The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-14

ana Inluk. W Uncut I0lS subtle eS-
sence in your system death would oc-
cur before you could read three of
these lines. With it in sufficient guam
tity you can combat any disease. To
discover and make the vital principle
OF life has been the dream Of the
chemist and the goal OF the medical
professor of all ages"
For a whole year since this an
nouncement was sent broadcast
through the mails as a preamble to a
pamphlet issued by the Force Of Life
Chemical company, in which extra
ordinary virtues were claimed for it's
preparat.s d. the United States au-
thorities AMI the New York County
Medical society have been examining
complaints against the company in an
effort to secure evidence enough to
make arrests.
Power to Raise the Dead.
The power to raise the dead, claimed,
it is alleged, by DR.. Hadley, first chal-
lenged the attention Of the authorities
a little less than year ago, when
Postmaster General Cortelyou received
a personal letter from President Roose-
welt inelosing one Of the Force of Life
company's circulars, which had been
sent TO the president by a woman in
Springfield Mo.
Mr.. Cortelyou at once communicated
with Postmaster Wilcox of this city,
who detailed inspectors to investigate
the methods of the concern
In addition to President James r.
O'Beirne, the literature issued by the
company and the latest Corporation
Directory, give the following officers of
the Force of Life Chemical company:
James A. Tedford, vice president; Ar
thur H. Williams, treasurer, and Fred
erick H. Wilson, secretary.
The dire ctors are, besides the above:
Edwin o. Keller, William F. Acton, E.
Virgil Neal, Fl. T. Badgley and James
F. Pierce. Mr.. Pierce was formerly su-
perintendent of insurance of New York
state. e. Virgil Neal, with DR.. HadIey,
Williams, and Mrs. Wilson, it is al
legged, furnished the real brains of the
concern.
Names Look Good.
Arthur H williams, treasurer of the
company and one Of its directors, is
president of the Bankers Realty & Sc
curity company, a trustee of the Wash
ington Savings bank and a director of
the Cooperative Guiding bank in this
city. He lives in Mount Vernon. Fred
ertck H. Wilson is superintendent of
the United States Indian warehouse in
this city Mr.. Keller is said to be pres
ident of the Fairfield National bank,
vice president Of the South Norwalk
Trust company and former lieutenant
governor of the state of Connecticut.
William F Acton is described as
president Of the Norwalk Security cor
poration and late secre airy and treas
urer and general manager Of the Nor
walk Street Railway company Of Con-
necticut, and r. T. Badgley is president
Of the Consoli dated Hoof Pad company
Of New York
The concern is a Delaware corpora
ton, organized in 1902. It's capital is
given as 81 600 000
In the letter from the Springfield wo-
men to President Roosevelt there was
tnclosed one Of the stock letters from
the Force Of Life concern. It started
off s follows:
BY his mysterious control over dis
ease and DEATH DIR. Wallace Hadiey
The eminent thaumaturgic panophist of
IN city, has made the human heart
heat again in the body of a woman res
cued from the grave. And as a result
Of his successful experiment he makes
The startling statement that no disease
should cause death. He claims to have
discovered the vital principle of life
itself. the dynamic force that creates
and maintains existence He seems n
have absolute control over human life
and the diseases that attack it,
Samples of Advice.
Evidence upon which the compIeints
were based was secured through cor
respondence Of fictitious patients One
OF these, Lucille Hoffman" wrote that
she was a young girl of p, and followed
this UP with some information Of an in
Innate nature Several letter that fol-
lowed We're printed circulars containing
staple advice, received also, it is al
legged, by a number Of other fictitious
patients who had written, giving other
ailments.
Complaining that she had not i'm
proved, Lucille Hoffman" was asked
to send sample Of her blood for an
aIysis. The correspondent obtained
some blood from a horse which he put
into a bottle and forwarded. A couple |
or days later he got a letter which de-
ciared that the analysis pointed to ply
s1cal conditions which the recipient
said made him sorry for the horse.
among the most interesting docu-
mentS that have fallen into the hands |
Of the investigators is an alleged per-
sonal letter from DR.. HaGiey to 6. pa
tient containing these sentences:
I cure disease. I combat any and
all maladies 1 make hopeless invalids
well. I unclasp the renorseless fingers
OF death. I stop the rush with which
Father Time hurries you to the grave. -
The following statement is made in q
circular headed, Or. Wallace HadIey's |
Personal MESSAGE"
do not be skeptical. Have confidence
in me. Be sure. as I am, that I can
cure d sease.
Come We who are heavy laden and |
I will give you rest
'Reverently I repeat the words. and
sacredly will I fulfill the trust put in |
me by the Great Healer. I can say no
more
TENTH WEST HOTEL VICTIM