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age to fight for them. In 1892 Mrs.
Basant moved to India, where she be-
came active in social and political work,
and where her all-consuming passion
for justice for India caused her to be
called the mother of India"
Against British misrule in India"
states the Houston Chronicle. "she
hurled the full force of her elcquence
and her facile pen. She founded
university in India as part Of her work
for her adopted land, and worked hand
in hand with Indian leaders for better
government. Long before Gandhi be-
came the idol of the Indian masses.
she was fighting for a more liberal
government. though never urging inde-
penoence. In her belief, India would
grow to full stature best under the
wing Of Great Britain"
Summing up her life, the Providence
Journal finds: 1T was a strangely
checkered career, that of this woman
OF Irish parentSge. who had given no
indication in he youth of the amazing
6O-year serial story of her adult life.
intellectual rebellion. when it is a gen.
ulne intellect that rebels. may lead to
astounding results. There can be no
Denying the fact that hers was one of
the most extraordinary feminine per-
sCnalltles in contemporary life" The
Baltimore Sun describes the great
IheoSophiSt as "one of the last of the
mld-V1ctorian giants. products of a
time which seethed with new ideas and
groaned with the birth pangs of great
movements"
Evening star., 1933-10-02
The Important Movie Code.
rom the St. Joseph Gazette.

from the st. Joseph Gazette
Far more is involved in the motion
picture code, now being negotiated in
washington. than the relations between
producers and exhibitors, or the rates
OF pay which Hollywood luminaries NAV
enjoy. 1t is the determination of the
character of pictures to be shown in
our theaterS under the aegis of the
N. r. A. Blue Eagle.
The hearings to date have revealed
that most of the producers want to
cover the question of morality by en-
bodylng the so-called production code
OF VIII Hays, which was a pledge made
several years ago that pictures would
not be depicting anything immoral.
This clause has been disregarded, pos
slbly because it could not survive in
the face of cutthroat competition.
The exhibitors, the theater operators.
who probably know better what their
patrons want-especially the fathers
and mothers-favor a morality pledge
that will mean something They want
the code to provide that they shall not
be compelled to pay for pictures that
violate moral standards They also say
their reasons are based on business
principles-that they lose more from
immoral pictures than they gain.
Fathers and mothers should be for
any code that governs the entertain
ment of their children and removes the
naStinesS all too prevalent in some pic
lures. The producers also should be
for 1t, for code with a morality CLAUSE
in it can curb screen lewdness without
assuming the dangers of outright Gov
ernment censorship.
Evening star., 1933-10-02
A Trade Treaty With Argentina.
Discussions are to begin in Washins

DISCUSSIONS are to begin In Washing
ton this week looking to tariff agree
ment between the United States and
Argentina. Long contemplated, spur
to push such pact to a conclusion is
supplied by the signature in London q
few days ago OF q similar treaty be-
tween Argentina and Great Britain,
which maintain intimate and extensive
commercial and financial relations.
In its tariff features. the Anglo
Argentine agreement may be taken as
a fair model Of what the United States
negotiators hope to achieve with the
Buenos Aires government. The field for
reciprocal trade advantages is more re-
str1cted in our case than for the British.
Wheat and beef, the two staple Argen-
tine products. can find no outlet in this
country under present agricultural con-
ditions. Great Britain absorbs them in
large quantities.
So the task confronting Ambassador
Espil and Assistant Secretary Of State
CafIery is to discover commodities
which will permit the principle Of re-
ciprocity to come into play. Flax Is
one Argentine product sure to bulk
conspicuously. 1t could be imported
into this country without risk OF much
damage to any domestic industry.
Apart from its own merits, An Amer
icsn- Argentine bi-lateral tariff treaty
will be Of particular importance because
it will pave the way toward similar
reciprocal treaties which the good
neishbor" policy Of the Roosevelt ad-
ministration contemplates. A series OF
such pacts concluded on the eve OF the
approaching Pan-American Conference
in Uruguay would provide an ideal set
ting for that conclave of the twenty
one Americas and heighten the prestige
Of the United States throughout its pro-
ceedings.
Evening star., 1933-10-02
Now for the World Series.

In few hours the great base ball
classic. the world series, will start In
New York, with a washington team
contender for the third time in the
history of the sport. Guesses as to the
outcome are numerous and varied.
There is active speculation regarding
the relative strength Of the Nationals
and the Giants in this and that ana
the other department and the net OF II
all is that the representatives OF Wasn-
ington and the American League are
favored in the betting.
In short series such as the world
championship contest there Is always
the chance that single play, or mis-
play, a single hit or stolen base or
a base on balls may decide the issue
The history CT these annual interleague
competitions is replete with such in
stances. They cannot be be foretold
Nor can the identity of the outstand-
ing player, whose spectacular catch or
timely hit may determine the result be
known in advance.
Upon pitching the hopes OF the
Giants seem chiefly to depend. Upon
hitting and superior fielding rests the
expectation of the Nationals. And the
latter are by no means dubious re-
specting their pitching. The records
OF the regular playing season. team for
team and man for man, would seem to
favor th$ American League champions
who hale won . larger numBef OF
Evening star., 1933-10-02
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

on May 81, approximately 10000 SOU
venlr finger prints OF guests have been
made. About f1ve per cent of the persons
who visit the exhibit are finger printed.
On this basis, it's estimated that alto
gether some 400. 900 persons have in
spected the Investigation Divisions little
show. which affords bird's-eye view
OF Uncle Sans system of crime detec-
tion. now SO vividly in the public eye
In connection with war on kidnapers
Among figures brought to light dur
ing the retail code chickering's at N. r.
A. is Department Of Commerce esti-
mate that 100000 retailers have been
forced out OF existence during the past
few years. A major reason for this
terrific mortality is said to be unfair
competition, which N R. A. codes seek
to eradicate. A recent survey by the
National Retail Dry Goods Association
shows that unfair competition is broken
down as follows:
96.6 per cent of retailers complain
OF cut-throat price cutting; 864 per
cent, OF misleading advertising by COM
petitors: 82.6 per cent. of attacking ad-
vertising by competitors. and 1872 per
cent OF continuous and general under
selling claims by competitors.
Graphic evidence of what the Civilian
Conservation Corps is accomplishing
comes from California. AS a result of
putting in 2l,907 herman" DAYS fight
ing fire in August, $4,000 C. c. C. boys
In the California national forests re-
duced the acreage buyued by over AZ
per cent, and the cost Of fire fighting
oy over 85 per cent. compared with the
Y,o1 IoS FT,l,z
gains were incidental to the construction
and maintenance of 621 miles of forest
roads, l,O10 miles of nine foot truck
trails, 1854 miles Of telephone lines and
374 miles OF fire breaks in the national
forests. In addition, the enrollees cov-
cred 185, 1853 acres In rodent control.
Al 1872 acres in insect control, built two
airports, 1913 buildings, four erosion
control dams. 46 bridges, n miles of
drift fences and reduced fire hazards on
TOO miles of roads and trails and l407l
acres. besides doing other odd Jobs, such
as developing lit water sources, laying
nearly five miles OF pipe lines and eradi-
eating over million plants which carry
the white pine blister rust disease.
x x i
Senator Thomas, Democrat, of Okla
homa, commander in chief of the in
IlatlOnlSt army, thus epttOmizeS orders
to stack arms on imitation until the
Roosevelt credit expansion plans have a
chance to work out: For the time be-
ing We will leave the depression baby
on the doorstep Of the Wall Street
money changers"
X X
Washington friends back from meet
ing Herbert Hoover in Chicago say they
found the former President resolutely
determined to absent himself from the
political picture until further notice.
"As the only living ex-President," they
quote ''the Chief" as saying. Il have a
code of my own. 1t calls upon me for
the indefinite future to attend strictly
to my own knitting, to fish. play and
work when and as please. and indulge
in about the first real rest I've had for
nearly 80 years"
Copyright. 1881
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there u uniformity Of legislation and
enforcement throughout the country,
and . higher standard Of security
against illegal armament will there be
assured protection from the criminal
gangster. who relies upon weapons for
the success Of his desperate enterprises.
If such uniformity Is secured with
the complete cooperation Of the Amer
ican manufacturers there will still be
the danger Of Illicit importations from
foreign sources. This is always a pos
sibility. But with Nation wide ban
against possession without legal war
rant. the task Of prosecuting officers
in seeking convictions for hold-ups, kid
napings and other crimes at the point
Of deadly weapons will be rendered
much easier. and the fight against or
ganized crime will be aided.
Evening star., 1933-10-02
Nazi Isolation at Geneva.

During the first week Of the League
of Nations Assembly just ended at Ge-
neva, Germany had occasion to discover
in two unrelated instances that NaN
policy meets with international dis
favor.
The more important development
concerns the Reich's attempt to push
forward the long g-cherished German de-
mand for arms equality now denied by
the treaty Of Versailles Baron Won
Neurath, German foreign minister. put
forth the ingenious proposal that the
Germans should be allowed-to begin
with-"samples" Of the weapons now
forbidden to them. He suggested that
long-range heavy artillery, bombing
planes and tanks. in limited quantities.
would for the moment appease the
Reich's longing for equality It fell to
the lot of French Foreign Minister
Paul-Boncour to inform his German
colleague that the scheme Is undebat-
able. The Journal des Nations at Ge-
neva states that Norman H. Davis,
Americas special Ambassador, had q
good deal to do with frustrating Ger
many's desire for rearmament at a mo-
ment when the world Is struggling to-
ward disarmament.
Finding the League powers adamant,
Baron Won Neurath then evolved the
bright idea of having his project con-
sidered within the frsmeWo of the
four power Anglo Franco Italo- German
pact. This subtle rllSe was also nipped
in the bud. reputedly with American
influence again playing major role
Had it been approved, the United States
would have been automatically elimi-
mated from disarmament negotiations.
The Nazi government was no sooner
rebuffed ON its sample" arms PROPOSE
ton than the Steering Committee Of
the League Assembly voted unanimous
ly. with Germany abstaining. for a
Dutch resolution to provide solution
Of the poignant human problem created
by Jewish refugees from Germany. The
resolution will be studied by technical
commission which Is expected to formu-
late practical program for finding
homes abroad for Jewish victims of
Nazi tyranny.
After passage Of the Dutch resolution.
Haiti's Assembly spokesman presented
a proposal aimed in effect, If not spe-
cifically in terms, at Germany. 1t seeks
a world convention under League aus
pices to grant equality to all indi-
viduals, regardless Of race, color or re-
ligion." Much water will ripple under
Genevas bridges before the League will
ever agree to such a convention. The
real purpose of the resolution is to bring
Germany's treatment of the Jews into
the open before the bar OF interna-
tional opinion at Geneva, which is the
last thing the Nazis want.
The present Assembly marks Hinerite
Germany's debut in the League Of Ma
tions. The nature of her reception
there SO far should bring home to the
Nazis what the outside world thinks
of them.
Evening star., 1933-10-02
Selling a Gangster's Guns.

A dispatch from Denver states that
a submachine gun and high-caliber
rifle owned by Albert Bates, who was
convicted on Saturday at Oklahoma
City as one of the Urschel kidnapers.
will 60 on the auction block there next
week. The personal effects OF this con-
victed bandit are being sold to satisfy
a Judgment held against him by an
express company Inasmuch as there
is no law In Colorado regulating the
possession Of firearms, these weapons
will be sold as would any other prop
erty
This Is an Illustration Of the absurd
ity of the variations in State laws IN
respect to personal armament. In some
States the ownership OF a submachine
gun is legally rated as evidence Of q
criminal purpose. In Colorado. 1t would
seem, anybody can buy Bates weapon
at the public sale next week, and hold
it without any .aint or danger. Yet
such a gun can, outside Of the military
service, have nothing but murderous
use.
The present Nationwide drive
against gangs and gangsters should be
marked by a revision of all the State
laws in respect to possession of weap-
ons. Uniformity in this matter. with
laws enacted in prohibition against
such possession, except by license
granted by public authorities upon proof
of character and need, is essential to
any measure Of success in this cam
paign against crime.
Some degree Of cooperation between
the makers of arms and the law en-
forcement officials, both Federal and
State is now assured, one of the largest
manufacturers of these implements of
death having pledged restrictions in
its sale Of such goods. But not until
Evening star., 1933-10-02

games than their world series COM
petitors, have o higher batting average
and in general more satisfactory
background Of performance.
In terms Of management and lead
ership the two teams are seemingly
about equal. Both the captains are
young, vigorous, capable and. whether
as players or as directors, veritably
ideal, enjoying the complete confidence
of their teammates and the enthusi-
astic support Of their respective publics.
These games will be the first of world
series contests in which they have par
ticipated as managers.
Despite the depression. which seems
to be lifting, the games, four or five or
six or seven in number, will probably
be attended by immense throngs, tax
ing the capacity of the two parks. The
public Is never Satiated with such con-
tests. Ardent partisanship is mani
tested. but always there Is enthusiasm
for sterling work on the field, whether
it makes for victory or defeat for the
home team" 1t is typical American
competition in sport, arousing the thou
sands present in person and watching
the reproductions of the games at a dis
tance to heights Of enthusiasm and de-
pressing them to dismay, according to
their city or league Affiliations.
Base ball is at its best at such times,
clean. wholesome sport, though pro-
fess1onal. 1t is a depression from the
business cares and the anxieties OF
nfe and 1t sets a high standard OF
fidelity and clean sportsmanship for the
youth OF the land. When the umpire
gives the signal tomorrow for the
hrst pitch the whole country will stand
at attention.
Evening star., 1933-10-02
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHH.ANDER JOHNSON.

A Currency Movement.
Here's another money problem to be
added to the list
In candor We must say that there are
few that We have missed
But what will be the status Of our cir
culating medium
II crime becomes SO frequent it amounts
almost to tedium,
And all the racketeers are yielding to a
common urge,
Deciding. OH reflection, that perhaps
they'd better merge!
If bootleg men and hijacks and the
kidnap crowd SO bold
Put all their gains together by one
crowd to be controlled.
How could We then correct a very grave
anaemic dizziness
That surely would be found in all the
honest forms of business?
II all the currency down into gangster.
land is hurled,
Well have to set our miners digging In
the Underworld.
Evening star., 1933-10-02
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

OF the vast number of questions an
swered by this department., only a few
can be published in this column. The
ones that are printed must be of gen.
eral interest, and not personal In their
nature. Do not, therefore, merely sign
your initials to your letter and ask that
the answer be published. Give your
full name and address, so that you may
receive a personal letter in reply. In
close 3 cents in coin or stamps for re-
turn postage. Do not use post cards.
Direct your letter to The Evening Star,
Information Bureau, Frederic j. Has
kin, Director, Washington, D. C.
@. In the LAST Roundup" what is
meant by a "doggie?"-A. K.
A. The word is dogie. pronounced
with long o. This word, used in the
Western United States. means one of
drove Of calves ultimatly intended
for beeves.
@. Please give President Roosevelt's
declaration about the Forgotten Man"
&C. H
A. In a speech made in Albany, N Y,
April 7, 1882, he said, These unhappy
times call for the building of plans
that rest upon the forgotten, the un-
organized, but the indispensable units
Of economic power, for plans like those
Of 1917, that build from the bottom
up and not from the top down, that
put their faith once more in the for
gotten man at the bottom of the eco
nomic pyramid
@. Is the sleeping sickness epidemic
in st. Louis OF the same type as that
caused by the tsetse f1y?-F. A. L.
A. 1t has no connection with it. For
this reason, the term, epidemic en-
cephalitis is the proper one to use for
the disease which Is nUw appearing in
st. Louis. Physicians say that in the
present epidemic a greater proportion
OF patients recover completely than in
other outbreaks of 1t which have been
observed.
@. How did Everest, the highest
mountain in the world, get Its name?-
D. C. C.
A. Mount Everest was named for Sir
George Everest, British surveyor and
geographer G790-1886), who completed
the trigonometrical survey of the Himal-
ayas In 1841 and first fixed its posi-
ton and altitude.
Q. What form Of tntoxication Is Or
dinary drunkenness?-A. G. o.
A. 1t Is subacute alcoholic intoxica-
ton.
@. What part Of the gate receipts
goes to the visiting club in the National
and American Leagues?-M. w.
A. OF the receipts, 22l2 per cent of
the grandstand money in the National
League goes to the visiting club, the
rest to the home club in the Ameri-
can League 1t is 80 per cent to the
visiting club. Twenty per cent Of the
bleacher and pavilion money in both
circuits goes to the visiting club.
@. How many members have the
churches in Washington, D. c., white
and colored?-W. D.
A. The total number Of church mem
bers. all faiths, is: White, 166 ,489;
Negro, 1882.
@. Does the United States belong to
the World Court?-E. P. B.
A. The United States Senate voted
to join the World Court with certain
reservations, which were submitted to
the members Of the court for accept
ance, and which have been accepted
with slight notifications. The protocol
Is now awaiting the final action of the
United States Senate.
Q. What State leads in mileage of
surfaced roads?-K. A. N.
A. Indiana, with 52,034 miles of sur
Evening star., 1933-10-02

faced roads, leads, and Ohio ranks sec.
ond, with 50,S36 miles.
@. Who established the first bank In
Chicago?-A. N.
A. Perhaps Gurdon s. Hubbard was
the first white man who did anything
resembling banking business in Chi
cago. He kept credit account at sew
eral points east Of Chicago, and bill
OF exchange on Buffalo was cashed
Immediately. The first bank established
IN Chicago was the Chicago branch Of
the Illinois State Bank, which opened
for business about the middle of De-
cember. 1885. The president was John
H. Kenzie; cashier, w. H. Brown.
@. What are bristlings?-C. A. D.
A. They are small European fish, re-
sembling sardines, and are packed in
Oil for food.
@. How many woman postmasters
have been appointed by President
Roosevelt?-A. B. Y.
A. Since March 4, 1888, there have
been 369 postmistresses appointed. OF
these, IA have been appointed to first
class Offices.
O. When was the word banting in
troduced into the language?-P. F.
A. With its meaning of reducing
superfiuous flesh by diet, 1t was intro
duced about 1864. The method fol-
lowed was that of William Banting,
London cabinet maker.
Q. I wish to take my dog to England
with me. Can the quarantine period
be avoided?-M. NJ.
A. There is a very rigid quarantine
on dogs entering England, the condi-
tions Of which are waived for no one.
The period Of quarantine is six months.
England is practically free from rabies,
ana the quarantine is in effect to as
sure that this condition will continue.
@. Was Premier MussoIini wounded
during the World War?-G w. H.
A. Premier Mussolini fought in the
World War as a corporal, until serious
ly wounded, in February, 1917, when
he was incapacitated for further mill
tary service.
@. Were stills ever used except as a
pastime?-T w.
A. In early days they were used to
walk on marshy land and to take longer
strides. They were found especially
serviceable by the shepherds in the
French Landes.
@. What is slave coin?-D. N.
A. A slave coin was a coin used as
kind Of pass in the escape of slaves
by the so-called Underground Railroad.
On the diverse was the figure of a
neeling Negress or Negro, with uplift-
ed, shackled hands, and the inscrip-
tion, Am I not a woman and q sis
ter?" or Am I not a man and
brother?" On the reverse was the fig
ure of Liberty and the date 1888.
@. Please name some Of the occupa-
tions in which no women are employed.
F. E. o.
A. Among them are boilermakers,
puddlers. cement fnishers, pressmen.
structural iron workers. steam railroad
brakemen and conductors and locomo-
tive engineers.
Q. Why is the Naval Academys year
book called the Lucky Bag?-M. A.
A. Matthew Fontaine Maury, who
was instrumental in founding the Naval
Academy, wrote some magazine articles
which he called Scraps from a Lucky
Bag" 1t was to honor Commodore
Maury that the year book was so called.
Q. Has any swimmer been drowned
In an attempt to swim the English
Channel?-F E. S.
A. At least one life has been sacri-
feed in an attempt. Luis Rodriguez
Delara Of Madrid tried secretly, with
out an escort, September 90, 1925, and
lost his life
Evening star., 1933-10-02

The political finish Of Huey Long IS
generally predicted. and it Is not even
believed he could accept theatrical
engagement. His demonstrations are
matters of impulse, and it seems
improbable that he could Systematically
rehearce a stage performance.
Evening star., 1933-10-02

Economists may have some interest
ing opinions on the question Of whether
a situation where there is too much
business for the money system to
handle does not actually represent a
condition of prosperity that Is being
somehow allowed to 60 to waste.
Evening star., 1933-10-02

fact that the farmer wants to get all
the benefit of price increases and the
industrialist wants the same 1t just
won't work that way. At the same
time, it is only fair to the farmer to
have the prices of the things he sells
60 up in proportion to the increases In
the prices Of the materials he must
purchase. u
Evening star., 1933-10-02

Initiation of currency may be man
aged, it is believed, so as to co-ordinate
with what farmers who have plowed
under crops regard as artificial en-
hancement of values.
Evening star., 1933-10-02

Hope is already disappointed concern
ing the influence OF beer. Disorderly
persons refuse to lay aside the sawed
of shotgun and be content with bung
starter.
Evening star., 1933-10-02
Wasps and the Links.

From the Little Rock Gazette.
Texas golfer, stung by wasp, made
the hole in one. The trouble with this
system Is in getting the wasp timed
right
Evening star., 1933-10-02
Understanding.

From the Dayton Daily News.
A woman educator says most teach
ers are lacking in understanding. In
fact, We understand some Chicago
teachers can't even understand VIII
they should work without pay.