The New York herald., 1922-07-19
Charles r. Miller,
Editor of Times
for 40 Years, Dies
Main tanned Interest in News
paper to Last, Though Ill
of Heart Disease.

Charles Ransom Miller, editor in chief
of the New York Times for more than
forty years. died yesterday of heart dis
ease Ia his home. s35 Park avenue. He
was 49, Though ne had suffered from
impaired health for several years 1t was
only OF recent months he had been COM
PEELED TO relinquish his newspaper duties
and take to his bed.
Mr.. Miller was born in Hanover. N. H.,
on January II. 1849. the son OF Elijah
T. and Chastina Hoyt Miller. Entering
Dartmouth College at 10. he was grad
uated and received his A. b. degree with
the class of 1872. He Immediately
Joined the Springfield Republican and
for three years received his first train
ing in journalism at the hands of that
master of the craft, Samuel Bowles.
He went to the New York Times in
1875, serving first as a copy reader on
the telegraph news desk. In the years
that followed his duties at various times
consisted of making UP the weekly cdi
tion. reading the foreign exchanges and
for a time art criticism. He was always
a tireless worker and found time to write
many volunteer editorial articles. These
displayed such a mastery grasp of affairs
and met with such favor that in 1881
he was appointed one of the regular
editorial writer's and in 1883 he became
editor In chief on the resignation of
John Foord. who also died this year.
with the "Timeso AZ Years.
Mr. Miller was then only "a. The en-
tire period OF mis- connection with the
New York Times was forty-seven years
and eleven days-nearly two-thirds of
the existence OF that newspaper. He
was in control Of it's editorial page
when George Jones. it's former proprie-
tor died. and he remained In that ca
pacity after the controlling ownership
passed. in 1896. to Adolph S. Ochs. Mr..
Miller's high qualifications for that post
were appraised thus by Mr.. Ochs when
the Times staff. on August 1s. 1921. was
celebrating Mr. Ocals's twenty-ffth an
niversary as it's publisher:
II desire publicly to acknowledge and
to express my sense of obligation to
Charles r. Miller. who from the begin
ming has been editor in chief. whose
wholehearted sympathy with my opin-
ions and my aims and purposes with the
Times has been an inspiration. His
| scholarly alta inments, mis- facility and
! lucidty of expression, broad vision
| extraordinary knowledge of public af-
| fairs. having a statesmans conception
of their proper conduct, and his lofty
patriotism have made the editorial page
of the New York. Times consulted and
respected throughout the world"
Kept Interest to the Last.
Under the terms OF the exchange Of
stock in the old and new companies
provided by the reorganization oe 1895.
Mr.. Miller became and has remained
! the second largest holder in the present
New York Times Company, of which
! he was first vice-president and n MEM
Der Of the board until his death. One
of his staff colleague said of him:
THE heavy strain entailed by, the war
and the subsequent political contro-
versies he met with unflagging indus
try. For a period of almost three years,
In 1918. 1919 and 1920. he worked seven
days in the week, with scarcely single
holiday. When during the summer
months. which he spent at his country
! home at Great Neck, he did not come
into the Office on Sundays. he was never
| theless kept constantly informed Of the
late news and always not only exer-
! cised personal supervision by telephone
/ over the contents and makeup of the
editorial page. but generally wrote his
contribution to the page and sent it in
| by messenger or by telephone.
almost up to the very day of his
| death his interest in the days news re-
inaned vivid and frequent suggestions
came from his sick bed as to the hand
ling OF particular phases of editorial
Comment"
| Classical Scholar of Note.
To his classical scholarship Mr.. Miller
added a wide acquaintance with the
modern languages and literatures. He
4 could read readily and speak with
| fluency French. German, Spanish and
Italian and in 1917. when he was sixty
eight. he took up the study of Russian
and pursued 1t so assiduously that he
learned to read the langage with ease
and to converse in IT to some extent.
In 1906 Dartmouth conferred on Mr.
Miller the degree of Ill. D.. and Column
hia University added that of Lit. D., in
1915. In bestowing the latter honor, DR..
Nicholas Murray Butler described Mr..
| Miller as
For forty years n potent force In
expressing in guiding and In unliftinG
the public opinion of the American
people"
Mr.. Miller belonged to the Metropoli-
tan. Century and Piping Rock Clubs and
TO Theta Delta Chi He was a Chevalier
of the French Legion of Honor and OF
| the Belgian Order Of Leopold and a
knight Commander of the Greek Order
OF George l. He was married. on Oc-
tober TO- 1876. to Miss Frances Daniels
of Plainfield. n. H.. who died in 1906
He leaves a son and daughter. Mr.. Hoyt
Miller and Miss Madge Miller. both Of
whom were with him when he died.