Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 133

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PRELLWITZ, Henry :


Artist; born N. Y. City, 1865; educated New York and Paris, France, N. Y. Col- lege, Art Students League, N. Y., Acade- mie Julian, Paris. Instructor Life classes, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn. Member So- ciety of American Artists. Married Edith Mitchill, 1894. Silver medal, St. Louis World's Fair, 1904; third Hallgarten prize, Academy, 1893. Studio, 152 West 55th St., N. Y. City.


PRENDERGAST, William A .:


Born Manhattan Borough, N. Y. City, May 25, 1867 ; is a direct descendant from a patriotic Irish family, who took a prominent part in the Irish Revolution of 1798, and not long thereafter sought refuge in America, occupying since that time places of distinction in New York and other States; was an attendant at the public schools of New York and Brooklyn and at an early age began work for him- self, his first venture being that of a boy helper in a wholesale mercantile warehouse. While he was yet a young man lie became identified with a number of important interests, in which he se- cured a thoroughly practical knowledge of finance. Mr. Prendergast is known throughout the country as an instructor and educational leader on business ques- tions; he is probably best recognized as one of the inceptors of the National As- sociation of Credit Men, of which he is secretary and treasurer; is also a lead- ing and eloquent speaker on business topics and economic problems, and his


Lawyer; was graduated A. B., Prince- ton, 1884; (A. M., 1887; LL. B., Columbia, 1886); admitted to the Bar in New York, 1886, and since that time engaged in the practice of law in the City of N. Y .; mem- ber of the firm of W. P. & R. K. Prentice, with offices at 52 Broadway. A. D. C. (major) on staff of Major General Roe, National Guard of New York. Member Century, Union, Republican, City and Princeton Clubs; Bar Association, Sons of the Revolution and Association of ex- Members of Squadron A. Director of the Globe and Rutgers Fire Insurance Co. and The Stuyvesant Insurance Co. Ad- dress, 52 Broadway, N. Y. City.


PRENTICE, William E .:


Lawyer; prepared at Le Roy, N. Y., and was graduated from University of Roch- ester, B. S., subsequently receiving M. S .; was graduated from Yale Law School, 1888; lawyer, Batavia, N. Y .; school com- missioner, Genesee County, N. Y. Ad- dress, Batavia, N. Y.


PRESTON, Charles M .:


Financier; born Nov. 6, 1848, Roxbury, N. Y .; educated at Delaware Literary In- stitute. Married Mary Hasbrouck. Cor- poration Counsel of Kingston, 1877-81. State Superintendent of Banks, +589-96. President of The Securities Co. of N. Y. City, National Bank of Rondout, and Colonial City Traction Co. of Kingston. Member Lawyers, Democratic, Kingston and Rondout Clubs, Winisook Club of Catskill Mountains, Albany and New England Societies and New York Cham- ber of Commerce. Residence, Hotel San Remo, N. Y. City, and Kingston, N. Y. ; office, 66 Broadway, N. Y. City.


PREVOT, Maurice Jacques:


Architect and educator; born Bordeaux, France; was graduated from Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, 1896. He won the Chenavard prize in 1896 and 1902. In 1901, second place in the National Con- test for the Grand Prix de Rome; in 1903, a first mention in the Chaudesalgues, and


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during the past year again the second | Russia; in N. Y. City since 1882; medical mention in the Concours de Rome. He was engaged in the active practice of his profession in France for several years, and acted as "Inspecteur" in the U. S. section of the Paris Exposition in 1900. Acting Professor of Design in the College of Architecture, Cornell University, since 1904; single. Address, 120 Oak Ave., Ithaca, N. Y.


PRICE, Charles W .:


Editor; born Belmont County, Ohio; after receiving a high school education he entered the office of the Barnesville Ohio) Enterprise, occupying successively the positions of "devil," compositor and editor. In 1878 he went West, and early in the following year assisted in estab- lishing the Topeka Daily Capital, remain- ing for several years as one of its editors. Meanwhile, Mr. Price became interested in electrical matters, studying the de- velopments of this advancing science, and in 1885 he was called to New York to assume a position on the staff of the Electrical Review, of which well known technical publication he is now editor- in-chief and largest owner. Mr. Price has written a good deal of a popular nature for the magazines on electrical subjects as well as contributing at var- ious times to the daily press of N. Y. and other cities. He is well known in electri- cal and press circles of this country and Europe, and has been


an extensive traveler; is noted for his interest in all progressive scientific and industrial move- ments, and is an important factor in nu- merous electrical and press associations. While always declining political office, ex- cept as a delegate to conventions, Mr. Price has ever been deeply interested in political affairs and a regular attendant at State and National conventions; is a Republican in politics and quietly, but ef- fectively, engages in good government movements. Mr. Price has been first vice-president of the New York Press Club, chairman of its board of trustees, and active in its charity work; was for several years secretary and treasurer of the International League of Press Clubs. He is treasurer of the Lotos Club, N. Y. City, and member New York Press Club, The Montauk Club, Ohio Society of New York and the National Art Theatre So- ciety of N. Y. Address, 13 Park Row, N. Y. City.


PRICE, George M .:


Physician, author and sanitarian; born


sanitary inspector of the Health Depart- ment since 1895; inspector N. Y. Tene- ment House Commission, 1894; inspector New York Sanitary Aid Society, 1884-85 : manager model tenement houses, 1889. Author: Handbook on Sanitation, (Wiley & Sons, 1901); Russki Evrei vs. Americi, (St. Petersburg, 1891); The Hygiene of Occupation, (1903); Tenement-House In- spection, (Chief Publishing Co., 1903). Expert and teacher of hygiene and sani- tation. Address, 254 East Broadway, N. Y. City.


PRICE, Theodore Hazeltine:


Cotton merchant; born Feb. 9, 1861, N. Y. City; educated in public schools. Member Lawyers, City, New York, Rid- ing and New York Athletic Clubs. South- ern Society and Down Town Association. Residence, 168 West 58th St .; office, 82 Beaver St., N. Y. City.


PRICE, Warren Elbridge:


Publisher; born Belleville, Mich., June 9, 1864. Educated at Denver, Colorado. Editor, author, bibliographer. Editor: The Author's Year Book (annual); Edi- tor and founder of The Rose-Jar, a mag- azine for book-lovers. Editor and found- er of The Publisher and Retailer, a jour- nal of and for the trade. Address, 24-26 East 21st St., N. Y. City.


PRIEST, George E .:


Journalist and State Tax Commission- er; born June 25, 1848, Auburn, N. Y .; educated at Auburn Academy; removed in 1863 to Ithaca, N. Y .; studied law, en- gaged in business, and for eight years was in the New York Custom House; in 1875 became secretary of the Ithaca Journal Association and since that time has been the editor-in-chief of the Ithaca Daily Journal, until his appointment as State Tax Commissioner in 1898; Knight Templar; member City Club; married Miss Burritt of Ithaca. Residence, Ithaca, N. Y .; office, Albany, N. Y.


PRIME, Ebenezer Scudder:


Captain, U. S. Navy; born New York; entered Naval Academy, Sept. 21, 1863; was graduated, 1868; Pacific Fleet, 1868- 69. Promoted to ensign, 1869; Swatara, North Atlantic Station. 1870-71; promoted to master, 1870; U. S. R. S. Vermont, April to Nov., 1872; Kansas, Nov., 1872, to Sept., 1873; Asiatic Station, 1873-75. Commissioned as lieutenant, 1874; re- ceiving-ship Colorado, 1876-77; Lack- awanna, North Pacific Station, 1878; C. S. S. McArthur, 1878-79; training ship


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Minnesota, 1879-80; Yantic, North At- lantic Station, 1880-83; Navy Yard, New York, 1883-86; Lancaster, South Atlan- tic Station, 1886-87; Alliance, South Pa- cific Station, 1887-88; Lancaster, Euro- pean Station, 1888-89; training Station, Newport, R. I., 1889 to June, 1891; Navy Yard, New York, June, 1891, to May, 1893; Concord, Asiatic Station, May, 1893, to 1896. Promoted to lieutenant- commander, Dec., 1895; inspector of ordnance, South Bethlehem, Pa., Nov., 1896; inspector of steel, Harrisburg, Pa., Jan., 1897; Navy Yard, Pensacola, Oct., 1897, to 1898; commanding U. S. S. Nia- gara, May to October, 1898; equipment officer, Navy Yard, League Island, 1898, to 1900. Promoted to commander, March 3, 1899; commanding Brutus, Pe- trel and Wilmington, 1900 to 1902; naval station Alangopo, P. I., Dec., 1902 to 1903. Promoted Captain, 1904 com- mandant, Navy Yard, Port Royal, S. C., since May 11, 1903, and also recruiting officer of station. Address, Navy Yord, Port Royal, S. C.


PRIME, Ralph Earl, D.C.L., LL.D .:


Lawyer, author; born Matteawan, N. Y., March 29, 1840; son of Alanson J. Prime, M. D., and Ruth Havens (Higbie) Prime. Married Annie Richards-Wolcott, daughter of Jacob Richards, M. D., and granddaughter and foster daughter of Rev. Calvin Wolcott. Educated in public schools, Academy at White Plains, N. Y., and by private tutors; studied medicine; studied law, and admitted to Bar in 1861. Enlisted as private, Fifth New York Vol- unteer Infantry, April 20, 1861; held four regimental commissions; took part in bat- tles, Big Bethel, June 10, 1861; campaign on eastern shore of Maryland and Vir- ginia, Sept. and Oct .; siege of Yorktown, April 15, to May 4, 1862; Williamsburg, May 5; Hanover Court House, May 27; seven days before Richmond, June 26 to July 1; Mechanicsville, June 26; Gaines' Mill, June 27,; White Oak Swamp Bridge, June 30; Malvern Cliff, June 30; Mary- land campaign, Sept. and Oct .; South Mountain, Sept. 14; Antietam, Sept. 16, and 17; Shepardstown Ford, Sept. 19 and 20; Blackford's Ford, Sept.


20. Was wounded, severely, in battle of Gaines' Mill; especially noticed and twice pro- moted for bravery, gallantry and ser- vice at battle of Gaines' Mill. Nomi- nated March 4, 1863, by President Lin- coln to be brigadier general. Practiced law for forty years in Yonkers; has traveled extensively in Europe, Asia


and Africa. For more than twenty


years a Presbyterian elder; a delegate


from the Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A. to Pan-Presbyterian Councils, Belfast, 1884; London, 1886; Glasgow, 1896; Washington, 1899; Liverpool, 1904. Chosen moderator of the Presbytery of Westchester, 1894, and moderator of the Synod of New York, 1896. Author of monographs as follows: Descendants of James Prime; Under the Elms; Wander- ings from the Elms; Duties of Presbyter- ian Elders; The Elder in His Ecclesiasti- cal Relations; The Elder an Ecclesiastic ; Representation in the Church Courts ; Christian Giving; The Power of God's Word; The Elder Moderator and the Ruling Elder; Inaccurate Quotations by Authors; The Revolutionary, Anti-Revo- lutionary and Post Revolutionary Services of George Clinton. Has been trustee of the village of Yonkers; city attorney of city of Yonkers; deputy attorney general of State of New York. Member New York Society of Military Order of the Loyal Legion, Society of the War of 1812, Em- pire State Society of Sons of American Revolution, New York Society of the Colonial Wars, the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, of which he is one of the past governors general. Is president of the American Flag Associa- tion. Residence, 63 Hawthorne Ave., Yonkers, N. Y .; office, 25 Warburton Ave., Yonkers, N. Y., and 11 Pine St., N. Y. City.


PRIME, Ralph Earl, Jr .:


Lawyer; born July 9, 1868, Yonkers, N. Y .; son of Ralph E. Prime and Annie W. Richards Prime; was graduated from Princeton University, 1888, and Columbia Law School, 1890. Member of firm of R. E. & A. J. Prime. Member Sons of Amer- ican Revolution, Military Order of Loyal Legion and a Mason. Residence, Yonkers, N. Y .; office, 11 Pine St., N. Y. City.


PRIME, Spencer G .:


Republican State Senator, representing the Thirty-first Senatorial District, com- prising the counties of Clinton, Essex and Warren; born Upper Jay, N. Y., which has always been his home. Early edu- cation was attained at the district schools; subsequently entered the acad- emy at Plattsburgh, where he completed his course of study. Entering politics as a candidate for supervisor at a time when his town was strongly Democratic, he was elected, and was instrumental in breaking up the Democratic stronghold and placing the town in the Republican


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rank; was elected to the Assembly in 1887 and in 1888; has frequently repre- sented his county at State, Congressional and Senatorial conventions. Is now a member of the firm of Prime Bros., deal- ers in general merchandise, wholesale and retail. Was elected State Senator in 1900 and again in 1902 and 1904, there being no Democratic candidate placed in nomination against him at either election. In 1903 was appointed a member of the following committees: Chairman of the Committee on Banks, member of Rail- roads, Canals, Penal Institutions, and In- dian Affairs. Address, Upper Jay, Essex County, N. Y.


PRIME, William Cowper:


Lawyer; born Oct. 21, 1870; son of Ralph Earl Prime and Annie Wolcott Richards Prime; was graduated from Princeton University, 1890. Member Sons of American Revolution. Address, Yonk- ers, N. Y.


PRINCE, Adelaide (Mrs. Creston Clarke)


Actress, of English birth; daughter of Solomon and Mary (Stevenson) Ruben- stein. American by adoption, having been brought to this country in infancy; early life spent in Texas, where educated. First appearance on the stage in 1888, under management of J. M. Hill; following this under the Augustin Daly manage- ment for five years, playing in London, Paris, and all the large cities of America Married Creston Clarke, April 17, 1895, and became co-star with him in Shake- sperian and classic rôles; at present under management of Charles Frohman. Own- er of Delawara estate on the Jersey shore of the Delaware River, at Water Gap, Pa. Address, Players Club, N. Y. City.


PRINCE, John Dyneley, B.A., Ph.D .:


Professor of Semitic languages at Co- lumbia University, New York; born New York, April 17, 1868; son of late John Dyneley Prince, head of Prince & White- ly's banking house; great-grandson of Reverdy Johnson, Maryland jurist and former minister to England. Married Adeline, daughter of late Dr. Alfred L. Loomis, M. D., LL.D., eminent lung spe- cialist of New York. Was graduated from Columbia, B. A., 1888; represented Co- lumbia University on the expedition sent out to Babylonia by the University of Pennsylvania, 1888-89; student at Berlin University, 1888-90; Fellow of the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md., 1890-91; Ph. D. at the Johns Hopkins


University, 1892; professor of Semitic languages and comparative philology at the New York University, 1893-1902; dean of the New York University Graduate School, 1895-1902; president of School Commision Pompton Township, Passaic County, N. J., 1904; Fellow of N. Y. Acad- emy of Sciences, 1903. Publications: Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin (Baltimore, 1893); articles on Assyrian and Coptic in the American Oriental Society's Journal, 1895-1905; A Critical Commentary on the Book of Daniel, (Leipzig, 1899); articles on Biblical Criticism in the Journal of Biblical Literature (1895-1905); articles on American Indian anthropology and philology in proceedings of American Philosophical Society, New York Academy of Sciences, American Journal of Philol- ogy, etc., (1897-1905); Music and Phari- sees in Encyclopædia Biblica; translation of Wellhausen's Notes in Psalms (Poly- chrome Bible); Kuloskap the Master, (Al- gonquin Indian poems), with late Charles G. Leland, (Funk and Wagnalls, 1902), etc. Clubs: Union and University of N. Y. City, Tuxedo Club, Tuxedo Park, N. Y., and Hamilton, of Paterson, N. J. Address, Columbia University, N.


Y. City.


PROCTOR, George Henry :


President of the Summit Coal Co .; born Rockville, Conn., July 26, 1857; has spent seventeen years in California and the western states, three years in Europe and the continent; has been con- nected with several large enterprises, built woolen mills, fruit canneries, etc., in Cali- fornia; resided in N. Y. City since 1894. Member The Republican Club of the City of N. Y., The Hamilton Club and The Marquette Club of Chicago, Ill. Resi- dence, Hotel San Remo; office, 170 Broad- way, N. Y. City.


PROCTOR, Thomas B .:


Bank president; born Proctorville, Vt., May 25, 1844; at the outbreak of the Civil War entered U. S. Navy. He is president of the Second National Bank of Utica, and American Hard Wall Plaster Co .; trustee of the Utica Savings Bank, Utica Trust Co., and Utica Steam Cotton Mills; is also vice-president of the Utica Daily Press Co. Member Sons of the American Revolution, Society of Colonial Wars, and Society of Founders and Patriots, Loyal Legion, Grand Army of the Republic, Knights Templar, and numerous other societies and clubs. Address, 312 Gen- esee St., Utica, N. Y.


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PROSKAUER, Joseph M .:


Lawyer; born Mobile, Ala., Aug. 16, 1877; was graduated from Barton Acad- emy, Columbia College, Columbia Uni- versity Law School; admitted to Bar, 1899; firm of James, Schell & Elkus. Member Phi Beta Kappa, Association of the Bar, Alumni Association of Colum- bia College. President of Boys Club Leaders of Educational Alliance. Ad- dress, 50 Pine St., N. Y. City.


PROUT, Henry Goslee:


Civil engineer, manufacturer and editor; born Fairfax County, Va .; preparatory education in Stockbridge, Mass .; was graduated from the University of Michi- gan as civil engineer in 1871, and A. M., Yale, 1902. He entered the Union army in 1863, and served in the Army of the Potomac. In 1873 entered the service of the Khedive of Egypt as a colonel on the general staff, continuing in that service until May, 1878; commanded an expedition into the Soudan, and was governor of the Province of the Equator. Has had an ex- perience in railroad surveys and construc- tion. For sixteen years was editor of the Railroad Gazette; is now vice-president and general manager of the Union Switch and Signal Co. Member American Socie- ty of Civil Engineers, the Century, Law- yers and Engineers Clubs, New York; the Duquesne, Country and Union Clubs of Pittsburgh, Pa., and of the American Geographical Society. Residence, Nut- ley, N. J .; office, 143 Liberty St., N. Y. City.


PROUT, Jonathan Slater:


Physician; born Washington, D. C .; was graduated in medicine; served as medical officer in the War of the Re- bellion under Pope, Grant and Sherman, and since the war has resided and prac- ticed medicine in Brooklyn, N. Y. Mem- ber of the American and New York Ophthalmological Societies, etc., etc. Ad- dress, 26 Schemerhorn St., Brooklyn, N. Y. PRUYN, John V. L., Jr .:


Lawyer; born March 14, 1859, Albany, N. Y .; was graduated from Union College, 1880, and Albany Law School, 1882; Al- derman-at-large, 1888-1890; Aide-de- camp, with rank of Colonel, on military staff of Governor, 1886-89; trustee of St. Stephen's College, Anandale, N. Y. Mem- ber University, Union and Metropolitan Clubs of N. Y. City; Fort Orange Club of Albany, Sons of Revolution, Society of Colonial Wars, Holland and St. Nicholas Societies; State and City Bar and Union Alumni Associations, and Newport Read-


ing Room. Residence, 13 Elk St., Albany, N. Y.


PRUYN, Robert Clarence:


President National Commercial Bank; was graduated from Rutgers College, 1869. Member Delta Phi Fraternity, University and Metropolitan Clubs, Holland Society and Century Association of N. Y. City; Sons of Revolution, Rutgers College Al- umni Association and Fort Orange Club of Albany. Address, 38 State St., Albany, N. Y.


FRYER, Charles :


Born June 2, 1851, son of John and Eliza M. Chardavoyne Pryer. Married, first, June 17, 1880, Miss Julia C. Miller, who died October 26, 1884. Married, second, Mai E. Harmer on September 13, 1888. Member Century, City, Strollers, Wool, N. Y. Yacht, N. Y. Athletic, and Larch- mont Yacht Clubs. Address, New Ro- chelle, N. Y.


PRYOR, James Williamson:


Lawyer; born April 30, 1858, N. Y. City ; was graduated from Columbia University, A. B., 1878, and LL. B., 1881. Tutor in Mathematics, 1880-82. Formerly secre- tary of Edison Electric Illuminating Co. Secretary of City Club. Member Uni- versity and Genesee Valley Clubs and Columbia University Alumni Association. Address, 63 Wall St., N. Y. City.


PRYOR, Roger A .:


Jurist; born Virginia, July 19, 1828; was educated at Hampden-Sidney Col- lege and the University of Virginia; he studied law and was admitted to the Bar, but abandoned this for journalism. Ed- ited the Washington Union and the Rich- mond Enquirer; 1854, was sent by Presi- dent Pierce on special mission to Greece. He was elected to Congress in 1858, and re-elected in 1860; at outbreak of war was twice elected member of the Confed- erate Congress, and was appointed Colo- nel in the army. He was promoted to Brigadier-General after the battle of Wil- liamsburg, but resigned his commission to become a private in General Fitzhugh Lee's Cavalry. At the closing of the war he removed to N. Y. City and took up the practice of law; was counsel in many fa- mous lawsuits; 1890, was appointed judge of the Court of Common Pleas; after- ward elected for the full term of fourteen years; by the Constitution of 1894 trans- ferred to the Supreme Court. Address, 3 West 69th St., N. Y. City.


PUFFER, Starkey P .:


Editor of the Rochester Evening Times; was graduated, A. B., from the Univer-


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sity of Rochester. Was advertising man- ager Ohio Merchant, 1895; Cycling Ga- zette, 1896; on staff of Buffalo Express, 1896; reportorial staff of Rochester Demo- crat and Chronicle, 1897-99; managing ed- itor Rochester Evening Times, 1899 to 1901, and since 1901 editor. Address, 36 State St., Rochester, N. Y.


PUGSLEY, Cornelius Amory:


Banker; born Peekskill, N. Y .; son of Gilbert T. and Julia B. Meeker Pugsley. Is president of the Westchester County National Bank; twice elected to executive council of the American Bankers' Asso- ciation; representative of the Sixteenth Congressional District of N. Y. and mem- ber of the Banking Currency Committee in the Fifty-seventh Congress; treasurer- general and vice-president general Na- tional Society, S. A. R .; member and vice-president Empire State Society, S. A. R .; member of New England Society, Harlem and Patria Clubs and Chamber of Commerce of N. Y .; president trustee of Field Library, Peekskill; also trustee and treasurer Field Home, Yorktown; trustee and treasurer Peekskill Military Academy. Address, Peekskill, N. Y.


PULITZER, Joseph:


Proprietor of N. Y. World and St. Louis Post-Dispatch; born Hungary, April 10, 1847; was educated by private tutors; he came to the United States in 1864; enlist- ed in Lincoln Cavalry and served until the end of the war for the Union. Went to St. Louis, 1865; in 1868 became reporter on the Westliche Post, a German newspaper edited by Carl Schurz; soon became city editor and later managing editor and part proprietor. In 1878 bought the St. Louis Dispatch and united it with the Post as the Post-Dispatch; studied law and ad- mitted to practice. Was elected mem- ber Missouri Legislature in 1869, Missouri State Constitutional Convention in 1874; was a delegate to the Democratic Na- tional Convention in 1880 and a member of the platform committee for Missouri: 1877, contributed political articles to ed- itorial page of N. Y. Sun; later wrote a series of European letters for the same paper on the political situation abroad. Bought N. Y. World May 10, 1883; was elected as representative of the N. Y. Ninth District in Forty-ninth Congress, but resigned after a few months service; delegate from Missouri to Cincinnati Lib- eral Republican Convention, which nom- inated Horace Greeley for President; he made seventy speeches in sixteen States for Tilden in 1876; strong advocate of


nomination of Cleveland in 1884 and 1892; opposed election of Bryan on the free sil- ver issue in 1896. In 1889 established ten annual collegiate scholarships for the poorest, brightest and most deserving boy graduates of N. Y. public schools, giving to winners in open. competition $250 an- nually for seven years for preparatory and college course; scholarships awarded to date, 147. Gave to Columbia Univer- sity $100,000 to secure free tuition to prize winners; number now in different col- leges, 64; paid to holders of scholarships (to 1904) $150,000; established three free scholarships in Barnard College. In 1903 gave $1.000,000 to Columbia University to establish and maintain a College of Jour- nalism, to rank with similar professional schools of law, medicine, engineering and architecture; agreed to give $1,000,000 ad- ditional when school has been in success- ful operation three years. Married Kate Davis, of Washington. Member Jekyl Is- land, Reform, Manhattan, American Yacht Clubs, New York, etc. City resi- dence, 7 East 73d St., N. Y .; summer res- idence, Chatwold, Bar Harbor, Me .; win- ter residence, Jekyl Island, Brunswick, Ga. Address, The World Office, N. Y. City.




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