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Fwrnlshsd BY President Roosevelt.
New York.-Gen. James r. O'Beirne.
for years more or less prominent In
Republican politics In this city. and
Who has held q number OF ofices
under the government, is given a.
president In the literature OF tho
Force OF Life Chemical Company. the
medical director of which, DR.. William
Wallace Hadley, and assistant medical
director, Mrs. Laura NJ. Wilson. were
ON Friday arrested by federal authors
ties and held In $500 bail each for
examination.
The Force Of Life Chemical Com
pany for the last three or four years
has maintained elaborate ofices In
this city. At present the company is
located at 1856 Broadway. 1t has done
an extensive mail business. An official
OF the company told the postal au'
thorities that the concern had not less
than 100000 patients.
The investigation leading to the ar
rest had covered IA period of almost
year, and has been managed Jointly
by the postoffice authorities. Assistant
United States District Attorney c. s.
Houghton. Champe s. Andrews and
counsel for the New York County Med
icai Society. The federal authorities
started on the trail of the Force OF
Life concern on the personal initia'
tive OF President Roosevelt.
The power to raise the dead claimed,
It is alleged. by Dr. Hadley. first chal-
lenged the attention of tine authorities
a year ago. when Postmaster General
Cortelyou received personal letter
from President Roosevelt. inclosing
one of the Force of Life circulars
which had been sent to the President
by woman In Springfield. Missouri.
In addition to President James X.
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:
Arthur II. Williams. treasurer. and
Frederick II. Wilson. secretary.
The directors are. besides the
above: Edwin o. Keeler William +,
Acton. e. Virgil Neal, X. r.. Bagley
and James +. Pierce.
Mr.. Pierce was formerly snperin-
tcndent OF insurance OF New York
state.
F. Virgil Neal. with DR.. Hadley and
Miss Wilson. II Is alleged. furnished
the real brains OF the concern.
Arthur II. Williams. treasurer and
director. is president OF the Bankers
Realty a. Security Company. n trustee
OF the Washington Savings bank and n
director of the Cooperative Building |
bank In this city. He lives In Mount |
Vernon.
Frederick II. Wilson is supcrintend. |
ent OF the United States Indian ware |
house In this city.
Mr.. Keeler Is said to be president OF
the Fairfield County National bank,
vice president of the South Norwalk
Trust Company and former lieutenant
governor OF the state OF Connecticut.
William r. Acton Is described as
,.resideat OF the Norwalk Securities
Corporation and late secretary and
treasurer and general manager OF the
Norwalk Street Railway Company OF
Connecticut. and X. T. Bagley as prcsi-
dent OF the Consolidated Hoof Pad
Company OF New York
The concern is Delaware corpora
tion. organized In 1902. Its capital
stock Is given as $i.000.000.
In the letter from the Springfield
woman 10 President Roosevelt there
was inciosed one OF the stock letters
from the Force of Life concern. II
started of as follows:
by hts mysterious control over dis
ease and death DR.. Wallace Hadiey.
the eminent taumaturglc ranopathist
OF this city. has made the human
heart beat again in the body OF
woman rescued from the grave. And
rs n result OF his successful expert
ment he makes the starting state
ment that no disease should cause
death. He claims to have discovered
the vital principle of life itself. the
dynamic force that creates and main.
tains existence. He seems to have ab.
'soiute control over human life and the
diseases that attack it,
Evidence upon which the com.
iplaints were based was secured
through correspondence with fictitious
patients.
chieaeo University Wants Roosevelt.