New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 10, 1923, Page 18

HARDING ADMIRES - CLEVER IMPOSTOR - President Admits Being Taken in by Smooth Young Man ‘Washington, July 10.—President Harding has confessed to a character- istic often ascribed to Americans by foreigners—a fondness for being bun- coed when it is done painlessly. The confession was made in a letter | written to Colonel George B, Chris- | tlan, father of the secretary to the| president, and has a background ex- tending into the days when Warren G. Harding was editing the Marion | Star. It was then that a stranger dropped Into Marion one day, called on Editor Harding and, introducing himself as a member of the Virginia branch of the Harding family, men- tioned that his cash in hand had unex- pectedly run low and that a small loan would be useful. The president then as now, was proud of the name of “Harding,” and he extended the loan. A few days later Mr. Harding met Judge Scofield, a leading citizen of Marion and a close friend, and told the story of the stranger's call. When he finished Judge Scofield announced that he had been visited on the same day by the same gentleman, who de- scribed himself as a distant cousin named ‘“‘Scofield,” and a member of the Scofleld family of Virginia. The Judge, like the editor, extended finan- cial ald. Mr. Harding and Judge Scofield had many a hearty laugh over the incident and they laughed even more heartily on learning several weeks later that Mpyron T. Herrick, then a Cleveland business man but since governor of | Ohio and ambassador to France, also - had helpdd out in the hour of need “a cousin by the name of Herrick from Virginia who needed carfare home."” But gradually Mr. Harding ceased to think of it, until the other day he re- ceived a letter from Colonel Christian, recalling the visit of the “Virginia cousin,” and saying that he himself had been recently victimized in a similar way. Both Were “Touched" “I am In receipt of your letter,” President Harding wrote in reply, “in which you tell me of the call upon you by the breezy and companionable chap who, after the fashion of the gentleman who was named Harding one day, Scofield another day, and Herrick another day, took you in for a small loan which would accommo date him on his virtuous way. T can only sympathize with you. You re- member the chap who represented himself to me as a Harding from ‘Old Virginia,' and I recall that I presented him to you and that he took you in as well as me, and that you and he fought over some of the battlefields of the Civil War without your detect- ing any fraud in him, but you did es- cape being touched as T was for a small draft upon my cash account, “Somehow, I have always enjoyed being buncoed by that fellow. He was so clever about it that he skinned me without wounding me. One encoun- ters so many confidence men in the activities of our present-day life that it is a pleasure to meet up with an artlet who can skin you without your having felt it. The thing that gets on my nerves most is the cruder and bolder confidence man who tries to put something over on me, and I know that he is trying it, and yet he thinks me susceptible enough to be | wholly innocent of his plans. “In other words, when you are tak- L — — ——— ] FOR SALE Three Family House and Store attached on North street. Large lot. Good investment. OX & DUNN 272 MAIN ST. en in it 1s a joy to be taken in so beautifully that you haven't the slight- est knowledge of it until you come to the later realization that a promised loan is not returned. 1 do not know but that it is a good thing that we have some of them in our midst at all times. It serves to remind us that one needs to be cautious without beirg suspicious, and also that the world s full of 'wonderful talent whieb, if only applied in righteous way, might result in notable accom- plishment. Moreover, I think it brings us to a helptul degree of humllity to be reminded that there are smart chaps who can take us in without our even suspecting It.”" THREE NEW LAWYERS Thomas J. Cabelus, 8. Gerard Casale and Boleslaus Monkiewicz of This City Pass Bar Examinations. Thomas J. CAbelus, &5 Casale and Boleslaus Monkiewicz of this city were among 49 successful candidates for entrance to the bar who recently took examinations at New Haven, it has been announced by the state bar examining commit- tee. They will appear in the New Haven superior court next Tuesday before Judge Allyn S, Brown to be sworn in as attorneys. Gerard Care Don't tell the wife you've heen sit- ting up with a sick friend. She might have a retinoscope, invented hy Dr. W. D. Bates of New York, shown wearing it. The retinoscope detects lies by discovering shadows in the eye, he says. DR.F.COOMBS \ The Naturopath Physician and Cniropractor 252 MAIN COR. WEST MAIN Phone 765 Hours 9 A. M. to 8 P, M. | Genuine Naturopathy adds ;m life, pep, power, endurance and nerve energy. I use the very latest and all forms of the electrical. The Violet Rays, Alpine ments that can be compared with genuine Naturopathy, and for those who, have failed to find relief, regard- less of what disease or ailment or how long standing, or how many specialists treated with. This ad is of tremen- dous importance to you. The treat- ments are not embarrassing for wom- en; are painless and act as children. ey years | those convalescent there are no treat- | MONTANA BANK SHUT AIDED FIGHT ON 4TH George M. Stanton’s Trust Co. at Great Falls Fails Gireat Falls, Mont, July 10.—The Stanton Bank and Trust company of this city closed its doors yesterday. George H. Stanton, president of the institution was said to have advanced $50,000 on June 16 to make up the second $100,000 payment due Demp- gey on his bout with Gibbons, putting up the money at the instance of Mayor James Johnson of Shelby, who gave personal property as security. The Stanton bank - with $250,000 capital and deposits of $600,000, opened as usual this morning, but closed its doors voluntarily after 11 o'clock. It was said the bank was unable to take up the morning clear- ings. Stanton could not be located yester- day. He was said to have left the bank after issuing a statement that the institution wag solvent and that every dollar would be paid depositors. According to records of the Toole county abstract office at Shelby, Mayor Johnson transferred several parcels of real estate and ofl land holdings on July 6 and 7 to J. W. Speer, an attorney of Great Falls. In each instance thegtransfer was made for a consideration of $1. Johnson was one of the heaviest backers of the Dempsey-Gibbons bout and was said to have lost more than $100,000 in its promotion. Among the heaviest losers in the Stanton bank, provided it is not sol- vent, will be the city of Great Falls, which, city officials said last night, had $36,000 on deposit in the bank. The city's cash was covered only by personal bonds of the bank's officers, who were declared to have been ruined by the institution’s faflure. The last statement of the bank, made June 30, shows resources of $1,- 174,428.12 with deposits of about $600,000. The liabilities balance the resources, with $277.511 as capital stock, surplus and undivided profits, $60,670 due other banks; $25,000 in bills payable with collateral and $187,861.70 due war finance. The Stanton Bank and Trust com- pany was organized by George H. Stanton 10 years ago. The officers of the bank are: George H. Stanton, president; P. H. Jones, vice-president; 8. J. Doyle, cashier, all of Great Falls. 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