Show COAL SUPPLY WILL LAST LASTA ALONG LONG TIME FIGURES ARE ARf NOT RELIABLE Interesting Feature of the Bal Ballinger Ballinger linger Pinchot Investigation Was Wa the Examination of Expert Alfred H Brooks OF CHIEF CHRISTENSEN Frank Pierce Assistant Assist nt Secre Secretary Secretary Secretary 1 tary of the Interior 1 Backs Up His Superior in the Mat Matter Matter Matter ter of Cunningham Cunninham m Claims ACTED ON ALL MATTERS WASHINGTON W April 0 Frank Pierce Fierce first secretary of the e Interior who b n his hI service the K Under Se Secretary Secreta tary Garfield took bok witness stand at the Pinchot PI n Inquiry late today and declared that after utter turning over OTer the Cunningham cases cage to him early In la 1608 IDOS Secretary Ballinger had hod not attempted In any way h to Interfere with his hIli bJ control and ad direr tion Ion of the tb cases and had bad not attempted to Influence bus liU hI judgment or action BIr Mr II I Pierce hail had but fairly M hi lila mony when adjournment was wall taken un iii Friday next neat Effort Efforts were made by Chairman Net Kel son on today to have hae the committee meet three times each euch week neck Instead of two to Several objected and ant the mat flint ter went vent over OTero I Testimony regarding the 24 missIng I letter letters bald ald to 0 have hove been found la in Claris Clavis erred effects In Seattle Seat le wa was concluded today This Thin testimony was Introduced to Impeach Im each Glavis Alfred IL Brooks Brooke mineral minerai expert of it f the geological survey was as on the stand when adjournment was waa taken yesterday esterday afternoon Mr 11 Brooks strong ly Iy favors favors the opening of ot U the e Alaskan n coal COG 1 fields fielda and declares de lares the territory is ia retrogressing as a result of the go got of nf L coal lands o Before going Into public session t Te 18 e commute Committee opened the tb f famous mouR Gia G la m i box from Seattle and Andrew sen sea explained where he found the tl ti g letters Mr Brooks continued c d his He related that the th United States St tea i trolled from 60 00 to 70 per cent of I worlds world visible supply of coal and the ilia theat at the present rate of consumption i 1 would require years to t the supply in the United States SUit These figures WOre were f I L Figured on a baai of or in t UP I Increased use of ot coal In inthe the future at ac a r the same rate of or Increase of the ne Um J 11 1 I Il two or three years Mr 1011 Brooks said it l bad had been estimated that the supply in the tile United Unite States would be exhausted in Iii I fI from to years year Somewhere ii t L I tween the estimates of and 6 soi 0 r I years he hs h declared the truth was to be I found If the supply will last years yea rs we dont need to Q bother about conse conser for two or er three thousand years remarked Representative Madi Madison Madison son but If It will only lost last lOa yenTa years we are up against It Glavis Put Them There ThereAt At the afternoon session Andrew Christensen took the tile stand tar for M hI bla cros by Attorney Bran BraD deis dels He Ho declared it was his conviction that the letters lettera were put In the box By your Interrupted Brandies No by Giavis retorted Christen Christensen sen All the evidence Indicates that fact Mr Brandeis wanted to know If the witness did not think it was wu perfectly absurd that a man of Gin vis un doubted ability if It he wanted to con conceal coal ceal the papers should have hae put them in an uncovered box In the federal building Christensen said Re ne thought Gl was waE capable of or most anything You Tou mean anything bad saul said Brandeis but did you ou ever ev r hear heaz of at h hi doing anything foolish except to send lend that letter of August 11 to o President Taft The witness could not think of any thing The attorney asked a hundred or more questions dealing with the wit witness witness witness ness state of mind until Represents Representative tive tire Madison 1 suggested that he leave I that line of inquiry and go Into some Bome something something thing else Representative Madison sought to t Continued on Page Seven COAL SUPPLY WILL hILL LAST A LONG TIME Continued From Page Pane One show by questions that the Interior de department department department by Its Is instructions to Chris Christensen Christensen Christensen to have a grand Jury inquiry was trying to bring about the indictment of ot Glavis of ot the editors of Colliers Weekly of at Gifford Pinchot O 0 W Price and A A C Shaw The witness winess would not admit that this was the whole purpose of ot the inquiry nor that thai it I was the desire of ot the interior de do department department He said the names of ot the themen themen themen men mentioned came up in his mind in connection with the investigation When Chris Christensen tense n was disposed of Frank Pierce first assistant secretary of ot the Interior was called caled Mr Pierce began his service under Secretary Gar Oar Garfield Garfield field In November 1907 19 He detailed alt all nI altof of the various duties dutes of ot the secretary of ot the Interior saying They hey are bur burdensome and When Congress passes new legisla legislation legislation tion Uon he said and cant ent think of any anyone anyone anyone one else to give the supervision to they turn It over to the Interior department Mr Pierce said he was himself himsel called caled upon daily daly to sign sig 9 to 1000 10 letters and documents Many of ot these are naturally natural prepared In the various bureaus bur aus of the department At the time Mr Ballinger Bailinger came into of office flee fice the witness said sid there were tere 3 0 suspended cases In the th general office office Congress on March 4 1909 19 had appropriated to bring the work of the theland theland theland land office offIc up to date Mr Ballinger announced the Intention of accomplishing this work if possible The Cunningham Claims In May lIay 1909 1900 19 Mr Pierce said nor Miles Mies C Moore of Washington came cameto cameto cameto to see Secretary Ballinger Bahlinger The secretary let me in and said he had been consulted with wih reference to the tho Cunningham claims while he was out of government service and he wanted me to act on all matters maters connected with wih that case I talked with wih Governor Moore about tho the cases He complained of the delay In act acting actIng acting ing upon the claims I sent for Mr Fin Finney ln ney assistant to the secretary who in turn tur sent for Glavis and we three dis discussed discussed discussed cussed the tho cases In detail That was the only time I ever talked with Glavis The next day I told Governor Moore Moor that thata a prima fade facie tace case appeared app ared in the record and he could not have the patents Mr t Moore was very much muc chagrined and put putout pUtout putout out out He wrote to Secretary Ballinger that thai I had proved a disappointment and that he was going home with wih a message that would give scant comfort to his associates assocIates associates ates At this time Glavis had don sion of the Cunningham Journal From that time to this asked Mr Vertrees has Secretary Ballinger at attempted attempted attempted tempted to interfere with your our direction or control of ot the te cases or attempted to influence your judgment or action acton He positively has not net Adjournment was then taken until next nest Friday Fiday morning |