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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1916
Page
3
A verse front in the Conning Tower recounts Professor August Schmidt choosing to stay and fight as war nears Italy, with students and mobs in Rome. later notes on Justice Hughes and political hints mix with daily life, travel, and reflections on war and national mood. The fragment blends poetry, editorials, and diary entries from a wartime era, mentioning Verdun, Kitchener, and cultural commentary.
Miss Elise Francke daughter of Mrs Lindsley Tapin wed Repl AM Manks of Maine at Church of the Ascension with Rev. Weostwick officiating. Bridesmaids wore turquoise blue. after ceremony, couple to honeymoon in Arizona then reside in Boston. Also, Miss Schirmer weds William Rodman Fay of Boston at Church of the Ascension with reception at Mrs Schirmer’s home.
Erskine New Jersey June 6 A day of narrows at the young society s women s emergency service corps camp. Horses arrived from Central Park Riding Academy to be fed and groomed by a female detail. A dish rag clogged the portable dish washing tank prompting a plumber s intervention and a sequence of mishaps. The report notes the war chargers from Central Park will equip the cavalry division of the corps.
Mrs. Tucker, formerly Miss Grace Hollingsworth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Hollingsworth, will take a brief trout fishing trip and stay at S1 West Twelfth Street. They will travel to Canada at the end of July and remain there until September.
New York University announces its 84th annual commencement at University Heights with three sessions to honor 744 degrees. Today six honorary degrees will be awarded to Rev. William Henry Demarest, Rev. William Hokephart, John Hyatt Brewer, William Merritt, Henry Page, and Dr. Daniel W. Hering. Tomorrow afternoon the School of Commerce, Accounts and Finance holds its separate ceremony.
Commencement exercises at St St College in Annadale on the Hudson begin next Sunday and run four days. Bishop Charles S. Burch and other Episcopal clergy join laymen in the program. Sermons will be delivered by Rev. Arthur St. Judge of New York and Rev. Charles A. Jessup of Buffalo. The college dramatic club stages The Importance of Henry on campus Monday night. Dr. Judge will deliver the baccalaureate sermon next Sunday with exercises Monday and a commencement luncheon Wednesday.
Columbia University will confer 2212 degrees at its 162nd commencement. Six honorary degrees will be awarded by Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler. Noted figures including Joseph Hoate and Samuel Walker McCall will receive honorary doctorates. Alumni from 1860 to 1915 return for the costume parade and reunion on South Field. The cornerstone ceremony for Phoebe Barnard Student Hall will be laid this afternoon.
New Jersey wedding reported at Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church in Plainfield. Kenneth H Condit, son of Colonel and Mrs Oscar H Condit of East Orange, marries Miss jorie W Brown, daughter of Mrs Howard McWilliams of Hillside Avenue. The Rev Dr J S Zelie officiates. couple will reside in Princeton.
Albert Reuter of 820 Longwood Avenue The Brons was arraigned as a third offender in Washington Heights Court yesterday for speeding. He was fined $100, paid for the benefit of William Segek of 42 West Fifty-fifth Street.
A relief plan aims to dispatch a second expedition this summer to locate Donald MacMillan and his party stranded over two years on Greenland's northern coast. The effort involves the Crocker Land Committee, funding of about 120000, and a Danish chartered steamer Danmark, with uncertainties over MacMillan's return and ice conditions threatening the search.
Colonel Walter B Hotchkings former commander of the 22d Corps of Engineers N G N died last night after a liver illness He was fifty two years old A veteran of the Spanish American War with the 16th New York Volunteers he joined the engineering corps after muster out and was elected colonel in 1902 He belonged to the Army and Navy Club New York Athletic Club Machinery Club and Engineers Club
England protests not about the German staff at Rye on the Sound but about the idea they are unseen. The article describes the embassy’s summer presence, the layout of the cottages, and guests moving about Rye while diplomats prefer quiet weather talk. The embassy staff plan a summer in Washington and New York, with locals polite but cautious.
Uruguay will send the small steamship Inatitatoperca from Montevideo to aid the Shackleton expedition. Lieutenant Shackleton has arrived at Port Stanley with two men while the main party seeks refuge on Elephant Island after the Endurance was crushed. the Uruguayan relief aims to reach the crew on the island, who are likely short on provisions.
Fragmented OCR text references Allied bases, a Grant Commission, American worker contexts, Astor, and war era meetings. Readable items mention fascist containment and a conference, but many phrases are unclear. The readable names and places hint at wartime organizational activity without coherent details.
Lieut B Barnette and musical comedy star Julia Sanderson wed at Presbyterian Church Greenwich Conn at 10 5 this morning officiated by Rev Dr Frank Marson with no attendant. They left by motor for New York. honeymoon planned in the Bay of Fundy. Rear Admiral W Gane advanced on May 18. Sanderson known for stage work.
Barnard seniors presented a clock for the new students hall as part of the class day exercises. Carol Lorenc, undergraduate president, received the memorial prize. Mercedes Mortis read the class poem. Emma Seip recited the class history.
A Washington letter from Mount Vernon dated September 14, 2025, to J Francis sold for 170 dollars at the Andersonies sale, with other Washington letters fetching 120 150 and 135 dollars. The collection centers on letters about assembling a full dress military suit for Washington’s upcoming birthday in the year of Dig tent.
Dr Thomas Franklin Smith eighty four died at home 264 Lenox Avenue after thirty four years as a physician at Metropolitan Hospital. He was honored by Mount Morris Baptist Church where he had been a member fifty years and served as a United States pension examiner since 1864. He helped found the American Institute of Homeopathy and served as its treasurer for over twenty five years. He served in the Civil War as a surgeon and retired with the rank of major.
Edward L. Dobbins of Morristown New Jersey died at home. He was a lawyer who joined the Civil War as a lieutenant, later entered insurance and rose to first vice president of a major company. He served as rector and trustee for several institutions in the Morristown area.
Charles H. Northam seventy four longtime Hartford grain dealer and director of banks and corporations died at his home after retiring from Smith Northam & Co. He leaves a widow three sons and two daughters including Mrs J Irving Romer of New York. Death announced in Hartford.
Notices report deaths and marriages with names and ages, including Bigelow, Sobrins, Avinston, Jow, and Smith. Entries note hospital death in Morristown New Jersey, a June date cluster, and interment arrangements at Mount Holly and Woodlawn Cemetery, alongside burial and funeral details in Islip Long Island and nearby areas.
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