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Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-30
COunterfeiter is
Held at Waterloo

WATERLOO. Ia, Dec. 2e.--J. ]. Lyons
and Fred Miller were arrested last night.
charged with cOunterfcihng. Lyons con-
fessed that he knew counterfeit dollars
were bade by Miller and another man.
now at oelwein. Lyons said he got
knowledge OF the counterfeiting through
furnishing Miller with copper aud zinc,
which he got while At work at the Illinois
Central shops.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-30
Blease Gives Forty
Prisoners Freedom

COLUMBIA. S. c.. Dec. 2s.-Forty-four
state prisoners. including ten serving life
sentences for murder, today obtained
clemency from Governor Cole Blease.
making total of LASS that Governor
Blease has liberated in the last four
years, One life-term prisoner WAS par
doned and nine others were paroled.
Twenty-three Of the prisonersfwere serv-
ing sentences for homicide.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-30
st. Joseph Saloon
Keeper is Fatally
Shot by a Bandit

ST. JOSEPH. Mo-. Dec. 2e.-A. X. God
sey. a saloon man. was fatally shot last
night by robber. Godsey and the seven
other men in the saloon thought II was
joke when two men entered the place
with srevolVers When Godsey realized
the situation he crouched behind the bar.
One of the bandits reached over the bar
and shot him in the back. The men es-
capped without getting any money.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-30
FORTY LAWYERS DIE FOR
FRANCE ON BATTLE FIELDS

PARIS, Dec. IA tablet has been
placed in the court OF appeals in Paris
on which Is inscribed the names OF forty
attorneys practicing In this court who
have fallen In battle.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-30
The Weather

Forecast till p. m. Wednesday,:
For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity
Fair, with rising temperature.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-30

WAR SCENE ON THE EASTERN FRoNT-Austrian
soldiers looking out of their dugouts crest of the Car
pathan Mountains
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-30
Reports from stations at Z r. M.

Il indicates trace Of precipitation.
L. A WELSH. Local Forecaster.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-30

Normal precipitation ....a..... .03 inch
Deficiency for the day...... 02 inch
Total rainfall since March /. 25.Sl inches
Deficiency since March L.. 33S inches
Deficiency, cor period. 1873. 6.5l inches
Deficiency. cor. period, 1912. 426 inches
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-30

Temperature at Omaha Yesterday.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-30

20. SO for so.' q yoS plan s e 80. Ss
have Ths nee mailed 10 ycu.
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SPADE BID TACTICS
AT ROYAL AUCTION
Dealers Declaration Often a
Source Of Confusion to
Second Hand.
THE MODERN CONVENTION
Reply Sometimes a Double,
Sometimes a Call Of
Two Spades.
THE MODERN CONVENTION

Probably one OF the most confusing
matter. for the beginner at royal auc-
,,on 4. ,,o nronor ,a,d,,,. NV tho sec.
$3.50, 90.
oho oiuuer vi inc ueaers 'paue Jus
especially when the chief strength OF the
second bidders hand Is In ne spade SUIT.
THIS Is especially true wnen tne oeaieV
bids one spade only which may mean
anything. as II has no reference what-
ever to the spade suit ITSELF.
The old rule was always 70 snow tne
partner that he need not De AFRAID OF me
spade suit being run down against MN
II he has otherwise no trumper, The
usual method OF conveying TINS iniorma-
lon was 10 oouDle. Inc opJec.,on 70
the double was that " the partner did not
nave a no trumper IL gave tne o,her sue
n chance 10 redouble anu makts spaues
as GOOD as hearts, Win possibility OF
going game
IN oruer 10 avcio 'nis; ths seco"o
player would nor douoIe unless ne mao
iair chnnce 10 ueIea, ,ne contract. or AT
least TO stop the dealer from making
what would be game score AZ re-
oouoieo spa.es. in's rue" natu' any '.u
payers 10 uoupie ohly Oh iehsth anu W
reruse 10 uouoIe on snor' srehsth o,ie
constantly saw uoupies on SIX spaues u
the JACK pnt never on nee KING none.
On LOOKING tnrouen the iat.si woINs
"" ""N''O" o', '
IL dennite on TINS suDlect' AUCTION ie.
Velopments does NOT men',on u. ana
prscucaily ignores ,ne secoha r'uuer eN
cept when the deaier pios nve' SIX or
seven spades TO indica'e strong conpina-
tons IN other SUITS Ihat Is tne une
10 wait TOT the dealers partner 10 'ake
him out.
IL is In JUST euch constantly recurring
situations as this-when the dealer pias
one spade-that the oeeinner stanns
mostly In need OF advice because at the
outset OF the bidding he should be guided
entirely by convention. there being MOTH
ing as yet to base Judgment upon put
his own cards Declarations must be
made by rule. so that the partner may
/ be able to depend on them with con-
fidence.
I The first thing 10 impress upon the
second hand, when the dealer begins
with spade. Ia that " the object In
TO show the partner sitting fourth hand,
tina. he need not be AFRAID or that suit
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Y dealt on the rubber game and bid
spade. A doubled. his idea being to
show that he could stop the spade suit,
and Y passed. being satisfied to avail
himself OF the protection afforded by the
limit Of 100 in penalties
Now Is In Quandary. which 10 en-
tirely due to the ambiguous nature Of
his partners declaration. II A has a
couple OF sure tricks in spades and a
possible trick or so outside It should be a
game hand at no trump. But II A
simply has the spades stopped with length
In the suit 1t may be much better to
let the double stand, as there is not the
slightest fear OF rs going game In spades.
even II he Ii strong enough to redouble
This Is fair sample OF the difficulties
that are continually presented to the
partner by ambiguous bids. Il may be
missing a great chance for the game and
rubber II he does not go no trumps and
on the other hand he may be throwing
away a comfortable addition OF 100 points
to his honor score by not letting the
double stand. On the principle OF nothing
venture nothing win he finally decided to
90 no trumps, and was lucky to make
his contract even.
z led the small club which Y returned,
3 winning the third round with the queen.
Now II be proceeds to force discards from
the adversaries with the diamond suit he
There being only one good club against
him. he thought It better to play the long
spade suit and walt for some one else
to lead hearts. Dummy's Jack Of dia-
monds Is always a reentry.
Y put on the king OF spades second
hand and made his club trick. On these
two plays Y dropped the seven and then
the Ave OF spades. which encouraged z
to come back with a spade so as to save
his king of hearts. Y thought It best 10
make his ace while he was In, z discardine
the seven of hearts.
When led the heart b went right ur
with the ace and led the small diamond
to dummy. 80 that A made two tricks In
spades after all. Had Y led the heart
instead of the spade ace the result would
have been the same. as the spade ace dies
II the heart king makes.
Had Il known the exact nature OF thl
| hand on which A doubled, or under
stood that he was only showing the spade
suit stopped with length. he would have
let the double alone and they would have
set the spade contract for 100 points
| against simple honors This Is gar
OF SO points when compared to the ode
at no trumps, aces easy.
| A would probably open with a support
ing heart and r would put on the &C,
and lead three rounds OF diamonds before
returning the heart queen to ESTABLISH
| the Jack of that suit. As neither z no.
his dummy can ruff anything. their pla,
would be to lead three rounds Of trump
and then try out the club suit. The thir,
round Of clubs would 20 to B's queen ant
the two trumps left In AS hand woult
give A and b the odd trick. doubled.
The modern convention for the secon'
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II It's baseball that you're interested
In see what you can get out Of this
little tale OF personal experience by
Harry Devendorf. formerly secretary to
the late Vice-President Sherman.
To get the story properly ono would
have to see the earnest manner in which
Harry tells II. But, anyway, here It is:
Devendorf was manager OF a ball
team at Utica. n. Y, few years ago.
1t was a losing team and therefore the
great majority Of the fans thereabout
lost interest In the game. About all
Devendorf was able to acquire from his
efforts was advice. He got every con-
ceivable kind and variety Of advice
handed to him.
Finally. however. Devendorf became
80 weary Of the perpetual advice that
one evening, after a game In which the
visiting team had shut them out, s to O.,
he submitted q proposition to his little
band of volunteer counsellors.
"Ill tell you," he began. Here's
what I'm willing to do:
I'm going to let you ten boys be
managers Of the team for ten consecu-
tive games. Each will have his turn
and each one Of you will have absolute
control OF the team on his day.
"All I ask In return for letting you
have the fun of managing the team Is
that have the privilege OF advertising
each day which one Of You is in charge
for that day. All the friends OF the man
In charge will want to come to see how
we'll he does, and it's only fair that they
should be notified Is 1t a bargain?"
But one by one the fans allowed that
they didn't feel as II they ought to go
before the public as baseball managers
when the game was with them only a
side issue. 1t might look immodest or
undignifed on their part. They guessed
they would let Devendorf go along and
manage the best he could. He was
making a miserable botch of It. twas
true. but they didn't just feel like step
ping into the breach.
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Loud cries and shouts, as OF a man
trying to gain control OF herd OF ele-
plants, came over the transom from the
office Of Representative Frank B. willis,
who Is candidate for Governor of
Ohio. The Willis voice has a displace-
ment Of about q ton, and various other
Representatives In that part Of the
building came darting out OF their
Offices to find out what was the trouble.
One member even went so far as to
open the door and peek In. As he did
so a frail little man with a tea coored
mustache and watery blue eyes slipped
out OF the Office with a portfolio under
his arm. The sounds Of verbal musketry
then ceased and willis was seen seated
at his desk calmly as II nothing had
been awry.
whats up? Don't you know you
might have broken a window with all
those big. heavy sound waves?" began
the neighbor.
THAT fellow was q book agent" ex-
planned Willis In an Unconditional tone
"He came In to tell me what books I
ought to have; but think know what
books need Just as well as he does and
I told him So"
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hand when the dealer bids a spade 10
never TO double on length alone. but only
on the high cards. An important distinc.
ton 10 also made between doubling and
bidding two spades, but II IL as yet UNI
derstood by very few players
The double shows at least two sure
tricks In the spade suit itself and at least
one sure trick outside. There are never
more than three spades in the hand. how
ever.
When there are four cards in the spade
suit, as well as the two sure tricks and a
trick or two outside, the correct call Is
two spades. not a double. The distinc-
ton Is vital with a good partner. esre.
cially II the third hand interposes a bid
Of any kind.
The nrst bid, doubling, shows strength
without length and will assist no
trumper even II the partner has not
spade In his hand. The second call. two
spades, show length as well as strength
and will assist a royal II the partner
cannot risk no trumps.
II we go back to the hand Just given
and suppose that A held the necessary
qualification for a double under modern
conventions. we should rearrange the
cards something like this'
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The opening bid 10 the same, the double
comes In the same place. but 1t now has
its legitimate meaning. Y has even more
reason to pass than he had before. as the
spade Is his best suit: but has less
reason to bid no trumps, as his diamond
suit In not solid In spite Of this II he can
trust his partner for two tricks In spades
and a trick outside he has no other dec
laration than no trumps.
The difference IL that p goes game and
rubber. simply because the second hand
has the tricks that his bid implies.
Overcailing a spade with two spades
IL one of the most useful conventions In
the game provided the partner can de-
pend on II to mean exactly what 1t says
The greatest vice in bidding at auction Is
ambiguity. Any bid with double mean
ing is as fatal as II would be to have q
signal at sea that meant both port and
starboard
Here Is an interesting example Of a case
in which this bid would have been Of
peculiar value, but unfortunately the sec
ond bidder did not understand the impor-
lance Of distinguishing between double
and a two spade call as indicating the
number of cards in the spade suit, and so
an excellent chance to win . game and
rubber was missed:
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Erickson. Ralph Diamond, J. H. Noremac.
william ID. Clarke, p. J. McManus, Julius
oistein. John Ryan, A. w. Warwick.
James Murphy. Is. J. Walker. L. s. Hart
Jr., George Bauer. J. II. McGraw, G. l..
Lynn and J. =. DeGroff.
This one pulled down the list OF solvers
quite a bit.
Here IL a position sent to The SUN by
II. Il. Mckay OF Pttsburg. who would
like to know the author and would also
like to know how many members OF The
SUN Checker Club can solve II. as II has
stumped most Of the talent In western
pennsylvania.
PROBLEM NO. es1. CHECKERS.
Rlark
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Clubs are trumps and Y Ia in the lead
Y and z want all seven tricks against any
defence.
The solution is for z to begin by CIV
ing up two of his winning cards. the
king OF diamonds and the Jack OF spades.
To the diamond lead all follow suit Upon
the spade lead Y discards a small heart
All that z has accomplished so far. v
would seem. Is to establish the best dia-
mond and the major tenaoe in spades
against himself. yet Y and 2 must make
a trick In one OF those suits or the prob
lem cannot be solved.
For the third trick z leads the small
spade, which Y trumps. Upon this trick
A must discard a heart or diamond.
the heart being the natural play, as he
has more OF them. Now Y leads trump,
which compels Il to keep a spade because
Y still has reentry In hearts. Suppose
B sheds a diamond. z and A discard
the same suit.
Another trump lead from Y, and b
must discard the heart or give a
trick in spades. This renders rs spade
useless, so he discards II. II B should
discard the spade z would keep his spade
and lie, the heart 20. A 10 now forced to
make both rs hearts good for tricks or
20 allow to win a trick with the six
Of di amonds,
This problem Is peculiarly free from
complications in the defence, as the A
and B hands never have lead and must
confine their efforts to picking the best
discards when they cannot follow suit
Correct solutions from:
L. s. Hart, Jr.. B. q. Braine. ". NJ
Frost, c. H. O'Connor, J. w. Wortz
Henry Andersen. Walker McMartin. w
p. w, Frank II. Young. X. w. WOOL
comb Boyce. Charles VI. Root, George
b. Glover. Harris Burg, Walter Ball. c
r. johnson. d. A. w, Keystone. ]. c
Hume and James f. Cox.
Late solutions to hand for No. 27s from
George b. Glover and c. II. O'Connor.
Here is a problem that THE SUN hal
frequently been asked to publish, as
many persons think It impossible OF solu'
ton. As the solution has been given ir
England. although many years ago. u
will not he considered one OF the honor
list. In ITS way II IL gem and II Is
one OF the most difficult take all com
positions extant:
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Clubs are trumps and z Ia in the lead.
Y and z want all eight tricks against
any defence. The variations are neither
numerous nor difficult, the main thing
being to find the line Of attack that COW
ers them all.
The distribution OF the cards 10 as fol-
lows:
Y has the six and deuce OF hearts, Jack
seven six three OF clubs, Ave and four OF
diamonds no spades.
A has the ten nine seven Of hearts,
Jack nine six deuce OF diamonds, queen
Of spades no clubs.
B has the eight Ave Of hearts. ten
eight of diamonds, Jack nine four three OF
spades no clubs,
Y has the Jack and four OF hearts,
queen three OF diamonds, king ten eight
six OF spades; no clubs.
CHECKER BINDINGS.
The position shown in Problem No.
279, sent TO THE SUN by p. II. Joyce. Is
one that the beginner would probably
give up as a lost game. as black seems
TO have a certainty OF gaining a man In
move or two In all such positions
white must play to secure the most IA
vorable position for himself after the
man is gone.
Here Is the distribution; Black men
on 2, 3 and 23; king on 10. White mon
on and II kings on 4 and ~. White
TO play and draw, Here are the moves
lnat solve:
White. Black.
l4-ls 23--27
as 2--9
LII 40
1S-l5
The snddenness with which the bottom,
drops out of blacks game IL partlcu'
larly pleasing, and the manner In which
white arranges for the double breeches, s.
as to get back both the men he has beer
compelled 10 sacrifice, Ia very clever
Correct solutions to hand from the fol
lowing:
p. H. Joyce. ]. ]. +, Bronx. George r.
Dyer, +. Meisner. Nicholas J. Tunno. u
A. w, J. i. Goss, James Hyland, ii
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= As every schoolboy knows how to find
the height from A to B by deductlng the
square OF S0l.6 from that OF $40 II Is a
simple matter TO get the height, l04
inches. from A to b, and the tower must
be just l2 times that. or 104 feet |:
l03934i. to be very exact about It,
Correct solutions from
e. Bcebe, w. A. Buckley, J. w. Wortz,
w. C. Hervey. Miss Cora A, Pelham.
Oscar L. Keith, II. A. Hickock. Walter
Ball. r, V. Norris, John Beattie. Alger-
non Bray, Lydia II. Gale, Charles d,
Shuldham, C. II. O'Connor. +. W. Harris
horn. C. 4. Marks, T. II. Jenkins, Miss
Edna Parks. r. F. Georz, q. p. Larkin.
Samuel ID. Francis w. II. Blake, Il. y.
Wallace and L. ]. Hughes.
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THE WINDING WIRE.

This problem was 10 fnd the height Of
q tower that was 8 feet In diameter in
side and had wire running spirally
from the top to the bottom, making
twelve complete turns, the wire being Just
3l8 feet In length.
Simplicity of demonstration was the
principal thing required In the answer.
there being many persons who do not
understand the equations Of algebra and
who take all its conclusions with q GER
tain amount Of salt
The simplest solution appears TO be TO
consider each turn of the wire separately
and to Imagine that the tower 10 cut
open and laid out fiat.
Every one knows that II the diameter
Of a circle Is multiplied by s14l6 It will
give the circumference. so that II we null
tiply the diameter of the tower, feet or
90 inches. by 3.14l6 we get 30i,6 inches
as the length OF the tower wall II It were
laid out fiat.
II the wire makes ~ complete turns In
3l9 feet each turn must be 319 inches
long, and we have the base and hypothe-
muse Of a right angled triangle like this
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And Devendo.f was harassed vii
their words OF advice TO more.

The man who wears the larges, hr
In Congress is Representative Rains
of Illinois. member OF the Ways ant
Means Committee. 1t IL not the largest
hat as to the numerical size, for Il .
only a as, whereas Serene Payne a'o
OF the we'll known Ways and Mear
Committee. wears ~. But no oths
hat in public life compares wit
Rainey's in total area. II is mua
larger ss TO brim than the hats worn y
patent medicine statesmen in front q
court houses.
Rainey got the ronderocs hat as
present and therefore wears II, even at
the risk Of becoming round shouldered
Copyright, 1914. by Fred @. Eel'y)
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JENNINGS. La. June ia few AIrlr
ago half dozen gamblers were arrest"
while running a game in large retrigerr
tor six by eight feet. which was used for
merry by saloon. The improvised room
was equipped comfortably with electri
fans and electric lights. with ventllatloi
at the top. Mayor Gamble assessed W,
nne on the man running the house an'
SIS fne on the others.
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Gallivan studied these books for an
hour or SO and then made funny dis
covery. Out Of all the names signed to
letters OF persons who confessed to
being largely responsible for Gallivan's
election scarcely one had even been to
the polls to vote.
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~ . rash. Tho burning ana
on my shoulders
were intense. especially ~
night. 90 that ! couldn't
help but scratch II ! could
not bear anything rough Or
that contained wool nei'
TO my skin, The salt rheuin
affected tho end, OF my
6no,-s m badly that cracks
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WHY rs THIS?
There II puzzle which may be per-
formed with any odd number OF objects.
playing cards being usually employed, and
which any one can do. but no one seems
able to explain the reason for II. Let US
suppose the number selected to be 27
cards. although Is or 81 would do just as
we'll
After having them shuffied hold them In
the left hand face upward and then deal
them face upward one at time In three
piles so that the fourth card comes on the
irst and the NTH on the top Of the second
and so on until you have three piles OF
nine cards each.
Request any person who Is watching
you to make silent note OF any card he
pleases and when you have finished deal
Ing TO tell you In which pile the card lies.
BY picking up the three piles with the In
dicated pile In the middle and dealing the
whole twenty-seven cards of into three
piles again one at a time as before the
noted card will reappear. Ask In which
pile II came that time and place that pile
In the middle as before.
Upon dealing the cards into three piles
for the third time note carefully the card
that comes In the middle OF each pile.
With twenty-seven there will be nine In
each pile and the NTH will be the middle
card Now when the person who selected
comes you will know II was the middle
card OF that pile. with this knowledge
In your possession you can finish the trick
In any manner you please.
This In only statement OF results but
what Ia the explanation or reason for II
What Is the rule that makes II always
como out right. regardless OF the number
OF objects used. so that Il 10 odd?
UNICvRsAL DOMINOEs
A correspondent OF THE SuS wants Ia
decide a wager as to the number of ways
In which set OF dominoes can be placed
in a circle. each domino matching its
neighbor and so forming a closed circuit
This being discovered, he iniagines that
the odds against a PERSONS being able 70
lay out the set so as to match up at the
first trial will be demonstrated.
As the number OF dominoes In the sci
does not alter the conditions OF the prob
lem. It will be simpler to take a set OF
Is only. stopping at the double four
1t is obvious that II does not matter
with what domino We start, there will
be eight stones that will match II. Sup
pose we take the trey-deuce we then have
choice among the eight shown in the
diagram;
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Having made our pick Of two stones
and placed them. We have twelve left.
In how many ways can these twelve be
starter. SO that the ends Of the line. II
Joined. would form a complete circle!
The permutations OF the first eight stones
must OF course be taken into account be-
fore starting on the remaining twelve.