The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-09-25

ants who fled on
the land which Is being Illegally held
by the Southern Pacific. These claim
ants. on the advice Of Hinkley, re-
fused to join with the Burke group
of claimants In their suit. The Burke
suit, In which, by direction OF Assist
ant Atty Gen. Knaebel. the govern
ment Joined, took the weakest pos
sible legal position, c0ntending that
patent had passed to the Southern
pacific, instead OF contending that the
excluding clause prevented the pass
age OF title. Hinkley Is In co-opera
ton with Butler, the man who aus
up the case originally. refused to aio
In prejudicing the governments case
by Joining In the Burke suit. Here IL
what he has to say about II, IN wire
Just received by Rep. Thompson
! Hon. Charles NJ. Thompson,
House OF Representatives,
Washington. d. c.:
Townsends statement In press
that Southern Pacific Is account
ing to government for oil taken
from California lands absolutely
/ false. Assistant Atty. Gen. Knae-
i bel is now seeking to get to gu
preme court by backdoor meth
DDS. Admissions in Burke case
favor Of railroad company ana
against mining claimants and
government. About so Southern
/ pacific drilling rigs running con-
tinuously on lands from which II
\ takes millions In oil. Govern
1 ment's four years delay absolute
nd
! yantageous to railroad company.
Butler only man In department OF
Justice who did effective work,
dismissed May 31st, last, at
Knaebel's request, without cause
or hearing when railroad learned
he was preparing to apply Tor IN
junction and receiver and was
ready to institute additional suits
to protect governments interests
and absolutely nothing done by
department OF justice since. EVIL
dence exists that department om-
GERS seek to establish title In rail-
road. The whole affair In crook
ed and should be thoroughly In
vestigated by congress Immediate
ly. It is rotten.
(Signed) ID. J. HINKLEY.
Mr.. Thompson IL investigating thu
record OF Assistant Atty Gen. Knae
bel, who Is Guggenheim appointe'
held over from the Taft administra
ton, with a view to taking furthe
action In the case.
Rep. Crosser. Of Ohio. Is busy do
, ing missionary work on members
; the house committee on the Distric
OF Columbia. trying to secure actor
on his resolution calling for NUM-
cipal ownership of street railways II
Washington Crosser IL trying to sc
cure a hearing on his bill. and Rer
Ben Johnson, chairman OF the com
mittee. IL inclined to grant such
hearing. Mr. Crosser also wants tn
committee to employ the services o
an expert In street railway valuation
to check up on the watered capitalize
ton of the local street railway com
panies with q view to putt 4, the rea
facts In the hands of the committee
The ONCE OF Rep. J. w. Bryan, o
Washington, looks like the sortinl
room of a big postofilce. His mail 4
! loaded with hundreds of requests 70
his recent speech on the PoindexteI
Bryan Alaska bill for government or
Grated coal mines, railroads an
steamship lines in Alaska. Bryan !
| now at his home In Seattle, but hi
faithful secretary is on the Job. an
II, q week or so the mails Will carr.
out hundreds Of copies Of this speecl
to those who have requested 1t.
Vice-President and Mrs. Marshal
have given up as hopeless Job thei
search for moderate priced hous
. In Washington. There Is no sucl
thing as a moderate rental price Il
! Washington for any kind Of house
Nearly every house which the vice
, president and his wife looked at wa
priced at from $4,000 to $4,000 q yea