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The New York herald., 1921-09-10
SOCIAL NOTES.

Or. and Mrs. James b. Clemens OF 10
East seventy-first street have as guests
Miss Katherine Morris. Miss Isabella Il.
Wood and Messrs. Archibald Savory and
Benjamin HoagIand Mt their camp on
the Upper st. Regis Lake in the Adj
rondacss.
Mr.. and Mrs. John c. Juhring are at
the Lake Placid Club. Lake Placid. N. Y.
Mrs. Ernest du Pont has come from
Sands Point. l.. l., to the Hotel Chatham
for few days.
Miss Elizabeth Murphy of 147 West
Eighty-first street will be one OF the
hostesses at Briarcliff Lodge Briarcliff
Manor. N. ". at dinner and dance of
the Marquette Club on September H.
Mr.. Parker Sloane of East Sixty
second street has Joined his mother.
Mrs. George Sloane. at her camp In the
Adirondacks. where Mrs. Sloane yester-
day gave luncheon for her grand
daughter. Miss Margaret Sloane Man
son. daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. John A.
Manson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bertrand ]. Horton. who
arrived yesterday by the Auuitania, win
be at the Plaza Hotel few days before
going to their home In Providence. r. l.
Others at that hotel are Mr. ahd Mrs.
Richard J. Schweppe OF Los Angeles
Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Philip HID of ST.
Louis. Mr.. and Mrs. Allen II. Forbes.
who came from Greenwich. and MIR. and
Mrs. William N. Dykman, who came
from Glen Cove, l.. I.
The New York herald., 1921-09-10
CARMANIA AND ICELAND
OFF FOR EUROPE TO-DAY
American Consul General at
Vigo, Spain, Returning.

The iceland Of the Red Star Line viii
sail back TO Plymouth. Cherbourg and
Antwerp to-day with Mr. Edward
Nathan. United States Consul-Gen-
eral at Vigo, Spain, and Mrs. Nathan
among the passengers. Others on
board will be Mr.. and Mrs Ward
Brown. Mrs. George ]. Newton, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. c. Orr. Mrs. Edward Pierce and
Mr.. and Mrs. j. C. Robson.
The Cunarder Carmania will leave to-
day for Liverpool with about 400 pas
sengers. Included among them are Mr..
and Mrs. +. c. Carr. Mr.. A. Duncan
Collie. Mr.. @. c. House. Mrs. Walter
Hampden. Miss Mary Hampden. Mr..
Isaac Laird and Mrs. Charles Il. Tebbs.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Gordon Moore,
who were married in Boston last
Wednesday. arc on their way to Van
couver, from which port they will sail
for Japan on September IS. They also
Will visit China. Mrs. Moore was Mrs.
Esther Voss Hickman and is a daughter
of the former Governor of Massachu-
setts and Mrs. Eugene N. Foss. Mr..
Moore lives In Hampstead. l.. /. They
will pass the winter in San Mateo. Cal.
Mr.. and Mrs. Heth Lorton of New
York and Richmond sail to-day by the
Orduna. They will spend the autumn in
Paris and the winter on the Riviera.
They expect to remain abroad two years.
The New York herald., 1921-09-10
ON THE NORTH SHORE.
Miss Hodges and Mr. Koenig to Be
Married To-day.

Special Despatch to TIE New YoRK HExALp.
BEVERLY, Mass. Sept. 9.-The we'd
ding of Miss Mary f. Hodges. daugh-
ter OF Mr.. and Mrs. G. II. Hodges. of
Brookline and Beverly Farms. to Fidele
Koenig. son Of Mrs. j. F. Fay. of Bos-
ton, is to take place tomorrow after
noon. Following the ceremony. which Is
to be performed by the Rev. w. G..
Thayer Of the Groton school, there Is
to be reception at the Hodges sum
mer home.
run of the Myopia drag hounds
was held this morning. The meeting
was at the Ipswich Driving Park and
there was a good sized field out for
the run. The trail led over hill and
dale in Ipswich and Hamilton. The
next run will be held on Tuesday with
the meet at James III. Proctor's gate.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Davies Sohier.
who have been spending their honey
moon in Europe, are to be at villa
Crest, the home of Mrs. Sohier's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter d. Denegre,
for the late season.
Mrs. Constance Minot Gardner. OF
Washington and Beverly Farms, daugh-
ter of the late Major A. p. Gardner.
and granddaughter OF Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge. tonight addressed two
political rallies in Beverly and Salem
in the interest of Ransom G. Pingree
OF Haverill. candidate for the Con-
gressional nomination.
The New York herald., 1921-09-10
Aquitania Arripes
After Fast Voyage
With 2,514 Aboard
Makes Record Run From Cher
b0urg in 5 Days 16 Hours
and 81 Minutes.

The Cunard steamship Aquitania
reached this city from Southampton and
Cherbourg yesterday. completing the
fastest run she has ever made on that
course. her time for the voyage of 3.074
miles being S days 16 hours 81 min
utes.
The vessel was favored by exceptional
weather and sea conditions, and was
able to maintain an average speed Of
22.45 knots an hour. Her best previous
record was made before the war, when
she covered the 2.S92 nautical miles be-
tween Queenstown and Ambrose Chan
mel light vessel in days 16 hours 10
minutes.
The body of Peter Cooper Hewitt. who
died in Paris August rs. as the result
Of pneumonia following an operation.
was brought back on the Aquitania, and
was taken from the ship to Grace
Church. During the voyage the coffin
containing Mr.. Hewitt's body rested In
the mortuary chapel of the steamship.
Mrs. Hewitt, who was passenger, was
met at the pier by members of the
Hewitt family
The Aquitania brought a total of 2.514
passengers. every one of her cabins be-
ing occupied in all three classes.
Arthur Williams. commercial man.
ager of the Edison Electric Company,
arrived with the prediction that If the
United States hopes to keep the indus
trial leadership it won In the war it
will have to work hard against the op-
position that Europe soon will offer it.
Arthur Reynolds, president of the Con-
tinental and Commercial National Bank
of Chicago, expressed himself as shar-
ing Mr.. Williamss views exactly. as
did Jerome j. Hanauer Of Kuhn, Loeb
& Co.
Sir Thomas Esmonde president of the
National Bank Of Ireland and of the
Dublin and Southeastern Railway, said
he would take no interest In finance
and business for the next few weeks,
which he will devote to hunting in the
Rocky Mountains.
Among theatrical folk who were pas
sengers were Miss Elsie Ferguson and
her husband, Thomas b. Clarke, Jr.,
and Miss Marie Doro and her husband,
Elliott Dexter. Miss Ferguson is to ap-
pear in a play to be called Varying
Shoes" and Miss Doro in Lilies of
the Field
Other passengers were Major Gen.
Amos Squier, Charles and Philip d. Ar
mour and Mrs. Armour, Mr.. and Mrs
William Henry Barnum, James Nc
Vickar Breed. Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Crich-
ton, William Endicott. Mr. and Mrs. g.
G. Davidge, Mr.. and Mrs. f. c. Furlow.
G. Watts Hill and Mrs. J. s. Hill. Mr..
and Mrs. ]. S. Hoyt, Mr.. and Mrs.
Darwin P. Kingsley. Mr.. and Mrs. War
rem p. King, Mrs. l.. NJ. Lamport and
Miss Lamport. d. H. McAlpin. Mr.. and
Mrs. r. j. McKeon, Mrs. Loring r.
Millen, Mrs. C. e. Ordway and Miss
OrdWay Mr. and Mrs IT G R,fccau
+. L. Ripley, c. p. Norcross, Thomas
Oakes. III. NJ. Talbot, Mrs. Barclay Ul-
man. +. l.. Whittemore, Sir John VIM
BILE. c. b. Wrightman and Thomas
Young.
Miss Kathryn Knight, daughter of
Mrs. Charles Daniel Orth, also was
among the passengers.
The New York herald., 1921-09-10
ENGAGEMENTS ANNOUNCED.

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Townsend Alex
ander of Elizabeth. N. j., have an
nounced the engagement OF their daugh-
ter. Miss Marion Alexander. to Mr.
Frank c. Hart of West Orange, N. ].
Announcement has been made by Mr..
and Mrs. Marshall L. Barnard of East
Orange, N. j., of the engagement OF
their daughter. Miss Dorothy Barnard.
to Mr.. Rockwell Kent son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Percy Kent of EST West Eighty
sixth street and Chappaqua, N. Y. Miss
Barnard attended the Halstead School
and the New York School of Fine APP
piled Arts. Mr.. Kent was graduated
from Williams College this year and
Is a member of the Psi Upsilon and
the Phi Beta Kappa fraternities.
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Handelsman OF
1857 Union street. Brooklyn, announce
the engagement OF their daughter. Miss
Claire Handelsman. to Mr.. Abraham
Polstein. son of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Polstein OF lis East Seventy-eighth
street.
Announcement has been made by MIR.
and Mrs. Henry Glare Thorn OF 1856
Lafayette avenue, Brooklyn. of the en-
gagement of their daughter. Miss Helen
Joralemon Thorn. to Mr. Aren't Henry
Schuyler. son of Mrs. +. Fred Wood, of
404 Riverside Drive, and the late Aren't
Henry Schuyler of New York.
The New York herald., 1921-09-10
MISS KATE w. GRIFFIN TO BE
BRIDE OF w. MACY CHAMBERLIN
Engagement Is Announced by
DR.. and Mrs. Henry A.
Griffin.

DR.. and Mrs. Henry A. Griffin Of III
East Seventieth street announced yes
terday the engagement OF their second
daughter. Miss Kate Wyman Griffin, to
Mr. W. Macy Chamberlin. Miss Griffin
was introduced to society two years ago
following her graduation from Mrs.
Randall MacIver's School. She Joined
the Junior League and became identified
with the young set of society. Her older
sister. Miss Helen de Forest Griffin, was
married to Mr.. Hugh d. Cotton last
October. She Is q niece OF Messrs.
George B. de Forest and Harry Kear-
sarge Knapp. Her father is comptroller
OF Barnard College.
Mr.. Chamberlin is a son of Mrs.
George Davis Barron and makes his
home with Mr.. and Mrs. Barron at
Villa Aurora, Forest avenue, Rye N. Y.
He Is grandson of the late William
II. Macy. Mr.. Chamberlin attended
Harvard University.
The New York herald., 1921-09-10
CURB HUNTERS TO SAVE
BIRDS, SAYS HORNADAY
Urges Game Wardens to Back
NeU-Anthony Bill.

ALLENTOWN. Pa. Sept. DIR. w. Il.
Hornaday, director of the New York
Geological Park. in an address to-day
before the International Association of
Fish. Game and Forestry Commission
ers. in session here. urged the passage
OF the New-Anthony bill. now before
Congress, as a means of solving the
migratory game problem. The measure
calls for nationwide system of Federal
license for hunters.
DR.. Hornaday declared the bag limit
OF all the States Is so per cent. too
liberal; open seasons so per cent. too
long, and resident hunters license fees
zoo per cent. too low.
George A. LAWYER. chief United States
Game Warden. also supported the New
Anthony bill.
The New York herald., 1921-09-10
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS.
Horseback Riding Now Fnvorite
Diversion OF sojourners.

Special Despatch to THE NEW York HER,tp.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, w. Va.
Sept. 9.-Horseback riding is now a
favorite diversion among the early fall
visitors. Mortimer l.. Schiff and Earl
T.. T. Smith rode UP Freeland Trail to-
day, returning by the Kates Mountain
road. Others In the saddle were Mrs.
Charles Hopper. Miss Mabel Burton and
Miss Louise r. Tinsley Of Baltimore.
Mrs. Gouverneur Kortright will be the
hostess Tomorrow at an afternoon tea
on the Casing lawn
Mrs. Ashton Wilson. who Is spending
the season at her country home on the
Oakhurst Loop, was at the Greenbrier
for luncheon to-day
In party motoring to Lewisburg
yesterday afternoon were Mrs. Lewis
Hancock and her daughter. Miss Dor
othy Hancock, Miss jeanette Smith and
Mr. and Mrs. Il. l.. Ferriss. Mr.. and
Mrs. Ferriss are returning tomorrow
to New York after spending their
honeymoon mere.
Mr.. and Mrs. John r. Hobson ana
John p. Hobson, IT.. who joined the
New Orleans colony this week motored
out the Lewisburg turnpike and to Or
gan Cave to-day.
The New York herald., 1921-09-10
E. WILLARD HARMON
DIES IN SAN FRANCISCO
Was Accompanying Father,
Who Is III, to Pasadena.

Il Willard Harmon. son OF Edwin
L. Harmon. Wce-president of w. E..
Harmon d CO.. real estate dealers, 26l
broadway. died last Wednesday in st.
Francis Hospital In San Francisco. ao-
cording to word received in Brooklyn
yesterday. Mr.. Harmon, the father,
mad been Ill for a long time and the
entire family decided to spend a year in
Pasadena. Cal, hoping it would bene-
mt Mr.. Harmons health. The family
started for California a month ago.
Just before the train reached San Fran
cisco. the son became i'll and was taken
to the hospital. The nature Of his i'll
ness has not as yet been learned.
He was a graduate of Polytechnic
Institute In Brooklyn and Amherst Col
lege and Is survived by his father,
mother, Mrs. Mary /. Harmon, and
sister, Miss Louise Harmon. He left
Brooklyn in good health.
The New York herald., 1921-09-10

IosT--A blue Chow male dog, on Monday
Uq0s West 18Th.
The New York herald., 1921-09-10
NEW LONDON NOTES.

Special Despatch TO THE New York HERALD
NEW LONDON, Conn, Sept. 9.-Mrs.
Herbert Sanger of New York is visiting
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Simon Hess,
at the Mohican Hotel.
The Misses Barbara and Ann Stella
Scroggie entertained at bridge this
afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis A. Stores Of Nep-
tune Park have returned from motor
trip to Montreal
Miss Aiyce Untervinger was hostess
at a dance last evening for Miss Alice
Remington. whose marriage to Charles
Long of Boston is soon to take place.
Arrivals at the Mohican Hotel from
New York include Mr.. and Mrs. w. Il.
vogt. Mr.. and Mrs. II. III. Verpland, Mr..
and Mrs. Van Nostnand. Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph Lawrence. Mr.. and Mrs J. b.
Cohen. Mr. and Mrs. NJ. Lott, Miss
Catherine Lott, Fred S. Lott and Mr..
and Mrs. J. NJ. Todd; also Mr.. and Mrs.
w. T. verpland, White Plains; r. II.
Halsey. Bridgeport; Mr.. and Mrs. c. w.
Locke and o. Francis Locke. Glen
Ridge; Mr.. and Mrs. w. -. Collins,
Janet l.. Collins. Mr. and Mrs. Camp
bell and Mrs. George Alexander and
family. st. Louis.
The New York herald., 1921-09-10
DICTIONARIES WILL BE
GREETED DOWN BAY
$50 Leaders to Meet the Leo
p0ldina on Monday.

The $50 American Legion delegates.
who are returning from France on
board the steamship LeopoIdina, are to
be created down the bay Monday morn
ing by $50 leaders OF the organization
here, who will leave the Battery on
board the John +. Hylan. The Leo
poldina Is expected to reach Quarantine
at o'clock and the John F. Hylan.
which was offered for the occasion by
the city authorities. will leave Pier A
at that hour. Invitations for the trip
were sent out from the State head
quarters of the American Legion in
the Hall of Records.
Included among those returning are
John G. Emery. national commander;
Major Bernard J. Flood, Franklin
D'Oiler and Frederick D. Lindsey.
former national commanders Marcel
Knecht, French High Commissioner. is
among the passengers on the Leo
poldina.
The New York herald., 1921-09-10
ATLANTIC CITY ARRIVALS.

Special Despatch to THE NEW YolK HERAtp.
ATLANTIC CITY, Sept. 9.--The commit
tee OF citizens that promoted the fall
pageant. which closed last night. Is con-
sidering a plan TO make this an annual
event.
Among the arrivals from New York
at the Traymore are Mrs. A. M. Dexter,
william r. Nelson, Frank Doyle. Mr..
and Mrs. w. B. Taylor, Miss Olive r.
McKillop of Brooklyn. DR.. J. G. Burnett
and Mr.. A. l.. Burnett and Mr.. and Mrs.
J. J. Pearson.
New Workers. at the Marlborough
BlenheIm are Mrs. J. M. Sutherland OF
Brooklyn, accompanied by Mrs. John
Hughes and Miss Genevieve Hughes Of
Ridgewood. NJ. j.: Mrs. A. NJ wahl and
Master M. Il. wahl OF Brooklyn. Mrs.
M. u. Coleman. Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert
r.. John and Miss Josie Macdonald.
Mrs. Maurice DAILY. Jr., Of New York
arrived at the st. Charles this afternoon.
Mrs. a. w. Rankin and Miss Rankin
are at the Chalfontc Haddon Hall.
M. T. Mcdowell and r. v. Bowen ar
rived from New York to-day and are at
the Dennis.
The New York herald., 1921-09-10
GARDEN ARRIVES FOR
OPERA SEASON NOV. 3
Muratore and CaUolieri Also
Coming by the Olympic.

Special Despatch to THE New YoRK HERALD.
CHICAGO. Sept. s.-Miss Mary Garden.
director-general, and Lucien Muratore,
leading tenor of the Chicago Grand
Opera Company, together with Nine.
Muratore, who is better known to opera
goers as Nine. Lima Cavalieri. will sail
for America on the Olympic, October rs,
arriving in Chicago about November 8.
As the opera season opens November / A.
Muratore and Nine. Cavalieri will have
nearly two weeks of final preparation.
while Miss Garden will have that period
in which to make her final arrange
ments.
George M. Spangler, business manager.
said to-day that the subscription sale
already had exceeded that of the entire
season last year.
The New York herald., 1921-09-10
Hundreds Arrive
in BerkShireS for
Weddings To-day
Parents of Both Miss Parsons
and Miss Delan0 Give
Large Parties.

Special Despatch to THE New YoRK HERALD.
LENox, Mass. Sept. 9.-Hundreds of
visitors are in the Berkshires for the
weddings tomorrow of Miss Louise De-
iano and Col. Sherwood Cheney at
Stockbridge and Miss Elise Parsons and
Mr.. Morehead Patterson at Lenox. Col.
Cheney and his best man, Col. Halsted
Dorey, U. s. A.. arrived to-day at the
Red Lion Inn. Stockbridge.
The largest ball of the season In
Lenox was given tonight at the Lenox
Club by Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Parsons
for their daughter, the bride of to-mor-
row. Supper was served at midnight on
the verandas. the weather being as
warm as midsummer. Mr.. and Mrs.
Parsons gave a dinner for twenty-five
members Of the wedding party and rela-
tfves at the club before the dance.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederic Adrian Delano
entertained company of thirty-1ve at
dinner at their villa In Stockbridge to-
night for Miss Delanos wedding party
and relatives. Other dinners were given
tonight by Mrs. John F. Alexandra and
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hollistcr Pease.
Miss Theresa and Miss Lee Higginson
had guests for luncheon at the Lenox
Club to-day, and Mrs. Nina l.. Duryea
gave a luncheon party at the Old Mill
in Stockbridge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry White have as
guests at Elm Court Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Gallatin, Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Iseiin, Mr..
and Mrs. John Magee, Mrs. Goodhue
Livingston and Mr.. Charles Hayden of
New York.
Arrivals at the Curtis Hotel include
Mrs. Thomas Sears Young, Miss Caro-
lima M. Young of Oyster Bay, NJ 7.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Costa Nichols Of New
York.
At the Red Lion Inn at Stockbridge
are Mrs. James Roosevelt. Mrs. John
Nicholas Brown and son, Mr.. John Mich
olas Brown: Mrs. William B. Horn
blower of New York, Mr.. and Mrs. Bay
ard Stockton of Princeton, N. j.; Miss
Bertha Chapron of Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl A. de Gersdorff are
entertaining at their place In Stock
bridge Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Wads-
worth Busk Of New York. Mr.. and Mrs.
Alexander Winsor of Boston and Mr..
Frederick A. Allen and Mr.. Conway Fel-
ton of Harvard.
Mrs John H. Church and Miss Mary
Church are on an automobile trip to
Cape Cod.
Mrs. Johnston L. de Peyster. Mrs.
fstelle de P. Hosmer and Mrs. Howard
r. Martin of Tivoli, N. T., are at the
Berkshire Inn, Great harrington. while
touring the hills.
Defeat of Miss Helen Rice by Miss
Grace Bristed In woman's singles In the
senni-final round was the surprise Of the
tennis tournament at Stockbridge to-
day. Miss Bristed played a superb
game, winning two straight, sharp
matches, Ga, Is. This Is the first
time In three years that Miss Rice has
been beaten In a Berkshire tennis tour
nament. Miss Bristed will play Mrs.
A. II. Chaplin, Jr.. Of Springfield In the
final round tomorrow
A large gallery watched the play. Tea
was served at the clubhouse by Mrs.
Charles Stuart Wilson OF London and
her sister. Mrs. Newman Kershaw Perry
The New York herald., 1921-09-10
ACTRESS FoILs HoLDUP BAND.
Miss Peggy Wood and Relatives
Escape in Automobile.

Special Despatch to THE NEW York HnRALD.
STAMFORD, Conn. Sept. 9.-Miss Peg
gy Wood, who is rehearsing a new play,
was motoring to her home near Stam-
ford. accompanied by her father, Eugene
Wood. and her aunt. Miss May Wood. at
80 O'Clock yesterday morning. Miss
Wood was driving. The actress had
come up from New York on a late
train. Four men loomed out of the dark
ness and pretended Mr. Wood said to
be in distress. They hailed the motor
lists. Miss Wood slowed her car until
she saw one of the men make jump
for the running board. Then she stepped
on the accelerator and the car ehot
ahead. leaving one of the men on the
ground.
II had only sixty cents" said Miss
Wood 'and there wasn't much more In
the whole party. However. I'll do all
my travelling to and from my home
here in the day time hereafter"
The New York herald., 1921-09-10
BEDFORD GARDEN CLUB SHOW.
Amateur Growers Give Exhibition
of Flowers and Vegetables.

Prominent summer residents and So
ciety folk OF Mount Kisco. Chappaqua,
Bedford Hills and Katonah turned out
Mt the annual amateur gardeners flower
and vegetable show given yesterday in
the Community Club at Bedford Hills
under the auspices Of the Bedford Gar
den Club.
Mrs. Rollin Saltus. president: Mrs.
Edwin Hotter, vice-president. and Mrs
r. A. Waters, chairman of the exhibi-
tion committee. were among the officers
OF the association present Others In
terested in the club are Mrs. Seth Low,
Miss NJ Moyca Newell. Mrs. James A.
MctcaIf. Mrs. Harold Whitman and Mrs.
George L. Nichols.
Prizes were awarded to school chill
dren who raised the best flowers and
vegetables from seed distributed by the
club.
The New York herald., 1921-09-10
WILL SPEED LEGION BAGGAGE.
Special Orders Received Here for
Returning Party.

WASHINGTON, Sept. Especial in
structions to smooth the way through
the customs Of the returning members of
the American Legion who have been
abroad as the guests of the French
Government were sent to New York to-
night by Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury Clifford.
The legionaries. headed by Major
John 9. Emery. national commander,
are to arrive in New York Monday on
the Leopoldwina. Mr.. Clifford in
structed the Collector OF the Port to
send special inspectors down the bay on
a revenue cutter to meet the party and
to examine the legionaries' baggage
on the way UP the harbor so there may
be no delay at the docks.
The New York herald., 1921-09-10
JOHN w. LAPSLEY.

John W. Lapsley. a member Of the
stock brokerage firm of E. & c.
Randolph. died Thursday night at his
home In Mount Kisco, n. Y. He had
been In poor health for some time. Mr..
Lapsley. who was 55 years old, was a
son of the late Howard Lapsleyrof New
York, with whom he was associated In
business several years following his
graduation from Harvard in 1890 He
married Miss Eleanor Temple Emmett of
New York. sister OF Mrs. Martin J.
Keogh and Mrs. Nicholas Biddle Mr.
Lapsley is survived by his wife, six
children and two sisters. Miss Kate
Lapsley and Mrs. Albert Stickney. He
was member of the Knickerbocker
Club.
The New York herald., 1921-09-10
CROWELL HEADS AERO CLUB.
Elected to Succeed Myron It. Her
rick, Who Resigned.

Benedict Crowell. former Assistant
Secretary of War. was elected yesterday
president of the Aero Club OF America
at a meeting at the clubhouse. IL East
Thirty-eighth street. He succeeds Myron
T. Herrick. who resigned when appoint
ed Ambassador TO France.
Lieut.-Col Harold E. Hartney. an
American ace, who commanded the larg-
est American fighting airplane unit in
France. was elected executive secretary.
which makes him active head of the
national aviation organization and its
forty affiliated bodies.
The New York herald., 1921-09-10
MRS. GEORGIA T. Fry.

Mrs. Georgia Timken Fry. wife Of
John Heming Fry. well known artist,
is dead OF pneumonia in the Union Med
ical College Hospital, Pekin. China, ac-
cording to cablcgram received here
yesterday by her husband. She was
daughter OF the late Henry Timkcn OF
81. Louis and Santiago and sister Of
III. H. Timken and William r. Timken
Of the Timken Roller Barrel and Axle
Company. She was well known as an
artist herself and was owner of the
Rodin Studio Building at Fifty-seventh
street and Seventh avenue. She had a
country place in Greenwich. Conn. Mrs.
Fry and Miss Helen Phelps OF this city
Aere travelling In the Orient In pursuit
IL art work.
The New York herald., 1921-09-10
NAVAL SEAPLANE FALLS
AT CAPITAL; MAN DIES
CiUilian Employee Drowns IL,
Plunge.

WAsHINoroS, Sept 81. l.. Monickle
OF this city, civilian employee OF the
naval aeronautical testing laboratory,
was drowned to-day when navy sea-
plane fell into the Potomac River. The
body was recovered.
According to report from the naval
air station at Anacostia, the plane ran
into an air pocket when making a turn
and plunged into the water. The plane
was piloted by Lieut.. Hugh NJ Rough
lay. a reserve flier. who escaped with
out injury.
The accident. naval officers said, was
the first resulting In loss of life which
has occurred at the Anacostia station
since December, 1919.