mated. For example, going on to a national forest to set 
a fire in accordance with a conspiracy so to do, if this can 
be proven, is sufficient, even though the conspirators 
were later frightened away and did not set it. It will be 
observed that the penalties for the offense of conspiracy 
may be greater than for a violation of the Federal fire 
laws, which the conspiracy may have been aimed to 
commit. Liability for a conspiracy to commit an offense 
against the United States can not be escaped because 
the conspirator has actually committed the substantive 
offense at which the conspiracy aimed. Moreover, all 
the conspirators to a crime are liable, even though only 
a part of them participated in its actual commission. 
The value of the conspiracy law lies in its inclusive sweep 
as to offenders under its terms and its heavy penalties 
in the aggravated cases which conspiracy usually involves. 
Perjury .—The act of March 4. 1909 (35 Stat. 1111), pro¬ 
vides as follows: 
Sec. 125. Whoever having taken an oath before a com¬ 
petent tribunal, officer, or person, in any case in which a 
law of the United States authorizes an oath to be admin¬ 
istered, that he will testify, declare, depose, or certify 
truly, or that any written testimony, declaration, deposi¬ 
tion, or certificate by him subscribed is true, shall wil¬ 
fully or contrary to such oath state or subscribe any mate¬ 
rial matter which he does not believe to be true, is guilty 
of perjury, and shall be fined not more than two thousand 
dollars and imprisoned not more than five years. 
Sec. 126. Whoever shall procure another to commit any 
perjury is guilty of subornation of perjury, and punishable 
as in the preceding section prescribed. 
This statute is often of great usefulness in dealing with a 
recalcitrant suspect, even though its specific action be not 
invoked. 
FIRE REGULATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT 
OF AGRICULTURE. 
Under the acts of June 4, 1897 (30 Stat. 11), and Febru¬ 
ary 1, 1905 (33 Stat. 628), the Secretary of Agriculture is 
authorized to make rules and regulations to preserve the 
national forests from destruction, and any violation of such 
rules and regulations is punishable by a fine of not niore 
