Evening star., 1926-11-21
FALL TRIAL OPENS TOMORROW;
LONG LIST WILL TESTIFY

Mark B. Thompson Of New Mexico.
The burden Of the prosecution will
| be borne by Owen ]. Roberts OF
| Philadelphia and Atlee Pomerene OF
Ohio, special counsel for the prose,
cution of the oil cases. They will
be assisted by United States Attorney
| Gordon and his assistants.
Both defendants in this case are
picturesque figures. Fall. native OF
Kentucky. went West In the early
eighties to seek his fortune in a new
and almost unexplored country. He
became prospector. farmer and miner,
educated himself. taught school and
studied law. He practiced in New
Mexico in its Territorial days and was
elected to the Territorial: legislature.
President Cleveland appointed him a
Justice Of the Supreme Court of the
Territory and he served later twice
as attorney general of the Territory
and as member of the constitutional
convention. He was the first Senator
| from the State of New Mexico and
resigned from the upper house at
President Harding's request to enter
the Cabinet as Secretary Of the 1nte-
rior, In his early days Fall prospect
ed. mined and studied law with
Doheny.
Dolleny Also Self-Made.
Doheny began life on a farm in
Wisconsin more than 70 years ago
Before he was Is he ran away from
tune as a miner. After a varied
career he found himself. at 36, In Los
Angeles with vast knowledge Of
minerology, but ''broke." His knowl-
edge served him In good stead. how
ever, for he discovered oil within the
limits of the city, and he prospered
until in 1896, he went "broke" again
during the Bryan free silver cam
paign.
A few years later he had made a
small fortune from oil, however, and
he started for Mexico, where he dis.
covered vast unexplored oil fields. He
organized the Mexican Petroleum Co.
and numerous subsidiaries, becoming
president of the Pan American Pc
troleum and Transport CO., the Pan
American Petroleum Co. of California
and the Pan American Petroleum Co.,
Western Of Los Angeles. His for
tune is now estimated at 100000, 900.
List Of Witnesses.
A list Of Government witnesses. ar
ranged according to the cities where
process was served on them, includes:
From Washington-Edmund Burke.
F. w. Clement, 3. bennett. E. c.
Finney, First Assistant Secretary In
terror Department: Admiral l.. E..
Gregory. Admiral r. S. Griffin; E. K.
Hill, secretary to Senator Lenroot;
G. w. Holland, geologist. Interior De-
partment; Senator irwin, l.. Lenroot:
Theodore Mack, assistant to Secretary
Of Interior; J. B. May. secretary to
Secretary Of the Navy; Edward B.
Mclean; II. v. Moffat, petroleum engi-
neer, Interior Department; Robert L.
Owen, former Senator; Admiral c. W.
Parks, Walter s. Penfeld; 8. H. Quig-
ley, Department Of State; Admiral
H. H. Rousseau; Swagar Sherley. for
mer Representative; James E. Smith.
chief clerk. section of files and mails,
Interior Department; Senator Reed
| Smoot: Comdr. H. A. Stuart. Z. S.
Navy; Mrs. NJ. w. Willebrandt. AS
sistant Attorney General: Senator T.
J. Walsh and J. NJ. Williamson, as
sistant solicitor. Interior Department.
From New York City-O. D. Ben
| nett, vice president Pan American
Petroleum and Transportation Co.:
J. J. Cotter. vice president Pan Amer
ican Petroleuem nd Transportation
Co: Gano Dunn. president J. G. White
Engineering Corporation; j. ]. F1tz-