The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-19

According 10 plummer. the lands
were sold 10 Hanford at s2.so per
acre.
Would Accommodate Him
plummsr revealed one letter from
the Judge In which the latter bluntiy
urged that the lands be sold 10 him.
both from advantageous business
reasons -as well az frcr, any desire
the officers may have TO aeeommo-
date me-"
pfunrrer read ore of his own let
ters In which he urged the higher
offsciais OF the company TO give
Hsnford "speeiat consideration"
ACQUIRED School Lands.
r Asked by Representative McCoy
he meant by that reference
.<rvmmer replied that he would
Anjve used the same expression u
xny other high public official and
responsible man made a similar
offer. AS soon as the agreemeu.
with the reclamation service ex-
pirec. the Northern Pacific sold the
lands 70 the Hanford Irrigation Co..
the witness testified. II developed
from the testimony OF VI. l.. klock
Yesterday that the Hanf0rd conf
<nany also acquired 81 .00o acres ~
x.Hte school lands. klock charged
Wat there had been no adequate cd
verfising OF the proposed sale 81
these lands.
Plummer hal with him all of the
correspondence Of the y. Y. upon
the subject. and he constantly re-
ferred 10 the letters for hts informs.
tion. These showed. said the wit.
ness. thar the railway people had
withdrawn from sale the lands de-
sired by Hanford, according to an
agreement with the government
reclamation service Judge Har-
ford. said PiHmmer. wrote several
letters aud met with the NJ r. Of
ficials' In two or three conferences
81 Tacoma.
Won't Finish This Week
Despite the rapid progress made
: x4esferday and today the govern
<sent Investigators will not be able
10 finish their work tomorrow night
a. they had planned.
Hsnford lnjunetions.
Both the Giil recall and the Seat
tie. Renton & Southern injunction
suits we're the subject OF lnvestsEa-
ton this morning Both we're brief.
ly reviewed In oral testimony, the
committee apparently relying chief
ly on court records IN those cases
Those who testified were Walter
Shasfner. attorney for Gill in the
Frank H. Scobey seven cent tax
case. IN which Judge Hanford grant
ed q restraining order against the
expenditure Of any money by city
officials 70 hold the recall election.
WIlnon Tucker. attorney for the
Public Welfare league. who opposed
the gcobey suit: Scott Calhoun, cor
uorafIon counsel during The Gill
and the Renton contests. and How
ard d. Hughes. assistant corpora
ton counsel
Preceding them. Walter Mcclure,
attorney for sutcIiffe Baxter In sew.
eral receiverships. testified that
rnost OF the creditors objected to the
s65 900 bid Of the stone-Fisher Co.
on the Mccarthy bankrupt stock
Referee in bankruptcy John z. Hoyt
testified to the laws governing re-
eeiverships and bankruptcy matters.
Guard Expense
ghaffner testified that Judge
HanforS refused to grant an In
,.dnpcfIon Of such latitude that the
city officials would not have the
right 10 incur an indebtedness
for the purpose OF the recall cleo
tlon. The Judge said that be did
not want to stop the election. said
Shaffner, but merely wanted TO
guard a taxpayer from unnecessary
expense. Accordingly, said the wit
ness, Judge Hanford narrowed the
Injunction order to prevent merely
actual paying out OF money
Tucker corroborated this, but
added that any Restraining order
OF that kind" would tend 20 preju-
dice the recall, as the day for hold
ing the election Was drawing near.
Calhoun testified along the same
line. lie also touched briefly on
the Renton Injunction case. How
ard Hughes. his assistant. who han
died that case, followed with more
detail
Sued Own Company.
The testimony showed that In the
last case, the Peabody trustees OF
the Renton line brought suit
against their own company 10 stop
the company from refusing to col
4 ft more than a nickel fare" on it's
IUIe This bore out the charge In
impeachment complaint that
5udge HaDprd, by granting the
first restraining order without no
tIce to the city officials. officially
countenanced colIusion Ia that ease.
Calhoun testified that he did not
know Judge Hanford ever called
him by telephone on this matter, as
Attorney Preston for Hanford In
Iksiated earlier In the Investigation.