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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-20
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

At st. Louis-First game
Score: r H E
Philadelphia .-..6 3
81 pattnr; 1iaxandcr go
Robinson and Snyder
Summary: Two base hits-Ban-
croft, Cravath, Whitfield Hornsby
Bases or balls-Off Alexander, 1; off
Robinson, 8. Struck out-By Alexan-
der. /; by Robinson. .. Empires
Second game-Score: r H E
Philadelphia ......0 1
St. Louis. Z O
Go innings.)
Batteries: Chalmers and Burns;
Ames and Snyder.
Summary: Two base hit-Bescher
Three base hit-Gonzales. Bases on
balls-Off Chalmers, 4 off Ames /
Struck out-By Chalmers. 2; by
Ames. T. Umpires- and
Eason.
At Cincinnati-Score: RI E
Cincinnati. 2
Batteries: Rudolph and Gowdy
an0 Whaling; Schneider and Clarke.
Summary: Two base hits-schnei-
der, Moran. Three base hit-Leach
Home run-Mollwitz. Stolen base
Moran. Bases on balls-Off Schnef-
der, 5. Struck out-By Schneider, 4.
Cmpires-O'Day and Quigley:
At Chica go-Score: Ri z
Chicago. o
Batteries: Strand. Benton and
Schang; Humphries and Archer.
summary: Two base hits-PheIan.
Good, Burns Home run-Robertson.
stolen bases-Saier, Becker. Bases
on baIls-off Humphries. l. Struck
out-By HUMPHREYS. 1 by Stroud
Umpires-klem and Emsiie.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-20

A house was recently moved
through the streets of Boston drawn
by a steam roller.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-20
WITH The AMATEURS
Fast Oakland Team Defeats Kreipe's
31O's in Eleventh Inning.

The fast Oakland team scored an
other victory Sunday by defeatlng the
Kreipe 310's at Santa Fe park by the
score of to 4. The battle lasted
eleven innings. The score: n Z
Oakland .----'----- .
misunderstanding. Maze and John
son; Whitney and Gonker
Il. and l.. of S. Won.
The K. and L. of s team defeated
the Palace Garage by the score of b
to :. Both teams collected goodly
number of hits and several for extra
bases were made The score: r H E
K. and L. of S. II
Batteries-Price, Hanley and Glenn
ents; Anderson, Holstrom ana JeE-
ecke.
Ottawa Defeated by 4 c; Fords:
sas civ Ford club defeated Ottawa,
s to 5, here Sunday The Tubs nave
split even on four games. Batterles:
Fords-Bickers and Bowman; Ottawa
Bumps and Burnett
Neodesha !: Chanute 0.
Naodesha Kan, Sept 20.-The
hasahafI supremacy of Chanute and
Neodesha for the season, was settied
here Sunday by a fast and interesting
game, Neodesha winning eaSny py d
Score of to l. Lambert pitched for
Neodesha and Newman for Chanute-
To Wrestle at Gay CENTER
CLAW Center. Kan. Sept 2O.-Clay
Center and vicinity will have K chance
to witness one of the biggest Wrestnns
matches ever pulled off in the state,
when less Westergard of Des Moines,
Ia, and Allan Eustace of Wakefleld,
kan. meet there October L Eustace
is the recognized champion OF Kansas:
having defeated all the best men OF
the state. Westergard needs no intro
duction to wrestling fans, having a ma
tional reputation for being one OF the
hest in the wrestling profession
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-20
American Association.

AMERICAN LEAGUE.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-20

Motor Washers at Forbes.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-20
FEDERAL LEAGUE.

No games scheduled.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-09-20
Metropolitan Drops Basketball.

Batteries-O'Toole and Coleman;
Pennybaker, Sanders and Geibel.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-27
ACCUSED DEPUTIES
IDENTIFIED BY BOY
Picks Ont Five lie Says He Saw
Fire on Strikers at
Roosevelt.

NEW B~RrNswIcK. y. J.. May 2s-The
State finished It's case against the Roose-
welt strike deputies this afternoon and
after one witness was called for the
defence an adjournment was taken un-
III tomorrow. II is believed the case
will go TO the jury Friday afternoon.
John C. Smith. one of the ten defend
ants. Is sure TO go free. As the result
Of a motion OF former At.ornry-General
Robert II. McCarter. Justice Bergen said
that at the conclusion of the trial he
will direct the Jury TO find Smith not
guilty. None OF the witnesses !dent,-
fed him as one Of the deputies in the
party that attacked the strikers.
Edward Conlon. a fourteen-year-old
schoolboy. was the first witness for the
prosecution TO connect any Of the men
on trial with the shooting. At the time
" the strike he was employed as an
office hoy at the Williams a Clark
plant. lie named James Bavler, Harry
Patterson. Mullen. Mclaughlin and
Wallace as men he saw Are.
j. Ernest War!ng, the Ars. witness
for the defence. denied that M had
acted as n deputy. as alleged by Jaeger.
the strike leader. He testified tina, as
superintendent ~ the L.iehig a. Co. plant
he called upon 'he borough officials and
sheriff Houghton for protection Of the
plant and the company's employees.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-27
BOY HANGMAN HIS
OWN ~EXECUTIONER
Is Playing Alone When Chair
Slips and He Is Stranglcd
to Death.

Louis Kahnweiler. Jr., 10 years old,
was found Head from hanging yester-
day evening in his pTayroom in the
nome OF his parents in Ivy Court. 2l0
West 10Th street. The Coroner and
BOYS family believe that while he was
playing hangman by himself a chair
slipped from under his feet and that
he was accidentally killed. The boy was
pupil at Horace Mann School and his
father Is a member OF the firm of Davis
kahoweiler's Sons. dealers in life sav-
ing appliances and fire extinguishers at
go Front street.
No one was home but the maid yes
"riay afternoon and at 6 o'clock she
Tapped on his door to tell him to dress
10Y dinner. Getting no response she
efawled out on the fire escape and look
ing into the room saw the boys body
Dangling from the doc A pulmotor
vas employed without effect.
After an investigation Coroner Rior
Gan said that the boy had probably
been playing hangman and had tied one
eld ~ a rope around The door OF a
C%.otl"s closet in the room. then thrown
we other end over the top Of the door
ana then, standing on a chair. had put
Ms head in the moose. For some reason
1e chair slipped.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-27
KILLS HIMSELF AFTER
NUMBERING WOMAN
Rejected SuitOr Uses Revolver
Victim Was Sued for
Divorce.

STAMFORD. Conn. May es.-In love
with Mrs. Howard A.. Hilton. a stenog-
rapher mt moving picture actress who
had rebuffed him repeatedly. Joseph
Hensek, who until three months ago
lived at 3l3 East seventy-first street.
New York. shot and killed The woman
his afternoon in her apartment at 26
himself.
Mrs. Hilton. who was IS years old.
had lived here since last March with
Mrs. CORN Mathers. a dressmaker. who
until a year & lived at 1892 Gates
avenue. Brooklyn.
She was employed at the Kroeger
piano factory. where she met Hensek.
who subsequently became n roomer In
the house where Mrs. Mathers and Mrs,
Hilton lived. Hensek. Mrs. Mathers
said. proposed marriage a number OF
times. but was always rebuffed by Mrs.
Hilton. who said she did not care for
him in that way.
After advising with Mrs. Mathers Mrs.
Hilton told Hensek Saturday morning
that III would have to find "A room else
where.
This afternoon at 4 o'clock Hensek
came in and asked Mrs. Mathers to
call Mrs. Hilton. who was indisposed.
lie said he wanted to pay her money he
owed.
Mrs. Hilton sent word for him to come
in. A moment later Mrs. Hilton cried
for help and three shots sounded. Mrs.
Mathers ran to the room and as she
thrust the o open Hensek fired a shot
into his own head and fell across the
foot Of the bed on which Mrs. Hilton
Law In one of Mrs. Hilton's IN nds was
a note the substance Of which the police
said was this I'VE can't be sweet
hearts here we will he sweethearts
hereafter. We are willing to die for our
love-"
According to papers in a divorce ac-
ton which were served on Mrs. Hilton
hero IN Saturday night by Deputy Sheriff
Schlechtweg she and Howard g.. Hilton.
a merchant Of Guilford. Me. were mar
ried in Stamford on February "a. 1914,
and Mrs. Hilton deserted her husband in
November 1914.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-27
DISPUTE OVER NEGRO SCHOOL.
Resignation Of P%resident Of Ala
bama Institute Demanded.

The stockholders OF the Dixie In
dustrial Company. which holds the
property OF the Kowaliga Academic and
Industrial Institute, "A negro school near
Montgomery. Ala, met for more than
five hours yesterday at the Title Guar
antee and Trust Company. l7S Broad
way. in a vain attempt to s%traighten out
n dispute W factions regarding
the efficiency OF william T.. Benson, the
negro president of the school.
Benson's resignation was demanded
by n vote OF to 8, no proxies being
allowed to vote. John Brooks Lea witt,
80 Broad street. counsel for Benson,
would not permit his client to resign,
laying he had not been given a full
and fair hearing, He also commended
that any business transacted at a meet
ing where proxies were not allowed to
vote was Illegal. The meeting was ad-
journed until June 4 at 3 i. NJ. until
the law on this point could be deter
mined.
Clarence II. Kelsey. president Of the
Title Guarantee and Trust Company,
the largest individual s~tockholder, is
the principal obJector to Benson's ad-
ministratiOn.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-27
william VI. Dsaacs.

william NJ. Isaacs. the oldest member
OF Calvary Baptist Church in West
Ftfty-scvcnth street. died yesterday at
his home, 20 East Sixty-ninth street.
He was ST years old. Mr.. Isaacs wa
"A retired member of the firm of Calhoun.
Robbins & Co. merchants and importers.
He Joined the old Laight Street Baptist
Church hfty-seven years ago. lie was
one OF the founders of the Young Mems
Christian Association in this city. He
was a director OF the New York Baptist
city Mission Society and of the Sabbath
committee. He is survived by his wife
and one daughter, Mrs. Arthur l.. Lesher
OF Rye. y. Y.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-27
WILL TRY TO INDICT
J.. D., JR.'FOR MURDER
Colorado Labor Leaders Say
Capitalist Is as Response
BILE as Union Men.

DENVER. May 26.-The officials Of the
United Mine Workers intend II possible
to secure the indictment OF John ID
Rockefeller. Jr., and the officers OF the
colorado Fuel and Iron Company for
the alleged murder of nineteen men.
women and children In the strike battle
at Ludlow. Col. on April 20. 1914. ac-
cording to John McLennan, president OF
the United Mine Workers in Colorado.
III the courts hold the officials of the
miners union responsible for the deeds
lone by strikers. then John n. Rookie
Teller. Jr. and the Colorado Fuel and
Iron and the Vic or American officers
are Just as responsible for the deeds Of
the mine guards" said Mr.. McLennan
to-day.
The statement OF Mackenzie King OF
'he rockefeller Fund before the Industrial
commission that the will and conscience
OF young John d. Rockefeller, Jr., are
more powerful In Colorado AT present
h any other force that could no
brought to bear to better conditions
was generally resented to-day BY many
prominent men.
Ex-District Judge James owen said
Taken by itself MIR. Kings statement
regarding the power OF young Rookie
teller IN Colorado is rash. assinine and
~onoxiou to the people OF Colorado"
Ex-Cnited States Senator T. NJ. Pat
terson said II think John u. Rocke-
Teller. Jr.. has more power than any
other single individual In Colorado. The
influence OF his wealth and the corpora.
lions he controls In Colorado are a ire
power-it Is a tremendous
power for evil and could be made n
tremendous power for good"
Public opinion Is not lead in Colo
RADIO and 1t Is yet a force greater than
any power young Mr.. Rockefeller can
bring to bear In this State" said Judge
Ben b. Lindsey of Denver's Juvenile
Court.
State Senator Helen Ring Robinson.
comment was: "~Coloradoans should be
grateful to Mr.. Mackenzie King for his
clear cut statement. The shame Of such
a statement Is the greater to Coloradoans
who know how the Rockefeller con-
science has condoned the Snug partner
ship OF the Rockefeller interests with
the saloon. the brothel and gunner in
his Colorado coal camps
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-27
PHYSICIAN HELD FOR FRAUD.
Charged with Aiding 10 Conceal
Assets of Raukrupt Firm.

Or. Isaiah A. Lehman OF l727 Wash.
inEton avenue was arralgned before
Judge Pollock in the United States Dis
trict Court yesterday OF an indictment;
charging him with aiding in the con-
cealment of the assets OF the firm of
Louis Malvin a Co. wholesale dealers
In skins and furs, who went into bank
ruptcy in January, 1914
Dr. Lehman. according TO Assistant
United States Attorney Raymond II
Sarfat'v. has an extensive practice i'm
The RrOnX and Is Louis Malvin's family
physician. The Indictment sets forth
hat on one occasion pr. Lehman re
ceived $4,000 from Malvin. The doctor
was held IN $4,000. IIs will probably
he placed on trial with the other de.
PENDANTS on June :
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-27
LUSITANIA MAY DELAY TRIAL
hsmburg-Amcrican Case Likely e
Go Over TIL Fall.

The trial OF Karl Buenz and others
,ndlc'ed with the Hamburg-American
.'he Tor consplring to violate the GUS
.oms laws in sending chartered vessels
70 coal and provision German sea raid
,,,s VIII probably go over to next fall.
y was originally scheduled for some
Time in June.
Although none Of the Federal author
sec could be induced to discuss the pos
s'nie adjournment. II Ia aid on good
.a,nor'ty hat Government officials hesi-
A'e 10 try ii. defendants .: Z time
rhen feeling Is running high over he
saiaba u Lusitania Incidents.
mari Buenz. the chief defendant. 10
damaging director OF the Hamburg
american Line here. His c~odefendants
~ George Koetter. general superin-
,.naen': Adolf Hachmeister. Felix 6sR-
=" and j. PsppinghauA
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-27

found thcm too much Of n handican
against the fleet footed policeman. lie
scattered n stream of coppers along the
way. ana as he lodged behind a milk
wagon he threw "A handful Of The loose
change in the policeman's face.
The patrolman had to fire three shots
before the fugitive was stopped. In the
chase he had disposed of all the damag-
ing evidence except ten of the pennies,
which were still left in his pocket. Ths
pennies came from the TIL Of the grocery
store OF Herman S~tcuhrmann. 6sf
Eleventh avenue
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-27
George II. MILLS.

GOSHEN, ". ", May 26.-George II.
Mills. 81. died in the Thrall Hospital.
Middletown, n, Y, this afternoon follow
Ing an operation for mastoiditis, He
was widely known on the race track
and was the owner OF Sweepstakes. son
of Rysdyk's Hambletonian. OF late
years ne has been a Judge on tracks In
the East and South.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-27
The Rev. Father John Kelly.

ST. MARY's. Kan, May 26.-The Rev.
Father John Kelly. 81 years old. treas
urer OF Creighton University. Omaha.
and who had been pastor of Catholic
churches in Chicago, 81. Louis. Balti-
more and Kansas. died here to-day
Father Kelly was widely known in Jes-
uit circles. lie came to 81. Mary's Col
lege here last month suffering from a
disease of the kidneys.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-27

Funeral services for Jacob RUPERT. the
brewer. who died on Tuesday night. will
he held tomorrow evening at rs az
Mr.. Ruppert's late home. 1916 Fifth
avenue. The nanes OF the psllbearers
have not been announced. The burial,
which will be private, will be in Kensico
Cemetery on Saturday morning.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-27
David !. Towers.

David Irving Towers. u theatrical
manager, who lived At 81 Fort Washing
ton avenue, died yesterday Of cancer at
the Polytechnic Hospital. Some of the
productions with which he was asso-
ciated were "Ben-IIur." The County
Fair" and The Fourth Estate When
he became III he Was manager of the
Playgocrs Film Company. lie leaves
his wife and a stepdaughter.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-27

Denslow started working dn a grocery
store at a very early age. Some years
later he came to Brooklyn and vas for
many years the president OF the Ster-
ling Piano Company. Ill health made
retirement necessary and the past few
years of his life we're spent in the
South. Mr.. Denslow leaves n wife and
two daughters. The funeral win take
place at their home. 1924 Union street,
to-day and the interment will be at
Windsor, Conn.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-27
GRngmRn Convicted Of Murder.

John smith. 40 years old and one time
member Of the Monk Eastman gang,
who was indicted for murder in .he first
degree for kicking TO death Rudolph
Gorhert, n ticket chopper. in his home
at t22 East sixteenth street on January
I last, was convicted OF murder in the
second degree before Justice Shearn in
the Criminal Branch Of the Supreme
Court yesterday Smith has already
served twenty-five Of his - years in
prison.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-27
COP PURSUES $50 CoPPERS.
Policeman Gets Fugitive, hut Not
Pennies, After Firing :, shots.

The footrace in Eleventh avenue
early Yesterday morning led nv Harry
until he was captured by patrolman
Jenkine. might he called a case Of n
cop after $50 coppers. for Mayre had
$3.50 In pennies In his pockets until he
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-27
sWOB0DAS CASE DRAGS On.
Preliminary Investisation to Com
sumo Two Months.
specia, Gable Despafch to THE sUN,

Special Cable Despdfch TO The Sun,
PARIS, May 26.-The preliminary In
vestigation into the charges against
Raymond %swoboda. who claims Ameri-
can citizenship. charged with being a
German spy. will take longer than two
months. The replies OF the accused to
Major Julien Of the Second Permanent
Court-Martial. sitting at the Palais de
Justice, have made a strong impression
in his favor. but the authorities still
believe him to be n German.
A commission In taking testimony in
every town and city In which Swoboda,
or Schwind. as some believe his name
TO DO, lived. NJ. Zevaes, who was As
signed a. his counsel. has not yet seen
the accused. who 70 confined ~ TIE
Concsryegss.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-27
CAMP rASst Mr>iC FOR yOUSG BOYS
on LAKE tIRIEF, VT.

Bungalows Nrtcsidu water, srreeued din
ing room. thorough sanitation. counssNo-s
al college men. horseback lliing, free fo-
ali. mountain Mixing d speciality. AL and
and water sports. fee i0' two months
$50, mothers with Younger children &C.
coWmOit'ei n passumps.c Lodge Al
dress: WILLIAM ". ClENpENlS. 40
Vista p, Nj vernon. y Y
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-27
william y. DenslOw,

william s. Denslow. for many years
a prominent resident of Brooklyn. 10
dead at his home In Lakeland, Fla,
In Windsor, Conn. nifty years ago, Mr..
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-27

The Countess of Cardigan was the
widow of Lieut. Gen the Earl of Cardi-
gan, who led the 900 in the charge OF
the Light brigade at Balaclava. She
was the daughter OF Spencer de Hor-
sey n Lady Isabel ltous de IIorsey
and was married To the Crimean hero
In 1858, He died ten wears later and
his title passed to the Marquis OF Allies
bury, a relative, Five years later the
Countess married Count Lancashire, who
died In 1898. but his wife retained her
first title by courtesy.
She owned much property in various
counties n was the patron OF ten
ecclesiastical livings, She was a noted
woman fencer in her earlier days. fond
OF yachting. n member OF HI Royal
Southern Yacht Club. a good musician
and an amateur painter of talent, Her
"Recollections." published In 1899. at
trac,ed attention.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-27
CAMP MJTTELL

numfri-S. New NnlnSwick. Canada. an Idenl
Camp on a beautiful lake, for boys: rat.
Ss3oo for 10 weeks Tuli Information on
request. Limited number ~ boys accepted.
tHIilP MIIItII.
Van DYKE studios. Jbtu -, and Sth Ave.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-27
hOrwayPineSCamp"""tS;:;%:?" s ,;.

Wste' Sports. a specially Ten week" NJ
freedom and rCs' IN The woods OF ssins
Careful supervision studies u d"sir.i, IT
wears NJ experience Address Or. W A.
kENES. l39 W "lst 81. y Y
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-27

For several winters past Mrs. Fish
had given n series of brilliant dinners
AZ her New York home. and on these
occasions her guests numberei rarely
less than eighty persons. others coming
In later for "A dance. and there was
always n vaudeville or theatrical per-
formance. Mrs. Fish was one al The
first 10 Insist upon early hours at her
dances and often the orchestra would
play Home. Sweet Home" somewhat
TO the discontinue Of her guests. all
Of whom were anxious to remain.
Almost Immediately after the Chinese
dinner of las summer the European
wal began and Mrs. Fish was among
the first TO decide that lavish entertain
Ing in Newport would not he in place
AT such n time. 4 new ballroom had
been added to The Crossways during
the winter Of lsl3-1t and the house
WAS in condition for a large entertain
mcnt. II had been Mrs. Fish's object
to give there early last August an old
fashioned country party, when her
guests were to appear dressed as milk
maids and farmers with her CUSTOM
AIRY activity Mrs. Fish was one OF tho
first 10 organize n fete for the benefit
of the Red Cross Fund. and this was
held or the grounds of The Breakers,
Mrs, Nanderbilt's villa in Newport, and
much OF the success Of the fe,e was
due to the efforts Of Mrs. Fish.
During the period Of her social activt-
ties in Newport. nj Garrison and In
New York Mrs. Fish entertained many
distinguished foreigners. men and
women OF high rank visiting In this
country.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-27
COUNTESS OF CARDIGAN DEAD.
Was widow Of Earl who Led the
Charge Of the 600.

LONDON, May 26-Adeline Louise
Maria Countess OF Cardigan and Lam
castro. is dead Mt her country seat.
Deene Park.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-27

COLLEGE INSTRUCTOR S r,l '" y. t 'cnI
family - Ia summer homo on Afi-on-
dNCk Lake. tutoring - desired water
sports. hikes mountain climbs. ctro,
trips " g. HUBERT, -t9 Mclean Ave.
onkers y.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-27

CAMP WISAPF In the Green Mts,
Fly boys, nine buildings. thirty tsrts,
beautiful lake In spruce woods Resi-
dent physician. mntrnn Al and AMI
water sports Fiffh season. Eleven cups
booklet. = W. BERRY. 80 WEST stTH
ST, NEW YORK.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-27

Fish gave in advance OF Mrs. q. II. +.
Belmont's Chinese fete a notable din
rer at which all OF her guests wore
elaborate Chinese costumes. For zach
OF these entertainments Mrs. Fish al
ways secured the services OF profess
sional artists. the most talented to he
had. II was the custom of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fish TO spend the months OF July
and August at The Crossways. and they
always left in the early part OF Sep
TENDER for their country place at Gar
rison. opposite West Point.
The Fish family had been identified
for generations with Garrison n IL
was always their custom to entertain
lavishly at his place. which has been
the scene OF gatherings quite as nota-
BILE as those at The Crossways. For
many years Mr.. and Mrs. Fish opened
their Garrison home about the middle of
May. remaining there until their de-
parture for Newport, and returning there
after the Newpo; season. Mrs. Fish had
been preparing "A brilliant celebration
for Sunday. June 6. IL was to be / N
honor OF her birthday and she was to
give n luncheon for rearly 200 persons,
10 he followed by a garden party with
elaborate features. Invitations had also
been issued for a large dinner party
on the night of June 3 and a good many
OF the dinner guests had been invited to
renain over Sunday.