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Ck Hail kasnu j?.i ini iniin in iniini jjyw.M iinim in iini in HP o 3iPMffrafcfirafato' VOL. XIX DAILY OAPITAIi JOUKXAL, SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 0, 1000. No. 170. THE GREAT DRAWING IS BEGUN Lands of Coeur d'Alene Indians Being Divided Among Their White Brothers Today. OREGON MAN FIRST ISADOItK 8KLIG, MV11TLU GKEEIC, 18 FIRST NAMK HKAWX FROM IIOX MOIIU THAN THOUSAND PHRSOXS HUHHOUXD PLAT FORM TO WATCH PROCKHIMXU. I ITnllixl l'rr I,fofl Wlr. Coour d'Alono, Idaho, Aug. 0. Boforo moro than a tliotiRand por Bons, the drawing for landa ot tho Coour d'Alono Indian rosorvatlon bo gan lioro today Pow formalltloH preceded tho drawing and littlo dom onatratton attended tho announce ment of tho first natno taken from tho box by Mien Holon Hamilton, niece of Mnyor Hnmllton. Tho llrst nnmo drawn was that of Isndoro Sollg, Myrtlo Crook, Or. Tlion caino In ordor J. II. Hodwark, 23 Main street, Spokano; John E. Horinomcll, 402 Mnhowk strcot, Spo kano; Herman Nowbaucr, 6434 Bir mingham strcot, TaoonVa; Ella T. Malonoy, Spokano; Win. W. Atkln Bon, Troy, Idaho. Tho .drawing was dono on a high platform In full vlow of tho crowd. Tho thousands of application 'tickets woro in sealed Idxcb, which, woro f AUGUST CLEAN UP SALE AT THE BIG CHICAGO STORE Itnmetnber that during this month wo tlguro on no profits. It is Just n matter of disposing of tho stock. So horo goes for tho bal unco of this month for a mighty Clonring Salo. I August Clean Up Sale in Ladies' Suits Cloaks Shirt Waists and Under wear 12,i 0 Whl to LliiKorlo Suits $1.50 18 50 D.Kli Suits now $3.00 $15,00 Woo. tiul 8 now. .. .S7.no ?20 0 Wl Sulla now. , . .ijlia.no J II' .o Woo' buita now. . . .81-1.00 Tiit'M sttl'8 nro advance Fall styles, loug coats and plaited skirts. v made n lucky buy on the lot end will give the benefit to our customers. Tho prices are far below the regular oost. CHICAGO SALEM, I opened by Judge Wltton and his us i BlstantB. 1 Deforo tho drawing, Judgo AVItten 1 mndo a briof spocch. in which ro de clared that tho drawing was not 1 lottery and that all would have an I equal chance. "You cannot toll ono onvolopo i from another," said tho Judgo. "I I will glvo anyone who desires aa op portunity to step formnrd and pick out hla onvolopo from tho box, pro viding ho will forfolt hla chnnco of winning. It cannot bo dono. and i there Is no posBlbio chnnco for favor itism." After the speech, Miss Hamilton then began drawing tho onvolbpes. CHINK ATTACKS GIRL AND STABS ESCORT (United Frm Lraiird Wire.) Sun Francisco. ..uk. 9. X. E. Scln Js confined to his homo on Schrador street today suffering from an ugly wound tfn hla right arm which wns Inflicted by a Chlncso named Ah Sim, whom Soln found In a room occupied by ft. ibb Mabel Haven nt San Mateo last night when he camo In answer to her screams for help. Soln and MIbb Haven had taken n machine ride to San Mateo and stop ped at a hotol for dinner. Wlillo waiting for her to como down stairs, Soln hoard her cry out In terror. He dnBhod to her aid and found tho Chlncso In the mlddlo of tho room while tho white-faced girl stood with her back to the wall. With Soln's entrance tho Oriental turned and drew a knife. Scln closed with him and tho Asiatic stabbed him In tho nrm, gashing It to tho bono. Tho Chinese Ib a cook at tho hotel. Ho waB arrested. CANADA WHEATCROP 130,000,000 BUSHELS l United I'mi l.nd Wlrc.l , W.nnlpog, ..ug. 0. The wheat harvest Is under way today, tho rains an dlntonso liont having ndvanced It ton dnyH. It Is expected that tho har vest will show an avorngo of 20 bush uls to the ncre and a total ylold of 130,000.000 in Manitoba, Snskatche-X wan nnu Aineriu. A GREAT DROP in Prices for Our Clean-up Sale Ladies' 25c Tan Hosiery, now pair W2c 65c full size Bleached Sheets 39c 15c full size Pillow Cases 8 1-3c Calicoes, Lawns and Dimi ties, yard 4c 5c Valenciennes Laces, yard 2c 9c Bleached Muslin, 36 inches wide, yard 5o 85c SJianluna and Foulard SUs. yard 49c smnants of Dress Goods and Silks now half price. SSc Dressing saci;;: r..w 19c e:.0J Shirtwaists, slightly & I d. i. is sea jn's ijoods noiv, caoh 35c 10C0 y;,-M Standard iV2c C'jting flannels, row wri 4c Soieu B.arkefs, Comforts, !r?e Curtains, etc., at a out half price. 3h.dien's 35c Shirtwaists now , 15c '.' 45c Summer Under wear now 25c STORE OREGON READING SUTTON LETTERS Attorneys Clash Over Introduc tion of Mrs. Sutton's Letters But They Are Admitted. LIKE WILD BEASTS SAYS Till: "AH.MV AX1) XAVY" SHIKLI) LOW imUTKS" AXI THAT "ADA.MSf-OSTKRMAX AXI UTLKY'S TACKS AIjOXK AUK KXOIOH TO CONVICT Til KM." United Press Ltaitst Wire.) Annapolis, Aug. 9. Declaring that her son appeared to her in a- vision atter ho was dead, Mrs. Sutton, moth er of the lato Lieutenant James N. Sutton, today dramatically told tho story of the dream that led to tho prosont -Investigation. She had been asked why sho at tacked certain men In her letters to navy officials and she replied: "Tho love between Jlmtulo and mo was the grentest that could possibly exist bojween two people. If Jlmtulo met with an accident, I felt It Im mediately. The night that thoso beasts were laying their plans for Jimmle's murder awful fear camo over me. "The next morning Mr. Suttou told me that Jlmmle was reported to havo klll.nl himself. "Oh, Ood! If Jimmlo hadn't spok en to me then. 1 would have died. "Then Jimmlo came to mo nud said: Mother dear, don't hellovo It I never killed myself. Adams killed. nu. They beat me to death and then Adams shot me to hide the crime. The remarkable testimony came out when Mrs. Suttou was under urofcs examination by Attorney Rlrnoy. who repiesonts Adams, one of the men who ure bofore the Inquiry In the position of defendants. .nnnpolls, Aug. 9. Tho difficulty between Attornoy Davis representing Mrs. Sutton nt tho Inquiry Into hor son's death, and Judge Advocato Leonard roachod a breaking point to day when Leonard Insisted that Mrs. Sutton's letters, charging her son's companions with murder, be road publicly. Doth men became angry during tho progress of tho argument regarding the mntior. .Davis contendod that tho communications were porsouul and concerned only tho writer and tho recipient of tlie missives. Loon nrd declared that other officers' mothers were concorned also and or dered the letters road. Tho letters referred to by Loonurd wre read during the secret sosslon Snturdn and Leonard hnd full knowledge of holr contents preced ing his di'inaud tor a public reading. When th- s.onographor bognn to rend the epistles Mrs. Parker, daugh ter of Mrs. Sutton. hurrledl loft the room Mrs. Suttou. however, re mained In her seat. The first lettor road was addrosved to Harry M. Schwartz, said to be a clerk In tho paymaster's olllco of the navy department. It bore tho date of March 13.1908, and was written from Portland, Or., flvo months aftor Lieutenant Sutton's i death at Anuapolli. i m tne communication Mrs. Sut 'ton stated that tho had found I Schwartz' namo among "Jlmmlo's ! effects" and asked If he was a frlond Smieedlng lottcrs referred to tho !ampii fight, and In ono letter sho ia d. , "Out of six nru thore was not one to protect tho holploss boy. I consider thorn worse than wild beasts, for wild boasts destroy tho holploss "Just before J'mmle died ho wroto t father: 'Daddy. I feel they're going to got mo. Xovor mind; If I havo a fair chance they'll know I've been thore.' "1 think Roolker could tell you uiiieuuug t aon t tnink hs killed J mmle. but I do know that tho n gnt bo'ore Jim's doath. Roolker made come slighting remarks about a lady with ray son and Jim made him detract his statements." An exoorpt from another letter r ad- " I thluk Utley engineered tho fight he end what kind or people run the army and navy, and how they hlHd law brtife. AdaTns. Oster Jian and Utley'n face alone urn enough to convict them." The reading then centinued: think I'tlry engineered tho fight and be whole thing was all planned." o- The fruit crop of the state this ear while good, will be considers blv light er than last year IRRIGATION CONGRESS IN SESSION Governor Hay of Washington Makes the Opening Ad dress at 10:30 This Morning. PINCHOT IS THERE AND WILL PIT UP IlITTKIt FIH1IT AfJAlXST Till: WATIMt POWKR TRUST WHICH IS ORAltlUXO ALL AVAILAlILi: STHKAMK AND FK2I1TIXG PIXCHOT'S POLICIF.S (United ITeM Leaned Wlre.l Spokano, Aug. 9. Tho Roosovolt policy for tho Irrigation and reclam ation of arid lands throughout tho country, particularly tho west, Ib ox- pected by tho dologateo of tho sev enteenth annual irrigation congress meeting horo today, to preclpltato a clash botwoon Socrotary Dnlllngpr of tho Interior and Qlfford Pinchot, chief of tho forostry bureau under Roosovolt and Taft. TPlnchot stands today tho foremost champion of tho Roosovoltlan poli cies for tho protection of forests and tho preservation of watorpowor lands from tho oncroachmonts of monopo lies. Dalllnger, whllo not opposing tho Ideas of Roosevelt In general, has changed many of tho former presi dent's plans In dotnll. In this ho has mot tho opposition of Pinchot. Doth mon will faco tho congress on tho rostrum and ndhoronto ot both will fight out tho problem on tho floor of tho congress. Which over sldo wine tho other sldo will know thoro has boon a light. Doth sides, how over, nro dotormincd to placo tho congress squarely on record In tho mnttor. Plnchot's attltudo Is known; that of Dalllngor Is a matter of conjec ture. Intorcst contors In tho attl tudo of Secretary Dalllugor toward tho reclamation servlco and toward tho Bo-called watorpowor trust which Is said to havo obtained valuablo lands In tho west during tho last fow months. Governor Hay Speaks. That tho lumbor tariff Is a neces sary factor In forest preservation was tho argument of Gov, Marlon 13. Hay of Washington, at tho opening ot tho sovonteenth national Irrigation con gress todny. Ho Bald: "Those who advocato froo lum bor are unquestionably honest In their attitude nud aro Inspired with a belief that bucIi reduction In tho tariff or tho romovnl ot It will havo tho effect of greatly loworlng tho pr'co of forest products to tho con sumers. I am convinced that thoso bollofs are wrong. Possibly for n short period following tho roductlon of tho tariff nud consoquont admis sion of Canadian competition, a slight reduction In tho cost of for est products to tho couiumor might tako placo. This would bo but tem porary, for tho conditions which havo boon forcing up tho price of lumber In this country are rapidly uutt'ng a pnrallol In Canada and Diltlih Columbia. The real cause nf the rise In prices (a to bo found in tho diminishing fore t area. If the tariff Ifi removod or mntorlallv : I reduced the cd.uipotltton that will follow will hasten tht uoplelton of our owu forests as well as Miose of ne ghboring ocmntrle. The prlcO ylll liecomo prohibitive to tho home builder. Congestion In tonement district. tMI tako placo and deplor able oindltlona existing In portions of tho old world w'll follow. Fully three-fourths of tho cheicest: ntnnrt. lag tlmbor of tho country Is owned uy corp-ratloiiB and the dlfferenco in ine pr co or labor In tho United States and Canada would smother tho Industry In this country. "Tho preservation of our forests Is tho foundation pr'nclplo of all the valuable objects that wo seek to at tain." ho said, "and that which noth ing Is more Important today to our COUIltrv'K cnmtnnrHnl ami fr,l...t.inl life." ... Tho Object Of the rniiiri-n twi ueciarea, is to marshal the forces that seok tho betterment of the coun try for tho overthrow of the ele ments that seok to destroy It. "The vole of th people of our entire nat'ou demands," ho declared, "that tho reclamation fund shall be forthwith supplemented by tho crea tion and alo from time to time of gold bonds In the t3tal sum of 1500. 000.000 In ordor that much moro rapid work may proceed In re claiming tho nation's arid lauds Tho same urlnc'nlo finds ItK annii. -- c" """f ' MW cation as to tho reclaiming of swamp i landa and the Improvement of rivers, I This Is no tlmo to halt and disband." X. S. Pratt, mayor of Spokano. wol corned tho delogatos to tho city In a ooncjso Bpocoh. In tho courso ot h's remarks ho said: "Tho government reclamation Ib opposed by certain mon in moaoy con tors who conBldor tho massoo ot tbo peoplo thoir lawful prey. Dut mon who ne reclaiming lands will bo rc momborod when tho- namos ot those who built tho Panama canal will bo forgotten." Tho prcsldent'n messago was road as follews: "I greatly regrot that I am not nblo to bo prccont to tako part In tbo dlscuBslon and get tho benefit of your dollborntlonj. I havo tho deopest sympathy with tho gonoral object of tho national Irrigation coiigrcas nnd you can count on my earnest ondcavora to further tho cause of reclamation by Irrigation In ovory part of tho country undor tbo jurisdiction of tho fedornl govern ment." A Victory for Pinchot. Spokano, Aug. 9. Tho appoint ment of former Qovornor Geo. C. Pnrdco to tho chairmanship of the oommlttoo on resolutions today la re garded as the first victory ot tho frlonds of reclamation and forost conservation. Pardco Is known to bo unalterably oposod to tho so called watorpowor trust. W. O. McOco of Missouri and Fol lx Martinez ot Toxaa wcro appolntod mombora ot tho samo commlttoo by tho board of govornors. L. Now man ot Montana was appolntod chairman of tho committco on por mnuont organization by President Darstow and 11. B. Twltcholl of Now Moxloo- and James W. Jackson of North Dakota woro appolntod mom- uora of tno commlttoo by tho board ot govornors. Preeldont Darstow, apolntod Geo. Tumor of Spokano chairman of tho committco on credentials, Tho othor mombora ot theso threo committees wll lbo apolntod by tho atnto dele gations. IS MISSING AND THOUGHT ' TO BE DEAD Horace W. Logan Lost From Glacier Point Hotel in . Yosemite Since Last Friday. United I'reis Uaied Wire.) Yosemlto, Cal., Aug. 9. Horace W. Logan, of 2709 Collogo avouue, Dorkoloy, Cal , has bosn missing slnco Friday aftornoon and fears for h's snfoty nro oxpreeeed. Whon hurt soon ho wbb leaving aiaclor Point hotol for Ovorhanglng Rock, whom It Is feared ho lost his balance and foil to a terrible death. Ho notified tho hotol management that ho Intended to tako tho lodgo trail down the cliff to Canwi Curry, from which, placo ho oxpected to atart the noxt day for Dorkoloy to resume his tjtudloo at tho University of California. Saturday aftornoon tho military authorities were notified of his ab sonoe and a company of cavalry made a rapid march to (llnclor Point and spent yoitordoy and today In a fru'tless sonrch for tho lost young man. Tiny case Is strangely similar to that of young Shepherd, who was lost at Glacier Point Inst Juno and no trace of him ww over found. igan nan only a light lunoh With Jilni whon Jib disappeared and, ear-Jed no blankets. It is fenrod that lm mnv l.nv.i stumbled into some unknown chasm I and boon killed or hurt, or Injiirlci: or havo dlod from starvation. many clow TRAIN GOES IN DITCH tfnllKl rrt- nr Wlrrl w.evolund. O., Aug. 9. A fast pus songer truln on the Wheollng and Lnko i-rle lino Is reported to be wrecked near Durbank. Rollef trains heve started from here. It Is rcpurt ed that all the train excopt the last eoHCb wns ditched. No details as to Injuries. What we konw about others and don't toll sometimes makes us feel very superior and -irtuous. A SAVORY MESS TO BE UNCOVERED P. F. Morrow, a Real Estate Dealer, Gives Astonishing Recital of Fraud and Bribery. MONEY FOR JUDGES HAYH II 10 HAW MONHV PAH) TO KMIHKAHIKH WITH WHICH TO "FIX" SUPRKMK JUIHIKH OXH OK LKOISLATIVK IXVICSTIOAT 1XU COMMITTKK IMPLICATED. tttnlttd 1'rtM lMod Wit I 8oattle, Aug. 9. P. F. Morrow, a real oatato dcalor, appoarod ad a witness boforo tho legislative Inves tigation oommlttoo this morning and gavo an astonishing recital ot al leged fraud nnd corruption, Involv ing moniborn ot tho supromo court, attorneys ot high standing and busi ness mon. Ho testified that ho had soon money paid to an emissary who was to "fix" a supromo court judgo; that ho saw a typowrltton copy ot an alleged doclslon boforo it had boon rendered by tho supromo court, em bodying a precedent by which, a lat er caao could bo easily "fixed." Morrow produced original coploa ot papors Bhowlng "agroomonta" cov orlng tho division of certain proper ty which wns to bo won by arrange ment with tho supromo court, and gavo tho names ot othor witnesses to these allogod transactions, bosldos making public tho Identity of tho norsons who woro tho allogod "go botweens." Among thoao allogod "go-betweens" montloncd was Mrs, Sarah L. Drown of Beattlo, who was sub poenaed thlo nftornoou to npponr bo foro tho commlttoo. Mrs, Drown, , according to tho toatlmony, Is said io nave oeon cmpioyou to lunuenco 13 D. Palmer, who Is a momber of tho Investigating commlttoo. Pal mer wns to "seo' Judgo Root and uso his Infltionco with Root to procure a fnvorablo doclslon In tho claims ot Moll In Wilson for tho Ilallnrd prop erty Included In tbo Sullivan estate holdings. Morrow hns boon employed, bo said, by Dr. J. Kugeno Jordan to procuro wltneesej In fighting tho claims ot Mollla Wilson and tho Drlttaln lntorosts to that portion ot tho ? 1.000,000 vetato of tho late John Sullivan lying In Ballard, Wnflo working on this caso. Mor row Bays ho was a witness to many lueetlugH In which peoplo wqro dole gated to "boo' membors of tho su promo oourt, or to arrange through partlcn supposedly friendly with mombor or this court, that fuUiro decisions might bo rendered giving Jordan and the others In the donl absolute t'tlo to tho Dallard prop erty. roosevelTready to resume hunting (Uy Warrington Dawson, staff correspondent of tho Ua'tod Preaij.) Nalvnshn. n. K. A.. Aug. 0. Cl one! Roosovolt. Kdmund Heller. t!i6 California naturalist, and ICvnult Roasvelt started for Konla today ) rosume thslr hunting. Major Mears and Prof. Lurlug will remain heio u fow days prepur'ug petmeus fo tho SmltliB-Jiilan luitltute. Auotli-r qons'gumeni of specimens will I. ' shipped next Monday. j 'l " I -ri mr-r- .. nr.- .., JnllfcC UnUV.NED BY Mum etfsiZiNd II'iiIIimI 'rM.ifef Wlrrl lol do. O.. Aug. 9 Searchers ho Iiik mado lodoy or the bodies ot two mon nnd a woman, who were dr wned In the Maunieo bnj when a launch eoutalulug a dozen inert i' makora was cnpslzed 000 feet off the Catiuo on the beach The dead aro Harry Dill. Frank Luhney and Mrs. Mabel Hudson. Seven others of tho nartv were rescued from the "boy only nfter h rolq fit rts by pgrwins at) tlie shore who witnessed tno accident QEf ANGlERElTj HAS PICNIC ON RIVER About thlr ) members of the Salem Oesutig Veivln wont o the island above the city oaterdu d hnd u picnic In tu- afternoon. They wont by gasoline IuiiikIi nnd enjoved u fine time sluglmt th songs of the fither hird. nnd had refreshments lu ho afternoon. The noxt plculo will be on Hunurv. August 39 lu h n -r of thi, Tyroleso centennnry of I berty, 1809 when here will bo a l'terary and musical irogr m Ht hi Pavaca 'Xiuc east of the cilj