Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 218, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 December 1926 — Page 6

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No law shall be passed restraining the free interchange of thought and opinion, or restricting the right to speak, write, or print freely, on any subject whatever.—Constitution of Indiana.

FINT) THE MAN One more of those peculiar “coincidences'* which have been persistent in the probe of the Stephenson graft charges now challenges public attention. Some public body, perhaps the grand Jury, or perhaps the next Legislature, should discover the inspiration for that inquiring reporter from Chicago who secured an interview with Judge Fred 0. Oause and 'then sent out a garbled and distorted version that could bring nothing but hope and Joy to the life term convict and convince him that he has /Inly to wait and he will be free without making good his open assertion that he has documents which would prove graft on a huge scale. That efforts have been made to permit Stephenson to give his documents to the grand Jury may be deduced by the announcement of frequent trips to the prison by deputies of the prosecution. They could have no other purpose since Stephenson, brought with great publicity to this city, smilingly refused to testify In a civil case because his answers would "Incriminate him.” The attorney general of this State has openly charged that Stephenson tried to blackmail his way. to freedom. Were this distortion of an interview the only incident it might easily be passed over as an error on the part of a reporter. But there have always been efforts to close the lips of Stephenson, perhaps to hold out the hope of his liberty, at every step of the investigation. It may be said that that hope and that influence does not come from the prosecutor who wishes to investigate. Judge Gause is a prosecutor, named to assist Prosecutor Remy in the graft probe. More than that he was brought into the matter by Attorney General Gilliom. It is significant that Mr. Gilliom is the official who will oppose any appeal made by Stephenson for anew trial. Now comes a reporter from Chicago who finds news in the announcement made two months ago that certain technicalities would form the basis of the appeal. He comes from a news service. Every newspaper which receives that service printed or had available all the facts he sent two months ago, with the single exception of an interview With Judge Gause. When the Interview reached newspapers which are sent Inside the Michigan City prison, It contained the flat declaration that in the opinion of Judge Gause, who was once a Judge of the Supreme Court, the technicalities would result In the freedom of Stephenson. Os course. Judge Gause gave no such interview. But what would Stephenson feel and think when he read this statement from a lawyer of high standing and a close friend of the man who will oppose his release? Would he, if he had any idea of giving out this evidence, think that perhaps he had better wait for the court to let him go and then make such use of his documents, If he has any, as his thrifty and imaginative mind might suggest? Or would he hurry to give them up? As against the casual explanation of unintentional error stands the admission that the reporter who sent the story added a note to his editors that the “interview with Gause makes this story.” That put the emphasis where it may have been desired. It would be interesting to know what train of events carried the gatherer of news to the office of Judge Gause. It is no disparagement to the high standing of Judge Gause to suggest that foreign correspondents on a Bimiliar story might have easily found, an attorney, if they desired but one, who does not possess such close relationships with prosecutions and investigations as to make his statement of value to the one man particularly concerned. Did the same forces which have been able to have agents at the prison in advance of any visit succeed in sending this reporter to Judge Gause? Was it. a mere matter of chance or design that he was misquoted so that Stephenson in his prison cell might take no " hope? The story of a story ip often more Interesting than the story itself. The investigating bodies and certainly Judge Gause should be Interested In investigating every detail of this incident.

It would be unfortunate If the forces of evil are permitted to place honorable men In an unfortunate position, to use their Influence for their own designs, to twist and destroy and conspire to seal the lips of the man who once ruled this State, who contributed much to Its corruption, who now threatens to squeal. Find the man who suggested that interview and you will have located one person who Is very much Interested la seeing that Stephenson does not talk, GILLIOM’S CHARGE AND CHANCE The small consumers of this city are robbed each year of one : half a million of dollars for light and power through a system of rebates to large and favored consumers. This is the charge of Attorney General Gilliom before the public service commission. The surprising thing Is that the hearing on the application for an issue of fifty-flve millions of dollars of securities to promote a merger did not stop imfnediately and the commission begin, as Is Its duty under the law, to investigate this grave charge. If that charge be true, the commission has before it a more important and pressing duty than the application for a merger and the sale of these utilities which the attorney general brands as criminal. For it is a crime to give or receive rebates. Moreover the charge of Gilliom has the merit of being specific. He names the Indianapolis News as one of the beneficiaries of this illegal system of rebates. He quoted a specific figure as to be the amount of Illegal rebate which he says was given in one month. It so happens that the News Is opposing a merger of the company from which Gilliom charges it received a rebate. It Is a fair presumption that he intended to imply that perhaps the News could not expect 1m-

der anew owner the favored treatment It had received from the Insull organization. The law makes it the duty of the commission to investigate every violation of the public utility statutes and regulations. The giving of a rebate is a crime. The receiving of a rebate Is a crime. The law makes Attorney General Gilliom, who made the grave charge, the attorney for this commission and makes it his duty to prosecute crime. Certainly the prosecuting officer of the State cannot be suspected of hurling broadcast charges which he cannot substantiate and prove in a court of law, especially as he was making them to a body of which he is the legal adviser. If the people of this city are being robbed of a half million dollars a year by secret processes, the commission should have that fact before it before it endeavors to fix any value for that particular plant A business founded on criminal practices cannot be valued with any degree of exactness or certainty. Some future public service commission miglfc end the crime on which its profits are founded and thus wreck its valuation. Certainly it is due to a great institution such as the Indianapolis News to have a chance in open court to deny the accusation that it is under a criminal subsidy to a corporation. It is more important that the people have a chance to know whether they are paying, in padded light bills, for the electricity used in the production of that great newspaper. If there be any self respect In the commission and It does not wish to permit the public to suspect that there is an ulterior purpose in granting the application to flood the State with merger securities, it will stop long enough to Investigate this charge of the attorney general. No company which Is indulging In such practices should have any standing in the community. No company should be willing to rest in sllenoe under such a charge. The charge belongs to Mr. Gilliom- In that charge is his chance. It is his chance to vindicate the law In this State. It is his chance to enforce tbe law of which he is custodian and guardian. It 1b his chance to make good on this charge. Failure to act after such a public declaration would have but one construction and Implication. January is to be known as Laugh Month. The laugh’s on you when they bring the Chrlßtmas bills around. Edward Payson Weston, 88-year-old walker, gave Coolidge his shoes. Maybe the Republican party will add to the outfit with a suitcase in 1923. Chicago bandits invaded a loop store and carried away $160,000 worth of merchandise. The police are trying to get a return game on the yeggs’ home grounds. George Washington liked fish, we learn fn their modest ways so did Ike Walton, Jonah and P. T. Barnum.

CAN A CATHOLIC BECOME , PRESIDENT? —- —By N. D. Cochran ““ Governor Smith may or may not be a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, but he Is discussed as an outstanding possibility. If he were not a Catholic there is every reason to believe he would be nominated by much more than the two-thirds vote required In Democratic conventions. Therefore the availability of a Catholic for President of the United States is a legitimate matter for frank and open discussion. Thus far there has been much open discussion by anti-Catholics and very little by Catholics themselves. I shall discuss this topic as frankly and fairly as T know how. To begin with there is nothing in the American Constitution which bars any native-born American citizen because of race or religion. If I understand the attitude of those who are opposed to the election of a Catholic as President, they believe that a member of the Catholic church, even though a native-born American cltinen. owes an allegiance to the Pope of Borne that 1s superior to his allegiance to the Government of the United States. They believe also that the Catholic church still holds to Its belief that the Pope should have, by right, temporal as well as spiritual power. To get anywhere by frank discussion it should be understood that the great body of American Protestants who believe this are honest and sincere in their belief. A distinction should be made between the great body of members of such organizations as the Ku-Klux Klan. for example, and the few designing politicians who get into positions of leadership. The late Klan boss In Indiana, Stephenson, is an example of the insincere and disreputable leaders. Assuming that the rank and file Protestants are honest and sincere In their belief, which I believe, the only way to convince them that they are misjudging patriotic Catholics is to prove to them that their belief, or suspicion If you please, Is not founded upon fact. In a recent radio talk Bishop Dunn, a Catholic, said that Catholics believe in a separation of state and church. The'historic fact that such almost solidly Catholic countries its Italy, France and Mexico have actually separated church and state lends color to this statement. However, I am not stating this attitude of Ca.tliolics to be a fact, because I don’t know whether It Is or-not. I hope frank and open discussion will clear it up so that all of us will know the truth. I do believe, however, that there are two kinds Catholics, as there are two kinds of Protestants — the tolerant and the intolerant. I also believe that the heads of any church organization will grab political power If they can get away with it. They are human beings whether they happen to be Catholics, Methodists or something else. In the United States the Methodist church exercises more political power than the Catholic church does in Catholic France, or in Catholic Mexico; arid this country is predominantly Protestant. I have seen somewhere a quotation from Daniel o Cqnnell to this effect: ‘‘We will take our religion from Rome, but not our politics.” I have also read of President Grant’s statement that ‘‘ln the United States there are three political parties, the Republican party, the Democratic party and the Methodist church. Governor Smith’s eligibility for the presidency depends really upon what kind of a Catholic he Is. If as a citizen he holds the Constitution of the United States superior to the will of the Pope as the supreme law of tile United States that’s about all there is to It. How much of his religion he takes from the Vatican is nobody’s business but his own. About the only fear Protestants have of a Catholic for President Is that he might be influenced as President by the Pope. If there is no reason for such fear no harm can come to anybody concerned by frank diesussion of the relation of American Catholic citizens to the Constitution and the Pope

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Tracy Let Fall-Doheny Verdict Stand, but Cancel Those Leases.

By M. E. Tracy It is the law of the land that there can be no appeal from a verdict of acquittal. So let It be. even though the Jury did stand six to six at the start and it took nineteen hours to win over those who wanted to convict. Let Fall and Doheny have the benefit of the ancient adage that men are innocent until proved guilty. ;Ijet us assume that the first committed no greater sin than to pursue a mistaken policy and that the second was inspired by sincere, if stupid, patriotism. The Government was defrauded, conspiracy or no conspiracy, and the leases should be broken. If the transaction was not a crime, it was a blunder, which, as Talleyrand says, is worse. Advocates of preparedness keep telling us that we ought to build more battleships and airplanes, but the crying need Is for public control of thes resources and raw materials on which modern war has come to depend. National defense does not rest so distinctly on engines and instruments that are bound to become obsolete within a generation as on an adequate supply of fuel, metals and those products from which explosives are made. President Coolidge will do far more for the- security of the United States if he can get a bill passed for the conscription of wealth thaji he could by authorizing the construction of a dozen cruisers, and more still if he can place the Government in possession of adequate reserve supplies. Position Well Stated The pastoral letter Just issued by the cardinals, archbishops and bishops of the Catholic church in this country with reference to the Mexican situation is significant for what it leaves unsaid. It is in no sense a demand for intervention Or a cal! “on the faith ful” here or elsewhere to purely human action. The church authorities take a saner and vastly more effective stand than did the Knights of Columbus last August. They offer a well reasoned statement of their side of the question. They recognize that the question has another side, and that the Mexican govern ment has a right to present it. They are exercising no more than the privilege of free speech which he longs to any sect or citizen in this country'. However, one may disagree with their arguments. i.t is impossible not to respect the dignified, self-con-trolled manner in which they have spoken. Meanwhile, and no matter what Americans may think, the problem is one for Mexico to solve. Perfection Falls You remember the flyer in Stutz by which Allen Ryan startled IV all Street some'four years ago, when lie worked the stock up to S7OO a scare and made shorts "pay through the nose?” That pretty little adventure has now been brought to its conclusion. People who Ryan owed, whether for Ice, his wife’s hats or cash on account, will get the magnificent sum of 18 cents on the SIOO. Samuel Untermyer, who served as Ryan's counsel in his $1,000,000 suit against the New York Stock Exchange and who was to have received a fee of $45,000, gets $83.70. The Knox Hat Company, from which Ryan purchased a $7 head piece on credit gets one cent. The New York Trust Company, which held a claim against him of more than $4,000,000, gets less than SB,OOO. Such L the end of one of those “perfect comers” by which young men are forever beating Wall Street One Day’s Marvels Two marvelous Inventions were announced in the news of yesterday. Dr. E. F. W. Alexandorson has perfected a television apparatus, by which he declares man may see clear across the Atlantic ocean, however thick the fog or black the night John L. Baird, a British scientist has brought under control an invisible ray by which It Is possible for men to see in total darkness. A London newspaperman describes how he sat In darkness and saw the complete outlines of his colleague, also in the dark and at a distance, projected upon a screen by means of Baird’s invisible ray. The Alexanderson Invention is said to be capable of projecting not only stlii pictures across tbe At lantic, but movies as well. We are certainly moving into a field of miraculous capacities. The power of the senses is not only being expanded, but In many instances; is being altered. It is comparatively easy to understand how the eye can be helped by the microscope, but when it comes to looking an eighth of the way around the world in spite of its curvature, penetrating white fog and Egyptian darkness oy other means than light rays, the ordinary man feels that he is getting beyond his depth.

Rhetoric Test This test deals with written English. It presents ten incorrect sentences. Make the necessary corrections and check them with the sentences which are written correctly on page 32: 1. Either of the three autos will do. 2. The affect was gorgeous. 3. None of the answers were correct. 4. Who did you see yesterday? 5. How many buffalo are there In the zoo. 6. He told the boy to quickly run to the store. 7. I seen him yesterday. 8. John is the tallest of tho two. 9. Can a youth under 21 years vote? 10 ‘‘George get the tickets.”

Edward Douglas as Krantz Puts Some New Life in Tuneful ‘Blossom Time’

By Walter D. Hickman It Is probably due to the fun that Edward Douglas as Kranz and the careful characterization of John Charles Gilbert as Franz Schubert puts Into “Blossom Time" which gives the present production anew lease on life. Os course the melody and the sentiment both are present in this wellknown musical play hr -ed upon the romance of a great composer but the cast also must be efficient both as to voice, as to comedy and as to drama. With Mr. Gilbert giving a sympathetic dramatic study of Schubert, especially in the dramatic passages in the second act and with Mr. Douglas giving a splendid interpretation of the comedy role of Kranz, things appear pretty satisfactory wlh "Biosson Time" at this writing. As to voice, Miss Genevieve Naegle as Mitzi was pleasing but she was better in the more dramatic scenes than in her light comedy work. And yet it is the voice and the personally which puts over this role. Flamma Reale makes a flaming Bellabruna and she was most capable when she carried most of the dramatic fun in the second act. Taking in consideration that many leaders have been seen in the roles in "Blossom Time,” it is safe to state that Shuberts have been mighty fair to this musical dramatic show. : From a scenic standpoint, "Blossom Time” is still beautiful and 'careful attention has been given the j costumes. ! "Blossom Time” is still satisfactory and tuneful entertainment, j At English’s today and Saturday. !LOOKING OYER NEW EVENTS AT THE PALACE i For the last half of the week the ; Palace has Jimmy Kemper headlin- ; Ing the bill with another offering by j himself and his act. I The first part of the act is given I over to some Impressions of the peo ' pie to be found In the old family i album. Then comes some Jazz by I the orchestra and several song feo- ! tures by Kemper and the girl rnem- . her of the company. High points jof the act are a song by Kemper and a song find dance by him and j the girl. j The Diehl sisters and Macdonald, two women and a man, offer a com--1 edy act, with the girls doing some good dancing and the man engaged chiefly in trying for laughs with a line of stories, both new and old. Patrick and Otto are two men 1 who pose as a couple of hunters who have managed to get lost In the i woods. Some of their comedy is worth a laugh and some not. The Six Rockets change the order of things a little Mt. We ordinarily expect a gymnastic or tumbling act to number men in its makeup, but here is one in which all the performers are women. Are clever in some of the things they do. Included on the bill U a photoplay, "The Country Beyond," news reel and comedy. At. the Palace today and tomorrow. (By the Observer.) DESS A WILL PLAY MANY OLD FAVORITES Dessa Byrd, concert organist at j the Circle Theater, will broadcast | her regular Friday night request organ program over WFBM, the Merj chants Heat and Light Company. ! beginning at 11 o’clock tonight and ! continuing until after midnight. Listeners wishing to hear Miss Byrd play a number should call the Circle Theater or write her In care of the theater or the radio station. Miss Byrd will open her program tonight playing the following numbers for the following persons: "Pomp and Circumstances” for Bob Ar- " Silver Threads Atnonf the Gold” for Mr, and Mrs. Mark Richardson. 3533 | Rushvllle Rd ; "At Dawning” for Prank Blemtn. 7XO j E. Morris St I "Baby Facer" for Noble Osin. 7XB N. Illinois St. "Vision of Salome" for Victor 0. Newman, 2819 Oentrtl Ave. ! "Mother Maehree" for Mable Denmada, 2124 Slnsletor, St _ "For Mv Sweetheart" for Ixiveme Ro- ! land, 272 W Thirty Second St. j "The Rosary" for Mrs. Clara Keller. 80S Highest M ram tains" tor , Max M. Kinney. 1900 Sheldon 81. "Pauline” for Norman H. Moray "When Irish Ey-i Are Smiling'’ tor Herbert Puerwtenberg, St. Jamas Court. Other theaters today offer: Birdie Reeve at Keith's, Cliff Nazarro at the Lyrics, "We're In the Navy Now" at the Isis, "The Canadian" at the Ohio, “Tin Hats" at the Apollo; new show at the Uptown, "La Boheme" at the Circle, “The Marriage Clause" at the Colonial and burlesque at the Mutual.

At the Lyric

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Cliff Nazarro By singing songs that people like, Cliff Nazarro is making a hit at the Lyric this week.

In Variety Jane Cowl made her vaudeville debut last week In “The Clock,” a dram tic sketch of which she Is the author. Tho plot deals with an episode In the life of Gerald Chapman, the super-bandit. In the supporting cast are Joyce Carey, Harry Knapp, Louis Hector and Charles Brokaw. Miss Cowl tried out the little play In Chicago the past week and found it ready for her tour

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As Coppy took the kiddie car, he said, "111 now go scooting far, so everybody’d best look out, or else you may get hit.” The others watched him scoot along, and then it seemed the wheels went wrong, and Coppy took a fall, although it didn't hurt a bit. Then, up spoke Seouty, "That’s too bad. You surely are a clumsy lad. You always make a blunder of whatever you try to do." And Clowny said, "I’ve had enough. This kind of riding's much too rough. Os course I fall a lot because I try more things than you.” Then came a dwarf who told the bunch he thought he had a happy hunch. "I’ll go and get a cart," said he, “and pull you all about. Some other dwarfs will lend a hand and we’ll give you a trip that’s grand." This plan pleased all the Tlnies and they all began to shout. A wee express cart soon rolled out. The Tinles clamored all about. "Now, take your time,” the dwarf exclaim-

CL ÜBS BA r n'LE FOR MOTORISTS ? RIGHTS Movement Is Designed to Se e That Ends of Justice Are Served Properly. Asserts Stoops.

Ignorance of their legal rights is costing motorists hundreds of thousands of dollars yearly and combating this lack of knowledge is becoming increasingly the objective of motor clubs. This point Is made by Todd Stoops, secretray-manager of the Hoosier Motor Club, who declares that “the movement among the 856 clubs affiliated with the American Automobile Association to acquaint members with their legal rights is not in the interest of defeating Justice, bu\ rather to see that the ends of Justice are served properly. “No fair-minded motorist would think of holding any brief for the violator of the motor vehicle laws." Stoops points out. “By the same token, he would not want to see the law unfairly interpreted against the man who has not violated the coda This, however, in spite of all the campaigns against it, Is the practice In many places. “Probably to no Other misdemeanor case decs the accused start with as much against him. Inerlt-

Questions and Answers

You oau set so answer to anv question of fact or information by writing to The Inolanapolia Times Washington Bureau. 1322 V*w York Ave.. Washington. D C.. inclosing 2 cent* in a tamo* for reply. Medical, leral and manta) advice cannot be "iven nor can extended research be undertaken. All other question* will receive a personal reply. Unsigned requests cannot be answered. All letters are confidential.—-Editor. What were the circumstances of the death of Montezuma, the last Aztec ruler and Emperor of .Mexico? During his reign he greatly extended the limits of Aztec dominion and subjugated many new provinces; but his conduct at the time of the Spanish Invasion showed lack of judgment and firmness. He permitted Cortez to reach the capital city, without opposition, receiving him with honors and gifts, and was seized by the Spaniards and held as hostage. One story Is that in the ensuing attack on their quarters he was killed at the hands of his own people while pleading with them to desist; another Is that he was slain by the Spaniards. At what time hi American history was the slogan ‘.‘Free Trade and Sailors’ Rights” used? Before the War of 1812 by patriotic. Americans who resented Interference by “the British navy with our commerce, the search of our vessels for deserting British seamen and impressment of American citizens Into the service of England. How are coffee grounds prepared to stuff a pin cushion? Rinse the grounds in cold water and let them dry thoroughly before using. Pins and needles will not rust In a pin cushion stuffed with coffee grounds. What is the difference between an artificial and a synthetic stone? Imitation gems only stimulate the natural substance; artificial or synthetic ones are Identical with It. The basis of most Imitation gems is a very brilliant lead glass known as

ed, "there’s room enough for all. Just sit right down and keep real still. We dwarfs wil gladly wait until you all get fully settled ’cause we want no one to fall." And such a time th 6 Tinles had. It surely made them all feel glad. The dwarfs began to pull them up a hill that looked real steep. But, very soon their strength was spent. The wee cart slipped. Away it went, and when the ride was over every one was in a heap. Old Santa saw them take their spill. He laughed and laughed and laughed until his sides were aching badly. Then he shouted, “I’m afraid that you had best let cars alone unj til you have one of your own. What say we hie to music land, where i pretty tunes are made?" (To Be Continued) (Copyright, 1926. NBA Service. IncA (The Tinymltes visit the musical shop In the next story.)

ably, it seems even to the courts that are entirely above all suspicion, the whole theory of Justice Is Inverted and the motorist virtually Is considered guilty until he proves himself Innocent. Even motorists take this attitude toward the fellow driver who is seen by the roadside in conversation with an officer. “This stigma of guilt seems attached to the whole motoring clan, and it undoubtedly was born In the habitual violation of the law by a few to each community who feel free to do as they please and feel the sin lies in getting caught. "It is a long road motordom must travel to overcome this prejudice. Motor clubs are tackling the Journey because they know that the average car owner Is a fair, decent, law-abiding citizen. He has been imposed upon to the extent of many thousands of dollars. He will get fairness when he knows his rights. Teaching him these rights Is one of the most popular forms of service rendered by clubs everywhere.”

paste or at mas. Examples of synthetic gems are found In the diamond produced by heat and pressure in cast iron, and the ruby and sapphine as produced by the fusion or alumina with traces of chrome oxide. Can you give me the recipe for Chow Mein? Chop and mix one cup of chopped veal, one and one-half cups of celery, one-half cup of water chestnuts, one-half cup mushrooms and onehalf cup bamboo tips. Cook over a slow fire In a little water until meat is tender, stirring constantly. Steam three cups of noodles until they become soft and fry In deep fat until light brown. Smooth noodles with first mixture and serve hot. Mil at animal can’t swim? Man is the only animal who does not swim naturally. What dog has been called the standardized mongrel? We fail to find any dog which has been called the standardized mongrel. The very meaning of mongrel makes standardization Impossible. Who planned the first United States bank? In 1791, at the instance of Alexander Hamilton, Congress established the first bank of the United states. How wide w Pennsylvania Ave. In Washington, D. (1? One hundred and sixty feet. When and where was whisky first made? Distilled liquors, of which whisky is one, date back to the tenth century, although the exact date is not known. The art of distilling liquors was first mentioned by an Arab physician of the tenth century, Albukaasen by name, though the invention Is attributed by some to the northern nations.

DEO. 17, 1926

Work One Time When Double Is Better Than a No Trump Bid,

By Milton CL Work The pointer for today Ist A double Is generally bettor Chan a nc trump bid for a second hand with only one stopper of the ad row suit. A perplexing question arises When the adversary on the right bids one of a suit and Second Hand, with but a single stopper fn that suit is otherwise amply strong enough for an initial No Trump. For example. West holding.—Rp.s Ace-x-x. Hfc.* King-Jack-x-x. Dis. KJng-x-x. CLi Aoe x-x would open the bidding with One No Trump If South pass; but if South bid either one Spa.de, one Die mond or one Club, should West with only a single stopper bid on® No Trump? as a general rule, under such oir cumstances, West should double. If he had two stoppers in the adverse suit. No Trump would be a safe and sound declaration; but with only one, unless there la a long solid suit to run, a double Is more advisable. The chances are that East . has no assistance in the adverse sultf and, therefore, as soon aa West’s single stopper la taken out, the adversaries—when they get in—will be able to run the remainder of that suit and save game, unless the No Trump Declarer has previously made nine tricky With the ordi nary • type of hand, the chance of running eight consecutive tricks after losing the stopper la Indeed remote; and when the partner fur nlshes sufficient assistance to make that possible, the chances are that a suit-bid forced from him by a double also would produce game Moreover, the double often will pro duce game where the No Trump would fall; consequently the double should be about a 8 to 1 favorite a* a game-getter. Ergo today's pointer l>. is obvious that If the partner has already bid, the double would be business — for example. South one Diamond, West one Heart, Nbrth double. But here an tofbrmatory double t* not cabled for because, with a single stopper In Hearts and a hand containing considerable No Trump strength (South’s bid having shown No Tramp help), game la quite possible; so even with only one stopper, North would be fast)fled to bidding No Trump Talcing out a doubled partner wftl’ be the topic tomorrow. (Copyright, John F. DWe Company.) Work, the fnternathmal authority on Auction Bridge, will answer question* on the game for Time* read ere who write to him through The Time*, enclosing 0) seULaddreased, I stamped envelope.

MR. FIXIT Vision of Garbage Collectors Assailed,

&fs (tentative at th® city nail, write mm at The Times. Painting garbage cans to fantastic colors la a possibility os a remedy for the lack of vision of the collectors, according to a letter Mr. Fixlt received today. DEAR MR. FIX IT: Why to our garbage not collected My two cans are in the back of my garage with lids. For the last three week* they have not been emptied. When X told the oollector three weeks ago, he said he never sees them. They are as plain as daylight. Will paint , them red and yellow tt they can't! see them. I live at the east corner*of the boulevard and St. Peter St. CITIZEN. Truly Nolen, garbage and ashes collection superintendent, will make the eye test for this complaint as well as the following: DEAR MR. FIXIT. The ash and garbage men have not been here for six weeks. I live at 584% E. Washington St. and my cane are covered. The men collect back at 535 W. Washington St., but they do seem to see mine. F. HUDSON. DEAR MR. FIXIT: Will you try to have the city fix the holes in W Twenty-First St. from N. Harding St. to Gent Ave. Cinders, gravel or anything will do. Every time I go down this street my wife holds the tyro children In to keep them from bouncing out. J. M. MORGAN. The streets department officials promised relief as soon as possible. Who wrote "For men may come and rum may go, but I go on forever"? Tennyson in “The Brook.** When did iiaf Erlcson discover America, and when did he land? The date is not known but ts roughly estimated about 1000 A. IX The only record of the voyage to tn Icelandic sagas, In which it to recorded that he landed in 'Wineland.” Scholars variously claim this to be Greenland, Newfoundland, and the coast of New England. Where will the total eclipse of the sun of April 28, 1930, be visible to the United States? The United States naval observotory says: "The eclipse of the sun. of April 28, 1980, will be visible as total along a track less than a mile wide, extending from a point on the j coast of California somewhat to thei| north of San Francisco through™ northwestern Nevada, where a mart mum duration of one and one-half seconds is attained, and thence through Idaho, to the ending among the mountains in southwestern Montana. On account of small errors tn position, from which the beet available data are not entirely free, this short total eclipse may prove in the event not to be total at aU.”