The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-03-10
ASKS FEDERAL
INVESTIGATION
Affairs of Fairveiw May Be Prob
ed by Postal Law

Copper country stockholders OF the
Fairview Mining company will be i'm
terested IN the following Nevada CITY
dispatch 10 the Sacramento Union 81
Sacramento. California. 1t indicates
that Miss Eleanor Hoeft is making an
effort To influence the postal authori-
| ties 10 investisate what she and local
sto, kholders, OF whom there are y
large number allege to have been un-
fair dealings by the promoters
Postal authorities are giving their
attention 10 some sensational charges
Of mining transactions in this section
I'm which Madame NordiCa and others
of national reputation appear i'm the
list Of those whom IL is alleged. have
been dupcd. Miss Eleanor Hoeft of this
clty has succeeded in getting the Sc
cret service of the postoffice depart
ment at work IN an effort To run To
earth the men whom she has accused
for the past four years OF robbiug not
only herself. bat hundreds of poor peo>
pie Of Calumet Michigan. and other
Gus effort of working up a case has
been done bv Miss Hoeft single hand
cd, ana the mass Of papers and other
evidence she has been enabled 10 turn
over To The postofiiCe inspectors shows
that she has not been idle moment
IN her desire To have justice serve the
ends of the people who have been
duped.
Postotiice Inspectors VI. \. Martin
today visited this city and was closet
"a With Miss Hoeft for several hours. !
lie refused 10 talk about the case in !
any particular, but il IS known that he |
Went into detail, ran down statements !
that were made 10y Miss Hoeft. and /
admitted he is considering allegations
# the complainant against the men .
who We're selling the stock ot the Fair
view Minine company of this county, /.
the arch conspirator qf whom, Miss ]
ioeft alleges, was one &. NJ. Wilson. 4
She states that she has in her pos
session letters written by Wilson that
'ontain absolute s-statements con-
.ernrg the showing made at the mine,
md she shows that stock was sold
lpon the strength of these misstate-
nents written and sent through the
nails. Letters from officials of the
'ounty, endorsing Wilson ana guaran-
eeing his honesty and integrity, are
among the files of the pretty milliner
Miss Hoeft went To that city after
he had lost her own thousands and
secured proxies sufficient To enable
lrr To- elect "a majority of the board of
directors of the company. When she
ppcared at the meeting and voted this
took she surprised the men who We're
p control, and sprung even a greater
uTprisc when, after the mine had been
dyertisea for sale for certain oblisa-
ions. she bought i'm the property ana
S now the sole owner, although she
insists that she will turn it over for
ne benefit of the poor people of Calu-
net who were inveigled through the
alse statements sent through the
nails To invest their money
An the evidence will be put before
he United States attorney for call ,
ornia, and if he decides that the pos
al laws have been violated there Will ,
e a vigorous prosecution of all tn"
ncn who were responsible for stock
eng sold through misstatements that
we're made and which passed through
he mails.
In the list of delinquent sharehold-
rs which was recently published APP
cared the name of Madame Nordica,
mo invested in 1900 shares of the
took of the company through tho
lowing prospectus of G. NJ. Wilson ,
nj his associates