East St. Louis Daily Journal (East St. Louis, Ill.)
October 27, 1918

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First City Directory, Issuedj In 1887, Takes Present-Day Memories from City to Village Growth of East St, Louis, Known the Nation Over for Its Rapidity, Emphasized in Booklet Published Thirty-One Years Ago, “Richman, poorman, beggarman, thief—doctor, lawyer, merchant, chief” —they are all there, in that thin little book of East St. Louis history, writ ten in 1887 and called the City Direc tory. It was the first annual directory of the city and has perhaps 126 pages, and about 6000 names in It. Which is a rather good, percentage of the popu lation, considering that there were 8,000 people in the city at that time, and the names were taken from the school census. The first directory was compiled by C. B. Carrol, and the old names of men who nov- are dead, the old adver tisements of businesses that have long since crumbled to dust bring back memories of those "first settlers," some who still are among us. The preface to the book, called the “Salutatory" describes our fast grow ing city and its following advantages: "The city enjoys a fine water works, which has a capacity of several mil lion gallons per day; three influential newspapers, viz: The ‘Herald,’ Inde pendent, M. F. Tissier, editor and proprietor; the ‘Signal,’ Republican, H. D. O’Brien, editor, and the ‘Gazette,’ Democratic, J. W. Kirk, editor; a first class school board consisting of Messrs. J. M. Sullivan, president; John A. Joyce, secretary, and John Cantil lon, Dennis Rush, W. A. Dill, Thomas Canavan. A council consisting of Mayor M. M. Stephens, Aldermen John V. Tefft, M. Bird, Louis Menges, Dr. C. F. Strecker, D. C. Marsh, W. W. Russell. R. Cunningham. Martin Eagan; one of the finest police de partments in the country under com mand of Capt. Michael Walsh, and many large manufacturing establish ments.’’ Some of the large establishments which advertised in the directory are: "M. X. Tracy, doaler in fine boots and shoes. Missouri Av. opp. Main St.” "John Benner, Jr., Embalmer, Bodies kept for any length of time.” Also "Fine groceries at Henry Jacklesch’s.’,’ The “Relay Retreat, D. DeWolf, Prop.” calls attention to their “saloon and restaurant.” for they believed in call ing a spade a spade in those days. Thomas Burke and Son advertised their "Staple and Fancy Groceries” near the corner of Third and Missouri, and also the “Dublin House.” Wm. B. Walsh, dealer in "House furnishing goods, stoves and tinware at lowest prices” says his place is on Missouri Av, near East St. Louis Bank. G. Lehman is present as "Professor of Music, f!23 N. 7th St. near Summit Av.” and Wm. H. Hill and Bro., deal ers in “Lime, Cement and Plaster Paris. Plastering Hair, Sand, Fire Clay, Chimney Tops, Tiling” at 3rd and Broadway, Insert their ad. The name, of George O’Melveny, Atty. at Law, Wlnton Bldg., Broadway, recalls a story. H. F. Bader, pharmacist, Broadway, cor. Main SL, states that he gives prompt attention to night calls and his telephone "l r No 1715. The Lov ingston Lumber Co. announces a large supply of Pine Oak and Poplar Lumber always on hand, and that A. M. Melnts was president, J. B. Lovlngston, Sec., and Anthony Wolfer, manager. Matt Fallon at 4th and Broadway j states that he has “The finest billiard hall In the city,’* and the "New Lake j House” Is brought to public eye with j Louis Cross, proprietor, and "Boats to I rent to excursionists and live minnows for sale." "Gross Park, northern part of city, for rent for picnics, meetings, etc." The East St. Louis Gaxette, Frank B. Bowman, prop., J. W. Kirk, editor, announces that- its rates are j >1.50 a year. L. W. Urban, merchant tailor and “Leader In all the latest styles with prices as low as possible” has an establishment at 4th St. near Missouri Av. "Joseph Meamber. Taxidermist," j advertised his wares on 111. Av. bet. 8th and 9th, and the “East St. Louis i Bank” with Henry Oebike, Pres., A. M. Melnts, Vice, and Paul W. Abt, Cashier, with a capital of $100,000” j stood at the corner of Missouri and Collinsville. "Buckland and Pallen, Real Estate” was at 329 Missouri Av. In the front of the book is a list or all the churches and where they were located: St. Patrick’s, 6th and 111., Very Rev. P. J. O'Halloran; St. Henry’s, 6th and Broadway, Rev. C. Keonig; First Presbyterian, Collins ville Av. bet. 111. and St. Louis, Rev. Wm. Johnson, pastor; SL John’s M. E. Church, 7th and Summit, Rev. S. D. Chapin, pastor; German Evangelical, j St. Louis Av. near 8th St., Rev. Mr. Meyer, pastor; St. Mary’s Episcopal i Mission, SL Louis Av. near 8th St., j Rev. W. H. Tomlins, pastor; African Zion M. E. Church, Rock Road bet. Broadway and Railroad St., Rev. W. E. Jackson; 1st Baptist Church, col ored, Converse near 3rd St., Rev. W. C. Carter, pastor. And the names which appeared on those pages, some of them familiar still, and such a Jumble of queer oc cupations, pages running like this; teacher, pile-driver, domestic, watch man. lawyer, grave-digger, cooper, freight-handler, musician, pilot, physi cian, fireman, bolt-cutter, conductor, teamster shfe-clerk, farmhand, fore man, dressmaker, mill hand, architect, spike-maker, butcher, saloonkeeper, stone-mason, puddler, section-hand, boss roller, banker, farmer, weaver— and a thousand others. Some queer characters and queer occupations in East St. Louis back in those old days when the place was young—In 1887 when the first direc tory was published. RED CROSS CALENDAR Monday, October 28. East Lansdowne Unit fill one sec tion; Mrs. Fred Harding chairman; Mrs. Hadley and Mrs. Sedwlck cap tains. Amorna Class of the First Baptist j Church fill one section; Mrs. W. R. Hultt, chairman; Mrs. O. W. Mitchell, j captain. I Lansdowne Baptist Church fill one, section; Mrs. W. Hart, chairman; Mrs. Grace Bell, captain. Wednesday Club Ladies fill one sec-' tion; Mrs. Paul Abt, chairman; Mrs. j L. S. McWilliams, captain. As we work by the calendar in the sewing room, not considering the fifth days—therefore, this month having five Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thurs days, the sewing room will be closed i on these days, as there are no regu-l larly assigned organizations. The! Yarn Shop, however, will be open all week and phone calls or information wanted will be handled by the ladies in charge there. The phone numbers of this room are Bridge 536 and St. Clair 307-L. Friday, November 1. The Catholic Women’s League occu py the entire sewing room on this day; Mrs. R. J. Boylan, chairman; Mesdames English, Cranston, Muldoon, Oebike, Kistner. Conroy and Graham,, captains. 1 iue Phyllis Wheatley Unit at the! Lincoln School is open on Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday all day;' Mis. J. Nixon, chairman; Mrs. J. M. Hughes, assistant chairman; ^irs. Oral Harris, supervisor of sewing. When the quarantine is lifted, we feel that the colored women of our fcity should apply themselves in a most forceful, manner to this service. The Surgical Dressing Calendar for the week is as follows; .•loaday—St. Patrick’s League; St Phillip's League; Monday night classes at me H:gh School. Tuesday Presbyterian Ladies; Schubert Club; Excelsior Club; St. Joseph’s League; ,he night class at me r. W. C. A. rooms. Wednesday—Eastern Star; St. Elisa beth’s League; St. Regis’ League; St Henry’s League. Thursday—Auxiliary to Royal Neigh tors; Auriliary to Railway Trainmen; Sacred Heart League; St. Mary's League: night class at the High School. rnday—Christian Church ladies. Impossible. Ton could not persuade a man that a homely girl Is a good manicurist— Memphis Commercial Appeal Y. W. Cl A. NOTES The Y. W. C. A. of the whole world observe a World’s Week of Prayer i each November. The time set this j year is from November ln A.J.Hoby Hoerr REPUBLICAN Candidate Fqr County Clerk OF ST. CLAIR COUNTY NOW CHIEF DEPUTY COUNTY CLERK Election: Tuesday, Nov. 5th Busy Bee Restaurant CHARLES MABRY, Proprietor. OPEN ALL NIGHT Missouri and Collinsville Aves. 8UNDAY MENU! Sliced Tomatoes 10c Radishes lOo Olives 10c Green Onions 10c Chicken with Rice Soup 10c Oniou Soup au Gratin lOe (With meat orders 6c) Oysters (Half dozen) Raw 15c, Fried 25c. Stewed 25c Fried Spring Chicken country style 60o Breaded Veal Cutlets, Cream Sauce, 35c Pot Roast with Noodles, 35c Roast Chicken with Dressing 50c Roast Prime Beef au jus 30c, Extra Cut 45c Porterhouse Roast, Spanish, S5o Chicken Salad, Mayonnaise, 25c Potato Salad 10c Lobster or Shrimp Salad 40c Stewed Corn, Tomatoes, Peas or String Beans 10c Fried Sweet Potatoes 10c Spinach with Egg 10c Home-made Apple, Mince, Raisin, Peach or Pumpkin Pie-5c Cherry Pie 10c Apple Dumplings 10c Bread or Corn Starch Pudding 10c Good Coffee, Tea or Milk 5c Mashed Potatoes, Bread and Butter Served with Meat Orders Free. prisoners as their prize. And this is but a sample of what is the result where Western troops are called to the encounter.* Although many telegrams came to him during the day urging him to visit various Southern Illinois cities while on his tour, he expressed him self as having but little time in the south end of the state. Already much of his itinerary has been canceled be cause of the epidemic over the south end of the state. His campaign in Chicago will be opened in earnest as soon as he arrives th»re, probably about the middle of the week. Postmaster Little, Chas. Boesehen stein, of Edwardsville, Democratic Na tional Committeeman; Mayor F. Moll man/ Bruce A. Campbell, Jerry J. Kane. Judge E. C. Kramer and M. M. Stephens, former mayor, composed the reception committee. At the completion of hlg week's hand shaking tour of the state. United States Senator James Hamilton Lewis expressed himself as especially pleas ed wUh the outlook. “The citizens of the state, judging from those whom 1 was privileged to meet, are forgetting party affiliation and feel that it is their patriotic duty to support the President by electing pien to the House and Senate who will support him in bis war policies,” said t Senator Lewis, 'l'

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“Advance Through Mud; Couldn’t Overtake Huns” —CORP. STEPPACHER East St. Louisan, With 124th Ammunition Train, Tells of Hasty Retreat of Huns After Americans Started. Sept. 17, 1913. Dear Sis— Received your most wel-j come letter enclosing pictures and j John's letter. John, I take it, inusti be Company Clerk, which is pretty j much a gold-brick job. Well, .Sis, we sure have been bitting the ball. We have been in our first battle, which you have lately read about. The Ger mans were run so fast the doughboys couldn't catch them. Consequently we fired for one night and went into po sition two other times, but the Ger mans were going too fast for us the last two positions we took. It had been raining for a week before thej advance started and we sure had some; terrible times going through the mud. j One night the bigger part of the regi-: ment was held fast in the mud and had to wait till day to help each j other pull out. The roads had deep gaps all along caused by the shells. The wagon in front of us was turned over on its side by one of these holes, and a sick man inside was hurt. I; was riding the sick man's (S“rgt. j Crackel) horse and rode back along a road with deep shell holes on both sides, trying to get help to pull us out. It was so dark you could hardly see a few feet ahead and the horse was frightened so badly he would try to lunge off the road. The fellows are still carrying all' sorts of souvenirs they picked up in the trenches. There were plenty of them, as the signs showed the tier-' mens had left about as quickly as pos-1 eible. We saw almost a thousand prisoners taken back along the road we were on, and there were cannon, machine guns, mortars and quite a few monstrous automobile trucks which the Germans bad left behind. The sky was lurid with the flare of the big guns and the boche ammu nition dumps the Germans had fired. vVe were in that drive for two days and nighis. Then we left on a night march and the first night we traveled about 18 miles, the second 21, and the third about 8. As the boy3 have to tend the horses, eat and do other ihings, they have had very little sleep, and several have fallen from the guns asleep and have been ran over by the cannon or ralBsons. One, I believe, has since died, and the others are in the hospital. The nights are bright from the harvest moon and. twice we have had an airplane bomb near us until it was chased away either by our airplands or anti-aircraft guns. We do not know where we are going, hut expect to be in the thick of it again soon. We have not been paid for almost two months and may not get paid for quite a long time. We have very little use for money, however, except when we stop 8t a town in the day time. as we have done today, which is very seldom. One of the fellows in a train (am munition) which was with us had his hands blown 9tf by fooling with a German fuse he had picked up in the trenches. 1 saw several dead Ger mans and Americans in some trenches and saw a small bottle with glycerine in it and two wires attached to it, but 1 sure did not fool with it. You have to be here and see these things before you can realize how ter rible a thing war is. Your loving brother, COUP. FRANK J. STEPPACHER. Headquarters Co.. 124th F. A. Ameri can Expeditionary Forces P. S.—Our regiment is attached to an Army Corps, w'hieh is a great honor. We heard our Colonel complimented after the advance by the General. I The Khaki Column I New* of Our Ea*t 8t. Louis Arrtuy— Everywhere. Mrs. S. Coleman, of 1216 State street. East St. Louis, received word that her husband, Private James U. Coleman, arrived saf »!y overseas. Private Coleman of the 2nd Casual Co.. 6th Division Eng., enlisted May 27th, last, and received his training at Camp Humphreys. Mr. Millard Doran, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Doran of 1204 Cleveland avenue, who has been a student at Illinois University, passed through St. Louis on Thursday on his way to Camp McArthur, Waco, Tex., where he has been assigned to an Infantry officers’ training camp. While waiting to make connections, he had the op portunity to spend a few hours with his parents and sisters. G. A. Levy of 924 State street, who 'signs anything,” signed an applica tion blank for enlistment in the Navy, July 15th and was called to service Saturday, Oct. 26th. He wishes to Utank his many friends and patrons for favors in the- past, and says that after he helps get the Kaiser he will return and resume work at his ‘‘sign foundry.” Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Longust of 1455 St. Louis avenue have re ceived word that their son. Private H. W. Longust, with the 137th Ma chine Gun Battalion, has arrived safely overseas. Lowell Sorrels of 1757 North Forty sixth street, the 18-year-old son of E. M. Sorrels, superintendent of Navigation at the Aluminum Ore Co., who enlisted at Jefferson Baracks July 2nd, received the highest grades of 18 chosen from 50 to take the ex amination of Officers’ Training Camp, and expects to be called at any time. Sergt. Lawrence E. May, Hdq. Co., 110th Supply Train in France, writes to his mother, Mrs. Glen F. May, 705 Interdrii'e avenue, St. Louis, formerly residents of this city: "Dear Mothei —You asked me what I wanted for a Christmas present, please make it a yearly subscription to the Daily -Journal. I Surely want to keep up With the news in the home town. We have new quarters here and I’m in a town where there are only four houses left with roofs on them, and I am lucky to be in one of them. I am on the third floor, or attic floor, and almost all the roof is here, as ?t has only been struck twice by shells, but shrapnel has made holes in the walls. Outside of the other three because the town is m ruins, which is the way all towns are near the front. On this floor there was one room pa pered and finished with a closet 2*4 feet by 6, and this is my home. Double door and I have four blankets for my bed and a candle so am ail fixed up. I have everything 1 need, or could carry with me. I experienced some a'r raid a month ago. We were sleeping in warehouses when a raft of aeroplanes came ov;r. The “pigs” they dropped weighed from 490 pounds to a ton. and were high explo sives. They shook the ground when v:i I selves anywhere unless you are near a dugout. r “I get to see lots of air battles and they have it all over your baseball games. We handled a lot of prisoners just a short while after they had been captured and searched. They were scared to death, kept lighting matches in the truck and I yelled at one to cut it out and it scared him so he dropped his pipe on the floor. You know it is very dangerous to make a light at night where they are aeroplanes anywhere over head. The Germans are as meek as lambs when they are captured. We take many things from them as souvenirs. I am sending two helmets back home to friends. Their gas is a great bother when we have to wear our masks for any length of time, and when their shells come we have to duck, see the flash and knew we must lie flat while the shrapnel sings around us like quail over our heads. Even so there is an excitement about this thing that all the boys like, for when there is no drive on it is as quiet as the deuce. We are licking the Germans to a fin ish and expect to eat Xmas dinner in. Berlin. Remembering me at all my friends. Your loving son. “LAWRENCE.” James Contratto, 524 North 18th street, who enlisted in the Motor Transport Corps, left yesterday for Camp Meigs, Washington, D. C. He is 20 years old and was formerly em ployed at the Missouri Pacific. Lieut. Vaughn Wilbur in the U. S. Air Service has arrived safely over seas, according to a card received by his mother, Mrs. F. S. W’ilbur, 614 North Fourteenth street. Archie Richards, who is Ward Master in the U.-S. General Hospital at Markelton, Pa., has had his trip home postponed because of Flu quar antine. His sister, Mrs. Caaoore, nee Frances Richards of .Kansas City, who is visiting here will remain until his arrival. Harry Ashby, formerly of Wash ington Park, writes his mother of going over the top in a tank. He is with Co. C. 301 B. N. and writes: “Dear Mother—I am still safe and well. Just came back from going over the top in a tank, and I did not get a Boche. We made it fine, but lost our officer and tank. Four men were wounded, but not bad. Our tank was knocked out by a German shell, and we had to leave it. We took the .wounded men and crawled to a shell hole. We waited there until dark, thnr crawled back to our lines fine and dandy. We sure had some fight— went straight through until we ran in to some German guns which shot a hole in our tank and killed our officer. We sure had the Germans on the run. The American infantry went over! with us. Now don’t worry about me,: for I am feeling fine and hope all is! 1 well at home. With love. “HAftRY” Try Pravelone for Spanish influenza. I*on't dig! J. Adler oocns vour sewer. Phone him. St. Clair 1122-1.. s2S I _ v? the Seu'be-n—» “RAIN OR SHINE WE GOT TO GO” Sergt. McClinton, Am munition Supply Man, Keeps Big Guns Booming. Sergeant Robert McClinton, Battery E., One Hundred Twenty-fourth Field Artillery, is an ammunition carrier— furnishing the big guns with bunches of destruction which they hurl toward Kaiserland. And during these days of. momentous things, Sergt. McClinton is working overtime sometimes thinking, as he says, and wondering “if you pedple back home had tne least idea of what this life is like.” In the letter to his sister, Miss Lillie McClinton, who, according to the city directory resides at 1316 Nectar ave nue, Sergt. McClinton writes: “Sept. 25th, 1918. i>omewnere in trance. "Dear Lillie—The sun is shining this morning the first time in a week. I am sitting on a sack of oats writing this letter, and the shells are burst ing like-in the town on the right of us. Had a chance for a little sleep and was awakened by the gas alarm. I keep my mask right at my head while I sleep. “I have been in charge of a sec tion taking ammunition up to the guns; it is all night work, rain or shine, we got to go; mostly rain too, and gets pretty cool in the morning. I was just thinking the other night as I was riding along on my horse through the mud and rain if you peo ple had the least idea what this life was 'like. Well it ain’t so bad if a fellow looks after his clothes. Some of the fellows leave their clothes be hind them when they move; plenty of them get soaking wet to the skin and no chance for a fire or a change of clothes. Last night it poured rain. I had on two pairs of Woolen socks, a pair of hip rubber boots, two woolen olive drab shirts, sweater and my regular uniform big long overcoat, a rain coat and steel helmet, and a pair of leather gloves. I carry four blankets where the rest carry two. I put two under my saddle and sleep on them at day time, and carry two in my roll. So Lillie as long as my good health stays with me I don’t fear the Kaiser a minute, for every day the Americans are in France it is to the Kaiser’s ruination, and before many days I sure look for his downfall. “Well Lillie, I haven’t any more time to write, so I will bring this to an end. I hope this finds you all in good health, as we three are. “Love to mother, father and all the family. I remain your loving brother. “BOB.” Sergt. Robt. McClinton, Jr., Bat. E., 124th U. S. F. A., A. E. F., via N. Y. “Bill is singing, “Alvey was a good boy.” Ha Ha! “You jught to see me, I have all my hair cut eff short to the scalp.” HEINIES LOST WINTER HOME TO OLD I24TH Captured Dugouts Tell Story When Taken by East St. Louis Boys. Sergeant John A. Trader, Battery E., One Hundredth and Twenty-fourth Field Artillery, was in the forefront of the fighting which gave the Ger man dugouts, fitted up for winter into the hands of the boys from home. “We sure did put it on mean," Prader tells hig uncle and aunt in a letter from France received recently. When at home here. Sergt. Prader lived at 1217 North Fourteenth street, he says: “France. Sept. 20, 1918. “Dear Uncle and Aunt—Received your most welcome letter some time ago and was very glad to hear that you are all O. K.. as 1 and all the boys are the same. We Hfcve been very busy giving Frit* some of what is coming to him. and never lost a man, we sure treated them good and took about 15, 000 cry babys that the doughboys felt sorry for on account of their youth. 1 have been into some of their dug outs on the mountains and they sure meant to stay there this whiter. They bad them made of concrete and had nice big chairs and pool tables, lots of beer and whiskey, and a big piano in the corner, and a phonograph; lots of hand painted pictures on the walls, and a bowling alley in the rear; every thing sitting pretty for them. They 1 were just getting ready for mess when they had to leave. It was our first good tight, and we put it on mean. The line was shaped like a horse shoe and they needed good men to hold the toe of it steady, as the other na tions lost a great many men trying it before, and the name of the game was ‘don't weaken,’ so you cap see by the paper Fighting Bat. E. held her tight. Well I will close this time, hoping to hear from you soon and to find you all well, I remain as ever yours. SERGT. JOHN A. PRADER. Bat. E„ 124th F. A.. A. E. F., France. All kinds of remodeling in ladies’! tailoring: popular prices. Buck The j Tailor. 322 Broadway. A valuiM" dressing for f!ey& ;v: 'v lumhus physical director is acting as referee. It’s his job to match the rivals, furnish the boxing gloves, pitch the ring and then referee the scrap. His reward comes in seeing the boys happy, for high army ofllcials are unanimous in their opinion that box ing, more than any other sport, helps the boys forget the horrors of battle. The K. C. director acting as the third man in the ring in this affair sends the photo with the prediction that both of these fighters will be heard from after the war should they decide to take up boxing as a profes sion. “They were farmer boys before the army called them,’’ he writes, “but now they could hold their own with any ‘pro’ in the game.” Sergt. Clemens, 124th Field Artillery, Tells of Taste of First Fight—Defeated Huns Sergeant R. O. Clemmons, Supply Company, One Hundred Twenty Fourth Field Artillery, who during his civilian days was a clerk for the Wabash railroad and lived at 1607 State street, tells his aunt, Mrs. Wil liam Burnett, 1150 Kansas avenue, just a lew o£ the experiences the boys of that famous regiment are having in France. "Plenty to eat" is an inter esting part of the letter to Bast St. Louis people who are deeply con cerned with the career of the 124th. Sergt. Clemmons says: Somewhere in France, Sept. 21, ’18. Mrs. Wm. Burnett, East St. Louis, 111.: Dear Aunt and All—You may know I was very glad to receive your last letter. W'e have been on the march for the last week and had begun to think that we would not stop long enough to receive mail, but fortunately we did. The rainy season has set in over here and we have plenty of it. Y'ou complained of having so much dust, so I’ve ordered some of our rain to be sent to you. Cal Bo?e was over to see me yester day. He is getting along just fine. Last week our regiment got its first taste of warfare. Fortunately we were successful in defeating the Germans. Not a man of the regiment lost his life and but one man was wounded, and he not seriously enough to leave the lines. Two days after the battle two or niy cooks and myself visited the bat tlefield. From the trenches and dug outs the Germans had they evidently intended to stay for awhile. Most of the dugouts were of concrete and some of heavy timbers. One under ground hospital which I visited cov ered at least an acre. The places were fitted with electric lights and shower baths. They bad good beds, pictures, mirrors and furniture. They even had a park with golf links, a lake, rowboats, swings, etc. I was on one high hill which was all dug out by the Germans. The hill was said to have been mined, so that if the Americans attempted to take it, it would be blown up, but the Germans left in too big a hurry. In one dugout I saw one dead German. Of course, he was a good one. The Supply Com pany was so near the battle line that our sleep Was not disturbed by the noise of the guns. While the rest of the regiment was in action we were miles away in a woods. Tell Uncle Will I won’t need his ice now. as it is getting pretty cool for It. Was in one town a few weeks ago where they had ice. Sure was a treat. You thought you’d make me feel badly by telling me that you had fried chicken. Well, it did. "because I couldn’t help you eat it, but then you have nothing on me. We had fried spring chicken a few days ago. This morning we had home-made doughnuts for breakfast. The other night for supper we had steak, gravy. French-fried potatoes, biscuits, butter and coffee. You see from that that we’ie not quite starving to death. We sure have plenty to eat. and thag good, too. Will close. Gove to all. Your nephew. pert, Organizations Unite to Boost Campaign for New Constitution (Continued from Page One.) Constitutional Convention are the fol lowing: 1. Revision of the State’s taxation system, which should he changed in such a way that the burden of taxes will fall more equitably on all classes of property. 2. Reorganization of the courts of the State, so as to conduce to greater efficiency, more speedy and economi cal administration of justice, and greater safeguarding of the rights of litigants. o. Greater ease in amending the Constitution. Changed conditions fre quently render amendment necessary. The present Constitution is very dif ficult of amendment. Failure of the tax amendment in 1916 which had little Oigunized opposition, makes it clear that need d Constitutional changes can be effected only thiough a convention. 4. More complete control for cities of strictly local matters which do not concern the State in general. 5. Unification of Chicago’s 21 local governments. 6. A shorter ballot, especially in Cook county, permitting many of the less important offices to be filled by appointment, as in the Federal service. 7. Unlimited woman’s suffrage. "It should take about two years,” Judge Kramer continued, "to construct a new Constitution. '“The campaign committee feel sure that the voters are convinced that a Constitutional Convention and a new Constitution are necessary, and that the proposition will carry if the voters, will only remember to vote ‘yes The purpose of the campaign is to keep the measure prominently before the citizens, and to emphasize to them the fact that the proposition will need a majority of all the votes cast at the election on November 5. “The voters understand fully, too, that it is they who will elect the dele gates Who will frame a new Constitu tion. and that It Is they who will ap prove or reject the new Constitution. They understand fully that the Con stitution will have to meet the views of the citizenship, and that it will have to be a popular set of organic laws. "The committee calls on all voters to vote ‘yes’ on this proposition, as well as on the flood Holds Prop osition. Both propositions will require a majority of all the votes cast at the election on Novembei 5.” Among the organizations which have formally indorsed jhe plan for a Con stitutional Convention and a new Con stitution are: Democratic and Repubiictyi State Conventions, Illinois State Bankers* Association. Chicago Association of Commerce, East St. Louis Chamber of Commerce, Illinois State Bar Associa tion. Illinois State Fanners’ Institute, Corn Growers' and Ltockmen's State Convention. Illinois Equal Suffrage As sociation. Citizens’ Association of Chicago, and Chic.go Civic Associa tion. besides many union labor organ Corp. Ray W. Behymer Gives First Impressions of France; Has Met No East St. Louisans _____ Former City Hall Reporter Here Pleased. With Prospects of Helping Make History With Americans in France. The children of-Prance are fast i learning American speech and Ameri can song, according to the observa I tion of Raymond W. Dehymer. for merly of the Daily Journal staff, who i has arrived overseas with a detachment of the Chemical Warfare Service. Their repertoire, he says, includes the great American classic, "The Gang's All Here." Writing under date of his departure from Cant;) Merritt, X. J.. Oct. 2. he savst “1 am starting this letter on the s-teamer which is bearing us across the ocean. On the day that we left camp final inspection was to he held at 2 o’clock and we spent hours pre paring for it. The day was gloomy and rain fell continuously hut it failed to dampen our spirits for we were go ing over. T-ater we prepared our out fits for the trip and then enjoyed a good supper. At 11 o'clock another excellent meal was served and several hours later we made our start. We carried our own packs and I was proud of myself when 1 finished the march still going strong. You know I am so small my pack looked almost as hig as I. “A several hours’ trip down tne river was wonderful and then we were landed at one of I'ncle Sam s largest embarkation points, where we boarded the big liner. Thousands of soldiers are on the boat going to France to add thpir strength and weight to the irresistible force that is to crush out German tyranny, hypoc risy and general good-for nothingness. The transport is a perfect labyrinth for me. a green landsman who has never before seen anything larger than the Mississippi River excursion boats. The sailors and military po lice aboard are very courteous, and gladly answer all questions although 1 am sure they have quiet laughs over queries which are particularly ridic ulous. ‘Thinks for the men are arranged in tiers and I was assigned to an upper. Fresh air is constantly sup plied the quarters by suction fans and as these are attached to the ceil ing my bed is very comfortable. “The fellows on the ship are having a dandy time tonight. Several pianos are going full tilt ai.d one boy in our unit who has a banjo is picking it to the delight of scores of listeners. j “The day after we sailed a number of the fellows were seasick but I es caped that nuisance. The day was miserable and glo mv and rain fell all day but I enjoyed it because It was all so new and strange. The fol- lowing day it cleared up for a while and all of the boys came out on deck and lay around in the Min, soon get- ting back their accustomed, good health and good nature. I “During the afternoon there was an alarm of some kind and several shots were fired by the ship's guns. Sailors told us a hit was scored and we presumed it was a submarine but nothing positive ever was told or learned, resides that we had no other i alarm on the trip across and little of interest, although one afternoon we saw a school of porpoises which swam ueside the ship for quite a distance. "On the fourth day at sea I had an attack of influenza which kept me in the hospital for three days. "France at last and my hopes of reaching the country where history ts being made are realized. The ship docked at a port which appears to have been taken over by our govern ment for war purposes. A lighter was brought alongside and we were among the first to leave. On shore we were lined up in marching order and be gan a hike of several miles to the camp. It seemed to me we did noth ing but climb hills, hut several rests were allowed and l finished the march in as good condition as the others. “The town at which we landed looks as though it had been old when j General DaTayette was helping our own incomparable Washington witr'ln dependence for the colonies. The streets are narrow and paved with cobblestones, while the houses are ouilt flush with the sidewalks, where there are sidewalks, but often the street paving extends to the walls of the buildings. Many of the buildings were only one story in height but ft number were three or four floors. These were all occupied and re sembled the apartment or tenement houses of our own country Resi dents looked from many windows and lined the streets to see us pass. The children especially chattered in French and it was odd to hear so much conversation and not be able to understand a word ‘Many of the natives wear wooden t shoes and it seemed odd to hear them clatter over the rough paving as they kept pace with us on our march to camp. Some of the women had figs to sell, while small girls asked for pen nies and the boys wanted cigarettes. Their English vocabulary Is limited but they have learned much from the American soldiers, even to a few of the simpler songs, although I am sure they do net understand all of the words. I heard one group of children singing ‘Hall. Hail, the Gang's All 1 Here" “I am at the *Y' and a young man 1u«t sat down at the piano. His first t selection was the 'Missouri Waits* and it certainly had a cheery and homelike sound. "Two English language newspapers are sold in camp each day the Paris edition of the’New York Herald and I he Continental edition of the Ixmdon Daily Mail. The former is four pages and the latter two pages in sire. Each sells for 20 centimes or four cents. A good deal of American news of na tional importance is printed in both papers, so wo are kept informed of what is going on at home. “Ixmg buildings in the camp are used as barracks and our unit has been kept together on one floor. There is no heat and it was pretty cold but there wua no grumbling, each fellow realizing that everything possible Is being done for the men. Of course things are different than they were in the camp at home, but we all remem ber that this is not a picnic we are on, but a mighty serious undertaking, so we naturally expect not a few but many hardships. And i am sure that all of them will be taken smilingly. “Today a number of German pris oners were brought in under guard jjt*' a company of negroes. Some were old. others were hard looking, while several were mere boys. Almost all of them smiled nnd seemed happy and contented over the fact that they were prisoners. They will have no further opportunity to practice their cruelty and barbarism. "Wholesome, substantial meals are furnished at each company barracks, while other necessities and luxuries can be procured at the camp canteen. For recreation the Y. M. C. A. has a large building here with several In door games and the outfits for out door sports. Including foot ball, bas ket ball and baseball. “Since entering service I have met many boys from Illinois but none from my section of the State njid none as yet whom I knew at home. “At present we are in a rest camp far from the field of operations but we are to be moved closer in the near future and then my own efforts will be added to those of the thousands and thousands of other soldiers here. Re gards to all my friends and I hope many of them will write to me. “RAY W. BRHYMER, "Chemical Warfare Service. Ameri can Expeditionary Forces.” —Save at the Southern— $3,988,050 Bond Subscription Is City’s Part; Few Precincts Short (Continueo irom Page One comes through the three bankB In that city, as follows: First National ...'.$719,000 Belleville Trust 353,000 Belleville Savings 580,000 Outside firms 25,000 Railroad credits 5,000 Belleville total .$1,682,000 Members of the city committee are highly pleased with the response giv en their solicitation here. Most re cent reports show the city total, still rising, to be $3,988,050. That if will reach $4,000,000, the mark estimated by The Dailv Journal, is only a Ques tion of a day or two. was the opinion of officials last night. The report, showing 31,024 buyers In East St. Louis, and as nearly complete ns pos- sfble, is as follows: So. 111. ft Nat’l. Bank.$1,130,000 Nat’l. Stock Yards Bank... 950,000 Illinois State Bank 790,000 1’nlon Trust Savings 535,000 Drovers Natl. Bank 141.800 Outside banks 16.800 Outside firms 24.450 Railroad credits 400,000 City total .$3,988,050 That the press of the county played n large part In the success of the loan is stated In a letter sent out by Pub licity Director J. N. Fining. In part. Mr. Fining says: "October 22, 1918. "To the Press of St. Clair County, Illinois. "Chairman Wirt Wright of the St. Clair County Liberty Loan Organiza lion exnresses the greatest satlsfac lon over the work done by the press jf St. Clair County In the Fourth Lib erty Loan Campaign. It was a mar velously successful campaign, and Mr. Wrtght awards most of the credit :o the patriotic press of. the county." JOE «i ACKRORN BEING SOUGHT Police are searching for Joe Black burn, 17 years old, who was hired by the Sussman brothers Grocery Com pany, yesterday morning to deliver groceries in a Ford truck, and who did sot return with the truck last night. The truck was found by police at Seventeenth street and Gaty avenue, after they had been directed to loo* rog it. Several orders had been de ivered by the boy before he left, hut >thers were still m the machine when 'ound. Officials of the grocery com iarfy cannot account for the boy’* lisappearance.

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ILLINOIS SOLDIERS IMMORTALIZE THE HILL MADE FAMOUS BY FRENCH TROOPS Le Mort Homme, Well Named, Is Scene7 of Weeks of Fighting by Illinois Troops. BOCHES PUSHED BACK 25 MILES Troops Straddled Meuse River and Fought for Every Inch of the Soil. With the American Army In France, Oct 18.—(Delayed.)—The etory of the gallant part which the Illinois men of the Thirty-third Division took when the American army pushed the Hun back on the twenty-five-mile front from the River Meuse to the Argonne foreat can be told best In two parts. Thla first part chronicles the action from September 26 to a few daya ago, when the Chicago and down-state men had straddled the Meuse and won the positions on the right bank. In all the history of Illinois’ soldiers there Is no more gallant chapter than this of the men who fought and died for an Ideal four thousand miles from home. *Xe Mort Homme,’* the French call It. "Dead Man’s Hill’’ It means, and It Is well named. Its yellow clay soil has been made rioh by the bones of. brave men who died there—600,000 Frenchmen, they say, sacrificed them*, selves that Verdun might be saved. Men from Illinois contributed the su-l preme sacrifice and today lie on this hill. Graves of Men and Towns. On its brow blackened and broken trees stand erect like strange senti nels, looking out over the hills and deep gullies that fold away from it on all sides. They seem to be looking down on the graves of tiny hamlets burled in their own ruins. The graves of men, too, are sprinkled about over] the uneven miles. Everywhere the ground Is pocked: with shell holes, some so ancient that nature has been able to cover tbe scars with gray weeds, while others are so fresh that even the sodden cold drizzle has been unable to beat down the spongy thrown-up earth. Everywhere for miles about this desolate, dreary, ruined lRnd Illinois men are living like cave dwellers be low the level of the ground in the abandoned bocho dugouts and the old battered trenches that scar the ground like the lines in a man's palm. Shelters are dug In the protecting! elopes of the hill with a bit of stolen! corrugated roof or half a pup tent placed overhead. Where Forges Once Was. Over all was a great mantle of fog that hung so heavy in the deep gullies that the sun could only pierce it a! feu- hours by day, and by night the! light of the moon filtered through like dripping wster. For four years no civilian had trod the winding hills of clay or wandered! through the clumps of wood and dead! towns. No living things were here ex cept the men and affairs of war. I "This was Forges.” reads a sign at crossroads that all day is choked! with men, transports, cannon, lorries, j mules and wagons, all straining over| the slippery roads of yellow clay. This was Forges four years ago. a' beautiful French village nestling among these hills, with Its little ■tream running at its feet—today there Is no piece of wall or chimney which stand a yard high, and no one can! tell which of the great pathetic wounds of shell holes was once a cellar. Behind Them Lay Verdun. For weeks the Illinois soldiers lived, fought and died In the great waves of hills, valleys and ruined haip lets. To the right lies the walled city of Verdun. From Le Mort Homme and from all about here the blue clad soldiers of France shouted "They shall not pass!"—and they did not pass. The French soldiers made the hills around Verdun immortal, but the olive drab soldiers of the new world made even this Immortality finer and sweeter. None helped more than the Illinois boys. Wonderful soldiers the men of the middle west are” They have the real spirit of America, fresh, clean hearted, honest, and brave. They could stand the gaff. They had Iron In the blood and steel In the heart. "You’ll do for us. Yanks; you are bnnnie fighters,” th«* Australians told them in those July and August days when they first demonstrated how they could fight, and through these heavy days now the French say even more. When the “Kickoff” Came. M was exactly 5:30 on the morning of Sept. 26 when the two Chicago res-1 Iments, supported by two others,! honped ofT the crown of Dead Man’s j Hill and went over the top. For: hours thousands of cannon had been j paving the way. and now. when they finally did push off. they went as vet- j erans. joking asd smoking cigarettes, i with their rifles swung over th°ir shoulders and either a pick or a full-, sized shovel strapped on their backs. The men from Chicago had b»en fighting with the Australians at Hamel on July 4 and at Chipply ridge on Aug. 9. and they had learned the trade.j Thev were experienced, thorough going flrhting men. Less »hrn two miles below the hroV of Dead Man’s Hill runs Ftorg*s riv»r. a sm*!!. muddv stream fts«v®d with trenr-h»ront {twain** a*d h»rk«d rearward with Forges wood. For tour* years the French-considered this prac tically Impregnable. It would be the tomb of the men who attempted to cross, they figured. But these men from Chicago crossed. Build Way, Then Fight. For days the men of the One Hun dred and Eighth engineers had been working on the problem. Hundreds of great bundles of fagots were gathered and bound together. Miles of duck board, like nothing so much as short, rough ladders, were made, and the sec ond the bombardment stopped and the rolling barrage opened these nervy engineers rushed to the creek and swamp, laid the brush bundles and placed the duckboards on top. A few minutes later, when the In fantry reached the creek bottom, they had a bridge to cross on. Many, how ever, slipped off (he boards while feeling their way through the heavy fog. The engineers picked up guns the second the footbridge was com pleted and stepped into the fighting line, two companies forming the very vanguard of the attack. The first kilometer or two had been cleaned up by the heavy bombard ment, but soon the men began mak ing desperate machine gun resistance, backed by a heavy artillery fire. Once the creek was crossed the line was held up time and time again, until the Hun gun nests and pillboxes could be cleaned up. Circle and Take Woods. Forges woods lay in front of the American advancing columns and bor dered the River Meuse on their right. Here the Germans had concentrated guns and men, expecting a frontal at tack. Instead, however, the Illinois troops fought their way to the left of the wood, advancing some two miles, then sweeping to the right a mile or two until they struck the river, en veloping the entire German defense. This fine Mt of strategy resulted in the capture of 1,100 Huns and scores of machine guns at practically no cost to the Americans. From the north edge of the woods the Illinois troops advanced three miles further north until they reached the bank of the Meuse, which swung to the left at this point at almost a 90-degree angle. This river bank was their objective and it was reached at 11:30 thts morn ing after an advance of more than five miles in six hours through de termined and desperate machine gun opposition assisted by heavy artillery fire. Winning of East Bank. Here the Illinois men dug them selves in while the Germans continued to pour in gas shells from the front and right flanks across the river. The boche continued to hold this right bank of the Meuse for three or four miles along our lines, making it pos sibly to enfilade our troops with shell fire. The decision was reached to drive the boche from his position and straddle both banks of the Meuse. At this point the river is some 150! feet wide and 10 feet deep. I This operation on the right bank of> the Meuse was undertaken on October 8 and brought some of the most des perate fighting any troops have faced' in the whole war. First it was neces-, sary to cross the river op foot bridges I under fire before the attack could be, started. This bridge meant a call for the as sistance of the gallant One Hundred and Eighth Engineers. The fact they had no material made no difference— they tore down the German dugouts and from a hundred and one sources got material together to build the footbridge. Captured and Then Freed. During the night before Signal Corps First Lieutenant Russell A. Schmidt of Dubuque, la., and two men crossed the river and laid a heavy i cable, so that on the following day. they could connect It with light wire and have the telephones ready to fol-1 low th* advance. They ran into an! enemy patrol and captured two pris oners and brought tnem back. Quite gay, they crossed again on the morning of October 8, preceding the Infantry. This time, however,; they ran Into a heavy guard. The officer was captured and one man was j Injured, while the second escaped byi swimming the stream. Taken a short distance to the town of Consevoye, Lieut. Schmidt and the wounded man were placed under i guard. Later, however, when the town fell, they were recaptured by i their own mem and their guard, who! had been particularly kind, was given a note of appreciation by the di visional chief of staff. i Croae Under Heavy Fire. The bridge was completed a little after 4 o’clock on the evening of1 October 8, and immediately, under gas! and shell fire, the second battalion of; tbe One Hundred and Thirty-first In-! fantry, under MaJ. Hamlet C. Ridg-i way of Chicago, took up a position inJ the trenches some few hundred yards J to the right At the same time thej first and second battalions of the One Hundred and Thirty-second Infantry1 crossed the river on the bridge a]-! most a mile below and marched up to position to the left of Ridgway’s battalion. This battalion was to act. as the support and care for the right' flank, which was open to the enemy.' The morning of Oct. 9 opened with j a heavy hanging fog which made It; nlmost impossible to see a hundred feet In the gullies. This was of tre mendous advantage to the attacking j froons. end when at 6 o'clock in the morning the battalions went forward I silently without nrtillerv orena'-iHnn j they fairly stepped out of the mist into! the machine gun neats. Whip the Prussian Guard. *Thts was all desperate hard flgktlnr that jjrained all the courage and strength of the brave naen. From the front and right flank they were! pounded with shell and gas and a j score of machine runs were nlavinej in them. The rolling wooded charae-1 er of the ground was finrfcie to the f defense, but the day. »i»h heavy fog! md drlr.7.11ng rile. e«-.»-ed our men: It wna an even hre»k. j Against the Chicago boys were the V f e' Prussian guards—the cream of the foe armies. But the Americans would not j1 be denied, and three hours after go-; ing over the top they he’d their ob- j Jective two miles away on the bur der of Bois do Chaume and the out skirts of the hamlet of Givry. Forced to Give Ground, i But while things were going ahead for the three battalions affairs on the j right were breaking badly. The con- j centratlon of enemy guns here and the desperate rolling country kept back the scheduled advance of the I right divisions and, despite the most courageous and gallant fighting, these troops could not go forward, j This meant that the whole right flank was open to enemy fire, and as 'the night came on it looked bad for I the. Illinois troops. A terrific shell i and gas bombardment opened up, and without shelter, except what they could dig In a few moments, the men were exposed. There was nothing to do but to draw back until the flank could be taken care of, so the order was giv en. Slowly these men retired over i the ground that they had so gallantly I taken that morning. Two Companies Are Trapped. In the center of the advancing col* umn were two companies of the Sec ond battalion of the One Hundred and Thirty-second, Company G. under Capt. William E. Masoner of Chicago, and Company F, under Capt Christie McCormick of Ames, la., with only little more than a hundred men be tween them. The day had cost them many men, and now when the night mists dropped over the hills they found themselves cut off from com munication with only iron rations and with their ammunition running low. When the order for the withdrawal had been sent out the runner who had started for them was wounded and failed to reach them. The result, of course, had been that they were prac tically cut off. with a mile of woods in their rear through which the boche could filter and attack. All night these two gallant com panies fought it out. At all times the Huns were on three sides and patrols attacked them from four sides. But they held on until the next morning, when help came. How Rescue Was Made. During the night the First and Third battalions of the One Hundred and Thirty-first had rushed across the bridge and at dawn they leapfrogged their tired comrades, taking back the ground that had been relinquished the day before. Again they fought through the woods and down the deep gulleys,1 and by 11 o’clock had reached the two 1 little companies fighting so stubbornly j from their hillside position. Here the j line was established and permanently held. The Illinois men had straddled the river and gone up both banks. The best which the Prussians had could not stop them. Meanwhile other troops of this division had been per forming grqpt deeds far across the river on the extreme left flank. Many Chicago men fell this day and there were thousands of heroes. Men died at the very mouth of machine guns. Across their chests would be dotted a red line of bullet holes. Heroes they all were. Some Heroic Deeds. It is hardly fair to pick any single instance of bravery, except to show what these men of Illinois did. Lieut. Julian L. Douglas of Lincoln, 111., formerly a medical student at Rush Medical College, found himself with Corporal John r'lynn and Private Charles Russell, both of Chicago, members of his platoon of the Due Hundred and Thirty-first, acting as machine gun moppers up. They had gone but a little way when a gun opened on them and all dropped. Forming a V-shaped attacking party, Douglas took the position at the apex with Corporal Flynn, the rifleman and the bomber, a few feet behind him and to the right, while Private Russell, carrying an automatic rule, took the same position on the left. Advance Foot by Foot. Foot by foot the trio crawled for ward. When an enemy gunner would show himself to fire, Russell would rake the edge of the neat with his automatic rifle. In a few minutes they were close enough for Flynn to lob over hiB hand grenades. Then finally, while Russell swept the nest with a stream of bullets, the lieu tenant crawled forward and Jumped into the Germans with his pistol and trench knife. That was nest number! one cleaned up. Nest number two was a little harder, but the results were the same. Nest three was holding back the line, and Douglas decided to have a one-pounder or trench mortar come up to assist, so he ordered Sergt. Donald J. McIn tyre of Chicago, whose two brothers are in the same company, to go back, and get the heavy gun. As McIntyre started to go back he saw Germans in a heavy gun emplace ment to the right. Alone he crept for ward in a flanking movement, crawl ing up unnoticed. A second later he appeared in the rear, capturing the nest and crew of seven men whom he took on back to the rear. Blown Far, He Fight* On. When the heavy gun failed to come up. Laeut. Douglas went forward a-alnst nest number three eventually capturing it About this time heavy shelling opened up and with ano'her officer and two or three men he jumped into the shell hole. j Immediately a heavy shell struck the edge of the hole .Killing the other officer and wounding two men and blowing Douglas out of the shell hole thirty feet away. Dazed and shocked, Douglas started forward with his platoon, but was ordered to the hos pital. He went, but refused to stay*! ;,nd on the following day was back with his company, with the hospital tag still hanging in his buttonhole Such a little thing as being blown thirty feet by a shell could not keep him from duty. j ■—Save at the Southern— DO Your Christmas Shopping Now. We Have Hundreds of Usefcl Offerings at Very Moderate Prices I-! x x x x YOU Can Make Your Christ mas Purchases Now and We Will Hold Them Until You Are j Ready for Delivery w FIFTY CENTS A WEEK Kitchen Cabinet Lars* and roomy, whit* enamel lined, metal eliding: top. 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Copper and Coal Made Millions for These Two Great Swivel Chair Miners Old Mother Earth Gives Up Her Substance Only to Those Who Dig With the Superb Energy of Success, or at Least Guide the Hand That Digs. WHEN Professor Alexander Agassiz died on board the steamer Adriatic, in 1910, he was believed to be one of the wealthiest men in New England, and considerable •urprise was expressed when his personal estate was shown to be only slightly above $2,000,000. But Alexander Agas siz was never a man who enjoyed money for the mere pleasure of hoarding it or for the power it might give him over ethers. He was almost continuously giving away large sums, his gifts to Harvard alone amounting to over $1, 500,000, to which must be added the $378,996 which he left to the university in his will. His sons, through their con nection with the Calumet Hecla Min ing Company and other large industrial corporations, were considered million aire before their father's death, and possibly their wealth has been overesti mated. Among all the multi-millionaires Alexander Agassiz is the first who de sired to make money for the sake of scientific research. Financiers usually think of him as the man who made the Calumet Hecla one of the greatest mines on earth, a tremendous hole in northern Michigan from which copper was disgorged in such wealth that its dividends made many New Englanders millionaires. Yet, deeply interested as was Alexander Agassiz in the great mine which made him famous, lie was much prouder of the achievements which were recognized by but a few scientists the world over. In the cata logue of any library the seeker for vol umes upon "How to Get Rich" or "How I Saved My First Dollar” would waste tme by looking for such effusions un der the name of Agassiz. Such sapient reminiscences and advice he left to the more naive intellects of a Carnegie or a Rockefeller. Three titles, chosen almost at-random from a long list, will show that the words of Alexander Agassiz were written for scientists and true stu* great Agassiz Museum. Whether he was doing great things for the uriiver city or little kindnesses for the Calumet Hecla employes, he preferred to keep in the background. Only in his scientific labors was he sensitive about the dignity of his work. In business or in friendship he was one of the few men who was relieved if the credit for some good action of his was credited to another. But he profound ly resented the patronizing attitude to ward science displayed by many mil lionaires. On one occasion Andrew Car negie offered to defray the expenses of a scicnt fic expedition. Not being ac customed to “do good by stealth and blush to find it fame,” Carnegie wished the expedition to bear his name. Pro fessor Agassiz at once declined the offer and paid the necessary $75,000 out of his own pocket. As a young man, Agassiz became pres ident of the Calumet Hecla company, and was more responsible for its suc cess than any other man with the ex ception of his brother-in-law-; Quincy A. Shaw, who was so confident that the properties were valuable that he would have been a ruined man had they proved unprofitable. Another brother-in-law, Major Henry L. Higginson, was among the few who kept his faith in the mines in the years when the earliest investors were growing despondent. Although not so wealthy as many other American multi-m llionaires, Ste phen B. Elkins was one of the most powerful figures in our national life and probably no other capitalist of this cen tury has so dominated a state that he possessed almost the authority of a feudal baron. Henry M. Flagler ap proached most nearly to this pre-emi nence, but even his influence in Flor.da is not to be compared with that of Elkins in West Virginia. He either own ed or was the controlling factor in the most productive coal mines of the state, the most important ra 1 roads, many m Frofessor Alexander Agassis, the Millionaire Scientist, and the Shaft House of the Calumet Hecla Mining Co„ at Calumet, Miciu, In the Success of Which He Was the Moving Spirit* Photo of mine copyright by Underwood Underwood, New York.) Stephen B. Elkins After His Marriage to the Daughter of Henry Gamanaj Dans Became a “Black Diamond” Baron in the West Virginia Mining Section. i dents. They arc “Calamocrinus Diomc dae,” “Embryology of Echinodcrtns” and “On Dactylomctra.-’ Like his father, Alexander Agassiz was a scientist whose worth was recog nized in Europe as much if not more than in America. But was singularly unlike his father in appearance. The Swiss geologist who came to Harvard over half a century ago was brimm.ng over with enthusiasm and liked nothing better than to explain his theories to all whom he met. The son was shy and reserved, unknown even by sight to the majority of students who used daily the banks, public service corporations and other interests too numerous to name. He was born of poor parents in Ohio in 1841 and after the Civil war went to New Mexico, where he acquired vast holdings of land. He went into poli tics became d. strict attorney for the territory, aad a delegate to Congress. While serving in Congress, he became the principal owner of a claim for 2,000,000 acres of land alleged to have been granted by the Mexican govern ment. The government authorities brought suit to recover the land, which embraced much of the best mining ter T ritory in the state, on the ground that the survey had been fraudulently made. The Supreme Court decided against the government, and Elkins by the decision, became a millionaire. By his marriage to the daughter of Henry Gassaway Davis, the wealthiest railroad and coal mine owner in West Virginia, Elkins increased his influence and soon after moved to that state. With his own money and with that of his father-in-law, he speedily rose to eminence as the leading capitalist in the Commonwealth. He was made secretary of War by President Harrison, and tn 1395 was chosen to represent West Vir ginia in the United States Senate. On a mountain side of a town nsimed in his honor, he erected a palatial cas tle which commanded a view of moun tains valleys for 35 miles. Hundreds of thousands of dollars were expended to beautify the grounds. Italian sunken gardens rivalling those of Tuscany were created and types of the famous Eng lish gardens of later periods. Even when the family was in Washington or in Europe, tire great house was kept open. When Senator Elkins was at home his guests were treated with lav ish hospitality, and among them were the most distinguished men in political life. The Elkins house in Washington was one of the show places of the cap ital and the gold dinner service was used frequently during the sessions of Congress. Senator Elkins’ fortune was left to his family. His widow spends most of her time in West Virgina, but visits Wash ington during the season. He had five children, Katherine, Davis, who suc ceeded his father for a few months as Senator from West Virginia, Richard, Stephen and Blaine. Changing Heart A Little Incident oj War Work On Which Cupid Built a Romance. HE irrascible young man on the top floor rang the elevator bell for the sixth time in four sec onds. The operator obligingly came back from the floor below. "Going down?" was the mechanical inquiry. “Going down?” mimicked the peppery youth. "Where else should I go? This is the top floor, isn't it?—Of all the service—1 can't go any higher unless I fly, .can 1 The passengers in the car gasped. One man started to speak, but the operator was before him. “Some men are flying now—fifth floor, step down, please.” W hen the young man returned that Bight the same operator was on duty. “Going up?” came the polite inquiry. He growled an unintelligible reply and entered the car. Between the third and fourth floors of the hotel the car sud denly stopped. The operator came over and sat down quite close to the lone passenger, who stared in amazement “What docs this—” x “It would be ever so much nicer for me if you would just take a few min utes now and swear at me all you like. Then maybe you would get over your grouch, and people wouldn't be all the time sympathizing with me for having to stand your abuse. Go ahead 1 Trade is light now and I can spare you 15 minutes just as well as not.' “I’ll be darned 1" “I thought I was the one, but never mind. It's immaterial—go on.” “This is the limit! As if it wasn’t enough to put up with your inefficiency day after day, without being kidnaped and called down! It was a sorry day when this hotel put girls on the ele vators. Run this car up to my floor at once. “No!” The pretty slim figure in the brown uniform—braided coat, full knee breeches, natty cap, shining hoots—al most like a young soldier, faced him with clenched fists. "Not until you have heard what 1 have to say. 1 know you preferred the lary, cigarette-smoking young ruffian that worked here before me. He slept on that seat day after day. and I'll bet you rang for him longer and oftener than you hav-e" ever had to for me. But, young loafer that he was, he volun teered, and now he’s over in France, and I'm trying to do his work here as well at I can—and there are plenty of other women, doing men’s work that men— you notice I say ‘men’—may be free to go and fight 1 Why aren’t you over there? What are you doing in your room all day, not even working here? And then you think you can call me down before everyone in this hotel and get away with it. Well, you can't I” The car slid up to the fourth floor. "And after this, you walk, for ail me 1” *TU report you to the manager." Up floated the clear retort "I’ll call your name to the attention of the recruiting officer." He did walk after that. Somehow he thought that the manager might not un derstand his position. 'Also, he found himself unwilling to report the conver sation verbatim. He rang the elevator bell once or twice, just to see what would happen. The elevator came, and went again. “Going upl” he ansWfcftd loudly on* day, and walked up tht^^Un to the re cruiting office. There were numerous annoying for malities to be complied with before he got his uniform, but at last he came forth from his room on the top floor satisfactorily arrayed. Masterfully he rang the elevator bcIL The car approached. He knew that she was looking at a pair of new tan shoes; at very new and smooth spiral puttees; at army trousers; at a pri vate's very well-fitting coat—and then their eyes met. “Going down?" she smiled, and opened the door. Going over—and please stop the car between floors. *I’m just ready to an swer the remarks that you made to me some time ago.” “Oh, but I'm glad! I knew you were all right if only somebody waked you up. You see, 1 have three brothers in the service, and—” "What divisions are they in? Maybe I'll run across them, and I shall tell them about their spunky little sister. I'll tell them that she's holding down a man’s job, and she’s right on the job every minute, but when the war is over and I come back, she must—" There had been pauses, but the car had gone up and down in a manner most bewildering at various floors. "Gracious!" said the operator after a while, “see all those people! They will be as furious at me as you were that day—” “Never mind them—will you write to me?” “You haven’t gone yet. Come and see me before you go—I shall have lots of messages to send to. my "brothers I” Cutting the acquaintance of the in evitable may relieve one’s feelings, but that is the only good it will do.

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