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Clubs are trumps and Il 10 In tho lead.
and z want hive tricks against any
defence.
The distribution OF the cards 10 a.
follows:
has the seven. ak and five OF hearts.
queen OF trumps. ten Of diamonds, nine
and deuce Of spades.
has the king and queen OF hearts,
six OF clubs. Jack. eight and three Of
diamonds and eight of spades.
has the Jack. ten and nine OF hearts,
seven OF diamonds. queen. ten and five
Of spades, no clubs.
Il has the ace. eight nd three OF hearts.
Jack OF trumps. king Jack and seven OF
spades. no diamonds.
CHECkER BINDINGS.
Although 1t took Il number ~ moves
to solve Ernest Bergholts problem No.
2Gs, that does not appear TO have pre-
vented any one from getting II, az all
hands seem to have found the right road u
the solution, the list OF correct answers
being the largest for some time. II il
to be hoped that they will all qualify for
The Sun Checker Club.
Here Is the distribution Black men on
5. :. 10, II. i3, II and II; no kings
White men on IL, 81. %, %. 25. 2S and
80; no kings. White TO play and win.
Here are tho move. that solve.
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SOME OLD FALLACIES
AT ROYAL AUCTION
Former Theories Of Bidding
Discredited by Modern
Practice.
VALUE OF SHUTOUT BIDS
Examples Of the Difference the
Declaration Makes in
the Score.
VALUE OF snUTOUT BIDS

II there 10 any one thing more marked
than another in the changes that have
lately come over the system OF bidding at
auction bridge. II 10 to be seen In the
added confidence felt In the partners dec
larations In the extent to which the bids
may he carried 10 the partner can be de-
pended on never to make q bid with .
double meaning.
The day Is past of the old school teach
ers who taught their pupils to add up
the pips on the cards, and II they found
the total to be sixteen Cor whatever the
special teachers standard happened TO bel
10 make the declaration accordingly hut
II the total went as high as eighteen to
call something else. This style Of thing has
been 80 continually outbId and outplayed
by the modern school that the method 10
completely discredited.
Not content with the weakness OF a
system OF bids that had a double mean
ing when made by the dealer, . pet weak
ness OF the old school was the second
hands refusal to overcali q dealer whose
declaration In minor suit was held 81 Re
by the second hand even though this Sec
ond hand had good declaration OF his
own.
This failacy II q survival OF the old
idea tina, every declaration IL a make
and that the suit named will probably be
the trump. one continually hears play
ers Of the old school saying. II make IT,
so and ~, az " M one could change II
TO anything else The modern theory Of
the game s to regard all calls in minor
suits as nothing hut offers to support G
better declaration by the partner
Here is a deal that shows the folly Of
second hands passing a call in minor
suit just because ne holds that suit safe.
as II lie expected II to be the final trump
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z dealt and bid a club. This 10 not =
so"rd call. As 2 has not two sure tricks
In clubs, but many players prefer to show
such suit Instead OF bidding q spade,
A bid two diamonds. which 10 the method
adopted by some OF the old school to show
that they want to play the hand at dia-
monds oven II /! 10 = struggle to get
eleven tricks.
Y bid two hearts on the chance that
his partner had something besides the
clubs, b. who was a good player. very
properly ignored his partners shout In
diamonds and went two no trumps
Now let US see the confusion that arises
In the mind OF a player who regards the
minor suits as possible game going doc
larations, II IL u rule with good players
to deny their partners hearts or royals
by going no trumps, A imaEines that RS
no trumper denies his diamonds, 80 he
does not venture to persist In that suit
But with no clubs, and that suit declared
against him. why does I've not bid three
royals? Il must hold both hearts and
clubs safe to bid no trumps
Y starts with the heart seven. II being
. principle Of play that when both on.
ponents OF Q no truvnper have shown Q
suit II 10 better to lead the suit shown by
the fourth hand. svss II the dsclsrsr has
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2 dealt and bid three spades. which
A passed. said ono royal. trusting
his partner for the conventional two
tricks somewhere outside the spade suit,
Il and z passed.
a suit on tho second round after refus-
Ing to bid IL on the first 10 very apt
to confuse the partner. who may take
Il for . long weak suit or 4 forced call
to try to save the game.
Y passed. According to his view OF
the situation his two aces and his part
ners two tricks somewhere will stop
A from going game In hearts Is pass
although he Ia weak In hearts he has 40
legitimate take out 4 bid three clubs
In order to show his supporting suit and
encourage Y to go ahead with the royals
A follows the same tactics and shows
monds, This Y promptly doubles b
now thinks II Is time to come to the
rescue with his protection In ROYALS and
possible stopper In clubs, SO he takes his
partner out OF the double with three
hearts. n goes three royals on the
strength OF his partners doubling the
suit that supports AS hearts.
A and both pass. but B Il not done
yet. Much to rs astonishment B doubles
the three royals. This goes round to Y,
who redoubles or course A cannot stand
this and goes back to the hearts, bidding
four, Although knows ne can double
this II he wants to he thinks ne would
rather take the game. and goes four
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COPPER MINING IN MOVIES.
Light Problem solved, Operation.
Can he Photographed.

BUTTE. Mon. March FIN "A .hor,
time the actual underground operations
In tho mines Of Butte are to DO made
familiar to the public through moving
pictures.
The question Of the needed light. which
has stood In the way heretofore, has
been successfully solved. and the public Of
the entire country will soon see tho miners
actually as they are working In the
great underground labyrinth.
They will see the ore taken from the
vein. see II loaded into the cars and
raised to the surface, and will have por-
trayed the ore trains on the Butte, Ana
conda and Pacific road carrying the out
put Of the mines to the Washoe smelter.
The course through the smelter until the
plates Of solid copper are turned out will
all be shown.
The Idea OF doing this was taken I'D by
the local people interested In tho moving
picture business, The successful working
OF Q similar plan at some OF the Idaho
mines gave them the Idea. The following
story OF the working there shows what
has been done In the line OF successful
development Of this feature:
"'rhree thousand feet under ground. in
the labyrinth Of tunnels and shafts Of
the Bunker Hin and Sullivan mine. the
largest lead silver producer In the world,
the moving picture man will photograph
actual operations OF an army of miners.
Nash Wayland, an electrician employ ed
at the mine. which Is located eighty miles
east OF Spokane, at Kellogg. Idaho, has
madc this feat possible by obtaining an
5000 candle power arc light. thus sowing
the problem Of Illuminating the under
ground maze. From drilling and shooting
with dynamite down In the mine to the
NILS ana through every process the
camera VIII follow the ore until Il IL
loaded on the train Tor shipment . tho
smtltss."
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TREED ALL NIGHT BY WOLVES.
Pack Hung Around TIN Daylight
aad lie Nearly Perished.

OTTAWA, ont. March ?7.-Philip Nor
ton, 23-year-old Engl!shman. is tying
In = critical condition at q lumber camp
in the Chalk River district as a result OF
perlous experienc. In the woods which
nearly cost him his If.
Following a lonely trail from a camp
where he had given up work to another
where he expected to secure q position as
clerk, IN. young man was scented by a
pack OF wolves and for an entire night
The ravenous animals forced him to re-
main In tree But for the fact that IA.
was well wrapped he might have died OF
exposure. When daylight broke thu
wolves left the tran on which they had
Morton freed and he staggered nearly
two miles through the bush with r. toes
or one foot and his hands frozen.
The camp where MOI ton started on,
from Is situated eight miles from the one
he was bound for. lie undertook the
Journey alone. against the advice OF older
bushmen, and had not a frearm Of any
KIND on him. lie was within 2 few miles
OF MS destination when he heard the pack
howlins some distance behind him n
was late al night then and terror stricken
the young man climbed a tree The AMI
mails picked up the scent however. and
Tor hours they clrcled about the tree
bowling viciousiy.
What terror young Morton suffered no
one but himself will ever know. and he
WAS In such an exhausted state when he
reached the camp that he was unable to
tell anything about his adventure other
than that toward da,i .4ght he thought OF h<
frightening the animals. and with some
matches he set fire to some old country
Newspapers he had In his pocket and also
fred his handkerchief and a scarf. He
dropped the burning papers on tho snow
and II frightened the animals. but they
iurked about at distance until day
dawned.
The Intense pain which Morton was
suffering from his toes and hands would
no doubt have turned his mind II he had
NOT taken chance and climbed down and
started again on his Journey.
Arthur Robinson and Jules lIefebvre.
the lumberjacks who related the story
THIS morning, said Morton was In such a
state from fear and exposure that he was
almost Insane when he got to the camn
tney were at. He had fallen down time
after time, and lie said he crawled the
greater part or the last mile. His prin.
cipal concern seemed to be to get word
OF ms condition to his parents In Blr-
mingham, who had not heard Of him Tor
nearly three months.
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II is now evident that white must
capture thu man ON and will win the
game.
Correct solutions received from
Ralph Diamond. Lawrence II. Narney.
II. Atlas. Harris Burg. Z. II. Green.
James Hy!Hnd. :. r Vickers, John Ryan.
Horace Palmer, William = Hart, Ward
Humphreys. Lady Laird. James Murphy.
\. J. At;ins, l.. :. Hart, Jr.. George A.
Zandcr. J. T. Cody. q. IL Boston. =
Meisner. Andrew PETERSON. -. A. W..
Henry Wallace. Q. L. Lynn. Nicholas ].
Iunino. Clarence Watts. ". ". Wood.
Edith Fuller, W. L. Barteau. Judge J. =.
McCabe, q. J. Chandler, A. J. h. Y. n.
Noremac. Il. T. Powell Or. Bernard
Rosenberg Herbert Dahl, Thomas Foy.
F. A. Mag-nnis NJ. H. Temple. Frank
Eagleton. oscar Rergh, l.. w. g., r. ]
Elliott. John Woznicki. G. II. o'Connor
+. II. Joyce. W. q. Drummond. f. j.
McGarry H. L. HartIog, VI. ]. NJ cMshan.
George Williams and william =. Clarke.
For the Information OF those who are
continually sending In checker problems
as their own II may DE stated that all
the worth while problems In the world
have been indexed and filed. so that dupli.
Gates are easily detected. A position sen,
20 THE Sun last week as the ending ~.
an actual game played IN this city e
really q problem composed about thirty
ave years ago, and published a hundred
times.
But her. II one that seems to b. y
genuine maiden effort by one Of THE
SUNS regular solvers. The position IL q
little unlikely. three white kings having
got into one hole IN the king row. and
then back Of their own men. but the COM
poser will PROBABLY do better next time
this being very promising Cor "a arst
attempt.
PROBLEM No. 27o CHECKERS.
by Ralph Diamond.
HInck
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Y could not afford to call ave clubs with
a spade hand for his dummy, 80 he passed
and led two rounds OF clubs A ruled
he second round and led a small trump.
winning II in dummy and leading back a
small one. Then he led the six OF d.a.
monds and 7. who had no idea that A wds
30 long In hearts, passtd Il up, hoping
that his partner had the Jack and they
might make two tricks in the suit.
u came back with the heart and the ace
a>d KING were all that Y and z could
make, 40 that A went game with four by
cards and Ave honors This shows a
swing OF 3S2 points on this deal alone.
which is large margin In a duplicate
game. hut the hand .u,s t. show the
value OF shutout bids when they are
Systematically used.
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FACE AND ARMS A
SIGHT WITH ECZEMA
In Great Blotches. Itched Some.
thing Terrible. PimpIes as lick
Is a Crater. Eyes SwoIIer So
Could Hardly Sec to Walk, Cut.
cura Soap and Ointment Cured,

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=" arvs ~ sfaicssd With pimplss On NJ
body. didns aotics them only ., niss'
vhse sAsy itchsd - would wake W scr.tcs'
lag sAso- The sassms came GU. 10 s-s'
bloschss end isched somethins ter1hy !
could not keep nom scratching lnsid. Of
svo weeks ny facs and Arrns we're = nsh'
could not put toosh-pick on my Arms ass
me-. shs pimples vsrs - thick - . s-s'1
and discharge eams nom even one ~
core wore svoDsr two inches IN thicsns"
and what su6ersd, My eyes var 'vousa
% ! could hardly 80 enough % could rGI.
Il was treated but got no reIief ~
discouragsd and thought. ~ death you'd
only relieve NE. II didn't seem ~ Y
could stand II much longer My sister amt
70 - me and ! asked her II she ~ouid s-ns
Tor sample Of Cuucurs Soap and ointnen'
sh" went right 70 the drux stone ,nd so'
some Cuticurs sosp and Ointment 20 70
The drst night they gave me rc-f enough e
] could dsep some. Tho second nlsai
slept right through. inside Of too -e~ss M
body. Arms and fsce wsrs sof, snd n'n. !
vss cured" (sisnsd) Mia 1. r. ne Groa
Oct. II. 1918.
Cutic,irs Soap and Ointment ss'i,''
purity. deiicacy and fragrance tns no'' ~
cStminatins, Sold throughout n. so'd
Liberal sampls Of each mailed ~ 80
sap. Skis Book. Addrcss POSTCARD Cnp'
eurs. Dept r, Boston"
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royals. practically challenging B to double


again
y seemed to be obssssed with the Idea
that his partner A had all the hearts
and diamonds In the pack, and as he
must make two tricks in royals himself
Il looks impossible for Y to make four
odd a. royals. so doubles again and Y
redoubles again. upon which A sbandons
to his fate. This was poor Judgment
IN As part. He should have bid live
hearts and taken the sting.
As had doubled the diamonds. r
Thought Il better 10 lead the heart. and
took the trick with the ace. tn. queen
OF clubs followed and then small da-
mond which dummy rufsed. Dummy then
proceeded TO make three club tricks.
disCarding his two losing hearts.
When refused To run the fourth
club, rightly placed all Ave OF the
missing trumps with b. so he led n heart
from dummy and trumpcd II with the
eight Then he led another diamond fo-
dummy to run. led the seven OF clubs
and trumped Il with the ace Of spades,
forcing Il to discard q small trump. After
that all b could make was two high
trumps.
Five by cards with honors and pen
slt!es. the rubber thrown in. gives ! and
GAS points on this hand What would
have happened II A had bid four hearts
right on the bat on the first round. 50
AZ to shut out the royals? Would Y
double Would he bid four royals? 1t
is left to play II no loses only lis
points. which would have been a net
saving ~ $40 on the deal
Tho student will observe that IL Y
tries to get out the trumps and make the
clubs. A and u will probably win five
tricks and set him for 400.
1t may be argued that As hand l.
never worth such q bid as four hearts
even as shutout; but 1t must be re-
membered that shutout bids by the second
hand are invariably more than tho hand
Is worth. Here Is an excellent example
OF what they will sometimes accomplish
The hand was No & In the duplicst Ia game
al the Kntckerbocker Whist Club on
March &c.
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q had the deal and In every instance
started with . spade. At several table .
sat tight. expecting to slaughter the
spad, declaration for 100 and not being
afraid OF shift to tho othsr winning suit,
hearts
With Ave solid tricks In one su,t and
an ace Tor reentry, bid no trumps and
when h and z passed A did not see much
hope to go game In royals against IA no
trumper, 30 he passed. Having no Idea
as to what his partners suit was, b led
me fourth best OF his own suit and Y won
the trick with the eight. Upon tho fiye
w'nnins diamonds that followed A sig
nailed frantically In spades and hearts.
but had the game In hand all the time,
scoring so and so and 1875 for a game
won. 1855 points.
The partners who made tho top score
that tvtning happened to have the A and
end OF this deal and when z bid q spade
a vent three royals right on. iii, idea
wss that II he were pushed to II h. would
80 40 far a. that on q two suffer snrvay
saa might - well bid II At once
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z dealt on the rubber game and Did
club. which 4 passed, az he could
surely prevent Il from ever going game
~ clubs. ! bid royal, and az that
suited y as well as anything he passed
With the clubs declared against him,
no hint Of the dia noud situation and only
one sure tri X IN hearts ne could not risk
overcalling the royals.
on the play Il led In. ace Of hearts
and followed with a small one. Y won
the trick with the king and led the spade
seven. Much to B's establishment IL held
the trick when dummy played the four.
Two more rounds OF trumps and is
down to the lone king, his partner having
completed an echo In diamonds and dis
csrded the eight OF clubs.
Dummy led the diamond through the
echo ana put on the king. The ace
Of diamonds dropped his partney's queen.
Not liking 10 establish the eight OF dia-
nonds In the dummy by leading out his
Jack. A played mo heart queen. which
held.
Then he led tn. diamond. 90 a. not
TO 60 up to the clubs. trumred and
- overtrumped. leading the heart ten,
This ruled and led tn. club. putting
on the ace and making a trick with the
ong diamond. taking a discard himself
and ruling the last trick with his last
trump.
Two by cards n. royals for and T.
on the next deal they set A and 3 for
600. while those players were overbdding
tneir la nds IN order TO save the game
m the th.rd deal won the rubber game
with four no trumps and 20 aces. These
three deals netted and Just $3.50 points
If a ha bid hLs hand according to mod
srn me- mods uvercalllng rs club with a
diamond SO as TO show two sure tricks In
hat suit and also to indica.e a lead In
case the third nand made any game going
declaration. Il would not matter what Y
d!d. II would go two hear and with his
partners support w case or z pushed
ne royals would go ia. enough TO win the
game and rubber.
on the play the only tricks possible for
and T. ar. the ace and Jack Of clubs II
y leads clubs vice. II he shifts after the
club ace he makes the ace OF spades. but
no r ore. should z lead the clubs a sec
ond time on the chance that Is short a
wins with the klng and leado trumps
through Y, catching his king. Then the
queen and another diamond make five d!a-
nond tricks, upon which Il discards three
spades. Now losing club and r sheds
his last spade trumping the next two
tricks
This would give A and r Ave by cards.
four honors and the rubber, 322 points
difference OF just 917. all due to AS old
style refusal 70 show his own minor suit
because he thought I've had the better Of
tho aler on mat players call Imagine
such a swing as this In duplicate game .
Here Is an Illustration OF another COM
mon mis- AXE. In this case the second
hand seems to imagine that his own minor
suit can be Insisted upon for the trump
instead OF which he should have been glad
70 use It as support for the major suit
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PROBLEMS FOR SUM-
READERS TO SOLVE
Vital Line Of Play Well Hidden
in Jay Reeds Bridge
Composition.
NASICK SQUARE CONTEST
Novel Position In End Game At
Checkers-Puzzle Of
the Chauffeur.
NAsICK SQUARE CONTEST

Bridge problem No. ess, by Jay Reed,
nad . little trap In II that was buried
beneath number OF variations cunninsly
arranged to distract the soiver's attention
rom one particular line Of play that was
Ita', several correspondents put their
.oot INTO this trap while they were snoop-
Ing around for something more conspIc,,.
Gus Here Is the distribution:
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,markable problem. full OF snares ana de-
lusions." Keystone says: "The author Of
ess has certainly squared accounts with
us for the nulio." q. c. Kinsey says (:
This IL the most complicated and perfect
problem that has ever been printed"
Here In something a little easier. just 10
encourage the beginners. II contains q
useful lesson In placing the lead.
BRIDGE PROBLEM No. 30.
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White TO play and win.
Tho distribution OF the men is as fol-
lows Black men on !, 3. 4, ~, 20:
kings on 20. 20 and 81. White men on
II. 10. Is. IS. 49, king. on i6. II and 10
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LOADING FOR HARD SHOOTING.

FreSecs"es to Fierce . Inch Arnsr
nsiss Prepared 0. Texaa
6ALvvsroN. March 21.-Shells made to
Pierce from three 70 eight inches Of arnor
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sRooxlYN ApvERrvsExENrs.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-11
ORGANIC ACT Changes
FOR PORTO rico urged
Gov. Yager Sees Secretary Garrison
About Giving People More
Self-government.
WILL BE HERE SEVERAL DAYS

Gov. Yager, of Porto Rico, arrived in
Washington yesterday, and began a series
of conferences with Secretary Garrison
with regard to certain suggested changes
in the organic act of Porto Rico. These
conferences will continue several days,
it is expected. and will lead ultimately
to proposals for legislation revising the
organic act of the island. which will be
submitted to President Wilson for his
approval and recommendation to Con-
gress.
Secretary Garrison believes the rela-
tons between the United States and
Porto Rico should be made more like
those between Great Britain and Canada
and any recommendations he may make
will be based on such a principle. Mr..
Garrison already has announced. through
Gov. Yaser, that the policy of the ad-
ministration does not contemplate in
dependence for Porto Rico. and that the
situation is quite different from that with
respect to the Philippines.
Mr.. Garrison believes in making the
people Of Porto Rico eligible to Ameri-
can citizenship by a sort of naturaliza-
tion process, to be applied in favor OF
such individuals as desire it, and not
to be of a wholesale character He al
ready has recommended legislation to
this effect The Secretary also favors
giving the Porto Ricans a majority con-
troll of the commission in the island
which constitutes the upper house of the
island legislature, and from which the
executive heads Of the island government
are drawn.
Gov. wager brings suggestions in favor
of revising the mode of popular repin-
sentation in the Porto Rican assembly
and other changes giving the Porto
Ricans more self-governmentN