ae ANGELES, Cal.—(4)—Ed ward
L. Doheny and directors of the
Pan-American Petroleum and Trans-
port company Tuesday faced a bill of
complaint demanding an accounting
of $10,000,000 which 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, declared the loss
resulted from the cancellation of the
lease by a decision of the United
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 F. Fall, then
secretary of the Interior.

The $100,000 delivered to Fall by
I. L. Doheny. Jr... in the much dis-
cussed ‘‘little black satchel,”’ was de-
clare in the suit to have been given
by the stockholders and used as a
bribe. An accounting of the exchange
also is asked.

Kunkel sets forth in the complaint
that neither he nor any of the plain-
tiff stockholders had knowledge of
the negotiations and describes Do-
heny’s conduct of the deal as a
“frand not only against the United
States but also against the Pan-
American company and {ts stockhold-
ers.”

Doheny fis charged with dominating
the affairs of the company when the
lease was signed.

 
 
| BISMARCK, N. D.. Aug. 28—
(AP)—Gor. A. G_ Sorlle, of North
Daketa, died here this moming.
| Death was caused by heart dis-
ease {rom Which the covernor has
Deen critically i11 for the past
three dars.

Gov. Sorile’s death bring: to
the executive's chair, Waiter
Maddock, the lieutenant gover-
nor, who is a reali dirt farmer.
and is rated a self made maa. He
wss educated in the commor
schools and business college
Later he studied jaw and civil
engineering. takicg mall course:
tn thoca cubiects
 