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CABLE SERVICE
TO U. S. ABROAD
AIRED IN QUIZ
Senate Committee Witnesses
Sa/ France and England
Censor Messages.
MIAMI CASE IS HEARD
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—American
precedents and tMditlons were upheld by
the State Department in refusing to per
mit the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany to land a cable at Miami, Fla., with
out a permit, Norman H Davis, acting
Secretary of State, told a Senate com
mittee today at the beginning of hearings
on the whole c#blc situation.
Davis, in answer to questions by Sen
ator Kellogg, chairman of the committee,
told the history of the South America
cable business; how the Western Tele
graph Company, a British concern, has
a monopoly in Brawl and the rest of the
eastern portion of South America, and
has refused to share this business with
the Ail-Amerioan Cable Company, whicn
operates on the western coast and has
land lines to Rio and Santos.
He told of the controversy over the
ex-German cables, showing how France
and Great Britain having seized the
Atlantic cables, have shut the United
States out of direct communication with
central Europe andßcaudinavla. He de
clared the Unit-sd States is standing firm
for a restoration of the service which
obtained before the war and also ad
heres to its claim to put ownership of
the cables.
CHALLENGED AUTHORITY
OF GOVERNMENT
Kellogg first took up the controversy
over the attempted landing at Miami.
The Western Union, Davis said, first
asked for a permit to land at Miami,
but later challenged the Government’s
authority to require it to get a permit.
Efforts were made to get the Western
Union and the Western Telegraph Com
pany to agree to certain conditions which
would have been of benefit to American
business men.
It was also suggested, Davis said, by
the All-American Cable Company that a
traffic agreement be made between it
and the Western Telegraph Company to
permit the All-American to serve eastern
South America, but this was turned
down by the British Company.
Davis agreed to give the committee
copies of all landing permits granted by
the Government to cable companies.
KIGKT TO ROUTE
OWN MESSAGES.
Walter S. Rogers, who like Davis, was
an American delegate to the interna
tional communications conference, de
clared the important condition of the j
three, the Government sought to impose j
on the Western Union before allowing
the cable landing at Miami, is the one,
giving the sender the right to route his j
cable as he pleases.
Rogers went into the controversy over
the iiisml-Barbadoes cable. n said j
the Barbadoes legislature songht to pass :
an act providing among other things !
that any cable station on that island 1
should be permanently manned and con- j
trolled by British subjects, employes of'
the Western Telegraph or some other!
British company.
He declared the censorship of com- :
mercial messages Is a great disadvan- !
tage to Americans. Rogers said he had
often heard that the British and French j
had gone so far as to turn over to their i
r-wn nationals, certain cable messages
between American and foreign business
men Both Davis and Rogers assorted j
that the United States should have di- ;
reet cable communication with foreign
lands even if it has to build the cables ;
itself.
POSITION SINCE
1914 IS TOLD.
In discussing the controversy between !
the United States and the other powers j
over the former German cables, both J
Davis and Rogers confined themselves to '
explanation of the history of the cables ,
end to stating in the most general terms
the position of the United States Gov
ernment. Davis told how since 1914. the
United State# has had no direct cable
communication with Central Europe, be
cause the British and French cut two
cables from Emden which landed on
Long Island. The British diverted the
European end of one cable to Penzance;
the French took the other one to Bre.-t.
Late in 15*16, the British cat the Penzance
cable 6TO miles oat of New York and
took it to Halifax. Davis also told of
the situation in the Pacific concerning
the Yap-Guam-Shanghal cable and other
German cables there.
At this afternoon's session of the com
mittee officials of the All-American Cable
Company will be heard, and wlli be
followed by Newcomb Carlton, president
o' the Western Union.
Mexican General Dies
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 15.—Gen. Benja
min Hill, secretary of war, died today.
He was in command of the anti-Carranza
troops In Sonora when the May revolu
tion broke out.
SAVED
FROM THE
FIRE
JAP BRASS RUGS
9X12 =
These rug3 were made to
sell at $13.00. They are beau
tiful, finely woven rugs with
Gretchen borders and attrac
tive patterns. They are new and
absolutely undamaged.
Heating and cooking stoves,
all makes and sizes. Some as
low as 98-50.
Gas ranges in several popu
lar models. Well built stoves,
priced $9.50 up. All guar
anteed.
Oil stoves are fine for cold
mornings and for use in rooms
that are hard to heat; $4.50
up.
New brass beds, $8.85 up.
New davenports, in several
finishes, $12.50 np.
Slightly nsed brass beds,
full size; price, SG.T>O up.
Used iron beds, in good con
dition, $3.2 5 up.
A number of used dressers
are priced $7.50 up.
New dressers in finishes to
match your suite, , priced
fir.rs vsl
&LAZEB
444 L Washington St
GAS COMPANY
ASKS RATE BOOST
(Continued From Page One.)
j us n consequence it haR become lncreas
! ingly difficult for utilities to sell their
| securities.
During the past four years (with the
j exception of the first nine months fol
lowing the armistice when thero was a
business depression, and with the ex
ception of the past month, when anew
; business depression has set in), there
' has been an active demand for coke and
j the by-products of petitioner’s manufac
! ture. almost the entire market for which,
other than the sale of gas, has been
! outside the city of Indianapolis. By rea
son of the profit made from such transac
tions the consumers of gas in the city'
of Indianapolis have been able to re
ceive gas as a by-product at a price
far below that at which it t Could be pro
duced but for such conditions. So that
it lias been literally true that cheap gas
i in Indianapolis has been provided, not
!*■ the people of Indianapolis, but b.v
business interests throughout the coun
try, which have purchased the coke and
hy-products other than gas from the
petitioner.
WATER GAS ONLY
! CAN BE PRODUCED.
The only gas which can be produced
by petitioner other than that resulting
from the carbonization of coal into coke
is what is known ns water gas and for
which it has capacity to produce more
than- 4,000,000 cubic feet per day. The
actual cost of the production of water
gas during the last year, without any
allowance whatever for depreciation, re
pairs, overhead expense or returu on cap
ital, has been much lu excess of 60 cents
■ per 1,000 cable feet, and with the above
i items included, tvuuld bo in excess of $1
| per 1,000 cubic feet.
That the prime expense in the prodne.
tion of water gas is the element of gas
oil, of which nearly four gallons are
necessary to produce 1,000 cubic feet of
gas with the required heat standard and
the cost of such quantity of gas oil In
the last year has been approximately 50
cents. The constant demand for gasoline!
for automobile and other purposes has
brought about a condition in the market
where cheap gas oil cannot be expected I
in the near future, and, therefore, it will i
be impossible to provide water gas at;
an expense even approximated 0> cents
per LOGO cubic feet.
The production of gas, other than wa
ter gas, is an Incident to the manufacture :
of coke, and unless a sufficient quantity
of coke can be manufactured to give off
as a by-product enough gas to meet the j
requirements of consumers, the only al
ternative is the manufacture of water gas
to meet the deficiency. This exact con- i
dition existed In the month of November, :
1920, when as a result of the diminished
demand sos coke the operation of the
ovens were reduced, thereby reducing the
amount of by-product gas produced, and !
more than 52,000.000 cubic feet of \#ater
gas were produced at an actual lon* to !
the petitioner of many thousands of j
dollars.
NO AVAILABLE FUNDS
TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS.
The estatdished relationship of cheap j
gas to prosperous times with a large de
mand for coke and the consequent neces- 1
sity of producing wafer gas at a cost ,
much in excess of till cents per 1,000
cubic feet, when times are not prosperous
and the market for coke good, creates an i
inherent weakness in petitioners' securi- i
ties so long ns a maximum rate of 00
cents per 1,000 cubic feet for gas pre- (
vails.
Petitioner has no available funds or j
income, under present condition. with j
which to make such Improvements or to
meet such general mortgage bonds at
thetr maturity, and such means must be i
provided through the sale of additional
stock of petitioner and additional ohli
gallons in the forgot collateral notes or
bonds.
Petitioner has made inquiry of in-;
stitutions stinding high in American
financial circles, and wan are familiar
with petitioner's history and present con
dition as well as the genera! condition j
pertaining to the industry, an I has been
advised that in the spring of the year
1921 it will in all probability be possi
ble to sell petitioner's securities at an
expense for interest and discount more
favorable than that which now -prevails,
but that it will not be possitde so sell
such securities unless an increase in gas
rates can be obtained a* an assurance
that the interest on such new obliga
tions will be met and a substantial por
tion. if not ail of the principal thereof, j
be paid at maturity.
Such opinion corresponds with and
confirms the belief of petitioner and
which has been expressed by petition-r
in a public way to the city of Indianap
olis, the public service commission and
the consuming public of the city of Indi
anapolis on various occasion- during the
current year.
That the most urgent of ail the im
provements required to be made to peti
tioner's plant and one which if has
agreed with the city of Indianapolis to
make in the year 1921. Is anew storage
hoider with a capacity of 5, (At i.000 cubic
feet; It will require at least one
year fro rnthe date an order therefor is
given to secure the manufacture an A
erection of such holder. That the ex-
CHRISTMAS JEWELRY
ON THE EASY PAYMENT PLAN
Everyone Can Secure Christmas Presents Here
A shortage of money is no excuse for you to neglect your family,
friends and relatives at Christmas time.
Our Easy Payment Plan
makes it possible for all to secure the gifts needed and make the holiday season what
it should be. Ask us about the payment plan.
A Sparkling Line of Jewelry
is presented by us—diamonds of aU values and sizes, watches of various makes, and
in fact one of the most complete lines of jewelry we have assembled in our thirty-five
years of business in Indianapolis.
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Remember, wb sell talking machines also on the payment plan.
GRAY, GRIBBEN & GRAY
Corner Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.
OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL 9 O’CLOCK
Landlords to Oust
Striking Janitors
CHICAGO, Dee. 15.—Six thousand
jaultors scheduled to strike Jan. 1
unless they are given a wage increase
will be evicted from their home#-' if
they carry out the strike, according
to plans' announced today by tho
landlords.
"Occupation of the premises ceases
with his employment and he is a
trespasser and wiil be treated as
such,” said John Carroll, representing
the landlords.
pense of such holder will be more than
$300,000 and this petitioner cannot enter
; into a contract therefor without having
reasonable assurance of the means where
with to meet the cost thereof.
Mortgages and outstanding debts
i against the company which must be met
in 1921 amount to $1 ,560,000, the petition
states, and to meet these obligations,
; with the improvements thar must be
made, will entail expenditure of about
I $4,500,000.
I “Other improvements to the plant of
the petitioner are quite as urgent as the
providing of the new gas holder,” the
petition states, “but the same conditions
I prevail with reference to entering into
a contract therefor as are se;: out with
reference to the gas holder.”
Wherefore, Petitioner show) that an
emergency exists requiring the making
of additions and betterments to the plant
of petitioner in order to meet the re
quirements of the consumers of the city
of Indianapolis; that such emergency
cannot l>e met and Jurh Improvements
made without sale of petitioner's securi
ties ; that such securities cannot be mar
keted under present conditions with a
basic rate of 60 cents per 1.000 cubic feet
for gas; that an increase la said rate
from 60 cents to p 0 ceuts per 1,000 rtibic
feet is necessary to, and will if granted,
enable petitioner to finance the coat of
making such improvements.
Wherefore. Petitioner asks the Public
Service Commission of Indiana, inquiry
being first made Into the matters and
facts herein set forth, to issue Its order
authorizing this petitioner to increase
Us charge to consumers for gas from
60 cents per 1.000 cubic feet to 90 cents
per 1,000 cubic feet, such increase to
continue during the emergency and until
the further order of the commission.
The company is represented by Smith,
Remstcr, Hornbrook and Smith. The
petition was signed by John R. Welch
president, and J. D. Forrest, secretary
of the gas company.
With the filing of the petition the gas
company issued the following petition
to the public:
Every citizen of Indianapolis should
know the history of the Citizens Gas
Company and the features of its organ
ization adopted for tho protection of the
public.
In ordinary corporations a person hold
ing a majority of ths stock can elect di
rectors of his own choice and thus con
trol the company.
The stockholders In the Citizens Gas
Company have no voting power. All the
stock is placed in the hands of five men
who were selected as citizens Interested
in the public welfare and entrusted with
the power of electing the directors from
year to year.
These trustees are Thomas L. Sulll
van, ex-mayor of Indianapolis: Thomas
IT. Spann, real estate dealer; Lucius B.
Swift, lawyer; Henry Kuhn, manufac
turer, anil G. A. Schnull, wholesale
grocer.
The present board of directors, most of
whom have nerved for more than ten
years by appointment of the trustees,
are: John It. Welch, president, real es
tate and insurance; Alfred F. Potts, vice
president, lawyer; G. A Efroy luson.
treasurer, president H. F. Wnsvn l° •
J. D. Forrest, secretary and general man
ager; Franklin Yonnegut, Vonnegut
Hardware Company; Henry Bennett,
president -State Life Insurance < nmpany ,
IT. H Hornbrook. lawyer; Robert Llet**r,
If Lieber A Cos., and J. 11 Hooker, presi
dent .Slnger-Davis Company. .
'1 lie company was orgunlaed in i-fiD
through a popular movement inaugurated
In the Commercial Club, now the Chaw
bor of Commerce.
Scores of public-spirited citizens umjcr
took tha great task of financing the com
pany by securing subscriptions which to
taled $690,000. There wero more than
3.000 subs-riptlans ranging from $23 up
ward. Not one cent was paid to any per
son for aiding in th* promotion of the
company. Theie is not a doiiur of water
; In its stock.
Tlie company was financed by our peo
ple and in fact belongs to them. More
than 2,50<> person* are now Wilder# of Its
slock. Tho efforts of the directors of the
Citizens tins Company have been and nro
now being directed toward holding and
perpetrating ths situation for the public
we! fa re.
Special features of organization pecu
liar to the Citizens Gas Company are;
INDIANA DAILY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15,1920.
Stock is beyond chance of manipulation
through being held and voted by the
trustees, in the public Interest. *
Unlike any other public utility or pri
vate corporation, no dividend beyond
10 per cent per annum can be paid, no
matter how much the company may
make. Any profits above 10 per cent go
into the gas properties.
All stock after the original Issue or
$1,000,000, has to be sold at auction to
the highest bidder and all premiums
thereon, above par value, go Into the
treasury and no dividends can be paid
thereon.
• The premiums thus received up to this
date have amounted to the sum of $418,-
711.28, all of which has gone into the gas
properties.
The stock issued amounts to $2,000,000.
for which the company has received $2,-
418.711.28. Dividends of 10 per cent per
year lire paid on the face value of this
stock, which is only a fraction above 8
per cent paid by the company for the
use of this canital.
SPECIAL PROFITS
NOT DIVIDED.
No "melons” can be cut or special
profits divided.
The success of the company’s manage
ment is evidenced by the fact that tt
has furnished gas for nearly twelve years
at 60 cents per 1,000 the lowest rate
of any city in the worl<\
/When the 60-cent rate was fixed ana
the company began operations in 1900,
its coal was purchased at the mines at
90 cents per ton with a freight charge
from /West Virginia to Indianapolis of
$1.55 per ton. This same coal in 1920
has cost from $5 to sll per top. at the
’.nines, with a freight charge of $2.88 per
ton.
Labor at the gas plants, on the dis
tribution system and In other lines
ranged from 12Vi to 18 cents an hour.
The range is now from 33 to 75 cent*
per hour.
All clerical and office wages and sala
ries are from 50 to KM) per cent higher.
All materials, such as gas piping and
other supplies have advanced from 100
to 300 per cent. (
Taxes have increased 300 per cent.
Interest rates have advanced from 5
per cent to 7,8, 10 per cent.
Las Is still at OO cents.
With the closing up of factories, fur
naces and mills using coke there wlli
be an inevitable drop in the price of
coke with no means of checking It. With
coal and labor there will be no propor
tionate decrease. To Ignore this inevi
table situation and go on blindly in the
hope that gas can be furnished at 60
cents would be to demonstrate that the
directors of the Citizens Gas Company
have no foresight.
IMPERATIVE NEED
FOR IMPROVEMENTS
Recognizing that in a rapidly growing
need for constant enlargement and im
provement in tne gas company’s equip
ment to enabie it to keep apace wltn
the city’s' growth, the directors have
adopted a program of building and im
provements covering a period of three
years and requiring an expenditure in
excess of $2.750.000—51 000,000 of theso im
provements are to be installed a* rapidly
as the company can raise the necessary
funds and completed lu 1921.
These Improvements will embrace an
additional gas holder with a capacity of
5,000,000 cubic feet of gas; equipment for
a large increase of ga* made from oil;
coal and coke handling machinery to
facilitate gas making operations; altera
tions in the old ovens to Increase their
output and many other features which.
It is believed, will enable the company
not only to improve its service to its
present consumers, but, as far a* posal
fde, to take care of the rapidly increas
ing population.
It is hoped to Ristall some of the most
Important of these improvement! in time
to provide against any further incon
venienees provided the public will pur
chase its normal coal supply and not at
tempt to us*‘ gas a* a temporary substi
tute for coal.
To carry through the proposed pro
gram of improvements and enlarge
rnents requires an expenditure In excess
of $2,756,0-u. which must be raised by
the sale of the corajlßny's stock and
bonds. Tlie directors have postponed
this necessary work in the hope of txHter
prices on material and labor, but the
situation seems to force the company
to proceed with the work without further
delay.
HEAVY PRKMII MS
BRING CAPITAL.
As is well known it Is only possible
to satire capital at this timo bv paying
heavy premiums for money and invest
ing banks able to finaine such an enter
prise look very critically Into all the
circumstances that confront the bor
rower. It must be demonstrated that the
income of tho company will enable it
to carry its interest charges on tho new
capital.
The trustees and directors have stood
out against making this appeal not only
in the hop* of itetter prices, but be
cause of the pride they have taken In
keeping Indianapolis at the front as the
only CO-celit gas city In the world. This
sentiment will have to yield to the fieecs
s'lb-s of the situation until the return
of normal times.
What we s*ek by this communl'-atlon Is
to refresh the memories of tho people
ns to the history and character of tbis
organization and what has been aecoin-
* Dry* Movement Hits
Paris With Force
TARIS, Dec. 15.—The first official
prohibition movement in Paris, spon
sored by the government, is under
way today. The military governor is
organizing fifty “dry” meetings which
will be addressed by army doctors
and others on the evil effects of alco
hol. Moving picture companies will
be ask *V to cooperate.
plished by It.
We wish the people to realize that
the trustees and directors are trying to
serve the public and have no personal
nor political interests to seyve. Wo trust
thut the public will cooperate in the
effort to keep the company apace with
our growing city. Fnally we wish to
emphasize tho fact that every dollar
which may be realized from an increase
of rates goes back Into the improvement
of the service and that nothing beyond
tho fixed limited dividend can be paid
to any stockholder.
*'" " ✓
CROSSTOWN CAR
ORDER HELD UP
Tha board of public works today de
cided not to order the Indlapapolls Street
Railway Company to establish a crost;
town car line connecting the Virginia
avenue line* with those In Kentucky ave
nue for the time being. The decision was
based upon a showing of officials of the
company that present traffic between the
southwest and southeast sections of the
city, as shown by a check of transfers
Issued between Oct. 24, and Nov. 6, is
not sufficient to permit the operation of
even one crosstown car lino without a
financial loss.
Dr. Henry Jameson, president of the
board 6f directors of the company,
brought the report of the transfer check
I to the board. In a discussion of the
company's affair* br. Jameaon declared
that it may have difficulty In obtaining
ten rebuilt cars, which a Dayton com
| pany has announced will be ready for
I shipment next Tuesday or Wednesday
! because the street railway company may
be unable to meet a cash payment of ap
proximately $50,000 demanded by the
Dayton Company before delivery. The
traction head aaid every effort la be
ing made to raise the money. The cars
are part of a consignment of thirty-five
summer cars sent to the Dayton con
cern for conversion into closed cars sev
eral months ago.
SHOWS HOURS OF
MOST TRANSKRS.
The transfer check showed that most
of the transferring from the Virginia
avenue to tho Kentucky avenue lines and
from the Bouth Meridian and Garfield
lines, it done between the hours of 6
and 7 in the morning and 6 and 6 in
the evening. 1$ would be a good idea,
the board members thought, to establish
cross town service at these hours only
when cross town travel sgaln becomes
heavy enough to makt U possible to oper
ate such service without loss. It was
pointed out that ths present traffc be
tween the south sections is not as heavy
as formerly for the reason that so many
of the Industries are not operating with
their full personnel.
The check showed that between Oct,
24 and Nov. 6, a two weeks period, tne
dally average number of transfers from
the Vlrglisja avenue line# to the stock
yards and West Indianapolis lines,
which operate for short distances over
whYiT
STORE
Sensible Gifts
Ns>v — —IVE a man a useful gift,
£ : ' and you may be sure 'twill iM
\ be welcome. That, of course, means making wit
\ selections at a man’s store; for something n
\ that he can wear is sure to be useful. S^lfllllllP^i
For Convenience , Check the Items
on This List Which Interest You
Siffede Dress Gloves Beautiful Silk Shirts /MwMm
\ Cape Dress Gloves Rich Silk Neckwear
V Heavy Silk Gloves Beautiful Knitted MM / I
Warm, Lined Gloves Neckwear /J|
' N Ut ht <^ ai £ ntletS Silk or Linen Hand-
Pajamas (all prices) Initial Handkerchiefs
Good, Warm Sweaters Hosiery—Silk, Cotton
Velour Hats or Wool
jfi** Umbrellas or Canes Smoking Jackets
Woven andslmported House Gowns
Madras Shirts * 'Bath Robes
• Men’s Jewelry, Collar Bag-3, Bill Folds, Safety Razors, Ever
sharp Pencils and many other novelties, or we will issue Gift
| Kentucky avenue and are therefore
i termed “Kentucky avenue lines,” was
1 197. The number transferring from the
i Kentucky avenue to the Virginia ave
! nue lines was 188. Had these transferlng
i passengers traveled on a cross town line
running through South street, as has
been proposed, the average daily reve
nue would have been $19.23. The aver
age annual revenue on this basis would
be $7,026.23, the company's report stated.
The report also pointed out that the
average daily number of transfers from
the Minnesota line to the Garfield, South
Meridian, Stock Yard and West Indian
apolis lines for tho period checked, was
55, and those Issued In the opposite di
rection, 71, making a total of 126. The
total revenue from this source if a cross
town line were established, would be
$6.30 per day. or $2,25*9.50 a year.
From these figures it was concluded
that the total annual revenue the com
pany could expect from a cross-town line
of ths nature suggested would be $9,-
325.75.
Dr. Jameson stated that the average
nnnual cost of operating one car Is $12,-
600, Indicating that the loss from a
south side, cross-town line under present
conditions would be more than $3,000
per vear.
A letter from James P. Tretton. super
intendent of the street railway company,
in whlft it was pointed out that service
on the. stock yards and west Indianapolis
lines was very poor in November be
cause trains of the Belt Railroad held
up cars for long periods almost every
day, was presented to the board. Clerk
W. F. Cleary was instructed to request
officials of the Belt Railroad to remedy
the evil.
The board confirmed a resolution for
the resurfacing of Morris street from
West stret to Madlsoii avenue. *
Auto Deaths Increase
WASHINGTON. Dec. 15—Deaths from
automobile accidents continued to show
an increase during 1919, with a total of
7,969 for the census bureau's registration
area, comprising abtrht 80 per cent of the
country's total population. The total itt
; eludes 8,808 deaths in sixty-six of the
I larger cities.
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Town of Macy Suffers
$40,000 Loss by Fire
PERU, Ind., Dee. 15. —The little town
of Macy, north of Peru, suffered a $40,000
fire yesterday afternoon.
Fire broke out in the Edward Wood
Grist Mil! and rapidly spread to adjacent
buildings. The local fire department was
unable to cope with the flames and a call
was made on the Peru fire department
for assistance.
The loss to the Wcod mill is estimated
at $35,000.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
BANQUET FOR MACHINISTS,
A banquet in honor of striking ma
chinists formerly employed by the Amer
ican Can Company was held at Machin
ists’ Hall. 39% South Delaware street,
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Made by Master Millers
. in Modern Mills
Soft, rich Indiana winter wheat
is scientifically blended by a
SECRET process with, some of
the hard varieties from distant
sections to produce a flour *ood
1(1 for every purpose to which flour
I \ I can be put in-the home.
We could tell you that the v'Vl
/ft big electrically operated
A Acme-Evans Mills turn out
' 1 3,200 barrels of wheat flour,
(ff\\ 500 barrels of corn products, \
350 tons wheat dairy 6tock / /
|rj y *and poultry feeds and still {
• ’ (F*7-R A ITf i S you wouldn’t know just how qfjb
NIT / DAiVLI* ’ good and reliable EVANS’ j\\
m V. < E-Z-BAKE FLOUR is. I ll\
0 ■£[ I* n\ ■ | V
k LM < Go to your grocer—ask for / S 1
r U-,IEEa-r S a sack of EVANS’ E-Z- I *1
1 BAKE FLOUR and leam U PLJ
FI by actual test Just what it pTA]
/ t-ma \ ....
last *i ght, at which twenty men were
present. Albert Lehman acted as toast
master. Among those who took part In
the festivities were William Stumph,
president of Machinists’ Union No. 161;
M. E. Alexander, business agent for the
machinists, and George Doyle, organizer
of the Intern’.tional Association of Ma
chinists of Washington, 'D. C.
EXHIBITS ARE MAKING HITS. *
Considerable interest is being evi
denced by Indianapolis men in the ex
hibits of made-in-Indlanapolis goods in
the chibroonis nl uie IndiauapoUs Cham
ber of Commerce. *
The exhibit which ha3 Just been re
moved was by the Leedy Manufacturing
Company. The exhibit now In is by the
International Printing Company, an In
dianapolis concern which makes pack
ages for manufacturers over the entire
country.
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