The Billboard 1924-06-14: Vol 36 Iss 24 (1924-06-14)

186 The Billboard JUNE 14, 1924 DEATHS In the Profession MACAULEY—Mrs. vopulur stage manager of the age BAER—Samuel, 54, a member of the Friars and well Known in New York, died suddenly June 5S in the Baer & Bro hers’ department store at Vicksburg, Miss., according to word received in New York, BARNES — William, 65, well-known violin teacher of Kansas City, died there May 27. He was a native of Aurora, Ill., bat had taught in Kansas City for the past thirty-tve years. Hie was also distinguished as a v-olin maker und a collector of violins, BENDEROTH—Alexander, 37 well-known hotel manager, was found dead June & in his room at the Felix Portland Hotel. New York, where he had arrived the previous morning from Baltimore, Md., With three friends. BILLINGS—‘“‘Sandy"’, well known in show circles. died June 8S at his home SiS Nolan street, San <An‘onio, Tex., according to telegram received by The Billboard from Mrs. Billings. The widow survives, BYRON—Henrietta, wife of Barney Fagan, of Fagan and Byron, died June 1 in the National Stomach Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa. where the deceased had been confined for some time suffering from cancer of the stomach. CANLER—Mrs. Helen, mother of Hastings Canler, died May 12 at *“*Holmesdale’’, Jackson road Clacton-on-Sea, Eng. DICK—A. J., 74, pioneer publisher of song hooks and of the animal books of the Barnum & Bailey Cirens, died suddenly June 1 at his home, S2 Anderson street. Newark, N. J. In the early days Mr. Dick was the owner of The Popular Publishing Company with offices at oT Bond street, New York City, and was one ef the first men to publish the Clown song books, DOUGLAS—Mrs. Maude Alice, wife of Howurd Douglas, motion picture censer for the province of Alberta, and one of the tirs: white women to go to the Canadian West, died at her home in Edmonton, Alta., June 1. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas were married in IS72 and went to Alberta ten years la’er. Mrs. De : was the first white woman to live in Calgary nud resided in the first house constructed there She is survi ved by her husband EWINGvareete t 25, im private life Mrs. Leon Elbert Wyndelts, died May 21 in Baltin.ore, Md. The deceased was the wife of Bert Win dell, and they worked under the team name of Windell and Ewing. Burial took place Ma) 24 in Woodlawn Cemetery, Bal-imore. FAIRBANKS—Crawford, 81, widely known capitalist and philanthropist, and high in e councils of the Democratic party, died May ’8 at his apartment in the Terre Haute House, ‘Yerre Haute, Ind., following an illness of ten days. Mr. Fairbanks, owner of The Gazette and The Terre Haute Tribune, and long a prominent tigure in leading financial circles of dian was a great factor in building up the industr resources of Terre Haute. There r lines of industry he was not interested in financially, and his versatility in investments is reflected in his ownership of the HagenbeckWallace Circus for six years. He was a@ member of B, P. O. E., No. S86: Order of Free and Accepted Masons, Loyal Legion and Mort Post, G, A. R., having served as first leuten in the First Indiana Volunteers tlirucut Civil War. The funeral was May 351, n the residence of E. P. Fai his b r, at 426 South Sixt! str et, Haute. FARMER— Henrietta ; ian M pger of Buffalo, N. Y died ther ntly I deceased is surviv ed by her ps a sis er en a brother, Thomas Farmer, ¢ rt t i ton F ARRINGTON—F rank, 50, formerly of the Kiaw & Erlancer and Frohman offices, and well known in musical comedy circles of New York, died May 27 in the Arrowhead Hospital, Los Angeles. For several years Farrington had been doing character work i i i Was while giving a disabled veterans that sod throat infection that late widow and two dzug! ters eervices were held in Las FEY—Mother of Marie Howe and Howe, died in a kee, Tll., as the result of i wn auto smashup in Which daughter, Marie Fer, were FREUND—John Christian, . pul lisher and editor of Musical America, died June 3 at his bome in Meunt Vernon, N. Y., after s lingering illness. Born and educaté« i don, Mr. Freund had a pl Undergraduate’’, produced at an ea d shorly after came to this coun t w is country were spent as a jot liHis experience was wide in this res t, he having worked for The Wine and Spirit Gazette, and later was editor of The Hat, Cay years in t af | il shed as « ed the pioneer ] 1. ing. At one , 1 in 1885 his play ed at MeVicker’s H : tion wit! M r d « l Music Trades an : 1 Musical Amer n Vv h } . 1s editor and president until a ear death. He was married tw having been Florence Smith of Boston and second Anna C, Hughes. The sé 1 wife and thre -e da el ters, one of whom as by the first v GANTHONY— mi ard, 67, well-known playwright and author of ‘The M g , Mars’’, in which the late Sir ¢ made a great success, died Ma Eng. GLENN—Thomas, 67. for many rear er and’ manager of the Glenn Hotel in Sag Jiarhor, Leng, Island. died June 4 at Central Islip, L. I. The deceased had been |i ill health since last year, when he was stricken with paralysi«, GRINGLE—DrArthur £E.. 46, prominently dent * with the Ircenunm and chan‘anqua platform for many years, died May 25 in Detroit nterment in Calvary Cemetery, Bea » bis widow and daughter, -HALEY—tter rbert, mutual agreement. “HAMER— Alex: inde x 3. Er } music teacher and was asp! hy xiat ea by" of Walter Pickstock, . mother of Dave loving memory of my brother, IN MEMORIUM—In HENRY B. KAW, who died June 9, Gone but not forgotten. ° BRIEN—i ue, FRANK BURT adniissions during prominent theatrical and in the great task of dealmillions of patrons of the’ the foremost executives and organizers of 3urt had lone been previous to his cifie Exposition, he had been general he winters in New York, where Park at Ginaineda ae or nt of recent years was the promof which he was general manager and PATEMAN—Robert, 84, veteran English actor, Stage appearance ine, Charle« Dillon and other famous RUSSELI—W ‘liam better known as » owned and managed ond, where he died. His wife, SCcoTT—Themas, former FEnglixh round-about proprictor and a fruit : death, Aled recently MacWILLIAM — Jimmy, world for thirty-five years, » old Torunda Theater, and soon became a headliner, being succonducted by the J. Ford. The widow, two s0ns and tlye ters survive, SELLS— Mrs. Efe J., DO, widow of Ww Se ils, a former showman, died suddey j . at ber home in Columbus, 0. i. at one time ip the toy atest i : Manufacturing box, in Ypsilanti, Mich., which venture did not ; a u& SUCCESS, : SHOUSE—Mrs. Nora, 5S, died June home, S419 Virginia avenue, Kansas Cit ‘. { , from pernicious anemia, She Was the iie.. Louis W. Shouse, manager of Convent ' ~ Resides ber husband she fs survived b _— daughters, Martha Shouse ; ny Mott; her mother Mrs, Kate Pet tw : ters, Mrs. W. H. Matthews and Mrs. K. : Culbertson, and a brother, Halcomh I aa Funeral services were eld at the hom hh ~ 7 god interment was in Elmwood Kansas City, Mo. SOHKLE—Gus, oS, theatrical Produced ‘‘Come Over Here’ Cemetery, roducer, who t Upera House in 1912, and since th page x ~ s.ews in London, died there June 7 i ‘ 4 son of Hans Marshall, of Ho! and 4 oe gusta Sobkie, famous ballet dancers "Y Me ceased began his s age carver as a dar * the past twenty-five years he had heen a “tw and producing plays for the leadi: —e ae of the United States. In 610 Air eet went to New York from Chicago, whe ~ Stage all the musical comedies at the Lasw] aleater, His first big New York produ . was “The Three Twins'’, STEARNS—Advlaide Brigham, 40, well-t know opera singer, who had appeared with Ca Ruffo and the Bracale Company whee June 7 in the Hotel Normandie : “4 Altho the Gece ased had tubere ulosi 8 for s : sal BOW) Tano, sang with ‘Caruce at the Natic r Opera Company, Havana, Cuba, and for ti, SIX Years had heen with the Bracale Ons Company of South Amerk a. aie STEWART—Hamilton, English act or Played the part of Boris Androvsky ; Garden of Allah" died May 15 in Oxfo ufter a lingering illness, The fun place May 20 from Golder’s Green Cremat. The service was cond reted by the Rev Challis, a very old fricnd of the de THURSTON—Mrs, Etta, 54, wife of Thurston, of the team of Harry an Thurston, who bave been operating 1! Vaudeville and picture show thruout t West for many years, died June 2 at in Martinsburg, Ia., from the effect. poisoning. Her husband, bree = sister many relatives survive, TOPECK — George, 65, former well-known vaudeville actor and for the part tw: front doorkeeper at the Casino (bur ‘Theater, Brooklyn, N. Y¥., died June 2 home in Brooklyn of Bright's disease following a short illness, Mr. Topeck was a 1 t of the team of Topeck and Horver t early eigh ies, and was a member of ¢ “Night Owl" Company with Sam Rernard. H Was also in Vaudeville with the team of 7 and Steel, His engaging persona mad friends for bim everywhere ip the show | bess The widow and four sons sur TURNBULL—Stanley, versatile English ebaracter actor, died May 17 at Hamp-tead. Eng His last engagement was in Philip Rodway's pantomime at B rmingham Jast Christmas. Other engagements were with Perey Hut nsen in a six months’ tour in R, C. Carton’s play, “One Too Many”, and in “The OF Chance’ Mr. Turnbull bad also appeared In a Lond Hippedrome pantomime, The widow and two seas burvive WAMBACH—Emile Xavier ©, composer and director of the Koya] Conservator ’ I : Belgium, died May 7. The deceased was a pupil of Benoit, Mertens and Callaerts at the Conservatory of Antwerp. In J0/2 he was ap pointed inspector of the music schools of Belgium. In 1913 he suceveded Jan Block, of the Royal Flemish Conservatory there. the composer of an opera, “‘Nathans Parabel” and several oratorios and cantatas. WEYER—Albert W., 47, died May 24 In th Research Hospital, Kansas City, Mo. The de ceased was in the outdoor show business and Was with the Fairmount Park Associa! for several seasons on rides and conerssions, also id concessions with several car ais, He ts enrvived by bie mother, three brothers and sis eisters. Burial took place in Maple Hill Cemetery, Kansas City WOOLLEY—DeForest, 22, died Mar S in a hbespital in Baltimore, Md., where he bad been playing. After graduating from high * vl in June, 1920, be went to New Y to take up the work of bis chosen profession, acting. His firet season there found hm in wort of two of America’s stars, Edith Talis! rte and William Norris, in the musical come “Kissing Time’, It was during this d that be met and became acquainted w' J turke Morgan, his friend and busines te rine? up until the time of his demise. They wrote and produced an act for vaudeville, “On, Mr Goodness", which has headlined over Keith and Orpheom circuits for the past three year He is survived by his mother, Mra, Ella Woolley: a brother, Loren Woolley, and a sister, Mrs. C. H. Bernice Woolley Collins, MARRIAGES In the Profession COOK-LEF—Joseph R. Cook, manager of the Hollis Street Theater, Bos on, and Nancy Tet, formerly of the **Thank-U" Company and know! in private life as Anne L. Lefeh, were marr d June 7 at the chapel of Our Lady of Assumption, Lynnfield, Mass. Fol) g the ceremony there was a reception al Ww dl rst, the popular inn conducted by Hap Ward DeLEVESQUE-WARNER—Louis DeLevenait: an outdoor show talker and Mildred Warner were married June 4 at Hagerstown, Mt FITZGERALD-DAVIS—Arelhie Fitrgere i, was married May 15 at St, Paul's Church Whitley ‘ny, Eng., to Gladys Davis, Both are mem bers of T, F. Convery’s “On the Dole” Com pany. GRAHAM-QUINN—Tom J. Graham, muric!to and composer and formerly bandmaster of the Cowboy Band at Ringi’s Show, Coney Inland, New York, for five seasons, was married Juve