New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-25
Nephew Says Pastor Mis-
represented Lands Offered
Trusting Persons.
$4,000 DEMANDED
FOR ALLEGED LIBEL
Percy d. iiillis's Brother Sues on
Statement That His Debts
Embarrassed Uncle.

Henry ~ Hills, n Western lumber
man. made some new charges yesterday
regarding the lumber land operations
Of his uncle. the Rev. Newell Dwight
Hills. pastor Of Plymouth Church
Brooklyn. which have kept him in
maze of litigation. Hills, SUNG
his uncle for $4,000 for libe., Med in
the Supreme Court his complaint. IN
which he alleged that the clergyman
sold stock to the lumber lands under
false representations. Among the buy
ers Of the securities, the plaintlf says
we're Sir Harold Iarmsworth, Pomeroy
Burton. secretary Of the latter; the
Rev. s. Parkes Cadman, the Rev. ~
McGee Waters and K. e.. Brown, super
of the Mayhower Mission and
Sunday School of Plymouth Church.
The defendant even let his masseur,
Hutchinson. in on the good thing, 1t is
alleged.
Claims Exaggerated
Hills. the suing nephew, AYERS that
after his uncle sold the stock to Sir
Harold Harmsworth and Burton. Dr.
Hills induced S. s. Mcclure and Leon
ard Hills to sell some of the property
in which the two London men were IN
terested ain order to avoid notoriety.'
The property, it Is alleged. was sold to
the estate Of Martin Kingman, of
Peoria. H., at a large profit.
With his profit from this transaction
DR.. Hills bought MS home, at % Mon
roe Street, Brooklyn. his nephew says.
This move came after Sir Harold and
his secretary had received information
regarding the value of their invest
ments. "Unwarranted and exaggerated
TO various friends be
gan 10 occasion him the greatest anxi-
ETY.. distress and fnancia trouble" ii IL
lis complains. adding that his uncle
sought TO shield himself by placing all
the blame on him and accused him Of
his confidence.
Acted for the Pastor.
This suit is based on the same
grounds which induced the PLAINTIFFS
brother. Percy d. Hills, to sue the
in Brooklyn, which suit was
by mutual friend in Chi
cago. He charges that DR.. Hills gave
an interview to "The Portland Ore
eonian" in which he said that he was
paying the debts of his nephews, and
that he was going TO use all his earn
ings on the lecture platform TO
straighten out their financial troubles.
His own interest in the timber lands
exploited BY his uncle. Hills declares,
was that Of agent. DR.. Hills bought
land in Canada in 1907. Some OF this
land he sold to his friends and mem
bers of his congregation, who placed
the utmost trust and confidence IN DR..
Hills because of his standing When
he was graduated from college. says
the plaintiff, his uncle persuaded MN
to represent him in Canada in obtain
ing licenses for timber lands.
"Actuated by an increasing desire
for large wealth." says Hills. my un-
Gle turned his attention to the timber
lands of British Columbia. repre-
sented him in Canada at a salary OF
800 a month and bonuses which my
uncle promised me but never paid
Takes Up Speculation
Eighty-seven licenses were obtained /
for land on Vancouver Island. accord I
inc TO Young Hills. He alleges: My /
uncle represented 10 his friends that
he was doing them great favor by
letting them buy some of the land and /
that he was making large profits him. /
self bv reason of his investment. !
whereas the only profit he made was
in selling the licenses 70 his friends. /
He insisted TO his friends that ne was |
not making one cent in commissions by /
the sale. At the time he knew the va
ues he fixed on the land were far IN
excess of the real value. Furthermore, /
my uncle never had the property sur !
veye' or cruised."
Tn, nephew's complaint continues: /
'Dr. Hills made the sales within such /
a short time of each other and his |
nrofits were so large that he was stimu-
lated TO speculate upon greater scale:
Then came the crash. With nearly
81 coo 600 in coal and timber lands con-
tracted for. DR.. Hills, according to the
Plaintiff. found it impossible TO meet
the carrying charges. For all this the
defendant blamed his nephew. the lat