ish ▁on ▁beh alf ▁of ▁the ▁W AS P ' s . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : 1 9 2 2 ▁birth s ▁Category : L iving ▁people ▁Category : American ▁female ▁av i ators <0x0A> </s> ▁George ▁Frederick ▁Ba er ▁( Se ptember ▁ 2 6 , ▁ 1 8 4 2 ▁– ▁April ▁ 2 6 , ▁ 1 9 1 4 ) ▁was ▁an ▁American ▁lawyer ▁who ▁was ▁the ▁President ▁of ▁the ▁Philadelphia ▁and ▁Reading ▁Rail road ▁and ▁sp okes man ▁for ▁the ▁own ers ▁during ▁the ▁Anth rac ite ▁Co al ▁St rike ▁of ▁ 1 9 0 2 . ▁ ▁Biography ▁George ▁Ba er ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Lav ans ville , ▁Som erset ▁County , ▁Pennsylvania , ▁and ▁attended ▁the ▁Som erset ▁Institute ▁and ▁Som erset ▁Academy ▁for ▁a ▁high ▁school ▁education . ▁At ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁th ir teen , ▁Ba er ▁dropped ▁out ▁of ▁school ▁and ▁became ▁a ▁" pr inter ' s ▁devil " ▁at ▁a ▁local ▁newspaper , ▁the ▁Som erset ▁Dem ocrat , ▁and ▁later ▁attended ▁Franklin ▁and ▁Marshall ▁College . ▁He ▁and ▁his ▁brother ▁acquired ▁the ▁Dem ocrat ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 1 , ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 2 ▁he ▁raised ▁a ▁company ▁of ▁volunte ers ▁for ▁the ▁Union ▁Army ▁during ▁the ▁American ▁Civil ▁War . ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 3 3 rd ▁Pennsylvania ▁Vol unte ers , ▁Ba er ▁served ▁as ▁a ▁captain ▁at ▁the ▁batt les ▁of ▁Anti et am , ▁Freder icks burg , ▁and ▁Chan