The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-08-29
LOOK WHO'S HERE
I, LAWSON ENTERS
THE ARENA AGAIN !.
And Says a illuminated
Beauty Has Been Used as
Tool Of Standard Oil to Ru.
In Our Senators.
STOCK MARKET ALSO )
Affected By WOMAN
Then the Remarkable Great
ure Has Played Interna-
tionaI politics and Has Pau
perized Rich Men.

NAmertc0n Ncws seTVlCc,)
Boston. Aug. "a ravishing titan
haired beauty-"The most remarkable
woman In Amcrica"-used as tool by
the Standard OIL company. has wreck.
ed millionaires. upset the stock mar.
ket, made United States senators. and
played leading part IN international
politics. according to Thomas w. Law
son.
MIR. Lawson revealed the alleged
story OF this remarkable woman today
In commenting on the charge made In
New York by Mrs. Lillian Hobart
French that IF. Augustus Heinxe's
secrets were betrayed to 20 Wall
street by woman whose blandish-
ments won them from him.. The WON
IN according to Mr.. Lawson. has play
cd q leading role In more than one OF
the financial crises and her career has
been more remarkable than that of
many OF the heroines of history who
figure In the games Of diplomats.
Che Crushed Asinze.
ri am astounded that her person.
atty has never before been brought
into print. he says.
"She not only crushed Heinze." says
Mr.. Lawson, but another rival fully
% powerful and delivered him over
to Standard Oil with all his carefully
planned secrets so that 1t was childs
play To outwit him. She made Unit.
cd States senator. Just how and
whore I don't care to say but It was
one OF the most notable things she
was able to do. The senator was OF
the Standard OIL making and naturally
was an aid to the trust.
Again. In an international compli.
cation involving the sale Of foreign
owned territory to the United States
In which large profit was involved
aud In which an international scandal
had been started which threatened to
involve n number of Y. 8. senator's,
this woman's remarkable ability. some
might call II. Establishments, smoothed
the troubled waters.
Was . Moving Spirit.
Time after time she has been the
moving spirit beneath many Stand.
nrd OIL coup and only those who had
babbled their stories to her knew how
the magnates ut 20 Broadway were
able To circumvent their carefully laid
plans.
II have not heard anything about
this woman for some time. do not
know where she Is now or anything
about he-. In fact do not know her
myself, hut ] know enough about her
to have caused me many times to won.
der how she possibly evaded the lime
light Of print 80 long. ! am no friend
Of the Standard OIL company but
don't caro- to tell what her name Is
or much about her.
This woman has been power for
standard Oil. She has been able 10
land men who were enemies of the
trust when It seemed az though money
and prominence could do nothing; to
Induce them TO give over warrin.,
against IS Broadway. And through II
al she has kept out Of the public press
IN . remarkable manner.
II don't know this Mrs. Lillian
Hobart French. I never heard Of her
before the sudden developments OF the
last few days and all that know
about her I have read In the newspa
pers. But as far as the events OF the
copper war between Heinze and the
Standard OIL people go she certainly
has been right In all that she has said
Remembers Conference.
II remember the conference Mrs
French tells about between Heinze
Rogers. myself and others at the Wa.
dorf Astoria. II was IN 1902. before
] had broken with the system. Heinzs
vas holding up the whole copper sit
uAtion and was doing great deal o.
damage. He controlled the whole
state OF Montana They had pecu
liar mining law. A man could claim
Q vein wherever II apexed. Heinxs
owned 4 section Of mining propert,
adjoining the Amalganaated mines
finder this law M the vein apex wa,
on his property he claimed all thi!
valuable copper mine property and be
gan extensive litigation to secure IL
He even secured an overnight In
junction to take control Of the Anna.
gamated property. This situation
forced ms to make terms with him."