Portsmouth Herald (Newspaper) - February 21, 1910, Portsmouth, New Hampshire THE PORTSMOUTH HERALD iVOL XXV NO PORTSMOUTH N H MONDAY FEBRUARY 21 1910 The Daily Republican merged with Tho JUy 1 1902 PRICE TWO CENTS THE COLONIAL PAPER COMPANY Organized for and Will Do Business in This nent Business Men Connected With Company A a Cincinnati paper mon stock received by John Penner gives The men associated with Mr somo additional information about the I my are Albert Kleybolte and W F Colonial Piper company who have Koesler of Cincinnati R it ken over the plant of the Publishers Paper company In this city The devotes some space to the affairs of the company which it Is a syndicate headed by uel Murray of the United States ing Company and the United States Playing Card company of Cincinnati The company has been organized un- der the name of the Colonial Paper company with of 000 consisting of 6 per cent 20 year bonds 7 cent cumulative stock and com- eon and George F Hardy of York and Col William Martin of Mid- Ohio The company intend to have an out- put of 150 tons a day Col Pender who has recently re- turned from Washington met a con- gresman from Ohio who when he learned was from re- marked I see you are going to have a big paper mill He spoko very highly of the business ding of the men connected with the syndicate and assured Pender that Portsmouth was fortunate KinERY LETTER Resignation of Point Pastor a Sir Wilfred tanner's Pleasant Letter Family to Take Trip Down East Mrs William Dean Howells is III At New York Kittery Mo Feb 21 KIttery correspondent's telephone MIsg Freida Wetherbee If Bath is the guest of Mr and Mrs Isaac H M of the Rogers Road On Tuesday afternoon the Puritans basketball team of Portsmouth will play Sullivan High School of Berwick in Grange Hall at 2.30 Mr Harry of Dover Is Continued on page rour Oeq B French Co FURS FURS FURS The Balance oNur Furs to Be Closed Out at the Following Prices 1 Black Fox Scarf reduced Isabella Fox Scarf to V Isabella Fox Scarf reduced -J V Gray Wolf Scarf reduced O Near Seal f 15.00 reduced V Scarf reduced to ft Scarf 98 reduced 50 Scarf reduced Scarf reduced Squirrel Throw reduced V J i PORTSMOUTH GIRL A BRITISH SOCIETY LEADER Mrs Gertrude Tredick Griffiths and Her Wonderful Achievements GETTING THE STERLING HERE Some History of Activity in Regard to Work at the Navy Yard The Boston Post publishes the great merchant Her maternal grand- lowing interesting story of a mouth woman's remarkable success in England As a social leader with great as an entertainer of royalty and as a woman long famous for her beau- ts Mrs Percival Davis Griffiths who twelve years ago was a simple and resident of Portsmouth N H is now regarded as the next father was Admiral Theodoras Bailey of Civil war fame and at the cap- ture of New Orleans the doughty sear man's chief aide in the conflict was a young Lieutenant later Admiral Perkins and the father of Mrs LarK Anderson Relatives of distinction in many branches of in- dustry are related to Mrs Griffiths During her childhood however no one could have predicted what was ical leader not only of the American j in storc ror the little New Hampshire colony of the English metropolis but girl whp learned her lessons in the Of the brilliant court circle which is the envy of every aspirant to Brit- ish social honors From the position of a young and American girl in a small New England city to leadership as a liant society arbiter in the greatest capital of tho world Is the record of this ambitious and clever Granite State matron As an example of the possibilities of every the country who has schoolgirl in social tions hundreds of admiring residents of her home city consider Mrs fiths an Inspiration Has Set a precedent If you arc good you may a London society leader may public schools of Portsmouth with the rest of the children and later grew up to young womanhood with only the usual amount of travel and gayety which fall to the of young people of good social and financial standing While on a visit to ington nearly 13 years ago Fate took a hand in the career of the beautiful Gertrude Tredick On the occasion of a certain ball the story goes and quite by accident young British business Mr Percival Davis Griffiths happened to meet Miss Tredick He was instantly captivated by her beauty and ings somehow occurred While young minus a title a resident of a foreign after be the proper formula for no Proudly declared American girls Twelve short years ago this brilliant and charming Yankee matron whose gowns fetes and balls have been the talk of the a plain business man Mr Griffiths also happened to have the advantage of good family connections as well as the entree into the best society of The following correspondence Is of interest here showing as It does the alertness exercised In a matter of keeping work here for our people when it was expected to be sent Mr Looked It Up United states Senate Washington C February 12 1910 My dear Mr ffn response to my earnest personal appeal Assistant Secretary Winthrop told me yesterday afternoon that it is his intention to have the necessary repairs to the Sterling made at the Portsmouth Yard He has referred the matter to the navy yard at folk for report on receipt of which he will write me a letter which I will take pleasure in transmitting to you Sincerely yours J H F W Hartford Esq Portsmouth N After Mr Winthrop Looked It Up Navy Department assistant Secretary's Office Washington February 14 Jly dear I have taken up the question of the the i American colony of London was just New York Washington Miss Gertrude Tredick As Vie on- ly daughter of T Salter Tredick repairs for the collier con- which you called upon me Friday and take pleasure in advising you that the repairs will be made at the Portsmouth yard the Norfolk yard The Sterling sail from Norfolk for In about three of four days I return the letter and newspaper clipping which you left at the de- on Friday afternoon Sincerely yours Beekman Winthrop Hion 1 H Gallinger United states Senate Washington D C Enclosure LIFE NET ARRIVES The life net for the fire department arrived on Saturday and la now av the central fire station It has not as yet been decided as to which of the apparatus will carry the net It will go either to the chemical or hose 3 THE WEATHER Monday night and ing weather with moderate winds and a drop in the temperature however the girl was well related On both her father's and mother's side the family has been classed with the merchant princes who thrived in that part generations ago Her grandfather Jonathan Tredick was a Dinners dances and drives followed I in quick succession Mr Griffiths and Miss Tredick saw much of each er Upon the young man's return to New York and work the vision of Continued on Five TRAMP STEAMSHIP Vessel in Distress South of tiie Isles of Shoals THE NAVY REORGANIZATION A Very Severe Criticism Published in The Marine Review The life saving service of this by the Newburyport police a little was called this forenoon to give j and information quickly obtained aid to a tramp steamship south of the Isles of Shoals The call came from to which led to the belief that the man was telling the truth and had actually landed at the south end of Salisbury Blended Squirrel Throw reduced to Jnp Mink reduced lo feig Reductions in Long and Panama Skirts Long Fancy Flannelette Kimonas in Sizes and Colors Formerly 2 Sale Price 1.98 1.25 1.25 Sale Price Panama Skirts in Black and Colors Formerly 3 5.00 5.00 5 5.50 to 6.75 7.50 10.00 Harding at the district office j Beach The ship as nearly as can n this city It seems that a foreigner tramped he understood is named Corombo Tho sailor la believed to be a nto city and people who did and perhaps comes from a his broken English j ish ship ed him to the police station After i The Newburyport police notified considerable effort it was made out that he claimed to have landed from 3 small boat on the coast north of and walked through the snow and rain till ho could find the life saving service and Captain Harding asked the navy yard wireless to get in touch with some one of the several cutters The supposed tion of the ship south of west of body to understand him He j south from the isles of Shoals In the Under a New York date line and over Hie signature The Marine Review published at land 0 prints a long article headed The Naval Reorganization The gist of the article is as Is Congress going to be ed by this so-called Meyer naval re- Arei the ple to be fooled again by the naval cliquey so-called of reorganization is not Mr Meyer's scheme at all it is a scheme devised by admirals captains and ders who know nothing of business management who know nothing of in- life it is a scheme devised by these same admirals captains and commanders to increase their power to magnify their importance and to pleasant stations for a large number of- line officers Newberry Was Not Fooled Mr Newberry is a business man he has had experience in industrial management ho knows what the vy needs It is possible that even Mi Newberry was dazzled and ho first went to Washington by the array of admirals captains and commanders that surrounded him ed en a steamship estimated o be fourteen knots northeast from where he landed The ship had been buffeted by the storms anr was out present weather does not indicate that sho Is in any Immediate danger The most disquieting part of the man's story is a tale of sickness on of bunker coal The smooth sea had j the vessel though from his account made it feasible to send a boat ashore j to be scarlet smallpox through the fog it being certain that ably scarlet fever land must be within reach Tne boat j Shortly after one o'clock the had gone back to the ship leaving i less got Into communication with the this man who could talk some lish to find his way to a source of help revenue cutter at town and she started immediately for the supposed location of the The strange story was investigated strange ship NINA Newport Feb Is re- ported at Fort Munroe that much of wreck of the missing navy tug Nina has been found on the eastern shore of Virginia where she must have been driven in the storm during which she had been supposed to have floundered ROBERT L Robert L the son of Mr and Mrs William Traeman of No 85 Islington street died this morning five months and twenty An examination will bo held at the federal March 1 for clerk messenger assistant messenger and watchman at the census office in Washington at to a year with promotion to No doubt he was told that tho navy including the navy yards with their machine shops blacksmith shops foundries joiner shops etc is a fighting machine and should be com- manded and controlled by the officers the line always refer to themselves as the fighting Mr Newberry may have been fooled in the beginning but it did not last He was in the navy department for several he made a thorough study of the situation and he found out the needs of the navy and as soon as he was given be took the first steps to remedy tions and little doubt that if he had remained secretary that ho would eventually have an efficient naval administration Mr Newberry recognized that a fighting officer did not make a good manager of a navy yard or a good a good engineer He recognized that years of Industrial management are required to make a good manager It Is said that Mr Newberry told members of the naval committee that he that line officers should have on page two AT THE STAPLES STORE I T 1 SPECIAL SHOWING OF Black Petticoats The Elite Top Petticoat No Bunching or the Back No Tie Strings toll Kuot or Break No Sagging Front Have the Proper ness and Fit Smoothly over thei Hips Made from bloom and Italian Cloth Sizes 19 lo 36 Measure inch LEWIS E STAPLES 7 Market Street WHAT WE SAY IS mi
