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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (March 7, 1924)
Coolidge Wires to McLean Read; Not About Oil Executive States One Wire Concerned Government in District of Columbia, Other Friendly Message. lly Associated Press. Washington, March *>.—The oil committee today produced two tele grams sent h.v President Coolidge to Kdward K. Mr I .can in Florida, and the president immediately announced that one referred to loeal affairs in the District of Columbia, while the other was in response to a telegram of congratulation on his Lincoln day address. One of the messages was dated Jan uary 12, and raid: "Prescott is away. Advise Slemp with whom I shall confer." Within a few minutes after it had been read into the committee record this statement wag Issued at the AVhlte House: “Tha telegram related to the Dis trict commissiouersblp. Samuel J. Prescott is republican city chairman, and the president desired to confer with him regarding district matters.” The second telegram, under date of February 12, was as follows: "Thank you for your message. You have always been most consider ate. Mrs. Coolidge Joins me In sending the kindest regards to Mrs. McLean." When the attention of White House officials was called to this message, they gnve out the following state ^ tnent: “The telegram sent to Mr. McLean on February 12 was in regard to a message from Mr. McLean congratu-j lating the president on his Lincoln birthday address in New York. The1 telegrams exchanged were similar to others received and sent out In that connection. It amounted simply to an exchange of amenities.’’ C. Bascom Slenip, secretary to President Coolidge. later issued a statement correcting the previous AA:hite House announcement with re spect to the McLean telegram of February 12. The statement said: “The telegram sent to Mr. McLean under date of February 12 was in answer to a telegram received from McLean congratulating the president Washington, March 6.—President Coolidge declined today to turn over to the oil committee the tax returns o( individuals and corpora tions prominently mentioned in the nil investigation. Replying to a senate resolution, making the request, the president said he had been advised by the acting attorney general that he was without authority to comply. The president offered, however, to co-operate with the secretary of the treasury in an effort to »e cure an amendment to prevailing regulations which would permit tlie oil committee to ‘inspect” the returns If It so desired, k_J V oft his atatement with respect to. the senate resolution calling for the re# ignatlon of Edwin Denby as secre tary of the navy. Owing to the date of the telegram it was at first thought it related to the president's Lincoln day address at New York. 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Fall at Palm Beach and Chairman Lenroot of the oil committee, in which the former secretary asked whether he ’would he compelled to testify before Senator Walsh of Montana, and the chairman1 replied that he would not. Senator Walsh had been sent to Florida to question McLean and he made an un successful effort to find Fall while he was at Palm Beach. In an official telegram sent to Mc Lean, and previously published. Chair man Lenroot had said that Senator Walsh was "appointed a sub-commit tee of one to take the testimony of Edward B. McLean or any other wit nesses who the same subcommittee may require to attend before him." Conclude Hearings. Mr. Lenroot was not present at the hearing, having gone to South Pines, N. C„ for a rest. After examining other telegrams and questioning more of the McLean employe*, and others, the committee concluded its hearings for the day without calling Ira Bonett, the Wash ington Post editorial writer who was author of the message to McLean mentioning "the principal.” One of those who testified was Fred Starek, a director of the War Finance corporation and a former correspond ent for McLean's Cincinnati Enquirer, nnd who had been mentioned In one of the telegrams as being very anxious to get in touch with the publisher on an important matter. He testified that the affair hat! nothing to do with oil, hut that his business with McLean related to negotiations for purchase of the Washington Post. By International Neal Service. Washington, March 6.—A fresh batch of the famous McLean tele grams, some of them in the code of the Department of Justice, were made public today by the senate oil investi gators, simultaneously with their re newed efforts to ascertain the Identity of the mysterious "principal" referred to in previous messages. Today's telegrams again disclosed the names of prominent personages in Washington, and Involved ths plans of tho Department of Justice. One of the first messages decoded and read into the records was an other "Mary" telegram, sent to W. O. Duckstein, one of E. B. McLean’s confidential agents, and advised that William J. Burnt had been in commu nication with the sender and was un able to get away from Washington, because of developments in tha oil scandal. The name of another White House employe, H. E. McKenna, was brought Into the hearing. On December 21, It was disclosed, he sent a telegram to McLean at Palm Beach; "Secretary leaves here tonight for Palm Beach.” This presumably referred to C. Bascom Klemp, secretary to President Coolldge, who testified last week that he went to Florida for a rest over tha holidays. Heroic Efforts. Messages revealed almost heroic ef forts to keep K. B. McLean, news paper publisher from taking the stand. They follow: "Washington, D. C., 11:1(1 p, m., January 22, 1924. "Edward McLean. Palm Beach, Fla. "Subpoena for Fall today. Return able Friday. “Johns." “Washington, D. C-, 1.08 p. m., Feb ruary 23, 1924. "Duckstein, "The Breakers, Palm Beach, Ha. "Burns states lawyer friendly to de partment that an Inquiry was on foot to ascertain whether McLean was rogular dollar year man and asked him to find out (stop) department law yer came to Burns and Inquired (stop) Burns as id attorney general was only person who could give information regarding such appointment (stop) evi dently preparing for more inud sling ing (atop) Burns stutes Impossible to say when he can get away (stop) being kept here on dome hearing (stop) department liable to he called upon at any time for Investigations and to prepare Injunctions (stop) wretchedly lonesome host love w ire. "Mary." Tho coded messages wera all In the Department of Justiee rods and were read by W. F. Friedman, army ex pert. Senator Walsh, democrat of Montana, then began reading the straight telegrams. A message signed "Full" was sent on December 3, 1923, from Three IIIv |cre, N. M., to lively, in Washington. It say* Fall had telegraphed Senator Smoot that he was prepared to go to Washington to testify and was hav ing copies of court records made. On December 12, Fall, In New York, ad vised Zevely he was going to Atlan tic City and urged Zevely to meet him there. A wire from Washington, December 17, signed '‘Ned,” informed Mrs. Fall In Atlantic City that he was coming to see Fall on the follow ing day. Mctaan to Francis H. McAdoo, De cember 28: "Palmer Is to give out statement, 'if you approve be very careful as Palmer represents Fall and Sinclair and I do not want myself used for their benefit.” On January 27. McDean to Francis T. Homer. American Security and Trust company, Baltimore: "Wire me your opinion If investiga tion committee can force me testify where I had $100,000. Think over certain prominent people at that time.” On December 29. Fall wired Sena, tor Lenroot, republican, chairman, asking If Senator Walsh was given power hy committee to "subpoena me” in Palm Beach. Fall wired Gust Jones, a Depart Corns Don’t Pare Them! Cutting • corn is always dangerous. Blue-jay ends coma. Killa t he pain instantly, then the com loosens and comet out No risk,no constant trou ble. Get Blue-jay at your druggist Blue-jay ment of Justice axent, in San An tonio, Tex.: "Get in touch with Buckley. Ask him If he would be my attorney. Must eee him before I sail." Walsh said Jones was the Depart merit of Justice agent assigned by William J. Hums to "cover" Fall. On January 24. \V. L. Wiley, wired Ira K. Bennett, in Washington: "Please Senator Jim and find If there is a disposition to make mutual friend make long journey.'1 Both Wiley and liennet are em ployes of McLean. Counsel to Start Suits to Cancel Oil Leases Washington, .March 6.—Cancellation of the government oil leases to the Doheny and Sinclair interests will be ‘.might in bills of equity to be tiled by the government oil counsel next week. 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