BALLIN, GERMANY'S SHIPPING KING, DIES
Was Head of Hamburg-American Line and Once One of Emperor's Close Friends.
MADE HAMBURG GREAT PORT
Directed Largest Fleet in World—Said to Have Quarreled with Kaiser About War Policy.
COPENHAGEN, Nov. 10.—Albert Ballin, General Director of the Hamburg-American Steamship Company, died suddenly yesterday, according to an announcement made in Berlin.
Hamburg's Growth Due to Him.
Albert Ballin built up the Hamburg-American Line from a small shipping company, when he was placed at its head in 1887, and until just before the war it was the greatest single steamship line in the world. Hamburg grew with the Hamburg-American Line until it reached and passed Liverpool in its shipping, and became, next to Berlin, the greatest city in Germany.
Hamburg's trade was stopped short at the outbreak of the war. Most of the ships, on which the greatest of the modern Hamburg rested, were either taken over by Germany's enemies or lay idle in her harbors, with the exception of a few used in the Baltic. Hamburg was reduced to a shell, suffering more from the war than any city outside the fighting area.
The creation of the Hamburg-American Line and the expansion of Hamburg were feats of individual enterprise. Although the Kaiser has been personally a large stockholder in the line, and although it has been controlled wholly by the German Government since the war, its growth in peace times was due to personal and individual initiative directed by Ballin.
He opposed plans to tie the steamship company to the German Government by taking subsidies in return for allowing the line to be directly supervised by the German Government, contending that the line would suffer and that Germany would indirectly be the loser if the commerce stretching all over the earth were ruled by rigid and slow-moving Government bureaus.
Had Fleet of 500 Vessels.
The line owned twenty-six vessels of 68,000 tons and was capitalized for $3,750,000 in 1897. It had a fleet of 500 vessels, with a tonnage built and building, of about 1,500,000, including the two greatest liners in the world, the Vaterland and the Imperator, in 1914. Ballin opened new routes until the Hamburg-American was carrying on ore than sixth steamship services, making stops at more than 300 ports.
This growth was encouraged rather retarded by the liberal sea policy of Great Britain, but the great sea empire which sprang up as if by magic under the genius of Ballin created visions of a vaster empire still in Germany, and its influence in inducing Germany to make the gamble for world domination was undoubtedly great.
Not only the dream disappeared during the war, but the sea empire in existence at the beginning melted away irrecoverably and probably caused Ballin's death directly or indirectly.
Ballin was 61 years old. He started his career with the Carr Line and was its passenger agent when that line was absorbed by the Hamburg-American. One year later Ballin, at the age of 31 years, was placed in charge of the Hamburg-American Line.
Under Ballin's enterprising leadership Germany forged ahead as a shipping nation until it threatened to rival England, his genius molding the entire industrial and commercial policy of the country. To take care of the business which Ballin brought to Hamburg a policy of physical development of the port and of co-ordination of industries was started.
Its harbor development and general development were greater than has ever taken place in any city in the same space of time. For years before the war commissions were sent from cities all over the world to study the model of harbor building at Hamburg, and the course of peaceful maritime development all over the world received a stimulus from Ballin.
Brought About Close Co-operation.
All this was accomplished without arousing animosity in other countries. When Ballin recovered after a severe operation in 1911, telegrams of congratulation were sent him by the heads of shipping companies in England, France, Italy, America, and elsewhere, where Ballin enjoyed many close personal friendships. He was in close contact personally with the leading shipping men in other countries through his efforts in 1908 and later to bring about international co-operation among steamship lines to avert cutthroat competition.
Ballin, though a Jew, was generally recognized in Germany before the war as Germany's greatest private citizen. Frederic W. Wile, in his book "Men Around the Kaiser," said that Ballin stood in the same relation to the Kaiser as did those counsellors of an earlier generation to their sovereigns and governments—Rothschild of Paris to Napoleon III. and Bleichroeder of Berlin to Emperor William I. and Bismarck. He continued in the book:
"On one of the various occasions, when the Kaiser sought to saddle a Ministership on Ballin, or tack 'Von' to his plebeian name, or give him hereditary membership in the Prussian House of Peers, Ballin compromised by accepting his Majesty's photograph. The Kaiser inscribed it, 'To the far-seeing and tireless pioneer of our commerce and export trade.'
"Ballin is a thoroughly self-made man. The son of a humble Hamburg emigrant, he followed the practise, (still in vogue among young and ambitious Germans,) of coming to England as a lad to serve his commercial apprenticeship. The irrepressible Hamburg 'volunteer' went in to master the most infinitessimal details of navigation and specialized in emigrant traffic, the gold mine from which the transatlantic lines extract their richest gains.
Genius Commanded Attention.
"On his return to Germany his genius immediately commanded attention. It was not long before the Hamburg-American Line began to take notice that for some reason the Carr Line, on which Ballin was first engaged, was extracting the cream of the emigrant traffic. It was discovered that Ballin was the culprit. The only way to suppress him, it appeared, was to annihilate the competition, and to annihilate the competition was to buy out the Carr line bodily." * * *
"He is a devout but not a bigoted Jew. None of his co-religionists has a position of consequence in his organization. He has resolutely refused to follow the fashion of plutocratic brethren who embrace Christianity for social revenue. It annoys many German aristocrats that the Kaiser consorts so freely with a man who is proud of his origin."
Ballin's attitude toward the war has been reported variously. According to some accounts, he supported the ruthless submarine policy. According to others, he fought against it and was the man wh obrought about the downfall of von Tirpitz. In Germany he was accused of seeking a compromise "business" peace, a charge which he denied.
In an article contributed by Ballin to the Vossische Zeitung on Dec. 25, 1916, and reprinted in Volume III. of The New York Times Current History Magazine, he said:
Ballin's View of the Freedom of the Seas.
"The men who will some day be entrusted with the duty of drawing up the terms of peace will have as their supreme task that of exterminating not only war itself, which has destroyed whole generations, but also the fever of armaments; or at least of restricting the latter within as narrow limits as possible in a Europe, which will remain exhausted for decades. They must also devise some sort of assurance that this bloody war will not be followed by an economic war, which would separate the nations still further from one another. Hence the demand for the freedom of the seas once more comes into prominence.
"It is true, certainly, that in time of peace the seas were always free; but in war, as we know today to our cost, they are governed by the strongest fleet. Means, therefore, must and will be found of assuring the freedom of mercantile traffic by sea, not only in peace, but also in war."
In an intercepted letter written by Ballin to Walter Rathenau in December, 1917, Ballin said:
"Our people have little or no knowledge of the American character. You and I have made a most careful study of it. What stuff our publicists and journalists write about their Mammon worship, their greed, their envy of other nations, their lack of discipline—Oh, that blessed word discipline! You and I know that the Americans are probably the most idealistic nation on the earth's surface. We know that they would not have entered the lists of our foes had they had any doubt as to the justice of their cause. Nonsense to say they have been influenced by Britain. We are mad not to see where we are and whither we are driving. In antagonizing the United States we have done a disastrous thing, a thing which will throw its cold shadow on our economic life for a generation."
Blamed for Lusitania Sinking.
Balling was reported to have lost favor with the Emperor, because of his moderate war views or his wish for an early peace, but the truth of this report has not been established. Ballin in letters and interviews repeatedly declared for a German victory and a strong German peace. Regarding his part in Germany's war policy, Sir Valentine Chirol wrote a letter to The London Times in 1915:
"Lord Haldane was quite right in describing Herr Ballin as one of the most remarkable personalities in Germany, for to him probably more than to any other German do we owe the sinking of the Lusitania. He has been for many years past one of the Kaiser's most trusted advisers in all matters of maritime policy.
"It was a matter of common notoriety in Germany in 1912 that it was largely owing to his advice that the Kaiser shrank from a war over the Agadir question. Ballin held that at that time German submarines were not sufficiently developed to exercise effective reprisals on the British mercantile marine for the tremendous damage which the mere pressure of British sea power would inflict on Germany's mercantile marine.
"During the present war it is Ballin's organs in the press that have from the first loudly advocated the policy of ruthless submarine warfare against the British merchant steamers of which the Lusitania has been the latest and most ghastly victim, and I have heard on good authority that his influence with the Kaiser went so far as to overcome the natural repugnance which lingered in professional naval circles against the adoption of such shameless methods of warfare."
Ballin sought to avert war with the United States early in 1917 by proposing a compromise under which England was to allow non-contraband cargoes to go to Germany and to disarm merchant ships, while Germany was to refrain from sinking ships without warning or without provisions for the safety of passengers and crew. He was reported to have inspired several movements toward peace through neutral agents, which were without result.
Early in the Spring of this year, Ballin is said to have called together the Directors of the Hamburg-American Line and told them that he felt himself too old to undertake the gigantic task of seeking to rebuild the German mercantile marine after the war was over, and that he intended to resign this post as soon as hostilities were at an end.
Power Overrated, Says Gerard.
The power exercised by Albert Ballin in the political affairs of Germany was always greatly overrated, according to Ambassador James W. Gerard, who came to know the late shipping ruler of Germany quite well in the four years Mr. Gerard held his Berlin post.
"I don not believe that Ballin was consulted about the beginning of the war," said Mr. Gerard last night. "At any rate, I don not think the militarists bothered to ascertain whether he was in favor of beginning hostilities. I know, indeed, that once the war was begun, Ballin immediately seemed to lose favor at Court. Prior to August, 1914, Ballin was high in the favor of the Emperor, but with the coming of war days a gulf came between the Hamburg-American Line head and the Kaiser.
"Ballin was nothing like as powerful in home affairs as the public generally supposed. The real industrial rulers of Germany, at least, during the days of the early war they were very much in evidence, were the iron and steel magnates of the Rhine, of Westphalia. Although Ballin, through his shipping connections, was well known to the world, his supremacy even in that field was not complete, for he had a strong rival in the North German Lloyd people."
LINE'S BIG HOLDINGS HERE.
Hamburg-American Property Worth $100,000,000 Seized by U.S.
Special to The New York Times.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.—A. Mitchell Palmer, Alien Property Custodian, estimated tonight that the total amount of property of the Hamburg-American Line now in the hands of this Government or disposed of, amounted to $100,000,000. This estimate included the ships taken over by the Government when the United States entered the war.
All the property in this country owned by the Hamburg-American Line, except the office building at 45 Broadway, New York, has been sold by the Alien Property Custodian to the United States Government. The office building is still undisposed of but it is being used by the Government for various offices. The property is owned by the Atlas Steamship Company, a subsidiary of the Hamburg-American Line.
The Hudsom River piers of the line and the terminal facilities at St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, were both sold to the Government. None of the property of this line has been sold to private corporations.
"Albert Ballin," said Mr. Palmer, "was an intimate friend of the Kaiser. The latter was also a heavy stockholder in this corporation."
London Deplores Ballin's Death.
Special Cable to The New York Times.
LONDON, Nov. 10.—The death of Albert Ballin, reported from Berlin, is deplored here as a loss of a broad-minded, constructive force at a juncture when the world has need of a new organization of the German social fabric on a sound basis.
MISSIONS AT CITY HALL.
Mayor Will Receive French and Belgians This Afternoon.
The French and Belgian Missions which have been delegated by their respective Governments to visit America, especially to honor Cardinal Gibbons on the occasion of that celebration of his golden jubilee will visit the City Hall next Friday. They will be received by Mayor Hylan at the Reception Committee he has appointed at 1 o'clock that afternoon. The committee will meet in the City Hall today to arrange the plans for the reception.
France sends with the mission the Cross of the Legion of Honor for Cardinal Gibbons, while Belgium, which some years ago honored the Cardinal with its highest insignia, charges its mission to express to him the sincerest felicitations of the King and Queen of the Belgians. President Wilson recently received the members of both missions at the White House. The French party is composed of Mons. Julien, the Bishop of devastated Arras; Mons. Baudrillart, a member of the French Academy, and Captain Duthoit and Lieutenant Fory of the French Army. Already the mission has been feted wherever it has gone. Fordham University has conferred an LL.D. on Bishop Julien and Mons. Baudrillart. The French Institute of Letters and Art will receive them this week. The Belgian Mission is headed by Mons. Carton de Wiart. The Reception Committee appointed by the Mayor is as follows:
Rodman Wanamaker, Chairman; Grover A. Whalen, Secretary.
- Adams, Commander C. A.
- Adrian, George M.
- Alexander, C. B.
- Ball, Wilbur L.
- Beroizheimer, Philip.
- Blatch, Harriet S.
- Bridgman, Herbert L.
- Brady, Nicholas F.
- Brisbane, Arthur.
- Brown, Frank L.
- Battle, George G.
- Bell, Major Gen. J. F.
- Brown, William B.
- Bruckner, Henry.
- Brune, Edwin G.
- Butcher, William N.
- Butler, James.
- Chamberlain, Mary.
- Churchill, T. W.
- Cohen, William.
- Collier, B. G.
- Connolly, M. E.
- Corroon, R. A.
- Cortelyou, G. B.
- Coyle, Francis J.
- Craig, Charles L.
- Copeland, Dr. R. S.
- Coler, Bird S.
- Dippel, M. W.
- Dowling, Frank L.
- Dowling, Victor J.
- Duffield, Rev. H.
- Dyer, Brig. Gen. G. R.
- Dykman, William N.
- Elkus, A. I.
- Enright, Richard E.
- Evans, Henry.
- Fallon, William J.
- Farrell, James A.
- Ferrara, Antonio.
- Fitzsimmons, C. J. A.
- Foley, James A.
- Foster, Roger.
- Fox, William.
- Friedsam, Major M.
- Gardiner, W. R.
- Garvan, F. P.
- Gary, Elbert H.
- Gerard, James W.
- Gilchrist, John F.
- Gleason, C. J.
- Golden, John L.
- Goldstein, Jonas J.
- Harriss, Dr. J. A.
- Hayes, Very Rev. F. J.
- Hearst, W. R.
- Hedges, Job.
- Herter, Clarence S.
- Hulbert, Murray.
- Herrick, Walter R.
- Johnson, Alfred J.
- Jones, D. H. E.
- Kaufman, L. J.
- Kenney, William F.
- Kernochan, Frederic.
- Kingsley, Darwin P.
- Leach, J. A.
- Lahey, W. J.
- Lazansky, Edward.
- Levy, Isidore M.
- Loft, George W.
- Lynn, Preston P.
- Liebert, G. E.
- MacDonald, George.
- Macdonald, Henry.
- McCarthy, T. D.
- McClellan, Lt. Col. G. B.
- McCooey, Mrs. J. H.
- McCooey, J. H.
- McGarragh, G. W.
- McGoey, T. F.
- McCoombs, W. F.
- Mann, Maj. Gen. W. A.
- Mali, Pierre C.
- Marbury, Elisabeth.
- Morron, John R.
- Morse, A. W.
- Mulqueen, Joseph F.
- Murray, Thomas E.
- Murphy, Charles F.
- Nixon, Lewis.
- Noyes, Charles F.
- O'Brien, Morgan J.
- O'Connor, John.
- O'Donohue, J. J.
- O'Reilly, L. J.
- Pendleton, F. K.
- Penfield, F. C.
- Porter, Col. A. D.
- Potter, Mark W.
- Prali, Anning S.
- Preakauer, J. M.
- Rayans, M. W.
- Read, Thomas.
- Regan, James R.
- Riegelmann, Edward.
- Ryan, Allan A.
- Ryan, Rosina.
- Ryan, George J.
- Strong, Benjamin.
- Schiff, Jacob H.
- Straus, Jesse I.
- Straus, Percy S.
- Scheuer, A. L.
- Sheldon, James C.
- Spinney, William N.
- Simkhovitch, Mary G.
- Slevin, Mrs. Mary.
- Saxe, John G.
- Smith, Thomas F.
- Somers, Arthur S.
- Smith, Alfred E.
- Switzer, Maurice.
- Shea, Mary.
- Shearn, Clarence J.
- Theothilapos, D. R.
- Thayer, E. V. R.
- Todd, William H.
- Todd, Miss Helen
- Thompson, William B.
- Thorley, Charles.
- Topping, Mrs. H. J.
- Untermyer, Samuel.
- Usher, Admiral N. R.
- Van Name, C. D.
- Van Tuyl, George C.
- Van Dyke, Henry.
- Wallis, F. A.
- Weinberg, Morris.
- Wood, Col. W. E.
- Wilsey, FrankD.
- Williams, Rev. John.
- Ward, Maj. Jennie R.
- Wiggin, Albert H.
- Wagner, Robert F.
- Walker, James A.
- Warner, Charles M.
- Yeeks, Joseph.
- Zuckerman, Henry.
The missions are expected to remain in the city several days.
GIVE FRENCH HERE TIME TO ENLIST
Crowder Suspends for Sixty Days Operation of New Treaty.
EXPLAINS THE CONDITIONS
After Time Limit Expires French Citizens Here Will be Classified as Americans Are.
Special to The New York Times.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.—The treaty which brings into military service citizens of the United States resident in French and French citizens of military age living here became effective last Friday. Local boards in America were instructed today by Provost Marshal General Crowder to suspend the involuntary induction sixty days, to allow French citizens to enlist voluntarily for military service or leave for France to enter military service.
The announcement made by Provost Marshal General Crowder reads:
"The convention providing that American citizens in France of the ages specified in the laws of the United States prescribing compulsory military service, and French citizens in the United States between the ages of 20 and 44, both inclusive, shall be subject to military service in the country in which they are, unless within periods prescribed by the convention they enlist or enroll in the forces of their own country or leave the United States or France, as the case may be, for service in their own country, has become effective by the exchange, on Nov. 8, of ratification between the United States and the French Republic.
"In order to comply with the provisions of the convention, local boards in America are being instructed by the Provost Marshal General's office to suspect involuntary induction into the American forces of every French citizen affected by the convention for a period of sixty days, to allow these French citizens to enlist or enroll or leave this country for service with the French forces. At the expiration of this sixty-day period noFrench citizen in America will be entited to deferred classification on the ground of alienage, but will be reclassified in the same manner as are American citizens. It should be especially borne in mind that this is not a draft by France of Franch citizens in the United States, not does it affect any French citizen who has already been inducted into the army of the United States. The convention merely provides that French citizens in the United States between the ages of 20 and 44, both inclusive, shall become subject to military service and entitled to exemption and discharge therefrom under the laws of the United States, unless within the prescribed time they voluntarily enlist or enroll in the French Army or return to France for military service, or unless within the same period they are granted diplomatic exemption from service in the forces of the United States by the French Government. The diplomatic certificates of exemption are to be issued by the French Ambassador and may be executed in his name, or by the French consular officials in this country, to whom Ambassador Jusserand has delegated this authority.
"No application for diplomatic exemption may be made nor exemptions granted after entry into military service. The certificate of exemption may be special or general, temporary or conditional, and may be modified, renewed or revoked in the discretion of the government granting them.
"Without assuming responsibility of providing transport or cost of transportation, the two governments have agreed, so far as possible, to facilitate the return of citizens to their own country. No citizen of either country who enters the military service of the other shall, by reason of such service, be considered, after the convention shall have expired or after his discharge, to have lost his nationality or be under any obligations to the country in whose forces he shall have served.
"Termination of the convention may be accomplished by a sixty-day notice from one country to the other, whereupon any citizen of either country incorporated in the military service of the other under the provisions of the convention shall be discharged as soon as possible."
UNTERMYER IN TAX CASE.
Will Act for Mayor's Committee to Prevent Lion Sale.
The Mayor's Committee on Taxation announced yesterday that it had obtained the services of Samuel Untermyer as counsel in an endeavor to prevent the sale in Nassau County in December of property on which taxes have not been paid. In a letter to Supreme Court Justice Scudder, Mr. Untermyer said that Mayor Hylan had suggested to him to prepare a brief or to argue the case orally. He asked for two weeks' time in which to look into the merits of the matter, and it is believed Justice Scudder will grant the request.
The situation will be discussed at the office of the State Controller, Eugene Travis, this afternoon. Among those present will be Nathan Hirsch, Chairman of the Mayor's Committee on Taxation; Samuel Breslin, Grover Whalen, Peter J. Brady, and James P. Holland. Governer-elect Alfred E. Smith has written to the Mayor's Committee saying he considered the present law, with reference to the sale on land on which taxes have not been paid, as good, but he urged that it be amended so as to make it impossible for any one to deprive landholders of their property before having their day in court.
PRAISES AMERICAN SAILORS.
Bishop McCormick Says Freedom of Seas is Safe with Them.
Prayers for the success of the allied navies and for the safety of all sailors were said last night at the third annual Sailor's Day service in Trinity Church. Messages in praise of the allied sailors of the armed ships and of the merchant marine were sent by Secretary Redfield, Colville Barclay, the British Charge d'Affaires; Ambassador Jusserand, Admiral Usher, and many other officers of the allied navies. The Rev. Dr. John N. McCormick, Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Western Michigan, who has been serving in France as a Red Cross Chaplain, was the speaker at the services.
"The future of America is going to be on the sea," said Bishop McCormick. "I was brought up in the atmosphere of the Baltimore clippers, and I am gratifed to know we are coming back to our own. In the days that are to come the freedom of the seas will be safe in the hands of the American and British Navies and marines."
OCEAN TRAVEL.
Among the passengers who arrived recently from England on a British liner were Henry H. Andrew, Thomas B. Astbury, C. M. Brooke, the Rev. Raymond T. Brosnahan, Coloney L. H. B. Flaschl, W. G. Connor, Dr. G. W. Cottis, E. Fisher,Charles C. Fowler, W. G. Gray, P. G. Gow, K. H. Hastings, S. A. Joyce, Juhn Hylet, J. Brower, J. Webster, F. Spearing, H. Dyer, G. Syme, W. D. Layton, C. J. Chandler, S. Mowatt, O. T. Rayner, E. C. Smith, A. G. J. Whitehouse, Dr. John S. Unger, C. A. Mullen, R. M. B. Parker, F. A. Price, Lincoln Steers, T. G. Stokes, V. Stapleton-Cotton, Robert Pyper, R. Livingstone.
Engagements.
Mrs. Henry J. Hard of Bangor, Ma., announces the engagement of her daughter, Miss Margaret Bradley, to Lieutenant Harvey J. Smith, a son of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Smith of Flushing, L.I. Miss Bradley's step-father, Henry J. Hard, is the Vice President and general counsel of the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad Company.
The Rev. Kirkland Huske and Mrs. Huske of Great Neck, L.I. announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Margaret Freeman Huske, to Francis Hamilton Sherrerd of Portland, Conn. Mr. Sherrerd is a graduate of Lehigh University and a son of the late Alexander Hamilton Sherrerd of Scranton.
CHARTING AIR LANES.
Mosaic of United States Showing Landmarks to Follow.
Special to The New York Times.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.—Charting air lanes over the United States has been begun by the army. These charts are mosaics made with stereopticon cameras, showing such land marks as waterways, railroads, cities, and mountains for pilots to follow.
From Kelly Field instructors and members of their classes work with the aid of airplanes carrying cameras and motor trucks carrying photographic material and supplies and a portable darkroom for developing plates and films. Sich an outfit is usually set up in some town in the district to be photographed, which has a landing field adjacent. The men employed in the work are rationed from this camp, and the developing and printing of the films and plates delivered by the airplanes are all done here. As fast as one district is finished the outfit moves on to the next.
TO SHIELD WOMEN IN WAR.
Committee Formed to Advocate International Regulations.
The Committee for the Protection of Women under International Law was organized at a meeting held yesterday in Plymough Church, Brooklyn. The Rev. Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis, pastor of the church, presided, and the Chairman of the committee is Mrs. William C. Beecher, wife of Colonel William C. Beecher, son of the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. Mrs. Beecher said that the committee was formed at the request of a million women of France, who had already organized. The speakers included Sergeant Ruth Farnam, Mme. Avria St. Croix, Signora Amy Bernardy, and Miss Isabelle Van der Clite. In a resolution adopted it was said:
"We demand that whatever in the present war would or might stand as a precedent for these dangerous villainies in any future wars be met and broken by the counterprecedent of trial before an international tribunal and punishment as a criminal of every officer, soldier, or civilian of either of the Central Powers, or of any of their allies, who shall be accused, whether as principal or accomplice, of any offence against a woman."
BISHOP GORE ENDS TOUR.
Announces in Trinity He Will Return to England Soon.
The Right Rev. Charles Gore, Bishop of Oxford, delivered his last sermon in this country in Trinity Church yesterday, and announced that he would return to England soon. In speaking of the changes caused by the war, he said that while Americans could live under conditions similar to those prevailing before the war, everything would be changed in England and other European countries. He prophesied that organized labor "would be a great factor in determining the conduct of society in the future."
At a meeting in Cooper Union last night he emphasized the need for a league of nations, and spoke of the great problems in reconstruction.
"If after this war the countries of Europe are permitted to maintain themselves as armed camps, civilization will go down in ruin," he said. "There must be over all nations a higher power to maintain and force peace. We must find some other means than universal military service for training men for sacrifice and service."
"The nearer we approach this reconstruction period the more appaling its difficulties become," he said. "I believe the Labor Party of England may put into effect its plans of reconstruction, and I consider its program a masterful document."
ASK FOR GERMAN COLONIES.
Negroes Want Land Captured in Africa Turned Over to Natives.
That the captured German colonies in Africa be turned over to the natives and that educated negroes be placed in leadership there, is one of the requests that the negroes of New York as represented by the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League, will make to this Government and to the Allies. These requests were contained in a resolution adopted at a meeting of 5,000 negroes in the Palace Casino in 135th Street, near Madison Avenue, yesterday.
The meeting was presided over by Marcus Garvey, head of the League and representative of the race made speeches. The resolution set forth that it would only be through the granting to the negro his rights and the rights of all weaker peoples at the Peace Conference that future wars would be obviated. It was also asked that negroes be permitted to travel and to reside in any part of the world; that they be permitted the same educational facilities as Europeans; that all segregative and proscriptive ordinances against negroes be repealed and that they be given political, industrial and social equality.
MALTING OUTPUT DROPS.
Company Produces 5,200,000 Bushels, Against 9,500,000 Last Year.
The annual report of the American Malting Company for the year ended Aug. 31., 1918, made public yesterday, reveals that during the last fiscal year the operations of the company were carried on under adverse conditions, due to the war.
Russell H. Landale, Vice President of the company, informs the stockholders that early in December railroad embargoes checked the receipts of grain and the delivery of malt; next, the Fuel Administration curtailed the fuel and power requirements of the plants, while the Food Administration further restricted malting operations. Finally the Government issued orders prohibiting the manufacture of malt for brewing purposes, "thus terminating the chief business of your company until the foregoing orders are rescinded."
Under these conditions, Mr. Landale said, the output for the year was only 5,200,000 bushels, as compared with approximately 9,500,000 bushels in normal times. At present the company is engaged in the storage of grain for the Government and private owners at its elevators in Buffalo, Chicago, and Milwaukee. In view of the uncertainty of prohibition legislation and Government restrictions, it will be left to the Board of Directors to be elected at the annual meeting on Nov. 14 to decide whether to continue limited operations or that the company be dissolved.
Total profits for the year aggregated $398,182, of which $135,757 was net. From the total earnings of $398,182 the Directors set aside for depreciation $237,423, and for income tax $25,000. Bonds, with a par value of $180,000, were canceled during the year, leaving the company a bonded indebtedness of $720,000.
To Sell Antique for Soldier Fund.
The British and Canadian Patriotic Fund Society has announced that its efforts in recruiting ceased with the closing of the official mission here and that its efforts would be devoted now to the raising of funds for the relief of the families of the men who were recruited through the mission. It announced also that it had received as a bequest from a California estate an antique Italian lace coverlet, made about 1490. In accordance with the wishes of the former owner, it is to be sold, and offers are being received in Washington by Leonard Wilson, the Treasurer of the fund.
Dinner to Commissioner Enright.
At a dinner given last night to Police Commissioner Enright at the Friars' Club, 110 West Forty-eighth Street, the Commissioner asked for the co-operation of the members of the club with the Police United War Work Campaign. He was introduced by Rennold Wolf, who sketched his life. Others who spoke were Francis M. Hugo, George S. Dougherty, and John J. Gleason. Present were Herman Metz, Daniel Frohman, George M. Cohan, Mortimer L. Schiff and Fire Commissioner Drennan.
DOES NOT FEAR NUGENT.
Gov. Edge Declares Threat to Bar Him from Senate is Absurd.
Special to The New York Times.
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., Nov. 10.—Governor Edge declared today that James Nugent, Democratic leader of Essex County, was counting upon a Democratic majority in the Senate when he made his threat to prevent the Governor from taking his seat in the upper house in Washington, through recourse to a technicality which lawyers have thrashed out and dismissed. The Governor characterized the threat as absurd. He said that neither he nor his legal advisers had the slightest fear as far as Nugent was concerned. He added:
"The same issue which has been raised in my case might be raised without any more or less justification in the cases of Governor Keyes of New Hampsire, Governor Capper of Kansas, and Governon Stanley of Kentucky, all of whom were elected from Gubernatorial offices to the United States Senate at the same time as myself. The ban upon the election of an incumbent of the Gubernatorial office to the Senate ceased to exist when legislatures ceased to elect Senators."
Governor Edge expects that the Jerset Legislature will wind up its session without four or five weeks after it meets in January, so that the road will be clear when he goes to Washington in March to be sworn in as a member of the Senate.
ASKS LETTS TO ORGANIZE.
C. A. Carol Calls on Them to Work for Free Government.
Declaring that only a few Letts favored Bolshevism, and that the Lettish nation has been misrepresented by German propaganda, Charles A. Carol, Secretary of the New York Lettish Society, yesterday asked all Letts to organize and work for the establishment of a free Lettish Government. The call to unite followed a meeting which, held by the Foreign Language Division of the Fourth Liberty Loan Committee for the purpose of thanking the Letts for supporting the loan, developed into a "freedom for Letts" movement.
"The Letts," said Mr. Carol, "are very much misunderstood in their national, political, and economic life. For centuries they ahve inhabited the provinces of Courland and Livland on the Baltic, with a growing population of more than 2,000,000, and they are almost without exception pure Letts, descendants of the Asiatics who brought the Sanskrit tongue with them from the Oriental continent. They have mixed very little with their neighbors, the Esthonians and the Lithuanians. For years the Letts have been the victims of the Hun oppressors."
DEATH ENDS ROMANCE.
Miss Crockett, Engaged to Officer Oversea, Dies in Denver.
Louise Anderson Crockett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert S. Crockett, of 640 Madison Avenue, dued on Saturday in Denver. Mr. Crockett has been with the Federal Food Administration in Washington since it was organized, and last Winter his daughter, while ill, went to California to stay at the home of Judge David Walker, former Attorney General of Manitoba, an under of Mrs. Crockett.
Miss Crockett's engagement to Lieutenant Charles C. Coryell was announced in July, when the Lieutenant was ordered to France. Her brother, Newton Crockett, also in the army, was wounded at Chateau-Thierry. Miss Crockett died on her way East just after her mother with a trained nurse had met her at Denver.
DR. FERNALD DIES AT 80.
Baptist Clergyman Was Associate Editor of Standard Dictionary.
The Rev. Dr. James Champlain Fernald, for many years on the editorial staff of the Funk & Wagnalls Company, publishers, died yesterday at his home, 207 Lorraine Avenue, Upper Montclair. Dr. Fernald was born in Portland, Me., Aug. 18, 1838, and was graduated from Harvard in 1860 and from the Newton Theological Institute in 1866.
Dr. Fernald, for many years was pastor of Baptist churches in Maine, Vermont, and Ohio, and in 1889 became one of the associate editors of The Standard Dictionary. He was dean of the Department of English of the Intercontinental University at Washington, for a time, and among his twenty-four books, the last, "Expressive English," was published only a few days ago.
Dr. Fernald is survived by his widow and by four sons and two daughters, these being Charles B., Henry C. and Luther D. Fernald, of New York; Lieutenant James G. Fernald of the Flying Pursuit Detachment, in France; Miss Grace M. Fernald, of Los Angeles, Cal., and Miss Mabel R. Farnald of Washington. Penn.
Prof. Earle Victim of Pneumonia.
Dr. Raymond B. Earle, professor of geology at Hunter College, and for several years head of its Summer school, died yesterday of pneumonia at St. Luke's Hospital. He was widely known as a lecturer, and three years ago headed a research party in Alaska. Born in Newton, Mass., about forty-five years ago, Dr. Earle studied at Harvard, and was an instructor in New York University. The body will be taken to Newton for burial. A widow, son, and daughter survive.
Obituary Notes.
A. PHILIP HEXAMER, who died Saturday at his home, 215 Hudson Street, Hoboken, N.J., was educated at Stevens Institute there and also at the Imperial Riding Academy of Austria. He conducted for year the Hoboken Riding Academy and Horse Exchange, founded by his father, as well as the Hoboken Riding Club, and was a Director of the Trust Company of New Jerset and Colonial Life Insurance Company. Mr. Hexamer was 60 years old.
Mrs. CORNELIA M. ANDREWS, widow of the late John R. Andrews, who was a member of the firm of Tiffany & Co. years ago, died yesterday while visiting at the home of her cousin, Mrs. Wilfred J. Funk, 16 Park Road, Montclair, N.J. Mrs. Andrews, who was 67 years old, lived at 146 West 130th Street, this city.
Mrs. ANNA HALL, at one time proprietor of the Old Farm Hotel, West Orange, N.J., died suddenly Saturday in her apartments at 315 Broad Street, Newark, as the result of a fall on the stairway of her home. She was 65 years old.
LEONARD C. McCHESNEY, advertising manager for the Thomas A. Edison industries for sixteen years, died of heart disease yesterday at his home, 170 High Street, Orange, N.J. He was 69 years old and formerly was Secretary and Treasurer of The Orange Chronicle, and President of the Orange Board of Education.
Dr. JOHN HENRY MacDONALD died suddenly of heart disease Saturday at his home, 273 East Seventh Street. He was born at Riverhead, L.I., and received his medical education at New York University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College. He was unmarried. Dr. George A. MacDonald of 802 Madison Avenue is a brother.
WILLIAM A. McLOUGHLIN, Secretary to the County Clerk of Queens, died yesterday at his hom in Alsop Street, Jamaica. He was 55 years old and a brother of the late Justice James McLoughlin.
WILLIAM VINCENT MARTIN, formerly head of the statistical department of The New York Evening Post, died of pneumonia at Camp Wheeler, Macon, Ga., Saturday. He was 21 years old.
Dr. CALVIN F. KYTE, 68 years old, is dead at his home, 77 Garrison Avenue, Jersey City. He was graduated from the New York University Medical College and was Dean of the staff of Christ Hospital.
JOHN JABURG, head of the firm of Jaburg Brothers, dealers in bakers' supples, died last night at his home, 111 West 119th Street. He was 69 years old.
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Married.
DIRINGER—KAPLAN.—Mr. and Mrs. Myer Kaplan announce the marriage of their daughter, Mollie, to Mr. Charles Diringer, Nov. 5. 1918. Home, 685 Lafayette Av., Brooklyn.
HERRICK—BACON.—On Saturday, Nov. 9, at the Church of the Holy Communion, by the Rev. Henry Mottet, Pauline Bacon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Francis M. Bacon, to Lieutenant Harold E. Herrick, U.S.N.
VALENTINE—TREU.—Sunday, Nov. 10, 1918, 1:30 P.M., Mr. Jack D. Valentine to Miss Evelyn M. Treu, at the hom of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Adam Treu, 28 Euclid Av., Forest Hills, L.I.
Born.
GUTTER.—Mr. and Mrs. Sig Gutter announce the birth of a daughter on Nov. 4, 1918.
SPERLING.—Mr. and Mrs. Herman I. Sperling (nee Jane De Boer) announce the birth of a son, Tuesday, Nov. 5, at Lenox Hill Hospital.
Died.
ANDREWS.—Suddenly, at Montclair, N.J., on Saturday, Nov. 9, 1918, Cornelia Conger, wife of the late John R. Andrews, in her 77th year. Funeral services will be held from the residence of Mr. W. J. Funk, 16 Irwin Park Road, Tuesday, Nov. 12, at 12:30 P.M. Interment Greenwood Cemetery.
BARUCH.—On Sunday, Nov. 10, 1916, at his residence, 106 West 96th St., Joseph, dearly beloved husband of Lizzie Davies Baruch, in his 64th year. Funeral at convenience of family. Kindly omit flowers.
BEEKMAN.—On Saturday, Nov. 9, 1918, at the New York Hospital, after a brief illness, Gerard Beekman, eldest son of the late James William and Abian Steele Beekman. Funeral service on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 1918, at half past ten o'clock in the forenoon, at the Church of the Incarnation, Madison Av. and 35th St.
BEEKMAN.—The Holland Society of New York announces with sorrow the death of Gerard Beekman, a Trustee and former President of this society, on Saturday, Nov. 9, 1918. Members are requested to attend the funeral services, at the Church of the Incarnation, Madison Av. and 35th St., on Tuesday, Nov. 12 at 10:30 A.M.
SEYMOUR VAN SANTVOORD, President.
BEEKMAN.—Members of the New York Historical Society are requested to attend the funeral services of our late associate, Gerard Beekman, Third Vice President of the society, at the Church of the Incarnation, Madison Av. and 35th St., on Tuesday morning, Nov. 12, at 10:30.
BEEKMAN.—The Order of Colonial Lords of Manors in America, New York Branch: With deep regret, announcement is made of the death in New York Citym, on Nov. 9, 1918, of Gerard Beekman, honorary member of this order.
J. H. LIVINGSTON, President.
BIRCH.—Alfred E., private, died in France Oct. 4, Co. B, 102d Ammunition, 27th Division, member K. of C., beloved hisband of Annie Birch, (nee O'Reilly,) 360 East 151st St.
BLAU.—On Sunday, Nov. 10, Sarah, beloved wife of Joseph and devoted mother of Mildred, Corinne, Irving and Jerome, and sister of Bernard Stahl. Funeral from her late residence, 132 West 119th St., Tuesday, 10 A.M.
BLISS.—Suddenly, on Friday, Nov. 8, 1918, Ezra Everett Bliss, beloved father of Henry, Everett, Maude, Winfield and Clarence Bliss. Funeral services at his home, 731 Quincy St., Brooklyn, on Tuesday, Nov. 12, at 8 P.M.
BUTTFIELD.—Nov. 7, 1918, at Officers' Training Camp, Tank Corps Service, Gettysburg, Penn., Marsom Innes Buttfield of Plainfield, N.J., in his thirty-second year. Funeral services private.
BYWATER.—Marjorie Georgina, aged 13 years, beloved daughter of Laurence and the late Delay Emmeline, of 225 8th Av., Brooklyn, on Nov. 9, after a short illness. Funeral at Evergreen Cemetery, Tuesday, 3 P.M. London (England) papers please copy.
CADWELL.—Killed in action in France, Oct. 9, 1918, Sergeant Clifford H. Cadwell, 38th Infantry, son of Joseph H. and Mary Louise Cadwell. Canadian papers please copy.
CARROLL.—William F., St., in his 69th year, at his residence, 532 East 86thSt., beloved husband of Ellen C. Carroll, (nee Barter,) beloved father of Thomas P. Sadie, William F., Jr., Robert, and Stephen, and the late Mrs. William F. Maher. Funeral 10 A.M., Nov. 12, from St. Monica's Church, East 79th St. and First A. Interment Calvary.
CHAPMAN.—Killed in action in France, Sept. 29, 1918, Captain Henry Henley Chapman, Infantry, United States Army.
COLLIER.—Of heart failure, on Friday evening, Nov. 8, at his residence, 1,0967 5th Av., Robert J. Collier, beloved husband of Sarah Steward Van Alen Collier, in the 43d year of his age. Mass of requiem Monday, 9:30 o'clock, at the Church of St. Jean Baptiste, Lexington Av. and 76th St. Interment private at Wickatunk, N.J.
COLLIER.—The Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick in the City of New York announces with deep regret the death of our fellow member, Robert J. Collier, on Friday, Nov. 8, 1918. Members are requested to attend the funeral services, at St. Jean Baptiste's Roman Catholic Church, 76th St. and Lexington Av., on Monday, Nov. 11, at 9:30 A.M.
VICTOR J. DOWNLING, President.
COLLIER.—The American Irish Historical Society announces with regret the death of Robert J. Collier, a member of this society. Members will attend the funeral at Jean Baptiste Church on Monday, Nov. 11, at 9:30 A.M.
(Signed) JOSEPH I. C. CLARKE, President General.
CROCKETT.—At Denver, Col., Nov. 9, Louise, beloved daughter of Dolores and Albert S. Crockett of New York and Riverside, Conn.
CUSHMAN.—A service in memory of Joseph Rathborne Cushman, Corporal, Company K, 107th Infantry, son of the late Joseph Wood Cushman and Mrs. Cushman, killed in action at Le Catelet, on Sept. 29, will be held in St. Thomas's Church, 53d St. and 5th Av., on Monday afternoon, Nov. 11, at 3:30 o'clock.
DE COMEAU.—On Nov. 9, 1918, Olivier de Comeau, at the age of 76. Funeral services at Stephen Merritt Chapel, 161 8th Av., corner 18th St. on Monday, Nov. 11, 1918, at 1 P.M. Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
DE LEBZELTERN.—V., suddenly, On Nov. 9, Jesse V. de Lebzeltern, (nee Champagne,) beloved wife of Victor E. and mother of Marie and Edward P. V. de Lebzeltern. Funeral private. Montreal papers please copy.
DE RHAM.—A service in memory of Charles de Rham, Jr., First Lieutenant, Company B, 306th Infantry, 77th Division, who died in France on Oct. 9 of wounds received in action, will be held in Grace Church, Broadway and 10th St., on Monday afternoon, Nov. 11, at 4 o'clock.
DIAZ.—Lutgarda, "THE FUNERAL CHURCH," Broadway, 66th St., (Frank E. Campbell's.) Notice of funeral later.
DOWNEY.—Suddenly, at Merrick, L. I., Nov. 9, 1918. George W. Downey. Funeral private.
EARLE.—On Nov. 10, 1918, at St. Luke's Hospital, Dr. Raymond B. Earle, Professor of Geology, Hunter College. Interment Newton, Mass.
FAHNESTOCK.—A service in memory of Major Clarence Fahnestock, 301st Infantry, U.S.A., who died in France Oct. 5, 1918, will be held in St. Thomas's Church, on 5th Av. and 53d St., on Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 12, at 4:30 o'clock.
FARRELL.—The Rev. Peter, pastor of St. Joseph's Church, Tremont. Divine Office will be recited on Wednesday, Nov. 13, at 9:30 A.M.; solemn requiem mass at 10 A.M., at St. Joseph's Church, Bathgate and Tremont Avs.
FLOCK.—Mrs. Lottie, (nee Hertel,) wife of George L. Flock of 1,308 Fulton Av., Bronx, died Nov. 9, 1918. Servies Monday evening, Nov. 11, at 8 o'clock. Funeral Lutheran Cemetery, Long Island. Tuesday, 3 P.M. Philadelphia papers please copy.
FRANKLE.—On Nov. 9, at his home, 424 East 87th St., after a short illness, Henry G., aged 12 years, beloved son of William and Adele Frankle. Funeral private.
GORDON.—Elias, beloved husband of Sadie and father of Hazel and Arthur, Sunday morning. Funeral will take place from his late residence, 1,410 Grand Concourse, at 10 A.M. Monday.
GOURDIN.—Entered into rest Nov 9. Anna Rachel Gourdin, daughter of the late William Allston and Anna Louise White of Charleston, S.C., and niece of the late Dr. Octavius A. White. Funeral service at Chapel of St. John the Divine on Tuesday at 2:30 P.M.
GREEN.—At Summit, N.J., suddenly, on Nov. 9, 1918, William E. Green. Funeral services will be held at his late residence, 35 Mountain Av., on Tuesday, Nov. 12, at 2 P.M.
HALBERSTADT.—Suddenly, on Saturday, Nov. 9, Blanche Halberstadt, (nee Ballenberg,) 38 years of age, beloved wife of Joseph and devoted mother of Irwin J. Funeral Monday, Nov. 11, at 10 A.M., from her late residence, 601 W. 156th St.
HELD.—AT Newark, N.J., on Saturday, Nov. 9, 1918, Nathan, beloved husband of Hannah Held, (nee Kohn,) in his 54th year. Funeral from his late residence, 68 Nelson Place, Newark, N.J., on Tuesday, Nov. 12, at 1 P.M. Relatives and friends, also Shakespeare Lodge, No. 274, K. of P.; Emanuel Piske Lodge, No. 13, I.O.B.A., are invited to attend. Interment Bay Side Cemetery, Brooklyn.
HEXAMER.—On Nov. 9, 1918, A. Philip; beloved husband of Adelaide Judge Hexamer. Relatives and friends are invited to attend funeral on Monday, Nov. 11, at 8:45 A.M., from his late residence, 215 Hudson St., Hoboken, N.J., thence to Our Lady of Grace Church, Willow Av. and 4th St., Hoboken, where a requiem solemn high mass will be celebrated. Rochester papers please copy.
HOBBY.—On Nov. 8, George W., in his 70th year. Funeral services at the home of his son, Theodore Y. Hobby, 880 St. Nicholas Av., on Monday, Nov. 11, at 1:30 P.M. Interment Stamford, Conn.
HORSBRUGH.—Killed in action in France Oct. 1, Bernard Bethune Horsbrugh, aged 31, of the Canadian Engineers, only son of the late Methune Horsbrugh, barrister-at-law, and of Constance Wilson Horsbrugh of 511 6th St., Brooklyn.
HOUGHTON.—Suddenly on Saturday, Nov. 9, 1918, Edwina Sherrill, daughter of Suzanne Clark and the late Clarence S. Houghton. Funeral service on Monday, Nov. 11, at 2:30 P.M. at her late home, 74 Shrewsbury Av., Redbank, N.J.
HUBBY.—At Roosevelt Hospital, on Friday, Nov. 8, 1918. Frank Winfield Hubby, Sr., aged 76 years, father of Rollin Germain, Hubby, Major Lester Mead Hubby, Jr. Funeral services at the residences of his sons, 27 West 68th, on Monday morning, Nov. 11, at 10 o'clock. Kindly omit flowers. Cleveland and Buffalo papers please copy.
JABURG.—On Sunday, Nov. 10, John Jaburg, at his residence, 118 West 119th St., after a brief illness, in his 69th year. Remains lying in state at THE FUNERAL CHURCH, Broadway and 66th St., (Frank E. Campbell Building.) Notice of funeral service in Tuesday morning's paper. Kindly omit flowers.
KELLY.—Friday, Nov. 8, Mabel Colbe Kelly, at her residence, 28 West 51st, after a brief illness of pneumonia. Solemn requiem mass will be said at St. Patrick's Cathedral, 5th Av., on Monday morning, at 11 o'clock.
LANGSON.—In New York, on Nov. 8, G. Rodney of St. Louis, Mo., beloved son of G. D. Langdon of New York City. Services THE FUNERAL CHURCH, (Campbell Building,) Broadway and 69th St., Tuesday evening, 8:30 o'clock. Interment private.
LEVY.—Bernard, on Nov. 10, husband of Fanny, father of Leo, Bernard, Mrs. Gabe Mariuk, (Jennie,) and Milton, Funeral from his late residence, 601 West 115th St., on Wednesday, Nov. 13, at 10 A.M. Funeral private.
LIENAU.—Suddenly, on Aug. 28, 1918, Pauline, widow of Louis A. Lienau.
LINDSAY.—At Riverview Manor, Hastings-on-Hudson, Nov. 10, Edward F., beloved husband of Josephine Toumey Lindsay. Notice of funeral hereafter. Ithaca and Bath (N.Y.) papers please copy.
LICHTENSTEIN.—Jacob J., on Sunday, Nov. 10, 1918, beloved husband of Hannah and devoted father of Milton, Meyer, and Aaron, MRs. Charles Pinkus, Mrs. David Gordon, and Diana. Funeral Monday, Nov. 11 at 10 A.M., from his late residence, 538 West 156th St. Interment Union Field Cemetery.
LINDSEY.—At her home, Nov. 9, 1918, Fannie Sweet Lindsey, widow of James Thorpe Lindsey. Funeral service at her late residence, 260 West 57th St., Monday, Nov. 11, at 10 o'clock. Interment at Wappingers Falls, N.Y.
LOUD.—Julia Perry, on Nov. 10, daughter of the late Henry W. and Louisa S. Loud and sister of Henry F. Loud. Notice of funeral later.
LOW.—On Saturday, Nov. 9, 1918. Maggie J., wife of Henry A. Low. Funeral services at her late residence, Toms River, N.J., on Tuesday, Nov. 12, at 1:30 P.M.
MALLORY.—Martha Stanford, Nov. 9, at Rye, N.Y., beloved wife of Franklin J. Mallory. Funeral private. Interment Harrisburg, Penn.
McCHESNEY.—On Nov. 10, 1918, at his home, 170 High St., Orange, N.J., Leonard C. McChesney, aged 59 years. Notice of funeral hereafter. Kindly omit flowers.
MEISSNER.—Edna C., on Nov. 7, at 4,080 Fulton St., Woodhaven, L.I. Services Monday, Nov. 11, at 8 P.M.
MERWIN.—At Pasadena, Cal., Nov. 7, Mary A., daughter of Elizabeth Burnham and the late Rev. Alexander Moss Merwin, aged 49 years.
MORIN.—Jane A. Suddenly on Sunday afternoon, Nov. 10. Jane A Vandeveer, beloved wife of Ferdinand A. Morin, at her residence, 638 East 22d St., Flatbush. Services at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 13, at residence.
PORTEOUS.—Saturday, Nov. 9, at Bronxville, Edna M. Porteous, (nee Mayers,) beloved wife of A. Carlyle Porteous. Funeral service at her late residence, Cedar Knolls, Bronxville, Monday evening at 8:30. Train leaves Grand Central at 7:35. Automobile will meet train.
RAYMOND.—At Wilton, Conn., Lewis Henry, son of the late Lewis and Catherine Meeter Raymond, at his home, Friday, in his 79th year. Funeral services at his late residence, Wilton, Conn., Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2:30 P.M. Automobiles will meet train at Wilton at 2 P.M.
RHINELANDER.—Killed in action, within the German lines, north of Verdun, on Sept. 26, 1918, First Lieutenant Philip Newbold Rhinelander of the 20th Aero Squadron, First Army, A.E.F., son of Thomas Newbold and Katherine Blake Rhinelander, in his 24th year.
RICHARDS.—In France, on Oct. 7, in the service of his country, Philo Hotchkiss, aged 31, beloved son of Alice Imlay and William M. Richards, of 391 Sterling Place, Brooklyn, and grandson of the late Georgiana Imlay Hotchkiss. Hartford, Conn., papers please copy.
ROSSLER.—Hahnemann's Hospital, Nov. 9, Janet Gordon, beloved wife of Felix Rossler, formerly of Edinburgh. Interment Woodlawn. Funeral private.
RUDOLPHY.—On Nov. 8, Elizabeth, wife of the late Jacob Rodolphy and beloved mother of Mrs. Otto Heppenheimer and Gustave O. and william F. Rudolphy. Funeral services at her late residence, 708 Lexington Av., Monday, 8 P.M. Interment private.
SCHULER.—Nov. 9, 1918, Charlotte F. Schuler. Funeral services at her late residence, 350 West 115th St., Monday evening, 8 o'clock. interment private, Tuesday.
SMITH.—At Greenwich, Conn., on Sunday, Nov. 10, 1918, Florence N. Smith, sister of Mrs. Gertrude B. Ewing and aunt of Miss Edith C. Ewing. Services at her late hom in Greenwich, on Monday, Nov. 11, at 3 P.M.
STREIGHTHOOF.—On Nov. 9, 1918, Sarah M. Straighthoof. Funeral services at 1,215 Washington St., Hoboken, N.J., on Tuesday evening, Nov. 12, at 8 o'clock.
STOVER.—First-day, Eleventh month tenth, Elizabeth Stover, aged 56. Funeral at Friends' meeting house, Purchase, Eleventh month twelfth at 11 A.M.
TAYLOR.—Saturday, Nov. 9, at 1,731 West Farms Road, Bronx. Susan M. Taylor, in her 37th year, dearly beloved daughter of Joseph W. and Mary A. Yalor. Funeral services Monday evening, 8 o'clock. Funeral Tuesday, 10:30 A.M. Interment Woodlawn.
THOMAS.—Suddenly, at his home, on Nov. 8, 1918, at Elizabeth, N.J., Williamson Thomas, son of the late Sarah Williamson and David Provoost Thomas, aged 46. Funeral services at St. John's Church, Elizabeth, Monday afternoon, Nov. 11, at 3 o'clock. It is requested that no flowers be sent.
THURMAN.—At Orlando, Fla., on Thursday, Nov. 7, Irwin B., beloved husband of Katherine Kihen Thurman. Services THE FUNERAL CHURCH, Broadway and 69th St., (Campbell Building,) Monday afternoon, 2 o'clock. Interment Woodlawn.
WOOD.—Killed in action in France, Sept. 14, 1918, Francis Appleton Wood, Lieutenant U.S. Air Service, aged 24, beloved son of Ellen Appleton and Chalmers Wood. Notice of service later.
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