San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-29
JAKE LANNON'S
WIDOW IS NOT
ASKED QUERIES
Spends Fifteen Minutes on
Stand While Probers
Wrangle.
BITTER WORDS PASS
Her Appearance Starts One
Of Worst Personal Rows
Of Probe.
BITTER WORDS PASS

Washington, ID. C., April 2e.-The
former Mrs. Jake Hamon. widow Of
the Oklahoma oil man and Republican
politician, whose name has been linked
with many unusual stories about po-
litical financing in 1920. had a fleet
ing day in court today before the Sen
ate oil committee.
She was not asked a single ques.
tion and was excused after a quarter
of an hour of waiting on the witness
stand, while the committee senators
wrangled and finally completely dis
agreed as to who was responsible for
her summons to Washington.
Called here from Chicago, the won.
an had been given an extension OF
time by the committee to enable her
t. 10 to Oklahoma and secure papers
belonging TO her dead husband which
were TO tell at last the inside story
of his connection with the Republican
party machinery and prove or shatter
the dramatic story of how he spent a
million dollars TO nominate Harding
and in return was to have been ap.
pointed secretary of the interior.
Creates Stir.
A visible stir swept over. the com
mittee room, packed with crowd in
Guiding many women, when she sweep
up to thet committee table dressed II
flowing black dress aid CARRYING Ii
her hand a single lily. Another witnes.
was testifying about geological forms
tons in the oil reserves but he was
excused soon after she appeared anc
the committee clerk called her to the
stand. stft
Then began one Of the bitterest per.
sonal rows that has characterized the
long and turbulent sessions of the oil
committee. Senator Spencer (Republi-
cam, Missouri, objected beforehand to
the admission of her testimony aud
Senator Walsh (Democrat), Montana,
the committee prosecutor, replied that
he bore with due humiliation" the
rebuke of the Missouri senator. Mr..
Walsh added, however. that all re-
sponsibility for the visit of the oil
mans widow to Washington must rest
on Senator Stanfield (Republican)
Oregon, who in turn retorted that
Senator Walsh was not stating the
facts.
He only has mentioned her name,
Senator Stanfield said, in suggesting
how the committee might run down
some of the sensational stories told /;
about Hamon b, AL Jennings and
others.
Then there was dead silence, and
the committee chairman. finding that
no senator wanted to ask a question.
told the witness that her further pres
ence would not be required.
Row Follows Departure.
Immediately after the former Mrs.
Hamon had taken her departure, COM
mittee members INDUCED in another
row over admission to the record of
one of group of kilograms bearing
on the oil deal story. 81.
Referring to the recent testimony
of ii. w. Ballard Of Los Angeles in
which he stated that Harry Chandler
and William Randolph Hearst gave in
formation about conspiracy" to
control TIE Republican national con-
vention in 1920, Senator Stanfield an
nounced that he had telegraphed the
substance of Billiards. statement to
Chandler and Hearst and had their re-
plies. The replies deny knowledge of
the matter and have been published.
Senator's Walsh and Adams Demo
craft. Colorado. objected to placing in
the record a telegram which Senator
Stanfield asserted showed Ballard had
a police record. They insisted if wit
nesses were 10 be called TO impeach
Ballard. the members of the committee
should have chance to examine them
and should not accept hearsay evil
dence.
1t was decided finally to admit to
the records the kilograms sent Chand-
Ter and Hearst and their replies, but
to exclude those referring to Ballard.