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ROTTEN TO THE CORE (Continu .J} Marconi Wireless Stocks Based On Stolen Property ED STATES OFFICIALS and the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE OF ENGLAND CO-CONSPIRATORS IN A FRAUDULENT TRANSACTION. 11icity Campaign Twenty Pages Part Five PUBLISHED BY J. HUGH BAUERLEIN. DENVER , COLO. Ba$ed on Facts -- ~============================================= -. ' .r­ EARL READING THE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE OF EN<SLAND. THE STAR CONSPIRATOR OF THE MARCONI CLIQUE INTRIGUE. THE DIRTIEST s~7LE ON REC{)RD J • • 2 MARCONI WIRELESS SWINDLE EXPOSED Earl Reading The Lord Chief Justice of England Heralded by His Nationality as the Greatest Jew in the World. Some ) ear:< ago, ther•• was a lillie bnr oC je,vish DENIED THAT HE WAS INTERESTED nallumtllt) braudccl wit11 the IH,nonthle name or Hu­ Hufu;;-uow th" Lnr<l C'hi••l' .)UHtice uf illngland, Cus J)u.nie.l lS(U.Il'R, tt•hu at the age or R~\~enu~en yc::u·~~ lll<t' all ''g·o<Hl'' men, lHld to fa e au UllJIIeasanL pre­ •lesired to bel·ume n sailot·, to travel 011 the might)· llicanH•nt. lit>on being duly sworn an<! e"aminP "'"ean to see the glo>·inu,: worl<1. lie shiJIJJE'L1 on lt uucl~r n<lth 11y Lhe Belect ('ornmi\lee of the Parll Hcottish l'rafl-"'The Blair Athol''-trading to Rto mcnl, slated thal lw neYer bad any tl<.:alings in eit with <'nal. His duties were to keep the brasr;:-worJ;o the ~lan.:oni 01~ auy \\ i1·eh•sR ent~rprh;e- :5l'e Q. 5, elean. but little Hufus got discouraged. for cleaning 1. Vol. 1, Part !, J<:yidence-Blue Book-Select Con,­ hrass on llle OC'<!an \\'aYe wa.s not to his liking. and. mittee-oC the Par1iamenL, Rnglan<l. "'h<'ll the dear old '\'esse! J'eneherl lie•· port, ltufll», ADMITS ON CROSS-EXAMINATION R.E WAS qUil·tly mucle hi~ gct-•nnt\'. He was uot at large INTERESTED \'CIT long, fnr the ('aptain dearly )o\·e<l Rufus and Tho Lonl 'hh•f .Justke nf Engln11d, un<ler oath, <'nused cllllg<mt seat·ch 111 he ma<lP fl)r him. Aftet· now statl·s upnn cro,.s-oxamlnation. at'ter mu1'!1 cle­ he was founct. ntuch to 11 is disgul't, he was forr·ed lih<>rate eyasi<)ll, that be lla(l nothing to <.lo with any to return to t.h<J sbiJI <tnd assist in unloading its cargo :\fa>·eon I company, ex.ceJJl the one which. ret)l'eSI'n ts of <'oal. llowe·ver, all gnocl thing!'! •'Olllt' to nn nd, lll'ft<'tiNtllY the family interests, lu whic·h ill flct, the ship was home-ward bound. carrying lillie Rufus he wa>" the chief shareholder-see Q. 11. P. 2, Vol I, with ull his <U1lhitlonH of a seaman cast to the four l'<li'L 1., ;u::,,l<lence-Blue Bnok-SeJe,,t CommHtee, Iur­ winds. IIHnlent. Not-'l'lte fami l y ltttere,.ts cottslsts of' On retunli~tg home be entered his fu.tller's bus­ sJ1a1·es held in tJte. 1\Iarconi Wirel >'S Telt•graph Clln­ iue~s in nennany, and for· L"\VO year~. suverintcnrletl Jlar)y, Llmil<.Jd, of l~ugfaml-a Lond<Jn "f•nce''. wtlch LIH> Rhipnlelll oi' consignments (rom J.lamhur·g, l1u­ ha~ r>r.ccllcally wined out of existence ever;- wre­ fll", hol\'€'\"t'''• w;u< not satisfied, he had IA<Wued the les;, competitor in the wm·W by and tl1t'ough all mtn­ t<rt of C'leanfng. and hiS great ambition was, to be a ne•· of conspiracy, fraud, perjury, chicanery md •·leaner· <>f trusting humanity on a large financial questlunal.Jie <'OUrt })roc.,edings. scale. Ou" darl< and dr ary 11lght llamburl;' hnd the lllif.ifortuue of Josing a citjze-n, and Otle bright lllOrn­ CONGRATULAT:ING XIS BROTHER ON A ing a fe" ~lays thereHft.,t·, London'>< population ln­ GIGANTIC SWINDLE l'iu<lctl >1!1 entet•prising yout:h. who found his way to On :\Larch llllll. lfl12, Rufus-the Lord Chief thc Stoclt }]:u·hange. where be secured eJnploymenL Jus1 lee oi' BnglmHI, wlreles,;ecl Ills congratulations :~s a mal'J((>l'. ~trange to say. it wa1; ou1· little Ru­ as follows: "l'lease congralulat 1\'faJ"C!onl ancl my J'u" with a l<een eye to business, watching tho spec­ brother Hodfrey C. Isaacs. Gt.>lleral Mmtage, of the ulu LiV<' mo\'E'I< of the bull" and bean~. Seeing huge Marconi Company, on the sucC"<•sst'ul cle\·elo!ll<H>n of :;ums of money made in stocl<s. Ruru_s, immediate!~· n marvelous "ntenn·iso>. I wish them all success in n:;ect his wits tu Recure a member~hrp. Under the Ne\\ Yorlc"-~ee Qs. 101 antl ll2, P><. 11 an<l 15, Vol. t•u!eR of the l'l"ehange a memh r had to he or legal l, P;nt I, nncl eroJ'Y of. leltN' in evideoce.-Blue Bool< '"'~'"'· .nth~n' ise he coo.ld not l.Je held liable for con­ -Sdecl C'ommitlee-Parliament. u·a<'Ls. 'l'his dirl not bother Hufus, fo1· he pnnnptly Note.-'J'hiR mesAnge was delivered at a dinnet· 11(-\elared that l1e W~Los 21 yeaJ'H nltl a.ncl nf C'011rse given by Mr. Adolph S. ()(:hs, owner of the New Yorlt was duly admilte<l as a me111her-see London Ex­ 'rillleS, hi honor of 0 0ne--eyed" 1\tarconi and Godil'€Y •·hange f{pgfst<'t' on AnJJlil-aliom; in the year 1879. ('. lsaacH. Gener·al ;\f,a.nager of the London "fence." His memllershiJ) however, was of short duration, for for the purpose of brazeuly r>ttifying the acquisition l1ufus wa" "hamme•·ed" as a defaulter and his of the assets whicoh were deliblu·ate\y stolen from guarantors had to make good Lhe defalcation. the United Wlrel<'SS Tel graph Compatly, whleh was Late•· on. Ruf'>s. 1ike all good men, tool{ unto fOl'<•ec1 into banl<ruptcy, for the expreSS Jill 1)0Se of himsf'lf a heaut!fuJ wife for hetlet• or worse-see wr<'cldng and !noting the same. manlage CPrtificate filed. Entry 6 and 7. \V .J. Cap. XIS LORDSHIP SFECULATJ:NG IN MAE.CONI SG. <ieneral Rt?gister Offico, Homel'f'et non""'· Lon­ SHARES. <1on 1887. in which Hufus cleclarf'd himself to be 26 Notwithstanding the lligh honot· which was con­ years old. A vital question-did Rufus wiiCnlly de­ fi'JT<'d on him, Rufus-the Lord C'hlef .rustice of <"<liYe the ~took Exchange or his dear little wife as England-could not resist playing the marltel. This to hl>< r~al age'! The most despicable tlling on earth gnat tlh;tingu:shecl nobleman upnn examina Uon undPr is u <'ite<'rful l far. oath. admitted that he speculated in Marconi oi: l>c•cc•ption, when wilfully pr·actlced as a means to Ameriea shnres and had advance lwowledg(> of an an act. UJattet·s if end. is a vor.v ,.hameful 1t nol, it aJ~T('ement lha t hnd bee11 fh<.ed up for the absonJtion i::< Pl':Letic<'cl !Jy one who baR the bono•· ot being of lhe United \Yireless Telegraph Company ou March WOI'Shlpped as a JID\Vl&H IDOL or one who iR known 2~<1. 1912--see Qs. 12:> a11d li~. P. 16, \"nJ. l, lllviclenee as all Ol'aillary sealt1]1. -BJ ue Uook-Belecl CommHlee-Parliament. XOW DID RUFUS ACQUmE AN EXTRA HANDLE? \R ,;tnted heret ofove. Rufus "as au entet•pris­ MADE A LABGE PROFIT WITHOUT INVESTING ing youth. ll" <lid not Jl<"rmit any gra>'"' to g1·ow ANY MONEY. under his L'eet. J-tnfus stucli"'d Ia w and rapiclly im­ ·rhl' T,ord Chief .Tuslice of li:nglantl admitted under hih!-<1 all U1e u·!cks of this nohl<" profession. Not lle­ onth, art cr uml"h eYasion, Lhat his first speculation h1 tng ><alfsfie<1 with the honest am1 plain ham11e to hi>~ Man:oni Amt:l'ica stock amounted to 10,000 shat·es. nautP, H.ufus seat·ched fen· an t>xtnt. ltnndl . IIo,,~ uul o[' which he sol(l 3.5i0 shn!"es, made r;;ome •I,OOi~ lte ncqufred the "Sir" no one .seetncc.l to know. Pos­ r><>unds, one! had A.·l:lo ·h:n·ps left without inve><ti:ng­ ;;ibly it wa,; an honest perquisitE'. or !If> ·sll h•, bt·other otw cent. and that lte ni'Vt'r hothered himself ahout l l an·y-thc> "1'0>\t"-surn>llf'd the "nnble extem;Jon" monl'~·-s~e Q. 59{, P. 43, \'ol. I. Pllrt T. l']vl<lence­ tu RHve paJ.~inl'~; a brok('t·'s cotnrnisF<ion. Blue Booft-f;elect ('nmmittee-Parlfament. RUFUS HAD NO CONSCIENTIOUS SCRUPLES Note.-uurns certninly is Home specnlalor-lln­ Kn<ll\ ing ul lhe subtle tl'i<:l,s or 111 lt'gal prn­ loncljng stork baf<cd on frau<l an<l n•l>king a Jar:.: fN<~itln, E'\"Prylhill~ \\"a,. ''gTi«t" that 1"<'11 into his iJOJ1­ profil o!£ of the <l<''l'" En,..lisl1 people, :never Wlll'rlect pvT nHd Hnrus ht·C'atne a fru._noUH lawyer, and In the thi" ·•wolf in ~<hPep',; <•lathing." oniiliHry <·uul·:-.;r· of ''\'t>ntr-: \nl!-0 appnJntt•cl as T..~or·tl DESTROYED VITAL EVIDENCE. l'lder .TnstfcE' of J•:ngland. N(> dnullt tn sUJt!ll'e""' 'l'he L"rd ('hief .lusti<:•• of England admitted UtldCr h i~h-h« lld('<l l'l'illlP.
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    CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY ETHNOGRAPHY IN A SHELL GAME: Turtles All the Way Down in Abidjan SASHA NEWELL Université Libre de Bruxelles https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3517-8629 . the seemingly straightforward contrast between clarity and opacity is complicated in regimes of truth that, like the ones found in Inhumbane, encourage ambiguation over clarification, and dissimulation over revelation and confrontation. In other words, in regimes of truth that privilege open- endedness. —Julie Soleil Archambault Dissimulation, deception, postponed dates, false pretexts, and the like are efficient ways of navigating and prolonging relationships. —Françoise Berthomé, Julien Bonhomme, and Grégory Delaplace We are currently living in an era when the North Atlantic faith in the value of transparency and sincerity (Keane 2002) faces severe challenges, as accusations of fake news undermine traditional voices of authority, as the distinction between legitimate news agencies and internet gossip becomes increasingly blurry, and as the workings of power and wealth within the invisible infrastructures of digital communication cause the Habermasian figure of democratic public transparency (see Habermas 1991) to teeter on a tightrope between tragedy and farce. As they CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY, Vol. 34, Issue 3, pp. 299–327, ISSN 0886-7356, online ISSN 1548-1360. © American Anthropological Association 2019. Cultural Anthropology journal content published since 2014 is freely available to download, save, reproduce, and transmit for noncommercial, scholarly, and educational purposes. Reproduction and transmission of journal content for the above purposes should credit the author and original source. Use, reproduction, or distribution of journal content for commercial purposes requires additional permissions from the American Anthropological Association; please contact [email protected].