Show GLA LAVIS GLAVIS VIS STILL ON THE STAND WHEN THE I INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE ADJOURNED FREE REIN RIN TO fl THE So Far Par Every Point Has Been lleen Developed to the Fullest Ex Extent Extent Extent tent Without the Least At Attempt Attempt Attempt tempt to Shut Out Testimony NO ON BEHALF OF BALLINGER Pinchot Present at Hearing With a Large Bag Filled With Papers and Will Probably Probably Probably ably Be Next Witness Called GREEN GROUP OF CLAIMS Washington Jan 31 When the investigating com corn committee committee adjourned late today until next Friday morning at 10 louis R E Glavis was still on the stand He will be further questioned at that time I Glavis was today by several members of the commit committee tee the fhe Democrats taking by far the themore themore themore more prominent part in the question questioning ing and framing their interrogations in a way that elicited answers tend tending tending tending ing to accentuate certain parts of the testimony already given by the wit witness witness ness tess tessAt At the close el e of o the hearing Senator called caned attention to the fact that the committee was wa proceeding feebly feeby and blindly as there was no one present pre ent to try t as a the representative of oft t iP other side Personally he said he head head head ad no desire to question the witness fur further further ther It was thought best however that Glavis remain in tn the city until certain cot called for from the interior c d have arrived and have been c Documents to Bo Do Produced Senator Root moved that these th the e docu e a should eM be printed Before t being introduced Attorney B represent rg TS Glavis Clavis and others ald that many of oft t e ie documents he be had asked for might I ve 1 e to be irrelevant Senator Root remarked that so far as u ule a aA 1 A le e mid uld see eee there was nothing irrelevant I t this inquiry l by Senator Fletcher of nicia ua a Glavis said today that Ballinger v commie loner of the land office 1 ad appeared before committees of Con Cons M s s and by his testimony had favored r I tu that would validate all of the Alaska il l 1 aims lie He also said that an affi affia a t iel Ulel September 4 by Clarence ru i glam am nad nd on it t backing which at C t tL names of the firm finn with which T I i 5 Ballinger J was connected Glavis M 1 when hn Ballinger asked him not to toi tod i i hI d with his investigation of the coal j ns until after election because e of the thes theof s g i n j ss 59 of or campaign contributions no noi j i e I v as present to overhear the conver a ator r n TAP T name Dame of Donald A Mackenzie was wall r into nth the inquiry this afternoon vi en P n Glavis flavis testified Mackenzie had told t IL 1 that the reason rea on James R It Garfield 18 not retain in President Tafts abinet as of the interior was dC r c aul ause a use e of or his antagonism to the Alaskan 1 t i I i I Affidavit by Glavis 1 1 i i s M sa it d be he made an affidavit con I ng rg this tills interview but denied when I i t it II 1 stoned 11 1 n d by Senator Root that he re reE E it as a reflection upon President ft or that he intended to use it as an annta tta nta k upon President Taft Glavis said saidu k u h t ought the President Pre might be inter interest est std il in it t and anel he thought also that the l would interest Garfield Asked v t he had done with the affidavit he be helie hec c 1 he lie left one copy COP In the land office t F attle atte ana an sent the other to the their ther ir or r stry try bureau tifford Pinchot was present at i s 0 n with a large Iree leather bag filled i th papers It is expected he be will fol tol w v t axis on the witness witney stand next Fri Frier er Cr r Saturday orator Pay Paynter liter of Kentucky resigned re I tl committee ommittee today and did not the session ss was giver Iver as a s j IM for his action c appointment q of a ru Successor StOr has hu been en enI e I 1 tj t Senator Money the minority leader i t T house Hoiu e of Congress and he Continued on Page Two I o 4 t tT S 1 I tT g I I I p qI 4 I l t 1 I t t ii j 4 I Iv l d A Az 3 z 1 i e 4 S I I I 4 I I 1 cIr j j J i 2 t tI I I 2 b I i il i l i I JOINT INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE C EE BE Sitting left to right Senator D Upshaw Fletcher Florida Representative Ollie OIle James Kentucky Sen Senator Senator Senator I 1 ator Knute Nelson Minnesota chairman Representative Marlin E Olmsted Pennsylvania Representative I Samuel W V McCall Massachusetts Standing left to right Senator Thomas H Paynter Kentucky Representative Representative I Edmond H Madison MaC son Kansas Representative James M H Graham Illinois i I I II GlA GLAS S STill ON WITNESS STAND Continued from Page One offered the place to more than half halt a dozen senators today without being able to induce any an one of them to accept it McLachlan Explains Washington Jan 81 Explaining his connection with ith Alaskan coal claims as brought out in the t in investigation Investigation investigation Representative McLachlan California today toda mentioned Governor Gil Gillett Gillett lett and an Representative McKinley of California as being Interested In the proposition proposition proposition with himself and Representative Kinkaid Nebraska and a number of others Mr McLachlan declared the proposition was entirely legal and ethical A dozen or more men of prominence were vere inter interested Interested interested ested in what was known as the Green group he said He did not recall the names of all of his associates Speaking of the Green claims Mr Ir Mc McLachlan McLachlan Lachlan said If It there has been any violation of law in this matter I am not aware of it I went into the proposition two or three years ears ago at the suggestion of Mr Green and have paid out so far about 1000 in surveying and developing my mr claim The land was taken up In the ordinary manner of filing tiling on mineral lands Did Not Know In the beginning I purchased the right of the original and I do not know anything about the manner in i which his filing was made If It there was anything wrong with it it occurred be before before before fore I went into it I cant remember the name of the man from whom I bought the filing right I have not yet applied for a patent from the government because I have been busy with the development work We have found coal on the land but I do donot donot donot not know how much A magazine arti article article cle dc just published says sa s my m claim is worth about but if I can get my out of it I will be glad In fact I would sell out for less than the amount I put in it The law provides that the army and navy nav can have all the coal it wants from our claim at a price to be fixed by the government If our claims are sold to toa I Ia a trust or monopoly the whole property I reverts under th the law to the government Not more than acres can be held by one person and that is the amount of my m claim The law provides r vl es also aso that t at there can be no consolidation of ot claims aggregating more than 2500 acres The group represented by Governor Gillett and Representatives McKinlay Knowland and myself is within that limit |