Semi-weekly herald., 1909-08-30
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS


day preparing statement regarding
charges made BY Louis 8. CLAWS. chief
ii the field division OF the general land
office in the northwest. with offices at
Seattle.
The report OF Mr.. CLAWS was made
TO the president He is understood
TO have attempted TO show that high
officials Of the interior department are
concerned in the expedition of what is
known as the Cunningham claims to
the valuable coal lands In Alaska.
The president called upon department
officials for report upon the matter.
A decision by First Assistant Sec
retary Frank Pierce OF the department
OF the interior, now acting secretary,
dated May 49, 1909, declared he would
have listed and patented the Cunning
hmm claims had not Attorney General
wickersham overruled his action on
an appeal made by Louis II. CLAWS
in this decision address to the com
missioner of the general land office
and referring, It is declared In some
quarters, to the Cunningham case.
Mr. Pierce said that the act of 1908
was curative and should be literally
construed. He did so.
MIR Wickersham. In his opinion over
ruling Mr.. fIerce's. said;
Il am of the opinion that II the
agreement or arrangements mentioned
in your letter were entered into by
locators Of coal lands in Alaska after
they had made their locations In good
faith and In their own interest alone
such locations may come under the
provisions of the act of May 1S, 1908,
in accordance with the terms of said
act on the other hand / am of the
opinion that IL such agreement or
arrangements we're entered into prior
locations do not come within the pro-
visions of said act and cannot be law
fully passed to entry and patents"
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 26.-Bertha
ltptHht u iuli blOoutu blll, lU
years of age. who has been a servant
IN the home of a Mexican woman for
two years. left the house two days
ago 10 camp among the trees In Gold.
en- Gate park, living on birds. SHARED
a. the lakes rim. sleeping under the
stars at night and lodging strolling
visitors by day.
Her retreat was discovered when
the light OF her tiny campfire attract.
ed the notice OF a vigilant patrolman
Through an interpreter she said at
the police station that she was tired
OF civilization and planned to build
herself home among the trees oi
Sutro forest, just south of the park
CHAUTAUQUA, N. Y.--Declarinl
he had seen sights In the streets oi
both New York and Chicago so evil
that If he were TO describe them the
men in The audience would pull him
from the platform and trample him un
der their feet, Governor II. b. Glenn
of North Carolina asserted here thai
the wrath of the Almighty will des
cend upon the land in some ruinous
calamity If the great cities do moi
mend their ways.
THE great cities of the land are
swapping their fingers in the face ol
the Almisity.' he said. 1.-THE sins Of
Chicago are crying aloud unto the
heavens. 1t is disgrace to civiliza
tion. New York is blot upon the
map OF our fair country. The people
OF the country are pure. God-fearine
and pious, but in the cities the one
eNil of Sabbath desecration that IL
at the base of most of our vice and
crime, for the man who will violate
the Sabbath is lawless, the man who
Is lawless Is irreverent to the Deity
the man who is irreverent to the Deity
has lost his conscience. the man who
has lost his conscience will disregard
the rights OF his fellows, and mol
law, vice and crime will result.
In Chicago / found baseball with
A"huny i'S pisStol uhy. i IOunu untOlC
saloons and Sunday was their biggest
day. ! went into the slums of the
city Al night and saw there flauntinl
itself ON the streets scenes so unmis
taxable that the men of this audienc,
would drag me from the platform ant
trample me under their feet II | dc
scribed them here before their wives
went among the people of the bes
families and found the women ant
the children drinking to an alarmint
extent: mothers giving their daugh
ters strong drink and getting drunk OF
cocktails ! found many saloons ant
very few churches. If the rising gen
GRAFTON is to be trained in these con
ditions, and have these Ideas of Sun
day dosecratlon, of lawlessness anc
irreyerence, our country will be ruin
ed"
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2G.-Mrs. sar
ah h. Thompson. the only woman car
ried on the rolls of the pension office
as a soldier of the Union army, died
here yesterday Attorneys in behalf
o; four surviving children have filed
anti I.a