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The daily Alaskan., 1916-01-11
SKAGWAY IGL00
 Ha5 CHARTER

A. J. Achison is in receipt of a letter from Judge Chas. W. Thorn ton, of Nome, who is Grand Secretary of tho Pioneers of Alaska, announcing the granting of a chart CT to the Skagway Igloo, the pre- Iiminary organization of which was effected a short time ago, As soon as the charter and ritualisic sup plies arrive the lodge will com pIete its organization and install it's officers in regular form.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-01-11

The above will call to the remem- brance of many skagway pioneers the days when the Third U. g. In- fantry, was stationed here, and Dr. Truax was detailed as army sur geon in charge of the hospital ser vice of the regiment.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-01-11
HOME MADE BREAD

From this date on, the Golden North cafe will sell bread to all those who may wish to call for same. The Golden North bread Is also on sale at P. II. Ganty's and Rapuzzis stores. If.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-01-11
At lll drue Et0Te8

Zenith oil keeps musical instru- ments, such as Corncts and From bones iu the very best of condition at all times, 1Oc, 25C, soc bottles. Keller Brcs. Sole Skagway Agents.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-01-11

LUX contains more real soap thaa five times it's weight in ordi- nary soaps or soap powder. Get it 'or lOc at Kellers'. tE
The daily Alaskan., 1916-01-11

Remember that there is only one genuine" Kodak. If it isn't an Eastmen. 1t isn't a KODAK" Kel- lers are the skagway agents.
The daily Alaskan., 1916-01-11
POTATOES

Dry, mealy potatoes, raised in the Skagway valley, $1.5O per sack De IO5 pounds. See Walker. S-1l-l4.
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Send the Daily Alaskan 10 your friends. It's easier than writing letters.
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DIR, BELL WORKS BEST
AT T0SA. M, HESAYS
Inventor. in Unusual Inter-
view, Talks of Future Fcats
Of the Telephone.

RosroN. March lo--In one OF the very
tcw interviews ever granted. nr. Alex
AZ der He'll. inventor %, tae t'I phone,
told to-day an in'rrrs 'NS story Jhout
his eiI,rt~ 10 ind an "nr in ""a cotton
"',h tp,t II ne and .u>il'utnliy dents
the uli n. 80. about carry +" h"l, "ar,y
tu rise.
IruC Hell SURPRISED thos" vino talked
with him ~ saying that for NOR" than
for'y wears his retiring hour las been
from 3 A. NJ TO 4 4. NJ.
pr Hell prefers to do his taiuking
after midnight. when the world is asleep.
He SAYS tina, h" has always been able to
do better work from midnight until 3 or
4 o'clock in the morning tnan at any
other time.
lie hnds that six or seven hours sleep
liz enough for him and declares that
AZ seventy his brain is as clear and
active as ever.
br He'll says frankly that h" never
dreamed of wireless telephony, II did
dream" said he, "When | WAS yours,
man---you know young inventors are
always great dreamers--I did dream
Of millions of miles OF w!rs~ covering
the earth and people talking through
my tclephon. over them, but never
was rash enough to think OF or dream
of wireless, l.legraphy or telephony
I'rof Rrll said that before long he
looked for the transmission Of sight over
the telephone. n this should come about.
h. said. the late Congressman Tim
Campbell OF New York was not So FAR
off when he was called up by telephone
by "A friend who had been visiting him
and asked II he had seen the latter )
umbrella Campbell 50 the story goes.
held an umbrella up TO the transmit'cr
Of the telephone and inquired of his
friend on the other end "f the wire, "ls
, this yours
DR.. Bcll also said that he looked for
ward to wonderful DEVELOPMENT II
tclepathy. when men will SO about with
coils of wire in their hats sending and
receiving messages. THAT he said
with a hearty laugh, will ~ literally
talking through ones hat"
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c, F, ADAMS'S BOOK
ASSAlLS HARVARD
His Autobiography Also Sc
vrrcly Critiri>r> Society
in Boston.

Hnsro$. March l9.---Haryard College
and Boston society ar" sharply criticised
In the au'obiography of the lat" Charles
FRANCIS Adams, just published 10y
'loueh,on Mii',in CO. Mr.. Adams
wrote VITA ,e creates, frankness,
In narrating when he wcut 10 Har-
ward he declared THE professors
drudgcd away in drsary. humdrum
sort of a way in a st.rcu'yped method OF
classroom Instruction, lfut as for Civ
iuS direction t.. in the sense of shaping,
the individual minds Of young men n
their most plastic stage. 80 Tar as
know, nothing of Ia" kind was ever
dreamed Of Tae only variation has
by the yet NOR" pernicious system Of
premature la.izatiun
"The function Of the college is An all
round development as a basis for univsr-
Sity sp"CalizatiouS, Eliot never grasprd
that Fundamental TACT and SO hs under
took Ia turn Harvard College into "A Ger
man university Specializing III" student
Al rs II. then made stll worse what
Was III my tim. bad enough"
OF Boston society Mr.. Adams wrote
II haN" trird l'oston social, on all
sides, | have Summered IL and wlnt.rrl
II tried II drank and tried il sober
and. drunk or sober. there's nothing in
II save R,Stou
The trouble with Boston socially s
I that IL il an eddy. 50 Ia speak, In the
great world current. With powerful
I formative traditions 1t has "A keen self
/ appreciation, For strangers. we'll intro
duc.d. IT is a delightful city: for "A lisa-
( long resident il is curiously conven,
t!onal and borne"
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One L. :. Force Near Pear
son. DOdd to Keep on
Villas Trail.
MORE CAVALRY SENT
TO AID IN CHASE
Column Covers 40 Miles in
r. HOurS-Mcn i'm Good
Condition.

lIEApot' NrrERs of GEN. rERSuiNG ~
MEAi,o. wireless to Columbus. y W..
March l?.--"Wc are hot on the trail OF
Cen. Francisco villa.
our troops are campsd here tnams
delctcd 10y c"nsor) after two days -
forced marches through waterlcS.
plains and mountain deiilcs. This 10
the column that secretly manTuvrcd
across the border AZ Crane deletcdl.
We expect to connect with tho Column
bus column here.
The column covered 10 miles IN
foriy-two hours.
"Som" horses and mucs dr"ppcd
during the march. hut the general con.
d.tion Of the men and animals Is fine
scouts have come upon trace -
Villa in the mountains to the south -:
here and the army will continue II"
pursui, tomorrow. have knowled-e
that the Mormons at (name oele,,dl
are safe.
Throughout the March tho Amer
lean tr'Tps hav. been received ~
daily 10y the Carranzs,as
Gen. Pershing. command.nu ,-.
combined American forces. hae coz.
ferred with Car:anza commandani.
and enc"mplsSing movements hay.
ocen started by which il Is hoped %
surround Villa and make a ul.ck ,,p.
/ ture.
TRANSPORTATION and communication
mere are under American and CarIunls
control Ia prevent word reaching
Villa"
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ATTACK DEAD MAN HILL
Berlin \n0Ounrcs Failupe
French tO Reach Height.
>peoiH 'chle Desp,tch 10 THE Sr~

ErEIIN. vi1 London. March la.--The
official statement issued to-day by Ger.
man army headquarters tolls Of at
tempted attacks by IN. French agans,
lie Nor: iinnync iI'ead Man 'lilD, ~,
IT,. l"ft hpuk "f In" M-uso. The attacks
w-r. "locl,"i 10y German irc. Fight!nG
for noiuis h.'w-"u DuuaUInont and VauS
is stil proceeding.
Tho oWcial statement follows:
ON the western front. northeast Of
Varmeilcs aud south Of La Bassee
canal after effective pr-pa ration by
artillery ire and successful explosions,
We recaptured from the British the
small advanced positions which they
took by mine warfare on March ., The
greater part Of the troops In occupa-
ton were overwhelmed. Thirty survt-
vors were taken prisoners. Counter
attacks failed.
Lens was again the object OF Britiah
Are.
ON tho loft bank Of the Mcuse there
Is nothing of importance to report,
Tho French attempted attacks on lie
Nor Hommc and to tho east fof tn.
hriga). These were frustrated IN thrlr
initial StagcS. ON III" right bank fhern
wa artillery activity of "ousidershl"
Intensity. simultaneously At various
points 70 the south Of Fort nouaumont
AND west III tie village of NauX thcr"
wa hand 30 hani fighting for the
po- 5e ssion of defence WORKS. The ac-
tlrla' alc not yet de'.ded.
We elected the French from the po-
s.tion occupied OH March 3 near the
Thlauville forest. northeast OF Badon-
v!ller After destroying the enemy
shelters and taking forty -one prisoners
We returned to our trenches.
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P,S. BOARD TO MEET TO-DAY.
Work That Has Accumulated
Lately VIII he Attacked.

The Public Service Commission. now
complete with Ave commissioners. will
hold a meeting this morning for the
purpose of speeding ny the work tina,
piled up recently, The commission ran
for a period with only two Commits.
sioners until Oscar Straus was appointed
chairman.
Commissioner Whitney was at work iF
his once until late last evening.
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BRITISH. TOO, ACTIVE.
Dri.g Down Two German Aero.
planes ana Lose None.

IoNpoN. March l9.--British head
quarters in France sends the following
report on aerial activity on the British
front:
Hostile aeroplanes were active and
thsre were many combats. A hostile
machine was brought down In the VI
cInity Of Radinghem.
One OF our reconnaissance machines
vss heavily engaged, but drove on all
attacks and brought down one hostile
machine IN Q damaged condition. All
cur machines returned safely. having
eo0elote1 thelr iulssienA
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special 'abis Despafch to TIE Sun.
.N"b'N, March .0.--The Rotterdam
,s,eSpond"nt ,sa Of the Daily MaH says
,h a' German b!plane which iew over
~" dutch frontier WAS brought down
~ ~ ouch soldiers II landed 1t Water.
IT,, Belgium (just over the frontier,
''s"''-one miles northwest Of Qhent1.
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BRITISH LOSE CRATERS.
Germans RcOccupy Ground q
UOhensOllern RedOubs.
Sprcial Gable Despasch to The 8,

Sp6i0t t0Ofe beSp"s'" ~ A"L SpH'
LONDON March 19.-The following
report from British headquarters In
France was Issued tonight by tho OFF,
cial press bureau:
On Saturday the enemy by exploding
mines recaptured three craters at the
UohenzOllern redoubt.
ON sunday there was artillery &C.
tiyity about Arras. Armentieres and
Wyschacte.
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Germans Halted by Curtain Of
Fire in Attempt to Reach
Vaux Line.
sHELLING INTERMITTENT
Continues on Both Sides, but
With Much Less
Intensity.
Special Cabb Despatch to Tur JrN.

PARIS. March io.--Attacks by the
Germans yesterday on the Vaux DAM
loup front. north of ver,iun. were con.
tinued Far into the night without sue
cess. The asssulting columns were
brought up short by the French fire cur
tain in every case and we're unable to
reach the F'reuch lines The German at
t,mpts {" cover the tireswept zone be-
fore the French positions were given vi,
and throughout The rest of last night and
to-day III" Germans undertook no fur
ther infantry action In the Verduil
region. An Intermittent bombardment
OF this front was continued through the
night. This decreased apprcciably In
Intensity to-day.
The final stage OF the battle of Yer
dun appears to have been reached five
days ago. Since that time there has
been no decisive nghting: the few Ger
man Infantry attacks made since have
In mo- case had any success. The attacks
Of Yesterday were made in ~ small force
th.' they had not even chance OF
success.
Smelling lOsea VigOr.
Even the artillery bom bar,imen,
which has been on so tremendous a
seal. since the beginning Of the German
attempt on the fortress has now los
much or its vigor and intensity. al
though II continues on both sides.
Basing their deductions on the ac,iv
ity of the past few days. most Of tn.
tr.nch military critics now express tn.
opinion that the Germans have ahan
doned their attempt to take Verdun
There was quiet generally on tn,
French front last night. The French
artillery was active to-day TO the nortl
of Rheims In the region Of Ville-a,ix
l;ois and AT Varvinay. north OF $,
Mihel.
tannOnad~ L~ss violent.
The official comnunlqua issued by tn,
French War Office tonight says.
North Of Rheims our artillery ex-
ecutcd a destructive fre against the
enemy trenches at Neuville and the
Godat farm. There was marked Ac-
ttviiy on the part Of our batteries In
the region Of Ville-aux- -Bois.
In the region north Of Verdun the
bomba rdnen, decreased appreciably
In intensity In the course of the day.
The enemy made no attempt TO attack.
North OF st Mlhicl our heavy ar,!i-
lcry carnonaded enemy provision de.
pots at Narvinay.
There is nothing to report on the
/ rest OF the front
Attack nt Vaux Repulsed.
! The afternoon communicate was a
| follows
/ Eas. of the Meusc. after a violent
b"nbardmen,. the enemy directed a
] somewhat spirited attack against the
/ NauXDamloup front yesterday after
/ noon He was driven back by our
( curtain of fire. his attack failing COM
! pletely. During the nigh; there WAS
no action on the part of the enemy
! infantry.
The activity Of the artillery has been
intermittent IN all sectors In the re-
gion OF Nerdun. on the front as a
whole the night was calm.
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VERDUN HONOR PAID.
Kaiser Decorstes First Men
Enter Fort DOua mont.

BERLIN. by wireless to sayville. l.. L..
March l9.-The Overseas News Agency
issued the following to-day:
'T'he Emperor bestowed the order Of
Pour 10 Merite to Capt. Haupt and First
Lieut.. Brander OF tho Twenty fourth
Brandenburg Regiment. who were the
hrst TO enter Fort Douaum0nt with their
companisAs
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spec,u' cable Drspa,c. 10 Tur Srx

spe"'a' 'db'' DsspGfck 10 Tur SvN
l.oNpoN, March ~. The official Brit
ish casualty list issued to-day contains
the names of 40 officers, Of whom AS
were killed. and Of l.052 men. Of whom,
<27 were killed,
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WAsiitNGroN. March le.--trgent ap-
peal was made to the War department
to-day by the people of Presidio. Tex.
FOR additional troops To protect them
from a threatened Nillista raid at that
point. Representative william X. Smith
of Texas called on Major-ien. Scot
Chief of stan. who Is acting Secretary
of War in the abs.uc. Of Secretary
Baker. and laid before him telegram
signed by residents of the town
The telegram stated that tarranza
scouts coming into the Mexican town OF
Ojinaga, opposite P-esidio. have reported
a force of i35 Nllis,as eighty miles
south. who were burning ranches and
committing d"preda'ions. Leaders of
the band. SO the scouts report are boast
ing Of their intention to wipe out the
gringos" al Preside and give IN" resi-
dents u taste of What happened "A few
days ago at columbus. y. NJ.
The band is believed to b- operating
Independently of the main Nillista force.
The bandits. tn. telegram states, are
conserving ammunition, on the ground
that they want to use their bullets OIL
tn population of Preside.
Ten Scott AT once wired the contents
of the telegram to i"n. Funston a, san
Antonio. Tex. explaining To- Representa-.
tive Smith that the disposition Of the
forces along the border is entirely IN Gen
, Funston's hands The telegram sets
forth that the residents had Appealed to
the American commdu Ter of the dstric;
which includes i'r"sidio. but had beer
told 10y him that no more troops could
be spared.
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Press dispatches from The border this
afternoon stated that ,ien. Funston had
already ordered practically all tn. troops
occupying the big Bend district of
Texas. including presidio, to columbus
Whether they have started is not known
al the War department.
These forces include four troops OF the
Thirteenth cavalry. Troop q Is al Pre-
sidio. and Troops A. Il and II are at Al
pine Valentine and Maria respectively.
all Of whkh towns are along the line of
the Southern Pacific Railroad. from thirty
to nifty miles away.
- The Carranza garrison at OJnaga Is
small and badly equipped. II is COM
manded by Cen. Rojas. Last week II was
reported the garrison had mut!ni.d and
killed the commander. but THIS was later
disproyed War department officers say
the demands for protection Of towns
along the go" mil" border are taxing
the army to the utmost.
Almos, coinc!dcntally with the appeal
from Presidio Gen. Scott received this
despatch from Gen. Funston regarding
anxiety at cal"Xico. on tn. California
line.
Upon inquiry Of the commanding
! General, Western Department. as to
whether al, the First cavalry was tn
leave. or whether two troops could Toe
LETT at tal"Nico, knowing mat IN" lin-
perial Valley was an important point
/ and would no doubt require protection,
! ! replied that the two troops At ca
/ lcXico should remain where they are.
/ As this poin, u not IN my depart
/ mcnt " would not be IN my province
! to send other troops there and for the
3 present should not want to spare
any for this purpose.
Although practically nothing No"
being heard directly from Gen, '"rs'i'nf
concerning the movements of his "Np"di
ton, enough Is being =. ru"d from son
fd"niial reports reaching ~" sat" l'
p.'tneut aS tn ,h, ug,hah'r wl"rr"n nou''
Of Nill, 20 iuor"..Sr ti.r '.IIt '.'.
--latest advises d.''lar' IT," 'ano' 'H.'t
with .bput 500 follow, Is / al %. a. d
sout t4wrs;"t ~ d.rc.tI'ri th1'Hsr 'I|'
Guerrero district. Wu'l' i' l. l"t''H u
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,.,.r ...,u fair ,nuu@n 20 want all tn'
facts :uaIc puniir, am glad AL %
snid .l,,,lt ne ti,r ur unfair. was S,.ti
h,for, ,,ty confirmation. think my co.,
rrr,..ton hv th. senate after his un-
IA fight - sufficient answer TO any
thiu, Il 'd!d.
"On March - saw Senator Thomp-
son a, his requ.s, lie said ! hear You
are n nth. disturbed The only 'hng
knnw nhou, is this Brooklyn elevated
business that senator Lawson i- talking
about. What have you got on your
mind
II replied: I think there are some
things YOU ought to go after. for IN
stance, the third tracking contracts
hay. no facts, but the subject ought Ia
u. investigated thoroughll. ! th'ni'
also YOU should talk to Mr.. WILCOX
who had negotiations with Mr.. Shon's
which were busted by Mayor 'ayhor'
"But at no time did ! talk about an'
deal with Senator Thompson or any
.mrloyeo OF his and AZ no time did
lonL ,,r quarter from Senator Thomp-
.on. althougl | have been glad tn he'll
him In every wiz
senator Thompson said that the mitr
track OF which tho committee Is work
iug is hat revealed Ivy the memorandum
"frlm the gray" OF Gardiner NJ. Lane.
which referred 7" commitments ana
Obligations lie said ne thought III,
"4,ush fund" trail WIS of the greatest
,mportance But he added, every on.
concerned seems 20 abide by lul" thai
he must not tell anything until COM
pel,ed to On th' witness stand, an,
therefore the committc" IL forced iI
spend long time getting AT the trutt
OF certain negotiations.
It is probable that j. y. Morgan an,
George W. Young may be recalled Il
the witness stand this week Senator
Thomson said that as Mr.. Morgan had
returned from Europe voluntarily h'
saw no necessity for subIHhnaing him u
opuear. The Senator may communicat,
with Mr. Morgan to-day to arrange
time for the latter's appearance.
lie also has AN appointment thi
morning with ]. &. Connell. attorne,
for George w. Young, who first re
yeul,d the Lane memorandum Senate
Thompson had been told that Mr. Youn,
will be available when wanted,
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with the recent extraordinary market
for all classes OF steel products and for
ships the various plants Of your corpora
ton enter the year 1916 with all depart
ments with one exception running at full
capacity.
"That exception IL the armOr plate de-
nartment. Bethlehem Steel Company
has practically completed deliveries To
the Government on all pending armor
contracts. Contracts for the current
year have not been awarded
"Your attention Ia called To the fact
that bill Ia pending In Congress and
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BORDER HEARS or
PERSHING'S PLANS
Heading for Pcarson-CuI. nndS
I" Take chocolate Un.s,

EL i'Aso, Ten, March l..-G,s
Persh!ns has divided his forces IN -n.
hope " catching Villa between them.
according 10 Information r,a,u.n-
here to-day.
f.arly this morning pershinc -. -,
to have left Cdsaa Grandes enr r..
south. h"1i.n- for Pears a. vh.,u .e
Is REPORTED I" have reached la', rs
afternoon, To-u.;,h, he is su,. ,ns,.d 10
h" camping south Of Pearson .u 'he
mountains.
The column under Cu,nman, 80 'ol
hndd, which reached Cdsas ,.-.,ues
ahead Of G"u. prrshNg. We s.nt
southeast through chocolate Pas. i, 70
Reported following III" u3ll which ne
Carraulis,as declare \illa took IN ms
retreat south,
zen. iorshlne's reported plir i- %
march his OWN force south parole!
with the Mexico Northwestern rall.
road. hos'ing e. meet ur ovcrtakc lhe
bandit leader, VINO has passed throu III
III" c"ntin"ntnl divide over the Bal
cora trai! from Las cruces, whore M,
WAS reported yesterday. Col. DoSIi -
expected to keep ON tn, trail uf rA-
bandit and his men either ihruurh Il."
continental divide or south from l.tS
Cruces. through N,miquipa, iuNaro
Guerrero.
Best information ohtninahlc tod y
Is that villa is in tn" viciNity pi -"
Hearst RhhtCura ranch, hlv,uG pt,'rn
through the mountains form.u@ the
continental divid" without mprs,,.-
ton by the tarra,at troops.
NtIIn AbHnd"ns L"pcs.
In his haste villa is reported ="
have abandoned Pablo l.'s,cH ono ut
his leutenants. wounded "a the rad
on Columbus. y. NJ, at III Vale, whea
he passed through that place. Irpo~
was thr man who commanded the
Mexican force which massarrcd rlEh
teen Americans at Santa lsal'ol J..
January.
\ few days after the mar sSacre 49,.
Cirran2istas exhibited thn CurIsc az :,
man in JuareZ which they ella med vaS
that OF Lopez. but which Ann rio2-U.
who hnew Lopez declared WAS t,o
corpse Of another man. Last wee,
Lopez wtY reported among the dead ,.t
Columbus. hut this was later dlSrr"l-
tied when several OF tho canturcd Vi
ls,ar asserted 'lllt I.op"z escaped, b.-
was wouudeh.through III" Legs,
The news OF the abandoning of Iopr2
hv villa was rrtchCd- IN Juares tv
,en. ,i,yira ths atttrnoon"' The mes
sag. added that twrRy other 'wourd I
,,or, ii. pa,ppI hW villa 10 ep!ll.a ' ~,
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SEEKS MORE BURIED
OFFERS ON SUBWAY
Thompson Believes Others Be-
sides the ShOnts Note Were
Sidctracked.
LAUGHS At EXPLANATION
whitney Denies Hc Begged
senator tO Drop OppOsi-
tiom in Albany.
LAUGHS At EXPLANATION

Senator George r. Thompson asserted
last night that the unsigned letter from
President Theodore =. Shonts TO ex-
chairman Wilcox Of the Public Service
Commission. which recited the terms OF
a tentative proposal to build the sub
ways with marlborough money, would
probably develop into on" Of the most
important features "f his committees
investigation. The committee intends to
prove too. said it's chairman. that other
informal offers were made by the In
terborough Of similar nature and that
they met the same fate AS the unsigned
letter.
Senator Thompson does not take any
stock in the explanations that have been
made about the circumstances surround.
ing the Shonts letter. He has heard
that the Interborough board Of directors
approved the terms contained in the un-
signed letter to Mr.. Wilcox dated March
90 1910. the day after the letter was
submitted To- the Public Service chairman
for his approval II has been maintained
that the offer" was never acted upon
because the directors would not agree
to IT,
This letter was produced AZ tn.
Thompson hearing "A week ago saturday.
The coiunIit'". took IN" stand that II
had been concealed IN the Public Ser.
vie. Commissions safe for six years, but
both Travis ~ Whitney and Comptroller
rrendcrgas, denied that and said
III. offer" was known 20 the Board OF
Estinat. and was discussed In the news
papers at the time II was presented
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