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only their money but their lives to the
service Of their country.
IF the Treasury Department rules
that the bonds were destroyed 1t VIM be
necessary for each member OF the crew
to prove his ownership and furnish the
Government with a surety bond to pro-
tect II against loss II the bonds should
ever show UP In other hands.
I'm the circumstances It is dlfiicult to
understand why there should be any de-
lay on the part OF the Treasury Depart
ment in ruling upon this matter, or any
doubt as to what the ruling should be-"
The equities In this case are be-
yond question. The men of the San
Diego backed themselves and their
commander against the Germans.
They put up their money to help pay
for the war. The evidences of the
Governments Indebtedness to them
were lost when the ship in which they
were serving sunk. To all intents and
purposes their bonds are destroyed
to say that, they were lost Is to put
their owners on the same plane with
careless persons who drop valuable
papers on the sidewalk because they
won't take time to lock them up.
The circumstances Of the case are
so clear that we can see no reason for
allowing Old Red Tape to restrain the
Treasury Department from immedi-
ately doing the square thing by the
men of the San Diego.
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Germany, President Wilson Answers,
Can Save Itself.

"YOu come without credentials"
replies the President In substance to
the present German Government.
"You have offered me not a particle
of evidence Of any such change in
the ruling power rs enables the
United States and the Allies to dis
cuss terms with the knowledge that
we are speaking to the German people
and not as before to the spokesman
Of the lying and crumbling dynasty
Of the Hohenzollerns. No further
parley without guarantees of n real
change from autocracy to democracy
is our answer. Our military leaders,
not yourself, will fix the terms"
The long and short of Mr.. VIII
SONS answer is that, so far as con-
Germs the criminally insane Prussian
dynasty and the gang of military cut
Threats surrounding 1t, he will trust
them with their hands up and a
pistol at their heads. If. however,
the German people themselves &C.
tually strip those international out
laws Of their every power for evil,
make pretended promises real prom
ises and fulfil them to the last single
item, the Presiden; can undertake
to forward the German supplication
for mercy.
And all this. 1t has been written
indelibly by FocH in the war history
of the past three months, they will
do because they must.
II the President has taken more
words than this to say what the coun-
try and civilized intelligence every
where expected him to say, and If
he has preserved In his extremely
able reply the extended phraseology
Of diplomatic intercourse. 1t must be
for no other reason than that he
feels that he is addressing In a Ger
tain sense a new Germany Of the
future and not the Germany Of the
Kaiser.
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WAR BOARD CUTS
FURNITURE MAKING
Patterns Are Also Reduced to
Simplest Lines.
Special Despatch TO Tue sux,

WAsHINGToN, oct, 23,-Restrlctions on
patterns. styles and designs of all kinds
OF furniture were imposed to-day hv
Chairman Baruch OF tho War INDUSTRIES
Board. Ornaments and trimmings OF
all kinds are eliminated and patterns re-
duced to the simplest lines.
The number of patterns is reduced 10
one-half of those OF last year. Metals
OF all kinds are placed under the han
Except where II is necessary TO ,,as
nails, screws and locks. wood and com
position materials are to be substituted
in their stead, Only black and ope
shade OF brown or tan leather may he
used in upholstering.
In the production Of dinins room fur
niture the use OF mirrors I'm excess NJ
two square feet II prohibited, and glass
shelves and mirror backs in china
closets will be discontinued. RestrIc-
lions are also placed on dining tables
and extensions for them. The use OF
mirror plate is reduced rs per cent, In
the production OF bedroom furniture.
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L. b. Faber for Justice.

That Judge whose fitness for the
bench has been proved by experience
should be retained In office is now an
accepted principle. The publlc's man.
date Is Keep a good Judge on the
bench" In nominating Justice LE-
ANDER B. FABER for the Supreme
Court of the Second Judicial district
composed of the counties OF Kings,
Queens, Nassau, Suffolk and Rich
mond, the Republican party practises
what is preached. During his years
service In the Supreme Court Justice
FABEn has been a good Judge. This
is the unanimous verdict of his asso-
ciates on the bench, his fellows at the
bar and the litigants whose rights he
has adJudicated.
As a lawyer Justice FABER has had
a long and successful experience both
In and out of court. He is n man of
ability and integrity. In character
and temperament he is especially
qualified for judicial responsibility.
That he is an able. impartial and up
right Judge has been demonstrated
by his year on the bench. He is a
patriotic, red blooded American, with
two sons in the service. one in France
with the Aviation Corps and the other
in camp preparing for active service
abroad.
Justice FABER should receive the
Endorsement Of an overwhelming ma
jority of his fellow citizens. He
should continue to represent Queens
county In the Supreme Court.
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CIT1. OF New YoRK.
DEPARTMENT OF PAnKa-

CITY OF new York,
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS.
BoRoUGHs OF MANHATTAN ASD RICHMOND.
MUNICIPAL BUILDING,
10th Floor.
May 8, 1918.
hr. Robert IT, Helbv, Librdrian, Nep York
Rhetorical Society, 40 Central Pork West,
Ncto York CITY.
DEAR Sin; Commissioner Grell has re-
ceived through the Hon, Frank L. Dow
ling. President Borough OF Manhattan.
your communication OF May in regard to
conditions, in Bowling Green Park. that
matter being one under the jurisdiction
of this department.
As you probably know. for many months
Bowling Green has been torn up by con-
tractors for the Public Service Commits
sion, under a permit from this depart
ment, the terms OF which require that
Commission to restore the park and sur
roundings to its original condition. The
work OF restoration Is now In progress
under the Jurisdiction OF the Public Ser
vice Commission, supervised by the Park
Department.
You may rest assured that this de-
partment will watch conditions very closely
until the territory referred to Is properly
restored. Yours very truly,
AUGusT LAuTER.
Secretary to the Commissioner.
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Another Exception to the Adjourn
ment OF Politics.

When the President took sides, in
recent primary campaigns, against
VARDAMAN, BLEAsE, HARDwIcK and
two or three minor aspirants for Of
fee, 1t was explained that his taking
Of sides was limited to cases where
the conduct of the candidate opposed
had been at variance with American
ism. At least one semi-Official ex-
palmer added that 1t was as the head
Of the Democratic party that Mr..
WILSON looks steps to set aside I'M
worthy members Of that party.
The explainers will have to expla In
again. The President has written a
letter to George NJ. LA MONTE, Dem
ocratic candidate for election as q
United States Senator for New Jer-
sey. Craving the support" Of the peo-
pie of thnt State for Mr.. LA MONTE
and for CHARIEs O'CoNoR HENNEssY,
who seeks the short term. while Mr..
LA MONTE looks for the long term.
In the cases Of the Southern Demo
cratic Senators who were opposed by
the President, Mr.. WILSON candidly
said that they were opponents of his
administration. The whole country
knows that men like VARDAMAN and
BLEAsE were worse than that. What
Of Governor WALTER E. EDGE and
DAVID BAIRD, the Republican candl-
dates who oppose Mr.. LA MONTE and
Mr.. HENNEssY? Are they classed as
opponents Of my administration
No, in the face of. the public records
Of Governor EDGE and Senator BAIRD
some other phrasing was called for.
After saying that he knows "how gen.
erously and truly both you and Mr..
HENNEssY stand for the things I be-
lieve in, and that I believe the people
Of New Jersey believe in" the Presi-
dent says:
These are Smes whom II 70 particu-
larry necessary that men who would lift
afrairs to q new plane OF action ana
humane achievement should stand to-
sethor and 500 to II that in all public
counseis they are adequately and truly
represented"
None will deny the eternal truth
Of the paragraph quoted. We sug-
gest, however. that 1t contains no
reason why any New Jersey voter
should not mark his ballot for EDGE
and BAIRD. The President has recon-
vened politics to utter q certificate of
character for two Democratic candi-.
dates, but without offering the least
proof that the Republican candidates
are not better fitted for the Senate.
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A Mechanical Way to Discover
Carus0s.

Not until peace comes and song
resumes Its normal popularity among
the people will mankind be able to
appreciate the genius of Professor
THEoPHnUs FITz. He has applied
science to song in way that may
make countless millions happy. He
has worked down to an exact science
the relation Of the measurements of
the head to the ability of the heads
owner to sing. without seeing. hear
Ing or touching the subject Professor
FITz knows, through "voice dlagno-
SIS" whether or not the subject can
or ought to sing. Give to THEoPHrLUs
FITz the age, sex and head measure
ments Of person and he can tell you.
like that, whether or not the person
should aspire to the Metropolitan or
be dumb forever. He puts part of the
case succlnctly:
MAMIE often sings soprano Just be-
cause SUSIE does. although she ought to
be singing contralto. and Bill insists
upon singing bass because he thinks It
Is manly. when he really ought to be
a tenor"
Professor FITz does not say so, but
every one knows that perhaps Ma
ME, SUSIE and BILL should not sing
at all. Persons with round heads,
says the Professor, make the best
singers: those with long heads come
next. II you have an oval Uranium,
or one of the square kind that re-
quires padding in your derby fore and
aft. lay Off the vocal stuff. In the
bright socialistlc future 1t is likely
that the state will compel you to de-
sist unless you have the right dome.
Every policeman, we believe, will
carry a set of Fitz measuring instru-
ments. A householder will inform
the officer that person with an egg
shaped bean has begun practising the
scales next door. In ten minutes the
policeman Will have made his meas
urements and served summons upon
the offender to appear at the vocal
court, where the wretch will be
warned that he and THE Rose of No
Mans Land" must part forever.
Professor FTTz says It's nonsense
for people to spend four or five years
studying music when a simple method
perhaps its application would be
something like the device that Is used
in hat stores to make diagrams of
mems heads-wlll prevent great
waste of time and money, not to men
ton the agony Of others. We agree
with him. There are so many poor
singers and so few good sausage max
ers. THEoPHMUs FITz announces his
discovery away out in Los Angeles
The technical details should be hur-
rled east at once and the Board of
War Industries should permit the
manufacture Of all the tools neces-
sary to outfit the studios of Manhat-
tan with this boon.
The next great man in this line of
work will be he who invents method
for discouraging bad song writer's.
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Evils Of Legislative Riders.

The failure Of House and Senate
to agree upon only one amendment to
the so-called food production stimu-
lation bill emphasizes again the evil
Of legislating by riders" attached to
appropriation bills. In this instance
It In no degree lessons the evil in It's
general aspect that the bill, even with
out its riders, carried in its original
form some absurdlties which have at
tracted public ridicule, such as an
appropriation to employ women to
teach farmers wives how to make
cottage cheese, the lessons, like as
not, to interrupt the making Of ex-
cellent cottage cheese by those very
same farmers wives.
The apparent cause Of the failure Of
the conferees to agree Ii the rider de-
signed to check rent profiteering in the
District Of Columbia; the real ca use Is.
probably, Democratic reluctance to al
low the Bill to become a law before
the elections because Of Its war time
prohibition Of the use of food mate
rials in the production Of Intoxicating
beverages, including, Of course, beers
and wines.
There is little likelihood Of great
public sorrow over failure Of the orig
inal bill authorizing expenditure of
$11,OO0,000 further to promote food
production: or of the war time pro-
hibition rider, because the taxing
power and regulations. imposed by the
Food and Fuel Administrators are
taking care Of that. Rent profiteer-
ing in Washington is another and
serious problem, but q check on that
should not have been attempted by
rider amendment to a wholly unte-
lated bill.
Two physicians. members Of the
House. FOSTER Of Illinois and LAzARo
Of Louisiana, have told their col
leagues that rent profiteering in the
capital has produced rooming condi-
lions there which are directly respon-
sible for many cases, some fatal, Of in
fiuenZa and resulting pneumonia. DIR.
LAzARo had found two and even three
clerks occupying one small bedroom
poorly heated, unventilated. insani-
tary, forced to this unhappy plight
by extortlonate rents.
But because Of a piffiing plea for
Senatorial dignity" for a rebuke to
an Ill natured criticism Of the Senate
by n Representative, which should
have been ignored, the Senate refused
to confer with the House on a bill
passed by both to check rent proflteer-
ing. and put Its own bill relating to
that matter as rider on a bill ap-
propriatlng millions for a needless pur-
pose. Then is there to be no attempt to
curb the proiteering which is making
miserable the lives Of thousands of
clerks which is fleeing in Washing
ton the families Of army and navy
officers who are fighting over there?
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PLIGHT OF THE TEACHERS.
They Think Of the Future Of Their
Pupils and Of Their Own Pay.

Pupils and Of Their Own Pay.
To THE EDITOR OF THE suN--Sir:
wish to thank you for publishing in
your October IL issue the letter OF the
White Plains teacher.
She has expressed in a nutshell the
sentiments OF thousands of teachers
throughout the country.
Without repeating her words I would
like to ask how any teacher with a
per cent. raise in salary can meet the
80 per cent. increase in her running
expenses and have much money left for
Liberty loans, Red Cross and various
other organizations. When / hear that
an army camp overseer receives $50 a
week for keeping men at work, with
all due regard to the effort entailed. I
doubt II II Is as nerve racking as dis
ciplining forty or fifty restless children
and making them keep busy at the same
time. Indeed. things do seem out Of
proportion" II the national Govern
ment can afford to pay its employees
such munificent salaries, why cannot
the State Government see that Its
teachers receive Giving wage?
To all those who declare that q
teacher does not earn her salary I would
say, as did the telephone girls who in
vited Postmaster Burleson in TO play"
with them. Come and work here in the
school room for one day" I feel GER
tain that II they accepted the invitation
their views regarding school teaching
would have changed materially by the
end of the day.
II there is a shortage OF teachers TO
has said, I believe, It Is not strange.
Would teachers be SO increasingly re-
signing their positions today II their
salaries had been raised in proportion to
their expenses? Well, perhaps the prin-
clple of supply and demand will soon
apply TO them.
Concerning the exorbitant, exorbitant
at least from a teachers point of view.
wages paid by the Government to the
army camp laborers. have tried to
look ahead and form some conclusion
as to what will be the effect upon edu-
cation. broadly speaking. of large pay
for the unskllled workman. Already
some of my pupils are leaving school
too soon, with the plea. Il can earn
good money without any more educa-
ton" The saddest part Of It all is
that we cannot truthfully contradict
them. For fact. with my college
training and ten years teaching expert
ence am receiving a smaller salary than
some OF my pupils who have been out
of school a year or two. This is not
only humliating for the faithful, con-
scientious teacher. but is also one Of
the reasons why she Is leaving the pro-
fessfon; hence the shortage of teachers
The temptation is too great. II the
former pupil can become so financially
fortunate. why not she?
Granted that these are abnormal con-
ditions. and that wages will readJust
themselves after the war Is over, yet
when competition once more becomes
keen. what will become of the boy and
girl with an unfinished education? They
can never be persuaded. or very seldom
at least, to go back to school when they
are orce out. What will be the effect,
generally speaking. upon the youth Of
our country during the coming years
II his desire for money easily earned
overcomes his higher and nobler incIi-
nation for a cultural education?
ANOTHER TEACHER.
woopMERE. October 20.
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The Only Way to Beat KitchIn.

Whether the war Is to 60 on, or
whether the war is to stop, the coun-
try needs to get rid of KrrcHIN, chair
man of the Ways and Means Commit
tee of the House Of Representatives.
He Is and has been the most danger
Gus obstacle in the country to the ma
TONS preparing for the war and to
the nations winning of the war. He
is and will be the most dangerous OBJ
staele In the country to the nations
establishments after the war.
There Is only ono way to get rid
Of KITCHEN. 1T Is for the voters Of
the United States to turn the Demo
cratic majority out Of the House and
to put Republican majority in.
KITcHIN, of course. will be returned
to Congress from his district sur
rounding Scotland Neck. North Caro-
lima. He Is exactly what Scotland
Neck, North Carolina, wants. KrrcHIN
measures up to Scotland Neck voters
and they measure up to him. What
sort Of Representative the voters Of
the Scotland Neck district want is
their own business. They can have
KrTcHIN, they can have the devil. IL
they want him, and no voter outside
Of the district has anything to say
about It
But who shall be chairman Of the
Ways and Means Committee Of the
House Of Representatives, who shall
occupy that post, the most powerful
OF all the Congress posts in its ma
tional influence for good or for bad,
is the business Of the American peo-
pie. About that vastly important
matter they do have something to
say. They must say It.
The American people cannot vote
in the Scotland Neck district Of North
Carolina. But every voter In the
United States can vote in some Con-
gress district; and in his own Con-
gress district he can vote to get rid
of KITcHIN. To vote against KITcH1y
he must vote for Republican nomi-
nee for the House.
II another Democratic majority is
returned to the House 1t will keep
KITcHIN at the head OF the Ways and
Means Committee. If Republican
majority is elected to the House It
Will throw KITcHIN out Of the chair.
manship Of the Ways and Means
Committee. 1t Is a certainty that n
Democratic majority in the House
VIII keep him In: it is a certainty
that Republican majority will NOT
wherefore 1t is a certainty that the
oniy way TO get rid Of KIrcHIN is to
The sun., 1918-10-24

The Swiss Charge d'Affaires in
Washington. who. in the words Of
the Worlds Washington correspond
ent, knows German as well as Eng
lish and Is an adept in the use OF both
languages" spent an entire day in
Weighing shades of meaning lin DR..
SOILS latest note to President WILL
SOM before he could get the exact
thought in such shape as he cared to
present at the State Department" and
even then he expected to assume re-
sponSibility only for the original Ger
man text" This was because the con-
fusion in the unofficial text, which it
was thought might be the result of
hasty translation, represented appar-
emily "the result of q deliberate shut
fling OF words to the end that there
might be a question OF their interpre-
tation when II came to carrying out
the implied promises" Having COM
pleted his task to the best of his
ability, the Charge d'Affaires must
have read yesterday with rare inter-
est the solemn demand of Prince MAX
for clarity in the discussion OF inter-
national affairs. German diplomacy
seems to be unaware OF the "funda-
mental changes" advertised for the
Kaiser's empire.
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Hon Froak L. Do,9iinO. Precedent Of the Bor-
ouoA Of Manhattan, MuntoipaI building,
Nep York CITY.
Mr. DEAR Sa: The attention Of the
society has been called to the sad condi-
ton OF the fence around Bowling Green.
and II has been requested that the society
notify tho President OF the Borough OF
Manhattan as to Its present condition. and
trust that this historic relic will be taken
tare Of by the city. Respectfully yours,
ROBERT II. KELLY.
New YORK, May 7. 1918 Librarian.
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Honors Well BESTOWED.

President WILSON'S act in award
Ing the Distinguished Service Medal
to six high officers of Allied armies
and to General PERsHrNG will be I'D
plauded by all Americans. The dis
leaders. besides General
PERsRiNo, to whom these coveted
honors 20 are Marshal FocH. Mar.
shall JoFFRE, Marshal Halo, General
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Crusade.
From the Arkdnsds Gdrette.

From the Arkansas Gdrette.
Long sealed. tho gates Of history swing
wide,
Out OF the hoary past old heroes ride
Into the light OF living time again
Richard the Lion Heart takes up his
reign.
Tancrsd. De Bouilion. Philip of Artois,
Hugh.
Robert OF Flanders and his retinue.
Robert the Norman and his lighting men
Crusader, templar-in cleaning tide
The knightly pageant passes In re-
view.
M,raged above the deserts lambert sheen
I see the Cross 60 forth In Palestine.
And though the past u buried in the mas,
God makes His mighty maryels manifest
And chivalry rides down TO war again.
The dust Of cavalry hangs DER the main
or Armageddon; and along the sea
There rides the stalwart horse of Al
lenby.
In creak of saddlery and clink OF chain.
In rolling carhine fire and bugle blast
The crusade comes again to Gaiiiee
The ancient palms that over Jordan lean
They see the Cross 80 forth In Palestins.
c. " DAVIS,
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While FELIX GouLED, who has been
convicted OF conspirlng to defraud
the Government by supplying worth
less raincoats to soldiers. is serving
his sentence OF seven years In Jail, his
profits from contracts with the United
States will continue to go to his bank
account, but 1t is to be hoped that his
ambition TO expose fighting men to
the inclemencies OF the weather may
be thwarted. If 1t Is not. a reception
committee of army men may meet
him when he energies from prison.
The sun., 1918-10-24

send a Republican majority to the
House Of Representatives.
In every Congress district vote
against KrTcHIN by voting for the
Republican nominee. Get rid of
KIrcHINi
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BOWLING GREEN FENCE.
Tho Park Departments Promise u
the Historical Society.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sr: In
the editorial article in THE SUN of Mon
day with the heading THE Lost Fence
Of Bowling Green" one Of the several
queries was why was the New York
Historical Society quiescent?"
beg to enclose herewith copies OF
letters referring to the condition OF the
fence around Bowling Green.
ROBERT II. KELBY,
Librarian. New York Historical Society.
New YORK, October 20.