davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-02

Diamonds are trumps and 2 is in the
lead. How can Y 2 win three tricks
against any defense9
Solution: z should lead the ten of
diamonds and Y should discard the
ten of clubs. B should discard the deuce
Of hearts. z should now lead tile deuce
Of clubs. A can either win this trick
with the queen of clubs or let B win
with the jack. If the latter, B can only
make the queen Of hearts and Y Z
must win the balance Of the tricks. The
best defense is for A to wIn the second
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-02

trick with the queen Of clubs and on
this trick Y should play the nine Of
clubs. Asshould then lead the ten Of
hearts and Y should refuse to cover.
If he does, A B will thus win the balance
of the tricks. When A is allowed to win
the trick with the ten of hearts, he is
forced to lead clubs up to the king
seven in rs hand. 2 thus wins the
balance Of the tricks. a.f
Note that this final play is impossible
unless Y had played the ten and nine
Of clubs on the FIRST two tricks.
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-02
End Play No.

There are no tflmps and z is in the
lead. How can Y z win five of the six
tricks against any defense1
Solution: z should lead the queen of
clubs and Y should discard the jack of
spades. B 8 play is immaterial. 2 should
now lead the seven Of spades aad Y
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-02

Spades are trumps and 2 is in the
lead. How can Y 2 win two tricks
against any defense2
Solution: z should lead the four Of
spades which B is forced to win with
the eight spot. B should now lead the
seven of hearts, z should discard the
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-02

should discard the ten OF hearts. A is
thus forced in the lead with the eight
of spades and must lead hearts up to
rs hand. No matter what A and D
now play, z must win the balance Of
the tricks.
Milford chronicle., 1931-01-02

eight Of clubs and Y should trump.
Y should now lead the FIVE of diamonds.
Il B trumps, z should overtrump. IfB
discards, 2 also should and A is forced
to win the trick with the top trump. IN
either case Y z must win one more
trick.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-14

will examine the grand jury's extraor-
binary report, 90 through the transcript
Of testimony offered in the now cele-
brated Staples trial Of three years ago,
interview witnesses and decide whether
the charges preferred by the grand jury
constitute proper grounds for reopen
ing the whole Staples case.
Staples is now outside Of the juriSdic-
ton Of any investigating body. He has
asked that the Commissioners no longer
confuse the present general investigation
by focusing attention upon him. But
the Commissioners husband immedi-
ately-direct their attention to the case
Of Policeman Hunt who was accused
of participa ting In frame-up OF Staples
and who is still on the police force.
Hunt can and must be tried, and, as
he himself has asked, at once. The
status of Hunt and not that Of Staples
Is the issue of the moment.
II the Commissioners decide in the
afIirmative, a special trial board. COM
EOSeQ Oh ClIlICIS yCI W iiohiCN Wy
still another group Of citizens. will pass
on the guilt or innocence Of the accused.
All of which may be roundabout
and cumbersome way Of procedure, but
all Of which assures a most thorough
investigation by skilled men who at the
outset have the confidence and the trust
If the community
1t is to be hoped that the business
will be disposed Of speedily and in a
manner consistent with justice to all
concerned
And 1t Is to be trusted that the I'M
fortunate intrusion of this relatively
unimportant affair will not distract
public attention or interest from the
unrelated and fundamentally serious
and important matter Of Kidding the
Police Department of those men who
are found guilty OF brutality to prison.
ers or of those officials who are found
guilty OF condoning and tacitly encour-
aging this practice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-14
The STAPLES Ca sc.

When the Commissioners. in the
midst of vastly more important things,
had the so-called Staples case dumped
on their laps by the grand jurE's spe-
cial report they were confronted a
situation unique in more than {. :
spect.
The grand jurys report, in the first
place, WAS more than q mere report
1t was an unqualified pronouncement
of guilt on men who have not been
tried and who were denied the oppor-
tunity for trial And the grand jury IS
direct accusations placed the whole Po-
lice Department, more or less, under
suspicion. Though it was q former
Board Of Commissioners who approved
the findings of the trial board. the
present Commissioners will be required
to dispose OF the case after lengthy
consideration and with an extraordinary
amount of caution.
The present Commissioners have, in
effect. Joined the corporation counsel
in Kidding themselves of all response
bility regarding the investigation of the
grand iurys allegations now to be
made. They have selected group OF
lawyers whose standing and professional
reputation are secure. whose motives
ere 70 serve the ;e~t interests of TIE
community, THESE lawyers presumably
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-14

respect the sewers Of the National Capt..
tai are comparatively free.
The sewers Of Naples. for instance
when poisons were introduced into
them, to cleanse them of rats during
great plague Of cholera, spawned into
the city millions of great. red-eyed ro-
dents, which were SO ferocious, &C.
, cording to DIR. Munthe, an eyewitness,
that they attacked living human be-
ings.
The sewers Of Paris are described,
with many q lively touch. in Victor
Hugo's Les Miserables," No one who
has read that masterpiece Of fiction
can forget the sewer scenes. There
may be less interest, less romance, in
the sewer system OF the District of
Columbia, but there can be little doubt
that it Is much better planned and
much mere capably managed, and no
doubt Infinitely more sanitary.
Considerably more than $4,000, 900
was spent by the Sewer Department
in keeping Washington sanitary during
the year This sum included $50, 900
spent in the control of mosquitoes,
cleaning streams and spraying them.
The streets below streets are vastly i'm
portant in the scheme of things, and
those whose duties call upon them TO be
interested in the subterranean depths of
the city are playing an important part
in the development Of a greater and
more beautiful National Capital. Upon
the necessary structure which they build
beneath. the greater washington of the
future rises into the light.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-14
Politics in the World Court
Discussed in Customs Case

the worldwide economic situation the
people OF the world are given reason to
hope that the great nations are now in
a mood to move unitedlv and effectively
to eliminate the ills from which so large
a part OF the world is suffering"
While the decision shows that the
World Court Is composed of elements
just as human as any other court or
body of men sitting in Judgment, vet
as practicable means of settling con-
troversies it will have its value" thinks
the Charleston Daily Mail. while the
Louisville Courier-Journal appraises the
decision as "vindication OF Germany
and temporary halt to Austria and
the Haverhill Gazette believes that the
abandonment Of the proposed union
is another triumph for French diplomacy
and such triumphS are not consist
emily for the welfare of Europe" The
Chattanooga News exclainls: IN the in
terest OF peace. Germany abandons o
treaty. 1t is indeed a new era
Germany has found other parts Of
Europe interested in her malady. be-
cause they fear contagion," says the ST.
Louis Times. England and France
were her dearest enc ries. but Tot now
TIE stage is set for the rapprochement
drama. All of these little scenes are
merely preliminary to the big act that
Is now being written behind the closed
doors OF half dozen chancelleries. in
Guiding our own The Cincinnati
Times-Star holds that 1.-THE next and
obvious step is for France TO extend To
the two countries. ana especially TO
poor Austria, the economic AID which
the customs union was supposed to sup
ply The San Antonio Express pre-
diets "a workable plan for European COL
liberation along Pan-American Union
lines"
The future progress of Europe" as
seen by the Rochester Times-Union
depencs upon policy of cooperation
among the great powers. In renouncing
this particular project the German Min
lsters have reverted to such a policy.
They were seduced by the Hitherto agi-
tation into seeking to defy France.
They have found French finance and
French political influence too strong
for them. They have yielded as grace
fully as possible. AS for Austria. she
Will get much-needed credits, and under
French encouragement. is now turning
to the idea Of a custom union with
Hungary"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-14
Projects Suggested
To Aid JObless Here
To the Editor Of The Star:

40 the Editof OF The Star:
I have suggestion to offer for the
relief Of the unemployed of Washing
ton.
Washington Is fortunately situated In
reference to this problem, If only action
Will take the place of words
FIRST. Many old brick sidewalks could
and should be replaced with concrete.
An ordinance should be passed compel
ing this work to be done and at once.
before the Bicentennial.
Second. All show windows of stores
between Ninth and Fifteenth streets on
r street could and should be set back
with the face of the buildings and about
feet taken of of the sidewalk on each
side OF the street. This setting back of
the curb line on both sides would make
driving on street much more COM
Portable and safer.
Third. An ordinance should be passed
prohlblting all-night parking of autos
on the streets. Just think of the great
number OF public garages as well as pri-
yate ones this would cause to be erected.
IhiS construction would give employ-
ment to thousands. Besides MANY would
md permanent work in these public
storage garages. Chicago, a CITY of over
100000. does not permit all-nipht
parking. They have many garages. and
there Is no reason why 1t could not be
done here.
These suggestions might not prevent
All the unemployment in Washington.
put II put into effect they would 20 a
long way toward doing so. L. B. MAY.
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Streets Below Streets.

The District Sewer Department re-
ports total Of more than 976 miles Of
sewers, besides q sewage disposal sys-
tenn of more than Al miles. the value
Of both being placed at $2s,Ss6, 545.Sl
by Sanitary Engineer Gordon in his an
nual report.
Nearly q thousand miles of streets
below streets! Rushing streets of water,
as necessary to the work of life as the
maze of avenues. boulevards and num-
bered and named streets above ground
The man in the street scarcely stops
to think of the intricate mesh of sewers
which lies beneath his feet. He is will
ing to leave that to the rats. In this
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-14
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

! identification data, believed to be the
largest and most complete set OF rec
ords OF current value in existence-2.-
536,30S fingsrprints and 3.54l sic index
records, up to July /. 1881. Approx
mately LOO fngerprints are received
daily from over 5000 contributors all
over the world.
Eliot WadSworth of Massachusetts
/ just appointed chairman Of Mr.. Gif-
ford's unemployment subcommittee fol
cooperation with national groups and
organizations isn't likely to employ any
Soviet methods. The former Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury recently re-
turned from a survey OF conditions in
Russia. They made a bleak impression
on him. WadSworth epitomizes the
Communist realm as a huge. top-heavy
bureaucracy. in which the government
holds absolute sway over the lives OF
l60,000,000 human beings. dependent at
all times upon their rulers whimS for
their jobs. their food. their homes and
the very right to live-"a coNtrv where
the people walk the streets Mnkempt
unsmiling. silent and usua4R alone. -
The Bostonian. who visited Russia both
before and after the Communists were
enthroned. is highly skeptical of Rus
sias ability to achieve economic saliva
/ ton under the five-year plan, which
strikes him as chaotic
Fsr-seeing Theodore Roosevelt. Gov
ernor of Porto Rico. in his annual
report out today depicts radio as the
future cultural salvation Of the island.
Young Teddy thinks that II broad
casting can be arranged for on a wide
scale, Porto Ricans' educational prob
lens will be largely solved. To that
end Gov. Roosevelt has appealed to the
proper departments at Washington for
aid in the establishment of a great
Porto Rican station. Eventually con-
gressional action will be sought. Mean
time the Governor has applied to the
/ Carnegie Foundation for $4,000
grant. with which to supply school
! houses, teachers and others with re-
ceiving sets. "A Porto Rican broad
casting station" says Roosevelt, could
| play an important part in the ultimate
program of mutual understanding and
sympathy which must be cultivated
between North and South America
II. as Just rumored in London,
Ramsay Macdonald is slated to become
British Ambassador to the United
States. his appointment would be
adhering to a practice which John
Bull has adopted several times during
the past couple OF decades. Although
the British diplomatic service is
stronger on the career" side than
almost any other in the world, 1t has
in our time been ignored three times
in connection with the Washington
embassy. James Bryce was sent here
in 1907. Lord Reading in 1918. and Sir
Auckland Geddes in 1920. None of
them was q diplomat 'of career" Mr..
Macdonald is not a man of means. but
Britannia doesn't expect her ENJOYS to
be rich. They receive big salaries.
liberal expense allowances and we'll
stocked cellars.
X
The Mellon resignation rumor is cur
rent again. Los Angeles Banker Harry
M. Robinson's recurring week ends on
the Rapidan may have set it in re-
newed motion. He has long doomed as
a future Hoover Secretary of the
Treasury.
(Copyrisht, 1917
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-14
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Attainment.
Don stan round a-waitin'
An a-wishirg fob q prize.
De trouble bout dis dreamin'
Is de way it shets yoh eyes.
Don't tell whut you Is wantin',
Like you been deservin' it,
But jine de crowd an hustle
For what you swinter git.
DIS world is movin' rapid,
An when de sun is riz,
Don spen' yoh time a-thinkin'
How superior you Is.
De might-haves and de ought-to-bes
Dey doesn' count bit.
Yous got to keep a-reachin'
Fob what you gwinter git.
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was the favorite gathering place Of
the citizens Of Jerusalem. It was also
the favorite walk and retreat Of Christ,
according to tradition.
S. r.
A. The French plural, mesdamss, Is
used.
q. What Is q planetoid?-N. L.
! A. It is one Of the group of small
planets whose orbits lie between those
of Mars and Jupiter. These are also
called asteroids.
O. Can a special delivery letter be
sent TO Canada?-W. S.
A. 1t can be. The delivery fee is
20 cents.
Q. What is rose window?-W. o.
A. 1t Is circular, stained-glass
window. with divisions in elaborate
tracery radiating from, or arranged
around, its center.
Q. On sheet music. when it saws
| lyrics by So-and-so does this refer to
the music or the words?-M M.
A. Lyrics are the words of the song.
@. How much wood would there he
in one OF the big trees of California, II
IL were cut DOWN.. v.
A. The largest tree in California Il
the Gen. Sherman tree, which is 1888
feet high, 37.3 feet at the base Of the
diameter and 22.1 feet at the diameter
| above the bulge. The board measure
OF this tree is about 100000 board feet
OF lumber, or about IS cords OF wood.
This latter figure is mere approxima-
| ton.
hak d
pension Nine. Curie was granted for
discovering radium?-K. L. j.
A. Nine. CURES pension from the
French is 10000 francs or $1,000 q
year.
@. What peoples belong to the
Caucasian race?-A. H.
A. The Caucasian race includes the
Teutons, SlaVs, Lithuanians and Let's,
Romano Greeks. Spanish, Kelx. Al
banians. Armenians, Iranians, Hindn
and Semites.
@. What is Walter Hampden TO ap-
pear in this seasons. P.
A. He will play The Admirable
Crichton," under the management Of
George Tyler.
@. Who founded Vanderbilt Uni-
versity?-J. r T.
A. Vanderbilt University, coeducas
/ tional institution of higher learning,
located at Nashville, Tenn. was founded
by Cornelius Vanderbilt of New York.
who in 1873 made a donation Of
100000. which was afterward increased
to 81 600. 900. The charter Of the ttnts
versity was taken out in 1872 IN tha
name OF Central University. In 1871
the name was changed to Vanderbilt
University.
@. Is an airplane a dirigible?-N q
A. An airplane is a dirigible cran
Just as an automobile or q bicycle,
Dirigible means capable of being direct
cd. Therefore anything the speed and
direction of which can be controlled II
properly a dirigible.
@. How does the value Of American
farms now compare with that 10 years
ago?-A. c. M.
A. The 1880 farm census shows the
average value of American farms has
dropped from Sl0,284 a farm in 1920
to 1854 in 1880 and from $50 80 an
acre in 1920 TO $48.52 an acre in 1880.
The value of land and buildings drop
ped $l8. 400 600 600 in the decade
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-14
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ),
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

What is your question? What
ever 1t may be, unless It be a re-
quest for legal, medical or financial
advice, it will be answered without cost
TO you, and you will receive the reply
In personal letter. Write your ques
| ton clearly and briefly, enclose two-cent
stamp for return postage. and address
The Evening Star Information Bureau
Frederic j. Haskin, director, Washing
ton, D. c.
O.. How old was Jack Dempsey when
he became heavyweight Champion
r. L.
A. He was born June "a, 1895, and
became champion July 4. 1919. He
was. therefore, "a years old.
@. What three foreign countries have
the most money invested in the United
States?-W. r. S.
A. The United Kingdom leads all
other countries in the amount o. in
vestments of its subjects in American
enterprises with figure OF 81 500 900, :
600. Canada is second with $3.50, GEO.
900. Holland third with $3.50 ,000, 900.
while France and Germany tie for
fourth place with 100000.
Q. To what churches do Fall. Sin
clair, Daugherty and Doheny belong?
j. S.
A. Fall is an Episcopalisn. Sinclair
gives his church afhliation as EpiScopa =
liam in his biography in who's Who,
and Daugherty gives his as Methodist.
Doheny does not give his church.
@. Has George Washington's birth
place been restored?-M. B.
A. The erection of the house author
lied by Congress to be built over the
foundations of the George Washington
birthhouse destroyed by fire in 1730 is
now completed and the building IS open
to visitors. The new house, which will
be used as museum for Washington
relics is believed to resemble closely the
one in which the first President Of the
United States was born.
O. Has Pearl Buck, who wrote THE
Good Earth" spent much Of her life in
China IN c.
A. She was born in China. the daugh-
ter of American missionaries, and has
spent the greater part of her life there.
When she was II she was sent to Amer
lea to complete her education. She re-
turned to China and married John
Losing Buck, an American missionary
and teacher. They are now living in
Marking.
@. What is meant by an imperial
quartz K
A. This IS the measure of quart as
appointed by statute to be used through
out the United Kingdom. The stand
ard is also adopted by the other ma
tions forming the British Federation.
@. What holidays are the most popu-
lar over all the world?-D. N.
A. The most popular and most widely
celebrated days in the world are De-
cember IS and New Year day.
@. How does the area Of the United
States compare with the area Of
Russia "A. S.
A. The total area of the United
States and its dependencies and ter
ritories is 3,738393 square miles. The
area of Russia is 8.144,228 square miles.
@. Why is 1t believed that the
Sermon on the Mount was preached
on the Mount of Olives?-G. F. c.
A. There are no positive data that
the Mount of Olives was the scene OF
the Sermon on the Mount. There are
also no actual data other than one
reference. in the Annals of Tacitus.
Roman historian, to the presence of
Christ upon the earth. The Mount Of
Olives faced the Temple Mount and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-14

Glasses in arithmetic call for especial
instruction to establish the mental Gus
tom Of handling large figures without
causing the Imagination to become an
obstructive influence in calculations
which deal with billions. There are still
fairly reliable minds which regard a
million dollars as about as high as an
intelligence ought to be expected to
count.
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1t is the privilege Of the King Of
England to be active in offering advice
IN government II he chooses to do so
Having tried dictate the world may
be ready to accept the conscientious
and courageous monarch as the more
practical as well as more benevolent
influence
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A Pennsylvania gardener planted an
acre OF bird seed which, had the au-
thorities not forbidden harvest would
have produced a highly valuable but
dangerous drug crop to be listed
in underworld sales catalogues as
"marijuana." 1t was manifestly
proper move in restricting agriculture,
but it will be hard to convince the
applied to harmless, necessary wheat
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Movements Of Gandhi are not ham,
pered by fear CT assassination. A true
zealot welcomes whatever may advance
mis- chosen cause and there is no more
powerful influence than the self-sacri-
nee which does not hesitate at life it.
self. Great Britain has recognized thi:
principle ana has exercised much care
in preventing opportunities for mar
tyr making.