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Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1921-05-06
CITY NEWS ITEMS

SlII lIuCy, APP II 80
A. E. Jacobs went to Minneapolis
on business Tuesday night.
J. j. Hilla: of Donnelly was in
Morris Thursday of this week.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Roy S.
Hawks, a son Tuesday, May 3.
Mrs. N. O. Jacobson had her ton
sis removed yesterday morning.
C. I. DoIva went to Minneapolis
on a business trip Tuesday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Goulet of Han
cock were in Morris Wednesday eve
ming.
John and Bert Beissel and George
Beiser of Donnelly were in Morris
Sunday.
Ed Sander, of Synnes has been in
Morris this week having his eyes
treated.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. HOLSTER moved
from Atlantic avenue to 100 West
Fifth St.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Wright of
Donnelly were in Morris Monday of
this week.
The regular meeting of Masonic
Lodge was held Tuesday evening in
Masonic hail.
Attend the dance at the armory
Saturday evening, May 7. Middle
tons Orchestra. adv.
Little Marie Messerli has been
suffering from badly swollen gland
for the past week.
William GrOtwold, ex-service man
from Barry was in Morris Tuesday
for medical treatment.
Miss Elizabeth Palen of Elbow
lake was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Phinney this week.
Dr.. E. J. Brown of Minneapolis,
oculist and aurist, will be at the
LaGrand, Morris, Monday, May 16.
adv.
Mrs. Amos Leuty will return early
next week from Des Moines where
she has been attending family re-
union.
Charles S. Christophle of Norcross
veteran Of the world war came to
Morris for medical treatment last
Friday.
Chester S. Schumann, ex-serVice
man came from Norcross to consult
DR.. E. T. Fitzgerald on Monday of
this week.
Mrs. Ole Siverson of >Framnas has
been quite i'll this week. Her daugh-
ter Miss Mamie went from Morris to
take care of her.
Miss Edna Johnson of Duluth was
the guest of DR.. and Mrs. O. r.
Johnson this week. She left We'd
nesday for Duluth.
The little daughter of Frank An
dert>whose hand was injured so bad
ly in wringer week ago is report
ed improving rapidly.
Mrs. John Smith and daughter,
Mrs. Mac Davis, and Miss Olinda
Schwartz of Donnelly were in Nor
ris on Tuesday of this week.
G. W. Rardin of Minneapolis, a
graduate of the linotype course, Dun
woody Institute arrived in Morris
-
Office.
j. c. Morrison left Wednesday
night for Minneapolis to attend the
Editors Short Course at the Univer-
sity of Minnesota. The course lasts
three days.
John Krag, veteran of the Span
ish American war came to Morris
last Thursday to consult DR.. E. T.
Fitzgerald, physician for ex-service
men in this district.
Mrs c. E. Caine, Mrs. Maude Nc
Elligott of Appleton, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Wollthan drove to Glen
wood on Sunday to look up summer
cottage for Mrs. McElligott.
DR.. Frost, we'll known to old
settlers in Stevens county, who prac-
ticed medicine for great many
years at Willmar died this week &C.
cording to word received yesterday
from the Minneapolis Journal.
Regular meeting Morris Lodge No
80, Degree Of Honor on Monday eve.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1921-05-06

Miss Lois Caine and her room
mate, Miss Margaret Webb, and
twelve other girls are uuarantined
in the house where they have rooms
in Minneapolis because one of their
number came down with scarlet
fever. They are doing their own
cooking, because their INC boarding
house was forced to close when a
boarder was taken i'll with diph-
liberia.
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at the time the reigning belle OF Bris-
tol, Rhode Island, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Mitchell are the highly honored par
ents of FIVE childen namely. Gwendo-
Ign MRS. Robert F. Hunter, MIR.
William H., Mr.. John J. Jr., Mr..
Clarence B. and Miss Louise B. Nit
chell Mr.. and Mrs. Mitchell are very
proud OF all of their children, for they
all are making their marks in this
busy and short lie. and busting old
world, and they arc doubly proud
of Mr.. John J. Mitchell Jr.. who will
follow in the footsteps of his father
and in time become one OF the lead
ing bankers in this country.
Mr.. Mitchell has for some years
served as one of the directors of the
following vast business enterprises,
being a heavy stakeholder in all Of
them, namely, chairman Of the Board
of Directors of the Illinois Trust and
Savings Bank, one of the directors of
the Corn Exchange National Bank,
one of the directors of the Mer-
chants Loan and Trust Company,
member OF The Advisory Board of the
Federal Reserve Bank Of Chicago,
one of the directors OF the Pullman
Palace Car Company, one of the d.
rectors Of the international Harvester
Co. He is also one of the directors Of
the Chicago Telephone Co., The
American Telephone and Telegraph
Co., Commonwealth Edison Co., the
Trust and Sale Deposit Co., Kansas
City, Kansas City Southern Railway
Co., Chicago and Alton Railroad Co.,
Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago
Railroad Co., trustee and member OF
the advisory committee, American
Surety Co., New York; the Chase Ma
tional Bank, New York; New York
Trust Co., the Audit Co. of New
York; trustee of the Mutual Life In
suranee Co. Of New York; one of the
directors of the Art Institute. Chi
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Among the important bills which he
introduced which are now laws were
the bills creating the Municipal Courts
of Chicago which abolished the old
police justice system; the bill creating
forest preserve which is making posi-
bic the conservation of the woodlands
in the county for public park systems,
and several other bills giving to the
park boards the power to maintain
and govern the parks and boulevards
under their control: a bill fixing the
date limit on time which persons
could sue a municipality for personal
injuries, a law which has saved Chi
cago and other cities hundreds of
thousands of dollars.
Mr.. Haas also voted for amend
ments to the Tofrens system. which
has broadened its scope.
He was elected county clerk in
1906 and conducted the business of
that ONCE in an Efficient manner.
The recorder is the Official custo-
dian Of all the records affecting the
title of every piece of property in this
county. He CONDUCTS big business,
requiring the attention Of a man of
considerable business experience.
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Hon. John J. Mitchell

cago; member of the Chicago Histor-
ical Society: he is also one of the
directors OF the Illinois Trust and
Safe Deposit Company; Manhattan
Trust Company of New York, West
ern Union Telegraph Company; and
last but not the least, he is one OF the
directors Of the First National Bank
of New York and the Chicago Rock
Island and Pacific Railway. 1t can be
truly said that the rise of Mr. Nit
chell in the business world from a
bank messenger reads like a fairy
story.
Mr.. Mitchell is a prominent mem
Der. of the following clubs: Chicago
Union League. Chicago Automobile
University, Midday, Lake Geneva
County. Lake Shore Country. Metro
polian and Bankers New York;.
Mid Wick. clos Angeles, CALI
Mr.. Mitchell, who always conducts
himself like a highly cultivated gen
tleman is a high grade farmer for he
owns a two hundred and ten acre
farm near Geneva. Wis. which is a
dream to behold.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mitchell, and the
other members of their household, re-
side in one of the finest homes in
Chicago at 1850 Parkway; they also
have a lovely winter home at Santa
Barbara, Cal
More than two years ago, when the
writer first had the extreme pleas
ure of meeting Mr.. Mitchell, he left
standing order with his efficient sec
rotary. Miss Holling; that any time
we wished to obtain any information
pertaining to the doings of the big
banks in this city, just permit us to
walk in and see him.
1t is estimated that the Colored
people of Chicago. have more than
two million dollars stored away in
the strong steel vaults of the Illinois
Trust and Savings Bank.
In conclusion we feel proud to be
able to number Mr.. Mitchell among
our many good friends residing in
the marvellous city of Chicago.
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Hon. George Franklin Harding, Jr.


is also an IGNORED member of the
Chicago Athletic, Hamilton, Illinois
Athletic, South Shore Country and the
Chicago Yacht clubs.
In 1905 Senator Harding was after
a hard battle elected to the city coun-
Gil from the Second ward and for
ten years thereafter he was one of its
most valuable members; in that length
Of time he faithfully served on all Of
its Dsost impsrtant committees. In
1914 ne was elected to the state sen
ate from the First Senatorial District
OF Illinois, and he succeeded ia max
ing his presence felt in the upper
house OF the Legislature of Illinois,
HIS army OF warm friends ieel that
there are greater political honors in
store for him. and they are urging
him to enter the race for Mayor of
Chicago in 1923.
1t must be said to the great credit
OF Senator Harding that he never con-
ducts himself in a staggering manner,
for at all times he will bestow the
proper amount OF consideration upon
all those who approach him, and it
makes not the slightest difference to
him whether they are of high or low
degree, rich or poor, white or black,
and that is one reason why he is so
popular with all classes of
his fellow citizens.
AS stated before Senator Harding
IS one of the largest real estate hold
Frs in this city for he owns more
han four thousand houses, fats and
stores on the south side and in other
parts OF Chicago.
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Hon. Joseph F. Haas


Mr.. Haas is a member of many fra
ternal societies and other orpaniza-
tons. Chief among them are Mamie
wood Council No. 1924. Royal Area
mum; Enterprise Council No. so. ROYAL
League, Kilwinning Lodge No. all A
F. & A. NJ.
Mr.. Haas has the great distinction
OF employing more colored men and
women in his Office than any other
public official in Illinois. He has well
onto twenty-five or thirty men and
women constantly employed as clerks
and stenographers and he does not
keep them hid away in the dark or out
of sight but it is no trouble for any,
one to see them working during bust
ness hours.
For more than thirty years the peo-
pie residing in this city have known
Mr.. Haas as a high class business
man.
With extreme pleasure Mr. Haas
states that he wishes his leeions of
friends ali the pleasure that the hol-
day season can bestow upon them.
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Hon. Joseph F. Haas, whose fair
and honorable name is a household
word throughout this city. Cook
County, and throughout the State of
Illinois, was born in Chicago. No
vember Is. 1857, and was educated
in the public schools of this city. He
was employed by Jameson & Morse
Printing Co. in 1S73-lS74, he entered
the employ of J. s. Barnes & Co.,
hatters and furriers, as errand boy
and became a partner in 1890. He
continued in business until elected
clerk of the Sanitary District of Chi
cago in 1898 He resigned on June
IL. 1900, on account Of the illness of
his partner.
Mr.. Haas was elected State Senator
from the twenty-ffth senatorial dis
trict in lo02-loO6. As state senator
he introduced and was instrumental
in passing many important measures.
He was chairman of the Chicago char
ter committee of the forty-fourth gen.
eral assembly.
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| counted as the determining factor in
gaining ST. Louis $5,OOOOOO appro-
priation.
A decoration was conferred on him
by Emperor Wilhelm of GERMANY
and he has the distinction as the only
civilian American to rank as grand
officer of the Legion d Honneur Of
France, the rank which was lately
conferred on General Pershing.
His work as vice president and
chairman of the finance committee.
Worlds Columbian Exposition, the
result of the genius there displayed
not being surpassed by any exposi-
ton in any part of the world; his
service as United States commissioner
general to the Paris Exposition Of
1900, wherein the American partici-
patton took such an important part
and United States exhibitors received
more awards and decorations than
those of any other nation and the
commissioner general brought back
to his Country the grand pr-s re-
resenting the supremacy Of the ua'si
State over iorty-hve nations r.
was appointed by
....-.sSI1a. zeorl1rsi eioas- o.
Europe IL 1891, TO explo'; thc Cc'-m-
bian Exposition abroad.
Commodore Peck has grg~- with
the uic Of Chicago from h. t-;A,
July IS, 1S48, on the site where the
Grand Pacific Hotel building stood
when he ran barefooted IN his early
childhood on the narrow pathway
that has grown into one of the city's
main arteries, Jackson boulevard. He
was born on that street, spent his
early boyhood on that street, was
married more than fifty years ago in
a church on that street, founded the
great Union League Club now on that
street, and has his Offices at the pres
ent time and for many years on that
street in the MonadnoCk building.
Those who are acquainted with the
Commodore know him to be most
loyal Chicagoan and friend and one
who puts sentiment, poetry and flow
ers far beyond possession OF dollars.
This he has exemplihed during his
whole lifetime by his active interest
in those things that meant for
greater Chicago, civic harmony and
the advancement of art and humanity.
As long as this great city stands on
the enchanting shores of Lake Michi-
gan the name of Commodore Fcrdln-
and w. Peck will never grow dim IN
the memories OF men.
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AID POOR MOTHERS BY AID.
ING CHARITIES, IS PLEA
OF ARNOLD Z
By Victor P. Arnold, Judge of Juve-
nile Court

1t may interest the people of Chi
cago who have contributed or expect
to contribute to the United Charities
100000 fund for the city's needy
families to know that the records of
the Juvenile court show that fourteen
and nine-tenths per cent of the de-
linquent children come from homes
where the father has died.
In these homes the mother has
tried to be both wage Garner and
caretaker, and, through no fault of
her own, has failed. The United
Charities of Chicago is doing great
things to keep such children out of
the Juvenile Court by giving the
mothers adequate relief so that they
can stay at home and do their work
as mothers; and, in addition, by rails
ing the standard of family life so that
the children do not become deIin-
quent or neglected.
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Hon. George Franklin Harding Jr.,
president of the Chicago Real Estate
Loan and Trust Company since 1905,
was born in this city August 10, 1853,
at the old beautiful homestead of his
foreparents, George Franklin and his
mother, Mrs. A. NJ Harding, 1928
Indiana avenue. He received his early
education in the same city where he
first beheld the light Of day. later On
he attended Philips Exeter Academy
sot New Hampshire, and aIteT graou-
sting from il with all the high honors
N 1887 he entered Harvard, etnerg-
ing from It in 1891 with his A. B.,
and with polished manners " hieh have
never forsaken him unto this day.
December %, 1896, Senator Harding
was united in marriage to Miss Ellen
Orborn Davis of Neenah, Wis. (now
deceased). After recovering from the
effect of the loss Of his first wife
and after paying the proper amount
of respect to her memory, he was
married to Miss Katherine Fay of
Peoria, Illinois. Not long after re-
turning home from college he started
in to assist his father in conducting
or managing his very extensive real
estate business or holdings, and today
Senator Harding is one of the largest
real estate owners in Chicago. He is
president Of the Chicago Real Estate
Loan and Trust Company: he is one
of the directors of the Frederick H.
Bartlett syndicate, the largest real
estate dealers in the world.
Senator Harding is a prominent
member of the Unitarian Church. He
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-12-17

Hon. John J. Mitchell. who has
gradually worked his way on up until
he has become one OF the greatest
bankers in the world, was not born
with a silver or with a golden spoon
in his month, but on the contrary his
parents were not of the very wealth
lest class Of true American citizens
but they were highly respected by all
the citizens of Alton. Illinois where
Mr.. Mitchell was born on November
), 1858.
Being the dutiful son OF Mr. VII
liam H. and Mrs. Mary A. Mitchell,
Mr.. Mitchell received his early educa-
ton in the public schools of his home
town, finishing it up at Union Wes-
leyan Seminary at Kent's Hill, Maine.
and finally winding il up at the Wat
erville Classical Institute. In 1873
Mr.. Mitchell arrived in Chicago to re-
side, highly resolved to work out his
future destiny here on the beautiful
shores of Lake Michigan; and the
first seven years of his career in this
city. which was nothing then to what
it is at the present time, he faithfully
served as one of the honest bank
messengers for the Illinois Trust and
Savings Bank.
Seven years from that time or the
first part of 1880. by hard work and
faithful service on his part, Mr.. Nit
chell was elevated to the presidency
of the Illinois Trust and Savings
Bank and he ably served in that ca
paeity up until a few years ago at
which time he was selected as chair
man of its Board OF Directors under
his wise and conservative manage
ment the Illinois Trust and Savings
Bank, has become one of the largest
and one of the strongest banks in the
United States.
February IL, 1890, Mr.. Mitchell was
delightfully."- united in marriage to
Miss Mary Louise Jewett, who was
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-12-17
HARDING HAPPY AS u. S.
CHEERS APPLY" TREATY
Jap Calls 1t a Chaser" to Anglo
TOXIC Hootch

Washington, d. C.-President Har-
ding and Secretary Hughes have been
shnuzsres1-N.u;sk l->-s-%a.ai.s:s------
cabinet meeting on the success Of
their leadership in the international
conference, which already has pro-
duced the four party treaty to stabil-
ize peace in the the Pacific and the
agreement on the reduction and limi-
tation OF naval ornaments.
The President beamed his satisfac-
ton with the fruition of his plans,
but modestly accorded the credit
therefor to Mr.. Hughes and the heads
of the foreign delegations, who have
co-operated so wholeheartedly in the
momentous negotiations.
Glad Nation Approves It
Mr.. Harding is particularly pleased
with the favorable reception of the
four power treaty by evidently an
overwhelming majority of the Ameri-
can people. He is amused by the eff
forts of a factional minority to show
that the four power pact binds the
United States to go to war in the
same way as Article X of the league
Of nations covenant.
There is nothing in the four party
treaty requiring the United States to
enter into any armed activity in re-
spouse to a decision of the other
three powers, the President points
out. That is not the spirit or the
purpose OF the agreement.
That the four power treaty is re-
garded by Japan as an alliance or as |
substitute for the Anglo Japanese
lliance was denied by Mssanao Han
hara. one of the Japanese delegates.
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Commodore Ferdinand w. Peck,
who has the high honor and the great
distinction of being the first native
born citizen of Chicago living today
Being born in this city more than
seventy-three years ago.
At the time OF his birth this city
was only a small wooden town and
he has watched it expand into a great
city with more than three million
population. His father who passed
away shortly after the great Chicago
FIRE in 1871, who with 80 others in
1890 repulsed 400 Indians near where
the new double deck Michigan avenue
bridge now stands could also relate
a wonderful story of Chicago in its
infancy if he was on this earth at
the present time.
Rode With Abraham Lincoln.
Commodore Peck opened his career
in the public eye at the age Of seven
teen when he rode in the carriage
with President Abraham Lincoln on
his second inaugural.
Most important of all ms accom-
plishments Mr.. Peck counts his work
in organizing, financing ard comple;-
ing the AUDITORIUM, whicN houses ne
Chicago opera. This was done large
ly unaided. He had President Cleve-
land to lay the cornerstone and Presi-
dent Harrison to dedicate the finished
building, all the officials of Canada
and governors of fourteen States at
tending.
Mr.. Peck's latest pride is the Chi
cago Woman's Band, of 100, of which
he is honorary president and to which
he devotes half his time.
Pioneer of Six Clubs.
Firty-four years ago Mr.. Peck
aided in founding the Chicago Press
Club, and since then helped found
FIVE others Of the city's most promi-
nent clubs. For seven terms he was
president of the Chicago Board of
Education. He caused the erection OF
the first Confederate monument north
of the Mason and Dixon Line, and |
in 1896 took the first Illinois regiment
Of 1000 men South and marched them |
the streets of all the promi-
nent Southern cities.
He was United States commission
er-general of the Worlds fair in Paris,
headed the finance committee of the
Fair in this city, and when
The fair went to St. Louis his inter
,ession with Speaker Cannon in Con-
yress, his friends say. is generally ac-
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Chairman of Board of Directors of the Illinois Trust Savings
Bank directors of the Corn Exchange National Bank
also one of the Merchants Loan Trust Com
pany member of the Advisory Board of the Federal Reserve
Bank of Chcago also directors of the Chase National
Bank of New York His remarkable rise from bank messenger
to one of the most prominent and successful bankers
eiers m the world, reads like a fairy story.
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Mr.. F. D. Conner. manager OF the
Publicity Department for the Illinois
Trust & Savings Bank, stands well
with all the newspaper men and he
wishes them all happy time during
the holiday season.
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Il do not know where such an i'm
preston could have been obtained"
he said, "for il is obvious that if any
Japanese diplomatist should make a
statement of that character the text OF
the two documents would be sufficient
to display the absurdity yof the con-
tention.
One Is Wa-er, the Other Rum.
in accepting the four power treaty
Japan is affected in more ways than
one by American prohibition. We
have accepted water in place Of whis-
KY, but we have done so because our
primary object was accord"
Asked what he meant by comparing
the Anglo-Japanese alliance to whisky
and the four power pact to water. Mr..
Hanihara replied:
well, whisky is stronger than
water"
The treaty. m the opinion OF the
American delegation, does not include
the Asiatic mainland, does not concern
China, but is distinctly insular in its
provisions.
Arthur Balfour, head of the British
delegation, declared in an interview
to-day that the great scheme for the
limitation Of naval armament initiated
by the United States is going to bene-
mt all the countries concerned and, of
course, he said, will benefit most those
countries which have the largest
fleets.
The arrangement, he continued, has
the great merit of leaving all three
countries, Great Britain, Japan and
The United States safe from attack of
preventing cut throat competition in
he cost of ornaments, and absolutely
ioes everything that any patriot
reed request if he considers only the
afety, the security and the honor of
lis country.
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Mr.. William F. Harrah, Sergeant
alarms of the City Council is one of
the most genial gentlemen around the
City Hail and all the Aldermen think
that he is just the card.