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gesfnl Of the fact that the phrase was one she
had scorned for years as dated
~All right BE at RierTes at seven tonight.
I've reserved . table and ordered dinner. Don't
wait for me; may be a little late. Go ahead
and eat and I'll join you. Don't ask any
uuesttons-it's I'm the cards"
TT was q delicious dinner but MyrA didn't
l enjoy or appreciate it much. For she was
watching the entrances for Msl1e. After tho
fish she had him paged. and again after the
salad, but with no success.
Where was he? She would have him PACED
again. No, she'd go IN the lounge and lOoS
for him
your check, madam" said the waiter and
laid 10 before her on its tray.
Then Mike had let her down. She couldn't
understand 1t. But the waiter was lowering
behind her. This sort of thing wasn't usual
81 Pierre's, but he seemed to be waiting for
=. to pay. She turned the check over.
National City Bank-Pay to the Order OF
Myra Grange $22,I20. Twenty-two Thousand
One Hundred Twenty and No One Hundred
Dollars"
-Four years at 5000 a year and 1000 In
the bank" said the waiter. 1t wasn't the same
waiter who had served her. It wasn't waiter
at all; It was Mike.
And this time it was a shrek Of mike"
that turned scores Of eyes toward their table,
and the spectacle OF q beautiful patron Of the
restaurant violently kissing waiter that made
those eyes wide with astonishment.
Mike led. her into tina lounge.
"It was ia the cards." said Mike. "Remem-
Der your remark about that-and miner Well,
that was my hunch."
He took q pack out Of his pocket and strewed
them about the living room table. "Swell cards.
aren't they? Know what they sell for?"
Myra fingered one of them. "At least . dol
lar a pack, I'd. tl1inh' she said.
Ten cents" said Mike. "At all nickel and
dime stores 10 cents. One million packs said
in five days-w1o wouldn't buy dollar cards for
. dime?"
what has. this to do with how you got this
check?"
Everything" said Mike. Turn 'esn over
She turned them over "Oh, See," she said
but even at that
when YOU said 'Tt isn't in the cards to mais
money without money, I got an inspiration
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Realizing that he had virtual certainty for
game, Samuel Fry, jr, went out TO do the best
possible job on this hand by trying squeeze
play. He knew that If West held enough
strength to make a. double at all within the
realms of sanity he must hold practically every
outstanding high card, especially after the king
dropped from East ON the second trump lead.
II this were so West could not possibly hold
the necessary guards to all his high cards. So
FTy ran seven trump tricks first.
After three heart rounds West discarded. two
clubs and then the queen and jack of spades
It was easy to tell his other cards were now the
lone ace Of spades, the king and queen Of clubs
and the king Of diamonds, twice guarded to
prevent a fnesse from setting up that suit So
Fry now led the small spade to the ace. West
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This Is one Of those hands known as 0 ~hOV
potato" Whoever gets the final bid win b
burned II tho adEersaries defend properly %
came up in q recent tournament.
AT the various tables. South either passed
bid one club or made psychic bid Of on
diamond. with those different starts, q q
easy to trace logical bidding TO the wide range
Of different contracts at which IL closed. AZ
one tahIe North and South went down three
tricks On contract Of three no trump rec9us
bled; at others they made only one-odd IN
spades with contracts Of three and four. In
several cases East and West played the hand
at diamonds, four and hve-odd being hadl
Four diamonds can be defeated two tricks By
perfect defense, but at one table this contract
was made. Curt II. Reisnger in the West, who
was declarer, was favored by the fact that
North decided TO lead the queen of his parts
ner'S club suit and South made the atroeioua
play OF the ace on the trick This enabled
Reisinger to Get two heart discards On his king
and Jack Of clubs, so that he made the 1OVm
diamonds doubled for q gargantuan top score
losing only enc heart, one club and one dia~
mond trick.
Holding the J0lEo1Oina hand, neither eide
UuIaGGh1e. North passed after Vests dealers
bid 0f one spade, then East bid one no trump.
South doubled, West passed North Did tsu9
diGnaonds, East tsDo spades, South three Gibbs.
West passed what should North R0D Ge2
Also, Is his bddUi1sg tises Jur corTecf7
= u !
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had 10, return the king Of clubs TO the aoe.
NOW the king Of spades squeezed West. II the
latter discarded the club king Fry would get
two more club, tricks and two diamonds via. the
fresse: IL q diamond guard, that suit was set up
by the finezse for the remaining tricks. Thus
he made Six-odd
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-20
q Tie BRIDGE Forum

UGH of the charm of contract is
n "A due to the fact that any single
NN bid or play may prove 30 be- the
NY critical one Of the hand The
player who does careless things
when ne thinks the occasion IL
not of Importance, and only applies his best
mental effort when he feels that the moment il
crucial can never qualify - q star. The real
point here is that he has no way Of knowing
whether the particular bid or play Is important.
Apparently the most insignificant thing may
turn out to be the one which decides the issue.
One Of the worst mistakes player can be
guilty of Is that Of making nl-consideTed OPEN
ing bids THE first bid doesn't make any diff
ference some Of these are prone to say. IAN
that counts is the very last bid, the enc which
becomes the contract" The second part Of
that statement Is true enough, but the first
part is not, for the reason that the inst part has
a great effect on what the last eventually is
going TO be. Unless a player be adrOit in the
use of psychic bids and chooses his rare
occasions for them in very canny fashion, he
win profit more from absolute soundness in his
original bids than in any other phase of his
game.
Here is a hand which illustrated the danger
of violating two simple fundamentals Of tae
game; one in bidding and one In play:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-20
The Neqe, Problem

Soneh h0GinR dealt and bad tsDo no tTuna2s,
which North raised to three, and West hGDtng
led the deuce of clabs, hOsc sOOuld vou play
the folEOeOiag hGssd7
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Problens Of Play

South hdpng bid four hearts which West
doubled hon aDould pom play the following
hand against an opening lead of the nine Of
tyumps?
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Contract Bidding

EEoar WoMyd s.oW bid tho foI1csUfnS h@nzA
Sontb being the segleT, NTH Resthsv side uws4
neFGbte2
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-27
D. C. HEADS APPROVE
BUS ROUTE HEARING
Consent Is Compromise With Utili-
ties Group in Difference Over
Jurisdiction.

Aaother jurisdictional dispute be-
tween the District Commissioners and
the Public Utilities Commission ended
II. compromise today when the Com
nlsSionerS yielded to the utilities body
in the matter of holding public hear
ing on barring interstate buses out OF
the downtown area.
The city heads reserve to themselves
the right to take any action that might
result from the public hearing In the
way Of q municipal ordinance.
This issue came up on November 2,
when Peoples Counsel Richmond B.
Keech asked the District Commission
ers to do something to get the heavy
buses out of the center of the city.
Shortly after. the Public Utilities Com
mission put the matter up to Corpora
ton Counsel William w. Bride, and he
returned lengthy opinion upon the
subject, which said, in part: "A possible
difficulty as to jurisdiction will be
avoided If the Public Utilities Commits
sion abandons for the present regula-
ton of the routes Of interstate car
rierS"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-27
GANDH| ANNOUNCES
HE WILL CARRY ON
Nationalist Leader Says Dis
obedience Campaign Will
Not Halt.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BOMBAY, India, January 27.-Ma-
hatma Gandhi served notice on Great
Britain today that regardless of prog
ress in the establishment of self-gov-
eminent in India the activities of the
Congress party, including its campaign
of civil disobedience, will continue un-
abated.
The Nationalist boycott of foreign
cloth, the party's refusal to pay taxes
and its picketing of liquor, drug and
cloth shops will go on.
The Mahatma, idol of millions, is
sued this first concrete statement of
the policy of his party as he sat Hindu
fashion on a stone floor here, surround
ed by newspaper men. 1t was the first
statement of the kind since his release
from the prison at Poona last night.
Gandhi emphaticaliy Endorsed imme-
date measures for India'S full indie
pendence as outlined in a resolution
by the Congress party last year.
I'VE can suspend Judgment on Prime
Minister Mac Donald'S statement of pol
icy at the round table conference in
London" he said. "but we cannot sus-
pend the activities of the Congress
party"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-27
HALL DEATH BOMB
PARTS IDENTIFIED
Youth Who Found Fragments
TeStifieS at Trial of
49,
Leroy Brady.
By a STAN Correspondent Of The star.

BY . Stan Correspondent Of The star.
ANNAPOLIS. Md, January a.
Fragments Of the bomb which caused
the death of Mrs. Naomi Hall Brady.
Is; her sister. Dorothy, 4. and brother.
Samuel, aged 18 months. were intro
duced in evidence here today at the sec
ond trial of Leroy Brady Washington
automobile mechanic. who is charged
with the triple murder
Leroy and his brother. Herman
Brady, husband Of Naomi, are held on
murder indictments growing out of the
explosion of a bomb in the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. John s. Hall, in Seat
Pleasant, Nd, January /, 1880. The
husband will be tried later. Leroy was
tried last year in Rockville, resulting
in deadlocked jury. The trial was
shifted here on a change Of venue, in
stigated by the State.
Bomb Fragments Shown.
Herman Smith, the last witness at
yesterdays session, resumed the stand
for croSs-examination by Attorney L.
two other boys-Henry Edelen of
Maryland Park and Martin Wear of
Capitol Heights-had found several
pieces of the bomb in the Hall home.
In all five fragments we're found, of
which the witness said he had diScov-
cred three
He informed Ivan johnson, an en-
ploye of the circulation department of
The Washington Star of the discovery.
he related, and johnson, in turn. noti-
fed the editorial department Of the
newspaper. Harold Rogers, a reporter,
and Augustus Chinn, photographer,
were sent to see him and his com
panion, Smith added, and the pieces
were turned over to the newspaper
men,.
corroborated Smiths statements.
Others Who Testified.
The principal witnesses at yesterdays
session of the trial were Mrs. Nora Hall,
Naomis mother, who lost an eye and
several teeth in the explosion; her son,
Leslie, IL, who also was injured; Leo
Augustine, a new witness, and Mrs.
Anna Buckley, on whose front porch the
bomb was found on the morning OF De-
cember 30, 1929. Naomfs father was
also called as q witness, and testified
that he was at work at the time OF the
explosion.
The prosecution is in the hands Of
Alan Bowie, States attorney for Prince
Georges County; ]. Frank Parra1l, who
held that position at the time of the
bombing; A. Theodore Brady. States at
torney for Anne Arundel County, and
Ryan. LIE Roy and Herman are repre-
sented by j. Hampton Magruder, Frank
M. Hall, Nicholas H. Green, former
States attorney for Anne Arundel
County, and Sasscer.
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Continued From First Page)
have good ability, plus common sense
and sound judgment. It goes without
saying that his character and integrity
should be beyond question.
II have been told that might help
President Hoover politically in Mime
sofa If I should recommend. this APP
polntment. President Hoover has raised
a standard of~judicial appointment in
which political usefulness does not en-
ter He has refused repeatedly to be
bent by such motives"
It was the reference by Mitchell to
the payment of political debts" that
drew from Senator Schall the reply of
less than good taste" Scha1 said:
InferentiaI Insult.
''It is an inferential insult to the peo-
pie of our State to even intimate that
they would consider political expediency
rather than sound qualifications and
integrity in their choice OF judicial
appointee."
Replying to a statement by Mitchell
that mo man should aspire to appoint
ment to the Federal bench whose pro-
feSsional activities have been conducted
in disregard of those standards of pro-
fessional conduct" maintained by
"right-thinking lawyers" Schall said
he had yet to hear of anything lin the
record of Mr.. Mitchell which would
eliminate him from being clasz..o vsHn
the most ethical of his pro.e11A
The Senator asserted MrUcnef nsc
been Endorsed by ''the entire Minnesota
delegation, Senate and House." and by
officials of that State as well.
The Attorney General said: "Our file
OF protests against this nomination is
more impressive than In any other case
before the department for years past"
He charged some Endorsements had
been withdrawn privately, claiming
that their support was solicika6R :
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Continued From First Page.)
mad dogs are about to break loose in
Europe and MuSsolini is one Of those
fellows waiting to start another war"
The Italian Ambassador in his official
denial did not discuss Gen. Buffers
allegation that Mussolini Is preparing
for a new war. Mussolini in recent
radio speech emphatically denied such
intentions, it was pointed out at the
embassy. It was further pointed out
that italy in confronted with such diff
cult economic problems that 1t would
be madness on the part Of II Duse to
even contemplate any war-like venture.
Meanwhile, Gen. Butler, at Quantico,
had nothing to say. Positive orders
were issued to operators at the post tele-
phone exchange that no telephone calls
were to be put through to the generals
phone, it was stated.
Ambassador Issues Statement.
In a formal statement issued today
Ambassador de Martina characterized
Gen. Buffers remarks regarding Premier
Mussolini as untrue and slanderous."
He demands adequate redress.
"In an address delivered before the
contemporary club of Philadelphia on
January 10, Mai. Gen. Smedley D. But
Ter stated" the Ambassadors state
ment said: "As it appears from the
Philadelphia papers, that Senior Mus
solini had invited friend of the gen.
erals Cwhose name, however, he did
not mention), to accompany him in q
tour around Italy in an armored auto
mobile; that during this tour Signor
Mussolini ran over a child without stop
ping when the child was hit and that
when the generals friend screamed
when the accident occurred, MusSolini
uttered these words: What is one life
in the affairs of a state?'
1.-THE royal Italian embassy can state
categorically that Signor Mussolini has
never invited any American to accom-
pany him on any trip around Italy
That the premier has never run over
any child, man or woman. That, If
any accident of this sort had happened,
Signor Mussolini would have done what
is the duty of every one-he would have
stopped and brought help.
THE Italian Ambassador has pro-
tested to the Department of State
against such untrue, and slanderouS
allegations, expressed by a general In
active service"
The Navy Department asked Gen.
Butler in 1929 to explain a speech he
made in Pittsburgh about the Marines
in Nicaragua, but decided finally re-
marks attributed to him had been mis-
represented.
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surgeon general of the Public Health
Service, told the committee, some out
side help is needed" particularly where
children are undernouriShed.
He expressed fear that through mall
nutrition, the future health of the chill
dren in the drought areas would be a
worse result than the existing acute
condition.
Danger of disease existed among the
underfed he said, because it made them
susceptible to tuberculosis, pellagra and
other disease.
About As 900 men, Gen. Brown said,
would be employed on the emergency
work by March l. These, he said, would
be employed strictly in accordance with
the needs of the contractors.
Brown said the 100000 allowed for
emergency flood control work on the
Mississippi River was being used as
rapidly as possible to give employment.
The bulk of the work, he explained,
would be completed by July l. Under
the $3,000,O00 flood control fund, the
VickSburg, Miss, and Memphis, Tenn,
districts received 81 900 600 each. About
half of each sum is to be used on the
Arkansas side, he said, while Louisiana
would receive some.
Representative Byrns OF Tennessee,
ranking minority member, asked Brown
whether the labor for the work would
be taken from the ranks of the unem-
ployed. Brown said contractors would
keep their key men, but pointed out it
would require men to carry on the work
regardless of whether they were from
employed or unemployed ranks
The House Agriculture Committee to-
morrow will take up the grain distribu-
ton proposal
Announcing the decision, Chairman
Haugen today registered opposition to
any bill for relief lat the expense of
the farmers
"That bill defeats the purposes Of the
Farm Board because by turning this
wheat loose 1t breaks the price which
the board has been trying to stabilize"
he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-27
JAMES P. COTTON
IN GRAVE CONDITION
Undersecretary of States Daughter
Is Summoned to Hospital
Bedside.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star,
BALTIMORE, January 27.-Physi-
clans reported today that James p.
Cotton, undersecretary of State, still
was in grave condition here. He
underwent an operation last Wednesday
at Johns Hopkins Hospital for an in
lection of the spinal cord.
Miss Isabel Cotton, daughter of the
patient, was summoned to his bedside.
Mrs. Cotton, an invalid, was repotred to
be spending the Winter in California.
Mr.. Cotton has been in poor health
more than six months. He underwent
an operation On his tonsils several
months ago in an unsuccessful effort
to regain his strength. His heavy duties
during the extended absence Of Secre-
tary Stimson at the London Naval Con-
ference we're said to have contributed
TO his rundown condition.
Appointed by MIR. Hoover in May,
1929, the under secretary is Sc years
old He is q member Of a New York
law firm and well known in Eastern
business circles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-27
ENGINEER DIRECTS
CAMPAIGN ON SIGNS
Removes Virginia Rights-of-
Way Advertising Along Fair
fax County Roads.

Under the direction of the county
engineer of Fairfax County, Va, F.
Norvell Larkin, special drive is to be
made with view to the removal Of ad-
vertising signs from the right of way
on all highways in that county.
Within the next two or three
weeks" assured Mr.. Larkin,, II hope to
have them all removed"
Writing to the American Civic Asso-
citation about this special drive, Mr..
Larkin said it is unlawful to erect a
sign within the limits of either State
or county highway rights of way in
Virginia and declared such signs as
were put on the highways in violation
of this regulation were removed when
discovered
Under the Virginia laws the depart
ment has no Jurisdiction over signs on
private property with the exception of
those that are dangerous to travel by
obstructing the view on curves or at
road intersections. With respect to
these signs, the authorities have the
right to move them back a safe dis
lance from the road.
approximately 1900 small signs in
Fairfax County have already been taken
down.
A meeting of the Prince Georges
County Federation of Womens Clubs
will be held tomorrow morning in Mount
Rainier. Md. at which Miss Harlean
James, executive secretary of the Amer
lean Civic Association, will outline what
has been accomplished to date to i'm
highway /.
ngton. The County Federation is par
ticularly interested in the situation at
the intersection OF the Dladensburg and
Annapolis highways, where cluster of
billboards surround the Memorial Peace
Cross.
Miss James also will speak at meet
ing Of the Randall Heights Citizens
Association tomorrow evening in the
Orr School,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-27
MISTAKE PROVES FATAL
TO MRS. BEULAH HOTTIE

A poison taken by mistake late yes
terday caused the death early today OF
Mrs Beulah Hottie as years old, of 209
Varnum street, at Garfield Hospital
Mrs. Hottie went to her medicine
chest about $50 pm. and swallowed
the poison instead of a harmless medi-
cine of similar appearance, she told
police of the tenth precinct station.
The error was quickly discovered and
she was taken to Garfield Hospital
where antidotes we're administered in
an effort to save her life The wom-
ans condition steadily grew worse, how
ever, and she died shortly after Q O'Clock
this morning.
Coroner j. Ramsay hewitt was con-
Quoting an investigation of the case to-
day. 1t was expected that a certificate
Of accidental death would 30 issued.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-27
SENATE DISPLACES
HOWELL MEASURE
WITH WAR PROJECT
CONTINUED From First Pagel

vision Senator Borah declared it Is not
necessary to invade the home in order
to get at law violations here. After
Senator Howell had described handicaps
which he said local police face in pro-
hibition enforcement, Senator Borah
replied:
1.-THE Senator knows perfectly well
that If those officers really wanted to
enforce the law there are notorious vio-
lations of the law, clearly separate and
apart from any invasion of the home, of
which they could take hold. There is
no need of making rules which invade
the home and violate the most sacred
principles of American constitutional
government in order to try to cover up
the dereliction of officers who are not
doing their duty"
Fault Not With Law.
Senator George of Georgia declared
the fault is not with the search war
rant law, but with the "lack of diligence
on the part of the officers" The
Georgian added that IF the Congress
does not exercise common sense we will
do more to destroy the prohibition law
than all the enemies of the law"
Senator Brookhart of Iowa inter-
dwelling can be searched for unlawful
possession. Senator George replied that
that law in Georgia was passed by men
who live in the State and who were
elected by the people OF Georgia.
ST know" Senator George continued,
that no citizen of Washington has the
right to vote upon my election to this
body, and I would not dare put law
upon the citizen of Washington, who
has not the right to vote, that I would
not put upon the people of Iowa, or
Of Georgia. I therefore asked If it
was proposed to amend the general pro-
vision of the Volstead act, and I under
stand the provision is not general, but
Is confined to the District"
Senator Brookhart replied the Geor-
gian was not willing to give the District
the same protection from bootlegging
Senator George responded by saying
he did not believe the cause of prohibit
ton is advanced by searching homes.
Holds Bill Essential.
Senator Sheppard of Texas said the
bill as proposed by Senator Howell is
essential to enforcement there, declaring
that a home ceases to be home when
it is used for the violation of law.
During the debate Senator Sheppard
was questioned by Senator Blaine as to
his attitude toward .grapejuice and wine
concentrates. Senator Sheppard replied
that the Volstead law is not definite on
that subject, but added that he favored
placing grapejuice along with all other
liquors under the limit of one-half of /
per cent.
Has the Senator made any effort to
bring wine-grape concentrates under
the category of other liquor?" Senator
Blaine asked.
Senator Sheppard replied he could not
do everything at once, but that he
intended to introduce a bill on the
subject.
Senator Halves offered a new amend
ment to the bill late yesterday to allow
physicians in Washington more diScre-
ton in prescribing for patients.