Evening star., 1924-01-27

his previous appearance he had been
able to associate the transactions,
and wanted to correct his former
testimony.
He was positive that long period
had elapsed between the loans of
stock and liberty bonds, and he in
sisted that he did not himself direct
the shipment Of the bonds to an Ell
Paso bank to be placed to the credit
of Fall. He said another clerk had
made the shipment and that he did
not know anything of the letter of
ely had written the bank, explaining
the use to be made of the bonds.
Witness told the committee after
examining the Zevely checks put in
evidence today that they were prob
cause they bore the safety stamp his
office used. Wahlberg admitted this
in his talk with Roosevelt about can
celled checks, but insisted the con-
versation had no reference to checks
to Falls foreman.
When the witness was turned over
to Stanford he was asked whether
he had on his desk when talking with
Roosevelt checks aggregating s6s,-
here are checks for s6s.oOO to the
manager of a horse farm"
Evidently Mr.. Roosevelt Roosevelt misun5 sum
imagined said to the manager Of the
Fall farm
shown Two Checks.
At this point Stanford handed
Wahlberg two checks totaling $6S.-
244.27, drawn to the order of S. C..
Hildreth. The witness explained that
In his conversation with Roosevelt
he had said something about checks
for the horse farm or the manager
of the horse farm, or something like
that. which may have been misun-
derstood as Falls farm" He insist
ed that the Hildreth checks had been
mailed on Wednesday, January Is.
the day Sinclair sailed for Europe.
Wahlberg said when he had related
of his treatment by Sinclair, Roose-
Welt told him ito tell him (Sinclair)
to go to hell"
Witness said he could not do that
and quoted Roosevelt as having de-
clared that Sinclair was an upstart
anyway"
He admitted that he had suggested
to Roosevelt that Sinclair probably
was going to Europe because of the
I turn in the investigation given by
the testimony at Palm Beach of Ed
ward Is. Mclean, Washington news
paper publisher. He declared, how
ever. that he knew that Sinclair had
business in Russia.
Among the things which caused him
to tell Roosevelt that he was thinking
OF. resigning, Wahlberg declared. was
the turn" taken in the investigation.
II thought" he said, Il would be
called upon to submit books and checks
did not know about There were
checks drawn to myself I could not ex-
plain: checks for $4,000 or $4,000 1
1oi
said ! may be expected to lie about
something"
Forgot Checks Before,
Chairman Lenroot and other men,
berS of the committee commented in
examining Wahlberg, that at his prior
appearance he had said nothing about
the Hildreth checks His only explana-
tion was that he was greatly worried
about other matters and had forgotten
about them
when you were here before YOU
thought it was quite likely that it was
your talk about six or eight cows that
Mr.. Roosevelt had confused with $685.
OOo.'' suggested Senator Walsh.
That was the nearest explanation 1
could Offer
"Refiecting upon that you came to
the conclusion that it was an improb-
ability"
wash"
Nevertheless, We talked about
Witness told the committee there
offer no explanation how Roosevelt
could have understood him as talk
ing of cancelled checks.
Hildreth Salary s25,OOO.
Wahlberg told the committee that
Hlldreth got In addition to his salary
or $4,000 year commission of 10
per cent of the winnings of the Sim
clair stables.
The committee called Hildreth and
handedhim the two checks that had
been put in evidence He said that ALL
though transmitted in i letter dared
January 16,. which he filed with the
committee, the checks had not
iy required day for his mail from
the Sinclair Office to reach him. @he
said. The checks were cashed by his
wife on the 23rd. he testified.
MeNab's Statement.
Mr.. McNab made this statement in
connection with the Doheny offer to re-
Mr.. E. L. Doheny yesterday pro-
posed to your committee that he
would cause the American pa
troleum and Transport Company to
reconvey all interest in the contracts
VI tnat company known as the Pearl
Harbor contracts. il a board of ex-
perts were appointed to examine into
the contracts and~that board decided
they were not wise, advantageous and
the best that the government could
have made, upon the condition that
the government reimburse the COM
pany for its actual expenditures made
under the contracts without profit.
AT the hearing on January "a the
chairman Of the committee asked Mr.
Doheny IL he would be willing to
have these contracts so reconveyed
without the Intervention of the sug-
gested board of experts.
N"Upon further consideration of the
matter, Mr.. Doheny now wishes to
inform you that he Is willing, in
order that there may be no basis for
criticism of his company's dealings
with the government, to recommend
the acceptance Of the modification of
his original offer suggested by the
chairman.
"Of course, you are aware that Mr.
Doheny has at all times contended
and contends that all of his COM
pany's leases and contracts are en-
ttrely legal and valid, and that this
letter is without prejudice to his
and his company's position Il the ar
rangement herein referred to be not
concluded.
Gives Figures ON Lease.
THE following is an approximate
statement (made up as accurately
as possible at the date Of this letter.
of the situation regarding the Pearl