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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-17
S3,141,562 LEFT
TO AID INVALIDS
Fairgrounds, Schools and Hos
pitfalls Also Remembered in
Langeloth Will.

The transfer tax appraisal Of the es-
tate of Jacob Langeloth, who died on
August Il, 1914, filed yesterday in the
Surrogates' Court, shows that there is
available S3,141,562 for the establish
ment of the recreation and GONZALES
cents home provided for in the will OF
Mr.. Langeloth. The testator was chair
man of the American Metal Company.
His gross estate is appraised at So,-
528,4l3.
The amount which will be used to
carry out the provision for the home
represents the residuary estate. The
institution created by Mr.. Langeloth Is
to be named in honor OF his wife, Mrs.
Valeria Langeloth.
Another $4,000 of the estate is TO
be used for the establishment and
maintenance of schools. Fairgrounds,
hospitals and other Institutions IN a
town in Washington County, Penn, to
be named after the benefactor.
There were several other instltu-
tional gifts in the VIII of hr. LANCE
10th, including Mount Sinai Hospital,
Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hos
pital. Germa' Hospital, Columbia Uni
versity and Metropolitan Museum Of
Art, each $4,000, and the Mannheimer
Park GeseIlschaft, Mannheim, Ger
many, $500.
Mrs. Lang 10th, the widow. received
jewelry and other personal effects
valued at SS,774, cash, S250,000; wines.
81 .230. and will have a life income Of
100000 a year. Carl NJ. Loeb, one OF
the trustees unde- the will, receives
S30,500.
The estate consisted chiefly Of stocks
and bonds, these being valued at
Sb.0lb.q92.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-17
GEORGE S. ROE.

George S. Roe, seventy-three years
old, for many years well known bust
ness man along the North Shore and
at one time cashier of the Bayside Ma
tional Bank, died at his home, so South
Parsons Avenue, Flushing, yesterday.
A native of Flushing, he succeeded to a
lumber business established by his
father, and later founded the Baysde
Lumber Company. which was sold six
years ago to Manhattan syndicate.
He was a member of the Reformed
Dutch Church and of CornucOpia Lodge,
F. and A. NJ, having been admitted to
that lodge in 1865. He was twice mar
red and is survived by daughter,
Miss Jessie II. Roe.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-17
WILLIAM HENRY BIRCHALL.

William Henry Birchall, who died at
his summer home on Lake Cmbagog,
Me-, August IS, was born in Philadel-
phia on January IS, 1914. Mr.. Birchall
early in life connected himself with
the Bronx Company, and was its pres
ident since 1890. He was interested in
the development of The Bronx and was
a member of the Bronx Board of Trade,
the New York Botanical Garden and
the New York Geological Society. He
was president Of the Quaker Realty
Company and was interested in the
Bronx Gas and Electric Company. He
was one of the organizers of the Bronx
Borough Bank.
In 1882 he married Miss Hannah
Bosler, of Ogontz, Penn. who with
their only child, Katharine H., sur
wives him. Mr.. Birchall was member
of the Pennsylvania Society, the New
York Athletic Club and other organiza-
tions.
The funeral will be held to-day at his
late residence.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-17
TOO HOT FOR TENNIS,
SOCIETY HES TO SURF
Southampton Colonists Crowd
Bathing Pavilion-Cardi-
nal Gibbons Departs.

Southampton Long Island, Aug. 10
It was too warm to-day for most of the
devotees of tennis, and very few were
seen on the Meadow Club courts. There
was a general rush for the beach and
hundreds were in the surf. The bath
ing has not been the best for the last
two or three days because Of a strong
undertow, which made it dangerous ex-
cept for the more experienced SWIM
mers. But to-day the water was fine,
and at noon The bathing pavilion pre-
sented a brilliant scene, with the
bathers in then suits and the gallery of
spectators in their bright-colored
gowns and parasols to match. In the
afternoon there was the usual crowd
among the younger set at Peconic bath
ing beach.
Not few were on the links at the
National Golf Club practising for the
annual invitation tournament, which
begins on Thursday.
Cardinal Gibbons and members of his
suite left Southampton this morning to
90 10 Spring Lake, y. j., after spending
a fortnight as the guest of the Rev.
Thomas Leonard at the rectory OF the
Church OF the sacred HedII OF Jesus
and Mary The Cardinal preached a
farewell sermon yesterday to an au-
dience which taxed the seating capacity
of the church.
Mrs. George Warrington Curtis is
entertaining Miss Audrey Osborn for
the week.
Mr.. and Mrs Walter r. Bacon, who
have been spending several days as the
guests of Mrs +. Tiffany Dyer, have
left here to be the guests of Mrs. Ham
ilton Mex. Twombly at Newport.
Mrs. j. Hopkins Smith is visiting
with Mrs. J. II. Russell at her summer
home on Ok Pasture Road, and Mrs.
John Cross and children are with her
mother, Mrs. Howard Page, for few
days.
Miss Elsie Rice, daughter of Mrs.
William Lowe Rice, is visiting friends
at Dixville Notch, y. II.
Miss Ada Norheet. of Memphis, is
one Of the latest arrivals at the Irving.
Other guests are Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis
Gouverneur Morris, who are here to
visit Mrs. Molris's mother, Mrs. Muh-
lenburg Bailey.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-17
"COMMON ClAW STAGED
New Haven Sees Prize Play
with Jane Cowl and j. Mason.

New Haven, Aug. 16.-"Common
Clay" the Harvard prize play, written
by Cleves Kinkhead, was presented at
the Shubert Theatre tonight by Al H..
Woods's company. Jane Cowl and John
Mason have the leading parts, and are
supported by 0rme Caldara, Russ
Whytall, II. Dudley Hawley, Robert
McWade, Roy Cochrane, Ida Darling
and Marguerite Anderson.
The piece combines scenes similar to
those from Madame X" Jane CowPs
part-that of a servant whose conf
dence was betrayed, but who proved Of
distinguished bi:th-1ore resemblance
to her role in "Vithin the Law" John
Mason's part is that of distinguished
jurist of middle age. The play will be-
gin a metropolitan run at the Republic
Theatre IN thursday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-17
CANADA OPEN TO u. S.
American Visitors Do Not
Need Passports, Official Says.

W. II. Walker, acting Under Secre-
tary of State for External Affairs for
Canada, in letter sent yesterday 10
The Tribune denied that Americans Wis
ting the Dominion required passports.
Speaking of recent published reports
which stated that Americans did re-
quire passports and that Francis Is.
Savre. son-in-iaw of President Wilson,
was the first to be affected by this new
ruling, Mr. Walker wrote:
81 may say that there have been no
recent changes of the Canadian imml-
grafton regulations in the direction in
dicated. and passports are not required
from Americans coming into Canada"
IL is believed that this report was
made public by the German Publicity
Bureau to injure United States trans
portation companies having Canadian
connections.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-17
THE DIARY OF OUR OWN SAMUEL PEPys.

AUGUST S-Up very betimes and the pocecourt where Mr.
~ the magistrate did ask how long had had owaggon
d told him. and asked what of car it and
oH him whereupon he suspended sentence with winning SMILE
To Seabrigh and Behr defeat NJ. Mclaughlin which
ss sorry for victory and merited Back to the
v with Mistress Kate Lane singing and making all sorts of
merriment the boat
with him that R. Williams would defeat K. Behr which he did,
5 have J. dinner and he home with and we
aed pool cassino in all trounced him. hot night
and slept ILL.,
In my o-waggon Woodmere, and for plunge into the
salt water To an for luncheon and hack to the city
AZ dusk but my lamps would light left Wagon in
garage near bridge fearing police apprehension Worked TILL
late and thence to pubk for dinner at midnight which my wife
would not she home and rightly would object to- How
the Germans are 10 in the be patent to
Lord kitchener acwted to discover how for myself
l6-To an apothecarys buy oil of citronela the
MOSQUITOES night Fostering horribly But the apothecary
had none at ALL saying many had bought 1t that his
suppy depleted When mosquitoes come to be so great
menace in a city Department of Health meseems should do
somewhat to eradicate them This day did make another essay
70 read W. Churchls Country but fell to sleep over It,
The difference between the Giants and the manufacturers OF
these popular athletic for sG s. H. eephoned
i the roguel-that the Giants make short spurts
rb Foberland" has an air of what Ted Robinson used TO
call conscious Viereckttude.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-17
CATHERINE ]. SMITH.

Freeport, Long Island, Aug. 10
Catherine J. Smith, widow of Nelson
H. Smith and mother of Supervisor
Hiram R. Smith, died here yesterday.
She was eighty-three years old and a
native of New York City. Her father,
Joseph Smart, was a pioneer paper
maker and conducted a mill for many
years near Freeport. Mrs. Smith had
been an invalid for many years. She
had been a member Of the Freeport
Methodist Episcopal Church since it
was established, seventy-tive years ago.
Despite an infrmity which prevented
her from walking, she never missed a
service until recently.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-17
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-17
PROSPERITY COSTS $4,000
War Plant Influx Compels
Town to Enlarge Schools.

Pompton. y. j.. Aug. 16.-This town
ship must pay $4,000 for new school
rooms and increased teaching facili-
ties in order 10 give instruction to the
children of laborers and heads at the
powder plants near here whose num-
ners have been increased by war or
ders.
To provide classrooms for all the
new pupils, the Haskell school will be
increased from four 70 eight rooms and
the Bloomingdale school will have a
similar addition.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-17
Mrs. J. J. AStor and Others
of Bar HarbOr Colony
Give TabIeaus Tonight.
PROCEEDS FOR USE
OF ARTS BUILDING
Concert This Evening at Sar-
anac Inn Casino for Adiron-
dack Sanatorium.

One of the most interesting enter
tainments of the Bar Harbor season
/ will be given tonight for the benefit Of
the Building of Arts. Bar Harbor. 1t
will take the form Of tableaux, followed
by a costume dance. Walter Dean
Goldberg and Mrs. Newell Tilton will
pose the pictures.
Mrs. John Jacob Aston will appear in
a Reynolds portrait; Miss Katharine
Steward as Lady Hamilton" by Rom
ney; Miss Mary Garfield and John
Emery, in a "Watteau scene; Miss Ma
! tilda Bigelow. in a Burned ones pict-
ure; Mrs. Newbold Morris, as a Louis
/ XVI court lady; Miss Bell Gurnee, as
a Polish peasant; Mrs. John 7. Linzee,
as a Blue Nun; Miss JEANNE Emmett, in
a Greuze portrait, and Miss Alexandra
Emery, in a GOya.
Many dinners will be given previous
TO the entertainment. The hostesses
/ include Mrs. Ernesto G. Fabbri, Mrs.
Edgar Scott, Mrs. John S. Rogers, Mrs
/ Gouverneur Morris and Mrs. Joseph
| Pulitzer.
A concert, under the direction of Vic
| tor Harris, will be given this evening
/ at the Saranac Inn Casino for the bene-
D III OF Nne AOlIOuudNh AONNdEt A'AiiANR
/ rum. Mrs. George Z. Robbins, Miss
] Mary Gray Runkle and william +. Cox
will be the artists. The committee in
| charge includes Mrs. Thomas Blagden,
] Mrs. Sidney Colgate, Mrs. f. s. Bangs,
Mrs. l. Emmett Holt, Mrs. +. V. 4. Lane
and others.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Rathbone Bacon,
who have been the guests for week
of Mrs S. Tiffany Dyer, at Southamp-
/ ton. Long Island. are leaving there this
week to visit Mrs. H. Mex. Twombly at
Newport. Later they will return to
/ their summer home on Lake Champlain.
Moncure Robinson, who is now at
[ Newport, will sail for Europe on Satur-
day on the Rotterdam.
/ Edwin Gould has arrived in town for
a short stay from Bar Harbor.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl A. de Gersdortf
will leave Stockbridge to-day for Muir
ray Bay, Quebec. to spend ten days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ormond G. Smith will
return from Newport TO their place at
Centre Island, Long Island, at the end
of the week.
Miss Emily Sloane. who returned last
week from Europe, has gone TO New
port, where she is the guest Of Mr.. and
/ Mrs. W. Earl Dodge.
Mrs. Frederick Guest wife of Captain
/ Guest, who is on the staff of General
/ Sir John French in France, has arrived
/ in this country TO see her children, who
are with their grandparents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Phipps, on Long Island.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Drexcl Biddle, jr.,
who were at Bar iarbor for a short
stay, have gone to Breton Woods, with
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Angler B. Duke.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter s. Gurnee and
Miss Bell b. Gurnee will leave Bar
Harbor on September ; and go to their
country place at Westbury, Long Island,
for the fall.
Jules Glaenzer has joined his fancee,
| Miss Edith Adams, and Mr.. and Mrs.
/ Robert d. Adams. at the Mount Wash
/ ington, Breton Woods.
Miss Katharine B. TDaw, daughter Of
/ Mr.. and Mrs Alexander Blair Thaw, is
/ the guest Of Mr. and Mrs Charles p.
/ Searle, at Ipswich, Mass.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-17

"Mr. Myd's Mystery" possesses an
excellent idea and is well acted. This
to the credit side of the ledger. To
the debit. a mass of inconsequential
detail, little continuous flow of story
and general incoherence of action
in short. the hand of the amateur.
The farce is taken from an English
novel and recalls vaguely The Great
Adventure" in that its chief character
comes back to see himself searched
for.
Mr. Myd is a literary man who has
under another name written sue
cessful detective story. The Bishop OF
Bedford. Mrs. Myd's uncle. comes to
dinner, bat the cook leaving Mrs
Myd cooks the dinner, her husband
telling the Bishop that his niece Is
away. Then follows a Dreposterous Sc
ries Of events. the Bishop believing
that his niece has been murdered by
her husband and Mr.. and Mrs. Myd
falling in with the idea in order that
Mr.. Myd may get the idea for another
detective story. Mr.. Myd returns to
the scene of the supposed murder in
the guise of the author of the former
detective story -DuL what the USE
the story is quite imnossible to tell.
The actors did the best they could
with their material. Miss Lucille Wat
son, a most capable and intelligent
actress, really gave life TO Mrs. Myd,
and Taylor Holmes, despite a lack of
variety, squeezed some amusement out
of the chief character. Clara Louise
Moores was sweet and appealing as Eva
Wilson. the maid, who caused so much
trouble; Kenneth Hunter, manly and
graceful hammered as Lord Francis. End
Arthur Elliot, amusing as the Bishop
of Bedford. In fact, all the cast
struggled bravely to lift the heavy
hand of the amateur from of their de-
voted backs. If Mr.. Myd's Mystery"
runs for a hundred nights it will be
due 10 the actors; if it does not, we
probably will not be surprised.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-17

DR.. Josiah Smythe has been work
ing for twenty-five years to produce
an elixir of youth. To aid him in his
experiments Philip Stanton, his assist
ant, has been stealing dogs. He steals
the pet Of a neighbor, but to avoid
arrest by the Sheriff returns it and
substitutes for l. pup, exactly Ike
the mother. The professor, finding the
pup i'm place Of the mother on when
he had experimentcd, feels certain his
elixir is d success.
General George Linney, siXty-tive, is
in love with Sylvia, the professors
rineteen-year-old daughter She con-
vinces her forty-year-old aunt that the
general has proposed to her. The gen
eral. asking the professor for ms
daughters hand, is convinced that ne
should take dose of the elixir While
the professor is in his laboratory con-
coctinp a small dose, having left n
bottleful with the general, the gen
erals niece. pursued by a divorced
husband bent on kidnapping their baby
leaves the child with her uncle. lie
ulaccs il on q couch and departs 10
Get a marriage license. The professor.
returning. finds the baby in place Of
the general.
of such material is woven the COM
plications of "Some Baby" They IN
clude a second baby, d postponed wed
ding, a misunderstanding between
Philip and Sylvia because of the frSjt
baby, all held together by a marvel
lous series of entrances and disappear
ances. To detail them would be TO
deprive future audiences of that when
caused last nights to laugh.
Frank Labor played the Professor IN
the STYLE which he has made tamiIiar
in many music comedies. Emma jan
vier and Ernest Stallard showed sufii-
Gent cageness and sufficient relqic-
tance to we'd TO make the Generals de-
sortion at the altar and the final recon
citation plausible. Francine Larri-
more is a very handsome young woman
but she will be a greater ornament TO
the stage when she ceases TO walk Ike
RilTa Burke and talk like Mrs. Vernon
Castle. Gilbert Clayton and sam Ed
wards played bits commercially.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-17
AGNES DAY WRIGHT HERBERT.

Agnes Day Wright Herbert, eighty
eight, widow of John W. Herbert,
died yesterday at Wickatunk, Mon
mouth County, y. j. Mrs. Herbert was
the daughter Of Savage and Jane Run
yon Wright, Of Middlesex County, \. J.
She is survived by five children, eight
grandchildren and four great-grsnd-
children
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-17
ABRAM PROCTOR.

The funeral of Adam Proctor, who
died Saturday, aged sixty-one, was held
at his home, 105 Quincy Street, Brook
Ign, yesterday. The Rev. DR.. Don c.
Kite, of the Marcy Avenue Baptist
Church, officiated.
Mr.. Proctor was secretary of the
Bedford Avenue branch of the Young
Mems Christian Association He came
from Boonton, ~ j., where he was a
member of the Common Council at one
time. He leaves a widow and two
daughters. lie will be buried in Green
wood Cemetery.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-17
Tom Anderson's Burial To day

Montclair, y. j., Aug. 16.-Funeral
services for Tom Anderson, killed IN
an automobile accident Friday snt'
were held at the home Of his sister
Mrs. J. T. Watson, 81 Grove Street TINS
evening. Burial will be tomorrow IN
the plot alongside the graves OF ms
father, Tom Anderson, sr.' and ms ms
brother, VIII Anderson, IN Ivy mn
Cemetery. Philadelphia. Several pro
fessionai golfers will accompany the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-17
THE REV. S. P. MACPHERSON.

The Rev. Samuel P. MACPHERSON,
pastor of the Regina Cell Church at
Hyde Park, y. Y, died yesterday at
Columbia, S. c., while returning to
New York from a visit to Savannah,
Ga. He was hfty-seven years old, was
graduated from st. Joseph's Seminary,
in Yonkers, and was formerly assistant
pastor at the Church of Our Lady Of
tourdes in West 1920 Street
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-17
BISHOP GOODMAN TO MARRY
Engagement to Marguerite
Biddle Porter Announced.

Boston, Aug. l6.-Announcement OF
the engagement of DR.. Robert Goldman
Bishop of the Diocese Of Maine. and
Miss Marguerite Biddle Porter was
made at Bar Harbor to-day. Miss
Porter is the daughter of Mrs. John
Biddle Porter, Of Washington and
Philadelphia, and Major Porter, who
died recently at Fort Leayenworth,
Kansas.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-17
WILLIAM p. HERRING.

Watertown, n. Y. Aug. 16.-William
P. Herring, a paper manufacturer. died
here to-day. He was seventy years
old. Mr.. Herring recently made his
will, bequeathing his entire estate.
valued al about Sl000,000, for the
founding of Herring's University, to be
situated in this city.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-17
CHARLES HERBERT SHAW.

New Haven, Conn, Aug. 10 Charles
Herbert Shaw, a New York lawyer and
a Yale classmate of ex-President Taft
'78, died to-day in a hospital here from
paralytic shock He was sixty
years old and lived at AZ West Forty
third Street.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-17
The Coming TOWer
TRIOLET.

Kind stranger, have you ever heard
My lady sing Good Night?"
Far be il, sir, from me to grid
Kind stranger, have you ever heard
My lady emulate bird
A-gurgling in its flight?
Kind stranger, have you ever heard
Ny lady sing? Good Night!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-17

CHAPMAN, Robert, 81 East goth ST..
August IA. Funeral to-day.
CAHAGAN, Susan, 343 West Gath ST..
august 10. Funeral to-day.
GARIBALDI, John, AIS West 10th ST.
August 10. Funeral to-day.
HUNT. Patrick, 545 Brook ay., Luguss
(. Funeral to-day.
POWERS, John, 1923 Broadway, Au-
gust a. Funeral to-day.
SCANLON, John, $50 West l60th ST..
August a. Funeral to-day.
SIMMS. Agnes. 427 East l6sth ST.. Au-
gust 10. Funeral to-day.
BROOKLYN.
ALLEN. Howard, asa SD ST., Auguss
i. Funeral to-day.
BAINES, James, 1888 ST. Johns pl., Au-
gus: II. Funeral to-day.
CASSIDY, Bridget. 123 Prospect ST..
August II. Funeral tomorrow.
CLARK, May. August IA Funeral to-
day.
FREEMAN, W. ~, August IS. Funeral
to-day.
FULLY. Michael. All I'll ST., August
10. Funeral tomorrow.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-17
PRESIDENT YUAN
SEEKS A CROWN
Chinese Ruler Advised by
American to Proclaim
Himself Emperor.

Peking. Aug. 16.-The project Of pro-
claiming himself Emperor is being dis
cussed by Yuan Shih-Kai. Presiden. OF
the Chinese Republic. with his imme-
date supporters and Professor Frank
Johnson Goodnow. of Johns Hopkins
University. legal adviser to the Chi
rese government, who is spending the
summer in Peking.
Professor Goodnow. who won the
confidence of Yuan Shih-Kai by advice
given during former critical times. has
been consulted on this question since
his arrival here a month ago, and IT
IS learned that he approves the project.
The news became public by the de-
liberate publication in this mornings
newspapers Of accounts of the forma-
ton by several prominent men OF an
association for the purpose OF discuss
ing whether a monarchy is not the
better form Of government for emma.
The published article telling OF the
formation of the society quotes Pro-
fessor Goodnow as declaring that for
China a monarchy is a better form OF
government than a republic. and that
conditions are different in China and
America. and it is impossible to trans
plant a system from one country to
another"
It was learned from one OF Yuan
Shih-Kai's immediate supporters that
if the project proved feasible the plan
is to establish the monarchy within two
years.
The news has created a sensation in
Peking and is being telegraphed
throughout the country.
China became a republic on February
-, 1912, on the abdication Of the En-
peror Kuang-su. following the revolu-
ton of the previous year. A pro-
visional constitution formulated by the
revolutionary government of Marking
was accepted. and under this a pro-
visional Parliament met in Peking on
April 8, 1913. A permanent constitu-
ton was drafted and the articles deal
ing with the election and term of once
of President and Vice-President were
passed by Parliament. Under these
Yuan Shih-Kai was elected President
on October for a five-year term.