The Tacoma times. [volume], February 02, 1909, Image 3

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WHIID MAKE BANK
STOCKHOLDERS PAY
IN CASE OF FAILURE
OLYMPIA, Feb. 2. —One of the
changes proposed for the state
banking law Is to make It prac
tically Impossible for a stockhold
er of a bank to escape his lia
bility to the extent of twice the
amount of his stock.
A law to this effect Is now on
the statute books, but the wise
banker has had little trouble in
evading it in the past. When ever
he noticed the financial legs of his
Institution beginning to show signs
of weakness, he stealthily went
out and assigned his stock over to
some person with little property
and small hopes of ever having
any. Then if the bank failed, the
banker would be clear, the holder
of his stock having nothing but
the stock gave that up for the
creditors, and the banker escaped
the "twice amount penalty."
The scheme now is to amend
this provision so that the owner
of bank stock for a year previous
to the failure of the bank is re
sponsible for twice the amount of
GARFIELD WANTS A MILLION
TQ SPEND IN RUNNING
DOWN LAND THIEVES
(By United Press leased WIN.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 2. —
Will congress give Secretary of
Interior Garfield a million dollars
to ÜBe In running down and pun
ishing land thieves?
This is' one of the questions that
Is worrying the administration in
the last days of its existence and
the closing hours of the present
congress. A half million has al
ready been appropriated but Sec
retary Garfield says that it will be
Impossible to give the great vol
ume of work that Is piling into the
land office the attention that it
demands, unless the appropria
tion is made.
In a letter to congress aßking
the increased appropriation, Sec
retary Garfield takes occasion to
Bay that the popular criticism of
the land office agents Is unfound
ed.
"Every specific complaint
against our agents received most
careful attention," he says, "and
if men have failed to perform
their duty, or have failed to ex
ercise good, common sense, they
have been disciplined in accord
ance with the gravity of the of
fense."
But the present attitude of mind
of the legislative branch of the
government toward the executive
branch is not conducive to in
creased appropriations, especial
ly for work of the nature of the
secret service, the debate over
LAST SURVIVOR OF CORPS DRINKS
LONELY TOAST TO DEAD COMRADES
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 2.—A
toast to the dead was drunk by
Sergt. Harry L. Briggs of 2559
North 31st St., as the last surviv
ing member of the artillery corps
of the Philadelphia Grays. The
Annual meeting of the corps was
Solitary Sergt. .Briggs drinkin gto this toast: "Here's to th<
Dead Already, and to Those About to Die!"
held lust as though a full attend
ance were present. Sergt. Briggs,
the last survivor, presided, acted
as adjutant and secretary, called
the roll and entered the minutes
on the record.
Then Sergt. Briggs solemnly
toasted the empty chairs around
the table, drained his glass to his
dead comrades and declared the
meeting adjourned for another
year.
The Philadelphia Grays were
organized for the civil war as
"90-day men," and Briggs went to
the front with them. When the
Grays were mustered out he re
enlisted with Baxter's Philadel
phia Fire I ouaves and served
through the greater part «f the
the stock so held In case the hold
er of the stock at the time of the
failure Is not able to pay this
penalty.
Of course, there will be a fidu
ciary roar go up at this, and the
stockholders of state banks
under state control will make a
fight in the committees and on
the floor of both houses. Inci
dentally the bankers will win out
in the senate. The house commit
tee on banking headed by Ole
Hanson la ripe for progressive
financial legislation, hut the con
servatism of the senate Is dense.
The senate is perfectly willing to
pass any bill that will help the
banker do business to advantage,
but it looks with suspicion on any
legislation which bears the ear
marks of the public.
Any banking bill that comes
from the house to the senate will
probably be referred to the senate
judiciary committee, which has an
unlimited supply of mortuary fix
tures and will be able to assure
a decent burial.
which, resulted in the breach be
tween President Roosevelt and
congress. '
The'"watchdogs of the treas
ury" in the lower house point out
that previous appropriations for
the work of detecting land frauds
have been but $250,000 annually
and that $500,000 has already
been granted this year. They say
that Garfield is asking too much
when he wants a million.
In answer to this Secretary Gar
field points out that there is
$1.10,000,000 worth of govern
ment land alleged to have been
fraudulently acquired that can be
recovered as a part of the public
domain if money is appropriated
to carry on the work.
BODY OF LUST
BOY IS FOUND
ST. HELENA, Cal., Feb. 2.—
After searching the hills for eight
days, a posse, headed by the hoy's
father, found the body of 12-year
old Leslie Tucker In James creek
yesterday afternoon, and he was
brought to his home this morning.
The lad met his death near Aetna
Springs, about 12 miles from his
homo.
war. The Graya were organized
as a military company in 1832 by
Maj. Gen. Goo. Cadwalader, and
at the outbreak of the civil war
it was divided Into two com
panies, B and G of the Seven
teenth Pennsylvania volunteers.
When the Grays met to hold
their firat reunion and organize
a permanent association in 1872
there were 32 members present,
who agreed to hold meetings an
nually to keep alive old war' ties
until a lone survivor remained to
drink a silent toast to his dead
comrades. At last year's meeting
there were three survivors, but
two have died during the year,
until Sergt. Briggs is tha sols sur
vivor of tha original 82.
THE SITUATION IN CALIFORNIA
NEVADA TAKES UP
FIGHT AGA NST
THE JAPS
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
CARSON CITY, Nev., Feb. 2.—
"Resolved, That we tell President
Roosevelt to mind his own busi
ness and that we urge the Califor
nia legislature to pay no attention
to him, but to go ahead with anti-
Japanese legislation and, further,
that we insist on Nevada congress
men standing for a drastic Orien
tal exclusion bill."
In substance that was the
action taken by the Nevada legis
lature yesterday.
The president was severely cen
sured for alleged "uncalled for in
terference" with state matters and
California was advised to go after
the Japs and pass laws to abso
lutely stop them coming to the
country.
MYSTIC CULTS
LAID BARE
The subject of occultism, in
terest In which during the past
week has been enhanced by the
arrest and Incarceration in jail of
the self-styled "Messiah" of the
mystic cult, whose professed mis
sion is the uplifting of the human
race through "radio-activity" and
other abstruse methods, is humor
ously elucidated in a book Just
published by Florence Huntley,
entitled "The Gay Gnani of Gin
galee."
The author is a political writ
er of national reputation, who of
late years has given her time to
the study of occult lore and an
cient mysticism.
The story, while abounding In
pure fun, is Instructive to both
the superficial and the deep reader,,
and sets forth the verities of
Oriental philosophy.
WANTS $1,500
IN JAMAGES
Claiming that the flesh had been
shredded from the tip of one of
his fingers by a "burrlng-plcker"
machine in the Pacific Coast Oyp-
Riim company's plant, Richard
Holz, a former employe of the
Oypsum company, has filed ault in
the superior court for $1,500 dam
ages.
HUSTON TO WAGE
WAR JN BATS
Ruston 'will also kill rats.
Dr. Pratt was last night appoint
ed health officer of Ruston and
he proposes to supplement the ef
forts of Tacoma to eradicate the
rat by vigorous warfare in Rus
ton. The rats swarm in the Aus
trian quarters at Ruston and
there will be good rat natchiag,
there tat torn a time.
THE TACOMA TIMES
NEW ERA DAWNS
OLYMPIA, Feb. 2.—The pass-
Ing of the old order of railroad
domination In state affairs is hap
pily illustrated in the desire of the
Northern Pacific railway to se
cure the services of State Tax
Commissioner J. E. Frost to act as
tax commissioner for the road.
And with this effort on the part,
of the road comes the announce*
ment that Jay Sedgewick of Taco
ma, tax commissioner for ' the
N. P., ever since it entered the
state, will be retired.
For a generation Jay Sedgewick
has roamed about the state, call-
Ing on county commissioners and
boards of equalization In the in
terest of the railroad's taxation.
Knowing nothing of the theories
of taxation, he made his study the
more pleasing one—man. And he
wheedled, cajoled and treated, and
by the force of sheer good-fellow
ship, and often vinous sophistry,
kept the taxes at a low figure. He
wan hale fellow well met, a funny
story always bubbling and his ex
pense account was as elastic as
FREIGHT AGENTS STUMPED
BY THE STRANGE CASE
OF MR. FROG
IS HE A FISH, BIRD
OR ANIMAL?
If the frog is a fish, be
cause it lives a part of the
time In the water, what is a
muskrat?
Who that has seen a duck,
head down and toes up, fish
ing its food from the bottom
of a pond, can doubt that if
a frog Is to be classed as a
fish, the duck is a fish, too?
And if a bird can be called
a fish, because It takes to
water, how is it to be denied
that a croaking tree-frog Is
a bird singing in a tree?
On the other hand, If a
frog is an animal, what do
you mean when you say
you're "going frog-fishing?"
If a frog Is an animal he's
the only one you catch with
a hook and line.
Is the lobster an animal?
He has more legs than the I
frog.
If the frog of commerce Is '
an animal, why has he no '
teeth?
On all of which questions
the dictionaries and encyclo
pedias throw- no light.
MWMPHIS, Term., Feb. 2.—ls
a frog a fish or an animal? This
question Is puzzling the general
freight agents of the various rail
road lines In territories west of
the Mississippi river; also, caus
ing many thousands of dollars to
hang In the balance.
The question arises from a dis
tinct heading under which frogs or
frog skins can be shipped. At
present frog skins are being han
dled by roads as "double first
class" freight, which, according to
the frog raisers, Is unfair, and in
order to got a cheaper rate, It is
demanded that frogs and frog
sklng be dispatched under some
distinct beading, »uch as flnh or
animal.
Be It understood tbftt th« trog
his duties might require. So he
went for years.
Hut now, good government and
the people have advanced to that
undreamed of stage, when the
railroads are almost tickled to
hysterics if they are able to get a
square deal In matters of taxa
tion. They have no use for "good
ff^lows," because they can no
l<utKnr deliver the goods.
Mr. Frost, despite the apparent
gelidlty of his name, is a good
fellow, but he does not make a
business of it. He knows taxes. In
science, theory and art. He
knows assessable property, no
matter under what alias or how
disguised.
If the railroad fears that it will
not get a square deal in some
county, it contemplates having Mr.
Frost at hand with facts and fig
ures, instead of wine and cigars,
to plead for them. Mr. Frost will
do no hobnobbing, provide no en
tertainment, but appear like an
attorney before court, have his say
and go his way.
And so the old order changeth.
iW PROBLEM OF THE GREAT
SOUTHWEST.
i
industry Is an Important one in
the south and southwest. Each
year thousands of pounds of frog
skins from frog slaughter houses
are sent east, to be manufactured
Into ladles' purses and other deli
cate articles.
The matter with probably not
bother the lines east of the Missis
sippi, because the Southern
Freight association's lines do not
penetrate much frog country. But
It's different with the freight
agents governing the southwestern
lines, fvir they hit the very heart
of the great frog markets in the
country down at Orowley, La.,
north Louisiana, south Arkansas
and Texas.
At several points in northern
Louisiana, frog dealers have regu
lar slaughter houses for the am
• phiblous creatures, where millions
are killed, skinned and packed o
lce, and then shipped to the noVtil
' and east.
i Where there 1b no slaughter
- house the frogs are shipped by ex
press alive, and this Is where th«
[dealers and producers claim that
they have a kick coming.
The matter was brought before
the meeting of the Southwestern
Freight association, but whether a
frog Is an animal or a fish seemed
more than the general freight
agents could settle, and the ques
tion was passed up tc their superi
or officers. It is expected to come
before the meeting In March.
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Other high class acts. Admis
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Matinees — Sunday, Thursday,
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> Matinees Wednesdays, Satur
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1 8 Feature Acts, Headed by
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Admission 10c, 20c, 30c. Matinees
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