Show 8 M. M Of Off f f FAME mf DIES IN CHICAGO CHICAGO GO March 12 11 UP UP- UP UP-Sarn- UP Sam Samuel am nd uel torso Morse Felton elton 77 71 chairman of ho tho board of oC the tho Chicago Great Western and a veteran of or more than fifty years of or railroad service died tiled at the Passavant ant Memorial hospital hero shortly before last midnight Felton had been a patient In the hospital sin since co last November when ho 10 suffered a 1 heart attack all and a n slight str stroke ko of oC paralysis at nt his home lome here During tho the World orld war he wa was director of or military railways an and had lad char charge o of or the organization and dispatch to Europe of all railway forces and supplies He lie also supervised su- su pcr tho the tho tran transportation of or all American troops to th the eastern sea sea- board Con Congress ress awarded him the distinguished service medal and the I French government go bestowed the cro cross s of or tho thin Legion of oC Honor Born BOnI In Philadelphia the Eon fon of ot Samuel el Morse Felton a It pioneer railroad executive tho the younger Felon Fel ton on followed early in his fathers father's footsteps and at 15 lG became a a. railroad railroad rail rail- road rodman rollman Ho lie camo to Chicago Chi cago caso first in 1599 as president of the Chicago Alton In 1907 1901 he lie became head of the Mexican Contral Cen Con ral and two years later inter of or the tho Chicago Chi cago cage Great Western He lie was elected elect elect- ed chairman o of tho the board of the tho latter latter tat lat lat lat- ter line years rears ago aso During tho the Civil war var Felton father arranged the secret p passage of ot President Lincoln from Harrisburg harrisburg Harris Harris- burg burS Pa Ia to Washington through Baltimore where a a. plot had hall been fomented to wreck wred the train and as assassinate assassinate as as- Lincoln Funeral services et probably will be he beheld beheld held lucId here tomorrow and burial will take tako place at Philadelphia |