Aurora observer., July 13, 1922, Image 2

Unveiling of a New War Memorial in New York
Bureau Big Aid
to Ex-Soldiers
Government Is Finding Places
for Disabled Men Who Have
Been in School.
ALL VOCATIONS REPRESENTED
More Than 100,000 Are in Training
Now, and Ultimately 318,000 Will
Have Been Rehabilitated— Find
Job to Fit Man.
All of the men whom the government
has undertaken to have trained were
unable to return to their old positions
on a competitive basis with other
men.
Right Men for the Jobs.
The bureau is trying to Impress on.
the public the fact that it need not
hesitate to employ the rehabilitated
men. The government is not sending
out any one-legged park gardeners. A
man who was so badly injured about
the face that he is at a disadvantage
in meeting people Is not trained to be
a traveling salesman.
On the other
hand, the loss of a leg does not af­
fect the work of a draftsman and a
disfigured face Is not a handicap to a
stock breeder.
The employment section ts distinctly
proud of the fact that so many of the
bureau’s trainees have a greater earn­
ing capacity now than they had in
their pre-war occupations. A typical
case is that of a man who had been
a landscape gardener on a large es­
tate.
He lost one arm, and is now
an auditor in the government service
at $1,200 more a year than he was
earning before the war.
The Veterans’ bureau says that it Is
starting its employment services with
men of fine caliber. A report has just
come from the University of Florida
stating that the average scholarship
In its law department is 85.5 per cent
for trainees of the Veterans’ bureau,
while other students averaged 79 per
cent.— Frederick J. Haskin in Chicago
Daily News.
Washington, D. C.—A new kind of
employment agency is being opened
by the government. Most offices of the
sort start out in business with a list
of alluring positions and invite jobless
men to apply for them. The govern­
ment is beginning at the other end. It
has a group of well trained men on its
hands and its employment agency will
Scene In MitcheJ square, New York city, at the unve-iling of the memorial to the war dead of the Washington
try to fit them into the jobs which are
Heights section of the metropolis; and Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, sculptor of the monument, as she appeared
no doubt available about the coun­
at the ceremonies.
try, but which are just now singularly
elusive.
The new agency is In the veterans’
bureau, and its efforts are to be put
This Bird Feasted
forth in behalf o f the disabled war
veterans who are being ^rehabilitated
on Valuable Stones
under the direction o f the bureau.
Although it is more than three
Tacoma, Wash.—An ostrich
years since the war ended, the peak
that choked to death on a pine
of rehabilitation has not been reached,
tree cone here was, after a post­
largely because so many of the vet­
mortem examination, found to
erans have been taking three and four-
be a veritable jewel box. A pint
the small boat behind. There
year courses.
First Story of Progress of Gowen leaving
of highly polished agates was
were lots of sharks in that water, and
To date 16,485 men have completed
taken from the proventriculus,
Party in Globe-Circling
if the men in the boat had slipped up
their training and are employed. More
a sort of stomach to which is at­
anywhere they would have capsized In­
than 100,000 are In training now, and
tached the gizzard as the hop­
Trip in Yacht.
to the midst of them. But they didn’t.
ultimately 318,000 will have been re­
per to a mill, and a quantity
“ We got the big hawser aboard the
habilitated. Many of the' disabled
of pure white pebbles of an un­
Speejacks, made a new bridle for it,
men have not begun training.
They
known stone. The agates had
and then took off the eight-inch haw­
are not yet physically able, their cases
been used in the grinding proc­
ser—and there we were, all ready for
are pending, or for some other reason
ess of the bird’s digestion so
anything, with 300 fathoms of ten-inch
training has been deferred.
many times they were rounded
Eastern Queen Tows Yacht From Pa­ hawser instead of the lighter line.
The new agency,” which calls Itself
into perfect spheres and about
Luckily
we
did
not
strike
any
bad
nama to Teokea— Captain Swensen's
by the mouth-filling title of the
the size of “ shooter” marbles.
weather during the whole 4,200 miles.
Last View of Speejacks Party
There Is no way to know jntst1 Trainee-Employment Section of the
“ Every day o f the trip we could see
Rehabilitation division of the Vet­ Burial Lot in Durham, N. H., Has
Was in Harbor at Sydney.
how long an ostrich keeps sUCh
the crew on deck of the Speejacks,
erans’ bureau, has just begun its task.
stone-ware after picking it 8p,i
the Only Spite Monument
keeping things in shape and enjoying
It has men of practically every voca­
New York.— The first story of the
but
this
-bird
was
left
here
last?
their long pull. Mrs. Gowen was often
in Existence.
tion on its hands, from dentists and
Speejacks has come to the port from
fall by an amusement company.!
seen on the deck supervising things,
farmers to stenographers and shoe­
which she sailed last August on the
Wherever the fastidious crea­
and when we visited the yach't she was
makers.
first leg of her 50,000-mile voyage
ture feasted it had eaten fal-Jj
always having the time of her life, so
The employment section has begun
around the world. For eight months
uable stones instead o f ordinary
she said, keeping her ‘house’ tidy and
to establish contracts with organiza­
A lbert; Y. Gowen, Chicago business
gravel.
looking after her ‘boys.’ A t night they
tions that are in touch with all angles
man and owner of the Speejacks, has
always had a big time aboard the
of the job market.
been pushing the prow of ills 98-foot
Speejacks. They have a big phono­
Brother and Sister Disagree Over
Where Men Are Needed.
yacht through South Pacific waters,
graph, you know, and their wireless Trevor Hogg, captain 1916 Prikce^on
What Constitutes a “Suitable Mon­
Employment experts of the Veterans’
and except for a brief bulletin sent six
man broadcasted concerts to us.”
eleven.”
bureau are making a study of the pro­
ument"— Courts Finally Called
weeks a go ‘from Ralaul, New Britain,
“ When we got this message wefwired fessions and trades to determine which
The Speejacks Is equipped with wire­
to the ship construction company
Upon to Settle Matter.
the
Speejacks,
300
yards
away,,
and
are crowded. A partial survey indi­
which built this craft, nothing has been less apparatus capable of sending
asked her if she was still wi|h us. cates. that training has been provided
heard of this second “ Cruise of the about 1,000 miles and with an unlim­
Durham, N. H.— Spite fences are not
ited receiving range. A fter she left Then we wired Los Angeles tha
in the past in some vocations which unusual,' and there is the tradition of
Snark.”
jacks
«sasO
.
K.,
still
tied
to
’ fct'adly o v e r c r o w d e d , w h ile o th e r cu ttin g o ff tlie nose to spite the face,
Last week, however, tHe S. S. East­ the Eastern Queen at Teokea she .sent f a r - < “ o0c mmcjtity toward ¿gtise
lines In which trained personnel is but what is probably the only spite
several messages to Captain .Swens®»,
ern Queen docked at Baltimore, and tellings nun or ner location aim her T a h iti^ iis C wired Gowers secretary
needed have been overlooked. In fu­
her captain, N . A . S w e n so n , c o m e on progress.
In Chicago that newspaper reports ture the bureau will consider supply monument in existence stands in the
little burial lot of the Joy family at
to New York with his story of the
were to be disregarded.
and demand in starting its dlisabled Packer’s Falls in this town. The out­
Reported “Lost.”
Speejacks, the first story of the-ad­
“ W e cut loose from Speejacks about men on new work.
“ One funny little incident,” said the 90 miles off Teokea, 500 miles off Ta­
venturers. For Captain Swensen towed
come of years .o f family disagree­
A number of doctors are on the list ments and controversies, a rough
the Speejacks behind the Eastern captain, “ came on October 7, while we hiti. Then we went on to Pago Pago
of
rehabilitated
men,
and
these,
at
Queen more than 4,000 miles, from were in the middle of the Pacific. We with our consignment of case oil and
stone, bearing a quotation from the
Panama to Teokea, and later saw the picked up a message one night telling left it-there for fhe Speejacks to pick least, should have no difficulty, in es­ will of Sarah E. (Joy) Griffiths and
Gowen party on their sturdy craft in how a search was being Instituted for up when she came along. Teokea! is tablishing connections, since small erected as a reproach to her memory
Sydney, Australia, before the adven­ the Speejacks, which had been re­ In the Tuomoto archipelago and Pago towns all over the country have been by her brother, Samuel Joy, still
turers left that port for Java and ported lost somewhere in the Pacific. Pago is in Samoa, you know. I left calling for doctors.
stands today in the little, burial lot
I believe I ’ve got a copy of the mes­ oil at both places for Mr. Gowen.*« - Considering the need for farmers, which has been owned by the Joy fam­
Borneo.
It
is
also
encouraging
to
learn
that
Captain Swensen was with the Spee­ sage somewhere.”
ily since 1780, and the reason for its
“ So fa r as I kept track of her tfie
jacks on one of the most interesting
He looked through a bundle of pa­ Speejacks was keeping to her schedule 15,000 veterans are studying some existence is almost forgotten.
Some o f them
parts of her voyage, her longest jump pers and dug out a penciled note which in-good shape. I heard from her Tut phase o f agriculture.
A hand chiseled on the rough stone,
have already found positions which
from land to land, and he tells a story read:
Teokea, Tahiti, Pago Pago, and A »a they w ill enter on graduation. A num­ which is of native New Hampshire
of the trip from Panama to Teokea.
“Los Angeles— Search Pacific being in Samoa, Suva in Fiji, Noumea jin
gr'anite and about 4 by 5 in dimensions,
When Mr. Gowen prepared to leave instituted for private motor yacht New Caledonia and Sydney. I hesfrt ber are going to teach agricultural sub­ points to the handsome marble monu
jects
in
high
schools
and
colleges.
New York last August his boat, spe­ Speejacks with Capt. and Mrs. Gowen a rumor after I left Sydney that 1ST.
ment towering 15 feet above the
One man is going to South America as
cially built for the voyage, was ex­ and party aboard. Go wen’s relatives Gowen’s drinking water went bad oh
ground and bearing the name of David
salesman
of
agricultural
implements.
pected to proceed under her own power announced sighting wreck, apparently him and that he had to put in somf-
F. and Sarah E. Griffiths. Beside the
The
students
o
f
farming
are
being
all the way, traversing the globe just abandoned, unidentified launch off where to renew his supply; failed §>
hand is the Inscription in large capi­
south of the Equator. H er cruising Lower California, recently increased find water and shipped a cargo o f cocf- urged to buy land and start in busi­ tals : “A Suitable Monument and Fit
ness
for
themselves,”
and,
many
are
Speejacks left New nut; and that they lived on coconut
range, however, was limited to 3,000 apprehension.
Up the Lot.” It was the manner in
planning to do so.
miles, and in order to make the first York for world tour in August Mist, milk till they got to water. I donft
which this provision in the will of his
The men who have been studying
lap . of the trip from Panama to the reported leaving Cristobal for Honolulu believe it, though, as the Speejacks lifitj
sister, Sarah, was carried out that
trades
are,placed
in
union
shops
for
Marquesas' Islands without mishap and ten days ago. Party included specie a big fresh water supply and iv?i§
angered Samuel and caused him to
practical
experience.
When
they
are
with a saving of. fuel, Mr. Gowen con­ men hunters for American Museum of equipped with a condenser to dlsSt
take such a novel means of perpetu­
tracted with the- United States ship­ Natural History, also included Capt. drinking water over from the salt if able to do a full day’s work they are ating the memory of a fancied in­
considered
rehabilitated
and
given
po­
ping board to be towed to Teokea by
necessary.”
justice.
sitions.
the first "shipping board boat which
Left Strange Will.
Specially Built for IL
A man learning a trade or business
HELEN MAY MARTIN
made the trip .. The Eastern Queen,
Mr. Gowen had the Speejacks b iill is rehabilitated when he has a posi­
The
story
begins with the marriage
bound for Sydney, Australia, was dele­
specially in New York and he is snlf-1 tion, and the government’s responsi­ of Sarah E. Joy to David F. Griffiths
gated to the task.
ing her under the flag of the Advet; bility toward him end's. It is more on February 11, 1846.
“ The’ last we saw of the Speejacks,”
turers’ club. The proposed tour of tie difficult to say when an artist is re­
There were two children from the
said Captain Swensen? “ was shortly
world will include approximately 50,0(8 habilitated. Is he a full-fledged artist marriage, both of whom died in in­
after Christmas— the 27th or the 28th.
miles and will take about 18 montls when he paints, his first promising pic­ fancy, and David also died at the age
She was in Neutrai harbor,' Sydney,
for completion. Besides Mr. and Mrs. ture or when he makes his first sale? o f thirty-six years and was buried in
where the Gowens spent Christmas,
Gowen the boat has on board- ■ nin«
and we were all invited over to see
others, all men, including , representa­
them. They were then in high spirits
tives of the American Museum of Nat I1
and anxious to get along into the is­
ural History and the National Geo­
lands and heading west.
graphic society, as well as the Field
En Tour.
museum of Chicago.
Capt.
i Hogg, master of the ship, Is an old
' ‘We left- New York on September 16
j college mate of Mr. Gowen, and was
with a light cargo. . Headed down the
I captain o f the Princeton eleven in 1916.
coast and went thiough the canal on
| The boat cost approximately $250,00(
the 28th, laying to alongside the Spee­
and is equipped for a cruising rndius
jacks the next day, just off Balboa.
of 3,000 miles without renewal o f sup­
There we put a line on her, putting
plies.
an eight-inch hawser around her from
The last word received in New York
stem to stern and back to stem to re­
from the Gowen party was a cable
lieve the strain on her hawse pipes.
| sent from Mr. Gowen at Ralaul, New
W e fastened her behind the Eastern
| Britain, to the Consolidated Shipbuild­
Queen with 300 fathoms of eight-inch
ers’ corporation. This was received
manila hawser, tying to the halter we
several weeks ago, and said: “ All well.
had around her. Then we were off for
Leaving today for Amboyna.”
Am-
Teokea and Tahiti.
boyna is in the Malay archipelago.
“ We’d been out cwo days and the
weatheF was holding fine. The Spee­
Rules for Longevity.
jacks was bobbing along behind us like
Poplar Bluff, Mo.—There are three
a big cork on the end of a string. But
rules for longevity, according to W il­
I knew from the strain she was exert­
ing that if we hit any wind and
Miss Helen May Martin of Olathe, liam Huskey, one hundred years old, of
weather the Speejacks was going to Kan., although deaf, dumb, and blind Smelterville. These reasons are: First,
play havoc with that eight-inch hawser. since birth, plans to be a self-support­ moderate habits; second, work hard;
So we hove to and put in a day chang­ ing professional pianist, and indica­ third, attend to your own business.
ing the eight-inch hawser for a ten- tions are that she will be successful. A few days ago Huskey celebrated his
inch.
Although she has been studying the one hundredth birthday, sitting in his
“ We got the big hawser out on deck piano for but four years, Miss Mar­ “ old favorite” rocking chair by his
and put one end overboard. Then we tin’s first public appearance recently “ fireplace” in the little farm home.
lowered a boat, which took charge of was a decided success. With a sense Huskey is married and his w ife is
the loose end of the hawser. The small o f touch alone she '«as mastered thirty eighty-four years of age. He is the fa ­
boat then rowed toward the Speejacks selections. In 1918 Miss Martin, then ther of 18 children. He can neither
(Resident Poincare speaking at the recent unveiling In the Pantheon,
while we payed out hawser and slowly twenty-one, took her first lesson from read nor write, but is quite conversant Pariiwjof a memorial plaque to Captain Guynemer, famous aviation hero of
proceeded, pulling the Speejacks and a blind pianist who visited Olathe. with the questions of the day.
the war.
Tows Speejacks
Across Pacific
ENJOYED THEIR LONG PULL
VICTIM OF CHILD LABOR
This little girl is kept at her task'of
stringing labels, pay for which is one
cent an hour. A thorough investiga­
tion of the child labor conditions in
Rhode Island has resulted in startling
disclosures of the hardships, long
hours and small pay that more than
five thousand children have been sub­
jected to by manufacturers of cheap
jewelry, small wares, hosiery amTim-"
derwear.
Bowlder Keeps
Old Feud Alive
DISPUTE OVER WILL IS CAUSE
France Honors Captain Guynemer
the lot of the Griffiths family in Dur­
ham. It is not clear whether there
was. any ill-feeling between Sarah and
her husband, but after his death she
moved to Manchester, and in her will
she requested that she be buried in
the Joy family lo t . and not with her
husband.
Sarah survived her husband by 32
years, dying in 1887. She left an es­
tate of about $4,000— and a will. Her
Immediate heirs were Nancy S. Fesler,
her sister, and Samuel, her brother.
Apparently Nancy was not avaricious,
but the $4,000 would have been of
more gratification to Samuel had it
not been for the will.
T h e stum bling block In the will w
the provision that a suitable monumen
be erected to the memory of Sarah and
the burial lot fitted up. .Nancy and
Samuel, the administrators, differed as
to how this provision should be con­
strued; Nancy- insisting that an im­
posing monument be erected, while
Samuel held that a “ suitable monu­
ment” meant merely à simple head­
stone such as had been erected at the
graves of other members, of the Joy
family buried In the lot.
' Nancy, however, was firm for the
“ suitable monument,” and insisted that
her sister deserved a more imposing
commemoration than a mere head­
stone.
After this controversy over the suit­
ableness of the. monument had gone on
for some time, Samuel became bitter.
Deciding it was time to let the world
know the folly of his sister, Sarah, in
leaving such a will, he erected about
her grave, which was still without a
stone, a board fence on which he
painted the wbrds, “ A $3,000 Gravé.”
Taken into Court
Up to this point tlie nephews of Da­
vid F. Griffiths, Edward aud Arioch,
had taken no part in the quarrel, feel­
ing that the affairs of their uncle’s
w ife did not concern them. But at
this overt act, Arioch decided that it
was time for him to tube a hand in
the proceedings, and one dark night
he removed the fence with its sarcastic
legend and left the grave once more
bare.
Samuel was not to be thwarted in
his purpose, however, and his next
move was to put up a small stone bear­
ing the words, “ I Am a Socialist.”
What became of the stone remains a
mystery. However, the son of Nancy
Fesler had taken sides with his mother
and with the Griffiths brothers and its
disappearance is credited to him.
Three or four years had now passed
since Sarah’s death and the terms of
her will had not yet been carried out.
It was a hopeless deadlock, and after
many fruitless conferences between
Nancy aud Samuel, the case was final­
ly taken to court. George W. Sanborn
of Kingston was appointed to execute
the will, which he did without dejay.
His action roust have given gratifica­
tion to Nancy, for he caused to be
erected a huge monument costing $3,-
500, and spent the remainder of the
money on a fence to surround the lot.
Samuel, defeated on all sides, was
still determined on revenge. Deprived
of any participation in tlie estate of
his sister and seeing his opponents
victorious in the end, he hired a stone
cutter to carve the hand and the words
from the will on the block of granite
and set it up In the burial lot about
20 feet from the marble shaft over
which there had been such bitter feel­
ing.
Cardboard. .
If the wind rattles bedroom
dows at night, small bits of eardbi
stuck into the sides will stop the c.