The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-11-15
WARTIME HEAD OF
SHIPPING BOARD is
STRICKEN BY DEATH
Edward n. Hurley Dies in Chi.
cago Few Hours After Be.
coming Seriously III
HAD DISTINGUISHED CAREER
Brought Order Out Of Chaos in
Effort to Construct Fleet
IN Record Time

Chicago. Nov. 15.-fF1-An illness
that became critical only few hours
before he was removed to hospital
caused the death OF Edward N. Hur-
icy, SO, one Of the prominent men In
the wartime history Of the nation.
Hurley died Tuesday evening and
physicians said the cause was leuke-
mia, complicated by the sudden de-
yeloping Of pneumonia.
Besides the fame he gained as
chairman Of the United States Ship
ping Board during the World War,
hurley was president Of the machine
company bearing his name and served
IS co-receiver Of the Middlewest Ut!l-
tiles company after the crash Of the
insult utility empire.
After the World War he was called
| 20 Paris and was made a member Of
he war councils committee on inter-
national labor legislation, and In 1924
yas a member Of the American World
war debt funding commission. In
1928 he went abroad as an ambassa-
dor Of goodwill in. the interest Of
the Worlds Fair.
Scored Big Success
Eminently successful In practically
everything he attempted. Hurley
faced the greatest and most import
ant task Of his life In 1917. when he
vas appointed chairman Of the Unit
I'd States Shipping Board. .
| With the United States In the
World War there was q crying need
Tor ships to transport men and sup
,,ltes to the other side. Urged on by
President Wilson's administration,
Hurley, We must 60 the limit" the
lew chairman cast aside formalitieS
md made a good Job Of his assign
ment.
How we'll he performed his work
was indicated two years later when
President Wilson. accepting his resig-
nation as chairman of the Shipping
BOARD. wrote that Mr. Hurley had
served the country with distinction
in these difficult times. No one ever
served his countly's interests more
,1evotedly than you did. and person.
ally an, deeply grateful to you"
| Appointed a member of the Fed
eral Trade Commission In 1918. and
later becoming vice chairman and
chairman Of the commission. Mr..
Hurley attracted attention by his ex-
ecutive ability and his ready grasp Of
dig affairs. In connection with his
duties OH the commission he accepted
appointment as trade commissioner to
| he Latin American republics, made q
trip to Central and South America
and returned with many suggestions
-egarde das valuable In the develop
men Of trade.
Pressure Of private business COM
PEELED Mr.. Hurley to resign from the
government service in February, 1917,
only to be brought back few months
later as chairman of the shipping
hoard. He had been regarded as one
OF the finds" of the Wilson admin
istration and the president was in
sistent upon keeping him In the serv-
ice Of the country.
He Went the Limit
At that time there was sharp con-
troversy among officials and different
agencies Of the government regarding
the ship-building program. It became
) national scandal. President Wilson
determined to clean the decks and
start all over, effected q number Of
changes In the shipping board and
emergency fleet corporation and in
stalled Hurley as chairman Of the
former. It was then the president
told him to 60 the limit. And Hurley
lid until July. 1919. when he resigned
lncause, he said. II feel that my work
mas been DONE"
! It was q chance walk down . street
,ther than the one he usually took to
mis- Office that proved the turning
point In the career OF Hurley.
Accustomed to 60 to his work by
way Of Clark Street. Chicago, he
switched to Dearborn Street on July
morning In 1895. On the latter thor
oughfare he met Mart Kamman, .
friend Of early railroad days. KIM
man corlfided that he and his brother
lad invented q pistol ale drill and In
the evenings were turning out their
product In barn In the rear Of their
home. Hurley, then . railroad supply
salesman. was asked to help market
the drill.
FOR that purpose Hurley organized
the Standard Pneumatic Tool COM
pany and six years later sold his in
terest Ia the concern for $l,257 900.
| Born ct dalesburg, H., July 81,
1854. Hurley was the son Of Jeremiah
and Ellen Nash Hurley. He received
4 common school education. On Sep
TENDER 80. 1901, he married Julia Kee-
ley Of Chicago. She died In 1900 and
five years later Hurley married Flor
ence Agnes Amberg. Two sons were
horn Of the first marriage and . son
and daughter Of the second.
i YOUNG MILLIONAIRE KILLED
II Ridgeland, 8. G., Nov. l5.--(F)- Will
liam *. Vanderbilt. III, q. was killed
and two other persons were injured
/ "Wednesday when Vanderbilt. enroute
from Miami to New York. attempted
to rais an orange truck on curve
His car turned over.