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Show AGED EDITOR AND INVENTOR DIES OF JNFLUENZA MORRISTOWN, N. J., May 17. William Allen Mann, 81, editor of Town Topics, and founder of the Smart Set magazine, died today from complications following an attack of influenza. He is survived surviv-ed by his widow and a daughter. He was a veteran of the Civil War. rf Funeral oervlcea will be held Wednesday. Colonel Mann Invented the "Bou i doir car" in 1871, from which the Pullman and sleeping car originated. originat-ed. Immediately after the success of his invention vas assured in America he introduced It In Europe Eur-ope and founded the Campagnie v Internationale Des Wagones, Ltd., which today operates sleeping and dining cars on the transcontinental transcontinen-tal roads. |