The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-28
HARTMAN MAY BE
OPERATED UPON

Arden. n. Y, Aug. Wha,ever f
n Harriman's ailment. whatever his
true condition, the public Is not to
know until he and his family decide
that such an announcement Is onpor-
tune.
All avenues of information were
carefully guarded today and tonisht.
but rumors were spread broadcast
that Mr. Hartman was ebcut 10 be
operated upon.
This supposition was strengthened
by the arrival here of two oxygen
tanks and collapsible cot such as
is used In hospitals TO move patients
from wards.
These and other requisites for an
operation. With the arrival here of two
men from New York, one OF them car
rying what appeared 10 be the black
bag OF n surgeon. strengthened the
rumor.
Surgeon ls Summoned,
One OF the men, IL was said, is DR..
George W. Grille of Cleveland, O.. an
eminent specialist I'm abdominal sur
gerry. According to report nc was
summoned to assist DR.. ". G. LYLE of
New York. who has been Mr.. Harri-
mans physician throughout his i'll
ness.
No confirmation of the report that
there was to be an operation on Tower
Hill could be had On the other hand.
those who spoke Of Mr.. Hartman to-
day were inclined TO be optimistic.
Robert J.. Gerry of New York, Mr..
Harriman's son-in-law, said:
''It have Just left Mr. Hartman sit
ting on the porch He was talItng to
some workmen. Mr. Hartman passed
a good part of the day cut there in
n chair"
Mr.. Gerry denied the operation re-
port and said De-. LYLE was the onlS
physician in attendance.
c. T Fort, superintendent OF the
estate. confirmed Mr.. Ger1y's state
ment
The stories that Mr Hartman is
in critical condition are not founded
on fact" said Mr.. Ford. He has
firm grip when ne shakes hands and
he appears brighter"
May Be Only Gas,
Ford deprecated the significance Of
the tanks supposed to contain oxygen.
There was an Ice plant on the place,
he explained. and there was a possibll-
ity that the contents OF the tanks
were carbonic acid gas. used in the
manufacture OF ice The cot, he said.
might have been taken TO camp near
the house, where some workmon are
living.
The impression grows that an op,
Grafton of some character is 10 be
performed on Mr.. Hartman. but de-
tails are well-nigh impossible TO OBJ
tain.
Reporters on Watch.
One camp of reporters has been es
tablshed here at Arden. another at
Turner the railroad station, and am
other at the base OF the incline rail
way NO one interested left the sta
tion without being subjected to In
quiry.
A glimpse of the grounds failed TO
reveal any unusual preparations or a
spirit Of unrest 3mong the members
OF the Hartman family Mrs. Gerry
and the two unmarried Hartman girls
accompanied by Mr.. Gerry. w A. Har-
riman and Ronald Haniman's tutor
were seen with tents racQuets going
down back OF the house to the courts.
No word came from the house and
no one descended either TO Turner or
10 Arden If the two men who as
cended TO the house were physicians,
none but the family knows, for neither
would tell who they were.
About o'clock special train con-
sisting OF an engine with a combina-
ton baggage car and smoker and one
passenger coast rushed through Tur-
ner and stopping at Goshen. 10 miles
west of here.
Mysterious Strangers Arrive.
About the same time Mr Gerry came
down the mountain in his automobile
and was last seen headed toward
Goshen In about an hour he returned
with three men in the car The ma
chine hurried up the steep winding
road TO the Hartman residence and
the identity OF Mr.. Gerrys passengers
could not be learned These three
strangers. besides the two who arrived
earlier in the day makes five who
were brought TO the Hartman house
with every evidence OF haste.
Whether or not there were surgeons
or nurses could not be ascertained
but everything indicates that the mag
nate Is about 10 undergo an operation,