Show OFFERS A seattle TLE MAN WOULD PAY fkr FIFTY TY CENTS A TON TO MIME MINE ALASKA COAL offer coming on al eve of investigation which would net the government millions in wo ashington A new and sensational factor prepared tuesday to add ant n etty sity to the already sufficiently excited situation over the alaska coal coral land lands on the e e of the beginning 11 of tho the ual val investigation gallon john K P BallaI ncr of 0 seattle said to be the largest individual property ovner ov ner in alaska madr a propos proposition iton in truing to the senate committee on territories of which senator bever dever adge of indiana la Is chairman offering to the government a royalty of R ton on coal mined for the lease ol 01 acrea ot of some ot of the choicest coal landa lands in alaska in ahw the Ic atalia and Ma matakuska districts such to ton nage realty would net to abo govern meat mr ballaine Dall alne claims aa as high aa as per hundred acres acre TAFT IS NO CRUSADER purposes of president fully set forth in his HI A oval message washington PreM president dent tatt taft on tuesday made public the fol following loing statement as to tite the report r that the ad ministration la is planning a crusade against unlawful combinations of capital no statement was issued cither either from the attorn general a office or the white house indicating that the purpose of the administration with reference to prosecutions under tinder the anti antl trust law Is other than aa as set forth in tho the message of tho the president of january 7 1910 sensational statements as if there was to ba be a no up ar departure and an in discriminate prosecution of important industries have no foundation the purpose of the administration la Is ex acely a it already stated in the preel prost dent dents message me ag |