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New-York tribune., 1910-11-22
Prisoners Entirely A. Ease.

When they reached the Federal Build
:r- the men were turned over 70 Mar
EtaI FaukeL vho TOOK them before
United States Commisssou ouer Shields for
srraien T1eut. one Of the brothers wore
a. elegant fur Iined orercoat. and both
~-ere dressed uartilv and appeared en-
7L~e1E ~ esse- Tobev Is . somewhat
older nar- ard is stout and has iron
gay hair He wore : ca-1ation II his
1rutonhole and appeared as i the mat
Ter dt6 not interest him 20 any great
extent Mark " Norman. Of wilber
Norman Z Kahn. Nc 2a9 Broadway,
appeared as their attorney. and pro-
tested when Assistant United States At
+orne- Do-r asked for $4,000 hail for
each p-isone- gr Norman asked for
Some dels, IS he wished n get other
counsei- and Comnalssione- Shields put
7h- matter over until : O'Clock
Moses 4 Grossman appeared a. thar
tour ana argued thst these men had
never been accused before. much less
convicted. and that the amount OF bail
asked waz excessive. Re pleaded 70
lsve The bau fxed Al g 0G0 Nj Dorr
fTsllv came down TO S10o0o. but MI
yGrossraa wanted me lowest figure. Re
offered ~ last 10 compromise at the
sum ~ S7..sn for TWO and 5000 OF even
81 $50 for thu rhirc, or s. 0o9 each
-Couw sssioner Shields pis ced the amount
a. $4,000 each. and the three an
Bo-ucec Jhat they could not furnish II
They we're removed 10 Marshal Benkers
Office and after half al hours wait were
faken in the custody Of deputy marshaIs
New-York tribune., 1910-11-22
Ornate Wireless Circular.

The Continental Wireless Telegraph
and Telephone Company is corporation
Incorporated in Arizona, III October. 1909.
but 1t has been doing active business
only since Nav of this year. At that date
a highly ornate and profuseiy ilIustrat 81
eighty-page circular announced that 1t
had arranged for the control OF the COL
Inns Wireless Telephone Company, capt
tal 81 oo0 Geo: the Clark Wireless Tele-
graph Telephone Company. capital s.
100000, the Pacific Wireless Teiegra ph
Company. S10.000OO0. and the A1assie
Wireless Telegraph Company, $500 900
The avowed object Of the new concern
was To give investors an opportunity TO
be associated with a business Of great
earning capacity capitalized on a con
servative basis.
OF its subsidiary companies the Collins
controlled by A Frederick Collins. tn.
inventor. with offices at Nos. 81 and "a
Clinton street, Newark, y J.. the Clark
Company. by Thomas 2 Clark. elec-
trical engineer. with d factory az De
troit; the Pacific was formerly located
al Los Angeles. the Massie was organ
lied by Walter W. Massie, of Provi-
dence, and had some business with the
Fall River Line boats. while the Clark
Company had some boats and stations
on the Great Lakes. bur the Pacifi..
while II hao stations. had no business.
The Continental has nad pole I'D at
jerome avenue and roth street, in The
Pronz. and the telephone directory gives
az address az that point as a sta ton.
but no one ever heard Of any business
diane
New-York tribune., 1910-11-22

81. Louis, Omaha. Denver. Salt Lake
city and Reno, the company proposed
TO establish a transcontinental service
The Collins company sent ont agents
70 give demonstrations. and got such an
eminent man as William J. Bryan pho
tographed with the apparatus TO his ear
Many of the testimonials published by
the company have been repudiated.
Iona List of Directors.
The officers of the Continental were
the following. T. T. Davis, president
Charles L. Vaughan, vice-president and
treasurer: Walter ". Massie vice-presi-
dent and director of TTle operating de-
psrtulent: G B. Walter. secretary;
Thomas E Clark. general manager: A
Frederick Collins. technical director and
consulting engineer. and Samuel D.
Bradford, director Of Pacific Coast sta
tious-
Other directors were Frank Ford
banker. OF Detroit; y. A. Hawkins, bust
ness mana ger. Ford Motor Company. OF
Detroit; A G. Jessup, Steel and Iron,
OF New York. A. j. Lauer. secretary In
dependent Brewing Company, Of Albany
Frederick H Schoernaker. Seattle; Cen
eraI Joseph L. Stoppelhein. Atlanta; Max
Loewenthal, electrical engineer. New
York; Henry ". Lee, publisher, Chicago;
Sylvester Sullivan, New York; George
NJ. Davis. Wilmington. Del; Isaac Cans,
washington. and Judge Edwin r. Cocn-
ran. IT.. Wilmington, Del. The capital
vas put at S5.oeo. 900. with shares at 81
each.
Charles L Vaughan. an assistant
treasurer CT the Collins Wireless Tele-
phone Company offered stockholders TO
exchange every dollars worth of their
stock in that company for one share OF
Continental stock. Those who accepted
did not receive the stock but only a GER
tificate emitting them to the stock two
years later. as was done in the case of
the United Wireless. In the meantime
the stock was in the hands of two trus-
tees
This served the purpose Of appeasing
the Collins investors, who were restive
about the promised dividends as the
stock advanced from 81 to $40 a share,
though no dividends were paid. and it
also tied up their stock and allowed the
Continental a clear field to dispose OF
shares among the public. Since May the
Continental Company has sold 10000
shares at prices from 81 to S1.25.
on April %, 1910. there was incorpo-
rated IN this state the Columbia Finance
Company, with a capital of $4,000.
Charles L Vaughan. the treasurer, was
New-York tribune., 1910-11-22

the latest victims of the government
crusade of which they were among the
first The bucketshop raids were the
work OF George Scarborough and MS
newly organized Bureau of Special
Agents. or the Department of Justice
while the arrests Yesterday were the
work of the postoffice inspectors.
The nature Of the business done by the
Burr Brothers has long been matter
of common notoriety. and in the last
three or four years many articles have
been published plainly designating as
fraudulent one or another of their many
promotions. not all of which they have
put out over their own names One Of
their methods in attracting the limo
cents was the old scheme of attacking
the banks. Thus ir the r,r1spect1s of
d1e Montezuma Extension Gold Mining
company, now defunct. 1t was said:
Who ever heard of any one making
fortune by depositing his money IN the
savings bank at ; or 4 per cent? The
bankS make fortunes by investing this
money. They take the chances you are
affald 10 take with your money. They
take large interest and you receive 3 or
4 per cent. You feel IL is safe. How
many hundred banks fail? Banks have
fine buildings. Banks pay large sal
aries. Banks paw dividends to stock
holders. and all by investing your money.
Be your own banker. Don't stay in the
same old rut You will find that you
can safely invest your savings through
us"
New-York tribune., 1910-11-22
Brother At 6 Healer's Place.

As ktncaid and Mcmillan were going
rUt, Eugene Burr suddenly said. You
VIII lnd him al Mrs. Farusworth's Chris
zian Science of1ce, IN the Mohawk Build
frg ID 10 this time nobody knew
mat the men were officers sent 10 arrest
The principals Of rhe company. but
thought them prospective customers.
Hincaid and Mcmillan went 70 Mrs
FsrnsworTh's Office at No. I6G TIft,
avenue ana asked for Nj Burr They
were NET by Mrs Farusworth herself.
and she led them into a room where the
officers quarry was bUsiIy engaged
read1nz work or Christian Science, and
Il was evident that he had been reeeiv-
~1uE instruction o. treatment from the
practitioner % the cult
AErs. Farusworth stated later that in
The last six months she had treated Mr.
Burr for slight lis. such as -hea daches
saoa- hair a dozen times IN all. She
knew nothing Of his business. she said.
except that he was a broker Burr be
Ife~ed that the treatments were helping
him. she said. but was not. so far as
she kuer-. a member of any Christian
Ssaenoe church
. when informed that hc was under
rrAs- BurI expressed surprise i Ia ve
tenemtes II many parts of the country. -
hcEaid. and they have been working a
long time 70 get me into trouble
Mrs- Fa-rsworth also V-ss shocked al
Tire occurrence. and expressed the view
rhat terrible mistake must have been
made somewhere
when The two officers returned To the
Burr Brothers office the other mem hers
% The rouuary were informed that tlley
we're under arrest. and The employees
were told to - ro the Federal Building
- appear IS Witnesses There vas d.
stampede oI customers for the door.
while CONSERVATION Eeignad among T1e
rsen and women employees There were
more than twenty -0uDE women en-
p5oyed In tho place. and 3 couple Of
them grew hvstericaL thinking they
~ould he locked uq- The dozen men
cierks took things more ooouy, but all
we're ordered out OF The Offices an6 down
T. tne Federal Building
New-York tribune., 1910-11-22

Kalamazoo. Mich. Nov &c. Il TooeE.
formerly connected with Burr Brothers OF
New York. whose offices were raided TO
day. stated tonight that he had not been
connected with the company for more than
six months. Tobey is at present residing
an a farm near BIoomingdale, Mich.
known as the Eusnere farm He declares
the property is owned by him and never
was owned by Burr Brothers
when they say that the company mas
xol5 stocks and bonds amounting to nearly
go 600 coo they are wrong. That Is much
too large he said.
New-York tribune., 1910-11-22

San Francisco. Nov 1.-several com
plants against the local offices Of Burr
Brothers were made some time ago 70
Chief Postal Inspector Hall, Of the Cali
fornia division. but before any investiga-
ton could be made. c. H Tobey. manager
of the San Francisco branch, removed the
office 10 New York.
Subsequently, Postal Inspector Booth, OF
New York, began an investigation OF the
companies which the Burr Brothers were
promoting The investigation was con
cerned chiefly with oil companies. The Fe-
suIts were embodied in d report which
Booth submitted TO the Postmaster General
two weeks ago.
Inspector Hall decided to-day that Toney
had not attempted to sell any stock here,
and from his investigation he was satlshed
that virtually all the stock was disposed OF
in the East.
New-York tribune., 1910-11-22

through 4f7e erossest Of nlisrerreselfs-
lions. were stealing from the peopie
millions of dollars annually, Ihese
fraudulent operations have not oniy
sviu6lad thousands Of innocent H.
ves-ors. but have created = lack OF COZ
-5deoce IN legitimate business enter
V-fses. 1t Is therefore as important 70
IRE business community 10 have 1iisSS
frauds stopped as II IL 70 the Peopie
xz,ose losses ere directly traceaoie 70
1hsm.
Fraud o-de-s Ineffective
Formerly the procedure in sJlcn ITe- ia
cases vss entirely different II was 1iie
n-sc-ics 70 issue q fraud order asaliiS1
me -r,ft-v concern. This method proved
>. ha ineffective. while II deprived 0fle
attending concern OF the use OF the
,,,s;7e II was simple matter for lis pro-
meters n -eorsanize under new name
ana thus evade 1he Law In the depart
-77av7-'s present crusade the practice mas
taeu 70 proceed Immediately 10 the ar
res nf the principals II the TrauouieIll
enteru-lse- the object being TO secure the
17ronlrc conviction and imprisonment OF
the men who organize and promote these
schemes 10 defraud-
The results already accomplished oy
the department represent only the begin
ming. The work Of investigation and
prosecution viii proceed with al pos
sft7a x7Eo- urtiI the swindliug OF the
people through the use OF the mails Is
brought TO AT end-'
Pasco4zice Inspectors Elmer kincaid,
= II Reeidy ana = z Booth led the
raid UPON the premises Of Burr Brothers
William ). Flvun. Second Deputy Police
Commissioner. who is working il con-
junction with the federal authorities,
seu1 n their support three detective
Iieurenauts, NcMiIIan- J II. Flood and
MURPHY
When thev reached the Burr Brothers
luxurious suite they found little army
o clerks and sfenographers al work.
-hile number Of customers. mostly
women. were being served Frank q
Tobey and Eugene h Burr we're in the
Office. Kincaid asked where Shelton c.
BIT-~ and tna other members Of the COM
pauy. L WESLEY Preston and 9 H.
Tobev. were The TWO last named. he
vas told were II Portland, Ore, and
Bloom1ngdale, Mich, respectively. SheI-
Ton Burr. however. according 10 his
brother. was IL the barber shop down
stairs
The Detroit times., 1910-11-17
CHILDREN TELL OF FATHERS
SCHEME TO BLACKMAII
CONTINUED From Page oneO

washing and sewing. Dubois contrib
uted $3.50 per week. They made up
and lived together for a short time OH
I.awton-ave., but Dubois returned
again to his Office, and Mrs. Dubois
continued the washing.
The climax in Mr.. Frazers exam
ination came when he questioned Du-
bois about an alleged scheme TO black
mail.
Did you in the Lawton-ave. house
try TO induce your wife TO help you
blackmail John j. McLeod?'
No" the witness fairly screamed,
springing TO his feet excitedly.
His voice attracted spectators from
all over the building who came in
running to see what the row was
about.
Didn't you make such a suggestion
to your wife,
No" he again shouted angrily, and
Judge Murphy cautioned him TO be
more calm.
Didn't you urge your daughter Ida
TO say she knew her mother and Nc
Leod had been too friendly"
NO"
Didn't you tell Ida to come to the
office. that YOU had stove for her,
and when she came, didn't YOU urge
her to say Mcleod and her mother
were friendly? And didn't you tell
her you could both make money n
she would 81 swear"
No
Didn't you choke her when she re.
fused?"
No"
lis your wife a bad woman
No" the witness screamed again.
is she truthful?"
NO she's a liar
How about your daughter Ida?
she Is liar. too
And your son. Earl?'
Hes truthful"
Didn't YOU throw Earl down and
beat him because lie wouldn't agree
10 your proposition to swear against
his mother"
II didn't beat him, | held him dow n.
lie wouldn't tell the truth about Me-
Ieod
DO YOU ever tell fortunes
"Oh, I'm no fortune-teller.
DO YOU ever tell fortunes"
We'll. once in a while ! get little
money for telling them, and | always
give IL TO the poor.
And your wife takes in washing
for a living
"Sho doesn't take il in, she goes
out washing
The Detroit times., 1910-11-17

When a highwayman holds you up
in the lonesome hours OF the night
and demands your watch and other
yaluables, You tell your troubles TO
the accommodating cop"
But when robber railroad company
holds YOU I } for 3-cents-a-mile fare,
or boosts the freight rate, you hustle
over 10 the interstate commerce com
mission and. like as not. former SEN
ator COCkrell, now one OF the bright
and shining lights OF the aforesaid
commission, will patiently listen to
your tale Of woe. But unlike the cop,
he doesn't hurry out after the bold
robber Oh, no. The commissions like
the wheels OF the gods. moves slow
~. Maybe i'm two or three years they
will begin taking evidence and about
the time the railroad has gotten your
last cent, the commission will decide
that il really is very wrong for the
naughty railroad 10 do such an UNI
ladylike thing, and will give the Of
fender a rude slap on the wrist
Cockrell served in the senate as a
representative from Missouri for %
years He was one Of the few sena.
tors who had been confederate gener-
ais despite the fact that their states
were still I'm the union.
The Detroit times., 1910-11-17
DEPT. OF PUBLIC WORKS.
Detroit, Nov -. 1910
FOR CONSTRUCTING vITRIFIED
CROCK LATERAL SEWERS.

Sealed proposals will be received at
the office of the Department OF rub
lie Works. Detroit, Mich, until We'd
neSday, Nov. 20, 1910, at 10 o'clock a.
m. standard time, at which time and
place they viii he opened, for furnish
Ing all labor ana material, except ce-
ment and iron manhcle rings ana COY
ers. which viii be furnished by the
city. ana building and finishing com
plete, together with the back hllinB
according 20 the plans and speelhca
tions on file in this office, vttrined
crock lateral sewers In the following
described alleys.
Lateral sewer No. 2I43 In alleys In
blocks bounded by Montclair avenue
Lemay street. Waterloo street and City
Limits where not already built)
Lateral sewer No. 2l6s. IN alleys
! in blocks bounde by Mcclellan and
Cooper avenues, Moffat and Barker
streets
Lateral sewer No. 1882 In alley IN
block bounded by l;lsmere and Lawn
dale avenues, Fort street and FuNon
Lateral sewer No area In alley n
block bounded by Stanford, Hartford
Milford avenues and Moore Place
Lateral sewer No, 2l64. In alley ~
block bounded by Wesson and GreuseI
avenues, otis and lnEersoll streets
Cwhere not already severely
Lateral sewer No. $50 In alley
In block bounded by Reismer stree
and Farman avenue. Kaier and Fort
Lateral sewer No 2l6e. In alley in
block bounded by Gladwin ana HllgrI
avenues CharleyOiN street and CitS
Limits twhere not already severed.
Lateral sewer No. 2l7C In alley
between 81 Jean and GladWi In avenues
north and south OF CharlsvUiN avenue
Each bidder must deposit in n sepsr-
ate envelope with his bid certified bank
checks payable TO the order ot the llo'
partment Of Public works ~ the CITY
| of Detroit for the sum Of two hunGte,
{ To-
which sum will be forfeited 90 the De
partmcnt In case the bidder refuses "a
neglects 20 enter into contracts within
FIVE days after the acceptance Of hts oI
tbetr tender such contracts 20 be sub.
feet TO the approval 81 the Common
Council Checks deposited with re
jected bids will be returned 80 the bid
der on demand the. bidder whose ten
der is accepted will he required to fur.
nish with his contract an approved
bond 10 the city Of Detroit In the sun
- 25 per cent OF the contract price 0i
each sewer awarded, conditioned OI
the full and faithful performance OF
his or their part Of the contract,
The contractor shall be paid IN bond.
or the proceeds thereof. N such bond
are purchased by the Sinking Fun6
Commission according 20 law
ON the proper execution ~ the con.
tract bond the amount deposited wit
he tender Will be returned TO the con.
30 bids will be accepted from any
person or firm who is IN arrears T.
the city OF Detroit upon debt OF con.
tract. or who IL in default as surety a..
otherwise upon any obligation 90 "a.
said city.
Printed specifications in detail a..
the above work are on hie In tho ofhc,
81 the Department and copies there
may be had on application to the Sec.
retarv
The Department Of Public Works ex.
pressly reserves the right to reject ans
or ali proposals.
(t0iD J. i HAARER
(I95) Commissioner.
The Detroit times., 1910-11-17
DEPT. OF PUBLIC WORKS,
Detroit. Nov II. 1910.
PROPOSALS FOR THE CONSTRUC
TON OF PUBLIC SEWERS.

Sealed proposals viii be received at
the olnce OF inc Department OF ruo-
hc orks, Detroit, Mich, until Wed
nesday, Nov. 20, lblU, AT 10 o CLOCK a.
m. standard time, al when time ana
place they vii! be opened, for furnish
lng all labor ana material except ce-
ment ana iron uGnhOle rings ana Gov
srs, which Will be furnished Oy the
city, ana building ana nnlshing com
plete, together with the back filling.
according 10 tho plans ana specifics
lions Oh hle In TINS oThCe, the fol-
lowing brick public sewers, to-wit.
ri sSELL STREET PJBLiC SEWER
in Russell street, from Maple street
TO alley north oil Montcalm street,
length $50 Feet more or less. lncludinE
one regular manhole and one stump
manhoie, length OF lS-inch pipe, IL
! feet two ring brick, sewer to be tun-
neled.
HARBAUGH AVE. PUBLIC SEWER
In harbaugh avenue, from Dearborn
avenue To aley north OF Cedar street
length, 1880 feet, more or less, lnclud-
| ing nve manholes, two ring brick
| TRI MBI'LL AVE. PUBLlC SEWER
/ In Trumbull avenue, from north llne
of Selden avenue TO center line OF Cal
\ umet avenue, length, lies feet, more
or less, including two manholes' TWO
Each bidder must deposit with his
bid d certified check payable 10 the
I order of the Department OF Public
/ Works, on each sewer bid upon as foi-
| lows
| russell street. SOOV,
| Harbaugh avenue, $1,000.
| Trumbull avenue, $500.
| Which sum VIII be forfeited 10 the
| Department IN case the bidder refuses
| or neglects TO enter into contract with
! in Ave days after the acceptance OF MS
| or their tender. Such contracts to ne
subject to the approval OF the Com
mon Council Checks deposited with
! rejected bids Will be returned TO the
! bidder on demand. The bidder whose
! tender is accepted viii he required 10
| furnish with hts contract an approved
| surety company bond 10 the city OF
| Detroit I'm the sum OF % per cent or the
contract price, conditioned on the fun
and faithful performance of his or
their part Of the contract
ON the proper execution or the con-
tract bond the amount deposited with
the tender will be returned 10 the con-
tractor
No bids will be accepted from any
person or firm who is In arrears 10
the City Of Detroit, upon debt or con
tract or who is in default as surety
or otherwise upon any obligation 10
said city,
The Department OF Public Works
hexpressly reserves the right to reject
1any or all proposals.
(4016) j j HAARER,
900 Commissioner
The Detroit times., 1910-11-17
MUCH INTEREST IN RECITAL.
Clarence Eddy. Noted organist, Sure
of Fine Reception

Everywhere on his present tour
Clarence Eddy the noted organist. is
receiving even greater tribute TO
his art than has been his measure on
previous tours. and the interest I'm his
Detroit recitals, Friday evening and
Saturday afternoon. I'm the North Bap.
fist church, proves that Detroit is
ready to pay homage, too For his
Detroit engagement. Mr.. Eddy has ar
ranged exceptionally attractive pro
grams with many new compositions
aud many that are his personal prop.
erty the gift Of the composers. de Ii
Gated 20 him and OF which he has tho
original manuscript
For his Friday evening program Mr..
Eddy will have the assistance of Ar.
thur Russell the Detroit basso. and
on Saturday afternoon Mrs Granville
Filler. soprano. will sing Contrary 10
his usual custom, Mr. Eddy has con.
sentCd 40 play the accomplishments for
these singers. Tickets for both con.
certs have been placed on sale I'm
Grinnen's at the low figures OF 25c
for the afternoon recital and soc for
the evening.
The Detroit times., 1910-11-17
WASH THAT ITCH AWAY

4 IL Is said that there are certain
|tpFings in Europe that give relief aud
lure to Eczema and other skin dis
|sases. II you knew that by washing
\ "a these waters you could be relieved
from that awful itch, wouldn't you
'e1ake every effort 10 take a trip 20
'n,urope at once? Would you not be
FILLING to spend your last cent to ind
he cure?
But you need not leave home for
lthese distant aprings. Relief is right
,ere In your own home town
~ A simple wash of OIL of Winter
|sreen. ThymOl and other ingredients
rs compounded only In ID. D. d. Pre-
4 cription will bring instant relief to
/ 6aat terrible burning itch. and leave
ne skin as smooth and healthy az
aat OF q child.
h n you have not already tried II, get
e least 4 ascent bottle today. We
,ssure you of instant relief.
Sold By Central Drug Co, 95. 1872
es7 WoodWas&aVe. and 1Sa Grand
,iveravo.
The Detroit times., 1910-11-17
ATE SO hot D0Gg-HAD
ONLY ONE GLASS OF BIER
As Hungry Marine Reached For sIth
Sausage 6artsnder lnterfeged--
Landed In Police Court.

BALTIMORE. Nov. 1.-THE hot
sausages steaming on the free lunch
counter in Schonewolfs saloon looked
so good 20 Paul Lawton, a Inaftno
from Annapolis, that he deVoured,
thirtysiX OF them but he bought
only one glass of beer with which 20
wash them down The bartender
warned him 20 go no further. but
Lawton, who says he Is the cham
pion sausage eater OF the Marine
Corps replied, II amt started On
them hot dogs yet" and grabbed for
the thirty-seventh.
The bartender dashed the lid down
on the sausage pan Lawton hurled
the pan 10 the floor The bartender
threw I.awton out into the arms'of a
policeman The marine was arPaigned
before Police Justice I,oden charged
with disturbing the peace Az
Would YOU like TO have hot saur
sagcs for your breakfast asked the
Justice
NO, sir" returned the prisoner,
those | ate Yesterday gave me lndi-
gestion so bad that | don't think I
can ever look AT sausage again
The magistrate dismissed him.
Jab Printing Done Right. Times
Printing Co, No. rs John R.-st, Call
Main llSs, or city 1855