The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-11

business in Cincinnati, O., where he ae-
CURED control Of the Ohio Phonograph
! Company at a time when that concern was
practically bankrupt. Subsequently he
opened stores in Chicago, indianapolis and
Dayton. operating them under the name
of the Edison P~honograph Company OF
Ohio. These stores he filled with the as
sets Of the Ohio Photograph Company and
then had a receiver appointed for that cor
poration and bought it in for $1,000.
This early attempt at legalized robbery
was made known to Mr.. Edison and the
latter. in concert with the principal Ohio
Investors. brought suit to set aside the
transaction and was entirely successful,
the courts pursuing Andem so sharply lie
was forced to make an assignment and
leave the State. The history OF this phase
of Andem's career is contained in the rec
ords OF the suit brought by Joshua w.
Dawson against him.
Prior to 1900 most of the photograph
concerns organized m the various States
became involved in financial difficulties.
The popular singing and vaudeville records
were still unborn and business men had
not become familiar with the convenience
OF phonograpn dictaticn. AS a result many
Of the companies forfeited their licenses or
franchises. In 1900. when Edison finally
perfected the photograph and began to
Q4ICt IIt ItCOIdS " lCdIu CNCiJE
where. Andem conceived the idea Of es-
curing contracts with these licensed com
panies, TO bring suits for the value of all
ihe new Photographs sold in their respec-
tive territories without regard TO the ac-
tivity or inactivity Of these companies as
going concerns. For such service AndeIn
was to have 50 per cent. of mis- recoveries.
One of the companies thus secured by
Andem was the New England Phono-
T-s-A
corporation. Suit was brought immedi-
ately in the Maine courts against Mr..
Edison. Mr.. Andem filing the bill by power
Of attorney granted him by vote of the
board of directors. In 1902 this suit was
discontinued by a resolution OF the board
of directors of the New England company.
ratified by the stockholders thereof, and
about the same. time Andem's contract
with the company to bring suits was re-
scinded, due notice thereof being served on
Andem in person. At this time also the
ckholde voted that the board of d.
rectors of the company execute a general
release to Mr.. Edison to all causes OF
action of whatsoever kind might exist
When this suit was discontinued the court
ordered that all costs of the litigation
should be paid by Andem.
In 1904, at the annual election of officers
of the View England Photograph Com
pany, held in Gardiner. Me, Andem APP
peared, as representative of about 4,Wo
shares, proxies for which he held. he
nominated a board of directors, among
them one bearing the name Holmquist,
supposed to be the Holmquist whose name
appears on the forged bill filed in the
federal courts here. Notwithstanding that
the existing management had nearly How
votes. as represented by shares of the
c~ompany's stock, Andem persisted i'll his
nomination, and when the vote was taken
l. 49,. tho Abr
tellers should pay no attention to votes
cast by shares, but hould recognize only a
single vote for each stakeholder present.
He had distributed his proxies among "A
number of friends, and believed a showing
Of hands would favor him. His plea was
ignored as trif1ing. Subsequently. Andem
acknowledged the legality of this election
by applying to the president and secretary
of the corporation and having transfers of
stock recorded.
Acknowledgement McCarter, who is gen.
counsel for Mr.. Edison, said today
that he was not surprised at the action
taken by the federal grand jury.
This indictment perhaps will have the
effect of putting an end to the unfair and
attacks on Mr.. Edison and
his business associates by Mr.. Andem,'
Mr.. McCarter. MIR. Edison has no
desire to avoid the attacks of responsible
or legitimate antagonists if any there be,
and has always been willing to meet Mr..
.ndem or nyon else In a fair settle
Of differences in the regular tri-
hlpale. but this resort to forgery by Mr..
Andem in, filing a bill with n false seal,
In Andem's Indictment for
TO secure the fling of a
1il alleging rights of action, to all of which |
releases have been given, appears
to be going beyond the realms of legiti-
mate ~litigations. In so far as Mr.. An
denis claims are concerned they are fully
in the suit now pending In the
of Chanct6y, and doubtless the
Grand Jury considered the resource to
means to further his attack on
Mi. Edison, fully warranted his indict-
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