The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1924-02-06
Counsel to
Demand Oil
Lands Back
Coolidge Prosecutors to Seek
Enjoining Holders When
Senate Confirms Their
Appointment.
Try to Hush Up Scandal

preventing DOheny and sinclair from
taking any more oil out of the navy's S
oil reserves will be sought by Silas
Strawn and Atlee Pomerene, the pres
ident's special counsel in the oil
fraud cases, just as soon as their APP
pointment is confirmed by the senate.
An enormous pressure Is being
brought to bear upon Senator Walsh
and other members of the senate in
vestigating committee to induce them
to abandon further probing Of those
implicated in the oil scandal. Demo
cratic influence is being added to re-
publican influence, now that high
rersonages of both parties have been
smeared with OIL The slogan Is lit
has gone for enough
The powerful social lobby OF
Washington, which former Senator
hard at work trying TO block or divert
the Walsh committee.
They are stricken with terror at
the possibilities in Nalsh's investi-
cation of the books of Washington $
very elect were tipped by Fall to get
in ON Sinclair stock and "clean up
when the stock spurted upward as
fall announced the clase OF Teapot
Dome to Harry F. Sinclair.
See Overthrow Of Republic.
The enemies i'm the investigation
are raising the cry that the welfare
OF the republic is at stake. They in
sist that if any more prominent lead
CTS of the big political parties are
shown to wear the livery of the oil
kings. the people will lose complete
confidence in their government and
We shall have bolshevism or worse.
Other outstanding developments in
the oil lease scandal today were:
/. Four senators, all of them men,
bers of the well.known poker
crowd" at the capital, were added to
the list of government officials sus-
pected by the committee OF having
made fat profits by specuiating In
Sinclair oil after being ''Iet In by
Secretary of the Interior Fall, or
somebody.
2. A circumstantial story reports
one of the stock plunging senator's
lcaping into taxicab and dashing
10 a local brokerage house, ono OF
the largest in Washington, as soon as
it was announced that the Walsh
committee had subpoenaed the
brokers and their books. Another OF
the suspected group is declared to
have lost 20 pounds in weight since
the probe started.
). Grave doubts having arisen IN
GO minds 70
the date when the signature was
torn off the 100000 note which Fall
is alleged to have given Doheny, an
= expert microscopic examination. Is
being made of the tear, to see II the
ragged edges are fresher than The
creases in the note and the note it
self.
"Mr. Schuyler" Introduced.
4. Universal Service today an
mysterious MIR. Schuyler" who sign
ed the check returning to DohenS
$3.50 with which he admits having
paid Leo J. Stack to try to get Do
heny the lease OF Teapot Dome from
Secretary of the Navy Daniels. Ht
is Carl Schuyler, who in 1921 wa
general counsel for the Midwest Re
filming company.
Samuel ungerleider Of Cleveland
who maintained a branch brokerage
~ office in the Hotel Willard in Wash
ington In Teapot Dome leasing days
arrived with his books too late t.
keep his appointment with the Walsh
committee this morning. The com
mittee adjourned until Friday.
The Standard Oil company Of Call
fornia, was today dragged unwilling
ly into the picture. Its attorney, Os
car Sutro, failed to persuade Senate
Walsh Of the legality of the STANDARD
Oils claims on section 80 of Nava
Reserve No. !. When the senat
meets Thursday Walsh intends to cal
Up his sleeping resolution calling up
on tho president to have his specia
counsel proceed against the Standsr
Oil i'm section 36 just as against Dc
heny and the rest of the reserve.
Harry f. Sinclair. who will sail TO
the United States February IL on tn
liner President Harding, will be sun
moned to appear before the Walls
committee and asked to produce tn
books Of the Hyva corporation, hi
priyate Investment company. Hyv
checks. i'm the testimony OF Archi
Roosevelt we're reported to have bee
sent to the foreman OF Falls ranc
Mt Three Rivers, n. NJ. In the amour
Of $6s 900.