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The Daily Bee The Omaha, dee Is th rnont powerful buslbeiuj Itetter i-i the tt, because It Roes to the LoniPD of poor and rich. WEATHER FORECAST. For NVbrankfl Fair. For Icwh Tprtlv rlnuiv. Tor weather report see paRr- 3. VOL. XXXIX-NO 220. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, . MARCH 2, 1910-TWELYE PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. Omaha SPATE PASSES HOMESTEAD BILL Barkett Measure to Give Patents to Settlers on Reclamation Land Goes Through.- rrvE-YEAii miiT struck out Senator Carter Substitutes Amend ment of Committee. TO COMPLY WITH IIOMESTF ; w As Soon as This is Done, Ads'-a Water Ko Difference. MUCH RELIEF THROUGH THE W.' -'tor Gamble Gets Meaat-' Tbrounh for More Montr for fMou 1'nll Ilalldln Bill for Stfio tare at Casper. (Prom a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. March 1. (Special Tele rnini.) S.-mitor Ruikett'a bill authorizing Hie government to plve hi ttU;rs under the pathfinder ditch In west Nebraska patents Wi their homesteds after five years, nhcther water reaches their farms or not, passed the senate today with a committer amendment (riving the homesteader the l-ht to assign any portion of. his entry ..when ho has otherwise compiled with the homestead laws. Senator Rurkett, who Is thoroughly famil iar with conditions along- the ditch, hav ing spent Bcveral days ast fall in, a first hand Inspection of the situation, opposed the committee amendment and tried to get the senate to accept his bill as originally Introduced. Senator Carter thought It was establishing too much of a precedent and might subject the government to unnecessary- litgutlon, and his plea for the amended bill prevailed. The Nebraska senator In the course of lis Fpcech (old tho senate that he was luiibiijirably embarrassed In antagonizing ;he 'uiiimlttea amendment, because It did Jive some relief tyo tho settlers, but It wa not tho kind of relief the settlers uat'Wl. He said his bill gave patents to settlers hi regions that came under the .reclamation net after , they had complied with the homestead laws. His contention wasthat the government In this particular . case had not complied with Us part of the agreement with the ecttler when It -threw ands open to settlement and Invited people to settle thereon, guaranteeing them water In a specified time. Having failed in this ( part of the contract. It ought to give the settlers on these lands the safno rights granted - other homesteaders on the public lomain. Senator Burkett gave a word picture bow fcttlers had gone out to western Nebraska .and taken up lands along the big ditch. He told, of tho barrens of tho country, without water; how they had been prom ised water and how these makers of new homes In western Nebraska had spent their substance In Improvement of their land;n anticipation, of water,' vhlch up to this lina, la Vet to come. "Tho government owes these ' people some consideration and I hope the senate will set tho ball rolling by passing my ' bill," said Mr. Burkett In conclusion, Tho senate, however, thought the amendment should be ndopted, and the bill was passed In that shape. As It Is, It Is a great concession to the settlers and will go far' toward relieving the situation. William I. Jamleson, representing the Eighth Iowa district, today announced def- ! Initcly he would not be a candidate for rc- iiiiiuuinuun. was janiieson wno de feated Iowa's veteran congressman, Coo nel W. I. Hepburn. Jamleson put over Colonel "Pete" by a scant plurality of 310 votes. Senator Gamble today secured tho pas sago through the senate of his bill lncreas In gthe limit of cost of the public building ,at Bioux Kalis from $100,000 to $190,000. Sector Warren today Introduced a bill appropriating f7D,000-fur construction of a rpubllo building at Casper, Wyo., on a site already owned by the government. Representatives Townsend of Michigan tday Introduced the Burkett bill to pro fTiute the- safety of employes and travelers Upon railroads by compelling railroads to equip their locomotives with safe, and suit able boilers and appurtenances thereto. The secretary of the Interior has af firmed the decision of thr, nam miuBlAnai. f the general land office In the case of the appcut of John A. Nugent In holding for cancellation his homestead entry upon thii contest of William K. Hall, located In Ui-Yorth Platte lund district. Uitral carriers appointed are as fol lows: Nebraska Howell, route 1, Ole C. Olsen, carrier, no substitute; Walworth, route 1, Walter E. Clarke, carrier, Fred Peter, substitute. . Iowa Csstana, route 4, Charles E. Nutt, carrier, Henry Carluon, substitute; Irwin, route 1, Henry II. Ruthmann, carrier, t Louie lluthmatin. substitute; Montlcello, route 3, L. E. Seaton, carrier, no substi tute; Kpragueville, route 1, Hiram O. Gib son, carrier, no substitute; Stockport. . route t, c. IV Wheatley, carrier, Caleb W. Wheatley, substitute. South Dakota Altamoht, route 1, Henry J. Frill, carrier, no substitute; Parkston, route J, W. R. Benson, carrier, no sub stitute. The First National bank og Hecla, S. P.. has been nuihorlsrd to begin business with $20,000 capital. F. H. Gannon is pres. ldentj John Yunker, vice president; D. . T. Lane, cashier. ROMANCE OF LONG STANDING ' ENDS IN A DOUBLE CRIME Ohio Man Shoots Sweetheart of Youth Decease She ltefnsrs to -Starry Him. CHICAGO. 111.. March .l.-A romance which began years ago In the little town of I'illonvale. O.. ended here today In a aulcldd and probable murder. Frank Marsh, 17 years old. who In said to be a member of a prominent Ohio family, after probably fatally wounding Grace H shot himself and was found dead in the apart- int of the young woman at 2223 Wabash 0Vi je. The yniple ara said to have been sweet hearts In JMUonvale. The young .woman lift the- town and after a long search Marsh Is paid to have found her In Chicago last evening. In her periods of conscious ness nt a hospital the woman said Miirish entreated her to marry Mm and return to Ihelr former home. On her refusal she de clares, he tiiot her and himself. Tho Woman a!d she had married since leaving lillonyule and that sua had a child several aaurs ! Promise Strong Support for All Taft Measures Leaders of Congress Will Oppose Move by Insurgents Against Admin istration Reform Bills. WASHINGTON. March 1 After a two hour conference with President Taft today, loader of cmigrees announced that they would oppose all amendments to the tv cral administration bills when It became apparent that the amendment were of fered In a spirit hostile to the main pur- pom of the. proposed legislation. Thin Is taken to mean that sharp llns will be drawn against the propositions ad vocated by "wiisurgcnta" and that adminis tration senators would oppose, particularly ho Ideas advocated by Senators Cummins id Clapp, on the Interstate commerce bill. I allcd Train Covered by Snow Slide, is Rumor Relieved There Has Been Loss of Life in Accident on Great Northern. v EVERETT, Wash.. March. l.-The Great Northern Spokane express, that has been stalled on the summit of the Cascade mountains since last Thursday, was bufied by u slide this morning. It is believed there must have been loss of life. A relief train has gone from Everett, but it will not be able to get within ten miles of the train. Brian Will Run for Congress State Treasurer Will Make Race for Nomination in Third Ne braska District. (From a Staff Correspondent) LINCOLN, March L (Special. Stato Treasurer Lawson G. Brian, will make the race for the republican congressional nomi nation In the Third district Mr. Brian's determination to enter tho contest comes as the result of numerous requests from various counties' of the district for him to announce hlfi candidacy. Because of his large acquaintance In the district his record as state treasurer a.nd his reputation at home, many republicans have agreed that he would make a strong candidate against Congressman Latta and have pledged him their support Mr. Bain will run as he did, when a candidate for the office of state treasurer as a republican, promising to give to each subject that cornea up serious considera tion and to. represent hla constituents to the best of hla ability. " Mr. Bain Is serving hla second term as state treasurer, his time being, out next January. Previous to that time he wa4 several times elected county treasurer of Boone county, where he has lived for many years. Before that he wag a member of the board of county commissioners of that county. Mr. Bain 1 a .farmer and owns many hundreds of acrca of Boone county land. Raining Hard Along the Ohio People in Lowlying Districts Flee ' from Threatened Floods Hudson Also Up. COLUMBUS. O., March 1. Reports from Marietta tc day state that It Is raining hard along the Ohio river and that people In the low-lying districts are leaving their homes. The. Ohio registered 29.6 feet and was rising three-tenths of a foot ter hour. NEW YORK, March l. Floods along the valleys of the Mohawk and upper Hudson rivers today with rain still falling. The Hudson at Albany was only five feet below Its twenty-one-foot record rise. PITTSBCRG, Pa., March l.-Danger from extreme llgh water In Greater Pittsburg and environs at this time is now past. Shipping and" water-front Interest are safe. TIFFIN, O., March 1. The big Ice gorge j anove the water woras aam croKC at 1U o'clock this raoVnlng and Mechanlcsburg, the factory district, la inundated. The peo ple fled from their homes. , PETER T0 VISIT RUSSIA First Reception by Other Monarch Tendered to the Kins; of Servla. ST. PETERSBURG. March. l.-The Novoa Vjretnya announces authoritatively that King Peter of Servla will visit St. Peters burg this spring. This will be his first re ception by a foreign sovereign since his ac cession and probably will lead to a general lifting of the ban by European courts from which King lVter has been excluded be cause of the circumstances attending his elevation to the throne. Why is Officer McCarthy . Before the Grand Jury? Out Investigating on their own hook went members of the grand Jury. They came In front of the Jewel theater, a moving pic turo show on Douglas street near Six teenth. A flaring sign read "On Trial for His I,ife, or Lifting the Mortgage." -Gui?ss we"d better Investigate this," said one member of the grand Jury to whom ths title appealed. The grand Jury marched up to the door "Tickets!" demanded a youth attired In a natty uniform. "Why, we are the grand )iryj' cried the Investigators In chorus. "We are Investi gating and; we don't hava to pay." "you can't get )n here if you ain't got no ticket," said the doorman, ungram matically, but forcibly. The attacking party withdrew to hold a rtnhicll of war. Then what seemed to them heavy relnforctments drew up on lha scene. Officer Michael McCarthy of the Omaha police force hove In slttht, his club swing ing by his side, and a burnished shield pro tUhuiug the uiaj sty of. the law.' CROSS TIES NOT ROUGIILUMBER General Freight Agent of Southern Pacifio Makes This Explana tion of Higher Rate. ABLE TO STAND THE CHARGE Fact that New Competitor Was Chief Shipper Not Considered. KNOWS OF NO SIMILAR CASE Harriman Merger Inquiry Reveals Un usual Conditions. COMPETITOR IS SUBSIDIZED Traffic Manager Object to Term, but Admits Arrangement frith Rival that Keepa V'p t Hate. NEW YORK, March 1 Why the South ern Pacific should maintain a $! rate of railroad ties and reduce that rate to $3.10 on other rough lumber from Willamette valley to San Francisco bay points, was a pertinent subject of lrtqulry today by tho government attorneys In the suit to dis solve the Union Pacific-Southern Pacific merger. Counsel for the government wanted to know from the witness, George W. Luce, general freight agent of the Southern Pa cific, If the high rate on ties was not due to the fact that the Western Pacific rail road was building a line Into San Francsco and was getting its ties from the Willam ette valley. Mr. Luce denied that his road had any Intention of hindering the new road In getting the ties. He said that the rate on all rough lumber had first been raised to $5 and then lowered to $3.10 on complaint of the mill men. The only reason the ad vanced rate was "-maintained for ties, he added, waa because they were considered a finished commodity able to stand the rate, He admitted, however, that he had never heard of another Instance where this distinction was made. Mr. Luce testified that the Southern Pa cific had never solicited Portland freight traffic In San Francisco, but he admitted that It might have been done In a small way in Portland. "The Southern Pacific did make one effort to secure tho Portland business dur ing the rate war," he said, "but gave up the attempt In disgust." -General Traffic Manager R. E. Miller of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation company, -did ..ot like the use of the word "subsidised" today when General Counsel Severance,- in the Union Paclfcl merger hearing, asked the witness If it was not a fact ' that the Oregon Railroad and Navigation company, bad subsidized ' a competing steamship "company to induce It to maintain the water rate between the two coast ports. After objecting to the word "subsidised" the witness replied: ... "We did have, an arrangement to put traffic into this line." KILLS WOMAN, BEATS FRIENDS ' AND THEN SHOOTS HIMSELF i Jealousy Prompt Doable Crime In Store at Kansas City. KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 1. Mrs. Grace Gayou, aded 19, waa shot and killed at a store at 3019 East Eighteenth street In this city last night by Louis Hlllaon, who then killed himself after he had as saulted and severely beaten Jack Doyle, a rival for Mrs. Gavou's affections. Mrs. Gayou waa employed In the store, which was closed for the night. She was entertaining Doyle In- the store. Hlllaon gained an entrance by breaking a window. He had seen Doyle Inside and this aroused his Jealousy. ' He clubbed Dpyle with his revolver, then he shot the girl. He then walked to the aldewam and killed himself. DRIVEN ACROSS GULF ON BARGE, WITH TWO DAYS' FOOD Peter Nelson of Galreaton Survives Elffht-Dar Crnlae Before HlKh Wind. GALVESTON. Tex.. March. 1. -Alone on an empty barge, Peter Nelson was carried across the Gulf of Mexico and landed on the coast of Tamaullpai. . It took eight days for the trip, a storm driving the barge rapidly. Nelson had two days rations when he started. He arrived here last night by rail. PANAMA PRESIDENT IS DEAD Heart Disease Takes Jose De Olialdla After a Brief Illness PANAMA, March 1. Jose Domingo De Obaldia. president of Panama, died from heart disease at. 2:30 o'clock this after noon. He had been sick only since last Friday. The new president of Panama will be Dr. C. A. Mendoza, who was elected vice pres ident In 1908. "Hey, officer!" cried a Juryman, "we want you to pass us Into this theater." "Who might you be?" Inquired the pa trolman. "We might be the Interstate Commerce commission." replied one of the Jurors, "but we are the grand Jury, or part of It, anyhow." "Well, what do'you want?" Inquired the officer. "You tell the theater to' let us In." "Fish down In your pockets for a dime and pay your way," retorted the police man. "That's the only way for yes to gat Inside I know of." . Thla was Saturday night. Sunday the grand Jury rested from Its labors and burned with Its wrongs. t Monday, reporters were notified that at noon the grand Jury would make a state ment as to "bow It waa handled by the police." Rut at noon it was decided to give out no statement. Tuesday, Offloer McCarthy was sum moned to appear before the aiwust body. What faU awaits him is unguessabla. I 1 L I rc"1 'H ; V t r if m mwu Ni l " ;l i From the New York World. WILL WATCH RATES KEENLY Omaha Commercial Club to Keep Congressmen Posted. INTERSTATE LAW NOW INVOLVED Special Attention to Be Paid to the Commodity ' Hates to Omaha and Other Rates from . Thla, Clly " Representatives In. congress of Nebraska and Iowa will be kept Informed by theN Commercial club as to the action of the railroads In attempting to Increase the commodity rates to Omaha and the other rates from this city. This Is- to be done because the Inter state Commerce law Is now in the lime light and because President Taft wants Its scope enlarged By the present law the railroads are able to make a basing point or a gateway wherever they choose. The Information will also be used In the Investigation Into the Increase of the cost of living. If S10 a car is added to all the dressed meat products which are sent east from Omaha, It will add materially to the cost of edibles during the year 'in the east. If the eastern price Is Increased It will naturally increase the cost of these products at home. Considerable Interest attaches to the rate war because this Is the first time the Great Western has had an opportunity to show Its hand under Its new ownership. When President Stlckney Was at the helm ho could be relied upon to protect the western markets and proved' himself a friend of these markets on several occasions. It seems to be- different since J. P. Morgan bought the road - under the hammer for $13,000,000, or about $9,000 a mile. When the trial came Morgan was found lined up with the other big roads and not sticking o the western markets, as did President Stlckney. Soath Omaha In Llae. The South Omaha Commercial olub, at a special meeting held Tuesday, declared for co-operation with the Commercial club of Omaha and the committee named by the Live Stock exchange, In action to ba taken In regard to Omaha's shipping rates. A committee oomposed of T. W. Sears, T. J. O'Netl and F. A. Broad well waa named to work with the committee of these two organisations. , Resolutions endorsing the stand taken by the Omaha Commercial club and the Live Stock exchange, were passed, A. F. Stryker, secretary of the National Live Stock exchange, appeared before the club to present the shipping situation and Ha relation to the business and Industries of South Omaha. AGREEMENT ON B. & 0. ROAD Conference with Telecraphera Ueaalta in Compromise for Raise in Pay. BALTIMORE, March 1. Conferences be tween officials of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad and representatives of telegraphers of the system culminated today in an agree ment. The operators were granted from 8 to 9 per cent Increase in pay and valuable concessions. About 1.500 operators are af fected. Easter is in sight. It is not too early to begin to prepare for it. Thero will bo hundreds of things necessary. Hundreds of dealers have received Ea6ter finery and are ready to 'display It. In tho "For Easter Column" in the "Want Ad Page, will be found their announcements. About everything required is listed there. Have sou looked them over! A Privileged Game. Strong Efforts to End Strike in Philadelphia Prominent Business t Firms Bringing Pressure to Bear on Trao tion Company, r4'nL.DEXI?lilA.a.'"lfarch t Power ful Influences are being brought to bear on the Philadelphia Rapid Transit company to bring an end to the strike. The big de partment stores, which have suffered from the strike along with the thousands of other business houses, are known to have demanded that the transit company shall not involva .the city In a great general labor struggle. ' 11 A conference is being held In the offices of - the company at which are present Charles O. Kruger, president of the com pany: State Senator Clarence Wolf, vice president; George H. Earle. Jr., the city's representative on the board of directors, and Richard Y. Cook, a prominent financier. There is a general appeal for arbitration today. Newspapers demand It; various or ganizations are clamoring for It, and citi zens generally are calling for an end of the trouble at once. Important developments are looked for during the day. Garven Demands Beef Trust Books New Jersey Prosecutor Asks Court to Order Production of the Minutes. TRENTON, N. March 1 Prosecutor Garven of Hudson county has asked tho state supreme court to compel the Mi beef companies to bring their minutes of directors' meetings within the Jurisdiction of New Jersey. WASHINGTON. March l.-Representa-tlve Henry of Texas Introduced a bill In the house today the effect of which. If passed, would make the officers of the "Beef trust" fugitives from Justice unless they responded to the summons of - the New Jersey court In which they were In dicted. ' ' , FOR INCOME TAX IN ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE Ixtwer Body of Legislature Pasaea , Resolatton for Amradmeat Al ready Endorsed by Senate. " SPRINGFIELD, 111., March 1. Senate Joint resolution No. 7, ratifying the pro posed congressional amendment of the fed eral constitution to provide for a national lncorao tax, was adopted In the house today. The senate passed the resolution some time ago. By an overwhelming vote the house passed the senate bill providing for fire fighting apparatus In Illinois coal mines. Ten-QollaryHogs and Tfyen Sorrie-ln the Big Markets CHICAGO, March 1. Hogs maintained their record of yesterday, selling on the local market for $10 per hundred weight today. , INDIANAPOLIS, March 1. Another new record was made In the hog market today when the high mark of 110.25 per hundred was reached. PITTSBCRG. March 1 Another high record was hung up at tha stock yards today when prime heavyweight hogs brought $10.15 per hundred. PIOL'X CITY, March 1. Hogs went up 10 cents today, selling, at $9.60. BT. JOSEPH. Mo.. March 1. Hogs sold at the fcouth St. Joseph stock yards to day for $3.75 per hundred pounds, higher than tha record made Monduy by 10 vents. FIREMEN VOTE TO STRIKE Union Pacific Men Will Qait Unless Given Concessions. MORE PAY IS ONE DEMAND Have Completed Their Vote, ut Do - Rot Give it Oat Till Others re Annouaeed from i nicttKo. -n, y Union Pacific firemen have completed thclf- vote on the strike question, and, although the result is still a secret. It is the general ' feeling anions' railroad employes that the engine men voted al most unanimously to strike one week hence. C. V. McLaughlin of Omnha creneml chairman of the grievance committee of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Englnemen. left for Chlcasro with the ballots of the Union Pacific men packed in his valise. They will be canvassed In Chicago with the votes of the men of fifty-seven other roads operating west of Chicago, ' and the result made known March 7. Committees of the Rrotherhood of Rail way Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors are still In aesslon at tho Mil lard hotel. It is tho. opinion of the train men and conductors that the firemen1 have voted, almost to the man, to walk out un less the railroads comply with their de mands for increased pay. The original renutst for seniority riirhts and better wages was made November 1, and, after a long session of the railway managers and superintendents, which lasted almost to February, the men were turned down with the answer that the railroads "Would bo wllllne to tuhmit ih proposition to arbitration. W. L. Park of umana, superintendent of the Union Pa cific, waa a member of the committee of railway managers. The firemen asked for a raise nf 10 ner cent In wages for men In the passenger service and 124 r per cent in freleht and switching. They also asked that they be given jurisdiction over engineers who re tained membership in the firemen's order. The executive committee of the tralnm.m elected Uiese officers at thelr meeting Monday afternoon; Chairman, Charles Rogue of North Platte: vice chairman P1 E. Hueston of Jupctton City, Kan.; secre tary, tawara oregory of Laramie, Wyo. Mr. Rogue succeeds himself aa general chairman. His salary will be $2,800 ..per annum. THREE-CENT FARES AREkIaL Cleveland Car Lines Oat from I'nder Receivership and Subject to Ordinance. CLEVELAND, O.. March l.-eThree-rent railway for with municipal supervision of the car lines became a reality here today. The receivership of the local traction lines, which has existed since November 12, l'JOS, was Jlfted, and the Cleveland Railway company took over the property under an ordinance recently approved at a refer endum. KT. LOUIS. Mo., March 1. Hogs were sold atthe stock yards here today for $10 a hundred weight, 15 cents higher than the record established yesterday. KANSAS CITY, March l-Hogs here" to day sold at $3.75, an advance of 10 cents over yesterday. CINCINNATI. O.. March l.-The price of hoga went to $1006 per 100 pounds today. This Is an advance of 16 cents over tha I rhe recorded yesterday and la the highest litice the civil war. Hogs reached $9.fi5 at the South Omaha market Tuesday, an advance of 10 cents over all previous high records. The sheep market also broke previous records, lambs selling for $ " riXCHOT AND WILSON CLASH Former Forester Says He Had Con sent of Secretary to Write Dolliyer Letter. HE IS FLATLY CONTRADICTED Head of Department Says He Never Saw the Note. RONALD'S LETTER BROUGHT IN Communication from Ballinger's Part, ner Basis of Falsehood Charge. SENT IT TO PRESIDENT TAFT Admits Secretary Had Previously Written President True Matrmrtt of (kr Conversation vrilh President llarred. WASHINGTON. March 1 Glfford Pin rhot Hnd Secretary of Agriculture Wll.mii clashed dramatically before the Kallliiger Pliuihot Investigation committee this aft ernoon. Mr. Plnc.hot asserted that ho se cured Secretary Wilson's permission to write to Sonntor Dolllvtr. Pccretary Wulson, taking the stand, de clared with great emphasis ho never did and never would hnvo consented to the writing of such a letter. Ho never saw the letter or heBrd of It Until read In the senate. There was a surprising development In tho Investigation when Glfford Ptnchot announced to the committee that he based his charge that Secretary Rnlllnger had been guilty of making statements to tho president that wero absolutely false In three esentlal particulars, not upon a let ter from Mr. Ralllnger . himself, but upon a letter written by J. T. Ronald, a former law partner of Mr. Ralllnger, to rr. Lyman AbbMt. Mr. Plnchot said a copy of this letter, with annotations, was forwarded by Mr. Ralllnger to the president. Plnchot admitted when questioned by the committee that the three statements In the Ronald letter which he claimed to be false had previously been covered by a letter written by Mr. Ralllnger hlmsolf to the president. In which Mr. Ralllnger had stated what the witnss admitted was a true statement of the facts. Mr. Plnchot Raid he did not attempt to reconcile these two facts. Refore this development the interest of the morning sestdon had centered In the announcement by Mr. Plnchot that he would not press for ' a decision as to ' whether or not he should bo allowed to give his version of the conversations with President Taft and the Introduction In erU dence by Plnchot of . a long letter written to him by PreslAeut Taft . in September laalT - ' ' ':' '-r In this letter tho president 'denounces ' Glavis as dlslnganlou. warned Mr. Plnchot against making Glavis' cause hla own, de clared ho was sorry Mr. Plnchot did not have the same cnnfldenco and trust In Mr. Ralllnger as he did and lastly declared that controversies between the departments In Washington must cease. Ho referred In this particular to an al leged Interview with Ormsby McHarg, former assistant secretary of commeroe and labor. In which Mr. McHarg was re ported to have said that Theodore Roose velt, "must have thought himself tha lord." Approved Glavis' Course. When the public hearing opened Attorney Pepper began to question Mr. Plnchot as to the sequence of events following July 1, 1309, when the former forester said he first heard of the Cunningham claims through forest officials in the West. When ha heard what his subordinates in Washing ton had done at Glavis' request looking to a postponement of the hearings of the Cun ningham claims he approved thoroughly. Asked If there waa anything .unusual In the Interference of the forest service Mr. Plnchot read a letter signed by President Roosevelt on May 17, 1905, directing the' secretary of the Interior to co-operate with the forestry service as to lands In forest reserves and to adopt the service's findings as far as possible. The witness next told of his Interviews with Glavis at Spokane on August 9, 1909. The meeting was not by appointment and Mr. Plnchot said he possibly had met Glavis once before, he was not aura. Glavis laid all his evidence before him, Mr. Plnchot said, and spoke of publishing the whole story. Sent Glavis to President. "I was deeply Impressed by what Glavis said and urged him to go to the president. I did this because I thought a scandal would arise, as it since has arisen, and I thought the '-president ought to hava an opportunity to protect himself and his ad ministration." After being In Spokane, Mr. Flnohot said he went for a vacation off the southern coast of California with Senator Flint. The witness here read Into the evidence the full toxt of a letter written to him oy President Taft from Beverly, Beptember 13, 1909, at the same time he wrote to Secre tary Ralllnger, exonerating him from tha Glavis charges. Mr. Plnchot also read his reply to tha president, dated Novembor 4, 1D0B, In which he renewed his criticism of Secretary Ral llnger. ; Teat of President's Letter. The president's letter to Mr. Plnchot In full was as follows: "BEVERLY, Mass., Sept. 13, 1S0B.-My Pear Glfford: I enclose herewith a letter which I am about to send to Secretary Ralllnger for such use as he sees fit. In reference to the charges made by Glavis against Secretary Balllnger, Pierce, Den nett and Schwarta. I hava reached thla conclusion only after a full consideration of Glavis' statement and their answer to It; but I never reached a conclusion baaed on a stronger conviction than thla one la. "Glavis seems to be a man who has ac quired but one Idea and who has allowed his suspicion to grow to such a point aa to be altogether dlHtngenlous In the statement of evidence which ha adduces to sustain his attack upon hla superiors. "i have made no refernce to you In thla letter, which will probably be made public, because I do not wish to bring you Into the controversy at all. I have advised Mr. Ralllnger and his subordinates that I wish your name left out of the matter In their answers and references, should It become pecenrary, as Is pot unlikely, to send the whole ricord to congrcus. "1 am aware from the tone of your letter and lrom your conversation with ma that you did not give to Mr. Ralllnger tha con fidence and trust which I do, and which lu this ri;ect I think you Ida Mr, BaJllne