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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-20
NINA FRY TENT

Nina Fry Tent win giye mill,
tnry whist party Thursday even
Ing. May n. IN Veterans hall ar.
mory. Refreshments
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-20
AUXILIARY ELITE
REBEkAH

Auxiliary Elite Rcbekah Lodge
No. isi. will meet az the homo Of
Mrs. Joseph WEIGH. 5sOTis goth ave.
~. Thursday. May II. at p. m
Cards.
II. r. DAY PIT. A.
Il. r. bay PIT. \. viii meet
Thursday. May 81. az y. IN. IN
the school auditorium. Program
Frank ID, Mctirayy. principal OF
the Ga,ewood school viii talk on
Vacation Beneficial and Detrimcu.
tai a silver tea wli follow tho
program. Hostcsses. sirg. o, r.,
Doherty. Mrs. Ross Hanaberry. Mrs.
=, J. Whitman
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-20

LUNCHEON PROCEEDS TO GO
TO oRTuoPEpIc
Twenty members Of the North
Queen Anne Guild OF tho ortho.
pedie hospital. Will serve during the
luncheon hours on Thursday. May
n. from II TO gao o'clock. at the
Purple Pup in tho new medical
building. Firth and westlAke. The
entire proceeds Of tho luncheon viii
so to tho hospital
SOCIAL CLUE
The Social club Of Seattle Review
No, 8. ". H. A.. viii meet Thurs.
day. May Il. at The A. o, u ".
hail. 1909 Ninth ave. Luncheon at
1880 o'clock
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-20
woMEN or MoosEHEART

Women Of Moosshcart Legion will
meet Thursday evening. May - a.
5 o'clock Al Moose Temple lnltla
ton This viii boz The laHt business
meeting before the state cpuyen.
ton
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-20
Women's Clubs

FEDERATION CLUBS
Tho board OF building trustees OF
the Federation Of Women's Clubs
viii meet Thursday. May 81. at 1890
o'clock at tho clubhouse. Election
Of officers. Members urged to at.
tend.
Alpha club with Mrs. A. g. Sears.
SIS N. sist ST., at 1890 o'clock. Pro.
gram: Roll cali. paper on Travels
in Australia and New Zealand" fby
requesp Mrs. s. J.. Brown. Par.
llamentary drill.
Y. w. C. a. CLUBS
Alsacon club OF the Y. w. G. A.,
second floor clubrooms. Thursday.
May II, 1870 p. m. Bible lesson, Miss
Florence N. Hanson, general secrc-
tary In charge; 8 p. m. musical pro
gram, under direction OF Mrs. Hans
Jacob Hoff.
Union Bible club OF the Y. w. G.
A.. Bible rooms, y. m. Bible lesson,
Mrs. J. n. Darlington in charge.
Friends OF All club OF the Y. w.
c. A.. third floor clubroom. p. m
Bible lesson. Mrs. j. &. Black In
charge.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-20
PIT. A. HOME ECONOMICS
COMMITTEE

PIT. A. HOME ECONOMICS
COMMITTEE
Meeting OF the Home Economics
committee OF the Seattle council
Parent Teacher associations, will be
held AT 10 a. IN. Thursday. May II,
in the school board rooms. Mrs.
Il. T.. Mulvane, chairman, urges
fun attendance OF cirsle chalrmen.
AUXILIARY NO. IA
Auxiliary No. IL 10 y. and =. y,
will meet in business session Thurs
day, May II. at l o'clock, at 1916
First ave.
LIEUT.. CUSHING CORPS
Lieut.. Cushing Corps, No. 20,
win serve a merchants lunch
Thursday. May a. from 1870 TO
o'clock nt Ballard city hall
WASHINGTON IRVING
PIT. A. ~
Washington Irving PIT. a. VIII
hold silver tea NJ the home OF
Mrs. Christensen, 9ls w. blst ST.,
Thursday, May Il, at 2 p. m.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-20
Personal

Miss Alice Moore, who has been
the guest ~ her sister. Mrs, j. r.
Tpfford Hutoson. Tor month. left
today for Warwick. Il /. 20 ylait,
another sister Mira william -
Harris
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-20
Orthopedic Shops

Songs Ny Mother Tauxht Ne pvnrak
Mrs. y, r Pope. jr.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-20

l. Edna Mahou. soprano
Marion Evans. aeeompants.
vi. Eins; IN sehonsrn rAksn" Pepper
-tasrson 0rtss ...s.-...s.t.- pamsots
-asade- .................... Becehrrinl
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-20

MI Edward 1. Garrett returned
Saturday from a trip TO Washing
ton. y, 9.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-05-20

Mr. Devote Emory returned this
from a short trip East.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1925-10-28
GREEN

To all tntents and purposes they We're green
and no one from looking at them would eyer have
dreamed that they were to become the future
Harrmans of the country and whip a railroad
merger into shape. the like of which has never
been seen before
Probably it was never the brothers idea 10
get into the railroad business. At least they
never started their footsteps in that direction.
They found their first job cerkng in the same
real estate office.
Later they went into business for themselves
and won financial backing.
On Sundays o. P and his nsepalablo brother,
NJ. J., being both lovers of nature. were in the
habit of tramping through a certain wooded sec.
ton beyond the limits of the city.
The spot was veritabe garden. srnup Of
Shakers had built religious community about
it and through the properly flashed a chan Of
emerald lakes.
o. p. and NJ. j ponderedh long the subicrt.
They had in mind the project of turning this
wonder spot into fashionable residential section.
They took an option and started selling lots
But The site was three miles distant from the
nearest car line and when petitioned to extend
its tracks the local traction company said to the
Van Sweringens nay.
That did not stop them. If the car line wouldn't
come 10 the brothers and their new allotment
They would bring up street car line of their own
THOI GIT CRAZY
That's what they said. And it was brave talk.
for lot OF folks who had plenty of room and
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1925-10-28
JOINT ACCOUNT

They share Il common checking account and
make their home with two unmarried sisters,
Carrie B. and Edith Van Sweringcn, who keep
house for the brothers in a mansion just outside
Cleveland on their vast estate called Daisy Hill
Farms
Rumor has it that whenever women guests
show up at the farm one brother plays tho piano
and the Other mixes lemonade and the guests are
left to amuse themselves.
The only denial of this story is from the Van
Swerngen press agents. who have the easiest
Jobs on earth
They paid to keep personal mention aboH'
the brothers out of the papers.
Just nov the Van Swcringens are building
new 100000 COO union depot on Clevelands Public
Square and proceeding with the construction OF
a sSo,OOo,oOO English apartment villa in one Of
the city's exclusive suburbs.
These are Just little jobs" in the Van swerugcn
scheme of things-lust something to keep them
busy until another railroad is ready to be added
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1925-10-28

money in Cleveland thought the Van SwcrnEcns
were crazy to imagine that people were going 10
move clear ont in the country where there was
nothing but silence and no means of getting back.
Followed long wait. No noise from the brothers
They were planning, proving and searching to
first convince themselves that thoir proposition
was right
once convinced after spending nearly 100000
to gain facts and figures in the usual statistical
research that always marks in advance any of
their moves, they started to pack their dream
with realism.
In acquiring right Of way for rapid transit
line. which would run independent of the city
cars, it necessary TO negotiate for purchase
of strip of the Nickel Plate roadbed which
traycrscd series of natural guics and formed
almost a crows flight pathway from their Shaker
Heights property to the center of Cleveland.
Eut the railroad management was averse to
rcddnE its property piccemcal, for which reason
the Van Sweringens bought out the entire road
lag and baggage. That was in 1906. Price paid
for control of the voting stock was somethins
around $S5o0.Qon
The necessary capital was provided by Clcye
and interests.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1925-10-28
OPEN RESOURCES

The golden spike which linked
cast with west was driven at Prom.
ontcry. Utah, on May 10, 1859.
Credit must so to the railroads
for unlocking the treasurehouss Of
Americas resources.
They sped the succession Of from.
tiers which led TO the nations rise
in greatness and power.
Railroads in Europe are built a.
the traffic demands, In the United
States thousands OF miles OF rail
were laid down through what has
been practically virgin country.
1t is remarkable that the far-hunE
borders Of our country are bound
together by rail into one community.
The bands OF steel are more than
guides for the locomotives. They
are genulne links or common inter
est. No other people Of no other
country with an area equal to our
own are so closely Joined together
by rail as we are.
Today, with about one-sixth Of the
worlds land and a prcportionate
population. America has nearly one
third Of the worlds railway mileage.
Its population Is one.tourth that
Of Europe. yet Il has enough miles
OF rail TO duplicate the systems Of
Europe and Asia together.
American enterprise and vision 4
responsible for 30 great a record.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1925-10-28
TURN TO RAILROADS

Eut, since the day of their original coup, steam
and rails have made up the greater part Of the
anatomical whole of their component business
animal.
In the beginning, railroads but tail to
the creature But the tail since has shown such
life and wagged so prodigiously that the brothers
are compelled to devote the major part Of their
time attending it,
Their Shaker Heights allotment came along
with leaps and bounds once the rapid transit line
got into operation.
In fact, since the day of its development, the
land has increased 1900 per cent in value, accord.
ing to a statement by the county auditor.
II. C-Herbert Curts--Van Sweringen the hid.
den partner, devotes most his time to manage
ment of this original gold mine which furnished
the wherewithal putting the brothers on their
financial feet and treading the highway first blazed
hy Hartman and other American railroad kings.
An interesting glimpse can be gained into the
nrothers' method of canny business foresight by
,xamining the methods they employed in bring
ng out the pioneer residents who settled their
Shaker Lakes allotment and made It a mecca Of
line homes
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1925-10-28
BANKERS AID

Bankers were impressed by the Van SwerinEcu
lison, and must have fallen under spell of the
brothers unique faculty which lies in convincing
others that whatever they set out TO do is sound
Previous TO the purchase the brothers had
srrapcd together few dollars of their own from
allotment on which they had an option for some
thing like 5000 acres.
1t is putting ii mildly 10 say that the move
sJrurk home in local real estate circles like a
thundcrbot Gossip over the affair was on every
Copyright 1924 by NEA Ser
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1925-10-28
CREATED DEMAND

At first they made no attempt to sell their lots
out hit upon the plan of going to representative
men and offering them a lot at Se5 front foot.
A small down payment was permitted to swing
e. 1nc) No. 81
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1925-10-28
Railroad
Growth
Romance
.HERE are romance and adyen.

l. ture in the story OF the rail-
roads In America,
The adventure has been in the
ceaseless fight Of the layers Of the
roads OF steel 10 conquer the wastes
or the west,
The romance has been ard still is,
as the story OF the Van Sweringens
proyes-in the men who gambled
and bargained. fought and died. Ia
the game played on the checker.
board of the United States, with
railroads as pawns.
Romantic were the careers Of
Gould. Hartman, Vanderbilt, Stan.
ford and Hill. Romantic figures to.
day are the Van Sweringens.
At the beginning of the rails id.
vance the first frontier halted at the
Blue Ridge Mountains. This bull.
wark finally gave way to the turn.
pike and the canal and the barrier
was subsequently removed into the
Alleghenies.
These heights became a barrier
holding in isolation the pioneers In
the eastern part Of the Mississippi
Valley and made of them almost a
people apart from the inhabitants
on the Atlantic seaboard.
1t was not until the railroad ad.
vanced its belt Of steel that this sec.
tional difference was removed.
ROADS PUSH ON
The Mississippi River became the
next frontier. But the railroads were
not to be daunted by the Father OF
Waters and successfully bridged the
stream.
Next to fall against the railroad
advance were the jumplng-off places
through western Minnesota and the
Dakotas.
These territories In the early
eighties we're considered impervious
TO railroad operation.
Clusters campaign against the In,
dams convinced the country that an
extension of the Northern Pacific be
yond the Mississippi. at St. Paul,
could be kept open for more than
five months a year. which hereto.
fore had been considered impossible.
The south had much less than a
third of the country's railways dur.
ing the Civil War.
At the outbreak OF the Civil War
the country had less than $1,000
miles of line. OF which only about
1000 were west OF the Mississippi.
Not until Feb. %. 1858, was tn.
first sod turned in projection of the
first transcontinental line. This was
on the Pacific end at Sacramento.
Work did not start until Dec. .
of the same year in the Mississippi
Valley.
Some six years later, after many
trials and delays, which saw a25
miles Of rail stretched out to bind
the continent. an agreement was
reached whereby the two companies,
operating on either end Of the road,
agreed to join forces.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1925-10-28

tongue. Tho Van SwerinSens literally had bought
an entire railroad with terminals in Chicago and
Buffalo for the sole purpose of developing
suburb.
From this information it will be observed that
the brothers three got into the railroad business
hardly by design and yct,scarcely by accident
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1925-10-28

to their growing string.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1925-10-28

OCANNlNG distant horizons for greener fields,
,, or looking for what the old 1rshman once
termed the "farof COW with the huge high
horns,' holds no place in the busy lives Of the
brothers three-O P. and NJ. ]. and H. c. Van
Sweringen
This fraternal trio. not yet decade from the
farm to mounting stardom in American railroad
circles. controls half billion dollars worth OF
property.
The amount named represents the total CAPT.
talization Of eight railroads with 5000 miles OF
track.
1t probably soon will be augmented by several
thousand more miles Of trackage II the report
proves true that the brothers have just taken
over the Erie and Pere Marquette lines, thus put.
ting them In command of 10 roads.
These square shouldered youths of the level
eye, silent tongue and nlmbe brains got what
they have simply because early in life they prac
ticed we'll and observed the virtue of digging for
success In their own back yards,
Pursuit OF ranbows In distant chimes they left
10 others.
Like Napoleon, who said %he made crcuni
stances, the Van Sweringen boys of Ohio owe
nothing to luck.
The story OF their business romance reads like
chapter ont OF some revised and twentieth.
entury edition Of the Arabian Nights.
NEITHER RICH NOR POOR
However, it lacks the usual note of romantic
poverty. such is customarily added to the early
histories of our present-day financial leaders.
Neither silver nor spoons of pewter rested in
the mouths of the Van swerngens when day
,,ght first streaked in upon them at successive
intervals down In the old farmhouse.
II. C. came first, He's the eldest and approach.
ing 50.
No one ever hears OF II. c. in the Van Swer.
ingen news That's because his interests are
confined to the less spectacular real estate raml.
fcatons OF the brotherly combine.
It's O. r. and NJ. ]. that have startled the coun.
try with their railroad transactions.
They are bachelors, while H, c. is family
man with several children.
o. P is a, NJ. j. is -.
1t is said they are afraid Of women.
Ieastwse they've never married and cant un.
dersand why folk should be interested in know
Ing why they haven't.
o. P. thinks faster than chain lightning. NJ, J.
is bit more cautious.
But either brother respects the others opinion
and counsel
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1925-10-28
LARGEST SYSTEM

This puts them in command OF railroad sys.
ten second to none in the world
ASIDE from their business relations the Van
sweringens lead what might be considered as
almost a mouastic life.
They dread photographers and newspaper re
porers.
They cant understand why people should he
interested in their personal lives and make it
point to see that the public doesn't learn much,
No blarc Of trumpets brass band celebrations
naugurate any OF their undertakings
When their rapid transit line was ready for
operation. Cleveland, a city, never officially
Informed of the event
The first car simply pulled out and completed
lis over what is tho most expensive rightot.
way ever provided for an electric traction line.
The brothers belong to all of Cleyeland's smart
and exclusive clubs, but they are not of them.
ATantis J, finds relaxation from business cares
in his love of horses
OrIs P. has no particular hobby. but will never
travel on boat.
No mention Of them is ever found In the SO
ciety sections, however.
The frilis OF life they leave to others
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1925-10-28

to their g"oWIng strIng.
But, perhaps it is best to begin at the begin.
ming, which brings back to the time the Van
Sweringens started in business.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1925-10-28
Buy MORE ROADS

After they bought out the Nickel Plate from
the Vanderbilt interests of New York it was but
natural and logical step for the Van Sweringcns
to acquire more lines.
Strange rs it may seem. little or no Wall Street
backing has been asked for by the brothers They
possess somehow the unique and happy faculty
Of Inspiring local investment.
Nor did they ever study finance in the silt.
edged universities specializing in business pro.
Cedurc.
The little red schoohouse marked the end OF
their educational trails.
What they have acquired in knowledge since.
they have gotten through their own experiences
in the college of everyday experience.
Today they own the Clover Leaf, the Lake Erie
< Western, the Fort Wayne, Cincinnati &
Louisville, the Ashland Coal & Iron. the Chicago
State Line the Detroit \ Toledo Shore Line and
the Chesapeake & Ohio.
The last road provided an Atlantic seaboard
outlet for the growing chain, which now taps
half of the United States
The other lines we're absorbed into new Nickel
Plate system and lost their corporate Identities
And now comes the report from accredited
circles that the brothers have just closed in on
the Erie and are IN control of the Pere Marquette,
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1925-10-28

the dca, and the Van Swerinsens promised to
carry the purchasers along until the property
could he sold at $50 foot.
1t was not long before the lots were in universe.
demand and those who already owned any of them
would not let go at any price
Stately mansions and other substantial resi-,
dences of the finest quality started TO rear them,
selves on the land.
Purchasers were attracted by the character Of
thnjr neighbors and the airness of the surround,
ings.
The Van SwerngCns, despite advice to the con
trary from other business men, had insisted on
putting in $50 and 90.foot roads through their
allotment.
They were told this was foolish and waste
Of good land that otherwise could be cut up and
sold lots.
But the brothers had their way.
They sold real quality to their clients and re.
rciycd quality prices in return.
When the reputation of their property spread,
the money started rolling in.
Since then it has yielded them millions.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1925-10-28
THOI GIT CRAZY

That's what they said. And it was brave talk.
for lot Of folks who had plenty of room and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-10-19
PROGRAM upon
WAGNER GIVEN
Lecture and Interpretation
Is Broadcast.

A Wagner program was presented
at the Heron Art Institute and
broadcast over WFBM, Merchants
Heat and Light Company, by the
Indianapolis Times Sunday after
noon.
The institute was filed to capacity
to hear this presentation of lecture
with musical Interpretation Of Wag-
ners work, sponsored by Ona b.
Talbot.
Carl Foil, Times radio editor. was
in charge Of the broadcasting. Mrs
Lenora Coffin. supervisor. Of musical
appreciation in the city schools,
talked on Wagner and his musical
themes.
The artists illustrating the themes
were Walter Flandorf, pianist; Ed.
ward La Shelle and Mrs. Lillian
Adams Flickinger.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-10-19
Deaths

vivetta FLYNN. 50. 1887 Bellefontaino
chronic mvOcarditis.
Mary Helton. 81 Central Indiana Hospi-
tal chronic myocardits
Della Davis n Christian Hospital
hynostatic nneumonia
Brooke Pinnick, SO. sO2 s Missouri
,,,. Ed%ia Ralph Johnson. Tl2a5 Parker
- Infant Chadwick. . months. 500
Beocher coltis
Smith Ellie Ice months. Riley Hospi-
tai castro enteritis
>, EdEard, Villains. 81. ,2O1o Mabe. car
Frank Meier ca city hospital. frac-
tured skull accidental
Emma Lynn, 81, 1865 Adams. car
Lena Bragg. II. 557 surlwen. pulmon-
arv tuberculosis.
Catherine Anna Hutchinson, II. 253 De-
tro't uremia
Mayme Morton Rodgers 81 1850 Daw-
son. mitral regurgitiOn
Monica Baumann. So. 723 Lincoln. en-
docardits
Elnor Jear King. 1 day, GEO Ogden. pre-
mature birth
Clara Louise Harris. months. 654
Eddv. rcllte h~oncho pneumonia.
Castilius Winston. 50. 1910 n. New
Jer' ov. lOhor pncuT Onia.
Maude Harmon Moir. a.. st. Vincent
Hospital chronic -epceDhalltis.
James Jackson, 60. city hospital. ccre.
bral hemorrh9ge.
Robert Monroe solenberg. 3s. city hos
pital. tetanus.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-10-19
LOSS MAY BE 100000
Standard Grocery Warehouse De.
strOyed by Fire.

officials of the Standard Grocery
Company today were attempting to
ascertain the damage caused late
Saturday and early Sunday when a
fire Of undermined origin practi.
cally destroyed the company's five.
story warehouse in the rear of 419
e. Washington st.
Sergt. Don Tooley and squads of
police rescued several families from
adjoining buildings and led them
through the smoke to safety. Frank
Hornaday, Truck Co. 7, and Ralph
Tyner, Squad 1, were overcome by
smoke and were taken to city hos
.pital for treatment.
Lafayette Jackson. president of
the company, said the warehouse
was filed to capacity with stock.
Fire officials said they believed the
DAMAGE would be between 5000 900
and S25O000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-10-19
paper SOURCES
ARE DECREASING
Pulp Forests Vanishing, Ty-
pOthetae Delegates Hear.
BIZ Unitcd Press

BIZ Unncd Press
CHICAGO, oct. 19.-Wood pulp
forests are decreasing and paper
manufacturers must find some other
source Of supply. r. T. Williams, re-
search expert. told the thirty-nineth
annual convention Of the National
Typothetae OF America here today.
"There are already many other
fibres used for paper making. in
Guiding bamboo, straw and saw
grass" he said. 1.-THE United
States Government is conducting ex.
periments in the production Of
saw grass and its use as a paper
fibre i'm Florida"
Esparto, a Spanish grass which
grows to a height Of three and four
feet, also is being used as a paper
fibre and can be grown i'm tho south
west regions OF this country, Viii
liams declared ,