Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-09
SAYS HARTMAN
IS BETTER, BUT
END is FEARED
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DR.. Lyle was again called on the tele-
phone.
1T is said in New York that Mr..
Hartman is dead" he was told.
"These reports are not true" replied
DIR. Lyle. MIR. Hartman is better
today"
His assurances were qualified in the
minds of many, however, by a visit
paid to Arden house by Mrs. Mary
Simonds, Mr.. Harriman's sister, who
lives in Center Valley, at the foot of
the mountain.
What Sister Said
A week ago, when Mrs. Simonds was
asked to affirm or deny a rumor that
her brother was dying, she replied:
IF he were dying, do you think
should be sitting quietly here at my
homer"
Tonight member of the simonds
family was asked if the sisters visit
indicated any change for the worse.
The reply was:
mo, quite the contrary"
Rev. J. H. McGuiness is rector of the
Episcopal parish, of which Mr.. Harri-
man is a member. He long has en-
joyed the confidence of the Hartman
family
DR.. McGuiness, alarmed by the ru
mors drove to Arden house. He passed
two hours with the Hartman family.
Reluctant to discuss his visit, he
yielded when told that an erroneous in
depreciation might be placed upon his
call If followed by absolute silence.
We'll" he replied, you can quote
me also as saying that Mr. Hartman
is better"
In Bed Since Friday
It was learned on excellent authority
tonight that Mr.. Hartman has been
in bed since Friday, too weak to be
moved. Evidence is excellent that he
is under the constant care of a corps
of physicians and nurses and that he
has a high fever, which is being re-
lieved by ice packs and alcohol baths.
1t is believed that oxygen is kept al
ways on hand if 1T is not now being
administered. The conclusion is that
official Improvement" may be freely
construed as a change from crisis
to a state of grave danger.
An obstinate report from Wall street
that Mr.. Hartman was operated on
yesterday for a cancerous growth was
denied tonight by superintendent Ford.
Mr. Hartman said tonight that a
statement would be issued in New York
by Judge Lovett.
One of the associates of Judge
Lovett, in explaining his reticence,
said tonight:
Explains Reticence
eve all realize that the failure to
issue authoritative statements on Mr..
Harriman's condition gives the rumor-
mongers and those wanting to swing
the stock market an exceptional oppor-
tunity, but Judge Lovett sees difficult
ties that are not understood by out
siders.
Mr. Harriman's illness is not like
typhoid, where, if we told the public
at certain hours each day that his tenn
perature was such and his respiration
so and so, the course of his illness could
be traced.
"The judge feels that if he issued a
statement pessimistic in tone, and Mr..
Hartman should get well, he would be
charged with misrepresentation. On
the other hand, if he issued an optirn-
istic bulletin and Mr. Hartman grew
worse, he would be open to a charge
of the same sort.
LAS nobody can foresee the course of
Mr.. Harrlman's malady, even for a sin
gle day, Judge Lovett feels that the
wisest course is silence. 1t is regret
table that stock jobbers are COM
mercializing Mr.. Harriman's illness, but
as matters now stand, he sees no way
of preventing It."