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FRANCE, CRAZED
BY FLOODS, BEGS
FOR ASSISTANCE
Deluge Wreaks. Ruin and
Thousands Appeal for
Bread and Shelter
HORROR MULTIPLIES
ndescribable Misery in
the Famous Metropolis.
Crest Not Reached
[Special Cable to Th« Herald]
PARIS, Jan. 28.—Thousands of per
sons in Paris tonight are hungry
and shelterless. From tho flooded
districts, where hundreds are clinging
to their roofs, or are peering from
marooned second and third-story win
dows, women and men can be heard
crying out across the muddy chaos
over the roaring torrent of waters and
assistance.
Women are heard shrieking In the
darkness; children's cries are wafted
over tho roaring torrent of waters, and
the darkness of the night, intensified
by the terrific downpour of rain, can
be likened only to choas and inferno.
One hundred and fifty thousand peo
ple tonight are without food, bed or
shelter, and many of them are scantily
u-ttlred, groping among the labyrinths
of wreckage, or wading knee-deep
through the shallow inundations, in
search of edibles or clothing.
Horror runs rampart. Nover in the
history of France has such an appalling
diaster been visited upon its people.
To night the authorities agreed the
situation was such they could no long
er hope to compete with it, and it is
believed before another day has passed
the nation will have appealed to the
world for aid for the distitute.
Appeal for Aid
Already appeals have been sent to
friendly sources for financial succor.
An agonizing cry goes up from the
people tonight:
"Will the end never come?"
After a slow, but steady rise of the
flood water all day, the fluvial depart
ment at midnight could only issue a
statement in answer saying that it
was probable the crest of the flood
would be reached tomorrow
The water has begun to fall in all of
the tributaries of tho Seine above
Paris, but the passage through the city
is clogged by bridges and an immense
accumulation of drift.
Tonight the city presents a weird
spectacle. Soldiers, sailors, firemen
and police are hastily constructing
temporary walls by the light of camp
tires and torches, in another endeavor
to keep out the invading floods, while
pickets patrol those sections of the
city that are plunged In darkness.
The situation in the Place de l'Opera
tonight Is serious. The entire terri
tory has been roped off as being un
safe. It is stated also that the new
Equitable Life Assurance building Is
in danger of collapse.
President Fallleres and Premier
Briand today drove in automobiles to
flooded suburbs where distress is
greatest, speaking words of comfort
to the homeless, and encouraging sol
diers and others engaged In salvage
aijd rescue work.
Refugees Sheltered
Charitable organizations are co-op
erating with the authorities in throw-
Ing open their buildings and in suc
coring refugees. Several convents and
a number of public buildings have
been equipped with military cots and
bedding and transformed into hos
pitals. The Red Cross is performing
.splendid service In distributing food
and clothing.
Nevertheless, numerous instances are
cited of wome» and children who had
refused to leave their homes In the
submerged districts, shrieking from
windows' for bread.
The number of refugees arriving
here is enormous. Charenton alone
sending 38,000 who had got there from
Calais and other afflicted points.
Many thrilling rescues are recorded.
The family of M. Barthou, former min
ister of public works, whose home in
the Avenue d'Antun is surrounded,
was taken out on the backs of sol
diers and in boats.
A large number of schools are closed
because of lack of heat, and the mu
nicipality Is considering tho advisa
bility of closing all.
Practically all flooded suburban
towns about Paris tonight are with
out light and several are without
water. Their inhabitants are hastily
leaving.
The chamber of deputies held a sit
ting today in the water-beleaguered
Palais Bourbon, believing a transfer of
their activities to Versailles would only
serve to Increase the popular panic.
Parliament today voted a. bill extending
business notes one month.
Storm Continues
There is a steady downpour of rain
and the temperature is falling. Every
where the situation is appreciably
worse than yesterday.
An unfortunate shifting of the wind,
accompanied by a falling barometer
and heavy rain, added a new thrill of
horror to the stricken city and coujntry
this forenoon. Throughout the night
the condition grew more serious.
The devastation has now penetrated
the heart of Paris, the Gorgian rivers
and sewers underneath literally blow
ing up the streets, while the area of
the surface overflowed by the waters
of the Seine had been doubled today.
Twelve of the twenty-five bridges
over the river have been closed and the
quays on either side from one end of
the city to the other are either inun
dated or have been roped off as unsafe.
The Esplanade dcs Invalides is a
sheet of water. The turbid flood has
cropt back almost to the Jardin ilu
Luxembourg on its left bank and in
vaded the place de la Concorde which
was closed and guarded by soldiers,
and the lower Champs Elysees on the
right bank.
The Palais de Gelace and other re
sorts and restaurants., are surrounded,
even tho Place de L'Opera at the core
of the city threatening to sink to the
subway beneath. Cellars throughout
the district from that point to the St.
Laiare station, comprising Fauberg
Montmarte and tho richer sections in
the Rue de Province and tho Rue de
iXouut are lllled to the street level with
(Cuntlmcd on rune lliroe; |
LOS ANGELES HERALD
INDEX OF
HERALD'S NEWS
TODAY
FORECAST
For Los Angeles and vicinity: Fair
Saturday; light north winds. Maximum
temperature yesterday 74 degrees;
! minimum temperature 54 degrees.
LOS ANGELES
Harry A. Lockwood, accused of breaking
into houses, admits commission of many
crimes. PAGE 6
Constables raid Japanese fishers for taking
fish too closo to outfall sewer. PAGE (
Street railways refuse to ,pay assessments
for widening street end improvement is
blocked. PAGE'S
Public administrator finds heir to Walden
estate, in woman in Ireland, who claims* to
be niece of deceased. PAGE 6
Trouble, brewing among Daughter* of Amer
ican Revolution as result of effort to hold
state convention in Fresno Instead of Los
Angeles. PAGE 9 |
Children denude their nurseries to supply
toys to youngsters who do not have them.
PAGE 7
Man who misses train for Butts becomes
discouraged and attempts suicide. PAGE 0
M. A. Mcßae will address Y. M. C. A. of
Los Angeles. PAGE IS
Ferris .honored by Rotary club; called '
"Father of Aviation Week" by fellow
members. / PAGE 1
Urges boycott on billboards in order to have
unsightly obstructions + to view removed.
PAGE 9
Officials of gas company, on trial for rebat
ing, are acquitted in police court. PAGE 8
Many persons Injured In collision of
care on P. E. railroad near Oneonta
. PAGE 1
Orpheum theater owners buy half Interest
in the Majestic. PAGE 9
Bachelors' sixth annual ball at California
club a brilliant affair. PAGE 8
Wife charges that husband utilized her as
target for egg throwing: is given divorce.
PAGE 6
Editorial, Haskln's letter and Letter Box.
PAGE I
Society. .. " page 6
Marriage licenses, births and deaths. PAGE 14
News of the courts. PAGU 3
Muntolpal affairs. PAGE 5
City brevities. PAGE 5
Mines and oil fields. PAGE 18
Markets and financial. PAGE 12
Building permits. PAGE 13
Shipping. PAGE 12
Automobiles. . PAGE 11
Sports. • PAGE 10
Churches. C ,_ PAGE 16
Child's study circle. ; PAGE 7
Club news. , , \ PAGE 6
SOUTH CALIFORNIA "'
Utah bees to winter In Southern California
in hope It will Improve their honey-mak
ing ability. PAGE 3
Lineman at Pasadena receives, 2200 volts of
electricity, and Is killed Instantly. PAGE 14
San Pedro Masonlo lodge installs officers.
I PAGE 14
School board of Ocean Park refuses to ac
cept gymnasium. PAGE 14
Burglars enter Colton store and make away
with wagon l.oad of goods. • PAGE 14
Long Beach home rifled by robbers; cloth
ing, money and silverware taken. PAGE 14
Auto runs over two young women in Pasa- •
dona and both are Injured, one seriously. . -
\ PAGE 14
COAST
Government shows Hermann knew of frauds
being perpetrated. Prosecution rests case.
PAGE 6
San Diego auto dealers threaten to go out
of business if police persecution does not
cease. "> PAGE 11
EASTERN
Glavis proves Important witness at investi
gation of Ballluger, and tolls how he held
Alaskan claims In check till after election,
to get campaign contribution. PAGES 1 AND 6
Railroads find Taft obdurate, as president
Ignores appeals and orders merger suit
prosecuted. . PAGE 2
Fever In stock market reduced and fluctua
tions are narrow/ . PAGE 12
Mother and baby in wagon drop 100 fjet
over precipice and are cremated In wreck
age. PAGE 3
Fight against Cannon rules InTJnited States
house of representatives is taken into con
gressional campaign in several states.
PAGE 2
Representative Smith of California precipi
tates lively discussion at committee meet-
Ing in Washington. . '"■• PAGE 2
Republican whip of lower house asks ,
Taft to help curb temper of the in
surgents. PAGE 2
Taft warns publishers of periodicals to
t cease criticisms of administration; says
muckrakers cannot harm him. PAGE 1
Insurance Commissioner Bell confers with
company heads in regard to Kentucky
scandal. PAGE 3
Policy of Taft Is defended by Wade Ellis
of Ohio, assistant to the attorney gen
eral, v* PAGE 3
FOREIGN
Fifty-three men saved from British de
stroyer Eden, which breaks from Its moor-
Ings during gale at Dover, England. PAGE 2
British parties are evenly divided and
great uncertainty marks election re
sults. ■ ■ . PAGE 3
Dr. Frederick Cook is found at sani
tarium at Heidelberg, Germany. ;
PAGE 1
Canada wants to divert gold mined in
Yukon and British Columbia to royal mint
in Ottawa. PAGE 8
France, crazed by floods, begs for assist
ance, thousands of sufferers being In want
of bread and shelter. PAGE 1
Humor says bloody battle has been fought
by Madriz and Estrada forces. PAGE 3
MINING AND OIL '
Standard Oil gusher In North Midway field
reaches maximum flow of MOO barrels a
day. PAGE 13
Recent strike In Black Butte mine at Dia- ,
mondfleld, Nov., returns assay of $16,000 a
ton from picked sample of ore. PAGE 13
Second well brought In on supposed break
in Coallnga formation explodes theory of
fault. .' . • / PAGE 13
Coalinga and Kern River agencies will hold
, second bt# big meeting at Bakersfleld.
PAGE 13
Miners discover oil sand near Santa Bar
bara. • PAGE IS
SPORTING
Memslc decisively wins bout with Plcato
after difficult fight, outboxing his oppo
nent at every stage. PAGE 10
Gobbler at poultry show in northern Illi
nois sells for 1000. , . PAGE 10
Auto racing board of A. A. A. announces
dates scneduled for its several meetings.
PAGE 11
Rlckard Insists on having Jeffries-Johnson -
light pulled oil at Salt Lake City. PAGE 10
Hayes and borando are equal favorites in
coming Marathon race at San Francisco.
/ PAGE 10
Balk-line match between Hoppe and Morn-
Ingstar at Flttsburs excites much Inter *'
est. , ■ PAGE 10
Jeffries fears that Johnson, will back out of
big light. : , - „1-AGHIo
Comlskey predicts'that American Baseball V
league Hchedulo will be good. . i'AOK 10
Autos to race on , njotorcyele saucer track "
lat Coliseum to establish Qve-nilla world's "
; record, n- , - ? , PAGE 11
SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 20, 1910.
DICK FERRIS GUEST OF HONOR AT AVIATION
LUNCHEON GIVEN BY MEMBERS OF ROTARY CLUB
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The above flashlight photograph was taken by a Herald staff artist at the Rotary club luncheon yesterday at which the man who worked unceasingly
and successfully for aviation week was honored by a genuine tribute of esteem and appreciation seldom accorded any man by a Los Angeles
public body. i
FERRIS HONORED
BY ROTARY CLUB
CLUB MEMBERS CALL HIM
"AVIATION WEEK FATHER"
Huge Medal Also Handed to Flying
Machine Friend at One of Most
Unique Luncheons in
This City
Dick Ferris, "father of Aviation
week," was the guest of honor at a
dinner given yesterday noon in the
Westminister hotel by the Rotary club
of Los Angeles, at which he was pre
sented with a handsome smoking set.
One hundred and twenty-five members
of the club, each representing a sepa
rate line of business, met to pay hom
age to their fellow member.
Tho decorations were unique and fit
ting for the occasion. From each plate
was poised a small toy balloon. Sus
pended from the ceilings were all kinds
of aerial crafts, biplanes, monoplanes
and dirigibles, the propellers of each
being driven by a small motor.
Each member present wore a badge
with his name and the question,
"What's your." emblazoned upon it.
After dinner was served Irvin J.
Muma, president of the club and toast
master, made a short address. Mr.
Ferris, after being presented with a
gigantic celluloid medal, made a brief
reply.
■The Rotary club is the first organ
ization before" which the Aviation week
was discussed," said Mr. Ferris. "It
w;is this club which started a sub
scription to raise the money necessary
to carry it on. It was then found
necessary for the undertaking to be
handled by a civic organization and
made a civic affair.
"With all due respect to the Mer
chants and Manufacturers' association
and chamber of commerce and not in
any way casting reflections upon those
organizations, a progressive city needs
a progressive civic body. That body is
the Rotary club. Every member is a
live wire," said Mr. Ferris.
The real presentation speech was
given by G. E. Nagle. In behalf of all
the members of the club, Mr. Nable
presented Mr. Ferris, the 'man of the
hour," as 'he addre.ssed him, with a
handsome leather upholstered table and
antique hammered copper smoking set.
The committee of arrangements for
the dinner consisted of J. J. Jenkins,
C. W. Hill, I. S. Hurst and Dr. Charles
B. Nichols.
Those jresent were C. G. Titcomb,
Lincoln Holland, Walton J. Wood, M.
D. Hopkins. James F. Bierend, E. A.
Woodruff, Frank A. McElwain. J. P.
Metcalf, J. Newman, J. R. Waller.
Charles V. Peckham, E. F. Archer, Dex
ter Samson, B. R. Brown, A. W. Jack
son, Frank J. Baum, W. J. Conner,
Henry Klein, Ed Gerson, C. H. Wood
ruff, Max Proelss, Garner Curran, A.
F. Boeden, J. M. Wood, A. K. Little, I.
J. Muma, A. E. Nagle, F. V. Owen,
Carl Salbarth, H. W. Hellyor, Carl G.
Packard, A. I. Burger, George H. Buck
waiter, F. W. Rea, E. H. Burger, jr.,
t harles E. Carver, L. L. Olney, Arthur
J. Hill, C, D. Young, C. W. List, Cbarlei
O. Haskell, A. P. Welcome. Lucien
Haas, Edward Germain, Frank O.
Llndqutmt, Adeimo Schroeder, H. H.
Harris. Sidney Norman, L. R. Mellus,
John H. Nightingale, E. E. Smith, P.
H. Lyon, 8. H. Bohwaek, Arthur Boyce,
(•.(•urge W. Condon, M. L. Bally, E. D.
Dakt\ William J. Brandenburg, Freil
N. Arnotdy, Charles H. Coffey, J. A.
Mottoshed, E. F. Staples, F. E. Pierce,
Barry C. Newman, James Sheshan, Ed
ward M. Crail, Gus Harris, Arthur Q.
Wilson, W. S. Mor(», F. D. Hudson,
Bernard Italle, W. T. Jacobson, J. Joe
Joos. William Wier, William H. Damon,
A. S. Harncs, W. F. Taylor, G. D.
tphal, Thomas P. Jones, W. Her
llhv. Flavi-l SliuitlKlT, Andrew Beysle,
\V. Parris, t. 8. Richards, W. Sweet
land. 1). v. Bchuhinan, George it. Mead,
T. B. Shaw. A. K. Rebard, Hryant
.Mathews, B«rnal Dyas and Dr. E. S.
-Men ill.
FIND COOK AT HOSPITAL
NEAR OLD HEIDELBERG
Polar Pretender Reported to Be Patient at
Sanitarium in Germany, but Is
Seen Only at Night
T*T EIDELBERG, Ger., Jan. 28.
—Positively identified, Dr.
Frederick A. Cook, the dis
credited "discoverer" of the north
pole, is declared to be in hiding at
the asylum managed by Dr. Fu
rer, in the valley of the Neckar,
twenty-five miles from here.
Three persons—a woman, the
postmaster who handles his mail
and a local reporter —have seen
the man at different times, and
are sure he is the original of the
photographs and pictures of Cook,
THREE INJURED IN CRASH
OF CARS NEAR ONEONTA
At Least 2 Victims Severely Hurt When Oak
Knoll Passenger Train Dashes Into Rear
End of Freight—Brakes Fail to Work
fpHREE persons, one of whom may
Idle, were seriously injured short
ly after 11 o'clock last night
when Oak Knoll-car No. 318 of the Pa
cific Electric Railway company's Pas
adena line crashed into the rear end
of a work train standing at Sierra
Vista station, three-quarters of a mile
from the scene of the famous Oneonta
Park wreck of four years ago. Fail
ure of the brakes to work is blamed
for the accident.
The Injured
A. J. CARR, Pacific Electric flag
man, 733 North Soto street, Los An
geles; broken leg, cuts and bruises and
possible internal injuries. Full extent
of injuries undetermined. Taken in
auto to Pasadena police station emer
gency hospital and later removed to
Pasadena hospital.
MRS. PEARL HALL, 1230 Long
Beach avenue, Los Angeles; cut about
face, arms and body by flying glass.
Taken to Pacific Electric car barn
emergency hospital and later removed
to Pasadena hospital.
R. A. DEAN, 355 South Hill street;
lip severed, long gash above nose and
across forehead. Taken to Pasadena
hospital.
The Oak Knoll car was in charge of
Motorman Pallett and Conductor Mer
rill. The work train was in charge of
Motorman Crowley and Conductor
Smith. Both cars were eitybound.
The work train, composed of two flat
cars and a 500-horse power motor car,
had been standing on the main line for
some time while repair work to the
tracks had been in progress. Carr had
been sent to the rear to flag oncoming
rars. He waved his lantern to the Oak
Knoll tar. and his signal, it is claimed,
was answered by two shrill blasts from
the whistle of the passenger. The
brakes were, wt but ivrus.4 to Rilp the
irheala, allowing the passenger to crMh
Into the work train with terrific force,
di ptte all Motorman Paiiett could do.
Thfl pASMngW car left Its trucks and
which have been shown to them.
He calls himself "Gunter" or
"Henker," and leaves the sani
tarium at night only to walk
around the grounds.
Since the reporter tried to in
terview him he has kept alto
gether to himself, and strangers
who approach the house, or tramp
through the grounds, do so at
their own risk, for visitors are not
welcome. Several of them have
been unceremoniously ejected.
There is said to be no question of
his identity. __
piled on to the rear Mat ear of the work
train, shattering the windows and hurl
ing the passengers in a heap to the
rear end.
Wreckage was strewn all over* the
right of way. Jt will require half a day
to clear the tracks, as some of the
roadbed has been torn up and the rails
twisted and torn from their moorings.
The wrecker was sent to the scene at
midnight.
A minute after the accident an auto
was borrowed from the neighborhood,
and Carr, who seemed to be the most
seriously Injured, hurried to Pasadena.
The other injured were taken to Pasa
dena on an emergency car which was
hastily summoned from the Pasadena
barns."
Dr. F. F. Rowland, Pacific Electric
surgeon In Pasadena, was called to the
scene, but returned on the emergency
car. He worked over the Injured with
physicians from the stuff of the Pasa
dena hospital.
FORMER AMBASSADOR TO
ITALY DIES AT CAPITAL
Gen. William F. Draper Succumbs
After Prolonged Illness —Had Oc.
cupled Several Offices
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.—General
William F. Draper, former American
ambasssador to Italy, died here tonight
after a prolonged illness. He was 68
years old.
Brigadier General Draper was born
in Lowell. Mmss., April 9, 1842. He
served in tho Union army from 1861 to
1864, holding commissions from second
lieutenant to lieutenant colonel com
manding, and also lieutenant colonel
and brigadier general by brevet. He
wax twice wounded.
General Draper was a presidential
•lector in 1888 and served a.s a Repub
lican in the fifty-third and fifty-fourth
oengresses, declining a third nomina
tion. In 1887 lie wu appointed ambas
sador to Italy, holding that post until
1900. lie Mi'inl al a commander of
the Loyal Legion of Massachusetts.
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bIJN (jrJLJiI LUIIhiOt ON TKAINS. 5 CENTS
TAFT ATTACKS
MUCK RAKERS
WARNS MAGAZINES TO LET
HIM ALONE
President Delicately Warns Publishers
No One Will Heed Them if They
Insist on Criticising
Administration
f Associated Press]
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.—President
Taft told the periodical publishers of
the United States tonight that if they
overloaded their criticisms of men in
administration authority with unparli
amentary expressions and intimations
as to lack of honorable motives, nobody
is going to pay any attention to them.
Although he made no direct allusion
to muckraking, it was plainly evident
at what he was directing his attack.
The president, addressing the period
ical publishers' association as their
guest at dinner, did not give this ad
vice to the editors assembled from all
parts of the nation until he had pref
aced his remarks with good-humored
treatment of his relative position to the
wlelders of public opinion.
"This is a rather formidable gather
ing to address,", said President Taft
alter he had been presented by F. Hop
kiiison Smith, toastmaster. "Gentle
men who act as fatts as to what is or
what is not current literature would,
under any circumstances, be formida
ble to address, and under conditions
prevailing in Washington and in legis
lative halls it requires a brave man,
standing in my position, to face them.
Advice to Critics
"As to controversies, let me say that
all evidence —questions of fact—must
be weighed broadly to reach an ulti
mate conclusion. It is the case with
every trust, as much as we condemn
them for their iniquities The evidence
must be weighed. It does no good to
denounce a person on the witness
stand if he testifies against you.
"You controllers of public opinion
and controllers of the rulers of the
country may hammer a man into in
difference as to what you say, but at
that he will come nearer to doing
right than if he tried to fight.
'But, seriously speaking, I would
like to say that when you criticise a
poor devil exercising a difficult respon
sibility, first give him the same benefit
enjoyed by every criminal, that of
reasonable doubt.
"Don't use unparliamentary expres
sions if yffu can help it, for if you do.
and if you overload your criticisms
with superlatives and intimations as
to his lack of honorable motives, in
the end you will weaken all your cri
ticism and nobody is going to pay any
atention to it."
PILGRIMS JOURNEY LONG
DISTANCE ON THEIR KNEES
GUADALAJARA, Mex., Jan. 28.—
With the appearance of comet "A
--1910," pilgrimages to the shrine of the
Virgin at Talpa are being organized,
many of the pilgrims making the jour
ney tor miles on their knees.
Talpa is in the western section of
the state of Jalisco, and pilgrimages
are made annually to the shrine.
Advices from several points state
that consternation reigns among the
more superstitious eIMSM.
SHOPILFTER SENT TO PRISON
OAKLAND. Jan., 28.— "1 decline to
answer, under section 886 of the penal
code." was the surprising answer given
by Caroline . Davis, a shoplifter, ■to
Judge Brown, when asked how many
times she had* been arrested. >"As the
law protected her against Incriminating
herself Judge Brown did not press the
matter, but gave - her > a year In San
Quentin.• She is 59 years old.
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GLAVIS SCORES
BALLINGER FOR
POLITICAL ACTS
Cunningham Case Held
Back Till After Election
to Get Contributions
SO CLAIMS WITNESS
Startling Testimony Given
to Inquisitors—Pinchot
Keeps Busy
[Special to Th» Herald]
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.—That Sec
retary Ballinger caused the
Cunningham coal lands fraud
charges to be held back until after the
national election, so that several of
the men involved might contribute
liberally to the Republican campaign
fund, nnd that other methods of re
tarding, if not of quashing, the
charges were re-sorted to by the In
terior department, finally resulting In
Xhe dismissal of Louis Glavti from the
field division of the forestry bureau,
because of hi* activity in frequently
calling attention to imminent scan
dals, was charged today, in substance,
at the congressional inquiry Into the
acts of Ballinger.
It was one of the most remarkable
recitals of official derelictions ever
heard in Washington.
Mr. Glavis declared that In one of
these interviews In October, 1908, Air.
BallinKer told him he was having a
hard time trying to collect c^unpaign
contributions, and that two men in
volvi i! In the Cunningham claims, who
had been liberal contributors In the
past, had declined to contribute because
they were angry at not being granted
patents for Alaska coal lands.
Representative James of Kentucky,
Democratic member of the committee,
pounced on this testimony and cross
examined the witness at some length.
Glavis said Mr. Ballinger asked him
to hold up on the Alaska cases until
after election. He agreed to do this
because he had his hands full with
another case.
One of the most interesting- develop
ments of the day was the distribution
at both morning and afternoon ses
sions of a quantity of press matter
which purported to interpret and point
out the significance of the testimony
thus far given at the inquiry.
Press Agents Active
The morning matter came in an en
velope of the American Conservation
association, of which Uifford Pinchot
recently was chosen president^ This
afternoon's matter began:
"The Important developments of the
morning session today were," and then
went on to recite that the proceedings
had placed Secretary Ballinger in an
adverse light. It was said that this
service would continue throughout the
investigation.
Thomas R. Shipp, former secretary
to Senator Beveridge of Indiana, who
resigned that position to become press
agent of the bureau of forestry under
Mr. Pinchot, and who became an of
ficer of the conservation commission
when it was formed, is a constant at
tendant at the hearing.
The morning session was devoted to
i an endeavor by the "prosecution" to
show the haste in which Mr. Ballinger
as commissioner of the land office, had
urged the Cunningham Alaska claims
to clear listing for patent. Aside ironi
| documentary evidence read, the after
noon session was taken up almost
wholly with Glavis' story of his inter
views with Mr. Ballinger concerning
the Cunningham land cases.
The inquiry will be resumed at 10
o'clock tomorrow.
An executive session of the Ballin
ger-Pinchot ini'estigation committee
delayed the operation of today's pro
ceedings until 10:35 a. m., at which
hour Louis R. Glavis again took the
witness stand. AH of the members of
the committee were present at the
opening of the session.
Mr. Pinchot and his dismissed assist
ants of the forest service were early
on hand, but Secretary Ballinger again
was absent.
List of Witnesses
Attorney Brandeis, representing Gla
vis, presented to thu committee a long
list of witnesses to be summoned.
Glavis took up his story where he
left it Wednesday afternoon, giving his
testimony in response to questions
froVn his attorney.
Glavis said that United States Attor
ney Hoyt had suggested .to him In 1907
that he should take up the matter of
the Alaska' coal lands direct with Sec
retary of the Interior Garfleld.
"But I did not think it would look
well to go over the heads of my supe
riors," lie added.
Glavis said he did write to P. H.
Schwartz, then a chief of the field di
vision, saying he was worried about
the Alaskan situation and would like
to confide in him.
"It will pain you as much as It has
pained me," the letter ran, "but I am
sure you will want to learn the true
situation."
"What Alaska claims did you refer
to?" asked Representative Olmstead.
"All of them," replied the witness.
"Some 900 in all?"
"Yes."
At this timf> Ballinger was commis
sioner of the land office.
Attorney Brandeis next took up the
printed document in the case, which
consists of 807 pages, and spent som.
time in calling the attention of th
commmittee to various letters, tele
-1 grams, etc., tending to show Glavis'
activity in Alaska cases. The attorney
■ said he also wanted to call attention
to certain letters which showed the
: part Mr. Ballinger had played as com
missioner in directing the inquiry.
Prosecutor's Purpose
. His purpose in this, he said, was to
, indicate that President Taft and At
torney General Wkkersham were mis
taken when they reached the stated
' conclusion that Mr. Ballinger's par
-1 ticipation in the matter had been
merely formal.
Among the letters read was one from
Special Agent H. T. Jones calling at
tention to the allegation of the fraudu
ilent character of the Alaskan claims.
"That letter was written before
Glavis came into the matter in any
way?" questioned Senator Nelson,
"Yes," replied Mr. Brandeia.
"Then you don't claim Glavis origin
ally called attention to these claimn?"
'No. In addition to Jones' report
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