New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-24
SIS, 100000 Fund to Fight
Cancer Said To Be Plan
of Rockefeller.
FLANNERY GETS MORE
CLAIMS IN COLORADO
Denies, However, That His Agents
Have Orders to Buy All
They Can Secure.
fBy Telegraph to The Tribune.

Pittsburgh. Jan. 23-That John d.
Rockefeller is the philanthropist referred
TO by J. NJ. Flannery in his speech before
the House Mines and Mining Committee
as the man who would give s15.O0,0o0 TO
erect and equip twenty radium hospitals
I'm az many cities for the treatment or
cancer was the statement made here to-
day by a close friend OF Mr.. F1annery
who for business reasons does not wish
his name TO appear I'm the case.
This man said to-day that for the last
two years Mr.. Rockefeller has been
greatly interested I'm the researches made
into the cause of cancerous growths and
the success attained in the efforts being
made throughout the world to discover a
cure.
When radium was first mentioned in
connection with the treatment OF cancer
n was natural that Mr.. Rockefeller
should turn TO the largest source or
radium supply in this country for the
mineral. In this way, 1t is said, Mr.. Elan
merry and Mr. Rockefeller got into COM
munlcation, the former being the head OF
the Standard Chemical Company. which,
with its mines and ore lands in Colorado
and its laboratories In Canonsburg. near
here, controls the visible supply OF radium
in this country.
For some time. II is said. Mr. Flannery
and Mr.. Rockefeller have had a plan In
view to arrange that the small supply Of
radium now being produced In this coun-
| try would find its way into institutions
| l.
| kind This plan is said TO have been
| practically worked out, when it became
necessary for Mr.. Flannery to appear be-
fore the House Mines and Mining Com
mittee in Washington TO protest against
the threatened withdrawal OF all radum
producing lands in the West from public
entry.
Each gram OF radium now costs si90,oo
but IL IS said that Mr. Flannery has ar
ranged with Mr.. Rockefeller to supply the
mineral for little more than half that
price.
Washington. Jan. 23.-Hearings before
the House Mines Committee on Bills. pro-
posing the withdrawal Of radium bearing
public lands, were continued to-day
Joseph Flannery, of the Standard Chemi-
cal Company, questioned by Representa-
tive Byrnes, admitted that his company
yesterday closed deal for five additional
! land claims i'm Colorado. He 6enie1
however, that his agents were under or
ders 10 buy all the radlum claims they
could LAY their hands on" and said his
company now had all the claims it needed.
Charges that DR. Howard Kelly, OF Bal
t.more, had inspired the effort TO with
draw radium lands ito divert attention
from himself were made by o. Barlo"
| Willmarth, head OF two radium mining
companies OF Colorado. Fears OF monopo-
! lization of radum ores, Willmarth said
were groundless.
Tentative plans for the construction oil
great government radium producing
plant I'm Colorado were discussed to-day
between Secretary Lane and all the MEM
bers of the Colorado delegation in Con
gress
II is understood that the Colorado Sen
ators and Representatives told Secretary
Lane that they would not continue oppo-
sition to the pending bills for withdrawal
Of radium bearing lands from entry II
they could be assured that the lands would
be developed and not allowed TO stand
untouched for conservation's sake.