Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-09-12
ROMANCE OF OIL
 PROSPECTORS IN
 MEXICO IS TOLD
Incidentally, Preacher Is Ac- cused of Being on Carran-
 za's Pay-Roll.

cuSed Of Being on Carran- ] za's Pay-Roll. Washington, Sept. 11.-The TO- nance of the Mexican oil fields to- gether with the vicissitudes of oil prospectors resulting from bandit attacks and obnoxious decrees and flaws of the Carranza government
 was described today to the senate for eign relations subcommittee investi- gating the Mexican situation by E. L. Doheney, head of the Mexican Petro- leum company, limited.
 Incidentally the committee was told that Dr. Henry Allen Tupper, now pastor of the First Baptist church of Washington, but formerly active in obtaining recognition for the Car ranza government by the United States, had received draft of $3,- 466 from the treasurer general of Mexico. It was indicated that the committee would call Dr. Tupper to explain for what the draft was in payment.
 In the course of his description of the development of the Mexican oil fields largely by American capital, MT. Doheney admitted his company had paid Manuel Palaez, the rebel leader for protection but declared that the payment was made on the advice of Eliseo Arrendondo and also that the course was in line with suggest ions of John Lind and J. R. Silli- mann personal representative of President Wilson in Mexico.
 To the charge of Finance Minister Cabrera of the Mexican cabinet that his company was fostering rebellion by furnishing arms and ammunitioE to Palaez, Doheney submitted mem- |orandum addressed to the American state department, declaring that Lind and Silliman had advised pay ment of taxes to which ever faction happened to be in control, but denied that munitions were ever furnished Palaez.
 Doheney had completed his testi- mony when Chairman Fall asked him Tiff he ever had known any of those who had been active in work in behalf lof Carranza receiving any remunera- tion. His answer was the presenta- tion of draft which had been made out by the, Huasteca Petroleum com- pany, in favor of the treasurer gen. eral of Mexico and by him made pay able to the order of Dr. Tupper for "value received"
 After payments. the check found its way back to the Huasteca con- pany.
 MT. Doheney did not pretend to know the nature of the indicated "value" of Dr. Tupper's work for Carranza and government but intima- ted it was done as an agent of the international Peace Forum" The story of the company's trou- bles, resulting from the payment of taxes to the controlling faction, was given at length by Doheney who be- gan with the visit of Candido Aguilar and his forces to the oil country while Carranza was fighting Huerta.
 Tax Difficulties. Aguilar, who later married one of Carranza's daughters, became a mem- Der of the Carranza cabinet and was sent to this country last spring as a representative of the first chief, demanded both money and rifles, the witness said, and got both. One fac tion after another, it was testified. visited the oil properties and demand ed monev or loans" and usually re- ceived it. since the demands always were accompanied bv threats. It was asserted by Doheney that while money had been repeatedly paid since then it always had been with the knowledge of the American government.
 "So far from backing up Palaez," said MT. Doheney, i've were insist ling that Carranza keep sufficient forces there to keep Palaez out. He lcouldn't."
 The principal difficulties of the company over the payment of taxes larose after Huerta seized the gov ernment. Refusal to pay Huerta's demands was made as soon as the United States indicated it's inten- tion not to recognize his govern ment Doheney said. On the advice !of Lind. Carranza's representatives were paid. however, and Huerta in- sisted that payment be made to his agents. threatening Harold Walker, the oil company's representative in Mexico, with imprisonment if pay lment was withheld.