Evening star., 1924-02-28

have l ever owned stock Of any COM
pany with which he is connected nor
In any subsidiary company of his.
There is no stock of the foregoing
companies pledged to the note; it is
absolutely nom secured.
ASK Mitchell Palmer If. in case
Fall should testify that I had loaned
one hundred Thousand dollars. !
should send telegram to chairman of
Teapot Dome investigating commit
tee or whether he would personally
tell them that ! know nothing which
how remotely, would have any pos
sible bearing upon investiga tions.
Wire me after you see Mitchell
Palmer. This telegram is naturally
positively confidential and for
Palmers Information alone
Mr.. Mclean wired E. w. Startling.
the White House secret service, on
December 26:
please send following telegram to
Wilkins. in Kentucky. as do not know
his address: Leave at once for Palm
Beach,"
Mclean on December IS wired
Major:
DO the Falls expect to stay with
me? Don't want you TO ask them
Just wire me your opinion"
Later on the same date Mclean
wired Fall here:
NO need OF having Major see you
Saturday, SO that engagement Is Off.
Why don't you come to Palm Beach
for a rest? The weather is perfectly
on December 20 Major wired Nc
Lean:
Telephone statement that Palmer
is getting UP for me to Francis Nc
Adoo, care of Miller. Otis & Co, New
l., I, hny
make 1t public. On account of Palm
er acting for other parties, you must
be extra careful. You can talk abso-
lutely frankly to McAdoo."
Another undated message to Nc
Lean was from J. S. Fitzgerald. an
code use. suggested eliminate odd
words in other message"
Several code messages introduced
were entirely undecipherable. They
contained the names Lambert" and
"Zev"
Mclean. however. on January s
wired Major to find out in careful
manner from banks about matter I
viii talk to you about over telephone
today
Another undated message. ad-
dressed to William Wiley, Ocean
View Cottage, Breakers Hotel. Palm
Beach. Fla, and signed The Cham
pion." said:
"Just talked with Apricot and be-
lieve he has the thing well in hand
He advises for your interests not TO
talk about Peaches or Apples with
any one. or in front of servant. He
says that Apples. Cherries assures
MIN that you need not worry about
come out all right. Remember not
to talk with outside interests, and
the best thing to do is to put II out
of your mind and just watch develop
ments as casual outsider"
Code Undecipherable.
Another message from "the cham
pion" to Wiley said:
Saw Apples and everything fine.
Also saw Cherries and they were
what you want
The full coded messages were in
the highest degree unintelligble. The
last line Of one ran in the following
words: "Roguery sawbuck hosier
bonca COB saline dismounted re-
nominated torso"
On January 80 w. F. Wiley from
Palm Beach wired Bennett of the
Washington Post:
Captains from his own camp. Have
not deserted stricken and beleagured
chieftain. but are standing by ready
to aid and to fight Please see him
and give this assurance"
Other messages were from Mclean
to Major and Lambert arranging for
the attempt to prevent the calling
of Mclean before the committee, the
private wire installation and the
code.
Arranged Fall Meeting.
An early message on December %
from Mclean to Fall in Washington
Leans secretary to see Fall for i'm
portant business matter on Satur-
day"
On December q. Mclean wired to
Maj jor:
please wire Francis McAdoo tomor-
row Mitchell Pa,mer's telephone num-
ber. Please explain to Palmer that
McAdoo or his father CIV. G. McAdoo)
have been my personal attorneys for
the last seven years and l requested
McAdco to call him over the long
distance"
In another series of messages chiefly
involving arrangements for the pri-
vate wire between Palm Beach and
Washington, the name John" again
appeared sa signature, with line
(subscriber's name John Majorl.
These messages discussed whether Z.
w. Smithers. engaged to work the
wire at the Post should be paid $50,
$55 or $6b per week.
Schuyler Takes Stand.
Schuyler took the inquiry back to
the Teapot Dome field. explaining
that he had represented the Mid West
Refining Company and the Pioneer
Oil Company, which had claims in
that field. He reviewed at great
length the now famous conference
at Kansas City, at which Harry L.
agreed to pay s1.O00.000 to
J. Leo Stack, Denver oil operator,
and Frederick G. Bonfils, publisher of
the Denver (Colo.) Post.
The witness denied that any news
paper influence" entered into the set
tlement.
after my introduction to Sinclair"
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