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The Washington times., 1937-06-05
Youngstown Steel Strike
Awaits Move by Gov. DaVey

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, June S
N.SO.-Still silent on what re-
suits his conferences with Cover.
nor Martin L. Davey produced,
Philip Murray, chairman of the
Steel Workers Organizing Commit
tee was scheduled to return to
Pittsburgh today, his attention oil
verted temporarily to the ore fields
of Minnesota and Michigan.
Two Republic Steel Corporation
mines in Ironwood, Mich, were
closed down as the union con-
tinued its warfare against Repub-
lie, Inland Steel Corporation and
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Com
pany.
Field workers were concerned
with keeping the S. w. o. C. pick
cts active as the strike or Starve"
Uitimatum was enforced here
while awaiting Governor DaVeys
next move.
CHICAGO, June 5 G.N.S0.
Reports that Inland Steel Com
pany planned to reopen their mills
today brought added hundreds of
strikers to reinforce the picket
lines at the plant in Indiana Har-
Dor.
The Steel Workers Organizing
Committee here kept reserve
pickets on hand throughout the
night.
Inland officials reaffirmed their
intent to keep their plants closed
until the strike has been settled.
This tenseness in a new sector
Of the Calumet steel region
marked the tenth day Of the
strike in which $4,000 workers
walked out at plants of Inland
Company, Youngstown Sheet and
Tube Company and Republic
Steel Company in the Chicago
area.
Committee for Industrial Or
ganization leaders meanwhile at
tached little Importance to 3
black to work" campaign started
under the leadership of H. O.
Brown of Steel Workers indie
pendent Union, Incorporated
which began house-to-house can
vases in which wives were peti
toned to urge their husbands to
return to their jobs.
COLUMBUS. Ohio. June 5 GIN
S0.-Strict secrecy today shrouded
latest efforts of Gov. Martin L
Davey to settle strikes at plants
of the Republic Steel Corporation
and the Youngstown Sheet and
Tube Company.
The next move. it was under
stood. will be second conference
between the governor and officials
Of the two steel companies. II
probably will be held early next
week. but Davey was silent on
the date.
The Washington times., 1937-06-05
Democrats To Hear
Speech By Prescott

GAITHERSBURG, Md, June S.
State Senator Stedman Prescott
will speak at a meeting of the
Upper Montgomery County Young
Mems Democratic Club Monday
night at the Gaithersburg fire
house. it was announced today by
Jack Diamond, president.
Prescott will explain legislative
procedure and discuss coordina
ton Of his activities as State Sen.
ator with those of county officials,
F. Byrne Austin, first vice presi
dent of the Young Mems Demo
cratic Club. Of Takoma Park, also
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Broker Declared He
Was on Way to Norfolk
For Realty Deal

FOLLOWING is the complete
statement made to police by
James H. StGrkey, ReSettlement
Administration engineer and
for many years q friend OF
Charles F. Keene, relating to
Keene'S actions on the r1Der
steamer District of C0lumbi
the night of May 10.
Keene disappeared from the
boat that night, LeGUing ms
cabin in confusion. TUo blood
stains 1Dere found. Last Monday
Keene'S body, lOeighted dOlU1l
by a brief case tied around the
neck. lOGS found floating tn
Chesapeake Bay, near Smith
Island, a bullet Mound in the
head. A coroner's jury on the
island returned a Derdtct OF
murder that night, but some
authorities believe Keene ended
his life.
have known Charles F. Keene
for 26 years and on May IS ]
boarded the Norfolk and Washing
ton Steamboat Company's steamer
District of Columbia" to make q
trip to Old Point Comfort, Va,
on Government business. I ar
rived at the boat only q few
minutes before the departure anc
proceeded at once to the purSer':
office to arrange for tranSporta
ton and a stateroom.
Upon request Of the purser for a
stateroom I was told the only thing
available was a $2.25 room or
the gallery deck. 1 reminded MIN
that my Government travel al
lowance only permitted me to pay
SITS and if I was obliged to pay
1925 the extra so cents woulc
come out of my own pocket.
He issued me a ticket and gave
me key to the stateroom which
as I recall was No. 122, located
on the right-hand side of the boa
on the upper gallery.
Walked Around on Deck
I thereupon went up to my
Stateroom and left my Gladstone
bag and brief case after which
came down to the main deck
where I saw a man dressed in 1
light overcoat and who WorI
what l thought was a brown skull
cap, on the opposite side of tn,
deck leaning on a rail and lookin'
back toward the city. After takinl
a turn around the deck glancet
again at the man, and there wa
something familiar about him A
I approached closer I recog
nized the man as Charles F
Keene and saw that he was wear
ing a brown beret which. I hat
thought was a skull cap. I walkeC
up to him and said, why hello
Charles, where do you think yo'
are going?" AS l recall, his an
swer was Where are you goinl
yourself?"
Had Deal In Mind
told him that I was on m.
way to Old Point Comfort by boa
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iViUiZnEnfeS Armed
Bu SEteH'iffS After
Lu1z1s be1Juck Clash
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still taking extraordinary pre-
cautions. He disclosed that $50
citizens had been notified to APP
pear as special deputies when
the towns fire siren blows. All
will be armed, he said, adding;
"The fire siren is all oiled,
and we'll repulSe Any attempt
TO seize the courthouse"
At Newberry, Sheriff Ernest
Shaw appealed to Governor
Murphy for troops. Sheriff Pei
letter here said he also was pre-
pared to send similar plea. AT
Detroit, the Governor kept in
close touch with the situation by
telephone and during the night
ordered State troopers in the
area concentrated near the Alger
county courthouse.
State Police Commissioner
Oscar Olander told Governor Muir
ply he was holding troopers in
reserve at Lansing and Detroit and
would move them into this district
by airplane if violence broke out.
Governor Murphy indicated he
would not call out the National
Guard except as last resort.
Some 1000 employees Of the New
berry Lumber and Chemical Com
pany sawmill at NeWberry drove
$50 lumberiackS from that town
yesterday with fire hoses and
brick bats. After the fighting, Joe
Krd, So, was found dead in the
street. His death was believed due
to a heart attack. Several persons
were injured, but none seriously
The striking lumberjactS. cut
numbered 10 to l, made little eff
fort to resist. but threatened to
return in superior numbers today.
After ejecting the lumberjackS
from town, the sawmill workers
returned and smashed windows
and doors in the Finnish labor
hall.
Later, they seized ]. V. Kinzie,
former justice of the peace and a
reported Sympathizer with the
union lumberjacks, Smeared him
with axle grease and told him to
leave Newberry and not return.
Andrew Martell, active in labor
circles and manager Of a coopera-
tive store, also was ordered out OF
town. He left.
Sheriff Shaw ordered all liquor
stores and beer gardens in Luce
county closed.
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ROCKEFELLER $4,000, WEALTH
GOES TO MRS. DE CUEVAS
Trust Fund Income
Bequeathed to
GrandchiId
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Continued from Page IL
spOnsibility Of owning and ad-
miniStering substantial sums,
and for that purpose made large
gifts to or for them, my oldest
daughter Bessie, the mother Of
my granddaughter Margaret,
was not living"
The petition for probate was
signed by John D. Rockefeller, jr.
one of the executors. The will
has three codicilS.
Facts Of VIII Given
A m m randum containing
facts about the will was issued by
Sinclair Hamilton and Mizell Will
son. of the law firm of Milbank
Tweed, Hope and Webb, attorneys
for John d. Rockefeller. jr. The
memorandum said:
"Under the original will Of
June 2, 1925. Mr.. Rockefeller,
after diSpOSing Of his personal
and household effects, left his
reSiduary estate in equal shares
to the Laura Spelman ROcke-
Teller Memorial and his son,
John d. Rockefeller, jr. The
changes made by the cOdiciIS
of May IA, 1880, and November
4, 1892. are Of no particular i'm
pOrtance in the light of the
final cOdiCiI Of October 3, 1884.
by this final cOdicil the en-.
tire residUary estate is left to
trustees during the life Of Mr..
ROckefeller'S gran d daughter,
Margaret Strong de Cuevas, the
trustees being empowered in
their discretion to pay the in
come to Mrs. De CuevaS or to
one or more of her descendants
or to the Rockefeller Institute
for Medical Research.
OTHER PROVISIONS
upon the death Of Mrs. De
Cuevas, the trust fund is to be
divided among Mrs. De CuevaS'
children and the descendants Of
any deceased children, each
beneficiary to receive his or her
share outright, except that the
share of any child Of Mrs. De
CuevaS born during Mr.. Rookie
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that you told Mr.. Osborne and
Mr.. Keene's son about being on
the boat with Mr.. Keene? Why
did you not report this to police?
A.-Well. I suppose the real rea-
son behind my action in not doing
SO was shock at what had hap
pened to my friend, and from ur-
certainty as to just what to do
under the circumstances.
Odd you have any trouble
with Keene while on the trip?
A.-No sir.
Q.-Have you told anyone since
this trip that you had trouble with
Keene on the boat?
A.-No sir.
Q.-What is your theory about
how Mr.. Keene came to his death ?
Al have no theory at all.
Q.-At any time during the
night that Mr.. Keene's death oc
CURED did you hear any sound on
the boat that would lead you to
believe that a shot had been fired?
A.-No Ibid not.
Not Intoxicated
Q.-Do you know whether or not
Keene had a revolver with him
that night?
A.-No sir, I do not.
Q.-When you left him to re
tire that night did he appear 10
be under the influence of liquor?
A.-No sir, he did not.
Q.-Have you ever known Mr.
Keene to own a revolver?
A.-No sir.
(Signed) JAMES H. STARKEY
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The Weather

District of Columbia-Partly
cloudy with local thundershowers
tonight and Sunday; not much
change in temperature: gentle
south winds.
Maryland-Partly cloudy, prob
ably local thundershowers tonight
and Sunday; slightly warmer in
extreme northwest portion tonight.
Virginia-Local thundershowers
tonight and Sunday; slightly
warmer in west portion tonight.
Tide Table
High tide today at 4:27 a. m. anu
4:55 p. m.
Low tide today at 1928 a. m.
and 1880 p. m.
High tide tomorrow at 5:23 q.
m. and $3.50 D., m.
Low tide tomorrow at midnlghb
and 1926 p. m.
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The Washington times., 1937-06-05
; BURN AFTER
CARS CRASH .

sOUTHBRIDGE, Mass, June 5
Q.N.S) Fire after a head-on
collision of two automobiles today
burned to death at least three
persons.
Two other persons, critically
injured, were removed to Harring-
ton Hospital. Names Of the vic.
TINS were not Immediately avail.
able.
The Washington times., 1937-06-05
Departures

Departures
Accumulated excess of temper
ature since January l., 1887, 452.
Excess of temperature since
June /, 1897. SO.
Accumulated excess Of precipi'
tation since January l, 1887, GA.
Excess of precipitation since
June l, 1887. 0.26.
Temperature same date last
year-Highest. 10; lowest, Sd.
.. TEMPERATURES
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ment in the cOdiciI of October 3,
1884:
al am setting up this trust
their discretion to pay the in
come to such child or to one or
for the benefit of my grand
daughter Margaret and her de-
scendantS to the exclusion Of
my other grandchildren and
their descendants because when
the time came that / felt it wise
to place upon my children the
responsibility of owning and ad-
miniStering substantial sums
and for that purpose made large
gifts to or for them, my oldest
daughter Bessie, the mother Of
my granddaughter Margaret,
was not living
"Mr. John d. Rockefeller, jr.,
Mr.. Bertham Cutler and Mr..
Thomas M. DebevOiSe are ap-
pointed executors and also truS-
tees.
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feIler'S life is to be continued in
trust for the life of such child,
the trustees being empowered in
more Of the descendants Of Mrs.
De CuevaS or to the Rockefeller
Institute for Medical Research.
''Mr. ROckefeller'S reason for
dispOsing Of his estate Is ex-
planned by the following state
The Washington times., 1937-06-05
Had Deal in Mind

l told him that was on my
Vay to Old Point Comfort by boat
The Washington times., 1937-05-14
WoodIown Fete Tomorrow

People from several cities and OF
all political faiths are going to
wend their way tomorrow to his
toric Woodlawn, the estate of the
Secretary of War and Mrs. Harry
Woodring where the Woman'S
National Democratic Club will en-
terrain at a brilliant luncheon
party. Mrs. Roosevelt will head
the list of guests and most of the
Cabinet members as well as their
wives will be present. 1t is ex-
pected that Mrs. Roosevelt, the
Secretary of State, Mr.. Cordell
Hull, and the Secretary of War,
Mr.. Harry Woodring, will all say
few words to the assembled COM
pany. Mrs. Wilbur w. Hubbard,
president of the Club will preside.
The addresses will be followed
by a program headed by Evelyn
Davis and her pupils, who will dis
play their talents in three num-
bers. Miss Davis was the director
of the dances for the Apple Bios
som festival in Virginia last week.
The Washington times., 1937-05-14
Annual Spring Party

A feature of the annual spring
bridge party at Wardman Park
May "a, for the benefit of st. Ger
trude's School of Arts and Crafts,
will, be home made candies and
cakes. Mrs. Francis Callahan is
in charge of this table, aided by
Mrs. Joseph Tumulty, Mrs. Pere
A. Wilmer, Mrs. Robert Cahill,
Mrs. Frederick Stohlman, Mrs.
Philip Caulfield, Miss Mary Gala
han, Miss Catherine Tumulty, Miss
Catherine Murphy, Miss Peggy
Wilmer, Miss Martha Glare Gar
rity, Miss Peggy Walsh, Miss Mary
Margaret Giegengack, Miss Nancy
Callahan, Miss Florence Cahill,
Miss Jane ODonnell, Miss Geral-
dine Clarity, Miss Susanna Sign
huff, Miss Laura May Norris, Miss
Mary Jane Cahill, Miss Mary
Stohlman, Miss Nancy McEnerney
and Master Murray Callahan.
n * =
MIR. and Mrs. John N. Kirby, of
New York City, are stopping at
Wardman Park Hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs. John j. O'Connor
are at the Vanderbilt Hotel in
New York City.
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@'q1 ce""'"
Re- Il q Ma MA
Annual Bridqe
Party Soon
BEG. Q. 8. Pat. OFT.

The climax of the annual bridge
and garden party of the Chapel
Guild of Walter Reed Memorial
Hospital and the Gray Ladies of
the Rec Cross, to be held Saturday
afternoon, May %, in the Red
Cross House and the Formal Gar
den of the Army Medical Center, is
always the official cutting of the
birthday cake of the Grey Ladies.
which is to occur at the conclusion
of the fashion show in the garden,
at tea time.
Distinguished guests from the
city will attend the event which
this season is for the joint benefit
of the Memorial Chapel Guild and
the Army Relief Society. During
the card playing in the early after.
noon and later in the garden there
will be delectable refreshments,
made from choice recipes of Army
women, who are contributing
cakes, rolls, candy, and all sorts
of dainties.
It is murmured that literally
hundreds of delicious cookies are
being prepared, and that many
advance orders for them and other
pastries are being taken by the
refreshment committee which
boasts an able group of women
headed by Mrs. Charles Robn, of
the Gray Ladies, and by Mrs.
Henry c. Coburn, of the Chapel
Guild.
Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs. John
N. Garner head the list of pa
tronesses for the opening of Mont
pelier Manor, home of former
Ambassador and Mrs. Breckin-
ridge Long, near Laurel, Md, on
May 10 from 10 to 6 o'clock, or
May 20 in case it rains. The
funds raised will be used for the
maintenance of Stratford, birth
place of Robert E. Lee, and two
signers of the Declaration of In
dependence, Richard Henry Lee
and Francis Lightfoot Lee.
The Washington times., 1937-05-14


The Secretary Of Commerce and
Mrs. Daniel C. Roper will be the
ranking guests at a dinner this
evening given by the Assistant
Secretary of the Interior and Mrs.
Theodore A. Walters. Mr.. and
Mrs. David Coker, Of Hartsyille,
s. c., will be the ranking guests
at the party to be given at the
Roosevelt Hotel.
The Ambassador Of Mexico,
Senior DR.. Don Francisco Castillo
Najera, received the Great Cross
Of Merit and Honor at noon today
from the Minister of Haiti, Mr.. Eli
Lescot. The stats of the Mexican
Embassy, the Haitian Legation
and the Legation of Santo Do
mingo were on hand to toast the
Ambassador.
The Secretary of the Treasury
and Mrs. Henry Morgenthau, jr.,
entertained at a dinner party last
night at their home on R Street.
The Washington times., 1937-05-14

Mr.. and Mrs. John Farr Sim
mons are expecting a visit from
Sir Stork before the Autumn
leaves begin to fall. Mrs. Sim
mons is the former Caroline
Huston Thompson, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Huston Thomp-
son.
Col. and Mrs. Glen jerks,
who have just gotten settled in
their new Spring Valley resi-
dence, have as their house
guest Mrs. jerks brother,
Tom Lane, of st. Paul, MINI.
Tom really came East to check
up on the rapid recovery of his
mother, Mrs. Jean Lane, who
will soon leave Walter Reed
Hospital and join Colonel and
Mrs. jerks at their home.
#**
The Marchesa Cugia di SAINT
Orsola has invitations out for
cocktails on Thursday, May 20,
in the Pan-American Room Of
the Mayflower Hotel. This
charming, dark-haired lady is
the wife of the Naval Attache
of the Italian Embassy.
She wives of Senators, from
Southern cotton manufacturing
States entertained at tea yes
terday afternoon for the ladies
attending the American Cotton
Manufacturers Association Con-
vention. In the receiving. line
were Mrs. Daniel G.. Roper,
Mrs. William B. Bankhead, the
Secretary of Labor, Miss Fran
ces Perkins; Mrs. D. Donald
Conner, wife of the President of
the Association; Mrs. R. L.
Henry, wife of the Vice Presi-
dent, and Mrs. William M. Nc
Laurine.
Those assisting included Mrs.
Walter F. George, Mrs. Hugo
Black, Mrs. Morris Sheppard,
Mrs. Josiah W. Bailey, Mrs.
John H. Bankhead, Mrs. Ellison
D. Smith and Mrs. James F.
Byrnes.
The John Davidges have in
vitations out for a dinner party
on Tuesday, May 25.
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Mrs. Harold Sims, wife of
the Attache of the British En-
bassy, looked very trim yester-
day at noontime as she entered
the elevator of one of the down.
town department stores. She
wore a Navy blue, two-piece
dress, the jacket having round
buttons up the front, and an
Ascot tie of powder blue peeped
from beneath the neckline. Her
straw off-the-face hat had tiny
stiff veil.
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Under a Bower of Flowers They Will Say 1 Do


efromwh Wilt
The Washington times., 1937-05-14
Mrs. Perkins Here

Mrs. ]. Russell Perkins has
come from Winston-Salem, N. c.,
and is at the Shoreham where
she expects to spend a week. She
came especially for the play,
"Liliom," which is being presented
at the King-Smith Playhouse on
Shoreham Hill tonight, and in
which her daughter. Miss Anne
Perkins, has the leading role.
X y
Miss Margaret G. Potter, Of
Brookline, Mass, has joined her
mother. Mrs. H. L. Potter, at
Wardman Park Hotel.
The Washington times., 1937-05-14
70dcM Topics
BUFLOru Macdonald
reg q 0. Pat Oh. \


The First Lady returned to
the White House this morning
after spending the past several
days in New York City follow,
ing a visit with her son-in-law
and daughter, Mr.. and NJ r S
John Boettiger, in Seattle.
She was the guest in whose
honor members of the Seventy
Fifth Congressional Club en-,
tertained at a luncheon today
at the Shoreham.
Tomorrow afternoon NJ r S
Roosevelt will entertain at a
garden party for the women
executives Of the various Gov
eminent departments. She will
again be hostess at a garden
party on Tuesday.
President Roosevelt returned
to the White House today after
his fishing trip in the Gulf OF
Mexico. He was accompanied
by his son and daughter-in-law,
Mr.. and Mrs. Elliott Roosevelt
and their small d augh t e r,
Chandler.
Dedicated to the Diplomatic
Corps, the Washington pre-,
miere of James Hilton's famous
novel, "Lost Horizon" will be
shown Sunday evening at the
National, and a few of those
dignitaries who have signified
their intention of attending are
the dean of the Diplomatic
Corps, the British Ambassador,
Sir Ronald Lindsay; the Am
baSsador of Italy and Donna
Matilde de Suvich, the Ambas-
sador of Japan and Nine.
Saito, the Ambassador of Mex
leo and Sonora de Castillo Ma
jera and members of their fam
lily; the Ambassador of Spain
and Sonora de los Rios, and the
the Ambassador of Ecuador and
Sonora de Alfaro.
Among others who plan to
attend are t h e Secretary of
State and Mrs. CordelI Hull,
Senator and Mrs. William E.
Borah, Senator and Mrs. Pat
Harrison, Senator and Mrs. Jo-
seph T. Robinson and Senator
and Mrs. Frederick van Mugs.
Melody is the enhancing
name of the daughter of Col.
and Mrs. C. C. Schiffeler and
a cognomen which this little
lady chose for herself. 1t seems
since her earliest days she has
loved music and when she was
so tiny that she could not sit
on the piano stool and reach the
pedals, she would stand up and
play beautiful harmonies while
she reached for the keyboard
The Washington times., 1937-05-14

Also on the program VIII be the
Dixie Harmonies, a national broad
casting quartet who will sing
Negro spirituals. A special feature
Of the afternoon will be "Queenie,"
the Democratic Donkey which was
presented to the chairman Of the
Democratic National Committee
at Inauguration time. "Queenie"
will be escorted to the party by
Mrs. Lawrence Wood Robert, jr.,
wife of the Secretary of the Demo
cratic National Committee.
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Congressional
Tea Today

The weekly Congressional Club
tea was given this afternoon. The
program included readings by Mrs.
Oswald K. Jaeger.
Those who presided at the tea
table were Mrs. Frederick M. Day.
export, Mrs. Edwin L. Davis, Mrs.
John J. Dempsey and Mrs. Robert
L. Doughton.
Assisting as hoSteSSeS were Mrs.
August H. Anderson, Mrs. Robert
P. Hill, Mrs. Clarence w. Turner
and Mrs. Richard B. Wigglesworth.
The Washington times., 1937-05-14
Dolly Cameron Says:
WEDDING TONIGHT AT 'QUESTOVER
Miss Margaret Cecil Crockett Will Become Bride
OF William Kyle MilhoDep, Jr., at Lovely
Estate in Virginia Reception to Follow

Quesover the beautiful Berryve estate of Mrs Thompson Say
Crockett will be the of the marriage of her daughter Mar
o jr,
Mrs Crockett
angon the magnificent owned by the Jock Whi Her
Llangoln and
KIN
wedding
Mr. Mrs
Elizabeth Crockett andN Bernadn
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Engaged to Wed

Announcement has been made
by DR.. and Mrs. Melchorre Mauro.
Cottone of New York and New
London, Conn, Of the engagement
of their daughter. Miss Aurora
Mauro-C ottone. to Mr.. Donald
Begg, son of Mrs. Joseph r. Begg
of New York and Dover Plains.
N. Y, and the late Mr.. Begg.
The prospective bride attended
the Gardner School, and is COM
pleting her musical studies with
Nine. Maria Carreras. Her father
is widely known as a composer
and is organiSt of the New York
Philharmonic Society.
Mr.. Begg was graduated from
the Dwight School and from
Georgetown University.
Mrs. F.. B. Mead, of Fort Wayne,
Ind, is stopping at the Dodge and
is accompanied by Miss Jane E.
Leidigh, of Kansas City, Mo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry K. McIn.
tyre, of Buffalo, N. Y, are stay
ing at the Carlton.