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MILLIONS TO IMPROVE LONDON
&4sO,OOO.OOO Expended on CITY
since Year 1875.

LONDON, April :t-A volume Of hg-
ures issued by the London County Cour-
Gil dates back 70 1856 and tells OF the
millions that nave since then been spent
In the making OF modern London. Apart
from the cash raised FOR annual revenue
the capital expenditure on the town since
1886 has been four hundred and eight,
million dollars. ono hundred and twcntr
81 these millions save gone 20 improve
tho streets. but many more millions wi,
have ~ be spent b. fore the thorough
fares are big enough for present require
mentS.
The drains OF London havc swallowed
up sixty millions Fifteen millions have
been spent on bridges and another l'tecr
IN driving tunnels under the Thames
Ten millions have been spent in p-oviG-
Ing parks and open spaces Tho clear
ance Of unhealthy areas has cost twelve
and a half millions. while new DWELLING
Cor the poor have cost over ten milinnr
Ninety millions have gone Tor educa-
tor. ana the iunaHc asyluus have takep
hfte-rn millions The capital eNpendltur.
on the tramways has eNcelicd sixty NIL
ions
To keep things going tho London County
Council draws about thirty-dve millions
out OF tho pockets of the rat"paycrS \.
there are -four and n half milton ir
habitan's, however,, the cost OF things I.
after all only about s. 20 head.
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Vxlo 81
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z dealt and bid two clubs That this
IL not "A two ciup bid nor anything but
n shade will be evident 20 any person
who knows the modern system OF bidding
When a passed bid two no trunps
He figures on six clubs on two perhaps
three. diamonds. and a heart or spade.
game.
r led the diamonds IN order 20 avoid
leading from honors not IN sequence In
the other suits. Y led the club queen.
willing TO lose a club trick now that he
rad made one extra In diamonds. and A
son with the king. A came back WI, \
the heart eight 20 as to beat dummy.
put on the ten and won with the
queen. Knowing A could not hold either
Jack or ace OF diamonds, r tried the
small spade. This allowed A TO lead the
Jack OF hearts through Y. A winning tn
fourth round with the nine and coming
through with a spade Seven tricks To-:
A and p against the contract. Bad origi-
nal cali by Il IL responsible for this.
Those who persist in looking upon me
nullo as an additional game going declar
alton TO gamble with and who bid Il ms
deaier. IN spite OF the warnings that tn =
SUN has consistently given against TIL
danger OF such n practice. are continually
coming 70 grief Here Is a hand sent
from P'ttsburr. where they seem 10 have
the idea OF the uses OF tho nullo badly
twisted.
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These twenty-five letters will spell five
common English words n they are pickle /
out in their proper order the chief DIFF
6cuty being TO find the starting point.
The rule Is that the solver may starr
from any square but the centre one. Tho
hrst letter being selected the next mus,
be one square 10 ihr right and two At
right angles, upward. For tho second
move there must be a break OF one extra
square downward. II that square Is
nlled the move In 10 the next one below
the one finished on.
Suppose that one word was resume
the last word having ended with IN" We
begin NJ tho second lettor on the top
line and break down to "e" on the accon
line from tho bottom. Then up TO IS
second line from the top, ana down TO
"a" making Tire break again. and 40 on
Solv.rs should give the num- ers of the
squares In the order in which they are
reacr - as that Is the CHIEF difficulty
rather than finding tho I'VE words them
selves
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2;:''.'s
Xf,4s
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q dealt and bid two diamonda Not
knowing whether Y would call nullo or
no trumps. A bid two hearts. Instead
Of stopping to think OF tho strength Of
the defence already established by Zs
show OF three sure tricks in diamonds
and Us two honors In hearts, with clubs
and spades both probably stopped. y bid
two nullos, thinking only OF the invita-
ton extended by his partners original
call.
What IL afraid off Why does he risk
such dangerous declaration a. q nullo
when the defence TO the heart declaration
seems to be clearly laid out?
4 very properly refused to support the
hearts. which might be nothing but an
ask for lead In case Y went no trumps
and the hand was played as nullo. b
led the club seven and put on the
king and led his singleton heart, Y hop
ing to hold the trick with the queen and
get q club discard for z. When A played
the eight and Y the queen. r took the
trick with the ace and led his remaining
club.
then led the interior spade six A
put on the ace, dropping the king and
jack. and led a small club, putting Y
In and allowing B and z spade discards.
A led the spade. on which A discarded the
heart seven. y led the eight OF diamonds.
which z ducked. A winning with the nine
and leading another small club, which al
lowed Il to get rid Of the last spade.
When Y led the heart A won the trick
with his carefully preserved king. and
played his ace OF clubs. so rs to give Il
| a heart discard. Then o small heart from
A put In and set the contract.
Had Y left A alone with his two hearts
| II would have taken some remarkable
| finesslng in trumps and getting In again
on clubs twice for A to make his contract
and he could never have made the game
no matter how he played the hand. This
| In simply another example OF the useless
ness az we'll as the danger Of employing
the nullo as a defence when Il 10 not
necessary to do 40.
Judging from some OF the hands re-
| ceived. there Ia q tendency TO stretch the
two trick call bit. just 10 show the
suitability for a rullo when there Is not
the other qualification. three sure win
| ming tricks. This IL very much like the
way players stretched the high spade bids
/ Just to show two suits. without due regard
! to the strength required TO Justify H.
Here In n hand. sent from Atlantic City
In which the third hand wanted the suit
| TO win tricks. not to lose them. only &c
| End that there was only one sure trick
in it. when he expected to find ace king
| lack at least.
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z dealt and bid Q nullo. according 70
the teachings OF some local writer, VII. n
he should have bid spade. A passed
THE SUN Ia asked how Y should show
that the nullo does not suit his hand at
all, II being part OF the teachings OF
the P!ttsburg school. II appears that the
third hand should be ready with a take
GU; at any time What Y actually did
was to bid a heart and get set for four
tricks on the play.
The explanation Of how this happened
10 interesting. b led two winning dia-
monds and then a spade. This Y held
and ruled with diamond. dis.
carding n spade. Y led a club, p playing
king and then small. getting n spade dis.
card on the third round and ruffIns a
spade. then led diamond. which A
trumped with the queen. Y overtrump-
ing, hoping to save his spade with a
trump lead. This allowed u to make the
ten and lead trump. so that A picked W
the Jack,
II the hand 10 left a. . nullo will
have a pretty play. A will lead the dia-
mond and b will win two rounds. A can
not have the three OF diamonds or he
would have started with the interior ten,
not the Jack A shift TO the king OF
clubs will enable a 10 lead that suit three
times. u discarding the spade on tho club
four. won by y.
Now comes the play. Y will put b In
with n small spade, as there Ia only
one smaller card out. the trey. and either
or Il must win the trick. X wins II
and puts q In with tie deuce OF Ola.
monds, A getting rid OF his high spade nj
the same time, 30 that Y and Y win all
TIN rest OF the tricks. and set the con-
tract for 100 points.
II y opens the hand properly with q
one spade bid A will doubtless call hearts
la t,,l,t ,..I,
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(a defence 10 be rrcoramended as II eener.
ally gives black a very cranped game.
10 bold liAy. but probably better Than retreat
r. the b-kt3
Ici THIS exchange enables white 70 obtain .
stron attack Bttrr would ha We been XXI
b3 upon which might have followed: 4. PAP.
kip. o. ht-B3. III OBS. with better 20.
atlon than he actually obtaired.
ID With this move the champion initiates .
vcry powerful attack which IL we'll worth the
% ThrcaWrins R-R. which would hAvc left
black without re sourcc.
% lie had 20 take the K, AZ once, for II Is
ORR. KiSB: 10. Ora, Kt--kBt; II RIO ch.
BAR ard black would have had moro than an
eGuvalru for TIT queen.
20 Tincss,nga little too dee ply. The obvious
move OF Ol--K would have won the e1chan e,
G. e., ~. DIRK, p-kB4, II O-R3 Or: ls
kt-kt5 o-kt mot 90, because OF R-kt7,
followed by QSRfp; 10 Kt-ks. R-k: 20. B-Kt7.
EAht: n. kxR. OAR. %. BAR. 0-kt: % R-K6.
kiSB;?f PSkt. Bxi. Black. howe yer. would have
had Two paws FOR the eSchanve ana the RI suit OF
the game would have been doubtful
~ II ID ... PIP: II. QR-K. P-KBA 10.
C-Oi with winning attack
% The wiuiing move. Black corles out OF the
melee with - pawn abe q and "a s.fe game.
~ Z Il. S-b3. KtXkt ch; 10 a. oxht. o-R3
wiitl.y Ne bishop.
a. ~ Rcr' sicu could now have forced the
game by The problem Ike move of2s. PIXIE
II %. PIP. N-R5 oh. followed b. RIP ma ;c. But
after having an easy win by simple play. he did
not trouble 10 LOOK for combinations.
PROBLEM NO .ss. BY DR.. E PALKosKA
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LUCK CHARMS FROM
EVERY AGE ON VIEW
Historical Medical Museum In
London Has Remarkable
Collection.
MANY LANDS REPRESENTED
Curious Pieces Carried by Own.
ers to Protect Them Against
Trouble and Disease.
MANY LANDS REPRESENTED
speetai cocrespondencs 10 rHs Soy.

yo,,,r., A,.u q, ri. 4,. >
~ da,,,,t,. -. ,;.., - =. ,,,,.aa,'
ianeou. chsrrs a, hor ,,ri., .nd ,ho !.
on the lookout for fresh ideas Will learn
c,udss sv.ry so,r, q, ,rcr s,,h,on, ,h., wo,,s
has known Thi. co,lec,,on a, a moment
whom every au,omohila bs. ,,s mascot
and every watch chain ia fetish. has a
rather ironical sigpincance and Illustrates
how little human nature has rrally changed.
The collection IA included IN the Historical
Medical Museum. founded nv Henry a
Welcome. and comprises Roman. Fsyptian.
Arabic African chinese .yanoneaa ana
European piecc. apcient and ,nodern
The Egvn,,an charm. inc,,d. .ev.ra,
small exampler Of tim, most famous and
potent Of ali. tho -Ankh - n, tcv Of life
which in Esyp,lan pjctures IN often sesn
in the hands OF divine personavss
But By far the nmones, IA that knovn
as the "uatchat.- To ward on the prevalent
ophthaltnia and other eva afection. ths
ancient Epyp.ians used IN trace on the
lower evelid a ,nayica, scro,, sbaned nat
tern with powdered antimony. and the
model of an eve 40 decorated tuatcbst,
was also worn as a charm.
There are also found ear shapcd charrns
against deafness. human teeth carved like
sIn.. nno.neI very raI" nguIe repre-
II In pain. II IL believed thut this charm
Is the only one Of its kind In existence.
~ou...
The Roman collection datee back 20 about
the time of Christ. The exhibits are made
OF copper bronze and are OF the usual
shapes. A very Interesting figure. con-
corning the nature Of vhich little is known
! represents a small horse, while another
shows a sharks tooth embedded In q clasp
Of metal. These arc rather bigger and
more clumsy than the Egyptian ones and
much less desirable a. ornaments.
| Beside the Roman exhibits are early and
late pieces from West and Central Africa.
the Congo and Arabia. Among these IL q
necklace labelled "Kub!l," or Kill sixty
which was no doubt worn by a Warrior
| ! here are also say eral wood crocodile. with
fiat, smooth backs. II IS said that these
| were used by doctors when puzylinv out "A
| difflcult case III. doctor rubbed the croco-
| dies back and the animal told him what
was wrong.
| The modern collection IL even more Sn-
| terpsting than the ancient +, il a reyela-
| ton In present day superstltions every item
| Of IL ha, Ing been recovered from he original
owners wit hin the ias, few years.
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There are no trumps and z Ia in the
lead. says he can force A ana q to win
louE or these six tricks. A disputes this
What is rs proposed line OF play and
ABS defence7
The distribution Of the cards 10 40 fol-
lows:
has the ace and deuce OF hearts,
clubs and spades: no diamonds
has the king Jack OF hearts, clubs
and spades. no diamonds.
has the queen ten OF hearts. clubs and
epades no diamonds.
has the nine Of each suit and the
trey deuce OF diamonds.
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TRIAL FAILS TO WORRY GoRKY
writer Plans New Home D~spi,-
Charge Brought Against U,m.

1T. PETERSBURG. April % Maxim Gc' J, }
apparently does not expect to b. great +,
disturbed by his forthcoming trial on \
charge 81 sacrilrgc iuRsmuch "a he ha.
rented and II ntinx up "A residence Ia 81
Petersburg
Gorky il writinua play which he expect.
10 produce az the Peoples Theatre, which Il.
to be founded In Moscow he h,i"Vc. that
the future Of tho stage Hes IN tho hands ot
the young democratic irtclliceu'iA, and thar
the plays al the future VIII bee romantic
melodrnma
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10 kt-HF mHVt
eff black plays K-R ia Is MATED on
the move Correct solutions are:
Charles willing. John A kinnier r. d.
Lyman. II. Atlas. Or. a. IL. Baldwin and
+. I. Heinz. ,
Late solutions 20 2S3 to hand from
Judge J. r. McCabe, J. r. D. Croft and
James Hyland.
Here T. position sent In by mem
Der OF THE StN Checker Club, which ne
thinks fine example of end play. He
does not know the composer:
PROBLEM NO c75. cHHcKRRs.
Rlack
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rHAr CHI ss PROBLEM.

This rather Interesting and decidedly
entertaining study in the tactics OF the
knight was arranged by @. T. Barber OF
London. II Is remarkable from. the fact
that while there are such a larg. number
Of pieces on the board not one OF them ever
makes a move except; the two white
knight. and the unfortunate black king
they are chasing.
Here is the distribution OF the pieces
White. seven pieces: K-C3. BIB,
kt-eKto. kt--QR2, P--Qt, P-KKt7 !.
P-kR5.
Black, twelve pieces K-QR4. R-OKt
R-kR5. BOB. Kt-Q2. kt-KKt.
Pawrs at QR3. QR5. K2. KB3. KSt5 and
KR2.
White to play. What In tho continue.
ton?
The answer Is thai white can mate IN
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w,itc 20 play and mate In two movss
SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO, Ns7.
/. kt--HS Pap 2. Q-Ks sc.
/ kt-B9. Bxit; 2. B--KtS CHI. 40.
/. kt-p3. p IA; . PIP ch. &c.
SOLUTION TO PROBLEM No, >ss
I R-QRt g.
correct solutions to both these problem,
received from g, IL, Common MontCiu!r.
x. J., James Roberts. Philadelphia. Pa
charles Willing Phi!adelphia Pa W illiem
Iunk, RdEeWuod, y J., James r Court,
Ncw York city, r. l. Phillips New York
city; T. T Walters Boston. Mass. 4 NJ
Tlander', lioh1ken, \, j.; n y winters
itustun, Mass GEORGE VI Rhodes. Baltimore
Nd james Wil.on, Rutherford. \ i. A y
Other. Now York city.
Correct solution received 70 No Al from
y. $, Barrett Brooklyn, n.
Correct solutions received to No <bs from
W, u. l.. r.. New York city. A 81 Jcrrey
Providence. H. |; William r. Reynolda
Mass; c : Sheffield Grantwood j.
" alter Olsen hronklvr, y V. Louis u
: hitler. hoEhury, Mas.
Additional correct solution. received -
S,s isi ana $50 from PROT \ I. Perry
nroak'yr. =. y ana R.uaurr prookiyn,
y Y, % No ,N from C, }. winchester,
Coronado. Cal
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Bernstein (whlte)-io pisces
20 H-KS KtSOp R-kB RAP
az, - u


td This e the stcinitz defence 20 the Ruy
Lopez. II black plays kip instead Il 10 called
The 81 flin defence.
90 1t Is necessary to exchange pawns At this
stag. CASTING Instead loses = pawn or the
exchsn e. by vsrI subtle Tapr.c: Css.
,ies PSpi PIP; 9. Bnk,. PnBi 10 912, R19
n-kBi; u. P.ns. Gbt 81: is kip. ,k,.kSi;
and wine II 10 oRxo instead, block play.
kkxQ and the play would be the came eStep,
is K--B and ~ is X KB; 10. XXX.
90 Up TO this point the moves arc identical
with those played tctween Capablanca and DR.:
Bernstein az San Sebastian. q game which was
won N NE style by Capabianca. bernstein hsv:
Ing duplicated the moves Of Capablanca and
Lasker those Of NJ m stein
10 But Llsker divorces Instead Of the Nx'
- QR-.ht, which was followed by IL
P--okt3. X --Kt<. Is ORC.
Wp Loss % time. Tho developing move ORR
u II II. Kt-Kra. oxKtP.
~ II 10. ktxPtB2l, BxKt. winning piece.
uO Black IL now pawn ahead. with the be =
ter position.
O. The s,rlplrs: way 20 win. Biack.e pawns
or the queens side will now be irresistible.
SECOND GAMr-Ot'TrN'9 PAWN OPENING
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This 10 unquestionably one Of the finest
eight card problems ever published. "A
Jim Dandy AS one solver puts It, Curl.
ously enough. the highest praise came
from those who did not solve It.
solutions came by the late mail for No.
272 from James f. Cox, q. c. Richardson
and Charles Sauer.
Here In an interesting little study
which can hardly he called problem
but which presents an Instructive lesson
In the tactics OF the new declaration to
lose.
NuLLo PROBLEM NO 27S.
BY r. @ Rraine
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ALPHABETICAL MAGIC SQUARES.
The principle OF the nasick square IL
that the numbers should add In the
broken dlagonais as well as straight This
Is an attempt to get away from the "a
miliar form OF simple up and down ana
side to side Another method OF getting
this variety while controlling II with sys-
tematic arrangement Is 20 employ the
move OF the knight at chess. Some ex-
tremely interesting problems have beer
built on this plan the one with the six
teen playing cards being perhaps the besl
known.
Here 10 an arrangement suggested by
q. H. Boston. who seems to have q special
sift for this sort Of problem:
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RICE CHESS CLTR BACK At ms OLD
HOME. CAFE BohEME. DO SECOND Az,
30 IMITATION FEE II scHoENBEnG,
CATERER
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White to play and win.
The position of the pieces is as FOL
lows:
Black men on .. IS ard II king on 81.
White men on 22 and &c kings on 10
and go.
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TIE SUN, SUNDAY. MAY 8, 1914.

Y can always make three clubs. two trump
tricks. heart and n spade.
Here is hand that shows an improper
response to two trick call:
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wound up with the match which the
Brooklyn Chess Club has agreed 10 play
with the Progressives on May 90.
During the absence of Frank J.
Marshall. the United States champion, at
st Petersburg. his new book. entitled
"Marshalrs Chess Swindles." has made It's
appearance ami Wall be a welcome ad-
dillon to the libraries Of the chess players
OF the world. Primarily, Il Ia u collection
%! the famous masters finest games. in
Guiding as matter OF fact few genuine
'swindles term which might well
sound hit dubious to the outsider hut
has well defined meaning 10 tho che So
player.
In pursuing the pages, In which are
given details OF the Americans victories
over the greatest players In the world. the
irony OF the title impresses one forclbly
The term ''swndle" was coined for
Marshall In Europe and has chung to him
ever since. II IL true that he has had
some narrow suuealSs and won games here
and there by the skin of his teeth In the
cours" OF his career, and this il the real
meaning the term "sNindies" was in
tended to convey. But IN II likely that
men ~ the stamp OF Lasker. Rublnstein.
Tarrasch. Capahlanca, Pllisbury, Maroc2y.
schlechter. Spiclmann. Tschigorin and
Telchmann can be 'swndled" over the
chcssboard with their eyes wide open
and playing for substantial stakes?
Thcsc victories. with those achieved
against siXty-four other opponents. are all
within the covers Of the new book The
total number OF annotated games reaches
1 81. and 1t must b. remembered tina; they
are selected from the twenty International
tournaments which Marshall has partici-
pat'd In during the last fifteen years
Tho openings adopted In these games
cover wide range, from the Music gam
hIf 10 his fuNOrife ntl,apfS d
cl'n"d, OF which thirty examples are
given. All told there are illustrated
twenty-elght openings. The preponderance
Of the close op"nlnEs Is due 10 the fact
that the games for the most part are from
international pay Eleven pages are de
voted to valuable analy SEES OF certain onen-
ugf
Following are tho score. OF two games
played by Champion Lasker against Dr.
bernstein at Moscow recently. The notes
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PROBLEMS FOR "SUN"
READERS TO SOLVE
interesting Variations in Capt.
Frank Roy's Composition
at Bridge.
TWO KNIGHTS AND A KING
Entertaining Study IN Chess
Tactics-Hidden Words
in a Square.
TWO KNIGHTS AND A KIM

Bridge problem No. 27S. by Capt Frank
nov had a number OF Interesting varia.
,ons for both attack and defence, some
~ vh,ch were bound to catch any but the
,,ost careful analyst As II usual with
,,obleu,s In which the adversaries are
mayed 10 win several tricks. the dim-
culty was 20 provide against the many
yavo IN which they might Jump on get
tns INTO the lead. Here 10 tho distri-
A,vsio0.
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-rr.rin Cblacn--io pieces.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-08-08

q ". Gun ST. freight ydIuS' 10y VI
boys blamed
VaIenta Spideck, working at Grand
Crossing Tack Co., overcome by heat.
Died before arrival at hospital
Coroner's verdict heart disease in
case of P. W. Coppersmith, 1850 Win
ona St.; found dead in rooming house
at zoos S. State st.
Painters Union Local TAT will meet
Tuesday night at 20 w. Randolph st.
for purpose of voting to reduce initia-
ton fee to $50.
Twenty thousand attended safety
first" lecture at Palmer Park, 111th
st. and Indiana av, Mostly factory
workers.
Jas. Lacey, 300 Tourney st., dead.
Ptomaine poisoning. Blame canned
salmon.
Mrs. w. Mahoney, 5o1s Sheridan
Road, hit by car at Clark and Harri-
son. Hip broken.
Mrs. MagdeIane Lasecki, 2e35
Gresham av, tainted and fell from
2d-story porch, Dead.
John Desmond, 10, 664o S. Honore
ST., fell on picket fence. Lung pune
tured. May die.
Stores on Davis st. in Evanston to
close all day Sunday. Davis st. Bust
ness Mems Assn responsible.
Four private bankers who wrecked
institutions indicted. Expect another
batch of true bills today.
Flat Of Otto Rice, 1928 Washing
ton blvd, burglarized. Got $500
diamond.
Girls League of Evanston to hold
swimming carnival at Patten gym
next Wednesday night.
Three hundred Hamilton Club
members held field day and basket
picnic at Ravinia yesterday
Will of Franklin II. Head probated.
Three daughters get equal shares of
1919, 900.
OnnE