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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-03-11

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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-03-11

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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-03-11
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-03-11
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-03-11
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-03-11
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-03-11

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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-03-11
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The New York herald., 1921-05-08
Secretary Hughes's Note Did NOT
Rally Expected British Suppor,

In the case of the British the Administra
ton expected prompt welcome in London
Tor any course which might hopefully omen
the way to postponement OF military action
ana reopening of discussions, 1T assumed
that since Britain was even more interested
than the United States in restoring economic
order in Europe and in forestalling any new
disturbances, British policy would rally to
American and act to restrain French i'm
PATIENCE, provided only Germany seized upor
Mr. Hughess proffered opening to make a
real proposal. something tangible and solid.
In the last analysis, however all depended
upon what the Germans would offer. II
their offer were reasonable, then the Ad-
ministration could meet all criticism from
all directions with the evidence furnished
by the proposal itself. 1T did not purpose
to pass directly upon the proposal, but, pre-
serving the fiction Of diplomatic procedure,
10 act informally and take no step until the
British, French, Italian and Belgian Govern
ments had said that they were willing to
receive the German proposals, not as final.
but az q basis for discussion. And obviously
the hope was that the German response
would be such to enable the allied de-
cision TO he reached in advance Of the
decisive session Of the supreme council Of
May / when the German default would
technically occur and action would be pos.
sibe 10 coerce the defaulting nation
There were, ! repeat the gravest sort Of
risks. but there was too an American and
a world interest Of transcendent Importance.
and with that in mind Mr.. Hughes and his
associates decided TO run the risks.
We may now turn to the German re.
sponse: II was, as might have been expected,
characteristically vague and complicated,
But when 1t was stripped OF all Its mystery
II amounted to Just this: At Versailles the
Germans had been bound to pay s26,00O,-
100000 Mus, the plus representing the
amount in addition to $4,000, 100000 which
the Reparations Commission should deter
mine upon. At London, in March, the Ger
man indebtedness had been fixed at
$4,000, 100000, s21 900 100000 in addition to
a $4,000 100000 payment due on May /, and
60 that sum had been added IL per cent.
foreign sale tax. In their proposal sent to
The New York herald., 1921-05-08

we again intervene if the Germans once
more prove the French 10 have been correct,
az they have similarly demonstrated French
accuracy in every before and since the
signing of the Treaty of Versailles?
The French say that the only way TO com
pei the Germans 70 pay is TO lay hold OF
Germany coal supplies and use them as a
weapon of coercion The Americans and the
British dislike such a step because II would
obviously risk further disocation of the
business of the world and it would be step
away from "normalcy." Mr.. Hughes is
working to avoid this by getting a German
proposal which is reasonable and possible,
although both the British and the French
experts assert the London figure is possible
But getting the sum fixed is obviously only
of getting it paid and il we prevent the
French from taking their guarantees we
assume moral If not material responsibility
if payment is not forthcoming.
There is a further factor that one must
recognize. The interests Of the several Eu-
ropean nations who were allied against Ger
many differ widely. For France 1T is mat
ter of life and death financially speaking, to
get reparations and to get not less than the
sum fixed at London. A smaller sum means
fiscal bankruptcy. For Belgium the stake is
only slightly less. But the Italian share in
the indemnify is small less than fifth of
the French. while the b itish are actually
more interested in getting the market of
central Europe settled than in collecting
German indemnties
The New York herald., 1921-05-08
Is Germany Using u. S. to
Divide Her Enemies? !?

Having thus recounted the progress of the
American operation, it remains necessary to
look for moment at the European aspect
What, after ALL is the true difficulty i'm the
case OF reparations? Is it inability for
ponucal reasons, as Mr.. Hughes's course
would seem to imply he believed, to arrive
at a hxaton OF a reasonable sum? Or is II
the fact that Germany. having no intention
OF paying any sum, is endeavorng to use
the United States to divide her enemies and
thus arrive at her own destination. which
is escape from all payment?'
Moreover II, as Is suggested as / write
these lines Germany ends by surrendering
at discretion, will the surrender advantage
the French and Belgans in any respect,
since there still remains the problem of
collection? If the problem turns on fixing
fair and equitable reparations total, then
the American Intervention might succeed.
But If the question is one OF collection and
Of taking guarantees against collections.
Their we face a. different situation Now, in
the matter OF disarmament, for example,
Germany has fatty defed the terms of the
Treaty of Versailles. Yet no one will claim
these terms We're unreasonable, since all are
agreed Germany must be dsarmed.
And If the United States succeeds i'm get
ting Germany 10 agree to pay reasonable
sum, how is II going to meet the French
demand for some guarantee that the sum
will be paid? President Wilson faced the
same problem at Paris. Tardieu has told
the whole story in his new book. In the
end Mr.. Wilson succeeded by Offering France
the American alliance, but President Har-
ding was elected upon a platform which
forbade just such entangling alliances. Yet
II we refuse to offer our own guarantee, how
can we prevent the French from taking
their own form Of guarantee, which is the
occupation OF the Ruhr?
The whole crux or the separations dis
The New York herald., 1921-05-08
Is FOR u S. IN GERMAN PREPARATIONS TALK

Thus Italy and Britain most likely to
welcome American intervention, while Bel
gium and France must view this interven-
tion with profound apprehension, precisely
because it carries with it the certaintv Of the
further reduction of Franco Belgian receipts
under the reparations payments. We run
the risk then of dividing the Allies, which
would serve German end quite obviously.
We also run second danger, not less OBJ
vious namely, of forcing France to act alone.
which might give to her action an even more
dangerous character.
Lastly-and the point is of supreme i'm
assuming responsibilities. Europe knows
that it would be a great triumph for Mr..
Harding and his Administration to achieve
even an apparent settlement of the Euro
pean tangle. In this respect his position is
precisely that of Mr.. Wilson at Paris, and
we all know that Mr.. Wilson was forced to
pay for his League of Nations. In the Sec
ond place, it is plain that a settlement would
be of great financial benefit to the United
States, but since it must be reached, If at
all, by the reduction of European claims
against Germany, Europe will certainly ex-
pect us to pay our share. And even if the
sum of reparatioDs We're fixed We should
still have to face the question of the collec-
ton, with the same uncertain elements of
German evasion and French impatience,
based upon French rights and necessities
Copyight 1921. by MCCLURE Newspaper
Syndicate.
The New York herald., 1921-05-08

and the young girl who from Wad-
dington> st. Lawrence county, to study
profession and become self supporting really
never had case all her own TO nurse. AT
the City Hospital during those few days at
first she nursed in the wards, and at Gouver-
neur she supervised, but did not actually
nurse.
Yes. she had one case When one of her
sisters-there were five girls in the family
was i'll Miss Showers went back to Wadding-
ton and nursed her She was gone a week,
and that was her first and only private case.
Three of her sisters were teachers.
II decided that was enough in one family,
50 / chose nursing" she said. my parents
dreaded having me come to New York: they
thought Ii wicked place The nurses on
Blackwes Island had few chances to see
Manhattan, for the last boat left there at
Z, r. NJ, and we were never allowed away
except as a special privilege
"The people at the island were congenial,
and we had a happy. contented and busy
life The superintendent. who was English,
and the assistant, Canadian, were splendid
women. Both were Bellevue Hospital Train
ing School graduates"
Canada has always given her quota Of
students to the nursing profession because
Queen Alexandra recommended nursing to
the young women of England and her col
ones," ii was suggested.
Then / wish some one like her would
emphasize the need now added Miss Stow
ers. There is a very low ebb in the flow
Of new material to the training schools.
Other work and professions have better
hours and many pay better. You can't
blame girls for choosing the Shorter hours
and higher salaries."
In the early days at Gouverneur the hard
work was done by women from the work.
hAt. NJ. I'll, f~1
over to Bellevue by boat and were driven
in buses from there to the allied hospital at
the foot of Gouverneur street.
Prison help was superior To some that is
offered in these days, according to the hos
pital superintendent. The women scrubbed
and did the other cleaning and did it well.
II never had any trouble with them" mused
Miss Showers. 1T may have been my size
that intimidajed them. though / wasn't as
big them and she glanced at her Juno
esque figure in its immaculate white linen
dress.
She comes of long line Of stawart an
cestors. Her grandfather stood 6 feet
inches in his stocking feet. He was a ply
sician and a Vermont Yankee On her
mothers side she is Scotch Her great
grandfather was Judge Jason Fenton and his
brother was Governor of New York.
You would search far and wide before
finding another woman wearing the old style
organdy cap Miss Showers always has top
ping her soft gray hair. The original cap is
worn by just three women to her knowledge.
II Is mob cap of small circumference but
of unusual height. Even the material is
different Caps nowadays are made of white
goods that will stand Tubing, but the city
hospital caps OF the days when Miss Showers
was graduated are pershable. 1t is becom-
ing to her and accentuates her unusual
height.
Children interested her more than the
other patients and If she had continued
The New York herald., 1921-05-08
Many Changes on East Side
Since Early Days of the Hospital

When Gouverneur was young-and
twenty-six years ago II was a small sized
police station transformed into city hos
'pital-the East Side was lot different from
what il is now.
A saloon stood on each of the corners
opposite the entrance to the hospital. "A
chicken yard was on one OF the corners a.
the side, and at the opposite side street
corner was lumber yard These long since
disappeared and most of the old buildings
have been replaced by modern ones.
East Broadway, just a few blocks above
bad ceased 10 reign as the Fifth avenue or
its day when Miss Showers took charge OF
the hospital which is just below the bend
of the East River and at the point of one
Of the widest stretches of Manhattan Island.
Grand street was beginning TO lose its
prestige as a shopping centre. Up to that
time Lord 4 Taylor's ana Ridley's stores
were the mecca to which came the feminine
shoppers Grand street seemed only a
stones throw from the hospital, and horse
cars brought II within easy reach.
Now city buses ply up and down Madison
street, which Is the connecting asphalt link
between Gouverneur and Broadway. In the
cid days horse cars were the accepted rapid
transit system and according to Miss
Showers they seemed speedy enough.
I'VE didn't live quite so rapidly then" she
remarked reminscently. ut didn't take us
any. time to get TO Broadway and then up
town. But traffic was not so great and
a horse car could go along without being
held up at every crossing"
The elevated is far away and the subway
rumble does not penetrate to the rivers edge
where Gouverneur stands.
In less than a week after Miss Showers
was graduated from the City Hospital on
blackwells Island she was appointed to a
position at Gouverneur Hospital. Almost
Immediately she was made superintendent
The New York herald., 1921-05-08
Plans Visiting az Waddington,
Then a Trip to the Golden Wes-

To have been in uniform twenty-sx years
steadily and then 70 think Of dofng il and
retiring to private life must seem like be-
ing pulled up by the roots. That is how
Miss Showers feels. And the district will
miss The Angel Of the East Side" as it's
people have named her. because OF her
loving care OF their sick and injured. ~
The first thing she will do after the final
break will be to return to Waddington for
a visit and then she will go to California
the land of sunshine and orange groves
which she has never seen. From time TO
time her relatives there send her photo
graphs Of orange and lemon and grape
fruit groves, of snow capped mountains and
long avenues bordered with pepper and
eucalyptus trees, and she Is looking for
ward to seeing that semi tropical land with
the enthusiasm Of a girl starting on her
first real vacation.
The New York herald., 1921-05-08
Was Germany Really Acting
In Good Faith in Asking Us

Now in this situation, what was the view
of the several nations concerned? This was
bound TO be the decisive factor in the whole
discussion First Of all, what was the Ger
man purpose2 Was there a sincere desire
on the part Of Berlin to reach a solution OF
the question. a. find a basis which lay within
the limits Of possibility from the German
viewpoint? In a word, was the German po-
sition, assumed at London taken in good
faith or was it one more German manoeu-
vre?
Tf it was manoeuvre, If German states
manship were trying to separate the United
States from tho European associates of the
war, to make the United States the cham
pion OF Germany against the Allies and thus
to escape all payment, then IL was quite oh
vious that the whole undertaking would be
fraught with grave dangers. There was
sound reason for believing that German
faith was no better than IL. had proven on
every occasion since July, 1914 and IN that
case We might fnd ourselves once more IN
the situation President Wilson had occupied
when Germany made her dishonest peace
offensive of 1916
From the outset, then there was danger
that we might become a German tool all
though there was never any danger that Mfr
Hughes would become by deliberate intent
counsel for Germany; no one with the
smallest knowledge OF the Secretary OF
States personal feelings could believe this.
There was even graver danger that our
European associates might interpret our
action In this sense and there was the final
danger that public sentiment in the United
The New York herald., 1921-05-08
East Sides Angel for Quarter Century

Miss Jessie A. Showers, "The Angel
cf the East Side" to retire from
superintendency of Gouverneur Hos
pital after twenty-six years service
The New York herald., 1921-05-08
Recalls Her First Acct
dent Case and MANY
Other Interesting In
cidents in Her Long
Career of Service

nursing instead of taking supervising po-
sltion no doubt she would have carried this
preference into her profession.
The only time / ever reprima nded"
she continued, was when / was nursing in
one OF the wards at the City Hospital Just
before came here. Ii was the chdren's IS ward
and the little ones were playing with rub
Der ball. The superintendent said they were
making too much noise and I had to stop
them. | hadn't noticed the noise at all. but
then | loved children and their laughter
didn't bother me at ALL"
In the closing years of the last century at
Gouverneur most of the patients were long
shoremen and truck drivers. The popua-
ton then was principally Irish. OF all the
patients that were brought there in the old
horse ambulance Miss Showers remembers
yividly one injured man who was carried in
in a dying condition. The doctors were
doing everything they could to relieve his
suffering and proong his life, but his hours,
his minutes even, were numbered.
Il shall never forget the look in that
mans big brown eyes when he turned
toward me and begged Oh can't you do
something for me?' He 50 appealing,
so frightened. He didn't want to die That
was the first death ! ever saw. And it made
a lasting impression"
The New York herald., 1921-05-08
Quarter Century Among the Afflicted
Leaves Her Spirit Still Undepressel

The staff at the Gouverneur street haven
for the i'll and manned treat her with extra
tenderness because of her serious heart
trouble And if it were not for fear that
continued service in the world she loves
might be harmful to her they would press
her to remain with them for many more
years.
\ quarter of a century spent among the
afflicted and the dying has not depressed
this splendid humanitarian. She talked of
her work lovingly and referred to her prob
able retirement June | with regret as she
sat looking like Cornelia that day soon after
it became known that she intended to leave.
The board room, with its old photographs
of Gouverneur it used to look. has been
a sacred spot to her. She glanced up at its
friendly walls, its desk and es books with
the expression of one who is soon to part
with very dear associations.
Miss Showers is the actual superintendent
of the hospital, though she IL officially called
the assistant, because DIR. George OHanlon,
medical superintendent of Bellevue and AL
lied Hospitals, is the nominal superintendent.
Miss Showers has however, performed all
the offices of the head and is at present the
only woman serving in this capacity for SO
long a time in the city hospitals.
The New York herald., 1921-05-08
First Hospital to Employ
A Woman for Ambulance Work

Gouverneur was the first hospital in the
city to employ a woman on the ambulance.
DIR. Emily Dunning who became Mrs. Bar
ringer, served on the ambulance for two
years And she made good" declared Miss
Showers. That was in 1904.
They have women on the out patient
staff but there are no women physicians
yet on the regular hospital staff.
Gouverneur Hospital had forty beds and
thirty nine patients when Miss Showers took
charge. There were ten nurses. Now there
are fifty beds for children and eighteen FOR
newborn babies. The mothers are cared
for until they able TO leave the hospital.
The tuberculosis boat, which is anchored
at the foot OF Jackson street, holds 116
patients. Four teachers have charge of the
childrens education4 They spend all day
out in the fresh air and sleep in the hos
rital. The hospital itself, which used to ac-
commodate four score. now has many times
that number every day.
The new IL" Of the hospital was built m
1900 and since then additions have been
made as the need for more room has Come
Girls were not young when they took
up nursing at the time Miss Showers entered
the profession. No pupil nurse was ac-
copied under the age Of 23 then but soon
after the limit was lowered The course
covered two years; now it takes three years.
Every year since Miss Showers has
had charge of the hospital she has taken a
months vacation. She considers a rest
necessary to the accomplishment OF good
work. The human machinery wears out
quicker when 1t is not given an occasional
rest she says After few weeks relaxa-
ton and change you come back so refreshed
that you are fit to go on for the other eleven
months of the year. She thinks that a
man or woman who fails to take a real
vacation once year is cutting short his or
her actual term of service.
Her field is the entire hospital. its sup
plies, equipment, repairs and the nurses
There is, or course. a superintendent direct
" in charge of the nurses. yet all are under
Miss Stowers's supervision.
The New York herald., 1921-05-08
Already Frank H Efforts
Must Be O Diplomacy in
the PasR Repate Again and Again. Record Shows

cussion is right here. Mr.. Hughes and his
associates are seeking TO bring the question
down to economic bases; they are proceed
ing on the assumption that if the sum be
found which fairly measures German capac-
ity to pay then German payment VIII pc
assured and we shall escape from the blight
ing influence of the dispute, which has mani
festly paralyzed business recovery the world
over. But il is patent that this relief VIII
only come If Germany accepts this sum-
which in any event will be greatly in excess
of anything which she has yet proposed, ana
gets back to the task OF paying, which must
consume generation at the least possibl !
Sti
The New York herald., 1921-05-08

Z snowy hair peeping from beneath
her quaint, white frilled cap came slowly
down the corridor of Gouverneur Hospital
toward the board room. Entering, she
patted the old fashioned leather tufted wal
nut chair nearest the door, fiicked bit of
dust off the more modern oak board room
table and seated herself at its head with an
air Of something more than friendliness for
the surroundings.
After twenty-six years of association with
these furnishings one cannot think of leav
ing them all within month and not feel
pang of regret. Miss Jessie "A. Showers,
THE Angel of the East Side" who has pre-
sided at the city hospital for just one year
over the quarter century mark, Is giving it
all up. She never would dream of doing it,
being in the very prime of life and favorite
with the city staff. but for the fact that her
health has begun to show the effects Of
strain.
The New York herald., 1921-05-08
Promise to Pay by Germany
Requires a Guarantee

But what if Germany does not do TINS, II
she follows the course she has pursued with
respect of disarmament? Then at no distant
date we shall come right back to the same
question Of enforcement, of the occupation
of the Ruhr which was proposed by the
French at Paris and vetoed by the British
and Americans. And even if we with British
support prevent the French now. how can