Salt Lake Telegram | 1912-02-08 | Page 10 | House to Probe Everglades Case

HOUSE TO PROBE EVERGLADES CASE CAS WASHINGTON W. Feb S. S S. S.-A A formal order for a congressional investigation of the tho Florida everglades laud ease case in ia inthe iii the department of or agriculture was passed today by the house committee on omi expenditures ures in t that bRt department Charges that Engineers n Elliott and who bo were discharged b by Secretary tar W Wilson r oo haul hall been leen victims of or Florida syndicate atc laud land promoters promoter and that official reports on tho time true truo conditions condi tondi in the everglades hail had been becu suppressed sup Slip pressed are arc to be investigated Representative 0 Moss chairman of the time committee immediately telegraphed to toT 1 Jl T O. O drainage engineer of Florida formally connected with the time agricultural department dep to appear as 38 a witness before the committee next Tuesday Gor George c P. P McCabe solicitor of tho the department will be heard on Saturday The committee has decided cc not only to investigate in the tho cr c everglade lado I lands n s and norl the aUe alleged cd relations relation of the Florida cla land syndicates to the time controversy hut hot al t o oto oto to conduct a thorough inquiry into the drainage division of the thc thc f department of agriculture Wo 0 also ilso will wiH sift ift the charges of mis application of funds on which were based the di dismissal mis l of of Chief Engineer C C. C G. G Elliott and amid his bis assistant A. A D. D o and anti the suspension of V. V 1 E. E Sin Singleton leton accountant of or the division said Mr or Moss This will force a po post post- t. t T of the inquiry into the forestry fores forell try division of the department which time the committee had planned to Le begin ill next week J