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The Nenana news., 1921-07-12
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Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-08-23
Places
Hotchkiss' Name
Before Senators

Washington, Aug. 23-Clarence
r. Hotchkiss was nominated to-
day by President Harding to be
United States marshal for the dis
trict of Oregon.
JOURNAL WANT ADS PAY
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-08-23
Unemployment Causes
Alaska Depression;
HoId-Ups Numerous

With the high cost of living and
unemployment adding to the gen
eral depression in Alaska, the sit
uation there is anything but
bright for the coming winter, ac-
cording to Robert Edmonds, pros
pector. who arrived in the city
this morning on his way to Cali
fornia from Anchorage, Alaska.
For over six weeks before he
left, idle men began drifting into
the towns from railroad camps and
elsewhere, while employment
agencies In Seattle continued to
send men to Alaska to work on
the government railroads. Many
of the men arrived with little or
no money, an dfinding no work,
were unable to return to the
states. Some have succeeded in
working their way down on boats,
but at the time that he left, Ed
monds said, the men continued to
gather In the towns with no work
and no way to get out.
The high prices of food soon ex-
haust the average laborer's funds,
with bacon at 80 cents pound,
flour and sugar at 15 cents a
pond, eggs at so cents a dozen,
an da decent meal in restaurant
from a dollar up.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-08-23
Star
Is Arrested AS
Bad Check Man

Long Beach, Cal, Aug. 3D.
Ralph e. Capron, former football
star Of the University Of Minnesota
and later a professional baseball
player in Pittsburgh and rhila-
delphia, and B. Vedeler, who was
said to have represented himself
as an oil operator, were arrested
here today on warrants from South
Bend, Wash, and Bathkeep, y. D.,
charging the defrauding Of banks
through the issuance OF worthless
checks.
An operative of private detec-
tive agency, who made the arrests,
declared that charges against the
men. in other states, including
Kansas, Wisconsin, Mississippi
and Texas, involved similar alleged
crimes through which a total of
not less than $4,000 was obtain
ed.
Capron was said to be brother
of George Capron, former ALI
American fullback at the Univer-
sity of Minnesota and later high
school football coach here.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-08-23
Treaty Of Peace
Ready For Huns
10 Sign, Report

Berlin, Aug. %. - Final in
structions relative to the treaty of
peace between the United States
and Germany have been received
from Secretary Charles e. Hughes
by Ellis Loring Dresel, United
States commissionerrhere, and the
treaty now awaits signature by
the German government. 1t is ex-
pected the document will be sign
ed in the next few days at spe-
cial meeting Of the cabinet, which
will be attended by President
Ebert. The document will bear
the presidents signature and will
be countersigned either by DR..
Joseph Wirth, the chancellor, or
DR.. Friedrich, the foreign min
lister.
The Tageblatt declares 1t has
learned that the treaty would
provide ample reservations re-
specting the safeguarding of Ger
man private property in the Unit
ed States, the Washington gov
ernment merely claiming the
right of retention" until claims
against Germany have been sat
Isfied.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-08-23

occupy the disputed territory force
would be used in resisting unless
the United States made it clear
that the American government
would prevent 1t.
I'm view Of the fact that the
United States, as a friendly medi-
ator," the American note said,
after having referred to the char
acter of the note of May 2, "re-
CARDS as just the claims Of Costa
Rica to lawful possession of the
territory on the Pacific awarded
to her by President Loubet, 1t can
not, because of it's special treaty
relations to Panama, permit a re-
newal of hostilities by Panama
against Costa Rica by reason of
Costa Rica now taking peaceful
possession OF that territory"
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-08-23
Mahoney Must
Enter Plea Today

Olympia, Wash, Aug. 23.-Ef-
forts of defense counsel to secure
stay of proceedings in the case
Of James E. Mahoney, charged
with the murder of his wife, Kate
M. Mahoney, in Seattle last April,
failed today when the state su-
preme court denied application of
Mahoney's counsel for a writ OF
prohibition directed against the
King county superior court at Sc
attle. Under the ruling Mahoney
must enter plea to the murder
charge some time today.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-08-23
Americans
Will Back
Costa Rica
Panama Told Occupa-
tion of Coto Region
Must Be Allowed to
Proceed Peacefully.

Washington, Aug. 23.-Pana-
ma will not resist the occupation
of the disputed territory of Coto
by Costa Rica the American min
lister at Panama today cabled the
state department he had been in
formed by the Panama minister Of
foreign affairs.
Washington, Aug. 23. - The
American state department In a
note forwarded to Panama yester-
day stated emphatically that the
United States would not permit
any hostilities growing out of the
occupation of the Coto region by
Costa Rica.
Panama, Aug. 23.-Panama's
reply TO the latest note from the
secretary OF state, Charles Il.
In which Panama was
told that disputed territory along
the Costa Rican frontier OF this
country would be placed under
the jurisdiction of Costa Rica, has
been considered by the Panama
and possibly will be de-
livered on Wednesday.
Although II is generally report
ed that armed forces already have
been ordered to advance on Coto
In the disputed area with a view
to opposing possible Costa Rican
occupation of that district, the
most recent official declarations
here indicate that troops have
been dispatched only to Divid, a
town some distance from the
boundary. The Panaman govern
nent, II is understood, will await
'urther advices from Washington
before taking any decided steps.
General preparations to meet
emergency calls for men have been
made.
The American note, II develop
d today. was in response to
Communication from the Panama
government. indicating tha. II
,osta Rica should attempt to re- J
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-08-23

louRNAL VAN ADs RAY.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-08-23

AS a reslt of the conditions, Ed
monds said, holdups have become
more numerous and authorities
are powerless to meet the situa-
tion. At the time the prospector
left Seattle, the situation was rap
idly becoming worse.
Edmonds will leave Salem to-
night or tomorrow for southern
California, Where he will prospect
for ore in the desert.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-08-23
Double Duties
Keep Sim Fem
Leaders Busy

Dublin, Aug. 3.--Members Of
the Irish republican parliament,
! gathered here to frame the reply
of that body to the British gov
ernment's offer of dominion status
for Ireland, divided their activi-
ties today between the secret ses-
sions of the parliament and a
meeting of the executive commit
tee of the Sim Fein. The meet
ings of the two bodies were held
in the Mansion House, and it was
believed both would concern them
selves with the attitude taken by
the Irish republicans toward the
terms laid down by Prime Minister
Lloyd-George as the basis of set
tlement of the Irish controversy.
Considerable speculation was
caused here last night by the de-
livery of a message to Mr.. DeVa-
lera by Monsignor Edward Null
hern, bishop of Dromore. 1t was
asserted the message had not come
from Cardinal Logue, head OF the
Catholic church in Ireland, but
there was no further information
relative to the origin of the mes
sage, except it came from high
est authority
Shortly after the Dali Eireann
convened. it was declared in some
quarters that the Irish clergy was
urging such action by the parlia-
nent that would preclude resump-
tion of warfare between the re-
publican forces and the British
Ioldiery or constabulary.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-08-23

JOURNAL WANT ADS PAY
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-08-23

the married women. First come
the women whose husbands are to
be the beneficiaries. They lead in
the highest rate Of death. 126 per
cent.
"The other class, composed Of
those who have beneficiaries 9TH
er than their life partners, have a
rate Of la per cent.
among widows, both real and
divorced women, the rate is los
per cent.
"Women with husbands seem to
die quicker than those without" /"
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-08-23
w Wo11lenLive
Sterner Sex
Insurance Records Al
so Reveal That Spin
sters Have the Best
Chance to Marry

New York, Aug. 23.-Investiga.
tion shows some startling facts
For instance:
Women with husbands die
| earlier than spinsters.
Married women who buy insur-
afce and choose husbands as their
beneficiaries are considered poor
risks.
These facts have been called to
our attention by a high official of
a well known insurance company.
who says regarding longlivity:
"Well-regulated, outdoor life
with a fair amount Of exercise.
seems to be good rule to follow.
In general, people who have ad-
hered to such mode of life have
found Horace's golden mean In
all things. They choose everything
In moderation.
I'm the United States Life
Tables drawn up from the census
OF 1910, taking note of the deaths,
of 1909-1910-1911, the women
show up very favorably.
Let's look at the tables OF .Ex-
pectation Of Life.' which means
the average number Of years lived
beyond certain age.
This expectation Of life In
women whose lives were followed
up from the age of ten years, was
b4 years, while for men it was 81
Taken on from 25 years. the
average expectation of men was
SO years, and in the cases of wom-
en- 1t was Al. This means that the
average man would live 25 plus
39 years, while-t the average wom-
an would live 25 plus Al years.
Taken at 45, men may expect
to live on "a more years, the wom-
en- 20. The female is still in the
When 60 is reached, the three
score years, our average male has
Ia more years to look forward to.
and the woman still 16. am
eaving out the small fractions:
nevertheless, woman is still ahead
when the rs mark is reached. IL
'nly by fraction. Otherwise we
count seven years yet to be lived
~ both males and females, not
orgetting the small additional {
tme for women.
How do we account for wom- :
n being aheadl Well, perhaps :
ess exposure to the hardships and ;,
ccidents of life, less chance of vi :
lent deaths. Now we come to iu- !
urance statistics. :
The medical actuarial Of NOR :
ality investigation, published in =
sl3, deals with the deaths of in :
ured lives and shows mortality =
ates among the various classes, as y
ompared with the average mortal 4
y of the country. u
The number Of deaths among D
omen is 104 per cent Of what y
ley would be IL the mortalityof d
omen had been the same as the is
Verage mortality for all risks or
'r the total class. lie
That Is, for every one hundred pl
eafhs, counted among general 81
olicy holders, We would get one m
nndred and four among women. et
"Spinsters, the term covers all Ell
nmarried women, have a low ri
tie. 81 per cent. a,
There are two classes among is
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-08-23
Woman Charged
With Numbering
Child Bound 0vs,

Adrian, Mich, Aug. ss.-Mr
Matte Kirby, prominent state Tn.
perance worker, charged with i.
murder Of a child born July . !,
her unmarried daughter. W..
bound over today for trial Al n. 4.
October term of circuit court, t0l.
lowing examination in juste.
court. Her bail was fixed at ssooo
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-08-23

Bismarck, n. D., Aug. @s.-
Two persons were killed when
their auhomobile was struck by
q train near Sterling Just before
noon today. They were declared
hp trainmen arriving here shortly
afteruard to have been identified
ns Rev. william B. Gage and May
Gage of Dss Moinss. Iowa.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-23
Queries and Ans.vers
AUCTION BRIDGE

Questionable dealer bids heart, second
hand says no-trump, which all pass. What
is the correct lead from this hand, and why?
Queen and two small in diamonds ace and
three small in clubs; five spades to the queen
ten nine; singleton small heart N w. B.
Answer-Why not lead the spade? There
is no use leading the heart, which cannot be
led again. There is chance for the spades,
especially if partner has either ace or king,
there are two possible re-entries
Question-Dealer, z, bids a club, A one
spade, two clubs, A two spades, which
doubles. Y then bids three diamonds. on five
to the king queen, one small club, four small
spades and three small hearts. z bets he
should have kept still n. NJ.
Answer-Ths usual rule for dscidina
New-York tribune., 1921-10-23

hand, and also how few are capable Of reach
ing the acme of good bridge, which lies in
finding the best possible declaration for the
combined hands.
dealt and bid diamond. 1t appears that
several tables overcalled this with two clubs.
held the contract and made it, but could not
possibly make any more. Those that did not
finesse the spade jack did not make two even,
The interesting bids were those that fol-
lowed when doubled the diamond bid and
passed Not being able to stop the dia
monds even once, there was no question of
going no-trump, and those who knew the i'm
portance of bidding the higher ranking suit
first called spade, which passed.
Our correspondent says this happened at
four tables, and at two Of them A left it at
spades making three odd by the spade
finesse, but not the game. After three win
ming diamonds, z led the club and pulled
all the trumps but the ten, which he forced
out with the clubs.
At the two other tables A did not trust the
spade call for being very strong. and went to
New-York tribune., 1921-10-23
By r. F. FOSTER
Author of Foster Auction, Auction Made Easy,
Fosters Complete Hoyle, Etc.

two clubs. At one Of these he was left with
it, and made it, scoring twenty-four points.
At only one table did follow up the double
correctly. Knowing that the double looks for
take-out in one of the major suits, when A
denied the spades by going to two clubs. B
correctly inferred that if A did not like the
spades, but was strong enough to double dia-
monds and bid two clubs, the heart suit should
fit his hand, so overcalled the two clubs with
two hearts. !.
On this contract he went game, scoring four
odd and four honors with 1875 added, 189
points, on q deal that no other table in the
room made more than 4g on, and only two Of
them made that, the usual score being a.
Against the heart contract 2 ran OFF his
three diamonds, discarding club, and then
led heart, hoping to coax the king, in which
he succeeded Dummy then led two rounds
of spades and finessed the jack. On the spade
king he got club discard.
can now count rs hand for spade and
two diamonds. Unless z has the queen Of
trumps, game Is impossible, because if has
the unguarded queen z has no clubs. The only
chance being the trump finesse, B led the jack,
caught the queen on the next lead and discard
ed his losing spade on the third club, four odd
and game.
The solution to Problem No. 76, given
last week, in which hearts were trumps, Q to
lead and w to get six tricks, follows:
2 starts with the six Of trumps keeping the
smallest and disarming A at the same time.
wins and leads the acc Of diamonds, upon
New-York tribune., 1921-10-23

Many helpless" woman has hoped to
solve the servant enigma by picking them
before they ripen into independence under
the bright, free rays Of the American sun.
With an eager, young, unframed but unspolied
thing from Jugo-Slavia, housewives think life
in the home might after all be made into a
merry pantomime. What if one is handed
dishrag when one wishes to indicate the
spinach? What if ones desire for dish Of
cereal materialize as a scuttle Of coal? Olga
means well. 1t can be managed
1t can, sometimes. Sometimes, too, Olga
departs just as she is considered to be round
ing into form, able to serve without getting.
offsde, to carry in the soup tureen without
being penalized for tripping, and all the rest
of it. Her mistress discovers too late that
Olga has been using her as a home college
course. Olga has been "majoring'' in English
and "minoring" in kitchen mechanics. 1t
seems also that relatives and friends, longer
in this great and glorious land, have been
teaching Olga to sing "The Star-Spangled
Banner" and Olga has been quick to reach all
the high notes, now being able to sing $40
and upward without an effort
But to hearken back to buffers, from which
tAiS AdIIdtlFc ulSEIcSSeU 10 COuCu on the more
universal aspects of the servant famine. Those
English buffers Cor it was the second man.
some agencies say) who marched away to
war and have not returned to positions in, the
United States were more of an aesthetic than
a general loss, for only the well-to-do and the
wealthy could afford to support them in the
style to which they had been accustomed
Yet when the word went forth that they were
gone, all gone (D, those old, familiar side
whiskers, somewhat of universal pang was
felt, for some of US had been invited to man
sions where they had been functioning and
others had looked eagerly through windows
or rung doorbells to see them in majestic
New-York tribune., 1921-10-23

agency. She wanted q girl for her own
household. Could anything be simpler? one
asks.
There were two in the family Of the agency
head. Two meals day was their modest re-
quirement; they lunched out. One cleaning
week was scheduled for the house, with the
family busting up between times. Laundry
for two.
Be all that as 1t may, there were no takers
at the tune Of eighty bones! One girl said she
might consider it, if the situation had been
Oh the East Side, instead Of the West Side
All the others to whom the offer was made
declined. The agency head had been looking
for more than week and may be still.
''Thirty-two years ago." the agency head
said. II came to this country and got posi-
tion as a maid at $40 month. Do you know.
| believe the girls were all happier, worked
better and were better satisfied than they are
now at $50 a month"
And even trying to hire one for $50 is no
light workout nowadays. You can see the
attempt being made in the agency Offices many
times day, and very spirited little bout it
is. The lady of the house enters and takes
her seat in one corner of the ring; the maid.
veteran Of many hard encounter, in an
other, while the agent introduces them with
a both-members-o Of -this-club gesture They
do not shake hands; apparently there is bad
blood between challenger and challenged, and
it is to be Knockout affair.
"Experienced?" the lady leads.
Very" the maid counters. Then they ex-
change buffets thick and fast. "References?"
"Plenty." "Cook?" "Sure" "Wash?" "No.
mum!"
= Staggered, the lady Of the house falls back,
and the maid, quick to press her advantage
assumes the offensive.
"Wages?" "sixty dollars" "Nights out?"
Plenty" Family" "Three." "Baby?"
New-York tribune., 1921-10-23

difficulty there, agencies declare, in getting
her to stay in nights. New York maids are
found to be the more staid and home loving.
Even q maid captured and borne home In
triumph may turn out to be only Punic and
feeting victory. They may be most carefully
cherished; they may be insured by their en-
ployers, as many of them are, but their stay
ing can't be insured. Prayers may be offered
up and sacrifices made, but all too frequently
ones prayers, like ones ads, go unanswered.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-23
The English butler and the Sinn Fein housenaid

"Y-y-y yes.'' "Residence?' Country"
"Good day, mum!''
Thereupon the lady takes the count and
the losers end, which amounts to nothing at
all. If she is glutton for punishment she
asks for another interview. Many time and
OFT she leaves the agency utterly defeated,
especially when her opponents find such
weak spot In her defense as dwelling in the
country. You might think her solution
would be to obtain country girl, but the
New-York tribune., 1921-10-23

which z discards the spade queen. then
leads spade and z gets rid Of the club queen.
A may discard anything. Now, Y leads the
trump, and 1t is up to to solve
If plays the eight Of trumps, makes
both nine and queen at once. But if puts
on the ten ducks, playing the seven, SO that
when leads the inevitable spade can ruff
with the deuce of trumps and let Y over-trump
with the five. Now Y can come through BIS
trumps, and he loses them both.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-23
\ HE question is naturally asked by the
beginner. when referring to last
weeks article, how often does it hap

i" HE question is naturally asked by the
beginner. when referring to last
IL weeks article, how often does it hap
pen that a player who is strong
enough to double a suit bid or a no-trumper
is also strong enough to support certain
suit, and If that is the suit aimed at why not
bid it, instead of doubling?
1t has long been urged by certain writer's on
the game that it is much better to bid doubt
full no-trumpers on cards that can stand a
major suit take-out than on cards that cannot
support such call. The reason for this is
that if the third hand is going to take out on
any five cards of either major suit, hearts or
spades, regardless of their strength or the rest
Of the hand, the no-trump bidder is wasting
tine If he will have to deny such suit, unless
he has something worth while as secondary
bid.
The same principle applies to the double.
The doubler takes chance that the partner
will, have a ma jor suit call, but in case he hits
the suit in which the doubler is weak there
should be good secondary bid in reserve.
1t frequently happens that the dealer will
Did minor suit, in which case common sense
should tell any person that if the second player
doubles the object Of the double Is not to get
the partner to call the other minor suit II
the sbject Of the double is the same as that
Of any other declaration. to get contract that
has some hope of going game, 1t must be made
with view to getting heart or spade call
from the partner. if he cannot risk no-trumps.
One who is not familiar with the finer
points of modern bidding will find many op-
portunities for astonishment at the calls made
by partners who have confidence in the sound
ness OF each others declarations. The diff
ference in tho results, as shown by the scores
made, on certain hands in duplicate matches,
serves to emphasize the importance of follow
sng out the principles of correct calling, even
II appearances are against it.
In the next column is deal, played In
duplicate game In Denver last winter. which
shows how differently players may look 1t
New-York tribune., 1921-10-23
RUSSIAN BANK

Question--When this game is played with
one pack should each player lay out four cards
before making any changes, or can the first
player make changes, if any offer, before the
second player lays down a card? Mrs. T.
Answer-Each player, beginning with the
non-dealer. fills four spaces If change can
be made, it must leave a space open, and this