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CITY EDITION ! V0L 53_N0. 194. OMAHA, MONDAY JANUARY 28, 1924. * TWO CENTS ■■ ^ c."d. V Em*,. H*m*,. J
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5 Mexicans
Accused of
Plot Slain
Men Face Firing Squad Fol
lowing Alleged Discovery
of Scheme to Give Up
Juarez lo Rebels.
Esperanza Is Captured
El Paso, Tex., Jan. 27.—Five men
were executed by a firing squad in
tlie Juarez (Mex.) cemetery early to
day, following alleged discovery of a
plot to turn Juarez over to Mexican
revolutionary chiefs.
Col. Roman Lopez, commander of
the Juarez garrision, announced that
a large quantity of rilfes and pistols,
together with ammunition, was found
after the plot had been uncovered.
Four of the men were barely 21
years old. The oldest, a former fol
lower of Francisco Villa, had but
one arm, the other having been lost
while fighting for the bandit chief
tain.
The men were taken from the an
cient stone jail in Juarez and march
ed to the cemetery, followed by a
crowd attracted by the grim aspect
of the party.
"Mercy Shots” Administered.
Little time was lost after tho cenie
tery was reached, the condemned men
being acquainted with their fate dur
ing the march.
Following the usual cuetom of read
ing their sentences, the men were
ordered to prepare for death. Some
stood mute. Others removed their hats
took out their hankerchlefs and faced
the squad.
One at a time, as their names were
called, the men walked in front
of the adobe wall of the grim
guardhouse in the cemetery and stood
at rigid attention.
At the command of fire, the limp
form of the prisoner would fall to
the ground in death throes. Imme
diately after the volley, a “mercy
shot” was administered.
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Federal* Take Esperanza.
’ BT Associated Press.
Mexico, City, Jan. J7.—The town of
Esperanza, considered the most Im
portant strategic position on the rail
way between the capital and Vera
Cruz and descril>ed as the key to Ori
zaba, was captured late Saturday by
the federal forces under General
Martinez, according to an official
statement made today by Under Sec
retary of War Manzo. The statement
was based on advices received from
Minister of War E vrano, at Puebla.
At 6 this morning General Alma
zan's cavalry defeated Gen. Fortu
nato Maycotte’s rebel forces at San
Miguel, Saltepec, the rebels losing
five officers and five privates killed.
The rebels withdrew to Canada, Mor
elos. to which place General Alma
zan’s troops pursued and finally dis
persed them.
According to advices from Secre
tary Serrano, the advance of the fed
eral force* is proceeding.
TJ. S. Boats Arrive.
General Martinez reports that he
expects shortly to take Orizaba. Early
Saturday morning Gen. Gonzalo Es
cobar reached Salvatierra, on the way
to Morelia, where he will reinforce
the local garrison. There has been
fighting for several days past in Mor
elia.
President Obregon yesterday vis
ited Penjamo, later returning to Ce
lava.
Special dispatches from Tampico
report the arrival there on Friday of
the rebel gunboat Saragoza, which,
however, did not attempt to come
into port, anchoring three miles to
the south.
Two American torpedo boat destroy
ers are reported to have arrived
shortly after the Saragoza dropped
anchor. They are stationed outside
Mexican territorial waters.
Leader in Farmers’ Union
Circles Dies at Columbia
Columbus Neb., Jan. 27.—Frank W.
Klernao, former member of the coun
ty botird of supervisors, one of the
early leaders In Farmers union cir
cles In Platte county and a member
r,f a pioneer family, died at Ids home.
Death followed a stroke of apoplexy
which he suffered while eating sup
per Thursday evening. The stroke
left him unconscious and he did not
regain consciousness before death.
Funeral services will be held at 10
Tuesday at St, lionnventure's Catho
lic church. The body will then be
taken to HI. Edward where services
again will be held and where burial
will he made In the Catholic ceme
tery. A wife, three sons and four
daughters survive.
Man Attempting to Lift
Car From Ditrh Drops Dead
Kearney. Neh<, Jan. 27.—Al Crowell,
66, dropped dead as a result of over
exertion. Crowell and a fellow work
er were returning from the country
where they had been working all day,
when the car they were driving skid
ded Ho a ditrh on a road about 10
^ irvllea northeast of Kenmey. The
strain of lifting the machine from the
ditch seems to have been too much
for Crowell’s weak heart, for he col
lapsed and was pronounced dead by
1ho first physician to rcndi hLs side.
He Is survived by awlfe and family.
Dr. Coue, Jumping Faster and Faster,
Spends 30 Seconds at Omaha. Station
French Psychologist's Power of Suggestion
Holds Connecting Train Here—Day by Day
He's Getting Tighter, Mourns Red Cap
Day by day In every way Emile
Coue must jump faster and faster.
But he set a record In Omaha Sunday
morning that he will find difficult
to break unless day by day in every
way he gets younger and younger, in
stead of day by day in every way get
ting older and older, like the rest of
humanity.
The French psychologist was at the
Omaha Union station less than 30
seconds Sunday. He came in over
Other Inquiries
Overshadowed bv
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Teapot Dome Case
Surtax Rates in Mellon Bill
May Be Reached by House
Committee by End of
Week.
Washington, Jan. 27. — Develop
ments in the naval oil reserves leases
overshadow every other subject be
fore congress.
Tax, farm relief, Muscle Shoals and
the Bok peace plan investigation are
struggling for a place in the sun, but
recent and prospective disclosures in
the oil Inquiry have left them in po
sitions of comparative obscurity.
Despite an announcement by Presi
dent Coolidge that the administration
will move immediately for annulment
of the leases and the prosecution of
any who may be guilty of wrong do
ing, the senate will proceed tomorrow
with consideration of a resolution
calling on the president to act In the
case of the Teapot Dome lease.
Discussion Deferred.
Discussion of the cancellation reso
lution affecting the California oil re
serve lease will be deferred under
present plans until E. L. Doheny har
had an opportunity to make an offer
over his own signature to reconvey
this lease to the government.
The big bone of contention In the
Mellon tax bill—the income surtax
rates—probably will be reached by the
house ways and means committee by
the end of the week.
Word from Henry Ford, as to
whether he will appear to discuss his
offer for Muscle Shoals is awaited by
the house military committee which
hopes to wind up Its hearings on this
subject by midweek.
Farmers Queried.
With the senate agricultural com
mittee still considering several forms
of farm relief, a group of northwest
ern farmers has sent a message to
the farmers of that section to get to
gether and let congress know Just
what they want. The^ senators in
their message endorsed 'the Norris
Sinclair farm export corporation mea
sure as the one promising the great
ff.-t good.
Definite preparation for handling
of railroad legislation will be made
tomorrow by the senate interstate
commerce committee, with the ap
pointment of subcommittees to study
the various measures which have been
offered.
Further inquiry into the Bok peace
plan by the senate propaganda com
mittee is planned for this week.
20 Bodies Recovered
After Mine Explosion
By Associated Prrss.
Shanktown, Pa., Jan. 27.—Twenty
bodies have l>e*n removed from the
Lancashire mine here and the bodies
of five others have l>»en located by
mine rescue workers in the workings,
which yesterday was the scene of ft
gas explosion. Fifteen others are be
lieved to be entombed and little hope
is held that they will be found alive.
Fire Causes $2,500 Loss
to Residence at Kearney
Kearney, Neb., Jan. 27.—Fire and
water are estimated to have caused a
loss of $2,500 at the A. E. Atkins'
home here. The fire evidently had
been burning for some time when I lie
nlarm was turned In shortly before
3, tor school children reported they
had observed smoke coming from t lie
roof at noon, but had not turned dn
an alarm because they could see no
fire.
There was considerable anxiety
among parents when telephone oper
ators reported the alarm had been
turned in from Whittier school. The
school building, which Is across Hie
street, from the burning house, has
been strenuously condemned by
school authorities during the last
few months as a fire trap.
The fight to extinguish the fire was
retarded for a time by low water
pressure caused by a break at the
waterworks.
I The Weather
For 24 hour* ending 7 p. m , Janu
°'Til g heat, 39; lowaat, 1*; mean, 2*. nor
tiimI, 22. Total deficiency alnca January
I. 2.15.
Precipitation. Inuliaa and hundredth*
Total, 0 Totals alnca January 1, 0.61;
exceed, .04
Hourly Temper*lurea,
R a. rn. i** I p. m . . . . 3 4
h a. ..10 2 p. m ■
7 a m.lx 3 p. in.
X k. m.11 4 |». n».29
f» a. m.I * R p. m. 14
in a. m. 22 6 p m 37
II a. m.7(1 7 p m ... >H
12 noon .*2 I P- m...24
the Rock Island, which was over an
hour late. Union Pacific No! 1 was
held for him, and when the sleeper,
in which Dr. Coue had been pacing
nervously for hours and wishing the
belated train would go faster and
faster, had been drawn up alongside
the sleeper on Union Pacific No. 1.
there was a rush. A half-dozen red
caps hurried the Coue baggage across,
Dr. Coue gave a hop, skip and jump
and landed on the car platform, and
before he was inside the door. No. 1
was pulling out westward.
Later and I<ater.
Dr. Coue’s power of suggestion
must have been working in high a
second or two after he discovered that
the Rock Island train carrying him
was hour by hour in manner dour
getting later and later. And it must
have been suggestion that enaTSled
the train to pull into the Union sta
tion 30 minutes ahead of the expect
ed time.
And if you do not believe in the
power of suggestion, just you try to
have Union Pacific No. I held for you
sqme time without first having put
the suggestion machinery into full
motion with a full gas tank and every
bearing oiled.
But Dr. Coue got away with it
somehow, and there's no other way
of explaining things except by saying
that "every day in every way they're
doing things for Doc Coue."
Tighter and Tighter.
"Day by day that fellow’ is getting
tighter and tighter.” ejaculated the
chief red cap in a voice of deep con
tempt, as he viewed the thin dime
that Dr. Coue had handed Jiim to be
apportioned among the half-dozen of
the red cap crew.
"It must have been Dr. Coue's
presence aboard the Rock Island that
made it possible for the train to ar
rive at 9:30 when reported an hour
and 40 minutes behind its arriving
time of 9:40," said a station attache.
"Must have been," said a red cap.
“It certainly wasn't because that
Frenchman made it a financial in
ducement to the train crew to speed
er along.”
More and More.
"How are they coming, doctor?"
queried a reporter as Dr. Coue gave a
very correct imitation of the Jumping
frog of Calvearas county, while get
ting from one sleeper to the other.
The reply sounded very much like
a seltzer bottle that had gotten out
of hand, but there was a trace of a
smile to be seen through the facial
foliage.
Dr. Emile Coue is making another
tour of the I'nited States to scatter
mental fogs by concentrating rays of
mental sunshine. But scattering isn't
his only object. He expects to do
quite a bit of monetary harvesting,
t’ncl# Sam's money looks good to all
from overseas. They know that an
Uncle Sam's dollar is worth 100 cents,
while the franc, the pound sterling
and the lire nre worth only what you
can get for them the day you nre so
unfortunate as to have to accept
them.
Lenin Rites
Sadden City
of Moscow
Citizens, Grief-Bowed, Disre
gard 40 Below Zero Weath
er to Pay Last Tribute
to Premier.
Heroic Age Returns
By tnlvrrul Herviep.
Moscow, Jan. 27.—"Lenin is dead;
long live Leninism.”
Moscow, ghastly whllte In her snow
shroud, black with an unspeakable
sorrow, red witht the surging blood
of a new humanity. cried today
through 10,000 banners, through
1.000,000 bowed bared heads, through
the mouths of saluting cannon,
through its tramp oit ice-covered
cavalry and through forests of bris
tling bayonets, proud lances and un
sheated sabers dipped to 40 degrees
below zero.
Today Moscow witnessed the re
turn of Its heroic age, presenting an
epic picture of Homer'c proportions.
Today Moscow buried Lenin.
Without speeches and without pomp
in the ceremonies, Moscow, over
come by an unutterable grief, fol
lowed by all Russia from the Pa
cific to the Baltic, could speak but
one thought—"Lenin"—displaying its
feelings in but way—through the ut
ter disregard for all physical discom
fort and obllviousness to inclement
elements.
Like molten lava, a great human
tide has been coursing since early
morning through the icy air, breath
clouds of steam from myriad mouths,
which mingled with smoke from
thousands of campfires encircling the
city in a grey mourning mist.
Today saw Lenin's supreme tri
umph.
The cold which destroyed Napo
leon's army, Lenin's nsme alone con
quered.
"It is not a funeral. It is a resur
rection.” was overheard on all sides.
"Lenin's death Is the resurrection of
the revolution.”
Jefferis on Way Back
From Washington
By P. C. POWELL.
IVashlficten < orrrMioedent Tbe Omaha Bee.
Washington, Jan. 27.—Ralph B.
Straaaberger. one of President Cool
Idge's boosters, will visit Nebraska
In a tour of western states during a
campaign to consult with Coolidge
leaders. Former Congressman Jef
feris of Omaha, who was In Washing
ton Friday and Saturday, left last
night for Omaha. While here he
colled on Senators Howell and Norris
hut said nothing to them relative to
ills interview with Strassberger.
Chautauqua Circle—Dundee Chau
taugua circle will meet Monday after
noon, January 2R. at 1:30, at the
home of Mrs. P. Ft. Cook, 6011 Cass
street.
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Up to Wayne to foregather with
professional brethren, ami to visit for
a time with the good people of a won
derfully progressive little city. Know
ing something about what civic en
terprise and community spirit mean.
I'll say that Wayne has both In
abundant meaaure. And for proof of
the statement, the following Is of
fered:
There Is the commodious commu
nity hall, built by the Woman's club
and maintained for real community
purposes. There is a Klwanls club
that works tirelessly to live up to the
meaning of Klwanls—‘we build. And
there are two newspnpers that en
joy an advertising patronage that Is
the wonder of the brethren. These
are the Herald and the Democrat.
And there is the State normal,
owrjed by all of us. to be "sure, bi^t
which is the especial pride of the
people of Wayne. The school Is en
joying itm best year, and the pros
pects grow brighter with each passing
day.
Hut these things could not be with
out an enterprising, energetic, har
monious lot of citizens—and that's
where Wayne shines. The architect
of this department has attended
many banquets In his time, but never
a more enjoyable one than that pre
parts! by Ihe good women of the
Wayne Methodist church, served by
their charming daughters, paid for by
the Klwanls club and tendered Ihe
visitors to the Northeast Nebraska
Press association.
Hitch a genial, companionable lot
of ftdk In Wayne. The guest anon
feels Ilka an old settler, and looks
forward regretfully to the hour of
departure, fireat sorrow Is felt for
the newspaper brethren who could
have been there, but were not. They
missed the be si ever.
Watching D. K. Hrnlnnrd In action
one readily understands w-lty the Kl
wanls club of Wayne functions so
perfectly, lie Is the president. And
no banquet could be a failure when
It has a toastmaster like O It. Bowen,
and a fun loving song nnd stunt
leader like Prof, l.eun Beery- Bui
with all dus respect to these deaerv
edly popular gentlemen, any banquet
in Wayne would be a success with
out them, provided the charming ma
trons of the city were hoatoaaen and
their equally charming daughters
were serving the viands. There are
several middle • aged professional
brethren who might possibly blossom
out Into pretty good post prandial or
ntors If always they could have an
Inspirational Incentive like unto that
provided to the N. E. N. P. A.
By adroit angling, one of those
middle aged brethren managed to se
cure nn Invitation to talk to the stu
dents at Wayne Teachers college at
some time In the near future. By far
the greater number of these stu
dents are schoolma'ms, present or
potential. He hopes that he will be
able to hold a majority of that au
dienre closely.
The management of Wayne's hotel
leaves .nothing to be desired, but the
building Itself does. Some rtf these
fine days Wayne's Klwanls club will
expecfonife on Its collective hands
ami correct this situation. A new
and up-to-date hotel building under
lhe same management as the pres
ent one. would come pretty near be
log the Ideal Situation.
A new state song Is soon to come
out of Wayne. The words see by
tlrnce Welsh I.utgon, music by Prof.
I .eon Beery, It has sentiment hs
well ns rhythmic beauty, and the mu
sic just fairly sings Itself. A lot of
editorial brethren who didn't know
Ihey could sing a note found them
selves real vocalists when they were
afforded an opportunity to sing Mrs.
I.ulgen'a words ss set to Mr Beery's
music.
A wonderfully pleusant evening, sll
loo short, spent with such s kindly
Iteople—and so long suffering during
the closing moment of the Uinquel—
and then nn hour In the hotel office
talking shop with the gang, one day
ended perfectly. and Ihnt ending
blended beautifully Into the t>crfert
beginning of another day. One news
paper worker lias his lime table
properly marked, so be can locate a
train to Wayne on the shortest n< «
alble nolle*. W. M. M.
What Does Mr. Bok Mean by Spending His Money
for Such Pernicious Purposes }
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SPLENDID, MR. PRESIDENT
----AN EDITORIAL
For several days The Omaha Bee has urged upon President Coolidge prompt and
definite action in bringing to the bar of justice the guilty ones in the oil lease scandal.
The president has acted. There is no equivocation in what he has done.
Straight, clean and definite it comes. It is splendid, Mr. President. ,
The president strikes straight, whomsoever he shall hit, republican or democrat,
friend or foe. He frees the weapon with which he shall strike from every charge of bias
or fear of influence. Special counsel, men high in the leadership of both republican
and democratic parties, will handle the evidence and prosecute those to whom the evi
dence shall point.
Bribery is an ugly crime. All the more reason for action.
If Albert B. Fall was bribed for a hundred thousand dollars in a satchel and thirty
five thousand dollars that he might make a trip to Russia; if for this he gave away the
nation’s vast naval oil reserves, then someone bribed him.
When the knife cuts, the president plans to see to it that briber and bribed come
within reach of its swath.
If the evidence can be found to convict, Mr. Doheny and Mr. Sinclair will not es
cape with a restitution of'the leaseholds their scheming has won. There will be no pass
ing of the buck to Fall’s broken career. All the guilty will pay.
The president has done more than speak, he has directed: “If there is any guilt, it
will be punished; if there is any civil liability, it will be enforced; if there is any fraud,
it will be revealed; if there are any contracts which are illegal, they will be canceled.’’
No wasted words, no indirection, no doubtful meaning.
Courage, fine, high courage. It is splendid. Mr. President._
Professor to Rid State of Man-Eating
Mosquitoes With Bats in Cave Hideouts
Itlooif Suckers Lined to Cherry'County:
Found Roosting Head Down on Ceilings:
Smudges Suffocate Thousands of ’Em.
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O'Neill, Neli.. .Ian. 17.—After sev
eral yenrs of painstaking research
anil investigation Prof. M. H. llorls
kev, local scientist, at last has suc
ceeded In solving the problem of how
the large man-eating mosquitoes
Which Infest the vicinity of the
stream bunks of north Nebraska and
the fishing lakes of Cherry county,
survive ilie rigor of a northern win
ter.
As a result of the professor's re
search north Nebraska liisy he rn
tlrely without mosquitoes the com
lug summer.
The hlg blood-suckers do not hlber
nnle In the true definition of the
term, says Professor llorlskey, but
protect themselves from extremely
low temperatures by seeking refuge
ill hollow trees or other protected
places, and the mosquitoes of north
Nebraska spend the winter In the
caverns and caves along the hanks
of Whisky «reek In southern ttoyd
county, the waters of which stream
are warmed by the hot springs lo
cated just about the town of Lynch.
The location of the wtnter habitat
of tlie Nebraska mosquito was deter
mined by lining them Just ns wild
tx-es are lined to locate a honey tree.
Attention was attracted to the pos
alblltty of a possible local rendesvous,
when large flm ks of the Insects were
noticed migrating northward from the
Cherry county lakes during the first
cold spell late In IVcember.
Observation of their course of
flight was made and a simple loathe
mntlcnl process enabled the searcher
to determine the converging point of
the several routes, after which the
actual ba stion of the winter quarters
soon was discovered In several large
caves along the creek hanks.
There the mosquitos were discov
ered. roosting, head downward, on the
ceilings.
Smudges at once were started and
thousands of the pests suffocated.
The professor will stock the caves
with hats tbs coming summer stid
thus expects to eradicate the Insects
from the state within a short time
OHI> Col I! C Weller, loco!
auctioneer, bn# filed for county *
sor on the republican ticket *>rln
kelllaon ami lien Hinkle have filed
on the republican ticket for re elei
H
tIon on the count} board from their
Ipreclnct*. .1 h Want of Arcadia
lias fllcil on Ilia sente ticket for state
ictin -entatue from \ alley slid list
field counties
Pneumonia Threatens
Fait: Doctor Declares
Condition Is Critical
By I'hIimwI Service.
Washington, Jan. I*.—Bronchial
pneumonia threaten* tonight to corn
plloate the illness of Albert B. Fall,
central figure In the naval oil reserve
scandal. Ills condition Is regarded as
critical.
At the home of C’ol James W Zeve
ly, attorney for the Sinclair oil Inter
ests. It was learned that the former
secretary of the Interior s|>ent a most
restless night Saturday, and that his
condition showed no Improvement to
da y.
The concern of Fall's physician l'r
John Wharton, was shown by an
early morning visit. F very thing pos
slide is being done to ward off the
onset of pneumonia, regarded as nniet
serious, not only because of the pa
tlent's age. but on account of his
weakened stale occasioned bv thw dui
alton of hla Illness.
Fall's appearance before the pul*
llo lands committee to testify rela
live to his leasing of the Teapot
1 Vine tract and naval reserve lands
in California and his receipts of
money and Idbertv t'onds from le*
seo* Is now Indefinitely postponed
Friday was set as the day on which
lit* hearing would commence. Bn
p ills from New Orleans to Washing
ton with Zevely, Fall wired a plea for
delay owing to his Illness.
"I am n sick man." h* declared on
hi* arrival.
Conference
Is Called
on Sunday
Acting Attorney General and
Aide Summoned to White
House for Night
Meeting.
Capper Attacks Denby
Washington, Jan. 27.—President
Coolidge is picking the prosecutors.
The names of special counsel, who
will go to the "bottom of the Fall
Sinclair-Doheney oil lease scandal,'
will be given out as soon as the presi
dent has made his selection. They
will be summoned to Washington at
once and will be expected to proceed
without delay.
The prosecution will be without
parallel in importance since the days
of the Star Route scandals and the
Whisky Ring in the days of Presi
dent Grant.
Law Will Be Enforced.
Then. President Grant gave orders,
"Let no guilty man escape." Now
President Cootidge has said. “Every
law will be enforced and every right
of the people and the government will
be protected.”
The case of “The People of the
United States Against Albert B. Fall,
et al“ will require the bfcst legal
brains of the country. Washington
is speculating on who will be se
lected.
At 6:15 tonight. President Coolidgs
summoned Acting Attorney General
Seymour and Assistant Attorney Gen
eral Rush Holland to #the White
House.
Conference Is I nusual.
A Sunday night conference at th#
White House is in itaelf unusual. The
present conference is all the more
unusual in the vast consequences to
personal fortunes, to financial for
tunes, to political fortunes, that hang
in the balance.
The fact that the president Is giv
ing bis Sunday evening to the mat
ter Is taken by everyone here to
mean that he will move swiftly and
with precision.
Capper Attacks Denby.
Washington, Jan. 27.—“Because of
'tschnicallties' which the secretary
of the navy could not. understand, the
public now understands too well that
private exploiters have come Into
possession of at least a quarter of a
billion barrels of government oil.”
Senator Capper, republican, Kansas,
said In a statement tonight announc
ing his support of resolutions to can
cel naval oil leases.
President Coolidge's announcement
that he would Institute court pro
ceedings where necessary, was en
dorsed by Senator Capper, who said
the affair should rise “above con
cerns of party expediency," and
that "none guilty of breach of pub
lic trust shall escape.”
Aside from the scandalous in
ference of the Teapot Dome affair."
said the Kansas senator; “aside from
the grave suspicions of criminal tur
pitude to which it gives rise and the
evidence of gross neglect of official
duty and indifference to the public
interest which it has disclosed, the
Investigation has revealed the fact
that 37.000 acres of California and
9 300 acres of Wyoming oil lands
reserved to supply our future naval
needs have been turned over to pri
vate exploitation
Explanation Ik** Not Explain.
“Defenders of deliberate alienation
of government oil reserves, which is
a hold and frontal attack upon the
governmental policy of conservation
of natural resources, explain that the
leases were made necessary because
the oil fields adjacent were being de
veloped anti that if the governn>ent
acreage were not developed its oil
would run mto private wells.
“This is an explanation that does
not explain: it does not explain why
the leases were made without public
bids: It does not explain the negli
gence of the secretary of th* navy
who tesjified he signed the leases
without understanding what he
signed because they were too teohni
esl. It does not explain the story of
Doheny. and Colonel Zexely. private
attorney for Mr Sinclair, regarding
'loans' of Ilfa.OOO to former Seerw*
tary of the InterioV Fall. This ex
planation doe* not explain the story
of Archie Roosevelt, wherein he told *
the committee that Sinclair's secre
tary had told him that Fall s ranch
foreman had been given Jiix.ooo of
I Sinclair's money.
“I shatl support a resolution d;-ect
ing the proper agency of the govern
ment to proceed at cnee to void these
leases and to recover this alienated
public domain —this great store of oil
upon which our future national safety
may depen.i. and that evidence of
criminal guilt he relentlessly and un
sparingly prosecuted no matter whom
It may Involve"
Coolidge Asks Both
Parties to Aid Cleanup
Washing*. >'U .1m IT IVsnlfrt
Owljdtf# has vi#cM#xl to employ spe
cial eounwl drawn from Kith th# re
puhlhun and democratic part:#* to
l*roeo<st \x till vMurl action as a rosutt
iif #v idem «' adduct xl at the >* at#
committee h^arlnisa on the leasing of
naval oil
Whit# Houao officials in maktng
public the statement sant ^hat th#
special counsel would l** appoints
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