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THE BANNER-HERALD, ATHENS, GEORGIA
Victims’ Amagzing Credulity Bared
at ‘Drake Heirs> Swindle Trial
ESTATE OWNS ALL THE
GOLD IN WORLD IS
ONE BELIEF
By NEA Service j
CHICAGO—Depths of cr-adulity,
blind faith, and pitiful hopses be
yond imagination have been re
vealed here in the Drake Estate
trial, to be resumed Jan. 6 and
prabably concluded this mwonth.
Lutheran minsters in lovva, Wis
consin farmers, country store pro
prietors in Nebraska, *Oklahoma
housewives, occupants of an lowa
poorhouse, Texas barbers, at least
70,000 of them in all, paid $1,350,-
000 of their hard-earned money in
the hope of getting it back a thou
sand-fold from “The Drake Es
tate.” &
l Forty-one men and women are
on trial, charged with. using the
mails in collection of the money.
Most of them have shown in court
a pathetic faith that Oscar Hart
zell, ringleader in the plan to col
iect “The Drake Estate,” is hon
est, though he is already serving a
10-year term in Ft. Leavenworth
for fraud in the Drake case.
Most of them are unshaken in
their faith that there is a Drake
estate, though the government
tays there isn’t.
And most of them are only
waiting until, sur~ly within a few
months, a man will come along
and shower them with gold for the
dollars they have put in.
Estate Campaign Starts
Sir Francis Drake died in 1596
more than 300 years ago. He was
a British naval officer, privateers
man, and explorer. First to carry
the British flag around the world
in his ship, The Golden Hind,
Drake plundered Spanish colonies
and ships and returned to England
with 'vast treasure in gold and
silver, |
He was knighted by Queen
Elizabeth and died in the West
Indies years later. He had been
married twice.
Years ago, Oscar Hartzell, an
fowan in England, claimed to have
discovered a descandant of a son
of Drake, who was presumed to
be heir to vast estates left by
Drake. Hartzell claimed that
rights to the estate had been as
signed to him by this heir.
About 1921 he began writing let
ters back to his native lowa, aske
ing people to give him money to
help him collect, promising to re
imburse the donors a thousand
fold when the estate was liqui
dated.
It was said to consist of vast
tracts in Drake’s native Devon
shire, including all the eity of
Plymouth, as well as 80 acres in
the very heart of London. *
There was also wild talk of a
.
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A vision of a flood of gold, brought originally to Elizabethan England by Sir Francig Drake (lower
center) in his ship, The Golden Hind (top right), has brought 41 defendants into a Chicago federal
court charged with using the mails to defraud. Thed been collecting flunds from people who hoped
thereby to share in “The Drake Estate.” Oscar Hartzell, left, is shown as he was brought from Leav
enworth federal penitentiary to testify. He started the movement and collected SBOO,OOO from “inves
tors.” 'Right, below, is Detective Inspector Arthur Bishop of Scotland Yards, brought to Chicago to
testify. Beside him is Canfield Hartzell, Oscar’s brother, one of the present defendants.
secret deed to all America given
Drake by Queen Elizabeth.
Monkey Pours In
British legal authorities said
there was no Drake estate. His
torians said Drake had no sons.
That never dampened the faith of
the- hopeful lowans who Wwere
helping Hartzell tg live like a lord
in London, The money kept com
ing-
Postal authorities were not able
to have Hartzel] extradited for
mail fraud, so the British finally
deported him. He was arrested at
thed ock, and twe years ago he
began serving a 110-year sentence
for mail fraud.
- You might think that the faith
of small town folk and farmers
from Dakota tp Texas would be
ishaken by all this. But not at
all.
After Hartzell’'s conviction the
\money kept rolling in. His agents
including his brother, Canfield
Hartzell, continued to collect it.
It is these people who are ncw
on trial. :
Belief Is Unshaken
"~ The defense of most of them
is that they believed, and believe,
in the existence of such an estate,
and that they put their own
money intp it- Some unquestion
ably did. G
Witness after witness has reit
erated his faith in the validity of
the estate and of his claim to
it. Some were ccllecting money
for the project on a commission
basis, going around to farm com
munities and holding meetings to
drum up interest.
The stories told at such meet
ings and by some of the solicitors
would cur] your hair. Wide-eyed
‘Wisconsin prospects were told that
debts owed the Drake estate in
66 countries in the world, with 300
yvears’ compound interest, were re
ally the cause of the depression
when the Drake estate began to
call in the debts!
That all the gold and silver in
the world really belongs to the
estate, which is why the United
States began calling in both, and
why England left the gold stand
ard!
. That President Roosevelt, when
falsely represented by the news
papers as being on a fishing trip
had really gone to England tc
settle the estate! |
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They were told, too, that if
Hoover had been re-electea the
estate would already have been
distributed, but that long pro
cedure had to be gone through with
to explain it all to the new Roose
velt administration! |
That Hartzell is not really in
jail, but is simply waiting to re
lease a secret understanding with
the Bank of Bnhgland which will
start the golden flood . pouring
across the prairies! |
No tale is too wild to be be
lieved in the communities where;
the Drake estate has become prac
tically a cult. One minister testi
fied of the estate story that the
people of his community “ate it
slept it, and drank it.” |
One inmate of an lowa poor
house secured 50-cent contribu-!
tions from his fellows. |
An Illinois woman wrote that
she had a teapot of Drake’s great
grandfather, and when could she
get her money?
Another went so far as to query
the Bank of England. On getting
a reply that the Drake estate had
long ago been settled., he simply
repeated his plantive query,
“What steps do I take to get my
lmoney?"
| Hope Beyond Belief
\‘ One Nebraska farmer was SO
_sure that the big dividend was
| coming “within 60 days” that pe
'jdih’t even plant any crops in the
i spring. Cases are many in which
| a.rmwm mortgaged, possessions
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Series of Erosion Surveys to Provide
Fundamental Data on Relaticn of Soil
Erosion to Silting Reservoirs Begins
| In order to pro/ide fundamental
{scientific data on the relation of
lsoil erosion to the silting of res-‘1
ervoirs, the Soil Conservation Ser
vice of the Department of Agri
culture is beginning a series of
erosion surveys on the watersheds
lying above six reservoirs in Geor
gia, South Carelina,- North Caro
!lina and Virginia, Similar sur
iveys will be conducted by the ser
lvice in Oklahoma, Texas, Missouri,
Arkansas and California.
The surveys in the southeast
will cover all, or ‘portions of 41
|counties and a total of 6,886
square miles. :
‘ All or portions of 13 counties
will be covered by the survey in
G eorgia- Approximately 1,850
square miles in the watershed area
lyving above the Lloyd Shoals Res
ervoir, including all or portions of
Gwinnett, Barrow, Fulton, De-
Kalb, Clayton, Fayette, Henry,
Spalding, Butts, Jasper, Newton,
Rockdale and - Walton countjes
will be surveyed.
Temporarily, G. A, Crabb, of
the Soil Conservation Service, will
be in immediate charge of the
erosion surveys in the four south
eastern states. Headquarters for
the work in Georgia and South
Carolina have been established at
lAtlant& Headquarters for the
work in Virginia and North Caro
lina have been established at
Winston-Salem, N. C.
According to H. H. Bennett.
chief of the service, the purpose
of the erosion surveys is to pro
vide fundamental data on the ex-:
tent of soil erosion in watersheds
above the six reservoirs, that can
be correlated directly with data
previously collected by the service
on the extent and rate of silting
in the particular reservoirs.
“Completion of the surveys”
says Mr. Bennett, .“will give to
the service authoritative informa
tion on the direct relationship of
soil erosion to costly reservoir
silting. It may be possible to
show how the soil washed from a
farm several miles from a rTes
lervoir directly contributes to the
expensive sedimentation of that
reservoir.
“Milljons of dollars in invest
ment values are lost each year be
cause of this reservoir silting,” he
says, “and the survey will show
the value of soil conservaition and
erosion control in protecting these
investments.”
Work is being carried on under
the general supervision of Glenn
L. Fuller, head of the Section of
‘Conservation Surveys, of the Ser
vice,
One 'survey will cover the
watershed area lying above the
High Rock, N. C. reservoir. This
is an area of approximately 4,.-
750 square miles, including all or
!portions of Surry, Wilkes, Rowan,
Iredell, Davidson, Davie, Forsyth,
‘Yadkin, Stokes, R-~ndolph, Cataw
ba, Caldwell, Alexander, Ashe.
Alleghany, Watauga, Cabarrus and
{Guilford counties in North Caro
lina, and Carroll, Patrick and
Grayson counties in Virginia.
Included in this area is a water
shed of 4 square miles lyving above
Lake Concord, which will be sur
it ks i bl SRRI
credulity passed any given point
@s ‘that - which has filed Dbefdre
Federal Judge Philip L. Sullivan,
in this trial. 4
- Testimony of Inspector Arthur
Bishop of Scotland Yard that Eng.
e W el e
SMRERS -¥‘mke ~ e &j;xfi.v e
Saptime :1:,,‘ e T
veyed with a vieyr to correlating
the extent of soil erosion with the
extent and rate of sedimentation
in the lake. g
Two other surveys will be start
ed in North Carolina. One, in the
watershed area lying above Lake
Richie, will cover approximately
170 square miles in - portions of
Person, Orange and Durham coun
ties. The other, in the watershed
area lying above University Lake,
will cover approximately 27 square
miles in portions of Orange and
Chatham counties.
In South Carolina, 'the survey
will cover approximately 89 square
miles in Greenville and Spartan
burg counties, in the watershed
area lying above the Spartanburg
Municipal Resetvoir.
It is expected that approximate
lv 25 men will be assigned to the
survey work .in Virginia and
North Carolina and that a similar
number wii] carry on the work in
South Carolina and Georgia.
According to Mr. Fuller, some
units of the work may be com
vleted by June 1, 1936.
Attendances Here At
Sunday Schools Are
Improved Yesterday
. Athens Sunday school atten
dances soared back to normal yes
terday, after the lowest record in
vears Sunday week: A total of
2,160 attended nine churches yes
terday. :
The highest number was report
ed at First Methodist church, with
558 present, including 74 men ana
81 women in the Bible classes.
First Baptist church reported 478,
with 81 men and 83 women in the
Bible classes. .
Prince Avenue Bapiist reported
284, with 556 men and 28 women in
the Bible classes, and Young Har
ris Methodist had 167, included 34
men and 37 women in the Bible
classe.
Bast Aihens Baptist church had
157 present, with 22 men and 32
women in the two classes and
Oconee Street Methodist reportea
120, with 24 men and 23 women
in the Bible classes.
¥irst Christian reported 163,
with 14 men and 22 women in the
Bible classes and Central Presby
terian church reported 114, with
19 men and 12 women in the Bible
classes. West End Baptist church
had 119 present, including 19 men
and 10 women,
MARINE POLICY
NEW YORK — (@) <- The Pro
peller club of the United States
announced Saturday night a mer
cantile marine policy which it des
cribed as reflecting the opinions
of the general public' as well as
of “all classes of individuals and
organizations directly interested in
the welfare of the American ship
ping industry.” 3
On the basis of a nationwide sur
vey, earried out by q;eestlonmlre.
the club presented the following
consensus: )
“The United States 'should have
a definite, and as nearly as may
be, a permanent mumnt marine
policy, the cardinal | fetures of
which should be: {
“The United States should have
a merchant marine Sufficient in
size to carry its domestic water-
IN NEW YORK
Paul i“ll::rison
By GEORGE ROSS
NEW YORK.—lt's next to im
possible to get a Broadway play
wright to admit he’s lampooning
a real-life celebrity.
“First Lady,” which Katharine
Dayton wrote with George 8.
Kaufman, lightly disguises Aliece,
| Longworth and Dolly Gann, prin
{clpals in the Washington social
feud, as its two leading charac
ters. But, of course, the authors
Ideny it. When Mrs. Longworth
lphoned from Washington the other
t day to ask about it, she was told
(that the show dealt with the
brightest, most beautiful woman
in the. capitol. She said “Thank
you” and hung up.
\ Another new Broadway smash
hit, “Boy Meets Girl,” is about
those two bad boys of Hollywood,
Ben Hecht and Charlie McArthur,
and reveals their boyish pranksg
in the picture colony. Of course, '
this is vehemently denied by .
Sam and Bella Spewack (hus- *
brn@ and [wife), who wrom@
But when I saw Ben Hecht talk
‘ing about the show the other eve= -
'ning, he was saying, “It can't be’
about us,” with a gmile. B
l Celebrifies are taking their
worst beating in Moss Hart and
Cole Porter’s ‘“Jubilee” in which
Johnny Weismuller is faintly con
cealed as Charlie Reismuller when
people aren’t calling him Mowgli.
There are also laughs at the ex
pense of Elsa Maxwell, Park Ave
nue social arbiter, Noel Coward
and ary king or queen you might
care to mention, We also stille
have with us “Personal Appear-"
ance,” which rakes a movie sirén "
over the coals, but the none-too-.
bright heroine could be plenty of
motion picture Shebas. -
Chorus Qualifications & o
The difference between an old- .
fashioned and new, stream-lined
chorus girl, according to Tom |
Weatherly, producer of musical
shows, is plenty. Mr. Weatherly,
hiring chorines for his new Illus
trators’ Revue, demands these
ten specifications from a lady of
the ensemble.
She must be able to do simple
stage and tap dancing. She must
have distinctive personality., She
must be slender and perfectly
proportioned. She must be intel
ligenct. She must not be less than
five feet six. She must have un
dyed hair. No synthetic blondes,
red-heads or what-have-you need
anply. She must be vivacious.
She must not have a vulgar or
raucous voice. She must be a
lady.
The last condition is the hard=
est. :
Fashion Plate
New York and Hollywood
clothiers can war to the finish
about the Ten Best Dressed Men
¢f America. But the best dressed
man I've seen consistently weli
groomed is Earl Benham, a tailor.
He makes clothes to order for
James J. Walker, William Gax
tor:, Adolphe Menjou and other
sartorial notables.
Before the Bar
Still the most inviolable sign in
New York is the one that says
“Men’s Bar” across the threshold
of the Men's Bar at the Waldorf-
Astoria. Oscar of the Waldorf
tells me that only three obsti
nate ladies have tried to crash
through the sacred portals during
the past year. They were politely
edged out. ®
Whatever gentlemen may pre
fer outside of drinking hours,
they like the Bar to themselves.
Legends of the fabulous deals ar
ranged in the Men's Bar of the
old Waldorf, are being repeated
in the new masculine sanctum.
Market pools are formed over
old-fashioneds and mergers are
broached over rye highballs. For
lighter recreation, the men can
sit around and play chess or back
gammon while watching the stock
ticker. And they even have their
own kitchen to serve them. .
Bloomin’ Stranger
And that reminds me of the
fellow who sauntered into the
florist’'s shop of a Park Avente
hotel and ordered enough garde
nias to make, as he said, “a gdii@i
sized blanket.” The salesman
didn't even blink an eyelash be
cause Park Avenue florists get
accustomed to anything. But
then the customer leftr word with
the florist that four seamstresses
were to come up to his suite and
sew the gardenias into a blanket
by 8 o'clock that evening. Well,
Park Avenue florists hadn’t heard
an order like that one before and
repeated it to make sure. fi#
customer said he was serious.
And at 8 o'clock that evening,
four seamstresses finished their
task of sewing a couple of hun
dred gardenias into a blanket,
covering a six foot bed in the
gentleman’s apartment. The
stranger paid the Llil, which
came to S4OO, tipped ‘the sewing
machine girls and sent them
about their business. Were ¥you
waiting for the pay-off to this
story? There isn't any. Nocbody
has yet satisfactorily explained
the mystery of the gardenia %4«
ket. S
MORROW IS CHAIRMAN
Professor Paul W. Morrow, of
Peabody College of Education, has
been appointed chairman of the
meeting of the Curriculum division
of the Department of Superintend
ence, National Education assocla=
tion which will be held in St. Louils
on February 22-27.
This. meeting will be marked by
“wo debates—one between G. N.
Kefauver and Charles H. Judd,
head of the department of edueca
tion, University of Chicago, and
the other between H. B. Bruner, of
Columbia uniwersity and BEdgar
W. Knight, of the Untversity of
North Carclina, =h
Ginger aie can be seen, heard,
smelled, touched, and tasted; i i
the drink of the senses,
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