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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-18

Aston an attempt was made TO trace the
Force lineage TO noble ancestry. IL
was claimed that William II. Force,
father OF Madeleine, was a descendant
Of Due Jacques de la Force, en- old
French Huguenot noble.
William II. Force is head Of large
Brooklyn trucking business. He was
the son Of Mary Emmons Force, and II
was through association with the En-
mons family that the Forces made their
first advances toward social distinction
Mrs. Madeleine Force Aston will con-
tinue guardian Of her four-year-old
son. Recently she attracted widespread
publicity by avowing in court that the
infant John Jacob Aston could not live
comfortably on his $40, 900 year. She
asked the court for a more liberal al
lowance.
The marriage to Mr.. Dick will be
performed probably at Bar Harbor. At
the ceremony will be the brides par
ents, those of the bridegroom, his
brothers-in-law, Horace Havemeyer and
W. Kingsland Macy; Mrs. Hayemeyer,
Mrs. Macy, Seth Barton French, Lyman
n. Hine and w. Scott Pyle. Katherine
Force, younger sister OF Mrs. Aston,
to whom it was once reported Vincent
Aston had paid attention before his
marriage to Helen Huntington, Will
also be present.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-18
COMPANY MUST PAY
FOR HER LOST GEMS
Jewels Were Put In Envelope at
Seaside.

Justice Erlanger handed down a
seasonable decision yesterday, which
will be Of interest to all persons who
90 sea bathing and are the owners Of
valuables.
II was because Mrs. Jack Trepel did
not read on the envelope furnished by
the Deanville Bathing Company for
the keeping Of valuables that she OBJ
tanned a judgment for s1,979, instead
of the SIS which the company had
printed on the envelope would be the
limit of it's liability.
Mrs. Trepel went bathing. She
placed her rings and other articles Of
jewelry in one of these envelopes, and,
when she emerged from the surf. they
were not there. She sued, and the
bathing company, in defence, pointed
to the restricted liability clause.
Justice Erlanger awarded Mrs. Ire
pei 1879, saying that there was no
proof that she knew of this clause on
the envelope, even if she did write her
name on il. Having no knowledge,
there was no meeting OF the minds in
a binding contract, the court held.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-18
MEDICAL RELIEF PARTY
SAILS FOR ROTTERDAM
Six Physicians and Six Nurses
Go tO Aid Central Powers.

Six physicians and six nurses, com
nrisine the sixth medical relief expe-
dition TO be sent from the United
States TO the Central Powers under
tho auspices Of the American Physl-
clans Expeditions Committee sailed
yesterday on the Holland-America Line
steamship Ryndam for Rotterdam
whence they will proceed to Austria.
Tbe marty is headed by DR.; Joseph
Rilus Eastman, Of Indianapolis. pro,
lessor of surgery in the University OF
indisna Mrs. Eastman and their
ronng son accompanied the party.
The other physicians are DR.. H.
Oberembt. an instructor OF surgery
Milwaukee; DR.. Hubert Dunn Ken.
tnckv: DR.. Hermann Schumm' S SAY.
Cty Wis; DR.. Ralph Bettmann, On
Zoo and DR.. c. Rueth, milwaukee,. Ire
r13rses are Anna Cruel and Lula Jones
Chicago; Mary Bauman, LILY hroeget
and Martha Werner, New York ana
Anna Kroener. Newark. n. J. ...
German and Austrian authorltlsS
have highly praised the work the Amer
;can expeditions are doing among war
sufferers. Two previous expeditions
are in Austria and three in Germany.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-18
Col. Aston Won Girl Bride
After a Hasty Courtship

Mrs. John Jacob Aston, the former
Madeleine Talmage Force, is only
twenty-four years old. Her fance is
twenty-nine.
Madeleine Force was eighteen years
cid when, in the spring of 1911, 1t was
announced she was engaged to Colonel
John Jacob Aston. Only the year be-
fore, Mr. Aston had obtained divorce
from his first wife. Ava willing, daugh-
ter of the noted Philadelphia banking
family, and the decree had forbidden
Mr.. Aston to remarry in this state.
For twelve months following his di-
vorce Colonel Astor had been more or
less Of a recluse on his yacht, the
Mona, appearing in public but rarely,
and then at all times with the children
Of his first marriage, Vincent and Alice
Muriel Astor.
In 1911 Colonel Aston cruised to
Newport, but upon hearing that the
first Mrs. Aston had anticipated him he
Immediately turned his yacht and
steered for Bar Harbor. There he met
the beautiful debutante, Madeleine
Force.
A brief and entirely inconspicuous
courtship followed. The resultant en-
gagement announcement was a surprise
to everybody. Bishop David H. Greer,
on behalf of the Episcopal Church, for
babe any Episcopalian minister to per-
form the ceremony. From one end Of
the country to the other the disparity
in age between the nineteen-year-o Id
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bride and the forty-seven-year-old
bridegroom was denounced.
Monsignor Evers, speaking for the
Catholic Church, characterized the
marriage as a menace to society.
Son Was Astor's Best Man.
After number of unsuccessful at
tennis TO yet ministers, the Rev. Jo-
seph Lambert, Of the Elmwood Congre-
gationel Church, Providence, r. l., came
aboard the yacht Mona, and with YIN
cent Aston acting as his fathers best
man, and the brides parents as wit
nesses. the couple were married.
The union was short lived, being
ended by the Titanic disaster. scarcely
one year later. Returning to America
from England. Colonel Aston went down
with the liner Mrs. Aston, placed safe
lv in a boat by her husband. was picked
up by the steamship Carpathia. which
came rushing to the rescue, and brought
to New York.
Four months later, on August Il,
1912. Mrs Aston gave birth to boy.
He was named John Jacob Aston, as
the sixth Of the line TO carry that
name. .,
For a lorg time after her husbands
death Mrs. Astor lived in retirement.
II was predicted, after the birth Of her
son, that she would soon assume the
commanding position in New forks
-four hundred" TO which her fortune
and the Astor name entitled her. 10
the great surprise Of the social proph-
cts, however, the widow made no effort
to seize the opportunities that lay be-
fore her A promised social struggle
between other branches of the Aston
family and herself did not material le.
Asked why she did not pay more at
tention TO the social side of her posi-
ton, Mrs. Aston replied that she had
enough to do with bringing up and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-18

properly training her son. II was not
until the winter Of 1915 that the great
Aston mansion on Fifth Avenue began
TO show signs Of it's former life A few
minor events for the relief Of European
war sufferers took place; and on Janu-
airy 1s, OF this year, the first formal
dinner and dance that had been given
In the home since the death OF Colonel
Aston was held by his widow.
Dick Visited Widow.
At this ball William X Dick was
present; but no significance was APP
parent. Subsequent to the January
event, Mr.. Dick was seen with Mrs.
Aston in the spring at her home in Bar
Harbor, and at Aiken, S. C., in the
winter. Only scattering comment was
excited. Ii was pointed out that the
two young people had known each other
from childhood.
What had attracted more than pass
ing attention. however. was the enter
tainment Of Mrs Aston by Clarence II.
Mackay. at his shooting place in the
Carolinas on numerous occasions. But
nothing came of those marriage
rumors.
Friends of both Mrs. Aston and Mr..
Dick declare that the marriage is pure
ly love romance. Her fiance is many
times millionaire, and is heir to a
larger fortune than the one he pos
sesses personally.
The Dick millions were made in the
sugar industry. William Dick. founder
of the family fortune, was a sugar mag
nate. He married Julia Mollenhauer,
sister of J. Adolph Mollenhauer, and of
the late F. d. Mollenhauer The BRIDE
groom's sister is the wife of Horace
Havemeyer, son Of the late Henry o.
Havemeyer. Another sister is Mrs. W.
Kingsland Macy.
The father of Mrs. Astor's fiance or
/ gained the Manufacturers Bank, now
the Manufacturer Trust Company. In
/ this bank William X Dick is vice -presi-
/ dent. He directs his numerous inter
ests from his Office in that institution.
| Among these interests are various real
estate. sugar refinery and banking
/ enterprises. He is e-president and
director of the Robert Chapman Com
pany. Of the Mckee Refrigerator Com
/ pany and Of Rgney g. Co He is a
director in the Bi-Products Retaining
J Corporation, the Cord Meyer Develop
ment Company, the German Savings
Bank, the Lake Charles Milling Com
pany, the Citizens Water Supply Com
( pany and the Commercial National
Bank, of Long Island City. His clubs
are the Metropolitan, Bankers, Piping
/ Rcck, Meadow Brook, Racquet and Rid
/ ing.
Both of Brooklyn Families.
Both the Force and Dick families are
| old Brooklyn residents. At the time OF
Madeleine Forces marriage TO Colonel
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-18
SUFFRACISTS DEMAND
WILSON'S PLANK VIEW
Mrs. Gait Telegraphs President
for Democratic Stand.
lBy telegraph 70 The Tribune ]

ST. Louis. June IA telegram de-
handing that President Wilson state
his position on the suffrage plank in
the Democratic platform was sent to
the President to-day by Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Gait, president of the Ma
tional American Woman Suffrage Asso-
citation.
Mrs. Gait declared that she. with q
lobby OF fifty women, would 60 TO Wash
ington Immediately in an effort TO force
the passage of the Susan B. Anthony
amendment in Congress. Mrs. Cats
telegram 20 the President follows:
"Inasmuch as Governor Ferguson Of
Texas and Senator Walsh, Of Montana,
made Numerically opposite statements
in the Democratic convention with re-
gard TO your attitude toward the suf-
frage plank adopted by the convention,
we apply to you directly to state your
position on the plank and give your
precise Interpretation Of it's meaning"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-18
$1,000 BAIL FOR CANDY MAN
Charged with Theft from Company In
Which Parkhurst Lost SS2, 900.

William F. Grinther. 1l2 Dean
Street, Brooklyn, former secretary Of
the defunct American Candy Company,
70 which more than 100000 was sub
scribed, and in which the Rev. DR..
Charles II. Parkhurst lost $4,000, was
arraigned tefore Judge Humphrey in
the Queens County Court yesterday on
an indictment charging him with
grand larceny in the second degree. II
is alleged that Grinther sold property
belonging to the company and kept
the money. He pleaded not guilty
and was released in $1,000 bail.
Ever since the company went into
bankruptcy an unsuccessful search for
its books has been carried on. IL is
understood that an investigation into
its affairs will soon be resumed by a
Queens County grand jury.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-18
$500 JEWS SHOW 4
ALEICHEM HONOR
Meeting at Carnegie Hall
in Memory of Yiddish
Mark Twain.

"Sholem Aleichem is not dead! He
livesl He lives" cried one OF the
speakers at the Sholem Aleiehem me-
mortal exercises In Carnegie Hall last
night, and the eager faces Of $500 Jews
assembled there shone with a spirit
that proved II.
fearful when Cantor Jacob Rosen.
blatt sang the Jewish hymn Of mourn
ing. "El Molah Rachmim"; laughing
irresistably when selections from Sho-
lem Aleichem were recited; solemn
when the writer's extraordinary will
was read, last nights audience in Carr.
negie Hall once more attested TO the
marvellous personal affection in which
"the Jewish Mark Twain" was held BY
mis- people all over the world.
The memorial services yesterday
were held thirty days after Sholem
Aleichem's death, in accordance with .
Jewish custom, which prescribes the
lapse of month. The proceeds OF the
evening, in accordance with the spirit
of the dead mans will, will be devoted
10 the publication Of Sholem Aleichem's
works and TO the succor OF indigens
Yiddish writers throughout the city.
Dr. Judah L. Magnes presided over
the assemblage. He asked all friends OF
Sholem Aleichem's TO stand By his will;
70 obey implicitly the message deliv-
cred therein to all Jews; TO live nobly
and simply. as the author had done.
Among the other speakers were Peres
Fishbein. David Pinsky, Dr.. Schmarys
Levin, the former Russian Duma MEM
Der; Y. levin and Sholem Ash. All the
speakers paid tribute 20 the character
Of the writer, his genius and his warm,
human sympathy. The audience, though
unusually self-eontained for an average
Jewish audience, was instinct with
tense emotion and an excitement that
every now and then broke into response
to a speakers words. "a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-18
MRS. ASTOR TO
WED w. K. DICK
Continued from page I

Adolph NJ. Dick, and by his daughter
and son-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Kingsland Macy.
Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Force and
their daughter. Miss Katherine Force.
denied themselves TO reporters yester-
day, and without comment upon the
marriage hurried away from their
home. 13l East Sixty-sixth Street, 70
the Grand Central Station, whore thew
boarded a train for Bar Harbor at
7:l5 p. m.
Mrs. Aston, the second wife of John
Jacob Aston, was a bride of seven
months when she embarked from South
ampton on the White Star liner Titanic,
bound on its maiden westward passage
10 New York Mr.. Aston was lost when
the vessel sank on April il, 1912, and
his young widow was brought TO port
on the Cunarder Carpathia.
Soon after her arrival in this country
her son was born, and Mrs. Aston gave
her entire time and attention 70 the
child. When the boy was two years old
rumors were current that the young
widow of Colonel Astor was about to
wed again. but she gave little heed to
the reports, and announced several
times that she intended to give her
sole attention TO her son. She rarely
left the city without him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-18

ditional reason that she will no longer
enjoy the income from the S5,Oo0,OOo
trust fund established by Colonel Aston
for her while she remained his widow.
John Jacob Aston will receive the prin-
cipal of the 100000 trust fund
created for him when he is twenty-one
years old. With the accumulations and
interest it will then amount TO at least
twice the original amount.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-18
These Women to Eat Corn

A strawberry festival for members
and their friends will be held next
Tuesday evening in the clubrooms of
the Professional Woman's League,
Sixty-eighth Street and Broadway. On
July II there will be picnic, the feat
ure Of which will be a corn-eating con-
test. This is for members only.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-18

MS Deen l nder Ofedt Expense.
OF course, in case Mrs. Aston did
assert such a claim it could not be
against the entire estate of Colonel
Aston. OF the estate he disposed of
there was S33.238,9s1 which had been
left in trust for him by his father,
William Aston, from which he had a
life interest. with power of disposal.
It's disposition rested entirely with
him. but his widow had no dover in
that and it consisted largely Of real
estate in which his widow otherwise
might claim a one-third interest.
Colonel Aston owned absolutely prop
erty valued at s51 ,25s,3s8. II Mrs. As
tor contemplated any action TO main
tain her dover rights il would have to
be against that part of the latter
amount which consists of real estate.
There was also a separate trust act
aside for Colonel Aston in the will OF
his father which passed TO Vincent As
tor in the colonels will. This amount
ed S236,17l.
Mrs. Astor has been under great ex-
pense in maintaining the residence on
Fifth Avenue, although as guardian
for her four-year-old son John Jacob,
porn 6tter tNe Qedln OF CORONER holoit
she has charged against the S3,000,000
trust set aside for the boy one-third
Of the expenses. For this purpose the
Surrogates' Court allowed her 100000 a
year, which has been inadequate. For
instance, the taxes on $40 Fifth Ave
nue. last year amounted to S35,529,
while in the same period the mainten-
ance of the establishment amounted to
S2S.998. Merchants and other accounts
reached a total of S2,5S3
Boys Share To BE Intact.
One-third Of all these items came out
Of the trust fund of John Jacob Aston
Besides, Mrs. Aston paid for her child
out Of her own estate 1888 over the
$4,000 allowed by the Surrogates'
Court
The 100000 trust fund created by
Colonel Aston for his posthumous son
will not in any way be affected by the
remarriage of Mrs. Aston She has
been his legal guardian and will CON
tirue TO be so. Whether she will con-
tinue 20 charge his estate with one
third or any share of the upkeep and
maintenance of her new home when she
is Mrs Dick will not be known until
she files her annual accounting next
May as guardian Of the boy. There is
every warrant in the law and in prece-
dent why she should do so, and the ad-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-18
May Seek Dover Rights.

There is strong probability, it was
said yesterday, that after her marriage
Mrs. Aston will seek counsel as to 4
claim TO a greater part of the estate
left by Colonel Aston, Notwithstanding
the wording of his will with regard 70
dover. Ex-Justice Henry A. Glider
sleeve, who was Mrs. Astors guardian
in the probate proceedings, as she was
not Of age then, accepted the will IN
her behalf, and although he offered no
objections TO its terms he wrote in his
report, that nothing herein shall be
taken as an acceptance by or for her o.
the provisions made for her in said
will This acceptance affected Mrs
Aston only so far as the probate Of the
viii was concerned. and the consent to
probate did not bar an action in the
Supreme Court TO set aside the will on
the ground that it failed TO make
proper provision for the widow and de-
prived her Of her dover rights. On the
other hand. it was argued that there
would be much difficulty in going be-
hind her relinquishing her dow ~
rights
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-18
Fireman Killed By Train

Gerald Payne, twenty-six, was killed
yesterday by a freight train in the
Mott Haven yards, at l50th Street and
Spencer Place. He was a fireman and
lived at 372 Mott Avenue, The Bronx.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-18
9Th Av. House and Income
of S5,OOO,O00 Hers Only
While Colonel's Widow.
HFR PROPERTY TO GO
TO VINCENT ASTOR
She May Seek Dover. Although
Ante-Nuptial Gifts Were to
Cancel Claim.

Bv remsrrying Mrs Madeleine Tai
wage Force Aston will cease TO be the
.snant Of the Aston home at $40 Fifth
Avenue and also will relinquish the in
come from a S5.OOO,OOO trust fund
created by Colonel John Jacob Aston.
whose will provided that the income
from his trust should go to Mrs. Aston
while she remained his widow. Upon
her remarriage the principal will go %
Vincent Aston. son by his first mar
rage. who received S77.OOOOOO of his
fathers sS7.OOO.OOO estate. who will also
become master of the Fifth Avenue
house Mrs Aston received 100000
outright in her husbands will.
Under two ante-nuptial agreements
between Colonel Aston and Miss Force
she received from him S1,695,752. Be
ing 8 minor at that time, William H.
Force, her father, was made her special
guardian.
Money received by Mrs. Astor under
these ante-nuptial agreements was sup
posed to be in lieu Of all dover interes:
in the property Of Colonel Aston. New
ertheless, Colonel Aston said in his
will: Il hereby deciare that the pro-
visions Of this, my will, made for my
said wife, are in lieu and bar Of all
dover and all claim Of dover and Of all
claim on her part upon or in respect Of
nv estate"
Arizona republican., 1916-11-05
FINAL RALLY OF WOMAN'e PARTY
 TO bE BY LONG DISTANCE PHONE;;
 PHOENIX ID BE ON THE CIRCUIT

pearance of women in national poli- tics. Following Dudley Field Malone, sent to Chicago ny the president to make the excuses for the democratic party at that gathering of the voting women of the western states. Mrs. Blatch declared that she would go out into the suffrage states and ap- peal to a million women asking them 10 stand by women instead of party and defeat Wilson for reelection. Mrs. Blatck has kept her word. She has campaigncd in Kansas and Colo rado since the present battle was de-
 clared on. speakine to far more thaf million women in the two months strenuous effort.
 II is fitting now that in Chicago
 at the last great Illinois demonstra-
 lion, she should reach out across the
 country and speak to the millions O.
 women hV wire and press that she
 could not reach personally
 Tie ceremony on Monday at the
 Woman's Party headquarters will be
 unusual Mrs. C. F.. Huh, chairman
 of Maricopa countv will receive Mrs
 8l1tch's message from Chicago, act
 ing for Mrs. Ii. M. Clagett. of No
 gales wife Of the mayor of that city
 who is at present too in to be present
 in person. Ali rf the Maricopa couu- , tS committee will -be present. inciud- ng Mrs. Frederick A. Stafford. Mrs. Edith Bradford. Miss May Noble and Dr. Marion Walker Williams. of the advisory councii of the congressional nnion. City Manager CraIg Wat De present tc hear the appeal ol the aastern women. transmitted by Mrs. Hull. as well as news associations and manv of the members and friends of the Noman's Part5 who live in and near Phoenix
 Miss Rose Wnslow and Miss lr.s Calderhead, of Kansas. Rs come from Tombstone to hear the appeal from Chicago. Hiss Winslow leaving Immediately after for Ray. where d jig Gnal election rally for that district wiil hear hcr last speech in Arizona. Rose Winslow has spoken with Mrs. Blatcn from many platforms and will rarrs her final message to the meet | Ing In the mining district
 The telephone company has made pecial preparations fer the Thurs l lay night Chicago demonstration. 4
Arizona republican., 1916-11-05

specially bult circuit from the Black ? stone tneater has been established. Mrs, Blltch giving her messages hal way across continent from the stage as part of tht final program ot the Womaus Party The wlge chief for this division has built eight stations to transmit the Arizona message. which will bc reiayed through eight stations with repeatcrs located al Kansas City. Omaha. Denver, Trini- dad Las Vegas Albuquerque and El Paso to Phoenix. The messages be- gin tu oe sent at eight forty five
 reaching Phoenix about an hcur earlier. As Phoenix is eighth in the order Of suffrage states to hc called Mrs
 Rlatch will speak to Phoenix al arout half past eight Sunday evening. r. V. GettIns. the a.stl!ct managar ].
Arizona republican., 1916-11-05

states as Colorado. Maryland Mon tana. Nevada and Arizona"
 Miss Harriet F. Vittum. director of the woman's department at western republican national headquarters is- sued the following statement analiz ing the situation in twelve woman suffrage states.
 The swing of the last ten days to Mir Hughes has been perhaps mor= noticeable In the wOman's department than !n any other. As the returns come daily from the twelve western suffrage states they are more and
Arizona republican., 1916-11-05

having a special telephone installed aJ the Nomau's Party heaoc ocaartefs to
 receive tAe message. FIllh elI ar sent out n Phoenix by Miss Mildred Mitchell disl-ist chief operator of tho telephone company Miss Mitchell is probably Wo-e interested in the long di-tnct appeal than anyone in
 lEe city sae says she has been with
 the company since she W5s seventeen. and rauem Hegs hen a banquet eele-
 hr ted .he first hundred mile mes sage She ls anxious Co hear the first suff-
Arizona republican., 1916-11-05

-sse era er ds.isered by long disianee paere across a country
 -~.-- 6la1et- h.-s .--Eoice Of peculiar
 laney and carrying power IL is eT tetl tiiat hes audience here can easily hear thc message from the El3ee stone t,eo thousand miles away. terafse af 1ais .fesonaace All inter etet n tto ftAa aspeal of the Wom- ans Party are welcome to te pres .st at t1.5 ulus.lal ceremony the extent taat thf rGees can accommo- ftata fte ri-ffase