The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-05-19
FRANKLIN LANE
HAS SuCCUMBED
Heart Disease, Following Op-
Grafton, Fatal to Former
Cabinet Officer.

Rochester. Mimi, May 1S.--Franklin
X. Lane, formerly secretary OF the In
terror died at a local hospital here early
this morning. Death was ,dLc to an at
tack Of angina pcctoris.
Mr.. Lane was operated on here May
for gall stones and appendicitis and
was said to recovering when hear
disease from which ne had suffered
from time to time during the past
eght months. developed. Hospital phys
lclans expressed the belief that the op-
Grafton would remove the hear affection
but nm attack early today developed
fatally.
Mr.. LanEs body will be taken to
Chicago tonight accompa MED by his
brother and his widow. He left no es-
tate. his brother announced.
Funeral services will be held at
Chicago where his body will be Gre
mated following private funeral, one
Of Mr.. Lanes last requests.
~ al a., NaSat1Etoa EhooksA
s .WSShinGton.. May 1S.-Word ut tho
death Of Franklin K Lane. came as q
peculiar shock today to the nations
ca pttol, for so many year even more his
homo than his chosen place Of resi-
dence IN California. There were mani
lSSlhllSuS VI kIIGL III CNcIS department
Of the government from the president
to the messengers in the inferior 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 high in national and
diplomatic life.
Mr.. Wilson did not make pub,ic what
he had said 10 Mrs. Lane Of the man
WHO stood by him in his cabinet for
seven years. The blow fell most sharp
ly at the home hers of Mrs. Phillip C
Kaufman, his only daughter.
Remarkable Aessage
To some Of the former secretary's
most intimate friends here there had
come before his death remarkable
message dictated by him in the hospital
at Rochester, Minnesota. after the oper-
alton which preceded hi sedath by only
a few days. The message showed that
the former secretary had undergone the
operation with full consciousness and
acceptance Of the fact that he might not
survive. 1t told in detail OF his SEN
sations before. during and after the op-
Grafton, Of which he was fully conscious
as the condition of his heart would not
permit the use OF 4 general anaesthetic
The message follows. in part:
1T is Wednesday afternoon. and
am now sitting up in bed talking to my
good friend Cotter. Until yesterday
did not clearly visualize any one thing
In this room and did not know that II
had window except that there was
place that noise came through but I
did not know that II had a yellow oak
door that stared at me with It's great
big square eye all day and all night
Last Friday. you see. about ten In the
morning. I took the step that I should
have taken months. yes, years ago. To-
day. most tentatively. I crawled onto 4
chair and ate my first mouthful OF solid
food. But four days ago I managed TO
shave myself and I am regarded as
pretty spry.
Il have seen death come 10 men in
various ways. some rather novel and
western. I once saw n man hanged. And
have seen several men shot and came
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