Evening Star Newspaper, December 8, 1931, Page 2

RALROADS FREE T0 INCREASE RATES, !, C. C. Lifts Restraint on Freight Surcharges—Pool- ing Rule Withdrawn W thve-Associated Press. Virtuslly unrestricted permission to the country's hard-pressed railroads to | incremse freight rates by more than | #100,000,000 had been given today by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The commission late yesterday au- thorized without restraint the placing of surcharges on freight bills of all products except major agricultural crops. It also withdrew restrictions re- quiring pooling of proceeds As soon as he was officially informed today R. H Alshton, chairman of the Association of Railway Executives called » meeting of that organization for Priday to decide what they will do Effective to March, 1933, The commission in October refused to allow a 15 per cent rate increase, but outlined a plan which it would approve This called for surcharges of $3 and #6 a car on some types of freight and 1 and 2 cents per 100 pounds on others, the proceeds to be pooled and given meedy lines to pay bond interest. Yes- gerday's decision changed the per car surcha.ges to 6 and 12 cents per ton At the time of its original decision the eommission estimated that these sur- eharges would net between $100,000,000 and $125,000,000 a year The extra charges are to remain in effect. not longer than March 31, 1933, The commission found it had no jur- jsdiction over loans by and between gommon carriers and ruled it would “neither approve nor disapprove either tite Joaning plan or the agency” the car- rlers have said they expected to set up. The surcharges may now be put foto effect as soon as the railroads | ean prepare and file tariffs with the commission under the rules. They may either ask for permission to make them effective on one or two days’ notice or they can give the statutory 30-day no- tice. The commission has said it will grant applications for immediate in- froduction of the raises The pooling plan had met drastic opposition from the railroads. Their attorneys pointed out that while pool- #ng was legal, the commission had no power to force any to accept it, argu- ing also that some railroad officials had been informed their stockholders could hold them personally responsi- le for funds voted as gifts to other lines. . son yea battle of the three first rubbers to lead b of the series, are Lenz and Partner Gain Plus Score in First Three Rubbers. BY SIDNEY S. LENZ. NEW YORK, December 8.—After al- most six months of negotiations the first hamd of the initial game of the first rubber of a series of 150 rubbers was dealt about 10 o'clock last night. In this bridge marathon my partner, | Oswald Jacoby, and myself during six | weeks are supposed to decide the ques- tion of the merits of my “1-2-3 official system”and Ely Culbertson’s"approach- forcing system.” Before the first bid was made Mr. Culbertson announced certain variations which he and his | Change Not Unanimous. The commission decided to revoke fts previous limitations by a vote of Tto 4 The changed attitude of the rail- goad tribunal was far from unanimous. In & biting dissent Commissioner Eastman asserted the majority had Ncted with “fear that if the commis- gion should adhere to the pooling n, that plan might be rejected and commission thereupon be held re- sponsible for financial ~difficulties wihich might ensue.” LENZ IS LEADING e Vi U 3 CULBERTSON 1,715 3!‘11 ;évmk:,m“l‘l:ii‘; ! te the ap’wuuh-_ : IN BRIDGE MATCH/ foreing system,’ but he will add to S it some of the (Continued From First Page.) i i L g over-one system.” eards after the dummy was down. e A There were no brilliant feats such as end elimination plays or squeezes. The eutral referee, Lieut. Alfred M. mmn. U. S. A., believed the play will not go to the limit of consider- ing a bid of one diamond over ane club as an_abso- lute forcs, it will be their intention to rebid the origi- nal hand on the luster because of mnervousness. Bxperts noted no misplays worthy of pecial comment. s Twenty-three Hands Played. i Twenty-three hands were played: | “Pirst rubber, 8; second rubber, 3; third | 3 T, 12. A% the end of the first rub- r Lenz and Jacoby were 920 points {2 the lead. This plus score increased 0 1,610 when the second rubber ended. 3 third rubber adced 105 to the lead. Lenz, who is the ace of his system | # Sidney S. Lens. slightest excuse. I sat at the north, which gave my partner south. Mrs. Culberison was | seated east and Mr. Culbertson west. Peals First Hand. I was dealer on the first hand and L & acknowledged to be without a | OPened hostilities with > fid ",’ Sne fend 5 | spade. Bast passed an r. Jacoby dor &8 a player, 1’;" the “;"‘”;‘ Inipid two no trump. West passed and ling contracts, five of them.|; 'y inree no trump. Mr. Jacoby Jacoby snd Mrs. Culbertson “made it~ | 1 Pid thre g Rharee times each and Culbertson once, | Pie7ed the hand. ~We failed however Much argument_developed over the | 1% second hand, in which the Culbertsons| “rye pand: North—Spades, ace, king, gontracted for five diamonds and Mrs.| 4 3 phearts. 9, 6, 3; dlamonds, King, 6: {iOulbertson was set four. The hand i o T2 LENZ (NORTH). East—Spades, jack, 8, 2; hearts, king, HE most amazing card battle in history was started in New York City las night when Ely Culbertson, paired with his wife, Mrs. Josephine Culbert- Sidney Lenz, a leader of whist and bridge for a score of s, and Oswald Jacoby in a 150-rubber series of contract bridge to test the Culbertson and Lenz systems of approach. 1,715 points. Left to right, at the start Mr. Culbertson, Mr. Lenz, Mrs. Culbertson and Mr. Jacoby. Standing is shown the referce, Lieut. Alfred M. Gruenther of West Point. How the Contestants See It | ot the Culbertson-Lenz bridge battle | | find ourselves minus 1715 points, hav- | ing taken a set of 1,000 points to pre- | total of THE EVENIXNG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, Lenz Wins First Tilt CHALLENGED PILES UP 1,715 POINTS. The Lenz team won two Losers Much More Satis- fied Than W inners, Cul- bertson Concludes. BY ELY CULBERTSON. NEW YORK, December 8 (NANA). —At the cloee of the first night's play of the century, Mrs. Culbertson and I vent a grand slam bid against us and having been saved the loss of 750 | points on a small slam which was not bic by our opponents. My, Lenz and Mr. Jacoby wan the first two rubbers by 1,610 points and while w2 succeeded in winning two out of three games on the third rub- ber, the loss of 1,000 points, which we were obliged to take to prevent the grand slam being made against us, gave our op- ponents a net plus of 105 points or & 1,715 for the first session Brilliant Retreats. Conclusion: It is one of the rare cases where the losers seem to be much more satis- fied than the win- ners. We saw our opponents under an | acid test. From the standpoint of the cards held, they had the whip hand; from the standpoint of strategy, I con- sider that we made a series of brilliant retreats. | Their attacks were Balf-hearted and | in many instances their splendid | pasteboard troops wera half wasted. | I salute my worthy opponents. I salute the official system and its much | vaunted “game invitation” two bid, to- gether with the official system’s pen- ehant for no-trump bids. They saved | the Culbertson team 750 points. While the cards broke against us in the first round of the battle of the century, we certamly had a great break n deal number four of the rubber. Ely Cuibertson. {and identified. The bodies of Mrs, | Lemke, however, was unidentified for several days, he said. SHOWN AT TRIAL Weapons Believed Used by Powers to Kill Woman Offered as Evidence. By the Associated Press. CLARKSBURG, W. Va., December 8. —A noose was dangled in front of Har- ry F. Powers today and the man on trial for his life squirmed The circle of web belting was pro- duced by Dr. Leroy C. Goff, county cor- oner, who said he had found it knotted around the neck of Mrs, Dorothy Press- | ler Lemke, Northboro, Mass, whom Powers is accused of luring to his| garage and slaying. | At the opening session of the trial yesterday Prosecutor Will C. Morris | asked. the jury for the death penalty. Powers had shown no emotion then, but the noose that was shown him to- day seemed to cause him some uneasi- ness, Continued Gum Chewing. A minute later, however, he had dropped back into his role of yesterday —that of a bland, gum-chewing ob- ;e‘r\'er at a drama which seemed to bore m. “Had the strap been tied around the victim's neck?” asked. “Yes, tightly enough to have caused death.” the coroner replied. “Powers smiled slightly. He displayed no interest when the coroner later held up a strip of can- vas and told how it had been used to bind the victim. Every seat in Moore’s Opera House was full when court opened and crowds blocked the street in front. Powers sat with his back to the 1,200 men, women and children who craned forward to catch every word of the drama of life and death being enacted on the stage. tightly Mor Describes Garage. Carl Southern, city detective, re- counted the events that led to Powers’ arrest. He described the subterranean death chambers in the garage Powers built at Quiet Dell, He told how the bodies of Mrs. Asta Buick Efcher and her three children were dug from a ditch near the garage Producing the charred pleces of a bank book on the Worcester Mechanics’ | Savings Bank of Worcester, Mass., the detective told how they had been found | in the ashes of & bonfire at the rear of the death garage. Mrs, Lemke's name appeared on one of the fragments. Southern told of | communicating with Worcester police | and learning of the disappearance of the divorcee. M'LEAN ANSWERS DEC NUUSE Mfl BA"}S The Long, Cold Trek Back Home Starts [BER 8, 1931, the police as they parted company at the District line, HEIR trucks reduced by drivers, who left yesterday when they clajmed they had not been pald, the 1,500 members of the W. L R. piled into these vans today and departed for their homes. They exchanged “Bronx cheers’ with —Star Staft Photo. TAGTICS OF POLICE | N WARCH PRAISED Glassford’s Plan Keeps Army of Jobless Separated From Spectators. Military strategy as taught at West Point and the art of mass psychology which Brig. Gen. Pelham D. Glassford applied to his plans for handling the motley army of unemployment march- ers were credited by police officials to- day with relieving much of the tense- ness of the demonstrations yesterday at | the Capitol, White House and head- | quarters of the American Federation of Labor As major and superfatendent of | police, Gen. Glassford personally led his 1300 bluecoats into action. Astride a motorcycle—first in natty civilian | clothes and later i a new brass-but- toned uniform—he darted from _the Capitol to the White House and back again, marshalling his forces. Through a day holding potentialities of diffi- | culties, he maneuvered the demonstra- | tors and kept them hemmed in at all | times by a powerful cordon of police. Separates Marchers and Public. The whole theme of Gen. Glassford’s plan was to keep the marchers between two flanks of policemen. It was his theory that either the spectators or the WIFE’S OUSTER SUIT Publisher Says He Is in Constant Touch With Washington Newspaper. demonstrators would be the aggressor | in the event of disorder, so the police were kept between them. The best example of the plan wes Illustrated oo the Capitol plaza. The | marchers were grouped in a roped-off | arena in the center of the plaza, fully | 50 yards away from the spectators on | the Capitol steps and those who lined | the coping around the parkway. A | Edward B. McLean, publisher of the Washington Post, flled answer in Dis- trict Supreme Court today to the ouster | suit recently brought against him by | strong, was lined up in front of the building, facing the marchers. On the Capitel parapets, overlooking the crowd. | stood squad of other officers armed with | either riot guns or tear gas grenades. | In additi-n, 18 officers tramed in the szlid phalanx of uniformed officers, 450 | i JEREMIAH CALLAHAN. YOUTH FOUND DEAD AT CATHOLIC U Jeremiah Callahan Dies of Hemorrhage at Dormitory. Both Eyes Blackened. _(Continued From Pirst Page) said, Callahan was sitting on the side of his bed, presumably removing his shoes. Abolit 12 o’'clock E. J. Keating, a stu- Gent, told police he thought he heard Callahan in the hall on the second his wife, Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McLean, | #5¢ Of gas equipment were stationed at | flor talking with another student. The on behaif of her three children. The suit asked his removal as co-trustee | with the American Security & Trusll Co. of the estate of his father, John R. McLean. The answer, filed tbrough Attorney George B. Fraser, was signed by M Lean at Paris on November 18. It was the date on which Chief Justice Wheat | overruled a motion of McLean's coun- | sel to dismiss the proceedings and | granted a temporary injunction against | the nstitution by the publisher of any divorce action in Latvia, or any other foreign country. McLean asserted he always has kept in touch with the Washington Post and has given it his best attention. He denied any negleet of duty and de- clared there is no discord with his co- trustee. He also denied he had been living in a dissolute manner. points of vantage. White House Tacties Similar, Had there been an attempt on the part of the demonstraters to “Tush” the Capitol, as was anticipated when march leaders twice were denied admission, police officals said, it would have been | possible to repulse immediately the 1,500 and keep them together on the plaza. The same plen of strategy was fol- lowed at the White House, though the marchers were not restricted by ropes. | Police kept them lined up on the north | side of Pennsylvania avenue. adjacent to La Fayette Park, and had there been any indication of disorder, a signal would have been given for closing the big iron gates to the White House grounds. Ambulances also were available every- where the marchers went. One was stationed on the Capital plaza, an- | latter could not be found to verify this, apparently having gome away for the day, which is a holiday at the univer- sity. A survey of Callahan's room showed everything in plaee and nething to indi- eate there might have been a s:uifle. Callahan come from Little Falls, N. Y., where his father, John Callahan, re- sides. Police Squad Investigates, Members of the homicide squad, led by Sergt. James Springmann, talked to faculty members and students of the University, and also had pictures taken of the body and of Callahan's room. ‘They also continued their efforts to check on Callahan’s movements while he was out of his réom. Callahan was clad in a manner that is customary with the students when they are around the university—wear- MAREHERS DEPART: MISSION FALURE | Alt of Motley Demenstrators Leave, With Threat to Return in Spring. | spectator who laughed too loudly at | the motley array of demonstrators in | front of the White House. Cheers Change to Jeers. It was a far different army which rolled out this morning from the sing-~ ing, cheering throng that moved | through the streets Sunday. | cheers of the marchers had | changed to jeers, and their songs had | been, stilled by the failuxe of their mis- sion and the cold. Shivering, they ac- | cepted almost gratefully the circum- | stance which crowded them close to- gether in considerably fewer trucks and automobiles than on their trek to the Capital. The radicals turned out this morning to receive as their last breakfast cereal, coffee, bread, butter, peanut butter and jam. As they packed their scanty be- longings and began to vacate the build- ings in which they have been housed | for two days and nights, a foree of men | commenced the work of cleaning up | after them. “And it's some job,” one of the workmen confided. Departure Is Retarded. The Eastern caravan was scheduled to get under way by 8 o'clock, but dif- ficulties in organizing the marchers and | In obtaining gasoline held it up until {10:15. The Western traim likewise was | delayed, leaving a short time after the Eastern cont'ngent. Meetings were planned in most of | the industrial centeys to be passed through on the way home. In Balti- more the Eastern ccntingemt was to %0 directly to Simmons Hall, on Penca street, in East Baltimore, for a mass meeting about ! o'cloek this afternoon. Following the meeting they were to be given a banquet by the Unemployed | Council of the eity. The eity, through | the Salvation Army, alse stood ready | to feed them. ‘The first stop of the Western con- tingent was Cumberland. Md., where a meeting also was planned. Leaders Emthusiastic. While the rank and file of the | marchers were disappointed with their |trip to Washington, the leaders were enthusiastic. “Go baek to the unemployed couneils that sent you Herbert Benjamin, one of the organizers of the march, tel the marchers yesterday afternoon at the Washington Auditorium, “and re- port what has happened here. Tell them how you were received with the atest display of military foree in the istory of the Capital and threatened | | | | was ‘xmam, who are paying the committee’s NEUTRAL CHINCHOW TONE PLAN FALS ILeague Appears Disposed to Abandon Idea as Impasse Is Reached. (Continued From PFirst Page.) king threatening to proceed thers and conduct widespread agitation against the government unless Dr. Wellington. Koo were removed from the foreign ministry and unless the government stopped what they charged are direct regotiations with' Japan over Man- churia, The students charged that Dr. Koo the conversations with Japanese Minister Shigemitsu at Nanl L De. Koo and other government officials have denied- this. an’gheyrlls;‘) d"’fii’,‘,‘mmd for further- e of the Chinese again: Japanese goods, s i 5,000 Go on Strike. At least 5,000 students went on a strike here, demanding a more firm at- titude against Japan, and 25,000 more were said to be considering joining the movement. At Nanking student agi- tattllgsm%em esti:;::r,ed to number 10,000 0 15,000, with lists steadil; go'n in spite of the vernmem's’; flank.l return them to their home cities. As a result of the students’ demands or interviews with public officials at Nanking the foreign office there was de- serted today. Dr. Koo, who Saturday night sought to resign the post to whieh he was appointed only a few days earlier, was working behind closed doors, his whereabouts unknown. The entire staff of the foreign office also failed to appear at the offices. The members, with Dr. Koo, apparently feared their presence might give rise to disturbances which would grow into violence, Other government officials, including Chiang, sought to persuade the students to return to their homes, but these ef- forts were without avail, and the groups continued to parade, to besiege public offices and to hold patriotic rallies, Rail Trafio knterrupted. In virtually every important city in China similar, though smaller, demon- strations were held. Students in other cities outside Nanking gave their chief attention to attempts to force railway authorities to transport them to Nan- king without charge. Refusals of the railway officials led to interruptions of traffic in many places. In several instances students lay upom the railway tracks to block the trains. A group at Nanking threatened to block the rail service between there and | Shanghai when their demands were re~ {fused. They commandeered an idle |train and forced the engineer to start | for Shanghai. Later, realizing the danger of their action, they allowed the train to be run on a siding and eventually it returned to Nmkln% Unless the youths can be persuaded to cease their demonstrations and re- turn to their homes tonight, officials sald, active steps against them may be made necessary. There were 180 students in the group that commandeered the night Shangbai express at Nanking. They the cngineer to open the throttle apd the train rushed throu,h station after sta- tion along the single-track road for 190 miles, disregarding all signals, before it finally halted. The danger of collftion was only obviated by officialz, who r-p- | idly cleaxed..the line of alf other t= . GERMANY T0 STAY _ ON GOLD STANDARE, COMMITTEE TOLD ____(Ccntinued From First Page) | | | commiitee, presided over today's et~ | ing. Herr Bindschedler, Swiss member elecied yesterdwy, attended teday’s ses- by , Djouritch ¢f Jugosiavia, who is now in Londom, gave his consemt for the committee’ to begin its work before his arrival. The first session was brief, and # anounced that a statement of prog- ress would be issued tonight. The Gere expenses, have beem the exe perts to get down to details immes diately. Otto Rydbeck and Djuun;& who were added to the commitiee b | terday, will be here by Thursday. AWAITS ECONOMIC DECRER. i . 5 with the terrorism H queen, 10, 8; diamonds, ace, 8, 3, 2 Creaking of Official Machinery. 2 -— other mear the White House, and & ing a sweater and being hat'ess. o gl - - E e | ctubs. 10." 5 . = AT TRAILS IN FIGHT | third trailed the procession in its three- | There was & small jzon pest driven | " Tnen when you have told them Germans to Know Today of New Saesbs , H—K South—Spades, 10, 7. 6; hearts, ace was on this early o e | MOSES | mile cireutuous march around Wash- | in the ground right where his shoe | yp. o 2 — | epochal bri that Mrs. Cul- o | that go out and multiply your numbers, | fices 1o Be Made for Winter. D—108763 4; diamonds, jack, , ace, €PO bridge battle u ATE: Ington. Ouly once, however, was the | was found, and it is thought this may | recrutt your forces So that. the mot | cC—653 King. queen, 4 e e s L %w s Die ok the Rok FOR POST iN SENATE; | scrvice of an ambulance mecessary. The | have pulled off his shos, whieh %P~ | time we come to Washingian, we wi BERLIN, Decomber § (F): 2 fee = st s £ i es | R o | " : (WEST). CRAST-DRALERy. [ICK, ¥ tHionre, WeeEn. A8 5 8 eial syt Th Thttal et Fus e T o cquiet” and duscribed mnRSD WML | marshaled against us and we can force & e B el o 8—Blank 88652 |0 0 h as a rather unfortunate | bid, the bid which is supposed to save TEL A TremmETOm Lt T | average scholar. - Fellow students saiq | COUETESS , (0 receive and respect our whicn. Presidens pon Hin mburg d“‘m H—A9832 H—J 105 . | beginning for the Lenz-Jac by side, the bridge players of the country from (Con.nued From First Page.) Troaps Ready for Action. he did not participate extensively in deman sign sometime during the day. D—Q+42 D—A K 95 |though the bidding and play cannot the horrors of the forcing two-bid! " | Aside from the gas equipment, the | athieties. | Gavernment Doomed. | Tis cetalls have not been oficiallg C—K Q987 C—A 4 | be criticized. We held many top cards,| As a br:.dgp analyst I 1-:111 ha!;l; to! Lhou'mh!am :xlence broken now and then ' police were prepared with a second s ey The greatest applause given a speaker @ivulged, but some of uaedfm - o but we lacked intermediary cards. confess that I was mere interes! in | by applause. line of defense in the event of an Rl n 2 e ve leaked out, and these rhfi HASIOBY (BOFTH) | whieh would have helped us to fulfill the creaking of the official system ma- | Oaws of office were administered 10| emergency. About 2,000 Soldiers, . |5 the mass meethng waw accordad WII. | SUT S QU ADIE 1IN mn:u S—K Q1074 { oo ct. chinery than I was in the gift of 750 | Mrs. Hattle Caraway, succeeding her | cai) M rhats siatipnied S ¥ena | iam Weinstone, wha was introduced D nation's lasy H—Q764 oo points as the result of our opponents | husband as Senator {rom Arkansas, and | Soaors A0d M irines, stationed In and | as a member of 'the Central Committee FeSOUrces ta carry over the Winter. | imistic. . oo near to Washington, remaines | of the Communist party in the United | It comsists of pages, the longes§ D.—J Culbertson Optimis missing a lay-down small slam in dia- | to Senator Barbour of New Jersey.|parracks, ready for action should the TO cHANGE DEcl | ¥ " e c—J 10 2 | We had an opportunity to mcre than | yonds hand that was played at | This formality first was held Up for | potice meed Asistance States, a branch of the Communist Of any of the 50 or more which have b Mrs. Culbertson, | €ven matters with our opponents on| four no trump. . ¥ some time wnfle the Senate debated | "’But not a drop of gas was used, nor | e Infermationsle. Welnsione aaid hay Biveeded, 1, and o mdv?r:“m:conwa e e ae 50 | the hext hnd. ‘Ely was somewhat ob-| 1 trust that my readers will note that | Barbour's eligibility. was a baton raised. The peace and | A 5 | the present “eapitalistic™ sysiem of gov | HVINg and to lower the wage Tover: T rtson, two spades; Lenz, pass {;;;‘;i‘*{r,:r:g< -’:jj};‘edq_{]‘fb[’;m:;'m on | I am not at all taking into account, in Jaint, Copamitten Faversd. order of the demnmtnnw,t(‘:en. Qlass- Tells “Marchers” Case of Advance srnment in the United States s doomed. ' enforcement will be in the hands of Ibertson, three diamonds: Jacoby B T e R this first significant episode, the fact £ ford is confident, was a triumph for 2 | For four hours yesterday speakers Burgomeister Carl Goerdeler of Lelp- Culbertson, three hearts nZ, “Hl SR EDet ey ack <ot | that the very skillful Sidney Lenz made | A joint committee in which Senators | forceful courtesy, mass psychology and | Party, Sentenced to Jail, Is Qut addressed the marchers, striving £o im- zg. Who will have far-reaching oy spades; Mrs. Culbertson ;| Culbertson and the c.ntract was sel |y mistage in the playing of the hand |and Representatives will dralt a legis- | military strategy. | 3 press them with the Importance of , to reduce the cost of public seivices in s e oo shade Culbary: | fowe trieks to Which is quite pardonable in view of |lative program for the party has been | Por his success Gen. Glassford has | of His Hands. making the national demonstration and all departments. AT et b 1 had rather a difficult decislon t0 . aycitement of this first session, and |formed by Deniberats in Congress, | been congratulated, and he, too, is proud | “full mobilization,” set for February 4, | It is promised that strenuous effarts jocl, Aen ismonds. | make with the following hand, and un- | ,° " "iceident ‘started to play the |Upon this move the leaders hoped |amd enthusiastic over the work of his e a success. They also stressed the na- will be made to see to it that wages are Explains Failure to Double. ::"'il‘~;“=“;ll-m§';"“‘“ PEORE. 7 777 hand at a diamond declaration instead - d tums)}dntr:e l:;:m\;vcl;gm sf;!xcliax-x]z)' force in a trying situation. | The efforts of six delegates from |tional signature campaign planned to uot lewered unless there is a stmulta- Lenz explained his failure to double | "y 1 Oq ity 6. 2. hearts, 10, 5, ©°f at no trump R Tt e Democrats ,'_‘, = - = | the “Lunger marchers” to help their | back up the demand for unemployment neous reduction in rents and the cost by fear ihat the Culbertsons wouid res | , NoTi—Spad As Besis 10, 5 Gt FHaa e fots o e fu nenifiyery GRAMS DEMAN |14 brethren who were sentenced by | insurance at full wages. | of life’s necessities. vert to hearts, in which four could have | 4 3: dia g 3 o PPN 2l one of S er was cast, and all)| L |Judge Isaac R. Hitt last week for an| A national committes of 30, repre-| The turnover tax is expected to go )d have gone 1 i S 3 0 a keen, though & 2, realiz | Tecor sel 5 al ouse, failed t- country was e sons_could. r’):\" sone. ;flt‘;le f:"; s | diamonds, 6, 3, 2; clubs, ace, queen, 8, ¢ § k€% though & oo trump bidding | mittee proposeu to pitch in as soon as CASH FOR MARCH ER Toes, u::vfg lth;i;yp;:;n }rx;; 1::12 ety ected and Ben;“r;:‘n s | Steel and iron prices probably will be garded Culbertson’s overcall in spades s & bit risky and Culbertson's rebid- ding of diamonds as wholly unjustified, In answer to the two-spade bid of her partner, Lenz thought, Mrs. Culbertson should have bid no trump, which might | have resulted in bidding of the clubs ' by her partner. | Culbertson’s followers regarded fourth hand of the session as typical of | the danger in the predeliction of the “offitial” system for no trump. Lenz played it at a contract of four no trump | and was set two. Culbertson averred | they wotld have obtained a little slam in diamonds. They sald the interme- | diary two bid of the “official” system was at fault the The hand LENZ (NORTH) S-—A 6 H—-AQ D—A Q109632 C—9 4 H | CULBERTSON MRS. CULBERTSON | (WEST, DEALER). (EAST) B—K 98543 8—10 72 H—5 43 H—-~JW8765 D—5 4 D—J c—l08 C—AJ2 JACOBY (SOUTH). 5-QJ H—K 2 D—K 817 | C—KQ7653 | The bidding: Culbertson, pass; Lenz, two diamonds; Mrs. Culbertson, pass: | Jacoby, three clubs; Culbertson, pass; Leng, three no trump; Mrs. Culbertson, pass; Jacoby, four no trump. Culbertson would have bid one dia- mond initially if holding Lenz's cards. Mrs. Oulbertson if .holding Jacoby's hand would have shown the clubs and later assisted the dismonds and Cul- bertson finally would have bid six. 4; hearts, hearts, 9. ubs, 10, 9 Spades, s 5 diamonds, cl Culbertson was West and Mrs. Cul- | bertson East. I held the North hand, | and my partner, who was the dealer opened the bidding with one Heart West passed, of course, and I raised my partner to two hearts, which was doubled informatorily by East South had opened on a minimum hand and passed. while West bid three clubs as it was his only four-card suit My hand contained only one quick trick but having strong heart support I risked a bid of thres diamonds Decision Up to Lents. East went to four clube, which was quits correct, and Jacoby doubled, which s just as correct. It was now up to me. "I had made two free bids on my hand, which was rather strong offen- sively provided hearts were trump, but I hod not much to offer in defense against a contract by the opponents 1 finally decided to bid four hearts, which was set one trick As can be seen, the play was very clese. We were vulnerable and our op- ponents were not. We probably would have set them three tricks for 400 points, and if my partner's original bid had been a shade stronger we could have made four hearts, which would have been worth much more than 400 points, as it would have given us the rubber. After having forged first rubber, w: won with less s{rugg: ring addjtional, The rubber was tec nically won by our opponents, as they scored two gam-s, but neveriheless it showed a small profit of 105 points for us, &5 Culbertson on the first deal made ahead the in the second one 690 ints Play tonight will start at 7 o'clock, Eastern standard time, an hour earlier than first scheduled, because only three Tubbers were played in the first Whereas 1t was hoped to play k.Y -2 went down 1,000 mn closed the first skirmish with a plus of 1,715 points, having obtained a plus score on every ome of the three rub- a sacrifice bid which I doubled, and he | passed. Mr. Lenz, in the North, bid ts. We therefore | two diamonds, which shows a had effectively and at a too early stage in the bidding blinded both ‘Mr. Lenz and his partaer to the powerful distri- butional values in their two hands. The hand was as follows: LENZ (NORTH). S5—A 8 H—A Q D—AQ109632 c—94 MRS. CULBERTSON CULBERTSON (EAST) (WEST). S—K96543 5—10 72 H—943 H~—J 108 D.—J C—AJ2 (SOUTH). 765 ]| 4 CcC—10 8 JACOBY H 2 D—K 8§17 CKQ7653 | When this hand came up we had | layed three hends, on the first of which Mr. Jacoby went down one trick on & three no-trump contract to which lis partner carried him without any addiilonal values over his opening bid of one spade. On the second hand Mrs. Culbertson had gone ‘down four tricks on a five-diamond bid, at which we had arrived due to my mistakenly having bid four diamonds instead of four clubs, although, frankly, this alibi of mine isn't so hot. On the third hand our opponents had become vulnerable by making a lay-cown game at hearts. Stage Set for Loss. The stage, thercfore, was set for our | losing the first ru by 1,720 points if the slam whi-h the above evidently holds had be2n arrived The bidding on this significant procceded aa follo: I was the dealer g the West and “hand | hand and guarantees to re-bid if ?;1; ‘mnk& -btr‘u‘.rs&onn. It is not & , but s the so-called “game mm’.'gu' bid, which and 8 the presidential message was received The speedy action of yesterday leit the House free to push forward with business immediately. The Senate, on the other hand, still had to organize. It met in a bewildering situation over the threat of Western Independents on the Republican side to push Senator Moses of New Hampshire out of the President pro tempore post. There was na sign that efforts at: conciliation were getting anywhere and little expectation thac the trouble could be kept simmering under cover for a while longer. The situation_was labeled somewhat “cha- otic” by Republican Leader Watson. Flood of Bills Expected. The machinery for receiving bills | | cpened wide in the Senate to receive tne counterpart of yesterday’s flood in the House. Prcposals for the usual quota of investigations pushed among waem 1o the actendon of the Senate. House members found tirst among their tasks the weicome adoption of rules far more liberal than any they Lave worked under for many years. Upon the new procedure the anti-prohi- bition bioc is depending for the first toll call on the liquor issue since the | Volstead act was written into the law books. = S . | White House Is Flooded With Messages From All Sec- tions of Country. ‘The White House today was still re- ceiving telegrams from various sections of the country, demanding that the more than 1,500 hunger marchers who gave a demonstration yesterday at the Capitol and the White House, be granted their requests for immediate cash relief. Some of thess messages to the President demanded that these un- employed demonstrators be given svery protection on their journey back to their respective home towns. the demonstrators presented es cn Pennsylvar avenue in front of the White House yesterday, the White House had received scores of tel- egrams demanding fhat the President receive the representatives of the dem- | onstrators. Since yesterday nine messages have | been received. .Five of these were from | ! unemployed groups in Toledo, Ohio. | Mohtpolythe remaining four were from the Middle West. A message from Chi- cago, signed by Carl Lockner, informed half to seven “probable tricks.” “Mrs.|the President that in that city more Culbertson passed and Mr. Jacoby bid | than 6,000 workers assembled at & mass taree clubs, which I passed, and Mr. |meeting Jast night to protest “against Lenz bid three no trump. Mrs, Cul- |the refusal of Congress to listen to the bertson again pacsed and Mr. Jacoby, | demands of the national —hunger in the Souih, made the slam invitation | march.” This message concluded with bid of four no trump which I, of course, the _declaration, ~We wani no fake pasced and which Mr, Lenz d. M, | promises. We 3 Len: did not know of Soutls powerti | The Tuledo telsgrams were signed pport for diamonds and Mr. Jacoby MCtly by Loule Borer and the Inc knew no.hing of his pariner's seven. Couniy Council of Unemploved === card kngth in the suil and the cx- |, Thess telegrams weve mace pub'e & tremcly freakich slam suggesting dis- | the White House today without c hands. tribution of the two : a0k, Therefore, the Culbertsons wi Jjoyful and thankful recipients o(el’: &E rificed slam bonus, offered up on the altar of no inst sny open- ing the slam in s & lay down. (Copyright, 1031, by Ely Qulbertson,) The 120th anniversary of the battle of Arroyo-dos-Molinos in the Peninsuls War of 1809-1814 was observed in Lon- don recently by the trooping of French drums, ™ gates. including thres women, visited | Judge Hitt in his Police Court cham- | bers this morning and asked him to reconsider his decision to send the 14, the advance guard of the marchers, to jail for six menths, in lieu of $100 fine for each. The first speaker for the delegation, J. Louis Engdahl, general secretary of the International Tabor Defense, told the judge that it was unjust to throw the men in jail, as they were merely on their way to request President Hoover to provide food and shelter for | the main body of the army when they | arrived in the city. “Those men and women were rep sentatives of the hunger marchers,” he said, “and we regard their incarceration as an attack upon our demand for un- employment insurance.” Etta Brown, colored, of Cleveland, was the next spesker for the group. ‘When she had finished the judge told them that as Attorney Charles E. Ford, their counsel, had given notice of his intention of taking the cases to the Court of Appeals, the matter was en- tirely out of his hands, and there was nothing he could do for them. Assistant United States Attorney Mil- ford Schwartz, who prosecuted the case, also insisted that it was out of Police Court hands, as appeal bonds had al- ready been set. Harold Gatty Improves. ATLANTA, Ga., December 8 (#).— Harcld Gatty, round-the-world fiyer, who was taken to a hospital here Sun- day night suffering with influenza, was reported “fairly comfortable” today, showing a litile improvement. Sponsars of his tour with Wiley Post could not say when he would be able to leave the hespital. Fanning, Singer-Composer, Dies. COLUMBUS, Ohip, 3 ().~ Dr. Gecll Panning, 48, pa known terday, & vietim of Mm Gl re- | its secretary. committee a group of seven New York members was chosen 1 compose a per- | manent bureau to be loeated in New | York. Benjamin is to head this bu- reau, which will direct the activities of | the unemployed councils. Retreat Was Orderly. As the marchers left this morning they were escorted to the District line | v moter cycle police ard a car carry- ing a squad of officers with riot guns. | No trouble, however, occurred and the | exit of the unemployed was as orderly as their entrance ta the city. } Last night police kept a strict watch at their barracks to prevent any trou-! ble. There was considerable grumbling, the officers reported, but no violence. Throughout their entire stay here the marchers continually found fault with their food and quarters, both of which were furnished without cost. One meal was even thrown on the floor as a pro- test against its quality, i Last night & number of the marchers | entered a restaurant at Sixth street and Pennsylvania avenue and demanded food. 8o insistent were they that Po- liceman L. H. Peterson of the Traffic Bureau, who was in the place eating, was compelled to take a hand and force them to leave. U. S. Loses Astor Tax Suit. NEW YORK, December 8 (#).—Fed- eral Judge Caffey refused yesterday to grant the Government's motion for a new trial of a suit by the Farmers’ Loan & Trust Co. to recover from the of the late Baron Willlam Waldorf As. tor $16,000,000 in inderitance taxes an: | | interest. Assistant Unitsd States At-' | tornev Coleman aonouncsd ho wou' | | take the case to the Cireutt Court of Appeals. French Comedian Dies. PARIS, z 8 (. —Pelix Dla. peux, on &xm i L] 4 cut about 15 per cent and freight rates from 5 to 15 per cent. These cuts would result in a of about 10 per cent in revenue, but it is heoped that increased business and a reduction in the wages of rallway employes will bal- ance the loss. BAND CON CEB; By the United States Soldiers’ Slome Band this evening at Stanley L, at 5:20 o'clock. John S. M. Zimmermann, bandmaster; Anton Pointner, assistant. March, “Defend Ameriea .Hadley Qverture, “Festival” Leutner Entr'acte— “Puppchen” . - Gilbert “In der Nacht . Gilbert Scenes from grand opera “Midsummer Night's Dream” ......Mendelssohn Oddity, “Dance of the Winds, Tschaikowsky Popular waltz song, “Two Hearts Swing in Three-quarter Time"” Stolz Finale, “If I Have to Go On Without WO, o vinidomsraastibony Dt “The Star Spangled Banner.