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TITO MOKNiyG OREGOXIAN, SATURDAY, 3IAKCH 12, 1910. DAVIS TELLS OF FEUD IN BUREAUS 'Reclamation Service and Geo logical Survey Do Not Work in Harmony. POWER POLICY DIFFERS i J arrow Strips Withdrawn by Geo logical Branch Not Regarded as Sufficient, Under Garfield Plan for "Conservation." WATER-FSEKS I)EX STATEMENT OF EX-SKCRETARV GARFIELD. BOISE. Idaho. March 11. Th statement credited to Ex-Secretory of the Interior James R. Garfield that ettlera had been warned not to es tablish residence on Government reclamation projects until water was ready for delivery. Is denied In a tele cram sent to the House ways and means committee today by the "Water Veers Association of the Payette Boise project. The message reads: 'The Interior Department under Hitchcock and Garfield gave the wid est publicity to reclamation projects by lectures and literature at every , National exposition and most state fairs. The Payette-Boise project alone has received over SO.COO inquiries and tht.-usands or settle resulting from such publicity. The settlers were never warned against coming. They are here waiting for water. State ments minimizing these facts are ' cruelly and absurdly false. Better lend thirty million than throw the settlers Into the cities and. add thou- sands to the unemployed." WASHINGTON. March 11. With Ar thur P. Davis, chief engineer of the reclamation service, on the stand, the attack upon Secretary Balllng-er con tinued today before the Congressional Investigation committee. Mr. Davis was called as a witness by Glfford Plnchot and was examined by Mr. Pinchofs attorney. Although reluctant to testify, Mr. Davis contradicted flatly many state ments made by Secretary Balllng-er to President Taft, revealed in detail va rious interviews he had from time to time with Secretary Ballinger and end ed the day by declaring that the re clamation service is still in danger of being disintegrated as a result of Mr. Balllnger's attitude toward it. Mr. Davis declared that "In lan guage as strong as politeness and proper respect would permit," he had told Secretary Ballinger himself that Jiis entire course tended to demoraliza tion of the service. Secretary Ordered Restorations. Referring to a statement by Mr. Ballinger to the President that he had restored many lands withdrawn by Secretary Garfield on the strength ' of resolutions from the reclamation ser vice that these lands were no longer needed for reclamation purposes, Mr. Davis declared that all the recommend ations made by the reclamation service were, in response to direct orders is sued by Mr. Ballinger. These orders were repeated, he said, many times, but were never put in writing-. Dr. Newell of the reclama tion service protested vigorously against the Secretary's action. Mr. Davis said that Secretary Bal linger had written a letter to Dr. Thomas E. "Will, of this city, repeating the statements that lands had been re stored upon recommendation of the acting director of the reclamation ser vice that they were no longer needed. The witness said he was the acting director referred to; that he had never made any such recommendation. Prejudice Is Charged. Mr. Davis declared that early In the present Administration he had found Mr. Ballinger deeply prejudiced against the Reclamation Service. He asserted that Mr. Ballinger had told him to pre pare the list of lands for restoration slowly, so as not to attract public at tention. The witness said that he liad made no attempt to influence Mr. Ballinger as to these restorations, be cause he was always met with the statement tliaV Mr. Garfleld's with drawal of the lands had been entirely Illegal. . . The witness revealed in his testi mony that there is quite a feud be tween the Reclamation Service and the Geological Survey. It was on reports f the Reclamation Service that Sec retary Garfield acted in his withdrawal of power sites. Secretary Ballinger has depended entirely upon the Geolog ical Survey. Mr. Davis did not hesitate to criti cise the Survey, and declared that the narrow strips which had been with drawn along streams by the Geological Survey did not properly protect the power sites. Witness Criticises Chief. . Mr. Davis said that in the early part of March, 1909, it was repeatedly re ported in the newspapers that the serv ice was to be reorganized and that Di rector Newell was the man to be elim inated. Mr. Ballinger made frequent state ments to me." said Mr. Davis, "that he was contemplating changes in the serv ice. On June JO. 1909. he told me that Jie had definitely decided on a change in tne nead or the service. In lan guage as strong as politeness and proper respect would permit, I told him that his entire course, ever since he bad been mentioned for Secretary of the Interior, had been subversive of the best interests of the Reclamation Serv ice, and had tended to its disintegra tion. "He asked me what I meant. I told Mm I referred to the many rumors of changes that had been printed in the newspapers. He said the statements were not authorized. I told him that, nevertheless, they were true, for he had made the same statements to me. I told him the public regarded these statements as true." Chairman Nelson then announced an adjournment until tomorrow morning. Calboun Off to China, Guarded. CHICAGO, March 11. When W. J. Calhoun, Minister to China, left Chicago last night en route to the Orient, he was attended by an escort of four Chi nese, assigned by the imperial govern ment at Pekln to look after his safety and comfort until he sets foot on Chi nese soil. "I don't know when I am coming imck. I am going to stick to the post until I have either decidedly succeeded or utterly failed," said Mr. Calhoun. "I eh all stay until my work is finished." NEW PRESIDENT OF NEW YORK SENATE AND HIS PREDECESSOR V I- IT "SswX V I' - ' i ' ! ' , " i I Is , ; J. i i-ii.ssissiiiiirinns ri T ... 'If i 1 Senator George H. Cobb. T.R. ISTD PLUNGE IN Game of New JYork Politics Awaits His Ardor. COLONEL'S FENCES BUILT Men Close to Him Have Been Added to Skirmish Line In lumplre State Affairs to Help Make Ready for "Back From Elba." (Continued From First Page.) publican of whom the whole broad Em pire state can boast. Taft Denies Interference. It is hardly necessary to say that one of these men Is now a prominent Federal officeholder in New York City, holding a position which he took al most immediately after severing his connection with an employment that for seven years brought him in daily contact with the former President. President Taft has denied that, he is taking any part in attempting to straighten out the difficulties which have beset the Republican offlcebold- rs in Albany during the last few weeks. Mr. Root's letter to Senator Frederick M. Davenport at Albany ad vocating the candidacy of Senator Harvey D. Hlnman for the position of leadership In the State Senate was not sent directly at Mr. Taft's request. .... r . - r Senator Jonathan P. A lids. GENERAL INQUIRY DEMANDED Xfwcomb Voices Opinion of Hughes Forces at Albany. ADBANY, N. T., March 11. Senator Newcomb gave notice today that he was preparing to get some action on his resolution providing for an unlimited in vestigation of legislative corruption and bis declaration is regarded as the first significant result of the victory of the Republican organization in the Senate leadership fight. The vote on the question of sustaining Senator Conger's bribery charges against Senator Allds was expected to furnish the next clash between the two elements into which the Senators are divided. But if Newcomb moves next week to take up his resolution, the line-up may come before the Allds Investigation is over. Cobb was elected despite the opposi tion of Governor Hughes and of Senator Root. Public opinion seems to have as sociated the opposition to the leadership of Root and Hughes with an intention to shut oft ' further attempts to air legisla tive scandals and with sympathy for Allds. tHinman has been outspoken against Allds during the debates over the admission of certain testimony. These circumstances' lead to a conclu sion that the Governor and. the "elder statesmen" of the party in "Washington have, agreed upon a wider legislative in quiry and are ready to issue orders against any disposition to shelter Allds. The opinion of Senators Brackett and Davenport that Cobb's victory only post pones the Issue is not denied by the victorious organization men. They de clared, however, that the prestige of de feating the combined forces of the Gov ernor and the National Administration will carry them victorious through the fight. : whatever it may be about. . VICE-PRESIDENT NOT PLEASED Result May Not Complicate, but It Disturbs, Matters. WASHINGTON, March 11. Vice- President Sherman and Representative McKlnley, chairman of the Republican Congressional committee, called on President Taft today, and when wait ing in the ante-room Mr. Sherman, whose expressions seem to be in dorsed by Representative McKinley, in commentingon the Albany caucus, said: "I was not pleased with the selec tion (referring to Cobb as president pro tern, to succeed Allds). "I would not say that the course of events complicates matters, but it cer tainly disturbs them." WEB IS ABOUT MAYBRAY (Continued Prom First Pass.) style for a few days. Then, I was in troduced to a man named Martin, whose real name I later learned was R. JB. Har riman. The two continued to urge that I take a little of the 'euro thing' bet. I still refused, but finally agreed to loan Cramer $3000 to go into it. The race was pulled oft and Harriman lost the money because our Jockey had a fit and fell from his horse. "The 'millionaires' said it was not fair to take our money and stated that if we would put up $7500 forfeit they would give us another chance in a week. I wanted my $3000 back, and went home and raised $6000 and Martin made up the balance and we -put up that amount. "Another race was arranged and I kept the betting sheet. Nearly $50,000 was bet on that race and my $6000 got into the pool in some way. "Our jockey had another accident and when we picked him up he looked like he was dead and we thought he was, Martin told me we would all be arrested and advised me to return home, which I did." Maybray Was "Millionaire." Secrest pointed out Maybray as one of the "millionaires." He also produced sev eral letters which he testified he re ceived from Maybray. Secresfs testimony was only one ,-of several similar stories told during the day. Samuel Sutor, of Cass Lake, Minn., explained his loss of $5000 and Alex De lane, of Green Bay, Wis., told of losing ! Okla., . lost $3000 on a fixed wrestling match. Secrest's testimony closed the afternoon session. Cross-examination by Attorney Tinsley for the defense, developed little. The questions were confined almost . entirely to an attempt to show that the letters which passed through the mails did not have the direct result of losing money for the victims. The testimony of Zachariah Pier pont, of Moreyville, Mo., was a feature of. the second day of the trial. Reporters Were "MIHoriialres." Pierpont pointed out a group of re porters at the press table as members of the "Millionaires' Club," who had bet $48,000 on a fixed horserace in Council Bluffs two years ago. He told of the events leading up to his coming to Council Bluff a and was asked by Assistant District Attorney Stewart who he had met on reaching the city. "Oh, I met a number of those good looking gentlemen over there," he re plied, pointing to a goup surrounding the press table. Mr. Stewart dropped his line of questioning with the re mark: "Counsel for the other side will cross-examine you on that point later." Pierpont was rpeceded by William Scott, of Pender. Neb., who told of "steering" several victims to Denver and Omaha, where they lost sums ag gregating $15,000 on fixed sporting events. Scott admitted his connection with the defendants and told of tak ing "customers" to Denver and Coun cil Bluffs who lost $10,000. He laid particular stress -on his transactions through the mails and declared he had corresponded with the defendants re peatedly regarding the swindling op- , erations alleged in the indictment. Farmer-Hand's Money Gone. . Alexander Delaine told how he had saved $2500 by hard work on the farm and on a railroad section and how he had come to Council Bluffs at the solici tation of Ernest Kenby and James Coon. He said they handed him $2500 to make bets and this turned his head to such an extent that he was induced to bet his own money. Immediately his own money was in the pool, he stated, the bookmaker abut up shop and the wrest ling match was held in a barn loft. He never saw his money again. The -first witness today was Peter Vorhees. a pawnbroker, of Alma, Mich., who confirmed the testimony given yes terday by Ernest Fenby and James Coon, concerning the alleged swindling of C. A. Nelson. He had some part in the negotiations but declared he did not ex pect Nelson to be fleeced. He admitted he saw nothing morally wrong in taking money from members of the "Million aires' Club." but regarded the Nelson affair as quite a different thing. Postofflce Inspector Swenson. who has obtained much of the evidence la the Maybray cases, stated today that the known collection's of the "Millionaires' Club" would aggregate $1,000,000. "Stores" were operated in New Orleans. Little Rock, Denver. Council Bluffs. Davenport and South -Bend, which did a thriving business, while at Seattle and other Northwest points less active institu tions were made part of the string of stores operated by the club. Extraordinary efforts are now being made to enforce the presence of H. B. Harriman, Frank W. Brown and Ed ward Moore, arrested some time ago In Los Angeles, but later allowed to leave the city. They are included in the blanket indictment against Maybray and S2 others. Harriman is alleged to have been "Sec retary" of the Millionaires' Club and to have handled all the money of the organization. ALL PHILADELPHIA CRIES FOR RELIEF Immediate Arbitration . Asked by Any Agency That Will Bring About Peace. GRAVER TROUBLE IS HINTED Strike Leaders Declare Within 4 8 Hours All Vnlons Novr Out Will - Make Demands on Employers. Whole Country Menaced. PHILADELPHIA, March 11. The call for arbitration between the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company and its 4000 or more striking employes became insistent today. From all quarters of Philadelphia .the demand for mediatory measures was voiced. Everywhere it was recognized that failure to arrive at any arbitral agreement was the only thing that pre vented a speedy ending of .the general sympathetic strike, which has paralysed the industrial life of Philadelphia and which, the labor leaders say, will spread if the deadlock continues. Threat Hinder Settlement. These threats, perhaps, were the very things which stood in the way of an amicable adjustment. The vested inter ests," as they are sometimes called, re sent the hint of coercion. After discus sion of the strike question, a large gath ering, representing more than 30 business organizations of the city, adopted a reso lution In which three separate influences are invoked to end the industrial war. The . city's banks are requested to use their influence for arbitration or an equitable settlement. Each com mercial body represented was asked to request the Councilmen to call spe clal meetings of the City Council for action to induce the company and its men to come, to terms. Seth Low Importuned. The resolution took a wider scope, however, in directing that a telegram be sent at once to Seth Low, presi dent of the National Civic Federation, asking that the T Federation offer its services as arbitrator. xne ixacuon company, many thought, would not lightly cast aside an oiler from that body to act as me diator and " strikers already have an nounced that they would welcome arbitration. A petition to President TaftV drawn up. by Alfred H Love, of the Universal Peace Union, was numerously signed by the business men at the close of the meeting It suggested that the Commission for the Promotion of In- dstrial Peace, which had at its dis posal the funds donated by Theodore Roosevelt from the Nobel Peace Prize, ue asaea io act in the crisis here. Immediate Action Wanted. "Immediate action." was the riemnnri of every sneaker of the afternoon. Th tnwiOT oi a settlement) was variously unpuHu. to ine Transit Company, to the citv and. In a. few (nofnn,.nc n the attitude of th ntrlk . ... a general (waixout ana insisting upon recognition of their Union in any ar- Ditration tnev are weiitnir in trHn.a Tonight, the company, through Presi dent KJrucrer. announned Ita vlninmu. ,n comply with Mayor Reyburn's request for vuuceMiuns to men wining to return to worK. in his letter to Mayor Reyburn, jrrasiaeiK jjuger eaia: Men WUl Be Received Back. "I take the responsibility of saying lllal.-w ir n wrere are vacancies, we shall renelVA tha -men hanlr ,,,! i- 16. 1910 linriei- tViA tartna aV-ah. - i.. tions of February 25, and believe that In cti.ih wajr s can give mem ine nnan clal assistance that you request. Of COUrSA WA TTIlIRt InVflllv nant V 1 V. . J .-J n " " ' -V. .110 .l()UU of the men" who have been royal to us. mm. we tninK it only rair to point out in this connection that wn ai-a n ,- tir am . . liiiiu uur rajiKS. ' C. O. Pratt, leader of the striking car men. Ma.i(f tnnlp-h that- i aln. -. ' . v. Mayor and the. responsive offer of the company was a "bluff." In Its Hanoi rlaflv a,i tAn.. . . n ( . .... BWHOlllCHt, tilts V UII1- uunea 01 -iBn tonignt claimed increases rannij oi tne general strikers durlnar th 1av &nf am.Iori -ft.- . . i workers of the state only awaited the a 10 join ine movement here. The statement inri i- t.l nnttaihllltw . l. - ....j vfc 1 lit; 1 trouble by declaring: "If within 4K hnnr. th noAn 1 ..vu.a w iiiuviii fii;nm local strike is not settled, every labor organization now on strike will be in- Rtriirtll tn fnvmiil.tA - . v...muio.o u- .111.1-113 i l.J 1 WtLggeS, hours and conditions of labor they deem commensurate with the Increased cost of living now upon us. "Railroad employes, miners' unions and labor organizations of every craft and li auo imuusuuuL tne iate win oe nouned to, take similar action." Whole Country Threatened. Not until late tonight was there anv sort of autbreak in any quarter of the city. Coming out of a meeting, a crowd dis played a turbulent snirit h ml nasal no- streetcars were stoned. The police, by a display of force, subdued the crowd be-' fore much damage was done. Nobody was seriously injured and there were no arrests. The meeting was featured by a declara tion of C. O. Pratt, leader of the strik ing carmen, that the sympathetic strike, although the leaders regretted the neces sity, would not stop in Pennsylvania if the fight was prolonged. "We will go through the United States," declared Pratt Cars ran today In greater numbers than since the strike began. What new ac cessions to their ranks were claimed by Hoods' Sarsaparilla Effects its wonderful cures not simply Tjecause it contains sarsa parilla, but because of its peculiar combination of more than twenty great specifics. . If urged to buy any prepara tion said to be "just as good," you may be sure it is inferior, costs less to make, and yields the dealer a larger profit. Get Hood's Earmparllla today In usual lilquid form or tablets called Eaxsatabs. the strikers, the employers said, wer mdre than offset by desertions. GOMPERS WOULD EXD STRIKE American Federation Leader Of fered Services; Turned Down. WASHINGTON, March 11. "I do not want to discuss the extension of the strike from Philadelphia td the State of Pennsylvania or the country, for publication at this time," said President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor today, in discussing the Philadel phia labor controversy. "Whatever plans we may have for the protection of labor," he continued," "I do not think necessary to publish or proclaim. The forces arrayed against labor meet in secret and plan their schemes. They take neither the public nor. the laborer into their confidence. We will do the best we can to protect the rights and Interests of the working people." Referring to the action of tha Phila delphia authorities yesterday in pro hibiting a mass meeting at the base ball park, Mr. Gompers said the men "were treated as the Cossacks treat the Russian subjects, rather than as citizens are treated in the United States." "An attempt such as this, he said, "to defy and prohibit free assemblage and? free speech and wantonly, ruth lessly and brutally to 'club men. wom en and. children In their effort to exer cise free speech and fere assemblage is bound to react. "In the United States we are led to believe we are entitled to these rights, by the Constitution, and if for any mo ment a corrupt gang such as obtains in Philadelphia have the upper hand, they cannot last long In free America, Something that Philadelphia corpora tions and politicians do not seem to understand is that the greatest safety, lies In freedom." Reviewing the situation that led to the trouble, Mr. Gompers said that everything was done by the men that could be done with honor to avoid the strike, - and continued: "Elver since the strike of last June in Philadelphia was adjusted by agree ment, the company has been engaged in nullifying the result of the strike and the agreement with the organiza tion." He said he tendered the good offices of the' Arrferlcan Federation of Labor, as well as his own to help to adjust the differences. ' "That offer," he said, "was made to President Kruge'r of the street railway company and I stater with authority that if any matter could not be adjusted mu tually I was empowered to offer, and did offer, arbitration by an impartial body of men. To that he answered that he thanked me for my good offices, but that the situation was adjusting itself. . "Under his direction the strike-breaking agencies began to import men into Philadelphia. Then, in the course of ten days, he discharged nearly 700 of his old and faithful employes because they were members of the union. The men saw that this would simply mean that tnelr organization would gradually ba wiped out. They then asked that met against wrom there were no charges of incompetency or lack of faithfulness and who had given faithful service, should not be discharged. He persisted in his course an dthe men went on strike to maintain what they had and to, maintain tnelr union. ".The strike occurred and later the sympathetic strike of other workmen Mayor Reyburn, as the representative of tne city government, voted against arhi tration and took the position of histility ineteaa or remaining impartial." KNOX UNDER CRITICISM FAILURE TO "MAKE GOOD" IX FAR EAST CHARGED. House Votes to Sustain Division oi State Department Established by Mr. Root. WASHINGTON. March 11. "Secretary Knox has not made good In Far-Eastern affairs." declared Representative Under wood of Alabama in the House today. He addled that Mr. Knox had not proved xj auie a secretary or state as nis pre decessor, Mr. Root. The section of the legislative, execu tlve and judicial appropriation bllL rro- viding funds for the new divisions of the State Department havlnar charge of Kar Thompsons Glasses Are Satisfactory Glasses KRYPTO I J3it II FAR vision Without Lines in the Lens Hood tnale demands that your eyeKlasaes look neat and Incon spicuous. 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