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Show HpizZARDGRIFFITH 13 I flflfr& FOUND DEAD IN BED AlMa'thematlc Wonder Victim of Ap- fl: oplexy; Some of Hie Feats aed BB Figures. WW Springfield, Mans., Dec. 25. Ar- B thur It. Griffith of Mllford, Iiul., n flM lightning calculator who hos bowlld- flj ered vaudeville attendants through- VJ out the country for n number of flf i cars by his mathematical wizardry, Vf as found dead of apoplexy in his flj bed at a local hotel today. flc Griffith was known professionally Bj ar. the "Marvelous Griffith.' He was fljl 31 years old. Within recent years his K peculiar powers havo been given flf niany tests by professors of mathe- Jfl matlcs and psychology at Harvard, JmW Vale, Chicago, Indiana and northwest- m cm universities. WM Indianapolis, Dec. 2T. Arthur F. flf Griffith was considered one of those flg mathematical wizards born with mi flg inherent attraction for figures. With Bl Pllt Pencil w paper ho could ralso a BK figure to the sixth power in about IB eleven seconds. fl Ab l'roof of llltt lightning rnlcula- flM tlon system, on n wager ho once did fl tno work of fourtcon clerks In the fl stato auditor's office at Springfield, flY III,, for threo hours. On three ocens- B 'ons twice In Indianapolis and once B ln Blomlngton, 111., he won races with BS adding machines. B In n tcsl 1'eforo professors at Hur. B vard, ho answered every question B ptopounded, the fabled "fourth dlnicn-B dlnicn-B slou" nlono being barred. B Problems that would require houro B r figuring by most persons were sol- B Tcd ln a fuw moments by Griffith. The E answer to n problem like UiIb would B bo at his tongue's end: B "What Is the compound interest ou B 1 cent at C per cent from tho birth of B Ctrlst to the present date, nnd how H far would that many silver dolars B reach in tho air nnd If placed flat and flc against each other on every square flf foot of a clear and lover floor 25,000 flf miles In circumference?" Bj Problems such as this were regard- fljj ed as "light montnt exercises" by Mr flf Griffith. |
