| Show p I Publisher Quizzed on How He Made Sinclair Dig Up I Ii IW i W WASHINGTON rob Feb eb 9 Fred G c one on of ot the tho th owners owner othe the D Denver Post Poet Pott was wa on the tir In III the enate naval oil lease leu In- In InstIgatIon In for tor cross examIning to- to today today day ContinuIng nil story etory of his connection with the th group troup that held hod claims to the tir Te Tea L pot reserve And disposed of them to Sinclair the th publisher assorted asserted that In Addition to tIe the payments payment L made mado to that group the tb Midwest st and Pioneer companies who also alo al h hid d Interests In tho the district 51 1 1 In oil produced hy by the th Sinclair company from j Teapot Replying Ing to questions by Sen- Sen Senator Sen Senator ator Walsh Walh Democrat Montana said 1 1 hat h t there ther was as ft A- AI conspiracy between Dohony and I SinclaIr and the th Standard Oil at- at allied lied al-lied lied companies to let lot ha hao haveth 0 the Teapot dome domo as aa far tar as they wore were concerned They hll hang no tlc Interests In California he h said they had no objection to Mr Doheny have hav the th naval na re- re reserve r serve erve there ther and the went noeL Into the agreement along alone these the o lines and the tho lease les were wro granted Tho The Th Midwest and the tir PIoneer got II a a million dollars In oil pro pro- produced pro produced by Sinclair company on the th Teapot dome That Tint I 1 have hav con con- confirmed con confirmed firmed The Tho Th feeling with Sinclair was WIlS not friendly to Mr Ir 1 Stack J Leo o stack tack on of those thos associated with They Thy treated him like an office boy and they thought they could settle etti with him on any terms agreeable to them The Th company kept tell tell- telling tell Inc f Ing him to settle with SInclaIr and to take whatever er he h would ouId gt gle him V VIGOROUS DEUT DELta During his testimony yesterday ye v the witness had said sald that he h and Stack ft a Denver oil man with 11 H H H Tamm n ns n's unu enu n nI Schwartz their attorney n atod a s settlement with Ith SInclaIr I I the proceeds proceed proc eds ot of o which were spilt tour was wa s Ibis settlement ho saId took teok place after the th Post had published hd an article attack attack- attackIng attack Ine Ing the tir Teapot dome situation but had det deferred publication of other oth r storIes on tho the same lamo subject bec- bec CRuse cause of a tear fear ear ot of o libel suit Today denIed that the th attitude ot of o his paper r to ard Sinclair had anything to todo todo todo do with the th contract of ot settle settle- settlement ment m ment In the tho midst of B ft examination cross examination Chairman root Ln-root Len Len- Lenroot I root asked d whether the tho matter ot of your attack on Sinclair nas I discussed at the th conference with I Sinclair I Po 0 o sir tir replied Was the tho matter of i our ceasing I your attacks attack on Sinclair dis- dis discussed discussed dIS cussed ri tI would like to know what th these questions qu Of th they emanate from Cob Cob- Colo- Colo lido tado ado f I I am nm askIng these thes questions sT zo on my soy responsibility as us a senator and iou OU will wiit please pleas answer them It It Is I a B most extraordinary question and I want ant the record to show how the tho th fact PUBLISHER PU PRES Pressed as to whether hether the at- at attacks attacks at attack tacks tack on Sinclair In his h paper had not been stopped slopped Mr Ir Bon Bon- Bonfils Bon fits fils leaned across the tho lh table and said bald Thy They did not cease cene They have not ceased They never shah cease I Senator Lenroot read II a n tele- tele telegram tram tele-tram gram grain which eail ther there had been no on ho bo subject In the Post from September 15 1922 to December 3 1922 The telegram added that there were none uon during roost mot of ot 1923 containing nn any reflection Sinclair We We printed the th nes new every da said Mr Ir Any editorial comment con con- concerning con concerning these the tran action I do not net think there were Do Do vou ou mean to testify that there thre was WILlI wa no change chanco In the th at- at at of ot your newspaper concern concern- concernIng Ing Ine these ther transactions from the tho th te I do I I t You You had attacked Ii K Mr Sinclair and these oil tran- tran up to a certain time timeS time'S tim DOT DoP BLAME SINCLAIR We Ve printed that it was a bad and I till think It as w as You You think It was wa a bad cor- cor corrupt corrupt cor corrupt rupt deal deill do vou OU not We We sore ere not blamIng Mr Sin Sin- Sinclair Sinclair Sin Sinclair clair for tor It Referring to the th return ot of 0 a reporter from New MexIco Mr Lenroot asked whether baths who had yesterday described the disclosures brought back as ns shocking had tailed to print the articles I merely of ot tho pos poe pos possibility of libel suits uit Mr DOn DOn- fibs fils replied In the th e Do Do you believe bellevo Mr rail Fall could hate ha been corrupt and Mr Ir SIn SIn- SInclair Sin Sinclair clair not l J Most Mo ost t of my Information refer reter- referred referred red to Mr Falls Fall's Fall affairs affair an and 1 had bad levy cry little to do with Teapot dome o Why did you not send lend th the tho In In- In formation before called upon apon by bytho bythe byth the tho commIttee I though the tho th committee must mu tha o hao o known it it I Ja I It not a fact that your con con- contract con contract tract with Mr Sinclair WAS not based upon any legal rights ot of Mr Stack That That is 1 not true But that this Whole deal dell was w for or the th purpose of ot purchasing your In your now newspaper nw paper CALLS IT 11 FALSE ly false f e Later That I In Is absolutely ab Later the tho th wItness s added Mr Sinclair bought nothIng cx- cx ex except copt coOt hat hat the contract shows With all his arrogance and wealth he was wan not foolish enough to asic aIle thAt my paper alter olter Its it policy Ad As Senator Lenroot pushed hi his Inquiry Mr Interrupted to say lay I I 1 camo came hero hr voluntarily One would think from the th way nay you talked I was wa a criminal Senator Sentor r to the as aa a to the th Post Pott It nas as as stilt ent to Mr JUr Bonfils last laet l night bt by W V C Sheppard man man- managing managing man aging editor of ot the Post Pott The chairman declared there ther na noth- noth nothIng noth hag Ing to from the tho th captions caption of these articles AI as contained In the telegram published since Decem December ber her 8 1 1922 1 2 that AtlA attacks were wre w made mado on the tho th lease leae You Tou can cant t tell toll hate ahat's what In the tho article hy by the tho th captions caption the nit nit- wit witness ness fleas said eold ald I will 1 ili send fend you copies cople of all the th papers paper Then ou can cn judge e Id I'd say ay It wa attacked constantly from the tho o the tho lone lease was waft granted do doan donn n to the iy d dl Senator Lenroot insisted ln d that the attacks attack on en Sinclair at- at atter af after ter tr the th signing of ot the tho million dol dollar lar bar contract The Tue Th chairman then questioned Bonfils concerning conc Ills his earls eul life lite lit DId Did you have haTo hav any difficulty In Kansas Kan aj City with the tho th Not that I remember o Ha II you had some om difficulty In Denver t Som little difficulty th there re I know now ou got cot your question front from Thomas Thoma 0 Donoll Donell In Den Denier Dener D er IN LOTTERY LOTTY BUSINESS told the th commIttee un- un under Under der further that he had been in tho the lottery In Kansas Cit Kansas Kanso when It as t not illegal Was Was tore there ther not an and nas not a plea of ot guilty en en- en entered entered I to that Indictment mt I I have no recollection of ot such an Indictment Bonfils stated slated that he h could not remember very distinctly what had hd occurred 84 or 36 35 ears ago aro You would remember however it IC you had been en in any difficult with tho the authorities I I could hard hardi I hae h ie anticIpated going Into such uch matters matter ow iou OU ao remember I I think you would bo be very proud to brIng brine It out The Th committee Is la very VOT much In ac whether the tho deal iou ou made mad with Mr SIn SIn- SInclaIr Sinclair Sin Sinclair clair Mae vae t a an honest compromise of an honest honet hone t debt or whether It was wae a deal doal between you an and anil I Mr Ir Sinclair to purchase I the th silence ot of the th D Denver nver Post UK HI HAS ENEMIES J You Tou are ar speaking for somo ono one In Colorado In COlorado after arter printing a n newspaper for tor 29 years attacking attacking- every form torm ot of corruption and graft I have hav nat nat- naturally naturally made enemies Tho The linen then entered upon n a denunciation of ot Thomas Thoma Thom 8 0 Don Don- Donnoli Donnell Don noll nell noli Bonfils also alo praIsed the work of ot his hia newspaper r In fight tag predatory wealth and de- de declared de declared dared It had the th greatest circuIt circuIt- tion p per r capita of ot tte It city of ot an newspaper nw paper In the tho hh- hh hl tory tory of ot the th world I I suppose 1 Mr Ir Sinclair knew nil alt that remarked Chairman Len Len- Lenroot Lenroot Len Lenroot root Questioned by Senator tor Dill Democrat Washington as ac to whether hether Sinclair the th paid by Sin Sin- Sinclair Sin Sinclair clair was ns brought In a 0 satchel atchel the th said laid the sum um was wa ed ed cd In the Chase Chas National bank In Now York to the th Joint credit ot of himself and Stack Senator Sinator Walsh previously ly had h questioned the wItness about the tho attitude of the th Post The Th pub pub- publisher lisher saId hi his paper must mu t havo PUblished a hundred d articles on the sUbject from September 16 15 1922 up to the th present time Senator tor Walsh aIsh said ald the tho records sho ot of the tho th Interior department ahoi ed that Brail the tho then Secretary Albert D B Fall all was wa fully tully advised IlS as a to the tho publications In the tho th Post Port regardIng the tho lease Ica The Tho Th first b he addeO adde Was wa under date of ot April E 6 1922 1822 tao days day before the tho lease la was signed The Th clippings from the Post were sent to Fall Pall by N D ery cry ery a land band office official at Den Dots Denver Denver ver according to the tho record sub sub- What were you to do to help enforce the th Stack contract ask ask- asked ik ed ed Chairman Lenroot I was wae to advance money em- em employ employ em employ ploy an attorney and pry the til ex- ex expenses x Senses between backward and forward be- be I tween I Denver and New York ana ad Denver and Kansas Kansa City Do Do iou ou know why Stack came to cameto you In the th tint first place I I had known him a long time Ito Ho knew We w had ample ampi money and were vIgorous men and pretty live Senator Lenroot suggested that under the settlement you got o Cite Cho times time as IlS much as a you said Id i you YO thought tho th contract w was worth Bonfils deput disputed d this thi saying that the group got rot SO In CASh and acres acre of ot land on the tho dome which was wa of very doubt doubt- full doubt full tull value Had It occurred to you that It If this lens lease lea from the th gos gO co as straight that ho he h would not I deal with you at all II No No I |
