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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-18

night that Or.
Whites resigna-
ton had been
accepted because
of his views on
compan ma t e
marriage.
The dismissal
folio we d DR..
Whites action in
writing a letter
to Bishop Will
liam T. Manning
a few days ago,
asking that he
be given a for
may trial on the
bishops I'M o S t
definite inplica-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-18

because the public was clamoring
for revenge for the killing of a state
officer.
Mrs. Schroeders and Dagues
cases we're presented separately to
the board.
Rose concluded his appeal by
contending that Mrs. Schroeder
should be granted clemency because
of her sex. He cited the record that
TO woman had been executed In
Pennsylvania within the last. fifty
years.
NO woman ever should be exc
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-18
FIRST OFFENDER IS
AIDED BY HOUSE BILL
Judges Would Be Required TO Sus-
pend Sentences,

Judges Would Be Required TO Sus-
pend Sentences,
Two state representatives today
went to bat" for the first offender.
They Joined in introduction of a
house bill to require circuit, superior
and municipal court judges to sus-
pend sentences on persons pleading
guilty to or convicted Of misdemean-
ors who never have pleaded guilty
to or been found guilty of a misde-
meanor before.
But the court might, at its discre-
ton. impose a fine as at present.
Suspension of sentence now is OPP
tional with judges in dealing with
first offenders in misdemeanor
cases.
Representative John F. Cory
Dem, Lake. and Fred A. Egan
Dem., Lake, were co-authors of
The measure.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-18
B00TLEGGER IS SLAIN

Akron Small Fry Liquor Seller
Shot to Death in Alley.
By United Press
AKRON, O., Feb. 16.-Theodore
Popa, as, small fry bootlegger.
was found shot to death in an alley
on the south side today. The head
was pierced with four bullet wounds.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-18
$1,000 BOND FORFEITED
Portland Man Fails to Appear al
= Criminal Assault Trial.
By United Press

PORTLAND, Ind, Feb. 18.-The
$4,000 bond Of Joseph A. Long,
president Of the j. A. Long Poultry
Company, with headquarters here,
was forfeited when he failed to ap-
pear in Jay circuit court to answer
a charge of criminal assault.
He is alleged to have assaulted
Mae Denney, daughter of former
tenant on his farm. A similar
charge was filed against Long last
fall by Ruby Denney, sister of Mae,
but it was dismissed on the eve of
trial when the prosecuting witness
disappeared.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-18
SILENT ON EMBARGO

Mellon Refuses Comment on Wheat
Restriction Proposal.
Ey United Press
WASHINGTON, Feb 1S.-Treas-
ury Secretary Mellon declined today
to commit himself on the proposed
one-year embargo on wheat and
other agricultural products, but
pointed out provisions Of the exist
ing tariff law. which he though
would cause difficulty in rnakifE
sLch an embargo effective.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-18
By United Press

By United Press
HARRISBURG, Pa. Feb. 1S.-Life
or death for Irene Schroeder and
her paramount, w. Glenn Dague,
Is, rested with the state board of
pardons today.
Percy A. Rose, Johnstown, Pa,
counsel for Mrs. Schroeder, pleaded
that the board recommend COM
mutation of the death sentence to
life imprisonment.
He made q passionate appeal for
the T-year-old woman, that she not
be sent through the little green
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-18
POLICEMEN SHOOT MAD
DOG, BUT LOSE FRIEND
Pedigreed Animal Belongs tn
Brother Officer.


When Motor Policemen Joe
Klaiber and George Bailey started
out this morning>~to catch and kill
a mad dog" they apparently didn't
anticipate the dilemma in which
they were to find themselves two
hours later.
Officers Klaiber and Bailey found
the dog, all right, and from all
appearances the dog was mad, they
decided.
So they shot the dog. But when
they shot the animal, they lost a
friend.
The canine belonged to Motor
Policeman William Prtecell, friend
of officers Klaiber and Bailey, who
makes a speciality of raising pedi.
greed dogs. Purcell lives at 1924
King avenue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-18
BAN ON WEDDINGS OF.
FIRST COUSINS ASKED
Marriages Already Contracted Not
Affected by House Bill.

Marriage Of first cousins would be
invalid under terms of bill intro
duced in the Indiana house today
by Representative Oliver w. Nc
Gaughey (Rep., Fountain), minister
and lawyer of Veedersburg.
The measure would declare valid
all marriages OF first cousins prior
TO the bills passage, but thereafter
would declare void marriages of per-
sons nearer than second cousins.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-18
COMPROMISE ON SHOALS
House and Senate Conferees Reach
Agreement.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.-House
and senate conferees announced to-
day they had reached a compromise
agreement on Muscle Shoals legis-
lstion. This action is expected to
enable an early vote to dispose of
the issue which has been pending
in its present form more than two
years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-18
PRESS fight
TO DRIVE OUT
LOAN SHARKS
House to Hold Hearing on
Three Bills to Abolish
High Rates Tonight.
BATTLE is NATION. WIDE
Vast Sum Spent to Block
Measures to Cut Interest
Charges, Is Claim.

Judiciary B committee of the In
diana house will hold a public hear
ing tonight on three bills to reduce
extortionate interest rates on petty
loans. The United States also has
| before it demands for a sweeping
national investigation of alleged
lavish expenditures in the fight by
loan companies to retain the pres
ent 40 per cent interest rate on
small loans.
Appearing before a senate COM
mittee in Washington to oppose
bill legalizing the % per cent rate
in states where it is not already in
effect, Mercer G.. Johnston, director
of the Peoples Legislative Service,
charged the Russell Sage Founda-
ton is enacting the dual role of
DR.. [ekyll and Mr.. Hyde.
He said it is pretending to work
for the protection of small bor-
rowerS and, in reality, spending
hundreds of thousands of dollars
assisting a nationally organized
Aid Loan Sharks Drive
II have indisputable authority
for saying that the Russell Sage
Foundation is spending huge sums
and helping the loan sharks plot
their campaign against repeal of
the AZ per cent law in Indiana,
Ohio, Illinois and other midwest
ern states" Johnston told the sea-
ate committee.
This organization bears the name
Of man whose gigantic fortune was
founded on usury and who was
known as the village skinfint.'
Since this nationally organized
crew of loan sharks has the auda-
city to ask congress to legalize rob-
berry of the poor, it is this commit
tees duty to investigate" Johnston
asserted.
Want Rate Reduced
Meanwhile, Representative Ches-
ter K. Watson dem, Allen and
Whitley, chairman of judiciary B,
prepared for large crowd at to-
nights hearing at 8 in the Indiana
house of representatives.
The three bills into which the
committee intends to delve, with
the aid of both proponents and OPP
ponentS, have been introduced by
Representative Clyde Karrer Dem,
Marion) and William E. Wilson
Dem. Hancock and MadisonO.
All three reduce the present Indi-
ana small loan rate of AZ per cent,
legalized by the 1917 legislature, to
as low as s per cent.
Considerable conjecture has at
tended the measures since they we're
assigned to house judiciary A and
later transferred on demand of
their authors to judiciary B.
Charge Report Was Delayed
Both Karrer and Wilson charged
on the floor of the house that judi
ciary A purpoSely was delaying a
report, and asserted they wanted
the measures brought out for action.
One of the bill was introduced on
the opening day of the present SEES
sion.
General bewilderment of the
house at the jockeying was so obvi-
GUS that Representative Miles j.
Furnas, Republican caucus chair
man, and other minority leaders
contemplated demand for an Off
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-18
Rector Is Fired
for Defense of
Trial Marriage

By United Press
NEW YORK, Feb. 1S.-The Rev.
IN F. Eliot White. who beliegeS in
companionate marriage, has been
dismissed from the staff of the
Grace Episcopal church.
DR.. w. Russell Bowie, rector Of
the church announced Tuesday
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-18
COMMITTEE REJECTS
TREATY WITH CANADA

Objects TO Water Power Provision
in Niagara Falls Pact.
By United Press
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1S.-The
senate foreign relations committee
today unanimously refused to recon-
mend ratification of the Canadian
American treaty to preserve the
scenic beauty of Niagara Falls. Its
objections were based on the pro-
visions which would enable power
companies to obtain water rights
under the proposed program.
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DodgmgDeath
Continued from Sszteenth Page

engagements took place north Of Pekin9 and
then Wa masSed 10000 troops under the Great
Wan Of China, some 20 miles north of the city
where he was not only in an almost irnpreg-
nahle position but commanded the railway and
could stop any trade of which he did not an.
prove between Changs territory and Tientsin,
an important treaty port on the coast and a
place OF great commercial Importance to Britain
Faced with this definite challenge to his
authority Chang sent for Frank Sutton and
asked him II he could clear out this hornets
nest behind the wall. Thus it came about that
for the first time since the days of Gen. Gordon
and the TAPPING rebellion an Englishman COM
manded Chinese army in battle and led them
to victory The story of the battle which fol-
lOwed-which viii remind well informed read
ers Of the modern adventures of Col. Lawrences
stand against the Turks 1t Petra-is best told
IN Sutton's own words:
ST moved against them with some thousands
OF fairly wen trained men and 4 good show Of
guns, including mortars, I intended to mine
breach, blow up or scale the wall somehow
Luckily there was no need to damage it seri-
ously. found that the section Of the wall held
by WI consisted of earthen core faced with
layer OF rocks boulders and large rounded
stones. much as walls are treated The top
briSted with troops and machine guns and
they opened with q pretty useful fire.
However, spread out my guns, got the eleva-
ton Of the wall fired at an angle which allowed
OAAC W rake LdlS Top WlCn SnrapOel, and at the
same time lobbed over plenty of bombs
The fire on the top of the wall soon cleared
OF the defenders I then gave the order to
charge and make q direct frontal assault ON the
wall. We clambered up by stones and rocks.
got on top, and saw the main body OF Wu.s
troops in hectic state Of panic on the other
side. Machine guns and light field guns soon
got them ON the run, and an enflIading fire Of
the big 3o0-pound bombs put the whole lot into
utter confusion. The battle of the great wan
was won.
81 cannot pretend that it was a particularly
thrilling OF glorious affair. But It amused me,
as 1t would have amused any British Subaftern
who had seen bit of real war, and It pleased
Chang TSo Lin" ~.
The way was now open to Picking. and Chang
entered the Imperial City in state as the ruler
Of Northern China. His first action ruler
was to appoint Frank Sutton as the major gem
cEal Of his army and TO present him with
$4,000 as q %mark Of appreciation" Of the greae
victory he had gained and OF his services
generally. 3..s.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-12

guaranteeing support for partners suit. no
LOSERS m the adverse one and enough strength
opposite his partner to make At least game
worth bidding for. This message Is wen JUST
Nsd with the side not vulnerable
In spite q his partners emphatic prOclama-
ton Of spade support by means Of his arttfi-
cial bid Of the hostile suit, South should now
show his powerful second suit OF hearts, with
q call Of four, knowing there is no need 30 over
bid game to accept the slam invitation Of his
partner since the display Of this second suit
cannot be misleading. Vests best move now
would be q pass, hoping the foe would return
TO spades, which he can double. This North
should do, with six spades. East and South
passing, West should double.
Thus arrives the critical stage OF this hand.
which was played IN the last Eastern pair
championship. At one table, North decided 10
let well enough alone and passed his side
making the doubled small slam easily, getting
$50 for the slam, 500 for game bonus zoo fer
making contract and TO for tricks-total, 2l7o.
At another table he switched to seven clubs,
which were made by winning the obligatory
heart hneSse. giving him the necessary two
spade dlscards. for q score Of 500 for game.
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NORTH

South's one spade. higher ranking Of his two
Eve card suits. is overca1led by Vests two dia-
nonds North, by bidding three diamonds the
opponents suit. can tell his partner about his
adequate support for spades as trump, the
likelihood of a slam and the certainty of no
losers in the adverse suit. Such q bid has the
same conventional meaning. opposite partner
who has bid a suit and has been oVercalled
with another suit. IN all expert circles, regard
less of what bidding system is in use.
This freakiSh deal gives East a chance to
use the same tactics, bidding three in spades.
the opponents suit His bid however, is not
quite such an imperative slam indicator be-
cause his partner was not an original bidder
and thereby had not shown quite Is mucA
strength. 1t is an absolute forcer though
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The Lincoln Memorial in Spring.
By Lewis Colwell.

His lonely heart kept tryst 7Urth holiness
DzOeEt he daUeAs in qoJite pared sPlemdo~rs
Where man beheEd giant IN honsely dress
II OUGkeped gCOrld no7U seeks his shrine to render
Tribute to that great gdliamcy Of visioM,
That Ioosed from shackIeS and made free;
And for each geek of anger and deriNoN,
TGngfng his path stands pink -starved tree,
Offering before his temple drift of bloom,
That beauty may his grearied heart begwile-
oh, some7ghcre in the halls of hcagen's high room,
HIS great gaH'H face must hGllo0eed smile
That earth shostId deem his simple laboar meet
For April to spread star bloom at his feet.
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The bidding was by no means standard.
North opened dealer with two clubs, South
responded with three no trump North went
to five clubs, South to five no trump and
North to six clubs. In the West sat DR.. M.
Grunbaum an cid hand at the game. knowing
ne could defeat the contract Had he doubled
South probably would have gone to six no
trumps which could be made easily, but he
passed.
More expert bidding would have prevented
his opportunity to make the devastating pass.
for the hand would wind up at either six or
seven no trumps with top rank players, de-
pending upon the system in and how well
it fitted this particular hand. That is beside
the question however, which is this: When the
opponents offer you q number Of points On q
get greedy warn them Of their danger and en-
able them TO score against you?
4 Suggestion.
Others may be interested in an idea reported
by W. D. Crouch. Mrs. Crouch most excel
bent contract player" he writes, saved your
articles. She then arranged 1s hands for duph-
cate playing and with thrle friends played them
through and kept close record Of the bidding
and the results. After replaying them, and
again keeping the records, a comparison Was
made with your bidding and playing. In that
way . very decided improvement was made IA
$hetr game. You are giving = lot Of lessons
that you don't know anything about and are
helping great many players improve Their
auction and contract"
A IusU q Week
What occurs II q player, in opening the bid
ding, says IN effect. It wish the opponents had
bid so that I could make an informatory double,
but since they haven't, guess I'll have to bid:
one trump?
That players partner may be barred from
further participation in the bidding. If, before
or during the contracting, a player gives any
unauthorized information concerning his hand
as would Of course be done by one who says he
would like to be able TO double, his partner has
the advantage of information to which he Is
not entitled. The Law is absolutely just in pre-
venting use Of that information, in the only
way it can be prevented, by barring the partner
from any part in further bidding.
What occurs if declarer leads from his own
hand when it is really dummys turn, but be
fore attention is called to the mistake the
player at dealers right plays TO the trick?
Contract Systems.
How would you bid and play the following
hand, South being the dealer and only North
and South vulnerable?
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4 Tie BRIDGE FORUl

T ANY otherwise sound players have
M habit OF making q business
"l double whenever they feel sure Of
defeating q bid made by the op-
- ponents. There are times when
a pass would be better bridge. times when the
double would scare the opponents away from
declaration they cannot make into one they
make.
One OF the old axicms OF auction was that q
player should not q rule double one deciara-
ton unless he was prepared to double any
declaration to which the opponents might nee.
This applies with still greater force in contract.
in which the large number of high bids affords
more opportunities to double and in which the
penalties inflicted for defeating declarer are
frequently many times heavier than m auction.
case in point is this extreme freak hand
which bobbed up recently in the tournament OF
the Advertising Club in New York:
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lee for ho0ogs, 500 for sham ana l4o for tricks
total, 2,740.
AZ one table, IN the West position sat Mrs.
Edith O. DarIey. brilliant instructor and player,
who after Ncrths seven clubs made the saeri-
flce bid Of seven diamonds. North doubled It
and then proceeded to defeat the contract two
tricks for the insignificant score Of 400 points.
Il was n most profitable sacrifice giving her
and her partner, Mrs. Irving c. butcher, tire
mendous top On the hand, nearly 1000 points
better than any other East and West pair &c
compIished. Such acumen enabled the pair to
be FIRST in one nights play second IN another
and third On another Of the four sessions.
How would you bid the following hands.
neither side being vulnerable and opponents
constantly passing?
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West should bid a heart to start it, North
two diamonds, East pass, South three clubs,
West pass, North pass, East three hearts, South
and West pass and North four clubs, which
would end it. In contract it would be the same
up to and including South's three clubs, but
after West passed, North would carry it to five
clubs.
The king of hearts lead would be trumped
In dummy. Counting up his losers, declarer
would find it possible 10 trump four Of his
hearts and discard one of his spades on dunn
mys diamond ace. Dummy's four other dia-
monds would be used as entries into his own
hand by means of ruffs. So after the first
trick he would cash the diamond ace, trump q
little diamond, lay down his spade ace and then
proceed with his crosS-ruh to the end taking
the tenth trick with his king of clubs and let
ting West win his remaining spade and heart
with two little trumps, giving him f1ve-odd,
game.
The Ne1C Problem.
The problem this week is one devised by A. T.
Sperber, skillful New York bridge instructor
who has just won first prize in the national
bridge problem solving contest conducted by
Sidney s. Lena trip to the Mediterranean
and Northern Africa, on which he is to take
his bride as honeymoon.
Hearts are trumpS. South has the lead.
How can North and South win three of the
nve tricks against any defense by East and
West?
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DEALER
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PARTNER
AT52 VAKQJ %sS &K9T3
AUCTION Problems.
How would you bid and play the following
hand, West being the dealer?
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PLEASE DON'T.

Don't pass my forcing bid, / beg,
Don't b07U our heads IN shame,
Don't make me 1UGiI and gWaSh my teetG
AbONt a 7CGsted game!
zvonldH't mind your gUorst DstSpIdy,
No matter 1UEtdt you did,
But please, | pray on Blended knee,
Don't pass my forcing bid!
When hare guaranteed the strength
To let you bid bust,
Ind said yo" haze to help me o~t,
really mean yOM mast;
The declaration best for SIS,
UtstI yOM speak, is hid,
lind SO. unless you sUGsGt to lose,
Don't pass MY forcing bid!
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-12-18

ment of the courthouse.
The idea of the Chest
management was to give To-
cal and transient men alike
an opportunity to save their
pride when they asked for
assistance by saving some
of the wood, which is to be
distributed to needy families
who need wood.
But they all shy at the
woodpile. During the first
week many transients asked
for meal tickets. They were
freely offered with the pro-
vision, when the applicant
was an able-bodied man,
that he cut some wood. AL
most every transient appli-
cant curled his lip shrugged
his shoulders, turned up his
nose and went away, prefer
ring to leave the woodplle
strickly alone.
Strangely, most of the To-
cal men with hard-luck
stories did that very same
thing.
Also, the transient got
their grapevine working
with the result that after the
first week very few have
called at the Chest office for
help.
On top of that there
hasn't been a single call to
date from any local family
for free fuel.
Which, Mrs. Henry AL
bers, president of the Wo-
mans Club and general
manager of Chest disburse-
ments, told The Sun is in her
opinion very good evidence
that conditions are not near
ly as bad here as feared and
not nearly so bad every
where as painted-her judg-
ment of the latter being in
fluenced by the universal
scorn shown the woodpile.
.-Coconino Sun.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-12-18
COMMUNITY WOOD
PILE IS TERROR TO
POVERTY FAkERS

Just a simple, harmless
woodpile but it sure is a
grafter-detectorl
The woodpile is in the
courthouse yard. 1t consists
of cedar, pine and pion logs
and poles bought by the
managers of the Community
Chest from people who need
the money. 1t is plainly in
view of the Community
Chest offices in the base
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-12-18
COOLIDGE CHURCHES

FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
Clyde K. Foster, Pastor
Sunday School 1000 a. m.
Mr.. J. H. Roberts, Superintendent
Glasses and Teachers for all ages
Morning Worship, 11:00 a. m.
COOLIDGE COMMUNITY
CHURCH
Third and Pima
Rev. Earl NJ. Ward, Pastor.
Rev. ]. w. Henderson, PastorEm
eritus
Preaching at II a. m. and p. m
Sunday school at 10 a. m.
intermediate and Senior Endeav,
or. 1880 p. ID.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-12-18

Phoenix in time for the fun
eral services there, where
interment was made. 1t is
reported that Mrs. Anne
Stephenson will make her
home with the bereaved wild
ow and infant daughter for
the present.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-12-18

Mrs. Dole Taylor, mother
of Mrs. Florence Stephenson,
will leave for Canyon, Texas
soon, to make an extended
visit wit h relatives and
friends.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-12-18

The American Legion will
give a dance Saturday night
for the benefit of the Boy
Scouts. Everyone is invited
to help make it a success.