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The Alaska fisherman., 1926-09-15
MIR. CURRY AND THE
 LITERACY TEST

For a long time, certain inspir- ed persons have been asking for "literacy tests" and pointed to many states for precedents. Cali fornia, the state of MT. Curry who now sponsors the bill of Tony Dimond, democrat and cannery at- torney, was one such. The diff ference is merely this; that Cali fornia excludes all the old voters (exactly as does the present Ter ritorial act) and MT. Curry wants the test in Alaska to apply to every one. .-
The Alaska fisherman., 1926-09-15
The Facts

The very best and most skilled fishermen caught 35,00O salmon during the entire sum- mer. The average seine catch is 18,00O. A great many sein- CTS caught only 12,OOO. It would be easy for us to print the names of these men, names that would be recognized as
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-07
COMP ANY RENTS
TABLE SUPPLIES

The renting OF table supplies for
serving large gatherings in audi
forums or elsewhere, chinaware,
silverware and glassware. has be-
come one of the most profitable fea-
lures of the John T. Cusack Com
pany. 945 w. Washington st.
Many large gatherings, such as
lodges, social clubs, fraternities,
.sororities, church organizations,
meeting in public halls unequipped
to give adequate dining service. have
been able to rent chinaware, silver
ware and glassware reasonably from
this company.
The company is equipped TO pro-
vide chinaware, silverware and
glassware sufficient TO serve 1000
guests. Such articles as punch
bowls. which are very much in de-
mand at dances and other social
gatherings may be rented.
The Cusack company. dealers in
restaurant supplies, has supplied a
large number OF manufacturing
concerns and organizations with
table supplies. including the Dia-
mond Chain Company, Holcomb &
Hoke Manufacturing Co. and
French Lick Hotel. A large line of
hotel china, tables, chairs ice boxes,
silverware, service trays. stoves and
other restaurant equipment is car
ried in stock.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-07
FOUND
IN EVERY SERVICE

Simple dignity and reverence for
those who have passed on are in
corporated in every funeral service
handled by Walter T. BIasengymn,
guneral director. 1928 Shelby st.
AS one of the most competent
funeral directors in the city, Blasem-
gymn gives his personal attention
TO all funerals handled by his estab-
lishment.
I'VE insist at all times upon OBJ
serving special care in looking after
the details of funerals, sparing
nothing to show our respect for the
memories of the departed ones, and
we have found that it pays. too, e"
he said.
Beauty plays a vital part in
funerals that are well handled. To
add beauty to a service that means
so much to bereaved ones in a real
blessing. Professional skill counts,
it is true. when It is coupled with a
tenderness, pleasing personality and
quiet dignity.
Blasengym takes a great pride in
his professional work. He has built
up one Of the most efficient funeral
directors organization In the city,
and occupies a modern establish
ment. He has been in business here
for eighteen years, after having re
ceived his professional training IN
Chicago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-07
YEAR'S|CE CREAM
BUSINESS NORMAL

Business has reached a normal
condition at this season of the year
for the Jessup & Antrim Ice Cream
Company, 713 N. Illinois ST., accord
ing to A. w. Antrim.
Although the cool weather of
summer cut into the consumption Of
ice cream in the city, the years
business will measure up to about
normal, he said.
The Jessup & Antrim Ice Cream
Company have adopted high stand
ards in making ice cream, obtaining
the best supplies possible in order
to turn out a high grade product.
1t makes as a special feature, Velvet
brick, which has enjoyed a splendid
market throughout the city.
The use of high-grade machinery
in manufacturing ice cream has en-
abled the company to turn out a
large amount each day. Coupled
with excellent distribution facilities,
the business has expanded until
Velvet ice cream is sold in practic-
ally every section of the city. The
firm is a member Of the National
Ice Cream Association.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-07

worthy, vice president of the Mer-
chants Heat & Light Company.
1.-THE field of useful, labor saving
appliances is unlimited and the gift
hunter will have no trouble finding
something to suit both taste and
purse" said Foxworthy. Irons,
coasters, curling irons, warming pads
for both well and i'll, Cozy CLOVIS to
take the chill off a room, percola-
tors that make coffee such as you
never tasted before, grills, waffle
irons-these are just a few items
that suggest themselves.
Then there is the always-welcome
lamp. Nothing makes a more ac-
ceptable gift than a handsome, ar
tistic lamp. Our own STOCK OF Mil
Ter lamps is complete in every de-
tail, and in it may be found vanity
chair. table, bridge, stand and other
portable lamps.
I'm larger appliances. there are
the electric ranges, the Kelvinator
electric refrigerator, ironers and
washers"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-07
NJ. {. MINISTERS
LOOK OVER CITY
Commission to Decide on
Conference Facilities.

Eight members of a commission
of the Methodist Episcopal Church
who arrived in Indianapolis this
morning will inspect local facilities
this afternoon and Wednesday for
the 1928 general conference of the
Methodist Church. The inspection
tour will begin following a luncheon
at the Chamber Of Commerce.
All pastors of local Methodist
churches and a layman from each
has been invited to attend a dinner
for the commission to be held this
evening at the Claypool. Cities
competing with Indianapolis for the
general conference are Kansas City,
Atlantic City, Washington, and Co
lIimbus. After visits to these cities,
the commission will recommend the
most suitable city to handle the ap-
prox1mated gathering of 10, 900 per-
sons attending the conference.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-07
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

siven curb service" in replacement
Of windshields.
Besides automobile glass. the COM
pany has been developing the bust
ness of supplying glass for home
decoration and other purposes, &C
cording to Parker II. James, man.
ager.
Many fine mirrors Of the Venetian
type, which have become so popular
n finer homes. are being supplied by
The company. to be hung without
frames in bathrooms. Railways and
elsewhere in homes.
The company manufactures spe.
cial polished-off heavy window glass,
made to represent loaded glass eff
fects, which is very decorative and
less expensive than loaded glass
This glass has been squared out in
loaded glass designs for use in win
dows and doors, as we'll as bookcases
and compartments.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-07
GLASSPRODUCTS
BUSINESS GROWS

Down through the ages civiliza-
ton has shown a tendency TO admire
beautiful glass work. and. although
some of the Oriental and European
workmen have shown a special apti-
tude for art glass work that has not
been surpassed. indianapolis has a
concern that has greatly developed
'he unitarian aspect of the glass in
dustry.
Tne Indianapolis Glass Company,
1910 Kentucky Ave, dealers in va
rious kinds Of glass and glass prod
ucts. has developed it's business tire
mendously during the past year.
In supplying demands Of automo-
bile owners In replacement Of wind
shields and other automobile aces
sories. the company has built up a
good trade. Car owners are being
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-07
WOMAN is FOUND DEAD
Coroner Believes Death Occurred
Weeks Ago.

BIZ Times Special
HUNTINGTON. Ind, Dec. BE
lief was expressed by Coroner Me
today that Mrs. Margaret Laudig,
whose body was found in her home
late Monday, had been dead for
weeks.
The discovery was made vines a
patrolman went to the Laudig home
to inform her that her son was crit
ically Ill at Niles, Mich.
Neighbors said they had not seen
Mrs. Laudig for a month and sup
posed she was visiting another son,
Harmon Laudig at Indianapolis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-07

anty Bldg, private detective agency,
is prepared to give.
The Quigley-Hyland Agency stands
as one of the best organized private
detective agencies in the country. At
it's head is James f. Quigley, former
chief Of police of Indianapolis, who
is also honored as treasurer and one
of the founders of the International
Secret Service Association.
Business concerns desiring to get
confidential information from per
sons with whom they expect to do
business or with other firms operat-
ing in any section of the world are
enabled to secure that data quickly
and reliably through the operatives
of the international association.
Because of their utilization with the
international association, which has
eighty offices in the United States
and Canada and representatives in
practically every city Of consequence
in Europe and other foreign cities,
the Quigley-Hyland Agency is able
to put its finger upon the pulse of
the world.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-07
Gone, but Not Forgotten

A. M. Harris, 1919 Cornell Ave.
Ford, T14-205, from Indiana Ave
and Vermont st.
Paul H. Bynum, S21 N. Bradley
Ave; Chevrolet, $780, from 722 E.
Fifteenth st.
BACK HOME AGAIN
Automobiles reported found by po-
lice belong to:
Ell RAIDER. 1901 N. Alabama St.;
Ford. at 1928 N. Pennsylvania st.
George NJ. Carr, S04 Greer ST.;
Chevrolet, at Twenty-Second ST. and
Capitol Ave.
Chevrolet, license 332-335, at South
eastern and Hamilton Aves
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-07
ELECTRIC GIFTS
ARE SUGGESTED

with the Christmas season ap-
preaching rapidly. the thought Of APP
propriate gifts becomes a source Of
annoyance and worry to many per.
sons.
Electric appliances Of various
kinds make ideal presents and com
bine the advantages OF beauty aud
utility, according It NJ. X. Fox
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-07
M'K|NLEY'S LIFE
EBB|NG RAPIDLY
Illinois Senator May Not Live
n Through Day.

BIZ United Press
MARTINSVILLE, Ind, Dec. e.
Senator William B. Mckinley, ILL.,
nois. was practically pulseless" and
death is expected momentarily, DIR.
r. H. Egbert, attending physician,
told the United Press at a. m. to-
day.
Mckinley is suffering from cancer
and has seldom gained consciousness
In the last month. He has been at
the Homelawn sanitarium.
DIR. Egbert said the Senator might
live through the day and even long
er, due to the remarkable vitality
which has sustained life so long.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-07
|QUIGLEY-HYLAND
OFFERS SERVICE

The demands made by many mod
ern business concerns for thorough
investigation of individuals or other
concerns in business call for the ut
most care and efficiency. which the
Quigley- Hyland Agency, sol Guar
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-07
Quits C.. of C.. to
Take Passionate
Blu Times Special

Bu Times Special
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla, Dec.
w. r. Burton, former secretary
Of the Fort Lauderdale Chamber of
Commerce, has left for Connersville,
Ind, where he assumes the pastor
ship of the Central Christian Church
of that city.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-07

ATLANTIC CITY, n. 1.-The
city of Pleasantville, with pO-
lice force of thirteen has a crime
wave on its hands. 1.-THE thirteen
cops put a ink on everything"
say disgruntled citizens, who have
asked the mayor to change the
number to twenty-three.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-07

NEW YORK-The Indian who
sold Manhattan to old Peter Minuit
for $24 and. a bottle of whisky 800
years ago turned over in his grave
and groaned when the tip of the
island, now worth untold billions,
was decorated with a monument and
flagstaff COMMUNICATING the event.
The Flagstaff was presented by the
people of the Netherlands, whose an
cestors settled the island.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-07

JERSEY CTTY-Although Law
renee Giganti owns a restaurant and
works surrounded by plentiful food
his wife caused his arrest yesterday
on the charge that she and her two
children had been without food for
two days and were suffering from
the cold.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-07

NEW YORK.-JOhn l.. McCOr-
mack, head of great brokerage
house, ceiebraed his fiftieth ami
versary on Wall Street, although
heis only 50. He started in ut
years as telegraph messenger
and rose to be a power on the
Street.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-07

kissing costs the Japanese gov
eminent $3.50 year, although 1t
is officially barred as immoral and
unsanitary. The sum is spent in cut
ting kissing scenes from the films.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-07
Far and Near

MEMPHIS, Tenn.-"For sale. one
Jail, in fair condition, also suitable
for morgue." Shelby County has
built a bigger and better Jail and
has offered its old one for sale, or
what have your" The upkeep of
the old building, now being used as
a morgue, is too heavy drain on
the county finances.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-07

NEW YORK.-Mary Vacdalich, a
17-year-old maid, was tired Of going
to continuation school so she took
a dose of iodine. She now is willing
to go to school If she RECEIVERS,
which doctors say she will.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-07

NEW FORK. Magistrate August
Glatzmayer in traffic court celebrated
his fifty-first birthday by freeing 251
motor vehicle law offenders.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-07

BROOKLYN, n. 1.-TWO mar
rage brokers have been sued for
$1,000 damages by WOOlf Perez
on the ground that they misrepre-
sented a man who had married
his daughter, Lea. Perez also
has brought suit against the SON.
in-Iaw, Abraham ElOwitz.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-30
ACQUITTAL
VERDICT IS
CELEBRATED
Jury Acquits Four Tijuana
Men, Charged With At .
tacking Peteet Girls

Tijuana, Lower California. Mexico.
July 30--CP)--The acquittal Of for
mer Chief pf Police Zenaido Llanos.
and three other residents Of Tijuana
Of charges OF having drugged and
ATTACKED Clyde and Audrey Peteet
here last February, was the signal
for an inforMdl celebration last night
whensthe jvE returned verdict aft
er ddtberatg for about two hours.
Tho alleg attack resulted in the
suici Of Thomas Peteet. his wife
and their daughters at San Diego.
after the family had visited the
Mexican race track town. The basis
Of the charges was contained in
death notes left by members Of the
family.
Jose Kelly, an Investigator for the
Mexican federation of labor, testified
at the trial yesterday that he had
investigated the character of the
Peteet family at San Diego, Los An
geles. and Kansas City, where they
had lived, and his investigation dis
closed that the young women were
indiscreet.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-30
WILL FURNISH
NAMES OF ALL
CONTRIBUTORS
Smiths Campaign Manager
Decides to Comply With
Committees Request

Chicago. July 30-(p--Ailen F.
Moore, campaign manager for Frank
L. Smith. successful candidate in the
Illinois senatorial primary. decided
today to furnish the senate campaign
funds committee the names Of all
contributors to the Smith political
fupt.
Moore disclosed that Clement
Studebaker, Of South Bend. Ind, had
contributed $4,000 and former Rep
resentative Ira c. Copley of Aurora.
,ll.. had given s25,OOO in two install
mentss
Other contributors included Daniel
Schuyler, Chicsgo attorney. S2 800;
Eugene Pike, u 900; Judge Stransky
OF Chicago, $500. and Nick Kachavois,
on behalf Of Greek merchants of Chi
cago, $1,000.
In making known his decision to
give the names Of the contributors,
Moore said that some Of the men for
Social, political and business rea-
sons" had requested him not to re-
veal the contributions.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-30
QUESTION OF
LICENSES IS
NOT SETTLED
Dempsey and Tunney Must
Wait Until Col. Phelan Is
Out Of Army

New York. July 3O--1e3-Jack
Dempsey and Gene Tpnney, insisting
that they want to do battle for the
heavyweight boxing championship,
must await the pleasure Of one who
Is training = regiment OF men for
any big fight that may come along.
Colonel John L. Phelan. upon whom
hinges the heavyweight situation et
the present time, aS chairman Of the
license committee Of the New York
state athletic committee, 10 too busy
preparing men for war to take any
action in regard to Z mere boxing
match.
Tanney. veteran Of France him.
self, visited the colonel 1t the en-
campment OF the national guard It
Peekskill. N. r.. yesterday and made
known his plans 10 obtain. Il possi-
Bile. license to fight Dempsey. The
colonel was affable end diseased
various matters with Gene for IN hour.
He also escorted him on . tour Of
the camp dusing. which the boxer
shook thousands Of hands.
After the conference the colonel
sa3d no decision regarding . license
would be Forthcoming until ho wae out
81 the army and hack q his desk In
New York. That will u, Auguot a..
Dempsey IL leaving Colorado
Syringe for New York Sunday IN re-
Apomte to telegram from Tsx Rick.
ard. After seeking . license Jack will
O. 70 Saratoga 70 train: h will b
fhere during the racing season.
Colonoj phelan sid Tunneyes and
1smpsey's applicatioas would - d.
clded on their mor3t6.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-30
GUNS FOUND
NEAR SCENE
OF MURDERS
Shooting Of Omaha Motion
Picture Operator and His
Wife Being Pr0bed

Omaha. Neb.. July 3O.-LF-New
impetus has ..sser -dded to investiga-
tion into the Staying Of Paul Black
wood. motion picture operator. and
his wife, who were killed Thursday
night, by the finding of an automa-
tic shotgun and a loaded revolver in
the vicinity Of the shooting.
The BlackWOod car was riddled
with bucksh0t fired by unknown as
sailants as they drove home after the
show. Mrs. Blackwood was killed in
stantly and Blackweod died q few
minutes after muttering: II guess
they got me that time"
Concerted search continued today
for two brothers of Tony Veneziano.
an Italian WHOM Blackwood shot and
killed in 1924. Blackwood was freed
on plea Of self defense, but Ven
ezianO's brothers are said to have
sworn vengeance at the time.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-30
OTHER ROADS
TO. DISCUSS
CUT IN RATES
Representatives of Six Com
peting Lines Meeting in
Chicago Today

Chicago, July 3O-lP)-Rate revi-
siOns which may influence the en-
tire structure Of the flour milling
industry between the Mississippi
valley states and the Atlantic sea
board are under consideration by six
trunk line railroads linking Min
neapolis and Chicago.
As a result Of reduction, effective
August 25, Of six cents y hundred
pounds Of all-rail shipments Of grain
and flour from the northwest ter
minal Of the Minneapolis and St.
Louis railroad to Chicago and the
eastern seaboard. six competing lines
arranged . meeting here today to
discuss similar reductions.
Should these roads agree upon
such revision Of their tariffs, the
northwestern millers, particularly
those Of the Minneapolis territory,
would be placed on q decidedly more
favorable competitive basis with east
ern mills In the eastern market, and
the water rate advantage Of flour
makers at Buffalo and other lake
ports would be virtually eliminated.
win Resist Rate Changes
Grain exchanges and millers' or
ganisations throughout the middle
west already are preparing to resist
the proposed rate revisions before
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Interlocking with the proposed gen.
eral all-rail revisions between Min
neapolis and Chicago 10 the reduce
tion, which became effective July 10
on the Minneapolis and St. Louis
road, Of three cents Z hundred pounds
on southwest grain moved to points
east Of Illinois by way Of Mime
apolis and Peoria. Two competing
carriers, the 500 Line and the Chica-
90 Great Western, already have de-
clared their intention Of meeting this
rate, the latter having announced that
new tariffs will be published August
28.
The six roads which signified their
intention Of discussing here today the
six cent reduction In the Minnea oils
Chicago rate, and contingent through
rates to the seabosrd, are the 500
Line. Chicago, Milwaukee and st.
Paul, Chicago and Northwestern Chi
cago. Rock Island and Pacific, Chica-
60, Great Western and Chicago, Bur.
lington and Quincy.
Ten organisations IN seven middle
western cities are prepared to re-
sist the reductions. Opponents Of the
revision include the grain exchanges
Of Chicago, Kansas City. Duluth.
Omaha, st. Joseph and Atchison, as
we'll as the Kansas City Miliers'
Club, and the Southwest Millers'
League.
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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-30
Prominent Railroad
Official Is Dead

St Paul. July 30-(AP)--H. A.
Kennedy. 69. vice president of the
Minnesota Transfer Railway company,
died at his home here yesterday.
Mr.. Kennedy formerly was assist
ant general superintendent and later
assistant general manager of the
Great Northern Railway. He also
had served as resident engineer for
the Great Northern at Superior. Wis,
and AS superintendent at kalispell,
Montana division). He was 33rd
degree Mason.
Three sons and three daughters
survive.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-30
MAIL ROBBERS
R REARRESTED.
new CHARGES
Waive Examination and Are
Committed TO Jail-BOnds
Fixed at $4,000

Fargo. N. D.. July 30-George NJ.
Irvine and Louis Roy, arrested on
July 22 at Hankinson two hours after
4he mail clerk on the Hankinson- Bis
ma,c..-Soo line had been held up. and
brought to Fargo to the Cass county
jail to- await action by the next fed
eral jury, were rearrested yesterday
on = commissioners warrant signed
by J. X. Bingham, u. s. commission
er. after . new complaint signed by
Seth Richardson, United States dis
trict attorney, had been filed against
them.
The complaint charges the men
with robbing the U. s. mail at Han
kinson. with assaulting q government
officer in the performance Of his
duty. with intent to rob, steal and
purl0in thy U. S. mail. and putting
the life OF Adams into jeopardy by
the use of dangerous weapons.
The men waived examination when
brought before Commissioner Bing-
ham and were committed to the Cass
county Jail in default Of $4,000 bond
each
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-07-30
FLOODS IN
JAPAN TAKE
400 LIV ES
1900 Houses Washed Away
Thousands of Acres of
Crops Destroyed


Tokyo, July 3O--(AP)-The toll Of
dead and missing in the terrific
floods which. have ravagcd Niigata
prefecture, on the west coast Of the
main island Of Japan, was placed 1t
400 today. as numerous corps Of re-
lier workers entered the stricken dis
trict.
Already disease is reported to have
followed in the wake Of the waters of
the Shinano river. adding to the mis-
cry Of the population
Seventy bodies have been recovered
in the village of Tochio alone, this
place having borne the brunt of the
disaster. One thousand five hundred
houses were washed away here.
In the whole flooded area about
5000 houses were submerged, while
thousands Of acres of rice were
flooded and the crops destroyed.