The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-01-28
CLAWS De TAILS
INSIDE DEALINGS
Of LAND SHARKS
Chief Witness Against Bal
linger Resumes Testimony
In Land Fraud Pobre.
WEALTHY MEN HEADED
POOLS IN COAL FIELDS
Believed Themselves Secure
Because of Friendship With
Department Officials,
PAPERS FOUND MISSING
PAPERS FOUND MISSING
Counsel For the Compliments

WASHINGTON, Jan. ga charge
- Aoi H. A. LAWS 'i'a'
important documents were omitted
from the record upon which President
Taft based his exoneratio, nj @sarra.
.a~,. p,,,., -.
ss'' ""S 'he MOST iasefest-
Ing development at today's session >oi
the Batiinger- Pinchot Congressional in
vessigation.
Attorney Brandeis. presented a Iona
list OF the alleged omitted letters. tel
egrams, affidavits and other ,naferfs,
declared to be In the flles of the In,
terror Department. which he asked ,c
have produced.
That Secretary Ral,fnpar while SOW,
missioner OF me land nf1,a.. baa ,no,e
tan the .fnvuar rro.vfassa.s ~ ~
cunninss,am cases. NJ .,assa ~ ~
Attorney f,eheral ana wag II go,
fully acau,aintad ,xfth t,,a' ,,-t..ss i, !, :.
ter. ~as fhe nnint NJ, sshscn' rxss aaas,
sffernnfrd 70 introduce ~ 49,
tience. al sec.,rtnr g1,t.s.s ,s.ks..,, Il.
sllsis1sed fssr,ded "a indsfsa III ~ 25S.ss,.s
Intimate farriissrfss srfsh ~ $ -.
BrAntytis hopre 10 estah,f.h ne fs,ss,,
Of Attorn%y General yy,rr.r.,.a RS A.,
e,,,,.stnns ,ha, ,ha ,,~~.s..,
nf hk.x ssssI, Ill.,
MR. ~''
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al, A.. ,..,,naa nsh,.....,' .s 49, "a
sr~ a. sss...s .a s..s " Tesa su
! .sa..s.. 49, aaees
- =. 49,. - ~ent INTO q icht
49, ue Gofrespondenc'
saas passeu s..pe.Sesn the land on'e'
anu As A4en.s IN the neid regarding
.hs e rs 1917. e c,ted passages Y
transmitted 10 the Senate by Attorne,
General Wickersham in presenting
nus decision IN the CLAWS charges
q book of 500 pages, This documen'
Is being used an a basis for the pro
ceedinEs, although CLAWS and his as
sociates contend that there are man,
important omissions, In letters. sta te
nsents, etc.
Attorney in Iimclfrht.
Brandeis explained thar Ne desire,
TO show Commissioner Kaliinger.s ar
tive direction Of affairs in the yario,,,
coal claim cases ana he ,,,,,,,,a ~,
that ali the letters ns ,,n,J "a -, 49,. =
Senator S,,thsri.,d MI .'onss
lily in his seat while .sr,nr,i,s uas as,
,,,,r,,sn. ~ s1s.,leuls Ma ~ ao,
answsrins 9 The s rani .,r re ,,s ssag MS
.Mr fsh,irr, h;if'.s -,
W. th,nk ws ar. n....
oence ont of conrss, ,n.n n.a.s s :. :
chairmnn Netson ,han a,ras.ss j,
the witness proceed ana ,in,,t.a a. a
dies to auesfioninr - 1''
CLAWS then testif,ed as Ia ! confe-.
ence he had with Schwartz in D4cern.
Der. IsU7. In connection with this tes-
timony questions by Chairman Nelson
brought out the fact that CLAWS and
Hoyt had talked over Ballfnger's ac-
IONS.
. regulations Changed.
1nougnt u peculiar, the wit
ness sau, ina. Haliinger should
dnaa.s tues anu rekuiations or the
r. '' 49,
.,nrar p..,,sss sa.a IL loiu Iommis-
- s.<,..s .nssI TIA. nost on the Alas
canreited h.cs,,.a 1913 n', suu.a ne
men interested N thens ~. p sr,.aas ]
puus. fsnfatnrer to1d- a,fn,- t3,eri. .' ssad
that many Of the clain,an n fha
Cunningham cases were friends and
bushes associates OF Ma
Il want thorough Investigation Of
these cases" CLAWS said Bailinger told
him. whether they are friends or
not"
II went away very happy. said Gla-
Wis. "since VI had been very stroaalv
Instructed 10 make 4 fnT fnvrrsYE - !,
ton, and / felt that there was ,cs Mn !
IN the rumora haa haara =. 81 ~,
Alaslxan matters ana ~ x.hsr~.. ~ ~