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Ct A ING HOUSE FOR LABOR NOW DEVISED

weather bureau. This would give A
complete and comprehensive map "
the demand for labor Of various kinds
and Of the surplus labor Of various
kinds in every area OF the country,
"Circles, symbols. arrows, &c. could
be used on the labor map to designate
what kind Of labor is demanded at his
point and what kind OF surplus labor
exists elsewhere. Underneath the man
a few f%ootnotcs would explain whit
the symbols mean. Alongside. on the
margins OF the maps. could he printed
the name and address OF zach ~ the
local employment bureaus. so that a
man wanting a job In a certain place
could quickly and easily communicate
with the superintendent Oh the local
bureau. And this informant So,.,d
be just as readily acce'.' TO the
employers who want " pic.
~ do not know how l. II viii be
before the United stat . ats this
simple plan into operation Mr.. S>ars
concluded. but 1t will Dc more than
| anything else I know of 70 solve tina
| question Of labor demand api labor
| surplus. Meanwhile our own Eastern
Labor Clearing House Is going TO kee
on doing business and serving the
people in the territory we cover. Per.
| haps our experience may induce some
OF the more thoughtful Representa-.
tives or Senators 70 look into the DOS.
| sibilities of doing on a national scale
what we are doing along tho Atlantic
seaboard."
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Of very direct and valuable service 70
employers and work people alike.
Suppose, for instance, that there Is
n large surplus of farm .abor In new
York State and at the same time a
demand for just that kin or IN
Ohio, or Wisconsin. or anywhere else
within reach Of New York. 1t wouldnt
be at all a diflcult matter for the
eral Bureaus central office In Ch1caeo
or st. Louis to notify the IDLE d
through the .ocal bureaus In New 1orh
State. This plan, ever so briefly ilius-
trated. would do much, very much' 10
help solve a grave problem; to reduce
poyerty and the ills which all too ofteh
follow In its wake.
"How would the central labor bureau
| distribute it's information? Mr.. sears
! was asked.
That" he replied. 'is n matter OF
, my W planning. 1t may seem 10 w
J somewhat revolutionary, but 1t IL en-
| tirely practicable. once the centrai pu,
| reau IL established as suggested anu
in constant communication WIN ioca'
employment agencies. Here theh 10
what I propose: As already mcn'ioheo'
| one of the great drawbacks uhuer
| which existing agencies operate ~ 'ne
| fac, that 40 much time Is lost rough
| correspondence. Before a mar VINO
u,ants work can write the p
get an answer and start for the dis-
| ,ant CITY he finds that the JOB mas
| bcen given TO some one else nearer u
the point Of demand. Flo this reason
~ would he necessary for h local.
bureaus to be In charge Of men VINO
would use ordinary business Judgment
and not send all over h United states
word hat in California a man IL
wanted TO look after parking
bi,es: or that in Bridgeport, Conn., a
manufactures of paper boxes heeus
ATTY girl operatives; or That tnree
farm hands are wanted IN
lopen. Pa The men in charge o'
offices in the thirty-two cities EN-
braced in the Eastern Labor clearing
House wouldn't dream OF sending sucn
demands for help through the country
Their business Is to supply such hep
from applicants near by. But We &c
a,,.mpt to notify applicants that loo
mechanics are wanted here. or npty
factory workers there, or 300 men to
harvest this crop or that one. And
| we 90 Hi III oui PO"N'
bering that time and distance anc
travelling expenses are vital factors In
the situation.
CAS- for the central ONCE to b
established some day in the middle
West. l have a pretty definite idea
that not many years will pass before
some statesman big enough to grasr
the Importance OF labor will see tC
IL that every twenty-four hours
labor map is made up and distributed
lust as weather maps are to-day ant
put UP in every city and village posi-
! office and every other place whcr'
weather maps now are displayed"
"A labor map'?' echoed the inter
viewer.
YES" said Mr.. Sears. why not
My idea OF course is that each day thu
various local bureaus should telegraph
IA bor conditions to the central office
lust as weather conditions are nov
telegraphed 10 Washington. Eaci
local bureau OF course could make III
a map Of its own locality. and to thi'
could be added conditions in all othe
parts OF the country furnished by tn
central office. Just as in the case Of tn,
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OAloSe
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Ill.,. zz3NE'::'
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z dealt and bid no trump. There
Is certainly no criticisW to offer oil
this declaration. as the Land contains
an ace. three kings m a queen. jack
and ten and has every suit stopped. A
said no bid. as II was not necessary to
show his diamonds while he had the
lead.
Y passed. on the ground that he had
a couple OF aces to help the no trumper
and that his Ave spades were ridicu-
lousy small. This Is simply trying to
make an exception to n rule to which
there are no exceptions.
The hand wa played at no trump at
that table ,GI II u ade two by cards,
stopping Just one short Of game. An
other trick would have beer worth las
more points. A opened with the queen
Of diamonds. and z won II with the
king so as to be in the cad for the
fnesse in hearts. Having mad four
heart tricks, on the last OF which b.
echoed in clubs and A discarded a club.
Y saw hat he must make a spade trick
to go game. AS dummy was in he
lead. with the diamonds still stopped. he
led the spade. but lost the king.
A led the jack OF diamonds, which
dummy allowed to win. Another diamond
forced the ace. Il discarding a third club.
Now IL the clubs drop Y goes game, but
not catch the queen. and the only re-
naming chance was to put Il In with
the club. hoping the queen and Jack Of
spades might fall together. but AS queen
brought in the diamond. so that all 2
scored on the hand was 20 and 80.
At the other table Y took his partner
out with two spades and Il led the club
Dummy won with he king and led the
heart queen to try the finesse. which held
| A p,,nl ,lnh HnlloxatAA sa,ht.k " s..n al
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PURSUED BY INDIANS.
Ynquis ON Trail Of Mining Man In
Auto,

HUTCHINSON, Kan, Aug. 13.-Escaping
from warlikc Indians in "A motor car Is
the experience related by Louis X.
Brand, who passed through Hutchinson
this week en- route to Detroit by auto
mobile.
Brand. his wife and two boys, aged
3 and 7. escaped with their lives a few
weeks ago from Sonora, old Mexico. at
Ter a thrilling chase.
Mr.. Brand has mining interests in
the country where the Yaqui Indians
are on the %warpath, Although his
presence was needed at the mines his
interest In the lives OF his wife and
children was greater. To have re-
manned looked like sure death, Mr..
Brand was prevailed upon to make "A
dash for safety in his motor car. The
country he would he forced to drive for,
California, was infested with Indians,
one hundred and fifty miles stretched
from the mine to the border over roads
seldom used, through deep sand and
across malapai washes. Accident to the
car would have been fatal to the party.
for the Indians would not have allowed
them to escape. Only once were they
attacked. That was in crossing a long
stretch Of sandy desert about nifty miles
from the mine.
A small group of Yaquis approaching
from a side road saw the car coming
and then began a race to see who would
reach the crossroads first. The Indians
had only "A little way to go and the
motorist more thar "A mile, but the car
responded nobly to the demand and
crossed the distance in little more than a
minute.
one of the Indians tried a long ra nge
shot with his rife. but the bullet whistled
harmlessly over the heads OF the party.
II was a thrilling ride. with ruts and
chuckholes often d~isregarded and all
speed possible made.
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When this IS incorrectly drawn. so
that the meeting places AT Il and r,
where the lines cross, are too high. II
can be made to appear that the pieces
extending from T. to G, and from + to
-. are equal in area to those from r
aud + upward to \, and that by divid-
ing these equal areas the pieces may be
transposed.
Solvers seem to overlook the fact
that II the height of an isosceles tri-
angle is equal to the side OF an equiIa-
teral. and both %triangles are to he
formed of the same pieces. they must
be % equal area. II the " triang'es
are q. rqual area. the height OF the
| equilateral must be the base OF the
isoscelos. That is, the line from A to
i must he exactly the same as the line
from G to ID. because the areas OF the
two squares enclosed by the dotted lines
are equal.
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| methods. Nevertheless he outlined a
plan. which he hoped might be per-
fected some day, and which would be
a startling innovation.
"In the HSss place." he remarked,
owing to the long distance to he
covered by bulletins sent through the
mail and. more important yet. the difm-
Guilty and expense OF travelling across
the continent by the man out of
u job. who has a family to support, the
first thing to do, in my opinion, would
he to remove the Federal Employment
Agency from Washington to some
! central city like st. Louis or Chicago
! or other locality in the middle West.
That would seem to be natural and
a common sense thing to do as a
starter.
Secondly. in every one Of the prin-
cipal 1926 cities and in a great many
more OF the smaller, yet important.
towns should be organized n local
employment bureau. the directors Of
which would be men. and perha rs
women. selected with tho utmost care.
One should be appointed by the Mayor,
another by n business organization.
such as a board Of trade or chamber
of commerce. and the remaining men,
bers by equally responsible bodies.
always including representatives OF
labor itself. This advisory board could
cooperate as directors or trustees with
the local superintendent In charge.
and when possible I would ugg an
office stan OF clerks and others who
would so into the work as n life call
ing. specializing In IL ms men specialize
In other branches Of the public service
Each OF these local bureaus would
keep in constant touch with the central
office Of the Government at the middle
Western city where II Is maintained
furnishing and distributing informa-
tion rs we now are doing in the
Eastern Clearing House.
THE main thing to be considered, Of
course. are the practical results to fol
low such a reorganization Of the pres,
ent plan carried on by the Govern
ment. The general superintendent IL
charge OF the central office should b,
a man who Is not content to sen<
broadcast over the continent the in
formatio that a job at 81 per day ant
fees awaits some enterprising either
out on the Pacific coast. He shoul,
not think 1t an important matter
either. to cEcularize through tn,
United States other needs of labor
such as that a family hotel in Nev
England wants six dining room girls
II the local employment agency can
not supply from its own immediat,
vicinity such small requests from EN-
ployers II had better go out Of bust
ness.
1T IL labor in larger units that tn,
national organization should deal with
And this labor should be divided int,
a number OF large groups representa-,
principal trades. Fol example, one o
the men in the central Office shoul
devote himself TO the building trade
and allied branches: another TO tn,
textiles, which might include othe
allied lines such as workers in sho'
factories: another to skilled and un
skilled men in the field Of agriculture
You see the point. Each Of these spe
| cialists would keep informed Of tn
surplus labor in his fed in variou
parts Of the country and also Of tn
|, shifting demand from one section o
.another. He thus would he able 10 b
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z dealt n hid no trump. Y bid W
spades and Il passed. Now Y does not
like the spade takeout and must show
his partner that he has no spades. This
he can do by returning to no trumps or
bidding the clubs.
In Ease the strength Of the no trumper
Ia scattered II IL usually better to re-
turn to the no trumper. but II there Is
one rood suit, as I'm the present case.
IL In safer to show II. SO u bid three
clubs.
The beginner should note carefully the
inference that Y draws from this bid.
On the first round Y has nc idea how
good his Mariners no may be,
but takes him out on general principles.
When Y makes this takeout bid II Is n
that has no idea how good his partners
spades are.
The club bid practically asks Y II his
spades are good enough to Justify going
| ahead with the no trumper. even II u
has none Of the suit. VS. answer Is
yes. 20 he bids three no trumps. II his
spades were as weak as those in the first
hand given he would let the club bid
alone.
A did not like to open the diamond
suit. in which he had a possible tenace.
10 he led through VS. strength in spades
I'M TO Z's announced weakness in that
suit. Dummy won with the king and
led a small diamond hoping to make
| the Jack good for /. reen''-. for the
other shade after z haa all the
other tricks he could. A ~. the dia-
mond queen hold.
Y then led -four rounds Of clubs. "a
establish the nth for himself. This put
A In. and forced him to come UP to the
ma Tor tensce i'm hearts or the minor
tenace in diamond. A picked the
small, heart. Y mace his club and led
the small diamond. forcing A to PLAY
the ace TO shut out the Jack and thu
an do tric<.
should have led the heart king SO as
IN avoid beine nut right back into thu
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GOLD D THE CITY
assayer, Y

A PHILADELPHIA assayer Wal.
~ ter Scott by name. recently
took evera handouts OF sand
from a street excavation near Inde-
pendence Hail and after putting 4,
through an ~assaying process extracted
a small quantity of gold. Ite de-
clared there was enough gold under
Philadelphia, in his opinion, to make
hunting for 1t worth while.
Residents Of upper Manhattan Ne.
member Thomas Hartshorn. an eccen.
trio chap who lived In the vicinity O.
l06th street and Fifth avenue FOR
many years. One OF his hobbies was
absolute faith In the divining rod. He
talked about It's unerring certainty In
the pointing out OF metal for many
years until he could seem to talk o,
nothing else and he got to be known
as the Rod Crank.
One afternoon several years ago
Hartshorn sailed forth from his home
and entering Central Park took his
way to where the McGown's Pass
Tavern now stands. In those DAYS IL
| was the Mount st. Vincent House OF
R~efreshment. Several boys noticed
Hartshorn walk along the path To the
cas- OF the tavern and hold out his
divining rod. Presently he was seen
to stop and after looking all around
to- see If he was observed stick a
small stake into the grass.
One of the boys shadowed him for
the remainder of the day and told his
father. That night Hartshorn was
followed by the boy and his father 10
| the place OF the stake and they saw
the Rod Man fll a pal! with sand.
The news spread the next day or two
| that Hartshorn had found gold. The
Rod Man W denied i Ip TO the
| time he died and many lIar,emitos still
believe thee is gold near McGowns
! Pass.
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RIGID RULE
IN ROYAL AUCTION
Never Leave Partner In With
No Trumpcr II You Have
Five Hearts or Spades.
HANDS THAT PROVE FACT

beginners frequently complain that
there are so many exceptions to the
rules" as they all the. conventions
of the game, that they no sooner learn
one Of them than they are told t'does
not Amply to all the hands. and they
seem TO get nothing but the hands
which the rule does not Mt.
Teachers are continually being asked
for rules to which there are no ex-
ceptions and which can be applied to
every hand with the same rigidness as
one applies a tape measure TO a piece
Of cloth. There are many such rules.
but there are very few persons n
can stick TO them. the tendency seem
ing to be to take a chance now and
then. Just as one takes a chance on an
inside straight in a poker game. and
usually with the same result. one
OF these rules to which there is abso-
lutely r" exception. and which should
be followed as faithfully by the ex-
pert as by the beginner. In this:
Never leave your partner In with a
no trumper II you nave Ave hearts or
spades.
This rule admits of no exceptions on
the first round Of bids. II does not
matter what the Ave cards are. whether
only nine high or with four honor.
The objection frequently made to this
rule Is that II the third hand old
cards which should he of valuable as
sistance to a no trumper II In better
to play for three odd than four. The
answe to this IL that the stronger
the hand the safer the bid with a suit
for trumps. Another objection Is that
the side cards may be suc that 1t IL
obvious the partner holds the high cards
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whether there Is any strike or lock-
out. AZ well ms whether transportation
will be paid to destination II his plant
Is at a distance from the bureau.
ut In well for the employer to re-
member that when he advances car
fare a railroad ticket Ii preferable
to cash or check or money order.
While Information can be obtained
by mall or wire, we have found h a
an employer in need OF workpeople
usually can obtain better results by
calling mt the bureau and talking per-
sonally with applicants for work. Be
fore calling for this purpose. however
the employer should notify the super
intendent Of the bureau 10 that word
can be sent to applicants in order that
a number Of them may be on hand"
How much does the Eastern Labor
Clearing House charge for It's services
to employers and applicants"
Nothing" Mr.. Sears promptly re-
sponded. 1.-THE service Is free. WHAT
we are trying to do Is TO bring the
man and the job. as well as the woman
and the job. together. a great many
experiments have been made by va
rious societies. organizations. agencies
OF all sorts, in this endeavor. and some
OF them have been Of real value. But
I am convinced from a good many
| years experience hat I'm order to han
die the question OF labor on a large
SC. Re, to provide worl, for a large
number and to cover more than Q
few congested localities the enterprise
must he conducted through close re
~lationship of we'll organized bureaus
situated in thirty or forty or more
cities, from which labor can journe,
without too much time or too grea
expense"
What attitude does organized laboi
take toward this new e~nterprise?'
81 cannot say definitely" Mr.. Scar.
replied. but IL organized labor shoul,
feel that We are going to weaken II
or injure it in any way. organize,
labor would he very much mistaken
The same thing would he true OF an,
large employers. known in h yer
nacular Of the day as capital Here's
a factory in Connecticut, for example
that sends in "A call for nifty girl
skilled in making paper boxes. Hov
can organized lat, , injured II WI
quickly pass word along to applicant!
who want to do just that work? TAX
another case; here's the o
a plant who wants a hundred or tw'
hundred machinists. or other skille,
men. He has a contract to fill this
means money to him, and dividend
to the stockholders. How can n
body be injured IL We notify all tn
thirty-two cities In the Clearing Hous'
that this employer is asking for 81
many men, that he is willing TO pa!
certain specified wages. that he ha
tor has not) a strike or a lockout Of
tand: that he is tor is mott finishing
a new addition 20 his plant and givin,
other particulars, so that applicant
may use their own Judgment abou
getting in touch with the factory?
fail to see any harm to anybody in tn
plan"
When asked what he thought conl
he done to make the employment ad
junct Of of the Fedora. labor burea'
OF more practical value MIR. Sears wa
not inclined TO cr'ticise it's presen
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VAJSA |Oe6e
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t0S g. Z 1884
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z dealt and bid no trump. As he had
the lead. A said nothing, but y followed
the rule and bid W. spades. u thought
he could probably make five spade tricks
IL dummy was long In the suit and had a
trick anywhere for GENTRY so he went
back to two no trumps. A bad bid, with
no small spade to lead. Eight trumps
between the two hands. with three sure
leads, should be good enough for any
enc.
A led the diamonds and the ace had
TO be given up on the second round. z
led out three winning sspades. on which
A discarded the nine OF hearts as the
beginning OF an echo. Y then tried to
get dummy In, so as not only to make
the spades but to give u a club finesse.
which would have made all four club
tricks for his side.
II the queen of clubs is with A he may
not put II on. IL 1t Is with Il he may
not nave another diamond. n took the
chance and led a small club. feeling sure
that his king OF hearts would he led up
to after the diamonds were gone, even
II the worst happened. Some players
would rave taken the chance Of dropping
the club queen in two leads.
II n the queen Of clubs and he also
| had another diamond, but he did not
lead Il, preferring to answer AS echo in
hea rts while he had the chance. leading
the queen. The king covered, both ace
and Jack made, and all the rest OF the
diamonds. so that the two no trump
| contract was set for three tricks. less
80 aces net less 100.
At the other table Y was left with
the spade takeout m r led a small
club. Y let this come m to him and
won II with the ten. Three rounds If
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Clubs are trunps and Y Is IN the
lead. Y and 4 want six tricks put OF
ehe seven against any defence.
The solution is for Il to lead the
diamond. which \ trumps. Now
the point of the play In many a hand
at the card table. The average player
would lead the ace Of spades and follow
with "A small one, so as to get the
aenace play over BIS queen ten Of spades
after the ace was out of the way
But IL Y tries this A win make his
little trump on the second round OF
spades, and then Rs nine will he good
for another trick. which defeats the
solution. At the same time. unless Y
can play that ace OF spades so that the
high cards in the hand that Is shorter
in the suit shall he out of the way OF
the hand that is longer In the suit the
problem cannot be solved.
The manner In which the situation Is
managed Is one that should serve as a
pattern for a large number of hands In
actual play. Y leads the smaller of
his two spades and Y wins whatever
b plays. This puts z into. the lead
while he still holds the major tenace
over h In spades. In order to make
those two tricks Y throws B into the
lead with the losing trump. and Y at
the same time gets rid of the ace OF
spades,
This not only forces Il TO give n two
spade tricks. but compels a to unguard
one or other of the red suits. so that
Y must make two hearts at the end. or
A must give up the diamond and allow
z to win a trick with the deuce.
Here is a problem from an old hand
at the game In Salt Lake city. who has
not been heard from for some time, but
whose con positions are probably stu
fresh In the memory of those who fell
into some of the traps they contained
He calls this one the dance of the four
queens. as they are all held by II and
play an important part in the solution.
BRIDGE PROBLEM No. $40.
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Y dealt and bid no trumps. having
three suits stopped. as most players
reckon on four to a queen az a stopper.
Dummy has both ace and king of the
unprotected suit,
VS. reasoning induced him to neglect
the rule and to leave the no trumper
alone instead of bidding two hearts. A
opened with a small club and II won
with the king and led the Jack. 20 that
all -four club tricks made.
As one more trick saved the game, A
took no chances. but laid down the acs
OF spades. After that Of course all the
tricks went to Y and z. but two winning