Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-27
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Had Remarkable Career.
The testimony Of John Mitchell . not
the only evidence to the effect that the
country's verdict upon Baer was . mis-
take. His career was a remarkable one.
In turn he was printers devil. reporter.
editor. soldier. civil engineer and rail-
road president AS matter OF diversion
He was practical farmer. raiser of
prize stock. a noted whip" and judge
OF trotting horses, motor boat pilot,
an autoist. a golfer, landscape gar
dener. and a horticultural. Add to
these that he was one of the closest stu
dents Of history in America and q
writer Of authority upon historical sub
jects and a churchman Of deep convic-
ton and the difficulty Of appreciating
the man is seen.
Mr.. Baer was born Sept. 30. 1912. in
Somerset township. Somerset county,
PENNSYLVANIA. OF German ancestry.
Learned the Printing Trade.
He wicked on his fathers farm and
attended the common schools and later
the high school In Somerset. He was
apprenticed to the printing trade in the
office of the Somerset Democrat, and
while connected with the paper set
type, ran errands, solicited advertise
ments. collected bills and reported news
for the paper.
He saved enough money to allow him
to study at Franklin and Marshall Coll
lege for q year and then with his
brothers aid he obtained control OF the
newspaper for which he had worked.
He was strongly democratic in the
editorial policy Of his paper at the be-
ginning Of the civil war and he had to
defend its plant from mob that
threatened to destroy it. That he was
attached to the Union, however, he DEM
onstrated soon after. when he raised q
company, of which he was captain and
which became Company E of the One
Hundred and Thirty-third Pennsyl-
vania volunteer infantry.
His first battle was the second Bun
Run and he served later with distinc-
ton at Fredericksburg, Antietam.,
charlottesville and other fights. After
Charlottesville he was made adjutant
general OF the Second Brigade, HUM
phrey's division of the Second corps Of
the Army of the Potomac, becoming q
major in his twentieth year.
6seomes . Lawyer.
After the war he read law in the Of
fee Of one of his brothers. and was adj
mitted to the bar. He removed to
Reading in 1858. It was as a lawyer
that he became connected with the
railroad interest he afterward served
An important legal victory over the
road of which he was later president
gave him his start. In 1870 he was also
made counsel for the road and also a
director.
His opportunity to become finan-
cier, came with the panic OF 1878. This
panic Frustrated many of the industries
of his home county, and Mr.. Baer
played an important part in their re-
organization, and became known for
his business astuteness.
He had remained as a director of the
Philadelphia and Reading railroad. and
had become the confidential legal adj
wiser of J.. p. Morgan in Pennsylvania.
In 1901 he was made president of the
Philadelphia and Reading railway and
Of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal
and Iron Company. It was in the latter
capacity that he played an important
part In the anthracite coal strike Of
1892.
Needed Advice.
Burglar (holding jewel case and
speaking to householder crouched ter
in bed) Sorry to trouble yer,