Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 265, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 February 1927 — Page 6

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The Indianapolis Times UOY W. HOWARD. President BOYD GURLEY, Editor WM. A. MAYBORN. Bus. Mgr. Member of the Seripps-Howard ' Newspaper Alliance * * * Client of the United Press and the NBA Service • * • Member of tbe Audit Bureau of Circulations. Published daily except Sunday by Indianapolis Times Publishing Cos., 2t4-220 W, Maryland St., Indianapolis * PHONE-MA in 3500.

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.

THE PURPOSE OF ONE BILL Up in the Legislature the lawmakers are hurrying a measure which would prevent cities from adopting the city manager form of government except at the end of the term of office of elected mayors. Down in Evansville, teu of the twelve city conn oilmen have joined in an ultimatum to the mayor of that city ordering him to clean up the city or face impeachment. The two facts are connected and related The; bill before the Legislature has for its purpose the protection of mayors whom the people may wish so replace. The situation at Evansville is what might have been expected In a city where the chief executive confesses that ho traveled at the expense of a secret order under a direct summons to the city of Washington to discuss his appointments with the national head of the Klau. These conditions, more or iess oi;eu, always exist in cities where the officials are a part of a machine which ia intent on getting privileges and perquisites for the bosses. The members of the councii in Evansville say the limit has been reached in indecency and the protection of vice and crime. They charge that gamblers and other parasites are permitted to prey upon the unwary without interference. They are disturbed at the unrest on the part of the people. Os course the politicians ku -v> long before these councilmen acted that the people wanted a change. They knew that the disgust and disaffection had reached the point where a city manager would he demanded. That is the reason the measure was brought to the Legislature and is being hurried toward adoption, a measure which, would prevent the people from exchanging a bad mayor and an antiquated system for a good manager and a modern model of city government. The grip of machine government on members of the Legislature will be demonstrated when they vote on this measure, for there is no other purpose to the bill than to keep officials in office who have so a.Ttraged p"blie conscience as to trousr rebellion. There are only two cities in the State which this measure would affect or w li>re there is much probability that the people will wish to put in a city manager before present mayors serve their terms. One of these is Evansville, w here the city council threatens impcachmcut proceedings. The reason there is obvious. The other city is Indianapolis. The people here also understand.

DR. BUTLER ST A RTS SOM KTHIXG Nicholas Murray Butler's speech the other night will not result in smoking out President Coolidge on the question of his possible third term candidacy. The President is doing just what any one of us probably'’ would do in his place. He has two years of his present term to serve, and if be hopes to accomplish anything during that time he will put off the-party battle as long as possible. This is true whether he hopes to run again or not. If he announces that he is not a candidate a scramble will ensue among other candidates that will interfere with all other work of the Government. If he announces that he is a candidate, he will draw the open opposition of those who now hope to obtain Ills support. So our guess is that Coolidge will continue to l.eep cool and to keep other candidates as cool as po33ib'o. Dr. Butler, however, did* smoke something out. And that is the prohibition issue. How effectively he did so is made clear by Senator Borah's prompt proposal that Dr. Butler join him in a nation-wide barnstorming debate on the subject. Senator Willis of.Ohio likewise lost no time getting into the argument. Borah and Willis both seem to be seeking a role similar to that of W. G. McAdoo In the Democratic party. Next we’ll have some mre pronouncements from other Republican wets and some further replies from Republican drys. Who knows? The Republican organization has been successful many times, in herding irreconcilable elements under one banner and upon one ambiguous platform, but at the rate it is getting started, this division over prohibition may he too wide to bridge by 1928. It is not impossible that the issue in the next campaign will be this very thing, with party lines failing to hold in both parties. Which might not be a bad thing. The people would know, at least, what they were voting for. They didn’t in 1924. THE M’NARY-HAUGEN Unless President Coolidge should veto it, Cue Mcrtary-lJaugen bill seems destined to become law. The plan worked out by Western farmers for relief from their present serious situation, will have a trial. Whether or not they have embarked on a policy that is “economically unsound,’’ as Mr. Coolidge declares, will be revealed in duo time. Whether or not this legislation will result in increased prices will be revealed. The farmers’ spokesmen say theye need he no rise in prices, but they pmy be mistaken. What seems to have happened is that the farmers are taking, by force, a special privilege obtained, in the same way, in the past, by other economic groups. The force used, of course, is political force, made effective tiirough concerted action. Capital, industry and most recently, labor, all have succeeded in obtaining a special share of our national prosperity. The farmers have been left out. Now they are about to remedy this situation for themselves. They scarcely claim to be remedying it for the country as a whole, save only as increased prosperity for their great number will be reflected in the earn ings of all w’ho have anything to sell to farmers. President Coolidge may be right, ir so, he has been wrong in his consistent support of every special privilege now held in America. He has been the friend of every high tariff. The assistance he withholds from the farmers he gives cheerfully to the y manufacturing interests. It can not be forgotten 'that -he alone prevented a revision downward of the sugar tariff at a time when the sugar industry could have stood the cut. His stubborn refusal to accept the recommendation of the tariff commission in this

matter cost consumers a great many millions of dollars. Coolidge is in poor position to cry unsound economics, in the face t>f his record. But it may be unsound economics, nevertheless. If so, the country should obtain a good deal of enlightenment in the next few years. The operation of the McNaryilaugen bill, if it. brings a general increase in the cost of living, should make clear finally to the American people w ho is helped and who is hurt by special privilege legislation—including our excessive tariffs. WHOSE FAULT i a high school principal in a middle weslfrn city the other day, In giving diplomas to the mid-winter graduating class, gave the assembled crow'd a Jolt when he criticised the class sharply for having paid too little attention to their lessons. “You just got by,” he told them. He added that if they had paid less attention to football, parties and the like they might have made better marks. True enough. Just what the situation was in that particular high school we don’t know; but usually, when a high school is devoting too much attention to athletics it will he found tjiat the principal, by insisting on good football teams and accepting mediocre work in the class rooms, is largely responsible. MUSSOLINI, PATRON OF ARTS in a comfortable studio in Naples a whitebearded old man is working once more as a sculptor, after 25 years of mental darkness. The sculptor Is Vincenzo Gemito, hailed in the closing years of the nineteenth century -as Italy’s greatest sculptor. His mind weakened, however, a quarter of a century ago, and he was unheard of for many years. A devoted woman finally has nursed him back to mental health—and now the Italian government has rescued him from poverty by appropriating 100,000 lire to enable him to continue his work. Here is an interesting new sidelight on the character of Benito Mussolini, Italy’s dictator, who was responsible for the appropriation. It is the sort of thing that makes history look with indulgence on what some people are wont to call political oppression. THE RIGHT DIRECTION At last the right sort of primary legislation is in sight. When fraud and corruption are taken out of the primary, many of the objections to it w ill disappear. It is well known history in this city that the will of the people .has so often beeq overturned by trickery that many people have come to the conclusion that it is not worth while to vote at all In .'.he primaries. One of the criticisms of the primary as that it Joes not attract the voter to the polls aud that candidates are named by a small portion of the citizenship or members of the party. That criticism would prr.bably be dispelled if the voter had an assurance that his vote wo lid not be nullified by the tricks which the professional politicians use to overthrow the will of the majority. In this city, the withdrawal of candidates for membership in the party organization have often left the voter with no chance of protesting against boss ism. In many cases there have been open charges that the count of votes has been at least peculiar. Measures which will protect the primary and not destroy it should be encouraged. If fraud can be eliminated and a fair count assured, much will be accomplished. Famous hack-fence lines —“Have you heard that Gladstone —” How can baseball be honest when the schedules are framed?

THE DOGGONE DEMOCRATS By N. D. Cochran-^——————

If that Smith-McAdoo scrap is all the fight the Democratic party can stir up, there’s nothing in the Ul2B campaign to get excited about. All the Republicans need do is sit "back in their grand-stand seats ind watch the party of Jefferson, Jackson, Cleveland and AVilson give itself another good licking. One trouble with the Democratic party is that it lias got into the bad habit of backing up to Victory. By the time election day comes around it can back up to the polls, lift up its coat tails, if any, and say to t(ie great American public: “Please kick me.” By the time t.h.e national convention of 1924 adjourned and left the'Madison Square Garden the party had licked itself and was ready to start on its mournful march backward toward the election. It didn’t even stop after election long enough to thinly it over. It just fell over in a deep sleep and when it woke up the Smith and McAdoo forces started making faces again and picking their%>artnera for a fight. To a man up a tree it looks as if there is little left of the old party but the two factions that rally around these two candidates, and that they can’t think of anything to light about except prohibition and religion, with no prospect of harmonizing on either policy. If that's the best they can do, the Republicans can straddle botli issues and get away with it. Os coursethere is still some vitality in the Democratic party. It has been pronounced dead on several occasions, only to rise from the ashes and begin making another fight for its life. That’s because' there is something put info it by Jefferson that won’t stay buried no matter how high the opposition piles rocks on the grave. But what Jefferson put into the Democratic party wasn't a religious scrap. That was supposed to be out of the .way when the Constitution dedicated this . wintry to religious liberty. If his- party could get back to truly democratic principles and quit that everlasting fighting over individuals. there might be a chance to drop both McAdoo and Smith, adopt a short, simple, clear platform of fundamental principles and then pick out a candidate who would fit- such a platform. But’just now the program appears to be a fight ,u the deatli between two candidates, each controlling enough delegates to prevent the other from getting the nomination; and* each hoping he can pick an outside candidate if lie can’t get the nomination himself. And the probability is that the scrap-will become so vicious that the defeated faction at the 1928 convention will swat any third man who grabs the nomination when Smith and McAdoo have chewed each other to shreds. N Altogether the prospects look bright for the Democratic children of Israel wandering- about the wilderness for tlie next forty years before they even come in sight of the promised land. In the meantime, the wickd Republicans will gorge themselves with . the overflowing milk and honey

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Tracy ‘You Wini’ Is Criminal's Despairing Cry as Law Grip Tightens,

By M. E. Tracy SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 10.—He stood in a salt Lake City court not. only willing, but glad to plead guilty as a forger. Fear had brought him to a point where, lie thought of prison as a good biding place. They took .him out of court before Ids case could be disposed of, and to police headquarters. They showed hint a circular containing tlie fingerprints and description of a man wanted for murder in California, iHe looked at it and cried; "My God.' You win.” It is an old story, yet ever new. and that is the pathetic part of it. “You win,” is the cry of all criminals in the end. They may escape men and avoid the necessity of uttering it in a court of justice, but they cannot elude conscience. What criminal has ever come to the end of the road and been able to say: “I win?” Where is the man who has found peace and satisfaction through mistreatment of his fellow beings? Shameful Victory President Diaz has won a distinct victory in Nicaragua. Whatever advantage there is in it goes to him. Whatever shame there is in it goes to us. The unofficial assistance of American ' aviators contributed much, while the official presence of American marines contributed more. \ But for these two important factors, President Diaz would probably be fleeing the country. Latin America is not deceived. Illiterate though its millions may be, they sense the truth and understand what turned the tide of battle. Neither will our State Department’s declaration, that it disapproves the Idea of American aviators taking part in such affrays, change the situation. We have browbeaten the weak little republic of Nicaragua only to earn the added hate and distrust of a dozen others. Putting aside the question of principal, what can President Diaz deliver us that is worth the price?

‘Babe’s’ Salary “Babe” Ruth wants *IOO,OOO a year for his services. That is more than the President of the United States receives, though not half the salary of some movie stars. There will doubtless ensue a long and noisy debate as to whether the "Bambino” is entitled to such a b'6ost in pay. If granted It. other players will demand theirs, which is the all-im-portant point at issue. The club owffers probably would yield if they thought they could pass thfe buck to the public. What worries them is just how much the public can be made to stand. There is suen a thing aS killing the goose that lays the golden egg, and Babe Ruth may have started the slaughter. Butler’s Prediction One would have more faith in Nicholas Murray Butler’s prediction that President Coolidge won’t run again were it not for a suspicion that the wish is father to the thought. The opinion prevails that Butler himself would like to be the lican candidate in 1928. This, together with his avowed wetness, serves to make prohibition an almost inescapable issue within the Republican party. At all events, that is Jhe way Senator Borah sees It, and whether for Coolidge, or lor his own interests, he is quick to accept the challenge as a dry champion. Three Views Butler thinks that prohibition is the big issue and that we ought to settle It once and for all by repealing the Eighteenth Amendment, or by modifying the Volstead act. Borah Thinks that prohibition is the big Issue and that we ought to settle it once and for all by standing pat. ( | Former Secretary of the Treasury Leslie' M. Shaw ' thinks prohibition is the big issue, that the Eighteenth Amendment and Volstead are wrong, but have come to stay. * All thre§ are in accord as to the idea that the next Republican convention can settle the prohibition issue once for all, which is astonishing lr view of the fact that we have been arguing it for more than eighty years, have had it in the Constitution for eight years and haven’t settled anything yet. Long-Lived Issue There were more prohibition States seventy' years agev than there were forty years ago, and history may repeat itself. We have had a very long discussion over this perplexing theory of making people temperate by law. and it looks as though #we were in for a longer one. If the prohibition issue is settled by 1950, I, for one. shall be very much surprised. AA'liat is love? , A strong complex emotion or feel ing inspired by something, as a person or a quality, causing one to ap preciate, defight In or crave the presence 0? possession of the object and Jo please or promote the welfare of that object. Is if true that salt water is heavier than fresh water? Yes. Is there any provision under the copyright law for the ’ protection of : trade names? No; entry ran pot' be. made in the copyright office for names, but trade names can be registered at the trade mark division of the United States Patent Office.,

The Royal Hungarian Orchestra Opens Today for Three Days at the Palace

Songs, dances and music, which are native to the Hungarian Gypsy compose the program presented by the Royal Hungarian Orchestra and the Fellegi sisters at the Palace Theater the last half of this week. Seven men make up the orchestra, which is composed of a combination .of violins, cello, stringed bass, clarinet, piano and czimbalon. In addition to the weird and haunting music of their native land the men play classical selections. “Two Chocolate Cake Eaters” are Billy Lytell and Tom Fant, who are young dispensers of comedy, song and cheer. George Yeontan and Lizzie claim to be “just a wee bit different” in their .“Information.” Last year this couple wa§ presentifig “The Editor of the AssftKsinatod Press*’ and say this act is its SCqucl. “Information” is a fantastical idea of the future and deals with the congested conditions that have necessitated a more liberal use of the air. Page and Class are staging their “Dance Eccentricities in the'Air” on | a single wire. They do Russian, jazz and toe dancing on their high perch. Miss Class is said to be the only woman to walk across the wire on her toes. | Smith and Sawey are comedians j in their "Sunkist Satire.” I The song favorites of twenty years j ago—“ Sweet Rosie O’Grady”—has I been filmed ami will be the photoplay with Shirley Mason in the main J role. Patbe News, a comedy and topics of the day are also shown. This show opens today. Indianapolis theaters today offer: “Lass That Off” at English’s; “For Brides Only,” Theatre Guild production at the Masonic Teinplig Blossom Seelej* at Keith's; Kelly and Forsythe at the Lyric; “The Wrong Mr. i Wright” at the Colonial; “The Clingi ing Vine” at the Uptown; “Man at the South Side; "The Music Trap" at the Sanders; “Lovey Mary” I Master” at the Circle: “Paradise for | Two” at the Apollo; “The Red Mill” at the Ohio; new show at the Isis ! and burlesque at the Mutual. GOOD ROADS PAY Trdtfic on the State highways of California lias increased 93 per cent in the past four years following an expenditure of $100,000,000 for good j roads, the State highway commis- | sioner recently announced.,

Writes Play

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. 'the Indianapolis Theatre Guild tonight at the Mosoiiic Temple will give the first performance of Test Dalton's new play, “For Brides Only." Dalton is an Indianapolis playwright.

The Acquisitive Age

Legislative Calendar

HOUSE BIIU Introduced If. H. 287—Rinxo and Robertson. Establishes office of State veterinarian, provide* for appointment by Governor and for suppression of eontaxious diseases among domestic animals. Agriculture. H. B. 288—Rincro and Scott. Makes it unlawful to destroy military records of one who has served in Army or Navy. Military Affairs. H. B. 280—Brewster. Provides for the erection of a joint high school by school township and school town in any town of toss than 3.000. Cities and Towns. H. B. 200—Hunt. Declares a five-year closed season on quail. Fixe* penalty of $2.5 to SSO for r.-n-h bird unlawfully possessed. Natural resources. 11. R. 201—Livingston. Abolishes tax board and transfers its functions to Circuit Court judges. Counties and Townships. H. B. 202—Harrison. Increases salary of Marion County municipal court bailiffs from 8.1,200 to 8.1 800 a year. Affairs of the City of Indianapolis. H,. B. 203—Wright. Gives public service commission authority to compel public utility, companies to serve rural patrons. Judiciary A. H. B. 294—Duncan. Provides that claims against Stia'e highway commission may be made bass of action for damages. Judiciary A H. i). 295—Harris rnd Largforc. Increases cerUio fees of a justice of the peace. Fees ind Salaries. H. B. 29(1--Mason. Provides for Bible reading in the public schools without comment. No penalty is provided, but the reading is made mandatory with the -teacher. Public Morals. H. B. 207—Grant. Enables'townships to buy fire fighting equipment and provide for its maintenance and operation. County and Townships. H. B. 208—Chamberlain. Harris. Claycombe and Pittenger. Provides an educational improvement fund for Indiana and Purdue Universities. Ways and Means. H. B. 209—Greenwalt. Changes aulo 1 license fee to 83. Judiciary A. 11. B. 30(1—Clements. Changes criminal code Tor some offenses. Criminal Code. If. B. 301—Ahlgrcn. Affects criminal • ode in relation to some offenses. CrnuiI nal Code. 11. B. 302—Carlson. Concerns criminal I affect l of robbery, arson, rape, burglary. I etc. Criminal Code. j H. B. 303—Curry and Byers (Knox!. Provides alternate method of obtaining county hospitals Countv commissioners may upon sufficient petition erect and maintain such hospital. County and Townships. H. B. 304—Drake. Entitling sheriffs to mileage fees. County and Townships. IT, B. 305—Drake. Concerns construction. maintenance and repair of public highways, bridges and culverts by township trustees. Roads. Resolutions Read Lee—Requesting reconsideration of 11. B. 58. providing fbr using prison labor in road work. 11. B. 58 wa9 killed previously in tae House. Bills Passed H. B. 18c—Donnell and Storen. Changing election of mi-mbcrs of library board. Ayes, 84: noes. 0. ... H. B. 30—Carlson. Concerning legal -tatue of foreign insurance companies ia 1 case of legal action. 81-0. Indefinitely Postponed H. B. 152—Clay combe. Increasing third assistant city attorneys salary from $1,500 to 82.400. w . . ir It 40—Huffman. Authoriaing trans- ! far of township school property to school city of Elkhart. ... H B. 107—Drake Allowing county councils to abolish office of counly road superintendent and placing their duties with county commissioners. H B. 203—Hawkins and Curry. Repealing law requiring county school superintendents to luspect eighth 'grade graduates 1 . BIIU Withdrawn H B 30—Babcock. Allowing miieage Jof 10 cents a mile to election inspectors coming 1o a ounty seat to get election I supplies. . . . H B 111—Harris. Authorizing second nd third-class cities to permit construction REFUSES TO BE OUSTED ( ounty Agent Sets Tight on Advice of Gitliom. On Timcs .special WARSAW. Ind.. Feb. 10.—Although voted out of office by the board of trustees ✓of Kosciusko | County. Tom A. Parker, County agricultural agent, is sitting tight on the job at Warsaw on advice of Attorney General Gllliom and t the State board of accounts. ParkeY j lias the backing of Purdue Uni- * # versity, which recommends the plao- ! ing of agricultural agents. Parker! failed to receive the indorsement ofs the trustees at their last monthly j meeting, because of a strong fight | made against him by certain politicians and for alleged personal reasons, according to his friends. Parker began his work as county agent at Warsaw in 1921. ' y HOOSIKR WOMAN KILLED Oil Times Special ELKHART, Ind., Feb. 10.—In vestigation was begun today of the truck-auto crash late Wednesday in which Mrs. Ina Doll, 49, was killed. An auto driven by her husband Harry Doll collided with a truck driven by Frank Tewks of South Bend. Doll was Injured.*

j of overhead or underground passageways over or under alleys. H. B. 130—Carlson. Adding one year to sentence in case of attempted break from Indiana prison. H. B. 134—Ahlgren. Increasing petit larceny fine from $25 to SIOO. H. B. 135—Scott. Stipulating that minors convicted as first offenders shall be sentenced to custody of Indiana reformatory board of managers, to county jail or to Indiana State farm. H. B. 137—Harrison. Fixing schedule of time off in case of good behavior on part of sentenced prisoners. H. B. 138- CI ay com be. Lowering age of entrance to Indiana State prison from 30 to 25. IT. B. 139—Cla.veombe. Allowing entrance us 25-year-old prisoners to Indiana State prison. (Companion bill to if. B. 139.) H. B. 247—Sauijders. Including engineer and attorney fees in assessment for construction of sidewalk. SENATE , New BUIs i 8. B. 222—Branaraati. Fines for highway supervisors who fail to keep roads in I condition. Judiciary A. ! S. B. 223—Cann. Gives land clerk in 1 State auditor's office salary of $2,500. I Finance. j S. B. 224—Clancy. Provides for p-ompt payment of sewer contractors by the city j issuing certificates. City of Indi lnapfdis. j S. B. 225—Clancy. Provides for reorganisation of the sanitary board. City of Indianapolis. , S. B. 220—Dickerman. Changes regulations regarding examinations for health and accident policies. Insurance. 8. B. 227—Harlan. Richmond sewer connection for Eastern Insane Hospital. Benevolent Institutions. S. B. 228—Harlan Provides funds for Wayne Township Hospital. County and Township business. 1 $■ B. 229—Moorhead. Appropriates S2OO for marker for grave of Governor Oliver P. Morton. Military Affairs. $. B. 2.'o—Perkins. Forbids use ol voting machines. Elections. S. B. 231—Steele. Makes all StatcI owned land bordering streams and lakes I State narks. Natural Resources. Bills Passed I 8. B. 2—Harrison. Governs contra-ts 1 for money payment, to prevent prior judg- | ment while action is pending. Ayes 38. r.oes 0. S. B. 137'—Brown. Salary raise for Porter County judge. 29-7. S. B.M49—Dickerman. Permits other than parents on board of children's guardians. 30-ti. S. B. 182—Cann. Lets trustees sell abandoned sohoolhouses. 30.0. S. H. 178—Branaman. Provides standardization of estate sale notices. 38-0. S. B. 157—Moorhead. Demands weed cutting in subdivided lots within five miles of Indianapolis. 30-0. BUIs Killed S. B. 95—Holmes. Gottschalk. Library certifications. Ayes 18. uoes 21.

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Here's another test prepared especially for children, but interest- ; ins for adults, too. The correct i answers appear on page 11: 1 — What’s wrong in the accompanying picture? 2 What is the subject of tins sentence: “To whom was the letter ad- j dressed?” 3 How many colors are there in the United States flag? 4 Wliu i.A 1 1io p'eco which must be trapped in chess? 5 What State is directly east of Louisiana? C —How many quarts are there in a gallon? B—How man}-; pounds difference) is there between a long and short; ton? 7 —What is the largest city in Alabama? , 9—What is tlie cupular name for a football field? i .10—What State? bound Wyoming?

FEB. 10, VJ'J7

W'ork Second of Two Quicf? Tricks May Be in Another Suit.

By MILTON (. WORK The pointer for today is: Allien the five-card suit does not ; contain (no quick i ricks if should not be bid unless (lie hand contains compensating strength. A five-card suit seeded by an Ace or by n King-Queen, contains cue quick trick. The King Queen suit is a shade stronger th in the Ace suit from f lie standpoint of general value, but from the quick-trick standpoint is rated on the same basis. Neither should be bid unless the hand also contains one other quick trick, or more than the equivalent thereof Taking up in order the illustrations given yesterday: 1. Sp.: Acc-Queen-x-x-x. Jit: Ace-x-x. Di.: x-x-x. Ol.: x-x. It will be noted that in this hand the five-card suit contains more than one quick trick, but not two quick tricks; therefore it should not be bid without a side quick trick or the equivalent. The Ace of Hearts is a quick trick ami the hand having more than the minimum two quick trick requirements, is unquestionably a bid of one Spade. It would be equally a bid of one Heart, Diamond or one Club if the Queen-x-x-x were in -either of suits, and it would be just as much a Spade bid if the support were | either the Ace of Diamonds or the Ace of Clubs. 2. Sp.; Ace-x-x-x-x. Ht.: Ace-x-x. Di.: x-x-x. Cl.: x-x. This hand represents the minimum in suit-leading. For many years bid ding a five-card suit headed or.ly by an Ace, with a side Ace and no other strength, was not advised by the leading authorities unless the suit named contained at least one other honor; but it has been found that passing with a hand like No. 2 (containing as it does two quick tricks and a five-card suit which may be established) is apt to result dlsadvantageously. 3. Sp.: Ace-x-x-x-x. Ht.: King-Queen-x. Di.: x-x-x. Cl.: x-x. This hand unquestionably should be hid because it is stronger than No 2. As was stated yesterday, a King-Queen, while rated as only one quick trick, is more valuable than an Ace. Tomorrow’s hands: 1. Sp.: Ace-Queen-x-x-x. Ht.; King Jaek-x. Di.: x-x-x. Cl.: x-x----2. Sp.: Ace-Queen-x-x-x. Ht Queen-x-x. Di.: x-x-x. Cl.: x-x. 3. Sp.: Ace-Qucen-10-x-x. Ht Queen-Jack-x. Di.: x-x-x. Cl.: x-x (Copyright John F. Dille Cos.) Work, (lie international authority on Auction Bridge, will answer questions on the game for Times readers who write him through The Times, enclosing u self-addressed, stamped envelope. M

Questions and i Answers

You can net an answer to any question of fact or inlormation by wntin.to The Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau. 1322 New York Ave.. Washington. D. C„ inclosing 2 cents In stamp? for reply. Medical, legal and manta advice cannot be given nor can extended research be undertaken. Alt other questions will receive a persona) reply Unsigned requests cannot be answered All letters are confidential. —Editor What origin is the name Dclist-a aid what does it mean? It is an Italian name and means of or from a lisli bone or small bit Hotv much docs it cost to scnil i letter by air mail from New York to San Francisco? Air mail is 8 cents for each ounce or fraction thereof, for each air mail zone or part of such zone in Which the mail is carried by plane. The United States lias been divided into three zones for air mail, therefore a letter sent t othe West Coast from the East, weighing one ounce, would cost 24 cents. For how long did the United States coin the large copper cents? [ The coinage commenced in 1793 j and was discontinued in 1557. None I were coined in 815 and 1823. They ! were coined at the Philadelphia mint I only. How long has wire been |factured? 1 The manufacture of wire has been ! traced by good authorities as far* ! back as the period of early EgyptUntil the fourteenth century, wire was manufactured by hammering out strips of metal. It seems to be fairly well substantiated that the present method of, producing wire by drawing was practiced in Germany during the fourteenth century. In 1865 machine-drawn wire was first produced in England Can a citizen of Mexico, who was married and resides in the Initial States obtain a divorce here? lie can obtain a divorce in any State of the Union by complying with the requirements of the divorce law of that particular State? Hotv many races of people live in India; how many languages are spoken there and Which one predominates? There are forty-five races; 170 lan guages or dialects arc spoken and western Hindu predominates. English is the official language. Is there such a thing as red and, green snow? Colored snow has been seen in Greenland and 6n the mountains of southern Europe. The usual color is red or green, the coloration being due to minute organisms known a.Protoeeoccus nival!.--. A yellowish deposit has also been precipitated from snow, which when examined was identified as the pollen of pin, ' tices. m What Is the value of a Confederate hundred dollar bill with bust of Mrs Davis, Issue of 1861? Two dollars per hundred note*. Where is Fort Davis? At Gatun, Panama, Canal Zone.