The Washington times., 1911-07-09
ALASKA PROBE TO
CHECK WIHTEWASH
Woman Who Found Dick to Dick" Letter Subpoenaed
by House Committee Document Is Re-
ported Missing.
Continued from First Page.)

| CONTINUED from tlrsI FdBe'J
important communication, was written
by hand, and. as Miss Abbott copied II
at the time, read:
dent the other day about this Controller
| Bay affair. The President asked me
whom II was / represented. / told him,
according to our agreement, that 1 rep
resented myself. But that didn't seem
| to satisfy him. So / sent for Charles
Taft and asked him to tell his brother
who it was 1 really represented. The
President made no further objection to
my claim. Yours, DICK.
Is Note In Files Now2
Is there any such note now in the de-
partment files of this case?
If there Is not, then comes the ques-
ton of Miss Abbott's veracity. 1t is
her word against the files and the Of
ficial corps at the department. She
has convinced the members of the Gra-
ham committee with whom she has
talked, as we'll as other people who
have heard her detailed story, that she
tells the truth.
| As confirmation, Miss Abbott has in
her possession the original notes she
made when she took the text OF the
letter from the files. The notes are
| on DOlU SlOCS vi al 1hNSliOA ~
partment memorandum pad.
| II had been taking some notes, as l
went through the record, on a little
pad of yellow paper" explains MISS
Abbott. when 1 came to copying TINS
letter 1 wanted something larger, and
asked Private Secretary Brown:
"'Have you a little larger paper j
could use for this?
He handed me a larger pad Of white
paper, with Interior Department print
ed across the top. l used sheet from
| this in making the copy OF the note
which I still have"
Conflict In Testimony.
The strange conflict of testimony
about whether the letter is now in the
file, has whetted the curiosity of men,
bers of the investigating committee. On
Friday evening, following the first pub
lication Of Miss Abbctt's story of the
was given out by somebody at the
White House that there was no such
paper in the Interior files.
Could Have Been Removed.
THE first heard of this" said Miss
Abbott today, was when. on Friday
evening, newspaper men called me W
and said that the Interior files had beer
shown to representatives of the New
| Y OTK "OTlQ anu Ne" VI n 1llDuLC ~
prove that the paper was not there
and that these newspaper men did moi
find It, That was the first suggestion
to me that It had been taken out after
my examination Of the file. 1t is true
however, that 1t could easily have beer
removed. Mr.. Brown, who showed m'
tho file. obviously did not want me It
see that paper, and in turning the
pages passed it over by turning two
pages at a time. Later I got the fil'
into my own hands, went back over thu
pages, and found this paper. l copiec
1t at once.
Brown was secretary to Ballinger
and was retained for a time as secre-
tary to Fisher, but Is not now in the
position. l cannot. of course, venture
a guess whether the paper has beer
taken out of the file, but 1 have eX-
cellent reasons for confidence that
by the time my testimony Is COM
plete, it will be sustained as to the
there when / saw the file. 1t will
also be sustained, l am very sure, as
to my confidence that Ryan acted In
this Controller Bay matter for the
Guggenheims.'
d Cox's Resolution.
| Representative Cox of Indiana, pro,
posing that there shall be no stone
unturned to get to the bottom OF
these charges, and not knowing thai
the Graham committee was arranging
for an immediate inquiry, has intro.
duced a resolution calling on the
President for all information, docu,
ments, records, in the Controller Bay
]
Whereas, the country in the pas
year was wrought up over the Cunning
ham coal claims in the District of Alas
ka, whereby 1t was believed that tn,
Government of the United States
: through fraudulent entries was about t.
be defrauded out of millions of dollars
worth of valuable coal lands, and
Whereas, the present Secretary o.
the Interior, Hon. Walter L. Fisher, re
Gently held said entries fraudulent can
celled and set said entries aside, thereb!
restoring said claims to the public do
main, and
Whereas, it was publicly charged
that the supposed Cunningham claims
in the District of Alaska, were in real
ity claims held in the interest of tn,
Guggenheim syndicate Of New York
and
Whereas, the Guggenheim syndicate
now has control of the only outlet fol
said coal contained in what is know
as the Cunningham claims on the north
through their ownership and control o
the harbor at Cordova bay, and
Whereas, the only other outlet TO
the coal and mineral contained in saiC
Cunningham claims as well as othe
coal and mineral lands, contiguou
thereto in said District is in and
through the Controller Bay harbor il
the Southern part of Alaska, and
Whereas, the land on and adjacen
to the Controller Bay harbor was wise
ly withdrawn from settlement anC
placed in a forest reserve. to be KEEP
by the Federal Government for .perma
nent and boni fide settlement, or t
be disposed of by the Government upol
the best advantageous policy tina
would develop, or tend to develop, tn
Territory of Alaska, thereby addini
millions of wealth to all the people, ant
especially to the citizens of Alaska
and
Whereas, it has been publicl!
charged that the President Of the Unit
ed States did on the 2Sth day of Oc
tober, 1910 by secret executive orde
take the land, on and adjacent t
Controller Bay harbor from the Ma
tional Forest Reserve, and restore SAT-
land to the public domain. and