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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-29
CLAWS Declares Secretary
Prevented Questioning
of McLachlan.
FOUND CONNECTED
WITH LAND CLAIMS
California Member Said TO Be Con
cerned in Cases for Which Wit
ness Superior Was Attorney.

Louis +. CLAWS. tSStl1yluE today be-
fore the Baulnser Fl vestigsting com
mittee. said he was prevented by Sec
retary BalIinEer from asCertaininK the
connection OF a member OF the House
with what was known as the Green
Group in the Cunningham coal cases IN
Alaska
The member. according to Claws. was
James AIcLachlan, of California When
Claws tolG Secretary BalIinger OF his
intention TO question NIcLachlan. tho
Secretary. according to the witness re
Piled: There has been too much Of
this sort Of thing IN she past. and I
would not see him
CLAWS, acting on the suggestion OF
his superior officer. did not seek 20
find out from Mr.. McLachIan what
connection he had with the Alaska
coal land cases II was the Green
group, according TO testimony already
given by CLAWS. for which Mr.. Bal
linger acted as counsel IN the inter
val between his service as Land Com
missioner and Secretary Of the Inter
Tor, and IL is for the same group that
Jack BaIIinger, q relative CT sll5 Sec
reJary, Is now counsel
Starting of IN a duh manner Nhe
testimony Of CLAWS developed 10 the
borders Of a sensation befgre recess
was taken. He said that when As
sistant Secretary Pierce made a ruI-
ing constituting the new law in such a
manner that It would be Impossible
TO obtain the cancellation OF many
OF the claims which he regarded as
fraudulent he dssided 10 resign and
make the whole matter public.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-29
SEVEN-FOOTER JAILED.

READING. Pa, Jan 2-Oscar
the kansas Giant - is the taIIest pris-
oner ever committed TO the Berks cOun-
ty jail.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-29

CONDITION OF WATER
HARFERS FERRY. W Va. Jan -
Both rivers muddy this morning.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-29
WEATHER REPORT.

The storm that IS now off the middle
Atlantic coast VIII move rapidly north
eastward. attended by rain and snow
in the Atlantic States north OF AIarV-
land and in the upper Ohio valley and
lower lake region tonight with winds
shifting 10 high nOrrhWeSterly on the
Atlantic coast north Of Hatteras. sun
day the weather in these districts VIII
be partly cloudy. except that there viii
be snow 6urrieS II the lower lake
region In the Atlantic States south OF
Fennsyl lyauld and II the East Gulf
states the weather viii be generally
1alr tonight and Sunday. but with con
siderable clOudiness
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-29
TEMPERATURES.


Today-FTjrh tide I1.0f a m and II g.
2 m. low TIDE. 5-I5 a m and SIS D m
tomorrow High tide, u-47 a m: Low
tide, 5.55 A. m and e-11 p. m
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-29

FORECAST FOR THE DISTRICT
Parity cloudy tonight and Sunday,
not much change in temperature, mini
mum temperature tonight about . de-
Ereess brisk and high uO-thWeSterIy
winds.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-29
Dissuaded By Hoyt.

be was dissuadsd from doing so by
Henry Il HOyt, now attorney general
for Porto Rico, who was familiar
with the cases and who said that II
The matter were made pu5Hic II wouId
involve President Tafts Administra-
ton In a scandal.
X was at Hoyt's suggestion that the
matter was placed before Attorney Cen
eraI Wickershan. said Claws. and u
vas AT the request OF the latter that
Secretary BalliugeT asked the Depart
ment Of Justice for a construction OF
the law. despite tEe fact that Assistant
Secretary Pierce had already made q
ruling
The construction put upon the law by
the Attorney General was widely differ
enL from that Of Pierce. and subsIan-
tIaJcd the claim Of CLAWS that more
time should be taken 10 investigate l.-.
coal Iauu cases.
CLAWS said that before submitting
the matter 70 the Attorney General
he and HOyt seriously considered ask
ing Horace " Taft 10 use his influence
with his brother, the President, in the
matter HOyt, said Claws, knew Hor-
ace Taft wen, and suggested that he
go 20 aWte-tOwu, where M Taft lived,
and ask him TO come 10 Washington
to urge the President ''tO put & stop
10 this business
This plan was abandoned fOr. the Dur
pose OF placing the matter in the hr-Is
Of MT- WiClcershaIn-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-29
Few Spectators.

Only a few spectators were present
when the BaIlinger Investigation vas
resumed this morning
Louis r. CLAWS was again called to
the witness stand HIS counsel stated
that he hoped to close his case this
evening. although he might find il
necessary to recall CLAWS after the
documents called for are produced BY
the Interior Department
A laugh went around the committee
room when two porters struggled IN
with an immense IOunsing chair and
placed It at that portion OF the table
reserved for Representative ollie James
of Kentucky.
For two days MI James had eudeav-
ored TO appear comfortable while
squeezing his great bulk into a chair
no larger than that provided for the
other members Of the committee, but
today he called for help Representa-
tive DENLY Of Michigan who weighs
as much as James, looked envioUsly at
his Democratic colleague. but suffered
himself TO remain in an ordinary mans
chair.
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Nelson Impatient.

Chairman Nelson displayed some in
patience at the outset Of the hearing
this morning because CLAWS did not
give him direct answers, and he also
warned Nj Brandeis 10 refrain from
asking leading questions
AIr. Nelson asked CLAWS If he had
been hampered IN his Investigations Of
the Alaska coal land CLAWS evidently
desired to qualify his answer, but finally
when Chairman Nelson demanded di-
rect answer Claws said:
Yes. they df6.'
4 considerable portion OF the time Of
the morning session was devoted to the
and letters passing between Claws and
the General Land Office. mCst Of them
dealing with the Alaska coal land cases.
Clifford FincEor failed TO put in an
appearance a. Inc hearing this NOM
inC. but several Of his personal friends
were on hand. following the case
closely There was the usual large
uuOta Of women present Prominent
among the spectators were Miss PinChOt
and William 7 Jerome. formerly dis
triCt attorney OF New York
CLAWS said he protested against pro-
ceeding with the hearings Of the Gun
niugham claims until the field exam
inatiOn Of the clsz-os had been COM
pleted-
Pinchot's Name Heard.
For the first time since the investi-
cation began. the name OF Clifford Pin
chot was mentioned
Chairman Nelson asked Claws n he
did not seek out Pinchot for an intro
ductIon TO the President because he
Continued on Ninth Pass9
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Pinchot's Name Heard.

CONTINUED on Ninth Pzge,l
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CONTINUED on Ninth Page.)
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-03-24
Cbe 3enerson,an

AS John Quincy Adams argued, unanswer-
ably, If a member of Congress believes that
he can best serve his constituents and his
country, By not votimg, although present, it is
his right to refuse to vote.
Gar Reed arbitrarily annulled this right;
and counted, as voters, all present, whether
they voted or not.
But eUe1o Gear Reed meuer acemt to the no0n-
strous eutremae Of counting as votimg, IN fa-
cor Of q proposition, those members a0ho aOere
not ere7o present.
Nobody ever dreamed of doing such thing
as that until Boston Johns head began to
swell, after has election at Mac0n
I've never seen Johnsey presiding over
Convention, because he doesn't believe in do
ing things in the open A ravenous fondness
for Secret Sessions, and 'closed doors" occu-
pies ten-tenths of Johnsey.
apparently, 1t hurts has eyes to zooh the
public i11 the face.
Duck is down with the same misery.
So is Bode. Ditto Ladson.
It's none of my business how much the
Farmers Union dues are; but don't mind
saying that the way John Lee raised those
taxes was as high-handed an outrage as ever
was committed t. E. W.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-03-24
PAGE THIRTEEN

Now Reuben, my son, what DO you think
Of that? Wouldn't you like to have seen old
Bro Fred Wimberly's countenance, while
that Northern Labor Unionist was advo-
eating the confscation of f. DIS splendid
farm!
The Trusts are not the evil: the money sys-
tenn has nothing to do with it: the extrava-
gance of the Government doesn't hurt: the
railroads and the express companies are mere
flea bites: the thing aChich creates National
Poverty, the army of unemployed, deaths by
starvation, suicides to escape hunger and
hopeless woes y0ur oaonimg y0ur home.
To that effect, spoke the national repre-
sentative Of The American Federation of
Labor.
Say Reub! Didn't you agree to become
the partner Of the Labor Unions, and to buy
nothing that didn't have the Label on it?
Now, what do you think of it, son?
Let me be perfectly fair, and say that Bro
Gompers condemned his agents speech, when
your men told him about it. But is it posi-
BILE that Bro Gompers was ignorant of his
agents views? Is it not presumable that the
man has been making similar speeches in the
Union meetings?
1t is quite a joke on you, Reuben that YOU
should hook up with chaps who say that y0a1
are the cause Of all this trouble; and that the
proper way to mend matters, as TO comfscote
yOur land.
Be good, Foxy-and watch as we'll as pray
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-03-24
Conventions Bureau of the Busi-
ness Mems League of ST. Louis

Convention Committee-Lyman T. Hay Chair
man; Goodman King, Vice-Chairman; J. D.
Abeles, c. c. Butler, Edward A. Faust T. H.
CLANCY Henry c. Lewis, Capt Robert McCulloch,
Pat. Short, Otto F. Stifel Charles A. Silk. J, D.
Abeles, Treasurer; Thomas L. Cannon, Secretary
Manager; 523 Commercial Building; Telephone
Olive 1923
st. Louis, March IA, 1910.
Hon. Thomas E. Watson, Thomson Ca
Dear Sir:-You are invited to deliver an ora
tlon before convention of THE FARMERS
EDUCATIONAL AND COOPERATIVE Union
OF AMERICA. This convention opens in ST.
Louis, Monday, May I'd, and continues to Satur-
day, May g. 1910
You can select your subject for morning, after
noon or evening of either day. l will appreciate
prompt response from you giving date and sub
ject
me Farmers Educational and Cooperative
Union of America and allied organizations have
an enrolled membership exceeding 5000 600 men
mere are now reported in this Office more than
hfty organizations that will send delegates The
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-03-24
Helping Chinese Orphans TO Pay
Off q Mortgage I'm China

In China a father and mother who pro
fessed to be Christians died, leaving two little
boys and mortgaged home.
The missionary to whose flock the parents
belonged wrote to the South Georgia church
which was supporting him, urging that this
church raise the money to pay the mortgage
off the China home.
And the church is actually doing it,
Yes, sir, that South Georgia congregation
IS being pulled by two Foreign Mission yea
lots for funds wherewith to lift the debt due
on the property of those two Chinese boys.
So the $50 ye'' means sending money to the
heathe2o to pay their debts!
My Lord! Where is this mission craze to
stop?
In that same South Georgia toocn, lives an
invalid widow-white- has two invalid
children. The church which is paying the
Chinese orphans out of debt, has never given
that white widow and helpless children
cent.
Had it not been for the Primitive Baptists
and some charitable country people those af-
flicted honoe-f0zks would have persisted of
want
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-03-24
HO5V John Lee Raised the Dues
CONCLUDED FROM PAGE FIVE }

Mr. Watson:-Dd you ever notice how John
Lee got the dues raised the last time they were
raised? He ruled that all non-present members
would be counted as in favor of the raise that is
II l did not vote John Lee would vote me in IA
vor of the raise if one-fOurth one-half were
not present and VOTE though they might not ia
vor the raise John Lee voted them for the raise.
You see they wanted the raise if the members
didn't You might look up this ballOt-stuff1ng of
Johns and comment it if you think it wise
e. J. THORNTON
ANSWER.
Yes; I was aware of the neat but not gaudy
manner in which Boston John lifted the bows
a notch or two.
Nobody ever thought of counting, as pres
emit and votimg, a man who was present but
not voti1og, until the late lamented Thomas
B. Reed did SO. The country shook with rev.
dictionary turbulence when Reed the Gar, as
he was called, made that outrageous ruling.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-03-24
What Did [ Tell YOU About Those
Northern Labor Unions?

Little birds" have way of bringing me
things which other editors miss. One of these
helpers told me good joke on you Farmers
Union Reubs.
You know, Reuben, I've been trying to get
you to notice where you're goin. You are
headstrong person, and you never were
known to stop, after you'd got started, until
you had gone and done it. Didn't I do my
best to keep you out of Harvie Jordan's RI
dlculous movement ito bring about closer re-
lations between grower and spinner? You
wasted lots and cords of The Filthy, at that
foollshness- before discovering that Harvie
was making monkey out Of you.
by the bye, Reu6, qohy don't y0u spin u0ur
oa0m cotton? Since the Tariff wall is there,
and you are afraid that an attack on it will
get you into politics, 90! how terrible that
would be y phy don't you tahe the benefits
OF the Tariff, By spinning yOur OaO1a c0tt0m?)
But what L started out to do was to tell YOU
the joke we have on you. The JEFFs warned
you to let those Eastern and Northern Labor
Unions alone. We told you that there was
no identity of interest to draw the different
organizations together.
But you just wouldn't listen You had to
have President Gompers attend your Con
ventlon, and you had to send delegates to his:
and the first thing you knew, you were elect
eng Grady, in public, while a secret midnight
conference was appointing Boodlehunter.
Which was too much, for Yours-to- et-on,
and [ began to yell
Whereupon, some made-in- the-dark plans
went to pieces. The plotters did lot of w.
ing, behind closed DOORS, (and otherwise.)
and they managed to save their scalps but
the secret plans had to be abandoned
But very sanguine, persistent man is
Bro. GOmpers. He would like mighty we'll
to have the use of the great Farmers Union
In his business Would love to have Farm
ers, Union push, for Pearre bills, "and sich".
: So what doth. my great and good friend,
Gompers, (and he IS my friend, and a fine
man, to boot,) but send his national legisla-
tive agent, or lobbyist, to spell-bind the Legis-
lative Committee of the Farmers Union
When Bro. Gompers' spell-binder got to
going, in his harangue before your Commit
tee, he raved like Socialist. He said that all
our troubles grew out of the land question,
and that the root of it was the private owner
ship of land. lie qCamted this abolished at
OY1op IF at c09,7Io3t 1o rJoooo ooo7son
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-03-24

Said William z. Ellis
CONCLUDED FROM PAGE FIvE)
tant foreign countries the available charity
funds OF our own people.
Ny Wnp0qdonGbze SIN IS, that I pointed to
the Lazarus aoho lies suffering, at our 0aom
gate
And as DR.. Broughton's command of lam
guage is insufficient to adequately excoriate
me, he, personally, imports the vocabulary of
one w. t. Ellis
From qUbere?
FROM PENNSYLVANIA!
Did you ever read Of Pittsburg, and the
hideous conditions which prevail among it's
poor? Did you ever read of its labor atroci-
ties the prison pens, the massacre of it's toll
ers, the frequency of its crimes against
women?
Bless your life! At the very time that
Ellis was abusing me, in words that are so
vile [ will not repeat them, the negro police
men Of his Oacm city qCere making q qOiched,
malicious, maurderOus attach, q0ith clubs, on
q0ite men, aOhite qUonae71, and aUhite children!
Dozens of Caucasian girls and grown
women were SEEM last qoeeh on the streets of
Philadelphia, fraraticazzy trying to escape
those brutal megrOeS-sOnae of the q00nae1o
haVlpg faces and mechs all covered q0ith their
Likelihood, foaoing from SOAPS OUT
OPEN BY THE CLUBS, OF THOSE Ne
GRO POLICEMEN!
Scores of white men and boys we're blood
led in the same way; and some had shoulders
smashed; others, arms broken.
Labor troubles, you see. Why, in Phila-
delphia, there has been an epidemic Of sui-
cldes, due to poverty; and the sweat-shop
horrors are unutterably bad
Thousands of it's school-children are al
ways hungry; and neglected disease qcreohs
havoc upon them.
Yet, this Mr. Ellis turns his back upon the
terrible facts which stare him in the face,
IN his home State; and he comes tearing down
to Georgia, to rave about poverty en- China!
And neither he, nor Broughton can find
words too violent to fit my case-my crime
being that [ plead for orr oaom people who
are in need of food, clothing, shelter, medi-
cine, education and religion!
Think of supplying thoroughly educated
trained nurses to attend, free Of charge, q
heather a0omoa1a IN the pa1ags of ch5zd-6iIh-
and then think how many thousands of our
poor women have to depend on an old black
nanny, or an unskilled white midwife
or a fedgling DOCTOR
For suffering humanity's sake, do auhat you
can TO check this craze for the heathe4a
Quit giving your money, until they quit
everything save the preaching of the Gospel
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-08-13

Hoppe farm in the bottom, was in the
city today
II. Z. T Wilson, of Tabor, was in
the city today and paid The Eagle a
pleasant call
Judge j. F. Robertson. of Houston,
was in Bryan today looking after bust.
ness matters
Arthur Smith, of Reliance, has just
recovered from a serious illness and
was in the city today.
Lum Holden, Tom Walker, 6ssee Full.
Ter VIM. FIudspeth and others were in
the city today from Tabor.
Mrs. C. A. Lafever departed today
for her home in Ford county after Wis
iting relatives near Tabor.
Miss Alice Phillips. Of West Texas,
went to Marquee today after visiting
Mr. and Mrs NJ r. Phillips
Allen Carr, Of Houston. arrived in
the city today and is the guest of his
grandmother, Mrs. NJ. J. Parker
Miss Willie Taylor returned to her
home at Hearne today after visiting
Mrs Dula McCulloch at Harvey.
]. G. Pueh arrived today from Mont
rose. Miss, 10 visit his relatives, the
Grahams of Harvey and Rock Prairie.
w. c. Newman, OF Dallas, has been
visiting relatives at Edge. He and his
brother, J. NJ. Newman. of Edge, were
in the city today.
ivy Foster arrived from Taylor this
afternoon to Join his wife in a visit
to her parents Mr. and Mrs. MR..
Phillips.
Mrs Darwin Collins returned to
today after a pleasant visit
to relatives in this city. She was ac-
hope by Miss Louise Cald.
well
Mrs A. p anderson, Of Greenyille,
Ala, who has been visiting Mrs 4.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-08-13

b. Carr, Jr., in Houston, came in
Thursday with Mrs. p. S. Tilson, of
Houston, and is visitig Mrs. NJ. Parker
All phone orders for cream must be
turned in before 10 o'clock on Sunday.
Homes Bros. ~ 214
Victor Andrews. John d. Jones, w.
d. Yardley, n. A. Gotham, J. H. Fer
guson, George Williams Jack Ora
ham A. p Buchanan, c. W. Graham
and others were in today from Har-
vey.
For Sale: My home place, two nice
corner lots, good house, barns and
sheds. Good bricked well cistern. two
hydrants First-class repair; one
block north Of court house, one block
from Main street. c. A. Harris 21S
Dick Fain, of Houston, was in the
city today and called on the Eagle.
He and Mrs. Fain are staying in the
bottom at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
r. NJ. Ewing attending Mr.. Ewing who
has been quite i'll for some time
]. f. Nations. expert sewing ma.
chine repairer, is at the Miles hotel for
a short while Anyone needing sew
ing machine repair work will do well
to see him. Mr.. Nations has 16 years
practical experience in his work and
guarantees satisfaction or no charge
made. All extras furnished PA
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-08-13
CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
Franchise Granted N. A. Currie to Lay
Gas and Petroleum Mains and
Pipes.

The city council met in regular SEES
sion at o'clock yesterday afternoon
with all officers present. The bills, Of
ficers' reports and fiscal agents re-
port disposed of in the usual way.
franchise was granted VI. A. Cur
rie Of Shreveport. La. to use the
streets of Bryan for laying mains and
pipes, to supply. deliver and distrib-
ute gas or petroleum for manufactur,
ing, heating. Illuminating and all 9th
er purposes for which natural or man
ufactured gas or petroleum. or either
is used.
The ordinance passed some time ago
fixing water and light rates, and which
was enjoined by the water and light
company was repealed
Matter of sale OF city hall lot to R.
w Howell was closed up and mayor
and secretary instructed to sign deed
TO same.
Ordered that walk and curb be built
az once in front of city hall
Mayor and secretary were author
lied to make a deed to w. Z. John
son to a small part of street that
runs into his property.
A petition from l.. NJ. Hewitt and
others on Cheapside street to make
certain street allignments with a view
to the property owners building ce-
ment sidewalks, was granted The
city will make suitable street cross
ings joining the sidewalks from street
to street.
Aldermen Edge and Bullock were
to get estimates on a com
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-08-13
RAILROAD TIME CARD.
n. e. /. c. Schedule.

Mrs. T. c. Harder is visiting in Mar.
lin.
Large cool room for rent. Phone
1892. PIG
Car rice bran on track. Hensarl'nG
Bros. els
Marshall Jones, of Reliance, was in
town today
Phone Hensarling Bros for hulls
and meal. 215
W. J. Burt OF Steep Hollow. was in
the city today
J. w worthington was in today
from the bottom
Prof p II. Dawson was in the city
today from Wellborn.
A. ]. Tabor. sr.. was in the city to.
day from Rock Prairie.
Car choice Bermuda hay on track.
Phone Hensarling Bros. 2l5
Mrs. Artie Crawford of Harvey. was
visitor to the city today.
A. w. Shelton was in the city today
from his home in the bottom.
w. c. Coulson, a we'll known citizen
Of lola. was in Bryan today.
Mr.. and Mrs W. ~ Glaze were Wis
itors to the city today from Reliance
Mr. and Mrs. u. d. Eastman, of Italy.
are guests Of Or and Mrs J w How
ell.
r. $. Newsome. manager OF the
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-08-13
GOING TO MARKET.

Eugene Edge, "On the Corner" will
leave tonight for ST. Louis and Chica
go to purchase fall and winter goods
for his store He will be gone two
weeks and will devote every minute
of the time to a personal selection of
one of the best and completset stocks
ever brought to Bryan. Mr. Edge has
made a close study of the wants of his
customers and the people generally of