Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-26
SENATORS QUERY
SON Of BLACKMER
Young Oil Man Refuses to
Give His Personal Views
on Fathers Deals.
Nv the Associated Press.

6y the Associated Press.
For mere than an hour yesterday the
Scnat, Teapot Dome committee drilled
the son of Henry NJ. BlacSmer. self
exiled oil magnate. but obtained viz
tually no additional information as to
the formation ana operations of the
Ephemeral Continental Trading Co.
The sen. Myrca x. Blackmer of Den
yer. a vice president of the Midwest
Refining Co. asserted that he had no
knowledge Of the Continental deal aside
from the fact that his father. once
chairman OF the board of the Midwest,
had told him he was interested in the
Continental and had made S75o.0o0 in
profit out Ct it.
Young Elackmer declined TO answer
Questions on only one point; that was
his own speculatiors as TO whether his
father. in refusing to obey subpoenas
from American courts and taxing up
his residence in Paris, was not more
conce-,c6 in protecting others than he
was in Is own status
Nye Drops Question.
~ 81 love my father and I owe loyalty
to him." Blackmer told the committee.
II do rot think 1t is fair for you to ask
me for my speculations. My father
told me he had not wanted to be Linked
,ru in this matter. My personal feeling
about this regrettab!e affair is for my
self. 90 not think you ought TO press
that"
Chairman Nye. who did the question
ing on this point finally replied that
he would not press 1t.
Earlier in the examination. however
Senator Walsh. Democrat, Montana,
the committee prosecutor. hammered
young Blackmer vigorously in an enort
70 develop that the witness had as
cussed the Continental TRANSACTION Win
Robert W. Stewart chairman OF the
hoard of the Standard Oil Co. of Indi-
ana. who now faces Senate contempt
charges for his refusal to tell what ne
knew about the disposition of the Con-
sinental Liberty bonds.
Blackmer frankly said he had talked
with Stewart about the litigation IN
voIvins my father" but insisted to Sen
sto- Walsh later that the Continental
deal had not figured in these CONVEX
saticns.
Told to Keep it Confidential.
Declaring that the whole world Is
condemning this transaction" Senator
Walsh asked:
With these imputations out against
YOUR father and that Col. Stewart was
one of those participating in the mat
ter, wasn't it natural that you would
INQUIRE of him SO as to remove the I'M
putations against your father?"
My father was in it and I. did not
feel il was my duty to ask Col. Stewart
about it, Blackmer replied.
Previously he had told the committee
that his father had directed him TO
regard the whole subject as conflden-
tial: that he believed his fathers
actions had been entirely honorable"
and had resented the Montana Sem
stor's implication that the son was in
different as to the charges against his
father.
Il have been deeply worried about
the whole matter and it IS of grave con-
Germ to me-" the 35-year-olc ofdcial
said. as he leaned across the witness
dence OF emotion.
During the examination Chairman
Wye brought into the case the name OF
the Western on Fields Corporation of
Denver. and also those of former Gov.
Shoup Of Colorado and John T. Bar
nett of Denver. Democratic national
Committeeman for Colorado.
= Gets Brokers' Names.
.Blackmer said Shoup was president
Of the Western Oil Corporation and
friend Of his father He added that the
elder Blackmer and Barnett also were
friendly. but that he knew OF no po-
liticaI relations between his father and
either Shoup or Barnett.
After Biackuer was excused Robert
Rae. New York agent OF the Dominion
Bank of Canada. which acted as agent
for the Continental Co. in all of its
American oil transactions, cleared up
the mystery as to the identity OF the
brokers from whom the bank bought
$500 900 III Liberty bonds for the Con-
ttnental.
The bank ledger sheets showed the
names Of tome o. the brokers but the
others were omitted from 1t. Rae sup
piled the names and the committee,
which adjourned subject TO the call OF
the chair. will summon agents Of these
brokers In an effort 70 obtain the serial
numbers OF those bonds BY means Of
those numbers IL hopes TO BE- able TO
trace the BONDS after they passed out
OF the hands Of the Continental. II is
b. this route that the committee hopes
ultimately TO get back 10 the connec-
ton between these bonds transactions
and the Teapot Dome Oil lease.