Evening star., 1909-08-29
NO OPERATION SOON
Hartman Is Still ReIyinq on
"After Cure"
SCHIFF AND OTHERS SAY so
His New York Friends Not So
Optimistic.
AILMENT NOT PASSING ONE
Overseer Mcclellan Tries to Excuse
Rigorous Vigilance Of At
tendants of Estate.
AILMENT NOT PASSING ONE

| ARDEN, y. y, August 2S.-Edward III.
Hartman, notwithstanding the furry OF
yesterday. is not to undergo a surgical
operation at present. His seclusion in
his Tower Hill home is as complete as
ever. but all the information which was
cleaned today tends to support the in
creasing confidence that his ailment is
not to be relieved by the surgeons knife
| just now.
| Aside from this decision, the most i'm
portant incident bearing on his illness to-
day was visit from Jacob H. Schiff,
the New York banker, the first prominent
figure in the financial world to see Mr..
Hartman since his return from Europe.
Mr.. Schiff came apparently with the idea
of ascertaining just how i'll Mr.. Harri-
man is.
| Whether the decision not to operate on
Mr. Hartman was reached because MS
physical condition would make an oper-
alton unWise at this juncture or whether
no operation is necessary must remain
unanswered SO long as the Hartman
family maintains its policy OF rlslo
silence.
| But on authority which could not be
| confirmed from Arden house, or from
the offices of the Hartman lines In New
York. it was learned that after con-
sultation physicians reported today to the
| family and to the interests IN wall street
most deeply concerned In the Hartman 2
securities that it was best 10 let the
i Fr,l tyi
cure" recommended at Bad Gastelr, De-
| fore more heroic alternative is consl-
cred.
mr. ceogre W. Grille. the Cleveland sur
! seon who was reported 10 nave peel L1:. SIN :
msned for consultation from the W hite
| mountains, was not recognized tooay as
an arriving or departing passenger a.
either Turner or Arden, the TWO slaaIone
| on the Erie railroad nearest the Hafrinan !.
residence 1t is probable, fhoWaNer.e lnal
he slipped through the lines OF Correspond
ents i,nrecognized. took part in the con-
sultation and departed
Mr.. Schiff came uo from New York at
IL o'clock by train which mace specia, :.
ston All Arden to let him off. He did not
look as though he expected to hno MT;
| Hartman in good health. and ne wouid
no. say a word abou. him. A hartman
| automobile picked him uo and carrlea
| him three miles up the winding road tnat
| leads to the summit of Towel HUI. he
came down again soon after lunch. lie
was wide open to questions.
"A Well Man." Says Schif.
"How is Mr. Hartman today. Mr..
sch,f:" he was asked. His reply was
emphatic: "Mr Hartman is a we'll man.
said he. "vou can say that Mr.. Hartman
| is q well man."
| well, what abou: all this talk OF an
| operation?"
IAN operation? There hasn't been an
| operation and there is no contemplation
| of one What would a well man want
| with an operation? There's no cause no
reason for an operation.
! "Are there any doctors at Mr.. Harri-
mans house? Some of the papers say that
there are eight UP there.
| 81 only saw DIR. Lyle, he answered.
.Dr. Lyle is Mr.. Harriman's personal
physician. and / am morally certain that
! there were no others at Mr.. Hartman s
house.
.sWhat about DR.. George W. Grille. who
was reported to be on his way here.
':Dr. Crile?" inquired Mr.. Schiff. Who
| is Dr. Grille? / never heard of DR.. Grille.
| Mr.. Schiff took a question about the
oxygen tanks and the hospital truck.
which were supposedly taken to Arden
house yesterday to be awkward attempts
at jesting.
"Oxygen?" said he. II thought the air
was good enough up here without bring
Ing any IN cans. And that hospital truck
! Il don't belleFe a WOrd ABOUT H.
No Financial Significance.
| Mr. Schiff said that his visit to Mr.. Har-
riman had no financial significance at all.
| I'm here to see a friend said he. "A
| friend who has been off on a long vaca-
ton We spent the morning talking on
the piazza l was glad to see Mr.. Harri-
man."
| Then Mr.. Schiffs train came and he
started back to New York.
.Is Judge IIovett still with Mr.. Harri-
MANI" somebody called after him.
| oh he replied, Il don't want to speak
! Of Mr.. Harrimans guests"
| Mr.. Schiff on the whole weighed his
words, although he appeared to speak
tliehtly. He evidently spoke with the
4 knowledge that financial interests all over
| the country would take them as the most
| authentic opinion of Mr.. Harrinan's con-
| dition vet expressed by one of their fore
most representatives.
! The earliest information direct from the
Hartman household indoors today came
| in reply to query over the telephone.