The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-09-15
RAILROAD NEWS.
Love Enters Into Rail War Be-
tween Gould Brothers.
Frank Tries to Capture Road
Because Of Late Marriage.
RUNNING PROPERTY.
Controversy Depreeiates Value
of the Family Holdings.
Other Items of General Interest
in Traffic World.
RUNNING PROPERTY.

New York, Sept. 15.-Because of the
marriage of Frank Jay Gould to Edith
Kelly, a chorus girl, about a year ago,
he has entered into bitter conflict with
his brothers and the family fortune has
suffered a heavy shrinkage which may
become greater through the present
battle being waged by Frank against
his brother Edwin
Wall street is filled with gossip over
the fight Frank Gould is making for
proxies in the coming election of the
st. Louis Southwestern, one OF the best
managed of the Gould properties,
which has been under the direction of
Edwin.
The street is talking of Franks ac-
ton at the time of Georges reorgan-
ization of the Missouri Pacific last
winter when his insistence that he be
recognized caused Kuhn & Loeb, who
credit to the road, to withdraw from
all connection with the enterprise. Now
the attacks are centered upon Edwin.
Properties Lower in Value.
Friends of the family say the Gould
properties are worth today only half of
what they were ten years ago. This is
due to decrease in value and the pass
ing Of certain holdings from their
managements-
When Frank Gould married Helen
Kelly granddaughter of Eugene Kelly,
he reconciled his house to- the family
years. The new Mrs. Gould was well
coined into the circl and her two chill |
dren were great favorites of their aunt, |
Helen Miller Gould.
When Frank was divorced two. years |
ago, the sympathy of his family was |
with his ex-wife. Then came reports |
from abroad concerning his attentions |
to Edith Kelley, and finally his mar |
rage to her, after the reports had been /
denied score Of times
She Is a Pretty Chorus Girl.
She had been a chorus girl at the |
Casino theater, where she played in
Havana She is English and very
pretty. The Gould family bitterly OPP
posed Franks choice and has stead
tasty refused to receive his second
wife socially.
In Wall street the story is told that
because of an unpleasantness that took
place at Georgian Court on the occa-
sion of visit paid there by Frank and
his wife he began a war of reprisal
which entered on the plans laid out by L
now the warfare includes Edwin.
Official announcement was made
yesterday that proxy blanks had been
sent out by Frank Gould to the stock
holders of the ST. Southwestern,
inviting their support Of a ticket in OPP
position to the regular proxy commit
Zee appointed by Edwin, the president of
the road, who for many years has been
the dominant spirit
Trying to Buy Up Proxies.
For the last ten days confidential
representatives of Frank Gould have
been making the rounds of Wall street,
urging brokerage houses to induce
their customers to give their proxies to
his representatives. Letter and cir
culars have been sent to banking firms
all over the country, and it is said that
action is to be brought in st. Louis to
compel Edwin Gould to allow Frank
Eould's repr to copy the
names of stockholders and their adj
dresses.
The claims made by the representa-
ives of Frank Gould startled Wall
street bankers because of the serious :
manner in which they reflect upon :
Edwin. According to these reports
frank had entered the fight solely in !
he interests of the st. Louis-South- I
Western stockholders. His friends as {
ert he understands that Edwin is try {
ng to sell the railroad to the Louisville /
I Nashville or to the Illinois Central, i
nd that he fears the interests of the c
minority stockholders would not be /
if such deal were put V
trough r