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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-23

white pieces.
White to play and mate in two moves.
PROBLEM NO. 400. BY DR. z. PAL
KoSKA AND DR.. J. ORT.
Blaok-e pieces.
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A pRoBLKM IN ALGERIA.

Here 10 little brain racks- ~ the
mathematical sharps which has been sent
to THE SUN by Charles %. Shuldham, who
seems to have a gen us for matters Of that
kind:
In the following algebraic equst,sa
r'-46r = 600
Is greater than II, except for one value
OF r. What is that value? Solvers
should explain why this proportion is
true,
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There are no trumps and u 10 In the
lead. How can win another trick
against the best defence OF A and i..
The distribution OF the cards Ii as fol-
lows:
has the nine and six OF hearts, nine
eight seven SIX OF clubs. eight and four of
spades. no diamonds
A has the eight OF hearts, king four
shree OF clubs ace seven six Of diamonds
and seven OF spades.
Is has the ten seven OF hearts lack
ten nine OF diamonds, ten nine four Of
spades, no clubs.
has the Jack ten Of clubs, King four
three or diamonds six three deuce OF
spades. no hearts.
CHECKER BINDINGS.
\ the position shown in problem No. ESQ
arose In game between Buchanan ana
6titt ana the ending illustrates more tina,
onyt"nS else the Importance Of q play
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0o6 50
$50 760
Xas4
QH2 100 10 . o
CIV L Ok 10 -
;:!:;:

3 daa3e and bid no trumps on esusral
prinoipleA No ono took him out % A
led email diamond and 2 Won The tytch
WITH the queen. Then he led . ciub and
4 pssssd Il up. B winning with the 400.
Instead Of rstuIninG the Diamonds q
ossoA B took advantass Of ehs epportuo-
Nv to Iced 10 the weakness In hearts.
0ay1nG The deuce A won two rounds
With the queen and aoA and then led
de Jack Of spades. which was covered
BY the queen. king and AGO This
left the following position:
SHsD0S pRoRLBM NO. 3ei.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-09
JUNIOR WEEK AT COLUMBIA.
Will he Launched Tonight n
Theatre Party.

Junior week at Columbia University
begins tonight with a theatre party at
the Forty-fourth Street Music Hall and
lasts through Friday, ending with the
annual promenade In the ballroom OF the
Bitmore.
The glee clubs VIII hoId their concerts
tomorrow nighr, Wednesday will be
given TO fraternity teas and tie dansant
by tho Columbia Juniors for the third
year class at Barnard College. Thursday
the juniors Will join the alumni In ceie-
bratiRg alumni day" There Will be
stunts" FOR prizes by oil the classes IN
the gymnasium and a basketball game be-
tween Columbia and the University OF
Pennsylvania in the afternoon and dance
in the evening.
Some OF the natronesses ar the prom
enade Friday night will be Mrs, Nicholas
Murray Butler, Mrs. Andrew Carnegie,
Mrs. John ". FlaGler, Mrs. Seth Low.
Mrs, Joseph Pulitzer and Mrs. Frederick
p. Keppel.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-09
Y. W. @. A. STUDENT ROBBED.
1000 In Jewels stOlen-Two Men
Held as Robbers.

Miss Anna McClintock, wealthy young
woman OF Denver, who because OF her
interest I'm girls welfare work Is studyinG
at the Young Women's Christian Assoc
citation training school at Lexington ave-
nue. and Flfty-second street, was robbed
OF $1,000 worth OF jewelry and s. IN cash
ON Saturday afternoon, The police ar
rested two young men yesterday and re-
covered some OF tho jewelry.
Miss McClintock lives in room on the
tenth floor OF tho training school There
was an educational entertainment ut the
school on Saturday afternoon. which
brought many guests, Miss McClintocl,
spent her afternoon at the entertainment.
looking at moving pictures Of the work
the Y. w. c. A. has been doing in China
When the entertainment was finish ed
she went to her room. and discovered that
some one had broken into II while she
was down stairs. and the jcwelry and
money had been stolen. one of the miss
ing pieces of jewelry was her mother
engaSement ring.
She notified Mrs. Santee, superintendent
Of the school, and Detectives Hauser and
Oswald OF the East F'lfty-hrst street
station were sent to investigate. The
detectives found maid who said that
during the afternoon she had seen Ru-
dolph Wilson. employed until three weeks
ago as a cleri, In the school, on the tenth
floor. The detectives learned that Wilson
lived at 124 East 126th street. ana they
arrested him there early yesterday.
After they had questioned him for
several hours they arrested Albert Fran
ccsconl, a stenographer, 10 years Old, OF
26S2 Broadway. Both were charged with
grand larceny and spent tina night In the
East Fifty-first street station house.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-09
STEDMAN'S DEATH IS
DECLARED SUICIDAL
Cotton Brokers' Sister and
Others Agree That He
Ended His Own Life.

GEEENwiCR. Conn. Feb, s.--Thst Will
lam 4. Strdmnu, n New York cotton
broker, who died in the Greenwich Hos
pltal on saturday, was a suicide all con-
cerned In the case agreed tonight
Ho vas found unconscious In tho coal
cellar OF his house on saturday morning
with wounds IN his head and by his side
was a blood stained hatchot
Dr. A y. Clarke. tho medical examiner.
said that he examined Mr.. Stedman before
he vas sent TO tho hospital and had
reached the conclusion that the man had
killed himself in frenzy % insanity.
''J'hcre 10 nothing suspicious in the case
asa l have sent in report 70 the Corr
oner that Ny. stedman was a suicide
Miss Stedmnn, n sister OF the broker.
said that tho family was satisfied that IL
was case Of suicide and that there were
no suspicious circumstances.
"Of course. there will be no tnvest!s1-
ton" she said TO n Su% roporter "M-,
Stedman killed hi,n.e'' He had been in
81 health for long time"
Edward VI. Weld with whom Mr.. St-d-
man was associated N Stephen NJ. Weld
e. Co OF New York, said that no had An
vest gated 'he case carefully and was SAT-
isied that his friend had died by his own
hand.
Il have talked with all tho members OF
the Stednlan family" he said. and there
IS no doubt ths- Mr., S,e.iman was sui
eide lie passed through tho Kitchen 4
few minutes before I've went To the cellar
and there was not lime Tor any ono TO
have done him harm.
AT first II seemed strange 20 me that
he could have killed himself with a
Ratchet, but now. after n day OF investi-
CATION 1 am convinced that he was . sui
eide,
He had al operation for appendicitis
a year ago and came back TO work about
six months ago. We did not realize he
was working TOO hard. but he was. and he
broke down under the strain. He had
been IL for some time
The doctors who attended Mr., Stedman
in the hospital say that no fought their
attempts to save him by an operation
and said repeatedly that he wanted to die
silver knife was found imbedded in
ono of the wounds made by the Ratchet
Mr. Stedman had this knife, which be-
longed to his ten-year-old son. In his
pocket and tried TO stab himself with Il.
No request has been made to tho local
police for an investigation and mono to the
county authorities.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-09
BARRY AIDED SHACKLETON.
Play wright Gave $4,000 to south
Polar EApedtttOu.

II is Sir James VI. Barry, the play
wright. who has made it possible for Str
Ernest Shdckieton to make an eAped!-
tion of exploration IN the Antarctic re-
gious, according to the times this morn
ing Tho writer OF plays has contributed
$4,000 10 the ShaclNeton fund "A gift
which now assures the south polar OK
plorer all the means he requires for tho
equipment Of his expedition
was Sir Jsmes's stipulation that tho
gift not be made public. and the lSnowl-
edge OF II Is not yet general in England.
The expedition viii start from Buenos
Ayres next October the object being e.
cross the polar continent and emerge on
the shores OF Ross Sea, Il distance from
tho starting point on Weddell Sea OF
100 miles. The Barrii gift Will enable
Shackleton to start better equipped than
any other polar party. lie will have an
aeroplano motor sledges and 10 OF the
best dogs.
Sir James's friendship for Capt. Scot,
IL thought to he one of the main reasons
for the playwrights large gift.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-09

Tile chief parcel of property in the Wolf
bronchial estate IL "a six story elevator
apartment house at 1870 Madison avenue.
at the southwest corner OF Nincty-first
street. back OF the residence of Andrew
Carnesie. The property Is valued at
$4,000.
After i lad been in the hands of the
trust company for five months and was
paying no substantial dividends Joseph
bronchial wrote to Trust Officer Cardoza
suggesting a change Of agents from
Mooyer Il Marston. He inquired abou;
tho Beaver Construction Company and
pointed out that as an accountant he had
discovered that two profits were being
made out of the estate for work done
Trust Officer Cardoza refused to make a
change on the ground that it would not
be advantageous to the estate.
The manner In which the Beaver Con-
struction Company profited from the work
of APPROXIMATIONS was shown by many
vouchers produced before the referee. In
one case the American Elevator Company
mads bid OF $50 for job. which was
received by Russell Marston as member
OF Mooyer & Marston. agents OF the build
ing. Mr.. Marston then fixed the price OF
the Job at $3.50 and directed the Beaver
Construction Company 10 do the work.
On December 2. 1910. and December 3
thu construction company gave the con-
tract TO ths American Elevator Company
subsequently collecting the $3.50 from
the estate. bronchial also found that the
superintendent OF the trust company was
also the superintendent and manager OF
the Beaver Construction Company and
that the bookkeeper ana cashier for
Mooyer E. Marston was secretary and
treasurer OF the Beaver Construction Com
pany.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-09
TWO CITIES HONOR TILDEN.
Features of Centenary Celebration
In Albany and New York.

Celebration Of the Tild.n centenary con-
tinues to-day at Albany. A joint session
OF the State Legislature will be addressed
in the afternoon by Lieut. Gov. Wagner,
Speaker Sweet and Dr. Tslcott Williams.
director OF the Columbia School OF Jour.
nalism.
The climax OF tho centenary comes to-
morrow evening at Carnegie Hall Presi-
dent Wilson IN Washington will press a
button and the throng in the hall here
will see unveiled r. tablet in memory OF
the dead statesman. The tablet bears
null length portrait, heroic size. painted
by Franklin Barber Clark, an American
pupil OF Bouguereau
Mayor Mitchell. Herman Ridder. Gov.
Baldwin OF Connecticut. Francis Lynde
Ststson and Charles s. Fairchild viii
speals. Miss Anna Case OF the Metropolis
tan opera Company will sing. The pro-
eramme will be In souvenir form. The
upper gallery Is to be open to the public.
Reserved seats are TO be had OF Albert
f Henschel. 25 Broad street
The New York Public Library 10 which
Tilden gave most OF his fortune, has
opened an exhibition Of books, manu-
scripts, portraits and views relating to
his career, The exhibit will be omen all
through February. There are text hooks
that Tilden used at school and at Yale
an engrossed copy OF his will many prints
ana photographs showing him. his home
and the proposed Tllden library
The Tilden Democratic Club of the
Nineteenth Assembly district will give n
dinner tonight in West End Hail. a26
West 125th street. Franklin u. Roose-
welt. Samuel Cntermyer Fire Commits
sioner Adamson. Judge O'Dwyer. presi-
dent OF the National Democratic Club ;
Henry de Forest Baldwin and Stuart q.
Gibboney are 10 speak.
A bust Of Tllden by william Ordway
Partridge will he shown.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-09
AUTOS KILL FEW ON
HIGHWAYS OF STATE
Most Fatal Accidents Occur in
titics-ln Jersey It's
the Other WAY.
FOREIGN CITIES SAFER
More Crushed in Los Angeles
Than in London. Berlin
and Paris.

The National Highways rroto.'iNa .'"-
cic'y has sent out figures showing the
comparative number Of fatalities tue TO
stree; traffic IN tho principal cities ol
New York and New Jersey for the year
1913. and with thcse gives for purposes
Of comparison similar figures for Amer
lean and European cities for 1919.
Tho society points out that the street
railway mileage in Europe is small Is
compared with that of the United States
Automobiles are also more common in
America. there being two and a half times
as many motor ears "a the state of New
York az In III, whole t;crntalI Empire.
with respect 10 tn" fatalities in New
York and New Jersey "a curious difference
is evident SAYS the report Of the socic:!
while in New YORK state the automo
bile fatality rate per million OF population
is highest I'm the large cities aud lowest
in the small towns and in the open Couu-
try, in New Jersey the rate ia highest in
the small towns and IN the rural districts.
while In the largo cities III, rate * uuta-
bly, lower. and generally lower than fCr
cities of tho same size in Now York state
This is probably du" principally to two
causes: In New York State by far the
greater part of the population lives in the
cities. ana these cities 10 along "a few
we'll defined traGs routes Tho larger
part OF tho automobile traffic Is within
or between these Cit.e-. Outside 80 these
traffic lanes the country Is thirly popu-
lated ana automobile traffic is very light
In New Jersey. Oh She contrary. the whole
northern part OF the state is dotted with
towns ara cities OF moderate size. There
IL large volume OF automobile traffic
between all these points along excellent
roads which penetrate ucarl" every
square mile Of well populated rural
country" Tho report gives these figures
PERSONS KILLED PR MILLION OF poPu.
LATlON. 1913
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-09
SAYS sing sing CAN
BE AN IDEAL PRISON
superintendent Riley Would
Spend $780, 900 for New
Cell Block.

ALBANY, Feb. s.-John Il. Riley, state
Superintendent OF Prisons, In hts annual
report recommends an appropriation of
100000 TO build a new cell block at Sing
Sing He favors also the equipment OF a
special hospital at Clinton prison for tho
care of tuberculosis convicts and the
amendment of the Penal Law so that all
first Offenders except murderers and
others whose offences are extremely he'll
nous shall receive sentences without term,
leaving II for the Board of Parole to de .
ternine how much longer than a year such
prisoners shall serve. Mr.. Riley would
make Sing Sing prison the only place
where capital punishment shall be in
filcted. The report will be submitted TO
the Legislature tomorrow.
Supt. Riley says that Sing Sing can be
made an ideal prison adequate TO house
1900 prisoners by the construction of a
new cell block. With convict labor he
says he would be able to construct this
block for approximately 100000. Tho
Commission on New Prisons has recon-
mended the abandonment of Sing Sing
but Supt. Riley takes "A different view. 4
new prison capable of housing 1900 pris-
oners would cost the State over $1,000
600, according to estimates by architects.
Ia advocating the amendment OF the
Penal Law 80 as to do away with definite
sentences in the cases OF first termers
Supt Riley says:
Certain Judges, especially in Greater
New York. sentence convicts for much
longer terms for the same offence than
are generally imposed by Judges In other
parts OF the State. The prisoner who
finds upon comparing notes with his fell
low convict that he Is called upon TO serve
"a term Of ten years. while his associate
Is only required TO serve two years and
SIX months for the same offence. feels and
has risht TO feel that gross injustice
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-09
SAYS SUFFRAGE Is DOOMED.
Mrs. Dodge, President OF Antis,
Happy AZ Democratic Action.

w,s,rscroS r.h s-Nrs A-b,- ~
Dodge OF E.u, Snr,, r-.eider, ~ ,ha
Na.,nr,i Asso,r,a,,o, on,,..-I ~ Vo,,a :,
Suffra.r. tnrcsees IN. ,'itInata Jo,a,, ~,
,o,nan srrfrara n.ra,,se .h. Ja,I,ros w.
noI,,icians ~ the country havn aw.i,.noS
"a rea,i2a,ion of the "a. ra, ~
boa st.d s.renrth N. tho suH-ayI.,s I.
largely mythical The ants Oh, say.
vii maLa n ach, IN .vcrv STATE w n
statement sne Continues.
.-rhe Ss.,o,al Assnciatior on,os.d .,
Woman S,,Yrare Is now in a nos,,ion IN
Az tho en,,.i franchIsa rronay,rds an
clsar or, dee,i,e ,,nes .rhe e1ryr,.,,s,s
deprived Of their forioru hone Of E.derai
intsrss, mus, rnee, ne To- ,ra t,d,v,6uai
Sta.ss v,icb 4. ex,c,,v what ,hey hsya
not wanted 70 40 Thu f.a, ,h. ras,,,
-, ~ 80
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-09
MUST Be CHANGES IN
FACTORIES, SAYS LYNCH
Otherwise Under New Labor
Law Forces Will Have to
Be Reduced.

ALBANY. Feb. S.--The number OF per
sons that may occupy a factory building
above tho ground floor is now limited by
the total width OF the stairs that serve !,
exits and by the distance between tho
floors OF the building. These limitations
are contained In new section OF the
labor law that became effective on Feb
ruary /.
Substantial reductions in the working
force in many factory buildings will have
To be MADE unless the owners take steps
at once to come within the requirements
"f this new section said State Labor
Commissioners James VI Lynch to-day.
II Is provided that the number Of per.
sons that may be on any floor shall be
fourteen for each eighteen inches OF stair
width II the height between floors ex.
ceeds ten feet the new section of tho law
viii allow one additional person FOR each
sixteen inches OF excess. Should the stairs
be OF the winder type there Is a deduction
or 10 per cent. OF the number otherwise
allowed. II the building is equipped with
proper automatic sprinkler system the
capacity OF the stairs is theoretically in
creased so per cent.
Let US assume that We have a factory
building that IS 100 feet long and so feet
wide, with two stairways, one at each end
az diagonal corners" said Commissioner
Lynch to-day The stairs are feet i
inches wide between str!rgers. or units
of Is inches. The hv!gh, from roor 20
floor - II feet inches. or sufficient 10
allow fifteen persons per stair unit
'Th. capacity OF each stairway is forty
five. The combined capacity Of the two
Is ninety persons. With an automatic
sprinkler system the capacity of the stairs
is increased 80 per cent.
I'VE hnd. therefore. that in a room con-
tanning 5000 square feet OF floor space,
assuming all conditions TO be OF the best.
i33 persons may be employed. II such a
building were divided In the middle by a
fire wall properly erected and fitted with
Are doors II would contain two areas ap-
proXlmatng $500 square feet.
Assuming that one-half of such space
were occupied by machinery. tables and
stock, there would stll remain $3.50
square feet of free floor space. Under this
law such free floor space would permit
tho employment OF $50 persons upon the
entire floor
This example emphasizes the value OF
fire wall. Another important feature is
the requirement for the proper enclosure
OF exit sta!rways. Such stairways must
be enclosed IN partitions Of freproof o.
hre resisting material. Otherwise they
cannot he counted as serving the purpose
OF exits within the meaning OF the law"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-09
WOMEN TO WHITE LIST PLAYS.
Anti.sunrsgists to Attend Good
shows In . Body.

The executive committee Of the New
York State Association Opposed to Won
an Suffrage has decided to have q white
list of theatrical performances A. plays
prove themselves suitable TO tho taete OF
the association theatre parties VIII be
held for the members OF the association.
The parties will have As their aim the
public Endorsement OF the play ana the
encouragement Of the playwrights actors
and managers
ut Is time" said Miss Alice HIN Chit
tenden, president of the association. yes
terday. that women take n part In re-
establishing a proper standard for dra-
matte productions. standard that has
been lowered by some women. Our list
will be In marked contrast to list which
might be made UP by some women in New
York, women who. may say. are promi-
nent In the suffrage movement and who
favored The Lure. The Fight and other
unpleasant plays"
The nrst play to be benefited by the
white list 10 Rachel Crotherss Young
wisdom" Two hundred anti-suff "a gtsts
will attend the performance on Thursday
evening. February 10.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-09
COUPLE HAVE GOLDEN WEDDING.
College Point Tailor ana wife Hosts
at Banquet.

Nicholas 1mandt Of College Point. H. J.,
whose grandfather was tailor to King
Frederick William ", OF Prussia. and his
wife. celebrated their fiftieth wedding an
nivcrsary last night at the Fifth Avenue
restaurant, zoo Fifth avenue. The couple
were married all over again in the green
room. and then marched at the head OF a
procession Of friends into the dining room
while an orchestra played the wedding
march.
The tables for the $50 guests had been
arranged In the form Of Maltese Cross.
in the centre of which was a little table
for Mr.. and Mrs. lmandt. With them sat
their youngest grandchild, Master Eugene
Payne. son of Mrs. +. NJ. Payne. Tho
decorations were carnations and poin-
settias.
The bride and bridegroom were born
seventy-two and seventy-three years ago
respectively In Trevcs. Prussia. They were
married there February 4. 1864, and came
to New York two months later Mr.
Imandt Is a tailor at 227 West Thirty
third street.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-09
PLANS WAY TO AID THE IDLE.
Bruere Wants Employers Havins
Places to Fiji to Notify City.

Henry Bruere. City Chamberlain and
chairman OF the committee on tho un-
employed, recently appointed by the
Mayor said last night that he and his
colleagues were trying to work out a
plan OF cooperation between employers OF
labor and the city authorities by which
the number OF the unemployed can be re.
duced materially.
He would like to make some arrange
ment by which corporations needing men
would notify some city official, stating
Just what sort OF men were needed. This
information could be used In finding places
for the unemployed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-09
SHOTS STOP FLEEING BURGLAR
detective Nabs Man Coming From
WOman's Apartment.

some one In an apartment at IS West
18Th street yelled burglar" about 10
o'clock last night. Others In the same
0undlns took up the yell. Detective
Healev OF the West l25th street station
"li"ed IN time to SEE a man climbing from
, N.ldow Of the apartment OF Mrs. Lillian
"PlHo"itz on the ground floor
~" called to the man 10 stop, As the
iesi.re kept ON his way IIealcy fired two
SHOTS m the air and the man surrendered
era vas taken 10 the police station lie
sac ns name as Louis AXt, 10 years old,
" l.6 West ll5th street. and said no was
z salesman.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-09
BAY STATE SUFFRACISTS MADl
They're stirred By Cards Meant to
Hurt Their Cause.

BOSTON, Feb. S.---Local women suf-
fraRists are indignant over the recent
distribution ut the State House Of num-
her of obscene cards which they decla re
were circulated in an effort to hurt their
cause.
The cards bear an alleged quotation
from a speech Of Mrs. Pankhurst. They
are of such a character that no woman
connected with the movement could be ex-
psctsd to comment publicly upon them.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-09
"SUN" HELPS WITH
INCOME TAX KNOTS
Questions Answered for Those
Graphing With Problems
Of New Law.
TAXABLE PERIOD or 1913
Payments on Five-sixths of In
cOmc-NO Deduction for
Living Expenses.
TAXABLE PERIOD or 1871:
THE Sun will answer any inou,r,s,

THE SuN will answer any inquiries
regarding tho Federal Income tax.
While the information furnished will
be correct to the best Of THE SUNS
belief. no responsibility for the inter
pretations can be assumed by this
paper The column of answers, which
Will appear daily, Is meant merely for
tho convenience OF THE SUNS readers.
1t Is in charge OF Babson's Statistical
Organization.
INQUIRIES should he addressed 70
I'VE SUN Federal Income Tax Depart
ment They must he brief. clearI,,
written and bear the inouirer's al,
name and address Initials ONLY viii
be used In the answers.