The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-28
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DC. Biographies Read
Like Widest Fiction
New who's Who" Tells True Stories OF
People You Know Who Struggled Past
rWhelninp Odds To Brilliant Success

Is Enthusiastically DR.. J. Rozisr Biggs.
we'll known as q physician and civic
worker. Six weeks before DIR. Biggs
was born his father died. That was
severe blow to the household. u
meant that the future physician. As
soon as he was old enough to work.
had to take the place OF his father
as breadwinner. But DR.. Biggs was
determined to get an education and
for thirteen years he attended night
school. working in the day - mes.
senger boy driver of q fish wagon.
clerk in Center Market, and War Do
partment clerk When he was hand
cd his medical degree by George
Washington University. DIR. Bigys
felt that he had earned it-every
Latin phrase Of It. ana thon some.
But when II comes to meteorio
careers, Gustav Buchhols, faminarly
known a. Gus" proprietor OF the
the Black and White Taxi Company.
probably has them all stopped. Gus"
came to the United States from Ger
many. the place Of his birth. when
he was seventeen years ola
He started life A. an Insurance.
agent but later became q strest-car
conductor. Not being in love With
street-car life. he tried his luck on
the stage. But Gus" soon decided
that he was not an actor. and he
hoped from the footlights. to hotel
life, serving al maitre d'hotel In va
rious New York hostelries. In 1902
ne came to Washington ~ head
waiter of the New willard Hotel.
Just ten years later the head waiter
became proprietor of a hotel of his
80 Ell hA q q
bank director and An influential ciu-
zen.
Although q German by birth. his
sympathies during tho world var
were with the land Of his adoption.
Copies of q Liberty Loan speech
made by him were translated by the
Government into thirty-seven Ian
guages and sent by airplans into
Germany.
Unsurpassed Thrills.
For real thrills the career OF John
Hays Hammond. wsll-known mining
engineer. who lives at 2301 KalorauaA
road, cannot be surpassed. He was
associated with Cecil Rhodes a. con.
sulting engineer in the gold fields OF
South Africa. He discovered King
Solomon's mines In Rhodesia and
caused their development He pro-
tected the city Of Johannesburg dur
ing Jameson's raid and was SEN
fenced with other leaders of the
Transvaal reform movement to be
shot. His sentence was committed
but he spent six months In Jail and
secured his release only after the
payment of $125,0 900 each for him.
One Of the most extraordinary an
tique collections in Washington ID
due to the efforts Of Hugo Worch,
the piano dealer, who takes delight
in gathering from all parts Of the
globe ancient keyboard instruments.
The collection includes 100 instru-
ments, representing every type from
the year l45G to the present time.
ed his entire collection to the Ma.
tional Museum, In which institution
he is honorary custodian Of musical
instruments.
The son OF the man who is said
to have been the real discoverer of
the magnetic telegraph Ii a resident
OF Washington. He il Harrison G..
Dyar, custodian of lepidoptera at the
National Museum, which means that
he is a specialist on bugs. Mr.. Dyay
says that his father. Harrison G..
Dyar. sr., an inventor. discovered the
magnetic telegraph. but did not ex.
Dyar's attorney was a brother fn-law
of Samuel Morse, accredited inventor
Of the telegraph. and u was through
this brother-in-law that information
regarding the invention leaked to
Morse.
Many interesting women are listed
in the local Who's Who" Mrs.
Harriet Chalmers Adams. OF the
Marlborough, an explorer and lee
turer, has followed the trail Of Chris
TOPPER Columbus in both Europe and
America. She travelled through Haiti
in saddle and Journed from Siberia
to Sumatra studying ancient races.
She has made extensive exploration
Of Central and South America.
William Henry Sears, a well-known
lawyer, Is a Washingtonian with an
extremely varied career. He was a
cowboy In Kansas and Colorado, lat.
er working successfully as a team.
ster. coal miner. stone mason. farm.
er, and teacher. He served as sec
rotary to Clara Barton, founder OF
the American Red Cross.
When II comes to membership In
freak organizations-that Is, organ!.
cations rarely heard of-the blue rib
bon goes to Neyle Colquitt, a la vyer.
with offices In the Southern Building.
Most Interesting Home.
One Of the most interesting homes
in Washington is that OF Gist Blair.
retired lawyer. living at 1881 Penn.
sylvania avenue northwest. He has
collection Of Washington books
and pamphlets relating to the city
from it's earliest history.
An interesting biography II that
OF Mrs. Amos q. Draper, genealogist
and prominent Daughter OF the
American Revolution, living at the
Richmond Hotel. She tells Of ut
tending school in an alley between
Thirteenth and Fourteenth and q
and II streets northwest at time
when pigs were given the freedom
OF the street and New York avenue
In places was a miro.
Charles c. Glover, chairman OF the
board OF the Riggs National hank,
started life as a clerk for three years
In book store. He entered the
employ OF Riggs 4 Company when
nineteen years old and was taken
into the partnership when only
twenty-six, becoming It's executive
head His chief hobby has been the