The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-01

big auto and started away on a Sunday
morning. reaching Berlin Tuesday morn
INK. Mr.. Names mann asked me 10 gO
with him. because he wanted an Amcti-
porous and we'll ordered Germany was
IN Wartime-hOw the factories were
WORKING overtime. how the farmers were
ousl making the hcids rcad} Tor the
spring planting. how the foIesteTs were
catlng Tor the great stretches OF gov
outn OF Germany were being trained
or the new armies.
Ii was a wonderful and beautiful trip.
despite the sharp weather. and when We
W ere passing through some OF the love-
Hest bits OF agricultural country In Ger
many, ! remember how Mr.. Maunesmann
who caught the look ~ admiration In
my eyes. turned and said.
DO you wonder that We want TO work
hard FOR this fatherland OF ours and die
Travel IN night snowstorm.
Il was a hard trip. too. w went my
way Of lNoln. iadsrburn. Hanover. Mag
deburg. Ersndenburg. and Potsdan. max
Ing the kOln-Psderboru stage At the END
OF the hrst day and reaching ErHndvn-
burg LONG after midnight OF Monday.
The stages were long. and - was only
" hen he thought he discovered that Nh =.
Bennett was showing signs or cold aud
call "A halt for the night
The stage from Magdeburg to Rraden-
hurg was an especially trying one. ! re-
member. being covered IA "A snowstorn
between midnight and Ia the morning.
but at o'clock Ar. Muunesmaun was up
and ready Tor another start.
From Berlin the cars FOR the wounded
were taken on TO Noremburg and M
spected by the king OF Bavaria. who.
like the Berlin war office, was Immense
IS pleased with them.
Along with an absolute passion for
dealing distinguished sir. Mannesmann'
business life.
lie and his brothers had. and the
brothers still have, vast interests In Mo-
rocco OF both mining and HErfrn1-
tural nature. The dubious politics and
the oriental eyastons Characteristic %:
public aud commercial life In that coun-
Try sometimes involved the operation
OF the Manuesmauns iu eNasperatug de-
lays-dclays. no doubt. which nigh hand
I'd dealing on certain occasions ana the
giving OF yeiled brides on others would
have obviated.
Highly Thought OF In Morocco.
In this kind Of maneuNcrlug the Man
nesmanns would never engage. Their
agents. engineers. and mining experts
Structions to conduct negotiations with
the native chiefs and landowners on the
same basis Of open and scrupulous deal
ing which had given the nrm it's great
These rs.rtseutatives We're also ir-
tormed-aud the warning was often re-
itcratcd-thHt any deviation from these
principles OF business would result iu
their instant dismissal from the service
OF the company The result was that the
people Of Morocco were much more ready
90 accept the word o. MluueEmauu-
Nulag such was the firm name-than
they were 20 trust certain governments
10 was because Mauuesmuuu Interest," -
iu northern AfricF were imperiicd that
Germany and France were nearly iu-
VOWED in war two years ago. Mr.. Man
nesmauu more than once told me that VI
was only the pacific and Couciliatnry at
titude u tho emperor which prevented
an outbreak Of hoTtilitics az that time.
Great Lover OF Children.
Though Mr.. Name mann was uumnr-
ried. hc was essentially family man
ON the numerous childr,n or MS brotn-
ers. and. indeed. upon every bodys child
rem. he laVished great tenderness. and
children in tam adored him.
we'll remember how the house rang
from Aachen 90 Berlin. We reached the
villa Of one ~ hls brothers In Rem
schcd where the Manuc~rnaur. tube
Uncle Max has COME Uncle Max
has come rang through the great
house. which contains the finest cOlleC-
ton OF Moroccan antiquities and handi-
craft In the world. and for half an hour
there was whirl Of frohc and cndesr-
neut
Again. when We stopred In Hanover
FOR a bite Of luncheon. hs gathered up
groups - wide eyed German school
children who hau collected tn the street
TO look at the little cars for the wound
cd. which they regarded as some new
Kind Of war TOY. and he loaded them
into the cars Tor o. ride toward the OUT
Anxious a. ho was 90 reach the war
office. and FUN as hia mind was u plans
for the service Of bis country. he haN
time for this pretty deed.
A. We glided down the street With our
train ~ happy children ne leaned nac,
10 excitement and pleasure with a look
81 utter content. and I shall never for
'Ah. how little g costs TO give happi-
ness Ir fhfa world"
simple. Gentle. and Gallant.
tie was q great inventor and . great
simple . have heard him give orders
win lightning like rHpififr tu three peo-
vie 81 once. ara BAY nee, seen I F,. h5.P
ness Co. hc pushed forward.
And yet there VS. blended with the
v9va ~ an III world beau fe aiWs's
I.IeeeI fu. hands ~ the ladies az meet
Iug and ulruur aud De manner toward
Thorn. ~ toward children was beuuti-
0te'af b. eonte7tipr-. which be- loved
10 discuFs and simplify was th1t pcgulr
pleasure. nnd had mostly lost THE caua~-
&c.. 90 enjoy aIUHsf which. Dol Insist
ID. was thr Fr-ats,t show iu ,ihg, wgti1.
o. great drai OF money. but few men or
his fortune ever spent less on them
Coined Industry Of war
one. othcr thinE must recall about
Mr Narnf mann. "" was lhe iElnaf
ri phrase which vas much quoted ln Am
frIrs AFTER o had recorded b. fn one ~
f.. UIanufrhra. Tho remark Iu which o.
ura Embedded rem ffur.
I'VE Germans have been giving Tho
larf forty years fn fne urrfrrfiun 90 our
InIIrfr.rH ~ commerce. 80 The same
.HrH wr were banding our minds fu Der.
fsctinr the industry of war. And ~
whom wHr came We were convinced We
would win"
And e1 enc brave eager pleasant gen
tlenau has gone For reveu months BE-
he's been toiirT sid Thinking lurer~anf.
d. We must harden ourselves We
must not arrrs ourselves were HE
uatrhwurfa Well he would not r0maerf
90 spare himself lie waa past 60 ana
thai determination Of his involved the
he known it impeudsc. I believe he stin