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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-20
TO AID NEW PlAYWRIGHTS
William Elliott Announces Policy
on Becoming a Manager.

william Elliott, a son-in-law Of David
Belasco. IL soon to enter the theatrical
field as a producing manager. He will be
associated with Mr.. Belasco. Mr.. FL
lott has been favorably known as an
actor, his last appearance on the stage
having been in the play Madame K" Be-
fore this he had played for many seasons
under Mr. Belasco's management He Is
no novice as a manager. as he had the
business management of several compa-
MES before coming TO New York.
Mr.. Elliott said yesterday that IL was
the intention Of his father-in-law and him
self 10 encourage new authors. In ac-
cordance with this intention, Mr.. Elliott
will read carefully every manuscript sub
rnitted TO his firm. and names and repu-
tations will play no part in his selection
so long as the work has merit
IT am not at liberty at present to give
the name OF the play we are TO produce In
the spring" he said. 1T is by a new
author. a woman, and I consider 1t one or
the most unusual plays have read. yes
my Office will be in the Belasco Theatre
Building. and no young author with
play. or even an idea for a play, viii be
refused A hearing"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-20
FAIR PROMOTERS WIN POINTS
San Diego and San Francisco Ezhibi
tors Gain Government Aid.

Washington. Aug. le-The Panama~Cai-
.o-,,a exposition al San Diego to-day won
,+s Aaht IN the House for authority TO
,a-r,tt the President 10 invite Mexico and
.hs renublics Of Central and South Amer
,ca ~ participate in the exposition In Blb.
The House passed the resolution by vote
~ 100 TO 81, after a debate in which both
onposition and support was voiced by
members OF both parties.
Republican Leader Mann offered. and the
House adopted. amendments providing that
,ba invitations shall not be extended until
the President is satisfied that suitable
s,tA has been selected and not less than
90 600 900 raised for the exposition The
House resolution Will be pressed on the
Senate at the regular session OF Congress.
The War Department has given It's con-
sent. conditional on the approval Of Con-
gress. for the use Of portions OF the Pre-
sidio and Fort Mason. In San Francisco.
for the Panama-Pacihc Exposition IN 1915.
The question was arranged In a conference
between Secretary Of War Stimson and
representatives Kent and Kahn, Of CALI
fornia, to-day A bill seeking the author
ity OF Congress will be introduced OH Mon
day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-20
G. A. R. ENCAMPMENT ORDER
45th Annual Gathering Of War
Veterans Opens To morrow.

Rochester. Aug. 19-Commander In CHIEF
John z. Gilman and staff. Of Boston. mas
arrived hero for the forty-fifth annual en-
campment, Grand Army Of the Republic,
which opens here Monday. and established
Headquarters Mrs Emma z. Pierce OF
Springfield. national president OF the
Ladies' of the Grand Army OF the Repuo-
lc and Frederick E. Bolton. OF Boston,
commander in chief. Sons of Veterans are
also here.
Information booths were opened To-Day
and tonight there was an exhibition or the
city's electrical decorations. Tomorrow
special services will be held IN the
churches.
Next Monday will be devoted to the re-
ception of the arriving veterans ana 70
business sessions of the executive oooles
OF the various organizations. On Tuesday
the various organizations excepting the
Grand Army Of the Republic, Will hold SEES
sions for the transaction OF business, and
in the evening all will attend the semi-ot-
fetal opening of the Grand Army Of the
Republic encampment at Convention Hail
The trooping Of about one hundred old
battle flags will furnish the spectacular
feature Of the gathering Governor Dix
will deliver an address.
President Taft II Congress adjourns be-
fore Tuesday, and Governor Dix will re-
view the big parade on Wednesday, and IN
the evening the veterans will hold their
campfire in Convention Hail. IN Thurs
day the business sessions will begin. Among
the important matters expected 10 be taken
up will be pension legislation.
The contest for next commander in chief
Will be a warm one Colonel John Noel
roy, editor Of The National Tribune" oil
Washington. and Judge Harvey 81. Trim
BILE, of Bloomington. H.. are candidates
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-20
OBITUARY NOTES.

MRS. LIZZIE BENNETT LOCKWOOD.
the wife of Or. George Roe Lockwood. a
well known stomach specialist. OF No. "a
East 52d street died yesterday ar Cedar
hurst. Long Island I'm her fftieth year
Hor husband was one NJ the consulting
physicians during Grover Clevelsnd's last
illness
JOSEPH WHITE. ono II the pioneer
hotelkeepers 81 Ocean Grove Y J. dropped
dead yesterday from heart disease on the
front steps Of his hotel. lIr White was
seventy-six years Old and q veteran II the
Civil War
JOHN 3 SMITH. Civil War veteran ard
one OF the oldest residents NJ Irvinzton.
". J., died Yesterday ar mis- home. 30 Is
Sharon avenue. Mr.. Smith was born in
Alsace in 1922, and al an early age came
20 New York Later he moved 10 irving
ton, where for thirty years he vas In the
shoe business, retiring two years ago
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-20
OBITUARY..
JOHN LEONARD DUDLEY.

John Leonard Dudley. first Nce-prsa-
dent OF the Citizens Savings Bank. died
suddenly from paralysis yesterday At his
summer home IN Richheid Springs ~ I.
He was stricken early In the morning and
lived only few hours The body WI %
brought TO his city home, No. ia East srh
street. to-day. Mr.. Dudley was seventy
four years old
In June. 1909, Mr. Dudley appeared before
Justice Guy in the Supreme Court sskins
for the appointment Of a receiver for tho
United States Express Company. IN which
he owned hundred shares Of stock. he
charged that the officers OF the company
had failed in their duty and that they had
conspired 10 inJure the company 10 benehf
competitors. The late Thomas G. Platt.
then president OF the company. submitted
afildsvits I'm which he denied all the
charges. branding them as reckless. ma
licious and contrary 10 facts.
In less than a month. Justice Guy dis
allowed the application for a receiver and
denied the application Of Mr.. Dudley 70 ex-
anime the books OF the express company.
In October ~ the following year. Mr.. Oud-
ley again attacked the company and petit
toned Justic. Bischor for a receiver, de-
claring that the minority stockholders wers
not getting their rights. One ~ ths am
davits OF the plaintir alleged that the
United States Express Company had M
legal existence. II having expired IN MAY.
1854 The petition was subsequently denied.
Mr.. Dudley was vice-president Of the
Knicksrhocker Audit Company and a.
rector Of the Sanford e. Dudley Corpora
ton He WIS a member Of the Union
League Club and the Players. He Rad
been a regular summer visitor ar Richhsld
Springs for many years. He leaves a son.
]. L. Dudley. jr., an insuranc. hroksr,
with Offices AZ No II william street
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-20
DELAY IN AUTHORS FUNERAL
Myrtle Reeds Husband, on Return
Home. Asks Brief Postponement.

Chicago, Aug. l9.-After an absence or
forty-eight hours, during which he Wis
tied Milwaukee, Fond Du Lac and other
Wisconsin cities James Sydney McCul-
Tough returned TO Chicago this afternoon
and learned for the first time that his wife.
Myrtle Reed Mccullough. the author. had
committed suicide Thursday night Grief
stricken. he did not visit the apartment
on the North Side. the family home until
after he had called up his wife's parents
on the telephone and asked that the fu-
neral services be postponed until later in
the day.
He declined TO discuss MS wife's death.
saying that his grief was too deep for
words Later In the afternoon private fu-
neral services we're held and arrangements
were made TO have the body cremated.
Mrs. Mccullough left an estate estimated
h be worth $4,000, which she had accumu-
lated from the sale OF her books.
A personal friend says that her will pro-
vides an income FOR her husband and par
ents. and on their death the estate is 20
be divided among eight charitable insttu-
tons.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-20
EXPLOSION INJURIES DENTIST
Vulcanizing Machine Blows Up, Fract-
uring His Skull

A peculiar accident. which will probably
have fatal result. occurred in the orice
OF Or. David Longnecker a dentist. No
$50 Fulton street. Brooklyn, yesterday
afternoon. Harry Silver. thirty-six years
old. an assistant to the dentist. was yul-
canizing false gums. when the gas IN the
machine he was using exploded and hurled
the steel top against his head. He dropped
to the floor. and the patients In the office
ran from the building.
Or. Cohen removed the injured man to
the Brooklyn Hospital, where II was dis
covered that his skull was fractured. II
was said that his chances OF recovery were
slight.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-20
NEW RECTOR FOR BROOKLYN
St. Andrews Episcopal to Have the
Rev. G. M. Legge, a Canadian.

The vastry Of St Andrews Protestant Epis-
copal Church, Fourth avenue and 5oth street
Brooklyn. has chosen as rector the Rev.
Clayton Mackenzie Legge. who will enter
upon his pastoral work on September l. Mr.
Legge was born in Nova Scotia, Of Scottish
and English parentage. and comes Of
line OF clergvmen extending back ~ the
seventeenth century. He was educated
IN the public and high schools OF Nova
Scotia and later attended Harvard. He
was graduated from the Episcopal Theolog-
zeal School at Cambridge. and served his
diaconate in All Saints Parish. Whitman.
Mass. While there he built up the parish
from a small beginning until # attained a
state of prosperity.
In St Andrews Church Mr. Legge Will
have a large field for his activities. Dur
ing the last two months he has occupied
the pulpit OF the church several times and
has created a favorable impression. The
bishop OF the diocese or his representative
Will conduct the ceremony Of induction
into Office within the next few days
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-20
MOTHER GETS RUNAWAY BOY
Shanghaied Lad Really Donald Dun
ham, Missing Since June IL.

The boy who told Magistrate Appleton
in the Jefferson Market court Friday. when
charged with vagrancy. that he had been
shanghaied and that his name was George
Allen. is really Donald Durham, whose
mother. Mrs Edith Durham. OF No. Ae
West nth street. has been looking for him
ever since ne left New York on his forced
trip 10 Porto Rico.
Mrs. Durham read the story in the pa
pers yesterday morning and the fact that
she and her son had originally come to
New York from Sioux City, Iowa, which
was the place the boy mentioned as his
home. combined with his age and the date
Of his abduction. gave her the suggestion
that he was her son. According 10 his
mother. until June y the boy was a hall
boy in the Waldorf Astoria, on which
morning he left home saying that he was
going TO the bank 20 make a deposit That
was the last Mrs. Durham saw Of him.
She advertised a reward Of 1900 for finding
him. She said her son had always been
very fond of machinery. and that just be-
fore leaving home he appeared little
morose. The mother went TO the Bureau
Of Charities TO find her SOD
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-20
REST FARM" FOR HORSES
Women S League for Animals Opens
Holiday Home at Matteawan.

The New York Womens League for AMI
mails announces the opening Of Mountain
Rest Farm at Matteawan for the accom-
mediation OF horses This farm is especially
established for aiding those owners who
desire TO give their animals a holiday, but
are unable TO afford the expense OF board
ing them in the country. Horses will be
received at the farm and at any time upon
request of their owners will be returned
recuperated and better able to go on with
their work.
Owners Of old horses who wish 70 re-
tire them. not desiring to kill them, may
turn their charges over to the farm and
be assured OF good care and plenty for the
horses to eat as long as they live. There
is no fee required. The owners are under
no expense further than the transporta-
ton charges. and a special rate for taking
them TO Matteawan has been granted 10
the league by the Central Hudson Steam
boat Company. The league appeals to all
lovers OF animals 10 help them out. morally
and financially, In the work they are en-
deavoring TO carry on.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-20
PRIMA DONNA IS MISSING
Hippodrome People Fear She Has
Eloped with Her Husband.

Carroll Fleming. stage director Of the
Hippodrome. is worried over the disappear
ance of HIS prima donna. Rose La Harte'
who failed n show ND yesterday afternoon
for rehearsal despite her promises to be
on hand promptly At 2 o'clock
Miss Ia Harte was the leading woman
three wears ago az the Hippodrome but
was married 70 Walter Clifford. real as
tate dealer. with offices in the St James
Building. and then retired. Recently she
decided 10 return 70 the stage. and COM
pIetad arrangements with Mr. Fleming II
was said that her husband was opposed 10
this
Miss Ia Harte obtained permission from
the stage director 70 see her husband off
70 Europe Yesterday on the Olympic. which
sailed AZ 1 o'clock. When she did not show
up at the Hippodrome FOR rehearsaIs Flem-
ing became anxious and started a search.
He was unable 70 find any trace OF his star,
and then came 10 the conclusion that she
had gone abroad with her husband. AS the
Hippodrome will open for the season Sep
TENDER 2. it will be necessary for Fleming
to get a new Leading woman and rehearse
her for the part originally to have been
filed by Miss La Harte.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-20
NEW YORK FROM THE SUBURBS

The New Workers. made a great ado over
Admiral Togo. They couldn't have been
gladder TO see him II ne had been musical
comedy. Galveston News
New York is growing snort OF water and
will have TO give I'D bathing. Otherwise IL
is All right as the beer supply continues
larRe-Philadeiphia Inquirer.
New Workers can now go TO theatre At
which the curtain rises at 80 a. nj As
the moving picture shows open soon after
that hour. life on Manhattan must De one
continual round OF buying admission cck-
ets-Chicago News.
The nalefactious OF the Ice Trust evoked
4 nine days thunder from the press OF
New York II was denounced on all sides.
Prosecutions were daily expected. and sing
Sing was sxpectant. just then the hot
wave lifted interest waned and with tongue
in cheek the Ice Trust resumed its laudabls
task of laying up riches on earth.-Collm
bia state.
Enforced courtesy is what some Of the
gr-Imblers call New Torks latest scheme
20 handle the bridge crush IL cannot Do
called handling the bridge crush. however;
II Is nothing more than an enforcement OF
the ancient privilege OF ladies first" Now
comes the report that rivalries Of tho
women with each other ara even more
ruthless and fierce than those formerly
exhibited between the sexes, and IL 10 even
rumored in some quarters that the new lis
are worse than the old.-Boston ADVERTISE.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-20
FERRY COMPANY INCREASES FARE

The Union Ferry Company which oper-
ates the Hamilton avenue. Atlantic ave-
nue.. Wall street Fulton street and Cath
crime street ferries between Manhattan
and Brooklyn. announced yesterday that
IL had decided to Increase its rates from
three cents to five cents. The present
rate will be continued. however. between
5 and o'clock in the morning and be-
tween and In the evening. thus includ-
ing the chief rush hours. The reason as
signed for the hve-cent rate is the great
decrease in tie volume Of business re-
Gently.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-20
JUDGE WEEDS sTENoGRAPHER
Nicholas G. Downs and Miss Houghtor
Married at Plaza Hotel.
rBy Telegraph to The Tribune


Stamford. Conn. Aug ia romance
that began in the law ONCE OF Judge Mich
olas C. Downs ended to-day in the marriage
Of Judge Downs and Miss Florence NJ.
Houghton, formerly his stenographer. The
ceremony was performed at the Plaza
Hotel. New York. and Immediately after
ward the couple boarded the Trinidad and
sailed for Quebec.
Judge Downs retired from the bench OF
the City Court four years ago. after serving
fourteen years. He has also served several
terms as corporation counsel. and for many
years was chairman Of the local Republican
committee.
The bride is a daughter OF the late
Jerome NJ Houghton, OF Gallon. Ohio. Her
mother belongs 10 the Totten family, who
prior 20 the Revolution gave their name 10
Tottenville. Staten Island. Judge Downs's
nr,t wife obtained a divorce few years
sRO
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-20
Or. THOMAS HALL, JR.
rey Telegraph 70 III. tribune. J

Baltimore. Aug. is-Thonas Han, r..
instructor in English IN Harvard Cni-
versity, died to-day in Johns Hopkins Hos
pital. following an operation performed By
Dr. Harvey Cushing for the removal! OF .
tumor on the brain Or. Hall had been
suffering from depression Of the brain Tor
several years.
He was a son Of Thomas Putnam Hall. OF
prominent New England family. ard
was born in Boston in 1859. He WA grad.
uat4d from Harvard with the degree of
A. B in 1893 For several years he had
been an instructor IN English there and
was editor Of the Cambridge Literary
Series" He was unmarried. The body VIII
ne sent 10 Boston
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-20
HOME FIRE APPARATUS FAILS
Blaze Destroys Shooting Tower and
Stable Of James L. Breese.

Southampton. Long Island. Aug. ls.-rhs
shooting tower and a stable on the prem
,ses Of James L. Breese. in Hill street,
vara burned this afternoon. The flames
started in the stable, frame BUILDING
about fifty feet square. II contained
largo amount OF hay and the blaze spread
very rapidly.
After Mr.. Breese's stable was burned nVe
years ago he put in hydrant and fitted up
a home fire department. This, however
proved OF little use to-day. Mr.. Breese'
friends and the local fire department res
cued the horses and saved adjoining prop
erty. The loss is about 10000
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-20
THE SIREN" NEXT WEEK
Donald Brian To Be Star in New
Musical Comedy

Charles Frohman will make the Hrst New
York production of.the Continental must
cal comedy. The Siren" on Monday
night August 2S. at the Knckerbocker
Theatre. with Donald Brian as the star.
The piece IS in three acts. and the scenes
are laid IN the Vienna Of to-day.
Mr.. Frohman and his assistants in Lon
don have been ar work upon The Siren
for almost year. Harry 2 Smith mas
adapted the book and Leo Fall author of
The Dollar Princess has produced the
score In order 10 smooth OF the rough
edges before coming 10 New York The
Siren will be given first az Atlantic city.
Brian will have IN his support care
fully selected cast including Julia Sander
son. Florence Morrison. Elizabeth Firth.
Frank Moulan. VIII West. Pope Stsmper
and Gilbert Childs These are the princi-
pals in a cast Of more than one hundred.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-20
KERMIT ROOSEVELT SAFE
Hunting Party Now in Mexico Reported
All Well.

Yuma. Ariz.. Aug. 19.-Fears for the
safety Of Kermit Roosevelt son Of ex-
President Roosevelt and his hunting party
IN Lower California and Sonora. on account
NJ Mexican political unrest. were allayed
Yesterday when O.. II. lifting. clerk OF the
district court returned with word that the
hunters were all we'll Utting said young
Roosevelt began hunting around the boun-
darv last Saturday, and to-day was in the
Pinnacle Mountains. about sixty miles
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-20
MISS DOROTHY DRAPER ENGAGED
[By Telegraph to The Tribune

by Telegraph 10 The rribune.l
Boston. Aug. ls-Announcement OF the
engagement OF Miss Dorothy Draper and
Thomas p. Gannett. jr., has been made by
Miss Diapers parents. Ex-Governor and
Mrs. Eben S. Draper.
Mr. Gannett is a Harvard man. class Of
81. and a member OF the banking firm OF
Parkinson a Burr He belongs TO the
Harvard Club, Of New York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-20
GIRL OFF FOR CHILL. TO WE'D
Husband To-Be Electrical Engineer
EMPLOYED by Westinghouse Company.

Miss Elizabeth NJ. Seaton, young
woman Of twenty-six years, whose good
looks have won her prizes. sailed yesterday
aboard the Royal Mail steam packet
Trent. on her way TO Iquique. Chill. where
she will become the bride Of Edward l.
pegeman. an electrical engineer employed
nv the Westinghouse company.
Charles f. Atwood. a civil engineer also
stationed al Iquique was another passen-
ser on the steamship accompanied by his
bride. whom he married upstate day DE-
fore yesterday. Miss Seaton and the AT
woods are travelling together. They VIII
cross the Isthmus Of Panama and proceed
10 Iauiaue down the west coast OF South
America.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-20
AsroR THEATRE TO REOPEN,

The Astor Theatre Will reopen for the
season q week from tomorrow night, Au-
gust 2S. starting us new season with me
comedy Seven DAYS" which already has
q record Of more than four hundred per
fornances AZ this house. While II will re-
main IN this theatre for only limited en-
ga geuent the acknowledgement work
seems certain Of another success. Wagon
halls & Kemper have provided capable
cast Sor the NAV
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-20
GIRL swIMs THE GOLDEN GATE
College Student Almost Equals Record
Recently Made by Man.

San Francisco, Aug. 1s.-Miss Hazel B.
Laugenour a nineteen-year-old college
student swan across the Golden Gate to-
day in one hour and twenty-eight minutes
She was the first woman 10 accomplish the
feat Miss Laugenour clipped two minutes
off the record set by Edward Caville. an
Australian professional. in 1897, which stood
until July % last. when Walter Pomeroy
crossed the harbor entrance in hour "A
minutes 80 seconds. The Golden Gate Is
fifteen hundred feet vide at It's narrcwest
point.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-20
NEWPORT ESTATE FOR JAMES
Ex-Commodore N. Y. @. Buys Harbor
Front Property for Private Landing.
rBv Telegraph 70 The Tribune. J

Newport. Aug. 19.-Former Commodore
Arthur Curtiss James has purchased the
estate Of Mrs Herman 3. Duryea- known
here as Edgehfl. so that he may have a
nrivate landing on the harbor front. This
estate taxed for nearly $4,000, adtoins a
mart Of the Commodore James Summer
holdings. and was bought by Mr.. Duryea
about eleven years ago, when ne was IN
terested in Yachting. The estate has
barbor privilege. and IL was this that Mr..
lanes was particularly Interested IN.
What the purchase price was has not been
announced. and Mr.. James has not said
What he intends TO DO with the remainder
Of the property and its dwelling now
occupied by Mr.. and Mrs j. +. A Clark
~ New York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-20
ROYAL VACATION ENDS.

81. Sebastian. Spain. Aug. ls.-Queen Vic
torta who is now in England. is preparing
TO return TO Spain. The government an
nounces that in the event Of the railway
strike IN Great Britain interfering with her
travelling arrangements. the royal yacht
CiraIda will be dispatched 10 take her
majesty on board at some English harbor
which presumably will be reached by auto
mobile
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-20
MAINE OFFICER BURIED
Iowa Honors Lieutenant Merit, Who
Went Down with Battleship.

Red Oak. Iowa, Aug. 19-The funeral OF
Lieutenant Darwin r. Merit. the naval
officer who went down with the battleship
Maine IN Havana Harbor more than thtr-
teen years ago. vas held here yesterday
afternoon. Business vas suspended during
the services.
The military. executive and legal
branches Of the State Of Iowa were repre-
sented al the funeral
Justice Horace f. Deemer. OF the SUI
preme Court. delivered the funeral address
Governor &. =. Carroll and members OF his
staff. with Adiutsnt General Guy A. Logan
and state guard officers, attended.