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Says He Will Speak Of Charges In Any Way He Sees Fit , BULLETIN DAYTON", O., Aug. 24 De-clarlng that ba la "prepared to believe that Senator Harding knows nothing about a lot of thing that are going on around him,' Gov. James M. (01 democratic presidential nominee, in a statement today announced that he was prepared to prove his charges of n J15, 000,000 republican "slush fund." and would make his revelations In hN speech at Pittsburgh, Pa., next Thursday. "Senator Harding denies my charges about the campaign fund which the j -natorlal obligarchy is raising," said i Gov. Co. "I am prepared to believe he knows nothin gabout a lot of things j that are going ou around him. This i reveals the very dangerous symptoms which I have been discussing. In my 1 Pittsburgh speech this week I will ad-I vise the country as to matters of ' which the senator claims to be ignorant and I will prove my charges." CHICAGO. Aug. Zi Unless Governor James M. Cox. democratic nominee fr president, voluntarily provides the senate campaign fund probe committd

- . rier is ;i:ss jiarv Lucas Tvear.r.s mittee's request for data concerning j th home-made bathing suit which the governors charges that the re- won her ftrst p..;z ,,f j.no in a co. publicans are raising a $15,000,000 ciml test recentiv- held in Chicago Profespaign fund, he ivil! be subpoenaed and fiOR1, modeis wore the Judges who deccmpelled to appear, a member f the j c;arf.d lhat thf! :;.Vear-old girl's cos-

commucee saia tDca". "If Gov. Cox has not given us satisfactory reply by Monday I feel certain a subpjoena will be Issued." eatd this morninsr to the committee. asked that his name be withheld. J Gov. Cox" reported statement that he saw "no use in appearing befora the committee apparently was not well taken by the. committee members. They made it evident that the democratic r.oir.inee will be given every opportunity ta submit his evidence voluntarily but that if he does not do so, the committee will use its power to compel his attendance. Committee members Intimated that revelation ofi the basis for his charges In future ' campaign speeches by Gov. Cox would not be retrarded as "satisfactory."

The committee feels, according to J and John lieinie . ene of its members, that Gov. Cox I Postal inspecors and railway deither must subs'antiate his charges I tectives are still working on the thecr withdraw them. ' ory that thre was an" "inside" tipoff

No subpoena w:l! be issued and no 1 ""intr meetings oi rne committee n"ia I until next Monday, when it will re-j convene at the federal building here. Campaign leaders of both the demo-j cratic and republican parties ha ve ' been summoned before the committee f-r Monday. Chairman Wm . H. Hays j and Treasurer Frederick W. Upham. j of the republican national committee. , ( Congressman Simon C. Fes?, and Trea j surer Guy Scott, of the republican con-. f'""" -tuii.iuii.iee. congressman iContinued on page ilet Goldy Had Some Great Advertising With His Product He Said It Was Possible to Concoct Big List of Drinks "Makea jrou forget prohibition" is what the. Ozonated Products Company of New York advertised to Indiana . Harbor soft drink parlor ow ners through their agent, Joe H. Goldy of Chicago. Now Goldy is being held in the city jail until federal officials have had his wares examined to determine whether or not they are intoxicating . Goldy carried with him samples of the extract bottled by the Ozonated Products Company from which he claimed It was possible to make any drink in vogue before the fateful first of July. There were extracts of whiskey, gin. cognac, and all the others. A couple of ounces of extract mixed with a gallon of water would make, he said, the real stuff. After adding a little tempering extract and allowing the liquor to properly age nothing could be finer, so said Goldy. tf the ettrflrt f niinH tn Kq riiniMo i f , will be held for violation of the prohibition laws, if the extract proves non-intoxicating he will be held for obtaining money under false pretenses. Several large orders had been placed by Indiara Harbor men before Goldy was arrested. CHICAGO. Aug. 24 Twelve men were arrested and liquor valued at approximately $50". ono was seized in a raid today by agents of Maj. A. V. Dalrymple. prohibition enforcement officer for this district. The arrests were made at Canal and Taylor sts.. where the men were engaged removing the liquor from a freight car. The identity of the men arrested, believed to be members of an organized whiskey ring was closely guarded this morning.

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DISCLOSURES NEAR

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i - ""-XT 4 . : its 3 ' MISS MARY LICAS (tume was the most becoming of any worn by the scores of competitors. MEN FEO Two suspects taken in connection with the J100.000 mail bag robbery by I the Kensington police in Burnham ounudy were re.easea yesterday when witnesses fa:ic-d to identify thm. The two men are Frank Miller and that all details to make a get-j aay r. i ueen arranged by the rob- ' hers. The robbery was clashed C3 one of the cleverest in postoffice annals by Chief Inspector Rush D. Simmons! yesterday . j PcstofTice circulars were sent out' broadcast by Mr. Simmons vesterday containing photographs of" Wil'iam and EJward Touhv t., Banks, suspected as the robbers The pciice have been unable to trace a big automobile owner! by the Touhy I brothers and which it is believed was the one used in the robberv. HE NEEDED SPEED, BUT NOT WORK All You Could See of Edgar Was a Streak When the Court Said Work. Mr. Edgar Byrne, of Detroit, Mich, spent Monday night in Hammond, the guest of the city. Before he departed ; this morning a reception was held in ! hIs honor in the city court room. M r Byrne, who is fvrly-two years oio ana or husky build, arrived in the

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city unannounced last night and rath- ! nrf having trouble In locating rooms in er than wake folks decided to sleep in ', Hammond. He asks that perrons havthe interurban waiting shanty on Sum- i morns to rent, communicate with mer St.. south of the Gibson hump, him at once.

worn oi his presence reached the police station and a car was sent af ter him. This morning in the court room Ed gars voice trembled with emotion when Mr. Tinkham. the judge asked ! him what he wanted of the city. "Work." was the only answ.r he could frame . "Where did you work last?" a. ked the court. Edgar pondered. "Darned if I can j remember," he finally said. "It was i something like fifteen years ago and I its hard to keep such iininmnriant things in your memory." "Get out of town." snarled the court. "Beat it," shouted the prosecutor, shaking the arrest'sheet at him. "Shake a leg there." snapped Jimmy Trost and Mx. Eyrne was on his way once more. He showed some speed, too, for once. L. J. GRANGER IS MADE DEFENDANT Leon J. Granger of Hammond, was i made defendant m a suit for damages j which a? filed today in the Hammond I Superior court by Frank Parkey. Mr. Parkey says that on May 10. 1919. as he was driving on Fifth avenue. Garv. one-half mile east of Clark Road, hi? car collided with Granger's machine which was on the wrong side of the road. He asks for $300 to cover his personal injuries and $1,500 to pay for damage done his car. J. H. Fetterhoff is attorney for the olalatift. ,

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EEKXAF.D ORH, -who hia been vacationing at Laporte. is back home again. THEY io say there some very exciting trap ;ajnc3 in Harrison Tark cxery now and then. BALLPLAYERS who p!ay at Harrison Park declare that tho authorities ourht to pro id? cikm for some of the Ji'p.-'ators who sv.m up tho cards. ! ATTOEXET U. r:. Granger has beer ! confined to his heme since Sunday when j he played one of the principal parts in an auto smashu. B J. STEELMA.V and Teller Nelsm of the Citizens bank saw Ray and Yerdon go'f in Chicago Sunday and aie going to learn the game all over again. TV. J. YVHIXERY is trying the famous I. B. of B. M. & I. S. B. & H. of A. case at Laporte in which Hammend local No. 33 is vastly Interested. THE Erie has given up the idea of j painting the cabooses yellow and cow r.as a lot or tnem Tainted bron to match the col3r of the depot. THE United Construction Co. Is repairing tho bad streich cf payment between the river bridge and the I. H. B. tracks on Calumet avenue. ALDEEMAX Milo Bruce roturned yesterday after spending a week on the farm, pitching hay. ditching and fishing mostly fishing. SOUTH Hohman street, which was recently patched, is to have a coat of asphalt from Douglas to Carrcll street. It is believed this will make the pavement almost as good as new. SOME one mails of copy of "Solidarity." the I. YV Y". organ, to thi3 offlce on which is written th-? words l.O members in Hammond. YVe'.I, that's Sod for thought.

lna -oman sireet rricga is 10 nave about their tail lights. They were th? long promised new floor at last. Fred Hill. 3693 Pennsylvania ave.. Workmen are now laying a floor of! Indiana Harbor; Ben' Labuda. 625 Inheavy orcosoted planks on the west t Sraham ave.. West Hammond; George

half of the bridge. HAMMOND police have been asked to watch for Margaret Eudolph and Julia P.ydzewski and Margaret Marko of Whiting who escaped from the Crown Point detention home Sunday evenirg. THE Boy Scout camp at Lake, Eliza broke up yesterday and today the boys have been busy hauling their camp euipment bock to the Himmond headi quarters. I THOUGH the dry wave hit his busliness a wallop. Ed Simon, the energetic LaVendor manufacturer, kept everlastingly at it and says that his business is J better than ever. DOC O ROMAN says that !t doesn't matter how fast you go on the Lansing cement road, the constables just give tho car the O. O. and if they decide it ' will stand the fine, blooie, $15 and costs. : W. D. WEBB, manager of the Lyndora hotel, is entirely recovered from an attack of pneumonia which at one time threatened to be extremely critical. ED BOHLING has sold fifty-seven Cadillacs in his territory this year, to say nothing of a eleluge of other cars and is well satisfied with the prospects. THE Fred L. Jusrgens. 15 W-ln street, christened their little girl on ' Sunday ana entertained a flock of ojt- j

t of-town roJatives from Laporte nd shoulder of Henry Keaster, 163 Indj Chicago. I lana ave. I Hank had been addressing1 his plea ! MA I LCARRIEK Beilby had the scare j to a man who was wtiiting fr a street of his young life today when a packige; car. The fellow had an awe-stricken

containing an alarm clock, laying on his j T.iDie. tor nciivery, went on. All me bombs in the world were ringing In his ears .for a few moments. LOOKS like schoOl will open again without the sidewalks being constructed at the Erie crossing on Highland street. A large proportion of the students of the Industrial high school use the Highland street crossing. SL'PT. E. S. Monroe, of the city schools, finis that his new teachers HAMMOND mm who was tipped off to a place across the lino where he could get a drink of whiskey, visited the place and set a spoo l record gett'nsr back into Hammond. "The bottle.' he said, "was full of introglycerine." SAMUEL GEORGE STKI.OW. S04 Cedar street, Hammond, has been transferred from the receiving ship at New York to the U. P. S. Maumee, cording to a message rcorived by this paper from Commander C. C. Krakow, U. S. N. DR. R. O. OSTROWSKI has finally menC airnost as good as nw. won out in his fight to have one of the unsightly electric poles re-moved from in front of his drug '.tore. There were two on his corner and yesterday the street car company cut theirs down. THE great ice cream eating contest between Attorney Sproat and Griffiths was postponed Saturday on account of cold weather. I. I. ModjeUa. the promoter, has gone to Wisconsin for a fewaK- after which the. big event will he staged. Both entrants are practicing daily. LOCAL golfer was showing up very poorly on the links at Chicago Heights on Saturday and he remarked to a Heights golf player, who was standing j by. "Do you know, it seems to me the more I play the worse I rlay." You've played a good deal then, haven't ou?" said the H. S. P. and the Hammond inan hasn't got it figured out yet.

DEATH CLAIMS

MOTORCYCUST

E. E. Whistler Injured At Hobart Speedway Sunday Passes Away. 'SPECIAL TO THE TIMES! HOBART. I N D . . Aug. 24 ErnmereoR Whistler, who was hurt Sunday afttrnoon while driving a motorcycle in a practice race at the Hobart Speedway died yesterday afternoon at 2:10. After he was taken from under his motorcycle which skidded he was in an unconscious condition and did not regam consciousness. He died at the home of T. M. McAuliff where he was taken at the lime of the accident. Whistler was a married man. and for merly a conductor on the Hobart car line, was throkn some distance when his racing machine skidded on the far turn. It is believed that some part gave way causing him to lose control of it. He was picked up unconscious and the physicians found his condition so serious that he could not be taken from the grounds. He was 23 years old and Is survived by a wife and two children. Funeral arrangements have not yet been made. THIRTEEN VIOLATORS TAKENLAST HUT Eight Autoists Without Tail Ughts; Second Arrested For Speeding. Thirteen proved to he an unlucky . . -- . ....c,, - isis were ncKea up last mght by Hammond police for various violations of traffic rules and every enc of them was out of luc fceven of them had been careless Keller of Crawfordsville ; Arthur Johns 335 Rimbach bldg.; Christ Korctokrax. 10726 ave. F., Chicago; Harry Weincr. Whiting; and Marvin Hunt. 42, 155th St.. Harvey, 111. Otto Frankowskl, 102. 155th St., West Hammond; Abe Lipner. S528 Cedar st.. Indiana Harbor and Jacob Bugner of Chicago were cabsh't driving trucks over Calumet blvd. W. Feldhoff. 2310 K. 78th St.. Chicago, and It. W. Carter. 2823 Michigan ave., Chicago, wer. taken for speeding while Carle Lin.itrom, 262 State St.. Hammond, rounded out the baker's dozen by drivins: down Hohman st. with his muffler cut out. The majority of these paid fines In court this morning and the remainder will appear before the judge th; latter part ef the week. MAN ARRESTED FOR "Buddy can you slip me the price of a drink?" waa heard at the corner or' State and Hohman st., Hammond for the first time in many moons. Officer Stelow was near. He heard the Jtrrl.nr rvlefl r f I h e mnrwber bn hp couldn't believe it. It sounded like a voice from the grave. He stepped nearer and laid a heavy hand on the look on his face Was he trying to mooch a drink off you. demanded Stelow . The stranger gulped. "He said some thing about the price of a drink but was Just trying to dope out how he gets that way." There was a tender look In hi eye as he watched the cop lead Hank away. This morning Hank told Judge Tlnk ham that he must have been drunk, otherwise he never would have stopped to begging. He admitted he had had several drinks befcre he reached the corner. He parted with $1 and costs . ANOTHER BENEFIT GAME SUGGESTED Success of last Sunday's baseball game between the K. of C. team and the Scatenas as a means of raising money for Mis." Josephine Rudolph, has suggested another game. Henry Downey, who thinks he can scare up a pretty good team from the road contractors of Hammond, has already issued a challenge to the lawvers of Hammond. Downev thinks there shoujd be a j'ide bet of at least $100 to start the pot. lie suggests that Judge Charley Friedrich be appointed ump're. stakeholder and everything and that he bring Constable Julius Taussig and his court records alonz so that anyone who lifts a hand against the umpire may be fined on the spot. The fines are also to go into the Rudolph fund. If the crowd acts like it did at last Sunday's game, the fines will run away beyond the side bet. BERGDOLL STARTS HIS 4-YEAR SENTENCE LEAVENS WORTH. Kans.. Aug. 2 4 Maintaining the same a:r of indifference and unconcern which he exhibited upon conviction, Erwin Rudolph Eergdoll. brother o fGrover Cleveland Rergdoll. now sought asi an escaped army slacker, began a four-year sentence at the military prison here today for desertion in war time. He was assigned to one of the disvUnarv jraok numerous rock gangs.

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' -iff , Vi .M vl." 4 , - 1 -fT " lli ill 111 Li ifc.iTi" j ARTHUR T Arthur T. 'Walker, of New York, to whom Edward I. Searles. willed the buik of kis $50.000.000 estate, shuns publicity. Waylaid by reporters on h: way f rem the subway to his office in the financial district w here he looks after the duties of secretary of one of the Searles railroad?, his only reply to Bond Issues For 2 Roads To P. W. Meyn fSFECIL TO THE TINES! CROWN POINT. IND . . Aug. 21 The bond issue for the McCracken and Barnes roads were sold on Monday by County Treasurer Ralph Bradford tr Teter W. Meyn and the First Trust and Savings Bank of Hammond, the Barnes Issue being Jll.O0O and the McCracken $115,000. County Treasurer Bradford is much relieved that the bonds found a bidder as the first issue i of the bonds have been in the treas- ' urer's possessions since before the wari These bonds do not find a ready sale j as they pay but 4'j per cent interest. 1 The two roads will be started at onc land rushed to completion. The Unit- ! ed Construction Co. have the contract. ! The sale will be very gratifying to the people of Gary. CARL MULLEN Hammond Man to Head the State Painters and Decorators for Next Year. EVACSVILLE. IND. , Aug. 24 Resolutions adopted today at the annual state conference of the Brotherhood of Painters. Decorators and Paperhangers Union of America, pledged support of its members to the Farmer-Labor party Other resolutions adopted provided for the making of some provisions in the locals for the older membu-s who can not keep up with the younger men; asked that the sanitary laws of the state be extended to the decoration and remodeling of buildings: extended congratulations to the British Labor party on its achievements; called upon the Indiana legislature to relieve the congested conditions in the various state hospitals, and condemned the newspapers, the Union at Indianapolis and the Advocate at Evansvilie as not representing the Interest sf organized labor . NAME OFFICERS BV RF.FERENDIM Carl Mullen of Hammond was nominated for re-election to the presidency of the organization. Other nominations were as follows: First vice president Roscoe R. Baker. Evansvilie; second vice president. H. Lendfest, Marion; third vice president. M. E. Hartston.I nrv rrt a rv-.t rea u rer V VT Fetrich. Gary, The election will be decided by a referendum vote. Sixteen locals in the state were represented at the conference here today. Many of the delegates are remaining here to attend the sessions of the Indiana State Federation of Labor which will hold its annual state convention here next Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. CLAIM 80,000 IN POLISH BAG WARSAW, Aug. 23 via London, Aug 24 More than SO. "00 Russian prisoners have been captured by the Poles, the Polish general staff announced today. If these figures are correct and the dead and wounded are added, it means that three or four of the Russian armies that were attacking Warsaw have been wipe out completely. The Polish counter offensive at the gates of Warsaw, which resulted in the great victory over the Reds began Just one week ago tomorrow.

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I , U.J(a. i 'sCfcJ! i VALKm, a volley of questions was "Tou are wasting your time." Walker, who wan really the managing clerk in New York for the Massachusetts millionaire, has refused to pose for newspaper photographers. The snapshot shown above is the best likeness so far obtained. 5 Em NEWS FLASHES BILLCTI.V .INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE! NASHVILLE. TEN.V . , Aug. :T" Certification of the recently pasted suffrage ratification resolution was accomplished today when Governor Roberts sent notice of the adoption of the amendment by the special session of the legislature to .Secretary of State Colby at Washington . BlLLETl.N (INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICEI TARIS. Aug. 24 -Four angryParis husbands threw their wives out of windows, ail on one day. "If this practice continues." protests the Figaro, "it will no longer be safe to walk on the sidewalk." DILLKT1N INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE ' ANTWERP, Aug. 24 Duke P. Kahanamoku, the famous Hawaiian swimmer, won the 100-meter, freestyle dash, in the Olympic tank here today in a minute and twofifths of a second, shattering his own wotld's record for the event. DILI.ET1X f INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE LONDON, Aug. 244 p. m. Soviet Russia is threatening to break off friendly relations with Great Britain, according to indications this afternoon. Announcement was made by members of the Bolshevik trade commission, headed by M. Kameneff and M. Krassin that they are preparing to leave London on Friday for home. BIL1,ET1 t INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICEI WASHINGTON. Aug. 24 Secretary of War Baker today ordered the immediate resumption of the making of appointments to the officers reserve corps. Officials of the war department stated that the order was not occasioned by anyemergency but that appointments had recently been suspended until reserve offfficers had been given representation on the committee making appointments to the reserve corps. Bl I.I.ETI X t INTERNATIONAL NFWS SERVICE! CHICAGO. Aug. 24 Judges Baker and Carpenter, of Chicago, and Judge English, of Centralia. III., today granted a temporary injunction restraining the state from enforcing a two cent railroad rate in Illinois. AUTO KNOCKS YOUNG BOY DOWN Allen Shackelford, a nine year old lad. residing at 1034 Wallace Road. Hammond, suffered a number of bad bruises about the head last night when he was hit by an automobile as he was walking along Calumet avenue, near the river bridge. The lad was knocked to one side of the road but the automobile did not i-top. Witnesses did rot get the number of the machine. DIVORCE SUIT FROM EAST CHICAGO Glen W. Fairman of East Chicago, is asking for a divorce from Ethel Fair man. The petitron filed this morning in the Hammond Superior court states that they were married December IS, 1914 and that on July S. 1318, the woman left his home and has since refused to return. John C. Stephens is attor-' ney for the plaintiff.

Whole Electric Railway Enterprise Is In Dire Straits

BT WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS f STAFF CORRESPONDENT I N. SERVICE! WASHINGTON. Aug. 24 Recommendations for drastic changes in the operation of street railway systems doing business in cities throughout the v-. . v,c, maae in tne report of the federal electric railways commission t - President Wilson, made public here today. IVDISTRV AS WHOLE DAXKRVPT The ccmn-.ission appointed by the president about a year ago at the request of the secretaries cf commerce and labor on the grounds that the industry as a whole Is virtually bankrupt and the continued shrinkage in th hundreds of millions of electric railway securities threatened "to embarrass, the nation s financial operations" unanimously recommended that: SHOULD SEJIVE AT COST 1 Street railways everywhere should eerv the public at cost, patterning themselves in this respect after line in Cleveland. Dallas. Montreal and ether cities. 2 Furnish rides at cast, operating companies should be allowed a fined return on their investments, the value of which is to be determined by agree ment . 3 Street railway managements, employes and the public each have a solemn duty to perform, each towards the other. STRIKES ARE IXTOLERABLE 4 It i3 Intolerable that the transportation service of a city should be subject to occasional paralysis, whether by strikes or lockouts. All labor disputes should be settled voluntarily or by arbitration and the award of such a board should be final and binding on both parties. 5 Public ownership and operation are undesirable, save where private operation has failed to give the public the service l; demands. However, the right of the public to own and operate not only their car lines, but ail public utilities, should be plainly recognized . THEY SHOILD PAY COSTS 6 Whenever car lines are extended into outlying territory in a way to benefit private property. the cost should be borne by the private interests to he extent of the benefit acquired, and such extensions should not h- Included in the total valuation of the railroad system upon which a fair profit is guaranteed. " Street railway franchises should not be for any specified time, noy th faro to be charged fixed. Conditions should govern both. MAXY Rl.V BY RECEIVERS The whole electric railway enterprise, the report stated, is in duo straits. The letter to the presen-. signed by Secretary of Labor W. p.. Wilson and the then secretary of commerce, Wm. C. Redfield calling for the appointment of the commission, stat d that "already fifty or more urban systems representing a considerable percentage of the total electric railroad mileage of the country, are in th hands of receivers. The communities affected are among the most important: New York, Providence, Buffal-. New- Orleans. Denver. St. Louis. B rmingham. Montgomery. Pittsburgh, Memphis. Fort Wayne. Des Moines, St. Paul. Spokane and Chattanoga. 'Continued or. page f!e. TELEPHONE RATES ADJUSTMENT ASKED No doubt subscribers are interestel in knowing just why the Chicago Telephone Company has petitioned the Indiana Pubilc Utility Commission for an adjustment of rates for all classes of local se-rice. and In as much as there are no facts to withhold a plain statement will appeal to all fair niinde 1 people of the absolute necessity of tha situation . Up to the present time the whole burden of increased prices of every ona of the thousand and one kinds of material used in the business from the smallest bit of insulating material to the largest cable, has been borne by the Utility, added to which has been the large wage increases to the employes? to keep pace with the cost of living and try and retain the skilled force necessary to render service. It becomes aparent, therefore, that unless the Company can at least earn enough to pay its way. there must come a time when the service will deteriorate. During the present year the loss to the company from its operation in Indiana, will exceed $250,000 despite the fact that a small increase in rates for service was granted in June, 1919. The continual advance in the cost price of materials and wage increases have largely exceeded the Telephone Company's' estimates of expense based upon which, the small rate adjustment was made. These estimates of expense were, made upon a conservative view-point in the hope that a small adjustment, requested at that time, would b sufficient, but unfortunately, the additional revenue received was1 totally inadequate, for the need. As a natural consequence a new rate adjustment must be made in order that the Telephone Company may meet its obligations and telephone service remain unimpaired. Dividends will not be increased. They will remain unchanged. The rate adjustment is not for this purpose . The warn factors are Increased wages and cost of material. The fullest investigation by the Utility Commission is asked, that the revenues of the Company be adjusted and the deficit from operation avoided, in a sp'nt of Justice and fairness to patrons and the Telephone Company alike . CHICAGO TELEPHONE COMPAXY,

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