New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 3, 1924, Page 3

SINCLAIR EXPLAINS T0STOCKHOLDERS Describes Relation of His Firm With Mammoth Ol Co. New York, March 3.--Harry F. Sin- clair, chief owner of the Mammoth Oll Co., whosc lease of the Teapot Dome oil reservation from the gov- ernment is being investigated, today issued a statement to stockholders of the Sinclair Consolidated Oil corpor- ation. explaining the relationship and responsibility of other companies with | A he is connected with regard to | the government project. The Sinclair Consolidated Oil cor- poration, of which Mr. Sinclair is chairman, owns slightly more than 25 per cent of the stock of the Mammoth company, he said, with a present market value of approximately $ This is the equivalent, he ned, of $1.25 hare on the total number of Sinclair Jonsolidated Oil coporation common shared outstand- | ing. The (Consolidated corporation, he added, has not loaned nor obligat- ed f to lend any money to the Mammoth company. The Sinclair Refining Co., Mr, clair continued, has almost compl a storage installation for the navy at Portsmouth, N. H., representing a to- tal cost of less than $1,000,000 which isto be liquidated by proceeds from royalty oil accruing to the govern- ment throngh Mammoth Oil company undertaken to ernment lease eastward, he said, would also be avail- | able to serve new flelds which may be | developed in Wyoming, Montana, 'ol- | orado, Nebraska and the Dakotas. Half of the stock in Sinclair Pipe Line company is owned by the Consolidat- ed company and halt by the Standard Oil Co. of Indiana he said. The Sinclair Crude Oil Purchasing Co., also jointly owned by the consol- idated and the Indiana Standard Ol | has a contract to purchase all of th government rovalty oil in the Salt Creek field of Wyoming, but that con- | tract, he asserted, is not connected in y with the Mummoth Oil com- ontract, extensions STILL AFTER DENBY Senate Today Refuses to Take “No" As An Answer to Its Request For Certain Names, Washington, March 3.~The senate refused today to aceept “no” for an answer to its demand on Secretury Denby for a list of all ex-senators | who have practiced as attorneys in | cases involving the navy partment | within two years after leaving of- fice, The sceretary he had no wi intormed the senat of telling which of the attorneys mentioned in department | records were former senators. On motion of Renator Norris, republican, Nebraska, the senate voted to furnish | lim a list of the men who have served as senators, and the dates of their retirement. “This informution is availuble to unyone who hus access to the con- | gressional directories of puast years,” | sald Senator Norris, | The senate resolution of inquiry al- | 50 rel to former cabinet officials | and was directed to several other branches of the government besides the navy department, Public Debt of U. 8. Cut Almost 5 Billion Dollars Washington, March 3.—The publie | debt has been cut more than $4,800,. 000,000 in the four and a half years since the great war fndebts 5 wWas ut its peak, August 31, 1919, Figures made public today by the treagury show that at the opening of bushhess ' Saturday the national « was $21,- 781,966,852, It has been reduced $933, | 000,000 in the last year. TURKISH By Tie JERMAN TREATY Areorcigted Dross, Constantinople, March 3.\ treaty of friendship between Ger and Turkey will be signed tomorow it was announced here tod any Out-Bunking J. B. Londoner—What do you think of that tower for height? New Yorker (abroad)—Do you call ! high? Say, In our 91st floor Ledrooms we have to elose all the windows at night to keep the clonds from rolling in.—Selectnd is prescription relieves children and adul Aplessant syrup. No opistes. Jk-dfihfimul‘ chers “Painted People” Watch! GREATING ATHOSPHERE | |'This s French fwid | pointed out, will Ipleted this week NEW BRITA DAILY HERALD, MO DAY, MARCH 3, 1924. Almost two-score persons were killed and about a hundred injured when a terrific explosion wrecked the plant of the! Nixon Nitration Works at Nixon, four miles from New Brunswick, N.J. The concussion rocked houses within a radius of many miles and was heard as f: NEA staff photographer before the dust had settled. r away as lower New York City and Brooklyn. The explosion is believed to have started in the boiler Photo shows general view of the wreckage, taken by an room of the plant. | All that remains of the boiler room is shown in foreground of picture. | FOR REPARATIONS PLAN Opinion Regarding Fxchange of Notes With Great Britain | Parls, March 3. — The letters ex- | changed by the British and French premiers ure, in the general opinion nd diplomatic circles, in an atmosphere of political tended to creat: for the the reparation experts and the eventual holding of an interallied conferenee It is remarked that the correspond- ence merely brings out once more, al though in rather softer terms, the divergencies between the two countries but minimizes the subsi- dlary questions which during the two years have been the cause of haggling. This Is regard: a dis tinet gain, since it is regarded as fruitiess for the allies to come to. gether again in confercnee simply to emphasize their disagreements over such questions as the occupation of the Ruhr and the separatist move- | ment in the Rhineland, “It is taken for granted now in Well informed cireles that the experts will make a unanimous report, and that it will be so drawn that France will be likely to accept it This it is e the way fc in interallied conferen if Great Britain also tinds the report acceptable In view of such an event it is con- sidercd in veparation quarters as well as in Freneh officiul circles that the premiers have shown wisdom in mukJ ing known through their correspond- ence that questions like that of the Rubr will not be allowed to interferc with the success of the conference, | and that the discussion will be rajsed above the level of an argument over methods and details and brought up to the plane of a final effort to reach an agreement 1f the report of the experts 1s com as anticipated, the reparation commission will be able to deal with it early next week, and if a meeting of the allies be the outgrowth they can arrange tor such a meeting to be held perhaps toward the end of the present month or early in April. | Dr. J. W. Bush Today Resumes His Practice | J. W under reception of the report of last D, Bush of this city, came the whole revocation of licenses, ordered by the recent has resumed his statement Holden grand jury, practice according to a ma by him this morning. Dr. Bush and his bro r, Dr. A. P. Bush, nc tn Memphis, Tenn., have filed appeals from the action of th grand jury According to the law a physictan hak the right to practice after filing notice ! of appeal until his case is disposed of by the higher courts, Watch For VEY’S SHO TORE AD in Tomorrow’s Paper VMERG[ER'VS STATEMENT Cardinal Accused Belgium's Heroic Germany of What Considers “Her Evil Determination.” Brussels, March 5.—Cardinal Mer cler, Belgium's heroic war cardinal, has issued a pastoral fn which there are frequent allusions to. the after. war disappointments, ineluding the general impoverishment of Europe end the gathering of at fortunes by the profiteers, He also scores Germany for her “evil determination,” not to pay the allies, for organizing fictitious bank- ruptey, making any gonerous move on the part of the victors out of ‘the question, and for provoking economie perturbations, responsibility for which she falsely placed upon the allied governments, “Meanwhile, until Germany pays,” the cardinal says, “we must work out our own solution,” He urges all classes to reduce exe penses, fight speculation and remain confident, as during the war. Hope, he concludes, is a theological virtue just as binding as faith or charity, DISCUSS U. §. SEIZURES British Housé of Commons Brings Up Adriatic Question and Postpone- ment of Debate is Granted. London, March "T'he the seizure of liquor on Adriatic last month v aised in the he of commons today but poned by request of the government, Viscount Curzon, conservative for Battcrsea, asked the foreign minister whether his attention had been dr to the scizure of 156 barrels and cases of liquor aboard .the Adriatic by agents of the treasury in the United whether this was in accordance with the treaty recently signed; whethor he was aware that British ships had observed the Am- erican law in letter and spirit and that ships of other nations, such as France and Ttaly, had not been mol- ested despite the fact that the tomary alcoholic beverages were sup- plied as required, and whether he would make representations regard- ing this “apparent discrimination” against the British Viscount Curzon, in acee ponement of the question, the government would press on with ratificationd of the liguer treaty. Premier MacDonald roplied that the stibiect Peing pressed Mothers, Do This= When the Children Cough, Rub Musterole on Throats and Chests No telling how soon the symptoms may develop into croup, or worse. And then's when you're glad you have a jar of Musterole at hand to give prompt relief. It does not blister. As first aid, Musterole is excellent. Thoueands of mothers know it. You should keep a jar ready for instant use. It is the remedy for adults, too. Re- iieves sore throat, bronchitis, tonsillitis, croup, stifi neck. asthma, neuralgia, headache, congestion, pleurisy, rheu- matism, lumbago, pains and aches of back or joints, sprains, sore muscles, chilblains, frosted feet and colds of the chest (it may prevent pneumonia). To Mothers : Musterole is now made in milder form for babies and small children. Ask for Children’s Musterole. 35¢ and 65c, jars and tubes. the liner States; soizure cus- pting post- question of | !Jordan Motor Car Co. Votes - Dividend on Common Stock New York, March 8.—The Jordan Motor Car company today ared a quarterly dividend of nts on the new common stock, placing it on a $3 annual basis, 1 ment of the regular quarterly dividend of §1 share on I8 Anging for an entertainment that the preferred stock also was author- Will surpass any the lodge has yet ized. Last September directors de. | Put on. No member should miss this ! a special dividend of §5 ol entertaimment, Supper will be served share on the common stock, the first - payment since 1930 when $6 a share Their will be an important meeting was paid of the New Britain lodge, No. 183, Loyal Order of Moose, Friday evening, March \e state board of officers | will be present and will talk on the | George Bornemann, benefits derived by belng a member prelate in this distri tor of the Loyal Order of Moose. All St. Paulls church, died early members are requested to attend this atter an fllness of more than meeting and hear these able men He was 85 years old speak on the principles of the order Special Notices | 183, the| give a| New Britain lodge, No Loyal Order of Moose, will smoker and entertainment Thursday | evening, March 6th. The committee MONS., BORNEMANN DIES Reading, Pa., March 3, isignor a year The First and Original Cold and Grip Tablet ‘f Price 30 Cents asked if | A FORD CAR FREE On April 15th we give a Ford Touring Car fully equipped FREE to the Ford owner who holds the lucky ticket. If you have not received a ticket kindly call at our store as you are welcome to one chance—Any Ford Owner. This Car is given as an evidence of our appreciation for the loyal support given us by the Ford Owners in Connecticut in the past twenty yvears, BUY YOUR NEW FORD TODAY Liberal Trade Allow ance—l:nw Payment Plant Four Months’ Free l"lhfll' ELMER AUTOMOBILE CO. 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