Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-13
THEO. VOORHEES, DIES;
READING RAILWAY HEAD
FAMOUS AS EXECUTIVE
Death Comes During Relapse
Following an Operation.
Spent Some Time at Desk
Last Friday
MENTION MEN FOR PLACE

Theodore Voorhees,, president Of the
Philadelphia and Reading Railway, is
dead at his home in Elkins Park lie died
suddenly n few minutes before midnight
saturday night from relapse following
an operation.
The head Of the great transportation
system was apparently in good health last
Friday, and spcnt several hours at his
desk. II was his first visit to his office
since January when he went to the Mayo
Sanatorium az Rochester Mimi, for an
operation lie returned to Philadelphia
10 days ago.
The funeral services will he held to-
morrow morning at II o'clock. The Rev
ilr David VI. steele, rector of the Church
of St Luke and the Epiphany, will ofi-
ciate. assisted by the Rev Dr. J. Thomp-
son Cole, of st paul's Episcopal Church.
lnterment Will be in st. paul's Cemetery,
Ashbourne. only members of the family
and Mr. Voorhees, most intimate friends
will attend the burial
News of Mr.. Voorhees, death spread
rapidly In railroad and financial circles.
". 7, Stotcshury president of the Read
ing Company and chairman of the Board
OF Directors Of the railway, was notified
by telegraph and telephone while on his
train from Palm Beach to this city whore
he Will arrive today.
FinanCicrs In this city and i'm New York
would have no effect upon the stock mar
ket nor upon the policies of the Reading
They pointed out that since Mr. Voorhees,
was taken ILL., almost three months ago,
he had little part In administering the
affairs of the railway, and that Agncw r.
Dice. vIco president of the railway, was
III virtual control.
SPECULATION ON SUCCESSOR
Those who spcculatcd upon n possible
ntt
names of Mr.. Dice and William c. Bcslcr
president and general manager Of the Cen.
tral Railroad of New Jersey. The Jersey
Central and the Reading are affiliated
companies
Several hundred persons, the first of
the friends of the Voorhees, family to
learn of the death Of Mr.. Voorhees,. called
to express their sorrow yesterday at Col
ony House. his home in PrCgpcct avenue.
1t was announced that the funeral scrv.
Ices would be held at II O'Clock tomorrow
morning at Colony House. a special
train, leaving the Reading Terminal at
1915. will run to filkins Park, returning
Immediately after the services. The burial
will be private, and the family has re-
quested that flowers be omitted.
so unexpected was MI. Voorhees, re-
lapse that one Of his sons. II. Bclin Nor-
hees general superintendent of the Balt-
more and Ohio Railroad, could not reach
his fathers bedside from Cincinnati be-
fore death came. All other members of
the family We're there: the widow, Mrs
Voorhees,; four sons, Harlow g. Voorhees,,
Theodore Voorhees,, Jr, and Herman u.
Voorhees,, all of Mcrose Park, and Gerald
voorhees,, Lcwistown Pa: and three
daughters, Mrs. Charles II. Wood, Mrs.
Phoebe dayton and Mrs Ferdinand dc
St Phalle all Of EllSins Park.
At 10 o'clock Saturday morning Mr..
Voorhees, was In as good health as could
be expected, in view Of the fact that he
was recovering from n serious operation
for "A complication of Internal troubles. The
relapse came shortly after 10 o'clock but
his condition was not considered critical
until in the afternoon From that time
he sank rapidly. He died at 11A0. Had
he lived until the first week In June he
would have been 60 years old.
Mr.. Voorhees, was what is known as a