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

A LEGISLATIVE PROBE The suggestion at the conference of Democratic members of the Legislature that the whole Stephenson scandal and all its incidents be probed,will meet with a hearty response from the public. The people are entitled to know what aid or what, hindrance was given to the local grand jury when it started its investigation. The events are too recent to he forgotten and there have been so many spectacular incidents, outside of actual crime, which should be explained. A public and open hearing before a fair committee of the Legislature might accomplish this. In this aspect, let it be hoped that (he conference of Republican Senators, hastily called by Chairman Wall) and Lieutenant Governor Ivan Orman does not suggest an effort to check a full inquiry. The people, for example, are entitled to know why for five days after Stephenson had declared that he had documentary proof of corruption in 1924, of graft in high places, of betrayal of the people’s interests by officials, every effort was made to cloak and hide that announcement. They may wish to inquire why it was that The Times was the only Indianapolis newspaper which printed the facts, although it was printed in every other city in the country. They may wish to know why 1t was that newspaper men and six State Senators were refused permission to interview Stephenson in his cell at a time when he had said he was ready to make public his proof. They certainly will wish to know why it was that the trustees of the penitentiary, a body created by the Legislature and under its control, met at the bedside of one of its members and solemnly passed a resolution approving the barring of all visitors from the penitentiary. Tl\e Legislature may wish to know why a rule was put into force when Stephenson was made a prisoner that had never existed before; a rule which prevented newspaper men from interviewing prisoners. In the previous years of history of the prison, no such rule was in effect, it was adopted when Warden Fogarty was removed and. Stephenson was given a number. The Legislature might find it interesting tq, trace the events which portnitted Julian, former partner of Stephenson, to enter that prison when all others were barred and to leave it to become a wanderer for a month while the grand jury waited his pleasure In returning- It may be remembered that Julian, fn open court, declared that he feared to answer questions which might incriminate himself. Yet he was permitted to talk to this convict, once the po'.itical ruler of Indiana, who, says the attorney general, was then trying to blackmail bis way to liberty. The sending over the wires of a faked interview with Judge Fred C. Gause, special prosecutor and close friend of the attorney general to a newspaper in Michigan City at a time when an effort was being made to get those papers, an interview which was calculated to- promise Stephenson Ins freedom, is not to be overlooked. The people are entitled to know who sent a reporter to Judge*Gause as the only lawyer in this city to give a legal opinion on a pending case—and then distort bis words. Tbe open charge of Alvah J. Rucker, corporation counsel of this city, that the corporations contributed large sums to' the campaign of Governor Jackson needs either proof or denial. If it is true, the Legislatune should know it. if is false, the Governor and the State should not rest under such a, chur^G* The Legislature has important matters before it, but it has none which are so important as a real inquiry into the government of the State. Indiana has had too much bad advertisement if the charges are untrue. If they are true and well founded, it has too much bad government. The suggestion of Senator Chambers should he adopted as a poljcy. not only by Democrats, but by Republicans who wish to redeem the name of their own party. Let’s probe and probe deep. OUR NAVAL PROGRAM AM) COMMON SENSE The fight to prevent our first line of detense slipping back to where it was at the beginning of the Spanish-Amerlcan war, relatively speaking, seems to be bearing fruit. The House Naval Affairs Committee last night okeyed the Butler bill authorizing the building of ten new cruisers, and Representative Fred Britten, Republican, Illinois, intlmaled that money would be asked to begin work on the three remaining cruisers of the 1924 program. This means that the new bill introduced by Chairman Butler of the naval committee late Saturday will shortly come before the lower House for action There is still some doubt whether the •Butler bill, which President Cooltdge is now described as favoring, includes the throe cruisers or the 1924 program. But Representative Britten tudicated the total would bo thirteen instead of ten; otherwise, iie said, he and some members of the committee would not have favored the authorization. In other words, some of the committee take the position that it is absurd to keep “authorizing” new ■hips, then refusing to appropriate the necessary money to build them. A ship on the sea is worth a dozen on paper. Two weeks ago President' Coolidge, in submitting the budgets, made it plain that he was against beginning work on even the three cruisers left over from the 1924 program. His reason was that anew arms limitation conference is possible and it. would not look well for the United States to be laying down new ships meantime. Practical-minded observers, however, point out that Britain and Japan are not waiting on the United Stfljes or any other nation before they spurt ahead with enormous subsidiary craft programs, and the best way to get them to agree to extend the 5-5-3 Washington treaty ratio to efuisers and similar vessels is to let them understand we do not intend to be completely distanced. Whether we really intended to do so or not, the sea powers of 1921 were persuaded the United States fully Intended to outbuild any and all of them in the naval armaments race tlien on. Asa result President Harding did not have to ask any of them

twice to get them to come to Washington and talk reduction and limitations. Since that time the United States has been standing almost stock still. On the other hand. Britain apt] Japan have been forging ahead in craft not limited by the Washington agreement. Today we are being outstripped. If we build no more than already appropriated for, we will have, in 1931, only fifteen modern cruisers, as against Britain's fifty-four and Japan’s twenty-nine. With the three cruisers authorized in 1924, we would have eighteen. With the ten called for by the Butler bill we would still have only twen-ty-eight, or one less than Japan and sixteen less than Britain, whereas the Washington treaty ratio culls for equality with the one and live for every three of the other. Thus, if our proposed new building program serves to bring certain other sea powers to adopt a more reasonable frame of mind, it will be all to the good. If not, then we will have that much start on the necessary job of strengthening our defenses. For let us not forget a warship is not built in a day, and the observation that “not a cloud is on our horizon’’ ns a reason for not keeping the Navy fit is simply no reason at all. To begin work on the national defense after the clouds appear is not only too late, -but would make war certain. BE SOMETHING QUEER Suppose you were the head of a big factory, and you assigned a man to run a department. Suppose that after some time, during which all reports from the department were encouraging, you called him in to report, and he, shifting from one loot to another, should say; “We’re doing rotten. I am inefficient and my men are too. I can’t see how we ll ever make a go of our department. I don’t think it will ever pay. I should advise you to close it down and sublet your contracts to someone else.” You’d conclude, wouldn’t you, that man was suffering from an inferiority complex or something? You’d see at once that the life of the department hung upon getting him out of It and putting in a go-getter who believed in himself, his men and his ability? Well, that is just the kind of report the United States shipping board is making to lt£ employers, the American people, through a Senate committee. W. C. Teller, a board member, told the committee Government operation of ships was and always would be inefficient, and read with apparent satisfaction the statement of the former board executive that inefficiency would grow worse. Senator Johnson, of California, and Senator Fletcher, of Florida, pointed out to him he had just said the board’s vessels had saved $70,000,000 to American farmers in grain rates, that the deficit im vessel operation had grown smaller each year, for years and seemingly was on tho point of being wiped out and that Teller had admitted other advantages in public operation. But Teller stuck to his point doggedly. If his testimony and his attitude are to bo taken as typical of that of the board, the American people are likely to conclude, as the Senators seStned to conclude, that one of the main troubles with Government operation is the Shipping Board and its peculiar mental attitude —inferiority complex or whatever it might be termed.

THE FARMER’S DOLLAR Dear, dearly, should the farmer love his high protective tariff. In proof, R. W. Dunlap, assistant United States Secretary of Agriculture, rises in New York to give personal testimony. "I began farming in the year 1896, when we had free trade," he tells the National Republican Club. "On June 1, 1896, I received 4.1 cents per pound for cattle and 3.4 cents per pound for hogs. "On December 2, 1896, I sold young chickens at five cents a pound and corn at 20 cents a bushel. "This year on the same farm, under a protective policy we sold hogs at 13 cents a pound, cattle at nine cents, chickent at 25 to 30 cents, corn at 80 cents.” And. amid applause, the Assistant Secretary sits down, never mentioning that the relative purchasing power of the farmer's product indexed at 180 in 1896 is hanging around 83 today. In other words, while agricultural prices were rising high, other prices were rising higher, so that in 30 glorious and prosperous years, the farmer's purchasing power has declined 53 per cent. But what of it? SPEAKING OF RIGHTS The question of States* rights is being raised in behalf of Frank L. Smith, elected by the public utility corporations of Illinois to the United States Senate. The sovereign State of Illinois, according to one argument, has the right to send any one she pleases to the Senate. But more than half the present Senate thinks otherwise. They think Illinois has no right to send along a member, the seating of whom will cost a lot of the present Senators their own seats. If they didn’t have to vote on the question they might feel differently; they might allow Smith to have his seat. But since they have to go on record, they feel bound to'vote —“No!” They remember what has happened to the members who voted to seat Newberry. Os the forty-six who did so only fourteen are now in the Senate. States' rights? Yes, but what about a Senator’s rights? The average man has 66 pounds of muscle and 3.3 pounds of brain, according to a physician. Maybe that, explains everything. The quaint belief still persists in some parts of the country that Santa Claus got his start in life as a jury foreman. Many a husband now listed among the dead or missing will show up after the shopping decks have been cleared of the debris. Ontario is Being overrun by snowy owls from tbe arctic, lately. Wise old owls! \ Twelve thousand dentists are to meet in Chicago in January. What an opportunity.

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Tracy Oswald Mosley, Rich and Aristocratc, Will Win as Socialist,

By M. E. Trc y Odds are four to ten that the voters wttl elect Oswald Mosley to a seat in tbe British Parliament. Mosley Is not only rich, dashing and debonair, but tbe husband of Lady Cynthia, who is a daughter of the late Lord Curzon and a grand daughter of the late C. Lelte, With such wealth and such connections one would expect Mosley to ho a conservative, a Tory of tin Tories, but he is not. From all appearances, his dearest ambition Is to stand forth as one of the jnost aggressive Socialists in England. lie has addresqpd meet bigs with a red flag in each hand while his plutocratic wife has led the Singing of LahotUe songs. The biggest political guns of the nation have been brought Into play. Ramsey MacDonald, former Labor! le premier, having come to bless the Mosley campaign with his presence. Premier Baldwin sent his daughter. Betty, to offset the work of Lady Cynthia, but no sooner had she arrived than his Socialist son, Oliver, put in an appearance. Mosley’s father says the young man was born with a gold spoon in his moflth and never did an honest day’s work In his life. Smethwicklana can hardly be blamed for getting mixed up over such a criss-cross of politics and family rows. What Is more significant, however. It reveals the chaotic condition that has come to prevail In England. "Thief Catch Thief’ Recovery of the gToat Rose diamond, wTilch was stolen from a French chauteau last October, offers one more proof of how “it takes a thief to catch a thief.” Borrowing an idea Edgar Allen Poo, tho clever crooks put this gem in an apple and placed the ap plo on a table as though It were a piece of ordinary fruit. A hungry chambermaid saw the apple and was tempted beyond her strength, but when she bit into It her feeth came in with $500,000 worth of jewelry. The surprise and secret were too great for female self-control. Spending the Surplus President Coolidge, Secretary Mel lon, .Congress, the farmers and several million other people have been worrying themselves needlessly over the surplus. Tho Naval Affairs Committee has found a way to use It without rebates. refunds tax cuts or application to the debt. We can build cruisers with It to the tune of sl4o,ooo,ooo,'ten of them, and If that Isn’t enough we can build some destroyers and submarines. ' "The country wants cruisers.’’ says Representative Britten, though how he became aware of It Is a mystery. Just what part would cru’sers play In a modem war?

Tall Building Problem Is a 100-story building practical, and If so, ought it to be built? That Is a question New York architects, engineers and city planners are discussing this week. It is a project that would have been considered preposterous a generation ago. but most authorities have come to regard It as feasible, though they doubt Its wisdom. There is far more to be considered than whether the building is safe or whether it will pay. City streets are only so wide and when you put subways under them and elevateds over them, you have done all that is possible to provide transportation. What New Yorkers would like to know Is whether their streots can .stand the traffic of 110-story buildings. It would be a matter of local satisfaction, even In the greatest city, to possess the tallest structure In the world, but the tired shop girl, stenographer and clerk would bear the biggest share of the burden. New York Is wondering if this side of the equation Is not wv>rth considering. Dangerous Practice The Emperor of Japan Is said to be better, even though a nurse did cut her .throat. Harl-karl may he practiced by those closest to a dead Emperor, but It is not the only reason for suicide. The young woman may have had grievances of her own—a love affairs, trouble with her family or a dispute with a doctor. At any rate, she was not displaying her loyalty to an ancient tradition, and the enterprising journalist who thought she was merely overguessed the situation. The Emperor of Japan not only lives in seclusion, but dies In seclusion. When those In authority 'see fit to give out news of his de parture It will be given out, and not before. Meanwhile, the game of drawing conclusions from what other people may think, say or do is exceedingly dangerous. The United Press Is not playing It. Arithmetic Test All of the questions of this test are concerned with some problem or value of arithmetic. The correct answers can be found or page 8: I—What’s the value of Pi? 2—What’s two-thirds of 12? B—What is the measure, in feet, of a fathom? N , 4—What is the cube root of 27? 6—ls a millimeter longer or shorter than a meter? 6—What is the square of six? 7—What does 4 times 0 equal? 8— How many degrees are there in a right angled triangle? 9 What is 3J)O divided by the square of five? 10—Are the two short sides of an obtuse triangle together longer thakjy t h,ft QJX9 long aide?

Coram Is Best of the Ventriloquists; Dante Has Many Winning Mysteries

By Walter D. Hickman y The term “tht- best” is sometimes dangerous to use, but l feel that in reference to Coram. an English ventriloquist, that it Is more thari a safe term. \ Coram uses a full stage set to introduce himself and his dummy, Jerry. The sg-ene

is \Vhitehall, London, where the ll o r s e guards change. Coram has a natural strong voice but the voice of his dummy is even stronger than Corain'sJ or appears so. 1 place Coram at the head of the list for several reasons, the chief one being that it injects extemporaneous humor into his act on a second's notice. This gives .ample proof that

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he has an active mind that yields to the thought of his audience. In other words he Is active mentally, and that activity gives added strength to his dummy. He has an automatic dummy, meaning that it walks, and on one occasion the movement of the mouth is obtained by pressing the hand of the dummy insthad of working he strings in the head of the dummy. Coram has the most elaborate ventriloquist otTering that I have ever seen on the stage. It is interesting to study his voice and the volume of that of the dummy. Avery tine act. Eddie and Morton Beck open their offering with a window’ song, a sort of a burlesque parody.* Edwin Stanisloff and Grace, two dancers, who specialize in the whirl as the baedc movement of their numerous The work of A1 Stobbl at the piano is of a high quality. The I<e Grohs really turn themselves upside down. A mighty good offering i* Its class. They work with ease and get natural comedy results. The audience when I was present responded with remarkable ease to the eccentric work of Eddie Allen and Doris Canfield. I had no difficulfy in knowing the name of the act. because tho two repeat it more than enough. But tho act did register with the audience. Ed Warren and Charles O’Brien open with a burlesque idea of the dance—a sister team, the acrobats, the chorus and other things seen on the stage. Harry Bentell 'find Helen Gould have worked out an interesting combination of tap dancing and playing on the xylophones. Max York, Jr., announces that he has his own gang with him, .yni tho gang turns out to . tin£__ hunch of dogs. Here Is a dog act that Is different. A real treat. Bert Hanlon Is an eccentric comic who shows hstw easy it is to get applause. Tt was necessary for me to leave before Hanlon completed his act nnd before Margie Clifton and jxirtncr started. Yesterday was certainly a busy reviewing day for me. It is a lengthy Christmas hill at Keith’s this week. On view at Keith’s all week. DANTE IS A WHOLE SHOW IN HIMSELF Dante comes here as one of the leading magicians of Europe. He carries with him enough equipment nnd material to put on an entire evening s program. Dante certainly carries a big bag of tricks with him as he specializes in stunts which require much equipment. He Is doing the "sawing a woman in two pieces”, the best T have ever seen it done on the stage. He has anew illusion in broadcasting a woman from one chair into another., Probably the most spectacular event in this program is the Water stunt and he is getting marvelous results .out of this stunt.* He causes little streams of wuter to start jumping up in the air in he oddest places. A splendid piece of ‘work. He engages In some palm stunts, but those are used a comedy interludes to his more' important events. Here is an act which will appeal to the children as we'l as adults. Among the pets that Ketrow introduces in his animal act is a pony’ and an elephant. Billy Russell is a trick harmonica player of merit. I mean by that that he places the harmonica In many strange positions, such as plaj’ing It with his nose. An easy’ winner. Tho Esther Four combine dancing, violin playing with spectacular acrobatic stunts. They use a full stage set of some beauty as a background to their elaborate offering. Anew way to introduce novelty dancing steps is used by Burns and Fornnm. Their football dance is a real winner. These two men knowhow to dance. They’ use a lot individual class in presenting their steps. Hall, Ermine and Brice offer a lit-

WEEKLY BOOK REVIEW Gordin Hurls a ‘Bomb’ Against ‘Red’ Russia

By Walter D. Hickman Am mindful of the fact that a critical opinion of Morris Gordin's "Utopia in Chains," a study of “Red Russia.” many times is taken as siding in with or being against the present government of Russia. I want to state in the beginning thiCt this is a book review and not my opinion of *what Is actually going on in Russia. On receiving my copy of “Utopia in Chains" from the publishers, Houghton Mifflin Company, for review, I became interested in the fact that the author, Gordin, left the United States to go to Russia because he felt that in Russia was "the new freedom." According to Gordin, he went bhek to Russia in 1921 and stayed there for three years. He went to Russia feeling that the great freedom. Today he writes: “Today I am mortally opposed to Bolshevism. Tor a number of years

✓ tie of this and some of that, meaning their turn is packed with odds and ends of entertaining material. Their drop showing Times Square, New York, is good for much applause. In tim*' two members of the team become very musical. Cooper and Berman have poor comedy material and their singing rates a little higher, that is, the work of one of the men. At tlie Lyric all week. JIM Ml DOES SOME ACTING AT THE I’ALACE With a sentimental sketch, Jimmy Kemper fit the Palace for the

first half does quite a hit of acting that will probably’ appeal to many’ who see h i m. Although well done in the mann e r intended the idea which Kemper uses is much too over em hasized to suit oar taste. If the act were a playlet or something longer than It Is the idea might be carried out with_ a semblence of reality; r as it is ICemper gets a bit over

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emotional over something that has no foundation in the minds of tho audience. Kemper sings one song that we have heard all too little on the stage "Loves Old Sweet Song,” and does It in a manner that brings out the beauty’ that this old ballad has in it. The orchestra with the act has the usual number of popular melodies and other features of the act are a couple of male dancers and

Questions and Answers

You can get an answer to any question of fart nr information, by writing to Tho lniiiamtpolU Time* ’Washington Bumau. Ill”, Now Y'nrl: Ave.. Waeh- • ington, I). 0.. inclosing 2 cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital ahi<-> cannot la- given nor can extended research be undertaken. All other questions will receive a persona! reply. Unsigned requests cannot be answered. All letters are confidential. ! —Editor. How rati discolored celluloid be cleaned? By washing with saleratus (common cooking soda) or with a. dilute solution of common household ammonia. What is the “Third International?” A workingmens' association formed in 1919 on an exclusively revolutionary basis. The decision to found anew revolutionary International. In view of the failure of the old Second International under the test of war, vas first d< ■ tiitely framed by the Russian Social Democratic party (Bolshevik) at its congress In 1915 and subsequently 'adopted hy the Zlmmerwaldlan International Socialist Commission at Stockholm In 1917. The object is stated in the constitution as follows: “The new International Association of Workers is established for tho purpose of organizing common action l>etween the workers of various countries who are striving toward a single aim, the overthrow of capitalism, the establishment of the dictafftrshlp of the proletariat and of the international Soviet republic, the complete abolition of classes and the realization of socialism as the first step to Communist society." Arp a pair of twins four children or two children? Technically “a pair of twins” is four children, “twins” meaning two children. In common parlance, however, we sometimes speak of a "pair of twins” meaning two children (one set of twins), although this Is technically incorrect. How many postage stamps are printed each day by the Govern, inont? The Bureau of Engraving and Fainting turns out 60,000,000 stamps per day. What caused the divorce between Rudolph Valentino and Winifred II admit? At the time of the divorce It was stated in newspapers that their private life Interfered with their respective professions and each wanted an independent career. What was the best season Bala* Ruth ever had in baseball as a pitcher? Tho season of 1915 with the Boston Red Sox, when he won eighteen and lost seven games. When were S2 Idlls first issued by the Government? In 1862. Does tile Government own all the mail trucks it uses? Ti e postofllce has 8.410 trucks in services. Os this number 5,726 are

I Yave advertised Bolshevism as a panacea, a cure-all. but I discovered that my panacea was a poison. It is my duty to tell the people that 1 had been poisoning them." On page 257 of his book, Gordin writes: “What have I found in realty? Not a purifying flame, not a life-giving light, but the dirt of a volcano, breeding disease and devastation.” And. again, on the same page: "Instead of the beginnings of a high economic order. I found only the shattered remnants of an antiquated economy: Instead of a more advanoed type of government, mediaeval tyranny; instead of comradeship, savage ferocity.” That after three years working on the inside as a member of ttie party in control in Russia’s—that's fSe confession of a former member of the party in control in Russia. And then this indictment on page 260: "Instead of advancing Russia to a more perfect form of government. Bolshevism Imposed upon the

Stage Verdict

LYRIC —Dante has an offering of magic and illusions which will please and interest both adults and children. KEITH'S —Coram is the best of the* ventriloquists. PALACE Jimmy Kemper provides some very sentimental entertainment, along with soma good orchestra features here for tlie first half.

a young woman who assists Kemp er. Cahill and Willis have voices that when they are used for a song make np In volume for any other discrepancies present. These two men have built up a good act with comedy that slows down a little once In a while, but which carries enough laughs to make it gqod entertainment. Paul Yocan and company present a melody and dance act in which are offered several piano numbers by the man and some fast dancing by the other three numbers of the act. Tho feature of this group is the extremely rapid pace set by the toatn in their dances. Missed the opening act. Included on the bill Is a photoplay, “Risky Business.” with_ Vera Reynolds and a news reel. . At the Palace today and tomorrow. (By tDo Observer.) Other theaters today offer: "Just Another Blond” at the Circle, “Love ’Em and Leave ’Emyat the Apollo. "Spangles” at the Colonial, “The Eagle of the Sea” at the Ohio, “The Great K. & A.fTrain Robbery” at the Isis: "Whispering "{Vires” at tho Uptown. “Into Her Kingdom” at tho Sanders, “Pals First” at the South Side" and burlesque at the Mutual.

Government owned and 2,684 are operated under contract. By what rules is the victor chosen in decision prize fights? Partly by the aggressiveness shown and partly by the number and kind of punches delivered. What are the duties of a Government immigration patrol inspector, and how are the positions filled? Immigration patrol inspectors are chosen through a competitive civil service examination. Thetr duty Is to prevent illegal entry of aliens Into the United States from across the borders and along the coasts. To Yvhom do British, Dutch and French Guianas In South America belong? To Great Britain, tho Netherlands and France, respec’lvely. flow many minors were killed in mines In the United Slates during 1924? In coal mines, 2,396, and In metal mines, 418. How does the male peafowl differ in appearance from the female? Peacocks have a gorgeous tail and peahens are much smaller, have no train and their plumage is dull, mostly brownish, except the neck, which "Is green. What is the comparative number of Protestants and Roman Catholics in England and Wales? Roman Catholics are estimated at 1.830,000. Anglicans (Church of England) at 2,294,000; other Protestants about two million.

THE LIQUOR GOES RIGHT ON THROUGH Bootleggers Take Out Sink Traps Now, Police Assert. Anew way of getting rid of "the evidence” and thus escaping arrest has been worked out by Indianapolis bootleggefs. Here It Is. The goose neck trap on the sink Is removed and a straight pipe to the sewer substituted by the liquor handlers. When a raid is made, the liquor Is poured Into the sink and runs right through to the sewer. Police cannot unscrew the trap plug and catch the liquor there for analysis by city chemists, as they have done In tho past. This new plan 'of evading the law was brought to light when Lieut. Leonard Forsythe and Sergeant Cox searched two houses and found containers and the odor of liquor, hut no legal evidence, as the liquor had been poured down the straight “drain plpeW they said. The residents, Felix Blaczk, 710 N. Warman Ace., and Charles Schaefer, 229 1-2 Indiana Ave. were arrester on a charge of violating the city plumbing ordlYianee.

oountry a system of mediaeval tyranny. Russia is ruled by a caste of red inquisitioners.” This a man who admits that he was sold on the Russian idea and was willing to sell It to the world before he saw the "Inside facts” of the working of the system. And on page 262 you have this startling confession: "Only near the end of the third year of my sojourn In Russia did 1 become fully convinced that no matter what Capitalism amounts to, it is superior to Bolshevism.” "Utopia in Chains” is a startling mental challenge. lam glad of the opportunity to have read the well written^and careful discriptlon of what this man claims he saw and experienced in that land of the “new freedom.” v It seems to me that to the thought ful person interested in government that "Utopia In Chains” deserves careful consideration and thought.

DEO. 21, 1926

Work Be Sure You Understand Term ‘Reasonable Expectancy,'

By Milton C. Work The pointer for today Is: Bo sure you understand what is meant by "reasonable expert ancy.” We agreed yesterday that when one partner has made an original bid of one No Trump which the Intervening 'adversary lias overcalled, the other partner should raise to two No Trumps when he'assisting partner) holds two quick tricks one at. least In tlie adversely-bid suit and reasonable expectancy of 'more tricks. All tills is plain enough io almost anybody, except tlie last item —reasonable expectancy. I hate known reasonable '"Expectancy, hkn charity, to cover a multitude of sins. Reasonable expectancy in Bridge is tlie exact meaning of tlie woyls; illustration will make this clear. Yesterday four cases were given, in each of which South bkl one No Trump, West two Spades, and the question was what North should do, in each case, holding: 1. Sp.: King-x-x. Ht.: x x-x. Pi.: x x-x-x. Cl.: Ace-x-x. 2. Sp.: King-x-x. lit.: x-x. Dp: Queen-Jack \ x-x. Cl.: Ace x \. 3. Sp : King-x-x. lit : Ace-Jar |H Dl.: xx x. Cl.: Jack-10-x-x. 4. Sp.: King-Jack-x. Ht.; x x-x. DL: Queen-.lack-x, Cl : Jack-x-.x. The holder of No. 1 should pass. He has a quick trick in Clubs and a stopper of the adverse Spade suit; but any expectation that the hand would take further trloks would he' unreasonable. The only possibility would be that tlie fourth Diamond would prove to_ be a thirteener, and that is much too remote to consider. In No. 2, two No Trumps should be bid. It is reasonable to expect additional tricks from the Diamonds. In No. 3. two No Trumps should be bid. The two Jacks constitute together a reasonable of at least one trick in addition to the one Spade and one Heart. In No. 4, two No Trumps should ho bid. Sitting “over” the adverse bid. the King and Jack constitute two stoppers In Spades, and the Diamonds and Clubs furnish reasonable expectancy. Tomorrow: Suit raisers. Copyright, John F. Dllle Cos.) Work tlie international authority on Auction Bridge, will answer questions on the game for Times readers' who write to him through The' Times, inclosing a self-addressed, stamped envelope.

MR. FIXIT Sup-ports Change of DirL Street Cars,

, tet Mr. Fixit present your cue to city officials. He is The Times’ repre “t“Tho V TuiiV* U ’ e CUy hal) - w rtte him The movement against dirty street cars, started by a reader of Mr. Fixit a few days ago, was joined enthusiastically by a correspondent today. , DEAR MR. FIXIT: Hurrah for the citizen who is complaining of the filthy street cars. I have intended writing about the dirty, poorly ventilated E.’ Tenth Sts cars for some time. Several times I find traces of expectoration on steps and on the floor with not a bit of fresh air in the car. Many a morning I have though I would become sick from seeing the filth and realizing the danger in which I was placed. CITIZEN. Your letter has been referred lo James A. Lynch of the Indianapo lis Street Railway Company for investigation. DEAR MR. FIXIT: Contractors who have been building for more than a year the tunnel across Thirty-Eighth St. to connect the two parts of the Crown Hill cemetery have left the street muddy. Just east of where they are putting in the tunnel thev cut the pavement the full width of the street to build a seieer. This is not tilled up, and. of course, there is bump. Please try to help us thousands of motorists who cross there daily. ONE OF THE TTTOUSANDSiH| The contractors will be to give you relief at once. SMOKERS’ RUSH LIKELY Clgaref Tax Will Become Effective in Kansas City Dec. 30. Bli Vnitrii Prft* KANSAS CITY. Mo., Deo. It A rush to cigar stores which will put to Sliahpe all the gold and oil rushes of previous history is expected to start here soon. Kansas City smokers will be forced to pay a 80 per cent tax on all clgarets bought within the city limits. The city council last night passed a much-debated ordinance to levy the tax. the measure to take effect Dec. 80.

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