OCR Text |
Show PROBING HEW GROUP ALASKA COAL CLAIMS SEATTLE. May St. Claimant to coal lande la the Houghton group. Alaeka. Including former Governor Jamea N. OH. lett of California and hie wife; former Congreaaman Jamea McLachlln of Paea-dena. Paea-dena. Cel.. a member of the national monetary commleelen. and Henry T. Ox-nard. Ox-nard. prealdent of the American Beet Sugar company, haa been notified by the regleter of the Juneau land office to appear ap-pear before him within thirty daye and ehow cauee why their emnea ehould not be reported to the oommlaaloner of the general land office for cance'latlon or rejection. Kstlmatee of the value of the lande range from ZS.OOO.ttOO to 160.00.-000. 160.00.-000. Chargea have been filed by a apeclal agent of the general land office axalnat each of the clalma. which number tblrty-nlne. tblrty-nlne. Land office offlclala charge that all the original locator were dummies. The promoter of the Dougntoa- group-Harry group-Harry White of Loe Angelea. former mavor of heat tie; Charlea A. MrKensts of Seattle. Donald A. McKensle of Washington, Wash-ington, D. C; Ravmond Brown and William Wil-liam I. Dunn of Spokane and Charlea M. Doughton of Pearaon. Waah. were Indicted In-dicted by a federal grand Jury at Spokane Spo-kane laat October for eonaplracy to defraud de-fraud the government of poeeeealon inf uae of the Doughton group of landa. Thev demurred to the Indictment, hut United Btatee Judge Frank H. Rudkln held that lha Indictment waa valid. |