Arizona republican., 1910-04-03
'BALL|NGER
 IN PROTEST Against Efforts of"Prosecu- ton" ToOhect His Testimony WHERE COLl|ER's COMES IN Report That Paper Offered a Witness Against Secre- tary Inducement- t-Glavis'
 Former Stenographer
 Tells of Missing Letters
WHERE COLl|ER's COMES IN

Washington April :-Secretary Ballingcr has protested to the com 1 mittee investigating the interior de partment an dthe forestry service. against the demands Of Attorney ! Brandeis. for the records of the de partment. He asserts that it is an "oblique attempt 10 control the man. her iR which the evidence l will pre- sent shall be introduced" He says that since his side of the controv ] ersy began introducing evidence. the demands of Brandeis have become a mere fishing process
 He asks the committee for per mission to refuse the further re- quests Of Glavis' counsel. for de partment documents and records. Un- less he specifics beforehand what the papers are expected to show. and by whom information was given re- sarding them.
 The most striking feature of the proceedings today was the declar- ation of Marshal Love of Alaska, that John Dudley. former register of the land office at Juneau. told him that an agent of Golfers Weekly in timated to him that il was worth from 5000 to slO0O tO come to Washington and testify.
 Do you mean that Golfers meant to bribe him." asked Representative Madison.
 No. not bribe him: but pay him." replied the witness.
 You draw whole lot finer dis tinction than l have been able to do." retorted Madison.
 Frank l.. Spaulding. of Cheyenne. Wyo. who was formerly disburSing officer and clerk in Glavis' office, in Seattle. identified an expense ac- count totalling about S2S7 Of Glavis. when he went east to see the pres idcnt
 Attorney Ncrtrees called the attcn ton of the witness to an item of s55 for stenographcr services in Chi cago. making up q report of the charges against Secretary BallinScr. The witness said Glavis subsequently, asked him to cut out that item. on cross examination. Spaulding said that Glavis had told him he in- tended to reimburse the government for this. Spaulding having previously told him he could not cut it out as the account had been turned in.
 The committee showed great in- terest in the incident of Golfers of fer and pressed Love for details of the meeting. Love said he did not tell Ballinger because he thought. perhaps. Dudley had put the wrong construction on the remark of Col Hers agent. It is now proposed to summon Dudley to tell what he knows.
 Ella Shortall. a stenographer in the office of Glavis, testified that she made for Glavis three copies of twenty four letters alleged to have been found in a box belonging to Glavis after their disappearance from the land office George Parks. a special agent. testified that he had examined the box of Glavis, while searching for note book that Chris tianSen. Glavis' successor. wanted for another matter. He was with Bar rett and O'Neill. the custOdians of the building. the only other persons present when the letters were found. He expressed confidence that Chris tiansen did not place the letters in GlaVis' box, as the latter declared when he declared the thing was d frame up" Christiansen will be the next witness on Friday.