The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-27
ion STAND
OPENS
n of the Ballinger-
.nyestigation Held
Washington.
Or CLAWS
Is HIS STATEMENT
Series of Acts and
'lsnces Combine
.
ist Secretary.

.,ON, Jan. 26.-The Bal
E congressional inquiry be-
sessions today, with
Us, chief accuser OF Sec
: 'er, on the witness stand.
u OF many interruptions
/ ,7ecision of tho committee
u G1avis's counsel make an
!, ,,ment of the SPECIFIC
) Il Mr. Ballinger, the wit
tet far in his narrative.
lkbporfupity, however, to
\ uclusions as TO the pre-
= b Of tho committee.
usiasm over the actual
|. he inquiry, and as a re-
= epdencv TO argue his
sestimony to he adduced,
y.lnsel for CLAWS, Louis d.
,sfon, had some difficulty
statement to a brief re-
,,charges, but finally he
4 ttcase for the prosecu-
hwy:
OF Prosecution.
to entering the govern
an any capacity, K. y,
|; rs attorney III drawing
ssnt in escrow and deeds
!, coal company eases IN
.Nashington, these cases
led fraud upon the land
lIipger S name did not APP
records of the case.
! Ballinger. as commits
md Office in 1907, did not
fence in investigating al
:onnected with the Gun
{. land claims in Alaska;
knowledge of all circum-
hiding these claims, and
U.s.. entered the employ of
imants after leaving the
d before becoming secre-
Interior; that he ordered
u be eclear listed for
~ due .investi CATION. and
I'D have goue 10 patent II
hers had not iUtcrveued. -
|os Series Of Acts.
. any one act, but a series
circumstances" declared
ding that it was for the
7, determine whether the
should be held for the
3 people and of posterity,
ands. -
sls0n. Root and Sutherland
ntativcs Olmstead and
\, the more active of the
in plying the witness
Iey with questions, Manv
z.ferred to Secretary Bal
is and sought explanation
considered discrepancies
2 members were not much
n representative James
questiou or two, and in
S>nly to clarity some point
uircsentative Graham. the
III, took issue with Sen.
J. the final minutes of the
. eclarcd that, ina certain
& urdcn of proof was upon
~ the interior rather than
I. ing witness.
will be resumed Friday
= rhereafter there will be
!. ,sa.nfternoon sittiugs every
\ 4, ;urday.
d hot on Hand.
!, ,sras oarly ou hand. Mr.,
=! 4 with Messrs. Price and
b attorneys. Special Az
~. Stimson of the depart
n stationed at New York.
'lFnsd Mr.. Pinchot. He said
II merely as a special tor
he former forester.
on of Minnesota presid.
III end of a long mahogany
NJ light hand side Of the
pN house members. On
Ir. re senator's.
his own counsel. CLAWS
! xhen the escrow agree
N wilson case was drawn
~ ~ was an unlawful pro-
%: cntryman had no right
~ enter into this agroe.
@; cement, however, never
l. be Information came to
ied; as a stipulation had
% 70 by the government
als Wilson cases and the
lIa INC claimants, whereby
y ~. BaIlinger was not TO
y u. 1rness said the records
AZ out.
b racy Alleged.
ID or the government CON
~ sullivan and Henry NJ.
1S 3sir fedIngs against the vii.
1. still pending. CLAWS
rRlI tilneer g participation
rhsseonspiracy in a fraudu
a Ist the government.
w. pything, do you CLAIM,
.,rniss In the administra.
- PIG lands?'' asked the
y. could not answer the
.cr tell IL all in your own
a. Fenator Nelson.
Z tritlc nervous as he he.
! 4 JBith auitc a lisp, He
al ryong back 10 the time
snil york as a field agent of
M n the Wilson Coal com,
county, Washing.
be NJ 1902. MI. BallingcT
!. ytorney for tho Wilson
NJ moi referred 10 those cases
tou 70 the Alaska claims
principal subject Of
yosI n frequently interrupt
sscpt 10 bring out more clear
ssbep lints.
M that BalIinger's namc
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