The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-05-18
HEART TROUBLE CAUSE

AsOauout1S SoA CCA VI OuuS "cSt'
erner Who Might Have .
Been President
Rochester, Mimi, May .1S.-Trank.
lin K. Lane, former Secretary OF the
Interior, died at a local hospital here
at 6:lO O'Clock this morning.
Death was due to an attack of heart
disease.
Operated on May 6
MIR. Lane was operated upon here
May 6 for gallstones and appendicitis
and was said to be recovering when
heart disease from which he had suf-
fered from time to time developed.
Hospital physicians expressed belief
that the oeration would remove the
heart affliction but an attack early to.
day developed fatally.
|, Immediately after he had recovered
from the influence of the anesthetic,
Mr.. Lane said:
II am surprised to be alive. l hope
to be able to live long life ddins
good things for others without thought
Of money"
Leaves No Estate
MIR. Lane left no estate. Following
his resignation from the Wilson cabi.
net MIR. Lane sought to recover his
health and came here in January OF
this year. He was advised to spend
the winter in a warmer climate and
visited in California, returning early
this month. Mrs. Lane and George
W. Lane. brother, we're with him
when he died. His son, Franklin
Lane, Jr., and his daughter, Mrs.
Phillip Kaufman, of Washington,
were at their homes when their father
died. t-s
| George Lane said this morning that
his brother left no estate whatsoever.
Mr.. Lanes body will be taken to-
Chicago tonight, accompanied by his
brother Rnd widow. s&
1t VI often said of Franklin K.
Lane that If he had been born in the
United States OF instead of Canada.
he would have been presidential tim
! ber. After serving seven years in
President Wilson's cabinet as Secre.
tary of the Interior, he resigned his
$12, 2,OO0.a-year post in extensive Wash
ington early in 1920 lin justice to his
| family" to become vice.president and
legal adviser Of the Mexican petro-
leum companies controlled by Edward
l.. Doheny.
Born near Charlottetown, Primes Ed
ward Island, July 10, 1864, the son of
| Canadian doctor who removed to
California during the boys childhood,
young Lane was educated at the Uni
! versity of California, from which he
was graduated in 1886. BY reason Of
his scholastic achievements the hon
Orary degree of LII. D. was conferred
upon him some years later by his
alma mater and by New York iand
Brown universities and the University
of North Carolina.
Started In West
Upon leaving college he engaged in
newspaper work, becoming part owner
and editor of the Tacoma Wash,
Daily News. In 1889 he was admitted
to the bar of California and from
1897 until 1902 served as corporation
counsel of San francisco. In the lat
ter year he was the Democratic candi-
date for Governor of California but
was not elected. He receivedi the
party vote of the State legislature in
1903 for United States senator. Ap-
pointed a member of the Interstate
! Commerce Commission by President
! Roosevelt in 1905, later becoming
! chairman, Mr. Lane was serving in
that capacity when he was made Sec
| retary of the Interior.
+, During his service on the Interstate
Commerce Commission he earned the
reputation of being progressive. His
| decisions in the railway cases were
said to have been almost invariably
pleasing to men of advanced ideas.
He favored for years National Cor
| poration Commission similar to the In
| terstate Commerce Commission with
, power to regulate all business enter
! prises engaged in interstate commerce
as the most effective remedy for trust
evils. He also advocated commits
sion form of government for Alaska.
He was elected member of the per-
manent International Railway Com
mission, organized in 1910, at the In
terenational Railway Congress in
Berne, Switzerland. o.
Headed Mission
! In 1916 Mr.. Lane headed the AM
erican delegates at joint conference
with High Commissioners from Mex
| leo, as a result of which a protocol
was signed at Atlantic City and Unit
ed State troops were withdrawn from
! that country.
When the United States entered the
war in 1917, Secretary Lane in a num-
ber of public speeches outlined the
country's purposes and urged business
men to show "sacrifices" as worthy as
those of the men on their way to the
| trenches In numerous addresses in
behalf of the Liberty Loans he de-
clared the defeat Of the United
States was "unthinkable" and that the
government was determined to see the
Continued on Page Seven)