Show IS AGAIN CENTER Of INTEREST Expected to TaKe Talie Stand in Ballinger Bailinger Hearing This Afternoon i SPECIAL AGENT JONES PROVES A TARTAR Criticises Criticises' Y Young oun Lawyer Detailed by Government in Seattle Cases WASHINGTON ASHINGTON Feb 25 The Thc The Bal- Bal l Pinchot linger inquiry took an unexpected unexpected turn today when Special Agent Horace T. T Jones of the land office took the stand stand for the prosecution and made a sensational attack on James M M. Sheridan who was sent by the land of of- flee fice to Seattle last year to take taka charge of the the governments government's case sa in hearings on the the Cunningham coal claims claimS' in in Alaska i Jones declared that Sheridan n had been graduated in law only a year or l' l two that his conduct of the ease case w was s incompetent incompetent potent and and that had opposed to him two of the leading leading- lawyers of Seattle Testifying for an au hour bour or more mor as as to Sheridan's conduct of the ease case and anast giving ing jug instances from which he hi wished the he committee ommittee to drew draw its own conclusions Tone Jones J one said he did not desire to criticise ite Sheridan in any way He lie said L Louis is K R Glavis was not a a. lawyer but know knew more la law tItan than Sheridan Slier Sher idan did and aud he be thought ht it was a n reflection tion on Glavis for the land Janet offie to send end Sheridan out ther there therO to take chal charge of u t case caso which Glavis Olavis had End worked up Under cro eros cross s examination Jones Jonel ap- ap appeared peat peat-ed defiant and md aggressive to members mem bers berg of the committee and conn conniel tl alike and said he dill did not earn care care what inferences infer infer- en one one-es es were dra drawn n from bs his stimon ti V I Jones Joncs was still under cross cross' examina examination tion f when luncheon r cess was taken and it appeared that Gifford Pinchot would not br be oe l' l reached ached as S a w wilnes until late jn in n the afternoon Pinchot Center of Interest Interest in iii th the resumption on 1 Pinchot Hoger congressional inquiry today to to- day after after- an adjournment from Saturday Satur Satur- day clay la last centered centore in th the t Gift p ho of r t tit l i iI I in 6 i 1 01 Louis Loui 1 It B. Gl Glatis Glacis t s th that be sought Mr l Jill Jill- chot's eliot's assistance e and that Mr 1 had har S sent Dt him to the pr president tIle the formen for former mer men forester forest l stI seems scents s to have hn had har less lews to 10 do with the rhe matters under tinder investigation by liv the committee tItan than had been lanly supposed suppose 1 here was 35 a rumor before before- the lays days session began sn th that lt an liD effort ellort bo bo made to hold bold Mr i Pinchot strictly to testimony dealing with the We Alaska coal cont lands or matters the inquiry and anft this mi might ht materially Curtail his recital l The inquiry inquire was v as inaugurated l foT fir th tn p pose ph-pose e of d delving into both the into inte interior nor department and rind tho the forestry s ser service sr- sr r. r vice nce rice but hut after tire the resolution ou passed con ross eon ress lr r. r Pinchot and md his two b bub- bub br ordinates who w were re a active tive in the G Oh vis ma matter were wet dismissed from the v ad vi iee ce c. c J When Mr r. r ot was asked bv committee some seine time ago ajo as to what an- an I Ip of the c case eSso se his testimony would have ave to do with ith he answered that ha be proposed to t tell the story of his con con- nc t ion with conservation on Followers of the Inquiry have haf n-ed n the lon Impression that the v verdict If Is not ta to ti he a majority and minority finding rinding which would leave the matter practically whore where it was before the In It outry began will 11 hinge upon the mony o of Sir 11 il itself elf In other words the Ca ease case a will soon noon nan nar row down to an issue u. between Mr liEn Glavis 18 and the secretary cr talY of or the thc Interior The committee is rather tather restive aUve r and ana anxious that t t Mr r. r rs r's should be reached at the earnest earliest tIme When he has concluded d and the document aro are all aU In the inquiry will probably be closed When hen the committee met in open fE sea ses slot Ion Attorney Brandeis for the prosecution prosecution tion requested permission to 10 Introduce in evidence the statements re recently mid male before the senate committee on terri tern tori tories os by Icy Stephen f Birch 18 1 direr direr- tor and aud J J. J N N. Steel attorney for the fhe Ala Alaska ka syndicate or l GJ Morgan helm bairn syndicate for the lie exploitation of 0 Alaska The These e statements told in la part of or the coal claims which bave have bi been en Ih ibis source sour of all alt the trouble incident t to th the th present present Chairman Nelson said saM the Statements of or Birch and Steel had not b been n made under oath agreed that the m men mn n should b bI be summoned as ale witnesses 1 The Th attorneys for both sides united In the th-ie request Special Agent Horace T. T Jones Jono who worked with ith Glavis I on the Alaska having ai strived rived in the this city stare since the last laIt adjournment of u-if the committee was called to the stand while Mr Pine hot waited Jones was 88 examined by b Mr Brand as 38 to his work ork on the coal oa cases In 1907 Tho witness said h li consulted jJ l freely r with n l Commissioner r when the 1 latter r was wall In n Seattle in Tul 1907 7 He lIe tt old ld Mr Mn B. B that hi-at Special Agent Love in in- Alaska was at only hearted half in to ti l-ti his hll work work- he because aule he hI wa was aa a candidate for United States l marshal r hal Loves Love's Criticised Y I 1 told tild the r. r ho bet added th that t I Ln Love did nr nit t h have lYp the J ro spirit r for r n i Investigator at w. w mid find he lie ceef agi-ceef with tn TIT The sited asked me me- meto to to tusks Clake a aan an tnt in vu cit tin r 1 I ill I c claims claim as seats t t I n nus lf ab sl J I lIa I us ii- a is bo hi- t be In n a on to c 1 I cn t to 0 aI I i ill H IC 1 wanted to Kiin n 1 u I-u nut what ia t I the iii i ondi lions j ivere Ct ere In Iii II 5 ta lie gs ds ted u Cou conIc conIc- 1 speak I 1 toll fold I tm It would hp lu- auth If cit Ic-cit nt ti tn In tf It-i It i view f is two Or sets 5 1 ant lu-ant a In pi li Love Lo said 1 11 ho ii hoah ah a. a nv c-nv- n glad I 1 had eli ic-eli t th the tho w wor work wk k ho he had l hin r-cn r gues C in attempting to ic p livi lI rd a nu cf of people whO w were his lila friends 1 lold U B 9 th thin witness sushi paid l hr hI ne neri never ri the pint cc-pint ma-dc ma In IQ I.Q. jn th un- un dated 2 tn- tn Ill Dec ol ord that year hf when OlI t huts him about it Ii It Is it wn watt l isis 5 punt cc-punt of t that B J r in I t 1008 r ti claims to ti bo be clean listed rI fO for patent II Jones rt lut i tl Glacis tl testimony 11 to HP-to to his isle to til got tic HIP Alaska uses Oases on on pago o PINCHOT Continued from page 1 I. I taken aken up by the grand jury at Seattle Glavis is was criticised in Attorney General Wickersham's s report to the president for tor not lot having done anything toward a criminal crim- crim nal inal prosecution s Jones s said lie he went t to 4 ak ir sa td d District 1 Attorney y Todd a at Seattle by direction di- di of Glavis who was then his chief hief 5 5 Todd said it was useless to take talce the cases ases up at Seattle for tor Judge Hanford was constitutionally opposed to land land fraud raud cases and he lie did not want to be humiliated by being turned down the witness said Todd suggested that We take the matter up with the attorney general at Washington and get the attorney general to o direct him to take talie up the matt matter r at Seattle Jones Jones' C Corroborates Glavis Jones corroborated what Glavis had testified to as to the statement made b bv by Donald Donald A A. McKenzie that the rEason reason James ames R R. Garfield was riot not retained In Mr Tafts Tarts cabinet was because of his hostility t to the Alaska coal claims The h iN t affidavit I made by Jones and Q la vis as aso asto to o the conversation with McKenzie described de de- de- de scribed by Glavis as ab a Ii lobbyist was introduced In Introduced In- In reduced in evidence and read McKenzie according to the affidavit said aid he talked with Mr 1 Garfield in Washington and that his hostility to the Alaska claims was such that they brought pressure to bear beai upon senators and nd others to prevent his being retained In n the cabinet and that was the reason he le was not retained by President T Taft tt They hey wanted some one In the cabinet who understood the needs of Alaska Jones said he and Glavis felt that if McKenzie and other claimants in Alaska had lad power enough to remove a cabinet officer they themselves would be bere re removed removed re re- moved if their reports did not suit The witness sharply criticised the conduct conduct con- con duct of Special Agent James II Sheridan sheridan sheri Sheri- dan who was sent by the land office to supplant Glavis as the man to conduct hearing on the laska Alaska cases before the commIssioner appointed to take test mony nony Jones said he attempted t to assist Sheridan but he le would not listen to anything Sheridan Sheridan's s 's 5 Mismanagement He just went In and at the beginning of the hearing threw the Cunningham journal and all our affidavits on the table and said that was was' a a. prima facie case he declared The Th other side immediately asked for foi a recess during which they examined examined examined ex ex- ex- ex all ill our evidence every bit of oui our case ase case and when we resumed the hearing m he the witnesses al all denied they li meant What they hev said In the affidavits a I s conduct was such as to give the other side ide the advantage of knowing in advance advance advance ad ad- vance all 11 the evidence we had hadAs As to Sheridan being a a. competent and experienced lawyer a. a as the l land nd office claimed Jones said Sheridan was graduated graduated graduated only a R year rear or two ago from fro a a. law school in Washington Jones grave some 11 incidents e- e of the h hear hear- which he claimed I indicated d t Sheridan was as not to o handle such a big case especially llly when he w was is opposed by two of the leading attorneys of S Seattle attle Sheridan at the time was receiving a salary of f 1200 or 01 1500 Jones said the affidavits were intended for or use in cross noss examining witnesses Sheridan's Sheridan s conduct of the case nullified the he affidavits J Senator Fletcher said Do you mean to say to this committee that hat there ther had been no serious prosecution prosecution tion ion of this case up to this time It was serious to the extent of th the Inability in inability inability In- In ability of the prosecutor I don dont don't t mean meano to o say there was any p purpose or intent to smooth the cases over over overDid Did you jou indicate to the department your objections to the ma manner manner in which the th he case e was being e W No No Nc r replied the witness and nd then added a amid ld laughter They might have thought I 1 was in insubordinate insubordinate in- in subordinate Jones said sald it ft would have been absurd for or A n a claimant to s say y he did not Intend to o combine with others for It would not n t have been possible for any anyone one td to w Work rk a single claim of acres Representative Denby asked Then why should any one take up these claims if they can cant can't t work them themselves and it is unlawful to have Intent to combine with others other what Ive I've been trying to find out replied the witness Returning to Sherl Sheridan Tones lones said he suggested many questions to Sheridan on which to cross examine wit witnesses but he would not ask the them n saying ing You Tou can go on the stand at the finish and rebut all you YOli want wint lo to |