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MANY PROMINENT PEOPLE WERE ABOARD LUSITANIANKW A May 7 Many persons prominent iti the country at large were on board the -Lusitaniagoing abroad either on business orou pleasuret harles Frohman, theatrical maim* get and prod in or. sailed w ith Justus Milos Forman who wrote the war play railed, Tin Hyphen/* which was recently produced by Frohman.i ichnian walt; on hi'- :»r nuaI pro* pectin* trip end *aa said to be in-t*r» -e.j in Severn1 plays now being(produced in LondonHe was born in Sandusky. Ohio. June IT. Hbo. He is a brother of Daniel Frohman* referred to as theleast photographed titan in the theatrical profession Shortly after hisarrival here at the a«c of thirteen, he obtained employment as an of he boyon ih« Daily Graphic In the evening he sold tickets at Hooiey s theater m Brooklyn. *His managerial start was made at the age of seventeen when he went west with a show called “Our Boyslti November of 1 SsS he saw. “Shen atidoah ' played in the Boston mus eum and purchasing the rights outside of Boston and was wonderfully successful Shortly afterward he orgaiif si i the ‘ si oiiman • k |company.\t the present he i* *he prcnun'or and manager of the Kmptn Lute: ton. Lyceum. Garrick. Savoy and Knickerbocker theater m New V»ik ami the Duke of Y orkX Comedy,Globe and Adelphi theater- in Lor, don. He is also a part owner of the; Vaudeville theater in London jJuittir Miles K. • mat la aI known magazine writer and society titan He went abroad to gather him terlal for another pho and act .u a war correspondent for severs’ to 'vs papers He is a gran ■»*« nt Valeand i . gt the V .i)i tubCharles Klein, one of tie* bes? know u American playwrights, w as returning after u lb day a* busiuefts trip to his home in London \1 though warmd of the dang r befound that his trip was imperative..While leadin'* plays for Kroumanin I k .mi be w rote several plays wh h were au«c*esftfuf \niong his sm »• ful plays are. “The Music Master. ‘The Auctioneer.” ‘ The Lion and the Mouse,” ‘ The Third Degree,” and I••The Gambler He has a wife* and two sous who' reside in London. * jA 1. Hopkina, pi idetilNewport News Shipbuilding Dry dock Go of Virginia, was said to have gone* to Kurope regarding th«*proposed sab* of ships to one of the belligerent nations Mrs Hopkins:i t her home ref lifted It) talk « i the naftir«» of Hopkins trip abroad Information was also refused at the local office.The firm is the largest bud ! • of battleships in the world. Amour the • recent ships built for the \ S gov eminent are the superdreadnaughts Penney Ivatlla. which waft launched recently, and the Mississippi whichwill In* launched shortly. The dread naughts Tex,is and Delaware and* the cnim rs Virginia, Nortn Carolina and Montana.Mrs It D. Shymer, wealthy chemist 2.tid society woman, was going toLondon to organize several large*lt; hemical companies She expects tlt;»stay six weeks.David Alvord Thomas, known as the* Welsh coal king and a wellknown figure in British trade andpolitics, was also a passenger. lie was a member of parliament for '2 2years and represented a large miningeonstintlt uency. He was a friend of the miner and took a part in all the labor disputes. He is fifty five, and is considered one of the most demo cratie figures in British politics.Charles Kow les, an art dealer and member of the firm of Scott k Kow les, was on a pleasure trip w ith Mrs Kow left,Kdgar Gorer, prominent dealer in Chinese porcelains, was on his annualbuslnt - trip,Gerald A Letts, an art dealer, was returning to his London home.Frank Partridge, a dealer in Chin ese pona lams. Ktiglish furniture and | Chinese Jades, was returning to his | home at Potters Bar, a suburb ofLondon. ,tIgden H Hammond, an n nam •broker, sailed with Mrs Hammond to study conditions due to the war in Kurope.KI he it Hubbard one of the best known writers in America todayand his wife were* among the passengers
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Canton Daily News
Canton, Ohio, US
Sat, May 08, 1915
Page 29
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