Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-25
Said to Have " astel Money

in salaries and other expenses. ii" paIG
inexperienced statesmen 80 Il wcrE
drawing account. and IL per cent for
their sales. This was business suicide.
Carrier himself lived in the most "N.
pensive hotels both in New York and
idea of moneys value. II" would civ"
a boy n so bill 'or going IN crr"' =.
across the street
Believes Carrier Broke
"For all the money that Carrier spent
I believe he is broke ~ present.
don't think n cent stuck +" his hu'
GERS
Many of the company's stock ->"lliNG
crews are reported stranded today. T"t-
egrams were received demanding money.
although there vas no money to send.
William ]. Kramc. in charge OF Il
crew stranded at Rochester. telegraph
ed: For Gods sake send money. Men
held up in hotels without funds. Please
send money right away. They re-
ceiptcd for the telegram Mt the Office,
but didn't send tn" money There j.
no money that any one has the legal
right TO send
Two New Jersey State policemen
came to the Office yesterday with several
members of n crew stranded in Ham
monton. They had been given into Gus
tody for failure to pay their board bills.
Nothing could be done n the office.
30 the men were Scnt back to llammou-
ton in custody of the police.
Search IS being made for the minut"
book of the United Guarantee Com
pany. It was put in the safe Thurs
day night by one Of the employees. and
cannot now be found. Mr.. Carrier Is
not suspected of having stolen it. be-
cause he had not been in the office all
afternoon.
A Sheriff's writ was served at the
office today for rent, but the deputy
who brought 1t was persuaded not to
dispossess the clerks and clients who
waited hoping for something to turn up.
Blames His Enemies
The assertion Of a plot by enemies
to ruin Carrier was made hy lngliSh
f. u. Cameron, counsel for Carrier.
While the lawyer was making the
statement in his office in the stephen
Girard building, Carrier paced the floor
of an adjoining room. biting his mus
tache and giving other indications Of
nervous strain.
He was near enough to hear what was
said, but remained silent. Mr.. Cam
eron promised that Carrier would LATER
answer in detail every question asked
him concerning his operations here.
''At conferences last night and to-
day said Mr.. Cameron, Mr.. Car
rier assured me that the United
Auto Stores. Inc. was absolutely SOL
vent when application was made for q
receiver.
Carrier is not hiding from any one
He is merely recovering from the SHOCK
when he learned that Il receiver haN
been appointed. when he was making {
big proposition of his Enterprise.
He will make n detailed statement
proving that the Jnitri Auto Stor" i:
BY no means defunct and that III" con.
Germ could be quickly |rehabilitatcd
with proper management.
'Mr. Carrier would certainly like
to know why G. \. Williamson is cred.
tied with the statement that Carrirl
had outdone Pon2i. He cannot under.
stand Williamson'S attitude. VII.
Hanson came here and stayed three
weeks at leading hotel and then sough,
to put the United States Auto Store,
on the rocks.
Speaking of DOnnn pfaum. formerly
associated with Carrier, Captain Cam.
eron explained that Pdaum was merely
an employe in charge Of the Stat!Stira
department of the Auto Stores. In,
He was discharged when an "ctictenc!
man was placed in charge of this de-
partment. \ few days later. in March
1921, Phaum was arrested ON the Charg
of passing worthless checks.
Bought Stock for Jobs
AZ ents for the United Auto Stor'~
were required TO buy $1,000 Wortl
of stock, according 10 informa
tion given to Joseph J.. Kun. nNsistan
United States Attorney and counsel fo
the stockholders.
Samuel Stevenson. of 20l1 Marke
street, who formerly had the company
local store at Broad and Dnuphi'
streets. said today that the manager
had been promised 'hand~Onr returns
on their investment Ny Carrier.
"NnriouS managers and agent. com
planned that they had received no return
on their money" said Mr. Stevenson
Carrier then called a meeting Of IN
agents. He didn't given them th"i
money back. Instead he CAV" each "
them "A note for the amount.
when | took my note to tile h"u,
the cashier laughed at me, and asked
had read It. The note promised +
pay the amount to Carrier. not to n"
The cashier said: we wouldn't hnuIl
that note anyhow.
II took it 70 John X. X Scott, N,
attorney, and Carrier sent for n" AM
gave mo q job as progress manager .
the company, at 5000 "a week.
II worked week, and then WUrl
] didn't get my pay | went 20 Carr .c
and complained. lie said You Il b"'rr
get your lawyer to collect i'll woh
pay it.
There were twenty-five agru'@ Of n
company. To each when he uUuiin
for an agency was given n contract form
by which it was agreed 10 Interest
minimum of 100 CO-oncrative stock
holder customers to the extent Of pur
chasing four shares each of the common
stock Of the United Auto Stores, Inc.
and when said amount has been fulI.
raid and received, said party Of tn
first part United Auto Stores agrc'
TO execute and deliver a. the party "
the second part lthe agent IT, 0grnc,
franchise contract covering the abov
mentioned town.
The agents of the United GUarnnt,
Corporation we're used by Carrier &
promote another stock selling scheme
as we'll as that OF United Auto Stores
Inc. In long letter Of November
1921, Carrier wrote that he ha'
bought 80, 900 shares of the Hydro
United Tire Company. Inc, Of Potts
town, Pa, (which was daily returning
thousands of dollars in money to peo
ple whose orders could not be fille'
promptly enough.