352;selected by Pershing,354;at Paderewski dinner to Hoover,378Jarlsberg, Count Wedel, speech at dinner to Governors of the League of the Red Cross Societies,321Jarvie, James N., on board of directors of real estate trust company,61;opponent of Havemeyer,65,69;interested in Underwood Typewriter Co.,91Jastrow, Prof. Morris, not in favour of Zionist plans,349Jaubert, Captain, in charge of trip to French front,259Jews, influence of, discrimination against, in failure of Hilton, Hughes & Co.,38;send commission to Peace Conference,348;opportunities boundless in America,399Jews, atrocities against, in Poland,351;Hugh Gibson asked to report on,352;Wilson appoints commission to investigate,352;objections against Jew serving on commission,353Jewish members of Polish Parliament,361Jewish question, the, article in New YorkTimes,289Joffre, Marshal, New York City’s reception to,253;pleads for sight of American uniforms in Paris,256;meeting at his Paris headquarters,262Johnson, Frederick,116Johnson, George F.,116Johnson, Homer H., at dinner given by, in Paris,337;on commission to investigate treatment of Jews in Poland,352Johnson, Joseph, appointment as Postmaster prevented,238Joline, Adrian H., “cocked-hat” letter from Wilson,140Jones Estate, Joshua, purchase of lots in,47Jordan, Thomas N.,68Judson, Dr. Henry Pratt, dinner to,299Juilliard, A. D., on board of directors of real estate trust company,61,66,69Kahn, Congressman Julius, on committee to present views of American Jews on Zionism to Peace Conference,350Kahn, Otto H., on Board of Directors Metropolitan Opera Company,100Kahri Jeh Janisi, oldest mosque in Constantinople,187Kelly, John, succeeds Tweed as Tammany leader,112Kennedy, John S., aid to Robert College,208Kenyon, Cox & Co., in Panic of 1873,20Kerenski, at Peace Conference,323Kergolay, Count, speech at dinner to Governors of the League of the Red Cross Societies,320Khedive of Egypt, provides for welcome at Alexandria,219;official call on,221;as a modern business man,222Kiernan, Lawrence D.,9Kilpatrick, Frank, realty dealings with,45Kilpatrick, Walter, realty dealings with,45Kingsbury, John A., member “Committee of Safety,”107Kitchener, Lord, meeting with, in Egypt,210;anomalous position in Egypt,220;meeting with,221;luncheon with,224Knickerbocker Real Estate Co., dealings with,42Knox Bldg, purchase of,87Koenig, Samuel S., at Sulzer dinner,168Kuhn, Loeb & Co., rise in banking circle,77Kurzman, Ferdinand, in law office of,12;reëmployment by,18;method of dispossessing undesirable tenant,39Lachman, Samson,33;realty ventures with,42;elected Judge of Sixth District Court,120Lachman, Morgenthau & Goldsmith, formation of partnership,34;withdrawal from the firm,56Lamont, Dan, his friendship with Grover Cleveland,118Lamont, Thomas, at dinner given by Chinese delegation to Peace Conference,324Landman, Rabbi Isaac, on committee to present views of American Jews on Zionism to Peace Conference,350Lane, Franklin K., donation to campaign fund,242;writes Red Cross proclamation,251;approves campaign of League to Enforce Peace,300;proposed as Director-General of International Red Cross,318;considered for head of corporation to finance Poland,381Lansing, Secretary of State, at Paderewski dinner,356;letter of instructions to Mission to Poland,359Lansing, Mrs., at signing of Peace Treaty,336Lauzanne, Stéphane, arranges luncheon with Bunau Varilla,330Lawyers’ Mortgage Company, increase of capital stock,70,71Lawyers’ Title Company, increase of capital stock,67-71League to Enforce Peace, work against future wars,300;travelling in campaign of,301;pronouncement on the League of Nations Covenant,303Leisenring, John,26Leishmann, John G. A., meeting with at Aix-les-Bains,85Lens, General Currie’s description of battle,269;why Sir Douglas Haig refrained from capturing,271Lenox, James,22Letoviski, Major, leader of Jewish massacre at Pinsk,369Lewin, Rabbi, on Jewish question in Poland,375Liberty Loan, and United War Work Drives, travelling in behalf of,295Lloyd, Bishop Arthur Selden,175Lodge, Henry Cabot, signs cable to Wilson appealing for help for Armenia,340Loeb, Solomon, realty ventures,42Loewi, Valentine,30Lord, Dr. Robert, at Peace Conference,324Low, Sydney, met on British front,267Lowell, President in campaign of League to Enforce Peace,301;in a foot race with,302Macauley, Captain, of theScorpion,219Machpelah, Caves of, visit to,213,217Mackay, Clarence H., on Board of Directors Metropolitan Opera Company,100Mackaye, Dr.,175Macy, R. H., & Co., business secured by Isidor Straus and his sons,36Mahmoud Tahgri Bey, acting Governor of Alexandria,219Mahmoud Tewfik Hamid,232Mahmoud Pasha,189Malcolm, Ian, speech at dinner to Governors of the League of the Red Cross Societies,320Mallet, Sir Louis, British Ambassador at Constantinople,183;renewal of acquaintance with,336Malone, Dudley Field, at conference over Wilson’s “cocked-hat” letter,140;brings message from Wilson on McCombs-Newton rupture,145Mannes, David,106Mannheim, early life in,1,333Manning, Dan,118Mardighian, Osman,187Marie, Princess, at dinner with,326Marling, Alfred E.,175Marsh, Benjamin C., Secretary Committee on Congestion of Population in New York City,107Marshall, T. R., at Jackson Day Dinner,142Marshall, Louis, at Sulzer dinner,168;objects to Jew serving on Commission to investigate Polish pogroms,353Martin, Riccardo, sings at Conried’s funeral,104Meyer, Peter F.,48;connection with Richard Croker,113Metaxa, Dr., arranges meeting with Venizelos,328Metropolitan Opera Company, formed for Conried,100Metropolitan Opera House, gathering on President Wilson’s return from Paris,304Miller, Cyrus C., elected Borough President of the Bronx,118Mitchel, John Purroy, in the Postmastership controversy,237;campaign for preparedness irritating to President Wilson,238;at War Publicity meeting,252;has good business offer but decides to remain in politics,279;asks advice on Mayoralty campaign,278;elected Mayor of City of New York,283;asks advice as to running again,283;his death in his country’s service,286MacDowell, Miss, in Settlement work,105MacNulty, Mr.,35McAdoo, William G., in Wilson’s campaign,137;drops his business to aid Wilson’s candidacy,154;appointed Secretary of the Treasury,159;apprehensive of outcome of 1916 campaign,235;dejection at unfavourable election returns,246McAneny, George A., considered for Mayor on fusion ticket,280;not a vote-getter,281McCall, Mr., power in finance,78McCombs, William F., in charge of Wilson campaign,137,139;controversy with Byron Newton,145McCormick, Chancellor, on Palestine trip,215McCormick, Vance, bosses object to,121;named Chairman of Democratic Campaign Committee,241;dinner to Henry Ford, Thos. A. Edison, and Josephus Daniels,242;on committee for financing the Red Cross,249McCurdy, Richard A., incensed at not being asked to participate in capital increase of Lawyers’ Title Company,69;power in finance,78;misuse of insurance funds,83McCurdy, R. H., on Board of Directors of Metropolitan Opera Company,100McIntire, Alfred,19,30McIntyre, William H., on Board of Directors Metropolitan Opera Company,101McManus, Thomas F.,116Mohammed V, a weakling,184Moncheur, Baroness,188Montefiore, Claude, representing Jews of France at Peace Conference,350Moore, Judge,121,122Moore, Mrs. Philip North, in campaign of League to Enforce Peace,301Morgan, J. Pierpont, his power in finance,76Morgan, Miss Anne, member “Committee of Safety”,107Morgenthau, Henry, Jr., at Sea Girt,148Morgenthau, Mrs., arrival in Turkey,194Morgenthau Company, Henry, formation,89Morton, Levi P., real estate transactions with,48;assists at auction sale,49Mott, John R., conversation with, on after-the-war work,316Mt. Sinai Hospital, on Board of Directors,105Munsey, Frank, at War Publicity meeting,253Murphy, Arthur D., defeated for Borough President of Bronx,116Murphy, Charles F., selected by Croker to head Tammany,116Murphy, Major, with Red Cross in France,86Nabulus, Governor of, arranges an Arabian night,231Nahoun, Chief Rabbi,205New York, arrival in,6,7New YorkSun, comment on heading ofRed Cross Magazinearticle,289New YorkTimes, article on the Jewish question,289;Washington despatch to,293;publishes speech made at dinner of Executive Committee of Wise Centenary Fund,294;article, “Emperor William Must Go,”297;article, “A Vision of the Red Cross After the War,”308;article on departure as delegate to International Red Cross Conference,308New YorkWorld, article showing Germany planned the war,296Newton, Byron, controversy with McCombs,145Nilsson, Christine,12Norton, Chas. D., on Committee for financing the Red Cross,249Norton, Patrick, excavation contractor,51,52Nugent, difficulty with, over tickets for Jackson Day Dinner,139O’Connor, Charles,29O’Gorman, Senator James A., at Jackson Day Dinner,142;friendship with,154;transmits Wilson’s offer of Ambassadorship to Turkey,159;fearful of Wilson’s reëlection in 1916,235O’Toole, Morgan,27Ochs, Adolph S., as example of opportunity,400Ogden, D. B., entertains proposition to increase capital of Lawyers’ Title Company,67Olcott, Frederick P., interested in formation of real estate trust company,58;a power in finance,65;aids in increasing capital of Lawyers’ Title Company,68;in railroad reorganizations,78;questioned as to attitude if panic should ensue,88Ottendorfer, Oswald, realty transactions with,45Otto, Major Henry S., with Mission to Poland,355Outerbridge, E. H., urges acceptance of nomination for President of the Borough of Manhattan,278;urges Mitchel’s reëlection at City Hall Park mass meeting,284Paderewski, asks Wilson to appoint commission to investigate treatment of Jews in Poland,352;gives dinner at the Ritz,355;efforts to assure people he was not Anti-Semitic,377;gives state dinner to Hoover,377;impressions of, at dinner to Hoover,379;holds up financing of Poland,381Paderewska, Mme., at dinner given to Hoover,378Page, Thomas Nelson, meeting with in Paris,255Page, Walter Hines, introduced by Woodrow Wilson,136Painlevé, meeting with,85;at review of first American troops in France,256;dining with,257Palestine, visit to,212;prominent Jews not in favour of Zionist project of National home,349;true meaning of Balfour Declaration,389;significance of Sir Herbert Samuel’s appointment,392;not suitable for colonization,393Pallavicini, Marquis, Austrian Ambassador at Constantinople,182Panic of 1873,20Parish, Henry, realty dealings with,55Park, Trenor W.,53Parker, Judge Alton B., at Jackson Day Dinner,142;of counsel at Sulzer impeachment,172“Parsifal,” difficulties encountered in production,102Parsons, John E., realty ventures,42Patri, Angelo,106Patrick, Dr. Mary Mills, president Constantinople College for Girls,204,207Patrick, Mason M., considered for Mission to Poland,355Peabody, Charles A., realty dealings through,55Peace Conference, impressions of,322Peace Treaty, signing of,336Pears, Sir Edwin,188Peet, Dr. W. W., work in Constantinople,205;missionary activities,211;gives information on Palestine,213;invited to accompany party,214;at Arabian night,231Penrose, Senator, assumes leadership of Republican machine,125;willing to wreck party’s chances to injure Roosevelt,150Perlmutter, Rabbi, calls on Mission at Warsaw,361Perkins, George W., member “Committee of Safety,”107;at War Publicity meeting,253Perkins, Major, with Red Cross in France,86Perkins, Miss Frances, member “Committee of Safety,”107Persian delegation to Peace Conference, their hopeless position,325Pershing, General, meeting with in Paris,255;lauded by Joffre,264;letter from, explaining postponement of dinner,264;his description of battle of Verdun,265;meeting with at headquarters in France,273;at signing of Peace Treaty,336;selects military member of Mission to Poland,354Phillip, Hoffman, Conseiller and First Secretary, American Embassy, Constantinople,177,187Philipson, Rev. Dr. David, not in favour of Zionist plans,349Phillips, L. J.,48Phœnix Insurance Co., position with,18Pilsudski, Dictator of Poland,115;not in favour of Mission to Poland,360;at reception in Warsaw,364;“no pogroms, nothing but unavoidable accidents,”371;talks with on Jewish question,372,375;change of attitude toward Commission,378;his story of his rise to power,378Pinchot, Amos, member “Committee of Safety,”107Pinsk, investigations in,369Platt, Frank, retained by Alexander in Equitable Insurance contest,80,81Plaza Hotel, purchase of,87Plumb, Preston,26Poincaré, President, at review of first American troops in France,256;at signing of Peace Treaty,336Poland, atrocities against the Jews,351;question of Jewish nationalism in,351;plan to finance,380Poland, Mission to, formation of,352;ideal to be accomplished,358;Lansing’s letter of instructions,359;arrival in Warsaw,360Politics, first entry into,111Politis, M., arranges meeting with Venizelos,328Polk, Frank L., doubt of success of 1916 campaign,235Pomerene, Atlee, at Jackson Day Dinner,142Ponydreguin, General, dinner with at Gondrecourt,259Post, James H., aids in formation of real estate trust company,58Postmastership at New York, contention regarding,237Power, Judge Maurice J., “discoverer” of Grover Cleveland,118Prendergast, William A., at War Publicity meeting,253;slated for Comptroller on fusion ticket,280Pryor, Gen. Roger A.,29,30Pyne, Percy R., retires from presidency of National City Bank,76Quekemeyer, Captain, American representative on trip to French front,266Radcliffe, General, met on British front,269Rappard, Dr., William, speech at dinner to Governors of the League of the Red Cross Societies,321Raymond, Henry T.,15Reading, Lord, address before Merchants’ Association in New York,298Real Estate, ventures in,39Red Cross, financing the, insisting on aiming for large sum,249;article “A Vision of the Red Cross After the War,”308;the International Conference,308Red Cross Magazinearticle on Turkish massacres,288Redfield, Congressman, appointed Secretary of Commerce,154,159Reilly, John, buys lots on route of Subway,50Rice, Edwin T.,93Richardson, Captain, ’Forty-niner,4Robert College, Constantinople,186,204,208Rockefeller, William, how he obtained stock of Northern Pacific,71Rockefeller, Mrs. John D., Jr., activities in war work,299Rosalsky, Judge Otto, at Sulzer dinner,168Rosenwald, Julius, on committee for financing the Red Cross,250Roosevelt, Franklin D., doubt of success of 1916 campaign,235Roosevelt, Theodore, deference to Mark Hanna,123;coaches Taft for campaign,124;split in Republican party forfeits election,150;Joffre anecdote of,264;calls meeting of New York Progressives to agree on fusion slate,280;his first demonstration of power,282;urges Mitchel’s reëlection at City Hall Park mass meeting,284,285Root, Elihu, associated with in difficulties of Hilton, Hughes & Co.,37;policy of business and politics,37;consulted on Equitable controversy,82;signs cable to Wilson appealing for help for Armenia,340Rose, William R.,54Roumania, question of Jewish nationalism in,351Roux, Dr. Émile, at International Red Cross Conference,315Rubenstein, Rabbi, recounts history of Vilna excesses against Jews,362Russell, Colonel, sails for International Red Cross Conference,310Russell, Judge Horace, retained by,36Ryan, Thomas,39Said Halim, Prince, Grand Vizier,221,225Samaritans, visit to the tribe on Mount Gerizim,228Samuel, Sir Herbert, significance of appointment as first governing head of Palestine,392Sassoon, Sir Philip, private secretary of Sir Douglas Haig,272Sayre, Dr., on Palestine trip,216Schiff, Jacob H., on Board of Directors Metropolitan Opera Company,100;gives evidence against Sulzer at impeachment trial,173;misfortune at a dinner,299;advises attendance at International Red Cross Conference,308Schmavonian, A. K., attaché at American Embassy, Constantinople,178,187;on Palestine trip,215,231;on trip to French front,259;to British front,266Schurz, Carl, on Independent politics,135Schwab, Chas. M., buys stock in Fuller Construction Co.,72Sebastiyeh, visit to,231Seligman, Joseph, refused accommodations in Saratoga hotel,38;president Society for Ethical Culture,95Senior, Max, not in favour of Zionist plans,349Settlement work, in Manhattan and the Bronx,105Seymour, Harriet,106Shaffer, Chauncey, in law office of,24Sharp, Ambassador, at review of first American troops in France,256Shaw, Peggy, maintaining soldiers’ theatre and rest room at Treves,333Shufro, Jacob,106Sibert, General, in command at Gondrecourt,259Siegel-Cooper & Company, opening New York Store,54Sigerson, Michael,111Simon, Robert E., in the “Subway Boom,”87;partnership with,89Sinclair, General, met on British front,269Singer Sewing Machine Co., in Constantinople,203Skrzynski, M., at reception in Warsaw,365;at luncheon,376Slocum, Gen. Henry W.,118Smith, Alfred E., chairman of factory investigating committee,108;recommended for New York Postmastership,240Smith, J. Henry, on Board of Directors Metropolitan Opera Company,101Society of Ethical Culture, formation,95Southack, Frederick, aids in forming real estate trust company,57Southmayd, Henry M., attorney for the Astors,45Spanish-American War, influence of, on real estate transactions,54,56Speer, Mrs. Emma Bailey, in war work,299St. Patrick’s Cathedral, construction of,8Stanchfield, John B., of Counsel at Sulzer impeachment,172Standard Oil Co., in Constantinople,203Stanislawa, investigations at,367Stanley, Sir Arthur, instrumental in selection of Englishman as Director-General of International Red Cross,319Stewart, A. T., & Co.,36Stillman, James, on Executive Committee of real estate trust company,61;a power in finance,65;interested in increasing capital of Lawyers’ Title Company,68,70;aids in financing of Fuller Construction Co.,71;