Show INQUIRY BEGINS ballinger pinchot controversy to hold center of stage for awhile washington the ballinger pinchot congressional inquiry began its public sessions on wednesday with louis II 11 glavis chief accuser of secretary ballinger on the witness bitne ss stand As a result of many interruptions and tho the final decision of the committee to insist that glavis counsel make an opening statement of the specific charges against mr ballinger the witness did not get far indis in his narrative the charges in brief are that prior to entering the govern government mentser service in t n any capacity R A dallinger Bal finger acted as attorney in drawing up an agreement in escrow and deeds in tho the wilson coal company cases in lewis county washington these cases being an alleged fraud upon the land laws mr air ballingers Bal lingers nanie name did kotap p pear ear in court records in the case I 1 th that it mr air ballinger as commission or of the land office in 1907 did not show duo due diligence in investigating alleged frauds connected with the cunningham coal land claims in alaska that he had knowledge of all circumstances surrounding these claims and in spite of this entered the employ of one of the claimants after leaving the land office and before becoming secretary of the interior that ho he ordered these claims cialino to be clear listed for patent without due investigation and that they would have gone to patent if giavis and others had not intervened |