THE CHARLOTTE NEWS NOVEMBER 27, 1 910
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SUNDAY MORNING, NOV. 27, 1910.
IT MIGHT BE WORSE.
Misfcrttins are thick in this val-
ley of tears, the moans of the sor-
rowf'j come to our ears ;the law
of hard luck seems the governing
law. and a package of grief is the
prize that we draw. But ff we
would cut out the weeping and
. sighs, and quit pumping brine
from our water-logged eyes, we'd
soon find our sorrows and troubles
disperse: for there's nothing so
bad that it couldn't be worse. It's
well to reflect, when you're bur-
densd with care and trouble comes
down with his feet in the air,
that others have suffered as deep-
fy as you and raised just ss much
of a hullabaloo, and others have
" fcund that a bundle of woe is easy
to lose if you only think so. From
the day you are born "till you ride
in a hearse, there's nothing so bad
that t couldn't be worse. One day
f was ranting around, pretty slum,
for a felon was holding the fort on
my thumb: the surgeon came in
with his saw. and avowed, that I
was a baby for yelling so loud: "I
sawed off the leg of your neigh-
bcr." he said, "'and never a whim-
per came out of his head." Oh !
it's true as you live, that except
Ing this verse there's nothing so
bad that it couldn't be worse.
WALT MASON.
E. D. LATTA.
The retirement from business- activ
ity of E. D. Latta marks the close of a
career of usefulness scarcely without
an equal. If. during the past twenty
one years Charlotte has evoluted front
: a one-horse country village to a lius
1 tlinsr, vigorous city, the Transition is
j due principally to such tireless eap
; tains- of industry as Lim, whose time,
talents and energies have constantly
been devoted to the promotion of the
city's interests.
It is a long call from the day of
horse-drawn coach car to the fast-go-ing
street railway car. and the chasm
; was bridged, by this mau who now lays
: down the industrial armor to spend
1 ihe remainder or his life in quiet.
; Twnty-oue years ago that beautiful
expanse of territory now studded with
I magnificent residences and intersect
ed with well-planned streets, known to
day a? Dilworfh. was a broad expanse
of territory devoted exclusively to the
nurture of broom-sedge and briar
patches. Twenty-one years ago the
; Charlotte Railway Company operated
'through or around the streets a system
of cars drawn by horse. Twenty-one
jeare ago the population of the city
:wss about 1.1,000.
Many were content to give a clear
title to the briar patch. To taik
about transforming the spreading
: sedge fields into a beautiful city su
burb, -was as fanciful to most of the
oldest inhabitants as to talk about
f'J'lng.
, Xnt so lo Mr. Latta. He had that
faculty for looking ahead which has
made hitn a valuable asset to the city.
Believing firmly that the location of
the city in&ured promise of its future
development, he set, about to work in
dustrial miracles. The horse railway
a.s taken over and in its place an
electric system was installed, begin
ning with four oars two for Tryon
and two for Trade. The first car was
, operated by Mr. Latta on May 20th,
1 wenty years ago. At. once he set about
to develop the Dilworth property. How
well he has succeeded every one
knows.
Nor was the ta.k without, its diffi
cutties. Many a man Who could face
a shower of billets on the battened
would have become faint-hearted in
many of the financial storms breasted
by the father of Charlotte's street
railway. His company had its tips
and downs, and too often the downs
were- in the majority. More than once
it appeared that his venture would
be dashed on the rocks of financial
disaster, but the head of the undertak
ing was- not one to, quit without a
fight and the fighter won. To his
lasting credit it mayjbe said that to
this day, when the property which he
has made valuable has passed out of
his hands, not one dollar in diTidends
has been declared, every cent of the
profits being put back into improve
ments "which the public has benefitted
from in increased efficiency of ser
vice. Mr. Latta has made waste places to
burgeon and bloom and bear fruit. Ho
has erected upon neglected territory
beautiful suburbs, lie has placed a
commercial value on territory which
others had neglected. He has furnish
ed the city with its principal sources
of amusements, in the construction of
elegant parks, fie has given his pat
rons one of the best systems of
street railway to be found any where
in the country. He has built streets
and in many ways fostered and pro
moted the development, of the city,
whose interests were always close to
his heart.
In his retirement the city loses one
of its most faithful, able and energetic
builders, and it is- but right that, cred
it be given to him who has contributed
! so richly to the progress of our city.
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j INTER-URBAN DEVELOPMENT.
The gigantic deal made yesterday
afternoon, by which the Southern Pow
er Company takes over the street rail
way system, gas and lighting business
of the IC.'s Company is of great inr
terest to every News reader.
Through the 'past two decade the
railway system of the city has been
constantly improved and extended.
Should the property have fallen into
hands which would permit the pro
perty to deteriorate, the public would
naturally suffer. There is no danger
of such eventuality. On the contrary,
the purchase of the valuable proper
ty is a strong promise of development
heretofore scarcely dreamed of. U
is safe to assume that the facilities for
travel wil be kept up to the high
s-tandard. It is also safe to predict that
This deal :s but the forerunner of a de
velopment: which will give Charlotte
the advantage over any city in the
South.
For several months we have all been
looking forward to the consummation
of theplairs for the construction of a
which shall bring all of the towns and
cities in the territory into close re
lationship. The taking over of the property here
simply means that Charlotte is to be
the hub. about which will radiate this
colossal system a system which,
when completed, will eclipse anything
of-its kiud In the country.
The head of the South era Power
Company in this city. Mr. Lee. is a
man who will bring to Charlotte all
the plums in reach.
The future of the city is indeed
bright.
Wilmington's open season for rice.
To the News and Observer: Is it
because the statements need a stimu
lant, -or merely because you love the
color :
"Turkey are hard to raise" com
plains the Ascheville Gazette-News.
Well, why worry so long as they are
easy to put down?
The educational work carried on u
mill sections of the South was
pictured by one of the speakers at
the convention yesterday in forcible
style. What the South needs is better
equipped worrnen. and this line of de
velopment is receiving close atten
tion. Labor Courts Needed.
At a time when strikes tie up busi
ness and cause general inconvenience,
the long-suffering public often wonders
if it has any rights which employer
or employe is bound to respect, Paris
has lately passed through one of the
most expensive strikes in the history
of modern industrial Europe, and New
York has just been in the grip of a
strike which has cost the general pub
lic gTeat financial loss, to say nothing
of the loss to the. companies from sus
pended business and the loss to strik
ers of a considerable sum in wages
The s-trike in Paris was short-lived,
but it cost the government that is to
say, the public fifty millions of dol
lars, for the railroads there are owned
by the state. The ordinary course of
travel, business and the transportation
of merchandise wras at a standstill and
the capital nearly starved for lack of
food.
The New- York strike would not hefve
been a large affair, neither woul the
public have been greatly inconvenienc
ed, if it had been confined to the employes-of
one company; but it extended
as a "sympathetic strike" to all of ihe
express companies and the general
public got neither "sympathy" nor ser
vice. Strikes are out of date. They are
bad for the employer, the employe and
the public. Labor courts should be es
tablished which should bs open to all
and whose decisions should be com
pulsory. Both sides have their right?;,
but. these would be amply protected
bv such tribunals.--The Christian Her
aid.
"Cheesy" Charlotte.
The Charlotte News says: "Win
some Wilmington is the latest char
acterization of the delightful city by
the . sea. We suppose to carry the
thing out it will be Rabid Raleigh and
Grouchy Greensboro." Manged if we
can see why you want to pretend mod
esty and leave Crazy Charlotte out!
Greensboro News.
"Crazy Charlotte" is appropriate,
but "Cheesy" fills the bill better, and
we move to amend by making it
"Cheesy Charlotte." Raleigh Times.
Crippen Verdict.
Br. Crippen was probably guilty 6f
them urder of his wife, but it was
never proven on hirn. He was con
victed en circumstantial evidence. Tt
was a case where the jury gave the
prosecution the benefit, of the doubt.
Anderson Daily Mail.
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Falls Dead at Holiday Feast.
Rockford, 111., Nov. 24. George Kaut,
a hardware merchant of Burlington,
la., fell dead while eatiner a Thanks
giving day dinner. , . .
A
Gentle Raps at The News
His Vaudeville Act.
The Hon. S. S. McNinch, who 'is a
clever Charlotte gentleman when he
is not a hankering after a seat in
congress as a republican, is per
forming an amusing stunt, by going
around telling that Wall Street beat
him for congress. The strong prob
ability is that Wall Street can prove
an alibi, so Mr. He could have made
a stronger allegation by saddling the
blame on "mocgum."- w ilmlngton
Stan
Would Help Us All.
Good roads, drainage, rural free de
livery, rural telephones, good schools
and our good people are what will
make eastern North Carolina get on
top in a hurry. Let us give thauks
that we have most, of these blessings
I and are in a fair way to have all of
mem in a greater degree than Ave now
nave them. Wilmington Star.
They Are Dee-Lighted.
Candidate McNinch. the republican
nominee defeated for congress tin in
the Chirlotte district, declares that if
he is offered the nomination again he
will certainly accept. As the demo-
eraTSviiationally hope about Roosevelt
so the democrats o? the Chirlotte dis
trict should hope about McNinch
mcy siioum want his re-nomination
and be dee-lighted to have such an
easy mark. Wilmington Dispatch.
City Making and City Makers.
If there has been a lagging in the
effoiTs at city making anywhere in the
south, there is to be redoubled activity
wO make up for it. The efforts of the
city makers in various cities in the
Carolines especially have never bee:
so earnest and vigorous aa-now. There
is a tremendous revival of the deter
mination to make larger and more
prosperous cities wherever the oppor
tunities and possibilities are good.
The movement seems, to be universal.
Probably the most imposing and sig
nificant movement to secure publicity,
attract indu&tries "and promote city
development is that at Charleston. S.
C. The real city makers are the
Chambers of Commerce, the Commer
cial Clubs, and the booster organiza
tions of various kinds, and it is
through the Charleston Chamber of
Commerce that the work there has
been inaugurated on a scale that is
bound to have big results. Hundreds
of Charlestonians have gotten a move
on them and have joined the Chamber
of Commerce so they ran do their
part in working for Charleston. The
Chamber of Commerce in that city has
employed an expert city promoter, ex
perienced and thoroughly equipped for
accomplishing what the Chamber aims
at achieving.
It is effort, in the right direction to
pat the commercial and booster or
ganizations on a strong footing, for
they are the advance guard in city
making. We should say. therefore,
that the' first step in making a city
is to make, live organizations out of
dead ones or organize working bodies
where there are none. Charleston is
not the only city that is infu&ing life
into its Chamber of Commerce. Seve
ral cities are doing the same thing.
Front the Charlotte Evening News it
is noted . that the Charlotte boosters
are getting a few more on their
steady move. We let the News tell it
here: ..
"The Greater Charlotte" Club, under
the presidency of Mr. Keuster, is keep
ing up its record for activity. The new
president is a hustler, and just now he
is making an effort to increase the
club membership to 500. On next -Monday
committees will endeavor to add
75 more new names to the mem
bership roll. Every business man in
the city, if not already a member,
should lose no time in joining this
lub. It means business, and it gets
results. Let's come to the aid of the
new president and help him to realize
his ideas of expansion."
The Star has not called attention to
this activity of other cities for the
purpose of filing space. What is con
tained in this arctile is not intended
for information, but is utilized for the
purpose of throwing out a hint to the
citizens of "Wilmington. Wilmington
has a Chamber of Commerce which
has done effective work but which can
do greater work than it has ever done
if every live man in Wilmington joins
the Chamber or its Commercial drib.
It is- the duty of every Wiimingtonlan,
old and young, to hunt up the Cham
ber and not. wait to be hunted up and
dragged along with the movement for
the upbuilding of Wilmington. This is
all. i on do the rest. Wilmington
Star.
Defends Red Ink.
No sir-ree! The Charlotte News
cannot maks us do it. It says: "One
of the new year pledges of The News
and Observer is to abstain from the
use of red ink." VA newspaper needs
pokeberry like a man in Texas- needs
a gun not very often when he needs
a' gun not very often but when he
needs it he must have it. Raleigh
News and Observer.
"Chesty and Cheerful Charlotte."
Says the Charlotte News: '"Win
some Wilmington" is the latest char
acterization of the delightful city by
the sea. We suppose to carry the
thing out, it will be Rabid Raleigh
and Grouchy Greensboro." Chesty and
Cheerful Charlotte should not object
to Glorious Greensboro and Royal
Raleigh. Wilmington Star.
Sears-Perrow.
Durham, Nov. 26. Information
reaches here from Bay City, Texas,
that Miss Katrina Sears and Mr. W.
G. Perrow were niaried at that place.
It was a quiet affair and celebrated at
tho home, of the bride's sister, Mrs.
W. W. Whitted. Miss Sears left here
two weeks ago for the ostensible pur
pose of visiting her sister and the
marriage comes as a surprise to her
many friends here. The groom is also
well known here, where at one time
he worked for the Norfolk and West
ern. After a bridal tour of the West Mr.
and Mrs. Perrow will reside at Seattle,
Washington.
Mauch Chunk, Pa., Nov. 26. A boy
of 12, Milton Barger, of Harrity, car
ried off the season's gunning honors by
shooting the big buck deer which for
weeks has been , roaming fields and
woods around Harrity. Many adult
hunters had their eyes on the buck,
but. he always eluded them.
THE FflKllSG
OPERATIONS
IIEIESTIIE
If you purchased Continental Wire
less Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany stock a month or so ago, when
it was offered you at a very low fig
ure you will he interested to learn
that it may he worth the price of
the paper it is printed upon.
Postmaster General Hitchcock
headed a raid, on "get-rich-quick"
stock promoters' offices in New York
last Tuesday and flushed the dens of
the greatest swindlers ever rounded
up in this country! The Continental
Wireless Telephone and Telgraph
Company was the second to be taken
in toe by the authorities. The books
and all equipmeut of the company
seized: thep resident of the com
pany arrested and held in $20,000
bond and other officers and directors
of ihe company are now being sought
after.
Sstock Was Sold in Charlotte.
Continental Wireless stock was of
fered for sale in this -city and sec
tion during .July and August of this
year. Mr. I. W. Gregory was district
selling agent for North and South
Carolina and employed sub-salesmen.
Mr. Gregory is not in the city and
nothing could be gathered from him
personally but enquiry at his resi
dence on South Tryon street last
night The News was informed that
Mr. Gregory learned several weeks
ago that The Continenal Company
was not "gilt edge" and severed his
connection with the company after
he had cancelled a large amount ot
business he had placed for the com
pany. The News' informant asked
that it be stated that Mr. Gregory
was in no way connected with the
Continental Company other than
salesman employed by. what . he
thought, at first to be reliable and
trustworthy.
In connection with the -raids by the
government inspectors. The New
York World of Tuesday lias the fol
lowing: Burr Brothers, Inc., of nialodouors
fame, a company with offices in the
Flatiron building, exposed in The
World two weeks ago. was one of
the concerns raided. Three men were
arrested Shelton C. Burr, the com
pany's president; Frank TL Tobey,
vice-president and Eugene H. Burr.
se.-M-etary-trea surer. AU were held
first in $20,000 and later in $10,000
bail by United States Commissioner
Shields and jailed over night in the
tombs.
Said to Have Cleared $15,G00,000.
The?e men valone are charsred
with having hold thep ublic between
$40,000,000 and $oO.0OO,OOi of bogus
stocks of all sorts and descriptions
and cleared $15,000,000. . -
Soon after the arrest of the prin
cipals in Burr Bros.. Inc.. who are
selling the stock of the $5,000,000
Bnick Oil Company, Charles L.
Vaughan, director and until recently
vice-president and treasurer of the
Continental Wireless Telephone and
Telegraph Company, of No. 5fi Pine
street, and treasurer of th Columbia
Finance Corporation, fiscal agents for
the wireless company, was arrested.
He was held by Commissioner Shields
in $10,000 and sent to the tombs. All
the men werec barged with fraudu
lent, use of the mails.
Warrants are out for other men
connected with the two schemes, one
of whom, it is believed, is the orig
inator of the "sucker" lists used for
five years Dast. bv "fi-er-rifh-mi.!.-"
stock promotors. One of these lists
was found in the offices of Van khan's
companies, containing the names of
JO.ooo persons, mauy of whom are
ministers, school teachers and wid
ows. Postmaster General Hitchcock said
last night:
The arrest of thep rincipals in
Burr Brothers and the Conri
Wil eless -Company constitute two
more cases in the series of investi
gations the postal authorities have
been making in their crusade against
the fraudulent use of the mails. With
the Avork accomplished today seventy
eight such cases have been brought
to a nead auring the year.
Extent of the Frauds.
It is estimated that the swind
ling operations of these seve.ntv-
eight eases have filched from the
American people in a period of five
years over $100,000,000.
Ihe crusade now in progress is
the result of a carefully laid plan of
some months aeo. the first sfr in
which was a thorough reorganization
ol uie inspection service with the se
lection of a new chief postmaster in
spector and certain changes and re
assignments in the force of inspec
tors in charge of the fifteen insnerv
tion division's. As the investigation
proceeded it became apparent that
ths fraudulent use of the mails was
more far reaching than had been real
ized by the department. A vast sys
tem of fraud, as extensive in its ram.
ifications as the postal service itself,
had been develoned bv unsc,rnmiln?is
men who were stealing from the peo-
pie juiiuoiis or dollars annually.
ormeriy it was thep ractice to is
sue a fraud order aeainst. the s-uiltv
concern. This method Droved inef-
feCtive. Whilift it derived th nffonri.
ing concern of the use of the malls
it was a simple matter for its pro
moters to reor&ranixfe under a new-
name and thus evade the law. In the
department's present crusade the
practice has been tn oroceed imni.
diately to the arrest of the principals.
The results e.r.nmlished renrsnt
only the beginning. The work of in
vestigation and prosecution will pro
ceed with all possible vigor until the
swmcuing ot the people tnrougn. the
use of the mails is brought to an
end.
Burr Bros.' Career.
Burr Bros.' (Incorporated) career
Is well known to World readers. It
was organized in a Harlem flat after
the two brothers had decided that
the haberdashery business in Leaven
worth, Kan., was too small for their
endeavors. Their recent activities
have been largely In California cil
development, some ot which may be
all right, say the postal inspectors.
The company was started as a co
partnership in 1907 and was incorpo
rated under the laws of Connecticut
with a capital of $100,000 and last
year was increased to 8300,000. Aside
from selling the stock of the Buick
Oil Comnany, capitalized at $5,000,000,
and of which more than $2,000,000
is believed to have "Been disposed
of to the public, Burr Bros., incorpo
rated, have recently organized the
following oil companies :
Colinga Consolidated, capitalized at
$1,000,000; Coalinga Alladin. $1,000,
000: Kern-Western, $750,000: New
York-Coal inga, '$500,000; 'Coalinga
Crude Oil, $400,000; People's Associ
ated Oil Company, $1,000,000.
Asidef rom twenty or thirty min
ing, oil and other wildcat companies,
capitalized at millions, now out cf
existence, Burr Bros., Inc., have sold
stock in the following existing com
panies: Happy Jack Copper Mining
and Developing Company, $500,000;
Yukon Basin Gold Dredging Com
pany, $1,000,000; Toledo. Wabash and
St. Louis Railroad, $G,000,000; Chi
cago, New York Electric Air Line
Railroad, $2,000,000, in .connection
with 'ths Co-operative Construction
Company, $1,000,000, and of the Vitak
Company, $1,000,000, now in the
hands of a receiver. They also sold
lots in Lincoln, N. J.
It can safely be said that they
sold stock at par value of from $40,
000,000 to $50,000,000. Besides offices
in this city they at times have had
oflices in .Cleveland, Chicago, Los
Angeles and San Francisco. They
were driven out of California by the
state authorities.
in every instance they have nrom
ised large dividends with an increase
in the value of the stock, but none
of the companies had paid any divi
dends. The Second Raid.
The raid on the office: of the Con
tinental Wirele&s Company was led
by Postal Inspector Carter B. Keen.
The specific charge was an attempt
to defraud Walter N. Altaian, of No.
2001 Ciay street, Topeka. Kan., and
many others. Keene seized forty bags
full of the papers and books of the
Conttnental and the Columbia
nance Corporation.
After ihe arrest of Christopher
lumbus Wilson; president of
Fi-
Co
ihe United Wireless, hundreds of com
plaints were received by the post
office Department against the Con
tinental Wireless, which was flooding
the courntry with circulars and had
fifty salesmen
the country.
operating throughout
The Continential is an Arizona cor
oration, organized in October, 1909,
with a stated capital of $5,000,000,
with a par value of $1 per share. It
purported to be a combine of four
wireless telephone and telegraph com
panies. The " recent officers of the
Continental 'were: F. T. Davis. vesi
dent; Charles L. Vaughan. vice-president
and treasurer; Walter W.
Massie, vice president; C. B. Walter,
secretary; Thomas E. .Clark, general
manager; A. Frederick Collins, con
sulting engineer. Its directorate con
sisted Frank Ford, Detroit; N. A.
Harkns, Detroit; A. C. Jessup. New
York City;. A. .T. Lauer, Auburn. N.
Y.: F. H. Schoenmaker, Seattle, Gen.
J. L. Stopplebein. Atlanta; Max Low
enthal. New York; H. W. Lee. Chi
cago; ft. M. Davis, Wilmington; Judge
E. R. Cochran, Wilmington, and
Isaac. - Gans, Washington, - D. C. Mas
sie, Clark, Schoenmaker, Cochran,
A. J. Latter and Davis have recentlv
resigned . S. D.- Bradford was elect
ed president in Davis's place. Vau
ghan resigned as treasurer and be
came treasurer of the Columbia Fi
nance Corporation, the Continential's
fiscal agent.
Sold Stock and Bonds.
Postmaster-General Hitchcock's re
ports indicate that the Continential
has sold $116,000 worth of its stock
at. from $1 to $1.25 a share. In
the last few weeks a bond issue of
$250,000 has been - made contrary to
printed promises and $10,000 w'orth
sold the' public with a stock bonus of
25 per cent. The company's circulars
assued investors that the project was
"a conservative, safe and profitable
investment and that the holding com
pany would have a. large field of
operation with tremendous profits ac
cruing through immediate trans-Con-tinential
service." These statements
are all declared false by Postoffice In
spector Robinson in the complaint
on which warrants were issued.
10th Convocation
Of Charlotte
The tenth annual meeting of the
convocation of Charlotte will be held
at Greensboro, beginning Wednesday
November 30th and continuing through
to December the 10th. The meetings
will be held in Trinity Parish.
The entire program for the convo
cation is as follows:
Wednesday, November 30th, 8 p. m.
Evening prayer and sermon, by Rev.
Harris Mallinekrodt (Alternate, Rev.
C. P. Willcox).
Thursday, December 1st, 10 a. m.
Holy Communion and address, by the
bishop.
llioO a. m. -Organization and ap
pointment of mommittees.
12 m. Prayer for missions.
1 p. m. Recess.
3:."0 p. ra. Report of ministers and
treasurers.
8 p. m. Evening prayer. 15-minute
talks on the topic "The Church's Mis
sion to the People in this Diocese."
(a) "Survey of the Feld."
The Venable E. A. Osborne
(b) "Our Responsibility,"
- - i Rev. A'. R. Berkelev
(c) "Our Opportunity." ..
Hon. Jno. S. Henderson
Friday, December 2,
7:30 a. m. Holy Communion.
10 a. m, Morning prayer. Fifteen
minute addresses on the topic "For
warding Missions in this Convocation "
(a) "The Duty of -the Parish and
Parochiel Clergy"..
Rev. H. T. Cocke
(b) "The Duty of the Mission and the
Missionary." ;
...... . .Rev. Francis M. -Osborne
(c) "What the Women Can Do."
; -Rev- W. J. Gordon
(d) "YVhat the Children Can Do."
' , .Rev. Geo. M. Tolson
(e) "Church Work Among Deaf
mutes." (f)"The Thompson Orphuage."
: Rev. W. J. Smith
12 m. Prayer for missions.
Report of committees.
1 p. m. Recess.
1:30 p. m. Business.
8 n- iBvening prayer. Laynien't
evening. Topic: "The Layman at Work
in the Church."
(a) "In Finance." .
'iV ' .IIon' J- S- Henderson
-( L J.n TcMng and Personal
v ork. . . ... .Hon. J. C. Buxton
Florence
Crimea.
Written Especially for Sunday News:
"Never a. scarlet cross then,
Protected the torment of men
(Shattered and bleeding and rent)
Shots that had sped, and were spent,
Moved them to curse and to cry;
Heaped them to writhe and to die.
Sweetest of women was she,
First of the mild ministry
Mercy of Heaven has sent
Into the hospital tent.
One, and a woman and when
i nere they groaned thousands
men.
of
Hands that could clutched
at her
dress
Lips that could, parted to bless.
Dim eyes all left that could stir
Worshipping, called after her.
Gashed by the sight of that hell, -As
flesh by the shot and the shell,
Spendthrift of mercy she gave.
Men in the grip of the grave
Battered back death for a while,
To carry away but her smile.
He went through a motherly land
Who passed, with a hand in her hand.
His face was the peacefullness there,
Who died in the arms of her prayer. '
But slaughtered and tortured they lie,
By hundreds she passes them by
Gentle and simple and rough.
Of tenderness who has enough
When life converges to death?
Paling and broken of breath.
They whom she never might reach
Touch of her, sign of her, speech,
-vught of her what did they then
They, the denied of the men?
Oh, dying lips have living power;
And all the world had missed
The echoing cry of that, red hour
"Upon our pillow then we kissed
Her shadow as it fell.
She passed us by, and so we kissed
Her shadow where it fell."
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, in The Atlan
tic Monthly, August, lDOtl.
On August 13, 1910 passed out a life
that has perhaps as no other single
life of the century wrought for the
relief of human pain.
To the English girl born in Italy 90
years ago, was given the name of the
beautiful city that has cast its spell
over thousands, and the family name.
Shore, was changed to Nightingale
when the family estates were inherit
ed. Fortunate has it been for her cause
that its inspirer had so musical and
suggestive a name, standing as it does
for individuality and strength. The
daughter of the Capnlets to" the con
trary, there is much in a name.
She was brought up in Derbyshire
and Hampshire, and though fun-loving
and a trained rider, she showed the
marked sympathy within her from
babyhood and constantly playing doc
tor to her dolls and the lame dogs of
the countryside. Little is known of
those early years. Her education, be
fore she began-to specialize, was of
wide range and unusually thorough.
She had every advantage that wealth
and station could give a girl of her
period and she faced life at 21 years
of age, rarely accomplished and pe
culiarly sympathetic. It was not, how
ever, an emotional synijathy unwilling
to drudge for a more intelligent ex
pression. At. this early age. following the ex
ample of John Howard, she made a
tour to inspect the Continental hospit
als; in Paris she took a. course in
nursing and In hospital management,
and later a more extended course in
the Lutheran hospital at Kaiserwoith.
Germany. Unknowingly she was gett
ing ready for the work that was to be
hers when her country and humanity
called. Before she was thirty years
old she had twice brought on illness
by over-work, but she had also shown
what she could do, in the management
of the Haiiey street home for sick gov
ernesses, bringing it to a solid finan
cial basis, and making it efficient in
every way. She had also given to the
work of nursing a dignity which it had
not previously had.
In 1S54, British troops went to
Crimea in the contest with Russia. The
so-called hospitals were crowded. For
the first time newspaper correspond
ents fold the awful story, and Sir How
ard Russell, renresentine the London
Times, laid the facts before his coun-' lie and will be begun .Monday morn
trymen. British soldiers were dying not ing.
from bullets, but from neglect the J The Identified Dead.
slow death from gangrene that war I , , .
meted out to its victims. "Are there,"! I?e" u. J1 " '
he wrote, "no devoted -women among , 4'Vc?'T t
v, TERESA PARA1LLLT.
U9 CX-l l OUU Willing LU gU 3.KJI 1.11 CIJ1V4. ,
minister to the suffering of the East?"
Florence Nightingale answered. "Here
am I. send me." With forty assistants
she left for Scutari. The battle of
Balaklava was fought on October 25th
that pathetic blunder that Tennyson
has inimortalizedAand the fruitage of
the camnaiern was 18.000 sick and
wounded soldiers. Filth and infection
held deadly sway. Florence Nightin
gale, with her hardy helpers, arrived
on November 4th to begin a terrible j
winter. The hospital was an old Turk
ish barracks in which there were four
teen miles of corridors, but no provis-
sion for washing, n kitchen. There was
n antispeptic methods used in surgery,
and sanitary regulations were un
dreamed of. To this place the woman
came. The foul noisy place became
clean and ah semblance of order reign-
ea. wer supplies were consumed oy uie
unthought-of need and she wrote to
England for more. So effective was the
appeal ehe made that from the royal
palace aownwara, wngnsn women
were busy making bandagea and pre
paring lint for England's wounded. The
mother-heart of the nation had heard
and answered, and made possible a
work that MissvNTightingale could not
have done alone. '
That she had remarkable gifts as an
organizer was recognized by the sec
retary of war: he stated that she was
the one woman In England who could
meet the crisis. She could stand for
twenty hours out of twenty-four to ease
the pain of suffering men, and under
her ministrations the percentage of
death was so reduced that it seemed
unbelievable.
The world was electrified by' such
marvelous skill and such marvelous
love, but the inevitable result prostra
toing fever followed. The break-down
was permanent. She awoke to find her
self world-wide. She had given in pres-sed-down
measure. She had given her
all. Though an invalid, her work was
not yet done.
In 1857 writes Dr. Pierson. "she
rurnisiied tlie commisionei s who had
been appointel to inquiro into the
regulations affecting the sanitary con-
furnished the commisionei s who had
dltions of the British army, vith a
most remarkable paper of written ani
Nightingale
detailed evidence, imn.,.
cnaracteristic torr- " ??.a uli th
Which distinguished her , c)eares
operations, what. L " Km
" 'mi slip niv.,, "-uta
great lesson of tho J'l.OCounce4 ih
of
rim
Crimean Z.
uuiary experim
scale. Her nl , .- a
Her close ! d coioss.i
'hole progress f .C,'yA-1 Of tt,
! . "x VPJSPn,-. I... .Hi
nict convinced her tit .fntlc
2
" j H.1UOU
J among soldiers r'i - cf
ons-haf of wWt h f n- r
f peace at hom r- ev?n''
auced to
in time
viction compelled her t cu-.
tention to the 2enrQi
to tm
itary reform in the
que-?
'B uie cam pa isn and ? Jlu
uotu j
A memorial fmni frf mi,.
!"cul " uer as a sttm " " .
iversal appreciation of Vw'J.
un
of every soldier in the W.-:v v,'a?
and contributions from m
tries. Recognising , rh "ae
an opportunity to further hi !rt
she established an iwtK f
training of nurses-ih m'
Home to which for raaav lf'
gave personal supervision )"
Hlule our civil war was ;n lv.
Henri Durant. of Gen.
her example and work h it 'r
I work. Out of this confine-. Lf
ueu cross Society, and iho tvh r e
itself has been called th tZ,im
Miss Nightingale. " ' '' "U,r' of
In l.?07. Kins: Edwa r. v. .
OUlv Woman rnamh ',' u" U,
Merit.
established hv -Vu: 01
within its membership Utm'itcc ,'''
being such men as Locs w- in .
Lister. Admiral Togo, nrt!
Roberts men whose wo- J i,
epochal. In 1908 the STooni V -2
City cf London was exfPr.(K ,()'v,
From her room, for fifty v.irs '1
inspired, encouraged. 8n(1'
work in all parts of the w0 , ,f
betterment of hospital and' Zr
conditions. Plans for Vn.
were brought to her for surest ion m
approval. She wrote constantly Z
her boohs are considered ;.'miV..':.'.
u-" uji t 1 1 puases oi
relief work.
preventive
She has hern given bea-ir.'hi v,
Longfellow called her. in hN .m'.','
ful poem, "The Lady with a Uav!
Kmglake in his Hir.tory of th? fim4n
War calls her the "Lady-in-ChW " nnrf-
.4- 1, . 1- t ... ' 1111
must ut-rtuuiui or aii is t h s r u
she is generally known. "Th
of the Crimea."
vhiclt
COXTRlRlTOa.
Twenty-two Girls
the fourth floor disregardc-tl the shout?
of the firemen and other? brgsn 10
jump. ' Even after tho nets had !.p,.n
spread several were badly injured hY
landing on top of one another in the
nets.
While the girls Mere still junijiine
three brave priests. Fathers Keruan,
Dillon and Brennan of St. Patrick''
Cathedral, appeared and unmindful of
the danger, bent over ihe dead and
dying and administered the last riie
of the church to those who Trere. still
alive. Burning embers wei? fallinv;
about them and flames were couunj:
out of the windows within a few feet
of-f hem: but they wont on until there
wns nothing left for them to do.
The entire city fire depart raeni yr.t
working by this time, water tower?,
engines, ladder companies and all. hut
they could do nothing against tl
spread cf flame in thnt tinder box of
a building. x
At this time the Xsurer.nq were
working with the injured and pre.ri:u;
private 'automobiles for use as am
bulances to carry the sufferers to 1k
pitals. It was after 1 o'clock' before th
tons of water played on th" fire reel
ed it enough to permit the firetiten f
climb throttsh the smoke blackened
windows. It was seen then that t'ie
fourth floor had fallen to the third:
that part of the third had givn way.:
as well as the second. Hut nten clin'i
ed in and recovered eight bodies
for they were ordered to abandon
the work because of the danger cf the
walls falling on them.
Wilbur A. Moft. public iro?ec:!or
for Essex county, declared tonisht
that he woulrd institute sn exhanstho
investigation into the causes of 'v9
fire. This investigation will he- pub-
BESSIE ROSEN.
NELLIE NAHWOECKI.
ROSE CLEARY.
MILDRED WATER?.
MRS. FRANCES KOSFK'A,
MAY L. MELYIX,
SADIE G REE AN.
IDA WOOLTY.
GERTRUDE DENTON.
MRS. MARY LA PERK.
ABBIE WASHINGTON.
Digs up Her Dead Child.
Bristol. Pa., Nov. 26. The of
woman digging up her recpntlT-bnr.fi
child with a pitchfork and hugging
corpse, created a panic among the 1k
dav visitors to Sr. Mark's ceniefer-.
the woman was a Mrs. Sp.nneiu.
whose little daughter died Mvetf
sm Venrninc: for another s.gn
of jier ove, one. the rnotner
the cemetery todav with a titrhfon
Afav on-v,,- neonfe in a distant se-
tiou' of "tie fround noticed her fczniZ
and then hugging what was anym 1
a body. , .
Investigators rushed up 31,(1
she had disinterred the coffin.
the corpse in her arm. r!'f
were called, the child rebur.ed
the woman locked hp. to oe xai.i
as to her sanity.
Policemen Cleared of Charje.
Phoenixville, Pa., Nov.
the evidence was weak f?- L rK-pI!r
men William Morris and Vvib J;,
were cleared of charges r.
the police committee of flfa
gess O'Neal, who wade tbj Jf -and
suspended the men. fauea
pear at the hearing.
Birmingham, Ala., ;--.;' r -a
inette B. Hayes, of &
today selected grand re.c
Kappa Psi Fraternity. 'Jtnei
elected were: i4.,;n X c
Justin F. Grant. yf'mm-
! grand vice rest.". , treasw;
j New York clt7. Bwe"'- Yort. gran
er; Henry J. Goechei. -- B,r.
' registrar, and J- Pcl " m editor,
mingham, grand historic