The Sentinel=record., 1910-01-30
CLAWS STORY SENSATIONAL
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Glavis declared a field examination was Recessary to establish a prima facie case.
 Well, what so alarmed you about these cases?" again asked Senator Nelson, "all that have been testify. ing to alarmed me-" said Glavis, and lot of testimony have not given yet"
 Evidence of correspondence be- tween Secretary Ballinger and Miles c. Moore of Walla Walla, Wash, one of the Cunningham claimants, which was contained in the secretary's state. ment to President Taft, was introduc- ed The first letter was written by MT. Moore to Secretary Ballinger, May 22. 1909, dated Washington. It said in part:
 Assistant Secretary Pierce proved disappointment, and I am going home with message that will give scant comfort to my associates. Your reasons for turning this matter over to your assistant are appreciated, but We had all felt that when you were named to the position of secretary with your full and complete knowl- edge and your sense of justice. that our long delayed patents would De forthcoming"
 In his letter of reply Secretary Bal finger said in part:
 'I have to advise you that I can. not undertake to issue any order or make any ruling in the matter as re- quested, because of the embarrass- mentw hich would result, from the fact that was. while not holding any official position, called upon to advise in the matter.
 T wish to say that in view of all the facts now disclosed, I would if were ruling in the matter. hold that the principle announced in the opin. ion of Judge Hanford in the case of the United States against the Port. land Coal and Coke Company, is di- rectly applicable to these cases ana that if the allegations made be proy. en, patents cannot issue under the ac, of April 23, 1904"
 The law prohibiting any former off. cer of the government helping to pros. ecute claim against the government within two years after leaving the service, was read into the evidence. together with decision by former Secretary of the Interior HoKe Smith holding that a claim meant a money claim" Representative Ollie James asked that the decision of former Sec.
 retary L. Q. c. Lamar, holding to the contrary be also introduced. Glavis now came to the conclusion of his testimony. He said it was in Spokane, Wash, during the conserva.
 tfon congress there that he met for. mer Governor Pardee of California and Clifford Pinchot. He told them all his troubles in connection with the coal land cases and MT. Pinchot ad. yised him to go to the president. The witness also brought out the fact that Former Assistant Law Offi. cer A. C. Shaw of the bureau of for estry had gone to Chicago to help him in his report to the president. Glavis took the report in person to Beverly and presented it to Mr. Taft.
 Ills said he returned west from there and the next thing he knew he was
 dismissed from the service. That" he said, ended my connec- ton with the Alaska coal land cases officially"
 Mir. Bandeis said he might or might not want to question Glavis further after certain papers had arrived. Senator Nelson said some of the per sons against whom Glavis had made charges or jnsinuations might desire to cross-examine the witness. Glavis said he did not want to stay around Washington very long. The matter was finally settled by the committee agreeing to resume it's sessions Mon day afternoon at 2:S0 D. m instead of adjonrning over until next Friday, as had been anticipated.