Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 24, 1925, Page 12

> ry ~ e Pin * DAILY Se L Oil and Financial News ?ASSENGER TRAFFIC HITS RECORD MARK Advertising Campaign of Burlington and the Great | Northern in Northwest Region Speeds Up Travel in Year. By J. ©. ROYLE isht 1925 Casper Tribune) NEW YORK, Dec. 24.—Passenger fie tre on many class one roads has becn heavier than ever before year. By J 1, the total revenue ree will prob- nwestern roads, revenue, have found back yards. Their ting tourist travel is ticket validations at travelers begin their neys. Valldations on © coast from May 15, to the tourist season, num- increase of 33,267, nt over those of the 24. These ated b: vhere corresponding were all “long haul” tickets, most oe th from points east of the Missigsipt The increase at Seattle totaled 56.85; at Portlanc at San Fran- and ut Los Angeles 8 ording to the Transcon- Passenger Association, ac Railroad officials frankly credit the gain in travel through the Pa- cific northwest to the joint adver- tising campaign of the Chicago, Burlington and’ Quincy, the Great Northern and Northern Pacific sys- tems. This advertising was direct- ed toward attracting homeseekers and capital as well as tourists. It bas stressed cheap hydroelectric pow- er, low building costs’ owing to close lumber supply and business pros- pects as well as climatic and scenic advantages. Another factor in the increase in the west has been the “escorted tours,” embracing Colorado points and the Yellowstone and Glacier Na- tional! parks. This was not q new idea, but effectively presented und ce.pably managed, it seemed to fill a genuine public need. he three roads which utilized this method did more than twice as much business as expected and spe- clal had to be provided to ac- mommodate Eundreds of extra pas- sengers, _ Commodity Trade News | Livestock KANSAS CITY—The demand for good stocker and feeder cattle {s ur- gent. Prices have not risen, but the advance in cow prices in the south- West, Indicating stockmen there are @ in the industry, should have eficial effect on pure blood cat- a be Oysters D, Ore. — Experiments conducted in the hope bringing back the Oregon oyster industry. Local interests are pre- paring to plant beds at several points along the coast. Steel PITTSBURGH — Current business at. the steel centers is being well maintained. Most companies are booked for the first quarter of 1926, at fair prices. Sheets are selling at 3.35¢ a pound for black; 2.50c for blue annealed; 4.50c for full finished and .60¢ for. galvanized. MARKET BOSSI By Hill, Weaver and Company. Republic F and Light. No- r bal before ‘depreciation {ter taxes and subsidiary pre- ferred dividends was $199,255 against 375.587 in November, 1924, twelve months $975,265 against $640,106. Minneapolis and St. Louls Novem- Business Briefs In making the announcement the directors said: “The company will distribute on or about February 1, one share for each four shares of stock held by stockholders of record January 15, and send checks for the value of fractional shares, based on the aver- age stock market price, ex-dividend between January 15 and January 30. No fractional certificates will be ber deficit after taxes and charges was $5,300 against deficit $115,645 in November 1924. Bank of England discount rate un- changed at 5 per cent. Reading company November net operating income was | $1,840,320 against $1,805,070 in 192: Iron and steel exports from United States during November were 171,134 5 per cent increase over Willys Overland for ten. months ended October 31, earned $12,461,530 after interest and federal income tax. New York Federal reserve bank rediscou: rate unchanged at 3% per cer Universal pipe for nine months d November 30, had consolidated net income of $131,810 after depre- elation, depletion, etc., but before federal taxes of Jello company proposed merger with Pow 1 September 30,914 after had net expenses Fs 20 industrials 155,98 up rails 11111 up .77; 40 bonds up .02 CHRISTMAS TO ~ BE UIETDON Page One) First Congre- h they attend, ¢ House to sing Bells of Christ- © t nm Noble Plorce ted to ning, the cholr o atic will c Coolidge. ——— » Butter and Eggs || CHICAGO, Dec, 24.—Butter, high receipts 4,852 tubs; creamery ex tras 46%c; standards 45% firsts 4414@45 $e; firsts 42 seconds 49@41%o Exes, | ower receipts 3.142 c ordinary firsts or extras 34% YORK, Dec. 24.—@ high 6; low 6%; ruling closing bid 6%; offered at loan 6%; call loans against 4 time loans stead teral 60-00 days 4% @b: $74'HS: prime mereantile eceptance issued.”” This action follows the consumma- tion of the merger of the Magnolia Petroleum company tnto the Stand- ard Oll company of New York by exchanging four shares of Standard Oll for one of Magnolia or a cash payment of $181.23 a share for Magnolla. NEW YORK, Dec, 24.—()—The Standard Ol] company of New York today gave {ts stockholders a Christ- mas present by declaring a stock dividend of 25 per cent. * MINNEAPOLIS—Rallroad officials of northwest lines will co-operate to urge passage of the lakes-to-sea tide- water project. Governors of central and ‘northwestern states will gather plan. Oil Summary By Hill, Weaver & Co. Wall Street Journtl says a year or 60 ago reports: were current that Continental Oil would eventually be absorbed by one of the larger Stund. ard, OU companies but nothing has Con wt tinental Oil is 0 been a le feature ts the stock within such a n range. Over the last several days, for ex- ample, transactions have been larger than in any other Standard Ot! stock within a range of barely half point. Control of a Jarge amount of stock has been shifted since the first of the year, | Collections in November of the two cent tax on gasoline totalled $200,106 against $244,437 for October. The total for the elght months tha a been in effect in Nebraska Jy a little over $1,800,000.. Estimates for year range close to $2,300,000. Gibson OU has purchased 110 acres in Hutchinson county, Texas, in proven oil territory, on which a well {g belng started. A fifty per cent interest in eighty acres in An- derson county, Kansas, has been hased, on which drilling wil! be | Grain Opinions | By Hill, Weaver & Co. Bartlett Frazier: Belleve broader buying power will appear and values In wheat work higher, Think corn will also go higher. | Jeckson Bros: ‘There was heavy reinstating of Unes with many | leaders predicting higher prices. Hulburd Warren: Indications are for further advances in all grains, pa salt ean sc | [Potatoes CHICAG Dec, 24.- @)—Pota- fs; trading much tmproved; market wueh stronger: receipts 38 cars; to “l Unted States ahipmente 386 cars oxnsin sacked round white $2.80 lorado wacked brown benu- ed rusnets here January 5 and 6 to outline a| New York Central - N, Atchison -.. Central Leather pfd. . Consolidated Gas Corn Products OHY GOO -HOO Ft Boo- HOoY 'M IN AWFUL Last Sales. New York Stocks Allls Chemical and Dye --2. 1144 American, Can American Car and Foundry. American Locomotive .. American American American Tel. and Te! American Tobacco -. American Woolen Anaconda Copper Armour of Il Sm. and Ref. .. Sugar Atl. Coast Line ~ Baldwin Locomotive Baltimore and Ohio Bethlehem Steel California Pet. .. Canadian Pacific Cerro de Pasco . Chandler Motdr Chesapeake and Oh Chicago and Northwestern Chicago, Mil. and St. Paul pfd. Chicago, R. I. and Pacific CMe Copper Chrysler Coca Cola ~.... Colorado Fuel Crucible Steel Cuba Cane Sugar Dodge Brothers ‘ Du Pont de Nemours ~. Blectric Power and Light ctfs Erie Mallroad -.. Famous Players Fisk Rubber — Foundation Co. —-. Genera! Asphalt General Electric ~~ General Motors -- Great North. Iron’ Ore ctfs. Great Northern ex. div. Gulf States Steel Hudson Motors Illinols. Central ~----... Independent O. and G. --.. Int. Combustion Eng. ~ Int. Harvester Int. Mer. Marine pfd. -. Int. Nickel Kennecott Copper Lehigh Valley Louisville and Mack Truck Marland Oli Mid-Continental Pet. Mo., Kan. and Texas — Missour! Pacific pfd. . Montgomery Ward Nat, Lead ' N, Y., N. H., and Hartford Norfolk and’ Western — North Amertean ~— Northern Pacific Pacific Ol Packard Motor C Pan. Am. Pet Pennsylvania Phillips Pet. -- Pierce-Arrow Motor ( Radio Corp —. Reading Ire and Standard Oil, N. Stewart Warner - Studebs Texas Texas Gulf Sulphur Texas and Pacific Tobacco Products Union Pacific United Cigar Stores U.S. Cast Iron Pipe U. 6. Ind. Alcoh Rubber - . Steel . Railway Ward Baking “B" Westinghouse Electric - White Motor -- vs Overland Woolworth Co. | Crude Market BY ALLL-WEAVER & ©0, alt Creek, 86 to 36.9 gravity Salt Creek, 37 to 89.9 gravity Rock Creek --+----re-e-n-enem Big Muddy lk Bs Cat Creek Lance Creek ~. ss Creek Ught Greybull Torchiight Mule Creek Lander Osage Sunbur Hamilt Ferris Byron ” Mexican dotars 62%e. _— — Why not an Basex for Xo [" a Silver YORK, Dee. 24.—Bar sliver Cbe Casper TRIBUNE -YOU KNOW ME. AL---Adyventures of Jack Keefe x Daily Cribune Stocks and Grains MARK THURSDAY, DCCEMBER 24, 1925 ETS THINK SOME ONE HAS STOLEN Ir PRICE ADVANGE Merger Rumors and Trade News Speed Up Demand on Exchange NEW YORK, Dec, 24.—(P)—The Christmas spirit permeated today's stock market, which gave another exhibition of strength under the lea- dership of the high-grade ralls and Industrials. American Can was again the spectacular individual, per- former, soaring nearly 14 points to another new high record for all time a 6. The heavy accumulation of the raflroad shares was based on the publication of another batch of: fa- vorable mber earnings state- ments, Atchison leading that group by advancing five points in the early afternoon to record top at 137, while New rk Central and At- lantic Coast Line moved up to new high records for a year or longer. Railway Steel. Spring soared 121% points, and General Hlectric, Postum Cereal and Remington Typewriter advanced 5 to 61% points. Call money eased to 514 per cent in the Wyoming Oils ! OILS LEAD IN | Quotations py Bias Vucerevich, Broker 203 Consolidated Royalty Building Western Exploration - 2.75 Consolidated Royalty -. 9.00 Central Pipeline -. 5 E. T. Williams --. Bessemer .- Western States -. Kinney Coastal Columbine Jupiter .03 Elkhorn .---. 05 Domino 05, .06 Royalty 0445.05 Sunset 00% 00% Picardy 01 02° Lusk Royalty | — 03 Tom Bell. . 03 Buck Cree! 226 Chappell -. 13 MacKinnio M4 Burke -. 12 Riverton Pet. ~. 2.90 Curb Stocks. Imperial Oil .-----.- Prairie Ol ~ Mountain “Producers Continental eacly afternoon. NEW YORK, Deo. 24.—M— Strength .and activity of the oll shires, apparently based-on the pub- eation of constructive trade sta- tistics and merger rumors involving some of the California and Mid: Continent ‘properties, featured the firm opening, of today’s stock mar- ket. Non-ferrous meta! shares moved higher under the leaderahip of American Smelting, which sold at Its highest price in eight years. General Electric showed an initial gain of three points. Speculators for the advance cele- brated Christmas on the floor of the exchange by bidding up a wide variety of industrial and railroad shares. American Can opened \ lower at $82 and.then shot up to new record high at 290 before the end of the first half hour, Atchison crossed 133 to a new 1925 high and Pacific Of] moyed up two points ta a new top at 66%. Fox Film ex- tended its early gain to three points, Stewart Warner to two and Inter- national Harvester, Otis Elevator, Weber and Heilbroner, National Bis- cult and Woolworth were among the many issues to sell a point or go Nigher, Motors were heavy, Chrys- ler and Hudson esch falling back about two points. Porelgn exchanges | Qpened irregular, demand sterling | held steady around $4.84 11-16 and F sagged a\ couple of 8 cents. }_A Fs renew er the \ Mor a he Can met hea 2 it had touched 291, and it broke to 28314, but {twas rushed up again to 290% at midda Announce- ment of the ten to one ‘split-up of 8. 8. Kreske stock caused a demand for the shares. They gold at 763, a Jump of 38 points over the previous transaction last week. United States Steel rose to 137. Rallway ' Steel Spring jumped 6% and International Telephone and Telegraph, Yellow Coach and Truck, Twin City Rapid Transit Remington Typewriter, Sloss Sheffield Stee!, Frank H. Shat- tuck, Commercial Solvents | “A", Sears Roebuck and Pacific Oll 3. to 4's points. The closing was strong. Amert- n Can dropped back four points with early high level but aggressive bidding ‘for other issues continued through the final hour. Pacific Ol jumped ‘five points to a new high bove 70 on reports that it had dis. posed of its holdings of Associated Ol,” Federal Mining climbed more than ten points and gains of four and five polpts were registered by Bears Roebuck and United Stat-s Realty (old stock). Sales approxi- mated 1,700,000 shares. Flour MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Dec. 24.— Flour prices soared 40c to 460 @ barrel here today as a result of the advance in wheat prices yesterday. The range in quotations at mills here jumped from $9.06@9.15 a barrel to $9,.45@9.60 for family patent flour when sold in car lots. peli sess a ke Poultry “CHICAGO, Dec. 24.—UP)—Poultry alive, steady; receipts & cars; no shanges tn pri Turkey or duck dinner, 40 cents: private booths. ©, B. & Q. Cafe, 454 North Wolcott, New York Oil 10% Salt Creek .Cons.. .. 9 68% 93% 66 Livestock hicago Prices. CHICAGO, Dec. 24.—(U. S. Depart- ment of Agriculture.)}—Hogs—19,000; active, mostly 25 to 50c higher; light- er welght show maximum advance; urgent shipping demand; big pack- ers doing little; bulk good and choice 200 to 300 pound buntchers $11.10@ 11.50; majority of better 160 to 180 pound weight $11.75@12.00; practi- cal top $12.00;°140 to 150 poun: se- lections largely $12.00@12.25; bulk packing sows $9.25@9.60; better grades of killing pigs ‘mostly $12.25 @12.50; heavy weight hogs $10.80@ 11.30; medium © $11.25@11.65: Nght $11.00@12.00; light Nght $11.25@ 12.26; packing sows $9.00@9. slaughter pigs $12.00@12.50. Cattle—6,000; catch as’ catch can trade on fat steers and fat she stock; steady to 25c lower; better grades of fat steers showing maxi- mum decline; top heavies $12. yearlings $12.00; bulk $8.75@10.00; shipping «demand very narrow on g00d to cholce offerings; bulls 10 to Ihc higher; vealers strong at $11.00 @11.50 mostly; outsiders hand pick- ing upward to $13.00 and better. Sheep—2,000; fat lambs ful higher; spots up more; quallty con sidered; bulk $16.00@16.25; few up ward to $16.50; some held higher; fat abeep strong: Odd lots fat ev | 88.28@8.78: feeding lambs fu steady; few loads $15. cho! ndy welght § Omaha Quotations OMAHA, Neb,, Dee. 24,—(U, 8, Do partment of Agriculture).—Hoes. re celpts 10,000; mostly Ihc to 25c high er; desirable 140 to 200-pound weight $11.10@11.25; practical top $11.30 odd lot igbts up to $11.35; good to choice 200 to 300-pound butchers $11.00@11.10; packing sows larg ely $9.75@10.00; bulk of all. sales $10.85@11-25; average cost Wednes- day $10.75; weight 258. Cattle, | receipts 1,500; fed steers and yearlings, slow, weak to 25¢ low- er; bulk $8,25@9.60; top $10.75; other killing classes, slow, abcut eteady; stockers and. feeders nominally steady; bulk butcher cows $4.75@6.00 heifers: $6.768.00; canners and cut- ters $3.75@4.50; bologna hulls $4.75@ 5.00; practical veal top’ $9.50; heavy calves $6.75@7.75. Sheep, receipts 2, lambs 15¢ to 2be -higher; top $15.85; sheep and feeders, steady; best feeders $11.55. Denver Prices DENVER, Colo., Dec, 24.—(U, Department of Agriculture).—Hogs, recelpts 1,300; seven loads direct to big packers; mostly 350 to 5c high- er; practical. top $11.75 for one load and numerous small bunches; other loads $11.50@11.70; light Hghts 25c higher, at $11.85; packing sows most. 4,200 ly 35c higher, at» $9.50@9.75; few smooth kinds up to $10.00. Cattle, receipts 600; calves 100; generally steady; heifers $6.00@7.00; cows $4.50@5.76; mixed cows and helfers $6.00; canners cutters $2.75@4.26; good to cholce veala $11.00@12.00; one load 366- pound calves $8.00; three loads Utah feeder steers $8.15; load wet cows $5.00; other feeder cows $3.90. Sheep. receipts 700; mostly billed through; few drive-in lambs $14.00; with yearling wethers steady. Kansas City Market, NSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 24.— §, Department of Agricujture)— {tle—1,200; calves 200; largely a 50@16.00; no} 1 $3.25@3.20;| THE Lact PERSOW WAS WITH GAIN GROUND Disappointing Yields in Ar- gentine Cause Upturn at Chicago CHICAGO, Dec. —P)— With reports at hand telling of disappoint- ing yields in Argentine, especially Pampas province, the wheat market here took an early swing upward to- day. Prices at first were irregular and unsettied owing largely to profit taking sales, but good commission house buying developed and ‘offer- ings grew scarce. Besides, talk of rust damage in southern Argentina became current, the opening, %%4¢ lower to 1%4c higher, new style, De- ecmber $1.74% and May $1 to $1,7144, was followed by a moderate general setback and then by a rise to $1.77 for December and $1.72% for May. Subsequently the market displayed general strength as a result of the government crop report ~ showing 416,000 acres decreaso- in United States winter wheat seeding. The wheat market closed strong, 2%c to 4c net higher, new style, December $1.76% to $1.77 and May $1.74% to $L74%. Corn and oats were easy, influ- enced a good deal by official an- nouncement ‘that the pig crop for 1925-in-the corn belt is the smallest since 1920. After opening %ec to 1%c lower, May 83%c to 84c;, corn prices rallied to about yesterday's finish and then sagged again. For at least the time being corn traders appeared to be paying but little. attention to wheat strength. Corn. closed unsettled, at the same as yesterday's finish to %c lower, May Sic to 84t%c. Oats started at %c off to *@kKe up, May 45c to 45%4c, and held near to initial figures. In Ine with hog values the pro- vision market advanced, ‘Wheat— Open High Low Close Dec. new . 1 173% L76% Dec. old.. 1.70% 1 1.74% May, new 1.71 1 1.70% old. 1.6: 1. TH 1 M 14.4 Bellles- CL eee , 14.50 |Maoy ----14.95 14.95 14.90 14.90 | Cash Grains and Provisions. CHICAGO, | Dec. (P)—Wheat, No, 1 hard $1.77% @1,80; No. 2 hard $1,764 Corn 4 mixed 71% @72%c; No 3 yellow 7 Oats, No. 2 white 41% @42c; No. 3 white 41@41 tg Rye, No. 2 $1.03% 60@710 imothy seed, $7..0@7.3: Clover seed $14.7 $14.50 $14 $ 00@ 30.50 —(P).—For tons in cents reat Britain, demand 484%; cables 485; 60May bills on banks 480%. France, demand cables 3.6744, Italy, demand 4.03%; cables 4.03%. Demand, Belgium 4.53; Germany 23.80, top medium bulk $8.50@ 10: weight steers $10.50; other classes scarce, 1 top veals $10; stock- id feeders slow, out of second weak to lower. hands, 6—8,500; fairly active, shipper market mostly 1$c to 260 higher: packer market le to 20c higher: practical shipper top $11.05; packer top $11.30; bulk of enles $11@11.50; good to cholee 180 to 300 pounds $11.15@11.50; 130 to 160 pounds at $11.75@12.10; packing sows $9.25@ 10; stage $8.50@9.25; steck pigs strong to 100 higher, $11.50@12.10, Sheep— 1,000; lamba steady to strong; best offered $15.40; others $15.25; no eheep on sale —_—_____ steer ron; early sales confined chiet-! murkey o : ly to”better grades; steady to strong: private 05 | auch cinnte My poate | closing trade dull) weak to lower; 354 North Wolcott 4 ene sere ae ON WA --By DICK DORGAN Xx ei 12-24-25" ce | NEW, YORK BONDS NEW YORK, Dec. 23.—The fol closing bids of bonds on the New Y: shares of each bond. (U. 8. Government bonds In dolla BONDS— (Sales in 3s -.... wwoceeenlA Ist 4s Cc 2nd 48_.~-----=-2eeeeeee-D ist 4K%s 8] 2d 44 8-------------------F Liberty 3d 4%s8.-~...-. —-G Liberty 4th 4\%s -.--~.----------: U. 8. Treasury 4s_-.. U. S. Treasury 4s8--------------M FOREIGN— Czechoslovak Republic 8 1952..2A Dom. of Canada 5s 19) -----B Wrench Republic 7 1-8s. anne Japanese Govt. 6-28 -.--------—-—-D Kingdom of Belgium 6%s rets_k) Kingdom of Norway 6s 1944..__-F Rep, of Chile 8s 1941--.-.-..-_-G State of Queensland 6s. U. K.-of G. B. & I. 648 1937. DOMESTIC— Amer. Smelting 5s-. Amer. Sugar 6s -. Amer, Tel & Tel. 64s --—~-------C A. T. & T. deb. 5s 1960--..--..-_D Anaconda Cop. 7s 1938 -..--..-.--E Anaconda Cop. 6s 1953..-.--..--F At. T, & San Fe, gen. 45---..---C Balt. & Ohio cyt. 44s. eee : | Bevalehem Steel con. 6s, A---...-I Canadian Pacific deb, 4s--.---..J Chic, Burl, & Quincy rfg. 5s A--..K Chic. Mil. & St. P. cvt, 4%s_--_-L Chile Copper 68 --. Goodyear Tire, 85 Great Northern ‘%s, A. Great Northern -6s. Montana’ Power 5s A---. Northern Pacific rfg. 6s B-—--_R Northern Pac. new 6s D. S Northern Pacific lien 4s.-.--._T Pacific Gas & Elec. 5s--.-----—--U Penna R. R. gen. 44s. ~4A Sinclair Con. Ol! 6s 1927_----..-B Southern Pac. cyt. 4s. Cc Union Pacific 1st 4s...---.--_-D U. S. Rubber 5s ~-------_...--EI Utah Power & Light 5s--..._.F Western Union 6145 --..-.--.....G Westinghouse Elec. 7s_...-----.H. Wilson & Co., cVt, 6c-------------I Total sales of bonds today were $9 Liberty Liberty Liberty Liberty a : ¢ .O Pp Stock Opinions By Hill-Weaver & Co. J, 8. Bache & Co.: Do not belleve the day ts far distant when the steady accumulation that has been taking place in the rails and oils will assert itself in generally higher prices, Hornblower & Weeks: We main- |tain our position as to the destrabil- f continuing the purchase of rails, olls and equipments and we think the motors will continue their a ice into the early pert of nex | ee around six per cent all day yes but we think within a few days it will work easter, Pynchon & Co.: On reactions the railroad equipments. still offer the best opportunities for good profits. Hirsch Lilikthood: Regarding the market as a whole would not be op- timistic, | Metals NEW YORK, Dec. 24.—H)—Cop- steady; electrolytic, spot and res 14% @14\. Tin, firm; spot and nearby 63,25; futures Iron, Lead, Zinc, steady; East St. Louis spot }; futures: ntimony POWER COMPANY PLANS CHRISTMAS PARTY FOR EMPLOYES” FAMILIES The Mountain States Power com- pany will be host to {ts employes and thetr children Saturday night at a Christmas party to be held in the any’s hall on South Center A Christmas tree and en- nment, with Santa Claus on hand tn bis characteristic role, will be provided. The entertainment will be followed by a dance for the em- ployes and their friends. DULUTH, Minn., Dec. Close flax: December 2, 2.63; Februzry 2.64; May 2, 2.57%, —A)— January 744; July re a oils and rails; lowing are today’s high, ork Stock Exchange and low and the total rs and thirty-seconds of dollars) $1,000) High Low Closé 90 99.24 99.22 99.24 54 10:26 101.24 pears 328 100,22 100.18 100.19 212 100,26 100.23 100.26 158 101.30 101,81 102.27 106.9 45 106% +820,000, compared with $11,340,000 previous day and $7,766,000 a year ago. Florida railroad representatives in Washington agree on co-operative ar- rangement to relieve congestion and gradually lift freight and express embargo. Treaty between Britain and (bn Saoud, Sultan of Nejd fixing front between Nejd TraneJor nsalem ania, js publi Social and political upheavals are expected in Budapest in consequence of arrest of three prominent men on forgery charges involving millions. in Moroceo reach wounded and 1,220 French 1 2,600 killea, missing in 192 Federal Attorney Buckner at New York begins padlock proceedings against 41 white-way night clubs EX-SENATOR MADE ALIEN | CUSTODIAN WASHINGTON, Howard Sutherland from West Virginia today to be allen pre Dec —P)— former senator was appointed ty custodian Mr. Sutherland, who is a republi can, succee rederick C. Hicks, of New York, ‘who dled several days ago, The new custodian served two terms in the house of representatives and one term in the senate, retiring from the latter body in 1923, He was engaged {n the coal and timber land business befure entering congress, He was born at Kirk wood, Mo., and is sixty years old. Sugar NEW YORK, Dec. 24.—()—The refined sugar market was quiet and unchanged today ut $5 to $5.50’ for fine granulated, ———< Sel hey phates) 40 cents: Private booths, ©. B, & Q. Cale 354 North Wolcott. Electrical gifts are worthwhile. —_— Drink Hillerest Water, Phone 1181, ———_ Why not an Essex for Xmas?