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BEGINS INQUIRY
Al WASHINGTON
Congressional Committee Be*
gins Investigation of Alaska
Coal Lands Case
Glavis First Witness and Reit
erates Charges Against Sec
retary of interior
ContinuPd from I'.ibc 1
represented by counsel, asking only !
that the inquiry be "thrown wide
Glavis was early on hand.
Pinchot tame in with Price and
Shaw and their attorneys. Special-At
torney Henry L. Stimson of the depart
ment of justice, stationed at New York,
iiiso accompanied Pinchot. He said he
was present merely as a spectator and
.friend of the former forester.
Senator Nelson of Minnesota, presid
ing, sat at the end of a long mahogany
table. On the right hand side of the
table sat the six house members. On
The left were the senators.
Glavis Takes Witness Stand
<Jlavis' leading attorney, Brandeis,
s=aid h<> wouJd not occupy the time of
tbe committee with a preliminary
statement as to what would be shown.
The witness requested that his tes
timony be taken through an examina
tion by his counsel. He then was
fwoni and Senator Nelson asked a few
preliminary questions.
"What, if anything-, do you claim to
iiavp seen amiss In the administration
o( the public lands?" asked the senator.
Glavis said he could, not answer this
\u25a0question briefly.
"Go ahead and tell it all in your own
way,"' directed Senator Kelson.
Glavis was a trifle nervous as !ie be
gan. He talks with quite a lisp. He
commenced by going back to the time
when he began work as a neld agent
of the land office on the Wilson coal
company cases in* Lewis county, Wash.,
in 1901 and 1902.,, Ballinger, he
said, was attorney for the Wilson com
pany.
Glavis said he referred to these cases
.'<s leading up to the Alaska claims
which farmed the principal subject of
the inquiry.- — —. -, . . . !.
Senator Nelson frequently interrupt
ed the narrative to bring out more
clearly some of the points.
Representative Graham of Illinois
(democrat) suggested that Glavis'coun
sel should make the statement. This
course finally was decided upon and
Attorney Brandeis arose to address the
committee. .;> .
H«s faid Glavis' attention* first Iwa**,
<H!led"to the fraudulent coal land claims
when he was in Seattle as chief of
iiHd division in 19©7. BaJlinger at that
lime was commissioner of , the land
office. Glavis heard that a number of
prominent people In Seattle were in
terested in the .fraudulent claims in
Alaska. He met Special Agent Jones
*it tbe land office, who was on Ills "\u25a0way
to Alaska to Investigate the Alaska
riaims.
Says Orders Were Modified
"When Jones, after a preliminary in
vestigation returned to Seattle in
August, 1907, he was directed to re
port at once to Commissioner Ballinger,
who was in Seattle at the time.
"We claim." said Brandeis, "Commis
sioner Ballinger thereupon modified the
"orders which had been given to Jones
by Assistant Commissioner Dennet to
make a 'full and thorough inve.stiga
lion' to making 'only a part* investig
ation, taking only one or two affida
vits in each group. Instead of fully
covering 1 the letter. ..
Mr. BalMnger also stated •\u25a0 that If
;.ut^nts could hot ~be * granted J on the
lands as matters stood, relief would
!>»\u25a0 rt- quested of congress. Jones had
t>ecn sent to Alaska because Special
Agent Love of the department, who had
jurisdiction, lived in Alaska and was
more or less closely identified with the
claimants. Love, however, aided Jones
in his work.
"There were repeated conferences in
Seattle between Jones and Ballinger
and various directions were given by
Ballinger. both to Jones and to Love.'
There was a full discussion as to the
rights, legality and fraud of the Alaska
claims."
Brandeis then went more briefly into
the Glavis charges against Ballinger,
as presented to President Taft and
actc-d upon by him. He said recom
mendations by Glavis And Jones In the
Alaska ca«e^were not acted on by Com
missioner Ballinger. Glavis sought an
affidavit from a man named Davis.
JVavis said he had talked the matter
over with Ballinger and had been told
not to make any statement.
Hurried Patents. Sought/
After this Glavis came , to "Washing
ton and arged with the land office as
10 the danger of scandal in the Alaska
< ases. He then was directed to pro
• \u25a0*>pd with a full Investigation. Soon
after he left Washington, however, ex-
Governor Miles C. Moore camfe here to
s«e Ballinger— to Bee If . the claims
could not be hurried to patent.
Senator Nelson charged the at
torney with withholding the fact that
Moore was referred' to the assistant
secretary of the interior.
Brandeis said Senator Nelson was
mistaken and was thinking of Bal
linger's action In May, 1909,: as secre-"
tary of the interior, while he was
speaking of Ballinger's action &m com
missioner of the land office in 1807.
"I am stating what is distinctly a
fact, and* about 'which there can be
no question.'* j said Brandeis.
"Jn January, 1908," he .continued,
GJavie heard that Ballinger had ordered
the Cunningham claims to 'clear list
ing" for patent. He at once telegraphed
asking that this action be suspended,
and came on to Washington. He said
he had just obtained possession of the
Cunningham journal, which bore con
clusive evidence of fraud.
He met Governor Moore and Clarence
Cunningham here and was told by
Moore that but for his (Glavis') action
the land would have gone to patent.
"Glavis also discovered that, con-,
trarv to all practice, Cunningham and
other claimants had received informa
tion as to what, field agents of the
department were 'doing., Cunningham
said he hadcopies of all the papers on
tiie and there was nothing "in 1 * them, to
prevent the lands going to- patent." «
Brandeis claimed that* when GlaVis
finally was directed to make a full and
thorough examination he -was given
only two months and said it would be
impossible to have prepared the gov
ernment's case against the claimants in
that time.
Specific Charge Asked; ; ;,
The attorney again was; Interrupted
and asked to outline the specific
charges against Secretary Ballinger.
"It appears first," said Brandeis, .."that
•• Ballinger. while commissioners of \ the
land office, took an active part In the
controversy and investigation "which
arose auto the >a»dity.,of;the, Alaska,
'coal- ianas,""and,Vby2 ordering'.: somei of
SUMMARY OF CHARGES MADE AGAINST
BALLINGER BY GLAVIS AT INQUIRY
The charges against Ballinger werh summed [up ; //ie t congressionai!'
investigating committee as follows: '-'\u0084,, , ' >- : " ' ~' r ' L .': >-/' ? * - : ".'"\u25a0• ' •--'
That, prior to entering the government service in an^ capacity, R. A. Ballinger acted as
attorney in drawing up an agreement in escrow >and deedi i in the Wilson coal company cases in
Lewis county, Washington; these cases being an alleged if raud/ on the land laws. Ballinger s
name did not appear in court records of the case. > r ,
That Ballinger, as commissioner of the land office in 1907, did not show due diligence in
investigating alleged frauds connected with the '\u25a0 Cunningham coal lands- in Alaska, • 'that , he
had knowledge of all circumstances surrounding those , claims, and t in spite of this, entered the
employ of one of the claimants after leaving the land office,, and before becoming secretary of
the interior ; that he ordered these claims to be "clear listed"- for patent without due investigation,
and that they would have gone to patent if Glavis and others had not intervened:
the claims to- patent,' acquired knowl- .
edge of importance. v
"He personally acted and took part
hi action of the department relating
to the investigation of these claims,
•whirh, we assert, were fraudulent.
"This having been the case, when he
ceased to be commissioner, he took
; the position as counsel for some of
these claimants."
Senator Sutherland of Utah inter
rupted:
•You do not claim that Ballinger
acted corruptly as commissioner, but
that "he made improper use of the in
formation which he had obtained?"'
•'That is not all." replied the attor
ney. "The fact that he acted at all
with reference to the continuance of
the contest was not consistent with the
highest conduct as an officer of the
government."
"Then you claim he acted corruptly,
or improperly?" asked Senator Suther
land. ''V . ,
"Yes, improperly; that he acted
without due regard to the interest of
the government while commissioner.
Also that he acted improperly after
ward in taking employment from the
claimants who had been before him as
commissioner."
Investigation Not Thorough
"We claim that Ballinger's action, as
It was reported, was improper in his
failure to investigate thoroughly the
Alaska claims. \u25a0
"That he acted improperly in order
ing these claims to patent, and we
charge that they were on the road to
patent with undue haste, when Glavis
intervened and saved them.
"That he acted Improperly in allow
ing the Alaska claimants to see all
the papers on file in the department.
Cunningham said In a letter on file at
Juneau that Commissioner Ballinger
gave him the papers.'/ ~, - ., .•.-\u25a0••
"You are aware," interrupted Repre
sentative Olmstead. "that -Secretary
Ballinger specifically denies all this?
-Ye* " replied Brandeis, ''and we will
a*k you to consider all our Htatement*
in connection with this denial.
'Then/ interjected Madison, "you do
claim' Ballinger acted corruptly?"
Brandeis launched into a reply with
some show of feeling: V \u0084-,.;.
"I -iiai-f "not ui?ed-Uie= word corrupt
)v" he exclaimed- in a-~.higrh« pitched
voice "I* have desired to bring the
facts before "this committee. I deem
It. a matter of great solemnity, and •
that no charge of corruption should be
made It is a matter for this commit
tee to determine whether the great
trust >of holding, this land/^Jfor - the^
'benefit -of 'tbe. people-and^ior future
generations is 7 in' -hands.-. We
make no charge except the charge of
the facts. It is for you. then, to de
termine what the safety and the honor
of the country demand." .-.'» ''">--*
Brandeis* said he wotild ask from
time to time for the production of
papers in the land office and interior de
partment and from specla^jigents* offices
in Seattle and elsewhere.^' He. was di
rected to furnish the! committee with
a list of all papers described and he
was assured they would bs produced.
Brandeis promised that the investiga
tion now on would bring out, more
than was contained in the charges filed
by Glavis with the president; that there
are facts, statements and documents
-not then in hi« possession.-.-. j. ;r ..
Exarriiniation Is: Resumed *;' ; •
This ended the attorney's statement,
and he resumed the examination of
the witness. Glavis proceeded to tell
of his conversation with young Charles
J). Davis of Seattle, in which Davis
said he would not make an affidavit, aB
he had been advised against it by
Ballinger. -.-';---- --
"Do you know any reason why Davis
should not come here and testify first
hand?" asked a memberof the com
mittee. . , '
"No, sir," replied Glavis, "except that
he Is one of the claimants." *
This called out a laugh.
Glavis said that Davis made this
statement to him* the ilrst time he met
him.
In the discussion of tlae. testimony
as to young Davis* statement an In
teresting and, perhaps, significant col
loquy occurred between Senator Nelson
and Representative Graham, one/of the
democratic members.- \u25a0 •\u25a0"«.--.\u25a0
Senator Nelson sought to draw from
the witness and his counsel the fact
that they had no knowledge that Bai
lingrer and his secretary personally re
ceived some letters addressed to the
commissioner of the land office and
that this mall may have gone to other
persons. ' ; - ' • ,
Representative Graham interrupted
with the remark that he thought the
burden of proof would be upon'Bal
linger in this connection..' He thought
that, in an important matter like this,
the commissioner of ~ the land office
ought to know all that was'going on,
or to Issue orders that he should know
what was going: on. "The < burden is
on him," concluded Representative Gra^
ham. "to, show" that he did not know
what was in. these.letters."
Senator Nelson, In announcing an
adjournment at 5:05 o'clock, endeavored
to get permission to resume the -sit
ting tomorrow afternoon; .but' several
members of the committee" said they
had other duties, and the resumption of
the Inquiry was set for 10 o'clock Fri
day, when Glavis will continue his"
testimony. ,*V , \u25a0„...• '
COAL LANDS REVERT
TO THE GOVERNMENT
SEATTLE, Jan. 26.—United States
District Judge Cornelius'H.. sHanford
, today decided that the title to 1,040
acres of valuable coal landsiln,Lewis
i county claimed by P. C. Richardson and
several' members of the R. A. 1" "Wilson -
family, all of Seattle, shall revert to the
government.'. V -" ~~i
This is the land referred to-by X R.
Glavis in- his .testimony, before ; the
Ballinger-Plnchot committee this aft
ernoon. •
Litigation and negotiations 'over
these lands have been. In progress: for
;
!
Mardl i Gras ? Excursion.
Southern Pacific excursion to NevOr-
leans for the "Mardl. Gras festivities will
-leave>San Francisco,.-Third; and;Town-
send streets,; Saturday,; January; 29. at
4 p. mJ, under the,personal direction.of
Mr. H-' R." Judah/Assistant General Pas-
senger Agent. Don't lose this opportu- ,
nity to visit ( the quaint'and interesting •
city^of'New Orleans,? whose J climate "Is
at • Its best at"this time ofthe year.- "It
\u25a0is full of attractions :peculiar,;"; to«the
south and different from anything.to.be
found elsewhere in ithe • UnitediStates.
Round'trlp 167.50. good for'thirty days.'
Ticket' Offlces.'iFlood Building, Third
and >'Townsend« •streets,^andl^Brbadway
and-Thirteenth street,.Oakland.? ;^ *^<
THE SAN FRANCISCO^ GALL; - THURSDAY; iJMIJARY 27-1910;
1 .11 years.' Inj February, 1899," R. Al Wll
| son and his son, George B.;Wilson, filed
I a, declaratory statement "on the north-
I west quarter of section 10. township 14,
I Lewis county, and aboutztwo .years
| later "Wilson conceived the idea of ob
i taining title to 1,040 acres of coal lands
|in the vicinity. Various . declaratory
! statements were filed by other. members'
! of the Wilson family and, legal action
was instituted toward obtaining title.
FILE OX MAXV CLAIMS
Half a dozen members of the Wilson
> family filed claims. Then they sought
to buy the. land from the government,
and in order to raise the necessary
i funds.they interested P. C. Richardson
of Seattle, who Invested $8,300,; and the
Wilsons and Richardson organized the
Sterling coal company. The claims were
commuted and ! the land office was paid
for 320 acres of land. The Wilsons, ac
cording to sworn testimony,;; put the
money- received from Richardson to
their own use and, after a* meeting in
Portland, held there because'the-Ster
ling company was an Oregon corpora
tion, and attended only by. R. A- Wilson
and George Wilson, another company,
called the Wilson- coal land -company,'
was formed, which left Bichardson out
in the cold.
Richardson entered suit against the
Sterling company for his share,' but the
action was dismissed in 1905 by Judge
Hanf ord on the ground that the Ster
ling company, was an illegal combina
tion. It was held that a combination
made by individuals., to acquire coal
lands in excess of 320 acres for an asso
ciation is unlawful'and any patents ob
tained through such means are Invalid
and can be canceled by the- government
\in a suit In equity., :- . ' ;.: ' '
The government officials investigated
the whole case," held up the negotia
tions pending for the acquirement of
title to the remainder of the 1,040 acres
and eventually entered! suit for the j re
covery of the original. 32o acres.- ;.
OFFERS TO LEASE SfiOO
ACRES OF COAL LANDS
WASHINGTON. Jan. 26.— Interest in
the situation relating ?to Alaska coal
lands has been Intensified by. a proposi :
tion of John E. Ballaine -of Seattle,
holder of large property-, interests in
J^laska,,t6 the' senate eo.mslU.ee on ter
ritories, offering to thfttgovewiment a
royalty of 50 cents a ton' on" coal mined
for the lease of 5,000 acres of coal land
in th e Katalla and Matanuska districts.
Such a J tonnage '. royalty,'. Ballaine
saye, would net ' the ;. government
amounts as high as $2,000,000 the 100
acres. -. * " .>:. " \u25a0\u25a0•\u25a0<- '•'
\u25a0^"In'Klff*letter to-Senator?»P^ridge, A*
chairman of the commltteer \u25a0 Ballaine
offers to give a bond of -JI.OOO.OOO' for
the performance of his part- of the
agreement, the proposal to ; include that
congress enact legislation: authorizing
a department to enter into a lease with
a coal company to be organized by him
for the 6,000 acres, and providing that
no other coal lands be leased ? in^Alaska
for a smaller royalty. * '? i
The government also to agree WJ&t at
least half of its,coal supply shall, be ob
tained f rom • this company or from a
naval station^ which the government
may establish in : : the Matanuska dis
trict, the coal to be shipped over a rail
road -to be built ., from Seward,, 1,000
miles in length. . . , v ;
- Ballaine charges that "other; Inter
ests'', haveinqw.ati^york in Washington
,a v U6bby "headed hb&i a former
States senator, in support of a blnnot
yet introduced," designed to permit ;the
sale of such coal lands at the price of
|10 an acre; which, he argues, would be
a practical donation of these lands to a
railroad company that- these interests
propose to organize in Alaska.
QARFIELD FAILS TO
APPROVE LAND BILLS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.— James A.
Garfield, former: secretary of the In
terior, today continued ihis statement
before the senate committee on public
lands in reference to several bills In
troduced at the request of Secretary
Ballinger. Again Garfleld failed, to ap
prove of ; the' recommendations of
linger on several important features.of
the proposed \ legislation. . '' > r r; ; ' t ?• \u25a0
Garfield thought " the . Balllnger. bill
relating to the control of water, power
would interfere with the Improvement
of lands for the development of power.
He declared, however, there should* be
legislation for the control of, any. 'lands
valuable for the development- of .water
power so, as to prevent monopolies.; \u25a0
The same* principle would apply; he
said, to coal lands. : X \u25a0: ; r ' >fO.
Discussing the control of publlc'lands
chiefly for the development of
power, Garfield said that conservation
ists ; generally recognized that the \ f ed-^
eral : government has >\u25a0. no ; authority ;; to
enact laws for, the use *of the ;, water,
as 'that control \is vested in thej states.
The only proposition, he said, was that
the "federal government | govern the use
of lands adjacent: to the^water for ) the
purpose^ of building^ power plants,
which -, wpuld ': necessitate co-operation
with the United States . to' obtain: the
use of the .water. :
According to \u25a0 Garfleld the . govern-,
ment should not; weigh down
settlers on these lands in such fnianner
as would prevent^ them from ! competing
with" others' whoVobtalned their lands
and use of waters junder more advan
tageous.conditions. V '..-*' !'i-':'- . • -: V , '
Garfield -has succeeded V in . : avoiding
the ; appearance of attacking the polU.
'clesof Balllnger,by;approving lrirpart
many: propositions, he suggests. '.;
EXPLAINS BALLINGER^S
q^RELATIVE
Jan^f 26.—Commis
sioner Dennet , of 'the. general' land;bffice
today s » explained -to". the 'house ;commit-'; commit-'
tee on ; expenditures^ in* the ; interior^de-'
Apartment' 'the circumstances 'Ifundef
which J, p.? Ballinger,! a relative* of, the
secretary : of the interior, twas employed
as confidential Slerk : to! Richard
. llngerj ;. when ; the -latter ''was* Icommls
sloner;of the! land* office.-; \u25a0\u25a0">'\u25a0" '\u25a0^\u25a0."\u25a0\V •\u25a0'".\u25a0''\u25a0'
. Dennet: admitted \ that after|Commis
sioner;; Ballinger ;, had :- young,
Ballinger had? conversed 'with ; him; on
a '" number";of occasions about % resign
ing:,. but ; had not made , a J definite : state- 1
ment asj to ; when he would leave.-r W :
f*. July' 6, /according * to 'Dennet, 'Jack
Ballinger left Washington on a? detail
asj Inspector (of L land fomces' wlth*V per
dlemT and Cexpens'es^ and 'I resf gne'd^ Sep
i tember A 14,1' after? ! hi ? had : >! takenM about
a ; month's -leave* of "absence Vand^after
he had j reached "hli r announced fdestlna'
tlort.xSeattle.. ? •" •';. ..\u25a0: : ;-; '?:-'.;';\u25a0?.'«\u25a0 '"''\u25a0 -'-'i
»f,Dennet; sjubmjtted ; a •statement'; show
lng;^the "clerks who? had v been^trans-"
f erred' to'theimUlion.'dollarJfundjatiin
ci;eased. salaries -; an d <back i to » the \ stat u
tory/fdlliwith^theiincrjßase* -':-.' '
ADVERTISING MEN
PLAN CONVENTION
Arrangements -Made for Meet»
ing of Coast / Organization
in Coming June /
The annual convention of the Pacific
; Coast advertising men's association, to
be held in this. city next June, was the
main topic of discussion at the weekly
luncheon of the San , Francisco adver
tising-men's organization at the Hotel
Stewart yesterday afternoon. The ten
tative Plans suggested and discussed at
previous meetings'- of the association
were brought to a focus on' a practical
.working basis. The serious nature of
the work proposed," the elaborate * char
acter of the program for the convention
and the comprehensive '• schemes for
publicity for the Panama-Pacific in
ternational \u25a0 exposition in 1915 were
thoroughly discussed, i
No previous endeavor, to bring, to
gether the allied advertising Interests
o:' the. entire city has met with such
enthusiastic support:. The advertising
exhibition, which has developed Into
one' of. the notable features of the hom
ing convention, was discussed at great
length.'- ;J. Charles Green spoke to
such effect on the /financing of the
project that the • executive ; committee
was overwhelmed], with demands for
advertising-space In the Auditorium in
which the conventions will .be held.
More than $3,000 1 worth of space has
already been spoken for.; r This com
ing from men who "know and \u25a0 appre
ciate -the value of ;s*uch advertising
space .places the stamp of their ap
proval upon such practical methods of
displaying their wares to the advertis
ing public of the" city.'
The exhibition has already assumed
such sturdy, proportions that if the
scope of plans outlined by R.c? Ayres
are but half carrieSout the space will
soon be "at "a premium. The display
will be one of the most important ever
exhibited 'in this city. Louis Honig.
1 <7rPost street, was: appointed general
= ma nager>of the exhibition,'-: and : he? is
alreadj'tmakimr reservations for 'space.
"Besides -Uhe ' discussions interesting
and instructive addresses were 1 made'
by P.S. Scottford, Thomas H. B- Var
ney.l.utherE. Fitch of The Call, R. c.
Jewell of the Examiner and J H.
Ritchie of the Chronicle. :
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIPS
campaign is Launched
Association isv Formed by 1 30
Persons. at Meeting >?
At a meeting of persons. interested in
municipal ownership, held last night fn
the asßembly.room of the Pacific 'build
ing, permanent^ organization was per
fected, a constitution adopted and pol
icy outlined for a campaign for the
control of' all -public utilities. 1 Thirty
names were subscribed to the constitu
tion of the organization, which will be
known as the Public Ownership asso
ciation, and the officers i will be elected
at a meeting ! called for next Wednes
day night. "- "!, - i ; :
A resolution was adopted requesting
the supervisors to refuse any permit or
franchise to the United Rallroada until
that corporation agrees to allow 'th<j
• Geary street cars to run over Its tracks
along Market ! street to the ferry. A
committee;; of was appointed to
bring the matter before the supervisors.'
Max 1 Popper - acted , ; as temporary
chairman and-F. B. Crooks as secretary.
A ; short ; talk >on; public ownership of
public .utilities and -the -success /of the
movement in.^Chicago ; was madei by
John ,Z., Z. White,! representative of the
National .Direct Legislation league. \u0084.-\u25a0\u25a0
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"There's a Reason" for GRAPE-NUTS.
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CHARGES PRESIDENT
WITH HAVING LOBBY
Brought by Alaska
; Delegate Against Executive
and His Predecessor
Judge* Wickersham Is Rebuked
;byßeveridgefo>v Attacking I
v Roosevelt and Taft
.'WASHINGTON, Jan.- 2 6.— Charges by
Judge. - Wickersham. v : delegate from
\u25a0Alaska^ that ] President' Taft; and former
President Roosevelt had ; maintained in j
Washington an Alaskan lobby in the j
persons of former Governor .'W*. B. j
Hoggatt arid Major; W. P. , Richardson, j
head^of the Alaskan road commission,
arerevealed by: proofs 'made public to
day of an executive "hearing before the
senate committee [on territories y in re
lation to the, Alaskan 4 legislative coun
cil bill;' ":-; v 1:v 1 : '^ : ~'-' ' : - r :^\ ' \u25a0:\u25a0'<' v ; - \u25a0\u25a0'
f,? Before .an official V stenographer .was
admitted to .the hearing . Wickersham
\u25a0 was i called jto \ order -'by . Senator ' Beve-'
ridge,' chairman", of the. committee, and
warned " to/guard- his utterances with
more cafe. \u25a0.-*\u25a0'•>'• .- .;. „. ..'
REBUKE: IFOR DELEGATE
.After, the. Alaskan delegate had re
tired a portion" of ; his .testimony was
considered < and; it. was fdecided that It
should not " : appear* in; the -printed rec
ord.' -Chairman^ Beverldge. sald< to the
committee: '•--,*, , \u0084\u25a0 , ,\u25a0.'"- \u25a0
•"A witness would. not be.permitted to
make such a reflection upon motives of
the : president; of .the United States In
any committee of , which I j was , chair
man, even; If 1 that office were filled by
William Jennings "Bryan or a prohibi
tionist or; a socialist." ..,./\u25a0.-.
Wlckersharh had qharged that certain
legislation byiMajor. Richard
son and Hoggatt .was in: the interest of
the Guggenheims.h arid that; the presi
dent and former president "were respon
sible "forJ their, presence -in Washington
as lobbyists for'the measures."
: , Wickersham charged j also': that Hog
gatt was "head I lobbyist for the Gug
genhelms, while being paid a salary as
governor." ...:.-_ '\u0084;.\u25a0
'ACCUSED OF HUMDBGGIX«
.'•\u25a0\u25a0 Hoggatt followed. Wickersham as a
witness and was asked by \u25a0'; Senator
Clarke -of^Arkansas If .he knew why
W'lckersham .had -charged .him..- with
being a. lobbyist. V'
"Judge Wickersham has' probably not
felt very kindly toward me since he
resigned - as ! judge of the "- United States
court 'in -'Alaska: ; rather 1- than \u25a0 face
charges which 1< was prepared to make
to the president If the judge had not
decided that he had best resign," re
sponded Hoggatt. ; r
'•'\u25a0.: ."Have you any counter suggestion- to
make-— that \ Wickersham. Is Interested
in lobbying for any . particular in
terest?" continued Clarke. :
"No, I. do* not know anything about
it._ He is not lobbying.. He Is just
•humbugging,' that^ ls -all."- ' '\u25a0*' "
Legislative! Council Opposed
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.— The fact
that the bill providing for the: creation
of an Alaskan, legislative council to be
appointed by the president, recently re
ported fronv the senate committee on
territories, '.-will; not have an , easy; road
was made! manifeati-when- the .measure
,was; : under consideration In the senate
today. , c '\u0084"--\u25a0\u25a0 ,-...- :.\u25a0 *j . . .. : v '/.
„';/ Before Senator Beveridge. could have
It read he fwas compelled to answer a
\u25a0volume of 'question's and also to meet
a.number of criticisms as to the merits
of the bill. ; . ". . , ,: ' :
i The principal objection was basedon
the provision for the appointment of
a member .of' the" proposed by
the president., The prevailing opinion
of .senators who spoke seemed :to; be
that- election would » be preferable, .but
by some there was objection to any
legislation. "
; the bill in Its pres
ent 'form was voiced by . Clark of Wy
oming,: jClarke' of 'Arkansas, .Borah ;of
Idaho, . Frazier of Tennessee and | Craw
ford : of^South:; Dakota.^ The bill : was
championed by •. Beveridge and Piles. =
WORKMAN SACRIFICES
LIFE FOR COMRANION
Is. Asphyxiated in "Attempt to
. V ; ,Save Another '
CHICAGO, aan. 26.— : Death from
blackdamp and> natural gas X was the
fate today 'of two, workmen who had
been lowered 90 feet ; in a.: bucket, .to
the bottom of .a' caisson where "a- large
building Is ; in course' of 'construction.
? In -a futile effort to rsave the men
two; firemen .were •overcome, but re
vived." • :\u25a0 , •\u25a0-\u25a0 . : , \u25a0;-' _'- "'
, One of the, workmen, James Walsh,
was asphyxiated after he had Volun
teeredi:to be;'low_ered .into, the caisson
in* ani.'eff ort :'\u25a0 to -save ' Peter Conroy, his
"companion. . '^ • ',/\u25a0*". ....
Learn About Airships at <T}he> Emporium* \
The First Fifty Smart
New Spring Models in
Ladies' Tailor Made Suits
These fifty just received, brand
; fresh from the boxes, straight from
the American fashion center. . ..,.'.
Illustrated, afe three styles which are indicative
of the coming spring modes and which embody all
their style features. '
nt\ A one P"ce showing in fancy worsteds . *
hL y lC» V " and serges, in navy blues, grays and gray C O C«wo
Hr™* 1^ green effects. Two button styles with low *P£*+J
rolling reveres; and coats oLthe shorter cut.'
Suits lined in self colored polka dot foulard,
« ; , have cuffs and reveres of/same; others 'have Moire j
- \u25a0 collars and are quite smart. Second Floor— {Maritt St.
r Travelers' Samples
In Children's Undermuslins
:;.Practical, good garments, far below the' usual selling prices
—for children 2 to 10 years offer 'drawers at 25c •and- 35c.
Muslin gowns, 8, 10 and 12 year sizes, 45c and 75c.
V V Underskirts, 6to 16 year sizes, 35c, 75c and $1.45. J
r AnnuaUanuary Clearance Sale of
Misses' and Children's Shoes
The. yearly yield of odd and broken sizes inequality",
shoes. At the sale prices' of $1.00, $1.19 and $1.69 the pair.
(f T{% The year's bc'st &WW v Wfg* kich Messalines f% \\
Itif bargains in If S . Plain and Iflfll
MLyVV odd lengths \u0084 ^« ifc f ?»cy Taffetas, Vy> II
Annual January^Clearance Sale of
i /Iff Mrt Books 1 /Iff
O \l\ § All kind's of reading and %J I I
> : thfe. most wanted books,
(Women's Wool Dress Skirts]
Only -some hundred in all, but splendid
•"-. values and" most wanted for. rainy. .weather
tf pm QC wear. Full pleated, well tailored all lengths <r !\u25a0 QC
$ J^'? and waist bands, in navy black and gray >P JL*
' : --^J'y.;~ \u25a0\u25a0 worsteds and serges. Savings most apparent
VV" , ' on skirts" of correct style and .workmanship. Jj
2 Manufacturers' Lines
and the Entire Emporium
. U j: -Of special interest' are the long: fur coats, in Pony,:
"Nearseal; Electric.' Hudson' Bay, Naturar and Sable Squir-
i: : : -'- : re .'» Astrachan "..-and Marmot, 22 to'jSO inch lengths, ranging:
'•"•'\u25a0 : , iq "price from? $24; to ;$BO.- " The, sayings are enormous' on '
r strictly, high grade dependable. garments. . Second iFlobr.^J .«
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