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Show MANY-SIDED NEW YORKER " r - I'S1 August Belmont, whoso namo hasf figured A,- 1 80 frequently In the Now York traction scan- vfif a'' a mnnyB'('ed man. KM " American representative of tho Roths- mn. It chllds, a firm which ranks high in tho public r?TrM(&!x'' estimation of honesty as any In tho world, ho '"': ls reused fit "entering Into nn unlawful com- 'iSI' ffi Tj" lJ'nnt'on nnd conspiracy" to manlpulato a pub-jM" pub-jM" A 01' 11c servlco corporation for his own ends. .JA yjwiSpSvL' n nrilent churchman, ho has boon con- y ''VV tymNfkWi-- ('enlnC(' ''' n'B own bishop for his connection ' Xt rv " ' w"'1 l'10 8tato rac'nB usBoclntlon. which winks ' wl'' itf-, nt tno mw forbidding betting on races. -""jA. "$Spr . " c'a'm8 uo tt democrat and Ib said to fJUllfe tJnhiL. nav flnnnced tho campaign of Alton B; Parkor. UUu2J9MflIIlul9 Tho descendant ot tho famous Commodorb Perry of Lnko Erlo fume, and of that other Commodore Perry' who opened up Japan, to tho exploitation of tho world, Mr. Belmont IS a business man pure and simple with a tasto for tho excitement excite-ment of .horso racing. Ho inherited a plethoric fortune, which he has added to considerably by Wall alroot me'thods. Ho inherited, also, a famHy treo which is a sourco of envy to.thpso'.who nre comparative parvenuea In Now York society. Ho Is. a, member ot 20 clubs, a director of so many banking nnd Industrial corporations that ho could not call oft hnlf of them at a pinch. , He Is 'amcmber pf tho nrlstocrntlc Sons of tho Rovolutlon and occupies" n box seat among the Four Hundred. , Ho wna;(hb promoter and backer of tho Now York subway, which lined ' tho pockets of those who promoted It. Ho has been successful In practically overy field ho haa entered. 1 Mr. Belmont haB been declared n benefactor of Now York and a publl -enemy according tb the point of vlow. |