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SECRETARY'S '-'STENOGRAPHER v
f RELATES, STORY QF: SECRET
:mC0nFEREUCE:MOTTS: RESULT
The State Grange : Protests; Against the Asseimbiy-Conventfon
DOCKS ORDINANCE
CHARGES PRESS BUREAU ;
WORK WAS DONE DURING
HURRIED EASTERN TRIP
L7MT KERBY CHARGES
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, 'Analysis of Stenographer Kerby's statement shows :j ' -
President Taft indicted as subservient to dictates of Secre
tary oflnterior Ballinger. l ; - - -'
s Existence in -Taft cabinet of organized bureau, of which Bal
linger is head, which censors ' all news emanating , from White
House that involyes administrative; policy.' r. ...
'Ballinger personally supervised the writing by President Taft
of the letter exonerating him (Ballinger) of the Glavis charges
and .answering those charges.-: (This is the letter that was sup
posed to have been written y Taft last September, when Glavis
filed charges against Ballinger accusing' him of sharp- practices
in, connection with the Cunningham coal land cases and of hav
ing conspired to give the Guggenheim control , of the Alaskan
coal fields.) . , 4 - - - .
, That President ;Taft's attitude toward conservation of public
lands, water power sites and timber has "been directed'and guided
by Secretary, of 'the Interior Ballinger.; .-'
, ," - (TTnltod Prow Laat4 Wlla.) : ; ' ;," :'';:":..,, ..
' ?an FranciBco, May 14. Frederick M. Kerby," stenographer In the
" office of Secretary of the Interior Ballinger, in'-a signed, statement de
clare4 that the "Lawlor memoranda," about which there has been much
: discussion during the past few days of the Ballinger-Plnchot inquiry, was
r a letter evidently intended as a basis for the letter written by the pres
ident exonerating Ballinger .and answering the Glavis charges, according
-to a special dispatch from Washington. to the. Daily News today,':" J 1'j
' The letter was taken when Lawlor, assistant attorney-genera?-for,
the department of the Interior, went to Beverly to .consult- wuti-Taft,-,
shortly befr4h. Taffc-letter was Issued.' "It had been revised, Kerby
says, Just before this trip, by those most Interested, Including- Ballin
' ger himself. -s, . v.
Kerby'B statement was made to representatlvea of the , ScrlppVMc-'
'! Rae newspapers la Washington, the News special saysiV' ,
The statement follows; " , . , .
i' "My service with the government began In the spring of 105. In .
.February, 1906V, I was transferred to the bureau of corporations; depart-
meat of commerce and labor. - James A. Garfield was commissioner of .
corporations, i In' July, 1906, pugh;A. Brown, Garfield's private 'eecre ,
tary, jnade me a clerk la '.the commissioner's office. ) On March 4,'..190T
- Garfield "was made 'secretary ,ot (th interiors Later in the nionth Gar
fielditook James G. Massey and myself ; over as stenographers in bis, .
. .new office. , - , t, ,4.h . " i ' t " s i
- 'fMassey and I both served under Garfield until he retired and Bal- -'
linger was mad secretary. - Joet he fore he left, Garfield called Massey
; and me Into his private office. , He eald complimentary things about our '
work with him and then said he had recommended to Ballinger that we '
- be retained in the office. Ballinger had appointed Don M. .'Carr to be
- his private secretary. Massey and I both knew Carrv Carr told us Bal-
linger had decided to retain us in our positions. ' - '" . , : '
' "AlmoBt immediately after Ballinger became secretary. Pierce Law-t
lor wae appointed assistant attorney general for the' Interior depart- '
ment. On June 24, 1909, I left fora long trip through the west, with
Becretary Ballinger. Ballinger 's purpose was to go over the field with
the idea-of studying the , reclamation service., ;
"T1 Ballinger party traveled' through I tempt at concealment.' The letter bo
th northwest all lest summer. We I sane Bir.' it referred to Ballinger aa
had been ta Seattle on day, and were
plannlnr to make a -trip down throurh
' California and Joia Taft on tale western
trip ln.Denrer, when Balllnser sot a let-
Ur from Tart containing- tne uiane
charges and asking for a reply to them,
'."Immediately BaJllnger. awltched tale
plans and . out the trip abort to go to
Washington at once. Accordingly Bel
linger, Carr and myeelf started back
and reached Washington, Friday, Sep
tember , Juat before noon. We had
been working on Bellinger's answer to
-the Olarla charge during oar trip
aeross the' continent and we were all
ready to take up the 'work ag&la In the
afternoon when we reached the ornce.
"The off iciale concerned Were celled
Into ooneultation that afternoon, while
we worked hard until Sunday. Balliev
ger.and Lawlor left Mondair nlgt for
Beverly. They, did not return to the
office again until Thursday morning.
better. Plainly. Vmttem for Tft.
.'"Upon the return lwlor took up hia
qfiartere In Ballinger private office,
calling in Massey end m for dictation.
It wae obvious, from the -wy Lawlor
dictated the letter, what It -was Intend
ed to. be. Moreover, there wae no 'at
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PEPOOIIDEFBISE
ATTACKS STATFS
DESPITE PROTESTS
LEADiriG VMIESS
Openly Informs Committees of
Business Men. Who Speak
. ; for Public Wharves, That He
Opposes the Plan. ;
UNABLE TO ANSWER ,
QUESTIONS FIRED AT HIM
Attempts to Create Impression
That Morton Crossan, Aged
Mountaineer, Killed t Edith Boldly Declares People Didn't
Pepoon.
Realize What They Were
. Doing When . Voting.
(By. Verne Hardin Porter, 'Journal i
Staff Correspondents) t
Cqlvtlle, Wash., May 14 .Did $5-1
year-old Morton Crossan kill 'Edith I
Pepoon out of a feeling of mercy?
It Is evident today from the line
Hlatory of ' FnbUo Socks Oral
' aanoe.
The ': public docks ordinance
of examlnation'of witnesses by coua Wedneeday and which the mayor1
sei ror tne defense that an attempt win veto, was passed in almost
is being made to create such, an lm- ( Jt" Present form August 29, 10T.
nrMlnn"lii tia Tti- A fha inn. T """"' r iae people oaa
men. - xviorion crossan nas peen ua
one person to aid Mrs. E.' D. Wol-
cott and Mrs. Pugh. The defense to
day- called him with, the object of
asking him Impeaching questions and
endeavored in the face of ;a rapid
fire of objections: on the part of
voted S for 1 for municipal own-
ershlp of the waterfront and for
n the -r appropriation - of'- $500,000
4- with which to build docks, . j
4 - The ordinance when passed by
4 the council was signed by Mayor
' Lane the same day. Councilman
Baker, Beldlng, Cellar and Wal
lace voted - for the - ordinance
counselor the, state, to the ;
strange mentareuffertng which he is Mayii, 1910. -
alleged to have undergone after the , - After the ordinance had' been
death of the woman "opted and signed it was found
.The defense opened its case with-II 7"f, J "
out a statementi a uew move incrlm- fled in it on account of this
Inal jurisprudence,., and especially technicality the measure was re
strange, considering the- fact that 1 f?. tfcrmjarif the various
counsel for the defense without hes- I , ,.3. S
Jtatioa hegan recalling vthe, State's duced. November lO. 1 ?0, Joseph
witnesses' in an effort to impeach the ; Simon' was mayor or Portland,
testimony of the aged: homesteader rj?lH,1f,ri,n wf" ref "ed
The first witness for the defense to- I a
day was Mrs. Massle Downs, who was I
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WANTS PUBLISHER
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HEMPTCIKGE
Frank- Kiernan,i Who : Opposes
Bond Issue for Broadway
Bridge Takes Exception to
..Editorials Printed in Journal
PAPER HAS CHAMPIONED .
V CAUSE OF EAST SIDERS
Vigorous ..Campaign , to Hurry
. Work Has Been Conducted
'"'f ."' - for Months.. ,'
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final passage . the four . council-
men had changed front ' . . . , -
the sUr witness for the state, and who a av av A a
waa recalled to answer an impeaching , T : T -
question. . She, was asked If ahe had a Mayor . Simon told committees from
conversation on, March 15. ;h 1J10, In I the ChumW. f rnmtn.r. m--.
which shesaid she saw Ray Wlleot, 1,...., v...h.,. ,. Tj n,
.vi... ..n ... .v.. : .v. ten to you. but I know what I am ro-
. . .... .. ' .ltng to do.N said the mavnr. . v;'.; . w
cpunm Ptu caiica-a.ritn vnnnn in , - .
an attempt to impeach his testimony
for the state.'. V ' , ' .'vv-.v . 1
"Did you not tell ? W. W. Barr . two
weeks, after .Edith Pepoon' death that
yorf could not etay at your ranch any
more, that von were living In the tor
ment of hell r asked .J. A. Kochford.
"No," ' replied Crossan sharply. "
"Then." persisted the atttorney. "did
you not tell Howard Featherkile two
week - after . the woman's murder, . that
you ' were burned by the hell' fire.
that you -could not. stay at your ranch
because you could aea Edith Pepoon' s
face forever before you?"
'I did not." answered Crossan.
Counsel for the defense then : tried
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"The ordinance seems to me a piece
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PAYNE LAV GOOD
.FOR PHILIPPINES
WILL NOT
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Demand for Islands' Staples
Exceeds Supply and Plant
. ; : 'ers Prosper.; , ' '
- fTnttM ni fjiasia Wire.) ,
San Prancisco, May 14. The -Psme
tariff bill enables the planter of the
Philippine to reap a rich harvest, ao-
corvang , to ' James Ross, former ludre
of the court of first Inetance, at Manila,
wno i at present in Ban Francisco. The
effect of the measure was felt at once
after It passage.:.
"Sugar went up to price absolutely
unheard of before," said Judge Rosa
"When I left Mania It was selling at
pesos (M.P a plcul cm pounds).
Tobacce he been affected the same
way. For the first time In the bletorr
of the islands the demsnd Is greater
than the supply. By the Payn bill the
planter, who have been held down la
years past by , debt. Incurred through
loss or cattle by cholera and other dls
eases, are getting upon their feet." -
MONKEY AYRENCH JUST
AS GOOD AS A GUN IF
HOLDUP MAN THINKS SO
In SDite of earnest efforts on the part
of Mayor Simon and the ' special coun
cil committee appointed by him to con
fer with the O. R. '& N. Co. and the
Northern Pacific Terminal 'Co, with' the
object of arriving at an equitable com
promise whereby . the city , : would ...be
able to go ahead with the work of
constructing, the Broadway bridge .with
out the necessity f condemning right
of ways for the' approaches, and where
by the. corporations rwould receive con
cession from the city In return for
the Broadway rights of way and other
compensations asked for by the mayor
and .. the committee, these - representa
tives of ' the city have seen their con
scientious endeavor come to naught.
The railway companies have refused, to
compromise, ta it::jAV,iyi'.:?K
v In a letter dated April; St,'. General
Manager O'Brien ef the XX R. & N.
Co. answers )n detail the official com
munication of : the - city officials set
ting, forth the . things expected of . the
corporation by the city Almost every
eoncession, requested by the mayor and
the committee la flatly refused In suc
cinct terms, t X - ,'''
. The answer of the Northern Paclfle
terminal Co. ha not ' been officially
filed, but it 1 understood that this com
pany will also politely but none the las
certainly refuse to compromise. , , ; '
Among the .requests made of the
Terminal company by the council com
mittee . was that It - should build both
approaches to the Broadway bridge at
an estimated t cost of $400,000 , in ex
change for some .doien or more streets
for'' the vacation of . which ;t It has pe
titioned. ? These streets ars' already in
the " possession ' of the company, being
occupied by tracks in the terminal yards.
One of the donations upon which the
O.: R. .& N.1 company lays particular
stress is that Of a 86 acre park tradt in
South Portland. . The appraiser , esti
mated the value of this tract at 13000
an acres councilman Rushlight, of the
special committee, consider . the , pro
posed gift more than offset by the in
creased value , that wilt obtain on the
remaining 100 acres tf the company's
holding in South Portland when the
boulevard system 1 completed. ', '
' Appraisers appointed by the city to fix
the value of the property sought by the
railway and that which the city asks
for In return have estimated that if . the
city' offer were accepted the companies
till have a great deal the best of the
bargain." --... .v; ' J
; ,. Appraisers at Tariaaoe. ..'y
An Instance of the irreconcilable dif
ference that arose between the corpo
ration and the committee can be cited
7 Frank Kiernan,' whose suit to restrain
the sale of bonds for., the Broadway
bridge has .' long obstructed - that Im
provement, ' now; wants - C. S. ' Jackson,
publisher of The Journal, punished for
contempt 'of - court -for h publication
of .an editorial last Wednesday allud
ing to the delays that have taken place
and the great public need for the bridge.
Kiernan, in an affidavit filed hy him.
construes thla editorial to b an at
tempt to influence the court's action in
their decision and conduct Of the case.
Based upon this affidavit . Presiding
Judge Morrow Issued- a .citation requiring-
Mr. Jackson to appear next Wertnes-'
day and show cause why he should nut
be punished for . contempt of court.
Kiernan,' Whose ; affidavit, was ;. pre
pared by Ralph R. Dunlway, hlB attor- :
ney, says the editorial was published
on the day it was announced there
would , be a. court hearing- oa the de
murrer, the demurrer coming up yester
day;'' .. "t" ky.-:' '.
r Journal -A3 vocates Bridge.
Kiernan alleges this was calculated to
obstruct and embarass the court, to in
fluence the decision, -' and to cause the
plaintiff to be denied the right to have
his case determined on the merits. -
Referring to a statement, In the edi
torial" that the courts ; were never in
tended to degenerate Into a device to bo
used In tearing down the honest enter
prises and activities of society, Kiernan
says this is false; for the courts - were
created for'the purpese of-determining
Just such questions as are involved in
the Broadway bridge suit. r '
The Journal has, from the beginning
of the campaign ' for-- the Broad wa y
bridge, been an advocate of its- construc
tion, and has frequently pointed out th
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Westminster, Mass. May 14.
With nothing but a ntck)e plated
monkey wrench. It year old Pearl
Burr a. railroad telegraph opera
tor at this place, late last night
held at bay for 4t minute a tnaa
w-ho give the nam of Patrick
Ctaeary. whe wa endeavoring to
eater the dp4.
The girl was sloae la the sta
tion wha the ansa raised a rear
window and started to climb tn.
Petag a monkey wrench Mis
Bares leveled it at the Intruder
and ordered him to eland still
vlU his hands up. The erdr
was obeyed, and the girl -raUed"
Betrai an o,d the dirpatcher ef
the e!ruaUn. ,
- A fruliht train was harrledly
at ta Weetralneter. aad whew
the ervw.arrtTed rn the efi
te girl n:l the fort and .
,th man waa tk,ln rw.tody
and turiied er t t.' poiio.
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FLOCK OF GRAFTERS OF
PinSBURB SEIITEIICED;
New Tbra. May 14. Judge Holt to
day tn the- federal court dismissed a
writ of habeas corpus sued out by at
torneys for rrank N. Hoffstot. thv In
dicted Pttsburg banker. - The writ pre
vented Hoffstot' extradition to Pitta-
burg. The court, however, granted Hoff
stot a stay- pending an appeal to ta
United State court of appeala. ,
EIGHT LIIITHS IS LIMJT
TROOPS TO QUELL v I
BADTAOSIiffi
Land Fencers and Census Tak
ers Enrage Tribesmen Sup
. posed to Be Good. -
. (United Praat Leased Wire.) :
Washington. May 14. A troop of cav
alry was today ordered from Fort Win
gate to drive the Pueblo Indian bin.it
to the Taos reservation and prevent fur
ther depredations.
. The order followed a" conference be
tween Secretary of War Dickinson an. I
President Taft. "The president was not
willing to permit the territorial mttitta
of New Mexico to be in control.
Dispatches received here are nnirr.
but say that 60 or more Indians, in an
ugly, mood, left the reservation.
Santa Fe, N. M.. May 14 TeleT.hone
and telegraph wires Into Taos, N. M.,
th Pueblo central to the district where
the Pueblo Indians are on the warrath.
were- cut today.
Sixty picked men of the territorial
guard were dispatched last night In s
special train, but owing tn lark of com
munication their whereabouts Is un
known.' The fear Is expressed fcr
that thya presence ef soldiers may In.
dt hitherto peaceful Indians to in
the tribesmen already In revolt.
Pittsburg. Pa-. May 14. A. A. Vll-
sack. former cashier OS -the German
National bank, was sentenced todsy t
serve eigbt months In jail and pay e
fine of iseoo. - vuaack waa Indicted In
the reeeat graft Investigation and plead
ed nolle contendere.
He wa convicted of having offered a
bribe to councilmen of the city to
secure th passage - ef aa ordinance
naming' the bank aa a depository for
erfy fund a.
F.x -Councilman Charle Stewart, ens
of (he Ti g six" and one of the prime
mover In the aHaM scheme to eb-
stn mosey from banks tn return for
naming them aa rlty dpo1torlea, wa t
nenced to serve eight month la Jail
and a f!f-d !' .
)- d-s . . k r1 ptewart, WinSam.
Itrard, jrre , '. r t ef the common eosincil, J ia they n; '
Joseph Wasson. president of the finance
committee, John F. Klein, former coun
cilman, and William Ramsey, president
of the German National bank, have
been convicted 1 and. are now serving
term la the penitentiary.. .-.
x-Counc)hnah Hugh Ferguson was
Sentenced today to serve eight months
tn Jail and pay a fine of I i 04.
Dr. W. H. Webber was sentenced to
errs ix month tn Jail and pay a fin
f 1504. - '.,
Kx-Couneilmaa " P.- IX . JKeama was
sentenced to serve four months In Jail
and to pay a fin ef $70.
Kx-Councflman Morris Einstein waa
sentenced ta serve six months snd to
pay a fine of 26.
- Aa attempt to block the graft pro
secution here was begun today when
enarges ef perjury were filed agalnat
Johnny Klein, rfclef witness for tv.
prosecution. Thne rlacins the charr-. rr"rrtr c
hope, to dtonredtt the t-tlmnnr cfl Tne trc.
Klein, which involved many Indicted r;er;rln
convicted men. j r i ; - i tv
Klein wss brof)ht from the pnt- t- if "
tent'arr to be PT-e.r.t hi cnirt. Pl.;i "f
return to pr1. he H afr y: I I'i
,"l m rirtg I J mtr.t t- l- en
to - -' - r-'-t f l' t- "
Santa Fe, N. M., May 14 Two com
panies of New Mexico National Guards
men are being rushed today to Heranra.
where they will take horses to trie an
cient Taos Indian pueblo to qutll an cr
rtslng among the Ind'are.
Ellsandro Quintano tint :f lei Governor
Mills from Bersnca tr.at the ii'uj'hi
hadgoae beyond M control, and r
ques'ted that the militia be nt.
The Indiana ere said to ta r ' '
with liquor and bare a)re !r -r "-1
many arts of depreciation. u?" t- -phone
and telegraph wires. 1 -
the stock of settlers irl t-.-r
White women and rhiJTren.
Reporle from t)-m ef f -
ris'r.a state tht s t-l '- ( r-
assaulted f,-. I- S ?'- - '.
rsnchrran. inj tr tn I '
The stork en t"e ? r- m
rtea Int.i f- r 1 I