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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1913
Page
9
Dr Lee H. Raymond and Miss Grace Ashwell wed at the Church of the Heavenly Rest on Fifth Avenue in New York. Attendants include Miss Madeline Ashwell and bridesmaids in pink charmeuse robes with lace details. Reception held at the Gotham Hotel following the ceremony.
Clarence L Barber of 100 West 144th Street married Miss Eugenie Davenport Sturgess daughter of Mrs Frederick M Dowd of Boston on September 25. The ceremony was kept quiet from Hamilton College classmates until after graduation when Barber announced it before leaving for Utica to begin in advertising.
Miss Wate Valentine Langdon daughter of Mrs Thomas Fober Langdon of 85 West Eighty third Street wed Snsley Chase Graves of this city at noon yesterday in St Bartholemew's Chapel the Rev Dr Graves officiating The bride was given in marriage by A Wadsworth Langdon of Philadelphia Her sister Miss Molly Langdon was her only attendant Best man was Henry Whiting of Hartford Conn A small reception followed at Sherry's attended only by immediate families
In Point Pleasant New Jersey on June 26 Miss Lillian Janey Dunn daughter of Mr and Mrs John Henry Dunn Newark and Kenneth Tuttle Barnaby of New York were married by Rev Father Edward J Allen assisted by Rev Father Berard. Miss Dunn wore a white gown with Milanese pearls and carried orchids and lilies of the valley. A reception followed at the bride’s shore home.
The St Denis Hotel at Broadway and Eleventh Street was placed in receivership by Judge Hand. Arthur H. Gottheld named receiver. bankruptcy petition filed by creditors Myers & Goldsmith. Hotel leases, debt, and limited assets cited amid plans for possible reorganization and continued operation.
President Wilson appointed the Commission on Industrial Relations with Frank P. Walsh as chairman. Other members include John R. Commons and Mrs. J. Borden Harriman as public representatives, Frederick A. Delano and Warris Weinstock as employers, and John B. Lennon James OConnell and Austin B. Garretson as labor representatives.
Miss Delia Farley Dana daughter of Richard Henry Dana of Cambridge and granddaughter of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow married Robert I Hutchinson of Philadelphia. The town clerk conducted a simple ceremony reflecting the couple's socialist interests as they planned to study state socialism in New Zealand before returning to America.
Charles Hazlett Cahan Jr. of Montreal and Cecile Whitehead wed at St Michael's Church on Ninety-ninth Street and Broadway. The bride wore white lace over chiffon and satin with lilies of the valley. she was walked down the aisle by her uncle Judge James Blanchard. Best man was Burton Habey. relatives attended a wedding breakfast at the bride’s home on West 119th Street. The couple will honeymoon and reside in Montreal where Cahan practices law.
Mr and Mrs Orrill Henry Hayes of 62 West Forty-seventh Street announce the marriage of their daughter Bertha Guernsey Hayes to Capt Antony Vladimir Spirov Seferovitch. The ceremony was held Wednesday at the Hayes home with Rev Dwight Sk Marvin of Summit officiating. Seferovitch, from Montenegro, has recently taken American citizenship and will reside in the city with his bride.
Social notes list multiple society figures sailing for Europe and abroad. Parker Newton sails for Scotland, Lionel Guest heads to Canada, Mrs. Vanderbilt and children travel abroad, the Marquis de Barthomey leaves for China, Countess von Coburg hosts a dinner for Mr. and Mrs. White sailing to Europe, Stout party sails for England and France, Beale and Seely visit Augusta, Russia trip for Edward Simmons Hall, Seely announces birth Nancy Stoddart Seely, Kraft to sing at Vanderbilt Home, Briarcliff Café chantant directed by Mrs Hawkesworth, Slade Crombie at Edegwood Inn, Williman Gerry Slade and Crombie stays in Frankfort, Beatrice Jones visits White House.
Dorothy Falconer Ballard Smith stands to gain over $800000 from Mrs. Butterfield's estate if she does not marry a son of Mrs. Eleanor Phelps McKeague and if four of five executors approve her choice of husband. If she disobeys, her share goes to two cousins and several charities.
A Federal Grand Jury indicted De Winter & Co., R. B. Shimer & Co., and William P. Brown and partners for conspiring with railroad inspectors to inflate damage claims on egg shipments. Several defendants pled not guilty. bail set from 200 to 5,000 dollars. The case traces inflated claims across interstate shipments with firms allegedly earning rebates.
Playground Attendants at a Park Board meeting in the Arsenal Central Park asked to be renamed Play Leaders. They asked for annual salaries rather than daily pay and the board granted both requests, setting salaries from 1200 to 1500 dollars annually.
Passengers booked to depart today on the St Paul for Southampton via Plymouth and Cherbourg include Mrs G Allen Mrs W Ames Mr and Mrs L D Baldwin Mrs M A Burr Miss C A Beard Mr and Mrs Benning M W Bropsen Miss Marian Butler Mr and Mrs Otis S Carrell and many others with arrivals yesterday from Naples on the Prinzess Irene listing Hubert A Brady Miss F Bryan Furman Clayton Miss Elmer Van Dyke Brex Landi Eliott Vincent Gabriel le Florer late Helen Walcott and others.
Paris June 26 Arthur Hammerstein announces Mile. Marthe Chenal will sing leading roles in Camille Erlanger's Aphrodite to be conducted in New York by Erlanger. Chenal will be paid 1500 dollars per performance and will perform Aphrodite La Tosca Aida in Italian and French répertoire. TM Vezzani the Italian tenor is also engaged.
Milton Aborn cabled to Century Opera Company that he arranged with Henry Russell Boston Opera House to exchange principals during the season. Elizabeth Ansden will appear at Century early season. Century engages Walter Wheatley Thomas Chamers and Ivy Scott for next season. Ivy Scott, an Australian soprano, led in The Merry Widow and The Girl of the Golden West.
The Crocker Land expedition sails next Wednesday from the Brooklyn Navy Yard for the Arctic. Three couples in the party will be separated for at least three years. The group is led by Donald B. MacMillan and operates under the Museum of Natural History.
Three youths—Michael Dorbney Henry Margo and John Rena—were fined 32 each in W Side Court after disturbing the wolf in the Central Park menagerie. An auction at the park sold 54 lambs for 865.25 and seven old sheep for 47.25, plus 700 pounds of wool for 130. Deer bids failed. Keeper Bill Snyder favored the panhandler lamb named Sister.
In Hemet California a group of residents ordered a crew of apricot pickers believed to be Japanese to leave. The intruders baggage was dumped on the train as they were expelled. Ranchers near Hemet had hired the workers. Later officials and local business leaders condemned the action. A Japanese official said Koreans caused no provocation and that Japanese would avoid unwelcome places.
Patrolman Hartman of East 126th Street Station halted a runaway horse hitched to a delivery wagon near Public School 159 on 120th Street and Second Avenue. He leaped for the bridle and held on for 25 yards before throwing the animal as it kicked him. He was treated at Harlem Hospital and sent home. The rig belonged to Twelfth Ward Stables at 307 115th Street, driven by Josephis of 2335 Second Avenue.
The Interstate Commerce Commission reissued a plan to investigate whether current rail freight rates yield adequate revenues, saving an estimated $250,000 in new tariff costs. The 5 to 2 decision preserved prior denials of a rehearing while attaching dissenting opinions from three commissioners.
Henry W. Savage buys American rights to La Demoiselle du Magasin a Paris hit. Harrison Grey Fiske engages Julian Estrange for a European comedy. Rachel Crothers new play slated for Arthur Hopkins this Fall. Kenneth Hill returns to Within the Law at the Metropolitana. Aida Overton Walker to present at the Victoria the week of July 14. Julia Sanderson sails to London and Paris with her mother after leading The Sunshine Girl at Knickerbocker.
Established over 50 years in Greater New York's premier manufacturing area the company owns 2.5 acres of land with buildings and equipment free and clear. Operating 55 years with a strong local trade network including branches in Boston Philadelphia and Baltimore. Owners seek sale due to other interests and offer satisfactory terms. W C S PO Box 3276 Boston Mass.
The Duke of Sutherland, the largest private European landowner aside from the Russian czar, died at Dunrobin Castle Sutherlandshire at 1 AM. Born 1851 he held military and political posts and toured North America in 1911 and 1912. He married Lady Millicent St Clair-Erskine. they had three children.
A列 roundup of obituary notices for local figures includes Mrs. WILLIAM A. LOMBARD of 190 Riverside Drive dead in Lucerne Switzerland and CLARENCE M. NELSON of Brooklyn killed in Europe. Others include JAMES MURPHY longtime Brooklyn Public Schools official, BERNHARD NEUHAUS of Edgemere, JOHN FRAZER tied to local politics, and CATHERINE F. LICHTENSTEIN in Brooklyn. Additional passings: MARGARET HAMILTON, RUTH McCORMICK, JOHN F. JACOBUS, HOWARD H. DICKEY, CHARLES L. BAILEY, FRANCIS LEHNER, and GUSTAV LEISTNER linked to Harlem and nearby towns.
Notices intended for insertion in The New York Times may be telephoned to 1000 Bryant.
A compilation of engagements and weddings with dates in June 1913 across multiple venues including Grace Church East Orange St Anne s Church South Lincoln and residences. Names include Louise Savoye and Albert Ward Chamberlin Alicia Denio Mitchell and Frank A Huffer Kathleen Costello and William A Dempsey etc.
Notices of deaths and funeral arrangements for Winifred J. Allen Phoebe Wood Arrowsmith Barbara Berliner Armandia R. Brown Axel Ericson Harriet Porter Ingersoll and others. Services listed with locations including Harlem Brooklyn Bayside Jamaica Machpelah Cemetery Canonbury Road St Pauls Parish House and Englewood Hospital.
A compiled death and funeral notices page records multiple obituaries and services across Finshing NY Yonkers Arverne and Newark areas. It lists names such as John Howard Lever Daniel Jose Lynch Mary Brown Seymour and many others with residence dates and service times. The notices include church funerals at St Georges St Josephs Trinity Church and St Rose of Lima and various burial details across Cleveland New Jersey and New York locations.
In memoriam notices list masses for the deceased at St. Mary’s and St. Joseph’s churches. Readers are directed to attend services today at 8 AM and 3 PM following funeral rites at local parish locations.
Next Sunday's Times Magazine features a graphic Gettysburg battle chronicle with reports from war correspondents and four decades of retrospective pieces. It includes three Lincoln Address analyses, Reynolds tribute by Rosengarten, soldier's rank view, and discussions of Union strategies, veteran programs, and postwar memorials across multiple pages.
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