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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-27
HAWTHORNE'S NAME
TRANSMITTED MILLIONS
Barren Mining Claims Became
Productive Promotions,
Government Ayers.
DIRECTORS WERE HIRED
They Got $25 Meeting, Wit
ness Asserts-Letters Sent
Out at Breakneck
Speed.

How a famous name and its bearer 8
unusual ability as a writer turned barren
mining claims into promotions that en-
riched their sponsors, while parting I'M
suspecting people from millions OF dollars.
was the outline OF the governments case
yesterday at the trial OF Julian Haw-
thorne, Albert Freeman, Josiah Quincy
and Dr. William J. Morton.
c. A. Thompson, Assistant United
States Attorney. described before Judge
Hough and jury In the Federal District
Court how the scheme had been con-
cetved by Freeman, a promoter Of long
standing, and by Josiah Quincy, former
Mayor Of Boston, and how these two men
secured unproductive mining claims In
the vicinity Of the rich Cobalt district
In Canada and then palmed of the stocks
of their corporations on innocent in
vestors who were attracted by the name
Of Hawthorne and the glowing descrip-
tons OF the prospects that came from
Julian Hawthornes pen.
Mr.. Thompson declared that while
Messrs. Freeman and Quincy conceived
the scheme OF securing barren mining
claims, II was Or. Morton who on visit
to Canada became attracted by the sue
cess OF the Cobalt mines and purchased
twenty-one claims for $4,000. He soon
found out, however. that the claims were
worthless, the prosecutor said. and tried
to sell them. Being unable to do so. he
went TO Freeman, who suggested the pro-
motion OF this mine through the ability
OF Hawthorne and the attraction OF tina,
name.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-27
Going away!

Going awayl
Ready for you-on the
jump all day.
Warm motor coats, furS,
and all sorts of warm clothing
ThermoS bottles, tire trunks,
tail trunks - everything to
make motoring comfortable.
Sweaters, knitted jackets,
steamer rugs-everything fol-
the Thanksgiving game.
Suit cases, travelling bags,
trunks.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-27
THEODORE N. VAIL IMPROVING
Second Operation Performed on Him
Yesterday Well Sustained.

Theodore N. Vail, president OF the
American Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany, who has been III for some time
is on the road TO recovery. This state
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-27
mo Money Spent on Mines"

Then the campaign OF Misrepresentation
through the malls was started, Mr..
Thompson declared. The stock was Of
fered for sale as an investment that
would produce wealth beyond the dreams
OF avarce, and the prospective investors
were assured that every cent they pad
for stock would go into the development
OF the property. But practically no money
was spent for work on the mines, the
prosecutor said, because the promoters
knew that there was no ore OF COM
mercial value. First, DR.. Morton and
Freeman took back whatever they had
the proceeds from the sale OF stock went
to enrich the promoters.
1T was nothing else than gambling with
public money" Mr.. Thompson asserted,
land II any one was to lose II was the
public. They announced that they. were
selling treasury stock, yet II was mostly
promotion stock they sold and all OF the
money went into their pockets"
Some Of the mining property that was
to produce fabulous wealth was nothing
but swamp land, and all the work that
was ever done on any OF their claims was
stripping the rocks Of moss, Mr.. Thomp-
con said, while they held out to investors
that all OF the money paid in was being
used for development.
Initiated Hswtherns's Signature.
In the ONCE OF the promoters, at No.
334 Fifth avenue. a stan OF ten girls was
kept working at record speed signing and
sending out personal letters of Julian
Hawthorne advising the purchase of these
stocks.
Mrs Zuella Plat, OF No. 900 West lO9th
street, who had been In charge OF this
department in tho fall OF 1903 testified
that as many as ten thousand letters and
circulars were sent out daily under her
direction. She said that she always
acted under instructions from Freeman,
and that at his orders some OF the girls
learned to initiate Mr.. Hawthorne's Sig
letters.
Olga Mckenzie. who succeeded Mrs.
Platt as head of the circulating depart
ment, told a similar story. She said that
Mr.. Hawthorne gave her several samples
OF his signature, and that the girls In
her charge learned to initiate Il closely.
Mr.. Hawthorne saw the girls at this
work. she said. and when asked whether
he ever commented upon It Miss McKen-
zie said:
Yes, he said that he wouldn't like to
have any Of his checks floating about"
The manner IN which some Of the
so-called Hawthorne enterprises were
launched was brought cut through the
testimony of william c. Burns, OF Boston,
who described his occupation as that of
Incorporating companies. He said that In
1908 he occupied an Office at No. 10 State
street, adjoining that of Josiah Quincy. by
whom he was employed.
After Incorporating a mining company,
he said. II devolved upon him to secure d.
rectors and In some instances he hired
| them at a compensation Of SIS a meeting
The meetings were then held strictly &C
cordIng to the minutes prepared In ad-
vance by Mr.. Quincy, and after the initial
| steps had been completed. Mr.. Burns said
he and his dummies resigned and elected
the men suggested by Mr. Quincy.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-06-27
FROM WHENCE CANE
THE DUST CLOUD?

There has been a great deal Of
conjecture as to what caused the
strange phenomena which hung over
the city Friday and Saturday in the
nature of a dust cloud, 60 dense
as to obscure the sun. and blotting
out objects from the vision that were
only two blocks distant. It was not
smoke, as it did not have any smell
or the color of smoke. 1t appeared
to be q dense cloud of dust which
had drifted in from the west. There
has not been any dust storms locally
that would fill the atmosphere like
that. and it Is not likely that the
fierce dust storm that prevailed over
western Washington could have drift.
ed this far, as the dust came in here
without any wind at all. Some have
advanced the idea that 1t was q vol
canic ash that drifted in from the
volcanic disturbances in Alaska. We
are glad that it is gone, however. as
it cast a very unearthly pail Of twi-
light over the country.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-06-27
FALLS PRESENTS.
REV. VAN AIKEN WITH AUTO

Rev. c. M. Van AIKEN has a new
automobile which was donated to
him by his Columbia Falls parish in
order that he cam get back and toGtl
between the two towns without hav-
ing to wait for Jim Hin's cars, and
better serve his Pensioners, who ar
scattered over the whole of the
NORTHERN end Of Flathead valley.
The car Yves brought up here Sat-
urday by a KalispeM dealer. and UNI
der the instructions Of en- expert
enced chauffeur the reverend gentle
man put I'm a busy day learning the
excen:Gicities OF the new machine.
He now handles 1t like am 0ld-timer
as he guides it through the streets
of the city ,and promises to show up
the Great Northern In making time
between here and the Falls ON q
Sunday mormdng.'
The Pensioners of Columbia Fails
promised this machine Last spring
but the matter was pigeon-holed for
while.It was then proposed that a
horse and buggy be substituted, but
when it was figured out that this
would cost almost as much as the
auto they rallied again and sutscrib.
ed a sum sufficient to purchase the
neat little Buick runabout.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-06-27
OUTLOOK is BRIGHT.

H. c. Karow, the local superin-
tendent fer the Somers Lumber com
pany is at home for few days rest
after strenuous trip thru the east
ern part Of the state taking orders
fer lumber. He states that he was
successful in securing a great deal
OF business. so much in fact that it
Will warrant his firm to start their
planning mill here. and the saw mill
little later on. The crops on the
other side are looking fine and the
prospects, are good for a great har-
vest. This mean that the lumber
business In the Flathead will soon
be at it's normal condition.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-06-27
MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED
DURING THE WEEK,

june 21-Paul L. Babbert, 23
kalispell end Margaret C.. Banded,
10, Kalispell.
June 22-Raymond C. Lyons, %,
Poison, and Josephine E. Brown, 10
Kalispell.
June 24-Alf Christensen, Camas,
Mont, and Orteie Marie Standal,
Kalispell.
June 26-George F. Sutherland,
Great Falls, and Eva Claire Disbrew
Kalispell.
June 26-Tranklin R. Huntsinger,
Columbia Falls, and Sarah ]. Sulh-
van, Columbia Falls.
June 26-E. o. c. Padgham and
Fannie Viola Penrod, both of Kalis-
pell.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-06-27
PREVAILING STYLES IN
MEMS CLOTHING

The clothes for summer are nor
NAL. They are a trifle more LIBERAL,
cut than the extremely close fitting
garments of a few months ago, but
still follow the lines of the figure.
giving graceful effect to the most
fastidious. Clothes are close fitting,
but not tight, being roomy enough
for comfort without losing the neces
gary characteristics which make
them distinctive.
It il amusing to look back a few
years and view the balloon effects
which well-dreased men used to veal
coats big enough for the mighties,
victim Of Jack the Giant Killer and
long enough to wear as an overcoat
Trousers SO big that one leg would
almost make a pair of the style worn
today.
The high-peaked soft rolling lapel
still maintains its popularity and will
do so for some time to come. 1t
is seen on all correct coats both
double and single breasted, and
lends an easy effect which is at
the same time very dressy. The dou
BILE breasted coat divides honors witt
the single breasted, so long in vogue
during the coming warm spell. II
is especially becoming to tall slen-
der men, and in blue serge will be
considerably worn this summer. The
trousers are made with a slight hiI
fullness and measure 1917 and16 "
inches at the bottom.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-06-27
NJ. E. SOCIAL AND
MOONLIGHT EXCURSION.

The ladies aid society Of the Meth
odist church will serve ice cream
Strawberries and cream, cake
and orangeade to drink with a moon
light excursion on the lake thrown
In, all for fifty cents. The excursion
boat Butte has been chartered for
the occasion and will leave the
schoolhouee dock at 1880 O'Clock
tomorrow evening for Monks place
IN the lake, where the social will
be held. The evenings are warm and
the moon Is full. which will make
This is very popular excursion i'm.
deed,
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-06-27
BROWN-LYONs.

Miss Josephine E. Brown was
married last Sunday at Kalispell to
Raymond c. Lyons.
The bride is well and favorably
known In this city as she has lived
here for a number of years. the
daughter of H. B. Brown, the Great
Northern pumpman. Mr.. Lyons was
until short time ago the Great
Northern agent at Kalispell. They
Will make their home on the reser-
walton where Mr.. Lyons has taken
up a homestead.
The beet wishes of their many
friends in this city are extended.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-06-27
HIS WORDS WERE
MIGHTIER THAN A CLUB

p. N. Bernard is candidate for a
hero medal, having barehanded and
with the power Of eloquence held a
she bear at bay in the mountains
near Jennings, while Joe Edge and
Henry Good beat up the cubs with a
club. One cub and the old bear
got away.-Kalispell Times.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-06-27
BURNED TO DEATH.

BY an accidental fire from an
overturned lamp in an incubator in Z
poultry house at the Milbank pcul-
try farm in Kalispell, C. A. Holt tho
manager, received such severe burns
that he died Tuesday morning.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-06-27
MAKES THE NATION GASP.

The awful list of injuries on q
Fourth of July staggers humanity.
Set over against it, however, Is the
wonderful healing, by Bucklen's Ar
Mica Salve, of thousands. who suf-
fered from burns, cuts. bruises. hull
let wounds or explosions. It's tho
quick healer of boils, ulcers, ecxe-
ma. sore lips or piles. Is cts. at
all druggists.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-06-27

Carl Walters and David Phalen
made a trip to Eureka last Satur-
day. where the former purchased a
$50 acre tract of land Both Of these
gentlemen are now land owners near
that place. and will likely become till
ers Of the virgin soil when they tire
Of toiling on the G. N.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-06-27

Grand Worthy Matron Nora Ma
lone. of the Order of the Eastern
Star. was sheduled to pay Vista Char
ter an official visit tomorrow night,
and a special meeting was called for
the purpose Of meeting her, but it
has since been postponed, as she
sent word that she could net get
here at that time.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-06-27

Avery & Smart are very busy
these days applying the paint brush
to many residences, and are now en-
gagged in painting the home of Jas.
Shoaf both inside and cut. They
have already painted a number of
residences this spring so far, with
several orders yet to fill
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-06-27

Mr.. and Mrs. D.E.King and little
daughter Gretchen, who have been
at Bay Ocean. Ore, for some weeks,
have gone to Modesto, Calf. where
they will remain until the latter part
of July before returning to White
fish.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-06-27

A local thunderstorm early this
morning shook down considerable
rain, settled the dust and cooled off
the atmosphere.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-06-27

The lady engineers entertained IL
lady firemen last evening in Ma
sonic hall.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-06-27

A spineter thinks it's up to chr to
take q bachelor acknowledgements
she may not get chance to take
him al all.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-06-27

Good resolutions are the only
buried treasures most people have
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1912-06-27
Harley Swisher was a visitor here
from Kalispell Monday.

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Brittan at
tended the Observation-Disclosures we'd
ding in Kalispell yesterday.
The Bossier banner., 1912-10-10
Items of Interest.

In England the property goes to the old
est son.
Java imported nearly $4,000 sewing ma
chimes last year.
Burning lump of camphor in a room
will rid it of insects.
The United States is one of the few large
countries in which there are more men
than women.
Next to wool and wheat and the product
of its mines, Astralia's greatest source of
prosperity is butter.
The Hawaiian Island boast of five rail-
way lines, but the longest of them has
only seventy miles of right of way.
Thirty years ago the Lutherans had in
New York City forty churches and $4,000
members, while to-day there $50 churches
and $4,000 members.
Great Britain, Germany and France
bought in 1910-mostly from America, at
very considerable expense for transpor-
tation-three billion dollars worth of food.
The Italians in the vicinity of Lucca
preserve eggs by simply coating them with
lard, this method having aeen known to
preserve them, in a cool, dry place, for
one year.
The Bossier banner., 1912-10-10

Every little while some individual, wise
and otherwise, imagines that he is ''called"
to ''save the country" and forthwith
starts newspaper. He usually does few
meteoric stunts in alleged journalism and
then subsidies. These ventures are most
manifest during political campaigns, and
the promoter usually learns that newspa-
pers cannot thrive on politics alone.
Country savers would better conform
to the principles of true economy by start
ing plow Or getting job payinga a definite
wage. Newspaper making is a business
a profession-and it takes something more
substantial than wind and pessimistic po-
litical editorials to keep them alive.-Sa-
Jine Banner.
The Bossier banner., 1912-10-10

To the Democrats of Louisiana:
Having been selected by the Demo-
cratic National Campaign Committee asIa
member and chairman for the State of
Louisiana of its finance committee, hereby
solicit campaign contributions from all
Democrats and earnestly urge each to con-
tribute as literally as he is able to do. It
is his party duty thus to assist in winning
the great victory promised by the nomina-
ton of Gov. Wilson.
The people of Louisiana have pecu-
liar interest in this campaign as a result
of the advanced position taken by the party
in its platform in relation to the subject of
the improvement of the Mississippi River
and in committing the party to the policy
of assuming charge of the great work Of
protecting the people living along its course
from inundation.
All contributions may be made directly
to me or through any newspaper in the
State undertaking to receive contributions.
L. E. HALL.
pGr Send the Banner your contribution,
and we will see to it that the amount is
promptly forwarded to Gov. Hall.
The Bossier banner., 1912-10-10

OLD NEWSPAPERS. do enjoy, when
we have little time on hand, going through
old newspapers and reading the events re-
corded twenty, thirty, forty or fifty years
ago, or even longer in the past. Reminis-
cences, we'll told, are interesting to most
people and the old newspaper brings to the
mind of the reader in tersely expressed
paragraphs, many incidents of the past in
teresting as news when first put in type and
interesting years later as bits of history.
Let the old newspapers be preserved
GreenviUe Democrat
The Bossier banner., 1912-10-10
WHAT THE PAPERS ARE SAYING.

Claiborne Guardian journal: Upon the
whole. the new system as we understand it,
will make the burden of taxation more
equitable, and at any event, there is no
possibility of the average tax payer having
to paw more than he has under ihe exist
ing plan.
Jena Times: When the Tax Reform
Plan was first presented to the people,
superficial knowledge of its contents and
personal prejudice against some of the
trainers, made US unjustly skeptical of the
merits which were claimed for it. How
ever, close study of the plan has changed
latent antagonism to active support, and
that support will be continued earnestly
and conscientiously until it shall have been
either defeated or adopted at the polls in
November.
The Monroe News-Star closes WELL
written editorial on the proposed Constitu-
tional Amendment relative to Confederate
pensions with the following paragraph: ::
"There should not be single vote cast
against this amendment. The News Star
does not believe there is tax payer in
Louisiana who will knowingly vote to de-
prive the old soldiers and the widows of the
small stipend provided in the foregoing.
There are several changes proposed in this
article to the Constitution, but each one is
for the benefit of the Veterans and the
widows of Veterans who have crossed over
the river and are now resting under the
shade of the trees The News-Star urges
the adoption of this amendment"
The Bossier banner., 1912-10-10
Bible Brilllants.

Not for price nor reward, saith the Lord
of hosts.-Isaiah xiv, 13.
When ye come into the land which give
you, then shall the land keep sabbath
unto the Lord.-Leviticus XIV, 2.
Ye shall have one manner of law, as we'll
for the stranger, as for your own country:
forI am the Lordyour God.-Leviticus "a, %.
And ye shall not swear by my name
falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name
of thy God: am the Lord.-Lcviticus xix,
12.
For am the Lord that bringeth you up
out of the land Of Egypt, to be your God !:
We shall therefore be holy for am holy
Leviticus XII, 45.
For whosoever shall commit any Of these
denominations, even the souls that commit
them shall be cut off from among their
people.-Leviticus xviii, 20.
The Bossier banner., 1912-10-10
LATE NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

Aviator C. E. Walsh fell 1900 feet to
death at Trenton, N. j., last Thursday.
Nine young men were killed in an auto
mobile accident in Philadelphia Sunday.
A labor organizer in Connecticut was
ducked in pond and run out of Thomas
vile.
Damages exceeding S20,000,0OO were
caused by the typhoon which swept Japan
week before last.
A German airman, in making a curve
in his monoplane, was killed Friday at
Hanover, Prussia.
Montenegro has declared war against
Turkey, and other Balkan States are ex-
pected to follow.
Six persons were killed near Arlington,
Texas, Sunday, when an interurban car
struck an automobile.
The trial of five bank presidents, charged
with fraudulent use of the mails, began in
Memphis last Monday.
The Cincinnati freight agent for the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad was fined
SIS, 900 for giving rebates.
A millionaire real estate dealer in Chi
cago was arraigned Monday on charge
of renting property for immoral purposes
Fifteen officers and men of the British
Navy were drowned when submarine BE-
was run down and sunk by the liner Amer
ika off Kent, England.
Thomas J. Ryan, for many years leader
of the Democratic party in Philadelphia
killed himself last Sunday by shooting
himself through the mouth.
A millionaire of Moscow, Russia, dice
sudden in Petersburg last Saturday or
learning that his brother had disappeared
with S25O,O00 of his firms money.
Edward Gregory and Oliver H. Watson
met in buggies at Kershaw, S. c., Friday
and when the wheels of the vehicles be-
come locked both began to shoot at clos'
range. Gregory was shot through the heat
and instantly killed. Watson was wound
ed, mortally it is thought, in the left lung
The Bossier banner., 1912-10-10
School Board Proceedings.

The Parish Board of School Directors OF
Bossier Parish met on October 3, 1917,
with the following members present, VIZ:
j. H. Belcher, ward two.
A. J. Demoss, ward four.
w. A. Bounds, ward five.
L. G.. Biggs, ward six.
President N. w. Sentell being absent,
Mr.. Belcher was elected temporary chair
man.
After roll call, the minutes of last meet
ing were read and adopted.
Before any business was transacted Mr..
Sentell came in and took the chair.
The Board then adjourned until $50 for
dinner.
At 1880 the Board was called to order by
President Sentell, with all members present
except Mr.. w. E. Connell of ward one.
Mr.. Sentell, who was appointed COM
mittee of one at the July meeting OF the
board to confer with the Bossier Abstract
Company relative to lands to be added to
the assessment rolls, asked for more time
in which to make his report, which was
granted.
On motion and second, the B. F. Cook
community was allowed transportation to
Plain Dealing.
The Superintendent was instructed to
contract with transportation driver for the
Valley School, and to employ teacher fol-
the Longview and Deans Point schools
On motion and second, the Assessor s
bill. for S2O2.43 was allowed.
Mr.. R. B. Hill, Deputy Sheriff. reported
no collections from the sheriff's office dur
ing the past quarter.
The Bossier banner., 1912-10-10
Homestead Entry No. O4, ,OS4.
Department OF the Interior,
U. s. Land Office at Baton Rouge, La,

Department OF the Interior,
u. s. Land Office at Baton Rouge, La,
September 10, 1912. ,
NOTICE is hereby given that Robert
IN L. Young, of Adner, La, who, on
March "a, 1911, made Homestead Entry
No. W ,084 for the south half of north
west quarter and lots 1, 2 and of Sec
tion 81, township 10 north, range IL
west, Louisiana Meridian, has filed no
tice of intention to make Communication
proof, to establish claim to the land
above described, before the Clerk Of
Court, at Benton, La, on the 26th day
of October, 1912.
Claimant names as witnesses: N. A.
Shaw and Lucian Burks of Adner, La,
r. A. Holmes of Linton, La, and A. j.
Burks of Cotton Valley, La.
JOHN T. NUTTALL, Register.
September 10, 1912. octA
The Bossier banner., 1912-10-10

Dean Stanley: Who is it that when
years are gone by, we remember with the
purest gratitude and pleasure? Not the
learned or clever, but those who have had
the force of character to prefer the future
to the present, the good of other to their
own pleasure.