The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-14
Representative Sims Will
Introduce Resolution
Providing for InveS-
tigation Of Records.
Senator Carter EXcOr-
iateS Bieber and De-
fenSe When Accused
in Senate.


/ Introduce a resolution in the House next
week FOR a sweeping investigation Of
the corporate or individual titles by
which lands along the Anacostia river
are held.
This is an outcome of the controversy
| that has been going on for the last few
days between Senator Carter and Sid
ney BiebeF regarding the grant OF GER
tain land by the Government along the
AnacOstia river to Mr.. Bieber.
Mr.. Bieber was at the Capitol today.
and. when told that Mr.. Sims would
introduce such a resolution, said he was
gald TO hear it. and that he welcomed
such an inquiry because he was sure
| Il would make his situation clear to
/ the public and show that ne was free
/ flOm all blame in regard 10 his ac-
QUESTION OF the land.
Il believe" he said, that the public
should know more about the real facts
OF the case"
Bieber Ezcoriated.
No such scathing ar alignment OF an
/ Individual has been heard at the Capitol
} IN years as that made by Senator Car-
ter in the Senate yesterday afternoon
| I'm assaiIing the Bieber land grant trans
actions on the Auac9stia river front.
Bisber was attacked in the most bitter
terms ana hauled over the Goals by the
employment of that f0rcefuI, vigorous,
aliG picturesque English in which the
Montana Senftor IS so greatly skilled.
Senator Carter's speech fairly scorched
and sa-zied, an4 mis- language reached
a plane Of invectiYe that compared IA
vorat ly with the recent emanation from
/ the White House. in which the Presi-
dents late strenuous message, wherein
II, made thc Big Stick swish as It de-
| sCended angrily on the frightened oc-
cupants of the legislative halls.
The Abe Ruef OF Washington was
/ one OF the Characterization OF Bleb..
given by Senator Carter. The Senator's
remarks We're in reply TO the statement
made by Mr.. Bieber last wednesday.
when he defended his acquisition OF
property along the Anacostia river
/ through legislation by Congress.
Carter Rehearses Details.
/ Senator Carter's remarks were a de-
/ tailed exposition Of the facts. as he un-
I derstoOd them, surrounding the acquire
/ ment OF 465000 square feet OF land by
! dr. Bieber that once belonged to the
/ Government. He went over IN detail the
! steps that led TO the obtaining Of this
| land by Mr.. Bieber, along lines followed
/ in his first speech in the Senate on this
/ subject. He then said:
The gentleman who was the bene-
/ ficiary Of these various acts-a nimbls
/ citizen Who was TO me unknown at the
/ time the report was made, and is to me
| unknown today--cornes forward and ad-
! mits his existence, and likewise admits
| the fact that he has pIunder in his pos
! session to the extent given him by the
/ two pills passed-those Of 1894 and 1866
/ but AYERS that the whole transaction
/ was known to everybody; that there
/ was no concealment about it, and fur
| ther stiu that it does not include a part
/ OF the grounds of the Government Hos
l pital for the Insane. and that il cannot
1 take in any part Of the navy yard;
/ third, that this whole business ought 10
/ ts condoned, no accountability 70 the
! Government or anyone else. because,
| ,orsooth, the information leading TO an
| investigation OF this matter was given
by Wayne MacVeagh, an attorney for
| a railroad company"
Denounces "Tax Title Sharks"
/ Senator Carter denounced the ''glcg
| Of tax-titIe sharks said to have been
| operating here for a long time, and de-
/ clared they should be made to stop
[ by the District government
/ The Senator said BiebeT has refused
an offer Of $4,000 from the PennsyI-
vania Railroad for a small stretch Of
/ property on which their tracks had rest
| ed for a generation. He declared no
such bIunder as in the Bieber case could
I have occurred in any state. He eX-
planned that Il was in investigating the
question OF right of way for tracks
of the philadelphia, Baltimore and
/ Washington TO the Navy Yard that the
District Committee became aware OF the
facts in connection with Bieber's ac-
/ quirement Of land.
| Senator Scott, chairman of the com
mittee on public buildings and grounds.
made it clear his committee had acted
/ on the strength Of a report from the
/ House Committee This was accepted
/ by the Senate Committee and the ON
nibus legislation whereby Mr.. Bieber
/ sought TO acquire title to the land had
/ been passed. Il W6s near the END OF
| the session, Senator Scott said. and
| there was no time to go into details.
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