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Howell and
Capper Aid
Farm Fight
Facts Set Forth in The Bee's
Wheat Growers’ Edition
Introduced by Nebraska
Senator.
Capper Urges Freight Cut
By P. C. PO\VELL,
Washington CurrpNpondent The Omiilu Hee.
j^fs-Vashington, Jan. 14.—Following
President Coolidge's message to con
gress yesterday urging still more
credit for the farmers in distress, two
mtddlewestern senators today offered
remedies for the farmer's ills which
w ill give him fair prices for his prod
ucts rather than plunge him deeper
into debt.
Both senators. It. B. Howell of Ne
braska and Arthur Capper of Kansas,
proposed remedies similar to those net
out In The Omaha lice's special wheat
growers’ edition of last Sunday.
Brings Vp Tariff Question.
Senator Howell had the entire (list
page of The Bee's edition, emphasiz
ing an adequate tariff, readjustment
of freight rates for purpose of giving
a lower rate for export wheat, reduc
tion of 20 to 23 per cent of wheat
acreage and serious consideration of
Action to Be Demanded
at Farm Bank Relief Meet
Washington, Jan. 24.—Adminis
tration plans for relief of the
northwestern agricultural situa
tion as outlined ‘ yesterday by
President Coolidge in a message
to congress, will be developed at a
general conference to be held be
fore the end of next week, In
wheih representatives of banks,
business and transportation serv
ices will participate.
Sec’rctariesi Hoover and Wal
lace have been called upon to
suggest those to whom invitations
• ■Should be sent to attend, In the
attempt, it was said, today, ' to
"insure a gathering which will be
able to do something besides de
bale."
liepresenalltion at the confer
ence is planned to be national
rather than sectional. Although
bank failures in the grain-grow
ing territory hava presented the
most acute phase of the problem
which the administration Is en
deavoring to meet, the pressure
on the farmer is considered to
have been transferred to the gen
eral western community in such
degree that more than merely
banking or credit measures will
bo necessary to effect a refn
edy.
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Secretary Wallace's export wheat cor
poration extended In the Congres
sional Record. <
Arguments set out by Th" Bee
showing the large amount of Canad
ian wheat raised and shipped into this
country were made a part of the Con
gressional Record by Congressman
Williamson of South Dakota Monday.
Capper Attacks Rail Rates.
Senator Capper in an address be
fore the senate emphasized that part
of The Bee's edition which set out
the heavy advantage of the Canadian
wheat shipper over the American
wheat producer. Kxcerpts from the
Capper address follow:
"During the war when the farmer
got $2.25 a bushel for wheat It could
shipped from Wichita, Kan., to
■mewater for 15 rents. Now when he
gets 80 cents a bushel It costs 26.4
cents for freight, an increase of 11.4
cents per bushel.
"It costs 19 cents to ship 100
pounds of wheat from Grenfell, Sas
katchewan, to Port Arthur, Ontario,
a distance of 700 miles. It coses 45
rents to ship from Wichita to Gal
veston, the same number of miles.
•■The rnte on wheat from Coults,
Alta., to Port William on Jjike Su
perior Is 27 cents per hundred while
Sweet grass, Mont., just a few miles
across the line and 200 miles nearer
to Its lake terminal, Duluth, liaa n
rate of 43 cents.
Distance from Market Hurts.
"How the farming Industry Is to
continue to sell Its products at near
prewar prices and pay freight rates
from 50 to 80 tier cent higher than
prewar rates Is not clear to any
one conversant with the facts.
"Voting fanners of the wist ore ad
vised to go east to take over Its
abandoned and wornout farms by tin)
Uillted States Department of Agricul
ture because freight rates are high
and these farms are near the market.
"Whoever expected to see the day
that a poor, wornout farm would bo
more desirable than a good one.
"It lias taken excessive freight rates
to bring us to see that point,"
Hand Greets W. ./. liryan
With “Old l ime Religion"
NaabUlIe, Trnu., ,lati. 51.—Wil
limn Jenning* liryan, who s|>«iil,s
here tw ire today, that on "The Hi
,#*fde,” and later on "The ('inning
Campaign,” wan met by a large re
reption rommlttee, headed by a
hand playing "The Old Time
Religion.’'
York Man to Manage
Hi Johnson’s Campaign
C.E.Sandlall
Norris Out for
Senator Today
j
Petition's Bearing More Than
6,000 Nagies Accompany
Filing of Senator's Name.
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j-niKoin, Jan. 24. -A receipt for a
filing fee recently paid for Senator
Norris by his supporters at McCook
has been received here by A. E. Sor
ejison and Norris petitions will be filed
with the secretary of state tomorrow,
he said.
It is understood that the petitions
carry more than 6,000 names, and
Norris backers are confident that the
senator will send his acceptance of
the fiiing immediately upon receipt of
information that ft has been made.
Farm Bureau to Resume
Marketing Activities
Chicago, Jun. 24.—Provision for the
continuance of the marketing activi
ties of the American X'arnf Bureau
federation, suspended by the resigna
tion of Walton Peteet of Texas, was
made at the mooting of the executive
committee, it was learned at head-'
Quarters tonight.
A marketing committee was
created and this committee and the
president, O. E. Bra.lfute of Ohio,
were authorized to appoint a market
ing director at once, that the market
ing activities of the fAeration, and
the marketing program endorsed by
ytje December convention,* might bo
speedily put in operation, according
to an official statement. ■
The committee comprises A. C.
HUrdlson of Berkeley, Cal ; rieorge W.
Putnam of Concord, N H.* and C.
F. Heart of Des Moines, la.
Stolen Auto Sought.
Sheriff Carl Morgan of Olenwood.
Ia., has asked Council Bluffs police
to be on the lookout for an automo
bile stolen at Pacific Junction, la.
Sandal* ;jv
Lead it
for Johnson
Committee of Seven to Be
Named to Assist Former
Senator in Managing
Primary Campaign.
Hitchcock Returns East
C. K Samlall of York, former slate
senator and chairman ot the com
mittee on resolutions at the last re
publican state convention, was se
lected chairman of a sla'c campaign
committee of seven 10 promote the
interests of Hiram Johnson in Ne
braska.
This was the result of a visit here
yesterday by Frank II. Hitchcock,
former postmaster general and nftw
in charge of Senator Johnson's na
tional campaign headquarters in Chi
cago. Mr. Sandall will not announce
the personnel of his committee until
it has been completed, which will be
within a few days, according to an
nouncement by Mr. Hitchcock last
night.
Prominent Nebraskans Attend.
Mr. Hitchcock was In conference
yesterday with a group of Johnson
leaders of this state, including Adam
Ureede of Hastings, M. L. Fries of
Arcadia, und John G. Maher and
Frank A. Harrison of Lincoln. Hugh
Myers and E. I>. Bradley of this city
were among the visitors to tho con
fere’nce room. Mr. Hitchcock re
turned to Chicago last night at 7:30.
"The state campaign committee will
comprise one member from each of
the congressional districts and one at
large,” Mr. Hitchcock explained. "It
has been decided to have one woman
on this committee. The state organi
zation, which will begin to function
soon, will establish campaign com
mittees in the congressional districts
and will promote Johnson clubs
throughout the state. ’
Petitions Are Heady.
Mr. Hitchcock stated that Johnson
organizations have Iteen established
it. the various primary states. He
also indicated that Frank Harrison
will have an aotivo part during the
primary campaign in Nebraska In be
half of Mr. Johnson. The Johnson
petitions are said to be ready to file
at UncOln. to have the California
candidate's name on the republican
preferential ballots at the primary on
April 8.
Johnson delegates to the republican
national convention also will be filed
for the April primary. Nebraska will
he allowed 18 delegates this year to
the national convention, under the
new apportionment.
Mr. Kendall, the new Johnson state
chairman, was a delegate to the re
publican national convention four
years ago.
Johnson to Speak Here.
.Senator Johnson will speak In Ne
braska during the last few week,*
of the primary campaign, following
Ills tour of the Hakotas, according to
Mr. Hitchcock. .
•“With President Coolidge contest
ing the primary states. ’ Mr. Hitch
cock added, "It seems to me there
will he a clean-cut campaign, and It
is my opinion that the showing which
Mr. Johnson will make at these va
rious stale primaries will make the
republican leaders take serious ac
count of him at the national conven
tion."
SUNNY
Very much intereetcd in watching
the hig sewer digging machine nt
work on South Fourteenth. Any his
piece of moving machinery fascinates
me, and tilts particular one was espe
cially so. It was digging a trench
four feet wide and about 35 feet deep
and loading the first Into wagons.
Three men, Including the driver of
the wagon were operating it.
A few years ago a big gang of men
would have been executing t lie same
job, only not half so well. Reminded
of Hie navvle who was displaced by
a machine and departed muttering
swear words. "Well, the blankety
blank thing can’t vote.”
E, It. Walter*, who ts sales man
ager of tli* Western Paper company,
Is off for Denver. I can prove by a
lot of fellows that he Is off In oilier
ways, but that Is neither here nor
there. He Is off to Denver lo re
claim his automobile, stolen from In
front of Ills place of business last
summer. Auto nnd tbl f were located
at Colorado Springs.
I am anxious to c-e «lie car, never
having believed for a minute, ft was
such a wonderful contraption as
Walters claimed.
Paused In front of huge display
window wherein were shown many
styles nnd varieties of spring millin
ery. Of course tin mere nmu can
keep track of the changing styles In
feminine headgear, but 1 Just Y%1
dered, while gtizlnz in the window,
what had become of the old-fH*hioned
iunne nuide Tiunbotii\ct*.
Anybody remember ’em? The
.slatted one,*, 1 mean; tfir ©no* that
v/t if! washable and irnimble, and nft* r
being ironed Ibe - pasteboiU'd Vdnts
were again Inserted
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I low old are you? Mid enough to
remember when men wore paper col*
lara? Or when women won- bunt lea?
Or when men fastened their nerktte*
on with a little rubber band over the
SIDE UP
collar button? Or when women ore
from four to nine stiffly starched
white skirts? Or when men wore
gaiters? Or when boys were proud to
wear copper toed ehoes?
If you ere, then you are qualified
for sdmlFslnn to the Old Timers’ club.
While the senatorial Investigation
of the Teapot Dome matter may re
suit In something tangible, as a rule
congressional anil legislative In vest!
gallons are very poor affnlrs.
A great many Nebraskans sltll re
member (ho tlmo when several state
officials were Impeached and tempor
arily removed, and tho “plugged to
size" scandal In the state prison was
probed. That was a legislative loves
ligation, and ns usual the mountain
ous labor brought forth the usual
mouse.
A bit of the barbarian still lurks
in the* best of us, hence our proneness
to walk* at certain forms of misfor I
tuna that befall our kind now and I
then.
That's why those who saw It j
laughed, and at the same time felt
sorry. It was the spectacle of a
man at Fifteenth and Douglas who
slipped and fell, smearing himself
with slush.
We always get a laugh from the
spectacle of a. man chasing his hat,
and laugh especially hard If It ts
crushed by an automobile before he
reaches J. And can you imagine any
thing more embarrassing to a man
than to have his garter coins loose
and drag behind him as he dances,
or anything that will give the wit
ness*.«< more exquisite pleasure?
t'iviltzofi oh we claim to be, and liv
ing under the Moftenlug influences
of our modern life, we can till hr
awfully cruel ; t Unu-s. ^
I tv the way, being reminded there
of by the sloppy condition of I lie*
streets, can you remember when you
could get a fairly good polish put on
your shoes for a nickel? W. M. M.
The First Good Laugh They’ve Had in Years
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30 Take Stand in
Cohagen Defense
'R ilnes&cs Testify tin* County
Commissioner Paid Them
With Personal Cheeks.
North Platte, Neb.. Jin. 24.—Thlrt/
odd witnesses came to the rescue to
day. of T. M. Cohagen. l.tncoln
county commissioner on trial for the
alleged embezzlement of $900 of
county funds, and. testified that tliey
had received pay from Cohagen by
his personal checks for work on the
Kouth Platte river* bridge at the time
it went out in the high waters of
June, 1921.
All Witnesses stated that they had
received personal checks from the
commissioner drawn upon a local
hank nml that they saw Cohagen
write the checks.
These witnesses were brought here
hy the defense to show that Cohagen
had paid the county bills from his
own personal accounts snd that he
afterwards drew a county warrant
for $900 to reimburse his personal ac
count.
Indications are that the case will
be given to the Jury tomorrow about
noon.
Argentinians Eat
the Most Meat
Salt Bake City, Jan. 24.—The pen
pie of the Argentine who have quite
a reputation, a* meat eater* are the
largest, per capita consumers of mut
ton and the British com# next,
according to Charles J. Brand, eon
suiting specialist in marketing
1 nlted States Department of Agricul
ture, who addressed tho annual eon
ventinn of the National Wool Crow
ers' association hero today.
Mr. Brand gave a detailed outline
of what the Department of Agricul
lure Is doing In the livestock Indus
try and then turned to consumption.
"In tho Argentine every year," he
sold, "each |>orsnn eats 241 pounds
of meat and of this 24 pounds Is
mutton."
Sincltiir Oil Pipe Line
Laitl Arroxs Platte River
Kearney. Neb.. .Inn. ?4 - The c«*n
n*< ting link of tlie Sinclair oil «<>m
puny pipe linn in bring laid inruns
tho Platt* river nt till* point, A
fore* of over 200 nu n 1* engag'd In
this work. It, being Impossible to iih*
th* big ditch digging machine. The
Una I* being laid across th* con
cret* bridge, a right of way having
hern secured from Kearney and Buf
fnlo counties some time ago.
Marriott in Council Hluffs.
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tl*K* Ilr*na*a In t'tnincil Bluff* yanier
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The Day .in
Washington
K. I,. I)<ihen.v, California oil
operator, told the senat Teapot
committee he loaned Albert It.
Fall $100,000 in November, 1921.
The senate voted to discharge Its
oil len.se investigating committee
from consideration of the Caraway
resolution to eaneel the naval oil
leasee, thus bringing the question
to the floor for consideration.
Administration officials began
work on a priqmsal to form a bank
ing syndicate to relieve northwest
ern conditions.
Orders were Issued which wHl
eventually recall all American ves
sels in Mexican waters as a result
of the abandonment of the propos
ed rebel bloekade at Tampico.
Governor rim-hot's coal bill was
introduced In the senate by Sen
ator Borah, republican.
Senator Capper, republican, Kan
sas urged freight rale reduction on
agricultural products In a senate
speech.
Senator < uminins. Vrpuhliean.
Iowa, introduced a hill to carry out
President t oolidge’s policy on rail
road consolidation.
Tax redaction was debated In
Isdli house and senate. Senator
■tones, democrat. New Mexico, and
representative Garner, democrat,
Texas, urging the democratic plan,
and Keprescntatlvc Mills, repub
lican, New \ork, defending the
Mellon hill.
\\. S. Hill of Mitchell, H. II., was
nominated as (lie Interior repro
sentatlvi* of Hu* 'hipping hoard
and I In- mime*. of Frederick I.
Thompson, Mobile, Ala., and Rcrl
K. Haney, I'nrtland, Ore., were re
submitted ns nieinbers of Hie hoard.
I loss It itp.s Today.
Funeral for Vidor N. l!i f.«, 67, real
dent (if Omaha for 10 \eat*». who died
\VciincMlay morning it the lmnic of
lys daughter, Mrs. I,iwrcnc« 1'lark.
IVJ37 Miami Hired, will he held today
at 2 at the .lad,son funeral home.
Hurl.-il will lie in West iAwn com*
lery.
Warden Gets Wings
Plnnr to Hr I soil in Hunt
for (r nmr l.air I i old tors
to Pounce on Culprits
Line*'In, .Ian "I iSInte Game War
den Georgo Koater will use nn air
plane this spring to detect violators
of the fish and game laws, it tvaa
announced here today. The pinna
will he furnished by the federal gov*
« rnment, one machine having been
allotted to the fish and game depart
ments of Nebraska and Kansas.
The plane will travel over districts
frequented by ducks nd gc«-H<> in
111< - i r migratory flights north, suit
will do the work of a donen Inspectors
• n foot *n m automobiles, according
f•» Kofttot*
The tendering of a plane to the
stut« follows a recent convention of
game wardens In 8t. Louis at which
t he federal government was asked
to lend assistance.
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Fire Threatens
Nebraska Town
Bank and Drug Store Gutted
at Greenwood—Loss
Near $26,000.
Special Ilf.patch M The Omaha lire.
Greenwood. Neb., Jan. :4.—Fire dis
covered at 6 this morning gutted the
First National hank ot Greenwood, and
the Smith Drug company store next
door.
The fire, which originated in the
liasement of the hank building, is
believed to have been caused either
by defective wiring or an overheated
furnaoe.
Spread of the fire was checked by
a fire wall between the drug store
and an adjacent grocery store.
F\ 1.. Hall, cashier of the bank,
awakened by the telephone operator
at 6, summoned the volunteer fire de
purlment. and calls for aid wpre sent
to Havelock and Ashland, Neb.
In spite of a frozen hose, the fire
was under control at *, when addl
tlonal equipment arrived and was out
at It.
l»ss of the First National bank,
estimat'd at 1:0.000 b> II. K. Frantz,
president, is nearly covered hy in
suranee Finest Smith, proprietor of
the drug store, estimated his loss
at JS.OtiO, 1.1.100 „f which was cov
ered by Insurance.
The safe in the haitis Is standing
among the ruins, officials are hope
fill that the contenta are undamaged.
Frantz and Hill, together with J.
C. Deuser, vice president of the bank,
left this morning for Lincoln to ob
lain equipment with jihlch to carry
on the business of tl* bank tempor
arily.
it w;ut the second fire nt the hunk
within (no years.
The Greenwood taxstofflee which
wru* located In the Imek of the bank,
was completely destroyed, with the
exception of n mail sorting cabinet.
1 tow'ever, there wm practically no
lean through destroyed stamp*. ac
cording to l’ostmistress C. M. Cole
man, who said the greater part of
-her stamp supply was kept In the
hank vault.
Like the hank, the poatofflce has
acquired temporary quarters and
was ready for business lato this at
ter noon. tinder tbe guidance of
Cashier Hull, workmen were tni«n all
day today renovating an empty struc
turn across from the gutted hank
and. with supplies secured from other
Institutions, the First National Is
able to rarry on a |»art of Its usual
functions.
Work will be started nt one* re
building the two buildings whose In
terlora were completely ruined, *e
cording to Itank officials.
Coolidge Headquarters.
Ross L Shotwell of Omaha, slate
organiser for the Coolidge league of
Nebraska announced Thursday that
the league had opened headiiusiters
heie with A .1 1>unlav>. formerly of
Utb 'iln. as ixo nth' *< letary.
"The leiigiu will start Cimlldge
i lulls nt once In every county of the
state and will co-operate with the
Coolidge campaign committee of Nc
brask*. which Sis* headquarters In
Lincoln," the announcement said
$100,000 Loan Made by
Doheny Before Oil Deal;
Mystery in Another Sum
Former Interior Secretary Got Money in Bills from Mag
nate Month Prior to Leasing of California Reserve,
Latter Testifies—Intended for Ranch
Improvements.
Is Willing to Return Land if Crookedness Proved
By l nlrental Hfrrice
Washington, Jan. 24.—Edward E. Doheny, California oil millionaire, who
shared with Harry Sinclair the leasing by former Secretary Fall of the naval
oil reserves, told the senate investigating committee that he loaned *100.
000 to Fall November 30, 1921, a month before the lease to Doheny of Naval
Reserve, No. 1, in California was executed.
The loan was made on a note, Doheny said, and the money in bills was
brought from New York to Washington by Doheny's son in a small black
satchel ^nd turned over to Fall, who signed the note, which was then returned
to Doheny in New York.
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Three More Cars |
Recovered in Big
Auto Theft Ring
Gang Operating in Bovd
County Believed Respon
sible for Many Robberies
in Three States.
Lincoln, Jan. 24.—State officer*,
who are investigating what Is be
lieved to be a gigantic auto theft ring
in Boyd county, recovered three mope
stolen cars last night and expect to
bring in several more today, state
law enforcement headquarters an
nounced today.
The ring has been operating in Ne
braska, Iowa and South Dakota, state
offli-ers say, and has been responsible
for the theft of many of the cars
that have been reported stolen
in those States. In addition to re
oovering stolen cars, law enforcement
officers have apprehended numerous
vendors of liquor, and fines levied
since they started operation in the
county total tl.SOO.
Initial work on the detection of the
ring was d*'ne by State Officer O. E
Dudschusa, who summoned help when
he discovered the extent of the theft
operations. Working with him arc
State officer Milton Gatee and Fed
cral Officers Carl Schmidt and Wil
liam Rich.
Tom Carroll, state law enrorce
uient officer. was out of the city to
day and Ills assistants could not state
whether or not members of the auto
ring have been apprehended.
Carroll left IJncoln today for Tie
publican City, where ht» daughter.
Mrs. Frances Cain, is critically ill.
Jury Being Selected
to Try Carl Fricke
By AftKortated Fr«M.
Plattemouth, Neb.. Jan. 14 — Work
of selecting a Jury to try Carl G.
Frick#, former secretary of the Llv
ingston 1-oan and Building associa
tion. indicated on a charge of having
falsified his books and records, was
begun in district court here today.
Judge A. C. Troup of Omaha, pre
siding, overruled an objection by de
fense counsel to tlie work of Acting
Sheriff K. P. Stewart who was ap
pointed by Uoxernor Bryan. The de
fense objected to the alleged fact that
Stewart assisted in securing th# Jury
panel, contending he had no right
to serve.
Fricke is now located at Nelson*.
Neb., in the coal business. The build
ing association of which he was aec
retary was taken over by the State
Department of Commerce In 1»?1
when an alleged shortage was dtscov
ered.
Dry Campaign.
Uncoln, Jan. '-‘4.—Piscussing a re
port to the effect that a cleanup cam
palgn was to he started at the t'nlver
stt.v of Nebraska, IVan Engberg said
Wednesday.
•‘In the past there has been more
or less drinking among students.
There *111 soon he a conference be
tween the men Interested, the student
body and myself. If there is anything
going on at th* present time that
should not go on we want to know
the facte. I think for the present
things are quiet. 1 feel that during
the football season there probably was
some drinking going on, hut at pres
ent there are no footlml) g.tmes and 1
do not heller e there Is ary more
drinking than would ho found among
any great student body. The con
feretire la for plans for the future.
It could hardly he termed a cleanup
campaign "
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Doheny's store of the J100.000 loan,
which was dramatically told in a
three hour appearance before the
committee, added a new complication
to the record of Fall s transitions
with the lessees of the government
oil property.
SI00,000 Unexplained.
It now apears that the Doheny
loan is not the same one regarding
which Fall previously testified as
having obtained from Edward Beale
McLean, and that this other J100,
000 is yet to be explained. In other
words, Doheny's testimony, in the
minds of the committee, raises it tc
a 1200,000 transaction. Fall having
apparently received that sum after
negotiating with Doheny and Sin
clair for the tranfer of the oil re
serves.
Doheny supplemented his testimony
with an offer to turn back all tbe
property embraced in the Elk Hills
lease if it could be ascertained that
the government's interests were not
properly safeguarded In the lease
terms.
This offer was presented to the
committee by Gavin McNah of San
Francisco. Doheny's lawyer, who pro
posed that the committee should
adopt a resolution asking President
Coolidge to appoint a committee of
experts to examine all the terms of
the lease and then order its cancel
lation, if it had been Improperly ex
lecutsd. allowing Doheny only the
■amounts already expended in develop
ments.
High points In Doheny's testimony
were:
Intended to Employ FaD.
1. Admission by Doheny that ba
loaned Fall $10h,000 a month before
the lease to the Elk Hills in Califomia
was put through, but this Is aside
from the $100,000 that Fall is sup
posed to have obtained from McLean
or someone else connected with the
deal. Doheny also stated that he '
propose.! to obtain payment of th#
$100,000 Fall note by taking Fall int#
hi» employ and taking It out of his
salary, after Fall would resign from
tbe cabinet.
2. Doheny declared that $100,000 In
currency was brought from New
York to Washington by his son In
a small black hand satchel and that
Fall s note, bearing what he con
sidered Fall’s signature, wae returned
by his sot> and Is now In his pos
session. The committee demanded
production of th* not# and Doheny
promised to get It from his safe de
posit box In New Tork, where he be
lieves it now Is.
S. The $100,000 note, according to
Doheny, was payable on demand, but
no action lias ever been taken to
obtain payment. In drafting th#
note no Interest rale was mentioned,
nnd Doheny was unable to ear
whether Fail wrote the rat# In be
fore signing it.
Wanted to Help Friend.
4. Doheny told th* oominltt## he
loaned the money to Fall solely on
account of hi* SO years’ friendship
and because Fall was •broke" and
explained he might be able to recoup
himself If he could purchase the Her
rls ranch adjoining hla own land in
New Mexico.
5. Doheny’e testimony regarding
the loan to Fall la in direct contradic
tion to Fall’s testimony before th*
committee, that he never at any time
approached Doheny on the eubject of
borrowing money. Fall will b* re
examine,! on this next Monday.
6. Doheny informed th* commit
tee that he had been after Fall for
many months to return to Washing
ton and tell the entire truth about
the loan, but that Fall refuted to do
so. He stated that when they met In
New Orleans last Sunday night. It
was agreed that Doheny should ap
pear before the committee and reveal
details of the loan.
T. Asked why he sent the money
in currency rather than bv a bank
draft, Doheny was unable to recol
lect whether h# did this of h s own
volition or upon suggest Ion by Fall,
Second ( on tract Accepted
$. Doheny's testimony also re
vealed that the first contract mail*
vvtth Kali was merely for preferential
rights In a portion of naval reserve
No. 1. The contract was rejected hr
IVvheny's managers and the new* con
tract. turning over the lease for th*
entire tt.000 acres in the reserve, was
entered Into, Doherty reiterated that
he r\t ect* to make at least $100,0*1' -
000 out of the lease
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