San Francisco Chronicle from San Francisco, California • Page 27

Sfem Stmtmm QBtttittiirl i Ail A VOL XOVZ SAN FRANCISCO CAt SUNDAY FEBRUARY 27 1010 0 NO 41 tf rno 1 POLfCY OF Secretary of ntcriorAlegcd to Be Unfaithful to the Public DAY FULL OF SENSATIONS The Ex Chief Forester Makes Serious Charges Against Official WASHINGTON February jWUh Gilford plnchot on thewltnese stsnd th Balllnger Plnchot Inquiry entered It second phase today The dismissed chief forester before being sworn dramatically deetercd that when iila atory had been told th country wnuk demand a verdict In harmony with the general conviction that tha Serre tarybf tha Interior ha been unfaithful to tha public whixe property ha has endangered and I tha President whom ha has deceived I Olavl tho Cunningham coal claims and Attorney Brsndels all stood aalda to make room for Plnchot for Attorney Wharton Tcpper Ms personal counsel and for his story of Hecretsry Bellingers cleallnge with lie water ttower sites of tha rjubllo domain rinrhot accused Secretary Ralfrnger of hsvlng made an explanation of hla conduct to the President that was fa sentlally false He charged him with belrfg a dangerous enemy to conserva tlon He charged him with havlni made a statement shown by undisputed documentary evidence to be absolutely false In three essential particulars He chsrged him with havlns willfully deceived the president and of being dlHloyat to tha President riSfCIIOT I COSKIDKST Ilnchots first hours on the witness atsnd were as replete with sensstlon as hsd been promised and the rating crowd In the hearing room hung Inttntly upon every word that fell from hla lips A trifle nervous at first Plnchot soon became accustomed te hla eurreandlns and maintained a conn deat poise thereafter Ilia recital had not progressed far however when there came an objection from Ballln ttri attorney as to th witness re pealing conversations with President Tafl It was contended that the relation of these conversations would put the President In an attitude where he would either have tit remain silent or els appear before the committee as a witness which It was declared would ke undesirable Tha question was argued for some time and In hla statement of the mat tar the attorney for Plnehot admitted that President Taft In a letter written subsequent to the conversation had declared hla recollection of what transpired at the Interview differed In some particulars from that of Plnchot The matter was put over for consideration by the committee and It la espected a decision will be announced when the neat session Is held Tuesday morning ATTACKS ACT OF BALLlXJEIl Plnchot followed up the vigorous attack made upon Secretary Bellinger In hla opening statement by declaring lie fully believed In Speclel Agent Ola vis and was convinced all Ulavla had aid was true He characterised Ulavla aa a faithful public servant and declared the facts which he presented proved that Mr Ilalllnger had been unfaithful to his trust as the guardian of publlu property of cnormoue value The conservation movement begun Under the administration of President Roosevelt waa progressing splendidly up to the time President Tart and Secretary BiUllnger took office declared Plnchot He charged that In less than month thereafter Secretary Bellinger practically had broken the backbone at the central Idea of the conservation movement by restoring previously withdrawn water power site to th public domain and laying them open te private appropriation and monopolistic control Plnchot declared that when the restoration were made Bellinger gave ne hint that he would rewlthdraw tbs power aitea and that as a matter of fact ha did not rewlthdraw any of them until after Plnchot had gone to th President and had made a vigorous protest Th restoration by Balllnger were mad without any Investigation ot th subject whatever aald Plnchot and charged the Secretary with having deliberately ordered officers of the reclamation service against their will to recommend that some of the restoration should be made Plnchot declared Director NewclUj of the reclamation service would be called as on of his Witnesses to prow hi charges against Secretary Balllnger Th former Secretary of th interior Jam It Oarueld It waa announced also would on Plnchot backers tsUUSTIO TAVT STATEMENT On ef th most dramatic Incidents of th day left for th last hour tha session when Plnchot declared there waa no auch decision by tha sntroller of th Treasury a had been dtad by President Taft In hi Utter September II lltt to Secretary 1 1 linger dismissing the lav Is rge and authorising th removal Lil ek nui wwh CVBIVSU hat Balllnger had aoted taadr 1 JiAon of th Controller which per Jl of no appeal whn had ab CauY 0lr tmDt with sigiiylculturat Department wbsreby fndalu CmU fruit PICHOT MAKES BUTtER I ATTACK OH BALUIIGER LsssK assBar yaasssssssssssssssFi 3sssssssssssxV WXlv BPJy gssaasasasasalE aassssssasX Jfffim JgWSSl algSBBBBBBBBBBBSLSarvl BBSSSSSSSSbVW mffBfffKwflLLL ageaigtsBBBBBBBBBaUyQgaV asssssssTsssf 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Anita Stewart to the Prlnco of Bra gsnia In Scotlsnd last aummer The fount and the Prince ar cloa friends and th former attended th wedding Ther he met Miss Daly who la an old friend of Miss Stewart When It became evident that the Count wa paying serious attention to the young American girl It waa iit hla fsmllv raised strong objettfons It wa said to heavily In debt Th figure wa placed at joo nnn noulo waa to the effect that hla family had offered to aettle theee debts It he would glv up hi plan of trying mrrv Miss Daly To Count turned Anmn the oBsr If It vr mad and continued hi attention to Mis Daly whll she wa In Europe Their engagement wa announced early this month ELEANOR ROBSON IS BELMONTS BRIDE Actress Is Quietly Married to the Millionaire in New York City gperlsl Dlspttrb to tbe OullleM NEW TORK rbrtjry Augusi Belmont 8r banker and millionaire race horse owner and Mis Eleanor Robson who recently left th taga were unepctedly marrldat I oclock iki ftmiAa in Miss Robaona houa here Jt had been announced that the marriage would not tak plac until hu iaU miiI a lleenaa at the searcu mw City 1111 iaat night avoiding by th lateness of the hour in scrutiny ei th curious There were no bridesmaids nor usn mnA th rUCltS WST th Imm dial family and Intimate friend The bride wa given away by her cousin Charle Robaon Smith Arthur Uth navini a Boston Bel moats classmate st Harvard waa beat man Immediately after the ceremony Mr and Mr Belmont left for a trip tirnurh th South In March they will aall for th Mediterranean Belmont la years old Hla first JiA tn Iarla la llll Ha ha lh An Misa llobaon erav lies aae when taking out th marriage llctns a II MORE POISON FOUKD IN SWOPE STOMACHS KANSAS CITT Mo February 11 Another polaon has been found In th vlscsra of Colonel Thoanaa IL Swop and Clirlsman Bwop according to a report mad tth family by Dr Lud wig HektoeT Dr Walter Haloes and Dr Viator Vaughan An announc ment to tlita ffct wa mad today by on of th 8wp attorn 11 fussd to go Into detail rgrdlngtb report hi on nnf HIS AID TO CHUM i nin i GRANT Mayor and City Attorney Hear Rumor of Adverse Action by Ballinger REVOKE GARFIELD GRANT McCarthy Comes to an Agreement With Ham Hall on Land Sale ALU I aa awXtjl Carnegie Answers a Hint for Assistance by Giving Printed Speech Sped Plpatrh te the Cbrftnlcla SANTA BARBARA February St James Qlllesple of San Pedro who was born In Andrew Ccrnegl native town foyr year before the iron king saw th world and whose grandmother a midwife assisted In the first cere monies In which Carnegie ever figured waa much excited when hla old boy hood chum came here last week and decided to call on him To hla diaap polntment he found Carnegie had not atoppsd at Los Angeles so he followed him here Carnegie received him with out stretched hand and seemed delighted The two Scotchmen sat together to houra In the Potter Hotel talking of the early days Gradually conversation drifted to the present and Qlllesple told how he worked twenty years ot his humble express wagon had man aged to save a little but was struggling to lay by something There was a dllghtful hint In his voles that a little substsntlal assistance would not come amiss Jlmrole I think I ran give you something that may help you finally said the multl mllllonalre with perhaps tear In bis eye Going to hi roomh returned with a neat little paper package which he put Into his old playmate hands It felt like crisp new bills Ulllespl too agitated to express his thanks did not unwrap the package until be got to his own room It contained a nice pamphlet containing one of the Laird of Sklboa speeches on tha mbnlfest advantage ot being economical BRITAIN ASKS THE RELEASE OF PRISONER Bhe night Claim Thft He Wai Arrested by Amencam on Canadian Soil WOODSTOCK February It Tlr recent srrest of William Kelly of Richmond and his subsequent conviction at Portland Me and sentence to fourteen yea In the Federal penitentiary at Atlanta Ua for au assault upon an American customs officer has become an International affair James Bryce British Kmbassador to the United States mad representations to Secretary ot State Knox that Kelly waa arrested by American offi cers on Canadian tsrrltory and haa requested Kellys Immediate release Kelly It 1 alleged I a notorious smuggler i i RAILWAY MRU GHT NORM FAX NORFOLK Va February li gtanlng March 1st the Seaboard Air Lin will put lat effect a genera advene ISypay ot Hi renta an hour for all skilled laborer over th tntlr sys tern th Increas affecting about tott men City Attorney Percy Long aald laat night that he had received Information 9 the effect that an attempt waa about to be made to deprive San Francisco nf the right to the reservoir sit and water In the Hetch Hetchy vlley which hd been aecured by th city in th Oarfleld grant and to restrict th city to the use of the vanters from the Lkk Eleanor bssln This news tame to me as a distinct 1 surprise Long said I cannot aee any legitimate motive for the cancellation of this psrt of the grant and certainly riot ao far In advance ft the time when San Kranclaco would enter upon the us of tly Hetch Hetchy valley for a reservoir site I presume that It Is the work of tha nature lovera If It la true that Secretary Balllnger propoaea to revoke that part of the grant that apjSllee to th Hetch Hetchy I apprehend that It I a mdv on hla part to mollfy the nature lovera and to cast a aop to the coa servatlonlata who have been active In bringing about the Investigation of hla conduct which la now In progress GEORGE OTIS SMITH CALL Continuing Long is Id thst Oeorge Otla Smith of the Geo logical Survey was In this city recently and that he had been making an Investigation of the Tuolumne situation under the Department ef the Interior He called at my office when he waa here and aaked for certain data I did not know at the time what th purpoaa of hla investigation waa but I presuro that may hare bad aome tblng to dp With hls revocation or Ban Franclacoa rlgbta the Hetch Hetchy There la one thing about It bad aa It la that pleaaea roe It will give certain people who were ao complacent at the time of the recent water bond elec tion a Jolt and make It evident to every one here that the predictions which were mede at the time of the election that our rlgbta In the Sierra were still In a dangerous situation was not an Idle statement WHAT COlsGHESfMAN KAMN SATS hen Interviewed on the eubject li Waahlngton Congressman Kahn aald If any entailment of the Garfield permit la propoaed we ahatl certainly oppoae It with all our vigor Congraaaraan Hayes waa alao aur prlssd to hear that any such aotlon waa contemplated by the preaent Sec retary of the Interior He said Wa will prove that the future needa of San Franclaoo Justified the Inclusion of the Hetrth Hetchy valley In ths Gar field grant What effect on the sale of tha l5 900000 bond 4aaue which waa recently authorised a revocation of a part ot the Garfield grant will have at the present time Is a matter of some con slderatlon WHAT TIIR MAYOR sAVa Mayor McCarthy aald laat night that he had alao learned of the rumored action of the Secretary of th Interl In regard to Hetch Hetchy We were having a conference with Ham Hall and th prons Interested In the ownership of some of the Lake Eleanor lands the Mayor said and ax ita cloae I was Informed that Secre tary Balllnger had given out a atate ment that he had received a report from aome one connected with the Qe ologlral Survey to the effect that Luke Bleanor would be sufficient for the needs ot San Francisco and that Bal linger propoaed to iaaue an order to ui to ahow cause befor May lat why th part ot th Garfield grant relating to Hetch Hetchy should not be revoked That Is only an old matter It will have no significance Long befor th city I ready to use th water from Uatch Hetchy th gentlemen who ar now ao much exercised about this matter will have gone to heaven and San Francisco will have no difficulty In securing the rights In tha Hetch Hetchy when It needs them No I do not think such an action on the part ot the Secretary of the Interior will have any Influence on the aale of the bond laaua which waa recently authorised If San Franclacoa aecurlly waa good befor auch an action It will good afterward It la th credit of the city that I behind the bonds and not the value of the water yatem to be created Mcvarmy weni on io ssy tnsc in conference with Ham Hall and hla attorney Jesse Lllienthal In reference to th acquisition by th city of th Lake Kleanor lands had resultedjn an amicable lutlon mat this afternoon In my office In th Crocker building th Mayor aid and again tbl evanlng At the conclusion of th yeolng session had com an srreemsnt which will ebviat tb nseesslty of any condemna tion proceeding Jt will not however posslbl to mk th term publt until they hava been so aecured that ther will nadangar ot a allp by pretnatur publication 1 English Polo Player Leads in Burlingame to Del Monte PPalk 0 ae a gf iM JTs i mV ItjC tSShei est tesBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBal gJaBBBBBBsJ jV BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBbI It 111 jfBasaBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBSBBBBT ffaB4el sBbH 4 llSjB BBBBBBSSsI LfgtJrJgtJBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBMaBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB Ha 3 4 aC i3tJWaa Jjfa The Two Contestants tn the 106 Mile Walk From Burlingame to Del Monte the Wagon Outfit Whkh Accompanied Selby and the Automobile Whkh Followed McEnery TOE Thirty Thousand a Year to Be Spent in Purchase of Their Works Special Ptipth te tbs rtoealele CHICAOO February it A movement has been stsrted among the art lovers of Chlcsgo which Is unique In the history of American art and which la probably more significant than any effort hitherto made to encourage the palntera and aculptora of this country This movement should give to the Art Institute the flneat collection ot American paintings In the world a collection which ahall be representative ot all perloda and in which the entire development of American art can be traced To the public It will Insure such an exhibition ot contemporary work at the annual exhibition of Amcrlrau artists as la to be met with nowhere else In the country and to the atrtlits themselves It will be of unparalleled Interest because It will create a fund ot 130000 annually to be expended for the purchase of works by American artists The credit of originating the loea la ahared by Ralph 1 Clarkaon an ar tist and Arthur Aldla who haa been known for many yaara aa a disinter ested patron of art and inters These men with forty four others have formed what la known aa the Friends of American Art Society which la to act In conjunction with the dlrectora th Art Inatltut In furthering th caua ot art In thla country The forty alx repreaent but a nucleus ot the organisation however and It la expected that the roll of honor will be In deOnltely xtndd In th near future BURNED FEASANTS HOMES TO HELP TIMBER MARKET KURSK Russia February tt A timber merchant nmd Lev kin and two peasant ot tbl prvlnc have been condemned to death by th military court for arson committed meelyto nuk a market for Laval buhdlng timber Testimony submitted showed that Lkln terms wrt for yry peasant liouse fired an If for firing keuses 1114 with sleeping peasants HALF MILLION FOR TWO MONTHS WORK Easy Money Offered Roosevelt by Proposed New Orleans Panama Fair peelal Dlpsteh te the Cbroslele NEW ORLEANS February Former President Theodore Roosevelt will be offered the director generalship ot an exposition to be held in New Or leana In 1IS to celebrate the opening of thePa nama canal The exposition wjll represent sn expenditure of flf 000000 and It la propoaed to pay Rooaevelt a aalary of 1500000 for two montha work At a meeting tonight of a sub committeecommittee of twenty five plans were outlined The committee will go to New York and make the tender to Roosevelt whan he return from his African trip EAT MEAT THAT IS 250000 YEARS OLD NKW YORK February A record feat In cold storage la recounted In a statement by Dr Bayard Fuller chief Inspsctor of foods for New York city According to the doctors story there wss discovered in Russia some time ago the carcass nf a mammoth which scientists said had been alive before the glectal period That meant that the body still In perfect condition was more than 150000 year old Tests showed that the meat wa well preserved and a hug steak from It waa aerved at a dinner given by prominent scientists The guests pronounced the meat excellent MRS VAUQHN ARRESTED FOR POISONING HUSBAND KIRKSVILLU lto February II Warrants Issued by the Circuit Court on a report of a special Grand Jury resulted In the arreat today ot Mr Alma Proctor Vaughn and Dr Jamea Hull of Monroe City Mo oa th charge of th murder by tryehnia poisoning of Professor John Vaughn Mrsv Vaughn surrendered to th Sheriff her and Dr Hull was rrstd at hi home Mr Vaughn after being re leaaed on 11100 bond returned to Monro City to await a bearing 1 mm is STRONG AHEAD OFJP Local Clubman However Good Form and Confident SAN JOSE February With I trlde that wa all but a dog trot Dr A McEnery a former English long dlstanc runner was at last accounts leading In the society Marathon race between the Burlingame Country Club and the Hotel Del Monte In which Percy Selby partner In th Selby ameltlng enterprise is the other contestant McKnery arrived at Ollroy on the stroke of 10 oclock tonight Selby arriving one hour and flv minutes later Th trt ws mde this morning at oclock from the Burlingame Country Club At Redwood City Dr McKnery made up his snlnd to Jump the other Selby had his race well planned and declined to start racing so early In th gam and th Eogllab clubman gt a alight lead At San Jose the leader stopped only a few moments Just after noon taking the shortest way through town but Selby fortlftad himself for the seventy five miles yet to be covered with an hours rest and an alcohol bath at th Lamolle liouse The race wa proposed a the result ot an argument In which the two ath lete participated at th clubhouse at Burlingame several week ago Th theme ot the conversation was the au perlorlty of nationality In athletlo eventa Mittncry la skid to hava been treatise Iaae SN Celaasa SEED OK TUB NEW Giant Scarlet Daisy From the Transvaal Should lie llaata OtV Ikmt mis thla opportunity to have one of th flneat OTfl llci offered this aeaaou Sealed Packets only Ot each Catalogue Mailed Free CC MORSE C0 8EKDS ILASTa TREES 12 Market turret San iraelae.