San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-20
0ace Famous Oklahoma
Train Robber Summoned
by Committee.
HEAR ABOUT STOCKS
Congressman Ryan Not In
volved in Oil
Trading.
AUDITOR ON STAND
Inquiry Unable to Locate
HEAR ABOUT STOCKS
AUDITOR ON STAND
Inquiry Unable to Locate
Sinclair's Former
Secretary.
Washington, d. C., March 20.-A.

Washington, ID. c., March 20.--A.
Jennings, once famous train robber Of
Oklahoma, is to be summoned 10
Washington by the oil committee.
In announcing a subpoena for Jen-
nings, Senator Walsh said he would
be questioned in connection with the
rumor that Jake Hamon. former Re-
publican national committeeman from
Oklahoma, undertook to put through
an 'Oll DEAL at the Chicago Repub-
liean convention in 1920.
Washington. ID. C., March eo.-Ths
Senate oil committee suffered a tenn
porary setback today when it under
took to inquire into a story that
Harry +. Sinclair had turned over q
large batch of securities to Attorney
General Daugherty and viii H..
Hays, former chairman of the Repub-
lican national committee, to help wipe
out the Heavy deficit incurred by the
party treasury in the campaign Of
1920.
Process servers reported that so far
they had been unable 20 locate G.. u.
W ahiberg, former private secretary TO
Sinclair. who was TO have taken the
stand today as the first witness IN
the new line of investigation. Mr..
Hays has been Subpoenaed to appear
later. and Sinclair probably will be
questioned tomorrow.
When he was before the eommittea
some weeks ago. Wahlberg testified
that Sinclair turned over $4,000 N
Liberty bonds TO Mr.. Hays He
did not identify the man named and
the committee did not follow up his
statement.
While the search for Wahlbers con-
tinued. the committee turned its at
tention to other rGmifications Of its
inquiry.
Ryan Denies Dealings.
Former Representative Thomas j..
Ryan. New York, voluntarily took the
witness stand 10 deny that he was
the man referred TO in records of oil
stock transactions laid before the CON-
mittee and Louis +. Bond, the COM
mittee's Investigator. followed him u
explain how the Identification had
been made and 10 further exnsni his
report on stockrtransactions on others.
Questioned again about Attorney
General Daugherty's stock accoanS.
Bond said thst The first transactions
was tie sale Of 500 shares of Sinclair
Consolidated and the next was an out-
right purchase of the sane number OF
shares.
Details OF the OIL stock transactions
OF Jess ". Smith. oonf'dspt OF tho
attorney geneTsl. as given BY Bond.
SLOW profit Of S15S1 in 1922.
The Smith account. Bond said. was
listed as Nv. W. Snsid No. s. wnse
Attorney General Daugherty hsd sn
account "W. W. Spaid No. A. Span
is member OF the Washington hrok-
erage firm of Higgs and Ccnpanv.
Smiths Gil stock transactions ve-e
read into the record as follows:
July 81. 1922. bought 200 shares
Mexican Seaboard for $3.50; July ~.
bought 100 shares Mexican Petroleum
for S16.420: July %. bought 600
shares Mexican Sesboard for 1850 /.
August 4. sold 100 shares Mexican
Petroleum for S16916; August 3,
bought 200 shares Sinclair Consolidat-
ed for $3.50; September 20. bought
500 shares Sinclair Consolidated for
S10,2S2; September 30. bought zoo
shares Sinclair Consolidated for
S6640: October 4. sold 700 shares Sin
clsir Consolidated for S24.01I: 0cto-
her 20. bought 800 shares Sinclsir
for Sf0.a45: October 81.
bought 200 shares Sinclair Ccnsol;ist-
ed for S66S0.
Gave No Explaaatien.
On December q, there was left in
the account in oil shares 400 Nexicsn
Seabosrd and 500 Sinclair Consoii-
dated.
what explanation did Hibbs and
COmp7ny maze Of carrying aeeoun-s
in the name o. some one other than
the actual dealer:7 asked Senator
Walsh.
~Thsv gave no expianati0n.- 70
nl;ei Bond. Il wss informed thar
I mrst ssk Mr.. Spa:d. I saw there
wee 4 number % actual deliveries
ot stock and | called for the rccripfr
On the receipts appeared the rsns e
Jess ~. Smith. -. S.xas-s