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fell III the roadway of the narrow
lane fr~euucnted by legal lights aud
broke the windows Of n row of ugly
old houses that were all the better
for Il little letting IN of fresh air.
st. paul's and TN" quiet courts or
the tempt, are untouched: there are
beautiful buildings all round. but The
Zeppelins annihilated a little public
house that in my case was a blot
on the scene and ripping to pieces TIE
wooden pavement made Il hole big
enough to swallow II motor bus.
They might have dropped a bonii'
on Downing Street and killed the
Prime Minister, but in the publ;
house they overwhelmed IA woman
who had hardly sufficient English ~
cry out that she was hurt and IN the
roadway killed IL lonely man. poor ard
old. who had not the whcrcwithal -
pay for his own funeral. within 81
wide radius windows were sliatterel
and the sidewalks were covered VIII
broken glass. but was IT worth Will
To- come from %t;,2nany To- break even
ten thousand windows"
Truly u nerciful Providence guarded
London on the night of october l3.
Men died when the Zeppelins doomed
overhead in the gloom and the search
lights flashed across the sky, seeking.
sceking-and the very earth shook
with tho boom Of tho anti-aircraft
guns. There was death from the fal'
ing houses and the falling shrapnel,
but when IL is remembered that the
- z.. I.,AI IL. sh. orc 1nn.N -
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the stars in the folds of the mists paled
before the bursting of bombs n
shrapnel.
The Zeppelins were raiding London.
had come east and were trying to drop
bombs on Woolwich Arsenal, two miles
away. Overhead came two of ;lic
great airships. one winged and down
on one side. and the seeking search
lights followed and caught them. Law
they showed them to us. low. low, right
overhead--death seemed threatening.
imminent. And tho excitement
gripped.
Go insideo How could we?
The smell Of powder and burnin,;
overpowered The perfume Of the roses
and the soft twit,er OF the little on
tented. lazy birds was huslied befDr-
the crash of the guns. and we've
here In this peaceful home were taking
active part in the war Of the ages.
Not ~ very far away men and women
and little children were suffering anl
dying, but on the dewy lawn We
thought not OF that. How could we ;
The lust If battle was IN our vcirs
and We too were seeing red.
The Zeppelin overhead, II long gray
thing that seemed to reflect light, gave
II little lurch and the watching people
on a railway bridge close at hand gave
a cheer that echoed between the
crashing of the guns. They forgot
their own danger: their blood vas
up.
Next day I went to see the damage
done. I am glad I did, for 1t is hardly
believable that bombs could have
been dropped In the heart OF "A great
city and done so very little damage.
They might have wrecked IA great
newspaper office. instead they
smashed AN old corrugated iron build
ing a I was about TO be cleared away
and was used as IA storehouse for tho
scanty belongings Of Belgian refugees
The bombs might have dropped "a
the New Law Courts. but they only
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NEW LAWS A HELP
TO ROYAL AUCTION
Increasing Popularity in Evil
dcnce at knickcrbOckcr
Whist Club.
ERRORS IN BIDDING

An, one who has any doubt bout the
Increasing popularity ~ auction br!dg.
since She new Avs eliminated all the
double sui, alu ard meaningless bidF
should visit the knick,rbocke Whrf
Clu ounis at y West Fo't.eth street
any Thursday evening and see nearly II
hundred players intent ON making the top
score In a duplicate match. Nis'io.s are
AlwuN welcome. anl the president. Major
Patton. extends tie couriesieS ot the
club on Thursday evenings To any one
who THINKS u, ~ she would like - test
Ne skill of some ot the local cracks,
Whitehead. Shepard, l>liug, roster and
many others whose names are familiar
tp every utgdEs player are Away on
hand.
The top score on ,hc opening night
was made Icy two well known authorl-
ties. PLAYING rs partners. W. G. White
head. author Of "Whitehead's convcu-
tions.' and l.. V. SrCpafd. autho, OF
~"Scientiiic Auction B'!dge,' their s''c-
cess being CHIEFLY due to following their
own TEACHINGS as To BIDS and take outs
There il no better vpporiunity ;ur test
ing ont any theory VI bidding o. play
than "A duplicate match wh.r" there j.
q largo runb,r OF tables. II j. very SCI
dom that II deal goes round the loom
without considerable variation IN the
manner IN which 4; is handled. and some
of til. results are instructive In showing
the consequences Of depicting from the
conventions tina, experience and c1icula
ton nave shown to- b. sound.
Here H. one, or irs'l. e.. il winch pn
%originP. error ny I've dealer Ia making %
declaration tlat his c..,s 10 ~: .Ist.fy
leads his partner tito tlr loss o. AZ
oppn t,ui'y 10 r'i,N ~, several hundred
points. II was No. Is on t'c open ny
night. T.. the dealer. sitting cas-.
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CONCERNING HISTORY.
T TANING succeeded in gaining ac-

T IANING succeeded in gaining ac-
cess to the lawyers private Of
flee without disclosing the OBJ
i-ct Of his call, t%heaagent for the great
est history If the world ever compiled
started in to gain the favorable attsu-
tiun of his prospective customer,
"'Histories make men wise Lord
Bacon said began the salesman.
"and--'
Il see interrupted tho lawyer.
that sou have called to invite my at
tention To the desirability of adding to
M library Il set Of some ones superla-
lively marvellous history of the world
hound, no doubt. in cloth, in sheep
skin and in fun morocco.
you have told me that Bacon SAYS
histories make men wise" h. contin-
ued. and no doubt You will tell me
also that Bulinghrokc said History is
philosophy teaching by examples that
Lamurtinc said History teaches every
thing. even the future that Cicero
said 'Not To- know what has been
happening in former times is 10
continue always "A child and that Car
lyle said History is a mighty drama.
tnu'tet uli'll lll' 'l'a'i VI INV WI
suns for lamps and eternity for a
background
when you have finished quoting
these more famous gentlemen you will
no doubt begin hen to give me some
of Your own reasons why | should no
longer deprive myself Of the liberal ed
ucation to be gained by II mere assoc
citation with such n set OF books AS YOU
have done me the honor to introduce
"Thcrc are several reasons why !
do not care to subscribe the LAWYER
proceeded. but ! scorn to reply to the
eminent authorities YOU have quoted
hv giving simply the opinions and rea-
sons Of AN obscure twentieth century
New York lawyer. Instead. permit
me to remind YOU that Napoleon said
What is history but "A fable agreed
unon?' Also that Goethe said sin
writes history: goodness Is silent
Likewise that Noltaire wrote History
Is little else than "A picture of human
crimes and misfortunes,' Further
more that Lord Chesterfield said His
tory Is only a confused heap Of
facts And. lastly, that Horace Wal
pole wrote Anything but history, for
history must be false
81 thank YOU for your kind attcn-
ton" concluded the lawyer. "and 7
trust YOU will encounter 10 difficulty
In finding your way out"
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Utter Futility of German
"Frightfulncss" Her Last.
ing Impression.


NC expected INC o"'i"s i'II ana IA
the Iohst possinle uain"s''
Anu 'ne n'''Sn to "" in"'H Ne
same IN the race vi "c'''' DOW; "u'
OF inc "iues' stre''S came - tr'lt
''o'o' we ,'"' 49, n''t'' INV
"A splin'er from u Dom" nv the io't
una swept u man On on l" we paw
fncht uea"' "S'ne 'h' p'NNeng"rl
shriekeh an" o"e "o"'"h i"'''''d' "lt
the ilducto was uhp"r'urhed' 10
W"sht even "'f''"et'' ~ was IN
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the heart he makes two spades, but he
led the spade ace instead.
On the two spade lead Y continued
TO discard hearts. holding on to his
guarded ten of diamonds, with which
he made the last trick. Either AS fall
urc to encourage - to keep hearts. or
BIS hoping too much from the diamonds
and banking til. heart ace. cost 1916
points at this table, as 1t allowed Y TO
go game.
At another table y had no such
trouble. or winning the first diamond
he went right back with the suit. and
Is played the ace and led a club. fiv"
clubs made and dummy led n heart,
ten. lack and ace falling. II had dis.
carded down to the lone nine Of d'a-
mords to guard the spade queen, and
now led n small spade. the ten forcing
the King. 4 made his king OF hearts
and that ended It.
Here Is Il good example of The trounlc
an illegit.mlic second hand bid will yet
people into. 1t was No. 20, z having
the deal. sitting "ns:.
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rs this is "A nullo there are no t jumps
u IL In the lead. and the object Is to force
three tricks upon \ ana u.
The key move Is the nine Of diamonds.
upon which We may assume that \ Will
play the eight II L the three. What
happens when Il win the trick will lie
seen presently. Il then leads the small
diamond. which throws u into the lead
with the ten.
Rs best defence Is the spade Jack.
which puts Il back In the lead again
.Dn this tick A should lie careful to
keep he six OF spades. So as to he able
10 take Il out Of a spade later, or leave
him, rs may be better for the defence
Y plays the nine.
z now leads the jack Of clubs. and
n" continuation depends upon AS dis
card. Suppose he lets 20 Il heart. then
v d'scards the higher OF his two remain
ing spades. Il leads the heart. which Y
wins with the kim. Be play being un-
important.
When Y leads the deuce OF spades. Il
plays the i've II he has kept that card
and 4 gets rid OF the nine OF clubs. II
- Is left with the lead, he must Mn a
club trick. II \ takes the lead ava
from him with the six OF spades. nc
must win another spade trick
II 4 discards either of his spades on
The jIck Of clubs. no matter which. Y
/ d'scards the small heart The next trick
V wins with the kiug OF hearts. and leads
the deuce IL spades. Sc as TO give Il that
club discard.
/, does not matter whether \ or Il
vim this trick. according to the SPADE
that \ has kept being the six or tine
small one, because II A wins the spid,
lead. he takes the last trick with the
heart. II Il wins II, he wins a clue
also.
Gong back 10 the Narieiious in the
defence, IL u wins the hrs, diamond trick
with the ten. 1, is impossible for him t.
prevent Y from regaininy the lead on TN.
next trick. II Il leads IA club. Il wins
with the jack. and \ has to discard
The spade queen and the winning dia-
! mond follow. and \ is down 20 two
| hearts and a spade, OF two spades and
a heart. Y having adjusted his own dis
cs.dS acrorGlngly.
II u leads the diamond right back fv
. the second trick. the only change Is III
the order oc the tricks that Il wins. as
the jack Of clubs mus; always force \
to discard before Y. The game Is true
If Il leads the spade jack for the Sec
ond trick, as A is always in the same
difficulty ON the club lead.
Correct solutions from:
Frank s Busser. 9. +. Morse, u
Perry. -. II. Boston. ]. ". Miller. l.. :
Har., Jr.. r. II. Fairfield. II. 4. ".
Henry Andersen. Mrs, =. L.. Ames, e.
+. Johnson. W. l., W. J. W. Wortz. W.
Il. Brush. Walter McMartin. II. Scott
Lee. Charles J. Holmes Ralph Lock-
hart. W. s. Hickox. n. II. Harris, G.. j.
Fink and Godfrey Il Moore.
This Is "A very respectable list for "A
very troublesome problem. More than
twenty began with the spade queen, but
! tina. will up' splyp
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2;aA iossss
$500
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n bid n heart and \ saii tao clubs.
Y two diamonds and u two spades. In
stead OF letting the spades alone y
went back TO the clubs. bidding three.
\ never had n club bid. When Il
riaver overcalls "A major suit with "a
minor suit he should he willing Tor
his partner TO make "a better bid. no
trumps o. the other major suit \
has just one sure trick In his hand
and vas set for 200. as Y doubled,
trusting Il for two heart tricks. 4
made two hearts, Y rufning the third
round with the king, while u ruined
two diamonds after Y won the second
trick with the ace and led the suit
ag'!n at once. II could have made
tvr spades. even II y makes two hearts
aHd rufs IA diamond, because after
that the only trick is the king OF
trumps.
NJ one able 1t appears that Y car
red The almonds 10 three. over the
cluos. n was set for two tricks.
through RS leading "A club and then
a spade. securing the cross ruff.
Hand No. C. In which east dealt,
presents al interesting comparison be-
tween playing "A big minor suit as
trump. or as part OF "A no trumper.
the play being almost Identical at each
table.
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voting their entire lives TO the ad-
vanCcment OF humanity.
II must require a suhI.in.ty Of
faith of which the ordinary morta.
cannot aspire to do what these
Christian heroes do. Think of It.
They bury themselves here forever,
during all the remaining years Of
their lives. without hope IT ever re-
turning to their nai!v" land or 10 the
scenes of their childhood Thus they
give their lives Ia nifty or So savag"S
dwelling in "A clearing of the danger
infested jungle.
Had the priests not pioneered ahead
%. us 1t would have been Impossible FIR
us to reach these practically unknown
watersheds. With pick and shovel in
;heir own hands this little band Of dis
ciples OF Christ have carved "a tra.i. in
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by J. l.. SEWARD.
AM writing this by candle light
on "A boot leg in the heart OF

AM writing this by candle light
on "A boot leg in the heart OF
the jungle. The Indian run ner
is leaving in his n for Mocoa at
dawn.
] want 10 write a few word in cele-
bration of the Capuchiu missionary
fathers in this district. Their last
outpost is many hundreds Of miles
up the Cduueta River They are in
a very real sense the pioneers of
civilization in this part Of the world.
The fathers are the only mes who
can get anything out OF the Indians.
Were ii not for their kindness We
would be completely lost in this vast
wilderness uf equatorial jungle. The
Indians themselves are afraid OF the
Great River: only the Force of
persuasion eAerted 10y the good priests
can get them TO leave their Villages
10 help us.
Til. Indians arc Il best only half
converted To Christianity. Deep in
their hearts they still cling to their
gloomy Inca gods. There are half
ruined temples on Islands In silent up
land lakes. There are deep waters
where no canoe eNer ventures 1FSt l!le
ancient spirits Of the place lie OF
Tended. There il a haze of mystery,
"a labyrinth OF legends woven over
these illimltablc stretches of untrod-
den forest.
The last Master of CuZco. tho Son
If the Sun. still lives at the foot 81
one Of the tremendous peaks. lie
still dreams Of driving out the
Spaniards. The young men of the
tribes still shuu the morasses, through
which only the tapirs and medicine
men can find "A causeway. They are
rooted in heathen!sm.
The Capuch!n fathers, neverthe-
less. simple in their faith, fearless OF
heart. utterly regardless OF tie thou
sand hardships incidental TO the ardu-
Gus life In this wilderness, are de-
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Il aid no bid. \ one spade. Y passed
and II went no t-umps. u opened win
the Jack OF diamonds and dummy
led the club for the finesse. Il letting
The jack hold so rs to get dummy out
OF clubs. Il led "A spsds " clear up
that suit before he los; the roen;r!es,
and Y came back with the king Of
hearts. as his partners diamonds were
hopeless.
put on the ace of hearts and pit
dummy In with II diamond. Instead
of making HE winning spades at once
he tried the club iinesse again. wnic,
allowed Il 10 lead the jack and an
other heart. When Y was through
with the. hearts he put dummy In with
IA diamond and made the last trick with
the ten of spades. Il trick only for
y and l..
When played as TWO ciubs, truinps.
the diamond suit was opened just the
same and the following tricks went
alono IN the same ay. but al the end
when Y led the fourth heart II found
himself compelled 20 put up the ace
of trunps 10 smut on, the nine. So that
Y and z got five tricks.
At no trumps \. and Il score 10 and
80 aces. At clubs they score II and IL
in honors.
one pair were fortunate enough TO
go game on this hand through a pecu-
liar misunderstanding OF VS. shift 10
hearts. The play was about the same
as already given. clubs being trumps,
until the second finsssc in clubs. when
y was in, hut A had made his two
top spades on winning the second dia-
mond and before leading the second
round OF trumps. On these spades II
had shed two losing hearts. Thinking
to make his trump by putting dummy IN
with the diamond II led that suit in
stead of returning hearts 10 his part
ner. This let Il ruff a heart. pull rs
trump and win the game. as the hearts
all died.
Deal No. ). IN which north dealt, was
interesting both for the bidding and
the play. II Is an excellent object les
son in the folly of bidding second hand
against "A no trumper.
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HrrcHlNsoN. kan, Nov. 1%S.--John
Stevenson, farm hand AT Il lual dairy
had TO be taken to the hospital after n
piciur" show he saw. The films were ~
the navy. with a number OF views show
ing boats rolling in high seas and all
that,
1t was 80 realistic that, II reminded
Stevenson Of his trip across the Atlantic
and made hin seasich.
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THAT QUESTION OF PROPORTION.

The. mathematical sharps were more
succ ssful with this puzzle han with
the geonetrical proposition that pre-
coded ii. and several interesting demon
STATIONS Of the manner OF arriving AZ
the solution have come Ia hand. Some
are much longer than necessary, but all
arc correct.
The proposition Mas this Three arti-
Giles were for sale al n charity bazaar :
brooches. purses and cigarette holders.
and the sale continued three days. The
dases and prices for each article were
nc sot'ows.
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PROBLEMS FOR "SUN"
READERS TO SOLVE
No. 351. by G.. l.. Moore Of Lon
don, Simple. but Difficult
Enough to Be Interesting.
NEW KNIGHT IN LISTS

Bridge problem No. 35i, by q. y"
Moore of London. which started the new
honor list. was In the composers usual
happy vein. combining simplicity OF con-
struction with just enough difficulty In
the defence to make 1t Interesting. Here
is tho distribution
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Before J. L. Seward. a grandson of Secretary of State Seward,
started from this city on an expedition to the jungles of South America
he was asked by a friend to write from the heart of the Jungle the.
most interesting thing he saw. The following article is the result. 1t
is dated In camp, Upper Amazon Basin, Caqueta River, via Mocoa,
Colombia. South America. September IS, 1915"
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five o Of clubs; queen eight Of dia
monds: queen seven Of spades.
n has the king ten deuce Of clubs:
jack seven of diamonds ace four three
deuce of spades; no hearts.
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The facts known were that something
less than 100 articles had been sold
nltcyether the same number of brooches
Were were sold each ,,S day, Inc same number Of
ii l,,. .,I ~. .,,,, ,,,,horn a..
purses each day ana ''c same number OF
OF money wa taken in each day. The
nny,ia v,s Ia or,,rc nm, bow much
m pu11,y w MnS ,aSer in. =" -" "1
Here ~ a Ho'd 'Aalnpl' OF Tue soIu-
'I r5r 'e SJmn,'r,,, maze ., INC ,r,, d,
roI S''P"'"' "'' '' ""' W
value Mon rue.. We,
brooches ...,:..,..., - - ~
purses ,............... tcf;c4lsc &c
The amount received for three days
mus, be "A ommon multipl" OF ~. IG
and 20 divlsible by 3 the least common
multiple is 52s. which turned into dol
lars is Sl32 divided by , Is So.
7a+3 h--l2 a-6h+5c
suo'ra'' ,4gh.. 49, H.. "a
' = l.
II g. bfrom which
assume I'll 49,, y
IN" "nlN va "'S '"st can y" stN'h anu
W. 'H' n".,"', w y" """I
u'ru az i'q.,Leu ~ Nv pno''n', ne
'''u's HNe u 'V'"t ""o'.' "n ~ o''
erS anu purses ~ opsel'a,'o" we ste
'h"t q - we '''"v VI :" ".V"'' w
.ol"p'e'o "' oh'''''o"' ;" '"' ""'"''
is
p...,, "'"u''' 49, -;
e.. nId.rs ','',' ,,H2 q -
Purses .,,,,,....,....... 100 6 600
49,,
r,.sJ.y ''oV
Brooches ,....'... i.oOx o. 800
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by getting a King behind ,hc white
forces at once. black imagined whites
gnm" 20 b" hopeless. but white proved
himself equal TO thu occasion and pulled
out with "A draw.
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white

Whit 20 play and draw.
The distribution Of the pieces Is
Black men OF 10. II. ~ and -: king
on 81. White men on 81. 20. -, 90
and 80.
an Interesting feature OF his posi-
ton l. blacks last move which was
:'-3l. getting a king. He studied over
the Alternative y; playing io--i5. but
concluded that move would give white
"A draw. the game going this way.
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Description and pictures of f.
William Sievers's superb Monu-
ment Don to be erected on field.
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Full story and facsimiles of discov-
cries that throw new light on the
life of the unfortunate poet.
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Reasons of the apparent deadlock
explained. Illustrated with recent
photographs of the most pictur-
esque fighting on any front.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-07-30
INSPECTORS.
rcontinued from Paro one.I

taken in custody during the day and
the sheriff found that he could not ar
rest William *. Hull, general manager
of the st. Joseph Steamship
company, owner of the Eastland, as
he was in Chicago on a federal sub
poena from his home in Benton Har-
Dor. s4l-
cause of, the, capsizing of the East
land has so far developed before Sec
rotary Redfield. Inspectors am
others have expressed the opinion that
under ballasting or improper manipu-
lation of the water ballast tanks up
set the ship.
Not Overcrowdcd, Says Inspectors.
Robert Reid, of Grand Haven,
Mich, the federal inspector who
granted the Eastland permission to in
crease it's passengers from 1900 TO
$500 on July 2, testified that the SLIP
had plenty of room for even more
passengers and had complied with the
law by providing the legal amount of
life preservers, boats and RATS. lie
had seen the ship carry 5000 per
sons safely; had inspected the ballast
tanks, although not required to do so,
and had no fear of the ships sinking,
his son-in-law, J. NJ. Erickson, being
chief engineer of the craft. He had
never received any favor from any
officer or owner of the vessel
Death List Drops to 1911.
Launches dragged the river today
and ten divers continued their search
for bodies of victims. The body of
woman was taken from a cabin of the
boat early in the day. Figures on the
the identified dead at S33, unidenti-
fled dead, 2, Western Electric COM
pany list of missing. 236; total. LOTT
When company calls they will en-
joy limeade. Your grocer has lines
Adv.