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His building activities checked by the war. Mr. Carlin, in May, 1919, seeing the need of an Amusement Park in Baltimore, diverted his time and energy to this field, and Liberty Heights Park, better known to its patrons as Carlin's Park, Baltimore, and termed the premier amusement park of America, was the result of his plans. In the amusement business, as in his building operations, Mr. Carlin has departed from the usual customs. More than a hundred build- Ings and amusements form the attractions within the great TO-acre park. Daring treatment of old theories, combined with an atmosphere of refinement, has merited unstinted praise from his competitors and placed Carlin's Park on a plano second to none in the country.
Mr. Carlin is of Irish descent. His grandfather Carlin was a pioneer citizen of Montgomery County, and a large slave owner and farmer. Mr. Carlin married, April S. 1907. Elizabeth Mccormick, of Washington, D. C. Children : John J., Jr., Richard Mccormick, Elizabeth Mary. Eleanor Margaret Mccormick Carlin.
Mr. Carlin Is identitied with the Elks and Knights of Columbus lodges. He Is a tireless worker, an affable man of affairs, and has a host of friends in every State of the Union,
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JAMES KNOX INSLEY, M. D.
In compiling a record of men prominent in public, business or professional affairs of the state of Maryland. we note with interest an unusual status existent among the leading members of the medical profession of this state which Is practically peculiar to medical men of Maryland alone. This is the fact that many of our better known phy- sIcians and surgeons have achieved fame in various other fields of activity aside from that of their professions. Many are officials of great business or manufacturing enterprises, and a greater number have distinguished them- selves as officials in charge of the physical wellbeing of the people in our cities. A lesser number have been aet- ive in the lawmaking bodies of the State, promoting constructive legislation which insures improved standards of public health.
Dr. James Knox Insley, of Baltimore City, who for a number of years has there been engaged in the practice of his profession, has not only served the State of Maryland as a member of the Legislature which is responsible for the passage of laws under which the people are governed-he has been and now is an official of the Baltimore City administration, which complies with the laws enacted by the State.
James Knox Insley, son of Esan S. D. and Annie (Dickey) Insley, was born April 15, 1886, in Wieomico county, on the famed Eastern Shore of Maryland. Ile attained his earlier education in the High School at Salisbury, Maryland, and subsequently became a student at St. John's College, at Annapolis, one of the oldest institutions for advanced education in the United States. Lastly, he entered the medical department of the University of Mary- land, being honorably graduated with M. D. degree at the completion of his course.
As has been the case with other physicians, Dr. Insley realized after some years of successful practice. that he desired to render even more comprehensive service to the public by extending his services to the people as a whole, as well as to individuals. The general public appreciated his views, and sent Dr. Insley, in 1914, to the Maryland Legislature as their champion. Doctor Insley mmply justified the expectations of his constituents by coming to the front as an exponent of many bills for the betterment of existing conditions, whether of political character or of health and sanitation.
He was especially active in furthering improved conditions for the guardians of our City of Baltimore- the men of the Police Department. Ile felt that these men, being intrusted with the safety of our lives and prop- erty, should in return for for their services be accorded fair treatment. With this end in view Dr. Instey labored for equitable laws giving the policemen pensions, holidays, and numerous other just concessions.
It Is impossible to mention the many legislative bills in the passage of which Dr. Insley was active, nor can we note the number of undesirable bills to which his opposition was as steadfast as his efforts in behalf of desir- able legislation were undaunted. The results of services rendered by a man in public life are measured by hils recep- tion by his constituents upon retirement from the duties for which he had been chosen.
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T. ROWLAND THOMAS, PRESIDENT NATIONAL BANK OF BALTIMORE.
THE STORY OF A BANK THAT IN ITS 125 YEARS OF EXISTENCE HINS NEVER FAILED TO PAY A DIVIDEND.
The dean of Southern banks, and the fifth oldest banking institution in the United States, the National Bank of Baltimore, was chartered in 1795, and has stood on the original site in the heart of the city for 125 years. In the fall the bank proposes to fittingly celebrate its one hundred and twenty-fifth anniversary. Founded in a modest brick bulkling at Market (how Baltimore) and St. Paul Streets, many of the depositors' names are still found upon its books, first place being held by the Vestry of St. Paul's Parish, whose account has continued from the opening of the bank until the present day, a century and a quarter of unbroken business relations, The bank's records also show that Chas, Carroll, of Carrollton, was among its early depositors.
During the stirring days of the War of 1812, when the British attacked Baltimore, they met with bloody defeat at the hands of General John Stricker, who prior to that time had been president of the Bank of Baltimore, and who at the time of his death in 1825 again held that office.
General Stricker was not the only president of this institution to bear his country's arms. General Thompson, a former commandant at Fort Melleury, which held the British at bay on that memorable night of September 12. 1814. when Francis Scott Key wrote his immortal "Star Spangled Banner," became president of the bank in 1863.
When the Government put out an issue of $7.000,000 bonds in 1812 to help defray the expenses of the war. this bank subscribed to $450.000 of the issue, and in the World War, true to its traditions, the National Bank of Balti- more "went over the top" in its subscriptions to the respective Liberty Loan issues. Mr. Thomas having len a men- ber of the Board of Managers of the Liberty Loan Association of Baltimore. In the same spirit of patriotism manifest- ed by his early predecessors. Mr. Thomas also served his country in an hour of need, having volunteered and served throughont the Spanish-American war.
Mr. Thomas was born in St. Mary's county, Maryland, on March 7. 1874, the son of Doctor James Thomas and Nannie Nelson Thomas; his father was descended from an oldl Maryland family, and his mother was a member of the Nelson family of Virginia. His great-nele. James Thomas, was Governor of Maryland in 1836.
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While a golf enthusiast and a member of the Baltimore Country Club, the Merchants Chb and the University ('lub of Baltimore. Mr. Thomas has one special hobly, his farm, which is located at historie St. Mary's Chty, in St. Mary's County, where Lord Baltimore established the American Colony in 1634.
Mr. Thomas was educated at Charlotte Hall School in St. Mary's County, and came to Baltimore In his sixteenth Venr. when he started as a runner for the National Howard Bank, and later went with the National Mechanles Bank. where he was Receiving Teller at the time he became Cashier of the Mercantile Bank in 1906. In 1907 he became Cashler of the Third National Bank and in 1910 Hs President.
In December. 1910. the Third National Bank longht control of the National Bank of Baltimore, arrangements hav- Ing been decided upon to complete the purchase through the regular exchange of bank credits. However, on the night be- fore the date set for the consummation of the purchase, the representatives of the National Bank of Baltimore Informed the executives of the Third National Bank that the full settlement for the entire capital stock of the National Bank of
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HILTON W. ROBERTSON.
Hilton W. Robertson, banker and shipbuilder, Whitehaven. Md., was born in Wicomico County, Maryland, on July 16, 1886, son of George Henry and Lottie Robertson. He was educated in high school and business colleges, and Lincoln-JJefferson I'niversity, having received the LL. B. degree from the latter institution.
Mr. Robertson has been a banker for the past twelve years. and has organized three banking companies. He was formerly cashier for the DuPont National Bank : is a director and was one of the organizers of the Standard Savings Bank of Washington, D. C. : organized and is chairman of the Board of the Bank of Whitehaven, Md. Ile also organ- Ized the Whitehaven Shipbuilding Company, which built several ships for the United States Shipping Board during the recent war. and is now building 6.000-ton ships for the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation.
One half of the stock of the Motor Company of Washington (D. C.) is owned by Mir. Robertson, who originally financed its organization. The plant of this company was turned over to the Government during the Great War, this patriotic sacrifice having cost the owners a loss of exactly $112,000 in actual figures.
Appreciating his publie spirit, the First District of Maryland demanded that Mr. Robertson be the nominer in the Congressional primaries in 1920. The district having been "dry" for sixteen years, there was a rovolt against the Volstead law. Sentiment was in favor of modification of the Act. as many believed it interfered with personal liberty of the citizens. It was also argued that the law permitted the Government agents to interfere with the private affairs of those most interested in the defeat of the measure. Through Mr. Robertson's efforts a "wet" plank was placed in the Maryland Democratie platform, and though the Act became a law, it was opposed at every stage by the State's champion.
Mr. Robertson married on December 24. 1912. Lonise R. Boswell. Their children are Doris E. and Louise R. Robertson.
Address, Whitehaven, Md.
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A. J. FINK.
Mr. Fink started his business life in the office of the eminent corporation attorney. Mr. Roger W. Cull. as an office boy, where he remained for several years. His next business connection was with the Standard Oil Company. with which corporation he was connected for nearly five years. After leaving the Standard Oil Company, he engaged in business for his own account.
Mr. Fink assisted in organizing The Baltimore Commercial Bank and is a Director of that institution. lle organ- ized and promoted The Southern Hotel, on the site of the Old Carrollton Hotel located at Light & Redwood Streets and Is the Treasurer and a Director of that Institution.
More recently he organized and promoted The Federal Finance & Credit Company and is the Vice-President and a Director of this Corporation, the President of which is Mr. James R. Pratt, who was formerly the Vice-President and General Manager of the United Railway and Electric Company.
Mr. Fink is connected with a number of civic organizations in Baltimore, among which are the City CInb: the Merchants and Manufacturers Association ; the Press Club : the Advertising (Inb and the Import and Export Board of Trade.
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GIOVANNI SCHIAFFINO.
Chevalier Giovanni Schiaffino. Spanish and Italian Consul, with offices in Baltimore, was born at Recco, Italy, on July 10, 1853, the son of Signor Giacomo and Frances (Ferro) Schiaffini. Chevaller Schiatlino studied at the High School and Nantieal Institute, Camogli, Italy. Ile specialized in the studies of Astronomy, Mathematics, Maritime Law, Navigation, and the French and English languages, being gradu- ated In 1875 with high honor. and with the license as Captain of all navigable waters,
At the age of twenty-four years, Chevalier Schiathno took command of his father's vessel. trading between Italy and the United States. He married Panlina Mortola in Italy in September, 1879, she coming to Baltimore with her husband in the same year. He engaging in the ship chandler business on Fells Point, continuing for nine years. He then removed to 222 North Eutaw Street, at which location he has since engaged in the importing and exporting business with great snecess. fle is now also agent for various large steamship companies and for foreign banking interests, with others at 417 E. Baltimore Street.
Chevalier Giovanni Schiathno was appointed in 1910 Italian and Spanish Consul at Baltimore, succeeding his brother, Chevalier Prospero Schiaffino, who for a quarter of a century was Consul for his native country, and for a lesser period had been Spanish Consul at the time of his death on November 12. 1910, from a stroke of paralysis. During the great war Giovanni Schiathno for a period of some months also acted as Belgian Consul.
In addition to his responsibilities as Consul. Chevalier Giovanni Schiaffino was appointed in 1916 Business Agent at Baltimore for the Royal Italian Government, he having charge of all cargoes shipped from the Port of Baltimore. und, owing to his good offices, this Port has received a great amount of Italian and other foreign business, which might have gone elsewhere; over Son foreign steamers having come to Baltimore during the war through the efforts of the Consul. It was in February, 1920, that this representative halian-American was Knighted Chevalier by the King of Italy In recognition of distinguished services rendered the Government. In this respect, all who are familiar with his career, believe that Chevalier Schiathno is also entitled to a mark of esteem from the State of Maryland and the City of Baltimore for his co-operation with the interests of his adopted land. During the war he was an important factor In the Maryland Liberty Loan drives, having incessantly worked among the Italian population and aronsing their enthusiasm in the canse, of equal importance was his tireless service in behalf of the raising of troops for the Itallan Government, he dirceting the transportation of Italian reservists by railroad to New York and thence by steamer to Italy.
Chevaller Schiaffino is a member of the Knights of Columbus lodge and of the Holy Name Society of Baltimore. Hlv Is affiliated with the Baltimore and also the l'uited States Chamber of Commerce. He Is a director of the Metropolitan Savings Bank, was a founder of and is director of the Italian Orphans' Asylum.
The children of Chevalier Schiaffino number ten. as follows: James M., Fortunato R. N., John N., Jr .. Attllo L. A .. Alexander R. C .. Aurelio P. T., Frank P., Miss Frances, Miss Anabilla. Pauline, James 1 .. Fortnuato and Attllo are marrled. all having American wives. The children of James Il. are John, Edwin, Mary, Virginia and Paul. Those of Fortunato are Panlina, Ashton. George, and Fortunato, Jr.
Business address, 417 E. Baltimore Street, and 220 N. Entaw Street. Residence. 3721 Springdale Ave.
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OTTO G. SIMONSON.
Otto G. Simonson. Architect, Baltimore, was born in Germany on April 1, 1863. the son of Alfred and Ludovica (Castelli) Simonson. He was edneated in public and private schools and at the Polytechnic Institute of Germany. In 1900 Mr. Simonson located in Baltimore, where he has attained great prominence in his profession. He is the architect of the American Building, the Maryland Casualty Tower Building, the Southern Hotel, the Palace Theatre, the Latrobe Park School, the plants of the Crown Cork & Seal Company, and the new developments of the Maryland Casualty Company at Guilford, Baltimore.
Mr. Simonson is a member of the American Association of Engineers and the Engineer's Chib of Baltimore, the American Academy of Sciences, Old Colony Club, Press Club, Automobile Club of Maryland, and the Merchants' and Manufacturers' Association of Baltimore.
For twelve years Mr. Simonson served in the District of Columbia Militia, from which he retired with the rank of Major. Ile was Captain of Company "F." First D. 6. Volunteers, in the Spanish-American War.
In 1885 Mr. Simonson married Carrie E., (died in 18951. daughter of James N. and Mare E. Waite, of Hartford. Connectlent. To the marriage was born one sou. Louis W. Simonson, born at Hartford, Conn., September 17, 1886. In 1900 Mr. Simonson married Miss Josephine Holmes, of Washington, D. C.
Residence-Normandie Apts.
Offices-Maryland Casualty Tower, Baltimore.
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NATHAN D. SMITH.
An exhaustive study of the careers of many successful financiers and business executives reveals in comparatively few instances an individual who has been uniformly successful in many highly diversified fields of endeavor. Those thus endowed are capable of a range of constructive mental vision and foresight seldom possessed by men whose suceess has been achieved in a more limited field of operations. Nathan D. Smith, retired financier and business executive, is identified with this class of men to whom close application in any limited sphere of business activity is a distinct handicap and not an advantage.
Born and reared on a farm in Pennsylvania. Nathan D. Smith completed his education under private instructors at Keystone Academy in that state. Since his entrance into the world of business and finance Mr. Smith has engaged in enterprises of varied character, and literally from coast to coast. He took up electrical engineering and installed great electrical plants in Pennsylvania, Kentucky. Mississippi, linois and Arizona, having also financed and held responsible executive positions with most of the companies operating these plants. Ile at one time owned and operat- ing these plants. Ile at one time owned and operated to a high degree of success a large motion picture studio in California, and was formerly the lessee of the Fulton Theatre, Broadway, New York City. He has supervised the operation of great mining corporations, and has been at the head of many other stupendous enterprises of which few of his most intimate friends are aware. He engaged in the shipping business in New York City, having owned and operated practically all classes of craft, including ocean-going vessels, ing boats and barges, steam lighters, water boats, and also his private yacht.
In 1919 Mr. Smith chose Maryland as his residence, after having practically retired from business in New York. Although he is one of the directors of the Wood Towing Company. of Norfolk. Va., and interested In several large corporations, he now devotes the major portion of his time to the development of the property known as Love Point. Maryland, which he regards as the most healthful and beautiful spot in the United States. He has decided to dedicate the remaining years of his life to the development of Love Point, with the intention of establishing there a resort which shall ultimately be known as the Atlantic City of the Chesapeake. The development of Love Point also Includes the establishment of a ferry system connecting the great resort and the "hub" of the Eastern Shore with the eity of Baltimore.
In his hours of relaxation, as during the period of his business activities, Mr. Smith displays a similar love of diversification, which is imperative to one of his essentially intensitied temperament. He cares little for the environ- ment of clubs, but is a lover of all good, wholesome sports, being an excellent shot and enthusiastic fisherman, and a devoted horseman. lle is the owner of a number of tine horses, both standard and thoroughbred. Though his friend- ships are many, they are of the type which appreciate his wholesome hospitality and the pleasures he makes it pos- sible for them to enjoy. Mr. Smith resides at Love Point, but Is often a visitor to Baltimore, where he is always greeted by a number of friends of long standing.
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CHARLES GERALDU'S HILL, M.D.
Charles Geraldus Hill, prominent Baltimore physician and nationally eminent alienist, was born in Franklin County, N. C., October 31. 1849, son of Daniel Shines and Susan Irwin (Toole) Hill. The Tooles, Irwins, Hills and other ancestrlal families of his line are noted in the earliest history of England, Ireland and Scotland. He attended the Louisburg Male Academy. (N. C.). founded by his grandfather. Charles Applewhite Hill, in his time a noted educator of that State, and after study under a preceptor at Louisburg he entered Washington University Medical College at Baltimore, graduating with the highest honors in 1870.
Dr. Ilill was then elected resident physician of the Washington University Hospital (now Mercy Hospital. Balti- more), and after making various noted scientific and medical discoveries, he resigned on account of ill health and established a practice at the old village of Hookston, on Reistertown Road, which name was later changed to Arlington, since developed as one of Baltimore's finest residential sections.
In 1879 Dr. Hill became assistant physician at Mount Hope Retreat. (for the insane), and later became physician- in-chief, his present capacity. In 1881 he also became lecturer at Baltimore Medical College on nervous and mental diseases : in 1882, professor of anatomy and diseases of the mind, and in 1883. was elected president of the College. which office he held with the professorship of nervous and mental diseases until the College merged into the Medical Department of the I'niversity of Maryland.
, In 1916 Dr. HIHI became President of the Rosewood Training School for the Feebleminded, of which for many years he was vice-president. He has also been President (1895. 1596, of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland; in 1897 was elected President of the Baltimore Medical and Surgical Society and was re-elected in 1905 : President of the Baltimore County Medical Society in 1899; in 1906. President of the American Medico-Psychological Soclety, and Executive of the Baltimore County Board of Health in 1887.
Dr. lill is a noted author and astronomer. and received the degres of Master of Arts from Loyola College. He discovered the Comet of June 23. 1881, and received a handsome gold medal, presented by Mr. A. S. Abell, publisher of the Ballimore Sun, in acknowledgment of this contribution to scientific discovery.
Dr. Hill was a captain in the Maryland National Guard during the Spanish-American War : and was surgeon of Troop A. Maryland National Guards, until his retirement in 1915.
1 Ife Is now a member of many social and scientific clubs and civie organizations. Tall. of ereet bwearing, and active In ontdoor pastimes, his physical appearance contradicts his three score odd years, white hair upon a smooth brow being the only evidence of his many useful years devoted to mankind.
Dr. Ilill married. November 6. 1877. Isabel Sloan Painter, who died in 1882. Hle married. In 1883. her sister. Mabel 11. Painter. Of the first marriage there are two living children. Dudley Sloan Hill and Geraldus Toole Hill, of New York. There are two children of the second marriage. Dr. Milton Painter Hill and Miss Gladys Hill.
Further historical and biographical data in the History of North Carolina (Lewis Publishing Co., New York City, 1919) : Men of Mark In Maryland (B. F. Johnson, Ine., Washington, D. (., 1912.)
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DR. THOMAS BYNUM HORTON.
In reviewing the lives and achievements of members of the medical profession In Baltimore, one learns that success in this profession is not attained solely through the medium of private practice. This fact is borne out in the career of Dr. Thomas Bynum Horton, of Curtis Bay, Baltimore, who, in addition to his private practice, is surgeon in behalf of a greater number of industrial plants than is probably any other surgeon in the East.
Thomas Bymim Horten, son of Thomas. C. and Maria HI. Horton, was born in 1866, in Lonisburg, North Car- ollna. Hle received his carlier education in the public schools and in Louisburg Male Academy. Upon his removal to Baltimore, he entered the Baltimore University School of Medicine, there receiving mpon graduation in 1891 his med- ical degree.
In the latter year Dr. Horton located in what was then the town of Curtis Bay, Maryland, where he has since been engaged in the practice of his profession. He was appointed postmaster at Curtis Bay in 1895, and continued in that position until 1919, when he resigned on account of the pressure of his professional affairs. From 1902 until January 1. 1919, he served Curtis Bay as coroner and also school trustee and health officer for the same period of time. these offices being automatically vacated when the annexation law including Curtis Bay in the corporate limits of Baltimore went into effect.
Dr. Horton is now surgeon to twenty-one of the largest industries of Curtis Bay and vicinity, which are as fol- lows : The Baltimore Car & Foundry Company, Maryland Car Wheel Works, Monarch Engineering & Manufacturing Company. F. S. Royster Gnano Company, Globe Ship Building & Dry Docks Company, Prudential Oil Corporation. Martin-Wagner Company, I'nited States Asphalt & Refining Company. Inter-Ocean Oil Refining Company, United States Industrial Chemical Company, and the United States Industrial Alcohol Company : The Curtis Bay Copper & Iron Works, Standard Gnano Company, Union Acid Works, Swift Fertilizer Works, Central Chemical Company. Chemical Construction Company. Armour Fertilizer Works, Charles S. Walton Tannery, East Brooklyn Box Company. and the United Railways & Electric Company. In addition to serving the above industries, Dr. Horton has niso ac. quired n large private practice,
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