The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1916-02-25
HIS MARRIAGE
KEPT SECRET
DR.. S. !. c. STE, SOE OF J. H. STE,
WINFIELD, SPENT ls MONTHS IN
EUROPEAN WAR Al HIS HOE
SERIOUSLY ILL.

The following vas taken from Mon
days Sun:
With the return to this city . few
days ago Of DR.. Grover A. G. Stem. 4
former resident surgeon at University
Hospital. after Is months. service N
the American Red Cross. al field hos
pItaIs Of General son HIndenburgas
armies and Russian prison camps. the
fact became known thai the surgeon
vas married to = Baltimore girl a
short time before he left Tor Europe.
A a elimination Of : romance
which began IT the Hebrew Hospital
t.o years ago, the marriage was
eT. daughter Of ArH. Z. Meyer. 4o3
South eoliIngton avenue. was the
bride.
Yesterday the young woman. who
haa lived - the home Of her mother
whIle her husband was abroad. ad-
mItted that abe vas Mrs. Stem. but
she declined to tell details of the
marriage. She expressed surprise that
the secret had become known.
DR.. Stem arrived IN baltimore We'd
nesday md on Saturday night he left
for the homo Of his father. Ex-County
Commissioner John Il Stem. Of Win
field. Only n few intimate friends q
the couple Enes 81 the wedding
When her husband vas abroad Ara.
Stem received many letters. but :
number were severely censored. sHa
aaId. YerY few words we're permit
tsd 70 pass through Russian mail
WIIh the exception Of MTa Stem
and friend nr Iso none knew thai
/ DT. Stem had returned and many Of
h aequaInIanees In this city believe
! he IL abroad
Dr. Stem wHa graduated from tha
medical school o. the University Of
Maryland In 1919 lie Il . years old.
After hIs graduation be became N
! interne 1T ths University Hospital.
Later he was appointed 10 he ataH Of
!. The Hebrew Hospital. where be mel
F MIas MYer. Who was booEkesper
there Friendship ripened Into love.
+ nT. stem lsIt he hosuIIRI aud .snl
5. 20 Washington. N September. IDtx.
F the American Red Cross called ;
number 81 American surgeons foH
work on ths European battle Helds.
I AmonE ths I.al.Imoru surgeons ID.
Stems name ga listed. md \ fez
weeks later n company with Dr.
John spearman. O. this eity. and 9th
or American physicians he sailed
from Ne. FORK. before Dr. Stem leIl
+ HI wedding 70 Mas Meyer was per
formed.
For one year Dr Stem Haa sith
DT spezTmaR. who returned 10 IhlH
ctIY Iaat 0sloIer. both we're 18th
!. The He'd Cross unit assigned TO Won
liIndenburEH command. and they sx=
+ perienced he campaign Hheu Hin
denburE captured q major parI o.
Poland and Warsaw. After ihIa cam
paLgn Dr Stem was at GIslxitz.
:. GallcIa. share = large first line hoe
pital wa located While there h
performed md aided In hundreds O.
operations,
F Dr. Stem Is EIaunek believer IN
German IhorDuEhuesH. n his letters
he described the organization OF the
army - wonderful When other Amer
lean surgeons decided 20 come home
]. Dr. Stem decided 70 aae he var from
The other kIdc 50 he enlisted IN the
American Red gross doing work IN
Russia.
Armed wIth passports and other
things of Identification. be cot ACROSS
the border INTO Russia and went 10
peIrokTaI. lie entered for 81 months
service IN the He'd Cross and be "a
assigned 20 york n Iae great prison
camps at orenburE. Siberia Orenz
burg, shsre thousands of Austrian
an1 German prisoners are held by The
Russians. Ia city OF 10000 inhabi=
lanls. Ii IL the headquarters Of Iha
Orenbnrg CoasaekH.
Dr. Stem found the work IN The
prison camps exceedingly strenuous
and after three months. service re-
signed and vent 20 Moscow. The
camps are at the foothills O. ths ural
Mountain range and the cold Ia In
tense. Only coarse food IL furnished
The prisoners. After lraferslng Hus=
ia Dr. 9Iam made his way to bergen.
Norway, where he boarded the steam
II BergenzfIord for New YORK.
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