Evening star., 1932-03-28
|. N. SHAW IS DEAD
AT AGE OF "a YEARS.
Once Governor of Iowa and
Secreary of Treasury
Under Roosevelt.

Leslie NJ Shaw, "a, who was Secrs-
tary of the Treasury under President
Roosevelt and before that attained ma
tional prominence as Governor of Iowa,
died at his apartment at the Ward
man Park Hotel early this morning.
Death was due to an attack Of pneu-
monia that eyeloped month ago
when he made business trip to New
York while suffering from a severe
cold. While he rallied from the initial
attack, the aftermath of illness proves
too severe for his advanced years and
weakened physical condition.
Funeral arrangements In course OF
preparation today include services at
the residence at 8 pm. tomorrow, and
burial will be at Denison, Iowa, his
former home.
ter, Mrs John McMillin Of New York,
and a son, Earl B. Shaw of Milwaukee,
Wis.
Made Secretary in 1902.
Mr.. Shaw was called to the post of
Secretary of the Treasury in 1902, fol-
lowing the succession of Theodore
Roosevelt to the Presidency late the
preceding year. He occupied the cab
met seat until 1907, leaving Washing
ton for New York as president OF the
old Carnegie Trust Co.
Before coming to Washington he had
served two terms as Governor of Iowa,
fitting himself for that position and
his service in the Capital by broad
experience in the practice Of law and
in banking in various Iowa cities.
Though he retired from active life
in 1925, he continued to keep in close
touch with national affairs and with
his own private interests. On his Both
birthday anniversary he delivered
campaign speech at Paterson, N. j.,
urging the election of President Hoover,
and his fatal illness was the out
growth Of a trip he made to New
York to attend q meeting of the Board
of the Cities Service Co., of which ne
was a director He took an active part
in the 1928 campaign, and the Pater-
son speech was one of several he de-
livered.
At the time of his death he was en-
gagged in the preparation of book
on the tariff, which he Nproposed to
call "The American Payroll" 1t would
have been the third from his pen,
having previously published Current
Issues" and vanishing Landmarks"
Time Given to Lecturing.
He had also found time during
HdI1eu CdIetl IoI appear allOCo do
lecturer. and had talked on political
and financial subjects from the
Cnautauqua platform He had served
also as a member of the Republican
National Committee. and was a dele
gate to the party convention that nomi-
mated William Howard Taft to be a
presidential candidate.
Mr.. Shaw was a native Of Vermont,
where he was born at Morristown No
yember 2, 1848 He received his early
education in the Vermont schools, and
graduated from Cornell College, in
Iowa, in 1874. TWO years later he
received his degree in law from Drake
University and went to Iowa to engage
in practice. He remained there until
he was elevated to the cabinet post.
Since his retirement in 1925. he had
resided at the Wardman Park Hotel,
though he was frequently out of the
city on visits to New York and Califor-
MIA. He was active in the litigation
that involved the refinancing of the
hotel property, and instituted the suit
that attacked the part played by Halsey,
Stuart q Co. in refinancing the hotel.
Champions of Gold Standard.
During his early years in banking In
Iowa, Mr.. Shaw made an intensive
oIuCy VI l1ldllCG anu when Tree silver
became an issue in politics he became
a leader in the fight for gold
standard. This brought him national
recognition and pointed the way to
the Governors chair, and his knowl-
edge of financial matters brought the
Cabinet post.
He was known as one of the most
genial figures that ever sat in the
cabinet of a President, and equally
characteristic was his devotion to the
affairs of the Methodist Episcopal
church. He was on four occasions a lay
delegate to the general conferences of
/ the church, and he was proud of the
/ fact that he had helped elect bishops.
/ He had always possessed boundless
/ energy, and it was this energy and
devotion to business that led him to
! take the business trip that brought
about his fatal illness
/ Gov. Shaw had been prominently
mentioned as a possible successor to
President Mckinley in 1904, but the
death of the President silenced these
! forecasts and the possibility of a finan-
cial crises shortly afterward brought
/ his appointment to the SecretaryShip.
where his wide knowledge of finance
/ prove most valuable.