Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-22

iect of freights Later he was given
the position of assistant secretary or
the organization and still later the d.
rectors elected him to the office of sec
rotary.
The Cleveland Chamber Of Commerce
is a large, vigorous and influential
body and includes in its membership
all Of the active business and profess
Scott gained the respect and con-
fdence of every one of them. He
wrote speeches and articles and orig
mated plans His ability and good
breeding. ably helped by his eyes, gave
the matter he prepared the right or
way over editorial desks. but he would
have scorned to use the privileges
granted him in the promotion of his
own fortunes.
There has never been anything COM
mon or artificial about Frank Scott.
His voice is deep but low. boy in
the streets. no one ever saw cigarette
sticking out Of his face. or heard a
coarse word issued from his mouth.
And so Col. Jeremiah J. Sullivan. hat
ing loudness. and a prohbitionist him
self with respect to tobacco. made
Frank Scott secretary and treasurer or
the Superior Savings and Trust Com
pany when he organized that enter
prise as a sort of an auxiliary to his
Central National Bank.
Sullivan, once poor boy himself and
private in the Union army at the age
OIL sixteen, STANDS WIN tHe HlRNeSt
among the great bankers of the middle
west. Returned from the war. he be-
came country merchant. state
senator bank examiner. then a
banker and ultimately a millionaire.
Col Sullivan had been watching Frank
A. Scott at the Chamber Of Commerce.
So. too. had Worcester r. Warner and
Ambrose Swasey. After three years in
Col. Sullfyan.s trust company. Frank
Scott became an officer in the great es-
OF G. =
ufacturers of machine FOOLS. astro-
nomical Instruments. range finders. gun
sights and on. Today Frank Scott
is vice president treasurer and man
ager Of the Warner e. Swasey Com
pany.
These men. Sullivan. the son of a
small farmer. and Warner and Swasey,
apprentices long ago in New England
machine shops. have had something to
do in preparing Frank Scott for the
fine. service he gave and is giving to
the United States in its war with Ger
many. The lives of all of them. Scott
with the rest. have the real flavor of
romance. and are related. one with
another more or less.
Mr.. Warner was born at Cumming
ton. Mass. and Mr. Swasey at Exeter.
n. II. Both learned the machinist
trade and worked in the same shop at
Exeter. The two Young machinists.
who left the factory Of Pratt & Whit
partners and then settled in Cleveland.
where they opened small shop.
studied astronomy together and talked
about 1t together while they worked
at their lathes and benches.
They built. in time. the twenty -six-
inch telescope at the Naval Observatory
in Washington. the thirty six-inch
Lick telescope on the summit Of Mount
To- V1,a &oJo
scope at Williams bay. In Wisconsin. Mr..
Swasey. besides. invented range and
position finders which were adopted by
the United States government. The
partners lived side by side on Euclid
avenue. In Cleveland. walking to and
from their factory morning md even :
inc az they talked matters over.
1t was large establishment that
turned over to Frank SCOTS manage
ment. Since then he has Travelled sll
over the world. Under his hand tire
business has grown. He was deep in
money when Secretary Baker sum-
moned him TO Washington and asked
for his help in national emergency.
In three or four days. he told his
partners. he would return. But he
could not keep his promise There
rore. he wrote two letters TO Cleve-
lrnd In ore. he asked for IN indeh
mite leave OF ab.ence Tn" other con-
t3'ne1 MS resignation. HIS partners
could take their choice They made n
choice and promptly. Frank Scott has
'he permission OF his husin"ss asso-
ciates to serve under the Stars and
Stripes until the end OF the war, II his
services are needed by the country.
There are scores of other men In
Washington. who. like Frank Scott. are
devoting their time and ability with
out compensation to the tremendou.
task Of overturrins auteeracy and OF
taking the Prusslens out OF tha sun. to
which they once thought the Almighty
, boz given them rnouooa'y.