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The sun., 1918-10-09
The Bonds Must BE Subscribed.

For any man who Is earning or has
the power to earn dollars and yet
omits to subscribe to this Fourth Lib
erty Loan, there is no excuse short of
death. Never mind what the cost of
living is; never mind what the income
taxes are going to be; never mind the
profits and excess profits taxes; never
mind what any taxes or any condi-
lions are going to do to a mans in
come or to his business-neverthele
Lot him take Liberty bonds or be con-
scious that in the crucial moment for
our armies sweeping forward to tri.
umph he has failed them.
This isn't question Of whether a
man can afford to take the bonds. It
isn't q question of whether he can
take them without heavy sacrifice. 1t
isn't a question of whether, to take
them, he must deprive himself of even
three square meals day. The only
question is that every man able to
work, in high post or In low post
of our industrial, commercial and
financial world. must subscribe for
the bonds. Then he must find the
way to pay for them.
The Fourth. Liberty Loan can and
must be subscribed. This imperative
command lies sternly upon every citi.
zen of the United States. ....
The sun., 1918-10-09
PHONE USERS MUST
PAY FOR CHANGES
Government Says Cost Is In.
creased.

WASHINGTON, Oct S.-Tho New York
Public Service Commission or any other
similar body Is powerless to change
amend or abrdge the order issued nv
the Post Office Department fixing spe-
ciho charges for telephone changes and
installations, II was said by Post Once
Department officials to-day. The charges
In General Order No. 1891 were fixed by
tho telegraph and telephone committee
OF the department after careful study OF
the situation and can be changed on,y
by the Department
PostmaSter-General Burleson said that
me Government had TO meet the charges
for telephone changes and 10 increas Sc
In rates had been made, but, on the
other hand. reduction o: the rates ia
expected.
Costs OF installations are 81 and
more, War prosperity has brought nm
unprecedented demand for residence, Of
flee and plant installations. The cost or
the directory In Washington. n small
city. II was pointed out BY lir. Moons.
was $4,000 year.
The sun., 1918-10-09
In Conference With KitchIn.

To TIE EDITOR OF THE SuN-sE: Your
advice to the Senate to hurry up con-
sideration OF the Hon. Claude Kitchin's
confiscation tax bill is excellent, but
OF what use to make haste or to do
anything at all II Mr.. K,tchin Is to be
permitted. when the measure reaches
the conference committee, TO bulldoze
the Senate membership Of that commit
tee into giving up the improvements tie
Senate has made. as was done last year,
and permit him to restore the objec.
tionable features? Unless Senators of
strength enough to combat Mr.. Kitchin
are put on the conference committee the
Senate might as we'll throw up its hands
and admit to the country that Kitchin
Is not only the entire cake but the big.
gest part OF the bakery. 90 far as tar
legislation Is concerned. NJ. r.
NEW YORK, October 8,
The sun., 1918-10-09
THE GOLDEN AGE.
A Happy MOntanan Sings Again the
Grand, Sweet Song.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sr. Now
that woman is free. as free as man,
free in every sense OF the word, we are
nearer the millennium. Now we shall
have the supreme gift OF God-love for
Its own sake. There 10 nothing better,
and 1t sweetens every act OF life. II
means simplicity. frankness, eomrade-
ship, reason. There will be a new Joy
TO the race, added zest to life, a real
tangible reason for living.
The meeting of a man and woman in
perfect accord is sublime. Age Is no
longer barrier. A few years ago ar,
unmarried man OF forty was considered
an old bachelor and woman an old maid,
with all that those opprobrious terms
implied. IT'S so no longer.
The percentage OF marriages late in
life Is greater now than ever before and
the results are uniformly successful.
Why? Reason and freedom. II is a 10y
to see the many happy couples between
forty and sixty. They are no longer
passe. Hurrah for Dan Cupid!
GEORGE w. AAdEs.
LIVINGSTON, Mon, october 3.
The sun., 1918-10-09
NO LIMIT TO INQUIRY
INTO BREWERS FUNDS
Ouerman Seeks to Link Pro.
Beer and Pro-German.
Special Despotch 10 The srv

WASHINGTON, Oct S.-Senator O,tr-
man IN. c. will confer tomorrow " ...
A. Mitchell Palmer, Alien Properly C,s.
todian. with view 10 outlining r.lnS
for an investigation by the sub-conm.,-
tee OF the Senate Judiciary Committee
OF the circumstances surrounding FRA
alleged employment of large sums NJ
money by the brewers OF the country
press propaganda. 1t IL the aim Il
Senator OverIaan to discover TO what
extent Mr.. Palmer is able to prove rpn-
nection between the brewers pgo-h,.r
propaganda and the pro-Germau pru.l-
ganda OF the Imperial German Govern
ment.
The case Of the sale OF the Wa>h.us-
ton Times to Arthur Brisbane FL a deaf
in which the purchase mOney Wa l,r-
nished by coterie of prominent mann.
facturers OF beer and ale is onl, bee
ginning of the investigation the sro.'
of which is now admitted will no, DE
restricted once II is started.
Senator Jones CWash). author NJ
the resolution under which Senator
Overman's subcommittee wa uy-
pointed. to-day was at pains 10 .0.,a
public his views as TO the scope o' tire
He resented the srs-r,-
ton advanced when the Brisbane .l-'
first was assigned 10 tho Oyermau .."-
mittee that the investigation shoa't =
restricted in that respect, Senator Jones
said
THE resolution was drawn, a.l -.-
posely SO, so that any committee ..'
under II would have ample author.
follow any lead that might be dcHr..
and that II might deem des'ran,n .
follow. Tho fret whereas IN ,no &C.
amble OF the resolution has 10 dn
the sweeping charges made by \ Mic.
Palmer against certain brewers. u,-.-
papers and pro-Germau influence o.
work IN this country"
Senator Jones said also that t'H 'f-
ond whereas" was certainly md .U''
of the scope OF the proposed Mv','.-,.
lion which was to dip into the a..
lies OF the brewers in politics, also r
activities OF such associations rs
iefunct German American Aliiau.e Co..
he so-called National Assora'.p. ..
Commerce and Labor and all ~i9
organizations, and their mcthol4 u' .,-
sewing and spending money tE i.
surveys, their use ot hoycp", ..a
manufacturers merchants and rt.''
ind attempts 10 deceive -, i.a.- .N
rider to accomplish thu.g cuis.
The sun., 1918-10-09
Al Smith the Good Fellow IL Cam
didate Smith the TN.
known Quantity.

Ten professional press agent rea-
sons put out b. the Democratic State
Committee "why ALYHED q. SAITH
will be elected Governor seem to the
New York Times superfiuous. Though
In the Judgment OF the Times some
Of those ten reasons are excellent and
persuasive, for its superheated cham
pionship one all by itself will dot
is 80 Sound. sufficient and final"
This single reason, which we are ms.
sured ought to be enough to justify
others than Tammany henchmen in
voting for Mr.. SMITH, Is the Demo
cratic State Committees electioneer-
Ing verdict that its candidate Is the
best equipped man nominated for
Governor in years."
Now, whether out OF the tin horn
Of a political parader or out Of the
mouth Of a serious newspaper, that
argument is / per cent. substance and
80 per cent. effervescenee. Az q mat
ter Of fact, Mr.. SMrTH's equipment
for the post Of Governor Of the EN-
pire State Is absolutely an unknown
quantity. If he were elected he might
make q pretty fair Governor, hc might
make the very poorest Governor the
State has ever had, but 1t would re.
main to be seen. Nobody can possibly
know what kind Of Governor be
would make; therefore nobody can
honestly say that he will make even
q passable Governor.
Mr.. SMITH hasn't had one bit of
training that could give guarantee
that he would be even q reasonably
efficient Chief Executive. He has had
much experience in the Legislature,
but aside from the law making knowl-
edge he might thus have acquired
about some Of the States affairs,
there isn't a single thing in his ca
reer as a legislator to stamp him as
an able executive Of any sort or de-
scription. So far as our knowledge
or information goes. there isn't a sim
gle thing in the whole life Of Mr..
SMITH that so stamps him. We don't
know Of any business lie ever con-
Quoted, Of anything he ever did, that
would be recognizable under a micro.
scope for executive ability. We don't
see how anybody else could know, be-
cause through his years Of youth and
truth to tell, there isn't
discoverable In the nature
Of work except his jobs OF being a |
political leader and a member of the !
The truth about Mr.. SMrTH-and
in connection with this side Of him
we may speak Of him as Ais that |
his one distinct asset in this town.
where he. Is best known, is that he !
has the reputation Of being a good
fellow. Unquestionably he is a good
4
The sun., 1918-10-09
Ferdinand Goes In for Rotanx.

Ferdinand of Bulgaria, his dream
of a mighty empire with CONSTANT
nople as its capital finally dissipated,
has quit his throne, "hls course ap-
proved by the leaders of all parties"
II any man mourns his passing, the
echoes Of his lamentations do not
reach the ear of the world. FERp,.
NAND has been n sinister figure in
international politics. Whatever of
reputation he won in the early stages
of the Balkan war was lost in the sec.
ond phase Of that struggle, and the
collapse of Bulgaria was as dis
creditable as 1t was unexpected.
Botany is to engage the activities
Of FERDINAND, now that his ROYAL
robe has been taken from his shout.
ders. 1t Is not new hobby. In his
youth he Developed a strong interest
A
The sun., 1918-10-09

In the study Of natural history. The
results Of his observations on a trip
to Brazil In 1879 were published in
Vienna. Perhaps the future will see
other works from his hand. He will be
better employed In scrutinizlng the
wonders Of nature than he has been In
statecraft; there could be no safer
occupation for dethroned monarchs
than that to which he proposes to de-
vote himself.
Yet the botanlst FERDINAND will
bear watching. He is by disposition
and by habit a mischief maker, and
even In the most innocent Of engage
ments may find a way to make trouble.
The sun., 1918-10-09

The name Of Delmonico's is to be
found frequently In the fiction Of the
SOS. 1t came to be indicative and
symbolic Of the kind of life and DER
sons with which writing of the period
concerned itself. The fashionable
the -Four Hundred"-were forever
dining and lunchlng at Delmonico's,
according to our story writers of
twenty years ago. How many fateful
meetings, how many crucial CONVEX
saticns. between those artificial char.
acters took place at those tables!
In chapter X, or at the latest in
chapter XII. Is to be found, unfail-
ingly. an allurlng miniature Of met
ropolitan life sketched In the glamour
OF that rendezvous. Olympus Is not
more definitely associated with the
gods than is Delmonico's identified
with the doings Of the smart set" in
those stories. Provincial readers &C
quired q most splendid conception of
life In New York from these pictures
Of a realm--nay, a planet-beyond
their reach. Thus there grew I'D in
the imagination Of the innocent a
city never built by hands," aud a
restaurant such as no one ever saw
literary and derivative New York
and Delmonico's, 30 much more splen-
did than the real. The mere men,
ton Of Delmonico's early in the mar
rative was sufficient to impart to the
story the highly desired metropolitan
atmosphere. ...
A visit to New York in those days
must have required considerable re-
adjustment In the mind Of some ylsi-
tors coming from other settlements
for the first time. To find that our
population did not live In evening
clothes would have been disconcert-
Ing Mt the outset. And to have found |
at Delmonico's itself men solemnly
devouring chops instead of n third
act crisis at every table must have
been a disappointment hard to bear.
One might say n good deal on the
subject Of eating houses and lltera-
ture without exhausting the subject.
1t Is interesting to recall In passing
the manner in which these places have
become identified, for one reason or |
another, with definite literary peri |
DDS. To speak of the roisterlng Eliza
is to open again The Bears |
Head, The Golden Calf or The Mer-
maid Inn. In the case of The Boars |
Head and Wills and the others. the
settings live in the worlds mind as |
the rendezvous of the writer's them
selves; Delmonico's is no less def
mtely connected with the printed |
word, as the theatre Of numberless
Of period. Whatever may
be the outcome Of it's present difficult I
lies, a long life will yet be vouchsafed
he old restaurant In the minds of the [
curious and the reminiscent who may
urn to the fiction Of the last decade
If the last century.
The sun., 1918-10-09
The Answer.

Perhaps no document proceeding
from the Presidents capable intel
lectuals has, ever gone 90 swiftly to
the heart OF the question or disposed
with such candid and yet subtle dia.
lecfic skill Of q dangerously plausi.
BILE trick Of the enemy's diplomacy
a. his reply yesterday, through Mr..
LANSING, to Prince MAx1MIL1AN's
peace proposals.
Ten thousand words Of ampllfca.
xion could add naught to this incom-
parably effective response. 1t argues
nothing, It promises nothing. but 90.
renely and without the least bluster
Nof rhetorical phrase It hamstrings
the Kaiser's stalking horse. e
I'VE are ready to accept your well
known terms of peace as the basis Of
n4gotiations," said Prince MAx1Mn-
IAN. 'Do you mean that you accept
those well known termsf' replies the
President.
I'VE propose an armistice while
the negotiations are going on" said
Prince MACMILLAN. There can be
no armistice." replies the President.
"while your troops are in the terri
tory you have invaded"
"We are ready for parley with
yisw to peace" said Prince MAx1Mn-
IAN. "Of whom are you 'speaking!"
replies the President at Is vital
that we should know whether we are
parleying with the German people or
with the criminals who involved the
civilized world in this awful war.
With them, devoid Of honor, rs
have remarked before, we have no
common language and can have no
thought In common"
That is all, but 1t IS enough; and
81 is as incontrovertible In its ma.
jestic simplicity as the laws govern
ing the movements of the heavenly
bodies, and as beautiful az the
American flag.
The sun., 1918-10-09
THE SAVED HOUR OF DAY.
LIGHT.
Joy Over the Possibility That the Ar.
rangement May Be Permanent.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-str: Tho
best news that has come out Of Wash
lngton In some time, except the bulle-
tins announcing tho continued advance
Of the American troops In France. Is
the announcement that Senator William
M. Calder. author OF The daylight saving
law. has introduced bill in the Senate
amending that law, making permanent
the time now In effect, that is, one
hour ahead Of mean astronomical time.
II Senator Callers bill Ia enacted into
law Il will prevent the turning back
OF the clocks one hour on October 81.
az provided In the daylight saving law.
The Senator introduced his bill at the
request Of b. NJ. Baruoh OF the War
Industries Board. The idea is to con-
serve q great deal Of electric power
which Is 30 badly needed for war indus
tries.
Daylight saving In this country. has
had fair test during the summer
months and has lived UP to all predic-
lions made for 1t by Its advocates. It
Is complete success and there Is. no
good reason why the country should re-
vert to the old order OF things in the
matter OF daylight saving on October
~. There Is no reason to doubt that
many enthusiasts will continue their
summer schedule during the winter by
leaving their clocks one hour ahead of
mean astronomical time even IL the day.
light saving law Is not made perma-
nent But as this law 10 strictly a war
measure 1t u safe to assume that Sena-
tor Calder win md very little opposition
to his amendment In the Senate.
The point can be and probably will
be raised that the hours OF daylight in
the winter are insufficient to make per-
manent daylight saving practicable. In
reply TO this 1t may be stated that Mr..
Baruch made his request TO have the
law amended for economic reasons only.
Obviously he did not make his request
without first assuring himself that
much valuable electric power could be
saved IL the hands Of the clock were
permitted 10 remain as they are.
But even considering the matter from
4 hygienic standpoint It Ii conceivable
that much good would accrue from aris-
Ing one hour ahead Of the usual winter
and retiring one hour earlier.
NEW YORK. October 9. w. L.
The sun., 1918-10-09
THAT ALLEGED SCOTLAND
NECK"
Geographical, Financial and Sociologi.
cal Information Wanted About II.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-Str: 1
am -four minute man." Brevity and
punch" are on our standard. A search
OF map at hand and can't fnd Scot
land Neck, South Carolina" In prepa-
ration for getting rid Of Kitchin," has
his home town been got rid OF? Have
you the returna Of the sale of the num-
Der OF irst. second and third Liberty
bonds in Scotland Neck? Did Kitchin
buy any? In addition to his $3.50 shirt
the most he has ever paid for one, he
rtated--has he ever purchased war saw
ings stamps? What is the population of
Scotland Neck? Does 1t have a daily
paper? Very few Of US north of the
Mason and Dixon line. which Kitchin
Is trying hard TO reestablish. know any
thing about Scotland Neck" Is II an
internment camp? II SO why isn't
kitchin there? know other Sun read
ers would like to know about Scotland
Neck" Are there no parlors. bedrooms
and baths there, or Is II all Kltchins?
SEEKER or FACTS.
NEW YoRK, October s.
The sun., 1918-10-09
spanish Influenza or sandsyFsy.r,

One Of the most curious problems of
the epidemic Of Spanish influenza is
that the ailment appears to possess
different features In the different
countries where it prevails. Thus. in
the current number of the A,s,ali
GI0iene, Professor GAETANo Sample
RIO points out that probably IL Is iden.
teal with three day fever which has
been known for long time in Italy
and along the shores Of the MedIter-
rahean, especially to the army sur.
zeons stationed there. In fact, a Brit
ish naval surgeon described In April
what seems to be the first published
cases which occurred In endemic
form on the Island Of I.emnos.
Referring to the difference of opIn.
Ion as to the true nature of the dis
ease, sAMpIErRo says:
In the second half of May there ap-
The sun., 1918-10-09
Empty Your Purse to PershIns!

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-sir:
Empty your purse to Pershing' should
be the order OF the day from now on
If the Fourth Liberty Loan Is to 20
'over the top" as his bravo and victor
ious men are doing.
We must not fail in this or any Of
our war efforts. JAMES J. MooRK.
New York, October 8.
The sun., 1918-10-09
UNcoVERy.
New Trades for Women May Ruin III.
Hatters.

To THE EDIToR OF The sUN-sir; A
correspondent in Boston asks IL a gen
tleman should doff his hat ana keep IL
OF in an elevator that 10 run BY a girl
operator.
or course no should. and he also
should take of his hat and keep II of
In street cara operated by girl cond,sc-
tors. and In grocery stores with girl
grocery clerks. and In department stores
with saleswomen In attendance, and also
In bootblackins places that have women
bootblackers: and. reading that in some
cities they intend to have women in
the street cleaning department. he will
have the opportunity to 60 around bare
headed because there are women sweep.
ers in the streets. A. q.
NEW YORK, Octobercs.
The sun., 1918-10-09

peercd under epidemic form an infec-
tious fever In Spain and Italy. It was
Identified with influenza by the National
Academy OF Medicine In Madrid. In
Italy IL wac regarded by the older medi-
Gal of'scers a. sandny fever. Other SUR
geons have stated that II was a form Of
fever Of ngyptian origin. known AZ dem
cue; while others again saw In II q man.
Hesitation Of trench fever. But there
are also other physicians who Jaw in che
actual epidemic. a. II 10 called, nothing
more than q rccrudescsnos Of n sea-
sonai malady Of the Mediterra mean, lit
toraL which has been known for dec
ades. and which Is we'll recognised In
Italy. where from May to September Il
10 usually prevalent In certain regions.
Military surgeons are perfectly familiar
with II. and have had opportunities
every year Of studying It In barracks
and cantonments."
Sandy fever Is clearly enough in.
dicated by Its name. From the mctii.
cal point. Of view the diagnosis de.
rives confirmation from the fact that
this fever usually prevails from the
middle Of May to the end of Septem.
Der. whereas influenza and trench
fever are not epidemic In summer.
The sandfy Is n small, gray insect
which makes its appearance about
the end Of May and disappears early
In October, thus exhibiting a strange
coincidence with the seasonal three
day fever. 1t lie known that the ny
bites at night and thrives especially
In wood. Perhaps this fact gives a |
clue to the present epidemic. Every
where large quantity Of wood des- |
tined to supply material for the
of thA-defence verbs.
trenches and huts has been trans
ported, and doubtless wood has car
ried the eggs Of the sandy. With
this accumulation Of material there |
has been an aggregation of human |
beings in heated barracks, establish.
ing conditions favorable to the de-
velopment Of the sandfy at attitudes
md In climates which might seem in.
with Its life. Moreover,
he rapid decline Of the epidemic AZ
er a sudden, brief period OF climax
nay be considered az indicating an
Infection transmitted by means Of In
'ects. rather than a. disease trans
nitted by contact.
II SAMPIErRo's theory is correct-I
IND he supports 1t by evidence from
Hood tests and other scientinc obser.
'ations--the present epidemic 10
likely to decline in the cold weather.
{ IL not to be supposed. however, that
against its spread can be
neglected. The infection 10 spread by
he secretions Of the nose and throat;
n other words, by sneesing and
oughins, but especially by the prac-
Ice Of splitting in heated rooms, cars
md public stations. 1t IL therefore
egrettable that, In spite Of the warn.
nss Of the health authorities in the
interests Of the public. there is an I'M
ortuhate laxity in the observance Of
hese precautions.
1t should not be forgotten that a
disease which is transmitted by
oughing and sneezing in close prox-
nifty to"other people may continue,
Though the agent which originally
onveyed the Infection has entirely
disappeared. II
The sun., 1918-10-09

The adoption OF Mr.. BARucH's plan
would entail the irrevocable loss Of one
hour In our present system OF reckon
ing time. But such a condition, otter
all. would not be without precedent.
There are ten days missing from
American history. The period be-
tween September and September IS,
1853, was never lived by any one. Sep
tember 2 fell on Wednesday. and on
the Following day Great Britain, and
consequently the Colonies. inaugurateS
the Gregor!an or New Style calendar,
thus advancing the date to Thursday,
september IA. The sacrifice of n
single hour to the winning OF the war
should therefore cause no very great
excitement.
To make the world safe for honestly
acquired money. lend II!
The sun., 1918-10-09

To THE EDIToR OF THE SuN-Sir: So
Max the Hun and Bill the Kize are out
for peace. Say, folks, would like to
reply to the devil hounds. There would
be no Imperial Government used by this
guy" I would be nice and easy. I'd
simply write. using tho title Of that old
coon song Billy Birch and Charlie
Bacius used to sing. "shoo Fly. Don't
Bodder NE"
GEORGE BARNES PENNocK.
NEW YORK, October 8.
The sun., 1918-10-09
The Building Of the Bridge Piers.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str: In
your just praise of the builders Of the
Brooklyn Bridge do not forget the work
OF James g. PATTERSON OF Hartford.
Conn. who built tho masonry work OF
the piers. approaches and anchorage
from the plans OF Brunette, tho great
French engineer.
T. o. EDNuNDs, NJ. D.
PoET CHESTER, October g.
The sun., 1918-10-09

The plea must be repeated. The APP
peal for discarded clothes for Belgium
has not met with a gratifying re-
spouse. Every one can certainly spare
one or more articles OF apparel which
are out OF use. The drawback seems
to lie in the average persons forgetful-
ness. Remember Belgium, and the
happiness you can AFFORD by your do
nation. however slight, is in dimen-
sions immensely beyond the little sac
rffice involved.