The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-12
HELPED HATCH
TEAPOT BRIBERY
Charley's Brother in
Heart Of Oil Scandal
Especial to the Daily worker)

VII GNiNGg VyOy war W. nav
the family of Vice President Charles
G. Dawes was in the heart Of the sue.
cessfuI Teapot Dome plot to steal
valuable oil leases from the United
States government by means Of bri.
berry of the highest U. S. officials, was
disclosed at the governments court ef-
fort here to annul the illegal leases.
At-the same time it was disclosed
that the government attorneys, Atlee
Pomerene and Owen Roberts, are
shielding the government officials In
volved, and endeavoring to make AL
bert Fall, ex-secretary of the interior,
the sole goat.
Pomerene disclosed that Beman
Dawes, president of the Pure Oil com
pany, attended a conference at the
Vanderbilt Hotel, in November 1921
at which R. W. Stewart, president OF
the Standard Oil company Of Indiana,
and other members of the oil trust
were present, and at which the plot
to bride government officials was
Matched.
The others present at the meeting
were A. E. Humphreys, president Of
the Mexia Oil company of Texas, Har
ry Sinclair and former United States
Senator Charles Thomas of Colorado
Pomerene did not disclose, how
ever, that the Mexia Oil company
which Humphreys represented, is con
trolled by the Pure Oil company of
which Dawes is president, the Pure
Oil company directly holding 25 per
ce' of the Mexia Oil companys stock
Pomerene attempted to shield
Dawes by stating he was Eat the meet
ing in the proper capacity as seller
and purchaser of crude OIL" However
it appears that the vice presidents
brother took an active part in the
Teapot Dome plot. 1t was decided at
the meeting to let Mr.. OsIer, head Of
the Continental Trading company Of
Canada, which had just been organ.
lied for the purpose, the contract for
the purchase Of 100000 barrels o.,
the Dawes-Humphreys Mexia hold
ings. The oil was sold at the price OF
$3.50 per barrel, and this contract was
Immediately turned over to the Stand
ard OilSinclair Oil interests for $1.75
per barrel. The $4,000 profits re-
sulting from this Juggling were in
vested in liberty bonds, the entire
amount to be used as a fund to bride
the Harding Coolidge official family.
Dawes was a party to this deal, and
acted as member of the oil trust.
Pomerene declared that $4,000 OF
this bribery fund had been traced to
ALBERT Fall and his associates" The
whereabouts of the rest of the bribery
money is still mystery.
Stewart, Osler, O'Neill, Blackmer
and other Standard Oil witnesses
have fled the country and will not
be present at the trial. Dawes has
not been called as a witness. Imme.
diately after the Continental Trading
company had served its purpose is
was dissolved.
Vice President Charles e. Dawes is
listed in Who's Who as "financier,"
interested in the gas business at
Evanston, Illinois, La Crosse, Wis,
Seattle, Wash, ETC." Another brother
Rufus Dawes, is listed in Who's Who
as business man." business life has
been spent in organizing and manag-
ing gas and electric companies. Dir.
ector, Union Gas and Electric com
pany, Metropolitan Gas and Electric
Central Indiana Gas COM
pany, Mobile, Ala. Gas and Electric
Southwestern Gas and Elec.
trio company, Seattle Wash. Lighting
Pulaski Gas Light company,
Jackson County Light and Power
company, president board Of educa-
ton at Evanston"
The Pure Oil company, Of which Be.
man Dawes is president, controls the
entire gas distributing business of
Columbus, Dayton, Springfield, Ohio
and has extensive oil, gas and cleo.
trio holdings in every section of the
country.