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" ' ~ The Ontario Reformer Er ---------------- VOLUME 50 --No. 132 Published ut Os / | wa, nt, Canada Puesday, Thursday and Saturday OSHAWA, ONTARIO THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1922 Second Section--Pages 7-10 Yearly Subscription $3.00 single Coples 5 Cents Son of a Millionaire, Fighting for Freedom, Spent Years As Tramp Spent Several Years in Asylums, and Is Now Fighting in ) St. Louis to Regain Control of Fortune--Life Story Reads Like Romance The story of Frederick Van Blar- com, who 1s suing in thé Probate Court of St, Louis, Mo, to regain his freedom and control over the ingome of his inheritance of several mll lion dollars, reads like a romance, The other day he gave n complete history of his activities for the last nine years, when he wag either In private and public sanitariums or a fugitive from them. The story includes wanderings over halt the world when, as hobo, dish-washer in a restaurant, fireman, engine room oiler on deep water roust-about, sailor in the United States navy, and sergeant in the Brit- ish expeditionary forecs, ho attempt. ed to keep secret his identity in an effort to prevent his return to asy- lums, As he told his story, Van com sald of his adventures: "They sound fimprobable, even impossible, but I ean give you names and dates for all." And he did, Van Blarcom was born with the proverbial silver spoon In his mouth, Blar- summers were spent at his father's $80,000 country estate, Star Camp, on Little Moose Lake, in*the Adiron- docks, In his father's garage were four automobiles and several riding horses were at his disposal, When the family travelled the Van Blars com' private car was brought into service, and the trips to the country estate were occasionally varied by visits to Europe. How the Estate Was Divided When the elder Van Blarcom died in August, 1908, the country was Just recovering from the Wall Street panic of the previous year and al- though the assets of tho estate ran into millions, there were heavy claims against it. The estate, which was left to his widow, Mrs, Mary 6. Van Blarcom, who died last March und after her dedth to gd to the som, has never been finally settled, Mrs. Van Blarcom, after minor hequeats, left her estate, which was worth nearly $100,000, exclusive of her Interest in her husband's proper. ty, to the son, who now receives an allowance of $45 an week from his June 20, 1885, the only son and hewr * of Jacob Van Blarcom, president of | the National Bank of Commerce and president 'of the Tennessee Central Railroad. 'Twenty-five years ago the elder Van Blarcom built and fur-| guardian. "When my father died in 1908 1 was 23 years old and attending Washington University," Van Blar- com said. "1 immediately left col- lege and attended business college. to $14,600, which TI had accumulated through my own efforts, * That doesn't look like the ace | tious of an Insane man, does it?" he | asked, "And I didn't have an un- paid bill, except doétor's bills, more than a month old, either," i Van Blarcom is of medium height and: build, 'but looks older than his thirty-six years, He has rugged fea- tures, with prominent forehead, nose and chin, plercing eyes, sandy red hair and mustache, and uses excel. lent English, The only noticeable peculiarity is a tremor of the hands and arms, "I'm erpatie, I'll admit," he remarked, "but that's far from being insane, "After leaving business college 1 worked In wn car shop for a while, then as an airplane engine inspec. tor on the rond, That was in 1910, Then I worked for a publishing com- pany as advertising solicitor, 1 con- tracted influenza ana was an invalid until 1912, staying at home with mother, When my strength return. ed I was forcibly taken to an asy- lum, [I escaped early in 1913 and my adventures began, | » - | Worked as Diy Laborer {One of the Vaudeville acts now with "I walked to Cryswal City, Mo., Arlie Marks new players, at Martin's where 1 worked as a day laborer In Feb, 20, 21 and 22, the glass works, 1 had no money! .. cm = and wanted to get further away from! ¢ St. Louis, so I wrote myself a letter,| I went to the police station to avold saying mother was sick in Memphis, Suspicion, and asked for work. The Tenn., and showed It to a fireman on | police got me a job as truck driver risco, asking him for a boost, [but after working five days I was "I got it and fired the engine al) Tecognized by an acquaintance who night to Memphis, arriving next day, 2dvised mo to go home, But there was no work there, and 1: - "That night I went to Chicago on went to north Kentucky to escape !a freight train. 1 had been in Chi- those who were searching for me. | cago only three hours the next day then worked in the felspar mines when I was again recognized, near Marion, Ky, "I figured that the hardset man to "Phat was too hard for me, so 1 Catch is the one who keeps moving, walked to the Ohio River, which was 90 I took a lake steamer out of Chi. in flood stage, and swam across into C480. as a deck hama and freight Minos. 1 went to Caveinrack, 11), dander. I began to feel unsafe, and 'THE GREAT ANDREWS THE MASTER MAGICAN, nished what was considered by many [| pressed clothes and did bookkeep- | where I worked on the steamer Lar. ft the boat on its return to Chi- the most beautiful residence in St. ling at nights to earn my way, as Iry, and later walked to Eldorado. ®8E0. and started for the East Coast, Louls. It cost at that time $265,000, ! had heen left only $1,000 as an im-|11l., where I joined the Kit Carson @8 I had deep water experience exclusive of furnishings and art" works. Here he passed lis boyhood aud young manhood, with eleven serv- auts and a tutor in attendance. His mediate bequest from my father. From that time until by mother's death 1 received no money from her, and when. T was judged of unsound mind last year my estate amounted | Wild West Show as an hostler, work- "When 1 arrived in Indiananolis ting two days (0 get north to Mar. Oh IY way east, I saw a navy adver- {shal).' tisement and. decided to enlist. 1 | "Then 1 'hoboed' on a coal car E4Ve my name Frederick Daniel eighteen miles to Terre Haute, Ind. Willlems, was made machinist' H mate, second class. and was shipped as Better Rubber Footwear at the Regular. Price If Ames better --if it didn't wear longer support the iron-clad guarantee that goes with every pair. These facts hold" good with Ames Holden Leather Tops. The finest chrome Holden Rubber Footwear wasn't upper is Sewn 0: rmbber bottom, she longer wear with gr There' an Ames Boot cauctly suited we would not :ather by the unusual guarantee and sold by us. AMES HOLDEN RUBBER FOOTWEAR -------- the "ame afternoon to Mare Island, Cal. I was reoxamined there and passed as fit for overseas duty. That was amusing, as the doctors seven weeks hefore had said 1 was in bad BEWARE OF CHILL' PERILS OF A "COLD" If Allowed to Get Firm Hold Danger of Bronchitis or Pleurisy A chill is one of those sudden at- tacks of illness in which it is most emphatically the (first steps that count, says, agmedical writer in Th Bits (London, England), Since nobody can say how far the initial shivering tit may develop, or how it may end, first-aid of an in: telligefit kind is of as much import ance In such u case as it would b in a serious aceident, Hence ever, ody should possess the knowledn that will enable them to nip in the "bud what might result th a seve: illness. It is casy to recognize the signs i: anyone who has caught a chill, Shiv ering is 80 severe as to cause the teeth to chatter, oa worried look, blueness of the lips and nalls, the fingers often "dead," and the skin dry, rapid puls: and breathing, and a feeling of cold in the back are the usual indica. tions, : First Ald If this state of affairg is allowed to persist the vietim is likely to fal. an easy prey to the many microbes always lying dormant in his system: It is useless for the sufferer to go about his ordinary busines with the idea of "shaking it off," while the taking of patent drugs only impairs the efficiency of the heart and lowers the vitality If the chill gets a firm hold there is danger of bronchitis or pleurisy; while the microbe of pneumonia, tuberculosis, influenza or rheumatic | fever has to be guarded against. First-aid may save the patiert from any of these perils. The blood, having been in popular parlance 'driven in," leaving the skin cold, or in other words, the circulation in the skin must be restored. To do this and at the same time to soothe and comfort the patient, health | "They seat me to the Philippines, | and 1 sailed on an army transport as | a casual: 1 was stationed at Cavite, | island of Luzon, across the bay from | Manila I was put on the monitor | Monterey and promoted to wachin- | it's mate, first class, and later given | charge of the cagine room Nation-Wide Search "In the weautime the man who | had recognized me in Chicago had | (Continued on page 10) er, not inside the pure is water and dirt and gives cater comiont, Holden Rubber Shoe or 10 the work you do, backed . in the reduction of temperature, and there is nothing at once so safe and elective a8 a waam or even a hot bath This warms and stimulates the skin to its usual activity, which is shown after the patient gets lato bed, by free and salutary perspira- tion Hot Drink Good This, in its turn, assists amterially should be vncourdged by tucking up the patient in an extra blanket (Continued on page 19) "Every pair of Amer Holden Rubber Foo.wear la gueranteed 1 outwear any pa't of similar shoes of any other make, sold ot the same price and worn under the same conditiona,™ THE BURNS CO. 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