The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-07-22

Resignation Of Judge c. n. Han
ford this morning eliminated con
adorable sensational testimony.
which wss expected 10 be devel.
oped today. No testimony was
taken this morning. Following a
secret conference with Hanfords
attorneys. the committee at i0.f5
adjourned Till O'Clock this after
noon. when Il will be announced
whether congress will proceed with
the Impeachment against Judge
Hanford. regardless Of his resigra'
ton.
The committee ON Saturday az
ternoon opened up a new Hue q In
vestigation when Il called J. y
Lane. cashier Of the Scandinavian
American hank Representative
Mccoy asked him sqnarely whether
that bank had contributed anything
70 fund In aid OF Judge Hanfords
defense. Lane replied no. Mccoy
further inquired whether the bank
held any notes signed BY Hanford
or BY r. NJ hopkins. formerly IRAN
lords court clerk, who Is now sers-
ing twoyear sentence for embez
element al McNeh island. An.
replied that he would have to look
10 the records In the bank. tie
was then excused and was to have
been recalled today.
That Judge Hsnford was neso-
tiaein0 business deals with the
Northern Pacific at the same time
shst the railway had an important
TAX suit before him, was the most
sensational development in the In
voeelaation Saturday Afternoon. "
vas shown that Judge Hsnfcrd re-
dsaesd the railways taxes in King
county for the year 1907 almost
half, cutting down the tax levy from
SO, zoo.e4 TO S6o.6oo.7s. reduction
~ o4s.S1e.oe. This decision was
lister reversed by the circuit court
- appeaIs. and 10 now pending IN
NJ supreme court
Put into Record.
Judge Hanford's decision WAS
Rad into the record by Representa-
tive Mccoy during an intermission
In the testimony Of George II. Plum.
mer. Western land agent for the
Northern Pacific. Plummer's testi-
mony chiefly consisted Ia reading
correspondence between Judge
Hanford and railway officials
Many Of Hanford's letters were
written In his own hand and on
stationery OF the United States dis
tyict court He did not sign his
name as officer OF the Hanford irri-
ration Co, but simply az G. II. Han
ford. In all. the Hanford Irrigation
CO. acquired about $1,000 acres
from the n. p. There were eight
transactions. said Plunmer. The
last big deal. for 10000 acres. was
held up for over year because the
government reclamation service re-
fused to release the railway from
An agreement TO hold the land ~
reserve. II was finally released In
June. 1908. Richard A. BallInger
was At that time secretary OF the
Interior under Taft for about three
months. Ballinger's name. how
ever, Was not mentioned In the pro
ceedings before the committee.
Crawford Examined.
Miss Julia A. Schumacher. stenog
rapher, Walter Fulton. attorney.
and william r. Crawford. former
president OF the Seattle. Renton &
Southern, were examined Saturday
afternoon by the Hanford invests-
eating committee with reference tn
the charges Of collision In connec-
ton with litigation of the Seattle
Renfon a Southern In the past
year in Judge G. II. Hanford's
court. Their testimony followed
the sensational move by the conf
mittee Saturday morning whereby
the files in the office OF Kerr T.
MeCord. attorneys for the line,
were subpoenaed.
The committee at the very outset
showed an attempt to discover
whether the petition In Judge Han.
ford's court asking for the appoint
ment OF two receivers for the Rem
ton line had been drawn in the Of.
flee OF Kerr q McCord, attorneys
for the line In that petition the
company's Insolvency was alleged.
About a week before that Kerr 4
McCord denied the insolvency Of
the company In the state court in n
similar suit started by William H.
Crawford. former president Of the
line, who alleged that an attempt
was being made by the Peabody n
Houghteling Co, bondhoiders. to
freeze him out and deprive him