Indianapolis Times, Volume 44, Number 279, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 April 1933 — Page 1

GERM THAT CAN CAUSE CANCER IS FOUND BY DOCTORS .Disease Unmistakably Produced in Guinea Pigs by Injecting Growth Obtained From Human Tissue. TREATMENT USE FAR IN FUTURE Prevalent View That Malady Is Not Communicable Is Upset; Opens Extensive Research Field. (Coovriirht. 1933. bv Science Service! WASHINGTON, April I.—Discovery of a germ or micro-organism that can cause cancer was announced by the I’nited States Public Health Service’s National Institute of health here today. Discovery was made by Drs. T. J. Glover and J. L. Engle, who have been working at the institute, although they are not attached to the regular government stafT nor to the United States public health service.

They have succeeded in producing typical, unmistakable cancer in guinea pigs by injecting a growth of a micro-organism or germ obtained from the tissues of a proved case of cancer of the human breast. Medical scientists here frankly are excited by the discovery. They realize that it upsets the prevalent opinion that cancer is not a germ disease and not communicable. The experiments have convinced conservative and skeptical government scientists and it is only after years of work that the announcement has been made. Application Far in Future Application of the new discovery to the treatment of human cancer Is far in the future, but the experiments of Drs. Glover and Engle promise to blaze anew line of cancer research that appears very hopelul. Because this is the first time, so tar as can be found, that any one ever has observed cancer in guinea pigs, conservative scientists of the National Institute of Health are impressed particularly by the work ‘lt promises to open a valuable field for further research.” commented Dr. George W. McCoy, director of the institute. Drs. Glover and Engle also have produced cancer in rats with their growth of germs from human cancerous tissue. But rats develop cancer so very easily that this was not considered convincing evidence that the germ growth, or culture, as the scientists call it. actually could cause cancer. The production of cancer in guinea pigs which, so far as any one knows or can find out, do not readily develop it, is considered much more of a Teat and convincing evidence that germ culture of Drs. Engle and Glover is cancer-producing. Is Spore-Bearer The cancer produced in the guinea pigs has all the characteristic appearance of cancer when examined by the unaided eye and under the miscroscope. Furthermore, it spread, producing cancer in other parts of the bodv. thus fulfilling another of the criteria for diagnosis of the growth as cancer. The germ itself is similar to some common forms of bacteria and is what scientists call a spore-bearer. It, was isolated on special media from the tissues of the human cancer. In the report made public today, only one case of cancer in the guinea pig is described. The diagnosis of cancer in this case was confirmed by a pathologist of the National Institute of Health, and the foremost staff bacteriologist now is checking the bacteriological side of the work. Investigated for Years Dr. Glover started his investigations several years ago in New York. For the last three years, the work has been carried on by himself and Dr Engle at the National Institute of Health, where the director and staff scientists could follow and check various steps of the research. In their report made public today. they do not claim specifically to have discovered the cause of cancer. but state with characteristic scientific reserve: “It is the purpose of this report to place on record the production nf metastatic malignancy in one of a group of guinea pigs inoculated with a culture containing a sporebearing micro-organism which was isolated on special media from the tissue of a microscopically proven carcinoma of the human breast.” Will Work on Serum Further points to be determined are whether the micro-organism they have described causes the cancer. or whether it is caused by some virus or other germ present in the culture, or by some toxin or other I übstance produced by the bacteria , >f the culture. It is possible that this rulture is mot the cause of all types of cancer, .but of one group of them Efforts to develop a serum, either curative or protective, will be a logical out-I'*-ome of this research. Investigation of the infsetiousness ni a tvpe of cancer produced by bacteria as this one was in the guinea mug also will have to be developed. present, the evidence is all against Icancer being a commun.cable dis(Turn to Page Three)

The Indianapolis Tiroes

VOLUME 44—NUMBER 279

ILLINOIS MAYOR ESCAPES BOMB Blames Political Foes for Attempt on Life by Time Explosion. Rti 1 uitrd Prrtt BERWYN, 111., April I.—An attempt on the life of Mayor Frank Novotny of Berwyn was disclosed by I police today. A bomb timed to explode as the mayor drove his automobile into i his garage, demolished the structure. Neither Novotny, his wife, nor 1 his brother, Albert Novotny, who | were in the home, were injured. Novotny, who had returned from j a city council meeting, blamed the ! attack on political opposition. He lis seeking re-election at balloting i next Tuesday. Albert Novotny is city controller. SUSPECT IS HELD IN SLAYING OF FARMER Admits Planning Robbery, but Denies Murder. R;/ f fiitrri Prrxx LA GRANGE. Ind„ April I. Francis Carroll, 38, farmer living near Ft. Wayne, was arrested Friday j night by state police and Sheriffs of La Grange and Allen counties as a | suspect in the slaying of Charles Pyatt, 62, wealthy South Milford • farmer. Carroll admitted planning to rob | Pyatt’s home, but denied shooting the aged farmer, police said. He implicated Emerson Vester, 29, Ft. Wayne piano teacher, in a statement to the officers. Vester had not been located early today. Pyatt was shot by a prowler whom he and his wife discovered in their | home when they returned from a ] church party late Thursday night. LESLIE AIDS 'PUT ON GRIDDLE’ BY LUTZ McNutt Administration Is Lauded by Attorney-General. Praise of Governor Paul V. McNutt’s administration and sharp criticism of the last state administrative organization under the leadership of Harry G. Leslie, were made Friday in an address before the Exchange club in the Washington by Philip Lutz Jr., attorneygeneral. After pleading for confidence in the new administration for the “early return of normalcy,” Lutz said: “McNutt faced a tremendous deficit, when he took office. There I were 6.000 on the pay roll of the state highway commission and the state faced approximately SBOO,OOO in contested claims of road contracts. “In fact, the commission had spent large sums of money in contract letting, and was more interested in giving contractors work than in requiring proper right of ways for roads. “The ‘new’ deal' program of Governor McNutt will result in far reaching beneficial results and prospects of return of normalcy are excellent.” INSPECTION IS HELD Royal Arch Masons Appear Before Grand Chapter Officers. Oriental chapter. No. 157. and Indianapolis chapter. No. 5, Royal Arch Masons. Friday night held a joint inspection before officers of the grand chapter of Indiana, in the Oriental Masonic temple, Twenty-second street and Central avenue. The Most Excellent Master degree wsa conferred. In the Air Weather conditions at 9 a. m.: West-northwest wind. 24 miles an hour; temperature, 44; barometric pressure. 29.73 at sea level; general condition, overcast, light- fog; ceilmgifcOO feet; visibility, 2 nules.

Generally fair tonight and Sunday; not much change in temperature.

PROBE DEALINGS OF J. P. MORGAN AND COMPANY

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Determined to get to the bottom of security dealings as conducted by J. P. Morgan & Cos., much as a congressional committee probed those of the elder Morgan twenty years ago, Ferdinand Pecora (left) and Senator Duncan Fletcher (right) conferred on means of getting access to the firm's books. They are counsel and chairman of the senate banking and currency committee, which wants information on flotation of bond issues.

Double Prison Guard to Block Ruth Judd Suicide Murderess Threatens Daily to End Life After Attempted Jail Break Fails. By L nited Press FLORENCE, Ariz., April 1. Guards at state prison “death row” were redoubled Friday when Winnie Ruth Judd, condemned murderess, threatened suicide after failing in an attempted jailbreak.

Her hands torn and bruised from wielding a crude saw, the hysterical “blond tigress” was watched by relays of matrons while Warden A. G. Walker ordered a search for her brother. Burton J. McKinnell, who is alleged to have brought her the tools. Surprised by guards after she sawed through two steel bars in her cell, Mrs. Judd collapsed from exhaustion, and admitted . she was attempting to escape, the warden claimed. The jailbreak attempt took place while Mrs. Judd was making her last futile bid for clemency to the state board of pardons and paroles. Discloses Saw Episode The board denied her plea. Thursday night, and Friday Warden Walker disclosed the saw episode, explaining the inquiry had been kept secret because he did not wish to injure her standing before the board. Under sentence to hang April 21 for the murder of Agnes Ann Leroi, her best friend, Mrs. Judd can escape the gallows now only by being declared insane or winning a review in the United States supreme court. McKinnell, the brother, visited her at the prison some time ago, Walker said. A few nights later a guard heard the rasp of a saw coming from Mrs. Judd’s cell. He reported it to Walker, who ordered her watched, but not disturbed, until morning. At dawn, Walker and the guards entered the cell, Mrs. Judd became hysterical. Repeats Threat Daily “She worked herself into a tantrum and cried out that she would commit suicide,” Walker said. “She has repeated this threat almost daily. We have removed everything from her cell that could be used in such an attempt.” Walker said no charges have been lodged against McKinnell. McKinnell Thursday night telephoned the United Press in Los Angeles seeking w'ord of the prison board's decision. The ruling had not been issued at that time, and McKinnell accepted an invitation to come to the bureau. He did not arrive, however. Even had Mrs. Judd succeeded in escaping from her cell, she still would have been unable to leave the outer cell block, Warden Walker said. DEPUTY SHERIFF GOES AFTER OWN HUSBAND And Her Warrant Reads Failure to Support His Wife. R;i l nited Print GARY, Ind.. April I.—Deputy Sheriff Irene Rennoe set out Friday night for Cheyenne. Wyo.. to bring back a prisoner. The prisoner she went after was. of all persons. William Rennoe. her husband. And the warrant, which she carried for his arrest Charges, of all things, was that he failed to support ■his wife. The odd situation came about when Mrs. Rennoe procured the warrant, then learned she would have to pay the expenses of sending a deputy after her husband. She was unable to do this, so was sworn in as a deputy and departed on the trip in her own automobile. THREE BOYS INJURED Two Leave Accident Scene Before Police Squad Arrives. Three boys were injured in an auto collision Friday afternoon at Fifty-eighth street and Washington boulevard. They are Luther Gilliam, 15. of 3850 North Delaware street; Robert Axtell and Fred Thurston, both 15. who left the accident scene before police obtained their addresses. They were riding in an auto driven by William Chapin, 17, of 3907 North Delaware street, which collided with a car driven by Mrs. John Roberts, 3511 Central avenue.

INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 1933

JAPAN DRIVES ON INTO CHINA Town Taken Well Inside Great Wall; May Extend Occupation. Bp I nitrd Pren* SHANHAIKWAN, China. April 1. —A corps of Major-General Iwata’s infantry routed Chinese troops from Shihmenchai today after a bitter fight that began long before dawn. The Japanese occupied the town at 9:30 a. m., seven hours after hostilities opened, with a burst of machine gun fire. The Chinese kept up a sporadic artillery fire as they retreated, leaving the Nipponese w'ell inside the Great Wall. Their position advanced the possibility they may be planning to extend their occupation as far south as the Luan river. Casualties w'ere reported heavy on both sides. The Japanese encountered stubborn resistance before taking the town. Supported by artillery units, the Nipponese troops advanced slowly in the face of a steady fire of the defenders. Frequent hand-to-hand encounters were reported before the Chinese retreated at Bayonet points. 30 BEAUTIES IN EVENT Taflinger, Bailey, Henninger to Name Inter-Sorority Queen. Representatives from thirty leading social organizations will compete in an inter-sorority beauty contest, sponsored by the Phi Delta Kappa fraternity, in conjunction with a dance to be given tonight at the fraternity’s annual spring party to be held in the Knights of Columbus hall. Judges for the contest are Elmer Taflinger. Hillary G. Bailey, and Joe Henninger. Frederick A. Haskett will serve as master of ceremonies.

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POLITICS w IN MEDICINAL WHISKY TRADE Long-Established Firms to Handle Prescription Liquor Here. BEER RUSH CONTINUES Faithful Democrats Stage Stampede for Valuable State Plums. BY DANIEL W. KIDNEY Times Staff Writer Medicinal whisky is to be handled through legitimate trade channels in Indiana, permits made public today by the state administration disclosed. Unlike the political permits through which beer is to be controlled, the whisky licenses go to long-established wholesale and retail drug firms. The state law provides that a drug store must be in business three years before securing a whisky permit. The entire whisky business also is under federal governmental regulations. Licenses Are Distributed Licenses were in the hands of both wholesalers and retailers today and Paul Fry, state excise director, said that they will be able to sell on doctor’s prescription as soon as purchases are reported to his office and the 25-cent tax stamps procured One stamp must be placed on each pint sold at retail. This tax is in addition to the license levies for distillers, wholesalers, and retailers of whisky. The whisky permits have renewed interest for persons who were discouraged by the one-point limit, since that now has been lifted by the federal government and no regulation as to quantity to be “prescribed” has been laid down by the state. Given Wholesale Permits Wholesale permits issued include: McKosson-Fuller-Morrison, Chicago. South Bend Wholesale Drug Company, South Bend. Glenmore Distilleries Company, Inc., Owensboro, Ky. W. L. Weller & Sons, Inc., Louisville, Ky. Bernheim Distilling Company of Louisville. Ky. Kiefer-Stewart Company, Indianapolis. Mooney-Mueller-Ward Company, Indianapolis. Ft. Wayne Drug Company, Ft. Wayne. Retailers likely will include most neighborhood drugstores. Licenses have been issued to both the Hook and Haag chains and such prominent downtown stores as Sokes’ and Bernard M. Keene. Beer Business Booms Meanwhile, the beer business continues to boom among the Democratic politicians. Two more of the valuable monopolistic importers' permits were made public. One went, as predicted, to the newly organized Midwest Beverage Company, Inc., Lafayette. This is called the “state committee cut-in.” Incorporators of the firm are Hugh and Esther Williams, brother and sister-in-law? of Marshall Williams, secrotary of the Democratic state committe, and Dr. J. William Wright, Indianapolis. The latter is an ear. eye, nose, and throat specialist and a personal friend of Chairman R. Earl Peters. Democratic state chairman. They have been companions on various holiday excursions. Control Thirteen Counties None of the incorporators live in Lafayette, but they will be able to dictate all foreign beers consumed there and in the thirteen surrounding counties. K. V. B. Company, Terre Haute, obtained the importer permit in that district, Fry announced. The (Turn to Page Three) DRY AGENT IS KILLED Crushed to Death When Liquor Auto Rams Phone Pole. By United Frets SAN FRANCISCO. April I.—William S. Grubb, 33, prohibition agent, was crushed to death Friday when a liquor-running automobile on which he had leaped crashed against a telephone pole. James Curran, driver of the machine, claimed another agent. H. E. Meyer, caused the crash by breaking a window of the sedan with a pistol butt, and seizing the steering wTieel.

Muncie Pastor Will Reply Today From Witness Stand to GirVs Attack Charge

By United Press MUNCIE, Ind.. April I.—The Rev. G. Lemuel Conway planned today to dare prosecution character witnesses and testify in his own behalf against accusations that he attempted to attack a pretty 18-year-old Sunday school teacher in his church. The minister, suspended from the Madison Stret M. E. church after a church trial, was represented by counsel as eager to reply from the witness stand to Miss Helen Huffman's charges that he attempted to assault her on a lonely road near Muncie last Dec. 29. If Conway testifies, it was pointed out, it will open the way for Prosecutor Paul E. Leffler to summon an array of character witnesses.

JEWISH TRADE PARALYZED BY BOYCOTT IN GERMANY

Storm Death Toll of 59 in Four States Reported

Drenching Rain Brings New Dangers in Windwrecked Southern District. By United Press NEW ORLEANS. April I.—Drenching rain over the windwrecked south added today to the discomforts of refugees and the danger to the injured in four states which reported a storm death toll of at least fiftynine in thirty-six hours. Since Thursday night tornadoes have lashed Texas, Arkansas. Louisiana and Mississippi, and high winds have done damage in toher southern states. Flood menace was added today to the other hazards as the Mississippi river approached the danger state at Memphis. The combined efforts of Ohio river floods and a 2.6 inch rain in western Tennessee sent the river to a stage of thirty-three feet Friday night and the Memphis weather bureau forecast a three-foot rise to a foot above flood stage today. The wave of tornadoes started Thursday when a twister, after doing slight damage in southern Mis- l souri, caused a death in Arkansas. A few hours later another tornado swept southeastern Texas and j western Louisiana, causing twenty- ! three deaths in Texas and six in j Hall Summit, La. Friday eastern Louisiana and Mississippi bore the brunt of the storms. | with three more deaths in Louisiana and twenty-seven in Mississippi. It was feared that many more per- j sons might have been killed in iso- I lated farming sections of the sparsely settled regions struck. Scores w r ere i injured, many critically, and hun- j dreds w'ere left homeless by the storms. Deaths came for the most part; when flimsy farmhouses and plantation Negro cabins w?ere demolished. Few towns were struck directly by tornadoes although several reported j moderate damage from high winds. I

WOODCOCK RESIGNS; DALRYMPLE NAMED Californian Is Selected to Head Dry Force. By f nited Press WASHINGTON. April I.—Attor-ney-General Homer Cummings announced Friday he had appointed A. V. Dalrymple of California to replace Colonel Amos W. W. Woodcock, national prohibition director. Cummings said he had accepted Woodcock's resignation Friday afternoon. Dalrymple's appointment is effective immediately. HOGS DROP 10 TO 15 CENTS AT CITY YARDS Cattle Nominally Steady On Light Receipts; Sheep Slow. Hogs were mostly 10 to 15 cents lower at the city £ards this morning in face of lowered receipts. The bulk, 160 to 275 pounds, sold for $3.85 to $3.90. A few sales were made at $3.95. Weights of 275 to 350 pounds sold for $3.70 to $3.80: .’*) to 160 pounds. $3.50 to $3.80. Receipts w'ere estimated at 3.500. Holdovers were 254. Cattle were nominally .steady on receipts of 50. Vealers sold off 50 cents at $5.50 down. Receipts w'ere 200. No test of the market was made in sheep. Receipts were 500. FIREMAN IS OVERCOME Oil Furnace. Gets Out of Control at Tire Company. Lieutenant Albert C. Barnes, 133 West Twentieth street, Apartment 8, of pumper company 5, was overcome by smoke and gas fumes this morning w'hen firemen w'ere called to aid in getting an oil furnace under control at the Art Rose Tire Company. 930 North Meridian street. Barnes went into the basement where the furnace had become stopped up and though he managed to get back outside, became unconscious for a time. He revived without artificial respuration. Hourly Temperatures 6 a. m 44 8 a. m 45 7 a. m 45 9 a. m 45

It was said that Leffler would introduce testimony concerning Conway's pastorates at Middletown and Lapel, Ind., and at Spencer. W. Va. Loyal members of Conway's for- • mer congregations rallied to his defense Friday. They presented an alibil that he was in a local plumbing shop discussing a fishing trip at the time that Miss Huffman alleges he was driving her out into the country and attempting to “teach me the facts of life.” Thomas D. Martin provided a sensation when he denied a statement made by Dr. Frank Daugherty, 'district superintendent and Conl way's immediate' superior.

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DEATHS MOUNT IN PLANE CRASH Six Killed, Three More in Critical Condition From Injuries. By l nited Press NEODESHA. Kan., April I.—Three passengers of the tri-motored airplane w'hich crashed near here, killing six persons, w'ere near death today. The other five survivors w'ere less critically injured, and attendants were hopeful of their recovery. The plane, fighting headwinds and heavily loaded, crashed into plowed ground Friday nose over. Three of the passengers died in automobiles taking them to a hospital. Three others succumbed after receiving emergency treatment. Aboard were members of the Canadian championship basketball team, returning to Winnipeg from an international series with Tulsa, and attaches of the club. STORK PULLS APRIT FOOL’S TRICK ON COPS Police Radio Garbles Report Slightly; Mad Dash Results. April Fool's day got away to a flying start this morning as far an the Indianapolis police department is concerned. Returning from the scene of a minor accident at Belmount and Michigan streets, the police emergency squad received a radio message: “Go to 2531 Northwestern avenut—baby burned.” The emergency tore madly to the baby's rescue. Arriving at the address, the emergency squad members found a squad car and the fire rescue squad had beaten them. They also found that Mrs. Janie Gilbert, Negro, 26, was about to become a mother. The call to headquarters: “Baby born” had been mistranslated into “baby burned.” RADIO STAR TO APPEAR Bradley Kincaid to Attend State Fiddling, Band Contest. Bradley Kincaid will be among radio stars who will appear in person next Saturday at Cadle tabernacle during the old-time fiddling and band contest from which a state champion will emerge to represent Indiana in a national contest to be held in Chicago during the Century of Progress World's fair. Harold Bentley, “hill billy” announcer of WKBF, who will be master of ceremonies for the state contest, is receiving entries.

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Bv United Pres* B. F. Goodrich Company increases its tire output 40 per cent effective today because of heavier demand. National Cash Register Company to resume full-time operations at all its Dayton, O. plants. April 3.

Daugherty had testified that the minister came to him and offered to leave Muncie if the church charges were dropped. Martin declared that actually Daugherty had told Conway the charges would be dismissed if he left. Conway, Martin said declined to leave. J. Edgar Newbold, William Ridgeway and Joseph Sullivan testified that they were with Conway in the plumbing shop the afternoon of Dec. 29, at the time Miss Huffman said the attack attempt occurred. Numerous church members related that they saw the pastor in the city the afternoon of the alleged assault. 7

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Nazi Drive in Berlin Is 1.00 Per Cent Effective by Noon. NO VIOLENCE REPORTED Little More Excitement Than on Ordinary Election Day. BY CLIFFORD L. DAY I nited Press Staff Correspondent BERLIN. April I.—The Nazi boycott of Jewish industry and commerce was reported 100 per cent complete in Berlin at noon today. Two hours after the edict clamping down a closure on all places of business owned by Jewish people went into effect, the steppage of all trade with proscribed elements or the population had been completed in many other cities as w-ell as in Berlin. In many quarters of Berlin a holiday ’ seemed to be in progress. The boycott was orderly during the first hours. Reports from outlying cities indicated there was little more excitement than on an ordinary election day. In Berlin, iron-clad discipline was enforced among the brown-shirted Nazis, who closed Jewish stores, and stood guard to prevent customers from entering. Big Stores Remain Closed The guards, stationed in twos and threes as pickets, carried placards inviting Germans to “defend yourselves against Jewish atrocity propaganda.” Many of Berlin's larger stores posted signs in black and red, informing tourists of the boycott, and explaining the situation in English. Posters were attached to large display window's explaining the boycott. Numbers of furriers’ shops, cases, restaurants and other commercial houses, anticipating the boycott, remained completely closed. Among them were the well known department stores, Hermann Tietz and the Kaufhaus Des Westens. Less Severe Than Expected Nazi pickets pasted big black and yellow signs on the closed shops, but withdrew' their pickets when it was seen that they would remain locked. The noted shop of Wertheim's w r as open through the morning, but its aisles were almost empty. The boycott was less severe than had been anticipated, however, for a United Press correspondent was able to enter at least nine stores knowm to be owmed by Jews, without molestation from pickets. He was warned not to make any purchases. Jewish shops were open in the fashionable west-center of Berlin, but there w'ere no customers. In many shops, the hardy soul who entered was greeted with the surpused expression. “Good morning—you’re the first one to come in today.” Crowds Dense in Streets Early in the day, only clusters of the curious sightseers surrounded the pickets. As day wore on, however, the crowds grew' so dense that the squads of Nazis patroling doorways, flaunting their swastika emblems, were hardly visible in the milling mobs. Would-be customers had to fight their way through these crowds. In some streets of the eastern section, where Jewish shops predominate, nearly every shop w'as closed and shuttered. Some of these shops w'ere placarded with signs advising customers that it was “dangerous to life to buy here.” GRANT DUPONT DIVORCE Maude P. Livingston Also Wins Liberty In Reno Courts By United Press RENO, Nev., April I.—Two soc-lally-prominent New York women w'ere granted Nevada divorce decrees Friday. Carolene Hynson Dupont secured a decree from Lammont Dupont, chairman of the board of the General Motors Corporation and president of the E. I. Dupont De Nemours Company of Wilmington, Del. She carged cruelty. Maude P. Livingston. New’ York, obtained a decree from William W. Livingston on cruelty charges. CANDIDATES RUN EVENT ‘Purple’ Ticket Takes Over Optimists Club Luncheon Program The “purple” ticket candidates of the Optimists Club took over the weekly luncheon program at the Columbia Club Friday. Dr. Carleton W. Atwater of the First Baptist church was the speaker. “Gold” ticket candidates for election to offices in the club will present their program at the luncheon next Friday. The election will be held April 14. BRIDGE EXPERT HERE Demonstration Hands to Be Explained by Chicago Player. Demonstration contract bridge hands will be played by twenty ex- ’ pert players at the Spink-Arms tonight, when E. M. Lagron, Chicago bridge expert, will explain the play. Lagron is president of the WeS- | tern Bridge Association. The game . tonight will be a part of the supper program, under the direction of i Mrs. S. C. King, instructor and managpf rtf Lhy StUdife