Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1909 — GLAVIS TO KEEP UP HIS BATTLE [ARTICLE]

GLAVIS TO KEEP UP HIS BATTLE

Holes President Taft Tint He Has a Bomb Ready. THINKS EXECUTIVE IS MISLED Land Office Chief Who Was Summarily Dismissed by Secretary Ballinger Intends to Make Public the Charges He Carried Directly to the White House—Declares Public Will Know All the Facta About Alaskan Coal Entries. Beattie, Sept. 21.—L. R. Glavls, late chief of the United States land office, has written a letter to President Taft in which he says he will publish the evidence in the Cunningham coal land cases shortly. The communication follows : “I have laid before you all the essential facts In my possession regarding the official conduct of certain cases by the department of the interior concerning coal lands In Alaska. As chief of the field division directly concerned and because of the tremendous values involved, I felt my personal responsibility most keenly. The evidence Indicated that a great syndicate Is trying to secure a monopoly of this coal, in direct violation of the law. Ultimately I felt myself obliged to appeal to you over the heads of my superior officers in order to bring about the enforcement of the law, which, in a measure, would conserve these coal lands to the people at large. I deemed It my duty to submit the facts to you and I cannot regret my action. “Since there may be now even greater danger that the title to these coal lands will be fraudulently secured Ly the syndicate. It Is no less my duty to my country to make public the facts in my possession concerning which I firmly believe that you have been misled. This I shall do in the near future, with a full sense of the seriousness of my action and with deep and abiding respect for your great office.” Glavis recently was summarily dismissed by Secretary Ballinger because he went directly to the White House with charges involving coal entries in Alaska.