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AUCTION SALES.--FUTURE DAYS.

AUCTION SALES.--FUTURE DAYS.
ADAM A. WEscHLER 4 SON. Auctioneers
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE REAL
ESTATE.
Valuable Building Site at 1929
Belmont Street Northwest,
Now Improved by Three
Story Frame Detached Resi-
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An Undivided One-Half Inter-
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Building Known as Chelsea
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Eighteenth Street Northwest.
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Premises 1928 and 1880 A
Street Southeast, Containing
Four Three-Room Apart
ments Each.
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ADAM A. WEsCHLER & SON, Auctioneers
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE REAL
ESTATE.

Five-Story Brick Apartment
Building, Known as Premises
1921 Connecticut Avenue
Northwest at Corner of Ma
comb Street, Containing 80
Apartments of 3 and 4 Rooms
and Bath Each.
Four-Story Stone and Brick
Business Building, Known Is
$50 Seventeenth Street North.
west, Containing Store Space
on Ground Floor, Offices on
Second Floor and Large
Studio Apartments on Third
and Fourth Floors, With
Wide Rear Alley.
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(Seal) Attest:
A. H. SHILLINGTON.
Assistant Secretary,
L.. z In II
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Submarine in Washmgton s Macy

III WILL. try to give you a short account Of
] my voyage in this machine. The British
feet lay little above Staten Island We set
OFF from the city, the whale boats towed me
as nigh the ships as they dared to go and then
cast off.
When I rowed under the stern of the ship
I could see the men on deck and hear them
talk. I then shut down all the doors, sank
down and came under the bottom Of the ship
Up with the screw against the bottom but
found that it would not enter.
IT pulled again to try another place but de-
waited a little side and Immediately rose
with great velocity and came above the sur
face two or three feet between the ship and
the daylight, then sunk again like a por-
poise.
nj HOVE about to try again, but further
thought gave out, knowing that
as it light the ships boats would be rowing
in all directions, and I thought the best gen.
eralship was to retreat fast as I could
as I had four miles to go before passing Gov
ernors Island
80 I logged on as fast as I could, and my
compass being then of no use to me, I was
obliged to rise up every few minutes to see that
sailed in the right direction, and for this pur-
pose keeping the machine on the surface of
the water and the doors open.
THE enemy's attention was drawn towards
me from Governors Island When was
abreast OF the fort on the island three or four
hundred men got upon the parapet to observe
me; at length a number came down to the
shore shov'd off a BOARD barge with five or
six stters and pulled for me.
II eyed them, and when they had got within
so or so yards of me I let loose the magazine
in hopes that If they should take me they
would likewise pick up the magazine and then
we should all be blown up together But as
kind providence would have it, they took
fright and returned to the island to my infinite
joy. I then weathered the island and our
people seeing me, came off with a whaleboat
and towed me into the shore.
1.-THE magazine, after getting little past
the island, went off with a tremendous
explosion, throwing up large bodies of water to
an immense height"
Another account adds, when the explosion
took place, Gen. Putnam (Old Israeli was
vastly pleased and cried out in his peculiar
way-'God's curse em, that'n do for emp"
Putnam was right. The Turtle was able to
"do it for 'en" even though it was necessary
for Washington to evacuate New York little
later
Hero Ezra Lee and Inventor David Bushnell
had, between them done vastly more than ease
temporarily the desperate situation of the
American forces. They had demonstrated that
a submarine was ship of war with which the
future must reckon.
Evening star., 1932-04-24
Il La7c a Week

What is the simplest tpdy to keep tally
card in progressive contract and yet make sure
that the player or pair deserving the prize
uinS it?
The old metho, which was used in most auc-
ton games, also nowadays in the contract
games of inexperienced people records only the
points scored by a player, taking no account
whatever of the points scored against him.
That procedure, usually called "all-plus" scor-
ing, is manifestly unfair. 1t favors the wild
bidder, not the good player. and is even more
hagrantly unfair in contract than in auction.
With that scoring in vogue, there have been
cases aplenty in which wild bidder was really
beaten at every table and yet won the prize
over some player who really won at every table.
wild bidder can be defeated say, 5000 to
2C00 at each of seven tables and wind UP with
score of $4,000 points A good player can
win at seven tables by 1000 to 500 and finish
with only 1000 points; he has only half as
good a score, although he won everywhere and
his coDqueror lost.
By the proper plus minus scoring, the first
player would be recorded loser of 1000
points per table, would finish with 1000 total
points lost; the second one who won by 500
points per table, would finish with $500 points
won, therefore being 10500 points ahead Of
the wild bidder
There are two ways Of keeping tallies to
bring about this proper result. One is to have
two columns tally. At the end of table
of play the player puts down what he scored
in the left-hand column, what his opponents
made in the right-hand one At the end of
the evening the two columns are added and
the smaller figure subtracted from the larger;
the result shows whether the player was win
ner and by how many points, whether he
was loser, and by how many.
In q progressive pair game tUhdt can be dore
to preDent the same pairs meeting seueral
times?
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the club and some would have done just what
he did.
Later the same evening came sad sequel
to the story. With his side vulnerable, the
opponents Scoreless, a club bid came from the
man on his right. Followed double on these
magnificent cards:
AAK107 VAK85 HKQJ10 81
The intervening opponent passed. His part
ner'S hand was:
ASA VQ9743 D8642 @5
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There are four hearts laydown for the side
but the partners explanation of his pass, which
enabled the opponents to make their bid was:
We'll, you made a business pass a while ago,
and since this hand was so poor thought that
a pass was the best declaration"
Why is it that some players never learn that
all a doubler asks for in response is distribu-
ton; he himself furnishes the high cards?
AS usually occurs, the opponents then walked
off with what Mr.. Hackenberger calls ''our rub
ber." He has since threatened to take up ping
pong nah jongg or parchesi. After he cools
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NORTH

Mrs. Newman, in the South having I'D a
club, which West passed, Mrs. Banfield gave
her the powerful response of two no trump.
Mrs. Newman signaled probable slam and
showed her general strength with four no
trump Her partner now revealed the club
support with five clubs, which Mrs. Newman
took to six no trump.
East led the five of diamonds. Upon winning
this Mrs Banf1eld went right after her clubs.
When West made spade discard she decided
to stop, look and listen. 1t was clear that If
West had the spade king, he would keep all
possible guards to it, in case it was led through
couple of times. Consequently she could be
sure that East had it. In this event. the only
chance for an extra trick was to find it o
singleton. When the time came to play the
spades, therefore, she hoped up with the acs
on the first spade trick, dropping the king.
BY this time West had thrown away two
spades, so that all the spades in the dummy
were good. The heart finesse worked SO she
made grand slam as a reward for watching
the opponents play and making the proper
deductions.
That courageous bidding pays, when sound,
and also that women can show as genuine
courage as men was indicated by the work
Of two talented bridge teachers, Mrs. Nan
Profit and Mrs Margaret Coleman, ON this
deal, the playing of which will be discussed
next week. North was the dealer.
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AQ2 372 o QJ1Os6 AK1os4

He didn't like to bid clubs because an ensuing
major bid from his partner would force him
to no trump with two doubletonS He didn't think
his side was headed anywhere, but believed it
could beat the diamonds; so he passed. The
opponents made it because his partner lacked
the high card strength his double indicated.
Many players would have bid no trump with
that hand, some Of them two no trump, others
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The BRIDGE Forum

off he probably will realize that those mishaps
by his side constitute one of the reasons why
his opponents play bridge, and that their similar
slips are good deal of the reason why he plays.
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Close Questions

There will always be close questions in choice
OF response to doubles. Here was one that
George Hackenberger met recently-his side
vulnerable, opponents not dealer bid a diamond
his partner doubled and he held:
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Continued from Ninth Page

about the craft, was physically quite unfit to
operate it. Lee had performed in few re-
hearsals with it, "Practised with it in several
harbours' as he said, but never in real bat
tie The battle date could not, however, be
postponed. 1t set for the earliest possible
fair day, and that day had arrived. The sub
marine had been taken up Long Island Sound
to Saybrook Conn, where its inventor had
made some little alterations" Then it was
taken back far as New Rochelle, and from
there carted overland to the Hudson.
And now at last. if Gen. Howe did not at
tack before nightfall, and if the weather held
fair and calm all day, the rather forlorn at
tempt would be made to blow, scare, the
British feet out of New York Harbor.
All day long they watched the weather and
the enemy. When neither showed any signs of
change, and at length sunset came the Turtle
and her stout-hearted skipper got ready for
the fray.
Seven O'Clock, and all quiet on the Hudson
All quiet, too, in the British feet, down off
Staten Island. These sailors could have scarce
ly felt safe in home port. Keeping watch
was, OF course, required by the naval regula-
tions, but there seemed really nothing danger
Gus to keep watch against on this quiet night.
LIGHT O'Clock. The sun had set more than
- an hour and half ago, but it was still
the perilous attack. The whale boats and their
crews were at hand, all ready to tow the clumsy
Turtle down the river to the enemy ships
The records do not give the exact hour at
which this strange expedition finally set forth
They say merely that the boats which towed
the Turtle down to the vicinity of the British
fleet, left 1t there the first part of the night"
With the coming Of morning nevertheless,
exciting things began to happen, visible to ex-
pectant observers in New York
While these anxious spectators were about
to give him up as lost" says an article printed
As years later, at the time of Lees death. "sev-
eral barges were seen to start suddenly from
Governors Island then in possession of the
British, and proceed toward some object near
the Asia, ship of the line. AS suddenly they
were seen to put about and steer for the island
with springing oars.
In two or three minutes an explosion took
place from the surface of the water resembling
water spout, which aroused the whole citv
and region. The enemys ships took the alarm:
signals were rapidly given; the ships cut their
cables and proceeded to the Hook with all DOS
Sible dispatch, with difficulty preventing their
a1rghted crews from leaping overheard"
Ezra Lee himself, in a letter to a friend writ
ten years after the adventure, described events
follows:
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Unusual Results

Mrs. Elizabeth B. Banfield and Mrs. Norman
N. Newman, members of the team holding the
national open team-of-four championships,
made clear top score on this hand in recent
championship tournament.
Evening star., 1932-04-24
ass Y7s uQJ1Os42 As5a

he could have passed and with much gusto
theory that lived for while in contract
was that sometimes an informatory double
should be passed because of weakness if the
doubled contract was not high enough to pro-
duce a game for the opponents and it appeared
as if the players own side might go down be-
cause Of his response. That idea has died
most painful though natural death, and players
do not double now except when they can stand
response from q poor hand.
Evening star., 1932-05-07

looks upon Feisul more favorably today.
His supporters believe that he prefers
Damascus to Bagdad and that he would
be willing to abdicate the throne OF Irak
in favor of his eldest brother, Ali, who
was King of the HejaZ until driven out
by the WahabiteS.
Feisuls Brothers Willing.
1t is highly probable that in the mind
of these supporters the wish is father
to the thought, and it is far from GER
tain that Feisul would care to abandon
a realm which is likely to attain COM
plete independence this year for one
which he would have to pacify from
The start.
But Ali himself might be presented
as a candidate for the Syrian throne
and there Is also third brother, Alb
dullah, who is reported willing to wear
a crown. Abbas Hilmi Pasha. who was
Khedive of Egypt until deposed by the
British in 1914, soon after the war
broke out, is another candidate. He
has been very active of late furthering
his aim, but 1t does not seem that the
French look upon his candidacy with
anv great favor
There are other chieftains in the Near
East who believe that theyewould make
good Kings. including members of the
Lotfallah family. Furthermore, there
has been talk of transferring the man
date to Italy. in which case Rome
might have candidates of her own.
(Copyright, 1922
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HOPE FOR TOURISTS
REVIVED IN EUROPE
Scaling Down Of Ship Rates
Seen as Aid to Ameri-
can Visitors.
Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
IONDON.-How to "unfreeze" tour
ist traffic is Just now a subject Of as
much concern for steamship companies
hotel proprietors and shopkeepers as the
nroblem of frozen credits and frozer
gold has been for statesmen, bankers
and business in general.
with the scaling down of transat-
lantic passenger rates hopes have beer
revived in Europe that the most impor-
tant tourist stream of all-that which
flows from the United States-will be
unfrozen. But not even the most op-
tinistic forecasters believe the number
of American visitors to the Old World
this Summer will exceed 250,000, as
compared with the 400, 900 TO 100000 In
normal times.
Nevertheless. those who do take to the
Atlantic highway will be able to make
their purses go further than their prede-
cessors two years ago were able TO DO
This is especially true IN Great Brit
ain, where the dollar commands an ad-
vantage over sterling.
The tourist is such an important
asset these days that he became the
subject Of discussion when the trencn
premier, Tardieu, met the prlnclpai
BRUSH ministers pIIol W V.iC tocA
power consideration of the plight of the
stricken Danube states.
Continental Resorts Suffer.
When the pound departed from the
gold standard and great sacriflces mad
to be made to balance the budget the
subjects of King George were told that
they ought to stay at home and speno
their money here. There was such
thorough acouiescence that French and
Evening star., 1932-05-07
Deaths Reported.

Mary c. Roach. 81. 2o4o ST.
q Ira Jameson, ST. KenesaW Apartments
Sarah A. Mcdonald 80. 1877 18th st. ne.
Samuel Brown, 30. Emergency Hospital.
Henry p. Birmingham. 70, Walter Reed
'-S2h Charles r Dean. rs, Home for the Incur
Elizabeth A. De Cav. ST. National Homeo-
Anna Hamilton, IS. 22O H st. ne.
Hugh A. Kane, 63, 70l 9th st. ne.
Katherine H. Penrose. 81. on train en-
route to the District Of Columbia.
Thomas j woodward, ST.; STAG Klingle st.
Hattie Herndon, 55, 7o3 H st. ne.
Matte r. Dalton, 81, 1347 Monroe st.
Don c. Davis, 81, George washington Uni
Clarence E. Morgan, 4s, Emergency Hos
pital. , ,,-..-,
Theodore. Baker, IS. Episcopal Eye, Ear
Mozeil Marshall. Is, GalIinger Hospital
Mabel wainwright, %, Emergency Hos
'iiSi Edna Giles, 20, George Washington Uni
Vesfit Mildred d0iRa Henry, TO- Providence Hospital
Dwight Ferris. months, Children's Hos
infant of Raymond and Jean MacComber,
Is days Providence Hospital
Infant Of r. A. and Florence Keck. ! day.
Sibley Memorial Hospital
James Ross; Y. 22O 4 st. ne, uo.n,..,
Charles Bowie, 81, Home for the Aged
ahS Hddie 5htiI9 grimm. 40. sos Florida ave.
William J. Harildo, AZ. 1908 Sherman ave.
William Hunter. 28, Emergency Hospital.
BENJAMIN Lewis, %. Freedmen's Hospital.
Irene Stokes. IT. 2o7 st.
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HIT Mrntnrtattt

BRosNAN, JOHN. In sacred memory of
our our father. JOHN BRosNAN. who died
HIS LOVING DAUGHTE1Rs. =.
BROWN, OLIVER S. A tribute of love and
remem6rance Of our dear brother. OLIVER
years ago today May I. 1928. ~ '''' ''
WILLIAM G. AND AND ANNIE ANNIE NJ. BROWN. :.
HARRoD, ARAMINTA. tribute of love
sister 0n and aunt nf ARAMNTA RAfn1FT OF RAFEo GlF asnr
VINO left US six years ago, May s, 1926.
Sweet memories will linger forever.
Loved in life remembered in death.
THE FAMILY.
JENKINS. MARY. In sad but loving re-
membrance Of our dear mother, MARY
JENKINS, whom God called to rest twa
years ago. May Z, 1880.
The months Of May once more is here,
To us the saddest of the year,
Because two years ago today
Cur loving mother passed away
HER CHILDREN.
LANGFOkD. GEORGE B. In loving mem.
LANGFORD.
The one We love has gone to rest.
God called him home. He thought IL best
In silence you suffered. in patience you
Until God called you home to suffer no
MoTaER, FATHER, SISTERS AND
MARSHALL, wnFoRD. In loving memory
father, WILFORD MARSHALL. who de-
May Z, 1928
The. influence Of his noble character
and devoted Christian life will ever live
in our lives. THE FAMILY q
SHEA. MARIA. In sad but loving remem-
brance Of my beloved mother, MARIA
SHEA, who departed this life thirty-two
years ago today. May 7. 1900
HER DEVOTED DAUGHTER. MARIA
SMITH. MARIE I. In loving remembrance of
MARIE l. SMITH.
The month of May once more is here.
To us the SaddeSt OF the year;
Because six years ago today
Our loving wife and mother passed away
HUSBAND AND CHILDREN.
Evening star., 1932-05-07

Swiss Winter resorts suffered a heavy
decline in patronage. The French
premier was assured that conditions
had improved so much In the United
Kingdom in the last few months that
no attempt was being made now to
induce Britons to cut out Continental
jaunt.
The extent to which some French
resorts have been hit is indicated by
the willingness Of one or more pig
Riviera hotels to give free motor trans
port from Paris to the Riviera and
return providing the tourist takes a
room at the hotel in question for three
weeks at the rate of $3.50 to 81 day.
In Great Britain the railroads are
extending their excursion facilities, ana
at cheaper rates, this Summer. The
American tourist who would like to see
something of the coastline of England,
Scotland and Ireland will be able to do
so under specially comfortable circum-
stances now that several big liners will
be used in this type Of "home-waters"
jaunts.
Appeal TO Prince Of Wales.
The Prince of Wales has made no
vacation trips abroad since the cham
cellor of the Exchequer appealed to his
countrymen to patronize British resorts.
But he has lately warned hotel manage
ments of such places that they ought
to increase the comforts and amenities
of their establishments.
If the heir to the throne listens to
appeals from Welsh sources he will add
resort boosting" to his nearly full-time
lob of trade boosting" If the prince
cannot make the principality OF Wales
his year-round place of residence he
,,an, If he spends long holiday there
each year, attract visitors to the Welsh
mountain and seaside resorts. That, at
least. is a suggestion put forward by
prominent Welsh organization.
But complications would result II the
prince followed that bit OF advice, fer
he is also Duke of Cornwall, and that
county would expect him to holiday
there. There would also be Scottish
claims. because he is Duke of Rothesay,
Lord of the Isles and Prince and Great
Steward of Scotland.
The Welsh enthusiasts have been re-
minded by some Englishmen that the
prince and all other members of the
royal family would really have to take
a rest cure in some isolated place If
they had to listen to all the holiday
claims which their various titles sug-
gest. The Duke of York is Baron Kill
larney and Earl OF Inverness so he
would be expected to divide his time
between Scotland and Ireland.
AS 1t is, the King and Queen go into
residence in Scotland for few weeks
every year, and at such times the
princes are generally there. The Scot
tish season" of royalty has provided an
annual source of much revenue to the
kingdom in the north.
(Copyright 1922
Evening star., 1932-05-07

enthusiastic about her mandate In Syria
and that there is growing number Of
Frenchmen who believe that universal
suffrage and popular elections are a
mistake in q small country which has
only 100000 inhabitants, but which
has diversity of races, among which
1t Is no easy task to maintain order
when they are stirred by political pas
sions, religious fanaticism and Keno
phobia.
1t is sufficient to announce that cleo
tions will be held to bring the people
to state of agitation, invariably
marked by rioting and bloodShed Main
tanning erder in Syria calls for much
tact and cool head. The lombard
ment of Damascus in 1925 by the late
Gen. Sarrail, then French high COM
missioner, will not be forgotten soon.
Would Syrians Accept
Reports reach here from France that
whereas doctrinaire Republicans are
loath to admit the failure of Western
democratic institutions in Syria, there
is an important body of opinion favor
ing abandonment of the mandate and
reversion to monarchy as the form Of
government best fitted to the country
and most likely to bring durable peace.
There are two sides to the question,
of course, and one point is whether the
bulk of the Syrians would accept a
King. Impartial foreign observers be-
lieve they would. There is certainly a
strong Nationalist party, the leaders OF
which profess unwavering attachment
to the principles set forth in the present
republican constitution, but there is an
impression that even these would be
prepared to serve king Loyalty on con-
dition that he had a strong personality.
At the back of the native mind is the
belief that a strong King could obtain
better terms from the French if and
when they left the country than would
a President of the Republic owing
allegiance to a particular party.
Many would like to see King Feisul
of Irak enthroned again in Damascus,
thus resuming the crown of which the
French deprived him in 1920. France