Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-10-30
Commanding Financial Fig
ure Succumbs Suddenly
at Summer Home.
HELD NOTABLE PLACE
IN CAPITAL ACTIVITIES
Rapid Advancement One of Modern
Business Romances-Health
Poor for Some Time.

National Bank and leading figure in
the financial and civic life of the Cap
ital. died this morning at 1890 O'Clock
at his Summer lodge. Bolivar Heights.
Harpers Ferry, ". Va. from heart
attack that set in las night.
lie died in the arms of Robert Y.
Fleming and HillearN 6. HOskinS0n.
officials of the institution. who. by
InereSt chance. We're his dinner guests
last night With him AT the end was
DIR. w. f.. Perry of Hsrpers Ferry.
his constant attendant and friend
Mr.. Allies. who has been in i'll health
FOR wears. repaired TO his lodge for
Seclusion and rest following the latest
board meeting bf the bank on October
II. His condition. under the soothing
minStratiOnS of medicine and his boy
hood environment, steadily improved.
until a combination Of indigestion and
gas attack set in three days ago which
aCcentuated his ailment nd caused his
death.
Funeral arrangements will not be
known until the family. now speeding
80 Harpers Ferry. are consulted.
Rose From CharbOy.
Mr. Allies rise from a char boy in
he Treasury Department to a leading
figure in the Capitals world of fina nee
was romantic. lie obtained employ
ment as a messenger in the Trea sury
when he was is years old. using his
meager earnings to defray the cost
of his education in law.
In those days the Treasury building
had no heating plant, and each office
mad its own stove or open CRATE. II
fell TO the lot Of Young Allies to tend
to the fire in his chiefs office, and
diligently he performed his duties of
carrying out ashes and bringing in
hods Of coal for the fireplace.
In after years, as first Assistant Sec.
retary of the Treasury. MIR Allies
heartily enjoyed recounting TO friends
incidents of his early service.
Son Of Teacher.
Born in Shelby County. Ohio.
August 10, 1867, the son of Hezekiah
:. and Jane Allies. Mr.. Allies as Il hoy
had the advantage of having as his
father a teacher in the county
schools. The son attended the graded
and high schools at Sidney, Ohio.
leaving his secondary studies TO come
to Washington and take up the study
of law. BY steady application to his
books in the face of many difficulties.
he pushed his way through the legal
course and was graduated from the
National Law School and was ad.
rnitted to the bar in 1890. "
The next year he married Mary f.
Gowans, who survives him.
Preferring TO pursue the opDor
tunities which seemed ahead of him
in the Treasury Department, he de
layed entering the practice of law
and remained with the Treasury De
partment until 1903. when he resigned
10 become vice president of the
Riggs National Bank.
Advancement Rapid.
His advancement through the va.
rious grades in the Treasury 70 the
high post he held at the end of his
service there was rapid, due TO his
ambitious efforts. When not engaged
on messenger duties, for example, he
delved in his law books or read the
annual reports of the department. In
this way he gained a valuable fund of
information that stood him in good
stead as he began to carve his way
from messenger to Stenographer and
TO private secretary of Secretary of
the Treasury Lyman J. Gage.
At the time of his service in the
Secretary's office he became intimately
acquainted with Frank A. Vanderiip.
who was then an Assistant Secretary
tinued throughout their respective
business careers out of the Govern
ment service.
Prominent Civic Figure.
Upon his entry into the business
life of the Capital Mr. Allies became
actively interested in all the various
civic movements adva need for the wei.
fare of the community. He was ac-
lively identified with local charities,
particularly the Citizens Relief Asso-
citation. of which he was trea surer for
a number of years.
AS chairman Of the executive com.
mittee Of the Washington Railway
and Electric Co. he was a leading fig
ure in the solution Of many of the
city's transportations problems.
With all of his ca pa biIities in The
world of business. Mr.. Allies was a
lover of the oUt-of-doors. Having
been reared in a small town. he had
a steadfast liking Tor the open coun-
fry, away from The hum of indus
try and n number Of years ago he
purchased a farm on Bolivar Heights
near Harper's Ferry. On mis- I5-
acre place he found rela xation t. ON
office procedure over week ends and
after Office hours.
His Harpers Ferry venture
whetted his desires for a really big
farm. with q view 10 an actual ing
at agriculture, and before long he
had acquired another place. com
prising nearly 81 thousand acres in
Loudoun County, Va. near Lees
burg.
Found Farm Profitable.
Firm in his conviction that farming
and farm lands were highly profitable
from an investment viewpoint. he set
TO work to farm his new place on
shares. with the aid of a tenant, and
his faith in agriculture was not shaken
in the latter experiment. He found
his farm eminently profitable, and he
was never happier than when he could
leave his desk and inspect his farm
discuss conditions or play host at a
hog killing"
From time to time Mr.. Allies was
contributor to magazines on fina ncial
topics. He was at one time a member
of the executive council of the Amer
lean Bankers Association and de.
livered several addresses on financial
subjects at the annual conventions of
this organization.
He helped organize the Commercial
Club now, the City Club. and was its
president for some time. He was also