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dealt and bid no trumps which
every one passed. \ led the fourth
best club and Il won II with the queen.
making four spades and four hearts
before losing the lead, and winning the
game, l45 points, aces easy.
The correct opening with three honors
and reentry. which is AS hand, is
the king of clubs B drops the nine.
The ace follows and drops the seven.
marking him with Jack four trey. In
order To put y in the lead at the end
Of the clubs \ goes on with the ten,
and y comes up to dummys weak dia
monds, setting the contract for 80 points
instead OF losing a game.
The lesson from this hand. as from
the first, is that u should have dropped
the hearts when doubled the clubs
whether II goes no trumps or not. II is
a bad double, OF course. and A can make
two odd II left with Il. but not the
game should have passed, as IL is
impossible for \ to go game in clubs
but some players viii never learn that
simple lesson
The lesson OF the warning takeout
bid seem, to Ice lost on the majority
OF players even the best OF them fail
TO give it the attention 1t deserves. Here
l. AN example Of it, in which the resul,
was attributed to hard luck in TN,
distribution of the cards but bad bid.
ding is alone responsible
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BIRD LAW TO BE ENFORCED.
No Modification This Year OF
spring shooting Prohibition.

WAsHINGToN, Feb 6The Depart
ment Of Agriculture intends to enforce
the provision of the Federal migratory
bird law which prohibits the shooting
of such birds during the spring. II il
explained that as the result of numerous
letters received officials Of the Depart
mont are OF the opinion that sportsmen
may unintcntionally violate the law.
The law provides that no water fowl
may be shot in the northern or breeding
zone after January 3, except in New
Jersey, whore the season extends to Feb
ruary I, In most OF the southern, or
wintering zone, the season closes Febru-
airy !, but extends 10 February Is in
Florida. Georgia and South Carolina
No change has been made in the De.
partments regulations. which were pro-
mulgated October I last end u 10 an
nOunccd that there IL no possibility OF
the prohibition of spring shooting being
modified this year II ls the purpose OF
the Government to investigate all re-
ports OF violations OF the law and Ia
prosecute them,
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MOVIES OF YOURSELF.
ITIIE latest thing in moving
pictures Is one Of your
....lf ~ Il In. ..lArln .nDl. 81.

IITHE latest thing in moving
pictures is one Of your
self said the curio seeker
Of the Lambs club, and MS "A scream.
Not one Of those that You run your
finger nail over to get the motion,
but the motion il right in the picture
ITS all on one card and you show
up with your usual face in reposc
then with a broad smile and thirdly
with any kinw of face you want to
make up for the occasion. ThoE
beat the ordinary still life photograph
to fragile. I've got one I'm say
ing to show my grandchildren when
I'm fourscore. I'll bet | won't rec
ugniZe myself.
There's an uncanny side to them
too. A friend Of mine had one taken
about two months ago, and three
weeks later he was taken suddenly
i'll and died. His wife found II uneN-
pectedly among his effects and when
he smiled up at her she tainted dead
away took a look at II myself
but ! don't feel like making II move.
"She gave it to me and I'm saving
it TN we get over the shock, and I'm
sure by and by we will all be glad
to look st II and see him smile at US
as he USED to. But not now, No sir,
not yet GNwhile.
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big spade suit declared on his let
no trumper shown on his right, ana a
partner that has nothing to say. T. uu-
dertakes to win nine tricks i'm dia
monds
Most fortunately for him y was So
carried away by his four honors in one
hand and "A no trumper for the DUNN,
tnat ne went three royals. HAD ne eve
let it get around to Y those three dia
monds would have been doubled and set
for 500 points, instead of which Il got
set for 200 himself without doubling
as all he made was his four honors
and one club, five tricks
led the small club and dummy won
with the king. leading the ace OF dia.
monds, which A trumped. Another small
club and h trumpet the ace Tn, king
OF diamonds was trumped with the ten,
A refusing to overtrump. discardiuE tn.
heart king instead. Il led two winning
trumps and then the heart. which al
lowed a to run, pull one OF rs trumps
and force the other with the clubs. \ r
long trump bringing in the dregs of the
club suit.
II u heeds his partners warning y
makes a little slam at no trumps. with
40 aces, as b would open the diamonds.
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NOT ENOUGH HORSES.

I.TTHE horse business just nov
would he a wonder worke
in wealth IL only we could
get the horses" said a New Yorker
Of hustling habits. zone man know
of who hadn't cold cash enough 10
make show with last July caught
on TO the horse possibilities of the
European war and he told me yes
terday that he had cleaned up $3.50
600 since the Germans went into Bel
GUM. / don't see how he could have
made that much, but I'm sure he has
made enough.
Another man told me he had 30 0o0
horses in the Southwest that he could
deliver and | went after my buyer.
who gave me the laugh and said there
weren't that many horses for OK
port in the entire United States. lie
knew. he said, for he had had half
dozen men out for five months
chasing up all the strays he could
find that would pass inspection.
my man said he would put IN a
bond for $4,000 and I made a date
to bring them together. But when
the time came my thirty thousand
bluil'i ldllth W dpptdIs Tie IduI
the goods, that's all
81 have been told that so far not
quite 10000 horses have been sen,
abroad As We have about twenty
one million head in this country thai
seems to be mighty few. but | guess
horse owners have use for their
critters.
I'VE have been paying abou, $3.50 n
head, but we've got To offer more, II
we get them. And we've got to buy
gray and white horses too, which
we don't like now owing 10 their con
spicuous color. But I notice that the
Germans are dyeing their whit"
horses to dark Colors and we Wi
have 10 do the same
yes, as far a. know all the
horses we sell go to England, Sure.
I'll take 10000 head or more if yor
| can deliver them and I'll pay spo
cash for every one that passes mus
| ter"
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Some got "A variation on this by play
ing l7-l3 at &C." followed by 5--9
and "a. But this is a very weak de-
fence for black, as it allows this Al "D'
~ IA. a-iS drawn. Another
fault was to play Sc instead OF e
in the trunk play. when black played
lg-l5 at %" This allows black TO
play li-9. and get drawn game in
several ways
Correct solutions from:
: u. Narucy Thomas Foy. T. J Graf.
Thomas Moody. r. \. W. Conrad Al
heidi. l.. 5. Hart. Jr., J p. DE Croft, q.
W. Elder Jr., Luke Godfrey j. H. More
mac. \. j. b.. 3O6 Chestnut, G. l.. Lynn,
W, T.. Kenyon, Nicholas J, Iuuino. Rob
ert II iliXou. John Ryan, @, q. H., G
l.. Btrgc. l.. T., Edward MulruOney. \.
T Campbell. Benjamin Simon Henry
Okatavec =. j. McGarry. T.. l.. Bran
dow, James q, Pinkerton and Nareik
A number of the cracks are missing
from this list because they played Sc,
instead OF &c, in answer 10 blacks
fourth move at =. Several saw the
error in time and sent In corrected solu-
lions. others overlooked blacks second
move, lS-l4, altogether and gave only
l0-l5. Some PLAYED l7--l3 for whites
fourth move.
This was very tricky problem. as is
evident from the fact that some thirty
.
and many gave five or six variations,
whereas there Is practically nothing hut
the trunk play unless black gives mp at
his second or fourth move that is. at
\ or AT h.
\ A. Dunn sent the following position
- TuE SrN as the ending Of a game re-
Gently played iu brooklyn. asking what
THIS SrN thought Of it as draw for
white.
The diagram was submitted TO Mr..
LYMAN, who agreed with the writer that
white should not be satisfied with a
draw. as he should win the game. II
! II therefore Mr. Lyman's problem II
white can win. II 1t IL only draw
It is Mr. Dunu's problem The checker
experts are now called upon to decide
the matter
As all such positions are open TO sew
eral variations the important ones should
he given. These are OF course, in tho
defence, as the attack has always the
same key move.
PROBLEM 80. 3l4. CHECKERS
Dunn vs.. Lyman.
Black.
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u dealt and bid two spades, the old
fashioned way of showing some support
for a nu-trumper, III Is a very ambiE-
uous bid and has nothing To do with
the spade suit, The new rules are de
signed to cut II out of the game.
When \ passes Y IL compelled 10
take Il out with something or other, and
bids heart h GOES two diamonds. As
the hearts suited II better than any
thing else he went two, and A supported
the diamonds with three. Y having hid
his hand for al IL is worth passes, but
u goes on until It gets To four hearts,
which II doubles
Although there is no protection In dla-
monds thought IT better TO take his
partner out OF the double with four no
trumps. Why u did not double this is
not clear. and A should certainly have
done So II he had any confidence in his
partner's diamond suit
OF course the no-trumper Is set, hut
only for l20 points, as \ and Y make
nothing but the six diamonds. Had
been left with the four hearts doubled
II would have cost him 100. At on,
table 1t was played as "a heart on ~
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u dealt and bid no trump Having
the lead \ passed. This is uut good
bidding because unless his partner
holds ace and another club the SUIT -
hopeless as defence against no.
trumper because \ has no reentry.
took the dealer out with two dia-
monds. which y passed u understood
the warning and read his partner for
a long weak diamond suit. and not a
trick in his hand Now bids three
clubs. When Y passes. Is can either
let 1t stand or take q CuHuCr OF a mo-
trumprr which IL pretty risky with only
one club to lead to his dummy. n Is
satisfied. lie knows \ cannot 20 game
In clubs. and he does not care to ask
y to struggle for eleven tricks IN dia-
muuds
If ". look AZ this band from the chit
cago standpoint. We iud that the rank
of the suits makes no difference I'm the
bidding. but II the scorius value of the
declarations was All the same II would
be- a tribe nervous about the diamonds,
and u would have to do something TO
prevent from going game In clubs II
three odd was enough,
can 10 longer st there compla-
Gently and say To himself, "Lct them
play their old clubs They can never
40 game. and We are well out of it,"
ON the contrary. he would have to sup
port his partners diamonds, even II he
Nete set, which he certainly would lie
on this hand,
80 reasonable person will deny that
this state Of affairs would add to the
interest of the game, The partners
with the minor suits are always at the
mercy Of the pair who can let them
play the hand the moment 1t becomes
too RISKY to go any further with their
own declaration.
II the object Of abolishing the lower
value Of the spade suit II to equalize
matters to prevent any suit from hay
ing a double value and to preclude a
declaration that does not mean just
what it SAYS. surely nothing can better
accomplish this result than to make all
the suits OF the same value, Let no
bid outrank another more than one
trick in the bidding and have them an
worth ten a trick In the scoring, and
the game is balanced,
OF course nothing will entirely eliml-
nate luck. Even in duplicate there is
| the luck of the partners against whom
tricky hand Is played, and the luck
Of finding an opponent with nerve
enough to make declaration that an
other would not think Of II is some
| times remarkable how Curiously this
| element of the personality OF bidder
affects the result
Here Is a hand for instance, played
at the knickerbocker Whist Club. in
| which both the dealer and his partner
| have quite iustlfable bids in no trumps.
! II the dealer bids it, he goes game.
II his partner bids IT, he is set.
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dealt and bid a royal. which \
passed Y went no trump and passed.
~ he had the lead against Y. Instead
of taking the hint from VS. warning
takeout which denies any assistance
for the royals. II went back to that
suit bidding two, and once more A
passed Thinking u was strong enough
to play the royals Y passed. h then
hid three diamonds
This Is the most extraordinary declar-
alton the writer has ever seen AZ a
bridge table bar none. Without "A single
sure trick in his hand as the ace and
queen Of diamonds might he with 2, Just
as well as the ace and queen OF hearts,
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CLASSIFYING A WIDOW.

IT HE Wall street broker had been
To dinner whore the Hr'
fixed mcrr,ly and he was
right onto the hzz wagon,
Hello, Old too a friend grceieo
him on his wy home about mld
night; "heen to Browns dinner
What kind of 3 time did you hav"Y
Fine" he replied pulling nimse'f
together. "Sat next to a gray gas
"a what?" broke i'm the friend.
- gray gas no." he corrected
himself rubbing his mouth out with
the hack OF his hand; mo, Eu"
grass widow, and she"
That's different" laughed the
friend and let him finish his story.
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This is nullo. so there are no
trumps and II is In the lead. Y and Il
agree to force three tricks on A and Is
with the heart opening barred
The distribution OF the cards Is as
follows.
has the eight four Of hearts; ace
king nine OF clubs nine of diamonds
and four OF spades.
4 has the nine and six Of hearts :
jack seven four OF clubs, deuce y dia-
monds and spades
has the seven OF hearts eight
three deuce Of clubs six five four OF
diamonds no spades.
Il has the deuce Of hearts queen six
i've ~ clubs ten eight three OF dia-
moudS no spades.
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Problem No. 3l2.- an interesting end
Ing won 10y champion at the Spanish
game. made "a hole in the list OF solvers
who started out so bravely With No.
81. probably because the position re-
quired an unusual development In or
der to secure the win.
The distribution Of the pieces was
Black men on > and 6 kings on IS and
%. White men on :. 10 and 81; king
on ~ White to play and win. Here
are the moves that solve:
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PROBLEMS FOR "SUN"
READERS TO SOLVE
More Of the Wonders of NullOS
at Bridge Disclosed by
Jay Reed.
CHECKER EXPERTS DIFFER

Bridge problem No. 3i2. the third OF
Jay Reeds series had two solutions be-
sides the diamond opening. which was
barred, one Of these was the heart
opening, which was explained last week
and which will solve any Of the three II
properly followed up. The other was
the club. Here IL the distribution:
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original bid. and Alb made two spades.
two clubs and diamond against it.
Here is a deal, No. IL i'm the last
duplicate match at the Enckerbocker,
which shows what difference an opening
may make.
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White to play and win.
The distribution Of the pieces is as
follows: Black men on 9, Z, 4, 10. "A
and "a. White men on 10. 10, 20, 20. ~
and 80. Mr. Lyman Is playing the white
men for win Mr.. Dunn is trying for
the draw with the black pieces
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n at a" black plays lO-15. whites
answer IL 49,. II AT "B" black goes
l4--lS. white replies with Is
The opening moves Of this solution
are obvious. but large number Of SOL
vcrs went astray 40 blacks third, play
ing 23-lS. instead of 23-19 Then
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PITIFUL CONDITION OF
GIRLS SEEKING WORK
Pride and Poverty the Only Asset of Many Pretty Misses
Whom the Salvation Army Is Helping to Obtain
the Bare Necessities of Life

kT + there is no employment to ne
obtained for the poor girls of
New YORK let rs make employ
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Industrial situation will have
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SAYS POLICE BEAT HIM
WITHOUT PROPAGATION
Grocer, Recovering in Bellevue,
Tells Of Attack-Lawyer
to Ask Warrants.

Jacob Frumkes, the grocer Of 81 East
Fourth street who says Detectives Davis
and Merz beat him severely with their
bllles after arresting his ren-year -oid
son for carrying broken pistol, made
his first statement to Coroner Healy
yesterday. He Is rapidly recovering in
Bellevue. where for day or two he was
given treatment similar to the treat
ment for delirium tremens
Frumkes asserts, however, that he was
not drunk and seldom or never drank.
lie says Davis struck him as he stopped
over his son to ask where he got the re-
volver and that both policemen then
beat him, dragged him to the Fifth
street station. and there kicked him.
Assistant District Attorney Toilette In
vestlgated Frumkes's charges yesterday
with the apparent result OF esta bllshlnE
the fact that Frumkes drank quite often
and had been drinking when he was
beaten
DR. Charles Kennedy, Frumkess attor-
ney, said last night that he would apply
to-day in Essex Market court for war
rants for Davis and Merz on a felonlous
assault charge and would make charges
against them TO Commissioner Woods
The Commissioners will NOT suspend the
men until the District Attorneys office
has Investigated fully. Mr.. Toilette will
continue his investigation to-day.
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40 CATS GUARD BODY
OF BENEFACTRESS
Drive Husband Away When He
Discovers His Wife Dead
i'm Home.

More than forty cats Of all sizes and
colors were in the bedroom OF Mrs. An
gelina Heuerman, at 1855 DE Kalb ave-
nue. Williamsburg, when she was found
dead yesterday by her husband. night
watohman. on his return from work. The
woman, who was 66 years old, was a
great lover OF cats and was in the habit
OF bringing to her apartments every stray
cat she found in the street. 1t was also
her habit to leave a rear window open
at night so that her feline friends could
wa nder into her rooms and feel at home.
When Heuerman entered his apartments
Yesterday at daybreak he missed his wife.
who usually had breakfast prepared. As
he entered her bedroom he was attacked
by several of the half starved cats, which
few at him in a rage when he approached
the body lie went to the Hamburg ave-
nue. police station, where Patrolman Hol-
man was directed to return with him.
The policeman was obliged to use his
nightstick to prod some OF the animals
i'm order to get them out Of the place.
An ambulance surgeon from the Ger
man hospital said the woman probably
had been dead for several hours. Heuer-
man told the police that his wife had
not been feeling we'll. He added that
as result OF her love for cats. he and
his wife were often dspossessed from
rooms they occupied
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dondo. Collector OF the Port Dudley Field
Malone and the firm of Baker a. Williams.
which runs a bonded warehouse in this
city, where is stored $4,000 worth of the
gold and silver bars, brought here on the
Mexico Of the New York and Cuba Mail
steamship Company, which arrived here
on January 8.
WAsHiNGToS, Jan. IS. -- Ellseo Are
dondo, Carranza agent here intends TO
contest the action OF Federal authorities
at New York in selling gold and silver
bullion 20 the value Of s2lS,0 600 i'm an
action brought by the Pachuca Mining
Company an American firm II was
announced at the agency here to-day that
CHARLES n. Douglas counsel for Carranza
In the United States. would represent him
at New York in legal proceedings now
under way In regard to the bullion
II is claimed by the company that the
bullion was unlawfully seized in Mexico
by Carranza's Government. II was sent
from Vera Cruz recently, consigned to
Arredondo, who Is not only the diplomatic
agent OF Carranza in Washington, but
also the buyer OF supplies in this country
for the use OF the Carranza Government
This bullion. IL is understood was to be
used for the payment OF American firms
selling munitions OF war and other goods
to the Carranza authorities.
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MEXICO CITY ATTACKED.
Csrranzistas Tell of Chaos There
villa Rushes Troops.

Ell PAso. Jan 1s.-Mexico city is being
a small force Of Villas troops are de-
Tending II, according to reports received
here by Carranzstas.
Terror reigns again at the capital It
is said. the soldiers of Gutierrez and
others loottng the national treasury and
many Of the stores before evacuatlng
the city.
Zapata has broken with villa and
menaces the city by his control OF the
railroad line from Cuernavaca almost
into the capital.
Gen. Obregon, who captured Puebla,
severely defeating Zapata, IL at the
outskirts of the capital, while Gen,
Blanco and his Carranza division Is
west Of Pachuca, In the State Of Hidalgo,
within s~iklng distance.
Although the foregoing comes from
Carranzista sources, II is known that
villa is hurrylng to Mexico city.
Although the campaign against the
Carranza army in northern Mexico is
not being relaxed all spare Villa troops
are being rushed to Mexico city. All
regular trains on the central division OF
the National lines have been cancelled
and nothing but troop trains are
moving
| II was said in Juarez that villa wa,
| expected at the capital this afternoon Il
| take command OF the situation. Nills
will bring Gen Angeles, his chief OF ar
| tilery to the capital to become proT
sional President, knowing that he car
| trust Angeles to properly defend tho city
against their enemies. Villistas say.
\ solid trairload of artillery togethe
| with a guard OF 400 men left TorreoI
/ sunday at noon for Mexico oity. Tnoopi
| are being withdrawn from the Saltill'
region and are being sent 10 Torreon Il
/ be In readiness to leave for Mexico city {
: their presence Is needed.
The troops under Gems. Villareal anC
Herrera are being pursued by Vilista
/ from Monterey toward the border AM
/ Villstas are moving on Matamoras. It Il
reported.
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KRACKE COMES BACK
WITH B. R. 7. FIGURES
Says Statement Is "Gun Shy Of
Facts" and "Like Counter
felt Money"

To the charge that the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Company has cut down its
elevated service across Brooklyn Bridge
Bridge Commissioner kracke added yes
terday the assertion that the number of
trains on Williamsburg Bridge also has
been reduced. Proof OF this, saws Mr.,
Kracke. Is found In the companys own
monthly reports TO the city.
In December. 1913 the number of car
trips across Brooklyn Bridge was ll6,27f,
according TO the figures, and in December,
.ei4 the number was i0S,733, On WI
liamsburg Bridge the number was re-
duced from ASA to A3,267 in the same
period OF time. How, then, asks MIR
Kracke in effect can the B. r. r. have
the face TO maintain that the shrinkage
of Brooklyn Bridge service was due II
the diversion OF Myrtle avenue trains "a
Williamsburg Bridge and the Centr'
street loop?
These figures show" he saws, "tnat II
was harder for a Brooklyn bound pas
senger to travel by elevated road IRON
City Hall via either the Brooklyn Bridge
or the Williamsburg Bridge in December
1914, than II was in December, 1919.
The b, r, T. statement is gun shy o
facts. A gun shy statement is llk,
counterfeit money
Joseph Johnson chief OF the Public
Service Commissions transit bureau, anC
Arthur Dubois, one of the commission
lawyers, are drawing up a new order in
tended to make the r r. T. have seatl
enough for all passengers in uOn-rust
hours. Commissioner " Hams said yes
terday that Mr., john on's report OF
Brooklyn service lis the most compre
hensible thing we have ever had"
Mr. Eracke may he asked to t"stif,
before the commission tomorrow,