Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-09-14
THOS. ]. FIELDER
PUTS0VER DEAL
With ARCHDUKE
Forms American Syndicate And
Takes Over Control Of Vast
Austrian Holdings
FOREST, MINES, STEEL
WORKS IN PURCHASE
Sabin, MUnsey and ReplogLe
Associated With Former Amer
icus Mayors Son In Venture

A former Americus boy, Thomas
j. Fielder, now resident of Paris
and a financier of international i'm
portance, has lust turned one of the
biggest deals ever known, by which
an American syndicate, to which he
is a party, has acquired all of the
Austrian estates of the Archduke
Frederick, of Austria, a member OF
the hapsburg family, the value of
which is put at $500, 100000.
Mr. Fielder is a nephew of Mrs.
w. j. Thornton, of Americus, and the
son of the late John Fielder, mayor
of Americas for 20 years at various
times. He was a resident here until
he was nearly grown, when he went
to Baltimre and joined the Hamilton
banking concern, later going to Nash
vile, @here he became closely asso-
ciated with the Murphy traction in
terests, later marrying the daughter
of the late Milton II. Smith, for years
president of N. c. & st. l.. Railroad,
Upon the death Of Mr.. Murphy, street
railway magnate of Nashville, his en-
tire estate of $3000,000 was willed
to Mr.. Fielder, with whom Mr.. MUIR
phys widow made her home until her
death. Mr.. Fielder lived in New York
for several wears, and still spends
several months each year there.
The New York Times in a COPY
righted cablegram published Monday
morning, tells the story of the deal
foK the Hapsburg estate whici Nv.
Fielder has completed This article is
reprinted here by permission of the
New York Times;
Story of I've Deal.
(Ccryright 1921 bv The New York
Times Company.)
PARIS, Sept 11.-At the Ritz
Hotel here Yesterday an agreement
was signed between representatives
of big American syndicate and the
Archduko Frederick of Austria and
his family by which the American
syndicate took over the whole of the
Archduke's estates in the dismem-
bered Austrian Emnire.
The estates include the rich steel
works and mines at Teschen, vast
forest lends stretching across many
miles Of several new Central Euro
moan reuubics, farms factories.
apartment houses. oalaces, castles,
and even the celebrated Albertina
Museum at Vienna in which are
housed about 100000 articles ct
artistic and historical interest. The
valpe of the rronertly is consetva-
lively estimated at $200,000,000..
In the syndicate which Is taking
the control of this great and varied
-. - - ~, a daretoo9 Char1aS
II Sabin, J. Leonard Replogle,
Frank A. Muusey. Thomas }. Feldef'
William A. Honnald and Louis Chev,
rillon. Their representative here, N
whose suite at the Ritz pne agree
ment was signed Yesterday. IS sam
uel Untermyer, Of New York,
Negotiations Began in 1919.
The negotiations began IN tno snfn-
uer Of 1919, when Thomas J. felder'
an American whose homa Is IN i'ar's'
annroached the ARchduke, who was
then living in Switzerland, to see y
arv purchase could be made out OF
bie large estates. During the war,
# viii be remembered, Archduke
Frederick was for a time Command
er-in- Chief of the Acknowledgment
ARMIES. He is a member of the haps-
burg family. but belongs to q branca
which has been for centuries dls-
tinrf from the reigninga houtse9a Onee
If his sisters is the Queen Dowager
~ cnain. and another is the Queen
of Bavaria. The Archduke himself
,,,o,,r;pd Princess Grow, and she, with
their son, Archduke Albrecht, ana
six daughters were present yest1eefaiay
at the Ritz Hotel to witness eas
agreement as to the disposal OF uhe
family property.
When Mr.. Fielder began the nego-
tiafions with the -Archduke the prop
erfv was mainly in his possession,
tboI1gb some had been sequestrated'
Retween the two an agreement was
wade in October, 1919, whereby the
Archdule was to transfer his various
rroperties and interests, except those
Ia Hurpary, to a corporation TO pc
oypanized. and which was then or
qanized in Switzerland, to take over
tha administration of the esate. Mr.
Fielder further undertook to form
syndicate in ATheriea which Woulo
aconire substantial interests IN the
new corporation. and this he succeed
ed in doing, interesting tae men
whose names have been mentioned.
A period Of trouble, however
shortly afterward ses in Tor the cor
poration. On the ground that the
ArehdTke was Hausbprg the gov
ernments of some of the new rep,lb-s
lies in which his properties We're be-
gan LEGISLATION for their conflsca-
tion. This acton raised difficulties
between the Archducal famllX and
the American syndicate which cut
minated in litigation IN the Swiss
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