The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-09
THE HUMAN PROCESSION

lawyer and Secretary of the Navy and AttorneyHGeneral of the United States III the RooseVeItlan era, passes his six ty-second milestone today. The grandson of Jerome Bonaparte. brother of Napoleon I. and King of Vest phalfa, was born in Baltimore, June g, 1851, the son of Jerome Napoleon Bon aparte and Susan May Williams of Baltimore. He graduated from liar ward in 1874, and in that year was ad- mitted to the Maryland bar, speedily becoming one of the leading legal lights of Baltimore.
 It was in 1903 that Jerome. brother of the great Corsican, visited BaIti- more and there met and fell in love with the beautiful Elizabeth Patter- son Her father, William Patterson, was a man of great wealth. and the owner of a large country estate near Baltimore. He built a horse car line to his country seat, on which a steam engine was later used, and this was the beginning of the Baltimore & Ohio railway.
 The meeting of Betsy Patterson and Jerome Bonaparte was most TO- mantle A dance was given in honor of the distinguished visitor, but Eliza belle of Maryland, was ordered by her father to remain at home. The ball was to be held in Baltimore, and Miss Elizabeth was at the Patterson coun- try home, twenty miles away. Els caping her fathers vigilance, she mounted a horse and rode swiftly to Baltimore, arriving at the scene of fes- tivfty in time to don nec ball dress and dance with the famous. guest. Her beauty made an immediate impression on the lion of the evening. The woo ing of the F-renchman was impetu- ous, and Betsy speedily capitu1ated. Before the year was done they were married, despite the objections of stern old William Patterson, who did not fancy the match When Napo- leon heard of his brothers American matrimonial exploit he waxed exceed ing1y wroth, and Jerome was soon in duced to submit to an annulment of the contract. So he gained a crown, but lost the affection of devoted wife-a sorry bargain. One child. Je- rome Napoleon, who became the fath- Ter of Charles Joseph, was born of the short-lived union. Mime. Bonaparte, the deserted wife, spent the remainder of her long life in Baltimore, and died in that city in 1879, in her ninety fourth year.
 Baroness Bertha von Suttner, fam ous feminine apostle of peace, is three score and ten having been born on June g, 194S, the daughter of a famous general, Count Franz von Kinsky. The Baroness has long been active off ciaI of the Austrian Peace Society, and became an international figure in 1905, when she was awarded the No bel Peace Prize. This award was based on her authorship of 'Lay Down Your Arms a powerful aIlti-war novel that circulated by millions through out Austria and Germany. The Bar oness toured America last year, and declared that she found a general sentiment in favor of worldwide peace and universal disarmament.
 William Wesley Canada, United during the last revolution, was born in Randolph county, Ind, sixty-three years ago Sunday. He was recently presented with a medal in appreciation of his services in safeguarding lives and property of Europeans and Amer jeans.
 James stil1nan, since J. P. Nor gan's death the king of Wall street, is\ a native of Texas, and was born att Brownsville, near the mouth of the Rio Grande, sixty-three years ago to- day. Although ostensibly retired, he is actually very much in the ring, and would almost certainly become the refgning monarch of ''the street. should emergencies call for the direc- ton of the master mind He has an able deputy in his son, who is one of the hardest workers in the financial district. MT. Stil1man was named by the Pujo ''probers'' as one of the four individuals concerned in the forma- ton of the money trust.''
 MT. StiIlman's youth was spent in Hartford, Conn.,, where he was edu- cated. At twenty-one he invaded New York, becoming the junior partner of the firm of Smith, Woodnan & Still man, cotton commission merchants. By his dealings in the great staple for which his native Lone Star State is famous, StiIlman laid the foundation of his fortune. diplomat, he allied himself with all the powers of Ameri- can finance, becoming the business and personal associate of the Standard Oil magnates, J. F. Morgan and B. H. Hartman. His constructive and exec utive ability found full scope as pres ident of the National City Bank, the wealthiest of American banking insti- tutions. He was the first American banker to enter largely into. world financing. He retired from the presi- dency of the National City Bank in 1909, and since then has been chair man of the board of directors.
 Many prominent Eng1ishmen will be the recipients of birthday congratula- tions today. The Earl of Wharncliffe former commander in the Royal Ma wy, is hfty-seven. The Earl is allied with a number or Old EngI1sh and Scottish families, as indicated by his surname Montag Stuart -Wort1ey, Mackenzize. He is the father of Lady Rachel Stuart-Wortley, who has re- gently been universally acclaimed as
 'fthe most beautiful girl in England D One of Scotland's richest nobles is the Baron Macdonald, owner of a title dating from 1925 and some 1855, ,O00 acres of 1and who passes his sixtieth
 milestone today. One of the newest of English peers is Baron Kemp, who was Sir George Kemp until his eleva- ton to the peerage the first of this year. He was born in Rochedale, famed as the home of ''co- operatives,'' 9 forty-seven years ago today, and is now a wealthy manufacturer of that place. He first came into prominence when, as a Liberal member of Parlia-