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u dealt aud passed y hid dia-
lnund. a declaration that there Is ~"
excuse for. and Nhicl lays tho founda-
ton of all h,s partners troubles. y has
neither two sure tricks IN the suit nor
any tricks outside to MI up the holes.
Y doubled. II read tbs as showing
weakness In diamonds. and as u de-
pended on \ Cor two sure tricks in the
suit. which must bc ace queen jack. he
went no trump This did not prevent n
from going two spades.
\ should have rebid the diamonds as
tho only chance to warn his partner that
his first hid WAS not justified. but he
missed the chance, and H. still depending
ON \. went two no .rumps. although he
had certainty of saving the game
AGAINST the spades.
Il led the queen of spades Now, II \
had had wha, his bid showed. two sure
tricks at the head Of his suit. u can lay
down his cards for three odd and the
game Instead uf that he Is set for two
tricks
Y unhlocked the spades by putting the
king on the queen. led the king of
diamonds and followed with the six. AS
had doubled. u naturally figured him
for only one diamond aud u for the
queen. 40 he fnessed the jack.
This let In Ave spade tricks and
bruugh, about some interesting discards.
got down t. the King jack OF hearts
and three clubs \ was down to tho
singleton ace of diamonds. three hearts
and a club. while y mad three clubs and
two hearts Il led the ten Of hearts. and
Y made heart and club Later.
~ diamonds are good for four odd
II hc rebids his hand. or u hc had bid
his hand correctly. saying nothing about
his diamonds until the second round. lf
LIANT ~ I,a. "a D.
make his contract hut II \ forces h m
to three spades or more. II will b' sc;.
IN this case /; Is clearly not the double
thai wins. hut the bad bidding against
the double that loses
Here il 4 curious instance Of double
that the partner did not understand nu
account Of the circumstances under
which It Wa made. dealt and passed
at a love score y bid no trump. passed
by third and fourth hands. Il bid two
ii almonds. which y doubled and y
passed.
u imagined that y MAS asking for a
diamond lead after having passed with
ont 4 bid. and that \ probably SAW
nor. penalties IN setting the diamond
contract than N going back to no
trumrs. so T. passed. Much to his as
tonisnment u made three odd in dia-
monds. which gave him the game at
douh.c value,
~ double was made on one diamond
four hearts to the ace jack four clubs
IT, the ace queen and four spades 70 tho
king queen ten. Il had submerged -
no trumpcr on the first round. because
he could not stand a heart take out. haV-
.ng none of that suit. hut he had seven
diamonds to the ace king ten. ace and
two spades. king and two clubs. and
found his partner with four diamonds
and two heart tricks Al nc could have
made Al II" trumps was seven diamonds
and "A spade. as the ace WAS against the
hearts.
Here Is an example of doubling for
penalties, pure and simple. bf course
tho advcrsares give the opportunity 10y
"A bad declaration and q worse r.hd
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dealt and bid no trump. \ doubled,
calling upon his partner to declare his
longest suit, y anticipates the take out
by asking for Il lead, bidding two da-
monds.
There is nothing for y to do but to
pass, as his only four card suit Is the
one just declared by Y, but 4 fused
and fumed all through the hand be-
cause did not respond to his double.
AS opinion was that Il should have
bid two no trumps If he had the ace of
Us suit
Had he done so. Y would have
doubled. on the theory that IL z had IA
no trumper originally they had 4 be-
tween them and could eat him up. At
no trumps would have been down
for 200. less 30 aces. AS II was, by
passing VS. two diamond bid he held
Y down to his contract. "A below and
~ honOrs.
The play was rather instructive. as
an illustration OF one players wanting
his partner 10 do something and tn.
partner not understandings just what it
was. u led the heart and \ denied the
King by putting on tho ace, Then he
led the king OF spades and shifted TO
the trump. winning the queen with
the ace.
B imagined that the idea OF showing
the spade king and then shifting was to
get finesse OF the ace lack over
dummv's queen. but 1t turned out that
The real object was to sec II X would
play down and out on the spade and
run the third round. B's return Of the
spade established the queen. Then A
led heart.
Y put on the Jack ans led . small
trump. which went to AS ten Another
The sun., 1916-04-23
JUST LOOKING AROUND IN
THE WAKE OF THE NEWS

ago a number Of elderly persons, bene-
hciarics Of the Old age pensions law,
might have been hard put to it to OBJ
tain much desired copies. The pas
sage Of the bill created an unexpected
demand for old Bibles and many were
sold for as little as 10 cents each. II
was a simple matter to take an old
Bible and write in birth and mar
riagc entry. and many such proofs
were offered to demonstrate that APP
plicants were Of sufficient age to de-
serve pensions. one elderly woman
in the provinces. IL was said. made the
great mistake of entering her birth as
in 1887 and forgetting to tear out the
ny Leaf of the Bible. which showed
that it was printed In 1865.
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Il dealt aul hid heart and \ 4
spade Y bid no trump. Il and Il passed
At this point 4 should have passed,
as knows what t. lead But instead
OF that he rabd the spades.
Now the doubling pcrind has arrived
Y doubles two spades. Again h and T.
pass. and 4 tric-, To pIll himself out
with three diamonds. Again doubles.
u sees 40 reason for interfering, and
the hand s played Al three diamonds.
doubled Now see what happened to H..
led the king OF his partners uriri-
nal declaration. hearts, !IL let 1t hold
Now comes one Of these little points in
the play Of (which the heginncr fails 20
See the importance.
4 has bid and rebid the spades. and
naturally imagines he has six Of
them. and that u has none lf Y leads
the king OF spades u may imagine a
has the ace and will run with little
,runp To prevent this Y leads the
ace Of spades Instead of the king. The
spade king follows and n discards a
small club. The third spade Il ruffs
with the eight Of diamonds. and lays
down the ace Of clubs following with Il
small one.
Another spade is trumpcd with tn"
nine and Il leads the nine of hearts, Y
oNertrnnplng y = ten ol diamonds WIN
the king. ON the last spade n makes
his queen of trun,vs.
Now Il leads the ace of hearts and \
trunlr with the jack, dIscardiHg "a
club. After that the only trick 4 could
make WAS thu ace of trumps, as Y
had nothing but trumps left and they
were all better than AS.
1t Is not every day that one sees a
declaration set for 700 points, but that
is what A got for rebidding his hand
after he had told his partner what to
lead against vs. no trunper, would
have to work hard to make more than
the odd trick at no trumps. which Is "A
long way from 700 less simple hmors.
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HOPE FOR A BETTER RUN OF
SHAD.

New York has been getting sup
ply of shad from the South for some
time. but the hudson River run is no.
expected to begin before the first o.
May. What it will amount to is un-
certain.
UNNATURAL conditions. resulting from
the waters being too cold an unusual
number Of spring frcshets. dredging
operations and the pollution of the
lower Hudson arc given by the Fish
ana Game Commission OF New York
AZ the reasons for the steady diminu
ton during the last few years in the
Shad supply from this source. Under
such conditions. it is declared. shad
VIII seek more favorable waters to
spawn in than the Hudson.
II. NJ. Smith Commissioner Of FISH
cries for the United States. says that
-" scarcity of shad In the Hudson
river during the past few years has
no special significance. Statistics show
THAI the supply of shsd taken from
the Delaware River last year was
less than a fourth part of the uuan-
ity caught in thosc waters in 1919.
In the st. Johns River and in Chesa-
pcake say the falling off was prac-
tcally in the same ratio.
state and Federal authorities have
succeeded in interesting the War De-
partment In the work ui restoring
.'had to Northern waters. only re-
Gently tho War Department ordered
that all stationary fishing apparatus
should he set so that open channels
in bays and rivers shall hc left free
to navigation. thus giving shad n
chance to run in from the ocean and
spawn.
II has not been possible to determine
d"hnItely whence come the shad that
resort to the Hudson River. nor
"hi'hcr they 60 when they leave tho
river and bag after spawning. Shsd
are salt water fish. but they come from
IN" ocean into bays and rivers wher.
IN" water il hrackish or fresh To de-
I"slt ther spawn ana then rush bacb
Nto salt water again. After the spawn
j." hatch"d the fry remain in bay or
river Tor several months, or until they
nave attained a length Of sevcra
inches. Then they too take 10 salt
water. The spawning time of the shad
Is IN the spring usually from the mid
Die of April Ia about the middle Of
June.
While admitting tho falling Of %.
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There are no trumps and Il Is III the
lead. Y and Il want five tricks against
any defence.
The distribution Of the cards is as fol-
lows
has the queen ten OF clubs queen
six Of diamonds queen nine six two OF
spades no hearts.
A has III. ace eight six of hearts /:
Jack of clubs; king of diamonds ten
eight five of spades.
Il has the ten OF hearts: seven five OF
clubs nine seven Of diamonds: ace four
three OF spades.
u has the queen nine five three OF
hearts nine four Of clubs ten eight of
diamonds no spades.
The sun., 1916-04-23
CHECKER BINDINGS.

Checker problem No. 31i, which was
designed by it~ author TO sustain the
terms ~ No. 36> against a number of
clever attempts to prove that problem a
draw. brought out a large number Of
answers. bu, tho majority entirely
missed tho real poin; Of the play, which
WAS tho variation that prevents the draw
found by l.. :. Hart. Jr.. and others
Tho distribution of the pieces is Black
men on \. .. and ~, king on 80. White
men ON IL. - and 30 King on II. White
To- play and win Here is Hart's demon
strLtiun tha; there was draw in IL for
The sun., 1916-04-23
THE COMPLICATED PATHS.

THE COMPLICATED PATHS.
In spite of the fact that the method
adopted for the solution OF all prob
lens OF this class was explained In CON
ncction with the march of the men
across the checker board. "A number OF
correspondents failed TO get this one
right.
Starting from the centre OF q Latin
cross, the puzzle was to find how many
contiguous strings OF thirteen letters,
spelling THE New foRK SUN, could be
counted that would not use the same
letter twice In tho game string The
correct answer IL sac. although o num-
her Made 1t AS high as 672. Those who
got Il right we're:
o. ~. Boston. NJ. W, Jacobs, Jr, Clark
Pool. Mason D. Pratt. W. s. Wilson,
Achilles II. Kohn. Capt Frank Roy and
Samuel w. Baich.
The sun., 1916-04-23

Paris maintains a municipal nursery
where expert care and attention are
given young trees. The forestry de-
partment of the city government j. as
well organized as the public health or
street cleaning department and It's stan
is selected carefully. From the day Il
i, set out in a public square or street
each tree bears distinct identity ot its
own and is the special ward of an cX-
pert gardener. Men who tend the
trees have regular routes like lamp
lighters or policemen, Every tree l.
numbered and record Of It's develop
ment and its condition is kept its
state Of health. the dates on which
trimming or pruning !s necessary nnI
al other details. The height of each
tree must hear ii harmonious relation
tn second and third story windows. and
moro important, It's position so Gar us
heat. light and wind exercise influence
upon II H. studied.
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'runps ANA IL ~ IN the iead. ana are
TO force three tricks oil \ and II in
spite of any defence.
The solution r. for u to lead the club.
all playing high cards to IT, Il follows
with the ho,rt ten, which \ ducks and
Y wins with he Jack, so as 10 lead an
other club and give Il discard of the
king Of diamonds. The spade puts u
buck IN the lead
II is now ready to .pr.ng the trap on
X nv leading tho higher nr his remaining
diamonds THIS Il ducas. bul he must
win the nest two diamonds and Il spade
trick
While tins looks simplc enough. I, de-
pends uu five consecutive p,ays made in
cNac;l, ;hc tigt, oder. II there il any
tr1i,-poS ,tinn If tho leads or alterations
In the di.rud~. the problem cannot be
solved ,rlins, tho host dctourc
There arr 3, hummer OF trans for \ and
~ For instance. If 4 docs uu, rive nm
tho nine of club, -, ihc fI,.: tri,k hon.
ing To- throw Il into The load l,,er vii,
The L,,riv bn ,.,u,,,, u,.v,,. ,hn di,,-
m,nd disc,,u If veins ,hc rs,,,,, nr
IN, cluh. and lead, 3, small ho,r. u
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The only trouble with this analysis
is that i, slips by the senaphore signal
AT the starred move. lO---e. which should
he l0-l3. winning AT once for white.
Here is the correct solution 10 No. 314.
WITH the important variations:
The sun., 1916-04-23

Of the reversed bids, q charming variety
Of auction and the only sensible substi-
tute for the nuiio so far suggested. PER-
haps some day we shall have a sample Of
this reversed play in the form Of a
problem, with the bidding that led up
to the position. which should he not the
least interesting part of II.
BRIDGE PROBLEM NO. s76.
by Harry Boardman.
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PROBLEMS FOR sun
READERS TO SOLVE
Capt. Roy Gives a Fine Exam
pie Of a Straightfor-
ward NullO.
CHECKER DISPUTE ENDED

Bridge problem No. 3ii. by Capt.
Frank Roy. WAS u fine example Of what
might bc called u Straight forward nullo.
as and Il hold tho lead and play their
cards wi.hor; any deviation from the
straight track urtil they have taken in
al tn" tricks they are gorg to take.
Here IL the dist rihiIt ion:
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White to play and win.
The distribution Of the pieces Is
Black men on ,, 10, II. II and 20.
White men on II. 20. 20, 81 and 32,
No kings.
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..,... 23-lS Ia " wins.
AT these points black must avoid
an exchange
\ number entirely Tcrlooked the
strength Of the iifth move of white in
the trunk play. -. and gave i?--24. AS
IL that would force black to play 3:--27
or ~ and allow AN immediate exchange
by 3o--"c.
But blacks reply TO ia-.i is els.
which leads to this rather interesting
solution. but not as pretty nor as short
aS the trunk play:
2i--I1 32--o1 - l9-l5
2i-.S" 2,-23 2-6
2s-32' 23--l3 White wins.
The only ones who got the correct
solution. with the important variations
10 the defence against II draw. were:
George NJ. Lord and John Daly.
For the information OF those vino
played 3?--oS instead Of c7--3i for
blacks fourth move IN the trunk one Of
Mr.. Hart's draws is here given, as it
is very instructive, The play goes:
1-2 21--24 9--l3 24-l9
le--is A.cS-a2 is-ii 2g--is
. & 3.2 2l---l7 Io-i5
G. +? a7-.3 LII is-.3
Those that gave q win Tor white along
this lin, overlook blacks move at \ and
made him play .+-20. which is weak.
Here is d little exercise in end play
which Is more instructive than difficult
]; should interest the beginners.
PROBLEM No. 3T6. CHECKERS
Rlurk
The sun., 1916-04-23

Bibles. We are told. are rising in
price. Had there heen such an in
Grease in cost In England eight years
The sun., 1916-04-23


s"d condition amounting will
sof
The sun., 1916-04-23

Faul Rcvcrc's memory will always
be honorcd because Of the warning he.
carried To the patriots at Lexington
and Concord. but that was 10y no
means his only service to the Colonies
lie was one Of the prime movers in
the Boston Tea Party ana also en-
gagged in what proved an unsuccessful
expedition against the British post ON
the Penohscot in l7i?. In private life
Revere was a copper plate cngraver
and an artist. lie made many carica-
lures illustrative of pre- c-Revoutionary
topics. printed the provincial paper
money of Massachusetts in 1878 and
in the same year built mill for the
manufacture of gunpowder.
The sun., 1916-04-23

France has suffered severely in the
loss Of writer's who have fallen Ia
action since tn" war started. AnunG
ter dead are ELnest FsiChari. "A grand
son Of kenan: Gu. de CaSsagnac
Pierre Leroy Beau.ieu, jacques Ram
baud. Jean Maspcro aud George
I.ataGnc, son of the director" ut -
Libcrtc. Al of these laid down the
pen Ia take UP the sword, Ana d W,l
never bc known, Of course. how much
Of promise has been cut off by the war.
The sun., 1916-04-23

Great possibilities in the beautiiica-
tion or an important section of the
city are suggested in the appeal of
Thomas W. Whittle Commissioner of
Parks for Bronx Borough. tn plant
trees. Early day Paris, like early day
N'w York, was built on narrow lines
but the time came when the advantage
ui broad thoroughfares was recog gni1cd
not only because they satisfied the
F-enchman's sense Of the beautiful but
also afforded the maximum Of comfort
and convenience for tho thousands who
used them. Paris discovered many
years ago that business and beauty
may go hand in hand. and the business
boulevard was produced. When I'm
pcror Napoleon III. gave Baron Iauss-
mann the commission to hcautify tha
French capital he emphasized the in
junction save tho trees" liauss-
mann oheyed, with tho rcsul, that Paris
affords an object lesson not only In
civic adornment but also in sensible
conservation.
The sun., 1916-04-23

Berlin ontario. whose citizens have
voted unanimously for change cf
name, is in ncighb"rhuod where ap-
pellation- suggestive "f Europe abound.
The town Is the seat of Natcrino
county, a name to which the Canadians
are not likely Ia object Near 10y are
Shakespeare, Stratford. Paris, Ayr and
TaNistuck, all eniurabe enough, but
how about faden, New Hamburg and
Heidelberg. which are only IA few miles
distant" Nnl one wonders II Peters
lniry, another ncighbor will become
pctrogra'i.
The sun., 1916-04-23

Through the death Of his father II
few days ago Lord Curzon. whose
late wife was Mary Letter of Chicago,
becomes Baron Scarsdale. without Of
course losing his own higher and more
familiar titles. The father was one
of the few parson peers of England,
oddly enough, in the matter uf titles
the father was heir to the son. Had
Lord curZon died first Baron Scars
dale would have inherited the Wis
county. Such "A situation is believed
to be unprecedented in the history of
the peeragc.
The sun., 1916-04-23

The foreign Ambassadors and the
officials who trea: with them arc not
the only persons In Washington who
are called upon to exercise diplomacy
IN these times. one sometimes won
dsrs what must hp the thoughts of the
German envoy's wife. who was Miss
Jeanne Luckemcycr of New York
since her marriage to Count Won Bern
st"rff she has refttod Bismarck's theory
that "a foreign wife could not possibly
help German diplomat" Jules JUS
serand. tho French Amba ssador. also
IL welded I" an American. who was
Miss Elise Richards
The sun., 1916-04-23

Referring again To the weather. New
Workers. righteVusly indignant at the
delay in springs arrival. may be- COM
forted To know that last month was
the severest March England has seen
IN more than half century ana that
even Paris was visited by snow
storm. And who can have forgotten
that on Easter Saturday last year
there was Il blizzard with "A cons.d-
cradle fail of snow in this city?
The Detroit times., 1916-01-13
p PATCF DIVIDEND
POSTPONED FOP
TIME, IT is SAID

The stock dividend ~ 100 per
cent FOR holde-s n Paige a'ock vill
be postponed for 2 few weeks. it Ia
said.
At the time ~ tho annual meet
ing there was no dividend action.
although it had been expected that
there would be. The understanding
among those interested in tho stock.
however, is that The surplus Of the
company. while large. did not exact.
ly equal TOO per cent Of the capital.
and that the directors of the com.
panv preferred fo postpone the divi-
dend for a short time rather than
10 MAKE IT. for any loss than 100
per cent.
The last time the Paige declared
"A 700 per cent stock dividend tho
new stock sold for more than 'he
old rather than less ,-and brokers
are watching with considerable ia-
terest % see what price VIII rule
after The next dividend
The Detroit times., 1916-01-13
new BANKS
NUMBER 1888
Comptroller of Cur
rency Turned Down
10l Applications

Only 54 new national banks we're
organized during the last calender
year according to The figures Of
tho comptroller or the currency.
However. there we're 1873 national
banks chartered during the same
time. and of these "a. with an au-
thorized capital OF SA932.oO0. we're
state banks and 30, with an author
izcd capital OF SlS95,oOU, were re-
organizations OF private or Etate
banas
The strictness With which the
national banking act has been ad-
ministered during The year is some
what indicated by the fact that while
1873 charters we're granted, lOl ap-
phcatons failed of approval and
charters We're denied
on Doc 81 1913. tho .otal num-
Der of national banks organized
was l0St0. OF which 3IS9 bad dis
continued business. leaving In e1-
istence 1921 banks. with AN author
ized capital ~ $lo7750l.375. and
circulation outstanding, secured by
United States bonds. Of g719B1i-
.75S. Circulation to the amount of
S5l76ss5o. covered by lawful money
deposited WITH the treasurer OF the
United States on account Of liquid.
alton. and insoIven' national banks
and associations which had reduced
their circulation. makes the total
amount Of national bank circulation
outstanding ST7l s3720S
OF the l3s banks authorized 20
begin business with total capital Of
tS,362 600. 90 with capital Of 81.
$40 had individual capital of lees
than $50 ooc and 20 with capital Of
&5,e25,00o had Individual capital OF
$4,000 or over.
The Detroit times., 1916-01-13
FINANCIAL AND MARKET NEWS LOca

from Frouhin 70 Atwater.sts. TO ac.
commcdate the Grand Trunk with.
ont a threenfths vote OF the people.
is the contention OF Aid. James Yer.
nor member OF the council commit
tee or street openings
The alderman says that tho Official
maps show Hastings-st 20 be open
cd through 20 the river, although
for years the Grand Trunk tracks
daye occupied he foot Of the street
The home rule bill states that
streets upenei through 10 the river
cannot De closed without frat Oh.
tanning the consent OF three-hfths OF
the electors
The new committee on street
openings, met for the first time.
Thursday morning. the hearing on
the Grand Trunk petition going over
for two weeks Attorney James Nc
Namara. who appeared for the alder
men In the famous graft cases has
been retained by the Crank Trunk
TO precsnt It's petition before the
committee. Aid. Barnett still op
poses the closing.