New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 2, 1926, Page 9

DEFENSE REFUTING OIL SCANDAL TALK Lawyers for Fall and Doheny Preseiting Evidence | Washington, Dec., 2 (P—The de- | fense today began its frontal on- | slaught on the massed accumula- tion of evidence submitted by the government in an effort to prove that Albert B. Fall, former secre- | tary of the interior, and Idward L. Doheny, the oil man, were guilty of consp in the famous naval re- serve oil leases, After having gotten from prosecution’s own witnesses every vestige of testimony they believed would aid their clients, the lawyer: for the two defendant wards their own store of testimony. Walsh Is Quizzed | The prosecution wound up early| in the day with a brief questioning of Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana, whose prosecution of the oil investigation® before a senate committee brought to light the de- velopments on which the present | trial is based. Senator Walsh iden- tiffied the summary of a letter in the senate record written by him to Fall in January, 1924, seeking in- formation about $100,000 which had como into Fall's possession while| the negotiations were pending for the lease of the Elk Hills, Cal, na-| val reserve, which later was turned over to Doheny’s company. Fall's reply said the money came from F rd B. McLean, publisher of the Washington Post, but later it was developed that it » from Doheny, who has described it as a friendly loan. Govt. Wins Point The government won point when the court admit cevidence over a defen 1522 contract betwee Pan- | American company and the Associ-| ated Oil company of California, un- der which the Pan-American sold| oil to the Associated. The prosecu- tion offered the contract in support of its contention that the oil ob- tained through the Elk Hills con-| tract was immediately sold to the Associated company at a premium of fiftecn cents a Before the first d was cailed, Wilton J. Lamber sel for Fall, made an opening state- ment in which he declared the gov-| ernment had presented a poo The défense might well rest without | further procedurs, he , but| would go on until eve the ted in ction, a witness coun- wvailable bit of supplementary evidence was presented _ambert pointed out that ¢ Denby of the navy, in October, 1921 appointed Admiral J. K. Rob- inson special representative of the navy to cooperate with interior partment officials in the admini tion of naval oil reserves. We will show that Secrctary Fall out of ti pital continuously Ju 2 1921 en Oct. nd Dec. 1, id. s time Mexico, Secre- en betw ne year,” o loft for his weh, on A not return to zain fi and ¢ on untif May 16 The Pearl Harbor, Hawail storage contract wa leny's company on April Navy Knew Facts Tambert said the defense would show tnut the navy depart- | ment was in contact with ever in the leasing negotiations and that such an arrangement between two cndent departments prevente: any act of collusion between and Doheny. “Fall left everything to tife said Tambert. “We will also shos that from the time Fall took office in March, 1921, there ran thr policy, constantly and un like a thread of zold, one great all important policy—to conserve the ground every barrel of oil and every foot of gas which could pos- sibly be kept there.” he defense lawyer repeated the ention that the government wi e remaining naval reserves in 22 hecaus the public demain was bei of its petroleum resources wells of private companic the edge of the governme serves. | iwching upon the long, friendly lationship between Doheny. and Fall, which began when both wer frontiersmen and 40 vears ago, Lambert said no conspir- acy could have been founded upon such relationship. He recalled to the jurors that Iall was appointed & federa the New Mexico territory by President Cleveland, and | thereafter served in the United | 3 senate before e was appoint- | seretary of the interior. The defense testimony by presenting ¢ show the oil Do- also v step prospectors Carl Leon- | ard, president of the Southwestern Portland Cei A geles, was the Leonard heny first witness. id he had known Do- | intimately for 30 years and | leld him a man of good repute for Honesty, integrity and patriotism. Erector The Structural Toy $1.00 to $15.00 An ideal Christmas pres- ent for the Boys! A Complete Stock at The Abbe Hardware Co. 405 Main St. Tel. 407 turned to- |4 another | |1 (EXx Hills) | miral J. K. “Do you know Mr. Doheny's gen- eral reputation?” he was asked. “The whole town knows him,” the witness responded. “And his reputation- has been good?” “Always very good.” Trank H. Powelt of Los Angeles, a son-in-law of Lconard, testified Do- heny was the “foremost patriot” 4n Los Angeles. Powell had known the oil man's first appearance With a drilling rig in California more than 35 years ago, he said, and had been for 20 years his next door neighbor. Explains Assignments H. Foster Bain, a director of the bureau of mines, which handles technical matters concerning oil and irineral resources, was the third de- ten witnes He explained the scientific aspects of the royalty as- signments under the Fall oil leases. Frank J. Hogan, of the defense, vead to the jury correspondence from the bureau of mines files cov- ering detailed instructions to fleld gents in California for the handling of oil from the naval reserves dur- ing 1921 and 1922. The defense contended that this correspondence, all carried on by subordindtes of the interior depart- ment, established their claim that Fall personally took no unusual part in administrative details of the oll serves while the leases were in negotiation. Hogan sought also to show by the correspondence that the recommendations of the navy department were followed in every detail, One letter, dated December 30, 1921, advised the California agent of the interior department that previ- ously mentioned storage plans Califorr :rve oil had been proved by the solicitor of the nav department, by virtue of which the interior agent was then instructed to proceed in the exccution of “the navy's plans.” Bain told of a conference in Fall's ate in October 1921 at which W. Ambrose, petroleum tech- nologist of the burean of mines, re- ported on a survey of the California reserves What was the recommendation to the secretary as the result of that survey?” Hogan asked, “The conclusion was that fornia number 2, Buena Vi had ceased being a reser replied. “Because of drainage of the through wells on bordering private- Iy owned lands?” = &ir., It was also recom- mended that certain sections of No. be opened for drill- always a re Call- in Hogan read the lefter of Dec. 9, 1921, in which Acting Sccretar; Roosevelt of the navy a Secre- tary Tall to observe secrecy in the leasing negotiations to protect mna- tional defense plans. Bain said he dealt almost entire- Iy with Aseistant Secretary of {he interior department and A Robinson, chief of the navy bureau of engineering, in all val oil mat seldom {alking to Fall. Once, Tain said, he talked with J. J. Cotter, vice-president of the Pan-American company, whom he had known well for READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS Doheny since | for | Hills, | ' Bain | oil NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1926. GHARLEY CHAPLIN'S ROMANCE IS OVER. Gt | { (Continued from Tirst Page) | i Intimates Divorce Action | He indicated that a divorce prob- | {ably would follow the break, but | |said no immediate action was con- | |templated. He added that the| | comedian’s wife “most decidedly” | would fight to retain the custody of | her children in the event of a di- vorce. Chaplin became acq Lita Grey when studio as a child iinted with she came to his actress. He later | selected her as leading woman for | “The Gold Rush.” They were gnar- ried fn November 1024 ot Guaymas, Mexican seaport town. The bride sald she was 16 years old. The Chaplins' first son was born in June 1925, and was named Charles Spencer Chaplin, Jr. A sec- | | ond son, born last March, was nam- ed Sydney Earle Chaplin. 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