Jandaut 4, 1917. 



The Florists^ Review 



17 



FIRE AT MONINGER'S. 



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Warehouse is Damaged. 



l''iie ()i'iffin:it iii;^ I'lom sornc unkiiouii 

 cause ;it 2:'M) on tli(^ nl'tcr-iiooii of Satur 

 day, Dcci'inlxT 'M), parlially di'stroycd 

 the warcliousc ol' tin' Joliii C. Moiiiiiffcr 

 Co., {Ti'ociiliousc buildors, C^liicajj^o, cans 

 iiig a Idss on stoi-k cstiniatod at $20, ()()(), 

 in addition 1o iiic danias^c to flic l)nild 



it \v;is a spoctacular alVair, the j)iH)xiiii- 

 ity oi' tiie Moninj^cr, Scliillo and otlicr 

 lumber yards addiiiji iircatly to the dan 

 ger of a conna^ratioii. At one time 

 there were t wcnty-t hice streams of 

 water lieintj thrown on the fire. It was 

 twenly-four honis l)efoi'e tlie (ire was 

 out. 



'riie l>uiMin^ w.as a lar^i^ one, of (i\c 

 stories and b.'ist inent. A ]iart of it was 

 cicenjiied by a tenant, the UnittHl l'.r<'ed- 

 ers ' <"o., tlie l)asement beinj; used for 

 iron "work .'ind tlu> niipcr Ihxirs foi- tin- 

 storage of material, mostly stetd, heat- 

 ing apparatus .'ind greeidions(^ hatilware. 

 The building was sonic? distance fi'om 

 tlie mill, llie olliee building and other 

 structures on the property. 'J'hc' loss will 

 be easily a<ljiisted for the reason that 

 the annual stock taking had lieeii com 

 pleted the morning of the (ire, which 

 was the last business day of the yeai. 

 As it was Saturday, too, the i>lant was 

 shut down at the time and no one but 

 the watchman was on the jiroiKuiy. 



Damage to the Building. 



The loss on the building, also coveied 

 by insni-.anee, is the jiersonal one of E. !•'. 

 Kurowski and the estate of X. J. Kiijtp, 

 his p.artner, who la_y dead at his home at 

 the time, awaiting burial; the Imilding 

 and land were the ]ierso!ial partnership 

 invest iiMMit of Messrs. Kurowski and 

 liupp, leased to the coniiiany of whi(di 

 they were ofTiC(M'S. 



The lire will not interrupt the bnsi 

 ness in the least, as the burned building 

 held nothing except articdes manufac- 

 tured (dsewhere and whicji i-an be re- 

 jdac(>d in th(> open market. It proliably 

 will be some time Ixd'ore the building 

 can be used again, however, sinc(^ the 

 east half will have to be practically re- 

 built. The three upper (loois fidl in the 

 center, but the lower floors ludd. protect- 

 ing the iron working machinery. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY. 



The examining committees of the 

 <' S. A. have submitted rej)orts on new 

 varieties as follows: 



At Now York, Pcroinbor 18, Hainburfr I.atc 

 VTliitp, sport of Maud Dean, white, Japanpso in- 

 curved, BuViinitted by C. T, Ciiienthcr, IlanibiirK. 

 N. Y., sriircil as follows on the roininercial scale; 

 Color, IS; form, 1,"}; fullness, S; stem. 14; fo- 

 liage, 12; substance, 12; size. H; total, S."> 



At riiiladelphia, December 14, Hamburp Late 

 White, white, Jaiianeso incurved, snlmiittcd by 

 C. T. Oucnther, llanibiirc, N. Y.. scored as foi 

 lows on the commercial sciile: Color, 18; form, 

 13, fullness, 8; stem, 14; fuliape, 11; substance. 

 13: size, 8; total, 88. 



At Boston, December 14, llamburcr I.ate White, 

 white, Japanese incurveil, submitted by (" T 

 v!uentlier, Hamburir. N. Y.. scored as follows on 

 Iho commercial siale; Color, IV; form, i:!; full- 

 ness, 7; stem. 14; foliage, 1."?; substance, 12; 

 Rlzo, 7; total, S,"?. 



Chas. W. Johnson, Sec'y. 



LADIES' S. A. F. 



Prcsiilent Perle 1'. I'ulmer has a|i- 

 Dointed the following directors for 1917: 

 Mrs. B. II. Tracy, of Wenham, :Mass.: 

 Mrs. Anders Rasmussen, of New .\1- 

 '•any, Ind.; Mrs. J. D. Fulnier, of Des 

 Moines, la. The introduction committee 

 for irilT is composed of the following: 



WHO'S WHO 



Zlf- AND WHY i 



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JOHN KRUCHTEN. 



EARLY training and envii'unment <-oiiiliiiie.| io lit .lolni Ki'iichten for the 

 jxisition he now holds, as piesident of the .lohn Kniclitm ( 'o. Tlie son of 

 a grower, he was born in ''hicago, .\o\c'inliei L' 1 , I^^L'. After enjoying the 

 ordinary grade school ediicatinn, he took' tlic' i-eur-e otl'i'ieil liv the Metropolitan 

 iiusiness College and upon ^r.adiiatioii worlsed foi' -e\cr;il chirago Viusiness houses, 

 lint the call of the florists" trade was strong upon him and in lUnO lie entered 

 his f;itlier's greenhouses, remaining there until I'.hil,'. \s hen lie to(d< a stand at the 

 Flower (Growers' Ivvehange, then in oper;it idii at \\';ib:i~li ;i\eiiue and Randolph 

 street, selling his father'- stock, .\ugu-! L'^. lit".", lie -t;irte,| in business as a 

 coinmission mendiaiit .'ind May -'■'<, lill'i, inroi'pniated with hi- binthi-r and took 

 up hi- ]iresent ipiarteis in the Atla- lilocl-,. 



.Mrs, \V. 1", Sleiidan, of New \nrk. 

 (diairman; Mrs. H. ('•. I'.cuiiing, of St. 

 Louis, Mo.; .Mrs. W . II. Slevers, ot' New 

 Yciik: .Miss .M. < . ( iunterberg. of ^ hi 

 caii<i: Mr-. 1!. llatiimonil, ot' lieiicnii, 



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Mrs. t . IL .M;i\iiaid. Sec "v . 



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COGGAN SAVED THE GLADS. 



The following is part ol' ;iii artiide 

 a Hattle Creek, Mich.. lu'Wspaper: 



'J'here are various kinds nf thrilllns ;••-. ues. 

 but S. W. CoKRan, of Hatllc Crci'iv, pirforiiuMl 

 an unusual one last week, on slmrt ncitirr, .uid 

 by rather heroic means. 



>Ir. Ciiiii-'MM made a tlyinc run fdi' ii frciclit car, 

 caufiht it. 1 laiubcred MlM)arcl with a frw simple 

 woaiKiiis Willi which tn ticht an all iiiulit ericai.'i'- 

 meut against frust and ministered to a carlcid 

 of irladiclns bulbs nil llie wiiv to ClucaC". 



Tlie temperature in tlie car was just at frccz 

 ine when Mr. Coircaii arrived It was 111 detrrces 

 below zero outside the lar when the train jiiilled 

 into Seiilli I'.eiid. but the lampaigii for heat ..n 

 till' inside was w liiniiiir. 



The bullis were the proiierty of VaMChan's Secil 

 .Store, Chicago, and were being shipped from the 



\ .Mii.'li;fn fauns :it tlvi.i. Mifli. Tlif^ weather 

 w.is mild when tliey were loaded aiid no fean 

 were eiitert.Miiicl MS to their arrival in Chicago. 

 With thc> drop in teMi[ierature, however, an 

 ;ihiriii uas scut out. The car was then a part 

 of .-I frei^rht train that was approaching Battle 

 (reck .\lr, I'oL'L'an was called from dinner 

 hv ,■! l.iiiir disi.-iiho telephone ajipeal to do some- 

 tliiiiL' it povsililc. lie made a r;iii for a couple 

 of oil s|o\c- •■iiel -ouic 1,'interiis. liastil.v requi.«l- 

 tione.j a siippix of oil. tried to liire a man sonie- 

 uliere on tlic street to in.ike tlie trip in, but 

 was niiaPlc to ilo >o. and then, although the 

 I'hristin.Ms rusli was upon his own business, he 

 cauL'lit the car a- it arrived in the Grand Trunk 

 Aard-. ami st.aitcil to dig in and condtict a 

 iieiich \\arfari' airainst the cold. The bulbs 

 wire laiiderl s.ifel.\- at tlie Chicago terminal, and 

 Mr. Co'-'i:aii then spent several hours trying to 

 L'et into Chicaco on a milk train that" slionld 

 ha\e made tlie run on fast express time. All 

 t!ie tr.icUs weie iaiiinied. 



Lancaster, 0. — Businc'ss has set such 

 ;i lively pace since the Thanksijiving 

 I'Ooin that John Mayers, who operates 

 two houses on Columbus street, lias had 

 to go to the wholesalers for nr.ioh of 

 his stock. 



