New Britain herald., 1915-10-18
(. VOn SChantZ Hears Related
 News of Double AffliCtiOn
SISTER, ART COLLECTOR, DEAD
Family Had Been Prominent For Years in Finnish Military Affairs and Brothers are Condemned With out Least Trial,

Bad news never comes singly runs the adage. At least Gustave Won Schantz of 116 Lincoln street, well known as a ventilator expert, has req son to believe. Saturday he re- ceived in one letter from his father in Stockholm, Sweden, the informa- tion that his oldest sister, Madame Signe Maria Thiel, had died and that two of his brothers living in Finland had been exiled for life to Siberia by the Russia government His sisters death occurred September 19, but owing to the war the letter bearing the sad news was slow in arriving.
 The Won Schantz family have been prominent Finnish affairs for years and while the name is of Teutonic origin, it is felt that the real reason for exiling the brothers is due to its military connection. Russian methods. at best, are apt to be arbitrary and even today it is not necessary for the government to ascribe any particular reason for seizing a man and confls- eating his property. One of the brothers, Edwin Won Schantz, was a prominent resident of Helsingfors, the capital of Finland, and the other, John Won Schantz, lived in Kexholm, a Finnish town.
 Condemned Without Trial.
 Apparently for no known cause both were seized, thrown into prison and without the vestige of a trial con- demned to exile in Siberia, whence few ever return. MT. Won SchantZ en- tertains no false hope in this matter. He has lived in Finland and knows the power of the Russian czar and his minions. To so much as whisper the name of the imperial sovereign Tn a spirit of hostility is sufficient to con- demn man and the country teens with spies.
 Prominent in Military Affairs.
 The connection of the Won Schantz family with Finish political and mill itary affairs covers more than a cen tury. In the last great war with Russia when Sweden and Finland were united against the Muscovites, mem bers of the family were leaders in the Finnish army and MT. Won Schantz's s grandfather lead the army on its re- treat across the frozen Baltic in Swed en. Since that disaster, which oc- cured in 1909, the family has lived in Sweden for the most part, but years ago his father returned to Finland and lived there until about fifteen years ago when he returned to Stock holm.
 Sister Art Collector.
 Madame Thiel, sister of MT. Won Schantz, the news of whose death he has just received, was the most fa- nous art collector in Sweden. Her home in Stockholm was a veritible museum and her death is regarded as somthing of a national loss. She was famous not only in Sweden as a col lector of art but was well known in many other countries because of her collections and her knowledge of art. New Britain people, who have trav- eled abroad, have visited her home and saw her splendid art collection.
 MT. Won Schantz received the news of his family misfortunes on the eve of leaving New Britain. He is plan ming to remove to Dedham, Mass, where his busiess will be located. He has maintained an office in Boston for the past three years and has been so successful there that he has found it necessary to leave New Britain, which he regrets as he has many warm friends here.