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The Omaha Morning Bee ___ made the reply to ralumny anil de . .- , , ... ,— ■■ ■ ■ ■■■ ■■ ■ ■■■ - ■■■ tarnation, provided that we give no V CITY EDITION j V0L 53 N0 218. OMAHA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1924. *' TWO CENTS '■ Wei'S atf"1 l ju.t oce.aion t„r them.-Adiusi.m_ j ^ ^ By Mali (1 Tear): Dally and Sunday. U: Sunday. IMS. within th« 4th mm. Outalda th« 4th Eon« (1 Taar)! Dally and Sunday, 111: Sunday only. »»■ DEMAND RENEWED THA T McADOO WITHDRAW HIS CANDIDACY SENATOR REED LINKS Mc4$%0 WITH MORSE SHIPPING CASE . \ . ~ 7 Persons Drop From Sight Here Frantic Relatives Ask Police Aid in Seeking Loved Ones Mysteriously Missing. Underworld Is Scoured into that mysterious somewhere, from which they seldom return, seven Omahans disappeared within the last few days. Police records class them merely as "missing." But distracted mothers, with terri fying visions of daughters held in the grip of the underworld; of sons perhaps dying, where none can give aid; and wives and husbands, fearing the worst for their missing mates; sre frantically appealing to authori ties for help in locating their loved ones. Police and detectives are delving Into the recesses of the underworld and ransacking dives in search of the missing persons. Alice Smith, 16, left her aunt's home, 1929 South Twenty-ninth street, Friday night to attend a party. She did not arrive at the party. Mr*. Xlma Brewer, 19, daughter of J. \V. Patterson, Council Bluffs, has bepn missing since Thursday. X.eaving a wife and four children, Jesse Bell. 34, 5019 South Twenty second street, disappeared Wednesday after drawing his salary from the Ford Motor company. Rosamond, 22, wife of A. J,. Ainey, 1537 North Eigteenth street, disap peared from that address Thurs day. Albert Goodwin, 14, 702 North Eighteenth street, disappeared from his home Monday, according to his mother, Mrs. May Goodwin. Julius Schmid, 49, has been missing from his home at 6122 Flornece boule vard, for several days. Lillian Cole, 1411 California street. I ft that address Wednesday and has ■Mkl returned, according to reports. Among missing persons, who have been reported found are; Ralph Fos ter. 32. 207 North Nineteenth street, who wandered away from home with *9<>0 In hia pockets Friday, to return home Saturday, lie said he was just looking about the city. James Barome, 12, 1314 South Twenty-fourth street, returned home about an hour after police had been asked to search for him Friday. Majorle Bachman, IS, Miller hotel, came home after an abensce of three days. Bernard Walker, a barber also was found. Chicago Trades Unions Ordered Reinstated New York. Fell. 25.—Heads of the American Federation of Labor's build ing trades department in session here today with Chicago and Cleveland rep representatives prepared nn ultima tum ordering unions which bolted the building trades council of Chicago tie cause of the Landis sward to reinstate themselves not later than March 18. Federation officials declared the building trade wars In Chicago and Cleveland were analogous to the sit uation that prevailed in New York city a year ago. They indicated they were prepared to take the game dras tic action they took here—to disbar the defiant union* from the Ameri c an Federation of Labor and set up a building tradee council. Colorado Chairman of Labor Party Out Denver. Colo.. Feb. 25.—Neil Mac Arthur, secretary of the farmer labor party of Colorado, announced today that at a meeting of the executive committee of the party here on Febru ary 15. G F. Stevens of Denver, state chairman, had been removed, "for cause.” No further explanation was made by MacArthur. MacArthur also Issued a statement announcing that "at the auggestion , and demand of the national farmer labor party of tha United States," Frank E. Searway and August Eut token ara no longer connected with the farmer-labor party of Colorado. Munich Heavily Guarded. Munich, Feb. 25.—Extra troops from northern Bavaria arrived In Munich today to reinforce the local relrhwehr guarding the military acad emy where the trial of General Lu dendorff and Adolf Hitter for their part in the November “putsch” is to begin tomorrow. All the streets and grounds surrounding the academy have been blocked off by the soldiers. Married in Council Bluffs. The following p*r*on» obtained mir rlaii* lleouiio# In Council Bluff* ytattrdsy: I ,.r f’ouncll muffs .23 hunl* Kennedy. <’oun\JI Bluff* .34 l.oul* Council Bluff* .21 l.oul** Wlndom, Council Bluff* .1H |/r n nk Katlngtr. ?**w*rd, Nob . . 41 I Vjoint Zloglor, Howord. Ntb.4*1 U| If-y DIO**. Broktn Bow, Ntb .20 ^ ..^i. Waring Broken Bow. Nob.11 Boumgorf. Pliftiinou*h, Nob.... 33 Annie B»tek. Slatlsniouth. Noh .1> ■- p,y Holloway. Lincoln, Noh..24 (in,, Weaver, Lincoln, Neh ..22 Cij*- II*-Smith %rlmflel<h 0.24 AV. -I 'Shams. ta.24 »ymonS, Noh 24 • jnsu «»k. RavmnnS, N«o . ih A H W.Ntlt, Omttn. h Bans Ooedwln. Omaha .TT wlllsm Keenan. Ha»tinfr Nob. .. >> Alms OsrtBir, Hastings. Neb. ,u,M...ll - - - ■■ ' C'S \\ \ " ■— Partisanship Talks, While the Real Work _ ——- •*-- - rn Gravel Roads Are Favored by Most Counties Slate to Start Making Con tracts Today for Projects Which Will Total Over *1,000,000. l/lntoln. Keb 25.- Kill* will I e i-o reived here, starting tomorrow, fur highway const ruction, costing ap proximately 11.074.000. County board of commissioners of counties where the work is located have been asked to he present or send one of their number to repre sent thejn when the bids are opened. Under (he "nnti-teaketttling law," lads are received and opened the same day to prevent information regarding competetlve bids from reaching bid ders before the date of acceptance. Kvidence of collusion is sufficient to reject all bids submitted under the law. Bids will be received Tuesday for gravel surfacing 14 miles on the D. V. D., west of Harvard; 22 miles on the 1). J,. 1). east snd west of Hast ings; 4 miles between Dorchester snd friend, one mile east of Crete snd six and one half miles from Hastings north. On February 27 bid* will be re reived for three and three-fourth* mile* of Rand-clay surfacing In Nance county, between Fullerton and Central city; file mile* of gravel surfacing In Boyd county, between Lynch and Monoivi; six and one half mile* of Band-day eurfaclng, from Clearwater west, in Antelope county; nine am! one-half miles In Madison county, be tween Battle Creek and Meadow Grove; 131-2 miles of gravel surfac ing between West Point and Winner In dimming county: eight and one fourth miles of gravel on the Lincoln highway, from Schuyler east In Col fax county; six miles of graiel surfsc Ing on the Lincoln highway, between Central City and Clark*. February IX bids will be received for two ami one half miles of hard surface paving on the Lincoln high ly a ywest of Omaha, this connection completing almost 50 miles of con tinuous hard surface paving «n ihc Lincoln highway from Omaha to Ames. Twelve mill's of gravel sur facing between McCook and Culbert son. Haven miles of gravel surfacing west of Bridgeport. Five miles of gravel surface between I.cwcllcn and Oshkosh. Kleven miles of gravel sin facing between Grant ami Klslp in Perkins county. In Buffalo county bids will be received fur three ami one-fourth 1 miles of gravel surface from Klin < reck south to the Platte rfier on the Holdrege road. From Kimball to Buahnell, nine miles of gravel surface In Kimball county. Bight miles of gravel surfacing In Chase county, between Imperial and Champion. The total estimated cost of this work 1* about *1.474,704. which In cludes grading at from *244 to *X *nn —gravel eurfaclng varying from $2,400 par mils to $t,000. William Philips under-secretary of stale, was nominated to he am bassador fo Belgium. The house voted to Increase the estate taxes rarried in the revenue hill. Secretary Weeks. before the Ionise insular affairs committee, opposed Philippine Independence. The house Indian .committee pro posed a joint congressional Investi gation of administration of Indian alfairs in Oklahoma. It was learned that Joseph M. Ilixon, governor of Montana, is be big seriously considered for secre tary of fhe navy. The supreme court held invalid the act making state workingmen's compensation laws applicable to stevedores working on vessels lying in navigable waters. President Coolidge told members of Ilie house pensions committee he was opposed to enactment at this time of pension legislation involv ing any considerable drain on tlie treasury. Attorney fieneral Daugherty vvrnle a letter to Senator Wills, re publican, Ohio, saying lie had dealt in Sinclair oil stork, hut lind not misused official information. Senator Walsh, drmorrat, Mon tana, characterized as a "deliberate and malicious" misrepresentation a statement by the news bureau of the republican national committee which said the naval oil leases were made under an act sponsored by him. The senate oil committer rvamined Itaseom Sleinp, sec relary to President Cnotldge; hear ing Washington hankers testify as to accounts of Kdward ft. McKean and reralled for a short time H. Footer Bain, director of fhe bureau of mines. Man Held on Chcrk Charge Is Said to Be Ex-Convict *p?rlnl DUputrh to The Omaha Bee. Beatrice, N>h., F#b| 2". — F. Fogar ty, who In being held here, accused of obtaining about $f#0 from a number of business men on no fund check*, 1* an exconvict, according to Founty Attorney Mattoon. who said Fogarty recently wan paroled from the atate penitentiary, where he had been sent up for a term of on*' to five year a for a penal offon***. Mr. Mat toon will go to Lincoln tomorrow to confer v Ith the atate hoard of pardon* re guiding tin* revocation of Fogarty'* parole. Mystery of Blank Brief Unraveled by Court Aides l.imoln, l'i » i'.'i A brief fill'll In i e Inil iv with 1 hs c h i |, i.f Mii> supreme roiirt hy tlii' Northwestern mnl the OblruKo A Oninliii railroads appealing ;i derision of die Inle .luilgo Mnrntnjr In the inf's! her iviss rnse. contains nothin* hut s title snd three blank pa*»s. More detailed Inspection by sur prised attaches of the court showed that) the Northwestern finds thh brief recently filed In the esse liy the Rurllnirton to he “complete snd we adopt It aa our brief without repeti tion.1' | "It’s All Politics;" Is "No Scandal," Declares Doheny 0 Central Figure in Oil Investi gation Says the Democrats Are Playing “Cheap Polities.” It? International New• ^errle#. New York, Keb. 25 —K. L. Doheny, central figure in the oil lease investi gation in Washington, today branded (he whole affair as ‘political.” He accused the democratic party of "playing cheap politics” at the ex pense of good men’s characters and declared Senator Walsh, democratic I' ader of the senate investigation, has presidential aspirations. Senators demanding the retirement of Attorney General Harry M. I Daugherty were bitterly denounced by the oil magnate who described them as "character assassins and men with chocolate eclair spines.” Senator Borah, republican, and Senator Wheeler, democrat, rhlef cri tics of the attorney general, were also assailed by Doheny. "Wheeler lied when he said Daugh erty was a friend of mine,” Doheny declared. “Four years ago Borah said I contributed $59,000 to Major General Leonard Wood’s campaign fund. I asked him to correct this statement. He never did It. He stands Convicted of lying." Doheny declared Secretary of Navy Denby’s resignation was forced "in ths hue and rry" and he expressed the belief that President t’oolidge would not allow Attorney General Daugherty to be ousted from his posi tion. • "There Is no oil scandal—no one has been corrupted," hs said. Washington, Feb. J5.—Senator Wheeler, democrat, Montana, today (barged E. T». Doheny, In attacks on him waa trying “to draw a red herr ing across the trail of the oil Investi gation." Mr. Doheny had requested that Mr. Wheeler ha called he fore the commit tee In connection with a senate speech mentlonln-T the oil operator. Senator Wheeler aald ho had ob tained no Information regarding At torney (lenrral Daugherty or Mr. Doheny from (laston It. Means, for mer Department of Justice operative, although Means had called on him Means was Indicated last summer In -onnectlon with a pending Penney! vanla case Involving chaVges of sale of alleged Influence with the Depart ment of Justice. Dr. Jainr* Connolly Kilot for Idrutrnant (Jovrrnor T.lncoln. Frh. Sli.—Muth I. Hull. Curtis, filed with the secretary of •lata today for republican nomlna tlon to congress from the Fifth dls trlcl. Dr. James Connolly. Omaha demo oral, filed for lieutenant governor T M H«wttt. t.exlng'on. filed non politically for Judge from the Thlr teenth district. Got $50,000 for Halting Bankruptcy Missourian Charges Former Secretary for Using Influ ence With Government to Enrich Law Firm. Announces Candidacy St. Fouls, Feb. 26.—United States Senator James A. Reed, Informally opening his campaign for the demo cratic presidential nomination, charged William Gibbs McAdoo, for mer sceretary of the treasury and on opponent for the nomination, ex pected to receive 61,094,000 In "legal fees'* front E. F. Doheny, oil mag nate; the Charles W. Morse Interests and motion picture concercs, although he "did not appear In a single law suit.’’ "I am asking the endorsement of the democracy of Missouri and of the nation for the presidential nomina tion,” he said. "McAdoo publicly an-, nounced that lie did not Intend to enter the list against any of the can didates. but for reasons which are satisfactory to himself, he has singled me out as an exception to his gen eral rule. He comes Into the state of Missouri and is receiving some support. "Having been invited into the arena I come and give my reasons why the attorney for Doheny should not re ceive the endorsement of the Missouri democracy. JJoncny came to n asmnguin. no was in search of influence and to ob tain it was willing to expend large sums of money. Although there were tens of thousands of lawyers of dis tinetion and ability in ths United states, Doheny took Into his employ five cabinet or ex-cabinet officers. “Doheny swore that he employed McAdoo shortly after he left the cab inet. which was on December IS. 1918 “For his services at Washington. McAdoo was paid J100.000. He was removed from that field of endeavor when tho democratic administration was succeeded by the republican ad ministration. Such Is Doheny’s own testimony. It remains uncontra dieted. “But Doheny was not the only man who bought influence. “There was Morse, who secured lawyers and paid them In commis sions on coal contracts with foreign governments. Knters Morse Kmploy. “Morse will be remembered as the gentleman who wrecked a string of hunks. He got Into the penitentiary by fraudulent methods and he got out by fraud. "After his release from prison Morse proclaimed himself a patriot and organised a .concern to build ships. For his transactions with ths government he was indicted. On Morse's trial McAdoo appeared and testified for the defense. McAdoo's sworn testimony discloses that either bffens or shortly after he resigned as director general of the railroads, he became a member of the firm of Mc Adoo. Cotton A Franklin and he re sumed the practice of the law June 1, 1919. “About 90 days after McAdoo left the government employ, he entered the employment of Morse companies It should he noted that McAdoo’s partner, Cotton, had been the attorney for the Kmcrgency Fleet corporation and therefore the shipping board. "Shortly after entering Morse's em ployment, McAdoo appeared before the shipping board on behalf of Morse's coinpnny and read s brief prepared by a lawyer na iled Borden lie doesn’t appear to have got very far with that case. Payment l» Secured. "Thereupon. MeAdon undertook proceese* with which h* was more familiar. He applied to John Bar ton Payna, chairman of *ha shipping hoard, to advanca the Morse com pany aioo.noo, representing that It wa» necessary to hava this money In order to prevent a receivership for the company. "He evidently succeeded In con ’luring Judge Payne that tha pay ment of thla money was absolutely necessary to save Morae'a company from bankruptcy, for on September < 1919, Judge Payne wired: 'Hava sr ring'd to pay over $100,000 to the Virgtnla company.’ "T e money thus paid over was government money; It was psld over on the claim Ihnt It was necea snry to prevent bankruptcy. Never Iheletta. MeAdon charged and receiv ed for securing Ilia $100,000, to pie vent bankruptcy, a fee of $r>0,ooo, "The flrnton Iron works Is another Morse company It was In (he lianda of a receiver, til September, 1919. the -ame month MeAdon hnd earned the $.10,000 few | have just ment oned be junk up with the shipping board the quest Ion of lifting the revolver ship of the < I niton Iron works. As i result a contract ws* made between the ahipplng board and the I’nlted Slates Transport company, (a Morse company.) for tha purchaaa of the vessels rnnstrurled at Die f!niton Iron works under prior eontracla with th Kmergency Flest corpora thin. thti aervlea MeAdon* firm rharaed tha Oroton Iron warka a 10 Ofto n is claimed, howavar. that thla aunt waa not actually paid, American Wheat to Feed German Children Urged by General Allen By P. C. POWELL, Washington Correspondent to The Onht Bee. Washington, Peb. 25.—An appeal for the government to furnish food to starving children and babies of Germany was made here today by Maj. Gen. Henry T. Allen, commander-ln-chlef of the American army of occu pation in Germany. General AUep announced he intended to do every thing In his power to Impress upon congressional committees the impor tance of a step in this direction. A number of bills calling for use of surplus wheat in aiding Germany are before congress at this time. "The appeal for congress to pass the measure providing for relief of the children of Germany Is practical in two ways,” General Allen said. "It will not only save the starving youngsters, but will also help the American farmer by taking the surplus food supplies off their hands. The appeal for German bnhies Is in the Interest of peace. It will keep a nation of 62,000,000 peisons from political and social chaos. Germany Is a hungry nation. A hungry nation is always dangerous, not only to Itself, but also to others.” f-:-'j Daugherty Welcomes Investigation Declares in Letter to Senator Willis He Bought Stock Before Becoming Attorney General and Lost on Deals. V_ ._J Washington, Feb. 23.—Attorney General Daugherty * letter to Senator Willis was as follows: “My Dear Senator: I am informed, that the resolution of Senator Wheeler, providing for an examina tion of the Department of Justice, may he called up for consideration at any time, 1 am taking advantage of your kindness and courtesy to me to place before you a few of the thoughts that accur to me In connection with the pending resolution. “I wish you to understand, and I authorize you to say to the senate, that any committee of investigation which the senate. In Its Judgment, may appoint, will he accorded every facility which the Department of Jus tice affords, in order that a thorough investigation of my official acts and of the Department of Justice may be made fairly and systematically. I be lieve. and know, that such an inves tigation will satisfy the senate and the country that the fiepartment of Justice has been, and is being cam ducted with a high degree of efficiency and that the rights of th^ govern ment have been and are at all times fully and amply protected. “I notg by the resolution thut the committee Is Instructed to investigate my alleged failure to arrest and prose cute Albert R. Fall, Harry F. Sin clair, E. I„ Doheny, Charles R. Forbes and their alleged coconspirators. Suggests Other lawyer*. “It is interesting to remind you that before the introduction of this resolution, I requested the president to relieve me of the responsibility of prosecuting Alt>er» R. Fall and those with whom he is alleged to have been acting in collualon. because of the fact that Mr. Fall had been a mem ber of the cabinet in which 1 also served, and that the country might lie better satisfied to have the con duct of ths prosecution in control of lawyers In no way connected with the government. You know the president, approving this suggestion, did place thia whole matter in the hands of two of the ablest lawyers in this country. Hon. Atlee Pomerene snd Hon. Owen .1. Roberts, whose ap pointments have been confirmed by the senate, and who arc now in full charge of the particular matters re ferred to In this resolution. “Realixlng the difficulties confront tng these distinguished lawyers, 1 have extended to them every possible facility afforded by the Department of Justice I no formal letter addressed to them, and I am attaching hereto a copy of th.ct letter, so that It may lie available for reference at anj time. South' rrosecuiinn. •'The resolution complains of my failure |o prosecute Charles K. Korbes. You know, senator, and I cannot understand how Senator* Wheeler has failed to note, the activi ties of this department in connection with this matter. It ha* hern placed in charge of Hon. John W. H. Crim. who was appointed by me on Decem ber 15. 1»33. In prompt co-operation with the Reed committee and after conference with an sporoval l*y Chair men Reed and hla associates on the committee Investigating the \eteran*' bureau matter. Mr. Crim is being assisted by Major Davis Arnold, who *o ahly aided the Reed in*esttgatlng committee and by other asslst-ants. The case Is now- and has been for weeks under thorough In*gstlgation hy a special grand Jury at Chicago (which Jury 1 requested the court to Impanel for the purpose of consider ing this rasa long before the resolu tion orltlcDtng me In this i see fa* Introduced). "I have observed In the pres* In slnuations that so called high officials bought and sold Sinclair Consolidated oil company stock upon Information I legardlng the making of the oil leases, the Inference lx mg that they profited thereby. In ‘view of such publications I desire now to deny all such Insinuations ami Inferences, and to give Ihe facts In tills connection in sofar ns vhey relate to me personally. Mways Had till Stock. ' Hefore I became attorney general or seriously considered anv con nection with the government, from lime to lime In ihe ordinary course of my personal ln*o*imenl«, I bought | and paid for some slock In Ihe Sin clalr Consolidated oil company. Six month* after the execution of the Teapot Dome lease (of April T. lJJfi, endeaiorlng to recoup mv losses In said stork. 1 sold a portion of my holdings thsreln acquired and paid for as aforeagld before I became at tornev general Thereafter 1 bought ha** and paid for tha same amount of said stock thus sold, at a price slightly less than the price for which the same amount had been eold. Fin ally, In the fall of 1923, I sold all of my holdings In said company ac quired prior to my becoming attorney general, at a net loss to me of about 328 per share. In addition to this transaction 1 bought 18 shares of said stock in the year 1922 (the year the Teapot Dome lease was executed, which I arqulred for the sole purpose of rounding out my holdings in said stock. Ills Nothing to Conceal. "This is the story which the testi mony will reveal, and I am glad to have the senate know of my personal business transactions in said stock in 1922. There is nothing unusual In this transaction; nothing improper; nothing indiscreet, and nothing to conceal. "During the year 1922 (the year In which the Teapot Dome lease was made), with the exception above stat ed, I neither bought nor sold any stocks in any of the socalled Sinclair or Doheny companies, or in any other companies which were interested, di rectly or Indirectly, or were affected or could be affected, by the oil leases under consideration. I desire to say further that since X have been attor ney general I have never acted upon any information received as attorney general which resulted in my personal profit. "1 was not called upon by Secre tary Fall or anyone else for an opin ion. written or oral. In regard to the wisdom or legality of the oil leases, and I never volunteered an opinion.l cither written or oral, to Secretary Fall or anyone else. I had no part of any kind or character, directly or indirectly, in the negotiations leading! up to the execution of the oil leases: no information ever came to me in connection therewith, and the leases were executed without my knowledge and without any official requirement or opportunity on my part to know of their execution. Desire Kntire Truth. t "The charges and complaints in connection with any official acts of mine as attorney general and against the Department of Justice w ill. I hope, be made as specifically as possible, in order that I may promptly file a complete answer thereto and assemble the testimony so ns to develop the truth and the whole truth. "In conclusion, senator. I shall be glad If I might have privilege of hav ing counsel present at all the hearings of the committee, with the right ex tended to them to Interrogate any and all witnesses. "After the testimony has been pre sented by these making the charges and 1 am thus advised as to w hat 1 cm actually charged with and the tea tinmny In support thereof. I further lespectfully request the right to pro duce testimony before the committee on motion of my said counsel, and i-ave process to compel attendance of suc h w itnesses. I trust that the investigation may be conducted and completed as promptly as thoroughness will permit. My only reason for asking this is that while these Investigations are pend ing against the Department of Jus tice tha official force of the depart ment ts necessarily taken from duties which are pressing and In the inter est of the government: and also that as speedily as possible those innocent of any connection with the matters under Investigation may be freed from suspicions and those guilty be brought to Justice. "Very sincerely yours. ’ H. M. Daugherty. "Attorney General." Mr*. Laura Edward* Die*. Mr*. Laura Kdward*. ES, died Snn day. She f* survive) by hoy hto luunl, Albert Kdward*. and twadaugh tor*. Mr* Ora.-e Kriedler of Ttldeu Nob., and Mr*. Kunice I't**'.! of] Meadow Grove. Nob. The bodv *.li! I'e taken to Ttldon for burial. fl’he Weather ^.. . — ■ - ' r°r 14 hour* T r n» W*b «uary 54 ‘1»»ii|»fiaiuif Mifhe*!, 9J- 9; ««*»,*. fi paj Total ritf ciini t mv * ,tinusr\ I’H' Inrhii *t>‘l hut*«t• ««1 th» I \ Tola! tint* Jnuin 1. \ i( *«\ i'MI. .14. •»arif • .»! I f. w. .19 • * J l r **.... * J . • * I f* m * t • .. • 4 r m I* t . 1* 9 f» «H * T II \t • r w ,,, i* I* t r *» t» .ft l r V Recall of Californian Is Probable Move Given Impetus by* Do heny’s Statement He Sup ported Former Secretary During 1920. Undercurrent Is Strong Washington, Feb. 25 —Outstanding development* today In the Oil scandal were as follows: K. I.. Doheny's statement that he had endeavored to secure the demo cratic presidential nomination for William Gibbs McAdoo in 1920. whil" the latter was under a retainer for him as counsel, inspired a renewed demand that the former secretary of the treasury withdraw' from the present democratic presidential con test. Democratic members of both the house and senate were most cau tious in discussing this new develop ment but spoke their minds vigor ously in piivate. The advisability of recalling McAdoo as a witness will t* considered, it is expected, at the next executive session of the senate in vestigating committee. Attorney General Daugherty In a letter to ftenator Willis of Ohio ad mitted having bought and sold stock In the Sinclair Consolidated Oil com pany. With the exception of a few shares, the *tock, he said, had been purchased prior to his taking office in 1920, and so prior to the signing of the Teapot Dome lease in 19-'2. He reiterated his desire for a full inves tigation and defied his accusers to prove any wrongdoing on his part. Senator Willis on the floor blocked a move to obtain the immediate pas sage of the Wheeler resolution for the investigation of Attorney General Daugherty s conduct of the Depart ment of Justice, The resolution will come up tomorrow. To Hall OH Flow. Special Counsel Roberta and Pom erene announced that under orders from the White House they would be gin proceedings at once against Doheny and Sinclair Interests to stop the taking of oil from government re serves involved in the Fall leases. The Sinclair action will be taken in Wyoming and the Doheny action in California. The special counsel have been advised to centralize their work where witnesses are most read it.'' available. Strong pressure is tiaita brought to have this part pf the work conducted away from Washington so as to be free from the influence of political factions In congress. Chi cago is know n to be under consider ation. C. Baseom 5-lemp. secretary to Pres ident Coolidge, told members of the senate investigating committee that he had ad v i see cl former Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall to tell the whole story" of the $100 000 lean "as a matter of public duty." McLean's Account Indefinite. Officials of three Washington banks submitted testimony and records to show that the total accounts carried hs* Mcl^ean at about the time he is said to have given Fall $100,000 In checks varied between $6.0?H> and $60, t>00. Director If. Foster Kain of the bu reau of mines. Interior department, testified that he had “understood" from Fall that Attorney General Duiugherty had voiced no objection to the legality of the leases during ■■in formal" discussions at or after cab inet meetings. Rain asserted, how ever, that he could not say Daugherty had ever specifically approved the legality, even Informally, and ad.Ied that the Interior department had ob jected to the idea of calling upon the attorney general for a formal opinion. Senator Walsh of Montana accused the republican national committee of "deliberate and mnlivtoss misrefjrc seniation" in charging him wtdh "fathering" the oil leasing policy atari - dcr which the Fali-Doheny-Stnc’iir contracts were signed Tile commit tee replied by quoting pages from the congressional record and characteriz ing the Walsh statement as “a quib ble for the purpose of misrepresenting the facts ’* May i«’l Mill Hay*. The senate in . estigating commit'** took under consideration the advtsa hlllty of calling Will H. Hay*, now l*e*t known as "cxar of the movies ' Hays w is a member of the late Pres, ident Harding's cabinet during the period In which oil leases were under negotiation. The committee would like to ssk hint If any promise* were made to Sinclair or 1' heny or their representatives In return for their support tn the last republican na tional campaign. The committee will resume its puts, lie hearings tomorrow morning when telephone and telegraph company of ficial* will lie callev| upon to produce re.auds of moattagos exchanged he iwcctt Washing tan and Palm l'.ach a few weeks ago in connection with Ibe Statements of Kali and M lean with reference to the fain .n llpti.c.ou loan Subpoena* w • r issued tonight, for P- Wahjherg. late secretary m Harry V Sin. lau. and O T c'iaggeit, division manager of the t'hesapeak* and Potomac Telephone company. Daggett is directed to bring before the commit see Wedneedav *ij ,-e, ords of teiev'hone conversation* of *>h*rt It rail Pdwn * p \frlean .1 w Zevelv, W o Ducksteln W. p « lev tod Fdward 1 Doherty gt •ether l'»*m Beach or New Or hors