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No. 22,335號伍世百叁仟弍萬式第

日式廿月正年午庚

HONG KONG, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1930

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FORTUNE FROM POCKET FLASH LIGHTS.

EIGHT & MILLION DOLLARS FOR CHARITY.

RUSSIAN IMMIGRANT'S HUGE FORTUNE DISTRIBUTED.

New YORK.-Conrad Hubert, a, Estuto, The third class amounts Russian immigrant, gave back to depend upon the amount obtained from the sale of real estate and America the greater part of the other properties of the deceased. large fortune that he had accumu lated before his death on February 14, 1929.

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The gift was presented by a com- mittee of three prominent Ameri- cans, Calvin Coolidge, Alfred E. Smith, and Julius Rosenwald, "s former President, a former Gover- nor and a great philanthropist.

Was

The fortune," between 88,000,000 distributed and $8,000,000 among thirty-three charitable, educational and religious instita- tions, irrespectives of creed or nationality.

The thirty-three institutions wore selected as the more worthy of more than 500 which submitted requests.

Greatest Good for Greatest Fumber. Governor Smith, in explaining the methods followed by the com- mittee in making the selections, said it had endeavoured to place the money in a way that it would do the greatest dumber of people the greatest amount of good.

He said that money was giter in most cases to institutions that had already planned enterprises, such as building construction, and that the committee had tried to place the money to influence other persons to contribute toward these institu-

ticas.

In accordance with the terms of the Hubert will, the Bankers' Trust Co. and C. Bertram Plante, named as executors and trustees of the will, agreed upon the selection of the members of the committee.

The committes, according to its report, reviewed a vast survey of the entire philanthropic field made by the Bankers' Trust Co. Moet ings were held every two weeks after the committee was organized on July 23, 1929.

The work of the committee was

completed and its recommendations wore immediately, approved by the bank and Plante.

The thirty-three institutions wer? placed in three classes-those to be paid out of funds on hand, those to be paid out of the first $1,000,000 of the residuary, and those to be paid out of the remainder of the

First Class

The money in the first class was distributed as follows:

The St. Vincent's Hospital

of the City of New York, for a new building The Boy Scouts of America Girl Scouts, Inc. Provident Hospital of Chi- cago. for erection of new building

which to

house medical school for Negro students Beakman St. Hospital, New

York ..... The Children's Aid Society of New York, to aid in building new Children's Centre on the West Side The American Red Cross, for construction of new building or New York

City

Christian Association of NJ for. erection of addition to central buding New York Founding Hos

pital, New York City

Migration International

Young Men's

$300,000 500,000 300,000

500,000

500,000

200,000

375,000

250,000 50,000

250,000

250,000

Service, Inc., American Branch

50,000 Jewish Mental Health So- ciety, New York City, to be used for building new hospital The National Committee for Mental Hygiene ...... The Jewish Theological

Seminary of America Young Men's Hebrew Asso ciation, New York," for erection of new building 250,000 New York University, New

York, for new building.....

Second Class,

230,000

250,000

The second class included- University of Chicage, for Second of social service administration, 25 per

cent,

$250,000

Henry Street Settlement, New York, for additional nursing service, 10 per cont..........! 100,000 American Foundation for

the Blind, Inc., 16 per 100,000 Beth Israel Hoepital Asso

cent.

ciation, New York, to help complete hospital Howard University, Wash-

building, 0 per cent. 200,000

ington, D.C., for new. building for Medical School for Negroes, 20 per cent. William and Mary College,

Williamsburg, Ve Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.. University of Virginia

200,000

50,000

Third Class.

The institutions in the third "class will receive between $33,000, and $200,000 each. It was estimated. "These institutions are: --

The Kent School, ol Kent, Conn. New York Post Graduate Medient School and Hospital,

Georgia Warni Springs Founda tion, Inc.

Leonard Wood Memorial for the Eradication of Leprosy in the Philippine Islands,

Clarke School of the Deal, Northampton, Mass

Madonna House, 171, Cherry St., New York.

Trustees of Smith College, for the Smith College School of Social, Work, Northampton, Mass.

Johns Hopkins University, for the Institute of Law,

Maternity Centre Ine, of New York.

Association,

Rollins College, of Winter Haven, Fla.

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A Fonniless Immigrant. Conrad Hubert was born Ninsk, Russia, in 1860. Penniless, he came to this country when years old. For the next eighteen years he engaged in the retail eigar businges, 130 & restaurant, kept a boarding-house, farmed and sold milk retail, and repaired watches.

In 1898 he invented the pocket flashlight. He organized the Ameri- can Eveready Co. and was president of that company until it was sold to the National Carbon Co., about. twelve years ago. At the time of his death Hubert was chairman of the Board of the Bond Electric Co. of New Jersey. Besides the flash- light, he is accredited with numer- ous other electrical inventions.

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The commitice stated that it bad THE HOTEL RIVIERA

received many requests from in- dividuals, all of which were ignored.

All three members of the com mittee agreed on each institution selected, and all expressed appre ciation for the opportunity to take part in the work of making the distributions.

Immediately after the Saal meet- ing, the committee appeared before

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and answered questions regarding the gifts. The list of beneficiaries was not given out until after the Press conference, so it was impos-

sible to ask direct questions con- cerning individual cases.

Former President Coolidge first spoke. He said that the committee did not want anything said about its action until the day and asked that nothing be published.

He then turned, the floor over to former Governor Smith with the comment:-"I know" you won't turn up your Governor."

Rosenwald, the Chicago member, made a short talk following Smith's explanation of the work of the 50,000 committee, in which be said he had 80,000 enjoyed the work thoroughly,

Diary of Coming Events.

To-day. (Tebruary 90.) Diocesan Conference. Lammert's Auctions: Household Furniture, 464, Nathan Road, Kow- loon, 11 a.m.; 22, Humphrey's Buildings, Kowloon, 2.30 p.m.

Tenail Tournament." Cheung Chau School, Prize Giving, 3.30 p.m.

Tea Dances: Hong Kong Hotel, Peninsula Hotel, & p.m.

Dinner Dances: Hong Kong. Peninsula and Repulse Bay Hotels, 9.30 pa

European Mail-Outward: Europe vid Siberis (Tai Yin), 3.30 D.EL.

European Mailadel

Europe vid Negapatam (Col. di Lans), Europe vid Siberia (Kitano Mara).

Saturday. (February 22.) Annual Race Meeting: Happy Valley, 3 p.m.

Golf: Boger Pool, Fanling Hockey: HK. Ladies v. Recreio. H.E. and Shanghai Banking Cor- poration, Ordinary Yearly Meeting, City Hall, 11.30 a. 1.

Friday. (February 21.). Hockey: University Kowloon Lammert's Auctions: Household Indians, University ground, & p.m. Furniture, 4, Amai Villas, Kow- H.K. Football Association: Com-loon, 11 am Steam launch "See mittee Meeting, 5.30 p.m.

Lee, Sales Rooms, 3 p.m.

Christian Fellowship Meeting, Helona May Institute, 10.30 a.m. p.m.

Tennis Tournament.

Ex-Active Service Men's Associa tion, Extraordinary Meeting,. 3.30

p.m.

H.K. Football Association Coun: cil Meeting, 5.30 p.m.

Kowloon Bowling Green Club, Meeting, 5.45 p.."

Queen'e Trial.”

Helena May Musicals: Selectiona from light opera, 5.30 p.m.

Annual Meeting, European Y.M.C.A., Kowloon, 6 p.m.

Lecture by Prof. L. Forster,.

Theatre: "Bellamy M.A., on "Post-Graduate Work in

World Theatro: "Wild Orchide" England, Union. Assembly Room, 8.30 p.m.

and Westward Ho" (Chinese Theatre: Queen's

Bellamy film). Trial."

Star Theatre: "Where East is World Theatre; Wild Orchids" East." and Westward Ho" (Chinese film),

Btar Theatre: "Where East is East,

MAN Majestic Theatre: "Wings"

Majestic Theatre: Wings." Tea Dances Hong Kong and Peninsula Hotels, 5 p.m.

Dinner Dances: Hong Kong and Peninsula Hotels, 8.30. p.m.

Guards Association of H.K and South Chins, 2nd Annual Dinner, Lane, Crawford's Restaurant, é Queen's Theatre: Bellamy Trial."

World Theatre: "Wild Orchids" and Westward, Ho" (Chinese

im). East

Star Theatre"Where East is Majestic Theatre: "Wings." Tea Dances: Hong Kong and Peninsula Hotels, p.

Dinner Dances: Peninsula Hotel, Repulse Bay Hotel and Hong Kong Hotel, 8.30 p.m.

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