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The San Francisco call., 1906-12-27
CLASSIC 1CUss woRDsv

No one stands in such constant need
of defense from his friends as the
Speaker of the House. Here is the
latest Joe Cannonism that is provoking
criticism in the North:
Every man must work out his own
salvation, according to his own ability,
industry and pertinacity, and damn the
man who breaches any other doctrine"
This side talk to young Americans
is objected to because of the expletive
which Mr.. Cannon uses to drive home
his argument. But is Mr.. Cannon
merely profane or is he classical? His
battle cry, in the hand-to-hand conflict
OF life is not unlike Lay on, Macduff,
and damned be he who first cries
hold, enough" Doubtless the Speaker
knows what he is about and makes
adequate excuses to his conscience for
using unparliamentary language now
and again to arrest popular attention
while he puts new life into an old
truth, and perhaps the Recording An
gel, considering the end rather than
the means, omits to make an entry in
the open account of Joseph G. Cannon.
At any rate, it must be admitted that
the Speakers doctrine is sound, even
if his vocabulary does need sandpaper-
ing before being presented in polite
circles.-Louisville Courier-Journal
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How many tricks can Y and get
against the best defense of A and B?
SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS.

The best play of Hand No. %, pub
Iished in lesson No. 80, is for the deal
er to win the first trick with the ace
of diamonds and lead trumps three
times. If both adversaries follow suit
each time the dealer must lead the
losing trump, so that the clubs may
not be interfered with. No matter what
the adversaries lead after making the
trump trick. the king of diamonds will
bring in the clubs.
The solution of problem No. p is re-
markable because it does not matter
what Y leads, and also because among
the many ways that our solvers get
the six tricks none of them hits upon
the solution intended by the author,
which is as follows: Y leads a trump
and 2 discards the ace of diamonds.
Then leads the king of diamonds and
z discards the ace of clubs What
ever has discarded on the first trick
must have made something good in
Y's hand or established rs spades
The thirty-seventh of The Calls Sc
ries of articles on bridge whist will be
published In the issue of Sunday, De-
cember so.
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Times in 1000.
Distribution.

AS pointed out two weeks ago, it is
in only 339 Of these 1000 cases that the
dealer can win two tricks in trumps
by exhausting the trumps in the other
hands and remaining with the long
trumps himself But If we allow for
the dummy's assistance ii viii be evil
dent from the foregoing table of dis
tributions that dummy will hold as
many or more trumps than either ad-
Versary about one-third Of the time.
This assistance from his partner will
increase the expectation of trick win
ming for the combined hands. but it
will still be found that one adversary
or the other will hold as many trumps
as either the dealer or the dummy
about eight times out of every hun
dred and that about half the time one
or the other will have only one trump
less than either the dealer or the
dummy.
Taking these various facts together,
and considering the numerical superb
ority of trumps entirely apart from
their trick taking value, we find that
Eve trumps are good for two tricks
about 33e times in 1000, and good for
one trick about 369 times in 1000. Add
ing these together, we have 1047 tricks
as the value of five trumps in 1000
deals, which is just about one trick
a deal on the average.
This being so, the player who de-
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no.

Many persons cannot resist the
temptation TO declare red suit when
they have FIVE trumps, no matter what
the trumps may be, or what the rest
Of the hand This prejudice in favor
Of Eve trunps will be found particu-
larlv strong among those who are ac-
customed to playing whist, game IN
which there used to be superstition
70 the effect that one should always
lead trunlps from FIVE, even with MOTH
ing else in the hand, because the part
ner's cards would be protected by the
proceeding.
But in whist, especially in duplicate
whist. the object is to make the best
Of the situation and to get as much
out Of the hand as an average player
would get out of it. The conditions are
fixed beforehand by the arbitrary. Sc
lection of a trump suit, over Whlch
the players have no control. Even II
the whist player wins only three tricks
ont OF the thirteen, be is satisfied If he
finds that the majority of players in
the game did not get more than two
tricks with the same cards.
In bridge, on the contrary, 1t is not
the players object to lose four or flve
bycsrds and be satisfied that no one
else would have lost any less with the
player finds the situation fixed for him
in advance. and he must do the best
he can with It, The bridge player
makes the situation for himself by his
own selection Of the trump. His idea
is to control the result by the exer-
else of his judgment, not only in the
play but in the creation of the condi-
tions which control the play.
Experience has taught the bridge
player that five trumps are not worth
much so far as winning the odd trick
is concerned unless there is something
to support the trumps in the plain
suits. The weaker the five trumps are
the more the necessity for compensating
strength elsewhere in the hand. We
have already seen in article. No Il,
how this distribution of strength be-
tween the trumps and the plain suits is
averaged up by means of the eight rule,
But that rule was for attacking dec
larations in the red suits. 1t had
nothing to do with defense. and failure
to reach the standard of the eight rule
was simply a reason for passing. What
we have now to consider is the intrin-
sic value of FIVE trumps defense,
whether they are red or black.
If the dealer holds five cards of any
suit the remainder of the suit may be
distributed among the three other play
ers in any one of ten different ways
and the number OF times that each one
Of these ten ways viii occur in 1000
trials is as follows
T;,,,ae anr
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POLITICAL SCIENCE
STUDENTS RALLY

PROVIDENCE. r. L, Dec. 26.-Dis-
tinguished students of political science,
historians and educators, representing
many leading universities and other
educational institutions of this coun-
try assembled here tonight for the
opening of a series of annual meetings
TO be held under the auspices of
Brown University during the remain
INK days of the present week. Con-
ventions of the American Historical
Association, the American Economic
Association. the American Political
Science Association, the American
Sociological Society and the Biblio-
graphical Society of America are in
cluded in the programme of the week
President F. w. jerks OF Cornell
University, president of the American
Economic Association, delivered the
arrnual address TO the association to-
night. his subject being THE Modern
Standard of Business Honor
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-27
BARK GROUNDS ON
MIDWAY ISLAND

MIDWAY ISLAND, North Pacific
Ocean, Dec. 26.-The bark Carrollton of
San Francisco, 1852 tons. Captain Hen
tober Z, for Honolulu, struck the south
reef of Midway Island at o'clock this
morning. All the members of the crew
were saved.
The weather is good, but there is no
hope of saving the vessel The Carroll
ton has listed to leeward. She is leak
ing badly. Her spars were sprung and
her water supply exhausted. She
shaped her course for Midway, intend
ing to anchor, but in coming in she
missed stays and ran aground.
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FR|Ck MAY HEAD
"PENNsY' LINE
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE cALL.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 26-Henry c.
Frick of New York and Pittsburg, steel
magnate. former partner of Andrew
Carnegie in the great Industrial works
of Western Pennsylvania, may soon be
named as successor to President Cas-
satt of the Pennsylvania Railroad. He
took long step in that direction today
when he was named q director in the
company to succeed the late Amos r.
Little.
When Cassatt was quite indisposed
last summer and it seemed that he was
no longer able to struggle with his old
vigor with the vast problems present
ed to the head of the great system, the
directors, 1T is said, cast about for a
possible successor in the event of Cas-
satt being incapacitated They fixed
upon Frick, who is the largest individ-
ual owner of Pennsylvania Railroad
stock.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-27
Copyright, 1908, by r.. F. Foster.

90
clares on five trumps just because he
has five. without any regard to their
value as trick winners, adds only one
trick to the value of his hand by his
declaration. If the hand is otherwise
worthless the declaration of suit of
five small cards does not accomplish
enough to bring the hand up to the
value of the two tricks without which
one should not pass the declaration to
the dummy.
1t is hardly necessary to observe that
If three of the five trumps were the A
K Q, the hand must be good for
three tricks, no matter what the dis
tribution of the remainder of the suit;
but the modification suggested by the
holding of honors must be left for a
future article.
Leaving out of consideration the
trick-taking value of the trumps as
high cards and not as trumps, it may
be laid down as a rule that with five
cards of a red suit, none higher than
the ten, and not a trick in the hand
outside, the declaration should be
spades.
If you have not the two tricks which
would justify you in passing the deo-
laration, and cannot make your hand
good for two tricks by declaring your
self, you are on the defensive and must
go spades originally at normal states
of the score.
AS an example of planning the play
of hand in advance, take the follow
ing position of the cards, the dealer de-
claring hearts at the score of love-all: /:
HAND NO. "a.
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OPPORTUNITIES GALORE FOR noYs

The boy of today has little to fear
that the field is becoming overcrowded
in our own country. 1t is just being
opened. 1t is for the young men who
are just beginning to think what a
wonderful world this is, to study well
the achievements of the past and to
see in what manner they are to be i'm
proved. Never did the world call more
loudly, more persistently, for young
men with force, energy and purpose
young men to do something-than to-
day. And every year that cry grows
louder. more insistent. But the times
demand men of large, liberal. energetic
minds. and the man who insists on
doing business in the old-fashioned
humdrum way is as much behind the
procession is the man who insists on
travelling with an OK team instead of
by railway-Chillicoth (Mo) Tribune.
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FEAT IN BRIcKLAYrNG

In the erection of the House of Rep
resentatives' Office building, adjacent
TO the United States Capitol at Wash
ington, an interesting fact has devel-
oped in connection with the brick
masonry work. The first brick was
laid at the site on the afternoon of
July g. 1905 and on July 3, 1906. there
had been laid in the walls 10000
brick. This is believed to be the
greatest number of brick laid on any
building in one year In the United
States, and probably in the world. One
Of the causes conducting to this record
breaking feat was the remarkably
open" winter of 1905-06- In those
winter months the work continued al
most without interruption from either
snow or cold and not more than twelve
or fifteen days were lost during the en-
tire winter by reason of weather con-
ditions.-Scientific American.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-27

The winner of a stair-climbing con-
test in the Eiffel Tower recently per-
formed the feat Of ascending he 729
steps in three minutes and nineteen
seconds. There were 800 competitors.
all of whom wore racing costumes ard
rubber shoes.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-27

A coal company of Aberdare. South
Wales, was fined recently for selling
over weight coal The fact that the
error IN the scales made the company
lose money was not considered by the
court IN passing judgment
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-27
G1ROUND tl1e'BRIDGE)
IA q E.]B. TABLE %
Conducted for The Call by K. F. Foster

TINE CALL presents today the tirtysixth of series OF
instructive articles bridge whist conducted tor this
paper by R. F. Foster, the author of Fosters Complete
Bridge besnown authority the subject in this
country These will be of inestimable value to
bridge players.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-27

If the eldest hand leads the K of
spades and third hand plays the 2. how
should the dealer play the combined
hands. and why?
In the following position hearts are
the trumps and Y is in the lead:
PROBLEM NO "a
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Cashier Of The First National Bank Of San
Francisco. California

NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.
Notice TO the stockholders of MERCANTILE
TRUST COMPANY OF SAN FRANCISCO Is
hereby given that meeting of the stock
holders of said company has, by resolution of
the Board of Directors of said corporation.
adopted November 81, 1906. been called for
and Will be held ON WEDNESDAY. the 9th
day of February, 1907, at the hour of o'clock
In the afternoon of said day, at the office of
said corporation. to-wit. number 464 California
street. In the. city and county Of San Fran
cisco, State of California. the same being the
principal place of business Of said corpora ton
and the building where the Board of Directors
usually meet The object of said meeting
viii be to consider and vote upon the PROPOSE
ton to increase the capital stock of the AfER-
CAMILLE TRUST COMPANY OF SAN FRAN
CISCO from the sum of one million q 000 0O0)
dollars, divided into ten thousand (10.000l
shares OF the par value OF one hundred (100)
dollars each, the present amount Of its cap
ital stock, to the sum Of two million 2.000.-
000) dollars, divided into twenty thousand
t2o,000) shares of the par value Of one hun
dred (100) dollars each.
Dated November 81, 1906.
By order of the Board of Directors.
JOHN d. MCKEE, Secretary.
Trust Company of San Francisco.
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SHAREHOLDERS MEETING

SHAREHOLDERS MEETING.
The regular annual meeting of the shareholders
Of The First National Bank Of San Francisco.
on the northwest corner OF Bush and Sansome
streets, TUESDAY the Sth dag Of January,
1907, at the hour Of O'Clock o. M, for the
purpose of electing a Board Of Directors to
serve for the ensuing year. and for the trans
action Of such other business may properly
come before the meeting.
San Francisco. December 8. 1905.
]. K. MOFFITT. Cashier.
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-27

ANNUAL MEETING-Tne regular annual meet.
ing OF the stockholders Of the CROKER MA
TioNAL BANK of San Francisco. CAL. viii be
held at its banking rooms. Market and Post
SITS. in this city. on TUESDAY January s.
1907, at 3 o'clock p m. for the election OF
board of directors and the transaction of such
other business as may come before the meet
ing Transfer books will he closed from the
zth to the 7th of January 1907.
W. GREGG JR.. Cashier,
Dated San Francisco. California December
5. 1905.
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and Stevedores' Union
Members. attention, Advertised
meeting THURSDAY EVENING.
Dec. 27. 1906. at Eagles Hall.
Market and Valencia SITS. Nomina-
ton of officers. BY order
P. d. HARTHORN. President
JOHN II. DOLAN,
Rec. and Cor. Secretary
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MASTER Mariners Benv. ASS
sociation-Regular meeting
will be held at Ferry Build
ing. THURSDAY, Dec. 27, Il
at I:30 p m; all members l
are requested to be present. i
as election of officers and l
other important business will :
be acted upon. BY order of til
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NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF THE
SHAREHOLDERS OF THE FIRST Ma
TIoNAL BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO CAL

IFORNIA.
Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the call
OF the president Of The First National Bank
OF San Francisco, California. and pursuant to
the call of three stockholders of said corpora
tfon, special meeting Of the shareholders Of
the said corporation will be held Mt the place
of business Of The First National Bank Of San
Francisco California. In The First National
Bank building. the northwest corner of
Bush and Sansome streets. in the city and
county of San Francisco. State of California.
on TUESDAY. the sth day of January. 1907,
at the hour of O'Clock p. m.
Said meeting is called for the purpose and
object of considering and voting upon prop
osft1on to increase the capital stock of said
The First National Bank of San Francisco,
California, from 81 500 900, divided into afteeH
thousand shares of thu. par value Of one hun
dred dollars each. to So. .000, 600, divided into
thirty thousand shares Of the par value OF one
hundred dollars each. thus increasing the
capital stock Of the said corporation In the
sur of 81. 500, 900; and also for the purpose
and object of considering and voting upon
proposition to so change and amend the
tfcles of association Of said corporation that
the same shall provide for a board of fifteen
directors, instead of nine.
Dated San Francisco, Dec. 6, 1906
j. K, MOFFITT,
Cashier Of The First National Bank of San
Co1
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SHEET Metal Workers Local No 104-Special
meeting SATURDAY AFTERNOON December
90. for election of officers; polls open from
to p. M: 81 fine for on-attendance.
w. J. FORBES, Sec, Guerrero ST. near 18th
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-27

PACIFIC Lodge No. 155 l. o. o. sss<<.sssss..
r.. 321 Deyisadero st.-Second sz4fS
degree THIS CTHURsDAY) -
EVENING at o'clock. Wis INNS
iting brothers cordially invited.
NJ. J. DUNCAN, Noble Grand.
WM. T. DOWNING, Rec Sec
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-12-25
BENToNsPoRT.

Bentonsport. Dec. "a Oliver Fulton
of Muscatine is the guest Of his sister.
Mrs. Hattie Ehrnann Mr.. Fulton was
raised in Bentonsport. but has not been
visitor to his home town for a num-
Der of years.
Miss Iva E. Downing, who is attend
ing the State Normal schaal at Cedar
Falls, is home for the holidays.
Calvin Merriott. who has employ
ment in Burlington, has come home to
spend his vacation with his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Merriott.
Clarence Alvy. who has been at work
in Galesburg. In-, is at home and will
stay during the holidays.
Frank Cresswell of Ottumwa visited
between trains with his aunt, Mrs. N
Newburn.
Max Ruble, who is attending school
in keokuk, came up Thursday to spend
his vacation with relatives here.
The Vernon and Bentonsport schools
closed Friday for one weeks vacation.
Despite the inclemency of the wealth
er on Thursday the stock sale at the
home of Logan Simmons, south of Yer
non, was well attended and stock SOLD
vii.
The protracted meetings at theMeth.
odist Episcopal church have closed
Mrs. Anna Bailey is in Keokuk, this
| guest of Mrs. Lou Brinkman on Blon.
deau street
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Garter are il
Peoria, H. visiting their daughter, Mrs
| George Jack.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. L. Lane went to Far.
mington Thursday. Mr.. Lane has
charge of the bridge work at that place
Mr.. and Mrs. George Shepherd ant
four children of Cooperstown, Nortl
/ Dakota, are expected here soon tt
spend the winter with Mr.. Shepherd
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. c. Shepherd
Mr.. and Mrs. w. ]. Scott leave to-
day for Keokuk to spend Christina:
with their son. G. c. Scott, and family
who reside on South Sixth street.
Ed and Ray jenkins of Beacon ar
/ the guests of their uncle and Aunt. NJ.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-12-25
MANSS TO VISIT
LOCAL FACTORIES
INDUSTRIAL AGENT OF THE BUR
LINGToN WILL SPEND WHOLE
DAY in oTTUMWA
To Be Here December 27-Hiis Object
to Bring Industries on to the Line of
the Road-ottun1wa One of the sys-
TENS Best Points.

Extensive arrangements are being
made for the entertainment of w. ii.
Manss. the Industrial agent Of the
Burlington during his stay here next
Thursday. Mr.. Manss will remain
the whole day in the city and the fol-
lowing program for the day has been
outlined:
In the morning he will be taken to
visit the various manufacturing es-
adjustments of the city, spending the
morning in this inspection. The sue
cess of the plants located In Ottumwa,
as we'll as the advantages which the
city offers for other plants will be
called to his attention.
In the afternoon Mr.. Manss will be
taken to view the Philpot land north
of the city, the site of the proposed
new pottery works. 1t is said that
the Burlington road will build spur
track to reach this land in the event
a plant of sufficient magnitude to JUS
tify such a step is erected. In order
that Mr.. Manss, as representative OF
that system, may see for himself the
prospects for a successful pottery
plant or plants in that vicinity he
will be asked to make an exhaustive
examination of the clay and other
advantages which the location offers.
To Meet With Local Men.
In the evening at o'clock, unless
the present plans are changed,
meeting Of local capitalists, mer-
chants and real estate men has been
arranged for at which time plans for
securing factories and other business
ENTERPRISES for Ottumwa will be dis
cussed. Mr.. Manss' business is to
bring factories onto the line of the
Burlington road. Ottumwa is admit
teddy one of the best points on the
entire syetem west of Chicago. aud
fro this reason Mr.. Manss is especially
interested in the industrial develop
ment of this city.
BY the very nature Of his position as
industrial agent of a great railroad
system like the Burlington, he has ex
/ cellent opportunities for finding fac
tories and other enterprises which
1 are DESTROYS of changing their loca
4 ton, or Of establishing branch plants
in this section Of the country. 1t is
confidently expected that Mr.. Manss
visit to Ottlmwa will not be barren o.
substantial results.
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FARMINaToN.

Pennington, Dec 24-Mrs. Joseph
Rabb of Kansas City, Mo-, is the guest
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Gelatt.
Miss Dorothy Hartrick has returned
from a visit with friends in Burling-
ton.
Miss Ethel Burrier. who has been at
tending school in ST. Louis, returned
Monday to spend the holidays at home
Mrs. Arthur Freshwater left last
Tuesday for Downing, Mo-, where she
will visit her parents.
l.. j. Stricken has returned from
Riverside. where he has business inter-
ests.
Mrs. George Beeson returned las
Monday from a few days visit with hel
husband at Abba
Mrs. Charles Butler of Chicago is 8
guest at the home of Thomas Butler
and wife.
Mrs. Carrie Painter of Fort Madison
is here to spend Christmas With hel
mother, Mrs. S. K. Shrieve.
Mrs Caroline Good is visiting hel
granddaughter, Mrs. Gertie Gwinnup
in Mt. Sterling.
Harry Robb of St. Louis Mo-, viii
spend the holidays with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Robb.
Miss Stella Mathews and Albert Hol
defer We're married Wednesday evening
at the home of the BRIDE Rev. j. II
TAYLOR officiating. A number of inyit
ed guests were present and an elabor
ate wedding supper was served.
Miss Jessie Ford left Friday even
ing for ekokuk. to spend the holida!
vacation With her parents.
Mrs. Thomas Beard of Bonapartt
visited Friday with Mrs. Conrad Haas
Ter.
Mrs. Fred Ruggles of Buxton is tn,
guest Of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Brabham.