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Show STARTS TOO LATE TO REACH BEDSIDE Marshal Field III Informed of His Mother's Death in England by Wireless. NEW YORK. Sept. 19. The deatn, of Mrs. Maldwin Dninomond. formerly Mrs. Marshall Field. Jr., of Chicago, at her estate, Cad land, near Southampton, England, Eng-land, was announced in a cablegram received re-ceived here today. Marshal! Field IIT. her son. and his wife walled from here yesterday on the liner St. IjOuIs for Liverpool. News of Mrs. Drummond's death, which occurred yesterday, was received here in a cable message today by Mrs. Charles H. Marshall, whose daughter is the wife of Marshall FieJd IIT. Mrs. Drummond had been ill for some time. Mr. Field was notified of a serious change In her condition, and he immediately imme-diately prepared to sail for England by i the first steamer. He was pd vised by wireless on board the St Louis today of his mother's death. Since her marriage to Captain Drummond, Drum-mond, after the death of her first husband. hus-band. Mrs. Drummond had resided at his estate near Southampton. Tier husband has been with his giment since the beginning be-ginning of the war. Mrs. Drummond. who was 42 years old is survived by her husband and three children, Marshall Field TIT. Henry Field, who Is at the front with the British forces, a nd Miss Gwendolyn Field. It was said here that Mrs. Drummond probably prob-ably would be buried in England. CHICAGO. Sept. 19. Mrs. Maldwin Drummond. who died on Saturday in England, once was a social leader in Chicago as the wife of Marshall Field, Jr.. who died some ten years ago of a pistol shot wound Inflicted while he was preparing to go camping. She was Albert Al-bert ine Huck, daughter of Ix)uis Huck. a wealthy real estate dealer and neighbor neigh-bor of the Field family. Mrs. Drummond had three children while the wife of Marshall Field IT. Two sons, Marshall Field III and Henry are principal heirs lo the large estate of the first Marshall Field and are among the richest young men In America. The third child is a daughter, Gwendolyn. Mrs. Drummond's mother died many years ago and her father ten years ago. but her step-mot her still lives in Chicago. Chi-cago. Mrs. Drummond . had visited Chicago a number of times after taking iip her residence in England. While on the way to Chicago in 1911 her suite aboard the steamer Amerikn was entered by thieves, who took $130,000 worth of jewels. Including In-cluding a necklace of 2S3 pearls, valued at $6Moo. Besides having her husband and younger young-er son in the British army In the present pres-ent war, two of Mrs. Drummond's nephews neph-ews went to war. one fighting with the German and the other with the Italian army. The son of her sister Frieda, wife of Baron Kunowski, was killed while fighting the French early In the war. Baron Kunowski has won the iron cross fighting against the Russians. Mrs. Drummond's other sister. Daisy Huck. married Marehese Splnola, member of an ancient Italian family. Her son is In the same regiment with his father, fi gluing against the Austrian? in the Tyrol. At her English estate Mrs. Drummond opened a rest for wounded soldiers anil worked unceasingly to help the veterans, (Continued on Page 3, Sport Section.) STARTS TOO LATE TO REACH BEDSIDE (Continued from Page One.) although she waE weait from a serioua operation she underwent In June. 1914. Mrs. Drummond was slightly injured in an automobile accident two years ago during her last visit to Chicago. Mrs. Drummond's death will In no way affect the Field estate. The main estate, t9P.000.00D, wa-s to remain intact under the will of Marshall Field II for forty years, and most of the income was to be reinvested. It is estimated that should M- Drummond's elder son, Marshall Field III. live to be SO years old his shars of the a- cumulated estate would be J-M?,-000. Off). |