Show COMPANY S FADES INTO SPACE SPAGE Stock Sales Amounting to a Quarter Million Also Vanish tian t Francisco Jan Jam 15 Acting Acting upon the tito complaint of several hundred stockholders federal have started an investigation of time the National National Na Na- company and time tho hirst result of the Investigation has been the disappearance of all the officials connected with the concern and with them what is loft left of stock sales amounting to more titan than a quarter of ofa a 3 million dollars Tonight federal officer who visited the head offices of oi the airship company Gl 61 Van Ness avenue found them de do- Tons of advertising matter setting forth the fortunes awaiting all those who Invested a small sum sumIn In iii the tho stock of time the company were seis seised ed cd and amid the offices tes locked and barred The Tho officers who have been here several sev sev- eral cral days investigating the airship company com coin puny pany declare that it was formed to exploit the weirdest inventors inventor's dream that ever has conic coamo within their ex cx- The company was promoted to secure 1000 with which to build an airship that would be time the greatest thing ever imagined More than 00 shares of stock wore sold in this city and Portland The Inventor ot oi the airship and president and general manager of the tho company was J. J A A. MorrelL The National Airship company came to the attention of the postoffice authorities at Washington some somo months ago in u a report that the company Yam was using the malls mails to defraud Investors Tho fIto literature set forth that the tho com coin company pany already had a contract with th government for carrying United States malls mails |