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LOS ANGELES, AUE. 28,—Kdw ard
L. Doheny and directors of the Pan
American Petroleum and Transport
Company, today faced a bill of core-
plaint demanding an accounting of
$10,000,000 stockholders allege they
lost in the fraudulent lease of the
Elks Hills naval oil reserve.

The complaint, fied in behalf of
Frank H. Kinkel, Cincinnati, and
other stockholders, declares the
loss resulted from the cancollation
of the lease by a decision of the
United States supreme court after
the ‘company had spent several mil-
lion dollars in the development of
the field..

The $100,000 deliveted to Fall by
E. L. Dohney, jr., in the much dis-
cussed “Little black satchel” was
declared in the suit to have been
given by the stockholders and used
as:‘a bribe.

Kinkel ip the complaint describes
Dohney’s conduct of the deal as a
“fraud not only-against the United
States but also against the Pan
American company and its stock-
h@iders.”

The complaint further declares
that Dohney has disposed of his
controlling interest in the cowgpany
to the Pan American Eastern Pe-
troleum Company which is alleged
to be controlled now by the Stand-
ard Of] Company of Indian2.

_ The suit demands that ‘Dohney

personally be compelled to reim-
burse. the stockholders for the at-
leged losses.
_ Dohney refused to comment on
the complaint, declaring he woule
Submit it to his attorrfeys before
making. any announcement.
 
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28.—~-(P)—
Continuing conferences with fre-
publican campaign managers in
the east, Herbert Hoover today was
assembling information upon

which to base a decision as to the
extent he will participate person-
ally in the presidential fight there.

William H. Hill, chairman of
the New York state Hoover com-
mittee, had an engagement with
the republican standard bearer to
‘supplement the advices given him
yesterday by Charles E. Pomeroy,
vice chairman of the New Jersey
committee.

Reports received by Hoover
since his return from the west in-
dicate that the eastern situation
is one requiring attention and his
advisers are urging him to go into
New York, Massachusetts and New
Jersey for at least one speech for
each state and more if time can
be found for them.

After he has canvassed the east-
ern situation, he will be in a posi-
tion to fairly well map out his
campaign up to election time. It
is certain that he will take ad-
vantage of his swing back to his
home in California to vote for mak-
ing a series of addresses.

Before that time he very prob-
ably will go into the middle west,
speaking at Chicago and some
other cities, and also into the bor-
der states, but these addresses are
likely to follow those in the east.
Some of his advisers think he
should speak in New York and
nearby states not later than early
Ocroher.
 