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AMBASSADOR REID.
SICK FOR WEEKS,
IS MUCH WORSE
Has Failed Steadily Under At.
tack of Asthma, and Special.
lists Attend Him.

! LONDON. Dec. c3.-wh.etlaw Reid.
! United States Ambassador to Great
Britain. liz very seriously III. He Is
suffering from asthma and his condition
has become considerably worse during
the past week. Several specialists IRE
IN attendance on him.
The Ambassador was unweil when he
returned from America IN October
! Afterward he caught cold from which
he was recovering when he suffered a
relapse after delivering his speech at
the opening session OF the University of
Wales at Aberystwith on Oct 81, which
overtaxed his strength. He has been
confined to his room at Dorchester
House most of the time since that.
The English winter weather Us re-
sarded as very unfavorable for persons
suffering from the malady with which
the Ambassador Is affected.
a bulletin issued this afternoon by
the doctors in attendance on Ambas-
sador Whtelaw Reid says:
THE American Ambassador is suf-
ferins from severe attack Of his old
asthmatlc trouble. He Is much ex-
haustod. but there are no complica-
lions"
A statement sent out from the Amer
lean Embassy this evening said:
"Mr. Reds condition has given rise
to some anxiety In tho past day or two
on account of the cxhausting effects
Of the maiady. but the physicians au-
thorize tho statement that his condi-
tion now IL encouraging. He has taken
turn for the better this afternoon
and is resting easier"
The evening world., 1912-12-13
GREEK WAR FLEET
BATTLES TURKS
IN AEGEAN SEA
Constantinople Flashes News
of Marine ClaSh-Sultan
Loses Land Fight.

BERLIN. Dec. 13.--Special dispatches
from Constantinople to-day said that the
Turkish and Greek fleets were engaged
IN battle In the Aegean Sea.
LONDON. Dec. 13.--Gresk troops to-
ia. defeated "A detachment Of the Turks
nj Penteplgadia. Atty miles from jan
ma. according to advices received here
from Athens. II was also stated that
Greek and Turkish batticships were
hshting IN the Aegean Sea. ..s -.,
CoNSTANTlNoPLE. Dec. l3.-The
Turkish delegates to the Peace Confer
ence In London have been instructed by
the Ottoman Government to decline to
meet the Greek delegates until Greece
has signed the armistice.
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PARCELS POST LIMITS
PER|SHADLE ARTICLES
TO SHORT DISTANCES
All Must BE Well Packed to In
sure Carriage--Ban Is Placed
on Many Things.

WASHINGTON. Dec, ls.-According
to the regulations governing the parcels
post system. PROMULGATED by Postmaster
General Hitchcock. perishable articles
may he sent through the mails only
under specific restrictions as to their
containers and the distance they are to
no sent. Butter. lard, hsh. fresh meats,
dressed fowls. vegetables, fruits, berries
and similar articles likely quickly to de-
cayl may he sent for short distances,
when securely packed. EGGS will be &C.
cepted for lo,al delivery when packed
properly In a container; and for any
distance when each egg Is separately
packed In perfectly secure manner.
No restriction is placed on the mail
ing of sailed, dried, smoked or cured
meats, but fresh meat viii be trans
ported only within the FIRST zone.
Fragile articles. Including millinery
toys. musical Instruments and articles
OF glass in whole or In part. must be
securely packed ana marked fragile -
Articles that may mot be sent by
parcel post include Intoxicating liquors
of all kinds. po!sons. poisonous AMI
mails. insects or reptiles, explosives OF
every kind. inAnmmable articles. in
GLIDING matches. Internal machines
pistols or revolvers. disease germs, any
obscene, defamatory or scurrilous mat
ter now prohibited by law. live or dead
animals or birds or live poultry, raw
hides or pelts. or anything having q
bad odor.
Books ana printed matter may NOT
be forwarded at parcel post rates, but
only at the pound rates of third elias,
matter. 90 10
The new parcels post stamps Will be
distributed by Jan ].
Each OF the twelve denominations viii
have Its own design. The titles Of these
designs are:
ono cent. Post once Cleric; two
cent. CITY Carrier; three cent. Rail
way Postal CLERK" four cent. Rural
carrier"; i've cent. Mali Train"a ten
cent. r"Stea mship and Mail Tender;
fifteen cent, Automobile Service;
twenty cent. ",Aeroplsne Carrying
MAR; ewenty-nve cent. ~ clarifying
seventy-hve cent. Harvesting; one
dollar Fruit Growing" s,s.,
The stamps are by IA isehes. and ere
all RED
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7 Wouldn't take In the Klein woman and
What happened to me?
~ was told by Nanny Mass, the beer
distributor that would have to move.
When ! explained the situation to my
lawyer he advised me TO get out OF
town 7 was away three months. I had
not been doing business again more
than mcnth-as n matter OF fact, I
was In actual business less than two
wcels--v.hen I was arrested.
II know of other American women
who have been raided because they re-
fused TO take In partners recommended
ny the trust hope all these women
will stick TO the truth as ! have done
and go searicssly before the Dlstrict-At-
tarney or any other official charged with
the protection OF public morals. and tell
all they know. II may sound strange for
me 10 talk Of public morals. but. I tell
you. had as the social evil Is. tho trust
makes II more OF a menace.
Allied with the managers OF the
truFt-thc men who control the houses
and handle the protection moncy-is q
nrcat army OF cadets-thousands and
Thousands of cadets. mon who 1.-Two on
the womcn's earnings. The trust en-
cournges the cadet system. The cadets
bring In fresh girls and when a girl
tries to foroSake a cadet the trust
hounds her and hounds her. 1t II al
actual fact that the trust moves c l.
panies OF from ten to twenty or thirty
or even fifty women from place to pllcc
ana from house to house. like moving
theatrical company. for ms @.
And the cadets move along with tho
women, watch them and check them
up. IT ls a frightful state Of affairs.
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SHIPPING NEWS.
PORT OF NEW YORk.
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DiEO.

PARKER.-On Friday. Dec. IL. MAR.
GARET PARKER. at the residence Of
her niece. Mrs. q. L. Perry. Is23 18th.
ST.. Brooklyn '.'
Notice OF funeral hereafter. .,
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S|X-DAy B|KERS ="
|. FAIL IN ATTEMPT
.TOLAP KRAMER
Cameron and Ryan Set Garden
Crowd Wild by Desperate
Sprinting.
WALTHOUR'S BAD SPILL.
Harry Payne Whitney's Offer
of $500 for Lap, Starts Sprint
That Ends in Mixup.
Slx-DAY BIKE RACE
SCORE AT 18TH HOUR.

EUrIHtr feCUrd HIB4 nlIe0 LAP
made by Rutt and Etoll in 1908.
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James =. Conway. Assistant CHEZ
Examiner of the Municipal Civil Service
Commission. resigned to-day his $500
position and was then appointed Chief
Examiner in the Brokers' Bureau Of the
state Insurance Department by Sup.
Emmett President Creelnnan expressed
regret at the loss Of 30 valuable an en-
ployee. but could not offer better induce
ments to Mr.. Conway on account of
budget limitations.
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low MRS. ooopE AIDED PRosE.
CuTiON OF GUNMEN.

The nature OF the aid which Mrs.
Mary Goode, the woman who testified
as TO graft conditions before the Alder
manic Committee Wednesday. gave 10
the Dlstrict-Attorneys Office was re-
vealed to-day. In investigating the his
tory OF the four gunmen after their ar
rest detectives from the IDENTIFICATION
ney's office learned OF the raid OF a gang
led by ''Gyp the Blood ON Mrs. Goode's
apartment. At that time he tore rings
from her fingers and Jewelry from her
waist. while threatening her with u re-
volver.
Mrs. Goode told them that "Gyp the
Blood" had taken the earnings OF a
young woman Inmate OF the house. and
through this girl the prose cution was
able to collect a mass of evidence which
would have been useful had the defense
attempted to prove good character for
any OF the gunner. The necessity for
using h.r evidence never arose.
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CHESSANDCHECKERS
Walker Favorite in Match
With ZapoIeon.
HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK
Championship. Tourney Near Its
End-Washington Chess and
Whist Club Notes.
HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK

In a determined effort to retain his
he has held for many years, F. B. Walk
er struck back sharply at his opponent,
L. B. Napoleon. during the past week,
winning two games and making the score,
to date, six to tive in his ffssor.. Walker
was threatened with defeat. Napoleon
having pulled up from q bad start by
winning four straight games.
Mr.. Walker now has a decided advan-
tage, as he needs only one more game to
make him the winner, while his oppo-
nent needs two, situation which appeals
very strongly to the more or less i'm
partial observer Of the match. but which
is not calculated to quiet the nerves Of
the principals.
The eleventh game, in which Mr.. Walk
er again took the lead, might be de-
scribed as somewhat ragged" both
players taking some chances, with the
usual result that one or the other meets
with sudden disaster. Mr.. Napoleon being
the victim in this case.
The next game which will be played
tomorrow night at the Capital City Chess
and Checker Club, will, of course. be the
most exciting of the series, as, in order
to prolong the match. Napoleon must win.
Both players have proved beyond a
ties, and they have both had to face try
ing conditions in the course Of the pres
ent match, and whoever wins will know
that he has been in a match.
H. c. Wootton and J. B. Chandler, two
of the leaders in the recent gambit tour
nament. are engaged in an informal
match of five games up just TO see who
is the best man. The match grew out
of the rivalry which sprang up during the
progress of the tournaments last winter.
and at present the score stands two to
one in favor Of Wootton. with much to
be said still on both sides.
The crucial point in the Evans gam
bit tournament came Friday night,
when Molkow and Rial came together
in division B. Molkow winning In his
customary fine style. Rial won his
game from Molkow in the first round
under rather trying conditions. but on
this last occasion was obliged to low
er his cOlors to his more experienced
opponent. This absolutely assures
Molkow Of first prize in the Evans
gambit tournament, with second place
still in doubt.
The halfway mark has been reached
in the problem solving contests, with
Thomas and Solomon tied in the
checker contest and Arends, Pratt,
Berner and G. H. S. tied in the chess
event. The contests have five more
weeks to run, and almost anything is
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power-and even hard. cold cash. as wit
ness Prof Rice of Rice Gambit' fame.
The latest inventor OF the perfectly
sound gambit' is A. Wagner of Stanislau.
and his creation runs like this:
1P-KB4 P-k4, 2P-K4 PxP. 3Kt-QBS
Kt-KB3, 4P-kKt4 Pot, P-k3. Pike
P-KR3, P-ktJ and Herr Wagner claims the
better game.
The only trouble with all this is that.
having played P-KB4. you might have TO
pay your opponent to answer with p
KB4 otherwise he might play P-k4 or
POI and not give your gambit chance
to gambol.
So much is published about the va
, rious gambits that it is well to remem-
Der that in master tournaments and
matches they have been practically aban-
doned, SO great has been the yield OF
wins for black. The following game be-
tween Spielmann, probably the most skill.
full gambit player alive. and Salwe is q
beautiful example Of how the gamble
pawn may be "regambited" at some crit.
| ical point of the struggle and turn the
tide of attack in Blacks favor.
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DO GOOD WORK.
Friends School Boys Have q Sue
cessful Field Day.

The annual field day at the Friends
School. held today on the grounds Of
the Country Club OF the school, was pro-
ductive Of two new records and of many
close contests. Marshall Low set the new
school mark in the high jump Of five
feet eight inches and in the broad jump
of twenty feet eight inches. The con-
testants were divided into four classes:
Intermediate midget. junior and senior.
The results:
ond, Dent; third, Blue. Time. DOS.
Intermediate shotput-Won. ]. Beall; second.
J. King; third, G. King. Distance. 35 feet
senior broad jump-won. Low; second, osgood;
third. f. Gates. Distance. 20 feet inches.
second. C. Roberts; third, j. King. Time.
Midget broad jump-won. T. Smith; second.
Senior 0-yard dash-Won, E. Gates; second
Patterson: third. Miller.
Junior high jump.Won. Brown second smith.
Senior pole vault-Won. Osgood; second, L..
Gates: third. Low. Distance, feet inches;
Kin ni' third, Robinette. Distance. 20 feet 8
Junior broad iump-won. n. Smith: second.
Brown; third, Robinette. Distance IA iee' ~
inches. y
Senior 1oo-yard dashmwon, Loy second E.
Gates; third. kenly. Time; 10. Go go Rovntop:
senior shotput-Won, Miller; second. osgood;
Junior pole vauit-won. NJ: Smith; sec9 1d
Boynton; third, Brown and Gates tiea. DiS-
Senior high jump-won. Low; second. osgood;
third, Miller. Distance. 5 feet inches.
Medals were presented by Mr.. Sidweli
at the close of the meet to each OF the
fifteen winners of events.
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College Men In Olympic Tryouts.

With the intercollegiate out Of the way
college men will now turn their attention
to the Olympic tryouts. The eastern men
will meet at Boston next Saturday and
those from the middle west at Chicago on
the same day. Present indications are
that the college men will be much better
represented in these official tryouts than
they were four years ago. This is due, In
a measure, to the announcement OF Sec
rotary James Z. Sullivan that the pres
ence of every college man who hopes to
make the Olympic team. will be absolute
ly necessary The committee let it be
known that it does not intend to use as
much leniency in this regard as 1T did
when the London team was selected.
There are two reasons for this attitude
One Is that the committee is relying on
the Boston games to secure goodly por-
ton Of the funds to defray the expense OF
the trip to Stockholm. The management
ID expecting tremendous crowd and re-
ceipts amounting to $4,000 from the
Boston meet. with possibly $4,000 from
the Chicago games. The committee knows
that the only way to get the crowd out is
to have all the college and club stars in
competition. There Is no doubt about
the presence of the club men, because this
will be their first and only opportunity
to make the American team. College
men. on the contrary. have been compel
ing in dual meets all spring and will like
wise have finished the intercollegiate.
There Is no doubt that after the inter-
collegiate championships the American
committee could have stated just about
what college men could be taken on the
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MAKE SELECTIONS JUNE 10.
Athletes to Compose Olympic Team
Will Be Picked.

NEW YORK. June Final arrange
ments for the selection of the American
Olympic team have been completed and
Monday. June 10. promises to be red
letter day in the annals OF American
sport. On that date the various sections
OF the American Olympic committee will
meet to decide upon the athletes who
shall represent the country in the inter-
national track and field meet to be held
at Stockholm. July to 10. The confer
ence which will be held at the Waldorf
Astoria in this city, is expected to be one
of the most exciting sessions of the Olym-
pic season and will be attended by prom
inent athletic authorities and press repre-
sentatives from all parts OF the country.
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HAS BEGUN PRACTICE.
Champion Polo Four Expects Harder
Contest This Year Than last

NEW YORK. June lit is a significant
TACT that Meadow Brooks crack polo
four. successful defenders OF the inter-
national polo trophy, has already be-
gun practice. The Waterburys, Whitney
and Milburn, ]. S. Phipps, L. e. Stoddard,
Malcolm Stevenson and G.. c. Rumsey
are now seen daily on the field. Ameri-
can polo players are well aware that the
next British team that comes over on
the cup quest will he stronger as team,
If not individually. than the four that
was defeated on the last trip. Every eff
fort is being made to keep the American
four at the top of its game, and TO bring
along the promising members OF the Sec
ond string, so that they will be able to
fit into the combination play easily
should anything happen TO the regulars.
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team. but all OF them will be required to
compete at Boston also unless this COM
petition interferes with very important
examinations.
If all of the college men turn out as
expected the games will furnish about the
first important test ever made of the COM
parative ability of the college and the
club athletes. This is the question which
has never been settled.
For instance. there is a difference OF
opinion as to whether the colleges or the
clubs have the best sprinters. distance
runners, murders and field men. Four
evenly divided between the college and
the club athletes. At London the col
lege men. counting graduates as well as
undergraduates. slightly outscored the
club men. That was rather bad year
for the collegians, but it is believed that
they are stronger this year than they
were in 1905.
OF all the races on the program at
Boston the one which is attracting the
most attention is the 1900 meters, in
which it is expected that ]. P. Jones of
Cornell will try conclusions with M. w.
Sheppard and Kiviat, the latter two Of
the Irish-American Athletic Club. Jones
has never competed against any club man.
but 1t is said that both of the New York
ers are itching for a race with him. and
believe that they can beat him out in
spite Of the fact that Jones is now the
holder OF the worlds one-mile record
OF 4. 10 20. hlV1at IS undoubtedly In the
very best of shape. as he showed a week
ago. when he hung up new world rec
ord of $50 2-5 for the 500 meters.
With Jones in the shape that he was a
year ago there is not much doubt in the
minds of the experts that he will defeat
the two club men. The Cornell man has
phenomenal endurance, in addition to
which he has great sprinting powers. A
more even race between Sheppard and
Jones would be in the 500 meters. and it
is just possible that they will meet in
this, either instead of or in addition to
the 100 meters. The meeting between
these two men at any distance would re-
suit in a historic race and probably .
new record for any distance they ran.
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Chess problem No. 5 gave the solvers
quite a bit Of trouble on account of the
unusually plausible tries"
Several Incorrect keys were sent in,
among them K-R2. which Is defeated
BY QSKt. and XXI, which is beaten by
B-K7; one solver sent In BRO as the
key move. but P-Kt6 for Black stops
everything.
Checker problem No. proved an easy
one, practically all solutions sent in being
correct.
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FLYNN WILL NOT
Be AN EASY MARK
Heavier and Better Condi-
toned Than Ever When
He Meets Johnson.
PALZER AND WELLS
BEST HEAVYWEIGHTS
Now in Sight for a Good
Match-0ther Gossip of
Padded Ring.
BY JAMES J. CoRBETT,

Former Heavyweight Champion OF the World.
Special Correspondence OF The Star.
NEW YORK, June 1. 1912.
Here in the east the apathetic feeling
that exists toward the coming champion
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WASHINGTON CHESS
AND WHIST CLUB NOTES

"As to the Soundness Of Gambits" is
a chapter of chess long since closed by
the masters. and the verdict rendered
against the sacrifices: but chess devotees
will argue the question till doomsday ex-
pending thereon untold calorieS OF brain
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-02
Problems.

Problems.
Address all communications, solutions,
etc, to Capital City Chess and Checker
Club. 18th street and New York avenue
northwest.
PRIZE PRoBEEI so. 8.
BY ]. JUCHL-1S9s.
BLACk-9 PIECES.
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Evans Gambit.

(a) The most conservative defense: the capture
of the second pawn gives White too much de-
yelopment.
Obi The object OF this ''gambit'' Is to place
Whites Q where she can be attacked.
(c) II BxP, KtxB! and Whites operations must
halt while the Kt Is disposed OF. and
Black could castle.
Id Now the Black king is safe, and the splen-
did action Of the Black BIS speedily ends the
game.
lelLfEe force OF blacks ast move is now
~saclearly visible tS the FAXED eye -
Id Whites last gasp" This and the next
move form sort Of "foriOrn hope" more forlorn
than hopeful.
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CENrER-CouNTER GAMRIT

(a) Although this sacrifice Is unsound, Black
would have had a playable game had he not
transposed his moves afterward.
(bJ BxKs would perhaps have been better at
this point.
tc) BxKt would also have been better here and
would have given Black fighting chance.
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ship battle be-
tween Jim Flynn
and Jack Johnson
is In startling con-
trast to the senti-
ment throughout
the middle west
and south, from
which sections of
the country | have
recently returned.
In conversation
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sylvania shells and learned all of his
rowing at that. time. He has kept in in
innate touch with the sport since his own
college days. and although his main BUSH
ness Is teaching English at Princeton. he
gets much pleasure from his work of in
structing the Tiger oarsmen. Probably
1t is source of some embarrassment to
Ellis Ward that his former pupil should
have developed crews to beat the Red and
Blue on two successive occasions.
In spite Of Princeton's excellent show
ing on the water there Is no danger that
the Tigers will depart from the decision
they announced some time ago of not
competing at either POughkeepSie or New
London. DR.. Spaeth maintains that the
four-mile race is entirely too long for
university undergraduates and that he
will train all of his crews for races of
two miles and under.
The success of the Princeton crews con-
stitutes an unanswerable argument In IA
vor of a reduction of the distance of the
Poughkeepsie and New London races from
four to three or even two miles. There
has been no lack Of interest in either OF
the triangular regattas in which Prince
ton competed. and all the college races of
the American regatta, which were over
course OF one mile and f1ve-siXteenths,
were thrilling affairs. They support the
argument OF those who favor the shorter
distance with the contention that two
mile race either at Poughkeepsie or New
London would be of sufficient length to
hold the interest of the spectators and
far better for the physical well being of
the oarsmen. If Princeton persists in
her determination to row only two miles
the Tigers may WELD powerful inf1u-
ence in inducing the other colleges to
agree to a shorter distance.
Another factor which is likely to have
something to do with bringing the other
colleges to a more sensible view on this
point Is that II the Poughkeepsie and
New London regattas were cut to two
miles 1t would result in a great financial
saving to all the colleges concerned. The
principal reason for the two weeks or
more of preliminary training on the Hud-
son and the Thames is that on no other
courses can the crews train for a four
mile race. Practically all of them are
able to row the full two miles on their
home courses, and if this were ,-e dis
lance in their annual championship re-
gattas there would be no need whatever
to go there in advance of the regatta.