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The Indianapolis times., 1927-07-18
WEDDINGS keep
FLORIST BUSY

The unusual number of weddings
for which the Fairfield Florist Shop,
1902 College Ave, has supplied
flowers and decorations this season
has resulted in their employees learn
ing almost by heart Lohengrin's
wedding March" and that tune is
hummed or whistled almost con-
stantly about the shop. according to
Mrs. Clara Benson, proprietor.
Because Of the unusual demands
for wedding flowers, the shop has
enjoyed an unusually brisk business
during the last six weeks.
Beautiful bridal bouquets for
brides and their attendants have
The Indianapolis times., 1927-07-18
DEDICATION is DELAYED

Dedication of the Forty Ninth st.
Christian church was postponed
until next Sunday at p. m. The
building was 10 have been built by
one hundred volunteer workers Sat-
urday, but work was delayed be-
cause of rain.
This caused the dedicatory serv-
ices to be postponed one week.
Services will be in charge of Rev.
" P. Brock. secretary of the In
dianapolis Christian Church Union.
Speakers will include Rev. william
A. Shullenberger, Central Christian
Church pastor; Rev. Gerald l.. K.
Smith, University Place Christian
Church pastor; A. N. Clark, M. S.
Miller mad James Lowry, president
of the Union.
The Indianapolis times., 1927-07-18
Gone, but Not Forgotten

Automobiles reported stolen to
police belong to:
DR.. P. w. McCarty, 1925 w.
washington ST.; Willys Knight
coach, 1908; from side of resi-
dence.
Home Furniture Company, 3o1 E.
Washington St.; Ford coupe, 1906;
from Shelby and Raymond SITS.
Ernest Kulp, 1927 N. California
st.; Ford touring, 513-525; from
Riverside park.
w. A. Gibson, Lawrence, Ind;
Ford roadster, T13-340; from Cap
itol Ave, between Market and Ohio
SITS.
Ulysses Jennings, 1914 N. Illinois
ST.; Chevrolet coupe; from 300 block
N. Pennsylvania st.
M. j. Denham, 2415 Station ST..
Hudson brougham, 583-943; from
700 block N. Illinois st.
The Indianapolis times., 1927-07-18
ARMISTICE MAY
STABILIZE CHINA
Nationalist Leader Signs
Pact With NorthernerS.

Bu United Press
LONDON, July ia Daily Mail
dispatch today from Pekin re-
ported officially that General Chang
Kai-Shek, right wing Nationalist
leader, has concluded an armistice
with the Northern Government
whereby he agrees to evacuate
Shantung. The Northerners agree
not to encroach beyond the Shan
tung borders.
The arnlistice means, the dis
patch said, that Chang Kai-Shek
will be able to concentrate against
the Hankow left wing forces. The
Northerners, likewise, will be able
to concentrate against General Feng
Sing.
The agreement, it was believed,
will initiate a definite demarcation
between the northern and southern
spheres in the governing of China
and lead eventually to stabilization
of the whole country.
A Daily Mail dispatch from
Shanghai said Michael Borodin,
Soviet advisor to the Hankow gov
ernment, escaped from Hankow last
Saturday.
The United Press has received no
confirmation of the foregoing dis
patches.
The Indianapolis times., 1927-07-18
CAR INSURANCE
BUSINESS GOOD

The State Automobile Insurance
Association, State headquarters of
which are located on the seventh
floor of the Occidental building,
show a splendid amount of in
surance written on automobiles over
the State for the first six months of
1927, according to William E. Nc
Kee, treasurer.
With approximately $50 rep
The Indianapolis times., 1927-07-18
DALE BELIEVES CASE
AIDS PRESS FREEDOM
Paroled Muncie Editor Commei is
in Weekly Paper.

fdEOieu MunCle Edlt0r CONNER Is
in Weekly Paper.
BU Times Special
MUNCIE, Ind, July 18.-Belief
that his case will make for greater
freedom of the press, is expressed
by George r. Dale, local editor, in
the current issue of his weekly
newspaper. Dale, sentenced to
ninety days at the penal farm and
fined $500 for contempt of court
by Judge Clarence w. Dearth of the
Delaware Circuit Court, obtained a
parole from the farm last week.
The editorial, in reference to the
case, says in part:
But good has come of it all
Never again, we believe, will any
newspaper man in the State of In
diana be compelled to go through
the fiery furnace whose heated
blasts have all but destroyed our
confidence in the boasted freedom
Of the press and the vaunted rights
of citizens to free and open dis
cussion of governmental affairs"
The Indianapolis times., 1927-07-18
Business and Industrial News

resentatives the State actively en-
gagged in writing insurance on auto
mobiles, the organization has made
tremendous strides.
The association has built up an
enviable reputation on its service
given policy holders, of whom there
are now more than $4,000. Every
policy holder is assured prompt ad-
justlhent of claims, according to Nc
Kee, and this feature has resulted
in considerable increased business.
The association writes automobile
insurance for full coverage at
reasonable rates, and policyholders
are able to ride with the satisfaction
of being properly protected against
any type of loss, Mckee asserted.
The Indianapolis times., 1927-07-18
MERCHANT HAS
COLOR SCHEME
FOR CURRENCY
H, w. Marcus Would Have
Tint of Paper Indicate
( Amount of Bill.

"Lend me pearl for a few
days?" may be the way your friends
few years hence will ask you for
the loan of $40, if the plan of H. w.
Marcus, department store proprietor
of Olean, N. Y, is accepted by the
United States government.
Marcus is known to many nler-
chants here and is the father in
law of j. H. Mack, proprietor of the
Rink store.
He proposes that each denonilla-
tion of paper money be printed on a
different color paper.
Would Speed Business
The scheme occurred to Marcus
thirty years ago, one night when he
had spent several years balancing his
store cash and happened to notice a
display of various colored ribbons.
If bills we're of different colors it
would facilitate their handling in
stores, banks, ticket Offices and all
other business places and there
would be no danger of anyone
spending a $40 bill for five.
At that time he suggested the
hSheme to Theodore Roosevelt and
%hers and has in his files many
letters from notables approving it,
but he has never made an effort to
have it adopted. Now he plans to
submit it to United States Treasury
officials after acquainting the peo-
pie of the country with its advan-
tages.
The colored money also would
prevent raising of bills, as the
smaller bills would be in colors i'm
possible to dye to the colors of the
larger bills.
His Color Scheme
He suggests this tentative color
scheme: One dollar, russell; So, blue;
$40, green; $40, pearl; $25, olive tan;
$50, orange; 500, pink rose; $500,
melon; $1,000, cherry.
In making this list he suggests
that the 50 bill be dropped alto
gether, though if there must be
one, he says, let it be Quaker grey,
and he adds a $25 note, an olive
tan.
The Indianapolis times., 1927-07-18
WIFE, IA, FILES SUIT

BY Times Special
RUSHVILLE, Ind, July 18.-Mrs.
Winona Comstock, 14-year-old wife
of Walter Comstock, has filed a petit
ton in Circuit Court here for an
nulment of the marriage.
The petition says the wedding
took place Feb. Is last and that the
couple separated May 4. 1t is al
legged Mrs. Comstock will not be IS
years old until next January.
The Indianapolis times., 1927-07-18
Drill in Martin County

) BIZ Times Special
LOOGOOTEE, Ind, July 1S.-Oil
well drilling in wild cat" territory
is under way in Martin County.
Leases have been obtained near
Gale, Indian Springs and Mt.
Springs. The first test hole is be-
ing put down on the Luther Hert
farm about four miles north of
Indian Springs.
The Indianapolis times., 1927-07-18

been made up by~Mrs. Benson and
her assistants. Charming COM
binations of flowers, especially roses,
pink Columbias and Butterflies, ex-
quisite in design and color combin-
alton to match various wedding
gowns, have been delivered to some
of the most exclusive homes of the
city.
The shop is well supplied with
summer flowers, including a wide
variety of gladioli and delphinium.
The Indianapolis times., 1927-07-18
Normal Students Return

TERRE HAUjTE, Ind, July 1s.-
A section of the geography class of
the Indiana State Normal School
here has returned from a study trip
of 5000 miles through the eastern
portion of the United States.
The Indianapolis times., 1927-07-18
MOVE $1,000 VOLTS

AHISH ACiISEOEf w TIEo ITdIISIETTEU
Without Cutting Off Current
BIZ United Press
EAU CLAIRE, Wis, July ia
Unique demonstration was put on
here recently when crew of line
men of the Northern States Power
Company transferred high tension
wires carrying $4,000 volts of cleo
tricity from one pole, to another
with no stoppage of current.
The Indianapolis times., 1927-07-18
PLENTY OF FARM LABOR
Supply Will Meet Demand Despite
Slightly Lower Wages

By United Press
WASHINGTONa July 18.-There
will be no shortage of farm labor
this year, according to Secretary of
~ griculture William Jardine. While
&Arm wages are slightly lower this
year than in 1926, the labor supply
will meet the demand, he stated
Wages with board in July averaged
$3.50 per month and without
board $49.54.
The Indianapolis times., 1927-07-18

The United Press has received no
confirmation of the foregoing dis
patches.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-12-30
Growth OF Christianity

Religious controversies precipitate vague
reports that the chu~rch-goine population
was in rapid decline. That the contrary
is not known better than BY the millions
of church members in the United States.
An Eastern clergyman discusses that at
| the time of the American Revolution there
was only one professed Christian in Prin-
ceton University and two in Harvard
| University. Today nine-tenths of the
university and college students Of both
sexes are members uf some Christian
church.
Diminish church rolls are almost un-
known in the United States, while mil
| lions of dollars are expended annually for
new church ediices in the cities, towns
| and rural sections of the country Eve y
| denomination is annually reporting in
| crossed national memberships.
Evidence of the stability Of the church
in America may be found in the general
| financial status. There has been a de-
| cisive increase in the salary standards OF
the ministry. Church buildings are bet
ter maintained and more luxuriously fur
nished. A few years ago only the most
exclusive city churches could afford paid
choristers, pipe organs and skilled organ
lists. Today these are not uncommon in
the smaller towns and arc customary in
the smaller cities.
Whatever the present ecclesiastical de
bate may have done for good or evil, il
manifestly has not detracted from church
attendance.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-12-30

next semester, by taking a few more
than the required number Of hours,
she could still graduate with her
class. 1t was a temptation. Marian
allowed herself to dwell on every
phase Of It; then she sat up very
straight. She would not permit her
self to think Of 1t again, with the
long cold winter stealing In about
them. She couldn't leave her father
alone with no one Of his own to talk
TO or understand.
Suddenly Marian realized that the
carols had ended and a voice was
asking:
albert Clark, are you listening in?
Your sister wants to get In touch with
you"
Marian jumped up, astonished.
She shook her father now nodding
In his chair:
"Father, listenl 1t may be you!"
The voice went on:
"You were two orphans. You were
adopted by a family called Clark, and
your sister by people narsad Gibbons.
She has never seen nor heard OF you
since. That was forty years ago.
You are fifty-one years old. Your
sister is forty-seven, and lives in
Coloma, Mich. She wants to get In
touch with you"
"Father, isn't that your" Marian
was staring in amazed incredulity,
but the voice was repeating:
"Albert Clark, are you listening
hY' Three times it gave the mes
sage and at the end explained that
this was the last night 1t would be
broadcast.
Albert Clark was not listening to
the explanation-Coloma was only
nfty miles away. There wasn't much
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-12-30
The Woodpi1e Training

At the old-fashioned ~woodpile, the
country boy acquired physical devel-
opment, the exercise strengthened his
wind and made his muscle firm and
powerful and it taught him per
sistence. The boy who learned TO fin
ish his woodpile was a gutter
when he grew up and he paid his
debts and was a good citizen. Some
thing needs 10 take the place OF that
Job in the woodpileless home. The
boys need some tasks by which they
will learn industry and perseverance.
There ought TO be something they
could do for the benefit of the family
even if they occupy a city fiat 1t is
= help TO them where they take some
regular job in their spare hours II
any boys have nothing to do after
school but TO stand around on the
sidewalk and so to entertainment
and beg rides in motor cars, some
thing is going to be lacking in their
character that vas supplied in the
old days of the w%oodpile.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-12-30

snow, and autos were still running
easily. They could start at once, and
start they did, and Aunt Marian came
back with them the next morning and
everything was settled happily, as in
fairy tales.
radio wasn't such a poor present
after all, was 1t, daughter?' Farmer
Clark questioned laughingly as they
finished their bountiful Christmas din
ner and rose to go into the living
room where Christmas carols were
again coming in"
II should say hot" Marian retorted
gaily. ut brought me the best Christ
mas present I've eve had"
"And me, too" her Aunt Marian
ehimed In. your father and / will
have great times listening in these
long winter evenings when you're
AWAY porting over dry old school
books.
* ha0 them broadcast that haiti In
fun with scarce a flicker Of hope that
1t would bring any results. But I'm
glad | chose the Christmas time be-
cause we're all such fine Christmas
presents for each other"
ia. 1927. Western Newspaper Union,
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-12-30

From Philadelphia comes a dis
patch telling OF an invention which Is
expected to make possible the manu-
facture of a fool-proof airplane. Well,
we hope for the best. but we must
say we regard the prospect as ex'
tremely gloomy. says the New York
World. A number OF years ago, IT
will be recalled, engineers astonished
us with the announcement that they
would build a fool-proof automobile.
What Is more. they made good their
promise. The automobile they have
given Us is 100 per cent fool-proof;
it is 20 constructed that every conceiv-
able foolish ~monkeyshine Is thought
Of In advance, and a built-in attach.
ment provided to forestall mishap.
And with what result? Persons killed
by automobiles in 1925 numbered D.
500, which was 900 more than those
killed In 1924, and 1850 more than
those killed In 1856. In regard to fool.
proof inventions, 1t Is u opinion
that they will work II, as, and when
all fools have been eliminated from
the national scene, which Is to say. at
2 :01 a m. Eastern standard time,
doomsday.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-12-30

An iceberg Of almost indescribable
beauty, 500 feet long, with 4 hollow
in the center 90 feet In depth, having
sides Of porcelain white and contain
ing an emerald-green lake four feet
deep, was encountered by Z recent
iceberg demolishing party. Armed
with ropes, Ice picks, axes, drills and
canisters containing thermite, they
were trying a highly successful meth.
cd Of destroying icebergs that endan'
ger the trade routes Of the North At
lantic- On landing, the party drill
holes into the ice and insert the chem
ical charge, which Is fred by fuses
Thermite develops tremendous hea'
at a great rate, reaching as high al
5000 degrees Fahrenheit. In 4 few
hours the largest iceberg cracks ant
disintegrates with a noise resembling
an earthquake.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-12-30

In a number Of cities the building
and installation of bird houses by
school children has been undertaken
on a large scale in recent years. Den.
yer, Pittsburgh. Rochester, all have
done their bit to atone for the destruc-
ton Of forest homes Of the native
birds and to make the feathered Wis
itors feel at home In cities. Building
of bird houses Is not only a f~ascinat.
Ing and useful diversion for both chill
dren, and adults, but serves the even
more ~commendable purpose Of teach
ing thousands of town-bred children
and their parents the value Of bird
life and the desirability Of encourag.
ing the birds to become neighbors and
friends.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-12-30

Forest fires sweep across the nest
ing grounds of grouse and other game
birds, destroying eggs and young
birds. Fires destroy the forage upon
which big game animals live. When
fires occur late in the fall big game
animals. especially deer, suffer dur
ing the following winter and frequent
ly die of starvation. Fires spoil the
fishing, for good fishing depends upon
clear waters. and when the forest IS
destroyed by fire the resulting erosion
muddies the streams and lakes and
puts an end to good sport. II sports
men realized how birds and animals
are driven out by fire. how coverts
and nests are destroyed. and how
much food for wild life goes up In
smoke when the forest burns, they
would observe the utmost ARE with
camp fires. smokes, and firearms
when In the woods.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-12-30

The H%artsdale Herald, In q plea for
vacations to relieve that tired feeling.
says that Americans can learn a few
things from Europe where the pace
of life is less swift and where people
have a chance to "sit quietly at their
midday meals, and smile, and laugh
and chat" In America we are more
likely to go the pace that kills, and
will not accept the warnings of fraz
zled nerves until something in the
form of q stroke Of paralysis delivers
the lesson. In conclusion, the editor
says: play the game. Rest up the
old machine. Fight for It If you must
The job that will not freely and cheer
fully give you a fair vacation period.
on full pay, is the wrong Job for you
Look around for something better
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-12-30

The doctor who says that business
men would live longer II they took a
three months vacation each year ap-
pears to have taken nothing into con-
sideration except mere health. BE
doesn't explain how a business mans
business would run itself three months
each year, and II 1t didn't run itself.
the business man instead Of living
longer might live shorter, because OF
q lack Of means.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-12-30

Some conception of the economic
Importance of the American passion
for travel is to be gained from the
tourist statistics of Wisconsin. The
highway engineer of that state re.
ports that 100000 tourists visited
Wisconsin In the season of 1926, and.
1t is estimated, spent s90.OO0,000.
When we think how Europe is full of
people who never pass beyond their
own horizon and think of the extent
Of our own continent, we shall realize
that American touring is Of great
value In making q nation.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-12-30

The suggestion made at the meet
ing of the American Medical associa.
ton that hospitals be endowed for
middle-class Americans who were too
proud to take advantage Of charitable
institutions and who yet were unable
to meet the increasing expense of
private hospitals, would be even more
valuable If 1t had included some doc
tors fees to correspond.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-12-30

That Pawtucket man whose memory
slipped away while he was shopping
with his wife Is entitled to many a
husbands sympathy, says the Balti-
more Sun. 1t was a sad case. He
wandered out Of Rhode Island and
reached Suffolk, Va, before he came
to himself. There he was jolted of
an automobile truck, and the expert
ence reminded him that he had been
shopping with his wife. And many q
husband knows exactly why.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-12-30

With a two-year extension OF the law
that keeps the former kaiser out OF
Germany, and the prospect OF a new
penal code that will keep him out
permanently. 1t would look as II 1t
were about time for Herr Wilhelm
Hohenzollern Of Doom, Holland, to
announce that he has no intention OF
returning TO Germany, or desire to
do so.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-12-30
Assembly of God

Services: Sunday School p. IN.
Preaching services at 3 p. m.
E~vaneelistic services at 1880 p. m.
Wed. night prayer service at 1880 p. m.
Services are held in the building three
blocks south Of the Progressive Elevetor.
Evane. c. r. Norman ia CHARGE.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-12-30

That $35,000.000 that the federal
government has for Liberty bond own
ers who have not collected their in
terest ought to be enough to pay the
homeward passage Of all Americans
ptu hanging out In China.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-12-30

To be tempted to anger and hold the
rebeIlious tongue In silence, to rein In
the tempestuous spirit-that liz the
height Of good breeding. 1t Is also the
indication OF a great chsracter.-Ex-
change.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-12-30

Having witnessed the capture OF
giraffes In moving pictures, we now
know why they are expensive. II
takes II villages of Batingas and III
villages Of Balongas to do It. II you
don't like those names Of African
tribes you can invent your own
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-12-30

The number Of Americans whose In.
comes amount to more than a million
II an evidence of prosperity widely
distributed. No man can gather q
million a year without maintaining an
enormous and a liberal pay roll.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-12-30

Predictions that bobbed hair will
never be abandoned, on the ground
that It Is a great convenience, over
look the cardinal principle Of fashion,
which is that it is safe to wager that
whatever is will be different a short
while hence.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-12-30

Wedding Report lin the Hollywood
manner betty Bisque, film queen,
and Alexander Eyeshade, celebrated
director, were married here today.
The parties were attended by counsel.
and the day-to-day agreement form Of
ceremony was used"
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-12-30

The Carnegie institute, announcing
a preference for the planetesimal the.
DRY of the earth's origin, insists that
the world has a heart OF iron, so that
whatever betides, we shall always be
sure of q supply Of automobiles.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-12-30

APhiladelphia preacher attributes the
vagaries Of modern youth to the ad.
rem Of the safety razor. But the man.
ner Of shaving has nothing to do with
It. The old-fashioned razor implied
the presence In the house Of a conven
tent strap.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-12-30

The generation that wanted to
row old gracefully is raising another
generation that would be satisfied 10
stay young painfully.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-12-30

Among the things It is hard to be-
lieve Is that a bigamist married two
telephone operators and managed to
cover his tracks for several years.
We supposed, remarks the Portland
Oregonian, that Central" knew pretty
much all that was going on.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-12-30

Swiss merchant vessels now sail
from Switzerland to the sea by way
Of the Rhine, and 1t Is possible that
II will soon have an armed patrol If
aot a navy. The paragraphers will
have to shelve another time-honored
Joke.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-12-30

Ships encounter sandstorms some
times In certain parts Of the Atlantic
ocean west Of the Canary Islands.
Weather experts say that the sand
probably comes from the Sahara des-
ert.