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BROOKLYN TIMES UNION JULY 3, 1932 SUNDAY EX-KING 1N0EL MEADOWBROOK Glimpses of Long Island's Country Clubs DIES SUDDENLY OF GREAT NECK WINS i CUT OF 1350,000 IN REALTY VALUES INFECTEDJHROAT Golf Rivals Polo IriMembers'Favor At Meadow-brook Former Monarch of Portugal Fear of Court Action Over as i Town Board Acts on 1 Assessments. Succumbs as King's Doctor Speeds to His Bedside. Surprisingly, Full Half of By J1EXRY T. RUB8ELL (Vntlt Pr Btalt VarrmtvuirHt) Twickenham. England, July I.

The tragic career of Slanoel or Sportsmen There Fancy Royal and Ancient Game. Portugal, royal wanderer and King without a country, came to a sud den end today when he died at his rf- n. ii 1 1 "i HI, IT rJT 41 f-X i. -1 4 4 'ir, I i A a i I .4 i V- 1. -I i 1 vh-3' A- 1 LjVZ 1 jf I faift.

I vl I Fulwell Park residence of an acute This the SSth of a erV of or- swelling of the throat The end waa so sudden that a ficlc on Lonn litand i country club: The next will appear (it an early issue ol the Brooklyn Timet Union. doctor could not be called before he expired. King Geprge's physician, Lord Dawson of Penn, hastened to Fulwell Park, "but arrived too late. The following statement waa Issued: "His Majesty King Manoel of GERALD D. UcCLEAS Tolo and Meadowbrook being just about synonymous, it may come as a surprise to many to learn that one of Long Island's snappiest golfing layouts is part and parcel of the swanky club at Portugal died suddenly this after noon at 1 o'clock.

His Majesty at tended the tennis tournament at Wimbledon yesterday. This morning Great Neck, July The Incorporated village of Kensington has received a general rlucllon In assessed valuation! of from tha Board of Assessors of the town of North Hempstesd.tt ha Just been announced. The reduction waa decided on aa the result of special hearing before the board on Thursday. i August C. Flammsnn, village council, appeared representing more than 100 properly owners, who hod threatened that, unless i their valuations were reduced by the Board of Assessors, they would carry their grievance to the Court.

It Is understood that, of the 100 who fled petitions for reductions, favornble action was granted to 89. J. Edward Breuer nnd Ldgar Storms, ho appeared aa expert appraisers on behalf of the petitioners, expressed themselves today satisfied with the action of the board. I. O.

Wolf acted as appraiser for the town. The work of all three appraisers was com-', mended by both town and village officials. Mason Brllton, chairman of the grievance committee of tax-I payors, praised the assessors for their consideration. "We feel that our protests have fcoen most satisfactorily answered," Mr. Brltton, "und that the ln-I which have long existed I havo finally been righted." the King complained of a aors 'estbury.

It is a matter of throat, but was free from fever and paid a visit to his laryngologist, who fact that the Meadowbrook advised Immediate, retirement to bed. At 1P.M. His Majesty felt mora Club has an 18-hole course surpassed by few on the 111 and went to bed. At 1:40 there was an attack of breathleasness, Island. finch heroes of the mallet ft Tlmei Union riiotos George Heron, Meadowbrook golf "pro," is shown at which became worse with extreme rapidity and death ensued from acute I' Devereaax Mllburn, Tommy Hitchcock, Winston Guest and Malcolm oedema of the glottis," (Swelling left.

Top right is a front view or me ciuianouse. jwei right shows the attractive 18th green. from Infection at the mouth of the windpipe.) Stevenson have thundered their ponies across the polo fields of every nation where polo la seen, and, when not wearing the colois of America, always have sporttd the silks of Meadowbrook. These four great players have been Identified so Ion with Meadowbrook that it never occurs to most of golfdom's fans that anything but Motor Vehicle Accident Record Is More Favorable Largest Cities Have Highest Rate, But Trend I Toward Reduction of Fatalities. polo is played at the WeslDury cluh.

The reduction of J360.000 In the s.iessed valuation will. It Is be his observatlnos of glacial phenomena near Halifax, including erratic boulders and glacial strla- And If that Is a surprise, here's another one. There are few amateur golfers on Long Island who can beat Mr. Mllburn. who Is Just lieved, substantially reduce taxes Noah's Flood Missed B'klyn, Mnns.

aa much at home on the fairways If the boulders of Swltserland and reoct favorably In the real es late market, of the village. 3 HELD AS RUM RUNNERS as he la In the saddle. At the pres Only 43 Years Old Manoel was only 42, a mild-' mannered gentleman always welcome in court or society, who lived within a small circle of friends and kept away from publicity as much as possible. Since 1909, be had been without a throne or a country and had spent much of his time In England. He had ruled only a lit-, tie more than two years, from May 1308, to Oct.

1910. His retreat here waa unusually quiet, except when thousands of Britons gathered at the football grounds for one of the big matches. Manoel loved sports and sometimes attended. He had heard the shouts and roars of other crowds, screaming In his native tongue and demanding his abdication and his blood. He had heard the roar of revolution and the screaming of shells by the usually peaceful River Tagus, whining over the red-tiled roofs of Lisbon and bursting near his pal are transported by glacial Ice, as anyone may actually observe, might cnt time he Is tho Meadowbrook f'hih champion.

It not be possible, or even prouanie, A little more than 8.300 yards of well-keDt fairways comprise the said Agassiz, that the erratic douiq Fishermen Had $25,000 Cargo ers of North America were also trnnHnorted bv the same agencyr Motor vehicle accident experience during May continued the same favorable trend exhibited in earlier months, according to fatality reports from 175 cities and 10 States Says Botanic Garden Record 1 IIIWIII Unlearned Mountaineer First Suggested That Boulders Were Carried by Glaciers, Not Deluge." par-70 golf course at Meadowbrook. And, take the word of Aboard, Charge. "By what Ice could the North American boulders have been trans Qeorce Heron, club professional Three men alleged to have been that oar Is seldom broken. The ported. 'Glacial ice hardly seemed with a total population of the crew of tho fishing boat Syl probably, for never within recorded best score ever made on the course since It was opened was a 66, which vestcr were arraigned before United About 2,080 persons were killed I hlstorv has the boulder strewn re rlnn of America been occupied by States Commissioner Vlsel In Fed sourl.

and Decatur. Illinois, are Mr. Heron chalked up several years ago. Mr. Heron has presided over the Meadowbrook professional In all types' of motor vehicle In the entire country.

This Yet to Agassiz no other eral Court lust night on charges of among the cities with perfect rec ftrds. explanation seemed adequate. Now Considered Viwt Illegal transportation of Honor. The shop for tho past 10 years. Noah's flood never touched Long Island.

The old that only the deluge could explain the presence on Golf and polo are of about equal i Dr. Gaeer continues with a de Coast Gunrd seized the Sylvester It should be noted that the improved record in motor vehicle deaths has probably been in Interest there, Mr. Heron said. Of scrlplion of the kind of soil which off Montauk Tolnt Friday. They the 200 members at Meadowbrook, sny tho ship had a cargo' of 600 Long Island of boulders from localities a few too many miles distant is refuted in the last published Record of the about 100 play polo and eschew fluenced by a decrease In the amount of travel.

This decrease Is proved by a decrease of 4.8 per sacks of liquor valued at $25,00.0, ace, the home of the Portuguese kings. Portugal, land of brave soldiers and great navigators, was tired of kings, and so Manoei came to llvu In Twickenham. He waa born In Lisbon In 1889.: golf while tho other 100 know far more about stymies than chukkers. James A. Burden Is president of The prisoners said they are Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

In this Record a wholly dif cent. In gasoline consumption, as Henrv Klne. 36: Kd Manncs, 3 renortcd by the American Petro the club. Mr. Mllburn Is vice presl ferent answer is given to the riddle of tho boulders, nnd iohn Mwet, 87, all of Montauk.

They were held for a hearing dent, and Col. Francis R. Appleton With no thought of ever ruling his country, he was tossed suddenly Boulders are found in quantity in Is secretary and treasurer. July IB. Into that position by the double hunter of Switzerland.

This unlearned man noticed huge erratic tragedy that befell his father. King leum Institute for the first three months of this year, compared with the same period of 1931. It Is only fair to say, however, that whatever influence this may have Is also being strengthened by more active safety programs in American cities than have ever before been undertaken. Carlos, and his elder brother, the blocks on the Jura mountain crests, in a glacial region lies uncon-formably" on the underlying bedrock and which obviously wus not formed by its disintegration and concludes as follows: "To make a long story short it may be said that the hypothesis of a glacial period for a large portion of North American continent (Including Iong Island and the site of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden) has been thoroughly tested and verified to such an extent that the hypothesis became first a theory (1. a largely verified hypothesis) and finally the Idea passed from the realm of hypothesis and theory, and Is now con-sidered aa corresponding to actual fact." Where tho ico border of this ancient glacier which retreated London Smart Set Rebels Crown Prince.

and pondered on the manner in which they had been carried rrom brings tho five months' total to 10. BOO deaths, which Is Just about equal to the total number of homicides in an entire year. The May as welt as the five months' totals represent substantial declines. April deaths num. bered 2,130, so that an actual decline occurred in May a month which usually shows an increase of a hundred or more.

The May record looks even bettor when compared with tho same month of previous years. The 1931 May total was 2,670 deaths and the 1930 record was 2,603 deaths. This year's figure represents approximately a 20 per cent reduction from these two totnlo. I''or the first five months, this year's total of 10,600 deaths is a 10 per cent reduction below 1931, and a 1 per cent decrease from 1930. The record shows that cities are maintaining a sizeable advantage over entire States in death rates.

The all-city death rate Is 16.5. compared with a rate of 19.8 for all a lower to a higher level. He proo nls Rcbjn Was nrlcf It was Manoel's 20th birthday. ably never heard of the geologists and their theories, but ne naa seen the valley glaciers of his native At Social Rules of Old Guard The King and Queen, the Crown Prince and Manoel were riding through Lisbon, the streets lined by land and observed them transport inir boulders. FARLEY WILL DIRECT ROOSEVELT DRIVE It was common sense wun nim to Infer the same agency for the the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

A natural question asked constantly by visitors to the garden has been: "How did these boulders reach tho spot "on which they now are?" To answer this quesion the garden, In its last record, tells ''The Story of Our Boulders 'and the Glacial Geology of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden." The feature of the record Is a brief popular outline of the geology of the last or quarternary ice age of North America, by Ernst Artevs, formerly of the University of Stockholm, who received the Research Corporation prize of $2,500 lost December. Recently 28 of these boulders, known to geologists as "erratic boudera," were rnarued with bronze By HARRY FLORY transportation of This cheering crowds. Suddenly a band of revolutionaries dashed at their carriage. Carlos was killed In-. stantly and the Crown Prince lived but a few hours.

Manoel survived to become King of Portugal. He did not hold his throne long. In lens than three years came the revolution which deposed him and sent him Into exile. For two years of S'ated to Become Head idea he proposed to the local director of mines, Jean de Charpcn-tier, in 18 IB, but that scientist only London, July 2. As Queen Mary is leader of the cream of British society, her eldest son, the Prince of Wales, aided and abetted by his boon companion, Prince George, is the moving spirit of Britain's smart set, the from Long Island some 85,000 years ago advanced or remained stationary for some time It pushed together and built up Irregular ridges of loose material, called Dr.

Gager states. The ridge on which the Brooklyn Botanic Garden is situated has all the characteristics of a moraine. Gravel, sand, silt and clay washed out from the Ice border on land, In lakes or in the sea formed other characteristic deposits. National Committee. Convention Headquarters, Chicago, July I.

James A. Farley of New York will be elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee late today and will be the directing head of the Roosevelt he traveled about Europe before finally settling in England. i section of society about which the public Knows most, States. The probable Innuence or vacatlonal travel Is seen In the fact that 10 State reports for April and The former king, who lived here In virtual retirement with a small smart set epitomizes the The May show an actual Increase in la- yearly, but what there Is of It Is led hv the American born Lady "shadow" court thaf paid him unfailing homage, was stricken shortly before the wedding of his tallties, whereas the decline tn cities alone was large enough to Presidential campaign, members of the National Committee said. tablets made possime inrouga a gift from Edward C.

Blum, president of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, of which the bring about the decrease above dis laughed at the absurd notion. "Nearly ten years later he told his belief to Venetz who gave It credence and embodied It In a paper read in 1823. It was Char-pcntler who brought the hypothesis to the attention of Louis Agas-siz, then living In Switzerland. "In 1840 Agassiz demonstrated the former existence of glaciers in Great Britain and Ireland, and in the same year more fully developed the glacial theory in his 'Etudes sur les which he dedicated to Venetz and Charpentler. Could Observe Process "It should be noted that Perra-dln lived in Switzerland, a land where boulders similar to those in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, and glaciers were an almost universal feature of the landscape.

Agassiz, Botanic Garen is a unit spread of the democratic spirit In' ocloty, tho revolt of the bright young; people against old time entertainments organized by their seniors, In favor of green beer and sausage partlos, champagne and cocktail parties, cabarets and treaa-re hunts organlod by themselves. valors daughter, at which he had promised to be best man. While Manoel lay dying, the valet's daughter not knowing of his condition, was being married with Manoel's secretary as best man. His wife, the former Princess Data oil Tablets The new bronze tableta state the composition of the boulders and their sources. The shortest jour ney traveled by one or uiese Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern.

was at his bedside when he died. hmilUnra Is mat OI Uie wnuo umr- hio hnnlder which came from the Manoel, who Is fond of sport, had Cunard. By contrast, the racing or sporting set is large and varied, as might be expected of a small Island which can and does support race meetings. all the year round, sometimes as many aa three or four In one week. I.ady Stanley, wife of the son and heir of Lord erby, may be said to lead the racing set.

She and her sisters. Lady Blandford. lAdy Hllllngdon and Lady de all granddaughters of the late Lord Cadogan, became known as "Gudogan Square," because of their habit of attending all possible race meetings together. Ktagts Patron of Society When It comes to the stage, it world's most ellgime Dacne-lor, Irritated by constant 'matrl- monial rumors, chose young mar northern part of Manhattan Island cussed. The largest cities have the highest rate so far this year, 18.

S. The group death rates decrease consistently to the population group of 60,000 to 100,000, where the cumulative rate is 11.6. The smallest cities had a slightly higher rate of 11.8. In the group of largest cities, Toronto, Boston, and New York continue to hold first, second and third places. Chicago and Los Angeles are at the bottom of the list, as In previous months.

In the next smaller group of cities Providence again holds first place with a rate of 6.6, whereas Houston visited the Wimbledon tennis tour Farley was Roosevelt's pre-con-ventlon manager. Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross, former Governor of Wyoming, is expectcC to be re-elected vice chairman, it was said. Farley is chairman of the New York State Democratic Central Committee. He is also a member of the New York Boxing Commission.

Giant, strapping, good-natured, Farley never lost his temper throughout the bitter fight against Roosevelt here. (Inwood) or from epuyien uuyvu, inn nr.rnss the Harlem Klver, a also, lived all of the early part of TRUCK KILLS GIRL, 7 Driver Arrested on Technical Homicide Charge. A seven-year-old girl wag killed by an automobile truck at Calyer st, and Clifford in the Green-point section yesterday, while playing in the gutter with a group of children. nam The victim, Theodora Brono, of 182 Franklin stepped into the path of the truck as it was being backed toward the curb by John Dl Giola, an Ice dealer, living at 400 Graham ave. Dl Giola was arrested on a technical charge of homicide.

nament yesterday and chatted affably In the royal box with another exiled king, Alfonso of Spain. He distance of approximately IB miles. his life in swltzenana. Moreover, had planned to practice today at The longest journey traveled Is that of the syenite-granite boulder, which came, from the southeastern in Switzerland one could (In Agaa-slz's time, as now) observe the very process by which the boulders were Wimbledon, where ho was a reg-1 ular player. ried women as partners when ho.

took up dancing after the war. Mrs. Dudley Ward was one of the first to become ono.of his regular partners. She Is a petite brunette, noted for her dry humor and wit, With a debutante daughter who la Adirondack Mountains, approxi being transported, ine transport. "The King seemed perfectly well matelv 260 miles.

The longest Ing agents there are me vaney gia. until yesterday, when he showed transportation of erratic boulders ciers of tha AIDS. svmotoms of tonsllltls." his secre 1umD into second place with a "Agassis came to America in tary said. "A doctor waa sum The night the Smith forces can be said that, the stage now patronizes society, whereas society once patronised the stage. Ger 1848 and In 1847 he became a pro moned ana oraerea mm iv oeu.

Every possible precaution was rate of 7i4, and Rochester is in third place with a rate of 9.S. In cities from 100.000 to 250,000 nnmilntlnn Grand Rapids jumped fessor In Harvard College. During known mMortn America, according to Dr. G. Stuart Gager, director of the garden, Is 650 to 700 miles.

Dr. Gager states in the introduction to the "Story of Our Boulders" that a visitor to the Botanic Gar his first year in America, he made taken towards checking the trouble. trude Lawrence, jusi as wen known in New York as in London, Is definitely a member of the "Onlv thft niippn And mvae to first place with a rate of only 2.8. whereas Hamilton, Out, Is in launched their bitter statement attacking Roosevelt, Farley merely replied that Roosevelt's friends had not come here to defame or criticize any of their opponents. He neither drinks nor smokes.

He were present at the time of death. There was no other member of the FRUGONE-COLESIO WEDDING PARTY smart set. All tha seta, with the exception den will soon have his auenuon second place with a rate of 4.5. In titles from 60,000 to 100.000 therNs are still six perfect records. of the Queen's own circle, are con more Ilk a sister.

American-born Viscountess Fur-nesa is another who 1 usually seen wherever young royalty goes for an evening's entertainment tihe was the former Thelma Morgan Converse, daughter of Harry Hays Morgan, former United Btatea Consul General In Belgium. Members of the famous Guinness family, Including the Marchioness of Dufferln and Ava and tho Hon. Mrs. Drogo Montagu, are among the liveliest spirits of the smart et No Rigid Rules Th amnrt sot has no hard and family in ma nouso. it is impossible to make any statement on the funeral or other arrangements be- cause the event has come upon us so suddenly.

We are too stunned tinually thrown xogeiner oy me mood of the moment, "Eat, drink East Orange, N. leading with a chews gum when he is under heavy Two and be merry or tomorrow we may strain. population of about 72.000. Western cities 8prlngfleld, Mis starve. arrested by the considerable number of large rocks or boulders of various size and composition in all parts of the grounda "When the property was first assigned to the board of trustees for development as a botanic garden there were a number of these boulders lying on the surface of the around at various points, chiefly in P.

1 117k.n In to make any plans." JAMES ROOSEVELT A MANSION REARED FROM BRIC-A-BRAC "1 1 such aa the rule of the i. TALKS WITH PLANE BEARING HIS FATHER the norinern poruuu. nou 191J-U the area between the museum building and Mount Pros-rwr rsaervntr was traded down cream or socieiy n'i party In divorce siftt may have a badge for the royal enclosure at Ascot Members of the smart set are chosen for their sparkle, wit Mens, nnd their ability some eight or ten feet to the street it wwrv rrf level of Kastern pKwy. large quantities of these boulders were uncovered. They varied' In size from small cobblestones and coarse boulders to boulders much larger than to hpend money, although this last Is not an absolute requirement.

I set. which usod to 1 i i rl 1 I 1 1 I I 4 he one of society's most Important branches. Is not what It used to be. Political entertaining is some-Tho Marchioness of ftr-. -til Sort" of the Nominee uives Message to Mother.

Chicago, July I. James Roosevelt stepped to a microphone at the Municipal Airport today and was la direct contact with tha plane in which his father is speeding to Chicago. He asked for his father, but Instead the voice of hla mother came back to him. "Tell father we are waiting for him," said the son of tha Democratic party's choice for President. "We are anxious for his arrival.

Everything is ready." Londonderry, wife of the Minister for Air, Is the day's most noted political hostess. Bhe has pracU-the task of social mentor to Prime Minister Ramsay MacUonald. A political reception at Londonderry House In Park Lane, with Lady Londonderry ablase with the family Jewels, nt tha head of the grand a rolltop desk. Solved Many Problems According to Dr. Gager.

the uncovering of these boulders solved many of the c6nstructlon problems of the garden, for they have served as the basis of the rock garden, for grading in the naUve wild flower garden, for ten dams in the artificial brook, in construction of several boulder bridges over the brook and aa mountings for memorial tablets. Dr. Gager enumerates many of the early explanations for the presence of these boulders on Long Island as attributed to the deluge, because the boulders are without sharp angles and appear to have been worn by the long continued attrition of water, to the collision of a comet, to the inrush of the ocean from the north and to "catas- -A Is an event never to be Lady Astor, of Virginia. Is Just as assiduous as Lady Londonderry In political entertaining, but she lets down the barriers much lower than Lady Londonderry would ever think of doing, even to the extent of mailing evening dress optional a tinlittral soiree. An M.

P. In 1 g.tV.1afc-. Times Union Photn trnnhpa" which changed the earth's Static drowned cut Mrs. Roose-yelt's answer. The plane'" ladlo operator reported they were fighting headwinds and probably would arrive latur than scheduled.

OFFICIAL'S SON ENDS LIFE Los Angeles, July t. Norman Sawyer, 21. said to be the son of a high official of the Interior Department at Washington, died today from a gunshot wound which police said was self-inflicted. features and which hurlea boulders ih nlaces" of tin city is this bungalow built on Columbia st. by Car- rough tweeds Is Just as welcome mm a cabinet minister In full evening through the air like cannon bans by the force that uplifted neighboring mountains.

mela Benitey" Benitey, being homeless, went to work and erected this cottage entirely by i frtr it hits of scraD tin. discarded brad3 and nails, and spare pieces of wood. 'A dress. MusUal Set Small Wedding party of Alice Colesio, who was married to John Frugone from left to right: Frank Frugone, best man; Olga Isetti, maid of honor; Alice Colesio Frugone, the bride, and John Frugone, the bridegroom. vTf Wp.

th windows and the curtains. An American flag tops off the "It seems probable," Dr. Gager states, "that the honor of first suggesting the correct explanation belongs to Perraudln. a chamois Boclety'a musical set Is small, as would be expected when the largest city can support "estate." only faw weeka of grand opera.