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Where Are the Great Preachers?
Though the Neighborhood
Changes, Rev. Percy Stick
ney Grant Stands Fast
at Church of Ascension
firm Believer in Truth
Knows Philosophy of the
Workers and Flaunts
Aristocratic Dogmas
In these days of rapidly changing
neighborhoods, when churches in the
downtown districts are being deserted
by the score, the Rev. Percy Stickney
Grant interprets the conditions as a
challenge.
Nothing, he declares, will induce him
or his people to abandon their work
?t Fifth Avenue and Tenth Street and
to seek a new parish for the historic
Protestant Episcopal Church of the As?
cension.
He has seen fine residences convert?
ed into shops and factories and office
buildings. But he has never lost sight
of the needs of the people in the near?
by congested sections, nor of the rela?
tively few that have refused to sacri?
fice their fine homes in the vicinity.
He has witnessed the influx of a new
class and he has declared that their
needs are just as vital in matters of
religion as of those whose places they
took.
"Instead of abandoning changed
neighborhoods and following our
people let us realize our responsibili?
ties. If our people move to now
neighborhoods let them adopt one of
two courses. Let them provide the
wherewithal for new churches or, in
these days of quick transit, remain
steadfast to the old," he says.
Began as Fashionable Parish
The Church of the Ascension began
Its service to the city as a fashionable
parish. It prospered. But no one
doubts that its present appeal is more
far-reaching than its old. Its evening
meetings on Sundays have become an
institution in the city. On special oc?
casions,' as, for instance, when Mme.
Breshkovsky spoke at a forum, the
demands for seats have been embar?
rassing. The forum has grown to such
proportions that a new hall may be
necessary.
On Sunday mornings the conven?
tional prayer book service of the Prot?
estant Episcopal Church is followed
by a sermon, usually with Mr. Grant
as the occupant of the pulpit. With
the conclusion of the order for morn?
ing prayer conventionality ceases, for
Mr. Grant cannot be the conventional
preacher. He is one of the leaders in
the liberal movement of the Episcopal
Church. He has stood squarely for
truth and has said that if the old
conventions are menaced the truth
must not be sacrificed.
His utterances have stirred grave
controversies. At one time he was so
outspoken on the subject of marriage
and divorce that another rector caused
all of his vicars to preach in opposi?
tion to Mr. Grant's teachings and
himself delivered a bitter attack upon
the rector of the Church of the
Ascension.
Ignored the Aattacks
To these attacks Mr. Grant made
no reply. He refused to become en?
gaged in controversies; that is not his
method. He speaks the truth as it
The Rev. Percy Stickney Grant
1
appeals to him and enters no further
plea in justification.
He dresses in "clericals." He has
an ecclesiastical cast of countenance
and a ministerial bearing. But that
comes from his environment. In ad?
dition to directing the affairs of the
busy institutional church, he never
has ceased to be a pastor; and is
available at any hour of the night or
day when there is sickness or need.
Hip manner is direct and forceful.
His vocabulary is rich; his illustra?
tions are apt, even picturesque. Ilis
voice is powerful and susceptible of
many rich inflections. He is at his
best when he is aroused. Then his
diction loses some of the richness and
grace that characterize his contri?
butions to the periodical press. His
langunge then is just as picturesque
? but infinitely more convincing.
For instance, one Sunday morning
he mentioned that several members of
the parish had asked to be transferred
to St. Thomas's. He said he had asked
them, for their reasons and had been
informed they were out of sympathy
with his work among the poor, that
they disliked the idea of bringing all
sorts and conditions of people into the
church on Sunday evenings and hold?
ing forums.
Refused "To Saddle" Another
Said Mr. Grant: "I will not transfer
these people. The parish to which
they have asked to be transferred is
I
I a busy parish and the rector is a
busy man. He is doing a useful work.
As a brother preacher 1 refuse to
saddle upon him people of this type,
who, because of their self-centredness,
will prove only a handicap. Further?
more, I wish to take advantage of this
occasion to say that any future appli?
cations made for the same reasons
will be treated in the same manner."
One morning, in the course of a
sermon, Mr. Grant accentuated a point
he was endeavoring to drive home with
a descent into some slang phrases.
Nothing shocks the people of the
Church of the Ascension. But a stranger
in the parish was heard to say: "That
is the first time I ever heard a parson
use slang without prefacing it by the
statement that he was going to say
something 'in the vernacular.' I like
that man. He has the courage of his
slang."
The incident, in itself, was trivial.
But it gave a glimpse into the char?
acter of Mr. Grant. What he does he
stands for. There is no? equivocation,
no apology.
A Church of Beauty
The Church of the Ascension is one
of the most beautiful houses of worship
in the city. Its windows have been
pronounced some of the highest
achievements of the stainer's art. John
La Farge, Frederick Crowninshield,
Alden Weir and the artists of the Tif?
fany Studios all contributed to the
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beauty of the windows. Then there
is the painting of the Ascension, by
La Farge, that is set above the altar
like a reredos.
The service is what would be called
"low." There is nothing of the grand?
eur of extreme ritualism, which one
might expect in the beauty of tha sur?
roundings. Yet the note of grandeur is!
not missed. Everything about the I
manner of worship seems in keeping,
for the church is like a retreat. It j
seems to breathe an atmosphere of de?
votion.
Mr. Grant came to New York from
St. Mark's chapel, Fall River. There
his work had been among mill opera?
tives. He had lived among them, been
with them at their occupations and in
their hours of freedom. He learned
their philosophy, and with it the phil?
osophy of the workers of the world.
It was a great wrench to pull away
from their lives?and yet he had been
trained at Harvard. From the elm-;
lined streets of Cambridge to the dingy
homes of the Fall River toilers was a
marked change; and Mr. Grant had I
adapted himself so well that he had j
become as one of the toilers.
Demanded a Free Church
His work attracted much attention.'
Finally the vestry of the Church of the j
Ascension sent a representative to j
study his methods at first hand. Then ?
the call was extended. Mr. Grant \
thought he would be able to decline!
the call gracefully by naming what he
believed would be impossible condi
tions, among them that the historic!
church must become absolutely free,
His conditions were accepted without |
question and he came from St. Mark's, j
the mill operatives' church, to the \
Church of the Ascension, with its back- j
ground of wealth and fashion.
His impress in this city was soon i
felt. One of the stanchest adherents '
was Bishop Potter., who, too, had a '?
social vision. On one of his extended
tours Bishop Potter named Mr. Grant ^
as his secretary and chaplain, and much j
of the material that was the basis for ?
the Bishop's later addresses and reform |
movements was furnished by the rec- !
tor of the Church of the Ascension.
Perhaps the best portrayal of Mr. j
Grant is one sketched by his own ut?
terances. Hefe are some of the most |
striking:?
"The church must face modern prob- :
lems or go backward. It will not be :
the people's church until it does. What '.
if we had no creed. I think the church
would be better off. Our fields of in- I
fluence would be greater. We must i
become democratic, throw away our j
aristocratic dogma. Until we do this j
our church will be nn armchair in- j
stitution, fit to be laid away in a box. j
His Message to Women
"This is a message to women. They I
must:
"'Guard new life and disencumber
humanity of injurious life already in
existence.
" 'Clean up defective and destruc?
tive ideas.
" ' Make the top of humanity less
wasteful and the bottom less waste
less.
"'Prevent sickness and disease by i
forcing employers to pay higher
wages.
" 'Remain just as radical as they
are now?much more so than men.' "
Dr. Grant has a tremendous influ?
ence with workingmen and women be- ;
cause of his profound sympathy for
them. But he does not seek to win
them by flattery or by ignoring their
shortcomings.
This is one of his most widely
quoted utterances on the subject up?
permost in men's minds to-day: "We
cannot put the people behind the law
merely by taking power away from the !
capitalist class and giving it to the j
working class. Our problem would not j
be solved. A working class control j
would be as unjust as capitalistic con
trol, for it, too, would be one-sided. '
The working class on the whole, it un- I
forunately has to be noted, is not |
broad and some of the decisions nd- j
verse to labor we are obliged to ac- j
count for (and thi3 is admited by j
labor men themselves, as the result of j
immature legislation undertaken at the
hasty and querulous call of labor."
As a poet Dr. Grant is known to a
smaller audience. This is not a re?
flection upon his poetry, but a compli?
ment to his military activities. He
has published three volumes of verse,
including a poetic drama, "The Return
of Ulysses,'' and a narrative poem, j
"The Search of Belisarius," and a vol- |
ume of sonnets and lyrics entitled "Ad
Matrem," but his alma mater has re?
cently recognized his gift by an invi?
tation to deliver the Phi Beta Kappa ;
poem at the coming Harvard com- i
mencement.
His political and economic creed is
concisely put in the following sonnet
entitled "Democracy":
Democracy on law and virtue stands,
That paint thee flaunting, with a brutal
face.
Not to Rome's proletarian populace.
Nor Paris mobs that round a red flag throng:.
Nor London slums of saturate sin belong
Such names?deluded, pitiable race?
Though in their husky mutterings we can
trace
God urging brotherhood upon trie strong.
Democracy on lay and virtue stands.
The home it loves and ?hildren at the knee ;
Its bread it earns, its lips can speak in
prayer.
Though greed and pride would bind its giant
hands,
I trust the conscience of humanity.
See freedom widen in the people's care.
The subject of next Monday's article
will be Bishop Luther B. Wilson, Rcsi
den\ Bishop in New York of the Metho?
dist Episcopal Church.
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Wife Insulted, Then She
And Husband Are Beaten
Brooklyn Youths Atack Couple
When Apology Is
Demanded
Robert Marrell, thirty-three years old,
an attendant at the State Hospital for
the Insane in Brooklyn, was beaten in?
sensible yesterday and his wife, an at?
tendant in the Contagious Disease Hos- !
pital, suffered a fractured skull when j
Marell?demanded an apology from three '
young men who had made insulting re- I
marks as the couple passed.
According to the story he told the ;
police, Marrell overheard the young j
men's remarks about his wife. When |
he demanded an apology they attacked [
both. Marrell's jaw was fractured and !
Mrs. Marrell was struck in the head
with a stone. Neither could give the
police a good description ofNthe men.
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Railroads Bankrupt
But for Government
Control, Says Hines
Director General Declares I
There Must Be Higher!
Volume of Business or|
Heavy Increase in Rates!
Special Correspondence
SYRACUSE, June 8.?Passenger and
freight rates must be advanced unless
the volume of business on the nation's
railways increases materially, in the
opinion of Walker D. Hines, Director
General of Railroads, who stopped off
here for' a short time on an inspection
trip, which will take him half way
across the continent.
Wages are up to stay, he said, and
they are higher than in any other lines
of work. He expressed the hope that j
during government control the roads
would get back to the high standard j
of service rendered under private own- j
crship. Government control, he said,
is saving the railroads from bank- j
ruptcy.
"The increase in business," he de?
clared, "will not be sufficient to make i
the road;; self-sustaining for a long j
time, judging by the way things are j
running now. During the war we had !
a lar.re volume of business, but since j
then we have shown a decrease. The
earnings of the ro'ads must increase ?
or there must be a decrease in ex?
penses."
Asked-what decreases were meant,!
he said: "The cost of materials makes
up about 40 per cent of the total bill i
of the railroads; we may expect a re- i
duction of about 10 per cent in that ac
count. I do not see how the roads can j
be made to pay expenses, to say noth- ;
ing of making a profit, except in two j
ways. Either the volume of business i
must greatly increase or there must be j
a decided increase in freight and pas
scnger rates.
"Increases in the freight and pas
st-nper rates would start another wave
of high cost of living that would sub
merge us deeper than we are already.
I do not favor the plan. The effect
of government control is now to pro?
tect the public from increases that
would be made in order to keep the
roads from going into bankruptcy.
This shows how government control
stabilizes things. It is keeping the
railroads from bankruptcy. I am
heartily in favor of turning the roads
back to their owners at the end of this
year. There should be a consolidation j
of the lines into a few great systems." j
Believe Zapata Lives
Mexicans Think Rehel General
Burst Coffin and Escaped
|CUAUTLA, Mexico.?Legends already
are beginning to spring up among the
superstitious and ignorant Indians of
this, state regarding Emiliano Zapata,
the rebel chief who met death here
April 10. In an attempt to preserve
the bandit's body as long as possible
in order to give the greatest number
of his former followers a chance to
see it, it was packed in ice, in the
absence of embalming fluids.
The ice burst the sides and top of
the flimsy coffin and gave rise to super?
stitious tales that the "Atilla of the
South," as Zapata was called, was not
really dead, but had burst his coffin
and escaped.- Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Dirigible C-5 Planned Sea
Crossing, the Navy Admits j
WASHINGTON, June 8.?Official con- |
firmation that the Navy Department j
contemplated a transatlantic flflight by j
the derigible C-5 without stop from St. 1
John's, Newfoundland, to the Irish
coast, is contained in Lieutenant Com- i
mander E. V. Coil's report of the C-5s j
voyage from Montauk Point, L. I., to I
St. John's, Newfoundland. The report
made public for the first time to-day
shows that the C-5 flew 25 hours and 50
minutes, covering more than 1,022 sea '?
miles.
Chilean Mail Ship Sinks;
Passengers and Crew Saved
LIMA, Peru, June 7.?The Chilean
mail steamer Limari sank early to-day '?
after running ashore forty miles north ?
of Eten, Northern Peru. The passen- j
gers and crew, it is reported, were res- !
cued by the Peruvian Line steamer !
Mantaro. The Limari was southbound
from Panama for Callao and Valparaiso, j
The steamer Limari measured 2,047 |
tons. She was built in Glasgow in 1898
and was owned in Valparaiso.
Chloroforni Fatal to Woman |
; Mrs. Bedel?a Holton, forty-five years j
old, a housekeeper at the McAlpin
Hotel, was found dead in bed yester- ,
day. The police believe she died of ]
natural causes, but Dr. Garlock of the ?
New Ydrk Hospital, who examined the ;
! body, said death was due to chloro- j
j form. An empty chloroform bottle was!
"ound near the body.
I % PER MONTH OK
*- ** PLEDGE OF
PERSONAL PROPERTY
i HE ?-ROVIDEN'I LOAN SOC?fc?Y
OF NEW YORK_
Office Hours: 9 A. M. to ? P. AI.
Saturdays. 9 A. M. to 4 P. At.f
from first Saturday In June to tirsi
Saturday In September, both In?
elusive. 9 A. M. f i P. M._
MANHATTAN
Fourth Avenue, cor. 25th Strtst
Eldridge St., cor. Rivington St.
East HouitoR ft., cor. Essex Si.
Seventh AV., bet. 48th k 49th Su
Lexington Av., cor. 124? St
Grind St., cor. Clinten St.
E. 72d St.. be?. Islington & 3 Aw
Ei-h!h Ar., cm. 127ft 5t_
nitoNx
ConrtUndt Av.. cor. 148th St.
BROOKLYN
Smith St, cor. Livingjtoi St
Graham Av., cor. DsbevoUs St
Pitkin Av? cor. Rocksway At.
Hirsch Seeks
Share in State
Housing Probe
He Asks That Counsel forj
Mayor's Committee Be ;
Permitted by Legislators to
Cross-Examine Witnesses:
Hearing Resumed To-day
Officials of Life Insur?
ance Companies Among
Those To Be Questioned
The legislative inquiry into rent i
profiteering in New York City, sched- |
uled to be resumed to-day in the Al- :
dermanic Chamber of City Hall before j
a joint legislative committee headed
by Senator Charles C. Lockwood, may
be held up as a result of the desire of
Mayor Hylan's Committee on Rent
Profiteering to participate.
Nathan Hirsch, chairman of the ,
Mayor's committee, sent a letter yes
terday to Senator Lockwood asking i
that his investigators be allowed to j
take part ?n the examination of wit- j
ncsses subppoenaed by the legislative
committee. Mr. Hirsch requested Sen- I
ator Lockwood either to agree to the i
proposal by noon to-day or to postpone !
the examination of witnesses. Mr.
Hirsch's letter, in part, follows:
"I understand that your committee
has subpoenaed and is intending to
begin on Monday the examination of :
officers of life insurance companies,
together with material supply men, i
this inc onnection with your investi- ;
gation into housing conditions.
Has the Same Power
'?The Mayor's Committee on Rent I
Profiteering, as you doubtless know,
has joined ad is acting with the gen- i
eral welfare' committee of the Board
of Aldermen. The latter has the same :
right to subpoenae and to compel the ?
attendance of witnesses and also the j
production of papers as has your com?
mittee.
"Inasmuch as all of us are striving
for the same end it would appear as
though there shoulud be close co?
operation, to the end that all the com?
mittees may secure for the people of
the city and state the benefit of the<.
facts gathered and elicited by each
committee, and that this should be
done at the least possible expense to
the city and the state.
"Therefor I suggest that your com?
mittee permit counsel for the Mayor's
Committee and the General Welfare
Committee, -acting through the same
committee, to particip?t in the ex?
amination of all witnesses and that
the counsel be given opportunity for
the fullest cross-examination.
"In order that there may be no tech?
nical objections on the part of wit?
nesses as to answering questions put
by counsel of any of the committees,
we suggest that our counsel b regarded
as associated with your committee for
that purpose, and that purpose alone,
and that your counsel may be regarded
as associated with our committee.
Choice of Two Actions
"As our hearings are to begin on
Monday, I will ask you to be good
enough either to respond to this offer
by Monday noon, or, if that be imprac?
ticable on account of the shortness of
the notice, that you either postpone
the examination of witnesses for a
day or two or suspend their examina?
tion subject to the questions our com?
mittee may desire to put."
Senator Lockwood could not be
reached yesterday. Assemblyman Thom?
as A. McWhinney, vice-chairman of the
Lockwood committee, said he was sure
Senator Lockwood would be glad to ac?
cord every possible cou,rtesy to the
Mayor's investigators.
"I think, however," he added, "that
the suggestion that counsel represent?
ing the Mayor's Committee sit with
our committee and participate in the
investigation would mean confusion
and the greatest delay in clearing up
the inquiry. We want to get at the
facts as quickly as possible, so that we
may take up the question of the cost
of ict."
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Funeral Services Held
For Frederic Thompson
Well Known Theatrical Men
Are Pallbearers?Inter?
ment in Woodlawn
Funeral services for Frederic Thomp?
son, founder of the New York Hippo?
drome and Luna Park, were held yes?
terday afternoon at St. Bartholomew's
Church. Fiftieth Street and Park Ave?
nue. The burial service was conducted
by the Rev. Dr. Percy Gordon, assist?
ant rector of St. Bartholomew's, as?
sisted by the full choir of the church.
Among the floral offerings banked
about the casket was one from the
present owners of Luna Park.
The pallbearers were George M.
Cohan, Sam H. Harris, Winchell Smith,
Edward Davis, Charles Osgood, Dr. M.
L. Coney and Mark A. Luescher. In?
terment was in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Court to Go to Levi Morton
Aged Man Unable to Make Trip
to Give Testimony
Special Correspondence
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y.. June 8.?
Levi P. Morton being unable to come
to Poughkeepsie to testify in the Sur?
rogate's Court in the action brought
by the State Controller against his
wife's estate, Surrogate Daniel J.
Gleason will on Tuesday go to Ellers
lie, Mr. Morton's summer home, and
there examine Mr. Morton as a wit?
ness.
Mr. Morton's testimony is wanted in
the suit started by the Controller to
prove that Mrs. Morton was a resident
of New York State when she died last
October,' leaving an estate of several
million dollars,
The executors of Mrs. Morton's es?
tate have refused to pay the tax on
her estate in Now York State because
they claim that she was a resident of
the District of Columbia. When Mr.
Morton retired from politics he moved
from New York to Washington, and
the executors of the estate claim that
his wife's iegnl residence was then
automatically changed. Mr. Morton,
who is ninety-five years old, is in such
feeble health that his physicians ad?
vised against his making the trip to
, Poughkeepsie to Attend court?
I Memorial Service Held
For Mrs. C. JL Walker
Message From Governor Smith
Among Those Received From
Prominent Persons
Messages from Governor Alfred E.
Smith, R. R. Moton, principal of Tus
kegee Institute, and from Emmett J.
Scott, special assistant to the Secre?
tary of-War, were read at the memorial
service held, yesterday for Mrs. C. J.
Walker in the Salem Methodist Epis?
copal Church, 102 West 133d Street.
Mrs. Walker died on may 21 last.
Born fifty-one years ago Mrs. Walker
rose in the last fourteen years of her
life from a washerwoman earning SI.50
a day to the wealthiest negro woman
in the United States, with a fortune
estimated at close to $1,000,000. About
a year ago she built a country home
at Irvington-on-Hudson, costnig $250,
000. She had developed a method for
straightening the hair of black people,
and her fortune was made through the
means of her hair preparations and
agencies for their sale.
Representatives of many organiza
tions for the advancement of the col
ored race, with which Mrs. Walker was
affiliated, spoke at the memorial ser- |
vice. The Rev. Dr. R. D. Jonas repre?
sented the International League for!
Darker People; Mrs. Leila Walters,
widow of the Bishop of the A. M. j
E. Zion Church, represented the African '
Redemption Society; Mrs. Irene Mor
man Blackstone, president of the Na- ?
tional Colored Business Woman's Fra- !
ternal Association, spoke for her or- ?
ganization, and Lieutenant F. Eugene |
Mikell, formerly bandmaster in the |
369th Infantry, represented the Music j
School Settlement for Colored People. ;
EDWARD MACDONALD
LENOX, Mass., June 8.?Edward Mac
Donald, seventy-five, president of the
Lenox National Bank, died here this
morning. He was a member of the
Massachusetts Legislature in 1870 and
again in 1008, and postmaster of Lenox
under President Cleveland. For twenty
years Mr. MacDonald was a member of
the Beard of Selectmen of Lenox. He
helped organize the Lenox National
Bank and was its cashier from 1889
until 1917, when he was elected presi?
dent.
Mr. MacDonald was treasurer of the
Lenox Savings Bank and organizer of
the Lenox Electric and Water com?
panies. For fifty years he was a vestry?
man of Trinity Episcopal Church,
which presented to him a loving cud on
Easter Sunday. Since 1914 he was
president of the 49th Massachusetts
Regimental Association.
G. W. C. NOBLE
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 8.?t?. W.
! C.-Noble, eighty-two, principal emeritus
? of Noble and Greenough School and the
j last surviving member of the board of
i overseers of Harvard Co?erre which ap
! pointed Dr. Charlea W. Elio* president,
! died at his home here Saturday.
MRS. HOKE SMITH
j Mrs. Birdie Cobb Smith, fifty-seven,
! wife of United States Senator Hoke
! Smith, of Georgia, died at her home in
, Atlanta Saturday after a short illness.
She was a daughter of General Thomas
R. Cobb, of Athens, Ga., who fought in
the Confederate Army.
DR. MANUEL FRANCO
BUENOS AIRES, June 7?Dr. Man?
uel Franco, President of Paraguay,
died Thursday night of heart disease,
it was announced by the Paraguayan
Legation here to-day. Jose Montero,
vice-president, will assume the presi?
dency for the remaining fourteen
months of Dr. Franco's term.
?Obituary IS'otes
DR. EMANUEL DE BARROS MOREIRA,
fifty, the South American agent for thsj
Vulcan St??el Products Company died
Thursday of heart disrase at his apart.
menta in the Hotel Majestic. He was edu?
cated at Harvard University and taught
South American trade conditions there. The
?>ody was taken to the Campbell Funeral
Church and will be sent to Mexico City for
burial.
PAUL E1NERT. fifty-sJx. me foreign su
pcrvisinx auili'.or of the Westinghouse Elec?
tric Company for twenty ytrars. is dead at
his home, 220 West Ninety-eighth Street, of
heart disease. He was a member of tile
Hardware Club.
MRS. JOSEPH BRUNSWICK, eighty-two,
widow of a manufacturer of billiard tables,
died Thursday at the home of her daugh,?
ter. ?22 West 100th Street. The funeral
will be in Chicago.
MRS. JAMES H. CAULFIELD. jr.. wife
of Assemblyman James H. Caulfield. jr., of
the 5th Assembly District, Brooklyn. . died
Friday at her home, S7l! Madison Street,
Brooklyn.
HENRY M. GREENBERG. seventy-one. a
Talmud scholar and the owner of a rar?
library of Jewish classics, died Friday at
?4 West 119th Street. He wa;; in the real
estate business for forty-five years.
DR. JOHN HENRY THOMPSON, eighty
four, who practised medicine for many year?
in this city, died Saturday night at his
home, 26 East Thirtieth Street. He was a
graduate of the New York M?dical Coll?ge
and served in the Medical Corps of thS"
Union army.
PATRICK HURLEY, eighty-one, ?he old?
est curio dealer in this city, died Thursday
at his home. ."HUO Third Avenue. Brooklyn.
He was a veteran of the Civil War.
HARRY YOUNG, fifty-two. a member of
the firm of Spooner & Young, fur dealers,
died Saturday at 850 East 161st Street. He
was in the fur business r.ir thirty years.
JOHN F. REGAN, fifty-six. h?ad of the
wine and liquor department of Park & Til
ford, died Thursday at his residence, 156
Noble Street, Brooklyn.
FRANK F. SORBIE. seventy-four, who
had been a proofreader for "The Brooklyn
Daily Eagle" and other newspapers, died
i Thursday at his home, 101 Putnam Avenue,
Brooklyn.
MRS. EMILY M. JOHNSON, seventy. .
; seven, a member of the board of directors
! of th? Brooklyn Horn? for Consumptives;
1 died Friday at the horn" of her son, 2S6
Areyle Road. Flatbush. She wa-. the widow
' of TJarlev C. Johnson, chief chemist in tho
i New York Assay Office of the United otates
Treasury Department.
CAPTAIN EDWARD J. STACK, a ve.
; tired officer of the Brooklyn Fire Dcpart
', ment, who had served in that department
j for thirty-one years, died Saturday at n?s
! residence. .''12 Union Street. Brooklyn. Ha
j was a member of the Firemen's Benevolent
i Association and the Veteran Firemen's A3
I Boeiation.
MRS. KATHERINE ALIDA STEVENS.
j widow of John O. Stevens, formerly secro
' tary of the Postal Teeegraph and Cnbl?
! Company, died Saturday at her home in
Plainfield, N. J.
SI LAR E. WARE, reventy-one. n manu?
facturer of harvesting machinery, died yes
terday at his home in Plainfield, N. J. He
i was born in Wisconsin.
Birth, Engagement, IMarriage, Death and In Metnoriam
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BIRTHS
GORDON ?Mr. and Mr?. Ben Gordon (nee
Edna Sandman) 600 West 160th st.. New
York City, announce the birth of a daugh
ter on June 7.
GREENBERG ?Mr. and Mrs. Emil Green
berg (neo Anna Sommers) of 1643 Crop
fey av.. Path Beach. Brooklyn. N. Y., an?
nounce the birth of a son on June T.
ENGAGEMENTS
GREENBERG?DANOWITZ?Mr. and Mrs.
Louis Danowitz, 537 McDcnough st..
Brooklyn. N. Y., announce the engage?
ment of their daughter, Lillian, to Dr.
Abraham L. Greenberg. At home Sun?
day afternoon, June 1?.
JANKOWITZ?MERBER?Mr. and Mrs. D.
Jankowitz announce the betrothal of their
daughter. Ruth, to Mr. Maurice Merber.
Reception Sunday, June 15, 1930. from 3
to 6 p. m.. Pennsylvania Hotel ballroom. -
KOENIGSBERG?SOCOLOW?Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Socolow of 1431 Madison av., an?
nounce a reception will be given in honor
of the betrothal of their daughter, Lillian
Pearl, to Mr. Henry Koenigsberg at Hotel
Savoy on June 15, 8 p. m.
YOUNG?HEFLICH -Mr. and M?. Samuel
Heflich. 5505 1-?th av., Brooklyn, an- !
nounce the betrothal of their daughter,
Martha, to Mr. Felix Young. Reception
at home June 15, 3 to 6. No cards.
MARRIAGES
GROSS?WIENER -- Mr. and Mrs. Hyman
Wiener, 57 East 95th st., announce the
marriage of their daughter, Jane, to Mor?
ris Gross, June S, 1!)19.
KENDALL?BENJAMIN-June 6th. Louise,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Morris W. Ben?
jamin, to David Matthew Kendall, son of
Mr. and Mrs. David A. Kendall. ?T Wil
lard. Kansas.
MELTZER.?HEIDT?Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Heidt announce the marriage of their
daughter, Tillie, to Mylton L. Meltzer,
Sunday, June 8, at Temple Sinai.
MEYER-STERN-Mr. and Mrs. Alexander
Stern announce the marriage of their
daughter, Hilda, to Frederick Meyer, son
of Charles Meyer, on Sunday, June 8, 4 :'5(>
p. m., at Temple Beth Elohim, 8th av. and
Garfield Place. Brooklyn. New Haven and
Chicago papers please copy.
POST?KNAPP?On June 7. 1919, at Brook
wood, East ?slip. Long Island, by Rev.
William G. Thayer. of Southboro, Massa?
chusetts, and the Rev. William H. Garth,
of St. Mark's Church, Islip. Long Island.
Caroline Burr, daughter of Harry Kear
sarge and Caroline Burr Knapp, to Charles
Kintzing Port, Lieutenant, J. G., U. S. N.,
son of Waldron Kintzing and Mary Law?
rence Post, of Bay Port, Long Inland.
RAVIN- ORENTLICII?Mrs. H. Orentlich,
of 968 Simpson st., announces the mar?
riage of her daughter, Ethel, to Barney S.
Ravin, on Sunday. June 8.
DEATHS
BEEKMAN?Suddenly, on Saturday, June
7, at her residence, 38 East 76th st.,
Isabella Lawrence, widow of the late
Henry Rutgers Beekman. Funeral ser?
vices at the Church of the Resurrection,
74th st.. East: between Park and Lex?
ington a vs.. at 10 o'clock a. m. on Tues?
day, June 10.
! BUMSTEAD?On June 7. Deli? A., widow or
David P. Bumstead. Funeral from th?
Presbyterian Church, Jersey City, Emory
st.. near Bergen av., oo Tuesday morning
ut 11 o'clock.
BYRNES?On June 7. at his residence. 356
Kastern Parkway, Brooklyn, Leo Augus?
tine Byrnes, in his 17th year, son o? Ed?
ward J. and Mary P. Byrnes. Funeral
Tuesday, June 10. 9 a. m., at St. Ignatius'*
Church, Rogers av. and Carroll st., Brook?
lyn. No flowers, please.
COYKENDALL?At Kingston. N. Y? Satur?
day, June 7. 1919, Mary Augusta Cornell,
widow of Samuel D. Coykendall. Funeral
services nt her late residence. Kingston,
N. Y.. Tuesday. June 10, at 2?30 p. m.
DENNISTON William Young, in his S^d
year. Kuneral services will beheld at hi?
late residence, Montgomery, Orange Coun?
ty, N. Y., on Monday. June fi, at 1:30
p. m. Orange County (N. Of.) papers
please copy.
DEATHS
DICKEY?Suddenly, of apoplexy, on Satur?
day, June 7. 1919, in New ?fork City, Will?
iam Dhu McN. Dickey, husband of ?i >?-.?
Dickey and father of William E. Dickey.
Funeral private. Kindly omit flow? ?a.
EARLEY On June 7. at her residence, in*
West 96th st.. Margaret, widow of
Thomas Farley, nnlive o? Count! : lige..
Ireland, and beloved mother of Mrs. Anna
Rowley, Margaret, Beatrice and John
Farley. Requiem ma: at Church of tbn
Holy Name, 96th ?strand Amsterdam av..
on Monday, June f. "at 1ft o'clock. Inter?
ment Calvary. Automobile cortege.
ERICSSON- Elizabeth, age 66 years, be?
loved wife of Henry 0. and molh-r of
Louise Mahar and Matilda ard Florence
Ericsson, died June 8. Services at THE
FUNERAL CHURCH, 1970 Broadway,
Tuesday, 10:30 a. m. Interment p
GARKETT On June 6, 1919, Jamen L. Ga??
rett, aged 74 years. Funeral services at
his late residence, 3009 Barker av., Bronx,
on Monday, June 9, at 2 :30 p. m.
GREGORY?Eliza. June 7. mo'her of her
beloved sop., Janes Gregory. Funeral
from her la?e residence, 401 West I49th
st.. Monday, 2 p. m.
HANNON?On June 7. Michael J., beloved
husband of the late Nellie and son of the
late James and Ellen and brother of I>->.:
clay A.. James S. Hannon and Mrs. Jo!:n
J. McKeough. Funeral Tuesday. June 1ft.
ct 10 a. m., to St Bernard's Church,
West 1 ?t'n st.. where a solemn ma f
requiem will be celebrated. Interment
Calvary.
H?LSE?At Monroe. N. Y.. June 8, Ruth
H?lse, aged 7'i years. Interment at Mon?
roe Tuesday, June 1". at ' t?. m.
JENNINGS Suddenly, at New Canaan,
Conn.. June 7, 1919, William T. Jennings,
aged 66 years. Funeral s?rico- a: (???
home. New Canaan. Conn., on Monday;.
June I', at 7:30 p. m Interment Everj
greens Cemetery, Brooklyn, at 11 a m.,
Tuesday.
KNOWLTON -Sabina, on June 7. Servie?
THE FUNERAL CHURCH. Broadu.?.j-?S
66'.h t;t. (.Frank E. Campbell), Mo.iday. S
P. m.
KRUDOP--On June 5, 1919, Lueder. beloved
husband of Marie li. Krudop. Funeral
services will be held at his l:i:e home. 103
Washington av., Newark. N. J., on Marl
day, June 9, at 2 p, m. Interment i?
Arlington Cemetery at the convenience of
the family.
LAW?At Montclair, N. J.. Jun;- 6, 1-*13,
Anne E. May, daughter of the late Adatas
and Mary J. Burroughs Law. Funerr?
services at her late home. ZZ'l Claremont
av., Monday morning, June ?, at 1"
o'clock.
MAHONEY?Mechanic Lawrence P. Uahon
ney. killed ifi action October 16, ??IS.
Company D, 165th Infantry, old 69th.
Requiem mass at St. Stephen'i Church.
142 East 28th St., Mondav. Jun- 9. at
f1 a. m.
MOREIRA--- Manuel, on June 5. Sei view
THE FUNERAL CHURCH. Broadway.
66th st (Frans E. Campbell). "?'.. .!.;>?. 3
p. m.
8CHOLFIELD--On June 7, 1913. Charit?
Poblemos Scholfteld, formerly of :
Feils, and beloved husband of Bertha Han
Scholfteld. Funeral services at IM ilar.
cock st., Brooklyn, Tuesday. June 10. at
8 p. m. Newark. N. J., and Philadelphia
papers please copy.
STEVENS?At Plainfield, N. J., on Satur?
day. June 7. 1919, Katherine Alida, wife
of the late John Oscar Stevens. ' Services
at her late residence, ?40 Clinton av.,
Plainfield, N. J.. on Monday. June 9, at
2 :30 p. m. Automobiles will be in wait?
ing at the Plainfield station on \b,f ar?
rival of the 1 o'clock train from foot of
Liberty st . New York (C, R. R. of
N. J ).
THE WOOD1.AWN (EMKTERY.
23-d St. By Harlem Train and oy Trolley,
l.uta ni small si/..' tor suie.
uiBit, ?-??.> l*.n<t :;;d st.. N. Y.
In Case of De^'h
Call "Colunibua 8200"'
frank ;c. CAMPBB1
THE FUNERAL CHURCH"
l .Non Se,-taviHii)
Broadway at 611th St.
Downtown Otrios. 2Jd St. 4 8th A?.