Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-30

mat the secretary and commissioner have
iecured evidence showing Unlawful COM
iinations OF several hundred coal entries;
hat the general land office Is assigning
rs best coal engineers and lawyers to
Seattle to assist in the coming trials; that
The commissions general of the land Of
lice, while in Denver. had expressed con
iidence that several hundred entries would
be cancelled; that the government is MAX
ing every effort to secure speedy action
bn these cases, as all coal entries In Alaska
have now been suspended for over four
Years; that the government Is anxious to
clear these lands of bad entries that It
may get coal for it's coaling stations in
the Pacific; that special agents say COM
Ing hearings will reach some OF the largest
interests yet uncovered and that B~allinger
has made 1t plain that he will stand be-
hind them to the finish; that several OF
the railroad corporations owned by east
ern capital are making indirect efforts
to delay the hearings, hoping tina the next
congress will pass further remedial legis-
latIon or permit greater consolidation, but
II is the position OF the commissioner that
such entries as are fraudulent as the law
now stands, should be cancelled at once
and criminal liability developed before the
statute bars action.
Follow somewhat above ideas. I under
stand slanderous newspaper attacks are
about to he made on the commissioner OF
the general land office, secretary of the
interior and Assistant Secretary Of the In
terior Pierce in Alaska coal. 1 wish to
forestall. Treae-khe source of your infor-
alton secret. as l have consulted no one.
After putting this out. until advised fur
Thar avoid AnfAsFtnuna L., AIN-
SCHWARTZ"
Witness and Nelson Clash.
Louis r. Glavis took the stand when
the hearing was resumed today. The wit.
ness gave some more details as to how he
came into possession of the Cunningham
journal, which he declared contained proof
that fraud was contemplated In this group
OF coal land entries in Alaska,
The morning session had not proceeded
very far when Senator Nelson FLASHED with
the witness, who had intlmated that at
tempts had been made to hinder him in the
investigation OF the Alaska case during the
period from October, 1908. to March. 1909.
I'm any Of your talks with Land Commits
sioner bennett or others was there any
attempt to hinder you In your work?r
asked the chairman.
''Well. l would have"
Answer, yes or no. demanded the
senator.
well, 1 will have to explain the various
interviews -
"oh. answer It directly. yes or no."
Yes. they did,"
Senator Nelson during the morning ses-
saen also cautioned Attorney Brandels
anainst asking leading questions of the
witnesses.
For the first time since the inquiry
started, Clifford Pinchot was not in tho
FIRST row of spectators. He was expected
later in the day.
PinchOt's Name is Used.
As was expected, the greater part of the
morning session was devoted to the intro
duction Of evidence from the printed record
in the document.
Mr.. Pinchot's name was drawn into the
hearing on the first day OF his absence.
CLAWS had got to that point In his story
OF the Cunningham claims where the land
office placed Special Agent Sheridan in
charge of the case to conduct the hearings.
"sheridan was a lawyer and had wide
experienceH' inquired Senator Nelson.
Eyes, sir" replied CLAWS.
WAS the governments interest placed