Los Angeles, Calif —(?)—Edward L
Doheny and directors of the Pat-
American Petroleum and Transport
company, today faced a bill of com-
plaint demanding an accounting of
$10,000,000 stockholders allege they
Jost in the fraudulent Jease of the
Elk Hills naval oil reserve.

The complaint, filed in behalf of
Prank H. Kunkel, Cincinnati, and
other shareholders, declared the loss
resulted from the cancellation of the
lease by a decision of the United
States supreme court alter the com-
pany had spent several million dol-
jars in the development of the field.

BARGAIN WITH FALL.

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

‘The $100,000 delivered to Fall by
E. L, Doheny, Jr, tn the much dis-|
cussed “little black satchel” was de-_
clared in the suit io have heen given.
by the stockholders and used as a
bribe. An accounting of this exchange
also is asked

Kunkel sets forth in the complaint
that neither he nor any of the
plaintiff stockholders had any
Knowledge of the negotintions and
deseribes 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 3s charged
with dominating the affairs of the
company when the lease was signed.
 
JERSEY CITY, N. J., Mareh %.
(P.—Climbing through cold blue
skies more than five and one-half
miles over Jersey and Manhattan
‘today, Miss Ruth Nichols, Rye, N-
Y.. flier, whe holds coast-to-coast
speed marks, set an unofficial al-
titude recard for women.

The altimeter on her speedy
_Lockheed-Vega monoplane showed
nearly 30,054 feet. The sealed
-barograph’ placéd’ inthe plane by
the National Aeronautic associa-
tion immediately was shipped tc
Washingion for examination.
If it shows 28,074 feet, or more,
Miss Nichols will be awarded the
‘record now held by Elino> Smith,
young Long Island flier.

Miss Nichols was informed that
te attain recognition as the rec-
ord holder, she must beat Miss
Smith’s wark by more than 600
feet.

She took off from Jersey City
airport at 12°35 p. M.. and was
aloft 90 minutes. There was &
30-mile wind blowing when she cir-
cled the city, swung cver Manhat-
tan and started the long climb.

“Everything went fine,” she
said. “the engine worked perfect-
ity. I did not suffer any discom-

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