The Washington times., 1926-07-12
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WEEKS De EAl
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family 1T tie bedside fully
prepared for death in view Of
3 bulletin issued by attending
physicians late Sunday stating
that the former Cabinet mem-
Der could not survive another
"a hours.
Gathered around the bedside
when the end came were Mrs.
Weeks, their son, Sinclair Weeks
and Mrs. Sinclair Weeks and Mr..
and Mrs. John w. Davidge, Of
Washington, son-in-law and daugll-
ter.
The former War Secretary
never fully recovered from The
illness that compelled him to re-
sign from the Cabinet.
Two WeeIs ii he'd
Two weeks ago he took ID his
baS for the last time with what
was announced az q turnor on an
artery III the brain.
HIS condition became critical last
Wednesday. and several days ago
he lapsed into q coma.
The former cabinet officer trod
many walks Of lie In his crowded
66 years, having been farm boy
in New Hampshire. District school
teacher, naval naidshipman, SUR
veyor In Florida, member of d
prominent stock brokerage firm,
Massachusetts, Alderman, Mayor,
tor, Republican party leader and
finally Secretary 81 War.
Came from New England
Like President Coolidge, Mr..
Weeks was country boy from
the rugged hills Of Northern New
England.
He was born on April ii. 1860.
on his fathers little New Hamp.
shire farm near here. His father,
William y. Weeks. was q direct
descent Of Leonard Weeks, one OF
the New Hampshire rioneers.
IN the hills Of the Granite state.
across the boundary line from Yer.
mont where Calvin Coolidge was
reared. there were instiIled in him
as boy, the Yankee Characters
tics Of shrewdness and common
sense that enabled him. to attain
the pinnacle OF success.
a revered Judge. the elder
Weeks taught the future cabinet
member at night, after the dav's
farm chores were done, and All the
age OF seventeen John Wingate
Weeks branched forth as i teach.
or In the District school.
Later, while attending Dart
mouth College, Weeks grasped an
opportunity to enter the United
States Naval Academy at AnnapoS
lis, Md and served two Years as
a midshipman after graduafinr.
At that time, however. the Gov.
ernment had FAR more officers than
ships and the number Of commits
sions was cut down. Weeks return
ing to civilian life.
Wed in Florida
He then went to Florida ana took
q Job running out lines 81 old
spanish grants. It was there that
he met, wooed and married Miss
Martha "A. Sinclair, daughter of
Charles A. Sinclair, partner OF
Frank Jones, famous brewer.
shortly after. acting on q friends
tip, Weeks came to Boston, and,
although knowing nothing OF the
r4Sk>1e 0A0kASt d&Gs QQSlu6SSt he man
aged to borrow enough money to
buy q partnership in a firm that
did a flourishing trade as Horn.
blower q Weeks.
Weeks served in the Spanish
American war as a captain in com
mand Of the Second division, aux
iliarY United States naval force on
the Atlantic coast and at the tie
OF his death today he was q re-
serve admiral in the navy.
It was IN Newton. Mass, eBvears
ago, that Weeks first tasted polft-
ical life winning contest for alder
man. He liked it, became i candi-
date for mayor, and was elected.
Smitten with political ambition.
Weeks then launched a camnaign
for Congress from the Twelfth dis
trict, and in 1904 he was elected to
the Fifty-ninth Congress, serving
right through to the Sixty-third
Congress, when he resigned to take
his seat In the United States Sear
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