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THE- SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY, 13, 1910.
PRIVATE CAPITAL
-STATE'S BIG HEED
John I. Whistler, in Common
wealth Conference, Urges
Inducement as Cure.
WATERPOWER TAX WRONG
IXscnssioii ou Country Life, lie
houFces, Irrigation and Conserva
tion Clope Big Session For-
eol Deemed Small Factor.
KL'GETsK. Or.. Keb. 12. (Special.)
Spirited discussions of problems dealin
with the betterment of conditions of
country life, development of water re
sources, irrigation and proper methods
of forestry conee-rvatlon marked the
last day's cession of the an
nual Commonwealth Conference, which
came to a clos here tonight after
. successful two-day session. The con
ference has been held under the auspices
of tho University of Oregon, with dele-
Kates present from development organ!
zations and tho leading educational In
stitutions of the state.
Uniiual Interest, was aroused In a paper
. read by John T. Whistler, formerly en
gineer in the United States Reclamation
Service on "Features of a Common
wealth policy ' for the development and
conservation of water resources. Mr.
"Whistler declared that one of the great
est needs of the state was more encour
agement to private capital to induce it
to develop the state's waterpower re
eourcee. He said in his opinion the tax
placed upon estimated horsepower in tho
bill passed by the las" legislature was
& mistake.
Taxes Immunity Urged.
"I would even favor granting immunity
' from all taxes but a site tax for a term
of years to induce capital to invest its
money, rather than not have it do so,'
he said. "For only by such private capl
tal can the resources be developed. It is
not generally realized what risks capital
must take In developing: power sites. For
Instam-e. tho most efficient fteam en
gines- now developed utilize only about
30 per cent. It Is estimated of the poten
tial power in steam coal. It is readily
roncoiv-able that such progress may be
made in the near future that much more
'fficient engines will be deviied. If only
M per cent of tho possible power In coal
were tiBed every power' site would becomo
a. drug on tho market."
In the discussion which followed, J. C.
- Stevens, secretary of the Oregon Con
servation Commission, warmly seconded a
statement by iMr. Whistler that tho flow
of water In streams was not affected
nearly as much as popularly supposed by
the presence of forests.
Forests Small Factor.
Stevens backed up his position with ex
haustive figures, showing that forests
were only one -factor and probably tho
smallest one In determining the flow
of streams.
K. T. Allen. Forester of the Western
Forest Forestry and Conservation As
sociation, sounded a warning against
letting fire destruction and wasteful
cutting of Oregon's forests go un
checked. He said in part:
"Nowhere in the' world Is forest re
production so swift and certain as
here In the Pacific Northwest. A little
forethought In cutting1 methods and.
above all, protection of the cut-over
area from recurring fires, and a second
crop in 40 to 60 years Is assured. If
the area cut over and burned during
the p&st 10 years only were encouraged
to reforest, probably we cotId cut
J300.000.000 worth of. lumber again
from it In 60 years. Our forest lncomw
would bo perpetuated and with it our
streams and the industries dependent
upon both. Practically all other forest
states have realized these things mak
ing It a state function to help protect
the forests they have and to encour
age growing new ones. The essentials
of such a state policy are as cheap as
they are simple. In relative Import
ance .they are about as follows:
Xonpartj- Forester Wanted.
"First. A competent non-political
state forester to carry out the policy,
study conditions and needs, and edu
cate and advise both lumbermen and
public In the principles of forest
management,
"Second. A forest Are patrol service,
with legal provision for close co
operation with similar private effort.
The timber owner must do his share,
hut should also receive state backing
enough to insure efficiency.
"Third. Fixed and comparatively
low taxation of deforested lands dur
ing the period of no return to the
owner, the state receive a revenue
. when the second crop is ripe enough
to amply compensate it for waiting.
'The last of these will require a
constitutional amendment, but we can
.at least make a start with the first
two for a few thousand dollars a year."
Farmer Xot to Blame.
Austin F. Buxton, master of the State
Orange, was the first speaker of the ses
sion with an address on "The Improve
ment of Country Life In Oregon."
Mr. Buxton denied that the farmer Is
responsible for present .high cost of liv
I Ing. Ho went into detail In defining tho
factors which would make for Improve
ment In the condition of the fanner. He
said in part:
"In many- quarters the tendency is to
lay the present high cost of living, con
cerning which there is such universal
complaint, at the farmer's door, and to
charge that with the present price of his
products he is levying unjust tribute
upon the remninder of society. It Is
true that fai-mf ts ore now receiving very
fair prices fc many of their products:
yet it Is also frequently true that the
prices they receive bear a very improper
relation to the prices which the ultimate
consumer Is required to pay for these
same products. There !s no influence
which the farmer ever seems to have
exerted to Insure him a continuous proper
return for his labor. Those various classes
who have to do with the collection of
these products from the farmer and their
distribution to the consumer, have fixed
the prices at both ends of the line, with
out consulting either of the other inter
ested parties, and have levied a tribute
for their services that has prospered them
out of all proportion to either the farmer
or the consumer, when the relative energy
they have expended and risk they have
assumed In the operation, is taken into
consideration."
Earnest Discussion Caused.
Mr. Buxton's speech was followed by
lively discussion in which C. K. Whistler,
f Medford: W. K. Newell, president of
the State Board of Horticulture, and
Professor F. G. Young took an active
part. Mr. Newell was particularly earnest
in Indorsing Buxton's stand for better
roads, and in addition made a plea for
the establishment of a parcels post.
R. W. Montague, of Portland, who dis
cussed the difficult problem of how best
to secure proper publicity in public af-
Xalra. was the next speaker. In an ad- ;
dress on ""Organization and Agencies for
Securing Publicity in the Public Affairs
of Oregon," he said in part: '
"Two methods are available to se
cure publicity in public affairs. One is
so to educate the citizen as to provide
him with a fund of knowledge which
shall enable him to comprehend and
therefore to observe and be interested
In public affairs. Great strides are
already making In this direction. The
educational work in this line has mul
tiplied many fold in the past few years,
not only in the colleges, but In elemen
tary schools, and has at the same time
become more practical and effectual.
Such meetings' and discussions as this
Commonwealth day are an Invaluable
means to the same end.
"The second method Is to interpret
the facts of public business in terms
of private business; so to set out and ex
plain them that the plain man on -the
street can see, in the data of his own
thinking, just what Government means
to him; Just what it does and fails to
do for him.
"This is the method which has been
practiced by the Bureau of Municipal
.Research In New York and elsewhere
with remarkable results in actual refor
mation, of evils and still more re
markable results in the way of arous
ing public interest. A system of uni
form municipal accounting proposed
by the National Municipal. League and
adopted by the Census Bureau in pre
paring the municipal statistics has done
much to make these results possible."
Pnre Water Demanded.
' Features of a Commonwealth Policy
for the Development- and Conservation
of Water Resources" was the subject
of an exhaustive address by John T.
Whistler. U. S. Reclamation Engineer.
He referred not only to the value of
water, as a resource, but to its purity,
citing statistics to show a surprising
death rate due to diseases transmitted
by impure water. He urged a cam
paign of education that would so fa
miliarize the state With its resources
that the Federal Government would,, of
necessity, have to appeal to the state
Itself in administering the affairs of
resources in Its charge.
Discussion on this paper was lively.
It was led by J. C. Stevens, of Portland,
U. S. Hydrographer and a member of
the Oregon Conservative Commission.
Dire Frophecles Scouted.
Mr. Stevens urged that unbiased re
search and authentic physical data,
and due regard for law, should be
made tho basis of all conservation
policies. He declared also that the con
serving effect of a forest on rainfall
and stream flow has been greatly ex
aggerated . In part he said:
"The conserving effect of a forest
on rainfall and stream flow has been
grievously exaggerated. It is quite
generally believed that if the forests
were removed our lines and property
would be destroyed by unprecedented
floods and our streams would dry up
in Summer, our navigation interests,
our irrigation Institutions and our
waterpowera would suffer untold dam
ages from a shortage of water. Wit
ness this dismal prophecy from a re
cent number of the 'Scrap Book.'
'When our forests -are gone, the
streams will dry up, the rivers will
cease to run, the rain will fall no
more, and America will be a desert,
All this under the guise of conserva
tion. We should be thankful indeed,
that the future has something more
cheerful In store for us than this, that
there is a much brighter side to the
question when the truth is known.
"In all Justice it should be said that
these calamitous prophecies have not
emanated from those in responsible
charge of our forestry work. They
have come from, the satellites, and
Hangers on, from political demagogues
and from spurious writers of the day,
who find a ready dollar in appealing
to the credulous and receptive public
ear. Our natural love for the forest
and that Inborn instinct that makes
rise ' to their defense has lured the
pens of these fiction writers In ever
widening circles.
"The plain facts are that we are not
obliged to take heroic measures to re
cover lost ground, but are concerned
with the far more pleasing task of
building for the future. But there is
one great thing that we have lacked,
that Is a reliable knowledge .of the
physical facts concerning those re
sources we are attempting to develop
and conserve."
MILWAUKEE GETS CONTROL
Priest Rapids Railroad Company
Passes Into Other Hands.
KEXNEWICK, Wash.. Feb. 12. (Spe
cial.) A deed transferring all the prop
erty and rights-of-way of the Priest
Rapids Railroad Company to the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Rail
road was filed this week in Benton and
Yakima counties, thus placing under
control of the new transcontinental
road the branch line extending from
West Beverly, where the Milwaukee
crosses the Columbia, to the Hanford
district. The Priest Rapids road had
Intended to extend its lino to this city
and also to build a branch from Han
ford across into the Moxee Valley and
on to North Yakima.
This transfer is the first material
confirmation given to the announce
ment, printed in The Oregonian last
Fall, that the Milwaukee road intended
to build a line from West Beverly to
the Columbia via Hanford. North Yak
ima and the Ahtanum Valley outlet to
the south. A section of the new line
has already been completed, and con
tractors for the Milwaukee have se
cured rights-of-way into the City of
North Yakima. A good grade into the
Yakima Valley ha3 been secured over
the Saddle Mountains, and the line
south and west from North Yakima has
been surveyed. It ts believed that this
line will eventually extend Into Port
land,, with possibly a branch tapping
Central Oregon.
C. Sam Smith Xot In Prison.
SALEM, Or.. Feb. 12. (Special.) The
holding of the Supreme Court on
the case of C. Sam Smith, of Crook
County, convicted of arson, which was
up for decision last week, was due to
the effect that the trial court erred in
adlmtting notification testimony to
prove subsequent orfenses and a new
trial was ordered. The statement that
he was serving sentence for arson was
incorrect. He was tried and convicted
of arson and sentenced to four years
but had not been taken to Salem.
Family Quarrel, Then Suicide.
SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 12. Charles
Favia, a rancher living near Chelan,
Wash., committed suicide hist night by
turning on the gas In a. room which he
was occupying in a lodging-house con
ducted by his wife at Smith Cove, in
this city. The couple were separated
but Favia always visited his wife when
he came to town. Last night the couple
quarreled, after which Favia went to his
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tirofflnc More Popular.
Olive oil Is an old and tested remedy
for almost all kinds and all classes of
diseases. Salgrene mixed with four
ounces of olive oil makes an invalu
able remedy for lumbago, kidney trou
ble and rheumatism. It Is especlally
recommended In cases of kidney trou
ble, as it contains absolutely no alcohol,
alcohol being irritant to the kidneys.
Full directions will be found on bottle.
MQRESWQPE5DIED
BY BEING POISONED
Paxton Says Margaret and
Chrisman Had' Drug in
Stomachs.
NURSES STRUCK ON HYDE
First Cl.arge Matte AYl.oii One of
Them Said ''People Are Belns
Murdered in Tliis House."
Grand Jury Begins Inquiry.
TRAGIC SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
ATTENDS 8WOPE FAMILY
WITHIN FEW MONTHS.
Following- are the Illnesses and
deaths forming the tragic history of
the Swop family during; the past
few months:
October 1, 39to James Moss Hun
ton, cousin of Colonel Thomas H.
Swope, died unexpectedly at the
fiwope home in Independence, Mo.,
supposedly of apoplexy. -
October, 3 Thomas II. Swope died
unexpectedly, exactly like Mr. Hun
ton, supposedly of apoplexy.
October 9 Will of Thomas H.
Swope filed for probate. Of $3,000.
000 estate, $1,600,000 left to mem
bers of Swope family.
December 1 Miss Margaret Swope,
niece of Thomas li. Swope, stricken
with typhoid fever.
December 2 Chrisman ' Swope,
nephew of Thomas IT. Swope,
stricken with typhoid.
December 4 Miss Cora Dickson,
governess in Swope home and a cou
sin of Colonel Swope, and Hiss
Coppe, negro servant In Swope house
hold, both stricken with typhoid
fever.
December S Stewart M. Fleming-,
of Maury County, Tenn., nephew of
Colonel Swope, visiting at Swope
home, stricken with typhoid.
December 6 Chrisman Swope died. .
December 9 Miss Sara Swope,
14-year-old niece of Colonel Swope,
stricken with typhoid.
December 11 Miss Stella Swtope.
niece of Colonel Swope, stricken with
typhoid.
December 3 S Miss Swope Lucy
I.ee. relative of Colonel Swope,
stricken with typhoid four days after
her arrival from Europe.
December 10 Dr."Bennett Clarke
Hyde, whose wife waa a niece of
Colonel Swope and who had attended
Mr. Hunton and Colonel Swope,
stricken with typhoid..
January 7, 1&10 Body of Chris
man Swope secretly exhumed and'
autopsy held.
January 11 Body of Thomas H. '
Swope secretly removed from tomb
In Forest Hill Cemetery, and stom
achs' of both Swopes taken to Chi
cago for analysis.
KANSAS CITT, Feb. 12. That poison
had been found in the contents of the
stomach of Miss Margaret H. Swope
and that Chrisman Swope went into
convulsions, according to Miss Anne
Houlehan, his nurse, a few minutes
after she had g-iven him a capsule at
the direction of Dr. B. C. Hyde, were
two startling- statements made undr
oath by John G. Paxton, executor of
the Swope estate, today.
These new and important features
of the Swope mystery were revealed by
Mr. Paxton only, after he had been
threatened with commitment if he re
fused to answer the questions asked
him -by Frank p. Walsh, Dr. Hyde's
attorney. Mr. Paxton was giving- his
deposition in the slander suit for $100,
000 brought against him by Dr. Hyde. '
Miss Swope is a niece of the late
Colonel Thomas H. Swope. On Decem
ber 1 she was stricken with typhoid
fever and Dr. Hyde cared for her.
Poison Pound in Stomaeh.
"Poison was found in marked quantities
in the contents of Miss Sw one's stftmnch
by Dr. Victor Vaughn." said Mr. Paxton.
Attorney w aish eaererlv (IcmaniloH nf
the witness:
"Did any one tell you of nnv medicine.
that Dr, Hyde gave -Chrisman Swope?"
a uo not remeniDer tno exact words."
answered Mr. Paxton. "but Miss Houle
han told me that Dr. Hyde had given her
a capsule to administer to Chrisman
Swope. She gavo the capsule and a few
minutes later he went into convulsions."
The story of the stormy scene in the
Swope household on December IS, when
the nurses threatened to leave if Dr.
Hyde were not dismissed and another
physician obtained to care for the ill
members of the family, was told by Mr.
Paxton. He told of the vague suspicions
of the nurses, which eventually led up
to the open break between them and Mrs.
Logan O. Swope.
Paxton Unwilling to Believe.
In telling of the strike of the nurses,
Mr. Paxton said:
"Dr. Twyman told me that evening
of the action of the nurses, and the
suspicions of Mrs. Swope. I was thun
derstruck. I couldn't believe it at first,
but Dr. Twyman went from one peculiar
circumstance to another as the nurses
had related them to him.
"Then for the first time did I hear
Miss Kellar's statement of the giving
of the capsule to Colonel Swope and
how he had gone into eonsulsions im
mediately after. But I still believed
Dr. Hyde innocent," Mr. Paxton added,
"and when they were leaving the
Swope home under that awful charge
that night I shook Dr. Hyde's hand to
show Mrs. Swope that I did not be
live her suspicions could be trne."
"By them do ypu mean that Mrs.
Hyde left under a cloud of suspicion
too?" Frank Walsh interrupted.
"No! No:" Mr. Paxton almost shouted.
"She Is a sweet, pure girl and she had
been doing her duty helping take care
of her sisters in their illness."
"Then" why didn'h you ask her about
conditions in the home during the ill
ness? Why didn't you ask her to ex
plain the queer things which you said
made up those awful charges, before
you accepted them as truth?" the per
sistent Mr. Walsh asked. Mr. Paxton
declined to answer.
Xnrse Said Murder Being Done.
It appeared that Miss Houlehan was
tne leader of the insurrection. Just be
fore leaving she turned to Mrs. Swope,
according to Paxton. and said:
"People are . being murdered In this
house."
The departure of Dr. Hyde and his
wife from the home followed amid a
tearful scene. Accusations were made
regarding the physician. Hie wife, in
the house of her mother, stood firmly
by him as he was turned away from
her parental doors.
Much time was passed in Questioning
t-
How Nervous Men Get
: , Most Out of Life.
i (From "Successful Men.")
1 Every normal - minded man
' wishes to get all he can out xf
j ' life but many a man knows that
, he is falling far short..
. The successful man works
, . eats and plays with the keenest
, x enjoyment, because his nerves
, are keenly sensitive. He tastes,
, hears, sees and feels all with the
, highest emotions of vigorous
. healthy nerves. As a consequence
he has stamina, endurance and
' personal magnetism, which makes
those near and clear to him. wor
ship his manliness, chivalry and
strenuousness.
Without keen., sensitive, well
nourished nerves, such a man
would be an object of pity, and
not the briliant success he is.
All men should have well-nourished
nerves, but If the blood and
vital organs do not supply the
chemical or substance known as
nerve fluid, then the waste of the
nerves Is not renewed daily and
hourly as It should be. The nerves
l become exhausted, giving rise
to such symptoms as trembling
, hands and limbs, cold feet and
, hands, melancholia, hysteria,
, timidity, nervousness, sleepless
, ness. dizziness, heart palpitation.
, pains in the back, headache.
, languor and weariness at all
, times. A most valuable nerve
, treatment, restorative in every
, sense, is to be found in the fol
i lowing prescription, -emanating it
is said from a brilliant and suc-
cessful specialist on nervous ail-
ments.
' The treatment can be prepared
In the privacy of home and thus
' causes no one any embarrass-
ment. Kirst get three ounces of
syrup of sarsaparilla compound
' in a nix-ounce bottle. To this
add one ounce of compound fluid
balmwort. shake well and let
stand two hours. Then add one
ounce of tincture caddmene com
( pound (not cardamom) and one
ounce of compound essence
( cardlol. Mix. f?hake well and
( take a teaspoonful after each
, meal and one when retiring.
, It Is antonishing to feel the
new nerve force, the steadied
, nerves, and the control of every
muscle in the body after using
, this. Overworked office men.
i and the many victims of society's
late hours and dissinatinn win
surely find in this the restorative,
rejuvenating force they are sore
ly in need of. The ingredients
are used in various prescriptions
and- any good druggist can sup
ply them.
Mr. Paxton t- 'i Tv' n t- - 1 .... i. . -
to Stewart S. Fleming, one of the Swope
heirs, telling him of the mvsterv. it
was upon this letter that Dr "Hyde
vugiu ills SU1C.
"Whom did you mean when you said
In that letter that the murderer of Col
onel Swope should be brought to justice?"
was asked Mr. Paxton.
"I meant Dr. Hyde," he replied.
Grand Jury Begins Inquiry.
An Investigation 'of the whole series of
uco.ui in me swope iamny by the grand
jurv bee-an tniliiv Th j
- - j '-i ni i 1 1 -
resentative a body of men as ever has
eumiiiuiieu 10 act nT ivansas City.
Four of its members are Kansas City
business men and others are bankers,
merchants and farmers of other sec
tions of the county. Two of the members
Were chosen from Independence. Mo., the
home of the Swopes. " f
Judge Eatshaw said ho had not pre
pared any special instructions. The
minutest details are to be delved into,
he said. The slightest rumor or sus
picion that has surrounded the death of
Colonel Swope, his nephew and Colonel
Hunton, as well as the alleged poisoning
of other members of the Swope family
are to be cleared up.
SHRINERS TO GIVE APPLES
Koguc River AVill Send Fruit to Xew
Orleans Council.
ASHLAXD, Or., Feb. 12. (Special.)
Steps have been taken by the members
of Hlll'ah Temple of the Mystic Shrine
of this city to have Rogue River rep
resented in the carload of apples which
the Shrlners from the Northwest pro
pose to distribute from their headquar
ters at the imperial council meeting In
New Orleans early in April.
A number of Shrlners from this sec
tion will join the special train which
will carry the Northwest temples, and
the project of distributing apples in
lieu of the usual trinkets as souvenirs
of the gathering meets with favor here.
A committee has been - appointed bv
Hillah Temple to interview growers and
otners Interested in regard to supply
ing a hundred boxes of choice Roirue
River fruit for this occasion.
WHISKY MEN TO BE HEARD
Suggestions for Modifications of Xew
Bnles Will Be Made.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 32. Having com
pleted the regulations' for the labeling,
marking and branding of whisky in ac
cordance with the principle laid down by
President Taft In his decision of "what
is whisky," the committee which pre
pared the new rules will give an oppor
tunity next Wednesday to the Interests
affected to make suggestions for modi
fication. This committee is made up of Secre
tary MacVeagh, Secretary Nagel and Sec
retary Wilson, but the detail work was
done by subordinates. Tljo hearing is
to be given in response to a reauest from
the whisky interests.
Kentuckian Wins at Oxford.
OXFORD, England, Feb. 12. M. F."
Woodrow, a Rhodes scholar from Ken
tucky, won the Vlnerian law scholarship
of Oxford University, it was announced
today.
Proprietary Medicine Frauds
Should Be Exposed
There have been plenty of them, no
doubt, and they have been vigorously
condemned so vigorously, - that every
sort of medicine,' the formula of which
is privately owned, is condemned and
pronounced "unethical" by the Medical
Profession.
Eckman's Alterative deserves atten
tion, not because it is a "proprietary"
but because It reallv has cured many
cases of Tuberculosis. If it is a fraud
it needs exposing badly, because a
number of cured Consumptives will
need to find some other reason for be
ing well.
Henry Clay said he would rather be
right than be President. Is it not bet
ter for Eckman's Alterative to make
cures than to be ethical?
Weldon, 111.. Feb. 3, 1906.
In July, 1905, mv physician sent me
to Texas, from there to Colorado. I be
came worse and was sent home to die.
I heard of Eckman's Alterative, began
treatment, and was cured. I earnestly
recommend Eckman's wonderful cure
for Consumption.
I Signed affidavit) Arthur Webb.
Eckman's Alterative is good for
throat and lung troubles and is on sale
in Portland at all druggists. Ask for
booklet of cured cases. It can be ob
tained ator procured from your local
druggist. If not. send this advertise
ment with two dollars to the Eckman
Laboratory, Philadelphia. Pa., and we
will send one bottle prepaid to your
nearest express office.
Wind-Up of Gray's
Great Sale of
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COURT SYSTEM CHANGED
STKIXHEIJL CASE HAS ITS EF
FECT OX ASSIZES.
Judge Is Placed in Position of Im
partial Arbiter and Xot Sup
porter of Prosecution.
PARIS. Feb. 2. (Special.) The text
of the bill modifying the procedure in
the Court of Assizes, approved by the
Council of Ministers,, has been pub
lished. This bill, which was largely
inspired by the agitation of public opin
ion which resulted from the Steinheil
case, is principally directed toward the
assertion of the position of the judge
as an Impartial arbiter and not as a
supporter of the prosecution an atti
tude which he was bound to take up
from time to time in the interrogation
of the prisoner before the calling of
witnesses.
The preamble of the bill does full
justice to the impartiality of the magis
trates, and it Is urged that it must not
be regarded as a manifestation of dis
trust toward them any more than as
an attempt to disarm society against
criminals. The preamble proceeds:
"We wish the repression of crime to
remain effective and efficacious, and
to provide adequate weapons for the
use of society in its action against
criminals. We wish, above all things
and this is the culminating point of the
reform to place the president of the
Court of Assizes in a position which
befits him a position far removed from
all passions, where he will not run tne
risk of manifesting, in the course of
liis interrogation, the Impressions made
upon him by the written documents of
the case. No suspicion of partiality
must attach to him. His role, as laid
down by law, will be the role of an
arbiter and will consist in ensuring to
the opposing parties the exercise of
their rights, and In supervising the
observance of the rules laid down vfof
the discovery of the truth."
For these reasons the interrogation
of the prisoner by the Judge is sup
pressed, though after the first witness
has been called he will be able to ask
such questions as he may think fit
with regard to the depositions made.
The "Acte d'Accusation," which broke
down so completely In the Steinheil
case, will also be abolished and the
"Arret de Renvoi" will take the place
of the formal indictment. The public
prosecutor will then explain the case
to the jury, a procedure which fell into
disuse owing to the predominant im
portance of the judge's interrogation.
Further, regulations are made as to the
hearing of witnesses.'
SHORT CIRCUIT BURNS MILL
Loss in Bellingham Fire If $50,000,
With Insurance,
BELLINGHAM. Wash., Feb. 12. Early
this morning fire damaged the E. K.
Wood Company's lumber mill to the ex
tent of $50,000. Insurance fully covered
the loss and the plant will be rebuilt at
once. '
The mill property Is valued at 1350.000
and employs 27S men. A short circuit In
the sorting--room Is believed to have
caused the fire.
Virginia Would Begin Races.
XEW TORE. Keb. "12. -The' James
town Jockey Club, with a race course
at Norfolk, Vs., baa applied to the New
York Jockey Club stewards for a li
cense to hold a two weeks meeting,
beginning April 1. Should the dates
be granted. Eastern racing will act-
FILD CLOTHE
GRAY
- 275 Morrison, at Fourth
ually begin this year at Jamestown, in
stead of Aqueduct. As there will bo
no other racing at any Eastern point
on the dates asked for, horsemen pre
dict that after several seasons of ill
success a profitable meeting will be
held at the Virginia course.
U. OF 0. IS DEFEATED
Washington State College Wins 2
to 7 in Xew Gym.
VNIVERSITT OF OREGON, Eugene.
Or., Feb. li (Special.) The Univcrslty
of Oregon basketball team was fairly
smothered tonight by the fast quintet
from Washington State College at Pull
man by 22 to 7. Both teams put up a
hard game, but the superior team play
of the Pullman lads was too much for tho
Oregonians.
Dahlquist and Englehorn starred for
the visitors. For Oregon, Stlne did well,
and Homer Jamison made some excellent
plays.
The Oregon men were handicapped by
the fact that It was their first contest
of the year, and played under intercol
legiate instead of A. A. XJ. rules, which
they had followed in practice.
Tho game was played on the floor of
the new J20.000 gymnasium, which was
opened for the first time. In a prelimi
nary between tho Eugene High Schorl
and tho Oregon second team, Eugene won
?5 to 24. Following was the lineup for
the main event.
rullman. PoMlion. Oregron.
TLowry . Rp 3tine, Noil..
Duhlquipt L.F Moore
Enjclehorn C Jamison. Kuth
Iewitt R(i Watson
Anderson L. G . .Perkins, Cocker-line
Umpire Walker. Referee Evendon.
VALLEY TOWN PliAX IiEAGl'E
Eugene, Albany and Other Citte.- to
Have Circuit.
EUGENE. Or., Feb. 12. (Special.)
After his return from Portland last
night where he had been In attendance
Established
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1
at a conference of baseball officials of
the Tri-City League, Sid Smith stated
in an interview here today that he did
not favor the Idea of Eugene entering
the organization this year on account
of conditions being too binding and
the price for the franchise too high.
Smith said, however. that he will
favor the movement started some time
ago - to form an upper valley league
composed of Albany. Eugene, Spring
field and Cottage Grove, and that a
meeting of the representatives of these
four towns is being planned with this
end in view, the date of which has not
been announced as yet.
.
ARMORIES ARE MISUSED
Encroachment of Civil Organizations
Interferes AVith Military Object.
"WASHINGTON, Feb. 12. Impairment
of the efficiency of the organized
militia by the use of armories in cer
tain states for non-military purposes
is charged in advices on the subject
received by the War Department.
The use of armories for such- civic
purposes as fairs, exhibitions, meet
ings, civilian athletic contests, etc.. it
is alleged, has interfered seriously
with armory Instruction to the detri
ment of efficiency in this branch of.
the military service.
Colonel Weaver, chief of the militia
division of the War Department, has
brought the subject to the attention of
the Adjitant-Gencraf. citing for the
guidance of others the laws of several
states which throw the proper restric
tions around tho use of armories.
The military codes of Massachusetts,
Michigan. New York and Washington
are referred to as being properly con
strued in this respect.
Mrs. R. E. Bohn. of Oakland, Cal..
reached Portland Friday to take charge
of the home at 191 Eleventh street of her
aunt. Mrs. Alice Rodner. during the ab
sence of Mrs. Redner, who has just under
gone a critical operation at the Good
Samaritan Hospital.
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Pains in the Side
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