The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 21, 1907, Page 1

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PRESIDENT rR! eeeeeeereree Mest Take This Oath. 1am now fn actual on of said mines and gotry a good faith for benef, and not di or indirectly, In whole im dehalf of any gprvon or persons whom. of cath which pre ‘Thomas &. Lippy, Joba ’ ‘and others from prov =o Alaska cos! lands of the Alaska Coal company. eee eee eres —_— of legielation to en and syndicates to large boldings of Alnska | fe indicated tm the dit Dereeen the provisions for fp weed lands in Alasks and States. the general coal land laws Vetted States are euch that enforeed, they will pro t coal lands, « large hes been left in the laws them to Alaska, which wa the way for (he corporations fhe lands when subject to . . . * o . * . * . * * * o * . . * coal land laws of the require an applicant ands to take two oaths; upon filing on the land, gecond upon proving up the folirwing clause make thie application tm for my own benefit and dy or indirectly. in whole im behalf of any other por persons whomscever ~ nth Owsitted im Ainekn Jaws os at present applied however, the clause Is pi from the first oath and the et ie required to eubecribe & stmple declaration inte ho ground for a for perjury e is ewlegned (o some cL) Hoe before patent ts ap dieuse qnoted above je im Mim the cath required in or obtain @ patent to the land, Pe individual or corporation ’ cinimes are sesiqned can ath without perjury, and the land filed upon by DISCHARGED. Unites vine of which Workers of Mitchel lobn reaident ¢ work miners of gun oml r Burke is Star yesterday Men were at once laid off le Coast ay more miners t * of time w ? will have ed the new , ry be more iners fat the 1, ae PP Manisers now are working OPHOLE IN. LAW FOUND ‘NunpD LAWS MANIPULATED IN CONGRESS ' 70 PROTECT ALASKA COAL LAND GRAB- ROOSEVELT BARRED CHEMES OF CORPORATIONS. someone elee acoorting to the law aa It now applies to Alaska. Wepected to Get Land. It was by thie method that the officers and directors of the Alaska ¢ Petroleum company expected to | gain possession of the lands tied | upon by them for the benefit of the company The law as {t applies to Alaska, provides that ench locator or lo eators, or thetr aasigns, shall eetre patent to the lands upon mak ing the eath required by law Under the law, the officers of the company expected ,to eign their claims to the company, which could then obtain patents by prov ing Up on the assignments. Hut with the wit..rawal of coal tands by President Roosevelt, ru! tngs have been made with regard to edtaining patents which have Darred the corporations from pro ceeding through the loophole In the law. According .o Land Commis sioner Rallinger's most recent ru) ing. it is claimed that the officers and directors who filed upon these eclaime can prove up and obtain pat ents by taking the presertbed oath, but cannot transfer the lande to the re lands were made applicable to Alas ka by an act paseed by Congress under date of June 6, 1900. The general laws, however, were not suitable to the designs of those who desired to obtain large tracts, and they were amended April 12, 1904, so a8 to alter the original oath of entry by omitting the quoted clause Tuder the amended laws, corpore tions and eyudicates have been en deavoring to secure the lands and would have been able to do so, had pot the president intervened. President Mocked tr. More legisiation was sought from Congress and an act parsed on the tast day of the last exasion which would have allowed the corpers tions eyndicates, which had hired men to make filings. to prove up, had nat the President refused to sign the Dttl The efforts of the corporations and syndicates st!!!) continue, but thetr activity te belag counterbal anced by the efforta of secret serv Jee men both in thie state and Als ka, to ferret ont the various at tempts at land grabbing and true trate them by furnishing the for ernment with proofs upon which the government can refuse to grant patents, or inetitute criminal pro ceedings against (he land grabbers smemecce So — PRESENTATIVES OF JOHN MITCHELL ORKING HERE IN BEHALF OF THE {ITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA— 400 MEN JOIN AT BLACK DIAMOND AND at Biack Diamont and eleowhere foc lare sy the firet of July formed unions in ing 8 ing towne in ington, and that early in July on & state convention held in Seattle to fix the wage sca which the om wil Ae mand. The organ! are work ing quietly, and expect no trouble, is make no ret of their mis sion in this state Inti] the present time the thou sands of coal miners tn Washing ton have been almost entirely unor ganized, any attempt at uniontam having been fought by the Pacific Coast Co., the coal companies con trofied by the ratiroads and other ne owners A GEATTLE TOAST mi Mayor Moore, at the request of ‘ an al Travelers’ associa tion, has med a toast to be re sponded to at the coming nationa ‘ fon of that organization | t. He has also requ affixed his autograph to the toast which wt 4. Who will r A is not made x toast {s ne te 5 attle e Chicag f the at; the gatew t Ortent WILLIAM HICKMAN MOORE RAILROAD TRAINMEN MEETING (Hertop: ‘Telearaph Services) ATLANTA, Ga, May f1.-The Brotherhood of Ratiroad Tratamen completed Ite business late yester adjourned i) was selected as the place for the next blennial convention. der elected the grand board as follows J, H. Rhodes, Toledo, 0, ebair man; R. J. Powers, San Leandro, Cal, Arthur W. Bvana, New York ©. H. Cash, Roanoke, Va. saad N Lockwood, Chicago oem Columbus, The or executive WEATHER FORECAST-—FAIA TONIGHT THE SEATTLE STAR AND WEONESDAY; LIGHT WEST WINDS, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1007. "DROPS 20 FEET MINE SECRET TO HIS DEATH R, CUPP CLIMBS OUT OF WIN DOW IN EARLY MORNING AND FALL® TO SIDEWALK— WAS PROBABLY INTOXICAT. BO OR BLEEP-WALKING Climbing through « window at the front of the Oregon lodging 123 Becond ay., bis actions resembling those of a sleep-walker R. Cupp, & logger, recently of Et lenaburg, fell to the sidewalk and died instantly at 4/35 o'clock this morning Cupp appited to the proprietor of house, TWO VIEWS OF A LOCAL ENTERPRISE Public’s Idea of a Coal Mine. som TRAPPIC PrCRmAsES. (Serteps Telearaph Servier.) WASHINGTON, May The shows the on were re balletin toda 107,000 worth of ob manufactured tn thie country jae year, an increase of 21 per cent. The * inerease in due to report says ¢ advertising BTANDARD OIL UP BHOWING Serippe Servicw.) ASH fair pie mt “ competition w dtanda on the } oure STRIKE FIREMEN ON PRINCESS VICTO RIA BTRIKE AND CAPT Pp TRO AND oTHER OFFICIALS SHOVEL COAL FOR Five HOURS (Star Spectal Services.) pertntendent of the ©. P. R. stew ahip service, wit b fficers or the steamer w sb o Princess i ‘ « A Bho is 4 0 will wa er re ® midnight TATE CHANGE REFUSED TO SCHMITZ "TO DISCUSS ASSESSMENT Beattie Improvement ot The North | hold a meeting tonigh die. Aistrtet wrnde job a Fraters comm sperty oWnert asse ing their plans to Assessment roll when in court on May 21 MAYOR WOULD PATROL LAKE way to on tt for fra! also for having some ready canoes means tation an 0 who have aceident of nething she etable at ® patr fone toward tna the lake POLICE PAY 100 LOW Chiet of Police Wappensteta | suntoation a to the council last © counctl revise third @ resigning a month atter was service wale he chairman of the finan mittee DOCTORS TO HAVE EXHIBIT, & meeting of the King County Aical asscolation jast night a ow mn was passed asking Dr H. M. Read, president of the asso fer with A-YOF wit ffictals « a atrun ow apparatus and edical applianove {mn medicine and surgery PRICE 25¢ PER MONTH, ICTMENTS the ledgmag bonse for a bed at an MILLIONAIR 8 6U : ear ou, je mornin rhe ma was intonicated at the time al POW ABSOLUTE PIVORCE| FEDERAL GRAND JURY DISCHARGED AFTER the beds were taken and he was (Seripps Telegraph Servier.) BRINGING IN SEALED TRUE BILLS—WAR: RANTS IN HANDS OF MARSHAL AND TIM allowed to curl up on a bench in the front room, oceupied by 0. A Grant and Tom Nelson Just about daylight, MOUN VERNON, May 21 Mra. Ralph Orthwetn today filed} 4 sult for an absolute divorce from | Ralph Orthwein, the St. Louls mil | Fred Car) Series Sem tha Teaging bows, | ee : | BER LAND FRAUD ARRESTS EXPECTED, & man crawling utiously PAROLES ARM GRANTED. the tront wind Ae the pa rigere Governor Mead OLYMPIA, May >| The federal grand jury closed tts | fees for preparin Prous to t man’s foot rested on a block which supports the electric sign of the Ne sranted (he following paroles Victor bar, Carlson turned away in| OPS? Sullivan, sentenced from Chele® | work and was discharged by Judge Civil service examinations, are horror, but he heard the thud of |’’"L IN (oly erom Pacific county in| Hanford this morning, after return to be the subjects of one or more the body strike the cement mide i.e’ Tour years for burglary, Ho ®.| 4 . he | éictments. In these cases the walk twenty feet below. The re sayo, two years from Snohomish in ing nine sealed indictments, the victims generally learned that they maine were taken to police head-| ise for burglary, and William J,|98ture of which cannot be made had been prepared for examina. quarters and later turned over to | Yourex, sentence! tm 199 for 10 years,| public until arrests are made. tions that were never beld, Re | their hopes of fine from Chehalts for mancleughter | Deputy United States Marshal given warrants and are expected to fol- immediately. While the fed the corone; jobs were shattered after they ha@ parted with good sized fees. There is no doubt that the grand jury investigated timber lasd fraude similar to the case of L. C, Dolley, who was yesterday acquit ted of perjury in timber land ings. Whether some of the ning secret indictments deal with cases tonight's arrests will i iow eral officials would not divulge the nature of the indictments, it ta believed that some arrests of great importance will be made. Probabiy | these will be in connection with timber land frauds and misuse of the mails, Judging from the wit- newses that were brought before the grand jury during the last daye of its i The alleged freude connected with socalled “civil service schools,” which have fleeced many men and women by demanding 2 jury this morning until Jume 5 10 o'clock. The next case to tried will be that of the Ui States against James A, Bunce, ex-deputy sheriff of King county, charged with smuggling. THIS (3 Mh THERE (3 TOUT, NOW ISNT THIS eS = PLACER ST ON SWENTNA A strike of rich placer gold cov The Swentna river te a tril 1g wide aroa has beon made in of the Sushitna and joins the the Swentna river district, Alaska, | Ver about 50 miles from Coolie tie t according to telegraphic advices re “ news of the! ceived this morning by the officials to various of the Alaska Coast company. have taken pili The news of this strike is sent Seward and ¢ by & F. Woolsey, formerly of Valdes Bremerton, who is now Io the The strike is authentle orth at the head of the Bat Trane jon company, which dperates on the river. eral dispatches we day by miners parties st Seldovia natalie taarantatennuitineniereeoameanmrmetcencocunciiaiahimea iti ite INDICTED F MURDER be federal grand jury today re-|firet story of the particulars was soparate true bills against | earned today William dagiey and Bob Celestine, Bw wm geegg on prdeyewee Sy | | he Tulalip Indians who are under! Indians under arrest should bave rreat charged with the murder of desired to murder their victim. A Promoter’s Idea of a Coal Mine. OF VENUE IS seems rned JUDGE DUNNE IS HISSED WHEN HE MAKES| ‘7 Cheslco on Aurust 90 Inst. titra at Priest Point. Suey HIS DECISION—WORK OF CALLING THE | 11» #04» slunestot hey wore picking nope Harty betne the cove | doth ned yut were not al tractor. “Firewater” flowed s . owed to plead, being ordered to | the ‘ TRIAL JURORS IS AT ONCE BEGUN. | Sppear. in ‘court at, Do'cleck this |ceantey eects Saipoomen aan sflernoon to make their pleas Celestine has practically tu: their canoes to last them during the bop picking time. The murder ed | erty Teegrage Servies) Spreckies with the persecution of | *ate's evidence. It is said he clatms is supposed to have been committed SAN FRANCISCO, May 2 Schmitz for the purpose of ur | Chat he bad nothing to do with the | during a drunken melee. The body, Judge Dunne denied the motion for ing rol of the board of super-| murder but that he saw Bagley | of the murdered squaw was not dis- of venue In the Schmitz visors to grab the immense street ‘*aving the Chealco house on the covered for several days after the night of the murder, of which the stening to the reading railway and water rignis murder had been committed. qubmitted by the de The attorneys charge that such Sasa a ” state this morning " has already been secured fectsion was @ ed ay t matnta { that Spreckles oe « the practical ruler of the city { calling the tris Dunne’s ater affidavit denied on bege as | j klew’ affidavit declared that no tootive in guarante with 0 fund-other than t mayor 4) mvietion of all grafters torneys the a high and low. He had no personal t they b pre * againet Schmitz any more r way t a againet any other official ac jefense's af a pport od f robbing the city He as ¢ 1 are fw ar i that he had no political am vera he ecitey = ee RRR rE eo ie being Dinsed and and expected BO RECESS 18 TAKEN AT BOISE cPrtain records abstracted from the luenoe he press ancia of any nature. etter files of the miners’ federa- UNTIL SHERIFF REPORTS— tion headquarters in Denver SENSATIONAL CHARGES ARE According to the story current PUBLIC MEETING SAFE ROBBERS AT here neve documents consist of let+ REPORTED OF DETECTIVES! {Crs “titten by Simpkins from AT CHAMBER BELLINGHAM SELLING OUT wer It ts claimed they show conclu y that Simpkins and Haywood terms of unusual intimacy Special Service.) NGHAN jay A (Seripps Telegraph Service.) ' e combination hung on a, BOISE, May 21—The special impkine refers directly to P ard from the handle of the venire In the Haywood was ‘chard and his work ale ingling thieves almost | exhausted this morning and a re Haywood’s replies to Simpkins wrecked the strong box of the cess was taken until another ven. Show that he also is declared ta Trunkey Lamber company Sunday ire is summoned be in the plot. The men connect night, and then fa to get at the nae ed with the defense admit the ash aluable paper T BOISE, May 21.—Starting off Prosecution has certain federation be that of bors, who With but nine left out of the ape letters, hut claime they were mere dividual st ‘ k piace by | cial venire, it was pl today that |¥ routine communications. ‘ he exp of back ey | before final add The court finally consented te ale 1 and t 6 aftern there a the furth examination of Whit > are intere F " aw e desk and | forced os tm ; at ck and this will be deferred um sition. Th ard $7 worth of postage stamps tf may n another ater in the day ng viewing I wh mprised the total sum of | of 80 men for the Haywood jury The defense then peremptorily ands, « bbers then| Attorney Darrow this morning Challenged Josh Fisher. Levi for a n ) the safe, | res 1 examination of John Smith, a ratiroad employe, was south north ttempts to | Whitlock provisionally accepted to succeed o, but h might Whitioe not wanted by the, Fisher, after five others were ex- MODY CASH CONTINUMD. cused for dias opened with ease had the | 4 making strenuous (Reripps Telegraph service.) W th r on CORD, x i M > , tn “isn hanging in front of it nile the contest over jurors EXERCISES AT V. 'W. ©. A the bos ta tay idgo Barne WN} YORK. May 3 The trial slopments were in pro About 400 girls wt com: vcte : ad jou ¢ Frederick A. Burnham, president | gre here, The 4 es mencement exercises t at the a y. 7 1 Roserve Insurance he defense declared Y. W. C. A. rooms. A n sing continued with the } was continue ndetts ite- to be searching for two persons sisting of musical and elocu y he docke ° oie y on account urnham from Denver reported to have numbers and a short fi thought e better tf fr 4 ‘ pala tt te ought he w ' tter soon, suffering from diabetes. | @old out to the prosecuting agents given. ee Judge Hanford excused the pee) rane oR a “ —_ SRR PMS SOI a tg

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