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Show RAILROAD HEAD RESIGNS POST President Harry Adams of Western Pacific Quits; Successor Named. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 17 (I'.l!) A wholesale shift in railroad executives execu-tives throughout the nation was climaxed today by the resignation of President Harry M. Adams of the Western Pacific, who last week 'crowned his 50-year career with a new transcontinental rail line. Adams retirement to "enjoy some years of private life" was accepted by the Western Pacific dictoratc, and executive vice president Charics Elsey i was -appointed to succopd him, next Dec. 31. T. M. Schumacher, chai rman of the executive commit tee, revca led that the 64-yrar-old president had resigned two years ago because of illness, but had been prevailed to remain until the new Groat Northern-Western Pacific line from Chicago Chi-cago to San Francisco was completed. com-pleted. The resignation followed a series of conferences of rail executives here during the past week in which Arthur Curtiss James, largest rail-road rail-road shareholder ' in the nation,-( nation,-( took part. As a result of other changes in rail control, President rVlph Budd of the Great Northern wi K to 'lp Chicago. Burlington and Qlunc.V J President Frederick Willi; ').'lf;on "f ,no - R- Q- W'U succeed "ati-k .T. ("VqwIpv as hp"1 of the ??t,w York Central, and W. P. Kennev, vice president of the Great Nortblcn f' Budd'a va cated post. DOESN'T W'T DEATH PHILADELPHIA, Nov. H. '.V.) Punishment but ' ."nt death-should death-should be meted Edwin" .H. B. Allen. 23-year-old society youlo in tho , killing of Francis A. J.maldson, ; third, in the opinion of the In Iter's ! mother, Mrs. Franchs A. Donaldson, Jr. |
