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There are no GUIrs, and Il is in the
lead. Y and u want four tricks against
n defence.
The authors solution is very clever.
aS 1t depends on VS. knowing who is
going b get the lead In spades the
moment the second round of that suit
Is led. because on that Oun Y viii have
TO make "A discard. Tae only way TO
accomplish this is to have Y lead the
hrst round of spades himself, in order
90 see whether A or b remains with the
control.
To bring about this situation z starts
with the ace OF clubs, so as to deprive
i of the power to throw him INTO the
e a. with that suit later. The next
lead is a small diamond. which Y wins
with the king, no matter what A plays.
Now Y can lead the spade and the
combined play OF A and b solves the
problem by pointing out the proper line
Of attack for Y and u.
IT Is plays the spade four Y puts
on the ten, so as to force the queen,
and b is left with the two high spades,
20 that he can no longer throw the lead
10 A In that suit. If A refuses to put
h queen on rs ten the problem is
solved at once as the ace of diamonds
makes the fourth trick.
Having won the spade trick A must
lead the queen or ten OF diamonds, 50
ns to shut out the nine. n wins with the
ace and leads his remaining spade, upon
which Y discards a diamond and makes
. trick later with the Jack OF clubs.
III r plays the spade Jack on tie
hrst round OF that suit u plays the
seven. as the ten will not do. and A
the nine, This lea YES Is In the lead
The object In getting rid Of the ace of
clubs nrst is now apparent, as other
wise b could lead clubs without any
danger Of VS. making the jack.
II Il comes hack with the small spade
must win II with the queen, and Y
knows to discard the club. A leads any
diamond, probably queen or ten. to shut
Out the nine. but 2 wins with the ace
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There are not two sure tricks In any
| Of these. In the first one, there Is only
one trick sure. because II the player Is
| not fourth hand when that suit Is led.
the king may kill the queen. In the
second combination. unless some one Is
kind enough to lead the ace. one OF the
two high cards must be used to get that
ace out of the way, and only the other
Is good for a trick.
There is nothing in the third combina-
ton. king Jack ten. unless the partner
can lead the suit three times. because
both ace and queen may lie TO the left
and II will take two of the high cards
to get them out of the way. The same
Is true IL the queen lies TO the left and
the ace to the right when the suit Is
led through. II the king Is put on
both Jack and ten lose. II the ten Is
inessed the queen wins II and the ace
Is still against the suit. If the partner
annot lead the suit three times It is
good for nothing, as a trick winner.
OF course OF the opponents are good
enough to lead out all their high cards
or to walk blindly up to guarded kings
AID major %tenlces almost anything may
be good for two tricks. Four to the
jack might win two tricks II one Of the
opponents led out the ace and king and
killed his partners queen, The writer
has seen a suit OF five to the eight win
three tricks at no trump. thanks TO the
player with ace king three deuce leading
the high cards first,
Strange to say il Is almost impossible
to find a player who will stick to the
rule and refuse to bid a suit originally
unless II IL headed by one OF the three
standard combinations: ace king ace
queen Jack. or king queen Jack. Every
time he names a suit that has not two
tricks in 1t one OF three things happens
He fails to go game, he gets set, or MS
partner had such a hand that 1t did
not matter what he bid.
The curious part of It Is tina players
will make these unsound bids time
after time, day after day, and still fail
to see any connection between cause
and effect when they lose by II. 1t
never : ems to occur to them to stop
and consider what the difference in the
result might have been had they held
the sure tricks that their bid was sup
posed to indicate.
The fallacy of these bids lies in the
tendency OF the player To count upon
the small cards of the suit to win tricks
by trumping other suits, and one con-
tinually hears a shocking bid excused
hv The statement Tint the bidder had
six trumps and a singleton.
In auction you have a partner. and
success depends on Dur mutual under
standing of the possibilities of the COM
bined hands. Any bid with a double
meaning Is fatal. If YOU bid a suit
Mt one time because YOU have three or
four sure tricks In It. and at mother
time simply because II IL long enough
to trump something else, your partner
never knows which II IL, and the part
nership Immediately becomes n guess
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Clubs are trumps and Il is in the lead.
\ and II want seven tricks out Of the
eight against any defence.
The distribution of the cards is as
follows:
Y has the king of trumps four OF dia-
II ace, queen, Jack, nine, five and
four of spades no hearts.
\ has the jack. six OF hearts four and
three of trumps ace. nine, seven OF dla-
monGs and the deuce of spades.
II has the eight Of hearts eight, seven
# trumIs jack of diamonds king, ten,
eight and seven OF spades.
II has the queen. ten Of hearts Jack,
ten. five of trumps queen, eight, Ave of
diamonds no spades.
THosE Two TANKS.
There see - to be quite a difference
Of opinion as to the correct answer to
this problem, especially in the matter
or the reasons given. The proposition
was TO say which of two equal quantities
or water in two equal tanks would
empty first one tank, marked A, hav-
ing an outlet pipe a foot long the
other, marked b, having an outlet Of
Ne same diameter, but thirteen feet
long.
Several insist that the only difference
n the time of emptying would he the
NV - " AA' NaAfA " Etl HUH lne
bctto of the tank to the gutter at the
end of the pipe, as it has to flow thir-
teen feet in one case and only one foot
n the other. But this is assuming that
the shutoff which starts the water Is
II the tip Of the pipe. which was not
stated in the conditions of the problem
nj all.
\ number maintain that the tank
with the shorter outlet will empty first.
because after II is empty there will
stu be thirteen feet OF water in the
'onger pipe in the tank b. This amount
1f water Is carefully calculated bv
several as .iS9 Of "A gallon. This answer
Is based on the same error as the first,
as the water in the pipe IL part of the
500 gallons which was put into each
tank at the start. SO that the residue
spoken of as being left In the pine con-
nected with tank b would be left In
the tank itself in the case of A..
AN ARITHMr CAL RIDDLE.
Here Is something for the mathemati-
cal sharps TO very over on a wet day.
II was sent to THE SUN by the famous
originator OF nany such curiosities,
Ernest BerghOlt Of London, who wishes
to see II they are any better at figures
On this side OF the pond than they are In
the war ZOn
III We axe the number BOIL raise
1t to the 18th power, that Is, multiply
1t by Itself ten times, the resulting
number will end in four ones. That is
to say
(5oll)'- III
That this Is true mi be easily veri-
fled by trial. although the process may
be "A trine tedious,
Thc ru22le II to find n number of
four dir,'s whose 33d power shall he
IA humble. ending In four threes. There
- only on' possible solution to this
problem, but y may take some hard
thinking w discover the rule for ind
ing L.
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VAoJ 10 6
= 10 B
OK J 10
4s8
% " =,
$7<2 Aros q
O zoos IA Biz AoSs o
06<32
$J96
90
- J 10 0

Il dealt and passed, y bid a spade.
Same excuse as always Had six trumps
and a singleton. Y bid two hearts and
Is trusted his partner for those W
spade tricks. bidding two no trumps
so as e get the guarded king led up to.
II supported the hearts, bidding three,
as he had the spade suit safely stopped,
\ went three spades, thinking he had
a game hand, as he could run the heart
suit after Is had stopped 1t once, Y
went four hearts and h stopped to count.
The clubs ought to drop, That is
i've tricks, 4 has W sure In spades.
That il seven. The king OF hears In
eight. If the ten1Ce in diamonds makes
It IL ten, Accordingly n bids four no
trumps and n d ubles, lie knows that
Il Is leaning on n broken reed IN spades.
Y led the hearts as he had so many
OF them, Il vol the second round with
the king and made his five clubs. Then
he 'ried the spade, hoping to get his
diamond tenace led up to, BY that
time Y was down to two diamonds and
four hearts. Contract set for 800. ms
Y discarded = diamond IN the spade
.J|ra.
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II these three combinations are care
fully examined. 1t will be found that
each OF them contains at least two sure
tricks. The acid test for all such hands
is that they shall be good for the two
tricks no matter who leads the suit.
Any one will admit that both ace and
king are zoo for two tricks. regardless
of the position OF the lead, and that the
ace. queen. Jack. must win W. tricks,
even II the queen or Jack is lost TO the
king. In the same way. one of the Sc
quence, king. queen. Jack. may be los
To the ace. but the remaining two are
good, 10 matter who leads
Now let us examine some combina-
tions that are popularity supposed TO be
good for two tricks. but which will not
stand the test OF the position OF the lead.
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u dealt and bid a diamond. lie said
afterward that he had six trumps to
three honors and a singleton, AS dia-
m1nds never were trumps all he had
was one sure trick, the ace OF spades.
\ bid "A heart, as a pusher probably,
and Y no trump, trusting his partner
for two diamonds. II hearts are led
Y makes two In the suit. four clubs.
two diamonds and a trick anywhere
else is game.
As b knew Y had the hearts stopped
he led the spade king, Dummy won
the second round and led the heart,
imagining both king and queen with A.,
50 the Jack lost to the queen and the
suit was cleared up at once. At the
end \ made the ace of diam nds and
three hearts, setting the contract. Give
n W. sure tricks in diamonds and Y
makes his contract, even II dummy loses
his reentry right at the start.
One more example showing how this
weakness develops in the 90, n hand
when the dealer passes:
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II black prefers to start Mt a. with
e-12 we get this. a much shorter. but
eQvally decisive win for white:
2S-24 Ills
Go l5-lS
1915
At A black may prefer 29-e5 TO
either OF the moves given. This does
not give him as long n game nor as
good a defence as the trunk play. but
white gets a neat win thus:
2S-24 Ills
30-26 $50
2O-16 30-23
16-11
Quite a number thought the key move
wa 2s-24 for white, but that leaves
black a drawn game. For example:
2s-2f Ills
- l5-1S
$40 2e-25
10 $50
The following started with correct So
1utions to this problem and are now
safely on their way to the white cards
for membership in the Sun Checker
Club. Solvers should remember that
all to problems must reach the
once Of The Sun on or before the
morning OF the second Thursday after
the problem appears.
]. H.. Noremac. I. w. Mcmahon, Sam
uel Broder and two solutions written in
pencil, neither OF them signed. The fol-
lowing did not get the key move. but
started with 2S-24. II this opening
were sound the problem would be a
deal. J. T.. DE Croft. u. A. w, Thomas
Foy, ]. Il. Morse. A.. T. Campbell. Rob
ert II. Hixon, James Hyland. John
DAILY. l.. :. Hart, Jr., L. j. McManus,
NJ. J. Mann. Nariek. Joseph l.. Kochka.
A. ]. H.. J. J. +. Bronx. c. VI. Bum
and @. Il. II. These started with 30
IS: G.. Sundhohn. Conrad Alheidt, +. ].
McGarry and s. Gonatsky. The idea of
all who started with 2S-2i was that
black must play LIS. but they did
not show why that move did not secure
Q draw.
Here is "A little ending from actual
play In which the win is far from APP
dig 1t out for himself, There is moth
eng in the position to Indicate where
the lightning Will strike
The aspiran.s for the next honor list
started cut bravely on this series Of
tilts with the composers by knocking
the first one out OF the box. Bridge
problem No. al, by X. G. Mankowski,
wa hit for two bases almost as soon
~ II got enc across the plate, 1t being
demonstrated to have two solutions and
being t'Crefogc sent to the bench i'm
medinte!y. iic"e il the distribution:
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CHI X ENDINos.

CHECKER DIS
Checker problem No. 3i1 was a good
srample Of the practical management
of a tricky end game. in which al aver
age player was very likely to lose his
advantage by a single false step. Some
soivers think 1t was a little too hard a
problem TO start with.
The distribution of the pieces Is as
follows: Black men on s. IL and 81 |;
king on 2s. White men on 20, 2s and
20; king on 2. White to play n win.
Here are the moves that solve:
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white.
White to play and win.
The distribution of the pieces is
SLACK men on 2, 3. 20 and %. White
Om on 10. 10 and 80 king on s.
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PROBLEMS FOR SUN"
READERS TO SOLVE
Bridge Situation No. 341 Has
Two Solutions, Second Sim
pier Than Authors.
NOVEL CHECKER BINDINGS

PROBLEM NO. 3i3. CHECKERS.
Black.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-03-18
BEACHEY
FLIES To HIS DEATH
SPECTACULAR CAREER OF FAM.
Gus AVIATOR ENDS WITH
LONG DROP.
PLANS THRILLER AS CLIMAX
Thousands Of Spectators Witness
Tragic End of Most Daring Air
man at San Francisco Ex-
position Grounds.

San Francisco, Cal.-The spectacu-
lar career of Lincoln Beachey, one of
the most daring of American ayiators,
was ended when he fell to his death
at the Panama-Pac ific exposition in
sight of thousands Of spectators.
Beachey vas completing his second
flight of the day when the accident
occurred, having previously electrified
the crowd with a series Of aerial SOM
ersaults, the aviator sought to add an
additional thrill by making one of the
sensational perpendicular drops which
usually followed his flights.
The fatal fall was attributed to the
fact Beachey attempted his Stunts
in a monopiane. An exceptionally
large crowd had been attracted to the
fair grounds to see whether he would
attempt the same daring methods in
the new machine that he had per
formed in his trim little biplane.
Falls 5000 Feet Into Bay.
The machine was at an altitude of
about 5000 feet when Beachey shut
off the power. For several hundred
feet it dropped head-on for the earth
and then the aviator grasped his con-
troll levers to adjust the planes for
the graceful descent which had char
acterized his previous flights.
At that point the wings crumpled
like a collapsed umbrella, and the
aeroplane, turning over and over in
its fall, plunged into San Francisco
Fay, narrowly missing a vessel lying
at the government transport docks.
Thousands of spectators rushed to
the nearby-water front, but, with the
exception Of a few splintered frag
ments of the aeroplane floating on the
surface of the bay, no sight of the
wrecked machine could be seen
Launches put out Immediately
equipped with graphing hooks and 9
boats crew from the ~batleship Ore
gon, which was anchored a short dis
lance away, Joined in an attempt tt
recover the body Of the aviator, who
was strapped to his machine under Al
feet of water.
The body was recovered.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-03-18
Public Service Appropriation.

= N0tiS w WV NPHiOP 0LiSI
The general contingent %appropria-
ton bill, with several amendments,
was engrossed in the house by a I'M
animous vote.
A storm Of disapproval of the APP
preparation for the public service
commission was aroused when an ap-
preparation, excluding the salaries of
the office, Of $238,455 was requested
in the bill.
Representative Frank Farris asked
the budget be reduced to $120, 900, a
cut of $4,000. Farris claimed that
little had been accomplished by the
commission and said that he thought
100000 would suffice to pay the con
tingent expenses of the office.
The Farris resolution was defeated
by a vote of 65 to 43.
Representative Barbee then moved
that the appropriation be cut to
$150,000.
This amendment was defeated by a
vote Of 81 to AZ.
lINPl SoCAItLlNO Wlloy ouS6OStSu Uuly
an appropriation of 100000 and this
amendment was adopted.
This will give the public service
commission $271,O 900 for the next bi.
ennial period.
An appropriation of $12,5O0 was
granted to the blind commission re
Gently created by the legislature
This money, however, is contingent
that a similar sum must be raised by
personal donations and the money
must be expended to teach trades tc
the sightless.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-03-18
WEALTHY MAN FOUND DAZED
Has $4,000 in Bonds in His Posses
sion and Box of Rare,
Valuable Coins.

Miami, Fla.-John G.. Hammer
of st. Louis was found in a
da1ed condition on the street here
by the police. There were a number
of bonds, which he said were worth
100000, wrapped in an old newspa-
per, lying at his feet, and he had
$1,000 in cash on his person. At his
hotel the police later found an old
cigar box containing 430 rare coins,
which Hammer said he valued at $4O,-
900.
Hammer, when found, was fighting.
an imaginary enemy and acting so pc
~culairly that he was taken into Gus
tody. Later he was placed under sur
vigilance of a trained nurse and rela-
tives were notified.
Hammer told the police he carried
the cash, bonds and old coins with
him because he likes to have them in
his possession, and enjoys counting
them.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-03-18
CHINA FORCED TO
GRANT DEMANDS
MIKADo SANCTIONS SENDING
uLTIMATuM INSISTING ON
CONCESSIONS.
THREE ARMY CORPS TO CHINA
Japan's Evident Intention Is to Take
Full Advantage Of Her Present
Opportunities for Aegran-
dizement in China.

Notwithstanding acceptance
of Japan's demands in full or
immediate war is the choice the
japanese government has given to the
the republic of China, according to
adyices received from Toxic. These
advices have come to leading mem
bers of the Chinese colony here. 1t
is announced the emperor has given
his sanction to the sending of an ulti-
matum to China, and that others have
been issued for the sending of three
full army divisions to the Continent
AT once.
One of these divisions is to go to
Manchuria and another to Using Tao.
The third, according to Toxic dis
patches, is headed for a secret desti-
nation.
Japanese here interpret these an
nouncements as indicating a closing in
upon Picking. They believed the Sc
cret destination of the third division
is that portion of Western Mongolia
which Japan is claiming as her new
Sphere"
This would place this contingent as
near to Picking as the old Manchu
capital, Jehol, from which there is
easy approach to the Chinese CAPT
tai. This information concerning ar.
my movements is supplemented by
news that the Japanese navy is being
rapidly prepared for action.
Japanese here express the belief
that it is Japan's purpose to take full
advantage of her present opportun.
tiles and that the outcome must
be either a complete backing down
on China's part or that Japan will pro
coed to take control at Picking.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-03-18
EXCITEMENT KILLS OFFICER
Slayer of Bandit Met Old Associate
Who Took Part in Encounter
With Bidd!e Brothers.

Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.-Albert H.
Swinehart, a railroad detective and
slayer of one of the Biddle brothers,
bandits, following their sensational es-
cape from the Allegheny county jail
here Is years ago, died following a
stroke Of paralysis suffered while
talking to Wainey Hook, another de-
tective, whom he mad not seen since
the two engaged in the famous en-
counter.
Excitement brought on by vivid
recollections of the battle while talk
ing to Hook was believed by physi-
clans to have been responsible for his
death.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-03-18
LOANS FLOATED IN NEW YORK
Italy and Uruguay Open Negotiations
Following Successful Sale
of Swiss Bonds.

New York, N. Y.-Further evil
dence that New York occupies, for
the time being at least, the position
of the worlds chief financial center
was afforded by the announcement
that negotiations are now under way
to float a large Italian loan here, and
that representatives of the govern
ment of Uruguay are also arranging
a $4,000, 900 loan in this rcity. The
Swiss 5 per cent loan was disposed Of
within "a hours, and the banking syn
dictate engaged in the flotation of the
SIS, 000,O 900 of notes did not find it
necessary to offer any portion to the
public.
During the last three weeks Italy
has purchased about 20,000,000 BUSH
els of wheat in New York and Chi
cago markets. By this means alone
she has created a debt balance here
of $50, 000, 900 approximately.
Russia has been buying a large
amount of supplies, not only by sale
Of the $25, 00O, 900 notes arranged here,
but through credits created by Japa-
nese bankers.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-03-18
MISSOURI RANKS
HIGH IN HEALTH.
ONLY FOUR STATES MAKE BET
TER SHOWING IN DEATH
RATE.
CAUSE FOR cONGRATULATON
Negro Mortality Keeps Figures Higher
Than They Should Be, But Con-
ditions Are Improving
All Along.
Jefferson City.

another reason has been discovered
why Missouri is a state worth living
in, the discovery being dealt with ina
bulletin which Commissioner John 7.
Fitzpatrick has issued for publication.
1t is n of the most healthful and
sanitary states of the Union, this as
sertion being based ON the fact that
Missouri hasHthe fifth smallest death
rate per 1000 among all states; and
were it not for its negro population
this would make even a better show
ing. For the year 1914 there were
only 1872 deaths for each 1000 inhabit-
ants, white and black considered to-
gether, and with negroes eliminated
the mortality rate was approximately
lis, based on an estimated popula-
ton of 3~,375,000, being excelled in
this respect only by Minnesota, Mon
tana, Washington and Wisconsin. The
death rate among negroes is high in
every state which has a colony, but,
in proportion, to this Missouri popu-
lation, the state ranks better than
many further north.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-03-18
JURY ACCOUNTS HARRY THAW
Lawyers Ask He Be Returned to New
Hampshire-Other Defendants
Also Dismissed.

New York City.-Harry Kendall
Thaw was acquitted of the charge of
conspiring to escape from Matteawan.
Thaw's attorneys at once moved
that their client be sent back to New
Hampshire as a free and sane per
son. Justice Page set March 18th for
argument OF this motion.
Deputy Prosecutor Cook, immedi-
ately after the verdict for Thaw was
returned. asked that the charges
against the other alleged conspirators
be dismissed. The court discharged
the co-defendants.
Thaw was recommitted to the
Tombs pending the hearing on the
motion to release him.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-03-18
EXTEND STOCK QUARANTINE
Estates of Rockefeller, Hartman and
Mrs. Finley Sheppard in
infected District.

New York.-Sheriff Wiesendan-
ger has placed almost the en-
tire county of Westchester under
quarantine on account of the foot and
mouth disease among cattle. The
country estates Of John D. Rockefel-
Ter, Mrs. Finley Sheppard (Helen
Could, William Rockefeller, John D.
Archbold, the Iselins, Reads, Harri-
mans and other millionaires are in
this county.
The deputy sheriffs on guard at the
farms have orders to shoot pigeons,
sparrows. cats, dogs and birds, which
are carriers of the germ.
1t is said that, as a result of the
quarantine, more than 400 cows will
be destroyed in the township of Green
burg and Yonkers.