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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1911
Page
11
June remains a favored wedding month with multiple ceremonies today. Grace Church hosts the large union of Miss Louise Chalmers and Reginald Ducat at 4 o'clock, among eight major weddings, while many more are planned at private homes and several other churches.
London announces the engagement of Dorothy Lillian Rundall, daughter of Col. Frank Rundall, to Henry McBurney son of Dr. and Mrs. Charles McBurney of New York. Rundall is granddaughter of the late Gen F H Randall. her father served in the British Army in the Far East. McBurney, Harvard 1898, member of University and Racquet and Tennis Clubs. his father was a surgeon at McKinley’s death. The family reside at 95 Westbourne Terrace W., London, and at Cherry Farm near Stockbridge, Mass.
Miss Lucy Lee Garrard daughter of Col Garrard at Fort Myer Va. marries Lieut Victor S Foster of the same post in the Administration Building. White uniforms gold cord and swords mark the scene with Cavalry Band music. Bridal party includes Valerie Garrard and several named guests. Capt Howard H Baily is best man. ushers from the Fifteenth Cavalry. The Rev Dr Randolph McKim conducts the ceremony.
J Wideman Lee Jr son of Rev Dr and Mrs James W Lee of 5068 Washington Avenue and Mrs Florence O Day Hallahan daughter of the late Daniel O Day, founder and VP of Standard Oil, will marry in Philadelphia June 10. The Rev Dr James W Lee will perform the ceremony at the bride’s sister’s home in Philadelphia. The couple will reside in Philadelphia where Lee heads the publicity department of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Mrs Hallahan is the widow of a leading Philadelphia attorney killed in an accident two years ago.
The wedding of Miss Nellie Thompson Pearson and Alexander Kennedy Nimick is set for June 14 in the city. Miss Pearson is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles J Pearson of 1 West Eighty first Street and Nimick is from Mr and Mrs Alexander K Nimick of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. The couple secured a marriage license yesterday.
A roundup of society movements lists patrons headed to Europe and summer retreats. Arthur Carroll and Howard Carroll family ties anchor Manhattan mentions while the Strongs sail for Europe and Nelsons head to Larchmont for the season. Further entries note Browning returning from Japan, Trevors joining a Southampton country house, Drexels and Loews planning Newport, the Kendalls away at Park Avenue, and polo guests from the Widener circle. Engagement news highlights Katherine Wood and John Berwind guesting at Bridgehampton with social set stays at St Regis and other luxury lodgings.
The Plaza Hotel opened the Terrace Garden last night despite rain with 743 guests. The Fifth Avenue entrance will stay open year round for guests, and decorations included American Beauty roses and lilies. Polo enthusiasts attended the Meadow Brook match postponed by rain, with many notable guests at dinner including Judge Lovett and Mrs Lovett, Ambassador Hengelmiller, Andrew Carnegie and families, plus numerous other prominent attendees.
Lists passengers sailing to Europe on several liners including Cleveland to Hamburg Lorraine to Havre Bremen to Bremen and Pannonia to Naples. Names cover numerous individuals and couples such as J H Asch Theodore Brinkman Edward Cunningham and many others, plus arrivals yesterday from Liverpool aboard the Cunarder Caronia with a long roster of travelers and dignitaries.
The notices show Carl B Harfst leaving 1500 to a personality and 300 to his wife Louise with 200 to each child Arthur T Louise and Carl B. John C Brennan died May 16 1911 leaving under 500 to his wife Mary Brennan. Simon Morris died May 28 1911 leaving 500 to his wife Priscila Morris. Richard H Clarke died May 24 1911 leaving over 10000 realty and over 13000 personal estate with various bequests to his children and one third residuary to each daughter. Johanna Metzger of 1642 Amsterdam Ave left 500 to the brother of her husband 500 to Anna Johanna Metzger 800 to Claire Belle Steinhilber and residue to Fannie Belle Steinhilber. Samuel Lindborg left whole estate to brother Ludwig Lorentz Lindborg. Robert Levers died March 27 1911 leaving over 10000 realty and over 10000 personal estate to wife Fredrika Levers a 7500 bequest to grandson Joseph Raymond Pearson and equal residuary shares to son Robert and daughters Emma and Mina.
Edward M. Shepard of New York City has been selected to deliver a lecture at Yale University for the coming term. The announcement notes Shepard’s prominence in urban planning and his involvement with civic reform, highlighting his lecture engagement as a notable academic event for Yale scholars and students.
The National Electric Light Association adopted a report endorsing profit sharing with employees, old age service annuities, accident and life insurance, death benefits, and employee savings funds. Secretary Charles Nagel praised the plan as a major step toward industrial peace, noting emphasis on service and fair compensation beyond wages. The proposal urges employer funded service annuities, thrift banks, and limited wage protection during convalescence, with cash optional under certain conditions. The meetings continue with sessions in New York City and theater outings planned through Saturday.
Actress Kitty Gordon sailed from New York aboard the Cunard liner Lusitania to head to London for a divorce from Hon. Henry Beresford of England and to marry Count Fries of Vienna who awaits her arrival. She plans to return in the Fall to appear in a new play, name undisclosed.
The Green Room Club Board of Governors voided the independent ticket as illegal and declared the regular ticket the winners after a special meeting. George M. Cohan leads as Prompter with Hollis E. Cooley as Call Boy and Frank G. Stanley as Copyist among eleven officers and trustees named.
The National Electric Light Association delegates and guests will form perhaps the citys largest theatre party. About 5000 will attend three shows at Broadway Theatre Winter Garden and Lyric with Lew Fields Hen Pecks Everywoman as the program. The meals will fill all dine space except the Lyric gallery.
Charles Dillingham will produce the late August revival a new farce by Ann Caldwell and James O'Dea titled Uncle Sam Thomas A Wise will star under W A Brady arrangement The company also includes Josephine Brown Arthur Shaw Juliette Dika and Cyril Biddulph A second Caldwell play The Life of the Feria will follow with John Barrymore in the lead
The upcoming Wollies of 1911 will feature a travesty on H. M. S. Pinafore. George W. Hobart to supply the libretto Maurice Levy to write the music. Also part of the revue is a condensed version of Hobart's travesty Everywife from the Lambs Gambol.
Chauncuey Olcott will end his Ballymore season next Saturday night in August. An orchestral program will feature Cohan songs and a special performance.
Crowds gathered at the pier to see the Cunard liner Lusitania depart, creating a public reception atmosphere. The ship's officers struggled to disembark visitors in time, and one distressed woman learned she had not checked baggage before sailing. Mrs. George R. Estabrook of Boston wore a distinctive harem skirt with a tight overskirt as she traveled aboard.
Seven Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital nurses resigned over new superintendent rules restricting telephone use and night off-duty permits. Superintendent Mrs Manning defended the rules as standard, while nurses denied flirting conversations over the wire and claimed the policy was unfair.
Philadelphia May 31 Doctors at the American Laryngological Association closing session debated tonsil removal with conflicts of opinion and voted to refer the question to a council for an exhaustive report next year. Dr G L Richards proposed the report after Dr W C Richardson censured young surgeons for removing tonsils on slight pretexts. Officers elected include President James E Newcomb New York First Vice President F C Cotb Boston Second Vice President B R Shurly Detroit Secretary Treasurer H Smith New York Librarian Joseph H Bryan Washington.
At Stevens Institute in Hoboken yesterday President Humphreys said four years of operation left the institute $76,000 in the red. The class of 1911 numbered 78 with William E. Blythe of Glen Ridge as top honors man. Other honor students included George Armstrong Paterson William J. Beamer of Jersey City Walter A. Schaefer East Orange and Roland H. Strader Newark. James Myers of Elizabeth won the Cyrus Lawrence prize of $50 for promoting student activity. Raymond Whithall Plainfield received the $23 chemistry efficiency prize. The class of 1911 won the Hosea Water Cup for field and track supremacy.
Special to The New York Times from Racine Wisconsin reports that Henry George Mitchell, a Racine manufacturer and son of the founder of Mitchell Wagon Works, died of heart disease after a golf win at the City Country Club. He helped organize the Mitchell-Lewis Motor Company and served as vice president.
James F. Thomas aged 85 died at 622 Halsey Street Brooklyn Monday. He worked for Harvey Fisk & Sons as a colored porter and was a well known Wall Street figure. Born enslaved in Virginia he escaped at 21 with Quaker aid to New York and later earned freedom papers in Exeter Hall London for 1000. He served Fisk & Hatch and then Harvey Fisk & Sons for forty seven years.
Lawrence Wells president of Manhattan Storage and Warehouse Company on Forty second Street and Lexington Avenue died last night at his home at 45 West Forty seventh Street after several days of heart disease. He was 74 and a Rutgers graduate of 1854. Survived by wife Sarah R. Schuchardt two daughters Katherine Remsen and Julia Lawrence Wells and son Thomas Lawrence Wells.
John V Clarke, 48, president of the Hibernian Banking Association and long time director of the Clearing House Association, died this morning of pneumonia in Chicago. He joined the Hibernian Bank at age 20, rising from messenger to president in 1892, and was deeply involved with Roman Catholic affairs. He was son of John Vaughan Clarke, founder of the Mera Association in 1869.
Brig. Gen. Daniel W. Burke, U S Army retired, died in Portland Oregon on Memorial Day. Born in Connecticut in 1841 he enlisted June 10 1858 and fought in Indian wars and the Civil War. He earned the Medal of Honor for spiking a gun at Gettysburg later promoted to colonel of the Seventeenth Kentucky and received brevet ranks.
A series of obituaries recounts Dr. John Westbay of West Twenty-third Street, JOHN EMERY MORRIS of the Travellers' Insurance Company in Hartford, and prominent figures like ROBERT M. STRATTON, THADDEUS M. SCHNELL, and Mrs. SARAH E. WOOD. Also listed are A ALPHONSE DAYTON, ALLAN MAGOWAN, CATHERINE A. WENZEL, JAMES O. VALENTINE, MICHAEL F. REILLY, THOMAS J. FITCH, and WARREN CALHOUN HUBBARD, detailing birthplaces, affiliations, residences, and familial survivors.
Brief notice states marriage and death notices are to be sent by telephone to 1000 Bryant for insertion in The New York Times.
The notice lists several marriages by couple and date including BAL LANCE Bessie to John Marsh on May 380 and HADDEN Crowell Jr to William Pool on May 30 in Brooklyn and Connecticut. Additional entries include ZIMMERMAN Katherine to Tunney on May 29 and BRISTOL Christa E to Harold W Humphrey on May 28 in Connecticut. New Jersey records show NOLAN Eleanor H to Harry W Burdette on May 28 in Trenton.
Brief death notices from Orange New Jersey to New York City list names such as Henry Baldwin Ralph Corbin A Alphonse Dayton Thomas J Fitch and many others. The column notes private or upcoming services dates times and locations including Me dville Meadville Philadelphia Cincinnati Newport and Newark among churches and meeting houses.
In Wemortam Clark Peter heads St James Church Newark mass at 8 30 A M Dominick Dunnigan Patrick H Mass St Charles Borromeos Brooklyn at 9 A M Regan Bernardo A Mass St Josephs Newark at 9 A M today.
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