Evening star., 1924-10-26
HENRY c. WALLACE,
CABINET MEMBER,
DEAD OF TOXEMIA

CH0INEi WEWoEn,
DEAD OF TOXEMIA
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| of eminence by his own efforts. He
was a loyal American"
The President Cancelled all engage
| ments for tomorrow and also directed
| the Secretary of State to issue a pro-
| clamation declaring official mourning
on the death of Mr.. Wallace.
Funeral services will be held to-
morrow morning at II o'clock from
| the east room of the White House,
which was offered by the President.
Members of the Government and
| Diplomatic Corps will attend. The
| body will be taken tomorrow after
| noon to the home at DeS Moines. Iowa,
where private services will be held and
burial made there Wednesday.
| Sons Hurry to City.
! Rev. Wallace Radcliffe. pastor
emeritus of the New York Avenue
| Presbyterian Church here. will off,
! ciate at the White House services.
! Active palibearers will be from the
! Department of Agriculture. while the
honorary pallbearers will include
members OF the Cabinet.
Two sons Of the Secretary, Henry A.
| and James, and Mr.. Wallace's brother,
John P, are expected to arrive here to-
! day from Des Moines. They expect to
reach Columbus, Ohio this morning
| and make the remainder of the jour
| ney in airplanes offered by the Army
Air Service. A third son, John ", is
| expected to reach here tomorrow from
st. Petersburg, Fla.
The two daughters will not
| come to Washington. One. Mrs.
the other. Mrs. Angus McDay of Bir-
mingham, Mich, is unable to make
the trip at this time.
Secretary Wallace, who had been
suffering from sciatica for some time,
entered the Naval Hospital October IA
and the next day was operated upon,
the gall bladder and appendix being
removed.
1t was thought he then would be
able to leave the hospital within ten
days or two weeks. When his condi-
tion became serious, Maj. James F.
Coupal, the Presidents personal ply
sician, and Drs. j. NJ. Finney and
Thomas Boggs. both of Johns Hop
kins University, were called in for
consultation.
Marvin Acting Secretary.
President Coolidge late yesterday
appointed Charles f. Marvin. Chief of
the Weather Bureau, acting Secretary
of Agriculture. 1t was pointed out
that the appointment followed a prec-
edent established in the Wilson ad-
ministration during the absence from
Washington of the Secretary of that
department. However. Howard NJ.
Gore, Assistant Secretary, now absent
from the city, upon his return to
Washington in few days will be-
come Acting Secretary.
Among the expressions of regret
over Mr.. Wallace's death was a state
ment by Secretary Weeks, which said
at has been my privilege to have
enjoyed close personal friendship
with Secretary wallace during the
Harding and Coolidge administrations.
In addition to our service together in
the cabinet, we were members of the
Federal Power Commission, This
commission met frequently and our
duties in connection with this activity
brought US into most intimate rela-
tionship. Mr.. Wallace was a man of
high character and ability. / shall
mourn him as good friend and an
able public servant"
Associate of Roosevelt.
Mr.. Wallace was a progressive Re-
publican, one of the number who were
intimately associated with President
Roosevelt. He was a conservatives
minded man. considered to, have pos
sessed a splendid grasp of nation-
wide farming problems. In his nome
State he was universally known as
man of high ideals. rock-ribbed
Christian and a man who' from
childhood, had been STEPPED in the
atmosphere of farming as far back
as the family records go, all his an
cestofs having been farmers.
Mr.. Wallace was born in Rock
Island, Ill, May IL. 1866. the son of
Henry and Mamie Cantwell Wallace.
The elder wallace was a minister in
his early life, but retired to the farm
to restore his health, moving from
Illinois to Iowa. where the future
head Of the Department of Agricul-
ture grew to manhood.
Fought Hard for Education.
Like many another farmer boy, Mr..
Wallace fought hard for an educa-
ltion He warked on the farm in Sum-
mer and attended a village school in
Winter until he was ready to enter
college.
Entering Iowa State Agricultural
College at 10, Mr.. Wallace completed
two years of work before an emer-
gency arose which took him back to
the farm. A tenant on his fathers
farm gave up his lease and Mr.. Wal
lace took UP the job for himself.
1t was five years before he was able
again to go to college. but when he
did get back to school he completed
q two-year course in one.
Joined I'm, Publication.
During the years Mr.. Wallace was
put of college he took up writing on
farm topics. and from that beginning
there grew what now is known as
Wallaces' Farmer. This literary work
also weighed strongly in his appoint.
ment as professor of Dairying
In the Iowa State College. The