The Archive · 1924

Further Officials Implicated

Washington, Mer. 18, mittee line sitbpanaed 2 Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury, and Mr, Weeks, Secretary nf War, in order to as-obtain the manner in which confidential information had been exchanged between their departments," and the Department of Just \ecording, to neconntants who tottified to-day before the Senate Oil Committee, "Attorney-General Daugherty, Senators Curtis and Elkins, and also Mr. Slemp, Secretary to, President Coolidge, among the officials who had transactions in Sinclair or Doheny oil stocks about the time when the naval oil reserve was lensed. Mr, Slomp was then n Member of the House of Representatives. Other Members of the House eating in the same "stocks in-eluded' Congre A.B. Rouse, W. "Goodykoontz and thomas "J. Ryan,—Reutor's Amerienn Service.

Mr, Bdward J, Borwind, the well-known American coal-owner, {has furnished the $1,000,000 bord, enabling the Orduna to sail tomorrow according. to echedule—Reuter's American Service, Washington, Mar. 14.

Tha British Embassy has furnished the Foreign. Office with 'a report om the. Orduna case and will not take further steps unless instructed from London.—Reuter's American Service.

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