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LOUIS DOHME

PROFESSOR PAUL HAUPT

IN MEMORIAM

PHILIP AUGUST ALBRECHT. Born

in Warnfried an der Werra, Kurhessen,

on November 13th, 1842, he died in

Baltimore on April 10th, 1909.

With his parents, he came to America

in 1847. He was educated at Knapp's

Institute. For many years he was en-

gaged in the tobacco export business.

He had an extensive library, was a

philatelist and collector of coins. In

1897 he published a dissertation en-

titled "Astronomical Doctrines pre-

sented in New Aspects."

LOUIS P. DIETERICH. Born in

Lich, Germany, he died in Baltimore on

November 15th, 1922, in his 81st year.

His very appearance marked him as a

man of unusual character. An artist

of reputation, particularly in portrait-

ure, he was also a musician of fine

sensibility and endowed with a won-

derfully rich voice which held unbroken

to the last. For over fifty years he

was an active member of the Harmonie

Singing Society. Proud of his race, he

was true to its traditions even in the

frenzied days that marked our un-

warranted interference in European

affairs.

JUDGE JOHN J. DOBLER. On Fri-

day, September 21st, 1923, in the Su-

perior Court Room, memorial services

were held in honor of the memory of

John J. Dobler. The large room was

filled.

John J. Dobler was born in Balti-

more on June 6th, 1852. At the age

of sixteen, he was graduated from the

Baltimore City College with the class of

1868. He was the valedictorian of his

class, his oration having for its subject

"Life Purposes," so typical of the man

as we later knew him.

Upon his graduation he secured em-

ployment in the library of the Peabody

Institute; subsequently he took up the

study of law and was graduated, at the

age of twenty, from the University of

Maryland, in the class of 1872, his

standing being first. He was required

by the law to wait a year before being

admitted to the bar.

He was elected to the bench in 1894.

On June 2nd, 1922, a few days before

he was seventy, he retired. The Legis-

lature of 1922 wished to extend his

time; and in this desire most earnestly

united the Bench, the Bar, and the pub-

lic; but Judge Dobler refused to per-

mit such action as he had always cher-

ished the thought of actual retirement

and ease at that period of his life. His

sincere desire was that no action should

be taken; but he could not prevent the

Legislature from passing a resolution

of commendation and esteem.

Judge Dobler was of German des-

cent. In 1922 he acted as treasurer of

the "Drive" to secure the sum of

$250,000 for the General German Or-

phan Home at Catonsville.

LOUIS DOHME. Mr. Louis Dohme

was born in Oberkirchen, Prussia, July

6th, 1837, died December 10th, 1911.

Mr. Dohme can justly be classified

among the founders of this society,

having been one of the twenty-three

that became members on March 16th,

1886,—the first meeting following the

permanent organization of the Society,

February 16th, 1886.

At a very youthful age, and shortly

after his arrival in Baltimore from

Germany, he was apprenticed to the late

A. P. Sharp, then in the retail drug

business. By dint of close application,

indomitable perseverance and study, he

mastered both the drug business and

the English language, so that in 1860,

when but twenty-three years of age, the

firm of Sharp & Dohme was formed.

On the retirement of Mr. Sharp in

1885, Mr. Louis Dohme became the ac-

tive head and general manager of the

firm, the duties of which he discharged

with such singular ability and success

that at the time of his demise, as presi-

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dent of the corporation of Sharp &

Dohme, Manufacturing Chemists, he had

achieved for the company a world-wide

reputation.

FREDERICK W. FELDNER. Born

in Baltimore, June 11th, 1865, he, to-

gether with his wife, daughter, son-in-

law and chauffeur, was killed when

crossing a railroad track near Cape

May, New Jersey, on August 9th, 1910.

Though of humble parentage and

poor circumstances, he had great energy

and ability, and through his own efforts

succeeded in obtaining a college educa-

tion and became a successful member of

the Baltimore Bar.

EDGAR HILARY GANS. Born in

Harrisburg, Pa., November 4th, 1856,

died September 20th, 1914. In 1870

he came to Baltimore with his parents

and here spent the remainder of his

life. He graduated at the head of his

class in the Baltimore City College and

also led his class in the law school of

the University of Maryland. He was

admitted to the Bar in 1877 and three

years afterward was appointed deputy

state's attorney, which position he held

until 1888.

In 1883 he became a lecturer on

criminal and testamentary law in the

University of Maryland. His erudition

and ability marked him as a leader of

the Maryland Bar.

JOHN F. GONTRUM, lawyer and

poet, was born in Baltimore county,

February 16, 1857, and died there

December 27, 1909. Both his father

and mother came to America from Ger-

many with their parents at an early age.

As a boy, he attended the German-

Lutheran Parochial School, taught by

Edward F. Leyh, the well-known

German-American poet. Later, he at-

tended Knapp's German-English School,

Bethel Academy in Virginia, and St.

John's College at Annapolis. Upon

his graduation from the latter institu-

tion in 1878, he took up the study of

law and was admitted to its practice in

1880.

Of the poems which he contributed

to various periodicals from time to time

throughout his life, the best known are

Fort McHenry, Poe, and the Old Bridle

Path. These have been quoted on oc-

casions of a public nature and included

in a number of anthologies of verse.

Fort McHenry, by its exalted tone of

patriotism, was instrumental in molding

the sentiment that finally brought about

the conversion of the old fortress into

a national shrine. The poem, Poe, was

written in 1909, a few months before

the author's death, in indignation at

the judges' action in refusing to admit

Edgar Allan Poe to the so-called Hall

of Fame. Its inspired beauty and power

of imagination make it a really impor-

tant addition to American literature.

The Old Bridle Path is a pastoral of

great charm. The picture which it

portrays of the woods and fields of the

author's youth is pervaded by a tone of

regret and mild melancholy.

Poems, by John F. Gontrum, were

published in 1910.

A. v. WYZECKI.

PROFESSOR PAUL HAUPT. Born

at Görlitz in Silesia, November 25th,

1858, the scion of an old and well-

known Protestant family, Paul Haupt

received an excellent education and

early exhibited signs of unusual bril-

liancy. While very young he took up

the study of Hebrew. Graduating from

the Gymnasium Augustum in Görlitz,

he spent two years at Leipzig and in

1878 received his doctorate in Semitic

Languages with high honors.

Haupt's maiden book, Die sumer-

ischen Familiengesetze, was an epoch-

making production. For the first time

Sumerian and Assyrian phonology and

morphology were studied from the

standpoint of the modern scientific

philologist.

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After receiving his doctorate Haupt

spent some time studying in the British

Museum. The fruits of this work re-

sulted later in the publication of his

Akkadische und sumerische Keilschrift-

texte. This was the first volume in the

great series of the Assyriologische Bib-

liothek, edited from the beginning by

Dielitsch and Haupt. In 1880, he

habitated himself as a Privatdocent for

Assyriology in the University of Gött-

ingen. He early became the foremost

authority on the Sumerian language.

Thanks to the discernment of its

first president, Daniel Coit Gilman,

Haupt, before he had reached the age

of twenty-five years, was appointed

Professor of Semitic Languages in

Johns Hopkins University.

Many and various were the works

that freely flowed from his pen. Of

his influence it was said (W. F. Albright

in Paul Haupt Anniversary Volume) :

"Professor Haupt's influence, both as

a scholar and as a teacher, upon Ameri-

can Biblical and Semitic studies, has

been great. When he came to America

in 1883 to found the Oriental Seminary

of Johns Hopkins University, there was

not a single trained Semitic philologist

of the modern school available in Amer-

ican Universities, and there was prac-

tically no original Semitic research in

this country."

There were few subjects, academic,

aesthetic or journalistic, in which he

was not interested, and with his vast

Semitological erudition be combined a

wide information in such fields as Ger-

manic philology, English literature,

music and medicine."

He died on December 15th, 1926.

CHARLES CHRISTOPHER HOMER.

Born in Baltimore, November 1st, 1847,

he received his preparatory education

at Scheib's School, afterward matricu-

lating at the University of Georgetown,

graduating therefrom in 1867 with the

degree of A. B., later receiving that of

Master of Arts. He began his com-

mercial career as a salesman, afterward

establishing the firm of Foss and

Homer, which was dissolved in 1880.

He then entered the financial field.

In 1878 he was elected a director of

the Second National Bank, advancing

in time to its presidency. In 1897 he

became president of the Baltimore

Clearing House, which position he held

until 1911, when he declined a re-

election. He was also vice-president of

the Savings Bank of Baltimore and of

the Safe Deposit and Trust Company.

He was chairman of the committee

which drafted the so-called "Baltimore

Plan" for the creation of a safe and

elastic currency, which received the

unanimous endorsement of the Ameri-

can Bankers Association in convention

of 1894. He was President and Chair-

man of the Executive Committee of the

National Currency Association of Mary-

land, from its formation in 1909 until

his resignation in 1914.

Public spirited in a high degree, he

was active in all matters affecting the

common welfare, yet withal never parti-

san in affairs political. For years he

was a director of the General German

Orphans Home.

He died on September 13th, 1914, at

Bremen, Germany.

CHARLES C. HOMER, JR. Born in

Baltimore, October 15th, 1870, as the

eldest son of Charles Christopher and

Frances M. (Holthaus) Homer, died on

March 9, 1922.

He attended Zion School, Loyola Col-

lege, and the Law School of the Uni-

versity of Maryland. He practiced law

for a number of years. In 1896 he

was elected a Vice-President of the

Second National Bank of Baltimore,

later succeeding his father as President

thereof. At the time of his death he

was President of the Savings Bank of

Baltimore and was a Past Grand Master

of the Masons of Maryland.

He was also a director of the General

German Orphans Home, succeeding his

father in this office.

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LOUIS PAUL HENNIGHAUSEN. A

founder of the Society for the History

of the Germans in Maryland, and its

President from 1901 to 1906.

Born December 18th, 1840, in Fulda,

Prussia, son of Heinrich Johann and

Marie (Schulz) Hennighausen. The

father was an officer in the Prussian

army.

Their son acquired what was equiva-

lent to an excellent academical educa-

tion in the schools at Hersfeld, Prussia.

He also had the advantage of private

tutors who instructed him in English,

French, drawing, and the commercial

branches. In his fifteenth year he came

to Baltimore, which was destined to be

the scene of his life's labor and suc-

cesses. Obtaining a clerkship, he gave

his spare time to study and attended

a night school.

At the outbreak of the Civil War he

was in Richmond; though persistently

urged to cast his lot with the Confed-

eracy he refused and returned to Wash-

ington, where he took a clerkship in

Willard's Hotel. Here he joined a

militia rifle company, which entered the

service of the United States as Com-

pany A, 8th Battalion, District of Co-

lumbia Volunteers, April 11th, 1861,

for a term of three months in guarding

the Potomac River. In August of the

same year he joined the Forty-sixth

Regiment, New York Volunteers, for

three years, as second lieutenant, and in

1862 was promoted to first lieutenant.

He was engaged in the siege of Fort

Pulaski, Georgia; the operations about

Charleston, South Carolina, and in the

Peninsula Campaign. He commanded

his company in the battle of Secessions-

ville, James Island, South Carolina.

Contracting the swamp fever he was

compelled to resign after a service of

two years and when further promotion

was open to him.

After a brief sojourn in Baltimore

he went to Washington where he ac-

cepted a position as a teacher in a pri-

vate school, giving his spare time to the

study of law. Afterward he entered

the Maryland Law School, from which

he graduated, and was admitted to the

Bar in Baltimore in March, 1868.

He followed his professional career

with marked success until his end.

Though a Republican in political

affiliation, he was at all times indepen-

dent in his course and action, support-

ing those candidates and measures that

were best calculated to promote the wel-

fare of the people and the state.

He was a man kind and benevolently

inclined and actively engaged in many

charitable works. From 1887 to 1913

he was president of the German Society

of Maryland, and for many years presi-

dent of the General German Aged

Home, of which he was a charter

member.

He devoted much of his leisure to

historical research and as President and

member of the Society for the History

of the Germans in Maryland contributed

many interesting and meritorious

articles to its publications. Probably

his most important work was the story

of the German Society in Maryland.

So diversified were his interests and ac-

tivities that at one time he held mem-

bership in no less than twenty-four

societies.

He died at his home in Towson on

February 2nd, 1918.

At the meeting of this Society fol-

lowing his death the following memorial

was ordered to be spread upon its min-

utes:

THIS LEAF IS DEDICATED TO THE

MEMORY OF OUR LATE

PRESIDENT

LOUIS P. HENNIGHAUSEN

A FOUNDER OF THE

SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF THE

GERMANS IN MARYLAND

Who, during the many years of his use-

ful labor in the profession of law, yet

found time to devote to benevolence

and the aid of his fellow-men.

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LOUIS P. HENNIGHAUSEN

LOUIS HOFFMANN

Who, proud of his race, versed in its

tongue and traditions, was moved there-

by to bring forth out of the forgotten

past the story of the work and activity

of those who had come from the Ger-

man Fatherland, and in field and farm,

in mart and workshop, in peace and

war, had given of their labor, their ken,

and their blood to the upbuilding and

glory of America.

Who, himself, as a young man, full

of high resolve and the ideals of lib-

erty, had borne arms for the abolition

of slavery and the preservation of this

Nation's unity; and later, in time of

peace, actively participated in those

civic duties which make for the preser-

vation of freedom and the progress and

enlightenment of the commonalty.

Who, in the fullness of years, never

abated his activity in the manifold in-

terests that encompassed his days. Of

a cheerful disposition, impartial in

thought and considerate in feeling,

Louis P. Hennighausen fairly judged

his fellows and associates, and, depart-

ing, left to them a memory respected

and cherished.

LOUIS HOFFMANN, born in Augs-

burg, May 29th, 1859, he died in Balti-

more, February 26th, 1925. He died

of pneumonia brought on by exposure

in the blizzard of January 3rd.

He was of that group of men who

in modest circumstances, by the example

of their lives, impress upon their fel-

lows a feeling of respect and admiration

of and for the qualities and character

of the race from which they sprang.

Though in the main self-taught, he

was a man of gifted tongue and versed

in literature, which, with his genial

grace, classed him as a man of culture.

He came to this country a lad of

twelve years and his early days were

marked by hardship and privation. His

energy was superior to his employ-

ments and he progressed until he ulti-

mately engaged in the importing busi-

ness. This prospered until the adop-

tion of a heavy tariff made it unprofit-

able.

In the meantime he had been elected

a member of the City Council, this in

a ward overwhelmingly Democratic and

he a Republican—a strong tribute to

his personal popularity. After his term

expired he was appointed a Commis-

sioner for Opening Streets, in which

office he served some four years. For

a short period thereafter, he served in

the Immigration Bureau as interpreter,

from which position he was advanced

to inspector and thereafter he became

Assistant Commissioner, which respon-

sible position he held until his death.

In this office his humane spirit found

full expression. Never a poor immi-

grant or stowaway, regardless of his

origin, but found in Mr. Hoffmann one

who understood and sympathizingly

helped him in his plight; through his

example and contact, the Port of Entry

in Baltimore never assumed the hard-

ness and terror that characterized and

made other ports so dreaded.

Of an independent nature at a time

when politics were much perturbed and

measures were often weighed more for

their political effect than for the public

welfare, he was honest and fearless, and

so won the confidence and approbation

of his constituents in full.

An ardent advocate of sound bodily

development, he introduced and had

passed the ordinance making physical

education a part of the public school

curriculum.

From his early boyhood to his last

days he was active as a member of the

Turnverein Vorwaerts, which he had

helped to build up and make a center

of bodily and cultural development of

the Germans of Baltimore.

The virtues and good qualities so

strong in him and which made him a

conscientious citizen and worthy Amer-

ican, were the heritage of his German

blood.

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PASTOR HOFMANN. On Friday,

May 18th, 1928, while standing in front

of the altar of Zion Church engaged

with his confirmation class, Pastor Hof-

mann was stricken, and though at once

taken to a hospital, died early Saturday

the 19th of May, without having re-

gained consciousness.

Of him the Baltimore Sun editorially

said:

"Zion Lutheran Church has long

stood as a dominating religious feature

in the very center of Baltimore's busi-

ness life, a sort of spiritual fortress

challenging human evil, inspiring

human good. Like St. Paul's Episcopal

Church, it has been a part of older

Baltimore, and, like St. Paul's, it has

stood steadfast and unperturbed amid

all the material changes around it.

Associated intimately with the best and

most influential German elements of

Baltimore's population, its clergy and

its congregation have always held a

unique place in the respect and warm

regard of every other part of the com-

munity. Therefore, in the death of

Rev. Dr. Julius K. Hofmann we do not

think of the passing of a Lutheran min-

ister but of the loss of a religious

leader, who belonged as much to all

Baltimore as to his particular denom-

ination.

"A German by birth, he adopted Bal-

timore in all sincerity and truth and

never faltered in his allegiance to this

city and this country even in those four

years which tried the souls of our

foreign-born sons as no other four years

in our history has done. And it was

not that he loved Germany less but that

he loved honor and loyalty more.

"No sensationalist, no spectacular

preacher, he walked in the old paths;

he remained true to the old creeds. He

could do no other. For him there was

no other. The world might rock around

him, but it could not shake him.

"A most admirable specimen of the

German mind and character at its best.

And what amazing mental grasp, what

astounding mental achievements—mas-

ter of fourteen languages, author of ed-

ucational and religious works sufficient

to fill a small library—he carried on

the routine work of his church almost

without a break, and died, as he would

have wished, with the sword of the

spirit in his hand, with the word of

truth on his lips.

"All this is to measure him in ordi-

nary human terms. What describes him

better than anything else is the title

bestowed on him by love—that of

"Pastor" Hofmann. He was a pastor,

the guide and friend of thousands in

and outside of Zion Church. May Ger-

many send us many more like him.

Of such is not only the kingdom of

Heaven but the good will and happiness

of earth."

Julius Kayser Hofmann was born on

April 9th, 1865, in Friedberg, Upper

Hesse. His father was a fencing master

attached to the Grandducal Hessian In-

fantry Regiment ''Kaiser Wilhelm."

Young Hofmann received a good educa-

tion. He studied theology at the Uni-

versity of Giessen. In 1889 be received

a call to act as assistant to Pastor

Scheib, preacher at Zion Church.

Always active, he founded the Young

People's Society, an association for the

study of classical church music, a Sun-

day school library, and edited and

issued a church bulletin. In 1890 he

returned to Europe and there married

Louise Adelé Chatin. For many years

he was instructor in the German de-

partment at Johns Hopkins University.

On January 5th, 1895, Pastor Scheib

resigned his office and Pastor Hofmann

succeeded him.

In the days preceding his funeral his

body lay in state before the altar in

the church and thousands of Balti-

moreans of every station in life and all

faiths passed by mutely marking their

respect for the man who understood

them and had been guide, friend and

benefactor.

On Tuesday morning, amidst simple

and impressive ceremonies, he was laid

to rest in the church yard under the

linden tree planted by himself.

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PASTOR JULIUS K. HOFMANN

PROFESSOR CHARLES F. RADDATZ

His friend, Rev. Siegmund G. von

Bosse, of Mount Vernon, New York,

officiating, said in part:

"Erst wenn das Licht erloschen ist,

merkt man, wie herrlich es geleuchtet.

Die Wucht der Dunkelheit lässt den

eingebüssten Schein im Geistesauge

wieder aufflammen und verschönt die

herbe Stunde einsamen Gedenkens,

Einen Grossen haben wir Dem wieder-

gegeben, der ihn gesandt, eine Leuchte

am Firmament unseres Daseins. Chopins

Trauermarsch hätte eigens für ihn

geschrieben sein können, für diese

Bismarckgestalt mit ihren kindlich-

schlichten Seele; für diese Denkerstirn

mit ihren zart-besaiteten Regungen;

für diesen trotzig, unbeugsamen streb-

enden Felsen. Noch sind die Helden im

Lande, die eine ersehnte Friedensbrücke

bauen helfen zwischen den Völkern.

Noch rühmen wir ihr Werk und rühmen

ihre Namen. Es sind Leuchten am Ver-

söhnungshimmel der Menschheit, Hier

aber war Einer, dessen Leben ebenso

hell leuchtete. Verlöscht mag es sein,

doch der Wiederschein verbleibt und

wärmt und tröstet.

"Wir denken seiner zuerst als

Mensch. Das war er im besten Sinne

des Worts. Ihm galt der Wahrspruch:

'Frisch, fromm, fröhlich, frei!' Er

wollte nicht mehr und nicht weniger

sein. Er gab sich einem Jeden voll

und ganz. Er war Idealist und suchte

nur das Gute in seinen Mitmenschen.

Er war Künstler. Das Lied, das Bild,

das Schöngeistige zog ihn an und

fesselte ihn. Im jedem Gebiet war er

nicht nur beschlagen, sondern Meister.

Er zog die Geistes verwandten nur zu

leicht an sich. Keiner wäre an Balti-

more vorbeigegangen ohne ihn aufzusu-

chen. Er war ein Denker, ein echter

Philosoph. Er war ein beneidenswerter

Freund. Und als solcher rede ich für

Ungezählte, denen er Freund gewesen.

Die Freunde waren auch nicht auf eine

bestimmte Klasse beschränkt. Zwei

Orden des deutschen Kaisers nannte er

sein. Aber seine Freunde gehörten

allen Ständen an. Von Hochmut wusste

er nichts. Ueber sein Familienleben

zu reden widerstrebt mir. Es sind

eigene, heimische Besitztümer. Sein

Haus, seine Familie waren ihm Heilig-

tum. Sie blieben ihm als heiligster

Besitz. Dort arbeitete, wirkte, plante,

betete er. Stolz war er wohl auf sein

Heim. Aber es blieb sein in der

letzten Bedeutung des Wortes. Und das

wollen wir ihm hier unangetastet lassen.

"Wir denken seiner darum weiter als

Stammesgenosse. Er war ein Deutscher.

Ueberzeugt und echt, wenn je Einer es

war. Gäbe es eine deutsche "Hall of

Fame" in unserem Lande, er müsste als

Erster hinein. "Meinen Deutschen will

ich dienen" könnte man über sein Leben

Setzen. Deutsche Vereine durchs Land

hin, deutsche Verbände über dem Meere,

Amerikaner englischer Zunge, Deutsche

Tag-Feiern, seine Schriften, sein Ge-

dichte, seine Lieder, sie künden: "Dieser

war ein Sohn Germanien." Wir von

früher wussten's immer. Aber auch die

Neuherzugezogenen mögen's bezeugen.

In seinem Zions Kalender 1928 schrieb

als Widmung der Gehilfe: 'Dem unge-

beugten Kämpfer für deutsches Wesen,

Pastor Julius Hofmann, sei es in Ehr-

furcht und Verehrung geboten.'

"Keiner hat es so verstanden wie

Julius Hofmann, das wirklich Grosse

unseres Stammes so treffend zu schil-

dern wie er. Im Hohen Lied singt der

Sänger: 'Stark wie der Tod ist die

Liebe, fest wie die Unterwelt ihr Eifer;

ihre Gluten Feuergluten, Gottesflamme.

Grosse Wasser vermögen nicht zu

löschen die Liebe und Ströme fluten sie

nicht hinweg.' So war seine Liebe zur

Heimat. Und drüben wurde das aner-

kannt. Wir wollen uns kurz fassen.

Was einem Ludwig Thoma als Ab-

schiedsgruss gewidmet ward 1921, das

möchten wir auf ihn, unseren Stammes-

genossen, anwenden dürfen:

Was die Heimat dir gegeben, all das

stillverschwiegne Glück,

Gabst in deinem reichen Leben Du

ihn hundertfach zurück.

"Dr. Hofmann war aber auch Ameri-

kaner. Und er war stolz darauf. Mir,

als geborenem und überzeugten Bürger

meines amerikanischen Landes, wird es

leicht, ihm die Treue meinem Lande

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gegenüber zu beweisen. Er sprach wie

ein Hiergeborener; wie im Deutschen

war auch im Englischen sein Stil knapp,

klar und meisterhaft. Dazu kamen

Verständnis, Kenntnis, Urteil und Liebe.

In der Legislatur des Staates, im Rat-

haus, bei leitenden Staatsmännern war

er ein gerngesehener und geehrter Be-

sucher und Mitarbeiter. Darüber hinaus

suchte er inständig, durch neunzehn-

jährige Verbindung mit Johns Hopkins,

bei Festen and Empfängen, den deutsch-

en Namen würdiglich zu vertreten

zum Besten des Landes. Und es gelang

ihm über Bitten und Verstehen. Unsere

Pflicht Amerika gegenüber, war der

neue Gedanke, den er uns, seinen

Schülern einimpfte als Leitmotiv für

unsere Gedankengänge.

"Zusammenfassen möchte ich sein

Bekenntnis als Amerikaner in seinem

Verhältnis zu dem deutschen Empfinden

seiner Seele in das Lied, womit er

seinen Bund, "Neuland," bestehend aus

eingewanderten Deutschen, begrüsste:

" 'Sei gegrüsst uns, Licht aus Westen,

Ewig junger Sonnenstrahl;

Wo, bereitet von des Besten,

Heimat winkt uns allzumal,

Mit frohen Ruf, mit hellem Blick,

Sei umfangen, neu Geschick.

'In die Scholle woll'n wir senden

Tiefe Wurzeln, säfte-reich

Aufwärts woll'n den Pfeil wir lenken

In den neuen Kraftbereich.

Doch bleibt, was gut, ans allzeit gut,

Treu befohl'n in Gottes Hut.

'Seid gesegnet, liebe Hände,

Die ihr freundlich nach uns streckt;

Und an unseres Lebens Wende

Gold'nes Hoffen in uns weckt.

Schliesst eng den Kreis,

Und kling' die Weis', Heil dir Heimat,

Lieb und Preis!'"

Rabbi Morris S. Lazaron followed

with a tribute to the virtue and charac-

ter of Pastor Hofmann and the respect

in which he was held by his fellow

citizens.

At the grave Prof. Ernst Feise recited

a poem appropriate to the occasion and

the United Singers of Baltimore sang a

farewell.

CHARLES F. RADDATZ. Born No-

vember 18th, 1838, died January 14th,

1914. Sturm und Drang, adventure

spiced no doubt with romance entered

into the youthful experience of Charles

F. Raddatz. Born in Rostock, Meck-

lenburg, he was early enticed by the

Baltic's siren song, like many of his

forbears, perhaps, for he was in appear-

ance a viking. Before he was twenty,

he had sailed the seven seas over. Oc-

casionally he would talk of his life

a-shipboard and displayed familiarity

with the fauna of the great Southern

Ocean, especially its monster squids and

its huge sperm whales.

At the age of twenty he landed in

Galveston. This was in 1858, in the

middle of the fateful administration of

Buchanan, the last of our first series

of presidents. Those were troublous

times. Young Raddatz espoused the

politics of his new friends. At the out-

break of the Civil War he joined a

military company formed by the mer-

chants of Galveston for coast duty. He

served as First Lieutenant in Cook's

Battalion of Artillery, Department of

the Trans-Mississippi.

He married the daughter of Judge

Duff of Texas. To this union was born

one child, a son who died in infancy.

At the close of the Civil War he paid a

visit to Europe and came back realizing

that the new ties had forever taken the

place of the old and that his real home,

the country of his allegiance, was the

United States of America.

In 1870 he came to Baltimore in

obedience to an impulse which urged

him and many others as far north

as they could go without leaving the

southland. In this migratory movement,

enriching as it did the literary and pro-

fessional life of Maryland, were num-

bered such men as Basil Launeau

Gildersleeve, Sidney Lanier, Chapman

Maupin, Powhatan Clarke, Henry E.

Shepherd, Charles C. Wight, and others,

some of them intimate friends of Prof.

Raddatz.

From 1870 till the time of his death

in 1914, save for a short period of ill-

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ness, he was head of the Department

of German at the Baltimore City Col-

lege, and for eight years was Vice-

president of that institution.

His death occurred at the University

Hospital, Baltimore. His last hours

were soothed by the loving ministra-

tions of friends, among whom may be

mentioned Dr. John C. Hemmeter and

Prof. Stephen F. Norris, both former

students under his tutelage.

His mortal remains are interred in

Loudon Park. His memory still lives.

Prof. Raddatz was more than a

teacher; he embodied a rare personal-

ity. In the classroom he was an inspir-

ation, and he enjoyed as he compelled

the good will and respect of all the stu-

dent body.

Prof. Raddatz was always in affilia-

tion with the Johns Hopkins University

and until the very last was a contributor

to the Philological Journal edited by

Prof. Gildersleeve. He was much in

demand as a lecturer on historical sub-

jects, and was also esteemed as a music

critic. He had marked facility in trans-

lating lyrics from other languages into

good singable English.

Charles F. Raddatz was a thorough

German, a loyal American, a good

Democrat, an ex-Confederate soldier to

the last, a gracious host, as a guest an

ornament, a good friend, an enemy to

be reckoned with though not implacable,

a boon companion, charitable in his

judgment of others, more than kind,

choleric to be sure but absolutely de-

void of rancor, with huge capacity for

enjoyment, a Nordic, if there ever was

one, of noble bearing, bluff and hearty

with men, daintily polite to the ladies,

immaculate, though simple in his attire,

mentally and physically clean, and in

consequence immune from vulgarity,

radiating cheer and good will, respon-

sible always to the appeal of the finer

things.

After a long life, the contacts of

which with thousands of other lives

left impressions peculiarly cherished,

Charles F. Raddatz entered into the be-

yond. We follow anon. Auf Wieder-

sehen, alter Freund!

PHILIP H. FRIESE.

ERNST SCHMEISSER. A capital-

ist and prominent figure in financial

circles of Baltimore City. Born March

9th, 1851, in Siegen, Westphalia, and

died in Baltimore on April 5th, 1923.

Educated in the schools of his birth-

place, he emigrated to America on

August 19th, 1868. His first position

was with Kummer & Becker, bankers,

as a clerk at $2 per week. He held

this place for three years. In 1871 he

went with the tobacco firm of Gail & Ax

as clerk. After six years he began busi-

ness on his own account as a member

of the firm of Lauts & Schmeisser, ex-

porters of leaf tobacco. Marrying the

daughter of G. W. Gail, he went into

business with his father-in-law in 1882

as a member of the firm of Gail & Ax.

In 1891 this business was sold to the

American Tobacco Company and he re-

mained manager of its Baltimore

Branch and that of its successor, the

American Snuff Company, until 1908,

when he retired.

Mr. Schmeisser was a director of the

Hopkins Place Savings Bank, as also

of the Maryland Casualty Company, the

German-American Fire Insurance Com-

pany, and the Mutual Fire Insurance

Company. Though several times offered

nomination for high office by the Re-

publican party, he always declined. For

over thirty-five years he was active as

director of the General German Or-

phans Home, and was its President for

twenty-five years.

He was a man of jovial disposition

and kind heart, ever ready to help any

worthy cause or public movement, and

was looked up to as a leader of his

fellow-racials in Baltimore.

LOUIS SCHNEIDER. Honorary Pres-

ident of the United Singers, ever active

in all affairs affecting the social and

musical world of the Germans of Balti-

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more City. He died suddenly at his

home "Sans Souci," Arlington, on

March 28th, 1927.

He was born at Laufersweil in the

Rhein-Provinz, on February 17th, 1847.

He emigrated to America shortly after

the Civil War. Arriving here he ex-

perienced vicissitudes common to the

experience of many immigrants strange

to the land, its tongue and its ways,

before he successfully engaged in a

number of business ventures.

He was president of the Sängerfest

of the Northeastern Sängerbund held in

Baltimore in 1888.

LOUIS C. SCHNEIDEREITH. On

Saturday morning, July 8th, 1922, after

a short illness, Louis Charles Schneid-

ereith, senior member of the firm of

Schneidereith and Sons, Printers, passed

into the infinite.

Mr. Schneidereith was born in Bal-

timore in 1852, of German parentage.

He was educated in Knapp's Institute,

an excellent private institution of that

day, where, in addition to a sound gen-

eral education, he acquired that mas-

tery of English and German that made

him an engaging conversationalist as

well as a graceful and concise public

speaker. Upon his graduation, he en-

tered the printing office of his father,

Charles W. Schneidereith, where he

quickly learned the technicalities of

printing-house management, and be-

came his father's chief reliance. For

over fifty years he largely directed the

affairs of this firm.

Second, perhaps, to his pride in turn-

ing out a fine piece of printing, was

the fact that his was the oldest com-

mercial printing establishment in Bal-

timore, having been founded in 1849 by

his father, and continuously operated

without a break by three generations of

the family. He left this business, in-

creased and prosperous, to the care of

his only son, C. William Schneidereith,

who represents the third generation of

the printing house of Schneidereith and

Sons.

Mr. Schneidereith was one who be-

lieved that the inner consciousness of

correct living was of more importance

than the mere formal observance of

man-made creeds, and his life was filled

with unostentatious acts of kindness

that gave practical expression to his

theory of a life well lived.

His avocations might be divided into

three groups; the furtherance of those

social and civic organizations that make

for the development of a sound mind

in a sound body; the care of the help-

less and needy; and the purification of

public life.

Particularly was he active in the

Turnverein Vorwaerts, a pioneer organ-

ization in the work of systematic devel-

opment of mind and body. With it he

was associated from earliest boyhood;

in mature years he was its secretary,

then its president, and finally its hon-

orary president. It was during his in-

cumbency that the association, after

years of effort, succeeded in having

physical training introduced into the

public schools of Baltimore.

The second phase of his activities—

the care of the helpless and needy—

found expression in the twenty-five

years of service as secretary and direc-

tor of the German Orphan Asylum; his

keen interest in the Aged People's

Home; and his labor as director and

executive committeeman of the German

Society of Maryland.

Thirdly, he was an active participant

in every movement for clean and pro-

gressive government, and took an active

part in the work of such civic bodies

as the Independent Citizens' Union, Re-

form League, Municipal League, and

the Just Representation League. He

was likewise a member of other organ-

izations of an educational, technical,

and social nature.

His well-rounded life of seventy

years was filled with kindly deeds and

thoughtful consideration for those

about him, whatever their station in life.

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PROFESSOR C. F. EMIL SCHULTZ.

Born in Görlitz, Silesia, on June 29th,

1847, died in Baltimore, February 19th,

1914.

Early in his boyhood he took to gym-

nastics and soon became an active

leader in such work. As a physical di-

rector he directed gymnastic work in

Davenport, Salt Lake City, and San

Francisco. Returning to Baltimore he

was director of the "Gym" at the Y. M.

C. A. for some twelve years. He after-

ward opened a private gymnasium at

the southeast corner of Charles and Bal-

timore Streets. Later he became the

first supervisor of physical education

of the public schools of Baltimore,

which position he held up to the time

of his death; in all some sixteen years.

He was an honorary member of the

Turnverein Vorwaerts.

LOUIS THEODORE WEIS, who died

in Baltimore, January 12th, 1924, at the

age of 66 years, was born in Germany

and up to the age of 10 attended the

elementary schools in that country. His

father emigrated to America and soon

thereafter the rest of the family, con-

sisting of his mother, himself, a younger

brother and two sisters, came to join

the father. While the family were at

sea on the way over, the father died,

and upon arriving in this country,

Louis, then 10 years of age, was com-

pelled to find employment at once to

help support the family. He entered

the printing trade and while still young

became assistant foreman of the press

room of the old Baltimore American.

Later he became manager of the Chesa-

peake Label Company. By hard work

and constant study he acquired a broad

knowledge of the English language and

also of the political principles of this

country. He was an ardent Republican

and a member of the Young Men's Re-

publican Club and the German-Ameri-

can Lincoln Club, and served for many

years as president of this active political

organization.

In 1891 he organized the American

Label Manufacturing Company, which

company was later acquired by the

United States Printing and Lithograph

Company, one of the largest printing

industries in the country. During the

various political campaigns his ability

as an organizer became recognized and

he became one of the leaders of the Re-

publican party in the State of Mary-

land. In 1896 he was appointed one of

the Liquor License Commissioners, and

was reappointed in 1898. He had

formed a close friendship with George

L. Wellington, United States Senator,

and this relationship existed through-

out his life. In 1901 President Roose-

velt appointed him United States Com-

missioner of Immigration at the port of

Baltimore, reappointed him in 1905 for

a second four-year term, and in 1909

President Taft reappointed him for a

third four-year term.

During all of these years he still kept

the active management and the direction

of the constantly growing label print-

ing business, and in 1911 was made

General Manager and Vice-President of

the United States Printing and Litho-

graph Company. These increased du-

ties compelled him to resign as Immi-

gration Commissioner, which office he

had filled for ten years with an ability

and understanding unequalled by any-

one in the Federal service, as expressed

by a letter of regret of his resignation

by the Secretary of Commerce, Mr.

Nagel.

Louis T. Weis was always closely

identified with the German interests in

this city and made frequent trips to the

old country. He proved himself a

public spirited citizen in all undertak-

ings that tended toward the benefit of

the State and the City of Baltimore. His

name was always found among those

working for civic improvement. He

was a member of the Masonic Fratern-

ity, of the Turnverein Vorwaerts, and

the Merchants and Manufacturers Asso-

ciation.

His religious affiliation was with the

Lutheran Church, and although he was

a member of St. John's Lutheran

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Church in his neighborhood, the high

esteem which he held for Pastor Hof-

mann and the latter's eloquence induced

him to attend Zion Church's Sunday

services. In the Weis' charming coun-

try place, Red Top, Pastor Hofmann

held annually his "Waldandacht" ser-

vices.

Louis T. Weis was one of the strong

characters who lived up to his motto,

"Be honest, choose your vocation, learn

it well, work hard and conscientiously,

live within your means, save and in-

vest your savings judiciously."

A. v. WYZECKI.

GEORGE L. WELLINGTON. Born

in Cumberland, Md., January 28th,

1852, the son of John Adam Welling-

ton, a native of Germany. His early

life was a struggle with poverty. At

eleven years of age he was employed

in a store. At eighteen years he was

accountant in a bank, and later cashier

thereof. Industrious and ambitious, he

devoted himself to books and acquired

that education denied him by lack of

schooling. A Republican in politics he

was elected County Treasurer of Alle-

gany county. Under President Harri-

son he held the post of Sub-Treasurer

in Baltimore. In 1894 he was elected

a Representative to Congress. Always

active politically, he now became a fac-

tor of importance. As chairman of the

Republican State Central Committee, he

managed the campaign which elected

Lloyd Lowndes as Governor of the

State,—the first Republican holder of

this office. The Legislature was also

controlled by the Republicans, and by it

he was elected to the United States Sen-

ate. Though he was an orator of abil-

ity, no matter of great moment arose to

engage his attention until the Spanish-

American War. This he bitterly op-

posed until all other measures failed.

He was unalterably opposed to im-

perialism and insisted that the Philip-

pine Islands should be given their in-

dependence and only cast his vote in

favor of the ratification of the Treaty

of Paris when promised that this should

be done. When the Islands were treated

as a colonial possession his wrath was

unbridaled and he assailed President

McKinley for his betrayal of a promise.

In espousing the cause of William

Jennings Bryan, he toured the West in

opposition to McKinley's re-election.

When speaking in Baltimore he was

hissed and booed, but he justified his

stand, saying: "I do not believe in mak-

ing a fetich of a party. When it leaves

the old lines it is time for candid and

sincere men to leave it, if they can find

anything better. I have kept my self-

respect and that is something."

As a business man he was highly

successful. He organized the Citizens'

National Bank of Cumberland and the

German Savings Bank. Was President

of the Edison Illuminating Company

and President of the Cumberland Elec-

tric Railway, as also an officer in vari-

ous other organizations.

In 1911 he again entered politics and

was instrumental in aiding in the elec-

tion of Phillips Lee Goldsborough, the

second Republican Governor of Mary-

land. He was an ardent supporter of

Roosevelt in 1912 and succeeded in

carrying Western Maryland for him.

Shortly after he was taken ill, and

for some fifteen years, though able to

be about, he led a quiet life.

In 1916 be attended the Lincoln Day

dinner given by the German-American

Lincoln Club at the Emerson Hotel,

Baltimore, and made an address lauda-

tory of the German nation, which was

then engaged in its battle for existence.

A man of great energy and positive

opinions, though just and righteous,

holding truth and freedom of expres-

sion higher than personal advantage,

he was uncompromising with hypocrisy

and pretense. Constructive was his work

and great were his charities. He died

on March 20th, 1927, at the age of

75 years.

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DR. HENRY WOOD. Professor

Emeritus of German at the Johns Hop-

kins University.

Born in New Bedford, Mass., July

8th, 1849, died in Potsdam, Germany,

August 20th, 1925. He became a mem-

ber of the Hopkins faculty in 1881 and

retired in 1920.

His ancestors were among the earli-

est settlers in New England, having

come to this country in 1645. In 1875

he went to Germany, studying at the

Universities of Berlin and Leipzig, from

the latter receiving his degree of Doctor

of Philosophy in 1879.

He was an author of critical works

on German and English philology;

among such being his "Faust-studien."

He was president of the American Folk

Lore Society in 1898 and 1899, and a

contributing editor to Americana Ger-

mania. He was decorated by Kaiser

Wilhelm II with the Order of the Red

Eagle.

Dr. Wood was a man of firm prin-

ciples and highly appreciative of the

value of German culture; he determin-

edly stood in advocacy thereof when,

in the war years, those around him lost

their sense of scholarly proportion and

became offensively eager in their de-

nunciation of all things German.

When the first movement in aid of

the starving children of Germany was