Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-16
News Of Death Spreads Rapidly

News of the Senator's death spread
fast. 90 fast that the family scarcely
had left the bedchunIbar when the tele-
phone calls and kilograms began to pour
In.
They came from men high and low.
from the Governor. from Senator Pep
per. from officials high in the Govern
ment of Notion. state and city. They
came from his warmcst personal and
political friends. and from his bitterest
political foes. tine and ell expressed
admiration for the man and sympathy
with III" bercaycd family.
Within mn hour important political
lilies and friends Of many years stand
Ing began to arrive at the beautiful
homo tho senator had built for his fam.
lily at Amber. The number uf ma
chimes IN thC grounds grew as III" min
utrS passed. and the messages By wire
multiplied.
Among the first friends 10 reach the
house wrrc Rccorlcr ot deeds lIn2lc't
and city Treasurer Watson.
The Senators death was great
personal loss" sail Mr.. IIaAl"t,. "Hoy
and man have known him prnrtIcally
all Of his life. We wort to school TO.
g"thcr AMI grew mp together in tho old
First Ward. During all those years wc
never had n quarrel hny" lost my
dearest friend.
.\iling for Two Months
senator Var" had been a!'iug for
two months or moro. Ilo had throat
infection which Developed gradually.
in spite Of treatment. until /, hccnm"
a serious blood infection. Death was
DTonounrcd by his physicians to b" dU"
t" streptoCoccuS toxcmia, which j. a
poisoning of the entire system caused hy
pus- producing micro. .nrganisn known
rs the stropto"ocru>. with cardiac fail
~" and pulmonary clcm1.
Ih" puisr ming s"t Il? hv thp germs
% the disease sproHd through the sys-
TEN until tho whole hl, oi stream was
poisoned and tho Senator's heart and
iUngs alike failed under 'hr strain
This was the cause of death.
Made Speech Two Weeks Ago
Though from th" start III" scrioUa-
ness OF the Senator's illness was
realized, he refused 70 give in. lie had
an unusually vigorous constitution. and
FOR Il long time seemed n bc able 70
throw off the poisoning sue 'nSsfuliy. lie
made his last public appearance two
weeks ago today, when he addressed q
Injecting of tho Republican City Com
mittac, to urge the workers to get out
large registration for Clifford pinchot.
Condition Becomes Serious
Or the occasion Of his last appearance
th" Senator showed the physical signs
Of his illness plainly. He began to speak
in low and hating ~oice. but gradn-
ally gained vigor and his old tiuen"y as
he warmed 70 tho work
The senator remained ar home fol.
lowing this final effort in the interest
OF party regularity. He did not take to
h.s bed, however. until several days
later. Even then the public did not
know 'hN. h" was seriously i'll. WA"A
The frs announcement was made his
family did not believe the mn,ady would
refuse TO respond to treatment. "
fact his Illness was made light of at
frs.
Then came persistent reports that lie
was in serions condition. Finally the
bulletins. during the early part Of last
week.. became alarming. For twenty
four hours hts death was looked for
momcntarIly. Then more cheering news
came from tho sick chamber. and his
friends and family felt that the crisis
was Dast