Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 5, 1910, Page 1

4 ( €y Y STRIKE BEGINS | ¢ AT MIDNIGHT Counsel for Philadelphia Carmen Reject Scheme for Arbitration Offered by Company. GENERAL WALKOUT PROCLAIMED All Union Men Asked to Cease Work y Until Strike is Settled. STATEMENT OF THE COMPANY Offers to Take Back All Men it Has Room for to March 7. COMMITTEE OF NINE EMPLOYES | It Offers to Take Up Grievances w This oard—Only Men Who Return to Work te He Recognized. ot! by BULLETIN, PHILADELPHIA, March the striking car men declared late today that the company’'s offer for esttlement was not acceptable. Hugh Barron, sccre- tary of the car men’'s local union, later nt a letter to the committee of t ) fch has the strike in hand, requesting o e committee to place the general strike order In effect. The committee of ten then fssued & proclamation to the workingmen of Philadelphia requesting them to quit work at midnight and to remain away from Mtheir employment until the car strike Is settléd, 4.—Counsel for PHILADELPHIA, March 4—The Phila- dolphia Rapid Transit company, late this atternoon, fssucd Its reply to the strikers' proposition to arbitrate, proposing a com- “mittee of nine employes to take up the grievances of the men. The strikers are not recognized unless they return to work. The statement offers to take back the men up to midnight, March 7; that is, those the company has room for. As to arbitration with the strikers under the sct of 1893, the statement, says that cannot be done, as the relationship between the em- ployes and the employer has been severed. How Many Will Strike. 'rh?‘numher of men that will obey the strikel order cannot be approx'mated at this time.. The unions claim an affillated membership of 100,00. Director of Pub'ic Safety Henry Clay declared from an in- vestigation he has made he belleves only 20,000: will respond to the leaders. The trac- tion gompany claims that it has more than 1,000 cars in operation today. Labor leaders are golng ahead with thelr preparations for'the big walkout crdered to take place at midnight tonight. Tho carpenters and jolhers, whose national of- ficors are here, also decided to demand an ‘Increass in wages for thelr men as well as Joining in the generai sympathetic strike. The leaders on botu sides of tha controversy are recelving hundreds of tele- grams from all over the United States glv- ing them wmoral support and endorsing their respective attitudes. The strikers are hearing from many labor unions and lead- ers ald the Rapid Translt company. is get- ting lctters' from associations and em- ployers. 7he Natlonal Assoclation of Manutacturers sent telegrams character- istic of its well known position on the labor question. There was little change in the street car service early today. General Committee Strikers. It the general strike goes into effect it will be conducted by a committee of tem, with ‘John J. Murphy, president of the Central Labor union, at its head. The committee will meet dally during e continuance of the strike and arrange- ments have been made to have other union leaders In almost continuous sessions at difterent halis to take quick action as the situation chang The members of the Theatrical Stage Employes' unlon have been granted a din- peneation which provides that they may remain at work until midnight tomorrow. This was done in order that the productions at the varlous theaters may finish out this waeek's engagements. 1t was reported that the city might be plunged into)ldarkness by a strike of tho chanical force of the Philadelphia Elee- :!1 company, which controls all the pub- Ue and commercial electric lighting bus ness in Philadelpkia. An officlal cf the company, however, explained that very few ot its employes are connected with unfons. The same condition exists relative to em- ployes of the eity pumping stations, The Fresco Painters' union gave notice to its men to quit at § o'clock this after- noon and remain away until further notlce ( | IOWA OPERA HOUSE BURNED Esthervi Early Morning Blaze of Un- known Orig ESTHERVILLE, la, March 4.—(Spec'al Telegram.)—Fire this morning completely Qestroyed the opera rouse here, causing 1088 to the Lough estate of $15,000, with in- Surance amounting to $6,000. James 8. Cox & Co.. publishers, lost $5,000, covered by insurance. The origin of the fire is un. known, g S ————— Men Restrained. DEADWOOD, 8. D, March 4.—(Special.) =As B direct result of the recent attack of members of the Terry Peak Miners' unfon o0 nonunion men at Terry, the Moghl Minkg company has secured In the olfenit s court @ mporary injunction restraluing the unlon men from in any way interfering with the employes or property of the company. The ywiit is returnable this month, when the question of whether it will be made permanent, will be decided by Judge Rige. This s the first time in "many years that the Injunction has been resorted to by & Black Hills mining com- paAnY and was used to prevent further srouble, It s thought that all efforts at violence are at an end, although the smaller companies expect to commence the “‘mportation of men like the Homestake, igme time this month, ——— L rmen’s Convent Postponed, UX FALLS, 8. D, March 4.~(Special,) annval convention of the Southe a South Dakota Retall Lumbermen's ussoclation, which was scheduled to eon- vene In this city this afternoon for mes- ‘slous lasting until Saturday evening, has been postponed for & period of two weeks, Ln. postponement was due to the death James W. Parker, & well-known lum. ‘berman of Sioux Falls, who was a prom- Insnet member of the assoclatign Saffers $20,000 Loss by | 'Rayner Lashes Senator Burkett in the Senate |- "Mnryhnd Senator Devotes Consider- able Time to Sarcastic Speech Over Postal ank Measure, (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, March 4.—(Special Tele- | gram.)—In bitter Inveetive, In which the | constitution, its prerogatives and its appli- | catlon to the pending postal savings bank bill were entirely forgotten, Senator Rayner | replied today to Senator Burkett's remarks | of recént utterance by giving the Nebraska | senator a sarcastic, vituperative tongue lashing for nearly half an hour. It was a whom characterized it as an exhibition rarely heard in the senate chamber. With- |out attempting dignified argument against | the propositions advanced by Ssnator Bur- | kett, Benator Rayner relieved his feeling: Wwhich it was evident had been sorely tried by Benator Burkett's address. Senfitor Bur- kett was a silent listener, and It is not be- lteved he will make uny further reply. Senator Brown today made a favorable report from the Indlan affairs committee | Indians to submit to ‘the court of claims their claims against the United States. The bill has been favorably passed upon by the | Indian office and concurred in'by the In- | terlor department. Lieutenant Colone! Frank F. Eastman, | deputy commissary general, will proceed to Valentine, Neb., to inspect subsistence sup- Ppiles, Rural carrlers appointed are: Nebraska— | Kearney, Route 6, C. I. Swartwood, car- | rier; no substitute. lowaw—Hinton, Route |3 David B. March, carrier; no substitute. Thirty-Three Miners Killed By Explosion 1 {Bodies of Ten More Men Are Found in Mexican Shaft of Treadwell Mines. JUNEAU, Alasks, March 4—Thirty- three miners are dead as a result of | Wednesday night's powder magazine ex- | plosion in the Mexican shaft of the Tread- | well gold mines, it was announced today. | Twenty-three bodles were taken out soor after the explosion, elght others were found in a later search and two dled In a hospital. Five other men in the hospital {are badly injured. It is supposed the care- lessness of a miner caused the explosion. The dead men are mostly foreigners, all copper miners. ‘Stope Boss Nels Rustgard is among the dead. Rumored She Geta $30,000 a Year from Millfonalre—Lutter Gives & Big Ball. NEW YORK, March 4—The interlocu- tory decreé of divorce of Mrs. Ava Willing Astor from her husband, Colonel John.J. Astor, was made final foday in Justice Mills' court in White Plains, -Neither of | the parties to the suit appeared in court. Mrs, Astor Is now in Europe. After the decrec was signed Mrs. Astor's counsel .hurried to catch a traln, . leaving an inquiring crowd of reporters on a vain quest . to_obtain Information concering the alimony settlement and the disposition of | the two . Astor children. Report has It | that Mrs. Astor will receive $50,000 a year | alimony. Mrs, Astor brought sult against Colonel Astor last year for a divorce on statutory grounds. Colonel Astor gave a ball last night in his newly remodeled mansion on Fifth avenue. SANTA FE TRAIN IS DERAILED Several Passengers Injured in Wreck Twenty Miles West of Pueblo. PUEBLO, Colo., March 4.—Santa Fe pas- senger train No. 068, which left here at 1:30 p. m, for La Junta, was wrecked twenty miles west of here this afternoon by spreading rails. Several passengers i | were Injured. The train was made up of | !a baggage car and two coaches and all the cars left the track and overturned. | The most seriously Injured were taken to La Junta. It is not believed that any of | the Injured will dle. Among the injured was J. A.. Vincent of Washington, Ia. ( Children Durn to Death. GRAHAM, Mo., March 4.—Bruce Donald- son, aged b years and Maragaret Cancker aged 4, wero burned to death this ater- noon as the result of a gasoline explosion in a smoke house at the Cancker home, where the children were playeing. It 18 thought the children set fire to the gaso- line with matches. great surprise to his colleagues, many of | |on Senator Burkett's bill allowing Omaha | FINAL DECREE FOR MRS, ASTOR WEATHER FORECAST. For Nebraska—Generally fale, For Jowa-—Generally fair, For weather report see page , OMAHA, SENATE AGAIN TAKES RECESS Postal Savings Bank Bill is Debated. by Upper House {}or:"fl » HounGii st % NO VOTE YET “ iN SIGHT Seven or Eight Other Senators Want to Make Speeches. |CUMMINS AMENDMENT FACTOR It Seeks to Limit Federal Use of Funds to War Time. ACRID EXCHANGES OF VIEWS | Senators Root and Oarter Dwell Upon Necessity of Protecting the Credit of the United States. WASHINGTON, March 4.—After labor- | ing today for almost six hours in atmos- phere surcharged with the electricity gen- erated by sharp confliet of opinion the senate again fafled to reach a vote on the postal savings bamk bill and once more took a recess untll the following day. The result of this action is that the legislative day of March 3 Is continued until tomorrovr. There Is some uncer- tainty as to whether f1aal action even then will be reached. When the recess was taken Senatot C: ter stated seven or eight senators had ex- pressions yet to be delivered and he did not want to guess how many other speeches thege might provoke, Six Hours of Oratory. Not during the several weeks that the postal bill has been before the senate has there been a day of debate approaching in any degree the proceedings of today. Be- ginning at 11:30 o'clock the flow of ora- tory continued without interruption until after 6 o'clock, when in utter despair of reaching the end Mr. Carter moved a re- cess until 11:45 a. m. tomorrow, when the lingutstic exercises will be resumed. During ghe day there were specches by Senators Rook“Carter, Cummins, Rayner, Clapp, Borah, Clay, Newlands and a num- ber of otheps representing almost as many views as there were speakers. The Gumming amendment to the Smoot | amendment, limiting to times of war' the | exigencles in which the postal.funds may be withdrawn from the banks in whick they are deposited, was the tachnical sub- ject of discussion during the entire sitting and during that time there were many rather acrld exchanges of views. Root and Carter Speak. Senator Root dwelt especially upon the necessity of protecting the. ercdit of the country and he appealed strongly to the | patriotism of senators in that interest. Mr. Caxter strongly Imw this appeal | 8nd drew even & fio ploture of | possibility of an unexpected national de- | mand for fundy than was presented by the New York senator. | ‘Both Senators Clay(and Cummins charged | Mr. Smoot with inconsisteney In originally | presenting an amendment prohibiting the )wllhdrn,wll of the postal funds from the |local banks .and following that up with| | another provision authorizing such wllh-i |drawal In the contingency of need for the, funds by the government. H Mr. §moot defended his course as duec to the fact that he had been convinced of the unconstitutionality of the proposed law without some provision justifying it under the borrowing clause of the conflllu"nnv‘ Senator Carter stated frankly that his| change of position was due to the parlia- | mentary necessity of putting the bill in| such shape as to insure a majority vote| | for 1t. BASIN County TO HAVE NEW JAIL Commissioners Order 11t and Will Have New Bridges. One | BASIN, Wyo., March 4—(Spectal Tele- | gram.)—The county commissioners of Big | Horn county have ordered a new county | | jail and an office for the sheriff to be| erected upon the site of the present jall. | The old eourt house, Which has been con- | demned as unsafe and which has been! vacated, will by this action now be razed and the materlals partly used In the con-! struction of the new bulldings. Bidders ! upon the structures to be bullt must fur- | nish thelr own working plans and specifi- | cations at their own cost. Bids for this work will now be recelved and opened on April 2, and must be accompanied by a certified check for 5 per cent of the amount | of the estimated cost. The Board of Com- missioners also ordered new bridges built over Clark Forks river near the mouth of Pat O'Harra, Creek river and Gray Bull river, mear Meeteetse. ‘Where shall the Omaha High school girl 8o to college? Onee this was a question to be settled by confident pappas and doting mammas. Now the girlles of the high school are banded Into & “colleget club,” where they, after mature deliberation and weight councils, Will, in the vastness of their wis- dom, determine the worthy and proper in- stitution to be graced by thelr attendance. Maybe there is the least wee bit of a possibility that certaln schools which might not exactly clalm Omaha as territory tribu- tary to their fashionable eastern college halls, might take an altrulstic interest in the “college club.” An educational kidnapers’ trust? Oh, horrors, no! How ecould one belleve that educational Institutions founded for the great human uplift could be mercenary? Perish the thought! Of course It is easier for the college so- licitor to get them In bunches or clubs. The “college club” meeting s In sesslon Miss Madylenne Blanque, distingulshed and well-gowned graduate of Most Any Proper college on the Hudson, is holding forth ad- vising the shooting ideas where to go to blossom. “Of course, It Is not because it is my alma mater, not but that there are other perfectly good schools that would do if we did not have ‘ours,’ but it is because I am 80 Interested In your welfare High School Boys and Girls | Bunch Up for Big Colleges “Now, there Is just nothing to compare with the atmosphere of our college. Then one meets so many awtully nice girls there, too, dontcherknow. The word pictuie is painted, the Young Idea I3 put In a receptive mood, captivated and charmed. How very lovely to go to this school, where they wear such nice gowns and have such delightful spreads on | class day! The Young Idea then in the maturity of | ner “judgment atter due deliberatiqn de- cldes. Yes, Miss Madylenne . Blahque's school 1s really the only place. Of course sho does it independently. How could a mere college send out its workers who could so Influence the firm and decisive mind of 17 years? It a girl might have possibly been destined to her own state's university, the elaboration of attractive lifo otherwhere wouldn't matter In the least. That is why they do it. Wednesday the first meeting of the girls' college club of the Omaha High school was held. There were talks from grad- uates of Bryn Mawr, Vassar, Wellesly, Cornell. Miss Mackin was chosen soclety teacher and Miss Marle Gordon was named re- porter for the organization. P. S.~Oh, by the way, the boys of tho high school also have a “college club” and they get theirs, too. Several large institu- tions have recently sent thelr representa- tives hitherward SATURDAY MORNING, o MARCH 5, News Note—Several Fifteenth Century Historical Frescoes Have Been Found Near Deruta, Ttaly, Under Several Coats of ‘Whitewash. LIVE STOCK MOVEMENT LICHT |Government Report Shows TFalling Off in Receipts. HOG SHIPMENTS ARE WAY DOWN Grain Receipts Show Decided fa. erease Over Corresponding Pe riod Last Year—iCoal i8 Also Up.' - masements {ofthe’ month of Jen: uary, 1919, according statiatics of - the Department of Comiherce and Labor, showed heavy movements of coal and coks In the east, increased grain receipts at the interior markets, light movements of live stock In the middle west and of cotton in the south. At seven primary Interior markets live stock receipts during the, month, totaled 8,084,892 head, compared with 3,706,892 and 4,629,838 head recelved during January, 1909 and 198. Recelpts of hogs were il per cent below January, 1909, and 48 per cent below the January, 1908, totals, all the clties shar- ing in the decline, Shipments for the month. of packing house products from Chicago aggregated 167,380,123 pounds, compared with 159,584,534 and 213,208,423 pounds shipped during Jan- uary, 1909 and 1908, . Grain recelpts during tho month at four- teen primary interior markets totaled 06, 226,007, compared with 51222172 and 66,440,~ 721 bushels in the same month of 1909 and 1908, The eastward trunk line movement of grain from Chicago and Chicago junction points during the four weeks in January, 10,714,000 Bushels, showed a_decided decline from corresponding figures in 1900 and 1908, when 16,115,000 and 1349700 bushels, re- spectively, were reported. Slght receipts of cotton during the five months of the present crop season ending in January totaled 5037723, as against 10,- 148,657 bales iIn January, 1909 The monthly movement of bitiminous coal over seven leading eastern coal earrying rallroads, 7,636,741 tons, showed a larg crease over the shipments in January, which amounted to 5,851,396 tons. The mated coke production at Connelsville ing five weeks ending January 2) 2,906,222 tons, compared with 1,812,879 in January, 1009, kansas TCITY EDITOR DEAD Alexander Butts, Associate on the Kansas City Star, Succambs denly. KANSAS CITY, March 4é—The body of Alexander Butts, assoclate editor of the Kansas City Star, who dled suddenly at his home here last night, will be taken to New Philadelphla, O., tomorrow, for burial. Mr. Butts was born in New Philadelphia. He went to Kansas in the early elghties and became part owner of the Emporia News, He had been connected with the Kansas City Star for twenty yea The scrouge for Bee want ads be- gins today. [t will last until 8 o’clock tonight. , Are you a landlord? need a want ad. will want one. You will It a renter, you The way to get a servamt; the way to secure a position; to acquire property, or to sell it; to borrow money, or to loan it; to get a thing you haven't, or to sell a thing that you have, is to use a Bee want ad. You have done your best when you use a Bee want ad. Call Douglas 238, Don’t hesitatq Bad River Gorge Resists Effort to Break it Up Few , More Warnm on Dakota - Prairies Will Start Thaw that _Will Make Flood. H 3 PIERRE, S: Dy March 4—(Special. Telp- m.)—The gorge At the mouth of the Bad fver Is yet, holding, this evening, regerd'ses of the fact that dynamite has been used on Jt all day. The water is in the lower sec- tlon of Fort Plerre and a number of far- flies, have, been moving out today. Gorges ero holding at Philip and Capp, keeping the water back. Up to the present very little snow has melted on the prairfes, but another wirm day will start it and every possible effort fs being made.at Fort Pierrc to break the gorge beforo this additional flood water can come down stream. .Up to the present no great damage has been done, but. the situation s full of possibilities for heavy loss. ¥ YANKTON, 8. D., March 4.—(Speclal.)— Thé weather has been very warm here of late and there is every likiihcod of the Mis- sourt river golng out any miriute. The pon- toon bridge has been removed to a place of safety, to prevent loss. KBARNEY, Neb., March 4—(Speclal)— The Standard Bridge’ company of Omaha has finished its work on the Platte river bridge south of town and the bridge was Opened agaln for traffic Thursday morn- Ing. Much danger now arises by the lco braeking up In the river. Already the river has risen to ‘great helght and it is feared “that it will be out of its banks should the thawing weather continue as it has the last few days. Farmers fear that their fields along the bottoms will be under water as the river Is still rising rapldiy. SWOPE WEAL_T_H_FOUR MILLION Largest Bequests by Kansas City Phil- anthropist Were to Mrs. Logan 0. Swope’s Childre KANSAS CITY, Mo;, March 4—Colonel Thomms H. Swope owned property in' this county valued at $3,433,700, according to his will, - which was probated here today. Property he owned In Tennessee, Ken- tucky and other: states Increases:the total value of the estate to almost $4,000,000. The largest bequests of the property lo- cated here were made to the unmarried children of Mrs. Logan O. Swope, sister-in- law of Colonel Swope, each of whom was given $410000.. - ' Mrs. Frances Hyde, wife of Dr. Hyde, was given $276,000. Among the other beneficlaries was Felix Swope, Midway, Ky., nephew, $188,000. About $100,00 was given to charitable in- stitutions, B. C From the Washington Star. BRYAN WILL FORCE OPTION His Plan Said to Be to Pledge Demo- cratic Candidates, HOPES TO PUT IT IN PLATFORM q On His Retarn In May, Governor Shal- lenberger Will Have to Decide Whether to Break with " Leader Openly, From a Staff Correspondent, LINCOLN, March 4.—(Special.)—Governor Shallenberger must declare publicly be- fore ‘the democratic primary whether he will “stand for county option and every democratic candidate for the legislature must do the same thing; every democratic candidate for every ftato office must state his* position on the Iliquor question and every democratic candidate for the United States senate and every democratic candi- date for congre:s must be for cr agalnst the Bryan program as outined lu his recent editorlal. The hope of Governor Shallenberger that he could dismiss the county option ques- tion by simply saying that Is a matter for the districts to settie will not do. He will be required ‘o say whether he will sign a county option bill if it passes the legislature. Such Is the program leading democrats here say has been prepared. In one of his editorlals Mr. Bryan pro- posed an amendment to the Interstate com- merce law providing’ that when interstate | shipments of liquor reached a state, the state assume thel rjurisdiction over the |shipment. In the same editorial !poded the lsuance of federal liquor licenses in dry territory. It Is upon these two propositions candi- dates for the senate and for congress will be asked to take a stand, if the predic- tlons of well-informed democrats are cor- | rect. As state officers will have to do | With the first proposition, they are to be pledged in advancé, A Bryan to Stir Them Up. When Mr. Bryan announced In favor of county option just preceding the late dem- ocratic banquet it was talked' at that ban- quet that he would never say another word about the subject, but would permit It to die. The democrats who said tiat also - criticised C. W. Bryan, dentlal .candidate’s most trusted adviser, for_permitting the publication of that edi- torl It hes become apparent now, however, that Mr. Bryan will not stop with his an- nouncement for county option. It has al- ready been announced that Mr. Bryan will #pend the month of May in Nebraska and that month will be one of the most stren- (Cofitinued on Becond Page. WASHINGTON, March 3.—How severe a punishment congress has provided for rail- roads gullty of violating the so-called “Twenty-elght-hour law," for punishing the unlawful continement of live stock in trans- portition, ‘was the basis for a 'stubborn test today befure the supreme court of @' United Statbs. . Courisel for thé gov- ernment ocontend that the unit of fining raliroads is the separate shipment, while the legal representatives of the Baltimore & Ohlo Southwestern Rallroad company in- sist ‘that the unit is the train, no matter of how many separate shipments it is com- posed. Bome features of the case resem- ble the §29,000000 Standard Oll cas The outcome of the controversy will have a far-reaching effect. Many separate con- slgnments of stock are carried frequently In one train, so the sum of the penalty im- posed by the law will vary from §W0 to many times $100, according to the outcome of the litigation. The Baltimore & Ohlo | Southwestern raliroad alone appears in this case, but practically every common carrier engaged In Interstate commerce in the United States will feel the effect of the . L Court to Decide Size of Fine in T'wenty-Eight-Hour Case| United States district attorney for the southern district of Ohlo filed eleven cases agalnst the Baltimore & Ohlo Southwestern Raflroad company, claiming that it had carried as many’ shipments of live stock from shippers In various points in Ilinols to Cinclonat! without. unloading the stock for rest, all In violation of the twenty- elght-hour law. The rallroad admitted the shipment and its detention beyond the statutory time, but it’ averred gullt of only one offense be- cause all the shipments were carried in one train, and expressed ' willingness to pay a fine for one violation, The district court consolldated the cases and assessed a single penalty. The efrcuit court of appeals for the Sixth district re- versed that declsion. The case then was brought to the supreme court by the rail- road. Briefs on both sides of the contro- vergy have been filed with the court. Coun- sel for the railroad Is headed by Judson Harmon, now Kovernor of Ohlo. Solleitor General Bowers of the Department of Jus- tige has directed (he fight on hehaif of the Uited Btates, SINGLE he op-| the presi- | uous he has put In since the campaign of | This controversy was begun when the | COPY TWO CENTS. PINCHOT AND LAWYER CLASH Former Forester and Attorney for Sceretary Ballinger Wrangle Over Meaning of Questions. "LETTBM READ INTO RECORD Witness Says it is Hard to Explain Forestry Affairs to Some Men. - HE REITERATES HIS CHARGES Again Accuses Secretary of Deceiving President Taft. SENDING RANGERS TO SCHOOL Lawyer Attempts to Show that Gare field and Pinchot Were in Habit of Disregarding Limitations of the Law. WASHINGTON, March 4—The Ballinger- Pinchot Investigation dragged slowly along through two sessions today. Mr. Vertreos, counsel for Secretary Ballinger, continued his cross-examination of Gifford Pinchot. He elicited some interesting facts from the former forester, but for the most part the day was taken up largely with wran- } gles between the attorney and the witness and sometimes between Mr. Vertrees and counsel for the other side. Mr. Plochot complained to ‘the committee that it was difficult to explain forest service matters to a man so little Informed on the subject as Mr. ¢Vrtrees appeared to be. The mem- bers of jhe committee showed considerable tmpatience during the course of the ses- slon and Senator Flint repeatedly urged counsel to stop wrangling and try to get down to facts. Many of Mr, Vertrees' questions were based upon documentary evidence and he read coplously from the record of the case, Sonator Fiint declared the one letter had beon planced In the record at least twenty aifferent times. Churges Are Reiterated. Mr. Pinchot admitted his first hand knowledge of Mr. Ballinger's acts was very | limited, but he reiterated that the secre- | tary of the interior had decieved the presi- dent regarding the Cunningham coal cases and had made a statement to the president which was “obviously untrue.' Mr. Vertrees at the afternoon session questioned Mr. Pinchot clokely regarding the sending of forest rangers to agricul- tural colleges and brought out the faot that Mr. Pinchot was under the impression he had informed the secretary. of agricul- ture of what he was dolng, but was not wiliing to sweer to.it. The attorney sought to show that Mr. Pinchot and former Sec- refary of the Interlor Gartield were In the habit of doing what they thought best re- gardless of the law and that thelr antag- onlsm-to’ Mr. Balinger was brought about by his determination to proceed wholly within the law. X ‘Wrangles Over Questlons. Mr. Vértrees, counfel for Secretary, Bal- iriger, and Mr. Pinchot got Into long argu- ments as to the meaning of some of the lawyer's questions. They also argued al- most continuously as to inferences to be drawn from documentary evidence. Mr. Vertrees did draw from the witness the fact that his only tirst-hand knowledga |of any act reflecting upon Mr. Balltnger |in connection’ with the Cunningham cases was based on the letter sent by Mr. Bal- | inger to President Taft on November 15 | With reference to his claim that Mr. | Baliinger had decelved the president von- | cerning a decision by the comptroller of | the treasury, Mr. Pinchot admitted that | Mr. Ballinger's written statement to the | president was a fair one and the documents | that he submitted were all that properly bore on the case. He insisted, however, | that there was the “unavoldable interenc | that Mr. - Ballinger had communicated in | some other way with the president. | Mr. Vertrees also brought out that the | co-operative agreement with the forest service, which Mr. Ballinger discontinued, | was not the usual arrangement whereby one department lends fits employes tem- porarily to another, but provided that em- | ployes of the Interior department should | be under the exclusive control and juris- | diction of the forester. | Spectators Duy Lunches. At 2 p. m. the committee went Into executive session to discuss the proposed modification of the rule relating to the handling of the public. documents sent in from. the various departments. During the recess today the hearing room was cleared. It had been the practice of the women spectators to bring their lunches | with them and had turned the committe room into a pienic place. Many of the spectators resented the rule by which they were deprived of seats, and the officers had.some difficulty In getting them out, They stood In the marble corridors and | munched sandwiches, and when the doors were opened there was a great rush to get inside. After the unreserved chairs wero | all occupled the doors were olosed in the faces of fifty or more disappointed women, The public session of the afternoon began at 2:% o'clock. It was said that an agree- ment with the attorneys for a more liberal use of the documents was reached, Resuming the examina'lon, Attorney Ver- trees called Mr. Pinchot's attention to the | tact that in his direct testimony he de- clared Special Agent Love had “indig- nantly denied” he had clear listed the Cun- ningham claims. “Where dia you get that information?! asked the attorney. “From Mr. Love's letter to Dennett.” “Does Love in that letter ‘indigne deny anything?" “He denles th, not Indignantly. Ronald Letter Main Critlef As soon as Mr. Pinchot took tHy this morning Attorney Vertrees us this question / “Mr. Pinchot, please state one singl (- fact of your own knowledge that reflccts | upon Mr, Ballinger's conduct, efther as ocofmis- sloner of the land office or secretehfy of the Interfor—not hearsay, not what ome. {body else sald or wrote—of your '@wn | knowledge?" \ Tho witness hesitated, Then 'he addressed Senator Nelson “Mr. Chalrman: In order to answer that question, because of the nice discrimina- tion it Involves, 1 must ask you permission 1o refer to lst-I have here of things Mr. Ballinger has done." The permission was granted and, aftor a perusal of the Mlst, Mr. Pinchot sald: “The fact of my own knowledge is Mr. Ballinger's letter to tho president of No- vember 15, with which he enclossd Ron- old's lotter. Thewe letters contmin mis- clear listing, In et