LOS ANGELES, Aug. 28.—()—
Edward L. Doheny and directors
of the Pan American Petroleum
and Transport Company, today
faced a bill of complaint demand-
ing an accounting of $10,000,000
stockholders allege they lost in
the fraudulent lease of the Elk
Hills Naval Oil reserve,

The complaint, filed in behalf of
Frank H. Kunkel, Cincinnati, and
other shareholders, declares the
loss resulted from the cancella-
tion of the lease by a decision of
the United States supreme court
after the company had spent sev-
eral million dollars in the devel-
opment of the field.

The lease was negotiated for the
government by Albert B. Fall,
then secretary of the interior.

The $100,000 delivered to Fall
by E. L. Doheny, Jr.. in the much
discussed “‘little black satchel’ was
declared in the siut to have been
the rightful property of the stock-
holders and used as a bribe. An
accounting of this exchange also is
asked.
| Kunkel sets forth in the com-
plaint that neither he nor any of
the plaintiff stockholders had any
knowledge of the negotiations and
describes Doheny’s conduct of the
deal as a “fraud not only against
the United States but also against
the Pan American company and its
stockholders.” Doheny is charged
with dominating the affairs of the
company when the lease was sign-
ed.
 
Bismarck, We 1), AUR. 28. Ae
Governor A. G. Sortie, of North Da-
‘kota, died at the executive mansion
here at 3:45 o'clock this morning.

Death came after an illness” of
more than a month during the last
four days of which his condition has
‘been critical. He was suffering with

heart disease.

Successor Is Dirt Farmer

Walter Maddock of Plaza, who
suceeeds Governor Sorlie as the
state’s chief executive, will arrive in
the state capital today to assume his
| duties.

Gov. Sortie’s death brings to the
executive's chair a. real dirt farmer
loses one who is rated as a self made,
\self educated man. He was educated
lin the common schools and business
college. Later he studied law and
elvil engineering. taking mail
courses in those subjects.

Arthur Gustave Sorlie was born
| April 26, 1874, in Minnesota. His
| parents were Iver and Mary Sorlie,
 Inatives of Norway, When he was 19
‘vears old he came to North Dakota
“where he werked in a bank, operated
la general store and then became a
ctraveling salesman,

Chosen Governor in 924
| Despite his extensive interests. the

nen-poriisan dsague seicisd him as
jits standard bearer in 1924 and he
iwon the gubernatorial election after

‘a hot fight with R. A, Nestos, the
republican ineumbent.. He was re-
{elected in 1926, but did not seek re-
‘nomination this year, saying that he
‘desired to retire to private life at
‘the end of his term.

In 1900 Gov. Sortie married Miss
‘eJTnnie Odegard. After her death he
| married Miss Grace Hilleboe at
Grand Forks in 1919. He was the
father of five children,

; One of Gov. Sortie’s most import-
‘ant acts of his first term was the
| Spel onent of Gerald P, Nye, to the

United States senate to succecd Sen.
lator E. F. Ladd who died in office.
 