The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 15, 1907, Page 1

Paper in Seattle That Don to Print the News Statute Books Provides Penitentiary Punish- for Ofticers of Any Corporation Wiltully senting Facts in Order to Give Undue to Shares of Stock. atiary sentences will confront the wildcatters of ecuted under an obscure statute which has been d by The Star, : been generally supposed that no law existed un- ‘hich these offenders could be adequately punished, but discovered by The Star provides a penitentiary sen- is adequate as far as punishment for wildcatting though containing no provision which will pre- formation of wildcatting companies, be law was passed in 1903, but no prosecutions have Ought under it in the knowledge of local mining men, found in Third Ballinger’s, page 689, Section Tt is as follows: HERE IS THE LAW. and Deceit. False Representation by Corporation Any superintendent, director, secretary, manager, or other officer of any corporation formed or existing Mer the laws of this state or transacting business in this g or any person pretending or holding himself out as such t, director, secretary, manager, agent or other shall wilfully subscribe, sign, indorse, verify or assent to the publication, either generally or pri- to the stockholders any wilfully untrue or wilfully ylent or exaggerated report, prospectus, account, state- tion, business profits, expenditures or prospects, “paper or document intended to produce or give, or tendency to produce or give to the shares of stock poration a greater value than they really possess, the intention of defrauding any party, person or per- of ‘the public, or persons generally, shall be deemed Fol an offense against the laws of the state of Wash- 4 upon conviction thereof shall be punished by im- in the penitentiary mot less than one nor more ive Years, or in the county jail not more than one year fine not exceeding two thousand dollars or by both.” MACKINTOSH WILL ACT. ating Attorney Mackintosh has expressed his will- to prosecute wildcatters under this statute if proper is made to him by victims and proper evidence laid him for the basis of a good case. etims of wildcat swindles should make complaint to uting attorney, laying before hirn the prospectuses the wildcatters and such other representations made in documentary form as were not lived up to in their following this course, the victims can prevent further by the wildcatters who usually start another fake as one is worked ont. he Star is receiving many complaints fram stockholders inies who believe they have been defrauded. Eider, a carpenter, living near the university, e ‘The Star, enclosing two certificates, 6,250 shares each, the Majestic Oi! Company of Alaska, capital $1,300,000. *T herewith enclose some of my wildcat mining stock, you will publish some of the scoundrels’ names that the stock to me you may do somebody a great favor,” Mr. Eidner. MAJESTIC OIL COMPANY. Majestic Oi Company maintained an office at No. in the directory, and mining brokers who were rs in the directory, and mining brokers who were have no knowledge of the company. The stock cer- are signed by F. C, Brendel, president, and Thomas retary. Mr. Eidner’s stock was non-assessable, he re- communication from the company on September 3, by F. R. Drake, secretary, and mentioning Mr as manager. Evidently the company had chanbed as manager. Evidently the company had changed ‘overboard their organizers and tried to pull something of the wreck The communication stated that $100 was necessary to the expense of restaking their claims and that the had decided to sell ten thousand shares of the treas- tock at one cent per share to raise the hundred. Mr was asked to send $1.25 for 125 shares as his part of ~ Thas the company, capitalized at $1,500,000, was forced WP AMets its stockholders indirectly to raise $100 to save its iu. No wonder the stock is unknown on the market. BROKERS ARE BITTEN. > Even mining brokers who are in touch with the mining ie ig have lost money in many mining ventures. There SW Sarcely a broker who has not a collection of stock cer- flifates which he is wont to refer to humorously as his One of these companies which caught Seattle brokers the Oregon Independent Hydraulic Mining company Prospectus was the simplest and cheapest in appearance has ever come to the attention of the writer. Its cap- tation was only $500,000, and the statements in the ectus much more moderate than those of the average is. They had a ring of honest intention, yet the held worthle IRTHER TALES OF COWARDICE | _MMeripps Telegraph Service.) s today by those who invested in it. Sadie Gallup, of Boston, Mise PROVIDENCE, k. 1, Feb. 15—[substantiates the statements of} Miyfour bodies have been re jothe vivors to the effect that from the Larchmont disas- (Capt. MeVey, of the Larchmont, f Mons : crowded passengers from the best a lay night. Of this mum |ieboat in order that he might WPM bodies have not n ident!-|have the use of it for himeelf and} Set There are 18 survivors, and members of bis crew. The young] 5 are yep 1 missing, | woman, who ts in @ critical condt-| : } 88 Probably’ among the dead tion, declared that Capt. MeVey See SeF ever be found. Listing| personally shoved her aside when a Missing as dead, the death list she attempted to enter the boat i Bembers 142 persous, which? which he reserved to himself, Oth } with the 1 fiMateg survivors tell of further cow-| sets om the part of the sem irvivors, | er 1 crew THE SEATTLE STAR we A SCRAP OF PAPER AND A HOLE a a ATHER FORECAST—Fair Tonight and Saturday; Light East Winds. SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, ‘FRIDAY, FEB. 15, 1907. FINDS A WAY IN WHICH THE FAKE ATTERED DREAM THE GROUND, AND GONE THE SAVINGS OF A LIFETIME oF TOU. a a ee a a ad Sa alec THAW CRIES FOR DEA RATHER THAN Fear Is Felt That Jerome May Secure Prisoner's} trirint serar an maued érount Continement in Institution For Criminally ASYLUM lutiny, he complied and, after { The crew then demand ed that Capt. Stimson put into Hon- olula, as the previsions were rum --Temporary Insanity Detense Is Overreached by {iS Vm: pol Say dha Thaw's Attornies. {Serippe Telegranh Servier.) =~ NEW YORK, that District Attorney may become satisfied that Thaw is insane and eal! « lunacy commission which would order the trial stopped and have the defendant sent the asylum for the criminatiy insane, the prisoner declares he would rather go to the electric chatr than te a mad house. His attorneys are competied to indulge tn the nicest finesse to prove him tneane at the time of the sheoting, but sane now | family. honor and her son's life will and thereupon secure his absolute freedom. In making the attempt they have Mkely overreached them-~ selves and have given the prosecu- thon & weapon to secure life im- prisomment In an asylum where confinement with other insane would probably aggravate his nerv- ous aliments and prectude the pos- sibility of bis ever being declared cured. > May Examine Thaw. Should the attorneys for the de- fense on Monday ask an inaanity commission for an examination of Thaw there will be no op SEN. NICHOLS OPPOSES DISTRICTING BILL (Star Special Service.) OLYMPIA, = Feb. 15.-—fenator Nichola, of King county, bobbed up ker thix morning the con- as @ promise br when he voted greasional districting bill, the pass- age of which was promised in the republican state platform. But three other senators voted with him and the bill carried with 31 voter. ‘The senate bill does not exactly correspond with the he tionment bill passed yesterday, the differences are of minor import- ance and will probably be recon- ciled without difficulty, This sures the districting of the state and makes it impomsible for a repe- tition of the congresstonal agree on was “\DEATH HOVERED . AROUND SHIP The American ship W. F. Bab cock, which arrived in port Wed- nesday night, » days out from Baitimore, had considerable . trou ble with the crew, besides encoun tering rough weather and heavy seas, Shortly after the boat sailed from Baltimore W. Dacey, a deck hand, had ap attack of fite and died. His death was followed by the aceidental drowning of J. D. Tornantor while bathing in Curtis bay. Two months later Harley Dool, while working on the rigging of the ship, fell overboard and was drowned. The crew gradually became frightened, thinking the ship was Feb. 1h—Feartne | |mouncesent, after which a flood of |epeeulation followed, all sorte of Johnson, to keep the trouble Joma brewing, fell it) with pieurisy and | cluding those of the Pope and ' Upon the arrival of the boat | bot property, the old Rainier and at Honoiniu the entire crew de ay two church properties. died poaition by the prosecution. TbIP| serted and libeled the ship for $11, in the statement emanating from) 990, the district attorney's office this) the island courts. A new crew was | ON VOL, 8. NO. 305. DEMAND YOUR CHANGE OR COME TO THE STAR WITH YOUR MINING STOCK EXPERIENCES—WE WANT TO HELP PAY ONLY E CENT 25 CENTS PER MONTH, GOV’T. HELP REFUSED AND AKRNRARAAAR A * MAY CALL EXTRA SESSION, & (Scripps Tel raph Bervice.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 The president today notified friend= in the senate that he will call an extra session if the imrnigration bill b upon the Japanese exclu: amend ment te not passed ut this sonsion. Steere eeeeeteee eee ee te eeee eee WILL ADVERTISE THE CITY The Washington Publicity leagye, which is affiliated with the Com- mercial club, has inaugurated a movement to raise $2,000 monthly with which to advertise Seattle. ‘The league maintains that wide «pread publicity ts the quickest way to attain an adequate development of the Northwest. The league will have a representative at the James town exposition, and will establish & permanent office at Chicago. W. Ro Williams, the secretary, han made arrangements whereby city and state iterature will be placed in all the offices of the Southern Pacific railroad. BENSON MAKES NO ANSWER Former Superior Judge E. D. Ben- won this morning fatled to reepond te the charges of unprofessional conduct a# a lawyer end to show enuse why he should not be dis- barred from practicing law before the courte of th ate and an order of default wae entered against him before Judge Morrie when the care was called for hearing. Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Miller was prevent to represent the state, bot inasmuch as J son did not appear either in p or by counsel, the order of default was signed. The final disposition of the case will be made Pebruary 21 The petition for the regrade of Fifth av. from Madison at. to Jack son has been turned over to the city engineer to check over, It now bears the signatures of about 80 per cent of the property owners on the thoroughfare, and It ts believed certain that the regrade will go | through From Madison to James there will be a 4 per cent grade, and from James to Jackson a little less than 6% per cent Nearly all the big property own- ers on the avenue have signed, to- Alpheus Byers, who was before which was awarded them by|the treet committee the other day opposing the matter, has changed morning. Jerome is unquoted, but! then hired and the ship arrived on | his mind and signed. pired the am- the souad without further accident Tre PTET eerere reer * cotgh oy FOUR HANGINGS. * . is believed to have theortes betng advanced. Heved that Jerome has good rea- son to believe the defense will re quest the commirsion, it being tm timated that Thaw's mother decid- ed that the best way to save the (Serippe Teteg EDOYVILLE, Ky. Ben Hutfager, a negre, was hanged today for the murder of & fellow convict in the pen- itentiary. FARMVILLE, Va. —William Ruffin a Hill, negroes, were hanged this morting for the murder of Postmaster John Grubbie, Ruf- fin broke the rope and walked bask to the scaffold. The sno- ond time the trap was sprung be to have him declared Insane. Mrs. Thaw Visite Tombs. Evelyn Thaw called at the Tombs about noon. She has exchanged the blue gown which she work wince the trial began for « brown sult, he appeared happy and/ amitled pleasantly at the attendants, Mra. Thaw told of her husband re. cetving a post card from a Baltl- more girl unknown to either of therm wishing Thaw success, fhe sald the thought It “very sweet.” On leaving Mra. Thaw announced that} her husband wae very well, al- though disappointed over the deiny, + SESS REESE SERS e RUSSELLVILLE, Ky. Feb. 15—W. R. Fletcher and Guy Lyons, white farmers, were hahged this morning for # fata! asanuit: upon Mary Gladden. Beth died protesting innocence GARBOURVILLE, Ky., Feb. 15, Jesse Fitzgerald hanged thie morning for the murder of Mra. Robert Brough- toa, ee ee ee FIRE DEPARTMENT SOCCER EERE Eee eee ee ee ee ment at Washington of last year for the return of all three present con~ Krememen, Under the new law each congross- i ents on his own merit The senate passed the Barr Pam * bill, fi asing the salary of ¢ Caftam Dan Cook, of ongine ¢| Noun® No. ®, has resigned and Fire and Chieff Rriaghuret bh. made the fol governor to $6,000 @ year other state officers except the ieu- tenant sovertar $0 $h000 Jowilg appointments: Lieutenant Reporte were submitted to both CAMurtihy, of No. 7, to succeed houses this morning favoring a divi- | COMP Lieitenant FG. Galer, of sion of Chehalta ty % to succeed Murphy; Liew The abstract companies’ lobby | eat 4, Kinney, of the water succeeded yenterday in defeating | OVO 10 ucceed Galer, and First the abstract index bill in the house | Pipe@mn Walter Murphy, of No. 3 to s@@ceed Kenney FRIEND AND MONEY by @ vote of 27 to 66, but the bill| was reconsidered this morning and sent back to the judiciary com- ‘DISAPPEARED Andrews was last night pre Vatled. upon by a frjénd of #hort a quatatance to spend the night with him Jn his room at the Queen City hotel. Tits morning Andrews sadly told the police that he awoke to find - ——————-+ | hin friend gone and Also $87 of his , hoodooed, and many expressed their) money Intentions of leavjAg the boat at) . the first opportuntty, Hardly had! OL Cope et wuman ted tie to, SOLDIERS MUTINY quiet the excited crew when Boats:| wain Dahl slipped on the deck, breakiwy his right leg and causing Telegraph Servic (Seti pp SUEZ, Fe 1$.—Soldiers on a pep Pad be Ba up for the balance (auricigh transport mutinied When the boat neared Cape Horn | Pines ens cous Daees It encountered ragingaales and or eee eer eee tone reached the several weeks the boat waited for! nore 4 a chance to proceed. nally the captain decided to go around Cape HILLSBORO, Ind., Feb. 15.—The safe in the Citizens’ bank,at Yeddo I ob. captain the crew the of Good Hope, but |Jected and informed miles from here, was blown open that if the trip was attempted the ly yesterday by five men, and lentire crew would stop work. Fear-| $1,200 was secured. 5 oc oe a LUT OME AE ce $ PLUMBERS ARE WARNED Chief Plumbing Inepector James McIntyre has sent notices to all ficensed plumbers fn the city in structing them of the special provi- sions of the ordinance prohibiting ire tions «between the maine and totlete Direct connection between the water closet valves and the water supply pipes,” says the inspector, is no contrary to the laws of sant tation that it would seem a waste of time to offer any argument naninat it.” SAYS WIFE STOLE WIS MONEY Charges of donment against made in a cross-compmint filed by Tmantel Myers in the superior court this morning in which he askes for 1 divorce from his runaway spouse. Myers was recently made defend vot in an action for divorce brought robbery and aban Clara Myers are by the wife in which she charged him with threatening her } The busba his wife stole $226 from his money box and Jecamped Oct. 1, 1906, leaving him penniless, She fs said to have been married four times. Unceasing nag ging, fault-finding and extrava gance are also charged BURY OFFICER ON SUNDAY services for Patrolman kman, who died at the Providence hospital, Febr will be held Sunday at 2 p Ma A: Matthews officiating: Ser- licen will be under the auspices! of the Police Relief association, Cary No. 286. W. 0, W., will have charge f the Interment in Lake View cem tery ARREST WOMEN FOR SMOKING OPIUM Mabel vane and F . Pleree, jpturn in thelr room in the Tourist Dtel last night by Officers Brown station and their pipe confiscated The girla were released this morn ing on their promise to go straight on to Vancouver, their home, SE as 55 Oe be | Merchants Would Relieve Needed. Despairing of federal help, many | of the principal business houses of | the city have offered to place clerks | in the postoffice at their own ex: | pense, to asaint in the distribution | of the delayed mail which is ewamp- ing the office. | The Bon Marche was the first to | offer assistance, and Assistant Postinaster Colkett has wired the department to learn whether such outside assistance is permixsable. ‘The law t# that private ald may not be. accepted, und special permis sion will have to be given in order) to enable the postoffice to allow | the private firms to assist Axsistant Postmaster Colkett has recelved a letter from F. H. Hitech cock, in answer to one sent by him last month, asking for more help,' in which the assistant postmaster | general states that no extra help can be allowed, as the appropria tion for that purpose has been ex-| BIDS A $100,000 OWNER OF RANKE BLOCK ALSO CONTEMPLATES MANY CHANGES—GENERAL REALTY SALE Saunders & Lawton are receiving for the Hambach building, the ne erected on the northeast corner of First av. 6. and King st. The area of the butiding will be 110 by 110 feet, making the total floor space, five-story brick structure to be | FIRMS OFFER AID the Congestion of Mail at the Post Office by Supplying Clerks at Their Own Expense—Special Permission From Washington Is hausted. Mr. Colkett wired the de- partment again last night, setting forth the great necessity for imme- diate help, but has as yet received no reply. Mountains of Mail. | Mall is arriving in euch large quantities that a truck load, which reached the office this noom, will have to be stored outside, and Post- master Stewart ie trying to find a place to store it. Already all avail- able space has been taken up, dewks have been removed to make room and the corridors are piled to the coiling with sacks of mail With the stall foree employed at present very Mittle headway is be ing made, although the men are working harder than ever before, and it will be weeks before the mail now on hand can be distributed, As it is being added to continually, it is very Mkely that some of it will have to be stored in the lobby up- ataire. ASKED FOR BLOCK —y | mit for a three-story apartment | house at 1626 13th av,, to cont $25,- 000. Judge EB. J. Turner has filed plans for an exact duplicate to be bullt alongside, one frontage for both places. The ‘-'nt apartment [house will be abour 235 feet front age. Ole Hanson reports the sale of | five lots on 13th ay, near Massa- |chusetts st. for $12,500; also one jlot On 14th avy. B, in the corre | sponding block, for $2,600. including the basement, 66,000| The Crane Realty company re aquare feet. The estimated cost ta ports the following sales: A five $100,000. room cottage to Mra. 8. Warner, om The demand for offices on Pike / Wallingford av. near 32nd st., st. has cause? the owners of the | $2,350; a lot on 22n4 ay, near Dem Ranke diock, on the northwest cor | ny way, J. H. Tongue to Jobn Rew ner of Fifth and Pike, to change | ter, for $2,400. their original plan of Mmiting the | The southeast corner of Malden changes to cutting off ten feet in|and Republican has been sold by front of the building #o as to con-| Charles Bird to Jobn Polman for form to the present street line, and | $16,000. they intend to remodel the entire Stirrat & Goetz have completed interior of the building and add two | their contract for the purchase of and possibly three stories, so av to the Seattle theater property, on the take it a thoroughly modern office | northeast corner of bufiding PF. G, Wingulet has secured a per Cherry and | Third, the amount involved being 4} $191,000. COLLINS BUILDING MUST INSTALL FIRE ESCAPE Fire Marshal Kellogg has not} Sound Machinery building on Wash- fied the John Collins estate that an) fron stairway fire escape must be placed on the Collins building, ai Second av. and James st. In an upper story of the building | is a commercial school where 100 or more students are dally in at tendance and Marshal Kellogg fears that in case of fire their escape could not be easily effected under the present system. A law requires such statrways on buildings four) storios in height or over. ) A letter has also been sent to Lowman & Pelly, of the old Puget | ington st, just west of the Dexter Hortoa bank building, calling their attention to the necessity of a sim- ilar stafrway on that structure. The Lowman & Hanford Printing company use the upper floors with about 100 employes, half of whom are girls. The means of escape, the fire marshal believes, is not now adequate, While the building is but a three-story affair, the fire marshal has asked the agents to see if they cannot stretch a point and go a little further than the law requires. RECEIVER AND MONEY BOTH MISSING An effort ts being made to de termine the whereabouts of W. A Ryerson, formerly a real estate} dealer and politician In Seatth whose disappea’ ce has caused confusion in the assets of the Theo dore Markus and Peter Jubelis es tate. Prior to leaving for parts an known Mr. Ryerson, as receiver for that estate, collected some $1,000, and an order was handed down by | Superior Judge Albertson that suit be brought on the missing man's! bond unlegs he immediately put in lan appearance and made payment. The MarkueJubetis estate has, as its largest asset, the Toledo cafe, in First av. formerly owned jointly by the men who give the estate its mame, Mr. Ryerson left | the city three months ago and has not been seen since. He is bond- ed in the United States Fidelity & Guarantee company, of Balti- more. A. W. Hastie pointed receiver to fill Mr. son's place == LONG SEARCH LEADS TO THE PENITENTIARY The name, age and business of the young man in prison corre- sponds with that of the lost man, and his incarceration tallies with the time when the brother dropped out of sight The man In the penitentiary was convicted of grand tarceny. His term of one year will expire in Sep tember. Standford’s letters to his sister are so brotherly and show such re- finement that the officlals are in- clined to belleve that his trouble is a case of Old Dog Tray = = a Miss Sadie Standford, of Brook-| lyn, N. Y., after months of search {has, it Is believed, located her lost jbrother in the Walla Walla pent tentlary The girl some months ago wrote to Mayor Moore and F. Le Wilkins, the mayor's private secretary, took the matter up. He asked for the | assistance of the police department and a thorough search was inst! tuted. While this was going on Chief Wappenstein began a search of the records at police headquar ters and unearthed the lost broth er in the state prison. PRE E EEE AN OPPORTUNITY TO AID IN A WORTHY CAUSE. Two days ago The Star gave its readers an opportunity to contribute towards the relief of a destitute widow and her family of email children, asking that contributions be for- warded to this office for the purpose of assisting this woman in her extremity She is now in one of the Seattle hospitals, having broken down from exhaustion and worry. Her little shack is closed and her children are being temporarily cared for by kind neighbors until she gets better. Her breakdown was due to overwork, attempting to sew for a living and support herself and children. Quite a number of contributions have ceived of from $1 to $5 each, but a large needed, not only to pay the hospital bill, necessities of life and a sum of money to already been re- number more are but to provide the get these sufferers in good condition. A dollar or two dropped in the mail and addressed to The Star by several hundred persons will effect the object in view. Or bring the money to the office. eo ee oe RT REE EE