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THE SUN, SATURDAY, JUNE' 26, 1915.
WILSON AT CORNISH
BEGINS 10 DAY REST
fimil
V Hdllllon Is Held, With
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Baby Snyro nn Important
Mom Iter of Pnrty.
HNY CHEER PRESIDENT
wivMon. Vt June 2K. President
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fll,on occ.ime ... ........
dtuen, to-lay ns fur as ho can make
. noslMp. Secluded In his summer
C . . ..... . ,
lorre
in the uornisn nuis oi .hit,
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Mimrshlre,
ti.M.tit lirirnn hla vacation.
RITtr, U"- ' "" " -
d. nromlscd to obey h i physician's automobile recklessly nnd was thus ro
je promise.! o w , , ' sponslb e for tho deaths of those who
u drop al work, except of the . ..h ,,..,, """' l wl'
Srt uwnt character, and to rest rUck th. automobile ' "
,3d piny fr ten dnys, or longer If pos- The BU(H of Mr(J ij,mbceP for
ibl. .... I $250,000 for the death of her husband
A reunion of the Presidents family i and $250,000 for her own Injuries ns
rkfil the beginning of his vacation. . well na tho suit of the widow of Do
TUli evening the President, Miss Mar- menlco Oamblno, tho chauffeur who
urtt Vinson, i
Vr Francis 11. Sayre, son-in-law and
fauihter; Miss Helen Woodrow Hones,
..in. and last, but not least, Francis
Vwdrow s.iyre, oaoy granacniia, were
ntlured nround a cheery wood Are
i. Hsrlakenden House, the summer
-Mt House. Dr. flrayson, tho Preat
iint'i chjelclan, "physical trainer" and
lilJat companion, completed the Exec
.jri family.
To-day was the first time the Presl
(,ot had seen his only grandson since
ti christening M Wllllamalown six
vetks ago.
The President arrived at Cornish at
o'clock this afternoon. The Sayrea
en, on a later train, being met by Miss
VUion and Dr. Grayson. "Baby" Sayre
vu tossed to the beamed ratters of
Hirlskemlen House In the President's
trail and was almost smothered with
irudfatherly affection.
Crowds Greet the Presldeat,
Estrtme cordiality at every station
pirked the President's travel here to
ttr from Springfield, wnere his private
ur New fork was switched this morn
tt to the Cornish connection. At Hot
joke, Mass., a large bouquet of
overs was handed to the President on
tli observation platform. Ha shook
tinli with a large trowd. Factory em
t'.oyees knocked ofT work to lean from
tizdows and cheer.
At Greenfield. South Vernon and m.rr
Vit stop the President ahook hands
!th men, women and children, Includ
Irf babies hoisted up to have their
t&iibbjr fists clasped.
Wtien a grimy pawed railroad m-
p:o;ee at South Vernon hung back be
tvut his hands were covered with
lie. the President said : "That's
a:l right; I don't mind," and cave the
cw a hearty shake and smile.
Tm glad you're going to have a va
Mtlon," said a nrattleboro woman.
"So am I," said the President; and
tsere was not any doubt in his hearers'
Elndi that he meant It
At Bellows Falls, Vt. a visitor climbed
tp the stops to the private car and eald :
Well, hoWs everything, Mr. President?
Lrare had quite a lot of troublo lately."
The President responded only with a
rail. He was In good humor during
the entire trip, beaming at the crowds
and bowlnp, bareheaded, to the cheering.
Tou're all right!" and "Keep up the
rood work r were some aalllea the
Irtildent enjoyed.
There was no formal reception at tha
WJon here. A crowd of several hun
ted cseered lustily as the President
Nlled away In his automobile.
Hans Into War Boon,
The President found this Mm.vh.t
raaolent mountain village In the throes
f a "war boom." since hla last trip
Un the village has grown greatly,
lien the villagers are amased.
The machine works the town's one
Vt Industry Is grinding out material
hr the Allies, consisting mostly of au-
totnstlc lathes, which are shipped to
tiwana ana i-ranee to turn out thou
uda of shrapnel casings an hour. The
fKtory Is working day and nlrht. In
tirt shifts. Its list of employees having
wn irom zou to over 1,200 In
few weeks.
The workers are aleenlna In Imnm-
notus, nauways and dormitories
lulf constructed. Even some of those
atcomnanylng the President ara auffer
hl makeshift quarters.
A false front' to the stationery store
s another sign of metropolltanlsm
peeling the President A traffic officer
t the State prison entrance was an
other. He Is a trusty of the Institution
bo gained fame for having, in a playful
nood, driven nails Into the body of a
ww.
The President nassed this afternoon
d evening at "home," with one hour's
iMomoblllng before dinner. The rest
jure Is prescribed also for to-morrow
tr Dr. Orayson, with golfing tabooed
ratll next week, and brief, urgent cor-reipondunci-
on public Dullness the only
ork permitted.
CR0ZIER BENJAMET.
Mew York Mas Marries Hadcllffe'e
Honor Papll,
Cambrwoe, Mass., June 25. Mlas
""the M. Itenjamln of Plalnfleld.. Vt,
fudcllfTfl's 1915 honor pupil, waa mar
d to-day to William John Crozler of
!n Trk In the home of Dean Tloody
Hadcllrre by the Itev. George Holges.
r. Croiler Is the aon of William O.
"tier. He a graduate of the Col
W of the Cty of New York and re
vived an A, M from Harvard last
Teir.
HYDE MEIGS.
wstertinry M Marries Daughter
PoM.tnwn, r Instractor.
H.P"7.rroWN. r'- June 23. Miss Ma
" MflKs, .lauRhter of Mrs. Marlon
anj the late Dr. John Meigs, for
"any years headmaster of Ihe Hill
"""t HS mnrrlpil Ihla v.n n in 1ha.
Conn1" i'1''"' "5de Sd of Waterbury,
Alumni Hiapol at the Hill, the Hev. John
rv .' """"'"ni neaumaster or tne Taft
"5?' wt'rtown. Conn., officiating.
twl'"' "nn wa O- P. "yde, Yale
Ml '08, of Waterbury, Conn.
IJe Witt Nchmrls.
!'T Okanoe, N. J June 25. Be.
"7.h 3 mill- ireo on the lawn of her
Si, V. home 00 Hamilton street to.
"'- r-i.-mii.-i, uaugmer oi i
"'.Martha Hchmelz, became tha bride ,
"-"jimin le Witt of New York,
" ; unattended. The bridegroom's I
7.1 "III, wus uem limn.
em 1 Mr ""'''he'- of Klmhurst, L. I.,
' p'l Mr and Mrs. De Witt will
.ma !, summer camping- In Maine.
Iliirrlmnii llaatlne.
im1!.' 'irar, """line, daughter of Mr.
r'q -Mr Andrew Jackson Bastlne, was
'rier tn Lewis Olldersleevo Harrl-
.ii 01, 1 tiursday evening at the home
vl (lfr ,,lr.,n.u , .......... .,
r, 1 iiiioiiuuii itvRiiue. rttsw flerkshire innusiriHi rurm ui uaiiuun,
The irmrrlago ceremony was v, y that Mrs. William D. Slonne has
' lorini hy tho Ilev. Dr. Frederick 1 given $10,000 with which to build n
" lam 11,'irninnn of Windsor. Conn., cottage for thirty boys. The building
'ih- r iu. i,ri,1)Kroom. Miss flnl-,wlll be known as the Hloane cottage In
:'!' "asl ne, a sister of tha bride, memory of William D.Hloane. One
' iii-i o..ij alteudant and tho Itcv. hundred delinquent boys nro being cared
i"'' Jmvls llnrrlmnn acted as his for at tho farm. Dr. John II. Flnley
"oiner- i.Kt malli only relatives at-.was the principal upeoker at the exer
a'l the wedding. !CU.
$26,000 AWARD FOR MRS. PELL,
aya She Regards Award aa Clear
ing Hnabanrt'a Name.
A verdict for $15,000 wan given In
favor of Mrs. Elizabeth Warden Pell for
the death of her husband tiv a Inrv t.
'ore Justice Asplnall In the Queens
vuuiny ouprano uoiiri yesteraay morn
mK, wliero Mr. 1eU gucd th . nr
J Island Ha 1 1 road Company for $260,000
damages, following tho announcement
I Sirs. Pell conferred with her counsel,
juuku van wycK, ana it was thought
that a motion might bo made to set tho
verdict anldo as Inadequate, but It was
decided to make no appeal.
i mm ii is Pest to let the verdict
stand," said Mrs. Pell later. "I could
never undergo this ordenl main, t
more ,meregted , clearln?"my hui,;
band's name than I was In the amount
of tho verdict and I consider that tho
Verdict In a vlmllontl..
; . ,, ; : .'
In snenlflnir t9 Wm.iI..... I.... . , t. - .
... . ... . u. , i,m,v.uiiuil ...TO. I-CII
referred to the charge made by the
railroad company that Pell drove his
" kiiibu, win an go over until
tho fall term of court. It Is under-
stood that the railroad will take an ap-
peal In the Pell caao.
IjFIVE CHILDREN'S COURT
mnm ummmd
Franklin C. Hoyt to Preside;
Mayor Fnils to Appoint Mrs.
Marffolcs-Itarlght.
The five Special Sessions Justices who
will sit In the reorganlied Children's
Court after July 1 were designated by
Mayor Mltchel yesterday. They are;
Franklin a Hoyt, Presiding Justice, as
signed for five years; tlobert J. Wilkin,
four years; Morgan M. U Hyan, three
years; John B. Mayo, two years, and
Cornelius F. Collins, one year.
All of them, with the exception of
Justice Collins, have been engaged In
children's court work by assignment.
By recent amendment of the Inferior
courts law the Children's Court Is sepa
rated from Special Sessions In the mat
ter of administration.
The hard and fast regulations under
which offending children had to be
treated as criminals are done nwav
with. The Children's Court will have Its
own chief probation otllcer, with three
deputies, to direct the work of the
thirty. elx probation olllcers now at
tached to tho court.
Mrs. Clarice Margoles.BartgTit an
piled to the Mayor a fortnight ago for
appointment as a Special Sessions Jus
tice, so that she could sit In the Chil
dren's Court Her requent did not meet
with favor, as Is evidenced by Mr.
Mlchel's designations.
LONDON ART BIDS LOW.
Van Ilaecht'a "Infanta" Canvas
Bold for ai.SBO.
tpttlal Cable Dttpatch to Tns Scs.
London, June 25. The sale of pic
tures, the property of the late I.ord
Huntlngneld, W. E. Darwin nnd others,
ft Christie's to-day reached a total of
25.000 ($125,000). Individual prices
were low, the highest being (892 ($4,460)
brought by Van doyen s "A View of
I.eyden." "A Herdsman and Animals'
by Cuyp and "A River Scene" by Van
liuysdael each brought 1840 ($4,100).
Great surprise was caused among the
connoisseurs and artists when Van
Haecht's canvas "The lnfantn Isabella
and Albert, In the Gallery of Corn. Van
Der Geest" brought only $378 ($1,890)
It had been expected thnt the. Van
Haecht would bring a high figure.
NOTES OF THE SOCIAL WORLD.
The wedding of Miss Kathryne Nevctt
Steele, youngest daughter of Mr. nnd
Mrs. Charles Steele, to F. Hkiddy von
Stade win be celebrated to-day at noon
In the Church of the Advent, Westbury,
It I. The reception and wedding break
fast will follow at Bunrldge Hall, the
country place of the bride's parents.
In the chapel of St. George's Church,
Rtuyvcsant Square, thta Afternoon at
3:30 Miss Alice Haven, a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. George Grlswold Haven,
will be married to George 8. Trevor,
A small reception will follow at the
home of the bride's parents, 8 East
Fifty-th rd street
In Trinity Church, Osslnlng, N. T.,
this afternoon Mies Mary B, Kane
daughter of the late John I. Kane, will
be married to Walter Muynard Drury.
A reception will follow at Woodlawn,
the home of the brldo's mother.
Miss Dorothea Webb I'arsons, daugh
ter of Arthur Webb Parsons, will be
married to James Flanagan Dochert
this afternoon at the Hotel Qothnm.
The wedding of Miss Helena M.
Loughrnn and Cotter Connell of this
city will take place to-ciay in m. jio
ealle's Church. Good Ground, L. I.
Miss Eleanor Croiler Hcyburn. daugh
ter of ex-Mayor John K. Iteyburn of
Philadelphia, will be married to Capt,
Francis Clark Harrington, one time
mintarv aid at the White House, to
day In f'equot Chapel, New London,
Conn.
Gurnee Munn, who will marry Miss
Mario Louise Wnnamaker In Phlladel
phla on Monday, will glvo his farewell
bachelor ulnnor mis evening ui ine iiac
auet Club. Philadelphia.
Miss Madeline Fllege will be married
to Assistant Surgeon Frederick Ceres,
U. o. N., to-day nt tne noma or nor
mother, Mrs. F. L. Fllege. 400 Illver-
lda Drive.
Mr anil Mrs. George W. Perkins will
give a luncheon In honor of Gov. nnd
sirs, cnaries . wmiman lo-wiiy m
JJea
Mountain inn, mgnianu L,aKc,
Edward D. Llbbey of Toledo, Ohio,
gave a surprise dinner for his wife at
Sherry's on Thursday evening In cele
bration of the twenty-fifth anniversary
of their marriage. The dinner was
served In the red room and there were
decorations suitable to tho occasion.
Mrs. II. 8. U. Deale of Washington,
D. C'ls at the Wolcott before going to
her summer homo In Maine.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis 8. Hangs nro
at the Plaza until they leave for WoIIph-
ai ino i m... w . -
cote, their summer plnco In Upper 8ar
anae, N. i.
James II. Pnowden of Indianapolis
Illin innc-i. , ... - -
"one of Oeorge C. Boldt's cottages In tho
Thousand Islands. Otis 11, Cutler of
Suffern, N. Y., has leased for tho sum
mer Mr, Boldt's houseboat Ln Duchcsso
and his steam yacht Clover.
Mrs. W. D. flloane nives flO.OIMI.
It was announced yesterday at the
.nmi.il meeting day exernlsm or the
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MUSICALE AT HOME
OF MRS. T. N. M'CARTER
First of Series Organized by
Mrs. Hawkesworth (liven
nt ItuniHon Hill.
The first of a series of morning mu
sicals organized by Mrs. It W. Hawkes
worth was given yesterday at Itumson
Hill, tho country place of Mrs. Thomas
N. McCarter In Ilumson, N. J. The pro-
... Mn,nnu,H 1 ri ri.nl V nf TlllR-
tr.WlimJ ..a v,ri., 'J "
slan music. Irving Fisher, barytone,
was the soloist and the Balalaika Or
chestra played. Alexander Klrllloff con
ducting. Jullnn Fuh.s was nt tho piano.
Some of Mr. Klther's song were given I
with orchestral accompaniment. I
Among those In the audience were
Mr. Edward D. Adams, Mrs. J. Horace
Harding. Mrs. William Barbour, Mrs.
William A Jamison, Mrs. Ira BarrowB,
Mrs. John Jay Knox, Mrs. Edwin Drcxel
Godfrey nnd Mrs. Samuel Hiker, who
nro tho members of tho committee: also
Mrs. Joseph C. Hongland, Mrs. William
Nelson Cromwell, Mrs. Charles D. Hal
eey, Mrs. Charles T Cook, Mrs. CInrenco
Porter, Mrs. Charles II. Sabln. Mrs. John
A. HUtherford, Mrs. Ernest Fahnestock,
Mrs. Frederick Frellnghuysen, Mrs. Will
iam B. Kinney. Mrs. Jacob II. Schlff,
Mrs. Edward C. Parish, Mrs. Campbell
Clark, Mrs. J. Dawson Callery, Mrs.
Jalnea A Scrymser, Mrs. J. Amory
Haskell. Mrs. George Blagden, Mrs.
Thatcher M. Brown. Mrs. Robert Hr
McCarter, Mrs. John B. Lunger and Mrs.
Hamilton Fish Kcan.
Tho next muslcalc will tnke place on
July 8 at Old Oaks, the country place of
Mrs. Howard 8. Borden In Oceanic, N. J,
PIERRE S. DU PONT TO WED.
Head of Powder Company Will
Tnke Hcrimlon Jlrldr.
Pllil.AnRi.rillA, June 25. Mr. nnd Mrs.
Henry S. Belln. Jr., of Scranton have,
announced the engagement of their
daughter, Alice, to Pierre S. du Pont of
Wilmington, Del.
Pierre 8. du Pont, 43 yearn old, Is a
son of the late Lammot du Pont. He Is
the owner of a country estate near
Kennett Square, Pa.
ENGAGEMENTS ANNOUNCED,
Mr. nnd Mrs. Salem Hyde of 711 West
Oeneseo street, Syracuse, N, Y havo
announced the engagement of their
daughter. Miss Dorothy Ann Hyde, to
Mnltble L. Ilabcock, sou of Mr, and Mrs.
Howard Noyes Bnbcock of Syracuse.
Miss Itydo's brother, Nelson Colllng
wood Hyde, married Miss Nnoml An
drews, daughter of Mr. nnd Mrs. Sam
uel V. Andrews of this city, In St.
James's P. 13. Church cm Jnnunry 20.
Mr. Ilabcock was graduated from YalecotmKe here, was stricken with pneu
In 1913. Ho Is a nephew of tho late In(Jnlll to-day. This coupled with his
Itcv, Dr. Maltbla Bnbcock, nt one tlmo . condition as a rtHUlt of an attack of
pastor of tho Brick Presbyterian Church
of this city.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Wilson Kip Fnrrlngton,
formerly of West Newton, Mass., but
now of New Bochclle, havo announced
tho engagement of their dnughter, Miss
Blanche V. Fnrrlngton, to (leorgo W,
Johnson, elder son of Mr, and Mrs.
William M, Johnson of Hackensnck, N,
J, Miss Fnrrlngton and Mr. Johnson,
who nro both Interested In golf and
lawn tennis, passed last winter In Plno
hurst, N, (2. The wedding will tnko
place In tho autumn.
Mrs. Booth's Plea Naves Prisoner.
IttVKniiKAii, L. I,. Juno 25, Ilernuso
Mrs. Maud Halllngtnn Booth interested
for mercy In behalf of two of her former
employees who hnd entcied 11 plea nf
guilty of robbing her of $250 worth of
silverware nnd clothing, County Judge
John It. Vunk suspended sentence upon
David llnlston'nnd Imposed 11 light sen
tence upon Mrs. Vnlly Bernhardt Hal
stun, his wife. Tho Ilnlstons hud been
employed by Mrs. Booth sftrr she had
reclaimed them from an underworld life.
"It's a black world."
SUFFRAGEEVENTSTO-DAY
WOMAN PUKKRAOE PAHTT.
S V. XI. Tenth AMfmbly dlitrlct.
Manhattan, outdoor mretlnf at Bunion
and SuRolk streets. Jewish ptaktrs.
8 P. XI. The rlronx, outdoor mtlnf
t Washington avenue tnd lUlh strtet.
WOMKV8 POLITICAL UNION.
It A. XI. to P. M. Th W. P. U.
?eentffnth Fenate dlttrlct waxon will
re through tho district from 11 A. Xt.
until nnon. In the afternoon the wacun
will hold Its nrst meetings follows!
1 o'clock at Nlnety-sMth street and sec
ond avenue; t o'clock at Lexington
avenue and Ninety-ninth street; 8
o'clock at Xladlaon avenue and lOSth
street; o'clock at lOCth street and
First avenue; t o'clock at Second
.avenue nnd UMh street; I o'clock at
IWth street and Fifth avenue.
de 1iaht kquai, 6ukfraqe
li:a(ue of new jeiihev.
2 P. Xt. Speeches at West Hide baas
ball park, Jersey City.
4 P. X!. Meeting at ths Fairmont
Hotel roof garden, for the organisa
tion of a Jersey City branch of the
National College Equal Suffrage League.
SUFFRAGE HOPPING TO-NIGHT,
Men nme Will lie Opened by Wo
men at I.nna Park.
Mrs. O. II. P. Belmont's big bass
drum, opernted by Miss Ethel Patter
son, will be one of tho attractions this
evening In Luna Park, when tho new
"suffrage amusement" known as The
Hopperlo will be seen for the first time.
Among the members who will take
part In the game nro Mary AuMln, the
playwright ; Inez Hnynes Glllmore, the
writer; Olga Petrova, the Itusslnn uc-
treHH; Bose O'Neill, Oen. Hosalle Jones,
Dorothy Dlx and Jcnnctte Scudder, tho
sculptor.
CHICKENS SUFFRAGE PRIZE.
Man Wlna Them hr Trllliiic Why
Women Should Ilnve Vote.
A Broadway crowd took nart In n
contest for two chickens nt Columbus
Circle last night, where tho Woman
suffrage party of the Twenty-ninth As-
scmbly district held an open nlr meet
Ing. Tho petson who wrote down on n
slip of paper tho best reason why women
should vote won the prize. Ho proved
to be William B. Foley, nbout 30 years
old, of 3G7 West Fifty-fifth street.
Foley gave four reasons : One was
that because women are taxed, nnd lux
ation without representation Is not right s
tho other reasons were that It would
Insure a cleaner ballot und cleaner
politics.
LITTLE HOPE FOR JUDGE GRAY.
Pnennmnla Follorrs Attnek
of
Apoplexy at Newport.
Nkvtpout, Juno 25. John Clinton
Oray, ex-Judge of the Court of Appeals
nf Vniv York, who is 111 nt ftiA Pln.iril
apoplexy on Wednesday soon after his
arrival here for the summer, makes IiIh
condition to-nlght precarious, and no
encouragement Is held out for his re
covery. Tho members of his family,
who were summoned, have Joined the
Judgn nnd Mrs. flray here,
Jildgo Uray In being attended by Dr.
Charles D. Knston, who was a frequent
vlMltor at tho Oray home to-day,
Playa and Players,
The Rhuberts have completed nr
rnngements with the management of
tho Teatro Nnclonal of Havana whereby
ten of the best weeks of tho winter
rte.-ison at thin theatre have been re
served for a Winter Oardcn produc
tion. Lnurl De Frece, Fay Compton nnd
Beatrice Bruuer of tho London Oalety
Company will sail for tho other side
to-day by the steamship New York.
"The Birth of a Nation," nt tho
Liberty Theatre, will bo shown also
this aifthmer at the, Brighton Beach
Mualo Hall.
HEIRESS PLEADS SHE
CAN'T LIVE ON $25,000
Mrs. Floriiiiin, Formerly Miss
Kohler, Wants Tart of
Trust Fund.
Mrs. Olgn V. Flormnn. n young mar
rleil woman of 20, who Is unable to live
on the $25,000 n year paid to her from
' the IntercHt on a trust fund left her
' by her father, the late Charles Kohler,
1 the plnno manufacturer, appeared In
, the Surrogate's Court yesterday for
permission to u.o 25,000 of the prin
cipal of tho $300,000 fund to meet
pressing needs. Mrs. Flormnn In the
wife of Nils Florman. Her father left
an estate of $4,000,000.
Nils Florman. who was attentho to
Miss Kntherlne Force, sister of Mrs.
John Jacob Astor, und was nt ono time
engaged to Miss Helena Stello, now tho
PrlnccsB Murut, married Miss Kohler
In St. Patrick's Cathedral on April 5,
1914.
Mrs. Flormnn, In her petition, says
that she needs the additional $25,000 for
tho support of herself and Infant sou,
who w.ih born on January 18 luxt. She
p.iH $5,000 n year for her apartment
ut "77 Madison avenue nnd that she
bought furnishings costing $20,000
when she moved Into the apartment
for which $15,000 Ih still dun.
Mrs. Florman nbo says that when
her son was born she was compelled to
engngu n mirso and maid for him nnd
that It will bo necessary to keep them
nt least a year longer. She has three
other servants and a chauffeur. In ad
dition to her apartment slut has a
Hummer cottage ut Sands Point, L. I,
Tho cost of maintaining her house
hold, she says. Is nt least $2,000 a
month. I'mler her father's will Mrs.
Florman Is to get $100,000 when die
Is 25, $100,000 more at 35 and the
llnnl $100,000 when she Is 45. She
believed that her needs ar such that
tho Surrogate should authorize an ad
vance pa merit ut onto on her llrst
$100,000.
For n few months nfter his mnr
rlnge Florman w.m employed ns a gem
salesman by Drelcer & Co., the Fifth
avenue Jewellers.
BAPTISM TO BE NOTABLE.
1 11 flint lliiilicMer of lllisll M,
Ntevoiisi to Wear Historic Holie.
There wilt bo nn Interesting ceremony
to-morrow nt noon In the Church of thn
Holy Innocents, Jersey City, when tho
Infant daughter of Mr. mid Mrs. llasll
M. Stevens will bo christened by tho
Itev. (J. Ii. Maglll. The child will bo
named L'mlly Contee Lewis, nfter her
grandmother, Mrs. Kdwlii A Stevens.
The robe to be worn at the christening
has been In una for generations In the
Stevens family, Tho cap of lace, was
inailu for tho child's great-grandfather,
(leorgo Washington Lowls, by his grand
mother, Nelllo I'nrno Custls Lewis,
(leorgo Washington's adopted daughter,
who was tho daughter of Martha Wah
Inglon. Tho godparents will ln Col. Kd
win A. Lewis, tho paternal grandfather;
Miss Kmlly L. Stevens, 1111 aunt, and .Mrs.
Krancls W. Hunter, formerly Miss Kllza
belh Klklns Ollphant of Trenton, N. J,
Basil M. Stevens married nn October
28, 1913, Miss Helen Ward, dnughter of
tho Inte Kdward II, Wurd of New
Castle, Pa,
nrnslllnti Dinner for Mnlime.
Collector of tho Port Malono nnd his
deputy, Henry C Stuart, will eat
"fcljoadn," tho Brazlllnn national itlsn,
at n dinner to be given nt 1 P. M. to
day by Alfredo M. Snlnzar, nt hla home,
648 West 124th street. Amnrn (.'uvnl
cnutl, Minister Plenipotentiary tn the
financial congress recently held In
Washington, will attend with his wife
and daughter Mr, Salnzar In an at
tache of the Braxlllan Consulate,
TITANIC WIDOW SAYS
PERIL WAS HIDDEN
llusliand Who Was Lost, She
Tells Court, Was Assured
of Safety.
Mrs. Jacques Futrelle, widow of the
author who lost his life In the Titanic
disaster, was the chief witness yester
day at the trial of the White Star
Line's suit tn limit Its liability for the
sinking of, the great liner to approxi
mately $9.1, 00C.
Mrs. Futrolle came down from her
home In Scltuate, Mass., to aid the
claimants who nro trying to prove that
tho line should be held responsible for
the full amount of the claims Inasmuch
as tho disaster was brought about
through the carelessness of the ship's
office rs.
She told how her husband dresied
hlmFelf and went up on deck to see
what was the matter when the ship
struck, only to return a few minutes
later with the assurances of nn offi
cer that there was no danger. He re
lied so Implicitly on what the officer
had told him, sho said, that ho un
dressed und went bnck to bed again,
A few minutes later, Mrs. Futrelle
said, a Bteward warned them to go
up to the boat deck as soon as pos
sible. There, she said, she waH sep
arated from her husband and the last
she saw of him was when sho returned
to the "A" deck, where sho found
him calmly smoking with n number of
other men, who apparently did not
realize the Imminent dunger. Ho In
sisted, she said, that she leave tn one
of the boats.
From a safe distance she nnd those
with her In tho boat. Including seven
teen members of the crew, watched the
ship plunge nnd llstcnod to the cries
of the drowning.
Kiirl Behr, the tennis player, as
serted that J. Bruce Ismay allowed
men to get Into the boats over which
hn had supervision. It was In thin wuy
that Behr escaped In n lifeboat In
which ho had first placed his fiancee
mid her parents.
Two olllcers of tho Hnmburg-Amerl-lean
Lino were called by tho claim
ants an expert witnesses. Ono of them.
Capt. Ilobert Nlsa of the Bohemia, was
In commund of the Pisa at the time
of tho Titanic disaster. Thirty hours
before the glnnt ship struck tho Ice
berg, he said, he had taken his ship
across the same part of the ocean,
dipt. Henry Meyerdlerck of tho
President Urant said that hnd he re
ceived wireless messages such ns tho at
torneys for the claimants told him worn
received by the Tltanlc's captain ho
would havo steered about 'fifty miles
to tho south.
The hearing will be continued at
10 :30 this morning. '
LAMBS TO GIVE MORTGAGE.
(let Conrt Permission to Carry Out
1.10,000 lienl,
Tho Lambs Club obtained permission
from Supreme Court Justice Shearn
yesterday to mortgage Its property nt
128 to 134 West Forty-fourth street for
$450,000 for tho purpose of paying off
two outstanding mortgages totalling
$205, H00 and completing nnd furnishing
tha addition to tho clubhouse now In
course of construction.
When the addition to the clubhouse Is
llnlshed tho properly will be worth
$700,000 nnd the club has porsonal as
sets of $120,000.
IIUIiop'x Son to Aid Hector.
The Hev. flllbort Darlington, who was
recently graduated from tho Oenernl
Theological Seminary, Is coming to
Brooklyn as assistant to tho Ilev. T. J.
Lacey, rector of tho Kpiscopnl Church
of the Redeemer, He is the youngest
son of Bishop Jamos H. Darlington of
Harrlsburg, Pa.
PIANIST JOSEFFY
PTOMAINE VICTIM
Noted Mnslcfnn Succumbs Af
ter nn Illness of Only a
Few Hours.
PLAYED UNDER LISZT
Hnfacl Joseffy, one of the best known
plnno virtuosos of the age, died suddenly
yesterday at his apartment In tho
Northold, S657 Bro.idway, between 150th
and 151st streets, In his sixty-third year.
Death was ascribed to ptomaine poison
ing.
Joseffy gave several music lessons on
Thursday and went out for a walk ln
tho evening, returning homo at 11
o'clock. Ho retired at onco nnr' In the
esrly morning complained oi feeling III.
His condition became so serious at 7:30
o'clock that members of his family sent
for Dr. K. K. llrowd, whose ofllco is
at f.01 West 150th street, the southern
end of tho Northold. Dr. llrowd, who
had never attended the musician before,
found thnt ho was past medical help.
There ere symptoms. Including violent
nausea, which Indlcntcd thnt posslhly
the pitlent had been poisoned, nnd when
the plnnlst died shortly afterward the
physician notllled the Coroners olllce.
Dr. Benjamin Schwartz, Coroner
Tteardon's physician, made nn Investi
gation which convinced him beyond the
shadow of A doubt, ho etald, that Joseffy
died of ptomaine poisoning and he
therefore Issued a certificate to that
efTect. It Is believed that the pianist
was polnoned by something ho ate while
with friends on Thursday evening..
Funeral services will be held nt tho
house to-morrow afternoon nt 1 :30
o'clock. The body will be taken to the
New York and New Jersey Crematory,
at North Bergen, N. J.
Joseffy had been In poor health for
several years and was at one time seri
ously 111 with nervous prostration, hut
he had been stronger during the past
winter and when the Bohemians gave
their dinner to Mmc. Sembrlch In April
he was there during the whole evening.
Thla was not only due to the admira
tion he felt for the singer but to the
fact that he and her husband, Oulllnunie
Stengel, were fellow pupils at the Con
servatory of Miislo In Lelpslc.
Xervnmnrsi llnmpereil Career.
Joseffy was 27 yeats old when he
made his first appearnnco In this coun ry
at n concert with the orchestra under
the direction of Dr. Le-jpold Damrosch.
He was Immediately accl .Imed n vlrtuosu
of the (lrst rank. He had alieady wjn
renown In Berlin and Vienna, He played
with the various trchestras. travelled
over the country, but his Increasing
nervousness brought his career as a pub
lic performer to an end. He had not
played In public for nearly fifteen years.
Joseffy moved fiom this city to Tar
rytown, taugM at the National Con
servatory of Music and received private
pupils. Although he -did not pliy In
public he kept himself In practice and
was at times able to return to the con
cert platform so far as his technical
readiness was concerned.
Joseffy was a native of Hunfalu In
Hungary and was born there on July 3,
1R52. He studied tlrst under Brnuer
In Budapest, who was the teacher of
Stephen Heller. At the ape of 14 he
entered the Lelpslc Conservatory of
Music nnd then studied under Wenzel
and Moschelle. He was there for two
years ami then became a pupil of Carl
Taussig ln Berlin. During the summers
of 1S70 and IS"! he w.is with Franz
Liszt at Weimar. In 1S72 he made his
tlrst appearance, nlth gicat success, ln
Vienna.
Joseffy leaves a ulduw and two chil
dren, Helen and Carl.
M. B. C0WPERTHWAIT,
Prominent Flunre In Furniture
Business Dent!,
Montgomery B. Cowperthwalt. a
pioneer furniture dealer, died yesterday
afternoon nt his home, 309 North Broad
way. Yonkiirs, of ur.emlc poisoning after
an Illness of about a week. He leaves
four children. Morgan nnd Herbert Cow
perthwalt, Mrs. John II. Kllbeck and
Mrs. William II. Lawrence.
Mr. Cowperthwnlt was the eldest son
of Samuel Newell Cowperthwalt anil
Phrz-be Morgan Cowperthwalt and was
born In Now York. Ho organized nnd was
president of Cowperlhwnlt'a Furnlturo
Company, which business was established
In U0C, and the Cowperthwalt Company
of Brooklyn. J. Howard Cowperthwalt,
the present head of Cowperthwalt &
Sons, w.m a brother.
Tho funeral services will be held at
Mr. Cowporthwalt's late home to-morrow
afternoon.
Thomas linker.
Thomas Baker, SO, who took out a
patent tn 1S72 ns the inventor of the
spilt second movement 011 slop watches,
died on Thursday at his home, 1490
Union street, Brooklyn. Ho was for
several yenrs tho owner of a Jewelry
store In Knst New York. Ho leaves
three daughters.
Mrs. Slur j' Coodrlrh.
New nociiEl.t.B, N. Y June 25
Mrs. Mary Ooodrlch. widow of dipt.
Klam T. Ooodrlch, who served In tho
civil war with tho Klghth Connecticut
Volunteers and won promotion on the
Held for braveiy, died lan night at the
home of her daughter. Mr. Wells S.
Cushmnn, PS Sickles avenue, In her
eighty-fourth year. She leaves two
daughters.
Sen nut 11 I.li'htensteln.
Seaman Llchtensti'In, CO, bead of the
produce firm of Seaman l.lchtenstoln A
Co. of Manhattan, organized by his
father over seventy yearn ago, died on
Thursday at his home, 540 Clinton ave
nue, Brooklyn. He was a member of
tho Merchnnts Association of New York
nnd tho Brooklyn League Club. lie
leaves his wife, a son and two daughters.
Brentanos
New Ywrk
"Booksellers to the World"
AU the new and recent Docks, In
every Department of Literature,
especially rrxornrnended for the
Scaaoa at leisure.
Periodical Department
Short term Subscriptions for Maga
ilrm and Periodicals sent to Coun
try AddreMes for the Summer,
MOVIES AID CHARITY
AT SOUTHAMPTON
"Eternal City" Presented for
Hospital's Ucncflt Ilcforo
Largo Audience.
Southampton, L. I June 23. Nearly
every ono In tho cottnge colony attended ,
the first performance In the open nlr
gnrden theatro at which this evening 'The
ntcrnnl City," n moving picture play, was
presented, tho proceeds of tho perform
ance to bo given to tho Southampton
Hospltnl. Bowers of green oak leaves
wero arranRed along tho sides of the
theatre and a solid mass of green formed
tho background for the stage.
Among the occupants of boxes were It,
Davis Ives and Miss Ives, Mr nnd Mrs.
Steuart Davis, Mr. mid Mrs. A B. Clallln
nnd Miss Beatrice Clallln, Mrs. Charles
II. Henderson, Mr. nnd Mrs. S. K. de
Forest, Mrs. Ii S. Twining, Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Pelham Bobbins, Mr. and Mrs.
T. (I. Condon, Mrs. It. A. Franks, Mrs.
U. Tiffany Dyer, Mr. anil Mrs. J. F.
Itlchardson, Mr, niul Mrs. Frederick A.
Snow, Mrs. B. L. Itonalils. Mrs. William
Ixjwr like. Mrs. W K. Whltehonse, Mrs.
William P. Douglas, Mr. Newbold Kd
gar, James C. Parrlsh, T. Halliard
Thomas. Samuel L. Parrlsh, Mrs. Oeorge
C. De Witt, Mrs. Kdward D. Hose, ths
Hev. nnd Mrs. Oeorge J. Kusscll, D.
Stafford Mc4an, Mr. und Mrs. O. D,
Munn and Mrs. Clarence Cody,
SPOTLESS TOWN FOR WEDDING.
Mayor Orders llntvllnar Oreen
Clenneil t'p for Clnrlt XupM Is.
Bowmnu Oiikkn. Mo., June 25. Cut
the weedw so that Bowling ilrten will be k
In liu lipat 1,11, .mil tucker fur (ienevlcve
Clark's wedding on Wednesday Is the ,
substance of Mayor Oeorge 1 . i.ee'a
proclamation which was printed ln the
Bowling Oreen p.ipem to-Jay. The
tirnr-l.ininflnn. :iftir reeltlnir that thou
sands of visitors will bo In Bowling
Oreen next wtcx, says:
"It's the order of the Mayor of the
city of Bowling Oreen that all weeds bo
cut, trash cleaned away from streets
and alleys, and wherever possible and
needed paint or whitewash be applied
nnd any and all reasonable things be r
done to make our city as attractive as
posalblo at this time."
MRS. J, C. BRACKENRIDGE DEAD
Found In nnlhrnoni, fins Ksrnplnsr,
Supposedly lj- Aeelilrnt.
Mrs. Marcla Bracnenrldgo, wife of .
former Public Works Commissioner
John C Brackenrldge. now a consulting
engineer at 95 Liberty street, was found
dead Inst night In a bathroom nt her
home In Church street near Division,
Richmond Hill, Queens. The room was
filled with gas that had escaped from
a Jet which, It Is believed, was ac
cidentally turned on In an odd man
ner. Servants stw Mrs. Brarkenrldge go
to the bathroom at 2 P. M. with nn
electric curling Iron In her hand. She
euffered from kidney trouble nnd was
subject to dizzy spells It Is believed
she fainted and fell, the curling Iron
striking against the gas cock and forc
ing It open.
Mrs. liiackcnrldge was 50 years old.
She was the mother of two children, a
daughter, who was recently married,
and a eon, Oavln, 21. Mho Is nnny
on .1 vacation trip and could not bt
reached last night.
Th muni Itolil iiNon Wnrren.
Thomas Itnblnson W-irren. for many
years a f.iinlllnr Hume on the New
York Stock Ilxrhange Moor, died Jen
terdny at his home In New Brufis
wlik, N. J., of pneumonia. He was
SS years old. Mr. Wnrren was
born In this city. He was a son of
Jelin Wnrren nnd 11 grandson of John
Gardner Warren, the llrst president of
the New York Stock llxrhnnge. He
mnrrled In 155 Mls Kllznbetli Nellsnn
of New Brunswick. He entered busi
ness with his father and brother under
the firm name of John Wnrren & Son
ut 5S Wall street. He fetlred ln 1SS0.
Much of Mr Warren's later life hid
been devoted to writing book.s on hunting
and yachting.
Mr. Warren leaves two sons and two
daughters.
Children's Alii nxeursliiiis.
Poor women nnd young children will
enjoy to-dny the llrst of sixteen steam
lm.it excursions to be given this summer
by the Children's Aid Society, inr, i:,ist
Twenty-second street. Ten of the ex
cursions will be provided for hy Mr
and Mrs. Vincent AMnr and six by
Mrs. Kdward Stephen flarkness. Tho
party to-day will bo taken a short dis
tance up the Hudson, and then down
1 the bay to the society's children's sum-
mer home nt Bath Beach, where ench
will receive n substantial box luncheon.
DIED.
IlIItMINr-rllAM. Passed away peacefully
at Omvllle, Oil., on June 1', 1515, th.
Itev. Dr. Daniel Mochel Birmingham
of 130 West rifty-eeventh street. New
York city.
Funeral services nt Pt. Paul's Church.
KlRhty-elxth street and West Fnd ave.
nue, New York, on Sunday, June 27, at
i;:30 noon,
CALM AN. At fllenliend. Prld-iy morning.
June :S, Rtnmn. nfler a long Illness,
widow of IJmll Caiman, In her seventy
ninth jcir.
runer.il services at Haleni Tlelds Ceme
tery, Sunday. Juno 27, at 11 A. SI.
Kindly omit tinners.
COWPBHTHWAIT. On June 19H, nt
Ids residence, 30 North Broadway,
Yonkers, N. Y., Montgomery 11.
Cowperthualt. sun of the lute Samuel
Newell und Phoebe .Morgan Cowper
tlinalt. I'uneral private. Kindly oml (lowers.
JOSIiPI-'Y. llafnel, on Juno ii. aged 61
j ears.
l-'uneral eirlre at his lit re.ldence.
36Ti llro.idway, on Sunday afternoon
nt 1:30 o'clock. Interment private
Tlie Ilotietnl.ins (Now York Mtmlclana'
Cluhl announce with deep regret thi
death of lt.1f.1el Joscrty on Friday,
June 25 M.mtirrt are requested t
attend the funeral service at 3671
llrnidwuy, on Sunday, June 27, at
1 30 o'eloek.
l'UANZ KNKIsni,. President.
SIAI.AOON -On June 25, Manuel, ag 1"
F11t11r.1l chapel Stephen Merrltt llurlil
and I'rcnutlon lomp.in, Klxhth 111
nun and Nineteenth tnet, Monday, 3
o'clock
MHIUMAN. Mother M.irv Nivler Me.
began, at Convent Station, N. J .lunn
St. 1915. In the ntn.'ti -llrst year t
her nee, elxty-nlnth of her religious
life and flfty-nei enili ,11 Superior oC
the Now Jersey Sinters of I'h.irlty.
The reverend elerr, relatives and
friend' of the sisters and ineuilierH of
the St. Illlsalieth Aliimuti' Assni htloti
are Invited to nt le ml the mass nt
requiem nn Mon.lai, June 2. at 10
o c.o -It. Inlei-'netit rft i',,oi-,ii Station.
WAIIIIIJN At Ills re.l.len, e, In New
Brunswick, N. .1 . on Friday, .luno 23,
1510, Thomas llohlnnon Warren, In tho
eight! eighth ear of Ills age, mm tit
the lato John Warron of Now York
city
It Is kindly requested that no flowers
be sut. Notice of funeral hereafter.
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