The Oregon daily journal., March 29, 1908, Page 31, Image 31

TUB OREGON - SUNDAY JOURNXk ' fORTtXNIX SUNDAY . ETG2NING,; MARCH 29.' 1908 '
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The Fortunate
Friendships of
Mr. Lovejoy, of
Pittsbure
T T f HEN' you were a school child you
11 urote in your copybook quite
' . often, no doubt, that familiar
line, "A friend in need is a friend
indeed." 'And you probably regarded it as
merely a copybook pleasantry.
Have you ever had occasion to test the
truism in later life? Suppose, for instance,
that you had just completed a beautiful home
that was to be the pride and comfort of your
declining years, and that through unexpected
misfortune it had fallen into the hands of the
sheriff and was to be sold.
Perhaps you would endeavor to bear your
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ITOUVIC man uuy unu act. mc u,vi t viuvctjt,
but the heart would be sore. Then, in the
darkest hour, suppose two old friends, learn
ing of your strciti, although you never had
thought of appealing to mem, voiuniaruy ana
quietly came to your relief, saved your home
ness with confidence and capital wouldn't
you conclude that the old copyoook text was
about the truest thing you had learned m
childhood?
That was what Francis T. F. Lovejoy,
of Pittsburg, learned recently. And in his
heart, hereafter, he will probably always cou
ple the old copybook text with the names of
Andrew Carnegie and Charles M. Schwab.
IT WAS a latter-day road of 'ups and downs that
led Mr. Lovejoy to a realization of the truth of
the copybook words. And all along the way have
been strewn chapters of the remarkable romance
woven about the careers of "Carnegie's young men."
It Is freely predicted by his friends that Mr. Love
joy will speedily regain lost ground, and will once
more take his place among the country's men of great
wealth. But that baa nothing to do with this story.
Its beginning goes back to the time when Mr. Car
neglo, king of the steel world, was pursuing hts
unique policy of promoting the hardest working and
moat promising of his young men and making them
his partners.
He had gathered these young men Into the great
business university of his steel works from almost
every walk and vocation of life.
Charles M. Schwab was clerking in a Braddock ,
grocery store when Captain "Bill" Jones, a Carnegie
superintendent, discovered him and gave him a Job
driving stakes for a dollar a day at the Edgar Thom
son Works.
p At the age of 30 years he was superintendent of
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whAn IB years old- A. C. Dinkey learifeif tAle--
v.nhv at a little station near BraaaocK. whiia w. k.
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. . . HAr Tin Iran Ca fas 'Nlnlatai m Tn.b..,
rained his first knowledge of life In & Pittsburg- or-
1 Kk.M avium jLhrl hlM flrnt 1nh was that of nftoa hnv
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a T DaennAli wa tdb-sfen Intra Mr ia rnooin'e am.
ploy from behind a Nw York dry goods eounter;
1 Emu swensson. in xas. was a cncftiayers neiper; l.
U. Clemioa rot tb .food will ot Mu Carneglo and.
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consequently, his millions, because he could ihoe a
horse well and wasn't afraid of work.
Andrew It Moreland won first recognition because
of his ability to send and receive telegraph messages
with lightning-like rapidity and with accuracy, while
W. W. Blackburn and Thomas Lynch began their
business careers as clerks in stores.
And so one might go on through the long list of
young men who were taken up by Mr. Carnegie and
given the chance, which they promptly seised, to win
fortune and fame In the business world.
FORTUNE SMILED SUDDENLY
Into such a group Francis T. F. Lovejoy came
only he was taken In earlier than some of the others.
He, too, in time became rich and prominent.
Mr. Lovejoy's earlier years were not roseate with
promise. ' lie had been stenographer, telegrapher,
bookkeeper, reporter, oil worker and driver of a laun
dry wagon.
It was probably his expertness at the telegraph
key, no less than tha ability and Industry he dis
played when he Anally got a chance In he Carnegie
works, that warmed to him the heart of the great
teel maker.
For Mr. Carnegie had been a telegraph operator
in early life himself, and he had a warm affection
for the great fraternity that pounded the keys.
At any rate, before entering the steel works as a
clerk, Mr. Lovejoy was a telegraph operator, em-
r mm rag wi f
(hyerrtbY ,
or
ybr'jecss
IT ISN'T often an inventor stands appalled in
- the presence of the child of his brain. But
- this is the state of affairs with Eiram Percy
- Maxim, whose noiseless gun not only threat- '
ens to revolutionize, perhaps to banish, warfare,
but presents terrifying Tossibilities in crime.
A son of Sir Hiram Maxim, who invented the
terrible machine-gun : that bears his same, the ..'
young man inherited what he calls his "unfortu
nate inventive streaL" AnJ, strange ta iay h'
4rr crcw C&rrrcefc,
.oveoy rrorrr
Tyre YYcrcferSisS Zo-sejo'
wasn't aiminc after a noiseless gun a
stumbled over it, as it were. .
Now, with tho news of his invention awaken
ing the keenest interest around the world, young
Maxim admits that his mind is not at all easy
because of what he has done.
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' HEN," said Mr. Maxim, in discussing ws m-
vlce the other day, - you can ui;u.sb -bullet
from a gun with practically the same
ow..iiw nd accuracy as with tho old weap
on, and do it silently. It Is evident that you have a very
dangerous possibility."
It would seem so. Indeed.
"Strange as It may appear." declares Mr. Maxim,
"the Idea -came to roe while I was engaged In a most
peaceful pursuit.. I did not begin work with the Inten
tion of turning out a gun at alL
"A long time ago I left firearms behind me and en
gaged in the automobile business. In common with many
others. I was seeking a means of muffling the reports of
gas engines oa automobiles. . . , th
"I located the seat of trouble In the piston of the
engine, and when I arrived at the solution of the P,rbtl
the idea flashed across my mind that If I could do that
with an engine I could do It also with a 8un-
He did, .
Similar to that made use ot In the anUiOVjijHr...m.Ufatf-
MIMM Nr.'-: ;- I'
t all when he
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ployed by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at a sal
ary of $60 a month. When the United States Steol
Corporation was formed It in said that ho got nearly
000.000 In "the cutting of the melon."
He had worked hard, it is true, and his clerkship
i..ened an opportunity for which he had waited; he
mil developed into a mot industrious and accurate
jiidKor. Ho worked day and night and attracted the
ittentlon of his chief.
At the age of 37 years he was admitted as a part
ner, and a few years later found himself one of the
jiilllionalres of the country.
All this leads up to the recent story of how he has
just benefited by the friendship of Messrs. Carnegie
and Schwab.
After the formation of the Steel Corporation Mr.
Lovejoy transferred a great deal of his capital and
his Interest to other enterprises. It is said he Invested
heavily In gold mines. He was interested In a project
to build a subway system in Pittsburg, but the plan
failed for the time because Councils did not grant the
right of way desired.
Reverses came and hit hard. Mr. Lovejoy was
building a magnificent home In the East End at a
cost of $760,000. This. It is said, he was compelled to
mortgage for about 180,000.
Sferrsorr rf JYteAvrp.
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The report due to tho sudden release of gases at the
muszle of a weapon is prevented through the action of
a valve which allows the gas to escape gradually, with
but a slight hissing noise.
When the device, which Is comparatively small. Is at
tached to a gun or pistol the appearance of the weapon
is not changed, except for a small crosspleoe In the bar
rel a short distance from the muasle. A piston valve is
fitted so that it slides across the bore of the barrel im
mediately after the bullet passes out.
Ho Intricate mechanical device is necessary to operate
the valve; it is actuated entirely by the pressure of the
gases as mey ronow xne iikbuu uuhov.
i ii.. ....int.rmntiui lisnhararn of tnese irases tii
makes the loud report in the ordinary gun.. The vaWe
in Maxim's aTin. closing behind the bullet and before the
ga hoi's them in .check and allows them to escape
gradually through a scries of small holes.
It
Tne only noise rcouivuig t X-i- rr
mlgh
be drowned by toe rumoie ot
even
n tne rusiung or icvc m -. a
After firing, the valve resumes lts open position, a,
safety device prevents the firing or tne pieee unui vu
valve Is In proper condition for work. . .
Mr.
pistols
r.t v.r nm Rlra. Ammunition of various ginas
Maximi invvuuuu uiaj . . , -z
may. be used, from, lead bullets and ort W--
"' ...j-. .T. r.r.illP hnr e1 hv smokeless powder
Military experts have become deeply interested In thi
possibilities of the noiseless gun. nd reports concernlnj
Ft have been hurried off to tho War Departments of for
ft' A
'- Owlnf to a default on the InUreal a fw i
go, tho splendid house fell. Into the aharlit's h
' and that official was arranging t sell it
'Then eama an announcement that takes tin t
- to th old copybook tost, an announcement, too. t
causf a general retreat on the part of those v
bad. beon pressing Mr. Lovejoy. ,:-.. , . ,
It was at the effect that Charles M. Eehwab, s -other
of the Carnegie young men" and partners, r
Lovejfejr, In tho olden days, had come to the rescii'i.
Statement waa made at the sheriff's office that thr
had been a atop -order on tho salo of tho Lovejoy mu
slon. Other proceedings against tho former secret r.
of tho Carneglo Stool Company war stopped, too.
"Agents of Schwab," a news dispatch at the tin
assorted, "have caused It to become known that h
has taken Lovejoy In on a mining deal which logk
pretty good. Aa a result there has been a let-up In
pressure on tho latter." ... 1 i-
Back of this act of friendship Is an ' Interesting
tory. which runs In this way: When Schwab was thf
head and Lovejoy was secretary of tho Carneglo 8tee.
Company tho former was than, as In after years
playing the stock market quietly,
There came a day when ho stood to win heavily
or "go broke," yet be had no fear of disaster, and wai
well pleased with the situation. J '" j
Lovejoy had not forgotten his knowledge of telfff
raphy, and could readily Interpret the sounds of n
receiver, '"v . , . ,
Early that day, by accident, ha heard being ellckel
., m.niM that mnt him off DSIt haste to hunt UD
tichwsb.
Just as he expected, he found that hts president
was In very deep on the stock that had promised so
well, but now seemed about to Jump tho wrong way.
Through the Information given htm by Lovejoy ho
was able to get under cover and save himself.
Schwab never forgot this act of thoughtfulness,
and tho memory of it, as well as friendship for his
former associate, caused him to come to tho tatter's
aid in time of need. .:;,
CARNEGIE, TOO, TO THE RESCUE
But Mr. Lovejoy was fortunate rh having mora
than one millionaire friend. Hero la another recent
news Item from Pittsburg later than tho ono qnotoi
relating to Mr. SehwHh's interposition: ' 4
"That Andrew Carnegie has come to tho relief of
his former young secretary with a check for 1125,000.
and that the recipient. Mr. Lovejoy, will bo onablod to
psy off pressing obligations and start anew, is a story;
circulated throughout all the clubs tonight, and It 1'
accepted as true.'' , f..-
The name of a prominent real estate nan of Pitts
burg was associated with the check story.' Knowing
the kind feeling that Carnegie had for Tils formoE
secretary and partner, this man, so tho story wont,
visited the Laird of Sklbo personally and told htm
some things that ho did not know. ',
There was some correspondence, which resulted la
the mailing of the $125,000 check. At any rate,,wlthln
a few days It was announced that tho mortgage of
(80,000 on the Lovejoy homo and other debts .had
been paid.
Recently Mr. Lovejoy announced that, desplto tho
fact that he was then temporarily embarrassed finan
cially, he was actually worth a great deal of money;
that he was in good health, mentally and physically,
and looked to the future with hopefulness.
The splendid new home which Is saved to Mr. Love
joy Is a palace nt for a king. Indeed. It was planned
upon such a costly and elaborate seals that long bo
fore It neared completion It was generally : known as
"Lovejoy's Folly." ,: V
In addition to the house, there Is a garage that cost
$50,000 and a stable that cost $100,000. It Is said. One
of the features of the garage is a luxurious lounging
room, furnished more handsomely than tho roeeptlon
rooms of many families of wealth. V '., ' ' .
That Mr. Carnegie Is not unmindful. of tho friend
ships of the past was demonstrated In another way
rocently, when he came to the aid of Mrs. : Anna
Brooks Bnow wife of Henry 8. 8now. who disappeared
under charges of embezzling a large sum from the
New York and New Jersey Telephone Company."
When a youth In western Pennsylvania Mr. Car
negie made the acquaintance of David Brooks, father
of Mrs. Snow, who was then a llttlo girt ; ? J
Mr. Brooks was Impressed with young Carnegie's
evident talent for business and gave him a position,
which was. in a measure, the starting point of his
successful career. Tho multl-mllllonalrs has . Stated
more than once' since that if the opportunity over
offered he would do a good turn for his early bene
factor. v- -i
It was by tho merest accldont he discovered that
Mrs. Snow was the daughter of the man who had be
friended him. He promptly extended relief of such a
substantial nature that her future Is assured, ,
That the new weapon holds power to compel revol .
tlon of modern methods of warfare Is generally believe I.
unless its promise does not hold good when applied tJ
heavier army and navy armament , , ;
A very powerful incentive to universal arbitration
was given by the appearance of smokeless powdor.
Smokeless powder and a noiseless gun furnish a combi
nation terrifying to contemplate. , , '
Could one nation retain a monopoly of these wonder
fully advanced means of war. all other governments
would be at Its mercy.
Think of a hail of bullets or a rain of sheila assail
ing an army from some mysterious source, the loca
tion of which is not betrayed by smoke or noise, , ,
In the world of sport the possibilities of a noiseless
weapon are not pleasant to contemplateat least, are
not pleasant to the real sportsman. . , .
Armed with a rule of this kind, a man might creep
within shot of a herd of deer, for Instance, and bring
down every one before the animals, realised, that an
enemy was near.
From cover on shore one might pick off every oni
of a flock of feeding duoks. .
Yet It is the use to which the weapon may toe put It
criminals that causes the most apprehension.
An assassin might bring down bis victim In a crow-led
street without being detected; murder from ambuu.t
could be done with little fear of attracting attention.
Many a burglar or other criminal would shoot nun
fseely than now. Comparatively few. unless cornere i,
w41l risk attracting unwelcome attention at preaut t
using a pistol; with a noiseless run at command, lif -
taking by cowardly criminals will : undoubtedly Let.u.- i
more frequent. ........ ' .
It would be a good Idea, e&id Inventor Maxim w?-,r
speaking of his device of aire possibilities, ''for Out"-.-
to amend the laws ao that no patents could be kih' .
for inventions against which mankind has no pr. .- . ,
I freely admit that there is no protection afloat i
gun of mine. '
"If such laws' are aot considered advlsaWa, "-tt
vision might be made that, when a thing l.k t a I,
vented, it would . become the exclusive pr. . . : m
.government."' . , .
"However, with such, laws m force, tv r
.elill be made and used secretly. X am at; t i .t .
now some mechanical geaiusea amoctf V.t v
classes are at work oa' it. ,