Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-05-24
MEMORIAL FOR
PIONEER EDITORS
CARL sCHURZ, CARL DAEN-
FER AND PREETORIUs
ARE HoNoRED.
HELPED TO save MISSOURI
Imposing Statue Unveiled to the
Famous German-Americans in
st. Louis.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, May 23.-A men,
orial was unveiled here today to Carl
Schurz, DR.. Emil Preetorius and Carl
Daenzer, a trio of Germa1-American
newspaper editors who, in St. Louis,
during the period of the cipil war, dir
ected their influence both to save
Missouri to the Union and to uphold
the union cause generally.
The memorial, designed by w. Will.
helm Wandsch1eider, q sculptor of
Berlin, stands at the main entrance
of Reservoir Park in the south central
section Of the city--a section in which
the German population is numerous.
l. is a conspicuous landmark to the
thousands VINO daily pass South Grand
avenue, M of the leading traffic
streets of st. Louis.
Heroic Size.
The brG me statue, which constitutes
the principal rart Of the memorial, Is
that. Of 4 nude woman. of heroic size.
seated. and with III oNtstretched.
In each hand she e:asps a torch,
symbolic Of c!ilifl.tlae:t. The figure
represents the naked truth their
devotion to which impressed the sculp,
to! in his study Of the live, of Schurz,
Fr,'tOlins AM! OaeEZer.
Above the figure of the woman are
three medallions. One represents the
NEUROLOGICAL figure of Europe on a
swimming OK, and symb0lizes Europe
crossing the Atlantic ocean to America
on Strength and Power. Another rep
resents St. George and the Dragon, sig
nifying the triumph of Truth over Igno-
rance and Evil. The third medallion
represents Pegasus, signifying the
flight of Genius.
In Shape Of Keel.
The bronze statue rests on an i'm
mense base OF red granite-fifteen feet
high and twenty feet wide, and carv-
ed in the shape of the keel Of a ship,
symbolic of the INSTRUMENTATION
between Germany and America. A
series of steps lead up to the statue.
Above the statue are carved in the
granite the names "Schurz," Preeto-
RUS" and "Daenzer."
On the reverse side of the granite
base are inscriptions in German and
in English expressive of the contribu.
ton of the three editors to German.
American culture and to American
life.
Gives. $4,000.
The funds for the memorial we're
raised by an association of St. Louis
ians, headed by Ben Altheimer. as
chairman of the executive committee.
The late Adolphus Busch subscribed
$4,000. The design of Mr.. Wandsch-
neider was selected by q special com.
mittee from several submitted by
various sculptors. When the Berli1
sculptor received notice that his de-
sign had been selected, he sailed for
America. Before he arrived the men.
orial association rescinded the award
on the ground that his idea did not
properly express the work and life
of the three German. editors. An
nounceme1t was made that the select
committee had exceeded its authority
in awarding the prive to Mr.. Wand.
SCHNEIDER.
Varied Career.
Mr.. Wandschneider learned of this
development after he arrived in New
York. He hurried to st. Louis and
after he had explained his design, the
whole subject was reconsidered, and
the Wandschneider design r~e-accepted.
Carl Schurz. Emil Preetoriuc and
Carl Daenzer took part in the German
revolution of 1S48.49, became political
refugees, and finally cam eto America
shortly before the civic war. Schurz,
after a political career IN Wisconsin
and after serving al a major general
in the union army, came to st. Louis in
1867, as editor.in.chief of the Westliche
Post. He was associated with Pree-
tcrius, who had become editor in
1864, after serving a term in the Mis-
souri, Legislature as a nemancipation
member.
Daenzer had established the West
liche Post in 1857, and before that had
been editor of the AnZeger des West
ems. During the civil war he re-
sumed the editorship of the Anzeiger,
which he retained until the paper
was consolidated with the Westliche