Lok ANKCICD, Aug. 28-—(A.P)-—A DI
of complaint demanding an accaunt-
Way of $19,000,000 was filed on the U.
B District court Monday against
Edward L. Doheney and the Pan-
Ameriran Petroleun and Transpurt
company. The bili which charges that
stockholders of (he company lost this
swum through alleged fraud on the
part of Doheney i the lamous Elk-
hilly off acnndul, was (led by a Las
Angeles faw finn on behalf of Frank
Hi. Kukkel. attorney, of Cineinnan.
‘ho brought the vil m the tnterest
of tumself and other Mockbalders.

The bill declares that the $10,000,-
008 wax lust by (he stackitolders solely
because Daheney acted fraudulently
in connection with the leasing from
foriner secretary ot (he interior Albert
B. Fall of the Blk Neva! Oil
Reserve. and th large sums
spent in development’ of the Melda
themselves, and aisewhere in con-
nection iwih the deal Tt demands
that an accounting be made ty
Doheny and thet such money as wa

expenced in the alleged giving of a
$100.00 bribe to Fal, amd in the de-
velopment of the frmudulently leased
fletds, ba returned to the stockholders.

  

 

 
 
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 28 —Ed-
ward L. Doheny and directors of
the Pan-American Petroleum and
Transport company, today faced a
bill of complaint demanding an
accounting of $10,000,000  stock-
holders allege they lost in the fra-
udulent lease of the Elk Hills Na-
val Oil Reserve. —

The complaint, filed in behalf
of Frank H. Kunkel, Cincinnati,
-and other shareholders, declares
the loss resulted from the cancel-
lation of the lease by a decision
of the United States Supreme
Court after the company had spent
several million dollars in the de-
velopment of the field.
 