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Col. Thompson Adds SIO,OOO to Hearst Fund to Rebuild Devasialed French
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}Mo‘dest Donor, a Leading Copper Man Little
Known to the Public, Has Given Freely to the
~ Red Cross Relief.
. NEW YORK, March 30.—Enough
money to restore several homes in the
devastated area in France. .
This was what The New York
American Fund for Rebuilding France
recel've& in a single contribution
—a check for slo,ooo—from Colonel
Willlam B. Thompeon.
Colonel Thompson’s generous inter
est in the great task undertaken by
‘the Hearst newspapers was prompt
ed by a recent visit to the battle
flelds, where he obtaned first hand
information of the ruin and suffering
following in the wake of the German
war machine.
Like many men of great wealth he
is extremely modest. Seldom does his
name appear in public print, but his
friends are authority for the state
‘ent that few individuals in this coun
How a Southern Woman
Changed the Tactics of
A Family of Slackers
Oonvificed Them Refusal to Save Food Meant
-~ Death of Her Boy in France. |
. ".s .efi.l Writer forß fl.cfififigfisngfiafit of Agriculture. .
WASHINGTON, March 30.—This is
the story of a woman who converted a
food slacker intop an ardent mission
ary of food production and conserva
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try have given so freely to war chari
ties as Colonel Thompson.
Gave Red Cross $1,000,000.
After spending four months in Rus
eia as head of the American Red
Cross commission he made a contri
bution of $1,000,000 to the Red Cross
for humanitarian work in Russia. He
did not want his name made public
at the time, but was forced to do s 6
when it was erroneou&ly reported
that he gave the million to the Bol
sheviki, .
Colonel Thompson is one of the
foremost copper men in the United
States, a man of extremely simple,
democratic tastes and habits, whose
extraordinary sagacity and ability in
business are as rare as his gener
osity and dislike of being made con
spicuous. It is significant that al
though he.is one of the foremost
tion; it is the story of a woman who
would not allow a neighbor, by if
difference or laziness or greed, to
tion and thus further imperil the life
of her son who {s fighting in France.
It is an example that can be followed
by ‘“every woman—everywhere.”
The experience was told to Assist
ant Secretary of Agriculture Clarence
Ousley not long ago, when he was
touring the South to present the Gov
ernment’s urgent message to the cot
ton country—a request, of vital im
portance, that the South feed {tself
this "year, and be not Ilured by
high-priced cotton inte such increases
of cotton acreage as will mean dimi
nution of food-crop acreage.
Mr. Ousley explained that the Gov
ernment is not asking the South to
reduce his cotton acreage: ls not at
tempting tQ suggest the amount of
acreage to be planted—but is only
urging, with the earnestness inspired
by a conviction that this means much
in winning the war, that the South
insure its- own food and feed supply
first, and then plant such cotton acre
age as It chooses. ‘
Awful Consequences.
Without food from us, he said, our
allies ‘must fall. If théy fatll, -all the
vast burden of the war falls upon us
—and what that might mean no man
dares predict.
“And sO,” added Mr. Ousley, “the
farmer who knows that knows his
failure to produce food jeopardizes
our cause, and yet for gréed and selfs |
ishness and in order to fatten his
own pocketbook, plants all cotton and
expects the rest of the nation to send
him food—that man i{s a profiteer in
the blood of ‘your sons!” |
Aftér that gpeeach a woman sought
Mr. Ousley.” In her volce there wu‘
a quiet determination; in her face a
supreme, sgblimé courage, a subtle
something of the soul—the same spir
it showrr so gloriouely by the women
of Fran¢a—by thé worhen of all ths
un-Prussianized and _xievefgto—boq'i
Prussiarized world, 'z : <
If the Hun had the imagination as.
well as the cruelty of the savage, if
he could lift his sordid eyes heyond
a rigld mental horizoh of rules and
formulas, he would ses here some
thing he. could not understand and, 1
therefore, something he would fear,
He would ses’the adamantine answer |
to his hope of world subjugation—
that look in the eves of the women of
this.land.. -For men of such smothers
will never be defsated; they cafi not
but be vietorieus. - , & Rt
What the Woman Did. -
“T'am glad you said that'* began
this woman ih whode eyes was the
light that hae always flamed wher
war. is waged for freedom.. “I have
a son who I 8 now in France. And 1
have ‘a neighbor who has not begen
following the Government's requests
elther in féod production or In feod
conservation, This family lives on a
firie farm, and nelther the :woman in
her kitchen nor the husband in his
flelds las changéd the accustemed
way of living, 'The man ‘has : been
planning to put most of his land In
cotton. Their table has had as muech
food as it ever did, and upon all days
because they seem to think that
since they produced the food they
need noét conserve. '
“Finally I could stand it ne lenger.
HEARST'S SUNDAY AMERICAN __ A Newspaper for People Who Think — SUNDAY, MARCH 31, 1918.
leaders and ocreators of industry in
the United BStates, no picture or
sketch of him was to, de found among
the 15,000 blographies and photo
graphs of leading American in The
New York American office, The plc
ture published herewith had to be
obtained from a friend of Colonel
Thompson and permission for its
publication was difficult to obtain.
A friend of Colonél Thompson re
called a characteristic instance of his
modesty and generosity. In thé early
days of the war, when Mr. Hoover,
the present food administrator, was
unknown to the publie, he returne:
from Belgium, where he happened to
be at the outbreak of the war, to
laise money for the stricken Bel
glans,
There is in New York a soctal pr
ganization known as the Rocky
Mountain Club, composed of men
born or reared beyond the Great
Divide. Mr. Hoover, by profession a
mining engineer, and Colonel Thomp
son,.a copper miner, were both mem
bers of this clubd.
Mr. Hoover met his fellow club
members after his return from Bel
gium, in the sprlnfi of 1916, at a pri
vate dining room downtown and told
them about the dire needs of Belgium.
He told kow 700,000 Belgian children
would have been without food as well
as homeless if supplies had not been
sent to them from the United States.
Mr. Hoover began by dispensing some
voluntary contributions raised by
Americans in France, England and
Belgium. His extraordinary execu
tive ability and unselfishness were
such that French and Fnglish com
missions orqanlzed for Belgium relief
intrusted all their funds to him. In
a few months contributions were so
liberal from France, England and the
United States, principally the latter,
that fourteen ships were chartered to
carry food and clothing, and the funds
passing through Mr. Hoover's hands
to be dispensed lin his uncontrolled
discretion. amounted to millions of
dollars monthly. He served absolute
Not long ago I went to this woman—
for I knew if I could make her under
stand, the husband also would be
changed. ‘You are trying your best
to kill my boy,’ I said to her. ‘l'm
sure you haven’t realized that this is
the effect of what you and your hus
band are doing but it i the effect
just the same, and you must under
stand what it means. If my boy must
be kl]Ed, I want the enemy only to
bear the burden of responsibility for
his death. I want to know that he
died .for. his country truly. I don't
want my own neighbors, the,‘?ople
who pretend to be my friends, to help
kill’ him: I am glad and proug for
him t 6 fight for humanity; but I am
mot-willing for him to suffer and sac
rifice in order that gluttons may be
gratified and greedy misers increase
‘their ‘gains. I think you will change
your way when you understand that
your conduct may sacrifice my boy,
whom you have known all his life—
ever since he was a baby with curly
' halr, toddling around and trying to
Jearn “to walk. I don't think you
want'to join the Germans in fighting
him. " And you've got to change, now
that you do understand, now that
ll’ve told you what it means.’
Stronger Than Government.
“And she did change. She was in
tears before I finished. 1 am afraid
I wounded her very deeply, but it had
to be done. Bhe {8 conserving food
now—no one in the county is more
ardent than she, and her husband is
going to put In some food and feed
crops and not. plant all his land in
cotton. I don’t know what 1 would
have done if they hadn’'t changed,”
she admitted with a little smile, “but
I'm sure there is some way, and I
- would have found it and I would have
done whatever was necessary to do.”
“You have done the thing that is
stronger than the Government, be
caugs it is the Government, because
it makes the Government,” sald Mr,
Quslay.
“You have created public senti
ment. - If in every community .in this
‘coumry there is created a sentiment
‘of sporn and contempt for those who
’do not now sustain our country there
will be very few offenders, for to be
‘dupllod by one's nelghbors would
‘mhake life unbearable. When we have
everywhere a public sentiment such
as you have helped to make here, so
the food slacker, either in production
or conservation, will be loathed and
looked down upon, the thoughtless
Skin Teonble All Over Head in
-Scales. Spread and ltched,
. “My baby's head became crusted
when she was only ‘three weeks old.
It began like dendruff, and
; mnbrokeomiuume
X yellow blisters. It got all
4 I‘)’ her bead in scales.
A Underneath the crast fes-
B\ 8V tered snd began to ran, and
! then it spread over her face
and entire body. Her face
was a sight, and the eruptiona fiched.
““This went on until she was fifteen
months old. Then I began to use
Cuticora and it only took one cake of
Caticura Soap and ene box of Oint
mentto heal her.”’ (Bigned) Mrs. Lon
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1 take plessute in eending /te you herewith
my oneck, teo your erder, for Tea theueand dellars, fer
WBe fund which the New Yerk Ameriean hae stasted for the :
re-building of Gevastatod toewis of Txwnoe.
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‘America Should Give Cheerfully and
Smoke the Financial Slackers Out’
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By WILLIAM BOYCE THOMPSON
¢ HE work of rebuilding the ruined tojwns of France undertaken by Mr. Hearst should
T appeal to every American citizen. I}: is not only a duty which we owe to our sister ;
republic across the sea, but a duty 'we owe to our American soldiers at the front.
‘““These towns are needed to house our boys when they are not in the trenches, and to
serve as centers of agricultural communities, where farms will be rehabilitated and farmers re
mobilized for the growing of food. A bushtil of wheat or a barrel of potatoes grown in France
is certainly the equivalent of two bushels of wheat or two barrels of potatoes grown here, and
transplanted to the other side, '
‘“ Americans should give and give ch¢erfully. What is necessary in this country more
than anything else just now is to smoke out the financial slackers. What is the number of the
financial slackers in this country? How many have ample means and to gpare, and who do not
give? They certainly go perhaps into the millions. Many of them never give a penny, and yet
pretend to be very liberal. They say, with an air of resignation, when they are asked to help a
worthy cause like this: ‘Oh, lam tired offivingl’ A fine thing it would be if our gallant boys
at the front should imitate these mean and hypocritical spirits and say, ‘Oh, we are tired of
fighting !’ ”’ i
ly without pay and so did all of his
chief associates.
At the meeting with his fellow club
and the gelfish will perform their full
duty.”
Have you a neighbor who is failing
to sustain the Government's
program? Have you a son, a relative,
a friend flghtmg in France? That
neighbor, then, may cause the death
of your . son, your relative, your
friend,
Will you tolerate that?
Robinson’s Cat Bill
Meets Will Il Faver
(By International News Service.)
ALBANY, N. Y., March 30.—8enator
Theodore 1500{:11 Robinson, who has
sponsored in the Senate a bill which
would req’ulre all cats to wear a bell
and permit the killing of such felines
as are unfortunate enou{fi to lack
bells or may be caught killing birds,
is hearinil from the friends of the cat
family. is mall is loaded with pro
tests and not a few commendatory re
marks from persons who have been
entertained the nliht before by a cat
concert. One of the letters which the
Senator has received reads in part:
“I hope the rats and mice will eat
you alive an ddrive you out of house
and home. It is a wonder your bril
llant idea didn’t kill you on the spot.
Feed your cats and they catch no
birds.”
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SPRINGFIELD, ILL., March .30—Food
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grlced luncheons at the hlfh school
ere. KEighteen cents is the limit, ac
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len. eretofore the students have been
spending from 30 cents to 40 cents for
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I He told of &lglan children kissing the
SPOKANE, WASH., March 30.—The
Spokane chapker of the Red Cross car
ries on its membership roll two Ango
ra cats and a bulldog. ILikewise, it
numbers among its supporters an auto
mobile.
The two Angora cats )oined because
all the other members of the family of
Thaddeus B. Lane already were af
fillated with the Red Cross, and Mrs.
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western front, its mistress sald,
As for the uutomoblk its owner
singed up for it when (s excuse that
all the members of his family already
had joined the Red Cross was not ac
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'Visit in Nineteen Yrs,
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roslto Garrison, for the sixteenth time
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American flag in gratitude for what it
meant to them, and being taught by
their teachers to sing “The Star-
Spangled Bapner' at every session of
the schools improvised in the French
towns to which the refugee children
had been driven. A good many of
Mr. Hoover’s hearers were moved to
tears by his narrative.
When he had finished, Colonel
Thompson turned to John Hays Ham
mond, president of the Rocky Moun
tain Club, and sald:
“We have a fund to establish a
new home for the Rocky Mountain
Club. Let's give it to Hoover for
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' those kids in Belgium. We can get
along with our present clubrooms un
til after the war.”
John Hays Hammond said, quietly:
“May I tell the other members of
‘the Rocky Mountain Club what you
‘have already given to this fund?”
Colonel Thompson replied:
“No; I don't see why my name
should be mentioned. What has that
got to do with it?" ;
Entire Fund Diverted. :
Colonel Thompson had given a
chetk for SIOO,OOO a few weeks before!
toward a fund of $1,000,000 to build
a clubhouse for the Rocky Mountain
Club in New York City. The entire
building fund was thus, at his sug
gestion, diverted to the Belgian relief,
and the Rocky Mountain Club is still
without a clubhouse in New York
City. ;
Colonel Thompson was born in Vir
ginia City, Mont., 49 years ago. After
receiving a public school education, he
entered the School of Mines of Co
lumbia Unlversity. He had already
determined to become a copper miner,
and he decided that science, chemis
try and Invention were as necessary
as practical training to make one a
really successful miner,
He i 8 now president of the Inspira
tion Censolidated Copper Company, a
corporation owning more than 4,000
acres of mining land, producing more
than 100,000,000 pounds of copper and
paying over $8,000,000 in dividends
annually. The company has, of course,
several thousand stockholders. Colo
nel Thompson is the head of it: He
is also a director in several other
mining companies and a director of
the Federal Reserve Bank of New
York.
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