Evening star., 1924-03-04

He was eager for me to join in the
purchase, we having been associated
in a number of like enterprises in
Montana. WAS eager to do SO and
would be a profitable one, and it has
proven to be. l declined to go into
1t, however. because of the fact that
the business had a government lease
as its basis.
Avoiding Even Suspicion.
This may be squeamishness on my
part. but ! prefer rather to be thought
oversensftive than to be under sus-
picion OF having utilized the position
to which my people have elevated me
for my own profit.
John tells me that Mr.. Cullinan,
counsel, looks with disfavor upon any
Of their force becoming interested an
companies related to that In Whlch
they are engaged.
to Mrs. Doheny. to whom and to
yourself I send the warmest greet
ings OF the season..
"a merry Christmas and a happy
new year. Sincerely "! yours; y WALSH"
:Lenroot supports walsh-
Chairman Lenroot added to Senator
Walsh's statement his own word tnat
the committee had examined the teie-
grams and correspondence Senator
Walsh introduced and Unanimously
voted to exclude them from the rec
ord. 's '"
Committee members. Senator Len
root said, had tried to observe
''strictest confidence" as to telegrams
it had found but not put into the
record.
Senator Walsh suggested that II.
F. Tan, superintendent of the Wasn-
ington Office. OF the Western Union,
ierhf In hn h-D
heny kilograms came to be presented
to the committee. Mr.. Taft then pro-
duced the subpoena, which, he sald'
was general dragnet" for messages
sent by Doheny as well as other
central figures in the oil inquiry.
Names Acting Chairman.
Before the committee called the
first witness Chairman Lenroot an
nounced that 1t would be necessary
for him to be absent for the remain
der Of the week, and he designated
Senator Ladd. republican, North Da-
kota, as acting chairman. Friedman
then took the stand and said the
Mclean code kilograms were "caded by
a book in the Department Of Justice.
I obtained the book from Mr.. Burns,
added the witness.
The Doheny message. Friedman
said, was In private code used by
the Doheny companies"
There were expressions In some OF
the Mclean kilograms. the witness
continued, which indicated that some
messages in the series have not yet
been tntroduced,"..
Mrs. Duckstein testified that she
was the wife Of w. O.s-Duckstein and
had been a special agent since De-
cember /. 1923, Of the Department of
Justice, and for the previous two
years was private secretary to w. j.
private secretary to e. b. Mclean.
Calls Message Garbled.
"I didn't send the garbled telegram
which is in the papers," she said.
There were words left out of that
message which changed it's meaning
very much"
"Were you in possession of the bu-
reau Of Investigation code?" asked
Senator Walsh.
II for myself, but / sent messages for
obsolete code
The original of the message was
shown to the witness.
THE message was in regard to Mr..
Mclean being made special agent"
she said.
wait a minute" Senator Walsh
put in, and he took her over the
translation word by word.
"The Interpretation Is absolutely
wrong" Mrs. Duckstein insisted when
shown the translation furnished the
committee. 1T should have in it In
Guiries being made regarding him