Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-12-20 | Page 6 | Pomerene Asks More Time on Teapot Action

POMERENE ASKS I IMO MO MODE E TIME UN ON TEAPOT ACTION I I Federal Attorney T Tells eUs Judge at Cheyenne Additional Additional Addi Addi- Evidence Is Sought I in Liberty Bonds Matter I 1 E. E WY ec 20 At Atlee At- At lee Pomerene special counsel f for forthe forthe r the government in its suit In equity I for tor annulment of ot the lease en cn the time Teapot U me naval oil reserve held i by the i Oil company compano this morning filed in tn the United States State court here a motion for continuance of the hearing bearing on the suit scheduled for tor January 6 The motion is made on the ground that the government requires a at V- V time to obtain certain e cv evi evidence dence dance bearing upon the alleged I passage of at liberty bonds between Harry F. F Sinclair and Albert B. B BI Fall Fail who as secretary of ot the in interior In- In tenor granted the Teapot lease to Sinclair Following filing ng of ot the motion Pomerene and United States Attorney Attorney Attorney At At- torney Albert D. D Walton Valton went Into conference with John W. W Lacey and Herbert Lacey of ot counsel for tor the Mammoth company compan A heating on on the motion will be bp held b bJ bl Judge T. T Blake Kennedy of ot the federal court after atter this conference Whether the Mammoths Mammoth's counsel will ivill resist the motion has baa not been announced Probability of ot the filing of ot a It petition petition peti peti- tion as a'S Intervenor by a a. Denver resident resident resident res res- ident who wh is ts said sal TO claim an Interest In Interest Interest In- In terest in the Teapot Dome lands was rumored while the conference was in progress A petition for continuance which Is Pomerene and his special lal counsel counse Owen J J J. J Roberts sets forth that the government counsel are in possession of certain information information mation matlon lending leading to the belief bellet pursuant to the conspiracy alleged In the bill of at complaint in the governments government's gov go suit ault for Or of ot the Teapot Dome lease certain United States bonds were delivered to Albert B B. Fall hyl by HArry F. F Sinclair Sin Sin- clair chair or someone acting in his be be- halt half The testimony of Canadian witnesses is essential to ment meat of the facts the motion relate re re late lates Theses Thess wit witnesses nesses have resisted ef efforts ef- ef torts forts to obtain their testimony have been cited 1 by a tI Dominion court for tor contempt in refusing t to td Testify and it will be impossible to obtain their testimony before the middle of next January The government therefore requested a of ot the trial of its case ase against the Mam mouth uth until the testimony of thO thi CanadIan Canadian Canad Canad- ian witnesses hR has been obtained