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of bachelor of arts. Among his
classmates was the late Thomas C.
Moves who, until his death in 1912,
was constant colleague on The
| Star In the summer of 1889 Mr..
Kaufman was selected as a men,
ber of one of the earliest, if not the
first. summer scientific expeditions
sent to the Far West by the college,
the notable accomplishments of
which resulted in their annual con-
tinuation until the present day. In
1892 Princeton conferred upon him
the degree of master of arts.
Covered Notable Events.
Almost Immediately after leaving
college Mr.. Kaufman started to
work as cub reporter and in due
time became one of the owners,
member of the Board of Directors
and one of the officials of the COM
pany which publishes The Star. AS
general newsman his energy. his
sense of news value, his training
under the late Harry Goodwin, who
was long in charge of the news
department. and his gift of express
sion soon caused him to be consid-
cred one of the best all-around re-
porters on duty in the District.
His record included many beats"
and exclusive stories. and after a
brief period he was usually given
assignments of either special diff
Guilty or special interest. He was
detailed to cover several notable
criminal trials. He was assigned to
attend and describe the great in
ternational naval review held at
commemoration of the 400th ami
versary of the discovery of America.
He covered the first national con-
vention. held here. of the Daughters
of the American Revolution. That
was the day when the sessions OF
this now staid organization were,
to say the least, colorful and stren-
uous and offered a wealth of ma
terial for unusual news stories.
On the occasion of the famous
Ford's Theater disaster of 1893,
when several floors of that historic
structure. then used as a govern
mental Office building. collapsed and
killed and injured many employees,
Mr. Kaufman was the first report
er on the scene. Seated on the sill
of a front window to which he had
managed to climb and whence he
could command view of the seeth-
ing interior, he wrote upon his knee
the running story of the tragedy,
throwing it down leaf by leaf to
waiting messengers. That night,
after the final extra Star had been
issued, at the request of Hobart
Brooks. then representing the New
York Herald in Washington. he die
tated an entirely distinct story for
that newspaper which, printed ver-
batim, filled eight full columns.
50th Year Commemorated.
From time to time during his long
newspaper career he supplied The
Star with feature articles on various
topics and about 1900 he was made
literary editor. This was at time
when The Saturday Star was the
big issue of the week. Later, with
the inception of The Sunday Star
in 1905. he became Sunday editor.
He had served as treasurer OF the
company since 1912. Mr.. Kaufman
was also one of the two trustees
who administer the employees pen
sion, disability and death benefit
plan, inaugurated some years ago.
In October. 1899. the Board of
Directors of the company officially
commemorated the occasion of the
completion of Mr.. Kauffmann's flf-
tieth year of service on The Star.
In 1894. Mr.. Kaufman married
Miss Jessie Christopher of Chicago.
who survives him.
He is also survived by two sons.
Philip c. Kaufman. former city
editor of The Star, and Samuel Hay
Kaufman. assistant business man.
ager of The Star, and by nine
grandchildren. Mr.. and Mrs. Kauff-
mann for some years past have
made their home at 1901 Twenty
fourth street NV.
During his entire life Mr.. Kauff-
mann took a great and constructive
interest in charity and philan-
thropy. Chief among his activities
were his interest in the American
Red Cross and in wounded ex-service
men, particularly at Walter Reed
Hospital. For period of years he
constantly visited this hospital and