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.

   
 
 
 
   
 
 
  
 
~ Los Angeles, Aug. 28. (P)—PFevard
ZL. Doheny and directors.of the Pan
Atuerican Petroleum and Transport
company, today. faced a bill of com-
plaint demanding an accounting of
$10,001,000 stockholders allege they
Jost in the Yreudulent leasé of the
Hix Hills Naval Oil:reserve. |

‘The -compiaint, filed in. behalf of
Frank HL. Kunkel, ‘Cincinnati, and
other shareholders,: declares’ the loss
resulted from: the “cancellation ® of
the lease bya decision of the United
Siates supreme court agter.the com-
Yany had spent several million’ dol-
Jars. in the development'‘of. the
Held. a a

“The lease was negotiated: for the
Rovermment by. Albert B. Fall, then
“pecretary of ihe interior +

‘The. $100,000 delivered to Fall by
EL. Dohery, jr, in the much’ dis-
cussed “little black satchel” was
Weclared inthe suit to have-heen
Biven by. the stockholders ‘and used

“a bribe. An accounting of this
esichange also is asked.
 