The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-15
GIavis Again Gives Testimony.

ger-Pinchot congressional investigation. began to bristle with interest today whei. John J. Vertrees, counsel for Secretary i;allinger undertook the cross-examinaton If Louis R. Glavis, principal witness fol the prosecution"
 The climax of the day was reached late in the afternoon session when MT. Yer ti ees announced that a box belonging to
 MT. Glavis and left in the grand jury room 1t Seattle. had been broken open a few days ago and that a number of letters
 rlissing from the files of the land office h Seattle copies of which have recent. been published in a weekly paper, were found therein.
 tslavis angrily declared that if any let ters had been found in his belongings "a frame. up had been prepared against him. His denunciation of federal officials who would stoop to such trick to win the favor of their superiors called out dem
 chstration of applause from the spectators which caused Chairman Nelson to an-
 nounce that repetition of the outburst would result in the room being cleared Throughout the hearing the sympathy of the spectators, a great majority of w nom were women. have clearly been With Glavls. and they have laughed with satisfaction as he has made points against his questioners.
 MT. Vertrees announced that c. A.
 Christiansen, Mir. Glavis' successor as the chief of field division. would be called to testify to the finding of the letters. He offered in evidence a letter from Chris jansen giving the details of the alleged discovery, and the committee got Into q 'ong wrangle to whether or not 1t should be received in evidence at this time. The matter was put over for con- sideration tomorrow in executive session. Questions by vertress. At the morning session Mir. vertrees drew from the witness the fact that he lnade no charges of corruption against 1ny' one in the land office of the depart ment of the interior. Glavis declared that if he had found evidence of corruption he would have taken the matter to a grand jury instead of to the President. He said hc thought the facts warranted the opin- cn that MT. Ballinger and MT. Dennet had acted improperly and he charged them aith official misconduct.
 Through a process of elimination the witness cleared all of the other officials
 Of any wilful wrongdoing. as he as- eerted he was fully convinced that the facts he had offered in evidence warrant ci the judgment that neither Secretary Ialiinser nor Land Commissioner Dennet was fr to hold an office of public trust
 As to Assistant Secretary of the Interior Pierce, Glavis charged he had rendered RI erroneous interpretation of the coal land law of May. 1900 and that this de- clsion, while not an act of wrong doing. indicated that he was not nt to fil the office he now holds. Dennet, Glavis declared, was nothing more than "tool'' for Pallinger. and would do anything pallinser said"
 At tho afternoon session Glavis. In re- sponse to 6 question by MT. Vertrees, summed up the specific acts of wrong d7ing which he charges against secre- tary Ballinger.
 Sis statement was long one, but was listened to with interest and really for the first time gave definite statement of the prosecuton's case.
 MT. Vertrees indicated today that his ross-eXamina tioA will be a thorough one.
 Tne inquiry will proceed tomorrow morn- ing and 1t is expected that for some time to come daily sessions will be held. Women Hear Testimony. The committee room where the hearing
 was held was crowded. Most of the spec tators as usual were elderly women. Attorneys Brandeis and Cotton. repre- santng Glavis and occupying the po- sition of .'proseoutors were opposed to- day by Attorneys Vertrees and Rasch representing Mir. Ballinger and others of the interior department.
 When Mir. Glayis was recalled to the ssand. MT. Brandeis announced there were some corrections to be made in the records of the witness testimony. Chair man Nelson suggested that these be pGf s~~.~~~-~s~~-~~-~~~~ CONTINUED ON PAGE 2.l