Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 59, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 July 1930 — Page 11

TULY 18, 1930.

AUTOGRAPHS OF GREAT VALUED AT HUGE^SUMS Shakespeare Leads, Priced at $100,000; Only Six Extant. Bu Timrt Sorrial NEW YORK July 18—When Bhakespeare au*ed Juliet to ask, “What's in a name?" he hadn't the faintest idea that his own crude signature wouid be valued in the twentieth century at SIOO,OOO and upward, with none for sale. But then Shakespear* had no premonition of the modern hobby of autograph collecting which has given the names of the immortal, the great, and ven the merely notorious. incredible values when those names are in their owners’ handwriting. Sc many wealthy men have made a hobby of gathering specimens of the handwriting and signatures of the great that the signatures of many now a.re almost beyond valuation. says R. P. Harriss, telling the story of famous autographs in the current issue of the North American Review. Shakespeare is one of these, since *here are only six of his signatures in existence. Wash! igton’s Cheap But the value of a signature does not depend upon the historic prominence of its owner. George Washington's autograph is comparatively cheap, since the first Presidmt signed many papers. But that of Charlotte Corday. the peasent girl who killed Marat, ranks with that of Shakespeare among the most valuable. Similarly the autograph of Jefferson, who drafted the Declaration of Independence, brings only a small price today compared with those of Button Gwinnett and Thomas Lynch Ji., obscure signers of that paper who died soon after. Gwinnett's signature, of which only fifty examples are known to exist, is valued at 528,000. But, strangely enough, that of Lynch, although only forty-five are known to exist, has brought only $9,500. The most \alunble collection of autgraphs today belongs to J. P. Morgan, says the North American Review article. The prices paid for its items run into several millions, but its value as a whole is beyond calculation. The most important modem collection in England, that of the late Alfred Morrison, was sold during the World war for $300,000, but would De worth well over $1,000,000 today. Linroln s Much Sought Lincoln's is the most sought American historical signature, although far from the rarest. Poe s is the most valued American literary name. The manuscript of "The Raven” is insured for $200,000. Abroad, the most popular signature among collectors is Napoleon’s scrawl, while Dickens’ name leads all the rest among English literary figures. Probably tne most novel American collection is that gathered by two children of Baltimore. Nancy Bacon, 12. and her Mother, John, 10. By writing to -elebrities all over the world they have gathered a collection of autograplis ranging from Pershing's and Lindbergh's to Queen Marie's and the Sultan of Perak's.

NEGRO VETERAN OF CIVIL WAR IS DEAD Last Rites for Milton Robinson, 90, to Be Held Saturday. A veteran of the first regiment of Negro soldiers to be organized on the same basis as whi e troops for service with the Union in the Civil war, will be buried Saturday in the section of Crown Hill cemetery reserved for soldiers. The Negro veteran is Milton Robinson, 90, who served with the sixty-fourth Massachusetts volunteers. He died Thursday at his home. 532 Fulton street, after hat'ing been overcome by the heat. His death was on the eve of the anniversary of the capture of Ft. Wagner. S. C.. during which his regiment was all but annihilated in a charge against the confederate earthworks on Morris island, opposite Charleston. The battle occurred July 18. 1863. Robinson had lived in Indianapolis since the Civil war except for a brief period scpent in the soldiers’ home at Lafayette. Funeral sendees will be held at 2 Saturday in Allen chapel.

BOY, 13, DIES AFTER APPENDICITIS ATTACK Funeral May Be Held Monday for George J. Buennagel. George J. Buennagel, 13. son of Mr. and Mrs. L. Albert Buennagel, 4034 Ruckel st-eet, died in St. Vincent's hospital early today from peritonitis following acute appendicitis. The boy was one of four brothers. L. Albert Buennagel. father, is secretary of the Fletcher Savings and Trust Company, and Jacob Buennagel, grandfather, is a real estate operator. The dead boy had completed the seventh grade at St. Joan of Aic school and had owned and operated a newspaper route for a number of years. The brothers are Albert. Louis and Charles Buenangel. Funeral services probably will be held Monday. Fast World Cable Service ~""~” >* rutted Prcst LONDON. July 18.—A message can be sent from London around the world by cable in an hour for $1 doliar a word. The time needed might be less than sixty minutes.

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NOTABLES ARE DROPPED FROM 'SOCIETY BIBLE' Tunneys, Byrd and Al Smith No Longer Included in Nation’s Elite. NEW YORK, July 18 —Gene Tunney, Admiral Byrd, Al Smith and Mrs. Tunney are out of the Social Registet. bluest of all blue books, listing America’s "peerage.” These omissions are disclosed today In an article in the American Magazine, which tells of Polly Laude r ’s name being stricken from the Register when she married Tunney, former heavyweight boxing champion. The action was siAiilar to that taken by the association dictating entrants to the Register at the time Dorothy Benjamin married Enrico Caruso. Her name was dropped, the article declares. Tunney’s name was reported to have been included in the Register, but it appeared only in a supplement issued to record marriages of persons formerly eligible. Colonel Lindbergh’s name was entered immediately after his - -r--rlage to Anne Morrow. The He "S and Coolidges are entered. Eu~*7 Ford nor his son Edsel is listed. Thomas Edison is, but Charles M. Schwab is not. Antonio Morem, film actor, achieved a place in the register when he married Mrs. J. M. Danziger. The Social Register, which is governed by a highly secret body of men and women, formerly was published in twenty-seven cities, but now in fourteen cities. New York leads with 15,000 families. Chicago, Washington and Boston list 3,000 families each; Philadelphia, 5,000; San Francisco and Baltimore, 2,500 each; Pitts-

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burgh and St Louis. 2.000; Buffalo and Cleveland, 1.200, and Cincinnati, 1,500. Only 41.000 families out of nearly 4,000,000 in these cities ar j listed. Thirteen cities recently stopped subscribing to the Social Register. These are Providence. St. Paul, Minneapolis, Detroit, Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, Pasadena, Richmond, Va.; Charleston, S. C.; Savannah, Atlanta and New Orleans. In a number of cases the cities withdrew their listings on the ground that their best families are sufficiently known not to require ratings. Lives Up to Name ENDFIELD, England, July 18.— The prize for good conduct at a local school was won by Peter Perfect.

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FORMER TEACHER IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIES Funeral services for Miss Jennie Thompson, former public schools EMisic teacher, who died Thursday at her home, 1547 Broadway, will be held at 2 Saturday at the Flanner & Buchanan mortuary. Burial will be in Crown Hill cemetery. Miss Thompson, about 70. a direct descendant of George Pogue, first white settler in Indianapolis, suffered a paralytic stroke Wednesday. She had been a special representative of the Hackleman & Shields insurance agency for the last twenty years. „ . o She was a member of the Nature Study Club of Indiana, the Busi-

ness and Professional Women’s Club, the Indiana Society of Pioneers, Kappa Kappa Gamma and the Central Avenue M. E. church. A cousin. Mr. Clara Hanaman. of Franklin, is the only survivor.

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Tourists Total 225,000 Btr Cnitrd Prr*a BOONE, la., July 18 —Approximately 225,000 tourist* visited Ledges state park near here last year, according to park custodian C. F. Henning.

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They’re Still At It Bv Cnited Prrut STANWELL. England. July 18. Names of 17th century scholars were found scratched on bricks during the renovation of a 300-year-old school.