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THE MORXIXG OKEGOXIAN, THURSDAY, ' FEBRUARY. 3, 1910. GARFIELD WILL BE ASKED TO EXPL! When Cabinet Member ' He Urged Confirmation of Title to Coal Claims.- DEAL TAINTED IS CHARGE .Large Areas in West Could Have Keen Secured at Small Cost, but 1 Commissioner Dennett Blocked Scheme. OREGOXIAX NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Feb. 2. CSpemal.) When ex Secretary Garfield goert upon the wit- ' iit-s8 stand before the Ptnchot-Ballinger in vesication committee, he will be called upon to explain the recommen dation which he made to Congress, while a member of the Cabinet, in re spect to a bill Intended to confirm title to coal entries throughout the West. In the Winter of li0 8 Representative Mondell, of Wyoming, introduced a bill to permit the entry of ar?as not ex ceeding 2560 acres of coal land In the United States. The bill was referred to the interior Department, a;nd in turn nent'to the General Iand Office. When it reached Commissioner Dennett, he took it up with Secretary Garfield and told him he could not recommend its passage, . inasmuch as one section. If en acted info law. would ratify ""dummy" entries of coal lands and confirm titles An the hands of the co-conspiraiors to H'hom the lands were transferred by the , fftraw men. Jarf1eld Overrides Objection. Commissioner. rennet. discusses this '.bill and the attitude of the Secretary , at some length. In the printed report of Glavis' charges, which Is now before the joint In vestigatin g . roramittee, showing wherein he, himself, refused to indorse the bill, while Secretary Garfield insisted on its passage and ex ' erted his influence to have it passed, even after the effect of its objectiona ble clause had been pointed emit to him. in his letter to President Tteft, Com mispioner Ienritt ald: "Secretary Garfield and I had re peated interviews on this measure, one wherein I was called by Mr. Jarfteld, and at which were present the late Judge Cornish, of the Union Pacific -mad, .1 ndge Payson and an attorney represen ting the Phelps-Dodge Com pany. Th is interview was opened by the Secretary stating that an attempt, was being made to secure a mutual and agreeaWe clause for the, ratification ' section. My statement to the Secretary was tnat T stood by the Trinidad coal case and by the hodtngs of the de partment, and that I could not ac quiesce, as far as 1 was concerned. In rflcommendlnj? legislation which would have the tendency to confirm collusive entries on coal lands, but that ' I was willing to acquiesce in any legislation curing prior co-operative agreements where the entrymen retained a due in terest in the land. Judge Cornish and .1 udge Payson took the opposite Bide, but the interview terminated with my nun -acq ulescence in any agreement." lennett Shifted Itespouslbility. "Subsequently' the matter was taken up by Assistant Attorney -General Woodru ff , and Air. Kin ney and myself were called upon to assist in prepar ing an amended bill and the ratifica tion and report thereon. I again de clared myself as directly opposed, but was informed by Mr. Woodruff that this ratification clause w as the desire of the Ailministration. With that I said no more, but did refuse to initial the re port, not ns Indka tion of want of al lettiH nee, but because I had not been ud vised by the Ailministration directly that this was what was desired; I felt responsibility should be upon those who. had been directly informed of that which was desired by Mr. Roosevelt." Secretary Garfield wrote a long re port to the chairman of the House com mittee on " public lands of the date of April 20, 3 50 S. in which he urged the enactment of the Mondelr bill In face of the objections raised by the Land Of fice, and in. which letter he frankly said: Substitute Is Suggested. , "Section 0 of the bill practically con firms all disputed entries or locations made under the coal-land laws, if the price therefore, as of the date of such entry or location, has been or shall be paid. It would seem advisable to ex tend opportunity for relief to those who are under charge of acquiring coal land under other laws, or indirectly ac quired a larger area than the existing coal laws permitted. because the pasHage of t his bill by Congress will recognize the fact that the existing coal-land laws are not practicable. Their impracticability has helped bring about the practice of attempting to evade them. The culpability of such evasion Is admitted. Yet if, after the passage of this bill, those under charge of wrongful action should be willing to tnke their land with the very consid erable penalty of assuming all the bur dens and' restrictions of the new law, it would oeem proper to confirm their right to so much of the land as shall not exceed in area the maximum amount which might be acquired under this bill. I therefore suggest ns a sub stitute for section 9 of the bill the following: automatically carries - with It a punish ment proportioned to the value of the coal lands in question. For those who acquired the land under other than the coal-land entry, the additional price to be paid will be ail, or a great part, of the classified value, while those who paid the minimum coal prices will only need to pay such additional sum as will equal the classified value. It should be noted that the opportunity given does not pre vent the confirmation of entries where further investigation of the tacts may prove that the entries were- lawfully made. "It Is suggested that the provisions of the bill should be applied to Alaska. To this end sections should be added pro viding' for the filing of declarations of intention and the making of entries for unsurveyed lands, also maintaining in that district the present system of de termining adverse possessory rights" by the courts by inserting provisions some what similar to those contained in sec tions 2 and 3 of the act of April 28, 1904, (J3 Stats., 5:!5). In order to meet exist-, ing conditions and to enable those who made and are hohling in good faiih coal locations in Alaska, under existing laws. to combine their maims, a section is sug gested which wiU permit such a combi nation; by bonaflde locators, their heirs or assigns, so that they may include in a single consolidated claim not to exceed 2560 acres of contiguous lands." The Mondell bill here referred to was not enacted for the very reason that its passage would, have confirmed every dummy coai entry in the West. The Sen ate took Dennett's viw of the case and refused to become a party to any such legislation. It is true that Secretary Gar field proposed to force fraudulent entry men to pay the assessed value of the coal lands covered by their claims, but the fact remains that he would hav confirmed and validated several thousand fraudulent entries, and would . have worked no hardship on the entrymen,' for they could have added the price paid the Government to the selling price of their coal and lost nothing through the tran saction. The attention of the joint committee has been called to this action of Sec retary Garfield, and he will be asked to offer an explanation when he goes on the stand. The indications are that this dis cussion will be one of the sensational features "f the investigation. P1NGH0T PLACED IN ANANIAS GLUB Land Commissioner Dennett Shows Wherein Former For- ; ester Is Qualified. 'GREDIE WANTS ACTION AVIIJj GET COMPENSATION FOIt CJIILIXKEN JiriiT 15V SIIEI-ti. SCURRILOUS LETTER SENT i Claim ILas Taft's Indorsement and Drake and Xelson .Families Will Win This Time. ORRGOTAN NEWS BT'RKAC. Wash ington. Feb. 2.i Representative MeCre- die hos introduced a bill authorizing the payment out of the Treasury of $237. 50 to Greorge Drake and Jli5 to Mrs. Ullie Nelson, both of Olympia. as reimburse ment for injuries' sustained by Their minor children by the accidental explo sion of a shell near the Government ar tillery target range at Mound Prairie, in Thurston County, Wash., in June. 1905. When President . Taf t wae Secretary of War he strongly recommended that Con gress pay the claims. During the Summer of 19o4 a battalion of light artillery was engaged in target work on the Mound Prairie range. Some of the shells fired at targets- missed the mark and some of these shells failed to explode when they struck the ground. After the target practice all stray shells which conld be found were buried, end warning given to persons in the neigh borhood that in case a projeotile be found it would be dangerous- to handle it. Prom the report of Secretary Taft it appears. In June. some children picking strawberries in a lield near the Mound Prairie range found an unexiloded shell and caused it to explode, and this resulted In Injuries to three children. Claim was made by the parents of these 11 children for compensation aggregating $:ir0 for med ical attendance, etc., and $13,000 for the utTering, loss of services, etc. The Com manding General, Department of the Co lumbia, who causpd the whole matter to be thoroughly investigated. expressM the opinion that a total allowance of $4i0 Would be reasonable to cover loss of time, medical attendance, medicines, nursing, etc. The Judge Advocate-General of the Army recommended that this sum be paid and Secretary Taft indorsed the recommendation. With this indorsement, Mr. McCredie has strong hopes that the bill may be favorably considered this session. A sim- lar bill, introduced last Congress by the late Representative Cushman, failed to receive consideration. Holdings to He Limited. " "Section 9. That any person, asso ciations or corporations who have ob tained, prior to the passage of this act. claim or title to any coal lands of the United States, by alleged unlawful means, shall, upon proof to the satis faction of the Secretary of the In terior that the full coal-land price of such land, as classified by said Secre tary under authority of law, has been paid to the United States, have their patents confirmed for not to exceed -560 acres of such coal lands, if patents have issued, or ir patents have not is sued, shall receive patents for not to ex teed said area. Provided, that patent shall not issue or be confirmed for such alleged unlawful claim or titles unless all land In excess of 2560 acres and all the surface of the confirmed coal lands (except not exceeding 640 in not more than four compact bodies which need not be contiguous), involved in any one such charge, shall have been reconveyed to the United Stares free from all incumbrances of any nature whatsoever. Provided, further, that al moneys heretofore paid to the. Govern ment in connection with' such alleged unlawful entries, as purchase price for lands involved in any one charge, shall be credited toward the purchase price for any part of the lands embrace,! in said charge and retained by such per sons. associations corporations, under the provisions of this section. Kull Value Must Be Paid. This substituted section offers oppor tunity, for relief and at the same trme Dennett Promptly Spots Its False Ktatemelts and Writes Letter to President Taft Point- j ins Them Out. OREGOXIAX NEWS BUREAU, Wash ignton, Feb. 2. According to Hon. Fred Dennett, Commissioner of the General Land Office, GinTord Pinchot has quali fied for membership in the Ananias Club. What is more, Mr. Dennett, over his own signature, in a letter addressed to the President, proceeds to prove his assertion. This Interesting correspondence all appears in the printed volume on the Glavis charges, and papers relative thereto, a document of 805 pages, much of it in fine type. It appears from the complete record that Oifford Pinchot. at Spokane, ad dressed two letters to President Taft under date of August 10, 1909, one introducing Mr. Glavis and another making direct accusation against Sec retary Bal linger, though the latter's name is not mentioned. In the latter letter Mr; Pinchot di gressed from the truth, according to Commissioner Dennett, and It will also be seen, upon reading the letter, that he a second time departed from the truth when he repeated the slp.nderous and untrue charge made by Governor Pardee at the Spokane Irrigation Con gress with reference to the grabbing of water power sites. What Pinchot Wrote. The first Pinchot letter is of com paratively little consequence, but the second is highly important, in that it establishes Mr. Plnchot's right to sit in the famous club created by his friend, Theodore Roosevelt. This is what Mr. Pinchot wrote the President: Dear Mr. President The Cunningham coal cae was recent I y rem 1 led to my attention by telegrams from Forest Service men in the Portland office calling lor action to prevent the pnSAge to patent of coal en tries, alleged to be fraudulent, lyin within 1 he Chugiicb. N at ion a 1 Forest. The neces sary act ion was tn ken, and the Issue of patent was deferred. This was just before I lett Washington for Ept.kane. At Spokane I found Glavis., who . had evi- : dently come to tell me his story. ' When I heard it I advised bim to lav the whole matter before you without delay. The Cunningham case Is well known. Va rious parts of Glavis story are bo much known that I believe it will he Impossible to prevent its becoming public, in part at least, and before very long. Many persons have knowledge of more or less essential portions of it. The deplorable fact, which I learned after I came here, that waterpower sitea have been acquired on lands restored, after the restoration and before the second with drawal, will greatly stimulate the search for Pimilaj- cafes. This is clearly a, matter foryour personal attention, and my function ends with see ing that- it reaches you. Commissioner Dennett, in his report to the President on the Glavis charges, says: In the. letter of Mr. Gifford Pinchot to you of August Jo", lOOit, the statement is made: "The necessary action' was taken and the issue of patent was deferred." This is a most scurrilous statement and not one which is in keeping with the truth. If it be a hasty statement, there Is no excuse, for no man should act hastily in making charges of the gravity of these. There was no Question of issue of patent at all at the time Mr. Fin-hot wrote; it was a question of the time of hearing, and the postponement of the time was taken after due telegraphic and other correspond ence. ... Incidentally, also, the paragraph In Mr. Plnchot's letter with reference to the ac quisition of power sites is. as the records of this ofttce show, untrue insofar as It re lates to the acquisition of waterpower sites upon lands restored and has been publicly den ied. The Cunningham case is now so well understood that the reply of Commis sioner Dennett, branding statements by Mr. Pinchot, calls for little explana tion. I ill ft i Kamcoai HOW ELLIS FOUND ELLIS CONGRESSMAN RELATES TALE OF MEETIXG NAMESAKE. Same Jnltiuls and Same Name Make Trouble in Interior Department for Oregon Lawmaker. ORKGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, D. C. Feb. 2. When th Ore gon delegation recently appeared be fore the Secretary of the Interior on behalf of the Siletx entrymen, Assist- nt Secretary Pierce pulled from the department files a list of entrymen who are struggling to obtain title from the Government. As he -scanned the I'st. his eyes alighted on a name that caused him to pause. Turning to Representa tive KIlis, he asked: "What are your initials?" W. R.' answered the Congressman. "Well, it's no wonder you are anx ious that we shall issue patents to these settlers. I see by this list that you have one of the entries. Don't you think you have a nerve, he said, wita a twinkle in his eye, "to ask this de partment to stretch a point in ordr that you may acquire a piece of this fine timber land?" "Mistaken identity,' replied Ellis, complacently. "It's another , W. It. Ellis. He has crossed my path lots of times before, and I know who he is. That W. R. Ellis is a confectionery dealer at Dallas. And I'll tell you how I know. I once received a. bill from a wholesale house in Portland for 40 pounds of candy. On another occasion I got a bill from the same firm for 20 gallons of ice cream. In adjusting those accounts, I was able to identify my namesake. And he's the man you're talking about now." THE SHERIFF HAD THEM WE HAVE THEM NOW Portland's Goodyear ' Store shares in the distribution of the most gigantic purchase in the history of. New York City. $75,000 stock of the Riverside Raincoat Co., New York City, bought for $24,675 spot cash. FOR WOMEN SIZES 32 TO 44 Rubberized Silk "Waterproofs i and Cravenettes. LOT 1 L a d i e s' Rubberized Slip-On Coats and Cravenettes; regular prices $12.00 to $15.00. Sheriff's sale price $5 7 S PR0SSER CAN HAVE WATER Keclaiuation Service Ready by 1911 If Requirements Are Met. OREGON I AN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Feb. 2. About 2200 acres of land in the vicinity of Prosser. Wash, will be furnished water by the Govern ment for the season of 1911 if the land owners and prospective water users will comply with certain conditions which he has set forth in a letter to the Director of the Reclamation Serv ice. The conditions are as follows:.. First. That the building charge for lands which have a water right from the Prosser Falls Land & Power Co. as shown by the abstract of title and re ports of the company which have been submitted to the office of the Reclama tion Service at North Yakima,, be fixed at $31 per acre: that the building charge to lands without water right De fixed at $52 per acre, the same as for other lands in the Sunnyside project. and that the operation and mainten ance charges for all such lands be the same as are fixed from time to time for other lands In the Sunnyside proj ect. Second. That before construction is authorized at least 90 per cent of the lands having a Prosser falls Land & Power water right or a total amount of land which will give an equivalent re turn in money, on the basis of such building charges, must be subscribed for in the Sunnyside Water Users' Asso ciation. Third. A relinquishment to the Uni ted States of 5 cubic' feet of water per second by the Prosser Falls Land & Power Co. free of all liens, con ditions, or charges of any kind. Fourth The securing without cost to the United States of all necessary right of way for pipelines, canals and inci dental structures for the works neces sary for carrying out this agreement. LOT 2 Ladies' $18.00 to $20.00 Silk Rubberized Mohairs, Crav enettes and Roseberry fabrics; Sheriff's sale price, $8.40 and $7.95 LOT 3 Ladies' $20.00 to $2.".0() all-wool tailored full-length Craveuetted Coats. Silk "Water proofs, etc.; Sheriff's sale price, THE ENTIRE STOCK OF MEN'S AND WOMEN'S RAIN COATS HAS BEEN DIVIDED INTO TEN GREAT LOTS AND WILL BE SOLD AT ON THE $3 Including our own superb line of Raincoats for men, women and children. This sale will afford 10,000 men and women an oppor tunity to procure a Raincoat at the greatest money-saving: prices ever presented. We caution you to come at once, so you may have choice of selection. You need not necessarily buy, but it will pay you to look these Raincoat bargains over carefully. JUST 3 DAYS LEFT THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Open Saturday Until 10 P. M. FOR MEN AND YOUTHS SIZES S3 TO 46 LOT 5 Men's Rubber Coats of heavy drill back. Regular $6.00 value at LOT 6 Men's and boys' $13.00 worsted Cravenctte Overcoats, silk venetiau lined. Sheriff's sale price $1.0; LOT 4 Ladies' $.10.00 to $40.00 beautiful imported and domestic silks. Sicilians, moires and rub berized henriettas, cheviots and tweeds, at $15.00 and 13 2 LOT 9 Men's and ladies' Rubber Auto Shirts, $10.00 values $5.50 Balance of girls' Storm Capes, $4.00 values, at $1.90 LOT 10 Mens Knglish S 1 i p-Ons, $20 and $25 values, at $13.50 and $11.90 225 MORRISON STREET BET. FIRST AND SECOND STS. OODYEA RAINCOAT CO. 225 LOT 7 Men's $18.00 to $22.00 Cravenette Overcoats, with or without military collar. Sher iff's sale price LOT 8 Men's genuine Priestley Cravenettes. all colors; regular $2o.OO to $40.00 values. Sher iff's sale price, at $14.90, $12.75 and si TAFT HELPS WEST President's Indorsement of Bonds Is Weighty Move. IRRIGATION WORK AIDED to the Borah bill, for it had been their hope to amend this measure, or report out a substitute, perhaps a Carter cer tificate bill. Now It will be difficult to do this, for the President is on record for bonds, he has set forth the reason why Congress should authorize bonds, and it will be no Insignificant undertaking to convince thinking men that there is good reason for departing from the Ad ministration programme. It may be that the President' recom mendation will not be followed, but with the Administration squarely on the record, and the er.tire "West clamoring for more money, the opponents of the Borah bill will be compelled to get out into the light to do their fighting. And what Is more, they will have to show their reasons for differing from the President. she again went home crying. Melan cholia ensued followed by insanity. A sprained ankle will usually disable the injured person for three or four weeks. This .is due to lack of proper treatment. WTten Chamberlain's Lini ment Is applied a cure may be effected In three or four days. This liniment is one of the -best and most remarkable preparations in tise. Sold by nil dealers CHINESE REFORMS EARNEST Abolishment of Hereditary Slavery Insisted Upon by Government. SHANGHAI. Feb. 2. Special.) In response to a memorial from the Vice roy of Kiuingtung. the Pekin Govern ment recently directed that hereditary slavery In high families must be abol ished. It now appears that the orders to this effect issued for the guidance of all the provincial governments have in some cases been ignored. The Ministry of the Interior has, therefore, once more taken up the mat ter and instructed all Viceroys and Governors to give the necessary direc tions to their subordinates. PRIEST BECOMES MAYOR Rev. Faller Ha Mini Elected in Ar kansas Town. TC NTITOWX. Ark., Feb. 2. Trans formed by incorporation from a village to a city, Tontitown starts in for good government by electing Rev. Father Baldini as Its Mayor. The priest has always been Tontitown's chief booster and its moral stay. He was unani mously nominated by all factions at the primaries, and consented to accept the oft ice. Tontitown was founded by families who took refuge from Southern swamps in Northwestern Arkansas. Rev. Father Baldini, who has been the subject of numerous magazine nrticles, says that he will make Tontitown the model municipality of Ameilca, With Administration's Attitude Flat ly Stated, Opponents of RoraH Bond HU1 Have Hard Row to Hoe, ORBGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Feb. 2. In coming out squarely and firmly In favor of an issue of bonds to aid in the completion of Government Irrigation projects now under way. Presi dent Taft has greatly strengthened the Borah bond issue bill, and rendered it somewhat difficult for the opponents of that measure to amend it in a way that will impair Its effect! veness. He has made it very plain that. In his Judg ment, bonds are preferable to anj other form of security; end what is more, he has given the Issue an indorsement stronger than it- has heretofore received from any man, for while all others have asked only that th bonds be paid out of the moneys in the reclamation fund, that being in Itself considered ample security, the President goes one step further, and says: ; "I hope that, while the statute shall provide that these bonds are to be paid out of the reclamation fund. It will be drawn in such a way as to secure interest at the lowest rate, and that the credit of the United States will be pledged for their redemption." Good Security Pledged. This Is the first time that It has been asked that the credit of th United States be placed specifically back of the irrigation bonds. Of -course the fact that the bonds were to be issued by the Secretary of the Treasury was moral guarantee that the United States would stand back of them, but prior to the time the President wrote his conservation message. It had never been suggested that the bill authorizing the issue should specifically pledge the credit of the Uni ted States to guarantee the'r redemp tion. The advanced step taken by the Presi dent is truly indicative of his earnestness in recommending the. bond istjue, for it is evidence of his desire that Congress shall authorize the issuance of certificates that can be readily disposed of when issued, so that cash shall become avail able as needed. Taft Turns Down Advice. Before the President wrote his con servation message, he ' was visited by a number of influential men in Congress, and advised to toueff this subject lightly; particularly was he advised against com mitting himself to a bond Issue. Efforts were made to- Induce him y favor the issuance of certificates or warrants, as advocated by Senator Carter, of Montana, chairman of the irrigation committee. But to all such advice the President turned a deaf ear. Rather, he acted upon the advice of the men most In terested in raising additional money to help along the construction of Govern . ment works, and his own judgment coin cided with theirs. It was a sad blow to the opponents of the irrigation bond issue to find the President committing himself so strongly HUG DRIVES GIRL INSANE Young Man's Embrace Followed by Constant Teasing. KEOKUK, Iowa. Feb. 2. 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