Show Chase Tells Probe of Mystery Memorandum m WASHINGTON April 18 AP AP- AP The senate Teapot dome committee commIt commIt- t tee oe was tas as told today toda bv ly y Clarence C C. C Chase son law of ot Albert B. B Fall that he had long known of Falls Fall's receipt of t bop boils from Harry 1 F F. F Sinclair hilt but that he did not make the fact public because he considered considered consid consid- ered cred it was Mas not his his- business to todo todo todo do so Under a a. He examination Chase agreed that the mysterious memorandum in the committee files which said 1 Fall all had never nevel r received d money fr from m Sinclair was written on paper identical to that used by Fall in sending a letter to the com corn committee committee and that it would seem th the documents were ra written on the same paper at the same time Falls Fall's defense In his conspiracy case Is that the bonds were for lor an nn interest In the Fall lall ranch TESTIFIES ON LOAN Chase readily testified that Fall tried to have Price McKinney of Cleveland sa say that hat lie was ready to loan the former interior secretary tary 1 This sum had come from E. E L. L Dohen Doheny lessee lesee of the Elk Ek ElkHill Hill Cal na naval va resel reserve Neither Claudius IT ir Huston HURton nor Harry lIany M. M mall Blair formerly Republican can party palt officials official's thrOw threw no new light lighton on the Continental Trading company's com com- pany's pany Liberty bonds bond i. i Huston said Charles 3 D. D Hilles Republican national n was re responsible for New York funds and nd that Sinclair was in the New NewYork NewYork NewYork York territory Blair Bair was asked if he 15 could e explain a t receipt showing a loan Joan of ot to the Republican national bv by O den Mill Mills in 1923 i Mills iii Jig is no now u undersecretary undersecretary derse r tary of or tIle the treasury treasur WAS AT RANCH Importance has be been n attached to this phase of the Ule Te Teapot ot dome in investigation In In- in view of the claims that Sinclair did give Liberty beads to Fall but hut that the wa was waso to o buy an interest in th the Fall Fan ranch in N New w Mexico Were Vero you at Falls Fall's ranch J-anch when Sinclair visited there Chairman NYes N Nyc Nyo Yes sir sh Chase replied Was as Mr 11 Blackmer there thera f 1 No Mr MI Blackmer C came hi lit latH later Tho Th r was to II H. M. M ncr mer f former president of Midwest Refining company an and a missing witness in Sinclair's oil conspiracy trial now in progress Chase Insisted that ho he did not riot know why h Sinclair and Blackmer visited the ranch reach Dt Describing a visit Fhi male to E. E 2 L. L Doheny's house In New York City City- in December 1923 Chase said he took some Orne papers o oUt t to the hruse Ii in response to a a. tl telephone phone call but he could not describe them Did Fall see anyone else while he was in New r-ew York asked Senat SenatOr Senator Sena Sena- t tor r Walsh Yes Mr 1 Sinclair called What t was discussed PURELY Y SOCIAL CALL It was a purely social call no business was discussed discuss d The story of ot the New Mexico witnesses was out wasn't that disused dis- dis ls- ls used No sir Chase said he brought no memorandum memorandum memo memo- to Washington to give to anyone and he had never seen the theone theone theone one under inquiry until It was shown to him today Replying to to Chairman Nye Nyc Chase said he knew a William Villiam Abbott Abbott Abbott Ab Ab- Ab- Ab bott of Three Rivers Did you ou know lenow anything anything- about a claim for of Liberty bonds by William Abbott against the Citizens Citizens Citi Citi- zens zena Trust company of Sullivan Ind md 1 Oh OIl that's a different Abbott Chase replied lIe He kept the tho try store that Robert W W. Stewart Stewart Stewart Stew Stew- art chairman of ot the board of the Standard Oil of or Indiana visited Fa Fall Fallat Fallat at Three Rivers at the time time Blackmer Blackmer Blackmer Black Black- mer did This was in Januar January 1922 1122 just before Teapot dome doine was leased to Sinclair Did you jou ou ever handle any of or the money that passed between Doheny and Fall I r handled some cash no bonds |