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XU tvTMtftU.ilm+ftI lt;wtbe th*» bedbto« JflLpal w-I •€»• I. '*▼-If’ Bfifi*it jfreCVSmnt* by Some chauf-naoreindredIn arefind to* ported dll for re this y the any a downa! moat 1 the ark In logicaleremetro-ig fivegrow-100,000 ire In* er fig-other k *the y that consc* future n, the inforc-check e,-it is uartere fust ho na-st of mien V are i to icondTlOTlgthat•v ice. mul-mmm,.....!rV * . - • I;-TwPkllMaiphla. W#w [till 4fc*r wwrft U ft« Tortlw to*««It rtUttsttMHi on Octobor l». ■-■-.ja—r.•OTTUtO •VNtHlflt.AH the marks do not Ore In thecountry. There wa* a time when Itwa* k common oecnrfence for n native2’ the rural district* to be lured to•ILXftrlL^ plucked bydome gold brick scheme and return to his home In the country a so try If not a wiser man. Thpjr§iid*, the sharps who pain' an existence by bleeding some victim And material to work up** * * .«\ i ' • _ - . .. ______ ,., ■on right in the large cities. One of the latest Illegal schemes devised to part men and their money has Just been brought tonight In New York through the postoffice Inspectors. A little light Is given regarding the matter In the New York Tribune.s r t • - ’ f J * . _ ¥ * * f « k * . • * . * | % .George M. Cove, the Inventor of the “solar electric generator” which was to transform the energy contained Insun rays Into electric power, was putbehind prison bars one day this week, together with Elmer E, Burlingame, the sales agent for the stock of the Sun Electric Generator Company. The two men were arrested at. the Instance of the * Postofllce authorities, who charged them wjth having used the mails in a scheme to defraud investors.“To catch the light of the sun, bottle it and bave ltxm tap. to be.lurned on at will in dark places, is the latest feat of American inventive genius,” was the description of the “invention in the circulars sent broadcast among prospective investors. “Indeed, the new machine does more than store the sun’s rays, for it. derives from them a form of energy which may be‘transformed Into heat or power as well as light. Thus becomes true a dream of the ages past, a dream that would seem to -be as utopian as any magic feat of the genie of Arabian tales.”After this glowing introduction there came the description of the apparatur —so simple, so easily and cheaply con structod, go full of promise t6 control finally all the industrial fields dependent on electricity, that many of the readers saw in the apparatus not only a generator of electricity but one of untold easy Wealth if one only risked a small investment in the stock of the company formed to exploit the invention. Where literature alone did nol convince, the prospective investor was invited to attend a demonstration at one of the company’s “plants” in NewThgru g glib ugtiit took th* inquirerIn band. On tfco iwof of th* building bo win shown tbo simple machine thattmndfonnod sua ray* Into electricity and did all Its tricks automatically. Wires led from tho machine to * batCh of butteries that received for storugo 4b4 solar electricity, and from the batteries there were more wires to a bunch of tungsten lights of low vol-tage.These lights were turned on for the benefit of the, visitor, and the brilliant light pronounced ’as tbe direct product of the sun electric generator.The postal authorities charged, however, that no electricity at all was ever produced by the machtae, and tha{ thef I * • • 1 * \ 0 * *current that lit the lamps had been ob-talned from the city’s electric plant by charging the batteries prior to the ar* rival oT tbe visitor. ~ jGeorge H. Cove, who is a native of•Nova Scotia, came to Boston in 1908 and represented his “Invention” as a success to various* business men. L».f 1 »8pencer Alger and Rayman B. Earl financed lCove to a considerable extent,m. • - • *but they soon withdrew', finding that Cove could not give a satisfactorydemonstration.The Inventor then came to New York, and Frederick NTT!fastis formed a company to exploit the invention. In October, 1909, Cove secured for himself much publicity and free advertisement by disappearing for several daysand creating Ihe impression that he»Nhad been kidnapped by financiers to whom he refused to disclose the secretof his “invention.”* • §.When the hoax was disclosed he dropped Rustis and went into partner-ship with Burlingame. They drganiz-ed the Sun Electric Generator Com-puny of Arizona, with a capital stock of *5,000,000 and began their stock selling operations. A laboratory was ar-ranged^ at No. 118 Maiden Lane, and on the roof of the building Cove “demonstrated”. his invention to prospective buyers of stock.. — . * — • * • • *• • ** * The investigation that led to the arrest of the men was ordered by Robert S. Sharpe, chief Postoffice inspector at. Washington, who received many complaints from persons duped into the purchase of the worthless stock. Inspectors Keene, Birdseye, Kntemann a ml Greenaway worked on the caseror many months, visiting the various*states in which “plants” were active. Cove was arrested at his home, at No. H.iT West 69th srteet, and Burlingameat the Hotel Latham. In default ofC.WANTB AUMONY.■ J ‘ * t I 4.1 • ’ ^ I * ** ¥ ~ % r » r j ♦W .* * . ’ , * ' ’ Jg ■ . \ . * t IMra. Hubbard, fjrrt WW• *f **r4 of lilt Aurora taya Ho BrokoContract. /0 4*Buffalo, Aug. 11.—LA auit alimony of about $15,000 waa begun yesterday by Mr*. Bertha Crawford Hpbbard against her divorced husband, Klbert Hubbard,, East Aurora philosopher and head of The Roycrof-ter* and inkeeper of the, Roycroft Inn. Mrs. Hubbard, wbo was the first wife, alleges a contract made just prior to her divorce action In 1902, by which she was to get 400 shares of Roycroft stock pf the value of about $10,000 on which she was to get twelve per cent, a .year In dividends. 8he claims she has never received a cent of dividend money. ■*’ iThe papers in the case were filed with tho county clerk yesterday by Attorney*' White and Sayles. Mr. 8ay*.• . * *v.les, who is the mayor's secretary, was formerly pastor of a church in East Aurora, where the Hubbards attended service. Judge Keneftck, who grant-ed*the divorce d^ree against the East Aurora man Is now his counsel.4 6The complaint, sets up that after tho marriage in Illinois in 1881, the Hubbards came to Buffalo, then moved to East Aurora, where they, began the business that has developed into -the Roycroft shops, and inn. It is alleged that the second Mrs. Hubbard, Elbert Hubbard and Elbert Hubbard II, have absorbed practically all of the stock lijJ-he business aud that they turn the profits into increased holdings.'THANK8GIVING, NOV. 30.Washington, Aug. 12.—President Taft, it was learned yesterday, will designate Thursday, November 30, as Thanksgiving Day this year.it always has been the custom to fix the last Thursday in the month. This year there hud leen some doubt because November happened to include live instead of four Thursdays.The White House has been besieged with theatrical managers and those in charge of college football games to settle this doubt so that, definite arrangements could be made for the usual special performance# and sports that mark the day.READ THE CLASSIFIED ADVS.
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Wellsville Allegany County Reporter
Wellsville, New York, US
Tue, Aug 15, 1911
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