The Washington times., 1924-02-25
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Of CHECK
J .C|F
Accused Of Saying Dead Pres
ldent Was a practical"
Politician.
BY JOHN T. LAMBERT.
ConmnnnIitan NAun aarvina.

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Cosmopolitan News Service.
Former Secretary Of the In
terror Albert s. Fall has been
cut cold by the friends and pals
nf the late President Warren G.
Harding.
In any fight he may make to
preserve his reputation or to save
himself from criminal prosecu-
ton, Fall will have to do without
the friends Of the man who was
his intimate friends, who thought
well enough Of him to put him
into the Cabinet, who once wanted
him to serve as Secretary Of
State and who was inclined to
offer him a place on the Supreme
Court.
Evidence Of Attack.
For Fall, according to the evil
dence, has painted the late Presi-
dent hlacker than even the errant
gossipings of Frank A. Vanderlip;
has painted him as an ordinary
politician who was at times ready
to sacrifice right and justice for
q mere cash contribution to his own
political campaign.
The evidence involving this care
less attack upon Mr.. Harding by
FAN was presented to the Teapot
Dome Scandal Committee by George
X. Shuler, State treasurer of New
York. Shuler was captain Of ma
rines in July, 1922, was sent by
Fall to Wyoming with detach-
ment Of armed marines to drive
settlers off the Dome by force, not
by the legal processes of equity.
Shuler testified he was ordered.
by General Lejeune, commander of
the marines, to report to Fall. Now
follows his testimony under oath:
Shuler's Sworn Statement.
II went to the Interior Building
and Secretary Fall was waiting
there. went in, and he said:
4 have got job for some marines.
We have a naval reservation out
In Wyoming, the Salt Greek coun-
try, and there is an oil company
that is going in there and they
are tresracsing; that is, they are
drilling a WELL and he says: We
know they have mo rights there
and that he had called on the
Secretary of the Navy to detail
some marines to go out and drive
them off.
"And he said he had taken the
matter up with the President that
morning, and that the President did
not want to take this action be-
cause an officer of the company
that was trespassing was a close
personal friend, and contributed to
the campaign fund.
''And Mr.. Fall told me that he
had told the President that his
friend was low-down 49,, and
Mr.. Fall said that the President
had told him that he supposed he
was all that when he sent him his
check, and Mr.. Fall said that he
told the President, Mr.. President,
by God, he was.' But he said the
President finally consented, and
that was why the marines were to
go out"
Mr.. Fall was swashbuckling
sort Of person. When a territorial
judge in New Mexico, he shot and
killed lawyer who got into an
argument with him in court. Both
drew; the lawyer too late. He rode
the plains with hard-riding, hard
drinking crew who dealt out their
own justice.
Here in Washington. he had the
reputation of riding rough-shod
over the weaker men who crossed
his path.
Intimate With Harding.
He was very intimate with Presi-
dent Harding. He was a cock.of.
the-roost of the Administration.
Secretary DENLY and the other de-
partment chiefs were probably over
awed by him.
Because of his record as a fire.
brand. Fall was expected by his
old friends OF march up to the
Capitol, bang his fists down upon
the table, and declare, "Sure. II
borrowed 100000 from my old
crony, Ed Doheny. Now what are
you going to do about it?"
His failure to play the game with
his old domineering custom lost
many Of his friends here, but the
final desertion came with the
knowledge that he, a Cabinet of.
ficer Of the United States, had told
& subordinate marine officer that
the President of the United States
was ready to measure any cause by
the size Of a contribution for his
election,
The person referred to in un.
complimentary language by Fall is
believed to be James G. Jardin.
who probably will be summonsed
as q witness.