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THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, DNE TUESDAY, DE( 'EMBER 29,1931 «x A3 SLAYER OF D.C. MAN BELIEVED INSANE Mental Test Is Planned by Pittsylvania Officials for Relative’s Killer. Soecial Dispatch to The Star. DANVILLE, Va., December Pittsylvania Ccunty authorities, in the absence of a known motive for the killing of Arthur Commers of Washing- ton, D. C. today planned a mental | examination of Randolph Shields, a brother-in-law of Commers, held in the | county jail at Chatham, charged with the killing, which occurred early ye: terday at the home of the two men’s | father-in-law, Augustin S. Shileds, one { of the county's largest land owners, 8 pring Garden. . | 20. — SUSPECT IS HELD | Baltimore Steamer Wins Race to Save Stricken Boy’s Life By the Assoclated Press. NORFOLK, Va., December 29. Racing against time to preserve human life, the City of Havre, Baltimore Mail Line steamship, last night arrived at her Norfolk dock a full day ahead of sched- ule. There an ambulance was waiting to take George Robert Ludwig, aged 5, of Hamburg, Ger- many, who was seized with ap- pendictis Christmas night, to & hospital for an operation. An operation aboard ship was deemed inadvisable by the ship’s phy: cian because of the rough sea and attendant danger. The operation on the young- ster was performed last night, and his condition was declared to be satisfactory. | JACOBY RESIGNS ASLENZ'S PARTNER Psychic Bids Near Close of Session Brings Split in “Official” Ranks. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 29.—Oswald | Jacoby resigned as partner of Sidney S Lenz early today after much mutual ‘I criticlsm in a session during which they cut 250 points off the lead of Mr. and Mrs. Ely Culbertson in the prolonged test of rival systems of contract bridge. | Psychic bids by Jacoby toward the ! end of the session touched off the fire- works. Prior to that Jacoby accused | Lenz of making misplays which enabled | the Culbertsons to fulfill contracts. Referring to “rotten” bids by his | How the Contestants See It Lenz, Seeking Break, Will Resume Match With New Partner. BY SIDNEY S. LENZ. | Culbertson Denies Charge Match Has Been Marked by Bad Plays. BY ELY CULBERTSON. WALDORF ASTORIA HOTEL, New | NEW YORK, December 29 —We bat- York, Dezember 20.—As matters did not seen to break favorably for Jacoby and me, it was deemed best that I| emuiate Culbert- | son and try out| another partner | tomorrow. Jacoby expressed his will- | ingness to with- draw at this time and to return later | on in the match. My new partner will be Comdr. Win- | field Liggett. The commander and I tled against rather superior cards last | night in my bridge match with Sidney S. Lenz to determine the respective merits of the ap- proach-forcing and official systems of contract bid ding. Eight rubbers were played and at the end of the session our net lead was 16,840 points. We had started the session with a lead of 17,090 points, so during the evening we lost 250 points. There has been NATIONS OF WORLD. MUST ACT IN EAST Point of View Appears That‘ Japanese Offensive De- mands Intervention. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. Neither the United States nor the governments members of the League of Nations can shut their eyes at the pres- | ent Japanese military operations in Manchuria. i The point of view of the interested | governments is that Japan is actually ' violating the Kellogg-Briand pact and consequently its actions cannot be passed in silence. | The action to be taken is to be de- Gets Frostbitten In Attempt to End Life by Freezing | | By the Associated Press. DENVER, December 20.—Fred | | Gustafson, 25, attempted to com- mit suicide by freezing, but only | | got frostbitten. | When found by passing motor- ists, he had taken off nearly all | | his clothing and stood at the side of a highway. He had become numb and his face, hands and feet were frostbitten. | Gustafson told Morgan Coun- ty officers he was a musician and | | had left Denver for Sterling, Colo. He sald he became dis- couraged when he was denied shelted at a farm house and felt he was freezing to death. He | | said he had decided to hasten the | | process. ’ NEW JURY CALLED MINNESOTA TOWN ATBANDITS' MERCY Rifles and Machine Gun Used to Capture Constable and Loot Stores. By the Assoclated Press. PINE RIVER, Minn.,, December 29.— A band of 6 men armed with a machine gun and rifles took charge of this ommunity of 410 persons early today, slugged the constable, held a group of residents captive for two hours and looted stores. Using a ruse they were on official business for Sheriff F. E. Little of Brainerd, the men went to the Prank Marsh home at 3 am. Marsh was Shields is believed to have been over- come by homicidal mania. He is a partner, Lenz at first said there was no o tos possibility of Jacoby returning to the have Swayed Pl | forced to direct them to the home of gether a great deal a popular impres- sion that there has cided in the near future. mer service man and suffered nervous disorder, for which he was treated at a sanitarium in Richmond had recently returned frcm Canada, where he had been teaching farmers how to grow and cure tobacco Exchanged Gifts. The two men are said By other mem- bers of the family to have becen on good terms, having exchanged Christ- mas presents at the family reunion during the holidays. Commers, aged 45 years, was e of Philadelphia | and is also service man. He will be burie bl tomorrow. His Miss Eliza Shiclds, having gone to Washing- ton yesterday to make arrangements She was expected to return today to | rm with her husband's remains Shields, in jail at Chatham, still re- fused to make a statement today, his only utterances being references to a locked suit case, which he said would reveal the cause of the killing. How- ever, when the suit case was opened by the authorities it was found to con- tain cnly clothing and some papers which had no bearing on the killing. The tragedy yesterday was enacted without warning. It had been a jovial Christmas_party, almost a family re- union. and there had been interchange of gifts. Shields gave a present to his brother-in-law and the latter had given | him one also. Commers was seated be- side his wife and was reading a Wash- | ington newspaper when Shields entered | from the kitchen and fired three times with & revolver against the back of | Commers' head. One of the bullets | penetrated the skull and buried itself | in a refrigeraor not far away and near which a number of small children were playing. | The Those present included Mrs Shields, Mrs. Commers, Mrs. Langhc Shields and Miss Ola’ Shields. Mem- bers of the family, fearing a new mur- derous onslaught, scattered to other rooms, only Mrs. Commers remaining | with her husband. Shields ran into the | yard and those inside locked all doors. | For an hour, while Langhorne Shields went for help, the family remained ter- elds, after having said re “three more” he was | made repeated but in- | to get back in the | houschold became a bedlam. | Gustin | | “going to get, effectual efforts house. Arizona Special Session Opens. PHOENIX, Ariz, December 29 (#).— A special session of the tenth Arizona Legislature, called by Gov. George W.| P. Hunt, for amendment of the State | Highway colle, relief of unemployment | and appropriations for State institu- tions, convened_yesterd: SPECIAL NOTICES. THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK- holders of ‘the Hugh Reilly Company. Inc.. will be held at the office of the company, 1334 New York ave. n.w. at 12 o clock noon. Tuesday, January 19. 1932. for the election of officers for the ensuing year and the transaction of such other business as may come_before the meeting. HUGH REILLY COMPANY. INC. N. E. ESTES, Secretary. NG DISPOSED OF ALL OF MY IN- in ‘the copartnership trading under | name of Gus Eichberg in the furniture business. I hereby give notice that | m in wey connecied with the Gu Eichberg Company. engaged in t any _indebtedness ur. THE ANNUAL holders of the tric Company. & board of dirt ing year and t y properly 1 be held at the office of t pany. 10th and E streets northwest, ington, D. C.. on Saturday, January 16, 1 12_o'clock noon connecton therewith, the er of the stock of the s to the by-laws, will be closed 1 lose of business on Decembere 31, 1931 1o, he opening of business on January 4. 32. H_M. KEYSER. Secretary. _ THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK- Boders of ‘the Eastern ‘Building and Loan he_cor Wa ecretary NSURANCE Georgetow w Insurance Comp: Georgetown will ' DA ‘meet at January 4. 1932, f ng_thirteen’ d Polls open fron to 4 ALBERT. W ARD, Secretary port Sac | { b S5 Dece DeMARCO. Ca | STATES STORAGE CO., tropolitan 1844. ANTED—LOADS 1 A Cpain ALLTED VA N5y sTREL 1 BMITH'S TRANSFF 1501 You Bt NW : s Remember the Name! We're good folks to kTu\ "PRINTING? rinting plant ack into i CE dollar et you s The National Capital Press _FPLA. AVE. 3rd and N N.E. _Linc_6060 SERVICE DAY OR NITE On Plumbing Tinning 38 Years Experience. Guaranteed manship. No Job Too Small BUDGET PAYMENTS if destred, 3 FLOOD § Jamv 5 ¥ St. N.W. Day. _Dec_ 2700—Evening. Clev 0619 “Order “Palco” Ginger Ale c No Degliveries on 4 New Samueix(' lez‘me' Co., Inc. ng Work- e Viest 0190 { meet | accepted by Euciid himself as if proved, | Four | Girard Av the | -~ INGIRL'S SLAYING Three Children Identify Man as One Who Molested Them in Summer. By the Associated Press. CINCINNATI, Ohio, December Identification of a suspect held kidnaping and ing of 6-y Marian MeLean as a man who mo small gir's last June spurred inve gators today in their efforts to s the crime. Three little sisters, the oldest of whom is 12, went before a line-up of five men and unhesitatingly out the suspect as the man who sought to lure the youngest, 7 years old, away | last Summer. The suspect next will be taken be-| fore Russell C. Chump, 28, who told police he saw a man, carrying a clothes basket covered with oil cloth, standing in front of nis home early December —the same day Marian's body was nd in a tenement basement. Chump 0 | said the man appeared nervous when observed, but he gave the incident no further thought until the child’s body | was found. Police did not file charges after the suspect’s identification by the girls, but indicated they would if he also is the man seen by Chump. One other suspect still being held was taken to a hospital for obser by alienists, MAN CLAIMS PROOF EINSTEIN WAS WRONG Very Rev. J. J. Callahan, Center of Trisected Angle Dispute, Says Euclid Was Right. | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 29.—An as- sertion that he would prove Einstein's theory of relativity wrong was made yesterday by Very Rev. J. J. Callahan, president of Duquesne University, Pitts- burgh He said he expected to present the proof in a two-volume work, “Euclid or Einstein,” to be published soon. Father Callzhan recently provoked a storm of criticism from mathematicians when he announced he had trisected an angle by plane geometry, one of three prob- lems which had been considered in- soluble During an interview he exhibited the geometrical proofs, which required prov- ing 13 propositions. The fourteenth, a corollary to the thirteenth, provides the trigonometric functions of the trisected angle, he said. He said he could si- lence sceptics when his complete proof as published. He also told of a prior “discovery,” { which he said was more important. This was_proof of the fifth postulate of Euclid—that two parallel lines never This_proposition, he said, was and through the centuries mathemati- cians had tried to prove it and had | failed. At length, he said, when it was be- lieved impdssible to prove, a non- Euclidean school of geometry was found- ed based on the assumption that any two lines meet. It was on this system of mathematics that Einstein based his theory, Father Callahan asserted, add- ing that his proof of the Euclid propo- sion should disprove definitely the rela- tivity theory. o WRIT FAILS TO GET MAN INTS9 HOME OF HEIRESS Ex-Taxi Driver Calls on Wife W.th Court Oxrder, but There's Nobody Home. v the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, December 20— Charles J. Challette, former taxicab driver and the estranged husband of Elizabeth McAlliester Challette, Osage Indian ofl heiress, has an order which prevents his wife from denying him entrance to the Beverly Hills mansion, where they formerly lived, but has learned it does not necessaryily mean he can enter. Challette_obtained the order vester- day from Superior Court after finding his way to the home blocked by two policemen He returned later with his order, but found no one about and the house lock- ed. The order prevented him from forcing his way into the house. After knocking at all the doors and getting no response. he departed Mrs. Challette has sued for divorce, claiming Challette, her former chauf- feur, married her for her money. BANKERS SENTENCED PHILADELPHIA, December 29 (/).— former officials of the closed nue Title & Trust Co. yes- ment charges The men who pleaded guilty to in- dictments charging them with embe: zling or fraudulently converting $441,750 |of the bank's funds were George M. | F , former assistant treasurer; Ed- A. McVeigh, former sccretary asurer; John F. Gibbons, his assis- tant, and Edwin J. Logue, teller and bookicecper. Will Rogers 5 | SHANGHAL—Papers say the Jap- | anese are marching_on Chinchow. Didn't I tell you | week they was going take it about Christmas time? | i [(¥ When these | I & Japanese run a : wer they run it o n schadule. That's rot a bad Christmas pres- ent. This new part they are taking 1s as big as Oklahoma. This washes vour League of Nations up. This slapped them right ljthe face. last pointed | match, and Jacoby said he could not go | on being publicly criticized by Lenz, | ‘especially when the criticisms are to cover up errors of his own. Came a prolonged conference in se- cret, friends of each trying to make peace. The upshot was an announce- | ment that Lenz would have a new part- | ner tonight, presumably Comdr. Win- field Liggett, jr., and that Jacoby would be back in the match later. The Culbertsons won five of eight rubbers of the session, their plus being reduced to 16,840 largely because Cul- | bertson went down 1.400 points once in a Jump. The rubber standing three rubbers past the two-third mark be- | came 59 for Culbertson’s side and 44 for Lenz's. Mrs. Culbertson Returns. Mrs. Culbertson returned to the match after a holiday absence. Prior to the session Jacoby expressed the opinion privately that it was im- possible for the Culbertson’s lead to be overtaken. He figured that he and Lenz must win at least 36 of the remaining rubbers. It so happens that the session in- volving the most criticism of partners also saw the most brilliant playing of any of the 14 sessions. Each side made end plays, so that opponents were forced to lead away from kings up to ace-queens or the like. Culbertson made an exit play, unnecessarily play- ling a king in order to prevent oppo- nents from forcing him to lead. He also made a triple squeeze play. The psychic bids of Jacoby, which were the immediate cause of the resig- and we are fa- miliar with each other’s style of play. We have won tiree national and two Eastern championships in auction and played togetaer in the recent Vanderbilt Cup match in contract. I am looking forward i good results from the new combination. Lest year Comar. Liggett and I finished second in the national contract pair champicnship metch, play- ing the one-two-three system for the Sidney S. Lenz. | first time. Last night's game was fairly even 2s far as total score was concerned. We lost five rubbers out of eight, but gained 250 points on the evening, reducing our minus score to 16,840 points. Mrs. Culbertson returned to the fray | last evening, to continue playing until her schedule of 75 rubbers is completed then other partners will assist Ely until the end.of the match Won First Rubber. We started the evening with t' usual experience of winning ‘e /. rubber, and it required only three to do £0. On first hand, after a pass Culbertson, |_tried a new bid of fdur diamonds 2y & semi-shutout and when my partner psssented me with a worth- less dummy I went down three tricks. | The loss was almost equalized, however, | been a great deal of bad play by the participants in this match. Noth- ing could be more untrue. No player in a game like contract can be expected to play every card on the basis that he | knows the location of every other card If this were 5o, all the fun in the game would have been eliminated An expert player is one who is right about five times out of six, and the standard of play in this contest has been much better than that. | "Both of my opponents, Lenz and Jacoby, and my favorite partner, my wife, made brilliant bids and numerous | brilliant plays throughout the session. | There remain to be played 47 rubbers. I was sorry to learn that Jacoby had resigned as Lenz's partner and that his resignation had been accepted. I am sure that Lenz cannot find a better player than Jacoby, for Jacoby is one | of the world's best. My feminine readers will be glad to learn that Mrs. Culbertson played an errorless game. She never failed to take the initiative when she should do =o and reached heights both on attack and defense that are only unattainable dreams of many strong men players. Intellectual Pastime. I have received a number of letters Ely Culbertson. the 100 honors I held. As it turned out | criticizing me because of the fact that my bid was not of any particular use, | I have not hesitated to point out weak- our opponents could not have much | nesses in the official system of contract ith their combined hands. On the | bidding, as disclosed in the play of next hand we made six no trump. Lenz and Jacoby. Some of these letters The hand | have accused me of bad sportsmanship. The charge, I think, is entirely unwar- Indian | to _ nation. were on a hand in which his only face cards were a king and a { queen. He bid one no triump over Mrs. Culbertson's one spade. Culbertson doubled and Jacoby then bid two clubs, having only four clubs, the highest of which was the eight spot. Culbertson rcad the bids as psvchic and bid two no trump. Mrs. Culbert- son raised him to three and they made five “Stupid” Playing. hand Mrs. Culbertson made one no trump when she could bave been set and in the same rubber Culbertson wound up making three no trumn on a contract for two when h= could have been set. Jacoby expressed the opinion that on both those hands Lenz made “stupid’ plays. Here is hand No. 580 LENZ (NORTH, DEALER). S—10643 H—X 642 Charges In ancther D—J1 17 C—K 107 CULBERTSON MRS. CULBERT- (WEST). SON (RAST). The bidding: North, pass; East, 1 no trump; all pass. Lenz and Jacoby took five diamond tricks at the start and Lenz also could have taken tricks with the king of hearts and king of clubs, but passed up a heart trick till too late. He was| forced fo lead away from the king of clubs up to Culbertson’s queen. Hands Leads to Argument. Here is hand 582, which gave the Culbertsons game and rubber and led to prolonged argument by Lenz and Jacoby: LENZ (NORTH) S—K 5 H—KJ42 i D—J 5 c—QJ954 CULBERTSON MRS. CULBERTSON (WEST). (EAST). S—AJ42 5—10 6 H—A 10 17 D—10 2 C—-AK?2 JACOBY (S South pass; West one spade; North pass; East two diamonds; | South’ pass; West two no trump; all | pass | " On the first trick Jacoby false-carded | ! with the seven of clubs, playing the ) eight on the second trick. The six | | was the lowest in his hand. The re-| | sult was that Lenz failed to lead clubs | when he got in, and opportunity to set the Culbertsons was lost. Jacoby ar-| | gued that Lenz should have understood | | the false-carding. i | " Lenz conceded the last five tricks, be- | cause whatever he led the Culbertsons could take everything. Had he led | clubs when he led the king of spades | he would have got in again and had | three good club tricks | Culbertson expressed the hope that | Lenz and Jacoby would patch things | up, adding that a better partner than Jacoby could not be found. Lenz has taken much larger sets than | Jacoby, who has made few misplays | and encountered little trouble with his | psysics. He hes made game contracts | five times when doubled and shown in- tuition as to the only leads possible to set slam contractions. Body of Drowned Kentucky Child Discovered Near Wise, Va. BRISTOL, Va.-Tenn. December 29 (#)—The_body of Lillie Johnson, 17- year-old Jenkins, Ky., child for whom | a search has been conducted since her | disappearance Saturday afternoon, was | found in the waters of Steel's Fork, | near Wise, Va. yesterday. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs Johnson, More_than 200 searchers had sought | the child since she disappeared while | visiting in the hurricane section of Wise County. Sheriff Lee Skeen of Wise County and Dr. H. E. Givens of Wis2, said there was no evidence of foul play and that drowning was plainly the cause of| death. | Irvin ART THIEVES ACTIVE NEW YORK, December 29 (#).—"The Moon Lady,” a painting 24 by 30 inches end valued by the ariisi, Casey Rob- erts of Newport, R. I, and Hollywood, | Calif, &t $1,000, was reported stolen | yerterday to police. The painting was 1 of 40 being exhibited by Mr. Roberts in his first New York show, at the Art Center. A week ago pencil sketches were 't1 from the Fera-gil Galleries, 63 Ciil,-eventh streei, st Ex NORTH (LENZ) S—8176 H—A Q D—Q10973 C—K 8 4 WEST (CULBERTSON). 5—9 4 3 H—-K107542 D.—6 D—J 82 C—A 32 C—QJT6 SOUTH (JACOBY). EAST (MRS. CULBERTSON). Ss—K 10 H—9 863 I passed originally, and so did East. | My partner bid one spade, which West overcalled with two hearts. I then bid two no trump and partner car- ried it to three no trump. It can be seen that the heart and spade finesses are both necessary to make a small slam, and that we were quite right in not bidding for it. Considered Fair Gamble. It is considered a fair gamble to bid for a slam when it can be made ith one successful finesse, but in the ng run it is a losing proposition to bid for a slam when two finesses are required. We lost the second rubber and also the third. Our one consola- tion wes that the opponents could have bid a vulnerable slam in the third rubber, but stopped at four hearts. I think Mrs. Culbertson underbid this hand. NORTH 5—10 5 2 H—J 9 D—-Q986542 (LENZ). WEST (CULBERTSON). S5—J 8 43 H—A Q10 D—A 3 D. C—A Q82 C—K 53 SOUTH (JACOBY). EAST (MRS, CULBERTSON). 5—K Q H—-K876543 0 3 C—J 109 64 West was the dealer and bid one club East bid one heart, and then West went to three hearts. I believe Mrs Culbertson_should have gone to four clubs to show the king of clubs and given a chance for a slam try by her partner, or she might have invited & slam with a five-heart bid. Usually such a slam try without an ace is not to be recommended, but as she held three kings and the strong bid of her partner indicated three aces in his hand, it would seem advisable in this case. Six hearts were made with- out & finesse. One of Best Played Hands. The following hand, played by Cul- bertson, is one of the best played 50 far during the entire match: LENZ (NORTH). 5932 H—9 853 D—K 10 8 6 c—15 CULBERTSON MRS. CULBERTSON (EAST). JACOBY (SOUTH). 5—Q 10 6 4 H—K Q J 2 D—4 C—K 932 Ely was the dealer and bid one no trump, and Mrs. Culbertson went to three no trump, my partner and I pass- ing all the time. Looking at the East- West hands, it would seem that they have to lose three hearts, a club and a diamond trick, as Culbertson could not Set up the club and diamond suits be- fore my partner’s heart suit was set up. However, Ely played a triple squeeze nlu;lud opened the six of diamonds. He continued diamonds, and when I switched to hearts, he let us have the first two heart tricks. We therefore took the king of diamonds and two heart tricks in the first five tricks. The sixth trick was taken by the ace of hearts, and now Ely did not finesse the clubs, but played a small club from his hand and took it with the ace in he dummy. L)Hg !heri played the two high dia- monds from the dummy, and it was im- material what my partner discarded. If he kept three spades and the king of clubs, & club would be played, which he would have to take with the king, and he then would have to lead up to the spade ten-ace. If he kept the king of clubs and the high heart, he would have to give up the protection of the queen of ‘kpades. Most players would have tried the clul lost the game. (Copyright, 1931.) Luray Weman Is Buried. LURAY, Va., December 29 (Special). —_Mrs. Kate Smith, 88, of near Luray, | was buried at Mount Zion Brethren Church. Funeral services were conduct- / v. A. L. Baliek, Lutheran min- fef'??ynll%eh'mv. assisted by Elder A. J. Caricofe of the Bretliren Church. b finesse and would have | ranted | “Bridge is an intellectual pastime. Un- like the sports representative of physi- | cal activity, it is difficult to criticize an | opposing view without at the same time | criticizing the exponents of that view. | T have time and again paid tribute to | the skill of Lenz and Jacoby as con- | tract players. They belong to the se- | lect few whose play s beyond criticism | The only issue is to the system they use iin bidding and the only reason this | match is played is because Lenz and I | do not see eye to eye as to contract sys- | tems. When I have criticized the sys- | tem used by Lenz, some readers have | construed it as crificism of him. That was never my intention | Mrs. Culbertson Returns. | Last night saw the beginning of the | ninety-sixth rubber of the match eni the return of my favorite partner, my wife, to the game. It may witness a turn in the cards, but, whether the cards | are good or bad, T am delighted to play against two of the acknowledged mas- | ters of contract play with my wife as a | partner. I have confidence in my part- ner. I fecl sure she has confidence in me and we both have complete confi- dence in the system of bidding which we will use. There has been a great deal of favor- able distribution as an important factor in our lead in this match. I have not mace a complete analysis, but I incline strongly to the view that the distribu- tional factor, as the factor of high card values, has been about even. Unfavorable Distribution. An example, however, of what can happen thrcugh unfavorable distribu- tion was given on the sixth hand of *he | ninety-seventh rubber, when Mrs. Cul- bertson was playing a contract of five | diamonds with hoth sides vulnerable. The hand and bidding were: NORTH (MR LENZ). 5—QT743 H—J 103 D—8 17 C—Q8174 WEST (MR. CUL- EAST (MRS. CUL- BERTSON). BERTSON). |s—K 852 5.—9 IH—AK8765 H.—None |D.—6 D—AJ109532 lc—Js C—AK963 | SOUTH (MR. JACOBY). East. 3 Diamends, 4 Clubs. 5 Diamonds. South. West 1 Heart. 3 Hearts, Pass. 4 Hearts, Pas: Pass. Pass Pass. The bidding was very accurate, but the game contract undertaken was | wrecked on the invisible rocks of dis- | tribution upon which many a trim con- tract bark has met its fate. Example of Accurate Bidding. An example of accurate bidding by both sides was given on the first hand | of rubber No. 98. The hand and bidding were: NORTH (MR. LENZ). | S—9173 | H—A Q 10 | D—176 | C—QJI94z2 WEST (MR. CUL- EAST (MRS. CUL- BERTSON). BERTSON). North. Pass. Pass. Pass. South. North. East. | 2clubs 2 dlamonds Double 1 no trump 1 heart 4 spades5diamonds 5 spades Fass Pass Double Pass Pass Pass It will be noticed that Joe could have made five diamonds, but Lenz by his bid of five spades made this impossible. There then remained only the choice between accepting a penalty or inflict- ing one. I therefore doubled the con- tract of five spades, as I did not believe that five spades could be made, nor did believe that we could make six | diamonds. Jacoby, after winning the first round of trumps with the ace, upon which Joe's queen dropped, then led a small trump to the nine in dummy, hoping | that I would fail to play the knave. The play was & very good one, but Boys Scrub Floors Of City Hallto Get Dog License Fee | | By tne Associated Press. QUINCY, Ill, December 29.— Bobby Herdy, 5, and his younger brother walked into the City Hall | | vesterday | “Have you any floors we can | he asked Police Clerk le. " asked the clerk. " sald the boy, “it's like We got a dog, but no dollar for a license.” They got the job, and the dog got the license. Exchanges of views are taking place | between the interested governments for a common action. As the political and diplomatic boycott seem inpracticable, the probabilities are that neither the American nor the governments mem- bers of the League of Nations will rec- ognize the occupation of Manchuria by the Japanese; enither will they recog- nize any “puppet” local Manchurian government set up by the Japanese gov- ernment and will continue to support either directly or indirectly the Chinese government in any action it may deem necessary to take in order to drive out of Manchuria the Japanese military or civilian organization, Must See It Through. It is true that all the secretaries of state consider the present situation as a “great nuisance.’ The world powers have from the very beginning inter- vened the Manchurian dispute with the greatest reluctance. The attitude of the world statesmen was that of the man who takes his first sea bath early in the Summer. He faces the cold water, tries the water with his toes, hesitates be- cause it is still very cold, but knows all the time that he will have to take the plunge. Once he is in, he must swim to keep himself warm. This is the position of the leaders of the nations of the world. They have tackled the Man- churian situation with the greatest re- luctance, but they are in now and must see the whole thing brought to a satis- factory end. Reports from Euope indicating that | the League of Naticns' members are in- | clined to pass the sponge over the en- | tire Manchurian situation are discount ed in well informed circles in Wash- ington. Such an action on the part of the European countries would sound the | death knell of the League and this | Europe cannot afford under the present | political circumstances.. Consequently | Europe, whether it likes it or not, must | take cognizance of what is happening | at present in Manchuria, especially | that Japan seems to have broken the | pledges her official representative had given on behalf of his government on December 10 U. S. Must Act. As far as the American Government is concerned, it cannot overlook the fact | that the Japanese are at present en- gaged in military operations not only against alleged "bandits, but against China’s regular troops. The State De- partment has put itself on record as having given Japan a friendly warning against any advance on Chinchow. The fact that the Japanese government has disregarded the friendly action of the American Government makes it quite clear that the Japanese are at present engaged in completing a political task— the “de facto” occupation of the whole Manchurian territory, when originally they had told us that their operations in Manchuria would be confined ex- clusively to the necessary operations against bandits in order to safeguard the life and property of Japanese citi- zens living in that province. The operations against Chinchow in- dicate clearly that Japan is disregard- ing not only the Kellogg pact, but also the nine-power pact Under these circumstances the Amer- lecan Government cannot accept the present situation in Manchuria with- out taking some further action. fortunately I was able to fathom his intention. An extremely interesting example of the psychological effect of the penalty double was shown on hand No. 5 of the ninety-eighth rubber. The hand and bidding were: (NORTH) LENZ. S—AK10 9 7 4 H.—None. B—A B cC—J 6 5 3 (WEST) (EAST) MRS. CULBERTSON., CULBFRTSON. S— 6 5—Q J 3 H—10 8 7 3 H—AKJ654 D—J3 7 22 D.—4 | C—10 7 4 2 C—AKQ | (SOUTH) JACOBY. 2 2 8 6 5 WEST. NORTH. EAST. 3 Hearts 3 Spades Double Pass Pass Pass Pass SOUTH. Pass 4 Hearts Pass Pass Pass Double Joe's bid of three hearts was a game bid which Sidney, after two passes, overcalled with three spades. When Joe doubled and Jacoby passed, it was clearly my duty to “rescue” by bidding four hearts. This bid was doubled by Jacoby and made. It can be seen that Lenz would only have lost one spade and two clubs ang could have made four spades laid down. (Copyright, 1931, by Ely Culbertson.) V.VILLIAMlflC OIL BURNERS Heating Experts Install and Service Your Automatic 0Oil Burner When you 'purchase from the Domestic Service Corp. at this | | Special Saving! $25 DOWN 24 Months to Pay $395.00 Complete Prompt Installation | lan County murder cases. floored by a blow as a raider struck IN MINE WAR .l-RlAl.'c"““”"“ Ole Hougward. He resisted |their efforts to hold him and was Kentucky Judge Goes Intoz Neighboring Counly for | Venire in Harlan Case. ‘ By the Associated Press. MOUNT STERLING, Ky., December 29 —Seventy men and five women from | adjoing Bath County were subpoenaed | today for jury service to try William | Hightower, Harlan County mine union | president, on a charge of murder, con- spiracy and aiding and abetting in con- | nection with the labor clash in_which | four men were slain last May 5, near Evarts. Judge Henry R. Prewitt, who is try- ing tha case in Montgomery Circuit Court here, set out last night to bring in the jury and announced this morn- | ing enough veniremen had been sum- | moned to permit counsel to start se- lecting a jury during the afternoon. | Previously, Judge Prewitt had over- | ruled a defense motion to remand the | e e e CRUSADERS SEE TIDE RISING AGAINST DRYS Conclusion Drawn From “Ava- lanche of Repeal and Modi- fication Bills.” Two Already Tried. “These cases have to be tried,” he said, “and I might as well try them as_some one else.” Two juries already had been selected n Montgomery County to try other Har- One of these juries acquitted William Burnett on a | charge of having slain Deputy Sheriff | Jess Pace and the other sentenced W.| B. Jones, union secretary, to life im- prfiunment for his.pm’t in the Evarts fight. 7 Thinking it too tedious a task for a | third jury in this county, counsel and | Judge Prewitt agreed upon going into another county. Practice in Judge Prewitt's court has left this choice to defense attorneys and they picked Bath County. Judge Prewitt also overruled a motion for a continuance asked by the defense. Former United States Senator John M. Robsion, filing the motion, said the de- | fense wanted to call some 109 witnesses. | Some of these were deleted after stipu- | iation, agreed to by the prosecution, | that Hightower was in Harlan on the day of the Evarts shooting. 1 3 | CANNON SAYS RASKOB| | Smith Will Dominate Democrats . at Convention if Chairman Remains, He Declares. By the Associated Press. NASHVILLE, Tenn., December 29— Bishop James Cannon, jr., of the Metho- Gist Episcopal Church South said here vesterday that unless John J. Raskob was ousted from the chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee, former Gov. Alfred E. Smith would dominate the party in next year's presi- dential electian. “Smith will either be the nominee or | will decide who will be the nominee,” | the bishop said in an interview. ‘“He is going to fight, as is apparent to every. body, for a wet plank in the Democratic platform, just as he always has—in San Francisco, in New York and in Houston. | The only way to prevent it is to elimi- | nate Raskob from the chairmanship.” Bishop Cannon is here attending a | church meeting. Co | Polish Alliance Founder Dies. | MINNEAPOLIS, December 29 (#).—) Mrs. Julian Schunert, 75, who, with | her husband, founded the Polish Na-| tional Alliance, died Sunday. The Schunerts were decorated by the Polish | Nation several years ago for partici- pat in the movement leading to estab- lishment of its Republican government. Schunert died two years ago. | him with his gun. 2 When he revived he was forced to accompany the group to the Horrigan drug store and to where Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Horrigan and Mrs. Horrigan's sister live. The Horrigans were routed from their beds. Mr. Horrigan was forced to open the cash drawer of the drug store. The robbers took $200 in cash and then left a guard with Mrs. Horrigan and her sis- ter, while they marched Marsh, Houg- ward and Horrigan to the Harold Hill me. Hill and his wife were ordered from their beds and lined up against the wall. The robbers took Mrs. Hill's $150 dlgmond ring and Hill's. long hunting rifle. Adding Mr. and Mrs. Hill to their squad of prisoners, the raiders forced Hill to open his hardware store and safe and took $200 and some jewelry. Then the bandits marched their pris- oners back to the Horrigan home, leaped into their car and fled toward Brainerd. Before departing the raiders locked the four men in the basement of the Horrigan home and the three women in a bed room. The conclusion that “the tide is swelling against prohibition” was drawn | by the Crusaders, national prohibition | repeal organization, today from “the avalanche of repeal and modification bills already introduced in the House. “During the four preceding Con- gresses modification and repeal bills averaged about 70 a session and about 8 bills were introduced each year to tighten up enforcement,” the anti-pro- hibition organization said in a state- ment. “Over 80 bills in reference to prohi- bition have already been introduced in the Seventy-second Congress in the House. With two or three exceptions, every one of these proposed bills is aimed at either repeal or modification of the eighteenth amendment or the Volstead act. Congressman Blanton (Democrat, Texas) is the only soul hearty enough to propose a law to strengthen prohibition. 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