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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1909
Page
10
An electrical storm disrupted Yale class day activities in New Haven on June 28. Guests sheltered briefly as rain and gusts swirled over the campus. after the weather cleared, ceremonies resumed with the Sheffield Scientific School and Yale Law School alumni events continuing. Distinguished speakers included Leonard Bacon, Maxwell Parry, and Leonard Kennedy, with Ivy from President Taft.
Raymond Wolven, assistant to Rev W T Manning of Trinity Church New York, will be ordained an Episcopal priest at Christ Church Bloomfield on Friday morning with Bishop Edwin S Lines officiating. He previously served as deacon and assistant in Tuxedo Englewood and Trinity churches and is a graduate of General Theological Seminary.
The Rev Dr Edward Young will stay with Bedford Presbyterian Brookline after leaving Second Presbyterian Pittsburg last fall. He said he views Bedford as his life work and cannot consider recall to Pittsburg. He plans to preach at his old church next Sunday then visit his mother in Missouri before spending the summer at a Bays Ontario cottage.
The New York Bankers Association will hold its sixteenth annual session in Saratoga Springs on July 15, after the Fort William Henry Hotel at Lake George was destroyed by fire.
Neighbors from Hamilton House and nearby settlements flocked to cases at City Mission and Bethlehem Chapel as the Tribune Fresh Air Fund examiner sorted eligible children for summer outings. Heads, throats and eyes were checked, with only disease-free kids listed. others faced treatment or postponement. Some Genoese Italian sisters and a girl orphaned by her father’s desertion hoped to join, while many had never been to the country. Nearly twelve hundred children will go this week, funded by private contributions from donors including Mrs. Stephen D. Tucker and other supporters.
Theodore B Rogers aged 21, wealthy Paterson descendant, married Miss Josephine Pyle aged 19 in a late night ceremony at New Castle performed by Rev F X Moore. The couple, honeymooning by auto in Europe, traveled from Wilmington in a trolley car. The wedding followed a secretly planned match linked to Rogers family circles.
Miss Agnes Booth daughter of Mr and Mrs Vernon Booth of Chicago married Livingston Platt son of Mr and Mrs Frank H Platt and grandson of ex senator Thomas C Platt yesterday afternoon. Rev Dr J Ross Stevenson officiated at the Plaza in the brides parents home apartments. The bride wore white satin with lace, a lace veil, and lilies of the valley bouquet. Best man was J H Jones of Haverhill. No ushers. The couple will reside in New York after December.
Passengers sailing today for Europe include the Kaiser Wilhelm II heading to Bremen with many notable names such as Thomas H. José Gorgas and John R. McFaan Amerion among others. Travelers arriving yesterday from abroad include the Minnetonka and the California with Sydney Conger and F W Clarke among those listed.
United States Senator William P Frye writes from Washington on June 24 1909 to Lewiston Journal defending his vote for free aides while warning that defeating the duty would hurt the shoe industry. He cites the United Shoe Machinery Company leasing machines to Europe and teaching foreign workers, and notes the influence on colleague Mr Hale.
State Senator Israel W. Durham, a powerful Philadelphia Republican leader, died suddenly of heart disease at his Atlantic City summer home after a luncheon. The 53-year-old former city boss influenced city politics from 1896, with allies including Boies Penrose and James McNichol. He left two brothers, two sisters, and two nephews in the U S navy.
Frank K. Foster of Boston, a noted labor leader and long time chairman of the AFL legislative committee, died at McLean Hospital in Waverly after a period of paresis. He was fifty four and had been a printer in Hartford early in his career. Foster authored books on labor and remained active in union affairs until his death.
Henry Sargent Crandall born December 2 1835 in Saratoga County New York died yesterday at Manhattan State Hospital. He traced lineage to John Crandall a Rhode Island founder with Roger Williams. He went to California in 1849 and rode with William M. Stewart Aaron A. Sargent and William T. Sherman among fellow passengers. He was an abolitionist active in New York with Nathaniel Colver.
Crandall served in the New York Custom House under Generals and collectors including Arthur Merritt Hedden and Cleveland. He died after a long illness leaving two sons and two daughters.
Berlin reports the death of Professor Ernst von Halle a political economist born 1868. He gained renown in the United States for studies on cotton culture in the South German enterprise in America and economic inquiries in the West Indies and Venezuela. An ardent advocate of the German navy he helped prepare naval bills.
Winona Minn June 28 Bishop Joseph B Cotter aged sixty five years head of the southern half of Minnesota Catholic diocese died at his home last midnight from a complication of diseases He earlier in the 1880s served as president of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America.
David Graham sixty eight of Lexington avenue died Saturday night in Presbyterian Hospital after an appendicitis operation. He had served since 1868 as a clerk in the Fire Headquarters executive offices. He was son of former District Attorney David Graham and nephew of General Charles K. Graham and lawyer John Graham. Funeral at Presbyterian Hospital chapel Madison avenue and 70th street at 10 this morning. Burial at Woodlawn.
Colonel Joseph Bly long time Plaza Hotel owner in Asbury Park dies aged seventy three from general debility. Civil War veteran who commanded an Ohio volunteer regiment and helped form the Asbury Park Hotelkeepers Association. Survived by daughter Helen Blythe, an actress. Born in Plymouth Ohio.
Li Ching-hsu chargé d affaires at the Chinese Legation in Mexico City died of peritonitis. The body will lie in state for twenty four hours before shipment to China. He was a nephew of Li Hung Chang, the renowned Chinese statesman.
West Orange New Jersey June 28 Special The funeral of John Crosby Brown who died Friday evening at his summer home Brighhurst will be held in Madison Square Presbyterian Church New York at 10 tomorrow morning The service will be conducted by Reverend Dr Francis Brown president of Union Theological Seminary New York assisted by Professor Edward C Moore of Harvard a son in law of Mr Brown The honorary pallbearers include Robert C Ogden former Secretary John W Foster of Washington A Foster Higgins Charles D Rickey Dr Franklin Cwerter of Williams College Frederick Sturges Ian J Howard Van Amringe ex Mayor Seth Low Edward W Sneldon Robert W de Forest Edmund Coffin Lucius Beers Arthur C Jones Douglas Robinson Frederick Goetz and William Kingsley all of New York
The funeral for Marty Keese, longtime City Hall janitor and active in G A R and Veteran Volunteer Firemen circles, will be held this afternoon from an undertaking shop at 934 Eighth Avenue.
John D. Rockefeller will leave Pocantico Hills in his car this morning to join Mrs. Rockefeller in New York and travel to Cleveland for the summer. Mrs. Rockefeller is recovering from illness with three nurses assisting. Rockefeller plans to return to Pocantico Hills around September 2.
Berlin June 28 Emperor William contributes 7500 dollars to the German Labor Exchange Association to fund employment for jobless. The society plans energetic support across states and the Prussian cabinet will include a liberal appropriation in the next budget.
A nameless play, with a title to be chosen later, premieres at the Belasco Theatre. A young American is jilted for a wealthy widower, who loses his fortune and dies by his own hand. The hero then falls for the widow's stepdaughter while the widow schemes to derail the romance.
In Pittsburg on June 28 a court battle over the Nixon Theatre ended with Judge Kennedy ruling Samuel Nixon has the best claim. Nixon must file a $100,000 bond to guarantee his $865,000 bid and protect Pittsburg managers against loss.
The Aerial Gardens atop New Amsterdam Theatre opens the summer season with The Gentleman from Mississippi, transferred from the Bijou Theatre after a long run. Nina Morris rehearses leading in The Florist Shop at Liberty Theatre. Oscar Hammerstein sails Kronprinz Wilhelm, with Hammerstein’s Roof Garden promising a varied bill. Annette Kellermann, Willy Pantzer Acrobats and Princess Rajah top the acts aboard.
Free admission offered at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the American Museum of Natural History, plus the Zoo logical Garden. A Fifth Avenue Association meeting convenes at Hotel Lorraine at noon. The New York State Music Teachers Association holds its annual convention at the College of the City of New York at 2 15 PM. Wadleigh High School graduation on 114th Street near Seventh Avenue in the afternoon. A conference on congestion and city planning meets at the 24 Battery Armory in The Bronx in the afternoon. The German American Teachers Association annual convention gathers at Deutsche Liederkranz Hall on East 8th Street at 5 PM.
Washington June 28. The Wright brothers postponed a planned flight before the Senate House and many officials at Fort Myer as gusty winds and heat hindered testing. Officials including Secretary MacVeagh and Senator Aldrich watched while a large crowd crowded the field. Wilbur warned the test would be risky in choppy wind, and the aviators retreated to the shed as night fell.
Announcement in Boston on June 23 states national exposition for aerial craft is being organized for next spring. Many prominent aeronauts and others in aeronautics support the project.
The University of Paris announces two aviation gifts. Henri Deutsch de la Meurthe donates 100 dollars with an annual subvention of 31 dollars for a technical aeronautics department covering studies and research to perfect aerial apparatus. Basil Zakaroff funds a chair of aviation with fourteen percent? of unspecified currency.
Berlin reports an exchange program with eight American and fifty French and seven English teachers providing conversational instruction in English and French in Prussian schools. Eight Prussian teachers are in American schools, two in English schools and four in French schools. The plan is regarded satisfactory by Prussian authorities and American teachers are described as popular and efficient.
Albany reports Major L. T. Babcock of Buffalo is relieved from duty as judge advocate of the court of inquiry. The court will convene in Albany on July 12 to investigate troubles in the 2d Battalion, 10th Regiment. Captain Louis W. Stotesbury of the 7th Regiment, New York, is designated to serve as judge advocate.
The will of Holland Bennett, who disappeared from a Mediterranean steamer between Genoa and Naples on June 10, left all property to his wife, Mrs. Bennett, and was filed for probate after his May 12 marriage before sailing for Europe. The document was prepared before he sailed.
The weather bureau notes a general shift to lower temperatures over the Eastern States and Great Lakes by Tuesday night into Wednesday. Showers and cooler conditions are expected in the Eastern states, with fair and cooler weather from the Midwest to the West Tuesday and Wednesday. Local rains persist in middle Atlantic and Southern states. New England remains partly cloudy and cooler today and Wednesday. Local record shows yesterday’s high of 85 and low of 6, with averages near 77.
Readily accessible by Harlem train from Grand Central and by Webster Jerome Avenue trolleys and by carriage. Lots priced from 150 dollars. Telephone 4853 Gramercy for Book of Views or representations. Office at 20 East 23d Street New York City. Undertakers McBell 2413 West 234th Street Chapel Frank E private ambulances 1326 Ch Private Roo.
The New York Tribune announces a public file of applications for various positions at its Uptown office 1364 Broadway between 36th and 37th Streets. Offices hours 9 am to 5 pm daily including Sundays. Subscriptions and foreign mail options listed. hotel reading room arrangements abroad for the Daily and Sunday Tribune.
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