Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-03-13

seen at least i've thousand people
since this thing began. and had told
MVLcan about it,"
Il saw Mr.. Slemp at the White
House and at his apartment in the
Shoreham hotel, Major said.
Did he give you any messenger"
Senator Dill, asked.
Yes, he did Major returned
He told me to send Mr.. and Mrs
Mclean mis- best regards, and 20
say he only wished he could return
to Florida because his "Trip did him
Il world of good,'
Senator Adams, Democrat. Colo
RADIO, fixed some dates.
Rochester wired Mclean on Jan
uaYy Is about the committees
search for bank accounts, it appear.
Cd and had given Major the same
information January IS.
so it wasn't news when you
telegraphed it, Senator Adams
asked.
at was to me-" Major replied. q
didn't know Rochester had wired it
previously"
Senator WALSH put in a telegram
mentioning willis" and Lambert"
at the same time. 1t was challenge
Of the witness statement that his
term willis" meant Lambert.
Have you any explanation 70
make OF this?' the senator asked,
You want to know why l call
him Willis one time and Lambert
another?" Major asked.
That's part Of it," rejoined Sena-
tor Walsh.
Declines to Explain
There's no explanation" the
witness finally responded, There
was a ripple Of laughter and Ma.
jor added:
our kilograms show we haven't
been using ordinary language"
He then began to explain that he
mad got "a new code" into service,
because he naturally wanted to
send some messages in CODE" him
self, and couldn't get the depart.
ment of justice code.
Il never could get my hands on
that code book" he said, land
didn't want to be going all over
town looking for Buckstein when
ever l wanted to send a message"
In one of his kilograms to Nc
Lean, Major had indicated distrust
OF 'Duckstein, but the witness said
he had told Mclean later to disre-
gard that message.
How many of these, codes did the
Post employees use?" asked Sena-
tor Dill.
There were three being used. I
don't know of any more" Major
said. i've destroyed the other code
since Mr.. Mclean got back from
Florida and made up another which
will be in use until March 10"
Mclean is ready to testify, he
added, and later he said the pub
Usher had been "eaeer to come"
He's wired on 200 occasions that
he was coming here, no matter what
we AL say Major said "Mr. Nc
Leans gone as far as he could for
a friend, and all for nothing"
Major was excused. and the com.
mittee adjoufned until 10 a. m. to-
morrow.
Although kilograms continue to
come in from telegraph company
managers, the committee plans to
suspend further public investigation
Of the leads embodied in them as
soon as it has completed the exami-
nation Of several more employees of
Edward b. Mclean, publisher of the
Washington Post, and, probably to-
morrow, Mclean himself
Mclean has been here several
weeks under subpOenae. but his tes-
tlmony has been put off pending de.
FelOpnent of evidence relating to eff
forts during December and January
to keep him off the stand. His ap.
pearance, however, is not expected to
occupy more than one days session
of the hearing, and then the COM /
mittee intends to go into the reports
of auditors assigned to investigate |
stock market transactions in oil |
shares by officials and others promi. |
nent in public life just prior to. and |
after the leasing of the naval re-
serves.
Nearly Through with Books /
The accountants have almost com
pleted their study of the books of +,
the brokerage houses selected for eX. |
animation, and Louis d. Bond, who
has charge of this work for the COM
mittee, has informed Senator Walsh, |
Democrat, Montana, that Attorney |
General Daugherty and Senator Ell !
kins, Republican, West Virginia, are !
the only officials found to have dealt |
in Sinclair oil stocks Both have is !
sued statements declaring their deal /
lnSs in these shares had no connec-
ton with the Teapot Dome lease.
In the meantime Senator Walsh |!
and other members of the commit !
tee are lining up evidence in prepare
ton for the inquiry into the ques-
ton of attempts by oil interests to |
exert influence during the Republic :