New-York tribune., 1920-02-22
dwight W. Pardee Dead
Secretary of New York Central
i'll Rail Service ~ Yeors


dwight W. Pardee, sixty-seven. for
many years secretary Of the New York
central Railroad Company and of the
many subsidiary companies which now
make up the New York Central lines,
Ta,:d 1led yesterday morning at his home in
ASi.p, Long Island, after a long illness.
\, MT Pardee was born at Westfield,
~. -, and entered the railway service
IN IN. February, 1879. He spent his entire
.aie IN the service OF the Vanderbilt
roa1s' AS young man he began his
Worcester. who for manv wears WAS
secretary Of tho New Yorb Central.
Upon the death Of Mr.. Worcester Mr..
Pardee succeeded him.
for several years Mr.. Pardee had
oeen compelled to rest for long pe-
riods. He is survived BY his wife. a
son and daughter. He was a member
OF Crescent Lodge, 4O2, F. and A. M;
Linton Commandery, IL, and Kismet
temple, Mystic Shrine. He also was q
cnarter member Of the Transportation
Club,. Of which he was at one time
president. He was one Of the founders
OF the Union League Club of Brooklyn.
The funeral will be held Tuesday
aHo Will DO private. lnterment will
take place in Greenwood Cemetery.
ROBERT W.. RANSOM
:, Robert W. Ransom, sixty-six, a we'll
known newspaper man, is dead in Los
Angeles, according to word received
In Brooklyn, where he lived for several
years. He was born in Boston. and
was educated in Cincinnati. He was
formerly city editor of "The Chicago
Tribune" and for many yaers was as
sociated with "The World" in this city.
he was recently on the staff Of "The
Chicago Record-Herald." Mr.. Ransom
Is survived by his wife end two sons.
MRS. MARY A. M'NElRNY
Mrs. Mary A. McNeirny is dead at
her home, 50 West Eighty-eighth Street.
She was the wife Of James L. Nc
Merry, for about thirty-fve years chief
clerk Of Part II, Special Term Of the
Supreme Court. The couple had been
married forty-nine years and six
months and were preparing to cele-
brate their golden wedding. Frank Nc
Neirny, son, Is resident vice-president
OF the National Surety Company.
OBITUARY NOTES
MRS. ALICE E. BOWLEs. forty-thA n Tor
Co., Of Newark. died Thursday in the New
ark Memorial Hospital, where she had been
Ill for the last two weeks.
AMOS PRUDEN. eighty, veteran Of the
Civil War and retired mason, died yester-
DAY at his home In Morris town. N. J. He
served IN the Civil War with the 9th New
Jersey Volunteers.
ISAAC L. MILLER, a lawyer Of this city.
died Friday night at his horne in Plainfield,
a. D.. He was member Of the Common
Council of Plainfield several years ago.
ANDREW NICOLL an expert horseshoer.
who travelled throughout the country and
vas widely known for his ability in that
Street. Newark, NJ J. He was formerly a
raiser and owner of horses
EDWARD P. WHITE ninety, a silver
smith who was In the employ Of Tiffany &
20. for - thirty years, died Friday at his
was veteran Of the Civil War and VOL
unteer fireman Of Brooklyn.
MRS. JEANNE LITTLEJOHN WESSON.
widow of Frederick Wesson and daughter r
OF the late Bishop A. l.. Littlejohn, formerly
head OF the Long Island Protestant Episco-
pal Diocese, died Thursday at Washington
She lived at IS Joralemon Street, Brooklyn
JOHN WILLIAM WALTERS, sixty-one. a
retired petrolman, who was employed for the
last three years by the Central Union Trust
Company, died Friday at his home. 1908 East
Fifth Street, Flatbush
STEPHEN J. PATTEN, twenty-six, secre-
tary of the Bureau of Municipal Research
Of Yonkers. died Friday at his home, 4155
Brandon Avenue, Brooklyn Manor. He was
graduate Of Brown University.
JOHN MCCORMACK, an organizer Of the
American Flint Glass Makers Union. died
yesterday of pneumonia at his home, 744
Lexington Avenue, Brooklyn.
NELSON s. PRINGLE, thirty-four. an
automobile engineer, who formerly was a
well known resident Of Newark, is dead at
Ardmore, Pa, of pneumonia. He was g.
graduate of Stevens Institute Of Technology
and a member of the Society Of Automobile
Engineers, the American Society of Mechan-
ical Engineers and the Engineers Club.
l. SEYMOUR CORWIN, seventy-fve, pro-
prietor Of the Miamogue Hotel South
j Jamesport, L. l., died yesterday as the re-
suit of q fall on the ice. His skull was
fractured and he died before doctor could