The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1921-05-27
FRANKLIN {. LANE
TAKEN BY DEATH
LEADING MEN OF WORLD WIRE
SYMPATHlES TO HIS
WIDOW.
PRIVATE FUNERAL AT CHICAGO
Attack Following Operation Comes
xpectedIy-Edited Tacoma
Paper-Born in Canada
in "a.
PRIVATE FUNERAL AT CHICAGO

WASHINGTON.-Wo of the death
at Rochester, Mimi, of Franklin X
Lane, secretary of the interior in the
Wilson cabinet. came as a peculiar
shock to the nations capital for so
many years even more his home than
California. There were manifesto
tons of grief from the president to the
messengers in the interior depart
ment, who had known so long the
kindly, humorous but efficient public
servant
Messages of sympathy went to Mrs.
Lane from the president and Mrs.
Harding, former President Wilson and
scores of others.
To some of the former secretarv's
most intimate friends there had come
before his death a remarkable mes !
sage dictated by him in the hospital
at Rochester, Mimi, after the opera
ton. The message showed that he
mad undergone the operation with
full consciousness and acceptance of
the fact that he might not survive.
Body Cremated.
ROCHESTER,, Minn-The BODY of
Franklin K. Lane was taken to Chi
;ago, accompanied by George w. Lane
his brother, Mrs. Franklin X. Lane
md Mrs. Franklin X. Lane Jr. Mr.. :
lane died suddenly following an at
ack of heart disease. :
Euppra1 carxr;ooo
ago, where his body was cremated +
private funeral, one of Mr. r
.anes last requests.
Mr. Lane was operated on here !
lay for gallstones and appendi- !
ltls and was said to be recovering =
men heart disease, from which he
ad suffered from time to time the j.,
ist eight months, developed. y
Immediately after he had recovered
ON the influences of the anestsetic
2 said Al
Il am surprised to be alive. | hone
De able to live long life doing
'od things for others without
ought of money"
The ashes were to be taken to the
p OF Ell CAPTAIN peak in the Yose- ny
tie valley, Cal, and scattered to the Cd
nds in compliance with request oei
tde by Mr.. Lane, but his relatives NJ
IL not comply. eve
lie mad spent most of his life in the "d
semitic region and had grown to PC Pc
e it so much that he wished this Tue
be done. ne
ne,
Was Canadian Birth. En-,
'orn near Charlotte, Prince Ed 7
d Island, July Is, 1854, the son of his
doctor, who removed TO any
lfornia during the boys childhood Sta
ng Lane was educated at the Uni the
slty OF California, from which he nou
graduated In 1886. the
Edited Tacoma Paper. III
ms 0oiiese ne engaged IN leag
spaper work, becoming part own Co..
md editor of the Tacoma Wash. tho
ba hon 80 ro1o ne was admitted tries
,,,t;, ,ooo oi md anu from TT
until 1902 served as corpora not,
counsel of San Francisco. In the ~
idata For 1ne ueinocratlc desc
80 Sc'C ilOl VI NdllIOTlld
was not elected. He received the -
vote of the state legislature in t w..
for United States senator. Ap- ''o"
Led a member of the Interstate
nerce commission by President wi
evelt in 1905, later becoming
man Mr.. Lane was serving in
capacity when he was made sec. Repr
y of the interior. a
Supported League.
'retary Lane was a keen sun
of the league of nations GOV we
and advocated ratification of Vey '
eace treaty of Versailles. oy X
Lane married in 1893 Miss crat,
Wlntermute of Tacoma. Wash. 20 MI
were horn - ., that
Nancy Lane Kaufman of Wash war
and Lieutenant Franklin K clvlllz
Jr, U. S. A, of Los Angeles
THE
Left no Estate.
rye w. Lane said that his broth.
no estate whatsoever" Oevas