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THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 25, 1920 Check Chess and ers Owl Yoh Sol Hiese Pnzdes The first answer stands no more chance than the last, the only time limit la that all answers must be received at The Inquirer office on or before the first Wednesday following the Sunday on which the puzzles are published. Any person may send in one or more answers, but each must be on a different slip, and each sup must stand on its own merit; that is, if a person were to send in ten lists and the ten collectively have all the correct answers, the person will not win. To be correct, a single list must have them all right. Each picture contains either one or two names, never mor than two. When there are two, both should be given.

Only one prizo will be awarded to any one person, except where there are no more correct answers than there are prizes to be No object or figure should be used more than once. The contest is open to everybody, and when the number of correct answers exceeds the number of prizes offered, the prizes will be awarded to th! neatest and best appearing answers. The coupon is printed for the convenience of solvers, and to facilitate the work in the Puzzle Department, but the solvers are not required to make use of it SEND ALL ANSWERS TO POSTOFFICE BOX 1105. PHILA-, PA. ANSWERS AND AWARDS mum Columbia mm i I mm it paclyg Til GJ-.

AfAAfF. AtAMcTATf. The Championship Tournament of the Franklin Chess Club, as well as the tournament for the George W. Childs' Cup and championship of Philadelphia, started last week at the rooms of the Franklin Chess Club. According to Sydney T.

Sharp, chairman of the Tournament Committee, the following players entered: P. B. Driver, A. JW. Greaves, E.

S. Jackson, Klang, C. More, T. E. Moon, W.

A. iRuth, S. T. Sharp, D. P.

Sailer, R. Sze and J. P. Stoner. The life work, of Benjamin Franklin, has always been of, interest to citizens pf One of his chief pleasures and amusements was the game of chess and from his biography and contemporaries we learn, that he spent considerable time on this, game both in this country and while abroad in France.

It was in Paris, however, that he had the most leisure and consequently played most of his games. Franklin was in Paris from 1776 to 1785 and in one of his letters he states that one evening he played from 6 o'clock until Bunrise, and consequently, alludes to the amount of time spent on the game and the great enjoyment that he derived therefrom. Very few of his games, however, have been preserved, but the general opinion has been that he was far from a player of ability. We gather this impression from his Remarks, and from the fact that according to his own reports most of his games while abroad were played with women. While a woman undoubtedly has marked ability in many directions, there has never been a woman who has qualified as a first-class chess player.

We note that the leading players at; Paris during Franklin's nine years so-iourn in that were Philidor, who died in 1795, Verdoni, Leger," Carlier and Bernard. The latter two players were active in the game as late as 1798. Des Chappelles, who after Philidor was the greatest French player, was born in 1780 and became a noted layer at an early age, and died in 847. La Bourdonnais made his repu tation a few years after des Chappelles, and was followed by St. Amant.

The last three players mentioned, of course, Franklin did not meet, but there is no record of his having played any of the noted French players, so we, may assume that-he-would have been totally outclassed by them. Franklin's games were played with the Court ladies and the nobility. His games were more social functions than skillful contests over the ess board. The we now publish appeared in Reichhelm's chess column in the Times August 14, 1887. We do not vouch for its authenticity, but quote Mr.

Reichheim as follows: "We are indebted an esteemed correspondent for a game of chess of Benjamin Franklin. The doughty op The correct answers to the Geographical Puzzles published two weeks ago In The Sunday Inquirer are: BRITISH COLUMBIA TOWNS NO. 3 Gladstone-Discovery (Gee, Lad Stone Discovery) Babine (Baby knee) Prices (Pry S) Saturna (S A Torn A) Captain (Cap Ten) Pennys (Pen E's) Roseberry (R owes Berry) Ottertail-Kootekatt (Angh ter Tale Cootie Cat) WINNERS Very nice" prizes have been awarded to the following: Atkins, O. S. Audibert, G.

Brogan, Annie-Bushey, Samuel Lear, Wm. Lennox, Mrs. E. Mason, Prank HcKee, M. A.

Mattson, Edna Marshall, Sallie McDonnell, Wm. J. McGlynn, Thomas Nungesser, Mrs. Ms Norris, T. S.

-Newcomer, Mrs. D. Pullen, May Park; Elsie Quednow, John RoufE, Anna Schrandt, Wm. F. Stuart, Mrs.

J. i Swartley, Ruth Smith, Richard Shute, Jarriet Sheckler, Ella Thomas, Trickel, John Whitecamp, Harry Boltz, Arthur Rlifhi Rnv Creighton, Susan (JampDeu, Jonn Duehman, Mrs. M. Diffendoffer, Gertie Tnmrniisrh. -Tav J.

Groome, Anna Gossner, M. L. Gentien, Louise Evans, Kutn Funk, Helen flrev. Charlotte Gerner, A. Hoepp, Tfiomss Hatch, Edward Huber, Amanda Hnabert.

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If you do not use a coupon cut from the paper, kindly use either a postal card or paper the same size as the regular coupon. Big sheets of paper will be considered last. BRITISH COLUMBIA TOWNS No. 5 Name Address WINNERS OF THE GEO-GRAPHICAL PUZZLE HAVE THE CHOICE OF: Lacquered Candy Bos Military Set Manicure Set Velvet Handbags Chinese Work Baskets A Neat Little Camera With Film A Gentleman's Leather Wallet Two Rubberized Aprons Music Carrier Comb and Brush Set Rol.er Skates Fountain Pens Lacquered NutiSet Scout Axe Pocket Tool Kit Table Cloth and Napkins Clothes Brush Write your answers on the coupon below or make a similar coupon and fill it out. If you desire, you may send answers on a postal card.

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lSAY ED. WITH WWATl LETTER DO YOU hundred Boys solution to note book. 4 "iSs 100 Prizes This Picture Represents Different Parts of a Hirer ANSWERS AND AWARDS The correct answers to the Different Kinds of Footwear are: 1 STORM SHOES 2 SANDALS 3 OXFORDS 4 GAITERS 3 OVERSHOES 6 RUBBER BOOTS WINNERS Very nice Note Books have been awarded to tbe following: 1 Altshuler, P. Barndt, Harold Berr, Anna Bowley, Sarah 1' No, 1 AIY AUTO MY WF MLVtR OOL3 This picture represents some kind of a dealer. 1 Problem No.

1573 is solved by P-BS becoming a Bishop. Problem No. 1574 is solved by P-QS becoming a Rook. Solutions received from: W. E.

El-dridge, J. Eriksson. Paul W. Eusland and. Harry Edmunoa.

We. give below a two-move proWcm which has attracted considerable attention in the early eighties. Several crack solvers pronouncing the problem as unsound. Considering the small force employed the problem certainly is ably constructed. The three-move problem was an offhand composition by the late Julius A.

Kaiser. PROBLEM NO. 15,77 5 By Dr. Noack i BLACK roti PIECES 1 E3fS3 E3 WHITE FIVE PIECES White to play and mate in two moves. WHITE afKKtG; at at K6; at QR6; Pawn at K7.

BLACK at at KB Kt at QB2. PROBLEM NO. 1578 By Julius Kaiser BLACK FOUR PIECES BLACK FIVE PIECES White to play and mate in three moves. WHITE at QKtS- at Q3 and Q6; Kt at QR7 CHECKERS PROBLEM NO. 71S By F.

P. Smith BLACK pi wm. mm WM WM fe mm, in Mi WM wm mi WHITE Black to play and win. 4 BLACK 11-19; Kings 3-28. WHITE-20; Kings 14-18.

N0' 716 is solved aa fo1" BLACK 4-5; Kings 9-2L WHITE 12-17-18; Kings 2-11. White to play and win. Solution: 17-14; 21-17 12-S- 17 10: n-JSj 10-19; 9-187' 2-7 4-11; 7-14 and White wins. Solutions received from: Eugene Nictorea and Andrew J. SmthV MILK SUPPLY TO BE OBTAINED FROM WHALES The following news item was sent out by the Chamber of Com Los Angeles: For many years goafs milk has been used as a substitute for cow's milk in regions where the forage for cattle-was scarce, but a new substitute for these has recently been introdnl the Pacific Coast in the form of whale's milk.

A test of this milk was made at a banquet at one of the lodges in Los Angeles, and it was found to be so satisfactory that Capt. John BXeon. a whaler at Long Beach, who has been supplying cuts of whale meat to some of the leading hotels and restaurants on the coast for more than a year, has received a request for a permanent supply of whale's milk. In his opinion the milk of the whale is richer and more palatable than that of a cow, and he expects it to prove a successful substitute. If the demand' for the milk of the sea mammal continues and appears tov be permanent, it is understand that Captain Loop will obtain a number of cow whales and establish a dairy for mil'; producing purposes.

The material was unaccompanied by any information as to how whales were be milked. EXTENSION OF MOUNTAIN ELEC-TRICAL SYSTEM Owing to the war there has been some delay in the completion of the plan of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway for electrifying its Cascade Division. In a very few weeks now, however, the new passenger locomotives will be hauling the famous "Columbian" and "Olympian" across the Cascade Range, and the stored energy in these trains will be flowing back into the companies lines or even possibly into the transmission lines of the Washington Water Power Company as the trains go down the grade. When the new passenger locomotives have been delivered for the Rocky Mountain Division and the present highspeed locomotives on that division have been regeared for freight operation, the St.

Paul Railway will have two splendid electric zones, separated by a short steam division of which the early electrification would seem to be inevitable. The steam division will be in a sense isolated, and from the standpoint of operating economy it will be necessary to electrify it. A stretch of more than 1000 miles of electrified tr8ck would certainly furnish a. line demonstration of the possibilities of heavy electric traction. 1 DO i ffiM 1 mm mm Mid -fa pi md wm ponent of the Philosopher was Mr, Charles E.

Meyers, Jr." The notes to this game are by Reich-helm and we are sure that our readers will be amused if not instructed by playing over the game and following Mr Reichhelm's able comments. SCOTCH GAME Myers Benj. Franklin White Black 1 P-K4 1 P-K (a) 2 Kt-KB3 2 QKt-B3 3 P-Q4 3 Q-K2 (b) 4 P-Q5 4 Kt-R4 5 P-B3 5 P-Q3 6 B-Q4 7 QtKt- 7 -P-QKt3 (c) 8 Q-R6 8 Kt-fe3 9 nQ-Kt7 9 hume 10 B-QKt5 (d 10 BxB (e) Lt--Kt-R3 11 P-QR3 S-fKtxB 12 PxKt 13- checks IS Kt-Q2 14 QxP 14 R-R4 15Q-B6 15 R-B4 16rQ-R4 16 P-Kt4 r. 17 home 17 Kt-B3 i 18 -Castles 18 KtxP 19 Q-Q3 19 Kt-B3 20 P-Kt4 20 RxQP 21 Q-K2 21 P-K5 22 22 RxKtj(f) 23 -PxR 23 P-Q4 24 QxPch 24 Kt-Q2 25 P-QR4 (g) 25 B-Q3 26 P-R5 26 Castles 27 P-R6 27 Q-R5 28 P-R7 (h) 28 QxKRPch (i) Note by G. C.

Reichheim: (a) These moves known as the "Debut Royal" still stand the test of time and are adopted by the greatj the wise and the good. (b) Ah. appliance of the closed centre defense which is approved by many professors. (c) Benjamin Franklin it will I be perceived sacrificed a piece in order to more carefully develop Queen's side. (d) Pinning the Bishop.

Unpinning the Bishop and at the same; time securing a piece. (f This -is known as sacrificing tbe "exchange." (g) Suspecting some trap were he to take' the Queens Pawn, Mr. Myers protects his Queen with- the" Pawn against a possible attack. (h) After protecting his Queen as indicated, White thought -he could do better" and Queen his -In his headloDg however, he overlooks the adroit move prepared bv Benjamin Franklin. (i) Our correspondent -remarks "nothing could be more decisive'! and adds this was one of Franklin's Bijr iritis.

uciijitiiiiu rauKim Dimseit humorously remarked that with this move he stopped Mr. Myers "pawning around for another woman." 1 No. 2 THAT'S MY This picture represents some kind of occupation. z-i feasor. MARCH OF A MINE EXPLOSION What has been found to be the most feasible scheme consists of convenient boxes containing -rock dust placed along the roof of the heading.

These boxes are confined in such a way that they offer no menace to the men and mules compelled to pass under them, but at the same time they are so delicately balanced that a comparatively slight shock of the nature of an explosion will dislodge them from their places and the air is filled with the rock dust, which forms a curtain through which the fire of the explosion cannot penetrate and the march of the explosive wave is stopped. This scheme has been put to a number of severe tests and the idea has shown itself to be an invaluable one for the protection of the lives of those employed in mines. for Fever Patients heat production, it certainly is not rational to abstract further beat from the body. It is only when the cold bath increases heat production, augments the utilization of foodstuffs and stimulates a more perfect secretory and excretory action, that it can be of any value in febrile conditions. At all other times it may work positive harm by overburdening the already weakened circulatory system with a mass of blood driven in from the periphery.

A patient who ia strong enough to stand a cold bath under these conditions ia too near normal to require it at alL" Volz, Eva Wagner, Ruth Walsh, Catherine Warder, Elsie ANSWERS AND AWARDS The correct answers to the Two Puzzles published two weeks ago are: 1 WOOLEN GOODS DEALER 2 POSTMAN WINNERS Very nice Military Sets have been awarded to the following: Collins, Annie Murray, James Dean, Dora Morrow, Vincent Godshall, KatherineMeredith, Forest" Grochowski, A. Ringland, E. Hyland, J. J. Ritzman, Frank The Latest Pevslopinmsiiits of Science and Inclii the Fires in the Forests Projectile May Be Shot to the Moon Certain of Rook Dast to Head Off an Explosion for Solutions PAID ve A IGH TRl BUTE A FINE.

FEU-OV ARRY IS Bremmie, Wm. Hitner, W. J. Beuerle, Ira Holmes, M. Bacon, Harvey HazlettJA.

Barrett, Hazel Hicks, Wm. Brigham, E. Fraic Mrs. Bean, Mrs. L.

Hart, Marie Casper, Mannie Hurley, Viola Chambers, Mary Huston, Sara Clifton, Lillie Hauer, Wm. Coyle. Helen Hollingsworth, Jack Oassady, Ehie Horn, Fannie Collins, Ma Hogan, Mabel Carlson, Eugenia Grier, John Doone. Louise Gleason, John Dedrick, J. Grace, Katie Doughin, Anna Gorman, Marion Devereaux, MargarGilroy, Adele Droll, Rnssel Farrell, John Desher, Frances Fisher, Dorothy Derhamer, JeacttteFriz, Rose Dailey, Flo Felpie, Marjorie Dailey, Anthony Fitzpatrick, Leonar Ennis.

Alfred James, Hannah tion of the fire on the panoramic profile. j- The location of the fire is then determined by (1) Dlattine the intersec tion of the lines of sight when the fire is reported from two stations; or (2) by using the vertical angle to plat the intersection of the line of sight with a profile or cross-section of the country along that line of sight; or (3) by estimating the location of the fire from its apparent position relative to other points which are platted on the map; or (4) by estimating the location of the fire from the position indicated for it on the panoramic profile, which latter estimate may be at night when the features of the landscape are not visible. were made to the surface since the road was opened. The road was badly worn for its entire length, and it was decided to place a new wearing surface on it. Ia order to insure a proper bond of this coat with the base, the road was first swept with wire brooms.

Then a small portable air compressor, of 75 cubic feet capacity, was equipped with two hose fitted with -inch aperture nozzles; this compressor was hauled over the road behind the sweeping gang and all the dust was blown from the road surface. The road was then given the usual applications of material and stone and the usual rollings and largely as a result of the scrupulous sweeping with the compressed air there was a perfect bond between this real coat and the original road surface and the road now has a splendid wearing surface. ft OT trip- wirij -'J tt -i-, iH'4 jt-3- i-" rfjr'. APPARATUS FOR LOCATING FOREST FIRES Locating WITH the landscape blending with the sky at a point seventy or eighty miles away and the intermediate distance dotted with hills, mountains and rivers, one is competed to wonder how it is possible for the fire ranger "of the Forestry Service to locate such a thing as a tiny fire with any dgree accuracy It has been stated that on n.xny occasions small conflagrations in tue woods at a distance of seventy miles have been located, the scene visited and the fire extinguished before any great amount of damage had been done. This feat was accomplished by the use of an instrument especially designed for this device by William B.

Osborne, who is connected with the device, combining some of the functions of the plane table and the transit. The instrument head consists of two parts, a lower iron plate equipped with leveling screws and lock nuts, and an upper iron plate of 24-iu. diameter which pivots on the lower plate and bears on its periphery a i circle graduated to 15 min. To thi3 upper plate is fitted a heavy iron ring which can be revolved independently and which carriers front and rear sights and a vernier for reading the horizontal circle. The vernier is graduuated to read to 15 min.

The sights are of brass, the rear sight being slotted as in a surveyor's compass, with the addition of a fixed peephole, the front sight being open with a vertical horsehair. The apparatus for measuring the vertical angle of the line s.ght is attached to the front sight, and consists of a perforated brass belt running vertically on spiked wheels and controlled by a milled wheel and pinion. This belt carries a pointer and an indicator set horizontally at right angles to the line of sight. Th indicator Elides over an etched tangent graduation attached to the onter face of the sight and reading to minutes. The same pinion which moves the belt and pointer carries a coggtul wheel for moving a rencil-bearing rack forward and backward across the upper plate of the instrument, but along the line of sight This enables the observer to sketch the panoramic profile, the sketch being made on a ring of heavy white celluloid.

-1 in. in ameter and 4H in. wide, which is plafpd on the upper plate of the instrument. Th pencit isr held in con-fiK-t v.ifh the celluloid by a priog an'l the profile is sketched by the observer looking through the peephole in the rear keeping the pointer and horsehair of the front on the skyline or other line to be sketched, and slowly rotating the sight-bearing ring. A map of the country under observation is fastened to the npper beneath the celluloid ring before mentioned, the centre point of the map representing the observation point.

The instrument rests on a track mounted on a 1'4-in. baseboard 2S in. long. The observer can move it along tLLs track without disturbing the 4' orientation or level, thus avoiding the posts of the lookout cabin that might ohstrucr the view. In operating the instrument, the observer looks through the fixed peep of the rear sight and brings the pointer of the front sight to bear on the fire.

The instrument being already oriented, he reads the azimuth' of the line of sight on the horizontal circle and the vertical angle of the line of sight cn the front sight graduation. He then obtains on the map of the locality a projection of the line of sight by means of graduated steel tape which extends from the rear to the front sight. The zero of this tape is at the eeutre of the map, and by the plattirg pencil be obtains the posi in the publication arising from Professor Goddard's work is on the possibility of sending to the surface of the dark part of the new moon a sufficient amount of the most brilliant flash powder which being ignited on impact would be plainly visible in a powerful telescope. This would be the only way possible of proving that the rocket had really left the attraction of the earth, as the apparatus would never come back once it had escaped that attraction. While this experiment would be of little obvious scientific value, its successful trial would be of great general interest as the first actual contact between one planet and another.

Professor Goddard carried out a large number of experiments both in vacuo and in air, to discover the best form of explosion chamber and- nozzle for the escape of gases, to secure the highest possible velocity of ejection, with the most highly efficient chamber and nozzle as determined from these experiments he was enabled to calculate the initial mass required to raise recording instruments of about one pound in weight even to the highest levels of the atmosphere. That this initial mass is a very reasonable quantity, using the efficient form of rocket described, may be seen from the following figures: To reach 1R4.H00 feet in the air, 3.0 pounds; 377,500 feet, 5.1 pounds; G10.000 feet, 0.4 pounds; 1,228,000 feet, 9.S pounds; 2,310,000 feet. 12.3 pounds, and to reach beyond the earths' influence, only 1274 pounds initial mass. The time of ascent of the rocket will be very short, only 6. minutes being required to carry the apparatus up 230 miles, somewhere near the outer limit the earth's atmosphere.

The too rapid descent of the recording instruments could easily be checked by the use of a small parachute. Professor Goddard is at present, under a grant from the Smithsonian Institution perfecting the reloading mechanism whereby successive charges are inserted in the explosion chamber during its upward flight, and it is hoped shortly to be able to demonstrate the practicability and value of this new type of rocket. NEW WAY TO TREAT BROKEN COLLAR BONE In treating a broken collar-bone, Dr. A. Legrand of Paris places the forearm and hand behir.d the back and fixes them in a sling.

After four or five days he begins moving the forearm to the front for three or four minutes every always keeping the elbows in the posterior position. The site of of the tracture is massaged, every day. After twelve days the forearm is put in a sling for another eight days. This treatemect is not painful and has the great advantage of keeping the bead of the humerus just where it ought to be. A METHOD of sending apparatus to the hitherto unreached higher layers of the air, to the regions' beyond the earth's atmosphere and even as far as the moon itself, ia described by Professor Robert God-dard, of Clark College, in a recent publication of the Smithsonian Institution.

The apparatus designed and tested by Professor Goddard is a multiple-charge high efficiency rocket of an entirely new design. The determining factor of the efficiency of a rocket is the velocity of ejection of the gases due to the explosion of the propelling material. In the case of ordinary or ship rockets, as tested by. Professor Goddard, the velocity of exit of the gases is very lowt about a thousand feet per second, giving the rocket an efficiency of only 2 per cent. By increasing this velocity, through increasing the proportion of the propelling material to weight of projectile, and through a greatly iiuproved nozzle-shaped passage for the escape of the gases, to about 8000 feet per second, Professor Goddard has raised the efficiency of the rocket to nearly 04 per cent.

The great scientific value of Professor Goddard's experiments lies in the possibility of sending recording apparatus to moderate and extreme altitudes within the earth's atmosphere. The nature -of -the higher levels of the-air has for a long time been a subject of much speculation, as to their chemical composition, temperature electrical nature, density, ozone content, etc. The highest level that has ever been reached up to the present time with recording instruments' is about nineteen miles, accomplished with a free balloon. As the earth's atmosphere extends some 200 miles out, there is a great unknown region, knowledge of which would greatly benefit the science of Weather forecasting, to us the most familiar phase of meteorological research, would undoubtedly be improved if daily observations could be taken in the upper levels of the atmosphere. The present method of observing conditions at moderate altitudes by means of free sounding balloons is time-consuming and uncertain.

The balloon with its recording apparatus requires several hours to ascend to its highest altitude, drifts horizontally for a considerable period of time, and may come down at a great distance from its starting point. Its recovery by the sender depends on the chance of its descent being noticed and on the willingness of the finder to return it. Thus it may be days or weeks before the record taken is mode On the other hand, the new rorket apparatus would go straight up and come straight down, the whole operation probably consuming less than half an hour. Thus daily observations at any desired altitude for use 'in weather prediction could be easily taken. An interesting speculation described Dusting a Road With Compressed Air mm- gfi ROCK DUST CURTAIN TO STOP When an explosion takes place in a mine it might under ordinary circumstances, be limited to the site at which it occurs, but because of the air being laden with coal dust which is of an explosive character, he devastating work of the explosion is spread arbund for some considerable "distance, a series of explosions taking place, one immediately following the other.

It has been discovered through the experiments of the officials of the Bureau of Alines that the explosive quality of this mine air is lessened to a considerable degree by, the introduction of the dust of rock and many experiments looking to the use of this combination have been made with the view of cutting down the number and extent of mine explosions. Cold Baths Not Dr. William Henry Porter, of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School, in a recent paper -demonstrates that in fever there is really a decrease in the heat generated by the body, but that the body fails to eliminate this heat; therefore, what happens in fever is an increased storage of 'r! ed amount of heat produced by the system. The practical application of this theory is that cold baths should not be eiven to reduce temperature in fev ers. "If there is already too little I I An interesting experiment has just been made, which may be of interest to highway engineers, in putting a new wearing 'coat on the main park drive in the Palisades Interstate Park.

This roadway extends from Bear Mountain, on the Hudson Itiver, five miles below West Point, back through the cen tre of the Harriman section of the Palisades Park to Tuxedo, a distance tof 12 mi. It was built four years ago, opened immediately, and has carried heavy traffic continuously ever since. Pleasure cars run over it at high speed; 'automobile trucks use it; and steel-tired wagons and trailers have been hauled over it with traction engines, drawing wood and lumber from the forests. Until this season, no repairs i.