Show SOE CABINET MAN MA TELLS SOLONS HE IS fIRM FIRMStone Stone Says Montanan I Is Involved In Overt Acts C CALLS ALL A L L S WITNESSES Action May Affect Chance to Get Supreme Court Position L Jan 11 28 The 1 crand jury before y General G toncI I l expected to nt e hlll In n the Ihl ease rase n of or Iu of or Montana as om orn In n today In ourt of or the Hie District of o ila Coluni Ida hill M W II H a bank banI was wao named foreman ronan I A number o of s h In is u d lo to persons in Mon Mon Mon-lani in Tul-a Tul Okia end pud c n llan orl City CUr Some om of or tho wit witnesses MIt- MIt nesses IC I to documents to the deal deal- dealings ings o of Senator Wheeler Ir and I Gordon Gorlon In connection tion flon ott olt Jan 28 At torney At torney General Stor Store told the sen- sen senate n- n nate ate committee today ht Jho bo justice Uce department a was fully lullY to go ahead with It V nE v case here against Senators Senator W s he heeler l r ol of o Montana Called l the committee to- to tola toda da dav la to mike m a a statement In con enn- con with the controversy ery Is Ie Ing hi lila hig c confirmation as A supreme court ourt justice Ir Stone Stono declared the cao to be bs brought hero I Is boll Ind ol of o the th Montana proceedings In which Sea Sen- Senator ator alor Wheeler Is already under In- In IndIctment In Indictment The attorn attorney y general slid the th proceeding here r ol involved 1 a 0 cas cu ot of o ocon con piracy to defraud the govern govern- govern ment mEnt out ot of oil and mineral lands through the of o ca perms held b bv b the GOI Campbell don ert- ert syn syndicate Tb The principal acts to were WE're net net- oe formed ormed at lit the 1 Mr lr Stone ald ald Much Much o of the 0 evidence I documentary In and I is located In the Interior depart depart- department department ment Numerous oett 0 CI t a acts the tho t it- torney it-torney torne torney general I said eald ld have been corn corn- com committed om In the District of o Columbi t and he be adde added that the eIden eviden Iden could not h be re rele reviewed le leed ed without P rt log Ing the Impression ot o a po I connection n bet between een Senator Wh h el- el eler el-cr el er with these acts I OL I IOL OL 1 The The case could not be ho submit submitted ted to the tho grand jury jun Jur without d dr Senator Wheelers Wheeler's cod coli- con he said paid ald Because ot of this he hid Tid that In In all nil Sir Mr lr Wheeler should hould be glen given an opportunity to toe before the tho grand jury jun the case eMe In Montana also aln In Involves 01 e the boll I hell land it ivaa under an different I or of the liw V and charges specifically tha that t Senator Wheeler acc pI II i money to appear before the rl Int-rl Int ri- ri or department after aner hi his hia election to I E the senate as counsel for or CampI Campb Cal Camp Camp- p- p pI I I bellI b bell beU I I I J f IMi Mi Stono Stone dl disclosed clos 11 thit ordre orderA t I that the new case go 0 to the t giani an 1 jury here had been gh given ghen n ari arb arli in 1 I I December after A Assistant Attorn v y General Donovan Dono had bad made mado a new examination of the whole ole milter ordered IwI bythe hv Iw I This e examination wis is tho the attorney general ho slid cud In Ia All August ou ot Donovans Donovan's instructions were hp h said to examine the case ease a as a wh- wh h- h ly Iy ne new matter TOI STO S fl COi I LL His Hlo report nfl was as made earb carl eari In 11 D Tie Tie- I cember I I f reached the conclusion Mi 1 Stone tone said that that the facts aCIs In the cae had a 0 much wider scope than It first appeared h I Senator v heeler entered the tho committee room In Ia the midst o of ill Mi Stone 5 s statement Walsh Montana counsel for Cor or h hie colleague and ond a member of ot the committee a was ens plent from torn t tI I outset outlet The listened while wh U read to the con coin general attorney I C 1 c mil lee I accent himself and andSen Sen Senator N en- between Cn I ator Walsh regarding the tho ae I I he hO letters letter 11 disclosed Io d that Stone Ml-Stone Mr Ir of had bal a request I witnesses fol t Walsh that tbt summoned ned before thy 1111 ba I grand jury Included Thele witnesses Mont Mom h n tic n fl of ot Stout t tOUt out to said ald Importuned 11 ir Bald Baldwin 1 1 to o act a as ac counsel win ala ot o Butte Butle Mont law Jaw E M III Harvey ot of Cu- Cu f Wheeler Wh eler of Ore once oneo an f gen rene Campbell William loner IOner of O the lie general land lund William H it leele who ho bo represented Camp Camp- Campbell bell here ua as 11 counsel od and aid I 3 IA Y t tI Angeles Angell OI mr of ot Los LOB I DOl Campbell 1 Mr Mr f general counseLlor for Stone said ald St Stout ut naldIn In an and not go before the I II Igl I Ignoll t and jury unlesS thy they gl rf o of Immunity I I O f cOM CW i I f Cro c by Senator Croc r Hl to 10 toC tobe said eald the Stone aIsh Mr Irbe Ir be C presented d to 10 the tho grand errand I III II florn her fi ieee om a as the caso case nol not In holly that 1 Continued on rage Two vo j I II C I ST NE PRESSES r 3 l WHEELER CASE front from Page One It Involved new new It nes and new documentary vI lit dence Would the court In Montana hate hae jurisdiction Senator Sentor Walsh Watch I am mill e to assume purpose o ot argument that tho the ilo don don- Ion Ion-I lana tana court would auld have havo hav Jurisdiction JUrIS I Mr II r Stono Stone replied The general added how how how- howe cier eer e er that Inquire Into tho the Case cae cn e b by bya a 0 grind jury here might de Ie clop 0 pointing to toI a I crime thit 1 not be ho Indictable In Montana Mon Mon- Montana tann tana He t-le said one reabon renon for tor bring bring- bringIng tag Ing the action hero here wis IS because the evidence In the tho tiles of at o tho the Iii Iii- In I department would 1 l be nall- nall able Ho conceded d that Cl titled I copies could bo be sent ent to Montana I but ut added thero there wire wre other con con con- for tor n a itt t o ot of con I Co Columbia Co- Co Columbia lumbia proceeding Alter After the attorn y g hi h d declined ot go so Into lIs det of ot th the I In the case to be od ad here W placed pl ced In Inthe record n a letter lettel written to III Mr Stono last May ray asking for tor or an on carly e erI ear ear- early r I rIly ly hearing o of tho the cace In Montana Binco inco a II then thena wan a ae sitting silting a nt at I Boise I This matter was as referred to t United Unite II Slates Attorney In 1 Montana who advised that tho th Jur Jury was about to adjourn und and that be be- be besides sides there thero vic 1 8 further tion o ot of tho the ease to be bo made ir Jr wrote HOtO tho justice de tie tie- department that Senator as urging early trial so no as na to take toko advantage ot of the en el gh en him by his colleagues collea ues In la the thi son senite con te The reference wi wt to the tho senate which sprIng re suited In Son tor Wheeler a s corn corn- complete exoneration at the hands of ot II a committee headed by Senator Bor- Bor Borah Borah Borah ah Republican of ot Idaho Answer Ing Ins Questions by Senator Vash Mr Stone said sold the tho same sarno 0 nho ho appeared before the 8 CommIttee would go before b toro the grand jury here but that others other also lo had bad been be on n summoned It was developed that while shile 1 Slat Shot ter now no noI no is I willing stIlling to 10 hate hn e tho the case caso ned at Butto Butte thero there can bo b no trial Lucre until tho the middle of ot March larch arch That will Ill tIlI bo be after the grill grai I ury ur hero Is i ough 7 alce ben ben-alor hen ben stor Walsh I assume BO so Mr Stone Stono replied I In to the tho he Investigation bj b Assistant At- At tOt ncy Dono and Us It results Mr Stone said LV r f CASH 1 M OUTI-IM-lt OUTI oo- oo The Tho Investigation indicated that Campbell d promotion schemes scheme In- In primarily the securing oh oil all and Bis gs Ine Ing permits on public lands In Montini and that the mot moat Import Import ant oli-nuni oli In them was the vail vall of ot permits by the thc In- In InterIOr In Interior tenor department Washington at subsequent changed entirely the aspect ot of the tho crime crimo which seemed to have been committed In Montana Instead ot of ota ofa ofa a mere fraudulent scheme schema to use uso the malla maile in the tho selling aching ot of o oil stock I it n ai 01 that there waa as a 11 aI ai I I scheme cheino to d e fi the United States ot of it Its public lands and ot of Ithe the oil all a and d minerals underlying t hOso ana The Tho principal 1 and most moat Important important Import- Import Important ant acts acu la In to of the were to be performed and were vre 1 ue In fact tact performed at nt the tho seat of ot Government A crime it if committed corn corn- milled In thebe transactions a ass committed within the District ot of Columbia where hero under the statutes of ot the United States it was ace properly prop prop- erl erly triable r While from the facts presented present ed ed to me ll It al appealed that n a num nurn bet ot or people were unquestionably Implicated In iii this transaction It became apparent Hn t t testimony could not be t taken ken with respect ro to It without Indicating that Senator was s as ol In In it I 1 there there- b came Caine to the tho conclusion that Intall In tall fullness ness to him hint and with alth Ith a n view to the due and und I ot of justice an nn opportunity should bu b ghen him to ro appear the grand jUI ut I |