The San Francisco call., 1910-01-05
SON IS CALLED
BACkBY DEATH
OF D. 0. MILLS
CrOCkers Place Private Car at
Disposal of Bereaved Family
for Funeral Trip
Ambassador Reid Hurries From
London to Attend Services
in TarrytOwn, n. Y.

kia iFslA R40MFEL IiAllltlldlEeS DA Nsdl p
ifornla, lay yesterday in the spacious
country place ne built at Millbrae in
l668 while his only son. ogden Mills.
was stopped half way across the con
tinent by summons calling him back
to California 10 attend the funeral of
rhe dead fnancier. ogden Mills is ex-
pecred to reach the san Mateo home,
where he spent the Christmas holidays
with has father. Thursday evening. If
ne does arrive at that time the funeral
win be held Friday afternoon and the
fanains started eastward on their last
journey.
Tine Crockers yesterday placed their
private car at the disposal Of Mrs.
Whitelaw Reid. daughter of D. o. Mills,
who was with him when he died. 1t is
proba BILE that Mills body will be taken
east iu the car. attended by Mrs. Reid
and ogden Mills, and the interment viii
be al the Sleepy Hollow cemetery, Tar
rytown. \. y where Mrs. Mills is
buried
AMBASSADOR TO ATTEND
Ambassador Whitelsw Reid prepared
yesterday to leave London today on the
steamer st. Louis so as TO reach New
york in time to attend the funeral of
his father in law. King Edward COM
municsted his condolences 10 Ambas-
ssdor Reid and requested that they be
conveyed To Mrs. Reid
The Crocker car was. rendered TO Mrs.
Reid BIZ Miss Jennie Crocker, who is a
dose friend Of Mrs. Reid's daughter,
the wife OF the Hon. John Ward, equer-
~ TO the king OF England.
Il -s-.e-- Il
terday gave the cause Of Mills death
as angina pectoris, or heart failure.
caused by intense pain. and arterial
stlerosis. or hardening of the walls Of
the arteries. due TO old age. Mills was
81 years old last September.
While the friends OF the family were
arranging for the funeral of Mills his
associates in Wall street, New York,
We're speculating yesterday on the eX-
tent Of the aged Californians wealth
PROPERTY ABOUT S6O.OOO,OOO
The general opinion was that Mills
left property Of a value greater than
s6o.0o0. 600. Harry r. Taylor. manager
of the Mills interests IN san Francisco
and San Mateo county, would not esti-
mate the extent Of the Mills fortune.
Taylor said that he knew nothing about
Mills viii and that Mills had never
spoken Of it TO him i presume that
IN New OK sara lDL
News Of Mills death was received
-s th sorrow in New York. where until
.-rv recently he has been an active fig
A..re I'm fuance-
Although no definite plans for the
funeral viii be made until the arrival
here Of ogden Mills. the tentative plans
of Mrs Reid. subject 10 her brothers
approval. 1T Is understood. are that the
services Al Millbrae shall be OF the
most private nature Bishop William
Ford Nichols of the Episcopal diocese
of California and Rev. Dr \. B. W.
Cfsl wey. rector Of St. Matthew's Epis
copal church. San MateO, which Mills
offended when IN California, viii Off
ciate AT the services.
DEATH MAS UNEXPECTED
ID. q. MisIs' death came upon him
without premonition. He arose Mon
day an THE usual hour and had break
fast with Mrs. Reid at $50 o'clock He
spent the day in the house and around
the property. but complained during
the afternoon Of feeling fatigued. DR..
Norris Herzstein. who had been treat
ing Mills since he arrived in California.
November 23, called at the place during
the afternoon, but found nothing
threatening u the condition Of his pa
ticut
All the accustomed hour Mills and
Mrs Reid had their dinner. The octo-
eenarian complained Of feeling dis
tressed after the meal and left the
table 10 rest in his library. Shortly
before 9 o'clock he was stricken with
heart trouble He was removed to his
room on the second floor and DR.. ". c.
Chidester of the Red Cross hospital at
San Mateo was summoned A call was
also sent for Doctor Herzstein. who
was in this city. AT $3.50 o'clock Mills
died He was conscious almost to the
last and recognized and spoke TO his
daughter Just before he died.
SCENE at BEDSIDE
Al the bedside when he passed away
were Mrs. Reid. Doctor Chidester Wal
ter Shirley. 4 butler who had been with
Mills for - years, and his two nurses,
~. J. Condor and Miss Woodward.
Mrs Reid Yesterday received tele-
3 ms Of coincidence from all parts Of
world. Mills was well known
Among financiers and men Of affairs
Among his closest friends in New York
was J. Pierpont Morgan
Harry H TAYLOR. who looked out for
The Mills interests IN California, was
sf the AnlIbrae home all day yesterday.
lFo was 2 close friend and confidant OF
Mills and knew much OF MS life
ARRIVED IN WHALER
:. ar. Mills started for California in
said cN lOA FfSAFl lr@s anu -
rived here in June of that year. His
route was from New y ork. via Panama.
but on arriving there he found that
there were so many ahead Of him that
there was little chance of his getting
10 san Francisco by the regular lines
So he continued on to Chile. where he
and number Of others chartered
yghaler and came to San Francisco,
arriving in June. He started as
merchant in Stockton and later went
10 Sacramento. where he remained until
The winter Of So Then he returned TO
New York IN the Following year be
came back 10 California and founded
.the D. O. Mills & Co. bank Of Sacra-
raento with a branch at Columbia,
Tuolumue county. That bank was the
FIRST in California Later II was ma
tionalized linder its present name:
He was at that time and up TO the
time OF his death interested in mines.
Fis recent conspicuous holdings have
been the Douglas island group Of mines
ia Alaska and the Bunker Hill and Sui
Ivan mines in Idaho.
SENSITIVE ABOUT BANK
p He considered his greatest achieve
+nlent the establishment Of the Bank
of California. but he was sensitive on
that r,o.4e- and rreferred not to have