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more about oil
E. L. Doheny, many times a multi
millionaire, if the expression is pei
missible, opened a veritable sluice
gate of oil, which still clings to sev
eral members of the \\ ilson cabinet
and constituted one of the most as
tounding revelations that has been
made in connection with the scandal
uncovered through the leasing 01 nav
al reserves to private companies by
Secretary Fall.
Mr. Doheny, incidentally, is one of
the most prominent democratic lead
ers of the West; a good contributor
to the Cox campaign fund in 1920
and his name was mentioned as a pos
sible candidate for the vice presiden
tial nomination at the democratic
convention in San Francisco four
years ago.
It appears from his own testimony,
however, that while he was active in
placing deserving democrats on the
oil payroll he drew no party lines in
trying to obtain concessions for his
company.
Doheny’s casual mention of William
Gibbs McAdoo. son-in-law of former
President Wilson, former secretary of
the treasury, former director general
of the railroads, has having been em
ployed by him for the past five years
at a salary of $50,000 a year, was the
most sensational feature of his testi
mony. . He admitted that he had en
caged McAdoo after the latter had re
signed from the cabinet in the hop*
and expectation that he might exert
influence over President Wilson, his
father-in-law, in connection with the
company’s plan to obtain oil conces
sions in Mexico. McAdoo represent
ed the Doheny interests at the cap
ital until the end of the Wilson ad
ministration and still has a “general
retainer” as representative of the
company in Mexico.
What influence McAdoo reallv had
ovfr the president has not b^n dis
rlosfd, and it is only fair to draw the
conclusion that it did not come up to
Doheny’s hopes, for the truth seems
tr be that President Wilson and his
son m-law were not on tin best of
11 ’ iiis before and after the latter re
signed from the cabinet.
Doheny also asserted that Thomas
W. Giegory, former attorncv general
in lilt. Wilson cabinet, nad been re
tained by his company in oil matters,
and as a result President Ccolidge im
mediately withdrew his appointment
of Gregory as special counsel to rep
resent the government in the oil pro
secution.. The wonder is that Greg
ory. under the circumstances accept
ed the appointment. Another former
attorney general, Lindlev M. Garri
son; George Creel, director of propa
ganda during the war; Franklin K.
Lane, secretary of the interior during
the Wilson administration, likewise
had been employed by the Doheny in
terests in various capacities. Doheny
also charged that Secretary Daniels,
of the Navy department, was favor
able to Standard Oil, although no tes
timony was brought out to show that
Daniels in any way represented the
Doheny interests.
Nothing was developed to’ show that
any irregularity attached to the em
ployment of any of these prominent
democrats but the fact that they were
paid oil money for their services, ob
viously because of their past connec
tion with the administration, made
the disclosures second only in point
of interest to the revelations regard
ing the Fall leases.
Primarily, the effect of Dolienv’s
testimony has caused greater concern
to McAdoo than to others, for the
plain reason that McAdoo is—or was
until yesterday—the leading democra
tic candidate for the presidential no
mination. The reaction from the
whole investigation will contribute
nothing to McAdoo’s chances. The
probability, in fact, is that it will com
pletely put McAdoo out of the run
ning. It will not be an easy matter
this year to nominate or elect a can
didate who in five years has received
a quarter of a million dollars from
one of the biggest oil concerns of the
country, part of which was paid to;
him—and taciGy accepted cn such
LIBERTY
THEATRE
TONIGHT
THE BIG 8-REEL FEATURE
“Peg O’ My
Heart”
STARRING
LAURETTE TAYLOR
An Extra-good Play
And Again a Fine
VOD-A-VIL REEL
terms n tiie b_*liei that mm u'u ex
ercise influence favorable to his cli
ents in dealing with the president and
the departments at Washington.
McAdoo resigned from the Wilson
cabinet because the $12,000 a year
paid to cabinet officers was not en
ough for him to live on. From a fi
nancial standpoint he made a good
move, but he ended his political ca
reer.
WHAT DID THEY DO?
(From the Hyder-Miner)
Perhaps some of the self appointed
critics who consider it an evidence
of their own superb intellectuality
when they can find a flaw in the edi
tor’s diction and who consider the
presence of an overlooked pie-line in
the makeup proof-positive that he is
seven kinds of a bally ass who should :
be carrying a hod instead of running!
a newspaper, may find fresh cud for J
their vapid rag-chewing propensities
in a well known Alaska exchange, for
which they, with customery mental
vacuity, will probably blame the edi
tor, as usual. Here it is:
“The Pullen House put on a very
festive appearance (sic) on New
Year’s (sic) Day and puite (sic) a
numberd (sic) of Skagwayans went
there for dinner. About twenty par
took of the excellent viands prepared
by the capable hands of Mrs. Billson,
who has charge of the famous hostel
ery during Mrs. Pullen’s absence. The
outside guests were Mr. and Mrs.
Herman Miller, Mr. and Mrs. K. B.
Hannan, Mr. and Mrs. Eric Telfer,
Mrs. L. S. Keller, Miss Winnifred Tel
fer and Miss Joan Hannon.
“After dinner was over and some
time their several ways, Mr. and Mrs.
spent with visiting, the guests went
to one of the shows and those who
were diners to accompany them Tel
fer invited a number of those could,
gladly availed themselves of the op
portunity.”
The Hyder Mine r states that if any
one of the hyper-critics in town think
its a fake, they can call and see the
paper..
WANTS HORSES OFF STREETS
An Oakland, Cal., taxpayer writes,
a letter to the mayor asking all hors- j
es be banished from city streets on
the grounds that “horses are a nuis
ance, hamper traffic, prove unrelia
ble in case of emergency, thus caus
ing many automobile accidents.”
The Mayor has referred the letter
to the Drayman’s Association, there
by making more trouble for himself,
probably. They are likely to ask him
to pass an ordinance banishing all
motor cars, on the ground that they
are a general nuisance, kill many per
sons, and make it almost unsafe to
drive horses on the street. Twenty
five years ago who could have fore
seen such an issue as the proposed
banishment of horses from city
streets.
R. G. Chambers, a former editor of
the Gateway, now foreman of the me
chanical department of the Seattle
R T. was operated on last week for
acute appendicitis and is reported as
lapidly recuperating.
APPLICATION FOR PERMIT
Department of the Interior, United
States Land Office, Anchorage (for
merly Juneau), Alaska.
XT .. . „ January 31, 1924.
Notice is Hereby Given that John
.H. Costello for himself and as trus
tee for Edward W. Hoffman, Thomas
A. Costello, John H. Costello, Jr.,
William 0. Brunskill, John Brunskill,
Wm. O. Stevens and Percival Bruns
kill, has applied for oil and gas pros
pecting permits under section 22 of
the act of February 25, 1920, (41
Stat., 437) for the following described
lands:
Serial 04713
Rex Oil Claims Nos. 1,4, 5, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, described as an area commenc
ing at corner No. 1, of said Claim No.
1 from 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
Sec. 36, T. 29 S., R. 42 W., S. M.,
bears south 88 deg. 46 min. 59 sec.
W., 18,657.70 feet distant; thence from
said Comer 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.
W., 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., 5280
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
1280 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., 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 under 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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