Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-02
B. FRANCIS SAUL
FATALLY STRICKEN
Prominent Investment Bank,
er Among Capitals Out
standing Civic Leaders.

StdnQlng ClVlC Leaders.
B. Francis Saul, prominent Washing
ton investment banker and civic leader,
who had been identified for many years
with local business, charitable and re-
ligious activities, died yesterday morning
OF an acute heart attack at his resi-
dence. at 1924 Wyoming avenue.
Funeral services will be held at 10
o'clock tomorrow morning at st. Mat
thew's Catholic Church. The rector,
Mgr. Edward l.. Buckley, will officiate.
Solemn high requiem mass will be cele-
brated. Interment viii be in Mount
Oivet Cemetery.
Honorary pallbearers will be Clarence
A. Aspinwall, Charles P. Light, D. j.
Callahan, Howard Moran, Alexander S.
Clarke, G. Percy McGlue, John Poole,
George E. Fleming, E. L. Robinson,
Robert v. Fleming, James F. Shea, A.
F. Fox, F. N. Shepherd, Gilbert Gros-
venor, Frank j. Stryker, j. Phillip Herr
mann, Corcoran Thorn, George P. Hoo
yer, George w. White o. H. P. john
son, John B. Larner and Lloyd B. VIII
son.
Active pallbearers will be Frank Bell,
Frank A. Johnson, Paul May, w. P.
Benson, William H. Someryell, Edward
E. Swan. j. B. Bowling and j. w.
Jacobs.
Two priests, called to the home of Mr..
Saul during his illness Sunday morning,
administered the rites of the Catholic
Church before he lapsed into a state
of coma, which developed before he
Succumbed to the heart ailment. Mr..
Saul was SO years old.
Survived by Widow.
Besides his widow, the former Miss
Fanny E. Mcguire, the daughter of An
drew and Fanny (Willoughpy) Mcguire
of New York, whom he married in 1898,
Mr.. Saul is survived by five children
John, Bernard, Andrew, Teresa and
Mrs. Rose Saul Montgomery, wife of
Warwick Montgomery, jr. Another
daughter-Miss Frances Saul-died last
May from injuries sustained when
she fell under a horse she was training
for benefit show. The accident oc-
CURED at the Wardman' Park Saddle
Club.
He also is survived by Miss Mary c.
SAUL Mrs. Rosina M. May and Miss
Agnes A. Saul, sisters, and John A.
Saul, a brother, all of Washington, and
Mrs. Fannie E. Trigon, another sister,
of Montreal, Canada.
The cause of the death Of Mr.. Saul
was given by his physician, DR.. Thomas
8. Lee, as coronary thrombosis.
Spent Day at Office.
In the Spring of 1929 Mr.. Saul suf-
fered from a similar heart ailment and
he was confined to bed under the care
Of q physician for nearly four months
He rallied at that time and recovered
at least to the point where he had re-
gained moderately good health, the
physician reports, but had been less
q n lyy t. -
weeks his friends regarded him as haV-
ing virtually regained his former
strength and vitality.
Mr.. Saul was president OF the invest
ment banking house bearing his name
and was associated with many other
business activities which brought him
into a position of outstanding promi-
nence here and a national reputation
In the banking profession
He was a member of the board of
governors of the Mortgage Bankers AS
ISOLATION of America and at one time
was member of the executive council
OF the American Bankers Association.
Mr.. Saul also had been president of
the District of Columbia Bankers As
ISOLATION and a director of the WASH
ington Board of Trade. Due to his long
experience and close identification with
many branches of local business activi-
ties, he had been adviser and councillor
to wide circle of business associates
and members of organizations with
which he was interested.
At the time of his death, Mr.. Saul
was vice president and chairman of the
Executive Committee of the American
Security 81 Trust Co., director of the
Columbia National Bank, vice president
OF the National Union Fire Insurance
Co., director of the Mutual Fire In
surance Co., the Chesapeake g. Potomac
Telephone Co., the District, Lawyers
and Washington Title Insurance Cos.
and other organizations.
Born in Washington.
Mr.. Saul was born in Washington
January l6, 1872, the son of the late
John Saul, prominent horticulturist
and former chairman of the Parking
Commission of Washington, which was
originally appointed by Gov. Alexander
Il. Shepherd and continued until the
date OF the elder Mr.. Sauls death in
1897.
Mr.. Sau1< received his academic in
struction in private and preparatory
schools of the Capital and began his
career at the age of 18, when he Joined
the clerical staff of the National Bank
OF the Republic. Two years later he
entered the real estate business and
six years afterWard was made di-
rector of the Columbia National Bank.
A year later he organized the Home Saw
ingS Bank, of which he was made preSi-
dent, directing the affairs of the bank
until it was merged with the American
Security Il Trust Co., of which he was
chairman OF the Executive Committee
at the time of his death.
Meanwhile, his real estate business,
which developed chiefly into a first
mortgage banking business, grew so sue
cesSfully that 1t became one of the out
standing private financial institutions
Of the city.
Among his civic activities have been
those connected with a number of char
tiles. He was a member of the board
of st. JoSeph's Home and School, ST.
Vincent's Orphan Asylum, Children's
Hospital, Henry and Annie Hurt Home
for the Blind and House of the Good
Shepherd. He also was a charter men,
Der of the Knights of Columbus.
During the war he was member of
the Liberty Loan Committee, composed
OF five members, which acted in all the
campaigns. He was also a member of
the Executive CommittSe of the Amer
lean Red Cross In war campaigns for
the District Of Columbia.
He belonged to q number of organiza-
lions, Including the Metropolitan Club
the Rotary& Club, Chevy ChaSe