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Teachers Ask
Estimate Board
For Support
Differences Between City
' Officials and Education
Department Aired Again
as Pay Is Discussed
State Question Involved
Hylan Promises to Give
Consideration to Pro?
posal for New Increase
Tho appearance- of a delegation of
school teachers before the Board of
Estimate yesterday with tho request
that the board lend its "friendly sup?
port'' to the bill to be introduced in
the Legislature for an increase of 20,
:t0 and 40 per cent in teachers' salaries
the largest amount to go to the lowest
paid teachers, led to a spirited discus?
sion by Mayor Hylan and Comptrollei
Craig of the strained relations between
dty officials and the Department oi
Education. Both the Mayor and the
Comptroller asked the delegation i)
the teachers did not think they woulc
have been better off if they had left
the whole matter in the hands of th<
board and not gone to the Legislatur?
with a mandatory bill for increaset
salaries.
Tho unending question of difference!
between John H. Finley, State Super
intendent of Education, and Willian
L. Ettinger, City Superintendent o'
Schools, on the one hand, and th<
board on the other came up and Mayoi
Hylan told the teachers that the boan
was trying to get Superintendent Et
tinger to attend to the teaching an<
not bother with the plumbing, wirinf
and other matters connected with th<
construction of school buildings.
Teachers Behind Ettinger
"No matter what the trouble is be
twecn the board and Dr. Ettinger, h
has the teachers solidly behind him,
said Miss Isabelle Ennis, one of th
delegation of women teachers. "Th
pay cf the teachers is sadly inad?quat'
at the present time. I don't know any
thing about your quarrel with the su
perintendents, but I do know that.-'
"We have no quarrel with the super
intendents,'' said the Mayor, "but w
want them to attend to educations
matters and leave the finances to th
Board of Estimate. Wc are willing t
pay our t?achers a .good and prope
salary, but we are not willing to pa
salaries upstate."
Comptroller Craig declared at thi
point that it did not seem fair for th
teachers to come to th*' Board of Esti
mnte for assisY;ance while at the sam
lime they were going upstate.
"You ask us to be the tail to th
kite," said the Comptroller; "to pusl
this bill along in which we have n
say. The trouble is you have an utter
3y irresponsible method in your schoc
By s tern, with tho play of power bae
and forth between the State Commis
sioner and the city superintendent:
No one is really responsible. It is nc
a home rule proposition, but an ur
-?late affair over which we have r
control."
Mayor to Consider Plea
The teachers replied that they mer*
ly wanted the board not to take
hostile attitude toward the pendin
legislation for increased salaries.
The Mayor assured them that J
spite the differences the board migl*
ontertain in regard to the method
pursued by the Department of Educs
tion of the state and the of the cit;
their appeal would receive careful coi
sideration.
A delegation of Staten Island cit
zens, headed by Alderman John
O'Rourke, requested the board to ta!
some action toward restoring the tro
ley car service on the Midland liai
road Company lines. They dec?an
that they were willing to pay a 1
cent fare to ^et the service. They to
the hoard that the municipal bus lin
had completely broken down. The on
comfort they received from' the boa
was advice to go to Jacob Brenner, i
ceiver for the company, and tell h:
to apply to the Federal courts for pc
mission to issue receiver's certificat
to run tho road.
Mayor Assails Lockwood Bill
Mayor Hylan severely criticized t
measure known as the Lockwo
bill, introduced in the Legislature
* the instance of the State Commissioi
? of Education, in a statement later
. the day.
The Mayor said the bill sought 1
consummation of the effort to cen
the whole educational system of 1
' state, with its manifold activities u
agencies, in the hands of tho St;
Commissioner of Education. It woi
invest the City Superintendent
Schools with "absolutism" in sch
matters, the Mayor declared. 1
Board of Estimate and the Departm
of Finance are shorn of any power
school matters under the bill, acco
ing to the Mayor. Ho characterized
the changes in the settled school pol?
icy of the state in relation to tho
cities, provided under tho bill, as
"revolutionary and startling.**
"Tho inevitable result must bo to
weaken the public schoo's in the esti?
mation Of the people," said tho Mayor,
"for tho people will view with alarm
the mounting school budgets accom?
panied by an absolute deprivation of
popular supervision and control. It
is a species of taxation without rep?
resentation."
?.--?
Baron Russell, Noted
English Editor, Dies
Dramatic Criticism and Political
Writiifgs Read in Europe and
America for Half-C-cntury
LIVERPOOL, Feb. 20,?Baron Russell
i Edward Richard RusselH, for many
years editor of "The Liverpool Post,"
is dead at his residence in this city.
Baron Russell was widely known in
literary and dramatic circles through
his many contributions to newspapers
and magazines for the last fifty years.
He was noted for his dramatic criti?
cism, political writing and Shakespear?
ian studies.
Baron Russell was born in London
eighty-five years ago and was editor
in chief of "The Liverpool Post" since
1869. He was previously dramatic
critic and writer of political articles
for "The Morning Star" in London, and
ho was an intimate friend of Cobdcn,
John Bright and Gladstone, who recom?
mended him to be knighted in 1893.
He associated himself many years ago
with reform movements, and many of
his articles caused widespread discus?
sion in Great Britain.
Baron Russell was a member of Par
! liament from Glasgow for two years.
i He was treasurer of the Newspaper
? Press Fund of Great Britain and the
: first chairman of the Liverpool Reform
i Club. He was invested with a baron?
etcy inT919.
-,-.
Colonel William A. Ludden,
Veteran of Civil War, Dieu
Colonel William A. Ludden, seventy
seven, a veteran of the Civil War and ???
pioneer manufacturer of gold pens, is
dead at his home in Bath, N. Y. Ho
wa3 a resident of Brooklyn most of his
life, and funeral services will be held
this evening*at 8 o'c'ock at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. Thomas Kinch,
481 Chauncey Street, Brooklyn.
Colonel Ludden was born at Grafton,
N. Y. Ho was a member of the famous
"Red-Legged Devils" during the Civil
War and was captured and confined in
Libby Prison. He served after the war
?n the 13th Regiment, of Brooklyn,
until 1878. He was one of the organ?
izers of Brooklyn City Post, G. A. R..
of which he was commander for
several years. Ho was formerly
deputy high chief ranger of the An?
cient Order of Foresters of America
and was president of the old 2-Jt!
Ward Democratic Association.
t -??.
ALEXANDER G. CALDER
Alexander G. ('alder, forty-eight. ;
brother of United States Senator Will
iam M. Calder, died yesterday. He
formerly was associated with hi
brother and his father, Alexander G.
Calder, in the building business in
Brooklyin. He is survived by his wife,
brother and sister, Mrs. Hamilton B.
McNair. Funeral services will be heb
at the homo of Senator Calder. 551 Firs!
Street, Brooklyn, but the arrange
ments have not yet been completed.
OBITUARY NOTES
DANIEL J. M'DONALD, iiftyrseven, for?
mer Excise Commissioner of Queens County
died Thursday at his home, 34 Prospect'Ave
nue. Maspeth, Long Island. He was re
cently associated with the Highway Depart
merit of Queens and wa< formerly a mem be
of the Queens County Board of Supervisor*
MRS, SARAH CATHERINE HULL POT
TER, ninety-three, widow of Joseph I.
Po'ter, formerly a. well known builder o'
this city, died Thursday of broncho-pneu?
monia at the h--me of her son-in-law, Dr
George V. Price, 429 Ninth Street, Soutl*
Brooklyn.
FRED H. VUNK, forty-one, a brother ol
John R. Vunk, former county judge o!
Riverhead, Long Island, is dead at his hom<
in Riverhead.
MRS. MINNIE MULLEN, forty-eight
wife of Magistrate Fred S. Mullen, died n
her home, on Major Avepuc, Arrochar
Staten Island, yesterday morning*, of pneu
monta. She waa the daughter of Daniel T
Cornell, for many years an Asscnablymai
from Richmond County. She leaves lier hu
hand and l/hree children.
CHARLES G. VAN DE WATER, a broth"
of the Rev. G. R. Van do Water, rector o
St. Andrew's Church, died Thursday at hi
home, in Washington. He formerly lived i:
Brooklyn for many years and practiot-d 'a\
in Manhattan.
MRS. MARY BERGEN GARDNER, wido\
of Major Fred Gardner, of the Salvatio:
Arm.-., who was formerly secretary to Ev
Ballentlna Booth, died Thursday of arteri
Dcleros is at her home, 175 Eighth Avenue
Brooklyn.
JEFFERSON I?. SMITH, seventy-eight,
member of tho firm of Ward B. Smith <
Co., master trackmen, is dead of pneumoni
at hia home, 167 Perm Street, Brooklyn.
MANUEL RODRIGUEZ. seventy-se*4n,
manufacture'.' of Havana cigars, who retire
two years ago, died Wednesday at his horn?
'_,r>9 Greene Avenue, Brooklyn. He was bor
iu Spain and came to this country flft
years ago.
JOHN JOSEPH FAGAN, fifty-four, a r<
tired policeman, died Thursday of pneumoni
at his home, 3ftS Seventh Avenue, Sout
Brooklyn, He was a patrolman for thirt
years. He was a member of the Patro
men's Benevolent Association.
WILLIAM R. NOSSITTBR, brother (
Charles E. No-isitter, Sheriff of Westchestc
County, died unexpectedly yectevnay of ap<
plexy. He wi_? a former chief of the fire d<
partment of Tarrytown, N. Y.
I
TO BJESOIJD
ALIEN PROPERTY
CUSTODIAN
549 Shares
of the Common Capital Stock of
C. P. Goerz American Optical Company
and Other Property, at New York.
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned, Francis P.
Garvan. Alien Property Custodian, will offer for sale at
public sale to the highest bidder, at the office of C. P. Goerz
American Optical Company, 317 East 34th Street, New
York City, at 11 o'clock A. M., on the 5th day of March,
1920", 549 shares, par value $100 each, out of 600 shares,
issued and outstanding, of C. P. Goerz American Optical
Company, a corporation created and existing under and by
virtue of the laws of the State of New York, and certain
patents, rights and other property incorporated and set
out in the Order of Sale.
Full description of and information concerning the property to be
?old, the term? and condition? of inspection and sale and the order
thereof, may be obtained by application to JOSEPH F. GUFFEY,
Director, Bureau of Sales, 110 West 42d Street, New York City.
FRANCIS P. GARVAN,
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Admiral Peary, Discoverer of Pole, Is Dead
35 Blood Transfusions in |
Two Years Fail to Save
Life of Noted Explorer;
Family Is at Bedside
Spent Years in the Arctic
Reached Goal After 23
Years of Effort; Burial
in Arlington Is Likely
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.-Rear Ad?
miral Robert Edwin Pe?ry, retired, ?lied
at his home to-day from pernicious
anaemia, from which he had suffered
for yearn and for which lie had within
two years received thirty-five trans?
fusions of blood, the latest ten days ago.
He left the Naval - Hospital, whore
ho had been undergoing treatment, on
February 14. His condition was then
believed to be improving1, but he grad?
ually grew weaker and the end came
th?3 morning. With him at the timo
were his wife, his son, Robert K. Peary
jr., his daughter and her husband, Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Stafford, and his
niece, Miss Madge Diebitsch.
It had been known to the Peary
family for several weeks that the ad?
miral's life was in danger, but the news
was kept from the public because no
one thought the end was so near.
Burial probably will bo in Arlington
Xational Cemetery with the full naval
honors of his rank.
A committee of live representing the
Explorers' Club, of which Admiral
Peary was president until i.lness
forced him to retire two years ago,
will attend the funeral, it was an?
nounced to-night. Vilhjalmur Stcf?ns
son, Arctic explorer, who is now presi?
dent of the club, will head the com?
mittee. Others will be Major General
David L. Brainard, Herbert L. Bridg
man, one of Peary's closest friends and
former secretary of the Peary Arctii*
Club; Isaiah Bowman, director of the
American Geographical Society! and
Captain Robert A. Bartlett, who was
master of the Rooeve.t. the ship in
which Peary made bis successful ex
pedition to the North Pole.
Won Fame in Arctic
'Stars and Stripes nailed to the
Pole!" That was the message which
was given to the world on September
G, 190!), telling that exactly live months
First to Reach "Top o9 the World"
Peary'r; "Farthest North"
Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary
Discoverer of tho North Polo, who died yesterday in Washington, after
a protracted illness.
Where Rear Admiral Peary on April G, 1909, planted the United States
flap; on an ice hummock at the North Pole, 90 degrees north.
before an indomitablo American ex-1
plorer had attained the goal which for [
centuries, hail been vainly sought by j
many men of many lands. The roll of
Arctic explorers had been voluminous
and illustrious. Beginning with the
Vikings nt Thule, it bore the names of
Frobisher, Davis, Barents, Hudson,
Baffin, Barrow, Scoresby, Parry, Frank?
lin, McClintock, Kane, Hall, Hayes,
Payer, Schwatka, De Long, Greely, Nor
denskiold, Abruzzi, Fiala, Wellman,
Amundsen, Nansen and their com- ,
peers, all credited with high achieve?
ments. Last and lirst the hand
of success inscribed the. name, of Rob?
ert Edwin Peary.
The discoverer of the polo performed '
his great work after years of effort,;
when ho was at the prime of life at ;
the age of fifty-three. Ho was born]
at Cresson, Pa., on May 6, 1856, the :
son of Charles N. and Mary (Wiley):
Peary. Three years later his father
died and his mother removed to Port-j
land, Me., where on the waters and
islands of Casco Bay he developed a
lovo for seafaring adventure. Ho went
to Bowdoin College, won high honors
in both scholarship and athletics and
was graduated a civil engineer in 1877.
Four years later he followed his Port?
land-bred inclination and entered the
United States Navy as an engineer
officer. By interesting contrast to his
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Columbus Circle, E. 58th St.
Direction of
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Six most beautiful hostesses
The most wonderful orchestra
AN ALL NIGHT
DANCING CARNIVAL
later pursuits, his first Important as?
signment was in the tropics. From
1884 to 1S8S ho was engaged in survey
work for the Nicaragua ship canal, in?
cidentally inventing rolling lock ;;ates
for that, waterway.
Attracted to the Arctic
It was while he was thus assigned
to duty in the tropics that ho became
interested in Arctic research. In a
Washington bookshop une ?lay he
picked up a work on Greenland which
fascinated him and which led him to
ask leave of absence from the navy to
visit that littlo known land. It was
in 1886 that he first went there and
made an extended reconnoissance of
the ice cap east of Disco Bay, in la'i
tiuie 70 degrees north. At this time lie
had little thought of reaching the
pole. His purpose was to explore
Greenland and other regions far this
side of that ultimate goal; particu?
larly to determine the topography of
Greenland and its continental, insular
or arehipelagic character.
His secoml visit to the north was
in 1891 as chief of an expedition sent
by the Philadelphia Academy of Nat?
ural Sciences; sailing from New
York on the Kite to McGormick Hay,
on the west coast of Greenland. Using
that place as a base, he made long
sledge and foot excursions along the
coast to Whale Sound, Inglefield Gulf,
Humboldt Glacier and other remote
points, carefuly surveying and map?
ping the regions visited. ilo pene?
trated the Arctic as far as Independ?
ence Bay in latitude 82 degrees 37 min?
utes north, ascertaining the con?
vergence of the eastern and western
coasts, and thus practically proved
Greenland to be an immense island
and not, as some had held, a part of
a polar continent.
He discovered Melvillo Land and
Heilprin Land, lying beyond Greenland,
and tilled up many blank spaces on the
map of the Great Lone Land. For
these achievements he received the
Cullom medal of the American Geo?
graphical Society, the aPtron's medal
of the Royal Geographical Society of
London and the Medal of the Royal
Scottish Geographic?! Society of Edin?
burgh.
Two notable discoveries were made
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during his third Arctic venture,
1894. One was that of the interesting
? ribo of Eskimos known as Arctic High?
landers, dwelling between Cape York
and Smith Sound, who to that time had
been known only by vague tradition
Mis ethnological researches among
hem were of the most thorough de
cription and were the most valuable
ver undertaken in that part of tlie
,*orld. They added much to the store
' human knowledge of that interesting
i nch of the race.
The other discovery was that of the
mous Iron Mountain, of which Ross
had heard rumors hi 1818. To reach
his spot he made ah arduous journey
?cross the Greenland ice cap to Inde
mdence Pay and thence, led by
Eskimo guides, to ('ape York and the
nysterious "mountain." This proved
0 con ist of three large metallic
meteorites, one of which, weighing
linety tons, was the largest ever found.
He had to leave them there for the
into, with little fear of their being
tolcn. But in the ?urnmers of 1896
and 1897 he made two moro voyages
hither and brought the huge iron
tenes away. They were presented by
liim to the American Museum of Nat?
ural History, in New York, where they
now renose. I
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Aiming for the Pole
These achievements, ranking among;
the most important of the time in Polar:
'.xploration, would alone have entitled
him to fame and might well have satis- ?
fied a great ambition. They caused
him, still a young man, in effect to say: .
'I have not yet begun to explore.''
i They inspired him, in brief, with an
ndomitable determination to reach the
North Pole.
To (hat end his studies and efforts
were thereafter directed. His friends
had faith in his ability to achieve the
feat, and for its facilitation organized
Ihe Peary Arctic Club of New York.
Under the auspices of this club he was,
sent north again for four years, 1898-;
1902. In thrtt great adventure he suc?
ceeded for the first time in rounding
the northern extremity of Greenland,,
or of the Greenland Archipelago, the
j furthest north of the great Arctic land
I groups. The extreme northern point,
the most northerly land known, he
named for one of the chief patrons of!
i the expedition, Cape Morris K. Jesup. j
It lies in latitude 83 degrees 39 minutes
north. The highest latitude attained j
by him on this excursion was 8*1 de?
grees 17 minutes north, the highest
that had to that time ever been reached
in the Western Hemisphere.
This was in the spring of 1902. He;
had been nearly four years in the |
fVrctic regions, and had started from
Cape Hecla, on the north const of
(?rant Land, in a desperate dash to the '.
Pole. It was a gallant venture, but it I
.'ailed. Thai ice pack was treacherous;
the weather was atrocious. Both his
feet were frozen so badly that one had
to be partly amputated. Bitter as was,
the disappointment, he had to abandon
the effort and turn back. For the only
time in his life he lost hope and cour
agc. "The game is off," he wrote in
his diary. "My dreams of sixteen
years is ended. I have made the best
iight I knew. I believe it was a good
one. But I cannot accomplish the im
possible."
He started back defeated and de?
spondent. But before he had com?
pleted his homeward voyage, with tho
approach to civilization, his courago
rose again, and he began to make plans
1 for another venture. The Peary Arctic
Cub never wavered in its faith in him,
aad at once set to work to provide him
i with a vessel that would defy the ice '
pack and bear him to his goal. The
result was tho almost incredibly
stanch little steamer well named the ,
Roosevelt, on which one cloudless Sun?
day afternoon in July, 1905, he and his
company quietly supped out of New
York Harbor and headed for the North
Pole. He did not get there. But he did !
reach a higher latitude than ever be-;
fore, 87 degrees 6 minutes, and at!
Etah he got in touch with loyal and
[efficient natives, who were destined to
bo of indispensable value to him. In ?
October, l'iOd, he returned; not de-:
feated, but resolute and confident, lie
had learned the way, he had obtained
the equipment and there remained
?nothing but the final effort.
July G, 1908, was the date of the be?
ginning of the end. On that day the
Roosevelt a second time steamed out of
New York Harbor and steered for tho
. Frozen North. Robert A. Bartlett was
the tailing master, Georjre A. Ward
well was chief engineer, J. W. Good
! sell was surgeon, Ross G. Marvin, Don- !
, aid B. MacMillen, George Borup and
Matthew A. Hensen were assistants.
j Every equipment which science could
afford was provided. At Etah at mid
r
Cordon &Dihvorth
= Real ??
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f
August twenty-two Esquimau? and 248
? were obtained, ?f ?fll>j|
?if?? of fuel and food? and a ww?
Fater &? expedition went on to C?Jbe
Sheridan; to the spot cfhosen on the
former voyage for winter quarters.
That was September 6, 1908. -
In the February fol lowing the ad?
vance began, with the establishmentd
?i chain of depots reaching but/to Cape
Columbia. Th'e start was madc'on *eb
ruarv 15. There were soven men from
the Roosevelt, seventeen Esquimauf
and 133 dogs, divided into five detach?
ments, all arranged with mathematica
precision. The road led over Arctic ?e?
duo north. On March 4i, open watci
was reached and a week's delay oc
curred, and the first of the five de?
tachments, led by Pr. Gbodgell/ wai
sent back to the ship. At latitude 8!
degrees 23 minutes the second detach?
ment, led by George Rorup, returned
At the end of the next march th?
third, under Ross G. Marvin, was sen
back, Marvin losing his lifo on th?
way. The fourth detachment, undo
Captain Bartlett, kept on until at 8'
degrees 48 minutes a higher latitud
was reached than ever before and thei
it, too, returned.
The Pole at Last
It was the first of April. After hi
I years of endeavor Peary stood nt th
eighty-eighth parallel, only 2 degree
! of latitudo from the pole. With hin
were .one man from tne Roosevel
Matthew Hansen, a negro; four Esqui
i maus and forty dogs. About 120 mile
away was the North Pole. Five force
marches were made on five succeed in
: days. At the end of the fifth, on Apr
! <?, Peary was so exhausted that h
I could struggle no further. He had t
I halt for rest, though sleep was impo;
;sible. But he took observations, a terr
I porary break in the clouds giving hii
the opportunity. The showing of th
I instruments *ns epochal, climateri
i Ho was in latitude 89 degrees 57 mil
j utes north?three minutes from th
'pole! In his diary he wrote:
| "The Pole at last! The prize <
I three centuries, my dream and goal fc
| twenty years, mine at last! 1 cann?
1 bring myseli'-to realize it. It all seen
i so simple and commonplace. As Bar
! lett said when turning back, wh'
, speaking of hi;; being in those excli
sive regions which no mortal man he
i ever penetrated before, 'It is just li)
j every day.' "
The next day he went on to tl
: actual Pole and b?yond it. Thir
| hours were spent there in taking o
j servations and preparing for the r
i turn, each "one crowded hour of g'
j rious life." They were on ice, n
j certainly stable, beneath which soun
I ings showed the water of tho Arct
i Ocean to be 1,500 fathoms deep. Tl
; American flag was planted at the ve:
; Pole, though the treacherous ice mig
| soon shift it far away. But it had be?
the first to get there, and for the tir
at least, and historically for all tin
it was "nailed to the Pole."
The return journey was made
rapidly as possible, amid increasi:
difficulties of head winds and op
water. From Cape Columbia to t
Pole there were twenty-seven marche
the distance from the Polo back
Cape Columbia was covered in sixte?
Indian Harbor, Labrador, was reach
on September fi, and the next d
Peary sent the message which startl
and immeasurably gratified the wor'
"Stars and Stripes nailed to the Pole
Cookery
The great discoverer returned, ho
ever, to find his laurels claimed by i
other. Dr. Frederick A. Cook, who h
participated in some former Polar ?
peditions, ha?i himself led one towi
die Poleand had professed to re;
that goal nearly a year in advance
Peary. On his return, with fan tas
tales of solid land at the Pole covei
with "purple snows,'' Or. Cook v
hastily hailed as a hero and
claims were at first seriously regare
by many scientific men. At the ti
of Peary's return he was at Cop?
hagen, where the Academy of Scion
was giving him credence. He did i
venture to dispute that Peary 1
reached the Pole, but insisted that
himself had preceded him there
nearly a year.
A long and somewhat acrimoni.
controversy ensued, both in scient
circles and in the public press. 1
issue was taken up in Congress, wh
Cook's partisans caused Peary?and
nation?some humiliation by preent
for a time the bestowal of appropri
official recognition upon the disc
erer. In time, however, the spurn
character of Cooks pretensions beca
evident, and were thus generally i
ognized, while Peary's straightforw
and abundantly substantiated nai
iive was approed and indubitably
cepted.
While the supreme honors of
achievement of course rested and m
ever rest with Peary, the discove
himself gave fullest credit to th
who had given him indispensable ;
Foremost among these were Morris
Jesup, who died before the culmi
tion of the great enterprise; Thoi
H. Hubbard, Zenas Crane, He
parish, Anton 'A. Raven, and Hert
L. Bridgman.
Tokens of Honor
Congress in time did Peary just
On March 3, 1911, it voted him
special thanks and made him a i
admiral, the promotion and the hi
est salary permissible, dating fj
the actual discovery of the pole. ?
cial gold medals were conferred u
him by the National Geographic
cirty, of Washington, the Royal C
graphical Society of London,
Philadelphia Geographical Society,
Peary Arctic Club and the Explor
Club. The National Geographic
ciety gave him the Hubbard ?
medal, the Chicago Geographical
ciety the Culver gold medal,
Philadelphia Geographical Society
Kane gold medal, the American (
graphical Society the Daly and <
lorn gold medals. Other gold me
came to him from the Imperial (
man, Austrian and Hungarian (
graphical Societies,, from the Re
Royal Scottish, Italian and Bel;
Geographical Societies, from
French Geographical Society, from
Academy of Sports, Paris; from
City of Paris; from Marseilles, f
Normandy. In 1913 he was mad
grand officer of the Legion of Ho
Tho University of Edinburgh n
him LL. I).
He was president of the Amer
Geographic Society in 1903, and of
Eighth International Geographic i
gress at Washington in 1904,
honorary vice-president of the N
International Geographic Congres
Geneva in 1908, and the tenth
Rome in 1913. He was also mad'
honorary member of numerous lea
societies throughout the world.
Personalia.
He married in 1888 Miss Joser
Diebitsch, of Washington. She
companied him on several of his ;
expeditions and on one of them
him their only daughter.1* This y
lady, born north of the Arctic t
and further north than any other
son in the world excepting" Esquir
was named Marie Ahnighito,
was long popularly known as "the
baby." She is now Mrs. Edward
ford.
Admiral Peary was for many ;
a popular lecturer and was the" a!
of a number of books, as well as r
zine articles. His chief works \
"Northward Over tho Great Ice."
"Nearest the Pole," 1907; "The I
Pole," 19?0, and "Secrets of
Travel," 1917. For a number of
he made his home on Eagle Islan
Portland, amid the scenes which i
boyhood inspired him to the c
which won him imperishable fam?
He continued to the end of hi;
|o take a sympathetic and apprec
interest in all other polar explora
both Arctic and! Antarctic. He tra
extensively in Europe, where he
received by sovereigns, scientist
people with all possible honors.
At the outbreak of the great w
offered his services to the goven
for a return from well-earned retire?
ment to active duty. He especially
urged the development of aviation a?
the most Important means of national
defense and organized tho National
Aerial Coaa? Patrol Commission, which
led to the establishment of the first
coast patrol unit at Huntington, L. I.
Through his enterprise and at privat?
expense more than 300 aviators were
trained for service in the war. On his
first ascent in an airplane, at Long
Beach, on October 12, 1915, ho nar?
rowly escaped death through an acci?
dent to tho motor. He purposed to
organize a comprehensive survey of
the entire Arctice regions with air?
craft, but his plans were postponed by
the war. Ho was president of the
Aerial League of America, and a short
time ago became president of an air?
plane company at St. Louis, Mo.
Vilhjalmur Stefansson, himself one
, of the foremost. Arctic explorers, said
? of him: "He was easily the greatest
! explorer who ever ventured into the
j North. His greatest contribution to
j exploration was the introduction of
; common sense. Previously more om
I phasis had been laid on the heroism
l and tests of endurance developed b"
| trips into the North. Peary adopted
j the methods of the Esquimaus and thus
?traveled comfortably in winter, the
?season found hardest by his prede
: cessors. In opinions he was broad
? minded and personally he was a
i charming man.
j -?
! Millie Liston, Actress, Dies
She Appeared on the Stage and
Screen for Thirty Years
Millie Liston, sixty, for moro than
thirty years an actress on the stage
and in motion pictures, died yesterday
in Bellevue Hospital of pneumonia.
Her husband, Hudson Liston, who is
seventy-seven years old, retired from
the stage four years ago.
Mrs. Liston was born in Durham.
Canada. She played with her husband
in more th,*in fifty plays, her last ap?
pearance being in "Freedom," staged
by Mrs. William Faversharri at the Cen?
tury Theater. She appeared on the
screen with Annette Kellermann in "A
Daughter of the (Jods" and in thirty
motion pictures produced by the Plymp
ton Studios. While working on a pic?
ture with that company last week she
caught a cold, which developed into
pneumonia.
Mr. Liston became partly blind
eleven years ago. In 1916. though af?
flicted with defective hearing, he
played with John Barrymore in Gals?
worthy's "Justice." He began his
career on the stage with Oscar Wilde's
father.
Services will be held to-morrow
morning at 11 o'clock at the Campbell
Funeral Church. F. F. Mackey. former?
ly vice-president of the Actors' Fund,
will officiate.
DR. P. J. SCHOENENBERGER
Dr. Frederick J. Schocnenberger, a
. specialist in kidney diseases and a po?
lice surgeon since Mayor Gaynor's time,
died in Bellevue Hospital yesterday. He
was taken there a month ago from his
home, G5 West Eighty-ninth Street. Dr.
Schoenenberger was graduated from
Bellevue Medical College in 1S92. He
was a member of the Acadmey of Med?
icine. His wife, Gertrude, and his
daughter, Lucy, survive him. Funeral
services will be held at his homo Sun?
day.
GEORGE F. HILL
HARTFORD, Feb. 20.?George
F. Hill, eighty-two, president of the
: State Bank and Trust Company, and
in the banking business sixty-six
?years, died to-day. He was a native
of Springfield, Mass., and is survived
by his wife and one son, George C.
Hill, of Garden City, L. I.
BIRTHS
M'DONALD?Mr. and Mrs. E. W. McDonald
announce the birth of their son, Richard
Edward, at their home, 411 West End
ave., New York, Monday, February It!,
1920.
MELTZER?Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Meltzar.
617 West 141st st.. New York City, an?
nounce the arrival of a boy, February 13,
1920.
MARRIAGES
PLATT?HYPES-At Columbus, Ohio. Feb?
ruary It*. 1920, by the Rev. Sydney E.
Sweet. Richard Newbold Platt, of South
Orange, N. J., and Cora, daughter of
the Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Hypes, cf Co?
lumbus.
WRIGHT?EMERY?At Lockhaven, Penn.,
Ruby H. Emery to Mr. Robert. H. Wright,
February 19, 1920.
DEATHS
ALLEN*?Claudia Cooper, wife of Edward P.
Allen, of Stratford, Conn., suddenly, at
Philadelphia. February 1?*. Funeral at
Christ Church, Stratford, Monday, Feb?
ruary 23, at ?i p. m.
BLAKE?Delia Blake, wife of Charles Blake.
Funeral at the Paulist Fathers' Church,
60th st. and Columbus ave., February 21
10 u. ni.
BLASirs?On February 18. 1920. Eliza?
beth, wife of Nicholas Blasius sr. Fu?
neral av 699 Knickerbocker ave., Brooklyn,
I on February 22 at 2 p. m. Interment
Lutheran Cemetery.
BUCHANAN ?At 407 Warburton ave.
Yonkers, on February IS. Thomas S.
Ruchar?an. Funoral February 21, at 2
o'clock. Interment Woodlawn Cemetery.
BURKE?On February 18. Robert Thomas
Burke. Funeral from 69 Perry st. Feb?
ruary 21, at 9:30 a. m. Interment Cal?
vary.
CHRISTIE?On February IS, 1920, Duncan
Maclaren, husband of Margaret Maclaren
Christie, Funeral at 1438 Lexington ave
on February 21, ut 2:30 p. m.
COLEMAN- February 19. Henry C. Coleman
Funeral from 1117 Hampton pi., Elisabeth
N. J.. February 21, at 9:38 a. m.
COLLINS -Cornelius J. Collins. Funeral
from 340 East 17th st. at 9:30 n. m
-Monday. Interment Calvary
CRAWFORD-.Febn.ary 18, .lohn, husband
of Margaret Crawford*. Funeral from 834
Greenwich st.. February 21, ut lu a m
Interment Calvary.
DUGAN?On February 17. Thomas J. DuKan
runeral from 172 East inSth st on Feb
mar;,* 21 at 9:30 a. m. Interment Cal?
vary (. emetery.
DURKIN ?Matthew A. Durkin. Funeral
Hem 1-1 King st., Brooklyn. Saturday at
pi Vw,?-;. V?**1"-"**?* Canary Cemetery.
ELLIOT 1 On February 18 Barbara I
wife of James Elliott. Funeral from 2432
Dopey st., The Bronx, on Saturday at 0
o clock.
EIlv?;l{Vv0"I .^???ruary 19, Addie Eiser, at
4h4 Woodndgo ave.. Woodridge N J
* '?'!' v.-.. Saturday 7 :80 t, m
PULLER?Leonie Coudert, widow of the late
Paul Fuller at Hillbrook Grange, Wyckofo
In. J.. on Wednesday, February IS' 19?0
,ok,r% V^u^f'- L"kl,'s Church* ?o!
ftokus, N. J. iWaldwicK station, Erie Rai'
road), on Saturday, February 21, at 10*15
rJ^nv*t?/V?rance:* paper8 t*1?*-*?- copy.
GARDNER?February lj. MO, Mary Ber
,'?','," in "T widow of ,he ]?t" Fred
Gardner. Services at 760 Carroll at
Brooklyn, Saturday at 2 p m
DEATHS
GARVEY- Veronica Ho*e Oarv.y ?,._...
from 313 East 133d ?t, Satnrdiw^FS
o'clock. 8t ?
GOETTBOIIE-Kntle QoetteelM, ?t ??l4 . *
i i::r,tb ?t.. Funeral Sunday mornt?> l?r??
I o'clock. Internu ?ni Wood la wo Cemcti
i GRIMES?On February I?, LCO t ?.
wife of Edward Grim?. Funeral??*!
113 W?*t 105th ?t. on February a?
9:30 a. m. ' * "*
HANDRTCH- At Laltawood N.J. ?..?,."
r.iary 18. 1020, August Handrich. bu*?S
of Gertrude Handrich. Frniend ongS
urda? morninsr. at 10 o'clock a: zz P."./
m?n pi.
HAR?N-On February 1?. Nora H*?
1 ?foner*! fr"", ' ' ?t. S?ffi
9 ?8 a. m. u r"' d1 ' ?Ivary. ?
' HASTINGrK-At Ka<-t Or^ B. y j _ m f
r\ip>y 17. in her 74tli rear. 1 rancei Wry*?
widow of Ssm'i"-! W !'.-. ting?. Faner]
privat*?, at Bridgeport, ;
JEWELL?On Fel }u.y^.
E. Jewell, Fm MidU-T
V latbuih. February 21. al 2 30 p. m. "??
JOHNSON?On Fe 19 , Abbk V
John on. _ I uneral at W ?t ;:?:.- ..'
1 'ebruary 21. at 2 :30 ?
KELLY- On February 17, 1920, Mary KelV
wife of Jam?? P ?' ' - ! meral from li
. t End ave on Sa; at '?. i a J
] -i* rmeht Cal' ai -
KENNY?On February IS Joseph v hnJ
band of Gert) ?era?frZ
530 West I22d at., 1 ?'? !p m
Interment Woodia
KIP- Henry SpiM, at P Im i',r-a,-'-i ??;,
February 19, 1920. - r othk
nge Funeral al Cl - of the 1
Rest, Tuesday, I : ? a. ??
Interment i -ivate.
Holl ind ; -? . ? ni a. M ?
Tin thr r. Meml ' ? , B'.?. i
tho Masonic fun?
Brother, !'.
of the II avoi "crnine
February 24, at 1
HA1 !'? ? LES, ila?ter
HARRY COM
KLEIN- On Febi ary 1320, A ion!?
Klein ' ? !?'-??
?,..-...:. m ;
KLE8TNER Hei . >ner. Fantril
Wll i< ave*
Bronx. Sunday, 1 - '
fLANGSTADTER 0
Lai Bst? dt r. 1 u
. ,.?>...
LISTON Millie, on 1 19 Sertie?
THE ! UNERAL I Frank J
Campbi II I, Broa iwa;
11 a. m
LOUGHLIN Fe! m Mar- A>
'?? ngblin, wife of ? - Funeral
from 123 Wisst ! Ith
a. m.
MACK- February lc- .David Mack.
Funeral from 65 Bank ?t., Fel
in ' i ??. m. " ;
MARSHALL A* St Agnes'a Ho^ita!.
Philadelphia, Fel Cyi a dangh.
ter ..? Wayne and Eleanor Chapia Mar.
r.hali, aged i ?'.ay.
MAY- On I " Mary Ro?
May. Funeral from 158 Highland ave,
3 . C ay n- : p. m. fo.
-, ... (
M'CAkTIN On F y 18, 1 Re?
wife of John M ral
Troy aro.. Bra I try 21, at U
a. m.
?.M'DONALD- On Februar 1920 "OmaW
J., hu band of '< r-.:r.era:
-' ' Pro ? . I.. !.. ot
February ?3, at 9:3 i a :n. Irtermen:
Calvary Cemetery.
M'NIERNY?February 19, 1920, Mary A.,
wife of Jam? !.. McNierny. Kjnersl tl
! the Church of St. G at, W?sl
m th st., February 23, 11 o'c :k
' M7TERNAN On Fel 1? Bridget, ?if?
? of John A- . st., Brook
lyn, Funeral S. lay at ' ??. no. In
torment St. Jol
; ME1 ER Hi v 19. Service
THE FUNERAL CHI RCH nk I
adway, uk]i;
' a -
:.: rLLiNS On \ liiabri
Mullins, vi " MuBiw
ineral f -oni " ' ' Ho ?k?
N. J., on Februa ? I, a
O'HARA?Mr ry I ? ? fro? 4:
State st., Bro? k a. "...
OLSON?0:i Fe! ' 1 ??' -
widow o'* Charl? Funeral Ita
? - Arriet ? ? I., o
'i ' ???' :?? 21, at !
PENNOCK?On Thursday, February 1
1 ? '?' .'? rome H. nn< .--. at I risidene
Stand?sli A -ms Ho ?
Brooklyn, i- .;: -vie?
the Boardi
Saturday afternoon, at .'> ? . w It
o-i ecia ? rs he:ei
PENNY?I . : i A. Penny, ho
iiajid of Catl ne G
mass. Saturday, 9 a. m . at ? '
tion Chur h, Convei t 131st 1
Interment Kingston, N\ V.
PIG OTT?Richard, on February ; 3. F
neral on Saturday mo :' o'd?
from St. Peter's ? hui . I terment
St Pet >-' C? m ? ? ?
POi'II VM On a ;.- 20, : .0. at h
late res ii n e, Sanford a
L. ? . C rs-ia I e of :
Poph ??:.. '
POTTER On F . Sarah ' Then
Hull Jo I -?
st., B -ooklj :..
? ??\ i vening, 8 o*i
RAM S?At VV! te I ains, X. V. I ebrua
19, 1920, Eva eral at 11 Sw
mit av. on Su.via/ ;.' I
RAW! INS? ! ! !>, Mini
GillT) ;-. , n ?'.'. ? 18. 1
ir ral at. 8 0 1 -; R d B
X. V., Feb nary 21, 1 ?n. ?
lerment at " !:i"i.- < ',ru\
REINHOLD?Augustus', i u?era! Main s
Keyport, N. ?J., on Sunday, .:'. J?
o'clock.
ROGERS- Suddi?nly, Fri '
his home, Lee, ?A . Edvra d Foe
Rogers, bel? ve 1 hu i- 11 ! o? M
Rogers. Funeral .-?. r. : ? : Is Sund
aft? rnoon at
C rch.
RYAN?On February 5.0 Timothy Jan
Ryan. Fun? ra! from 312 1
! i- iruary 21, ni 10 :30 :i. m..
S( OTT On F? bruarj I -. W >.:n T ?co
Fu ?eral from 21 ; Ea . Sundi
'.' ;.. m.
SEVERIN Thodl, Fe! ruary 18, 19:
2127 6Gth st., Brook ..: ! ineral lei?
.-ivy 22, at 10 a. m. .
SDK >iREH At V. rk February 1
tar Youn : Shear? r Not ce ot funei
h : cafter.
SHEILDS?February 18, Lfl 0. Nora Sh^
??? ? ral from 73 V. ? ? ? : ? F?; '-3
21, 10 o'cloek. J .?ivao- ('<B
SULLIVAN- Kn<?>. wife of the ite Jo B
. ulli' an. Funeral i i ???
? ? Sunday, at 2 p. m. Interment I
Raymond's.
Bl n<;\ vt New Canaan. Conn., on F<
ruary 20, I !0, Cri - tit, 1 '??'?'?'?':'
?on of );:? herii ? Aui i and tfce ?
(liarlo Raj mo d Sutton, ?ged 10 >-'s
leral servi a!
irei I ?-. Mr. at : : S. E !>?;'?'
'?'? w >'. inn. on ? u
TOBIN Mary Monaghan, wife?
bin, Wednesday mo :?::;?. ?
?lay a- 8 a. m., Tax I N. V. InteaM
in Calvary Cemeter: . N? ? -'
\V!.;!1! -On February 19 1920, SaraBftWd
i For?2St Park, :" ;'?
? ? rday, at 9:30 b.
\a:e.
WHITE- At Danbury, C mil . ? n Th???*
irgel
year. Fu?e -al i ?
Main st . Danbuiy
at .' p. m. Interment
WHITE?On : id? ' ?v;i:
V., wi low ? C the at U -i
: ??? 83d yea at h
a... Long Island Cit n< ;: "^ .'
Pajurria: ' ;' . ,, ;
o'cl ??'.. In-.-mont at CO
- WHEX DEATH EM ERS YOUR HOME
Call '"Columbus 8200"'
At Any Hour, Day or Night
lin? ?'?, gr.h0n0? "P be P?id ?? ? ?
ment? ?re ,n the hand, of Mr. Campbell.
Broadway at 66*"St. A?V. ulka
?????,?. '"*' Artlrtlc Puiicrat I>rni>na oui Snech?t
OCEAN VIEW MAUSOLEUM flackingt, Bender & Schutte, be.
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Complete?ready tor occupancy. C'rvpta ! '' ' "-"'sterd RlvertgS
and niche? for ?ui,- nnnui..t ..,',.?__??? ? ?
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and niche? for ?ale. Booklet and particu?
lars aent. on rennest. N. Y. Community
Mausoleum Construction Co.. No. 50S Time?
Building, N. Y: Tel. 7471 Bryant.
!3M St. By Harlem Train ami M *??'"**
Lot? of ?mall alze for aal?. I? i
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