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VETERftNS' BMI
REFORMS URGED IN
REPORT ID SENATE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.—Fu1l
authority for the director of the
veterans’ bureau to put into force
a complete administrative reorgani
zation, both in the home office and
in .the field, is propored in a pre
liSUnary report filed with the sen
ate today by the special committee
which has spent eight months in in
vestigating the affairs of the bu
reau.
Under the plan recommended, the
director would be enabled to estab
lish rating boards in every district
and sub-district to examine and rate
claimants in person; to greatly sim
plify procedure on appeal and to
•make radical changes in hospital
administration.
This is only one of a score of
recommendations made- by the com
mittee, which proposes re-codifica
tion of all of the laws affecting the
bureau, regulating compensation for
disabled veterans, regulating war
risk insurance of persons in the mili
. tary service and providing for voca
tional rehabilitation of disabled vet-
■ erans.
r* "Codification of these statutes Is
the report says, "and
I should not wait upon the comple
tion of the committee’s report on
the manner in which the veterans
bureau has been administered in
the past.’’
Other Changes Urged
Other changes in existing laws or
practices proposed by the commit
tee are:
That a partial -, reinstatement of
the lapse of war risk insurance be
permitted; that reinstatement in any
case be permitted for one year after
the enactment of the code, but
thereafter only when application s
made within two years of the lapse
that physical disability and service
Origin short of total permanent dis
ability be no bar to reinstatement,
and that an automatic reinstate
ment out of retroactive awards of
compensation be prohibited.
That vocatipnal training be lim
ited to those who suffered disabil
ity in line of duty and not the re
sults of their own misconduct, be
tween April (5, 3917. and July (1
4921.
That vocational training be lim
ited to those who made applications
on or before June 30, 1923; that train
ing must be started on or before
June 30, 1924, and that all training
must be terminated by June 30, 1926.
A slight increase in training al
lowances for veterans with children.
Provision that trainees injured in
the course of their training be given
a right to compensation under the
federal employes compensation act.
A slight increase in the rate of
compensation to veterans having
several children, or widows with sev
era I children.
Double compensation for widows
and parents where husband and son,
or two sons, have died of service in
juries.
That the loss of the use of limbs
he made the qeulvalent of lost limbs
in ascertaining total permanent total
disability. .
That the ratings of disability bo
■feased on average impairment in oc
cupations similar to that of the in
jured veterans.
An allowance of SSO a. month for
an attendant for all helpless veter
ans.
Reduction to S2O a. month as the
compensation to insane veterans,
Who have neither wife, child nor de
pendent parent, and who are main
tained free of charge in a veterans’
bureau hospital.
That retioactive reduction in com
pensation be forbidden, except where
the beneficiary has been guilty of
fraud.
A stricter limitation on retroactive
awards and retroactive increases of
compensation.
An increase in the allowance of
burial expenses of from SIOO, to $l5O.
That tuberculosis op mental dis
ease, developing within three years
.after discharge, shall be presumed
to be of service origin.
That a veteran in hospital be re
quired to allot not more than three
fourths of his monthly compensa
tion to his wife, dependent children,'
or dependent parents; any unallot
ted portion of such three-fourths to
be deposited to his credit at interest
With the treasury of the United
States and paid to him on demand
tvhen he leaves the hospital.
That veterans’ bureau hospital
made available to all honorably
discharged veterans of the Spanish-
war, the Philippines in
lurrection, the Boxer rebellion or the
World war, who are suffering from
tuberculosis or mental disease with-
Silt proof that the disease resulted
from military service.
That the director bo given power
Io suspend compensation payments
Io all guardians of insane veterans
K’ho fail to render accounts, show
ing proper application of payments,
!br the benefits of their wards,
-That disputed claims on war risk
insurance may be sued for in the
tout of claims or in a federal dis
trict court, and the judgment paid
forthwith out of the’ bureau's cur
tent appropriation.
That benefits of the law be ex
tended to cadets at West Point and
Midshipmen at Annapolis so as to
save them compensation and train
tig for injuries suffered during the
par and to allow them the same
privileges of insurance as are now
liven officers and enlisted men in
3ie military service.
Salary of Director
That the salary of the director be
pcreased from SIO,OOO to $12,000.
, Most of the proposed changes are
iased upon recommendations of
tohn F. O’Ryan, of New York
tjity. general counsel for the com
hit
Boy Accepts Challenge,
Ice Breaks; Drowned
NASHVILLTk Tenn., Jan. 29.—Ac
' lepting a challenge of a schoolmate
lost Robert E. Lee Jones, 13, his life
nte yesterday. The two boys were
flaying near a pond frozen over with
ce when his companion challenged
Robert to walk across the thin ice.
Robert bad proceeded half-way
tcross when, with a warning to his
tchoolniate to "stay back.” he sank
o the bottom. Funeral services were
ield today for the little victim.
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AT TIME CF TROTH,
CLAIM OF CANDLER
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' ternber 20, 1922, had been set as
i the date for the marriage and that
the defendant was to have left At
lanta on September 15 to join her
at Reno, Nev., where the marriage
was to have taken place. We ex
pect to show you that he had caused
her household goods to be shipped
from her home in New Orleans to
his home in Atlanta; that flowers
for the wedding had been purchased
and attendants arranged for; that
announcement cards and invita
tions had been printed; that a com
plete itinerary for a wedding tour
had been arranged by Mr. Candler
and approved by Mrs. Deßouchel,
I and that he had even engaged sleep
ing car and hotel accommodations
for the trip.
“We expect to show you that Mrs.
Deßouchel received a letter from
Mr. Candler every day, almost with
out exception, in all of which he
protested his deep love for her and
complained of the efforts of his
family to prevent the match, advis
ing her not to talk about their wed
ding for fear these efforts would be
increased.
“We expect to show you that
these letters continued until Sep
tember 13, 1922, the letter on that
date repeating his protestations of
love and telling of his plans to leave
Atlanta two days later.
“We expect to show that the
next she heard from him was when
she received a telegram telling her,
without explanatiori, that it would
be impossible for him to leave At
lanta and telling her to expect a
letter. We expect to show that he
then wrote her a letter saying that
he had received informaion from
sources which he could not refuse
to believe, that two men had visited
her room at the Piedmont hotel dur
ing the reunion.
Refused to ReveaPNames
“We expect to show you that
while he did not specifically charge
that these alleged visits were for
improper purposes and did not name
the two men, he nevertheless broke
off the engagement.
“We expect to show that Mrs. De-
Bouchel then telegraphed him de
manding the names of the two men,
but. that he refused to furnish them
to her or to make further explana
tion, whereupon she went to Chat
tanooga and then to Marietta under
the name of Mrs. Rogers to avoid
publicity, and, acquainting Mr.
Candiet with her address, again de
manded that he furnish her the
names of the men.
“We expect to show you that
when he persistenly refused to ac
cede to her request, she finally
came to the realization that the
only way to vindicate her charac
ter and publish the names of these
men to the .world, if there were such
men, was through the medium of a
law suit.
“She then came to Atlanta, and
filer!, this suit, and that, gentlemen
of file jury, is the reason you are
here today.”
Petition Is Read
Mr. Howell then proceeded to read
the original petition of Mrs. Deßou
chel, in which, were contained the
charges outlined by him. The read
ing was by paragraphs, Attorney
Harold Hirsch# of counsel for Mr.
Candler, reading the defendant’s an
swer at the same time.
Mr. Howell continued with the
petition, alleging that nobody had
ever stated to the defendant or any
one else that she had invited men
to her rooms in the Piedmont hotel
or any other place for any purpose
other than that usually accepted as
proper under the social code. Coun
sel for Mr. Candler, in reading from
the answer, declared the defendant
denied this statement.
The petitioner further alleged
through her counsel that Mr. Cand
ler made no investigation of the
rumors he had heard, but accepted
them for their face value. The de
fense denied this, stating that it was
verified that the alleged statements
were made by a man in Atlanta.
The plaintiff contended that, as
her fiance, Mr. Candler should have
disregarded the reports as he knew
them to be false,and that it was his
obligation to tell her and give her
details of the alleged incident so that
she might deny them to the proper
parties.
Love Letters Introduced
Attorney Howell next introduced
a number of letters which he said
were written to Mrs. Deßouchel by
Mr. Candler in the early part of
1922 and during the summer before
their marriage was to have taken
place. Defense counsel agreed for
the letters to be introduced, reserv
ing, however, the right to object
later to those portions which were
immaterial.
The first letter was dated Febru
ary 6, 1922, attd mailed from Atlan
ta to Mrs. Deßouchel, who was
then in California.
The salutation was:
"My dear Sweetum:”
The letter then referred to a let
ter which Mr. Candler had just re
reived from Mrs. Deißouchel and
complained that be had not seen her
for more than a month, declaring
that the time “seemed so much
longer.”
Early Marriage Sought
."But what I most desire,” the letter
said, "is that you become formally
my wife at the earliest date possible
after April s.’’- $
The letter then referred to certain
arrangements that were Icing made
in Atlanta to receive Mrs. Deßouchel.
land referred to the moving of her
I household goods t<> Atlanta, stating
' that the writer had great respect for
her sentiments regarding her own
furnishings but also did not wish io
disturb the furniture of his children's
mother.
The letter then referred to the ef
forts of the writer to retire from
active business, stating that he had
meant to do so "last November,”
I but had been unable to do so.
“Hut I must abandon my business
I this year.” the letter continued. “My
aim in life is to be with you and
to turn myself over to your loving
care, hoping in some measure to
compensate you for your love and
affection.”
Second Letter Read
"This letter.” the epistle continued,
I “is written under very disturbing con-
I ditions, and is not such as should be
| written you, but I hope it will not
■ make you love me less."
■ The next letter was dated March 17,
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and the opening salutation was "My
Own Dear Sweetum:”
As Attorney Howell was reading
the second letter, Mr. Candler en
tered the court room.
“I love you so much,” the letter
said, “It has been a long time since
I heard from j'ou, and your letters
are a source of much joy.” The let
ter then referred to a move by Mrs.
Deßouchel to cancel the. engage
ment, relative to which the letter
was quoted as saying: "I am satis
fied with the testimony given me of
your purity. ... '
“Yes, darling, my Impassioned
purpose in marrying you is to pro
tect you. . . . You love me, don't
you?”
Later on the letter referred to
alleged efforts being made to break
up the engagement as a fight and
spoke of them as "nothing less than
an indignant fight against an indul
gent. brother.”
The letter was signed, "Asa.”
Relatives on Hand
Several of Mr. Candler's relatives
were on hand, including Judge John
S. Candler; his brother, and Walter
T. Candler, a son. He is repre
sented by the law firms of Candler,
Thomson & Hirsch, and by that of
Little, Powell, Smith & Goldstein.
Association of the latter firm in the.
case was announced Wednesday
morning.
Mrs. Deßouchel, accompanied by
Mrs. Lydia C. Wickliffe, Miss Sadie
Griffin and Colonel Louis P. Bryant,
ail of New Orleans, entered the court,
room promptly at 10 o'clock, and ten
minutes later both sides had an
nounced ready. Judge Samuel H.
Sibley, presiding, stated that he
would not be able to begin trial of
the case before 11 or 11:30 o’clock.
Many of the leading figures in the
case then left the court room, but
returned shortly before noon.<
Former Governor Hugh Dorsey
and*P. H. Brewster, of the firm of
Dorsey, Brewster, Howell & Hey
man, were in the court room along
with Attorney Albert Howell, who
is leading Atlanta counsel for the
plaintiff. It was stated that former
Governor Dorsey would aid in strik
ing the jury. New Orleans attorneys
associated in the case in behalf of
Mrs. Deßouchel are Harry Gamble
and Harold P. Moise.
Mrs. Deßouchel’s Statement
Mrs. Deßouchel made the following
statement about the case Tuesday
night:
“My last visit to Atlanta was on
October 7, 1922. It was immediately
after I had received Mr. Candler's
letter, informing me that, on account
of certain very derogatory state
ments which he claimed had been
made to him and circulated here
about me, he was compelled to
break our engagement.
"I had, before I came here, vainly
tried to obtain from him the names
of his alleged informants.
“I had hoped that Mr. Candler
would at least do me the justice to
furnish the names of slanderers to
me, as the only means by which I
would vindicate my character and ex
pose the frazil which I then thought
was aimed against him, as well as
against me.
“When Mr. Candler refused to give
me the names, I felt that, in justice
to myeslf, it was necessary to give
the entire facts in the matter to the
public, through the press; hoping also
to locate the. ambush.
"Failing, I have sought, the only
available avenue of obtaining this in
formation and vindication, through
the. courts.
“The entire matter is now in the
United States court and will, I trust,
be fully investigated «n Wednesday.
"On this account it will, of course,
be improper for me to submit, myself
to any interview or to publicly discuss
any feature of the case.”
Met at Reunion
Mrs. Deßouchel charges in her
suit that Mr. Candler baoke his en
gagement to marry her as the re
sult of alleged information given
f 0 the effect that two men had
visited her in a room at a hotel
during the 1919 Confederate reun
ion in Atlanta. It was during this
reunion, it was stated, that Mr.
Candler became acquainted with
her.
Mrs. Deßouchel paid a visit to At
lanta. in October. 1922, when she, an
nounced that the engagement to
marry had been broken off by Mr.
Candler. She declared that she
came here to seek an explanation.
The suit was filed on February 17,
1923.
In Mr. Candler’s answer to the
suit, in which Mrs. Deßouchel
sought damages for the alleged
false accusations made against her
he declined to give the name of the
informants and deplored the fact
that she bad seen fit to give public
ity to “an unfortunate private af
fair.” _
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Proposal to Harness
Bay of Fundy Tides
Made by Engineers
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.—A pro
posal to harness the tides of the Bay
of Fundy, between Nova Scotia and
New Brunswick, and create one of
the largest power projects in the
world, to supply industries in Maine
and eastern Canada, is being studied
by engineers of the Federal Power
commission, having been submitted
by Dexter N. Cooper, brother and
business associate of Hugh L. Coop
er. government hydraulic engineer
at Muscle Shoals.
Although it would involve millions
of dollars and take years to com
plete, some of the features of the
proposal, as far as it has been exam
ined. are regarded as practicable by
the commission’s experts.
The plan calls for the construction
of dams five miles long across Pas
semaquoddy bay. on the internation
al boundry, with a power plant sit
uated between upper and lower res
ervoirs having a development of ap
proximately 500,000 horsepower. A
number of gates would be installed
in the bay to release the great flood
tide into the upper pool and empty
the, lower one at low tide. It was
estimated that a stream of water
about the extent of Niagara would
be continually running through the
gates.
His Busy Day
Aunt Lucy—“ Did you have enough
men to go round at your party?”
Philippa—“ Oh. yes. plenty There I
w.;s nnb nne -here, but w* kept him ••
-oing round till it made kun dizzy.” ;
COOLIDGE IS LIKELY
TO DEMAND SOME
DEFINITE CHARGES
(Continued from Page 1)
ate on the Walsh resolution. In
event of adoption of this resolution,
the president desires that the men
selected be confirmed by the senate.
It is Mr. Coolidge’s plan to have
the men selected proceed at once to
court action without reporting to
the White House. In this respect
the case differs from the employ
ment of Charles E. Hughes in the
aircraft inquiry under the Wilson
administration. Mr. Hughes in that
instance was employed for the pur
pose of investigating and reporting
the facts to the president.
Denby Refuses to Quit
Secretary Denby announced after
today's cabinet meeting, at which the
oil lease investigation was consid
ered, that he had “no intention what
ever of resigning at the present
time.”
“I am so convinced I did the right
thing that I would do it again to
morrow regardless of the conse
quences," the secretary said. "I
feel that I carried out the will of
congress and my activities served
the best interests of the people. Con
sequently I have nothing to regret
and no reason to resign.”
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt,
whose name also has been prominent
in the investigation, was declared by
Mr. Denby to be “entirly and ab
solutely in the clear.”
“Colonel Roosevelt has nothing to
be criticised for in the transactions.
I approved them with full knowledge,
and I accept complete responsibility.
Mr. Roosevelt is in no wise responsi
ble for the action taken.”
With reference to the Robinson
resolution pending in the senate, and
calling for his resignation, Mr. Den
by said he would like “to see the
senator who in the senate would
vote for a resolution besmirching
the character of any man without
having accorded that man an oppor
tunity to be heard.”
“I want a record vote in the sen
ate on the Robinson resolution,” he
continued, “so that I may determine
what senators-a re willing to besmirch
and defame the name of an Ameri
can citizen who is guilty of no crime
and who has never been charged
tried or convicted in any court.”
To Quiz Fall’s Physicians
Just before the senate met, the
committee hoard a
. .itement by an attorney for former
Secretary ball and deckled to ques
tion tomorrow the physicians •who
have attemled Mr. Fall since he came
o Washington. The statement by
hi.s counsel today declared he was
threatened with a nervous break
down, and requested that his testi
mony be taken in his sick room.
... ® immediate subject of the sen-
ate debate when the session began
today was tile resolution of Senator
Walsh, Democrat, Montana, calling
on the president to employ special
counsel and institute proceedings for
cancellation of bolh the Doheny and
Sinclair leases. Its adoption before
adjournment tonight was predicted
generally on both sides of the cham
ber.
A different situation, however, con
l routed the resolution presented by
Senator Robinson, Democrat, Arkan
sas, asking for the removal of Sec
retary Denby and any jther officials
of the navy department whose con
nection with the leases indicates
misfeasance or malfeasance."
G. 0. I’. Defends Denby
The Republican organization op
posed the proposal, although they
conceded that it might attract
enough Democratic and insurgent
Republican votes for adoption.
Meeting an hour earlier than
usual, the senate plunged at once
into its debate over the naval oil
leases, with action in prospect dur
ing the day on the resolution of Sen
ator Walsh, Democrat, Montana, call
ing on the presklent to institute an
nullment proceedings.
At the outset of the debate. Chair
man Lenroot, of the oil investigation
committee, revealed that the purport
of Archie Roosevelt’s sensational tes
timony, relating 1 to charges of it $68,-
000 payment to the foreman of Sec
retary Fall’s ranch, had been known
to President Coolidge in advance of
Mr. Roosevelt's appearance on the
stand.
Senator Lenroot said Mr. Roose
velt and his brother, Theodore, as
sistant secretary of the navy, had
given this information to himself and
Senator Walsh on the day before.
Told tl>e President
"I conceived it to be my duty to
acquaint the president of the United
the information which came
to us,” said Senator J. enroot, "and
1. did so." ,
"The president acted promptly, and
did everything from that time on
ihat any president. Democrat or Re
publican, could be expected to do.
and there cannot be any criticism of
the president of the United States
for any failure to act.”
.. “Doesn't the senator know," asked
Senator Ashurst, "that the country
will judge the president’s sincerity by
the length of time he keeps Edwin
Denby in his cabinet?”
1 hat is another matter.” respond
ed Senator Lenroot. “I am speaking
now ot the steps the president has
taken to protect the country.”
r lbe committee chairman went on
to say it was but natural that Demo
cratic senators should make the most
political capital possible out of the
incident.
"But when we come to rectifying
any wrong, if wrong there be.” he
said, “politics should stop. So I did
resent and I resent now the criticism
of the president of announcing his
intention to do what they seek to
compel him to do by this resolution.”
r l he senate also had before it the
resolution adopted by the house
yesterday appropriating SIOO,OOO to
enable the president to employ spe
cial counsel to act for the govern
ment in place of the department of
justice in prosecutions growing out
of the oil inquiry, together with an
other resolution introduced by Sen
ator Robinson, of Arkansas, the
Democratic leader, requesting Presi
dent Coolidge to ask for the resig
nations ot Secretary Denby and a'l
other “officials and officers” of the
navy deprtment "whose relations
with the oil reserve leases indicate
misfeasance and malfeasance in of
fice.”
Coolidge Hacks Cabinet
President Coolidfie, meanwhile,
was momentarily expect-ed to an
nounce selection of the two promi
nent lawyers—a Democrat and a
Republican—to take over all prose
cutions connected with the dll leases
under the dir “-100 he announced
at midnight Saturday. With two
numbers of his cabinet under fire
in the . ipitol—the resignation of
Attorney rpl I")°.' p rtv * "ins;
f-t-n siigrgfsted durins* house discus
sinn of the situation by Representa
live c -f. of Tennessee, the Dem
c- .itic leader—the president devot
ed all of vesterday to the oil lease
question, and held another confer
ence last with senate Reputll
can leaders. No ■ nouncement of
an-- - Don was made, but it was
stated officially that Secretary Den
by had not resigned, and intima
tions were given that the president
intended to stand behind the navy
secretary. Attorney Ger,eral Daugh
erty and other members of his of
fieiat family, unless evidence were
nroduced of wrongdoing on their
Jr>isra t in.z commit
•ee held a brief ses&jca |h;s morn-
ing to hear a suggestion from Levi
Cooke, counsel for Albert B. Fall,
that the former secretary of the in
terior. under whose jurisdiction the
leases were negotiated, be examined
at the home here of J. W. Zevely,
where he is confined by illness.
Fall is on the verge of a nervous
breakdown, the commtitee was told
by Cooke.
"Senator Fall has been under a.
great strain for the past few weeks,"
said Mr. Cooke. “He traveled ex
tensively and has been put to a great
physical strain.”
Urging that the committee as a,
whole or a sub-committee examine
Mr. Fall in his sick room at the
home of J. W. Zevely, Mr. Cooke
said it was the opinion of the at
tending physicians that a delay in
his examination tended onlv to ag
gravate his condition. He added that
the doctors felt that any prolonged
strain upon him at this time might
have a most detrimental effect, and
read a statement prepared last night
by Dr. John Wharton and three con
sulting physicians to that effect.
The recommendation was made
that the committee visit the Zevely
home and take Mr. Fall’s statement
without any undue delay.
Senator Walsh. Democrat, Mon
tana, who has had the predominant
role in the whole oil lease investi
gation, said he disliked to intrude
himself into Mr. Fall's sick room,
and that he jvould prefer first to
hear from the physicians as to when
Mr. Fall would be likely to be able
to come before the committee.
“I suggest,” he said, "that the
physicians appear and tell us under
oath when he will be able to appear.”
Chairman Lenroot suggested that
the doctors come before the commit
tee tomorrow, but Mr. Cooke urged
that they be heard some time during
today.
After further discussion, the com
mittee decided to hear the doctors
tomorrow morning. At the same
time it also will examine Director
Bain, of the bureau of mines, with
respect to the disposal of storage oil
from naval reserve No. 1, in Cali
fornia, and of royalty oil in the Salt
Creek field.
Thomas Johnson, foreman of Fall's
New Mexico ranch, was present to
day, but Chairman Lenroot informed
him that his examination would be
deferred for a time. Meantime he is
to remain in Washington at the call
of the committee.
Senators Include Doheny
The Walsh resolution up for a vote
today was a substitute for the one
he introduced yesterday to replace
the cancellation measure originally
introduced by Senator Caraway,
Democrat, Arkansas. Mr. Walsh's
first substitute referred only to the
Teapot Dome lease held by the Har
ry F. Sinclair interests, but was
broadened at the suggestion of
Lenroot. of the investigrz’ng com
mittee; Senator Norris, jxepublcian,
Nebraska, and others, to include the
Sinclair storage tank contract and
the E. L. Doheny lease on the Cali
fornia reserve and his agreement
respecting the Pearl Harbor reser
voir. The Doheny ‘contracts were
objected to on the ground that his
offer to "agree to a settlement” in
connection with his proposal to re
linquish them was regarded as mak
ing it too indefinite.
Delay on the part of the president
in the selection of the special coun
sel was attributed last night in part
of his inability to get in touch with
some of the lawyers be was consider
ing for the work. Mr. Coolidge con
ferred twice yesterday with Secre
tary Hughes, who undertook a simi
lar mission during the Wilson ad
ministration in connection with the
aircraft investigation, and last night
conferred with Senator Lenroot,
Chairman Hale, of the senate naval
committee; Senators Lodge, of Mas
sachusetts, and Curtis, of Kansas,
the Republican floor leaders, and
Senator Pepper, of Pennsylvania.
The senate discussion yesterday
lasted seven hours. with politics
bulking large in the debate, and
wound up for the day with an agree
ment to vote on the Walsh resolu
tion before adjournment tonight.
Opening discussion on his resolu
tion Monday Senator Walsh traced
the history of the naval oil reserves
from the time President Taft with
drew them from entry in 1909. The
•withdrawal was made, he said, be
cause it was realized that the time
was fast approaching when oil would
be the future fuel of the navy. The
right of President Taft to act was a
subject of spirited debate, he con
tinued, but was upheld by the su
premo court after congress had en
acted a law specifically conferring
upon him the right he had exercised.
The Montana senator called atten
tion to the repeated efforts by pri
vate claimants to set up claims,
“mostly paper claims,”to land within
the naval reserves.
He then traced the efforts and re
viewed the acts of congress designed
to protect the reserves from exploita
tion.
Blaines Adniinist rat ion
Particular emphasis was laid by
Senator Walsh to an act of congress
reposing in the secretary of the navy
alone the control of the reserves.
"The present administration had
hardly got warm in its seat,” he
said, "before the president issued an
executive order transferring the en
tire reserves m the seer tary of the
interior.
He added that the executive order
was “indefensible” and “contrary to
law,” and said he did not apprehend
that any one would arise to defend
it.
The original draft of this executive
order, asserted the senator, was made
by Secretary Fall, and was not trust
ed to the agencies usually employed.
“Fall even drafted the letter of
transmittal .which accompanied it
from the navy department to the
White House,” he continued.
Admiral Griffin and other navy of
ficers, he went on. made ineffectual
attempts to block the order, and then
to modify it.
“These protests were never trans
mitted to the White House.” he con
tinued, "and the records there con
tain nothing to show the reason for
issuance of the order.”
Probe Showed Nothing
The committee's investigation dis
closed“absolutely nothing irregular”
in connection with the first Doheny
contract—for 22 offset wells in re
serve No. I—Senator1 —Senator Walsh declared.
"The danger of drainage was rec
ognized by all, including Secretary
Daniels,” he said, “and the Doheny
company was the lowest bidder for
the protecting wells.”
Senator Walsh said that Rear Ad
miral J. K. Robison, after a con
ference with Mr. Doheny, became im
bued with the necessity of leasing the
naval reserves. He added that it
was "a striking coincidence that
among all the officers of the navy.
Admiral Robison was nut in charge
cf the naval reserves.”
Asserting that negotiation? for the
lease of Teapot Pome '.esan at Fall’s
ranch at Three Rivers. New Mexico,
during a visit there of Harry F. Sin
clair. Senator Walsh said the lease
was executed in secret and without
any bids being called for. He
charged that persistent efforts were
made to keep the matter a secret,
even some weeks af + er Fall and Sec
retary Denby had signed the instru
ment.
SINCLAIR CABLES APPROVAL:
WILL APPEAR ON RETURN
PARIS. Jan. 29.—(8y the Asso
ciated Press.)—Harry F. Sinclair to
day cabled Senator Lenroot com
menrtin" President Coolidge's ant : nn"
tn in=t'lute le=al proceed ng? over
the Teapot oi leases but r< tei at ng
net ta-retura ;o
THI RSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1921.
testify further until his European
business trip had been completed.
Mr. Sinclair, in his message, stays
he welcomes “the judicial determi
nation of these questions in the law
fully constituted courts of our coun
try and at the earliest date possi
ble.”
He adds that having appeared be
fore the investigating committee
five different times' and been dis
charged, he feels justified in re
maining in Europe until his business
negotiations are completed.
“On five different occasions,”
says the message, “I have appeared
before your committee. I have given
you every fact or circumstance of a
fact vou have inquired about from
me, and was thereupon discharged I
by you from further testimony. It i
was not until you told me that I |
was discharged from further test!- ,
mony that I came to Europe.
“I came here on a business mat- (
ter. As soon as I can expedite my j
business I shall return.
"I have stated before votir com
mittee that, neither I nor the com- ,
panies with which .1 am connected |
have ever given Secretary Fall or
any representative of the govern
ment any money or any considera
tion whatsoever in connection with
the Teapot Dome, and I again re
peat I have not done so.”
"I have been advised that the pres
ident of the United States has di
rected the institution of legal pro- '
ceedings for the purpose of deter
mining the question of fraud, if any j
there be, and for determining the
validity or non validity of the lease. |
I commend the action of the presi
dent in so doing and welcome a ju
dicial determination of these ques
tions lin the lawfully constituted
courts of our country and at the
earliest date possible.
“Under these circumstances I feel,
and respectfully insist, that if the
records and books of the Hyva cor
poration are pertinent to your in
quiry, I and I alone am the proper
party to testify regarding these rec
ords. Any other procedure, it seems
to me, is entirely unfair and not in
accord with the American idea of a
square deal.
(Signed) "H. F. SINCLAIR.”
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Oil leases obtained by Edward L.
Doheny on government lands in
California, cancellation of which is
sought in a resolution before the
senate today, include approximately
fifty sections of what some geolo
gists declare the richest oil land in
the state.
Lying abut 20 miles west, of Bak- i
ersfield, the Doheny holdings em- .
brace more than three-fourths of I
the entire area known as naval re- I
serve No. 1. They cover forty-three
and one-half square miles of terri
tory.
Three wells have been completed
on these 27,840 acres and are pro
ducing a total of approximately 3,-
000 barrels daily. Less than a, dozen
of the 200 men employed in the
Elk Hills field by the Pan-Ameri- !
can Petroleum company, for which i
Mr. Doheny obtained the leases,
are working on naval reserve No.
1, but considerable development
work was to have been started soon,
according to J. B. Brandel, superin
tendent the company.
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RALEIGH, N. C., Jan. 29.—(8y
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that during his term of office every
means had been used to -preserve the
oil reserves of the navy for the ex
clusive use of the navy and that
he had consistently refused to con
sider any proposition which would
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