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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
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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.
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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.
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Janies Murphy
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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 _
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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.
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