The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-11
Some PennlIess Immigrants
Who Have Made Millions
Continued From Page Three.


"A high reputation before he left IN
Astor. He saved his money ana opene
"A restaurant i'm Thirty fourth stree
between broadway and Seventh aven
ne. Incidentally, he imported Frenc
delicacies The importing bushes
grew SO large that he gave up IN
restaurant and devoted all his atten
ton to merchandising. Today ne is
great authority on cooking. Most o
,he French chefs who are Installed il
The bic hotels of America were place,
there through his influence.
Made Money in Real Estate.
He never has lost his French view
point. When he had "a restaurant ne
/ lived over his establishment. Wher
he built a great warehouse he fol-
lowed the same rule and had his liv,
! ing quarters upstairs. He has made
a lot of money in real estate. Years
| ago he made up his mind that there
was one spot in New York where a
man could not make a mistake i'm buy
ing property. That was in the section
between Thirty-fourth and Forty sec
ond streets and Fourth and Seventh
avenues. lie put his surplus money
into buildings in that part of the city.
and today il Is the richest district i'm
Manhattan Weber is the leading spirit
oi one Of the quaintest organizations
in America--the Thursday club Its
members are the leading French chefs
o: New York. once a week the club
has "A luncheon. When the member
IN charge Of the meal fails 10 win the
approval OF the critical persons who
are al table he is disconsolate When
he gets the applause Of the fellow
members and vote Of thanks he feels
that he has achieved the highest honor
attainable ia his profession. Some Of
the chefs plan their luncheons year
ahead and give them an amount Of
thought far greater than to the most
important banquet they ever are call
cd on TO prepare.
Michael Idyorsky Pupin is the King
Of the telephone. He gets his middle
name from the town where he was
born. lie is a Serb. His parents We're
Xeasants. He came 10 America as
Awaway, and did not have a dollar
- he landed. He worked as a farm
IN MARY land. When he had learn
little of the English language he
r, Ened 10 New York and did many
ki of odd jobs. He worked in a
factory and as a rubber i'm a Turkish
bath. While he worked in the factory
he attended night school He saved
q little money and Went To Columbia
university He not only worked his
way through the university, but while
a pupil there ne earned 80, 900 tutor
ing American youths. He had a grea
talent for electricity, and when he FIN
shed his course at Columbia he was
made a teacher there. He has spc-
cialiZed in telephony and has invented
some Of the most important devices
for the Improvement Of that great
branch Of communication. He devised
the Pupin coil by which telephony
over long distances has been made
possible For this invention he got
100000 cash from the American Tel
ephone ana Telegraph company.
made corporations pay handsomely for
his inventions. He Is the leading Serb
In America and raised most Of the
money that was collected i'm America
To- finance the Serbs in their was with
the Turks. He is at work now on
ocean telephony and expects TO make
it possible for the voice to carry across
the Atlantic. one of the big halls at
Columbia rs given over to him for his
work He is recognized today as one
Of the great scientists Of the world. |
Whenever he feels tagged and in need
of recreation he goes To his country
estate in Connecticut and tills the sol !
ls his father did before him
United States Senator Knutc Nell
son is a prince of politics. He was |
only six years old when he came 10
America from Norway. lie says hu.
that he is descended from q |
long line Of Norwegian pirates. He had |
a very hard time as boy, his mother |
being widowed. lie worked on farm |
In Wisconsin and got his schooling as !
best he could He went into the army !
and at the close of the war studied |
law. lie and John G.. Spooncr were
partners. lie was i'm the Wisconsin |
twice, in the Minnesota |
legislature three times, a member of |
The House Of Representatives three |
times, governor of Minnesota twice, |
and has been a United States senator
from Minnesota eighteen years. He is
one of the great Norscmen Of America |
Oxnard Sugar King.
Henry r. OXnard is one Of Americas |
sugar kings. He is from Marseilles, |
France. II" was only youngstcr when
be- came To America TO him more
han any other man is due The devcl-
'pmcut of the beet sugar industry in |
America Today he is the president of
ho American Beet Sugar company. |
and also president of the America Beet
Sugar association. which comprises all |
he beet sugar factories i'm the United |
Stat"p. lie has cut quite a figure in |
American racing circles, having own
"a largo number Of thorouphbreds |
which were contondcrs ON the great |
tracks of the east in the days when |
racing was in better odor than it H. |
now.
Andrew Carnepip qtepl kiu,v p1n,,