Mr. Henry Latham Doherty, pubile ullites executive, died here' yester= ay at the age of &9, From the ten-year old newsboy on. the streets of Columbus, Oy. to, tke Imulti-millionaire head of the Cities Service. interests, is life was Series of obstacles' met and conquered with a vim born of seemingly exhaustible supply of mental and Dhysleal energy.
1008 Mr. Doherty struck out for himself and formed Henry L. Dohert Company, which engaged. in the Feorganlzation, management. and naneing of public utilities. "By 1010 the network of interests In which this company hed a hand grew 0" vast hat it was found necessary to create 2 separate holding company.
Inthe meantime Mr. Doherty, with boundless energy, worked hard. many inventions and' improvements 678 Die in U.S. During Christmas Holidays New York, Dec. 27.
At least 678 persons met violent deaths in the United States during the Christmas holidays.
this number, 436 were traffic victims.—Reuter.
Radio-Balloons To Be Us Wellington, New Zealand, Dec. 28.
Balloons equipped with automatic radio transmitters will be used by meteorologists attached to Admiral Richard Byrd's expedition to. the Antarctic, to record atmospheric contions at various heights, This was yovealed here today. by Dr. Pail Siple, a member of the expedition, Alveraft will also be used in this work. tht possibility' of obtaining accurate Br. Sipe. is optimistic regarding weather forecasts through observation In the Antaretie—Reuter, Australia Opens Legation The Australian Government inform~ ed the United States today that it has decided to open a legation here. Canberra proposed Mr. R. G. Casey the first Australian Minister to the United States, Mr. Casey was Trea~ surer of the Commonwealth since 1935 after serving os Foreign Affairs eer in 1027, Liaison Ameer between the Australian and British Govern~ ments from 1027 to 1931, and os Assistant Federal Treasurer from 4038 to 1995. He was born August 20, 1990, and served through the Great War, winning both the DSO, and that revolutionized various processes the public utility, natural gas and petroleum fields, To be assured Quiet and seclusion, he maintained his omao and home on top of a sky-seraper at the southern tip of Man-hatton Island, overlooking New York Bay. He received many public honours for his inventions.
The most spectacular business battle of his career, was his fight against Governor Woodring of Kansas and the "Kansas City Star," growing out of the ban placed by the Kansas Public Service Commission on the sale of Cities Service securities in the state, This resulted from the refusal of the Cities Service subsidiaries in the state to lower their gas rates.
'Mr. Doherty" finally. won a two-' sided victory' when the order was rescinded, but not until he had engaged in' one of his hardest fights. During the battle he bought a half interest in the "Kansas City Journal-Post," admittedly to combat the Jnfence of the "Kansas City Star," which he maintained, brought about the ban on Cities Service stocks in Kansas, The business depression in 1929 nally aroused Mr. Doherty in 1931 {o establish a $500,000 fund in Kansas,
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