The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-28
The Once Ouer.
More Oil Gratuities Revealed by Dunn and Drummer; Steamship Stewards Accepted
 Sinclair Money
By II. L. PHILLIPS

Moro Oil Gratuities Revealed by Dunn and
 Drummer; Steamship Stewards Accepted Sinclair Money.
 The following is a stenographic report of a severe grilling by Senator Dunn and Rep. resentative Drummer (now conducting an oil inquiry of their own) of members of the crew of the steamship upon which Mir. Harry F. Sinclair returned from Europe. It is amazing and will shock the country, always assuming the country is capable of further shocking: EXAMINATION OF TABLE STEWARD o. Did you or did you not accept a ga tuity from Mir. Sinclair? A. I'll tell the world 1 did. Q. Wheny
 A. The usual time. About five hours be- fore this ship docked. y-, | O., Was there any conversation? A. Not much.
 Q. We'll, will you please give us the ex- act language? |. A. MT. Sinclair just said Here this is for you,' and I just said .Thankya, sir. I'm much obliged" ,a
 Q. Did you know he was an oil million aire? A. No, sir. If hadda known that I woulda expected twice as much. Q. Was the amount he gave you satisfac- COry at the tune. A. Well. sir, no boat steward ever thinks no amount he gets from any passenger iS entirely satisfactory, sir.
 Q. What was the consideration?
 A. The consideration?
 Q. You heard me
 A. Well, there was very little considera. tion on either side. It was like all such cases: the passenger was looking for all he could get from me for the least consideratio and l was looking for all I could get from him for the least consideration.
 Q. But what specific service did you ren. der Mir. Sinclair in return for this niysterions sum of money?
 A. Well, you see I was the waiter, or steward as they call it on shipboard, and smiled at him every meal and made a great fuss about napkins and piates and things and gave him the idea he was getting special attention.
 Q. Isn't it true that on or about the 18th day of February in latitude 42, longitude 33 you gave him two extra butter patties and an extra basket of buns?
 A. Not butter, sir, I wouldn't say that. sir.
 Q. What was it, then?
 A. Oleomargarine. sir if my memory is correct.
 ". hHu uOW dDOul ''ic eAtFd DuES.
 A. There wasn't T bun on the ship, sir. This was an American-owned vessel, sir.
 Q. You mean to stand there and tell me there was not one bun on this ship?
 A. Yes, sir. A gentleman on deck fell down the companionway the first day out, but feel 1t only fair to say he slipped, sir.
 .. One more question. Did you or did you not on the fourth day out put your thumb and forefinger in Mir. Sinclair's con- somme?
 A. No, sir.
 Q. Why not?
 A. Mir. Sinclair didn't have any ,consomme that day, sir.
 EXAMINATION OF DECK STEWARD
 .. Did you accept a gratuity from Mir. Sinclair?
 A. I'll say so.
 Q. In return for what?
 A. In return for serving him tea and toast every afternoon and treating him as if he was my equal.
 Q. Tea, did you say?
 A. Yes. sir. ,...l... s ,,.,- .-
 .. Was the tea served in teapot.
 A. Yes, sir.
 Q. Did Mir. Sinclair show any agitation when you brought on the teapot!
 A. l remember he looked at it and nut. tered No dome, no dome.'
 Q. An. And what did he mean by thatP
 A. l thought it was a reference to me. sir
 .. Why should he use No dome, no dome" in reference to you?
 A. l dunno. Lots of passengers do, sir.
 .. What was Mir. Sinclairs conduct AS a rule?
 A. He used to sit nice and quiet in the deck -phalr and littla the wonderful view
 c. On what occasion did he refer to the wonderful view?
 Al Generally when we passed an oil tanker, sir.
 (To be continued. perhaps)