The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-29

The abowa, and then n.
G,aniei ,ra Gnggenheim In as ,fcs1
incurred on account ~ -, iqll d
on coal lands on HIS VI The &
celved, Sl359. SOL "'A account
CLAWS, procced,pr
interview with MIR. ,.old q
Or. In October, isnoa noa'i,nger b
oa ya,,,' wn,ch the witness saidl SIiflr
aeinarked en-. tha. the c,,nwI, r,I 4r
an!s aT We're In n bad frphnin1n fr
lGiayls) knew of an1 and a
get title TO the Iand way
II told him." the -.
that IL the claImantsw switnet1
thelr @ Claims. their wIvnou you
might m ,ile on The land @ NM
SO without agreement p.oyl11
patent without trouble ana h
Mr. Ballineer said no
rangement would leave ,,lnou|
same fix" tne q
Representative Danh
wasn't your suggestion
10 an evasion Of the law e
The Strongest d.
Well" said Claws. "hs
claims were always s {
strongest" eon3|
What do you mean by a..
That the claimants w., ~ Wy
huentlal and moro anf e z
claims approved, and "
could get Them to rell,a,.sn w
all the other 800 or 9iot 9iotIsn 4,
follow suit. That was ran
Mr., Mccall. "Woniary
impossible for the wIves
these men TO have filed ~ @
quishea claims without m
the PLAN
Claws said Mr.. BallInr.,
difficulty he was having IN
paign contributions.
"EIc said" declared ths
II. G. Henry and c. J. snr,,1
Cunningham claimants haH
liberal contributors. but H.
because they had not eoi
for their land and would "A
thing"
II told Mr. Balliuger !
ders 10 investigate the ~
these men, He said he ~
not act on them until aftsr'
/ told him l wouldn't. ana
was In the midst OF a IA.
case In Oregon and co,,|
given any attention to The
II l had wanted to. And n
favor to Mr., Bnllinger as 81
| Claws said he next saw {
in Seattle in February. lgos
been announced that Mr. 4
been selected as secretary u
In President Tafts cabinel
cussed the coal cases, and /
said he thought where a.
only technical violation n
patents ought 10 be Issued
he agreed with him.
CLAWS said ne was order
1908. TO discontinue the a.
and take up the Oregon o.
had recommended that, II e.
not done at once, the stat1
tions soon would prove a N
But I also said the Al
CATION should not be dropu
time added CLAWS. Z
Denial of Rspof
Reading from Attorney a
ersham's report to the pre-
CLAWS charges, Attorney Hn
this sentence:
HE (Glavis) might have
never taken any action WIN
those criminal prosecution
yised the land office mu1
before October. 1908. TO &
OF the statute of llmitatIon1
"Is that true7" demande1
deis.
"It is not" answered Cd
OF April 1 took the Alaska
United States Attorney I'd
He afterwards wrote to me|
laid the matter before The
Justice: as there was SOM
mind whether he should
before the grand jury In
the claimants lived, or In
the claims were located.
"In June. 1908. / prepnre
this subject to CommiHs||
but. learning that he was
gon soon. ! did not send
came to Oregon we disc
situation. bennett said y
there should be any e.
ton: that he thought u
II the claims could be car
James Is On a
Representative James:
offense had the clalmant 4
Conspiracy to defrau
States"
Representative James:
volved perjury
yes"
Representative James: +
took the view that, IL they
of the land, that was SUN
'"Yes."
CLAWS said he was or1
the Alaska cases in Noyer
did not actually take the
March. 1909, He was busy
! ters. He could have asslEu
agents 70 the case, but n
{ give 1t his personal atten|
: Volved millions of dollarS-
II he had not been taxen
in May, 1908. CLAWS declz
: have had final reports In 4
In the fall OF that year
! At 5:12 o'clock adjournrnf
: until 10 O'Clock Saturday