Evening Star Newspaper, August 21, 1930, Page 4

A—4 VETERANSOF 10 FLECT OHI UDGE | New Commander in Chief and | Other Officers Are Chosen. Milwaukee Wins. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, August 31.—The United Spanish War Veterans closed their thirty-second annual encampment here yesterday by electing Judge Ed- ward S. Matthias of the Ohio Supreme Court commander in chief Judge Matthias, & former department | eommander of Ohio and chairman of | the Legislation Committee, was chosen over Robert Wankowski of Venice, Calif, the retiring vice commander in chief. Judge Mattk is_from Van Wert, O He received all but seven | of the votes cast. | The 1932 convention city will be| Milwaukee, Wis, which received 898 Votes against 518 for Boston. The 1931 encampment will be held in New Or- leans, which was selected last year. Dr. C. Ellsworth of _Portland, | Oreg. who was one of Roosevelt's| Rough Riders, was elected senior vice | commander in chief. He was unop-| sed. Rev. Charles Lee of Paterson, | . J., was elected chaplain in chief. Virginian is Honored. William A. Seddenger of Virginia was elected junior vice commander in chief | and Dr. Willlam K. Mittendorf of New York surgeon general Judge Matthais, the new commander in chief, announced appointment of the following: Adjutant general, Charles F. Schaber, | Bucyrus, Ohio; assistant adjutant gen- | eral, Col. John P. Edwards, Columbus, | ©Ohio, and J. J. Murphy, Washington, C.. quartermaster general (re- appointed) Warren J. Shepherd. Los Angeles, Calif,, was re-elected colonel comman- der of Company D, Tth United States Infantry Association. The association | held its first annual reunion in connec- tion with the Spanish War Veterans' | Encampment. The Roosevelt Drum, Fife and Bugle | Corps, Los Angeles, ¢arried off first | honors in a band contest tonight. Sec- ond prize was won by the Detroit Drum and Bugle Corps and third by the De- partment of Ohio Drum and Bugle Corps from Toledo. Problems of preparedness,patriotism, pensions and of the encampment itself | were stressed in the 23 resolutions rati- fled at today’s general meeting. For Strong Defense. ‘The veterans urged President Hoover to support & strong national military defense, the placing of firmer restric- tions on immigration and lent their indorsement to the Harris bill, which restricts immigration from other nations of the Western Hemisphere, ‘The convention recommended that Congress grant an appropriation of $500,000 or $1,000,000 for the construc- tion of a memorial of the war with Spain at Tampa, Fla, Tampa has set aside a tract of 100 acres for the national park in which it is proposed to erect a monument. Another resolution protested what the | veterans termed inadequacy of ‘the Aavernment’s maintenance allowance to stired enlisted veterans of the Spanish ‘War, as adopted 30 years ago. Condemnation of what was called the *discrimination” which prohibits Neg- | Toes fro menlisting in the United States Navy while Filipinos are accepted was | approved. A final resolution asked Congress to speed the enactment of » lsw allowing the widows of veterans who spent at least 90 days in the service a pension of | $30 a month, and $6 a month for each child under 1§ years, AUXILIARY HEAD ELECTED. Mrs. Edith H. Biard of Toledo Honored at Philadelphia, PHILADELPHIA, August 21 ().— Mrs. Edith H. Biard of Toledo, Ohio, was today elécted president of the au: iliary of the United Spanish War Vet- erans in a spirited contest that marked the close of the twenty-seventh annual | convention. Other national eluded Miss Florence H. Becker, Louis- | ville, Ky., senfor vice president; Mrs. | Anna C. jesmier, San Francisco, junior vice president; Mrs. Margaret Manion, ‘Wisconsin, judge advocate; Mrs. Inez Fowler, Colorado Springs, inspector; Miss Lucile Pinard, Wyoming, conduc- tor; Mrs. Anna Bowling, Seattle, Wash., | assistant_conductor. After the election Mrs. Lulu J. Shake- speare, Everett, Wash., retiring presi-| dent, was presented with a colorful lei or garland, the gift of the Roosevelt Auxiliary of Hawali. | Forli Able Parliament Member. FLORI, Italy, August 21 (#).—This section has an enterprising representa- tive in Parliament. He has induced the government to spend some $130,000 for & new post office here. Forli Province is represented in the chamber by one | Benito Mussolini. officers chosen in-| |ture hung over them in the eyes of | | brother, Charles H. Mayo, then a medi- THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, DR. WILLIAM J. MAYO BEGAN CAREER AS SURGEON AT EARLY AGE OF 13, REPLACING ANESTHETIST Takes Place of Doctor Who, Fainted During Course of Operation. ANCESTORS PHYSICIANS As Youngster Had Early Am- bitions to Become Stage Coach Driver. is Is the twelfth of @ series of 18 on the boyhood of famous Amer- fcans and telling how they got their stert in life. BY J. V. FITZ GERALD. | The surgeons were getting ready to| operate. The doctor administering an anesthetic to the patient felt faint. A 13-year-old boy was in the operating room. He stepped boldly to the front, took the place of the sick physician and administered the anesthetic, under the directions of the operating surgeon. The boy was Willlam J. Mayo, later to be- come world famous as & surgeon. Matters of medicine and surgery were familiar to the youngster even at the | age of 13. His father was Dr. Willlam | H. Mayo, one of the best surgeons in the West. His ancestors had been prom- | inent in the profession for generations | in England, from which his father came to this country in 1845. Young Mayo had been brought up in the world of curing the ills of mankind It wasn't unnatural that he was able, under the circumstances, o serve as an | assistant at an operation when he was | only 13. His first patient recovered.| Since then he has cured thousands by | the skill of his surgery. Had Early Ambitions. The youngster had early ambitions to be a stage coach driver. He was born in Le Sueur, Minn., in 1861, but his father moved to Rochester, in the same State, when William was 2 years old. Minne- sota was in the wild West of those days There were few highways running across the rolling prairies. Indians roamed the plains. Many of the pioneers lived in crude sod huts. Stage coach drivers were heroes to the boys in Rochester, They were rough characters, but the glamour of adven- young Will and his playmates. They dashed into the town, pulling up foam- | flecked horses with a flourish that was highly impressive in juvenile eyes. They were a link with the great world outside the little prairie settlement. But like most of us, who in our youth dreamed of becoming firemen, police- men, engineers, cowboys or stage coach drivers, young Mayo's ambition was soon directed into other channels. His father's practice covered much of the southern part of the State. The boy often accompanied him on visits to pa- tients far out on the lonely prairie. Witnessed Suffering. The youngster saw Indians Hvln?l in wigwams while on such trips. He held the horses when his father made calls in the sod huts of the homesteaders, oc- casionally assisting in the setting of a broken limb. He witnessed suffering and fortitude. He came to know the spirit of the pioneer that wrested a liv- ing from the soil under the most try- ing conditions and that brought about the settlement and building up of the great West. His environment tended to direct him toward the study of medicine. He made up his mind when he was in high school to follow in the footsteps of his father and so many of his ancestors. After being graduated from the high schgol in Rochester he attended Niles Academy. From there he went to the University of Michigan. He was grad- uated in medicine in 1883. He bad hardly returned to the old- fashioned home which his father had bullt in Rochester and in which he spent his boyhood than he had an op- portunity to show the benefits of his training. A tornado, one of v storms so dreaded in the fiat country, struck Rochester and wrecked part of the village. His father turned his home into a bospital. The elder Mayo, the newly made Dr. Wiliam J. Mayo and his cal student, treated the injured sons assisted their father in several emergency operations. Excellent College Record. Dr. William J. Mayo made an ex- cellent record in college. So did his brother. Both learned medicine as they grew up. Dr. Will worked in a drug store during his vacations. Dr. Charles did lkewise. Futhermore they had the direct benefit of the deep knowledge and wide experience of their father. They had a good microscope when they were in high school. Their father bought it specially for them and taught them its use, ‘They studied with it many Winter nights when a blizzard | roared outside the comfortable home | of the Mayos. Such training and ad-| vantages were most helpful when it | came time for them to take up seriously the study of their chosen profession Teal practical experience Dr. ARLY AMBIMONS Nmfi s'sA STAGE COACH DRIVER | SAW INDIANS =~ LIVING IN william J. Mayo had as a practicing physician _ in Rochester indirectly brought about the establiskment of the | world-famous Mayo Clinic. Rochester was without a hospital. The need for such an institution was emphasized after the tornado had left death and suffer- ing in its wake. i The Sisters of St. Francis, who had served as nurses for the Mayos when they were administering to the needs of | the tornado victims, agreed to help bulld a hospital if the Mayos would serve as physicians and surgeons. Dr. Will's father donated the land. The brothers thus began their work together. Out of that early association has grown their own world known institution for | the relief of suffering humanity. Next: Henry Morgenthau, (Copyright, 1930. by the North American Newspaper Alliance.) GAS ENGINES REPLACE STEAM ON B. & 0. RUN Local Trains Between Harpers Ferry and Cumberland Change Motive Power. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. MARTINSBURG, W. Va., August 21. | —Gasoline-powered engines have re- placed steam engines on the four “locals” on the Baltimore & Ohio be- tween Harpers Ferry, W. Va, and Cumberland, Md., effective this week, on all week days. The change was made Monday, affecting both east- bound and westbound trains. Passen- gers make the change from steam to gasoline engine combinations at Har- pers Ferry each wa ‘The change resulted in displacement of & number of steam enginemen. The un" heretofore been from Wash- ington to Cumberland on ¢he steam engines. The change makes & division &t _Harpers Ferry. ‘The gasoline engines have been used on the Valley Branch from Harpers Perry to Strasburg, Va, for some months, SWIMMING POOL POPULAR Pittsburgh Family Charges Nickel to Keep Crowd Down. PITTSBURGH, Pa. (#)—A backyard swimming pool was built for their chil- dren two years ago by Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Haven to keep them out of traffic dangers. Now the neighbors' children flock there in such numbers that the Havens charge & nickel a day to keep the crowd within reasonable size. ~Oil production companies of Peru have adopted the four-day week. Lack of is SO Unnecessary D. C, THURSDAY, REVIVE PLAN FOR NEW PORT IN SOUTH FRANCE Government Proposes to Build Docks and Construct New Rail Line to Villefranche. VILLEFRANCHE, Prance (#).—The French government has revived a scheme for remodeling this port which would have far-reaching effects on | tourist travel. It is proposed to build regular docks, provide storage space, construct a new Tail line to Digne, Grenoble and Lyon, and thus make Villefranche the recog- nized port for travelers to Switzerland, Austria and South Germany. ‘The plan was originally formulated in 1913, but was dropped when war broke out. Since 1920 the number of travelers on the southern route has increased so rapidly that it is being studied again. It is contended that the freight traffic alone would justify the cost. The Italian steamship companies view the plan with alarm. since it would divert traffic from Genoa. Burns Fatal to Woman. ALEXANDRIA, Va., August 21 (Spe- clal) —Burns inflicted when an ofl stove exploded at her home, 221 North Henry street, Tuesday afterncon proved fatal to Alberta Richardson, a young colored woman. She was rushed to the Alexan- andria Hospital, but died shortly after arriving. Lipton's Concession to Mayor. NEW YORK, August 21 (®) —The asking price for a night on Sir Thomas Lipton’s steam yacht is 15 pence, with breakfast thrown in. That's the charge he made for Mayor Walker in inviting him to see the cup races. The mayor said it was too much. Then Sir Thomas threw 3 pence off. Open at 8:30'“4.M. Every Business Day Affiliation with a Service-Giving Bank —like places back of individual initia~ tive the collective experienge of active bankers — which times insures availability of com- plete financial facilities. 1 YOU need just such a banking connection as tomers enjoy. Safe Deposit Boxes as low as $3.50 Yr. 1Conference With Our Oftcers Invited. The CoLuMmBia NaTIONAL Bank Capital & Surplus, $750,000.00 911 F AUGUST 21, 1930. ‘KNIGHTS’ IN GALA ATTIRE | JOUST AT TOURNAMENT Addresses Are Made at Marshall Hall by J. F. Parran and J. R. Tippett. | Ring tilting on s transformed me- | | dfeval jousting ground, with kmg; S attired in gay regalia, followed by a| | dress ball in the evening, featured the | forty-sixth annual grand tournament at Marshall Hall yesterday. Addresses were delivered by J. Frank | Parran and J. Royall Tippett. The Arrangements Committee consisted of Richard B. Tippett, R. L. Cooksey, E. W. Hungerford and Carlton Hicks. Judges for the jousting tournament were Benjamin Edelen, John Mathews, Dr. T. J. Higdon, Senator Frank Ball Randolph Koester, John | Dent, George W. Ferguson, Dr. George ©O. Monroe, John Gering, P. P. Williams, | Robert Cooksey and Brooke Matthews. | CALLS ITALY TEMPERATE | Deaths From Alcoholism 19 for) 100:000 Inhabitants. 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