Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 18, 1924, Page 13

FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1924, Che Casper Daily Cribun PAGE THIRTEEN. — «Oil :: Finance BIG MARKETS CLOSE FOR GOOD FRIDAY — Stock Exchange and Curb on Vacation’ With Usual Short Session Scheduled for Saturday; Chicago Trading Halts. NEW YORK, April 18—With the closing of all secyrity and commod- ity exchanges {n observance of Good Friday, the financial district today lost its customary bustling activity. ‘The banks remained open, in as much as it was not a legal holiday, but the quietness of the street prom- ised to provide little in the way of financial transactions. The New York stock exchange and the curb market will resume bus!. ness tomorrow for the usual half session. The cotton exchange and coffee and sugar exchange will be closed until Monday. CHICAGO, April 18.—The Chicago stock exchange security and com- modity markets were closed today in observance of Good Friday. ‘The banks and the roney and foreign exchange markets were open as usual. ‘The usual Saturday business hours will be observed tomvurrow. LIVING COSTS TAKE SLUMP DURING MONTH Decline in Both Wholesale and Retail Prices Reported in 150 Commodities; Retail , Quotations Down Two Per Cent. WASHINGTON, April, 18—Whole nale and retail food prices decreased in March as compared with Febru- ary. Department of labor figures made public today showed the index for wlislezale prices on 404 commodi- ties was 150 for March against 152 for February. The four per cent drop in farm products prices as a whole for March from the preceding month was at- tributed to declines in cotton, cot- ton seed, eggs, hides, wheat, oats, rye, potatoes and tobacco. The Ia- bor department report also disclosed a decline of 5 per cent In all commo- dities in March, 1924, from March 1923. Retail food prices statistics made public by the department of com- merce an average decline of two per cent for the month due largely to the drop in egg quotations. Decreases were given as follows: Eggs 30 per cent; butter 4 per- cent; sirloin steak, rib roast, chuck roast, pork chops canned corn and sugar each one per cent. ‘The average family expenditure for food decreased four per cent from February 15 to March 15 in New York; 3 per cent in Boston, Cleveland, Detroit, Memphis, Phil- adelphia, Pittsburgh and Washing- ton; two per cent in Baltimore, Chi- cago, Cincinnati, Denver, Kansas City and St, Louts and one per cent in Dallas, Houston, San Francisco and Seattle. Commodity Machinery SACO, Mass.—Manufacturers of textile machinery are engaged at present due largely to orders from Great Britain and other foreign countries. The dull condition of New England textiles has retarded domestic orders. 2 Tents a a N! cITY—There an Pesca in tents and tourist equipment. Activity of the Amert- can Légion have resulted in a large sale of flags and bunting and audi- torlum tents for Evangelists are having a wide sale. Orders for this type of canvass covering are com- in from Japan, New Brunswick Nova Scotia and Southern Califor- nia, Wool BOISE, Idaho—Idaho wool grow- ers have fixed May 1 as the date for the opening sales of the 1924 clip. Sales will-be held weekly after that date up to and including May 29. Woolens BOSTON—The worsted mills of the American Woolen company now are operating on a 50 per cent basis. ‘The woolen mills of the corporation are working on a 25 per cent'higher schedule owing to the popularity of the woolen fabrics, Potatoes MINNEAPOLIS—The newly or- Trade News ganized Minnesota potato growers exchange will market 14,000,000 bushels of potatoes this fall requir ing 5,000,000 feet of dry storage floor Space including 7,000 refrigerator cars. The crop will be stored in the twin cities, Chicago, Omaha, Kansas City, Oklahoma City, “Fort Worth, Jacksonville, St. Joseph, New York and Boston. Glass PHILADELPHIA—Local slass manufacturers are receiving orders from hospitals throughout the coun- try for glass walls to inclose wards devoted to infectious diseases s0 that patients may bo seen by visi- tors Without danger of spreading disease germs. Steel YOUNGSTOWN, — Quotations against bonafide tonnages of soft steel bars are beginning to show some signs of softening with busi. ness having been taken recently at 2. cents Pittsburgh by one or two mills in nearby districts. Most producers here have not been obliged to meet this price yet. Millinery ST. PAUL—A satisfactory year is indicated for the millinery trade in the northwest according to local wholesalers. Prices are about the same as last year with no indica- tions of reductions in the near fu- ture. Revolution Clauses to Be Inserted in Policies By J. ©. ROYLE. (Copyright, 1924, The Casper Tribune) WASHINGTON, April 18,—Insur- ance, companies who operate in some Central and South American countries are going to have to carry riot and revolution clauses in thelr policies in future if Ameri- can merchants and exporters have thelr way, New Orleans shippers have filed claims with the United States department of state nggre- gating $600,000 against the govern ment of Honduras which grew out of the recent revolutionary move- ment there. ‘The shippers claim these losses wero sustained on merchandise ship- ments and uncollectable accounts against Honduran merchants whose stocks were destroyed during the recent ‘insurrection. Fire insurance companies are reported to have re- fused to pay damages on these stocks except where policies con- tained riot clauses and the Amert- can merchants aro facing heavy losses unless the Honduran govern- ment can be induced to make them good. Honduran merchants now have a large quantity of goods on order in this country but shipments have been held up owing to ‘un- settled condition which still obtain. The commercial possibilitie: of the Central Americans are better understood than ever before. Ship n nts have increased since the re- frigerator shipping service was put into commission, ‘The importance of this) trade is such that it affects nearly every American manufac: tured product and has its bearing in communities throughout this country where the very names of the Central American republics are almost unknown. Financiers and steamship men re- cently arrived from Cuba blame the recent Mexican revolutionary activi- ties for unsettling labor conditions in the Pearl of the Antilles. In specking of Cuban conditions, Frank C. Munson, president of the Munson Steamship Line, said: “The only economic uncertainty 1s in labor conditions, Cuba’s great advantage of abundant labor working under stabilized conditions is somewhat threatened by agitation caused to some extent by Mexican rebels who have found refuge in Cuba,” agipeeiemeere TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY $5.00 REWARD for treturn of shell rimmed giarees lost Thursday. Phone 185 or leave at Tribune of- flee. FOR RENT—Apartment, well lght- ed, three large rooms and bath- room, closet and laundry, modern in every, way; lights furnished; gas stoves and fireplace; rents cheap. 719 &. McKinley, FOR SALE—1024 Ford rondater run less than 400 miles, a bargain. | Auto Service Co,, 133 N, Wolcott FOR RENT — Sleepingroom, new house, nicely furnished, close to East Second street bus, home board across the street, for one or two re | American fined gentlemen, reasonable. Phone 246k Bonds New York Stocks ‘Last Sale (Thursday's Quotations) Allied Chemical & Dye ------ American Can ~~.-_--.----- American Car & Foundry -- American International Corp American Locomotive -.-... American Smelting and Retg American Sugar --.-.-..-. American T. and T, -....... Tobacco --..-.--- ‘Woolen 5. Copper --~-----.. Atchison wenn nee Atl, Gulf and West Indies -.124% B Baldwin Locomotive ~------. 111% Baltimore and Ohio --.-----. 52% Bethlehem Steel ------.----. 50% California Petroleum ------. 23% Canadian Pacific wanna 148% Central Leather ------.-. 11B Cerro de Pasco Copper ex dilv. 45 Chandler Motors -.-.. = Cherapeake and Ohio —.----. Chicago and Northweestern Chicago, Mil, & St. Paul pfd Chicago, R. I. & Pac, Chile Copper Chino Copper Consolidated Gas Corn Products .. American Anaconda Cosden Ol -.. Crucible Steel . Cuba Cane Sugar pfd. - 58% Erie ---. — 24% Famous Players Lasky ----. 67% General Asphalt General Electric General Motors -.------------ 14% Great Northern pfd. -----. 56% Gulf States Steel - Illinois. Central -. Inspiration Copper International Harvester Int. Mer, Marine pfd. International Paper Invincible Oil ore Kelly Springfield Tide —. Kennecott Copper - Lima Locomotive - Loulsville and Nashville Mack Truck Marland Oil Maxwell Motors Middle States Oil Miseourl, Kan. & Tex. new... Missouri Pacific pfd. ---—. 39% New York Central .. — 100% N. ¥., N. H., and Hartford_. Norfolk and Western Northern Pacific Pacific Oll --.---. woneee 49% Pan American Petroleum B.- 45 Pennsylvania 44 People's Gas Producers and Refiners Pure Oil - Reading --------------.---- 53% Republic Iron and Steel -... 47% Sears Roebuck ----—. Bay Sinclair Con, Ol} ------------ 21% Southern Pacific _----------- '90% Southern Railway ~s-.----— 58% Standard Oll of N. J. -------- 36% Studebaker Corporation -.. 85% COR oS 8 CRUSE SPEER NY ”Y Texas and Pacific --------.- 27% Tubacco Products A -------- 85B Transcontinental Oll ----- 4% Union Pacific -------------— 131 U. 8. Ind. Alcohol ----==--— 26% United States Rubber ——.-—- United States Steel Utah Copper Westinghouse Electric —-- 60% Willys Overland - 8% American, Zinc, Lead and 8m. | 7% Butte and Superior ~. ~ 7ae Colorado Fuel and Iron ----. 29% Montana Power National Lead — Shattuck Arizona New York Curb, Anglo ---------------- 15% 16 Buckeye -. 63 65 Continental 43 44% Cumberland <-- 129 130 Galena -. 58D Tilinois 134137 Indiana 91 98 Nat. Tran. rs eS | Ny Qe TR. hee. ™% 7 Nor, Pipe 97 = Ohio Ol -. 63% 64% Prairie Oil - - 228 229 Prairie Pipe 102 108 Solar Ref. 198 202 Sou. Pipe - 4 95 . O, Kan. - 41% 42 B.) 0. KY. eeecwccwne 108 |) 107 8, O, Neb. 237 «240 80. N. ¥ 40 40% 8. 0. Ohio Vacuum -. 6. P. Ol 8. O. Ind. Cat Creer Lance Creek Osage Grass Cr Grass Creek, Torchlight Balt Creek ..------e- een eo ee Blg Muddy ---.~-------------- Mule Creek Sunburst ~----------.-. Hamilton Dome -..-.. CHICAGO, April 18 creamery extras 36 standards extra firsts 34@34%0; firsts $3@33%40; seconds 32@%2%¢. Eggs higher; receipts 94, 761 cases; firsts 211%6@21%c; ordinary firsts 20@20%c; storage pack extras 24e; firsts 23%c. Butter high- er Stocks Bid Asked Bessemer — 26 28 Big Indian -.-------. .06 © .07 Beston Wyo, -------- .90 1.00 Buck Creek 18 Burke - LSE TAERYS 26 Blackstone Salt Creek .30 33 Chappell . —.--.----- 16 18 Columbine — -. Sat 15 Centra] Pipe Line: 1.90 © 2.00 Consolidated Royalty. 1.9 1.28 Cow Gulch ~ - 03 04 Domino - ~----------- .08 -10 Elkhorn — .---------. .03 04 E. T. Williams -----. 50 52 VR eO peas DENT UT Frantz ---= 5.00 6.00 Gates ae ihe 63 Jupiter -------------- .00% .01 Kinney Coastal .-.-- 13 .14 Lance Creek Royalty - .01 02 Marine —----.--.----- 3.00 3.55 Mike Henry -----.--- 00% .01 Mountain & Gulf - .-.1.55 1.60 New York Oll - 12.50 Picardy 05, Preston 02 Red Bank -----------22.50 23.50 Royalty & Producers — .07 -08 Burst} o.oo a 08 06% Tom Bell Roy. .-.... .02 03 Western Exploration - 3.60 3.80 Wyo-Kans ~ —_-.... -90 Western States --... .19 -20 YOM IO 12 NEW YORK ccnsB CLOSING Mountain Producers — 18.00° 18.12 Glenrock Oil . SHES See) Salt Creek Pras. 23.75 24.00 Salt Creek ‘Cons. 8.00 8.50 New York Ol} —----—-10.75 11.25 Mutual... 10.87 11.00 8. O. 59.00 LIVESTOCK Chicago Prices. CHICAGO, April 18.—(U. S. De- partment of Agriculture.}—Hogs— Receipts, 18,000; fairly active, 10 to 20c higher; lightweights show most advance; shippers moderate buyers; big packers inactive; talking steady to Se lower than yesterday; bulk good and choice 250 to 340 pound butchers, $7.55@7.65; top, $7.70; bet- ter grades 160 to 210 pound weight, mostly $7.25@7.60; bulk desirable 140 to 150 pound averages, $6.90@ 7.20; packing sows, 6 to 10c higher; bulk, $6.80@6.90; killing pigs, 15 to 25c higher; bulk better strong welght, $6.00@6.50; heavyweight ho $7.40@7.70; medium, $7.40@ 7.65; lights, $6.90@7.40; Nght light, $6.00@7.35; packing sows, smooth, $6.80@7.00; packing sow: rough, $6,00@6.80; slaughter pigs, $4.75@ 6.50. Cattle—Receipts, 3,000; all killing classes; moderately active, about steady; top matured steers averag- ing 1,832 pounds, $11.75; best long yearlin $11.00; very few steers here of value to exceed $10.50; bulk fed steers and yearlings, $8.00@ 10.00; bulk fat she stock, $5.00@8.00; several loads heifers, upward to $8. bulk canners. and cutters, $2.85@3.90; vealers, uneven, about steady; bulk to packers, $8.00@9.00; few upward +o $9.50; stockers and feeders, slow, unchanged. Sheep—Receipte, 7,000; fat lambs, fairly active; 16 to 26c higher; sheep. steady; early bulk desirable fat wooled lambs, $16.25@16.50; some held higher; good to choice clipped lambs, $14,.25@14.75; bulk fat wooled ew $11.00@11.75; chotce clipped ewes, $10.00; several loads good shearing lambs, $15.50. Omaha Quotations OMAHA, Neb., April 18.—(U. 8. Department of Agriculture)—Hogs— Receipts 10,000; mostly 5@10e high- er; bulk 210 to 300 pound butchers $7.10@$7.20; top $7.20; good 160 to 210 pound weights $6.85@$7.10; pack- Ing gtades 15@25c lower; bull sows $6.50@$6.60; average cost yesterday $6.98; weight 246, Cattle—Recelpts 1,600; hardly suf- ficient beef steers or yearlings here to test market conditions; few loads $7.75 @$9.95; steady; top steers $10.45; fed she stock moderately active, fully steady; canners and cutters slow, weak to 1c lower; other killing classes steady; stocks and feeders nominally steady; hulk butcher cows and heifers $5.50@$7.75; canners and cutters $2.35@$4.25; vealers to pack- ers $9.00@$9.60; bologna bulls $4.25 @$4.50; few at $4.60. Sheep—Receipts 4,000; active; fat lambs 15@25e higher; bulk wooled lambs $16.00@§16.25; top $16.25; no clipped lambs here; sheep scarce strong; few wooled ewes $11.25; shearing lambs steady to strong; one load 63 pound average $16.80. Denver Prices. DENVER, Colo., Apri! 18.—«U. 8, Department of Agriculture)—Hogs —Receipts 600; few londs still back; generally bc to 10c higher; $7.35 paid for choice 205 pound drive ins; de- sirable 200 pound load $7.10; plain- er kind $6.85 to $6.90; packing sows steady at $5.75. Cattle—Receipts 60; calves 50; practically no early sales. Sheep—Receipts 1,300; fat lambs 10e to 15¢ higher; top $15.60 freight paics for choice 87 pound weights; heavier offerings $15.25 freight paid few choice 82 pound weights $16.10 fint. SILVER NEW YORK, April 18.—Bar sil- ver 64% per ounce; Mexican dollars 49% a Raw Silk YOKOHOMA—The raw silk market broke bodily today, the standard grade dropping to 1750 yen a thous: and kin, The market is threatened with paralysis, The drop is credited to the adoption of exclusion by the American congress and the declihe jn the yen exchange, Grain NEWS AND QUOTATIONS BY LEASED WIR OiLsecuriTies |LOWER PRICES FOR ~ Livestock :: All Markets WOOL ARE REPORTED Good Undertone Rules Demand in Boston but At Lower Level, Commercial Bulletin Will Say in Market Review BOSTON, April 18.—The Com- mercial Bulletin will say tomorrow: “Further business has been done this week on the lower level of prices noted a week ago, and while there is no particular snap to trade there is a fairly good undertone to the mar- ket. Reports on the goods market are conflicting but there seems to be a Uttle response noted for cloth. In the west there jis scattered buying of the new clip at about the same clean basis laded Boston, which has been in evidence latterly. “Foreign markets keep generally steady, although Bradford reports trade ag somewhat less active, es- pecially with the Haster holidays at hand. Exports of well over a mil- Mon pounds have been cleared the past week and further considerable shipments are to be mad * Mohair is in fair request and very firm on the higher level, recently ob- taining.” The commercial bulletin will publish the following wool quo- tutions tomorrow: Domestic: Ohio and Pennsylvania fleeces: Delaine’ unwashed 55@58c; % blood combing 56c; % blood comb- ing 54@55c; % blood combing 52@ 63c; fine unwashed 48@49c. Michigan and New York fleeces: Delaine unwashed 53@54c; fine un- Washed 47@48c; % blood unwashed b4@55c, Wisconsin, Missouri and average New Englan: % blood 52@53; % blood 53@64c; % ‘blood 51@52c. Seoured basis: Texa: Fine 12 months $1,30@$1.86; fine 8 months $1.15@$1.20. California: Northern’ $1.30@§1.35; Middle county $1.15@$1.20; southern $1.05 @$1.10. Eastern number 1 staple fine and F. M. combing $1.25 @$1.30; eastern clothing $1.15@$1 valley number one $1.20. Territory; Montana: , fine staple choice $1.35; half blood combing $1.25 @$1.28; % blood combing $1.05@ $1.10; % blood combing 92@95c Pulled: DeLaine $1.30@$1.35; A. A. $1.25@$1.28; A supers $1.10@ $1.15. Mohair: Best combing 75@ 80c; best carding 65c. Market Gossip and Briefs On Operations in Oil Fields Marine Ofl Operations. Activities af the Marine Of! com- pany In the Salt Creek field are shown as follows: Section 6-39-78—Wolverine CR-3; rig being buil *Section 9-39-783—Wolverine DS-38; depth 2,865 feet, underreaming and bailing. Section 20-89-78—-Taylor 5; has reached depth of 2,100 feet; now pre- paring to run 10-inch casing. Tayor 6; rig has been completed and drill- ers now rigging up to commence drilling. Japs TO KEEP PEACE, REPORT (Continued From Page One) those of a friendly nation in the far east.” “We are not abrogating a treaty,” he continued. “If we desired to do that our government would have given'the required six months no- tice, By the agreement emigra tion from Japan is regulated by Japan. It is our sovereign right to regulate tmmigration to our shores, Our right to say who shall liye among us and be of us has been challenged and our nation has been threatened with ‘grave conse quences. “[ say to you that no nation can or will compromise its sovereignty ‘This nation, born of, the deeds of your ancestors, will never do that To do so is to inyite war. Not to compromise is to prevent war. It is the pride of our country that on great national issues congress has always abandoned. party Mnes and risen to patriotic height. It is our hope that congress always will. I know that it always will if the character and genius of those who founded this country is not over: whelmed.” PRINCE CALLS FOR CONFERENCE. TOKIO, April 18.—({By ‘The Asso- lated Press.)}—Prince Regent Hir- ohito is evincing unusual interest in the immigration situation and has summoned forelan minister Matsul and Count Chinda, former embassa- dor to Washington, to obtain their explanations. The prince has direct- e@ that the utmost efforts be ex- erted to effect an amicable and sat- isfactory settlement of the question, TOKIO, April 18.—(By The Asso- elated Press.)—American Ambas sador Cyrus E. Woods returned to Tokio today from Kyoto where he attended the national industrial ex- position and will call on Foreign minister Matsul tomorrow at the latter's request. Organizations continue to call meetings to discuss American exclu: sion legislation. Among theso are bodies of importers, exporters, bank ers and ship owners, Tokio students are «planning a mass meeting for Monday at which they intended to appeal to Amer! can students, Foreign Exchange NEW exchanges firn YOR April quotations in 18.—Foreign cents! Great Britain demand 436%; ea 435%; 60 day bills on banks 4: France demand 6.26; cables 6.27. Italy demand 443%; cables 4.44. Belgium demand 5.95; Cables $5.66 Germany demand (per trillion) Holland demand 37.18; mand 18.83; Sweden demand Denmark demand 16. er Jand demand 17.61; Spain demand 13.82; Greece de 19; Poland demand .000012; Czocho Slovakia d Jugo Slavia demand $1.2 mand 2.9) 4%: Austria demand .0014; Rumania demand 521%; Argentina demand Brazil demand holiday; To- emand 40%; Montreal holiday. Now Running Casing. A string of 6%-Inch casing ts now being run in the Prairie Dog Olt and Gas company well on the Medicine Bow structure. The hole haa reached a depth of 3,350 feet. Billy Creek Report Depth of the Billy Creek test well has now reached 4,455 feet, with the drill passing through blue shale. es SUMMARY OF NIGHT NEWS BOSTON—The emergency board of the United Textile Workers of Amer- ica voted to instruct all affiliated unions to “fight if any attempt: is made to reduce wages or lengthen working hours, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.—A. Mit- chell Palmer, former alien property custodian declared Gaston B. Means’ story of a plot by Attorney General Daugherty “to blackmat! me into using my influence with congress in his behalf, is a tissue of falsehood.” NORFOLK, Va.—Fighteen wealthy refugees from Yucatan, now in the hands of Mexican revolutionists were landed at Norfolk last Saturday by the British steamship Munerlo, it was disclosed, WASHINGTON—Brigadier Gen- eral Horatio Gates Gibson, oldest sraduate of West Point and last sur- viving Mexican war officer, dled, aged 97, MEXICO CITY—Two colonels, ar- rested in connection with an alleged plot to stop a train on which Presi- dent Obregon was supposed to be a passenger and assassinate him, were shot and killed in an attempt to cape from military barracks, ROME—Reports that two men of the J. P. Morgan yacht party were murdered at Tirana, Albania, were not confirmed and the Albanian min- {eter at Rome believed them untrue. HONOLULU-—Between one anf two thousand Chinese, who illegally entered Hawai! during the past four years, face deportation proceedings, A. E, Burnett, new immigration head «aid. HELENA, Mont. — Nam of eleven delegates pledged to a “pro: gressive for president” and to the re- election of O, H. P. Shelley for na- tional committeeman were filed for the Montana primary by Shelley, GREAT FALLS—Colonel Harry O. Willard of Lewistown Montana. and E, M, Harvey, formerly of Great E is were summoned to appear be fore the Senate committee investiga ting the indictment of Senator Wheeler. a SIOUX CITY BANK CLOSED 8IOUX CITY, Iowa, April 18. — The Iowa, State Savings Bank was ‘oned tollay. Inability to real quickly on “slow” and “frozen loans was given os the reason. It {s understood the deposits amounts to $14,000,000. POTATOES April 18 Potate CHICAGO, weak; receipts, 69 cars; total U. & shipments, 770; Wisconsin sacked round whites, $1.200)1.35; bulk, $1.25 @1,40; Mirinesota and North Dakota sacked Red River Ohios, $1.40@1.50 sacked round whites, $1.15@1.30. Czechoslovak Rep., 8c Ctfs. Dominion of Canada, 6s, 1952 French Republic, 7148 _ Japanese 4s . Kingdom of Belgium, 88 Kingdom of Norway, Rep. of Chile, §@, 1946 -. State of Queensland, 6: U. K, of G. B. & L., 5445, Railway an American Smelting 5s .. American Sugar, 63 -. American Tel. Col,, tr. 5. Anaconda Copper 7s, 1938 AnaconCa Copper 6s, 1955 At. 'T. and San Fe., gen. 4s Baltimore and Ohio, ¢ Bethlehem Steel ‘con., Miscellaneous — Canadian Pacific deb., 4s --.---~. aa 80 80 80 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy ref., 5s A~ 98 97% 97% Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul cv., 449 63% 63% 63% Chile Copper 6s - = 100% 100% 100% Goodyear Tire 8s, 1941 ~ - 15% 115 115 Great Northern, 7s A. —- 107% 107% 107% Montana Power, 5s A 95% 9% 95% Northern Pacific ref. 102% 103% 103% Northwestern Bell Tel., 7s 107% 107% 107% Pacific ( 92 91 91% Penn. R 100% 100 100% Sinclair Con. 92% 91%. Site Southern Paci 4 94 o4 Union Pacific 20% 00% 9035 U, 8, Rubber 5s -- 81% 81% 81h Utah Power and Lights 6s 89% 89 89% Western Union 6%s - 110% 210 110 Westinghouse Electric 107% 107% 107% Wilson and Co., ev, 68 90 87% 83% now has before ft a request, ap- NO DANGER. OF MOTOR TRAFEL GIRRYING PEST Government Unable to Relieve Tourists Now Stranded. WASHINGTON, April 18.—Fed- eral government officials, discussing the plight of motor tourists held up at Kolb, Cal., by Arizona’s embargo on vehicular traffic fram California to prevent introduction of the foot and) mouth disease, said today they were powerless to relieve the situa- tion inasmuch ag the embargo was an Arizona state regulation. Opinion was expressed by Dr, John R. Mohler, chie¢ of the bureau of animal industry, who {s direct Ing the fight against the disease among cattle {n California, that there was little danger of the mo- for traffic from southern California carrying the disease into Arizona by Way of the Colorado river cross- ing. Secretary Wellace sald some of the western states had imposed re trictions against the movement of traffic and freight; especially food- stuffs, which “his department felt were not warranted and he has #0 informed some of the wedtern officials. The foot and mouth disease ait- uation was discussed at to(ay's cab- inet meeting in a general way. A conferenc of department of agri culture officials is to be held to con- sider the situation, An appropriation of $1,000,000 to fight the disease was passed by con- gress last month but the money has been practically all used and addi- tonal funds are necessary. Congress proved by President Coolidge and the director of the budget for $1,500,- 000 additional. er - NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON, April 18.—Due to the parliamentary situation in the situation, the senatorial inquiry into alleged land frauds in the Rio Grande valley of Texas was post- poned today, until tomorrow, HELENA, Mont., April 18,—Tes American Smelting and Refining company’s East Helena plant today announced a voluntary raise in pay of 26 cents a day, effective April 15. Four hundred men are affected. Thia\ will make the payroll approximately $83,000 a month. MARION, Ills. April 18.—Hosea Cagle, Erwin MeCown and Ralph Hill, alleged members of the Knights of the Flaming Circle, accused of haying fired several shots into motot cars filled with Ku Klux Klansme on February 8, were acquitted in county court toda: Reply Filed to Motion in the Sinclair Case WASHINGTON, April 18.—Dis trict Attorney Peyton Gordon asked the supreme court of the District of Columbia today to strike out the mo: tion of Harry F. Sinclair to quash his indictment for contempt of the senate. Sinclair has pending also a demurrer which ts to be argued. The date for argument in the Sinclair case was set today for April 25, ——.— GENEVA—Premier Mussolini of Ttaly, invited the League of Nations to participate in the coming confer- ence on emigration in Rome. EASTER WARDROBE AT A 20 Per Cent Savings SORE Weer tas aeaecil ates => THE Buy your Society Brand or Adler-Ro- chester Brand Suit now at a 20% dis- count and have it for | the Easter promen- ade. HIKANY SHOE & CLOTHING CO. 142 East Second