Arizona republican., 1910-01-30

Washington. Jan 29-Louis R Glavis concluded his testimony be- for the BalIinger- Pinchot congress sional investigation committee late tonight He will be recalled at the resumption of the hearing on Monday afternoon.
 Glavis' last day on the stand was full of interest. It developed the an imus which long has existed between the land office and the forestry bu- reau. and the resentment the land office people felt when Glavis called in the forestry" as he termed it, to aid him in making the report to President Taft which resulted in his dismissal
 The witness also declared. Represen- tatives McLachlan of California and Kinksid. of Nebraska. were interested in the Alaskan claims and that Mir Ballinger, after being commissioner of the land office. had acted as at torney tor MT. Kinkaid. Glavis as- serted that Mir. Ballinger had sug- gested to him not to pursue the in- Nestigation against Congressman Me- Lachlan. saying these had been too ihuNH Di lhoe SSie vA li'h5 ih eiic past.
 When Glavis was asked the direct question. if he thought Secretary Ballinger and Commissioner -Dennett were in league to do wrong in the Alaska cases, he replied: Well. thought the cases would be better protected with them out of the way"
 SAYS DENNETT WAS CROOKED"
 Glavis' attack seemed to center more today upon Commissioner Dem nett He said he became convinced in the summer of 1909. that Den nett was crooked" and he took steps to get carbon copies of letters Den nett was writing back to Wash ington. Several of these letters were introduced
 one was from Commissioner Dem nett to H. H. Schwartz, chief of the field service It was dated July 20. 1909. at Seattle. and said, among other things:
 My Dear Schwartz-The worst sit uation on the line is the find here. Our friend Glavis regarded me with suspicion and after talking awhile. showed me your telegram assigning the coal cases to Sheridan. Now. I figure that Glavis is preparing to make cushion for himself to fall back on and also putting himself in shape to have great story in case Sheridan does not make good and succeed in canceiIing the Cum ningham cases.
 While he looks innocently' at me yet. I can see that his heart is bad, though why it should be. l cannot tell. except that he ~-anted to draft the case out. He may be sincere. of course. in his idea that he has not been given time and opportunity. He asserts that he will help Sheridan all he can. but it is not human na- ture. or at least, his human nature The atmosphere is not good at all"
 PUBLICITY ADVISED.
 The last document. read while Clay is was on the stand was a telegram from Assistant Commissioner of the land office Schwartz. dated Wash ington. August F. 1909. at the time attacks were being made upon Sec retary Ballinger and others, and was addressed to M. J. McEniry, special agent at Denver. IL read: Get it into scareheads tonight and the Associated Press if possible, that the secretary and commissioner have se- cured evidence showing unlawful combinations of several hundred coal entries: that the general land office is assigning its best coal engineers and lawyers to Seattle to assist in the coming trials: that the com missioner of the general land office, while in Denver. had expressed con- fidence that several hundred entries would be cancelled; that the govern u,ent is making every effort to secure speedV action on these cases. as all the coal entries in Alaska have now been suspended for over four years; that the government is anxious to clear these lands of bad entries. and that it may get coal for its coaling stations. in the Pacific; that special agents say the coming hearing VIII reach some of the largest interests vet uncovered. and that Ballinger has made it plain that he will stand behind them to the finish: that sey- eraI of the railroad corporations own ed bv eastern capital are making in- direct efforts to delay the hearings, hoping that the next congress will mass further remedial legislation or permit greater consolidation. but it is the position of the commissioner that such entries as are fraudulent as the law stands, should he can celled at once and criminal liability developed before the statute bars ac-