Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-14

master General Corteiyou received a
personal letter from President Roose-
welt enclosing one Of the Force Of Lhte
companys circulars which had been
sent to the president by a woman III
Springfield Mo.
MIR. Cortelyou at once communicated
with Postmaster Wilcox Of this city
who detailed inspectors to inVestisste
the methods of the concern
In addition to President O'Beirne, the
literature issued by the company and
the latest corporation direction, give
the following officers Of the Force oil
Life Chemical company
James a. Tedford, vice president
Arthur II. Williams, treasurer ana
Frederick IT, Wilson, secretary.
The directors are. besides the above:
Edwin Q. Keeler. William f. Action, r.
Virgin Neal r.. T. Badgley aud James
Il. Pierce.
Former Insurance Superintendent
MIR. Pierce was formerly superinten-
cent of insurance Of New York state.
n. Virgil Neal, with DR.. Hadley,
Williams and Mrs. Wilson 1t is alleged,
furnished the real brains of the con-
Cern.
Arthur II. Williams treasurer of the
company and one Of its directors, is
Security company. a trustee OF the
Washington Savings bank and a di-
rector of the Cooperative Building
bank i'm this city He lives i'm Mount
Vernon. Frederick II. Wilson is super
intendent Of the United states Indian
warehouse In this city. Mr.. Keeler is
said to be president Of the Fairfield
County National bank, vice president
of the South Norwalk Trust company
a.
state of Connecticut.
william r. Action Is described as
president of the Norwalk Securities cor
poration and late secretary and treas
urer and general manager OF the Nor
walk Street Railway company of Con-
necticut, and II. r. Badgley as presi-
dent of the Consolidated Hoof Pad
of New York.
The concern is a Delaware corpora
ton. organized i'm 1902 It's capital stock
is given as $1,OO0,0OO.
In letter from a Springfield woman
to President Roosevelt there was in
Force of Life concern. 1t started off
as follows:
"Rescued From the Grave"
by his mysterious control over dis
ease and death DR.. Wallace Hadley,
the eminent thaumaturgic panopath thist
of this city, has made the human heart
beat again in the body of a woman
rescued from the grave. And as a re-
suit 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
,IN
human life and the diseases that at
tack it,
Evidence upon which the complaints
were based was secured through cor
of fictitious patients. one
Of these. Lucille Hoffman," wrote that
she was Il young girl of %, and fol-
lowed this up with some information
Of an intimate nature. Several letters
that followed were printed circulars
staple advice, received also,
ii is alleged. by number of other
fictitious patients who had written,
giving other ailments,
Complaining that she had not inn
proved, Lucille Hoffman" was asked
TO send a sample Of her blood for
analysis. The correspondent obtained
;ome blood from a horse which he put
nto q bottle and forwarded. A couple
of days later he got a letter which
declared that the analysis pointed to
conditions which the recipient
said made him sorry for the horse.
Among the most interesting docu-
nents that have fallen into the hands
IF the investigators is an alleged per-
sonal letter from DR.. Hadley to a
patient containing these sentences:
Il cure disease. I combat any and all
1 make hopeless invalids
veil. 1 unclasp the remorseless fingers
II death. / stop the rush with which
Father Time hurries you to the grave"
The following statement is made in a
ircular headed DR. Wallace Hadley's
PERSONAL message:
DO not be skeptical. Have conf
lence in me. Be sure, as l am, that
can cure disease.
"Come ye who are heavy laden and
will give you rest
"Reverently I repeat the words, and
acredly will l fulfill the trust put in
ne by the Great Healer. l can say no
nore.''
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