Show I CALLS FALL u J JW I W ZEVELY IntImate friend J and personal attorney for Harry F Sinclair oil king testified testified fied fled before senate committee e that Sinclair loaned former Soci roll ran 25 25 Photograph snapped on Washington street before hear hear- hearIng hearing ing lag on the Teapot Dome oil lease Ze Ze famous race was named after arlor Zevely Zesely Ze L DOHENY holder of a E EL naval oil lease In California and a prominent fig fig- figure figure ure In the oil lease Investigation tion Mr Doheny caused one of the big sensations of tho In- In v hon chen he said Dald ho he had loaned to Secre- Secre Secretary Secretary tary Fan Fail prior to Fan Fall sIgn sIgn- sIgnIng log Ing the lease fi s LAW UTTERLY Y DISREGARDED SENATE TOLD TOED Nebraska Republican De De- Declares De- De Declares dares clares Lease Scandal Humiliates Him FLAYS Senator Walsh Ventures Denby Knew Nothing About Anything WASHINGTON Jan Both 30 Republican and Democratic lead lead- leaders ers era In the senate pressed for A ote toda today on the Walsh oil lease annulment resolution I Debate was sas renewed Immediate Immediate- Immediately lly lly ly after atler the senate convened Sena Sena- SenaI Senator Sena- Sena Senator Senator tor Norris Republican Nebraska I a former member of o the oil com coIn committee committee making an Impressive fIX ox- ex exposition position of hi his views He de- de de declared dared he approached the subject with a feeling of regret sorrow Borrow and humiliation I I I have hao no party parly to eulogize said Senator Sena Morris and no party to condemn I have only an in- in interest In Interest terest In the tho Integrity of ot our com com- common corn com common mon country The The Investigation In Into the leas less leasing ing lag of ot oil reserves has haa shown clear clear- clearly clearly ly Iy he ite asserted assorted that from front the be- be beginning beginning be beginning ginning there has hae been an utter of government go pot polIcy Icy as laid down bY by congress of the laws enacted to carry out that policy FIRST MOVE ILLEGAL The The very first order the cx- cx ex executive order transferring the reo re Ye reserves serves front from the nay navy to the late upon which all an the lease He ere based he said Old was was to my mind utterly and absolutely ille- ille illegal Illegal Ille Illegal gal It was made nade In defiance of all 1 laws bearing upon that sub sub- subject sub subject I I concede that men may hon honestly estly dIsagree as to the tha policy po of keeping these oil reserves In the th ground or In tank tonk storage But theio 0 Is Ie no opportunity for tor dis disagreement agreement upon the question that the policy In this respect Is pe- pe peculiarlY pe peculiarly with Ith congress and that right or wrong It Is the duty of every patriotic citizen to see Bee that such policy Is carried out It Is eI the duty of o high public officials'S Pointing out that congress had bad hadnot not been asked to legislate auth auth- auth- auth authorizing authorizing the transfer Senator Nor Nor- Norris ris ne declared It a was because those knew that congress could not approve e It I MIST n T ST RESPECT LAW JAW LAWIt If If e no are to tn maintain our In- In In Institutions If the republic la Is to he said It It mu must t be through respect and admiration for or the Iw S I What ran can you expect from the e It If j high officials disregard nd set them aside with It Violations of law ty i a presented In the present Instance Senator Norris orrl declared red eventually would lead to a n rule by despots and ond ty- ty tyrants tyrants ty tyrants rants There Thero could be he no doubt he ar- ar argued ar argued gued that the leases and contracts mode made h b by Secretary Fall Fan after fter the tha megal Illegal transfer of jurisdiction to him were wro as void lId id of legality as the order of transfer Referring 4 to tt that the leu had been cn discussed hy by the I cabinet Senator Norris said he oft oft- often often oft often en n a red end S r f the of the action had not been I called to 10 the thO th of ot that bo body y yb In b the eminent secretary of ot state 1 a lawyer ler l er o 0 highest standing roOT H HS HIS S ORD MORDI I 3 dont don't want ant to tt ell dwell upon thia point h he added be because use the evi- evi evidence evi evidence dence denee Is not conclusive that thet the them were ore taken before the J Senator Smoot moot Republican Utah said aid Secretary Denby had bad that were not con con- considered con considered at my ony cabinet meeting he attended 1 The Utah senator asked l on nn f n 1 age Tirol Two MORRIS CALLS A B FALL LIAR Continued From om Page P o One Senator Walsh Wa Democrat Mon Mon tun tans tana It If there had hid been other evi evl- evl evidence dence on thi point I x dont don't r call Secretary DenbY so RO In In- In odd aid Senator but but It l he h hid had It would carry carr no weight with rite me rn Mr Denby knew nothing about any thing hi his argument Norri said ai that If It the th secretary ot the Interior had authority to en enter tn en- enter ter tor Into the tho th oil re leases he had equal rIght ris-ht to dispose of ot any pUblic property evon even ven to the th capi- capi capitol to tol grounds rounds Turning Turning- to the testimony given he before fore th investigating committee Senator Norris dicu d at length the statements of Ed Edward B E Mc- Mc McL McLean Mc-L Mc L Lean an the Washington publisher The testimony of ot Full Fill and McLeon McLean regarding a loan by the th publisher to the tho former secretary was characterized by Mr Sir Norris as asa asa asa a cock and bull story eLor which no- no nobody no nobody body would have h v bellied even cven be- be before be before fore toro McLean testified under oath that Fall had bad returned the th checks chck shed It all had been plan plan- planned planned planned ned the senator said when rail found It n necessary ci ry to explain the source of ot hi his wealth Neither rail 1011 nor McLean expected ho he said that the matter mailer would bo be b fully tully investigated gated rm MAR LIAR It It was an attempt of ot Fall to tosh shIeld himself from further taves- taves which would how show Senator Son Sn- ator tor Norris Norri declared that that tie he h was wasa wasa wa waa a a liar all th the way through thava looked with hun the senator continued continue l upon upon the fact that so 0 0 many nany ot of o our officials have gone con out ot of their way to hobnob with Mr McLean You know with what humiliation we when hen the th president of ot the th United States just elected to that came cm to Washington and made mado hla hi hone home hom In this mans man's house KO XO ADVICE M GI GIVES When Senator GIs Glass Democrat Virginia asked whether the president president dent had requested r the attorney general to advise him on the th valid validity aUd- aUd ity of ot an executive order ord r transfer transfer- transferring transferring ring the naval reserve to the Interior In- In tenor Senator orris replied In the He re- re remarked marked that It was wa true tru there I is another member of ot the cabinet who has ha been admitted to Vie the bar and went ent on I x wont won't put flut him In tho th same sam clau claas as the th secretary of ot tate state but buthe buthe buth he was as the th legal le I adviser ot of the th government and h e had him many who ho wr were real lawyer lawyers lie He could have submitted the Question had he been asked for tor an opinion to attorneys 8 who were Ie at am to give i him advice MAY BE DE mi-CH mi miCHA A proposal to bar as a special IrO- IrO sov- sov nt In the th na n ia al oil cases any person who ho has ben connected with an oil company as counsel or otherwise was as as offered In the th senate nat todo toda tod by Senator McKeller Democrat Tennessee se There were Indications Indication that con- con support might he be thrown behind the proposal which was WM put I In as an amendment to the th I appropriation measure carrying funds for prosecution of ot the th suits Whether adoption of ot the th stipulation stipulation lation would ouId effect In any way the president s selection as aa counsel ot of Thomas Thoma W Gregory Greg of ot Texas or Silas H I-I Strawn Stra of ot Illinois Il nas wa M not apparent Speculation on a possible hitch hitchIn hitchIn hitchIn In the tir employment of ot Mr Strawn or Mi oil Gregory Grog howe however er waS wa bol- bol bol I stored d up by a 0 visit to the th White WhiteHouse House today bv by Assistant Attorney Attorney Attorney ney Holland Ho H con con- conferred con regarding rg the th Question ot of counsel with eith Ith Secretary Slemp Stomp who shortly afterward had a 0 long lone Ion conference con- con ference President Coolidge |