Show I Activities Ended I IJAMES 5 S 'S S S S I t JAMES D. D PHELAN 3 S. F F. F First Citizen Succumbs Succumb PHELAN FORMER SENATOR lOR DEAD UfA Noted Figure in in Politics of San Francisco Ends Career t SAN FRANCISCO Aug 8 United James ress D. D Phelan former forme United States senator patron of arts and letters and Sa San Francisco's Francisco most mod noted political student died diec I late yesterday y at his country estate near Saratoga Senator Phelan was stricken with acute gastritis Ma May 5 this year ear and since that date had been confined to o his home It was waa known several se weeks ago that recovery was im im- Im- Im possible The senators senator's condition became exceedingly serious at noon yesterday yesterday yester yester- da day when he lapsed into At AtI I 30 p p. p m. m Pacific standard time ho died Funeral une ra arrangements have ha not nol been made although sh it was learned 1 that interment will be in the family fam fani- it ily vault ault in Holy Hob Cross cemetery San Pan Francisco BORN TO RICHES Born to riches in San Francisco April 20 20 1861 Senator Phelan Thelan en entered entered en- en public life lite when a young man fighting the political bosses who slip ruled San Francisco a 3 generation genera genera- tion n ago ago His HIli first political activity was as writer and md observer He was sas elected J of or San Francisco in 1897 after a spirited and surprising surprising surprising sur sur- contest and served three erms When earthquake and fire tire re reduced reduced re- re San Francisco to ruins in 1006 1906 the Republican m president Theodore Roosevelt selected a Democrat to administer Continued d on page pae D. D t PHELAN FORMER SENATOR DEAD Continued from pago page 1 for or relief t work and it is said ald Phelan added his own p personal fortune to that sum and later lilter borrowed borrowed bor bor- rowed on his personal note using the money to erect the present plesent Phelan building amidst the ashes of ot a ruined city and by this example in inspired others to believe belleve In th San Francisco of ot the future ELECTED SENATOR I Jn In 1914 Phelan was elected United States senator the first D Democrat to hold such an office in California since 1897 While in the tha senate ho advocated the cause of ot otI I California for Californians being opposed ed to Japanese Immigration Although Phelan ran thousands of votes ahead of or his party ticket he was defeated for reelection to the senate in the Republican landslide of or 1920 In speeches Phelan frequently expressed a love 10 for tor his native city A A. son of ot pioneer parents he often said he could not live 11 outside of California and during his life contributed con con- millions to art museums and to cultural pursuits in San Francisco For years Senator Phelan was known as San Francisco's first citizen citizen citizen citi citi- zen enjoying that title alone alon as he never married |