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A Modern History
Editor-in-Chief ALBERT P. LANGTRY Ex-Secretary of State of Massachusetts
VOLUME IV
LEWIS HISTORICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC. NEW YORK 1929
COPYRIGHT LEWIS HISTORICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC. 1929
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GOVERNOR FRANK G. ALLEN-A career of distinction in the life and affairs of Massachusetts culminated in the election of Frank G. Allen as Governor of the State, in 1928. Assuming office on January 3, 1929, Governor Allen took a final step toward round- ing out his many services in the public inter- est which he began as a member of the House of Representatives, continued in the State Sen- ate, and carried on as lieutenant-governor. Since he is a man who has fought his way to the top in important leather-manufacturing concerns and allied corporations, he has amply demonstrated that he possesses sound business judgment and unusual executive abil- ity. The people of the State and of the city of Boston, where he is especially well known, await with confidence an administration dis- tinguished by efficient and progressive policies. It is a certainty that they will not be disap- pointed.
Governor Allen was born in Lynn, Massa- chusetts, October 6, 1874, a son of Frank M. and Abbie L. (Gilman) Allen, both descend- ants of families whose ancestry dates far back in the history of New England, and whose members have set records in civic achieve- ments and rectitude of life.
Frank G. Allen received his education in the public schools of Lynn, early acquiring the habits of industry and thrift and the love of self-improvement which remained with him in all later life. Following graduation from high school, and without waiting for the experience of a college education, he plunged whole- heartedly into the business world to make a place for himself. Accepting first, a position with the leather manufacturing concern of Black and Newhall of Boston, he later became connected with the Lyman W. Smith Sons Company, and in these associations, he mas-
tered the foundation principles which guided his course and convinced him that he might safely place his hopes for future success in the leather trade.
Presently Mr. Allen transferred his activi- ties, entering the employ of the J. W. Kennan Company. In 1901 the firm of Winslow Brothers purchased control of the Lyman W. Smith Sons Company, merged the firms under the name of Winslow Brothers and Smith, dealers in sheepskins, and invited Mr. Allen to become an executive in the new company. He accepted, and at once proved his value to the corporation. In 1911 Mr. Allen was elected to the presidency, a position which he held with great credit until January, 1929, when he became chairman of the board of directors. He has guided the company's affairs with a sure hand along the pathway of success. This connection by no means occupied all his at- tention, however, and he served as president of the Eastern Leather Company, the Morrill Leather Company, the Ellis Pond Ice Company, vice-president of the Brandt Leather Com- pany, chairman of the board of the Armour Leather Company, and director of Winslow and Company, the Hub Hosiery Mills, etc. He is also a member of the executive committee and director of several banking corporations, including the American Trust Company, and Lee Higginson Trust Company, of Boston, and the Norwood (Massachusetts) Trust Com- pany.
Governor Allen's career in public life be- gan at Norwood, in local affairs before the World War. When the United States entered into the great conflict, he took a leading civil- ian part in his town and greatly aided the country's cause. As a member of the Republi- can party he served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1918 and 1919.
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and in 1920 he became a member of the Mass- achusetts State Senate, being elected president of that body in 1921. It was a distinct tribute to his ability that he was elected to succeed himself in that distinguished office for an- other term, ending in 1924, having served as president through 1921, 1922, 1923 and 1924. Senator Allen's qualifications and his popular- ity were such that he was prevailed upon by his constituents to run for lieutenant-governor, and he was handsomely elected along with Gov- ernor Fuller in the campaign of 1924. His ac- complishments in this position raised him to prominence among the leaders of Massachu- setts, and with the retirement of Governor Fuller, he was the unanimous choice among those high in Republican councils to succeed him as the standard bearer of the party in this State. His election in the important election of 1928 is a matter of history, and his assumption of the governor's duties was a source of great satisfaction to the people of the State.
Governor Allen's inaugural address was a striking indication of the type of man who had ascended to the chief magistracy of the State and of his constructive program for the con- duct of the public business. The "Boston Her- ald" made the following editorial comment thereon:
A bold and surprising document is Frank G. Al- len's inaugural address to the Legislature. He be- gan his surprises in the second paragraph by referring to "an era which, I trust, will see us free from debt." Section by section, down to the very end, he discussed affairs with directness, assurance and vigor. In his four years as Lieutenant-Governor, Mr. Allen was quiet and unassuming, almost to the point of diffidence and shyness, and at times seemed to be almost as much obscured as a Vice-President. In the November campaign, too, there was a sugges- tion of almost excessive caution in his speeches. There is nothing of Lieutenant-Governor Frank G. Allen in the inaugural address of His Excellency Governor Frank G. Allen. An "Al" Smith or a "Teddy" Roosevelt could not be more forcible or discuss a greater variety of topics with more grit and grip. The people are going to discuss this document of his for many months. The legislators are going to feel its influences at many sittings, and the inaugural ad- dresses of Massachusetts Governors are going to be more impressive by this latest addition.
The Boston "Transcript" also found it a document worthy of editorial appreciation and commented thus:
Primary regard for human welfare, rather than a glorification of the material accomplishments of the State, is the distinguishing characteristic of the in- augural address of Governor Frank Gilman Allen. It is impossible to read this interesting document with- out feeling that here is a man whose hand reaches out in friendship to all the people, with the hope that he may help them. His address is memorable not so much in a revealment of those fine human qualities which our people have delighted to acclaim, as in its almost passionate emphasis in behalf of the health, comfort and safety of our citizens, particularly the young. This is, in fact, almost the dominant note of the inaugural, for more than one-quarter of its forty pages are devoted to matters of personal wel- fare-a proposed census of the whole State to dis- cover what crippled children, if any, are missing the advantages of training and cure the Commonwealth is prepared to offer them; a revision of the child wel- fare laws; a new children's building at Lakeville; encouragement to farmers to produce the highest grade of milk; establishment of health districts analo- gous to those in the educational field; earlier examina- tion and care of the mentally defective, before they have become hopeless; new and more drastic safe- guards against the motor-car accidents. These are recommendations striking very close to many homes, and the emphasis Governor Allen puts upon them lightens and humanizes the formalism of his first message to the General Court.
Governor Allen's other civic activities have centered principally in Boston, where he is very well known, but he has also given gen- erously of his time and substance in the sup- port of worthy movements at Norwood, where he makes his home. He holds membership in several clubs, including, the Union League Club of New York, the Union Club of Boston, Al- gonquin Club, the University Club, the Ex- change Club, the Boston City Club, the Coun- try Club, the Essex County Club, the Brae Burn Country Club, the Dedham Country Club and the Polo Club. With his family he worships in the faith of the Congregational church.
On December 2, 1897, Governor Allen mar- ried (first) Clara Winslow, of Norwood, who died in August, 1924. One daughter, Mary Winslow, was born of this marriage. In No-
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vember, 1927, Governor Allen married (second) Eleanor Hamilton Wallace, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a daughter of Dr. and Mrs. T. C. Wallace, of that city. A son, Frank Gilman Allen, Jr., was born November 8, 1928.
FREDERIC LAURISTON BULLARD --
Journalist, editor, author, Frederic Lauriston Bullard has achieved a career of genuine distinc- tion in his chosen profession. For well over two decades he has been associated with the "Boston Herald," and since 1919 has been its chief editorial writer. Articles from his pen are fluent, versatile and persuasive, and on oc- casion have decisively influenced public opinion. In recognition of the high merit of his work Mr. Bullard was awarded the Pulitzer editorial prize for 1926.
Mr. Bullard was born at Wauseon, Fulton County, Ohio, son of Frederic Lauriston and Helen Maria (Ballard) Bullard. He received his preliminary education in the public schools of that State, was graduated from Wooster College, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1891, and took the Master of Arts degree at that institution in 1894. In 1903 he received the degree of Bachelor of Divinity, magna cum laude, from Yale University.
Mr. Bullard first entered the ministry, and for a period of ten years devoted himself to the work of the Presbyterian and Congrega- tional churches. At the end of this time he began his career in journalism, and has since been engaged in this field, mostly with the "Boston Herald." From 1915 until 1919 he was Sunday editor of that paper, and since the latter year has been its chief editorial writer. In addition to numerous editorials and maga- zine articles, Mr. Bullard is the author of sev- eral published volumes, including: "Historic Summer Haunts," published in 1912; "Famous War Correspondents," published in 1914; "Tad and His Father," which appeared in 1915. Mr.
Bullard is a member of several associations, and was recently elected a member of the Phi Beta Kappa. His residence is maintained at Melrose Highlands, while his office address is the "Boston Herald," Boston, Massachusetts.
Frederic Lauriston Bullard married Clara Elizabeth Keil, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They are the parents of several children: 1. Edward Lauriston, deceased. 2. Frederic Keil. 3. Helen Dorothea. 4. Robert Paul. 5. Clara Elizabeth.
HON. WILLIAM MORGAN BUTLER-
The extent to which a business man may be of service to his country in the realm of politics is evident by the record of William M. Butler, of Boston, who, after a notably successful career in commercial affairs, crowned his achievements by his election to the United States Senate and his elevation to the management of the tri- umphant campaign of President Coolidge for the place of Chief Executive of the Nation in 1924. At the age of sixty-six Mr. Butler can look back upon a past full of accomplishment and usefulness, but he is still active and has in contemplation a good many years of con- structive endeavor which may quite possibly bring him highest political preferment.
Mr. Butler was born in New Bedford, January 29, 1861, only two months before the opening of that devastating conflict between the North and South known as the Civil War. His father, the Rev. James D. Butler, was a leading Pro- testant minister; his mother was Eliza B. Place. After having made the usual preparation, Mr. Butler entered Boston University, from which he graduated in 1884, with the degree of Bach- elor of Laws. Two years later he married. On being admitted to the bar by examination, he took up the practice of his profession of the law at New Bedford, where he built up quite a clientele until 1895, at which time he removed to Boston to broaden the scope of his activities,
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especially to be in closer touch with the larger cases which his firm had become accustomed to handle, and which usually centered at the capital. He became a member of the law firm of Butler, Cox, Murchie and Bacon, which had on its list of clients some of the largest cor- porations in the United States. His practice at Boston has continued ever since without a break, except for certain political duties which will be mentioned in their place. His splendid business ability early brought him to the at- tention of some of the leading financiers of New England, and his aid was sought in the proper conduct of enormous industrial enter- prises. He was made president of the Boston & Worcester Electric Companies and the Boston & Worcester Street Railway Company in the line of transportation and motive power con- cerns. Possessed of a thorough knowledge of conditions in the textile industry, he was elected president of the Hoosac Cotton Mills, the New Bedford Cotton Mills Corporation, the Butler Mills, and the Quissett Mill. He was also named president of the New Bedford Storage Warehouse Company. His directorates in other concerns are numerous, all indicating that his counsel was considered highly valuable on mat- ters of policy and production.
Mr. Butler's first political experience was had in the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1890, and he served through 1891, becoming the author of a number of helpful bills, and act- ing in the capacity of committeeman on the most important committees of the House. His record in the lower branch was so satisfactory to his Republican constituents that he was promoted to the State Senate, serving from 1892 to 1895, and having been president of that deliberative body during the last two years. In the position of legislator Mr. Butler fathered a number of bills which are still the law of the Common- wealth of Massachusetts, while in the place of presiding officer he ruled with an unusual di- plomacy and a dispatch that cleared the calendar of all bothersome impedimenta. Those experi- ences admirably suited him to become a mem- ber of the Commission to Revise the Statutes of Massachusetts in 1896, a position he held
until 1900 with great credit to himself, his col- leagues of the commission and the public. For several years he served as a member of the Republican National Committee and stood in the forefront of leading protectionists who op- posed vigorously any downward revision of the tariffs on imported goods. In 1924 he was named chairman of this committee, and as such opened the Republican National Convention at Cleveland to the delegates, who soon nominated as their standard-bearer Calvin Coolidge, of Massachusetts, and Charles G. Dawes, of Chi- cago, for vice-president. The manner in which Mr. Coolidge defeated his Democratic opponent, John W. Davis, of West Virginia, is a matter still fresh in the public mind; and it may be stated that the landslide of votes which carried Mr. Coolidge into office was due largely to the influence and hard work of his fellow New Englander, William Morgan Butler. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge having died in 1924, Mr. Butler was appointed to fill his unexpired term by Governor Cox, and under appointment dated November 13, 1924, qualified for the seat, and thereupon assumed the leadership of the Cool- idge policies in the United States Senate. Mean- time, the political map of Massachusetts had undergone another important alteration which was to bear an important relationship to con- temporary events and cast its shadow into the future: Senator David I. Walsh, Democrat, was defeated for reelection by Frederick H. Gillett, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and his Republican opponent, so that Mr. Butler, by virtue of previous service, became the senior Senator from Massachusetts. This position gave Mr. Butler great power and prestige, and he was enabled to swing into motion great measures of national import, which he handled with a clever- ness that was unusual. But the foibles of politics are many and its pranks inexplicable; we find Mr. Butler yielding his scepter to Mr. Walsh in Massachusetts in the election of No- vember, 1926, and Mr. Walsh installed in De- cember, while Mr. Butler returned to his prac- tice of law and his business interests, which are among the most important and extensive in New England.
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Hon. Mr: Butler married (first), July 15, 1886, Minnie F. Norton, of Edgartown, Massachu- setts, who died in 1906. He married (second), January 1, 1907, Mary Lothrop Webster, of Boston.
FRANK WASHBURN GRINNELL-A
lawyer of recognized position at the Massa- chusetts bar, and an editor of distinguished ability, Frank Washburn Grinnell has been a lifelong resident of this State and a familiar figure in its affairs. He was born at Charles- town, Massachusetts, on December 14, 1873, a son of Charles Edward and Elizabeth Tucker (Washburn) Grinnell, and a descendant both paternally and maternally of ancient American families. His father was also a lawyer by oc- cupation, and editor of the "American Law Review" for a period of years.
Mr. Grinnell received his preliminary edu- cation in Prince School, and the Boston Latin School, from which he was graduated in 1891, both old public schools of the city. Thereafter he studied at Harvard University, taking his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1895, and the Bach- elor of Laws degree three years later. Soon afterwards he began his legal career in Bos- ton, as a member of the firm of Hale & Grin- nell, later Hale, Grinnell and Swaim, and now Hale & Dorr, with offices at No. 60 State Street. While still associated with Hale & Dorr, he retired from active practice some years ago and has devoted himself to law writing and other professional work of the Judicial Council and the bar association. Mr. Grin- nell is a member and secretary of the Judicial Council of Massachusetts, and secretary of the Massachusetts Bar Association. He is also editor of the "Massachusetts Law Quarterly," and secretary of the Harvard Law School As- sociation. He holds membership in several clubs, including the Union Club, the St. Bo-
tolph Club, and the Boston City Club. He is a Unitarian.
On June 5, 1908, Frank Washburn Grinnell married Isabel Morison, daughter of Frank and Leslie (McGregor) Morison, and of this mar- riage three children have been born: 1. Leslie, born May 7, 1911. 2. Frank, born February 3, 1914. 3. Charles, born May 5, 1919. He lives at No. 3 Mount Vernon Square, Boston.
FRANK PALMER SPEARE-Founder and first president of Northeastern University at Boston, Frank Palmer Speare has achieved a distinguished record as educator, lecturer and executive. For many years he has been active in New England and national life, and his name is well known to the American people.
Mr. Speare was born in Boston, in 1869, a son of Charles and Jeanette (Palmer) Speare. His father was a steamship builder, owner and operator, and was a pioneer in the development of the electric telegraph, weather bureau and transportation service of the United States and South America. In the public schools of his birthplace Mr. Speare received his preliminary education, later attending the Chauncey Hall School, the Bridgewater State Normal School, and Harvard University, and taking the degrees LL. B. and M. H. He had early determined upon a career as an educator, and after the completion of his academic training was successively princi- pal of several public grammar and high schools. In 1896, however, he established the educational department of the Boston Young Men's Chris- tian Association, and in 1898. the Northeastern School of Law. This was the beginning of his connection with the group of schools now incorporated as Northeastern University, whose growth and progress he has advanced so notably by his work. In 1907 the School of Commerce and Finance was founded, and in 1909 the School of Engineering. In the same year Huntington
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Preparatory School for Boys was established, and then thirteen years later, in 1922, the School of Business Administration. In 1927, Lincoln Institute, including what was formerly known as Northeastern Polytechnic School, was chartered, and Lincoln Preparatory School, for- merly known as Northeastern Preparatory School, was established. Meanwhile, however, the group of affiliated schools was incorporated in 1916 as Northeastern College, and in 1923 as Northeastern University, and it is largely due to his efforts that this institution has advanced to its present place of importance in the com- munity and national life.
In politics a Republican, Mr. Speare is affili- ated, fraternally, with the Free and Accepted Masons, and is a member of the Protestant Episcopal church. He is a member of the National Education Association, the Massa- chusetts Schoolmasters' Club, the Harvard Teachers' Association, and of several other clubs, including the Boston City Club, the Twentieth Century Club, the University Club of Boston, the Square and Compass Club, the Charles River Country Club, and the Bald Peak Country Club of Melvin Village, New Hampshire.
On December 4, 1897, Frank Palmer Speare married (first) May Cushing Whiting, now deceased, daughter of Amasa and Mary W. Whiting, of Boston. On July 6, 1914, at Boston, Massachusetts, Mr. Speare married (second) Katherine May Vinton, daughter of Edwin and Katherine (Campbell) Vinton. They are the parents of one daughter, Marjorie Vinton Speare, born on October 15, 1917.
The winter residence of the family is main- tained at No. 121 Intervale Road, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts; the summer residence being Wingate Manor, Tuftonboro, Lake Winnipe- saukee, New Hampshire.
WENDELL DEARBORN HOWIE, a prominent figure in the press and the legislative worlds of Boston and a man who served with
marked distinction during the period of the emergency created by the German invasion of Belgium and France, was born during the year 1892, in St. John, New Brunswick, Canada. Mr. Howie is a son of the Rev. David and Margaret A. (Lennox) Howie, both of whom were born subjects of the British Empire. Mar- garet A. (Lennox) Howie, the mother, was a native of Belville, in the Province of Ontario, in the Dominion of Canada; the Rev. David Howie, the father, came originally from Paisley, Scotland. He is affiliated with the Congrega- tional church, at present (1929) the pastor of the Grace Congregational Church of Cleveland, Ohio. He, too, took an active part in the con- flict in France, going overseas as a chaplain with the Young Men's Christian Association, and with that organization following the armies of occupation as they went over into German territory. As a chaplain, he was also regimen- tal secretary of his unit of this organization. He is a man beloved by those who know him well, and respected by all with whom he comes in contact.
His son, Wendell Dearborn Howie, removed from St. John to Grafton, Massachusetts, dur- ing the year 1893. He was, of course, in com- pany with his parents, for he was but one year old. He was reared in Grafton, and he later attended the primary schools of that neighbor- hood. During the year 1902 he began study at the Hopedale (Massachusetts) High School, but remained there for a period of only two years, after which he attended the Mount Her- mon Preparatory School. He then journeyed to Indiana, where he enrolled as a student at the Valparaiso University. Immediately after the completion of these courses of study, Mr. Howie returned to Springfield, Massachusetts, where, in the year 1909, he obtained his first real contact with the world of the press. There he became a member of the editorial staff of the "Springfield Union," which was at that time owned by A. P. Langtry. He later removed to that famous training ground for young press- men, the Knickerbocker Press, at Albany, where he remained until the year 1916. This was
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very close to the Canadian border, and the bugles of war, though they were but dimly heard in this country, were more clearly sensed up there in the north. Mr. Howie crossed the border into Canada, enlisted, and in due course of time was sent overseas to France. Further details of this estimable service are given in a subsequent paragraph. Since his return from France and the hospitals of England, Mr. Howie has taken a more and more interested part in the legislative side of State affairs. Immediately after his return, he became a part of the edi- torial staff of the "Boston Transcript," and by this paper he was put in charge of the political field, including the legislation of the State. This work naturally brought him into close contact with this phase of life, and in the natural course of events he became secre- tary of the State Legislature's Joint and Special Committee on Pensions. This was in 1920. In 1921 he became secretary of the Special Com- mittee on Banking Laws; in 1922 he began service as the secretary of the Joint Legislative Committee on Foreign Banking and the Re- vision of Savings Bank Investment Laws, and in the year 1925 he was appointed secretary of the Joint Legislative Committee for the Boston Elevated Railway. Today (1929) Mr. Howie is representative of the splendid type of men who are coming into their own in every walk of life. He is but thirty-five years of age, very decidedly of the "younger generation," and a man who is destined to make a mark in his field beyond even that which he has already achieved.
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