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
