The Washington herald., 1913-03-07

Hon. Franklin Knight Lane. newly
chosen Secretary Of the Interior. was
born under the British flag. He Is
Canadian, born In Prince Edward Island
in the maritime province of Canada on
q farm about eight miles from Charlotte
town, the capital of Prince Edward
Island, his parents home adjoining that
Of the family of Hon. Jacob Gould Schur-
man. former president of Cornell Uni
versity. Ithica, n. Y. ard for the past
six months or more Minister to Greece.
Hon William BaTchop Wilson, Sc
lected for :he newly created portfolio Of
Secretary CT Labor, is also Britisher.
having been born near Blantyre. in the
vicinity of Glasgow on the Clyde in
Scotland.
Born in Eastern Canada.
The newly appointed Secretary of the
Interior Hon. Mr.. Lane, is ron of the
Manse, his father having been the Rev.
DR.. c. S. L.ne. pastor OF the Wesley
Methodist Church of Charl"ttetown, p.
f. l. His mother was Caroline Hillman
NIatil1a Burns, born in River John,
PiCtou County, Ncva Scotia. Rev. DR..
Lane occupied a church at that point
for some time. His wife before her
marriage also lived in the town Of Pic
tou, the shire seat of the same named
la
I'ictou Methodist Church at another
period Still later he occupied p charge
at Artigonish. n. :. About five years
ago tho reverend gentleman passed away
in California, also did his wife about
the same time. they having resided In
that Pacific Coast state for a number OF
Years past
Hon. E.unK1ln Lane has many rela-
tvcs in Eastern Canada, one cousin
bai,,
herst. Cumberland County. Nova Scotia.
DR. Burns, u. n. s., of sydney, Cape
Breton, Nova Scotia, Is also cousin.
In. Canadian Residence.
The Secretary of the Interior left
Prince Edward Island in July, 1867, when
about three years of age. and had not
visited the place of his nativity until
the summer OF 1910. when. for the first
time. he visited the maritime provinces
of Canada as an adult. He established
4 summer home near by Paddock. n. S.
made famous by the late Charles Dudley
Warner in his book, Paddock and That
Sort of Thing" published some years
ago as a result of that talented authors
summer visit to DIR. Alexander Graham
Fell there. Near "Beign BreaEh, the
uniquely situated mansion of DIR. Bell, |
perched high on Red Head" the pres
ent Secretary of the Interior maintained
vacation headquarters for his family
and friends, he having spent some three
months in Nova Scotia that summer. |
During that time lie was leading par
ticipant in the numerous social activities
of the Canadian-American colony, that
gathers every summer at Baddeck, un-
der the leadership of DR.. Graham Bell, |
and including such well-known folk as
George kennen, of the New York out
look the noted Siberian writer; Gil
bar Al
tonal Geographic Society and editor-in- !
chief of the National Geographic Mag |
azine. of Washington. d. G.. and Mr. |
David II. Fairchild, the noted plant ex- |
plorcr of the Department OF Agriculture, |
OF Washington, and which has included |
at times Admiral Robert f. Peary, dis
coverer of the north pole. and DR.. Viii
fred f. Grenfell. OF Labrador fame, &c. 1
No mention of Baddeck would be com I
plete without notation Of the fact OF |
birth and former residence there OF
Messrs. Arthur w. McCurdy and son, |
John 4. Douglas McCurdy, the first !
named for years private secretary to DR.. |
Rell and a Washington resident; the lat |
ter the thoughtful and scientific aviator. |
now living in New York City.
Visited Home.
puring last summer oHn. Mr.. Lane, to-
gether with Gilbert II. Grosvenor and the !
latters son. undertook cruise in Mr.. |
Grosvenor's forty-foot auxiliary yacht
Alexandra through the Bras dor Lakes
around the soUthernmost point Of Nova
Scotia to the towns Of Prince Edward |
Island, calling first at tho port of Char
lottetown, the capital of Prince Edward
Island, eight miles from which Mr.. Lane
was born on the farm as mentioned, on
July Is, 1854.
MIR Lanes friendship with Mr. Gros-
nf
graphic Society. is Of interest when 1t is
known that that geographical organiza-
ton. numerically the largest organiza-
ton in the world dealing with geoGra phic
subjects. has practically 1000 members
in Canada. and the National Geographic
Magazine has circulation in the Cana
dian Dominion Of 200 copies. some 200
people not members of the society SUBJ
scribing for it. in addition to the members
who receive it as part Of their member |
ship. The magazine has total crcula-
tion of 2lGOoO copies me nthly throughout
the civilized world. the socety's member
ship being even larger an that.
The Secretary of the Interior is a mem
ber of the hoard of managers of the Ma
tional C -raphic Society. one OF the
twenty frectors.
Mr. 7.l..a tue Of his Cabinet POSI-
ton. -H -.- Re- the senior place in
the "s. - .sra "orn residents of
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sentative P. p. Campbell o.
born in Cape Breton. Nova Sc .
resentatiye James A Hughes q
Virginia was born in Ontario. Mr..
tice Ashley NJ. Gould, Associate Judge
the Supreme Court of the District OF
Columbia, was born in Lower Horton,
Nova Scotia. Charles ]. Blanchard.