Evening Star Newspaper, February 9, 1924, Page 4

CROWDSSTILLFILE PAST WILSON TOMB Most of Flowers Withered and Removed—Orchids He Loved Remain Fresh. Again toduy un endless of silent pilgrims passed in hushed reverence through the Bethlchem Chapel of the Holy Nativity on Mount St. Alban, to gaze upon the sepulchre where Woodrow Wilson is at rest Although the crow Jarge this morning was estimated that several thou versons had visited the tomb by noon, proce: and many more were expected later | in the day, when business establish- ments close for the week end Most Flowers Withered. Most of the flowers, 2 been removed, : of the ha ternoon. south wii hapel, direct In the hizh of the little Wwhich Mr. Wilson lies, three pleces, u spray of ndeer and @ large wre the sal fragrant Dblooms, bave been placed. They were the fow he loved and, stranzely enouzh, they alond all " the othérs remain gy beautiful On vither side soldier, wearing coutermen nds continue tl vigil Tow and probubly will leave Monday morning. 1s the sepuicher in the care of cathedral clergy for all time. orchids th of the window full military guard. The through tomor- the Usual Services Planned. Tomorrow devotional services will be held in the chapel, as usual, and elaborate plans being completed to take care of the crowds that are expected to attend. Thousands are expected to visit the chapel during day, and to prevent their intes ing with t crvices the cathedrs offices have téquested visitors to ar- rive not lier thun 1 o'clock nor later than 3 o’clock It will be the first been held in the Bethlehem Chapel since Mr. Wilson's fyneral. Holy communion will be served at 1o followed by morning prayer and litany at 10 o'clock, holy communion and sermon at 11 o'clock and peonle’s evensong and sermon at 4 o'clock. Bishop Freeman will pre- side and preach the sermon at the latter service. very facility will be employed to give the public ample opportunity to pass through the chapel between services. Although all of the flowers probably will be gone by Monda: the chapel will remain open every day and the public will be welcomed. A huge silken American flag is to be draped in the window that marks Mr. Wilson's tomb, so that visitors v readily find it, and it is probable yme floral tribute will always be kept there, to continue eternal vigil after the soldiers have been withdrawn. ORLANDO SUPPORTS SECRET-PACT TALE (Continued from First Page.) time services France and England, declared them- selves ready to observe the pact of London, but pointed out that the pact did not to Ttaly, I therefore was placed in the dilemm of having to choose between Fiume and the pact of London. Finally, Signor Orlando continued, he chose the pact of London, hoping to be able to obtain Fiume by later negotiations “This de municated on,” he said, “I com- to the councll of four April_19. T remember the deep im- pression it created, because it left the allies no choice but to integrally apply the pact of London, despite all opposition. This happened, 1 repeat, on April 19. Mewsage to Orlando. “On April 20 President Wilson granted Clemenceau what previously he strenuously had denied him, namely, consent to the occupation of the Rhineland. On April 23 he hurled at me his famous message which wvirtually placed Italy outside the con- ference.” Signor Orlando’s reference was to President Wilson's declaration that he would net yield to Italy's claims on the Adriatic, after which the Italian delegation left Paris. Deductions From Dates. “If these dates are considered to- gether,” Orlando went on, “the de- ductions are too obvious to need ex- planation. My opinion of ir. Lloyd George's intelligence is too great to believe the naive stutement attributed 0 him that President Wilson yielded on the matter of the Rhineland, which | was the gravest of all the problems discussed at Paris, on condition that M. Clemenceau end the campaign in the French press against the Ameri- can President. He was playing for higher stakes. He did it to induce Clemenceau to support him in the pitiless war he was waging against Italy and isolate me even from my allies. “This was the most critical moment of the great historical tragedy of the peace conference. Italy suffered se verely and unjustly from its more im mediate consequences, but even more severe and more permanent is the danger in which the peace of the world stands by reason of ir, “Italy now has har boundaries on Mount Nevaso, and Fiume is Italian. But other questions connected with the Versailles treaty still are a fe tering sore in the very heart of Eu- rope.” HART’S WIFE SEEKS "RIGHT TO ACT AGAIN Will Ask Sanction of Court to Re- turn to Screen Despite Pact With Husband. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, February 9.—Wini- fred Westover Hart, formerly of the flms and wife of Willlam S. Hart, two-gun hero of western screen plays, lias signed a complaint, which will be filed by her attorney today, asking the superior court to pass upon her right to return to motion picture act- ing, despite an agreement entered info with her husband since their separation in May, 1922, constraining her from such a course, according to the Los Angeles Times. Mrs. Hart is now prohibited from appearing in motion pictures or from allowing herself to be photographed Tor screen or advertising purposes during the life of & trust fund of $103,000 established for her by Hart shortly after their separation. . The terms of the fund, to which she agreod, provide tthat she will receive the entire amount upon the death of her husband or in the event of a di- vorce from him, and that meanwhile she will receive the income from the fund in monthly instaliments, pro- vided she respects other clauses in iRe agresment, - : 8 | th Confirmation The names of Silas H. Strawn of {Chicago and Atlee Pomerene of Ohlo, to be special cou for the govern- nent in the oil lease cancellation scs, were sent to the Senate late yesterday by President Coolidze for confirmation. They were referred to the public lands committe The nominations were forwarded to the Capitol after the President had signetl the cancellation reso- 'lution. In attaching his however, hic appended a memorandum | aking cxception to the language of preamble, which declares the Ses were made in violation of the w_and under circumstances indi- cating fraud and corruption. Text of Mexwage. President Coolidsze s 1 have approved Joint ¥ 8. J. Res. 54, in order that a pron pt ¢ thorough investigation may be - and uppropriate action tak | i { ! facts which purport to be found in the preamble of the resolution, and With refercne: to those parts of the resolution which. under the Constitu= tion. du nmot roquire concurrence of 4 House of Represent which are unnee to the President of the to make them effec- my under date « 1 courts to public statement nuary 26, it determine the cumstanc in- f the 1 | nd whether | or without | the officers | the United I reiterate courts nd to and wi part of for a faith ction of th on the D < tes and that it is the to determine criminal “guilt render judgment in civil case that [ proposc to have done. In view of the importance of the bject-matter of the limited | legal force now available to care fo the vast amount of litigation in which the povernment ntinuou: 1y engaged, I regard the authority to ppoint special counsel s appro- | |priate legislation.” Preamble to Rewolution. The preamble to the Walsh resolu- tion read “Whereas it appears from evidence taken by the committee on public jands and sury of the United States Senate that certain lease of naval reserve No. 3, in the state of Wyomin bearing date . made in form by the go the United s through Albert B. Secretary of the Interior, and 3 in Denby, Secretary of the Navy as lessor. © Mammoth Oil Com pany, as and that certain n the government ot the United States and the Pan-Ame: i leum an, ansport Com d_April signed by . Finney, acting secretary of < interfor. und Edwin Denby, Sec- y of the Navy, relating, among other things, to the construction of oil tanks at Pearl Harbor, T. H., and that certain lease of naval reserve No. 1 in the state of Cal rnia, bear- ing date December 11, 1 made in form by the government of the United { States “through Albert B. Fall, Sec- reta of the Interior, Denby, Secretary of the Navy, as lessor. to the Pan-American Petro- leum Company. as lessce, were exe- cuted under circumstances indicating fraud and corruption; and “Whereas, The sald leases contract was_entered into without authority on the part of the officers purporting to act in_the execution of the same for the United States and in viola- tion of the laws of Congress; and, ‘Whereas, Such leases and contract were made in defiance of the settled policy of the government adhered to through three successive administra- tions, to maintain in the ground a great reserve supply of oil adequate to the neecds of the Navy in any emer- gency threatening the national se- curity. At the same time the message was de public it was rted at the White House that the President had received no resignation of cabinet members and knew of no impending , resignation from members of his of- i ficlal family. | The field of the oil investigation was further broadencd vesterday by the adoption by the Senate of a reso- lution by enator La Follette, re- publican, Wisconsin, directing the oil committee to inquire into and report upon the claims of the Honolulu Con- colidated Oil Company to oil lands situated within naval reserve No. 2 in_California. he resolution follows Resolved, That the committee on public lands and surveys make a thorough investigation and report to the Senate its findings and recom- mendations regarding the claims of the Honolulu Consolidated Oil Com- any to oil lands situated within naval reserv . including the conditions surrounding the reversal by Secretary of the Interior Albert Fall of the decision of Secretary the Interior John Barton Payne, denying the validity of the claims of ed Oil Com- also, the validity (serfal Visalfa 11, 1922, and pany, and includin of the alleged les 09208) dated I signed by E. C. Finney, first assist- ant secretary of the interior, and that for the purposes of this investi- gatlon the committee is hereby em- powered to exercise the authority conferred upon it by S. R. 147.” The debate on the Denby resolu- tion was opened yesterday by Sen- FORD BID FOR SHOALS HIT IN MINORITY REPORT (Continued from First Page.) in case of war 90,000 tons of nitrogen is to be available.” On the same point, the minority states, Ford agrees to annually and makes *no promises as 1 to the amount or cost of power,” and proposes to maintain nitrate plant No. 2, or its equivalent, and in case of war to make available 40,000 tons of nitrogen. 1In this connection, the re. port cites, an Army ordnance depart- ment estimates that the cost of main- taining plant No. 2 would not exceed $100,000 per annum, or $10,000,000 in the 100 vears. The power companies would forfeit the lease if the agreement is violated | {and’'do not require protection by the i Fovernment asainst losses, agreeing to turn the properties over to the government in event of war, it con- tinues, while the McKenzie bill pro- I vides for na forfeiture and in case of war protects the “company from losses. der the Hull bill “the govern- ment has the right to, recapture all property leased at the end of Afty years,” it adds, whereas Ford would retain the properties, with the privi- lege of remewing the water-power lease at the end of 100 years. Further ‘comparisons_set forth in the minority report, in brief, are: Cites Other Differences. The power companies would be regulated as to profits by public authority and Ford would be free from regulation except in the sale ‘of fertilizer. Power in excess of that for fertili- zer production would be available | throughout the south under the power Icompuh»‘ offer while the McKenzie bill would make the excess power “available only to Ford plants” at the shoals. l The power companies offer a cash payment of $4,500,000 for the steam plant and promise to devote $1,000,000 to research work, ‘whereas Mr. Ford i federal officers. ator Walsh of Montana. At the out-' set he attacked Chalrman Lenroot of the oil committee because Mr. Mec- Adoo’'s name had been brought into the oil investigation. asserting. that ho himself had refrained from con- ducting the inquiry on partisan lines. Turning his attack on Secretary Denby for what he characterized as his “flagrant faithlessness” =as re- vealed by his own testimony, Sen- ator Waish sald he wanted to see the cabinet member “driven from office with all the odlum that #'bly attaches to hia going, that his fate may serve for all warning to those who might other- wise fail the republic as he has failed.” Announcing his opposition to the Denby resolution, Senator Borah, re- can, Idaho, declared that in his ion the only proper way to pro. ceed, if anything were done at all, would be by impeachment. Quentions Procedure. Senator Borah's opposition to the Denby resolution was voiced in a speech devoted almost wholly to what he sald was the constitutional ques- tion involved. He asserted that the Constitution left wholly to the Presi- dent the question of the dismissal or retention of gress could through impea To support act for removal chment his argument he quoted from statements on the subject by Presidents Madison and Cleveland. terrupting frequently, Senators Glags and S democrats. insisted that there was no constitutional inhibition against the Senate exrpessing an opinion as to whether an official should remain in office. Senutor Borah retorted that there might not be any constitutional only inhibition, but that such an act was a |, futile thing. The republican party, controlling the machinery of the government, the ho senator declared, can either hieid or punish those guilty. If the republican party is either unwilling or incapable of dealing with the s uation in a most drastic and thorough fashion, he added, it would be appar- cnt to ‘all that it'had served its pur- pose, and, discredited, would be driven permanently out of power. Wants Relentless Action. “We. want no victims” he said, “but our action should be swift and relentless.” If Secretary Denby Is guilty of the acts with which he has becn charged, Senator Borah stated, his dismissal from office would be wholly inade- quate. Either Secretary Denby actually beMeved that he had legal authority for his acts, Mr. Borah contended, or he was a party to an organized con- spiracy to despoil the government. To determine the facts impeachment would be the proper and constitu- tional way to proceed. he said. If Secretary Denby is guilty, he should be impeached, he insiated, and should have the stigma of impeachment placed upon him for all time. Senator Borah stated that he was unwilling to believe that Secretary Denby did not know what was going on. The charges which had been made against Secretary Denby by and Edwin |Senator Walsh were clearly, Senator Borah stated, within the law of im- peachment. ““There is no other way to reach the matter,” he said. Corruption Big Problem, Conditions of oorruption in this and other nations in recent years, Senator Borah said, “have come to be a problem of the human race; they make the venalities of Rome insig- nificant in comparison.” “It {s just as mucn our duty,” he sald, “to ellminate this evil from our political system as to drive a for- eign foe from our coast * * ¢, “If this resolution is passed it will be in the face of the constitutional guarantee to the President of exclu. sive responsibility for his subordinat. I would regard it a: a calamity equal to that which we now have under consideration.” Senator Caraway, democrat, Ar- kansas, asked if there was any es sential difference between the Robin- son resolution and that of Senator Borah requesting the calling of the armament conference. : eat difference.” was the re- ‘One comes under the treaty- g power, where the Senate has y right to advise. “Men of great wealth think they can and that they will shape public policies, direct legislation and con- trol administration through the influ- ence and power of money,” Senator Borah asserted. That question, he asserted, was more vital than the preservation of the, oil reserves. 1t had been known for a long time, he continued, “how subtle and how powerful have been the selfish and sinister interests desirous of achiev- ing their schemes and their sordid ambitions here at the Capital, but few thought they had actually placed a price upon the national defense and our national honor.” Senator Borah appealed for the matter to be handled free of politics. “If we are going to meet the ene- overnment success- if we are going to in an effective way with those who would undermine “our institu- tions and demoralize our entire citi- zenship by the use of money in ad- ministration we must meet them united.” VAST CONSPIRACY OF OIL INTERESTS CHARGED IN PROBE ! (Continued from First Page.) show to them and never to be filed,” produce 40,000 tons of fixed Nitrogen !returned Senator Lenroot. “What was the next thing you aia? of the Midwest Company. ‘We talked with various officials } “You've testified that you talked | with them after negotiations began with Sinclair.” Says Claims Held Legal. “I talked with officials of Midwest Company about the claims and they said they were legal,” returned the witness. “Why did they not settle?” “They said that Mr. Sinclair had got_into the field. Mr. Sinclair had paid the Midwest $1,000,000 for their interest “Why didn’t you sue?" “It couldn't be done in five min- utes. We tried to go ahead as fast as weo could” “Did they deny liability upon the contract?” ¢ “Yes, they sald it was a_good con- tract, and that Mr. Stack should have something, but that he ought to be paid by Sinclair. But Mr. Sinclair sent us back to them.” ‘What was your theory of Sin clairs liability under the contract “I thought somebody ought to pay. My lawyer thought Sinclair ought'to | pay. The Midwest crowd got a mil- {lion and did not want to settle with Stack, and my theory was that some- Ibady ought to pay.” Chairman Lenroot asked Bonfils if he thought Sinclair was a party to the conspiracy alleged in the bill of com- plaint. 3 - “I think there was an agreement and that they were all moving in harmony. 3 Reviewing the terms of the Stack contracts, Senator Lenroot said: “Under the Sinclair settlement you got five times as much as you said you thought the contract was worth?" Bonfils disputed this, saying that offers $1,527,512.76 for both nitrate plants, the 'steam plants and the quarry, with no guarantee for re- search work. .The government would retain the title under the companies’- bid and surrender it under the Ford offer. The companies agree to aseist in paying for development of the head- water improvements, for which Mr. | Ford would pay nothing. .. - under the settlement there was paid $250,000 in cash and a_grant of 330 acres of land “or the Dome,” which “was of very doubtful value.’ “Had it occurred to you that if hi lease from the government was straight, that he would not deal with you at all? Gonnls vigorously denfed tha Bonfils the attitude of hin paper-towerd Sin- pos- time as a' officer, and that Con- ! proceedings. | anson, Virginia, and oth- | Py g ———————ee_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_—ee Sq‘ RAWN AND POMERENE NAMES |Fiancee and Prince + SENT TO" SENATE BY COOLIDGE, Go to Canada to as Special Counsel in Oil Probé Asked. President Objects to Phrasing of Walsh - Resolution in Signing It. w tract. The chairman then questioned Bonfils concerning his early life. ‘Did you have any difficulty fn Kansas City with the authorities?” “Not that I remember.” ‘Have you had some difficulty in Denver?* ‘Some little difficulty there. I know iNOwW you ®ot your question from | Thomas O’'Donnell in Denver.” ., Bonflls told the committee under further questioning that he had been lEx the lottery business in Kansas City, Kan., when it was not illegal. | “Was there not an Indictment filed iagainst you and was not a plea of Igumy entered to that indictment?” Attend Wedding Doewn't Remember Indictment. |, I have no recollection of such an { Indictment.” Bonfils stated that he could not re- member very distinctly what had oc- curred thirty-four or thirty-five years ago. + _"“You would remember, however, if You had been in any difficulty with i the_authorities?” : “I could hardly have anticipated i Bolng into such matters. “Now you do remember?" | think you would be very proud in bringing it out" ! “The committee is very much inter- sted in ascertaining whether the deal you made with Mr. Sinclair was an honest compromise of an honest debt or whether it was a deal be- tween you and Mr. Sinclair to pur- ghase the silence " of the Denver H You are speaking for some one in Colorado. In Colorado after printing a newspaper for twenty-nine years, attacking every form of corruption and graft, T have naturally made en- , emies. Denounces 0’Donnell, The witness then entered upon a denunclation of Thomas O'Donnell. | Bonfils also praised the work of his inewspaper in ‘“fighting predatory !wealth”” and declared it had the | greatest circulation per capita of its | publication city of any newspaper “in the history of the world.” “I suppose Mr. Sinclair knew all ilthzu." remarked Chairman Lenroot. Questioned by Senator Dill, demo- crat, Washington, as to whether the 000~ paid by Sinclair w brought in a satchel,” the witn: said the sum was deposited in the Chase National Bank in New York to the joint credit of himself and | Bt MISS ELEANOR M. GREE! Associated Pre W YORK, February 9.—Miss|t] Eleanor Margaret Green, und Prince | Stack- Viggo of Denmark, whose engage-| DOHENY CO. DISSOLVED. ment vas announced last night by Miss Green's father, Dr. James O. = Green, will leave for Ot tomor- | Leader Denies Naval Oil Was row to attend the wedding Monday of Miss Lois Booth, Canadian he Leased Through Fraud. By the Associated Press. to Prince Erik, older brother Prince Viggo. Miss Green will be NEW YORK, February 9.—Dissolu- tion of the Pan-American Western Pe- companied by Mrs. R. Gordon Wi liams. troleum Company, formed to develop was s, of . Miss Green’s engagement was an- nounced in Copenhazen court eircl in December, but denied several times the California naval oil reserves, | option to purchase our other announced last night by Edward L. Doheny, chairman of the Pan-American Petroleum and Transport Company. The action, he sald, resulted from the at- tack on the validity of the leases:in the Senate's Investigation. : In a letter to stockholders of Pan- American Petroleum, Mr. Doheny an- nounced the withdrawal of an offer to subscribe for 525,000 shares of thc west- ern subsidiary at $20 a share and can- cellation of ‘a $12,000,000 bond Issue which sold last fall. At the same time Mr. Doheny de- clared to Pan-American stocklolders that the leases and contracts were not procured or obtained by fraud, corrup- tion or illegal acts on the part of the company's officers or representatives. Asserting that the Jeases promol the national defense, he said that instead of being harmful to the United States they were fair and beneficial. Fleet Efficiency Doubled. The efficiency of the United States fleet in the Pacific had been doubled, he declared, as a result of the cortracts with_the Department of the Interior, which also had rendered the Lacific coast invulnerable against naval Attack and had made practicable the defcnse of America’s island possessions in the Pa- cific ocea: Enumerating other ad- vantages claimed for the leasis, he ‘They have assured protection of the naval reserve from drainage by vate drilling. “They have assured our goveriment a large emergency supply of filel oil for naval use at Pearl Harbur, in place of the great coaling statioh pre- viously established at that point, which, owlng to the substitution of oil fuel for coal, had become practi- cally obsolete for naval use. “They have assured to th leum products on the Pacific coast for fifteen years at 10 per cent less than current market prices. They have assurcd the mainte- nance, subject to the demands of the Navy for a period of fifteen years, of 3,000,000 barrels of fuel oil in storage at eighteen Atlantic, gulf and Carib- bean ports.” Claims Royafiles Highest. Royalty returns to the government, Mr. Doheny declared, were the high- est ever paid to the United States or to any private lessor of petroleum propertics. ‘The minimum is 12% per cent for fifty-barrel wells, increasing to 35 per cent on wells of 400 barrels or over. Replylng to the charge that profits accrulng to the Pan-American Com- pany under the leases would be in- ordinate, the oil operator pointed out that the gains could be alized only by maintaining huge capital expend- itures and taking all the risks of business over the period necessary for develcpment of the property, esti- mated at twenty-five or thirty years. “It has been asserted that no lease of these lands was necessary for the protection of the government,” Mr. Do- heny said. “But the idea that oil and be kept the indefinitely le a Half-Staff Flags February 22, Due To Wilson Death Shall the national flag be dis- played at half-staff on Washing- ton's birthday, February 22? That question was submitted to the War Department by a correspond- ent in New England and was based on the President’s proclamation of February 4, directing that “the flags of the White House and of the several departmental bulldings be displayed at half-staff for a period of thirty days,” as & mark of respect to the n:emory of the late President Wilson. It was answered in the affitmative on the ground that the anniversary of Washington's birthday occurred within the period of mourning fixed by the President. ——————————————— Jacent drilling was progressing, is whol- iy untenable. Says Mueh Ol Lowt. “There are about seventy-five miles of border lines between the naval lands in this reserve and private lands ad- joining. Drilling on the private lands alrcady had been done to a large ex- tent, and great amounts of Navy oil were lost as a resuit. Moreover, the gas pressure had been depleted largely in the vicinity of these lands by ad- jacent drilling, and without such pre sure oil can be extracted only by pumping and with greatly increased ex- pense and the loss of large quantities of ofl. “It was, therefore, necessary for the Navy, in order to protect its reserves, to adopt a plan which would combine the greatest practical degree of con- scrvation of its oil in the ground that would be consistent with the pro- tection of these reserves against drilling by others. This reserve is accomplished by the lease of December 11, 1922. It i upon this lase, which forms part of the contract for the establishment of a naval fuel station at Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, 2,000 miles out in the Pacific, that the attack of Congress has been centered.” The greater part of the expenditures made by the Pan-American Petroleum Company in California, Mr. Doheny told his stockholders, were upon its own property. the title to which could not be affected by the government's pro- ceedings, ‘The proposed cxpenditure of about $22,000,000 through the western rubsidy, however, he pointed out, was predicated upon the valid ownership | gas under the naval reserve lands could | of the naval leases. With these under attack the directors voted to rescind the entire financial plan and refuna # subscriptions fer stocks and bonds. ASKS DOHENY LEASE TEST. Los Angeles Mayor Requests Court Fight to Get Land Back. By the Associated Press. LOS. ANGELES, February 9.— effort to test the validity of a thirty- year lease given by the board of harbor commissioners to I, L. Doheny's American _Company on municipall owned land in the harbor district he harbor board is expressly prohibited by the city charter and ordinances from leasing for private use any portion of the municipally owned waterfront prop- erty, of which 1,200 front feet wore leaxéd to Doheny on June 22, 1923, Calling attention to these opinions and indirectly to personal attacks mad. on members of the harbor commiseio: in connection with the lease, the mayor message asks that “the matter be initely” settled and_determined by the judement of u court of competent jur: diction” to the end that “agitation of the matter shall cease.” SUICIDE WAVE IN VIENNA. ary 9.—The Austria; VIENNA, Fel capital is suffering from u growin epidemic of suici most of whic are attributed to the widespread un- employment. The climax was reached on Thursday, when ecleven persons took their lives during the twenty- four hours For Your Coughs = Colds The Reason Is thereafter by her father. An Easter wedding is planned. clair had anything to do with the contract of settlement. In the midst ot a vigorous cr examination Chairman Lenroot as whether “the matter of vour attack on_ Sinclair’ was discussed at the erence with Sinclai sir,” Bonfil repli Was the matter of your ceasi your attacks on Sinclair discussed “1 would like to know what insti- ‘gated these questions? Did they em- anate from Colorado?” “I am aski stions on my responsibility as a senator and you will please answer them o ¢ most extraordinary ques- I want the record to show i [ Sasaaitastt:: tiessiaiass: not been TTHIT on Sinclair in his paper ! cross the . 1 stopped, Mr. Bonfils leancd 2 table and said: “They did not e ceased. They never shall ¢ Senator Lenroot read a telegram which said there had been no ar: on the subject in the Post from Sep- tember 15, 1922, to December 3, 1 Printed No Editorial The telegram ndded that there were none during most of 1923 con- taining any reflection upon Mr. Sin clair. ve not = printed the news every day,” {sald Mr. Bonfils. “Any editorial commenf concerning | these transactions? 1 do not think there were Do you mean to testify that there was no change in the attitude of your newspaper concerning these trans !a( jons from the Leginning? 1 “Lidn” You had vigorously attacked Mr. Starts tonight over the pho;ze 6 to 9 P.M. 88° 3 for Sinclair and these oil transactions up to a certain time.” We printed that it was a bad lease T still think it was. an vou think it was a deal, do you no “We were not blaming Mr. Sinclair for it.” Referring to_the scnding of a re- porter to New Mexico. Chairman Len- root asked whether Bonfils who had yesterday described the disclosures brought back as “shocking” had f: ]ea to print the articles merely be- bad, corrupt | cause of the possibility of libel sui Bonflls replied in the affirmative. Referred to Fall. “Do you believe Mr. Fall could have been corrupt and Mr. Sinclair not?” dost_of my Information referred to Mr. Fall's affairs, and had very lit- |te to do with Teapot Dome. Why did you not send the informa- tion before called upon by the com- mittee?" “I thought the committee must have {known it Is it not a fa. that your coh- tract with Mr. Sinclair was not bz upon any legal rights of Mr. Stac “That is not true.” But that this_whole deal wa the purpose of purchasi silence in your newspapers That is absolutcly fal Later the witness added Mr. Sinclair bought nothing ex- cept what the contract shows. With all his arrogance and wealth he was not foolish enough to ask that my paper alter its policy. As Senator Lenroot pushed his in- quiry, Mr. Bonfils interrupted to say “I 'came here voluntarily. One would think from the way you talk- ed 1 was a criminal. Senator Lenroot reverted to the telegram as to the Post articles. It was sent to Mr. Bonfils last night by | W. C. Sheppard, managing editor of | the Post. The chairman declared there was nothing to show from the .captions of the articles, as contained in the telegram, published since De- cember 3. 1922, that attacks were made on the lease. To Produce Papers. | ‘You can't tell what's in the ar- ticles by the, captions,” the witness sald. “I'will send you copies of all the papers. Then you can judge. I'd say it was attacked constantly from the time the lease was granted down to the present da; Senator Lenroot insisted that the attacks on Sinclair ceased after the signing of the million-dollar con- Phone Main 5100 Or Main 9000 Order by Number of Illustration Shopping by phone is proving such a highly successful method, many women are phone sales. So here are 3,500 fresh apron frocks, in just-arrived styles, tailored of Amoskeag and Security gingham and fast-color Scout per- cales. Regulai sizes, 34 to 44 Extra sizes, 46 to 52 Cheerful checks and plaids, and combinations with plain materials. With all those little braid and pip- ing trimming touches that give such frocks their freshness and charm. 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