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, PORTLAND,1 .OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 28, 1912.
CUPID CORNERED
IG R EAT FORTUNE
DURING YEAR '11
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John J. AstorAWho Brought
$60,000,00(T to Altar, at
? Head of Year's List of Rich
!"Catches."
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: New Tork,
Jaa. 17. During the
past fear Cupid letma to have (one
Into the business of forming a money
trust In olden time hia shafts were
generally supposed to bring merely love
In a cottage, much sighing, a lot Of
, hectlo to wine; and poettolslng, and than
piaold omeaticity..' '; 's -: ' ' ' 'i'
But tha modern Cupid af least In the
United States la apparently a" commer
cialized creature. Dunns 1911 he man
aged to marry off perhaps 1100.000.000.
It la a large sum of money, but the
brides and bridegrooms of tha year from
among the people' of vast wealth are not
many to bring tha total of their fortunes
to this sum. . r
Andrew Carnegia believe that no poor
nan should be afraid of marrying an
heiress, but whether be Is practical
might be settled by la brief resume of
tha .weddings among the rich during the
year 1811.
"No poor young" man should fear to
marry a rloh girl," said the grizzled sage
of Bklbo, who spends his time trying to
young man who married an heiress In
Fittsburg. The wedding was a grand
affair, and when tha minister turned to
tha bridegroom and asked htm If he did
with all his possessions endow the girl
he waa being married to some one among
the guests whispered: There goes Jim's
valise V
Poor Carry Coronets.
But It only comes out that way In the
jest of the millionaire or the product of
the professional jokesmlth.
Take the weddings of rich girls during
this waning and paling year of 1911 A.
D. The only poor young men who have
been asked to endow a millionairess have
carried coronets Instead of valises. And
the wives of these poor young men are
wearing the coronets.
Perhaps, far back In the social under
bids h ;of PlttBburg, the poor young
man cited by Mr. Carnegie may be
happy In an effort to lead cotillons and
stuff a "full dress evening suit," but he
seems to be the exception to the rule.
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbllt reversing
the proposition, on the well accepted the
ory that It Is a poor rule that doesn't
work both ways did not pick out a poor
girl to marry, and he waa the biggest,
grandest of all tha-oatchei of the year.
Nor did Mrs. Smith Hollls 'McKlm. the
woman he chose for a wife, pick out a
poor man. She has oodles of money.
Young Vanderbllt has over 150,000,000
handy. His wife is the favorite daugh
ter of a multi-millionaire, Isaac Emer
son. Just la One Family.
Incidental to this case of riches
marrying riches and fortunes marrying
fortunes, Emerson, after his divorce
from the mother of the now Mrs. A. G.
Vanderbllt, looked around for a new
wife and failed to pick out a lowly
handmaiden. Although the Emerson
fortune towers almost to the toppling
point. Be managed to gather up a rich
wdlow Mrs. Anna Preston MeCormock,
of Jrvlngton-on-Hudson.
The .former Mrs. Emerson has ali
mony of $28,000 a yar, but la still un
married or, aa one might slam It down
In type, demarrled. Should Mrs. Emer
son No. .1 engage In matrimony again
after having been the wife of a multi
millionaire it la hardly probable that
she will hunt for one of Mr. Carnegie's
poor young men carrying valises. .
So there you are In just one rich
American family. Rich Mr. Emerson has
for a son-in-law, the richest member of
tha Vanderbllt family. If the rich Mr.
Emerson becomes a grandfather the
grandson or granddaughter will have a
plethora of money from both sides. He
or she' will be distressingly rich.
The coronet test in marriage does not
fully apply, as may be seen In this case.
It may be seen also In the case' of the
Gould girls. There Is perhapa no more
popular American heiress than the young
Mrs. Anthony J. Drexel, Jr., who
was Marjorle Gould. ' She does not be
long In the class of heiresses married
this year to men Of great wealth but
and this brlnga ,her into the story
she became the mother of aa pretty a
little baby girl and. prospectively, as
rich a little girl this year as we might
car to boast about. .
The Gould fortune running well up to
ward 1100,000,000 was united with tha
Drexel fortune with this marriage and
this resultant baby. Still there Is hope
for Mr, Carnegie' theory; for, the little
lady In the Drexel-home may grow
up and marry a, man with '.a valise.
Her mother did not stipulate a coronet.
Then there -was Vivien Gould, now
Lady Decles. They say this waa a
marriage of the heart. She married a
poor young man, but a pretty husky
ana intelligent one, it is said by those
who loll about In circles where they
term men "lords" and such. She la as
popular aa her sister.
Again classified In the multi-million
aire class was the wedding of Colonel
John Jacob Astor to Miss Madeline
Force. Miss Force did not bring great
wealth to the altar. She Is from Brook'
lyn, you know. But the Colonel did.
and It is said that hia riches pile in
such a glistening heap that they even
overtop the Gould riches.
Only last month there waa a casual
million dollar bride started on her
honeymoon, but million-dollar brides are
rather frequent In this case Miss Re
becca Kruttschnltt was taken to the al
tar; by Henry Clifford Woodhouse, a
young Canadian. And still he was not
In the claaa with Mr. Carnegie's "Jim."
He bad more than a valise. They are
taking a little jaunt around the world
aowi
fietrai William Sooy Smith ofMedford, Or., Will Be Restored to Army
Retired List if Bill Introduced by Senator George E. Chamberlain Passes
Pamona Fighter Is No Leas Distinguished for Great Engineering Feat and Innovations Than for His Prowess in the Civil War;' Construction of
Great Railroad Bridges Over the Missouri's Treacherous Sands, Preparation of Plans for Detroit Hirer Tunnel, Devising Rock-Bottom Founda-
V- tlons for Chicago Skyscrapers, Construction Screw Plledrivers for Bridges Over Mobile River and Originating Triple Thoroughfare System for
Chicago Hare Been Among Achievements of Notable Figure Now Spending His Declining Days on Fruitful Ground of Rogue River Valley.
Emperor William's Birthday.
Berlin, Jan. 27. Emperor William to
day received the congratulations of
kings, princes and presidents upon the
occasion of his fifty-third birthday.
From the head of practically avery na
tion in the world, and from -many other
personages, telegrams ware-received dur
ing tha day by the kaiser wishing him
continued good health and long life. The
emperor -was 1n fine spirits. Among
those 'who Vailed wars the imperial
ahanoellor and' soma of tha generals
f his army.
From the Medford, Or., Mall-Tribune.
Medford, Or., Jan. 27. In General
William, Sooy Smith, now living upon
an orchard near the cjty,. Medford po
sesses pne of the most picturesque he
roes of the Civil war, who won fame a
a dashing cavalry leader and chief of
cavalry under Grant ln- hls i yicksburg
campaign, and later under Sherman.
Senator George E. Chamberlain has re
cently Introduced a bill to ' restore Gen
eral Sooy Smith, now in hia J2nd year,
to the retired list of the regular army
a ruling recognition or a career at
once eminent and successful.
. Qeneral Smith is an Ohloan by birth,
Tarjton, Pickaway county, being the
place of his nativity. Hia parents were
Judge, Sooy and Ann Hedges) Smith,
the father a native of the state of New
Jersey; and the mother of Maryland. Al
though of Irish lineage," the first Am
erican ancestor of the paternal line of
the family was one of the colonists who
accompanied William Penn, and like
him waa allied to the Society of FrienJs.
Notwithstanding the peaceful and non
resistant tenets of the Quaker sect,
martial blood flowed in the veins of the
ancestors of General Smith and warmed
hia own heart, for his grandfather, while
yet a lad, earned the commendation of
General Washington tor his daring In
carrying dispatches through the enemy's
lines in New Jersey, and his father or
ganised and equipped at his own ex
pense and commanded a company of vol
unteers in the war of 1312;
.Beaches University Penniless.
With a large family and only mod
erate means, the father could do no
more for his children than nuture their
Infancy and giveJlem the elements of
instruction which The schools of the vi
cinity afforded. In these William Sooy
learned all that was taught, especially
distinguishing himself by his ready
mastery of arithmetic, many of whose
Intricate problems he solved mentally,
and became recognized as a mathemati
cal prodigy. While these studies were
going on he worked at the bench, hav
ing learned the cordwalner's trade of
his father. At the age of li, thirsting
for a better education than the local
schools afforded, he accepted the offer
of his time from his father all that he
was able to give him and set out In a
wagon for Athens, the seat of the Ohio
university, 60 miles distant, where he
arrived absolutely penniless. He was
introduced to the teacher of a private
Bchool, afterwards Professor James M.
Saf ford, the eminent geologist, by his
brother. "This is my brother Bill, a
piece of raw material. See what you
can make of htm." He was received
Into he family, doing chores as com
pensation for his board. After six
months his instructor was appointed to
a professorship in the university and his
pupil remained in his service and un
der his instruction. Including his pre
paratory studies, he spent five years In
the institution.
"Bust and Ashes Professor."
Later in the course he became a mem
ber In the family of Professor Williams
of the university, where ho was treated
with kindness and consideration. To
pay his tuition and board and to defray
hia other expanses he acted as janitor
of the college buildings, doing the la
borious work with his own hands, be
ing constantly engaged with his work
and studies from & in the morning un
til 9 at night, while he occupied the
time in vacations in caring for the col
lege campus. For his labor he received
a fixed compensation at eight cents per
hour, and earned the sobriquet of "Pro
fessor of Dust and Ashes." But he
studied as well as worked, keeping up
with his classes, and graduated with
distinction as a scholar in 1819, having
paid all. his bills, and with an accum
ulated capital at graduation of $50.
Gets West Point Vacancy.
The train of circumstances which led
to his receiving an appointment as ca
det at the West Point military acad
emy would be deemed by some an ac
cldent; but by others recognized as r
providence. A young companion of his
youth, who was a cadet, returned to
die. He urged his friend William 8ooy
to apply for the vacancy. Perceiving
his opportunity to continue his mathe
matical and scientific studies, he oh
talned recommendations of college fac
ulty and friends, made application to
Honorable Samuel F. Vinton, the mem
ber of congress with whom the appoint
ment lay, and among a list of numerous
and formidable competitors, backed by
influential friends and political lnflu
ences, he, a friendless and an unknown
youth, was gratified' with receiving the
appointment After' careful considers
tion, Mr. Vinton said: "I will give you
the appointment; now make a man of
yourself." '
Graduates Sixth Among 53.
He entered the military academy In
June, 1849, ' and In due course of four
years graduated the sixth in a class of
62. He was the moBt expert horseman
of his fellows and second to none in
the small sword exercise. Among his
classmates who became distinguished
in subsequent years, were Generals MO'
Pherson, Sohofleld and Sheridan of -the
Union army, and General Hood of the
Confederate service. He was comml
sloned as second lieutenant by brevet
and assigned to duty in the Third rear
iment of the United States artillery, at
Governor's Island, New York, and after-
waTd was promoted as second lleuten
ant and assigned to the Second artll
lery, stationed In New Mexico.
in the "piping times of peace" life
In a military post on the frontier, to
an officer whose mind haa been quick
ened Into Intense activity by years of
siuay, becomes almost lnsupportably
monotonous. Ambitions to become
something, more, than a martinet and
to lead a life more stirring than that of
a polyp. Lieutenant Smith threw up his
commission and resigned from the army
and entered engineering work.
Zvades rort KumpUr Guards. .
While engaged upon the Savannah
bridge, the guns trained upon Fort
Sumter had been fired from southern
batteries, and the engineer, deoldlng
that the flag of the union was entitled
to his services as a soldier in the rtivad
arbitrament of war, mad good his es
cape through the well guarded lines. Ha
at once tendered his services to the au
thorities or his native state, and was
commissioned colonel of the Thirteenth
regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
He commanded this. .Tegknent In the
West Virginia campaigns under McClel
land and Rosecrans, twice winning mr.
ltorloua mention for gallant conduct
and then proceeded with It to Kentucky,
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General William Sooy Smith.
where he Joined the forces- organizing
under General Buell aa the army of the
Ohio.
Brigadier General After Shiloh.
At the battle of Shiloh he commanded
a brigade, captured Standlford'a Mis
slsslppl battery, and by his gallantry
won his promotion to the rank of bri
gadier general. After the battle of
Stone river, he was transferred to
Grant's army In the rear of VIcksburg.
He participated In she movement against
Joseph E. Johnston s army at Jackson.
He was made chief of cavalry of the
military division of the Mississippi, at
tached to General Grant's staff, and
was also on staff duty with General
Sherman In the same capacity. His en
gineering qualities were called Into re
quisition.
A correspondent wrote from the front:
"On the advance of General Buell's col
umn from Bowling Green, the railroad
destroyed by the retreating rebels was
rebuilt under the superintendence of
Colenel W. S. Smith. Three bridges
were rebuilt; two of 90 feet span each,
and a mile of track built In one day.
General Buell was so pleased with the
energetic performance of this work that
ha placed Colonel Smith in charge of
all the roads leading into Nashville.
Officers Give Him Pine Sword.
That he was highly appreciated by
the officers associated with him is at
tested by their presenting him a mag
nificent gold mounted sword. Jeweled
with precious gems, xipon which is en
graved the words: "Presented to Gen.
Wm. Sooy Smith by the officers of tha
13 O. V. I," and the -memorial words
"Shiloh" and "Carnifex."
In September. 1864. General Smith
having been prostrated by a severe at
tack of Inflammatory rheumatism and
disabled from active service, deeming
It Inconsistent with duty to his coun
try to occupy a position of big import
ance whll unable to perform Its duties,
thus keeping from active service others
qualified to render It, resigned his; com
mission. Engineer oa Great Caissons.
With returning health, General Smith
resumed professional life with headquar
ters in the city Of Chicago, though of
ten called in execution of important en
gineering works to distant parts of the
country. He has been entrusted with
gigantic engineering works, both by the
government and by corporations and
by private Individuals, and brought to
their plans and execution boldness, a
safe and accurate Judgment great in
genuity of invention, and careful scrut
iny, of details, so that not a single fail
ure is found among his great undertak
ings. The class of work In which he
has had the greatest employment is that
of bridge piers and caissons of ponder
ous structures, rendering necessary
subaqueous and subterranean excava
tions. First Pneumatlo Caisson Sunk.
His first engineering work after the
war was the" protection built about the
Waugoshance lighthouse, at the west
ern entrance of the Straits of Mackinac.
Thia is In some respects the most won
derful engineering work in America.
This caisson, designed In 1867, was the
first pneumatic caisson sunk in this
country, and it Is thought to be the first
sunk- In the world. Its design was en
tirely original with General Smith, and
for It he received an award at the Cen
tennial exposition (one of the two
awards given to American engineers)
and conferred by a Jury composed of
some of the foremost engineers of the
world. About the same time he was en
gaged In opening the approach to th
harbor of Green Bay by cutting a
straight channel through a grassy Is
land, Instead of deepening the old tor
tuous channel around It
Boms Bridges Be Has BnQt.
The construction of great railroad
bridges over the shifting current and
treacherous sands of the Missouri river
has oceupled much of his time and In
genuity. The first of these was the
bridge at Omaha, then . at Leavenworth,
and later he built, or helped to build,
the bridges at Boonevllle, Glasgow,
Flattsmouth, Sibley and Kansas City.
He' constructed the screw pile Piers for
brldjcas of tha AXoblls and Montgomery
kind
railroad, and two of the name
across Salt creek, in Nebraska.
His great engineering worlc was the
preparation of plans for a tunnel un
der the Detroit river. For boldness, or
lglnallty and thorough provision for ev
ery difficulty that the work can pre
sent these designs are acknowledged to
be unsurpassed; they have been ap
proved by a board of engineers assem
bled to consider them, and indorsed by
distinguished members of the profession
In this country and Europe. He also
partly excavated a tunnel under the
river at Port Huron, which was only
discontinued when the railroad company
party to the contract failed to comply
with its agreements. He was mainly
Instrumental In getting: a board aDDotnt-
ed by the government to make tests of
properties of American iron and
the
steel, and was a member of this board
during its entire existence. His study
and observation convinced him of the
very great advantages possessed by
steel over all other kinds of material
for bridge building. He designed and
constructed the great steel bridge at
Glasgow for the Chicago & Alton rail
road company, the first all steel bridge
ever built This magnificent structure
commands the admiration of all who
see It, not only by Its symmetry and
strength but also by the architectural
beauty of Its design.
in the planning of the great build
Ings which carry their many peopled
floors for 15 to 20 stories into tha air
In Chicago, General Smith has been con
sulted "and has devised a system of
resting their foundations upon piers and
piling footed upon rocks which will
give to them the permanence and sta
bility of the solid earth..
He has likewise devised a triple sys
tem of thoroughfares through the al
ready congested streets of his city
which, though at present thought pre
matura, will be In the future indlspen
slble If Chicago attains the metropoli
tan magnitude to which Its fortunes
seem to point
Bis Three Marriages.
Miss Haven of Buffalo who became
the wife of Mr. Smtth In 1854, survived
only six years, leaving on only son,
Charles Sooy Smith, an eminent civil
engineer and contractor, living In the
city of New York. General Smith mar
ried. In 1862, Miss Anna Durham,
daughter of Honorable V. C. Durham, of
Bowling Green, Kentucky, who died In
1882. without Issue.
In 1884 he married Miss Josephine
Hartwell of St. Catherines, Ontario. An
only son of this marriage Is Gerald
Campbell Sooy Smith.
MI-TRUST UK
APPLIED TO BMS
Assistant Attorney General of
Texas Says Agreement on
Overdrafts Is Illegal.
When we encounter a man who Is
long on words and short on works we
wonder how much his wife earns by
taking in washing.
(Special to Tha Journal. )
San Antonio, Texas. Jan. 27. In his
efforts to effect an agreement among
the state banks In Texas to abandon
the practice of permitting overdrafts,
State Bank Commissioner Gill has en
countered an obstacle in an opinion writ
ten by John W. Brady, assistant at
torney general of the state, who holds
that an agreement of the character
would be Illegal, being in violation
of the Texas anti-trust statutes,
and would Subject the parties
thereto to the penalties of the
act In a long and carefully written
argument the assistant attorney gen
eral reaches the conclusion that over
drafts at the bank are not illegal or
violative of sound banking principles,
and, the practice being legal, any agree
ment or understanding by and between
two or more banks of a city prohibiting
absolutely the granting of such privi
leges, upon the part of all the parties
to the agreement, would create arid tend
to create and carry out restrictions in
commerce and aids to commerce. The
opinion further sets out:
"There Is nothing in the law to pro
hibit any bank on Its own initiative
from adopting a policy of prohibiting
overdrafts. This Is a matter wholly
within the Judgment and discretion of
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RIPLETS BRING PAIR'S
SCORE TO 7 IN 2 YEARS
Scranton, Pa., Jan. 27. Triplets cam
to the heme of Mr. and Mrs. George
Bartofsky, of Priceburg, making a total
of seven small strangers within the
last two years. There are two girls and
a boy In the latest arrivals, and they
weigh 6. 7 and V pounds, the boy
being the lightest.
A year ago, almost to a day, Mrs.
Bartofsky gave birth to twins, duplicat
ing her feat of a year previous. One of
the pair born last year has died.
The Bartofskys have been married 12
years, and they have averaged a birth
for each year. Ten of the 12 children
are living. The triplets born today are
strong and healthy, and the mother Is
attending her household duties.
the officers and directors of the bank.
If they see fit to adopt such a policy.
The evil the law strikes at Is the com
bination between the banks to effect
this end. The law does not undertake
to direct, except in certain particulars,
how a bank should be conducted or
whether it should allow r prohibit over
drafts, but It does prohlbt two or more
banks from agreeing they will not do
things which are not prohibited by law.
It is the combination the agreement to
restrict each other's business, to pro
hibit each other from doing things which
they, under the law. would have a right
to do if they so desired, which la pro
hibited and denounced by the law." .
The young man who tells a girl dur
ing leap year that he could listen to her
votre all the rest of hia days, takes
desperate chances.
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