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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-14
PROBING BIG LAND FRAUDS.
Federal Officials Held in Washington
State-Timber Dotted.

BY direction of Secretary Hitchcock, Spe-
cial ACCT Leach of the H. erior Depart
ment has been investigating land frauds
in northeastern Washington Eor several
weeks.
Leach declared at Tacoma yeste-ta that
the results so far are astonishing. The IN
vestigation revealing state of affairs that
seems worse than in any other part Of the
country. He says he has evidence taat
several federal land commissioners have
been criminally negligent.
On government lands near S1oomis, where
no permits have been granteH for taking
timber, he found twenty-five Sawmills all
cutting government timber. One man in
Orevllle has been cutting timber off gov
eminent land for five years. Leach has
coufscated his entire mill.
He has found scores of timber land re-
JnQUishments in Chelain, Douglas and
Okonagan counties. These have been sold
by first settlers 10 mill companies and tim
Der spectators at from $3.50 to 81 400 each.
Many who filed timber claims have never
been near the land. In Chelain county one
federal commissioner has been imprisoned,
one has resigned and two others have been
asked to resign.
George H. Noyes, federal land commits
sioner of Okonagan county. has been ar
rested on the charge of embeZzling money
intrusted to his care as commissioner for
payment to the Wateryille land Office. He
is In Jail at Loomis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-14
Johnson on Municipal Ownership.
Coast SURVEY Orders.

The following orders for assignments to
service aboard vessels of the United States
coast survey service have been made re-
Gently by the officials In charge at the
coast and geodetic survey bureau in this
city:
DIR. c. II. Halliday Of this city has been
appointed an assistant surgeon, and as
signed to duty on the s.eamer Macarthur,
now on the Pacific coas,, and will go in
her to the Philippines.
Mr.. ]. F.. March of Baltimore has been
assigned to duty aboard the schooner
Matchless, now at Norfolk as mate.
Mr.. w. @. Insley of Bali! more has been
made a mate and assigned vo the steamer
Gedney, at Seattle, Wash.
Mr.. J. II. Simpson, aid, haS heen relieved
from duty aboard the steamer Endeayor
and assigned to the schooner M,ltchless
DR.. Simon Ravlch han BEEN ordered to
Join the steamer Patterson, vt Seattle,
Wash, as assistant surgeon
Mr.. c. II. Lowenjelm is order ed to duty
as mate aboard the steamer Macarthur,
Aid II. L. Bick is detached fl I'm service
on the steamer Patterson ard ssigned to
duty aboard the steamer GeineF, now at
Seattle.
Aid e. B. Collins Is relieved from duty
aboard the steamer Patterson anil ordered
to report aboard the steamer Macarthur for
sevice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-14
Women Tar and Feather a Woman.

The story comes from Hudson, Mich, that
fifteen young women and four men, whose
names the police say are unknown to them,
tarred and feathered Mrs. May Post last
Monday night. Mrs. Post had been living
In the Retain building alone part OF the
time. and at times with an older woman.
Well-known men frequented the Retain
block since Mrs. Post took up her residence
there, and this gave rise to scandal Com
plants made to the police were unheeded,
and some young married women advised
Mrs. Post by letter that she had better
leave the city. No attention was paid to
this except that man supposed to be her
husband suddenly appeared on the scene.
Late Monday night, after the streets were
deserted, fifteen women and four men, all
said to be prominent in the city, appeared
at the door of Mrs. Posts quarters and
gained admission. They did not hesitate to
make their errand known, and when the
stranger tried to interfere the men of the
party ordered him to go into another room
and keep quiet The women then compelled
Mrs. Post to remove some of her garments.
Despite her pleadfngs they supplied thick
coat of tar, which they had brought along,
and then sprlnkled an abundance of feath-
ers on top of that. They then departed
with a warning that IL the rooms were not
deserted within forty-eight hours worse
treatment would be in store Mrs. Post
disappeared.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-14
MAPLE SUGAR INDUSTRY.
It's Study Prosecuted by Government
Experts

A study of the maple sugar industry OF
the United States has been made by the
bureau of forestry of the Department OF
Agriculture, the intention of the bureau
being to procure a larger use of the sugar
forests for the production of this staple.
The knowledge long surmised by the gen.
eral consuming public. has been acquired
that the markets are glutted with imita-
lions Of the pure sugar, the reason for this
being that the maple trees are extensively
felled for their timber, which makes very
fine furniture, and the culture of the trees
for their sap is not widely distributed out
side OF the New England states.
Since 1850 the area of maple sugar farm
,ng has greatly shrunk. prior to that time
rhe sugar being widely used, preferentially
20 that OF the sugar cane. the latter being
virtually unobtainable in large quantities
Now, however,. cane sugar can be bought
more cheaply than maple and Is generally
preferred for sweetening purposes to the
last named. In Indiana. Illinois and Michi-
gan tine trees have been more extensively
cut than elsewhere. the result being that
the supply OF sugar in that territory is prac-
ticany an unknown quantity.
In other states, as in western Maryland,
West Virginia, Ohio, New York, and in New
England the maple sugar industry has held
its own or been increased.
The best sap flow is secured In the cooler
northern states, yet good results can be
expected in most of Pennsylvania and West
Virginia, in western Maryland, all of In
diana and Kentucky, eastern Tennessee and
western North Carolina. At present the
largest producers Of sugar maple products
are Ohio, Vermont and New York.
AS result of the study recently made
definite directions for the management and
improvement Of existing groves and for the
establishment of new ones in suitable To-
calities and under different conditions have
been prepared and Will soon be published
Many valuable data regarding the profit
IN making maple sugar were also collected
From these 1t eppears that farmer can
easily clear aboU- 50 an acre from sugar
grove. In actual practice, for the farmer
who can do most OF his own work the
profit should be considerably larger, and
the land thus utilized will yield little or
nothing under any CtJer use.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-14
MR.. GREENER'S ACTION.
Correspondence Shows That It Was
Approved by Japan.

Some of the friends of Prof Greener Of
this city. formerly United States CONNER
cial agent at Vladivostok, assert that his
action in turning the Japanese consular
building at Vladivostok over to the Red
Cross Association has been misrepresented
in several of the newspapers. The facts
are contained in the volume of foreign re-
lations just made public by the State De-
partment.
In May last Secretary Hay addressed a
letter to Mr.. Takahira, the japanese min
lister here. in which he said:
Mr.. Mccormick Our ambassador at st.
Petersburg, informs me that he has heard
from Mr.. Greener, our commercial agent
at Vladivostok, that on request and in
order to better protect the japanese con-
sular buildings he has given charge OF
them to the port admiral. the president OF
the local Red Cross association; that after
removal and storage of the furniture, the
association has improved the grounds and
has renovated the houses for the use OF
patients and Red Cross nurses.
Mr.. Mccormick at once answered the
commercial agent that his duty was to
have notified the ambassador of this step
in advance, in order that he might have
communicated with the Japanese govern
meat and obtained its approval of this use
Of the property for the purposes named.
Il write to express my regret that such
action was taken without having previously
consulted your government, and beg you
now to let me know whether 1t meets with
their approval"
Two days later Minister Takahira replied
to Secretary Hay as follows:
Upon the receipt of your note OF the 18th
instant, having regard to the use OF the
japanese consular premises at Vladivostok
for Red Cross purposes by the Russian au-
thorities, communicated with the imperial
government upon the subjects, and am now
in receipt of telegram informing me that
the imperial government have no objection
to the premises being used for the purpose
indicate d"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-14
ARMY AND NAVY MANEUVERS.
Work Of Preparation at Forts Near
Washington.

The approaching combined army and navy
maneuvers on the Potomac river, which
will take place in the early part of June, is
causing some hurried work in preparation to
be done at Fort Washington and Fort Hunt.
Arrangements are being made for the
quartering of large number of additional
troops at the two forts, and cables for
Geographic communication and electrical
lighting purposes are being laid. Large
searchlights, part of the army scheme
OF defense, are to be erected on the wharves
at Bryan's Point and Marshall Hail. and
additional lights will be put in at the forts
The plan of attack calls for the capture of
Washington by the naval forces, and this
the army is to prevent. 1t Is stated that
5000 or 10000 men will be quartered along
the river during the drills.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-14

government and to the morality of society
is the sale of law by the legislature grant
ing special privileges and favors to our
great capitalists, SO often characterized as
public-Sprited citizens of the nation, in
which the black horse cavalry of both par
ties are found combined together in this
nefarious traffic. The democracy should
create outside of the machine, and discon-
nected with 1t throughout the state, some
force cOHfided with the sole duty of pre-
venting, detecting and exposing election
frauds and corruption in all public matters
and driving out of office bride takers of
both parties"
Representative Rainey of Illinois had for
his subject Problems of the Future and
IN an interesting speech, in which he con-
troverted the position taken by most of
the speakers, said:
rs there still disposition in the demo-
cratic party to be conservative in this
great city? If there is, then you are not
in touch with the present aggressive re-
slStleSS forward movement of democracy.
Demands of the West.
Beyond the boundaries of this Empire
state lies the great west, now teeming with
an industrious, intelligent population, fully
alive to all the issues of the hour. Through
the heart of this great section of our coun-
try there is pulsing a movement for the in
itiative and referendum, for public owner
ship, for shorter hours of labor for the
rights of children. In this great movement
the new aggressive and progressive party
is leading"
John w. Kern of Indiana spoke of The
Rank and File He said in part:
IF we would have victory, the masses
of the rank and file must be given full OPP
portunity for a fair expression of their
opinion as to issues and candidates, in pri-
maries and conventions, fairly conducted,
so that the state and national conventions
will be composed of men who truly reflect
the popular will. The hope of the democ-
rsscy is in the people. If they are to be
relied upon to bear the burden of the bat
tie and win victories, they must have the
privilege of choosing their own leaders and
formulating their own platform of prin-
c!ples."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-14
Merit
IAdvertisi

en- channels. The dredge was recently en-
p.oyed in completing a trench across tho
Eastern branch in which the sewer syphon
pipes will he laid.
The schooner Matilda, laden with Pine
lumber from Il Virginia port, has arrived
and is berthed at the 18th street wharf to
unload.
The schooner Jordan is lying at the Alex
aEdria shipyard, railway pier loading ties
from Southern railway cars for Boston or
another New England port.
The ram schooner Grace b. Bennett, with
lumber and shingles aboard, from North
Carolina, came into port last night.
The sloop Goldie has arrived laden with
cord wood from the lower river for the
dealers.
The schooner VIM Villas and the Regu-
lator, with lumber from lower Potomac
ports. are among yesterdays arrivals
The schooner John Ehrman has been
berthed at the 18th street wharf TO unload
her cargo of lumber for the local dealers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-14
New Channel Buoyed.

The newly dredged channel of the East
ern Branch, the work on which was COM
pleted about two weeks ago, was yesterday
buoyed by the officers OF the lighthouse
steamer Maple, and is ready for the use
of vessels. The buoys are so placed as to
make the course up the branch so clearly
that stranger to local waters can go In
and out of the branch without difficulty.
The red buoys mark the south channel, and
a black spar has been placed on the north
or left-hand side of the channel off Buzz
yards Point. The new channel is much
straighter than the old one, and is much
easier to navigate.
The Maple yesterday also renewed the
buoys in the river from this city to Shep-
herds and up the Georgetown channel to
the Long bridge
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-14
Aged Women in Walking Match.

In a walking contest at Cleveland, Ohio,
yesterday, eleven aged women. seventy-five
or over in years. walked a distance of four
and quarter miles in an hour and three
quarters, actual time, after taking one-haif
hour out for lunch. The winner in the con-
test was Mrs. Josephine Van Hoven, sew
enty-eight years; Mrs. Maria Miller. eighty
years old, was second, and Mrs. Caroline
Haas, seventy-six years old, was third.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-14
Steamer to Be overhauled.

The steamer Newport News, the flagship
Of the Norfolk and Washington Steamboat
Company fleet, left here for Newport News
Wednesday night last and will be locked
at the shipyard there for her annual spring
overhauling and repainting. The big steam
err will be redecorated from stern to stem,
inside and outside, and will be in the pink
Of condition for effective service when she
returns to this city in a few days. The
News will then relieve the other steam
ers of the Norfolk and Washington line
in turn that they may be locked and
painted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-14
Invited to Australia.

Gov. Gen. Northcote of the common
wealth OF Australia, II Is said, will invite
Secretary of War Taft and party to visit
Australia during the partys forthcoming
visit TO the Philippines. The commonwealth
OF Australia will offer to defray the entire
expenses, II is said. The American Cham
Der Of Commerce of Manila is preparing to
entertain Secretary Taft and party on an
extensive scale during their stay In Manila.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-14

Admiral Schwartz. who assisted on board
the frigate Niagara in laying the first At
lantic cable in 1857. is dead in st. Peters
burg Admiral Schwartz who was the
author of several books on technical SUBJ
jects, visited America several times. He
was first sent to the United States in 1856
by the Russian government to watch the
construction of q steam frigate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-14

H T. Craven, the oldest actor and drama
fist in England, died yesterday. He was
contemporary of Charles Kean and wrote
his first play in 1843. His 'Meg's Diver
sion," which was produced in 1916. ran for
400 nights, making new record.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-14
Mayor McClellan's Remarks.

Mayor Mcclellan was somewhat discon-
certed by the cordial reception he received
One of the most interesting parts of the
mayors address was when he declared that
conventions and candidates must more
closely conform to Jeffersonian standards
as described by jefferson himself. Mayor
Mcclellan said, in part:
''Since last election a great deal of demo-
cratic time, thought and eloquence have
been consumed in trying to explain why
were defeated What better opportun-
ity could we possibly seek than this cele-
bration of the birthday of the founder OF
our party to face the truth like men, and
to acknowledge that our overwhelming de-
feat was due to the unwillingness OF the
people to intruSt to the democratic party
the government Of the United States? JEFF
ferson taught the strict construction of the
Constitution. That great document coz
tains all the political principles - hich I've
need for an American government OF the
United States. Powers not expressly yield
ed to the federal government are as eX-
pressly reserved to the states. Let US
leave to our opponents the ignoble and the
unpatriotic violation not only of It's spirit
but of its letter. Opportunism has no place
in the democratic party. Let US cease wor-
Shipping strange gods and go back to the
God of our fathers and to the teachings OF
Thomas Jefferson"
Roosevelt q Democrat.
Senator Newlands of Nevada opened his
address by outlining the principles of de-
mocracy, as he understands them, and
then said:
Judged by these principles, there are men
in the democratic organization who are not
democrats. Judged by these principles
there are men in the republican organiza-
ton who are democrats. Judged by these
principles, Abraham Lincoln was demo-
crat. Judged by these principles, In most
matters relating to domestic legislation,
Theodore Roosevelt Is a democrat. Should
all the real democrats in both parties be
united in one organization, they would
control the legislation of the country. In
the last cabpaign the count showed that
the democratic party had lost; but Roose-
velts message showed that democracy had
won. The democratic party had declared
for an immediate assurance to the Philip
pines of ultimate liberty under American
protection. Roosevelt expressed, not the
assurance, but the hope of such liberty
The democratic party, in its platform. had
declared for many domestic reforms. Roose-
welt wrote into his administration platform
a demand for these reforms
The Sale of Law.
Judge Augustus Van Wyck called Cor the
creation of a state anti-corruption commit
tee. He said, in part:
''The crime of the age most fatal to coed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-14
Administration Meddling Policy.

"In our early days 1t was deemed viz
tue when the government, like the individ-
ual, minded its own business. But this Is
out of date, so the proper way for a gov
eminent to do things is by Interference or
meddling. This takes the form of dealing
vigorously with foreign countries only pro-
vided they small enough. 1t is applied
INCREASINGLY to states until it is now insisted
that the general government must tax
and manage all corporations, must oversee
insurance and trust companies, and must
either own the railroads or dictate to their
owners the minutest details of their BUSH
ness. 1t is thought necessary 20 interfere
with capital on the hand, and with
labor on the other, and to define The rela-
lations they must bear to each other.
zone of the most popular of all these
processes is interference with elections.
States must organize and control the po-
lice of cities and dictate even the smallest
must enter into the competitions of bust
ness.
Much Is said about the peaceable settle
ment of differences but, after all, by keep
ing out of quarrels we may be able TO avoid
arbitration as well war. Perhaps the
most encouraging visible sign In respect to
this persisten- policy of interference Is that
in spite of outward appearances, in spite of
of royal statues in the Nation al Capital, in
spite of the turbulence manifested from
time to time in so many quarters, in spite
of messengers bearing royal congratula-
tons from thrones-ours is still popular
not an imperial, system of society and gov
eminent"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-14
JUDGE PARKER TALKS
Other Addresses at Jefferson
Day Banquet
NEW YORK LAST NIGHT
LEADING DEMOCRATS DECLARE
PARTY DOCTRINES STILL LIVE.
Declarations of Noted Men on Great
Issues of the Day-Problems
of the Future.
NEW YORK LAST NIGHT

The Jefferson day banquet of the demo-
cratic clubs of New York in that city last
night was attended by 700 democrats. There
were many present of national reputation,
and chief among these was former Judge
Parker, democratic nominee for President
last November. In the banquet room por-
traits of Jefferson were conspicuous.
In addition to Mr. Parker, the speakers
were Senator Newlands of Nevada, Mayor
Mcclellan of New York, Representative
Rainey of Illinois and ]. j. Willet of Ala
bama. Senator Carmack of Tennessee was
the only one of those expected to speak who
could not attend.
After cigars had been served, Judge
Parker was introduced by President John
Fox of the democratic club as 1.-The gallant
standard-bearer of the democracy" Many
of the diners rose, and all cheered and
waved napkins. Judge Parker and his
speech. He said in part:
Defeat Not Unforeseen.
Il do not come here to make excuse or
explanation about the past, to promote any
personal purpose or ambition for the future
or to further the ends of any section, fac
ton or interest. l am moved solely by a
desire to commune freely with my country
men who believe that the time-nonored
doctrines of the democratic party, as de-
duced from the great policies defined by the
man whose birth we here commemorate,
and established by the founders, are still
true, still alive, still worthy of acceptance
and devotion, and still necessary. If our
institutions to be maintained in their
early vigor and purity.
when these principles dominated our
policies there was no thought of conquest,
or of protectorates over distant, alien and
turbulent peoples; there was no talk of alli-
ance with the great; no question of making
ourselves collectors of debts, good or bad
just or fraudulent and no suspicion that
anywhere in the lexicon of free government
there was to be found the word subject
I'VE meet after a defeat which was easy
to foresee and predict. 1t was preceded by
division and faction in our ranks over a
period of eight years, and they have done
their worst. 1t was emphasized by the use
of governmental power for partisan pur-
poses, by the reckless and unprecedented
expenditure of money, and by demagog
appeals to interests as wide apart as the
poles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-14
The Sale Of Law,

Judge Augustus Van Wyck called Cor the
creation of a state anti-corruption commit
tee. He said. in part:
1.-THE crime of the age most fatal to good