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Evening star., 1924-02-04
SEAbOARD AIR line
BONDS SG0F0RWARD
U. S. Government Issues
Also Strong-Foreign Group
Rather Inactive.
BY GEORGE II. HUGHES.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, February 4-Active
speculation in high-yielding junior
lien railroad bonds and in certain
foreign issues featured today's mar
ket. There also was brisk buying Of
second-grade investment issues.
United States government loans were
firm and for some issues a little
higher, but high-grade rails were gem
etally neglected.
Prominent among the speculative
rails were the obligations Of the Sea-
board Air line. notably the sconsoli-
dated 6s, which made 4 new high for
the year, and above any price re-
corded since 1919. At the same time
and first As sold at their high prices.
Ihe Seaboard has just concluded one
OF the best years in it's history, and,
with It's bonds yielding from almost
per cent for the fret As, up to over
~ per cent for the adjustments, the
speculative interest Is not surprising.
Other Bonds Advance.
Missouri, Kansas and Texas ad-
justments made substantial gains on
tive committee had recomm ended
payment of interest for the six
months lending December 81 last.
Chicago and Alton 312, Missouri Pa
cific 4s and New Haven As Of 1856
were other bonds to gain ground.
The st. Paul As Of 1925 went above n
for the first time in over a week
Earnings for 1923 showed that the
st. Paul fully covered fixed charges
Among railroad investments issues
the prior lien mortgage bonds of the
st. Louis-San Francisco We're con-
spfcuous. Except for the "C' IS. all
the prior lien bonds yield more than
8 per cent at today's prices.
Foreign Group Quiet.
Changes in the foreign group were
not large, but activity was fairly
good. French government and mu-
nicipal issues were firm around the
high prices reached on the present
recovery. while the Paris. Lyons and
6s were strong. The
advance also was resumed in the
Jugoslav SIS and the Austrian Is sold
at their recent high.
Convertible sugar bonds were active
and higher, notably Punta Allegro
Sugar is, up point and a half.
Evening star., 1924-02-04
SUGAR PRICES HIT
new HIGH LEVELS
Raw, Spot and Refined Markets All
Show More Gains as
Week Opens.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. February 4.-New
high records for the movement were
established in the raw sugar market
today. when $4,000 bags Of Cubas and
$1,000 bags of Philippines. all for
February shipment. were sold to local
refiners and operators at 728 delivered
or u above the previous price.
The further advance in the spot
market and the continued strength
abroad led to renewed general buy
ing in raw sugar futures, and prices
at midday showed net advances of Is
to IL points.
Refined sugar was 10 to % points
higher in response to the higher cost
OF raws. fine granulated now being
quoted at $50 to $50. A more active
inquiry was reported.
Evening star., 1924-02-04
WOOL TRADING SLOW.

BOSTON. February 4 (Specia)-
Full effects Of the American Wooden
Company's heavyweight goods open
ing had not yet appeared today In
tho Summer street raw wool markets,
but dealers predicted optimistically
that buying would increase gradually
as the season wears on. Opinion is
divided as to whether mill REQUIRE
ments will result in general
scramble for the staple. Receipts
last week were 8,017,00 pounds and ship
ments 4,476,000 pounds.
Evening star., 1924-02-04
MARKET CLOSES FIRM.
Houston Oil Leader During Last
Hour of Trading.
BY the As.Ociated Press.

BY the AsSocia ted Press.
NEW YORK, February 4.-Strength
and activity of the low-priced rail-
road shares impaired a firm tone to
the general list in today's stock mar
ket. Bear operators tried to bring
about d reaction by intermittent at
tacks on American Can and Dawson
Chemical, but except in those issues
they failed to make much headway.
Sales approximated 100000 shares.
The closing was firm. A bullish
demonstration in the oil group, which
carried Houston more than points
above Saturdays closing quotations,
was used as Il screen for profit-tak-
ing in other sections of the list in the
late dealings, but the general market
held well.
Evening star., 1924-02-04
GASL|GHT INCOME
$556,371 IN 1928
Company Adds $88,371 to
Surplus, Annual Report,
Made Today, Shows.

The Washington Gas Light Com
pany was operated at net corporate
income of $556,371.64 during the year
1923, Ord Preston, head of the COM
pany, told stockholders at their an
nual meeting held today at noon. The
net income of the company during the
previous year amounted to S544,57S,
while in 1921 it totaled $772,231.
Dividends at the rate of $3.50 per
share were disbursed during the year,
this distribution having been main
tanned during the last six years. The
surplus account was augmented dur
ing the period by the addition of
$88,371.64.
Total net revenues for the year
amounted to 1,3S9,199.51. the report
shows After deducting taxes and
other income, there remained a gross
corporate income of S1.126,91802, an
increase over 1922 of $165.233.64. The
interest deductions, amortization of
debt discount and expense and other
deductions from the gross were $500.
546.3S, an increase over the previous
year of S142.440.40. This difference
is mostly due to the interest on the
new per cent bonds, the premium
paid to retire the 7E2 per cent gold
notes and hree-f1fths of the cost of
their issue.
Up to the November meter-reading
period the rate to private consumers
using less than $4,000 cubic feet of
gas per month was S1.05. The re-
ceipts from this class of consumers
amount to about 80 per cent or the
company's gas revenues. BY order
of the Public Utilities Commission.
dated November 8. 1928. after for
NAL public hearing at which officials
presented expert testimony against
any reduction of rate and made
strong protest, this primary step in
rate was reduced to S1.00 and the
amount of gas allowed under this
step was increased to 100000 cubic
feet. 1t is estimated this reduction
will lessen the company's gas re-
ceipts for 1924 about S225.000.
Immediately following the author
ity given the board of directors
Man ch :, 1928, to place s15,0O0,O00
ten-year per cent series mortgage
on the company's property and issue
at once s4,000000 series a bonds,
the directors created securities de-
partment under the supervision of a
''manager" to sell and distribute these
securities Under his direction prac-
tically all these bonds were sold in
six days to stockholders, empioyes
and consumers of the company. To
December 81. 1923. this bond account
! had received S3.943,660. of which
, 81, 200. 900 is on deposit with the trus-
j tee, invested in United States 4 Is per
cent Treasury certificates; s1,971--
1856 had been used to retire the
t71a per cent gold notes. S162512.64
expended for expense of issue of
per cent bonds. and s791.43904 to re-
fund cash advanced for capital
charges.
At the close of the year there We're
1,040 employees in the service of the
company. and the total pay roll for
1928 was S1.52S.7S9.91
The stockholders of record Janu~
airy Is, 1924, numbered 1888, of which
97S are women. and 221 other holders
represent stock held in fiduciary ca
pacity.
Finances in Detail.
Evening star., 1924-02-04
NEW YORK EGG PRICES.

NEW YORK, February 4.-Eggs-
Firm; receipts, 6,4S4 cases; fresh
gathered, extra tirsts, 44a46: do,
firsts, 42a43; do, seconds and poorer,
33a41; New Jersey and other hennery
whites, closely selected, extras, 5Oa
81; state, nearby and nearby western
hennery whites, firsts to extras, 46a50;
nearby hennery browns, extras, 50a
81; Pacific coast whites. extras, SO
a51; do, firsts to extra firsts, 47a49:
refrigerator, firsts, 20 y a30la.
Evening star., 1924-02-04
GETS 1,OOo,OOO-T0N CONTRACT.

PITTSBURGH, February Especially
The Blanchard GAINESVILLE Mining
Company. with cool stripping proper
tiles at Ellis, Ohio, has been awarded
a contract to furnish 100000 tons
of coal to the Ohio Power Company,
a subsidiary of the American Water
Works Company, at approximately
50 a ton. The contract covers a ten
year period and the Ohio concern
holds an option on 10000 additional
tons at the same price.
Evening star., 1924-02-04
NEW MARKETING PLAN.

TRENTON, n. J., February 4.-The
New Jersey Federation Of County
Boards of Agriculture has arranged
with horse breeders in North Dakota
to ship farm horses direct to New
Jersey distribution centers, where
they will be sold at auction. A more
equitable price to New Jersey farmers
and better return to- the western pro-
ducers is expected.
Evening star., 1924-02-04
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February 4.-Foreign
exchanges easy. Quotations Gin U. S.
dollars): Great Britain - Demand,
4.31k; cables, 4.31&; sixty-day bills
on banks, 4.29A. France-Demand
.o465h; cables, .0466. Italy-Demand,
.O436k; cables, .0437. Belgium-De-
mand, .0413k; cables. .0414. Germany
|-Demand, .00OO0000OOOO23; cables
.oOOOOOOOOO0O23. Holland - Demand,
1850. Norway-Demand, 1853. Swe-
den-Demand, 1858. Denmark-De-
mand, .1643. Switzerland, .1744 :;
Spain, 1886; Greece, .0173; Poland
.OOO0OO12; Czeohoslovakia, .0290; Ju
goslavia, OILS; Austria, .000014 Lie
Rumania, .0051A; Argentina, .331t
Brazil, .11SS; Toxic. .45A; Montreal,
81 3-32.
Evening star., 1924-02-04
INCREASES CAPITAL.

NEW YORK. February 4.-The Gen.
eral Motors Acceptance Corporation
has sold to the General Motors Cor
poration $4,000 additional shares of
its capital stock, increasing it's capi-
tai funds by $2,000.000. The full paid
capital stock of the Acceptance Cor
poration is now $7,600,000.
Evening star., 1924-02-04
BUTTER IS HIGHER.

CHICAGO, February 4.-Butter-
higher; creamery extras. 49h
,tandards, 491a; extra firsts. 48ka49;
Eggs-Higher; receipts, 6,123 cases;
.rsts, 38h; ordinary firsts, 35a36; re-
trigerator drsts, .27a2S..
Evening star., 1924-02-04
Poison to the Hippopotamus.

man's food is ' another @ man's noiSnn
also applies in the animal world.
The white clover is one of the most
nourishing grasses to most grass
eating animals and to some it is q
tid-bit, but to the hippopatamus the
white clover is rank poison.
Evening star., 1924-02-04
TURKEYS IN BIG DEMAND.

HOUSTON, February 4 Especially
Consumption of turkeys in Texas
has reached a new high mark. 1t is
estimated more fowls have been sold
in the last two months than during
the early turkey season.
Evening star., 1924-02-04
1889, 1881
S5J6.3T1.64

s13,O0ooo
.After setting up s7O.1T0SO, TO apply on
income lax for the year 1923
After hearing the report. stockhold-
ers named the following directors Tor
the ensuing year: Howard 5. Reeside,
James Letter, Ord Preston, John ID.
McIlhenny, James NJ. Green, Guy +.
Whiting and Robert d. Weaver.
Officers will be named at the annual
meeting of directors on Monday next.
Local Market Strong.
All issues were decidedly strong in
today's local market.
Potomac Electric skies of 1853 made
a new high record when $4,000 sold
at 103 in the concluding transaction
of the day, while Lanston Monotyps
sold at 731a. District National Bank
brought 16i and 161 Is, and Capital
Traction stock was slightly higher al
96as Railway preferred was un'
changed at 75 and 7414, and Wash
ington Gas 5s changed hands at 94A.
New Official Assumes Duties.
Nelson O'Neal, newly elected assist
ant cashier of Riggs National Bank.
assumed his new duties this morning,
and for the present Will nave chargs
of preparing income tax returns Tor
the banks clientele. X. q. Marx, au-
ditor, was formerly III aise VI liiis
Mr. O.Neal came to Riggs from th'
"a shierShip of the Bank OF Martins
burg. w. Va. and was formerly as
sistant auditor of the local lnstitr
ton.
Initial Dividend Voted.
rha initial semi-annual dividend
of 9Ia ner cent on the preferred stock
of the Stanford Paper company mas
heen disbursed to stockholders. 1t was
announced this morning.
The company was organized iast
.rmnnar and started active function
ing August 1.
North Americans Report.
North American Company reports
that subsidiaries electric output fol
the fiscal year of 1928 was 2,l13,7Sl.
136 kiIowatt hours, with 5sS.3bS GUS
Liiowatt hours and 47S.315 customers
the preyious year. This is gain in
1923 over 1922 of 81 per cent in elec-
tric output and % per cent in num-
Der of customers. .
mateIy per cent of the total central
stations electric light and power,
other than hydroelectric, furnished to
consumers in the United states is
now supplied by subsidiaries of the
NoTth American Company. which in
c,ude the Cleveland Electric IlIumi-
mating Company, Union Eiectrlc Lignt
and power Company of st. Louis. and
the Milwaukee Electric halfway anp
Light Company.
i1 Est,mated sales of all central sta
lions in the United States, other than,
hvdro- electric, in 1928 amounted to
"a 600. .0O0, 900 kilowatt hours. Output
OF hydro-electric plants brings this
North Americans increase in the
YEAR is approximately two times as
great as the average increase through
Sut the country, and is accounted for
by further acquisitions of additional
subsidiaries as well as rapid growth
In ali branches of their business.
Estimated electric output of non-
subsidiary companies in which the
North American Company is substan-
TALLY interested amounts to approx
tmately 2,25o,0o0,ooo kilowatt hours.
Evening star., 1924-02-04
OIL CONCERN BANKRUPT.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, February 4.-The
Hndiahoma Refining Company, which
recently was placed in the hands of a
receiver in Oklahoma, today filed
voluntary petition in bankruptcy in
federal court here.
Evening star., 1924-02-04
PARIS MARKET UNEVEN.

PARIS, February 4.-Prices moved
irregularly on the bourse today.
Three per cent rentes, "a francs is
centimes; exchange on London, 90
Lrancs ~ centlmes; per oent loan,
So francs 95 centfmes. The doIIaI.
was quoted at 21 francs 40 centimes
Evening star., 1924-02-04
LIVE POULTRY HIGHER.

CHICAGO. February 4.-Poultry
alive higher-Fowls, 18a23; springs,
23h; roosters, Is; geese Is; turkeys,
Evening star., 1924-02-04
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
Received by Private Wire Direct The Star Once.
Adams Exp (6) =.
Air Reducf (4l

: Adams Exp (6)..
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Ajax Rubber.
| Alas Gold Mines.
| AL Ch & Dye 60.
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Am Agri Chem pf
| Am B N pf (3).
Am Beet Sugar.
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Am Br S & F. (5).
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Am G & F. (l2)...
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Am Ice (7D.....
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Am Metal d..
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Am Sumat Tob. :.
Am T & Tel (9)...
Am Tobac (12)..
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Anaconda Cop.
Ann Arbor pf. -.
Arm pf Del co..
An Cons & Co.
Asso Dry G. (5)
AS DC I'd pf 90.
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At T & S Fe (6) :.
A T & S F pf (5).
Atl Birm & At.
AT Coast l. 90. -
AT Gulf & w L..
Atlantic Ref 90.
Austin Nichols
Auto Knitter.
Bald Loco o..
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Bal & Ohio (5).
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BarnSdall A.....
Barnsdall b.
B'ch Nut (2.40).
Beth Steel 60. -.
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Br'k-Man Tr pf.
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Burns Br (10).. :.
Burns Br 3 (2)..
Burns Br pf 90.
But c & Z (50c)..
Butte & Superior.
Butterick Co.
Caddo Cen o G. r
Cal Packing (6).
Cal Pet (1&).... :.
Calu & He (50c).
Can Pacific (10).
Case j l Plow. -.
Cent Leather Co.
Cent Lea Co pf =.
Cent Rib Mills. .
Ger de Pas G (4).
Chand Mot (6)..
Ches & Ohio (4).
Oh & o pf coz j..
Chicago & Alton.
Chic & Alton pf..
Chic & East Ill. ....
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Ch Mil & St Paul.
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Chic & Nohthwt.
Chic X l & Pac....
c r l & p pf (6).
c r l & z pf 60.
Chile Cop e " J..
Chino Copper. ....
Cluett, Peab (5).
Coca-Cola o..
Colo Fuel & Iron.
Colo Southern.
Col G & E (2.60).
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Com Solv A (4) :.
Comp Tab r (6).
Congoleum 3d..
Consol Cigar.....
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ConSol Textile. 80
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Evening star., 1924-02-04

TOTAL SALES (Par vaIue):
IL am. 8 S35 900 IL noon 546 900
1p.m.. 10 $4,000 2p.m.. 12I4i 600
Evening star., 1924-02-04
Grain, Produce and
Live Stock
LOCAL WHOLESALE MARKET.

Live stock-Calves. choice, per h.,
Il; medium, per lb., 12a13; thin. per
H., sa1o. Lambs, spring. per lb.. 1a.
Live hav ~ pigs; s.ooa5.oo each; live hogs.
Green fruits-Apples. per basket.
5oa2: az 90; box, 1.5oas.oo; per barrel.
2.0Oa6.0o. California oranges, per
crate. s.5oa5.25: Florida, 3.ooa425.
Lemons. per box. 3.00a3.50. Grape
fruit, 3.00a3.75. Cranberries. 4.5oa5. so
per one-half barrel. Grapes. Califor-
MIA, Emperos. I50a2.50.
etables-Potatoes, nearby, per
barrel, No. 1. 2.50a3.OO; No. 2, 1.50a
S-oe. Potatoes. round. per bag; 2.75a
barrel. Southern lettuce. per crate.
1.00a2.00: Iceberg, 300a325. Cabbage,
northern, 2.00a2.50 per 100 lbs Fiori-
da. 2.oOa2.25 basket; nearby. LOCAL. SO
Beans, southern, per basket. 3.00a4.5 so.
Peas. per basket. 4.o0aS.00 Celery.
Florida, 2.75a3.00. Squash, 3.00a4 90.
Peppers. per crate. Florida, 2.50a3.00.
Eggplant, 4.00a6.00. Kale, per barrel,
1.75a2.00. Spinach, per barrel, 5.50a
500. Southern cucumbers, per bushel.
3.00a6.00. Carrots, 100-lb. sack, 3.00a
3.25. Brussels sprouts, 25a30.
Evening star., 1924-02-04

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| Coca Cola o..
| Colo Fuel & Iron
Colo Southern.
Col G & + (2.60).
| Col Carbon (4) -.
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Congoleum CD ..
Consol Cigar.
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Consol Textile. 80
Cont Can (4)....
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Corn Pr r NV wi.
Cosden Co.
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Cub Am Sug go.
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Cub Dom Sugar.
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Cuyamel FIR o..
Davidson Chem.
Dawson rts.
De Beers Mines.
Del & Hud (9)...
Del l. & w co..
Dome Mines (2).
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East K Cts NJ.
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Famous Pl (S):..
Ed NJ & S pf 60.
Fifth Av B (64c)
Fisher Bdy (10).
Fisk Rubber. -.
FPchm'n (t3A).
Freeport-Texas..
Gardner Motor. =.
Gen Am TIC (3).
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G M & n pf d.
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Hartman Co 90.
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Houston Oil. 80.
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Evening star., 1924-02-04
ON NEW YORK BONDS STOCK EXCHANGE:
Received by Private Wire Direct to The Star Office
(Eales are in $1,o00.)
UNITED STATES BONDS.

(Fractions represent thirty seconds.
Example: 98-3 means SO 3-32.)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-03-31
TRACE THIRD
man |.El.l IN CASE
Authorities Hope to Locate
Man with Two Who
Were Slain

jamestown, N. D., Mar. 31.-When
the bodies of the two men, Winfred
Stookey and James Kcown, slain at
the straw pile just outside of James
town last August, were claimed by
the relatives Of Gilman City, Mo-, it
was first learned that a third man
had accompanied these boys by auto
from the harvest fields of Kansas.
Investigation was Immediately start
ed to trace this man in the belief
that he had something to do with the
crime or could at least explain what
became of the auto which one of the
murdered men had purchased in
Kansas and in which the three men
were known to have come as far as
Aberdeen, South Dakota.
The information as to who the
man, who had at one stop in Neb-
raska signed his name Jim Gates,
comes to local authorities from ~
deputy sheriff in Kansas who gives
the mans supposed home address in
the state of Kentucky and labels him
desperate character. States Attor-
ney Russell Chase is following up
the information in the hopes of fin
ally locating the man, Jim Gates,
and to see what he knows about the
double murder to which Joe Berger
now serving life sentence in the state
penitentiary, has confessed.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-03-31
WATERS
THREATENING
MANY CITIES
Rapid Rise of Rivers Around
Pittsburgh and Wheeling,
w. Va, Cause Damage
WHOLE FAMILY LOST
Five Are Swept Down POtO-
mac River, Swollen by
Heavy Recent Rains

Pittsburgh, Pa. March 31.-Flood
waters of the Monongahela and Allie
gheny rivers, swollen by rains and
melted snow from the mountain re-
gions of western Pennsylvania and
West Virginia, were sweeping west
ward through the Ohio valley today.
A stage of Al feet was expected by
noon at Wheeling, which would flood
the district fronting the river bank.
Streets in most of the Pittsburgh
districts bordering the river were
inundated, some to depth of six
or seven feet, Sunday when both
the rivers left their channels. A
stage of 29.2 feet, seven feet above
flood, ives reported, the highest in
III years.
Much damage was done to indus
trial plants and many operations will
be suspended until repairs are made.
The waters were receding today.
Railroad transportation was greatly
affected but service was being slowly
restored
Eight deaths in western Pennsyl-
vania were attributed to the flood.
Five others occurred at kitzmiller.
Maryland, when an entire family was
swept down the Potomac river.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-03-31
WARRANT FOR
GAST0N MEANS
ISSUED TODAY
Man Who Testified Against
Daugherty Is Charged
With Liquor Frauds

New York, March 31.-Federal
Judge Garbin today ordered bench
warrant issued for the arrest of Gas
ton B. Means, former agent of the
Department of Justice, who is un-
der indictment for. conspiracy to vio-
late the Volstcad law and whose trial
was to have begun today.
The indictment against Means, re-
turned October 1s, contained four
counts, the first alleging he entered
into conspiracy to obtain the re-
lease of $4,000 cases and 12,500 bar
rels of whisky from government
warehouses. The second involved SIS
barrels of whisky, the third SO bar
rels and the fourth conspiracy to use
the mails and fraud in connection
with an attempt to obtain $4,000
from IL man in Chicago for release
Of liquor from government ware
houses.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-03-31
EMPLOYMENT
OFFICE OPEN
Some Demand for Farm
Labor at Local Office

Some demand for farm labor is be.
ing felt now, II. A. Brocopp, in charge
of the state free employment office
in the Bismarck implement Company
building, said today.
Demand chiefly is for single men
to work on farms by the month.
About $40 month seems to be the
average wage offered, together with
"keep'' while on the job, he said. A
few inquiries have been made for
men and wives to work on farms, but
since those desiring such help usual
ly wish to talk the matter over with
applicants, no set wage has been Of
fered, A few inquiries have been
made for women housekeepers.
Demand from the office now is en-
tirely for farm labor. 1t is UNDER
stood the Northern Pacific railroad
later will ask that men be listed for
track work during the summer