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LLOYD W. POWERS
DIES SUDDENLY IN
HOTEL AT BOSTON
Solicitor General Succumbs While
Talking with Members of
His Family
WAS TAKEN ILL 2 WEEKS AGO
Taft Known to Have Selected
Official for Appointment
to Supreme Bench
BOSTON, Sept. 0. —Solicitor General
Lloyd Whealon Bowers, lifelong friend
of I'resident Talt, died at the Hotel Tou
ralne In tills city today. Heath came
suddenly, the result of a cardiac throm
bm., which ended an illness of a month
dm to an attack of bronchitis.
llhe death of Mr. Bowers, who relin
quished an exceedingly remunerative
pokltlon as railroad counsel to take up
the duties of solicitor general at the In
stance of Mr. Taft, removes a prospec
tive candidate for one of the vacancies
on the supreme bench.
Funeral services will be held Monday
at the Hotel Touralne. After the services
here tl'e body will be taken to WcstfleUl,
Con.
(Associated Press)
BOSTON, Sept. 9.—Solicitor General
Lloyd W. Bowers died here at 11:30
a. in. today of complications arising
from an attack of bronchitis. The so
licitor general had been 111 about two
weeks.
Death came suddenly while Mr. Bow
ers was talking with hia family. A
blood clot in the heart caused almost
instant death.
Mrs. Bowers, a son and the nurse
were present. The family had been
staying at the Hotel Touralne in this
city for a fortnight. The solicitor
general was El years old.
Mr. Bowers wus appointed solicitor
general by President Taft on Marsh 22,
1909.
The appointment was one of Mr.
Taft's first official acts as president
and he had long held Mr. Bowers in
high regard. Tho sullcitor general
was one of the men known to have
been in the mind of the president for
appointment to fill one of the existing
vacancies on the. United States su
preme court bench.
TIIOUiJIIT GROWING BBTTBR
Daily reports concerning the condi
tion of the sick man have been en
couraging and only yesterday the pros
pects of his being able to leave the
hotel were discussed.
Dr. Frederick Coggeshall said the
original Illness of Mr. Bowers, which
took the form of a violent cold, was
due to overwork. Tonsllltls developed
and an abscess on one of the tonsils
necessitated an operation, the effects
of which were too severe for the weak
ened system ito throw off.
BOWERS WAS GRADUATED
FROM YALE; MUCH HONORED
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.—Lloyd W.
Bowers was graduated from Yale In
1879 and from the Columbia law school
In 1882; he was general counsel of the
Chicago Northwestern railroad in 1892,
and lastly solicitor general of the Unit
ed States in charge of the govern
ment's business before the highest Ju
dicial tribunal of the country.
He was born at Springfield, Mass.,
March 9, 1889. The Bowers family was
prominent in Massachusetts and in
cluded many clergymen and teachers.
TAFT PAYS ELOQUENT
TRIBUTE TO DEAD MAN
BEVERLY, Mass., Sept. 9.—Presi
dent Taft paid the following tribute
today to Mr. Bowers;
"I am greatly distressed at the death
of Lloyd Bowers, the solicitor general.
He and I were close and intimate
friends, and I prided myself greatly
on securing his services in the admin
istration at great personal sacrifice to
himself. His record in the solicitor
general's office is one that has rarely,
if ever, been equaled. He was one of
the first dozen lawyers in the country.
"It was my purpose to have appoint
ed him a Justice of the supreme court
If opportunity offered. His death is a
great personal bereavement to me, and
Is a loss to the country."
BRUSH FIRE IN BRENTWOOD
CANYON BURNS 4-MILE AREA
Report No Danger of Flames De
stroying Property
Underbrush on flre in Brentwood
canyon, a branch of the Santa Monica
canyon, last evening Illuminated the
country for mllea around, presenting
a spectacular sight to the people liv
ing in the surrounding district.
It is reported that the flre has been
burning for several days but not until
yesterday noon, when the flames sud
denly Increased in great volume, did
It attract general attention of the peo
ple living In the neighborhood.
After dusk last evening the sight was
spectacular, the flre seeming to roll
in waves shooting tongues of flame
skyward, above which vast clouds of
smoke hovered, illuminated by the
flames below.
Volunteer flre fighter* from the sur
rounding district and men sent by the
Banta Monica "Water company, which
Has a reservoir In the canyon, are
lighting to cheok the flames by back*
firing.
It Is understood that the area al
ready burned extends in length four
miles by about one mile in width.
■ The flre is but a short distance from
Brentwood park, the fashionable resl
rtcn« fllntnnt which was recently
is understood that there
of this property being
flames.
LOS ANGELES HERALD
SOLICITOR GENERAL
OF UNITED STATES
DIES UNEXPECTEDLY
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LLOYD W. BOWKRS
PURCHASES OWN COFFIN TO
AVOID EXCESSIVE CHARGES
MILAN, Mo., Sept. 9.—George Bran
don, who lives near here, believes he
was cheated oiv two occasions when he
bought coffins from undertakers for
members of his family, so he Is having
a carpenter make him a casket for him
self to order.
Brandon came here yesterday, climbed
into the coffin and expressed himself
as satisfied with the fit of it.
Although Brandon is in perfect
health he desires to run no chances on
liis estate being bilked in the purchase
of a casket after he Is dead.
INDEX OF
HERALD'S NEWS
TODAY
FORECAST
I.<>» Angeles and vicinity— Saturday;
continued norm; light north wind. Maxi
mum temperature yesterday 81 degrees;
minimum temperature 61 degree*.
EASTERN
United States Solicitor General Lloyd W.
Bowers dies suddenly at Touralne hotel In
Boston. FAOEI 1
Attorney Lee Browne, legislative minority
leader In Illinois, acquitted on charge of
bribery. . .'. • PAGE 1
Four Democrats on congressional Investl
, rating committee declare In report Bal
-1 linger has not been true to trust., PAGE 1
Thirty lives lost by sinking of vessel worth
1400,000 In Lake Michigan. PAGE 1
Red Bank, N. J., police hunt pair wanted
for murder of railway manager. PAGE 2
Heroic bronze monument to be erected on
battlefield of Gettysburg to memory of
Rev. Cosby, chaplain of "the Irish bri
gade." PAGE 2
New York and Philadelphia surgeons try-
Ing to cure epilepsy with rattlesnake
venom. ■* PACSBI 3
Plan making 1912 corn exposition Interna
tional Instead of national. PAGE I
Roosevelt In speech at Cincinnati declares
corporations have forced federal govern
ment to take control from states. PAGE 13
LOS ANGELES
Theaters. PAGE 5
Mining and oil fields. PAGE 6
Shipping. • . PAdE 6
Citrus fruit report. PAGE 6
Markets and financial. PAGE 7
Sports. : . PAGES 10-11
Editorial and letter box. PAGE 13
Politics. ' . • PAGE 13
City brevities. ' PAOHJ 13
Classified^ advertising. PAGES 14-15
Churches. , PAGE It
Gifford Pinchot scheduled to speak on.
conservation at American mining con
' gress. - .' PAGE 8
Details arranged for the entertainment
of the bankers who will .attend the
American association. , : PAGE 8
Arthur Harrison, negro, arrested on a
charge of peeping in windows of home
of Frank Morris. . PAGE 8
Special appropriation permits small
street repairs : without Vrooman act
proceedings. . PAGE 8
Experienced citrus growers and scien
tine' men to discuss healthy-trees at
Pomona conference. , PAGE 9
Bucket brigade saves adjoining houses
when James Truemen's barn Is de
stroyed by fire and two horses burned.
PAGE 9
Officials of Isaacs-Woodbury Business
college entertain guests at Informal
■ reception., . • •' PAGE 9
Evidence before i Interstate commerce
commission shows that only ten tons
of Ice are necessary to refrigerate
pro-cooled cars. ■ , ■ - PAGE 9
National guardsmen will meet tonight
in Cafe Bristol to discuss sites for the -
new JIOO.OOO armory. - - PAGE 9
Two small sticks of dynamite found at
new Hall of Records, building. PAGE 9
Bell will launch campaign In Los Ange
les with blit rally. * PAGE 13
Japanese Bishop Y. Honda says growth J
of Southern California beyond his
■ comprehension. •;-*JS«|§ PAGE 16
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SOUTH CALIFORNIA
Fifty-thousand persons celebrate ! Ad
mission day at Long Beach and
Illumination of. sea Droves novel fea- i
ture. ~ . ' PAGE 1
Organize new company to take over and
enlarge Parker Iron works at San Ber
• nardino. PAGE 14
Long Beach hoy shoots himself acci
dentally with toy pistol. .- PAGE 14
Novel match is played on Annandale
golf links at Pasadena. PAGE 14
COAST
Aviator Hamilton seriously Injured by '
fall of airship In presence of thou
sands at Sacramento state fair. PAGE 1
State legislature finishes special session
called to provide for raising of $10,
--000,000 for 1915 fair. PAGE I
Head of Blectrlo Bond and Shoe com
pany of New • York Investigating
000 000 electric power system pro
ject near Seattle. - „• PAGE 3
Isaac Harrell, Oregon herder, hanged
■ for murder -of Newell Brothers In'
quarrel over wages. ■ PAGE 16
Five thousand * people' attend third' an
nual grape festival at Esoondldo.. ■
SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1910.
FERRYBOAT SINKS
IN LAKE MICHIGAN;
30 ARE DROWNED
Steamer Worth $400,000 Car
ries Captain and Sailors to
Death Near Milwaukee
WIRELESS CALLS FOR AID
Operator Loses Life After Signals
a of Distress Bring Assist
ance to Craft
(Associated Press)
LUDINGTON, Mich., Sept. 9.—Thirty
lives were lost today when Pere Mar
quette ferry No. 18, bound from Lud
lngton to Milwaukee, went to the bot
tom of Lake Michigan.
The dead include Captain Peter
Kilty of Ludlngton, S. F. Sezepanek
of Chicago, purser, and wireless oper
ator, whose signals of distress brought
assistance to the sinking steamer, and
two members of thu crew of car ferry
No. 17, who lost their lives in an effort
to rescue the crew of No. 18.
Ely Colbean of Saginaw, Mich., a
member of the crew of No. 18, would
make a thirty-first victim, but it Is
believed he was not on board when the
boat foundered.
The Bteamship company issued a list
of forty-flve names of survivors of the
wreck, all member of the crew, most
of whom were brought he/c tonight on
Pere Marquetto No. 17.
Eight bodies were recovered, six
being brought here and two being
taken to Milwaukee.
LOSS OVKR IIAI,F MILLION.
The boat was valued at $400,000 and
the cargo, which included twenty-nine
loaded cars, at $100,000 to $150,000, mak
ing the total loss exceed $500,000, fully
covered by insurance in Lloyds in Eng
land.
"Car ferry No. 18 sinking—help!"
was the C. Q. D. wireless message that
brought} the first news of the disaster
to this city at 5 o'clock this morning.
The flash was repeated continually for
nearly an hour, but was unsigned.
Superintendent Mercereau of the
Pere Marquette car ferry line received
a wireless from car ferry No. 17 at
7:SO a. m. stating tnat No. 18 had sunk
at 7 o'clock.
The lost car ferry carried a crew of
fifty men and had on board two women
passengers, said to be from Saginaw.
At this hour the cause of the acci
dent is not known, and the facts may
not be available until No. 17 arrives
here.
MYSTERY SHUOI'DS ACCIDENT
Marine men are utterly at a loss to
account for the disaster. No. 18 waa
one of the finest and most costly ferry
boats ever built on the Great Lakes,
and only yesterday the craft was in
spected by government officials at this
port and found to be in first class con
dition in every respect. This was her
first trip on regular Tun after return
ing from Chicago, where the big car
ferry was under charter to a Chicago
company, being run in the excursion
business between Chicago and Wauke
gan during most of July and August.
Among the boat's officers reported
lost besides Captain Peter Kilty and
the purser are: First Mate Joseph
Brozinskl, Second Mate Walter Brown,
Chief Engineer R. Needham, First As
sistant Engineer Rosencrans, all of
Ludlngton, and the second and third
engineers, whose names are not known.
A report states that two of the crew
on No. 17 lost their lives while rescuing
the crew of No. 18. The other five
bodies are those of Joseph Kooh, Lud
ington, water tender; Miss Marian
Turner, Ludlngton, stewardess; Albert
Mack and William Cummins of the
Chicago Navigation company, and Ste
phen S. Sozepanek, a Chicago wireless
operator and purser of No. 18.
The cause of the disaster is a mjts
tery. Among the survivors the con
clusion seems to be that the car ferry's
afterwater compartment filled through
an open or broken dead light which
was followed at the last minute by a
bursting of bulkheads.
BOAT MAKES GOOD HEADWAY
Leaving Ludington last night at 11:30
with a stiff wind and carrying twenty
nine loaded cars, the ferry made good
headway for five hours on its course
to Milwaukee.
At 4:30 this morning word was sent
to Capt. Kilty that his boat was
rapidly making water aft, and that tho
pumps were unable to keep even with
the inflow. Kilty headed his ship with
all speed toward Sheboygan, on the
Wisconsin shore, and as the water
gained nine cars were dropped off the
stern of the ferry to lighten her, but
this gave the vessel only temporary
relief.
At 7:30 a. m. the boat's buoyancy
could no longer sustain it. Suddenly
the great bow ro»e high in the air, the
stern settled swiftly, and with a roar
and crash of bursting decks and bulk
head the ship shot downward and was
lost to view.
Agonizing cries for help rose above
the roar of the sea. In a twinkling
twenty-seven lives were snuffed out.
Lowering one of her lifeboats con
taining* four sailors, the crew of No. 17
began a work which marks many of
the number as heroes. As tho lifeboat
touched the waves it was hurled
against the side of the steamer and
crushed. Two of the sailors wehe
rescued by those on board. The other
sank.
Other men quickly manned another
boat which was launched. It was a
race against time, and in the face of
great danger more than thirty wero
saved.
Meanwhile the tug A. A. C. Tessley,
a steamer and a tug from Sheboygan,
towing the Sheboygan lifesaving crew,
arrived. They instituted a thorough!
search for survivors and bodies am
succeeded In picking up seven of th
former and eight of the latter.
GENERAL W. C. OATES DEAD
MONTGOMERY. Ala., Sept. 9.—Gen.
W. C. Oates died here today. He for
merly was governor of Alabama, a
Confederate veteran and a brigadier
general in the Spanish-American War.
RACING AIRSHIP
FALLS; HAMILTON
MAY LOSE LIFE
Famous Aviator Suffers Serious
Accident at State Fair
in Sacramento
THOUSANDS SEE THE MISHAP
Huge Hachine, While Speeding
Above Auto. Plunges
from Sky to Earth
[Associated Press]
SACRAMENTO, Sept. 9.—Charles K.
Hamilton, one of the most famous of
aviators, hero of the great race from
Philadelphia to New York last June 13,
and of other wonderful exploits of air
navigation, was sertously, and possibly
fatally, injured at the state fair
grounds in this city about 7 o'clock
this evening, his new 115 horse power
biplane nearly crushing the life out of
him when it crashed to the ground
after a spectacular flight.
Hamilton met with two accidents
today. The first occurred about 1
o'clock in the afternoon. He attempt
ed a flight from in front of the grand
stand at the fair grounds, but the
motor did not work well and the ma
chine barely skimmed over the fence,
lighting heavily In a field outside the
grounds.
Alltsilll- DASHES TO EARTH
After several hours' work It was
thought that all repairs had been prop
erly made. Early in the evening Ham
llton made another ascent from the
field outside the grounds. He circled
the mile race track three times at great
speed, racing an automobile, which was
unable to keep up with him.
After the third round he attempted
to alight, but the huge machine
swooped down straight to the earth at
an acute angle, dashing Into the
ground in full view of 20,000 persons.
Hamilton's wife was one of the wit
nesses. Hamilton was found uncon
scious and covered with blood, under
the six-cylinder engine of the biplane.
He was extricated by the excited
crowd and sent to his hotel In an am
bulance. .The surgeon's examination
failed to reveal any broken limbs, but
the pelvic bone Is thought to be frac
tured and serious internal injuries' are
believed to have resulted.
His face was badly lacerated, one
eye being entirely closed. It was nec
essary to put him under the influence
of opiates, and the full extent of his
injuries have not yet been ascertained.
At midnight a consultation of sur
geons was being held.
FLIGHT SENSATIONAL,
Hamilton's flight tonight was by far
the most sensational ho had given dur
ing the week. On his second lap around
the course he reached an altitude of
more than 200 feet, with his newly built
115-horsepower machine going at a ter
rific rate of speed. On the third and
last lap Hamilton started to descend
near his tent in the center of the field,
and the machine was being maneu
vered spirally in the descent. When
within about sixty feet from the ground
the engine refused to work, and the
biplane tipped and shot to earth like an
arrow, burying Hamilton in the wreck
age.
It was apparently Hamilton's inten
tion to give his famous "swallow dip,"
which has been a feature of his flights
here during the weak. The aviator
would approach within a few feet of
the ground with engines going full
speed, and suddenly raise his planes
and seek the higher altitudes. Owing
to the semi-darkness, it was difficult
to determine Just what Hamilton In
tended doing when the accident oc
curred.
At a consultation of surgeons at
midnight, after Hamilton had recov
ered from the effects of an opiate ad
ministered to ease the pain, it was
found impossible to fix the exact na
ture of the Internal Injuries. Hamil
ton was conscious and during the ex
amination remarked:
"Fix up the machine, boys, and I
will make a flight tomorrow morning.
I don't want to disappoint the crowd."
It was found that Hamilton had
been severely bruised and cut all over
the body, and one leg had been burned
by contact with a live wire during
the descent. He was able to smoke,
propped up in bed, but complained of
a great pain in the pelvic region.
Mrs. Hamilton, who fainted as she
saw her husband crash to the ground,
was In constant attendance at the ho
tel. Hamilton's first request to the
physicians as socn as he was extricat
ed from the wreck, was that his moth
er In Connecticut be notified that his
Injuries were not serious. It is be
lieved the full extent of internal in
juries cannot be ascertained until an
X-ray examination is made.
WOMAN FOLLOWED BY MAN
WHO ROBS HER OF PURSE
Thief Disappears Among Trees in
Central Park
Mrs. C. B. Salmon, living at the
Hotel Lillie, 634 South Hill street, was
followed by a well dressed young man
to within a short distance of her home
last night, then held up and robbed of
her purse containing $9.50, a locket, a
gold bracelet engraved with the in
itials "E. L. S." and a pair of pearl
earrings.
According to the story Mrs. Salmon
told to the police last night, she had
attended a theater on South Main
street, and was on her way home when
the robbey met her at Fifth street and
Broadway and followed her to Hill
street, thence south on Hill street.
As she was about to enter the hotel
the young man rushed up to her, and
without a word of warning seized her
purse and darted across the street,
entered Central park and disappeared
among the trees.
Mrs. Salmon describes the man as
being about 5 feet 8 Inches in height,
weight 150 pounds and had light hair
and blue eyes. She said he wore a
light suit of clothes and a small
light hat
Wild West Cowboys and A paches;
Features of Admission Day Fete
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KBS AND BRONCO BUSTERS FOR THE BOCNDITP ANI> FRONTIER CELE
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BLAZE OF LIGHT IN
SEA ENDS FIESTA
Admission Day Celebration Draws
Crowd of 50,000 Persons
to Long Beach
With a submarine illumination of the
sea which beggars discription, a
masked fancy dress promanade and
ball on the Pike and in the Majestic
dancing pavilion, a wild west show,
which was truly wild west, and a band
of Apaches, Long Beach celebrated tho
anniversary of California's admission
to the Union yesterday.
A large crowd from Los Angeles and
the surrounding towns was on hand
early. It Is estimated' 50,000 people
were on the beach during the day.
The most spectacular feature of the
celebration was the illumination of the
aea at 8 o'clock last evening.
Offshore there was nothing to show
where anything with which to light
the ocean had been placed. Sudden
ly a light appeared on the end of the
pier. The waters sprang up in tall
majestic red flames and the, waters
beneath them glowed in their yellow
light like a huge pool of gold.
The big round up and frontier cele
bration in the afternoon was not car
ried out as fully as expected owing to
the interfenece of the Los Angeles
county humane society officers. Sev
eral of the most spectacular and most
highly advertised features were pro
hibited by the humane officers. An
imitation round up and branding was
the first number on the afternoon pro
gram. A herd of steers from the
Bixby ranch was run in for the oc
casion, and the Arizona and Texas
cowmen cut out, or seperated from
the herd, several calves and yearlings
and went through the process of rop
ing, throwing and branding them.
Steer riding and bronco busting fol
lowed. Art Johnson, a rider, was ar
rested because he used his spurs when
the wild horse he was attempting to
ride, reared and tried to fall over
backward on the rider.
The Dead wood stage coach proved a
great attra»tlon to the large number
of tourists.
In the Auditorluiiv during the after
noon and evening the Indians contrast
ed grand opera airs with Apache folk
101*6 songs and modern dancing with
the war and scalp dances.
During the evening the Pike and
Majestic dancing pavilion was the
scene of a merry gathering. The pa
vilion was a riot of color. Flags, pen
nants and banners streamed from the
celling and walls and th«e. together
with the myriad of bright lights,
formed a background for the crowd of
gayly dressed dancers and masquera
ders.
At 10:30 o'clock Queen Elizabeth
awarded prizes to the best dressed
man and woman and the poorest
dressed man and woman.
Following the awarding of the prizes,
masks were discarded.
In one corner of the dancing pavi
lion, reserved specially for th*m. was
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BROWNE IS FREED
AFTER 8 BALLOTS
Legislative Minority Leader in
Illinois Exonerated at Sen
ate Bribery Trial
CHICAGO, Sept. 9.—Attorney Lee
O'Neil Browne of Ottawa, 111., legisla
tive minority leader, charged with bri
bery in connection with the election of
William Lorlmer of Chicago to the
United States senate, was acquitted
by a jury In Judge Kersten's division
of the criminal court today.
The jury, which took eight ballots,
was out twenty-one hours. On the
(<r»t ballot the jury stood eight to
four for acquittal. The final Juror
standing out for conviction was won
over to sign the verdict of acquittal at
2:35 this afternoon. The verdict was
returned in open court a few minutes
before 3 p. m.
Immediately the court room was In
an uproar. It was ten minutes be
fore bailiffs stopped the cheering.
FRIENDS CAIUIY DEFENDANT
Browne was lunching 1 at a downtown
cafe when he received a telephone
message informing him that the. jury
had arrived at a verdict. ..He scram
bled Into an automobile and was
whisked to the court, arriving in time
to hear the verdict. His eyes filled
with tears as the clerk of the court
finished reading-. A second later he
threw his arms about Attorney Charles
E. Erbstein of counsel for the defense.
Browne w;us then hoisted to the shoul
ders of friends and carried out of the
court room amid handshaking and
cheering 1.
Browne appeared as greatly pleased
as though he had boon completely ab
solved from further trouble In regard
to the Senator Lortmer election. Ap
parently he. had forgotten that he is
under indictment on the same charge
and will have to face trial at Spring
field, in Sangamon county.
"I owe my life to tho lawyers who
defended me," he exclaimed. "It is
all due to their unswerving and abso
lute devotion to me. I thank them
from my heart."
State's Attorney Wayman was plain
ly put out at the verdict. At first he
refused to talk. Later he said:
"The verdict speaks for itself; the
public knows the evidence. I presented
the evidence and did everything that a
public prosecutor could do. The state
of Illlnpis will reap the benefit of the
prosecution regardless of the verdict.
I have nothing further to say."
The verdict in the Browns case came
as a dramatic aftermath to yesterday's
sensational incident between Colonel
Roosevelt and Senator Lorimer regard
ing the Hamilton club banquet.
Senator Lorimer was attending a
meeting of directors of the La Salle
Street National bank when word was
'given him concerning the verdict. A
telephone girl at, the bank received
the message. .
The senator left 'the hank for home
without discussing' the matter and re
fusing to make any statement regard
ing It.
QcENTS
4 DEMOCRATS
AFFIRM GUILT
OF BALLINGER
Insurgent Member of Probe Com
mittee Makes Independent
Report Favoring Pinchot
CONGRESS TO HEAR CHARGES
Madison of Kansas Declares Sec
retary Unfaithful Trustee
of People's Interest
[Associated Press]
MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 9. — Inat
Richard A. Ballinger has not been true
to the trust reposed in him as secre
tary of the interior, that he is not
deserving of public confidence, and
that he should be asked by the proper
authorities to resign his office.
The foregoing suns up the findings
of the four Democratic members of
the Uallinger-Plnchot congressional in
vestigating committee, made public
late today.
The Republican members issued no
report.
An independent report was given out
by Mr. Madison, the insurgent Repub
lican from Kansas, • hich declares also
that Mr. Ballinger "should not be re
tained, that he was an unfaithful trus
tee of the people's interest, an enemy
of conservation," and that the charges
of Gifford Pinchot should be sustained.
These findings will be printed and filed
with congress.
DIVISION IN COMMITTEE
The decision of the four Democratic
| members and Mr. Madison to mako
the reports public followed an unusual
I session. Three Republican members,
I Senator Sutherland of Utah and Rep-
I resentatives McCall of Massachusetts
I and Denby of Michigan, refused to at-
I tend the meeting. Finally the chair
man of the committee himself, Sen
ator Nelson of Minnesota, left the
committee room and did not return.
, Chairman Nelson gave notice that a
meeting would be held in Chicago next
Tuesday. The Democratic members
adjourned to meet again in Washing
ton December 3.
Representative Ollie James of Ken
tucky, Democrat, announces all the
Democrats would refuse to attend the
meeting which Senator Nelson has
called for Chicago. The Republicans
will then be in the same position that
the Democratic members and Mr. Mad
ison found themselves today.
DENY CONSPIRACY CHARGE
Summarized, the Democratic pro
ceedings ' declare the evidence . shows.
That there was no conspiracy against
Mr. Ballinger. • ■
That Gifford Pinchot and 1.. R. Glavis
were faithful trustees of the people's
Interests.
That Mr. Ballinger's conduct on cer
tain occasions was intended to and did
have the effect of deceiving the presi
dent.
That Mr. Balllnger's action in having
"clear listed the so-called Cunning
ham Alaskan coal claims, and ordering
them patented, showed bad faith.
That he advocated a bill to validate
Alaskan coal claims alleged to be
fraudulent.
That his action in acting as attorney
Is cases pending in the land office while
he was commissioner was reprehen
sible.
That he helped to force the Cunning
ham coal claims to a hearing before
the government was ready to proceed.
That he encouraged insubordination
in the reclamation service and con
doned improper official conduct in that
connection.
BALLINGEK ATTACKED FREQUENTLY
Numerous official acts of Mr. Bal
linger are attacked. High prajse la
given Gifford Pinchot, former chief:
forester, and L. R. Glavis, former
chief of field division of the general
land office.
Mr. Madison's conclusions are:
That the charges of Mr. Glavis and
Mr. Pinchot should be sustained. :.-
That he has been unfaithful to the
public interest.
That in the matter of the Cunning
ham coal lands, he was not a faithful
trustee of the people's interests. ,
That with regard to the reclama
tion service, he has taken action tend
ing toward its disintegration. .
. A resolution adopted by the four
Democrats and Mr. Madison provides
for publication of the findings. When
Senator Nelson left the committee
room, Senator Fletcher was made
chairman pro tern, and members pres
ent proceeded "with their work.
The findings of the Democrats and
Mr. Madison also were filed with the
secretary of v the committee. . A sum
mary of the report follows:
The Democratic report is signed by
Senators Duncan U. Fletcher of Flor
ida and William E. Purcell of North
Dakota and Representatives Ollie M.
James of Kentucky and James M.
Graham of Illinois. It says:
"After a careful, thorough and, we
believe, an impartial examination of
the whole record we feel constrained
to make the following findings, based
on the evidence:
"That the evidence does not shew
that Mr. Balllnger drew up an escrow
agreement In the Watson-Allen mat
ter and we exonerate him from that
accusation. (This relates to an agree
ment providing for the future convey
ance of lands not yet patented or
proved up.)
DECLARES NO CONSPIRACY
"That the evidence does not show
any conspiracy against Mr. Ballinger
and that the alleged conspiracy had
no existence in fact; that what has
been referred to as a conspiracy waa
merely the efforts of certain persons to
thwart and prevent the secretary of
the Interior and the officers of the
general land office from accomplishing;
what those persons believed to be the
fraudulent transfer of valuable public
property . from tho government to cer
tain private interests and to prevent
the making of radical and Injurious
changes in the management of th« .
reclamation service, then In a high
%,tate of efficiency. . : <
"That Gifford Pinchot and L. R. Glavis
were faithful and efficient agents of
the government and the people, de- :
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