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Ldqe Szvann Points Out
Peril in Nezv Penoloqv

what can be done with this ol,,,
Of convicts? II Is q grave ques.
ton.
fined in prison or rcformatory. an
In full accord and in hearty sympathy
with such effort wherever IT &. in.
telligently directed. But feol thu,
care should be used 20 teach such mo,
their trades with modern mach!ner,
and tools, such as are used In M.
and factories by enterprIsing bushes.
men. II doesn't seem to me 10 q,
fair to teach n convict how 10 make
shoes for example, with machinery
and tools that have been dlscardoa
by almost all modern shoe manufac.
turers for when such man gcts OIL,
Of prison and asks for q Job he find,
himself provided with tools ami az.
planes that ne has never been taugh,
to use"
Judge Swami was asked vhe,her
he ever resolves words OF approya
or disapproval from former convict,
a. to their treatment in court
mot infrequently." he replied For
example, have Just had this morn.
ing a very interesting letter from
man who was convicted OF carrying
on q highly successful get rich quick
sw,ndle. He refers in the opening
re ntence OF his letter to remarks O.
mine mada before conference O,
proba ton officers. and recently quoted
in some OF the newspapers"
In tho communication referred 70
this former criminal, who served a
year IN city prison, wrote as follows
"I am very much Interested IN Vol,
remarks because I know they ar
absolute truths and At the condition
that exist. and believe that mar
OF your suggestions will be adop,e
for tho benefit Of society and n,
prisoners as well.
During my stay in the Tor1bs =
was able to observe men held for IN,
or for sentence. and not one, including
myself. was untustly convicted or r.
ceived other than what he deserve
Perhaps the man released has h .
troubles. They all seem 10 wor.
about references. In all my bus.reu
I career L never WdS Hsffu .pT IeIpt
ence--perhaps because I insisted upor
those / did business with giving N,
/ references, which placed them on ,he
defensive.
Regarding Mr.. Oshorne's ii.a :
! making farmers of his 'c-es,s-,ha
Ia almost an impossibliity, as o,
| men who must be versatile Il is -.
/ farmer. He must not Only ne a.
| 10 work the soil, but he muir be
carpenter, blacksmith, a hutcho'
/ and about everything else to ma
( a success. In my private rte Nv.
/ on n farm
| The former convict who wrote m,
| to Judge Swami mentioned that 3.
was lunching In an uptown no.
| and his note was penned upon T..
expensive stationery. He closed W
! the following sentence. which ind.
/ Gates that he does not wholly la.
/ the sense OF humor:
THE police parade is pasrns or
Fifth avenue. Naturally I am not II
terested"
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and Il Ia not likely We will 20 yet.
The conditions are 80 bad that they
would not risk sending a few nurses
and doctors, for many have died OF
typhus, which Is raging. as well a.
smallpox and cholera. ] am very dis
appointed but realize We would simply
be useless to cope with conditions and
really risking our lives without doing
any good.
1T really needs and what hope
to So Is sanitary corps under the
Government to 60 in and clean up
servia, as yellow fever was cleaned
from Panama. II only the press would
take up the subject, for thousands are
dying from disease and very few from
bullets. In the FIRST place the army
has to be fed and transported, then
they take the best food for that. while
the sick and civilians are third con-
sideration.
II am still trying to get with a
largo corps who are working in tents
and can control the conditions some
what. but to think Of going in to care
for 1900 patients. with typhus spread
to try to nurse the men lying on
straw-why. II Is hopeless without any
sanitary precautions, and they are Q
people who do not want to be clean
for q large number Of them. are
gypsies.
'One Of the doctors here volunteered
when war broke out in 1918. Cholera
and typhoid were raging then, but now
1t II very bad, and he says II IL q
hopeless task. and a. typhus only lasts
three days. when you either live or
die, the we'll patients can look after
the others
II do want to do some work ana will
go II the opportunity offers. II q
to Servia I will keep q diary.
Have Just had an aviator brough,
in-a Frenchman who had done won
derfu work as q pilot and has the
highest medal given. 'Medaille Mill
taire." and I believe 10 to have an.
other one next week, He Ia yer,
modest about Il but went so low owe,
the German lines that they winged
him, as they say and ne was sho,
through the sole Of the foot, the bulle,
passing through the ankle and break
ing It, He wants to get we'll quickl,
to be back again.
1T Is such exciting work. Got thi,
shot 5000 feet above tho lines. Say.
he goes 10000 feet, where II Is bttterl,
cold. l believe there Is going TO be ar
attack on the Allies side soon. 80
expect we will have q time. l an
really very happy. but still want 70 q,
and help little heroic Servia.
Il wish America would do more FOL
her and less for Belgium. but America
is splendid and Is doing more than he,
share"
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Clubs are trumps and z Is in the leaa
7 and Y want eight out OF these nine
tricks against any defence.
The solution Ia for II to lead the ace
Of diamonds ton which y will probably
play the eighty and to follow with a
trump. As holds a double tenacs
over A in clubs. he can win whatever
card A plays, as any OF VS. trumps
are better than Rs eight.
The next lead is small diamond
from Us hand, which Is allowed to
win with the queen. z discarding .
small spade so as to preserve his trump
for leading through the tenace again.
This diamond trick Is the only one
that A and r can win.
Whatever r leads for the fourth trick
z wins and leads his remaining trump
at once. As the more natural lead for
r 10 the spade. u will play the ace,
and then A must lose both his trumps
to Y. on the return Of the trump 2
discards a losing spade. His next dis
card depends on BIS.
On the first trump lead p can afford
10 let go one Of his spades and still
command the suit. on the last round
Of trumps he can discard . small heart
and still have both suits protected. hut
when leads the Jack OF diamonds p
Il up a tree. If he lets 60 q spade 2
will make a trick with the nine, ana
if he sheds heart both tho ace and
zen are good In rs hand.
II B tries to avoid this ending ~
giving up the queen OF diamonds on
the first trick the play proceeds In
the same way, Y being careful to re-
sist the temptation to make his Jack
OF diamonds. but leading a small one for
the third trick. IL Il holds II with the
eight 1t is just the same as II he had
won 1t with the queen.
II A overtakes the diamond with the
nine he must lead one OF the suits in
BIS hand and let 2 win n, Just as r
would have done. Whichever suit It IL
fers to lead the trump itself wins his
two tricks and then makes the Jack OF
diamonds. forcing the inevitable dis
card from r.
Correct solutions from
Walker McMartin. Charles NJ Root,
II. X. Thaw. d. Perry, John c. Hume.
NJ. II. H.. Frederick Pyle. Grace w.
Sanders. ID. A. w, J. W. wor,z, Henry
Andersen. George w. Hempel, Lillian
Bennett Weller, C. F. johnson. DR. Owsley
Grant. Keystone. w. p. w. o. II. Bos-
ton, f. NJ. Frost. L. g. Hart. Jr. and
A. I. Strasburger.
One or two get the same result by
leading out the two red aces and then
cross ruffing the two red suits before
leading the trump from rs hand. Some
rufYed the return Of the diamond in the
play given and led two rounds OF hearts,
so that could make his top diamond
and trump before leading a spade.
Others again made all three aces at
once and then led heart for the cross
rum tenace In trumps and the top
diamond 10 make. This looks As II the
problem were a triplet.
In Problem 3e4 the six OF spades
In BIS hand should be the Ave. al
though that card does not affect tho
solution in any way.
Here is a problem sent to THE SrS
from Boston. with an inquiry as to
Its soundness, as the sender thinks 1t
n impossible to win the required num-
her OF tricks; hut as Ave tricks are in
sight II would not be problem IL six
were not the number asked for. 80 The
only alternative is that the position is
Unsound. As II is interesting. the deci-
sion Is left to readers OF THE sun.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-02

or impulse, and not As confirmed GRIM
inals.
"The average business man 10 will
ing to take a chance with the unfor-
tunate because Of the inherent SYM
PATTY we all have for the under dog.
This Is an extraordinary change from
conditions obtaining only q few years
ago, when 1t was almost impossible for
a jailbird to get work anywhere, be-
cause men of business would not trust
him. 1t Is one OF the signs, more
over, that we are on the right track;
that business men see the necessity OF
giving a convicted man a chance to
earn his living through labor.
I'm the old days. when such work
was not to be secured, the former con-
vict had no alternative, as a rule, but
to keep on his career Of stealing. He
had to do so or starve.
''This giving an opportunity for
honest work is not tho excessive sym
pathy which I deplore on the part OF
the ultra tenderhearted. The best
thing that can happen to a criminal
once he 10 released, Is to impress upon
him In the most positive way that he's
got to work-that he must earn his
food by real, honest toll, and that If
he doesn't back he Will 60 to real and
corrective punishment. Then provide
him with the work to do. Business
men who take such . course are per
forming an important and patriotic
duty to society.
probation Oflcer Kimball also fnd.
~ s,t,<
for whom suspended sentence Is re-
quested, the 'sy1npa thetic' employer
promising the court to provide work
for him. Is frequently anxious TO get
the man out of trouble for two
reasons; he wants to pose among his
friends as philanthropist. and he
wants to get the skilled mechanic
turned over 70 him, because he sets
the w1ges ant thus can obtain skilled
labor very cheap indeed. Mr.. Kim
balls opinion comedies with mine, It
Judge Swami added.
Almost a. serious as the work OF
caring for children so they will not
become criminals is the problem OF
dealing with the confirmed crimIn nal
the second termer and third terrner
1t Is very difficult 10 accomplish per.
manent reform with many a second
teg-ser while a number OF thoughtful
n,s's are inclined TO question whether
tho average third termer can be per.
manently reforWed from habits OF
wrongdoing, III ring exceptional cases
II know welf of the work OF various
charitable and religious societies which
have had marked success in uplifting
individuals long in habits OF crmina
life. and wish 10 give the good mer
and women engaged in such effort al
possible credit and admiration fol
their noble efforts. But whether th'
usual third terrner can be brought
back to life OF honesty. industry
sobriety and general good citizenship
is debated by not few students OF
the criminal classes With such II Is
far too often a case Of out Of prison
and In again. over and over.
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THAT cur-our PROBLEM.

This ingenious puzzle, by Harry A.
Sayles OF Schenectady. was apparently
too much for the ma jority of those who
tried II, as number wrote to confess
that even with the help of the younger
members OF the family for tire best part
of an afternoon they could not make a
Job OF it.
The puzzle was TO take nine pieces OF
cardboard or paper cut out to the sizes
and shapes given two weeks ago and so
to arrange them that they should form
a perfect square. The square had been
originally divided into those nine parts
by certain geometrlcal processes. which
are here given.
Here is the solution. the numbers IN
the original pieces being preserved in
their original positions for reference. so
that the pieces and their respective sides
may be easily picked out:
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A GAMBLING coNUNpRUM.

Among the many devices for winning
the money OF the unwary ono OF the
finest is the following. which is a re.
cent invocation OF the sporting frater-
nifty. The chief virtue OF the game lies
in the fact that the players do not know
exactly what they are up against and
have no idea whether they are getting
run for their money or are simply
throwing II away.
THE SrN exposed the immense per.
centase against the player in the dice
came Of twenty-six, and it Will prob
ably be a work OF charity II the mathe-
matical sharps who read THE SUN will
turn their attention 10 the latest scheme
I.sre is the proposition;
The banker lays upon the table the
ace. king. queen, jack and ten OF spades
from a pack OF ffty-two cards. This Is
the tabeau. The players placa their
bets upon any one or more Of these i've
cards they please. When all the money
Is down the banker deals four cards In
a row to the right OF each OF the five
cards in the tableau, so as to .orm five
poker hands.
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Cracker 81 Years Ole SIN Frcsh

NASHVILLE. Tenn. May A cracker
that has kept fresh since tho battle Of
Gettysburg Is IN the possession Of T. F.
Perkins OF Hartsville. Tenn, a Con-
federate soldier. II Is Drowned by it's
hfty-two years Of age and by It's days
OF exposure on the battlefield
The old cracker. a hunk Of hour and
water. Is two inches square and an inch
thick and Is perfect specimen of Con-
federate army bareback. II was picked
up on the field on July 2, 1863, by
Rounds Saunders. one OF Jeb Stuart's
cavalrymen. and sent to Miss Leila
Roberta Perkins OF Bedford City Va.
She 10 now Mrs A. J. Hall OF Harts-
vile.
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The manner OF dividing the square
follows;
Bisect the line Alb at c and DE at
F, Join AT and C-E. Draw &C at
right angles to C-E and F-S at right
angles TO Az. Bsect HE at y and
C-S at O. Join NO and produce TO
meet the line BE at p. Join CN and
on the base C-N erect tho equilateral
triangle CkN.
Draw FL parallel TO NIX and pro
duce C-N to meet FL at NJ. On the
base F-M erect the equilateral triangle
FIN and produce MT to cut C-S at r
and meet BE at ..
Correct solutions from:
J. II. Stamford, r. Al Belts. C. r
Lyons, r. j. Sawyer. w r. w, F..
Beebe. Mrs Thomas II. Kildun. William
b. Hills, @. q, Janeway, r. l.. Orten-
burg and Bessie G. Styles.
Now take these Same nine pieces Of
cardboard and arrange them in the form
of a perfect equ'lateral triangle
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Clubs are trumps and 2 Is In 1he lead,
Can and Y win six tricks against any
defence, and II 10 how?
The distribution Of the cards IL as fol-
lows:
Y has the Jack ten OF hearts; six OF
trumps: queen nine seven six OF dia-
monds no spades,
A has the ace OF hearts; Jack ten
four OF diamonds; queen six five of
spades. no trumps.
3 has the ten of trumps king eight
I'VE three OF diamonds; eght and seven
of spades; no hearts.
u has tho three OF hearts; queen four
OF trumps ace OF diamonds king ten
and three OF spades.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-02
Varied Problems for 1.-The
Sum- Readers to Soive

Bridge problem No. as3 presents .
0i,ture Of the two elements which are
sDuayfy reserved for separate use IN the
construction Of problems. In the take
al1 II 10 always the forced discard; in
ne positions that surrender one or more
% the adversaries 1t is usually the
tenace position that does the trick. In
No. 323 both forms Of strategy are
used. Hers Ia the distribution:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-02

White.
White to play and draw.
Tho distribution OF the pieces IL
Black men on Z. :, IS and 10. White
men on 8. IL. 2e and a. No kings.
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Tho banker pays all the bets made
on the winning hand and takes all bets
made on the four other hands. The
odds he pays are shown in the table.
even money II the ace hand wins, 2 to
AGAINST the king. 10 AGAINST the
queen. and so on,
The question is this: What are the
odds In favor OF the bank on the whole
scheme. upon each ~ the five cards and
what would be the best card for tho
player to bet upon as steady thing.
II emily one were selected
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-02

Marvellous engineering work
just completed that has ended
drought, the acknowledgements
foe of Apulia. In Next Sundays
SUN.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-02

Remarkable pictures obtained by
Uncle Sans experts of steel pro-
jectiles going at rs miles
minute. In Next Sundays SUN.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-02

What the great dressmakers are
doing during the war. Worth
praises bravery of his Mid
nettes." In Next Sundays SUN
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-02
I rails of Luxem-
burg's Fair Ruler

Beautiful Marie Adelaide, who
finds herself. since the outbreak
of the war, virtually a vassal of
the Kaiser. In Next Sundays
SUN.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-03-26

attic and get"
"Ataboy' Hes the very guy
Sure, He'll take em through IN,
eenal without complaining grunt
He could hit YOU In the neck viii
a bricl, and make you laugh abou
IT,"
And this IL the story ~ the lates
strnt Of the worlds greatest "regu
lar fella. the best. allfound. double
barrclcd mixer ON tho American
continent
We give you one guess. Who Il
it,
You're surpriaed We ask Sure
Anybody'd know Il was IIhzen !
Titus. father Of the great big baked
potato and head OF the Northern
Pacific dining car service.
Yesterday morning Titus and his
6s4 finicly rtomachs lcft IN. Phil
adclphiA pier smiling. Before thes
were out OF the harbor. the tele
graph SAYS. he had the entire 6si
laughing out loud. and when they
reached deep sea water everybody
had forgotten all about being eicl
and wns following Titus around the
decks waiting for him 90 tell an
other.
Titus just couldn't be crab II
he wanted 90. IL isn't In him.
Every thins los,hs funny - him
and he makes everybody else see
things the same way He's little
bit the chcericst. merrieHt chap In
the world.
on the trip through the canal
Titus viii siy. the passengers
aboard the Northern Pacific. which
IL 100000 vessel. just com
pleted. treat to what ne claims
II n sure cure for every known
form OF crouch a great big baked
potato.
Titus had 1000 large Northwest
spuds put aboard just before the
ship sailed.
The party will stop three days
at Panama
Here they viii go ashore 10 re
cover from Tltusitls. "A form OF con
ynlsion caused by too much laugh
ter.
They will land IN San Franoieco
on April 1. according TO the sched
ule. and Titus Job will be over
the job Of keeping ssi finicky s'om
nchs from going back on theii
owners on rough sea voyage
which. you must admit. ~ some
job.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-03-26
Referendum LEAGUE TO OPEN
FIGHT ON EMERGENCY CLAUSE

Referendum league. ard covnor
Tesss. attorney. together with
five other measures.
The secretary accepted for
filing the other five bills.
which are a. follows. 8. q.
22s. the political convention
bill. s. o. 367. the arti.plcses.
Ing bill: s. q. 3oi. the "eersifi-
cate Of necessity" bill: s. o.
5s5. the port bill: s. D. 272.
the fake budget system. last
week Miss Case filed petitions
against n. o. 80 and i7s. the
Initiative. referendum and re.
call amendments"
The Renick bill carried an un.
qualified emergency clause. while
the iitney bus bill declared an
on April 10. Howell. 90
ths advice o, Attorney General
Tanner. holds that an emergency
measure cannot be subjected to
the referendum vote OF the people.
No Real Emergency
But the supreme court has de.
clared that emergency clauses can
only be legal where real emergrn.
cies exist said Councilman Erick.
son, president of the league. Fri.
day. IT IN ridiculous TO say the
jitnsy bus bin Is real emergency
II Il were. the legislature would not
have hesitated 10 make u effective
Immediately instead OF delaying II
until April 10. Likewise. II II alb.
surd TO say the Renick bill Ia an
measure for the imme.
diate preservation of health, peace
or safety. II there IL an imme-
diate emergency To give up 10
bankers a lot Of unnecessary in.
terest. ! am not aware OF H."
Bring Action In Supreme Court
Mandamus proceedings will be
begun In the supreme court.
Under the constitution. all ques-
lions affecting initiative and refer.
endum matters have precedence
over all other litigation. and an
early decision is anticipated. The
allows 90 days after
Of the legislature
within which 10 get up any refer.
endum. Tho litigation In court
takes away time from the peoples
30 DAYS.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-03-26
BUMPER WHEAT
CROP EXPECTED

CHICAGO. March 2b.-There ia
every indication that the wheai
crop for 1915 will be record.
breaker in the history OF the coun.
try. but II is too early for any
definite statement. according TO H.
w Snow. chief statistician Of Bart.
lett. Frazier 4 Go.
with conditions similar to last
year, the 1915 crop should break all
records" said Snow today. Last
year 100000 acres OF wheat
yielded 65S 900. 900 bushels.
This year the acreage IL between
If 900. 900 TO $1,000 900 acres. So
far the weather has been encour.
aging and everything points 10 a
bumper crop This is particularly
true In Oklahoma. Kansas and Ne.
braaka. generally known az the
dry states.
There Is a possibility that the
yield this year might reach 800 900.
600 bushels. but II In mere guess
work 10 try to estimate the mum.
Der OF bushels now"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-03-26
LONCSHOREMEN
FIGHT BATTLE IN
TACOMA STREET

TACOMA. March 2e.---scores OF
men are suffering from minor In.
iuries here today rs the result OF
rioiing. which occurred between
striking longshoremen. non-nnion
men and Eympsthizerr In the cen.
ter OF the business district at mid
night.
shots were fired during the bat
tie and several were cut by raxors.
Most Of the fighting, however.
was with fists.
A crowd Of 80 strike breakers
were bounced upon as they alight.
cd from a tide flats street car after
quitting work at the Milwaukee
dock. by n crowd that soon grew
to fully 500
The men fought furiously up and
down the business streets for half
an hour.
Police reserves finally succeeded.
after liberal use Of their night
sticks. In dispensing the rioters
Many arrests we're made. but only
three men were locked up for the
night. the others being released.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-03-26
RUB RHEUMATISM
PAIN FROM SORE,
ACHING JOINTS

what's Rheumatism Pain only.
Stop drugging' Not one case In
fifty requires internal treatment.
Rub soothing. penetrating st
Jacobs oil" directly upon the ten
der spot" and relief comes instant.
~. st. Jacobs or Is harmless
rheumatism. and sciatica linlment.
which never disappoints and can
not burn the skin.
Timber up, Quit complaining,
Get small trial bottle from your
druggist. and In Just a moment
you'll be free from rheumatic and
sciatic pain. soreness. stiffness and
swelling. Don't suffer- Relief
awaits you. Old. honest "St ia
cobs oil" has cured millions of
rheumatism sufferers In the last
half century. and Il Just as good
for sciatica. neuralgia. lumbago.
backsche. spralns and dwellings.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-03-26
BULL BROS.
Just PFlnteFe
1913 THIRD lain 1o4S
NAVY YARD ROUTE


steamers u. u. Kennedy and Tourist
Leave Coimsn Dock. Seattle. gao ts,cept
sunday, soc. 1880 a m. iiso. 2ioe. ex-
eept sunday tsundsy 2gs0l. sac y. m
saturday. ii.ts p m.
Time table subject to change without
notice.
rhour Main 3icf. Price soc Round Trip
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-03-26
RECRUIT STUDENTS

SASKATOON. March 20. The
Dominion minister OF militia has au.
shorixed the organization OF a com
pans OF ESQ men from the universe.
ties OF Canada for active service
at the front.