| Show r I J Jr r r 1 FINANCIER liY n NATURE 1 Frnk Frank A. A Van Is a financier 3 14 b by nature He lie le Is mentioned among tho tIm rich men of or Gotham who gathered gather gather- j t. t t ed in iii New Now York YOk von on Monday and aHl formed the tho preliminaries of or au an arrangement ar ar- ar- ar I s 's rr ement which is to conclude with wih financing San Francisco Frncisco In her rebul rebuild rebuild- ing He Ito ma may have have- stood there as a of or the s representative National City Cily l ank but hut he far fal was ivas mor more a s i I of or himself Ho lie Is ono one of It the Iho few fow men melt of oC the tho nation naHon who havo have I t to bo be considered e red when affairs affaire fj of or great monetary Importance await awai r 7 acton action I c 0 Mr Yan was horn born near Aurora Au Au- Aurora i rora rOl Ill II in fn 1861 1861 1 and lived I cd his first T 74 years ors on fl the farm Ho lie studied at t the 1 state stale university of or Illinois an and at Chicago Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago university and began work worl as asa hi a j reporter on tho the Chicago Tribune and later and later was wa ma made e financial editor f He lIe le had a bent for financial affairs and his keen perception his almost I prophetic power in iii that line lne was quickly r recognized by ly the late Willlam Willlam Will Will- Yi lam fam Van Yan D who was then Ihen ti managing managinG eItor edior of the Iho Tribune II It was was while financial editor edior of or that c I paper that that Mr was elected president of or the Press club of Chicago Genuine business man as aH ho lie was Mr f had a strong vein of or tho the i. i old Puritan hostility to vice and un unc und under un- un d c der r his administration tho the poker V game gme or of the of-the tho club was interdicted It ItE I E was an olden institution the there Ie formIng form form- tt I. I J I Ing Ing part of oC the clubs club's his history tor and remembered by eVel every member er er ar or not a a player It I Is not known J that that- tui tho tle game was less los destructive estr cUve Mr t J a 0 lion Ion lon for the fellows use used lo to wander over Co 0 o ono one of or tho the accommodating hotels and hold their regular sessions ses ses- ses- ses the Ions tho Saturday night or senatorial sena sena- tonal game being particularly Ivol lively Il It I was In hl his term lorm as club president president d dent nt that Mr MI Vand rJ verc severed his conne connection ton with wih the Tribune antI and went to the Economist a financial weel weekly I of or greal great lie le was Us its Is editor IOl and amI later laler one of or the lie owners When hen Lyman J J. J Gage Cage became secretary of or ortho tho lie treasury In ho lie made Mr his private secretary and antI the young oun man loft left leI that post to lo be assistant secretary of or the tho tra treasury and amI its Is actual hea head during the lie most important im period of or the trade revival of or orthe the nation naton He lie was n a to lo the internal conference 0 of commerce an and industry In Belgium an and later took a atour atour tour aroun around tho the world studying the financial systems of or nil all al the nations Ills His inquiries In Russia laid tho the foundation foun foun- dation daton fOI for wise operations later laler Ho lIe lo became vice president ent of or the tho National CI City lank bank hanl In 11 New York one ono of theer the tho er very first banking concerns of ho world worl an and has been Its Is guiding genius ever since Few men have made mallo a a better belter use of their years ar None has wasted less lea les It 1 is doubtful If Ie an any one has enjoyed more moie For Mr is as gracIous gracious grac grac- ious bus and lovable as n approachable and urbane now as when lien a struggling reporter reporter re re- re- re porter porte on the ol old Tribune He lie has a n host of frien friends s over the tI country who gla gladly l read of or his Ills Interest In the movement mo which mt kos for a a new now San Francisco and ami the they are sure suro SUO no noone noone noone one will wi go wrong whose whoso n movements are b by his direction |
