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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-22

right 10 manufacture and sell
electricity for light and power pur-
poses.
THE slogan of the Joseph n.
Brewer interests who control and
manage the Central Indiana Power
Company is Make the customer and
employe a partner in the business.
The particularly appealing notice.
Let your dividends pay your light
bills IS given to the company's Gus
toners in all of the 100 communities
referred to through the news and ad-
vertising columns OF the large num-
/ Der Of newspapers published in these
localities.
The Joseph H Brew interests be
! lieye IN reaching the people through
! the press medium and for that reason
are conducting a publicity campaign
about the customer ownership sale
Of preferred stock conducted by the
/ Indiana Central Power Company
Sale results have been gratifying as
many investments have been made by
customers and employees who desire a
safe investment in a prosperous home
enterprise that is. therefore. tax ex
empt in Indiana.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-22
PLUMBING SHOWS
BIG DEVELOPMEN
People Want Better Grade
Work, TroSky Ayers,

No part Of the building industry has
showed greater development during
the past few years than the plumbing
end Of It. Not so many years ago i
was regarded as a luxury, now 1t is a
necessity.
f. E. Trosky, plumbing and heat
ing contractor. 2949 Central Ave,
says that one of the things that marks
the present upward trend Of the
plumbing business Is the demand by
the general public for better grade
plumbing and more modern appli
ances. II have installed only one of
the old leg-styls bath tubs this past
year. with this one exception. the
demand has been for built-in tubs,
even in the small bungalows. Safe,
sanitary leakless plumbing is absolu.
tely essential to ones happiness,
health. even life, but that is no reason
why the plumbing fixtures should be
unsightly. See that your fixtures re
feet your own good taste and express
the individuality that you wish your
home throughout to show.
In ordering a Job Of plumbing. be
sure YOU place your order with a good
reliable firm. Do not hire plumber
about whom you know nothing, just
because his prices seem bit cheaper.
Cheap plumbing always proves to be
expensive plumbing in the long run.
When letting a contract for plumbing
It is necessary to see that the fixtures
chosen are of the best possible grade
and that the work OF installation Is
handled by men who know their bust
ness and do not install plumbing in a
hit-or-miss fashion:
Mr.. Troskey has recently erected a
new modern store room at Central and
Thirtieth SITS. He has>moved his dis
play room her and so can show his
fixtures in his own shop.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-22
OWNERSHIP PLAN
PROVES pop LAR
Employees and Customers Own
Company Stock.

The plan of customer ownership"
has been devised to take care OF the
constantly increasing capital that is
over necessary for the maintenance
Of many public utilities. This method
Of procedure is being followed By To-
cal companies in some instances.
1.-THE electrical industry" according
to an Official of the Central Indiana
Power Company. ION account Of the
tremendous development In recent
years, is regularly in the market for
additional funds to keep abreast Of
the demands made upon it. Under
these conditions. as authorities all
know. the customer ownership move
ment. involving the direct sale Of
sound securities in the form OF well
protected preferred stock to the resi-
dents Of the territory served, consti-
tuted long step forward, and a
popular step. in utility operation.
This plan has solved. in a great
measure. the problem Of financing
utilities. But its greatest merit how
ever. lies I'm the fact that, I'm increas-
ing the popularity of public utility
service with the investing public. It
has promoted and established a cor
dial relationship and understanding
between the utilities and the public
which seemed hardly possible OF ac-
compIishment a few years ago.
with in eight years. the customer
ownership. originating in California,
has swept the United States spread
ing from the Pacific TO the At
lantic. It has been adopted 10y
light and power utilities, large
and small throughout the nation.
Millions Of dollars have been invested
IN these desirable securities by
electric light utility customers and
employees number into the hundreds
Of thousands, who thus have become
partners in the business and share
in the profits of these essential en-
terprises operated in their very
midst
such a campaign IS now being
conducted by the Central Indiana
Power Company. IN Indiana, the
States largest light and power con
ern, owning six splendid properties
operating in 1913 cities and towns, in
Guiding this city. throughout twenty
five counties in the richest and most
progressive sections Of Hoosierdom.
In all but one Of these 1903 places.
tho company enjoys the exclusive
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-22
CHURCH INSTALLS
BOWLING ALLEYS
Brunswick . Bake - CoIIendel
Co. Has 90 Pct, Increase,

The Brunswick Bake Collender
Company. III South Pennsylvania
St. manufactors Of Photographs. bill
Hard tables. bowling alleys and sup
Tuess have recently added a new pro-
duction to their output-automobile
tires. Business. according to Mr.. j.
Kaufman 4 this company, tn
creased about so per cent last year
over the business for The year pre-
ceding. This present year IS open
ing in such a way as 70 indicate that
it VIII be better even than last year.
I'VE have just had big order from
the indianapolis Athletic Club for
fourteen tables and six alleys IN our
very best grade, said Mr. Kaufman
This equipment Is for their new
building. already under construction
on Meridian St We are placing or
ders for equipment for recreation
halls all over the State. Orders have
been filed for the Elks' Clubs at No
blesviIe and Muncie and knights Of
Columbus At Terre Haute. The ia
bles and alleys at the Masonic Tenn
pies at Kokomo and Covington were
also put in by us.
NO longer does our equipment
Just 90 into clubs and amusement
balls We recently delivered some
tables and alleys ordered by A church
league I'm TT. Wayne. II is a common
occurrence these days for IFS to re
ceive orders from churches and pub
lie schools for tables and alleys. These
are popular forms Of amusement and
recreation. and churches and schools
are beginning to realize the benefit
derived from making 1t possible to
have their young people have access
to them.
THE field Of our business is en-
larging and our increased sales indi-
cate that we are meeting this devel-
opmeut. II is our policy to always
be in position to handle all local and
out of town orders"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-22
FAST HANDLING
OF COAL ORDERS
City Ice & Coal Co, Equipped
for Big Business,

Honesty in business methods and
best possible equipment have been
the two factors responsible for the
steady, consistent growth Of the City
Ice and Coal Company.
I'VE have founded our business, '
said Mr. r. F. Fitch. manager Of the
coal department. 100 T. Washington
St. con our policy OF handling only
high-grade coal; seeing that the coal
is free from dirt and slack leaving our
yards In good lump condition; we
guarantee that all orders are accu-
rately and correctly weighed: wa also
guarantee prompt delivery OF all
orders.
ours is the only retail coal yard
In Indiana to be equipped with a
steel coal bridge. This electrically
controlled bridge. 155 feet long. per
mits the company 10 unload or re-
claim coal from any place in the
yard. The clam-sheH bucket will pick
up a ton and n quarter of coal at a
time and this is automatically
screeued over a twoiuch mesh as It
Is dumped into the trucks, thereby
insuring the buyer that the coal he
gets from the city Ice and Coal Com
pany IS clean lump. free from dust
and slack.
The bridge has a guaranteed mini.
mum capacity OF fifty tons an hour
and the two railroad tracks serving
the bridge viii hold ten cars of coal.
thus insuring a ten hour run fo- the
bridge without calling on the switch
ing crew for the movement OF cars.
We have n total storage capacity Of
10000 tons, and this. together with
our ability 10 load n six-ton truck in
six minutes, makes It possible for
us to taka care of very 1arga nrlara -
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-22

convict vigilantes guilty of the lynch.
ing of E. C. Gragor and the flogging
and deportation of scores of other
striking railroad workers, according to
the Federated Shop Crafts of FIT
Smith. where the gigantic prosecution
plan was launched.
Every shop union in the country
will be called on to set aside 1 per
cent of the earnings of each worker
during the next thirty days for the
fund.
Labor also will fight constituted of
f1cials who are members Of the ''citi
zens' committee" according to reports
here. Prosecution of these officials
will be sought, it was reported.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-22
PLAN TO ENLARGE PLANT

Construction work on a two story
addition TO the present plant of the
American Can Company. 1880 s. East
St, will begin at once. The headquar-
ters for the company are locate In
New York and the head officials have
found the business done by the local
plant sufficient to warrant enlarge
ment Of this plant.
A building permit for $1S5, 900 was
issued to the company last week. The
plans call for the construction of a
two-story manufacturing building to
join the present -two-story manufac-
turing plant
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-22
LUMBER MEN HOPEFUL

In an address before the meeting
of the Retail Lumber Dealers Asso-
citation OF Indiana last week. H. n.
McGnl OF the Babson statistical or
ganization, who has given the last
eighteen months to n comprehensive
study of the building trade condi-
tions. predicted another great year
in home and business house con
struCtion. Indications in Indianapo-
lis lead lumber men to be entirely
hopeful that this section Of the coun-
try will measure M to the record
that may be established by any other
section.
Local lumber yards are storing
heavily preparatory for an early
spring rush OF business.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-22
OWN HOME SIGN OF THRIFT

The slogan of "Own Your Own
Home" has been stressed during this
Thrift Week as economists point out
the fact that in paying on a home
one is making an Investment. where
as II he is paying rent. month in
month out. he is simply increasing his
liabilities. Construction and build
ing companies are now largely fol
lowing the payment policy thus max
ing it quite possible for the average
man to eventually own his own home.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-22
MORE ARRESTS MADE
IN ALLEGED RUM PLOT
Isadore KOby and Earl Leathers
Freed on $1,000 Bonds.
Three members Of the Koby fam

Three members Of the Koby family
-Isadore, Sam and Benjamin--pro-
prietors of a soft-drink stand at APT
w. Washington ST., and Eerl Leath-
ers, APT N. Capitol Ave, will be ar
raigned Feb. 2 before Judge Albert
B. Anderson on charges of conspiracy
to violate the prohibition laws.
Isadore Koby and feathers, arrested
late Saturday by Harry Wertz dep
uty United States marshal. were re-
leased on bonds of $1,000 each, signed
by Mayer Captain and Lewis Brown Jr.
Isadore Koby signed affdavits last
week alleging Louis Wien, general
Federal prohibition agent, sold him
whisky. These aff1davits were turned
over to Homer Elliott, United States
district attorney.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-22
YOUNG PEOPLE TO RALLY
AT REFORMED CHURCH
Miss Emma BrinIxman to Preside at
Eighth District Rally.

The young people OF District Eight
Of the Reformed Church will hold d
rally tonight at st. Johns Reformed
Church, Alabama and Merrill SITS
The meeting will open with song
service at Z p. m.
Miss Emma Brinkman, district
president, will preside, and Miss Dor
othy Guntz will direct the worship
period. Activities of the Organized
Sunday School Glass will be the theme
for discussion.
The purpose of the rally is to or
ganize the young people of the vari-
Gus churches of District Eight into
a council to carry out a community
program
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-22
R. C. ELLIOTT, 20, DIES
AFTER LONG ILLNESS
Former Big -Four Photographer Leaves
Widow, Two Children.

A two-year illness claimed the life
Of Racy Clarence Elliott. %, of 1884
S. State Ave, in the city hospital Sat
urday evening. The funeral will be
held from the State Ave. address, the
home of Harry Alexander, a relative,
at 1 p. m. Tuesday. Burial will be in
Crown Hill.
Elliott was Big Four Railroad
telegrapher for several years, having
many friends on the Cincinnati divi-
sion. Before his illness he was station
agent at Acton.
The widow, Mrs. Ruth Elliott, and
two children survive.
Mr.. Elliott was member Of the
Odd Fellow lodge at Acton.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-22
CITY Three.Cnshions

Only two games are on the card
this week in the city handicap three
cushion cue tournew at the Board of
Trade parlor. Roger and Clark play
tonight and Hendricks and Chief
Thursday night. Hendricks, who has
first place in the tourney clinched.
has won seven games and lost one.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-22
LABOR WILL FIGHT
VIGILANTES WITH
100000 FUND
Organized Shops VIII Be
Called on for I Per Cent
of Earnings,

30 United PTeSs
HARRISON. Ark. Jan. pa So
600, 900 fund to prosecute the ''citiz ems
committee"-the new government in
the Ozark hills, was sought today by
labor unions.
The fund will be used to arrest and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-22
MOB VICTIM WAS NOT
GUILTY, BUNK MATE SAYS

BIZ United Press
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Jan. Pc. c.
Gregor, striker, hanged by a mob in
Harrison, Ark, few weeks ago, was
asleep four miles from the scene when
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-22
SAFE ROBBERY is FAILURE

Burglars who broke into the Texas
OIL Company office, 327 Patterson St.,
by jimmying window, pounded the
combination off the safe but failed to
open 1t, police were told today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-22
WELDING TANK STOLEN

An acetylene welding tank and
two gauges were stolen today from
the Ideal Boiler Works, Is Koehne
st. Police think the thieves plan to
use the tank In burning open safe.
The Washington times., 1923-03-07
Ex-DIShWASHER "PONZl"
TAKEN IN LONG CHASE

MCPHERSON, Kan. March T.
Joseph L. Gagnon. former hotel
dishwasher, later MCPHERSON
Ponzi.'' who successfully exploited
q few score residents to the tune
Of what many say amounted to
about $4,000 has been captured at
Kankakee, ILL.,, where he was living
under the name of ]. L. Gardner.
Gagnon was found by detectives,
who had been on his trail since
he disappeared from this city last
May. Around his associations there
hangs a tale of frenzied finance,
in which townspeople, many OF
them prominent, had visions OF
wealth, only to find in the end
that their dreams were blasted.
The Washington times., 1923-03-07
BANK SUED OVER THIRTY
SHARES OF OWN STOCK

Mrs. George B. Slater yesterday
filed suit in the District Supreme
Court against the National Bank
Of Washington and the American
Security and Trust Company to
establish ownership of thirty shares
Of stock in the bank.
Plaintiff, represented by Attor'
neys Gordon and Gordon, declares
the shares were given her by her
mOthsr.in-law, Mrs. Matte B.
Slater, who died September 25, 1921,
''in consideration Of the love and
affection" she bore her mother-in.
law. She says the transfer of the
stock was never made on the books
Of the bank. The trust company
u sued as executor of the estate
and because of its alleged failure to
recognize the plaintiffs claim.
The Washington times., 1923-03-07
OLD CLOTHES ARE WANTED
FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN

Don't forget to save garments you
can not use for Washington child
rem who need spring and summer
clothes.
local women by the District of Col
umbia Congress of Mothers and
ParentTeacher associations. It is
| the habit of the members of he
committee to fix over the garments
received for children who have not
the proper clothes to attend school.
Mrs. George Fraser, chairman of
the committee reminds that children
think more of Easter and spring
clothes than grown people do, and
that often it is impossible for the
mothers to make the children go to
school unless they have a straw
hat for the term after Easter.
The Washington times., 1923-03-07
CLAIMS PEACOCK WAS
NORTH AMERICAN NATIVE

ST. LOUIS, March 7.-Dr. Frank
Blair Hanson, head of the Depart
ment of Zoology at Washington
University. says that a bed of as.
phalt found in California had
caught and preserved the skele.
tons OF animals, birds and reptiles.
"One Of the interesting facts dis.
covered in this fossil bed" he con-
tinued. "is that the peacock. for.
merly believed to be a native Of
Asia, was q North American bird"
The Washington times., 1923-03-07
EVERGREEN BLACKBERRY
MOST POPULAR OF ALL

PORTLAND, Ore, March TEN
years ago, say Oregon berry grow
ers. the evergreen blackberry was
disdained by berry growers. Now
1t is one of the most dependable
and satisfactory berries of the
Northwest.
1t is the great favorite berry for
pie all over the country. When
canned it comes out holding its
shape far better than any other
berry.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-28
urged them with

But others have urged them with
great earnestness.
The economies believed to be real
liable from consolidation would result
in the main from the elimination of
some switching, the Standardization
OF materials, the concentration of pur-
chases, the sending of traffic by short
er routes, the closing of some offices,
tors, the elimination of interline ac-
counting. and tue greater ability to
utilize shops and equipment on all
parts of the system TO the maximum
extent. But If all that the advocates
of consolidation believe about these
economies could be realized the saving
would be. disappointing, and would in
all probability be more than counter
balanced by increases in expenses
traceable TO the larger scale opera
ton.
Sir W. N. Ackworth, the greatest
British authority on railroad econo-
mics and close student of American
railway problems. says in an article
in the July number OF the Harvard
Business Review: an the United
States your great systems are already
/, so large that they have probably Sc
cured all the economies which are
due to large-scale production. Their
equipment is standardized, their di-
vision points conveniently arranged.
their shops established at suitable
centers, and the members OF their
headquarters staffs have each Of them
as much as they can do" This same
high authority in discussing the pro-
posed economies from the British
consolidation says: Consolidation in
itself can only save negligible sums. 5"
He adds "The real economies can
only result from consistent policy
of reconstruction, carefully thought
out and relentlessly pursued" That
all depends upon the management.
Consolidaticn in no way promises TO
improve the quality of the manage
ment. Presumably the same people
would operate the railroads after con-
solidation us before. Where are the
great economies which would justify
government compulsion? Why should
we compel people to sell their proper
" and then try to force others to
buy against their will? IT would
seem that the economies promised are
too insignificant and unsubstantial
to warrant so radical procedure.
The financial adjustments neces-
sary are battling to contemplate. The
law provides that the capitalization
Of the combined corporations shall not
exceed the value OF the property Of
the corporations making up the COM
bine. To draw up workable finan-
cial plan under these limitations may
be we'll nigh impossible. Yet Sena-
tor Cummins passes over all these
difficulties with the simple assertion
shat "there is no serious or funda-
mental obstacle in the path of the
government which would prevent the
accomplishment of the purpose in
view"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-28
ECONOMIES in RAILROAD
CONSOLIDATION PLAN ARE.
SLIGHT UNDER ANALYSIS
General Combination of Roads Under Compulsion
of Government Would Find Many Difficulties and
Might Work Injustice Upon Owners-Cumnaings
IsNot Specific in Showing Possible Economies.

cost of maintenance and operation is
they should receive. Then he says
that wages can't be reduced and are
more likely TO be advanced. He points
cut that in many instances railway
employees are being paid less than
they should received. Then he says
that neither the government nor the
railways can control the cost Of ma
tCrials and supplies. He adds that
he doesn't believe that joint-facility
rents and equipment rents can be ap-
probably lessencd. These rents usual
ly 80 10 pay interest on investment
in the equipment and property jointly
used. Combination might remove the
item of rentals from the books. That
would merely be a change in account
ing without decreasing the amount
that would have 10 be taken from
earnings TO pay interest upon this
property which would continue to be
needed.
He goes on to say that while the
taxes Of railroads have enormously
increased during the past ten years,
it is almost certain that they will grow
larger. Consolidation will not lower
any of these costs. 1t would probably
result in speedily increasing some of
them. He tells us that the roads
must have more net income, that the
only way to get it is by reducing
cost of maintenance and operation.
He Immediately states that the i'm
portant items OF such cost: wages,
materials and supplies, rentals, and
taxes. will not be decreased and in
all probability will increase. Subtract
these great items of cost from the
total and there is an exceedingly
small margin left from which econo-
mics may be made. 1t is this small
margin that may be affected by the
expected economies of consolidation.
If consolidation should completely
eliminate (which it of course would
not) all other items of cost of main
tenance and operation than those
mentioned, the saving would be rela.
lively so small that the public could
be afforded very little. il any relief.
Senator Cummins does not mention
the relatively small economies. that
combination has been said TO promise.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-28

where he worked as cashier when be
, was fourteen years old.
Starting in with his fathers con-
Germ at the age of sixteen years. Mr..
Halff worked in practically every de-
partment Of the establishment. start
ing in the entry department and
working up to the position which he
now holds. He was made president
of the concern at the death of his
father in 1905.
Throughout the years he has lived
in San. Antonio Mr.. Half has taken
an active part in the activities of
the Wholesale Credit Mems Associa-
ton and the Mexican Trade and
Extension Bureau. being one of the
originators of the latter.
Boyhood Ambition-To be q good
wholesale merchant.
Hobby-Walking TO work every
morning.
Notwithstanding, fishing and
swimming.
Clubs-Alamo Country Club. Hill.
crest Club. Chamber of Commerce
and the Wholesale Dry Goods Mems
Association.
Ambition for San Antonio-"My
ambition for San Antonio is to see
it the biggest and best jobbing manu-
featuring city in the United States.
said Mr. Half. 81 believe this can
be attained by the united efforts Of
the residents of the city.
Northern manufacturers are fast
moving their cotton mills south. ant
why shouldn't they. because is moi
| cotton their chief raw material. grown