The Topeka state journal., 1918-11-26
W. H. PEET TO CITY
Son of Distinguished DIR. VIM
w. Peet, Born in Turkey.
Takes Position as Signal En-
gineer With, Santa Fe.

Newly arrived residents in Topeka
are Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Peet, who have
come to this city from Hartford, Conn.
w. H. Peet has taken a position with
the Santa Fe, as signal engineer in the
office Oft. S. Stevens. He was for
merly with the Colts-Arms company
of Hartford.
Mr.. Peet is a son of the distinguish
ed DR.. William Wheelock Peet, for
many years treasurer and business
manager of the Turkish missions, with
headquarters in Constantinople. A good
many years ago DR.. Peet was assistant
to General Manager A. E. Touzaline
of the Burlington Railway company,
who had previously been manager of
the Santa Fe system in Topeka. Later
Peet decided to enter the ministry
with a view to becoming a missionary
in the foreign field, but because of
his business training and experience,
he was placed in charge of the Turk
ish missions for both European and
Asiatic Turkey. For thirty years he
administered the affairs of the mis-
sions in that country at CONSTANT
nople. disbursing millions of dollars
during the time of his service. He was
in Turkey during the Armenian mas
sacres. and handling the relief funds
contri buted from this country. At the
time of abducting of Miss Stone, a mis-
sionary in Turkey, by a famous bandit,
he was one of the men who carried the
ransom of $50, 900 in gbld that was re-
quired for the return of the young wo-
man. The case was a notorious one at
the time. and Miss Stone has since lee
tured in America, and once made Wis
it to Topeka.
Doctor Peet remained in CONSTANT
nople for some time after the war
broke out in Europe, being in Turkey
at the time of the most recent Ar
menian persecution. and assisting in
No al; ;of go I,
called to America by President Wilson,
to assiSt if the compilation of facts
| regarding the situation in Turkey and
for information on Armenian affairs.
He is still in Washington. assisting in
the stocking Of a ship with provisions
and farming implements for the Ar
menianS.
Doctor Peet served in the Anglo
American commission at the request
of the British ambassador; he nego-
| tiated affairs in the matter of the
rights of American missions in Tur-
key; he managed some mission supply
| project in Macedonia, and an eXplora-
tions commission to Albania for mis-
sion. He was delegate to the world s
| missionary conference in Edinburgh.
The young Mr.. Peet was born in
| Constantinople, and was educated in
Roberts college, an institution MAIN
! tanned by foreigners and attended by
students from many countries. Later
| he came to America and attended the
| College of Vermont, receiving his B.
A. degree from that school. He then
| took up engineering, and received B.
| S. and E E. degrees.
Mrs. w. H Peet was formerly Miss
Louisa Jennison. of Wellesley, Mass.
whose father is a manufacturer in that
city. She met Mr.. Peet in CONSTANT
| nople some years ago when she was
| teaching in a girls college in Turkey
Their marriage took place about two
years ago in Wellesley.
| The Peet family is related to Mr.
| and Mrs. E. T. Cartilage, Mr.. and Mrs
w. C. Cartilage, Mr.. and Mrs Bert
Cartridge, Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. Null
holland, and Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
J. CarIuth, Jr., of Topeka.