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AMES TO REOPEN LITTLE THEATRE 5r Herbert Tree to Stn.v in America for Another Sensoii. STAlii: XKWS AND OOSSIP Wrt'uop Ame. who li:\ been ill dur- - !.i ' ' . .. ,,, , \; VM.,; winter Mo will open Hip beautiful ul. -- Aihom Kno, was on the wltnem stand known us tlir Little Theatre, which 'nil day yesterday before Surrogate Kis hroti closed ever sdnce \A Pair of col, ,jiin ,. Jllry connnuM(. ,H testl-- . Ik St uk ngs' spent its successful year jinotiy for the contestants In the IJni iih object In tho coming season will I will case. For the grenter part of thi bo to present (He plays. Those which day Dr Wylle was tinder cross. exnmlnn-ar- c stiecnvsful In Nfiv York will bp sent I M iy Austen '1. Fox, counsel for ths m tour. Mr Ames s object In this pro- - o,,,.ctnr, William Mitchell nnd Lucius eedure will be tn make on the rn.id the . Iloers Itn ndmltte.l that he had gone profit lmpolb1c In Mich a small Hlill-ne- r tn the fide of the contestants torluin .is the Little Theatre So thetn 'Miortly nfter Mr, lino's death and that he should be an especially Interesting r(,fu.0, , mnVv a statement to the. son. as so many new works are to bo fVecntors, although he admitted that he and there Is the promise that In hKh r(.K1,r(i for Mr. Mitchell. ,r ting them the manager has set ntirlng the short time that Dr. Wylle tut to discover something out of the wn under direct examination by Surrogate Charles II. Docket t lie testl- - I (led that Mr. Kno once told him that he Herbeit Tree will not return to ; believed all college men were \bums or rnplat.d this nut will visit (.'all-rrn- u and do another moving picture there. Then after n brief tour he will come hick p New York to tevlvo plays if nhi.'li hp him recently be\n most suc cessful at his theatre In London, There ma be more Shakespc.irc, but It Is y rrttlnl at present that several costume play In which Sir Herbert him renown abroad will be seen hero rest winter This is the most successful visit that the famous English actor has ever paid to this country. Thn run of \Henry Vjri \ might have been extended until 'at. In the season and \The Merchant of Venice\ ha.s drawn larger audiences than anv recent revival. Probably the public, Judging from Its Interest In hlH perforin-a- \ e. will receive \The Merry Wives of Windsor\ with equal enthusiasm, al- though the run of that comedy will necessarily be short, ns the New Amster- dam Theatre. Is available only until the beginning of tho .Icgfcld Hollies, After Wlllard Mack has finished his ieaton at the Palace Theatre In \An fye for an Kye\ he will set to work on the finishing touches of the new plaa from his pen which will be seen at Hroadway theatres next season. Hor hl wife, Mnrjorle Itambcau, he has written \Down 1 1111.\ while Hubert File-so- n ll be seen In \King Queen, Juck.\ Is this a new symbol for the trintiglo? Hlanche Htng will again try \Jane O'Day from Broadway,\ and Mack himself will he seen In \Thn Checkerboard,\ In ad- dition to all these outlets for his activity It Is said that the United Hooking Office has offered to take any sketch which he ny write. llnry Lewis, author of \A Fair of Queens'1 In conjunction with A Sey- mour Rrown. has written a drama In three acts with a prologue called \The Call of the Blood.\ Arthur Hammersteln sas that he bought the American rights to \I.s Pragees d'Hercule.\ known as the suc- cessful \High Jinks.\ from the Hrench authors through the American Play Company, of which Archibald Selwyn Is president. \As 'High Jinks' played In all to more than one million dollars,\ Mi. Hammersteln said yesterday, \and Mr. Hauerhach and I paid 1 per cent for the ue of the play, nearly ten thousand dol- lars went to the authors, This amount was paid to the American Play Company agents for the authors of the play bv us \ The flrM aprearnnce of \l.c Dragees d'Hercule\ on the New York stage as a farce was ns \On and Off in the Kng-l'- h version made by l.eo !ttr!chteln nd acted nt the Madison Square The- atreor was It the Savoy? Any one who doubts the popularity ef the moving picture shows In New York should take a rldo on a Seventh avenue car some time leforr 11 o'clock, although there are evidences even later of the Importance of this form of amuse-nu- Two-third- s of the passengers who enfr the cars In the moving picture dls-trl- on upper Seventh avenun are carry- ing tin boxes containing films to be to some of the smaller picture rlahouses In this city and across the bridges. It Is not always one such package which the passengers carry. They are Just as frequently provided with two or three of thes- - tin boxes, which impart to the vehicles not Infre- quently the appearance of a kind of freight car devoted to some special pur- pose. Molly Pearon at the cloe of the sea-to- n of \Hobson's Choice\ went to Mono-lul- u tn Join her husband, who Is the lead-In- ? man In a stock company there Last week's engagement of V. II. Pnthern in \If I Were King'' at the Shubert Theatre netted the profits of H.3C1 for the Actors War Kmergency fund of London, founded by Sir Her- bert Tree. \Civilization Thomas H Ince's big motion picture spectacle, will be pre-unt- for the first time Hriday night, June 2, at the Criterion. Kllnor Poster will give a drumatlc re- cital at the Hudson Theatre on Priday fternoon under auspices of Manhattan Revolution, tn aid of the Helglan If'ii\ fund hhe will be assisted at the piano b Mr ,j,,hn w Nichols. Mi's Isadora Duncan, who Is here en her was- - to fill an engagement In Pout America, has volunteered to dnnee an added attraction of \Caliban.'' \vrvh will lie seen tonight In the City ' ollege Stadium. Miss Duncan will ap-fa- r In five repetitions of the masipie. \sear Splreseu, formerly conductor of tie lloston Opera House, has been en- - tacrd to direct a series of outdoor con-rert- s of the Cincinnati S.vmphony this summer If one should liippen to notice on 1'lfth livpniiA itr plk.ahrp tn.il.iv Slime. unusually striking in feminine 1....M..... .u. .1.. .1... so ..., 11, \'\iiis-- s of three musl-- ; productions, \Very Oond Kddle,\ Vf,hniy Home'' and \Si-- America First Assisting Miss Mai bitrv ill Ini were Dorothv Hlgelow, M's noma June, Mlsn Julia Mills. ( I'v M'lliien and Miss Hettv Hiewster, ARRIVALS AT THE H0TEL5. s' ll'rls -- Mrs. rinminll Mrt 'i- Cross. I'ri Idem II niore t.sdv Varrnw, l.onil'in Msr-- 'I\ Pollgnae, Harnn H il i.,n sri1a,s John O'rnrinnr It. B Tnnablll, Wllllaia Sari'llax. Hlth ar,i Besch, N ,l M and Mrs Hrli llroun, n\ KIMlliK II Vns, Nashville, Mr, Mis W Martin. Vanemiver jrllitn Jnlin Witiianiakpr. rii' adsiphU, Mrs. Han It Hanna, C'leva- -' Mr and Mr Alfred I. si Pont, WIN m fin K krhofUer-.- Mr .iml Mrs II n I' Iislrolt. Mr\ and Mrs, llrnest K I. \i Molille. Mr. and Mrs, I. II llurcen, s'fi'n \ torf stnrla Harnn and narnnssa \rn Itame, Mr ami Mrs Hev ninur smo.irit, Albiui, ex (lev Mini Mri. 'A w'n'rntt Mrs lienrc Mri. r,lril K, llaxler, Huston! i.'ounleas Kmith. rtsnmirki Mrs. Beymour I'hllalclphla. ALL COLLEGE MEN LOAFERS, SAID ENO Sliitement Offered in Will Contest, to Dispute lltijr st lo Columbia. 1H. WYLIE ON THE STAND Dr Robert It Wylle, for more than n \ century the physician loafers. \I talked to Mr V.no about Column!! I'nlvcrslty three enrs ago,\ Dr. Wylle said. \Hp nald he didn't like Columb'.i or Harnnrd and had contempt for Dr. Nicholas Murray Hutler, The testimony was offered In support of the contestants' assertion that had Mr. Kno been of soutul mind when ho tnad his last will lip would not hae left the riidJud, estimated nt ?,0in,00, to Co- lumbia University, MlinUi llnrahlr lo a (jurat, f)r Wylle nlro said that In 1915 at SaratojM Mr. Kno spoke harshly to Antonio Delphlno of Venezuela, who was his guest, and toM him at a dinner party that he ought not to drink too much wine and that South Americans were \no good.\ I nder n ny Mr. mt the wltnes said that he had received many letters from Mr. Kno, some writ- ten durln the last of his life, hut that all had been dititroyed by his wife. He ndmltted that n cablegram he re- ceived In lOOfi summoning him to Paris, where Mr. Kno had undergone mi opera- tion, was preserved He dcclaret that he didn't Instruct his wife to burn the let ters. \When dlil you first learn of this con- test?\ asked Mr. Fox. \Amos It. K. rinchot called on me and we dlscused the contest. Later Mrs. Leon CSravcw, a niece of Mr Kno, and her husband called, a did her sister. Mary P. Kno, and Clifford Plnchot. 1 made an oral statement to of what 1 knew about Mr. Kno. We talkcrt quite freely about Mr. Kno.\ Dr. Wyllu said he didn't know any of the nttornc for the contestants until later, when ho made a written tate-men- t. \You had known Mr. Mitchell as a friend of Mr. Kno for many years, and had a high regard for him?\ \Yes.\ \Didn't ou decline to, make a state ment to Mr. Mitchell?\ \I don't remember that did, Mr. Fox then Introduced In evidence a letter from Dr. Wylle to Mr. Mitchell written December 10 last referring to a telephone talk In which Mr. Mitchell had arked him to make a statement as to the will. Dr. Wile wrote that a naa already made a statement he didn't care to gio another. Wns Fond of ChampuKnr tr Wylle said that Mr Kno wasn't nn Intemperate man, but that he liked champagne. \Didn't you say In October, 1!15 when ou returned from Saratoga, that Mr. Kno's nhvslcal condition was stronger than It had been for years?\ \No.\ \Didn't you say to Mr Beers and Mr Mitchell that you were 'very much sur- prised' nt his death\\ \1 imv have I don't remeniber.\ Dr Wylle said he didn't remember saying on his return from Saratoga tnai Mr. Kno was better than ho had been for Hve vcars. When asked who were at the dinner party In Mr. Kno's Fifth nvenue home when he mane tne alleged that \women have no brains,\ and when he chtracterlzed o leaders iih \demi-monde \ the wit- ness said he couldn't remember \Don't ou think that Mr. Kno was pretty much of n tease?'' \I thought he was at times.\ Dr Wylle admitted that If he had ex- pected that Mr. Kno would make the .statements he i alleged to have made he wouldn't have taken his wife to the dinner He was questioned about an Incident when he remonstrated with Mr. Kno for taking hold of the young daughter of the family who lived next door when she was In his house. Dr. Wylle said that Mr. Kno had the child by the arm. but dropped It quickly. He didn't repoit tho Incident to the parents, he said, nlthougn lie saw tne child In the house on other occar-lons- In the course of tho examination Mr. Fox offered In evidence Mr. Kno'a dlaric'i for 1DU and 131D, saying that he needed them In questioning Dr. Wylle. Mr. Beckett objected on the ground that the witness was put on by j the contestants and that they Intended to offer the diaries Surrogate Cohalan decided that Mr. could put In the irake them their exhibits Dr WvIIo'h will continue SMILES SAVE GIRL SPEEDER. xceuslnif Cup TliHsra na She llenma I'lion III m. Miss Nell Monan of Ashury Park. N .1 smiled when she appeared before Magistrate li.'ndy In tho Tombs court jestenlav in answer to a summons scrvol 'upon her for speeding, It wa-- s such an ing.ig ng smile that the Magistrate was foiced to smile in return. \She was driving her touring car the rate or tweniy-inrc- e nines an there?\ Anil she turned to Cody with that bewitching smile. Cody smiled and. thawing fast, replied: \No your Honor, and It's her first offence, too.\ \I'm sorry,\ said the Magistrate to Miss Moignii, \that I'll have In find you nillty on the evidence Hut It's your first offence I'll suspend sentence.\ THE SEAGOERS. rrivls br the Scar1d111.1t1.1n American liiier Krederlk VIII., from Copenhagen and ChrislUmand. II Comer. Ir and Mra Herman Fled J Dahl, Knenic. I)r ami Mrs William Mr and Mrs Emll Priiiil H Hiehter. Fredriiek Wni Kay. Williain C Fluher. Mr and Mra. Joseph Mr anil Mrs. Lewis rircw. Y Weber. (ieorire V Hooker, Henry )vPr. John Phlllpxlliuliss. .'ames Y IJIekle, Dr and Mrs Fred Theodore Ornver. rrlelt Ksmmerrr, Kilard Tappe Salllnr today by the United Fruit steam-shi- Zacnpa. for Caribbean ports. William T. Povle, Dr S T Vine, .1 .1 lie Costa. n Walson Vr.iser. Harold He Costa, Mrs Amanda Pope Arrivals by the lied Cross liner Flnrltrl, from Newlouiiilland, Ki aisMs Jlradbuiy. Ths Iter. Vincent William Cantwtll, Oavlian. William Davla, Cant, and Mrs. WW- - Walter Walah. Isat Storm. Chapter. Daughters of the ,Mifrli'iniSiMri0ii ,imj that tho contestants could thing rremes,\B 1, - lorld'i, pi V wipers Imur o..ih on MrrttaSim. said Motorcycle PolLe- - I\ a beauty contest Thev will visit the afiernoon.\ \MrUMtVxtST'nl.yP.I \se.\ responded Miss Morgan. .w;.rf:;!rnhoVnV wot t ',Puncheon!\l.at I didn't mean to go fasj. Hut Is out and cv-- n vsterday at her home. j;j Il.ist speedometer 1 fii.iirih n... f. there was no one on tho street. Was Miss Marbury's \ re- - Miss Miss John I e ' j.nte, Tnrenin, Detrnli Vlpln Mr l Mrs I it 1. ' it. 1 'i - ' bjnl' Hnullrnkk, Davis, year them I ne present also. . at as PEGGY RUSH TO WED. .(ctreu lo Marry Heir lo Vlaconnl Mlnlrtnn. frtcial Cahlf Dttpateh to Tn Sc. IxjNno.v, May 13. reecy' Hush, the actress, who lately appeared In \Quln-ney- a' \ In the United States, Is to marry the Hon. tleorce St. John Urodrlck, heir of Viscount Mldleton. Mr. Hmdrlck '.vns p of flen Sir lan Hamilton at the Dardanelles. FOUR WEDDING DATES SET. Wrlarht-tniru- U Ceremony In Take Place on Jane H, Arratmeinents have been completed for the weddlnK of Miss Anna I.. Sturgls, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.. Will- - Field to at dinner lam Sturgls. tn IMward N. Wright 3d Mr McCormack has ever ung Seven of Philadelphia In St. Stephen's hundred extra cht.rs had been placed on S, The bride will have her on tri Btap nI1, all etenery obstructions sister, Miss Kllzabeth Sturgis. as her WCTr eliminated to make renin for them maid of honor, and the other attendanta Tn0 hundnd mtTe persons were In tern-wi- ll be tho Misses Anne Harrison, Nina j,nrjirv seat In orchestra pit and llrnndrcth, Helen Hangs and Gertrude fVery\ available Inch of standing room lx)vctt. Miss Lovett will be married to upsmlrs had been taken Henry Sprague Sturgis, of tho The receipts of the ooncert wero bride-to-b- on Juno In Trinity $3,000, which will be cabled abroad lloston, Harold Wright will bo rt;lv Mr, Mcs'ormack headed a dele-hi- s brother's man. gaiion of vvumen who S\I Tho wedding of Miss Ituth Ilavls, photographs tn lobbies, helping daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kdwanl Davla tn the total fund Dudlev of 301 West Kighty-flrs- t street, to Max well Stelnhardt of this city will take place on Juno S at the home of her par- ents, Mlsa Pavls was graduated from Barnard In 1913 and Mr. Stelnhardt was graduated from Harvard In 1911 Invitations nave neen Beni out tor rm t wedding of Miss Adelaide More house, daughter of Mrs. D, W. More- house, to Horace Terhune Herrlck, son of Mrs, James Frederick Herrlck and grandson of Mrs. Kdward Payson Ter- hune, In of the Unity, Springfield, Ohio, on June 3. Mr. Her- rlck and his hrlde will afterward live In Shelton, Conn. WEDDINGS. Tweedy Hroarne. N. J May J3. Miss Eva rireeir Hrowne. daughter of Mrs, Joilah Hrowne of Kensington avenue, nnd Jose Lord Tweedy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Tweedy of Knickerbocker, Tex., were married afternoon In Cres- cent Avenue Presbyterian Church by the llev. Dr. J. S. Seelle. Miss Katha-ilti- e M. Hrowne, Hlster of the bride, was maid of honor and Miss Edith Melllck and Miss KlUnbeth 11. Hrowne wero Haymond Miller was best man nnd the ushers were J. Hartley Melllck. Hoger D. Melllck of this city, Dr. Kenneth Bulkley nnd John Payne. Jtelriri Pnrsrl. Oka son. N. J May 23. Miss Edith Pursel and William E. Selder of Newark were married last night lit the home of the bridegroom's brother, Otto E. Kel der, J Hampton terrace, by the llev. Dr. Charles II. Stewart, pastor of tho North Iteforrned Church. Newark. The Misses Edith and Emily Selder were bridesmaids and Marion Selder was Mower girl, Dr. K. W. of Newark was best mnn -- Prealon. (iRKKNWlclt, Conn., May !J. .Mist Helen H. Preston, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William O, Preston of Providence, was married lo Joseph L Nortls. son of Mr. and Mrs. William L. Norrls of Phila- delphia, at the office of Justice of Peine William C. Itiitigee here this afternoon. .Mr. Norrls, who Is 4J years of age, is an author. Miss Preston, who l.s II, has for some time been active In social circles In Providence. Wllaon Klaenalnedt. Miss Edith Klsenstnedt and Frederick (ieorga Wilson were married at noon yesterday at tho Hoctety or Ktnicnl Cul-lut- nev. Pr. Elliot officiating. Only relatives witnessed the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson will live at 1 West Sixty-eight- h street after their return from their wedding trip. narranen to Leave Ti. Y. II. Francis M, Harranco, assistant bur-sn- r of New York I'nlverslty and Inslrue-to- r In Latin, nntmuncod yesterday his resignation from the faculty to take if-fe- June 30. He expects lo enter the consular service, Mr. Harranco Is a writer of verse ana author of aavarsvl historical THE SUN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1916. The great drive. M'CORMACK'S CONCERT ' .RAISES $9,000 FUND, Club celebrate the opening of the spring racing season morrow MolirV W 111 Rf fablPll hl-(l- n !eimont !.ark, After the their Church June t , the brother 19 best autographed the th,rebv swell . llllnoro the Church PljUNKiei.p, this the bridesmaids. Nuffort Morris the the works. to Sufferers in Dunlin Hiif Auilionce at Century. Nearly l.r.00 persons crowded into the Centurv Theatre last night to hear John I Mccormack . ns for the benetlt of the sufferers tn Dublin who have bten af- fected either by the wnr or the recent Irish rebellion Tuo thousand more at least were unable to gain admlssiuti Manager MrSwemey estimated that It was one of the largest audience\ to which Field Malone. Collector of tho Port. In- troduced each of them from the Mage Among those who sold the photographs were Mary Pickford, Patricia Colllnge, ,.. (Mir,.. Mabel Taliaferro. Ann Mere dlth, Gertrude Dallas, lorothy Hcrnard, irmttio Collins nnd Helens Horn\. Mr Malone had as his guests for the coniert Miss Margaret Wllsr n, daughter of the President, and Col. and Mrs. E M House, Mr. Mc\Vrmark considered the pro ceeds realized as hi personal contribu tion to the city of Dunlin, where he tlrst obtained his start In life, he e.ild The affair had been arranged In connection with no other organization and solely under Mr. McCormack'e supervision Otto II. Kahn had given the use of the theatre, and even the programmes had been printed free of charge. The singer was assisted by Donald McHeath, violin- ist, with Edward Schneider a accom- panist. \CALIBAN\ IS POSTPONED. I. nsr Mulil'a Tickets timid To-iilu- ht If It lloean't It In, The first performance of the Shake-svearln- n Community Masque \Caliban In thn City College Stadium, was post- poned yesterday until this evening on account of the rain. Tickets for last night's postponed per formance will be good Ths performance, which was originally sched tiled for this evening has been postponed until next Monday evening CHAPLIN SEEKS BIG POLICY nnatnn Concern nya He Wants B,oiM),non Insurance. Hosto.n. May 13 According to a local eempany Charlie Chaplin has been trying to Insure his life for $1,000,000. This conipauy. It Is said, rejected his appli- cation lor Its maximum policy, $f,n.ooo, because of his family's health record However, tho film actor succeeded In placing with other companies policies aggregating a large amount The company that refused to give Chaplin n JSO.OOO policy recalled thn case of Tom Sheviln, the Yalo athlete who took out a heavy policy and was regarded us 11 pel feet risk, hut died sud- denly soon afterwatd MISS MARLOWE TO RECITE. Ilenrflt for the Crippled French \nl- - dlera Friday Afternoon. Mrs. Julia Marlowe has decided to tecltn a series of poems nt the benetlt performance, for crippled French sol- diers, which she Is arranging at the Shuhett Theatre on Friday afternoon. Tho selections will Include \Verdun by Harold Hegbeo: \Hymn of Love.\ by Helen Oray Cone \For All We Have nod Are.\ by Hudyard Kipling; \Son net, 19H,\ by Hupert Hrooke, nnd \The Star Snangled Itanner.\ Othcra who will 'lake part In the en tertainment nrn K. H, Sothern In the tlrst act of \If I Were 11 King,\ nnd the second act of \The Two Virtues, Sir Herbert Tree, Haider. Wright In a sketch, \The Nocturne,\ and Mlsa Anna Fits!\ and Andrea da Beirurola of the Metropolitan Opera Company. RACING DINNER Mr, nnd Mr. .Inituat Helmont m Mnrk Sraann'a (Iprnlnic. Mr and Mrs Aiicust nelmont will Blve a ihriner In the Turf and guests will go to the Jockey Club house for a dunce and during the evening there will ho exhibition dances by I.a Argentina, a Spanish dancer. On behalf of tho Westchester Haclng Association Mr Helmont has offered the proceeds from the ale of boxes on the opening day or the bene! t of the out- - mill- .- \ \ nd the I afav .; tie I'UriO. AmonK IW-- e Willi lliivti i.i-- h. nr, Mrs. Ii llcnrv I larrlman Mr Oliver II P Helmont. Mrs Hose, Mrs. Oliver ti. Jennings. Mrs McLean Tinker. Mrs (leorge T Max- well. Mrs. otto II Knhn. Mrs y r.rav Grlswold, Clarence II Mackay. Halph J Preston. Alexander Smith Cochran. Joseph Duveen and Hemard M Haruch. HUNT FUNERAL .ervleea Will lie Held In Trlnll Church. Vf rL, Newark. N J May J3 Funeral for William T Hunt, editor of th .S'limlny Coll, who died yesterday in his home. 10 Park place, will be held Thnts-da- cftemoon In Trinity Episcop-i- l Church The Itev Mercer Oreen John- ston, the pastor, will conduct the ser- vices. Intern. ent will be In I'alrmount Cemeterv, Chatham The pallbearers will be Wallace M, Seiidder. John J I.eidy. Franklin Mur phy Frederick Frellnghuyseri. James Smith. Jr. William inner, vice-cha- n cellor James E Howell, Cortlandt Par ker William von Katreler. John H. Har- din. Frank Schultr, O. Wlsner Thorns and Louis llannoch, Mra. 1'nrl Entertains Mra. Fielder. South OrtANor. N J , May J2, Mrs. John Franklin Fort, wife of Fort, and his daughter. Miss Margretta Fort, tendered a luncheon y at the Fort home, Charlton avenue, to Mrs. James F Fielder, wife of Ciov, Fielder. About ISO women attended. NOTES QFHE'sOCIAL WORLD. The Russian Ambassador and Mine. Hakhmeteff have returned from Wash- ington and nre at the Plaza Miss Inna L. Ann, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Charles Ams, will be married to Conrad D Trubenbach In St. JameVs Lutheran Church. Miss liitllhon (iiirord win give a tea on Monday afternoon in her home. 173 1cxlngton avenue, for Miss Elolse P Hloodgoo.1 and Lieut. Delavan H Downer, U. S. N , w ho will be married on June 1 Miss Anne Eastman, who will be mar- ried to Heglnald E. Wlgham on Juno 1. will give a dinner this evening for the members of her bridal party In her borne. I East Seventieth street. A danre w 111 follow. Miss Mortlna I. Halch. a daughter of Mr and Mrs. Horacn Je.itnl ltalch. will bo married to William J. Wilbur of this city on the afternoon of June S In tho homo of her parents, uunwandrln, New Knortelle. A concert for the benefit of the Or- - phullnat des Amices will be held this afternoon In the Harden City Hotel, Among thosn Interested nre Mrs Hub- ert Hacon. Mrs Oordon Knox Hell, Mrs Frederic It. Comlert. Mrs, Otto H Kahn, Mrs. Adolf Uwlenhurg, Mrs. Douglas Hoblnson, .Mrs. Stanford White nnd Mrs. James Putnam Mls Alice Uertrildo Oordon, daughter of the late fien. James Oordon, will be married lo Dr. Cary T Orayson, 1' S, N , this nfterunon In St Oeorge's church. Stuyvesant Sipiare Dr. (linyson Is naval aid and physician tn President Wilson A reception will follow In the homo of Mrs. Henry W. Flnurnoy, aunt of the bride, II West Tentn street Miss Anna 1. Murray, daughter of Mr. find Mrs. Thomas C Murray, will be marrlcl to Jamea F McDonnell of this city this morning In the Church of Our ltdy of Victory, Hrooklyn The wedding breakfast will follow In tho home of tho pride's parents, 7S3 Ht, Mark's nvenue. Miss Louise Alice Williams of Georgia, who has frequently appeared at Uie White House, will (tlve a recital of Southern plantation songs nnd atorles this afternoon at Pelmonlco's. Anionic her patronesses are Princess Pierre Troubet7.koy. Mrs, A, Wilson Howe, Mre, Helmont Tiffany, Mrs. Wllloushby Sharp, Mrs. Angler H. Duke, Mra. A, J, Drcxel Riddle, Jr., and Mr. Oeorro Oordon Hnttle. $3,369,138 ESTATE Held 1(5,000 Shares of Sinirer Sewiiifr Machine Stock, 0,000. TWO CHILDREN OKT ALL Mrs. Margaret Sterling Postlcy, who died on November 7 last nt the Hotel P.ltz, and was the widow of f'apt. Clar- ence ' Postley, V. R. A., retired, left an estate appraised yesterday at $3,\2\,795 j i gross, nnd $.1,39,I3S net. The estate included tho largest block of Singer Sewing Machine stock appraised In rcc- - i ent years, nnd Ha valuation by Ap-- 1 pralser John .1. Lyons was the highest yet made for u large block. Mrs. Post-le- y held 10,000 shares, appraised at S3.34H.O0O. I'ouii'cl for the Postley estate sub mitted to the appraiser affidavits by ex- perts to the effect that a valuation of SI 90 a share would be fair, but the look testimony an to the prices at which small blocks of Singer stock sold at about tho time of Mm, Postloy's death, and struck nn average of S20S,-7- An affidavit by Oscar It. Oraham, secretary of the Singer company, stated that the capital stock nnd surplus of the company was J107,fi:i,3'JO, the cnpl-t- being 110,000,000, Tho stock paid 8 per cent, dividends In 191S. Van Mrs. Postley, who was thn daughter i of the late Dr. Alexander F Sterling, lled imirh abroad. Sho hud per-so- and effects valued at Sl'jn.13!, of which 7.1,30(1 was In Jewelry She had nn Oriental pearl necklace, ap- praised r.an at $5.'), 000, two emerald and diamond bracelets, S 1 .200, dia- mond and emerald lavalllere. J2.300, dia- mond tiara, ID. 200, pear shaped diamond ring, ll,0n, pnlr diamond earrings, $l..'inii, mill a diamond cluster ring. til\ J 1. 200, .Mrs Policy's paintings were valued at J32,'.iOO Mrs. Postley left hpr entire estate to her son, Sterling Postley. and lier daughter, Mrs. Ouemey 'urran. who of received ? I.C1.51' each Both son and dnughter have been twice mart led and once divorced, and i.ich married di- vorce! s. Stetllng Postley's flrt wife was Belle Cook of San Francisco, who divorced him nnd married llose Ambler j i 'urran. The latter was divorced ny Kllse c Postley, who married his brother, iluernsey ('urran, nfter lie had been divorced by Marie Burr Harmon 'urran. daughter of Frank D. Harmon and niece of the Havemeyers. The lat- ter married Walworth Pierce i After SterlliiB Postley had been di vorced he married Jeannn n. Buckley . Martin, who had divorced John Snyre Martin, and was the daughter of the late ltlchard O. Ruckley. a contractor. In MRS. HOGG LOSES SUIT. Mniiilftrd \II Man'a Wlilovs I'nlls J In (Jet lllKKrr Annnllj. Judge Julius M. Mner of the I'nlted States District Court yesterday dismissed the suit brought by Mrs Caroline K Hogg, widow of Charles H. Hogir. one of the organliers of the Standard Oil Company, to force tho executors and In heirs of her husband's estate to give her an annual Income of 15,000 Instead of the nnnulty of $5.!U0 which she has btcn rcelwiw; flr.ee e.-- .c left her hus- band In November. 1 0 U 4 . The defendant were Mrs. Amnlla T. I.lndrldse t'.'l Vanderbllt avenue ltrook-h- n M .Mary 11 Maxfell and Mrs. Ann e Crafts, i\3 Washington nvenue, ...gl.tets In llotgs flist wife two ,f bis granddaughter, nnd his soris-ln-la- , Thomas V Crafts and Uiscclles C Max- well. Mts Hogg asked that they be forced to Increase her annuity or pay her 1100,000 damages. Mrs. Hogg tried to prove that she was induced t believe at the time thf ac- cepted the annuity that her husband had an Income of between ItS.OOu and Ijn.oiin and that after his death in Jan-u.ir- v 1911. she learned that he was worth ll.oni' ooo, and must have had an Income of between JTO.nOil and MUO.000 The defendants contended that the plaintiff was never given to undi rxtatjd that her was to be one-thlr- d of Hogg's but that the hitter's offer was a 'take It or leave It propns.tlon ' Charles It Hogg died at the age 01' T7 lie was well known In Hrooklyn and was an active horseman Mrs Jlogg is now .1 resident of New Jersey, e undertaking her suit In thn Cnlted States District Court she made an attempt to break her hus- band's will Three llrolhrrs Died In 7 Months. The transfer tax report In the estate of Morris l.owenbeln. who died on March 10 1914, ami who was a partner in the firm of A Sons, art furniture at 55 Fifth avenue, states that the decedent's brother and surviv- ing partner. David 1iwenheln, died on August JI following and that their only remaining brother, Ernest Lowen beln died on September JO, less than a month later The decedent left an es- tate of $03,332 to his wife and daughter Wills Salvation trmv 9:i'J,SIIS, The aplir.ilsal of the estate of Ilaihe Dornan, a tetlred school teacher, wh dnd on August JO last, shows that she had property worth $91, Mti and that he gave her rrklduiiry estate, amounting to $3'.'.9SJ. to the Salvation Army, under a codicil to her wl! The residue had heel. biiiuejihed to t ie North Ilapllst Church but til\ bequest later was revoked and the chim'h was willed Jfi.000. The bulk of thn estate goes to friends. WILLS AND APPRAISALS. M.VtlY MAI.I.il.V who died on Jims 4 last left Ht.lH to her son. James II Ma .011, and .laugh!\ Sarah Muiiun till 1107 1T3 III .Sen- Verk lt bonds IIIS. ANNA HliltOIlN, who ille.l In Mreok yn no March 10. left a net euie nf 111. ' three sons, Teiints J Cornelius .1 and John 1. llrson, In shares of ItJ.UO rach CIIAHI.E' Fltr.KMAN, who died Pfxiklvn 011 March .0. left cash bequeeits iiggr.t.at.ng IIS. 710 tn relatives In this eiiuntrv and Austria The M.iior of oibi-r- durf Austria, gets I.Mio for dlatrlhu'ltui iininng '.he tmor The reelduur estate KOes til sister, the i lllldretl of n ilece.LHd sister nnd lo slsteia In luw in eiital slur s illinium J IIItYAN, who died on Ju-i- a 73 lasi. and was head nf the I'nlverslty Soeleiv, trie left $.0.2t.' to his son. ie,rrfe d llriaii lie held \i'i shares of ateek In the rnninaiil. whli'll were to his partner, lunlel S llealej. Jr. fur Hi, 001) lie, hail 111 tn h ur w.ni-.- nir s.i irv ami )i, for unpuld dividends ugilnst tho cotnpanv lt MAH1 17 HE lIKVOISi:, who rlie.l In her home. dv. (Ireene avenue, llrooli.jti, on N'ovemticr s, .eft an estate eel lin red 111 more than $7n 000. she outlived etie nf her two daughters, a granddaughter, the two exei-utnr- and a witness to tho will The surviving duiighter Ella I) Patterson of lied Hank, N J gels the rutlro esute except 11.000. llUOltOK HO ll M 17 It M A N V, whose good wi't in ths cafe and restaurant at Kulinn street and NostrainJ avenue, llrerJilj n. I appraised at 115.500, left a gross rsnu,. nf \ h.' a'! I'?.\! J,\ 1i'.\ . lr\.M L :50. Anna A, lloejuerniunn, for life At her death It r\ses tn Hires sons Mr Hornier-man- n died nn December 1. !',\!. JOSEPH WILSON, who died In Hrook lyn on July 30, left a net estate of l0,7l, which la dlatrlhuted as foil, me. Mary A Wilson, llleee. IM.S3J. Jacob Wilson, nephew, I&1.H79, Josi ph A Mantihnn. grand nephew :''i.73l Philip II llargnive and Catherine II Murphy friends, and Will-tar- n A Wilson, nephew. 15.0110 earhi Tliomaa, Jr Florence and Irene Menalian, relatives by marrlae. H.noo each, and 11,000 each to Kale Morgan u niece, and Mary McLaughlin, a friend IMPORTANT IMPERATIVE PUBLIC SALES The American Art Galleries MMtitmN soi'utr. stun ii, m:w toiik NOW ON FREE VIEW 9 A. M. UNTIL 6 P. M. To be told at Unrestricted Public Sale by direction Vitall and Leopold Benguiat l:tprrt, Hue de I'rnienre, l'rl. Tomorrow (Thursday) & Friday Afternoons at 2:30 Beautiful Antique Laces and Linen Embroideries The Largest and Most Interesting Collection Ever Exhibited in America Also The Important Private Collection of Ancient Chinese Temple Paintings Belonging to Mrs. Benjamin Thaw To be told at Unrestricted Public Sale Friday Evening of This Week at 8:15 o'clock .\ tulogue written by l)n II ('stroll mailed nn receipt of 2 cents. The tales will he rmidurleil by Mr. THOMAS) V.. Klltnr anil bl IMnt, Mr. Olio Kernel, nt AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, Managers Madlnn hi. South, l.lltrallie II II. '.Mil Mrcrt. .New tnrk. GEN. MURRAY VAN DIVER. Prominent llptiiiirrntlr I'olH of Mnrjlnml Dlea. B.vtTiMonr, May JI (5en Murray j IXvier, chairman of the I'enio-- j mil r.n!rjil rnmtnlttee. St.it' J Treantirer of Man land for nlxteen years also otu- - of the mot prominent (Ik- - tires In financial m,d focl.il life \f Mar- - land, died thin afternoon. Ilia HlneM be-- j at Annapolis ioi vviner. Sale (len. Van tlvr had been In public life coiitlnunuidy flnce lDO, havlm; held ther niiny municipal. State and national during the period Ho was once Mayor of Havre de Urace. Speaker of Houce of IhdecatPH and wax Col- lector of Internal Kcvenue, under Presi- dent Cleveland. The Ceneral j! the rlcht hand man A the late Senator Arthur I'. f'.orm.in and directed nil of hl.s campaign!-- . PROF. WEBSTER WELLS. ' of I Noted Writer on Jliilliemntli-- a Dlea In Million. anil lto.Toy, May Prof Wob.i'er Weill\ nped 5, many year\ iintructor In and prnfcMnr of mathematics nt the Masiai'lliifetls Iti't'tiHe of T 'htiolno and known throiurhmit edue illonal r, les henu'e of hl textbook on matliematlcc, dd here tn.ri,i He was tin ,i..,enil..iit of llcnrv Ad.inia, who settled In Mramtree In ir.33. rror U'nllH was cr.idua'iil fiom Teelinologv at 1 ST3 and Joined the te u lung staff there Immediately. In 1!3 he was . nrnfessoi of mathematics, a post- - the turn he held until 1011. wh'ti he tet icd. MAJOR W. R. THRALL. T 'bald Velrrnn of tmrrlrnn CUM \1 Crimean Wnra Dies In Clnelniinll. I ' CiNciNS-vri- . Mav J3 Major W n. Thrall, aged urt, a civil war veteran, . ''\ nnd one of the few Americans wno servm ( the Crimean war and was decorated bv the Huw-la- Emperor, died , He vva- - educated in the New- - York Cot- - lege of Physicians and Surgeons Major Thrall whs private secretary to Governor, afterward President, Hayes, , nnd was fnlted States Marshal for the Southern District of uhlo under; President Urant He le.ives .1 widow ,T d tet. e daughters. ' ' ' .liilni .Ineoli Udell. Tm-rT.iW- \ Y M iv U3 John Jacob Od-l- l. for' forty v..s , onne.-ted- ' 1, 1, thA p,i.V ............. ntu.liRntil nr Manhat tan, died nt his lesldenee In lii ive strei t P to-d- In his eightieth year, after a long Illness He was Pom in Tarty town and was the srvn of .Limes P. odel In i.irlv It life he was In the tl.iur and feed business In New York and later was capia.n or the Thomas I. Hultis and other Hud-n- n Hiver steamers lie retired as .1 rno'ii- - . her of the park Department the years I ago ll married I'noene 11 n.iigm \i Chapnauua. who survives, with two! daughter\. M'ss Orace OJell and Mrs. Ch.irleE Knapp of Elinhurst, 1. I .Mr ' Odell was a chatter member of Herpen LckIec of .Masons of Jersey City Funeral servics will tie held Tliur-d.i- y at 3 30 at his late resilience Henri II. Hope, Ntack. May 13 llcnrv It Hope 73 years old. for tlftv years a station agent for the Erie Ita'lio.iil, Is dead ot bis home In South Nyaek Mr Hope neve,- . ... I l I' ll \i ..r. man fifteen vears nun, which felled him as he was leavinc the depot with the dny's receipts l.i regained con- - sclousness after several hours, but for years had recurrences of th- - pains In hi- - head. Finally he succiimtsd to apoplexy, si Id to hnve resu'ted from the sun'dbagglng He was the oldest Erie ltallro.nl stitlon agent either In yvars or point of service Mra. Illlrnlirlli I\. Knrlli. Mrs. Elizabeth F Kurih. 77 vears old, ' w'dow of Augustus T Kurth. .1 b.MiKer. rtiiil nn Mitiday a! her limne, 17s Or.md avenue. Hrooklyn Sln wrote her own obituary three years igo It tel's how she came to be a believer m Spiritual-s- Mrs Kurth died suddenly as she had predicted She Is tuirvved bv her son, Migustiis T Kurth daughter. . Fannle-Kurt- h Sieber, mil eight grand-ehlldre- Mra, Mar) I.. Woodruff. lUltwvT, N J, Mav 13 Mrs Mir 1. Wooilruff. widow t Jacob I, Won). ruff one of the olde.t re'dents of thl s section, died last nigl\ nt tier nivne, 161 West Oram! ste.-- Sho was 9 years old and had h, en a resident ef llahwny for mnr- - than bilf ,1 centurv Mrs. Woodruff Is survived bv one son. Charles Woodruff of this city, ncd four daughters. llen Wilson llnnn. El irAnKTlt, N J . Mav 13 Allen Wli- - son Dunn. 71 years old died suddenly last night nt his home, 3 Orchard street Mr Dunn was a .itaynowir di scendant and was the sixth genera- tion to be born on th Dunn homestead in this city He is survived by his widow, Mrs Anna Dunn . two sons nnd two daughter. Mra. Caroline M. MePhi.ll. Mrs Caroline M McPhall, vears Id. widow of Duncan McPhall and a flrt cousin of lien. Stonewall Jackson, died on Mondnv at her home, 107 A llalsny street, Hrooklyn. A daughter, Mrs. Chirles Still: four grandchildren nnd four survive Henry IcUe. Henry Icke, former chief of the I'nlnn ' Hill Fire Department, died at the North j Hudson Hospital yesterday without re- - , gaining consciousness from the time he n.s fniiml nt thn bottom of a flight of stnlrs In his home at 30i Humboldt street on Simdav. Jin was In hla sev - , entleth year. Ulenrv llrrlrnnd. Henry Herlrntid, a veteran of the civil war, died Monday night lit hla home In Minnesota avenue Dunton In his! eeventv-fourl- h year He was born n New York city and for many years was assistant stnge manager of the old Daly's Theatre. For a time h was em. 0 of \POSTPONEMENT OF LOCKE SALE\ N!W YWHOTf Charles E. Locke Collection NOTICK OBng , .rEn 'rnieedlni the nubile. of Itie tmliini e of the harle K, lirke ellri lion haa liern pnniiunril until fur nullie, American Art Association, Manager J, 4 and 1 Kait 23d St.. MadNnn fn. Rn. ployed at Oscar llammerstcln's theatrea. widow aurvlves. Arlluir J. Mnlloy. Arthur .1. Malloy. a past prand knight olympla Council, Knlshts of Colum- - wlio was a master carpenter In I.. I. for many years, died vestenlay at the home of his brother-in-la- Ocorse .1 O'ltrlen, Sixth avenun ' Twcnt second rtrcct, Whltcstone, lived 10 years. His vvlfo and ono daugh- ter Ilnnlel Austin Wnlera. Pn n.Aiir.i.fnt.v, May J.I tanlel Aus Waters, \fi a retired manufacturer, who was for nearly forty years a mem- ber of the Cnlnii League, died Ills home after a long lllnes.s. Mr. Waters wiih one of the witnesses of the famous battle between the Monitor and Mi i riinac. Arelllliold II. I'lne. Pont Jkrvis, N. V.. M iv Archl- - D Pino of Mmticello, for many 0At, ,,rttioitl of public schools In southern New York, died last night at Hospital, thin city, after a week's lllnes, aged 17 years. He wan ,.lr,L of Montlcetln 111:1 ire. - \ Miss I.llllnn I. llnlilnln. East OnAS'nr;, N. J.. May J3. Miss Lillian I. Haldwln. dnughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank h. Haldwln of 3 Beech street, died last night at her home nt the age of J9 years Her parents and four brothers survive. In Vnrk Tn-iln- y. Nrff ,tsr Me lti-.- l' \ ih tinner lintel M.mhattin 7 f M civil ervl-- ttsfir-- xssnrl ulnn, annual ci.v .\uh 7 '. V M , . , ,, i . ,, , ,.n . ,11 tr,,in,, - 7 r.jst Nlrter tl. .r street, S 15 M ufil lil opsnlnir f 'invention of fisner.il 1\. t. .n ,,f VV \T n uhs Seventh r t Arinnri, I.irk avMnii and Sixty--ixl- h :re-- l t'nlver.itv Krtrnni of Vniertea, weekly la even ng .1 lores, ny t Dnicressmnn ,lrr-l- l n ir. n Waterways Tr,in.wn ninn ' nt ih e iibhous at 65 West I13lh street at '.30 p M MAKIMKI). tWHKHY IlltnWNi: On Tusslay May IS, at Cre, ent Aveuus I'reshy terlsn rimreh. I'l ilnnel.l. N J bv ths Itev. John Sheridan rile. H It. Five, frerc, ilHtirhter of Mr Hrowne, to Jeeepti Lord Tweed. DIED. n u rVIS. .,M4.nly on May :, In his forty .serond vear. Itenrv Monre, son of Franrs ltutrhtne end tha lata F A It n.ld vto ef AMsntown, Pn and hiishnnd rt Amy Frances Walker of rtroeklyn N Y ,rvl,-e- s at church of Holy Trlnttv, C'lnton ar.1 Montncue streets, ltronj;. Un. Thurstjy evenlris. Mil- - 7J, at 1 V M. HHAIlY - On Tuevtay. May 7J, 1St, Hrldget. nijfls of rtrady end mother of the Itev Joseph P., John It. Mary t.. Cornelius J, rtav-oion- d P. chillis A mil Fruncls IS, llradt I'unerul from tier In'e re.i.tenee, KI ci.aunrey street, llroi'K n 011 Friday. May :c. ut to A M . followed by solemn requiem mass at the Church of th\ Holy Itovirv. Intern-e- M John's Cemetery DALUYMI'l.i: Sutlerlv. on funday, M ly :i. 13H. Alfred N., husband of Ida I Itlngw or t h Datrymple, In his forty-sero- n 1 year Funeral servlre. wilt be tielt st his lata home, M Park p are. New irk, N, J.. on Wedtirs lay. May 71. nt . 51 p M. n v t.TK.V D ) . at UnlonvllI, N, Y. limmn wHots of John It. llalsteal In the seventy-eight- h year of tier ae Funernl from her ate reeMeaes May 26 at 2 V M llt'NT -- At Newark N\ ,T at hts hnms. 49 Park place, on Monday, May JJ, 1JI, William Tallmalge, ef Lucy Fouthwprth Hunt, In his sixty-secon- d year. F ineral serv'-e- s wti. be rietj m Trinity liplseopa. i'h . Ilnad nnd Hertnr streets,' New itl,, on fa ired-iy- . May IS, at J 30 P M JOIM'I.YN Hirrlet \Til 17 Fl'NKHA'. CHFItCH,'' .'11 We ! Tini th'rd (Frank 17 Cntnpbe Hut i Wedne. day, 10 o'clock Vctors' Fund MelNTYIlK At jikw-o- i s J. Mor.pl May ::. I'l, Vt.ir. M Intvrs n Klernani t,el,et wfe or John M nt v re na \1 of I nit an 1 fielntlies arid fr'en Is urn re.fieetful y to ation! funernl tr ut her lata resllen-- e ftv, Sevetrh street Iiks-won'- t, V .1 'lliuisdai Mas- - IS at I A M then.-- tn js- - Murv s Church of ths I.',-I,- a 1 M where a requiem, htitli mass will be nre! for the happy repore of lier e train eivs I skew,\. I it 1 71 ,v M arrlv-ll-g at Cet'iral lt.it roal of New- - Jersey station fer-e- v i\ y. at 15 oVtoek noon. Interinent N'aire Cemetery. PAOCI. IH'V.vt. In a tlen vt t Mort llomni- -, Vn tun l'rir., -- m . I. Maur' lluein I of I '.vu. France. huvh.ind of Far r!.- I a - e Vern.in SANmltP At hr .12 J.fter- - son aven-- i tir- - k: n 1 ma I wlf,j ef t V - 1 'n-- i r t Moctsv .vet-- ' Mi Kunr'al s day 1110 n' . Fayettevl s V .s rai-ui- tP'ri p e
