The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-09
MEXICAN REVOLT TURNS UP IN QUIZ
 OF DAUGHERTY
BroOkhart Committee Is Told Washington Called
 Off Secret Service
DOHENY AND SINCLAIR
 NAMED IN CHARGES
Hearing To Disregard Status Of The Attorney General In
 Coolidge Cabinet

WASHINGTON, March S.-Whiie awaiting developments in connection with the expected resignation of Attor- ney General Daugherty, the special Sen ate committee appointed to investigate today disclosed some outlines of the many-sided inquiry to begin next week.
 As indicated for the first time these include:
 Charges that former Secretary Fall and the 'Doheny and Sinclair interests aided the De la Huerta revolutionists in Mexico through the shipment of arms and ammunition from the United States.
 Charges that department of justice secret agents on the Mexican border were "called off by Washington" when attempting to break up gun-running in violation of the neutrality laws.
 Phases of the Leonard Wood and Harding campaigns of 1920 in connec- tion with possible 'toil' influences.
 The charges of attempted bribery of Mir. Daugherty and New York federal authorities in connection with yester- days indictments of Gaston B. Means. a former department of justice agent, and Thomas B. Fielder, associate of Mir. Daugherty in the Charles W. Morse pardon case.
 Witnesses expected to testify along these lines of inquiry already have been subpoenaed, it was disclosed by Senator Brookhart, republican, Iowa. chairman of the committee, and Senator Wheeler, democrat, Montana, active manager of the Daugherty inquiry. Among those called are Means, Leon- ard Wood, Jr., son of General Wood, Mir. Harding's opponent for the 1920 republican presidential nomination, and former department of justice en- ployes having knowledge of the charges in connection with the Mexican reyoiu- tion. In addition Senator Wheeler said that half dozen prominent Ohio poli- tictans who originally backed General Wood probably will be subpoenaed later.
 Start on Gun-running x Taking of testimony by the commit tee will begin early next week, prob &tix on tiies Mexican gunsEunnEhg af- fair. The committee received word that some of the witnesses had started for Washington and would arrive Mon day. i That the Senate investigation is to be pressed whether Mir. Daugherty is in or out of the cabinet is clearly indicated by senators behind it. Even if the expec- tations of an early resignation from Mir Daugherty should be realized, senators say there is much evidence on hand which must be gone into.
 No Hint Of Resignation
 With the committee actively making e.- kLA ks situation as to Mir. Daugherty's cabinet tenure today outwardly was unchanged. No sign came either from the White House or the Attorney General indicat- ing any shift in the situation under which MT. Daugherty is holding on, while the administration is known to be canvassing eligibles to succeed him. Mir. Daugherty today spent much of his time at his office.
 The line of committee testimony re- lating to the Mexican revolution was outlined today by Senator Wheeler. Referring to the half dozen subpoenas served in the southwest, mostly upon former department of justice agents, he said:
 "We expect to show that oil inter- ests of, the United States-former Sec retary Fall and the Doheny and Sin clair interests-furthered the revolution in Mexico through violation of United States neutrality laws by the shipment of arms and ammunition to the revolu- tionists. We expect to prove that this was in furtherance of an agreement with the oil interests of the United States in violation of neutrality laws, oVa khaA Yk,.. oc who were working on the border seek ing to prevent such violations of the law were called off by Washington"
 The testimony expected from Gaston E. Means would not be indicated by senators of the committee, but in view of indictments against him in connec- tion with the New York bribery charges and also alleged liquor with drawal conspiraeies, together with his past friendship with W. Nj. J. Burns, chief of the department of justice bu- reau of investigation, and his activities elsewhere, it was believed that his ex- animation would cover a wide field and furnish innumerable developments.
 Senator Moses. republican, New Hampshire, one of the Daugherty com mittee members, and also prominent in the Wood campaign of 1920, said today that he had been in position to know if any offer of ''oil influence" had been made to the Wood managers. He said that an "inducement," but not relating to oil interests, had come to the Wood headquarters at Chicago, in the heat of the fight, just before Mr. Harding was nominated. The nature of this fin ducement" was not divulged.
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