Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-02-25

At the reopening Of the oil con-
mittee's public hearings today Chair
man Lenroot read into the record
letter from f. L. Doheny demandins
that Senator Wheeler, Democrat.
Montana, be called to testify as -
his statements On the floor OF The
senate that Attorney General Daurh-
erty was friend of Doheny.
Charles B. Lyddane. vice presfdsn
of the Federal-American National
Bank of Washington. was called IS
the first witness, bringing WITH 1l.-<-r,-
deposit accounts of Edward 3. Wts-
Lean during the late months Of IT,
! Senator Walsh. Democrat. Nor q
tana, took the records. They show
! ed deposits and Withdrawals dur.n.s
November and December. the sena
tor commented. and also figures for
early months, and others for Angus:
1922. The balance in the aecour.
LOT November 16. 1921, the senator
said. was s2.0o2.40.
Give US the balance from Octebss
1. 1921" he directed.
Mr.. Iyddane read figures showinc
the account 10 have been S22.3Bf III
October. 1921. It ran up and down.
becoming stationary at the 2.DD2
figure in November and remaining
that level until August 1929.
Would you have honored his
check for $50 600 on that balance
Senator Walsh asked.
We would have called him ara
asked him if he desired to arrange
Tor Its payment Mr.. Iyddane said
Did you learn Of check fsr
S5U,OVo drawn on your bank By Mr'
Mclean against this $1,000 bat3
ianCn P71 Sepa fqr W, lei,
Il never did" the witness replie
and was excused
James H. Baden. vice presfsiesl
and cashier OF the Commercial Na
tional Bank OF Washington, present
/ ed records of Mr.. MeBean's persona
account in that bank. The record
showed the checking account fOf
october and November 1921 anN
other months. At the end Of Noxena
Der Mr.. Mclean had S41, 900 approx
imately. on deposit.
"on December II the ACCOUNT be-
came s2.0l1," Senator Walsh read
"and on December "a it was IS, 0oo
Had Mr.. Mclean made any ar
rangements for overdrafts 2''f he was
asked.
Not to my knowledge"
Had Mr.. Mclean drawn a cheek
AtA &eVfuUW dEdlflEL lf3lS account
would Il have been paid"
I think il would after congulfs
ton with the officers. and he would
have been asked to cover it."
I've got to preserve every trans
action between the President and his
secretary as confidential, Mr.. Siemp
said I'll vary the custom so far as
to say that was on Saturday night
and the President was down the
river on his boat-about F. NJ,
"On Saturday evening, before the +
President went down the river, Sen
ator Walsh intervened. wasn't there
a statement given out that the Presl
dent had ordered an Investigation by
Mr.. Holland and Mrs. Seymour p
Not to my knowledge Mr. Stefnp
said.
The witness then continued that
the Presidents famous midnight
statement on the oil case was pre-
pared during the evening trip down
the Potomac on the Mayflower.
Senator Dill took the examination
back to a dinner at Mr.. McLean's
cottage in Palm Beach. On thar oc-
casion, the witness said, Fan de-
clared he was going to straighten ont
the whole matter ''and give the
facts
'.And Mr.. Mclean before that toie
you he was going TO tell it air, SEN
ator Din pursued. Didn't that
arouse your curiosity %
II said l hoped he would" Mr.
Slemp responded. 1T was all sHr
prise to me. as much as to you
w. A. Glasgow. a Philadelphia at
torney, was al Mr.. Slemp's hotel. bAt
Slemp said he had Understood that
Mr.. Glasgow refused to become
counsel for Secretary Fall
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