WASHINGTON INQUIRIES.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIV, Issue 81, 13 March 1924, Page 6

WASHINGTON INQUIRIES.

OIL AND LIQUOR. MR McLEAN’B EVIDENCE. (Received 13, 11.40 a.m.) Washington. Mar. 12. The investigation committee is expected to inquire into questions relalii'g to the alleged connection of M - Daugherty with the Cantu revolution in Alexico in 1921. The boot legging situation in Waslungtoni, which is described b.v Senator Wheeler as the “wettest’ city in America,” will also get a heating, the implication being that \ Mr Daughterly is to blame for the non- enforcement of the law.

Everyone was on tiptoe when Mr Ned McLean, the millionaire publisher, ascended the witness stand. He denied acquaintance with Messrs Doheny ami Sinclair, ami claimed the loss of 30,003 dollars in the only oil speculation he was engaged in recently. He admitted lending Mr Fall cheques for 100,003 dollars, which were never cashed.

The inquisitor, Mr Walsh, thoni asked: If you had exercised foresight in keeping the cheque butts it would have been better for you? Mr McLean quickly replied: If 1 ex ercisfcd any foresight at all i would not be mixed up in this mess. I would bo. further away to-day than, Falls’s Texas ranch. It was announced that businessdealings with Jesse Smith, business nssuciuic of Mr Daughterly, who committed suicide in Mr Daugherty’s apartmets four years ago, would be investi-, gated by the Senate Committee.—(A. ai.d N.Z.)