New-York tribune., 1909-06-07
spRECKELS SEES son
,,-rS KINK IN WEDDING
BY WIRELESS.
,r,..., ,Jr.. to Gire Up art for Bus'-
.,-GrI Singer 4rrires Here
on Same Boat.

Les message from his fatt'r ASHli't7 nm
.. once to the Hotel Wolcott' IN TINS
- a bevy Of reporters and photographers
r an a. On The pier when the steamer Gin
So so,ted had a tendency yesterday toward
as l1sns Spreckels jr.. when confronted
rssls''7 If his engagement TO Miss Mary
WI - q concert singer. whom he met re-
,rrtly in Paris ...,,,- r,br n.
A' - last night % the hotel Claus Spreek-
sEH'. so,,5ed that he would give up his study
sA . nd enter business. He was also per
d - -,osrpone the notion Of marriage 1or
s's'-I and ne made known his plans TO Miss
w --,;la taking a taxicab ride with her last
night ,,,.,, ae,a- the
MS case. on returning 70 her ho'ei amer ''e
7.f, word with the night clerk that she
ssa no one She will visit her relatives in
- ,-i-,7i, ? few days and later resume
her studies in Paris
when the steamer came up to quarantine yes
..-s.r Miss case. who. with Mr Spreckels' was
..ssergar on the Cincinnati. was in the
-.,-,s-,s drawing room. accompanied by Miss
,,,-,la MacAteer. a soprano. Of Pittsburg, VINO
,-,o5 Is her chaperon on the passage rom
rss-bourg she was dressed in white. and was
!, exce1ent spirits when the subject Of the
.,rsg4rosDt was preached TO her.
y
.q have nothing TO say about that now" she
ssis 70 the reporters. Perhaps You had better
-. rgsps about it In the same breath Miss
case DISPATCHED the chaperon TO find the young
son Of the California sugar man. and within a
few moments Miss MacAteer returned with the
information that Claus Spreckels, jr-. would not
oome
Miss Case then excused herself. and after
b-ier hunt about the ship returned with her re-
ported hanck Mr.. Spreckels was obviously dis
concerted over the report. and when asked if it
was true that he intended marrying Miss Case
he did not reply. Then. in reply 10 the question
as to whether they were engaged, he said:
No. il is not true. That story he con-
tinued. must have started in the Hamburg
American Line Miss Case was coming TO Amer
icl ard / as any friend would have done, Of
tsFed 10 help arrange for her departure and the
getting OF her ticket. 1 know the rumor started
from the steamship Office, for Miss Case was
booked there by chance as Miss Chase and
Then reporter went TO her apartments at the
Aoiei Majestic. in Paris. he asked for Miss
CHase- Miss Case had planned 70 come over
oa MS steamer, the Cincinnati, for some time"
COULD EARN HIS OWN LIVING.
faung Mr. Spreckels. who is enthusiastic over
sasng and music and is said TO have
could make living by singing. He said he had
beer studying with Frank King Clark an Anleri-
can teacher in Paris, with whom Miss Case also
had been studying. Il in the studio Of the
Paris teacher that the couple met
ny mother and l. continued aIr Spreclzels
vent 70 Europe in January. Mother went to
London and 70 Paris. I have a BARITONE voice
and would Ike 10 continue training It but
cont see how can 60 ahead with my study If
ny father says no. Il is all well enough to
talk about art Others NAV tell YOU you are it
but sometimes one finds il different. I think
could earn ny living with my voice Ny plans
as yet ere indefinite
Miss Case. who comes from Portland Ore,
has been studying for some time abroad, and
ooHtemplates tour Of the West in concert and
oratorio While she has never sung in grand
opera, she expressed desire yesterday 10 do
She said her chaperon in Paris was Nine fischer
Miller On author. now in London
shortly before she left the pier yesterday the
question n her engagement was again sub
nhttea for her verifcation. and she said Yes. I
an engaged" She vent 70 the Hotel Knicker-
oocker n cab, while another cab wlisked
tiaus Spreckels jr- 10 the WoIcott. where his
iather awaited him. Mt Spreclzels is about
t"tnty-cne years old and Miss Case looks sew
f-sl years his senior
Ciaus spreckeis jr-. is the son Of John D.
sileckels publisher of The san Francisco
a. president Of the Oceanic steamship Com
sens and large owner IN the Spreckels sugar
-ahess The late Claus Spreckels left four
s.lS-'ehn :. D, Augustus p, Claus A, father Of
spencer EDDY, and Rudolph Spreckels.
.aSAer c; the graft prosecution in San Fran
LONDON