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Show 1 In the Investigation of , the Florida Everglade IqH Land Exploitation ' Washintgon, Feb. 7. New develop- H ments in the prospective congresslon- .H al investigation into tho department 'H of agriculture toward the exploYalion, jH of the Florida Everglade lands, were jH promised today when Chairman Mos3 ' JH of the house 'committee on cxpendl- k. H turcs in that department called a con- , ference of Democrats In his commit- H teo and went into executive session 'vM with Senators Fletcher and Bryan of 'U Florida Solicitor McCabe of the department XlH of agriculture- had planned to appear 'jl today before the committee and tell JH the department's side of the case, but VflM this was deferred at tho last moment. yv Charges by Representative Frank , uJi (?Iark of Florida and Representative, ' E. R Bathrlck of Ohio thau through , tW the influence of promoters of tho salo J '" ifl of Everglade lands, department of- Ml ficlals had suppressed reports on the $, ! drainage situation, and that two offi- M clals of the department. Engineers El. JH llott and Morehouse, had been dls- ". J missed from the service after refus- I - . . k tlmli. flntawtAlltC TV'lllnVl I 1 1 ing 10 reUUUL luuji omwiuwiw ......... . were unfavorable to the land promot- ' 1 ors, have created a sensation closelv J lesembling the situation in the- cou- jf , J trovcrsv between Solicitor McCabo ft: j and Dr" Wiley, the government's pure K food expert,' in which McCabe rec- JH ommendod the doctor for dismissal. if This case, however, ended In President j Taft's vindication of Dr. Wiley. Thousands of acres of Everglade t-J lands, priced at millions of dollars, jj have been sold all ovor the United 3J I States by promotion syndicates. So y" widespread Was the telling campaign that the department of agriculture re- tT M reived thousands of. inquiries . for nn jfl official opinion on tho value of the t- lands and sent engineers to the Ever- H glades to make reports. Tho proposed h investigation and the charges of sup- p, presslon of reports and undue influ- p i euce of land promoters grow out od -:-. their worlc, although department of r J agriculture officials maintain that Bl- Ngj iiott and Morehouse were dismissed I and E. E. Singleton, an accountant. W M was suspended, on a technical chnrgo i of transference of public funds. S The men claim a few hundred dol B lars were transferred from one fund m to another to carrv on worlc for which monev was running short and there !a I no "charge that any of them profited g bv the transfer. . Those who arc Insisting ou tho in- M vesication say. when the charges are aired. It will be shown that the men were removed because they refused g to recede from their roports on tho true condition of the Everglade lands. f j It developed that a senate docu. H ment. ordcr6d printed last summer, g relating to tho Everglades, did not contain the report mado by former B Department Engineer J 0. wyten-, V as revised by Chief Engineer. Elliott. a but contained a second revision made H by Wright after he had left tho em- K . plov of the government to become m chief engineer of Florida. Tn a letter U to Secrct.irv Wilson, on Novembor 2T, B 1311. Wriglit said that in tho region X of the report he bad been aided by Kj Senator Fletcher. I Tho senate document did not' con- tain the circular to the public which. it Is charged, was suppressed by Sac- retary Wilson. . fl i |