| Los Angeles, Aug. 28.—(AP)—2id-
ward L. Doheny and directors of the
Pan-American Petroleum and Trans-
port company, today faced a bill of
complaint demanding an accounting of
$10,000,000 stockholders allege they
lost in the fradulent lease of the Elk
(Hills Nava! Oil Reserve.

‘The complaint, filed in behalf of
Prank H. Kunkel, Cineinnati, and oth-
er shareholders, declares the loss re-
‘sulted from the cancellation of the
lease by a decision of the United
|States supreme court after the com.
/pany had spent several million dollar:
‘in the development of the field.

| The lease was negotiated for thi
'government by Albert B. Fall, ther
‘secretary of the interior.

The $100,000 delivered to Tall by FE
'I., Doheny, Jr., in the much discussec
little black satchel,” was declared ii
the suit to have been given by th
stockholders and used as a bribe. Al
accounting of his exchange also i
asked,

Kunkel sets forth in the complain
that neither he nor-any of the plain
tiff stockholders had anv knowledge o
the negotiations and describes Dohe
ry’s conduct of the deal as a “frau
not only against the United State
but also against the Pan- Americat
;company and its stockholders.” Do
iheny is charged with dominating th
| niintyuneiste come y when the leas
was signed.

 

 
 
 

Jersey City, N. J., March 6 (P)—
Climbing through cold blue skies
Miss Ruth Nichols, New York soci:
iety aviatrix who holds coast-to-coast

speed marks set an unofficial alti.
tude record for women today.
The altimeter on her speedy mon-
loplane showed nearly . 30,054 feet.
|The sealed barograph placed iu the
plane by the National Aeronautic
Association, was immediately sent
to Washington for examination. if
it shows 28,074 feet, or more, Miss
Nichols will be awarded the record
now held by Elinor Smith, young
Long Island flier.

‘Miss Nichols was informed that to

attain recognition. as the record
holder, she must beat Miss Smith's
mark of 27,418 feet by more than
600 feet.
’ She took off from Jersey -Citr
Airport at 12:33 p. m. and was
aloft 90 minutes. There was a 30-
mile wind blowing when she cir-
cied the city, swung over Manhat-
tan and started the Jeng climb.

“Everything went fine,” she said.
“The engine worked perfectly. I
did not suffer any discomfort.” |

 
 