The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-09
HAWKES. WAS SORE
TOLD MEIKLEJoHN HE WOULD
TELL isH UNLESS HE GOT
jon
HE WAS TOLD TO GO AHEAD
Former MISUNDERSTANDING of War
Says He Didn't Consider 1t Nee
essary to Answer Hawkes.
Letters.

WASHINGTON, Oct. S.-When the SEN
ate committee on military affairs TODAY
resumed it's investigations of the charges
against Lieut.. COLI Heistand Thomas j.
Mackey appeared as attorney for NAL
Hawkes., the prosecuting witness. For
mer Assistant Secretary of War George
ID. Meiklejohn, reSuming his testimony,
begun yesterday, detailed conversation
which he had had with Hawkes., in the
course of which the latter had declared
that unless he were appointed to a po-
sition he would publish the details of the
hemp combination. Mr. Meiklejohn told
him that so far as he was concerned he
might do so. 1t was during this CONVEX
sation that Hawkes. had told him of his
controversy with tIlnt, Eddie IL Co.,
Hawkes. expressing the opinion that his
appointment had been revoked because
of the controversy.
F. T. Brown, a clerk in the office of
the war department, was called to testify
as to the auditing of a dispatch sent to
Gen. Otis. The dispatch was audited
with others, the aggregate tolls of which
were in excess of $1,000. The check was
certified to by Adjt. Gen. Corbin. The
records showed that the tolls on the
HeiStand celebrated eablegram was $5S. 80.
Prior to this statement, made by Witness
Brown, Mr.. Needham, the attorney, had
informed the committee that it was Col.
Heistands intention to pay for the dis
patch to Gen. Otis and the reply thereto
when the amount was ascertained.
Gen. Corbin was recalled and stated he
had certified to the check as audited on
the report of the board of examiners.
Personally he could not examine every
telegram inclosed in the account, and did
not do so.
Lieut.. Col. William H. Carter, assist
ant adjutant general, testified that every
ers to eliminate all messages which did
not deal strictly with official business.
He had not seen the Heistand dispatch.
No additional facts were developed dur
ing the cross examination. Attorney
Mackey pressed a number of questions as
to why Mr. Meiklejohn did not answer
the letters Hawkes. wrote. Copies of these
letters We're in evidence, but not the or
iginals. Mr. Meiklejohn said he may or
may not have received them. He directed
them to be filed, but did not consider re-
plies necessary. .ur
Mr.. Mackey, counsel for Hawkes., asked
if the proposed hemp company was not
abandoned because Flint, Eddy & Co. had
a monopoly of the hemp business in the
Philippines, but Meiklejohn replied that
he never knew anything about Flint,
Eddy & Co. Elo1 80
The committee declined to permit coun-
sci to ask questions designed to bring
Secretary Root into the investigation,
Senator Cockrell declaring all such mat
ter improper, as Secretary Root was not
under investigation. ~
L. T. Kitchener was recalled to testify
as to an alleged telephone communica-
ton between himself and Meiklejohn rela-
tive to the Hawkes. settlement. He de-
MED any knowledge of such commun1-
cation. Mr. Meiklejohn had testified that
he had no such communication.
The committee did not conclude as an
ticipated yesterday, and will meet again
tomorrow.