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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-27

It rs u common thing Tor men to
rail against circunlstantlal evidence.
In every criminal trial men ure excus-
cd from service as jurors because they
declare they will not convict on any
but direct evidence. And when con-
victions arc had In cases that attract
wide public attention. popular clamor
often denounccs tho verdict because 1t
was bused on circumstantial evidence.
Set In Virginia yesterday a Young
man. convicted of murder ION purely
circumstantinl evidence. made a con-
fession of guilt before going to his
execution. BY confessinS Henry Clay
Beattie. Jr.. did Il real public service,
for his confession must strengthen
confidence In oircumstantial evidence.
AS tho lawyers tell us, Men may lie,
but circumstances never."-Ncw York
Herald. -s
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-27

fully proven Tho evidence B un6t
which he was convicted was lctrcdiilts
stantial. and even after the Jury Md
rendered It's verdict there wero souif
events which added elements of doUhSg
Now. however, there viii be sin \ tIiiS
public mind !. sense Of satisfaottSA
that Justice has had it's due. 81
When Beuttie was convicted &, the
Washington Herald cxpressod it's fui
approval OF tho decislon, confideh{
that It wnS III accordance with th4s
facts. Beattic's own words confirm fhif5
Judgment Whatever else may BIS said
about him. now that lie has gone I'd il
dishonored grave, no did not pass into.
the unknown with lilo upon his lipss
Washington Herald. tfSl
Confc.slon No Surprise.
The confession of Beattie, tho yit4
GINA witc-murdercr. causes no sur
prise. The case made against thiat.
was SO strong that fow persone s. ia
court or outside doubted his guilt. Tint
value of tho confession ls that 1t cone
firms the justice of verdict and ssre-
moves the last doubt OF the last doubt
Cr. 4tr'- ~ iI.'.. glst - is-ts ;2SgesSlyt
There Is frequent reference to crinisSS
disgracinS States 1t is not the crirlA
that dissrnces i State. but the faiiIifa
of the authorities In the State to pnns
isl tho criminal. Tho criminal himt
self may occur In the best regulated
society. hut when there Is failure tti
convict upon plain evidence, society
is i'll regulated. and that 10 the dfa,
grace to tho state. III III ~ ~
virginia has growing reputatio1
as u. State which avoids Disgrace by
trying the case fairly and convtctinE
tho criminal fearlessly.--Louisvilla
Courier-Journal. /. sT
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1911-01-06

and are measureably relieved of the
opportunities of most persistent, IL
not most hume rous and unscrupul-
Gus class of lobbyists. For the
school men, too, the gain Is enor-
nous. | was conscious of an i'm
mediate and tremendous gain ia self
respect after being relieved of the
necessity Of engaging in a biennial
scramble for existence, institutional
ly speaking. And if now the fixed
tax for maintenance could be sup
plemented by another for building
purposes, | should feel that the life
of state university president is as
nearly ideal as is often realized on
this earth
Dr.. J. II. Worst, president of the
North Dakota Agricultural College,
whose institution is partly supported
by tax of one-fifth OF a mill, says:
Il consider the mill tax far and
away more satisfactory than any
other form Of appropriation, espec-
tally for maintenance. 1t insures a
definite income, increasing with the
states increase in wealth and tax
able property. Should additional
appropriations be required, it is not
difficult to determine the amount
necessary. Furthermore. when
mill tax is properly adjusted it
saves the corruption of what is usu-
ally termed log rolling" among
politicians representing different sec
tions of the state. North Dakota
would not think of repeating the mill
tax law system for the maintenance
of our educational institutions"
In view Of the foregoing argu-
ments, which we are sure must ap-
peal to you as citizens and taxpayers
and We hope as legislators, will you
not give this matter your careful
consideration. 1t does not mean
that mill tax law will increase the
taxes. If the institutions Of higher
learning are supported by a special
levy, then the general appropriation
bill will be lessened by that much. 1t
does mean, however, that the above
institutions granted such an income,
can plan for the future more wisely,
that they will be removed from pol
itics and an unseemly scramble for
money, and that the work of the leg
islature itself will be freed from one
of its most trying problems.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1911-01-06
Money to Loan.

The Pullman Savings end Loan
Association has money to loan on
improved property at reasonable
rates.
The principal and interest can be
paid In small monthly payments thus
making the Savings and Loan plan a
desirable one for persons having a
moderate income. Or. If desired. the
entire loan can be paid at any time
without any bonus.
The money you are now paying for
house rent will, in a few years, II
applied to Savings and Loan Stock,
purchase you a home.
This association has been in op-
Grafton nearly nine years and has as
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1911-01-06
A SERIOUS MISTAKE

By vote of two to one the county
commissioners last Tuesday declined
to reduce Whitman county from the
seventh to the eighth class, in which
the returns of the federal census
show that it belongs. The Herald
believes that in voting to retain the
county in the seventh class Commits
sioners Mccoy and Ellis made a very
serious mistake. 1t is hardly rea-
sonable to suppose that their action
was based on the cOnvition that the
population of the county is $4,000
or more, and yet that would be the
only tenable defense for their posi-
ton.
If they voted to keep the county in
the seventh class because they dread
ed the effects of reduction in CLASH
fication, they failed to do their duty.
They had no more right to take into
consideration the effects of the re-
duction in classification, than a jury.
trying a man for murder, would have
to take into consideration the effect
of a conviction upon the defendant S
family and friends. The duty of the
jury would be to render their YER
dict in accordance with the evidence.
regardless Of any other Considera-
| tions. The duty of the county com
missioners in this case was to place
the county in the class in which its
! population shows that it belongs, re-
gardless of any other considerations.
| The commissioners are not law max
ers, they ought not to be law break
ers.
| They owe it to their constituents
to either show cause for believing
that the county has a population OF
$1,000 or to place it in the class
where the census returns show that
/ it belongs. They have no right tC
! ignore the law and disregard the
wishes Of the people They are the
servants not the masters of the tax.
payers, and their decision is not the
law of the land. If they have made
a mistake they can and should bt
compelled to rectify it.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1911-01-06

The total population of these II
states in 1910 is 7,8S7657, as COM
pared with 4.384,437 in 1900, and
2,927,S81 in 1890.
In 1910 the total population of the
states which increased from 80 to 80
per cent is 5,046,049, as compared
with 3,62O,23O in 1900.
There is found to be total pop
ulation of 28,494,617 in the states,
showing an increase from 20 to 80
per cent as against 23,032.405 in
1900, while in states growing from
10 to 20 per cent the present popu-
lation is 34,823,7O0, as against 3d.
102,259 10 years ago.
In states showing less than 10
per cent increase are 15,720,243 peo-
pie today, as compared to 14,845,244
in 1900.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1911-01-06
CENSUS HONORS TO
WESTERN STATES
Washington, Idaho and Oklahoma
BANNER States With Over 100
Per Cent Gains.

The greatest honors of the 18th
census belong to the west. Along
the Pacific coast and into the Rockies
the greatest gains of population have
been made during the 10 years end
ing with 1910.
A map prepared by the director
of the census, showing the percena-
age increase in population between
1900 and 1910, discloses at a glance
that every state lying wholly or part
ly west of the Rocky mountains,
with the exception of Utah and Colo
RADIO, has grown more than SO per
cent during the past ten years. Two
of these States increased more than
100 per cent-Washington and
Idaho.
There were but three states in the
union showing 100 per cent gain
They were as follows in the order of
their percentage of increase:
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1911-01-06

sisted In building nearly 100 dwell
ling houses in Pullman. 1t is COM
posed of local people exclusively, its
members being those persons who
have taken out loans or have pur-
chased savings stock.
For particulars apply to any Of
ficer of the association.
]. N. Emerson, president; M. X.
Snyder, Secretary.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1911-01-06


tlemen
One of the most serious and con-
pick problems that confro1ts the
legislature from time to time, is the
matter of appropriations for the sup
port of the institutions of higher
learning, the University, the State
College and the three normal schools.
The system is vogue up to the pres
ent time has been one of direct BIZ
ennial appropriations on the budget
plan. The history of the past years
has shown this plan to be one fraught
with vexatious problems to the men,
bers of the legislature on the one
hand and by no means satisfactory
to the institutions on the other. We
beg to call your attention to another
plan now being used in many states
where it has met with universal sat-
isfaction. We refer to the mill tax
law" whereby a fixed rate of tax,
based upon the total Of taxable prop
erty of the state, shall be set aside
for the support of such institutions.
This plan has the following argu-
ments to support it:
Mill Tax Justified by the Experience
of Other States.
/. 1t has the complete endorse
ment of fourteen of the most pro-
gressive states supporting twenty-one
of the most prosperous institutions.
The following is list Of the states
which have adopted this plan to-
gether with the institutions they sup
/. California supporting the
university and agricultural college
(com bined).
2. Colorado supporting the uni
versity and agricultural college.
3. Indiana supporting the univer-
sity and agricultural college Pur-
duel.
a, Michigan supporting the uni
versity and the agricultural college.
5. Minnesota supporting the uni
Versity and agricultural college
(combined).
6. Nebraska supporting the uni
versity and agricultural college
(combined).
Z. North Dakota supporting the
university and agricultural college.
8. Ohio supporting the Ohio uni
versity, the Ohio State university
and Miami university.
8. Wisconsin supporting the uni
yersity and agricultural college
(combined).
10. Wyoming supporting the
university and agricultural college
(comblned).
II. Arizona supporting the agri-
cultural college.
10. Kentucky supporting the ag-
ricuItural college.
10. Tennessee supporting all
phases of higher education.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1911-01-06
Constantly Increasing Revenue.

3. Experience in other states has
shown that the amount of the rev.
enue will increase with the increase
Of the wealth Of the state, thus
keeping step with the growing needs
of the several institutions. Further
more, it provides a stable support in
times of financial depression such as
we had in 1898 when our state in
situations suffered severely.
President Charles Van Hise of the
University of Wisconsin writes in
reference to the mill tax:
"The fundamental argument which
we used in its advocacy was that in
rapidly growing state fixed ap-
preparation continually becomes in
adequate because the university
grows in proportion to the growth OF
the state. We showed that this theory
was in accordance with the facts,
that the growth of the university has
been more rapid than the increase In
income, and that in consequence, 1t
was becoming increasingly difficult
to keep our work up to high stand
ard. These ideas were finally ac-
copied by the legislature and we
were granted two-sevenths of a mill
tax, which, when it went into effect,
raised our income approximately
100000 per annum. Since that
time the increase in assessed valu-
alton of the property of the state has
increased our income annually not
less than $4,000 and the increase in
1908 is s68,0O0
Mill Tax Is a Good business Policy
4. It gives stability 70 the bust
ness efforts of a school system, which
could not be expected at all If it de-
pended on &n annual or biennial pre-
sentation of tie needs Of the lcgis-
lature.
DR.. Charles A. Lowry, president
of the State Agricultural College,
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1911-01-06
IA. Iowa, by mill tax, furnishes
buildings and equipment.

buildings and equipment.
The amount and rate of this tax
varies greatly, due to the fact that
many of the older institutions have
large endowments from other sour
ces. The institutions of the state of
Washington have not as yet, and can
not for years, realize much income
from their land endowments, mag
niflcent though they be, for the rea-
son that they are yet held, in the
main, by the state. For that reason
more generous provision must be
made till such time as our school
lands may be sold and permanent
incomes secured from them.
The University of California has a
rate for buildings of rs IL mills
with continuous term and total
yield of $4,000 annually. Iowa
A. and Nj. has rate for buildings of
l-5 mill with term of eleven years
and yield of $135,799 annually.
The University of Iowa has a rate of
l-5 mill for building with a term of
five years and a total yield of $780,
600. Michigan State Agricultural
College has total annual yield of
$129,422, for buildings.
Looks to the Future.
2. It, enables the institutions
thus supported to have a fixed pol
icy which shall be in force for an in
definite period, and to make far
seeing and wiser plans for future
needs No consistent educational
! policy can be carried out without
some degree of dependence upon a
certain income. The administrative
officers must have some reasonable
anticipation of the funds which can
be commanded for use, if they are to
plan wisely and economically.
President James b. Angel, of the
University of Michigan, says:
For our purpose l may thus ex-
plain the superiority Of the mill tax
over either biennial appropriations
or direct appropriations for term
Of years. To carry on a university
wisely it is necessary to have a fixed
policy which shall be in force for an
indefinite future. When we had
specific appropriations for separate
objects, as we formerly did, this in
convenience was experienced. Ere
quently before the time for which il
was made had elapsed, we found that
some partial modification of the use
of the appropriation would be better
than that which had been specified
in the act. Furthermore, in secur-
| ing the appropriation it was necessary
to go into long details which were
tedious both to ourselves and to the
| legislature in explaining the useful
ness of each one of the objects nam
ed, and sometimes it was not easy t.
make all the details of the university
objects comprehended by all of the
legislators, 1t was far simpler anC
easier to make them understand il
general that a considerable sum was
needed for carrying on SO large al
institution and that it was wiser tt
leave the exact distribution of it t.
the authorities who were making al
the time careful study of the prob
lem"
Constantly Increasing Revenue.
3. Experience in other states has
shown that the amount of the rev.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1911-01-06
The Mill Tax.

To the Members of the Legislature
of the State of Washington. Gen
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-08-15
BISHOP ESTATE TO
RETAIN F0RESTnLAND

That the Bishop Estate does not in.
tend to part with its titles to forest
areas is shown by the report of Job
Bachelor, the master who was appoint
ed to examine into the accounts of the
trustees for the year ended June 80
last. In the course Of the report, which
was fled on Saturday for presentation
to Judge w. J. Robinson, Mr.. Datche-
Tor says:
cit appears that the trustees con
slider that the interest Of the estate is
best conserved by them retaining con
troll of reserved forest areas, wherever
practicable, without parting with the
title, and in this spirit they have ac-
quieseed in the paper line of forest
boundaries as officially established from
time to time with the government su-
perintendent of forestry.
"Forest line boundaries have been
made and established daring the year
in the districts of South Kona and else
where; $4,000 blue gum trees have been
set oat to re-forest the area destroyed
by fire some years ago IN Hamakua,
Hawaii.
"The trustees report that the lum-
bering Of the Keauhoa (Kau koa for
est, mentioned in previous reports, has
proved disappointing both to the trus-
tees and the promoters, but the tras-
tees seem disposed to deal literally with
the promoters with a view encouraging
them to renewed effort.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-08-15
NJ ERICSSON BACK
TO HIS DITGHES
GENIAL rnoMornn woREnn TO
LEAVE roa KoHA1.A
or TUESDAY.

Active work viii be started within
the neat ten days on The Keheha ditch,
the new irrigation project In the Ko.
haia district, when John n McCrosson,
the ditch promoter, arrives on the
ground. His present plan IL to leave
for Hawail on Tuesday and finish up
fhe surveys on tho ditch, which will
be about fourteen miles long, or almost
twice the length Of the famous Hama.
kua ditch, opened last year.
Mr.. McCroHson has been planning
new ditch enterprises and going over
TO Washington ever since he completed
the Hamakua project, and win now r0-
sumo his dungarees and engineer boots
and commence hiking over the pals
and up and down gulches again.
% am glad to get back to the noun
tains again and up where the sources
Of the water are to be found,'' said
Mr.. McCTosson yesterday, 81 want to
get out again where can get the tan
and get my hands calloused once more.
1t s glorious climate up there and
where there's water there's money.
GA part of this enterprise has been
surveyed and some work has been done,
but there is vast amount that has
not been touched. There are many
tunnels Co be driven along this route.
1 expect the work will be we'll under
way in short time. Anyhow, I'm GO
ing up to stick to the job and see it
through. -
The new system will tap the waters
of East Honokane and bring them to
the various plantations in the Kohala
lower lands. The uncompleted ditch in
the East Honokane district, which has
been tied up because lacking right
of-way across the J. Frank Woods
lands, viii he taken over by the cor
poration just organized under recent
act of the legislature, which gives it
the power to condemn for the requisite
right-of-way, and the system win be
completed. The East Honohane waters
rise at an elevation Of 5000 feet and n
part of the plan of the company is to
develop power by using the drop of
their ditch water.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-08-15
RIl0 AUTO PARTY
DROPPED INTO A
HOLE NEAR OLlA

Especial Wireless to The Aavcfuser.)
HfIo, August ia.--sam Parker Jrs
Bob Paris, Leon Cook, william Heen
and chauffeur had marrow escapes
from death or scrioua injury early this
morning when the automobile IN which
they were riding plunged over an eight.
foot drop. The party were running on
the Volcano road az three o'clock and
in the darkness the chauffeur missed
one Of the turns near Olaa. The ma.
chine ae soon as it left the ROAD, plung
ed into an eight-foot hole, left by the
excavators Of road building material
In spite Of the facts that the car was
travelling at fair speed and was itself
badly damaged, no member Of tue party
was hurt beyond scratches and minor
bruises.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-08-15
FALL FIFTY FEET
ESCAPES DEATH.
RECORD BROKEN

CHICAGO, August l3.-The interna-
tional aviation meet opened here yes
terday with a number Of sensational
Incidents.
Aviator Stone, while circling the field
in mon0plane, fell with his machine
from height of fifty feet and escaped
serious injury.
The American record for elapsed
time for carrying a passenger was brok-
en- by both Aviator Welsh and Aviator
Beatty.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-08-15
Disrogards Request Of
Taft Not to Change
Clause.
PRESIDENT AROUSED
Will Make a Personal
ampaign---AdjOurn
in Ten Days.

WASHINGTON, August IS. = The
senate committee on foreign relations
yesterday took such action as, it is be-
lieved, may ieOpardize the treaties OF
arbitration between the United States
and Great Britain and France.
Disregarding Geographic request
from President Taft not to amend the
treaties, the committee proceeded to
eliminate the special clause reciting
the powers of the joint high commits
sion Of the signatories.
The opposition in the senate TO this
special clause in the treaties is because
Of the jealousy of the senators regard
ing their right of acting upon ali for
eign matters.
To Fight for Treaties.
A special dispatch from Beverly,
Massachusetts,, where President Taft is
visiting, asserts that the President In
tends to make a personal campaign to
secure the passage Of the treaties in
the senate unaltered.
Prediction Publicity.
At meeting of the conference com
mittee in regard to national elections
it was agreed that there should be a
prediction publicity of all campaign
expenses.
Democrats in both the house and the
senate yesterday predicted that con-
gress would adjourn within ten days.
More Bribery Charges.
WASHINGTON, August 10. The
senate today ordered an investigation
of the election of Senator Isaac Ste
phenson of Wisconsin, concerning
charges of bribery.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-08-15
DUKE KANANAMOEM BROKE
TWO SWIMMING RECORDS
Hawaiian Youth AstOunds People by the Way
he Tore Through Wster...VinCent Gsnoves
Proves to be Fine Distance Man.
tFrom suAday,s Aavsr.l.sr.,

Two American broken yesterday By
natatOai
hundred
hguros established KhAnAoku respectively
SO record yaxds By
nds
seconds
The couruo was carefully All ana tomorrow
morning by
wonder asOnish mainland sports made
trip
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-08-15

tors had given him up and pronounced
him dead.
Doctor Hard to Find.
While Mrs. Coonley, H. Scheller, a
member of the volunteer life-saving
corps, and others were rendering first
aid, calls were sent for the police am
bulance and for physician. The
former was started from town at once,
but not until Doctor Walters arrived
on the scene some time later was the
physician secured.
Upon the arrival of the ambulance,
Officer Alameda, who was in charge,
went in to ascertain the trouble and
for some inexplieable reason came back
and reported that one man was dead
and that the other was all right Driver
Twoomey turned his horses back
toward town. Happily Chief MeDufie
and Sergeant Kellett had arrived at the
station shortly after the wagon left and
upon hearing of the accident came out
at once in one of the police autos.
When they arrived Mahon was placed
in the auto by Doctor Walters 3 orders,
being kept in a horizontal position.
Upon his arrival at the hospital great
deal more water was got out of his
lungs and he is now practically recoy-
cred.
Dangerous Holes Unmarked.
The tragedy yesterday again lays
emphasis ON the lack of proper buoy
over the two holes which have cost
many lives in the past years. Proprie-
tor Bergin, of the Waikiki Inn, petit
toned the last board of supervisors to
put buoy over the two dangerous
spots, but he never heard any more of
it, The buoy which he placed out there
with his own means eventually drifted
away.
Seheller, an inventor of life-saying
apparatus himself, and one of those
who worked over the drowned man
Yesterday, states that sehreppla's
lungs were once induced to action aud
that II there had been an oxygen MA.
chine at the beach his life would have
been saved.