The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-22
Big HOSPITAL TO Be
|. L. RICE MEMORIAL
81, 100000 Structure Plan Of
Heirs Of Submarine Boat
Manufacturer.
SELECT SUBURBAN SITE
Institution Is to BE for Con-
valescents Of All Creeds
and Races.

A million dollar convalescent hospital
is to be erected soon In suburb Of the
city as a memorial to the late Isaac
l. Rice. the manufacturer Of submarines.
who died on election day at the An
sonia Hotel. where ne lived.
Mrs. Rice, who was for a time we'll
known as president Of the Society for
the SUPPRESSION OF Unnecessary Noises
her two sons. Isaac L. and Julian Rice,
and her four daughters. Mrs. Waldo
Peirce and the Misses Muriel. Marion
and Marjorie Rice. have decided that
such hospital would be the best pos
sible memorial to Mr.. Rice.
Although the plan In not yet complete
ground !n some suburb Of New York
already has been selected and an archi-
tect has been put to work on plans.
Isaac L. Rice said last night that. al
though details were not yet worked out
the plan was to build and equip the best
possible hospital for 100000
Tho hospital will be open to conva-
lescents Of any race. creed or color" said
Mr.. Rice. but We are considering some
sort of ARRANGEMENT whereby Beth Israel
Hospital at 10 Jefferson street will bene-
Mt. though not To the exclusion OF any
other hospital. We have looked the
ground over and We think Beth Israel
needs help as much as any hospital
Board Of Directors chosen.
I'VE have selected a tentative board OF
nine directors, and that board will meet
tomorrow night at the Ansonia Hotel
and again on Wednesday night. and We
hope then that We shall have completed
all our plans and be able to make them
public. The only member whose name
] can make public Is my own physician
DR. Jonas Reinthaler Of 22 West Eighty
ninth street. He will be the only physi-
clan on the board. which will probably
include representative Of Beth Israel
MIR. Rice was for many years president
OF the Electric Boat Company. the Hol-
land Torpedo Boat Company. the Elec-
trio Launch Company, the National Tor
pedo Company, the Car Lighting and
Power Company and many other enter
prises. lie was particularly active in
promoting and encouraging progress In
submarine boat manufacturing. He was
also u pioneer In the automobile manu-
featuring industry.
Rice Had 1000. 900 Home.
Nearly fifteen years ago Mr.. Rice
built a house at the southeast corner
OF Riverside Drive ard EiRhtS-nlitn
street at "A cost estimated At sl.0o".00O.
Villa Julia. as II was called. was OF
Italian architecture. with marble APP
proaches. terraces and gardens with
fountains and colonnades The entrance
was a great marble arch.
Some of the unusual features Of the
house were the underground chess room
In the basement. built To secure ahso-
lutte quiet for Mr.. Rice. who was de-
voted TO the game. There was gym
naslum on the fourth foor for the six
children. all OF whom are talented in
music and art The house later was sold
to Solomon Schinasi, the cigarette manu-
facturer for 100000. after Mrs Rice
had made "A long fight to prevent steam
boat captains from blowing whistles in
discriminatory and keeping residents Of
the drive awake.
Mrs Rlce's efforts to suppress un-
necessary noises continued over several
years and We're given much publicity.
Similar societies We're formed IN Paris
and in Berlin and Mrs. Rice was for
some time an international hgure. She
has lived for some years at the An
sonia Hotel.