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THE BEE: OMAHA. FRIDAY, MARCH 14. .1919.
EMPLOYMENT
SERVICE FORGE
CUT 80PER CENT
Reduction Necessitated by
Lack of Funds; Work of
Placing Soldiers Will
Be Continued.
Washington, March 13. Reduc
tion of 80 prr cent in the force of
ilic I'nited States employment serv
ice, effective March 22 ,was an
nounced today by Director General
Ueiismore. This war made neces
sary, it was explained, by the failure
of congress to provide funds to con
:inue the work. Mr. Densuiore said
the number of employment offices
would be reduced from 780 to 56,
but that none of the work in direct
connection with the return of sol
diers and sailors to civilian employ-
- 'iient would be discontinued.
"The reduction of- the employment
service cuts it to the bone." said
Dr. Densmore. "The special work in
placing engineers and other highly
trained men, persons handicapped
by old age and physical disability,
vocational -guidance for juveniles,
the trade tests for skilled workers
p.nd the training of employment ex
aminers must all cease March 22.
Skeleton Organization Maintained.
"The maintenance of a skeleton
administrative organization in
Washington and the states and the
continuance of camp representatives,
soldiers' bureaus and the clearance
system, together with 56 branch of-
- f ices in strategic industrial centers,
will, however, permit the directing
of national employment work by the
employment service and enable it to
icsume full operation when congress
appropriates funds."
Seceretary Wilson, in a statement
tonight explaining the plan for re
taining a skeleton organization of
the service, disclosed that the ser
vice could not draw on President
Wilson's $100,000,000 war emergency
fund because practically all of it has
been spent or pledged.
After the urgency deficiency liill
vas killed in the filibuster in Hje
rioting hours of the last session of
the senate, Secretary Wilson appeal
ed to the president. He received
:his reply by radio from the presi
dential ship, George Washington at
.ea: .
"Regret nothing so much as the
discontinuance of the work of the
rmployment service bureau, but the
fact is that including pledges made
inv fund is practically exhausted.
What remain would not suffice to
naintain the bureau and to my great
rief, I see na escape from disband
incnt. I hope that it will bq pos
vlvle to keep a skeleton organiza
tion." Service to be Reorganized.
Secretary Wilson announced that
.lie employment service would- be
reorganized on a basis that would
enable it to utilize the voluntary
services of individuals and organiza
tions to continue the work of find
ing places for returned soldiers and
sailors.
"Fortunately," said Secretary Wil-
on "the employment service in car
rying out the work entrusted to its
charge had organized 1.57S com
munit yboard and nearly 2.000
bureaus" for returning soldiers with
out expense to the government and
had secured the co-operation of the
council of national defense, the state
and municipal employment agencies,
the five" great welfare associations
engaged in war work, and other
church and welfare organizations in
locating work for demobilized sol
diers and war workers. The hearty
co-operation of those agencies has
been assured in tiding over the in
terim until the reconvening of con
gress. "We shall maintain our represen
tatives in the demobilization camps
and shall keep right on getting the
records of soldiers returning on the
transports and forwarding them to
the bureaus for returning -soldiers
and will maintain an administrative
organization in Washington and
each of the states to direct the work
and about 50 employment officers'
in the principal industrial centers. -
"Inasmuch as the deficiency itcm
passed the house unanimously and
was unanimously reported by- the
appropriation! committee in the sen
ate, we are confident that as soon as
congress meets sufficient funds will
ie made' available to continue the
ivork which is being- done in finding
positions for retuurning soldiers'and
civilian workers."
Unemployment Increasing. f.
While Mr. Densmore was sending
orders today to federal directors of
the service for the states, reports
reaching headquarters here showed
tlijre had been a heavy increase in
unemployment during the past five
days. 69 per cent of the reporting
industrial centers having large labor
surpluses. This fact, together with
the fact that the work of the 2,000
bureaus for returning soldiers is
closely-allied with that of. the ser
vice, led the director-general to pre
diet that most of the 700 employ--ment
bureau would be maintained
bv the communities in which they
re located.
Mr. Densmore announced today
the arrival in France of Harold
Stone, national superintendent of
the bureau for returning soldiers and
sailors, who has been commissioned
to arrange for putting soldiers on
the transports and in the embarka
tion points in touch with the job--f
finding facilities of the employment
service in this country. Mr. Stone
will continue his work.
Woman Severely
Burned by Gas Explosion
Mrs. Jennie Walstrom, 2508 South
Thirty-eighth avenue, was severely
burned yesterday at noon when a
' gas oven, which she was attempting
to light, exploded. She was taken to
the Lister hospital and attended by
Dr. E. G. Barnhart. The doctor
states that she probably will re
cover, in spite of the fact that, burns
about the face are of a terious
nature.
Small Fire- at Paxton.
Smoke from a small fire at the
Hotel Paxton filled the mezzanine
floor and lobby last evening at 7:30.
C. J. Hysham gave the alarm and
the blaze was quickly extinguished.
The fire was located under the
floor. Little damage was done.
Government Intervenes
To End Tieup of Traffic
In Strike-Bound Ha'rbor
Officials of Army, Navy and Shipping Board Decide To
Commandeer Fleet of Boats at New York Sufficient
To Restore Normal Conditions and Operate Them
With Union Crews.
New-York, March 13. Commandeering by the govern
ment of a fleet of harbor craft sufficient to restore traffic in
New York's strike-bound harbpr to normal conditions, has
been decided by officials of the army, navy and United Spates
shipping board, according to apparently authentic reports
tonight.
If the boats are taken over by the government agencies,
they will' be manned by union crews operating under a basic
eight-hour day on the wage scale recently agreed upon with
the railroad administration. ,
Officials of the New York Boatload administration wage scale and
working conditions into effect and
negotiations are progressing favor
ably toward complete and satisfac
tory settlement which will restore
normal conditions and serve the in
terest of the general public."
The difficulty in obtaining coil
for army .and navy ships was solved
when representatives of both
branches of the service chartered 12
boats from a private firm to carry
coal to these vessels. Union men
agreed to operate the boats on con
dition that they were used solely
for government work.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels Jo
day directed Rear Admiral Usher,
commandant of the third naval dis
trict, not to allow the use of navy
tugs' to tow barges for private firms.
This was in answer to an appeal by
Frank Hedley, general manager of
the Interborough Rapid Transit
company, that naval tugs be permit
ted to tow the barges of two private
firms engaged in supplying the
company with fuel.
Owner's association whose refusal
to grant boat workers' -demands af
ter the workers had refused to abide
by a national war labor board award,
precipitated the strike, asserted that
the B. McLain Transportation com
pany already had been informed by
government officials that its boats
would be commandeered unless they
were , immediately chartered to the
government.
Thomas L. Delahunty, president
of the Marine Workers' affiliation,
after attending a meeting of the
army, navy and shipping board of
ficials declared there was'no doubt
but what the government will com
mandeer the boats of the private
owners, if they refuse to charter
them."
James L. Hughes, federal concilia
tor; who has been working for a
settlement of the strike for severel
days, issued the following state
ment: "The army, navy and shipping
board have arranged to put the rail-
Directors of Omaha A. C.
Are Students of Psychology
Members Receive Attractive Announcements of St. Pat
s rick's Day Celebration in Same Mail With Notice
of Raise in Dues; Waiters Flock to Tew "Tip
Center." . . 4
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Did -anyone say directors of the
Omaha Athletic club were no stu
dents of phychology? No? They are!
In the morning mail members re
ceived attractive cards, printed in
green, and announcing the first St.
Patrick's day celebration in the new
clubhouse next Monday night.
Exclamations of joy at the pros
pect of the lovely dinner-dance
promised by the entertainment com
mittee, were exclaimed by the femi
nine 'contingent on glancing over
the announcements and more sedate
beams of satisfaction from the mere
men who foot the bills, when
"INCREASE OF DUES"
met their eyes.
"Through an oversight the mem
bers were not notified of the in
crease of dues effective March 1
from $50 to $60 per annum; which
step was found necessary in oder
to maintain the service and equip
ment up to the required standard.
Signed House committee.".
This was the footnote. This and
nothing more!
There is a rumor that next to the
long waiting y list of prospective
members of the Athletic club, the
next longest waiting list is the wait
ing list of waiters, waiting to be al
lowed to "wait" in (the Athletic club.
It's because a charge of 10 cents
per plate is added for the waiter to
the bill for each meal served in the
club. In other Omaha clubs, no tip
ping is permitted. The Chamber of
Commerce and the Omaha club
make up for this at Christmas time
by subscribing a bonus Jor the wait
ers. . .
13. .i !.. IIT .
Waiters," the Omaha Athletic clnb-rr
plan appeals to them better. Its
more definite and businesslike, add
ed to which there is no loss of tips
by waiting on women.
Which accounts for the presence
or near presence of all "society wait
ers" de luxe in the Athletic club.
Girl Tells Weird
Story, to Which Mother
Soon Puts the Finish
The small figure of Ruth Peter
son, aged U, 2216 Capitol avenue,
huddled against a building at Four
teenth and Douglas streets at a late
hour last night, attracted the atten
tion of Police Officer Franks. He
paused and watched her.
Suddenly she stepped up to two
women standing nearby. "Won't you
please give me a dime, so I can go
to a movie show," she pleaded in
a high treble voice:
"Why don't you get it from your
mother," inquired one of the wo
men. ' . ,
"Oh, my mother ran away from
me three years ago," was the reply.
"Wpn't you be my mother and take
me home?" pleadingly.
The officer here interfered.
At the police station Ruth told an
interested group of hardships she
had incurred since her mother had
deserted her, of how" she really
didn't know what her own name
was, nor where she lived. ,She even
cried -a little to impress her audi
ence and "they were duly impressed.
The illusion was short lived, how
ever, for in the middle of her tale a
stout woman entered, announcing
herself as Ruth's' mother. '
"She got out of school this after
noon by telling the teacher she was
sick," explained Mrs. Peterson. "She
has never been away from home so
long before in her life, and wewere
nearly frantic searching for her.
"She'll never do this again," she
added, tucking the small daughter
under her arm as they left the( sta
Bandmaster in Court.
Kenosha,' Wis., March 13. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Bernard M. Aqui
line, one of Wisconsin's best known
bandsmen and composers, is de
fendant in a divorce suit filed today.
Aquiline and the story., of his rela
tions with "the other woman" deco
rated the police blotter a year ago,
when he was arrested at Broken
Bow, Neb., and brought back to
Kenosha to answer charges of infi
delity. The ctiarges brought against him
at that time are again detailed by
his wife in her divorce suit.
When Aquiline was brought back
from Nebraska he pleaded for. a
chance to enter the army, asserting
that he would become a bandmaster
in the service, but he sever got into
a uniform. His wife says she does
not know his present whereabouts.
Plan Eig Purchases
Washington, March 13. Car and
locomotice builders were told by
Director General Hines today that
means would be found to finance
the railroads and contemplated big
purchases of rolling stock. He em
phasized that there was no cause
for alarm among- industries affected.
Municipal Coal Yard'
Controversy Airecl at
Hearing in Lincoln
Lincoln, Neb., March 13. (Spe
cial.) Several Omaha coal dealers
and City Commissioner Dan Butler
of Omaha appeared before the mu
nicipal affairs committee of the state
this afternoon to thresh out the mer
it? and demerits of an amendment
offered by the coal men to S. F.
165, known as the Omaha charter
bill, which would put the municipal
coal yard on a self-supporting basis,
limit deliveries to 500 pounds each,
and make it purely a benevolent in
stitution. They claim that prices
quoted by the municipal yard do not
at present include the '"cost of de
liveries or clerk hire or other expen
ses which the coal man is compelled
to carry in his prices.
Commissioner Butler said that the
coal yards had never yet cost the
city any money, though he admitted
that coal had been hauled in city
trucks and that clerics in pay of the
city had taken care of the coal yard
records. He also charged that a
price combination existed among the
larger coal dealers of Omaha. This
statement was denied by, the coal
dealers, who declared an ' itemized
statement-of the coal business at the
city hall, which had been denied to
them would bear out their state
ment that they were working at a
disadvantage with the city yard, the
expense of which was largely taken
out of the taxpayer's pockety.
Nonpartisan Society
Organized to Combat
League as Projected
Washington, March 13. Prelimin
ary plans for the formation of a na
tional nonpartisan organization de
signed to keep the American people
better informed as to events at the
peace conference and to oppose ec
ceptancevof the constitution of the
league of nations as rfow drawn were
made at a conference today between
Senators Reed of Missouri, demo
crat, and Borah of Idaho, and Pojn
dexter of Washington, republicans,
and George Wharton Pepper, a law
yer, of Philadelphia.
After the conference it was an
nounced that Henry Watterson, for
mer publisher of the Louisville
Courier-Journal, would be president
of the organization with Mr. Pepper
as directing supervisor.
' One purpose of the organization,
it was explained, would be the co
ordination of various local bodies
that have been formed over the
country in opposition to the league.
Present plans call for establishment
of a speakers' bureu and the con
ducting of an extensive campaign of
publicity throughout the country.
FRENCH DEFICIT
$4,350,000,000
KL0TZJ1EP0RTS
Financial Society of Nations
Only Means to Balance Fu
ture Budgets, Says Min
ister of Finance.
Paris, March' 13. Louis . Klotz,
minister of finance, began his eager
ly awaited speech in the chamber
of deputies today on the financial
situation by denying that he had
made the statement that France had
become richer since the war. From
the fiscal point of view there had
been more resources created, the
minster conceded, but it would be
absurd to say that any country with
departments in such a condition as
the invaded departments of France
had become richer.
The vearly budget. M. Klotz an
nounced, would be three or four
times greater than before'the war,
the deticit to meet being 21,750,000,
000 francs, ($4,350,000,000).
War Expenditures $25,000,000,000.
M. Klotz gave some striking fig-
ures oi war expenditures. lie saia
that more than 39,000,000,000 francs
was spent for artillery and 11.000,
000,000 francs for the pay of troops,
The total expenditures of the min
istry of war were liy,tK)0,000,UUU
francs, while the navy department
spent only 6!000.000,000 francs, a
total of $25,000,000,000.
According to M. Klotz. it would
be relatively easy to meet the 10,000,-
000,000 franc deficit of 1919 by in
crease in indirect taxes, an income
tax, receipts from the liquidation of
war stocks and a revision of the law
governing the transportation of
troops over French railroads by
charging the allies for transporta
tion of troops over French railroads
by charging the allies for transpor
tation as he French are charged.
The railroad deficit, the minister
said, would be 4,000,000,000 francs.
Concerning the tax on capital
proposition, M. Klotz said the.
French capitalist taxpayer would
not be called to pay one cent of ad
ditional taxes until Germany's in
demnity figures to France were set
tled unon and puaranteed. But
even should Germany pay complete
ly ior carnages ana tne.restoranon
of the devastated provinces M.
Klotz said this would not balance!
future budgets after 1919. The tax
on capital, the minister asserted.
fas destined to reach war profiteers.
Toledoans Hold Top Places
in Bowling Tournament
Toledo,. March 15. Howlers from
Grand Rapids, Chicago,' Cincinnati,
Ligonier, Ind., St. Louis and Toledo,
today were unable to reach the top
in cither the two-men or individual
events in the American Bowling
congress tournament now being held
here.
F. Kasch and P. Schmidt of Tole-
made 1,203, third place in the
doubtes and J. Berling "and P.
Ampler of Cincinnati were fourth
with 1,193.
By rolling 612 on the last shift in
the individuals, Ampler took fourth
place and G. Bruckner of Chicago,
fifth with 610. X
High mark in the two-man event
is held by J. Hagerty and C. Moses
of Toledo. A Toledoan also has top
in the individuals with 6S3.
The Kolde-Freyer five of Cincin
nati bowled 2,640 for the highest
score of the first squad tonight. The
J. Grubers of Cleveland were sec
ond high- of the squad with 2,632.
Old Glory of Detroit came third
with 2,614 and the Alhambra five
of Cleveland fourth.
Reynolds Beats Breedlove,
Winning Two Straight Falls
Cedar Rapids, 'March 13. Jack
Reynolds of Cedar Rapids, welter
weight wrestling champion, tonight
defeated Sergt. Verne Breedlove of
Council Bluffs in two straight falls.
The "first "fall was spectacular,
coming after an hour and five min
utes. Breedlove was on Reynold's
back working the scissors and reach
ed forward to obtain a wrist lock,
when Reynolds with a quick powef
ful movement threw Breedlove P
most a complete flip, pinning his
shoulders to the mat before he could
recover.
The second fall came in, 12 min
utes and 5 seconds, Reynolds using
a neckyoke and arm lock.
Troop 38 Wins Game. . j
Troop 38, Boy Scouts, defeated
thi Bantams last night on the
Creighton floor, 29 to 13. ' ,
Fleet in German Harbors
Comprises 737 Steamers
Berlin, March 13. The mercantile
fleet in German harbors, disposi
tion of which will be decided at an
early date at the food and shipping
conference at Brussels, consists, ac
cording to German figures of 737
steamers of 1,618,700 gross tons and
136 sailing vessels of 52,600 tons.
The sailing craft and some of the
smaller steamers will, however, be
left by the entente to Germany for
coastal traffic.
New York-Los Angeles
Aerial Passenger Line9
to Be Opened in August
New York, March IS. Aerial
passenger service between New
York and Lot Angeles will be
started in August, according to an
announcement at the aeronautical
esposition here tonight by Wesley
A. Hill of Pheonix, Atia-. a form
er army aviator and head of a re
cently organized aerial transporta
tion company.
- The company, Mr. Hill Said, has
a fleet of four 12-passenger planes,
allbf which will start on the in
augural trip on the same date.
Stops are to be made at Kansas
City, Chicago, Cleveland and other
cities which have landing fields.
The schedule calls for a four-day
trip.
Mr. Hill added that planes are
under way for the opening of an
Atlantic coastwise passenger ser
vice and later a service between
Los Angeles and El Paso, Tex.
Paris Will Make Bid
Mo Rickard for Big
Championship Bout
Fans, March 13. Sporting cir
cles here are keenly aroused over
reports that the Jack-Dempsey-Wil-lard
fight may be staged-in Paris.
Promoters here have watched with
great interest the difficulties encoun
tered by "Tex" Rickard in America
in getting a place for the boot. Of
fers will be made to Rickard soon,
if they have not already reached
him.
The promoters here argue that
Paris, with its big floating Amer
ican and British propulation at
present, would be a better place
than, either Juarez or Havana, if the
bout goes outside America."H1gher
prices could be obtained for seats
than before the war. It is figured
that scats 'that sold for $50 for the
Johnson-Moran bout would bring
$100 now.
A high army ofheiat informed the
Associated Press todav that the
Dempsey-Willard fight would not
be held in the United States, add
ing: V
"There is one man who can stop
the fight in America."
IOWA HOUSE TO
TAKE UP MOTOR
INVESTIGATION
Bill Introduced to Change
Auto Department From Sec
retary of State to Office
of State" Treasurer.
Des Moines, la., March 13. (Spe
cial Telegram.) The Iowa house
today deferred until Friday the con
sideration on the bill to transfer
the state auto department from the
secretary of state office to the state
treasurer's. N The ' bill passed the
senate unanimously. The house re
ferred it to the judiciary committee
to report Friday. ;
The house defeated the bill to
erect a temple of justice on the state
house grounds.
Action on the automobile depart
ment was taken on reeomniendation
of the committee on departmental
affairs which has been investigating
the conduct of the department for
weeks and which introduced a bill
asking for the transfer of the de
partment to the state treasurer.
Secretary of State W. S. Allen
and his son, Roy Allen, the latter
being in direct charge of the de
partment, were declared inefficient.
No misappropriation of funds was
charged.
Wage Increase Granted
Railroad Police Force
Washington, March 13. Wage in
creases for approximately 7,000 pa
trolmen and 1,000 lieutenants and
sergeants comprising the railroad
police force were announced tonight
by Director General Hines. The in
creases are retroactive to last Janu
ary 1, and were said to be in keep
ing with advances given orlier rail
road employes. '
The director general's order pro
vides a minimum hourly rate of 45
cents an hour and a maximum of 55
cents an hour for patrolmen who
are assigned to a restricted territory
with a minimum of eight hours per
day and over-time at the pro-rata
rate for the ninth and tenth hours
and time and one-half thereafter.
These men formerly received
monthly wages ranging from $60 to
$110. Under the new rate they re
ceive from $85 to $112 a month on an
eight-hour day basis.
Mystery in Murder
of Mrs. Wilkins Solved,
Authorities Announce
Mineola, N. Y. March 13.- Nas
sau county authorities announced to
night that theyiad solved the mys
tery in'the murder of Mrs. Julia Wil
kins on the porch of her home a
Long Beach the night of February
27, although they had made no ar
rests and declined to divulge the na
ture of the revelatrcms they expea
to make. '
Dr. W'alter Keene Wilkins, hus
band of the murdered woman, whe
told the police his wife was killed
by burglars they surprised in theii
home, was quoted today as having
said he considered himself under sus
picion and that he had consented tc
have his finger prints taken. His
statement followed exhumation ol
his wife's body yesterday and an in
quest to determine the exact cause
of her death.
Dr. Wilkins aid he had found a
will made by his wife in 1903 when
she was still Mrs. Krauss, bequeath
ing all her estate, valued at about
$65,000, to charitable institutions and
leaving liim virtually penniless. He
was her third husband and she his
third wife.
Capital $100,000
$10 Per Share Par Value
INTER-OCEAN
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MING
CO.
BURKBURNETT, TEXAS.
The plant is now being built, located in one of the world's greatest oil . districts, with all material
arranged for and the- contractor's promise to have it turning out the profits for the stockholders by April
10th, in accordance with their contract. 1
There is one refinery nowjn Burkbumett, operating very profitably, and one other being built, while
there is crude oil production sufficient to justify twenty br thirty more, but locations are hard to obtain,
.6wing to the high values of land for drilling, acreage being worth approximately $20,000.00 per acre.
Through cash deposited in the bank and credit arrangements, the organizers
assured the completion of the plant before a share of stock was offered to the "
public, thus showing their unbounded faith in the merits of the enterprise.
To aid in meeting their financial commitments there have been placed in our hands in trust 5,000
shares of this stock to be sold at the par Value of $10.00 per share. Within thirty days from date of
firing the boilers this stock should have an active market value on the local exchanges of very material
increase over par, based on earning power and small capitalization. ,
Facts and Figures on What a 700-Barrel Refinery Should Earn
You cannot get away from them, but can get in on them by filling out attached.coupon.
'
( Estimated returns per barrel, of 42 gallons of Crude Oil:
14 Gallons Gasoline 18 $2.52
5 Gallons Naphtha 14 .70 x
2 Gallons Kerosene 7 ,.: .14
21 Gallons Fuel Oil 2 .42
' $378
Returns from 700 barrels per day $2,646.00
, - Cost of finished product:
700 Barrels Crude Oil $2.35. . . .'. .$1,645.00
Labor, Fuel, Insurance, etc., per day. . . 250.00 1,895.00
Estimated net profit per' day $ 751.00
Estimated net prof it per month .. . 22,530.00
This would mean a yearly earning adequate to pay 250$ annual dividend;
N " Oil is one of the greatest f ditune building industries in the world today, and the surest and largest
J profits in the oil industry are in refining. There is not an oil refinery-in Texas tdday that is not earning
good profits. An investment such as is offered in the Inter-Ocean is safe because the oil refining busi
ness has proved o be a sure money-maker for practically every concern engaged in it.
This Company should be a money-maker because a plentiful supply of crude oilfor refining has
been arranged for, and every element necessary to the successful operation of a refinery has been con
sidered. Profits of refineries in this district1 are attested by the fact that the stock in refineries having
been in operation three or four years, sell as high as $35.00 on the original $1.00 invested.
.
. Look at these cold, 'unadulterated facts and figures on the won
derful profits which statistics show have been earned through the
refining of crude oil, not foj a month or so, but year after year:
THE ANGLO AMERICAN COMPANY during 1912
earned over 100 on its capital stock , of
$3,000,000.00. - "
THE OHIO OIL COMPANY in 1913 earned 152 on
its $15,000,000.00 capital. '
SOLAR REFINING COMPANY in 1913 earned over
184 net on $500,000.00 capital.
THE SAPULPA REFINERY COMPANY has averaged
over 130 annually since 1909. - -
COSDEN & COMPANY in 1914 made over $550,000.00
net profit from refineries which cost in total less
an original $100.00 share sold for $8,000.00. , than $500,000.00. 1
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. Bear in mind only $26,000.00 of this stock is now available at this price.
Mail or wire your orders for the present allotment vhile selling at par of $10.00 per share.
THE WATERS PIERCE OIL COMPANY from 1900 to
1915 made an average of over 500 net profits per
year on its capital of $400,000.00.
THE CONTINENTAL OIL COMPANY earned in 1913
over 180 net profit on its capital stock of
$300,000.00.
THE ATLANTIC REFINING COMPANY earned 99
in 1912 and 106 in 1913 on its capital of
$5,000,000.00.
THE WICHITA REFINING COMPANY in 1915 paid
90 ; in 1916 paid 100 and at the close of 1916
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