Evening star., 1924-01-26

leases from Mr.. Fall for the OF
fornia.
This inquiry is separate ire
partment OF Justice. which is ST
whether there has been proof
rected toward the same end. 7.
ly whether the leases should be
The President asked the department,
70 furnish him at the earliest possible
moment a report on the question
whether the leases protect the interests
OF the government.
Mr.. Coolidge may make a public
statement of the governments inten.
tons. both as to criminal and civil pro.
ceedings, as soon as the departmental
Investigations are concluded, and a:
soon as Mr.. Fall has been given an op
portunity Monday to present his side 0.
the matter 10 the Senate committee
The President realizes the evidence pro-
duced before the committee is too seri.
Gus 10 warrant much delay in delineat-
ing the governments course. He does
not think it should be postponed until
the committee makes its report
The disclosures before the Senate
committee were talked over by the
President today with John I. Adams
chairman of the republican nationa
committee. Mr. Adams declined &
discuss the nature OF the conference
but indicated that his views on The
matter had been set forth in an edi'
torial appearing in the current mum
Der of the National Republican, which
said:
The disclosures in the Fall cas-.
are in 4 sense discreditable to the
United States Senate and to the
Harding administration, for Senator
not, however, involve the integrity OF
the Senate or of the Harding admin
istration as whole.
Guilt is personal and dishonesty
is characteristic that has beer
noted in men of all parties There
will never be political party in
which all OF its members charged
with official responsibility may be de
pended on not to betray their trust:
Every act committed by any Off
Cial in violation of the laws he has
sworn to uphold. every betrayal OF
trust, hy whomsoever committed
should be prosecuted with view 10
punishment of the guilty
Fall In SecIusion.
Mr.. Fall remained secluded today
at the home of j. W. Zeyely, Harry
Sinclair's personal attorney, who tes-
titled yesterday that Sinclair loaned
the former Secretary $4,000 in lib
erty bonds three months after he left
the cabinet.
Although Mr.. Falls physical condi-
tion was said to be somewhat i'm
1t. IOr Jnh
ton. declared it not yet absolutely
certain whether he would be able TO
appear before the committee on Mon
dav He remains confined to his bed
and is being attended by trained
nurse. Another physician, Or. Will
liam Mercer Sprisg, was called in to-
MIR. Fall is a very sick man." said
DIR. Wharton in his first public state
ment regarding his patient. He was
sick in the south and his condition
was aggravated by his trip to Wash
inston. especially the bronchial trou-
BILE. But there is some Improvement
today. He now has no temperature
in fact, /. is slightly subnorfnal. But
he cannot leave his bed at present
and we cannot state before MONDAY
whether he will be able to appear at
that time before the Senate commit
tee. He certainly could not do so to-
day in his present condition.
All Callers Denied.
Mr.. Fall is still being denied to all
callers and will make no comment on
developments in the committee in
quiry until he is able to appear be-
fore it.
Archie Roosevelt and G. D. Wahl-
berg, former secretary to Harry r.
Sinclair, whose testimony Monday be-
gan week of sensational develop
ments in the Senate public lands COM
mittee's inquiry, were recalled today
for further examination.
Roosevelt asserted Monday that
wahlberg had told him he had seen
poration-a Sinclair concern-for
S6S,O00 made payable to Thomas
Johnson, foreman of the New Mexico
ranch of Albert B. Fall, who. as Sec
retary of the Interior, was in charge
of the leasing of the reserves.
Wahlberg denied this part of
Roosevolt's testimony, saying he had
been misunderstood when he men
toned the sending of six or eight
head of cattle to the foreman. He
also denied knowledge OF any money
passing between Sinclair and Fall,
but said he had regarded the trans
fer of a large block of Sinclair cor
poration stock and $4,000 in liberty
bonds to j. w. Zeyely, Sinclair S
personal counsel, as being in some
respects Suspicious
Loan Deals Admitted.
Subsequently, the committee learned
from L. L. Doheny. Caiifor-
MIA oil magnate, that he had loaned
Fall 100000 on his personal note
in 1921, about year before he OBJ
tanned a lease on a naval reserve in
California, and Zevely testified yes
terday that Sinclair, who some time
previously had been awarded the
Teapot Dome lease, had loaned Fall
s25, 900 in liberty bonds three months
after his resignation from the cab
met.
Zevely said he held the former
Secretary's note for the amount OF
the Sinclair loan, the bonds having
been made subject to his order for
the purpose but that Sinclair him.