The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-01-25
Fall Will Say, Democrat
GaUe Him the Oil Dough
(Cen.inued IRON Paae ID

largely in the characters who move
thru its situations.
Here, briefly sketched, are some Of
the principal actors in Teapot dome:
Fall Versatile
Albert B. Fall, Of Three Rivers, N.
NJ, former United States senator,
former secretary Of the interior. Fall
is a long, gaunt, ''hard looking"
plainsman Of 63, with cold eye, a
stringy "Chuckwalla Bill' mustache
that droops its neutral cclored
strands nearly to his coat lapels.
Miner, cattle man, lawyer, lumber
man, Farmer, stock raiser, politician,
Fall has turned his hand to many
things, ending with the cabinet posi-
ton rendered him by the late Pres
ident Harding, whose secretary Of
the interior he became on March S,
1921.
Fall Is a man Of irascible temper
when crossed, but a good scout"
among his friends, with a wealth Of
experiences gathered in the south
west.
Is Western Type
His lanl1y figure, topped by a
broad-brimmed soft hat and with a
half chewed cigar stuck at an ag-
gressive angle from a corner Of his
mouth, was long familiar about the
capital. He talks in an aggressive,
assertive manner and when aroused
is q hard man to deal with.
Fall is the man who leased Teapot
dome to Harry F. Sinclair and the
California naval reserves to E. L.
Doheny.
SincIair-MilIionair Sport
Harry F. Sinclair, IS, millionaire
oil man and sportsman, owner of
the champion race horse Zev. Sin
lair is native of West Virginia and
started out in life to be a druggist.
While in the drug business in indie
pendence, Kansas, he got into oil. Oil
made him a millionaire. That per-
mitted him to crafty his love Of
fine horses, so that his stable was
the biggest single money winner on
the American turf the past two
seasons.
Like Fall, Sinclair can be 'hard
boiled" on occasions and for one
reason and another is not exceeding
~ popular among some members of
the sporting world in which his name
is so well known.
Sinclair has been one of the coun-
try's most successful operators in OIL
He leased the Teapot dome naval oil
reserve from Fall in April 1922.
Edward L. Doheny, of Los Angeles,
spent twenty years prospecting for
gold and silver and then turned pros
pector for "liquid gold"-California
oil. Doheny is SO years old. He
was born in Wisconsin, but the great
fer west called him and as a young
man, he did everything out there
drove a dump cart, prospected,
worked in mining camps, and finally
got rich in OIL
He is a fatherly-looking old man
now, from whom most outward trace
of the hard hitting old days are gone,
tho his wealth is evidence he
didn't forget the lessons he learned
out under the stars. Doheny leased
California naval oil reserves one and
two from Fall.
Walsh Of The Legal Mind
Thomas ]. Walsh, senator from
Montana, is the nemesis of corrup-
ton in the Teapot dome case, if cor
ruption is there. Walsh is a mild
hammered, somewhat shy, but ex-
tremely tenacious and "unbluffable"
westerner Of 65, with an eye as cold
as Falls and what, before he trim
med it, was as handsome a "soup
strainer" mustache as Fall ever
boasted. He has a quality of grim
ness to match Falls buster.
Walsh's mind is essentially judi
cial, with the added keenness of a
good investigator.
Probe Moves Toward Climax.
The Teapot Dome investigation
moved rapidly towards its climax to-
day.
As a preliminary to the testimony
tomorrow of Albert B. Fall, former
secretary of the Interior, which is
expected to be the high point of the
whole inquiry, Edward L. Doheny.
California oil operator, arrived today
to tell his story To the Senate Public
Lands Committee.
Doheny, reaching Washington early
this morning on his private car, and
accompanied by his counsel, Calvin
McNab, will take the stand at 2 P. M.
Doheny Arrives.
He was not summoned, but appears
at his own renuaaf
Doheny will tell the story of leas-
ing of naval oil reserves one and two.
California.
He said here today his leases were
entirely legal and that his statement
would clear him and the leases from
all connection with any suspected
corruption.
In addition to Doheny's arrival, the
early developments today included:
Rapid DEVELOPMENTS.
Receipt of word that Fall would
arrive in Washington at 1920 to-
he Other Camn