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House. Defeats., Resolution
Proposing Constitutional
Amendment Hitting Tax-
i . ' "win iiiiiui
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Vote Thought to Have Killed
. Measure for Present Ses
sion at Least
WASHINGTON, Fb. 8. The
bouse today defeated a resolution
proposing a constitutional amend
ment to prevent Issuance of., tax
exempt securities. The vote, which
came after two debates, was 247
to 133, or seven less than the re
quired two-thirds. '.",
J. Republicans with 17 exceptions
"voted for the' resolution as did 69
democrats. Before the final vote
the house rejected 208 to 167 a
motion by Representative Steagal,
democrat, Alabama, to recommit
the measure for an amendment
which would have deprived states
of the rights to tax bonds Issued
by the federal farm loan board.
.Ratification Timed t
I The only amendment adopted
was one by Representative Nero,
democrat, Virginia, to require; rat
ification by states within seven
years, ,y h- w4
Although the ' amendment was
asked . by . President Coolidge and
Secretary Mellon it was not taken
Into consideration of. the tax re
vision program recommended by
the treasury and its' defeat ! will
have no effect on the tax bill al
ready reported by the. ways and
means committee.- Mr. Mellon had
estimated there Was approximately
$1 1,009,000,000 outstanding in
exempt securities?-- r 1 ! ;
't Opposition Strong
The measure was attacked in
debate by many republican leaders
and supported by some democrats.
Representative Bacharach of , Ne
Jersey, a member of the ways and
means committee and Representa
Uye Begg of Ohio and Graham . of
Pennsylvania were among the re
publicans who. spoke against the
amendment. Representative Crisp
of Georgia led the democratic
fight for the resolution. j
Representative Longworth of
Ohio, republican- floor -leader,
charged in the,- debate .however,
that opposition to the-amendment
was political, pointing out It had
passed, the 'jhovse last year toy a
substantial majority. -
Amendment Believed Killed
!The vote today" In the 'opinion
of leaders, officially kills ! the
amendment, so far as this session
is concerned. 1 .'- ' s 1
The; break among republican
members of two ways and means
committee on the maximum surtax
of 25 per cent reported by the
committee was emphasized today
by the criticisms' of those who sup
ported the rate inthe majority re
port on the bill! ffi 1 '
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People to Vote on Special
Jaxes for Public lm
: provements Feb, 25
SILVERTON. Or., Feb. 8.
(Special to The . Statesman )
A 'special electlo.il, will be held at
Silterton on February 25 to vote
or the following proposed amend
ments of thd city charter: Provid
ing, for a l mm tax. for. the fire
department; a 2-mlll tax for light
ing slrects; for tho construction
of public toilets and comfortt sta
tions; for the changing, of ' the
method of assessment for the ex
tension and maintenance of the
city sewer, system. ' . ', I
UTHE WEATHER
OREGON: Fair Saturday, cx
4 cept probably ;raia near tlo
'.i coast; ' moderate ."'north ; to
.ci fast winds. ' . -
LOCAL WEATHER : T
14 j -X Friday) (::'"'V j
Maximum temperature, 4 3.' '
'Minimum temperature; 30.
Rainfall, none, v v : ;
Rircr, 11.3 feet above ? ; '
; Atmosphere, clear.
Wind, northwest.'
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PAN-AMERICAN: GOES
OUT OF BUSINESS
DOHENY ANNOUNCES
Attack on Validity of Leases in Senate Investi
gation is Cause Company Formed to De
velop California Naval Oil Leases $12,
000,000,lssue of Bonds is Cancelled.
NEW YORK, Feb. 8. Dissolution of the Pan-American
VVestern Petroleum company, formed to develop the Cali
fornia naval oil reserves, was announced tonight by Edward
L. Doheny, chairman of the Pan-American Petroleum &
Transport company. The action, he said, resulted from the
attack on the validity of the leases in the senate's investiga
tion. In a letter to stockholders of Pan-American petroleum,
Mr. Doheny announced the withdrawal of an offer to sub
scribe for 525,000 shares of the western subsidiary at $20 a
share and cancellation of a $12,000,000 bond issue which sold
last fall.
; ; ' , rr " At the same time Mr. Doheny
CMB1
WELL ATTENDED
Nearly 350 Persons Observe
Honors to Late Presi
. dent Last Night
Nearly 350 people attended the
Salem Boy Scout memorial .serv
ices for the late ex-President
Wood row Wilson, their honorary
president, at the Congregational
church last night. Features of
the program were the administra
tion of the Scout oath, and law to
Mayor J. B. Giesy by K. L. Haga,
deputy regional scout executive,
of Spokane, and a special film,
"Knights of the Square Table."
f America: with. Mrs. Frank
Zinn at the pipe organ, opened the
program. , The purpose of the
meeting was explained by Elmo
S. White, chairman.- . This was
followed by "Onward Christian
Soldlersi' the late ex-presidaot'B
favorite song." Rev. II. D. Cham
bers gave the invocation.
Four two-minute talks were giv
en, s "Time, place , and birth . of
Woodrow Wilson." was .the sub
ject of Winston Williams. Earl
Pemberton spoke on "His ideals
and, efforts toward world peace,"
followed by a talk on "His inter
est in the Boy Scout movement,"
by Tom Childs. The "Chief facts
of his illness, death and funeral"
was the topic of Robert Shattuc.
With bowed heads the audience
stood while Frank Muston sang
"Nearer My God To Thee," fol
lowed by a short prayer. The
court of honor then held session
prior to tho showing of the spe
cial film.
"I believe that the people of the
west are just beginning to realize
the worth of the Boy Scout move
ment and its importance through
out the state and nation," Mayor
J. B. Giesy said, in speaking of the
honor bestowed upon him. "Wc
who are interested here know and
hope that the community will
give its whole-hearted support to
the movement."
. Frank G rover, with 12 merit
badges to his credit, received the
greatest number of awards in the
court of honor, Willamette coun
cil, Boy Scouts of America, He re
ceived badges for first " aid, per
sonal health, athletics, fireman
ship, biking, pioneering, civics',
bird study, camping, forestry, con
servation and scholarship. Hugh
Shattuc was second man with
sevn merit badges to his credit.
He received these for excelling in
civics, forestry, bugling, painting,
pathflnding, life saving and bird
study.
Winston Williams received
three, for camping, swimming and
bird study. Tristrum Kdniundson
received two, for athletics and
civics. Robert Shattuc received
a merit badge for bird study.
The following qualified for the
rank of second class Scouts; Glenn
Gaar, Tom Childa and Frederick
Edmundson.
Hugh Shattuc and Tristrura
Edmundson have qualified for the
rank; of Eagle Scout, the highest
award that can beawarded. These
awards will be given at a future
court of honor when the creden
tials arrive from the national
court of honor in New York.
Frank Grover qualified for Star
Scout, the second highest honor
in scouting. The first two boys
named are the first in this dig
trict to merit this honor.
... y Prrxidcnt Notified
5 WASHINGTON'. Feb. 8. Notice
of an investigation of the causes
for, increasing gasoline prices, in
South Dakota' was sent to Presi
dent Coolidge. today by the trade
commission: .l-..-
declared to Pan-American stock
holders that the leases and con
tracts were not procured or ob
tained by fraud, corruption or il
legal acts on the part of the com
pany's officers or representatives.
Asserting that the leases pro
moted the national defense, he
said that instead of being harm
ful to the United States they were
fair and beneficial to the country.
The efficiency of the United
States fleet in the Pacific has
been doubled, he declared, as a re
sult of the contracts with the de
partment of the interior.
DEATH OF ACTRESS
Robbery Thought to Have"
Been Motive Tor Crime in
New York City
NEW YORK, Feb. 8. Miss
Louise Lawson, former motion
picture actress, was found strangl
ed to death in her fashionable
studio apartment on west 77th
street, facing Central park, today.
and police have divided their time
in a search for two men who en
tered her rooms early this morn
ing and in questioning these be
lieved to have known details of
the girl's life and her friends
MYSTERY SHROUDS
along Broadway.
The theory has been advanced
by the -police that the murderers
were bootleggers who had visited
the apartment before and had-been
attracted by jewels Miss Lawson
wore and others they had seen in
her room. A quantity of liquor
was found in tho ice box of the
apartment.
Police cast aside all motives
other than robbery, for a platinum
bracelet, caid to be worth $8,000,
and other valuable jewels were,
gom
All jewel boxes were open and
tho entire apartment was in dis
order, indicating that tho girl had
fought hard to save her life and
her valuables. In their prob of
Miss Lawson'B life, police learned
she was the daughter of a promi
nent merchant af Walnut Springs.
Texas, and that she had played
small parts in motion pictures, but
for two years or more , had been
unemployed. They learned she
had been a member of the gay
party that ended in tho death of
E. B. Duke, wealthy tobacco man
ufacturer at Greenwich, Conn.,
last September. Gehard M. Dahl,
chairman of the executive board
6t the Brooklyn Manhattan Tran
sit company, vice president of the
Chase National bank, and a mem
ber of the brokerage f irm of Hay
den. Stone & Co., according to
Warner Jours, a New York busi
ness "man and a member of the
party at . which Duke met hia
death, took a friendly interest in
Miss Lawson. He said that on
Wednesday evening of this week,
with Dahl and a girl whose first
name was Edna, but. whose last
name he refused to divulge, be had
visited the apartment of Miss Law
son. "We'played Mah Jong all eve
ning." he aid.
Dahl. sray-haired and about R0
years old. answered, the descrip
tion furnished by Thomas Kane,
elevator operator at tho apart
ment bouse, as the one who fre
quently visited Miss Lawson's
apartment. '
- Kane said two men entered the
apartment about 8 o'clock this
morning carrying a bundle which
they eaid was consigned to Miss
Lawson from the American Rail
way express. Kane said they went
directly to Mis Lawson's apart
nient and were admitted by the
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FIRST PENALTY
OF DEATH PI
BY GAS ROUTE
Chinese Tong Murderer Be
lieved to Have Died In.
stantly, Though Officers
Fear to Open Cell
FUMES FROM DEADLY
SPRAY MENACE OTHERS
Army Medical Doctor Loses
Chance to Experiment in
Interest of Science
CARSON CITY, Nov., Feb. 8.-
(By the Associated Press) In the
first lethal gas execution of rec
ord in the United States at the
state prison here today, Gee Jon,
tong murderer, was officially pro
nounced dead two hours and 4 5
minutes after a spray of liquid
hydro-cyanic acid was turned into
the stone death chamber in the
prison yard.
Official physicians estimated
that the Chinese lapsed into, un
consciousness after his breath of
the vaporized acid. Death, they
said, came virtually instantly, al
though the condemned man's head
continued to move up and down for
six minutes. The movement of
the head, they explained, probably
was muscular reaction, which of
ten occurs after death. Three doc
tors who officiated were agreed
that the condemned man did not
suffer.
Chamber Stays Sealed
Warden Denver S. Dickerson,
taking every precaution to guard
others from the effect of the dead
ly gas, held the death chamber
sealed from 9:40 a. m. the mo
ment the acid was admitted, un
til 12:23 p. m., When guards,
physicians and newspapermen en
tered the chamber, the odor of
the gas was still pronounced. The
physicians warned the knot of
men to. step back, saying that it
was not yet safe to enter.
A few minutes later, guards
went in and removed the body to
the prison building, where physi
cians" made an examination.
Experiment Useless
Major D. A. Turner, USA med
ical reserve corps, who was one of
the official physicians had an
nounced before the execution that
he would, in the interest of sci
ence, attempt to revive Gee Jon af
ter the death chamber had been
opened. Warden Dickerson had
offered no objection to this, but
the gas was left in the chamber so
long, Major Turner explained that
rigor mortis had set in and it was
useless to attempt to restore life.
Revival Held Possible
The major still contended, how
ever, that if he had been able to
enter the chamber within 15 or 20
minutes after the gas was turned
on, there would have been an
' even chance" of restoring life.
Such resuscitations had been ac
complished often in cases of men
exposed to the same and other
forms of gas.
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Surrenders to Oregon City
Sheriff; Says He Robbed
Moiser Bank
OREGON CITY, Or., Feb. 8.
C. It. Willlama, 30, surrendered
to Sheriff .Wilson here tonight
with the, statement that he par
ticipated in the robbery of the Mo
sicr Valley bank' at Mosier, Or..
November 27 and that he had now
decided to pay tho penalty and
reform after no had served his
Kente'ncc, the sheriff said.
Accordlngto the' sheriff, Wil
liams said that he and. two other
men ha dtaken part in the rob
bery, which netted $900. Two of
them, he" said, bad entered the
bank and held up G. B. Kellogg,
the cashier, while the third waited
outside in an automobile. After
the robbery thej drove to The
Dalles and were in that city when
the sheriff there left to invests
gate the robbery.
Willianis declines to name bis
confederates.
21 CITIES ItKACllKD "
SAX FRANCISCO. Feb. X. San
Francisco' was., in communication
with 2 1 cities in the United Stales
and Havana, Cuba, bl long dis
tance telephone and. radio relay tonight.
BflnlK HDLDUP IS
in
DHl
SPOKANE MAN
FINISHES HIS
26-DAY FAST
Edwin L. Johnson Declares
Rheumatic-Trouble and Cig
arette Habit are Cured
SPOKANE, Feb. 8, Edwin L.
Johnson, 30, of this city, com
pleted a 26-day. fast today and
declared that rheumatism trouble
of long, standing apparently has
been cured.
For two. weeks, he said, he will
remain oha light diet' of milk and
fruit juices. For two weeks prior
to his t fast hie lived on two bowls
of soup daily. -
Although he lost 20 pounds in
weight, Mj JohnSon.;said he felt
no ill effects and realized many
benefits, including the loss of all
desire for' cigarettes. After the
first week, he said, the absence
of food was not even uncomfort-
MASS MEETING IS
CALLED TONIGHT
Adjusted; Compensation Is
Topic Governor Pierce
Principal Speaker
Adjusted compensation will be
the keynote, of a mass meeting
at the armory tonight, for which
Governor Walter M, Pierce will
be the principal speaker. Gover
nor Pierce: has expressed himself
as being in favor of some sort of
adjusted compensation forUhe sx
service mep and it is expected he
will have much of importance to
say upon the, subject, having giv
en his time to the problem of the
returned soldier. L
General George A. White will
also speak while short talks will
be given by Harley O. White.
president of the Chamber of Com
merce, and C. P. Bishop. George
Griffith, vice commander, state de
partment, 6f the American legion,
will preside. .
: In' Mevtj o iaucb, propaganda
against adjusted " compensation
pd the statements of Secretary
Mellon regarding a cash bonus,
meetings similar to that schedul
ed for -Salem tonight are . being
held throughout the" entire na
tion. These ' were originally call
ed for next week, but because Gov
ernor Pierpe would not be able
to speak at a tim.e the armory
was available, tme date of the Sa
lem raeet(ng was advanced..
The meeting tonight will be a
district affair and delegates
from, Silverton, Dallas,. Monmouth,
Independence, Woodburn and oth
er nearby points are expected to
attend. ; .
C, J, Hogue of Portland As
tonished at Timber Re
sources in Orient
SEATTLE, Feb. 8. American
lumbermen vho think of Japan as
a country, where the forests aro
almost gonf and where virtually
aU timber used must be imported
are greatly in error, C. J. Hogue
of Portland said here today, after
returning from Japan this week
where he went three months ago
as a member of a commission ap
pointed by the Douglas Fir Ex
ploitation & Export company to
oDiain information concerning
Japan's needs for lumber to be
used in rebuilding cities and towns
destroyed by earthquake and fire
last September..
'Members of our commission
were astonished," Hogue said, "to
find that wbile Japan is smaller
than the state of California and
densely populated, two-thirds of
her total area is forest land, giv
ing her eleven'hundred billion feet
of standing timber or about one
half as much as, the entire United
States .now has. ;
'A still more astonishing fact
is that thej Japanese' are cutting
nearly "as much lumber annually.
in proportion to the total amount
of standing timber as is the United
States. j ;
"N'evertbejlesB. there will be a
large . and constantly increasing
market for, Pacific northwest lum
ber in Japan for the next fivo or
10 years because , Of 'rebuilding
that must be done as a result, of
the earthquake disaster.
"Japan's cultivated fprcst3 con
sist of red cedar that, resembles
Washington j state red cedar less
than ft does California redwood.
a. white, cedar much lkc the Port
Orford. codar of. Oregdn. and; fir,
spruce! and ,,plno that are some
what similar to Pacific .northwest
white fir and the spruce and, white
iSlFIL
pine of the east states.-
Treasury Off icials Ask Court
to Compel Deposrtiny Sec
urities Which He Holds
With Judge
MELLON SAYS PROOF IS
NOT AT ALL ADEQUATE
Numbers Different During
War Because of Machines
Used Says Secretary
WASHINGTON, f Feb. 8.
Treasury officials went into court
today to compel Charles B. Brew
er, a department of justice attor
ney, to make accessible to them
the securities he holds and oh
which he has based charges of du
plication in government bonds.
The action took the form of a
motion in Brewer's case now
pending in the District of Colum
bia supreme courrt in which he
has asked that the treasury be re
strained from interfering with his
possession of the securities loaned
to him by the treasury for the pur
pose of his investigation of alleged
irregularities in the engraving
bureau.
Securities Demanded
Brewer's move in court follow
ed 'a request by the treasury yiat
he return the securities to the
treasury agents who were examin
ing, a, report made by him upon
bureau affairs. Treasury agents
declared they could proceed no
further with their check up on
Brewer's charges of duplication
without examination of the secur
ities he held. United States dis
trict Attorney Gordon, in filing
the motion in the district court,
restated the treasury's difficulties
in obtaining tU esecurities and re
quired the court to direct Brewer
to deposit thetn with the court,"
In that way treasury agents will
have access to them and their in
vestigation can proceed, Mr. Gor
don . said.-: Affidavits by Under
Secretary of the Treasury Winston
and Assistant Attorney General
Holland, accompanying the motion
declared, that until access was had
to the securities the investigation
of conditions by the treasury
would be held up.
, While Mr. Gordon was pressing
his motion on which a. decision is
expected soon, word came from
the White House that President
Coolidge failed to understand
what purpose Brewer had in re
fusing to permit examination of
the securities by the treasury.
Mellon Explains
Secretary Mellon, earlier in the
day, had declared claims by Brew
er that the style and font of type
used in 'numbering some of the
bonds was proof of irregularities
could not bo substantiated in his
belief. The treasury chief said
that (he press of work during the
war had compelled the engraving
bureau to buy numbering ma
chines in the open market and
that these differed from tho reg
ular bureau type numbers and he
therefore, believed the indicated
forgeries could be traced to that
cause. But until the treasury can
examine the bonds now in Brew
er's possession, the secretary said
the facts could not be ascertained
Affidavits filed today carried
also a letter from Secretary Mel
lon to the attorney general re
questing return of the securities.
High treasury officials reiterated
today that they bad found nothing
of a serious or alarming character
in their checkup on Brewer's
charges, which have been under
investigation since early in Jan
uary. They, nevertheless, pro
pose to examine all of the accu
sations in order that the treasury
as well as the country may know
whether any wrong has been
done.
Two Stayton Teams Win
From Mill City Quints
STAYTON. Or., Feb. S. (Spe
cial to The Statesman.) Stayton
continued its winning., streak by
takiug a double-header from Mill
City here tonight. The. hoys won
23 to 13 and the girls 2t to 10.
Both games were played before h
large crowd.- Philips , was high
man for Stayton with 14 points,
while Smith of Mill City was high
point, man for . the. visitors with
four points. For tho , girls Miss
Haworth took first honors for
Stayton with. ,14. points, and. JMiss
Rowles 'of aiill City was, high
point woman. with 6; points. Fol
lowing the games all members of
the teams were feted at a ban
BOOK OF JOB
WELL RECEIVED,
BY SALEM FOLK
Outstanding Bible Character
Presented By Stuart Walk
er Players Last Night
A good many Salem people
heard the Bible recited last night
for the. first, time in a long while.
The occasion was the presentation
of :The Book of . Job" by. the
Stuart Walker players. The 'pre
sentation' was solemn and sincere,
and throughout the entire evening.
there was a spiritual effect which
reached the, audience. . There, was,
notbingi irreverent, but everything
was In closest harmony with the
sacredness of the presentation.
"f here. were two narrators, Miss
Genevieve Addleman, the red and
Miss Judity tiowry, the blue. Of
course the central figure was Job,
a part most: excellently, taken by
George Sommes. Mr. Sommes en
tered thoroughly, into the work of
impersonating' this great character
and displayed the charactersitjes
of an actor with strength and in
telligence. Job was the central
figure, always, and even the pleas
of ms. three friends failed to. shift
the center of interest. ' Elihn;'the
strong voice of youth, was,, taken
by Wayne Huff, who has promise
of being, a' remarkable actor some
day. The ,voice of thewhilrwind
was solemn, and earnest. Such
parts are easily made; travesties,
but last night from beginning1 -to
end there was a sincerity that rang
true from, start to finish
This Is the first time Salem peo
ple had ever seen such a presenta
tion. They received it in reverent
spirit and when the lights came
on it was some time before the
audience moved. The lighting ef
fects, were Buperb and illustrated
the various phases of denouement
of human intelligence.
The Business, and Professional
Women's club are deserving of
thanks for. giving the people of
Salem the opportunity of seeing
this wonderfully Illuminating part
of the sacred word.
Railroad Companies Attempt
To Quash Commission
Reduction Order
. A fight to defeat the public scr
vice, commission in the reduced
freight raes on bay shipments, re
cently, ordered by the commission
was begun in the Marion county
circuit court yesterday by the
Southern Pacific company and
eight other railroad companies op
erating in Oregon. '
The rates were recently ordered
reduced, largely for the benefit of
dairymen and other consumers on
the coast in the shipping of hay
from points east in the state. The
reductions were made on a mile
age basis, benefitting all western
Oregon points proportionately to
those in the eastern part of the
state.
All farmer's organizations, in
eluding the Grange, the Farmers'
Union, the State Farm Bureau,
Che Tillamook Dairymen's associa
tion and others joined in the plea
that, the commission reduce the
rates. Notwithstanding: this con
siderable sentiment was worked
up shortly before the order be
came effective in which western
Oregon feed dealers and commer
cial organizations charged that
the order was a . discrimination
against western Oregon and in fa
vor of eastern Oregon.
The public service commission
declared this, was the result of
propaganda by the Southern Pa
cific company, Members of the
commission said yesterday that
they wiJl "fight the case to a fin
ish."
Sudden Delirium Seizes
Seattle Business Men
SEATTLE. Feb. 8. An appeal
has been made by thi publicity
committee of the Seattle Chamber
of Commerce to its mejnbcrs and
to citizens of Washington state,
business men and commercial or
ganizations to drop the use of
"Wash" and "Wn" in letters and
to "write it WasbinRlon."
The committee said that it be
lieved that tfce use of tho full
name of the state would be more
distinctive and of greater publicity
value.
Landslide in Cow Creek
Canyon Holds Up Trains
ROSEBCBG. Or., Feb 8. All
northbound traffic over the South
era Pacific railroad was held " up
late today by a landslide In Cow
Creek canyon , t - t .
Siiii'
Bonfils of Denver Post Says-;
Sinclair tmerea inio.uon
tract to-Pay $1,000,000,
for Claims
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STORIES IN HIS PAPER
REASON FOR AGREEMENT-
President; Sighs; Oil Lease .
Annulment Resolution i .
Exception Taken .
- ,- .
WASHINGTON. Feb. 8. A new
turn, was. taken today, in . the sen
ate oil investigation with the uk-
timony of Frederick Q. Bonfik
publisher of the Denver Post,. tht
Harry Fi Sinclair had entered In
to a contract to pay him and tifs
associates $1,000,000 in" ; settle
ment of claims growing oat of re
ports asserted in the Teapot Dome
naval oil reserve; v Senator Walsn,'
Democrat, Montana, has told the
senate that every vintage of theije
reports ' had been denied ; by tho -federal
government. I -
Contract Signed. . ,1
i According to Mr. BonfilsV tes
timony, the contract was entered
into in Kansas City after he' bail -sent
a reporter of his paper to thje
home - of Albert t BV Fall in Ne fr
Mexico to . investigate rumors re- '.
garding ; the i leasing ' of L Teapot
Dome to Mr. Sinclair by Mr. Fall
as Secretary of the interior and. af
ter: publication of one article in
th Denver sPost attacking' tbp
lease by 'analysis" and ? theory;. '
The contract was 'signed, he said,
after two conferences between Mfy
Sinclair r and Mr,- - Bontilv bts
partner,, H.! rf." Tammen, John. Leo
Stack, "a Denver: oil man'. and H.
H. Schwartz, Jheir attorney, i
' The. opening up: of, tbia"unex
pec ted line of investigation made
it necessary: for the' committee to
defer until next Monday, the hear
ing, of William G. McAdoo former
secretary of the treasury , whlcin
Mr. McAdoo has requested In a lej
ter sent to Chairman Lenroot last
night and read into the committee ,
record today.: The field of the oft
investigation was further broaden
ed today by the adoption of thj
senate of a resolution by Senato)
La Follette, Republican. Wisconf ;
sin, . directing . the oil ' committed '
to Inquire into, and report upoi
the claims of the Honolulu cont
solldated oil company, to oil landjl
situated within naval reserve' No
2 in California, . . ! y jj
Dill Asks Proba i f -
Senator Dill, Democrat, Wasbr
ington, a member of the oil com
mlttee ' proposed that the senate
go even further by inquiring into
wbat part Mr. Fall had in efforts
to obtain, oil fields, in Columbia,
Mesopotamia, Palestine and Per
sia and other foreign countries!
President Coolidge; signed th$
Walsh oil lease . annulment rcso .,
lution but he attached a memo
raqdum in-which be took excep
tion to language. in the preamble,
which declares the leases, were
made In violation or the law and
under circumstances indicating .
fraud and corruption. -
The president ' also sent to thg
senate the nominations of Silas H .
Strawn and Atlee Pomerene, a$ '
special government council In th
oil" lease cases. They 'were refer
red to the oil commissions where;
a fight on. them was forecast. ? -
Borah Opposed
Rcfcrehce'of "the nominations!
was made, at the., conclusion of;
an all , day debate in the senate; .
on the Den by resignation resolu- '
tion In wfeich addresses were dej.
liverei' by Senators Walsh of
Montana' and Heflin of Alabama '
Democrats, in support of the xneas4
ure and 1y .Senator Borah, Repub
lican, Idaho, in opposition to itj
i Another ; of i the., many develop
ments of .the day was the issuance!
of subpoenas by the oil commls-t
ion for a number of, witnesses in
cluding John C. Shaffer of Chi-l
cago, publisher of newspapers In al
number , of cities; Robert McCa-f
giie, :of. the pioneer oil company 3
and . Frank, K I stler. president o f :
th producers and refiners oil com
pany of Now York. . " ' . i ' ' '
An echo of the oil Industry wasf
beard in the house "here Repre-1
sentativen Jeffers, ; Alabama, and
Brown, r TcnnesBeer Democrats, j
Jointly introduced' a resolution
calling for an investigation of theP
income tax returns of Harry T.i
Sinclair, Edward I. Dokeny and f
Edward li. Doheny, ' Jt during j
the period' from "191$ " through v