The Calumet news., 1911-04-17
DIR. JACKOLA TO
WE'D is RUMOR
FORMER HANCOCK PHYSICIAN
SAID TO HAVE WON MRS. o.
n. p. BELMONT, NEW YoRKs
WEALTHIEsT WIDOW.

Is Dr. John Jackola of Duluth. for
merly Of Hancock about to win Mrs
.. II. p. Belmont. one OF New York's
wealthist widows as a bride!
The Now York American says that
he is. and in an issue Of that paper
which has Just reached this city,
there is story which broadly hints
that the engagement is already an es-
tablished fact.
Mrs. Belmont is the widow Of the
late oliver II. p. Belmont, the New
York traction magnate, who left his
widow a fortune of many millions,
when ne died i'm 1908. MIR. Belmont
was her second husband as she was
the former wife of William X. Wander
bilt DR. Jackola is prominent ply
sician and was located in Hancock for
years. He has recently returned from
an extended European tour where he
attended many clinics The follow
ing from the New York American will
be of interest here.
even in suffrage circles, where ro-
nance is enormously presumed TO
abide but iittingly. the dignified but
intense admiration of Dr. John Jack
ola, famous Finnish advocate of wom-
an suffrage. for Mrs. Oliver II. p. Bel
mont, the wealthiest and one of the
most ardent promoters of the cause in
America has begun 10 cause interest
ed comment.
DIR. Jackola has been an enthusiasts
tic supporter of Mrs. Belmont's ideas
and Ideals for the last two years, but
II was not until last Saturday that
the hint of heart interest on his par:
developed. on that afternoon a re-
porter for the American saw DR.. jack
ola at Mrs. Belmonts place in Hemp
stead, l.. /. There was to be a suf-
frage meeting in the great garage in
the evening. and it was supposed that
the doctor was thsre simply because
he was to address the meeting.
Not There for Public Address.
HE didn't address it, though. In
stead he was the principal figure at
the joint meeting of the William Lloyd
Garrison Equal Rights association and
the Nineteenth Assembly District
Woman Suffrage club in the Master
Music Studios at Broadway and one
Hundred and Eighth street. Manhat-
tan. He was overheard making ar
rangements to speak before the Wom-
an Suffrage club at a meeting to, take
place in the near future
Hitherto, it was known, DIR. Jack
ola had spoken only at the various
branches Of the Political Equality as
sociation, of which Mrs. Belmont is
president, and interest was reused by
the report of his intention to address
the Womans Suffrage club.
"An American reporter called at
the Hotel lMarseilles to ask DR.. Jack |
ola about it, He admitted that he had
addressed no suffrage organizations
but the branches OF Mrs. Belmonts
association, but he explained that this
was due only to the fact that he had |
known Mrs. Belmont for two years. !
while the leaders of the other organ !
izations had been strangers to him.
During the Interview a hint of ro- |
nance was dropped. The reporter
seized it and ventured to ask the doe |
tor if there could be any basis for a |
rumor that he had been making his |
addresses-not the equal suffrage kind |
to the noted leader of the cause.
'He promptly replied that that was
a personal matter and he could not
answer the question.
Finally DIR. JacIola admitted he |
could not deny that such rumor was I
well founded. He absolutely refused
to say another word"