New Britain herald., 1924-03-18
SLEMP, CURTIS AND ELKINS HAD STOCK
 IN OIL COMPANIES
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Rouse, Kentucky: Wells Goodykoontz of West Virginia; Thomas J. Ryan of New York and J. H. Hines of Ohio.
 Daughery Sells At Profit
 Attorney General Daugherty bought 100 shares of Pap-American (the Do- heny company that leasted the Cali fornia reserye) and sold at a profit of s543.50, the accountant said. Mir. Daugherty has disclosed previously that he had some dealings in Sinclair stock both before and after he enter ed the cabinet.
 The attorney generals account, with w. B. Hibbs & Co.,, of Washington, was opened in November 1921, Bond said, in his own name and subsequent ly changed to the name of w. w. Spaid, member of Hibbs & Go.
 On October 9, 1922, the attorney general sold 300 shares of Sinclair Consolidated and on October 27 he purchased an equal amount of the same stock, Bond said.
 Curtis Buys stock
 Senator Curtis, who is the assist ant republican leader of the senate.
  bought 100 shares of Sinclair Con- solidated on February 23, 1922. The records indicated it was straight purchase"
 Senator Elkins bought S,700 shares of Sinclair Consolidated on November 16. 1922, at a cost of s302,355. He sold 7,70O shares on May 24, 1923, at s272,924 and took straight delivery" on the remaining 1000 shares.
 Slemp Makes Profit Too
 Bond told the committee that Slemp bought 100 shares of Mexican petro- ieum for "P. w. Slemp," and sold them at net profit of s5S1. He then bought on June 23, 1922, 1000 shares of Mexican Seaboard, another Sinclair company, and sold at profit of $l,- 4S4.3S.
 Representative Ryan, the witness said, dealt in 5,400 shares of Sinclair stock and TOO shares of Doheny stock in 1929 and 1923, and realized net profit of ss,645.
 Price Mckinney of Cleveland testi- fled before the oil committee that AL bert B. Fall had written him late in 1923 asking him to agree to say he had loaned Fall $100,000.
 Mckinney said he declined to do so because he had not made any loan to the former interior secretary,
 Representative Rouse, according to Bonds reports, bought 100 shares of Pan American Petroleum at sS,715 and there was no record of any sale.
 Representative Goodykoontz was shown to have made net profit of s256 in Sinclair Consolidated and Mexican Petroleum.
 Representative Hines bought and sold to the extent of $500 shares of oil stock, but Bonds report did not show whether there was loss or gain.
 The Sinclair teapot dome lease was signed April 7,1922, and the Doheny California lease December II, 1922.
 Refuscs to Tell Lie.
 Mckinney said he did not reply to Falls letter making the request, and c. c. Chase, Falls son-in-law, visited him at Cleveland.
 What did Chase say" asked senator Walsn'
 "I did most of the talking" the witness said. "I said had not made the loan, and I could not say that l had done so."
 Mckinney said he had known Fall many years and had had some bus mess dealings with him. He added that he was not interested in oil lands.
 The witness was on the stand less than fifteen minutes. He was fol- lowed by Henry Woodhousc of New York, who was questioned about his published charges that the Doheny interests had agreed to sell much Of tho California naval oil reserve out put to British interests.
 Committee Adjoirns.
 woodhouse said he had owned one- sixth of the Chester oil concession in Turkey.
 Launching into a long recital, the witness said Dohcny had organized ID 1919 in company with Rritishoil and steamship interests the Dritish-McNi- can petroleum company which under a contract was to have first call on Inc Doheny oil output both in the United States and Mexico.
 Woodhouse was on the stand half an hour and at the coonclusion of his statement. the committee. adjourned intil tomorrow.