Show GLA GLAVIS VIS TO lOBE BE CALLED AS WITNESS IN CASE Progress of the Hearing Into Cunningham Coal Claims in Alaska Seattle Wash Nov 20 I R P chief chiet of at the field work of ot the general genera land office omee at Seattle who was removed from office by Secretary of the Interior Ballinger with the approval of Pros President President dent Taft Tatt was called to the witness stand today in the hearing of the gov government government government Inquiry Into the validity of the Cunningham coal land claims chums in Alaska In connection with which charges made by Glavis GJavis resulted in his dismissal He was asked merely to Identify Identity a aletter aletter aletter letter which he had bad written recently to toJ toJ J 3 M Sheridan special attorney for tor the government in the inquiry in reply to toa toa toa a request from Sheridan for tor a confer conference conference conference ence concerning facts to which the former field chief could testify Glavis wrote in reply that he would meet the prosecutor but that a confer conference conference conference ence was unnecessary as the govern government government government ment was already In possession of all the information to which he be could tes testify testify testify Mr Glavis will be called to the stand Monday The government continued the intro introduction Introduction introduction of Or evidence to show that the filing on acres of ot coal land near Katalla the value of which is esti estimated estimated estimated mated at about was made by claimants with the pur purpose purpose purpose pose of ot consolidating the claims and mining coal through one company Andrew Kennedy a government ex cx expert expert pert who examined the claims testified that there had been permanent devel development development development upon hut but one claim Dr J O G Cunningham of ot Spokane told i of the discovery of 01 coal by his brother Clarence after atter whom the claims were named The only testimony of ot a 8 sensational nature was the introduction in evidence of ot a copy of ot the notebook of Clarence Cunningham procured by Glavis in which an entry states that Cunningham agreed to carry a coal claim of acres for Senator W B Heyburn of Idaho In return for legal services Other ex ox exhibits exhibits hibits however denied any connection of 01 Heyburn Reyburn with the Alaska coal claims while a senator u |