Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 29, 1923, Page 9

SINCLAIR LINE WILL RUN CRUDE IN WEEK| .s== ‘Teapot-Clayton Carrier Completed with Exception of Work on Pump Stations; Slow Progress Made On Main Line to Kansas City Crude probably will be turned into the Sinclair Pipe Line company’s new line from Salt Creek and Teapot to Clayton this week, according to announcements which state the first unit of the trunk line carrier which will eventually reach to Kansas City is virtually completed and is only awaiting a lit- tle work on the pump stations. great tank farm of the Sinclair Crude Oil Purchasing company, now build- ing and the first crude to through the new 54mile line will be government royalty of! which the Sinclair purchased at a contract price which reduced the differential be- tween Salt Creek and Micontinent crude, ‘Work is under way on 17 pump stations on the main line from Clay- pass|son of difficulties encountered The new line ties into the ton to Kansas City but delay is in prospect in laying the line by rea- in crossing irrigated sections during the season when water is in the greatest demand and cannot be shut off. Con- necting lines probably will be laid be- tween the ditches and main crossings which require trenching will be made later when farmers will be put to no inconvenience, Operations on Increase in ' Carbon; Tests to Resume Improved weather and road condi-, tions have brought about renewal of operations in many districts in Car- bon county, Wyo., where operations were suspended during the winter and supply houses at Rawlins and elsewhere are busy loading out ma- terlals and equipment for many new tests. Important develogments may be expected during the course of the season's drilling. ‘The same holds true of the Pickett Lake region north of the Red Desert showings of both of and gas. Prepa- rations have been made to go 4,000 feet if n '. The Ohfo Oil company has resumed operations on section 2-25-87, Sepa- ration Flats. In the Crook’s Gap district the Fremont Petroleum company is pre- paring to resume operations and the American Oil Field Workers eyndl- cate has both oll and gas showings at 2,742 feet in its test on section 25-27-93 of the same field. The samo company has a crew at work on sec- region where the Anna Bell Wyo-| tion 14-28-93 where a 16-inch hole had ming company is making two years ago. Grease is in evi- dence on both the bailer and the bit with the well about 2,500 feet. The wame company is building @ derrick on holdings adjoining the Good & Nutting acreage in the Lost Soldier fleld. <The Armstrong Oil company is drilling again on the O'Brieon Springs anticline and is down 2,620 feet with been started. Portland-Wyoming Oil company is down 1,253 feet with excellent oll showings on section 28-26-86 of the Ferris field and contract has been let for a second well on section 21-26-86. Producers & Refiners corporation ‘a building a rig on section 1-23-80, with a 20-inch hole. The Midwest drilled a test 1,800 feet on land adjoining about two miles from the Willows on Separation Flats and will start the site of the new test. Union Pacific Shows Big Increase in Net Revenue NEW YORK, May 29.—Net income from all sources of the Union Pacific railroad company in 1922 tataled $32,- 339,723, an increase of $2,276,870 over 1921 according to the annual report made public today. Net income, less ainking fund requirements. and divi- dends on the preferred stock amount- ed to $28,348,566, which is equivalent to 12.75 percent on teh $222,201,600 common stock outstanding, as com- pared with 11.73 percent earned in eommon the year before, ‘ Operating revenues of the raitroad decreased 8,093,097, which waa due, th report says, to reduction in freight rates and a decrease in passenger fravel as well as by the shopmen's strike. Owing to the miners’ strike the company declares it found it neces- sarysary to purchase coal from non- union mines in Utah and British Columbia, increasing the delivered price to 3.40 in 1922 as against $3.19 in 1921, the increase being 945,118. ‘The general balance sheet shows to- tals investments of $997,720,014. Cur- rent assets total $58,741,162. Total appropriated surplus was $64, 660,462 and the profit and loss credit balance $145,776,818, making a total surplus of $219,487,280. Out of a special reserve fund of $50,000,000 the directors charged off in 1922, a loss of the entire account cost of $8,960,- 781.50 of the preferred stock and $6,312,750 of the cost of the $8,147,000 face value of the general mortage 20 years s!x percent bonds of the Chicago and Alton raflroad, owned by the Union Pacific, Carter Starts Drilling on New Well in Salt Creek ?. Carter Of! company has spud- in a new well in the Salt Creek to be known es Richardson No. 7, It Ss located on the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section 5-89-78, The Billy Creek well is changing from rotary to stancard rig and will be ready to continue drilling within a few days, F ‘The other operations of the Carter in the Salt Creek field are as fol- lows: et ‘ bec No. 8 — Drilling at 2,172 ee Duncan No, —Rununing 10-inch casing at 1,770 feet. Richardson No. @— Rig on the ground. Black No, 7—Moving in tools. Black No, 8.—Rig building. ‘The Continental's Bradley No. 9 in Salt Creek is fishing for a liner at 2,504 feet. Graham No. 1 is running 12% inch casing at 170 feet and the Brown No. 5 is rigging wu: New Fargo Well Showing For Large Oil Production What is proving to be the biggest ‘well ever drilled in the Poison Spit district is being completed by the Fargo Of1 company on section 8-83-83 in the south end of the South Casper Creek field. The Tensleep sand which was picked up at 2,346 feet had been penetrated to a depth of 60 feet this morning and was still drilling in ofl with the pressure steadily advancing. Every effort is being mado to keep it baled down so that the entire produc ing stratum can be penctrated and in its present stage it is making better Ss WAN UNDERREAMERS (; AT. YOUR SUPPLY STORE ~ BRipcerort LOSE.\NOrGUTTERS - than 400 barrels which is several times better than the ploneer well which was drilled to this sand during the winter. The location of this well proves the entire lease of the Fargo conr‘sting of 640 acres in the south end of the field field and insures a large supply of crude with further development, Two more wells are now drilling and derricks are up for four more, all of which will be completed during the present summer. No. 23 on the same section is now drilling at 1,375 feet and with double tour being work- ed this completion should bo register- ed within the next two weeks. No, 23 is drilling at 860 feet, Money NEW YORK, May 29.—Call money ciosing bid 6; o! last Joan 6; call Joans against ceptances 4; time loans easle: collateral, 60-90 d 5; 46 months! tive; prime commarcial paper & =! New York Stocks & Dye —--.._ 72% 101% Car & Foundry —-— 172 International Corp — Lecomotive --.-.. Smelting & Refg. -- tn ee T, and T. American Amertcan: American American American: American American American Atl, Gulf and West Indies ._._ Baldwin Locomotive -----—--- Baltimore and Ohlo -------. Bethiehem Steel ---—--..___ California Petroleum Canadian Pacific .. Central Leather Chesapeake and Ohio -. Chicago and Northwestern --- Chicago, Mil and St, Paul pfd.- Chicago, R. I. an@ Pac. ------ 29% Chile Copper omen 27% Chino Copper - 22% Consolidated Gas 62 Corn Products awemne 131% Cosfen Ofl -.--. ewan 49 Crucible Steel --------------— 72 Cuba Cane Sugar pfd. -—--—--- 54% Erie ~..-~------------- Se Famous Players Lasky ~------ 79 Genera! Asphalt -. General Electrio General Motors -. Great Northern pfd Guf States Steel -------——-—- Tilinois Central ----—------—-- 110 B Inspiration Copper 33 Internatione! Harvester ---- 81% Int. Mer. Marine pfd. -------- 30%B International Paper ---------- 46% Invincible Of! ~-----—---. 14% Kelly Springfield Tire -------- 47 Kennecott Copper ------------ 37% Lima Locomotive -------—--- 67 Loujsville and Nashville --—-— 90 Mack Truck ---—------—----- §1 Marland Of} -.---—--——---=--- oad Maxwell Motors B -—-------- Missourt, Missourt New York Central ----------- see N. ¥., N. H. and Hartford Norfolk and Western --------- Northern Pacific Pacific Oll ---.-—-—-—------ 37% Pan ‘American Petroleum —--- 67 Pennsylvania ------. ~----- 44% People's Gas _-.----------—----91% B Producers and Refiners 45% Pure Ofl --—--------~---. 23% Reading ---. 75 Republic Tron and Steel —-~ 51% Sears Roebuck --------------- 77% Sinclair Con Ol -—. 30% Southern Pacifio 90% Southern Railway ---—.—---- 34 Standard OlL.of: N. J. e-------- 36% 112% Texas Co, -----~----—----. 46% Texas and- Pacific -----— 23 Tobacco Products A 81% Transcontinental Of BOD Union Pacific United Retail Stores - 17% U, 8. Ind Alcohol 56% United States Rubber a 52% United States Steel ex div ---- 97% Utah Copper ----------—----- 65% Westinghouse Electric ----. on Witt Overland -----------. REEES Zinc. Lead and Sm. - Butte and Superior ----------- Colorado Fuel and Iron ------- Montana Power a-n---—--—-- 864 B National Lead --. wocennve= 123% Shattuck Arizona ---- 74 B Standard Oil Stocks Angio ———_-—_-- 16% 16% Buckeye —-----—----- 85 87 Continental -..—_------ 40% 4a Cumberland -—-—--—- 103 105 Galena -~--—-------— 108 110 Illinois ~. caaaoeon 108 170 Indiana -------------- 9% 98 Nat. Tran. -——-. 25 25% N. ¥. Tran ——---—-- 124 127 Nor. Pipe - 104 106 Ohio Oil ~-—--~------— 68 69 Prairie Of] ---—-—---— 203 205 Prairie Pipe -----—-— 105 106% Solar Ref, -—-------—- 188 195 Bou. Pipe ——-——------ 97 100 8. 0. Kan. ---------—- 44 44% 8. 0, Ky - —— 92% 3% 8. 0, Neb, -—---------- 215 225 8. 0. N. ¥ -——————- 39% 39% 8. 0. Ohio 280 290 Vacuum aaccenn--—-- 46% 47 8, P. Ofl -—-------=-—— 150 160 59% 9M 8. O, Ind. ------------ Crude Merket Cat Creek ---—---------—-----$1.75 Lance Creek ee OL Osage eee een anne 1.70 Gress Greek ——--——————-—-—-- 1.70 Torchlight ------- —-—--—-—— 1.70 Eik Basin -.--. 1.70 Greybull —-. 1.70 Rok Creek acacia enn BB Salt Creek 1.25 Hamilton ~... a= 1.26 Mule Creek 95 Sunburdt 80 NEW YORK, May 29.—There were no changes in refined sugar prices, which are quoted at $9.75 to $9.90 for fine granulated. The demand while fair, is not active. Bugar futures closed easy; ap- proximate sales 24,000 tons, July $6.35; September 45; December $5.92; March $4.65. gia nt bate ©. & N. W. Revenues. CHICAGO, May 29—Total operat- ing revenues of the Chicago and Northwestern railway for April were $12,621,717 compared to $10,666,009 in the same month last year it was an nounced here. Total operating ex penses aggregated $10,912,935 agate $8,030,625 in April, 1922, Che Caspit Dally Critune Oil Securities (By Wilson, Cranmer & Company) LOCAL OIL STOCKS rr. 32 Big Indian -...... .30 35 Boston wonnnene-- 98 1.05 Buck Crecvk 4 16 Burke < 27 29 lackstone Salt Creek .25 28 SO La gt er RE ETS 39 Columbine -.Ww2.. 14 16 Capitol Pete —._____.. .00: 00% Consolidated Royalty_ 1.39 141 Cow Gulch 02 7 18 16 5.50 88 05 22 Jupiter a A Kinney Coasta\ Tihs 3 Lance Creek Royalty .02 03 Lusk Royalt; ------ - . Mike Haney ot 03 Mountain & if - 1.44 1.46 babes York Oil -----.. 13.00 15.00 utwest .... arent A Red Bank ~ io tts Picardy -.. conewnne .04 06 Reyalty & Producers. 10 Sunset -.__. 09% Tom Bell Royalty -.-.. .01 02 Western Exploration. 3.70 3.90 Wyo-Kan -... - 70 15 Western Oil Fretas. 70 ' 80 Western States -. a9 21 YX OU -.2- ae ne, 08 10 NEW YORK CURB CLOSING Mountain Producers -$ 16.12 § 16.37 Glenrock Oil ~_. 90 4 Salt Creek Prds. - 19.25 19.59 Salt Creek Con: - 9.50 9.75 Marine 4.75 5.00 Mutual - 11.37 11.60 S. O. Indiana - 59.12 69.37 Cittes Service Com. -. 155.00 157.00 New York Ol) --. - 13.00 14.00 Mammoth .. §2.00 56.00 LIBERTY vexns Stas First 4s 98.08 Second 4s -. 98.00 First 4%s 98.42 Second 4%s -. Third 4%4s 98.78 Fourth 4%s 98.38 Victory 4%s Livestock Chicago Prices, ‘ CHICAGO, May 29.—(U. 8. Depart: ment of Agriculture.—Hogs, receipts 40,000; around 10 to 15c¢ lower; top $7.25; bulk 160 to 225 pound average $7.15@7.25; 240 to 325 pound, butchers $6.85@7.10; packing sows mostly $6.00 6.15; desirable 110 to ‘30 pound pigs $5.75%6.75; heavy weight hogs $6.85 @7.10; medium $7.00@7.25; light $7.00 @7.25; ght Ughts $6.50@7.15; packing’ sows. jooth = $6.10@6.50; packing sows rough $5.75@6.15; killing pigs $5.75@ 6.75. Cattle, receipts 10,000; better grades beef steers and yearlings strong to 15c higher; others steady to strong; top steer $10.85; several loads $10.25@ 10.75; long yearlings $10.40; part load $10.75; bulk beef steers and yearlings $8.75@10,00; medium grade mixed yearlings slow; she stock s'ow, 10 to 15c lower; spots more; bulls, stockers and feeders steady to weak; vealers slow; bulk to packers $8.50 to $9.50. Sheep, recefpts 8,000; fairly active, around steady; bulk desirable Ca't fornia springers $15.001415.50; best na- tives $15.00%15.25; culls $1.50@12.00; several decks California springers on feeding account, $12.50; choince 90. pound California yearlings and lambs mixed $12.75; few handy weight native ewes around $5.50. Omaha Quotations. OMAHIA, Neb.. May 29. — United States Department of Agriculture.)— Hogs receipts 15,000; market slow; mostly 15@20c lower; bulk packing sows $5.65@5.75; bulk butcher $6:65 @6.70; top $6.85. Cattle recelpts 8,000; good choice beef steers strong 100 higher; med- jum grades steady; light yearlings dull, weak; part load 1,050 pound averages $10.60; full load matured steers $10.50; bulk $9@10; good and choice hetfers and cows strong; med- jum grades» steady; common and grassers slow, weak; bulk she stock $6@8.25; bulk canners and cutters $3.50@4,50; bulls steady; bulk bo: lognas $4.75@5; ve $1.50@2 lower; spots more; practical top $9.50; stock- ers and feeders steady; quality com- mon to good. V Sheep receipts 8,000; lambe steady to $250 lower, mostly eteady, best Idaho spring lambs $15.25; Califor- nia spring lambs $14.75@15; fed clipped lambs $18.15@13.60; weal st ewes $5.26; feeders steady; $12.70 bid on choice California feed- ing !ambs. Denver Prices. DENVER, Colo., May 29.—Cattle re- ceipts 1,700; market steady; beef steers $7.00@9.25; cows and heifers $4.50@8.75; calves $4.50@13.75; stock- ers and feeders $6.00@8.00. Hogs, recolpts 3,300; market steady to 100 lower; top $7.20; bulk $6.85@ 7.00, Sheep, receipts 2,800; market 25 to 85c lower; clipped lambs $12.00@13.00; spring lambs $13.50@14.25; ewes $5.50 @7.00. Potatoes CHICAGO, May 29,—Potatoes dull; receipts 44 cars; total U. 8. shipments 434; Wisconsin sacked round whites 90c ewt.; ditto, bulk $1.00 cwt.; poor 750 cwt.; Minnesota sacked whites 80c owt.; Idaho sacked rurala 85c cwt.; Idaho sacked russets $1.25@1.60 cwt.; new stook dul umpho Alabama sacked Tri sacks $4.10@ 100 STOCK TRADING lo IRREGULAR Speculative Interest Lan- guishes After Session of Ups and Downs. NEW YORK, May 28—Prices made further recovery in today’s relatively dull stock market after an early period of irregularity. Rail- roads shares were strong through- out in further reflection of unusu- ally favorable earnings statements. Some scattered selling took place in the industrials during the morning but there was a sharp rally in the afternoon trading. Sales approxii- mated 725,000 shares, NEW YORK. May 29—Opening quo- tations m today’s stock market were irregu'ar with the main tendency again upward. Rail shares continued to move to higher ground in further response to the favorable showing made by April earnings statements. Underwood Typewriter advanced three points to a new high record for the year and Laclede Gas advanced one. Some selling took place in the minor oils and a few speculative in- lustrials such as Studebaker, Beth- Iehem Steel; and American Smelting, all of which yielded fractionally. Ship- ping shares and American Can made partia! recovery from recent heavi- ness. Several of the usual leaders were inclined to sell off after the initial buying hod been disposed of. Stude- baker, Marland Oil, Gulf States Steel and American and Baldwin Locomo- tives extended their early losses to a point or more. Coppers also were heavy. Coca Cola dropped three points. ‘The stock was placed on a $7 annual basis yesterday but the quarterly payment of 1% per cent compared with the previous regular ment of 1% per cent and % per nt extra, Erie common and first preferred advanced 1 and 2 points respectively. Gains of one to nearly two points also were recorded by Atlantic Re- fining, American International Cor- poration, Postum Cereal, Cuyamel Fruit, California Pete, DuPont and Colorado Fuel. United States Cast Iron Pipe preferred sold 3% points above the previous sale, Foreign ex changes opened lower. Demand ster: ling dropped %o to $4.62% and the French franc dropped 2 points to 8.61 cents. German marks sold at .0016%c, as against the extreme low of .0016%. ‘The irregular course of prices dur- ing the morhing indicated a division over the immediate course of price! Bear traders conducted their opera- tions with some success against a umber of speculative industrials, » Motors, icals, and some of the steels rland Oil fatfing two points, and equipments, rubbers, Chem- have periods of heaviness. Operations for the rise were continued in the rall shares, Union Pacific, Reading, Southern Pacific, Atchison, and Baltimore and Ohio being conspicu- ously ‘strong. Canadian Pacific and ‘Texas and Pacific, were heavy losing 1% and 1 point respectively. Cru: cible Steel was pushed up three points and California Petroleum and American Can about 1% each. Call money opened at 4 percent. Speculative interest languished to a considerable extent in the after noon, impending holiday and the con- flicting course of popular shares hav- ing a@ restrictive effect on the deal- ings. Low priced oils were heavy on rumors of the likelihood of an- other cut fn crude ofl and the cop- pers lost groups on the sagging ten- dency of the metal. Studebaker, however, was run up 1%, General Electric 1%; C. C. C. and St. Louls 3 and Kelsey Wheel 4. Merchandise issues were strong, May department stores rising 8%, Woolworth 8 and ct 1 int. wrne Mosog was firm. The market shook off. its indecision in the later dealings, prices rising briskly on heavy buying of the steels, equip- ments and metal issues. American Locomotive crossed $1.43 to a new high record, National Lead was up 4%, Crucible Steel 4, and General Electric and Stewart Warner 3 each. erated es ola sidibartes Foreign Exchange cked burbanks §2.00@ Darolina barrel cobblers NEW YORK, May 29,—Foreign ex- changes irregular. stations in cents: Great Britain demand 4.62; cables 4.62 3-16; 60 day bills on banks 4.60 1-16, France demand 6.60; cables 6.60%. Italy demand 4.70%; caldes 4.71%. Belgium demand 5.67%; cables 5.68. Germany demand .0016%; cables .0016%. Holland de- mand 39.13% cables 39.15. Norway demand 14.68; Sweden demand 26.60; Denmark demand 18.46; Switzerland demand 18.04; Spain demand 15.20; Greece demand 2.00; Poland demand .0018%; Czecho Slovakin demand 2.98%; Aregentine demand 35.25; Brazil demand 10.37; Montreal 97 23-32. Metals NEW YORK, May 29.—Copper easy; electrolytic spot and futures 15@16%c. Tin firm; spot and near- by $42.50; futures $42.12, Iron easy; No. 1 northern $29.60@$31.00; num- ber 2 northern $28.50@$30.00; No. 2 southern $27.00, Lend steady; spot $7.26@$7.37.' Zino easy; east St. Louis spot and nearby delivery 6,30 @$6.40. spot $7.16. _ — y 29.—Cloaing 2.74% bid; $2.43 bid. flax May $2.84 y $ September $2.58%4; October RAINS SLUMP IN LATE SALES Sharp Decline Hits Market as Result of Month-End Liquidations. CHICAGO, May 29.—Lack of specn- lative demand together with endof- thémonth liquidating sales jon the part of soldiers of contracts for May delivery weakened the wheat market today in the last half of the exchange session. Prices closed unsettled, % to 2 o net lower, with July $1.12% to $1.13 and September $1.11% to $1.12. CHCAGO, May 29— ‘With shorts evening up for the holiday tomorrow and with the maximum crop in Kan- sas estimated at only 838,000,000 busels wheat averaged a little higher in price today during the early dealings. At first, however, the market here re- flected a downturn in Liverpool quo- tations. The weakness at Liverpool was ascribed. to reports that Argentine shippers were consigning more wheat afloat unsold. Initial: prices here, which ranged from % to oc lower, with tly $1.13% to $1.14 and Septem ber $1.12% to %, were followed by a rally to well above yesterday's finish for July and September, but with May Inclined to lag. Trade in the aggregate was small and suvport was meager except from shorts, Indications of good cash demand fmm the east gave independent strength to the corn market. After opening % there to % higher, July 77%, corn prices scored gains ail around, Subsequently, the corn market eas ed off somewhat when wheat turned weak. Corn closed unsettled at the same as yesterday's finish to %c higher, July 74%4c. Oats sympathized with corn, start ing at a shade off a \c advance, July 40%0 to So, the oats market soon showed a slight general upturn. Provisions were lower as a result of @ drop in quotations on hogs. Open High Low Wheat— M% 11B% 112% 1.14% 1.1245 1.13% 1.11% FF 16% 40% 40% 40% 409% 138% 38% July -----10.97 13.05 10.97 11.05 Sept -——11.20 11.27 11.20 11.27 Ribs — July 9.00 8.92 9.00 Sept .. 9.23 CHICAGO, May 29.—Wheat, num- ber 2 hard $1.17@%; number 3 hard $1.64 0%. Corn, number 2 mixed 79%c; num- ber 2 yellow 79% @80c. Oats, number 2 white 43% @45c; number 3 white 42% 4 43c. Rye, number 2 2@72%c. Barley 66@70c. Timothy seed $5.50@6.50. Clover seed $12.00@17,00. Pork nominal. Lard $11.00. Ribs $8.50@9. Butter and Eggs CHICAGO, May 29.—Butter un- changed. Eggs unsettled; receipts 41,874 cases; firuta 24% @25c; ordinary firsts 28%28%c; miscellaneous 24@24%c; storage pack extras 26%@27c; ditto firsts 26@26%4c. Silver NEW YORK, May 29.—Foretgn bar silver 66%0; Mexican dollars bic. —_—~— - College Sheik Gives Up Fight Against Hazers DES MOINES, May 29.—Gordon W. Holler'’s “way with women" which led to his being given a coat of molasses and feathers by fellow students at Des Moines university Saturday has come to the attention of Miss Ruth V. Post, dean of wo- men, who declared to@ay the fresh- man had been dented the soclety of coeds under her care. “I have told him,” said Dean Pope, ‘that until he had proven the falsity of rumors about himself, I would not permit him to enter the girls’ dormitory Holler could not be found on the campus today, Y It was reported he had returned to his home at Omaha. Shortly before his disappearance, . Holler withdrew his charges against Cliften .and Alarold Fe Eaton, who he sald, were members of the hazing party. No action is to be taken against the students Involved in the hazing, according to Dr. Loren D. Osborn, chanceller of the university. On the campus Holler was known as the “Rollicking Romeo.” In a recent {sstie of “Who's Who on the he was dubbed the Camp- This Holler oeclarea, wa prompted by his “neat appearance and success with the girls on the campus.’ PAGE NINE. Czechoslovak Rep. 80, etfs Danish Municipal $s, A Dom. of Canada, 6s, 1952 French Repubtio, Japaneso 4s ~~ Kingdom of Belgium, 8s Republic of Chile, 8s, 1946 —.. Kingdom of Norway, 6s, Republic of Chile, 8s, 1946 State of Queensland, 65 . U. K. of G. B. and I., 5%s, 1937 RAILWAY AD American Smelting, 5s --—. American Sugar, 60 American Tel, and Tel. cv., 68 American Tel. and Tel., col tr. Anaconda Copper, 7s, 1938 — Anaconda Copper 8s, 1953 ——... At. T. and San Fe gen. Baltimore and Ohio cv Bethlehem Steel con 6s, Canadian Pacific deb., Chicago, Burl and Qunicy ref. Chicago, Mil, and St. Paul cv. Chile Copper, 68 Goodyear Tire 8 Great Northern Montana Power 5s A Northern Pacifio ref., Northwestern Be!l Tel., Pacifico Gas and Electric 68 - Penn. R. R. gen., 53 Sinclair Con Ol col., 7 Southern Pacific ov., Union Pacific first 4s U. 8. Rubber 5s -—. Western Union 6%s Westinghouse Electric, Wilson and Co., cv., 68 Peete Laundry Stock Goes On Public Market Today, The Peete Laundry company an- nounces today that it is placing 500 shares of {ts capital stock with a par value of $19 each, open to public subscription and it is probable that owing to the merits of this issue that it will be quickly absorbed. ‘The Peete company ts well known In Casper, having been in existence for two and one half years, but it! was only recently that it was incor- porated for the purpose of enlarging the capacity of the plant. A feature of the offering is that each stockholder will receive a dis- count of ten per cent from the regu-| lar price of his or her laundry for CLARA ARRIVES AT NEW ORLEANS (Continned From rage 1) the first lap of her journey from Hon- duras to bos Angeles. She was stand- ing on the deck attended by a deputy sheriff and her sister as the steam- sh!p Copan docked. She was clad in a brown 4 and brown hat. She was not handcuffed. A huge crowd collected at the dock to obtain a glimpse of the woman who| was convicted of beating Alberta Men- | dows to death with a hammer and! ater made a sensational flight from the Los Angeles county jail to Central | America. Mrs. Phillips declared herself the victim of a virtual “frameup” and in stating that she would prove her in- fhocence added that she had enough pyidence to send to jail certain peo- ple who conspired to convict her.| This evidence, she added, she would) not disclose until she had consulted her counsel in Los Angeles. Nor would she name any of the alleged conspirators. She was asked if the evidence implicated men or women. “I do not care to answer that ques Zion,” she replied. The woman refused to discuss the detatls of her escape, even when ask- ed if she had slip down a rope from the prison or had come down “hand over hand,” her interrogators could obtain little from her that had not been brought out before for she was careful in her replies and time and again refused a reply. She said she remained in conceal- ment in the outskirts of Los Angeles five weeks afeer her escape and that during that time she went into the business district on numerous occa. sions, disguised only by a pair of shell-rimmed spectacles. She refused to reply when asked how long it was after her escape before she ventured into the streets. During her stay at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. l.ackelmuller in this city, she went shopping, visited theaters, cafes and po!lnts of interest in and about New Orleans without fear. Mrs. Phillips posed as Mrs. Jesse Carsen here and Mr. Hackelmul ler, a prominent real estate operator had no {dea of her identity when he rented her an apartment, she said She added that Carsen, now in jail Honduras and suspected of having engaged in a revolutionary plot, was in New Orleans at the same time. Carsen assisted her in her escape, fiawing the bars of her cell after climbing over the roof of the fall to gain access to the window but that Was as much as she would tell about the break-away Mrs. Phillips declared she was not in communication with her husband all the time after she had mado her escape and left the impression that he knew nothing concerning it. Her sister, Miss Etta May Jackaon, jotne her in Mexico City and wens with Car- sen and Mrs. Phillips to Honduras. She returned today and » Mrs. wh Phillips was taken to the prison nc compante ee | who 95% Ob 107% 107% 98% 99 b, 9 5 95% an entire year from the date of pur chase. This discount will be taken care of by the addition of new equip- ment which will be installed upon ar rival and will not detract from the dividend paying possiblilties of the stock whch should be large as the company is on a sound, substantial basis. A sales office haa been opened at room 4 Zuttermeister bidg., where the stock can be secured by those desire to become associated with this fast growing organization. and upon reaching there after the short stay here while waiting for a steamer, she and Carsen went to Mex- feo City, T she sald, Carsen, de cause of his drinking and other esca- pades began to attract attention to them and they decided to move fur. ther south, finally landing in Hon. ‘duras. LOS ANGELS, Cal., May 29—Mr: Clara Phillips may be taken to San Quentin this week to begin serving her term for the murder of Mrs. Alberta Meadows, according to plans of the sheriff's and district attorney’s offic If a court order of commit. ment can be obtained she w!ll remain in Los Angeles only between trains after arriving from New Orleans. When Mrs. Phillips escaped from'the county jail here December 6 last her appeal from conviction of second de greo murder was before the dstrict court of appeals, and a stay of exe cution had been granted by the su- preme court, Asa Keys, chief deputy district attorney, said she was looking up the law on the question whether the stay of execution was automatical- ly set aside by the escape and if the appeal was still before the court. eoerenseeereseeoe LATE FLASHES ————$__—_ WASHINGTON — Postponement until June 15 of further purchases of silver under the Pittman act, was Suggested by Assistant Secretary Gilbert of the treasury department at hearing before the senate com- mittee on gold and allver. He said the treasury probably would issue a formal announcement ongthe sub- ject soon. MILWAUKER, WIS8,—MUwaukee has two world’s champion marathon knitters. They are Miss Pearl Ben- nett, 19, and Mrs, Robert Staub, 33. After fighting off sleep for 86 hours, the two women decided to call it a day split the $100 prize and went home. Both, however, maintained that they could have held out for another 24 hours had there been any reason. WASHINGTON — Agreement was reached between a group of leading cotton exporters and the secretary of agriculture on an arrangement for conducting the cotton expert trade under the new cotton stand? ards act which becomes effective August “1, requiring use of the of- t cotton standards of the Unitt ed States in a'l transactions based eign comr Cy SWAN, - ‘UNDERREAMERS. Whe Phillips geles she went to St. Lou's and cam here from the Missourt city. She he set Vera Cruz, Mexicd, as her goal