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BUREAU TO WATCH
ALL WAR CHARITIES
Association Of Organizations
Has the Approval Of Sec
rotary Baker.
TO INCREASE CONFIDENCE
Plans to Aid in Improvement
of Methods and End Col
lection Waste.

The National Investigation Bureau. an
association OF war chests" and similar
organizations. has been formed to make
thorough investigation OF all war
charities and related activities. The
plans have been approved by Secretary
Of War Baker and announcement has
been made that tho bureau has received
the acceptance by the United States
Government of its approval OF the fol-
lowing organizations: American Ped
Cross. American Library Association.
Commission of Relief In Belgium, jew
ish Welfare Board, knights Of Co.
iumbus, Salvation Army (work with ex-
peditionary forces). Y. NJ. c. A.. Y. w.
G. A. and War Camp Community Ser
vice.
The bureau will issue TO its members
detailed reports on war organizations,
covering every point Of administration,
financial accounting. methods or raising
money, efficiency of work. degree OF du-
plication. &c. Investigators will be sent
abroad In the immediate future.
The bureau" says the officlal pros
pectus. does not propose to act as a
critic. II hopes to be OF service to such
organizations as are doing a necessary
work. in helping them to improve their
methods, so as to increase public con-
hdence."
The bureau was founded by the War
Chest Associations Of Cleveland. Syra-
cuse. Indianapolis, Columbus. Detroit.
Rochester, Philadelphia and Toledo.
Samuel Mather, chairman of the Cleve-
land War Council. Is the president.
Barry c. Smith. for many years secre-
tary of the Bureau of Advice and In
formation OF the New York Charity Or
saniIation Society. has been appointed
director. Offices have been established
in Room 14o, Metropolitan Tower.
Madison avenue.
The requirements which war organiza-
tons soliciting funds viii be expected TO
meet TO obtain the bureaus approval, in
clude the following:
mo solicitors on commission or other
commission methods of raising money.
No street soliciting or selling OF buttons.
tags. &C, except during drives
"So entertainments, the expenses OF
which exceed 80 per cent. OF the gross
proceeds.
"Non-use OF The remit or return
method Of raising money
The Charity Organization Society OF
New York will discontinue Its investiga-
ton OF war charities and the work will
be taken over by the National Investi-
eating Bureau.
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TRADE BRIEFS.

Exports from Stockholm q go -
States for the nrst hat Of tie r-r''
calendar year were valued a. St'. 500
total which ls much reduced o. -.r'1'
OF the embargo ard tonuag" dr. $40.
The most important noms Vcr" '''
Ing tools, valued a. Si65,%OS g-"Rr
arators. Si5744o; steel pro1ps'. >''''
$40; machinery ana parts, SNli'
rough iron bars. S7+,eS
vice-Consul Hansen cables f'5w '''
kok. Slam. that exporters .! r7o'' ''
and accessories should be waTLsi ts'..'
making shipments TO Bangkok Py way '
Singapore without having pEe'Ioa'.
tanned a transshAPment permit .-'' -
Singapore Government,
Arrangement have t-tu COZ 'f-
the manufacture % koshHr '.a--H-''
HUI England. Tn' u.arEar,'o
made exclusively Of y,gr.a'''
and mix, the animal IA
margarine being omitted. tn"
be tested and sealed by cos
nominee, who will also supervise g." H'
ufaciure, Ths local food comw - 49,
issue special licenses 10 retsGe'
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model excellent In spirit and un-
Improbable In form.
The Bridge Builder.

The name OF Roebling will be for.
ever associated with the Brooklyn
Bridge. the FIRST structure to span the
East River, and in the judgment OF
competent critics the most beautiful
Of all the bridges about New York.
There is daintlness and a spiritual
quality about this triumph OF engineer
ing skill. from whatever point of
vantage II is examined, that are lack
ing in the bridges that have been
constructed more recently. These are
not without their charms, but for pic.
torial effect the palm must 20 to the
Roebllng creation.
To JOHN 4. RorBLSo we owe the
suspension bridge over the Niagara
River, the Cincinnati bridge, with its
clear span Of 1857 feet, and the de.
sign for the Brooklyn Bridge. Mr..
RorBLrNc died from an injury before
work began, but the bridge was com.
pleted by his sons. WASHINGTON A.
and CHARLEs c.. and CHARLES died
on Saturday at his home in Trenton.
Changing requirements OF traffic have
necessitated considerable alterations
in the bridge, but these have not modi.
fled the design or impaired the Roeb.
ling. fame. Rather they have made
plain the soundness Of the original
engineering, which produced a crea.
ton capable OF expansion to meet the
needs OF conditions undreamed of
when JOHN A. RoEDLiNe drew his
plans. 1t is interesting to recall that
WAsH1NoToN A. RoEBIINe did a large
part Of his work on the bridge from
sickroom, wherein he was confined by
illness brought about through his al
most continuous stay In the com.
pressed air caissons.
CHARLES @. RoEBLIS6 performed
another service for New York in the
transportation TO this country OF Cleo.
patra's needle, which now stnnds in
Central Park. This was task OF
great difficulty, the successful compile
ton Of which aroused high enthusi-
asm. Mr.. RoEBLISa was a man Of
broad interests, and one OF his enter
prises was the model town which
bears the family name and in which a
serious and intelligent effort was made
to solve the social problems arising
from the employment Of large, num-
bers Of men and women In great fac.
tories and shops operated under one
management.
Mr.. RoERLINo's achievements are in
timately associated with the develop
ment OF New YORK, and 1t gives fair
index Of the tremendous growth Of
this city to reflect that in one mans
lifetime the East River has been
bridged and tunnelled in q manner
that renders It negligible as a barrier
between the two islands on which so
great part Of this settlement is
situated.
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Sailing Orders.

Rear Admiral EDWARD W. EBERLE,
the superintendent of the Naval
Academy, has not allowed the natural
disappointment he has experienced
because he cannot have sea duty to
spoil. his disposition or relax his
efforts in his present supremely i'm
portant post. He wants to get into
the fight, but If he must remain for
time ON the job of making fighters
out of the students at the academy he
is going to make them the best Of fight
ers. Nor does he confine himself to
the technicalities of his profession,
and the ten paragraphs Of advice he
has issued to the corps for the gen.
eral guidance of its members are
so sensible and so simply expressed
that they deserve a larger circle of
readers than that for which they
were originally intended.
Here Is what Admiral EBEIrE says
to the gentlemen whose progress to-
ward submarines, destroyers, battle
ships and glory he is guiding:
do your days work every day.
Strive for 100 per cent. efficiency in
everything you undertake.
obey orders and regulations cheer
fully, honestly. conscientiously.
DO your full duty on time all the
time.
Practise self-control and self-denial
BE considerate OF others: be helpful
and cheerful and courteous be a gentle-
man under all circumstances and main
tain a fine sense of personal honor.
Don't be a 'growlef' or sea lawyer
or a 'drifter' or a 'dud'
BE true to yourself: be true to your
messnates: be true to your task: be
true to the great naval service to which
it is your priceless privilege to belong.
Always steer a straight course, and
always answer with a cheerful Aye,
aye. sirp
BE a man and never say die"
There is not trade. profession or
calling whose practitioners cannot
study these sailor made words with
profit; not a worker, whatever the
conditions under which he strives to
do his duty, who cannot derive good
from them. Observance of their terms
calls for no superhuman ingenuity, for
no abnormal effort, for no exhausting
application. Obedience to them by
everybody would smooth the road for
all Of us. The individual benefits to
be derived from conduct shaped to
meet these counsels OF wisdom and
experience are obvious; the public
good that adhesion to their teachings
would produce is incalculable.
The youngsters at Annapolis are
to be congratulated on their opportu-
nifty to mould their lives according to
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COTTAGE CHEESE.
An Honored Dish Of Our Sturdy and
Well Living Ancestors.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE suN--ST: Cot
tage cheese, known In my youth as
Dutch cheese. was staple dish with
the Hoilanders who settled New York.
I have been told that sometimes they
kept 1t for months exposed to gentle
heat. as between feather beds. until II
became hard In composition and sting
ing in flavor, when it was grated and
eaten.
ut has never been q novelty upon my
own table or that OF my people before
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HE COUNTED THEM.
Statistical Record OF a Short journey
in Manhattan,

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: A
trip TO Muldoon's is no longer necessary
"Meandering in the subway" is less ex-
pensive and far more interesting.
l rode south on a Broadway express
with the Lexington avenue corner OF
Forty-second street as my destination
/ arrived at Times Square and walked:
Two hundred steps to stairs.
Seventeen steps up stairs.
Thirty-eight steps to stairs.
Five steps down stairs
Two hundred and ht;y steps to shuttle
train.
Tires hundred steps 10 stairs.
Nineteen steps down stairs.
Seventy steps to stairs
Nineteen steps up stairs.
Sixteen steps to stairs.
Twenty three steps up stairs.
Then I was at Lexington avenue.
Counted 'em all, honest 10 goodnessi
LOUIS GEIB.
NEW YoRE, October 5.
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cHILDSS PRICES.
The Restaurant Company Explains Its
Revision OF Its Bill Of Fare.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN--St: We
wish to deny the charges In reference
to our Washington store made In an
article entitled "Childs Restaurant Near
Seizure" which appeared In THE Sun
on October 3.
The truth OF the matter is that the
change in our price list was made 10
concede to the wishes OF the Food Ad-
ministrator In accordance with our
policy OF compliance and cooperation
with the Food Administration.
No attempt was made TO take advan-
tage OF war conditions as stated In this
article. An adjustment of prices and
portions was proposed and inaugurated
in our Washington store TO enable the
management to meet n situation which
had grown out OF the unusual conditions
there. tho patronage being such as TO
impose extra heavy burdens on the oper-
ating force and necessitate an extra
large wage account, as well as TO meet
the constant advances In the price Of
food and commodities.
The price adjustment proposed and un-
dertaken was fair to all concerned and
would have netted the company no more
than pre-war prof1ts, as IL was based on
the same principle Of price regulation
as has always been used, and on which
the company has built Its business.
The Food Administrator no doubt acted
in all sincerity in making his request.
but was not well informed as to the con-
ditions which Influenced US to mako the
adjustment in prices. We. however. do
not question or complain. but see our
duty In the line OF submission and CO.
operation. and are willing TO sacrifice
all for our countrys sake II necessary.
CHfLps CoMPAHr.
WILLIAM CHILps, General Manager. -
NEw YORK, October 8.
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Buy Bonds This Month; Next Month
Get Rid Of kitchin.

In spite OF Mr.. KITcHIS of Scot
land Neck, North Carolina. the people
Of the United States must not fail to
raise for the Fourth Liberty Loan its
full six billions Of dollars.
No man shall gainsay that this Lib
erty Loan war work for the nation and
for the world has to be done over the
almost insurmountable barriers which
KITcHIN raises against ii. To indulge
his fantastic notions of economics
KITcHIN thinkers a watch with u
sledge hammer. He bores out the
dam whose water power turns the mill
wheel. He fines the prospector who
drills for oil. He penalties the bust
ness which, instead of squandering,
husbands some Of its earnings for a
rainy day. These things KITcHIN
does and this mischief KITcHIN works
to everybody because he doesn't know
any better.
But there Is worse yet. To Stake his
thirst of sectional vengeance KITCHIN
hunts out everything that thrives
north of Mason and DiXon's line. as
he swore he would do. and tries with
his taxes to break its back. Thus,
throughout the very part of the coun-
Try where the great bulk of the taxes
must be paid and the great bulk of the
bonds must be subscribed, KToaIN,
with his economic lunacy but poison.
Gus sectionalsm, bedevils industry
and business, terrorizes taxpayers and
Jeopards even this Liberty Loan.
Nevertheless, Unreasonable as is
the damage which KITcHIN's tax pro-
gramme has done and still further
will do TO the country, the people of
the United States the people north OF
Mason and Dixon's line, must raise
the six billions Of the Liberty Loan
TO carry on the war, as it Is now being
carried on, to the triumph Of our ar
mics and to the security OF the nation.
Nothing else at this moment can be 10
important a duty, so imperative
duty, so sacred duty, as to raise the
money to fight the war.
rhe people of the United States,
the people north OF Mason and Dix
on's line, have KITCHIN 10 settle with,
and they must take up that work too /:
hut they can attend to It later. They
can get rid of KITcHIN by electins a
Republican House of Representa- lves
which will confine his political actlvi.
ties 10 the boundaries Of his Scotland
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PoLARIS SURVIVORS.
A Revision Of the Opinion Formed on
Mr.. Meyers Death.

To THE EpITon or THE SuN--Sir: In
THE SUN OF Thursday, October 3. you
published an article on the death o.
Frederick Meyer, said TO have been the
sole survivor OF the Polaris Arctic ex-
petition from 1871 TO 1874. This is an
error, inasmuch as have a communica-
ton in my possession from the late
Frederick Meyer acknowledging the fact
that am one OF those who took part in
that expedition.
You will therefore please note that
am now actually the sole survivor OF the
expedition above mentioned.
CHARLES KRUGER
BRooKLYS. October 5.
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The Improved and Dignified French
Tank.

heapers or machine guns" is what
the French call their new tanks.
Much Of the recent fighting has been
in the fields Of ripening grain. which
have Afforded cover for the nests Of
singing German Maxims. The meta
phor suggested itself forcefully. Every
despatch pays tribute to the prowess
OF these agile monsters. particularly
the new light models. II General
BYNG's numbering machines at Cam
brai drove descriptive writer's to the
Jurassic age for smiles, the new
Renaults may as aptly be compared
to rhinoceroses, which are not quite
so incredible as prehistoric creatures,
but still bizarre enough in appearance.
almost as tough Of hide, swift and
just as murderous.
The Renault is six meters--about
twenty feet-long and two meters
wide. It's crew Is two men. One Of
them drives. The other, in a mush-
room shaped tower which he can re-
volve entirely upon its axis, is the
gunner, working either 81 MILL
meter piece or machine gun, as the
case may be. The machine makes
ten or twelve miles an hour over the
worst kind Of going, and will climb
grades, given any sort Of footing at
all for It's caterpillar treads, exceed
ing IS degrees.
The French have two other models
Of tanks, the Schneider. which mounts
"75" and two machine guns and
has crew Of six. and the Saint
diamond, with "75," four machine
guns and a crew OF nine. The latter
is driven by combination of gas
motor and dynamo. But the Renault,
the newest born and the smallest,
has become the favorite child.
The French say the German tank.
which looks like the Saint-Chamond,
except that II has beak fore and
aft and carries a crew Of eighteen, q
81 nm. gun and six machine guns,
is prey just made for our T5s." I.
Is clumsy in manPuvre and its low
hung platform and low armor pro-
tecting its caterpillars frequently foul
the ground, as they have less than
six inches clearance. II takes no
great shrewdness to suspect that
what Is true of the other fellows
big tanks must be true in some de-
gree of ours. Hence the popularity
Of the baby.
Yet 1t was the "heavies" which
first won the hearts of the high com
mand after two failures, or partial
failures, had severely shaken conf
dence in the tanks. 1t happened on
June II, when General MANoIN with
four divisions at his disposal faced
eleven divisions Of Germans march
ing on Complegne. The German of.
fensive was In full stride. The odds
were almost three to one, numeri-
cally. Three to one-but he had
tanks! Lots Of tanks With them
he did the impossible. The German
advance was turned into a retreat,
almost rout. Belloy was retaken:
German losses In men and lateral
were enormous. The tanks made
good. 1t became clear that previous
seml-failIres had been because the
machines had not been used properly.
There had not been enough of them
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ana there had been small effort at
concealment. The German airplanes
had spotted them from afar. The re-
suit had not been pleasant.
But now the tanks are a reeularlv
recognized fifth arm, with insignia
and a name Of their own. The device
Is two cannon crossed behind casque
with closed visor. The corps Is known
as "rArtillerie d'Assaut." General
PETA1N cited them all--the designers.
the workmen who made them. the me.
chanics who keep them in repair and
the fighting personnel-with the gem
erous words: The infantry unani-
mously Ia ready to share with the
new arm the glory Of which It has
been so Jealous You are we'll
worthy OF the nation" That was for
work from June II to July IS. Not
that they have rested since.
And because the new tanks have
been so great a success, n distin.
guished party Of military and civil
officials went around the other day to
the headquarters OF one General Es-
rIENNE, taking with them the crayat
Of a commander OF the Legion of
Honor which they hoped "Pere" Es-
TIENSE would wear. He was not to
be found. not for a long while. At
last he was discovered. lie had
crawled beneath the working model
Of new tank and was studying its
details obliylous to the hue and CRY.
General EsTrESSE, the public now
Is Informed. designed the French
tanks, nursed and coddled them
through the workshops, put them In
the field, manned them, drilled them.
and to-day commands the whole new
branch OF the service.
He was born in Conde.en.B arrois.
Lorraine. in 1850. He had not been
out Of rEcole PolytechniQue many
years before he was recognized as a
technical expert. He designed
goniometre, which the French army
adopted. He originated methods OF
Indirect fire. which now are used In
all the armies Of the world. In 1910
at Vincennes he was active In at
to form an aviation service
to be an auxiliary to the artillery.
When war broke out he went 10 the
Belgian front, the only artillery COM
mander, 1t is asserted. who entered
the war with two airplanes to regu-
late the fire Of his batteries. He was
nj the Marine and later commanded
the artillery in the sectors Of vaux
and Douaumont.
He wrote to General PETAIN, De-
cember I, 1915: II regard as possible
the realization Of mechanical tractor
vehicles permitting the transport
across all obstacles and under fire, at
Il speed of more than six kilometers
an hour. OF infantry and cannon"
There, almost three years old, is the
complete formula. General PETAlN
knew the man and his ability. and
told him, In effect, go to Il" He
did so.
But 1t Is not we'll to say "tank" to
him. A correspondent for L'Illusfru-
tion ventured the word recently and
got this retort:
Tank! But talk French. Sa.
pristi! Why the devil do you want to
call our machines by an English name,
which means tub, cistern, or I don't
know what not?"
That Is Pere EsrIESSE. He calls n
spade a spade. aud a tank Char
i'Assaut."
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Liberty Loan Drive.

To THE EDITOR oF THE -.
Touchin' on an apYrrta.uN 80 Nf
Aliens suggestion that the lar' ..
Fifth avenue be permanently cha e
to THE Avenue OF the Allies, perm
me TO go him one better by slggs'' ~
a temporary change to "Llher'y 'o'
Drive" HENRY DIsoUg De Ma
BRooKLIN, October ).
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Baron Won HUssAREK, the Austrian
Prime Minister since last July. has re-
signed. The new Premier. II is added,
possibly will be Professor HEINRICH LAM
MAscH. one of the leaders OF the Aus
trian peace party.-Neios from London
With what affection peace Is re-
garded when the sword Is wrested from
the hand OF the professional militarist
by q world in arms!
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NJ, william Benjamin Thorn OF. Thorn
& haley asks THE SrS 70 inform its
readers that the letter headed "a Dis.
pleased Friend" published in THB suS on
Friday october 4. was not the product
OF his hand. but came from another cIti.
zen bearing = name similar 10 hL.
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Chicago's great dry goods jobbers re-
port that orders for ginghams exceed
the supply by 40 or so per cent. There
fore about one half the Western women
who know what makes women attrac-
tive must for time remain in ging-
harmless envy of their more forehanded
sisters already dressed in the fabric
which makes the pretty look prettier.
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Any German sincerely desiring peace
can obtain information OF the highest
value to himself by applying to Cen
eral JOHN ]. PERsHrNG. L. S. A.. now
a visitor in Europe
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Vote in a universal election: sign
the bond subscription ballot.
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THE EVENING SUN, Per Month. 30. .so.se
the EVENING SUN (Forsisn), Per Mo. $50
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-25
To Hell With the Kaiser Is Opinion of Voters, Who
 Elected Harrison
DEFEAT TEMPORARY,
 SAYS WHITE SWAN
Long Haired One Declares Mississippi Will Correct Her Mistake in the Course of Time-1911 Mis-
 take Already Corrected
By p. E. FRANTz

Jackson, Miss, August 24.-tSpecial) Senator James K. Vardaman has been repudiated, President Wilson's admins tration has been indorsed, the voters have said 'To Hell Nit der Kaiser" and the majority of the people of Mississippi feel that their state has been redeemed from the infamy sought to be heaped upon it by one of the "willful few.'
 Before o'clock the night of the pri- mary Vardaman had given up the fight and shortly thereafter purchased a, ticket to return to Washington, only two or three trusted lieutenants accompany nying him to the train. Before leaving the courthouse, where q few of the, faithful had gathered to hear the returns, the down and out White Chief made short. but characteristcally little, talk in saying farewell.
 In this swan song Vardaman denied that he gave it up and advised his fol-, lowers to sit steady m the boat He declared that while on the face of the carly returns it looked as if he was de- feated, he said it was only 'femporary," and that Mississippi would correct her mistake in course of time. He seemed to forget that Mississippi had that day corrected her serious 1911 mistake, and did not appreciate the fact that he was down and out.
 It is presumed that he called this a temporary defeat, because he had an idea that in another year or two he will be candidate to succeed John Sharp Williams, who long since declared his in