The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 23, 1922, Page 2

PAGE TWO THE BISMARCK: TRIBUNE \ GEORGE GORDON | 101, 1S STILL VERY ACTIVE Is Said To Be the Only Grand-; _ father Of a Civil War Vet- eran Now Living” AVOIDED DEBTS — WORRY ~ Hureka, Kan, Jan. 23—One past the century mark and still ph. cally and mentally alert and ta great interest in politics and current! events is George A. Gordon of this town. in | (His extreme age has brought Mr.| Gordon a number of distinctions. | sMémbers of his family claim that he | is the only grandfather of a,Civil War; ‘\veteran now living; that he isthe! last surviving member of the Indiana | State Constitutional conventon ot | and he is one of few, if not the} ~ only man, living uoday who heard! Reyolutioary War stories) trom _his| grandfather who took part in it. Jan-| uary 22 was Mr. Gordon’s,101st birth- “My grandfather, George Gordon of Cumberland, Pa., was a soldier in the | American Keyolution,”. related Mr. Gordon recently. “It was my great | uncle, William Armstrong, who cap- tured the six Hessians and took them into Washington’s camp, and said in reply to the general’s question as to how he captured them: ‘Faith, I sur-| rounde them!’ T recall as a boy] hearing my grandfather tell of this anid other incidents of the Revolution- | ary. War.” i The attainment of an extreme old age is a matter of much satisfaction to this centenarian, becatse earlier in ‘life76 years ago to be exXact—Mr. Gordon ‘was in ill health. He was! compelled to give up the practice of law on. which he was just embarking, at Newton, Ill. An overland trip to} Texas—Muring which he had typical experiencesof the “Wild West” such as. getting..caught in a buffalo! stam- pede and being chased by Indians—\ improved his health so much that he decided tio take up farming. I attribute my longevity largely to my temperate’ habits and an active outdoor life,” said Mr. Gordon. “Also to the fact that I always have made MRS. CRANE, GABBARD AND HER DAUGHTER, CHRISTINE By Alexander Herman New York, Jan, 23.—They call him the honeymoon sergeant. He's the only one of his rank in the whole United tates army There’s no distinguishing chevron on his sleeve— But you should see the smile on his face! “And me a confirmed old bachelor!” he says. “It aint so bad takin’ care ofia platoon of brides of doughboys |, who just got coupled up before they came home. “But takin’ care of the kids of some of our huskies that married Ger- man girls a coupla years ago—there's the rub!” \ He's a Nurse, Too He was holding one of them—a two- months old child of the A. E. F. Its mother was busy preparing its bottle. Its father was busy getting a dis: charge. (Hundreds of these families have re- turned with the army of occupation. More on the way. The first detach- ment of 600 men brought 70 wives— and some babies. “The whole blasted tnoop of them came hére to Fort Slocum—and made a grandpa of me.” The sergeant sighed. “Tye been in the army since 1908, and I’ve done most everything— “Down at the border I was with the artillery. During the war I was in air servic! ergeant, first class, Eberts Field, Arkansas. But this job— “Has got anything else skinned all it a‘point to keep out of debt and| ways.” avoid worrying.” \ The honeymoon, sergeant started Mr, Gordon has never used tobacco} swinging the baby.\ It was beginning or ‘intoxicating liquors., He always|to ¢ry. chas been a great reader and has tak- “Hold it, kid. Hold it—atta boy.” en an-active part in political cam-; fae oe : paigns thqugh never has been a candi-! “Bawling” Gets Him date for public office, As a rule he; For an instant this hardened veter- n had been scared. Oks U hy rogress of e ag ; soner— \ Against Women’s Styles | “dm getting ‘used to it now. But “But there are some present day ;when that first batch came over and systems of which I dio not approve,” | 1 was detailed to take ’em in tow— he asserted emphatically. “I refer to| ood night! style of women’s dress—short skirts,; “Sergeant Frederick ‘Knight, with- low necked" dresses; also this bobbed | out a black mark on his record, al- hair fad. Perhaps more than anything | most turned deserter. else I deplore the growing lack_of,ob-| ‘Would you have blamed me?” servation of the Sabbath day. That| He mopped his forehead. grieves me.” | “Phere were 70 jabbering women— Mr, Gordon united with the church | French, German, Belgian—and a raft “in 1841." He is aiMason. He was bornjof squawking kids. I had to take in Warren county, Ohio, near Spring-| charge of, them, their baggage and bop, January 22, 1821. He moved toj their husbands. Sullivan county in 1836 and received! “I shunted the men off to regular his eduéation at Miami University and | barracks... Then I had to wig-wag my ‘Wabash College, but left school be-! signals to the women— fore graduating. He was married to, “They didn’t understand me at first,- Sarah Ellinoré Dunn of Crawfordville, | but I soon got my sign-talk over. Ind., Sept. 22, 1832. To this union!’ “We put the wonien with babies in nine children were born. He lost two) officers’ row—about two in a noom. sons in the Civil War—members of/We put the-other brides in — special the/dth:and 23rd Towa infantry. His quarters. livij children are Mrs. Daniel S.| “What'a day!” leman, ElDorado, Kan.;_ Mis: The mother came’ out and relieved ura M. Gordon, Mrs. Emma E. Bad-/the sergeant of his charge. wer, Mrs. Alice Kalb, all of Hureka, | Kan., Mrs. Hypatia B. Hart, Seattle, } Too Much for Him! ‘¢ Wash., and Mrs. Lizzie F. Johnson,| “That's better. I can’t hold ’em too Denver, Col. He has nine living ;long. I get all petered out.” grandchildren, twenty great-grand-| This froma man who had been children and four great-great-grand- | roughing it in the open 40 years. children, State Senator Gordon A.| “They don’t stay long. Major Bart- Badger of Eureka is a great-grand- | lett, the adjutant, helps them get their sion. ‘discharge ‘by favor’ in three days. Was School Teacher “I sure am glad to see them go!” School teaching was (Mr/ Gordon's Said the sergeant. first occupation—at Monmouth, Ill. He; His eyes twinkled. studied law and in 1844 was admitted’ “I suppose somebody's got to get to. the bar. g married and raise children— When, elected. to represent Howard’ “But deliver me! I've had enough and Cass counties, Indiana, in the con-| Of the ‘trials of married life’—by or- stitutional convention of 1850, he was |der of the army!--to last me a life Jupiter's least distance from carth is 370,000,000 miles. ‘ p ~_.DANDERINE Stops Hair Comins Out: Thickens, Beautifies. a resident of Kokomo. In 1853_ he time!” at Hill, Two years later, he moved | ington and has voted at every presi Sratcgininie ; dential election in eighty years, ex Hamburg, Jan. 23—The first sky- glasses only a few years ago. of the city of Hamburg. It will be 16 stories high, topping the highest | Architects believe the erection of ‘this building will institute the era of moved overland to. a farm near Red} SRT eT TS 0 Oak, la. He was elected to the Iowa | legislature in 1862. After the close of | “yd the Civil War he moved to near Pleas- | .Mr. Gordon has lived in the life-' time of every president except Wash- | cept one. ‘Mr. Gordon still. has most : scraper in Germany will soon be con- of his natural teeth and has put on | structed in the old business section the | building in Germany at this time by | five stories. iskyscrapers in Germany, and expect to see a number of similar buildings | constructed within the next few years. Unusual difficulties must be ov come. The city water plant is equip- ; ped to furnish water only to the 11tn ‘story and this brought up the question of fire danger and insurance, as well as the probability of financial loss, in iview of difficulties in renting Offices on the five higher floors. Despite these difficulties the pro- moters have secured permission to erect the structure “provided the building does not destroy the ‘archi- tectural symmetry” of the streets. of N. D. State Teachers To Meet in Magic City Minot, N. D., Jan. 23.—The annual conference of the northwest division f the North Dakota State Teachers’ viation, comprising 14 counties4| Ibe held in Minot April 12, 13 and 14. A tentative program has been arranged. Miss Minnie Nielson, state super- i intendent of public instruction, C.. ls cents buys a bottlé of “Dand- | Robinson, Bismarck,' high school in- t any drug store. After one | spéctor, A. ©. Berg, Bismarck, rural application you can not. find a | school inspector amd Dr. L. H, Boeler. particle of dandruff or a falling hair. president of the Minot Normal will Besides, every hair shows new life,|give addresses. Prof. R. L. Browao vigor, brightness, more color and}of Valley City high school will also , abundance. * speak. HE’S “HONEYMOON SERGEANT” PAN-PACIFIC COMMERCIAL Washington, Jan. 23\-The four- pewer Pacific Treaty was described as the probable progenitor of a Pan- Pacifig League of Nations by Alexan- der Hume Ford of Honolulu, director of the. newly organized Pan-Pacific Union, in an address before the Na- ameais. He quoted Senator Lodge as having said that “ff there ever is to be an effective League of Nations, i will have its beginning in the Pz re -Pacifie League of 3 Mr. Ford asserted, “is now in the course of construction. These mas- ter builders, President Harding, Sec- retary Hughes and Senator ‘Lodge, have driven the first piling home and the nations of the Pac have al- ready begun to gather material for the laying of the foundation and with the help of a hoping world the struc- ture will grow to completion. , “It has been clearly shown iy Wash- ington that the old “world powers look forward to the time when ‘they (will gladly trust the countries of the Pa- cific to manage their own affairs, It has also been clearly demonstrated in Washington that the countries of the Pacific are learning to’ trust each other and to deserve to be so trusted. When the time cemes, as it will, that the pecples,of the Pacific grow in ed- ucatiorn until they themselves under- stand.and trust each other, then the countries about the greatest of oceans will work together for their, joint ad- vahcement. and there will be no more spheres of influence or need of them. The cne fleet then afloat will give police protection, to the whole world. We have seen the dawn of this great era here at the Washington conference and some of us shall live to see its midday glory, To Ta The Pan-Pac Jnion, Mr. Ford said, is preparing for the first Pan- Pacitic Commercial conference, to be held next fall to také up the follow- ing questions: “Teansportatiqn and port facilities with udy of trade routes in con- nection with supplies of-raw material jand_yoints of accumulation. “Food and fuel supplies, including a survey of present supplies, location, quantity, control, new sources of sup- ply, regulation of price, and guaran- tees of universal availability to all transportation . lines of all nations without discrimination. “Cable and wireless communication with o survey of present facilities and their ccrtrol of same and the estab- lishing of lower special rates for the press «nd time schedule reserved for same. | “Banking and exchange with a, dis- state bonus application blanks, ~ CONFERENCE No Other Army Job Like It—Fortunately, Says He tional Council for Limittions cf Arm- |; t SERGEANT. FREDERICK KNIGHT AND ONE OF HIS CHARGES cussion as to. possibilities of lessen- ing present exchange fluctuations. “Raw materials with a survey of present conditions as to source and character of supply and their inter- change. / “Standardization of weights, meas- ures, coinage and the protection of patents and trademarks, “International trade. “Hawaii,” Mr. Ford said in conclu=1 sion, “is an American) territory peo- pled by men of all races of the Pa- cific, an almost neutral meeting ground where no*race prejudice exists. It is the interracial experimental station} of the Pacific and here, Where China’s | first president, Sun Yat Sen was born | ated, is being worked out as} oratery, plans for a real Pan-: League of Nations, that will | and “illuminate the whole; To the. carrying forward of} Is expressed at the conference hington, the Pan-Pacific Union| will bend its ener guided by its} leader's who. are.the actual! heads of | the governinents Of Pacific lands.” GERMAN PROPLE SPECULATING, GOING “BROKE” lighten world. i Berlin, Jan. 23.— Thousands of Germans have. been bankrupted by the recent craze for speculating in’ ‘the stock market. The losers were not limited to wage ‘earners and profes- sional men with inadequate incomes but included many comparatively | wealthy men. The workmen nd professional men claim that speculation is not a ‘vice but .a. necessity .for men whose in- comes ate 3,000 marks a itionth or less. They say?they “plunged” in the! market in the hope of being able to win enough to pay their bills and to! buy clothing for themselveS or a dress for their wives. Some of those who lost their earn- ings in this way’ have disappeared from their ~ positions. | Othe are making the round of théir acquaint-! ances in an effort to borrow and the remainder are stolidly facing debts; which they cannot hope to pay. -Gro- cers and butchers generally have! closed all credit accounts. i One of the speculators who lost his monthly, salary of! 2,000 marks in stock market speculation said: “We have to gamble. We cannot buy anything but the barest neces- sitiés on what we earn and when prices go up and money for even the necessaries is lacking, we take a chance rather hopelessly thinking that our ccndition cannot be much worse and that we might have luck. As many people live in Chicago as in the state of Wisconsin. OHIO PAYING BONUS TO VETS War veterans waiting at Bentley Post headquarters, Cincinnati, for Ohio MRS. ANDREW. "TUSINSKT AND! HER BABY, GEORGE. a OI Oe OO BLIEVES HE’S NAPOLEON 4ST Paris, Jan. 23.—One of the rag and! bone pickers of Paris has just made! {known his belief that he may: be aj?! descehdant of the great Emperor i* Napoleon I. His name is Louis Na-| poleon Eugene Maximilen Laurent) Masson. .He is called “Napoleon” and ; gives as the reason for his use of| that name the following: explanation: | “My father was a shoe Cobbler and — second-hand dealer who used to res-; cue dogs’ and cats’ bodies from the | Seine to sell for making grease. My ‘mother was a traveling mender of pots | and pans. sh i ‘My mother’s mother was Rosali¢ | deMandel, of Spanish origin and no-; ble. Her husband, my granifather, named Firmin, was from Ireland. | They kept an inn at Clethy, in the: department of Pas de Calais, where: coacheg changed horses. , | “One evening the emperor arrived ; at. Clethy and my ‘ grandmother | warned him to go no further as there were English soldiers about. My grandmother hid Napoleon in the low- er part of our two storied Cellar un- til he could leave in safety. Wher my mother was born; my grandfather always refused to recognize her as his child, declaring that Napoleon Was her tather. “You wiil find a reference to .Na- poleon’s stay in Clethy, in) Marshal Bertrand Memoirs with something about the child that resulted from it. “That's why’ I am better known as Napoleon, and» with reason.” FRENCH RETAIN THRIFTY HABITS Paris, Jan. 23.—The French, people have taker, to spending their, cents rather than putting them away in pro- than putting them away’ in the pro- verbial “woolen stocking,” as report- ed abroad., The French National Sav- ings bank had in 1913 15,066,000 de- positors with 5,829,000,000 francs sav- ings. Ite latest report shows 15,738,- 000 depositors with — 8,149,000,000 francs to, their, credit. y ucts Refining Co., Dept. A. 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