| Los Angeles, Aug. 28.--(1—A
bill of complaint demanding an ac-
counting of $10,000,000 was filed in
the U. S. district court Monday
against Edward L. Doheny and
the Pan-American Petroleum and
Transport company.

The bill, which charges that
stockholders of the company lost
this sum through alleged fraud on
the part of Doheny in the famous
Elk Hills ofl scandal, was filed by
a Los Angeles law firm on behalf
of Frank H. Kunkel, attorney = of
Cincinnati, who brought the suit in
the interest of himself and other
stockholders.

The bill declares the $10,000,000
was lost by the stockholders solely
because Doheny acted fraudulently
in connection with the leasing from
‘former Secretary of the Interior Al-
Bert B. Fall of the Elk Hills naval
oil reserve, and through large sums
spent ip development of the fields
themselves, and elsewhere in con-
nection with the deal. It demands
that an accounting be made by Do
heny and that such money as was
expended in the alleged giving of a
$100,000 bribe to Fall, and in the de
velopment of the fraudulently leas
ed fields, be returned to the stock
holders,
 
| Los Angeles, Aug. 27 (A)—~—A
bill of complaint demanting and
accounting of ten million dal-
Jars was filed in the United
Srates District Court today
against Edward L, Doheny and
the Pan-American Petroleum and
Transport Company. The bill
which charges that the stock-
holders of the company los:
this sunt through alleged fraud
on the part of Deheny in tha
famous Elk Hills Qi) scandal
was file dby the Los Angeles
law firm in behalf of Frank H.
Kunkle, atorney of Cincinnati,
who brought che sult in the in-
terest of himself and other
stockholders.
 