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Daily Bee NEWS SECTION I HE WEATHER FORECAST. For Nebraska Gr-norallY fair. For Iowa Outrun? fair. For weather report sew pif . I PAGES 1 TO S. VOU XXXIX-NO. 223. OMAHA, SATURDAY MOHN'IN'U, MARCH 5, ' 1910-RIXTEEf PAGES. sinoli; corr two cents. Omaha Arl 'J STRIKE BEGINS AT MIDNIGHT ( Counsel for Philadelphia Carmen Reject Scheme for Arbitration Offered by Company. GENERAL WALKOUT PROCLAIMED All Union Ken Asked to Cease Work Until Strike is Settled. STATEMENT OF THE COMPANY Offers to Take Back All Men it Has Room for to March 7. COMMITTEE OF NINE EMPLOYES It Offer to Take I'p Grleaacea with Till oard Only Men Who - Return to Work lo Da Recognlaed. Bl METIS. PHILADELPHIA. March 4 Counsel for the striking car nun declared late today that the company's offer for esttlcment was not acceptable. Hugh Barron, sccro tary of ths car men's local union, later nt a letter to the committee of ten li'lt hus the strike In hand, requesting Ji:e committee to place the general strike I order In effect. Th committee of ten then issued a proclamation to the worklngmen of Philadelphia requesting them to quit work at midnight and to remain away from their employment until the cor strike is Bottled. PHILADELPHIA, M irch 4 The Phlla dolphla Rapid Transit company, late thla afternoon. I.nsued Its reply to the strikers' proposition to arbitrate, proposing a com .mlttee of nine employes to take up the grievances of the men. Th9 strikers are not recognized unless they return to work. The statement, offers to take back the men up to midnight, March 7; that is, those the company has room for. As to arbitration with the strikers under Ihe act of 1893, the statement, says that cannot be done, as the relationship between the em ploye and the employer has been severed. Mow Many Will Strike. Tha number of men that will obey the strike! order cannot be spprox'mated at this time. The unions claim an affiliated membership of 100,000. Director of Pubic Safety Henry Clay declared from an In vestigation he has made he believe only 20,000'Wlll reapond to the leaders. The trao tlon company claims that it has more than 1,000 cars In operation today. . Labor leaders are going atiead with their preparations for the b!g walkout crdered ! to take place at midnight tonight Tho carpenters and joiners, whose national of ficers are here, also decided to demand an 'increase in wages for their men as - wall as Joining In the general sympathetic strike. The leaders on bot'a. aides of tha controversy are receiving hundreds of tele grams from all over the United States giv ing them moral support and endorsing their respaotive attitudes. The strikers are hearing from many labor unions and lead , era al the Rapid Transit company, is get ting litters from associations and em ployers. 7'he National Association of Manufacturers sent telegrams character istic of Its well known position on the labor question. There was little change In the street car service early today. General Committee Strikers. If the general strike goes into effect it will be conducted by a committee of ten, with John J. Murphy, president of the Central Labor union, at its head. The committee will meet dally during the continuance of the strike and arrange ments have been made to have other union ltaiiers In almost continuous sessions at different halls to take quick action as the situation changes. The members of the Theatrical Stage Employes' union have been granted a dis penratlon which provides that they may re-main at work until midnight tomorrow. This was dono in order that the productions at the various theaters may finish out this week's engagements. It was reported that the city might be .plunged IntoMdurknesa by a strike of the rnrehanlcal force of the Philadelphia Elec tee company, which controls all the pub lic and commercial electrlo lighting busi ness In Philadelphia. An official cf the company, however, explained that very few vt its employes aro connected with unions. The same condition exists relative to cm ' ployes of the city pumping stations. The Fresco Painters' union gave notice to Its men to quit at 6 o'clock this after noon, and remain away until further notice i 9 IOWA OPERA HOUSE BURNED Esthrrvllle Suffers $20,000 I.oaa by Early Morning Blase of In. known Origin. ESTHER VILLE, la.. March 4.-(Spec al Telegram.) Klre this morning completely destroyed the opera rouse here, causing loss to the Lough estate of $15,000. with In surance amounting to JG.000. James S. Cox St Co.. publishes, lost $5,000, covered by insurance. The origin of the Xire is un. known. t'nlon .Men Restrained. DEADWOOl), S. D.. March 4. -(Special.) -As a direct result of the recent ttttaek of members of the Terry Peak Miners union on nonunion men at Terry the Mogul MlnUig company has secured In the circuit court a temporary injunction restraining the union im n from In any way interfering with the employes or property of tha company. The writ Is returnable this month, when the question of whether It will be made permanent, will be decided by Juilso Rice. This Is the first time In 'tr.any years that the injunction has been resorted t by a Black Hills mining com pany and wus used to prevent further trouble. It is thought that all efforts at violence are at an end, although the imall.r companies expect to commence the 'mportution cf men like the Homestake, tome tlmu this month. Lumbermen's Convention Postponed. !i;x FALLS, 8. D., March 4.-(SpeUal.) ''' annual convention of the South-ta.n-B South Dakota Retail Lumbermen's . usxot-iatlon, which wua s h.duleil to con vene in this city this afternoon for uem- . alous lasting until Saturday evening, has bttn postponed for a period of two weeks. Tho postponement was due to the death of James W. Parker, a well-known lum berman of Sioux Falls, who was a, prom Uvnet luetubcr of the associative Rayncr Lashes Senator Burkctt in the Senate Maryland Senator Devotes Consider able Time to Sarcastio Speech Over Postal ank Measure. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASIUNOTON, March 4.-Speclal Tele gram.) In bitter Invective, In which the constitution. Its prerogatives and its appli cation to the pending postal savings bank bill wero entirely forgotten, Senator lUyner replied today to Senator Burketts remarks of recent utterance by giving the Nebraska senator a sarcastic, vituperative tongue lashing for nearly half an hour. It was a great surpriso to his colleagues, many of whom characterised It as an exhibition rarely heard In the senate chamber. With out attempting dignified argument against the propositions advanced by Senator Bur kett. Senator Kayner relieved his feelings, which It was evident had been sorely tried by Senator Ilurkett's address. Senator Bur kett was a silent listener, and It Is not be lieved he will moke. any further reply. Senator Brown today made a favorable report from the Indian affairs committee on Senator Burketts bill allowing Omaha Indians to submit to tho court of claims their claims against the United States. The bill has been favorably passed upon by the Indian office and concurred in by the In terior department. Lieutenant Colonel Frank F. Eastman, deputy commissary general, will proceed to Valentine, Neb., to Inspect subsistence sup plies. Rural carriers appointed are: Nebraska Kearney, Route 6, C. I. Swartwood, car rier; no substitute. lowa-Hlnton, Route 3, David K. March, carrier; no substitute. : Thirty-Three Miners Killed By Explosion Bodies of Ten More Men Are Found in Mexican Shaft of Treadwell Mines. JUNEAU, Alaska, March 4.-Thlrty-three miners are dead as a result of Wednesday night's powder magazine ex plosion in the Mexican shaft of the Tread will gold mines, it was announced today. Twenty-three bodies were taken out soon after the explosion, eight others were found in a later search and two died In a hospital. Five other men in the hospital are badly Injured. It is supposed the care lessness of a miner caused the explosion. The dead men are mostly foreigners, all copper miners. 'Stopo Boss Nels Rustgird is among the dead. FINAL DECREE FOR MRS. ASTOR Rnmored She Gets tJtSO.OOO a Year - from Millionaire Latter Gives at Disc Ball. - .. . NEW YORK, March 4.-The interlocu tory decree of divorce of Mrs.' Ava Willing Astor from her husband,. Colonel John. J. Astor, was - made final today In Justice V ills' court In White Plains. -Neither of the parties' , to the suit appeared In court. Mrs, .Astpr .Is now in Europe. ' After the decree was signed Mrs. Astor's counsel .hurried to catch a train, . leaving an inquiring crowd of reporters on a vain quest . to . obtain information . concering the alimony settlement and the disposition of tho two Astor children. . Report . has it that Mrs. Astor will receive $00,000 a year alimony. ..... Mrs. Astor brought suit against Colonel Astor last' year for a divorce on statutory grounds. Colonel Astor gave a ball lost night in' his newly, remodeled mansion on Fifth avenue. SANTA FE TRAIN IS DERAILED Several Pnaaensrera Injured In Wreck Twenty St Ilea West of Pueblo. PUEBLO, Colo., March 4. Santa Fe pas senger train No. 668, which left hero at 1:30 p. m. for La Junta, was wrecked twenty miles west of here this afternoon by spreading rails. Several passengers were Injured. The train was made up of a baggage car and two coaches and all the cars left the traok and overturned. The most seriously injured were taken to La Junta, It is not believed that any of the injured will die. Among the injured was J. A.. Vincent of Washington, la. Children Hum to Death. GRAHAM, Mo., March 4. Bruce Donald son, aged 6 years and Maragaret Cancker, aged 4, were burned to death this after noon as the result of a gasoline explosion in a smoke house at the Cancker home, where the children were playelng. It is thought the children set fire to the gaso line with mutches. High School Boys and Girls Bunch Up for Big Colleges Where shall the Omaha High school girl go to college T Once this was a question to be settled by confident pappas and doting mammas. Now the girlies of the high school art banded Into a "college club," where they, after mature deliberation and weighty councils, will, in the vastnes of their wis dom, determine tho worthy and proper In stitution to be graced by their attendance. Muybe there is the least wee bit of a possibility that certain schools which might not exactly claim Omaha as territory tribu tary to their fashionable eastern college halls, might take an altruistic Interest In the "college club." An educational kidnapers' trust? Oh, horrors, no! How could one believe that educational Institutions founded for tAe great human uplift could be mercenary? Perish the thought! Of course it Is easier for the college so licitor to get them In bunches or clubs. The "college club" meeting is In session M:s Madylenne Blanque, distinguished and well-gowned graduate of Most Any Proper college on tho Hudson, Is holding forth ad vising tha shooting Ideas where to go to blossom. "Of course. It Is not because It Is my alma muter, not but that there are other perfectly good schools that would do if we did not have 'ours,' but it la beoause I am so Interested In your welfare SENATE AGAIN TAKES RECESS Postal Savings Bank Bill is Debate rtv TTnnar TTrtne tnr e' v .t ,C Hour tV'-v V NO VOTE YET w iH SIGHT Seven or Eight Other Senators Want to Make Speeches. CUMMINS AMENDMENT FACTOR It Seeks to Limit Federal Use of Funds to War Time. ACRID EXCHANGES OF VIEWS Senators Boot and Carter Dwell Upon , Keceaslty of Protecting the Credit of the United S to tea. WASHINGTON, Marsh 4. After labor ing today for almost six hours in atmos phere surcharged with the electricity gen erated by sharp conflict of opinion the senate again failed to reach a vote on the postal savings bank bill and once more took a recess until the following day. The result of thla action la that the legislative day of March S la continued until tomorrovr. There Is aome uncer tainty aa to whether final action even then will be reached. When the recess was token Senator Car ter stated seven or eight senator j had ex pressions yet to bo delivered and he ill J not want to guess how many other speeches these might provoke. Six Honrs of Oratory. Not during the several weeks that the postal bill has been before the senate has there been a day of debate approaching In any degree the proceedings of today. Be ginning at 11:30 o'clock the flow of ora tory continued without interruption until after 6 o'clock, when in utter despair of reaching the end Mr. Carter moved a re cess until 11:4S a. m. tomorrow, when the linguistic exercises will be- resumed. During the day there were speeches by Senators Root." Carter, Cummins, Rayner, Clapp, Borah,' Clay. Newlanda and a num ber of others representing almost as many vlewa as there were speakers. The Cummlng amendment to tho Smoot amendment, limiting to times of war' tho exigencies In which the postal.. funds may be withdrawn from the banks In which they are deposited, was the technical sub ject of discussion during tho entire sitting and during that time there were many ralhor acrid exchanges of views. Root and Carter Speak. Senator Root dwelt especially upon tho necessity of protecting the credit of the country and he appealed strongly to the patriotism of senators n that interest. Mr. Carter strongly seconded, this appeal and drew even o more vlttf picture of the possibility of an unexpected national de mand for fund than was presented by the New York senator. Both Senators Clayand Cummins charged Mr. Smoot with inconsistency In originally presenting an amendment prohibiting the withdrawal of the postal, funds from the local banks and following that up with another provision authorising such with drawal In the contingency of need for the funds by the government. Mr. Smoot defended his course as duo to the fact that he had been convinced of the unconstitutionality of tho proposed law without some provision Justifying It under the borrowing clause of the constitution. Senator Carter stated frankly that his change of position was due to tho parlia mentary necessity of putting the bill in such shape as to insure a majority vote for it. BASIN TO HAVE NEW JAIL County Coramlaalonera Order One Dnllt and Will Hare New Bridgrea. BASIN. Wyo., March 4.-(Speclal Tele gramsThe county commissioners of Big Horn county have ordered a new county Jail and an office for the sheriff to be erected fepon the site of the present Jail. The old court house, which has been con demned as unsafe and which has been vacated, will by this action now be rased and the materials partly used in the con struction of the new buildings. Bidders upon the structures to be built must fur nish their own working plans and specifi cations at their own cost. Bids for this work will now be received and opened on April 2, and must be acoompanled by a certified check for 5 per cent of the amount of the estimated cost. The Board of Com missioners also ordered new bridges built over Clark Forks river near the mouth of Pat O'Harra, Creek river and Gray Bull river, near Meeteetse, "Now, there Is Just nothing to compare with the atmosphere of our college. Then one meets so many awfully nice girls there, too, dontcherknow." The word pictuie Is painted, the Young Idea is put In a receptive mood, captivated and charmed. How very lovely to go to this school, where they wear such nice gowns and have such delightful spreads on class dayl The Young Idea then in the maturity of her 'Judgment after due deliberation de cides. Yes, Miss Madylenne . Blahque's school Is really the only place. Of course she does It Independently. How could a mere college send out Its workers who could so Influence the firm and decisive mind of 17 years? It a girl might have possibly been destined to her own state's university, the elaboration of attractive life otherwhere wouldn't matter In the least. That la why they do It. Wednesday the flrat meeting of the girls' college club of the Omaha High school was held. There were talks from grad uates of Bryn Mawr, Vaesar, Weilesly, Cornell. Mlna Mackln was chosen society teacher and Miss Marie Gordon was named re porter for the organisation. P. S. Oh. by the way, the boys of tho high school alao have a "college club" and they get thelra. too. Several large Institu tions have recently aeot their representa tives hltherward. News Note Several Fifteenth Century Historical Frescoes -itaiy, unaer several uoats 01 LIVE STOCK MOVEMENT LIGHT Government Report Shows Falling Off in Receipts. HOG SHIPMENTS ARE WAY DOWN Grain ' Receipts . Show Decided fa. . ereaae Over Corresponding; . Pe i ' . rtod Last Venr Coal la 1 . . Alao Vp.' .WASHwaTOW. Mrth,4internal..voa merce movements ior-the month of Jan uary, 1SI0, according to statistics of the Department of Commerce and .Labor, showed heavy movements of coal and coks in the east. Increased grain receipts at the interior markets, light movements of live stock In the middle vest and of cotton in the aouth. . At seven primary Interior . markets live stock receipts during the. month, totaled 8,084,892 head, compared with 8,705,892 and 4,E28,S38 head received during January, 1909 and 1908. Receipts of hogs were 21 per cent below January, 1909, and 4S per Cent below the January, 1908, totals, all the cities shar ing in the decline. Shipments for the month, .of packing house products from Chicago aggregated 167,3S0,123 pounds, compared with 1S9.8S4.E34 and 2l3.2!i8,423 pounds shipped during Jan uary. 1909 and 1908. . . . Grain receipts during tho month at four teen primary Interior markets totaled CE, 22(j,037, compared with 61.222,171 and 66,440, 727 bushels in the same month of 1903 and 1908. The eastward trunk line movement of grain from Chicago and Chicago Junction points during the four weeks In January, 10,714,000 bushels, showed a, decided decline from corresponding figures in 1909 and 1908, when 15,115,000 and 1S.497,000 bushels, re spectively, were reported. Sight receipts of cotton during the five months of the present crop season ending in January totaled 8.037,723, aa against 10,-' HS.6I7 bales In January, 1909. The monthly movement of blttmlnous coal over seven leading eastern . coal carrying railroads, 7,635,741 tons, showed a large in crease over the shipments in January, I90J, which amounted to 5,881,395 tons. The esti mated coke production at Connelsvllle dur ing five weeks ending January 2 was 2,306,223 tons, compared with 1,312,87 tons in January, 1909. , k ANSAS CITY EDITOR DEAD Alexander Batta, Associate on the Kansas City Star, Sacctunaa ' Saddenly. - KANSAS CITY, March 4. -The body of Alexander Butts, associate editor of the Kansas City Star, who died suddenly at his home here last night, will be taken to New Philadelphia, O., tomorrow, for burial. Mr. Butts was born in New Philadelphia. He went to Kansas in the early eighties and became part owner of the Emporia News. He had been connected with the Kansas City Star for twenty years. The scrouge for Bee want ads be gins today. It will last until 8 o'clock tonight. Are you a landlord? You will need a want ad. It a renter, you will want ono. The way to fet a servant; the way to secure a position; to acquire property, or to sell It; to borrow money, or to loan It; to get a thing you haven't, or to sell a thing that you have. U to use a Bee waut ad. r You Lave done your best when you ubo a Bee want ad. Call Douglas 233. Don't liesitaf wnitewasn. , Bad River Gorge Resists Effort . .. to Break it Up Few . More . Warm Days on Dakota Prairies Will Start Thaw that ' Will Make Flood. ';.; .. '. i.. PIERRE, & D March 4. Special TcIb gtam.) The gorge at the mouth of the Bad river Is yet. holding, this evening, regard'ees of the fact that dynamite has been used on It all day. ; The water is In the lower sec tion of Fort Pierre and a number of faTrr illes. have, been moving out today. Gorges ero holding at Philip and Capa, keeping the .water .back. Up to the ' present very little snow has melted on the prairies, but another warm day will start It and every possible effort is being made, at Fort Pierre to break . the gorge before this additional flood water can come down stream. ,t!p to the present no great damage has been dono. but. tho situation Is full of possibilities tor heavy loss. , ' . ' ' . 1 ', . YANKTON, S. D., March .tipOpeclal.) The weather has been very warm here of late and there is every llkllhcod of the Mis souri river going out any minute. The pon toon bridge has been removed to a plac? of safety, to prevent loss. KEARNEY,' Neb.. March; 4 (Speclal.) The Standard Bridge company of Omaha has finished Its work on the Platte river bridge south of. town' and the bridge was opened again for traffic Thursday morn ing. Much danger now arises by the ice braeklng up in the ' river. Already the river has risen to 'great height and it Is feared that It will be out of Its banks should the thawing weather continue as It has the last few days. Farmers fear that their fields along the bottoms will be under water as the river Is still rising rapidiy. SWOPE WEALTH FOUR MILLION Larreat Bequests by Kanaaa City Phil anthroplst Were to Mrs. Logao O. Svrope'a Children. ' KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 4 Colonel Thomas II. Swope owned property. In this county valued tvt 13,433,700, according to his will, t which was 'probated here today. Property he owned In Tennessee, Ken tucky and other' states Increases the total value of the estate to almost 14,000,000. Tha largest bequests of the property lo cated here were made to the unmarried children of Mrs. Logan O. Swppe. sister-in-law of Colonel Swope, each of whom was given 8410,000. ; Mrs. Frances Hyde, wife of . Dr. , B. C. Hyde, was given 1276,000. Among the other beneficiaries was Felix Swope, Midway, Ivy., nephew, .$158,000. About (100,000 was given to charitable In stitutions, , Court to Decide Size of Fine in Twenty-Eight-Hour Case WASHINGTON, March S. How severe a punishment congress has Provided for rail roads guilty of violating the so-called "Twenty-elght-hour law," for punishing tha unlawful confinement of live stock in trans portation, 'was the basis for a stubborn contest today before the supreme court of the United States: Counsel for the gov ernment oontend . that the unit of fining railroads Is the separate shipment, while the legal representatives of the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad company In sist that the unit Is the train, no matter of how many separate shipments It is com posed. Some features of the case resem ble the 13,000,000 Standard OH case. The outcome of the controversy will have a far-reaching effect. Many separate con signments of stock are carried frequently In one train, so the sum of the penalty im posed by the law will vary from flOO to many times (100, according to the outcome of the litigation. The Baltimore 4V Ohio Southwestern railroad alone appears In this case, but practically every common carrier engaged la Interstate commerce in the United States will feel the effect of the decision. ... . Have Been Found Near Deruta, From the Washington Sta BRYAN WILL FORCE OPTION His Plan Said to Ee to Fledge Demo cratic Candidates. HOPES TO PUT IT. IN PLATFORM On Hie Itetarn In May, Governor Shal. ' leuberger VIU Have to Decide ' . Whether to Break with . Leader Openly, From a Staff Correspondent. LINCOLN, March 4.-(Speclal.) Governor Shallenberger must declare publicly be fore 'the democratic primary whether he w 111 - stand for county option and every democratic candidate for the legislature must do the same thing; every democratic candidate for every ctato office must state his position on the liquor question and every democratic candidate for the United States senate and every democratic candi date for congress must be for cr against tho Bryan program aa out.lnod In his recent idltorlal. The hope of Governor Shallenberger that he. could dismiss the county option ques tion by simply saying that is a matter tor the districts to settle will not do. He will be required ;o Bay whether he will sign a county option bill if it passes the legislature. 13 tSuch is the program leading democrats here say has been prepared. lfl one of his editorials Mr. Bryan pro posed an amendment to the Interstate com merce law providing' that when Interstate shipments of liquor reached a state, the state assume thel rjunsdletlon over the shipment. In the same editorial he op posed the lsuance of federal liquor licenses in dry territory. It Is upon these two propositions candi dates for the senate and for congress will be asked to take a stand, if the predic tions of well-informed democrats are cor rect. As state officers will have to do with the first proposition, they are to bo pledged in advance. Bryan to Stir Them I'p, When Mr. Bryan announced in favor of county option Just preceding the late dem ocratic banquet it was talked' at that ban quet that he would never say another word about the subject, but would permit it to die. The democrats who said tiiat also criticised C. W. Bryan, the presi dential 'Candidate's most trusted adviser, for permitting the publication of that eJl torlal. It, has become apparent now, r however, that Mr. Bryan will not Btop with his an nouncement for county option. It has al ready been announced that Mr.' Bryan will spend the month of May in Nebraska and that month will be one of the most strtn uoua he has put In since the campaign of (Continued on Second Page. This controversy was begun when the lotted States district attorney for the southern district of Ohio filed eleven cases against the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad company, claiming that it had carried aa many shipments of live stock from shippers in various points In Illinois to Cincinnati without unloading the stock for rest, all In violation of the twenty-flght-hour law. The railroad admitted the shipment and Its detention beyond tho statutory time, but It ' averred guilt of only one offense be cause all the shipments were carried in one train, and expressed a willingness to pay a fine for one violation. The district court consolidated the cases and assessed a slnRle penalty. The circuit court of apptsls for the Sixth district re versed that decision. The case then was brought to ths supreme court fcy the rail road. Briefs on both sides of the contro versy have been filed with the court. Coun sel for the railroad Is headed by Judson Harmon, now governor of Ohio. Solicitor General Bowers of the Department of Jus tice has dlrecUd the fight on behalf of the Uulted, States PINCH0T AND LAWYER CLASH Former Forester and Attorney for Secretary Ballinjer Wrangle Over Meaning- of Questions. LETTERS READ INTO RECORD Witness Says it is Hard to Explain Forestry Affairs to Some Men. - HE REITERATES HIS CHARGES Again Accuses Secretary of Deceiving President Taft. SENDING: RANGERS TO SCHOOL Lawyer Attempts to Show that Gar field and Plnehot Were In Ilahlt of Disregarding Limitations of tha Law. WASHINGTON. March 4 The Balllnger Plnehot Investigation dragged slowly along through two sessions today, Mr. Vertreoa, counsel for Secretary Balllnger, continued his cross-examination of Glfford Plnehot. He elicited some Interesting facts front the former forester, but for the most part the day was taken up largely with wran gles between the attorney and the wltneos and sometimes between Mr. Vertrees and counsel for the other aide. Mr. Plnohot complained to the committee that It was difficult to explain forest service matters to a man so little Informed on the subject as Mr. cVrtrecs appeared to be. The mem bers of (he committee showed considerable Impatience during the course of the ses sion and Senator Flint repeatedly urged counsel to stop wrangling and try to get down to facts. Many of ' Mr. Vertrees' questions were baed upon documentary evidence and he read copiously from the record of the case. Senator Flint declared the one letter had beon planced In the record at least twenty different times. - Charges Are Reiterated. Mr. Plnehot admitted his first hand knowledge of Mr. Balllnger's acts was very limited, but he reiterated that the secre tary of the Interior had decleved the presi dent regarding the Cunningham coal cases and had made a statement to the president which was "obviously untrue." ' Mr. Vertrees at tse afternoon session questioned Mr. Plnehot closely regarding the sending of forest rangers to agricul tural colleges and brought out the faot that Mr.. Plnehot was under the impression he had Informed the secretary, of agricul ture of what ha was doing, but was not willing to swear to it. The attorney sought to show that Mr. Plnohot and former Sec retary of the Interior Garfield were In the habit of doing what they thought best re gardless of, the law and that their antag onism to' Mr. Balllnger was brought about by his determination to proceed wholly within the law. , .. Wranaies Over trtlone. Mr. Vertrees, counsel tor BOcretary, Bal llnger, and Mr. Plnehot got Into long argu ments as to the meaning of some of tho lawyer's questions. They also argued al most continuously as to inferences to be drawn from documentary evidence. Mr. Vertrees did draw from the witness the fact that his only first-hand knowledge of any act reflecting upon Mr. Balllnger in connection with the Cunningham cases was based on the letter sent by Mr. Bal llnger to President Taft on November 15. With reference to his claim that Mr. Ballinger had deceived the president con cerning a decision by the comptroller of the treasury, Mr. Plnehot, admitted that Mr. Balllnger's written statement to the president was a fair one and the documents that he submitted were all that properly bore on the case. He Insisted, however, that there was the "unavoidable inference' that Mr. "Balllnger had communicated in some other way with the president. Mr. Vertrees also brought out that the co-operatlvo agreement with the forest sen-ice, which Mr. Balllnger discontinued, was not the usual arrangement whereby one department lends Its employes tem porarily to another, but provided that em ployes of the Interior department should be under the exclusive control and juris diction of -the forester. Spectators Buy Lnnchea. At I p. m. the committee went Into executive session to discus the proposed modification of the rule relating to the handling of the public documents sent in from the various- departments. During the recess today the hearing room was cleared. It had been the practice of the women spectators to bring their lunches with them and had turned the committee room into a picnic place. Many of tha spectators resented the rule by which they were deprived of seats, ' and the officers had. some difficulty In. getting them outy They stood In tho marble corridors and munched sandwiches, and when the doors were opened there was a great rush to got Inside. After the unreserved chairs were all occupied the doors were olosed in the faces of fifty or more disappointed women. The public session of Ihe afternoon b gan at 2:15 o'clock. It was said that an agree ment with the attorneys for a more liberal use of the documents was reached. Resuming the examlna'ion, Attorney Ver trees called Mr. Plnchot's attention to tha fact that In his direct testimony he de clared Special Agent Love had "Indig nantly denied" he had clear listed the Cun ningham claims. "Where did you get that Information ?'' asked the attorney. "From Mr. Love's letter to Dennett" "Does Love In tiiat letter 'lndlgrie deny anything?" 1 "He denies the clear listing, In ef , not indignantly." ID j I Ronald Letter Main CrltlrrWf 7 As soon as Mr. Plnehot took tHjlj this morning Attorney Vertrees usk this question: ' ' "Mr. pinchot, please state one s'.ngl- fact of your own knowledge that reflects j upon Mr. Balllnger's conduct, either as ooinmls sloner of the land office or soeretiry of tho Interior not hearsay, not yrhat iome. body else said or wrote of your iOWn knowledge?" The witness hesitated. Then he addressed Senator Nelson: 1 "Mr. Chairman: In order to answer that question,' because of the nice discrimina tion it Invu'.vt H, I iiuiHt ask '"ii pi rmlMjIon to refer to a list I have hro of things Mr. Ballinger haa done," The permission was grunted and. aftoe a peruaul of the list, Mr. Pinchot said: "The fact of my own knowledge la Mr. Balllnger's letter to the president of No vember li. with which he enclosed Ron ald's letter. These letters contain tula-