Evening star., 1926-12-15

|*brought out; one was statement as
to where Doheny was from time TO
time; another was that Doheny had
made a statement to her of the fact
that he was going to make loan TO
Fall and she merely recited what her
|shusband told her
d This is not the first time where a
case has been tried that an effort has
been made to hide the defendant be-
hind petticoats.
Senate Inquiry Defended.
/: mfr Hogan complains about the
I.Senate committee saying 1t was after
scandal and not facts. But it is his
tory now that, as result of that in
|: :vestigation whereby it seems that the
United States Government is deprived
Of it's reserves and Fall, trusted Off.
Ger of the Government, got 800, 900
whatever may be the result at your
hands there can be no question of the
ampropriety of the relations that eX
listed between Fall and Doheny.
Mr. Hogan tells you that is no
bodys business but Falls and Do
nenys. Let me ask you twelve
American citizens If 1t is? When
u business transaction between an
impecunious officer of the Government
end a very rich man occurs. ought
that officer to preserve the property of
the United States? When tranSaC-
tions of this kind are brought about
they are not on the sunlight they are
in the dark"
Mr.. Pomerene then produced a
Harding letter to the Senate commit
tee and read that Falls report rs
not to be construed as a defense" of
the policy, and also that the entire
| plan of handling the reserves had the
| Executives entire approval.
approving what?" asked Mr..
| Pomerene, rs any man in this jury
box going to say that Harding ap-
proved a thing he did not know
about? Is there any evidence before
you to prove he knew about the
| $100 900 his cabinet minister borrowed
from Doheny? Did he know that Do
! heny would boast of a 00,000,0 600
profit?
| Tribute to Harding.
| Warren G. Harding was my per-
sonal friend and I deeply regret that
| they have desecrated his tomb by
bringing forth his shroud to cover up
the infamy of this transaction. Warren
| G. Harding, if he could be called from
the Great Beyond I could see the
panied expression upon his face when
he learned what was done. No! Mo-
/ resent the imputation. If Warren
G. Harding appeared in his spirit
right here the defendants would fall
| dead with fright after making such
| a suggestion as that"
Mr.. Pomerene then took up the
question of bidding which Mr.. Hogan
had refererd to and reviewed the Gov
ernment evidence in this respect. He
reiterated also Mr.. Roberts attack on
the defense for not producing Mr..
Cotter. and then took up the CORE
spondence between Fall and Doheny
| which the Government relies upon to
| form the basis for the conspiracy in
obtaining the contracts. Mr.. Pom
creme wanted to know why Fall con-
fided in Doheny, "of all the people in
the United States" about the royalty
Oil and tank storage plans.
DENLY, he reiterated, had nothing
| to do with the leasing activities, as
copies and records were to be sent to
the Navy only for file. Mr.. Pomerene
! declared.
"Denby was afraid of oil because
there was dynamite in it," the prose-
| cutor declared. "If this brave soldier,
| this true naval officer, was afraid, he
| ought not to have been afraid to have
| the courage to surrender his port
| folio to some one not afraid. l tell
you this work was done by Falls
subordinates, on the part of the Gov
| ernment and on the part of the Pan
| American it was done by Doheny's
| subordinates. There is but one
master mind on the part of the Gov
ernment in this transaction and that
was Fall; there is but one master
mind on behalf of the Pan-Americap
| Co., and that was Doheny. Yet he