Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-01-16

Ripples on the Current of Life In the
Metropolis.

schemers. who had things ceverly fixed for
annexng the money of credulous people.
The scheme OF the schemers was the most
daring and amazing yet developed by swind-
lers. II IL nothing less than the sale of
a mysterious compound which the schemers
asserted had the power of raising the
dead. Victims were readily found but the
success OF the compound far is known
was limited to raising the wind for
the compounders. A quiet campaign con-
Quoted by postof1ce inspectors under Presl-
dent Roosevelts order has resulted in the
arrest of Dr. william w. Hsdley and Mrs.
Laura Wilson. These parties are the medi-
cal directors OF New York concern known
as the Force OF Life and Chemical company.
Charged with conspiracy to defraud through
using the mails the two promoters were
held under $500 bail for examination Jan
uary 20.
"In the glare of the midnight light" one
OF the advertisements of the company reads,
| bending over the cruclble and retorts, DIR.
William Wallace Hadley cried triumphantly,
| I have it At last he had succeeded in
making a rare chemical combination Of con-
centrated extracts which might truly be
called liquid life There it was. glimmer-
| ing in its sheen of ruby red while the retort
itself seemed to culver and vibrate as II in
the effort of restraining the tremendous
dynamic force II held.
There was lecithin, the force of life. the
| power that makes man live and think.
| Without this subtle essence In your system
death would occur before you could read
! three of these lines. With 1t in SUFFICIENT
! quantity you can combat any disease. To
| discover and make the vital principle of life
has been the dream of the chemist and
| no nf he ma
| ages"
! General James r. O'Beirne for years more
or less prominent in republican politics in
New York City and who has held a number
| of Offices under the United States govern
ment. is given as president in the literature
of the Force and Life company. General
| o Beirne has been a special agent Of the
treasury department. assistant cornmis-
sioner of immigration in the port of New
York and a commissioner of charities in
New York City.
The invariable retort of the police when
they have been charged with making ar
rests or forcible entry upon premises with
out warrant OF law has been: What are
we going to do? How are we to get evil
dence TO suppress disorder II we wait Tor
| the warrant of a court?"
swer which is plain enough and simple
| enough to be understood even by a law
breaking policeman: do nothing. Not
/ even a murderer can be arrested and i'm
prisoned without evidence" A delicates-
| sen shopkeeper had been indicted for hit
ting a policeman with an iron bar The
| cop had asked him to show permit
for keeping a showcase outside his place of
business. The man did not answer and
walked into his shop. The policeman fol-
lowed and tried to place him under arrest.
The assault and indictment followed. In
dischargng the prisoner the Recorder re-
marked: "A police officer, under our laws,
has no arbitrary right vested in him to ar
rest a citizen, though the citizen may act
in a way that the policeman thinks is not
courteous The defendant had a right to
be in his store and the policeman had no
right whatever to follow him into the
store. The arrest was wholly unjustihable
and the defendant was justified in having
recourse to such force as he deemed neces-
sary to resist an unlawful arrest"
| Young Mrs. Willie X. Vanderbilt is a pio-
neer In the movement to desert Fifth ave-
nue.. She has begun to occupy residence
at 331 West End avenue, which was be-
queathed to her by her brother, Charles
Fair. For fifty years It has been tradition
that to be In New York's most exclusive
set one must live within stones throw of
Mrs. William Astors mansion, at Sixty
fifth street and Fifth avenue.
About her within ten blocks north and
south. live the members of the exclusive
set. VIII they desert her in her old age?
II they follow Mrs. Willie X. 1t means the
fan from supremacy of the Astors and the
ascendency of the Vanderbilts as the social
arbiters OF New York.
incidentally, IL the westward movement
leads to the complete evacuation of Fifth
avenue an absolute revolution of the social
center OF New York will take place. bring
ing ruin to the business houses on the ave-
nue..
The social section of New York lies be-
tween Eighteenth and one Hundred and
Fifty-seventh streets, on Fifth avenue and
the adjacent streets. In it are $3.50 fami-
lies. The center OF the social district
changes every ten years. according to Louis
Keller president of the Social Register
association. and 1t changes ten blocks at a
/, time.
II IL advances ten blocks every year, as IL
has been doing since 1920 in a few years
, New York's society. when at home would
be in Westchester county.
The enormous value of New York City
and the amount OF money which is handled
each year lie shown somewhat In the
/ statement made by the commissioners OF
taxes and assessment to the amount Of
, real estate tax valuation for this year on
, real and personal property.
| The increase of value breaks all records
and holds out promise to taxpayers that