Evening star., 1924-01-17
TEAPOT DOME INQUIRY HALTSs :.
AFTER SCATHINC BLOW At FALL
Lenroot Leaves Capital for Few Days. Delay'"g
Probe-Cara,vay Charges Corruptton-fdu
T+ Still III.

The Senate's Teapot Dome investi-
cation. which inspired q sensational
speech on the Senate hoor yesterday
by Senator Caraway, democrat. Ar
kansas, probably will remain at
atandstill for several days.
Meantime members of the public
lands committee. In charge OF the
inquiry, will canvas the situation
to determine whether 1t would be ad-
visable to again summon Albert B.
Fall. former Secretary OF the In
terror. accused by Senator Caraway
Of having sold" the Navy's oil re-
serve for q corrupt consideration"
and Of having told "willful and
deliberate falsehood" to the commit
tee when 1t sought to determine the
source OF certain funds he obtained
to purchase ranch property In New
Mexico.
Chairman Lenroot left Warrington
last night. and until he returns. next
week, there Will be no meeting Of the
committee. When a meeting is called
Senator Walsh. democrat, Montana
Will make report on his recent trip
to Florida to examine Edward b. Nc
Lean. the Washington newspaper pub
borrowed 100000. Senator Walsh
said today he would not ask the COM
mittee to recall the former Interior
Secretary.
Caraway Accuses Fall.
The Teapot Dome reserve was COR
ruptly leased by former Secretary
Fall to the Mammoth Oil Company.
Caraway charged on the floor OF the
Senate yesterday.
The Arkansas senator declared that
Mr.. Fall. in his conflicting testimony
To the Senate investigating committee
and to Senator Walsh, representing
having sold out the interests of the
government to oil spectators
Senator Caraway included In his as.
sault Secretary DENLY and Assistant
Secretary Roosevelt of the Navy. be-
cause Of their acquiescence In the
lease. Paying his respects to Attor-
ney General Daugherty. he said that
as long as Mr.. Daugherty remained
at the head OF the Department of
Justice they may sell the White
House and be absolutely immune
from any prosecution in federal
courts"
Scores Other OmciaIs.
Senator Caraway declared that aft
ler President Harding. without author
ity, had transferred the naval oil re-
serves from the control Of the Navy
Department to the Interior Depart
ment, Mr.. Fall without notice to the
country negotiated some kind of 4
deal with two oil people and parted
with the last gallon OF Americas ma
! val reserve fuel"
tLese remarks the statement that APP
parently Nit. Fall Is not registered
, under his name in Florida. He has
invented another, and puts opposite
that, Charge to account of Mr.. Nc
Lean Mclean says he did not au-
thorize him to do it, that he is Just
| loaded on him for that hotel account,
and nobody could see Mr.. Fall except
Mclean and his lawyers.
That is not all. The present Secre-
that contract. His assistant secre-
tary. Mr.. Roosevelt. admitted that he
was somewhat active In the matter.
they now say, in order to stand from
under. that this wae just a mere mat
ter of detail. which great men like
them had no time to consider. II
they regard that as a mere matter OF
detail and they know as little about
the matters that come within their
| jurisdiction. they ought never to have
been entrusted with our first line OF
| defense. as they call tho Navy.
Neither MIR. Palmer nor Mr.. Lam.
bert nor any other lawyer he (Fall)
may hire can ever add to or take
tFoIl the positive QeClarAtlOn that j
| got the cash from Hon. Edwin B, Nc.
| Lean Of Washington. ana l took it
with me-
| Mclean says. I never let him have
| a dollar although prior to that he
| had authorized Mr.. Palmer to say Ia
| this committee, hoping that that
| would quiet them. that In 132l-and ]
| am reading now from McLean's state
ment. the first one-in 1921 I loaned
Fall 100000 on his promissory note.
Left With 100000.
| 1.-The Investigating committee" sai6
Senator CaraWay, referring to the
Senate public lands committee, which
was directed to inquire into ths
lease, finally commenced to inquire
with reference to the suddenly very
vastly increased apparent prosperit.
,of Mr.. Fall, and he came before thu
committee and made statement
lOther Evidence was offered and ther
me declined to go back before tn.
commtitee. but claimed the privileg,
Of writing a letter. In this letter
since it had been positively proveI
THAT MIR. Fall LETT here about tn,
itime he let his friend Sinclair hav.
THE Teapot Dome. he said he lef
Washington with 100000 and carried
lit down to Texas and deposited II
Anyway. Mr.. Fall made q state
iment. rather resentfully. with ref
ference to where he obtained tn,
money. He said he was preparing K
buy a ranch down in New Mexic,
land that the banking facilities wer,