Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 13, 1923, Page 9

DAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1923 Oil Finance Bonds RUDE PRICES CUT New York Stocks IN EASTERN FIELDS |ss= American American American American American fteen Cents a Barrel Clipped from Posted Prices For Pennsylvania Grades by Leading Pur- chasing Agencies T. and Tr nsnnnces American Tobaceo -—-~-..... American Woolen .. Anacondy Copper ITTSBURGH, Pa., Nov. 13.— leen cents a barrel was cut from price of the principal grades of de ofl by the leading purchasing n today. The new prices fol- vania grade oil in Buckeye Pipe Line company $2.35, a cut of 15 cents a barrel. Corning grade ofl in Buckeye Pipe Line company lines $1.40, no change. Cabell grade oil in Eureka Pipe Line company lines $1.20, a cut of 15 cents a barrel. West Indies -. Ba'dwin Locomotive Baltimore and Ohio - Bethlehem Steel --.. California Petroleum Canadian Pacific Central Leather Pennsylvania grade ofl in New *& Transit company lines $2. dford district ofl in National Somerset medium oil in Cumber-|Corro de Pasco C pper it company lines $2.60; Penn-| land Pipe Line company lnes $1.15:|Chandier Motars ___ ania grade ot! in National) Somerset light oll in Cumberland|Chesapmke and Ohio _. @ fansit company lines $2.35; Penn- vania grade ofl in southwest nnsylvania pipe lines $2.35; Penn- vania grade oll in Eureka Pipe née company lines $2.35; Pennsyl- Pipe Line company lines $1.30, a cut of 10 cents a barrel. Ragland grade oil in Cumberland Pipe Line company lines 75 cents, no change. ¢ Chicago and Northwestern Chicago, Mil and St. Paul pfa Chicago, R. I. and Pac, Chile Copper Chino Copper -_.... Consolidated Gas Corn Products Cosden Ol .. ‘rucible Steal ---... Cuba Cane Sugar pfd .. A, re Re Famous Players Lasky -—. General Asphalt -.. eneral Electric -.. Genera! Motors -. Great Northern pfa ulf States Steel . ‘linois Central Inspiration Copper International Harvester Int. Mer. Marine pfd - {nternational Paper Kelly Springfield Tire Kennecott Copper, ~ Limo Locomotive --.. Louisville and ashyille . Mack Truck Marland of Maxwell Motors Mia@e States On _. - Missourt Kan and Tex new Missourl Pacific pfd .. New York Central N. Y¥,, N. Gl end Hartford Norfolk and \Vestern orthern. Pacifie - American Petroleum Pennsylvania Feople’s Gas _. inancial Conditions on Mend; U.S. on Stable Basis —_— OMAHA, Neb., Nov. 13.—Finan-jserious menance in national poli- conditions generally are improv-| tics.” rapidly and the nation iy on a| Referring to talk of unrest among hore stable basis than at any time| farmers, the secretary sald: nee the close of the world war, “I have only heard of thi fubert Work, secretary of the in-jrest. I have not seen it. The far- lor, déc’ared here last night, while) mers I have seen are prosperous and nroute to Washington from his/ contented. Production of farm pro- me in Pueblo, Colorado. ducts is greater than they have been ‘The volum f business had in-|since the close of the war. Con- e d greatl: he said. “The au-| ditions generally are becoming ad- omobile Industry has doubled and] justed more rapid) In Colorado caving deposits also have almost|farmers have experienced the larg- Houbled in volume in the last few/est beet sugar crop in the history years,” he declared, adding that|of the state and prices are better ‘rddicalism does not constitute a!than ever before. Market Gossip and Briefs On Operations in Oil Fields directors of the Ohio Oil pene So pein declared a dividend of Well To De-Gas Mine. twent-five cents a share payable De-| An interesting test hole is being cember 31 to holders of Sein ‘sunk by the Spa’ ae Senge ced November 28. company near the wor! sc ae ks ks of its mines 12 miles south of Trini- | dad in Colorado, The object of the project is to draw off from th> underground shafts of the mine large quantities of methane gas. ‘The well is down approximately 1,500 feet and is producing. suffi- cient gas to fire the boiler, It will be drilled to 2,500 feet if necessary. The company is making no predic- tions as to the outcome of the t The gas (CH4) tests close to 1,000 é B. T. U. and contains commercia’ poss{bilities in addition to the safety feature which is the primary object of the test. It is possible that if an ample supply {s encountered that it will be piped to Trinidad for domestic consumption and also used in the district for fuel in the opera- tion of mining machinery. Repub‘ic Tron and Steet ...._ Sears Roebuck Sinclair Con On Southern Pacific Southern Railway Standard Oil of N. J. Studebaker Corporation .. Texas Co. Texas and Pacific Wyo-Yellow Changes Name. At a stockholders’ meeting last week the armen rei owetope Ce changed its corpo! garaeh te the Yellowstone Gas Prod- ucts co! ‘The company has as its assets several large gas wells on Golden Eagle dome and a carbon black plant nearby. No change in the officers or management of the corporation was made, ' Quinn Ol Deal. Property in the Osage district be- longing to or controlled by the Quinn Oi] company has been pur- chased by J. L. Sankey who in the} past has been connected with the Osage-Upton company, and J. H. Stahl of Huron, 8S. D. Edward Forbes will have charge of opera- tions in the future Crescent Ready to Case. In the belief that the upper levels of the McElmo sand have been reached in the Crescent Eagle test near Thompson, Utah, drilling has Transcontinental Oj! Un'on Pacific . United Retail Stores U. 8. Ind. Alcohol .. United States Rubber United States Steel -..... Utah Copper -_...._ Westinghouse Tlectric -_..._ WPlys Overland .....2.._. AMre. Zinc, Lead & Sm. Butte and Superior —. Cdorado Fuel and Iron ... Montana Power National Lead .. Well May Become Geyser. Upward plunges of ofl saturated sand and mud in the casing of the Lenora Mining company’s oil well at the north end of the Great Salt Lake, now down 1,700 feet on the south thrust of the Rozel anticlin Angio Ses See SS 75 feet in order | which causes periodical overflowing,| Buckeye -—--__. - 72 tate seinen Takie nity be run. has proven quite mystifying to the| Continental -...W.. 27% ‘At the present depth there has} driller, while furnishing those who|Cumberland ------- 113 been noted an increase in gas pres-| have witnessed the spectacle many|Calena —..--2-----.-.. 60 sure and strong showing of oil. As) thrills. This leads the driller to haz- | Iilinois Ramnnwvasenn 153 Indiana ~..-------..... N. Yt Tran -—.-...... Nat. Tran --......... Nor. Pipe ~—..-.—--. Prairie Oil --.-—---.. Prairie Pipe Solar Refg Sou Pipe - 8S. O. Kan as the casing is set the hole will be carried down. The McHimo ALLIES PLAGE FAITH IN DUTCH [Dor the bellef that he has tapped a i giant geyser or hit a gas bridge. : CHICAGO, Nov. 13.—Potatoes— Dull; receipts, 180 cars; total U. 8. shipments, 836; Wisconsin bull round whites, U. 8S. No. 1, $1.00@ 275 and bulk round whites, U. S. No. 1 and partly graded, 85c@$1.00 cwt. sacked Red River Ohios, 90@9%c cwt.; Minnesota sacked sand land Ohios, 85c cwt.; Idaho sacked Rurals, U. S. No. 1, $1.26@1.30 cwt.; sacked Russets, $1.85@1.90 cwt. It is said the visit of Dr. Kan, Dutch official, at Doorn yesterday was to inform the ex-Kalser that the powers of Europe would not re- gard his return with indifference. None of the London correspon- dents at Oels, upper Silesia, or else- where had been able to locate Crown Prince Frederick William up to mid- night last night, thus discounting a previous dispatch that the prince had arrived at his estate yesterday morning. Interest in his return is now very feeble. The newspapers comment- ing on it hold that his re-entry into Germany is not an incident of suffi- client Importance to justify allied ac- fon which seems to be favored in France. U. 8S. TO TAKE NO PART IN PROTEST. WASHINGTON, Noy. 13,—Pres!- dent Coolidge believes the traditional policy of the American government would preclude it from joining w'th the allied governments in protesting to Germany, against the return of Crown Prifice Frederick William or his father, the former emperor, or in measures to prevent the re-es- tablishment of the monarchy, CROWN PRINCE AT SILESIAN CASTLE. BERLIN, Nov. 13—(By The Asso- elated Press.)}—Former Crown Prince Frederick William arrived at his estate.at Oels, Silesia, at 6 o'clock this evening a message from Ocls REPARATIONS Money (Continued from Page One.) NEW YORK, Nov. 13.—Call money, firm; high, 4%; low, 4% ruling rate, 4%; closing bid, 4%; offered at 4%; last loan, 4%; call loans against acceptances, 4%; time loans, firm; mixed collateral, 60-00 days, 5; 4-6 months, 5@5%; prime commercial paper, 5@5 things. mate of Germany Butter and Eggs turning it. Louis Barthou, meeting today. seconds, ———— firsts, 42%6c. Exggs—Unchanged; receipts, 5,241 cases. 44% @46%40; Cotton — TRADE BALANCE UP. WASHINGTON, Nov. 18—Ex- ports from the United States during| ton, quiet; iniddling, 33.70. en announced. October amounted to §402,000,000, ORs ET ORES Sy compared with imports of $303,000.-| pe u vorable trac - . OLIS, “Minn., Nov. For. results :ry a Tribune Wlass!-:/ 000, leaving a favorable trade bal. MINNEAPOLIS, » Nov, fled Ad, y % st ance of $99,000,000, —Flour unchanged; bran 27,50, One, 1,15 cwt.; sacked, 90¢@$1.10 cwt.j;|}Union Tank 90 95 Contes Tipe: Eas. featured| poorly graded, bulk, 85@95c cwt.;| Vacuum 51% 62 eaitoenity Whit Horning: Minnesota and North Dakota sacked|s, 0, Ind — = 5m fhe Casper Daily Cridurie Stocks > Grain : NEWS AND QUOTATIONS BY LEASED WIRE ao oo. 92m Producers and Refiners -. 17™% Ohio Dividend. j sand {s supposedly productive in}pury on _ i FINDLAY, Ohio, Nov. 18—The) Utah. Reading +h -----614%B Bid Asked 279 [OUUE DROPPED gestion for negotiations with Ger- many now that the economic situa- tion in the Ruhr is clearing up, would have the proposed committee experts empowered to do several It would arrive at an esti- external re- sources; it would suggest how thesa might be used. for her reparation seccounts; it would determine what steps Germany ‘should take towards re-establishing her finances; it would ‘make every effort to learn the loca- tion of the reichs' exported capital and would then study means of re- President of the reparation commission, was asked to present the premier’s plan at the NEW YORK, Novy, 13.—Spot cot- 13. pce BE [aa (@®y Wilson, Cranmer & Company) Bid Asked Big Indian az 23 85 a8 28 32 26 a2 Central Pipe -..-.--. 1.90 2.00 Consolidated Royalty 1.17 1.19 Cow Gulch .~. 04 Domino . 10 Elkhorn 04 468 4 4.75 5.00 07 09 Jupiter -------------= 00%, .01 anney Cdastal -..--. 18 20 Lance Creek Royalty. _.01 02 Marple ©. one coee. 3.00 4.00 slike Henry .-.. % 1 Mountain & Gulf 112 «114 ew York Oil 7.00 8.00 Picardy ot 05 ton 00% 01% 2.00 3.00 05 06 01g 02 ‘Vestern Exploration — 3.45 Vyo, Kana -~. by Western States a4 16 | ee - 0 11 NEW YORK CURB CLOSING Bid Asked 14.00 fountain Procucera - Nenrock Ot) - jalt Creek Pris. Salt Creek Cons +65 18.25 7.00 10.37 65.87 132.50 134.50 ( ties Service Com. Crude Market rn Bt Ly 80 Cat Creek . Lance Creek sage Grass Creek Torchtight Elk Basin AAS O65 95 Mule Creek sunburst Hamilton. Dome CHICAGO PRICES. CHICAGO, Nov. 13.—{U. ernment of Agriculture). Receipts 52,000; mostly 10 to ‘ower; bulk good and choice 200 to 340 pound butcher, $7 to 7.30; top, $7.80; desirabie 160 to 190 pound av erages mostly $6.60 to 6.95; packing sow! largely $6-40@6,60; better grade weighty slaughter pigs $6.75@ 6; heavy weight hogs $6,80@7.80; 85@7.30; light $6.35 @7.15; ight light $5.60@6.75; packing sows smooth $6.35@6.60; packing sows rough $6@6.35; slaughter pigs, 36@6. Cattle—Recelpts 13,000; fed steers and yearlings, stockers and feedors. steady to strong; yearlings in broad er demand; undertone on heav) steers more active than recent icilling quality plain; early top ma- tured steers and yearlings, $11 yome held higher; bulk fed steers and yearlings, §9@10.50; run in- cluden about 2,000 western grass ers; fully steady; bulk early $6@7; lower grade fat @ stock slow; can ners and cutters largely $2.50@3 light canners downward to bulls sluggish; few weighty medium to good bolognas, $4.15; grassy kind downward to $3.50; veal calves un- even; largely 25 to 50c under Mon- day's opening 3 bullc early around $8.50 to packers; few $9. Sheep—Receipts. 10,000; killing classes strong to 25c higher; feed ing lambs scarce,, slow around steady; most fat lambs early $13@ 13.25; top $18.60 to city butchers; cull natives largely $9.75@10.2! higher; medium and handy w fat ewes $6@6.50; no early feeding lambs. Omaha Quotations, OMAHA, Neb., Nov. 13. . Department of Agriculturs.)—Hogs —Receipts, 9,600; very slow, around 15e lower to shippers; desirable 200 to 325 pound butchers, $6.60@6.75: early top, $6.75; some held higher mixed Joads carrying packing sows and lights, $6.40@6.50; packing sow: $6.25 @6.4 packers bidding 2 lower; average cost yesterday, $6.64 weight, 267. Cattle—Receipts, 9,500; fed steers and yearlings, fully steady; top yeat- lings, $11.25; bulk fed steers and yearlings, $7.50@10.00; grass steers scarce, $5.00@6.25; she stock and bull slow, around steady; bulk grass cows and heifers, $3.25@5.00: canners and cutters, $2.25@3.25; bologna bulls, mostly $3.00@3.25: other classes, steady; practical ven! top, $9.50; bulk stocker and feeder steers, $5.50@7.00. Sheep—Receipts, 5,000; fat and feeding lambs, 25c higher; wooled lambs, $12.50@12.7' fed allpped lambs, $12.00@12.15; feeding lambs, $11.75@12.75; sheep, steady; bulk ewes, $5.25@6.00; top, $6.15; feedins ewes, $4.25@4.50. Denver Prices. DENVER, Colo., Nov. 13.—(U. S. Department of Agriculture.)—Hogs— Receipts, 2,200; quality good; mostly 10 to 15¢ lower; few early sales to day; top, $7.35 paid for choice 23u pound averages; $6.85 to $7.00 plainer kind, $6.35 to $6.75; packiny | Bows, steady at $5.50 to $6.00; mostly $5.75. Cattle—Receipts, 4,000; calves, 400: slow, uneven; mostly steady, with undertone weak on most classes horned steers, $7-25: cows, $3.15 to $4.25; heifers, $4.00 to $5.00; canners, won ear 200 RAILS FEATURE STOCK TRADING Dividend Issues Lead Way to Recovery After Irregular Period NEW YORK, Nov. 13—Heavy buy- ing of raliroad shares based on ex pectations of high October earnings statements, soon to be published, turned the general course of pric upward in today’s market after an early interval of heaviness among j the industrials, particularly the mo tors and chemicals. Sales approx- imated 1,000,000 shares, NEW YORK, Noy. 13.—Mixed Price movem*nts took place at the opening of today’s stock market. Further profit taking and bear sel! ‘ng of some of the recently strong shares imparted a reactionary tone to the general industrial list. Fa mous Players dropped 1% and U. Steel and Studebaker yielded frac aly. Most of the active shares turned in the early dealings with sell Ng pressure most effective in the automotive, steel and o!l issues, sel ing of the last named being 1 on further cuts in crude rf Losses of 1 to 2 points were stered by Gulf States Steel, Ch ler, Bosch Magneto, Hupp M¢ Willys Overland preferred 1 sey Wheel. Several specia!t strong, Lorillard Tobacco j four points, Foreign exchan ned firm. Pursuing thelr recent tactics of a buying demonstration ir 1 shares to minimize t ling elsewhere, bull operator hold of the New Haven rail 1 and the shipping shares this morning pushing them up 1 to points. When this maneuver sv reeded in checking the liquidation of industrials, buying orders were placed in other raf'rond shar Heularly the St, Paul, and Wabast issues. As a result the whole list began to stiffen around midday, a} hough the recognized industr’ leaders such as United States Stee! Baldwin, Studebaker and American Can failed to make much progress. Call money opened at 4% per cent. There was poor support for som+ specialties when speculation in the railroad shares became more gen eral, Tidewater dropping five point» and DuPont, American Woolen an’ U, 8, Rubber also losing considerable ground, The customary market leadera ruled higher In the afte: noon particularly Baldwin an. Studebaker. Absorption of the Er! continued on an enormous scale. The closing was irregular divi dent paying issues assumed the lead ‘rship in the rail group in the late lealings with conspicuous strength uso shown by a number of specia’ tes, notably Jewel Tea preferred up to 64, and Jones Brothers ‘Tea ap 4%. The Pan American oils vere marketed freely toward the ond, took ieee Sugar NEW YORK, Nov. 13.—The mar- et for refined sugar was unsettled nd prices were unchanged to five voints lower with fine granulated row. quoted from $8 to $8.90 Jusiness was ight. Refined futures nominal. Sugar futures closed steady; ap- proximate sales, 00 tons. De sember, 6.43; Match, 4.31; May, 4.38; July, 4.47. —— + DEALERS TO FIGHT LOW GAS PRICE SIOUX FALLS, 8. D., Nov. 13—In- junctions may be sought to restrain Governor W. H. McMaster from sel! ng gasoline through state depots at 16 cents a gal'on, two independent dealers here declared today. ashley ctor cata FLAX, DULUTH, Minn., Nov. 13.—Close flax; November, 2.36% bid; Decem- ber, 2.37 bid; May, 2.37% bid; ALASKA OIL COMPANY Notice of Stockholders’ Annual Meeting. Notice is hereby given that the regular annual stockholders’ meet- ing of the Alaska Oil Company will be held at the office of the Company at 107 South Wolcott Street, City of Casper, County of Natrona, State of Wyoming, at 10 o’clock a. m., on Monday, the 8rd day of December, 1923, for the election of a Board of Direc- tors for the ensuing year or un- til their successors are clected and qualified; and for the amendment of by-laws, and for the transac- tion of such other business as may come before the meeting. ! The stock transfer books. will close at the conclusion of business on November 8, 1923, and will re- open at the close of the annual meeting. M. E. YOUNG, | President } ERNEST MARQUARDT, | Secretary Pub. Nov. 13, 1923. mostly $1.75; medium to good stock- ers, $6.00 to $7.00; good feeders, | $6.75 to $7.25; plain stock cows, | pound feeder 7.50. $2.00 to $2.50; 1,200 steers, late yesterday Sheep—Receipts, 12 10 to 1$c higher; top, $ paid; fow $12.25 to $12 or feeder Jambs sold early, | WHEAT PRICES ALLY SHARPLY New Low Record for Move- ment Established Betore Upturn Results CHICAGO, Nov, 13—Absence of any important selling pressure ied to an upturn in wheat prices toda, soon after the start. Relative firm less of Liverpool quotations counted as something of a bullish factor, and so too did strength corn. Most of the wheat puchasing how ever, was confined to previous sei ers who were in a position to collec profits. The opening, which rang: irom % @%éc decline to 4c advance. December $1,02%@1.02% and May $1.07% to $1.0844, was followed by moderate gains all around. Subsequently, demand slackened, t and the market temporarily declin ed, but wheat undoing of spreads between and corn was effective in wheat again during the lat Wheat closed firm, %@%e t et h.ghen, December §1.03% t 4@¥M and May $1,08% | 4. unp weather gave firmness t 4 and oats. After opening a off to a shade advance, Decem er 76% to 76%ec, the corn marke: nowed a general upturn, Later reports indicated that rains were only of a scattered character and prices underwent a setback che was unsettled, varying rom decl.no to %e advance December 76%c to T6\c. tarted unchanged to }4 r 414 @42 to 4. aged a little and then hardened ai. around, Provisions were firmer with corn Jespite lower quotations on hogs. Open High Low Close Wheat— Dec. .. 1,02% 1.03% 1.01 1.08% May — 1.07% 1.07% 1.07% 1.08% july. 1.05% 1.05% 1.05 1.05% ‘orn— 5% 173% 3% 41% 41% 48% 44K ---- 43% 11.87 11.92 11,85 11.87 945 9.45 Cash Grains and Provisions. CHICAGO, Nov. 13.—Wheat num ber 2 hard $1.05; number 2 hard at $1.02%%, Carn, number 2 mixed 93@96c number 2 yellow 97@%1. Oats, number 2 white 48@44c; lumber 3 white 41% @42 Rye, number 2, 68%4c. Barley 54 69c. Timothy seed $6.75@8. Cldver seed $15@23.754 lard at $13.62, Ribs $9.25@10.25 Foreign Exchange NEW YORK, Nov. 13.— Foreign sxchanges irregular. Quotations in ents: Great Britain demand 437% ables 637%; 60 ay bills on t 435%. France demand 5.66%: Italy demand 4.6%. Belgium demand 4 ables 4.7 Germany demand 00000000004; cables 00000000004 bles 37.88. Holland demand 37.8 Norway demand 14.51% Sweden domand 26.23. Denmark demand 16.92. Switzerland demand 17.58. Spain demand 13.8. Greece demand 151. Poland demand .000055. Czecho Slovakia demand 2.89. Jugo Slavia demand 1.16, Austria demand .00144 Rumania demand .51. Argentina demand 31.50. Brazil demand 8.99, Montreal 98 15-16. Metals YEW YORK, Nov. 13—Copper firm; electrolytic spot and futures 18% and 13%. Tin strong, spot and futures 44.62. Iron steady, prices unchanged, Lead steady; spot 6. Zinc quiet, east St. Louls spot and nearby 6.45. Antimony spot 9.25, Pacitic Fruit Company Puts In Car Order OMAHA, Neb., Nov, 13—Purchase of 3,057 refrigerator freight cars for the Pacific Fruit Express company, representing an expenditure of ap- proximately $9,000,000 to take care of the increasing volume of perish- able food products produced on the Pacitic coast for movement to east- ern consuming centers, was announc- ed here today by H. M. Adams, vice President of traffic of the Union Pacific system. “Addition of these 3,057 cars to the ownership of the Pacific Fruit Bx. press company, jointly controlled by the Union Pacific and Southern Pa. cific, will give them a total of 33,000 standard refrigerator cars, which is! approximately thirty, per cent of the total number of suitable refrigerator | cars owned b United sald. all the carriers in the announcement State: ribune Classi- Liberty First 4 Liberty Liberty Libert U. Kingdom Kingdom of Rep. of Chil K. American American American Bethlehem ‘anadain Ps hicago hicago, Mi Chile Coppe woody T ireat Monta Northwe Rubbe Southern of Baltimore and Ohio cv Y Pow Northern Pa Pacific ev., le 8s, 1946 and L., 5 RAILWAY con 68 acific deb., Burlington and Quincy ref., 5 1 and St. Paul c r 6s re 8 . Me ae 4s and Light GRAFT CHARGE DENIAL VOUGED Continued from Page One, mperfec d or ally ft any r tions; I do not see esponaibilities to other ye; but I do assert that 1 ave not consciously been guilty f any wrong doing either by act cr Forbes said. “I feel it i only proper to state that I did not seek this position. “T am fr have never 1s a politician, Repub! an, » When ninistration came into offic ank to say that while I been particularly activ: although always the present nd I wa umbitious, on account of my experi nce, shipping bi communicated to the to become a member of th which ambition late Presiden oard, who had been my political and per sonal friend for many years. “Presiden t Harding frankly nad vised me that it was impossible for him to gratify my ambition; an he position of surance. I jon with w ultimately tendered to me tix director of war risk in had accepted the posi uch misgiving, with th expressed desire on my part that 1 might retire from the office at th« end of a year. “When I to me: “Colonel into a job that will bring you on!y grief and ve: up this inst y worth stagnant ar you or any ble to conver find your f n the publ not long be Cholmeley truth, “Among I encounter General Sawyer of his plan to hos pitalize all ramshackle ment buildings throughout the coun I was ieee opr ally given to the mat utterly pr ministration, General Sawyer insisted upon this plan not withstanding that o most distin guished committee, appointed by th American Medical association, ant composed of Dr. Hubert Work, pres ent retary of the interior; Dr Frank Billings of Chicago and othe distinguished physicia re bit terly opposed to such gret that on account of tion to such the beginning the active General Sawyer. “In his opening days of the present ‘As the chine, st ha become effe this T statem 2 war ri gan its work with has been « instead of up. “TI feel that I wou with this committee v to this that of the defi tration of t Met for whether unc ance bureat 3 (the retiring director), he, sald ything within my power to build while. It is put ation ostility 0 testimeny given on th this Investigation Director Hines said bureau is o lar ma as taken a long time *% ctive’ I quite agree wit! nent of General Hine isk insurance bureau be load. It compelled to a down first met Col. Cholme Forbes, you are cominp sorrow. I have don {tution and make it real political believe that man will ever b added: ‘You wil st difficulty, I believe health » e” it was fore I realized that Col Jones had spoken the nd I do not ther the first difficulties thar ed was the insistence by disabled veterans in the and tumbledown canton and alw ysed to 1! other any thought immediate plan, I re oppos h @ plan I incurred fri not be fran} less I added honest belief most cles in the adminis ws providing for r disabled veteran the war risk ins the veterans bureat cle: he the or the public health service or othe “ has been due to politic agencies and § Tribune Want Ads bring results, AND MISCELL! AGE NINE. Two Prominent Towa Citizens Claimed in Day MOINES Assoc Towa, Noy. 13. ed Press.)—Clifford noted Towa attorney and a candidate last year for the United tee senate, died In London at 6:35 clock this morning, according to a message received today by the Des Moines Evening Tribune, Mr. Thorne died of pneumonia, the message sald. He was on a tour around the world with his wife and laughter, in an effort to regain his nealth, They will start for the United States Saturday with the ody, the message said, CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia., Nov. 13.— jeorge B. Douglas, prominent in in- lustrial and financial circles in the iddlewest, died at his home here ust night. Mr. Douglas was a direo- or of the Quaker Oats company and organized several local concerns, ne of which was the Douglas Starch company, the largest plant f its kind west of the Mississippi iver until its destruction by an xplosion in 1919, The filler—Harvester’s rare, aromatic blend of imported tobaccos. 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