8
THE SUN, SUNDAY, AUGUST 1, 1915:
PROBLEMS FOR "SUN"
: READERS TO SOLVE
lesson in Shutting Out the
Opponents' Strong Cnrds
: nt Hritlgc.
STBATKGY OP CHECKERS
Bridge problem No. 331! whs nil Illus
tration of I lift manner In which a good
plajer "III manage, to shut out stoppers
In the hands of the opponents liy leading
through strer.Wh OJii.l2rrlng discard
nd will nuke his trump separately.
this pasltlon the adversarlts have
every suit Hopped unless It Is led from
the weak hand to the strong. Hero Is
tb distribution:
3
0 7 3
9 10
7 6
0 10 9 1
4
3 J
J 8
tZ 4
Clubs are trumps and Z It In the lead.
T and 7. want all seven tricks against
Uy defence.
u The. solution Is for Z .to lead the
fmaller of his two (rumps, which Y wins
with the -queen. V then leids n dia
mond through 11. and Z wins whatever
Card It plays. 55 picks up the trumps
in the hands of A and R, V discarding
A small epjde, and then forces A to
discard.
.Z Is now left with two winning dia
monds, one of which h Irads, and A
must discard a heart or he will make
Jl Y'a spades good for tricks, as Y can
et Into the Irud nt any ttmn with the
queen of hearts. Y discards another
tpade, on the diamond lead.
Another winning diamond from Z's
hand nnd A still ketps two spades, so
that Y discards a third tlpie from that
null, getting Into, ihe lend with the
gueen of hearts on the next trick and
making tho top spade, after having dls.
carded all his small spades.
There nre no variations to the play
In this problem, unless A lets go a
spade, when It might look a little more
ornamental for Z to lead the heart and
let Y win the rest of the tricks.
Here Is a neat little exercise In end
play which Illustrates a. maxim that
very beginner should he familiar with.
The position was arranged by a cor
respondent In Bristol, Conn.
BMDOK PROBLEM NO. 3JS.
By M. U reck.
Fi.pn
Clubs are, trumps nnd Z Is in the
lad. Y and Z want six tricks against
any defence.
The distribution of the cards is as
followB :
Y has the act, live, four, three of
hearts: ten of clubs; ace and three cf
spade ; no diamonds..
;A has the king. Jack, ten of hearts
ven of trumps; ten, nine ut diamonds;
and deuce oi spades.
B has the nine of trumps , even of
diamonds; uueen, ten. eight, seven, bx
cf snsdf.i; no hearts
Z has the deuce of jiea'rts; rtve of
trumps, three, and deuce of diamonds;
klvc? jack, nine uf tpades.
Ciln'KEII BNPINOS.
Checker problem No. 336, by H. D.
Lyman, was arranged n a sort of
teetlrg exercise, which would nut be too
much for the hot weather but at the
same time would keep the members of
Th Sun Cnecker Club well up to their
vork.
The composer points cut ti..t many
stherwise good checker .players nre not
fully up to the mark in handling what
Is kiown as the secot d .position. The
anlutlon of this problem has therefore
oeen evtendHl further than would be
necesary to satisfy .an expert, In order
to 'show the student and the beginner
how this second position wurks out In
actual play when the position la not
aactly as given In the text books, but
he principle to be applied Is tin- same.
Any plaer inn win n game when the
l"2
xar.l position he has studied ill
bcoks is brought abi ut In the ending, 1
such as three kings acilnst two, but i
It ' requires some skill to apply the I
tactics of a position when the exact
position Is not there. i
The distribution of the pieces Is
Black' men on 6, 12, 14 and 21, king I
on 8. White men on 13, 20, 22 and 30;
king on 11. White to play and win.
Htf are the moves tnal soive
White,
Black.
22 17
1714
All 7
149
13--9
723
23 19
SO 16
16 U
117.
73
37
B 7 11
1923
2326
3623
8026
2623
0 2319
117
710
106
1418
9 A
610
5 14
145
b'J
914
1410
106
6 '-
26
69
'J 14
1410
10 14
1410
1014
1410
1014
149
95
5 1
15
6 14
2125
2530
' 2217
171(1
1015
1916
After white's seventh move In the
trunk play, 1'3 19, an expert would
concede the game as lost for black,
as he would see that It could he won
y a variation of the second position,
tut the full play is given In oider that
the. beginner msy see how the win Ih
aeured.
At "A" there Is a little trap Into
which a number of solvers fell, If
wait plays 11 ID, Instead or the move
glrei ,11 7, the continuation glvan hy
thotl'.wbo telioted this mova waa 1123
OK Y
410 e .
$8 A B
1 z
I 1 p-cj
I c J or 1 ? 1
USE
ism rr-n ? I
-oi bet -
ii-- -m
o
C 4- O I 0
or 23; followed by 13 , 51. IB 11.
which leaves while with a winning
gnme. But If white plays 1116 In
stead of 117, black's proper reply Is
69, and the exchanges that follow
result In a draw.
Thero Is a pretty and Instructive
variation nt "H." If white plays i 10,
Instead of 711, which goe this way:
710 9 r.
ioi4 r. i
14 17 1 "
1722 fi 10
3026 107
1915
1611
2623
26
610
2319
Now the play Is the same as the
trunk play at "(?.'
Although too rnr
nway to get In
solutions In tllne for membership cnrds
In Tin; hum checker Club, some or the
checker players In Melbourne, Australia,
take ii keen merest n me proiuems
published Ih Tile fit's', and the checker
editor of the Melbourne MVefclj Time
sends the following Interesting position
for the readers of Tltr. SUN to work
oik. Tlie position occasional n goon up.h
of discussion nt the recent Australian
championship meotlng.
i'ltoni.p.M No. 338. CHECKERS.
Uy Robert Stewart.
Black.
White.
White to play and win.
Thi distribution of the pieces is:
Black men on 10, 13 and 19; king on
14. White men on 17, 22, 29 nnd 30;
king on 31.
cut out rrtom.KMs.
This Ingenious little puzile by W. O.
Berry had only one defect, which was
that It might be necessary to turn some
of tho p'eces wrong side up In order to
get a mlutlon with the feweet number
of pieces. The proposition wns to take
mi equilateral triangle nnd cut It Into
the smallest number of pieces that could
lie rearrnnged so an to form an Isosceles
triangle whos height should be equnt
to one of the sides of the equilateral.
The composer's solution shows only
five pieces are required In order to bring
about the desired transformation. The
proc!s of dividing the triangle bclirg
here shown :
C
In the equilateral triangle, A II C,
bisect the angle A with the line A P,
and bisect the line A IJ at K. Draw
F parallel to 11 C. producing the
line to II, the distance G II bMng fqunl
to the distance H-CJ. Then Join H
and draw K J parallel to II II. These
pieces being numbered for reference, the
transformation Is as follows:
As th h'lght of the Isosceles Is the
longest side of the piece No, 6, and thnt
side wns one of the sides of the original
equilateral triangle. 11 t', the condi
tions of the problem are fulfilled, but
one side of the new form, consisting of
the pieces numbered 5 and 2, Is upside
down.
Solvers will be given another week In
which to (lnd a solution that requires a
s'lll smaller number ef pieces, md
which shall be free frrm the defect of
turning any of the pieces upside down.
This will be given next week, with the
names of those who got vnrbus num
bers of pieces In their solutions.
HEIR TO FORTUNE KILLED.
WorUInu
Money
I.nhorer lo Hani
Tnke lllni Home.
to
Kansas ('ITT. Mo., July 31 Thomas
E. Ollhresth. 37. while digging under
a nign emnnnkment at Front ami
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a nign emnnnamem at rront audi ""'- innnh " iuiii-r
Holmes streets was burled alive beneath '"'coml han'1 w,",n ron',,r Judgment
tons of clav which fell from ,.i,v. h,houl1 """ "'"I ""''"'' '" " much
The accident was not discovered until 1
other workiren returned to the sie I
The bode was recovered and John (111- 1
!n7thwBanamehfr' "V'n Marl"' !
Th nnlli. ",-,.. .t.1 . .
,7k ! Vw ? ' ,. . !ifrn " 1
ailbreaths relatives lived until Sereeant
Richard Snltherman went to the dead
man's room and searched for his letters.
w ,.fi,ni, .,i
letter that had beep received on Jul 20.
it was from John Gllbreath, brother i
of the deceased, and carried with It the
Information that Ollbre.ith's relatives I
had beep searching for hint during the
plt five years. It told about his '
mother's death and the fact that a for- i
tune had been left to him.
"Come and get your share of the '
est it," the letter said "Your Income
tax of 14 has been paid"
According to friend of Gllhreath,
the letter accounts for the fact thnt
Gllhreath suddenly decided to go to
work. They renien bered that he hnd
said he had made up his mind to buy
some new clothes and take a trip They
believe that he wis making an effort
to earn enough nioney to clothe him
self properly and go back to his old
home and claim his fortune,
TAKES 36 BOTTLES A DAY.
llnrher's Ileer I, hull When He
u
"Not Ilrlnklnc Much."
MiiNciK, lnd., July 31 When he
Isn't feeling very well and business Is
brisk In the shop Hnrvey Sheets, pro
prietor of a barber shop, s.i.ih he drinks
only thirty-six pint bottles of beer a day.
At other times lie may tnke more
He testified to this on 'the wltues"
Mnud In fity Court, where he wa
charged with operating a "blind tiger"
In his shop. The police had confiscated
considerable heer there and had seep
many "empties." tu response to a ques
tion ns to how long three cases of beer
tho amount taken by tho police -woud
Inst him he replied "Sometimes
three days that Is, when I'm not
drinking much."
"Are you sure you don't bathe In It?"
asked Judge Gregory In acquitting
Hneets. Tne orrieers couio produce no
evidence of sales having been mad by
the barber, . ,
PLAYS FOR EXPERTS
AT ROYAL AUCTION
Exceptional Lewis nnd Mills
Which the Hc;inner
Should Avoid.
INSTANCES IN DUPLICATE
There nrr pome rules with regard to
the gnme of unction, both In bidding and
In piny, that have exceptloiiM which
should bo applied only by tho experienced
player. Tlmt Ibse exception, should
not be equally at the command of the
beginner may seem paradoxical to some
persons, who cannot see why the be
(tinner should not be nn well Informed
of the exceptions to the rules ns the ex
pert, but the logic of the case la thin:
The exceptional case requires Judg
ment In order to recognize It ns nn ex
ceptlon nnd to understand why It la one
nnd this Judgment the beginner does not
possess, because bis experience hns not
vt rill,,,,! It. It In therefore nnfer to
leave him with the rule and to nay I
rothlng nbont the exceptions until such
time as he begins to see occasions for
them himself.
One of the most common of the rules
thnt n teacher lays down for the beginner
Is always to lead one of two or more
touching honors nt the head of u suit,
such ns nee nnd king, king and queen, or
queen nnd Jack, nnd to lead the ace
from nee queen Jack.
The expert knows that when playing
against n no trumper the probabilities
are In' favor of leading u small card
from suits headed by only two honors,
even ace and king, the object being to
leave the partner with n card of the
suit to return, If be gets In, ns the
chancea nre ngalnst his holding three If
the lender Is long In It.
There nre a number of these excep
tional lends, such ns the queen from nee
queen Jack when thero Is no leenlry, but
the moment you explain these exception
to the beginner he becomes confused,
nnd does not know which Is the rul mid
which Is the c.xieptloii In some enses.
Therefore It Is better to let him use the
system of lends against either declara
tion, trump or no trumps, and be thank
ful if he gets them nearly enough right
for his partner to depend on their cor
rectness.
In the course of time he will note oc
casional Instances In which lie loses a
trick or two tluousli hl pirtner's Ina
bility to lead a third round, or enes ln
which his partner's queen has to f.ill on
his nee or king. If he Is nn oUservnnt
plaer he will notice that experts vmy
their opening against no trumprs. If
he is not an observnnt player It does
not matter what he leads, as he Is a
hopeless protosltlon ns n bridge player.
Another Important rule, perhaps one
of the most Important for the beginner,
applies to the first round of bids, and
if beginners and many of those who are
not beginners would paste It on
the 1
edge of the table In front of them It
would save them several hundred points
every time they play. The rule Is this;
If the player on your right bids no
trump, let him play It, no matter what
ou hold.
In teaching, the writer ndvles the
beginner not to look nt his hand even,
but to pass all no trump bids made on
the right, on general pilnclples. The
expert knows there are several excep
tions to this rule, but the perception of
the exceptional situation Is based on ripe
Judgment, which the beginner does not
possess,
The state of the si-ore, for Instance,
I may show that If the dealer Is left In
with his no trumper he may so game
wttli only the odd trick, or the second
player's hand may be such that there i
a fair chance or even a certainty of win
ning the game against a no trumper, or
he may see that he has a perfectly safe
bid for two or three tricks, which will
at least force the no trumper Jut a
frlflf li nnd ult.it It tn:iU Mine
hand that can make two odd and goUh.it his partner could get Into the lead
game cannot make three. J with a club and come through the spade.
But all such in titers lequlre the exer- :
cle of nice Judgment and a certain abil
ity to calculate the value of hands. For
the beginner, the safe rule Is always to
pass, because one of three things must
be the case If the second bidder has not
a game hind, without any assistance
from his partner.
1 If the declarer can afford to go on
with his no trumper In spite of the op
posing suit call the second bidder Is sim
ply wasting bis breath.
2. If the declarer cannot afford to go
on and say two no trumps all that has
been accomplished by overcallliig him Is
to warn him of his danger nnd either
drive him to a safer bid than no trumps,
nr allow him to use his strength to de
feat the opposing trump declaration, .
hand was published In The Sun not
long ago In which a no trumper was
overcalletl by two lien lis, and the no
trump bidder at once said tlve enhs
and made them ngalnst nny possible
distribution of the cards.
.1. If the second hnnd Is strong enough
to make bis contract, but not the game,
against the no trumper. h Is wasting
his time In playing for from six to nine
points a trlek. Instead of for fifty. It
t ..Hn.,l....ll.. l.....nBnii.u
trimmer to co nJ If the seeon.l nla vr
Is strong enough to win eight or nine
tricks
against II with n declared trump
li tho best player sometimes malte
Kven
. I. ,,,iBt.,,.A r . . mi,. .... .
M,"r ,r. u7 f0r '1,,ml"'s1 1for
T' "''" '''"'l Principle
.Jln. Jo?
Is a hand that went the rounds
0f ni" or ' he Knlcker-
boeker In a duplicate game last winter
(! not n single table left the dealer
with his oriehmi tr,i,.,Pi-
! called two spades uben called rovals)
itiiii, lit iivi, H ph inn mil w.ik niiim.
O Q 10 6 S
6 7 0 3
o io a a
7 4
o
A K 10 6 4
0 J 3
A Q J 6 3
7 6 4 3
I 3 a
Bb9 7 5
r9 6
OAKJ8
A Kft 4
4K io a
Z dealt and bid mi trump A said two
spades, Y and B passing. At some tables
'. went two no tt limits, nn he held
two
probable stoppers In I lie spade suit .U
two tables lie let the two spade call atone
and et It for 20u points.
leii the snrill heart and A trumped
the king. He then died to put dummy
In with a club, mi as lo get the sp.ule
lluetse, as lie Judged that Z must have
the spade king from his bid . trimmed
the club and led tluee winning dia
monds, the third nf which A trunip"d,
Hail he refused to trump, Z would havo,
led -i heart next.
Now II does nut matter what A does,
n the most he can get nut of Ills curds
Is five trunipb and a club, because Y will
have a Hump left at llin end If A dues
not lend trumps, and If A does lead
trumpx he will lose two mme tricks, as
Z will win a trump trick, fnice A's last
1 1 if nip nnd Imve a trump left to lulng In
the two led silltH.
At one table A tried the trump lead
nfter being foiceil with the dlnmoiid, and
i set for 210 points, although lilt ex
cuse that the Humps might be split
seemed fair enough. At the table where
h did not lend Mumps he wns set
for 100,
At the tables at which Z was saiiKulne
enough to return to the no trumper.
Imagining that the spades would be led
I
2 '
A
LiL
up to him, he wns simply slaughtered.
To bid two no trumps after n suit Is de
clared against It shows nt least ono sure
nnd probably two stoppers In the de
clared suit, nnd n good plnycr knows
belter than to lead up to such a com
bination while there Is any ehnrieo to
get his partner In to tend through It.
On Z's return to no trumps, A started
with the elub king, to show his reentry
nnd have a look, li followed the
rule nnd dropped his second bed, the
Jicl(. This made It easy for A to put II
In with a. small club, get n Unease In
rpndes, put II In again with miothcr club
nnd get nnnther spade finesse, making all
the rest of the clubs and netting the no
trumper for 200.
At one tnble A bid two clubs over
the no trumper, with the Idea of bid
ding the spades later, nnd this drove Z
to hlddlng Ills long diamond suit. II
suplMirted the clubs when A passed the
diamonds, nnd Z went three diamonds,
which held.
V. got his cotvirnct by irumping the
first club lead, exhausting the trumps
nnd making fair hearts, so that It i-ost
A Just 2S2 points to declare his clubs,
as Z scored 24 ind 28, Instead of being
set for 200.
In this hand we have an Illustration
o. danger of returning to no trumps
after n still Is declared against It, when
the no trumper Is not protected against
nny other opening. Hut It sometimes
happens thnt the suit Is declared before
(he no trumper and with the full knowl
edge that the suit Is against the de
clarer, Huch a no trump declaration
usually shows absolute piotectlon In the
suit first named and acts ns a warning
V) the player who ban bid thnt suit that
It Is against him.
Here we have the same situation ns
that shown In the deal Just given, but
leversed, and the following hand, also
from a duplicate match, Is nn excellent
Illustration of those e.ises which require
sound Judgment to handle, nnd In which
the beginner should be guided only by
rule, nnd should ntte thee principles:
1, When the original bl.l Is no trump
nnd the second plner calls a Milt, the
no trumper Is warned of Its danger.
2. When the jrlglnal bid Is a suit nnd
the fourth player goes no trump, the
holder of the suit Is warned.
Now take this hand and observe how
theso principles work out.
06 S
AA X 6 6 S
O 10 J 1 4
1 J 9 8
.
lira j r x s
Y
910 2
A B
U J 7 6 3
08 6
4)110 4 1
7 6
2
OA K T 4 3
10 9 4
O r
4)A 4 J I 6
7. dealt and hid a spade. A two-dla-tnondx,
Y passed, as he had no fear
of Vs glng game In diamonds, but B
went no trumps, understanding his part
ner's bid to be an Invitation to do so If
he could stop the spades, Z passed,
having heard nothing from Y
The writer held A's cards at one
tnble and went three diamonds, as he
knew the person on bis right was too
good a plaser to make the lead that
11 was probably counting on. Through
'an unfortunate play on . s part A made
jinur mm in oiamonns
V led the spade and 7. won the ten
with Ihe Jack. Instead of going on and
trying to ruff hl partner on the third
round, which would have forced an
honor from A ami left him with only
two odd, Z tried to get another lead
through the spade king by putting Y
in with a club. This enabled A to trump
small, draw all four of Y's trumps and
make two hart tricks tiy leading tnat
suit twice.
At the tables nt which B was left
with the no trumper he had no trouble
In making his contract, eight tricks, If
Z led the spades, but at some tables
Z led the king of hearts. Just ns A led
the king of clubs in the first hand given,
to show his reentry and get a look.
The student will observe that the situa
tion Is precisely the same as If tho
original bid hud been no trump, over
called by two spadts, and returned to
two no trump.
1 I'poii seeing the hearts In the dummy
, dropped that suit and took a chance
I lie consequence
was tli.il l got in
twice and came through the spades
twice, fo that Z made three spades and
two hearts, while Y made two clubs, set
ting the no trumper for 100 points.
Here Is the same situation In another
form, the ro trumper not being the orig
inal ileel.ir.'itlon. lint the suit call belnu
'on Us left.
O 8
4111
A I T I 4
iX 3 10
H X J 10 6 4 I
n
Y
X 4 10 9 7 8 I
A B
Z
O a 8 a
A4 4
S
ja a
S t 4.
T B I I
Z' deilt and bid a diamond, having
two Hire tricks In thnt suit. A bid
two clubs, nnd Y, knowing that his
partner must have king queen Jack of
diamonds to Justify his bid, went two
no trumps. B bid two hearts.
Now the situation is precisely the
same as If Y had dealt and hid no
I trumps, and B should have followed the
i beginner's rule .and passed. He cannot
t "' I""'r'!, l" ' Partner's
showing that suit and overcallliig It
marks the hopelessness of the heart
contract.
Z followed the conventional rule nnd
doubled the two hearts, Instead of In
creasing the no trump contract, a mis
take that mmy players make If his
partner wants to go on with the no
trumper h can do without Increasing
the contract.
A dare not risk three clubs to take
his partner out of the double as Y was
mirked with the stoppers In clubs, but
Y, still trusting his partner for that
king queen Jack of diamonds, went two
no trumps.
What hns B accomplished by bidding
hoirts" He has not only wasted his
breath, but he has Informed Y that
dummy has a perfect',)' safe finesse In
hearts, as thnt suit Is with B. When
B led a small heart dummy plaed the
queen and led three rounds of diamonds,
Then he cam through A with a club,
and th nee won A's queen, B discarding
a spade.
At this stage Y inade what was cer
tnlnly a well planned att.tck lie wns
In the lead with two established dia
monds, and H had two discards In
stead of blanking his nre of spades B
'kept two of Hint suit iud discarded
a heart, although he must have known
that Y had the spade king from his
bid. This allowed Y to lead the heart,
make the ace and come back with It,
so that B lout his ijueeu of spades on
the last trick, and Y Just went game,
If It blanks his spade ace. Y lends the
spnde. as he still has the clubs stopped
In case the spade ace Is with A. This
will give Y two simile tricks instead of
one only.
The solution to the little conundrum
printed last week, In which the dealer's
li.ind Is given .ih nil spades nnd heirts
and the opponents are bidding diamond",
holding the entire suit and on partner
having the nee nnd king of clubs with
the nee of diamonds, the final bid wh
a grand sla.m In spules, and the question
was to say who made the best bid.
The answer Is that the best bid made
on that hand was by llm player who
said "I pass" when the grand shm
was bid, although he held two aces nnd
the lead It was to trap him Into a
double that the dealer bid the grand
slam, drrpplng his Invincible heart suit
to support his partner's spaden, as If he
were afraid of the hearts, as well aa the
diamonds.
PROBLEM
Continued rout Flint I'nge.
a share In the division of tho spoils.
Kor the United States nun no renl
control over the Dominican Govern
ment's: sbnre of tho public funds nfter
they have been turned over to the
Dominican authorities. Most of the
money still goes to the military lead
ers nnd certain civilians. There nre
prnctlcnlly no nrls, mules or profes-
nlons In .Santo lJomliiKo, with the re
sult thnt most of those of superior
ability or education nre either actually
llvlnjr off tho Government, or else on
the WHrpath leading a revolution
ngalnst It,
A United States cruiser Is now nt
Snnlo Doniliigd city watching the de
velopment of n threatened revolution
growing out of the latest American
made compromise Government, whllp
the Government Itself Is exhausting
nil ltn meager fundn to protect Itself
against Its enemies.
All doubts as to conditions In Panto
Domingo should be dissolved by the
statement given below. It was writ
ten by Francisco .! l'eynado, fiy
merly Dominican Minister to the
United States, and one of the few
thoroughly competent and slnceielyl
patriotic men of his country. In a
pamphlet entitled "Political Study and
Plan of Reforms for the Dominican
Republic." published recently, he made
the following summary:
"The results (of freedom) nt the
end of more than half n century of
Independent life could not be
disastrous.
more
"Although all political groups that I
ll.lVe Hllpef.erlnil Itl rlatniv Ititi, ttntt-A,- I
have persisted In lamentably disre
garding nil the civilizing purposes of
government In order to confine them
selves solely to maintaining peace at sorry enumeration In order to eon
nll hazards civil warn have reached ! elude ulih the unnnsuerabtn iikser.
me terriiue proportion of two a year
terrible ttronnrtlrm nf ttvti a fiar
At leant Iltlr! mvn ,'rmatln,1 ,-,
many
lives, much energy and all the eco.
nomlc resources of the nation.
"For the rest here Is the negative
Inventory of our accomplishments as
a nation:
1. We don know our own house. j',ynado Is the most significant nnd
Entire regions In the Interior of the furnishes the key to the whole slt
ir.and remain yet unknown and re- i nation In Santo Domingo, an.) to
cently our Government ha.s had to the even more aggravated situation In
consent to American Investigation In Havil. Hardly n dollar of the public
order to determine exactly the posl- nioney has gone Into such Improve
tlon of baona Island, ns the uncertnln ninitj) as roads, schools, harbors and
position given In the maps up to the i tin development of the national Indus
present time offered great dangers to. ti!c-f and resources. In the old days
na.y, IJ, . , Government of Santo Domingo
-. dont know ourselves. Up ,m account of graft never got more
to thlH date no ceasus hns been taken I than half of the customs collected.
in ine rcpuniic ami only on unfounded The American convention Insures the i covwed that the French, German und
conjecture does one speak of the num- ' Governement's getting all the money I Italian Governments had recognized
.V'tt. 1"'pulatl"11' ,,uc 1,111 tnere Improve- revolutionary Government and
3. No don't know the national re- ment stops. Tho Government Is ln't the .basis of this recognition,
sources. No scientific study has been stll practically ftee to waste Us French anil German merchants who
made by order of the Government as' funds In salaries of useless oftKi'lals, , hJ" Just such practices have won nbso
to the nature of our land.s or of their, In bribes to ambitious lenders to keep 'te domination of the commercial
.laapiaiiiuty, ana up to this time no tho peace and in maintaining us non
urvey of our national properties hns 1 descrlpt armies men who ought to be
been made. , a wnrk In tho tr,lis nr In t!, Hnl.l.
4. We have no good harbors. Those
of the principal cities on the const,
anto uomingo. Macorls nnd Puerto ( There are no roads in Havt! out
I lata, are In worse condition than In side the towns. In Santo Domingo
colonial days through the Incessant J thero is only one road, built with
action of the sand of the rivers empty- ' funds set aside by agreement with
hik inio mem wnnout up to this time
uiij cnrcijve worn oeing done for
their Improvement.
Pictures of Interesting People
A Pleasing Feature of THE SUN'S
New Pictorial Magazine Supplement
With THE SUN Every Sunday
Pictures of people in the public eye and interesting personalities at the fashionable summer
resorts form a pleasing feature of THE SUN'S NEW PICTORIAL SUPPLEMENT.
Next Sunday it will present the President's latest photograph, a fine reproduction by the
wonderful intaglio process that will be well worth framing.
A few of the other striking features picked at random from its sixteen pages of beautiful pictures.
. Mr. Morgan at the Yacht Races. First The first U. S. Battleship to pass
Photograph made of him after his shoot- through the Panama Canal.
ing by a crank in his Glen Cove home.
Beautiful residences on the Rumson
Road.
THE SUN for Readable Features
THE SUN each week is printing an unusual number of interesting and important special
features. Some of those of especial interest for next Sunday are as follows:
The First Year of the Panama Canal
Satisfactory showing of the Canal as an earner despite disorganization of ocean commerce
due to the war.
Its
surprise.
Some Experiments in Single Tax
Everybody is interested in the Single Tax as
a theory. THE SUN next Sunday will describe
the results of attempts in the United States to
put it into actual practice.
Order
Your
THE
a copy of
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OF U. S. IN
"We have no proper Interior lines of
communication. With the exception
of the defective railroads the so-called
roads are the very same pathB of
colonial times, In worse condition thnn
then from the action of tralllc and
weather, without any effort being
made up to this time to make those
paths hlKhwnys that by furnishing
transportation for prmluclH may en
courugn agriculture nnd constitute
true arteries of Industry and progress.
"tl. We have lamentably disregarded
public Instruction; Illiteracy In the
republic amounts to 0.1 per cent. While
our country Is essentially agricultural,
not n single Dominican Ih a real
scientific farmer. Almost surrounded
by water and situated In the centre of
the American continent anil l .Vji
.-.,...,... ... ...
I tlllenn Archipelago, cireutti'.tnncen
that seemingly destined us for marl'
lime trade, we have not, nevertheless,
any real sailors, nnd when we need
them for the management of our war
ships we have to recruit them from
abroad. We luve no mechanics, and
l when we arc looking for simple en-
glneerr. for our few steamers we nre,
compellc"! lo also send nbtoad fir
them.
"We have no architects of nny kind.
We have no civil engineers: and In
a country, among a people who have
(ilu.i.vs led a warlike life, where a
military administration of government
obtains, nnd where majors, colonels
nnd gr-nenils profusely abound, there
Is not a single ollleer with qu.illllcn-
tlons required of nn ollleer of medium
ability In any orstinlzcd country: and,
what Is worse still. In spite of hav
ing no good artisans of any kind,
there Is not In nil the republic a sin
gle, school of arts and trades.
"It Is neees-arv to suspend such a
' ii.... t..un ......onii,.n u,ilt. n,.
tion
less consoling still: The Do
minican Republic In the course of its
Independent life has expended all It
revenues and $30.ooo,ooo, constituting
Its present debt, almost exclusively In
wars. Imprisonment and slaughter."
i The eonelinliiie statement of Kenor
nnd In the purchase of gunboats, guns
, nnd ammunition.
the United States for publl.
works
and constructed under the suiervlslon
of Americans. Such railroads as are
effect on world trade routes.
NEXT
To-day
NEW PICTORIAL SUPPLEMENT
HAYTI AND DOMINGO
In llaytl nnd Santo Domingo were
tuillt by foreigners, were the occasion
of repented ilefaultH, and in o far an
they havo passed under native con
tiol have been practically wrecKeu
by abuse and lack of any expenditures
for maintenance.
Until the Sullivan Incident there
had never been u suspicion iinywhcro
of the Integrity and sincere disinter
estedness of American elTorts In Santo
Domingo. Until the' famous Ilryati
letter to Receiver-General Vlck ask
ing lilm to Unci placet) tinder the Gov
ernment of Santo Domingo for "dc
ocrvlnc Democrats," such appoint
incuts as had been made by the lo
MiieM of the United Slates In Santo
Domingo hnd been made with the most
- ernjiulous care and without regard
-..T.. 4... I lltl.,..1 ..(IIII...I....O CI,A(.n
to American political ufllllatlons. Thero
were, no scandals about contracts
under Ihe Dominican Government and
every step taken was directed by tin
earnest desire lo achieve tho greatest
good for the Dominican Government
and people.
The Dominiums now have nn honest
grievance against Washington through
Sullivan's nct.vltles In the Intel est of
his political and business friends and
Washington's action In keeping him at
Ills post after, these matters had been
brought to lt., attention. It wljl bo
more dllllciilt now than ever before tu
keep the Dominicans convinced thnt
the United States Is Interested solely
In seeing that Santo Domingo Is nude
Into a prosperous and peaceful coun
try In charge of a stable Government.
In Haytl the United Stas lias
never had even the limited control It
exercises In Santo Domingo. The ef
forts of the last two years have been
directed toward obtaining from one
of the six successive Governments
which have held olllee In that period
either a treaty giving the United
Stuteh control over the customs and
the liquidation of Hayri'. debts or an
Invitation to the United states to step
In nnd tnke charge. These efforts,
however, have so far merely served to
give the ambitious "outs" an Issue on
which to start a revolution iiml
Amerlcanlsm and the United States
has failed In each case to take such
steps as would keep In control the
Government with which It was trying
to negotiate.
Commissions have been sent to
Haytl. Gov. Fort, head of one com
miitdon, thought nt 2 o'clock one af
ternoon that he had succeeded and
that In order to save Itself from bank
ruptcy nnd downfall the Government
would yield Two hours later re dls-
situation m Haytl hnd made a loan
to the Government. Gov. Fort and
Ills colleagues were Informed that they
might as Wfl go back to the United
States. American al-l Is unwelcome
to the "Ins," and violently oppo.-ed by
the "outs" because both know It would
put nn end to the pieent system and j
Its graft for tho-e who manipulate It
i All oinciais oi ine Llilteu Mate
All officials of the United State
Government for ears pan have
i agreed that the jnltcy in Santo Do-
The enthusiastic reception to Lib.
erty Bell at the Panama-Pacific Exposition.
New life it has given
Uncle Sam's Official Explorers
An interesting account of the thrilling work
being done by young men, the Government's
scientific pioneers, in prospecting and opening
up new fields of mineral and agricultural
wealth, particularly in Alaska. Look for this
feature in THE SUN next Sunday.
SUNDAY'S SUN from
and Be Sure to Get
mlngo, and more particularly In IIhjh
vv.ih leading to no permanent lmprnL
ment of the situation. Repeate I nn.
- 1 portunltles have arisen for ae'ion
wuiui wouiu enii ine lnioier.iuie con.
dltlotiH In the two republic i, espeei.iRy
In Haytl. Yet no decisive action hai
lieen taken and the lletlon of trrnting
both as sovereign Slates has been con.
tinned.
The decision Is ngnln up to Pr.i.
dent Wilson, with tho Slate Depart,
ment ntrongly urglnir that this tim,
thero be vigorous notion.
CELEBRATES 11STH BIRTHDAY.
freek Hemer, Indian, nld to tie
Oldest .Mn ii In Ihr World,
Hunch, Okla., July 31-Tnentv
beeves, thirty hogs and ISO rhieVeni
constituted In part the menu s-ne t,
the guests attending the nmilver try
celebration of Cieek Beaver, Jiim nr..
eluded here.
The guest of honor tills ve.ir -v,
Baxter Uhn.it of Buneh. nnd v ,
Kox of Webber Falls as u ml ,i i
In the capacity of olHrlal m rlb i.
Beaver hasn't had 11.1 picnics- j
year by any means, but tvs v ir
feast wns In commemoration ri ,
birth US ears ago, for Creek 'V i r
Is the oldest Indian In Okl.ihn i , t ...
have one up In Minnesota aged 112 but
Creek Beaver goes him throe jrj
better.
The Creek Beaver plcn.c hit rfM
an annual affair for several ye,ie pi,
and Creek Beaver's guests are sp v
Invited severil hundred .mnu.i .lv --it j
the aged Indian pays the a- i. ,.
Ills guests stay three jay, and t ir.
becued beef, which Creek Ilner i
pounded Into hash twftity whole h ,
Itl one dish of hash and tle're . tis
music of the tom-tcm, two 'er . for.
ward, and then all sauck "wh.v birk'
and eat again.
"DEAD" MAN WALKS TO COURT.
Identification Mn lie Only Trli I;
of the "llrnlhen Chinee."
Chicago, July 31. As th Jury tu
completed to try Harry 1" s lb c,
charged with the murder of M ' I-?
Ii: n Chinese gambling hoiife In IM.
nn iirlcntal walked Into Judge Bi-r"t
room In the Criminal Court Bui' 1
and announced that he nas MO'-k
Chung. Ills announ.enin' tausej a
sensation.
The attorney for the defendant till
the court that the man who was kl !M
was Jung Iong and n marriage
also would be Introduced In evMr.r
to prove that the Mipposed muriWel
man Is among the Hvli t.
According to AstlMaut Slate's Attor
ney John O'Brien th' fate hefrs ti
prove that Mock Chung was rev'y mur
dered nnd that the in.in win apr)rfl
In court possesses the (,im rame li
the dead man.
MARRIED AT SODA FOUNT.
IMnce Strlectril li rolleeman lp
penled Tit tor Help.
Atlanta. Oa.. July 31 i't iW to
find a preacher W O. ? i t of it'fflA
slid Miss Belli May Pmr'i of At'anta
pppealed to Chief Ueore M.ithifon of
the county polb e department.
He secured Judge A A nnens. -vim
cfflc" Is directly across th stret f'wn
th court bouse, and the erenrnt w ,t
:;. ....... j " i., . j.i... .. . j
t,,u'rt, while a large crowd of pise
and newsboys looked on.
to sailing craft the big