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VOL. XII.
ROSEBURG, OREGON, Tl'KSDAV EVENING, NOVEMBER 0, 1000.
No. 817.
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GLAV1S TO PUBLIC
WhitewashiDg of Ballinger by
Taft Laid Bare
WICRERSHAM SPOILED PLOT
Dismissed Official Exposes Attempt of
Cnggeabeims to Grab Coal
Lands la Alaska
Editor's Note. Through the
United Press, The Review is In re
ceipt of advance sheets of the cur
rent issue of Collier's Weekly, of
New York, containing an exhaustive
statement from Louis K. Glavis, who
waB dismissed last September as
Chief of the Field Division of the
General Land Office by Secretary Bal
linger, upon authorization of Presi
dent Taft. Glavis' dismissal fol
lowed his investigation of the Cun
ningham coal claims in Alaska, in
which Ballinger was alleged to have
been directly interested outside of
his capacity as an official of the gov
ernment. In" this work Glavis was
assisted by Horace T. Jones, a special
agent of the Interior Department,
who was stationed in Roseburg dur
ing the time the Lnlted States Land
Office was in charge of his brother-in-law,
Thos. B. Neuhausen. It must
not be construed that the publication
here with (in part) of Glavis' state
ment is an endor&ement from The
Review of his charges against Bal
linger. -His statement follows:
The Facts are These.
The coal lands of Alaska owned by
the Government amount to over
100,000 acres. They are the future
coal supply of the nation, of almost
Inestimable value. Possession of
them by private Individuals means
great wealth a monopoly of them
' would be a national menace.
On November 12, 1906, President
Roosevelt withdrew all coal lands In
Alaska from public entry; but pre
vious to that time there was about
900 claims filed, covering about 100,
000 acres (nearly the whole of the
coal fields). The law attempts to
prevent monopoly of such claims by
11 mi tine the amount of each claim
'o.ndproviding that each claimant '
must take up the land In his own
interest and for his own use. This
law has been Interpreted by the Su
preme Court of the United States
to forbid speculation in coal lands
before entry either by dummy en
trymen or by previous agreements to
k consolidate claims after entry. Of
these 900 claims to Alaska coal lands
among them the so-called Cunning
ham group the majority are fraud
ulent.
As to the action of the Land Office by Mr. Ballinger that inasmuch as
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Sincerity Clothes are sold in
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pa
on these claims, I assert that tho
Land Office ordered the Cunningham
claims to patent without due Investi
gation when Commissioner Ballinger
knew they were under suspicion; that
while in office Commissioner Bal
linger urged Congress to pass a law
which would validate' fraudulent
Alaska claims; that shortly after re
igning from office he became attor
ney for the Cunningham group and
other Alaska claims; Chat soon after
he became Secretary of the Interior
his office rendered a decision that
would have validated all fraudulent
Alaska claims. A reversal of that
decision on every point was obtained
from Attorney-General Wickersham.
Had it not been for Mr. Wicker
sham's decision, every fraudulent
Alaska claim would have gone to
patent. I assert that in the spring
of 1909 the Land Office urged me
to an early trial of these cases be
fore the investigation was finished,
and when Secretary Ballinger, as the
President had stated, knew that the
Cunningham claims were invalid.
When I appealed to Secretary Bal- j
linger for postponement, he re
ferred me to his subordinates. The
Department of Agriculture Inter
vened. I was superseded in charge
of the cases, and the man who super
seded me endorsed my recommenda
tions, and the postponement was
graiiited. Immediately thereafter I
made my report on the Cunningham
cases to President Taft, and was die
missed from the service for insubor
dination. Tho Alaska Frauds.
The first official communication to
the Land Office which suggested
that some or all of the Alaska coal
claims were fraudulent was made by
Special Agent H. K. Love In October,
1905. in June, 1907, Special Agent
Horace T. Jones was detailed by Mr.
Fred Dennett, First Assistant Com-
missloner of the General Land Office. 1
to make a complete Investigation.
Subsequently Jones was instructed by
.Mp. Ballinger to make the report a
preliminary one. Jones reported on
August 10, 1907, requesting further
investigation "by an experienced and
fearless agent." On August 2, 1907,
Love made a report favorable to the
issuance of patents to the Cunning
ham claims.
My first connection with these
-ases was when in the fall of 1907
discovered in Seattle, while Inves
tigating other mattei-B, that some or
nil of the coal claims were not bona
ilde. My report on this matter to
Mr. Ballinger stated that one claim
ant had refused me an affidavit on
ihe ground (that Mr. Ballinger hira-f-elf
had told some of the claimants
to make no statement until the
(barges were made, in order that
they might know what they had to I
meet, but that
I could not believe,
this statement. Mr. Ballinger never
commented to me on this phase of
my report
Mr. Ballinger told me he was a
friend of many of the claimants, but
that 1 was authorized to go ahead
and Investigate all these claims, no
matter what the result. He then
wrote me a letter putting me in
charge of the investigation of all the
Alavka coal claims. It was agreed
than just looks.
unshrunk cloth,
and Sincerity Clothes are
the only clothes out of
which all the shrink has
been completely removed
the London process.
The London pro
cess seasons a fabric
and keeps the suit
in the same shape
as when it was
bought for many
seasons. Look for
this label:
If wearing
clothes that look
the same as long
as you own them
is an advantage,
then it's well
worth while to
find a shop with
a Sincerity stock.
The "Sincrrily" Sly I
Book Bent free Jar
"an tuk" on o postal
. card.
6 Fischer Co.
CHICAOO
Roseburg at Harth's Toggery
Special Agent Love was a candidate
for United States Marsha) In Alaska,
he waB not In a position to make an
Impartial investigation. At our con-
ference In December, 1907, the
good faith of the Alaska entries was
discussed by Mr. Ballinger. On Jan-
uary 7, 1908, ten days afterward, Commissioner Dennett; presented the
Mr. Dennett, Assistant Commission- question to them lu respect to which
er, notified me, as Investigator of you had been consulted; found that
the whole field, that the Cunningham there was no probability of securing
claims had been approved for patent a patent of the claims without pre
on the Love report. , i sentlng them under recent remedial
A Leak in the Land Office. legislation Imposing conditions which
On January 16, 1908, Cunning-J the claimants were either unwilling
ham, agent for the claimants, wrote , or unable to meet. You so advised
tetter to the Juneau Land Office,
In which he said:
The Commissioner (Mr. Ballinger)
has furnished us with copies of all
the correspondence and telegrams
relating to our entrieB between the
various special agents and also with
your office. Up to date everything
seems to have been approved by
each department chief, so now our
only delay will be occasioned through
failure to receive plans according to
Judge Ballfnger's advice,
If the Cunningham claims had
then gone to patent, 6000 acres of
coal land, containing, according to
Mr. Cunningham's expert 91,000,000
tons of coal, would have gone to the
Cunningham group without adequate
investigation of title. When the
Cunningham claims were ordered to
patent, Mr. Ballinger and Mb as
sistants must have known, from the
reports of Special Agent Jones and
myself, the suspicious character of
these claims.
Special Agent Jones and I, at Wal
lace, Idaho, procured affidavits of
Cunningham claimants showing their
intention to consolidate their claims.
Then we went to see Cunningham.
Cunningham stated that he had heard
that some one complained that he
was taking claims for the Guggen-
helms. (The Jones report to Bal
linger contained the allegation that
nil indications pointed to the Gug
genheims. but it does not appear
how Cunningham got his confiden
tial Information). In order to re
fute this charge, Cunningham showed
us his books. These books con
tained a memorandum of agreement,
dated 1903, between the entrymen to
consolidate the coal lands. This
agreement was illegal for two rea
sons because It attempted to con
solidate more than the law allowed,
and because the agreement showed
that the entrymen took up the lands
vUh the Intention of deeding It to a
company and giving Cunningham
one-eighth of the stock.
Afterwards, and while Jones and I
were taking Cunulngham's affidavit,
ex-Governor Miles C. Moore, of
Washington, one of the Cunningham
claimants, came in and stated that he
had a reoent interview with Mr. Bat
linger in Washington, and that Mr.
Ballinger would have patented the
Cunningham claim but for my pro-
test. This Information given Moore,
and announced by him In Cunning
ham's presence, came near prevent
. ing tny obtaining the affidavit from
'Cunningham. In fact, the Informa
tion obtained by tills claimant, Miles
C. Moore, from the Land Office in
Washington, considerably hampered
me in my effort to get evidence.
The giving out of such Information
I was cuiurary 10 express regulation
ltnllliiwr Vrws Congress.
Mr. Ballinger retired as Commis
sioner of the Land Office In March,
1908. A few days before, while
still an officer of the United States,
Mr. Ballinger appeared before the
House Committee on Public Lands
In favor of the Cale bill, then pend
ing. In the course of his statement
he said:
"....the last section of the bill
provides for a consolidation of exist
ing entries and does not call for the
proof of good faith of the original
entry or location."
When Mr. Ballinger made this
statement (before the Committee on
Public Lands) he was urging a
change In the law by which .fraudu
lent entries would be made valid
by which the Cunningham group and
other Alaska claims would have re
ceived patents to practically 100,
000 acres of Alaska coal fields.
Whether or not we agree that a
fraudulent entry is a "technical vio
lation" of a statute, there seems lit
tle doubt that Mr. Ballinger was
then well-informed as to the defects
in the Alaska coal claims (which In
cluded the Cunningham group).
Ballinger llcronnw Attorney.
Within a short time after he re
signed, Mr. Ballinger became attor
ney for the Cunningham group of
claims.
There was at that time, and now
is. In force, a statute of the United
States which Bays
It shall not be lawful for any
person appointed after the first day
of June, 1 872, as an officer, clerk,
or employee In any of the depart
ments, to act as counsel, attorney, or
agent for prosecuting any claim
against the United States which are
pending in either of said depart
ments while he was such an officer,
clerk, or employee, nor In any man
ner, nor by any means, to aid In the
prosecution of any such ciairn, with
in two years, next after he shall
have ceased to be such officer, clerk
employee."
This is the only statute that I
lrnr.iv r,f rovnrflffiv lh imnrtifirlcl v
B fl,,t.Qrnr,.n.,t .Ht.. iolilns s.l.Wr..
against tho Government after his
resignation.
How Taft Applied Whlt-wadi.
Of that employment. President
Taft has said: "In the Interval, when t
you were not holding office, one of'
the Cunningham coal claimants con-
suited you In regard tu the proapct
of securing & patent uprn the claim,
and invited your attention to the
character of certain evidence which
was being used to impeach the valid-
tty of the claims by Special ftgeut
Glavis. You accepted the emp.oy-1
ment; visited Secretary Garfield and I
your clientB. To pay your traveling
expenses and for your services you
received $250 and no more.
"The inference which Mr. Glavis
seeks to have drawn to your dis
credit in this connection Is that you,
white Commissioner of the General
Land Office, came Into possession of
facts concerning the so-called Cun
ningham group of coal land claims,
which made it improper for you to
use such facts after your resignation
in the course of securing the patents.
I find the fact to be that, as Com
missioner you acquired no knowledge
in respect to the claims except that
of the most formal character, and
nothing which was . not properly
known to your clients when they con
sulted' you."
J.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 8. 4.
J. secretary Ballinger. when 4.
4. shown Colliers' Weekly, con 4.
talnlng Louis R. Glavis' story, A
4. said: 4
j. "It's a tissue of falsehoods, 4.
4 and utterly unwarranted In 4.
4. view of the facts, wbicb could 4.
4 be eastly obtained by anybody 4.
.j. wanting thorn." 4.
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VISION OK WEALTH. 4-
Queer distortions of fact
leap Into public print now and
then, and one of the most as
tonishing samples of that kind
is the following which ap
peared in the Evening Tele
graph, of Kalamazoo, Mich.:
ALBION, Mich., Oct. 28.
Mrs. Mary C. Chauncey, of this
city, has received word of tho
death In Hoseburg, Ore., of
William Host', husband of Mrs.
$ n
hauncey b sister, who died
many years ago. Hose left a
big fortune, being assessed on 4
the tax rolls for over $2, G0U,- 4s
4.
4.
t
t
i
uuu, ana propauiy largely ex
ceeding that amount. Mrs.
Chauncey Is entitled to one
tenth of the eHtate, and It is
believed her share will be ap
proximately half a million dol
lars. Her son, Dr. Edward
M. Chauncey, of this city, will
leave Monday for Oregon to
take charge of her affairs.
The dispatch undoubtedly
emanates from the suit grow
ing out of the estate of the
late Aaron Rose, Sr., and In
which George H. and Charles
Chauncey are leading litigants.
The estato originally did not
exceed five figures.
4. l f f 4 4- 4
NEW BRIDGE TO SPAN
t'MPQL'A AT ROHEIll'RG,
Umpqua and and Water Company
Ia'Ih Contract to K. O. Perfiam
To be Klnlnhed Next Muy.
A new bridge Is to span the South
Umpqua river In Hoseburg. A con
tract for Its construction has been
let upon competitive bidding to E
G. Perh am, of Marshfield. who has
Just completed the building of the
new bridge over Deer Creek. The
structure Is to be built by the Ump
qua Land and Water Company, which
Is handling Umpqua Park Addition,
situated on the west side of the
river. In the vicinity of the old
power station dam. Weather condl
lions permitting, Mr. Perham will
finish the bridge by May 1, of next
year.
The new bridge wilt be 650 feet
long over all and will be comprised
of six spans, with approaches, rest
ing on solid concrete piers, extending
30 feet above low water mark. The
east end will be located about 100
feet northwest of the power station,
Mr. Perham's many years of exper
ience Insures a first-claws, substan-
tlal bridge.
Qnce this bridge In opened, there
will be a material Increase In the
value of Umpqua Park Addition,
B-til,.h with IIb vatur rftnlau.. O
miles,' Is one of the moHt desirable
home localities anywhere around
Roseburg. This city will also be a
gainer, as it will give the citizens
ready access to a beautiful tract
which the townslte company has set
aside for a public park. This con-
I I sists of 17 acres of a combined grove
, ' of oak and maple trees. In every
way conductive to the comfort and
' recreation of visitors this grove will
I ha fixed U It. In addition, the river
' frnh! utlt t.O riruiiBroil tf.f hath In r
. for both sexes and for boating.
I The opening rales of the company's
j lots will toon be announced In this
paper.
111 o
Mrs. N. Laltaut left this morning
for Eugene.
Have Arundel tune it. dtf
Asked For by Roseburg Com
mercial Club
"GET TOGETHER" MOVEMENT
Taken Up la Earnest Possibility oi
Making the Umpqaa River
NaTlgable
Initial steps were taken by the
Roseburg Commercial Club Monday
evening toward urging Congress at
the coming session to make an ade
quate appropriation for a Federal
building In HoBeburg. This matter
was brought to tho attention of the
club by Hon. Blnger Hermann, who
cited the great need for such a
structure In this city. The business
of the Roseburg postoffice has out
grown Ha present quarters; the u.
S. Land Office will need much room
here for many years to come; the
forestry service headquarters has a
large and growing force of employees
here and the U. S. weather bureau
office is growing In Importance as
our population and business in
creases. Besides these there are
U. S. Bpecial agents, postal inspectors
and other officials who need offices
here nearly all the time. A large
Federal building is needed here
larger than at any other place In the
state outside of Portland to prop
erly house these various depart
ments. At the conclusLou or Mr.
Hermann's remarks. President
Joseph son appointed a committee
consisting of Hon. Singer Hermann,
Gov. F. W. Benson, Judge J. W.
Hamilton, Hon. Dexter Rice and
Hon. B. L. Eddy to prepare data of
our city s needs In this line, to
gether with suitable resolutions to
submit to Congress therewith. As
Congress will open about three
weeks hence on the first Monday
In December this committee will
report to the club at a special meet
ing to be held next Friday evening,
at which time every member should
he present. This Is a matter of no
small import to this city and th
club should ask for an appropriation
of at least $100,000 for the purpose
named.
Would Improve River,
Mr. Hermann also took up the
matter of requesting a government
survey, looking toward making the
Umpqua river navigable from
Scottsburg to Roseburg, by meaim of
locks and damB. This plan he be
lieves to be entirely feasible as there
are only about ten places which
need to be thus Improved. The
probable cont of Burvey would be
about $10,000. The game commit
tee will investigate- and report on
this matter also.
"Get Together" Meeting.
Hon. B. L. Eddy addressed the
club along lines looking toward in
creasing Its usefulness In advancing
the growth of our city and county.
A general "got together" meeting of
the club members and other citizens,
the latter part of this month, was
suggested: the meeting to Inolude a
banquet at the expense of the Indi
vidual members participating, per
has at the rate of one dollar per
plate. The object of this meeting
Is not to raise funds for any purpose.
It is to promote more harmonious
action among our people In general
for the advancement of Roseburg and
Douglas county. F. K. Alley, Joseph
MIceHl, L. Wlmberly, Dr. A. C.
Seely and W. C. Harding were
named by the president as a special
committee to take charge of this
matter, with full power to fix a date
and make all necessary arrange
ments for this "get together" ban
quet.
For n New Depot.
Numerous other matters were
discussed by the club. Including the
necessity for new freight and passen
ger depots In this city. A motion
was carried authorizing President
Josephson to appoint a committee to
vlBit General Manager O'Brien, of
the S. P. lines In Oregon, at
early date and present to htm our
city's needs In this line. Thin com
mittee will he announced later.
A motion for representatives
thin Commercial Club to visit other
points In the county and thus pro
mote more united action for the ad
vancemcat of the county,
as u nan I
mously carried. About six weeks
hence was suggested as being an ap
propriate time for these visitations,
no an to arou ho genera I I n t erest I n
the big gathering to be held In tills
city In January 13 and 14. 1910.
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ENGINE ICRS ONLY ARE
SATISFIED WITH PAY.
Conductors, Rrnkemen, Switchmen
and Firemen Demand More
Wages of Railroads.
"CHICAGO, Nov. S. Demands tor
uniform schedules and a wage in
crease of about 12 per cent are to be
made by conductors and tralnmou on
every railroad system east of Chi
cago. The movement involves 125,-
000 men. And includes eve-y tall
road east of the Illinois Central's
main Southern line, and north of
the Chesapeake & Ohio Rullroad. It
Is Bald to be the most st ipendou3
wage movement ever made by the
Railroad Brotherhoods, and has been
under consideration two years.
There are hints tonight that, ill west
ern roads will be drawn Into the
struggle.
Incident to the Eastern demnnds.
the switchmen and yardmen in Chi
cago, who are controlled hy Ihe
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen,
aro asking a wage advance of 6 cents
an hour.
Eighteen of the large trunk lines
with terminals In this city were
served with notice November 2.
Under existing contracts 30 days'
notice must be given by either Bide
of a coutemplated change in wages
or working conditions.
lanlmen Fnimo Demands.
Switchmen and yardmen who arc
controlled by the Switchmen's Union
In St. Paul and Minneapolis also are
moving for a wage increase and have
filed a domnnd for an advance of 6
cents an hour.
Locomotive firemen on all the
roads west of Chicago aro taking
steps to have existing schedules
changed and are after a wage in
crease. Tho only men who are not
Involved aro tho Iwomotlvo engin
eers, and they are charging bad
faith on tho part of the firemen and
say that the move or the latter Is
being made In order to force their
claims of jurisdiction over engin
eers on tho railroads rather than to
obtain an Increaso in wages. For
years the firemen hnve claimed the
right to legislate for engineers who
are members of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen and Engine
men, while the ' railroads have re
fused to recognize the claim.
Miner, Timi, Want More Pay.
PITTSBURG, Pa., Nov. 8. Thom
L. Lewis, president of the United
Mine Workers of America, Indicated
In an interview here yesterday that
the miners would make a stand for
higher wages in the spring.
A contest over the wage scale be
tween tho coal miners and operators
In tho Pittsburg district 1b forecasted
by a statement Issued lust night by
resident F. M. OHborn, of the Pitts
burg Vein Ooal Operators' Associa
tion, who said;
'It will not be passible, under
present conditions, for the operators
to consent to nu Increase In the wage
scale. Our expenses must be re
duced Instead of Increased. Al
though there is a greater demand for
coal, tho prlccB are lower, and there
Is a shortage of cars, which has its
deterienl effect ou business.
"It may bo found necessary to re
duce the scale.
Oregon View writing tablets and
envelopes, tho very latest, at Rose
burg Book Btore.
rsr J
I alwiiys uso
Oltmi-io Flouh in
carefully wlect!d NorthweHtern
wheat, tlioroly cleaned
by the miont modern methods known.
All the nutritions qunlitiei of the
wheat are returned and it
clean and pure and wholesome. If your
dealer can't supply yon, write ub and we'll
tell you who can but don't
other than Olympio-einMst
"ther bal any Jnat
mm good."
AT YOUR
HU.XLAMD rutuauu
IS KILLED
Frisco Street Car Skids and
Crashes into Wagon
ANOTHER WRECK KILLS TWO
Three Children Fatally Burned When
Lamp Overturns I. W. W.
al Spokane Crowing
Special to The Evening Review.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal Nov. 9.
Harry Spellmnn, a wagon driver,
was killed and nine other persons
Injured today, when an inbound
Ellis Street car skidded on the
slippery rails and crashed Into Spell-
man s wagon. Panic seized the 100
passengers of the car. Most of
those Injured were struck by flying
glasB. Spellmnn was horribly
mangl-'. Motormnn Harris has been
arresU on a . charge of man
slaughter. Two Trainmen Killed.
KNOXV1LLE. Tenn., Nov. 9.
Two trainmen were killed and a
third and a passenger were severely
hurt whon a rrelght train collided
with n passenger train ou the Louis
ville and Nashville road today.
Infant Hunts; Mother Crazed. ,
OMAHA, Neb., Nov. 9. Agnes'
Ztdarlcb, an Infant, was burned to
death and her two sisters, aged 4
and 2 yenrs, were probably fatally
burned when their homo was des
troyed by fire this morning. While
their mother llnd gone to gather
conl, leaving the children In bed, a
lighted lamp was overturned. A
neitfhhor smashed In a window and
carried the three children from the
blazing house, hut the youngest died
from tho effects of burns. The
other two are burned so badly that
their recovery Is doubtful. When
tho mother returned and learned of
the catastrophe her mind gave way.
Terror Within and Without.
TEHERAN, Persia, Nov. 9. Mes
sages recolved today from the be
sieged Russian cmisulntn at Ardebll
say that unions holp arrives within
the next 24 hours tho co hah Into will
fall into the hands of 3000 tribes
men. The rest 6f the city hnB been
sacked and many women have been
mistreated. Turkish troops are
now en rou to to the city aud It Is
honed they will arrive before night
fall. One IliMly Rwovered.
CHICAGO. Nov. 9. The belief
that Ernest Camp, aged 22, a chaf
feur, was one of the three occupants
of tho automobile which leaped from
an open draw bridge Into tho Chicago
(Continued on page 4.)
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