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: The glow of health gives beauty
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I’KRSON Vii MENTION
Austin 1.11 mm w«• 111 to Watcrvlllo
Mi hiisincss I rldav afternoon.
HI. nnil Mrs. Mrrle Clindbourne
returned to her home In Harmony
IThlnx afternoon.
\i «•» norothy i mv waa in Water
i 111 e (nr jcvernl hours Saturday
V h» * s *'* Is st udl lug :i 11.
Mrs |.i ri ■ t Croeker passed the
1 Hntnrdai at tlirlr farm home In
Hint V !> ' .
.1 \ l.riirmnl of Watervllle was
In ion n on biiMtii for the Central
Mi .■ I'mur l 'o . Ha t uril.i v.
M I 1 | a Mnrk'iue of I owlet on.
h i■ i. «n ii i’ (u< “t of her aunt. Mrs.
V\ M. • •' Mi it n.
Mi--- I ■mil Iti rnnrd went to Water
uni l • wiston on business Hatur*
|n morning leaving on the morning
li e In.
Ml I Allot e Clark was the gues'
•oi l t o werl • ml at the home of
'll ■ 1 Mi • S. I i. Knight In < » ik
■and.
• « n I'lrtk C.eorge Soti'e reports
o"ow , Man , - • s. II; deaths,
I j I • 111 a 1 for tie month of April
> o <!' H at his oflii e.
i hoi re In , mi of Oldfown It In
0 n i j, , unr a f• tvc ks with his
n .'i ■ Mrs W II < fill ion whom he
mi l not si on for tunny rears.
Ci a- W (Siioijh if, JMgnr Imn
10.1 si m r.il ot lo r gent lemen
io i . up a • ►' . uf pally to Ca11 >
,.oo I. going up Sa tlirila v.
M | i (Hi . iih-af went to Wa
i e on (he morn ng train Satur
1 -ire : e is t'a" pin st of her
i o' Ml. anil Mis. Samuel Tny
ii 11 .
I ■. root | ||.. t w• i t to Augusta
t i • i i o ' i'll, 's for the fir o of
h t i I lli;: f of which his father,
i i ’ ,, m 11.,11 is the senior mem
Ms.sr ii Wr.hr, the superintend
• lit of II I- h" a! 1 op of II'O Somers. I
*h >» • nil ini ii lurin' 1 on the 7 I"
i ■■■ i• r t • o Saturday from an ofli
Mnl trip to Huston.
Ml s 1' no he ifsgue anil her
v **t ■ Wufrcd (iiigtie of Augusta,
nil'' I In town Saturday noon to
il«lt for a few da\s with their motll
ti M : i 'ha ru s Thi ha i g
1 md \ dlhoi went to Gorham
tta t ill da \ iii fie S o'clock train
s ! >• • i h. w is the mn t of his sister.
Mi*s | 11 h \ahiete who Is a student
it t ■ Gorhoui State N'ormal sehool
wii tin week end mid on Saturday
n. gw is her gui st at a sehool
4a m e
1 Federated Mission
Circle Entertained
Mrs. Della Jj. Bartlett very happily
entertained the ladies of the Fed
erated Missionary Circle at her home
: • >u Madison avenue, Friday after
noon. The president of the circle,
Mis. Dorothy Thurlow, presided, the
Scripture lesson was read by Miss
JIannah Jt. Page and prayer was of
fered by Mrs. Hattie D. Foglcr and
tlie ladies uniting in the Ford's
prayer. The secretary, Mrs. Jennie
Murray was absent and Mrs. Vina 1!.
Greenwood acted ns secretary pro
tern and gave an interesting account
of the Inst meeting. Arrangements
were made, for the next meeting
which will tie held on the first Fri
day in June with Mrs. Mary M.
Green way at her home on Leavitt
I st r< et.
The program for the afternoon
I was directed by Mrs. Eva It. Green
I wood and the subject considered was
i'1'liina." Interesting current events.
I Mrs. ]iliznbetli Marble. The material
used in the program was sent to
Mrs. Greenwood by Mrs. Mary
j Woodbury, a national secretary and
proved very instructive as well ns
intensely interesting and consisted
"f a paper, ‘'China and Its Awaken
ing," read bv Miss Page; ‘Story of
Little Ming," read by Mrs. Fogler;
pap'-r, ‘ \\'i stern Maine Missionaries
In Glilnn,” read bv Mrs. Kerby;
selections from "Tlie Gliinese Klaid
osenpc" read l>y Mis. Kva It. Creen
Worid closed tlie program.
Mrs. Bartlett served delicious re
fnsliments including sandwiches and
tea. wafers, macaroons, mints. Mrs.
Bartlett was assisted in serving by
Mrs. Vina It. Greenwood and Mrs.
Kva Jt. Greenwood poured the tea.
During the serving of refreshments
a very pleasant social time was en
joy, d by tlie Jorge number present.
Coming Events
The regular meeting of tlie First
f liilatliea class will lie hel*l at 7.1,0
Wednesday evening, May 10th in the
parlors of the Federated church.
There will be four throe-minute nd
drerses by Mrs. Elizabeth A. Marble,
Misses ('addle Brown and Florence
Wit lire and Mis. Darrell on their
rro< nt trip to Washington, D. C.
W. J. T.nrke and Mr. Manning of
tlie claim department of tlie Maine
(Vntrnl Bnilroad of Portland were in
town tlic last of the week on ofTirlal
I usiness.
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PERSONAL MENTION
Mrs. Gerald Woodsum of Oakland
arrived in town Saturday on the
morning train to visit with her sis
■ ter, Miss Kva Springer at the home
,of Mr. and Mrs. Norton on 'Water
street.
W. J. Groder of Randolph arrived
in town on the 7.10 A. M. train Sat
urday and returned Sunday, being
here on matters of business. Whilo
in town Air. Groder was the guest of
his mother, Mrs. George Groder.
Miss Mao Sylvester who has been
in town the guest of Miss Vivian Mc
I Kay at the home of her parents. Mr.
|i>».d Mrs. Fred McKay on North
avenue, returned to her home in
Lewiston Friday afternoon.
Miss Gladys Roberts, a stenog
rapher in Dexter, arrived in town
[Saturday on the 11 A. M. train and
| was the guest over Sunday of her
| parents. Mr. and Mrs. K. K. Roberts
I at the home of John Campbell on the
Canaan road.
Miss Laura Nottage, the teacher of
the sehopl in the i’arker district on
the north side of the river, arrived in
town on the 11 A. M. train Saturday
and that afternoon attended a meet
ing of the rural school teacher's after
which she went to Fast Madison to
pass the week-end at her home.
Miss Marion Lard x\ho has been
passing a week's vacation with her
parents, Air. and Mrs. Thomas G.
l.ord at their home on the corner of
Turner avenue and Bridge street, re
turned Sunday to Sanford where she
i is a member of the High school
[ faculty.
Harry A. Ximsmoro retimed from
Portland Friday evening ■where he
had hren attending the annual meet
ing of tiie Grand Council of Maine.
While in Portland Mr. Dinsmore
[was eleeted and installed Right Illus
trous Deputy Grand Master of the
Grand Council of Maine.
Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Clark of Madi
son were in town Saturday morning
land left on the 8 o’clock train for
Alhion where they were called to at
tend the funeral service of Mr.
Clark's sister, Airs. R. F. Crawford
which was held at her home Sunday
morning at 10 o’cloek.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Poirier of Wa
teryi 11 e have been in town for several
days because of the illness of their
sister, Mrs. Samuel X^oirier who has
been very siek at her home on Cow
rit, slreet. Mr. Poirier returned to
his home Saturday on the 8 o'clock
train but Mrs. Poirier remained for
a longer stay with her sister.
Vernon Ayer, the herdsman at
Sunnyside Stock Farm of Frank
Jlight in Cornville, accompanied by
Mrs. Ayer, wore in town Saturday
morning and ietf on the 8 o’elock
train for Rath where they will be
guests of Mrs. Ayer's mother, Mrs.
Frank Card. Mr. Ayer has at the
present time the care of 41 head of
stock.
William B. Reed of Damariscotta
arrived in town Friday on the eve
ning train to be in town Saturday
when the remains of his father,
Charles Reed who died a few months
ago were taken from the Southside
tomb and buried. The remains of
Mr. Reed’s little grandson, Albert,
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Em
erson, who died a few weeks after
Mr. Reed's death was burled in the
same grave.
Frank Curtis who is employed by
I.eon Wltham in the automobile re
pair business has returned from
Portland where lie has been taking
a course in Xiattcrics, Mr. Curtis mo
tored to Wellington Wednesday
where Mrs. Curtis and their two
j daughters, Arlene and Virginia had
been the guests of his mother, Mrs,
Nellie Whitehouae and Mrs. Curtis’
sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs.
James Boston during Mr. Curtis’ ab
sence in Portland. Mr. and Mrs.
Curtis and daughters returned to
their home on Beech street Thurs
day.
Funeral of Bernard Boyle
The funeral service for Bernard
Boyle, who passed away at his home ;
on East street Thursday morning was i
held Saturday morning at the Notre |
Dame of Lourdes church with the i
pastor, Rev. Fr. J. Louis A. Renaud i
officiating. The remains were buried
in the St. Mary’s Catholic cemetery
on North avenue.
Local Brief*
Mrs. Carrie Steward, assisted by
her sister, Mrs. Florence Dunning
ton, entertained members of the First
Philathea class of the Federated
church at their home on Baptist ;
Hill Friday afternoon. The time i
w*as passed sewing for the fair which
the class will hold in the fall. A
happy social time was enjoyed And
the hostesses served grapejmee,
strawberries and fancy cookies.
Relief Corps Meets
The regular meeting of the Russell
Relief Corps was held Friday after
noon at the Grand Army hall. The
routine business was transacted with
the president, Marita F. Merrill,
presiding. The initiatory work was
performed upon four new members. •
The patriotic instructor, Mrs. Louise
Furbush, has visited the schools and
found only five without flajjs. The
corps on Friday afternoon voted to
purchase nice silk flags and present
to these schools.
There was no program but after
*iio business session a pleasant social |
time was enjoyed and the following j
ladies, Mrs. Francis H. Smith, Mrs. j
Mora Lewis, Mrs. Alta Elliott, Mrs.
Nellie Savage, Mrs. Ida Smith. Mrs.
Nettie Dyer and Mrs. Mary B. Stineh
field, served delicious refreshments
of ice cream, saltines and fancy
wafers.
The next meeting will be held on
Friday afternoon. May 19th, when a
program on “Peace Day" will be
given under the direction of the
patriotic instructor, Mrs. Louise Fur
bush.
K. K. C!ub Honors Birthday of j
Member
The young people ol the K. K. club I
met at the home of their leader, j
Miss Margaret Smith, on the corner j
of Maine and Bloomfield streets, Fri- i
day evening to observe, the birthday 1
of one of their number, Kov Bos- !
worth, whose birthday occurred on i
Sunday. Games were played and a
very happy evening was passed by
those young folks, who have during
the, winter had many pleasant gath
erings.
Mr. Bostworth was presented with'
a. Mavbasket which contained many
fine gifts, included among them he- *
ing a fountain pen, Eversharp pencil,
$2 in pennies and one-dollar Dill and
other gifts.
The leader, Miss Smith, was also
presented with a Maybasket which
was aery handsome and contained
delicious fruits. Harlequin ice cream, j
saltines and a birthday cako wore
served. The guest of honor and all
others present will have happy
recollections of this party.
i $35,000 Limit on the
High School Annex
j F. A. Patterson, architect of Ban
| a:or and Waterville, was in town over
i Friday night and tliat evening met
! with the building committee compos
ed of Attorney William Folsom Mer
rill, Kphraim Cowett, John H. Grtin
dy. Finest F. Savage, hamont Ap
pleby, and the school board and the
superintendent of schools, W. B.
Wodbury, who is the secretary o^ tlie !
j committee at the oftice of the chair- |
I man, Mr. Merrill. Mr. Patterson sub- i
I mitted further plans for the addition j
I for the High school which the above |
committee have in charge, which !
were approved and Mr. Patterson was |
hired to prepare plans and specifiea- !
lions which will tie submitted as soon j
as completed to contractors who will
bill on the construction with tlie tin- I
derstanding that tlie total outlay
, shall not exceed $"5,000.
; Mission Circle
Holds Silver Tea
The ladies of the Helen Coburn
Missionary Circle of the Bethany
Baptist church held a most success
ful Silver tea at the church chapel
Friday afternoon with a large attend
ance in spite of the heavy rain.
Tho president, Mrs. Eugenia Mer
; riam, presided. The meeting opened
with singing two hymns, “There is a
j Fountain Filled with Blood" and "JIv
i Fairtli Books Fp to Thee" with Mrs.
i Ida Smith at the piano. Scripture
| reading, Mrs. Merriam and prayer,
i Mrs. Clark. The nominating commit
tee to nominate officers for the Helen
Coburn Missionary Circle to serve for
the coming year was appointed by
(lie chair and is composed of Mrs.
Margaret K. Goodrich, Mrs. Mae N.
Haines, and Mrs. Ina Greaton. An
other committee was appointed to re
organise the Bethany Guild and nom
inate officers for that body and is
made up of Mrs. Clara Appleby, Mrs.
Elizabeth B. Newton and Mrs. Ella
Nelson. *
In the absence of the secretary,
Mrs. Margaret K. Goodrich, Mrs. Eli
zabeth Nelson acted as secretary pro
tern.
The program for the afternoon was
directed by the treasurer, Mrs. Violet
V. Eogg, and consisted of the follow
ing pageant: “A Call to Prayer" and
“What Will Be Your Answer?” Mrs.
Mabel P. Judkins; recitation, “Jesus
Fit tie Famb," Glennis N. Haines;
“Christain Service,” Mrs. Winona P
TTomsted. who was dressed in a j
nurse's costume; Chinese Mother and
! her little three-year-old son in cos
tume, Mrs. Eugeina Collins and her
little son, William. This Chinese lady
was not able to speak English and
her Christian experience was related
by Mrs. Eogg: Korean girls. Mrs.
Minna Savage and' the following
girls; Margery Tozier, Abhie Stlnch
ficld, Gladys Mantor, and Mildred
Lancaster, members of the R. G. G.
Girls’ club of which Mrs. Savage is
the leader and teacher; “The Bible
Woman," Mrs. Arizina Miller told
about the work and the expense of the
Bib' i Women and of the publication
of the Bibles and tracts: vocal solo,
Marguerite Appleby; Mrs. Ethel
Might represented the College girls
and read an article in the interest of
missionary educational work. As each
gave her part she was seated on seats
arranged in the front of the room
and facing the audience which tend
ed t<> emphasize their words. The
speaker of the afternoon was Miss
Amy Torter, who has been a mis
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sionary in India and who is passing
some time with her parents, Dr. and
Mrs. Porter, at their home in Pitts
field. Miss Porter by request gave
the condition of affairs as they would
exist in her former field if the money
pledged is not paid and gave many
interesting stories of the work and
how it is filling the great demand of
Christian missionary service on the
fields of India as is the case in all
other fields. Miss Porter has a very
pleasing manner and was listened to
with much pleasure by the many la
dies present.
A silver offering amounting to a
goodly sum was taken at the close of
the program.
A. social hour was enjoyed during
which the ladies were privileged to
meet Miss Porter and look at many
articles of interest and pictures
Which she brought with her. Sand
wiches, tea, cake and saited nuts
were served by Mrs. Clara F. Decker,
Mrs. Mae N. Haines, Mrs. Cora P.
Nve and Mrs. Mabel P. Judkins.
The next meeting will be held on
the first Friday afternoon in June.
The place of the meeting will be an
nounced later.
Arbor Day at High
School Occasion for
Housecleaning Bee
The regular session of the High
school closed at 2 I’. M. Friday af
ternoon, Arbor Day, omitting tlie 5th.
and Ctli. period recitations, and at 2
P. M., the program arranged for Ar
bor Day began by the pupils clean
ing their desks and vacant ones near
them.
The general cleaning of the build
ing began at 2.15 and the labor was
under the general supervision of the
Cirl Scouts and was directed by the
following four parols: Margaret
Vail, Kdith Stimpson, Fajalene
Decker and Kthelyn Mills.
Directed by Miss Vail were the fol
lowing: Dorothy Hobart, witli six
girls in room No. G; Louise Stinch
field, .with seven girls in room No.
3; Alma Viles with five girls in the
Assembly hall; Dorothy M. N’ye with
three girls in room N'o. 4; Helen
flight with six girls in library;
Dorothy Atkinson with six girls in
type-writing room; directed by parol
Kthelyn Mills, Helen Howes and Hel
en Ilc3 with twelve girls in room No.
1; Mona Nelson with six gills in
room No. 2; Dorothy Dane with six
girls upper halls; Dorothea Clough
with six gills in the lower halls\
The daily program in room one
was placed upon the board very
neatly by Iluth Viles and William
\\ IHICK.
Work directed 1>y parol, Miss Deck
er was in charge or Hath McQuiliian,
with three Kiris in tlie physic la
boratory; * Margaret Kennison with
three girls also in physic laboratory;
Klsie Young with five girls in
chemistry laboratory; Evelyn Yiles
with six girls in chemistry recitation
room; Marion Jacobs with five girls
in room No. 5.
I’arol Miss Stimpson directed the
work, being done by Berdena Yallicrc
with four girts in the Assembly liAll;
Mary Merrill with five girls in reci
tation room N'o. S; Delta Vail with
four girls, also in recitation room
Xo. 8; Doth Atkinson with three
girls also worked in the Assembly
hall; rhyllis Whiting with four
girls also in Assembly hall.
Six hoys from each class, under the
direction of Miss Dorothy M. Elliott
of the faculty, assisted the girls in
tlieir work within the building and
all other hoys were to liaye reported
and done general cleaning-up outside
the building but owing to the rain
the out-door work was postponed.
There seemed to be more of the
drudgery of liousecleaning in evi
dence but rather a liappy cleaning
bee in every section where the work
went merrily on. The teacher was
present and gave advise and words
of appreciation. The building will
certainly present a very different ap
pearance this Monday morning when
the school assembles then it did at
the close of the session at 2 P. AT..
Friday, and all who bad a part in
clean-up work enjoyed it ard entered
into It with a splendid spirit of help
fulness and loyalty to the school.
The regular meeting of the Sunset
Chapter Order of Eastern Ptar Xo.
5", was held in the Masonic rooms
Friday evening with the transaction
of routine business. After the busi
ness session a social hour was en
joyed and the following members,
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie E. Jaeons, Dr.
and Mrs. M. E. Ford, Mr. and Mrs.
John - IT. T.aneaster. Mrs. Margaret
Ti. lies, Mrs. John Lewis, Dr. Julia
Xay Kincaid and John L. Fish serv
ed delicious strawberry short cake
and coffee. There will he no program
at the next meeting as it occurs on
Friday evening,' May lilth, the eve
ning that the Pkowhegan Woman’s
club nnd High school are to present
the operetta “Miss Bob White.’’
The following barbers have an
nounced that beginning on Thursday
of next week. May It. they will close
their shops for the summer months:
Ed. Payers, Cotte and Pomelow,
George Cleveland Ptimpson of Water
sireet. Yigue *and Hall, Maylaml
Adams of Madison avenue and
George Chase of North avenue.
HENRY DAVISON
(Continued from Page One)
valley, with its rolling stretches of
green and flowering apple blossoms,
that he bad loved.
The second request was that his
funeral should be as simple and un
ostentatious as possible. Those close
to him, who tonight faced the sad
duty of planning the final ceremony,
said both requests would be re
spected. t
It was only last night that an
nouncement* was made that Mr.
Davison, who went under the knife
last August, would have to undergo
another operation today. The first
operation, performed to relieve pres
sure on the auditory nerve, which
produced headaches and insomia,
disclosed the tumor. Its removal
was not attempted because It was felt
the patient could not stand further
loss of blood #and anaesthetic.
He did not rally as well as had
been expected, however, and the sur
1 geons decided that another operation
►was imperative. This bulletin, is
sued about 2 o’clock, told of failure:
"Mr. Henry P. Davison died today
upon the conclusion of an operation
j upon an infiltrating tumor in the
i brain, which could only be partially
\ removed." t
It was decided-to operate in the
financier's home at Peacock Point,
instead of at the Roosevelt Hospital
in this city, where the first operation
was performed. A chamber was fit
ted up for the occasion and this
morning a special corps of surgeons
and nurses began arriving in auto
mobiles.
After a conference with members
of the family it was anounced that
funeral services would be held at 11
A. M. Tuesday in the chapel of St.
John’s of I-attington, the Episcopal
church in Locust valley, which was
founded by the late J. I’. Morgan, and
in which Mr. Davison had been a
vestryman many years.
Rev. Dr. Hilton will direct the ser
vices, assisted by Rev. Dr. Endlcott
Peabody, head master of Groton
school, Groton, Mass., and father of
Mrs. Trubee Davison, wife of the fi
nancier's eldest son.
Soon after it was learned that the
operation had been fatal, Mrs. Davi
son, supported by her two sons, left
the home and walked with them for
over an hour among the blossoming
orchards and flowering gardens of the
estate.
They followed, probably without in
tent, the course taken by Mr. Davi
son only last night when he made the
rounds of the grounds to which he
had become so endeared. Tn the af
ternoon he had gone driving with
ttfcm, had chatted during the greater
part of the ride, and then, in buoyant
spirits had announced that the sur
geons were coming for another oper
ation.
Leader in World Finance
A notable financier, Henry Pome
roy Davison v.-ill best be remembered,
perhaps, as the man who, at President
Wilson's request directed the work of
the American Hod Cross in allied
countries for the two years the Unit
ed States was at war with the cen
tral powers. Taken out of the hurly
burly of Wall street, one of the most
active of the 15 partners in the firm
of J. P. Morgan & Co., the man who
28 years before had walked the streets
of Now York looking for a job, di
rected the first "drive” of the Amer
ican Red Cross for funds, raised $114,
000,000, and within a few weeks had
Red Cross workers at their tasks in
[Italy, Belgium and Switzerland, as
well as war-torn France.
IT. P. Davison was one of the most
trusted lieutenants of the elder J.
jl’ierpont Morgan, who commissioned
;him to represent the firm in numerous
[financial negotiations abroad. He
[made many trips to London, Paris and
; Berlin, lie made a study of the finan
cial system of flermany In 100S and,
[three years later, in that city, presid
; ed at a conference of international
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bankers regarding the Hankow-S*x«
Chuen railway loan in which the so
called six-powers i roup was interest
ed. In 1015 ho was one of tlie negotia
tors of the $300,000,000 American loan
to the allies. For his war work
abroad he was honored by many gov
ernments and Columbia and other un
i iversities conferred upon him the
honorary degree of doctor of laws.
Planned Campaign for Children
Mr. Davison was especially inter
ested in the conservation of child life
in Europe after the war and, with |
Herbert Hoover and others, planned a
'world-wide campaign in behalf of the
children abroad. He also directed
Red Cross relief work in Russia. Ro
land and other countries in casern
and central Europe. Shortly after
his return from Earls in April, 1920,
he emphasized the gravity of condi
tions abroad and suggested that Con
gress appropriate $300,000,000 for Eu
ropean relief. Congress, however,
was cold to his appeal.
In 1010, he was one of the advisers
of President Wilson at the Paris
peace conference. That same year,
when the war council’s work had I
ended, h« was elected chairman of I
the governing board of the World j
Reague of Red Cross Societies at its
meeting in Paris.
The New York career of the man
who was to figure so prominently in
its financial district began in
when young Davison, then -l years
old, went to that city from Troy, Pa.,
where lie was born on June 13, 1S*)T.
Unable to find a position in New
York, he went to Bridgeport, Ct,
where lie started work as a hank
messenger. Three years later he was
back in the city of his dreams and
was made paying teller of the Astor
Place bank.
One day a stranger came to Mr.
Davison’s window with a note for
$1000 in one hand and a revolver in i
the other. The note read:
"Astor Place Hank. They promise
to pay to the ordyr <»f Almighty Mod
the sum of $1000 when prensented by
Charles. Freeman. Penalty If for
feited. death.”
Detectives Seize Intruder
Mr. Davison, smiling and imper
turbalo, calmly remarked: "You will
have to be identified.”
I Bank detectives pounced upon tlie :
intruder I a1 fore lie could i • a t
Tlieti t>10 teller rfwumnl In* w k u
thoiiKh nothin* had !i • ■ !
.Mi Dmis.m s.'atti.n! I l ".it.
tention Of Ueor*.1 F. It.ik'i. pr !)t
6f ili«- First National I ■ ni.. xx
18!* I, made him vlre-pi < sidi n’ ■ it
I tank. I la was president
lie ht-ramr a mi mln-r «>( i V, . ,
firm. At that time also I ■
director <>f the Natli i 1
Coin men o anil <1 1 - 1
(lnaneial and Indietii.il
These Includ'd the Hank s 'I
Company, the I'llSt S- < :ill'l I M.
pans', the Ami I II in I'oielan s.
Itiea Company, tie New J• t <■.
New v«»lli Railroad < "tll|> 'n It
Southwestern I\. l.'i'iii. t ■ i >
Hi at an was 1
ns a trualrv, • t the Ann i u x! .
scum of Nuli'.nnl ll.s' ax. ,ud
urer of the N itional It s= 1111it• ■ s .
lial Hcleticr s
Some persons In Wall sir t
sidi i nl him tile i' i ■
man m the lions, of M ■ t j |
x -isi 11 apont ■ ■ i
seemed Inn ml aid la-x i i s x i
•i xeiteinent.
Mr. Da*
Tflll.ee of 111 Id.' l.e.11. ft. T
four children. F. Trul.te lux n,
Henry I*. I \ isen. Jr . and t!
Alice T. ant Francis Inxis •
homo is at 8f*n I'ark nxenuo, N>«
York city. They also hav1 ti r r
home at Peacock Point, 1," ■ :“t \ :aj.
lex, Hon.I Island.
CHINA
ROl’TtI- Mr. nml Mrs W ,T
Thompson ami Mm. Nellio I i
mnlori <1 t«» lhinirnr on Sunil.o.
Maxtor Hairy (hpnlr, v lio p 1
the wlntri *
Mr. anil Mrs. Arthur llallo" II. ■*
returned to hl« la me In Anr • a
Mr. !*"i1 Mis llns.-iv .1"ni s 1 <v»
movril into I’. 1' .h rirs' 1 oi «. * 1 *
South road.
Mir. Mary V. Jon os nrl ’ '
daiiKht' r Miriam, who I n 1 I
11 io winter in Anlniin ami Wi ' 1
opened t oir homo hi on \\ •
day.
Mr. and Mis. f'harlos Hound' t"'•
torr 1 to lVinc"i on \V< dnrsd
TIi” imnniunll 's af"h t >1 v
epidemic of • ■ his.
Current Business Conditions
By GEORGE E. ROBERTS
(From the Monthly Bulletin for May Issued by The National City Bank cf New York)
L
SENTIMENT in business circles
is much more cheerful than
at any time last year, and this
is especially noteworthy through
out the agricultural districts. Al
though price conditions are re
garded as 5ret far from saTisfactorjq
and many people still have a keen
realization of the losses they have
suffered, the country has generally
recovered its poise, and is ready to
face the future with courage and
confidence.
Building operations are on a
larger scale than a year ago, and
sufficient to employ fairly well the
workers in the building trades and
building material industries. The
automobile industry is much more
active than a year ago, and con
tracts for railroad equipment arc
on a larger scale than at. any time
since the war. The effect of ac
tivity in these several lines has
given a pronounced stimulus to the
iron and steel industry.
For the first two months of the
present year, operating revenues of
the 201 Class I railroads total $796,
82.1,889, showing a decrease from
the like period in 1921 of $80,314,181.
Operating expenses, on the other
hand, amounted to $662,105,068,
were $164,947,673 less. Notwith
standing the heavy falling off in
gross, therefore, net operating rev
enues of $134,718,821 were $84,613,
292 greater, and net operating in
come was $77,304,711, instead of a
deficit of $3,626,343 for the first
two months of 1921.
Coal Strike
inc nation-wide coal strike has
been in effect one month, during
which time production from non
union mines has been equal to about
one-third the total normal produc
tion. As yet accumulated stocks
have been sufficient to prevent
serious interference with industry
or any considerable advance of
prices, but if the shut-down shall
last another month the influence
probably will be more apparent.
The situation presented by the
coal industry is a very complicated
one. The United States Geological
Survey said of it:
The bituminous coal mines of the United
States have a developed capacity and a
present labor force far in excess of that
renamed to supply the demand. In con
sequence the capital and labor engaged- in
the industry arc idle a large part of the
time. During the last thirty years the
mines have been idle an average of 93
working day* in every calendar year.
1 here is no material disagree
ment about the main facts of the
coal industry, and the situation is
so simple that it seems strange that
so little is ^aid of the remedy that
is within the reach of the miners
themselves. Since too many work
ers are seeking employment in the
industry, some of them should leave
t* employment elsewhere.
It then would be necessary to give
regular and approximately' full em
ployment for the remainder in order
t0 tReto-LUt the re(l»ircd supply of
coal. * he consumers of coal would
find that in order to he sure of
having an ample supply they would
have to lay in stocks. The coal
operators would have to settle by
competition who should have the
miners and the business, upon the
condition that the mines were oper
ated all the year round, and the
natural solution would be that the
most available and easily-worked
coal deposits would be worked first.
If the miners’ union would use its
power to promote some such reason
able adjustment as this, it would
help the situation of the mine
workers and at the same time
render a great service to the public.
It is urged in some quarters that
the mining industry should be taken
over by the Government. This,
however, would involve purchase of
all coal deposits in the country, an
impractical undertaking, and if tha*
was done, what policy should the
Government follow? Should it con
tinue to r divide up the limited
amount of work among all the men
who claimed a share of it, increas
ing the pay as the amount of work
for each, diminished, or should it
organize the industry for efficient
production, and compel one-third of
the miners to find other work? If
the latter is the remedy, the miners
can apply it themselves, without the
intervention of the Government.
Would they rather do it of their
own choice or under the direction
of the Government?
Social Progress
. in me course ot tne recent hear
ings upon the coal industry before
the Labor Committee of the House
of Representatives, Washington, the
following colloquy was reported as
taking place between Congressman
Atkinson, of Missouri, and Edgar
Wallace, representative of the Fed
eration of Labor and member of
the miners’ union:
Congressman Atkinson: "Miners were
up lo l*?1 "sek 31 per cent more
than they got during the peak of prices
'i1.'!"? th,: war, why aren't you willing to
skid down a little now when farmers have
lost 50 per cent of v.hat they had then?”
Mr. Wadace: ‘fs there any reason why
organised?” °,e brzau'e hrmcr. weren't
This retort by Mr. Wallace indi
cates that lie thinks there is noth
ing to the problem cf a living wage
but for every group to get control
ot its own compensation and boost
it up for tbe others to pay.
The ambition of organized labor
0 improve the living conditions of
the masses is, of course, praise
worthy, but there are certain truths
that must he understood.
One of these is that money wages
»re not to be considered alone in
measuring compensatioiT and an
other ,s that the wage bill is not
paid by employers in any final
sense. In the last analysis the
workers in the various industries
sre working for each othe^ and
Paying each other. Thtfy are all
.onsumers, and the consumer pays
1 1 the costs of production and de
livery upon everything he buys.
4
Of late a new phrase hns < e
into circulation, to the elT<. t t' t
tlicrc must l>c nut only a "lr
wage," but a “saving wji.t." I -
fortunately, the people who tt it
usually arc thinking of notliii • ' t
an increase of money wav s. wli %
means that waprs anil the ro-t <.t
living will go u|> together, leave •
the worker no l> rt< r of? thin e
donkey that follows all day t e
wisp of Iffiy hung just ah- I of li
nose.
It is time pracfiral men I* rn< 1
that there is no progress h\ sn v
jacking up industrial costs, vh 1
Carry the cost of living with tlu ■
J he only broadly 'distributed » i
that ever have come to the iim
of the people have come by the
prorements in industry that hive
cheapened and inrreased j*r< '
tion. Surh improvement, ate R
made all the time, and the op;
tunitics for them arc limitless The
engineers say that the mdusfi I
output might he increased from -id
to 100 per cent if industrial ( '
could he reduced and the l> t
methods now known gnu r e
adopted. 'I hat would make it ;
siMe for wage-earners to have f •
war-time money-wages and at t!
same time give each dollar the j
war purchasing pov. tr. ’Rat «' 1
he genuine progress.
Foreign Loans
In view of the ntinihrr < f for': n
loans granted in tins country li*« /
there is a revival r*t tlr ..ic"' ' t
that foreign loans in tl - l i * J
States should he accompanied h. . \
agreement that the j r« • -- ds v ..! I-,*
expended in this count! \\
.... Miuannn o! .*. i
States at the present time the tir-t
appropriate comment is th.it «urh a
regulation would he wholly m
necessary to secure the pur; ,sr o
view, as present exchange ratm
virtually fcice assurance that anv
credits in this country will he ex
pended here. So Ion % a* rxrhai .*e
on the l nited States is at a prrmn*
everywhere, nobody is «, -m, to
withdraw funds from the I t, I
. tates. To do so wnuM he n act
of business folly. If the hom.v. r
docs not want to nse the funds for
purchases here on his own account
he can sell them at a premium to
somebody who does want to me
them here. The premium is pn f
of that. ,
Moreover, why should v. e .hi t
shoiiM Ik ' bc,?K 1,1 B°°'l e:* d;>
should horrow in tu« market an#
turn the resulting credit, over to
ch.T~nyi’ a!~ * rrcmi,lm. in ex
hanRe for German real or iron?
J I e conditions may be more favor
wu- h r°r Ho,la?d to «"»«•« direct
And Ge ,!?ny ,han for us to do so
varietv°of 5Crf " "° «° the
ofher . f f"1* 3nd tr¥>« ,,v "bich
e2h o»Zr VCS u,a-v arranL-’° to help
UniteS1 S. .*° °«?Ln credi<* in the
strict Ih^™***’ . ^ hy *hot,M we re
‘n d.om(? The more
rade thi? lay, “H00 our foreign
rade the less we shall have of it. * •