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A Very . uniqul offer
want tho Government ' to v Issue
' ' ' 5,000,000,000 Worth of Bonds,
. Redeemable in One Hundred Yean,
-.-Jflor (fee Development of ffcetWest.
-. The .Resolution Putting s Forward
; the ; Proposition - : Contains . the
" Unique Offer That tile Government
Paj Not a Penny, Bat 'Derive Its
' Return From the Revenues of the
vInfprOTemcnt In Other Words
Simply Act as Banker For the
; Scheme
(By tased "Wire to The imee)
; Spokane, Wash., August, 9 The
seventeenth national Irrigation oong
reas -opened Its sessions here today
ready to consider a proposition 'for
the government to Issue (5,000,000
000 worth of bonds, redeemable In
100 years, for the development of the
west The resolution putting for
ward this proposition contains tbe
unique offer that the government pay
not a penny, but derive its return
.from (he revenues of the improve
ments, In other words Uncle Sam
will act as the banker.
Among the speakers today are:
George ' Ames Barstow, pty Texas,
presiaeni pi toe congress; josepn M.
Carey, ? Cheyenne,; Wyo.; Dr.i Enoch
A. Bryan, president of the Washings
ton state Colleger F. H. Newell, !
rector Of the United. States reclama-
txuit wnce"ijr ueorg(g-- U; padree.
c-Sovernor oi uamornia: James - J.
mil, -head of the Great Northern Rail
road, and Governor Hay, of Wash
ington., ...
"Conditions,' the. outgrowth of the
enormous development of this coun
try, have forced upon us the neces
sity of reclaiming our waste areas
and adopting more economical metbv
ods In utilization," said the governoi
In his address of welcome today.
'.'History is repeating In America
the experience of the older seats of
civilization. We are now turning to
-the countries of Europe for examples
In seeking scientific and effective
methods in conserving and perpetuat
Ing the gifts of nature upon which
we depend not . only for economic
progress,, but for sustenance Itself.
Reclamation was used by the
Chinese forty centuries ago.
"The waters of the Nile were di
verted while the pyramids were build
ing. Irrigation is prehistoric.
; "It is estimated that about 13, i00.-
000 acres were irrigated last year
i west of the Mississippi. Forty-two
millions .of dollars have been expend
ed since the formation of the United
States reclamation service. The pos
sibilities are great." We can reclaim
?S,000,0JD0' tern- -of; swamp land by
drainage! we could secure use of 35,
000,000 more by-water course. Since
1900 the yearly damage by floods is
$238,000,000. ; This could largely be
prevented by protecting the sources
of the streams and by forest growth.
, "Last year this association had 100
men in the ield and expended $25,
000,000. Af the present time, too,
we are wasting 6' per cent, of the
lumber. We are consuming 40 cubic
feet per year; the growth Is 12 cublo
feet. That is not a cheerless picture;
only fact." " -
TO INVESTIGATE THE
WATERWAYS OF EUROPE
: (By Leased Wire to The Times) ''
' Washington Aug -Ttt. study the
waterways of Europe and with a view,
- to making recommendations for the lm
, provmenta of rivers and harbors In
" the United States,1 seven members of
" (the National Waterways( Commission
-will kali tomorrow morning from Hobo
' kenN. J." on the North German
Lloya liner Kron Prlnzessen Cecllie on
a ten weeks Investigation of the water
; ways1 of Europe.
Th Itinerary Includes virits of the
great " commercial centers Of Europe
and .the capitals of the old, world, in
order that a first hand study may be
mad, not. only of the waterways but
j of the transportation problems which
are closely related to-the ue of the
. watercourse as freight and passenger
5 carriers.
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After Wrangle Dede ta Make
Proceedings of Star Cham
ber Session Public '
KIBS.SUTTON'SCHARGES
Judge Advocate Moved That in Con
slderetlon of Comments In" the
: Press the Record of the Star CliHm
. ber Session of Saturday be Spw
. Made Publlo This Cansed Wruu
gle. Between Counsel Mr.'! Dftvifc
Opposes Making Public the .ltter
. . and Says They Are nq More Rele
. vnnt Than Street Comer Gossip
' Major Leonard Insists on Having
" Tliem Kend and Court So Decides.
The Charges in the Letters. ;
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
v Annapolis, - Md., Aug. . 9-Sensa-tions
quickly developed In the Sutton
Inquiry when -It reconvened today.
Klrst the judge advocate moved that
In consideration of comments in the
press the record of the star clian ber
session of Saturday be now made pub
lic. There was immediately another
wrangle between counsel. -
The Sutton lawyers are opposed to
making public the letters read In
closed session, which were from Mrs.
Sutton to a supposed sympathizer and
which ; contained grave charges
against , certain officers who were
with Sutton when he died. Such a
thing! said Mr, Davis, could do noth
ing save gratify a morbid .burlosity
of a court room throng. , ' ' 1
Admitting that in her grief, and an
ger, said Davis, the mother had. rt
t.en such letters, , Uey wera 'jfrt iawa
relevant,.thanthat 'jjr street corner
.conversation might be recognised, bjt
a Brand; jury.. . "K I.,:',-...' '. ..''
' Major Leonard angrily said that be
admitted he was curous; - that lie
now wanted the public 'to know Just
what Mrs. Sutton's charges were;
that there were other mothers to con
sider In this and that in the public
mind the young officers stood accused
of a serious crime and that the. de
partment Itself stood virtually charg
ed with being a party to a conspir
acy.': Attorney Birney demanded pub
licity, too, and the court retired.
i'hree minutes laler they returned
and ruled that the record of Satur
day's star chamber session would be
read in open court.
The official stenographer picked up
the record and began to read. Mr.
Davis sat back resignedly.
Mrs. Sutton sat with her eyes fas
tened on the desk before her. Mrs.
Parker, Sutton's sister, hurriedly left
the room. i -,;
First came the transcript of the
closed session tilt between Davis and
Leonard and the refusal of the' court
to expunge from the record Davis' re
mark that Leonard had not acted in
good faith. -.'..
Then came the letters, written as
their tenor disclosed, from, a frantic
mother to one whom she thought was
the former friend of her dead. boy.
They were to Harry M, Schwartz,
understood to be a clerk in the pay
master's office navy department at
Washington.,
, The first letter to Schwartz was
dated Portland, Ore., March 13, 1008,
Ave months after the campus fight of
October 13, 1907. She said she had
found a letter from Schwartz In Jim
my's effects. She asked him if he was
a iriena ot ueutenant buuou.
Mrs. Sutton asked Schwartz to in
form her frankly if he was a fHenS
to the dead boy, and If so she wanted
to make htm a confident and get his
assistance in clearing up Sutton's al
leged suicide." 1 s
Schwartz evidently replied affirm
atively for there were next read let
ters from the mother covering a per
iod of several weeks, the dates run
ning into May. Here are some of the
extracts: ?.; v :: . '" '":''"
"These men rode out in my son's
automobile. . Adams pulled off . his
coat when the auto Btopped and went
at ray, son. OBterman knocked him
down five times, , Adams was on his
head and two men on his back. Good
God! Mr: BchwarU, to think that my
son is dead and these wild men are
still walking the streets."
;'Do you wonder that I want to die
and be with my boy! ' Out of the sis
men there was' not one who would
help the helpless I consider them
worse than wild beasts; for only
beasts destroy the helpless.' Just. a
few days before Jimmy died, he wrote
his father: 'Daddy; I feel that they
are going to get me. Never mind, If
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liieutcnant Utley. whose name has been prominently mcntonod in connection with the death of Lieut.
Sutton at West Point in 1907. The Navy Department sent Lieut. 1'tley home from Naples on a battleship to tes
tify at the court martial no wbeing held at the Nacal Academy. The lady in the picture is the dead Lieutenant's
sister. ,
BOLIVIA
FACING
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(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Lapaz, Bolivia, Aug Bolivia to
day faces a revolution over the seat
ing of President-elect Senor Villazon.
The army is preparing to overthrow
the Villazon forces and place Senor
Monteaat the head of the government.
The revolt is caused by the popular
opinion that President-elect Senor Villi
son favors the acceptance of tho arbi
tration award In the dispute with
Argentine republic over territory.
Senor Villazon is to- take office on
Thursday of this week, i
Information was received today or
several violent outbreaks in the in
terior against the residences of Argen
tinians and Peruvians. It Is also
now known when mf yinywfcwUs'-enh
now known that tlfe Bolivian congress
will reject the arbitration award in the
boundary dispute.
The army leaders declare that It is
unlikely Senor VUlazoij will ever as
cend to the presidency and if he does
he will not rule a week. -
The choice of the military lenders Is
Sfenor Montes who wlll.be made presi
dent if the revolution is successful.
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REVOLUTION
B A certain; trade Journal says that tho month of July is a o
mystery, and that the month of August tk that aid then some, O
"on the rotH-ch ants. This same periodical further states that the
western merchants do not try to make business during the month 0.
0 Of AugUBt, as all past attempts have failed. ;
0 This) Is not so. however, in this section. - During the dull 0
te months the business naturally falls
0 and doe the hustling, stunt. The
0 ' who Is always ulive to the needs
0 of their most successful sales last
0 iness was supposed to be at a stand-still. This progressive firm 0
0 has Just Inaugurated their annual "August Clearance Sale" and " 0
0 this sate has begun with a rush. -:' -' ' . :"-:': '."
0 In this city this firm uses The Evening Times exclusively as 0
0 their advertising medium. In this
0 class of people; and those who readily recognise a bargain vent, - 0
0 and this is one reason why their sales have always been such a 0
0 great success. The Evening Times is tho paper that brings re- 0 -0
suits to !tts advertisers. v . , P ' .0
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MEET TO SETTLE
Constantinople, Aug. 9 The ambassa
ors Great Britian, Russia, France
and Italy are In session today at
Therapia, the ambassadorial summer
colony on the west coast of the Bos
phorus, to solve the Cretan question
and prevent Turkey and Greece from
going to war.
Greece will make a formal reply to
Turkey today the sense of which is
that the Greek officers in Crete were
stricken from the Grecian army list
three -years ago 'and that' the entire
questions in the hands of the four pro
tecting powers-Great Britian , Italy,
France and Russia.
Greece reiterates assurances of Greek
nutrallty in Crete. Meanwhile the agi
tation against Greece te spreading
throughout Turkey. The minister of
war received information from Albania
that, a force of 6,000 blunteers has
been formed there and is being held in
readiness at Monastir to fight against
Greece. The people , are . demanding
war. In some towns the agitation ha!
taken a form of boycott against Greelt
goods and a number of. stores have
been broken ' into and goods of .Greek
make have been destroyed.
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PROOF
to the merchant that gets out 0
Woollcott Dry Goods Company, 0
of the shoppers, conducted one 0
month, and this was when bus- 0
way they reach the monted 0
CRETAN QUESTION
1CLEJ0EN0T
READY TO RETIRE
Chicago, Aug. 9 Uncle Joe Cannon
Is not going to retire from politics and
is not going to refuse to be elected to
the house ot representatives over which
he lias presided for many years at
least "Uncle Joe" is not going to do
these tilings at present. The day may
come when he will do so but it is not
in sight, according to "Uncle Joe's"
say so. , '
"The czar of the hour,e" passed
through Chicago on his way to Dan
ville and while waiting betweetn trains
took occasion to say a good word for
the Payne tariff bill; he. also took occa
sion to do some denying.
"Please deny for ine," he said In his
characteristic fashion, "(hat I am
going to retire from congress as has
been stated and printed. I have no in
tention ot retiring immediately. When
1 get ready to retire I shall do so but
until I do no one one on earth Is
going to make me retire."
CUBAN SITUATION
CAUSE FOR CONCERN
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Washington, Aug. 9 In full confirma
tion of the announcement made exclu
sively bv the American News Service
three .months ago, the Washington Post
which strongly reflects the view of the
administration, in a leuding article
today sayst
"The situation of the Cuban govern
ment is not without cause for concern
on the part of the Washington gov
ernment. That Intervention by the
Dnlted Sttes again will be necessary,
however reluotant It may be to take
the step, Is an opinion that is shared by
many. ...';. ;':'C'--V"'.;;..
. "All is not smooth sailing for presi
dent Gomes. . Only recently his entire
cabinet . resigned and his new admini
stration is not yet on settled basis. It is
understood that difficulties lire being
encountered ' that "will lead - to 1 rtew
changes among hls secretaries; 1 A
crisis is not looked for in the immediate
future but the trend of events is such
that a break up seems Inevitable."
First Attempt to Break the
General Strike Id Sweden
. Made To-day
KING GUSTAVE ALARMED
The First Attempt to Break the General-
Strike Was Made Today in An
Effort to Ron Street Cars, Under
Heavy Guard, Over the Principal
Streets of the City Strikers Awed
by the. Troops, But Rioting Breaks
Out in Several Qnartcrs and Sold
iers Had Groat Difficult y in Putting
Down the Rioters King Gustave
Tries to Bring the Warring Pac
tions Together and Effect Some
Kind of a Settlement Men Declare
That All Traffic Mnst Stop.
(By Cable to The Times)
Stockholm, August 9 The gov
ernment believes it has broken the
backbone of the general strike. The
first blow to crush the strike was
struck today when street cars were
operated through the principal streets
iJnd to some of the suburbs under mil
itary escort. Ineffectual " attempts
were made by the workmen to pre
vent them.
The workmen of several trades,
seeing defeat, went back to work to
day at terms dictated by the employ-,
ers. The leaders In the Industrial'
revolt are still sanguine, however,
and predict victory.
Stockholm, August' 9 The first at
tempt to break the general strike ,
throughout Sweden was made today
when an effort was made to run the
of the city, under a heavy guard of
cavalry.
The strikers were awed by the 1
troops, but in several quarters riot
ing broke out. The strikers relied , .t
upon a great number of recruits to- pv
day and made a determined effort to
stop the cars. Workmen were threat
ened and the soldiers had great diffi
culty at times to put down the riot- ,
ers.
Last night the striking working
men issued a statement that the un
ion printers would walk out today.
Simultaneously, the national labor
union issued a proclamation that -every
wagon driver today not wear
ing a union badge would be stopped.
. King Gustave, alarmed by-: the
serious turning of affairs in a situa
tion, already serious, made an effort
today to bring the warring factions
together and' effect some kind of a
settlement. )
The men declared that traffic must
stop entirely, not even the owners of
vehicles might drive their wagons.
declared the strikers.
The men were confident of success.
They have assurances that 1,000 tel
ephone and telegraph workmen will
join the ranks of the strikers on
Wednesday.
The workmens' organization is
daily receiving funds from Germany,
Finland, Denmark, Norway, Rou
mania, and Bulgaria. The employers'
association is daily paying out $40,-
000 to support its weak members
and they have a reserve fund of $4,-
500,000 to draw from. The govern
ment has started a crusade through .
its legal department against the so
cialistic press and one journalist has
been arrested.
PARDON FOR EXILES,
Czar Grants Partial Amnesty to the
Ex-members of Duma.
(By Cable to The Times)
St. Petersburg, August 9 It is re
ported that Clar Nicholas has granted
partial amnesty to the ex-members of
the duma whd were Imprisoned of ex-
lied because of their political beliefs.
Ib is believed that the czar was influ
enced by King Edward's friendly ref
erence to the duma in his Cowes
speech when the czar was his1 guest.
KILLED IX TROLLEY ACCIDENT.
Trolley Car Was Struck by Train.
Eleven Killed and 30 Injured.
Paris, August 9 Eleven persons
were killed and 0' injured late last
night when a troUey oar ws struck
by a train at -Longjumeaii. The train
was running at high speed and wny -
of those -who- were" killed were hor
ribly mangled. The- car was totally
demolished. - Several of tbe Injured
are so badly hurt that it is believed -
the death list will grow during the
day.
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