The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-15
WITNESS SAYS.
FALL WAS
BOUGHT
Friend OF Late Jake Hamon
Accuses Former Secretary
of interior.
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Okla, in 1920 to secure lannon's
assistance In obtaining a lease to
Teapot Dome.
Walsh Makes Denial.
Walsh denied published state
ment that he had conference yes
terday with Proctor.
II have not seen Mr.. Proctor and
process servers for the committee
notified me today that they have
not been able to find him to serve
the subpoena" Walsh said.
AT the request Of Senator Spencer
Rep) OF Missouri, D. A. Millrick,
OF the General Land Office Of the
Department OF the Interior, was
first called to the stand and read
long memorandum tracing the
chronology of the leasing Of naval
reserves and the high spots in the
Senate's oil scandal investigation.
what is this intended to show"
demanded Senator Walsh Dem.) of
Montana, interrupting Millrick.
cit is the chronology of our work
in this investigation and / want 1t
in the record so the country may
know what we have done," retorted
Spencer.
Tilt EnIivens Hearing
This chronology already has been
put into the Senate's record"
Walsh told Spencer.
"Oh, is that so? I didn't know
II I" ronliod Cnoncer
A sharp tilt enlivened the COM
mittee when Spencer asked permits
sion to insert into the record for.
mer Secretary Of Navy Edwin
Denby's answers to a QUESTIONABLE
drafted by the House Naval Affairs
Committee. BY a vote of three to
two Spencer's request was denied.
Ballard was then called.
Hamon Disappointed.
Hamon, who was for Leonard
Wood previous to the convention,
was ''sorely disappointed at Mr..
Harding's nomination" Ballard testt-
fled.
"Hamon was disappointed because
he failed to carry out his pre-con.
vention plans to have himself
named as Secretary Of Interior"
Secretary of Interior because there
was a movement on foot to take
the naval reserves out of the navy
and place them under the Interior
Department"
"Who was in this mover" asked
Senator Spencer Rep) of Missouri.
"Oh, well, Jake himself, Ed
Doheny, Harry Sinclair,--oh there
were several of them," Ballard re-
piled.
1.-THE stake was Teapot Dome"
added Ballard.
Hamon also told him, Ballard
said, that he had spent 100000
previous to the convention land
was ready to spend a million dol
lars to put Oklahoma behind Hard
ing"
"WOOd Refused to Listen"
In the same conversation. Ballard
declared, Hamon told him he had
made an offer to Wood but that
wood refused to listen to any
deals"
"Hamon was bitter. He said the
opposition at the convention was
too strong; that Harry Sinclair had
beat him to it and Teapot Dome
was W UO Icd6C WlLIlltA a yC6SA dAICA
the new Administration came in"
Ballard said.
Under questioning by Spencer,
Ballard testified that the late
President Harding knew nothing
Of the deal to make FAN Secretary
of Interior"
1.-THE deal was put over prior to
the nomination and Mr.. Harding
was framed" Ballard said.
Except with two or three OF his
associates in the oil business, Bal
lard said he had not discussed his
testimony with anyone besides Mr..
Sloane, an International News Serv-
ice man in Los Angeles"
"Sloan came to me and said he
had the dope and asked me for an
interview" Ballard said.
Plot Is Charged.
"Do you make the charge that
there was a conspiracy at the Chi
cago convention to give Teapot
Dome to oil interests?" asked Sena-
tor Stanfield Rep) Of Oregon.
Certainly / do. Teapot Dome
was the dominant question at Chi
cago," replied Ballard.
Ballard was excused and III. e.
Clopton, Of Ardmore, Okla, was
called.
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