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The official sworn proof of this perjury aforesaid is found in the following: Report 

 on the foreign relations of the United States, 1902, Appendix I, etc., sent into Con- 

 gress by John Hay. This Appendix I is also published as House Document No. 1, 

 Fifty-seventh Congress, second session. 



On page 203 of this House Document No. 1 aforesaid is the sworn official oath of sole 

 ownership of the pelagic hunting schooner James Hamilton Lewis, executed January 10, 

 1890, by Herman Liebes, the partner of Isaac Liebes and associate member and director 

 of the North American Commercial Co. aforesaid. 



This record of the ownership of the James Hamilton Lewis as above cited, in the 

 name of Herman Liebes, associate incorporator and director of the said North Amer- 

 ican Commercial Co. (with Isaac Liebes, D. 0. Mills, and Lloyd Tevis), stands with- 

 out change on the books of the United States customhouse, office of the collector of 

 the port, San Francisco, Cal., as quoted above, up to September 17, 1890. Then this 

 sealing schooner, the James Hamilton Leivis, is sold by H. Liebes to H. Liebes & 

 Co. (Inc.). So that, then, this said vessel stands on the collector's books as the prop- 

 erty of Herman and Isaac Liebes. (See p. 120, "Exhibit A," H. Doc. No. 1, aforesaid.) 



Then and thereafter, up to July 29, 1891, this sworn proof of the ownership of that 

 vessel, as above cited, stands without change; but on this date a bill of sale is made 

 of that vessel by H. Liebes & Co. (Inc.) to Max Waizman, etc. (See p. 120, Exhibit A, 

 H. Doc. No. 1, 57th Cong., 2d sess.) 



Thus the State Department, in this form and time, sends the proof clear and undis- 

 putable to Congress that Isaac Liebes, president of the North American Commer- 

 cial Co., of San Francisco, Cal., did, on the 12th day of March, 1890, utter fraud and 

 perjury in the presence of the Secretary of the Treasury, William Windom; that by 

 said utterance he fraudulently secured the lease of the seal islands of Alaska, as above 

 stated, from the Government. 



Henry W. Elliott. 



July 12, 1909. 



All of which is respectfully submitted on this 12th day of July, 1909, for the informa- 

 tion and the use of the President of the United States. 



Henry W. Elliott. 



The President, after studying them, on July 29, 1909, sent them 

 to Secretary Nagel for examination and report, and on the 6th of 

 August following Elliott finally was recognized as follows : 



Department of Commerce and Labor, 



Office of the Secretary, 



Washington, August 6, 1909. 

 Sir: The receipt is acknowledged, by reference from the President, of your commu- 

 nication of the 12th ultimo, in which you make certain charges against the North 

 American Commercial Co. in connection with its lease of the seal islands. 



In reply you are advised that your letter and the statements contained therein will 

 receive proper consideration. 



Respectfully, Ormsby McHarg, 



Assistant Secretary. 

 Mr. Henry W. Elliott, 



11 Grace Avenue, Lahewood, Ohio. 



Did Secretary Nagel ever make any "examination" into these 

 grave charges and official proof cited of the truth of them? Not a 

 line has ever been put upon the files of his office which declares that 

 he did so, but he did authorize a newspaper scout named Gus Karger 

 to publish the following improper and untruthful statement, to wit: 



I. Secretary Nagel has instructed them (the officials of the United States Fish 

 Commission) to pay no attention to his (Elliott's) charges. * * * 



II. Elliott has made charges against James G. Blaine, John Hay, and Charles 

 Foster. * * * He has also made charges against Hon. John W. Foster. * * * 



III. He (Elliott) was .thrown almost bodily out of the Ways and Means Committee 

 on account of getting into a controversy there with the Hon. Sereno Payne, the chair- 

 man. * * * 



IV. He used to be an authority 20 years ago, * * * but he is now getting 

 somewhat confused. * * * 



The officials of the Bureau of Fisheries have a most intense dislike for this 

 man * * * .— (Cincinnati Times-Star, Aug. 30, 1909.) 



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