Show I III I 1 I ivi V Y U I O I I. I RUSSIAN PRINCE BEATS A RETREAT I Alexander Alexancer L. L F. F Makes Friends Gets Their Money and Leaves 1 BOOK COMPANY BLOWS BLOWS' UP UP Great Southwestern Publishing I I Firm Short Shor Lived Friend Lived Lived- Frend Friend l lof of Kuropatkin a aI i I i l' l Leaving La a number of ot worthless r checks and antI a n trail trai of or unpaid bills j Prince Alexander L. L F F. Kozlo has left leU Salt SaIL Lake for parts par unknown i In his wake ake there are aro recollections I of oC his Incursions Into Salt Lakes Lake's best society his bis lectures on 01 tho Rims Rus Russian Rus J sian elan army before the tho University and rind the public school schol principals prIncipals But l 1 rf there are arc ea remembrances of ot his Incursions Into the realms realma of ot business and an 1 those who were Ira Ira- i pressed presed by him who ho e bele believed 1 his 1 claim to r royal al blood blod and who listened listen listen- r ed cd to his plausible explanation of r 4 1 an easy casY way to make mako a n fortune are are arenow C now wiser and poorer as a a result resul of or p 1 their experience and their confidence I i Prince he Kozlo he admitted he t 1 was a Russian prince prince cut cut a n wide ll swath when he be came camo to Salt SaU Lake Ho Jie 1 said lila ills homo home ome was wa In Watertown S. S D fl and inquiry develops that he ho did live Ue I there ther He claimed further that he was a high off leer In tho the Russian arm army but that he became involved In a personal personal per- per I onal and political conflict with Grand Duke Duko Boris and General Kuropatkin Ho Ito 10 went Into exile The prince Is a n soldierly looking 1 man knows all ni about tho the Russian Rusian a Irm my my knows tho the Inside history of the war with wih Ja Jn an and knows how to get something tor br nothing Ho w was as smooth and oily oUy as ns the tho late lamented r f f Beresford Hope Hone although his dreame dreamt I o of wealth did dil not encompass all al tho the grandeur and magnificence found in t tho the air nil castles castes constructed by the Eng Eng- lishman J t Organizes n a Company r i Prince had bad a n scheme when he lie camo came to Salt SoU Lake Ho lie claimed to know something of tho the handling of ot books boon and he at t once obtained the tho Salt Sl Lake aK agency ncy for tor the Book nook company of ot Chicago lie le the idea that If tf ho could form a n company company com corn pany ho could procure procuro tho thu general ng agency lCY for several publishing firm Tho The prince Imparted tho the Idea Il to J. J M. M t. t editorial wrier writer on ct th the I a News with the tho result that tho the Great Groat Groat S Publishing company wn l. l Tho rho he company W won was capitalized C nt In n aGO haro d nr a th tvr- tvr BC- BC oC or ln on o ho ho- t h. h t t tho laut ai lo fO nw w Dot L A rl a Alexander IA L. L F. F Koz- Koz J. J M M. J. J 60 GO John ohn P. P 40 2000 Michael 60 r Mrs Irs J. J M. M L 40 2000 Total r became president Mr J vi vice co president and was t c secretary Mr Meakin was permitted to In cv y 10 per ver cent cont of ot hiI hO stock l m I 1 0 Tue made an nn Instant bid hJ for forthe tor the agency for tor London and American n publishing firms Flourish at lit t th the Start The company opened offices In n tho I D. D F. F Walker building with wih a a. a gr great at flourish Books nooks and stationery valued at nt about made an order which was tilled filled tied by tho the Tribune Reporter Publishing company On tho the first of the year it I was as blandy bland- bland lv Iv y announced announce that the company on ac nc- nc I count c of or nn an Increase In bu business busine would have to move moo into more commodious quarters and the office changed change from anc one ne room on tho the third floor to n. n n suite on n the second at tho the D. D F. F Walker building te Secretary plovers was wan At It one one- on time time-a v oa cleric lerk in the National atonal Dank Bank of the tho to Republic Re- Re cler public later connected with Uh Rieger 8 and still later late with wih the Great r stI Southwestern Publishing company A A. stenographer was waa added to the tho office force and there arose from that splendid of ot a n bust busi bustness business did suite all the appearances I ness dil that al was growing too foot fast fRt for tor forthe forthe S SA the facilities at hand to mano manage e. e A sate safe and rich ric furniture were lavished laY lav lav- lav t. t safe fe upon the thu new office The Tho and other furniture were purchased at the 1 I. X I L. L L. L and the P. P W. W Madsen furniture re house was al also alao o patronized j Between the two firms the Great Southwestern South- South western western- Publishing had an S account bordering close upon 1000 A trivial portion of this amount was paid lun A. A Come With all th thA magnetic Influence that hould ordinarily follow the establishment establishment establish establish- ment of an upon such a splendid scale the business that was expected didn't come Instead of gettin get- get getting for tor publishing firms the tin ting agencies te tei i company failed to land them and anc was i compelled to struggle along with wih one ono I agency Tho The page advertisements in local papers which by tho the way havo not yet paper been paid for did not attract attention enough t to increase the tho revenue revenue rev rev- t of the now flow neV firm eue The company executed a a note payable payable py- py pay pay- able to Walker brothers bank bahk The note wasn't want satisfied and the bank took what deposits the company any had and applied them upon tho thu principal of ot the tho I IThen not note rh Then n there ther wa was WI a meeting of creditor credi credi- found that in its short tor tou tori It was Is I wa Southwestern Publishing Publish Publish- creer career the te Great Gret had contracted about S InK ing company 2500 worth of ot bills bis Everything was S and when done on the credit system the cone creditors met asked for two months' months met time He lie didn't t got get II It It ItI I Fifty Per Ier C Ont Cent nt Off At a sub subsequent nt meeting of creditors Vice lc President who with v T Jh his hla wife wire had paid moat most of the capital Into the company receiving stock In re return re- re to all aU accounts at a 50 60 turn agre agreed pay account cent discount Rather than lose loso all per pu th the creditors took tool this gathered In ID the tho handsome office orlee furniture and other assets and books stationery called all an bets beta off I of ot the Mr Ir stood the brunt obligations It later developed that of ot the stock he had paid subscribed by In return small sum of money a very al Then he r received elved his salary as asman man manager manager ager of ot the concern Tho The wind wind-up of ot after tho the the com business came second meeting anys of ot creditors creditor and there was nothing for which a n receivers receiver s lu sOr- sOr r- r so BO the tho Great vices s were necessary Great went Publishing company Southwestern tor back into oblivion In wide contrast to the manner in which It came out out Leave Town Kozo koy IQ Tow Outside of the company con p ny very cry little was mentioned mentioned of the tho actions actions- actions of of or tho the was u tho RussIan RU prInce until it I was announced c that h he hid had hC let left t the e at apartments I su fe for o Los Las s Ang lu 19 O OI S I o on P. P Page Two To S 4 I I I RUSSIAN PRINCE BEATS A RETREAT Continued From Prom rage PURO lu c One Mr Ir a n slight aUght Intimation the time day lay before that he would woul probably go away but did not hint that his going would be bo so sudden as to creato create comment Kozlo when he came canio to Salt Lake e found round rooms on South West Temple Tern Tem pIe street Later he went wont to Fourth East street treet between Brigham and First South and engaged rooms with a Mrs Irs Leland Loland and her daughter Mrs Orth Mrs Leland claimed to be the tho wife of ofa ofa ofa a state senator In Washington whose rating was found Cound In to be around Still lat later r Kozlo sl o and the two women nomen moved to the tile Keith apartments having adjoining rooms To some persons It was made known that the women were his mother and sister but to others their names still remained Mrs rs Leland Inland and her daugh ter Mrs Irs Orth Th They had hall come to Salt Lake for r their health and the Russian prince was not a ba bad 1 fellow tellow and scorned to be bo just the proper per on to share shard har their a acquaintance All Leave lea To Together cUl r. r hen the Russian prince as lie came cameto cameto cameto to be known left Salt Lake the two women left at at tho the same time and upon the same train The prince left leU word at the tho Keith apartments that hat ho was going JoinS to Cue Hotel Rosslyn Los I Angeles Angel s. s and asked that all his mall mali I be forwarded fon there He did not go to the Hotel Rosslyn The Republican Inquired there for Cor his address and received the following re reply ro- ro ply ph Party not here herc hereIt It Is related that when Ko o started his gran grand 1 scheme for the tIme acquiring ac ac- ac- ac quiring of wealth that he exhibited a a. note for 1000 signed by hy Mrs Orth and showing that she bad confidence In Jo his ability to make mon money y and was willing to spend that much for Great Creat Sod Southwestern Publishing company stock hen W ben sho she said Maid sho ho was wag the daughter dau of a a. wealthy man the name of her father was looked up in Bradstreets Bradstreet's Brad- Brad streets street's and the answer wa was live five hun hundred dred drell thousand 1 That was enough to Instill dence Secretary Sievers left lert the city for Los Ios Angeles or some somo other place about the time that the tho Russian prince die dis appeared Inquiry at the home yesterday divulged the tho fact that the they didn't know where he was wass and nl expect him home Win re can his 1118 address be found was vas asked Why call up the thc Great Southwestern Southwest Southwest- ern era Publishing company they'll tell you was vas the an answer The Great Southwestern Publishing company Is no more After mysterious and unexplained disappearance there were all kinds of ot rumors as to his character an and 1 hs his conduct To give credence to all aU of or tho the stories that were told about him It was as ascertained ns- ns that four checks mado pa payable pay pay- able at Walkers Walker's bank had been turned with the heartrending legend No funds The Tho amount of ot these checks has not yet jet et been ascertained but those who have been connected with the tho wind-up wind of or the tho company's af affairs at- at fairs rails say that It Is not great The Tue fact tact that deputy deput sheriffs were looking for foi I about the time he disappeared was also given si as an additional reason for Cor he the credence placed in the rumors The deputy sheriffs waited for him one night but they Uley didn't find him The next dav day the they learned that ho he had disappeared from Crom Salt Lake without tal taking tho the trouble to t tell tWi l' l his friends or business associates |