Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-19

The first witness called today was j.
Thompson Anderson of Los Angeles,
Calf, general manager of Doheny's
Pan-American Co., at the time of the
negotiations.
GIeaves' Report withheld.
From Anderson the defense elected
testimony tending to show that the
Navy Department had made a bargain
IN the matter of oil royalties over
which there has been much contention
throughout the trial.
Doheny spent an hour and a half on
the witness stand during severe cross
examination by Government counsel
before court adjourned yesterday. He
had been testifying since early morning.
Frequent clashes occurred between
counsel and witness, especially during
. series of rapid fire questions about
the 100000 Doheny sent to Washing
ton in cash for the former Secretary
Of the Interior. Vehemently anc
wrathily, the oil man denied that hs
expecteds any favor In return for the
money.
Roberts framed his questions in diff
ferent forms and finally asked the wit
ness point blank If he did not think
the money, which Doheny had loaned
Fall on personal note, would influence
the Secretary in favor Of the Pam
American Co., a Doheny concern, in
its dealing with the Government.
mo, sir, did not" Doheny replied,
almost rising from his chair in his in
dignation.
THE money I gave Fall was from
my personal funds" the witness We
hemently insisted, land asked him for
no favor for my company"
The 100000, which Doheny explained
might mean a considerable sum to
many people, was a mere "bagatelle" to
him.
.Doheny had testified fully about the
$1,000 loan which the Government
charges was bride and Roberts prod
ded him repeatedly for an explanation
as to why he sent the money in cash
instead of having Blair & Co., his New
York bankers, forward it to Fall either
by check or telegraph.
Roberts Efforts in Vain.
Roberts tried in vain to force the
witness to admit that it was because
he did not wish to leave any trace of
such a transaction with Fall at his
bank. He also wanted to know why
Doheny had carried his half of the mu-
tilated note in his wallet for two and
q half years, which brought from the
oil man only the reply that he was
accustomed to carry as much money or
as many notes in his wallet for as long
as he pleased.
Repeatedly the Government attorney
confronted the witness with testimony
given by Doheny five years ago before
the Senate oil investigation committee
to point out conflicts with his testi-
inony given earlier in the day In this
respect, Roberts checked alleged state
ments made by Doheny to Rear Ad-
mtral John x. Robson, chief of naval
engineers, that his company would do
the Pearl Harbor work at cost and his
statement to the Senate committee that
he expects to make 500, 900, 600 profit
from the lease of the Elk Hill reserves
Doheny admitted that maybe" his
company expected to make a profit on
carrying oil to the Hawaiian base in
It's ships and that he was assured of
$75o,0o0 on the resale of oil from the
naval reserve at the time of his talk
with the naval officer. The 73-year-
old oil man could not remember every
thing he had told the Senate COM
mittee five years ago and was con-
siderable irked by Roberts often re-
peated queries as to when he had
refreshed his memory"
On the main, however, Doheny stuck
Steadfastly to his earlier testimony and
Government counsel did not succeed
in eliciting much additional informa-
ton calculated to destroy the effect OF
the testimony Of the main defense
witness.