New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-10-05
LEGITIMATE, HE SAYS.
". Ne,ot0n Bennington. Tarfman.
Chief Stakeholder in Com pany.

JI N-S SALtSIlSlSQ III SEuGIlG OF more IIdu Uu-
bious honesty. Thomas A. Edison. the inventor.
! made complaint to the PostofTice Department
/ which resulted yesterday in the issuing of a
fraud order against the concern TO which his so4l
| had lent his name, and against the son himself.
] Inc Thomas A Edison, jr., Chemical Company.
I OF Nos 14-16 Soonest, sold a "Magno- Electric
/ NltaIizer. which cost anywhere from IS to $50
! and was said 10 cure anything from catarrh TO
locomotor ataxia. Thomas A. Edison. ir, was
apparently only clerk in the Offices of the con-
Germ, at salary of $50 week
/ Now he Is at a hotel at Greenwood Lake n
Y, under the care OF a trained nurse. His
/ father has literally snatched him from the hands
/ OF the people who were using his name to sell
/ this marvellous" cure-aH Yet. according 70
w Newton Bennington. the we'll known turf
man. who is heavily interested in the company.
young Edison has been in communication with
the company In the last few days
In 1901 Franklin Everhardt whose actions
have been OF great interest to the police in
various cities and the PostofFice Department.
and ". Newton Bennington organized the Edi-
son Chemical Company under the laws Of Della
Suit was brought against them by the
inventor They declared that c. II. Edison
was a member Of the directorate and that it
was his name which dictated the name OF the
company. Later. however a meeting was
ranged with Thomas A. Edison. jr.. and he be-
came associated with the concern. which
changed its name to the present form.
Up TO that time the company had dealt in
inks. perfumery, stationery. etc. One day, how
ever it blossomed out with literature. telling
the wOndrous virtues Of combination of "pri-
mary and secondary units" which formed
marvellous battery. reinforcing the nervous
energy stored up by the human nerve centres
Thomas A. Edison, jr.s, name was plastered IN
every possible place through the literature. one
particularly gorgeous pamphlet bore the title
Health Without Drugs" Inside fac
sirnile signature of the younger, Edison. which
bore a startling resemblance TO that OF his
father. The name Edison was made prominent
on every page. Later the concern issued
paper called The Magnet which was even
more luxuriant than the pamphlets In use OF
the well known name and wonderful promises
In connection with this enterprise the name
OF DR.. J. Lefflngweu Hatch, a physician OF No.
123 West Forty-seventh- was mentioned
Clinton Sparks. whose name appears in the
literature Of the concern, sent patients to him.
and the impression was conveyed. or efforts
were made to send it forth, that Dr. Hatch was
a medical adviser 10 the company
Or. Hatch was most indignant about this last
night. He declared emphatically that he had
absolutely no connection with the company. and
had never received a dollar from 1t. II was not
q part Of the present day medical practice, he
said. to attack nervous disorders with so-caIled
electric belts or electric batteries
This Clinton Sparks IS really a physician"
said DR.. Hatch, registered in England but not
I'm this country. I knew him personally. and he
personally sent me patients. l never had the
slightest connection with the concern with which
7 knew he was associated. I met him first as
one Of my patients Later knew that he went
with This Edison I tvDn IN
general way OF their business but had no ac-
quaintance with their methods in detail nor did
I know any OF the others connected with the
concern.
DIR. Sparks used TO send me patieuts-pa-
TENTS. usually. who were broadly speaking
Pretty we'll gone. They were treated by me
by my own method-methods recognized BY the
medical profession at large. They paid me
themselves I received no money from the
Edison junior company Il seems to me that
my name has been used in an entirely unau-
thorized manner. and that the concern has been
trading my reputation I don't treat pa
TENTS with electric belts or magnetic batteries
I have these'-and Dr. Hatch pointed to static
machines and X-ray apparatus.
At the Office Of the Chemical Company. W.
Newton Bennington said.
We shall night this proceeding to the bitter end.
device and there mas not been one c0uDlat7t as IN
fraud brought before the postofce police author
tiles In New-York. where We manufacture. This
whole affair is a conspiracy 10 put out OF bust
ness When this company was originally organ
Thomas a. Edison. ir.. and my brother it was to
We RaVa toSsV Contracts vitb severaI eoI,err,s-
departments to supply them About two years ago
that he Invented IT, We put it on the market He
has been connected with the company up 20 three
weeks ago In September Thomas A Edison sr..
ware 70 restrain us from using the name We bear
These suits decided against him. and he had
until September 70 10 appeal Inc cases were tried
before Judge Bradford Instead Of appealing. he
tried 10 beat US through Washington. We are not
using Edison. Sis signature as a trademark. IL
Is young Edtsons signature
Bennington produced a lot OF letters from
young Edison. some dated recently from the
Valley House, at Greenwood Lake. Orange
County, y. Y. TO show the similarity Of sig
natures Apparently young Edison has been in
communication with the concern lately.
The company has capital OF $4,000 pre-
ferred and S2OO.OOO common stock continued !
Mr.. Bennington. Il have been connected with it /
only since the last thirteen months. I own the /
controlling interest now, but had 10 take it on
account Of money lent on the stock. AS far
know. young Edison still has his stock, unless |
he has sold II. AS to spread eagle literature, !
what patent medicine company does not use IT," /
For many years w Newton Bennington has ;
been a we'll known and conspicuous figure on /
the Eastern turf. He has bred and raced many
horses. He has been particularly prominent this {
year as the owner of Beldame the three-year- /
old fy leased from August Belmont, which has [
won for him alone this last season more than /
$4,000. Early in the season ne also had a /
number OF good twO-year-olds including Song /
and Wine, BIandy and Waterside, he bought /
good many yearlings at the Haggin sale this /
year and 1t was supposed ne had become the /
agent Of Mr.. Haggin. He sold all of his stable !
at Saratoga, except Beldame. He has al /
ways conducted professional stable and raced |
for the money to be had on the turf.
Mr.. Bennington is connected with several ]
projects besides the Edison Company. He is /
president and a director of the National Organ |
zatlOn and Agency Company. president and a 4
director OF the Protective Union of America and /