Tos Angelos, Ang. 38 (€) -— A suit
against KE. T, Doheny and the directors
of the Pan-American Petrolewn
Transport Cb, by stockholders af the
Intter corporation who allege that the
sharcholders ‘were the real Tosors in
thé" Rik Hills naval of? reerve lensing
seandn), was on filo herve foday,

The complaint, flled yesterday in
behalf of Frank Eh Kunkel of Cincin-
nati and other shareholders, declares
that the stockholders lost $10,006,006
as the result of the cancollation of the
fraudulent lease, It asks that Doheny
and the board of directors be com-
pelled ta render an necounting.

The $100,000 which waa delivered
ta Albort B. Fall, former secretary of
the interior, by E. &. Doheny, Jr., In
the much discussed little black
natchol,” was declaréd in the sult to
have been the righttul property of the
slockholders und used as a bribe. An
accounting of this exchange, which
the complaint brands as a bribe, fe
demanded,

DISCLAIM RESPONSIBILITY *

The Jense, which was negotiated Ir
behalf of the government by Fall, was
eanceled by 0 decision of the United
States supreme court after the Pan-

 
 The Jense, which was negotiated In
peohnlf of the government by Fall, was
ennceled by n decision of the United
States supreme court after the Pan-
Amorican had spent several million
dollars toward developing the Elk
‘Jlls, Cullt,, olf reserve and on the
 
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 27.—(4)—
A bill of complaint, demanding an
accounting of $10,000,000, Was filed
tn the U. S. district court today
against Edward L. Doheny and the
Pan-American Petroleum and
Transport company. The  obill,
which charges that stockholders of
the company jost their sum through
alleged fraud on the part of Doheny
wal the beget Elk dar pe acan-

was y wy a shi ,
aw ‘firm on Sar oven
Kunkel, attorney, of Cincinnati,
who brought the evit tn the tnter-
ests of himself and other stock-
holders.

The bili declares that the
$10,000,000 was lost by the stock-
holders solely because Doheny act-
ed fraudulently in connection with
the leasing from former Secretary
of the Interior Albert B. Fall of the
Elk Hills paval oli reserve, and
through large eums spent in de-
velopment of the fields themselves,
and elsewhere in connection with
the deal. It demands that an ac-
counting be made by Doheny and
that such money as was expended
in the alleged giving of a $100,000
bribe to Fall, and in the develop-
ment of the fraudulently leased
fields, be returned to the stock-
holders.

The complaint declares _ that
neither Kunkel nor the other stock-
holders had any hand in the al-
leged fraud whereby the money
was lost.

   
 
 
 
   
 
 
  
 