Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 29, 1924, Page 5

j24 peal, vere PROBE. DODGING TOLD ON except Walsh of Montana and Chair- man Lenroot. “I did not have a living soul work- ing on Senator Walsh” Palmer said when questioned about another of Major's telegrams to McLean. Testifying that he had never EB. Doheny Palmer Sid smilingly: “I rather regret that considering the size of the fees he paid.” 29.—Fur- ther details of the position taken by - Edward B. McLean, publisher of the Washington Post toward the oll inquiry were given to the o!] com- mittee today by A. Mitchell Palmer, attorney general under President Wilson. Called to the stand as soon as the committee met, Mr. Palmer as Quaker “affirmed” his intention of telling the truth instead of swear- ing, and Senator Dill, Democrat, Washington, took up the examina- tlon: “I've been a friend or acquatn- ~ tance of E. B. McLean for some years,” Mr. Palmer said. “But in this case I become his attorney. John Major, an employe of McLean came to me on December 26 or De- cember 27, showing me a telegram from Mr. McLean as his authority for retaining me.” The telegram and Major's reply, * previously put into the public re- cord, were produced. “Major refers to Zevely in the telegram as your law partner” Senator Dill said. “Is that true?” “It {s not,” Mr. Palmer said. He deniéd in reply to other questions that he was attorney for Fall or Binclair. “I think Major got the Impression that I was connected with the mat- ter from a conversation with Zev- “Sty,” Palmer said. “Colonel Zevely is an old personal friend of mine and on December 23 he called at my house and talked with me about the investigation. I didn't know hardly that the investigation was on. I had been out of the county so Mr. Zevely sketched the situation out for me.” “Fall, Zevely said, was tn doubt as to what to show about where he got certain money. “I told him .I thought the law would allow the committee to com- Pel both Sinclair and Fall to answer any questions pertinent to the 1 quiry. That was on December 23.” 4. Senator, Dill read another Major telegram to McLean which said Pal- mer had warned McLean to refrain from communication with Chairman Lenroot. | “I've, told you all that between Zevely and myself,” Palmer cut !n/ “I'm trying to find out how much truth that man Major put in his Senator Dill said. as he messages, which called ssociate or partner of Mr. Mr. Palmer insisted the character- izatign was untrue. 5 “T've not seen’ Mr. Fall in years,” the witness remarked when a tele- gram was read saying Palmer was on the lookout for the interests of “the man at the Waréman Park hotel"—a term applied to Fall in the telegrams. The witness said Francis H. Mc- Adoo, son of Wm. G. McAdoo had conferred with him regarding the statement he presented to the com- mittee on behalf of McLean. Senator ~ Dill read another message in which McLean told Major that “on ac- count of Palmer acting for other Parties, you must be extra careful.” “I don’t know any other parties I was acting for,” Mr. Palmer said. “so far as I know I haven’t had any connection with anybody in the oll case except this simple matter of acting for Mr. McLean. I assume that what he told me was the truth.” ‘The former attorney general sald his law firm did not now represent any ofl companies but he stated that he had “tried some oil cases in Okla- homa.” He never was employed by E. L. Doheny, the witness said, ad- ding with a smile thut he rather re- gretted it, considering the fees Mr. Doheny paid. He described his services for Mc- © Lean and various interviews he con- ducted with Chairman Lenroot and Senator Walsh, Democrat, Montana, about Mr. McLean's unwillingness to appear, “I did not communicate with any- body except to read this telegram to Senator Walsh and to telephone to Chairman Lenroot,” Mr. Palmer sald. “I never talked to Senator Underwood as these telegrams say.” Senator Dill asked why Major had given the impression that Palmer and others were getting Senator Underwood and other prominent people to help keep McLean off the witness stand. “I don't know,” the witness said, “except that there is a tendency for employes to try to show the boss they are very active. I certainly didn’t have any body working on Senator Walsh as the. messages said.” Mr. Palmer then was asked about the Southern Pacific land grant case han@'ed while he was attorney general. He said President Wilson approved the decision of the depart- ment of justice not to appeal the case. This matter was taken up with] the president, the witness said, after Gilford Pinchot had attacked the de. Partment for its failure to act. All the officials in the department handling the case recommended against an appeal, he testified, and FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1924 STAND BY ATTORNEY Che Casper Daily Cridune First Robins OF MPLEAN 1 would be ashamed to argue the case in the supreme court.” “When the announcement was made that the government wouldn't appeal that case," Senator Dill went on, “the stock of the Southern Pa- cific company jumped 16 percent didn’t it?" “I don't know” Palmer replied. “I never read stock reports.” Senator Dill suggested that the value of the Iands concerned was $421,000,000 odd and that a govern- ment appeal wouldnt have much. “Not much” said Palmer, “just a few thousand dollars. But we had to bring home proof as to the know!l- edge of the Southern Pacific com- pany that these lands were mineral. That Is my recollection after a mat- ter of years.” “Returning to the conversation you had with Zevely,” put in Sena- tor Walsh, Democrat, Montana, “tell us about the obligation you thought Fall and Sinclair were under to an- swer our questions.” “It was the question as to whether Fall would have to tell where he got certain moneys,” Mr. Palmer explained. “I think Zevely said that money came from McLean. I told him I thought he would have to answer.” Senator Walsh then _ subjected Palmer to a rigorous cross examina- tion on the faflure of the department of Justice to appeal the southern Pacific case. The senator declared the government had won a similar case against the rafiroad on the same set of laws and facts but Palmer disagreed with him. “The record will have to show,” said the witness, “I don't remember the facts now. I took the Judgment of the man who tried the case and his superiors in the department of Justice.” cost were pretty well winded when in the seventh bout Professor Cuneo was run through the sword arm, and this ended the encounter. The quarrel was not of a scientific but of a private character, SUICIDE PACT SEEN IN DEATH OF STUDENTS POTTSTOWN, Pa., Feb. 29.—Au- thorities investigating the Ceath of Thomas Shenton and James Warm- ‘Alo local Y. M. C. A, expressed the he- lef today that the young men had entered into a suicide pact and that Warmkesse! lost his nerve at the last minute and was shot by Shen ton, who ther took his own life. The police declared the suicide of Miss Edna High, a schoo teacher in the Pottstown public schools, had no connection with the case of the students, although she was ac- quainted with them both. ‘DEPUTIES IN FIST FIGHT fed by ex-Premier Pain- teve and Royalists and members of the right. Senator Dill took the inquiry back to McLean and the witness again denied the correctness of certain of the major telegrams about him. Chairman Lenroot also took a hand in challenging the wisdom of Palmer's dismissal of the Southern Pacific proceedings. “You're entitled to your opinion and I'm entitled to mine in a law matter,” said Palmer. Coming back to McLean, Senator Dill asked if Mr. Palmer had work- ed with Wilton J. Lambert, another McLean attorney. Creek with a party of Geologists to “Major's telegrams are wrong|show that Teapot Dome was being again if they say that,” Mr. Palmer|drained by the Salt Creek opera: returned. He added. tions. ‘I had no earthly reason to doubt| Mr, Doheny, by his deal with the the truth of Mr. McLean's state- Pioneer company eliminated him- ment to me that he had advanced |self as a possible competitor for a $100,000 to Fall and in passing it|-Teapot Dome lease, Senator Walsh on to this. commission I am not | went on. seeking in any way to deceive the| . ” committee. It wasn't my word, I|gcniie cae, * Smt withdrew, didn’t know the facts.” ‘ 7m Palmer said he had turned over| “AS 4 practical man, let me tell McLean's telegram about the $100,-|¥0U what I think about it,” pur. 000 advance to: the eommittee al.| sted Senator Walsh. “The Pioneer most without change. Oil company gave Mr. Stack this “I put in ‘so-called’ before Mr. | interest as one consideratiogpto get McLean's mention of the ‘oil crowd!'| Mr. Doheny out as a co: itor. to soften it,” he said. ee Suseses Sa op appa bie , that Stack got this interest use ging yaaa ger alge he could apply influence to officials brought Francis. McAdoo into the |'", Washington. faattegs “The intimation !s foreign to the seals” komme tpaktet Acie: facts,” Schuyler returned, “and so far as it indicates the influence Just before he was excused, after might be improper, it is untrue.” being on the stand’an hour and 15 “We didn't learn about Mr. Stack's minutes, Palmer said in answer to expertness as an ofl man,” said Sen- & question. that he expected a fee|ator Walsh. “But we did learn from McLean “that he had not been | about his services in hiring George pala yet.” Creel to get in touch with the sec- The committee then recalled for|retary of the navy. What's your cross examination, Karl Schuyler,|view as to the legality of that ser- attorney for J. Leo Stack, one of the vice?” Denver group whose Teapot Dome claims were brought in by Harry F. Sinclair. “So far as Doheny and Stack were concerned in Teapot Dome,” said Senator Walsh, “it was just what they sought to lease just as any- body might have sought a lease, had the government decided to drill offset wells.” "That is right,” replied Schuyler, “except insofar as they did some work. Mr. Stock investigated Salt ernment department was the reply. Seator Walsh asked if the Ploneer company in effect had not “con- spired” with H. F. Sinclair to aban- don its claims, thus giving Stack a right to claim damages from Sin- clair. “Exactly,” Schuyler replied. “The Pioneer Company in other vords,” chairman Lenroot put in, “sold to Mr. Sinclair whatever right it had to get a lease on the Dome?" “You can put it that way,” Schuy- ler said, “If Mr. Sinclair got this lease in a fair and orderly manner Mr. Stack would have had no cause of action. It was Mr. Sinclair's association with the Pioneer Com- pany, Mr, Stack’s partner, which gave him the cause to proceed.” From all the inferences, the wit- ness added, it might well be con- cluded that the conspiracy” was to defraud Stack. “It Was charged,” he sald, “that the Pioneer company had _ secret profits which it kept from Mr. Stack under the contract.” DOCTORS IN BLADE DUEL CHANTILLY, France, ‘Feb. 29.— General Messimy, former minister of war, presided over a duel yester- day between two leading lights of the French medical world, Profes- sors Bernard Cuneo, a surgeon and Elie Broca, a physician. nera! gave the or congress,” Shoes! Shoes! Shoes! 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Tobacco taxes in the seven months the commissioner's re- Port were $191.733,863, more than eleven million dollars. greater than was ‘collected the seven months , 1923, The small cigarette continued to carry the largest share of the tobacco assess: ments during the period. Se aaa Comparative figures on luxury PARIS, Feb. 29.—(By The As-| taxes indicated that the public spent sociated Press}—Blows and kicks] more’ on jewery during the last were ¢ anged in turbulent ses-| Christmas season than it did in the sion of Chamber of deputies to-| Christmas period of 1922. The jew jday. The disturbances en Jelry taxes 94878 dur. } by suspension of the sitt a ing the sev idered the fo Pulsion of the belll-| increase of $ the seven Seem eLLy Cos otbae feaatants. The | months ending January 31, 1923 trouble occurred between socialist hes Admission taxes also increased, $44,107,730 being collected between last July 1 and January 31, as com pared with $38,593,465 in.the same months of 1922-23. — PAGE FIVE NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON, Feb. 29.—Attor- ney General Daugherty will be re- tained on the list of Coolidge-dele- gates-at-large from ¢ to the Re. publican national convention regard less of the fight upon him in the senate and regardless of whether he remains in the cabinet. PARIS, Feb. 29.—An attempt to steal the international standard meter was foiled last night by the janitor of the International Weights and Measures bureau. 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