Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1911-07-27
Postscript to Letter Charging
Undue Family influence Pro-
nOunced Wicked Fabrication
DEFENDS BROTHERS, NAME
w. TAFT 0Ives Congress AdmInIstra-
tlcn Explanation Of Controller Bay
Incident, and Scores Authors Of
"vleIously False Statements"

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washington, July 2e.-PreSident
TAFT today sent to the senate the fol-
lowing special message In response to
Z resolution adopted on June 81:
10 the Senate Of the United States:
on June ~ last. your honorable
body, adopted the following resolu'
zion:
Resolved, That the president Of the
FJnlted States be-, and he IL hereby, re-
rIsaeetAd to transmit to the senate Of the
fJnlted States copies Of all letters, maps,
,executive or departmental orders or in
mtructions. surveys, also applications to
enter land, or for rights OF way for rail-
roads or otherwise, and all other official
sep0rts, recommendations, documents, or
records In the departments OF war, in
terror and agriculture, or by any OF the
officials or bureaus Of these DEPART
ansnts, not included in the report OF the
lscratary OF the interior Of April 70.
1eiI. printed as senate document No. u,
,rlxty-second congress, first session, re-
Eating In any way to the elimination
from the Chugach national forest, In
Alaska, Of land fronting upon Controller
raw approximating 1880 acres; espe-
niaiiy referring to such papers, doeu-
meats, etc, as relate to the applications
~ the Controller Railroad 4 Navigation
Co for rights Of way or confirmation
nf itn maps Of rights OF way or haroor
sishts or privileges In or near to the said
Controller bay, or upon the Chugach ma.
ai0nal forest, or upon LANDS eliminated
aharefrom, or upon the tide lands or
,ahore lands Of the said Controller bay,
with such information, II any, as 10 In
ms possession Of the war department. re-
Hating to the character OF Controller pay
n a harbor, Its abundlnga, and q desig-
nation of those portions Of the harbor
which are available for the use OF deep
water vessels.
Also. to include In the report hereby
rn0uested the names OF the soldiers
whose claims are to be used az bases FOR
che applications for the land referred TO-
ahe mesne and subsequent assignments,
and other data relating thereto, with 9
statement OF the present status OF al
said applications to enter said ianas OF
Tor rights Of way thereon.
/ herewith submit copies Of all the
documents above requested. The rec
nris in the Department Of Commerce
and Labor are not asked for in the
resolution, but the Secretary Of the
interior has secured from the Secre-
tary Of Commerce and Labor certain
documents relating to the subject mat
Ger on file or OF record in the Bureau
Df Coast and Geodetic Survey, and
those are transmitted as part Of the
documents furnished me by the Sec
rotary Of the Interior. l also submit
such documents as are on the execu'
five ONCE files relating to the execu-
hive order Of October rs last.
/ deem II wise and proper to accom-
pany the submission Of these docu.
ments with a statement in narrative
form Of the action Of the administra
fion with the reasons therefor
The executive order Of october 2e,
1910. referred to in the resolution, was
IN the terms following:
Chuvach National Forest, Alaska.
-Under authority OF the act Of con-
gresS Of June 4, 1897 go Stat, II,
at "a and s6), and on the recommends
zion Of the Secretary uf Agriculture, It
A. hereby ordered that the proclama-
fion Of February 20, 1903. enlargins
the Chugach National forest, be modl-
He'd to reduce the area Of such m
fional forest by eliminating therefrom
tie followIng-described tract, contain
fng approximately 1880 acres 81
land, which has been found, upon sz.
animation, to be not chiefly valuable
loF national forest purposes:
beginning at point where the
sheridan Of longitude IA degrees
minutes west crosses the coast line
Of Controller bay. thence north aIons
said meridian line to the parallel Of
1atitnde at 80 degrees and 10 minutes
north; thence west along said parallel
10 9 point where the same crosses thu
east line at or near the mouth Of
Bshring river, and thence aiong The
c0ast 70 the place Of beginning
The tract above described ie here
~ restored to the public domain.
=WL +. TAFT.
rIhe white House,
washington, october Is. 1870
The effect Of the order is seen Il
~ attached map.
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