The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 13, 1907, Page 1

THE SEATTLE STA WEATHER FORECAST—Falr Ton t and Thureday} Light Northeast Winds, ON bE PAY ONLY E CENT ND YOUR CHANGE yt a & - wees ed ——= —— sone ane nan we 7 ea mpenconennens -- —~ ; 2 = ¢ Only Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 13, 1907. VOL. 8. NO. 303. 25 CENTS PER MONTH, id Speculation in Oil Follows Stories of in Alaska--Thousands of Dollars) Up For Stock and Only a Mite Has Come Dividends--Some of the Dead Ones, cove! . r has almost as magic a sound to the ears of the th that John D, Rockefeller and his associates gaed from the profits of oil has dazzled the imagina- world. The richest man living has demonstrated ‘a spouting well of prolific millions, a source of fits on comparatively small investments of cap- wa of oil wells. Many have been amassed also by should favor the weak bluffs at development made has been the home of many wildcat oil companies ers have preyed on the savings of the people. a company on the basis of an alleged prospect, je appealed to the speculative instincts of the people own pockets. OIL EXCITEMENT STARTS. lord received of a rich discovery of oil in Alaska by Development company started the oil excitement in January, 1901. d of wild speculation followed during which in orhood of a hundred oil companies offered stock ile public. Much stock was sold, but only one y has ever paid a cent to its stockholders from the p of oil production. ven the Alaska Development company, a Seattle cor- on, which was purported to have made the original oil hhas paid no dividends. Its operations have been mystery as far as the public is concerned, It is company is the owner of several good wells capped, presumably waiting future develop- gzploitation of oil was not confined to the Alaska n was a favorite place for oil prospects. SOME WERE “ON THE SQUARE.” oil companies were organized to develop Wash- tions, capitalized heavily and sold stock to the work. Some made honest efforts to develop be Olympic, La Push’ and Copalis were three of the corporations which made legitimate efforts, of of] there, but the companies met with diffi- never found oil. They proved an entire loss he wildcat companies made the weakest possible bluffs work, doing just enough to sell stock. ting a good sized boulder was usually suffi- _ WELL GRAFT TO THAT OF WILDCAT SEC OND ONLY (MAY BE NECESSARY TO CALL NEW THAW TRIAL MINING THIG 1S THE KIND OF A PROSPECT HOLE THAT YOUR MONEY GOR® INTO WHEN YOU BUY FAKE MINING STOCK. RR A NES er | there will be ample facilities fer PLAN DRASTIC LAW TO STOP MINING As the remult of the expose of ing for said charter. FRAUD (Beripps Telegraph Service.) PARIB, Feb, 13.—It is fumored that M. Clemenceau has resigned, tigipating an adverse vote in the ber of deputies. AGLARS RAID ~ VANCOUVER (Star Special Bervioe.) VANCOUVER, Wash, Feb, 12-- and several soldiers housed at Va river from Portland Monday night. ‘The object of attack was the huge safe in the Star Brewery, The eap over the inrmer door bad been Arilied off after the safe had been opened by the combination, but the robbers inadvertently pounded the door with a heavy sledge and the nolse ewoke @ man # ping next door. He gave the ala and two officers met the fleeing burglars, A fusiiade of shots was fired in the running fight thet ensued, but the crooks eacaped and are believed to have made their way to Portland te @ rowboat, ‘The tools left behind are of finely tempered steel, showing that the Men Were ho novices. SFVEN EASTERN TAMING ARRIV Beven. trains = with mall arrived in the city today over the Northern Pacific, The mail te being hauled up to the post- office and will be distributed as soon on poastble, mt Mr, Stewart stated that although the amount ef mail te very large, BOOTH AT HEAD OF LOBBY lot the Booth-Whittiesey Abstract company, of Seattle, & here head- which is endorsed by the Beat- ° CLEMENCEAU MAY |Juror Boiton’s Wife Is Stricken With Pneumonia — HAVE RESIGNED Court Is Adjourned to Allow Juror Under Guard to Visit His Wife’s Bedside. (Sorippe Telegraph Gerviee.) | NEW YORK, Feb. 14-—The wife of Joseph Bolton, juror No. 11, in| the Thaw case, was stricken with | Pheumonia during the night, and if | her iliness proves serious a new | | trial may be necessary, as a second jury will have to be called if Bolton is exeused owing to his wife's lil, hess 1 Court wan adjourned shortly after | the opening hour this morning, and {| Mr. Bolton, accompanied by another Juror, under the guard of court officers visited Mrs. Bolton's | bedside Upon the adjournment of court | Evelyn Thaw and May McKenzie | hastened to the Tombs to visit | Thaw, Former Attorney Genera) Carson, of Pennsylvania, and General War jren Kiefer, former speaker of the trial this morning. The adjourn nations! house, came to attend the@¢' ment was taken af oon as Jerome announced the iliness of Mrs, Bok | ton. Bolton Returns to Court. It is generally admitted that the is d by the defense the legal master ple expected from the high prices the legal talent, The weak « matoly is thet of the attorney's une familiarity with the state's rules of evidence and ite inability to get ite y before the jury. Thi eal difficulty may be overs ome, Juror Bolton returned prior to thé time for the reopening. Me found his wife very Ml), but the ductor told him he eould do neo good and that is no cocasion for staying promoters of oil companies, whose object has been racks nearby, « band of profession- | 1 ig understood that Mra. Bolt from the sessions, He ro- to fleece the public and secondarily to discover oil, Tinos tnd momen ths Coreninas fs in @ precarious condition fron to the jury room withous double pneumonia. ch. We stated that the state had sent two physicians and two nurses to the bedside of Mra. Bale No expense will be spared to *« the woman every care and mftort ton. 2 BUILD. - CANAL Butlld the Lake Washington canal, | and do it now. Let special assess ments be levied againat the prop erty most affected and let the work be done under the supervision of | the county, The above was the almost unan imous opinion of over 300 shore | owners and others who gathered at | & special meeting this afternoon rooms to discuss the canal altua-| i] City Engineer Thomson, tn a short, pithy address, stated that the equitable arrangement would be for | & Special sssesement to be levied against property owners who will | he benefited. : “The modern method,” continued | Mr. Thomson, “would be to hw the paid for by a apecial sessment. At present the city is constructing a large sewer at an/ expense of $3,650,000, and a water uyatem to cost $2,400,600, both be ing done by special assessments levied the districts affect. od. It is within the jurisdiction of the city or county to build the canal upder such am arrangement, cts were located om the Pacific coast, in ty of Grays Harbor. There are remarkably strong Bills Will Be Introduced in the Legislature and (Star Special Service.) ——— eee OLYMPIA, Feb, 14-~L. 8. Booth, 4 tetior was read from United States Engineer Chittenden, stating | that two locks should be buflt, one aele. 1 Jndge Thomas Burke, in a speech, | strongly endorsed the shore own-| ers’ steps to have the county build) and Judge Roger 8. >| Some of this material has bees lowt since the middie of December, There is a carlond of meters and 4 car of pipe for the water depart ment and a carload of wire and of insulators and other equipmen' for the lighting department. . The lost stuff represents a cash value of about $25,000. Fifteen linemen in the lighting department have been Said off bee cause there is nothing for them to eastern | #t 1 o'clock in the Lambermen’s | work with. In the face of these drawbacks there have been 92 applications for light in the past twelve days The recetpts of the lighting de partment now average about $15- 000 @ month and could the light be distributed would soon be increased to. $29,000 to $25,000 a month. ‘There is now $40,000 tm the lighting fund, although the de partment is in debt $30,000 to the water department. FIND WORKMAN KILLED H.C. Wallace, a laborer employed the lobby aguinst Torren’s land | for small and other for larger ves) by the Seattle Gravel company om & scow at the foot of King st, was killed this afternoon im some man- ner not yet determined. The man in supposed to have fallen and to stop the work of drilling for oil, but to | wiidest mining takes, bit be ® corporation shall 4 i, nyt Oe: ing poco inte thé legtalature | fund guilty of not spending the TS spoke along the same lines. | the aecident and cnly beste speculation in the stock of the company. Which tf pened, will, practically | Pet nt of ail moneys received James A. Moore gaid that the pri-| known when the workman's boty ° from the sale of stock on the prop- mary t4ea was to build the canal! with a heavy bruise on the by : TEXAS DISCOVERY HELPS. ig ete ame seething busts | 2707 thet the charter shalt be withs | Emons o- ni ome Row and be would either sign over! wi found floating tn the bay. . ° ° *| drawn, and that eaid CHICAGO, > — Fae ts to A committee duly sanc-| Deputy Coroner Wiltsie Investigat- ie discovery of the Spindle Top gusher, in the Beau- | ress upon legitimate basis, | pany aha!! pay & fine © setually gmail, of the Teicavapbere see | asain to Gu gemeetnnay Oats ane) bevely Corenee Wise Tine somes fiet of Texas, in the summer of rgor, gave impetus | eee ee een ee one To eee ee er eee ne I pce byt e ot | mittee. |to indicate he had been foully dealt , . o i peed the officers of said corporation shall wages wilt permit of an adjustment The meet! ajourned to meet | with. The body was taken to But- ralations. “If there is oil in Texas, why not in | #t«r in ite investigations of MiniPg | be table for sald amount loko | aged ro i am eet an noes © youreas 8 aeons io a also,” was the line of reasoning thrown out to | “po. That Mt shall be unlawful to Isrue | inability of the holders of ra ar o'clock at the ,Chamber of Com: | rooms ‘am eager public took the bait. failures of those days are a sore spot in the ex- of many Seattle people. The Queen Oil company The object of the legislation te to possible to safegvard in- mining stocks and make it vestments provide pen false repre ‘The Star's bill embodies provi- sions as follows atock in a mining corperation until Ji of the provisions ve been complied with, Must Heve the Cash. at least one-third of the stock shall be subsertbed | @ placed upon them to and paid for in cash before & char~|® Editor of The Start GET MORE PA The proposed increase of $7,000,- #000 for the postal service of the meree roouis. It was brought out today that the shore owners themselves would pay at least two-thirds of the $1,000,000 ausessment proposed Last | orn Pacific somewhere this side of | half a dozen carloads | on the sidings of the North- | tention to political JAPANESE GRADUATE. After graduating from Cambridge, Enxjand, having pald special at- economy, Knsht Hart ts on his way to Tokio, where he hopes to secure an introduction of the notable fiascos. This company did pay one A Board of Experte, # country, which was reported fay-| Minnesota are ter shall be issued by the company.'@ The ehote e. vice of his more. That no charter shall be leoued ‘ / are firing at @ orably by congress, and which wilijof material for the city of Seattle.|tnto the diplomatic service ag nigel “ oe to any mining corporation tlt, Cirat, | ,, Thi enon mining company doing | & the q@tate of Washington min- | ore tae ie a tow daya, car {it has been lost eo long already | native country. Mr. Hart ts staying fae genuine swindle was the United States & British | hat said company mball have done |srrement with the secretary) ot (Ne Samee Rave NO precedent # | ries with It an increase of $100,000) that hopes of finding It Defore the |at thé Hotel Stevens until the ‘Coal & Oil company, promoted by a man of the [st least 100 feet of tunnelling and | , ia odes eae of | @ in the of mining, and #/in walnries for thix state. It will | snows melt in June have been aban ling of the Dakota, which leaves shail have sunk « shaft at least 100 re ee felt | mean an average of $100 more for | doned } Sunday. tx mothe, stath the amount at cose mutt, the Guat rine received, |s Sltnivts in aa ahi co satniodet ® | riers in this state and an additional Crockett. This company was capitalized feet and thousands Ee ES i That a com of at hk it ek doihies were renlined from the |. TO musing on J he an. | tht Net Price realined, the amount |@ wree you have just published # gi20 a year for each rural fr its stock. It is worthless today. ier ae te of actual cash on hand, the amount! @ ie « living monument of the # ss he Bak oS rural free fe oon ; 0 d - o ver: . a em were others in plenty and the organization of oil | Dar! of commissions pe Be age pon ego pinethe n| Geode | nega p —— | ployes are also benefited ee ell stock to the public has. kept up to the |oucy tetore the sccretary of state | acai agent. the exact amount of |# yeere. %| CANTATA AT M. &. CHURCH, pany os 7s ate | expenses inourred for the precedt 18 Ei | day. shall issue @ charter to do business | ne show * r ate months, #| The cantata, “Daniel” will be xiv: HERE'S A LIST OF THE DEAD. ig a list of companies organized here, most are dead: Dete of Ine On, Mame snd Date of Ine 9 ate | Nahe Oh Cn “Stareh ib tes 1.008 | Abas Petrescu & Gunl HOOT! pinata © oem California Mameet fake | Reston & Bunaet | Homttie Capital. | Syndicate, Dew 9, ie, « ‘a, ¥ on, Jan * Jan 8, Nor. 4 et 6. f i & Catelia Oni Co. ma « an Linon) San. i | Aleka On st0,000 | Kayex On Aimee Of Lav Coat a Petrofeam, March 6 Ales OM, ‘Apetl 16, Chto Alaska ON Co," Apel i, Lown.se8 < onal re | Kayak Consotidated (ti, wwo.can | Byndieate, Joly 2, od OM, * sept “ 1 0m tr tee. 1.096.008 1. 6.000 08 1.600.008 wom det Ce. Aus * : ‘ & lana Agta 1.090.000 | terval wedbond Aw 0.90 | Amar gon. | Goye 08 5,000,000 AYS CONGRESS MUST CONTROL ALL LAND hh Bervics.) (ands they pass forever’ from the wae GTON, D. ©, Feb. 18. | control of congress, Dut if they leaxe SEMEN! today sent n special |them, a future congress will be able fo congress calling ¢ its Jurisdiction. MO the uraent need of an appropriation 18 Secure continued Bovernmen: or Particularly tuct H the government ne to exere He also asks fi at ain contre public ands. He wells the the of the general iand office prevention business of jand frau : | ! | of $606,000 to «lear the errears of | contage of the m fn regard to the detection and | actual dey elopment eee eee eee tee ee ee eee eee in the 2 of Washington. ‘That a bend shall be atv the mining @orporation asking for said charter, that 75 per cent of all| moneys from the sale of stock shail be spent in the developing of the property owned by the mining com- RR E HR EEEEEHEHH RR A He DR.MATTHEWS TELLS: OF WILDCAT FRAUDS Beattie, Wash. Feb, or, Seattle Daily Star: 1 re this country, cont. destroyed, ticed upon them. caused by the support. Yours sincerely, PO Re P RES ES SASS EIA heed ing circles that the greater por htion of the money realised by the tions. Rogers sale stock has gone to company as fiseal agent’s commis sions While the usual commission paid to fiscal agents is from thirty-five Morris was @xtremely nervous and) came up before of the stock, it is stated that the Judge Morris at the conclusion of Rogers-Hesneltine company charged |the atreigament of Clyde Brown. a much higher commission on the | field, a » STAR'S MINING EXPOSE DEVEL fe] A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM MISSOUR! WHO MUST BE BHOWN. The offices of the Washington Meteor Mining Company were be sieged by stockholders yesterday afternoon followin@-+the comments upon that company made by The Star. ‘A demand for access to the books | ot thia company should be made by stockholders to ascertain what per y secured from has gone into the sale of stock The statement is current fn min-| shall be punishal That sworn to by the president and sec- ry of the company and if any i* ness. with great pleasure last evening your exposure of the infamous mining frauds practiced wpon the working people of Frequently cases are appealed to me where wid: ows, orphans and unsuspecting men have been robbed of every 1 have known of onses where even the appointment and fraud pree- 1 hope you will carry this forme of unfair, illegal and nefarious speculation. commend you for the work you have fought some noble battles for the people and deserves such statement be * shall ponte ate proven to be faine | ® work, hall be taken perjury and |@ as much. am: 12, 1907, ith i and seeeeeteteae health wae wre inte all Allow me to The Star has their * 4 begun. ® | with * ' « Al @ | aor ree * | tormed through Henson M. A. MATTHEWS, done at strike m EOR easeltine company from of Washington Meteor the promoting | cific am againet to forty per cent of the sale price excited flotation of Washington Meteor and bery. that the money of stock went Into actual develop ment work Incidentally, it may be mentioned | had to say from a little note book considerably less than balf realized from the sale against nounced. ly to Wi may see Mt to do, If you strike me,| jt was learned today that the short His manger while At 0:30 o'clock 8. Vv. BROBST. * * REET wes BENS a ON FURIOUS IN COURT ROOM % On by 50 voices at the Queen Anne * M. ©. church tonight. Frederick C. *#| King will direct and Mra. EC. # | Jenner, Mrs. Miffite, Mr. W. Brown, ® | Mr. Louis Svarz, Mr. D. 0. Roberts and Mr. J. Peterson will furnish solos ms With, scathing words of reproach for the attorneys who are attempt ing to foree bis disbarment for ing a lawyer and ee | FB cel bn tate jheated denunciation of the t, | Sout ge @ | before Morris’ department the superior gourt this morning and jeclarad that regardiess of the out * ‘come of the cave he was through upbecom! Yolde trembling with former fia end the law as a law lyer tdiwee ih I was not honored by i) service, yet I hasten even though | was only in- of the charges against me Judge the bar press,” ever ask that it the daily wala “WwW ence ne in the face. ‘The charges against Renson al lege fraudulent reab estate transac Made No Direct Answer. The former jurist made no spé| accusations wer to the him ils cane when the him wae formally Judge He is feet an read what before Judge um man accused of rob euit an won rose quick which he took from his pocket Prosecuting Attorney Mackintosh and other lawyers were present but the accused man did not so much as vouchsafe them a glance At the conclusion of his brief but lawyers | who brought the charges against jhim Judge Benson turned abrupt jly on his heel and left the court room Judge Morris will bold a formal hearing of the case next Friday, RUN ON THE BANK of to (Scripps Telegraph Service.) be NEW BRITAIN, Conn., Feb. 13.— age in the savings bank of this city ie about $350,000, and may yet | reach $500,000, The run continued | today, mostly among the foreign A heavy detail of police was necessary to maintain order. ers CRAFT MUST ANCHOR IN THE REGULAR LIMITS. Capt. A. P. Spaulding, harbormas ter, that any boat anchoring outside the lMmits, south | GPR line from the Duwamish head to the conjunction of King st. and Ratiroad av., In violation of the city anchoring ordnance, would be fued $100. stated today he RA * TWO WOMEN SURVIVE. * * (Scripps Telegraph Service.) * PROVIDENCE, R. 1, Feb, & 13.—Mrs, Harris Feldman, of * New York, and Miss Ada Gal & iup, of Boston, are the only # women survivors of the Larch: # moat wreck. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ORR EERE EEE (Soripws Telegraph Service.) — | PROVIDENCE, R. L, Feb. 15. The steamer Kentucky this morn ing brought 19 survivors of the Larchmont wreck to this city, where they were sent to city hos pitala, Friends and relatives of the }wurvivors and of the dead are be | seiging the hospitals in a vain en |deavor to gain further particulars of the disaster, A scene of grief and despair such ag has never been witnessed in this city before pre- vails. Captain Haley, of the Knowlton, ia harshly criticised by friends and relatives of the lost, and their con demnation ts heartily supported by many experienced mariners as well. It is alleged that Captain Haley might have rendered assistance had he so desired, instead of paying }first thought tg bis own vessel which was able, despits its damage, to reach a point of safety from which the crew was able to reach shore. MeVey Is Criticised, Captain McVey, of the Larch mont, is also harshly criticised, be cause it is alleged he reserved th | best boat on the Larchmont fo hin if in which to make his es cape, His sors allege that be allowed previous boats to be low ered from the Larehmont in an over-crowded condition in order to have his own boat with as few per sons aboard as possible, It is fur t addeged that MeVey deliber ately chose the only sea-worthy life \ boat for his own use, the one whic? he retained being staunch an! easily handled, whereas the other were diffieudt to manage im @& storm. BLOCK ISLAND, R. L, Feb. 13.—- The latest estimate places the num- ber of dead in the marine disaster near here at 181 persons. Of a passengers list of 150 and a crew of 50, but 19 persons are known to have survived. This leaves 181 per- sons dead or unaccounted for, 43 of this number being numbered among the known dead, and the remainder, 138 in number, are stil) missing The steamer Kentucky left this morning for Providence with 19 sur vivors and $1 dead bodies. Most of the survivors are in a terrible condition from exposure, and all will go to a hospital in Providence for treatment. The disaster is considered one of the greatest in the history of the Atlantic coast, not only beeause of the loss of life, but also because of the intense suffering inflicted upon the survivors. It is expected that other bodies will be washed ashore, and a patrol of the beach is maintained for the purpose of picking up additional bodies. Cause Is Mysterious. The cause of the disaster seems to be a mystery. Captain George MeVey, of the Larchmont, declares that the Knowlton suddenly swerv- ed from her course, luffed into the wind and suddenly crashed into his vessel Captain Haley, of the schooner Knowlton, declares that, owing to the flerceness of the gale, his ves- sel required greater seaway, which was not given by the steamer, Both kippers unite, however, in the statement that it was well nigh im- possible for either of them to do much with their boats in the teeth of such a gale The schooner Knowlton succeed+ ed in reaching a point off Quono- chontang potnt, where the crew put out a lifeboat, In which they suc- ceeded In getting ashore without he loss of a single life. The en- tire casualty list is taken from the passengers and crew of the steam- er coe ett ie, ome — Siehenes POR igs coin RS NOR as BIN