Show p. p W. W T. T Mason Writer For iFor Telegram Dies F i I I I I J J. J W. W T. T MASON B Began an care career r in 1898 t I NEW YORK May 13 UP UP-J. UP J. J W. W T. T Mason United Press war expert and author of books on philosophy died of a heart attack Tuesday at Doctors hospital He was 62 Masons Mason's column was a regular feature in The Salt Lake Telegram Telegram Telegram Tele Tele- gram Mason suffered a heart attack at his hotel Monday His wife chilled called a physician and Mason was taken at once to the hospital where he died Tuesday at 3 a a. a m. m Mason returned to New York from Japan in May 1940 to re resume resume re- re sume writing for the United Press the daily war column which he had written during the World war from July 1914 until November 1918 As during the previous war Masons Mason's column again received world-wide world recognition recognition recognition as an outstanding analysis It was printed in newspapers throughout the United States and abroad Mason had been a student of military strategy ever since the Boer war Since the end of the World war he had observed closely all phases of the European European European Euro Euro- situation as they developed in both military and political ways Travel on the continent and andin andin andin in the British isles and many Interviews Interviews in interviews In- In with statesmen soldiers and prominent industrialists in all the countries now at war gave him an insight into the alms aims and purposes of their leaders and a first hand knowledge of their military preparations His study of German British and French military strategy and tactics and the development of the new form of warfare to together together together to- to gether with a knowledge of the military terrain of Europe qualified qualified qualified fied him to elucidate and translate translate translate trans trans- late the significance and Importance Importance importance I tance of the day by day military moves of the war Born in New Newburg Newburgh burgh Mason was born in Newburgh N. N Y January 3 1879 the son of John A A. and Georgiana L. L Mason He was married to Edith Hannah Halbert daughter of Captain Frederick Halbert of the British mercantile marine on February 24 1903 They had one daughter daugh daugh- ter Margaret E E. E H. H Mason Mason ason started his journalistic career as a reporter for the Harlem Harlem Harlem Har Har- lem N N. Y Local Rep Reporter in 1898 Eventually he became European European European Eu Eu- manager of the Scripps- Scripps McRae and Publishers' Publishers Press as associations associations associations as- as and served as European European European Euro Euro- manager of the United Press in 1907 In 1914 18 he was the United Press Press' war expert After the World war he wrote on foreign affairs for La Prensa of Buenos BuenosAires BuenosAires BuenosAires Aires and other newspapers and traveled extensively on foreign assignments He made a special study of western and far eastern philosophies philosophies philosophies and religions lectured widely and was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire Empire Empire Em Em- pire and a member of the Order of the Rising Sun fourth class of Japan Wrote Many Books He was associated with many societies and clubs in India Japan New York Washington and London He was author of Commercial Progress in the Philippine Islands Creative Freedom The Creative East Kami Na- Na gara no Michi and Sozo no Nihon Ninon both written in Japanese Japanese Japanese Japa Japa- nese The Meaning of Shinto Mita and The Spirit of Shinto Mythology For many years after the turn of the century Mason had a distinguished distinguished distinguished dis dis- career as a newspaper correspondent in Europe He covered the death of Queen Victoria Victoria Victoria Vic Vic- toria in 1901 and in 1906 was sent to Spain to cover the marriage of King Alfonso He was standing near by when an attempt was made to kill the king and his bride during the procession from the cathedral where the marriage had taken place and the royal palace On that occasion Mason succeeded in registering an outstanding news newsbeat newsbeat newsbeat beat by taking advantage of his knowledge of the operation of the Spanish censorship Long a Correspondent On his return to the United States in 1908 Mason was ap appointed appointed appointed ap- ap pointed the first New York correspondent correspondent correspondent cor cor- respondent of the newly established established established London Daily Express He served in that capacity for more than 20 years It was during that period that he began his studies in philosophy and wrote his first philosophical work Creative Freedom The writing of his book was undertaken undertaken undertaken under under- taken by him at the suggestion of Henri Bergson Ten years ago he retired from active association with the London London Lon Lon- don Daily Express and went to toI I Japan where he remained for many years studying Shinto and other oriental philosophies |