noted
airman, who only a few days ago was
reported to have brought down his
28th machine.
Sergeant Rockwell received his
first hohors in May when he was
awarded the military medal soon after
he had taken part in a raid over the
German lines. He had many nar
row escapes in aerial combats around
Verdun, and was reported to ha.ve
brought down nls fourth machine on
September 9. Soon after being ap
pointed Sergeant. Rockwell raved
Chapman during a fight with German
airmen near Verdun.
A dispatch from Paris at 12.01 p. m.
Sunday says that the aerial fight in
which Sergeant Rockwell was mortal
ly wounded took place over the town
of Thann. The body of the American
aviator fell in reconquered territory
in Alsace near tie spot where Rock
well shot down hie first adversary
five months ago.
Rockwell was serving as a volun
teer in the Franco-American flylpg
corps on the Verdun front. A few
hours previous to the engagement he
had been promoted to the rank of
2d lieutenant, but died without know
ing of tiie new honor. He already
had received the military medal for
shooting down a German two-seater
near Hartmansweiler-Kopf in May.
He b a d beaten down mother before
Verdun and had participated in a
thrilling combat in whlcn nearly nil
the Franco-American flotilla was en
gaged with a strong German force
He was wounded in that fight by a
fragment of shell while engaged alone
with three adversaries.
Sergeant Rockwell was one of the
first American volunteers to join the
foreign legion. He was grievously
wounded in a bayonet attack at Arras
in May, 1915, before being trans
ferred to the flying corps. He was re
garded in French aviation circles as
an “ace,” a name given to the most
skilful and daring pilots. Lieut Will
iam Thaw of Pittsburg, before h« was
wounded, and Rockwell made a for
midable fighting pair. They frequent
ly were in the air together and al
ways chasing . in adversa"”.
Rockwell had-fought 34 air battles
since recovering from his. iast wound,
or on an average of more than cue a
day. When he met his death he was
returning .from u bombarding expedi
tion, in which he was orc of the fight
ing machines that furnished the e»-
corL " * f: t
THE SPRINGFIELD WEEKLY REPUBLICAN: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 3916
DEATH OF F. L, WORTHY
■ j ■
OWNER OF WORTHY HOTEL
PROMINENT BUSINESS MAN
Was Active in Affairs of West
Springfield Where He Made
His Home
Frank L. Worthy, 53, owner of the
Hotel Worthy, and prominently identi
fied with many business interests in
this city and vicinity, died early Sat
urday mornlhg at the Stratfield hotel
in Bridgeport, Ct., after a few hours’
Illness. He went to Bridgeport Fri
day morning, but caught a severe
cold which developed Into acute pneu
monia Friday night. He sank rapidly
and the end came at 8.30.
Mr Worthy was prominent in
community as well as business clr-
•«hm|
Mr
FRANK 1/4 WORTHY
eles, and hod for years been a bene
factor of West Springfield, where, he
had always made his home. His
sudden death came as a shock to his
many friends.
Mr Worthy inherited a large fortune
from his father and increased it sub
stantially in an active business career.
He was best known prbbably through
his interest in the hotel which bears
his name, but he had to Ins credit a
host of benefactions to both private
individuals and to public interests
which he always performed quietly.
He was born in West Springfield,
June 24. 1863, at the old Worthy
home just west of where the new
Carnegie library on Park street now
stands. His father. Justin L. Worthy,
died some eight years ago. . His.
mother, Mary J, Spooner, to when) he
was greatly devoted, suryives him.
He was married December 18. 1895.
to Helen Morgap. daughter of the late
Elisha Morgan this city, who also
survives him. As does on« son. Mor
gan 'Worthy, and a sisteV. Mrs'George
L. Wright of Brooklyn. Y.
Mr Worthy attended tne grammar
grades and the high school Jn West
Springfield and then entered the Mas
sachusetts institute of. technology,
where he studied for two years. He
then. left his studies to lake up his
aejive business career. , -
The Worthy family has been promi
nent here since iB6O, when Jtistfh L.
bought the otd Ashley flour and grain
mill in Agawam. He ran this mill
for several years, and then erected
near it the large paper mill of the
Worthy paper company. In 1885 he
turned the management of the flour
mill over to his son. Frank, then but
22 years old, and devoted his entire
time to the new mill.
About 1872 Justin Worthy erected’
a block at Main and Worthing
ton streets, the site of the present
hotel, which was occupied for 15
years by the Springfield printing and
binding company. In 1889 this build
ing was remodeled into a hotel, krtown
as the Glendower, which was burned
some five years later. A year after
ward the Worthys built the present
hotel oh the site. Since that time it
has been remodeled and added to fre
quently until it is now one o' the
largest and most up-to-dale hotels in
W’estern Massachusetts.
At the time Mr Worthy inherited
the Worthy hotel it occupied but about
half of its present quarters. Sbme"
four years ago the hote". was leased,
but the lease was finally cropped ahd‘
the control reverted to Mr Worthy,
who appointed William W. Benstm
manager.
When Justin Worthy died, his son
came into possession of tae flour-mill
site at Mittineague on which was a'
valuable water power. The site was ,
utilized for the erection ot’ the Rama- !
pogue ice plant which makes artificial I
ice. Mr Worthy also bought a cori-i
troling interest in the Warren thread
company of Westfield, He sold his
controling interest! in the Worthy pa
per mill.
Mr Worthy oelonged io no frater
nal organizations, but was a member,
of the Springfield country club, the
Nayasset, Colony and Rotary clubs.
He was a prominent member of the
First Congregational church of West
Springfield and was a trustee of the
Park-street cemetery. Ac a citizen
of the town he was very public spirit
ed. He was the leader ii. the move
ment to develop and beautify the park
and he had been a park commissioner
since 1907. He was on the building
committee of the new high school, was
active in the board of commerce and
was a prominent member of the high
school alumni association. He had
been vice-president of the West
Springfield co-operative jack since its
organization. He was Interested in
republican politics, although he nev
er ran for office. . nd had been a mem
ber of the town committee for the
past 15 years. When the Eastern
States exposition project was ad
vanced he became actively associated
with it and was a large stockholder.
He was also active in the organization
of the new Commercial trust company
of this city.
But in sptte of all his activities the
act which he was prmiably more
proud of than any other was his part
in buying a Bible for thi pulpit of
the West Springfield church he at
tended. As a boy. with two play
mates. he sold fruit and candy to
raise the money for the Bible. Tn
later years he often mentioned' that
campaign for funds with a great deal
of pleasure. '
Cspt David Henderson
Gapt pa vid Hehdergon, son .of Ar
thur Hgnderson, president of th£
British board of education, and labor
■
leader in the Hoiise of Cotnmons, has
been killed in action.
ROBERT F. H. DOBSON DEAD
Springfield Boy Went to France
With Canadian Regiment—Was
Well Known in This City
Official information has been re
ceived that Robert F. H. Dobson of
this city was killed while in action
on the British front “somewhere In
France,” the 4th. Dobson was about
30 years of age and formerly lived at
85 Crystal avenue with his grandmoth
er, Mrs S. A. Hartion. who now lives at
27 Crystal avenue. He had one broth
er, Henry, connected with the Yala
library, formerly of Springfield. He
enlisted a year ago at Montreal, P.
Q., in the Canadian Infantry.
Having relatives In England and
being of English descent, Dobson be
came imbued with a desire to fight
for the country of his ancestors and
went to Montreal for the purpose of.
affiliating with one of the regiments
about to leave for the battlefields.
Shortly after his enlistment", his regi
gnent was ordered to Kent, Eng., where
it remained until recently.
Almost immediately after arriving
at the front, the regiment was or
dered to attack a German trench.
Unofficial reports say the soldiers of
this battalion displayed great courage
while under fire and that many were
lost in the first engagement. Early
on the morning of the 4th, the Cana
dians were ordered to attack one of
the enemies’ strongholds and during
the hostilities that followed many of
the regiment were slain, among them
being "private 457,95(1." which the
British war records showed to be
"Robert F. H. Dobson of Springfield,
Mass.. U. S; A."
A cablegram was sent as soon as
possible,to-Mrs. Hartion, who received
the news at her home last night. The
young man was well .known here
through his connections with All
Saints" church. When the first mis
sion meetings "were held, he was
among ttje regular" attendants and it
was through his efforts, "together with
the Work of the other workers, that
the church was established. He was
active In the parish, being a regular
attendant at services and a member
of the Bible class
Details of how , Dobson met his
death were not given in the brief
message.- From letters sent to friends
in this city, information was gained
that during his short service the
young man had suffered many hard
ships and that of the men .who
iqarched away with Mm from Mont
real but comparatively few remained
alive. -■. •
Si D. JONES BURNED TO DEATH
Well-Known Character Loses Life
When Home is Destroyed
Spencer D. Jones, 63. a well-known
Greenfield "character, was burned to
death in his little two-room home on
Cypress street, Greenfield, in a fire
about 5 o’clock Sunday morn
ing. Just how the fjre started is not
known, and nothing’ in tfie ruins
jVoqld indicate the cause, but it is
snt>posed-that a lamp was tipped over
or that Jones had been smoking ip
bed t'Aring -the night.
Jones was sleeping on the second
■ floor qf t)is little hqiiie when the’fire
was discovered.-Neighbors who tried,
tn’.readh him were fdreed baek by the
fierceness of the flames. The fire de
partrilent was ■ somewhat delayed, in
reaching the Are, due to a confusion
in the alarm. It appears that the in
dicator at the station first- registered
box' 12 ahet only" when, they had re
turned from that box. did the register
■sho.w box 123. When the department
finally, reached, the hurtling house it
was .beyond saving. After the fire had
been extinguished the body of Jones
was found on the ground floor where
lie had fallen when the upper sec
tion had collapsed. It is believed that
he was smothered to death before the
fire reached him.
Jones at cne time was a farmer in
Deerfield, but of late years he had
worked as a carpenter in Greenfield.
He'niade- his home alone in the one
room house with a loft which he had
built on Cypress street. He was about-
Main street Saturday night and made
a number of purchases. He Was last
seen by neighbors leaving thp 9,30
o’clock electric car. Jones was twice
married and leaves a widow and two
young children in Greenfield. Four
daughters by his first marriage also
survive, E. J Jones .of Beech street
is a brother. :
MARY ELIZABETH BOSWORTH
Wife of Judge Henry W. Bosworth
Dies- at Her Homd on Lincoln
Street " • ■ ’ ■
Mary Elizabeth Bosworth, wife of
Judge' Henry W. Bosworth, passed
away suddenly Thursday .aftemoph at
her home nt 4 Lincoln street. She
had been, in failing, health fbr a ibng
period and had APehi most of her time
recently at home. Mrs Bosworth was
born tn Dalton May 6, 1842, the
daughter of Rev Thomas Amory Hall
and Marv Ey(Strong) Hall. She was
educate^ in the'schools of her native
town and was graduated at Mount
Holyoke seminary. The. spirit that led
her as a girl to seek the highest edu
cation at a time when few women at
tended the institutions of higher learn
ing was with her through life. Al
ways mentally alert, she was keenly
interested in all phases of life and
was widely read in many" kubjeets.
Her mans- friends found delight in her
keen insight and ability, to discuss
many subjects with understanding.
Mrs Bosworth was married to Judge
Bosworth in Otis in 1865 and came to
make hei" home in Springfield .the fol
lowing year where they have lived
since. She was one of the- oldest
members of Sou(h Congregational
church and was a member of the
Women's club. Resides" her husband,
she leaves two sons .Henry H. Bos
worth and Charles W. Bosworth, both
well-known attorneys, and a grand
daughter, Mary Case Bosworth.
DEATH OF DAY CHADWICK
Manager of Holyoke Plush Com
pany Was Native of England
Day Chadwick, 76, manager of the
Holyoke plush company, died at his
home on Chase avenue, Holyoke. Sat
urday morning after a long illness.
He was born in Dewsbury, Yorkshire.
Eng., and when young went to work
in a banking establishment in his na
tive town. Later he entered the
woolen industry and was associated
with the late John Chadwick. The
firm manufactured plush and decided
to move to the United States to take
advantage of the protective tariff.
He came to Holyoke in 1882 as sen
ior member Of the firm. 'They brought
over their own machinery and a force
of 70 men, Shortly after the mill
started the tariff on manufactwred
plush was taken .oft by ,the Cleveland
administration. The company reor-
ganlzed and as the Holyoke plush com
'£? ny ha» since continued operations.
He leaves, besides a widow, two daugh
ters, Florence and Gertrude, and one
son, William of Lyme, Ct.
NORTHAMPTON MAN DEAD
Tames M. Pierce Passes Away After
Short Illness
James M. Pierce, 63, died last week
Xv ednesday at his home, Hast street,
Northampton, after a short illness. He
was born in Adams and had lived in
Northampbon 35 ye;n .« first,
employed in Northampton in the John
Tyler painting and paperhanging es
tablishment, and later was for many
years a member of the firm of Pierce
? P^D^tors of the same es
tablishment. Of late years Mr Pierce
pad been alone in ownership of the
business, which is located on Crafts
avenue. Mr Pierce had served in the
,clby council as aiderman from ward
4. He is survived by a daughter.
Miss Carrie S. Pierce, and a son, J.
Hugh Pierce, both of Northampton.
SCOTLAND YARD CHIEF DEAD
Alfred Ward Had Charge of Many
Criminal Investigations
Alfred Ward, chief Inspector of Scot,
land Yard at London, died Monday.
Inspector Ward had charge of the
police investigation into several of the
most sensational crimes of recent i
years. He visited the United States i
Ifcst May to take bank Ignatius Tribich ,
Lincoln, the former member of Par-:
liament and self-confessed German
spy. Lincoln was extradited on the;
charge, of forgery.
Death of Mrs Mary M. Hnibnrt
Mrs Mary M. Hulburt, 80, died at '
her home in Somers, Ct.. Friday-night!
after an illness of two months. Mrs :
Hulburt was bom in Stafford in 1830, j
the daughter of John and Emma !
Bradley. . When she was about 10
years old the family moved to Somers-.
Sixty-two years ago she mailed !
Samuel Hulburt of Somers. "She
Joined the Methodist church anti Ivas
a faithful worker until it was dis- I
continued, when she joined the'Con- j
gregational church. Thirty-eight"years i
ago Mrs Hulburt bought a cottage
on the Willimantic campgrounds.
Since that time she had spent every
summer there and it was there that
she was taken ill in July. Her hus
band died 21 years ago. Sinee that
time she had made her home with her
son, Albert S. Hulburt. Mrs Hulburt
is survived by three children. Mrs
John Klbbe of Somers. Albert S. Hul
burt of Somers and John Hulburt of
Somersville. Two Other children. Effie
and Alma, died in youth; also seven
grandchildren and five great-grand
children. one sister. Carrie F. Doan of
Cleveland. O„ two brothers. Samuel
Bradley of Rockville and Frank J.
Bradley of Newburg, N.- Y.
Death of Mrs Ellen R. Mann
Mrs Ellen R. Mann, 72, died at her
home in Orange last week Wednesday
after a brief illness. Mrs Mann
was a native of Wilmington, Vt.,
where- she spent her girlhood days.
After "the civil war she married War
ren W. Mann of Wilmington. Soon
after their marriage Mr and Mrs Mantr
moved to the South, where Mr Mariri
had a government position, which he
held several years. They then moved
North and for a while lived at South
Ashburnham, Royalston and North
field Farms, where .Mr Mann died
about 25 years ago. Mrs Mann had
.since lived m Orange. She was held
tn high esteem by a large circle of
friends. She leaves three children,
Walter L. Mann of Phillipston. Mrs
Clara H. Greenleaf of Keene, N. H.,
and Mrs Emma R. Gregory,'of ’Lqs
Angeles. Cal.
Saffield Woman's Death
Mrs Emily H. Jobes, 81, widow of
Richard Jobes, postmaster of Suflield
for over 38 years, died Saturday:
morning at 9:40 o'clock at her home I
in Blossom street, Suffield, Ct., after an
illness of nearly two years of a gen
eral breaking down. She was born
in Agawam. March 21. 1835, the
daughter of Mr -and Mrs George (Col
ton) Tucker. She was married twice,
her first husband being Harry Bar
nett of Suffield, who was killed tn
the battle of Antietam. Her sepqnd,
husband was Richard Jobes, whom she
married in 1868. Mr Jobes tiled in;
November, 1909. She leaves two chil
dren by her first husband. Kate, wife
of Sanford Stanley of Agawam, and
Morris H, Barnett of Springfield, and
George B. Jobes of Suffield by her sec- i
ond husband.
Death of Mrs Charlotte C. Pomeroy
Mrs Charlotte C. Pomeroy, <lB, wid
ow of James H. Pomeroy, died last
week Wednesday night at Noble
hospital in Westfield after a
siekness ■ Of about two. years.
She was born in England and her par
ents were George and Haxmab.
(.Cooper) Williams. Mrs Pomeroy
had lived in Westfield since 1866.
She leaves four daughters. Mrs F.
H: Bauer of Detroit. Mich.. Mrs C. E.
McCray, Mrs A. C. Sherman and Lenh'
L. Pomeroy of Westfield; two sons..
Horton F. Pomeroy of Springfield and
Ralph H. Pomeroy of West fjeld; a
brother. William Williams of West
field. and three sisters. Mrs Esther
Cosby and Mrs James Cosby and Mra
Noble.
Harlan E. Nash
Harlan E. Nash, 79, a Holyoke vet
eran wholesale produce dealer, died
at his home at Moody Corners in South.
Hadley last week Wednesday after a
year's Illness. Mr Nash had been in
the wholesale produce business in Hol
yoke for the past 50 years, his store
being on Main street,, and he per-;
sonally conducted his business until!
about a year and a half ago. when
he retired owing to ill-health. He;
leaves, besides a widow, one son.
George H.; one daughter. Mrs Harry
R.- Kellogg; three brothers. Charles:
El and David E. of South Hadley and
Alfred S. of Willlmansett, and one
sister. Miss Emma Nash of •South
Hadley.
Death of Earl Feversham
Lieut-Col Earl Feversljam was
killed in action on September 15 while j
leading his battalion, according to j
thg Yorkshire Herald. Earl Fever-;
sham, who was 37 years of age. an ;
Oxford graduate and a <arge land
oxvner, was lieutenant-colonel com
manding the 21st battalion of the
King's Royal rifle corps, which he
raised. He was a member ot Parlia
ment from 1906 to 1915. having pre
viously, from 19<)2 to 1905 been as
sistant private secretary > the first
lord of the admiralty. He married
Lady Marjorie Greville, eldest daugh
ter of the fifth earl of Warwick. He
leaves two sons and a daughter.
Hobert Pelllssler Killed In Battle
Miss Adeline Pelllssier, instructor in
French at Smith college, has received
word that her brother. Robert Pei
lissier, was killed in one ot the re
cent battles in France. Mr Pellis
sier. who was formerly a teacher of
French in WUUston seminary, had
been in service in the French army
from the opening of the war. ।
RELIGIOUS
BAPTISTS^ ARE TOFuNIFY
A SPRINGFIELD CONFERENCE
Of th& Westfield Association—Bible
Study in Schools
Unifying and co-ordinating the sep
arate organizations which as a whole
compose the Westfield Baptist asso
ciation, whose 106th annual conven
tion convened at the First-Highland
Baptist church in this city for two
days last week, was the project left
in the hands of a committee of five.
Three sessions were held Wednes
day and three Thursday. In a
way the convention Is a four-sided af
fair. or four conventions in one. It is
the annual convention, of the West
field Baptist association and is also
the annual meeting of its subsidiary
societies.' the Christian endeavor, the
2^7.' w*
BEV DR KMORY W. HUNT
Pastor ot Newton Church Who Ad
drcßscd Baptist Convention
women’s societies and the Bible
school:
Much business was accomplished
Wednesday in the two business ses
sions of the society. A committee!
recommendation to bring about the ■
study of the Bible and religion in the
public schools brought forth vigorous
opposition, and was. finally referred
back to the committee for the elim
ination of some objectionable features.
The recommendation was made by
Archibald Ladner of the First-High
land chureh. Rev Dr W. W. Weeks
opposed the proposition vigorously as
following an example of the church of
Rome and on the. ground that such
was not a function ot the state. The
prnpdsitiori haff lts STderi’ BTtpporters..
W. A. Smith of Westfield was elect
ed president of the association and
other officers elected for the ensuing
year are: Vice-president, J. F. Watts
of Northampton;' secretary, A. E.
Hooper-of Willlmansett; treasurer, A.
8 Howe of Springfield, and auditor.
M. L. D<nsmore of Springfield.
"You’ve had a rich meeting," was
: the way Rev Dr Emory •W, Hunt, pas
tor of the First Baptist church at
Newton Thursday night summarized
the convention as the last speaker on ;
the two-daye’ program. Following hisj
address in the First-Highland Baptist]
church, formal adjournment until the!
convention next year at Agawam waa
taken, and the sessions were conclud
ed in prayer and pronouncement ot:
the benediction by Rev E- B. Freeman
of this city.
Bible schools and the women's so
cieties held sway Thursday. Sessions
of the Bible schools of the Westfield
Baptist association were held both ]
morning rind evening, arid the worn- !
en's societies of the association oon- :
•ducted their meeting in trie afternoon.
All sessions, as was the case Wednes- ।
day, were held in the First-Highland i
Baptist church. The following offi-1
cers of the Bible schools’ org.iuissa- .
tiori were elected after the. morning. ad- ]
dresses: President, C- W. Hudson of !
Springfield; vice-president. Howard]
Case df Springfield; secretary. W..C.
King Of "Springfield: treasurer. John]
Hill of Northampton, and auditor, A. j
H: Stanton of Springfield •
The importance of the Sunday- |
school teacher's vocation was the sub- i
ject on which Miss Nan Weeks spoke ]
with zeal arid feeling. Character's ]
foundations, she thought, were laid I
by the Sunday-school teacher, and the 1
importance of this work in her o'pin- |
iori cannot be everestima’.ed.
Billy Sunday's intiuenco on Spring
field. and for that matter all New
England, will be great, according to
Rev F. F. Peterson. st»’« secretary
of the Baptist Sunday-school associa
tion. Not that Billy is coming in per
son to this city, but his presence in
Boston cannot fail to push its in
fluence this far and beyond. Rev Mr
petersonjs address was one of the
chief features ot the morning session,
and in It lie urged greater evangelis
tic efforts in the Sunday-schools tnem
selves, considering then' rhe proper
mediums of evangelism.
Home missions and foreign missions
were the topics of zealous concern at
the session of the women’s societies in ]
the afternoon. That the state is do
ing more than the church in the realm ’
ot borne mission work was brought out
by Mrs Oscar D. Thomas of Boston.
She advised the churches to wake up.
and did not deem the mere support ot
the needy sufficient. Something uplift
ing should be carried to those among
whom home mission work finds its
field, she thought. Mrs George Brock
of Burma, whose husband was for
many years the missionary of the
First-Highland Baptist church in In
dia, spoke on foreign relations.
Kev Dr Emory W. Hunt was the
principal speaker of the evening. "The
teacher, the key to the Bible school,"
was his subject, and he said it ex
pressed exactly what he believed. "A
good superintendent is a fine thing,"
he said, and he mentioned the value
of organization and equipment, but
nil of these he considered subordi
nate to the teacher.
Two questions were asked in the
course of the address: “Whom shall
the ttacher teach? and how shall she
teach?" The speaker disapproved of
the tendency to judge and classify a
calling by the material in which the
worker works, as a teacher. Nearly
anyone, he said,, can teach a collage
student. It he is any good at all. but
the primary teacher must lay the
foundations with a delicacy of touch
not required elsewhere. The material
with which the primary teacher works,
he said, Is not all mussed up with the
poor handling of others. The com
pensation is, he said, “to see things
grow.” There is one thing more In
teresting than to see things grow, he
said, and that is "to see an ideal dawn
upon a human face.”
Without belittling Improved meth
ods the speaker pointed to the fact
| bhat "the great teachers whom you
and I have known have al! had dis
• ferent methods, and there wasn’t one
I of them which could be classified un
der any scientific methods.” It was
personality, the prime essential of the
teacher, said Dr Hunt. In Sunday
school one method to follow is the
method of contagion, he said. Tha
Sunday-school’s alm is not to broaden
the intellectual horizon, not to teach
things, not even the Bible—-that’s the
method—the purpose of the Sunday
school is to bring the pupils Into rela
tion with the great Teacher.
Emphasizing the importance of
preparation by the Sunday-school
teacher, Dr Hunt said is was not as
important to prepare the Sunday
school lesson as It was for teachers
to prepare themselves. "Prepare your
self in heart and sympathy," he said.
The committee of the association to
handle the unifying and co-ordination
of the work of the auxiliary societies
Is composed ot Rev S. Paul Jefferson
of Amhersk W. C. King of this city
and G. Fred Estey of this city. With
this committee, committees ot the
women’s society and the Bible school
organization will collaborate. The:
members of the committee of the wom
en’s societies are Mrs N. L. Caln, Mrs
Frank Spence and Mrs C. C. Maxfield,
ail of this city. Members of the com
mittee of the Bible schools are Rev
E. B. Dolan of Holyoke, Rev J. F.
■Watts ot Northampton and Rev E. B. ’
Freeman of this city.
TO STIMULATE ADVERTISING
—
Churches of New Haven Join In a i
Movement for Publicity
Churches of six denominations have •
joined forces in New Haven, Ct., for a
movement to promote systematic
church advertising, and have planned
a convention to be held it. New Haven
October 8-10. Ministers of the Con
gregational. Methodist, Episcopal.
Presbyterian, Universalist and Jewish
churches are behind the movement. A
leading representative of every Prot
esttant church In New Haven is on
the committee of arrangements- It
has been decided to invite ministers,
heads of men’s clubs, and superintend
ents of Sunday-schools to New Haven
to a convention designed to stimulate
interest in publishing the good of
church attendance to the multitude of
people who are interested only casu
ally, or not at ail, In ths great work
'of the church. The New Haven
publicity club ot the chamber of com
merce will have charge ot the ar
rangements. Ministers and interested
churchmen are Invited to attend not
only from Connecticut, but from New
England and New York state.
The program as now arranged is as
follows: Sunday, October 8, Sunday
school parade of more than 5000 Sun
day-school students; meeting in
Woolsey hall. Yale university, in the
evening, where four prominent adver-,
tising men will give addresses. These
speakers wll be Harry Tipper, adver
tising manager of tha Texas company
of New York; Hewelyn E. Pratt,
chairman of the educational depart
ment of the associated advertising
clubs of the world, and two others to
lie announced.
Monday. October 9. addresses by
, the mayor of New Haven, the presi
! dent of the publicity club. John Lee
; Mahin of New York. Rev D. E. W’ei
gle of Philadelphia, Rev Charles
Steizle of New York and Carl Hunt.
They will speak upon subjects sub
stantially as follows: “What is adver
tising?" “God and advertising."
Make sure «e have something to
advertise," "Principles of successful
church advertising. On Tuesday.;
October 10. the following subjects will
be handled: "The modern way to ;
compel them to come in," "Delivering
the goods advertised.” “Direct or by !
mail advertising." "The newspaper as;
a church advertising medium." Dis- ■
cussion: “Out doer advertising." “11-i
lumlnated church advertising.” “Stere- I
optlcon lectures for church advertis
ing.”
AMERICAN BOARD YEAR
War Responsible for Increased Ex
penditures—Balance About SIOOO
Additional expense involved In the
nrotection of missionaries In Turkey,
whose stations had been closed or oc
cupied by the military, and the in
creased cost of living in missionary
countries is largely responsible for
the increase of $105,000 in the ex
penditures during the year ending Au
gust 31 of the American board of
commissioners for foreign missions, nc
cOrding to the report of the treasur
er. which was made public at Bos
ton. Friday. The report shows re
ceipts of $1,207,126 and expenditures
of $1,206,209.
JEWISH XEW YEAR THIS WEEK
Still a Religious Holiday—Sounding of
the Ram's Horn
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new
year, which falls this year to
day, has been able to resist
secularisation. It Is in form and
spirit a holy day distinctively—not
a holiday’. Solemn services charac
terize its observance both evening and
morning It Is a time dedicated to
retrospection, introspecsion and reso
lutions for the future. The day bears
the special designation of Yom ha-
Din. or day of judgment, for the old
tradition represents the souls of men
as being on this day before the divine
tribunal at the annual assizes on high.
The great recording books lie open,
but the award In each given case must
be sealed by the person himself. Out
of this conception has grown up the
familiar greeting interchanged by
Jews on Rosh Hashanah, namely, “le
shonah tovah ti-kasevu.” meaning
“May you be inscribed for a good
year!"
According to Bible usage the day
begins at sun-down Wednesday, and
the more orthodox will observe not
only Thursday but Friday as well,
it being their custom to keep a second
day in connection with the more im
portant Jewish holidays and festivals.
This custom grew out of complex
conditions in the calendatlon of early
rabbinical times and the practice,
once establishedrmas been kept up
even though the original reason no
longer obtains. The reform Jews ob
serve only the day scripturally pre
scribed. The date of Rosh Hashanah
is the first day of the month of
Tishri, and the New Year now to be
ushered in. Is, according to the tradi
tional Jewish calendar the year 5677.
An important feature of the ritual of
Rosh Hashanah is the blowing of the
shotar or rams horn. In ancient
days the sounding of this instrument
was associated with times of national
crisis and other solemn occasions.
There are various fanciful explana
. tions of the connection of the shotar
with the celebration of Rosh Hashanah.
Each of its' dominant notes likewise
has been given a symbolic significance.
As the tones, of the shotar are of a.
peculiarly piercing quality the mH*,
Ing of the shofar may be regarded a*
a clarion-call to the conscience '
strive after the higher life tn the new
year. The prominence accorded to .3ie
ceremony of the sounding of the sho
tar during the services has made Rosh
Hashanah known as the Yom ha-Ter
unh. "the day of the sounding Of the
shofar.” ,
JAPAN AND PHILIPPINES
Bishop Brent Says She Would As
sume Control if United State*
Withdraws
Bishop Charles H. Brent, head of
the Episcopal church in the Philippine
islands, declared in an adt&MMMB
Newport, R. 1., Thursday that If the
United States withdrew from the is
lands Japan in self-defense would
have to assume control, "The pro
tective service rendered by the
American flag to the Philippine* la a
benefit of great proportions,” he said.
Peace has reigned In the Islands
since the establishment of civil gov
ernment. The people have had un
obstructed opportunity to develop the
art of self-government under the
guidance of a great nation. It we
were to withdraw our protection
Japan would be forced in self-<seHsris»
to assume control. As long a* tha
United States stands sponsor for the
Philippines Japan will make no effort
to change the status quo. The Japa
nese will never make the Philippine*
an issue with the United States. In
the same position aa Japan, Amarica
undoubtedly would adopt the same
attitude." ________
SHAHAN RE-ELECTED
Bishop Will Head National Aa
sociation of Catholic Charitla*
Bishop Thomas J. Shahan, rector
of the Catholic university, was re
elected president ot the national as
sociation of Catholic charitie* at
Washington last week. Cardinal Gib
bons was re-elected honorary presi
dent. It was announced that the St
Vincent de Paul society soon would
erect a building oh the ground* of
Catholic university to be used as head
quarters for all Roman Othohe chari
ties in the United States. j . ‘
The Bishop Potter memorial pulpit
in the cathedral of St John the Divine,
New York, was dedicated and used week
before last Taking part in the serv
ices of dedication were the dean. Rev
Dr W. M. Grosvenor, and Rev Dr G.
F. Nelson, an intimate friend of the
late bishop. The pulpit is wholly un
like any other one In the world, it is
said. It is composed of two parts,
one of stone and the other of wood.
The design is a pulpit within a pulpit,
with two large figures of St Paul and
Isaiah surmounting the post* at the
foot of- the stairs. Beth stone and
wood are elaborately carved. The de
sign was by Henry Vaughan ot Bos
ton. •
LETTERS FROM PRESIDENT
He Writes Message of Condolence
on Deaths of Seth Low and
Horace White
President Wilson Thursday sent
messages of condolence, /rem Asbury
Park. N. J., to the widow of Seth
Low. former mayor of New YoHL and
to Miss Amelia E White, of
the late Horace White, editor ajid
publicist. The • leHers- -follow■
My dear Mrs Low: T Join with tfee r#st
of the nation tn grieving most deeply over
the death of your honored husband. Few
men have more distinguished, themseit’es
by disinterested, service op more deserved
the respect and honor of fhefr fellow
countrymen. My heartfelt goes
out to you in your personal loss* and I am
sure the whole country will feel that they
share the loss with you. CordiaHy ifnd
sincerely yours, .. v-
(Signed^ WOODROW WILSON.
My dear Miss White: May I not ex
tend to you my heartfelt sympathy In the
death of your honored father? It is a loss
which the whole country must feel, be
cause he was everywhere known for his
fine public spirit and for his willingness
to render disinterested public service. His
career was one of moral as well as of In
teliectnal distinction. Cordially and sin
cere! v yours.
(Signed- WOODROW WILSON.
AMERICANS DOOR SAVERS
They Rank Last in Thrift Among
Nations of World
The American people rank last in
thrift, according to J. L. Davis, vice
president of the St Louis Union trust
company, who addressed the conven
tion of the National association of
life underwriters at St Louis last
week. “It Is significant.” he said, "that
ip the United States where wages are
notoriously high, only 99 people out of
each 1960 have saving accounts,
whereas in Australia there are 300, in
England 302, in Germany 317, in
France 346, in Belgium 397 and in
Switzerland 554. It is also signifi
cant that in Germany. France. En
gland and Japan, the number of de
positors are greater than In the Unit
ed States and that In Germany the
aggregate amount of savings deposits
Is almost as large as the aggregate
In the United States, althouh Ger
many’s papulation is only about two
thirds as large as our own.
STAR FULLBACK DEAD
West Virginia Wesleyan's 1915
Captain Dies in Philadelphia
John W. Ptngeley of Evanston. Hl.,
last years captain and fullback of the
West Virginia Wesleyan university
football team, diet! in a Philadelphia
hospital Thursday from the effects of
an operation. He was the son of the
Rev Dr Joseph Ptngeley of Evanston,
corresponding secretary of the Me
thodist Episcopal board of conference
claimants, and came here two weeks
ago as office manager of the cam
paign to raise a large fund in the East
for conference claimants.
KILLED BY SHRAPNEL
American Ambulance Worker
Struck Near German Trenches
Edward Joseph Kelley of Philadel
phia. a member of the American am
bulance field service, was killed, and
Roswell S. Sanders of Newburyport
was wounded while engaged in suc
coring the wounded Friday night on
the Verdun front. The Americans
were working at Marre. within SOO
yards of the German Unes. Near
midnight Kelley was bit by a bullet
from a shrapnel shell. Kelley joined
Ure ambulance service last August.
There must be an ironic twist in the
statement in the German press that
Cardinal Hartmann, archbishop of Co
logne. is advocating the restoration of
the temporal power of the papacy as
a means .of gaining for the Vatican
representation at the peace council.
It is precisely from apprehension of
such a demand that Italy has been
so strongly opposed to suggestions of
mediation by the pope or to ths par
ticipation of the Vatican in the peace
negotiation..
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