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FAST WORK ON ACCIDENT CASES
workmen's Commission Vnndiing
5000 Claims n Month,

The workmen's Compensation Comm'S-
sion seems finally to have caught up with
Its back work and IL handling the claims
now almost as fast as presented
Chairman Robert Il. Bowling said
yesterday that 5000 claims are being dts
posed OF monthly, and, "a the number 70
be handled yearly has been estimated ~
$4,000, he felt safe In saying that tho com
mission would finish at least even.
series OF executive sessions has been
held during the last week to evolve plans
further TO facilitate tho disposition o.
compensatable claims II is likely that
the nine deputy commissioners will 10
summoned from their offices to take turns
In hearing cases In New York. their de-
cisions later to be passed upon by the
commission.
During the last month employees have
been dropped few at time from scN
eral departments, notably the claims bug
reau, and while n few are still to go tH'
commissions force is now about where 10
will remsin permanently, The saving In
salaries viii total about $4,000 yearly
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The Literary Dimensions OF the Rcfercn.
DUN I'm California.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Sir: Only
the few New Workers who have visited
the Pacific coast have any correct idea
{ the peculiar views OF tho great mass
NJ the people In California, oregon and
Washington. I; would seem that tho
people OF those States are actually on the
lookout to try some new scheme of So
called social Justice or some new plan Of
making every one better by legislation
As to California: At the recent election
there were forty-fve propositions to be
voted on, IN addition to the long list OF
candidates In order that the voters II
California might know what they were
voting for. tho law required the Secretary
OF state TO send to every registered voter
an account OF these propositions, and the
advocates and opponents were allowed 500
words in which to present their argu-
ments, The result was each voter re-
ceved a booklet of III pages, You can
imagine how many voters took the time
to read and "inwardly digest" such
campaign document
The size OF the California ballot at
this last election was forty inches one
way and twenty-sx inches the other way.
on the ballot for the San Francisco and
Los Anga voters there were 1866 spaces
for voting for the candidates.
Under such a condition Of affairs there
could be nothing else than freak voting in
California. II may be safely affirmed
that not one voter in 1000 in California
voted intelligently on what was best on a
majority OF the forty-five propositions
Under the initiative OF prohibition and
other propaganda we are getting minority
rule in it's worst form In these grape Juice
days of progress and social Justice
l., ]. VANCE.
NEW YORK, November 8.
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kINETIC-ELLTPTIC.
Orbit OF Sycamore HIN New Member OF
Phi beta Kappa.

To THE EDITOR OF THE sUN--sr: On
the satellite authority OF Mr. Hotchkiss
the Colonel desires to occupy the position
OF a philosopher and not OF "A potential
office seeker.
As an office seeker. as In other things.
tho Colonel IL admittedly kinetio on an
elliptic orbit. having ono focus at Wash
ington and the other In the tropical
wilds. There Is no longer anything po-
tential about him.
IL Mr.. Woodrow Wilson were a phlloso-
pher instead Of being II psychologist II
would be plain which philosophers posi-
ton the Colonel would like to occupy.
Can II be Mr.. Taft's philosophical retg-
nation to the Progressive retreat that Mr..
Roosevelt envies. in the belief that II
would AFFORD him at least an anesthetic
comfort at this moment
May a philosopher believe In luck
Our aspirant must, in Roosevelt luck for
in these impoverished times fate and his
fellows turn the large mouth of the horn
toward him and. as he becomes philoso-
pher. pour into his lap An abundance Of
food for thought. G. H. WILSON.
MOUNT NERNoS, November O.
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SHERMAN STATUE ON MARCH
Rcnrward Movement starts Fifty
Years After march to Sea-"

on November 8, 1884. Gen. William To
cumseh Sherman was on his famous
March 10 the Sea" On November
1914. which was yesterday and Atty
years later. Gen. Sherman, in the heroic
siided bronze statue which Augustus Saint
Gaudens created. began a march from
the plaza at Fifth avenue and Fifty
ninth street across the Sixtieth street en-
trance to Central Park at the head OF tho
bride path.
Gen. Sherman made his memorable
march with $4,000 men. His statue Is
making its march with a dozen work
men OF Drew Bros. Inc. Sherman's march
WAS one OF 400 miles in a forward move
ment.' The statues trip is one OF 200 feet
to the rear. Sherman's march took more
than two months His statues will take
two days. although work has been going
on for month. getting II ready to be
lifted from Its base.
The General In his Saint Cauter-
form. mounted on big horse and led by
tho figure OF Fame, is now walking hi-
steed backward at the rate of ten feet
an hour. II the statue could talk the
General would probably say
~ never made tho statement that war
In hell have been mlsquoted by tho
newspapers. What I will say Is that q
Is devilish thing TO have to move back
Just because n subway Is being built under
the spot whore ! have been riding my
horse for thirteen years. But It's all
part OF modern progress in a big city,
suppose"
The statue with the granite pedestal
Il rests upon weighs 100 tons. To free
the statue and pedestal from its founda
ton screwtacks were used, while tina
cement which held tho two together was
cracked. and the statue lifted from ts
base. Steel rollers were then inserted 7
trackway OF steel beams was laid and a
differential block was brought into play
to send the statue gliding northward AZ
a speed almost tmperceptible TO the eye
Italian laborers did the pulling
George Drew Supt Samuel Tucker ard
Inspector J. ]. Kennedy OF the Public
Service Commission were there TO sec
that everything was as IL should be
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SAVE on THE PORCH LIGHTS.
Suburban Cooperation Against the High
Cost OF IIluniinatlng

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrN-Sir. In
every suburban block where there are
outside porch lights controlled by buttons
inside the house. close TO the front door,
protective associations should be formed
Immediately. Guests come to the house in
the evening The host IN welcoming the
guests presses the button and puts on
tho porch light. The company settles
down TO conversation or dinner For hours
the porch light Is burning unneedcd
Again, IL the porch light has by chance
properly been put out at the arrival OF
the guests II is almost certain to be left
burning after tho host has spccded the
parting guests. II there were a porch
light protective association a member
could call mp the family whose porch
light Is burning and have the light put
out
Stiu further. person comes with a
package or n telegram fairly late at night,
say at 10 o'clock. Tho bel rings The
house owner goes down in his bathrobe,
partly asleep as he is, from his comfort
able bed. Being naturally suspicious.
since he lives in the suburbs. he puts
on the light. Then after the errand of
tho invader has been done the house
owner goes TO bed and forgets the light
! II here were an association any later
! homecomer on the block that night could
telephone to the house owner and have
| him put out his light, for otherwise IL Is
almost sure to burn till the next night, or
| maybe longer.
| In the early morning when the neighbors
are putting out the ash barrels they
! should always look at each others porches
to see II any lights are burning. I recon-
mend this plan 20 Montclair particularly.
and to the other kind OF suburbs.
One of my friends In Forest His Gar
dens left his light on for a week mad
| vertcntly lie suggests that we might
extend the usefulness OF the associations
| by including garrets for garnet lights
are often seen by neighbors burning when
| they shouldn't be burning. Then II would
be n mutually benevolent porch light and
garnet protective association.
G. r. CASTOR. Secretary.
The Abingdon Road Porch Light Protec-
| tive Association.
| KEW GARDESs. November T.
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PERSIA,S NEUTRALITY.
Mr.. W. Morgan shustcr's Article Criti-
cised by q Native Persian.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Sr: l
read the article on the first page OF to-
days SUN with reference to Persias neu-
trallty as viewed by w. Morgan Shuster
and waA 1urprised at Its Partially and
lack OF intelligence.
As n Persian born and having observed
that country before Russias advent and
at present these facts stand out clear:
l. Before Russla's occupation the coun-
try was half barbaric, but now Russians
have introduced banks. telegraphs. tele-
phones and n few miles of railroad and
other modern improvements.
g. Russia has policed some towns and
has almost civilized tho country and fed
the people. who were half starved
8. Russians provide work for thou
sands open fields OF labor and help the
country In Its finances II not the Rus
SLAMS. who are the nearest nelghbors,
whom do you recommend Mr. Shuster
Turks7
g. Before Russians came IL was a com
mon occurrence among Moslems and Kurds
to attack American missionaries, they had
even killed some, but now roads are clear
from bandits and American schools are
secure.
w. Morgan shuster "sees Only Hope
for Persia In Rout OF Russians" but isn't
the country better of In the hands Of
Russians or English than formerly What
Is she going TO do with her independence?
Persia as a country Is too poor to pro-
gress and It badly needs guidance.
The truth must come out like this
w Morgan Shuster IL of German descent,
biassed in his remarks. w. Morgan
Shuster was ousted by Russians for in
terfering with political affairs OF Persia,
he merely being treasurer In a clerical
capacity PERSIAN.
NEW YoRK, November 7.
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CHICKEN POTPIE.
Delightful Institution That Lingers
Mainly I'm Memory.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: When
I was boy We used to have potpies
tolcrably often. chicken potpie, lamb
potpie and veal potpIe; OF which chicken
potpie remains the fondest memory.
You took a couple OF chickens and cut
them up as you would for chicken
fiicassee and cooked them in water in n
tail iron pot: and then when the chicken
was pretty nearly done you put In the
dumplings, made of n previously prepared
bread crust which you cut off In generous
sized chunks This putting in the dump
lings anl cooking them was quite a criti-
cal operation. II was necessary that you
should g through with putting them In
quickly and get the cover on the pot
again and then you must not take the
cover off the pot before the dumplings
were done for II you did there was dan
ger that they would be heavy, which
would have been considered as nothing
less than a domestic calamity, don't
remember that we ever had heavy dump
llngs In our home.
when the potpie was done II was put
on the table, the chicken in one big dish
the dumplnEs in another.
Chicken tender and chickeny and the
dumplings feathery and light. They used
to thicken the gravy a little somehow
| don't know Just how; and take Il alto
gethcr | doubt II there Is anything better
10 eat on earth than a good chicken
potpie.
Whore is that potpie now? For some
reason we never have II at home II
see II on n restaurant bil OF fare and
order some I get, for crust, two little
thin strips, but shrunken shadows of the
old time majestic dumplings. and these
two poor little strips may be heavy.
What has brought about the decadence
OF this one time nobly delightful inst!tu.
ton. chicken potpie?
FINER W, GRiLLBY.
RRooVLYN. November s.
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urbifled Jersey. which more and more
tends to assume that the natural site
of man is the devil wagon. Probably
only the primitlves among the rabbit
hunters and bird shooters will condo
scend to pop at anything out of range
Of the car
To plod over the country in this
keen but unnlpping air. to avoid hitting
one another, to discourse Of golf scores
and politics. to recognize few trees
by the right names, to chase ferocious
appetites with hound and horn--tech-
nically called pocket pistol'-such
nmlable fortune we implore for the
Jersey game destroyers. SO RoBIN Hoop
draws his gun so good:
And he that shoteth aitherbest.
The game shall bers away"
We look for a notable sagging of the
cost OF living now the foray has begun
from Mahwah to Bivalve and from
Cape May Point to the Kittatinnies.
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Another Outrage on Free speech

How far we have fallen from the
high ideals Of the Republics founders
could not be more strikingly illustrated
than by the outrageous conduct Of
those despohc policemen who at 3
o'clock on Monday morning dared to
interfere with band of ana rchists who
were exercising their right OF free
speech in the public highway.
1t is acknowledged by all enemies Of
society that our political institutions
were originally designed TO safeguard
and protect those whose sense of civic
obligation impels them to keep their
neighbors awake at night. TO buttress
this great economic and political prin-
ciplc Magma Chartn. the Declaration Of
Independence and the Constitution were
written, WASHINGTON crossed the Della
ware and GRANT fought in the Wilder
ness. MARY OF the Little Lamb and
MARY OF the Vine Clad Cottage suffered
and struggled that this right might be
made secure. And now the peace of.
ficers Of Americas greatest city deny
IL to those who frankly confess them.
selves TO he our best and only disin-
terested leaders,
Alas. that free America could sink
So low
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the Allies had fought their way 30 Ber-
lin and the Kaiser was to 60 to the
rock Of St Helena. This was too
much for the patriotism of the
stout hea rted KARsrADT. Deutschland
uber Alles-the thing was impossi-
BILE! So he sailed on and on. even
tually back across the Atlantic to take
his chances with the patrolling British
cruisers and run the blockade into
New York. His escape seems almost
miraculous; particularly after Sable
Island was reached. for he was In the
greatest danger when he made for the
Delaware Breakwater. Thereafter the
sanctuary Of the three mile limit was
open to him, but It required careful
navigation.
1t must have been With a glow Of "a It's
faction that KARsrADr raised the Ger
man colors again in sight of New York
and lined up the crew to sing "Die
Wacht Am Rhein.' Also, the gallant
skipper must have felicitated himself
upon the business stroke he had un-
Willingly done while fugitive. for nj
trate had become precious rs he sailed
the seas to save his cargo. Long will
the story Of the Indra be told along
South street and on the docks at Ham
burg, where she is owned. To those
who love the sea It is a delight that
square rugged ship should be the
heroine Of such romantic cruise.
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Tho budget for 1915 provides that
the salaries OF two $4,000 a year en-
ployees of the Board OF Estimate shall
be increased by $1,000 each for next
year. when a good many persons earn
ing smaller sums are to be dropped
from the city's payroll on the ground
Of economy. Fortunately the Board of
Aldermen has power to reduce such
allowances. Regardless Of the charges
and countercharges made concerning
the manner In which the advances were
made these schedules ought to be re-
vlscd downward to their present level.
This is not propitious time for put
ting up the pay OF public servants al
ready adequately compensated for their
labors.
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or tales of the sea there Is no end,
but did JosLPH CONRAD. or MORLEY
ROBERTS or JAMES Il. CONNOLLY ever
lima CINE anything stranger and more
fascinating than the adventures of the
German full rugged ship Indra. clear
ing with nitrate from the Chilean port
OF Taltal In mld-June. and after learn
ing under the equator OF the great war,
Guiding the encmy's cruisers for more
than two months on both sides Of the
Atlantic. to fetch up off the port OF
New York and run through the Mar.
rows TO safety? The sea may he wide
hut the Indra had no steam. full
rigged ship from its rarity catches
the eye, and what treasure the In.
dra's nitrate cargo was In war time
But she was unseen Of any hostile
cruiser-nor, for that matter. did She
see one OF her own fag-ln nearly
eleven weeks of wandering after Cap
tain KARsTADT heard that his country
was at war with England, France AMI
all the Russias.
II was a simple ships company that
played the comedy Of Neptune comm:
aboard under the Line on the mornin..
of August &C. the bloodhound Nelly no
doubt barking furiously at the odd fig
IRE, But note of tragedy was struck
when Swedish tramp passed in the
afternoon and megaphoned to the jolly
crew on the Indra that the great war,
so long predicted and so long in coming,
had begun at last and n sharp lookout
must be kept to escape capture For
nearly four weeks Captain KARsTADr
had been heating up the coast. finding
the routine OF sen life monotonous, va
ried only by the count OF eggs laid n
the hen coops and the companionshlp
mOnotony, and both chanticleer and
the dog. as II turned ont, we're near
betraying the lndra. There was the
touch and go night Off the Irish coast
when the haze was thick and the ship
glided between two British cruisers.
Like good watchdog Nelly was on the
point of barking ut the sound of voices
had. In fact uttered the first sound OF
warning when the captains nervous
hands closed about her muzzle AMI
choked her into silence Forthwith,
too, the mate threw tarpaulin over
the coops, for ROSTERS do not crow ac-
cordlng to rule and the clock.
One IL sorry the captain was not
literary. A good diary kept on the
Iudra. freighted with fears as well as
nitrate, would read better than the
best OF sea fiction. Running free from
the brazilian coast to the Azores, then
heading up toward Ireland with
thoughts of risking the Channel pas
sage to Dunkirk, hungry for news but
drcading to see the battle colors Of
England or France, Captain KARsTADr
must have wondered what the end IF
II could he hut capture and the deten-
ton camp Nothing in all the anxious
wAnderings Of the German ship was
more comical in the retrospect than
the yarn OF the skipper OF a French
bark. spoken OF the Irish coast, that
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New Jersey, which seems TO be a
little tired OF hunting corporations and
banging away at business is the happi.
est little State in the Union to-day.
Long and passionate II fruitless, pur-
suit OF the Jersey Canary that sings
and bites has made the Jerseys Il com
munity of Natty Bumppos and Daniel
Boones In khaki and habiiments of thu
hunt. DIANA's licensed rangers are
said TO number 10000 odd. To-day
they begin TO blaze. Boss NUGENr Is
fallen. To-day the rabbit and such
small deer will he tracked to their
lairs. The Jersey Cottontai IL not, like
his brother of North Carolina, trucu-
lent and savage beast OF prey lie l.
as mild as milk or his human enemies.
$50 increasing in his habit" as the Old
song procaims, Jersey is coplously
peopled with him. and ii il little sin
gular that n Commonwealth so ardent
for conservation of the woods should
be so eager to Stay their inhabitants.
But the old Colonial Instincts sur
vive. The men whose ancestors ported
wolf and wildcat on their way 10
church now follow hopefully and ruth
lessly the rabbit quail, partridge,
pheasant. The hand that Yields the
golf stick Is the hand that totes" the
gun" Perhaps the actual destruction
of furred and feathered life is not ~
the greatest The live hunter like The
true fisher Is not to he judged by ere
suits" and scorns the count Ancient
Jerseymen can remember, before the
days of athletics and the outdoor fash.
ion, that an innocent unloadcd gun was
more or less necessary in long fall
walk. 1t served as n badge. II was
protection against rural curiosity,
which even now Is not wholly recon
clled to pedestrians, and can't imagine
how anybody not ~ little off" viii
walk for fun and refuse "a lift" 1t Is
not certain that a gunless walker es-
capes suspicion or contempt IN too
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II is to be regretted that HILAIRE
BELLoc il called Monsieur. and not plain
Mister in London dispatches. He
glories in being known as an English
man--in fact. he Is head OF the English
department of the East London College
He married California girl and has an
Anglo-American family OF three sons
and two daughters. He is an oxford
man and proud OF IT, lie is historian OF
the Thames. He likes to be regarded as
Sussex country gentleman. No one
OF his day has described with more
atmosphere the scenery OF that part of
England. HILAIRE BELLoc has written
fair verse and excellent prose, and lots
of both. He certainly does not want to
be called Monsieur, and he should have
his way.
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Mrs. John Wood and Mrs. Henry Wood.

To THE EDITOR oF THE SuN-Sir, Tn.
writer OF THE suns criticism OF Mime Ma
zimoya's new play THAT Sort" refers to "the
heroine" meaning Lady Isabel In East
Lynne" "invented by Mrs. John Wood "
This was either a clip OF tho pen or the
typesetter. The critic surely means Mrs
Henry Wood, who wrote the celebrated novel
East Lynne," in later years transplanted
into France by NJ Belot as Miss Motion. .
| have acted In both plays Mrs. John Wood
was Miss Matilda Nining Is my wlfe's ma
ternal cousin, and for many years has been
a popular actress In London.
WILLIAM SEYMOUR.
NEW York. November o.
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An observer OF the football match a.
Cambridge testities that the wearing OF
numbers by the Princeton players was
a great aid to understanding the game.
in spite of Harvard's refusal to be num-
bered. That Harvard and Yale will ulti-
mately follow Princcton's example he
predicts. The notion prevailing in the
best circles at Cambridge and New
Haven that II would be humiliation to
wear a number for the convenience OF
the spectators is rather singular whom
one consider that numbers are dis
played in track athletics
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The shooting Of three night riders by
the defenders OF house which they
visited for the purpose Of whipping
women Will cause no regrets. 1t is n
pity that some such reception is not al
ways in store for these miscreants,
seeing that the State OF Kentucky dis
graces itself by allowing them to operate
year after year with practical impu-
nifty. Perhaps the unwonted bloodshed
which marked this latest outrage IN
Butler county may arouse tho State
authorities 10 some action.
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A Sensible Man.

To THE EDITOR OF Tun SuN-Sis. I have
always thought that II were rich I should
want to keep right on at work Just the same.
never could stand being a mere idler; but
my wife says "Humph, Henry. II you were
rich YOU would never do another lick Of
work"
l wish l could get rich. would Just like
TO show her. H. w. w
NEW YORK, November 3.
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The Urgent Demands of Charity

The note of warning sounded by Mr..
ROBERT W. M FOREST regarding the de-
mands of charity at home and abroad
upon those able to give IL wise and
timely. The enormity of the want and
suffering in the war stricken countries
impresses itself on the Imagination and
the very real and extensive need close
by our doors. because less advertised
Is in danger of neglect. although II Is
beyond question our concern and obi
cation before all else in the world
1t Is TO be feared that this may be n
hard winter for the poor in this city
and vicinity. There IL much unem-
ployment. and as II reaches up into
strata of workers normally well to do
IT IS likely to have double effect. the
direct loss Of income and the indirect
loss OF pay or profits TO a large class
Of dependents. No doubt as trade in
creascs healthier conditions will he re-
stored, but 1t IS pretty certain that the
charitable agencies Of New York will
he under heavy strain for several
months 10 come.