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. Submarine Torpedo "Pllot" Has
Already Been Patented.

d,
10 THE EDITOR OF lHE ouN-n". !
nave been amused by the recent pupl-
cation OF IN Nlsws WIN more Ut iesS
prominent cltlzens on tne supJec' Oh ln'
Jlthey' submarine. Inc uisputeu par
ehtage question Wnlch nus ai'seh oe-
tween Hehry rOro ana fTolessor riei.
schel G. farker may perhaps oe iaru
at rest by any one interested enough
to examine United states Patent NO.
lilll3s. granted TO sloan DahennoWer
OF bridgeport, conn., covering u supWa-
rine pllot BOAT Tor torpeunes,
ana granted on september zs, ISIS Inc
appilcation TOT this pauent was nnaue III
OCTOBER. 1917, n the OBJECT OIL the IN
Vcntloh was:
To minimize the errors and difficulties
attendant upon the use OF automobile tor
pedoes and to make them effective instru-
ments of naval warfare by providing for
navigating an or locomotive
torpedo to within a short distance of the
target and then aiming and releasing 1t
by means OF a small. light. automobile
pilot craft, preferably OF the catamaran
type. which shall be under the direction
OF a single operator who Is provided with
a good chance OF escape.
The inventor described the torpedo
pilot boat as sufficiently small 10 be car
ried safely upon the deck OF a bat
tleshin or cruiser in considerable num-
bers and readily launched over the
side. and also to have an ONO
torpe,lo d.tachablv connected with IL,
being suspended beneath H.. so that
IN. operator might navigate 10 within
a short distance OF the target and re-
lease tho tornedo under ia own mower.
The Dissertation OF the proposed in
yention is exceedingly fuli and cannot
fail 10 he Of interest both Ia Henry
Ford and Professor Parker.
Tho claims some thirteen I'm NUM-
hor so.r 90 lao su,t,cia,, 60 nrotect all
The nov ideas contained in the inyen-
lion and should tho recent interest
ana excitement reIative Ia boats of this
class rnsul, I'm ANYTHING tho Govern
nsnt mipb, decide IN avail itself Of
an ox-nariua,t,I .tit,oyn along In.
liz, 1900 h, mi nato,,
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BROOM SUNDAY NON.POLITICA
FcthcrstUn Answers Father ,urry's
Criticism of Plan.

street Cleaning Commissioner Fe,Ier-
ston C'nled yesterday that lu .s.lls
clorryIu'u To- speak on "Cl.t'.l.as or
city Broom sunday OCTOBER |N, n-
was playing politics, Tn, Na- go r,.3
u an attack from Father Ja"5. b
Curry OF ST. James, Roman Ca lo.g
Church.
According to Nj. FrthcIstur. ,.a sage
und district, OF whiou Father ,.s.. a-
planned, IS cleaned nNc time, Cd vs
al dNtIdS,, OF l,>lj t.H,- ~
against al average OF li>y ;u.- 3D. a.
tor All the clty's l.iUo w..r- 60. -,.,'b
IL should think, >,.l Mr. a., 900
That Father Curry Instead yt a',. .r
ne would assist tho ~,r,,, Clean.
ne Department log cHu..| r- as
Pensioners ana other r.. ne
district IN cleanliness
lie said that forty .s,.. t '1t
a-rocl to comply WITH his "t- Sc
day suggestion and that - Others
probably would do 50.
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MAYOR IS FOR GARY PLAN.
Writes 10 Churchill R%eaucs,ing
Him for Thorough Test.

Mayor Mitchell said yesterday in a
letter to President churchill Of 10
Board of Education. IL suggest that you.
board give immediate consideration 2.
the feasibility OF r~corganizing at l.1s
the elementary schools according 30 il.
Gary plan during the year 1878
The Mayor wrote that he was pleased
by the success Of the vocational "a.
pertinent carried on by William Writ Of
Gary, Ind, In selected schools here. II,
added
81 am interested in the Gary ni.'
not merely because 1t assures t couHm.e,
In the use of school buildings md "g4.r
ment, but because il seems clearly 10
improve the schools n the ydu,t.o
OF the children. Has not IN, TIN, cone
for general application of the p.au 70 a.
the city's schools
I'm view of the present financial bur.
dcns OF the city II is fortunate thar
we have available 4 method OF u~'lZ."s
the existing school facilities wh.,I W.
enable us 10 keep down eNpc, ~,s To-
new buildings and equipment, w. lie
actually improving the quality u cdu.
cation"
Members Of the Board Of Estimate ard
the Board Of Education Wi Get 'o- ,ler
to form "A definite plan before OH. 1915
tax budget is adopted.
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The Offensive Of the Allies la the
West. .

To call the operations in which the
French and British are now engaged
upon the western front "A drive" is
10 overlook a lesson the Allies learned
after the battle of the Marine. with
which the lighting now in progress is
wrongly compared. That lesson was
that the Germans, always reckoning
retreat as a possibility, ito not fail TO
prepare strong defensive positions in
their rear. The battle of the Marine,
which, lasted from the morning Of
September q to the evening Of the
10Th. had hardly ended" said Sir
JouN FRLNCH in his report, "in the
prcclpitatc flight of the enemy. when
We were brought face to face with
u position of extraordinary strength,
carefully ~cntrcnched and prepared for
defence by an army and a staff which
are adopts in such work"
The Allies pressed on To the Aisne.
So far the movement might be called
u drive" for the Germans were I'M
able to make a stand on that part Of
their line in the open, but they made
the enemy pay dearly for the passage
of the river. on the other side and
un n curve running south and east
the Germans occupied the long line OF
d%rfcuces that had been prepared for
th.t,, tnilitupt. nNhnpt hnS s,t.l
that "lt was perhaps as strong as any
To he found between the TRIAL and the
Bay Of IlSray.' In the south it bc-
gan on HE Heights of the Meusc"
north of Nerdun and ran west across
rle .Argouuc AMI the Plain of Cham
pagnc to Rheims. thence northwest
10y the Forts lie la l'ompclle and
through Nogent r.\hesSe. Bcrru and
iIrimont, across the Aisnc near It's
confluence with the Suippe tn Craonne,
and finally westward along the heights
of the Aisne to the For6t de I'.Alglc.
north of Compi6gne.
The German right wing was later
extended almost to Calais in an at.
tempt Ia oulflank the enemy ami open
u new road Ia Paris, but in the defcn-
sive position taken up after the battle
of the Marine the Germans renal med
for almost a year, barring some re-
cessions of no great distance before
the sharp offensive Of the enemy in
force. Changes in the line We're not Of
great importance. The opposing
armies were dcadlocked. 1t Is TO be
assumed that in the interval the Ger
mans have anticipated n grand often
siye 10y the Allies and have dug them
selves in for miles back in an elab-
Orale series of ntrenchments, besides
marking out rs strong n defensive
third line AS the topography Of the
country behind them would permit OF.
The General STAFF TO which Sir JoHN
FRENCu paid II well meritcd tribute
has not been caught mapping, IL may
be safely asserted. Therefore Il would
be premature for Paris and London
10 conclude That the successes the Al
lies have won in the last forty-elght
hours port"nd n great disaster To the
German arms.
Thai ia" present operations which
the Allies are undertaking bear no
resemblance 10 their forward move
ment that eliminated in the battle OF
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County Clerk SCHNEIDER has caught
some of his underlings In the indefen-
sible practice Of accepting g~ratuities
from applicants for naturalization who
sought by bribery to expedite their
change of allegiance. Mr.. SCHNEIDER
has dismissed the offenders, and APP
parently loss of their jobs is to be the
extent of their punishment. But is
there not a statute under which they
can be prosecuted? Particularly at
this time their conduct justihes the
most severe penalty that can be I'M
posed on them.
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Guys" aud skirts"

To rnE EDITOR az THE SuN-Sir. You
object rditorially To modern nomenclature
citing ~ examples guy" for a man
skirt for i woman. and So on 'Guy"
T. good old English, dating from GUY
taH kes 'Skirt' came In with skir,
dancing ana continued with the feminist
mc,cmcat bat whether nurtured 10y the
sunr gi9ts or the ants | know not.
/ fully Endorse your request OF the col
Ioges, bur why not ask the playwrights to
"t'i" "0r''sn AMI tho authors of the
'hc'' . .n" also' why not form A so
".cty - .'H"rl ena'ed Americans To pre-
serve ti1''icIa English In Its purity ana
f'r'nRih' l. u FAIRFIELD.
RRisT"L, Conn September -.
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Reads blackstone AT the Age of Six.

To n EpIroR oF THE SUN-Sir. In
"a thumhuail biography CO.. Theodore f..
Burton. said to D." the most likely Fan
dldatc for the Republican Presidential
nomination, an ohio pap p states that
at i he was reading Blackstone"
If Theodore successfully NEGOTIATED
this pons asinorum at the age of G,
what cou.try jay, duly apprised of and
mystitcd by the fact, could fail to plump
for such "A prodigy of juvenile mental
ilN'
Now al the age of 90. consider what
must he the lofty heights OF intellectual
supremacy attained by this son Of Ohio,
granted that he really understood a line
of Blackstone in his nursery days
n y W.
LIMA. ohio, September 81.
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Mr.. Furuseth is further reported To
have said that compared with the
influence cNerted 10y the Panama
Canal ana IN" wars in Mexico and
Europe the scdmcn's AGA j. "a drop in
the bucket"
y man who undertakes To discuss
an important subject should know Of
what he Is talking. The Panama
Canal certainly q IS % stand in the
way Of expansion Of merchant
marine. ON the contrary. IN. iacili-
ties which it affords are conducive to
expansion. The war IN Mexico does
not affect IA shipping And such eff
feet a. the European war has IL only
temporary.
ON the other hand the La Toilette
Furuscth svamon's Law rs an effect.
a fatal effect, upon an American ocean
shipping, particularly Pacific. one of
the first acts OF the Congress meeting
mex December should bc its immedi-
ate unconditional repeal. If not re-
pealed We may bid "gond-hy' to what
is left Of the American oceanEoing
merchant marine.
WALTER J. BALLARD.
Los ANGELES. cal. September 30.
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The German Bands Aversion to
Photography.

To rhE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir, The
man in the street notes with interest an
epidemic Of little German bands"
throughout the city. The tolr or live
members Of these organizations appear
t. he peculiarly awkward with their
machines of torture, notably more IN
expert and ~cacOphouuus than formerly.
There is one way, quick and certain, to
these honest follows to move on"
out Of the troubled neighhorhuod lust
attempt or even pretend to take a snap
shot of them. &. T. y.
NEW YORK, September 81.
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Female Glow ms.

7" TIr EntrpH ~ ruG SuN -,v some
wears ago II was the fashlpn with circuses
to have female clowns hut they did not
taxi 1t has always been a wonder 10 me
what became Of them, hut now know
They frequent 81. Nicholas avenue from
l,5th to lNjth streets and may be- known
by their chllkrd faces ana peroNide wigs,
Whlrh they SIN retain. II Is a sad sight,
hundreds OF them, some Of them mothers
and one a grandruother, clinking to In.
makeup Of q has been profession
MAID MuLiHR.
INV Yunk. September ~.
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You know We are not running n gem
tlemen's boarding house in Sing Sing.
-Wdrdon OSBORNE.
The reminder Is quite superiuous.
The public knows a country club when
II sees one.
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a referendum will, 1t Is confidently
claimed, make the town no license, and
already its golfers are practising on
grape juice and suffering from hor-
ripilation.
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sidering. In fact, Bulgaria Is hedg.
ing; she did not mean all that her
action implied and she is again
negotiating with the Allies.
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~ our friends IoAo favor as tciih manu-.
scripts and WnsfratioRs for publication tCish
10 haze rejected articles returned hev must
N al cases send stamps for thai purpose.
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Montclair, springfield of al. human
n animal uplift, IL To bell as well as
tag such of Its cats as obtain life GER
tihcates from the towns Bureau OF
Animal Observation. On November 2
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London ONCE, Bingham House. 1 Arun-
De- street, Strand.
Paris ONCE. . Rue de Ia Michodierc. on
Rue du Quatre Septembre.
Washington ONCE, Hibbs Building.
Brooklyn office, 100 Livingston street.
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WALTER J. BALLARD.
Los ANGELES, cal, September -.
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W o soldiers, He had a frank and noble
face and n could tell that he was
a thorough gentleman. When his lit
tie band was to be examined a chair
was brought out for him, for he looked
pal" and weak.
us your wound causing you much
pain, Captain? a German officer
asked.
None at all. It is a mere trlfe,' he
replied.
Have you suffered heavy losses
during the hGhting?'
Not particularly; we AL UP all
gaps
You l,ok tired and worn, am
sure you must have had a rough
tlmo of it lately?'
"'No not by any means; I have
been doing very Well
Does 1t distress you to be among
the p~risOntrs?'
Yes he answered. in a low voice,
without raising his head.
"Hc was not among those who are
dcmorallzed by capture, and he was
certain to retain his pride in captivity.
When the examination was over he
rose, saluted and vanished round the
bend Of the road together with his
men in blue and red
DIR. Hedin was impressed BY the
perfection OF the German organization
in every branch. He found the medi-
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worthy opponents to the worlds a,,,,
soldiers.
I'm conclusion I should liko 70 ,,u
a Few words about tho ~int,u,.
service In the field. The E'rer,b
past masters In the art of using ..,,
ian spies. The wounded In ..,
hospital are safe as long az thcy r.,'
n couple Of F'rcn.hmcu amo,i
hut as soon as they have hcc. b,
moved for transport eastward .,,,
this sanctuary m under ,,a
enemy's fire.
How Is II that the enemy kroy,
tina these particular wounded I.,a
been removed? In a village a s,ldlar
lad made the acquaintance II "a wow.
an. One fine day she told HIM On,
she was going away. why? he aeko,
Because tomorrow this Village was
going to he bombarded. The solder
did not pay much attention 10 10
prophecy. but the woman was rlrb,
How did she know H." OF cours. ~
cause she had been warned by n .pv
The German regulations goyerr.,-
the liberties OF the civil popu,,,l,,
have naturally to be made much mora
stringent on account OF such incidents
and that IS why even officers ara
sometimes stopped at night who,
travelling within tho fighting zone
But even the most vigilant are some
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cal service efficient. but the lot Of the
wounded was sad enough. Here is a
scene In a temporary hospital near the
fort.
"The wounded man half opens his
eyes. The doctor taps him gently n
the shoulder and asks: What rcgi-
ment do YOU belong tor ii mumb,cs
a few unintclllgible words which we
take TO mean Reserve Regiment 81
The brain centre controlling his or
gans OF speech has been injured. He
lapses once more into unconscious
nes', his thoughts no longer wander.
shortly they will altogether and
the soldier Will rest, as now beside his
comrades, In the little churchyard in
the village.
"Of course II was a depressing and
melancholy experience to stand beside
so many dcathbeds. Every day mum
berlcss men in the heyday OF youth
were thus being gathered to the ctcr-
nal rest. In hospitals and trenches.
But one gets accustomed to such
sights, as do the soldiers themselves,
for 1t does not seem to dcpress or
Brighten them In the least to see their
comrades die.
when a soldier secs his nearest
%neighbors fall he does not think: Next
time II Ia my turn. On the contrary
his train OF reflection seems 10 he Ike
this' Yes, there they are, poor chaps.
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In the Headquarters Of the Crown Prince Terrific De
struction Wrought by the Big Guns--Depressing
Scenes in the Field Hospitals Vividly Pictured

, no; Away easy to distinguish friend
from foe.
ION :he occasion OF my Witt II was
noe advisable for any one TO come too
clos, ~ the Argonne forest unless his
Ia icS yaiied him there. In certain
rIscs the risk seemed even greater rri
those behind the firing llrcs than 20.
'hosA 70 the advanced position, iol
t!' French usually fired too high.
Their Shots mostly passed Over the
heads Ot their nearest opponents, who.
By the way. were remarkably well
concealed. This IL not TO he wondered
AZ. for when the enemy Is almos; upon
one accurate shooting becomes diff
cut.
Tho parts " tho forest which have
a''e"d. Jncn taken by the Germans
look very s'i3rgr. rhn GROUND is
81 I"ei with tr'." hos aud communl-
citing trenches Joining the former
foScth'". and the .rees are often
char'r; a1d stripped by the Are.
The French are clcverer AT artillery
'han inf1ntry shooting. one of the
ao.tOis here told me that of the $500
patients he had had to attend to not
quite 10 per cent. had been hit By
rifle bullets; a few had been wounded
ny sword cuts or bayone. thrusts. but
all the rest had been struck by shell
spiinters mi shrapnel bullets. If the
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A street in Antwerp after the city's fall.

ammunition were better the effect OF
the French artillery fire would be APP
palling."
At Namur DR.. Hedin was able 70
observe the destructive power OF the
Giant ~ centimeter mortars. He
says:
Everything regarding the giant
mortars is kept secret. But this much
! was tod, that their range Is enor-
mous The vertex OF the trajectory
il several kilometers above ground.
The ranging Is done with great pre-
cision, but of course one must be pre-
pared for not hitting the target with
the first shot or two. Misses are,
however, rory rare. The most ex-
haustive calculations and observations
are made before the shots are fired.
observers are posted at suitable
points as near tho objective as pos
sible; they are in communication with
the gunners and report the point of
impact. When a AZ centlmeter shell
comes pounding down from a height
~ several kilometers there is nothing
built by human hands which can re-
slst II.
In fort No. I we saw a good in
stance OF the effect OF these gigantic
projectiles, one shot had struck the
annu.ar m round the cupola Of
the largest armored turret, had passed
through the half meter OF metal as II
IT had been butter and had then ON
tinued through a bed of concrete five
meters thick.
The effect Of the heavy artillery
on the defending garrison will be
realized when it Is stated hat at one
fort 20 per cent. of the complement
were killed, while the remaining 30
per cent were severely injured. As
we all know, the brave commander Of
Licge, Gen. Leman, was wounded In
this way.
"In another fort were found forty
bodies which showed no trace of in
jury, 1t was evident that these men
had succumbed to the gases Of the
pro1ectiles III had been choked by the
concrete dust which Is said to wh.il
up in the most appalling and
to penetrate everywhere. The air
pressure had also flung many soldiers
against the walls of the classmates
and they were subsequently found
with broken skulls.
One of the lessons Wl.lrh MAY he
said to have been learned in the pres
ent war Is that even the most modern
Notifications equipped with the most
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superb armored turrets are useless
when opposed by artillery of the
Galore OF The great German mortars.
The circumstance that the projectile
docs not burst until il has penetrated
into or oven through the concrete bed
gives rise to = havoc which challenges
all attempt at description. Everything
within the ~'bombproof arch thus
struck IL rent asunder and destroyed
without leaving a trace. The pro-
~iccti!c first operates from above down
ward. then from below upward
y"rough the explosion"
Here are two pictures Of the desola-
ton in Belgium:
"Ma.lnes lies still and empty. and its
streets are ~lifclcss except for the
troops and transport trains marching
through, and the number of stray
dogs. half wiid, who are smiling for
their lost masters among the ruins.
The main street leading to the cathe-
ara, recalls In "A horrible manner the
dvaRc OF war. the relentless de-
stroycr Of peaceful, homes. on the left
we pass a house the Interior Of winch
has been laid completely bare by a
shell, reminding one of the geological
section of a piece Of rock blasted for
railway work.
THE ground floor Ia a pile of
w~reckage and lumber. From the first
floor a tangle of draperies, curtains
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, Prince Of Prussia. eat. FOR sumner
Here Is the menu: Cabha-, soup
boiled beef with horseradish and no.
tatoes, wild duck with salad. fruit,
wine, and coffee with cigars. And
wha, would yom saw the conversation
was about? 1t is hard to say exactly.
but we travelled over almost the whole
world with the ease bred by familiar
lty.
The Crown Prince. like the En-
peror. began with Tibet. and from
there 1t was but a step across the
Himalayas to the PAINS OF the Hugh
Delta, the pagodss OF Renares ,he
silver moonlight over Tai Mahal. the
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but ! am still on my feet and the gaps
will soon he filled. No need to lament
Owe men who are dying for their
country and for the liberty and honor
OF their people.
before We left the hospital We had
n look at some OF the Identification
disks carried by the German soldiers
round the neck. by the French round
the wrist, one OF the former read
Res. !. II. II. 6. X. No. ESQ., and one
Of the latter: Seine, 6, Bau (Bureau)
Sol A third bore the somewhat in
complete inscription: Leclerc, Alfred,
1902"
To show the character Of much Of
the fighting Dr.. Hedin writes:
"In the Argonne forest much blood
has flown. a. I myself have seen In
It's northern part, both from the east
and west. when with the Fifth and
the Fourth army, respectively. AL
though the whole OF the front has
developed more or less into a siege
war with trenches, communicating
trenches, barhed wire entanglements
and trous-de-loup, this applies even in
a larger measure to this forest region.
Here the engineer troops have had
much work TO do. and IL Is the gen
erals OF the engineers who lead the
advance, To progress quickly IL i'm
possible. The forest. so badly kept
that il would horrify a Northern sylvi-
culturist, Is very difficult to advance
in, In certain places one has to cut
ones way step by step through shrub
and underground. This sort Of coun-
try is easy to defend, and the French
understand their business well,
AT night or In n fog the Germans
push forward a thin line of infantry
about fifteen PAGES distant from one
another. After having advanced a.
far as the conditions allow the men
dig themselves in, This gives rise 20
a chain OF pits switch afterward, by
continued digging lo~nritudinally, arc
united into a continuous trench.
When the men have made themselves
al home in this new position and ex-
tended 1t a further area in front of The
one occupied Is cleared by fire, whore
upon the fresh advance Is made.
In this way the forest IL swept
clean. IT must be taken step by step,
tree nv tree, for-as I have already
pointed out-the defenders have or
ganlzed even h troetOps for defence,
and have mounted machine guns there.
In the gloom of tho underground 1t is