Evening star., 1927-10-27

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! Mrs. Harrington said he had been
| working right along and is able to
! do his work without assistance. He
! the Rocky Mountain Oil & Gas Pro-
duccrs Association was the result of
action taken at a directors meeting.
Dome Land Title Questioned.
| The defense attorney brought out
/ that approximately all the directors
I were interested in Wyoming oil lands
ana that Brooks company, the Con.
| solidated Oil Co, could not have un.
dCrtaken the construction of II pipe
/ line and storage tanks if it desired
/ Mr.. Iittlcton asked if the midwest
company. which had a monopoly in
! Salt Creek. was member of the
producers association. GOV. Brooks
| said it was.
Government counsel next read a
stipulation from James G. Dardan of
| kitchensville, Md. who had title to
| 100 acres in Teapot Dome. obtained
! in 1920. Dardan related how he had
been referred TO Fall by r.. e. F'inney
| and II. Foster Balm. In his confer.
enCe with Fail he informed the Sec
! retary that he believed his title to
! land in Teapot Dome was as good
as anybody else's.
Fan told him mot ut all that
no record could he found of his title.
! Fall and DaTdan were old friends
| and the Secretary had informed him
| that Teapot Dome was going to be
| leased. The stipulation declared that
| Fall had said Sinclair would settle
| All claims. This conference took place
| about month before public announce
! nent Of the lease having been awarded
! to Sinclair.
| A number of kilograms then We're
inserted in the record by Roberts.
The first was sent by Fall to his
private secretary. &. ID. Stafford, and
was dated April Is, 1922. at Three
Rivers. y. Mex. The telegram stated:
Notify Sinclair best TO Immediately
! furnish surety bond in view of inn
mediate congressional investigation. !"
Saffords reply to this assured Fall
! that the matter of the bond would
receive prompt attention, as directed.
Official travel vouchers showing
Falls absence from Washington on a
| trip to New York, February to
February >, 1922, and again on trip
to Three Rivers, y. Mex, and to Gin
cinnati, Ohio. from April IA, to May
15. were next produced.
Fall left Three Rivers on May 9
for Cincinnati. returning to Washing
ton on May Is.
Fall Answers Lease Query.
Several letters bearing on secrecy
involved in the Sinclair negotiations
then were offered by Government
counsel. on February 1S, 1922, Joseph
W. Clark, Denver attorney. wrote FAN
asking what disposition had been
made to lease naval oil lands. Then
fnp Ninhnlcnn A
Colorado wrote To Fall In response to
a communication from Clark, who had
received no Acknowledgements from
his letter.
Fall replied to Senator Nicholson on
March 80, giving the purport OF the
same information which he wrote on
that date to Clark. whose letter had
| been "mislaid" This was to the ef-
feet that leases were h,inG made for
offset wells in the California reserves
merely for the purpose. however. OF
protecting Government property from
encroachment.
Another letter from Peter y. NICE
of Great Falls, Mont, dated April IA,
1922. in which the oil man wanted to
submit a bid on Teapot Dome IL open
to development, was produced for the
record Finney replied to this letter
stating that as result OF the general
policy matters in connection with lea
not Dome had been agreed upon. lie
could give no details of the agree
mert, saying that nothing could be
done in the absence of Fall, who was
in the West.
Roberts Asks for Books.
Roberts called on Mark r. Thomp-
son. Falls attorney, for the books OF
the Tres Ritos Co., which were pro
duced. Rule identified entries made in
the journal. ledger and other books
beginning January /, 1922, and extend
ing on as late as November, 1928.
These entries showed the certificates
of shares in the company made out tt
Fall, and to Eberhart as trustee Tor
1.-THE estate of Falls daughter, Caroline
$. Eberhart. Fall had 33 shares. the
remaining accounting for the whole
100.
Roberts next pointed to an entry
of May II. 1922, which Rule said was
paid in surplus on notes outstanding
| totaling $107.l71.12.
What does this representa- Rob-
erts asked.
Rule replied it represented the cam
| collation. of that Indebtedness ap-
parcntly by some deposit in cash.
May Have Been Bond Deal.
where is the deposit of cash
| shown" Roberts asked.
| Rule said he presumed it was a
cash transaction made to the holders
Of the notes
Upon Roberts insistence Rule re-
| piled that it was his recollection that
it was some bond transaction I'm which
the notes We're liquidated
'Outside of the 100000 in bonds,
Roberts insisted.
Yes" Rule replied.
Rule did not know who bought
these, but stated the amount was ap-
proXimately $4,000.
Efforts of Roberts to obtain infor-
nation of the company's income tax
return in 1921 were futile.
On cross examination, William T..
lIeahy, counsel for Fail, made in.
| quries about the safe deposit box that
Fail kept in the bank. Rule stated
that he was carrying the box in the
! name of A. r. Fan.
Roberts later. on redirect eXamina-
| ton, fixed the date AS May 30, when
the bonds came in, according toRule.
| lie took the box out in Falls name al
the direction of Eherhart.
Dealings Through Eberhart.
| All dealings concerning the various
! deposits made in the accounts of the
| bank were through F,berhart, Rule
stated, Fall not being around at that
| time. He also admitted that Fall gave
| him no instructions about shipping
| bonds at time.
Ruie was ou tho mint NJ heipv oy.