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Scottish Air-Mail Letter DRAKE MILLIONS
350th Anniversary of Edinburgh Univer sity: Sir James Barrie and Woman
Graduates: Lord George Gordon:" Mr. George Burn's 75th
Birthday
Special Air Mail Service
EDINBURGH · UNIVERSITY
Lord George Gordon, besides his association with the famous anti-Catholic priots which bore his name, had many other claims to Totoriety.
Was
Fraud Case Against
Valet
Millions left or reputed to have been left by Sir Francis Drake provide the background for tha case against Oscar Merrill Hart- zell, who la charged with saging the United States' mails for trau dulent purposes.
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Hartzell WHEN departed from Britain last February, and the Post Office Department accuses him of promoting B.M extortion scheme to restore to the rightful, heirs the estate of Sir Francis Drake.",
A special Federal Prosecutor, *Edinburgh, Nov. 1.
Mr. John S. Pratt, read a Afty- Filting celebrations marked -10¬
page indictment, recounting that dey the 350th anniversary of
Hartzell collected large funds by Edinburgh University. The octa-
He was mixed up with Cagllos promising to return a thousand sion has brought a crowd of dia.
tro and the affair of Marie | dollars for every dollar invested. tinguished people, many of them
and Antoinette's necklace
alleged that The indictment associated with the University,
that the itself, and others bearing great-sued by the French Government Hartzell had declared
estate was worth several ings from universities in Scotland for. libel. This led to his impri- Drake
sonment in Newgate, where he led thousand million dollars. It is and other countries.
a comfortable life, giving dances
alleged that Hartzell collected« as and daily dinner parties...
much as £500 a week, and that He also joined the Jewish com- the total amount collected exceed- ed £300,000. British United munity, was a great friend Wesley, and, although he had
Press. himself been a soldier, was the Arst person to agitate against the manufacture of arms.
on
The proceedings opened Friday evening with a reception, attended by a thousand guests, given by the Corporation of Edin burgh.
Sir James Barrie is Chancellor of the University, and his pen sonality and characteristic spee- ches have been a feature of the celebrations. The most spectacu- lar event to-day was the morning graduation ceremony, which was a great student as well as inter- University festival. Sir Barrie presided: and the McEwani Hall rang with enthusiasm when he left the chair and gave
his arm to Miss Frances Helen Sim- son, one of the first women grą duates of Edinburgh, conducting her to her seat after conferring on her the honorary LL.D. degree.
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of
London Valet
A. London barrister and a Lon-" don private detective are to give evidence in the trial of Hartzell at
MR. JOHN BURNS: 15" Mr. John Burns is 75 to-day.
Sioux City. (Hartzell" was The calm of his later years is in strange contrast with his youth. formerly a valet in London)
An estate of £70,000,000 is sup- candle 2 He had worked in " Jarnes
factory, served
ณ pageboy; posed to have been left by Sir acted 3.5 apotboy on Sundays, Francis Drake. This estate was to consist of Drake. and served an apprenticeship to supposed engineering, before he began to Castle, Devon, with 8000 acres. of shipyards, and take an interest in public affairs. valuable land;
Despite his years Mr. Burns is docks, and other rich holdings "Keep the muscle in the British Isles, as well as till active. firm and the brain will be clear," hundreds of thousands of pounds wds his motto in the years gone in the Bank of England. by.
A CHANCELLOR'S DUTY
Sir James, after the opening prayer, delighted the great audi-
Uni-
STOLEN
Sir G. Arthur's Home Robbed
Silver and antiques have been stolen from the house of Sir George Arthur, in the Bolton, Kensington, 8.W..
ence with a short characteristic KITCHENER MOMENTOES address, apostrophising the versity as "Grandmamma."
"Madam Edinburgh University,'' he sald. "only for a few moments Will I venture on this high occa- sion to come between you and your battalions. At ordinary graudations if such ล thing there be it is customary for the Chancellor, if he be present, not to speak. He is only here, from stern duty.. and to do the deed with the
But to-day, cap. madam- am still addressing the university-I do believe that you who know so much do not know antil I tell you that this is, your three hundred and fiftieth birth- day. How time passes, does it not?
"Grandmamma, your sons and daughters are here to salute you. You remember your lowly begin ningin. just a pinafore-and now you have sixty professors to CAFTY your garment. Is that enough for glory? ***But let us try again. We gathered here to see you cut your birthday cake. In front of us are such a row of distinguished dele- gates as can seldom have been seen-all here to enter into your
service. They are the candles of your cake. Does that sunice you? (Applause.)
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HOMAGE OF MANY LANDS "She is hard to please. Woman laughter)-we have here with tis, distinguished delegates from nearly every university in Great Britain and Ireland, and some famous cities in other lands. They are here to pay you homage homage from all the lands where the flags of learning By.
Is your cup full now?
**She did not shake her head that time. I think the delegates moved her. I think that: a' tre- mor passed through her as she dropped that pretty, old fashion- ed 'curtay. And now, if you noticed a smile cross her old face no, no, her young Inge-just now. let us say simply the face that is dear to you and me, though we shall never açce it if a smile passed over her face 1s was because we, her children, seem, to think that 350 years, is a. long span of life.
***Go to, ye ancienta," she says; I do not intend ever even to reach the drowsy."
Within ten days a precedent will be established in feligious life in Scotland when for the first time a woman takes up the duties of asalstant to a minister of the national Church of Scot- Iand. She is Miss Elisabeth0. Capable of Handling Ships Bp. Hewat, B.D., who has been invited by the minister and kirk.
Merchistón session of North Church, Edinburgh, to undertake the full duties of a non-licensed assistant. Miss Fewat commen ces her duties on November 5, when she is to take the morning service at North Merchiston Church and preach the sermon." LOED4 GEORGE GORDON
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At lunch recently I met Mr. Perey Colson, the author? He tells me that he is thinking, of writing a book on Lord George Gordon. He is one of the leading authorities on that eccentric a bleman.
Many of the articles were gifts to Sir George by the late Lord Kitchener.
The whole of the ground floor of the house was ransacked, and almost every article of household silver was taken.
told
Apart from all this, there was also. 1000 acres of land in Vir- ginia and land
around Drake's Bay. California, where the famous admiral is said to have landed on one of his voyages.
Hartzel is alleged to have col- lected large sums of money from people who subscribed funds
to
to enable him, as the rightful heir, to claim the estate. On his success they were to receive a share of the proceeds.
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also servants sleeping in the hou "When we came down in the se. But not a sound was heard morning we found that the by anybody during the night. ground floor of the house had "Drawers were pulled out, and been ransacked from end to end. articles that the thieves did not. We are not quite sure yet of all think worth taking were throwa the articles missing, but some on one side. valuable plate has disappeared. "Some of the plate taken is "We cannot think now the valuable on account of its anti- burglars could have done this quity.” without rousing the household. (Bir George who is 73,was There must have been more than private secretary during the war one man, for they had first to to Lord Kitchener, and they were break through a window and then great personal friends for many a lock years. Lord Kitchener presented a thick door secured by:
Sir Arthur with antiques he had and two bolts.
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The door led into the drawing room where the plate is stored
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