The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-02-28
WILL BE ASKED
TO TELL STORY
OF TELEGRAMS
Senator Dill Says He Was Co.
Between for Messages from
Edward b. Mclean
TELEGRAMS ARE READ
Exchange of Messages From
Palm Beach Is Read Be-
fore Oil Committee

Washington, Feb. 28.-(By the A.
PA. Mitchell Palmer, attorney
general in the Wilson admin stration,
| will be called before the senate oil
committee.
The committee 50 determined TO-DAY
! before it resumed The reading Of ad-
| dl'joual t"lcprams sent 10 Edward b.
| Mclean, pttbl isher OF the Washing
toa lost, IT Palm Beach concerning
Tie OIL inquiry. Senator Dill, Demo
rrat, Washington, insisted that Pal
mer should be called saying that he
had been the Ego between in the de-
livery Of McLean's messages to the
committee.
In kilograms read today John Ma
Jor. Mclean employe here, report
ed to Mclean that he was "busy with
Underwood, Curtis and 'Zev.'"
= "Zev" was understood by commit
| teemen to refer to J. w. Zeveley,
perso counsel for Harry F. Sin
clair
Ira Bennett, editor Of the Post, tel
egraphed Mclean on January tha.
he and Major saw Curtis" who
promised to see "Lenroot."
"'Curtis' advised u.s. the Telegram
said. "to see Underwood. We saw
Underwood who promised to speak
to Walsh but he limited that it would
not do any good"
Identification Not Given
In placing the kilograms in the
record the committee members mad
no announcement Of Identification o.
the persons referred TO, leaving the
public to draw its own conclusions.
A telegram signed Johns sent to
Mclean said willis" saw party"
this morning.
willis, reported party in friend
ly mood, "the message said, adding
Harry is out OF city"
Before proceeding" interrupted
Senator Walsh, Democrat, Montana,
Il desire TO say that Senator Under
wood called few moments ago on
the telephone and said he had read
something IN the newspapers this
morning that he had erdeavored to
dissuade me from my purpose to
subject Mr.. Mc(,oun to examination,
a conclusior drawn from some Of the
kilograms read yesterday.
Senator Underwood never attempt
ed to influence my conduct in the
matter in any way. have no recol-
lection of Senator Underwood speak
ing to me on the subject except that
one morning in the senate chamber
he asked me if l had any objection
to having inserted in tho congress
sional record letter to me by Mr..
Palmer and / said l had not.
Mclean Given Up
Senator Underwood in his CONVEX
sation with me this morning said
further that at the request Of Mr..
Bennett he had said something to me
about whether we were going to ask
the appearance Of Mr.. Mclean and l
told him that it had already been ar
ranged that I was going to Palm
Beach and take the testimony Of Mr..
Mclean.
Senator Underwood having said
that that conversation took place. I
suppose it did but / have no recollec-
tion Of it,
Resuming its reading the commit
tee heard the text of q telegram sent
by Mclean to Palm Beach on Christ
mas Day informing Major he had a
tip he would be called in the in
quiry and ordering that Palmer be
asked to represent him.
On Dec. 26 Mclean instructed Ma
jor to tell Wilson J. Lambert, his
attorney, that ne had asked Palmer
to see the oil c6mmIttec. In anoth-
er message Mclean instructed Ma
jor to keep ''all my wires in your
possession" On Dec. 26 Mclean
sent a telegram to E. w. Starring
Ga secret service man at the Waite
House) asking him to send this tel
egram to wilkins" at Hcpkinsvlle,
Kentucky: "Leave at once for Palm
Beach. E. b. Mclean" HopkInsyille
is Starling's home town. Later Ma
jor wired Mclean that Willis IS in
full possession Of the matter.
Asked Code BE Secret
The same message said Charles
Berhans was leaving Washington for
RAIN Beach that night and that the
duck would leave later MY ad-
vice is. the message added, mot to
acquaint latter party (the duck) with
our code system Bennett wired
Mclean on January 20 that he had
seen principal and delivered mes
sage; that there would "be no rock-
ing OF boat and no designations end
that he expects reaction from un-
political attacks E. S
Rochester, confidential adviser to AT
Daugherty telegraph
edMcLean on Jan. 16 that the oil
was investigating whethe,
Mclean had 100000 in banks at the
time he claimed he gave A. B. Fall
checks for that sum. The Rochester
message was night letter and end
ed with the statement, II thought
you should be informed Rochester
was formerly managing-editor of
the Washington Post.
Mclean telegraphed to Major on
December q to tell Palmer that
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