Show I n All I GlAVIS O LIIV NOS lONG STORY Two Congressmen Kincaid and Ji Nebraska and McLachlan of California Now Figure in inthe inthe the Alaska Coal Land Cases SEVERAL DOCUMENTS READ TO COMMITTEE One Which Caused Consid Considerable Considerable erable Laughter Was a Telegram From Schwartz 1 Arranging for Boost in Press NO EVIDENCE OF FRAUD Jan R concluded his testimony be before I fore the congressional j investigation committee late today ife He will be recalled at the re resumption resumption of tile the hearing Monda afternoon for by any persons against whom he has made charges i Glavis last day on the stand was full of interest It developed that animus long existed between th the theland land office and the forestry bureau and the resentment the land office people felt when Glavis called in inthe intile tile the forestry as they termed it The witness also declared that Rep re Kincaid of Nebraska aDt and of California were Inter Interested interested ested In land claims and that Mr Ballinger after atter being commissioner or of tIre ilie land office had bad act acted d as attorney for Mr Kincaid Glavis asserted Mr 1011 Ballinger had suggested to him not to an In Investigation investigation against man Me Lachlan saying there had bad been too much ot of that sort of thing In the past When Glavis was asked the dire t question It if he thought Secretary BaJ Ba linger and Commissioner Dennett tl in league to do wrong In the Alaskan cases he replied Well I thought the cases calles would b be better protected d with them out of the way I Attack Upon Dennett Glavis attack seemed to center more today upon Commissioner Dennett lie saId ald he became convinced in the sum summer mar mer of 1909 that Dennett was crooked I and took steps to get carbon copies of letto letters r Dennett was writing bacK I to WashIngton Several of these let tore were Introduced In evidence One was from Commissioner Dennett to H H Schwartz chief of the field service It was dated July 20 0 1909 at Seattle and said among other things My Dear worst situ situa Lion tion on the line I Is the find here hare OUt Our friend Glavis regarded me with sue and after atter talking awhile showed me your telegram assigning the coaT coal caSES to SherIdan Now I figure that GlavIs Is preparIng to make a cushion for to taU fall back on and also putting himself In shape to have a great story In case caBe Hermann Hermana does not make good and succeed In canceling the Cunningham cases While lIe looked Innocently Innocenti at me yet I can see that ids his heart Is bad though why It should be I cannot tell teB except that he wanted to drag the case out He may be sincere ot of course In hIs Idea that he has not been given time and opportunity He asserts that Ite he will be aU all he can but It Is huma I nature or at least his human nature The atmosphere Ie Ia not good at all Glavis All Innocence That he Is playing the forestry there ther therIs Is no question The Innocent look b he gave gae me when I told him he was drag dragging ging in Shaw etc when there was n necessity was beautiful C H He has ha also talked conservation vel very strongly talking conservation I A AAll An All round he Is ugly and he Is pre preparing preparing paring to be as unpleasant nt as he can at least that Is my solution or of th the situation Glavis professes the greatest friend friendship friendship ship to you This Is the certain tion we have He will make about forty favorable b and ab about lt f five h hundred re ine ne way will commence to drop will be amus amusIng tag Ing In a second letter from Dennett t 0 Schwartz dated Seattle JUly Z 2 1909 1509 occurs this paragraph Glavis has bas these coal cues cases on tle brain and cannot see anything but just one line I have hae told him how howit it looks to us and have reminded him himor or of everything that we have done for tor him and that St It ook as If he were returning our favors by not standing by us as he ought to He has not noted as you ou or I would act under similar circumstances It looks a lIt lIttie littie tie treacherous to methIs calling In Inthe Inthe the fore forestry try Telegram From Schwartz There was also introduced In the connection this tele ram from S t to Dennett dated W Washington July 21 l Department has letter from secretary Continued on Page Nine GlA GLAVIS VIS FINISHES HIS lONG STORY Continued From Page One or of agriculture originating In forest servIce service Ice asking postponement of the Cunning ham hearing until November Shaw says Glavis wrote or wired him recently In matter Require to show you copy his letter to Shaw it being necessary to I determine motive behind agricultures re requIre require i quIre for such long delay Glavis Glans explained he had asked Shaw by telegram to come to Seattle to cooperate with him on the Cunningham claims as several were In forest reserves This was how the forestry bureau first came Into the controversy officially Another letter was from Secretary Bal Ballinger Ballinger linger to Mr Schwartz dated Boise Ida July 2 23 1909 The secretary of the Inte Interior nor said among other things I am just advised by Commissioner Dennett of your telegram In reference to the Increase In the number of special agents In the excepted class I desire that In making any of these appoint appointments ments In addition to the President being consulted General Hitchcock be also consulted provided the appointees aro not directly suggested by the President President dent Press Agent Stuff The last document read Glavis was on the stand called out a great deal of laughter It was a telegram from Mr Schwartz dated Washington August 12 1509 1009 at the time attacks were being made upon Secretary Dallinger Ballinger and others and was addressed to 1 31 1 B McEnIry special agent at Denver Cob Colo It read Get Into tonight and Asso Associated Associated Press It possible that secretary and commissioner have secured evidence showing unlawful combination of OO coal entries that general land office Is as assigning assigning signing its best coal engIneers and law lawyers lawyers to Seattle to assist In the coming trials that commissioner general land of office flee fice while In Denver had expressed con confidence confidence that several hundred entries wo would ld ho bo cancelled that government Is making every effort to secure speedy ac Uon on these cases as nIl alt coal conI entries ii h hAlaska Alaska have now been suspended for tor over four years that government Is anxious to clear these lands ot of bad entries that It may get coal for Its coalIng stations In Inthe Inthe the Pacific that special agents say corn com comIng corning Ing hearings will reach some somo of largest Interests yet uncovered that Ballinger has made it plain that he wIll stand be behind behind hind them to the finish that several of the railroad corporations owned by east eastern era ern capital are making Indirect efforts to del delay a the hearings hoping that next Con Congress gross gress win will pass further remedial legisla legislation legislation tion or permit greater consolidation but It Is the position of the commissioner that such entries as are fraudulent as the law stands should be cancelled at once and criminal liability developed before statute bars action Follow somewhat above Ideas I un understand understand newspaper attacks are about to tobe tobe be made on commissioner ot of general land office secretary of the Interior and A As Secretary of the Interior Pierce In Alaska Alasko coal I wish to forestall Through the source of the Information secret as I have consulted no one After putting this out until advIsed further avoid using this matter Signed SCHWARTZ |