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Show "fRAME OP" AGAJNST GLAVSS TO BE INVESTIGATED Br THE COMMITTEE . i . i Witnesses, Including A. Christensen, Are to! Be Called to Washington Glavis and At I forney Vertrees Have Another Clash i i i . j Washington. Feb. 15 The Ballfn- I gcr-I'lnchof committee held an unusu-I unusu-I ally Ions; executive session this morn-j morn-j ir.g and it was 10:13 o'clock when the ! public hearing was resumed Glavls again took the stand for a coutlnuanco of his cross-examination. Washington, Feb. 15. In the Ballln-fcr-Pinchot Investigation Ballinger's counsel, Mr. Vertrees, today requested ,tlie committee to summon as witnesses wit-nesses Miss Ella M. Sharlell of Seal-tie, Seal-tie, Special Agent Frank L. Spalding of Cheyenne and W. W. Barr of Seattle. i Washington, Feb. 13. To ascertain whether or not Lu R. Glavls, tho accuser ac-cuser of Secretary Balllnger, was tho ilctlm of a "frameup" in connection with Iho finding of various missing official papers, Attorney Vertrees, counsel for Balllnger, requested to-1 day that subpoenas toe Issued forthwith lor A. Christensen, Glavls successor, and G. W. O'Neill of Seattle. Washington, Feb. 13. In striking contrast to the lively Interest of yesterday, yes-terday, the proceedings today In tho Balllnger-PInchot Investigation were dull. Mr. Vertress, counsel for Secretary Sec-retary Balllnger, continued his cross-examination cross-examination of Louis R. Glavls. In order for him to frame some of his questions, it was necessary to first wade through a mass of documentary evidence, and this process consumed much time. The committee, was in executive session forty minutes, discussing the advisability at this time of a report from Seattle, giving tho details of tho alleged discovery' among Glavls' effects ef-fects of twenty-four letters which had been missing from the official files of the land office there. No decision was announced. Subpoenas wero issued, however, for A- Christensen, chief of tho field division in Seattle, and also O. O'Xell. assistant custodian of the federal building, where the boxes belonging to Glavls were stored. The list of prospective witnesses are increasing dally, Indicating that the inquiry will ho extensive. Mr. Vertrees questioned Mr. Glavls about tho memorandum he assisted In preparing, on which Assistant Secretary Secre-tary Pierce rendered a construction of the new coal land of May, 9.k. Mr. Glavls testified yesterday that this opinion, to hla mind, showed Mr. Pierce to bo unfit for his office. Mr. Vertrees sought to show that the Cunningham claimants, having decided de-cided to stand for patents under thn old law. wero specifically excluded from consideration In the Pierce opinion. opin-ion. The attorney also-sought to show that Attorney General Wlckersham did not overrule Mr. llerce, but substan- tially sustained him in every essential partlcu lar. All Mr Glavls would admit in this connection was that he certainly did not Intend to exclude the Cunningham claims from consideration, and that may have construed the low as Mr. IVn-e did, tho witness did not think o. "Hut you condemn Mr. Pierce on your coiiHtructlon of the law?" "Yes. sir," The morning session had not proceeded pro-ceeded far when Mr. Vertrees and tho witness had another clash. The attur. ney wanted direct answers; Glavls wanted to explain every answer. Mr. Vert roos onco arose with: "If jour honor please." then he cor-recl cor-recl d himself by saying: "Mr. Chairman." The committee ruled to let Mr. Glav-Ik Glav-Ik give as many and as long explanations explana-tions as he desired. "I don't think they are relevant," said Chairman Nelson, "but go on." |