New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-14
,colopize for Picturing
r Him as Foolish Father
with Scapegoat Son.
r COLEMAN JUST
EVERYDAY NAME
rox Company Escapes Suit by
pleading ignorance and En-
punging Generals Name.

Rs,ween gunpowder manufacture IN
,l.usrc and ownership OF the Equi-
~. Building and Insurance Company
Nsw York. General T. Coleman du
~, had reason until yesterday TO con-
himself 8 tolerably well known
80, Lest there be any doubt Of
-, hive Of publicity experts
-, been At work all month IN the
.,,6ousr,ers Of the Business Mems
presidential League making the gen
as name a household word as be-
Laying 10 an ideal candidate for Presi-
dent. ,-..:
seed the general yesterday. While
.,s nublicity experts we're busy en-
.I,;rirr his name IN the newspapers OF
Il. courtrvmcn his lawyers were IN
.,y-t winning an apology from the Fox
r,ir, CORPORATION for so far overlook
- the courtesies due a Presidential
s..didate as 10 represent the general
a. foolish. men, old father with d
uspegrsce son.
b, czec. they must have seemed even
move discouraginc 20 the generals
,-;6s IN his fame than the offensive
si-s themselves had been. For, IN
Sc. the apology was that so little
troVn IS the general no one in the
in, company suspected that his name
tsd been plagiarized.
Possibly later. when the du POnt
rubfcity campaign has got IN its work,
I, will be better known 20 scenario
writer's. motion picture producers and
cher in the hierarchy o. ilmdom. But
!, the present state OF affairs the film
company was able 20 obtain the with
dr,wsl OF an injunction and suit for
heavy damages by the soothing OK
plsnstlon that u was only through
strange coincidence that the every
dsy. commonplace name. T. Coleman
du Pont. had been stumbled upon by
the flm mechanic g. the name OF his
leading character father.
The letter Of apology conveying this
thought stated also that the film was
used without any intention Of refer
my 70 Mr. du pont or MS son. or 20
identify them In any way with the flm. y
With this more or less sbject confes-
son Of ignorance as 70 the existence
o. such 4 person s. General 7. Cole
nan du Pont went the promise 70 ex-
pungs his name from the pictures.
The pictures were called Blue Blood
and Red" The blue blood was in the
fathers veins. the red in those Of his
son. The real T. Coleman has a real
son named Francis Victor du Pont. The
Elm father had a son called Algy, a
Harvard student and a regular devil.
One caption of him said: Although
h vas the best Liked msn in college
ard the g-eateet fullback that ever won
the crimson. Algy had no use for books,
and his dismissal worried him not a.
al" Another read: "AlgernOn du
pont. whose parents thought that a
plentiful supply OF m.ley was the
orly way % make a man OF him"
Then flashed or tho screen this
letter. written on letterhead or the
Dean OF Harvard. "Nr. r. Coleman du
Pont. New York City: Your son
Algernon has this day been dropped
from the roster Of the university
following his latest escspade. J might
add that he IS 4 poor scholar and Is
not only wasting his time, but your
money as well.
The next scene showed father re-
fgsing 70 forgive son. turning him out
Of his home. and. take II from the
caption. saying: "I have stood this
long enough, Get into that internal
machine Of yours and keep moving. ~
10 which son replies in the ncAt cap
ton: "Ncr-r-ry well. Ill keep moving,
but lll make q 10; ~ people step lively
70 get out n my way"
From ttcn on 10 be- just ono reel
after another ri thrilling adventure.
TOWARD nc end A.gy is shown with a
rope around his neck about 20 be
lynched by band o. cowboy but
sssyhirc ends happily.
% this hopping iittlo melodrama tno
general. IN f's complaint, went so far
a 70 say: "Tfe plaintiff is PORTRAYED
n foolish. unnatural and und gnifed
role, and rie son is shown ~ all sorts
Of ci1grscef.l acts and in exaggerated
ard ridiculous adventures and esca-
rsdes, vnich tcud 20 subject the PLAIN
- % r.dicuie
The use ~ my name and Of 1ny
picture and o. tho picture ~ ny son
r the manner described tends TO hold
Hs % % ridicuic ard disgrace and 20
nlgre ~ good name and reputation.
ne motion picture RI not an actual
Photograph % mv son Or my cir, but
consists ~ photographs - actors rep
r,1ent'ns us and ~ fctitOua scenes
Genera on ront'e son Is ar honor
ran a. fhr IA acrusctts Institute OF
technology. known % Dr. studioua
so1 .gr go. and never chased man
10 Z frrf "a Oh rfr aufrw0h. Ic fu ne