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DIED.

KANE.-On June 0, Frederick Lloyd Kane
Jr.. husband OF Marion Raedar Kane and
only son OF Frederick L. and the late
Georslanis Knapp Kane OF Huntington.
l.. l.
Funeral At ROxbury. Delaware county,
n. Y. June II. at 1850 p, N.
LEE--on Tuesday. June .. 1914. Lawrence
Nesbet Lee. son Of Caroline Lawrence
and the late Alexander Nesbst Lee.
u. g. Army
Funeral private. in,erment at Bay Side.
L. l. Baltimore papers please copy.
RUNYON.--Op Wednesday, Juns 10. 1914.
william Menord. dearly beloved husband
of Anna Durham ana only son OF oliver
and Rachel Runyon OF Plainned- N. J.
Funeral services at his late residence ITO
Carroll street. Brooklyn. Friday. the
18th Inst. at S y. NJ Plainneld, ". j..
papers please copy.
TRAIsNEL--A. r.. age sc. Funeral THE
FUNERAL CHURCH" Drank " Camp
bell BldsD, 2ti West Twenty-third
street. Time later
WEED.--Psssed away, at his residences. ,s7
McDonough street, Brooklyn c. Fred
erick Weed.
FUNERAL Saturday morning at $3.50 o'clock
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Elizabeth II. Tapiey.

Mrs. Elizabeth IT. Tapley. 50 years old,
widow of Jesse Fellows TRpley, died on
Tuesday at the Hotel Marion, West
Eighth street She fell and fractured her
thigh last Friday. Untll few years ago
she was actively Interested In charitable
work She aud her husband established
a model welfare system In the book
hIndcry OF tho J. T. Tapley Company. J3b
West Thirty seventh street She was
horn In Northampton, Mass, and lived
for many years In Springfield, Mass,
where her husband was associated In the
book bindery business with Samuel
BOWles
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JOHN C0RT's SON IN ELOPEMENT.
Bride On way 10 Another weddias
Marries Theatrical Man.

CHICAGO, June 10.--While waiting in
Chicago to-day To board a train for New
York. where she was to act AS brides
maid at the wedding of one Of her girl
hood chums. Miss Margaretta -. Jones
Of. Los Angeles eloped with Harry u.
Cort, son Of John Cort. owner of the
Cort Theatre in Chicago and also Of
thsatres In New York, Boston, san
francisco. Seattle and other cities.
They were married In Evanston and plan
To make their home in New York. Mr..
Cort is 20 years Of age and his bride FL.
u am president Of the Central Amuse-
ment Company, which soon will produce
a play called The Elopers IN Chicago"
said Mr.. Cort tonight. "In view OF that
fact ! thought practical example OF
elopement would be apropos. Miss Jones
and have been engaged for three years"
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Miss seymour Engaged.

MFR. and Mrs. Edmund Seymour OF this
city and Bord de rEau. Chazy, \. Y.
have announced the engagement OF their
daughter, Miss ENERGY Villas Seymour,
to Benjamin Brown Burton OF New York.
Miss Seymour was educated ut the Misses
Masterss School In Dobbs Ferry. She
is interested In outdoor sports and is
member Of the West Side Tennis Club.
Mr. Burton IL the only son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Benjamin T. Burton, formerly Of
Waterford. y. Y. He was graduated from
williams College IN 1919 and - a member
OF the City and Williams clubs. No date
has been set for the wedding.
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Lawrence Nesbet Lee, son OF the late
Alexander Nesbst Lee, IT, $. A, died Tues
day at the Lawrence homestead in Bay
Side. l.. l., where he was born thrty-fve
years ago. He was grandson of Andrew
II. Micklc. who was Mayor Of New York In
1886 He was n lawyer and graduate
of the washington Law School. lie was
n grandson Of Col. Thomas Lee OF Mary
land and Judge birmingham Lawrence or
New York Mr. Lee was a bachelor and
Ind bean I'm Ill health for several months
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United States Commission on Indus
trial Relations, public hearing, city Hall.
10 A, NJ.
National Arts Club, exhibition of paint
ings, 1l9 East Nineteenth street
Ninth Regiment. Coast Artillery ", G..
n. Y, celebration OF fftieth anniversary
OF return from civil var, Union Square.
evening.
Recreation conference. City Hall, T., NJ.
Society for E;h!ca. Culture, lecture,
"Tennyson's Despair; A Study In the
Psychology OF Doubt" George u, ODell,
meeting house, Central PARK West ana
Sixty-fourth, street.
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LONG FILM SHOWS DENOUNCED
Owners Also Condemn Btil 10 Es-
tnbItsh Federal Censorship.

The Smith Hughes bin to establish n
Federal censorship was condemned and
the present National Board OF Censorship
ihdorsed yesterday by the moving picture
exhibitors convention, In session at Grand
Central Palace in connection with the
movie exposition
Sensational posters and long pictures
also came In for criticism. A resolution
calling legal censorship OF films detrl-
mental to the best interests OF the pub
lie and urging exhibitors to become mem
bers of the National Board was passed
unanimously
Interesting figures In connection with
the work OF the National Board were
given by q. q. Cocks advisory secretary.
In the month of May 5i5 pictures were
reviewed, In forty-four Of which changes
were made, Only four vera condemned.
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Plays and Players.

Sslwyn X Co. have practically com
pleted the cast which will play In THE
Salamander" early In the coming sea-
son by the engagement OF Janet Dun
bar for the leading role of DOre Barter,
known In the play as "Dodo." Miss Dun
bar has been the leading woman for
David Warheld In THE Music Master
and 1.-THE Return OF Peter Grimm Some
OF the other members OF the east OF "Thu
Salamander' will be Albert Bruning, A,
Il. Arson, Leslie Faber, BEVerly Sit
Greaves and Fancine Larrimore,
1.-THE Great Divide in which Henry
Miller and Margaret Angiin met with
great SUCCESS, Is being made Into motion
picture form by the Popular Plays aud
Players, Inc, which has already produced
"Michnel Strogoff'' and '"rhe Ragged
Earl"
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Michael J.. Holland.

Michael T. Holland died yesterday At
his home boulevard and Holland avenue,
Rnckaway Beach, OF heart disease, lie
was In his sixty year, lie was the
first postmaster of ROckaway and was
Interested In real estate, He was instru-
mental in having the boardwalk built
and the ocean front developed.
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PATERSON. n. j.. June l0.-John Il. Boil
ton. last OF the charter members OF the
Benevolent Lodge of Masons of this city
and one of the oldest past masters of tho
order in the United States. died yesterday
at his home, 10 Cin street. He was sS
years old and had been III about five
weeks. He was born In Bolton. Lam
cashlre, England In 1926 and lived here
80 years He was the manager of the
Scott Print Works and later the manager
of the Adams Cotton Company. lie
leaves four sons and three daughters.
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ChnrIes r. Hnrtsheim.

Former County Clerk Charles T. HartS-
helm of Brooklyn died on Tuesday at
his home, 1891 Fifteenth avenue, In his
seventy-ifth year IIc came from Ger
many in 1850 and started In the cloth
sponging and refining business In New
York. lie served in tins civil war with
the Seventh Regiment and was twice
wounded At tho close Of the war he set =
tied In Brooklyn and became prominent
In German American circles.
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Miss Charlotte Parker to Wed.

NEW HAVEN. Conn. June 10.-Prof
and Mrs. Horatlo W, Parker announced
to-day the engagement Of their daugh-
ter, Miss Charlotte Parker, TO Roger +.
Kline of Cleveland, Ohio. Prof Parker
is at the head OF the music department
at Yale and is we'll known "a COM
poser. Miss Parker Is a favorte in New
Haven social circles.
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CoRTELYoU BUYS SUMNER HOME
Purchases SIX Acre Estate at Bay
Great, Halesite, l.. I.

George Il. Corteiyou. president OF the
Consolidated Gas Company, has purchased
an estate at Bay Crest, Halesite, l.. l.. for
summer home.
Mr.. Cortelyou, who has resided for
several years In rented house at BAY
Crest, bought the property from the Hale
site Company, Inc, OF which Robert
II. Farley is president. The estate con-
sists OF six acres and commands a view
OF Huntington Bay
Mr.. Cortslyou is said TO have paid be-
tween $4,000 and 100000
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weather at summer Resorts.

HAMILTON, bermuda, June l0.-Tem-
perature. IA clear.
AssuRY PARK, June l0.--Temperature.
70,
ATLANTIC CITY, June 1o.-Tempera-
ture. 10.
AsHEvILLE, " C., juno lo.-Tempera-
ture, SIS
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John H. dumas OF the old Dltmas
family, which settled In Flatbush In the
seventeenth century. died on Tuesday at
his home, 2220 Ditmas avenue, Flat
bush, iH his eighty-fourth year after ten
weeks illness.
He was born In the old Dltmas home
stead at F'latbush and Ditmas avenues,
his parents being Henry s. Ditmas and
Ann Cornell Schenck. His entire active
life was spent In the banking business
and In work for the good of the COM
munity. lie was some time with the Long
Island Bank and was long yice-president
of the Flatbush TRUST Company, OF which
he was director when he died. For
thirty-seven years he was treasurer OF
the Flatbush Dutch Reformed Churcn.
in which IL the "Ditmas window" said
10 bear the date lGi7 He was until
recently director of the Flatbush Boys
Club.
Mr.. Dltmas leaves n widow, Marie
Kouwenhoven Ditmgs. and n daughter.
Mary Kouwenhoyen Ditmas The funeral
services will be held on Saturday after
noon at his late residence, the Rev. Dr.
John +. Lloyd officiating.
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WIN. HAMMERSTEIN
DIES IN SANITARIUM
Illness OF Two Years Standing
Carries Off Son of New
York Impresario.
MANAGED THE VICTORIA
Was Nearing His FOrty-first
Birthday-Leaves a Widow
and Two Sons.

William Hammerstein, third son of
Oscar Hammerstein, for many years man
ager Of his fathers Victoria Theatre. died
at s:l5 o'clock last night at Miss Alice NJ.
Perrigos sanitarium at 2g2 Central Park
West. OF Bright's disease.
Mr.. Hammersten had been i'll for two
years and had been away on several oc-
casions within that time In an effort to
get well. He began falling rapidly two
weeks ago and his family urged him to
30 away again He delayed starting, and
a week ago was taken to the sanitarium
Oscar Hammerstein, his father, visited
him at the hospital yesterday afternoon
and was treasured regarding his sons con
dtion. The father was at the roof garden
on the Victoria theatre when word came
OF his sons death. The opera impresario
was badly broken by the news and went
home at once. Mrs. william Hammer
stein. her two sons. Oscar II tld Ronald,
and Arthur Hammersten were at tho
sanitarium when MIR. Hammerstein died.
william Hammerstoin was born in New
YORK and would have been ~ years old
on September 20 next. His mother was
Oscar Hammersteins FIRST wife who Is
dead The son attended the public schools
leaving school at the age of 10 to be-
come associated with his father In the
various theatrical enterprises in which
ing the Olympia. With the building OF
the Victoria Theatre at Forty-second
street and seventh avenue some fifteen
years ago William Hainmerstein devoted
all his attention to this new house and
continued as it's manager until his death
For time the Victoria housed various
serious plays downstairs-Duse Is one
of the stars who has appeared I'm the
house-and confined the variety features
To the roof Later the theatre was turned
into a straight vaudeville house. chiefly. IL
Is said, AT the urgent suggestion OF William
Hammerstein, VINO convinced his father
that II could be made a big success. The
Victoria, under his MANAGEMENT, soon be.
came one Of the most successful vaude-
Vile houses In the country. Mr.. Ham.
rnersten was always on the lookout fol
catures"-somotimes person whose
names were not previously known "a
vaudeville. but whose names had appeared
In the newspapers so frequently that the
public was Interested i'm seeing them
Mr. Hammerstein's nome was at Biz
Central Park West. lie was twic,
J married His first wife, Alice Nmmo, t.
whom he was married about tweuty-on,
| years ago, died on August 90 1910. Or
August OF the following year Nj. Ham
| inerstein was married to Anna NimmO, q
sister of his first. wife. lie has two son!
! by his first wife, oscar I'd, now 20 year.
old. and Reginald, Is years old
| Two brothers and two sisters also sur
vive him, Harry. the eldest of the family
Arthur who was associated with hi,
| father In the opera ventures and who nov
is producing musical comedies Rose, nov
| Mrs. Tostayian. and Stella, now Mrs
| Frank Heating. A third brother, Abra
! ham. died about three months ago.
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THE SEAGOERs.
Outbound Ocean Travel Heavy for
EARLY juno sensOn.

Sailing by the White star liner AdrIstic,
for Queenstown and Liverpool
Mr.. and Mrs A Hy'' Mr. , and Mrs Arthur
Poullney Blrelow Chancellor and Mrs
MY Mr. a and d' Mr., J, C Mr. and Mrs Hamilton
col ao'" and Mr.. James Mr. and Mrs O. Fay.
C. W c6snsy' Nj and Mrs, Orlando
s S1i"G coiiett. ~ ' Lord Trlmbels,own.
Mrs D. X. Stevens sydney olcott.
nv the Cunarder Saxona, for the Med
lterranean and Adriatlcs
rrSt 4 ]. krmstrons, iss 9 Ma,i,
Prof y !. A; mI,i,., Esl c RiGa NJ
Mrs W Il Chapman soule
Countess della cisg'erga D Dr. And Mrs C. r.
pykaman s, @. wormser
Arrivals by the white Star liner
Oceanic, from Southampton. Cherhourg
and Queenstown
Mr. and Mrs Went w q, Jameson
worth G. Bacon. DR. ana Mrs Herbert
The REV Philip Bake NJ Rms, :,
MAJOR SHs H c Brodis, Laird
Lord Brooke Henry Goruon Lam
CAPT, ard Mrs, W, R. r bert h,,,. $500,
Ms l'M Maxwell Earle, Mr., and MIA Arthur
Tie REV, and Mrs A, Ernest Pitt.
by the scandinavian American liner
Heliig Oiav. for Copenhagen
Judge and Mrs C. H. Jndss AMI Mrs Samuel
beckett ID. Hastings
lain. Prof and Mrs. J. W
Pr %in N'O''' u 'O' Dr. aud Mr.. C, C
Nv the Hamburg American liner Pre-,
torIa, for Bouogne and Hamburg;
MIR and Mrs H. " Pref and Mrs J, T
The SP'''R Rev. Paul b Mr.: and Mrs W e
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In sIemorinm.

GILMARTIN Months mind mas Of ~
auiem will be offered for the reposs Of
the soul Of the Rev. Patrick y OIL
martin at ~, Aloysius Church. Seventh
avenue and ls2d street. on Friday. June
H. at 10 A. NJ, Relatives and friends
are invited.
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Gen. Birkhimer was graduated from

Gen, Birkhimer was graduated from
West Point In 1870, lie sarved the last
year OF the civil war as n private in the
Fourth Iowa Volunteer Cavalry. From
1874 to 1879 he was assistant professor
OF natural and experimental philosophy at
West Point He received medal of
honor for "distinguished gallantry" in
the Philippines In 1899. Gen. Birkhlmer
was retired from service at his own re-
quest In 1906. lie was native OF Ohio
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Brig.-Gen. W. l.. Birkhim.r.

WAsHiNGroN, June l0,-Brig. Gen. Will
lam Il, Brkhimer, L. s, A., retired, died at
his home here to-day at the age OF sc
years, lie was the author of several
treatises on military law and artillery
tactics,
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The Four Funniest Men.


After these Interruptions. the specta-
'ors resigned themselves to humor beauty
and grace. There were three admirabIe
comedians in the van Of the fun makers
beorHo Monroe gurRled and swallowed his
words ana whacked all hands with his
IAN IN way that all the world loves to
nave AIR. Monroe do those things Per-
maps he was most amusing in tho scsne
taken out OF The Yellow Ticket" because
Their he had the assistance of Harry
ilsnt' VINO was in the place of Florence
ktth. Being the suffragette proprietor
OF an employment office, Mr. Monroe's
attentions to Mr.. Fisher, whose yellow
ucket was pawn ticket, compelled him
to protect himself in the way that Md,pk1
Gid IN Mr.. Morton's play. This scene
delighted the audience
Then Bernard Granville. who danced as
neatly and acted in his usual clear cut
manner, mad an opportunity TO let the
pupHc see how much he Is like the Dixie
vi twenty years ago when he appeared
N the travesty of "One Thousand Years
hEo lie has added changes TO his
"uhNtn dance that made II seem much
r'ore difficult than ever,
Roy Barnes, who was the Bonaparts
OF Inc Misleading Lady" exhibited his
original form OF funmaking for the first
I'm. under possible conditions His mono
rogue As well as his irresponslbllity and
NraVasance of talk and manner appealed
70 'He AUDIENCES sense Of humor SO when
tht evening was over Mr. barnes had
caused AS much of the fun $ any OF his
associates. His note Is quite original
Inc Two long acts with six scenes in
one ana eight In the other were the usual
blend OF plays of the past season, the ~ ne
selection OF II scene here and name there
mat ala no more than help the actors to
on" JOKE or another. Harold Atteridgc
who mad supplied the text, made no at
tempt to burlesque the plays, but mingled
ana served them as a ragout OF all that
was played in the Shubert theatres.
Jose Collins was for "A while KITTY Mac.
KAY, but she had been half n dozen
heronos before the evening ended. She
was pretty as all of them. could not dance
as one and seems to have lost much Of
the unusually good voice which used to
De one OF her chief assets. But she looked
always pretty Frances Dema rest, who
never looked lovelier; Marilynn Miller,
VINO dances in the ballet and initiates
Julian Eltlnge very well in her comely
blond way Ethel Amorita Kelly, especially
as mauve harlequin Muriel window,
who Is not nearly so architectural as she
sounds--these were some OF the faces that
came to the surface most conspicuousy
In the sea OF bobbng heads And there
were both freshness and beauty in that
ceaselrssly moving sea OF faces,
rvs s,ana En- oraar,s
naaSs 20 la sh.,rt
W,"''" ~, 800 antar,oinu.r, ,,iI,
90 '.,, s'' ~ s,,,r,, when i, has hren
''tn o., ' thsrs a. 90 much that
is good the managers must be uncertain
Whurr t. begin TO lop on. There Is no
'a,H =" nna destined IN he
' az 49, not a summer
40 ''' w, -. ,,,aI
w. S"-'"''e' SUNS '''''
Never More Striking Costume.
A.. u,i,,ar cardsn were
''H'Nhts AZ the .inn :, 4,
never more SlilkllS w u'slsh VI '''"N'
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Conditions at GimbeIs.

Jacob Glmbel of Gimbel Bros
said there were 1894 saleswomeu
in the New York store. or that number
237 received less than - week. and loo
less than 81 a week. In the clerical
force 81 received less than 80 n week, ~
over sl4 and number higher wages.
lie said that there was no minimum sched-
uled wage rate, but there was an unwrit-
ten law that no man would be paid less
than S. week There was no mutual
aid society, hut the firm tried to keep In
touch with rs many Of the employees as
possible so Hs To know their wishes,
II. c. Bloomngdale. Of Bloomlngdaie
Bros said his store had no fines fof
being late. But Is was expected lost time
would be- made up. There was half
holiday on one working day each week
during the summer and vacations were al
lowed with pay The store has a mutual
aid society to which, he said. his father.
his uncle and his aunt contribute. He
said the question OF unionization Of the
employees had never come up.
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PASSING SHOW A RIOT
OF FUN AND BEAUTY
1911 Review the Most Gorgeous
in Costume Yet Seen at
the Winter Garden.
OFFERS TWO SENSATIONS
transatlantic Flight" and
"Thc Burning Of San Fran
cisco" Arc Realistic.
THE Passing show Of 1914" 81 the Win
ter Garden,

Nothing 80 gorgeous from the mere
criterion Of silks and satins, velvet and
spduslcs has been seen at the Winter
Garden rs The Passing Show Of 1914"
The performance was welcomed last night
BY ,I audience which could not have
be- anything but warm II IL had wanted
TO But IL disposition toward the Int
'.t oi the summer reviews was altogether
friendly.
Music and hum0r, comeiiness and grace
are tremendously blended against the
background ot beautiful scene and tex
tile which has been provided for the
piece That these may no, prove too
cloying there are sensations-two OF
them sufficiently vivid to put the nerves
o. the audience on end one OF these
came AT the end OF the first long act. and
the other served as the Introduction to the
climax of the piece.
1.-THE Transatlantic Flight" was the de-
scr. ton OF the final tableau OF the first
division OF this latest edition of the pass
ing shows. Diving and rising like a huge
brd, an airship rides over the water,
an1 in Us lighted interior one sees three
o. The characters OF the play Ii IL the
en,rt Of the realistic water which is after
ell Oh" mos, striking detail OF this scene /;
AMI marNelionsly Ike nature the s.eth-
IN. ana fOaming waves art. Possibly IL
~ produced by some use OF the cinenato-
tIb!H NJ All events Il IL the most nat
uyal scenic novelty observable here this
Year.
The burning OF san Francisco was the
second episode meant to thrill the spec
iaior The black frames of the burned
buildings were still red from the flames
that e.ei and licked up their black skele-
tons while clouds Of smoke puffed and
wN,rld into the heavens The orchestra
under oscar Radin played the Feuer-
Sauber IRON Die Walkuere" and the
nr'iaiufs decided that no more realistic
Illusion of fire could have been created
SO there were sensations for THE Pass
Ing Snow of 1914" gathered from two of
the "lehmnts-hre and water They were
both thrillingy represented
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Few Get Minimum Wage.

Preston II. Lynn, representing the man
agement of the Wanamaker store in New
York, said the store employed 400 per-
sons, Of whom 60 per cent. were women.
Fewer than 200 of them, he said, were
under 16, and the average pay for
salcswomen. counting commissions. was
not less than 50 week. The minimum
wage for girls under l6 Is 81 week.
and only forty girls receive this amount.
Twenty-Five per cent. of the wagon force
receive between Sd and 81 week. he
said. There was payment for overtime
for mechanics, porters and factory hands
and vacation was allowed as rec
Ompcnse for extra time. The average
week consisted Of less than fifty working
hours.
Louis Stewart president Of McCreery's
and associated with the so-called Clafin
stores, said that the sales forces I'm his
store were recently given "A commission
OF one-haif of 1 per cent. On all sales,
which. he said virtually amounted to an
increase OF 10 per cent. in their wages.
The average salesman received about SIS
a week, including commissions. The aver
are saleswOman earned about $3.50, he
thought There was no docking for tardi-
ness, no fines and little overtime.