The evening world. Newspaper, November 23, 1911, Page 8

Himsa, << BAND. GPUS ee GIT THE WERRITS' MNES One of Thee Vi Ventures in Which Oneself Is Found “Rather Against the Will.” REV. MR. GATES, ADVISOR | “Up to Us” to Keep Minnesota | Properties From Bankruptcy in 1893 Panic. leront faith tn these mines, but to work | |them the railroad wan necessary. jhad deen begun, but in the panic ot |1893 It and all other developments were |fearly ruined. Although we were min- | ority holders of the stock, {t seemed to be ‘up to us’ to keep the enterprise alive through the harrowing panic day "Thad to loan my personal securit to raise money, and finally we were compelled to supply a great deal of actual cash, and to get it we were obliged to go into the then greatly up- | set money market and buy currency at ja high premimus to ship west > preas to pay the laborers on the road and keep them alive. “When the fright of the panic period subsided and matters became a little more settled we began to realize ow | errata ‘We had invested many mil- jons and no one wanted to go in with le to buy stock. On the contrary everybody else seemed to want to sell The stock was offered to us in alarm: i ing quantitles—substantially all of the} f jes cam ur part | capital stock | without any #0 |quite the contrary—and w: | in cash. “Having launched ourselves into the | | vente, we decided to supply ore to every one who needed it by mining and | transporting with the newest and most effective facilities and our profits we invested in more ore lands. “Mr. Gates became the president of the various companies which owned the mings and the railroad to the Inke to |transport the ores and he started to story, | m Reminie- em@pees of Men and Events,” of how he the famous Mesaba iron ore esota, in connection with the evousation of which Leonidas Mer- tt of Duluth says he sent the famous meseage: “You go back to Rockefeller tel! him when I steal, I will steal yeelf:"* “Ocine iato the iron ore fields was one ef those experiences in which one finds me's self rather it the will, for it plan of mine to litlea, Be “a g iments! im the Northwest country. “Thess interests had includ | a good) #—mines, steel factory, rail- Properties ut whicd I other investments have Row forgotten. I was u minority regent fn all these enterprises and pert in thelr management. Not! aber them were profitable. MANY FOUND THEIR VALUES) FICTITIOUS. “As a matter of fact, for hard expert | head: imagined when the ! of that panic forced upon them tip eapeetab truth. of these properties I had not daving relied upon the inves- others respecting their worth; & 5 i if if i i i over the country, East and West. to me that Mr. Gates, @rext etore of common sense, especial technical education jes and mille, might aid ing some first hand infor- how these concerns were . Once, ae he was quggested that he look mill in which I had some Hitay fi He Yaterest, which happened to be on his reate. GATES HIRED BUT TO KEEP UP PHILANTHROPIES. & model of what euch be, It stated the tacts, ter were abmont all | “tie report I .» and I e) address of property | hich I held @ minor- | 5 F a a i sure that this particular) Merron yell, and it was| &@ ehock for me to learn, clear and definite account, ‘that 1t was only a question of time be- ‘this enterprise, too, which had been ited as rolling in money, would fntd trouble if things kept on as they learn and devolop the business of ore mining and transportation, He not only proved to be an apt scholar, but he really mastered the various complext- tles of the business. “The work went on uninterruptedly | until the formation of the United States | Steel Corporation. ships. “After some negotiation they made an offer, which we accepted, whereby the | whols plant should become a part of | ¢min, # village seven miles from Bask the United States Steel Corporation. The price we felt, very moderate, considering the present and | prospective value of the property. And | 80, atfer a period of about seven years, I Went out of alt association with tne mining, the transporting and the selling | of tron Lp RE RE eG ‘MONALISA GONE FOREVER, KAISER'S ART gu THINKS: | Dr. ilies Gola, Bode, Departing for Europe, Praises Highly American Collections. Dr. Withelm Bode, general director of the royal art museums of Prussia | and tie highest authority on art in tne German Empire, sailed to-day on the | North German Lioyd liner George Washing:on after a three weeks’ sv- Journ hare to inspect a few famous American art collections. The Kaleer'a personal art critic sald he was grextly impressed with the ad- vance made in this country In the col- lecting of art objects within the last elghteen years, “J. -Plerpont Morgan,” he said, “has 4 collection of ancient books that is un- oubtedly the finest in the world. He has also a wonderfat-collection of paint- ings and art objects, but this collection 1s #0 wcattered in his two London houses and his New York home that ft is di cult to get an idea of its remark scope. There are few if any finer col- lections of paintings in the world than Benjamin Altman's. He has twelve Rembrandts. I was lucky enough to see this collection and also the Widener | collection in Philadelphia, the Have meyer collection, the collection of Mrs. Jack Gardner in Brookline, the Tati collection in Cincinnat! and several othe; smaller collections, “I found all of these collections splen- | didiy arranged, not all bunched into one gallery, but admirably scattered through different rooms. The Morgan collection | here 1s really lke a first-class museum, Then, the Metropolitan Museum of Art as any mu-) seum in Europe. In the next ten or half a dozen years America will have dozen important museums, bes! ie © number of splendid private colle th ‘@ tried very hard on the other arranged with Mr. Gates to ition whereby hy i led of een nm hin | r and more important plans for out some philanthropic that hi SOHN D. PLAYS GOLF, “Mr. Gates has for many years been associated with my per | affairs. He hae been through strenvous tines with me, and has taken cares of many kinds Of my shoulders, leaving me more time YY golf, pl roads, move tre: t naw, other congenial occupation t to return to the story of our bled investments hae been our policy never to allow © company in which We had an interest to be thrown into the bankruptcy court 1€ we could prevent it. Our plan h been to stay with the institution, it lend ft money when necessar prove factlitl heapen produ: of the opportunities Patience are likely to itself sustaining and su ‘we went carefully through the affdire of these crippled enterprises in the'bard times of 18% 1894, carrying and foreclosure. “UP TO Us" TO KEEP ORE TEM ALIVE. “Among these investments were some THE CARES; | side to save the famous Kalin coll | ton, but the owner diod without | ing a will and ft was pht up fo | The best of the collectiqn was brought to America.” | Dr. Hode said he feared the Mona | Lina would never be recovered. ‘It would be imponaible to dispose of it,” he said, “and the thief probably will become frightened and destroy This wasting disease can be checked and finally overcome | by taking Warner's Safe Diabetes Remedy. the trouble. Builds up the system, Restores health. k for one yenr with diabetes, 1 ners Sale Diabetes Remedy, Potties in ail, and was pronounced S. J. Reckendort, Phindely bia, Pa. | bach tor a purpose | id. id Liver Remedy constipation Biliousn end me ice of charge @ sample of your Remedy No jd for it A representative of | this corporation came to see about peil- | Ing the land, the ore and the fleet of | | tlon in which they had seen the flash, io] | | 10 ° | ° Corrects | | THE _EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1911. | nee to the man they had een g across { ‘oad theory t the shot waa fired FARMERSFOUND. WHO SAW ASSASSIN AMBUSH BANKER Were Driving Past Ellis Home farme for a very archased she ot, the largest fn, Bernards. Monday or . in Morris) ville or even Newark Saturday Frank Ellis of Basking Ridge trans- nitted to the authorities to-day the be- a information that he saw an empty sutomobdlie standing In the road a. ut iulf a mile from the Ellis place at about y ~ , + the time of the shooting. This gave rise When Shot Was Fired [to tne theory that the assailant of Mr. ‘ a . [Bilis hay have cirqe daround in the | Through Window. darkness to the automobile and ridden ‘to Morristown, but it Is a remote chance It j@ now established that the wea- pon used was not a muszle-loader shot- «un, It was a modern gun of very large bore, euch as-are common in houses in the country districts of Jorsey. Mr. Ellis's condition ts hopeful to- | aay. He has ecarcely any fever, and | the surgeons are preparing to take an X-ray-photograph for the purpose of locating one of the buékshot. Mrs, Ellis telephoned County Prose- cutor Pope yesterday, asking him to Two witnesses who saw the man ya | come to the house, and, accompanied Attempted to shoot Monroe F."Bills, the| DY Detective, Totten, he teft in an banker, Monday evening at Basking outside while he wi Ridge, N. J, have been found by the Jong conference with police, So far as is known, these are!) ler appeared that tho banker's wife sent for the Prosecutor the only persons who got @ glimpse of|that she might make ® complaint the would-be assassin, but thelr de-|against the detective, who the previous scription Js meagre and of little use. The witnesses are James Harrison day had told newspapermen that the and Charles Barker, farmers, of Pluck- |AUTO USED IN ESCAPE. | County Prosecutor Says Wife, of Victim Has Told All She Knows. banker's wife was concealing facts which might be of value in running down the assailant of her husband. | “There isn't a word of truth tn all these storfes that have been going the rounds,” said Mr. Pope later. ‘Mra. Fills t all she know# and that | tan't m canes BOY’S FINGERS WORTH $1,050 A valuation of $262.50 for each of the four fingers of a thirteen-year-old |boy's right hand wae set, to-day, by a jury in the Supreme Court, Brooklyn, s—or former ing Ridge At 630 o'clock Monday evening they were riding along the road from Bernardsville, bound home, and were within a few hundred feet | of the Kilia home, when they saw a flash and heard the report of a gun. They did not stop their horses, but wazed into the darkness in the direc- An unusually tall man, carrying a un, sudden! ’ owner of the Alexander « denly dashed across the road | Tener IF, (Me Washington Just In front of them. They jumped | street, down and started in pursuit, but] Alexander was employed by John neither sight nor hearing revealed the| Fitter, a butcher of No. 120 Bridge street, inte fou some carry-| eat but In the crowd the dar mers saw no one who bore any ri In the process of feeding meat stusage machine, the boy fed in meer, for good measure. His as his guaniian, sued Fitter for sand $1,090 was awarded after ‘ore Justice Maddox, So oF 6 Furs from ROWN.S toWearer Direct | | whereabouts of the fugitive. Soon | there were scores of citizens swarm- ing about the Ellis home, ing shotguns, fa COTT comer FURRIERS 62 West 23d St. snd 23 West 34th St. Continuation of Our 38th Annual Sale High FURS at a Saving of Grade ¥4 Regular Prices $150.00 French Seal Coats (Pointed Fox or Skunk Collar, Cuffs)....... $85.00 175.00 Hudson Seal Coats( Dyed Muskrat) 110.00 200.00 Hudson Seal Coats( Dyed Liane 125.00 80.00 French Seal Coats 90.00 Black Russian Pony Coat 55.00 Black Russian Pony Coat. 110.00 Natural Pony Coat (Beaver 0 or Raccoon Collar) 100.00 Natural Pony Coat... 90.00 Caracul Coats... 65.00 Caracul Coats 85.00 Marmot Coats... All garments advertised are 52 and $4 inch lengths; lined throughout with guaranteed Brocade Satin; finished with silk ornaments or jewelled buttons; sizes 16 years to 46 bust. Every Fur garment sold by Brown, Scott Co. is absolutely guaranteed to be as represented, or money refunded. $37.50 Belgium Lynx Sets . 35.00 Siberian Wolf Sets. 35.00 Natural Raccoon Sets.’. 50.00 Pointed Fox Sets... 45.00 Black Fox Sets . 50.00 Red Fox Sets... 55.00 Skunk Sets....... 125.00 Natural Dark Eastern Minx Sets. iE EXCEPTIONAL VALU M with Shell of Black Broadcloth, FUR LINED Cour of Persian Lamb, Linings os rvs 50 f Muskrat, Marmot or Brownand $49.50 COATS ¢ i Coney. Values $50.00 and $100, 23 West 34th St. y TY, 62 West 23d St Opp. Waldorf-Asteria | STORES { Adjoining McCreery’s The Guaranteed re of piper for “mR and even $1.50, $2.00 and $3.00 the box of six pairs. Sold in New York only by Wallach Bros, [ae 840-248 W. 125th St. Just below 20th St 8d Ave, Cor, 182d St. The Home of Hart, Schaffner & Marx Clothes, wm “en hnamerancnatncsnnne Risiouaaeadiad TOOK CASH TO BED AND ready to take away. A window was unlatened, but no lock was broken Thomas thinks they must have con- FOILED THE BURGLARS. cealed themselves In the cafe until Thieves s s hieves Found ‘Thomas's Ca hy otter he closed up, expecting to rob Register Empty and Were |the cash register. When he went up 4 to bed, however, he had taken Chased by Policeman. money with him. Policeman Paul Hofman of the Fitth | Hoffman was so badly brulsed by his avenue station, Brooklyn, saw three | fall he had to be attended by a doctor men on the porch of the Imperial Ho- |érom Seney Hospltai and report sick tel, at No. 27 Ninth avenue, early today | for the rest of the night. and slipped over to in Zate, they saw him coming and made for Prospect Park, across the street, Hoffman chased them to the park en- trance at Ninth avenue and Fifteenth | street, and tripped and fell. He was dazed for several minutes and when MY vered the men had disappe: ‘ared | hruboery, "the policeman. returned to the hotel and aroused George Thomas, the pro- prietor. An investigation showed that the men had packed a dozen boxes of B. Altman & Co. A SPECIAL SALE OF BOYS’ SUITS AND OVER- COATS AT UNUSUAILY LOW PRICES | Maa:to Cow Because he can't tell his own twin sons apart, John Cobb Harris, a wealthy farmer of near Fort Worth, has had to make a new will After the first will was drawn he learned that the property he had left to John was that he intended to leave to Cobb, and vice versa, ‘The twins are twenty-tvo years old and 6 feet 6 inches tall \ HAS BEEN ARRANGED FOR FRIDAY AND SATU RDAY, AS FOLLOWS: BOYS’ NORFOLK AND DOUBLE-BREASTED SUITS WITH EXTRA PAIR OF KNICKERBOCKERS, REGULAR PRICES $10.00T0 12.50 . , at $6.75 A LIMITED NUMBER OF BOYS’ RUSSIAN OVERCOATS REGULAR PRICES $8.5070 10.50. ..... at 5.50 ‘BOYS’ DOUBLE-BREASTED ULSTER OVERCOATS REGULAR PRICES $15.00 To 18.00 . . . at $9.75 [MEN'S AND BOYS’ FUR AND FUR-LINED COATS AT MODERATE PRICES. B. Altman & Cn. PORTIERES, LACE CURTAINS AND UPHOLSTERY STUFFS IN THE NEWEST PATTERNS AT MODERATE PRICES LACES OF ALL KINDS, BROCADES, VELVETS, TAPESTRIES, DAMASKS, REPS, ‘TAFFETAS, VELOURS, SCOTCH MUSLINS, ENGLISH FIGURED NETS, SCOTCH MADRAS, PLAIN AND FIG. URED SUNFAST MATERIALS, ENGLISH AND FRENCH CRE. TONNES, PLAIN AND FIGURED SILKS FOR DRAPERIES, FUR- NITURE COVERS, ETC. PILLOW TOPS, COUCH AND TABLE COVERS, SCREENS, UTILITY BOXES, WINDOW SHADES, CURTAIN POLES AND FIXTURES. ORIENTAL AND DOMESTIC RUGS, HOUSEHOLD LINENS, BLANKETS, ETC. Fifth Avenue, 34th and 45th Streefs, New York. 10 TO 1S MINUTES FROM ANYWHERE MANN’S AT 149 UST. ENTRANCE OF SUBWAY OR ELEVATED 5Osweeny Cake Set, Seven Pieces...... A FREE WITH CASH OR PURCHASES a FREE) Nea ty Sarat Hl) Free with Every Purchas¢ of $: 874-876 East 1aeth Street [ "Hanes Door te Fest BRASS BED 5 al FREE With Every Purchase of $75 THe €AS EASIEST PAYMENT HOUSE IN WY." Set TREE 9 is ease Sa | | cigars and some whiskey on the porch, | Frank Russek ora Fur Shop Waldorf-Astoria 21 West 34th Street Importers FURRIERS Manutacturers FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, WE WILL HOLD A SALE OF FURS That Will Be Well Worth Your While to Investigate We quote below a number of selected items that have been specially reduced for this sale THE LOW PRICES MEAN NOTHING WITHOUT THE QUALITY AND VALUE BEHIND THEM CALL AND EXAMINE THE GREAT- EST FUR VALUES EVER OFFERED Fur Coats Fur Sets $60 Russian Pony Coats.. ined $35 Red Fox Sets........20.00 $100 Russian, Pony Coats.. 50.00 s50 red Fox Set $125 Russian Pony Coats.. 65.00 75.R a gigi ie $100 Natural Pony Goats. . 60.00 $75 Red Fox Sets........40.00 $125 Natural Pony Coats.. 75.00 $39 Black Fox Sets...... 25,00 $90 Caracul Coats.......47.50! g60 Black Fox Sets.. 35. $125 Caracul Coats....... 75.00 . ba ta on po pod $100 Marmot Mink Coats.. 60.00, $85 Black Fox Sets. dh $25 Raccoon Sets........15.00 $50 Raccoon Sets........35.00 $125 French Seal Coats... 70.00 $200 Bee Seal oats: - 90.00 rimmed wit $175 Hudson Seal Coat: tfa.08 ARON Ld Needy (Dyed Muskrat)» $100 White Fox Sets. $195 Persian Lamb Coats.135.00 $100 Ermine Muffs.. (8 $250 Persian Lamb Coats.160.00 $85 Skunk Sets... ¢ inch) " $20 Gray Fox Sets. $300 Persian Lamb Coats. 175.00 . > $50 Mink Mufls........ «30.00 $100 French Seal Coats... 58.00 $50 White Fox Sets Skunk or Fox) inch) (62 ineh) OPPENHEIM, GLLINSs G 34th Street Special Sale of 5.00 Silk Jersey Petticoats 2.95 1500 Silk Jersey-top Petticoats, with deep plaited Messaline flounce; Silk Fringe trimmed. Black and Colors. Made to Retail at $5.00 2.95 On Sale Friday, Nov. 24th Victor Merbert Song AS NOW BEING SUNG IV NCHIANTRESS ay Kitty Gorpbon AT THE : EW YORK THEATRE NEW YORK FREE WITH NEXT 5 gy OVNDAY WORLD OY AFAFUESION OF PRWITTIARK & SON'S To appreciate the convenience and great value of the Sunday World's Want Directory—READ IT,