The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-05
CHANGE THE NAME AND 90 AHEAD.

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Newton Bennington. turfman and real
estate, appeared to be greatly surprised
last evening, not to say panied, at the de-
csion Of the Post Office Department. He
is the chief stockholder of the company
He says that the wares of the company,
the "magno-electric vializer," the 1rheum-
atism set" the deafness set, the "insoes y
and the wrist, ankle and other electrodes, y
will be sold, in spite of all the fraud orders
in Christendom. The plan is simply to
change the name Of the company. Here's
what Mr.. Bennington said:
4The Thomas A. Edison, Jr, Chemical
Company is an outgrowth of the Edison
Chemical Company, which was organized,
j think, in 1902, by my brother, Lincoln
Bennington, and Franklin Everhart. The
elder Edison sought, in the Delaware
courts, to restrain the company from the
Use of the name Of Edison and failed. Later
he got restraining order in New Jersey.
an some way not known to me, because
was not connected with the company at
the time, Everhart got hold of young Edison.
and the Thomas A. Edison, Jr., Chemical
Company was formed with capital stock
Of 100000, half common and half pre-
ferred. The preferred shares carried
cumulative dividend Of 8 per cent. About
$4,000 or $4,000 of both kinds of stock
was sold to the public. The company bor-
rowed something like $4,000 or $4,000
| from me, 80 that 1t has had about $50 900
to do business with as a company.
When Everhart suggested to young
Edison that he become connected with the
company, young Edison made affidavit,
which is now in Washington, that he had
invented the magno-electric vitalizer.
II came into the company to protect my
own interests about March. 1908. Since
then, / have attended to the details Of the
business and am the largest stakeholder
| The fraud order was granted solely on the
affidavit of young Edison and the state
ment Of his father, In spite of the testimony
we introduced.
He says, in his so-called confession to
his fat er, that the parts OF the vtalizer
were made in Cambridgeport, Mass. All
the parts are made in this city. Again, he
Says, I protested against the Use Of your
signature, which was taken from a phono-
graph You shall be the Judge as to
whether OUR trade mark signature, Thomas
A. Edison, Jr., is young Edison's signature
| or his fathers"
Mr.. Bennington produced copy Of the
trade mark and also letter purporting to
have been written by young Edison to the
stenographer in the oompany's Office. Both
the handwriting of the body Of the letter
and the signature were strikingly like the
trade mark.
Il am going right on with the busine6s,'
Bennington went on, land shall be at the
companys office or at my own Office. SO
Broadway every day, except Saturday.
have too much invested in the concern to
let it go down, and shall not do 30.
Mr. Bennington admitted that some OF
the company's literature may have con-
tanned extravagant statements, but" he
| said, here's booklet which was sent out
with my approval" The booklet states,
| in substance, that the -vitalizer" is a good
| thing for almost everything from blind
| ness or deafness to crick in the back 1t
| also states that. in order to give the public
| the benefit OF his invention. at the lowest
possible price, MIR. Thomas A. Edison, Jr.,
| decided to make the instruments in his own
| laboratories
The senior Edison says his son never in
vented anything and never had any labora-
tories
Frank l.. Dyer. Mr.. Edison's attorney,
| said last night that after Everhart had got
young Edison into the company, regular
propaganda OF cure-all was issued
why" said Mr.. Dyer. they even ad-
| vertised a machine to make people think.
| They advertised a machine for registering
thoughts, and there was also gigantic
scheme for getting power from the force
of the tides and waves. Newton Ben
nngton is the big man In the thing, and
Edison was to get the magnificent sum of
$3.50 and per cent. dividend, II there were
any dividends on IS, 600 worth of stock"