Word: oiling
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Edward L. Doheny, 70, is an opportunist and a pioneer. Born in Wisconsin he hunted gold in California. He found some, but at 36 he found himself nearly penniless in Los Angeles. So he discovered oil near that city, rose again and fell again financially. Then he got himself a horse and set out to explore Mexico. Rich oil fields met his eye; he organized the Mexican Petroleum Co. Now, he has accumulated a fortune of some $100,000,000. Perhaps, he regards his Elk Hills leases as Doheny was a bribe, or at least just another successful...
...Contentions. The Government, represented by onetime (1911-23) Senator Atlee Pomerene and Attorney Owen J. Roberts, contends that Secretary Fall induced President Harding to turn the oil reserves over to his Department; that the $100,000 cash which he received from Mr. a gift, in return for which he (Fall) leased public lands to Mr. Doheny for exploitation; hence, both Mr. Fall and Mr. Doheny are guilty of conspiracy to defraud the Government...
...defense, headed by shrewd Lawyer Frank J. Hogan, contends: 1) That the Elk Hills leases were both a profitable and a patriotic move for the Government, because in return for them the Doheny interests built an oil reserve plant for the U. S. at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii;* 2) That the entire transaction was urged and approved by onetime (1921-24) Secretary of the Navy Edwin Denby; 3) That Secretary Fall had only wanted to serve in President Harding's Cabinet for one year as "the capstone of his public career," and that he stayed a second year because...
...Trial. The jury which hopes either to convict or to clear Messrs. Fall and Doheny before Christmas is composed of typically average U. S. citizens-a steamfitter, an artist, a cigar store clerk, an expressman, etc. Most of them, when asked if they knew anything about the oil scandal, said, "Yes, we have noticed it in the headlines, but never looked into it deeply enough to form any definite opinions...
...weighs 140 pounds. fOne of the last acts of the Wilson Administration was the putting of these lands under the control of the Secretary of the Navy. *According to Mr. Hogan, Japan was threatening to attack Hawaii in 1921, and hence the Doheny oil storage plant was a valuable item in naval defense. Last week, word came from Tokyo that Japanese statesmen were vexed at being made the "goats" of the Fall-Doheny defense...