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4 Trc i A - MEXICO MOURNING " DEATH OF MORRD Persons of All Walks of Life Visit Embassy to Express Their Grief. : By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, October 6.—Mexico mourned Dwight W. Morrow today as a diplomat, & student of human nature and, above all, as a friend. The news of his death brought ex- pressions of regret from Mexicans in all walks of life. The embassy was visited by a steady line of persons coming to present their condolences. Telephone calls and telegrams of condolence poured in from the city and other parts of the country. Highly esteemed for his ability, sin- cerity and rare understanding of Mex- icans and their problems, demonstrated during his_term as American Ambas- sador, Mr, Morrow was unanimously re- ferred to as one of Mexico's greatest friends. Senate Expresses Regret. The Senate held a special session to draw up a note of regret to the Ameri- can Senate. Gen. Plutarco E. Calles, whose friendship with the late Senator . was one of the features of Mr. Morrow's three years in Mexico, telephoned the embassy from his ranch near Manterey. “Mexico has lost a very good friend and the United States has lost a great | man,” the general said. The Senate £ referred to him as “the man who com- prehended the Mexican people. Foreign Secretary Genaro Estrada said he considered Mr.. Morrow one of the men who had done most to estab- ish a close understanding between this * country and the United States. President Ortiz Rublo and Mrs. Ortiz Rubio wired their regrets and sympathy to Mrs. Morrow. Ambassador J. Reuben Clark said that in his death the United tates had lost a great spirit and Mex- co an understanding and sympathetic I friend. The embassy flag was lowered * to half mast. Church Feels Loss. 1In expressing the regrets of the Cath- folic Church, Mgr. Leopoldo Rulz y 7 Flores, apostolic delegate, recalled that ¥ Mr. Morrow had paved the way by his % unofficial good offices for termination ! of the church-state conflict which for three years had kept this country in , turmoil. Mr. Morrow came to Mexico at & time when relations with the United States were near the breaking point and set about winning the good will of the people and government officials. When his term as Ambassador ended he had succeeded in establishing un- derstandings on all the principal points &t issue. FRENCH CABLE REGRETS. Laval and Briand Wire Mrs. Morrow; Official Message Also Sent. PARIS, October 6 (#).—Premier La- val and Foreign Minister Briand today sent personal telegrams of condolence 1o the widow of Dwight W. Morrow in Englewood, N. J. The government also conveyed its regrets to the American Government and instructed its charge d'affaires to express its sentiments to President Hoover. REVIEWS MORROW CAREER. Manchester Guardian Publishes Edi- torial on Semator's Works. MANCHESTER, England, October 6 (#)—The Manchester Guardian, a lead- ing British journal, devoted an editorial to Dwight W. Morrow today, reviewing his career in the world of finance and plomacy and pointing oyt that he had been a presidential possioility. . LINDBERGH PLANS HELD IN ABEYANCE ¥lying Couple Leave British Ship to Communicate With Mor- row Family. By the Associated Press. : SHANGHAI October 6.—Col. and !mrs. Charles A. Lindbergs disembarked from the British aircrait carrier Her- & mes at Woosung lai® today after having received word of the death of the lat- f ter's father, Sgnator Dwight W. Mor- yow, and imm&iiately motored 18 miles “to the American consulate general here. A launch conveyed the couple to shore from the aircratt carrier, which had brought them and their disabled plane from Hankow. The plane was \idamaged last week when it capsized after being lowered from the Hermes #and Col. and Mrs. Lindbergh were thrown into the Yangtze River. In order to insure the greatest possi- ble privacy the time and place of the f couple’s landing was not announced. ~Only American Consul General Cun- Fningham, Mrs. Cunningham, Consul {¥Paul R, Hosselyn, Brig. Gen. E. B. ¥ McNaughten, chairman of the Shanghai $. Municipal Council, and a half dozen mnewspaper men were at the customs > jetty when the Lindberghs.came ashore. Asked whether he planned to con- " tinue his present aerial tour, Lindbergh # said: “Under the circumstances I would ?rather wait a little while before making $any announcement.” Contrasting sharply with the recep- # tlons given .them, this one was marked by grief. Mrs. Lindbergh, showing evi- dence of shock, was accompanied to a waiting limousine by Mrs. Cunningham. Rain began to fall as the Lindberghs f, were greeted at the top of the rickety stairway leading to the jetty. Woosung is a drab waterfront viilage consisting mostly of mud huts. The colonel stopped a moment to see K the baggage stored in a motor car, said thanks and good-by to the of- / ficers of the Hermes and then, with the consul general, joined Mrs. Lind- ; bergh and Mrs. Cunningham., ‘The Hermes, with the disabled Lind- bergh plane still aboerd, anchored off Woosung for the night and will come to_Shanghai tomorrow. Lindbergh said he would withhold any announcement as to whether the Far Eastern flight would be cont'aued ‘pending the dispatch of several cable- grams to America and arrival of the answers. and Mrs. Lindbergh arranged to §end the night with the Cun- ning@ems. Among the messages re- - ceived Jy the colonel was one from Mrs. Mbrrow to her daughter, saying she need not hasten home. \WELFARE BODY TO MEET Council of Social Agencies to Hear Croxton Monday. * _ The Council of Social Agencies will hold its first Fall meeting next Monday ‘ afternoon, at 12:30 o'clock, at the < Y. W. C. A, Seventeenth and K streets, 1t was announced today by Louisa 8. Roberts, executive secretary. Fred C. Croxton, assistant director of the President’s Organization for Un- employment Relief, will address the meeting. He will' discuss plans now going forward for the relief of the unemployment situation. Mr. Croxton’s talk. will be followed by & -dischasion, to- be led by Prof. Predexick: F. hly, & member of the staff of the Brookings Institution and lecturer on cdmparative government and adminis| American University. “Wh bridge across f-hvtn ancisco Bay is completed, it will be S e e, 5l e Express Grief at THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1931 World Pays Tribute w Statesmen, Diplomats and Leaders of Business Death of Senator Dwight W. Morrow. By the Assoclated Press. Statesmen, ‘diplomats and leaders in finance, business and education have spcken’as with one voice in expressing thélr grief at the death of Senator! Dwight W. Morrow and in paying trib- ute to his character and achievements. President Hoover—His loyal and gen- erous character as a neighbor and a friend, his public spirit as a citizen, his services during the war, his accom- lispments as ibassador to Mexico, fs unique contribution to the success of the London Naval Conference—all are the record of that sort of an Amer can who makes our country great. Prime Minist MacDonald—I am eatly grieved by the loss of one whom have long regarded as a most delight- ful personality and a much valued friend. Ambassador Charles G. Dawes—We shall not see his like again. To him the multitude came for help and guidance and no one was ever turned away. He gave his strength to the weak, his sub- stance to the poor, his sympathy to the suffering. Gov. Roosevelt—It is a misfortune for the State of New Jersey and for the United States Senate the life of Mr. Morrow has come to an end at the height of his usefulness. Dr. James Rowland Angell, president of Yale University—He brought into our public life personal and political qualities all too rare. Ambassador Walter E. Edge—His ca- pacity to absorb and solve involved problems, especially of an international nature, had made him most sought after in the public life of his day. Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, dent of Columbia Universi He wi outstanding for intelligence, fair-mind- edness and courage. | Alfred E. Smith—The death of | Dwight W. Morrow comes as a great shock. It is a distinct loss to the coun- try and the passing of a strong and | r‘imll;?ua character from American pub- | c life. Felix Warburg—He leaves a wonder- ful regord in the many-sided, unselfish efforts he furthered. i Maj. Henry M. Curran, president of the Association Against the Prohibition | Amendment—A useful and beautiful | life. He was one of our great Ameri- | cans. | Gov. Larson of New Jersey—His loss will be felt by the Nation. at large | and other countries of the world, ard particularly by the people of New Jer-| sey, who were regarded so fortunate in baving secured him for their represent- | ative. Former Senator David Baird of New Jersey—Dwight W. Morrow had an in- terest in his fellow man which mo- tivated his great life in such a way that every one of us was greatly ben- efited. | Rome C. Stephenson, president of the Bankers’ Association—Senator Morrow | was one of the great bankers of Amer- | ica. Through his unselfish devotion to | the ideals of his country, he made a | valuable coptribution to our standing | and prestige throughout the world. | Secretary of Labor Doak—Senator Morrow was beloved for his personal qualities and admired for his stauch- | ness in advocacy of all things he felt to be right. | Secre of State Stimson—I feel the greatness of the loss to the Amer: can_people of a man who had every quality of wise and resourceful leader- ship; who never failed to respond to a call to service, however difficult, on be- half of his country, and who performed with the highest qualifications cf statesmanship many great and respon- sible tasks. | Attorney General Mitchell—Senator Morrow had an exceptionally brilliant mind, sound judgment and vision. He was willing and able to devote all his splendid talents to unselfish public service. Secretary of the Treasury Mellon—He was a wise man of extraordinary mental powers and of the highest integrit; which, combined with his wide experi- ence in business and public affairs and his rare personal charm, made him a dominant figure in Washington and our national life. Senator Reed, Pennsylvania—I have known Mr. Morrow since boy d. In my opinion he is one of the ablest men in public life in this generation. His death is an incalculable los: Senator Walsh, Montana — ‘Semator Morrow gave every evidence of becom- ing in a short time one of the most valuable and influential members of the nate. s's“-m Pitman, Nevada—TI looked forward to him being a great aid in the econgmic discussions and decisions th: must' be ymade by the Senate at the coming session. He will be deeply missed. Senator Glenn, Tllinois—Scnator Mor- row's death is a very great loss. Semator Hull, Tennessec—The coun- | try will be deprived of his great and most needed services. He was cne of the most outstanding persons in America in political, financial and economic af- | fairs. Representative Garner, death takes away an Important figure in_public life. i 5 Representative Brityen, Illinois—The Nation lost a very promising statesman. Ambassador Ferrara of Cuba—I am sure that my countrymen will be very much affected by this most unfortunate occurrence, remembering the good sers-~ ices rendered to Cuba by the illustrious Dwight W. Morrow. Semator Borah, Idaho—We can ill afford to be without his wide experi- ence, his kno pge of o) and his unselfish patriotism. Walter S. Gifford—He devoted his great talents and ability unselfishly with | a whole-hearted devotion to the wel- fare of our country. We have lost a great citizen. Acting Secretary of War Payne—Dur- ing the war he was intimately con- nected with our Army problems and contributed much to their soluticn and i to our final success. | Senator King, Utah—He has demon- strated his great ability as a banker and exhibited in his short service in the i | political arena high qualities of states- anship. m, Cr‘:l: y C., head of the Mexican delegation at the Pan-American Com- mercial Conferemce—As Ambassador in our country he knew how to gain the good will and respect of the Mexican Beople as well as that of organized usiness men. N ‘Ambassador .Cruchaga_of Chile—He was very. much loved in Mexico. Secretary of Agriculture Hyde—I deeply regret learning of Senator Mor- row’s death. The country has lost a loyal and capable man. ' Premier Wakatsuki of Japan—News of Mr. Morrow’s sudden death came as a great-shock. He was one of my best friends when I was staying in London. I cannot help expressing my profound- est_condolences to his family. Reresentative Eaton, New Jersey—I am immeasurably shocked as will be 100,000,000 other people over the coun- ry. Mr. MOITOW Was-one of our great- est and most unselfish public servants. His passing is an irreparable loss to the le of New Jersey and of the United E'::&. at this time ahd they will ‘espe- clally, miss his leadership in grappling vlnht the great problem of unemploy- ment. Emilio Portes Gil, former President | Minister of Mexico, now to France—Mr. Morrow, as Ambassador of his country to mipe, played an excellent role. His work for better relations was very in- tense and crowned with magnificent success. Mexico will deeply regret Mr. Morrow's -~ Roborto ;" fornter vonfidential Mexican agent to Washington—Mr. Morrow learned to understand Mexico. His work here is not yet clearly under- stood, but will be recognized as one of the"-most remarksble - achilevements in the history of diplomacy petween the two countries. Califarnia—The P o ptlmnater An: Texas—His | vledge of public questions | closed a great and useful career. I came to know him well and to admire him for his gentle nature and profound knowledge. He was a stanch Repub- lican and was destined to render the party and the Nation great service. In ‘ilvate and public life he discharged the duties of citizenship; his passing is a great loss to the Senate and to our country. Frank B, Kellogg, former Secretary of State and World Court Judge—I have known him' intimately ror almost 30 years. He was really a great man. His passing at the beginning of a great po- litical career will be mourned by all. Ambassador Hugh S. Gibson—I am deeply distressed by the news of Senatcr Morrow’s death, for he was a friend whom I valued highly and an eminent public servant. I treasure particularly the memory of our work together at the London Naval Conference. WALL STREET HURT BY MORROW DEATH | Financial Center Probably Feels Shock More Than Any Other Quarter. | By Consolidated Press. NEW YORK, October 6.—Wall Street, probably more deeply shocked by the death of Dwight W. Morrow than any other element in the Nation, recalled | today some of the incidents in the economist-statesman’s career that made him a leader in the financial center. Copper_executives observed that ever since 1927, when Mr. Morrow quit coun- seling them economically as well as legally, the red metal industry has not enjoyed so much prosperity. Until quite recent years Mr. Morrow was the largest shareholder of Kennecott Cop- per, from which shareholdings alone he received sufficient income annually to meet living expenses. Quiet About Philanthropy. . It is not generally known that Mr. Morrow was very generous in many charitable activitie: His name never was connected with these, as he pre- ferred anonymity in his philanthropies. Out of his Morgan partnership and from income securities, aside from Ken- necott, came the funds that went to charitie: \ While Mr. Morrow was associated with the copper industry he tried to make metal men realize that sound eco- nomics must prevail in the industry. | Copper never advanced above the 1. cent level as long as his advice followed, despite the smallness of stoc! industry should maintain a close rela- tionship between supply and demand. Served As Ecopomist. | About seven years ago, when Mr. Morrow was = partner of J. P. Morgan Co., the city editer of one of New York's' leading morning papers wanted some information on an economic problem, and the reporter put the ques- tions to a Morgan partner, who gen- erally is the public contact’ man. “That's a_subject you will have to take up with our economist,” he sald. As an economist in those days was usually a fifth assistant secretary, the interviewer’s surprise may be imagiced when the first Morgan partner said: “Meet Mr. Morrow, our economist.” MORROW FUNERAL IS SET TOMORROW IN ENGLEWOOD, N. J. (Continued From First Page.) today opening thousands of telegrams and cablegrams. Old friends of the family and men in public life continued to call at the Morrow home today. Among .today's callers was President William Allan Neilson of Smith College. Mrs. Morrow !and her two elder daughters are grad- uates of Smith and Miss Constance Marrow is a student there now. Curtis to Attend Rites. Vice President Curtis was designated at Washington today to attend the funeral as President Hoover's repre- sentative. Vice President Clirtis later appointed the following senatorial committee to attend: Sepators Kean, Moses, Watson, Rob- inson, ~Arkansas; Borah, Fletcher, Ashurst, Pittman, Sheppard, Walsh, | Mcntana; Harris, Harrison, Glass, Reed, Copeland, _ Fes: .~ Bingham, | Schall, Walsh, Massachusetts; Tydings, | Wagner) Hastings, Goldsborough, Hat- | field and Walcott. A police guard was posted about the Morrow estate last night as the crush of visitors continued to grow. Only members of Congress, New Jersey State officials, banking associates of Mr. Mor- row and his own circle of friends and relatives were permitted to enter to pay their respects. Col. and Mrs, Lindbergh, who was the second daughter of the Morrows, re- ceived word of the tragedy from Mrs. Morrow. It was relayed to the Lind- berghs aboard a British battleship off the China coast by the British naval station radio at Shanghai. The message urged them not to hurry home or to | change their vacation plans. Complicates Politics. With his death the political situation |In New Jersev became tangled for the time being s loss stunned his col- | leagues, who . __ognized him as the lead- | ing Republican opponent of prohibition, | His Democratic rivals, who throughout | the ~senatorial campaign had never touched on or criticized his personal or political life in a single speech, sent their regrets to his family and to his party. Dwight Morrcw, a comparative new- comer in politics, was dominant in New ‘Jersey's Republican circles. He was thé one man, politicians admitted, who was greater in personal popularity than the offices he hoped to win. The gubernatorial campaign in New Jersey between former United States Senator Beird, whom Mr. Morrow suc- ceeded, and former Gov. Harry A. Moore, has been brought to an abrupt halt by his death. It was thought in political circles that either Baird or Walter E. Edge, Am~ bassador tp France, might be named by Gov. Larson as his successor. S ' COMMISSIONS RESERVES War Department Makes Four Men Officers in Army Units. ‘" Commissions in the Army Reserve Corps have been issued by the War De- partment to Louis M. Swingle, 923 Far- ragut street, as a first lieutenant in the Goast I street, as a second leu in Coast Artillery; to George Crosette, Connecticut avenue, second Matthews, College Park, 224 2 m:: a Tk, lleutgmnst' in the Cunp! . Lieuts. Swingle and Burns are mem- bers of District of Columbia Na- the , 5402 lieu- He always counseled that the Artillery; to John F, Burns, 1822 | good tenant IMORROW'S TALENTS RECOGNIZED EARLY Was Picked by Coolidge at Amherst as Marked for Great Success. ‘When Calvin Coolidge, as a senior at Ambherst College in 1895, voted for the man in the class “most likely to suc- ceed,” he picked Dwight Whitney Mor- row. Thirty-two years later the then President of the Unfled States helped make his prophecy come true by nam- ing his classmate: as Ambassador .to Mexico, a post which brought Mr. Mor- row an international reputation and paved the way for his election as United States Senator from New Jepsey. But previously the Coolidge estimate had been vindicated by Mr. Morrow's successful career, first in law, then as a member of the banking firm of J. P. Morgan & Co. and as an adviser to the Allied Maritime ‘Transport Council in the World War days of 1918. This lat- ter activity lasted only 11 months, but it brought him the Distinguished Serv- ice Medal of the United States and ci- tations from France, Italy and Greece, Gen. John J, Pershing described Mr. Morrow’s work in connection with the military supply aspects of the work as “exceptionally meritorious,” a judgment which was echoed by Gen. Charles G. Dawes, And_ after Calvin Coolidge had left the White House President Hoover confirmed the judgment of his prede- cessor as to the Morrow talents and capabilities, by naming the Ambassador as a member of the American delega- tion to the Five-Power London Naval Conference of 1930. ‘There he and Gen. Dawes, the latter being then Ambassador to the Court of St. James, specialiced on the Franco- Italian naval problem and it was sald that it was no fault of theirs that the ultimate treaty, in the drafting of which Mr. Morrow took a leading rt, did not become a five-power pact instead of being limited to thé United States, Great Britain and Japan. In 1928 he was one of the American delegates to the sixth Pan-American Congress, held in Havana. Started as Law Clerk. Mr. Morrow's list of achievements in professional life, business, diplomacy and practical politics sprang from an intellectual heritage, but a background of decidedly moderate worldly posses- sions. His father, Prof. James E. Mor- row, was president of Marshall College at Huntington, W. Va., when his second son was born there on January 11, 1873. The mother was Clara Johnson Morrow, reared on an Ohio farm, but known to her girlhood neighbors as “literary” be- cause of the number of books she read and because she was a champion speller. They named their second son for Prof. William Dwight Whitney of Yale, author of a famous English grammar. ‘The future diplomat finished his or- dinary schooling at Allegheny, Pa. where his father had become a teacher in the high school. He worked his way through Ambherst College, winning the degree of bachelor of arts in 1895. ‘Then he turned to the study of law and after four years struggle with tcant finances, graduated with an LLB. de- gree !n;m Columbia University in 1899. J. P. Morgan & Co. Joined. He got himself a job as law clerk with the firm of Simpson, Thachem & Bartlett in New York, persuading them that he was worth $60 a month to start. Six years later he was a member of the firm and nine years after that in 1914, he transferred his allegiance to finance and became a partner in J. P. Morgan & Co. . With that famous house he aspe- cialized in international loans, spending considerable time in Cuba and also devoting attention to the increased European business that followed the outbreak of the world war. In these activities he displayed not only keen commercial sagacity but also qualities of tact, sympathy and under- standing that marked him as a leader in_business diplomacy. i It was President Coolidge’s knowledge of Mr. Morrow's talents as a conciliator that prompted him to appoint the banker in 1925 as chairman of the board which studied the dispute over airplane defense between Gen. William Mitchell and high Army officials. This board sifted the wheat from the chaff of the controversy, then made unani- mous recommendations which within a year were made effective by Congress and put in force as Government policies. Made Envoy to Mexico in 1927, ‘Two years of continued business suc- cess followed, then on September 30, 1927, the banker became Ambassador to Mexico, first resigning his partner- ship in the Morgan concern. Mexico was then just beginning to emerge from a long period of tumult marked by civil wars, the overthrow of several administrations, widespread banditry, to property rights of foreigners and anti-religious propaganda. Outstanding in the pending questions with the United States was a _controversy over oil rights on which 40,000 words of notes had been exchanged with Washington with- out tangible result. Ambassador Morrow found that con- fidence between the two governments was a decidedly minus quality. So first he started to make the Mexicans beliéve in the United States and his own coun- try believe in its smaller southern neighbor. A famous ham and eggs breakfast with President Elias Calles at the lat- ter's ranch outside Mexico City has been credited with being the real start of this campaign. Discarding the useless system of ex- changing notes, the new diplomat adopted the method of direct, friendly conversation with responsible officials as a means of settling international problems. Groups in disagreement on the oil questions were brought face to face, the essential similarities in their viewpoints were stressed and after much earnest study Mexico adopted legislation confirming oll lands conces- sions that was acceptable to both sides. Another big question, but with no di- rect American Government _interest, arose when President Calles put into effect constitutional provisions upsetting the position of the Roman Catholic Church in Mexico. Priests were with- drawn from their parishes by the church authorities, the governmient halted re- ligious education and abrogated many church property rights' and for three years there raged a controversy that was punctuated by bloody fighting in several States of the southern republic. The whole subject was outside the Ambassador’s jurisdiction but both sides turned toward him as & friendly neutral and, more than any other one man, he was credited with having paved the way for final adustments that were signed in June, 1929, by representatives of the hierarchy and Pro al Pres- ident Portes Gil, successor to Calles. Daughter Weds Here. Before this Mr. Morrow had thorough- ly convinced Calles and other Mexican leaders that he was actuated by sincere friendship for the Mexican mple‘ ‘The ending of the church question saw this belief as firmly intrenched in the popu- lar mind. Marriage of “the” Ambassa- dor's daughter Anne to Charles Lind- bergh on May 1929, helped enhance the popular r%.rd for Mr. Morrow and his family. e fact that -the young people met when the famous aviator reached Mexico City on the first of his will tours of Latin America, and that “Leendy” came back by air to make several visits with the Morrow family, appealed to the love for romance inher- ent in a Latin people. He left Mexico ‘September 17, 1930, Atter a'brief vest, Mr. Mortow plunged into the torial election campaign nthe revolutionary laws relating 1ist { ‘Senator Morrow at Various Stages of Career LAST HE SAW OF HIS DAUGHTER AND DISTINGUISHED SON-IN-LAW. him ron | 400,000 | before at a primary which saw up a plurality of more than votes over two opponents, the tory being attributed mainly stand against continuaticn of the pro- hibition experiment in the United States. In that pronouncement he advocated | repeal of the eighteenth amendment. | He also proposed that control of the liquor business should be intrusted to the individual States. The pcpular re- | sponse to this platform had immediate | repercussions in all parts of the coun- try, and was so overwhelming that it | aroused hopes abroad of an early return | of America to the world's tiquor market ‘Won by 200,000 Margin. Mr, Morrow's election in November, 1930, entitled him to add the descrip- tion “statesman” to the list of “lawyer, banker, diplomat” which had epito- | mized his earlier vocations. It came by a majority of nearly 200,000 in a Demo- | cratic year and again focussed atten- | tion to him, Talk of him as probable | presidential-timber, which had -started | after his primary success, was revived. Political expediency alone kept him from becoming a soldier. He had a boy hood ambition to enter West Point and drove far enough toward that goal to win a competitive examination for the appointment. But the Representative of his home district in West Virginia sud- denly recollected that Dwight's elder brotker, Jay, was already a cadet, and he thought it poor policy to have two members of the same family holding these plums at the same time. That elder brother later became Gen. Jay J. Morrow, chief engineer of the 1st Army and deputy chief engineer of the A. E. F. in Prance. Dwight Morrow might not have been accepted by the West Point authorities even if he had been given the appoint- ment. An arm broken in boyhood had been improperly set, and his stature of only an inch or two above five feet might also have counted against him. Dwight graduated from high school at 14. He was too young and too small 10 go to college, 50 he got a job at $4 a weck, saved part of this money and a year later flunked the entrance ex- aminations for Jefferson College, his father's Alma Mater. He also flunked most of the entrance quizzes for Am- herst, but through the intervention of a l’acult{ member was permitted to en- ter with an unorthodox number of “‘conditions.” Gave Liberally to School. Amherst almost lost one of its most valuable alumni at that time. Ulti- mately he became a trustee of the col- lege, was instrumental in raising an endowment fund of $3,000,000 for its faculty and gave so liberally to the building program that a dormitory was named for him. Social life of the undergrads of that day revolved chiefly around the girls of Smith College at Northampton, Mass,, and at a party in his sopho- more year young Morrow was intro- duced by his campus cognomen of “Kid Morrow” to a Smith freshman, Elizabeth Reeves Cutter of Cleveland. TRey were married more than 11 years later on July 16, 1903, the event being fll‘t'nflunulhe)ndmmnmnm as he‘wu [1 mmnon‘e ts'}"sr?om only $1.800 a year. Their budget allowed only $35 a mz:t.h for rent and long search finally located them in a wn house in Engle- Elisabeth, r, were born of tha relne v & wife, came into the world after the family had moved to more pretentious quarters. Seldom in Court Room. ‘The law continued to be his voca- tion until 1914, In those years he seldom appeared in court; in fact, he disliked the- open chiefly in reconciling interests which ;onfllcud with those of clients of the rm. He was a trustee of Amherst Col- lege, the Union Theological Seminary, an interdenominational mam‘!.(\’on in New York; the Russell Sage unda- tion, the Carnegie Foyndation for In- ternational Peace and the Smithsonian Institution at Washington. Besides the degrees which he earned by study at Amherst and Columbia, he received honorary doctorates in law from the University of Rochester, 1920; Princeton, 1925; Williams, 1926: Penn- sylvania, 1926, and Yale, 1927. The presentation of these brought lauda- tory summations of his career from the heads of the various schools. But Mr. Morrow's intimates found keys to his character in his own sayings, among them this one: “If facts can be properly gathered and distributed, the presumption is | Strong that men in different nations | will understand each other. Men want to understand each other, That is the great quest in life.” RICHMOND GIRL BECOMES HOWARD BAGGETT’S BRIDE Staff Correspondent in Montgomery County for' Star Weds in Virginia. Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, V’l!', chbe'{ ‘?.;Ho"lrd Mason Baggett, years ol ashing- ton nevlsp‘:;ef man, and Miss Margaret Isobel Rolfe, 24 years old, were ma ried here yesterday and were honey- the mountains of Virginia. . and Mrs. Albert G. Rolfe of this f‘:ftry ::d is a descendant of John Rolfe, who married Pocahontas, the Indian princess who saved the life of Capt. hn Smith. JoMn Baggett is a native of Alexandria. He is on the news staff of the Evening Star, covering Montgomery County. The marriage ceremony was performed by Rev. Father Felix Kaup of Sacred Heart, Cathedral. i LURAY NATIONAL BANK FAILS TO OPEN DOQRS Pioneer Institution With $40,000 Surplus and $30,000 in De- posits Closes. Special Dispatch to The Star. J. 8. is cashier d its capital at last report D‘go deposl& with $40,000 surplus. T LR oy clashes that this | phase of*practice involved. He workedl Upper: The late Senator Morrow and Mrs. Morrow as they bid bon voyage to Col. and Mrs. Lindbergh just before ‘Tokio. Center: As he presented his creden- tials to Vice President Curtis upon hi: election to the Senate. Left to right Vice President Curtis, Senator Morrow and C. R. Kerr, assistant secretary of state of New Jersey. Lower: At the time he returned to Mexico City to resume his duties as American Ambassador to that country after attending thx London Naval Con- ference. He is being greeted by Presi- dent Ortiz Rublo of Mexico. i%e World Photos. CAPITAL MOURNING DEATH OF SENATOR Effect of Demise on Senate Speculated—Governor Can Fill Vacancy. By the Associated Press. Flags flying at half staff on the Cap- itol today symbolized the Nation's grief &t the passing of its Senator-diplomat, A Dwight W. Morrow of New Jersey. Stunned by the news of Senator Morrow’s death. the Capital expected generally that President Hoover would put aside his official problems tomorrow to attend the funeral in Englewood of his friend and adviser. The President was deeply moved when advised of Morrow’s death as he left the world’s series game in Phila- delphia. He said “the country has suf- |fered a great loss,” and added the Sen- ator’s record was “of that sort of an Ametrican who makes our ecountry great.” May Affect Senate Balance. It was only a few months ago that the Chief Executive lost another stal- wart of his administration, Nicholas Longworth, Speaker of the House. He made an overnight journey to Cincin- nati for the funeral. ‘While expressions of loss to the Na- tion and sympathy to the Morrow fam- ily continued to pour from officialdom throughout the country, the effect of Senator Morrow's death upon the Sen- ate was speculated upon. It left the make-up of the new Senate meeting in | December 47 Republicans and 47 Dem- ocrats, with 1 Farmer-Laborite holding the balance of power. Governor Can Fill Vacancy. Under New Jersey law, however, the Governor can fill the vacancy until the 1932 election. He is a Republican, Had ever, election of his successor would have been thrown into an election to be_held next month. \ Senator Morrow has been an intimate adviser of the administration and has been mentioned frequently in Repub- lican circles in distussion of the vice presidency next year. His possible choice as the party's nominee for the presidency in 1936 also had been widely speculated upon. ALEXANDRIA’S WELFARE AGENCIES HEAR ADDRESS Questionnaires Regarding Work Done by Each Group Handed Out by State Worker. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va, October 6— Approximately 40 representatives of 21 various local organizations with welfare work programs were addreSsed by Miss Helen Taylor cf the State Board of Pub- lic Welfare, who is conducting a survey of social welfare work here, at a meet- ing in the city council chamber yester- day afternoon, with Mayor Edmund F. Ticer presiding. 4 Questionnaires pertaining to the amount of work being done by each or- ganization were given the representa- tives to fill out and return to Miss Tay- lor. Special forms for ministers of the city to outline their present activities and manner of handling relief work were turned over to Rev. Percy Foster Hall, representative of the Ministerial Association. Announcement was made that all in- terested in the survey work being done could get in contact with Miss Taylor any morning from 9 to 10 o'clock at the George Mason Hotel. Plans for Winter relief are to be made when the survey is completed. CATHOLIC CLUBS TO MEET Women’s Federation to Convene To- morrow at Forest Glen Church. Speclal Dispatch to The Star.” The annual meeting of Catholic Women’: somery County will be held at St. john’s Church, Forest Glen, tomorrow. The business session will be preceded a luncheon, which will be served the church, Club and nsington will include " of" the ‘va- they left for their vacation flight to S Morrow died & few days sooner, how- | Clubs of Mont-|. IMORROW MARKED BY SIMPLE HABITS {Scorned Silk Hats, Often Re- fused to Shave; Wore Unmatched Suits. By the Associated Press, To remember all things necessary and forget those which were not was the rule upon whieh Dwight Whitney Mor- row built successes in all he attempted. He ignored formality. Kings and chiefs of States have walted while he stopped another moment to settle a troublesome question. In working he was indefatigable. Every piece he undertook received his entire time. Other questions waited s in all efforts at Teci Although he enj reading, he scldom took time for it. One of the most outstanding worl in his career was that on the drafiing of the London naval treaty. He ac- complished in three days that for which diplomatic niceties would have required three weeks. In the midst of the first drafting session his foreign co-werkers remarked it was lunch time. “Lunch time?” Morrow asked. “There will be no lunch time until we finish this treaty.” Hated to Wear Silk Hat. ‘The other delegates a worked the rest of the day, leavi room exhausted. Mr. Morrow worked fas on into the night without food, and continued for t. d working 20 hours a day, jn order that the docu- ment be finished. When the American delegation was scheduled to.g: gham Palace formal call on King George, they a London hotel lobby until s could con- a silk hat. He “hated to wear n h ation returned to New York and posed for plctures, all were s ¢ Morrow. He ates’ efforts to spread throu the world. Of some 30 foreign delegates received by King George, Mr. Morrow was the only on with whom the King took time to talk that Mrs. Charles Lind- hter of Mr. Morrow, was Col. Lindbergh. daughter fly- tbe King asked Mr. Morro “I don't like Senator’ reply. informal a little,” was the but characteristic Pocketed Doouments. desk often was in disorder, but efterward he would remember where he had ced a certain valuable paper. Secretary Stimson. who often called the Senator for advice, is metic- ulous about his desk 2! d al assign the Senator a separate table for his papers, telling him C “spread them out” as he wanted. iring diplomatic confer- ences in Londot J ashington Mr. Morrow would u 1 in his pockets valuab! the conference table wi studying them later. At such confe secretary oftc the Senat g papey weye missing. sometimes would be found in the pockets of wore the day His weeks when them } pocket. In paying for anytl store he would frequently pul of large bills from his b pocket. Often Refused to Shave. In such transactions as b arettes—of which he daily—he would tip the club or steam- ship attendant 50 cents or more fo bringing him a 15-cent pack of eig- arettes. A valet went wit Despite every effor however, the h him_everywhere. t by the servant, tor would appear fre- quently in public wearing odd trousers and coat—the first he could find in his haste to keep an appointment or be at his desk. To get him to s ferred ve—which he pre- himself—was an_ordeal valet. Often the Senator decline to shave on morn- ings he was busy and desired to be early on the job. White House attaches recall & special overnight tr v Washington last year to confer with Presidgnt Hoover. When he arrived his face and neck bore more than half a dozen gashes much-deeper than an un- wary stroke of a or usually inflicts. He smilingly admitted he had attempted to shave himself on the train. He was slight in stature and was not an impressive figure. He spoke with a slight lisp, but announcement of his intentio; i thoughts on a subject were made With firmn DECISION ON RED CROSS MEMBERSHIP REACHED All Montgomery Roll Call Receipts to Be Acknowledged in Dis- trict of Columbia. By a Staff Correspondext of The Star. ROCKVILLE, d., October 6—All Montgomery County Red Cross mem- bership receipts will be recognized in the Disrict of Columbia just as though the membership had been paid there, it was_announced today at headquarters of the county chapte: here. This decision wo: reaclred at a re- cent meeting of county Réd Cross offi- cials at the Red Cross headguarters in Washington with Judge Barton Payne, head of the National Red Cross. f It was stated that all District mem- bership solicitors will be instructed to take the post office address of each peér- son residing in the county who con- tributes during the membership drive, which will begin early in November. A meeting of the Montgomery County Chapter will be held at the Rockville High School October 16 at 3 o'clock in the afternocn. WOMEN TO CONVENE Catholic Federation Will Meet at St. John's Churck. Special Dispatch to The Star. SILVER SPRING, Md., October 6.— The Federation of Catholic Women's Clubs of Montgomery County will hold its” annual meeting tomorrow at St. John’s Church, Forest Glen. The principal business of the session will be the annual reports of the direc- tors of the constituent clubs. ‘The business session, to be held in the after- noon, will be preceded by a luncheon in the parish hall at 12:30 o'clock. Mrs. R. L. Hickerson, president, will preside. Luray Woman, 77, Die;. LURAY, Va., Octoher 6 (Special).— The funeral of . Mrs, Sallie Campbell, who died Saturday, took place from her late home here, with interment in Green Hill Cemetery. Services were conducted yb her pastor, Rev. C. A. Hall, She was 77 years old. Death resulted from paralysis. She is survived by one brother, Sonny of Luray,-and 3:! son, 'W. F. Ci bell of Baltimore. ler husband - died it nury i