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^Publisher Had Only $12,000 in 2 Accounts Bank Officials Testify to Mc lean's Deposits at Time He Said He Gave Fall Checks for $100,000. By Asaorlited Prtsf. Washington, Feb. 25.—The senate oil committee opened another bag of surprises today when it re sumed hearings after a 10-day recess. Taking up the trail of the $100,000 loan made to A. B. Fall by Edward B. McLean, publisher of the Wash ington Post, the committee was told by official* of two Washington banks that Mr. McLean's checking balance in neither of" them was more than $10,000 in December, 1921. The publisher has informed the committee he gave Fall checks aggregating $100,000 on the two hanks during that period, but that they were returned uncashed. C. Ba scorn Slemp, secretary to President Coolidge, was questioned about a visit he made to Palm Beach while McLean and Fail were there last . December and January. The secretary declared he talked with Fall several times, asked him for the truth about the oil charges and ad vised him to tell everything. Mr. Fall replied, he said, that he had noting more to tell, ijj^ffie said he never had met Sinclair ”or E. L. Doheny. and never had any communication directly or Indirectly with either of them. At the reopening of the hearings, chairman Lenroot read into the record a letter from Doheny. demanding that Senator Wheeler, democrat, Mon tana, be called to testify as to his statements on the senate floor that Attorney General Daugherty was a friend of Doheny. Charles B. Lyddane, vice president of the Federal American National hank of Washington, was called as the first witness, bringing with him de posit accounts of Edward B. McLean during the late months of 1921. Senator Walsh, democrat, Montana, took the records. They showed de posits' and withdrawals during No vember and December, the senator commented, and also figures for earlier months and others for August. 1922. The balance in the account on November 16, 1921, the senator said, was $2,002.40. Ran Up and Down. ‘‘Give us the balance from October 1. 1921,” he direoted. Mr. Lyddane read figures shewing the account to have been $22,301 in October, 1921. It ran up and down, becoming station ary at the $2,002 figure in November and remaining at that level until August, 1922. ‘ Would you have honored his check •or $50,000 on that balance?” Senator SValsh asked. "We would have called him and asked him if he desired to arrange for its payment,” Mr. Lyddane said. •'Did you learn of a check for drawn on your bank by Mr. i^^Lean against this $2,000 balance?” Ifnator Walsh asked. I never did,” the witness replied, and was excused. James H. Baden, vice president and cashier of the Commercial National of Washington, presented records of Mr. McLean's personal account in ♦hat bank. The record showed the checking ac eount for October and November, 1921, and other months. At the end of November Mr. McLean had $41,000 approximately, on deposit. ‘On December 17 the account be came $2,011,” Senator Walsh read, "•and on December 24 It was $8,000.” No Arrangements. "Had Mr. McLean made any ® fangements for overdrafts?” he was )sked. "Not to my knowledge.” “Had Mr. McLean drawn a check for $50,000 against this account, would )t have been paid?” “I think It would after consultation with the offlvers, and he would have >ecn asked to cover It.” Mr. McLean's account, the witness »aid, never had been overdrawn. Ho Was excused and C. Bascom Slemp, secretary to the president, went on Ihe stand. Mr. Slemp said he went to Palm ^each, Fla., December 22, and re turned January 16. Mr. McLean and A. B. Fall were In Palm Beach at the time. “I was In Palm Beach 60 per cent ^^»f the time.” Mr. Slemp said, "and ^tjred Florida for the rest of the. ",,e. I met Mr. McLean casually, several times. I can’t fix dates. I was there for health and recreation. "I joined the tourist crowd in Palm Beach and there was not much Inter c-t ill oil until It turned out you (Sena tor Walsh) were coming down. There was more conversation about the ol , stead law.” Nothing Confidential. ‘‘Its quite likely you could tell the committee about what you talked BEST LIVER AND BOWEL LAXATIVE If Headachy, Bilious, Sick, Constipated No grlpm* °r Inconvenience fol lows n gentle liver and bowel clean* Bng with ‘'Cnacareta.” Rich Head grim, lllllonanesa, rinses, indignation, end all atich dlatress gone by morn |ng. Moat harmless bimtlve for men, womri and children—10c bojea, also 25 and BOc eUee, any drug etora EDDIE’S FRIENDS_ Ha/zinc the Party J THAT WAS A TIME Y /vWELL.wHVI / OH, \C WEIGHT? X PACK OF-BANDITS ) DIDN'T WOO ASK /WE WAS SORE AT \ . MCXJ WISHED ME /NiTO n\E HOW) MUCH TWtV / ^\E CAOSE WE WAD To I LAST MIGHT-WHS - 1 PAV WAPTAV OM THE / ME TVIEOUPSCOST TOtff&g/ A DOLLAR apiece - _-t— I IAJAS PLAVlN'U-lEKl ¥'^ | FOR NICKELS A ^ . ALL EVEWlMCf '■■C, =?=s==? --v— v- _ _ sfe_ 2-26 _//. mm »• • © 1924 l»v f*NT*l. Ff«luwc Scftvicc. Inc. I with Mr. McLean and Secretary Fall?” asked Chairman Lenroot. “I will say there was no private or confidential talk between us.” replied Mr. Slemp. "I wasn’t an intimate of either man. Mr. Fall looked 111; It seemed the desire of his associates to avoid the subject. ”1 met the two men at dinner or lunch. It was possible met Secre tary Fall two or three times before Senator Walsh came. I remember once Secretary Fall said the commit tee wasn't working along right lines. "I said 'what are the facts about all this, senator,” to Fall and he re sponded: ‘"I wish, young man, you'd read the record.’ No Mission "I want you to understand I had no knowledge or official mission down there. I wasn’t representing Presi dent Coolidge, but seeking recreation. The day before Senator Walsh ar rived there, I met Mr. McLean, who told me he was going to ’tell the committee the whole thing.’ I think I told him I hoped he would. “I didn't want my trip there to be political, though it was given out !t was so, and I received a continual stream of callers, who talked about local politics, and I got rather ac curate information about that. I didn't about oil matters; I didn't get a chance to talk to these gentlemen so much as you'd think.” Despite Health "It did occur to me that it would be the most natural thing In the world for you to have conversation with those gentlemen," Senator Walsh pur sued. "I do recall that after the testi mony was given that Mr. McLean did not furnish Secretary Fall’s 1100, 000,” Mr. Slemp went on. "I was at Mr. McLean’s and Secretary Fall was there. He said his physicians advised him to go to Bermuda but that he was going to stay in spite of health, until the committee got the facts. ’ "Secretary Fall said there was a gentleman who had been associated for 30 years knew the truth, and that this man should tell the committee the facts. If the man didn't. Secre tary Fall said, he would himself, and I advised him to do so.” Secretary Dill, democrat, Washing ton, Interrupted to fix the date of this conversation as January 13. Senator Walsh asked If the wit ness had "communicated to the White House as to these remarkable facts.” Mr. Slemp said nil the facts had been "given to the press by the com mittee in the fullest way,” but that he had sent messages to the While House. These, lie said, might be con sidered confidential. He doubted tho advisability of the committee taking the records. Didn't Know Sinclair. "I have the messages here,” he said, “but as a matter of fact none of them relate to the oil matter. There Is a question of precedent as to making them public ” Senator Walsh did not take tho message copies. Mr. Sieinp said be did not know Sirtelnfr or Dohcny. Re plying to another question, he de clared that in testifying "I linve sought no advice fron any member of the cabinet or administration.” Chairman I.enroot asked a question as to the president's statement on oil prosecutions. "I’ve got to preserve every transnr. tlon between the president and his secretary as confidential." Mr. Hlemp said. "I’ll vary the rustnfn so far as to say-thnt it was on Hnturdny night, end the president was down tho river on his boat, about 9 p. m. "On Saturday evening, before the piesident went down the river,” Sen ator Walsh lntervenqd, "wasn't there a statement given but that the pres ident had ordered an investigation by Mr. Holland and Mr. Seymour?” "Not to my knowledge,” Mr. Slemp said. On Potomac. The witness then continued that the president's famous midnight statement on the oil case was pre pared during the evening trip down the Potomac on the Mayflower. Senator Dill took the examination lack to a dinner at Mr. McLean s cot tage In Palm Peach. On that occa sion, the witness said. Fall declared he was going to straighten out the whole matter, "and give the facts.’ "And Mr. McLean before that told you he was 'going to tell It all.’" Senator Dill pursued. "Didn't that arouse your curiosity?” i ”1 said I hoped he would," Mr. Slemp responded. "It was all a sur prise to me, as much as to you." tv. A. Glasgow, a Philadelphia attorney, wns at Mr. Slemy's hotel, but Slemp said he had "understood that Mr. Glasgow refused to become counsel for Secretary Fall." Glad to Sec Him. "Mr. Glasgow played golf as bad ly as I,” Mr. Slemp said, "and was glad to see me." Stopping the questioning momen tarily the witness then said: “I want "to put In the record the fact that I didn’t know Mr. Fall wna at Palm Beach when I went there, and hadn't made any arrangements to meet him. He had said he f* It the 'investigation was in worthy hands and was trying to keep out.' " "'1 have just one job-—to serve the president,” he continued, "and what T said about telling the truth to any body was Just a mat er of public duty of any citizen. I left. Palm Beach as curious about those things as any body else. I'Ve not even talked to any member of this committee." "You must have regarded this sit uation as remarkable,” said Senator Walsh. "Didn't you think the pres! dent had something to do In such a raa tter?" ‘‘I dojo't want to make any com ment o^that question,” was the re ply- V “I didnl think there was anything for me to do about it.” Slemp Excused. Mr. Slemp was excused and Milton E. Ailes, president of the Biggs Na tional bank, took the stand, lie sub mitted accounts between Mr. Mc Lean and that bank. One of the accounts of Mr. Mc Lean was marked "spec ini,” Mr. Ailes said, "and the other is the joint ac count of Edward and Evelyn Mc Lean.” - Senator Walsh took the “special" account record. It had one item en tered on April 23, for $1,005, and was it “dead balance,” Mr. Ailes said. The Joint account was likewise closed, with a single deposit and check. Mr. Ailes was excused. H, Foster Bain, director of the bu reau of mines, testified that represen tatives of several oil companies had urged that the Interior department get the opinion of Attorney General Daugherty as to the legality of the I’earl Harbor (Hawaii) oil tankage project before a contract was award ed to the Doheny interests. Senator Walsh called attention to the letter written by Bain on May 12, 1922, to Fall, ref«ring to the unwill ingness of the Standard Oil com pany of California to bid on naval re serve oil and saying that “none of us want Mr. Doheny to get Into trouble.” The letter also suggested that At torney General lAugherty he asked to give a written opinion on the le gality of the leasing policy, but said there might be objections to such a step. Cigars Sent From Brother in Germany to Omahan Will Go at Auction to Collect Duty KNKY HORNING’S brother In Germany aent him SO boxea of elgara which he bought fur *,3.-111 mark* per 1,000 which, at the rate of exchange laat aummer, waa equivalent to about a nickel or ao. The brother In Germany wrote to llenry, who live* at Plymouth, Neb., telling him of the bargain he got. Anil llenry agreed. Hut that waa before he learned about the tariff. The elgara arrived at the cuatoma collector's office In Omaha. And the bill looked like thia: Duty, M.50 per pound . (1*0.00 Ocean freight . 5.00 Cuatoma entry, New York. 3.00 Cartage . 17.2* Storage . 1.71 Total .• .. (3tl3.Ui llraldes thl*. llenry waa informed by t ollertor t ha ilea Haundera, there would be 70 cent* for n revenue atninp to pnale on each box. So llenry ilei iib il he didn't waul thoae cigar*. \ml they mil be sold to the highest bidder at the collector's office In llie federal building next Wednesday. is.:/ Orders Issued to Hold Cun Toters Police Instructed to Arrest All Found Carrying Arhis Unlawfully. In an effort to curb increasingly frequent gun play in Omaha, In spector of Police Jack Pzanowskl Monday morning Issued orders to all patrolmen and detectives to arrest every person found unlawfully carry ing a revolver or pistol. In issuing the order he commended District Judge Fitzgerald for sen tencing a man convicted in his court of holding up a grocery store to la years in the penitentiary. "A few more sentences like that would do much to reduce the number of holdups and shooting of various, sorts.” he said. “If the municipal Judges would only co-operate with the police we would have no trouble In stamping out gun toting. "Unfortunately, too many such of fenders are released before they gel to district court. I notice In the morning paper that one municipal judge is quoted to the effect that he binds over to district court all accused •gun toters who come before him. I mvself can recall the names of sev eral he has released. Wilson Estate Goes to Widow Margaret ilson, Only Other Beneficiary, Left $2,500 ' a Year Income. Washington. Feb. 25—Tie will of Woodrow Wilson, filed for probate today, leaves the estate to 111* widow, Mrs. Edith Bolling Wilson, with the exception that hia daughter. Margaret Wilson, shall receive an annual in come of $2,500 as long as she remains unmarried. Woodmen's Open House. Woodmen Circle Grove No. 59 will hold open house Wednesday night at Eagles hail in South Omaha. Aiivsjtwr.MKX r _I Clean Child's Bowels with "California Fig Syrup" Hurry Mother! Even constipated, bilious, fevciiah. or sink, tollc liable* sml Children love to take genuine "California Fig ByrUp." No other InxaltVR regulates tho tender little bowels so nleely. It sweetens the stomach and starts tho liver and bowels without griping. Contains no narcotics or soothing drugs. Hay "California" to your druggist ' and avoid counterfeits. Insist , upon genulns "California Fig Syrup" widen contains directions. Always Tak^/ CASCARA^ QUININE X Rilltvu /COLO IN 14 HOURS /LA GRIPPE IN \ DAYS % l0, All Drumliti-nsia Janies Murphy Dies Suddenly o' Veteran Hog Order Buyer Was Reported Improving at Missouri Springs. James W. Murphy, 55, veteran hog order buyer, died Sunday night at Excelsior Springs, Mo., of pneumonia. tVith him In his last moments was his brother, John, and his sisters-in law, Mrs. Ilcnry C. Murphy and Mrs. Joseph F. Murphy. Jimmy Murphy left for the Springs January 23. He had not been feeling well for several weeks. It was not discovered that pneumonia had set In until his arrival at the. Springs. He was born in Jersey City, August 29, 1869. He graduated from North ern Indiana Normal school, Valpar aiso, Ind. Ho never married. Mr. Murphy has been a resident of Omaha for 37 years. He came here from Neola, la., in 1887 with very little money. He entered the employe of Swift & Co. as hog buying depart ment cashier for two years and in 18S9- entered business for himself. His first operations In the hog or der buying business consisted for a short period in half a dozen or a doz en hogs at a time. Mr. Murphy's progress toward wealth was not spectacular or sud den. He was at work each morning at 4:30 and frequently stayed at his desk until 9 and 10 at night. Some days his transactions took gore of 13,000 hogs. Hast year, friends say tie aia a cross business of $13,000,000. Some days he shipped as high as 182 cars from tho South Omaha market. On more than one occasion he bought every hog which came Into the yards, shutting out the packing com panies completely. He is the only extensive hog buyer who has not been forced out of business by the packers. They found it more to their advantage to take him In with them than to fight him. Men prominent in the livestock business hint at the extinction of the business, now that it’s soul is gone. Mr. Murphy had little use for records, as he carried all data necessary for the transaction of his affairs in his mind. If ' Dick" wanted 3.000 head of hogs, he knew Just who "Dick” v.as and where he was located. Seldom was Mr. Murphy 111. At one time he was threatened with a breakdown. A doctor was summoned who had been warned that his patient was a nervous temperament and was rekcd to mal e light of the danger. He did so. The stockman was up early thc^next day and at w^rk, al though on the brink of collapse. "The doctor says I'm all right.” was his cheerful explanation. He teas finally prevailed upon to spend three days at home. Some time before he died, he ex pressed a wish to remember all of bis employes in his will. Whether a Omaha Hog Buyer Dies at Missouri Springs 'Jasttqs W. J(utpkif _ ---- ---... ■ ■■' » >!«*■■■■ *«»— new will was made after his arrival at the Springs is not known.. Mr. Murphy is survived by three brothers, Matthew L. Morphy, re tired, Pasadena, Cal.; Joseph F. Mur phy, real estate man, 513 South Twenty third street, Omaha, and John A. Murphy, associated with James in the hog buying. Dixon Slated to Succeed Denby Washington, Feb. 25.—Joseph M. Dixon, governor of Montana and at one time a leader in the Roosevelt progressive party movement, is being seriously considered for secretary of the navy to succeed Kdwin Denby. QPFflAI DEMONSTRATION Columbia New Proceat RECORD ^ featuring Charles I Hackett, greatest Ameri- I can tenor—Toscha 1 Seidel, famous violinist 1 — the Columbia Sjrm- 1 phony Orchestra on one I side; on the other Ted I Lewis and His Band. f Thia record is sold for 23c 1 to convince you of the superi- 1 ority of all Columbia New 1 Process Records. I Coliaku Phooofrtpk Coaipaay | Hem York I His First Romantic Drama RICHARD 8ARTHELM ESS and Dorothy Mackaill “The Fighting Blade” Triangle Debate in Bluffs Tuesday Abraham Lincoln to Meet Sioux City and bort Dodge. Affirmative debating team of Abra ham Lincoln High school. Council Bluffs, will meet a team from Biflux City, la., at the high school in Coun cil Bluffs Tuesday night af I, in the annual triangular debate between Abraham Lincoln High schcAd, Sioux City, and Fort Dodge, la. Rev. Paul Calhoun will be chair man, and the Judges will be profes sors from the I’niversity of Nebraska, M. M. Fogg, Roy K. Conklin and J. C. Rankin. The affirmative team which will represent Abraham Llpeoln High school is composed of Robert Broun, Ernest Stowe and Natha^i I*ause_y. Negative team from Council Bluffs will debate at Fort Dodge, while a negative team from Fort Dodge will debate the affirmative Sioux fity team at Sioux City. Council Bluffs negative team is com posed of tVindham Bonham, Irving Grossman and Flora Marks. Bandits Raid Theaters. New Orleans, Feb. 25.—Bandits en tered the Trianon theater here today and after gagging two night watch men blew open the safe and escaped with {2,200. I -. Twice Today. Mat. 15*50c; Uite 15e-?l 2:20 Overture, Topics, Fables 8:20 2:30 3Vi Arl.y. 8:30 2:4 0 George Lyons 8:40 2=«2 SARAH PADDEN « • Hi MARY HAYNES *** 2;80 ALBA TIBERIO »*• 8:58 JACK WILSON * 58 4:25 “World of Make Believe” 10:25 4:35 Path* News 10:35 MI Now Until Wednesday POWELL |*MjLyyLjy PLAYERS Id the Broadway Musical Comedy Success— “LOVE DOCTOR’* First Run Screen Features in Addition V ■ • l l ■ • « • • i i I • i • • i • i • I I • l * MARGOT HAYES. Contralto " Assisted by i FLORENCE BRINKMAN. Pianist In Joint Recital ■ Monday and Tuesday. Feb. 25 -26, 1924 ■ SHRINERS* HALL Cor. 19th and Douglas, Omaha, Neb. “ Under Auspices of George Crook Woman’s Relief Corps " Iowa Relief Bill Aids War Nurses By Associated Press. Des Moines, la.. Feb. 25.—Nurses who served with American armies In any of the coutnry's ware are eligible for the same relief provided by the state for soldiers, sailors and marines, under an amendment to the soldiers' relief bill as it passed the senate. The Inclusion of nurses was spon sored by Senators Thurston of Clark county and iiaird of Pottawattamie, who held that the state could not properly exclude them because of their valuable service. - o nVirdnifiT o w w Earle Williams, Jane Novak, 'Ben Alexander In a story of blind husbands and indiscreet wive a— “Jealoui Husbands” Today at 3:15, 7:30, t:30 Rialto-Herzberg Spring Style Revue With j| | Ivan D. Martin's New York Models Larry Semon Organ A Fluta in Geo. 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