| 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.
 
“Los Angeles, Aug. 28.—Edward L.
Doheny and directors of the Pan-
Americun Petroleum and Transport
company, today faced a bill of com-
plaint demanding an accounting of
$10,000,000 stockholders allege they
lost in the fraudulent lease of the
JElk Hills naval oil reserve.

- ‘Fhe complaint, filed in behalf of
[Frank H. Kinkel, Cincinnati, and
other shareholders, declares the loss
resulted from the cancellation of the
lease by a decision of the Wnited
States supreme court after the com-
pany had spent several million dol-
lars in the development 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. Deheny. Jr.; in the much dis-
cussed “little black satchel” was de-
clared in the suit to have been the
richtful property of the stockholders
and used as a bribe. |

Kinkel in the complaint 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 stockhold-
ers.”

The complaint further declares that
Doheny has disposed of his contro!l-
ing interest in the company to the
Pan American eastern petroleum com-
pany which is alleged to be controlled
now by the Standard Oil company of
Indiana.

The suit demands that Doheny per-
sonally be compelled to reimburse the
stockholders for the alleged losses.

Doheny refused to comment on the
complaint, declaring he would submit
it to his attorneys before making any
announcement.
 