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A. NJ. Smith.
[special 10 rhe Tlmns.nisnntch

Especial to The Times Dispatch.]
ABINGDON, VA. February ga. NJ.
smith died suddenly to-day OF heart
failure at the home OF his sister. Mrs.
5. NJ. WIthers. Mr. Smith had been
in his usual health until after break
fast. when he complained of feeling
badly, and before n doctor could reach
him he died He was fifty years of age
and leaves three sisters Mrs. Roberts.
OF New York; Mrs. Hutton, OF Kansas,
and Mrs. s. NJ. Withcrs. of this place.
No arrangements have yet been made
for the funeral.
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ShONYnltcr Is Acquitted.

Especial to The Times D!spatchl $
PULASKI, VA, February 22.-E. r.
Showalter. preacher, teacher and farm
or, was acquitted this morning in the
Circuit Court on the charge of having
betrayed Nellie Flinchum. aged about
seventeen years The accused IS a
married man, and the girl was do
mcstic in his family. The jury. un-
able to agree upon a verdict on Sat
urday, was held over until to-day.
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The services We're very impressively
conducted by Rev. r. Clagett Skinner.
-. d.. pastor OF the Second Baptist
Church, of which Mr.. Starke had long
been a mcpber. and by Rev. George w.
Mcdaniel. ID. D., pastor of the First
Baptist Church. = delegation from the
Richmond IIowitZers. in which MIR.
Starke was once n lieutenant, attended
the services and accompanied the cor
tegc to the grave.
Hymns which Mr.. Starke loved hest
were sung by the choir OF the Second
Baptist Church-"Peacc, Perfect Pence"
Jerusalem. the Golden" and How
Blcst tho Righteous When He Dies"
Mr.. Starkc for years was chairman OF
the music committee, and always took
a deep interest in the choir.
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The general merchandise store OF
W. B. Richie. on Cox Road. Dinwiddic
County. two or three miles west OF
the city. was broken into some time
during Saturday night and robbed Of
sundry sacks OF -four. chewing tobacco.
loaded shells ana other articles. Mr
Ritchie aid not close his store until
late Saturday night, and the robbery
was discovered early sunday morning
No clue has been discovered To the
thieves
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noon. Catarrhal fever which developed
into pneumonia was the cause OF his
death. When seventeen years old he
entered the service of the Confedcr-
acy and was d courier on Lees staff
during the last year of the struggle.
lie was Methodist. and was asso-
clated with many business enterprises
in the city. His wife survives him, to-
gcther with five children One of his
sons. George w. Bethel. and n daugh-
ter Mrs. r. c. Christian. reside in
Richmond.
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Good ncror,s From schnnls.

The Methodist sunday School Asso-
c!ation held its monthly meeting with
the B!ardford school yesterday after
noon and heard good reports OF enroll
mcut and attendance from The eight
schools under its supervision. These
reports show an aggregate average
register during the past month of
ISIS, average attendance, 1878: PEI
cent. OF attendance, 80; collections.
$23I. High Street school leads. with
a register OF +lI.
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at hia homo on Sunday afternoon aftc
about tvs" weeks illness. lie Is sur
vived by his widow and three children.
Lillian, aged eight, OF Chase City. and
two grown sons. Louis. OF Richmond,
and Reade. OF Henderson. n. c.
Funeral services will! Jo held to-mor-
row afternoon at the home. and inter
ment VIII be In lakewood Cemetery
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Concealed Razor.

Harry Fitzgerald. colored. was nned
500 and costs in the Police Court yes
terday. when arraigned on n charge Of
carrying a concealed razor on his per-
son. Policemen ]. j. Smith and Tanner
arrested the man.
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Mrs. Mollic Il. Fnrlex

PETERSBURG. VA, February oe.-
Mrs. Mollie Il. Farley. wfe OF c. ".
Farley. died last night at her homo in
Chesterfield County. near Swift Creek.
aged twcnty-onc years Besides her
husband she is survived by three sis
tiers and three brothers Tho funeral
Will be from Woodlawn BAPTIST Church
mt o'clock Tomorrow afternoon. and
the burial will be in Blandford Gene
terry.
BENJAMIN T.. BrittOn.
PETERSBURG. VA, February o.
BENJAMIN l.. Triton. aged sixtv-fnur
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FIVE

years. well-known citizen. died
ShortiF before noon to-day at his hon,c
on Apollo Street. after an illness or
several months. iIc Is survived bv his
wife and three children--Frcd w. and
Misses NirSie q. and Anute B. Britton
all of this city. Two sisters and three
brothers also survive
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James Orr Cnmpbc,l.

Especial to Tho Times Dispatch
LYNCHBURG. VA, February 2o.-
James Orr Campbell. aged twenty-three
years. son OF Mr.. and Mrs. John II.
Campbell, died yesterday at the home
of his parents. SIS Belmont Street. Be
sides his parents, the young man is sur
Nived by the following brothers and
sisters: Mrs. f. c. Frye, of Roanoke.
Mrs Samuel Tyree. of Roanoke County:
Mrs. Frank Lee. of Lynchburg: Mrs.
Robins. of Brooklyn, n. Y; Misses
Flora, Carrie and Louise Campbell, and
iaNton and Archie Campbell. Of this
city.
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Euncrui of Mr. starke.

The funeral OF Thomas II. Starke.
who died Friday morning. took place
from the home. 1908 Grove Avenue. yes
terday morning at IL o'clock. and in
terment was i'm Hollywood Cemetery
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-23

OF tho woman's peace party was held
at o'clock this afternoon, at Lee Camp
Hall, at which time the principal ad-
dress WAS delivered by Wilson L. Gill
president of the American Patriotic
League OF Philadelphia.
Flags We're displayed from many
buildings on King Street
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william rInclncy nethelI.

Especial 20 TIC TImcS- Dlspatch.l
BANNlLLE. VA. February EVIL
liam Pinckney BETHEL a native of
Rocking CHAM. y. c., for thirty-Hve years
prominent business man here. died
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n dealt and bid a heart. A one
spade and Y two hearts, which all
passed. A led the spade king. which
n trumped. Two winning trumps from
rs hand followed. leaving him in the
lead for the fourth trick.
The next lead was the five Of dia-
monds, rs intention being to duck the
first round, AZ he u lose some dia-
monds and clubs. A played small, hop.
ing that his partner would come through
with q spade, so that II u trumped 1t. A
could hold up his ace and avoid es-
tablishing the queen for the dummy.
1t Is a fundamental principle In bridge
to beat dummy il o can. No matter
how insignificant dummy's cards may
be, you can never tell what the declarer
has up his sleeve when he leads a small
card.
AS play Of his smallest diamond is
based on tho hope that his partner
has the ace, because II his partner has
not that particular card. two tricks in
diamonds are impossible, as dummy can
trump the third round II the declarer
has the ace for the second.
Imagine AS establishment when dunn
my's seven held the trick. The suit was
at once returned, and u won with the
ace dummy ruling the next round 4
tr,imped himself in twice with the
spades, establishing the Jack OF dia-
monds, which Just put him game, -four
odd and Ave honors.
II A plays the ten of diamonds sec.
ond hand. this In impossible. al dummy
cannot ruff often enough to clear the
NTH diamond for n. Two clubs and
two diamonds save the game. no matter
how z plays the hand.
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u dealt ard bid no trump. which all
passed. 4. led a small club. dummy
played the Jack ard II the ace. The suit
was continued until dummy won the
third round with the queen.
Dummy led the diamond. u intending
to take the finesse. AZ there is nothing
else TO play for. II put on the queen
second hand. This is a deliberate hnesse
against the partner. because the only
chance for the queen 10 win Is that \
holds the king. II \ holds the king. he
can win the trick. 10 matter what II
plays.
The proper play under such circum-
stances In either the ace or the smallest
card. BY playing the ace. there is
always a chance that the guarded queen
! may be led up later.
u won the queen with the king and al
| orce returned the Jack. continuing 10
| lead diamonds until the ace was forced
! out. When Il led the heart. u put on
, the ace second hand and mad all the
| rest of the diamonds. Three by cards
and anne
II II passes up the first diamond lead,
| n must 1nesse the ten. n II VIII hold
the trick. But this does him no good,
as he must go on. there being nothing
else TO play for. u wins and leads a
heart. gets in on the next diamond and
leads another heart. so that two hearts
and two clubs make in AS nam
There would be- no use for n TO shif'
TO the spades and make his ace and
king, as dummy can never get In, and
there IL Just a chance that u may leat
q spade instead of a heart, u makes
his two spades at the end as it Is. bu'
the contract Is set for two tricks, instead
of going game.
Here is an example OF nness!ni
against the mariner in combination will
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STUDY IN PROPORTIONS.

Here is another one of those war
problems from Ernest Bergholt. IL APP
pears tina they held a bazaar In Lon
don to raise funds for the Red Cross.
Lady Algeria We're de We're had a booth,
but she was 30 engrosSed in the art OF
selling that she did not keep very close
account OF the articles.
The principal check was the fact that
she had tags on which to put the names
of the purchasers ana the addresses to
which the various articles were TO be
sent, and she used up nearly a hundred
of them during the three days the fair
lasted.
Thu stock consisted entirely Of three
articles, brooches and silk purses for
the ladies', cigarette holders for the men'
She knew that she had sold the same
number Of brooches each day the same
number of purses each day and the same
number OF cigarette holders each day,
and what was more curious was that
she took in exactly the same amount ol
money each day. yet the prices had beer
varied TO suit the demand.
On Monday the brooches were z!
cents: on Tuesday II dollar. and or
Wednesday SIZE. On Monday the Gig
arctic holders started at N.7o. were GU
to $50 on Tuesday n dow to ~
cents on Wednesday. The purses started
M a dollar: rose to $1.25 next day and
went for 1925 at the last days sale.
How much one did she take In OF
/, each OF the three days?
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Jack, his idea being that IL his partner
had the king they could catch dummy's
queen between them.
But II the anesse fails the king makes.
which In just as bad as II the queen
made. and which has the additional dis
advantage that the declarer gets his
suit going before the adversaries clear
up theirs. There IL no important or
further gain In view nothing but the
trick that would otherwise be won by
the queen. Added to this Ia the uncer-
tainty that the original leader can get In
again to come through that queen with
some card high enough to force II out.
or the nine may compel the play OF tho
ace.
BIS play IL based on the chance tina;
his partner holds the king, and the
inesse Ia therefore against A. just as
the declarer's hnesse with an ace Jack
suit. dummy having the king, would be
based on the hope that an opponent
on the right Of the ace and queen held
the queen. In this cas- the declarer
In the hand under consideration b is
taking q chance on It.
Now look at the result. Y wins with
the singleton king. and dummy still
stops the suit if A can be kept out Of
the Lead This makes II perfectly safe
for Y to fnessc against A as deeply as
he pleases. Neither A nor II can catch
that queen Of clubs as long as A Ia not
In the lead, 10 matter which of them has
the ace.
z leads the spade jack. and when A
plays small dummy let's it go. Il wins
II with the king. This hnesse lost, but
II also gained. b tried to get his part
ner in by leading up to the weakness
In hearts. z played the ace and made
three spade tricks. winning the last
round with the ten.
Then he led the eight Of diamonds,
n as A did not cover Il dummy ducked
and h was In the lead again. The be-
Ginner should observe that this Ia not
q lnesse. because z has nc idea of win
ming the trick with the eight Of dia
monds. He IL simply placing the lead,
h tried nee more to get his partner In
with a heart, z put on the king and
made three dia mond tricks, winning the
game on the hand.
Look at the difference II b refuses
to flnesse against his partner on the
first tricla The ace OF Tub drops rs
king, the Jack IL returned and the queer
\ forced out, while r still holds the spade
king for reentry and a fourth club tC
lead to A.
z must try the spade hnesse. as N
| cannot win the game without the spadt
| tricks, and whether he puts himself In
| with a diamond or a heart the result
IL the same. the spade king and the TIVE
established clubs ~ the game. as there
is a trick already at home with thu
| club ace.
Nnessing against the partner Ia {
common error In the play Of the seconC
hand when dummy leads a small card
The beginner does not seem to realiz'
that such a finesse In precisely the sam
~ II his partner led the suit and tha
he is finessing against his partner II
either case. Here Is a typical case
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AN IDYL OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY

cred about one mar who sat on a low
stool and turned something over q
smouldering fire. His great shoulders
moved rhythmically AZ his arms shifted
their burden, up, down and around In
n long turn. The old German woman
followed our glances. 1T Is n fiesta"
she explained. They are Greeks.
They roast the lamb whole-four. Ave
hours they cook him-thcn they eat
him with much salads: it is very
good"
Just at that moment down the path
from the entrance came a handsome
young Greek bearing a basket OF salad
observation-disclosures. young cabbages.
tomatoes and cucumbers. He caught
sight OF us. smiled and selected from
his basket a fresh green cucumber and
presented 1t To me. I accepted the cool
vegetable. admired it and dropped II
into my handbag. for all the world. my
friend remarked later. rs IL I were
accustomed TO receiving such tributes
from Greek gods with flashing eyes
and teeth and very correct modern
, clothing.
Would we like to see the lamb
'dHtllG StHu uS we Well WITH UllU
TO the fire ne explained the custom.
Four times a ear these Greeks.
mostly candy makers from n little
colony on the East side Of New York.
come to this place for II festival. tt "
procure a lamb. which they roast
whole over n slow charcoal fire, and
, after dinner they dance and sing. The
men come out early from town. pre-
pare and oas the lamb and have all
In readiness for the wives and sisters
! and sweethearts who arrive later.
"He has been cooking nearly Ave
hours: I think he Is ready" said ~
young Greek: and calling for n knife
and fork he cut small slices from the
leg of the sacrifice and offered us bits
on the fork. We tasted and found the
meat delicious. already favored with
pepper and salt and some other sea-
soning and delicately tender. Word
being passed around hat the lamb
was cooked. several of the men went
to the little wood across the way
and quickly returned bearing bra inches
of poplar. They then placed side by
side two Of the wooden ables in the
garden and. stripping the poplar
branches. laid on the tables the long.
slender lcaved shoots till there was
a green covering four or five inches
in thickness. On this they laid the
roasted lamb. filing in around with
dishes heaped with salad. lettuce. cab
lagos cut IN strips, warm colored
rounds of tomato. the pale green
crispness Of CuCumbers and emerald
ribbons Of peppers. Ii was truly A
classic feast-the flesh of lamb. the
cooling greens, washed down with
Copious drafts of F%alernidn wine.
Alas, the one unclaSsiC touch Tho
1 Falernian wine was beer, amber and
beaded. served by a perspiring Mer-
curry in shirt sleeves. who flew as fast
as any winged cup bearer between tn.
gardens and the source Of supply.
We left them Teasing n turned
Topsy's head homeward over the hills
golden with the afternoon light, fee
ing that entertainment worthy OF our
receptive mood : Il enllvened our da \
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ing his head in perplexity at our que
tions and leading us. whether we
would or not. into the stable yard.
There we saw through trees n green
enclosure like an old orchard. with
wooden tables and benches. cool II
inviting and practically empty.
We were served with dinner there
under the trees in the green GOODNESS.
entertained by the naive enjoyment OF
a group Of German people who arrived
shortly after us and who had evil
IDENTIFY ordered their dinner in ad-
vance. for an elaborate feast was soon
spread before them. They were
friends Of the German people who
kept the hotel and were warmly
greeted by each member Of the family.
The proprietor himself served them
with beer. in which the healths Of all
we're drunk with deep toned "prosits':
his wife hustled up to superintend the
laying Of the table. the stout old
mother appeared from the house, the
waiter, lodging about with laden trays,
was summoned to take something to
wet his stummick.' and in response to
cries for "tante' an old German
WOMAN cI1NelOIFu III ~ Dlue dBIDu
came from her kitchen, drank n glass
Of beer with the others and scuttled
back to her cooking.
There was a ease,ess Now Of con.
>,ersa,lon in German. the deem gut
turals OF the men merging into a rum
bic, over which played the shriller
! notes of the vomen's y, ices, They all
| talked at ouce and constantly, bu,
! there was no neglect of the food
| Broiled chicken, corn and salad dis.
appeared as by magic and the agile
waiter seemed constantly flying dowr
the path from the house with fresh
supplies Of beer. There was nothing
| poetic about the feast. but there was
charm for the onlooker IN the childlike
| abandon and the gusto OF the group.
| gathered that they were planning
a trip to Coney Island for the after
noon, and one of the men having con.
suited his watch and calculated tina,
they had barely time to make the trair
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increased number Of graduate oficers
by retaining the present democratic
and equally distributed manner Of APP
pointments to cadetships.
Fifth--TO suggest a place for the
school that embraces to the highest
degree notable advantages and to
demonstrate that in addition to the
natural land and water features 1t has
sound climatic. geographic and eco
nomic reasons in it's favor.
Lastly-The locality Is fortunately
endowed with historic traditions Of
great national import.
Within full view of the school will
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Hs's'~
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Clubs are trumps and z liz in the lead.
y and z want seven tricks against any
defence.
The solution is for z to lead the ace
oe hearts. upo which both 7 and B
play email. The next lead 10 the four Of
spades. which Y wins with the queen.
This puts Y into the lead to pull the
Upponerfxs trumps
Upon this unip lead z discarrs the
Aos of spades, clearing the way TOT his
partner's ten. After the trump lead Y
plays the ten of spades. upon which B's
best discard Is . small heart z dis.
rsrds a diamond. The mex lead Is the
siSht Of spades, which forces b to choose
ybetween gtvlng up the king OF hearts or
Nnguarding the diamond.
As Il knows that A will he in the
Qead on the third round Of spades and
viii have nothing to lead but the dia-
mond It Is imperative for b to protect
that suit. 30 we shall suppose lie DIS
CNGds the heart. This allows z TO dis
card another small diamond. so as to
mako two diamonds and the heart
Jack.
II lets go a diamond on the third
spade z sheds the jack Of hearts and
must make all three of his diamonds. SO
that the king Of hearts dies.
But nov comes the trap In the prob
lem. Suppose A foresees all this and
gives up the nine Of spades or the first
or second round of that suit?
In tina case the opening leads are
the same. but the third of spades
will be won by VS. eight, and the dis
card from rs hand Will still be ahead
of the discard from rs. II b keeps two
diamonds he must blank the king Of
hearts. and Y leads a heart. so that e
loses two diamond tricks at the end.
II y. knowing that y must lead n
heart, keeps two of that suit. so as to
avoid losing the two diamonds, he SIM
ply gives the two last tricks 10 Y in
stead OF to y. as Y has the two top
hearts aHter the king and jack are
played. II II does not put on the king
the jack makes and the diamonds are
good.
Correct solutions from:
l.. +. Tucker. u. \. w, J. e. Hume,
Roscoe c. Harris. Walker McMartin. o.
II, Boston. f.. w. Trimble. G. +. Morse,
&. T. Johnson, Henry ANDERSEN, II. II.
Fuller. W. y. Brush. W. 7. w. and +.
". Fairfield. All others failed TO give
the play of the spade nine by A.. or
started with the spade.
Here is aa interesting study In a
declaration that the committee on laws
decided was too difficult FOR the average
player. but which will always rem@n a
happy hunting ground for the problem,ss
owing to its infinite capacity for varia-
t!ons.
II is by an English composer whose
work is already familiar TO our readers.
but is not as difficult as some OF his
previous efforts in to direction of null
los. although it contains n very usefu.
lesson in the management OF an end
game
BRIDGE PROBLEM No. 35l.
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URGES ONE SCHOOL FOR ARMY AND NAVY

be the battle-ground Of the only fleet
engagement ever experienced by the
navy, u naval fight that justly bears
the unique title Of "Perry's victory"
Through this great victory in itself
and the assistance II gave the army
We gained for the country the COM
mand Of the inland seas and oil our
great Northwest.
Will not the famous message Of
Commodore Perry. I'VE have met the
enemy and they are ours" always be
a spur to the patriotic ambition that
inspires each cadet TO pledge all that
Is. in him to his country's safety?
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ful. fair and just in your dealings. and
ready to sacrifice ell for your
try, are the traditions which we're
handed on to YOU and will be handed
on by you to those who follow
Second-To increase the number Of
one jot their present high standard Of
efficiency, a standard that would
surely be endangered IL the academies
be overloaded.
Third-To augment the education Of
the army officer by the valuable addi-
ton of naval training.
Fourth-To MI the demand for an
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THIS closs was built Of ten pieces OF
concrete blocks, but the builder got the
block \ ut tine point instead of at the
top. Inside the blocks a passage way
had been left for an electric wire, and
II the block A had been In its proper
place the corner at A would have admit
ted a close connection with the light
ming rod at u.
AS it is, the electrician must run a
wire from the point A. which is near
est the observer, to the point b. where
the rod is attached. The puzzle is IN
determine the shortest path for This wire
to take. zach of the blocks being ex-
actly twelve inches square, the answer
to be given in feet and inches. In send
ing solutions the principle thing to con-
slider will be the simplicity of the dem'
onstration.