The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-06-24
SECRET PLANS FOR BIG
WIRELESS MERGER EXPOSED
GIeat Bubble Burst By Arrest
Of President and Vice
President
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New York June 24.-The secret
plans OF an Aladdin and the Lamp
scheme to form 500. .00O,0oO wirless
trust in which Elmer T. Burlingame
was to be king was learned today.
Facts were also obtained concerning
the geyser-like career of Mr.. Burlin-
game from the time he was a report
er on an upstate newspaper to the
stage that be was handling the stocks
of chain of companies with total
OF $75,000,000 capitalization
The wireless trust was to be known
as the Universal Wireless company
1t was to take over the following coz
porations.
The United States Wireless Tele-
graph company, $40, 100000 capitaliz-
alton; the North American Wireless
Telegraph company, $10,0OO,0O0 cap
italizati0n; the Continental Wireless
Telegraph and, Telephone company,
capitalization $1,000, 900; the Ameri-
can Maroon company, capitalization
$6,650,ouo.
This great bubble was burst by the
arrest Of Christopher G. Wilson, pres
ideflt, and Samutl S. Boart, vice pres
ident, and Samuel s. Boart, vice pres.
Wii1i4m Tompkins, former president
Of the now defunct New York selling
agency Of the United Wireless stock
His Methods Shown Up.
Since the exposure of Mr.. Burlin'
game'ssl0,o00 600 group of wireless
telephone companies and his $4,000,
600 Sun Electric Generator Co, which
b0asted of an invention to transform
solar heat into unlimited light and
Fower, q number OF men have come
forward with information concerning
the remarkable promotion methods OF
this man. j.
Today William A. Patten former
enpl0ye OF Burllngame, stated thai
the storage batteries of the Sun Elec
trio Generator company's plant In
Maiden Lane were charged from the
current OF the Edison company. Hun
dreds Of investors in Sun Electric
stock have been told that the machine
on the roof of the company's labora
tory furnished the power used in tn,
demonstration.
It was learned today that a promi
nent actor, who at one time starred
with Ada Rehan purchased ST 90
Of BuIlingames wireless Telephone
stock. He placed his case in th'
hands Of an attorney. Another inve
tor Is said to be an assistant secre
tary Of the navy.
Was Formerly a Newspaper Man.
According to Mr.. Patten's figuring
1t would take at least 10000 squar'
feet OF plugs, numbering 1s60000'
plugs TO attract enough heat from tn
sun to light five tungsten incandes
cent lamps OF sixteen candle power
The company claims to be able to d.
this with forty eight square feet Q
antimony and zinc plugs which 1t ha
on the roof of 120 Maiden Lane. Th
cost Of lighting these five lamps, az
cording 10 Mr.. Pattens estimate woui
be $25.242.33.
To understand how Il. +. Burllr
game believed himself able to floa
d $50,000,001 wireless trust ii is nee
essary to follow his career sine
1887, when he left the Elmira Telt
gram where besides reporting he ha
charge of a chess column and jus
emile page. After quitting newspape
work he was next heard from in 1S9
in the Granite State Proyident asst
ciation, a building and loan compan
OF New Hampshire. He had the pos
ition of secretary with q salary 0
$4,000 a year. The company land
ed In the hands of a receiver TIL
collapse OF the company Temporal
checked Burling game's rse- af1i
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