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Show IA&ti4m 4T& WZ 1 X I WW laJ III 13 71 .tflJl ill M HUH m i III I II ffi 13 - . . COLLAPSE CAME Had Been Ailing But Illness ; Was IJct Considered ; ! Serious- 1 FUNERAL TO BE MONDAY ; Services to be Held in Taber- ziacle Deceased Prominent I in Affairs of Utah. T vV.'il'iom Glpsmann, editor of J til?1 Ogden Standard and one of the J fa n.dst prominent figures in political af- et lairs in Utah, and civic affairs in ' Ogden for many years, died yesterday i 3 afrnon ai his home 721 Twenty- ( jj fourth street His death was entirely : unexpected and his lifeless body vas J found in his study at the homo by Mrs Glasmann, shortly bctore G j o clock. Though almost completely i ' i dvercome by the 'shock of the discov-. discov-. i fry, Mrs. Glasmann summoned Dr. S.' ': ' . Eadcon, and after examining the ibod. the physician expressed the opinion that the well known publisher. Lad been dead about a half hour and that his demise was due to rheuma-. tfeiu of tho heart. ,Mi. Glatmann was thrice mayor ofj Ufcdcn, .once sneaker of the Utah liqiihC of representatives and only re-l citnlly transferred the business man-, 4 ;ignient-of 'the Standaid ta liis son ,t Roco(f.vnr order that he might free ' M himself from 'business caresand be-j m come a candidate for the Republican W nomination lor congressman lrom the, rg l'ij-bt Congressional district. c I ;Ws Another ambition, the realization of, J wfifcV,Msjde&tu . cicumvented,. walsl ; the construction of a'danV In South! ' Toik canyon to impound the flood i " ators of the Ogden river for power j i1 and vechunatlon purposes in Weber county. His heart interests, at all times . I since he became a resident of the j ! city, wero with Ogden and the power I of his personality was a marked in- tluence In the development of Ogden. Despite his strenuous life, Mr. Glas-! maun enjoyed apparent rugged health, but duiing the past year had at times been indisposed. With his Ubual tenacity and strength which i. 'arried him over many obstacles In : his journey to success in life, it is ) thought he tought against the illness i that was undermining him, not even ' confessing his condition to members' of his family During the past week ; ho complained a little of rheumatic I'alns hut kept up as usual, coining to his office at the Standard in the morning. Ho was at the Standard, : Transacting business on Thursday aft- . ernoon. About 1 o'clock Friday afler- ( aioon Mrs. Glasmann left him to visit her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Jtoscoo ; Glasmann. Before leaving, however, ; Mrs. Glasmann asked her husband .how he was felling and he replied 1 that he was -comfortable and would L iPass the time reading while she was ;, I away, and urged his wife to go. '. (When she returned home she went ? jJnto the study and was startled to see ' him lying on the coucn, his face deathly pale. Shaking him slightly, . she realized that death had come in ; her absence. She then summoned the physician. Jtoscoo Glasmann, business mana- ger of the Standard, the publisher's nlrlncf cnr rA ItI? rlniifylifflp TVff Ethel Clark, were also called to the ; home and an Immediate effort was made to get into communication with J the three other sons, Abraham L., i William W. and Blaine Glasmann, who were In Salt Lake City partlclpat- V ing In the celebration of state High T ischool day, at the University of Utah. News of the death of their father was received by the three absent sons, 1 through Its quick spreading over Salt 1 3-ako City, after It had been bulletined "l in the windows of tho Salt Lake news- 'i paper offices, and they reached Og- ' den on tho first trains they could 'i .hoard M Numerous telephone calls wero rc- 1 celved last night at the home and J tho offico of the Standard from (friends of Mr. Glasmann in all walks J tof life, unwilling to believe the report J ,of his death, and today condolences 'from prominent people of Utah and j other slates were received by the 3 family. Flags at Half Mast. Out of respect to the late William Glasmann, tho flags on the city hall building and tho county court house jt are at half mast, and the former May- ( or'a life-size photograph In the mayor- alty picture gallery, on the walls of the commissioners' chambers in the city hall, is draped in mournlug. Mayor A. R. Hoy wood remarked today to-day that the bonrd of commissioners I deeply regret the death or Mr. Glasmann Glas-mann and said that at the opportune time resolutions of respect and condolence con-dolence will bo passed. Tho mayor Bald: "We consider Mr. Glasmann was one of the greatest and broadest exe- cutlves in the community, and we can im . not well afford to part with him." Ex-Mayor A. G. Foil today expressed deep regret over the death of Mr. Glasmann and stated that his place could hardly be filled. "I found Mr: Glasmann to be one oT the big men of the community," said Mr. Fell, "and think no man ever worked harder for the general good than he. It is a heavy blow to his family and to the community." Funeral Monday. Mr. Glasmann is survived by his wife, Mrs. Evelyn Glasmann; two sisters, Mrs. M.JH. Welse and Mrs. Oscar Naekel of Davenport, Iowa; two brothers, Columbus Glasmann of Tucson. Arizona, and Frank Glasmann of Iowa, and the following children '. Ethel Glasmann Clark, wife of Charles Clark, Roscoe, Abraham L., William W. and Blaine Glasmann. all of Ogden. Og-den. Ills brothers and sisters have ibecn notified of his death. Tho funeral will be held Monday, at 2 p. m. In the Tabernacle. Biographical Sketch. William Glasmann, former mayor of Ogden and former speaker of the Utah legislature, was born in Davenport, Daven-port, Iowa, November 12, I808, and was the son of William and Catherine Cramer Glasmann. His early life was spent In his native state up to the age of 13, receiving only the rudiments rudi-ments of a common school education. He then became apprentice to the saddlery trade, at Avoca, Iowa, serving serv-ing three years, after which he worked as a journeyman at his trade for several years, traveling over nearly near-ly the entire counlry. In 1S78 ho en-- en-- tercd into business at Helena and Fort Benton, Montana, where he manufactured man-ufactured saddles and remained In this business two years. In 1880 lie went to Salt Lake City, and became associated with John D. Lynch in the real estate and loan business, passing pass-ing through the "boom" days. In 1890 he entered into a new enterprise en-terprise which was not only now to himself but new to this section of the country that of raising the American bison, or buffalo, on the shores of Great Salt Lake, having Imported GO head of buffaloes from Manitoba, Canada, Can-ada, which he increased to 110 and, while thus engaged, he became Interested Inter-ested In the Ogden Standard, and In December, 1892, moved to Ogden and .assumed the business management of this journal, and i year later became editor-'iu-chief, as well as manager, .which position he occupied at tho time or his death. His newspaper career is well known throughout the state. When he took charge of tho paper in 1892 it was badly run down and in poor financial condition. The general tone of the paper and its flunnces gradually increased in-creased under his able management. In the Legislature. Mr, Glasmann had been identified with the political life of the stnte under the banner of the Republican .forces, and had taken much interest In the work of that party. In 1898 he was a candidate for the state legislature but was defeated by the fusion ticket, or Bryan wave, which swept the country at that time. In 1900 ho was elected to the house branch of the legislature, running ahead -o--th-McKlnloyr electors,. .serv- r ing two years and, was tho unanimous unan-imous choice of the Republican cau-cub cau-cub ?ov the speaker of the house. During this period he made a phenomenal phenom-enal record for just and fair rulings and he was the first speaker of the Utah legislature, whose decislous were never reversed by the body of the house. Before his legislative term expired, Mr, Glas.maun received the unanimous nomination of his par.ty for tho office of mayor lie did not desire the office, of-fice, but could not refuse his party's call and, after a spirited contest, he was elected by a majority of 330 votes, "tho largest majority over given giv-en up to that time to a mayoralty candidate in Ogden running on party HneB and he was the only Republican mayor elected in Ogden In a long period of years. Twice after he was elected to servo as mayor of Ogden. As mayor of Ogden he insisted on economy and strict business methods. Ho believed the public business should bo conducted with tho honesty and tact of private business and for the benefit of the whole pepple. lie was absplutely fearless and did what ho thought was right, regardless of tho consequences. In 1897, David Eccles offered to subscribe $50,000 toward building a sugar factory, if the citizens would raise $350,000. The business men's association undertook to raise the money, but abandoned the proposition and it waB Immediately taken up by Mr. Glasmann who personally -visited theeoplet made public addresses in . ov.er.precinct in iha county and Jn 30 days' time tho whole sum was obtained ob-tained and the mammoth Ogden sugar factory stands as a monument to his push and energy. In 1900 he was a candidate for member of congress on the Republican Republi-can ticket Ho was made postmaster on August Au-gust 2, 190C) serving until January 31, 1909. Mr. Glasmann was a thirty-second degree Mason, a member of the Salt Lake consistory, also a Knight Templar, Temp-lar, Shriner and a member of Ogden lodge No. 2, Knights of Pythias. He was also one of the founders of the Weber club. In 1912 he led the Roosevelt movement move-ment in tho state of Utah, and was a mighty factor In carrying Weber county for the Progressives. He returned re-turned to the Republican party at the ne.xt election and did much to hold the county in Hue for Senator Reed Smoot and the entire Republican ticket. At the time of his death he was strongly supported for the Congressional Congres-sional nomination in this district. oo |
