The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-01-13

company and the latest corporation di-
rectory give the following officers OF the
Force of Life Chemical company:
James A. Tedford. vice president; Ar
thur III. Williams, tre,Sjurer, and Freder-
lex IL. Wilson, secretary.
The directors are, besides the above:
Edwin O. Keeler. William f. Acton. f.
Virgil Neal r. T. Hadley and James f.
Pierce.
MIR. Pierce was formerly superin,end-
ent of insurance of New York state.
T.. Virgil Neal, with DR.. Hadley. VIII
liams and Mrs Wilson. il is alleged fur
nished the real brains OF the conce.l.
Arthur IL Williams. treasurer OF the
concern and one of the directors, is presi-
dent of the Bankers Realty and Sc
ington Savings bank and director OF the
Cooperative Building bank I'm this city.
He lives In Mount Vernon.
Frederick r. Wilson is superintendent
of the United States Indian warehouse
I'm this city.
Mr., Keeler is said to be president Of the
president OF the Southern Norwalk Trust
company and ex-lieutenant governor of
the state OF Connecticut
William #. Acton is described as presi-
dentof the Norwalk Securities corpora
tion and late secretary-treasurer and gen
eral manager of the Norwalk Street Rail-
way company OF Connecticut, and r. T..
Badgley as president OF the Consolidated
Hoof-Pad company OF New York.
The concern is a Delaware corporation
organized i'm 1902 Its capital stock is
In the letter from the Springfield woman
to President Roosevelt, there was en-
closed one OF the stock letters from the
Force of Life concern. 1t started off as
follows:
HIS MYSTERIOUS POWER.
"By his mysterious control over disease
and death. Or. Wallace Hadley, the emil
nent thaumaturgic panopathist of this
city: has made the human heart beat
again I'm the body OF woman rescued
from the grave And as a result OF his
successful experiments, he makes the
startling statement that no disease could
cause death. He claims to have dis
covered the vital principle OF life itself
the dynamic force that creates and main
tains existence. He seems TO have abso-
lmte control over human life and the
disease that attacks It,"
Evidence upon which the complaints
were based was secured through CORE
spondence of fictitious patients. One Of
these, Lucille Hoffman," wrote that she
was n young girl of %. and followed this
up with some information OF an intimate
nature.
Several letters that followed were prlut-
cd circulars, containing staple advice,
received also, II IL alleged by number
OF other fictitious patients who had
written, giving other ailments
SORRY FOR THE HORSE.
Complaining that she had not improved
Lucille Hoffman" was asked 10 send
a sample OF her blood for analysis. whe
correspondent obtained some blood from
horse. which he put into n bottle and
forwarded. couple OF days later he
got letter which declared that the
analysts pointed to physical conditions
which the recipient said made him sorry
for the horse
Among the most interesting documents
that have fallen into the hands OF the
investigators Is an alleged personal let
ter from Dr. Hadley TO a patient con-
tanning these sentences:
Il cure disease. / combat any and all
maladlos. / make hopeless invalids we'll
Iunclasp the remorseless fingers OF death .
] stop the rush with what Father Time
hurries you 20 the grave"
Or Wallace Hadley's personal mes
sage"
do not be skeptlcal. Have confidence
in me. BE sure. as l am, that / can
cure disease
Come. ye who are heavily laden and
/ Will give YOU rest
"ReVerenty / repeat the words, and
sacredly will | fulhl the trust put I'm
me by the Great Healer. can say no
more"