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New-York tribune., 1921-11-27

dows are dirty; it's lobby is uncarpeted; its
corridors and stairs are bare; it's lifts do not
rum What is worst Of all, its system Of sani-
tation and drainage has gone utterly to pieces.
There are bugs in the majority Of the beds;
and the condition Of the toilets and lavatories
is nauseating.
But strangely enough, there is electric
light; there are telephones in some of the
rooms; there are locks to the doors; the furni-
ture is in fair repair; and maids dust and
sweep the rooms and make the beds daily.
1t is commentary on the present state Of
affairs in Russia that the Soviet Foreign Office,
which runs the Savoy Hotel and the other es-
tablishments where foreigners are billeted, will
not accept Russian paper money in payment.
"We don't take that Soviet stuff" replied
one official, when a correspondent as Joke
rendered him a great wad of 10000 ruble
notes.
Ones bill Is made out in gold rubles; and
as there are no gold rubles any more it is
changed into English, French Or American
equivalents. The scale of charges for rooms
at the Savoy runs from So to 81 day. Meals
are served at the flat rate of So; but no
American has ever eaten more than one Of
them. The one which the writer sampled con-
sisted of muddy substance, alleged to be cof-
fee, piece Of soggy black bread and scrap
of butter This was supposed to be breakfast.
1t really was an object-lesson that ones own
coffee, cooked over an alcohol stove; army bis
cults and timed marnalade probably consti-
tuted the best breakfast in Russia at the time.
For the rest, one cooks his own food, which
he has brought with him or which he buys in
the markets; or one goes to restaurants. There
is one good restaurant in Moscow; and full
meal there costs about 100000 rubles--any
where from 81 to SITS, according to the rate
Of exchange.
In Moscow there is no shortage Of food-if
one can pay for it, The proviso eliminates at
one stroke the majority Of the local population
But here, for instance, is the menu Of dinner
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27

"How did the Bolshies treat you?" is the
first question that will be put to one returned
from Russia these days.
The answer is
"Courteously but inefficiently.'' -
There seem to be in the outside world two
general impressions concerning the fate Of an
unofficial American in Russia at present. The
first is that the Soviet government maintains
him in the lap of luxury, shows him carefully
"salted' phases of Russian life, fatters him,
fills him up with propaganda, and at length
sends him away duped and hoodwinked The
second is that there are bewhiskered bandits
with bombs lurking at every street corner;
that one is set upon, assaulted and robbed at
least three times daily; that one is jailed upon
the fiimsiest pretexts, and that he Is lucky to
escape with his life.
Possibly the ten or twelve American Jour-
nalists who have been in Moscow in Septem-
Der and October are not considered important
enough to receive either of the above modes
of treatment At any rate when one is in
Moscow the thought of both seems to say the
least, grotesque.
In Moscow l have been living at the Savoy
Hotel, which in 1914 was one OF those starred
by Baedeker as first class In common with
the majority Of Moscow's habitations, this
hotel has deteriorated great deal. There are
holes in the sidewalk in front of it; its win
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27

and while they stamped passports and inspect
ed baggage. The morning wore into afternoon
and the afternoon into evening. Finally I was
told that must remove my baggage as the
train was about to depart.
A discreet veil must be drawn over the
events Of the next fifteen minutes. It is suf-
fcient to say that when the train crossed the
Russian border the Tribune man was still on
board and were his passport receipt, his
luggage and his somewhat ruffled temper.
The other Americans seemed impatient at the
nine-hour delay but the Russians shrugged
their shoulders and indicated that they
thought it lucky that we should have gotten
away SO quickly. Just by way of showing
friendliness, however, quite number Of them
filed out Of their places at the next station,
and came trooping in to shake hands with the
mad American, who had been the chief cause
Of the delay, and to congratulate him on his
failure to be arrested.
The Russian frontier examination, concern
ing the terrors of which the people at Riga
had spoken eloquently, was at hand. One
braced himself for the ordeal, and then
A youth of about sixteen, wearing cap
with tarnished gold lace on it, opened the door
Of the compartment, stuck his head in, and
withdrew it, closing the door after him. That
was all.
Another night and day brought Moscow
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27

had the three other suits. In this case he has
three suits, but one Of them is the suit doubled.
See example at bottom of column.
z dealt and bid two diamonds. A doubles, Y
bids two hearts and answers the double with
two spades. This should have passed, but
instead of that he went to three diamonds and
A to three spades. Thinking z had nothing in
hearts or spades, Y tried to show his two
suffer by calling four clubs, which doubled,
and to get his partner out z went four dia-
nonds, which A doubled. This closed the
bidding at that table, the diamond contract
being set for 314 points.
If the contract had been left at spades all
that could have made would have been
three-odd, as two hearts make at once, and the
two spades in Us hand must make later. In
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27
Author Of Foster Auction Auction Made Easv
Fosters Complete Hoyle, Etc.
BY r. F. FOSTER

the diamond and return it, and to follow with
the club jack, upon which Y discards the heart
four. Now Y must make three of his shades
If starts by leading the smaller club B
gives up the jack and defeats the solution.
Also II 7 leads the ten of diamonds for the
second trick defeats the solution by winning
with the king and returning the jack, before
leading the winning club, SO as to prevent Y
from getting a diamond discard Now A and
B must make two hearts, spade and club,
II leads the heart; OF two spades, heart
and club, if Y leads the spade.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27
'"H HERE are still number of bridge
players who insist on calling the suit
they would like for the trump, whether

"HERE are still a number of bridge
players who insist on calling the suit
they would like for the trump, whether
it has any value apart from it's being
t1umps OF not. Those who win not bid suit
without at least ace or king-queen at the top
and four tricks In the hand are called close
bidders, while those who will bid any suit as
good as queen or jack high, If they have the
outside tricks, are the free bidders.
The English players will call suit of four
to the queen, IS they have sure trick
outside, and fve to the king ten is always
bid if there are two outside tricks but it is not
= no-trumper. The theory is that very few
hands are played on bid of one and that
nothing is lost by calling suit if the adver-
saries are not going to let you play IT,
II has lately been suggested that there are
three ways to bid suit that is good enough
for a bid OF two. You can Did one to start
with, or two the next round; or you can bid
two right of, or you can pass and bid the
suit on the next round.
Take long minor suit. The usual Nay is
to bid two or pass The suggestion now is to
bid two on such a suit if it is both long and
weak, but to bid one and then two if it is long
and has both ace and king at the top. The
ysbid is designed to show the tops, the original
bid Of two to deny them.
Beginners usually have an exaggerated idea
ID the value Of length in trumps, and will bid
up es~sr hands on the theory that their trump
strength justifes it. The point they overlook
ID that the suit they are bidding on is not the
trump until three other players have passed.
In the mean time, how is the partner to know
whether they are bidding more because the
suit is very strong or simply because it is long?
II II IL known that player uses the two
bid 10 show length and deny strength, the de-
Tense Is to double when the second hand holds
the high cards and wants his partner to bid;
inst q he would double strong bid when he
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27
Queries and Ans.vers
AUCTION BRIDGE

Question: Is it necessary to be strong in
hearts and spades to bid no-trumps, and is
bid of one club or one diamond call for
no-trump bid by the partner? We are told
these are the conventions at the New York
Whist Club. E.K.L.
Answer Any hand that is strong in hearts
ard spades ought to bid spades if there are
five cards in the suit To bid one no-trump
does not require strength in any particular
SUITS but strength enough to give reasonable
expectation of making the contract if not
the game. Six clubs to the ace. king, queen
AMI an outside ace Of any kind is q no-trumn-
er There is no such thing as calling for a mo-
trump bid By the partner. If you have a
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27

but seemed very sure Of it. Later on, when
the train arrived at Moscow just seven hours
late, he remarked vaguely that something must
have gone wrong.
Possibly the events at Zilupe, the Latvian
frontier station. had something to do with it.
It seems that the Latvians are very particular
as to the formalities to be observed when a
foreigner leaves their country. At any rate,
the officer in charge of the border station ap-
peared deeply panied when he learned that my
visa granting transit through Latvia was on
my American passport, and that that passage
was reposing in the consul's safe at Rigas
81 am sorry! am disturbed! am desolate!'
said this official, according to an interpreter.
"But you will have to wait here while l COM
municate with Riga. There is another train in
three days"
I looked at the gloomy station and at the
heaps of filth lining the tracks and replied that
/ felt obliged to decline the invitation.
"Then you will have to go back to Riga in
sisted the officer. "There is train tonight
Once again the request was refused. BY way
of argument showed the official various docu-
ments Of Identification and even fair-sized
handful of Latvian rubles. ALI were equally
without effect.
eff you will do neither Of these things con-
tinued the official, smiling cheerfully, "you
must remain under arrest while you telegraph
your consul at Riga to communicate with our
Foreign Office, which will doubtless take under
consideration the matter of allowing you to
proceed
That sounded bit vague, but it appeared
more feasible than either of the other two
courses, and the telegram was duly dispatched.
Needless to say, as was found out some weeks
later, it was never delivered.
And then there ensued period Of waiting
while the official conferred with other officials
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27

do so for bid of three. After bids the
clubs it is too late and too risky.
1t is a game hand at no-trumps, and several
tables played it that way. Two hearts and
two spades are all that ard can save.
When 2 passed without bid, holding the
diamonds for the second round, A bid no
trump, Y passed and called the spades, hav-
ing six IN suit. Then n bid three diamonds
and A dropped his no-trumper to support the
spades
At one table, playing the hand at spades,
leading diamond, as Y had not mentioned
the hearts, B tried to get heart discard.
which would have put him game, by leading
a second round of diamonds after winning
the first round with the queen, but put on
trump.
The normal value of these hands is three
odd in spades for A and B., and the only seri-
Gus loss is in rs being too sanguine about his
seven diamonds, or his want of perception, in
not reading Y's hand for nothing but hearts
and clubs, neither very strong if AS double
was sound
If left at clubs, would have lost 312
points. SO that z did not save anything by
going back to diamonds.
Here is the solution of Problem No. 81. in
which there were no trumps, to lead, and
" to win four tricks:
q starts with the club nine, which wins
and leads the queen Of diamonds. (The ten
Will not solve.) BIS best defense is to win
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27
SCHOOL,

diamond or club bid, and your partner
thinks that with that assistance he can do
better at no-trumps than at anything else he
will bid no-trumps; but your bid does not sug-
gest no-trunnps any more than it suggests
hearts, or spades or passing.
Question: The dealer bids a spade, and a
second hand doubles. Third hand holds six
clubs to the queen, jack, only one small spade,
and ace, with two small in diamonds. with
three small hearts. Should he pass or call
the clubs? Fl. G.L.
Answer: It is usually better to go ahead
with the bid, if third hand has anything to
show, regardless of what the second hand
does, provided it is not too expensive. The
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27

double does not make it cost any more 70
deny the spades with the clubs than if second
hand had passed, and it is better to bid the
clubs while it is cheap. After fourth hand
hss answered the double, and partner has said
something, it may be too high bid will be
required to show the clubs and deny the
spades.
CRIBBAGE
Question-How do you count queen and
three deuees, with an ace turned up?-M- l.
Answer-Lay the three deuces out in the
form Of a triangle and it viii be evident that
each side viii make different pair. That
is six holes. By combining each of these three
pairs with the ace and queen get three
fifteens, which is six more holes, making tho
hand worth twelve
RUSSIAN BANK
Question-We have several disp~.ss as to
whether or not the players should be allowed
to extend their discards IN order to see -has
has been passed. What is the rue?-C. B. b.
Answer-According to the rules 6rss puD
lished, and also adopted by several writers, .
player is allowed to extend his own diseards
but not those of his adversary. Some writers
think it better to forbid any looking at tns
discards, but this is too difficult, as the cares
are all face up, and it is practically in'pos
sible to make the players keep them squarsa
up 50 nicely that the underneath cards cannos
be sasn-
POKER
Question: deals, B putting up The bhd'
which C straddles. After the draw oess
that he has the last say as to betting as ~
was the last to make good the ante. Is 'hi'
right?-E. r.
Answer-The straddle has no effect on any
thing beyond the amount of the antes. in0S'
made good, the player to the left OF the ss0
still has to make the first bet. -.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27

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New-York tribune., 1921-11-27

stead of assisting Che spades, which are simply
4 an answer to the double, A would have done
better to shift to no-trpmps while he could
New-York tribune., 1921-11-27

Hearts ara tsal1nps and 9 leads. aud q
foaaat all eight tricks. Hoau do thsy ast tAems
Solution nert Usek.
Evening star., 1921-03-31
RELIEF is SOUGHT
IN n. Y. RAIL CASE
Provisional Reduction in Cut
Set for Tomorrow Is
Asked of Board.

CHICAGO, March 31.-Provisional re-
duction of wages of approximately $4,000
unskiI1ed workmen on the New York
Control railroad, to be effective April 1.
was asked of the Railroad Labor Board
yesterday. Immediate relief from
the present rates was sought pending
a hearing on permanent reduction
later, and at the same time an
ences with other classes Of labor
were in session this week and that
reductions in every class of railway
employees were being considered.
During the testimony of j. Aron-
son, counsel for the New York Cen
trail. A. o. Wharton. labor member of
the board, inquired into the proposed
reduction and inquired how the un-
skilled labor class was selected for a
cut.
Before the railroad testimony was
finished, B. NJ. Jewell, speaking for
the employees made a brief answer
to the railroads request. declaring it
would be without precedence for the
board to acquiesce in the New York
Centrafs request.
Mr.. Aronson replied that the cost
OF living had shown a steady down.
ward trend for nearly year and
th1t similar trend in wages of
other industries also was noticeable.
idLic rates, ne Sald, cOuld not De
determined for any length of time
and that the present rates were
wholly inadequate, he contended.
Reductions Proposed.
Reductions of IT to 81 per cent
were proposed in various classes of
unskilled labor on the New York
Central. and comparison with com
mon labor in other industries was
made by NJ. A McClory, statistician
ATai~
employees. he said. would be reduced
from As cents and 4S1s cents an hour
to 80 cents and 35 cents
Farm labor figures were introduced
| backed by S. l. Striving, president
of the American Farm Bureau Fed
Bradley. head Of the New York State
Federation of Agriculture.
Wages in 1920 averaged from $50
to $S5. according to Mr.. Striving's
figures, and now were down to $35
to s65. F. E. Warner of South Haven
Mich, president of large fruit ex-
change, said the s75 wage in 1920
laborer's hourly rate was 80 cents
now, as compared with so cents in
1920.
| Wage Scales Submitted. =
Wage scales of 1920 and 1921 in
twoscere cities on the New York
Central were submitted to show the
comparative pay in other industries
for common labor. Decreases of ap-
proximately 20 per cent were shown
to be the average in Albany, Utica
Rome, Rochester and New York city
| In the latter's suburbs, decreases as
high as 33 per cent were recorded and
in Buffalo and Amsterdam, N Y, de-
creases were around 30 per cent.
twenty-five per cent decreases
were shown to be the average in
Cleveland, Alliance and Toledo, Ohio
and Fort Wayne, Ind.
Several points, including Syracuse
Rochester, Dunkirk. Ontario, N. Y,
and Erie. Pa, were reported as fav-
ing decreases averaging Is per cent.
INVITE BIG FOUR HEADS.
Evening star., 1921-03-31


20 cents out Of every dollar the Penn
syivania railroad receives from oper.
alton is paid out in wages The re-
naming 80 cents is not sufficient to
buy fuel and other materials and pay
our taxes and other obligations
Operating expenses in February ex-
ceeded operating revenue by more
than $2.s00.0O0. 1t cost the Pennsyl-
wanna railroad s1.05 to take in $1.OO
without considering taxes, fixed
charges and other obligations.
without taking dividends into
consideration. the Pennsylvania sys-
tenn was operated in February at a
loss Of more than $S.500.00O. March
results will show no Improvement
although the number of employees is
less now than it has been since 1915
such precipitate falling off in busi-
ness as has occurred in the last few
months cannot be recalled by rail-
road men today, and the only remedy
Tor this situation is to reduce salaries
and wages"
The officials and representatives OF
the employees went into executive ses-
Evening star., 1921-03-31

Commerce Commission, the rate-mak-
ing body. and the United States Rail-
road Labor Board at Chicago. One
government body sitting in Washing
ton cannot be expected to successfully
adjust rates and fares to meet the
expenses incident to railway opera
ton while another. sitting in Chi
cago. attempts to adjust wages, the
largest and most important of all
railway operating expenditures. which
can only be met by rates the commits
sion alone is required to establish"
Among those who accepted service
on the special committee is Darwin
?. Kingsley, president of the New
York Life Insurance Company: Haley
Fiske. president. Metropolitan Life In
surance Company. New York: Myron
T. Herrick. Cleveland: w. T. Kemper,
Kansas City; Charles c. Moore, San
Francisco: A. c. Robinson. Pittsburgh; !;
George F.. Brook and Henry Park
man. Boston. and S. Fred Strong. New
Haven, Conn.
Evening star., 1921-03-31
PENNsY's TROUBLES TOLD.
Impossible to Operate and "Pa!
Abnormally High Wages"

BY the Associa ted Press.
PITTSBURGH, March Silt has be-
come impossible to operate the Penn
sylvania railroad successfully ana
continue to pay the "abnormally
high" wages fixed by the Railroad
Labor Board, c. S. krick. general
manager of the eastern region, de-
clared today in opening series OF
conferences between. officials OF the
company and representatives OF its
employees to discuss proposed reduc-
tions in salaries and wages.
Mr.. Krick maintained that the en-
tire world rapidly is getting back to
normal, and that since the middle OF
last year the cost of living has been
steadily going down.
AT present" he declared, nearly
Evening star., 1921-03-31
INVITE BIG FOUR HEADS.
Owners Of Rail Securities Appoint
Special Committee of Is.

NEW YORK, March 31.-In an ef-
fort to hasten a settlement of the
labor difficulties between the rail-
roads and their employees. the ex-
ecutiye committee of the National
Association of Owners Of Railroad Sc
curities, meeting here, invited the
heads ofs the big four railroad
brotherhoods to attend conference
in New York on April to discuss
the situation.
A special committee Of twenty-five
members, representatives Of the va
rious sections of the country. also
was appointed, and will endeavor to
be helpful, statement said. "in as
sfsting to relieve the immediate situa-
tion. and later, generally helpful in
such directions as may appear es-
sential."
In it's letter to the brotherhood
chiefs, the committee stated the rail-
roads "are not producing net earn
ings. as a whole, sufficient to meet
their fixed charges by millions Of dol
lars"
zone weakness in the present situa-
tion." said 8. Davies Warf1eId, presi-
dent Of the association.~"is lack of
coordination between the two gov
ernmental bodies that deal with
the railroads; one adjusts rates,
the other wages. There should be
CO. coordination between the Interstate
Evening star., 1921-03-31
WOULD WORK WITHOUT PAY.
Freight Inspectors Say They Are
Locked Out on Pretense.

NEW YORK, March 31.-Freight in
spectors on railroads cast of Pitts
burgh have offered to work without
salary, but on a designated percent
age basis. Harry Weinberger. attor-
ney for the brotherhood of Railway
Evening star., 1921-03-31

and Steamship Clerks and Associate
Work ers declared here. Alleging the
inspectors were locked out on the
pretense that there is no freight. the
attorney asserted the men will agree
to be paid only on a percentage OF
amounts actually saved TO the rail-
road by discovered improper classin-
cations"
If there is no freight, he added, or
the shippers properly classify their
goods, there will be no salary.
Evening star., 1921-03-31

sion at 10 o'clock in beginning the ini-
tial conference to consider reduction of
wages of all employees ana officials.
Admission to the meeting, which is
the first of a series to extend over until
April IS. was limited to the conferees
only, and it was announced that news
paper men would not be admitted for
the present"
PROTEST BORROWING ORDER.
A., B. and A. Men Charge Incom-
petent Employees on Road.
ATLANTA, Ga, March 31.-Leaders
Of the striking union men on the At
lanta Birmingham and Atlantic rail-
way issued a written statement here
protesting against the order granite ed
in federal district court authoriziug
the receiver to borrow $125, 700 to pay
past due wages.
Charges that the road is being
operated with incompetent employees
also were made in the statement.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1921-03-24

last week, and not a single line to
the unanimous decision Of the SUI
preme court sustaining Judge McKen-
ma in the Goughnour recall action.
If the league faction had won this
case, we could have expected a couple
of columns on the subject. Losing
the case, they ignore the whole mat
ter. And following after the many
columns of hot air devoted to the
subject, and makes the Free Press
bunch pretty much the laughing
stock. This same policy has been
consistently pursued. News matter
injurious to the Townleyites is ever
suppressed. Closing of the league
bank in Fargo, losses on the Drake
mill, bankruptcy of the consumers
stores, losses on the packing plant
anything of that nature, is studiously
ignored.
No reader, be he independent OF
Lacquer, enjoys local weekly news.
paper that has in charge merely a
puppet of some league boss, and who
dares not express even his own
thoughts. Hence, the vast array
of recent refusals of the league sheet
are not surprising.