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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING, " JUNE 20, 1909 THIRD DEGREE 2 FIRSI ATTEHTIOII Ml TOMER Oregon Conservation' Com mission Receives Encour aging: Support. t WORK IDA Scandalous Modes of Investi gation Involving Torture of i Suspects. : x , J (miltxl Etta Uued Wlrs.1 Calcutta June L9 A searching lnve JUtKm 1 trade way at the direction f th lieutenaat -governor of Bengal. Into eharges'tba th police have been rasjiufacturinff wWence against ua. Ected plotters of treason against the rltlsh vernment. extorting confes nlons from them jpraotioally by torture and even planting bombs in. their houses 'm.t -means of seeuiUng eunvletlons. f he cases promise to develop Into a nhocklng scandal -and to involve not lilr the native rank and file of the Fofice department but high English of Irers as well. Tfce latter, It is con ceded, if guilty, prohably acted from what they cousidred Justifiable ruo ttves. resorting to the methods charged against them as a means of reaching oupposed offenders of whose guilt they were morally certain, but against whom they larked positive evidence. It Is . K.tind m of the native Dollremen wore actuated, howevwr, by motives of personal spite, or the bops of blackmail. The whole affair Is the outcome of the scare over the growth of anarchism among the people and the still present tnreat or a winespreau mutiny wkkuibi Krtgllsh rule. The emergency laws en acted to meet the situation. It Is agreed even in official circles, nave oeen abased in many Instances. -, Bomb "To and" to House. The Investigation' results directly from the expressions orf the high court lustres here in overruling me convic tion of three natives tried before the Midnanore sessions court on charges of fowollrity in a bomb plot, in sunport of -their accusation, the nollce offered the evidence of a large number of na tive Informers, produced a bomb which they said they found In the house of one of the prisoners and laid before th court the confessions of three of the . J; men under arrest.'' At the last moment a number of the prosecution's strongest witnesses ad- . mttted that they really knew nothing of xn case, ano tne accusations virtually eofiapsed. The charges against Zi of th prisoners were dropped, but the tnme who had confessed were sentenced touong terms or imprisonment. "Third Serree" Admitted. Cn appeal. It was shown to the satis faction of the superior tribunal, that the police forced the confessions by "third degree" methods, and that such other evidence ss they produced was manufactured. The defense maintained that they also planted the bomb of wcucn me prosecution made so much, and the Justices agreed that the manner In .which the rest of the case had been ronauciea maae tnis itheory seem rea son able. A1J the policemen and officers con earned In the Midnapore case have been ordered to hold themselves In readiness to.be summoned before the Investigat es t.-tinn?iBaon ai a moments notice. Several who have sxed leave of ab sence for short periods have been per emptorily refused, and It is, promised that severe examples will be made of ny conviciea or tne onense charged against them. HEWS FORECAST of cone week ? . Washington. June The week holds forth small promise In the way of bi news events, and unless some thing unexpected should occur, either ,st. home or abroad college commence ments, June weddings and assemblies of various sorts will enjoy a monopoly of the news columns. Washington seems tohave succumbed prematurely to the dullness of summer, and no news of Importance is promised from the capi tal excepting; that ground out bv the congressional mill, which 1s still en gHffed in hammering the tariff measure into shape. , A fight that probably will attract wide attention Is promised In the state of Washington, where the legislature has been called to" assemble next Wednes day in extraordinary session. The re cent arrest of the adjutant general of the state militia on a charge of em bezzlement and reports that public funds have been misappropriated In other de partments of the state government have aroused the people to a keen pitch, and a legislative Investigation is demanded Two factions of the Republican party are engaged In the controversy and a bitter fight is In prospect. A skirmish over the prohibition law Is: expected In the Georgia legislature. . WBlcn will assemble for Its regular ses- which has been In operation In Georgia for more than a year has not proved as satisfactory as was expected, but any effort to change it. eith er one vnv m the other, will, it is assured, provoke a bitter struggle. American delegates will take promi nent parts in the celebration of the Darwin Centenary, which Is to begin at Cambridge university, Tuesday. Two other events abroad in which the United States will be officially represented, are the international conference of meteorologists in London, and the In ternational arts and literary congress In Copenhagen. - Following 43 years of active service !n the navy. Rear Admiral Edwin K. Moore will be retired for age1 Thursday. His retirement will result in the pro motion of Captain Thomas S. Phelps, the present commandant of the Mare Island navy yards, to tlie rank of rear admiral. One of the notable gatherings of the week will be the annual meeting of the Northern Baptist convention, which Is to begin its sessions Friday In Port land, Or. An attendance of 2000 dele gates la expected, and among them will be many divines, educators and other persons of wide prominence. The marketing of the ISO cotton anfl wheat rrons will he cnnllrri in At. J ant a at a meeting or state representa- there the canal wouia go soutn ana tlves and other prominent members of 1 east through the Yakima valley, termi the. National Farmers' union. nating near Klona. This would mean The third animal meeting of the Na- abou.t 90 miles of construction work, tltmal f'otton conxreas will be tifld at The state of Washington took up the Monte Ne. Ark., the sessions beginning proposition some is years ago and ex Monday and continuing through the ponded $17,000 on surveys and the uitii ii o mri ui gia will ' project hub biiuwii u uc viiiueijr tran- make the principal address. I able. It was dropped by the state owing lo lack of funds. With the L'nlted States reclamation projects now under way and the lands embraced in these two projects over 1.600.000 acres will be reclaimed in Ben ton, Yakima, Kittitas and Klicltat coun ties, the major portion being In Benton and Yakima counties. The Oregon Conservation assuciation. hich has as Its object tha conserva-1 tiou and preservation of the natural re-1 sources of the state. Is engaging in a campaign looking to the conservation and reforestation of the vast timber lands of the state. In this effort plans are being laid looklna to tha education of the people generally in the conser-I vaviuu ui. wie luraBis ana me prevention oi torest riree, as wen as the replanting of trees in areas which have been de nuded either in whole or in part of tneir umrer. Recently a notloe has been sent out dv ine direction or the association to all of the logging camrs. to the forestry wardens and to others interested for distribution and the information and n structlon of the public The poster con tains miormauon relative to tne ex tent of the timber business in the state. its value to the whole people of the main au uifli anu nits ursu buih ijr of keeping It unharmed by fire. In structions are also given regarding the nanaung or rorest nres. In. this connection it is interesting to note mat tne u. a. smitn limDer com pany of Minneapolis Is working in har mony with the Conservation associ tion, as is shown by Mr. Smith In a letter written to the officers of the as sociatlon. In this letter Mr. Smith, discussing the Oregon holdings of tho company says: "In any case we want he public spirted citizens or tne state or urego.i to know that we are heartily with you in the conservation movement. We have milis at Marshfield. Oregon, and Bav Point, California, although our head of fice is still located here at Minneapolis We personally hold about 300.000 acres Of timber land in your state and nearly the same amount In other states. Our first western manufacturing plant, how ever, was at Marshfield, and therefore we are more actively engaged in thli business in Oregon -than in any other state with the exception of Minnesota. Our timber will all be cut here within the next two years, and after that time III ef our energies will be centered on the Pacific coast .In discussing the conservation of tim br. Mr. Smith says: "We have, however, for yei.rs been advocates of the principle of refores tation and resolved on beginning our operations in Oregon to carry out tu- ideals we had set for ourselves. We havo studied the matter thoroughly; are conversant with the efforts in this direction in this country; krow from personal observation what Dr. 8chen:k ha done at Biltmore. North Carolina, in this line; what the state of New York ts doing in the Adirondacks and what thtt states or Massachusetts ana pennsyi van la are doing within their boundaries on a small scale. We know of many BDoradlc attemDts for reforestations un 1 ertaken by lumbermen. We know t-f none who have continued 'either for lack of enthusiasm or lackfof compi tent advice on the sub;eet. However, we feel that we are competent to undertake this matter and to that end we h4d he Unite! States government look over our Coos, Curry and Douglas county holdings last year. They advised js that reforestation of our cut-over lan is was perfectly practicable in that ter ritory. Believes -In Vigorous Campaign. Mr. Smith believes that the work should be pushed vigorously In Oregon and in treating of this phase of the subiect hi says in his letter: "Now, to get to your letter. W. believe that everything possible should be done to save tne rorests, not oni, of the state of Oregon, but of the coun try as a whole. This -does not mean to keep the timber from being manufac tured. ' but means that new growto should be established as fast, as the old growth has been cut and removed from the land, assuring a continuation of our magnificent timber woods. "As a matter of fact it will be neces sary along the coast to burn over thi land before replanting can be don now. on account of the luxuriant growth of salal and alder, which cover the coat cour.try to such en extent that all llht ts shut out and the germination of seeds of the fir idu other trees prevented. We shall burn there coast cuttings over and then set out new trees. Further back toward the mountains this growth Of underbiush is not so thick ard there we shall use a natural metnoa or re forestation, leaving mature trees to rur niah the seed for the new -owth." The of fleets of the Oregon Conserva tion association are: Freerlck V'. Mulkey. president; Russel Hawkins, first vice president; J. N. Teal, second Vice ptesldent; Albert B. Wastrll. secre tary.' and . D. Montelth, financial sec retary. PROPOSE TO IRRIGATE OVER 300,000 ACRES (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) Prosser, Wash., June 18. Representa tives of 10 cities and many districts of the Yakima valley assembled Wednesday at Sunnyside to organize to promote the high line canal, to irrigate lands above the selan, tne aaoxee canai near iorm Yakima, the Cnion Gap Irrigation com pany's canal near Parker and Zullah and the Sunnyside canal from Parker to Klona. It was decided to appoint a committee of 30, three from each of the towns af fected, to meet the Irrigation commit tee of the l'nlted States senate on its tour of the irrigation projects next fall. The three representatives of Prosser are W. H. Tucker, president of the Prosser High Line Ditch association; E. C. Huston, vice-president of the Prosser Commercial club and presidept of the Yakima Valley League of Commercial clubs, and Dr. D. M. Angus, one of the land-owners under the proposed canal and former vice-president of the Com mercial club. The other places to select delegates are Sunnyside, Kiona, Grandvlew, North Yakima, Toppenish, Wapeto, Granger, Mabton and Outlook. Over 800,000 acres are Involved under the proposed canal project. It Is proposed to start the canal at Cle Elum rrom tne xaaima river. Tom CALL GRAND JURY ; TO STOP GAMBLING Anaconda. Monti June 19. a sensa tion was sprung here today when Coun ty Attorney Trippett petitioned District Judge. George B. Winston to call a grand Jury to suppress gambling, which Is being; carried on openly In prominent saloons of the city. Mr. Trippett savs lit has done everything possible to stop gambling but without success. JEWEL S3IUGGLING GAME IS BLOCKED i T does norrnatter whatyou want for your home -we can, furnish it. Our strongest recommendation and asset is the fact - that we have been furnishing homes in Portland for 30 years- and, doing it satisfactorily, too. The offerings this week should be of great interest to prospective buyers, as we have large quantities of the Iron Beds and Chairs advertised. It '-is also a great ad vantage to buy where you have things charged to your account as you want them, and pay a little each week or month. "Remem ber, "Everything you need and only one bill to pay." .' ' .; . . , .; IV,:;' ; AN EXTRAORDINARY SALE Of IRON BEDS. ONE HUNDRED AND fIFTY IRON BEDS SLAUGHTERED 1M OTJTt WUTDQW SI8FLAT IMS " Three patterns to select from, about 50 of each; ' II ' . dr n f tt- j-T nnro OO 1K , J0.0 IJKUiM DXUUO A" fsTo. 21 Three-quarter or double size, white enamel, fj-iheh posts, head 48 inches'. high, foot 38 inches high. $6.00 IRON PEDS 94.15 No. 194 4-4 size only, white enamel, -inch posts and top rod, head 4.6, foot 3.6 high. $10.00 IRON BEDS $6.65 A large assortment of Double Beds, regular $9.00, $10.00 to $12.50, in this lot. I Finished in various colors of enamel, with gold trimmings. j . Peerless Refrigerators Here we show three different makes of Re frigerators, all reasonably priced. SANITARY LINE Size Incapacity 35 pounds, price ..$7.20 Size 2, capacity 50 pounds, price S9.00 Size 3, capacity 65 pounds, price $10.80 BADGER LINE Size 700, capacity 25 lbs., price $7.20 Size 701, capacity 35 lbs., enameled. . .$12.15 Size 702, capacity 50 lbs., enameled. . .815.75 Size 703, capacity 70 lbs.,' enameled. . .$20.25 PEERLESS LINE $22.50 to $49.50 A SALE Of STANDS If you see these you will say they are good. $3.00 STANDS $1.05 Golden polished oak, French leg, top 24 inches square. ' $4.00 TABLE $2.75 , Very heavy mission oak, solid rim, quartered top 24x24, early Eng lish finish. lit The Palmer Hammock J I fillu Made with heavy steel spring seat, flliM , ' IfliWV covered with thick quilted pad. Illl lliynl Guaranteed to hold 700 lbs. Used KmJI SALE 3 WONDERFUL DINING CHAIR VALUES 50 DOZEN DINING CHAIRS AT MANUFACTURER'S COST $140 DINING ROOM CHAIRS 87 Our No. -4 Hard woqd, pressed carved back, oak veneered seat., .Made in best Wisconsin factory. - , " . r - ' $1.50 DINING ROOM CHAIRS 96 Our No. 5 Smooth, ; plain high-back shaped, five spindles, j ' solid oak veneer seats. $2.50 DINING ROOM CHAIRS $1,82 Our No, 601 Heavy Mission Chairs, box seat effect, grained - weathered finish, solid wood saddle seats. . ,.. i FOR PORCH and LAWN A profusion of Chairs, .Rockers and Set tees, maple or hickory,. in latest styles arid fin ishes. Prices the lowest in the city. White Maple Porch Chair $1.05 Maple Rocker to Match at $2.00 Maple Arm Porch Chair at $3.00 Green Arm Porch Rocker $3.00 Hickory Porch Chair only $2.75 Hickory Rocker to match $3.00 Hickory Arm Chair only $3.00 Porch Suit Settee, Arm Chair and Rocker to match grten maple, heavy cane seats and backs,. . . $16.55 Porch Suit, green hickory bent Vobd Settee, Chair and Rocker : , ..'.$17,65 New Craftstyle FURNITURE, This line, never before shown in Portland, consists of chairs, rockers, settees and Morris Chairs for den, library and liv ing room. Quality and work manship the best, but prices lower than usually charged for such. No. 16.WQuartered Early Eng lish Rocker, goatskin seat. for . . . f lO.SO No. 33 Quartered Early Eng-' lish Arm Rocker, loose cushion seat, in. goatskin, with springs, for f 17.60 Quartered oak Early English Rocker, loose spring, cushion seat, loose goatskin back, spe cial, at . . 24.00 ' Liberal Discount for Cash fWrm fl Special Sale Rocker $6.50 VALUE FOR f3.05 DESCRIPTION A large, com fortable weathered solid oak Arm Rocker, seat upholstered in chase leather, only $3.95 Dining Suits in the latest style Tables, Buffets and China Clos ets, made to match perfectly in design and finish. We have them in weathered and golden wax fin ishes. Suit No. 6020 Like illustration, mission styl! Table, Buffet and China Closet three pieces, for ....$72.00 Suit No. 5028 Weathered finish, f mission style Table, Buffet and China Closet- three pieces, for $75.00 Suit No. 5038 Wax golden quarter-sawed oak, plain style, a dandy Table, Buffet and China Closet, three pieces, for $100.00 Suit No. 5031 Wax golden guar- ! ter-sawed selected oak, Round Ta ble, Buffet' and China Closet, three places, for ..$125.0P THROW AWAY THE WASHBOARD No more work at washing if you use a Coffield Pow er Washer. Put in the tub suds with the clothes, attach hose to cold-water faucet and wash is done, in 10 minutes. Costs for water to run, on meter -2 cents a week. Let us do a Avashing'for you to demonstrate. SALE NEW RUGS mimraisii mil ia 11 ai At the great auction sale held by Alexander Smith & Sons iti New York, we made purchase of Rugs and Carpets for cash at prices much below regular. Our customers get the advantage. OUR PRICE, LIST ,Of ROOM RUGS Tapestry Brussels, 8-4...fO.OO Tapestry Brussels, 10-4 f 1O.80 Tapestry Brussels, 12-4 f 2O.00 Velvet Extras, 9x12.... f 16.00 Axminster Jobs, 9xl2..fl8.TK Wilton Jobs, 9x12 $29.00 - All the latest colorings and patterns can now be seen. t X GOOD RUjCXOET TP TRADtfTI ttplTTOAUj A Timely Suggestion Now that .Summer is close at hand, try Grape -Nuts ' The Health Food 365 day of tlie year, but particularly so in Summer. - iThere8 a Reason" San Francisco. June 19. An attempt to smuggle I4U00 worth of opals through the parcels post has ben frustrated fay Deputy Collector K. H. Wilcox, who Is In charge of the customs bureau of tha postofflce. Owing to tha agreement be tween Australia and the United States the stones will not be seised for un dervaluation, but will be sent back to Sydney. The steamer China, wblcfe ar rived this week, brought six packages in the parcels post basket, each ad dressed to 8. R. Flnnay, New York. Deputy Collector Wilcox examined the cont ents in a cursory planner and was truck with the brilliancy of tha stones. An examination showed that each pack-, ge was valued by the aender at 110, making a total value of tha goods to be 184. A careful appraisement was mads and the value ran ud nearly to 14000. i One atpna was cut. so aa not to show tha 1 "fire" of the opals. Another stona was (two and a half Inches long, one and a OMsrter Inches wide and half an inch thick. Tn all the atones weighed nearly it) pounds, j ;,, . t .-,. DEEP WATERWAY HUES TO GULF Engineer's Report on $158, 000,000 Project Will En courage Federal Action. (Special Dlipttota to-Tb Journal.) Chicago. June 19. Efforts for the Lakea-to-the-Oulf deep waterway were given great stimulus by the failure of the army engineers to report to congress that the deep channel was Impracticable as had been feared because of the known prejudices of the military engineers. With tha matter of cost, estimated at 1168,000.000, the only grealTiugbear in the offlcal records, active efforts will be renewed by the deep waterway firgan izatlons to get congressional action to enable the great task to begin. "It win be a magnificent Investment for the country," said K. 8. Conway, chairman of the deep waterway com mittee of the: Chicago association- of Commerce and the first president of the Lakes-to-tn-Gulr. Deep Waterway association. 'The only trAubie i that the public seems to fear a direct tax. The amount the engineer ijfleclara will. " '" . ' V.'-1, ; ' - r 'r be needed to construct the ship canal seems large when the thought of direct taxation comes fhto a person's mlndbut if the Wople of America stopped to think that S2?0,000,000 were paid to railroads as an indirect tax each year, the United States would realise how beneficial the canal would be. More Traffic Than Xailroads. "Now, when the canal Is finished, the waterway will handle more traffic than 40 railroads possibly can and at a much cheaper rate, and the federal engineers say the annual cost will not amount to over $7,000,000, "Why, the cost Is practically noth ing only J15S.000.000. Now, we hav 230,000 miles of railroads In the United States for which the publio has paid In Indirect taxes, for the annual main tenance $1000 a mile, or 1230.000.000. Every cent paid out by railroads to better tbeir equipment and right of way Is paid for by the people of America In tha higher cost of food and other necessities. The Pennsylvania railroad spent $200,000,000 during the past four years In improving its roadbed between Chicago and New York and during the same period- of time the Harrlman lines have expended $800,000,000 for imple ments. Mow, can any one complain about a national expenditure of only $161, 000,000 which will give us the greatest Inland waterway system In the worlg. Profit ITo Considered. ' : 'Chlef Engrneer Marshall says the canal will i not prove profitable. Now, what does an engineer know about transportation or commercial problems? Do not business men and traffic man-M agers of big corporations and mercantile house know , more about the aUvm tags to be derived by a hew system of transportation than, an engineer whose only training; is in construction workt "Business men and traffic manager are Interested In the ' construction of the deiep waterway and all assent that the building of such a canal will be of great benefit to the ' people of the country, and especially to the people of me siaies Doraenng on tne Mississippi river." - ' CongTM to Xaltiat Kovemeat. Congressmen from the Mississippi valley, those taking a leading part in the projected deep watery way from the lakes to the gulf, are willing to abide by the recommondatlon of the engin eers, upon the engineerings; problem, but Insist that congress must determine the commercial feasibility of the waterway Improvements. They predict that con gress at . the next session will make an appropriation to commence work on the 14 foot channel. . . "The report In the finding that the project is practicable lsVhat I have expected." said Senator William Lori mer, who has been the foremost of ad vocates of th deep waterway. In my opinion the commercial importance -of the proposed deeD channel will warrant congress expending upon it $100 for every aonar we are putting Into the Panama canal It will "be found when the waterway Is available that large fleets will be put upon It. eaworthy upon the lakes -and ocean." v Tomorrow (iftonday) Is positively the last day -for discount on-east side a-aa bills... Bead "Uoa Tips.". v a ! ' . 1 ' , ' , ' 'v.I' 1 PIOIIEER JURIST DIES III 0LY t Career of T. J. Anders, Long on Washington Supreme Bench, Closed. Olympla, Wash,, June 19. The death of Judgv Thomas Jefferson' Anders,' 71 years of age, n old pioneer of the northwest and elected at th first stale election. In 1S89, to the Washington supreme bench, where he served con tinuously for 16 years, occurred at his hflm. In this ftv tnrtav. TTofllnv hulth caused him to abandon bis law practice about three years ago. The funeral will be held at o'clock Sunday afternoon from the home. Membera of th su preme oencn win act as paiioearers. in terment will be In th Masonic cemetery here. . " Judge Anders was born In 18$ In BloomvlHe, Ohio. -. He graduated from the Jaw ; -department," Un!vernlty of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, in 1861, and after teaching school for a time crossed the plains to Montana in 1864, , In 1871 he moved to Wallr. Walla, Wash. Her ne practiced law and was elected to the first state supreme bench, being re elected last In 1898. He gained wide distinction on the bench. He was al ways an active Republican. Judge Anders was a charter member of the first Knights of Pythias lodge Orgatiise In Washington, Ivanhoe lod8.jNo. 1. Instituted st Walla Walla 8S- leaves a widow and four children William H. Anders, assistant supreme court reporter; Thomas J. Jr, druggist living here; Miss Grace An ders, residing at home, and Mrs. Oscar Bowen, of Spokane. CHICAGO LAD INHERITS STRANGER'S MILLIONS Chicago, June 19. Through the death of hi mother. Mr. Emnu Nel on McCllntock, " five-year-old William McClintock was left an orphan with nearly $4,000,009. A stranse seauenre of events led to the making of the young millionaire, for the bulk of the money was made by a man who never knew or heard of the boy or his mother.. , Mrs. McClintock was th widow of William McCHntock,- who was promi nent in real estate affair in Chicago, McClintock married Mr. Sarah Hick lng, a widow, who inherited $4,000,000 from her first hushand. . She died and left the estate to McClintock. who then married Emma Nelson, of Topeka, and the son William was born. McCllntovk was killed ia an automobile accident May 17. 1907. Attorney Rek-hman says the estate U largely in reality.