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Show PIHCHOT THE VICTOR ALASKAN COAL LANDS ARE RESTORED RE-STORED TO THE PUBLIC AFTER LONG AND BITTER FIGHT. Chief Foreiter Pinchot and Several Minor Official Were Dismissed I From Public Service a Result of ' Controversy Over Claim. ! Washington The famous Cunning . ham Alaskan coal land claims, thrcigh which It has been alleged that the' Morgan Guggenheim syndicate had rlaiined to extend their vast interests j In Alaska and to control one of the most valuable coal fields In the world, were on Monday formally disallowed 1 by the department of the Interior. Secretary of the Interior Fisher hav- ' lug approved the department's deel-' ion as handed down by Fred Dennett, commissioner of the laud office, the l."st door is believed lo have been ! closed lo the CunTilnghani claimants, j Their attorneys have threatened an appeal to the United States supreme court, but Kiieh an appeal can be baaed only on sotne point oi i..rr Involved, In-volved, and not on the findings of fact, Ms announced liy the d ; n:l mi ut. The 'tut ill ii u h'i in claims have ; been in the public eve for more than two years. They brought about the Ijallinger I'lin h n inv est i-at ion by congiess ami the ilismlaal from the pifblie service of Chief Forester Gil- ' ford I'im-hot. 14iuIh It. Glavls, a chief : or Held division in the hnd olTice, ! and several minor officials. Hoth j Messrs. I'inchot and Glavia were dis- ' nilssfd for Insiibordinatioii incident to their attack on former Secretary Hal- ; linger, whom they clnimel was favor-' ably disposed toward the claims. In announcing the decision of the department. Secretary Fisher, who ' succeeded Mr. Hallinger, declared tuat I new coal land laws are needed in Alaska if that territory is to be de- ; velopert properly. Pinchot Pleased. New Y(rk. l'erhaps nobody in the country waa better pleased with the t final disposition of the Cunningham : i M-a- aa -aMi-a-v i i us i i " - rn j m i ' V4 CIFFORD PINCHOT. clalma than Glfford I'lncbot, whose own fortunes had pivoted upon them so critically. "The cacellation of the claims," he aald, "1 proof, given by the administration adminis-tration Itself, that iTie fight made against It to prevent coal monopoly In Alaaka was not onlv successful, but necessary and right. This rlctory Insures In-sures the cancellation of multitudes of other fraudulent claim In Alaska." |