Medford mail tribune., May 15, 1917, Page 6, Image 6

(KTEDFOTITJ MXTL rET)FOTCT OTCEGOX. TUESDAY, MAY 1917
JOSEPH H. CHOATE, FAMED AS
DIPLOMAT
DIES SUDDENLY AT AGE OF 85
Former Ambassador to Enjjland, Who
Overtaxed His Strength During Re
ception to Joffre, Passes Away at
New York City of Heart Disease
Celebrated as an Advocate.
NKW YOI!K, Miiy 35. Joseph
Unlives ('lioufu, former minister to
(Iroitt liriliiin, mill lawyer of inler
ri n I i "tin 1 I'niiii!, ilii'il suilili'iily of lienrt
ilisi'ii.so ul IliK homo in this city lust
nielli.
Nolwillistundinu: bis ndvnucod
years, Mr. Chimin look nil active purl
in the enlcrliiinment ln.st week of the
J'Yoncli nml Krilish war eummisssions
in New York.
Jlrs. ('Iioiile, who was with her
Jiuslmiid when lie ilieil, collapsed nml
was eai'i'ieil from liiH room. Kurly
today a bulletin issued by physicians
enlleil to attend her staled that her
eomlitioii was erilieal.
Story of 1 1 1m Ciuor.
Air. Cliouto was S! years old, a lifts
tlino during which lie wii8 ono of tho
most dlHlliiKulnlieil practitioners of
law In tho Unlleil Stales, ambassador
to Hnglund Willi signal siic.cosh, a
speakor appluudcd on Innumerable
public occasions, nml, finally a ro
markuhlo octogoniirlun.
llo eiimo from nn old New Hngland
family, noted for strength of cliurnc-
tor unit mental vigor. 11 In father wan
n rousln of Hie faiiioiis Itufus Clioate.
llo wiib graduated from Harvard in
l'J.12, ' collogo inato of Phillips
llrooliH. llo CHluhllfdicd liluiHOlf In
New York In 18t0 soon after finish
lug his law studies, and as a member
of the firm of Evurts, Soutlimnyd and
Clioato ho rose to leadership of tho
Now York bar.
llo appeared In all tho celebrated
cases It was said a case was not a
cbbo unless Clioato appeared in It
wliuro Ills fluency and wit and scarch
iiiK cross-cxanilnallon brought lilm
conslderahUi success, llo figured In
tho prosecution of "lloss' Tweod and
Ills followors who looted tho New
York city treasury; he so succossfull
ly dofcnilod (leiuiral Kltss-Jolin Porlor,
that by reversal of a court-martial
that officer was reinstated; ho up
poured In tho Tilden will case, the
contest over Commodore Viiiulnrbllt's
millions, and tho Chlnose exclusion
case, arguing nguliiHt tho validity of
the act. These nro but a few of the
famous litigations In which ho fig
ured, his presence Invariably making
any case "an Intellectual treat for the
public, and a professional education
for Junior members of the bar."
Highest I'uld I'ltwyor.
Ills professional Incoino during the
height of his career was believed to
ho tho largest of any practitioner In
tho American courts, though It may
occasionally liavo been surpassed by
Homo of Hie lingo fees paid for special
Horvlccs by some of tho grent corpora
tions. He won Ills way through a
combination or good humor which
gavo him tho power to hold tho at
tention of tho Juries In I ho dullest
cases, and legal skill.
Mr. Cliouto was a Itepulilican but
had mivor held public office, beyond
a brief term as member of a state
constitutional convention, until he
was Invited 'by President McKinley In
1899 to ko to 'London aB the Ameri
can umbasHador. At a farewell din
ner at the Union League club, Mr.
Cboute remarked upon bis Inexperi
ence In political or diplomatic life,
"I shall rely," ho sulti; "upon a happy
temperament."
After six years In England he was
lauded on both Bides of the Atlantic
for the remarkable success he had
bad in strengthening the ties between
tho English speaking peoples. Ills
rango of sociability made him known
as ambassador to the people as well
as to tho court. Numborless times
ho appeared as a lecturer on Ameri
can institutions and American states
men. Honored In KiikImihI.
A mark of respect never before con
ferred upon a foreigner in England
since tho middle of the 17th centurp
wan paid him when he was adopted by
the Inner circle of the British bar and
made a "bencher" or membor of tho
governing body of the Middle Temple.
It was, In fact, a compliment never
before paid In London to a lawyer of
American birth and training.
1 As an nfler-dlnner npeaker Mr.
Clioato was a national international
possession.
j The stories told about him, too,
wore as countless aB those ho told,
for ho was ono of those picturesque
figures about which stories cluster
aonio of which undoubtedly belonged
to otluM's. One typical flash or his
wit Ih that with which ho answered a
dinner .partner, who asked who ho
would choose to bo If he were not Jo
seph H. Clioato.
'Mrs. Choato's second husband,"
whh the Instantaneous reply.
Mrs. Choate was Caroline- D. Ster
ling of Cleveland, O., whom he mar
ried In tsiil, and by whom ho had
five children.
PLAN TO TREBLE
E
WASHINGTON', May 15. The ad
ministration's plans for trebling with
in 18 months America's ship tonnage
available for trans-Atlantic service
wore outlined to the Bcnate commerce
committee today by Chairman Den
man of tho shipping board. Bills ask
ing an initial appropriation of $400,
000,000 for the purpose will bo Intro
duced within a few days.
Ity speeding up construction under
powers requested In the bills the ship
ping hoard hopes to turn out in a
year and a half 3,000,000 tons of ves
sels In addition to the 2,000,000 actu
ally building now. The country's
stool mills have assured tho board
of an abundance of steel for the work
and every effort will be made to keep
yards operating at topmost speed.
Under an arrangement reached
with tho Hrltlsh government most of
the vessels now building In this coun
try for foreign account will bo takon
over 'by tho board even If congress
fails to give the board specific power
to requisition them.
Tho government's general Bhlpping
policy will not be determined until all
the allies, Ineiiillng representatives of
the Italian government lias been consulted.
BECOMES NEW HEAD
OF FRENCH ARMY
TWO RUSSIAN DETACHMENTS
FORCED BACK BY TURKS
OONKTANTIXOI'l.K, May jr..
Tile two Russian dctiiclimciils which
crossed the upper Dinla (Mcsnpo
tiiminn front) have been driven buck
across the river with heavy losses,
I lie war office announced today.
TO FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY
(Continued from Fage Oee.)
(IILIIKItT, Minn., May IS.- Hag
Ing uiiahaleil for Is hours, forent fires
near hero hnve destroyed two farms
and caused much damage. Ituckol
brlgndes have been ferine;! to prelect
the properly of hmnesleuileis. The
ontlro Mesuba range Is shrouded In
aniokn. Kires are burning near Hv
cloth, Virginia, Kinross Mountain
Iron, Cook, ('oluisset and Kinney. A
heavy wind would work havoc, it is
declared.
with troops who are also revolution
ary and who are also ready to dlo
for peace and liberty.
"The Gorman army Is not a revo
lutionary army if It still blindly fol
lows William and Charles, emperors
and capitalists. You nro fraterniz
ing openly, not with enomy soldiers,
but with offlcera of the enomy's gen
eral staff, disguised as common sol
dlors. Peace will not be obtained by
soparute treaties or by the fraterniz
ing of Isolated regimonts and battal
ions. This will only lend to the loss
of tho Russian revolution, tho snfoty
of which does not He in a separate
pence or armistice.
"Reject, tnoreforo, everything
which weakens your military power
and everything which distracts tho
army und lowers its morale.
"Soldiers, bo worthy of tho trust
that revolutionary Itussla puts in
you."
mass
7
1X
Gen. Petain Is the new commander-in-chief
of the French army, Just ap
pointed by tho French cabinet. He
became famous as tho defender of
Verdun.
1'AUIK, May J".. General Petain
was nppointed commander in chief of
the I'Yench armies .operating on the
I'Yonch front at a. cabinet meeting
today.
General Nivello was placed in com
mand of a group of armies. General
Koch, who played an important role
ill the bal ties of the Yser, succeeds
General i'elain as chief of the .staff
of tile millislry of war.
General Petain, who was a retired
colonel at llic outbreak of Ihe war, is
the mini to whom many Frenchmen
have been looking for tilt, initiative
which would win n decisive success
on the French front. To him more
than lo any oilier commander now
in aelive service witli the French the
legend of success attaches, lie be
cuiue a popular hero nnd the idol of
the soldiers for his defense of Ver
dun. It is generally understood Hint
when tho retirement of Jlarshal Jof
fre was decided upon, the marshal
selected General Petain as his suc
cessor, but that the general was un
willing to accept the post without ex
traordinary jiowcrs; According to
some reports, he desired to have eoni
niand over the Itrilish forces in
Frnueo ns well as the I'Yench.
General Nivello was subordinaie to
General Petain, until, at the hitter's
suggestion, lie was ninde commander
in chief at the time of Marshal Jof
fre's retirement. General Focli, who
ninde n brilliant record early in the
war, was detached from active ser
vice last month.
Tho public library will be closed
Wednesday from 10 to 12 o'clock.
E
BEGIN
AT THE PRESIDIO
SAiX FRANCISCO, May 15. Fif
teen hundred stalwart youths, candi
dates for commissions as officers of
the reserve corps, swore allegiance to
the flag today In military ceremonies
that formally opened the great mili
tary training camp at the Presidio
here.
Garbed In olive drab uniforms, with
shoes shined and army hats correctly
draped, the men, who came from
homes throughout ten western states
presented a clean cut picture of young
American manhood.
Promptly at 9 o'clock, Colonel Fred
W. Sladen, commanding the camp of
2500, and his aides, Captain James
Hohson and Major L. C. Brown, Pre
sldio commander, strode on the great
parade grounds overlooking San
Francisco bay. Three enlisted men
bearing the colors followed. The can
didates were drawn up in 15 compa
nies in strict military formation.
At a word of command by Captain
Hohson fifteen hundred left hands re
moved as many hats. Fifteen hundred
right hands were raised In silence, a
coast artillery hand struck up "The
Star Spangled Banner'1 and the Stars
and Stripes were pulled aloft where a
stiff trade wind whipped the soft
folds over the heads of hundred view
Ing the ceremony.
Again the band struck up a mili
tary march and the companies one by
one circled and paraded from the field
to barracks and contonment where
each candidate signed the oath, in
which ho swore "faith and alleglanco
to tho United States of America" and
promised to "obey the orders of the
officers appointed over us" and
agreed to "accept such commands In
tho officers service corps as are ten
dered us at the expiration of three
months training."
The remainder of the 2500 men un
dergoing training had previously tak
en the oath, having already received
.their commissions. '
POFGIIKEEPSIE, N. Y., May 1").
Springtime prayers for successful
crops are being- offered this week on
estates on the Hudson river million
aires' colony around Hyde Park.
More tlinn l.'iO employes of Colonel
Archibald Iiogers, Mrs. James Roose
velt and Frederick W. Vnndcrbilt, led
by the Rev. F-. P. Newton, knelt in the
rye fields and vegetable gardens nnd
offered prnyers for fruitful crops.
Kvery tillable inch of these vast prop
erties has been planted, even to the
erstwhile green lawns.
RUTCK SAXUJN
IH'M'TH. May 15. --The sun Is
hidden hero today by sinoko from
many brush and forest flio.st. One
farm near Woodland has been wiped
out.
Flying embers from a fire nearly a
mile nway Ignited the roor of the Vil
la Hanrtn ScolnstU-a, Catholic school
for girls near Duliilh lust night, hut
the ldttzo was extinguished after a
slight loss.
A vast stretch of dry country Is
xiflro. Only a heavy rain can cheek
the flumes.
COINING CORPSES.
(Conlluiied from page 1.)
thoy arc nlowly Mined by machinery,
tho hones sink to the bottom, leailng
a thick, dark-colored liquid.
"From this treat incut result several
produrln. The .fats are broken up
into atenrlni. a form of tallow, nnd
oils, which reqi.liw to be re distilled
before they can be used. The process
of distillation Is carried out by boiling
the oil with carbonate of soda, and
some part of the by-products result
ing from this Is used by German soap
makers.
"The oil distillery and refinery lies
in tho southeastern corner of the
works. The refined oil Is sent out
In small casks like those used fur
! petroleum and Is of a yellowlsh
jltrown color.
! "Tho fumes are exhausted from
itho buildings by electric fans and
are sucked through a great pipe to
jtho northeastern corner, where they
iaro condensed and tho refuse result
lug Is discharged Into a sewer. There
'is no high chimney, as tho boiler
! furnaces are supplied with air by
electric fans.
Oils 1-Yoin (Vi-psos.
"There Is n laboratory, and In
charge of the works Is a chief chem
ist with two assistants and "8 men.
I All the employes are soldiers and aro
I attached to the Klghth army corps.
There is n saiiltorium by tho works
nnd under no pretext is any man per
mitted to leave them. They are guard
ed ns prisoners at their appalling
work."
Not from neutral Holland, hut
from Germany itself the Berlin I.o-
alan.eiger come si ill more startling
details of the usea made of extracts
from human flesh.
Karl Hustler, special I.okalanzelger
j correspondent w ith the armies on
tho western front, stales there is.
j north of Itholms, a German factory
ifor "converting corpses" into lubri
cating oils, fort Minors, and fodder for
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