WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 —
Continuing conferences with Re-
publican campaign managers in
the east, Herbert Hoover today
was assembling information upon
which to base a decision as to the
extent he will participate person-
ally in the presidential fight there.

William H. Hill, chairman of
the New York state committee,
had an engagement with the Re-
publican standard bearer to sup-
plement the advices given him yes-
terday by Charles D. Hilles, na-
‘tional committeeman for New
York, and Daniel E. Pomeroy, vice
chairman of the New Jersey com-
mittee,
 
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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.
 