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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1916
Page
3
A fragmented column covers party planks and candidates, with quotes from Republicans Democrats and Prohibitionists about Americanism and patriotism. It references Governor Johnson, President Wilson, and public figures, plus assorted satirical notes and letters about censorship and theater.
New York society packed hotels and churches as several weddings occurred yesterday. Miss Kate Gordon Willis wed Charles F. Schall at the Church of the Heavenly Rest with a reception at the Ritz Carlton, while City Magistrate Daniel Murphy married Mrs. M. Sheldon Puller at her father’s home. Other society unions followed at St Stephen’s and the Gotham Hotel with prominent families and numerous attendants featured in the day’s social page.
Miss Dorothy Brace daughter of Charles Loring Brace of the Children's Aid Society married Dr John Calvert Domildton of Cincinnati in Grace Church Chantry. The Rev Dr Slattery officiated as the ceremony was attended by Betty Brace and Norman Donaldson with only immediate relatives present due to mourning.
Mary A Eastly daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Eastty of Glen Ridge New Jersey married Clifford Webster Estes of Babylon Long Island at noon yesterday in the home of the bride’s parents 102 Mill Hide Avenue Glen Ridge The ceremony was performed by Rev White of Christ Church with Miss Ruth Bayard Eastty and Margaret Ager as bridesmaids George of New York was best man The couple will reside in Glen Ridge
Beverly Massachusetts June 14 at Grafton wood summer home of Dr and Mrs James Henry Lancashire the wedding of their daughter Helen Lancashire to Umberto M Coletti of New York performed by Dr Alexander Mann. Bride wore white satin gown with pearl embroidery cascade veil and orange blossom bouquet. Attendants sister Lila Lancashire and ushers Ammi W Lancashire Alessandro Fabbri Lawrence White. Fifty guests at wedding breakfast. couple to live in New York City where Coletti directs Italian Immigration Society. Also notes engagement of Francie Cooley Hall daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur Parry of Boston and Brookline with family ties to Princeton and Harvard Medical School student.
Seton Hall College Orange N J held commencement exercises for twenty-one graduates. Bishop John presided as 21 students received Bachelor of Arts degrees, two had earned degrees at other colleges.
A Rockefeller Foundation commission led by General William C. Gorgas sails on the United Fruit liner Almirante for a South American tour to study yellow fever origins and feasibility of a eradication campaign. The group also includes Dr. Henry R. Carter and Dr. Juan Gulteras. They will assess infection sources on routes Caracas to Colon and through Brazilian ports, seeking practical eradication methods as Havana’s success raises hopes and concerns remain in the region.
Arthur J McKenna, son of Mrs. Margaret McKenna and a Tribune staff member, married Agnes Theresa Murphy at St Patrick’s Church Kent Avenue Brooklyn. Rev Father Joseph F Murphy officiated with family and friends present. reception at Mrs McKenna’s home followed by departure for Adirondacks. ushers included Al A McKenna and Joseph M Murphy. Also noted was the wedding of S Walsh daughter of J J Walsh to Senator Charles M Egan of New Jersey earlier in the day at Lady of Angels, Brooklyn, with Thomas Tumulty and Virginia Walsh among attendees.
Rookies trained like veterans as 500 joined a parade at Plattsburg N Y during a six day encampment. Officers mapped routes and camp grounds while troops practiced tenting and marching in a precursor to a larger July four regiment maneuver plan.
A sale at Anderson Galleries offered four volumes of The Presidents of Women in Separation Action and 27 original presidential autographs, with George Dr. Smith paying 260 for a first edition of Thackeray Christmas Books and 115 for Rowlandson plates. Gabriel Weis bid 400 for Treat, and the session totaled 2512, with potential full sale values near 7957.50.
The Board of Education praised Dr James Sullivan for resigning as Boys High School principal to become State Historian. It approved funds to buy property for five Manhattan schools and three Bronx schools plus one each in Brooklyn and Queens, and granted paid leave to 75 teachers. Fire rules allow red lights at school meetings, principals appointed at PS 42 and PS 70, playgrounds opened for July 4 celebrations, and full time teachers receive salary credit for prior service.
The fiftieth wedding anniversary of General and Mrs. Ellie C. King was marked by a private reception at their Willow Street home in Brooklyn Heights. Living guests included five daughters and sixteen grandchildren, with best man William Lathrop absent due to his passing. Rev Newell Dwight Hillis attended, and the couple were wed by Henry Ward Beecher at John Tasker Howard’s home. General King, Civil War veteran, renowned lawyer, statesman, author and music composer, and Esther Howard, his wife, are central figures in a long associated life.
Bernard G. Richards of the American Jewish Congress said the mass meeting at Carnegie Hall next Wednesday is not opposed to Jacob H. Schiff or anyone else. The gathering aims to press for Jewish emancipation and concerted action by American Jews, especially over Russia and Romania. About 1200 societies from 90 cities and 28 states will be represented. tickets required for entry. Louis J. Brandeis chairs. Jacob Carling and Bernard G. Richards are treasurers and secretary respectively.
Mrs Rosina Hageman known as Rosina Van Dyck sues Richard Hageman assistant conductor at the Metropolitan Opera House for separation on abandonment grounds. She cites two other women including Rena Thornton and alleges husband admitted affairs after reproving Thornton. Married in 19 eight and lived happily until these disclosures. She seeks alimony and plans to apply to Justice Glegerich for support.
Harvard authorities block plan for fifty students to form a flying corps amid concerns the venture is dangerous and could be misused. The corporation cites moral responsibility, possible commercialization, and better university projects as reasons to oppose the effort. About $16,000 had been raised by supporters prior to the decision.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Avenida Aveo Avint Baseet, central palace mine, city cleaning, Americas Friendship, and vague names. Lacks coherent facts, dates, or identifiable entities.
MIT held the final graduation in its old Boston buildings and later dedicated a new Cambridge plant valued at 10 million dollars. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge gave the principal address as President B C MacLaurin conferred 460 degrees on the senior class including several Chinese students in naval architecture, marine engineering, and aeronautical engineering.
Summit New Jersey plans to provide a motorcycle dispatch rider company for the movement and will join a battery of motorcycle signal corps. G A Burdett, who helped form a motorcycle machine fun battery for Englewood, is to explain the organization. More than 700 orphans and their children were taken to Palisades Park in 126 automobiles for a noon outing with free ice cream and rides.
The Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America urges all affiliated churches and Sunday schools to a second appeal for war relief funds. It calls for a relief collection committee in every church and a community committee in every town or city. The circular highlights dire needs among blinded, Jewish refugees, Montenegrins, Ukrainians, Nestorians, Persians, and Syrians, and notes homeless East Prussia numbers. Donations are needed, but clothing, hospital supplies, blankets, and food are also welcomed. Pastors should form local committees and coordinate with federations to ensure serious consideration and a special Sunday for war relief.
Dr Robert W Hutcheson a retired medical authority died at his Merrick Road home aged eighty one He pioneered prognosis and therapy of croup and first distinguished membranous croup from ordinary croup Born February 21 1836 in the Bahamas he studied at King’s College London and moved to Brooklyn in 1881 He settled in Rockville Centre in 1865 leaving two sons Dr J Ennor Hutcheson and Dr Robert F Hutcheson and two daughters Mrs Edwin Patten and Miss Maud Hutcheson.
Prominent journalist Jules, foreign editor of Le matin, killed at Verden while serving in the French army as a lieutenant. He had visited Washington during the spring crisis and was noted for reporting on the Mexican situation. Also reported are two wedding notices: Elizabeth McKeern Cutting to Stafford McLean, and Emilie Barnes Turner to Charles Sumner Miller, with other marriage and obituary snippets across the page.
Notices announced deaths and marriages featuring full names and areas including Catherine Ferrell Ressler of California and New Haven interment, Adelyn Humason of Brooklyn, Isabel Donaldson Watts MacKay of Clinton Street Brooklyn, Charlotte Adalia Tessler, Clara Scrymser of Brooklyn, and Mary Talcott Wynkoop. The notices list funeral details, residences, and burial sites such as St Joseph RC Church South Norwalk and Kinderhook New York, with dates in June 1914 to 1918. Interments occur in New Haven and Kinderhook, among others, reflecting widespread community records.
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