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El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-03-22
PUERTO RICO

Nuestra Ley org&nica dispone en-
SUI secci6n 81 que ala autor1dad le-
g;slativa estatuida por la presente
sc aplicara todos los asuntos de
c&racter legislative que no sean To-
calnente inapicables, incluyendo Ia
facultad de crear, consolidar v or
Eanizar los municipios segLn fuere
necesario, y proveer y derogar leyes
y ordenanzas para los mismos; Y
tambi6n la facultad de alte-
rar, reformar, modificar de-
rogar cualquiera todas las
ordenanzas de cualquier clase
actualmente vigentes en- Puer-
to Rico en- cualquier munich
pio o distrito del mismo, hasta donde
dicha alteration, reforma, modifi-
cacion derogaci6n fIere compati-
BILE con las disposiciones de esta
ley".
4Cb NC CO1 POA dNAO-
nes un acto de 'autoridad legisla-
tiva", corresponds tai function en-
Puerto Rico a la Legislature Insu-
lar. Nuestra ley de corporaciones,
como hemos dicho antes, adaptation
de un estatuto de New Jersey, fu6
aprobada en- MARIO de 1911, dero-
sando los artfculos 80 y 80, ambos
inclusive del C6digo Civil, y enmen-
dada por las leyes No. 25 y Al de
1912 y No. "a de 1916. Al aprobarse
ruestra actual Ley organica en-
1917, dichos estatutos continuaron
en- vigor por virtud del articulo 81
de esa Ley Que dispone que ''las le-
yes v ordenanzas de Puerto Rico &C
tualmente en- vigor, continuaran vi
gentes, excepto en- los casos en- que
sean alteradas, enmendadas modi
ficadas por la presente, hasta que
sean derogadas por la autoridad n
gislativa que Sc provee en- la pre-
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-03-22

funcicnes rninisteriales mediante m
recurso de "mandamus''.
Las tlnicas restricciones que Sc de-
rivan de la Constitution Federal,
aplicables la facultad de las Ls-
gIslaturas de los Estados para crear
corporacicnes, Sc refieren los fl
mes para los cuales pueden estas
Constituirse. Asi Sc declare illegal en-
81 Estado de Ia Carolina del Norte
Ia creaci6n por los Estados Confe-
derados de corporaciones cuyo fin
era prestarles auxilio aQuenos en-
su guerra separista contra Ia Union.
La disposition constitutional en-
Ia que Sc expresa que no Sc aprobara
ringGn proyecto de ley que" conten-
"a mas de un asunto, Ell cual debera
ser ciaramente expresado en- su IL
tulo,'' cuya disposition es muy usual
en- las constituciones estaduales (el
Acta Organica de Puerto Rico tam
bien Ia contiene), es APPLICABLE a las
leyes especiales que cream corpora
clones; pero Sc ha interpretado esta
disposition en- Ell sentido de que no
Sc requiere que Sc enumeren en- ell
titulo todas las facultades concedi-
Gas q Ia corporation. bastando con
que en- el 80 de cuenta de elias de
laodo general.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-03-22

sente para Puerto Rico, 0 por ley
del Congreso de los Estados Uni
dos''. Al ocurrir Ell cambio de So
berania las "corporaciones espano-
las", es decir, las que pudieran de-
signarse asi, continuaron existlendo
en- la isla como corporaciones DE
EACTO, sujetas a las facultades
legislativas del Gobierno 1nsular,
cesando como corporaciones espaho-
las atm en- el case de que no mc1e-
ran NADIA dieran paso alguno pa
ra incorporates bajo las leyes de al
gun Estado norteamericano o de
Puerto Rico. Esto fue resuelto por
"a Corte suprema de los Estados
Unidos en- el case de MARTINEZ
v. LA AsoCIACIoN DE sRAs. DA
MAS DEL sANTo AsILo DE pom
CE, 213 o. g. 20, del cual copiamos
los siguientes extraetos.
(D Una corporation creada por
un decreto de la Corona de Espafia
para fines caritativos, y limitada en-
su campo esfera de aeci6n Puer-
to Rico, no continha, despu6s de Ia
ratification del Tratado de Paz en-
tre los Estados Unidos y Espana,
siendo ciudadana snbdito de rs
pafia, los efectos de la Ley de
mario z, 1901, que extendi6 la ia.
risdicci6n de la Corte de Distr1to
de los Estados Unidos para Puerto
Rico a controversies en- cue las
rartes cualqu1era de elias sean ciu
dsdanas 0 shbditos dc una naci6n
extranjera,;
"(2) Una corporation pia carl
tat1Va cresda por I'm decreto de Ia
Corona de Espana para actuar en-
Puerto Rico, no es un ctudadano de
los Estados Unidos dentro del alcan-
ce de la Ley de MARIO de 1901,
CXtendiendo La jurisdiction de Ia
Corte de Distrito de los Estados
Unidos para Puerto Rico q contro-
versias en- cue las parties cual
Quiera de elias sean ciudadanos de
los Estados Unides, stno cue desde
la aprobaci6n de Ia Ley (Organica'
de abril IL de 1900, establaciendo
I'M gobierno civil para Puerto Rico
es, 81 acaso ciudadana de algdn
pals, ciudadsna de Puerto Rico. =
(Por virtud del Acta Jones Ia "ciu-
dadsnis de Puerto Rico Sc indenti-
fic6 en- 1917, en- su aspecto interna-
cional, con la ciudadania de los
Lstados Unidos'').
La Legislature de Puerto Rico pa
rece tener fac,lltad para crear cor
poraciones por. .leyes especiaies. (v6a
sc la nota 96 (c>, pag. 123, Vol. II
CORPUS JURTG). Ha hecho va uso
DO esta facultad al autorizar en-
1913, por Ia Ley No. 127, la organi
zacion de una corporation que ha-
bria de lamarse 'tEl Banco Insu-
lar de Puerto Rico''. (sobre este
asunto Sc legislo, tambi6n, en-. 1916
(Res. Conf. rTo. y y en- 1921 IL.
No. eo.)
Ei Articulo 10. de dicha ley (No.
1879 dispone: "Por la prssente Ley
SC conceda autorizaci6n, segtn mas
adelante Sc provee, a cualquier nu-
nero de personals, no menos de tres
nj mayor de ounce, para organizar
una corporation bancaria con el
principal objeto dc prestar, perso-
mas corporaciones dedicadas en-
Puerto Rico la agriculture, a
cualquier empresa manufacturers o
industrial relacionada con la agri-
cuitura en- Puerto Rico, dinero para
ser empleado en- dichas empresas. La
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-03-22
TEGIsLATURAS
TERRHTORIALES

HALO la facultad general concedf-
da a los Territories por ell Congreso
de los Estados Unidos, dsndoles au-
toridad para legislar sobre todos los
asnntos de caracter legislative que
no sean localmente inaplicables, di-
chas Legislatures pueden crear cor
poraciones por leyes generates es-
peciales, en- este iiltirno case cuando
no exista restriction en- Ell Acta Or
ganica del Territorio. Las corpora
clones creadas por virtud de estas
facultades no son federales, sino te-
rtitoriales, y al admitirse al Terrific
rio en- la Union, pasan a ser corpora
clones estaduales.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-03-22
CoNGRESo FEDERAL

Las facultades del Congreso de los
Estados Unidos go Sc Iinlitan a las
enumeradas o expresadas en- Ia Cons
titdCi6n Federal, sino que tambi6n
Conprenden las incidentales que
sean necesarias para realizar los fl
hes autorlzados. La Constitpci6n no
habla de corporaciones; pero puede
81 Congreso crear autorizar
una corporation cuando esta
sea necesaria como medic para
&utorizar una corporation cuande
esta sea necesaria como medic para
aealizar algunas de las funciones au-
toIizadas; mas solo para estos fl
nes. En- ell Distrito de Columbia, que
esta sujeto Ia Jurisdiction exclusi-
va del Congreso Federal, este ac-
tia con la ibertad inherente una
lecislatura estadual. La corporation
federal es responsible solo al Co
tisrno de Ia Union.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-03-22

clpd1 CO hucSGGO esIudAo' Id SS4 w
.aci6n privada.
Y. INCORPORATION
A diferencia de 10 que ocurre en-
G! case de otras sociedades, de la
"colectiva por ejemplo, ", segdn
parece, atm de la compafia an6ni-
ma mercantil'', cuyos estatutos y re-
glamentos son la ley especial que re-
gula su funcionamiento y los dere-
chog v obligactones de sus accionis-
tas (sRNT. TRIB. SUP. DE ESPA-
ma, JUNO 80, 1889, no basta Ell me-
10 convenio O contrato de los intere-
sados para constituir Ia corpora
ci6n". Els indispensable Ia autoriza-
ci6n del Estado para que surja la
FRANQUICIA CoRPoRATIvA (el
termtno franquicia" Sc usa aQui
On SUI sentido mas amplio), que Sc
define, como ell "derecho y privile-
gio de existir como corporation y
de ejercttar deterIninadas facInta-
des''. ia CORPUS JURIs, pag.
160, Sec. 1907. Entire los romanos--
dicen juristas eminentes-hubo TN
tempo en- que no Sc exigia tai au-
toAizaci6n; pero, desde el Impsrio,
ese requisite vino a ser esencial. En-
Inglaterra existieron las llaruada7
corporaciones por derecho CoN3UE-
TUDINARIO Y POR PREsCRIP-
CTON ("common law corporations
and corporations by prescription } /;
nero en- los Estados Unidos, aunque
subsisten todavia corporaciones crea
das por ell MonsIca ingles y por ell
Farlamento de Inglaterra, los unicos
cuerpos Que pueden actualmente au-
torizar estas entidades, va sean pEt-
tlicas va privadas, son las legis'a-
turas: las de los Estados y Terrific
rios de la Union. " Ell Congreso Fe-
deral. La facultad de crear cerpo-
racicnes es, pues, en- los Estados
Unidos ", tambi6n, en- Puerto RI
coy una facultad legislative Y, como
tai, no es delegable, 81 bien pueden
las Legislatures disporer ore deter
ndnado funcionario funcionarios
intervengan en- las formalidades uue
anteceden a la constitution de la
cntidad.s
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-03-22

Expuestos va de modo general en-
una conferencia anterior los atribu-
tos legales de la corporation, iden-
tificados los varios ttpos forInas
que assume, pasamos ahora a tratar
de la facultad y modo de crear la
que en- estos ensayos es objeto prin-
cipal de nuestro estudio: la corpo-
.aci6n privada.
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abandonment of the Alaska Rail road he further said the rates on
 he Alaska Railroads and boats to and from Alaska were the high est in the world. Just think of it he went on. the potatoes are rott- ing on the ground in the Panama valley because the rates are pro- hibitive to bring the produce to outside markets. He predicted that Alaska will be built up until i; becomes great State "throbb- ing with life and populous cities. which means that transportation must give it the same opportunity of development as the territories in the west and mort Invest received. and wound up his remarks with the statement that "Alaska would be able to support fifty millions of people"
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PRAVED WAR II YEARS THEN TIRES OF LIFE
 SHOOTS HIMSELF

Billings, Montana. Nov. 9, fP'
 John Burk,l more than eighty siS years of age, who braved dangers of war for eleven years. and was an orderly under General George A. Custer. shot himself to death yesterday, II" claimed t2 nave saddled lie horse that General Custer rode into ike last battle with the lnulians at Little Big Horn He went to Sawtelle recently to enter the Soldiers Home and be came hurt Ut his rejection because he was the recipient of a pension amounting to seventy two dollars monthly. He said the taXicab man charged him five dollars for each ride to and from the home. the artificial teeth that he bought in California irriliated him to such an extent that he threw them away. he had the same experience with pair of glasses that he bought. When he returned to Billings he expressed the desire to die in order to end throwing his money away, v
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GOVERNOR HNRTLEN'S MESSAGE MEETS WIfH
 MANY DIFFICt ITIES

Seattle. Nov. Il, (F) state Sen ator Suzzallo. declared Hartley $ Message recommenling ""rganiza ton ol the schoni system 1ae' n nonsalaried goverau and the an
 ..t;ng of q Boa c us eat unai Administration the aholishlng oi the Regents of the University or the State College and trustees nl Normal schools. shonld be submit .rd to the voters of ike state Of Washington. He stated hat con stitutional amendment should he passed abolishine he office oi state superiStendent of public insirn'- ,ion in unavoidable and rninons. and further said " it is doubtful whether Governor ilartley's plan to appoint Board of Education Administration was constitution, as so much time and labor would he required that it would be impcssi- blc to induce citizens with the re- nuisite qualifications 10 serve"
 Suzzallo added that Hartley suggestion 10 abolish tho levy mil liage for higher institutions would be case of returning to the bien- | Eial scramble of fourteen years ago, and argued that Hartley's sug gestion to compel the University tt | repay appropriatia ns hencefortl out of rentals from a ten acre tract in Seattle when the Metro politan lease expires or to run tn University with proceeds iron bonds and pay on bonds wheI lease expires, would deprive tn University of the Trust Fund whicl the government created in givinl the land to the University. and h. declared that the with holding o appropriations of higher institu tions of learning this year. woul' leave them without the sorely nee' ed buildings.
 The dispatch also states that n
 legislator has indorsed the Cover
 nor's message unQualifiedly.
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TUESDAY
 tTELEGRAPHiC) TUESDAY, November 10, 1923.
LIQUOR VESSEL SEIZED
 AT kETCHIkAN DOCK
 BY CUSTOMS OFFN FER

Ketchlkan. November s, P- Andrew C. M. Peterson. part owner of the schooner Foremost, was con yicted here on charge of prevent ing the Customs Officer from seiz- ing sack of liquor aboard the boat and destroying same, he will be sentenced in the afternoon of rhe last day of the Fall term of Court here. Marcus Ness and S.A. Ness. who own the remaining third interest in the Foremost vessel, are in custody of the Coast Guard ship Cygan.
 The seizure was made alongside the dock by customs official when he was inspecting the boat on its return here from Prince Rupert, who it is alleged found few bot
 lcs of liquor. The Customs Otlic- er was held in bondage while Pet erson rescued the liquor and de stroyed it,
 | The owners were refused the re- quest that the Foremost be releas ed on bond and allowed to make her final trip of the season by Judge T. M. Reed, who refused the request saying. il was not in my
 Jurisdiction. you must take youl claim to Secretary of Treasury whereupon the matter was present ed to the Secretary by cablegram
The Nome nugget., 1925-11-14
THREE PRISONERS ESCAPE
 FROM WALIA WAIIA

Walln Walla. Nov, 9, t4l Ward panicls. q life termer who killed a seattle policeman in 1921. Ern est Growing and Frank Holmes. who are serving from ten to twrn ty years on robbery sentences. es- capped from the prison hospital at one o'clock in the morning after binding the hospital stewart and four trustees. The guard who was on night duty saw them climb over the walls, but said his gun was jammed. It was learned upon in vestigation that they had torn three dozen sheets into strips then broke mp door and bed springs to make d ladder, which was used by the conyicts 10 scale the walls and make their escaped.
 Holmes and Brewing were in the las, stages of tuberculosis. Brow ing was only able to speak in q whisper. but Holmes was q power ful man and was suffering only slightly from stomach trouble. A posse started in search Of the escaped convicts five minutes after i he break was learned. but they evidently made good their escape owing 10 thick fog which over hung this section at the time,
The Nome nugget., 1925-11-14
MAJOR GENERAL FRIES
 TAKES THE STAND

Washington. November 9, (P)-
 Senator Reid Counsel for Nit chell. asked Major General Amos A. Fries. Chief or the Chemical would take for an area the size of the District of Columbia, Col More the question, but the Court sus- tained the defense for the first time during Inc trial. Fries then answered that Brigadier General Hugh Drum. the Assistant Chief of General s'aff, was mistaken when he told the lI4ufe Aircraft Committee it would t.ke one mill ion three hundred and forty thous- and pounds.
 Major General Fries further said Drum had consulted nobody in the Chemical Warfare Service when testifying before the House Com mi tee hearing. Fries answering the first question stated that twen- ty tons of Tear Gas was several times the amount necessary" to force the evacuation of the District ot Columbia.
 Captain Herbert Ofdys told the Cour, Martial that the "personnel and equipment ut Hawaii bears q ratio of one to five. as between how many there. and how many there should be- Mooreland object ed saying, fl was incompetent, irrevelant and not the hest testi- mony," and the Court overruled the objection.
 Major Cha les Spats, the third witness for tta defense declared that most of the Army's Air equip- ,neni was obsolete or obsolescenl Major General Graves. a member of the Court, interrupted the pro ceedings and asked for q confer enre of his colie;tgues. after which ! il was announced that the Court would proceed to lake evidence ac- cording to plans of the defense,
The Nome nugget., 1925-11-14
MONDAY (TElEGRAPHiCD
SCHOONER CHUKOTSK
 ARRIVES AT SEWARD
 FROM PETROpAVAI.OSK

Seward, Nov. 8, B-Garbed in Russian clothing. Kenneth Price, George Hunter. F. J. Ketchum, John Kleschin and George Kulick arrived here yesterday on the Swen son Company two masted schooner Chukotsk, Captain Harry Needing in command, after being out 15 days from Pe:ropavalosk. Siberia. bound for Seattle via the Inside go of fnrs. composed of ermine. sable. squirrels. bear, fox.
 George Hunter is the Olaf Sven son Company agen. at Anadyr, where he has been stationed since 1921. and was the only American located there for two years. he ex- poets to go back next Spring. E. J. Ketchum, formerly of Nome. is the same cOmpany's agent at Petro- pavalosk and has been stationed there for the past three years. he says. he expects to Ego back next year. the country has great fu- ture but little mining activity is going or now. but that large com panies are considering the advis- ability of entering this region"
 Kenneth Price is the IT year old son of C. H. Price of Seattle, he left the schooner Appolo last April when 1t arrived at Petropavalosk, leaving later on a boat he visited vladivostok and other towns on the Siberian coast where he learn ed to talk Russian, but states he is glad to get back home again.
 Kleschin and Kulick were Rus sian sailors well known in Nome, they have their first naturalization papers,. they were wrecked and stranded on the Siberian Coast from the Schooner Ram.
 Captain Wedding states there is great improvement along the Si- herIan coast. there are lots of of tclals but the soldiers are heinz withdrawn. the capital of Siberia is now located at Habboris. and is approximately two hundred miles from Vladivostok on the Railroad line, Everything In business way is conducted from two miles
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fit and against the will of Com
 mander Lansdowhe. also that the Naval Office sought to have Lans- downe's widow s.,ive false testimony and that those who arranged the Hawaiian flight were "incompet- ent," and further prove that the high Army and Navy Officers testi- fled falsely before the Committees of Congress, and will show that he Mitchell. was denoted and trans ferred because he told the truth when he said that the government aviators were put to unnecessary hazards and as result many were killed"
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THURSDAY
 TEJEGRApHICl November l2. 1925
FEDERAL JUDGES IN
 ALASKA NJ ST rh iNto TANES ON THEIR SALARIES

Washington. Nov l' ePl The solicitor of the Internal Revenue Departmen, has ruled lhai Feeder al judges of Alaska, must pay in come taxes on their salaries, bu' made no reference as to Federal judges of other Territories but a is assumed to apply The opinion is based on ruling of the Su- preme Court in reference to terti torial and Federal Courts 'ngisl2- lative. rather than constitutional tribunals.
The Nome nugget., 1925-11-14
GOV. HARTLEY DELIVERS
 JOINT AtffSSAtiE

Olympia. Wash. Nov. 10. (El--- Advocating changes. some of which were drastic and would effect eco nomy legislation, Governor Hart ley delivered his message to the House and Senate jointly. in which he states that he has only made a survey of State institutions. In his message he would reorganize the school system and place il under a nonsalaried official. He would have appointed Board of Education whose administration should lower the cost to the State of approximately one million five hundred and seventy thousand pei year.
 Soon after the legislature con
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to seven hundred miles extending along the Kamchatka Peninsula. composed of salmon canneries and salteries. mostly the latter, some cod fish Is packed. For the entire distance north and westward. these plants are found for dis tance of two thousand mil,s, and are all practically controlled by the .aranese. The country is very much similar to Alaska. the only
 Inference Is the fact there is so much red tape in Siberia.
The Nome nugget., 1925-11-14
URGES ENACTMENT CIVIL
 AVIATION LAW

Washington, November Q, (4') Despite the fact that the I'niled States has the best conditions Tor developing commercial aviation, 1t is being far outstripped by other nations. il was learned by the Special Committee of Engineering men appointed to investigate con ditions. A business expert inform- ed. the Commerce Department Com mYttee and urged the enactment or q Civil Aviation Law to apply the same as laws governing water navi- gaiion.
The Nome nugget., 1925-11-14
CARGO SHIFS ON BIG
 liRITISH FREIGHTER
 RETURNING TO PORT

Victoria, Nov. 11th, ,(P)--Lis'ing badly to port and fighting the sea- sons worst gale. the British freigh- CT Poleric is struggling five hun drcd miles out on the Pacific in an attempt to return to port. The steamship Salvage King is now en- route to help the Poleric back to Victoria and is expected to reach the scene of the stranded vessel Thursday. The Poleric left Van couver last Friday with full car go of grain for the Orient. the cargo having shifted during the vessels enconntering fifty mile gale
The Nome nugget., 1925-11-14
LARGER VESSEL. TO REPLACE. HAYCHIMO IN ARCTIC
 SERVICE

Victoria Nov. 13,(P-The Hud- son Bay Company steamer Bachi-. mo is due here this week from Vancouver where replirs to the vessel have beer completed. after escape from ice where i. was thOt she would he locked n the Arctic ice pack for the winter. The Bay chino will load lumber for the United Kingdom upon her arrival here.
 Informa ion given out by the Hudson Bay Company Is to the ef- feet that they intend to replace the Baychimo with larger and stauncher vessel in their Arctic Ocean trading activities.
The Nome nugget., 1925-11-14
SEEKS TO AMEND ARTICLES
 DENPSEY-WIL FIGHT

Southbend. November 9 fF,- Ray Cannon, Jack Dempsev's attor- ney. arrived here to confer with members of the Syndicate promot- ing the Dempsey Wills fight, who seek to amend some articles of the agreement which he said Dempsey finds adverse to his interests Can non asserted changes We're moi major items of importance and would make change only with ap- proval of Dempsey
The Nome nugget., 1925-11-14
STINES OUTLINES ALASKA
 DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES

Seattle, Nov II, GPy-An Alaska development program calling Tor The expenditure of more than nine million dollars in the Fairbanks district within the next five years, was announced by Norman C
 Stines manager of the Fairbanks Exploration Company, upon his ar rival here and is further quoted as saving "the old timers have simply scratched he surface of the creeks. mudern methods of using mtchinery will take out fortunes which they left behind. He said lis company has already spent million and a half. and do not expect io get T return on their investment until 1930 An eigh- tv milo ditch from Fairbanks to Chatanlka to furnish water for de vnlupmcnt will he constructed next summer. and further said Alaska'S development would stop immedi- ntely if In" Alaska Railroad was 70 he destroyed. "in the next three years nv company will need twelve thousand tons of building material hauled over the Alaska Railroad to Fairhanks. and expect later to
 rauSuart eighteen thousand tons of coal annually when the company begins to operate to capacity
The Nome nugget., 1925-11-14
CHARGED WITH EMBEZZIISG FUNDS OF NOME FISHING
 N TRADING COMPANY

seattle Nov. II, (Al Charged with having embedded sixty fohr hundred dollars of the funds "' Ike Arctic Fishing and Trading Company, H, C. Cutler, the secre- tary-treasurcr. was arrested after Jack II Young. president of the company returned from four Arctic whaling expedition. ana found tho company on the verge of bankruptcy, and 2lso found that Cutler had transferred the money of iho company to his own account.
 Cuiler posted twenty five hun dred dollars bail money and was released! from custody