Show INfORMATION IS REfUSED PROSECUTION Majority of Ballinger Committee Committee Com Corn BacKs WicKersham in Denying Request WASHINGTON April 28 The The RepUblican Republican Republican Re Re- publican majority on the Ballinger- Ballinger Pinchot investigating committee today blocked an attempt made by counsel for the so called prosecution to provo prove its contention that the attorney general had been guilty of misrepresentation misrepresentation in antedating a a. summary of the Glavis charges prepared for the president and in evidence before the committee Following up his bis indictment o of Mr Wickersham last Friday Attorney Brandeis representing L. L R. R Glavis GIavis and others wrote to the committee asking for full information from the department of justice and th tin inter interior ol department be bearing ring on the summary and it its preparation The request was today refused The summary was vas dated September 11 1909 two days before the date of the pres presidents president denV letter to Secretary Bal- Bal exonerating him from tIe tho Gla Glavis Glais is charges Mr Brandeis claims this sum sunu scary mary was wa was not not last Jast December 1 Mr Wi ker ham r rl eJ r to a firm or or r f to deny t. t 1 of Ims charge I I and ild the uw by it its its its' a ton toy today declined to adopt hy me measures to compel coni- coni corn com pel him liim m to reveal the facts The four Democrats on on he hc committee commit commit- tee voted solidly on permitting Mr Brandeis to turn the of publicity publicity pub pub- into this matter The only l Re Republican lie lie- e. e publican who did not vote in IT tee to deny it was Representative Madison Madison Mad Mad- lal I ison of K Kansas the the insurgent member member mem mom ber of the tho committee who was absent I Mr Madison came in after the bJ public I session had begun beun and asked to be recorded re le corded as voting with the he Democrats When Mr Ir Brandeis sought to Protest protes against summary disposition of his nis request request request re re- re- re quest without opportunity to make male some ar argument he was curtly reminded by br Chairman N Nelson that a record vote ote of the committee had bad been taken anc and that the incident wAs was ws closed Ballinger to Go on Stand It b became came definitely known Imo today that Secretary Ballinger would take tl the tLe stand within a few days Attorney Vertrees counsel for Mr Ir cr announced announced announced an- an an an- to the committee that he expected expected ex ex- to complete his case next week and later he informed the Press that Mr Ballinger probably would go on before the end of this week George Otis Smith director Ii rector of the tIle geological survey who was on the stand when the eom committee littee adjourned Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- day was under examination during the entire opening session He was questioned questioned ques ques- tinned at great length re regarding the conservation of water power sites I Mr Smith last week related d what wl lIe he knew of the matters which led INI up to 1 the controversy between Secretary Balinger Ballinger Bal Bal- Jin linger er and Mr Pinchot and he asserted that he believed the secretary to be an honest capable public official l. l II iI II Schwartz chief of the field fiek service of the general Ian land a office is expectEd expected ex dx- to follow follow Mr Smith Smiths on the stand He lie is one of the defenses three most important witnesses The committee will meet three tunes tinieR a week hereafter instead of semi sp weekly in order to reach an early conclusion con con- i elusion of its task Land Jand Commissioner Dennett Bennett probably will appear before the investigating committee this week welk or next |