Show 0 VII U. S 8 SIRED RED CROSS CHIEF SUCCUMBS WASHINGTON Jan 24 UP UP- UP John Barton Payne chairman o of the American Red Cross since 1921 died at ii a a. a m. m today of pneumonia He lIe would have been 80 years ears old Sat Sat- I Judge Payne distinguished himself by a career of ot public service equaled by few men in American history Nineteen foreign countries d decorated orated him for his humanitarian work He be became ame ill of ot influenza at his home two weeks ago He was removed removed re re- re moved to George Washington university university uni uni- ni hospital when his condition be became ame serious a week later President Woodrow Wilson appointed appointed ap ap- ap pointed Payne chairman of the R Red RedCross RedCross d Cross after he had served in several important government positions during during during dur dur- ing the w world war He was reappointed reap reap- pointed by Presidents Coolidge HardIng Harding Hard Hard- ing and Roosevelt Payne was born on a W. W Va farm fann on January 26 26 1855 His early years were spent in severe severe se set se- se vere hardships Payne obtained his early arly education largely by hi his own efforts and the tutoring of his older sister Eugenia In Taylor county West Virginia he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1876 Six years lat later r he moved to Chicago to take up the practice practice tice Uce of law In 1889 he was elected president of the Chicago law institute and in 1895 judge of thc superior court of Cook ook county Illinois His long pub pub- lie service career began as a C Chicago Chi i. i ca cago o park commissioner During the war he served as general general gen gen- eral counsel for the U. U S. S shipping board emergency fleet corporation He was named chairman of the U.S. U.S. U.S. U. U S. S shipping board in 1919 and was sas appointed appointed ap pointed sc secretary o of the interior by Wilson in 1920 To this was added i ithe the director generalship of ot railroads in the same year Payne was married in 1913 to Jenale Jennie Jennie Jen Jen- nie ale Byrd a widel widely known artist She died in 1919 As chairman of ot the Red Cross he directed disaster relief during the 1927 Mississippi flood Florida hurricanes hurricanes hurri hurri- canes in 1926 and 1928 the thc West Indies Indies Indies In In- dies hurricane in 1928 drouth relief in 31 1930 and unemployment relief prior to organization of federal re reo re- re lid lief |