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DEMAND RENEWED THA T McADOO WITHDRAW HIS CANDIDACY
SENATOR REED LINKS Mc4$%0 WITH MORSE SHIPPING CASE
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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
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Partisanship Talks, While the Real Work
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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*.
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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