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MARKET GOSSIP AND FIELD NEWS
MIDWEST GASSER TURNING TO OIL.

1t is reported from Rock Springs that the huge gasser of
the Midwest Refining company which came in with u gas flow
of 8 $1,000 900 cubic feet of gas, is turning to oil and that an
enormous oil gusher may be expected to result. 1t is known
that this gas is "wet' as distinguished from that o. the Ohio
well further south which was the pioneer of the field.
, 1923-02-16

Owing to the extreme cold of the
past week practically no change is
noted in operations Of Producers &
Refiners corporation.
The Enos Creek test on section 2s-
46rlOO made considerable progress and
is now drilling at 220O feet.
The new rig or section 14-39-79 in
Salt Creek is completed and a produc.
ton test is now being made.
Ten inch casing is being pulled on
section .1S-4O-79.
The Wertz test on section 1868 is
still shut down on o of a short.
age of water.
Practically all other operations in
the state are shut down and will re.
main so until better weather arrives
, 1923-02-16
Metals

NEW YORK. Feb. 16.-Copper
strong; electrolytlc spot and futures
155 Is @15%c.
Tin strong; spot s42.75; futures
$42.5O.
Iron steady; prices unchanged.
Lead steady: spot $s.O0@S.25.
Zinc steady; East st. Louis spot
and nearby delivery $7.15@7.2O.
Anthony spot SIP.
OIL leases, rear estate, owners O!
Teapot townsite. Representative
wanted. Call or write US. Teapot
Development Co., 218 Midwest Bldg.
Casper WvO. 1871
, 1923-02-16


Tower, former ambassador to Ger.
many, Is seriously I'll I'm a hospital
here with pneumonia
, 1923-02-16

Pond Creek % to Dissolve
Directors of the Pond Creek Coal
company have declared a liquidation
dividend of $35 n share. A special
meeting Of stockholders will be held
soon to effect a final dissolution.
, 1923-02-16
Silver

NEW YORK. Feb. 16.-ForeiEn bar
silver. 63E.: Mexican dollars 4sat. ;
, 1923-02-16

NHT UttTthse FOT Week
Car loadinEs for the week ended
February 3 ~totalled S35 ,765 cars. a
decrease OF $3.50 cars from the prev
ious week but an increase of 117,7SO
over the same week in 1922 and 1885,
957 over the same period in 1921.
, 1923-02-16

ma
NEW YORK, Feb. 1G-Resump-
tion of the demand for copper. oil and
Independent steel shares impaired a
firm tone to opening prices in today's
stock market. Gulf states opened
~ higher nnd Cerro de Pnsco Cop
per, up ore. led the early advance in
that group. United States Industrial
+-tlcohcl established u now high record
on a gain of Is. California Petroleum
rose l point to SC, also a now high
record. Partial recovery from recent
~heaviness was noted in the
group, Cuba Cane preferred rising q
point and American Beet Sugar q.
Early gains were extended as trad
ing progressed The Pan-American
Issues assumed leadership of the oil!
group. the A rising two points and
the B *. Phillips PCtI oleum dupli.
Gated its previous high on n gain OF n
point. Houston an Pacific oils also
advanced n point. Keunecott Copper
crossed Al to a new top fur the veal
and a moderate gains were recovered
ly Utah, Inspiration and Chile. Fed
1eral Mining and Smelling preferred.
yielded n point on profit-takinE and
Columbia Gas dropped Ia. Rails con.
tinued TO trail behind the industrials.
but moderate gains were recovered
by the St. Paul preferred, Canadian
Pacific and Atlantic Coast Line.
North American and Pubic Service
of New Jersey, each up one. were the
strong spots of the public utility
group. Foreign exchanges were
1gtpa1vr 1nvNanA ufpr11p~ cutot1fBhFn1
a new top for the year at $3.50, which
Duplicates the December high. which
IN turn was the highest rate recorded
IN two years.
Tho upward movement OF prices
continued throughout the morning.
Rising commodity prices, the contin-
luation of record car loadings and
publication of additional favorable
earning reports resulted in an en-
lurged public demand and more Wig
orous pool operations. Bidding up of
Virtually all groups in the face of
higher rate demand for all forms of
monetary Accommodations apparently
discouraged certain short interests,
whose covering operations accelerat-
cd the upward trend. American Can
was reactionary in response to heavy
profit taking sales, but gains Of 2A
TO az points were registered between
noon in Pan.-American 4, Phillips Pc
'Jroleum. Tidewater on. Air Reduction,
Grande Copper. Dupont and Manhat-
tan Electrical supply with more than
a score of others showing gains Of l
10 2 points. Call money opened at
Az per cent.
Coal shares were in demand in the
afternoon and there was also an ex
tension OF the early advance in many
OF the oils. California Petroleum
climbing to IS. American Can re-
eeived support and worked up to
near where it left of yesterday. while
q varied list of ordinarily inactive
stocks were buoyant. American Snuff
Sose sever points. Columbia Gas ex.
tended its loss to 81 points on an.
nouncement Of new recapitnlIzation
plans.
The closing was strong; lower
money rates accelerated the upward
Trend In the. late dealings. Baldwin
touching 141, n new high record for
dho yea General Motors was henv
ily bought in the last half hour or
rumors Of an early resumption of div
4dpDds
, 1923-02-16
Cotton

NEW YORK, Feb. 16,-Cotton spot
quiet; middlinE $3.50.
, 1923-02-16

TNNTNT NU TUTTTN TNINUI TNIUTTU
Tie federal reserve systems ratio
declines from n to 75,3 per cent. The
New York federal reserve SYSTEMS
ratio declins from 77s.6 per cent.
, 1923-02-16
PRICES
ARE BUOYBNT
New York Exchange Trading
Responds to Favorable
News Today.

e NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-stock prices
continued the movement to new high
ground in today's broad and active
market. Coppers and oils were heav-
ily accumulated in response to rising
commodity prices while the lower
money rates, n new high record FOR
STERLING exchange and reports Of
moro favorable dividend disburse.
ments had a cheerful effect on sentis
ment. Sales Appropriated 1,4oO, 900
shares
, 1923-02-16

Administrator.
Pub. Feb. 9, 1e, %; March 2, 1923.
Evening star., 1923-02-02
PINCH Of HUNGER
FEARED IN RUHR
Food Supplies Getting Low,
Cities Complain to the
French.
INVADERS STAND FIRM
DR.. Gruetzner Reported on Way to
Berlin for Consultation on
Situation.
INVADERS STAND FIRM

By the Associated Press
DUSSELDORF, February MANY
Ruhr cities and towns are complain
ing TO the French authorities thai
their food supplies are getting lower
The burgomaster of Recklinghausen
TO cite one instance, has informed
headquarters that his people have
only enough potatoes to last ten
days This vegetable, together with
cabbage and other garden products,
forms the chief diet of the Ruhr
workers, few Of whom havo meat
moro than once a day
The directors Of the four mines in
the Dortnund- d-GelSenl5irchen district
VINO were ordered To resume coal de
IIN+TI"S to France imIrGdiatcly Hay.-
been given twenty four hours 10 obey
II they rcfuS", they will he arrest al
aad trl"G before court martial.
tn" French have made up thei..
minds L. r. main here until Berlin
SurrtnderS, come what NAV
The interallicd railway subcomui>
SION for the Cologne area has reached
an agreement with the railway direc-
torate in that district whereby the
German railway men will resurn E
work as soon as the soldiers are with
drawn. However, no trains carryfn z
reparation shipments Will be oper
q ted.
Coal production continued to de-
crease. while the empty cars needed
Tor the transportation of what is
mined has vanished.
Evening star., 1923-02-02
Zoo Ro,o Keeps Ground Hog
Up Late; No Shado,v, But Cold

It's lucky for Washington that Mr..
Ground Hog was among those present
at the annual meeting of the
Geological Park Resident Citizens
Association in, Rock Creek valley last
night. Otherwise. he'd have gotten
to sleep before 4 o'clock this morning
and might have awakened early
enough to let his shadow scare him
shortly after sunrise. when old Sol
weakly poked his round red face
through the clouds.
A debate on the need for representa-
ton Of local zoo residents in the
national congress of fnned, furred
and feathered inmates of municipal
parks. menageries and sideshows, re-
suited In a f1libuster started by a
group OF radical hyenas and support
ed by sea lions and the farm bloc Of
prairie dogs. The meeting adjourned
suddenly when number of hawks
eagles and owls attempted to dispel
opposition to representation by
swooping down on hares, mice, rats
ana chipmunks attending the session.
No Sunshine Decree.
Be that here or there. 1t is advanced
today only for the purpose of explain
ing the excusable lateness of Mr..
Ground Hog in rising at IL am, from
which time forward the sun did not
shine. The weather bureau today de-
Evening star., 1923-02-02

clared that there would be no sun
shine today, as far as indications
went, but that rain would probably
reach Washington toward the close
of the day.
Now. the grounding may be true
prophet and his failure to run away
from his shadow today may indicate
pleasant weather henceforth and q
cessation of the reign OF King Win
ter. But the weather bureau disa-
grees with his verdict In at least one
point. Evidence Of friction between
weather sc4eat.sts and the groundhog &
came out today, when officials at the
weather bureau forecast a cold snap,
starting in tomorrow night and con-
tinuing for three or four days.
Stoke Up, Il Advice.
Utterly disregarding the verdict
OF the grounding they advised Wash
ingtonians who haven't any coal in
their bins TO get some or shiver in
the coolest weather Washington has
yet experienced for any. length of
time. The cold snap is Swooping
and Washington Thermometers will
not be exempt from a drop in mer-
curry.
1t will last, II seems from Saturday
night through Sunday and Monday,
with Tuesday possibly winding up
the the cold spell for a short time.
The cold wave will hit the lower
lake region and Ohio valley states
shortly and is reported this morn
toba at a temperature of % degrees
below zero
Evening star., 1923-02-02
DISTRICT STILL SHORT
ON ALLOTMENT OF FUEL

Washington still Is $3.50 tons short
Of it's 60 per cent allotment of hard
coal, Walter C. Allen, secretary to the
Public: Utilities Commission. an
nounced today.
This is some improvement. however,
over the previous report Of the COM
mission, which showed the city to be
10000 tons short on anthracite re-
ceipts.
During the week ended January 13,
the latest period for which the Com
nissioners have figures, the District
received 1896 tons of hard coal, the
largest amount to reach the District In
seven days since mining was resumed
in September.
From September to January 13 the
District should have received 191O34
tons of anthracite, but actual ship
nents have aggregated only 1s4,774
tons.
Evening star., 1923-02-02
MRS. LAURA O.TAlBOTI
DEAD AT SANITARIUM
Widow Was Well Known AS
Founder of Young Ladies
Seminary.

Mrs. Laura Osborne Talbot. widow
Of Thomas Morgan Talbot Of
Washington and Auburn. y. Y. died
at Carroll Spring Sanitarium yester-
day. She had been an invalid for sew
eral years.
The funeral will take place from
Lees undertaking establishm ent at
2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
Mrs. Talbot came to Washington
in 1870 and was the first northern
establish a young ladies' seminar ry
in this city. and many Washinsto-
mans Will remember Miss Osborne's s
streets northwest a.,
Mrs Talbot. with Mrs. Asaph HaH,
Mrs. Page OF Cornell University and Miss
Mary Booth. scientist, started a MAJ
tional Science Club. which had a ma
tional reputation. Mrs. Talbot was
for many years a member of the
American Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science. and of the
American Historical Society.
Evening star., 1923-02-02
Soviet Uncouers
French WarPlan
In the Ukraine
By the Associated Press

by the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, February Proof that
the French. together with Gen. Simon
Petlura, the Ukrainian leader, and
the Rumanian army still contemplate
military Intervention i'm the Ukraine.
is alleged to have been unearthed in
Odessa In the discovery by the state
political police OF a new espionage
organization.
An Odessa dispatch reports the ar
rest OF forty persons charged with
operating in that district in connec-
ton with the French intelligence de-
partment, officers of Gen. Petlura and
the Rumanian Sd Division. Those
taken into custody are also alleged
10 nave furnished their superiors
with information regarding the soviet
army, the military defenses and the
railway transportation.
Several members of the Odessa
postal telegraph administration are
also involved in arrests made on the
Rumanian frontier after armed re-
SiStanCe.
Evening star., 1923-02-02
SUPPLIES HoARDED?
Food Enough for Three Weeks
Citations" Reported on Hand.

LONDON. February Especial dis
patches from Duesseidorf to the Lon
don newspapers report that DR.. Cru
etzner. president Of Rhenieh Prussia
has gone to Berlin for a consultation
with the government regarding the
food situation, which is causing mucG
anxiety TO the German Euhr authori-
ties
The Times respondent. however.
learns from official sources that the
food supplies are considerably more
than is generally believed and ar.
large enough to feed the population
on rations of It sort for a leaSt
three weeks. IN addition. il is said
shat about % per cent of the peopl.-
nave IN storage enough potatoes Z"
last them until summer
The question "f supplies III the 60
!ogne area is also being investigated,
1t l. estimated that these stores ar.
sufficient for two months or NOR
unless the diSorganiZation uf freieat
trdHlC increases, 1t * believed tina
four, canned milk. POTATOES, fats and
sugar are ON hand III ample quantity
but there Is some uncertainty as t.
the meat supply. The municipal az.
th"rIties III the aTe4 intend to as
help OF the British il The food situa.iut.
becomes serious.
Evening star., 1923-02-02
SENATE. REBUKES
HEFLIN FOR WORDS
STARTING FIGHT
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lette, Wisconsin, and Norris, Nebras-
ka, almost all farm bloc colleagues
Of Senator Heflin-voting with the
minority.
Settlement of the dispute came
over from. yesterdays session, but
there was little debate today pre-
ceding the vote. Senator Robinson
denied that Senator Hefiin had i'm
pugned Senator Wadsworth's motives
and thus violated the Senate rules Of
debate. He urged the Senate not to
set a precedent against free speech.
Senator Lodge Of Massachusetts,, the
republican leader, replying briefly.
reiterated that Senator Hef1ins in
ference against Senator Wadsworth
was plain
Fight Continues.
The vote, however, did not end the
matter Senator Wadsworth took
the floor after the roll call and re-
newed the argument by charging that
Senator Hef1in had in several in
stances revised his remarks before
their publication in the Congressional
Record. ts =
Senator Wadsworth read from the
stenographers notes these remarks
made by Mr.. Helm in discussing a phase
Evening star., 1923-02-02

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the tax on tobacco at Essen or Dues
seldorf disregarding Berlin's orders
to remit direct to the capital. Should
the tobacco men pay the tax at Ber-
lin such payments would be consid-
cred void and payments will have to
be made again here in the valley.
Bochun Police Chief Arrested.
The chief of police Of Bochum was
arrested and expelled today.
The Dusseldorf Nachrichten,
which was suspended January "a. will
be allowed to resume publication to-
morrow The printers and other
workers pleaded with Gen. Degouttc.
the French state, representing they
were being deprived of their means
of earning a living.
A company of French soldiers
ouartered at 'Bodelschwing had been
using the shower baths intended for
the miners OF nearby pit. The pro-
prietor of the mine objected to this.
upon which the captain commanding
the company Informed the magnate
Evening star., 1923-02-02
COL. RIVERS DEAD.
Cavalry Officer Was Commended
for Service in War.

Col. Tyree r. Rivers, United States
Cavalry, recently serving as inspector
general Of the I'd Corps Area at
Governors Island, n. Y, sdied at that
most Wednesday afternoon. His body
will be brought to this city and buried
in Arlington. national cemetery to-
morrow afternoon, at 2:45 O'Clock.
Funeral services will be held at Fort
Myer, Va, Of which post his brother,
Col. William c. Rivers, is commander,
Col. Rivers was from Mississippi and
graduated from the Military Academy y
in the class of 1883. During the world
war he served as origa1ier general.
and was commended in order for
loyalty and devotion to duty. He is
daughter, Miss Myra Rivers.
Evening star., 1923-02-02
PHlPPS, COMMITTEE
WILL MEET TODAY

The Soint congressional committee ee
Investigating the surplus revenues
OF the District, has been called by
Chairman Phipps to meet at o'clock
this afternoon to. consider further its
report which II VIII file by. Monday.
The expert saGcountants smp1oyed
by the committee are expected to
furnish to 1t some additional infor-
nation in regard to expenditures by
tho federal government and by the
District, which will. be- conside er ed
by the committee along with the data
already collected.
Chairman Phipps said today that
&he oounsmittee has made no decisions
In regard TO the surplus yet He satd
that the committee hopes to- be able
A report on time.
Evening star., 1923-02-02

that tha soldiers from then on ,E,o,,,r
proceed 10 his beautiful chateau al {.
usr his private shower bath. III.
miners showers We're fnmediat~is
thrown open again u The soldiers
Twenty French lurriss which had
been used in c"nur, tion with eMhuH
ing and transporting Ia France O.
grouping in large cemeteries III.
bodies Of French soldiers who had
died in Germany have arrived H.
Duesseldorf. filed with the bodies cf
soldiers being carried back 70 Franc.
The eXhuma tion work has been dis
continued, as the temper of the popu-
latiou in the interior OF German
was found to be such as TO prevent
the work progressing further
Evening star., 1923-02-02
THREE CHILDREN PERISH.

MONTREAL. p. O., February g
The three little children. of DR.. and
Mrs. Louis Waive were asphyxiated
by smoke when fire destroyed their
home today. The children. ranging in
age from eight years.to four months,
NE mele smo4her was wa W awateneS ,tgp sbe wsa usa
unable to mount the stairs leading
to the bedroom on account of flames
and smoke, DR.. Waive was not at
home.
Evening star., 1923-02-02
RITES FOR G. A. WISEMAN
Rurial Takes Place in Harmony
Cemetery.

The body Of George A. Wiseman
was inferred in Harmony cemetery
Wednesday afternoon. Funeral serv-
ices had been held Sunday at the
church Of Our Redeemer, Lutheran.
at Sth street near Barry place north
west.
Mr.. wiseman was the brother of
Rev. D. z. .Wiseman, pastor of the
church in which the services were
held. Mr.. wiseman was born on the
island of st. Thomas, Danish West
Indies, now known as the Virgin
Islands. He was an empioye of
summer camp for choir boys Of the
Episcopal Church for twenty-five
years.
Evening star., 1923-02-02
WARNING TO GERMANS.
French May Take More Severe
Attitude.
By tie Associated press.

By the Associated Press
PARIS. February 2-The Ereurt.
government, it was said at the for
eign office today. viii be obliged -
take a severe attitude toward the
German government if il continue :
to tolerate the molestation of French
subjects such as occurred at Eoenigs
berg the last two days
The French consulate was the OBJ
iect of mob attack, the window :
being smashed. while German civil
ians made demonstrations againsr
French officers attached to the inter :
allied control commission.
Evening star., 1923-02-02
A. J. T.. MAURER SUES WIFE.

Absolute divorce Is asked in suit
filed in the District Supreme Court by
A. J. r. Maurer against hts wife, Helen
b. Maurer. They were married at Coz
lumbus, Ohio, March z. 1913, and have
no children. Maurer says his wife de-
serted him last September. He is rep
resented by Attorney John Murphy.
Evening star., 1923-02-02

dicate that paper of good quality can
be made from the common eucalyptus
Government and private interests have
raised capital TO build o modern plant
and install machinery.
Evening star., 1923-02-02
sTINNEs GOES ON MISSION
HY GEORGE MITTI.

BY Wireless Ia The star and Chicago Dal.r
News. Copyright, 1873.
BERLIN. February 2.-Hugo SHINES
has gone TO Wiesbaden, where many
months ago he concluded the first.
constructive reparations treaty with
Louis Loucheur, to meet representa-
tives of the Comite des FORCES
(French League of Iron and Steel In
dustries), the writer learned today
from source close to the SHINES in
terests. 1t is said that at first he re
fused to leave Oherhof, where he had
been resting, but finally yielded t.
the urgent pleas of the government
and cut short his vacation to meet
the French industrialists.
Anxious 10 Learn Demands.
Though no confirmation of this re-
port can be obtained in Wilhelm straS>t..
it is nevertheless understood that the
government is most anxious TO learn
the exact nature of NJ. Poincare's de-
from the Ruhr. The correspondents
also learned that the effort to get
Great Britain to act as a mediatory
power to settle the Ruhr dispute was
rejected by Downing street.
The German version of the situation
in the Ruhr district on the first day
of the application of new thumbscrew
measures by the French is as follows.
OF 10000 carloads of coal ready for
shipment when work began Thursday
one-third We're started on their way to
France and Belgium. after French sol
diers had threatened the railroad men
with violence if they failed to obey or
ders So far the German authorities
a lso have given orders to officials 10
avoid clashes with the French wherever
possible.
Food Up so Per Cent.
No attempt has yet been made by
the French to cut off food shipments
yet food prices have gone up so per
cent since last Wednesday. There is
a marked shortage of milk in Essen,
Dortmund. MuhIheim and other new
! ly occupied cities. In Essen. for rx-
ample. $4,000 gallons of milk were
/ delivered daily before the occupation
Now only 1000 gallons reach tile city,
with the result that the price of milk
has gone up 10 per cent. and the
children of the poorer people are suf
; rering under III" shortage. There ar..
plenty OF potatoes and n Suf1icier'
supply of fresh meat in the Ruhr dis
trict however. to last the population
for some time TO come. even if the
French should try to put into effect a
food blockade.
Evening star., 1923-02-02
LOADED COAL CARS
CHOKE RUHR LINES
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back to nearby industrial plants or
to the mines for unloading before
their loaded cars could be seized by
the French and Belgians
1t was conceded in German official
quarters that the Franco Belgian au-
thorities might succeed in taking A
few cars across the line and send
them homeward over the Rhine as
some of the first fruits of the oCCupa-
tlnn, hut il was generally believed
that most Of the blocked carriers
would have to wait some time at the
ltuhr frontier for the necessary for
ctgn personnel to pilot them out OF
occupied Germany
Evening star., 1923-02-02

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