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The Washington times., 1922-08-06
Romance of the NeW York Heiress and
the Earl's Son Who Didn't Want to
Marry Princess Maryland the
Unusual Custom of Testing
the Brides Nerves in the
"Haunted Chamber" of Bretby Hail

lean women strenuously pursue in Eng
land
The engagement was quickly followed
by wedding in st. Margaret's Church.
Westminster. 1t occurred just one day
before the marriage in the same church
of Lord Louis Mountbatten, the Prince of
Wales's cousin and favorite pal, to Miss
Edwina Ashley, the greatest heire5s In
England. The Prince acted as best man
at this great event. But the daring Lord
Porchester had beaten the royal family
to it" once more.
Now very romantic but terrifying
ordeal awaits the fair young Lady Por-
chester. Every bride who marries the
heir of the Carnarvon family is expected
to occupy the state chamber, known as
"the haunted room," in Bretby Hall, Stat
fordshire. Highclere is the principal seat
of the Carnarvon family, but Bretby Hall,
which came to the family from former
Earl of Chesterfield is the most romantic
one. This is to be the home of the new
bride and groom.
Bretby Hall was the scene of an ancient
tragedy that has inspired generations of
poets, playwrights and novelists, the trag.
edy centering around the death of the
lovely wife of the second Earl of Chester
field. She was daughter of James, the
great Duke of Ormonde, and one of the
most beautiful women at the Court of
Charles H., as we'll as one of the most
blameless. Yet her marriage to Philip
Stanhope furnished her with every excuse
and provocation to regard her marriage
vows lightly, since he was perhaps the
most cynically bad, and selfShly dissolute,
of all the courtiers of the "Merrie Mon
arch" Naturally he judged everyone by
his own standard and could not believe
that his wife was really virtuous.
So, when her beauty inspired warm adj
miration on the part of the Royal Duke
of York, who afterward succeeded to the
throne as King James H., he was con-
vinced that there was a guilty intimacy
between them Concealing his anger, he
induced his wife to accompany him from
London to his ancestral home at Bretby
Park. On arriving there he taxed her,
for the first time, with unfathfulness and
declared that he proposed to keep her at
Bretby Park as close prisoner for the
remainder of her life. She protested her
innocence and offered to pledge it while
taking the Sacrament With sinister in
tent he declared that he would be salts
fled with this assurance.
She partook of the Communion in the
private chapel Of Bretby Hall, was imme-
diately stricken with mortal sickness and
died within a few minutes after removal
to her room. The wicked Lord Chester
field professed to see an evidence of her
The Washington times., 1922-08-06
Young Lord Porchester, Who Was
Prominently Mentioned as a
Suitable Husband for Prin-
cess Mary, but Married a
New York Heiress and
Beauty.

some estimated as larger and more val
liable in and around the Empire City than
those of the Astors, and they are famed
for never selling. Their entire trans
actions in land and in house property are
limited to buying. They are very quiet
and unObtrusive people, and about the
only time that they have come into the
limelight was when some years ago a
most advantageous offer was made to them
for the large vacant lot on Fifth avenue,
adjoining their big, old brownstone house
on the northwest corner of Fifth avenue
and Thirty-ninth street.
But they refused the offer; in the first
place because they never sold, but, above
all, because they needed that vacant lot to
serve as a pleasure ground for their old
pet dog, which has since departed for the
paradise of the canine race.
When the engagement of Miss Wendell
and Lord Porchester was first announced
there was complete ignorance in England
concerning her family and society people
fastened to the American Embassy to
ascertain who she might be.
1t was learned that her father had at
one time been deeply interested in the
drama and that he had acted as "The
Dog" in Maeterlinck's blue Bird" in New
York. greatly to the horror of his old
fashioned cousins and uncles and aunts,
who were the personifcation of conser-
vatism. This led to a story being cir
culated to the effect that Miss Catherine
Wendell was the daughter of an American
actor. Then it was up to Ambassador
Harvey to explain just who the Wendells
were, and their quiet pride in their de-
scent and of the fact that they ranked as
patricians in New York at the time when
the original John Jacob Astor was land
ing on our shores from his Black Forest
Village to found the Astor fortunes.
The Washington times., 1922-08-06

guilt and of divine punishment in her
death. To friends and relatives he init
mated that her death was due to the
great plague" but as a matter of fact
the plague affected nobody near Bretby
and everybody believed that the wicked
Earl had poisoned his wife. The King
himself believed it, and the Earl. never
dared show his face in London during his
lifetime
Since then, according to legend, the
ghost of the dying Lady Chesterfield
haunts the great bedroom at Bretby Hall.
She always appears to bride who occu-
pies the state chamber, but not neces-
sarily to the bridegroom. The unhappy
lady partakes of the cup, then looks up
with eyes full of agony and sorrow, but
yet expressing faith and innocence, utters
loud groan, falls back and dies.
1t is not an appartion which brings
disaster to those who see it, as so many
ghostly visions are said to do, but it is
rather solemn warning against evil.
Nevertheless, it is an ordeal which might
well cause terror to gentle and inexperi-
enced young woman
If Bretby Hall now belongs to Lord
Porchester, and to his father, Lord Car
narvon, it is because when the seventh
Earl of Chesterfield died unmarried he
bequeathed every vestige of his extensive
property at his disposal to his only sister,
Lady Evelyn Stanhope, married to the
The Washington times., 1922-08-06

fourth Earl of Carnarvon. 1t was in this
way that all the literary and artistic treas
ures of the Stanhopes, including the fam
Gus fourth Lord Chesterields Letters"
to his natural son, Philip, were brought
into the family of the Lords of Carnar-
Won.
Highclere Castle, the principal country
seat of Lord Carnarvon, also came into
his family through marriage, and is one
of the finest places in England standing
in a glorious old park, thirteen miles in
circumference, literally swarming with
game and celebrated far and wide for the
unrivalled quality of it's pheasant shoot
ing. Prior to the Reformation it was
known as Bishops Clere, instead of High
clere, and was the country residence of
the all-powerful Bishops of Winchester,
including the illustrious William of Wyke-
ham, many of whose writings are dated
from thence, while wicked King John,
who was forced to sign the Magma Charta,
is also on historic record as having held
his court at Highclere.
The earl of Carnarvon's family name
is Herbert and he represents a younger
branch of the great family of the Her
berts, Earls of Pembroke. One of the
Earls of Pembroke was the great friend
and patron of William Shakespeare, and
is even said to be the "Mr. w. H." (Wil-
liam Herbert) to whom the poets sonnets
are dedicated.
The Washington times., 1922-08-06

Young Lord Porchester will
have extraordinary wealth both
from his Carnarvon ancestors
and the Rothschild source.
In addition to the entailed es-
tates of the Earldom of Carnar-
Won, some $4,000 acres in extent,
which include some very valuable
and extensive holdings in Lon
don, Lord Porchester will also in
herit on his fathers death great
possessions in Australia.
BY another lucky turn of for
tune the young man is heir to
the vast wealth of the late Alfred
de Rothschild, who was the most
popular member of the worlds
greatest banking family. Mr.. de
The Washington times., 1922-08-06

ROthschld, who was jolly bachelor, was
godfather to Lord Porchester's mother,
Lady Carnarvon, and treated her as a
daughter. Upon her marriage he settled
$2,500,000 upon her, and in his will he
bequeathed to her his wonderful house in
Seamore place, London, which contained
the greatest private collection of old mas
ters and art treasures in England.
Lord Porchester, who served during the
last few months of the great war as lieu
tenant of the Seventh Hussars, has until
now made his home when in town with his
parents at 1 Seamore Place. 1t has been
the scene of many wonderful private con-
certs, and is familiar to every famous
singers and virtuoso of the last forty
years. For Alfred de Rothschld was pas
sionately fond of music, and probably
the most munificent patron of that art of
his time in England. 1t was the only
bachelors establishment at which Queen
Alexandra was wont to appear, drawn
thither by her love of music. On all these
occasions the honors were done by the
hosts adopted daughter, the Countess of
Carnarvon.
The bride also has wealth, for she be-
longs to very conservative family that
has much real estate in New York. In
deed, the holdings of the Wendells are by
The Washington times., 1922-08-06

Two
Portraits of
Miss Catherine
Wendell, the
Pretty New
York Heiress,
Who Has
Become Lady
Porchester and
Must Now Face
the Ordeal of
the Haunted
Room"
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New-York tribune., 1922-01-20
Utilities in 500 Pieces

Question-Wl you kindly advise If you
consider Manitoba Power first mortgage rs
and Niagara Falls Power first and general
ss good investments? 7 notice Manitoba
Power bonds are quoted at about 500.
Will you kindly give me the names of
three more good public utility companies
whose bonds come in 500 denomina-
tions? ! have taken your advice here
tofore and wish to tell you that thank
you very much for the same wish 70
tell you that If great many more would
profit by your advice than do they would
be further ahead of the game in the end.
Have sold my Cities Service debenture
D bond and was able TO get more for it
this information as soon as possible as
wish to purchase some of these bonds with
in the next two weeks.-E c. l..
Answer-Niagara Falls Power first
and general 6s are a good investment,
in our opinion, and Manitoba Power rs
not quite so high grade. The latter is
a development not yet in operation, and
while the bonds are guaranteed by the
Winnipeg Electric Company we do not
think that they can be placed in. the
same class with the securities of an
established and profitable concern like,
Niagara Falls Power. Other good
public utility bonds which are avail
able in Sl00 pieces are Montana Power
first and refunding 5s, 1913, recently
selling about SO, to yield about 5.6S;
Northwestern Bell Telephone Is, 1941,
recently selling at 1903, to yield about
6.25, and Cedar Rapids Manufacturing
and Power Company first 5s, 1858, re-
Gently selling at about SO, to yield
about $50.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-20
u pturn in Cotton
On Ginning News
After Early Drop
Report of Small Returns
for First Half of January
Factor in Recovery; Net
Gain of 2 to 13 Points

Early declines in the cotton market
were followed by advances Yesterday
on bullish private ginning reports and
continued reports of better SPOT de-
mand in the South After selling m
from l744c to 1876, or 43 points from
the early low level for March contracts.
the market reacted or 10 points un-
Ger realizing, but closed steady and
from 2 to 13 points net higher.
The private ginning report of 10000
oaics for the last period was compared
with ginning of 9S, 900 bales tho previ-
Gus low record for the same period from,
the crop Of 1915. In that year only 10000
bales were ginncd after January Is. and
IN" hgurcs were egarded as pointing to
crop some what below the Eovernment's s
estimate Of 100000 bales of 500 pounds
gross This idea was strengthened by the
report OF the Census Bureau Indicating
that the average weight of bales Einned
up to December had been only 39e. 3
pounds.
Southern spot markets as officially re-
ported were unchanged to IS points higher
WIN small volume of business
ne local market for spot cotton was
quiet and 10 points higher at 1906 for
"idd'ing no sales reported
The range OF prices:
New-York tribune., 1922-01-20
Amer. Wooden to Offer
Fall Goods ON Monday
Prices To Be Named Subject
of Much Speculation in
the Trade

The woolen and worsted goods trades
officially will enter new season next
week. The American Woolen Company,
the acknowledged market leader, yes
terday announced that its fall 1922 lines
for both mems and women's wear will
be offered the trade next Monday. No
announcement of prices will be made
until then. All depa1 tments of the big
company will open on Monday and the
company's entire range of fabrics will
be available to the trade. Knitted over
coatlngs for men and knitted dress
goods for the women's wear trade are
included in the list Of fabrics to be Of
fered.
Much speculation in the trade CON
Germs the prices that the company will
name. With the raw wool market stiff
fened cons derably and the announced
intention OF the company to maintain
its old wage scale during the fall pro-
ducing season, there appears on the
surface slight possibility of lowered
prices. On the other hand, with sub
normal demand for goods, according to
some factors in the trade. the Ameri-
can Woolen Company is likely to make
a strong bid for what business there
is by naming extremely attractive
prices. Clothing manufacturers are
hoping that prices will show no ad-
vance
New-York tribune., 1922-01-20
Wheat Prices Rise
On Lower Estimate
Of Farm Reserves
Shortage of 80 Million Bush
els by July | Except for
Mill and Elevator Stocks
Seen; Corn Scores Cain

CHICAGO, Jan. 10. - Bullish csti-
mates Of domestic farm reserves did a
good deal to lift wheat prices to-day
The market closed strong at l x to 2M c
net higher, with May $114A to $114M
and July S102as to S1O2l4. Corn
gained - to CSC and oats u to 3sc. In
provisions the outcome varied from un-
changed figures to 20 cents higher.
According to recognized authority V
farm reserves of wheat less spring seed
requirements, suggested n total Of no.
oou.o0o bushels. Allowing for average
bread requirements this would mean a
shortage of 100000 900 bushels Iulv L. ex-
cept for mill and country elevator stocks
Moreover Department of Agriculture re-
ports current to-day indicated that Euro
pean countries might he expected to CON-
tlnue buying wheat freely in me world e
d new decrease in the United States visit
b" supply would be announced Monday
Colder weather. too. counted a. a stirnu-
latine factor. much of the winter drop be-
ing without adequate protection
especially in Kansas. Under such cir
Gun. stances no i'm portant SET ha ok in prices
took place and the finish al nearly the
top level Of the day
Corn and oats went higher with wheat.
EXPORTERS continued after corn. As in the
case Of wheat. eetimates of farm reserves
of corn were bullish
Scantiness OF provision stocks tended to
strengthen the provision market.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-20
FINANCIAL
NOTICE OF REDEMPTION
THE UNITED GAS
IMPROVEMENT COMPANY


TO TUE HOLDERS or THE s. $50 000 EIGHT
Per Cent. Two Year Coupon Gold Notes OF
THE UNITED GAS IMPROVEMENT CON-
rANY. dated February l 1921. issued under
Trust Agreement between The United Gas I'm
pavement Company and Hankcrs Trust Com
nsny. Trustee. bearing Ike date:
Notice is hereby given l,.at. pursuant to the
erms of the Trust Agreement between The Unird
Gas Improvement Company and Bankers Trust
company. Trustee. dated February !, 1921 The
United Gas Improvement Company VIII pay on and
-ed~m February l. 1922. at lo2la Of par and
art!ued interest all OF its then outstanding Eight
Fer Cent Two Year Coupon Gold Notes. oui Of
a total authorized amour. Of 81 500 600. dated
February !. 1874 issued under said Trust Agree
Hen.. that interest VIII to be payable
.e Notes hereby called for redemption. from and
h!ter February !. 1922; that the holders of said
Notss are required on February l. 1922. TO pre
sent them for redemption and payment at the
'Siec Of Bankers Trust Company. Trustee afore
ala. l5 Wall Street. Nrw York City. and that
ON presentation ana surrender OF sad Notes. with
all unpaid coupons attached thereto. at said Office
as aforesaid. payment win be made to he holders
o.. baid Notes the redemption price above stated
THE UNITED GAS IMPROVEMENT COMPANY.
BY s r. Bod.ne President.
ar reminded Of the requirement Of the Federal
Income Tax Law that note, presented for pay
rent having the February !. 1922. coupon attached
mus! be accompanied By an ownership certificate
elating tn said coupon.
Ii!E UNITED GAS IMPROVEMENT COMPANY.
BY S 7. Bodine. President.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-20
Commercial Credit

Losses from bad debts in the whole
sale dry goods trade, according to
figures presented yesterday by Thomas
A. Fernley, secretary Of the National
Wholesale Dry Goods Association, in
creased from, a range of a quarter to
half per cent. in former years, to half
to one per cent in 1921. Bad debts
and poor collections are still big
problem in general business and sellers
Of merchandise are more than ever
highly Interested in the financial con-
dition Of their customers.
Commercial money rates yesterday
were steady at 4$4 to per cent for
prime paper
The. American Acceptance Council
quoted the following discount rates on
prime bankers acceptances eligible for
purchase BY Federal Reserve banks:
New-York tribune., 1922-01-20
Denver & Rio Grande So

thc question: have been Impressed with
~ @ common senss you use In advising
ha,, h, ana wish to ask your advice
I3i iii'l my savings Invested in Denver g.
1In, ","nue retundng rs, bought at AZ
LAYS n"ve neid them three years and always
saIS,. rece'Ved my interest. They are now
s'l.''s "t 49, Would you advise me tn
~, ,Sp .n"n or Is there danger of defiant
1,s Ing on the interest? Does this Wastarn
ac'nc company find II imperative 10 keen
'"' penver a. Rio Grandc interest naid NJ
Answer-Holders of the Denver g.
R'o Grande refunding 5s are being
asked to exchange these bonds for
part preferred stock and part bonds
ot the new company, the Denver e. Rio
Hrande western. Since you now have
:, comparatively slight loss only on
mem, we would advise you to sell them
ana put the proceeds into bond on
wnlch the income is fixed and not de
pendent on earnings, as it would be
We're you forced to exchange your
ponds tor preferred stock The DEN
ver d Rio Grande was sold to the new
company subject to the outstanding
ponds, but if the holders of the re-
iiuhdlng 5s should refuse to exchange
~ ~ might be that a foreclosure under
'haC mortgage might take place.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-20
Naumkeag Steam Cotton
Balance Sheet Issued

The Naumkeag Steam Cotton Com
pany balance sheet as on December 8,
1921, was made public yester rday. The
company had 1851 900 cash, as COM
pared with s352.00O cash as of Novem-
Der 27. 1920. Accounts receivable
amounted to s1,4oeoo0 this year, as
against $1,647,oo last year; cotton on
hand was carried at s2,74400O this year
and at $1,922,000 last year. Manufac-
tured goods and stock in progress were
carried at s498,Ooo this year and $780,
900 last year.
Notes payable have risen from s4oo,-
900 in December, 1919, to s75o,0oo on
1921, amounted to s1,200,000.
Bills payable amount to only $780,
900, as compared with 100000 at the
beginning of the year.
The company does not state on what
New-York tribune., 1922-01-20

Purchases from wholesalers and
manufacturers this week dropped per
cent from the volume Of week ago
according to the Credit Clearing House
report on merchandising conditions
throughout the country. Buying was.
however, 10 per cent in advance Of that
Of year ago. but 5.4 per cent under
that of the like week in 1920.
Indebtedness declined 0e per cent
from last week. bus was IA per cent
ahead of last year and 5s per cent
ahead of two years ago. Payments
dropped 0.5 per cent from last week
and were 81 per cent under last year
and f2.3 per cent under 1920.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-20
Answers Dun Complaint
Credit Guide Alleges Conspir-
acv in 'Pirated' Names Caso

The Credit Guide, against which R.
T.. Dun & Co. recently lodged complaint
aheg'ng p'ratlng of credit ratings from
the latter concern, yesterday issued a
statement denying the allegations and
asserting that h. G. Dun 4 Co. has not
applied for or obtained an Injunction
against the Credit Guide.
Among the denials is that the Credit
Guide knowingly copied catch names
from the Dan rating book In this con
nection - Credit Guide asserts that
such ma were inserted by Dun en-
ployees who sought employment in the
Credit Guide Offices, and that. further
more, matter contained in the Dun rat
ing books issued in March and july
1921, was not Copyrighted.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-20
B u siness News
Dry Goods Wholesalers Oppose
American Valuation Plan
Productive Increases
To Fill Current Needs

Greater business activity to sup
ply current needs is foreseen by the
National Bank of Commerce in New
York. In discussion Of current
market conditions the bank says:
"The real basis for confidence in
the course of business in 1922 is
now clear. Notwithstanding the
severe depression during the past
year. purchases by the American
people in terms of physical volume
were sufficient to absorb to a large
extent accumulated stocks, so that
gradual increase in output of
many classes Of manufactures nav
be expected. Future needs must be
supplied primarily from current
production. This means greater
business activity and explains the
expansion in manufactures which
has taken place in recent weeks"
New-York tribune., 1922-01-20
MEETINGS AND ELECTIONS
Commonwealth Bank

New York. January 10, 1879.
At the Annual Meeting OF the Share
holders OF this Bank. held this date the
following named gentlemen were unani-
mousiy elected Directors for the ensuing
year:
Daniel Brubacher, Edward Benneche.
Bernhard Beinecke, William II. Schmidt,
, Charles A. King John Rheinfrank.
Otto NJ. Eidlitz Charles A. Stadler.
Louis r Bach, j. Chr. &. Hupfel.
Gustnye Lindenmeyr Thomas &. O'Connor,
Ashbel p Fitch Frank Gulden.
Messrs George ~ Kanenbley. George A.
Rheinfrank and George G. Schaefer were
unanimous elected inspectors OF Election:
At the meeting Of the Directors ;, n he'd sg q
January H. 1922, GEORGE G. SCHAEFE X
was elected Director. and the following
officers were elected:
BERNHARD BEINECKE, Chairman OF
the Board.
CHARLES A. KING, President.
LOUIS =. BACH. Vice President
EDWARD BENNECHE Second Vice Pres.
George +. A. OFT was reappointed Cash
ler and Julius r. Won Sternberg was re-
Appointed Assistant Cashier.
GEORGE F. A. OLT. Cashier.