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The Washington times., 1931-02-13
Adm. Riggs Is
HOnOred at
Dinner
Surgeon General of the
Navy and Mrs. Riggs Are
Guests of Commander
Frederick Ceres

Guests of Commander
Frederick Ceres
The surgeon general of the
Navy, Rear Admiral Charles
Riggs, and Mrs. Riggs were the
guests in whose honor Comdr.
Frederick Ceres, Medical Corps,
U. s. NJ, entertained at dinner
last evening at the Carlton.
In the company were Ad-
miral and Mrs. Harry E. Var
nell, Capt. and Mrs. John
Towers, Capt. and Mrs. Mont
gomery E. Higgins, Cmdr. and
Mrs. Archibald H. Douglas,
Comdr. and Mrs. Samuel P.
Ginder, Mrs. George Mesta, and
Comdr. Joseph ]. Clark.
Vice President Guest
The Vice President, Charles
Curtis, and his sister, Mrs. Ed
ward Everett Gam, will be the
guests of honor at. dinner to
be given at the Carlton this
evening by Mrs. Mabel Walker
Willebrandt. The guests will
number So.
Mrs. Gam Guest
Mrs. Edward Everett Gam
will be the guest of honor at
a luncheon to be given tomor-
row -; the Mayflower by Mrs.
William Kearny Carr. Covers
will be laid for 10.
Compliment Mrs. Wilson
The National Women's Coun-
try Club will entertain at
luncheon Monday, February 16,
in honor Of Mrs. Woodrow Will
son.
Randall L. Jones will give
an illustrated lecture on Zion
Grand Canyon and Bryce Can
yon National Parks in the
patio of the Carlton Hotel next
Sunday evening at 8 o'clock.
The Washington times., 1931-10-06
CHARITY RACES
NET $4,000

LAUREL, Oct. 5.-Maryland re-
lief agencies gained $4,000 yes
terday at the special charity pro-
gram opening the annual fall
race meeting here.
The figure is the smallest real.
lied at any of the four tracks
which each set aside a day for
relief purposes. Havre de Grace
led with $32,754, next was Pimlico
with $22,335 and third, Bowie,
with SILICA.
Yesterdays unofficial opening
resulted in total wagers of only
$272,716, according to Frank j.
Brady, business manager Of the
Maryland State Fair Association,
Inc. The third race, the Patux-
ent SteeplechaSe, was held partly
responsible for the low wagering.
Only $21,448 was bet on this
event.
The sixth race drew Just under
$4,000 in wagers, the largest on
the days card.
According to Mr.. Brady, the
gate receipts were approximately
Total receipts we're over $50, 1000.
Purses totaled $4,000 and $13,-
900 went for track employees.
The Washington times., 1931-10-06
A LIGHTING JUBILEE

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 8 UNSJ
More than 750 delegates are ex-
pected to attend the silver jubilee
convention of the Illuminating
engineering Society, which opens
here October 13.
The Washington times., 1931-10-06
Clifford Urges Youth
To Maintain Morale

The Importance of activities of
agencies for character building in
each community to maintain the
morale of young persons and
adults was stressed in a state
ment yesterday by Walter S. Gif.
ford, director of President Hoov.
er's Organization for Unemploy.
ment Relief. to Howard Braucher,
chairman of the National Social
Work Council.
Mr.. Clifford said well-planned
schedules for each communit9 in
regard to child health, which will
present a greater need this win
ter than ever before and charac-
ter building organizations would
form an important part in the
Unemployment relief work this
year.
The Washington times., 1931-10-06
PITTSBURGH PUTS UP FOOD

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 6.-can-
ming of surplus food for the
needy has taken hold Of this
community to an exceptional ex-
tent and Harry I. Miller, general
The Washington times., 1931-10-06
OLD RESIDENT DEAD

MIDLAND, Md, Oct. 6.-Mich-
ael Dorsey, 81, probably the oldest
resident of the Georges Creek min
ing region, is dead at his home
here.
The Washington times., 1931-10-06
WRIST WATCH STOLEN

Fulton Lewis, jr., 44O2 Volta Pl.
N. w., yesterday reported to po-
lice q yellow gold wrist watch
valued at $25 was stolen. from his
home.
The Washington times., 1931-10-06

Chairman of the committee in
charge, is developing a plan to
present to the Government for
use Of some of its surplus wheat.
Scarcely had the project been an
nounced than a food products
concern donated $4,000 cans.
The Washington times., 1931-10-06
WRIST WATCH STOLEN

A wrist watch valued at $50
was stolen from the locker room
at Dewitt Preparatory School, Eu-
gene Kelly, 4107 Connecticut Ave-,
N. w., told police yesterday.
The Washington times., 1931-10-06
MOTHER ILL, BOY SOUGHT

The Herald yesterday was asked
to aid in the search for Jack
Shurman, 16, who disappeared
last Monday from his home, 5l2
Tennessee Ave. N. E.
The Alaskan., 1931-06-26
Politicians Sort of Founder Around

which might enter the field ot political battle. After listening
 10 his Juneau political mentors
 he refused to enter into any
 combine whereby the Republi
 cans will get a working combin-
 ation in the territory. So thes., forces which have been seek
 ing to weld together the brokeo
 ends of the party, finding them selves unable to get on to , common ground of thought or |action, have sort of stepped back just to see what the polit- |ical hyphenates will do.
 From all indications the Re- pdblicans need a Moses to draw
 ..lem out of the wilderness of
 darkness and political doldrums Perhaps if they vii: join hands with the Frank 'Moses" Boyle
 great leader of tn Democrat
 party. they will be able to form
 a Lo,nbine which "an continue its power in office and the price
 s:.uulCn't. matter.
The Alaskan., 1931-06-26

Speaking editorilly of the visit of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce to Alaska, the Seldo- via Herald says in part: Tt IS a safe view that a little com
 petitive interest on the part ol outside chambers of commerce in Alaska's trade and resources will be of benefit to the terri tory. Isn't it about true that Alaska has done more for Seat tie than the Queen City has ever done for the rugged Northland :? Seattle got it's first big boost from Alaska and boosts pretty regularly ever since from the same source. The cornucopia of riches has been pouring pretty 1avishly into Seattle lap fer these many years More general
The Alaskan., 1931-06-26

T 7e Republicans are founder jnr lround like a bunch of lost she ). They joined forces in tho harmony program" and aft putting William Paul out on he end of the political limb they cut it off and now they don't just know how they are ccing to take up his mantle of '"adership and continue with their program.
 There has been talk of variou: federal political forces joining up with the Janitorial political forces and calling it a reorganiz- ed Republican Party. But, des- bite the fact that the rotative ballot vras passed to eliminate tI'e Indian vote, it is being more forcibly realized that this ele- ment has not been eliminated ry any means but that it has been somewhat antagonized. So there has been some talk of a meeting of the leading political satellites of the so-called Re- publican party to meet in any other town than Juneau and preferably Wrangell or Peters rurg.
 The Republican National com mitteeman, Capt Lathrop, has been led to believe that his party which received a purgative in the form of the ROtative Ballot, is sitting pretty and will be able to defeat any combination
The Alaskan., 1931-06-26
Hospital Needed

The native people of Alaska and vicinity have united in peti- tion to the Bureau of Indian Af- fairs praying that a hospital be established at Ketchikan for tl7e benefit of the natives of that section and the west coast There is at present 8 splencid government hospital at Juneau but the natives of the souther' y section declare that tie distance and cost makes it prohibitive to receive medical attention there The matter will be investigated by Dr. Ryan when he comes north in July
The Alaskan., 1931-06-26

whales the baiting of fish traps is well nigh a lost art. Of late years, as every sourdough knows. it has been necessary to employ whole fleets of tollers Cor "trol- lers' as they are sometimes called) who tow dead herrirgs on long lines behind their boats, and when the oreat schools Of salmon follow them into the traps the trap tender tendet y closes the gate ana sheds a te ir. Truly thebaiting of fish tra ,5 is not what it used to be. But the batting of tourists-that's something else again, and some thing we are quite willing to learn.
The Alaskan., 1931-06-26
EDITORS WILL COPY THIS ONE

According to the findings cf an English university in London, editors and lawyers are tt;e worlds Smartest men. These men can boast of $ mental age iof IS and upwards, it has been established. Below them come doctors, dentists and office managers. Professors and miC- isters are not mentioned. T mental age of music-hall actors and policemen run about Cl4e same-from 13 to just under 15, it was found
The Alaskan., 1931-06-26

fore dealt. Although he has uS by the throat ana we are on our knees, we still gnash our teeth and hope against hope that or Alaska may yet be freed of the despotism which this one-man dictatorship makes possible. B';t it is only our great need, rather than past experience with the fisheries bureau which prompts that hope. What can be the ot- jection to giving Alaskan fisher men a greater opportunity to participate in Alaska's fisheries, just as is being done in British Columbia? How will MT. O. Malley explain the fact that fish traps are not necessary on tht Canadian side?
 In view of recent herring fish ing regulations will the haliblt fishermen still contend tha. their problems are purely econ omic and that they have noth- ing to fear from the bureau of fisheries? Tn the year 193D, fresh herring in the amount of 3.340,180 pounds was used for bait in Alaska. In the same year 5,957,9 ,96O pounds of froze ? bait were put up in the terri tory. More than nlne millio l pounds of herring bait to eaten some twelve million pounds oi halibut.
 Various groups of fishermen have tried fasting" as recon ditioner. The Pacific Coast halibut fishermen have observed voluntary closed seasons. The , tuna fishermen of Califorr a voluntarily suspended operations during last December and Jan- uary, which, kept perhaps 150,- 900 cases from being produced. Rightnow another siXty-day lay off is in effect running from May 1St to July 1st. No doubt this reduction in the supply has it's effect on something some where, but the fish buying pub l lie must turn to other source Of food supply. Norwegian can- neries did not pack slid and brisling this year during tE2 months of February, March and April under a cooperative a ereement, though a considerable quantity has been packed in tha past during that period. Thes sporadic and spasmodic at
 tempts to bolster up an industry merely show the need for closer , ,co-ordination of effort. The sooner we realize how depend ent we are upon each other, the better 1t will be for us all, and little candid reflection on out Individual responsibilities can do no harm.
The Alaskan., 1931-06-26
The Problem in Common

A number of years ago in a appeal we made to the halibu, fishermen, we stated that though the halibut industry was a different angle from any Oth- CT, that the problem of the sein- CT, the gillnetter the troller and the halibuter were ell one and the same economic problem Q. struggle for an existence. There fore, it was incumbent upon ths naIibut men to support the oth CT fingers of the industry, part ly out of sympathy and partl:i that they in turn might have the numerical support of others With few exceptions, howeve their support has not been forth coming. Politically, some have opposed the principles for which this publication has fought.
 Now the business men of tf:t territory are beginning to un derstand what the "ignoran, Siwashes" have been struggling against the past ten years. With the loss of earning power o1 every angle of the fishing in- ductry just where does the bus mess man expect to turn in tli: years of famine which now face the territory? The Indians have cinched up their belts these many years since Henry O'Mal- ley parcelled out the fishing waters to a few corporations The Indians will live. Hard scro tching, to be sure, but they will live off the land Those who do not understand that meth od of living will 'cinch up their belts for a time and then move our of the territory. Witf the spend inc power of the territory gonc, just what will the business me do to keep up their business 5 Must the fishermen fight their fight alone? Is the fight theirs alone? And will all branches ot the fishing industry stand shoulder to shoulder in their common cuase'
 In the past we have present. ed 0lr solutions ard urged 3 change n the condition of AL aska's fisherie; f>dl inistration Tn the present dllemma it is ur to the party in power to lead the people of Alaska out of the des- pondencv Q: e"cnon'ic distress MT. O'Malley is due to arrive T. Ala 1ka any day now. He has tht opr ortunity of 9 lifetime to d. scr thing for those Alaskan' who must depend on fishing fol the r living, and that include. thc who, in turn, depend or the fishermen. He has also a, opr rtunity to deal the territort av rse blow than any hereto
The Alaskan., 1931-06-26
Bait for Suckers

AlaSka's would-be friend and benefactor, Steward Edwa1 q White, in a lengthy article in the Alaska Weekly (Seattle) |still harping on his idea of set ting asi,ie Chichagsff Island as a reservation for the propaga- tion cf grizzly bea. ,, voices one
The Alaskan., 1931-06-26
CANADIAN SUPREME COUE3 RULES U. s. BOATS HAVE
 NO TRG %y1 RIGHTS

overwhelmed Dv sea and weath CT conditions ii is because she is so constructed that she cannot cope with such conditions, Und 1T the courts reasoning then it would appear that the inability of any vessel to cope with nat val conditions at sea would subject themaster's good faith to suspicion. tI his vessel wat incapable of keeping the sea it would be evidence of bad fai6 !, which would exclude him from right of shelter in Canadia l waters. This is a heartless at titude, indeed.
 IA Duty For The U. 5.
 The decision Of the Supreme Court closes the legal aspect of the cases of the May, "Quee1 City, "Tillie M" and Sunrise 7 It could be appealed to the Privy Council, but such a cour SC is most improbable, If the mat ter were merely one Of the ru'- ine of Canadian court in the case of four trolling boats it would be ended, However, tl2 court has held that the Treaty of 1918 is not applicable on this coast. In So doing it has open
The Alaskan., 1931-06-26


 great fundamental truth when he says "Alaskans are ratr.sr led up on setting things asIGe and I don't blame them" Spok
 en like a gentleman and st scholar. How we can agree with that man sometimes! He argues that if the tourists who come tu Alaska could be induced to stop here and spend @ lot of moneJ
 it would help ever and ever so much, and there we agree wltl
 him again. We have noticed all
 along that the Alaska tourists
 mostly follow the beaten track spend only few days in the territory and most of that time they are kept aboard the steam CT wondering about the mean- ing of the things they see. They buy perhaps a few postcards anl
 q few totem pole curios Made in Japan" Burned out on a
 lathe) with no one to point out the superiority of the genuin' Indian hand made articles. They catch a fleeting glance at a half dozen Alaska towns and leave the territory feeling that they
 know all about the conditions i'll I"Uncle Sam's Attic" They pr,- bably tell their friends it WIS all "just wonderful and display their remarkable fund of i'm iaginary transformation. Mt White says that under proper conditions the number of tour ists might be materially increas- ed and there we would like to agree with him again, but we think it will ,ake something. more than the turning of Chi
 chagoff Island into a grizz y
 bear farm to accomplish tha:
 Bears can be seen in zoos th world over. Forget that grizzly bear stuff! We have other things
 far more wonderful. Where el ,5
 on earth can the wonders ol Glacier Bay be matched? Y II
 will not find real live glaci 2rf in any park, or any museum, ol any zoo in the states, nor any place else except right here ir
 Southeast Alaska where gre ]; rivers of ice in a temperate climate discharge their bergs
 directly into salt water; wherc glacial action can be studio first hand at close range, givirc new meaning to every landscape But how many of our visit $ really learn to erad the mean l ing of the Landscapes they have come so far to see? And the creation of a national park wi, not, of itself, spell the difference
 either, we fear, for Glacier Bas,
 is already a national monume t yet not many tourists ever sec the place. Nor would the pres ence of a few wild animals mak'
 any great difference for Cruzoi1
 Island, near by, is a game res
 erve but there are no touri t:
 there. There is game in Mourt
 Mckinley National Park, als>
 the highest mountain in all tht world above ths timer line, y9'
 thousands of t01r'"+ turn bacr
 from alnlost it's very gates. Ii
 may be that t.,r steamship com
 panies have overlooked a be-
 If they were to establish resorts
 as the Canadian i'acific has
 done at Ranf anu other places they might get more money odt
 of the toruist crop but there the
 business would end. Very little
 of that money would remain ir
 Alaska.
 As the tourists are being herd" ed at present, not more thar three or four out of a thOuSan.I
 ever get off the beaten track ol have any opportunity to gather ! information, and when these
 few ask questions we Alaskans find a peculiar delight in peddl- 1 ing them the most fantastic
 transformation imaginable. w. tell them about the ice-worms
The Alaskan., 1931-06-26
distribution !

and reciprocal distribution would not do Alaska any har II and might result in dong a lot Of good"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-08

can respond to the two bid with anything but
a pass, the original bidder will bid at least
once more. In view of his absolute guarantee
Of a second bid after a response, he commands
his partner not to respond with anything but
a minimum.
Now, in the case of two diamond bid the
partner is not permitted to raise to more than
three diamonds He must wait to hear what
is the next bid of the original caller. If that
next bid Is q rebid of diamonds the partner
now go to five. But if it is hearts
spades, the partner may prefer to put the hand
in a contract of four of the major. And per-
haps exactly four-odd could be made at either
the diamonds or the major. Or the low re-
Spouse may bring perfect three no-trump con-
tract.
That promise of a rebid response also simpli-
fieS the partners duty when he Is considering
whether to raise make takeout He must
now make the takeout; failure to do so denies
ability to do so. There is no need to raise the
partners suit; support for 1t be shown
after the promised rebid. In the meantime the
early showing of the other suit may plug up
the only gap in the original hand, enabling the
latter to bid game in no tTumps without risk.
This "promissory bid" as its originator likes
to call it, since all other intermediate two
bids were Invitation" bids, is the only brand
new kind Of device in the new Official Sys-
tenn" every other feature OF which had pre-
Viously been tried and proved thoroughly IN
one system another published by various
authorities. It incidentally is the only brand
new bidding device introduced in the last two
years. The conductor OF the Bridge Forum
hopes therefore, that he win be pardoned for
feeling pleased over its acceptance by so many
acknowledged experts, since it was developed
by him IN the Shepard Barclay Bridge Club in
New York, now located in the Waldorf Astoria.
The strength requisite for the suit two-bid
in the new system is seven probable tricks
when three high-card tricks are held six and
one-haN when three and one-half high ones
are held, six when four high ones are held
and four and one-half when five and one-half
high ones are held. This is easy to remember
for the total of probable and high-card tricks
must always equal at least ten, of which at
least three must be high
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-08
The NeqO "Otfcial" System

The greatest advantage of having an in
termediate suit bid of two in a players bidding
vocabulary has long been recognized by those
who consider that informing a partner &C
curately is more important than keeping the
onnonents uniformed. The advantage lies In
the fact that a one-bid denies ability to make
a two-bid When player bids one, his partner
knows his hand Is not strong enough TO DID
two, He consequently is not tempted to raise
or make a takeout with strength SO inadequate
that the side is sometimes defeated unneces-
sarily. He, knows the side cannot possibly have
a game unless he has at least reasonable
amount of strength opposite the original hano
The second great advantage OF an inter-
mediate two bid lies in the making OF the
bid itself. It tells the partner that strong
hand is held so strong that he can respond
to 1t with less strength than he would need
to respond to a one bid. It enables the partner
to make with perfect safety raises and takeouts
that would be risky opposite hand which
might be minimum. Such responses frequently
result in games which would be impossible II
the partner had called only one The partner
would have enough to complete care opposite
the strong hand but not nearly enough to tinker
safely with one bid.
third big advantage of the intermediate
two is the fact that frequently it shuts out the
opponents from bidding Either foe may have
enough strength to overcall one bid, but not
enough to overcan the higher declaration.
When both opponents have about that much
their side really possesses game ability, but is
prevented from showing it.
The one great disadvantage of the interme-
diate two bids that had prevailed in the past
was that the partner, with really good strength
was afraid the original bidder might drop the
bidding after the first response If his hand hap
pened to be barely strong enough to make the
two bid This was as true of those who showed
about seven probable tricks with about four high
ones as of those who showed as low six with
about three high ones. The partner, fearing
the bidding might end after his response
would feel compelled to show his full strength
at once.
If dealer bid two diamonds his partner
with doubtful raise to five diamonds would
be afraid to call only four, thus perhaps leaving
the side in a contract Of less than game; he
would bid the doubtful FIVE and perhaps it
could not be made. Instead, the side might
have been able to make four hearts or spades
possibly three no trump If he had not made
his great jump.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-08
Continued from Ttoeltth Page

I was mate and she was master. don't mean
that she ever mutinied, but no that when
ever we didn't agree she always manoovered
to vindward. May be it is all right for she
could sail closer to the wind than I could
Item. I want mother to have the house
On Union street until she goes aloft. Then I
want 1t to 60 to the children in equal laws
and If any child dies I want the lay of the
parent to go to the parents young one, but
I don't want my daughter, Belndy, to have
anything as long as her husband is living
He is Lubber, but she has been cruisin' with
him for years. haven't got anything par
ticker agin him, but he doesn't no how to
navigate the sea of life. I do believe if he
wanted to stop leak board ship. it would be
just like him to go into the hole with an
auger and bore a hole threw the plankin to
let the bElge water out into the sea. But
Belindy likes him. That's just like woman
If I should give the lay out and out to her
am afraid her husband would hanover to
get 1t. So want mother and lothian to nut
it out at interest, and give what comes out
of 1t TO her until her husband ships for
corpse below decks In the graveyard Then