Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-01-24
SINCLAIR EMPLOYEES
ID Be QU|ZZED ON
ROOSEVELT STORY
Son of Former President
Frankly Tells investigators
He Suspected Questionable
Deal in Great Lease

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-Former
Secretary Albert Is. Fall has been
subpoenaed by the senate public
lands committee investigating the
Teapot Dome oil leases to appear be
fore it for further examination.
1t is the present plan OF the com
mttee to hear Mr.. Call on Friday.
The committee will ask him again
regarding the sources from which
lie obtained 100000 in 1921 to en-
large his ranch holdings in New Mex
leo. The forme~secretary of the in
terror is now on record before the
committee as asserting that he OBJ
tanned the money from Edward b.
Mclean, the Washington newspaper
publisher, but the latter has testi-
fled that the checks he gave Mr.. Fall
were returned uncashed.
Grattan T. Stanford. counsel for
the Sinclair oil interests, who hold
the Teapot Dome l"rse, was sub
poenaed to appear at today's hearing
for questioning about the alleged
payment of $4,000 which figured in
the sensational testimony given yes
terday
Sensation by Roosevelt
Archie Roosevelt testified he had
been told by G.. ID. Wahlberg, Secre-
tary to Harry F. Sinclair, that he
had seen cancelled checks for $68.000
made out to the foreman of the Fall
ranch. but Mr.. Wahlberg later took
the stand and said he never made
such a statement.
From Mr.. Stanford and Lther Of
ficials of the Sinclair interests the
committee also sought evidence to-
day regarding the check-books and
other records of the various Sinclair
companies.
Having summoned employees OF
Harry F. Sinclair to procure records
and books which may shed light on
transactions mentioned yesterday in
the testimony of Archie Roosevelt,
son of the former president. and G. D
Wahlberg. the oil mans private sec
rotary. the senate committee inves
tigating the lease of Teapot Dome
naval oil reserve put off today's SEES
sion of it's nearing until afternoon.
Roosevelt told the committee he
had severed his connection with the
Sinclair interests because of the
'amazing testimony developed by
the committee and certain observa
tons of his own. He also said that
in conversations with Wahlberg
the latter had told him he was in
possession of cancelled checks fol
$6S,OO0 drawn by Sinclair to the or
der of the foreman of the New Mex
fco ranch and Albert B. Fall was sec
; rotary of the interior when the Tea
not Dome reserve was leased to the
Sinclair interests.
Wahl5erg Differs
Wahlberg. who also appeared yes
terdax insisted Roosevelt had mis-
understood him with reference to the
chsFksFfor $6S,000, but he corroborat
edible remainder of the latter's
testimony. and added that Sinclair
had loaned Liberty bonds ant
stocks in his corporations to his per
sonal counsel, j. w. Zevely. Tbs
stock at least was sold later by order
of Zevely, he said but he did no
know what use was made of the
proceeds. The committee imme
diately ordered the subpoenas ISSUED
to clear up this point. Wahlbers
also stated he had submitted his res
ignation to Sinclair.
Roosevelt testified that, among thu
reasons he had decided to quit thu
Sinclair interests, was because tive
of the people most concerned will
the naval oil leases had left the couu
try in a great hurry" He arranged
at Sinclairs request. he said, TO
his passage on the steamship Paris
which sailed for Europe Wednesda,
I'm such a way that his name woul
not appear on the passenger list
and added:
II understand that Mr. Dohen,
has gone, and Mir. Zevely sailed Sal
urday. L am informed"
E. T.. DohenN and Zevely wer
In New Orueans yesterday, however
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