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GLAVIS EXPOSES
INNER WORKINGS
Of LAND OfflCE
SAYS BALLINGER PROTECTED
M'LACHLAN
SURPRISING LETTER BY DEN.
NETT MADE PUBLIC
Secretary of Interior Was Attorney
for Alaskan Claimant, Congress
man Klnkaid, During Inves.
tigation, Says Witness
(Continue (ram V»ri- Oul
agents in the excepted class. I deslro
that you, in making any of these, ap
pointments, in addition to tho president
i»elti^ consulted* Postmaster Oener&l
Hitchcock be also consulted, provided
tho appointees siro not directly suggest
ed by the president."
Provokes Laughter
The last document read while C4lavis
was on the stand called out a great
deal of laughter. It was a telegram
from Mr. Schwartz, dated Washington,
August 12, 1909, at the time attacks
were being made upon SeVretary I'.al
lingerand others, and was addressed to
M. J. McEnlry, special agent at Den
ver. It read:
"Get into scarcheads tonight and As
sociated Press, if possible, that secre
tary and commissioners have secured
evidence showing unlawful combina
tions of several hundred coal entries;
hat general land office Is assigning its
best coal engineers and lawyers to Se
attle to assist in the coming trials.
"That commissioner general office
while in Denver had expressed confi
dence that several hundred entries
•would be canceled; that government is
making every effort to secure speedy
action on these cases, as all coal en
tries In Alaska have now been suspend
ed for over four years; that govern
ment Is anxious to clear these lands of
bad entries, and that it may get coal
lor it 3 coaling stations in the Pacific;
that special agents say coming hearings
will reach seme of largest interests yet
uncovered, and that Ballinger has made
It plain that he will stand behind them
to the finish; that several .of the rail
road corporations owned by eastern
capital are making indirect efforts to
delay the hearings, hoping that next
congress will pass further remedial leg
islation or permit greater consolidation,
but it is the position of the commis
sioner that such entries as are fraudu
lent as the law stands should be can
celed at once and criminal liability de
veloped before statute bars action.
Schwartz's Advice
"Following somewhat above Ideas, I
understand newspaper attacks about to
be made on commissioner of general
land office, secretary of interior and
Assistant Secretary of Interior Pierce
In Alaska coal. 1 wish to forestall.
"Treat the source of your information
secret, as I have consulted no one. Af
ter putting this out, until advised fur
ther avoid interviews in thia matter.
(Signed) "SCHWARTZ."
For the first time since the inquiry
started Gifford Pinchot was not in
the first row of spectators.
The greater part of the morning ses
sion was devoted to the introduction
of documentary evidence from the
printed record in the controversy.
■ ' President Mentioned
Mr. Pinchot's name, oddly enough,
■was drawn into the hearing on the
first day of his absence. Glavis had
got to that point in his story of the
Cunningham claims where the land
office placed Special Agent Sheridan
in charge of the case to conduct the
hearings.
"Sheridan was a lawyer and had
wide experience?" asked Senator Nel
son.
"Yes, sir." replied Glavis.
,' "Wa.s the government's interest
placed in jeopardy by his assignment?"
"No, sir, not by that action. He
took the same view of the case that
1 did."
"Wasn't it the fact that Sheridan
superseded you that made you think
it necessary to apply to Pinchot to in
troduce you to the president and so
alarmed you as to the status of these
cases?"
"A great many things alarmed me
besides that; that did not alarm me
very much. I applied to Mr. Pinchot
after I had protested against the cases
going to hearing in July. 1 wanted
first to make a field examination."
Representative Madison had some
little difficulty in getting a direct an
swer from the witness as to whether it
was. absolutely essential that a field ex
amination should be made before hear
ings were held.
Kindly and Sympathetic
"Now, Mr. Glavis," he said, "I am
trying in a perfectly kindly and sym
pathetic way to ascertain your posi
tion in the matter."
Glavis declared a field examination
was necessary to establish a prima
facie case.
"Well, what so alarmed you about
these cases?", again asked Senator
Nelson.
"AH I have been testifying to,
alarmed me," said Glavis, "and a lot of
testimony I have not given yet."
Glavis testified as to a visit he had
made to the land office on one occa
sion.
"What brought you to Washington at
that time?" asked Senator Nelson.
"I came to interview a congressman
who had a claim in the Green group,"
replied the witness amid laughter.
"Who was the>-«o*g*eaeman9-"" asked
Representative Madison.
"Mr. McLachlan of California."
"Did you see him or get an affidavit
from him?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"Well," said Glavis, "Mr. Ballinger
said to me that there had been too
much of that sort of thing in the past.
"I would not see him if I were you,'
Mr. Ballinger said."
"And you didn't see him?"
"No."
Glavis declared he was so disheart
end by the ruling given by Assistant
Secretary Pierce, which he regarded as
favoring the claimants in the coal
cases, that he thought of resigning
from tho service and giving all tho
factß in the case to tho press. He went
t,> Henry M. Hoyt, now tho attorney
general of Porto Rico and a cousin of
Councillor Henry M. Hoyt of the de
partment of state. Ho told him the
Pierce decision rendered futilo any fur
ther attempt to invalidate the Cun
ningham and other Alaska claims. He
told Mr. Hoyt also that Mr. Ballinger
had declined to act in the matter,
turning the entire subject over to Mr.
Pierce.
"I told Mr. Hoyt my purpose to re
sign and give out the facts," M d
Glavis. "He Bald ho thought it would
make an awful scandal on Mr. Taft's
administration, which had hardly be
gun, and he did not think It the best
,way.- \\'e discussed tho beil method
of bringing übout a. chance in the
Principals in Controversy
Over Conservation Policy
I jif~G(FTORD PWCKOT ?SKRI
opinion of Mr. Pierce, which we
thought was a bad one.
Intended to Act
"Several days later, about May 25, I
saw Attorney General Wlckersham,
who was on his way to a cabinet meet
ing, and ho said lie had considered the |
matter as it had been presented to
him by Mr. Hoyt and that he intended
to speak to Mr. Ballinger about it at
the cabinet meeting. He would ask
Mr. Ballinger to refer the matter to
him.
"Two days later Mr. Ballinger sent
for me and showed me a number of
letters he was writing, one of them
being in response to a letter to Miles
i. Moore, who had complained of his
ppointment that the secretary had
not brought the Cunningham claims
to a patent as a matter of justice.
"Mr. Ballinger told me he was send- |
ing the papers over to Mr. Wiclcer-
Bham with a request for a new opin
ion on Hi.- ait of May 38, 1908. He
asked me in the meantime not to sub
mit my report tinder the Pierce de
cision.
"I told him I had already done so.
He told me to withdraw it, and I did
so. In that report I said it would be
futile to continue the investigation
further under Mr. Tierce's ruling."
The afternoon session was begun
With the introduction of correspond
encs between Secretary Ballinger and
Miles C. Moore of Walla Walla,
Wish., one of the Cunningham claim
ants, which was contained in the sec
retary's statement to President Taft.
The first letter was written by Mr.
Moore to Secretary Ballinger May 22,
1909, dated Washington. It said in
part:
Pierce Disappoints
"Assistant Secretary Pierce proved
a disappointment and I am going home
with a message that will give scant
comfort to my associates. Your rea
sons for turning this matter over to
your assistant are appreciated, but wo
had all felt that when you were named
to the position of secretary, with your
full and complete knowledge and your
sense of justice, our long delayed pat
ents would be forthcoming."
in his letter of reply Secretary Bal-
Unger said in part:
"I have to advise you that I cannot
undertake to issue any order or make
any ruling in the matter as requested
because of the embarrassment which
would result from the fact that 1 was,
while not holding any official poslti in,
called upon to advise in the matter.
"The case has, however, been care
fully looked into, and I wish to say
that in view of all the facts now dis
-1 would, if I were ruling upon
the matter, hold that the principle an
nounced in the opinion of Judge Han
ford in the case of the United States
against the Portland Coal and Coke
company is directly applicable to these
cases, and that if the allegations made
be proved, patents cannot issue under
the act of April 28, 1904."
Claris, continuing his story, told of
a talk he had with Chief of I[i Id
Division Schwartz, subsequent to At
torney General Wickersham's ruling
in May. 1909.
"I told Schwartz Secretary Ballinger
had some ill feeling against me for
going to the attorney general," said
the witness, "but I felt that after the
secretary came to realize what the
ruling by Assistant Secretary Pierce
meant and that good would CO
the attorney general's oj Inion he
would like me better than ever before.
"Schwartz said lie knew some maga
zine people and lie thought it would '
bo a good thina; to get a story printed
telling all that had been done in the
Alaska coal cases and giving Mr. Bal
llnger credit for the investigation. He
thought the secretary then would feel
better disposed toward me."
Many Letters Read
More than an hour of the afternoon
session was passed by Mr. Brandeis in
reading letters from the printed docu
ments into the record of the. inquiry.
The reading Vta interrupted once to
permit Glavls to tell of an Interview
lie had with Secretary Balllnger in
Seattle on July 16, 1909, The Alaska
coal lands were discussed.
Glavis spoke of the necessity of mak
ing a Held examination. Mr. Ballinger
said he thought the claimants migTit
stipulate to admit all that such an ex
amination would show.
"What was Mr. BaJlinfer'l general
attitude at that time toward the Alas
ka cases?" asked Senator Fletcher.
j "How did he impress you I.'
"Personally he did not appear as
friendly to me as before. His only
statement as to the Alaska cases was
about the- stipulations."
Cl.ivis next went into some dctttil
about the visit of Commissioner Den
ihii to Seattle in July, 1909. Let! rs
were read in this connection in which
Dennett and <;iavis both spoke of each
other in anything hut complimentary
terms.
Clavis sai.l he had nlio told F. 3,
Heney of his suspicions regarding
Dennett. He told Heney the land "f
--tice at Washington was hurrying him
into the Alaska cases and i
him to interview 600 or more people in
sixty days.
"In view of nil T had heard :ihout
Air. Dennett f thought something was
H rong," siid Clavis.
The witness then told about having
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Congressman James McLachlan, who
has been drawn into the Ballinger
fight.
obtained in July, 1909, an affidavit from
Hairy White of Los Angeles, former
mayor of Seattle, and of White tell
ing him that, in addition to represent
ing people in the Cunningham g^roup,
Mi 1. Balllnger had represented a con
gressman in the Green group.
"Was that the same congressman
you mentioned this morning?"
"No."
"Who was it?"
"Representative Kinkaid of Ne
braska."
"Did Mr. Ballinger act as his at
torney?" .
"He attended to the work to secure
a coal claim for Mr. Kinkaid and to
bring it into a company. He exam
ined the papers in a claim Mr. Kinkaid
was to buy and to consolidate with
others."
"NS'as there anything wrong in that?"
asked Representative Madison.
"Not unless there had been some pre
vious arrangement."
"There was nothing wrong that you
know i
"No, it was a part of the work he
did alter having been commissioner of
the land office and having knowledge
of the case."
At this )">int the witness was ques
tioned further regarding his interviews
with Commissioner Dennett in Seattle i
and Portland, in July, 1909.
Glavis' Letter
A personal letter from Glavis to H. I
11. Schwartz was road. In it Glavis
said: "Dennett and I had quite a talk
on coal eases, and especially that part
showing him up. He has no doubt
written you stating that I am trying
to Involve him, etc. * • • He real
izes that he had nit done right. I
could go into details and tell you many
things, but I shall not do so because
tin 1 purpose of this letter is not to
influence you against Dennett; how
ever, I don't want him to impair our
friendship, which I prize very highly,
as I have- few real friends. • • • It
is my opinion thai neither Dennett nor
):. will last long."
"Whom did you mean by B?" the
witness was asked.
"Mr. Balllnger."
"Was this your own opinion, or had
you conferred with anybody else."
asked Representative Madison.
"Jt was my own opinion. I had not
conferred with anybody else. Other peo
ple may have held that opinion, but
nobody expressed it to me."
Repn Bentative Graham asked: "Did
you have any personal ill will against
either Dennett or Balllnger?"
filavis; "No. 1
Representative Denby: "Waj it your
Idea that l>' nnett and Ballinger were in
league- to favor these claimants, or did
you think they were only incompetent."
Glavis: "That would only he an opin
ion! i had some evidence that led me
to believe that Dennett needed the sup
port of all the Influential people he
could gain to be reappolnted commis
sioner of the land ofßce, and would go
further than he would under ordinary
circumstances. It was hard to jt.
What Balllnger would get out of it, if
he got anything."
Glavis now came to the conclusion of
his testimony. He said it was in Spo
kane, Wash., in the conservation con
gress there, that he met former Gov
ernor Pardee or California ami Clifford
Pinchot. He told them all his trouble
iii connection with toe ooal land es
anil Mi. PlDehot advised him to go
to the- president.
The witness also brought out the fact
that former Assistant Law Officer A.
W. Bhaw of the, bureau of forestry had
gone to Chicago to In lp him in his re
port to iin- presldi iii.
COMPOSER TO VISIT AMERICA
NEW YORK, Jan. 29.—Jules Massen
net, llstinguiahed Fronch oompoaer,
has announced his intention to l«l<
America next fall.
AMUSEMENTS
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tthflaW IHt/AlilK . HatlnMe Today, Thur»d«r and Saturday.
LAST TWO TIMES IHIIW or POBTBR RMKRSOM iBHOWXE'S GREAT
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First Time by a Stock Co. Anywhere—Tomorrow Night
LEWIS S. STONE and tho Belasco Theater Company will Inaugurate ■ season of
GEOKGE BBOADHI PLAYS, with Mr. Broadhurst's greatest triumph,
LOOK AT THIS MARVELOUS RECORD
THO ENTIRE YEAKS IN NKW VIIKK CITY
SIX MONTHS IN CMCAOO.
/ lIVE MONTHS IN BOSTON.
KHIt MONTHS IN PHILADELPHIA.
Now Given by the Belasco Company for the First
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THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN THB HISTORY OF "THE MAN OF THE
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THAN THE USUAL SYNDICATE SCALE OF TWO DOLLARS A BEAT. NOTWITH
STANDING THAT "THE MAN OF THE HOUR" IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE PLAY
EVER GIIVEN BY ANY STOCK COMPANY ANYWHERE THERE WILL BE NO
ADVANCE OVER THE REGULAR BELASCO PRICES—Every night, 25c to 75c. Mat
inees Thursday, Saturday and'Sunday—2sc to 50c.
GTJAVrr* r>TJ'PT?A 'HTUTti'F Malln!-e» Today, Tuesday and Saturday.
RAND Ut'ii.KA nUU&a Phones— 10G7i Home Al9Ol.
,^ Commencing Matinee Today
|SE|i Ferris Hartman
III^**) j V^IM nnrl hls ™refh singinc and dancing com
■ll 1 \\ ]t\ pany present an elaborate. production ot
■I II ' A\y^t fl I Frank Daniels' famous comic oacra success.
£$£==^^ * / V/v il\l il Lv& las?
fPj^y' \j\ The most satisfying music and fun »how
i^^l\ \\ ever written—bubbling from start to flnlah
■T,l\'3k wlttl Drlßht, sparkling humor and sprinkled
* \vL--\*:'*j». throughout with Victor Herbert's most beau
-* T^J^lMir tiful anii entrancing mu3lc.|
■ ijS'' FERRIS HARTMAN in the role
(jSSSSfii of "KIBOSH" Is a Sure Fire,
fxi£*os>c 100 to 1 FUN SHOT
.?/r\ Fir.'t nppearance of CATHERINE EDMOND,
ikb. \\ prlma donna. Seats now selling at tlie popu
\*Jl lar scale of Hartman prices.
NEXT WKEK —a magnlflccnt revival of the most famous of musical comedies,
"FLORODORA." Seats for this big attra ctlon so on aale tomorrow morniuj;.
MOROSCO'S BURBANK THEATER E Id MS_SS2:
MATINEE TODAY—ALL MATINEE SATIRDAY.
I.EO DITRICHSTEIN'S LAUGH-MAKING COMEDY,
ALL ON ACCOUNT OF ELIZA
"THE BEST PLAYS AND THE BEST STOCK COMPANY IN AMERICA."
Roßular Burhank prices— 2sc, 8(0, 50c. Matinees 250. Gallery 10c.
»Xt Week —Tlio Breat money-power drama, "THE RINGMASTER."
AM3URGER'S MAJESTIC THEATER £YJ e EK and M °£°*™;
"■ "Broadway near >'lcth. ' Fbones: Main 7«05; 11133.
All Week —Beginning Tonight
Popular Matinees Wednesday
and Saturday
' THE KIRKE LA SHELLE CO.
The Play JriCSCrIXS The Most
♦ Is as Endearing
Good as Ct^^f^ Love Stor y
the Book. / <J\ljfc Ever Told
VIRGINIAN |
By Owen Wlfter and Klrke La Shelle.
p r l_;5 C| 50c, 75c, $t. A few front rows $1.50. Wednesday malll 25c, 800. A
few front rows 7,", c. Saturday mntinee 25c, 50e, 75c. A few front rows -I
c * Rol* NEXT WEEK AT THE COZY MAJESTIC
bCat foellC RETIRN of last season's musical evtravaganza hit
?bursd.y Babes in Toyland
__. . CLEVER CAST. PRETTY GIRI.S. IIEI.KiHTIIL MUSIC.
iVlOrning Prices 25c to $1. A few front rows ;i.GO. Popular Matinee.
/5V \ C\ '_TO _ —^\ .«_■"' Matinee Every' Vmj
Bota.U.ne._n«
The Orphcum Road Show
Alice Lloyd ' Ida O'Day & Co.
Famous London Comedienne. __________ "A Bit of Old Chelsea."
The McNaughtons Matinrr> ho-.i»._
_■»** nlrk3 m^ tX? Night in a Monkey
Brothers Permane Today Music Hall
••N,,htln,aus Making Lov.." | "^ | pS.^/iL nochex
Hyman Meyer ' Melville & Higgins
The Man at the Piano. "Just a Little Fun."
ORriIEU.M MOTION I'ICTURES.
Mights—lo«, 25c. BOi;, 7Bc. Matinees Dallyloc. 25r. BOe. .
OLYMPIC THEATER Opposite Burfank T-eater.
. l'honea — F1403: Main 1-1
\1 I'HIN I AH(iO MfIHICAL OFF TO CATALINA
i iimkdv CO. preeeal VJP r 1U LAIALmA
A real ploasure trip, by Charles Alphin. Ten bin vinglnff and dancing numbers. 10c,
20c and Sso. | Next Week—"A DAY IN VENICE." -.;, -
m AMUSEMENTS ..
jWTASON OPERA HOUSE SJSiS^Jr.
PRICKS .-,<!<•. 7 sc, *t, $|..-,0, 12.
Week Commencing Monday, Jan. 31Matinee Saturday Only.
CHARLES FROHMAN PRESENTS
m- CRANE
IN HIS BEST PART AND GREATEST SUCCESS
FATHER
AND
THE BOYS
George Ade's funniest American Comedy.
ISO nights at tha Braptrfl Theater, >'en York.
S SEATS NOW ON sai.i:.
Coming—MlSS MATtIK CAIIII.T, In "TnK BOYS AM) IIKTTY."
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nti. /VUDIIUKIUM BEAUTIFUL." Manager.
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ORATORIO NUMBERS WITH THE GREAT ORGAN
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Coming—TERESA, CARRENO. Planlat. BBAT SALES MONDAY. JAN. SI.
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Five Events—Nights, Feb. 2-3-4-5, Matinee Feb. 5.
The Kirmess
INTRODUCING OVER 500 PARTICIPANTS—THE CITY'S MOST TALENTED LOCAI4
ARTISTS—A SOCIETY EVENT.
BENEFIT OF
Assistance League and L. A. Orphans' Home.
THE HIPPODROME 3 OF ALT, T.orAI, ENTERTAINMENTS. •
SEAT SALE! AT AUDITORIUM AND BARTLETTS. PRICES 50c. 75c. |1. %\.W, *2.
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VTESK COMMENCING JAN. —The old-time fun favorites, Billy Onalow, Max
Stolnle, Eaco Ives, Billy Howard, Annie Bauman and Nnn Halperln, '"rhe Jolly
Kid Soubrettr." present the rib-tickling farce comedy, "THE SUBSTITUTE." Slng-lns
and dancing chonu, new specialties, picture" melodies. Matlneo every day. Tito shows
every night. I'rlies 10c nnil 200. Reserved <>r< lirstra seats 25r.
T' fIS AWr'TTT F^ THBATFH SPRING ST. MATINEE TODAT.
LOS ANGELES THEATER NEAR 4TH . , SHOWS NIGHTLY.
1 Bone m un S«te, ' I I Malvern Troupe.
Mm^ Bohemian Sextet. Cotton & Long.
Nellie Hurt. , . ( mfirP A» IPP I Josephine Gassman and her
The Laugh-O-Scop.. UCIIIIUIC yX LfcC | piclcanlnnle..
I'OPIXAK riCIC'KS — 10c, 20c AND 80c,
COLISEUM — and Main Streets
SUNDAY, JAN. 80, 8:30 P. M.
Great c^utomobile and oMotorcyclo Races
Al Livingson at the wheel ot the Corbin; Harold Stone at the wheel of the Mollne;
30-minute free-for-all professional, in which Paul Derkum will be tho shining light.
All of ihe stars will appear. General admission. 25c.
Places to Visit and/jf§|\
Sights to Be Seen W
By Trolley"
Mt. Lowe —Excursion rates Saturday and Sunday, $2. The trip
up MT. LOWE is wonderfully beautiful now. The atmosphere
is so clear that the panoramic view of the mountains, valleys and
sea is superb. Dine at Alpine Tavern and enjoy the warm sun
shine and pure air 5000 feet above the sea. Through cars, 8, 9,
10 a. m.; 1 :30 and 4 p. m.
Other Points of Interest
For beautiful valley rides take the trolley to Glendora, Covina,
Sierra Madre and view Southern California's most beautiful orange
groves or out Glendale way to Casa Verdugo to enjoy a typical
Spanish dinner amid scenes of semi-tropic grandeur.
Visit the New Foothill Inn at Azusa among the orange groves at
the base of the foothills. Famous for the excellence of its cuisine.
The Beaches
Long Beach, the Gem of the Pacific, special band concerts, dancing,
ocean excursion trips to San Pedro, down the PIKE, dine at Ho
tel Virginia; or the ride to Huntington Beach, Newport and Bal
boa, skirting the surf line for miles, is very enjoyable.
Fast and frequent service from Terminal station. Sixth and
Main streets.
Pacific Electric Railway Co.
Shortest and Quickest Line to the Ocean '
Venice of America tjlj
THE WINTER RESORT
Band Concerts by CHIAFFARELLI'S SUPERB BAND—Ship
\ Hotel—Aquarium—Dancing.
CAPT. MUELLER'S MAMMOTH AEROPLANE on exhibition
on the Midway from 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. Daily.
OCEAN PARK—SANTA REDONDO—Band Con
certs, Dancing, Bathing.
LOS ANGELES-PACIFIC RY.
Balloon Route Excursion, Station Hill St., Bet. Fourth and Fifth.