The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-03-01
NEW YORK PLANS FOR
 UNIQUE TRAFFIC SYSTEM

aocompanying their bid was check for t1e6,000, or two per cent of the bid
 demanded. The check was guaranteed by certain loan and guarantee conn
 pany of which one of the brothers was president.
 eve didn't know how we could actually raise 310." one of them is quoted as saying at the time But even while making the bid they were ar ranging for the disposal Of any bonds allotted to them. and this disposal was
 made at an advance netting them s125,0e0 clear profit Had the disposal not been made they would have had no | loss. since the check would simply have proven worthless and the bonds would have been allotted to some other bid- der
 Having sold them at an advance. ! however it was an easy matter to get
 money from the purchaser to cover the l s168.0oo check.
 Thus in a manner almost laughable l in it's simplicity two men with total outlay of perhaps three cents cleared up s12s.000. incidentally showing | Father Enickerbocker that there fs a well developed financial acumen out
 side his own domain.
 New York is the home of queer oc- equations all calculated to make money V l has there been a more original means of livelihood than that of financing | iinpecunious foreign noblemen with
 titles in their search for wealthy | American brides.
 That such an occupation does exist | however. was brought to light this week by the institution of legal pro- ceedings looking to the recovery of the | stipulated sum from certain noble
 man to whom money had been advanced | but who after capturing bride with | millions refused to repay his packers. l Recent alliances between American I millions and foreign titled poverty have brought this matter into the lime | light to such an extent that repre- sentative in this state Is even draught- | ing a bill to impose an extremely heavy
 tax on all fortunes married out of this country.
 Coming on top of this bill the revela- l tions showing that at least one genius I has gamhled on the success of needy nobleman In winning wealthy brides
 hefe has caused more than little feel- I ing.
 l Generally 1t was taken about siO.0OO I for each foreigners expenses. and the | philanthropic person putting up the | sum received in return. not only the | original loan but if the suttor was 1 successful a certain percentage of the fortune which he narr1ed. As the per- son who advanced the money was ex- l tremely careful of his risks. selecting them only after investigation, all went
 merriiy until at last an ungrateful foreigner conveniently forgot" his
 obligations. although the money ad-
 vanced had enabled him to maintain
 hts station in such manner as to win
 . wealthy bride.
 As a result of his forgetfulness the
 matter has been made public and in-
 teresting developments may be expect
 ed concerning the manner In which cer-
 tain international marriages have been
 made possible.
 For one day this week New York.
 for the first time in the memory of the
 oldest inhabitant, was without a head
 to it's government; that Is without a Mayor. Not only was Mayor McCleI- Ian out of the city bart also every other
 official authorized to fill his office in case of emergency
 The law curiousEy enough provides
 for succession of only three officers
 and with these all absent, no means. however, pressing kshe need, could fur nish successor who could legally fill the office of Mayor. Tn spite of the
 fact however that it had no head to
 its government the city survived with
 out accident.
 Probably not one hundred persons
 knew of the situation until 1t was past. Longacre.