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'BLOND BILL' LORIMER, FACING BLINDNESS,
TOILS IN TROPICAL JUNGLE TO RECOUP FORTUN
Disgraced U. S. Senater and President
of Bank That Collapsed Struggles te
"Come Back" at 61 and Pay Every
Dellar Lest by Fermer Depositors
STRICKEN IV ITH MALARIA
WITH CATARACTS ON EYES
BRAKES COLOMBIA WILDS
-Fermer Newsboy, Bootblack, Politician
and Financier Returns te Chicago for
Treatment After Experiences Thrill
ing as an Arabian Night 's Tale
T)LOND HILL LOKLMKU i still trying te come bach.
lie is partly bl'nd and thientencd with total blindness which would
Mnst his c.xprced hope te pnv back, dollar for dollar, the vast sums lest
te depositors through the crah of his La Halle Street Hank in 1911
Yet thp former United States Senater and Republican "boss" of Illinois,
hoetblack, newsboy, financier and politician, is back again in Chicago,
after a series of thrilling adventures in the wilds of Seuth America,
where he went as a lcprccntativc
tid te leceup his fortune.
Lerrhicr has had a career as
meteoric rise te political influence culminated in his election te the United
States Senate, only te be ousted en the grounds that bis election was
featured by bribery and corruption. lie then turned financier only te have ,
his hopes for regained influence shattered with the Lernner-Munday bank
crash that thicatcned for a time te rend the financial fahiic of his
adopted city.
Today, at sixty-one ears of age, he seems no nearer te the fulfillment
of his dreams of political and financial power than when, as a newsboy
and bootblack in Chicago's, streets, he strove te earn sufficient te support
his widowed mother and her laige family. '
Bronzed with the suns of tropic Cnldm-. I'.e.vnci. Ciidln.imatea mid
climes, emaciated from tropical
fevers and with a grizzled beard
hiding the thin fcatiues once se
rotund and smiling; suffering in
tense pain at times from cataract
which threaten him with total blind-nes.--,
Lorimer today still radiates
remething of the indomitable spirit
which took him fiem lowly levels te i
the seats of the mighty. I
"I am in excellent, health, with
the exception of my eve-.'' he says.
"The 'outdoor life lia been beneficial
te me. I am much Ihinni r and my
waist line ha.s been reduced by half. '
I find that my old Mothers are tee ,
big. This, lieweer, is due te rough- j
ing it anil riding niuleback in th" '
open.
"Upen the -uceess nf an operation
en my pyes depends my leturu te !
Seuth America. I have cemmuni-
cated with Colonel P. -L II. Farrcll, '
who sencd fei three yeats, during
and following the wai, as chief eye
surgeon of the American Expedi
tionary Forces, lie was al.-e an army
surgeon in the American ffiice
during the fcpani.-h-American War
and in addition te this he was for
four years eye surgeon in St.
Jeseph's Hospital in Chicago. I have
faith in him."
In his work in Seuth America
"Bill" Lorimer is striving te wipe
out the past. In a puigatery of
loneliness, the sixty-one-year-old ex
plorer and former national figure
has been suffering privation, danger,
back-breaking and soul-scarring
labor in his fifjlit te "come back."
Faces New Handicaps
Blazing Jungle Trails
Blazing trails through jungles,
climbing mountains, crossing raging
streams and rapids; in geneial, con
ducting extenshe exple: atieti and
investigation of the natural re
sources of Seuth America, the for
mer Senater has been working hard
tinder greater difficulties and handi
caps than he has ever faced bofeie.
When net invading irgin forests,
canoeing en alligator-infested waters
nnd fighting mulariu-brceding mos
quitoes, he has been searching for
mine locations nnd scaling the steep
sides of perpetunlly snow-capped
mountains. In addition te these he
has had te find time te meet the
legal requirements and official red
tape of the countries in which he
sought options en property nnd gov
ernmental concessions for the Amer
ican interests he represented.
Above the giizzb beard he wer.rs
heavy spectacles te protect his nfflictel
eyes. He emerged recently fiem a sip,.
of malaria, greatly weakened but with
no ether noticeable effects
Phjslclnns In Itogeta and ether Seutn
American cities be visited in th course
of bis duties say be is inmpleteh rid
of tbe malaria. Hut. uicenllng te th
engineers working with him. all the
doctors plainly told him that unli . his
eyes were attended tn Immediate!)
and
the operation for c.itaractN performed
promptly he was in peril of losing hN
sight. i adapted iiimscit te the w,1-s 0 j10
Mule riding Is one of the principal ' street "Aiub," the-e best suited te
means of travel in the Interior of Ce- 'Ills iineen snuggle.
lembln, nnd Leilmer, with his puny of rii-t, be sold newspaper-, then he
cnKinceru, Iniihuih mid native whites, added a shoe-shine stand tn his nctiv
hna a goodly share of that mode ut hies Vfter a turn as bundle boy in n
travel. It requires continuous oractlce I
befere it censes te be n hnrilp
Kugeiie Underwood, nn
mining nnd umstriictlen
brother of .Senater O-car I
three engineers and two I
1 iricnn I
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"' .I'euip&ju Lerimrr's iiuiiu'dlntJ
L . - -f . . -
US explorations of. the clepur
of an American development company
strange as the strangest fiction. A
Tn bin i
Aip finni them, 1 1 e i- accompanied
l lm'i in- mill imtip lilti noens net
in,; n- guide- and helper. They carr.v
t!ii canoe- ever portages, the tent-, the
fuipil -applies ami the pre-peciim; equip
ment. Sags 77m Life Werk
Is in Seuth America
"A- i eiiicn. I am unci n-ii'il in
(Hums III it ;i,p mi in the United
Suites li--t," l.i. rimer i- In ills,
''i ins In- hi.iK. Inn m life work
M iinu ,n Smith men iml it will
iv tln'ic f..i- -.imp ji'iir-. If ll iuti'
mi- fur Jlit. fti-tf.r. talk iilmiii m
v and ilic ceii-iuntly iiiiTPiuiiii; pain
i w mill Iiii) -taved mi (In. Jnh until
ill our pkin- wen- I'limpli ted
'SlnppllIC ill ll. M, (.j ( ,lnn,t
uinping in ilii. np..ii ,i li;i,1K tir.
llllj lintels nf Willises lime shen lie
.in iii-ight inn. ilip li.ti-.K-fi-r f me
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lllll lllelll I (eel ;,( ,M1M(. .;,,
Tle. illlllliPlls'ite ine fnr .ir(. l ,u,
tines:- which nic lacking. When I
'")'k up ,it (In. Southern 'res n,nl tin
iMiiiititnl iniiutrv im .ill .i,.s i ,,jix
! ilie ful'.-s .it Inmie. ami hope that
mine dav. h) tr.uispei tiitltiu I-
npiiieil. thev imi ,.f,nip anil ndmlie the
li'HNll. . of n.itiiie ii, V fln,
tliein in tlil- stiiiticp itiiiiilr..
" 'i'lie imintrj ami the people nf Snntli
AniPiiiM -hi.nlil be hetter known te the
people el th). Unite, St.lti'- TIl.lt
eunt I den ll I here need, Anierleim
r.ipitnl. Ir neeil- r.illrnaiN and ethei
iiiiiiri.M-imiit- t) Kiv.. it it, full (.mnC(.
hefme the world. I)eel,ipmenf wtil,l
make the umiiti'.v one nf the Wealthiest.
ine-t
Iirngi-ehp .-mil liappl(.st in the
weild.
A number
-eU'l.ll fi en
of Chicnce iapitali-t- and
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iiiiiMieillllll ate s,ii (l
lie Ililcri-tnl ill the reelfimnrl.... .....i
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"letilelimeiit PHijecH of the i nimmm
tcpi-c-eiiteil hi Lorimer
Ill fortune wiik ilestlii,, ,,, fellow
"Mleml Hill" I.mimcr. Hnrdh litul
he ipili i'hiuir'e alter the bank f.iiluie. ' -''tcial person-, all of whom escaped,
epie--mg Im Intention te make snm'l fonw.tien. The same charges were J
ih-pii). pic ions ill-.i-tfi-s. than In. "met Mid '" ""'' ,l"' l'l,,,1 Stnte j
wnli a set ioiie accident. Senate and the first investigation there
ll- hnd gum. te the Immlet ,,f (one- ,ieMll,nl '" Lerlmer's clearance. In I
'lib. La te we.k back cradualh tel1011 ""' 11,lnnis S,',,ut0 1,y n ve,,, ,,f I
-ehniM tlueugh the agencv ,,f Mnn "i te H "J-ked the Helm Committee in j
-awmlll. He get im,, eW.,iu ,ll( the Senate tu investigate once mere. On
plungeil int., manual labor a- he lliM",,h ' b " ve,p f "H5 t0 'l'' '!1C
none ,,.. befeie I i.i... ,. .''United State- Senate had upheld the
Clllcagii
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While adjusting ., iB , ,,, ,
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dei rid
in. hieke ,11, ,.,..!.. I
ever his head. Iiiveluntniil.v throwing I
up In- aim as he heiml the n,,,,,,,:,,",
-eunil Lorimer caught the full fe,.r of
the la-hing chain en his ferenim. The
arm was hrnUen in two (ilmev
t.lit hi. lni.j f(.ll..l ).. n. .r ...
l.ec-nl
)" ......... ..i ei-i me nenes irep. i
eriy. with the result that Lenmi-r had I
te be taken te n Chicago lie-pit.il. I
Career Like a Tale
Frem "Arabian Nights"
Lerlmer's t nicer wu- ,,,, f ,H(, ,
Awihlau Xlghts' tale n,t, whidi the!
history of the peer he.v m Amcrna is
embellished. The son of ! Ii,.hv tei inn
minister of .Mamhcstei. i:nS 1C ' 0r fatigue, jet with a nrm and cllgniiieU
was bieiight te this 'luuntrv when' five ' tread "Hlend Hill" Lorimer, discrcd
vears old. His father (e, befme hi' ' Ited In the service of his country in
wns twelve, and the he.v, ,.ft tm sole i one of the highest positions "It hud te
support ei a widowed mother with I
large family, quickly turned
'atinesphcic of a lellgleus
from the I
mine and I
laundry lie became a street-cnr eon-
ducter before be wiih twenty-one and
took his first lllng at iielitlcs with a
ward club organized in hs mother's
v ..eW .-itehen. .
ir"'S 'n IbStl he Inld tluvAtriidntleiiH for
Z. ll?'!'1-'"' ,,n,t,t,!itlte I? became a
lmeui table and he I fees reiu
that position until lie was able te launch
forth in the real ctnte business lit the
i.ipidly evpnndln? cit of Chicago. Sit:
ears later he again became peliticallv
ambit ions and inn for clerk of the
Siipcilur Court. He was defeated.
Then commenced the upward political
climb which ic-iilteil in his election te
the I'lilted States Senate after a de.id-
lock in the Illinois Legi-lnturp threat
eiied te disrupt State politic-
and his
In-- nf I he rerted toga, charged with
obtaining it by brlhcn and corruption,
Lniimer's linnneiiil diffiiulties bj no
nipins began with his hnnking aelivi -
ties ftpr he li.nl n( ii epeleil from
llie Semite. As far hack as 1PS. when
he wns a Uepresenl.itie in Congress,
his tiiiaucliil tran-aitiens were publielj
i.iiestiniicd. At that lime Chicago new
pnpcis iniscil n hue and cry nbttiit (
leitain large sums which Lorimer and.
Iiii ii'seeintes .eemed te aciiuire after i
the imssace nf numerous bills favoring
public utility eorperntions.
I'liherj figured for the (ii-t lime In
Lorimer'- cateer. however, during tlm
til st .piuiterial ime-tigatinu into tliej
eeniliilfiii- surrounding his election. Al
though It was widelv hernltbd al thp
lime In inemlieis of the epimsing par- i
ties ilun I.eiimer had been merclj nj
coinpremi-e i audidatc, the nniinunce
meat that tiflj -three of the KlS votes
which elected lilm came fiem hereditary j
political enemies, Democrats was fel- i
lowed with numerous open charges that
biibeiy had broken the long legislative
deadlock which laded fiem January -0
until Ma -ll. Ne investigation was.
made at ili). time, heweer, and the
matter wn- nppurenllj turgettcn pul)
liil
Illinois Legislator
Admits He Get Bribe
Almest a j tar Inter Chnrles A. i
White, a member of the Legislature '
who toted for Lorimer for the Senate,
mode a signed confession under oath
'thnt he llll
recehei a
wns the be;
bribe for
;inning of
hi- I
the I
I vole. That
. cud.
T1"' Whit'1 Incident icsiilted in the
' 'Ptuin of criminal indictments against
.- m
Senater from Illinois. As a result or
the suend investigation, iiu ..-.. ..
wns "us,l(1,
Tin. scene of the Illinois Sennter's
dismissal was one of the most urn
inatle ever staged in the historic halls
of Congress. Calm and apparently
unmoved, Lorimer sat like a innrble
statue an the words were read which
i a-t an indelible stain upon his life.
He had never been known te give in
te a pelltirul fee, and defiance marked
his bearing that duy as the Senate
gave its decision.
Wern with the strain of defending
himself against the vicious attacks of
hia colleagues, showing every evidence
nffer walked from the chamber amid
an intense silence, lenrs ran down the
faces of many in the galleries as they
watched him go, and tne strain en
the fleer was equally tense, It could
have been staged no better in the
world's greate-t theatre. "Hill" Lori
mer passed out of public and political
life defiant te the end.
Despite the fact of his political down
fall from the national standpoint, Lori
mer still jetnliied home Influence In
Chicago nnd State politics. Kcpubllcnii
enndhlntes for office constantly sought
bis favor, and naked his expert nil
vice, lluvlng ruled wJth.nn iron hand
and jieiug. popular alike with, Jtepub
William Lorimer, former Illinois
Senater, who is trying te recoup
fortune
lican and Democratic elements he wn
-till a power te be feared in a cri-ls.
The man w he had made and Uilinadc
Ocrrners who hnd controlled legis
I f5orrner'. who litul controlled l.-'sis- jf eJ5p3g?-- -
latien ami State elections, ceul.t net i
be deposed In a day. The turned-down ,
j thumbs
of the United States S"tiale
could net disrupt the erganbniii n of a
'lifetime.
nf ,f the greatest setbacks Leilmer
PXOr received, according te politicians,
"n" w''en Theodere ltoe'elt. 'lulled
it" attend a liiiuiPt at the Hamilton
'"bib, In Chicago, in 11110. netilled Ihe
committee In charge that he would at
tend nnlj en the condition that "I te
si
Lorimer would net be present. The
affair wns shen great publicity ami
Lorimer, warned bj fellow cluJ- liiem-
hers, stnicd nwuv. In
warded bis resignation
tum he
which
for fer
wns promptly accepted.
In his own story of his life the feuner
Sennter pictures his antecedents uj
humble, nnd his father ns a religious
mnn who Inbered In the fields ns u
farmhand te keep body and soul to
gether when there was net sufficient cali
for him as a I'resbjteiian minister,
'When the Lorimer family arrived in
America they settled in Ohie. Net
prospering there they moved te Illinois,
where the elder Lorimer died when
"Hilly" was but ten jeaw old.
When the little money left by the
father was spent It wns up te the eldest
son te provide for the family. This he
did by selling newspapers ami delivering
a route each morning, continuing en
downtown with his sheeshlne box and
picking up as muci as he could en the
way. Ills turnings grew te as high as
$20 weekly with this combination of ac
tivities, j j.
Through thcAjmeits stages of bundle
iaary,-aud..-almei,L-cvcry
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,Mllh-k. -k A. 1 7 BEr'.!mrdfr7f'S' that institution 1in.l no tiinds for such1
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humble position In the meat -packing
industry, Lerlmer's health broke down,
and he was feiced te seel; cmplejiiient
In the open air, finally obtaining a job
as a btreet railway conductor. It was
during the Hlnlne campaign and as a
conductor timt nis tirst pnlitiial ten
dencies came te the surfaie
He took
the defeat of Hlnlne as a personal sor
row. In later je.irs, when politicians and
powerful influences, wanted te knew why
Lorimer in his local campaigns had
never fought with McKcnnu, Inter the
notorious "Hlnky-Dluk.v," Lorimer al
wii)s recalled an incident of his news news
Ley diiyw.
The second .Sunday he had been wil
ing papers scveiul boys spied the new
comer in their riinK.s and took his pa
pers from him. Without sufficient can-
fltnl te renew his stock and aiipuiently
without friends te take his part
"Hilly" Lorimer wes heartbroken, A
lergcr boy, nevvsle and bootblack like
himself, found him lit a dejected at-titude-.aJnUiuq.ulred-.hisaieiibk',
When
old, the Inritrr boy dlcnppenrcd and In
a few moments returned with the stolen
papers nnd stnrted the yetWK mcrchnnt
once mere en his way. The elder boy
was Mlke McKcnnn, Inter alderman
nnd saloon proprietor, but an cvcrlnst
Ihr friend of "Hilly" Lorimer, who,
although far superior In station and po pe
lltlcnl InllttPtirp, never feuRht against
McKcnnn In the lnttrr's prcelnets.
Known in Congress as
Packers' Representative
During Lerlmer's twelve years In
Congress he brcntue known as "the
representative of the meut-pnckcri,"
his most conspicuous fight being thnt
te Introduce legislation favorable te the
ninniifnctiirc and sale of substitutes for
butter. He also was an nrtlent supporter
for the plan te build a deep waterway
from Lnkc Michigan te the Gulf of
.Mexico, and lie led the fight which ob
tained the Hrft Federal appropriation
for a preliminary survey and estimate
of the cost for the proposed Improve,
ment.
l.erln.er married Hn'f uti K. Mooney,
mid seven children, two sons nnd five
dnugliteis. weie Ihe result of the ,,!n
Thwarted in his political ambitions by
his dismissal from the Senate, a nation,
nil) disgraced figure, "Hlend Hill" Lor
imer tin ucd te the field of finance for
his lieu great veniuie, and, backed
b) the powerful iufhicncfH that had
melded his political career, Joined hands
with H. C. Munday In the Kieat bank
ing interests controlled by the staid
La Salle Street Trust and Snvtm-s
I """'V f""' "f '"hicage's foremost finun-
ciui institutions.
Then began the seiemi and most ser
ions of all his misfortunes, for although
his political disgrace in Washington
uffected him at home with certain
classes, the thousands of peer deposi
tors who sulTered from I he bank crash
weie up te that time Mill ,N tvWniU
and many of them had placed their
money en deposit in his bnnk as a tes
timony of their unshaken cenlhlence.
When the cuish came unexpectedly
there was very little that wim geed in
life, for "Hlend Hill" Lorimer.
On the fateful morning of .Tunc Hi,
Hill, reports of the big bank's failure
spiend like wildfire through the down
town dl&trlcts of Chicago pg before
ikeUieur scheduled for opening. Hefete
i& sm&eti' njffl&JzzsltikZjnM!r ..
l-sfe v . td jMwBsSmmBr . ;jiAisJ&ii2rjJ
10 o'clock. La Snllc street was crowded
with an nnxlehs throng. When the
doers failed te open en the minute ex
citement grew nnd n detail of mounted
police wns ndilcd te the little force al
ready sent te "keep 'cm moving."
Twe hours before the bnnk was sup
posed te open the city treasurer, M. .T.
Flynn, hnd notified the bnnk authori
ties that he would be en hand at the
opening hour te collect en cheeks the
city's funds of $07.0,000 then en de
posit. Flynn received the reply thnt
the rheeks could net he honored.
When the crowd wns nt Its height the
doers were opened nnd mnny of the
lenders innnnged te crowd In. They
were promptly ordered out ns they
steed grouped befere the empty tellers'
cages. Then, when the doers were
closed another bnnk efficlnl took his
stand just Inside, nnd if a depositor
managed te break through the police
lines he obligingly hnnded out a enrd
bearing the Inscription "O. K. Iteltz,"
telling the eager depositor It would be
honored nt the Cern Kxchnnge Bnnk.
These who were given such curds were
told at the Cern Kxchnnge Hunk that
that institution bad
a purpose.
Hefere the snindal which invelvei
millions of dollars belonging te Chicago
linns and Individuals bad died down,
Leilmer and Monday, with n dozen
ether officials of the bank, were indicted
en cluugcs of emhpz.letiieut and mis
application of funds. Lorimer and
Munday with the ethers were diepped
from the Stute bankers' association and
their clubs pending a trial, after all
concerned had pleaded net guilty te the
charges.
Indicted en tlilitj-slN counts, Loil Leil
mer was the center of a sensational
trinl, which United Maich 1, 1014,
when he cnmmeuicil his desperate and
finally successful defense. His attorney
chniged that the newspapers alone had
been the cause of his client's financial
downfall as they hnd published stories
of the Inseciirlt) of the Lu Halle Street
Hank a mouth prier te its actual In
solvency, causing an iinprcccduitecj run
of four weeks' duration.
With a cash reseive of ()i per ((,t
the attorney asserted, the bank" hnd
met nil demands, even these fur In ex
cess of all previously similar cusps. H0
further asserted that Lorimer, although
president of the hank, k,,PW virtually
nothing of the actions of Mundny its
vice president,, who wns churged with
appropriating funds of the bunk for u,
use of a chain of commercial concerns
he wns operating privately ntut with
nutside capital. , '"
Muudny, churged with ienpliacy
vii
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wreck the bnnk, was sentenced te !'?
years' imprisonment, while Iirliili
still kept up His fight. ,7U,i,ge Dt,S,i
flnnlttt trrnnfn.1 1.a ..n1tMl. i. .?
of the defense that the major ehtSs
against Lorimer of censplracT in a?j
fraud be consolidated with the mlwi?
charge of receiving deposits after 2V
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mum b iiimuvi-iii:; ireramp KllOWn tnA tf
operating a confidence game, resulting "
i... limn.., .ii.-i. ini-ciuiuien of (h
Institution's assets. The State tnaden
objection te the consolidation.
Mere than two hundred venl..!.
were cress-examined before n jury nU
selected. Many of them Mated Aiiik
thought "Lorimer should be rim out SM
town en general principles." Oth.
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nrimii pi runt inc. mtitimtnA .) ... -.a
t
hanking inteicsts said te be opposed te
the Leriiner-Miindny combination might
have a hearing mi their verdict ns thtjj
hnd accounts at the hanks of the ethd
group, in the interim Lorimer wn
released l .$1,000 bail.
Ascribed Bank's Collapse
te Newspaper Reports
At the trial in his own defense Irj
liner charged the newspaper reports el
his trouble in the Senate with beinj
the cause of the hank's downfall, ab
though it was also testified that durlnf
ihe Washington Investigation the Sen Sen
ater had feibiddeii his stenographer te
give out te the newspapermen an
Inkling of what had gene ua in thi
leinmittee loom. Te such nil extent
was this secrecy carried, it wns ttb
tied, that even Senators making tee
Investigation were permitted te liare
enl) such parts of his speeches as these
in which their own names nppeared.
It wns nlse brought out by witnesMf
that Munilav. without nutheiity. hail
signed Lerlmer's name te cheeks p
I milling the use of the bank's fun".
I.eiimer, it wns snld, knew netlilnj
I such transactions. .
I At the conclusion of the sensatleni
trial Lorimer wus ucipiltted of an
charges, although the majority of h;
associates did net get oft se fertunattlj.
Hut his financial ruin was complete.
Like ether deposed meuarchs, lie tool
te sawing weed, with thu dlsnstieiiM
suits chronicled above.
Just what sincerity was in hia P'
that lie had come te the time of atenf
ment, few Chlcageans were able te
Seme of them were inclined te believe
thut the iippnrcntlv indomitable bPlr"
of the old "boss" would bilng am
tlueugh In the end. He ebtiilned the
position as rcpiescntntivn in SeuUj
America of some of the great finnncUu
Interests of thu country. It was a
lug concern with much capital for the
development of the rich legions of
crul commies. Thus started the e'
(durations which hnve seemingly ndw
In another impnssse for "Hlend HM
The uuestlnn new agitating Cmcafe
Is whether the latest moves of tin
sagacious political boss uie bused en
sincerity or whether they nrc just an
other of the "grand stund" phi)6 let
which he was famous In his meie pe'
erful days. Will a successful opera epera opera
tieu en the c)es cnuse him te Bta'1
once mero en Ills journeying threugn
the Seuth American fastnesses te re
deem his "million-dollar" pleclge te ei
former deposlteisV Or will Nature, tee.
go hack en him during his linnl fctiuM"
and bring low for all time the politi
cian who fought his way te the lP
ever the political bodies of his adver
saries enlv te be thrown down by tuw
1,1 .?! em,?. ,Bht."
.vim nsuipg nerseit mill iin ".VeTmiiI
l nun tnilnv mIIm hnclr wmlCH
inn" i .,.':,.,.... 'ii... i.ut iin.L- in
the
world, and su.vs, "Well, we 11 m
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