Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 3, 1924, Page 9

“OILMEN ADJOURN TODAY WITH [z ANNUAL ELECTION OF OFFICERS i=: ‘ “ (Continued from Page One.) ‘ready, he declared, the stamp of. ‘approval has been placed on prop- erly standardized tubular goods and cable tool jcints and manufactures accepting the standards have been instructed to place the A. P. I. stamp on their goods. ‘At the coming session of the in- stitute in Fort Worth, Tex., next week, December 9, 10 and 11, six other phases of standardization will be urged that every operator in the industry lend full support to the program of standardizing oil field equipment, toward the end of cut- ting production costs. Commenting on Mr. Lockhart’s paper, Ralph J. Loucks of the Car- ter Oil company told of his expert- ence in West Virginia 15 years ago when he and several other oil men sought to tmpress upon the opera- tors in that locality the necessity of standardized equipment. In those days the idea was laughed at, he de. elared, but today there is no prob- Jem of the field more in need of being solved. Again filling stations were a sub- ject for discussion. In a paper pre- pared by A. E. Chandler of Casper, owner of an independent filling sta- tion in this city, and read by Her- bert E. Dailey of the Midwest Re- ining company because to Mr. Chandler's absence, a point was amade of the fact that filling stations ‘@re the oll industry’s point of direct contact with the-public as a whole. That complaints against the in- dustry, usualiy having expression In ‘complaints against prices of gaso- line, are registered at the filling sta- tion and should therefore be met at the filling station with thé. proper counteractive information, was the gontention of Mr. Chandler's paper. After advocating several means of informing the public, advice was given. to the industry to become more solidly cemented and to make some’ use of the filling station in “forestalling political regulation and domination.” *. Exception was taken by Leslle Miller of Cheyenne., president of the Aero Ol! company, to Mr. Chand- -ler’s point that there is always an acceptable means of explaining to the public differences in filling sta- Uo: prices in different cities not always widely separated. Irre- sponsible people are often entering the filling station field with the idea that there is a great deal of money to be,made, and lend them- selves to price cutting wars which eventually, usually sooner than later, eliminate them and disrupt the marketing branch of the indus- try at the same time, according to “Mr. Miller, That such situations cannot be explained to the satisfac- tion of motorists who in one city procure gasoline at one price and in another city not far distant pay a higher price, was the stand taken by him. / Perhaps one of the most interest- ing papers heard today by the con- vention was that read by Maxwell ‘W. Winter, secretary of the New York Oil company of Casper. In his story of “Gas Development in ‘Nvyoming" he said that only a few Years ago the gas industry was in this state the poor relation of the oil industry, but that today the oil industry is the mainstay of Wyo- ming gas production and has brought it into prominence. Where, 12 years ago, but a little more than 62,000,000 cubic feet of natural gas used annually in the state, that quantity is now required daily since the great refineries take it as fuel, and its domestic uge in Wyoming towns and cities is constantly ex- panding. The convention session of yester- day afternoon placed for the dele- gates a galaxy of speakers. First to be heard was the Hon. A. C. Campbell who discussed in a well prepared paper ‘‘Possible Govern- ment Regulation of the Petroleum Industry.” After preliminary dis- cussion of a government's. “police pewer,” of the constitucion and amendments to it. and after. prepar- ing the way for application of gov- ernmental regulation of the o!l in- dustry, he said in part: ‘(May the state or the nation as a government regulate the price at which the refined product shall be marketed by the refiner, or sold to the consumer? Emphatically, no! Neither has the power to fix, or to enact legislation which tends “to fix the prices at which private prop- erty shall be sold.” The right of the citizen to contract in relation to his business is a part of the Hberty of the inalvidual, which 1s protected by the fifth and by the fourteenth amendments to the federal constitu- tion.- The Fifth Amerndment is a limitation upon the power of con- gress: hence, binding upon the gen- eral government. The Fourteenth amendment is a limitation upon the power of the state legislatures. “Can this power be conferred up- on either state or nation? Not by ithe people of the state upon the state by amending its conatitution. ‘The exercise of such power by the state, if attempted to be conferred, would infringe individual rights which are protected by the national constitution. However, the people of three-fourths of the states by an amendment submitted in an orderly fmanner by congress can, by adopt- ing the same, confer this power up- on the federal government, in other ‘words upon congress. Is there dan- ger this may be done? “Ten years azo such a proposal would have received but scant notice and no support from intelligent per- sons. ,. Radical changes have since taken place, Within the past. de- cade, we have gone far afield from that which the builders of the ni ional government intended. It was then a government of laws. Now tt is a government of relations. In the immo: words of Lincoln, we then par ge A etea “ot the peo- ple, by the people and for the peo- ple." Now we have a government of bureaus, by bureaus and for bu- reaus. “There is an increasing tendency on the part of congress to invade the domain. of the reserved Powers of the states by passing acts purely local and domestic in character; to socialize property rights; and to de- Prive the individual of the freedom of contract in respect of his labor, the products of his labor and his hours of labor. If the constitution stands In the way, thrust it aside or amend it. This tendency is danger- ous, and if not checked will prove destructive of our free institutions. ‘The question which confronts us ts ‘Whether enough of the steady, sen- sible people will see the danger in time to avert tt. To support this tendency, appeal 1s made to emotion and not to reason. History teaches that emotion, not thought, moves the masses, and that self-interest starts emotion. This truth was not uninown to the authors of the fed- eral constitution; hence, they erect- ed barriers to preyent emotion, self- interest and passion from undermin- ing itst foyndations. In other words, the procedure provided for amending it gives time for passion to cool, for reason to return and for judgment to control before final action on any propsed amendment. These safeguards, hwever, were not sufficient to resist the force of the animosity towards the south engen- dered by the war between the states; hence, the Fifteenth amendment. “An amendment advocted by many, though not yet submitted by congress is one providing for a min- imum wage for certain employment and for certain persons engaged therein. In the fullness of time, others of like character will follow. Is {t unreasonable to suppose that a measure will be introduged in con- gress providing for the submission of an amendment to the national constitution to regulate the price of petroleum and its refined products. The number of voters whose labor and capital are employed in the pro- duction and refining of petroleum and jn distributing the refined prod- ucts is negligible in comparison to the number of voters who are con- sumers of petroleum and its refined Products. Does any reasonable man suppose that a movement backed by such consumers to confer) power upon the national government. to regulate-the price of petroleum and ite refined products would be restst- ed) by. congress? “If such an amendment {fs sub- mitted, it will require the legisla- tures of at least thirteen states to Prevent its adoption.! The states in which petroleum is being refined is about that number. Is the conserv- ative sentiment in each of them suf- ficiently strong to influence its leg- islature to act adversely? If not, how may it be expected that any of the legislatures of the other 35 states will vote against adoption? “Such an-amendment would be less radical than the act of congress known as the “Minimum Wage Law,” which the supreme court de- clared invalid and which decision it is proposed to set asifie by consti- tutional amendment; less dangerous than the amendment which congress has asked the states to adopt and thus give.it “power to limit, regulate and prohibit the labor of persons under eighteen years of age,” but more harmful than the Eighteenth, which Is costing® the government forty millions of dollars annually in @ succeasful failure to enforce?” An inside picture of “The Price of Gasoline” was painted by Max W. Ball of Denver, president of the Marine Oil company. In his papery he went over the matters of price fixing agencies, introducing factors that have direct bearing upon the Price of gasoline when it reaches the consumer. Declaring that where a filling sta- tion was but a funnel and bucket 10 years ago, {t is “today a marble- fronted palace attended by liveried servants,” Judge Fred Freeman of Denver, Texas company executive. described the possibilities of the fill- ing station @s a point of contacting the public in order to dispel! er- roneous ideas concerning the oll in- dustry and to disseminate informa- tion portraying true conditions. He indicated that the demands of the motoring public require stations of elegance, which in terms of invest- ments, naturally means increase in the price of the product they mar- ket—gasoline, % Glycerine tears sparkled with rain- bow colors at the banquet of the association at the Elks building last night. Was there weeping, wailing and qnashing of teeth? Not so that anybody could notice it. Ol! men of this particular section of the country may be up against low prices for crude, high costs of pro- luction and transportation, etc.— but) then to be an oil man is to be ‘ust naturally hopeful and happy. ‘t's always good weather when ol! nen get together. This spirit of joy melted the raraffin of seriousness for the 270 people who were at the banquet and mirth gushed out in a golden flow over the crown block. As toastmaster, former Governor B. B. Brooks, president of the asso- ¢Ciation and the Consolidated Royalty Oil company, ably presided at the headache post and doled out scin- tillating sidelights on the careers of some of the “ofl boys". The banqueters were charmed with several solos sung by Sylvia Lobdell and gave great applause to two selections in which she ap. peared in duet with Jack Leary, most versatile of Casperites and master of ceremonies for the asso clatjon’s convention. attorney general of Wyoming in the Robert D. Carey administration, said that he had heard King Oil was be- moaned as dead in advance reports but that upon coming to Casper he found thaj if the king were really departed, then his burial was being conducted with jovial impropriety— all of which he was delighted to be @ party to. “Where you can see farther and see less, where there are more cows and less milk, and where there is more of] land but less oll than in any other state in the country— that's: were I’m from—Montana,” declared Don Campbell of Billings, one of the most famous ofl men tn that state. With ludricous sadnegs he portrayed a state of affairs that engulfed him, but which until R, M. Andrus of the Standard refinery here exposed tlie situation, he had not realized. Namely, that since 1913 he had unknowingly been broke. The banquet program was closed with a short talk by tho Hon. Eugene J. Sullivan, president of the E. T. Willams Oil company. If there is any man in Casper who {s always completely capable of reduc- ing life to laughter, that man is Mr. Sullivan. Speaking for him presents no predicament and his repetroire of humorous stories is ever new and shining as was well demonstrated by him at the dinner last night. Following the banquet the ofl men and their wives were treated to one of the finest musical programs ever heard here.» In the first number Mrs. Madelyn Treber, soprano, was soloist, accompanied by Miss Mar- guerite Fitzgerald at the piano, Mrs. Marguerite Kurtz, violinist, and Miss Genevieve Fitzgerald, harpist. The trio of instrumentalists com- pletely captivated the audience and with the superior singing of Mrs. Treber-the perfection of the group of musicians whose fame individual- ly is more than local, was easily apparent to the visitors, Encore after encére was insisted upon and Misses Fitzgerald, Mrs. Kurtz and Mrs. Treber graciously complied. There was wicked wax on the floor when Rawhausei’s Dance Artists broke loose with a flood of jazz that made stepping along an easy thing to do. The dance played for by oll men and enjoyed by oil men, lasted until’ midnight. This big entertainment feature of the convention is without parallel in Casper. The program was car- ried out as scheduled, after dinner "Speeches were really short, snappy and clever, and the musical part of the affair was exceptionally worth while. The same quality of going on schedule has applied to the ses sions of the convention and anyone who has attended many conyentions will know that is unusual. CITIZENS WiLL CLEAN UP CITY SCHENECTADY, N. ¥Y., Dec. 3.— A citizens committee of 100 is in process of organization in an) en- deavor to clean up the city, as one sequel of two mysterious murders, including that of Police Captain Al- bert L. Youmans, vice crusader, Chief of Police James W. Rynex and Detective Sergeant Diamente Raggucci, whose resignation had been demanded, remained on duty today. Chief Rynex was sald to have reached an agreement with Mayor Campbell to take a leave of absence until he retires in October, 1925, after 42 years of service. Sergeant Raggucci apparently had taken no action toward resigning. A crowd attended the funeral of Captain Youmans yesterday. The city council has offered re- wards totalling $5,000 for solution of the murders of Youmans and Arthur Springer, a youth who was killed while protecting two women from robbers, $50,000 TO CHEST FUND DENVER, Colo., Dec. 3.—Mrs. ‘Verner Z. Reed today was revealed as the donor of $50,000 to the 1925 Denver’ Community Chest, condi- tioned on the workers raising $679,- 154, which with her gift would bring the chest total to the sum set in the budget. The announcement came simul- taneously with the word that work- ers had “gone over the top" in their second drive for funds. CRUDE MARKET Cat Creek ..-..-+0-. 2 sae $1.20 Lance Creek 1.0 cme cme neceee LIE OBREO one oem vee cme ems emceesee LIS Grass Creek, light -.-.-—...--— 1.20 Greybull 1.20 Salt Big Muddy)... nc scceseneenee Mule Creek Sunburst Hamilton Dome Ferris Byron Notches --.--.---------.-... Pilot Butte California claims to lead all the states in beneficial legislation for women workers. : Stocks Grain AND QUOTATIONS B¥ LEASED | Balt. @ Ohio -..------------- Bethlehem Stee! -. California Pet Canadian Pac, Cent. Leather pfd ----.---. Cerro de Pasco -..----.----- Chandler Motor -s-~-------- Chesapeake & Ohio --. Chic. & =*-rthwestern —-. Chis. Mil, & p.. Paul, pfd ---- Chic. R. I. & Pac ~-.---~--~-- Chile Copper, ex div --------~ Coco Col ‘aot pesereantinedterme Colorado Fuel Congoleum Consolidated Gas ---.-~--. Crucible Steel Cuba Cane Sug. pfd Davison Chem -------------- Du Pont de Nem ~---. General Ezectric, ex diy ---- General Motors -.----------— Gt. Northern pfd --. Gulf States Steel ---.-------- Houston Oil --.-------------- Hudson Motors ------~------ Illinois entral Harvester Int. Int. Mer. Mar. pfd -.-------- Invincible Oil --------------- Kelly-Springfield . -----.---- Kennecott Copper ---------- Mack Truck Marland Oil -. Missouri Pac. pfd Montgomery Ward ---------- Nat. Biscuit - National Lead Northern Pacific Pacific Ot) Pan. Am. Pi Pennsylvania .------. Phila. & Rdg. C. & I. Phillips Pet, Pure Oll ~------------- Reynolds Tob. “'B’ St. L,, & San Fran: Seaboard Air Line -----. Sears Roebuck Sinclair Con, Sloss-Sheff. Steel ------------ Southern Pacific Southern Ry. ----. Standard Oll, Cal Standard Oil, N. J. Stewart Warner - Texas & Pacific ‘Tcbacco Products Tobacco Products ‘Transcont, Union Pacific Ol --.-----: United Drug -. U. 5. . Cast Iron Pipe -. + 8. Ind, Alcoho} -----. . 8. Rubber U. 8. Steel ~ Utah Wabash pfd “ Westinghouse Willys-Overland - Woolworth .. -- Standard Oil Stocks Anglo Am, Oil Copper Rid Ask woo 17% 17% Borne Scrymser Buckeye Chesebrough Mfg. Chesebrough pfd. Gal. Sig. Old Pta -— Gal. Sig. New pfd Bessemer --..--.-.--_ Boston Wyoming ~--.. Buck Creek — Burke - --.--3..-. Blackstone Salt Creek Chappell - -----.... Columbing — —---... Central Pipe — Consolidated Royalty Cow Gulch —... Jupiter JS AS. Kinney Coastal ~~~. Lance Creek Royalty - .00% Marine --.-. Mike Henry .-. = Mountain & Gulf ----_~ New York Oil Royalty & Producers — Sunset — ---.--.-.. Tom Bell Royalty Western Exploration Western States +10 Y. 00 WWncnctes=. 07 NEW YORK CURB CLOSING Bid Ask Mountain Produ 00 19.19 Glenrock O11 15 5 Salt Creek Producers__24.75 Salt Creek Consolidated 6.50 New York Oil Mutual . . 8. O, Indiana ~ LIVESTOCK Omaha Quotations OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 3.—(U. 8. De- partment of Agriculture)—Hogs— Receipts, 25,000; better grades butch- ers active; others slow; market gen- erally 10c lower; bulk 200 to 300-Ib. butchers, $8.75@9.20; top, $9.25; de- sirable $160 to 2004b. weights, $8.25 @8.75; light Ughts, $7.50@8.25; Packing sows, $8.40@8.50; bulk of all sales, $8,35@9.20; average cost, Tuesday, 8.86; weight, 225. ‘i Cattle—7,500; fed steers and year- lings moderately active, steady to strong; early sales mostly $7.00@ 10.00; few upward to $10.75; some held higher; butcher cows and heifers strong; veals and bulls ockers and feeders scarce, bulk butcher heifers, canners. and cutters, $2,60@3.50; practical veal top, $9.00; bologna bulls, $2.75@ 3.25; natives, $3.50. Sheep—12,000; lambs steady to weak; early sales fed westerns, $14.25@14.40; some held higher; fed clipped lambs, $11.80@12.10; choice lift yearlings, $12.50; sheep steady; early ewe top, $8.25; strong; feed- ing lambs, $14.00@14.35. ——————_—_—_ Coffee Prices Break in Mart NEW YORK, Dec. 3.—A wave of Uquidation swept the coffee market in today’s early trading, carrying prices down 1% to lic a pound. The sharp break followed a. further drop of about 2 cents a pound in the Santos market and was a continu- ance of yesterday's selling here when closing prices were 1 to 1%c lower. ee 00 6.75 8.75 12.50 61,00 nteady Butter and Eggs CHICAGO, Dec. 3.—Butter lower; creamery extras 47i%c; standards 44%c; extra firsts 43@46c; firsts 36@39c; seconds 32@34c. Eggs lower; receipts 2,061 cases; firsts 47@62c; ordinary firsts 35@ 40c; refrigerator extras 37@37%c; firsts 364 @36c. " ~ « LATE SPORTS NEW YORK, Dec. .—The Italian- Belgian combination of Belloni and Deruy to which applied the six day *| bicycle race field at Madison Square New York Transit ------ 66 Northern Pipe --------- 85 o. oO. hio pfd -. Swan & Finch --_---. Vacuum . --...--. ws ‘ashington 8. O. Neb. 95e; mostly 35@90c: few fancy $1.00 @$1.10. — SILVER NEW YORK, Dec. 3.—Bar silver 2c. Mexican dallars 53%4c. Garden early tcday after one of the wildest successions of jams in the history of the event, held their mar-: gin at noon, the sixtieth hour of grind. A Seven teams were notched a lap behind the leaders, five more were two laps behind while two teams were four laps in the ruck. The leaders had covered 1,010 miles, five ‘aps as compared with the record of 1,229 miles 1 lap set in 1914 by Walt- bour and Halstead. NEW YORK, Dec. %—Bobby Cruickshank, New Jersey golf pro- fessional, will follow Walter Hagen and Gene Sarazen, who have left for the south to meet the British invaders, Abe Mitchel and George Duncan, Hazen and Sarasen will Practice for more than a week before Meeting the Europeans in 36 hole match at St. Augustine, December team at Tampa, next Sunday. After these matches with four Jeading Ameri{an professionals, Mitchell and Duncan will leave for the Pacific coast. HARTFORD, Conn., Dec. §—(By ‘The Associated Prees)—The nation- al Association of Profesmicnal base- ball leagues in session here today, appointed « committee to investigate Ban Johnson's charges of gambling in baseball on the Pacific coast. The committee was instructed to report on what course of action was necessary to get to the foundation of Johnson's charges, Try a Tribune classified ad for results. Livestock :: All Markets STOGK PRIGES OTRONG AGIAN Speculators for the Rise Dominate New York Trading NEW YORK, Dec. 3.—Stock prices bounded upward today in re- flection of the favorable impression created in Wall Street by President Coolidg: message to congress, en- couraging trade reviews and the marked strength of the foreign ex- changes. More than three scoro issues, including several investment rails were lifted to new peak prices for the year. Sales. approximated 1,000,000 share: NEW YORK, Deo; 3.—Stock pri- ces resumed their upward trend at the opening of today’s market as speculative operations for the rise went ahead in various sections of the list. Gains however, were lim- ited to fractions except where spec- 1a} considerations were a factor. Public service of New Jersey re- sponded to an increase in the div- {dent by advancing a point to a new 1924 top at 69%. U. S. Realty and Erie preferred issues were in brisk demand, the latter two reach- ing new high levels for the year. The upward movement gained vi- tality and business expanded with the execution of buying orders in a wide assortment of srares. low Priced rails and industrials led) in public favor, with a view ot, the high priced issues figuring in the advance. U. 8. Realty common and preferred jumped more than 3 polntq each, crossing 130 to the year’s highest levels. Gains of 1 to 1% points were recorded by the new American Tobacco shares, Erie first preferred, Hudson and Man- hattan, interborough, Colorado Fuel and U. 8. Distributing. Pivotal in- dustrials, including U. 9. Steel, Bald- win and American Can, together with standard dividend paying rails such as Southern Pacific, Atchison and Canadian Pacific participated moderately in advance. Foreign exchanges moved up at the opening under the leadership of demand 51 ling which crossed $4.65 to a 1924 peak. With: more, of business improve- ment, buying of industrial shares became more varied, with the cpp- per issues making a good showing. Olls also tended higher, and the gas and high grade railroad stocks also moved up substantially. Numerous Popular industrials made headway with American Can crossing 149 in the early afternoon. Some selling took place when the renewal rate on call money was raised to 3% per cent but all offer- ings were well absorbed and the main price movement continued up- ward throughout the morning. Bull- ish demonstrations were conducted with great vigor ina number of rails, tobaccos, public utilities and specialties, over 30 issues being lift- ed to new high prices for the year before noon. The closing was strong. Heavy buying of high grade dividend pay- ‘ing rails featured the tate trading, veral clalties also bid up 3 to 4% points. oR IE at MINORT QUITS STATE POST WHEAT HIGHER ON CROP NEWS | Argentine Reports Aid Price Recovery at Chi- cago CHICAGO, yeloped in wheat pr today de spite weakness nut the start Int tial, declines were ascribed to rains in the domestic winter crop belt and lower quotations at Liverpool. On the other hand, Argentine crop advices were said to be bullish and gossip was current that orders had been issued to ship out from Chi- cago 2,000,000 bushels of wheat and 5,000,000 bushels of rye. The open- ing, which ranged from half cent, to 1% lower, with May $1.58% to $1.59% and July $1.40% to $1,40% was: followed by an advance all around to well above yesterday's finish, Subsequently prices continued to point upward as a rule, indications being that the movement of spring wheat both sides of the Canadian boundary would fall off to a mate- rial extent within the next ten days. Prices closed unsettled %c to 2% net higher, May $1.61 to $1.61% and July $1.41% to $1.42. Corn and oats displayed indepen- ent strength, owing to predictions of stormy weather. Argentine corn crop advices were also unfavorable. After opening at %c lower to \%c higher, May $1.20% to $1.21%, the corn market scored decided gatas, Increased country corn offerings to arrive failed to bring about any important reaction. The close was firm, 1%c to Sc net higher, May $1.22% to $1.22%. Oats started at %4c decline to 4c advance, May 658%c. Later all months. showed some advance. Pro- visions were easy, influenced by a downturn in hog values, Wheat— Open High Low Close Dec. 1.51% 1.55% 1.54% May 1.58% 1.61% 1.61 July 1.40% 142% Corn— Dec. May July Oats— Dec. May July Rye— Dec. May July Dee. Strength 1.31 1.32% 185% 1.3744 Bellies— Jan, ~~--14.37 May SPRING GAM HOLDINTEREST NEW YORK,’ Dec. 3.—Manager John J. McGraw of the Giants ex- pects keen public interest in the four game series between the Na- tional league champions and the Washington Senators, world’s cham- pions, which will precede the open- ing of the title races next April. Two games will be played in Wash ington and two in New York. McGraw called it the “coming world series" when he returned from Jurope yesterday. ‘ CHEYENNE, Wyo., Dec. 3,—Rev. J. B, Minort today resigned the of- fice of Wyoming commissioner of child and animal protection. His successor will be appointed by act- ing Governor Lucas within a few days. GOOLIDGE OFF FOR CHICAGO WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.—Travel- ing in an ordinary sleeping car com. partment on a regular passenger ‘train, President Coolldge left Wash- ington today for Chicago where he will deliver two addresses tomorrow. Girl Convicted Of “Annoying” Ketchup King NEW YORK, Dec. Buell, today vy Miss Murlel s found guilty’ of disorderly conduct in annoying, J ferson Livingston, hup king” and race horse owner, in his Wall Street office November 13, Magistrate Simpson in/Tooms court suspendest sentence but warnedy the young woman not to annoy or mo- lest Livingston in the future. Electric lamps with fancy shades are such a hobby with one St. Louis woman that she has more than forty lights distributed about her home. FOUR INJURED AS BIG LINER BATTLES SEAS NEW YORK, Dec. 3.—Thirty stx | hours overdue from LaHavre, after constant battling with hurricanes | and snowstorms, the French liner hambeau docked today with injured passengers and 19 very k rodeo bronchos, Mrs. L. C. Sheldonvof San Fran cisco. the most seriously in jured. On Thanksgiving night, when a 100 mile gale was hurling sixty foot waves over the ship, she was thrown to the floor of the lounge, sustaining a broken wrist. POTENTATE’S NAME KNOWN LONDON, Dec. 3.—(By The Asso- eaited Press.}—Tho India office to day lifted the embargo on the pub lication of the name of the eastern potentate who was referred to in the sensational Robinson blackmail ing suit only as “Mr. A", The name, it was stated, is Rajah Sir Hari Singh, nephew of the maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir. SHIP SINKS WITH AUTOS STURGENO BAY, Wis., Dec, 3.— (By The Associated Press}—The freighter Lakeland sank with a load of automobiles today six miles from the harbor here. All of her crew were taken aboard a coast guard cutter and a car ferry. The Lakeland, formerly known as the Cambia, was built in 1887. BLUFF HALTS CAR BANDITS DENVER, Colo., Deo, 3.—P. W. Calkins, motorman on a Denver tram car, early today proved the eficicacy of a bluff. When ordered to “stick 'em up” by two armed bandits, who accosted him as he left the car to replace the trolley wheel that had left the wire, he nonchalantly asked the ban- dits if their guns were loaded. “Do you want us to demonstrate?” One of the men asked. “No,” replied, “but there's just around the corner, who’ wondering what's keeping me.’ As the men turned to look, Calk- ing leaped aboard’ the car, started the motor and cried for help. The would-be bandits fled. MAIL BUSINESS PROVES COSTLY TO UNCLE SAM First Class Mail Only One to Pay Its Way In Last Year. WASHINGTON, Dec. 3—With the exception of first class mail and postal saving# every service conduct- ed by the postoffice department shows a substantial annual loss, Postmaster Gentral New informed the senate today as a result of a far reaching investigation. Fourth class mail, parcel was handled at a loss of .1 & pound but first. class ters, etc, showed a profit « cents a pound. Handling of second élass mail— newspapers and magazines—is done at a loss to the government of 5.43620 cents a pound, the report sald, and third class mail at @ loss of 7.00465 cents a pound. was cop be post, ents let. 2.08699 Sun Will Hide on January 24 . If the weather {s fine on the morning of Saturday, Janua, western Lake Superior to southern New England will have a chance to Moon's shadow will strike the earth in northern Minnesota just as the sun ward at the terrific speed of 900 miles an hour Inset is_ a picture of @ previous eclipse. Map shows the territory dwellers along a hundréed-mile wide sirlp frome © a total eclipse of the sun The is rising and then rush southeast y over which the eclipse may be seem)