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PAUL ARMSTRONG DEAD:
NOTED AS A
Stricken With Heart Disease
When on Way Home
With Family.
THE END COMES QUICKLY

Paul Armstrong. the playwright, died
last night in his home al 500 Park ave-
u of heart disease. from which he had
been a sufferer for a year or more. Only
two months ago he took n course Of
Baltimore. for enlargement of the heart
n his death was expected at that time.
He had been downtown in the after
noon to meet his wife. who was Miss
Catherine Calvert. leading woman In
"The Deep Purple ana others OF his
plays. and was returning home with
her and his year-old son when he was
seized with a fainting spell. He died
soon after reaching his apartment. de-
spite the efforts of two physicians.
Mr.. Armstrong was born in Kidder,
Mo, on April rs. 1863. lie began life as
q sailor on the great lakes and eventu-
ally became master of a steamer. Later he
to New York and became "A news
paper sporting writer under the name OF
Right Cross. 1t was during this
period that he wrote his first play. en-
titled "a Night in a Police Station"
1t was produced at the first theatrical
entertainment ever given by the police,
and Capt. John j. Cottrell. OF the old
Tenderloin station and his wardman,
Billy Brennan. had parts in II. 1t
the policemen 40 much that Mr..
Armstrong was encouraged to turn to
as a profession.
His first success was The Heir TO
the Hoorah," produced in 1904. He
then wrote "Salomy Jane" In which Miss
Eleanor Robson CMrs. August Belmont)
starred, and was part author of Via
Wireless" With Rex Beach he wrote
Going Some" and with Wilson Mizner
The Deep Purple" and The Grey
hound" His alias Jimmy Valentine"
was a great success.
Mr.. Armstrong had been married
twice. His first wife was Miss Rella
Abel of Kansas city. whom he mar
ricd In London in 1899. They had
three children, Annabel. Myrrel and
Elizabeth. The first Mrs. Armstrong
"A divorce In 1913. Mr.. Arm
strong and Miss Calvert were married
on December 10. 1918.
The playwright essayed the part of
"A reformcr in 1911. after James Brown,
an old offender, had pleaded before Judge
Rosalsky for a chance To go straight"
He was turned over to Mr.. Armstrong.
Brown had been convicted of burglary
times. but Mr.. Armstrong Put
him To work n tried to make some
thing OF him.
The funeral will take place at the
Armstrong home on Wednesday morning
at 10 o'clock.
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ware company, He gave the bulk of his
estate to his wife. Grace NJ. Prudcn.
and on her death II goes to his son,
Russell O. Pruden, and stepdaughter,
Daisy h. Parker.
ALBERT R~osESpLrrH. who died March
l6, 1913, and conducted the National
specially Company and A. & II. Rosen-
bluth. manufacturers Of advertising APPS.
left SlOl.l55, His interest In his bust
ness was appraised at SG3, 29g. lie gave
s@4,9o6 to his wife, Adele, and his son
and three daughters, but the son Mil
ton and daughters Regina Hirsch and
Honor II. karpf assigned their interest
TO their mother.
Mrs. LEvA A. Costello. who died No
vemher rs, l9l2, II was the widow Of
Patrick Costello, "A leather manufacturer.
had s9s,0o0, She left s3O.5SS each to
her SON, Harry Costello, and daughter.
Mrs. Anna e. Ropes, and the remainder
to three grandchildren.
MEYER J. NORTHEASTERN. who died De-
cemher - last, left $33, 2NG 10 his widow,
three sons and a daughter.
WILLIAM CHURCHILL OAsTIER. n Con-
noisscur of Chinese porcelains, who died
March 80, 1914, left s3J, 3G2. OF this
amount s3l,4l9 was received at the sale
OF his collection Of po%rcclains disposed
Of on February : and 6 last by the
American Art Association. His paint
ings and tapestries brought Sl,5lS and
233 articles OF household goods sold for
Sl,llS. He left $1,000 TO his friend.
George Il. Class, a lawyer. and gave the
remainder to two sons, Frank II. and
Henry {. Oastlcr.
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WOMAN SUFFRAGE PARTY.


$3.50 p. M.-Club meeting. Fifth As
semoiy district. Brooklyn, at home of
leader, Mrs. J. whelan. $50 Decatur
street.
p. M.-open air meeting a, Far
Rocks way.
M.-open air meeting at -Four.
teenth street and Eighth avenue.
s;ib p. M.-Open air meetins nj
Nineteenth street and Second avenue.
Canvassing Bees-5!3O p. NJ. from IL
West l2sd street: $3.50 p. NJ, from aas
East Thirty-sixth street; Z p. NJ. from
osf Ninth avenue. from 1854 First ave-
nue. and from es7 Ninth avenue.
EMPIRE STATE COMMITTEE
+. M.-Meeting Of the news ana
theatrical committee of the Emnir.
STAKE Campaign Committee, 500 Fifth
avenue.
woMEN's POLITICAL UNION.
1880 A. M.-Taik before street clean.
ers' lbsth street and Melro~e avenue.
Noon-open air meeting at Forty
nxth street and Broadway
% +. M.-Open air meeting at Fifth
avenue and Thirty-eighth street.
r. M.-Automobiie tour throurb
Adams Corners, New York.
p. M.-Open air meeting nj i,s,n
street and Lexington avenue.
$3.50 p. M.-Meetins at Rowing sboo
winner" 157th street and Broadway
$3.50 p. M.-Mecting at Times SQUARE
$3.50 y. M.-Meeting at Lex,nr,on
avenue and io6th street.
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BRIDGE BENEFIT AT THE PIER.
Proceeds of Tournament VIII Gs
to >arrnunnsctt Church.

NARrAGANsETr PIER. Aug. 3O.-A
bridge tournament viii be held In the
Casino tomorrow Afternoon for the
benefit Of -. Peters Church by the Sea.
New Workers who have taken tables
are Mrs. e. II. Tangeman. Mrs. Alex
ander Brown, Mrs. Henry de Coppet,
Theodore MoNane. Mrs. Charles Hitch
cock, Mrs Albert b. l.aG1oert. O l..
Richards, Mrs. John {. Poor, John r.
Mclean. Mrs. Samuel II. Valentine, Mrs.
Albert Steinert. Mrs Charles Towl.. Mrs.
David stevenson, Mrs Talbot Hanan,
John Harley and Miss Lille Goetchet
The testimonial for the professional
dancers IN the Casino his evening
brought out a big delegation. prizes
being awarded to the worst as well "a
to the best dancers, Dinners were given
prior to the dancing 10y Ms. johnson
Johns Of New York fur Miss Lucia
Chase. Miss Claudia Johnson and the
Messrs. Graves, and ny Mrs G. II.
Tanceman in honor OF Louis Boissevair.
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COUSINS LOSE FIGHT
ON RUTHERFORD WILL
Justice Shcarn DiSmiSscs Ac-
ton to Tie Up Estate
of 50. 1000. 900.

supreme Court Justice Shearn dis
missed yesterday a temporary Injunction
obtained by eleven maternal cousins Of
Henry Rutherford. who left s2.oot.GGC
restraining the executor. Charles * phi.
pard. from distributing $4,000 rrnain-
ing IN the estate pending the trial Of
their suit to break tho will. rhe lain
objection of the plant IA was due to
to the residuary clause of the will
giving $500. 900 to about thirty patcrnal
cousins Of the ~testator. and cutting off
the plaintiffs.
In his decision Justice Shearn says
that the in the case was served
on the last day permitted under the
statute Of limitations and that the pa
pers on the injunction application con-
tain no basis for the accusations against
the executor and various benchciaries.
All the allegations arc made ION infor-
nation and belief" and the court says
that the grounds for them do not arise
above the dignity Of gossip and inter
estod suspicion"
The court points out that not only Is
there no proof of undue influence in the
execution of the will, but says that the
will itself Is "A sufficient answer, since
it was prepared by the tostator's at
torncy under his direction. The various
requests are all founded on good rea-
son. the gift of 5000, 600 to the Rookie
Teller Institute for Medical Research, to
he devoted to cancer research. being
made because the testatOr's wife and
sister died Of the disease, The cour
says IT is untrue that n son Of the eN-
cCutor was ever connected with the in
stitute.
Justice Shear says that the fact that
rhe tcstator Disseminated against his
maternal cousins and in favor II his pa
terual cousins in dispoSiuG of the re-
siduary estate IL obviously no evidence
of undue influence or lack of testament
tary capacity" and say that even II
IL were true. as alleged. that Ruther-
ford was "A hahitual d%runkard. "he would
not be incapacitated from making a
will.
'lt is apparent that there Is no rCa-
sonablc probability of the contestants
success in this bclated attempt to over
throw the will" says Justice Shearn.
Frivolous and u~nfounded attacks upon
wills, with their long drawn out de-
lays, bring no credit to the administra-
ton of Justice"
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FACTS EXPLODED IN
NEW GOODMAN PLAY
Just Outside the Door, TheO-
riZes on the Great Power Of
Condolences.
GAIETY REOPENS DOORS
Just Outside the Door"-At the Gaiety
Theatre.

The Gaiety Theatre was again re-
opened last night with a new play by
Jules Eckert Goodman called Just Out
side the Door" 1t was presented by
Klaw & Erlanger. In association with
Henry Miller. II is a piece that attempts
to expound that theory that condolences
play a part In human life and that
coincidence itself has a solution II one
could only find II.
The entire action Of the play occurs
in the quaint old library Of Or. Carey
Wheaton, situated in any American city.
1t visualizes the events of a single eve
ming.
Or. Wheaton is n scientist who be-
lives in facts only. His two children
have been reared upon the same prin-
ciple. His daughter. Gloria, is repre-
scented as a keen minded, practical girl,
who has not failed to read of advanced
ideas" The son is a novelist whose
reputation is based upon his realistic
books.
Into this we'll ordered household. so
sure of itself and its beliefs, there comes
Su0uenly a kTtdl TOIildllCt WnlNu lS
waiting lust outside the door" and
plunges it's placid order into the mids
OF exciting events The romance takes
a Arm hold, shakes away pet theories
and in the end shows everybody quite
human. regardless Of theory. training
or environment.
Mr.. Goodman in Just Outside the
Door has written one OF the best plays
of his career. 1t proved absorbingly In
teresting and was acted with skill by an
efficient company.
More than ordinary praise fell to the
share OF Miss MacDonell. a comparative
newcomer to Broadway. She was one
OF the many surprises In the piece by
her artistic acting in the part of Mdd0e
Davis. She will be remembered as I'M
derstudy for Julia Dean in Bought and
Paid For" and later took an ingenue
role In the production OF Life at the
Manhattan Opera House.
Ernest Truck gave a good portrayal OF
Ned Davis, Mr.. Cooper was excellent as
Mr.. Buriet0h and Ottola Nesmith acted
with charm the part of the daughter.
Gloria while Mr.. Dexter as the hero Of
the melodrama was satisfactory.
IL Mr.. Goodman's great romance"
which was Just outside the door" did
no: use the usual means OF ingress but
came in through the window. no one
cared. "Just outside the Door is al
together "A worth while play.
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NOTES OF THE SOCIAL WORLD.

DR.. and Mrs. Preston +. Sa~tterwhite.
who have been for the greater part OF
the summer at Martin Hall, Great Neck.
l.. l.. left yesterday for White sulphur
Springs, w. Va.
DR.. and Mrs, Henry James. who have
been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Morgan j.
O'Brien in Good Ground. L. T., will be
for the winter at IS East Sixty-sixth
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick de Zaldo have
returned from Jefferson, N. H., and are
at the Plaza.
Mrs. Gouverneur Morris has returned
from Bar Harbor and Ia at the Biltmore,
NJ. and Mrs. Townsend Morgan have
returned to New York from a visit to
Mr.. and Mrs, Henry Topping in Bar
Harhor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Montaigu La Montague
will leave their country home In Cedar
hurst. L.. l.. early In November for IS
East Sixty-second street.
Miss Katharine Meyer. daughter Of
Mrs. John G, Meyer. will be married to
Schuyler Nelson Rice on September IL
at the home Of her mother In New
Brunswick, N. J.
Col. and Mrs. George Perkins Lawton
will remain at their summe place. Law
ton villa. In Saratoga Spring. N. Y. I'M
I'll the autumn.
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CHILD WELFARE BOARD NAMED
Two Women Among Those APP
pointed for Westchester.

The Board OF Child Welfare for West
chester county. appointed in accordance
with the provisions of the widowed
mothers pension bill, passed by the last
Legislature, was announced yesterday
by Judge w, D.. Plat of Westminster.
There are eight members, two of them
women.
One OF the women is DR.. Alice Gates
Bugbee. A. b., NJ. D., founder and pres
ent owner and ger of the Bethesda
Sanitarium in White Plains. The rther
is Miss Lucy F. Vance of Yonkers, who
was graduated from Vassar n studied
economies at London and Berlin. Miss
Vance Is at the head OF the Yonker
Prospect House Settlement Association.
V. Everit Macy. superintendent OF the
poor In Westchester county, Is a member
ex oficio. The ether members are Por-
ter II. Lee OF New Rochelle, n director
in the New York School OF Philanthropy
DR.. Ludwig v. Bernstein. superintendent
OF the Hebrew Shelterlng Guardian So
ciety Asylum at Pleasantville, n. Y:
Edward r, Sill. manufacturer and d.
rector OF the F!shkill Savings Bank, and
william Ryan of Port Chester, formerly
a member of Congress,
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ARRIVALS AT THE HOTELS.
Some of the Latest Names Found
on the Registers.

McAlpin-Major Gordon w. Lille.
Pawnee, Okla. /; J. A. Merryman. Fond du
lac, Wis. Mr., and Mrs. David Gordon.
Montreal: George NJ. Co-lett, Monte
Vista, Col.
B!ltmore - Mr.. and Mrs. Potter
Ialmer. Jr.. Chicago; Mrs. Rogers Des-
ltrd, st. Paul Mr.. and Mrs. George
Norton, Chicago: Mr.. and Mrs. w. c.
lands, Detroit; Mr.. and Mrs. n. T.
'irady, Philadelphia Clark l.. Poole,
Chicago,
Prince George-Charles Claim Allen,
~, st. Louis; J. d. Bergman. Charlie
roi, Pa.
Waldorf-Astoria-J. V. Thompson,
~uniontown. Pa. VI. Il. Davis, Montreal {;
Harry Sheldon and Miss Ruth Sheldon.
l1ttsburg; w. NJ, Wood, Boston.
Albert-Mr. and Mrs. p. IA. Evans,
Montreal; j. b. Stevens. Milwaukee ;
=, r. Beers, Scranton, Pa. l.. J. Barton.
81. Louis.
savoy-Mr. and Mrs. ]. c. Carrich, st.
LOUIS; Mr.. and Mrs. H.. p. Watson,
Pittsburg.
.Vanderbilt-William O.. McAdoo,
washington Newman Erb. Deal. ". j..
'tnry [. Stewart, Governor OF Virginia.
Waldorf-Astoria-Mrs. Roland s.
Morris. Philadelphia Mrs. Seaton Perry,
washington; Mr., and Mrs. George s..
handler. Philadelphia Elliot X. Lud-
,nston. ST. Louis Mrs. NJ. E. Norment,
Washington.
lroquois-Major Alvan Reed. U. s. A.,
ana Mrs Reed, San Juan. Porto Rico.
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HAMMERSTEIN FIGHT
FOR ACTS is HELD UP
Suit Against United Booking
Office Is Adjourned
for a Week.
PALACE THEATRE IN IT

An APPLICATION by Oscar Hammerstein
for an injunction restraining the United
! Booking Offices from interfering with
the Hammerstein Amusement Company
In attempting to book vaudeville artists
for the Forty-fourth Street Theatre,
which Mr.. Hammerstein will open on
October /. was on the calendar of
Supreme Court Justice Donnelly yester-
day. The case was adjourned to Sep
TENDER 7. as was also an application by
the Palace Theatre and Realty Com
pany to be made a party defendant to
the action.
TIL papers in the case show that when
Mr.. Hammerstein got his franchise with
the United Booking Offices in 1907 it
was for the Victoria Theatre and
Forty-eighth street and from Fifth
avenue to the Hudson River. In 1907
the booking offices and the owners Of the
Palace Theatre paid Hammerstein S225,-
900 for the privilege of opening the
Palace Theatre at F'orty-seventh street
and Seventh avenue. and booking
through the United.
In his affidavit asking for an in
junction Mr.. Hammerstein says that
under his United Booking franchise his
agent has the right to inspect all the
defendants books and records showing
the engagements of various artists and
the salaries paid. lie says that unless
theatre owners book through the
high class attractions. 1t is also set
forth that on May / last he discontinued
the Victoria Theatre and has leased the
Forty-fourth Street Theatre. which is
within the specified area. lie says he
want to employ william Morris, vice
president OF the Hammerstein Amuse-
ment Company. as his agent In the
booking office, and hat when Mr.
Morris applied to examine the de-
PENDANTS records on August l6 access
was refused.
Mr.. Hammerstein n y he was in
formed that the ground OF the defend
ants refusal was chat the defendant
does not like Morris personally, such
dislike having no ground except that
Morris is the best man plaintin can en-
ploy to get somewhere near "a square
deal in the booking Office" lie says he
understands that the defendant also
contends that the booking contract
applied only TO the Victoria Theatre but
says that the new theatre is within the
prescribed area. He states that he is to
pay $4,000 rent and to meet it he must
run with only the highest class NJ at
fractions. From his experience at the
Victoria he believes he will make $780,
900 a year net profit.
The Palace Theatre and Realty Com
pany, owner of the Palac Theatre,
contends in it's application TO be made
"A party defendant that Hammerstein
accepted s225.000 under an agreement
not TO Engage in vaudeville in any other
theatre than the Victoria or the Man
haitian Opera House. except in case of
destruction of these houses by fire or
other casualty.
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Plays and

Lewis Waller and Madge 1ftheradge
and their English company will be seen
in Gamblers All in 70 York at Christ
mas time. Percy Burton has arranged
with Frank Curzon and Gerald du Maui
rier for the American rights.
The o u OF "Androcles and the Lion
and THE Man Who Married a Dumb
Wife," under the direction of Gran
vile Barker. will open on October IL
In Washington.
Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson ana
his English company. including Laura
Cowie, the Scotch actress, will sail for
America or September rs.
A. ii. Woods's production OF Potash
q Perlmutter' is at the Lexington
Theatre this week. The cast includes
Phil White, Harry First. Jane Fearnley,
Blanche Aimes, Helen Salinger and
Maurice Barrett.
Peggy O'Neil will be seen this season
in a new play called The Impossible
Boy by Nina Wilcox Putnam. She has
been appearing In Peg o My Heart"
Dustin Farnum In THE Iron Strain
will be one of the first offerings Of
Triangle film plays at the Kn~ickerbocker
Theatre when II opens under new man
agement next month.
"The Girl Who Smiles moved from
the Lyric 10 the Longacre Theatre last
night, Lucille Saunders has replaced
Jennie Dickerson in the cast.
THE Birth of a Nation" o another
legal victory In Ptttsburg yesterday
an injunction was granted re-
straining the police from interfering
with the production OF u. w. Grifith's
photo drama OF the civil war. This Is
the NTH time Mr.. Griffith has had TO
go to court 10 allow the picture to be
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TOURISTS BY AUTOMOBILE.

LrSox. Aug - arrivals at
the Hotel Aspinwau TODAY Included Mr.
and Mrs. Il. s, Hardness Pierce-Arrow)
MIR and Mrs. w. u. Hannah Richard
Hannah. Miss Alice Hannah tNerrpr) .
MIR. and Mrs. J. +. MAYNARD ,CadulacI
Mrs. William Armstrong, Miss kcndau
CCadillac) Mr.. and Mrs. u. +. Ben
singer CPierce) Mr.. and Mrs. T.. :.
Mason, Mr.. and Mrs. j. ". Lamprccht
(Cadillac) also Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Schollkopf, Buffalo CPicrce-Arrow)
Harley r. Proctor. F. II. T. fleming
haus, Greenwich, conn CSimpleNl.
WATERBURY,, Aug. a. Automobiles
from New York who arrived Al the Hotel
Elton over the Ideal Tour to-day in
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SCULPTURES BY GIRL OF Is.
I nusunl Exhibition Held of Young
Modellcr's Work.

An exhibition OF sculptures by a ff-
t~een-year-old country girl, Miss Helen
Miller. was held last week at the IDX-
more Inn, Woodland, Ulster county.
under the patronage Of a number of the
cottagers in the vicinity.
Miss Miller lis "A daughter of Mrs.
Edward X. Miller, and although she has
never received any tuition, the twenty
five or thirty exhibits shown in the inn
AVE caused many persons 10 say that
means SHOULD be found to send her
abroad TO study under Rodin.
Miss Miller began TO model at :. taxi
ing the clay from the banks Of the brook
along wuich she lived. \ small Pan"
remarkably well executed and POLITICALLY
conceived, attracted the mort attention.
Mrs. Boardman Robinson and Mrs. II. IL.
Andrew Of SAG West En- avenue, Man
haitian, were the two women princi-
pally interested in arranging the cx-
hlDit.
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PENALTY IF HEIRESS MARRIES.
EGbert II, seaman In VIII Bars
Lawyer as S~On-in-law.

Eghert Il, Seaman, one of the founders
OF the Mason-SeamAn Transportation
Company, left an estate Of $2l0,2Sl, OF
which $l70,347 goes TO his wife, Maria
n. Seaman. for life, on the death OF
Mrs, Seaman this is to be divided equally
between her son, Egbert Il, seaman, and
daughters, Mrs. Carrie L. Eidlitz and
Mrs. Frances +. Oakley.
The will provides that Mrs, Onkley's
share of more than $50, 900 is to he held
In trust for her and the income Is not TO
he paid in case she becomes the wife OF
Leo Fassler, n lawyer, If she marries
any one else or II the lawyer dies before
her she Will get her share outright.
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Herbert Gray Torrey.

Herbert Gray Torrcv died at his home
at Hilltop, stirling, y. j.. on Sunday,
aged %. For thirty-seven years until
1910. when he retired. ne had been chief
assayer Of this city. He RESIGNED at
Inc request Of President Taft on al
LEGATIONS that he mad been doing outside
work.
Mr.. Torrey was the son of rrof John
I'rrey If Columbia University. He
was educated in the College OF the CIV
OF New York, and afterward became
assistant to his father. who was the
hrSt assayer here. having been an
pointed In 1884 by President Pierce.
In 1865 Mr.. Torrey married Miss