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Evening star., 1923-12-17
NEW CLAIM DELAYS
SALE OF CROKER BONDS
United States Now Demands In
come as Well as Inheritance
Tax From Proceeds.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. Decem-
Der 17.-Sale of bonds recently seized
here by income tax agents, when they
forced the safety deposit box of Mrs
Rula L. Croker, in a local bank, which
was to have been made today, has
been postponed until January Is, ac-
cording to notices received here. Sale
of bonds was to have been made to
obtain an inheritance tax. The bonds
have a value of S105, 900. Mrs. Croker
is the widow of the former Tammany
cheftain, Richard Grocer, Sr.
The federal tax department yester-
day filed an income tax assessment of
S93S,O00 against the Croker estate.
This last tax claim is based on the
income of Richard Croker, Sr., for the
wears of 19lS-19-2O Notice of this
tax was filed in Washington Decem-
Der 10.
The tax. defined as Income" may
include interest on all federal pay
ments due, ordinary income tax and
special penalties, it was said. Mrs.
Croker in a statement yesterday, said
she had instituted another suit against
Richard Croker, jr., in which she is
asking to recover $42S,351. which she
alleged he owes the Croker estate.
Richard came into possession of his
brother Franks property, SAID Mrs.
Croker, which amounted to S673, 633.
Frank died intestate and his brother
served as administrator. But he did
not account for the amount either to
his father or to the SURROGATE. $
csurt" .4aA 4EzRaAA
Evening star., 1923-12-17
GOVERNOR PROTESTS
INSPECTION PERMITS
Pinchot Says Wording Hobbies
State Police in Enforcing
Dry Law
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
HARRISBURG, Pa, December IL
A clause in a new form of federal
permit to be issued to breweries and
distilleries in Pennsylvania, providing
that Pennsylvania state police may
inspect them during ordinary bust
ness hours" was criticized by Gov.
Pinchot in letter to Roy A. Haynes.
federal prohibition commissioner
made public here last night.
The governors communication.
dated December Is, was in reply to an
undated letter from Mr.. Haynes an
nouncing notifications in form of
permits. agreed to by the federal Off
cials as a result of the governor S
recent request of Secretary of the
Treasury Mellon.
Gov. Pipchot declared he refused to
accept as fulfllment of Secretary
Melons Promise to give this au-
missioner's permission to inspect
breweries and distilleries, with a
string to it that will hobble the Of
ficers of the law"
Mr.. Haynes explained in his letter
that arrangements had been made to
add the following words to the per-
mits:
''The business which this permit
authorizes shall be at all times, dur
ing ordinary business hours, subject
to inspection by the officers of the
Pennsylvania state police"
r. The governor, in his letter, said:
IF the enforcement service believes
that law breakers break the law only
in ordinary business hours the Penn
sylvania state police know they do
not.
THE enforcement service may. as
is often charged, put needless obsta-
cles in its own way by it's own regu-
lations, but l cannot agree to any
such system for Pennsylvania. We
have trouble enough to enforce the
law using twenty-four hours a day
to work in instead of ordinary busi-
ness hours"
Evening star., 1923-12-17
NAVY UNABLE TO TRACE
BOATS DRIFTING ON GULF
Craft Which Broke Loose From
Disabled Tug Sought by
Planes and Vessels.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PENSACOLA. Fla, December IL
No trace had been found last night
of two Navy eagle boats which
broke loose from the disabled Navy
tug Baysprings about 100 miles south
of Pensacola Friday. night. accord
ing to officials of the Pensacola Naval
Air Station. Three men, Kirk NJ.
Young, boatSwain mate; Robert Dun
ham, seaman of Pensacola, and John
H. Sussey, seaman, are aboard one of
the drifting craft.
The Navy tug Allegheny of the
Pensacola station and the tug Talla-
poosa were in the gulf tonight
searching for the vessels. The Bay
springs left Pensacola about noon
Thursday for Key West with the
eagle boats in tow. The seas were
rought. One of the boats broke loose,
but was later recovered. Friday
afternoon the tugs anchor became
fouled as the tow broke loose again
The tug was disabled. The Talla-
poosa later found the Baysprings
and towed it back to Pensacola, late
Saturday night.
Seaplanes secuted the gulf yester-
day but were unable to find the
boats Others were sent out today.
The tug Allegheny is in radio COM
munication with the Pensacola sta
ton.
Evening star., 1923-12-17
MUSICIANS TO MEET.
G. w. U. Chorus and Orchestra to
Gather Friday Night.

The chorus and orchestra of George
Washington University will hold their
first meeting in the assembly hall of
the university next Friday night at
S o'clock.
Formal organization of the two
bodies and the planning of a schedule
Of rehearsals, to start after the
Christmas holidays. constitutes the
principal business which is to be
transacted at the meetings.
The chorus numbers over hundred
and fifty people, with new recruits
signing up every day, il is announced.
Fifty players have been enrolled for
the orchestra, which will he trained
by Manuel Comulada, an instructor
at the Army Music School These two
organizations Will present TIL. cdore
Henckels' Patriotic ode" in thy 1924
Music week, May 25 10 June /.
Evening star., 1923-12-17
Finds Tribe of Tree W0rs1,ipers
Antedating the Egyptians

He declared that many writers
on South America had done the
country and it's people great harm
in misrepresenting its interior
conditions and peoples.
The South American interior
is today the safest place / know,
far safer than any of our cities"
he reported. THE people are the
most honest people / have found
in the world. Nowhere in the
world is a woman so respected as
among these people, and the only
danger to the explorer comes
through disrespect of the native
women"
To the writer's who exaggerate
conditions in South America he
attributed much of the antl-Amer-
lean sentiment which he said he
found in many coast cities.
International sports, he added,
would do much to pave the way
to better understanding.
Evening star., 1923-12-17
WIFE WINS FURNITURE.

Isaac Notes today lost a suit in
replevin which he had brought
against his wife, Hattie Notes, for
the recovery of household furniture
and effects valued at $4,000. Justice
Siddons in Circuit Division No. in
structed the jury that under the law a
husband may not maintain a tort
action, such as replevin against his
wife.
The jury then awarded Mrs. Notes
a verdict FOR the property, Ior whlch
curity Storage Company where the
furniture had been stored Attorney
E. Hilton Jackson represented Mrs.
Notes.
Evening star., 1923-12-17
ASKS REORGAN|z|NG.
OF FREIGHT RATES.
Joint Resolution introduced
by Representative Hoch
of Kansas.

Reorganization of the freight rate
structure of the country by the
Interstate Commerce Commission is
duced today by Representative Hoct
of Kansas, a member of the inter
state and foreign commerce com.
mittee.
This resolution, Representative
Hoch explains, is in conformity with
the very definite recommendation OF
President Coolidge in his message
when he said, Competent authorities
agree that an entire reorganization OF
the rate structure for freight is nee
essary This should be ordered al
once by Congress"
This definite and urgent recommends
ton of the Presidents" explained Rep
resentative Hoch, should be followed
by Congress with the least possible de-
lay. The fact is that the present freight
rate structure of the country has long
needed overhauling.
Practically the only general change
for many years." Representative Hoch
points out, has been fiat horizontal in
creases which took no account of
changed conditions.
Pronounced Inequalities.
Whatever inequality and malad-
juStmentS there were have been made
vastly more pronounced by these
horizontal increases. These increases
have not only perpetuated the old
embellishments, but have taken no
account of the varying development
OF the different parts of the country
and have taken no account of the
greatly changed value of many COM
moditieS.
The reorganization of the struc-
lure is, therefore, necessary in order
reasonably to reflect natural and
proper developments of the country
as Il whole and to give their eco
nomic adjustments as far as differ
ent commodities are concerned.
The commodity feature may be IL
lustrated by the general situation as
far as agricultural products are con-
cerned.
Unjust Toward Farmers.
The freight structure therefore
places upon agricultural products a
grossly unjust share of the whole
freight burden. OF course, the rate
structure cannot be constantly
changed in order to reflect every tenn
porary change in the market value OF
the different commodities. but a
marked change in the comparative
values of commodities indicated over
Il feaSOndDle perlOu ol years cdHiio'
with any justice be disregarded.
''In adjusting rates the cost of the
service is not the only factor to be
considered. What the traffic can fair
ly bear and the value of the service
must also be considered. To disregard
the value of the commodity in fixing
the freight rates is economically un-
sound No one has claimed that the
fiat increases of 25 per cent, . per
cent and the like during the last ten
years were in any way scientific OF
sound. They were simply eXpedients."
Evening star., 1923-12-17
OPPOSE WOMAN BILL.

The woman's joint congressional
committee today reiterated it's stand
opposing the new equal rights amend
ment proposed by the National Wom-
ans Party at the regular monthly
meeting at 1901 18th street. Out OF
the seventeen national organizations
that compose the committee. eleven
voiced their opposition to the Ma
tional Woman's Party bill.
The committee also approved of and
discussed the proposed amendment
for improving child labor laws.
Mrs. Maud Wood Park, chairman
of the committee, presided.
n The next meeting will be held Janu-
kry a: 1874 y street.
Evening star., 1923-12-17
Woman Is Named
As Official Guide
At u. S. Capitol

The first woman guide in the Ma
tional Capitol was appointed today
by Sergeant-at-Arms Joseph G.
Rogers on recommendation of
Representative Burton French of
Idaho. She is Mrs. Blanche Lingo
Sykes She came originally from
Ohio, but has been living in WASH
ington for about thirty years. She
is well known about the Capitol
and was formerly employed in the
Capitol telephone exchange
Evening star., 1923-12-17
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 17.-Dis-
covery of a tribe whose peoples
he believed to have antedated the
ancient Egyptians was reported
today to the National Foreign
Trade Council by John Giffen CuI-
bertson, a manufacturer of Wich-
fta Falls, Tex, on his return from
a South American tour of a year
and a half.
These people, known as the
Machigina, speak a language very
similar in construction to Eng
lish, he reported, and they wor-
ship trees in the tradition that
their ancestors escaped eXtiction
in the biblical flood by climbing
trees. The tribes live near the
headwaters of the Amazon, where,
Mr.. Culbertson said, he had in
vaded forests never before pene-
trated by white man.
Evening star., 1923-12-17
Not Candidate
OF Any Party,
Declares Borah

candidate for the presidential nomina-
ton of any party" he said yesterday,
in discussing a prediction of Frank +.
Johnesse, at Boise, Idaho, last night
that he would soon announce for Presi-
dent on the progressive ticket.
Evening star., 1923-12-17
RUSH GIANT RESERVOIR.

SAN FRANCISCO, December IL
The worlds largest oil reservoir, ac-
cording to the Standard Oil Company
of California, is being completed by
the company at Ell Segundo, Calf
The great bowl has capacity OF
100000 barrels. 1t is 718 by 1850
There are eleven other oil reservoirs
- Ell Segundo.
Evening star., 1923-12-17
WANTS TO CHANGE NAME

Martin Terescavage, an employe ot
the internal revenue bureau, today
change his name 10 Martin Terry. He
explains that his name is s1difficult To
spell and hard to pronounce. He has
been known for long time as Terry
and so wishes to adopt that name. He
is represented by Attorney r. q. Cor
nell.
Evening star., 1923-12-17
A Perfect Deer.

From Life.
Husband (starting deer huntD-1ll
bring you handsome deer head for
over the mantel in the library.
Wife-Oh, do get ono with intelli-
gent eyes.
, 1923-06-16
B { A r SELLING
IS feature OF
market w EE X
Reactionary Trend Noted,
With Absence of Public
Interest In Stocks

NEW YORK. June 16.-Stock and
bond prices displayed a reactionary
trend during most of the week with
the trading of a desultory nature.
The marked absence of public inter
est in the stock market and the
lessened activity OF operators on the
long side induced considerable bear
selling and some liquidation by tired
holders OF long stock.
There were several constructive de-
velopments during the week, one OF
tho most important OF which was the
raising of the annual New York Cen
trail railroad dividend rate from IS TO
81. Considerable significance was at
tached to this because of the presence
board OF directors.
Resumption of dividends by the
American Smelling and Refining com.
pany testified to the Improvement In
the copper industry.
Railroad shares offered good re.
sistance to selling pressure. some Of
the low priced carriers being in good
demand because of high current
earning. Latest weekly carloading
statement showed n slight decrease
but this was explained by the me-
mortal day holiday.
Over production of California crude
continues to have a depressing
effect on the oil shares. most OF which
established new low records for the
year. Reports that this flush pro.
duction had about reached its peak
failed to stem the tide OF liquidation
which has been in progress for sew.
eral weeks.
Announcements of lower tire prices
with indications of n price war"
brought about heavy offerings OF the
tire and rubber stocks all of which
touched new minimum prices during
the week. Steels and equipments also
lost ground. the former on further
of a curtailment of forward
, 1923-06-16
Hatheld Progressing.

RAWLINS. Wyo.. June 1s-The
Hatfield OH company which spudded
In on It's well In the Eight Mile Lake
section about ten miles south OF Raw
Inns just two weeks g today are
now down better than 500 feet and
drilling is progressing very rapidly.
The well which is about three quar-
ters Of a mile from one OF the wells
which was drilled in the locality sew
eral years ago. is higher up or tho
structure. and drilling operations has
practically proven that the sands will
be encountered about 400 feet less
than in the old wells.
A good gas showing was
tered IN tho well at the above men
toned depth and drilling was GUS
pended for several hours In order to
change from a manila line TO q steel
line, In order to eliminate all the
danger possible from fire.
Mr.. Hatfield. tho president and
head drilier on the well Ia greatly en-
, 1923-06-16
Livestock


CHICAGO. Jun 16.-(U. s. Depart.
ment Of Agriculture)- Cattle-Re.
ceipts. 500: compared with week ago,
beef steers, yearlings and desirable
beef heifers. Csc to SOC higher; year.
lings and beef heifers up most; strict
ly choice heavy steers. strong to 15c
higher; extreme top 1887 pounds;
warnings. si1.25; best 1850 pound
heavies. s11.2o: beef cows and can.
ners and cutters. l5c to Csc UP; bulls.
STEADY yea calves. largely 81 higher;
stockers and feeders. active 35e to
DOC higher; spots up considerably
more: weeks bulk prices follow: Beef
steers and yearlings, ss.o0n10.b0;
stockers and feeders. ss.5o97.s5; beef
cows and heifers. ss.oo@s.6o; amer
and cutters. s2.S5@4.00; veal calves.
s9.006l0.25.
Sheep-Receipts. 5000: today's re.
ceipts mostly direct. Market for
week: Around half receipts direct to
packers: spring lambs. mostly 75c 10
sl.oo higher; fed lambs and sheen.
strong to uneveniy higher; bulk offer.
ings native springs; top. $685.; bulk
best kind. s15.75@16.25; culls, o
sll.Oo; bulk fed lambs. sI%3.507l4.5O;
best. STATS; few choice y~earlings,
$500; bulk light and handy ewes,
S5.2596.25; few to brseders, ss.oOa
$50; heavies. mostly s3.oo@3.5o; culls.
Sl.60@2.5o; Gamers. $500 down.
Hogs - Receipts, 1000; good 10
choice butchers. mostly 1oc higher;
spots up more: other classes. steady
to strong; close weak: top, $3.50; bulk
lso to 800 pound averages. s7.1O0
Use; packing sows. dull. 15c to 25c
lower; bulk. s5.s596.15; desirable
pigs, mostly s5.5096.25; estimated
h~oldever, $500; heavy weight hogs.
se.soQ7.2o: medium. $685. @7.3o; light,
se.s5@T.se, light light. ss.50@7.15;
packing sows. smooth. S5.9o26.4O;
packing sows, rough. s5.75@6.oo; kill.
ing pigs. s5.25Q6.5o.
, 1923-06-16

CHICAGO. June Is. - Although
wheat underwent a moderate down
turn in price today at the outset. a
rally 500 took place. The initial
weakness was ascribed largely to sci.
ling on account of views expressed by
Secretary Wallace that low prices
were due to over-production. How
ever, crop damage reports from Mis-
souri, and other places that have
heretofore been sending good reports
led quickly to an upturn in values.
The opening. which varied from un-
changed figures to &c lower. with
July 111% to 111& and September
1o9% to 1osH. was followed by
further declines and then by an ad-
vance to above yesterdays finish.
Subsequently there was consider.
able selling of July against Spreads
with September but general demand
was small and the market went down
grade.
Active buying on the part of com.
mission houses gave strength to corn.
After opening at X decline to sc
advance, July s2M to S2A. the corn
market scored a substantial general
advance.
Buying ceased when wheat turned
weak. Corn prices then receded and
the close was veal at n shadte to &c
Gle net decline. July S1b19s to
s1Sc.
Oats were firmer with corn. open
ing at about Bc gain. July Az. The
market underwent a slight sag but
then all deliveries showed gains.
Higher quotations on hogs steadied
the provision market
, 1923-06-16
TRADING D | |.
CLOSING A s Y
IN N. Y. MARKET
Failure of Exchange Is Re-
Elected In General
Weakness

NEW YORK. June 16.-Connicting
price movements took place at the
opening of today's stock market but
the main price tendency appeared to
be upward. United States Steel. Bald
win. Studebaker. New York Central
and Union Pacific all opened fraction.
ally higher. Hupp Motors dropped
" 10 a new low for the year and
heavlness again cropped out in some
OF the low priced oils.
Price movements continued irreg-
ula in the early trading with most
of toe oils up f~ractionally. Lorillard
slumped 5h points and Adams Elk
press and DUPONT one each. The
failure Of Knauth. Nachod and
Kuhne was announced shortly after
the opening. with the exception Of
demand sterling which advanced
slightly to S4.61 5-16. foreign ex-
changes were easier. French francs
were Off two points at $50 cents and
German marks dropped to .o00sA. a
new low record for all time.
, 1923-06-16

almost the entire spring wheat ter
ritory added to the disadvantage Of
the bear side Of tho wheat market.
and was an evident contributing fac
tor in some broadening of a specula.
tive buying which developed toward
the last Of tho week. In this conhec-
ton. too. warlike moves in tho Bal
kans received a little notice. and SO
too did reports that the production
Of wheat In France this season would
be smaller than had been looked for.
Corn and oats were governed, chief
~ by the action of wheat. Besides,
another good sized weekly decrease
of the stock of corn here was ex-
pected. and there was gossip that the
government report on the condition
Of the corn crop July I would be bull.
lish.
Provisions were firmer. influenced
by knowledge that the supply Of hogs
has iightened somewhat and that
cash demand for meats was
very good.
, 1923-06-16
Scores Advance in
Price During Last Week

CHICAGO. June L. with the
southwest deluged by unwelcome
rains and with the northwest COM
planning of drought. wheat was scored
n moderate advance In price this
week. Compared with q week ago.
wheat this morning was y to IN
higher.
Corn u to 10 mp. oats showing V
to Nc gain. and provisions at q rise
varying from &c to 25@27o-
1t appeared to DO a generally 40
cepted opinion in the wheat trade that
as q result Of the u~nfavornble con.
ditions southwest. the winter crop
yield In Kansas. Oklahoma and Texas
would be much less than was indi-
Gated by the governments latest re-
port. Bullish sentiment engendered
by the wet harvest for q large area
Of winter wheat proved to be more
than an offset for hedging sales actual
or prospective and for seantiness of
new export buying.
Deficiency of moisture throughout
, 1923-06-16
Omaha Quotations.

OMAHA, Neo.. June 16.-U. s. De.
partment OF Agriculture.1Hogs-Re
ceipts. 6,oooi uneven, steady to SC
higher: good and choice 200 TO $50
pound butchers. $780, $50; top, ss.7O;
medium grades butchers and mixed
loads. S6.1o@e.25; packing sows,
s5.ioG5.50.
Cattle Receipts. $50; compared
with week ago: Beef steers, good and
choice grades, strong to 10@15c
higher; medium 10 good grades.
25ma5c higher; medium and half fat
yearlings. 25@5oc higher: she stock.
mostly 25@5oc higher, except low
grades; veais. 50o higher; spots up
more; bulls. steady to weak; stockers
and feeders, steady TO strong; buiks
follow; Beef steers. s9.25@1o.25; top,
$i0.s5; she stock. s5.75@s.0o: canners
and cutters. s3.2594.50; bologna bulls.
N.25G4.5o; light veals. s9.00a9.5o:
practical top. $3.50; stockers and feed.
crs. s7.oo@s.0o.
Sheep Receipts. 300; compared
with week go; Fed clipped lambs,
Csc TO Soc higher; spring lambs, 500
I5o higher; yearlings, strong; owes.
weak to CSC lower: feeders, firm:
closing quotations: Bulk fed clipped
lambs. s14.5o114.eo; idaho and Call.
fornia springers. si6.O0416.25; native
sprinEers. sl5.75@7s.25; ewes. $4,000
$50; weeks top. s4.75: feeding lambs.
mostly S2.bo912.75; no feeding sheep
offered.
, 1923-06-16
Potatoes

CHICAGO. June g. Potatoes.
firm; receipts. so cars: total U. $.
shipments. 76o: Wisconsin sacked
round whites. $1.oo@1.1o cwt.; few
low as Csc cwt; ditto. bulk. s1.1od1.15
cwt.; new stock. firm: Alabama.
Louisiana and Mississippi sacked
Bliss Trfumphs. No. /, s2.75d3.00;
heated and poorly graded. s2.50d2.s0;
South Carolina barrel Cobbiers, No.
!, s5.75d6.oo; mostly $500; North
Carolina barrel Cobblers. s5.5o6575:
considerably poor heated n poor.
%.bod5.oo.
, 1923-06-16
Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK. June 1s.-Foreisn ex-
changes irregular. Quotations in
cents: Great Britain demand 461S;
cables 4s1h; 60 day bills on banks
46sh.
France demand 62eh; cables $50.
Italy demand 459; cables 45sh.
Belgium demand $50: cables 1914.
Germany demand .o0osh; cables
.ooosA. Holland demand ae15; cables
1913. Norway demand 1860; Sweden
demand 1850.
Denmark demand 1910; Switzerland
demand 1875; Spain demand 1872;
Greece demand So4; Poland demand
.ooioh: Czecho Slovakia demand
sesh. Argentine demand 5000; Brazil
temand 1880; Montreal OF 2i-s2.
, 1923-06-16

set 12h-inch casing at 1850 feet.
NO. IS Milliron, section 2o-46-eS;
cleaning out at 1875 feet.
No. IS Wiley. section 19-4s-ss; ream.
ing at $50 feet.
Lance Creek.
No. 1 Thompson, section $685.;
drilling at 235 feet.
No. . Converse, section 3s-36-e5;
drilling at ASS feet.
No. 1 Schuiricht. section 5.s5.s5;
rigging up.
Baxter Basin.
No. / Hay, section 14-17-104; spud.
ding in.
No. 1 u S. Permit. section 22,1s1o4;
spudding in.
Elk Basin.
No. Is Woods. Elk No. 8, section
3o-5s-s9; cemented at 1,742 feet.
Hidden Dome.
No. 1 Bronze, section s14S.9o; run.
ming 81 casing at 2.12o Seet.
Oregon Basin.
No. !. section S-51-10o: fishins al;
1877 feet.
Rex Lake.
No. 1 Coughlin. section 2e-1sn.T7w;
rigging up.
Mahoney Dome.
No. 8. section 3e-26-ss: cemented
casing at 400 feet.
O'Brien Springs.
No. 2. section 2.2s.s7; rigging up.
Utah.
No. 1 Chalk Creek. section e.2-6e;
drilling at 1900 feet.