The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-19

WASHINGTON, u. C.. July Is
Richard s. Ryan. Gugenheim agent,
author at the celebrated Dick to
Dick letter. and friend of Charles p.
Taft. was served with subpoena at
the Walcott Hotel New York, to day
and will appear Thursday before the
House committee on expenditures In
the Interior Department to tell what
ne Knows of the Controller Bev grab by
IN" Gurgenheiyn syndicate and other
Alaska scandals
Don 6, Carr, assistant to Richard A.
Balltnper while the latter was secre-
tary Of the interior has been retired
from his position by Secretary Fisher
and Irvine G., Rittenhouse has been
promoted to the position. Carr figured
in the trial OF Baliinger as one OF the
men who burned the LAWYER mefnoran-
dun on which President Taft based his
decision favorable 10 Bailinger In the
charges made by Louis Claws. Ritten-
house assisted Francis r Heney In
prosecution of the land fraud cases and
was an important witness against Bin
ger HsrrrnaNrI, former commissioner al
the General Land Once.
Unusual Order.
James p. Adams. assistant forester
| to-day confirmed statements of the I'M
Usual character OF President Taft's
execution order OF October. 1910, with
| drawing from the forest reserve with
out notice tide lands around Control
Ter Bay. II was these lands that Ryan
secured title TO for the Controller Bay
Railroad and Navigation Company
| Under the trade and manufacturing
| Ia for Alaska, passed in 1898. public
domain lands are obtainabie easily for
/ trade and manufa curing purposes and
under this head comes railroads
"harves. docks and terminals
The law does not apply to forest
reserve lands.
Charles d. Drayton. counsel for the
! Humboldt Steamship Company, OF
| Seattle. CHARGED that the Alaska syn
oicate controlled by the Guegenheims
Disseminated against his company
through excessive wharf charges and
rate tolls from Skagway to the inter
Tor of Alaska in favor of the Pacific
Coast and Alaska Steamship Com
panies
These were the important develop
ments in the Alaska scandals now be-
ing Investigated by the House Com
r1ittae to-day. The hearings Will be
continued Thursday when Mr.. Ryan
will testify Thursday as other wit
| cssss have teen called for that date
but Ryan will be kept here until the
committee can hear him.
The seareh for Ryan has been per-
sistcnt Il was conducted by dputy
sesgeart-at arms oaf the House. Ryan
| KEEP vtry quiet and the committee Is
elated over the success Of its police
cff1cer.
Secures Title.
Captain JaDea +, Adams assistant
/ forester. identified President Taft,s
executive order Withdrawing Controller
| Bay frorl forest reserve lands. Whef
! the order was GRATED il had the usua
! thirty days notice OF the Withdrawal
4 but this notice was not carried in tht
/ order as issued All the records, saic
( 4 dams, 10 connection with the Con
I troller Hay matter were passed upor
/ ps Solicitor George r. McCabe anc
| are IN the possession OF the secretary
| OF agriculture.
/ He explained that the purpose O
1 the notice in case of withdrawal o.
/ lands for forests or their elimination
! from the forests and thrown into thu
! put.ic domain was to give every on
/ an equal chance at demonstrating OF
taking up for other purposes. He ther
( told of the conditions OF the Alaska Law
relating 10 the taking of lands OF th'
I public domain for trade ana mantfae
! turing rurpe2es AS soon al the Presi
/ dent Withdrew the Controller Ba,
| lands from the forest reserve Richart
| S. Ryan secured title to railroad
right Of way, terminals, wharfage ant
| docks on Controller Bay. he could no
| have secured this title II the lands hat
remained in the forest reserve.