The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-09
Discovered by Accident.

Discovered by Accident.
When he nad concluded with tho cor
TcSpondcuCp Mr. Christensen told OF the
search among Glavis's effects in the fed
cral building I'm Seattle. His account
coincidcd with that OF Assistant Gus
todian O'Ncnl Prior To the finding Of
said he had no knowledge OF the whore
abouts or the documents. At the tim"
he discovered the papers. the witness
said. he was searching Tor other papers
requested by the investigating commit
tee.
The witness then was turned over to
attorney attacked him in characteristic
fashion. which brought n quick protest
from Attorney Ncrtrccs.
When YOU tolcEraphcd Schwartz on
February 3 about the finding Of the let
ters YOU made certain false statements.
didn't you?" asked Brandcis.
II did not" dared back the witness.
The only thing said in that telegram
that was a mistake was that the box In
which the papers were found was broken
open. as the top was loose. We broke
! open several olhcr boxes. IL Is easy 10
! make a mistake like tiat.
| ct Is easy 10 lie" shouted BrandciS.
Senator Sutherland protested against
! this saving II was not only offensive TO
Attoruev Nortrccs said lie desired 10
| protest generally against MT. Bidnu%is ;
! method with witnesses lie declared no
! member of the committee ever had OBJ
served such an "unscemly, repre-
| hensiblc or improper course
| "EithCr the witness should he protected
or allowed to protect himself, concluded
! Mr.. NcrtrCcs.
christensen thoreupon was excused and
| Alfred II. Brooks, mining expert "J luS
| geological survey. was called 10 the stand
! to testify rs Ia. coal conditions IN Alaska.
Technical Testimony,
Mr.. Brooks said the total area OF
/ Alaska is 5SG 600 square miles. or coal
! bearing rocks. there ar" known To d.
/ about 1000 square miles. OnIS anout
4 nnr-t.oth of tho coal bearing rocks are
| known to- be undcrlaid with coal seams.
Il About one half Of the entire coal area
is made up of Ignite or very low rhirar
bus NOT vet been surveyed. ana the WI
ness said there was every reason 10 pe-
liovc that I'm the northern part OF me yer
rItnrv arc some ot in" most EXTENSIVE
coal deposits. These are not included III
tbc l. 900 miles estimate.
Mr.. Brooks declared thar II the AIaska
fields were opened u would mean saw
Ing to The United states navy OF at least
$500 600 - year. Ih" expert aus" Salo
mat tho ChuEach forest reserve IS GInl
,Ioui nDo-fi(th covered with timber. Tho
timber In AIasll, IS being rapidly usco
mn for fuel purposes, II would conserve
tha timber II the coal fields were opcnGH
'"Dnn't glaciers mako up most oi the
rordst i,p' rcsSSrvcs?" S?" asked senator Nelson
amid laughter,
Alaska is rctrogrcSSiuG. Sold MT
,,,oi.o "pHnnIc are becoming dscour'
! lgcd and are lcaviuG, This IS lhrEclA
due to The coal situation Wi,houi ni,SoI G0h
there can be no railroads, anu Wllnou
Z railroads there can y" "' D0@''''' ~
II! In TO this time tho witness declare
j the visible coal supply ~ me = LH',E,
1 Gtatcs bns been consumed only 10 th'
Srn,y5 sraoTnt 'o of four-tcnths Of on" per cont
II i,,,,5ues ninety nine and siN-lcnths yet L
4 bc mined go, do. .,.o,,l ,,,r-,
4 ,b~ committee adjourned unth tomoi
Il TDH.