Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 243, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 February 1923 — Page 9

MONDAY, FEB. 19, 1923'

Q ELECTRIC LIGHT . ! SERVICE : ! ' i Merchants \ • ( 5 Heat & Light Company S C. O’B. Murphy, General Manager | The Daylight Corner PLUMBING INSTALLED ON “The Busckmann Payment Plan ’ BY ANY RESPONSIBLE PLUMBER FOR INFORMATION SEB August Buschmann & Sons, Inc. MAin 0973 11th and College Ave. V. /*" ■' 11 - - - We Specialize on jthe Very T' -COAL•lte*r ~ '1 i No Contract Too Large No ° rder To ° Smatl i 4U4 .... MA in 1089, Lin. 8621. Most Modernly Equipped Coal Yard in Indiana CITY ICE AND COAL COMPANY HO E. WASHINGTON ST. 1225 ROOSEVELT AVE.

Purchasers of WASTE PAPER NATIONAL PAPER STOCK CO. Cl rcle 4000-4001 320-330 W. Michgian St.

John C. McCJoskey Property bought, sold, leased and managed Reliable and authoritative Appraisals made Valuations made for Federal Estate Tax and Indiana Inheritance Tax 407-0 Indiana Trust Building. Indianapolis Phone, Main 7030

Indiana Billiard Company, Inc. Complete Line of Billiard, Pool Tables and Supplies. For Home, Club or Public Hall Roy / L. Marsh, President. * 8-10 Pembroke Arcade. Phone—Cl rcle 4738.

The BRUNSWICK Equipped with the ULTONA allrecord reproducer and ail-wood tone AMPLIFIER, is the world's most perfect Phonograph. Brunswicks are Mechanically Perfect. Brunswick Shop 121 N. Penn. St. Opposite Keith’s nil ■■■—t—M""U HI 11 I MU THE MANSFIELD ENGINEERING CO. 1011 Fletcher Trust Building Indianapolis, Ind. Contractors and Manufacturers of Pioneer Back Dump Gravel Buckets

A BILLIARD TABLE FOR THE HOME Affords clean amusement for young and old. The Brunswick-Balke Collender Company 111 S. Pennsylvania St. “The Yellow Wagon” and 100 Teams COAL- —ICE POLAR ICE AND FUEL CO.—B PHONES

LUMBER—MILLWORK ONE BOARD OR ONE MILLION FEET Quality Service O. D. Haskett Lumber Cos. Phones —WEbster 0114, Auto. BR ookside 1415

Let us print your Announcement in new type, particularly adapted to your message. Our smart type effects create the atmosphere and establish the character you desire. Mellett Printing Cos. 475 Century Building J ' MA In 4756

Foster and Messick FLETCHER TRUST BUILDING Telephone, MA in 6100 Surety Bonds and Casualty Insurance

Travelers’Checks LETTERS OF CREDIT FOREIGN EXCHANGE TOURS STEAMSHIP TICKETS Richard A. Kurtz. Manager. Foreign Dept. The Union Trust Cos. 120 East Market Street MAin 1576, 2853

Belmont 3700 ODonneil Transfer Cos. Transfer an and Trucking. Heavy Hauling and Safe Moving by Expert . Riggers. Overland Truck Service. 1503 W. Washington St. t F. E. TROSKY > MERCHANT PLUMBER PLUMBING AND HEATING KAndolph 18i7. 2949 Central Avenue.

A FLOCK OF FORDS and A GANG OF MEN ALWAYS ON THE JOB Hayes Bros. PLUMBING, HEATING AND VENTILATING CONTRACTORS MAIN 2493 M-2492

SPINK-ARMS HOTEL 410 North Meridian St. A Kealily Convenience. INDIANAPOLIS’ NEWEST AND FINEST HOTEL. Unexcelled Transient Service—s3 and up One, two and three-room furnished apartments with kitchenette, SIOO per mouth and up. Unfurnished apartments in our* new addition, SSO and up; unexcelled case service; Table d'hote luncheon, 75 cents; Table d’hote dLuuer, 51.25; also service ala carte.

Maud E. Grah Beauty Parlor Furniture and Supplies. Removed to 450 Century Bldg. Phone—Ll ncoln 8015

CIRCULATION OF MONEY TIGHTENS .AS PIES DROP Peak Reached, Figures of Treasury and Publication Show, By DU. LEWIS* HANEY Director Bureau Business Research, New York University. NEW YORK, Feb. ID.—-One of the most interesting statements of the week is that of Secretary Mellon, who says prices have practically reached the peak and that, aside from steel, the trend is slightly downward. A prominent publication calculates the price level fell one point last week and the various index numbers have showm little change for two months. The recent report of the Treasury Department showed the average per capita circulation of money declined from $42.81 in December to $40.74 in January. This may mean the smaller volume of money, which tends to make money worth while, is partly responsible for checking the price advance. When a dollar in money is scarcer it is more valuable and It will buy more goods—which is the same is saying prices are lower. • Supply and Demand But this is far from saying a!! prices are down. The world shortage of wool and cotton makes the price of the chief textiles. The great demand for steel, lumber and other building materials advances those productl. The excess sugar supply has been so reduced that firm sugar prices are likely, though no scarcity exists and consequently not. much increase is expected. This is true of copper and zinc. The law of supply and demand Is grimly working out Its solution of the bad adjustments caused by the war. The production of certain com modifies was neglected and now we must encourage their producers by paying more. Other commodities — among which is wheat —were produced In abnormal quantities, and the low prices are tending to force their producers to shift Into other fields or to produce more cheaply. The general price level is an average of all prices. It expresses the relative value of money in comparison with a bill of goods of all kinds. If It is advancing, the average business man makes money, because the margin between his selling price and his cost price Is assured; if It Is declining the effect Is opposite. I>arge Volume of Goods Now we have come to a point where the of goods put on the market is unquestionably large. Railway tonnage is breaking all records and mills are working at capacity. This great physical volume of trade Is tending to increase the total supply on the market and thus check the price advance. It is also reducing the intensity of demand, as customers’ most urgent wants are supplied. The diminished purchasing power of foreign nations is reinforcing these tendencies in the case of commodities of which we produce a surplus, such as wheat. * Economic analysis shows Mellon may be right. It shows, above all, that what we need is for every producer to study his business intelligent ly, to adjust his output to market conditions—to produce wffiat 1s in most demand, f After appearing in “The Beggar's Opera’’ 908 times, one of the actors recently forgot his lines at the 999th performance.

LUMBER SUPERIOR '(cm) MILLWORK BURNET-BIN FORD LUMBER CO. t)>, turd:,Pin/ mial. . r I’lieWßSr.KAnd. O&xv

Wo maintain an EXPERT service and rebuilding plant. Have your Marvel rebuilt into anew carbureter. Marvel Carbureter Sales Cos. 926-28 E. Washington Street Drexel 0172 V1 1 Ask for Browder’s Ice Cream Everybody Says It’s Good We give special attention to party orders. Browder Ice Cream Cos. MA in 5595. 918 ft. Senate. - W. W. WISE All Kinds of Brick Work 206 Indiana Trust Building Circle 4164.

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Indianapolis Profits By Fair Prices Maintained On Lumber

An investigator of conditions in the Indianapolis lumber market discovered facts which, dealers agree, are responsible for renewed confidence of builders. R. S. Hill, president of the- Indianapolis'Dumber Company, gives tHis information: “Tho retail yards of Indianapolisare selling lumber on a remarkably low basis considering the wholesale market, in some few cases actually below the wholesale prices quoted by a few representative manufacturers. ; This is due to keen but fair competi- , tlon among local dealers and enables POOL TABLES GO IN MANY HOMES •Schools and Churches Also in 'Buying Field, Folk nowadays make recreation a | systematic part of their lives. Houses I are built, with this idea in mind. Roy B. Mnfrsh, president of the Indiana Billiard Company, 810 Pern!broke Arcade, asserts that in many of : the better, homes being built In Indianapolis today some provision Is being made for pool and billiard tables. “We arg placing pool tables in schools, churches and homes as well as amusement halls,” says March. ‘‘We have just finished equipping the St. Cecelia Club for Boys, which has been remodeled and refurnished. “We have Just closed an anniversary of our business in Indianapolis and are gratified. Business far ex ceeded our expectations. CEMENT BLOCK PLANTS RUN AT FULL CAPACITY DucJen Lewis Forecasts Strong Spring Building. The open weather this winter has been largely responsible for the heavy building schedule. Ducien Lewis of the Helm-Lewis Cement Block Company, Fourteenth St. and Fall Creek, says January building was as great as that in October and November, normally much heavier months. “Our two plants are running at full capacity preparing for the heavy spring trade which we are expect- ! ing,” Lewis said. “The cold weather \ of the last few days has delayed work but with favorable conditions spring building will lie very strong. “Cement blocks are being used more and more. "We attribute the sales increase to thfe fact that they afford good actual value. A cement block building is very durable, and at the same time attractive. We are confident our product will be put at the top of a ; list of popular building materials for j the spring.” SAFE WITHSTANDS ATTACK Oops Seek Men Who Failed in Robbery Attempt. Police today were seeking clews to ! burglars who made an unsuccessful ! attempt to open a safe at the Triangle i Laundry, 3301 Moore St.* K. R. Badger, 36 Layman Ave., I manager, found the door open Sunday. The door had been opened by a key 1 and tile combination battered off. i The safe contained $260 and checks. An English magistrate recently held that if a person were to sit down in the highway, an autoist would have no right to move him with his car.

Phone, Main 3057 THE WHITAKER PRESS Inc. “Printing Done Right” Fifth Floor Print Craft Building 223-25 North New Jersey ’Street i ii Hand-Made Pies There are none like them anywhere. Ward-Baxter Pie Cos. 203 N. Delaware St. Convenient for Market Shoppers. TIMES WANT ADS Get You The RESULTS

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the consumer to obtain rock bottom prices. •/There is no business where competition is so strong as in the lumber trade, but it_is of a constructive nature with a view of giving the public the advantage of low prices and at tho same time build confidence that will stimulate the building industry.” Unless a runaway market, which ia being warned against by nationally known authorities, shatters present steady conditions, the outlook in building industry in Indianapolis for the next twelve months is brighter than since before the war. Billiard Firm Head Tells of Business Gains

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ROY. L. MARSH. * HO DROP SEER IN PLUWIBING COSTS Otto L, Buschmann Discusses Business Prospects. Front a small retail business to a large wholesale firm, is the history of August Buschmann & Sons; dealers In heating and plumbing supplies. _ Otto L. Buschmann, vice president, says plumbing supplies will be no cheaper, in the next six months at least. “If any price change is apparent in the next rew months, it .will be upward," he said. “Plants manufacturing plumbing supplies are unable to supply the' demand, which would indicate plenty of business. “Our own business in 1922 showed a 30 per cent increase. Business so far this year is tho best we have ever had at this season. There is no reason to believe it will decrease during the remainder of the year. A big building program is planned for 1923, which will necessitate a largo demand for plumbing supplies. The type of plumbing supplies Installed has greatly Improved in tho last few years, and the work of installing the fixtures hits also been done better." FOUR PERISH IN FIRE Apartment House Swept by Early Hour Blaze. by T’nitrd Prrrni NEW YORK, Feb. 19.—Four negroes wore burned to death and another negro and three policemen were overcome by smoke when fire started from an overturned lamp, swept a four-story apartment house In Fleet PL. Brooklyn, early today.

One of the LARGEST—One of the BEST!

For Your New Home! Pictures or Mirrors , Etc. To Suit Any Taste or PocketBook, See Lvman Eros. 223-225 E. Ohio St.

|• jl | From Kentucky, West Virginia; Vv JL*. Illinois and Indiana Fields Service and (Duality ACTIVE COAL CO. FOURTEENTH AND SENATE Phones—Yard, Circle 701?. Office, Lincoln 8636.

For Service Call the Capitol Transfer Cos., Inc. Heavy Hauling; Contractors General Hoisting: and Rigging:— Hollers. Smoke Stacks, Machinery . 126-28 w. New York St. Main 5319. J. R. Skinner, Manager.

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CONFETTI SHOWER TO MARK OPENING OF FARM EXHIBIT Educational Displays Placed at Fairground—Lectures Daily; Merrymaking will mark the opening of the Indiana Farmers’ exposition in the manufacturers’ building at the State Fairground tonight. Confetti and balloons will bo abundant and some of the aisles will be kept open for dancing. Preparations are complete for the exposition, which will last all week. Farm equipment exhibits are in place and numerous other educational exhibits will be shown. Informal discussions will take place each morning and.lectures each afternoon. Livestock problems will be discussed Tuesday afternoon; soil fertility and crop improvement Wednesday and subjects of particular interest to farm womeq Thursday. Exhibits by farm bureaus in Morgan, Hendricks and Marion Counties will be shown. The division of entomology of the State department of conservation has an exhibit and talks will be made in bee culture. The State highway commission will have eight booths. LOSSESADJUSTED ON DAYOF FIS Theodore Stein Jr, Offices Give Prompt Service, Last Thursday and Friday, fifteen losses by fire In Indianapolis were adjusted on the days they occurred by the offices of Theodore Stein, Jr., general! Insurance, 240-244 Consolidated Building. “We are proud of our prompt service in adjusting indemnities, and we find our clientele appreciative,” said Stein, Sr. “Our firm, the oldset in Indianapolis, dates to 1854, when it was the German Mutual Insurance Company. My father then was a director. The firm has changed its name twice, but all the records are in our possession. We have people on our books who have done business with the firm fifty years—we also have many of their children and grandchildren. It is surprising to those who study the situation, how many Indianapolis people carry no Insurance protection. These are the less substantial citizens, for the hard-headed successful men of affairs appreciate the need of adequate protection. "The business done by us in 1923 has been the greatest in our history. HOME POSTERS EXHIBITED Clarence Bishop Wins First Prize in Contest. Posters submitted in tho Indianapolis Home Complete Exposition contest are on exhibition today in the John Herron Art Institute. Clarence Bishop, a third-year student at the Institute, won first prize. Millard Warner, 18 E. Vermont St., won second, and Herschell Sanders, a Government student, beginning his third year at the art School, third. Tho prizes: First. SSO; second, $25, and. third. sls. Judges: Carl Lieber, Paul ifJWey and Victor Richardson.

f Patterson KngrAving Cos. FCPMERI.V IN DIANA ELECTROTYPE CO. <25 West Street Indianapolis, Ind.

There’s a Yard Near You Fourteen strategically located yards of this company cover the city of Indianapolis—aiding the builder or coal consumer in getting materials or coal when he needs them in a hurry. The combined and experienced service of A. B. MEYER & CO. and THE INDIANAPOLIS MORTAR AND FUEL CO. is available for your every need. “EXPERIENCED SERVICE” ALLIED Coal and Material Cos. 407-8 Odd Fellow Building MA in 2440, Lincoln 7581. LIGHT and POWER CALL LINCOLN 2371 A Representative will call to assist you solve your Electrical problems. Indianapolis Light and Heat Cos. Home Company. 43 Monument Circle. Edison Service.

We SeU EVERYTHING For Your Office HILLER Office Supply Cos. 28 S. Penna. St. Just Phone LI. 2231

Attention — Wire Wheel Owners Now is the time to have hose wheels taken care of. We replace broken spokes and tighten up wheels. Call us for Prices and Information. Indiana Wheel and Rim Cos. 40 West North Street. Cl rcle 7345.

Automobile Glass Replaced While You Walt Building Glass of All Kinds Indianapolis Glass Cos. 1002 Kentucky Ave. Cir. 7727.

INTERSTATE PUBLIC SERVICE CO. 14 —Limited Trains Daily— 14 Between INDIANAPOLIS and LOUISVILLE —— 1- -[ i H |- T r-i mi —ii—ii—mi—nmnrri **Ncne Better Mill Work” SPEEDWAY LUMBER CO. LUMBER AND BUILDJNG MATERIAL Our Truck Service Covers Marion County Herbert E. Hill, President Selmont 2000 bmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmammmmmm u——— ———u ■ ii 1 11 ~ I 1 l n ill Mil || i I 1 ■uiWMIIUU—JMWMLM—HiUI—HH—UULHUU Is Your Fire ancl Casualty Insurance Adequate? Let Us Solve Your insurance Coverage IT PAYS TO INSURE WITH AN OLD ESTABLISHED OFFICE THEODORE STEIN, JR. GENERAL INSURANCE 240-44 Consolidated Bldg. MAln 3433—3434 ’ - ■ - - | | "l _____ ■■■■!■■ ■ i I mmmmmmmmmmemmmmmmmmrnn Deformities in Your Children The physical examination made by our government on all boys when entering the service showed only a small percentage of 100% perfect This institution, with experienced masseurs and up-to-date equipment, will be able to adjust those small deformities in your children which would prevent admission to West Point or Annapolis. The Indianapolis Hydro and Electro MMe Attendant* Therapeutic Institute F * m * , l e suites 717-7JB-7U). 132-36 East Market Street i>hon e Lincoln 3014. Office Hours, 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. llWMW——all F.ma ■*—■■■■"" ■■■■■' n i ’iw ii rn nrnrnimmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm tmmmmmmmmmnmmmmmmmmmmmmmum mmm ' ' ~,ni" '■'"■■r '■> "" Rent a New Ford—Drive It Yourself Touring Cars SAUNDERS Coupes Roadsters Drive It Yourself , Sedans phone circle 6826. SYSTEM 330 n. Delaware St, WASTF. PAPF.R We Buy All Kinl Main 6039 American Paper Stock Company Incorporated i rurw ii hum hi ■■■ ■it ii k——me— Bedford Stone & Construction Cos. Contractors—Engineers 810-15 Fletcher Savings and Trust Building Indianapolis, Indiana H. H. WOODSMALL & CO., INC. GENERAL INSURANCE—SURETY BONDS t FIDELITY TRUST BUILDING

Quality Blocks Concrete Products, etc. Capacity 3,600 a Day. Two Big „ Plants 14th and Fail Creek. Main 4967*

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