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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-31
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Mexico's Church Fight Is
Unique on Western
Hemisphere.
BY M. e. Tracy

The struggle is on in. Mexico. a
finish fight" according to Presi-
dent Gales.
There never was anything like it
in the western hemisphere, yet it is
but the latest and inevitable phase
of a controversy that has smouldered
for s~ixty-nine years.
The Mexican constitution of 1857
provided that churches could not own
property, which was vague, like our
own eighteenth amendment. and
needed laws to make it effective.
Laws were passed from time to
time, but for the most part remained
unenforced.
Porforio Diaz. who ruled Mexico
for thirty-five years, was content to
let the religious issue alone.
After him came a decade of revo-
luton and a vastly radical at
titude.
In 1917, the constitution was
amended and more drastic laws
passed. and these are what Presi-
dent Gales is undertaking to put in
operation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-31
ONLY ONE ~BY-PRODUGT

The advice of national officers and Of the local
executive committee to union street car workers TO
abandon their strike means that the strike is over.
Even though the men refuse to admit defeat, as
is conceded by the national officers of the union, no
real friend of those who made their protest would
advise the continuance of a struggle which is so un-
equal and admittedly hopeless.
To be effective, any protest against low wages
or hard working conditions must have behind 1t
the support of public ohinion.
That protest must also be so general as to in
clude a very large percentage of those affected.
A strike of less than half of those employed
leaves so doubt in the public mind as to the justice
of the demands or the necessity of protest.
Public interest usually only follows a personal
interest and the fact that the cars did not stop, but
were operated on a basis that gave some service,
went far to prevent any discussion of the merits or
lack Of merit of the protest made by these men.
The one victory gained was the fact that a COM
mittee of public-spirited citizens did take an &C.
tive interest in the demands made by the men and
suggest that the substantial justice of their claims
be determined by an unbiased and unprejudiced
body.
That suggests that the time may come when all
controversies Of a similar nature may be settled by
reason instead of the drastic war between the en-
kployer and the employed.
That the Governor refused to take notice and
that the mayor ran away from any participation is
meaningless. There may come a day when public
officials will be less timid and more advanced in
their ideas.
Otherwise the strike has been costly and useless,
and now admitted by national officers of the union
to have been i'll advised and hopeless from the start.
The men who protested that the wage is too low
have lost in wages. The company has lost in cash
and the public has, to some extent, been discom-
NODDED.
If there is to be anything gained, u might be
the inclusion in the law controlling public utilities
a mandate to the State commission to investigate
wages and working conditions on all public utilities
with the same care and constant supervision which
is given to rolling stock and profits.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-31
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A new invention, declares a United Press report
from Paris, will soon enable a telephoner to see
the telephone as they talk together over the wire.
This is a terrible prospect, and is causing con-
sternation among:
l. Husbands telephoning that they're sitting up
with sick friends and won't get home until morning.
2. Girls, not yet dressed, powdered and curled
to go out with their s~teadies, and who must answer
the telephone when it rings or miss out on a good
time, and,
8. Any number Of social white liars, who, tele-
phoning from the country club, just can't come to
their friends bridge or other parties, because rela.
tives from out of town are arriving-"You know how
1t is"
Let's keep our telephones Just as they are now.
Inventive genius can go too far.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-31

rent bills and too much temptation for those in
trusted with money.
Why is it necessary for legitimate business to
protest to the authorities?
Presumably police forces are hired by taxpayers
to prevent just such widespread crimes and viola
tions of the law.
Theoretically, the officers of the law are on the
job to protect the gullible from such swindles.
Was it by accident that every detective and
every member of the police force overlooked these
open violations of the law?
Just how did these agents overlook the police in
their sales of tickets? They found, apparently, prac-
tically every one else.
After the thing is stopped, the merchants might
be interested in discovering why they had to act
as informers and sleuths in order to get action.
Who is the man or men behind that gets the big
profits?
Why, oh why, was it necessary to call the at
>tention of the police to SO open and fragrant crime?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-31
A GREAT MAN DIES

In the passing Of Senator Cummins Of Iowa the
Nation loses a man who did much. to impress himself,
his ideas, his courage and his vision, upon it's des-
TIMES.
For more than two decades he has been in pub
lie life as a leader.
1t was he who startled the conservatives of a
quarter of a century ago with what was then termed
the iowa idea" which was only a demand for a lit
tie more of human right and a little more of equality
of opportunity.
He was then looked upon a radical of radicals,
and his doctrines so revolutionary as to menace all
property and all progress. : M
But that Iowa idea spread and has long since be-
come an accepted pillar of conservatism.
Even Cummins, once looked upon as so radical,
had become known as most conservative.
Just as he, in his youth, had challenged the prin-
ciples of age, so he was faced by new demands by
younger men, who in their turn were striving to
change the old order and to bring to human beings
more of hope, more of justice, more of Opportunity,
more of progress.
Youth always hurls its challenge to things as
they are and translates it's hopes and aspirations into
new demands. -.
Cautious age always protests that the temple is
being destroyed and is surprised to find that the
new ways bring no disaster and no chaos.
And then the victorious youth grows old with
its program and meets a new challenger and a new
era.
The Nation needs both it's youthful challenger
and its cautious age.
Cummins served well as both. The ideals of
the youth led to changes in laws and viewpoint that
brought permitted progress. And in his age he put
the conservative strength of experience to check too
hasty a plunge into the untried.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-31
By Lillian Cannon

In ~perfecting the overland stroke,
ones aim should be to make as
little splashing as possible and to
swim with as little effort as possible.
The hands should be very slightly
cupped so that each strikes the
water with an appreciate "plop"
and without splashing.
If this is attained, the arm will
make no splash. The best idea is to
think Of the stroke as Showing"
the arm and hand into the water,
rather than striking the water with
the open hand.
The scissors kick in this stroke
should be synchronized with thel
movements of the hands just as in
the dog-paddle.
The breathing should also be in
the same coordination as in the dog
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-31
Catholics the Target

Since Mexico is practically of one
religion. these laws are construed by
both sides as directed against the
Roman Catholic church.
The Mexican government con.
tends that the hierarchy of-this
church has meddled with politics,
and that the only way to stop it is
through drastic and severe fegula-
ton.
Spokesman of the church reply
that the laws go too far, that they
interfere with religious liberty and
that they prevent priests from exer-
cising legitimate rights.
Laws are secondary TO human
rights" the archbishops declared in
their letter Of last Sunday, and Bish-
op Diaz added on Wednesday,
above the constitution are the
rights Of God and the will of the
people,"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-31
Await a Leader

Thus we behold the lines shaping
themselves in a most spectacular
way, with DEGREES, challenges, proc
lamations and pronouncements fly
ing thick and fast, but with most
everybody ignoring whom and what
will decide the issue.
Back of this controversy, and
without understanding its finer
points too we'll; shocked into neu-
trality for the moment; lacking
leadership and organization, are ten
or twelve million people. one-third of
them pure blooded Indian and two
thirds Of them i~lliterate.
What Yill their reaction be when
their emetions and sentiments have
had time to crystalline, but especial
ly If some bold spirit stalks across
the stage to give their dazed ideas
forceful expression?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-31
THE DEBT PROBLEM SOLVED,
So do we all.

President Coolidge the other day warned Ameri-
cans against being too "bumptious" in their dealings
with Europeans. Americans, he surmised, by their
ostentation, might be partly to blame for
can outbursts in France and England.
The President, no doubt, is right. Unfortunately.
he didn't warn against bumptiousness on this side
of the water.
Had he done SO, we, perhaps, would not have
been treated to the remarkable Spectacle of a large
reform society gravely issuing a public ukase in
forming the Europeans that all they need to do to
pay their debts to us is to give up drinking.
Seven nations of Europe spend 81, 900 600. 900 a
year for potent beverages, the statement points out.
Let them stop and their debts to us would be paid
in short time.
Not content with regulating the personal habits
and morals of Americans, our self-constituted guard.
1ans are taking it upon themselves to regulate the
world. 81 Y
Can you imagine what your F~renchman or Rritor
will say when he reads this bit of gratuitous adj
vice? It's efrontery is sublime. =
Young people are so silly, unless Won are one NJ
them.
A harpooned whale may fight two DAYS. but a
husband may kick against a new hat for a week.
Senator plans new fight for rivers bill. More water
power to him.
Rice cooks more quickly if put on ten minutes
earlier.
A well-known slogan seems to be changed to
Say it with cigarets."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-31
Mailed Fist

Troops are ready to back up the
government should this program
meet with resistance, orders have
been issued to disarm Catholics;
Gales is reported to have asked the
United States to lift the arms en-
barge so that he a buy guns and
ammunition if the need arises, and
the labor federation has come out
with a strong manifesto in his sup
port.
By way Of reply. the League in
Defense of Religious Liberty, a pro-
church organization. has threatened
to start a boycott against the buy
ing of luxuries, and 1t is~possible
that Rome may authorize an enter.
dict"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-31
Gales Contention

President Gales and his support
ers. declare that such regulations
are necessary for the progress OF
Mexico.
The hour is approaching for a
final fight" he says. land we are
going to see whether revolution has
triumphed over reaction. or wheth-
er the triumph Of the revolution has
been merely ephemeral."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-31
ASSESSMENTS NOT CUT
Board of Works Refuses Property
Owners Request on Sewer Costs.

Reduction Of assessments for
several hundred property owners on
the Raymond St.-Le Grande Ave.
sewer, which will serve southeastern
indianapolis, was refused by the
board of works Friday.
Tie board, on receiving an opinion
from John K. Ruckelshaus, city at.
torney, that the property owners
had failed to take advantage of their
right Of remonstrance at the proper
time, decided to hold the entire as
sessments valid. The ase will be
carried to the courts, it was in
dictated.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-31
The CHALLENGE

Meanwhile, and after two such
hectic weeks Of baptizing. marrying
and confirming as Mexico never be-
held $4,000 priests have withdrawn
from $4,000 churches, leaving the
country without organized religion
for the first time in four centuries.
Had the priests stayed at their al
tars, the government would have
permitted them to remain in control
OF the churches, though asserting it's
ownership.
1t regards their withdrawal not
only as a challenge, but as abandon
ment Of the property, and will take
actual possession.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-31
STEP FOR S%UBSTATIONS.
Commission Approves Street Rail
way Issue of Notes.

way ISSUE OF Notes,
The Indianapolis Street Railway
Company has been granted permits
sion by the public service commits
sion to issue notes for $751; 900
which, with $202, 900 held by the
trustees of the company, will be used
for the erection Of six power substa.
tons in the city.
These substations are to be erect
ed, company officials said, to increase
the operating efficiency Of cars.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-31
A HUNT FATAL

BB United Press
ANDERSON, Ind. July S1.-A
verdict Of accidental death was ex-
pected to be filed by Coronel Sells to-
day in the death Of Douglas Mont
gomery, 81, near Orestes. Montgom-
cry shad gone TO shoot rats at his
barn and was Wound with a bullet
hole through his head.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-31

sentative Ia the city hall. Write him
at The Times.
The complaint of the loose sewer
lid is most welcome to Mr.. Fixit
because it's so easily and quickly adj
justed.
DEAR MIR. FIXIT: If you are
not exhausted by the time this let
t~er\reaches you you will try to have
a loose sewer lid fixed in the 1900
block on Cottage Ave. When traffic
is heavy it sounds like the Fourth of
July. Also the weeds are SO high on
the corner lot in the $4,000 block
on Villa Ave, they almost hide the
Hillcrest Baptist Church.
MRS. w. E. MURRAY,
1929 S. Randolph st.
You'll get prompt service on
the loose lid and the board of
health will try to unveil the
church from the jungle
DEAR MR.: FIXIT: A few weeks
ago 1 wrote you about the alley
south of III Bradley Ave. Nothing
has ever been done about it. This
place is in a deplorable condition.
Hope something can be done before
fall and winter, as it is impossible
during winter months. Fifteen cars
were stranded here last winter. AL
the rest of the alley except this
small stretch is cinderpd.. 4
TIMES READER.
Mr.. Fixit has the promise of the y
streets superintendent depart
ment that they will care for your
complaint soon.
The board of health now is in
vestigating the weeds on the
vacant lot at 1910 e. Washington
ST., and at Lambert st. and Bel
mont Ave.
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Questions and
Answers

You can get an answer to any cues.
ton OF tact or by writins
Bureau. 1929 New York Ave. Wasting;
ton, D. G. incl9sing 2 cents in stamps
advice cannot be given nor can extended
research be, undertaken. All, other
Unsigned REQUESTS cannot be answered.
All letters are Standardization
Were the men who served I'm the
Army and Navy during the World
War compelled to take out Govern
ment insurance?
1t was not compulsory. The men
were strongly urged to take policies,
not to help the Government, but to-
protect their dependents in case they
died. A majority of officers and en-
listed men took Government insur-
ance.
What does rex viae" mean?
1t is Latin for liking of the road"
What is the immigration quota for
Chile?
There is no numerical restriction
upon natives Of Central and SoutM.
American countries. Therefore Chile
has no quota.
What color is a pure diamOndP
Where do most of the diamonds
come from?
Pure diamonds are colorless, but
diamonds often show nonessential
violet-blue, green, yellow or brown
c%olors, owing to the presence Of inn
purities. The principal diamond
fields are located in Brazil and South
Africa; the stones are also known to
occur in India, Borneo, British Gui-
ana, Russia, China, Suniatra and the
United States, principally in Arkan.
sas. About 9S'per cent of the worlds
supply m from South Africa.
How can wrinkles be eradicated?
Try the following: Battle the face
twice a day in warm water in which
a small quantity of Epsoim salts has
been dissolved. Rinse with cold va
ter, Ironing the face with a small
piece of ice, after massage with a
good cold cream, is helpful. For oc-
c~asional temporary relief, battle the
parts where the wrinkles appear
with a solution Of alum and water
in order to tighten the skin. Do not
do this often.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-31
MR.. FIXIT
Sewer Lid to Be Fixed and
a Weeds Cut,

Let Mr.. Fixi present your case to
CITY officials. He is The Times repre-
sentative Ia the city hall. Write him
at The Times.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-31

A wellknown slogan seems to be changed to
Say it with cigarets."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-31

Senator plans new fight for rivers bill. More water
to him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-31

Rice cooks more quickly if put on ten minutes
earlier.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-31

Pasquale Montani, instrument
teacher Of the Indiana College of
harp s~oloist, for the week of Aug. s,
Music and Fine Arts, is engaged as
at the Apollo Theater.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-31

A harpooned whale may fight two days, but a
husband may kick against a new hat for a week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-31
The program follows:

flErlms Chorus and To the Sweet
,.c evening star t|Iannhauser) -. Wagner
SIumoer song ....... Schumann
~ dchtstucke tEventng Song) .Schumann
HrLlsh ~ hlms) ....... Schumann
rreluue IN nat tRaindrop( .... Chopin
IL uneral March In Is nat minor Chopin
Nomance Rubinstein
Nooturne INK nat ......... Chopin
Saviour. Like a Shepherd. Lead
Us ......... Melody by Bradbury
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The public is cordially invited to
hear this program. Come and hear
one of the outstanding pianists of
the country, the pastor states.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-05-25
ADMIRAL WATSON IN
 PORT FROM WESTN'D
VESSEL WILL REMAIN UNTIL AZ TER ARRIVAL OF INTERIOR
 TRAIN TOMORROW p. M.

The Admiral Watson, Capt Chas. Graham, arrived in port this morning at g o'clock from the Westward bring ing a fair size list of passengers for Seward and numerous others for the south. The voyage westward was without incident, a pleasant trip mark ing the round trip. The vessel will remain in port until after the arriv- al of the train from the Interior, to- morrow evening, at which time it will depart for Seattle and way ports.
 The incoming list of reservations in cluded:
 From Uzinkie-Mr. and Mrs. A. Ve- Janis.
 From Seldovia-L. O'Brien, T. P. Graham, Mrs. P. Hatch and daughter, Florence,eL. M. Carrigan.
 From Kodiak-Robert Wakelin, F. w Horn, L. D. Henderson, J. W. Guck- CT, T. Stevens, J. A. Oliver, c. H. Met calf, Myron Hunt, J. E. Fitzgerald, and two steerage.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-05-25
AUNT" A
 RIOT OF LAUGHTER

The old joking phrase louder and funnier" was never so apt as in the case of "Charley's Aunt which opens at the Liberty tonight, for Al Christie may safely be credited with having produced a featurelength comedy which is funnier than any we have ever before seen and at which audi ences laugh louder than they have laughed in months, if not in years.
 When the situations progress the laughs become thick and fast until they develop into howls of merriment Syd Chaplin, thestar, in the title role of 'Charley's Aunt from Brazil where the nuts come from" is undeniably at his best and this is the high point of his career so far, He hits the high spots of comedy as do the others in the cast.
 About all that need be said is that the picture has more laughs than the play, so it is assured that those who go to the Liberty tonight or tOm0r- row will have an hour and a half of ''ioy unconfned."
Seward daily gateway., 1926-05-25
COUNCIL AND GUGKER
 BR|AG DOWN BE BEAR

Darting up the bay at a speed of 20 miles an hour, the motorboat Nancy Lee, with Dr. W. W. Council. behind the steering wheel, arrived last night from Kodiak where he and J. ". Guck- CT, well known Alaskan travehng salesman, have been hunting brown bear for the last two or three weeks The hunters bagged a beautiful speci- men, it is reported, over F feet in length. MT. Gucker arrived in Sew ard this morning from Kodiak on the Admiral Watson but Dr. Council de- parted for his home at Cord0va al an early hour this morning.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-05-25

First Publication May 24, 1926. Last Publication Aug. 8, 1926.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-05-25
LEGAL NOTICES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR United States Land Office
 Serial No. 0553S
Anchorage. Alaska, May IF, 1926

Anchorage. Alaska, May IF, 1926 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That the Northwestern Fisheries Company, corporation organized under the laws of the State of Washington, and doing business in the Territory of Alaska, through H. l.. Faulkner, it's attorney in fact, has filed application, Serial No. 0553S, for a patent, under and by virtue of sections 23O6 and 2307 Revised Statutes of the Unlted States, as assignee of Jonah A. Pe- tray, for a tract of land embraced in U. s. Official survey No. 1455, sltu- ated on the south shore of Shellkof Strait, Alaska, approximately 212 miles northeast of the mouth of Karluk River, at a location locally known as the Waterfall" and adjoining and Iy- ing to the northeast of U. ;. Survey No. 154, Kodiak Island, Alaska, in Lat itude 57 deg. 36' 30" north and Longi- tude 154 deg. 24' %" west, and parti- cularly described as follows:
 Beginning at corner No. M. c. on the south shore of Shelikof Strait at line of M. H. T., whence U. s. initial monument bears south 5S deg. 57' east 2.64 chs; thence south 5S deg. 34' east along boun- dary line 1-2 U. s. survey No. 154, 1929 chs. to corner No. 2, identical with corner No. ? U. s. survey No. 154; thence North along east boun- dary 22.20 chs. to corner No. 3; thence west along North boundary 463 chs. to corner No. 4eM. c. at line of M H. T. on south shore of Shelikof Strait; thence by mean ders along line M. H. T. in a south westerly direction; along south shore of Shelikof Strait, as follows: CD South 3.29 chs; (2) South s deg. 56' West 509 chs; (3) South 16 deg. or West 65 chs, to corner No. M O.; thence East 1.49 chs. to corner No. 6; thence South .95 chains to corner No. 2; thence West 1.S9 chs. to corner No. s; thence by meanders along M H. T. line in southwest direction as fol lows: (4) South 29 deg. 24' West 500 chains; (5) South 20 deg. 02' West 26S chs, containing an area of 12.42 acres.
 Any and all persons claiming ad- versely any of the land above describ- ed should, file their adverse claims with the Register of the United States Land Office at Anchorage, Al aska, within the period of publication, or thirty days thereafter or they will be barred by the provisions of the statute.
 J. LINDLEY GREEN.
 Register. First Publication May 24, 1926.
 Last Publication Aug. 8, 1926.