Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-02-16
TOM LAWSON'S
NEW BREAK
Montana Copper Deal Does Not Suit
the Frenzied Financier From
the Hub.
TO BRING SUIT
Proposes to EIucidate the Terms by
Which the Butte War Has Been
Settled.

Boston Feb. 15.-Thomas w. Law
ment:
For many years Heinze has fought
the Amalgamated in the courts and
underground. During the fight Heinze
has stolen millions of dollars worth
OF ore from Amalgamated ard Anal
gamated has stolen millions Of dollars
worth of ore from Heinze. l say 'stol-
en- because both have been convict
ed by the courts of stealing ore.
"They have both spent millions of
dollars in conducting their fight. AL!
that Heinze had stolen and spent in
courts. and likewise all that the Anal
gamated stolen and spent in courts,
has disappeared in thin atmosphere.
His Idea Of the Settlement.
Rogers and Rockefeller have stat
ed repeatedly, privately. publicly and
under oath in court that Heinze's ore
outfit was not worth $4,000. 900. and
Heinze has duplicated their assertions
to the effect that under no circum-
stances could Amalgamated be worth
| So0,O00.O00. They both started to set
| tie, whereupon Heinze's stock, be-
cause of coming settlement. shot up
until it is selling today at $50 0,OOO, 900;
and Amalgamated until it is selling to-
day at $1OO,OOO,OOO They settled by
the formation of new company for
| $40, ,0O0,0 900, which, by the payment of
25,OOO,0O0 is to acquire Heinze's
right to sue the Amalgamated and
the Amalgamated right to sue Heinze.
Heinze has taken in payment for his
| $25,00O,0O0 stock of the new com.
pany and the Amalgamated owners
have taken the balance.
"As the capitalization of the new
company is millions more than
Heinze's capitalization, and as the
earning power is the same as former
ly, the difference is what the Amalga-
mated is compelled by law to pay to
Heinze, and what HeinZe is compelled
to pay to the Amalgamated; and as
these diaphanOus amounts will be-
come an asset Of the new company
now owned by the Amalgamated and
HeinZe, the problem works out about
as did the case of the man and wOm-
an. each of whom got divorce DEGREES
| CoIIlpeIIIuS 4dCu lO pay Luo OCueT $lU,-
900 per year alimony. After a while
they concluded to patch up and live
together, capitalizing their alimony on
a five per cent basis, or $4,000 in all.
1t being dead sure investment they
did not let any of the stock get out
OF the family. 1t worked to perfec-
tion until, upon the death of both.
they left the 100000 worth of stock
to charity. The story goes that ex-
ecutor went 'bughouse' trying to un-
wind the affair. and the Lord only
knows what happened to the bene-
fciary.
To Bring Suit in Montana.
"As number of stockholders in
United Copper, North Butte, Anacon-
da and Amalgamated. with some mi
nority stockholders of the Butte &
Boston and Boston & Montana, have
joined me to go before the courts of
New York, Montana and New Jersey
to have the deal elucidated. | think
it will be of more interest to your
readers to await what We will show
there, than to have my opinion now.
I can promise the victims to the deal
that our tale to the court will be a
scientific dissertation on the art OF ex :
tracing atoms from vacuums and gold
dollars from copper mines"