Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-01-30

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person consulted. Postmaster Genrrl
Hitchcock ID also consulted. proyid~N
the npRnintees are mot directly suE
gestcd ~, the president
The last document read while Claw
was on the eland. called out q eren
deal OF laughter. u wts c. TELEGRAM
from Mr.. Schwartz dated Washlnetou
August ~, f90a. az the time attacks
were being INSIDE upon Secretary lial
finger ana others n WAS pddressc,
20 NJ. n MeEnirt. special AGENT a
Denver. Colo. II read
Get into sear,headR tonight unt
Associated Press. II possible. that seq
Rotary and commissioner have sefure'
evidence showing unlawful eemhinn
lions of seycrai hundred coal entries
tina general ltnd office IN assigning
its best coai engineers and laWyers Il
Seattle 20 assist 4n tho coming Trials
That commissioner general land office
while IN Denver. had expressed conf.
dencc thar several hundred entries
would hn cHncelled, that government
Is making cNerA effort to secure speedy
action on these easoR. ug an coal en-
tries IN Alaska have q been sus'
pended FOR over four years that gov.
rnmen is anxious 10 cleur these lands
OF bad entries thar u may yet coal FOR
M coaling stations iu the Pacific that
special agents say coming hearings
VIII reach some Of thc largcst inter
eats yet uncovered. and that Baliiu-
ger has made Ii plain that ne viii
stand behind them 40 the finish. that
several nf the railroad corporations
owned by eastern capital are mpkinR
Indirect efforts a. dtlaR the hearing
hoping that next congress VIII p1ss
further remedial legislation or permit
greater consolidation. but II BE- the posi-
f4.. az tHs aBanatrDNag4 THHf aUfh
entries as Gre fraudulent as the law
now stands. should he cancelled ht
once and criminal liability developed
before statute bars action
Follow somewhat nbuyc IDEAS J
understand newspaper attacks about
TO be made on commissioner Of the
general land office, secretary Of the
interior and assistant secretary OF the
interior Pierce IN Alaska coal. ! wish
10 foreatali.
''Trcat the source Of YOUR infarma-
tIon secret. Hs | have consulted no
one. After putting this ont nntll "a
vised further. avoid Interviews IN this
matter.
fSigned) SCHWARTZ
Moro than hour of the afternoon
session was passed hN air ifrandeis
In reading letters from the printed
public document INTO the record Of the
inquiry, The reading WAS interrupt
I'd once 10 permit Giayis 10 ten 81 an
Interview he had with Secretary BALL
niger In Seattle on July 10. 1903. The
Alaska coal lands were discussed.
CLAWS spoke Of the necessity of max
ing a field examination. Mr.. Ball
niger said he thought the claimants
might stlpulate 20 admit an hat such
an examination would show.
What WAS MIR, ~Tallingtr's general
attitude At that time toward the Al
aRka cases." asked Senator Fletcher
How did he impress you2'
personally. he didn't appear as
friendly 20 me as Before. His only
statement az 60 the Alaska cases was
about the stipulati0ns
CLAWS next went into some detail
about the VISIT Of Commissioners Don
nett 10 Seattle IN July, 1903 Letters
were read ia this connection IN which
bennett and CLAWS both spoke Of
each other IN anything but eompli-
mentary terms.
CLAWS testified he had heard Den
malt WAS writing some peculiar" lct-
tiers "a Washington and hud arranged
with the man actinR as Bennett Fl
stenogrApher 10 take down t1l / said
and all bennett said 10 me"
CLAWS saii he had nlso told y j..
Honey and his anspieinna regarding
bennett. lie told Honey the land on
fiee al Washington WAS hurrying him
in the Aiiskn eases and expected
him 20 Interview COO or more people
IN sixiy days
In view Of an ] had heard about
Mr.. Dounett. I Thought something WINS
wrong. said CLAWS
The witness then told about having
obtained IN July, 1909, an affidavit
from Harry White Of Los Angeles.
former mayor III Seattle, 80 white
telling him that, la addition to repre-
sentiuE People in ilie Cunningham
group Nh. Hatlinger had represented
"a congressman IN the Green group
Was That the same congressman
Q mentioned
"NoN
"NNhn WAS ita'
Representative Kinkaid of Nenras-
kar
fpld Mr. naifiuRer ucf us attorney 7'
"Hc attended e. Tho work to secure
a coal claim Tor Nj kinkaid aud 60
bring it into q company. He examine
ed tho papers ln d claim Mr. Kin
kaid WIS 60 buy and Go consolidate
with others
was there anything wrong en-
thni 2" asked Representative Madison.
Not unless there hnd been come
previous agreement
There was nothing wrong that YOU
know Of
$50. "a WINS d port of The work he
dta nitDr haViup lten commissioner
~ the land office aud htNmg kuoNl-
edge ~ tho eases
At This point thg witntss nfs ute
tionel further regarding his iHter-
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