The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-27
NOTED PREACHER IS
FAILURE N TRADE
Rev. Or. Newell Dwfghs Hills Heavi-
fy Involved BY Unfortunate
Bnsanes Ventures
BUT WILL PAY EVERY DOLLAR


- - New York. JAY sS.--TNs Rev pr
Newell DwiShs HuUs, passer ~ Ply
mouth Church. Brooklyn. was hkened
today TO General Grant. Mars Twain
I and Sir Walter Ssot;, al - whom,
: having plunged themselves head-oYe'-
heels in debt n business ventures. de
voted their lives 10 paving their cred IL
tors dollar for dollar The eomP9rt-
ron was made by Frederick W. Him
richs. Iifelons friend and personal at
torney of Or Hiilis.
u Or. Hills. in an interview in Port
land. Ore. where be WAS sued for
$4,000 on noie. admitted he had
: borrowed 100000. Oh; insisted that he
had devoted the money 10 making
good losses OF two of ms repneWS n
hux.nass deals II was admitted eF
Mr.. Hiurlchs that Or. Hills haH msae
spersonal ventures o. MS own
F~ror7 o,Her sources i was eSCet
fained THAI -he famous preacher aAA
for a number 81 years engaged IT eA-
tensive ventures n coal ana tnlSeE
IN the Nor, ~ sest; that ne mas become
financial involved though at one
enterprises. i also "a As saad that ms
sabliratiors total much more than MS
closest friends have even guessed a.
though he has reduced them greatly
in the last few uoHths
WI Pay All His Debts.
= The raStor has many assets lett.
and ne has announced his intention
OF devottng all his earnings to making
good the notes outstanding against
him. He ia determined 70 clear hts
financial name. no matter how great
the sacrifice.
M Henrichs did not deny today
that DR.. Hills had engaged in per-
sonAi ventures, but when pressed for
"Details he said quietly with a smile:
'ssTou will remember that President
Grant also got into unfortunate husi-
mess deals So did Mark Twain. So
did Sir Waiter Scott. But all OF these
men were honorable men. and though
n cost them dear they repaid every
dollar.
How extensive have been Or. Hillis'
dealings II was impossible to learn to-
day by inquiry among hts Pensioners
in Brooklyn. But recently Frank l..
Ferguson, who was his business rep
srwsentative for five years up until A
few months ago, said that In five
years he had handled practically sl,-
e00. 900; had taken in that amount
from. and for the preacher. and had
paid II out again In connection with
sthe preachers business affairs.
Had Extensive Dealings.
Various iti9stions started In West
ern States number Of years ago
revealed the fact that DIR. Hills had
extensive business dealings there II
seems that the pastor bought some
coal lands in the Northwest and
turnet IN en- oyer With profit: that he
sngageds In other enterprises. includ-
fxg the timber business, and that In
thaEn he interested Sir Alfred Harms,
worth, now Lord Northciiffe: Pome
Y Toy Burton, once q newspaper ma,
AlonS Park Row, but now in Lore
a.NorthcIiffe'x employ in London, ant
also Leigh s. J. Hunt. a capitalist
All three Of those men bought stool
a IN the r. .. Hills Logging Company
J but afterward. as that enterpris,
= proved Improbable. Or. Hills re-
& &urchased the stock from Lord North
: elite. Mr.. Burton and Mr.. Hunt. Civ
Ing his personal notes for the stock
The panic OF 1907, the stringen
times of 1911. and the present Euro
pean war spoiled many OF DR. Hills
prospects for immediate profits ant
rave him setbacks