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Official Washington, and the coun
try generally, await with considerable
interest to hear the explanation ol ex
Secretary Albert B. Fall, ot the inte
rior department, regarding the scand
al that has developed at the senator
ial investigation of leases of naval oil
reserves executed by Mr. Fall to two
prominent oil operators of the coun
try. ' :
^resident Coolidge has taken more
than a disinterested part in the in
quiry’ and already has issue a state
ment saying that evidence disclosed
pointed to ci’iminai wrongdoing. Hs
added that if it Was brought out that
~he government's rights were in any
way compromised or frittered away
thru the leasing of oil property, civil
action would be instituted for their
restoration. He avoided any reference
of personalities, touching on the broad
principles of policy so far as the gov
ernment is concerned. If criminality
in any way is disclosed, criminal ac
tion will follow; if not, the Teapot
Dome affair will be a passing temp
est, but some reputations nevertheless
will be ruined.
A democratic member of the com
mittee, who has been saying harsh
things about the former secretary of
the interior, asserts vehemently that
ti e latter already has been convicted
in the public mind. There is consid
erable truth in the statement, though
it wan made in large measure lor pai
tisan purposes.
It i~ evident in any even: tha< M:.
Fall is very much on the defensive and
the investigation has ta'cou ucc a
iliTOwlQrifgtablish his
A uot interesting phase of the af
fair was the appearance on the stand
of Ewdaia J. Doheny, California oil
magnate, and his voluntary testimo
ny that he had lent Fall $190 000 on
his personal note more than a year
before Fall signed the contract basing
tohis company valuable California oil
reserves. Incidentally, Dobeuy ty a
leading democratic figure of the West,
a large contributor to the Cox cam
paign fund in 1920, and a candidate
for the nomination for vice-president
at the democratic convention in San
Francisco in 1920. His counsel at the
hearing was Gavin McNab, of San
Francisco, democratic leader in Cal
ifornia. Mr. Doheny disclosed at the
hearing that he also had obtained val
uable oil concessions in 1920 from
John Barton Payne, democratic secre
tary oi' the interior under President
Wilson.
It was something of a shock to the
enthusiasm of the democratic probers
who had been trying to convict Fail
to listen to the Doheny statement; and
their perturbation was manifest. Ii
was easy easy to make Roman holi
day of a republican, even on suspicion
but to have a prominent democrat,
with an unlimited money bag, volun
tarily project himself into the center
of the oil painting when they were
having the time of their partisan lives
Was distressing to their seiibe of pro
portion. — •’’*'*
But the affair has reached such r
; stage that all the linen must be hung
on the line, regardless of who hap
pensto own it. Neither prosecution
! nor a whitewash is tolerable. The
president can be counted upon to see
that justice is done.
WHY EXEMPTIONS UNDER THE
INCOME TAX LAW?
'
i Somebody wants to know why hold
ers of public office should be exempl
from the operation of the federal in
come tax law. There appears to be
no very logical reason for the immun
ity, yet the exemption is granted. The
federal government acted on the the
ory that it should not tax its own em
ployes; and a sense of politeness, rec
iprocity or something of the kind
mmi €&£ em ploy?s °o f '£Y&tief aft3 r$f
nicipal governments as well. Yet al
most half the taxes raised go to the
support of officeholders. It is estim
ated that nearly 3,500,000 persons arc
on the public pay rolls and that ap
proximately $44,000,000,000 Is paid out
annually to public officials, active and
retired. The taxpayers generally sup
port this gigantic payroll,largely thru
the payment of Income taxes so far as
the federal government is concerned.
If the income tax were made to ap
ply to all impartially, as it apparently
was designed to do, the distribution
- U> .. *:U«. t£. P. ";s;.i \
LIBERTY
THEATRE
aW
TONIGHT!
THE STUPENDOUS FEATURE
Something Unusual from Every Standpoint
SENSATIONAL!
DAZZLING!
AMAZING!
A WONDERFULLY
HANDLED SUBJECT
ALSO APATHENEWS REEJ*'
■'! «xr! ! *£ '•'trW3 "f?) f)t v--|f
would be more equalized and it might
be possible for congress to effect still
greater reductions than those con
templated in the programs already pre
sented.
PIECING TOGETHER PREHIS
TORIC FACTS
A group of American explorers re
turned several weeks ago from a un
ique expedition in Asia, with a collec
tion of eggs 10,000,000 years old, made
one of the important finds of history.
Tile eggs were laid by dinosaurs so
long ago that comparisons in time
mean nothing. One can only recall
the famous poem beginning, “When
you were a tadpole and I was a fish”
—and let it go at that. Scientists say
the dinosaur, a huge odd-shaped ani
j mal, attained a length of seventyf
: feet and a weight of 100 tons, yet they
| declare it was the progenitor of the
j modern hen. The fossilized eggs,
| which were found embedded and part
j ly exposed in the center of the des
' ert of Gobi, were comparatively small
but they, were well preserved and
j some of them contained the partly de
veloped form of the “chicks.” By
j such discoveries, modern man is able
i gradually to reconstruct some of the
facts of the remote past, and yet with
j all his pertinacity and his discoveries,
most of what actually happened in the
jnisty dawn of time still is a mystery.
TWO MILLIONAIRES HAVE
YACHTS OF SAME NAME
i Miami, Fla.t pSeb. 14.—Two beau
! tifui pleasure yachts, each bearing
j lie name “Ara,” and each the prop
| erty of men of millions, were tied
I up together at the municipal docks
here recently. The yachts belong to
W. K. Vanderbilt, of New York, and
E. B. Dane, of Boston.
Vanderbilt’s “Ara” has been outfit
ted for a cruise through the West
Indies, where the millionaire sports
man plans to collect rare marine spe
cimens for his private museum. The
| other "Ara” has been made ready for
a pleasure trip to the Bahamas and
West Indies. Wraterfront rumors say
Dane tried to purchase the Vander
bilt “Ara,” but,failing, bought another
and renamed it.
FIVE ILL FROM PORK
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 14.—The five
persons confined in the city hospital
here, suffering from trichonosis caus
ed by pork sausage, are still ina ser
W ANTED—Ten thousand men with
long hair and whiskers to call at the
0. K. Barber Shop.
APPLICATION FOR PERMIT
Department: of the Interior, United
States Land Office, Anchorage (for
merly Juneau), Alaska,
xr . TT January 31, 1924.
Notice is Hereby Given that John
H. Costello for himself and as trus
tee for Edward W. Hoffman, Thomas
„;.,19ostell°' John H. Costello, Jr.,
William 0, Brunskill. John Brunskill
VVm. 0. Stevens and Percival Bruns
-s aPPbed for oil and gas pros
'pecting permits iipder section 22 of
the act of February 2b, 1920. <41
Stat., 437) for the following described
lands:
Serial 04713
Rex Oil Claims Nos. 1, 4, 6* 10.
11, 12, described as an «di)Vmenc
•ng at corner N©. $1 Said Claim No.
1 IrOTiF which the northeast corner
Sec. 1, T» 29 S., R. 41 W., S. M.. bears
north 14 deg. 34 min. 44 sec. west,
15,162.28 ft. distant; thence from said
corner No. 1, S. 41 deg. 00 min. W.,
7920 ft., thence S. 49 deg. 00 min. east,
10,560 feet.; thence north 41 deg.
00 min. east, 2640 ft.; thence north
49 deg. 00 min. west, 5280 ft.; thence
north 41 deg. 00 min. east, 5280 ft.;
thence north 49 deg. 00 min. west,
5280 ft. to the place of beginning.
Containing 1280 acres situate in the
Kodiak Recording District, Alaska and
on Rex Creek, a tributary of Dry
Bay. on the Alaska Peninsula.
Serial 04855
Bear Creek Oil Claims Nos. 3. 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 23 and 24, described as an
area commencing at a point of said
Claim No. 23 known as Corner No. 4
from which the northeast comer
See, 36, T. 29 S., R. 42 W., S. M.,
bears south 88 deg. 46 min. 59 sec.
W.j 18,657.70 feet distant; thence from
said Corner No. 4 of Claim No. 23,
south 46 deg. 45 min. E., 5284 ft.;
thence south 49 deg. 00 min. E., 10,560
ft.; thence north 41 deg. 00 min. E.,
3960 ft.; thence north 49 deg. 00 min.
IW., 10,560 ft.; thence south 41 deg.
00 min. W., 1320 ft.; thence north 46
deg. 45 min. W., 5284 ft.; thence
south 41 deg. 00 min. W.. 2640 ft. to
the place of beginning, said area em
bracing 1280 acres and being situa
ted in Kodiak Recording District,
Alaska, and on Bear Creek, a tribu
tary of Lake Becharof on the Alaska
Peninsula.
Serial 04856
Salmon Creek Oil Claims Nos. 4, 5,
6. 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, described as an
area commencing at a corner known
as Corner No. 3 of said Claim No. 13
from which the southeast corner
Sec. 36, T. 29 S., R. 42 W., S. M.,
bears north 71 deg. 9 min. 45 sec.
W., 11,173.03 ft. distant; thence from
said Corner No. 3 south 37 deg. 15
min. E., 5393 ft.; thence south 49
deg. 00 min. E., 10,560 ft.; thense
north 41 deg. 00 min. E., 2640 ft.;
thence north 49 deg. 00 min. W., 6280
ft.; thence north 41 deg. 00 min. E.
1320 ft.; thence north 49 deg. 00 min.
W., 5280 ft.; thence north 37 deg. 15
min. W., 5393 ft.; thence south 41
deg. 00 min. W., 3960 ft. to the place
of beginning, said area embracing
i 2S0 acres and being situated in Ko
diak Recording District, Alaska, and
on Salmon Creek, a tributary of Lake
Becharof on the Alaska Peninsula.
Serial 04857
Bear Creek Oil Claims Nos. 9, 10,
11. 12, 13 16, 21 and 22 described as
an area commencing at a point known
as Corner No. 4 of the said Claim No.
21 from which the northeast corner
Sec. 36, T. 29 S-, R. 42 W., S. M.,
bears north 84 deg. 36 min. 40 sec.
west, 16,996.61 feet distant; thence
from said corner No. 4 south 46 deg.
45 min. E.f 5284 ft.; thence south 41
deg. 00 min. W., 2640 ft.; thence
south 49 deg. 00 min. E., 5280 ft.;
thence north 41 deg. 00 min. E., 2640
ft.; thence south 49 deg. 00 min. E.,
5280 f\; thence north 41 deg. 00 min.
E., 2640 ft.; thence north 49 deg. 00
min. W. 10,560 ft.; thence north 46
deg. 45 min, W., 5284 ft.; thence south
41 deg. 00 min. W.. 2640 ft., to the
place of beginning, said area embrac
ing 1280 acres and situated in the Ko
diak Recording District, Alaska, and
on Bear Creek, a tributary of Lake
Becharof on the Alaska Peninsula.
Any and all persons having adverse
or conflicting claims to said land are
hereby notified that a full statement
under oath of such claim, should be
filed in this office showing a superior
right to a permit or lease under said
act, or valid existing adverse or con
flicting claim to the land, or the min
erals or oil therein und<jr the public
land laws on or before March 12, 1924,
otherwise, such claims may be disre
garded in granting the permits or
leases applied for.
FRANK A. BOYLE,
Register.
First publication Feb. 5, 1924
Last publication March 11, 1924
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