Show ACTION ON OIL LEASE 10 TO START ACTION TO STOP DRAINAGE OF RESERVOIR WILL BE FIRST I MOVE OF GOVERNMENT Philadelphia Man Will Have Have Charge of Criminal Aspects of the Prosecution Many rany Surprises Surprises Sur Sur- Expected t r Washington Court Court action in th th oil lease cases will be initiated this week by sp special cial government counsel while the senate oil committee is following following following fol fol- fol- fol lowing further the trail of the the celebrated celebrated celebrated cele cele- McLean telegrams The first step of counsel will be to bring civil action looking to U the Stoppage stoppage Stop Mop page of the extraction of oil from the naval reserves in California and Wyoming and the annulment of the leases awarded by Albert B. B Fall as secretary of the interior to the tho Doheny Doheny Doheny Do- Do heny and Sinclair interests Any criminal action growing out of the oil ail scandal must await a n more detailed study of or the testimony adduced adduced adduced ad ad- before before the senate committee and an independent investigation to e fill in gaps in that testimony Atlee Pomerene former senator from Ohio will have more moro or less lesa general charge of the civil pro proceedings proceedings proceed proceed- eed- eed ings while Owen J J. J Roberts of Philadelphia Philadelphia Phila Phila- delphia elphia will devote himself and his staff principally to the study of the criminal phases of the case President Coolidge Is expected to appoint this week additional special counsel to prosecute actions looking to the recovery to the federal government government government govern govern- ment of section sections 16 and 36 in the Elk Hills reserve in California now operated by the Standard Oil company company company com com- pany of California The executive will select counsel especially learned in an n land law to prosecute this cas case inasmuch as the chief point at issue is whether these e sections were known to be mineral bearing at the time the state of California California California Cali Cali- fornia obtained them as school lan lands s upon the grant of statehood The committee will follow the trail trait of the inquiry into the department of justice where it has been blazed by bythe bythe bythe the cipher message signed Mary found in the McLean telegrams This message mess was in code once used by the departments department's bureau of ot investigation and through William J. J Burns chief of this bureau the committee committee com com- come into of Mcleans Melean's Mc Me- I leans lean's employees Burns also will be questioned as to the truth of the reports that the publisher publisher publisher pub pub- lisher is on the roll of the special agents of of- the justice department at ata a salary of 1 a month an and has in his possession a copy of the present code of the department Additional telegrams exchanged between McLean l and his employees as well as those sent from Washington Washing Washing- ton to Fall Harry F F. F Sinclair E. E L. L Doheny and J. J W. W Zevely personal counsel to Sinclair are to be furnished furnished furn furn- to the committee by the V Washington Washington Wash Wash- ashington ash ash- ington offices of the Western Union and Postal Telegraph companies |