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Evening star., 1933-08-05

poorer, less sophisticated neighborhoods.
It would be an error to underestimate
their intelligence. They are artists IN
cunning, Unfortunately clever in their
nefarious business.
Vigilance Is the only protection avail
able. Every man. woman and child
should make 1t a duty to examine with
care every bill and coin offered for
change or in change. It is possible to
develop a technique of inspection. The
numbers Of false banknotes are pub
lished from time to time, and they
should be remembered. Fake dimes,
quarters and half dollars usually can
be identified because OF faults In design
and difference In weight, Bad money
frequently, If not always. has "a strange
feel"-sensitive fingers can detect Its
queer" quality. A philosophy Of skep-
ticism is to be commended where any
doubt, however indefinite or intangible.
exists. It Is the part of wisdom to re-
fuse currency which does not seem
quite right"
The Government is waging . relent-
less campaign against cornterfeiting.
In that commendable and necessary
enterprise it deserves the support Of the
people.
Evening star., 1933-08-05
Free Traders Not Worried
By High Production Cost
To the Editor Of The star

Az TIC EDITOR OF Tne Star:
According to G. Gould Lincoln, in
the Political Mil" of July q, free
traders will have to sit up nights worry
ing because higher production costs
under the recovery plan may mean un-
derselling Of foreign goods in American
markets. As q matter of fact, free
traders, II genuine, will do no such
thing; they know that every sale is
purchase. and that there are more con-
sumers than producers or sellers, each
producer being q consumer.
Imports Of foreign goods must be paid
Tor by the export Of labor products
made IN the home country. OF course,
when foreigners, through some local
adjustment, are forced to exchange
the product Of much labor for the prod
uct of little labor, called dumping"
that is their hard luck, but beneficial
to the home folks still more. Trade
with foreigners often disrupts estab-
lished industries, but other home indus
tries gain more than the loss; net in
come Of all workers Is raised by fres
trade, other factors remaining equal.
Foreign trade Is subject to the same
economic law as trade over the back
yard fence; the difference Is only q
matter Of distance and transportation.
Exclusive trade with the neighbor on
the east will leave the neighbor on the
west with . slight temporary unstable
surplus, but II the latter Is genuinely
free, he can consume his own surplus
and soon turn his labor to production Of
goods which can be exchanged to ad-
vantage.
Ownership Of the surplus u the prob
lam, not where 1t Is exchanged.
w. C. DUNCAN.
Evening star., 1933-08-05
A New Gliding Record.

A German glider has established q
new world record of thirty-six hours in
the air without power. The previous
record was 81 hours and "a minutes,
established in Hawaii in 1881 by Lieut..
William Cooke of the United States
Army. This extraordinary achievement
was unexpected even by the flyer, Kurt
Schmidt, a young student of philosophy,
who had constructed his sail plane him
self. He took aloft with him only q
few slices of black bread and q bottle
of water. The favorable weather and
the steady winds encouraged him to
continue his flight back and forth on
q course less than four miles In
length. He few until storm threat
ened and he was forced to descend,
otherwise he would probably have made
at least forty hours.
The Germans have done some ex-
traordinary things in powerless flight.
They took 1t up as means Of training
air pilots under the restrictions of the
Versailles treaty, which forbade the
development of aviation in that coun-
try for possible military purposes. 1t
was rated as a sport, but 1t had q very
definite practical purpose. After .
Evening star., 1933-08-05

The Morgantown Dominion News, how
ever, asserts that "the sound recovery
that preceded the break still remains
pulsating for slow, steady climb dur
Ing the rest of 1888"
Discussing the proceedings in the
grain market, the Milwaukee Journal
offers the opinion Of the rules issued
by the Chicago Board Of Trade: The
two rules which count are that no grain
price shall go below the closing market
Of July 20. and that fuctuation OF any
one day shall be limited wheat and
rye to 8 cents, corn and barley to .
of these drastic rules is two-fold. Price:
moved down 30 rapidly, 1t is reported
that many brokers found they could
not sell customers out fast enough II
protect themselves. That was serious
No well-regulated game OF chance
should run against the house"
Speculation should not be permitted
to be the prevailing influence In the
grain market" contends the Fort
Worth Star Telegram. The Wall Street
journal takes the position: I'm any
government Of the exchanges, whether
by their own rules or under q code,
there Is one fact that cannot be over
looked If serious fluctuations are to be
avoided. That fact is that generally q
price collapse Is the result of an up
ward movement with little to oppose it.
In the past the Government has op-
posed short selling. but never has
word been said against long buying
The result Of this is q one-sided mar
ket which, under the spur Of specu-
lative excitement, mounts ever higher
until 1t becomes top-heavy and falls
Short selling Is q safety brake and at
times becomes o shock absorber TO limit
the losses"
"The plan to impose permanent limi-
tations on the daily price fluctuations,
according to the Baltimore Sun, al
though Immediately practical. may
prove less important in the long run.
There is something arbitrary about this
measure, and as would be the case with
every other arbitrary device for inter-
fering with the normal operation Of the
forces by which markets are governed,
its flnal effectiveness is open to ques-
ton"
Evening star., 1933-08-05
High Lights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

Domestic cases In Pretoria numbered
81 as compared with IS In 1881, while
in johannesburg they decreased from
1897 In 1881 to 1,340 In 1882.
+++:
'Lenient" Judges
Face Weimar Custer.
Frankfurter Zeitung, Frankfort.-Two
judges at present presiding in the Wei
mar District Correctional Court have
been cited for dismissal from the bencn
because they imposed sentences entire
ly too lenfent, in the opinion of the
Thueringen government
One instance on which the disquali-
ncations were alleged was that involv-
ing an Altenburg schoolmaster, who
had refused to present to his classes
the characteristic view of combetent
German authorities relative to the one
sided provisions of the Versailles treaty.
This teachers philosophy. departed in
some essential particulars from the
carefully considered concepts propound-
ed IN the textbooks appropriate to the
courses prescribed.
The Judge in this case decided that
the instructor. while departing some
what from the letter Of his obligation,
had erred only because Of conscientious
scruples which he could not honorably
modify. This man, therefore, instead
OF being dismissed from educational
service, was merely directed to teach
other subjects In which these political
questions were no factors.
Another professor had his salary cut
Is per cent for a similar tnfraction of
the laws governing public instruction
This reduction was to prevail for the
period OF one year, and was promul-
gated by an associate Judge In the
same court. The public prosecutor re-
ported both cases to the central direc-
torate, and will likely be sustained in
his dissatisfaction with the penalties
imposed in these cases Of political
heterodoxy.
Evening star., 1933-08-05

time flyers In other countries began to
emulate this practice and some Y6.
markabls flights were accomplished
outside Of Germany ~ well: q n th1t
country. Much has been learned abort
the use Of the sir currents - the
giideEs have extended their routes and
met varying conditions. But no glider
has yet successfully negotiated . storm.
The record Of thirty-six hours may
not stand long unchallenssd and un-
broken. The Germans themselves wiz
probably undertake to better 1t as well
as gliders in other lands. This styie
of aviation Is Of no practical use out
side of the field Of plane development
and pilot training until 1t can be ap-
piled to goal flights and regular serv-
ice. It may remain chiefly Q sport for
a long time, but 1t Is idle to Ak any
Limitation upon the possibilities Of any
form of human hight.
Evening star., 1933-08-05
Tear Gas and Fake Bombs.

Coincident with the tear gas outrage
In the New York Stock Exchange yes
terday occurs the arrest in Boston Of
four men who are believed to have been
implicated IN the affair, with the dis
covery of what are described as fake
bombs" addressed to the President, 70
former President Hoover and to Norman
Thomas, Socialist candidate for Presi-
dent last year. Nothing is in evidence
to indicate murder plot. The loosing
Of gas into the exchange was not cal
culated to effect more than discomfort
and the closing of the market. The
bombs" found In Boston were quite
innocuous. A letter written from New
York to one Of the group by the evident
leader, who is now in custody, hints at
publicity" which would appear to refer
to the Stock Exchange incident. These
men have acknowledged their member
ship In the "Commoner OF international
Party" That is a new organization,
at least a new title. Just what its aims
are can be only guessed from the tear
gas and the fake bombs. Perhaps this
is merely crack-brain enterprise. There
are always fools and fanatics ready to
start spectacular demonstrations against
authority. Sometimes they do real
harm. Sometimes they only make ses-
lures. again they attempt actual crime.
Inquiry Is under way to ascertain the
source Of the tear gas which by some
ingenious means was introduced into
the ventilating system of the Stock Ex-
change 1t is supposed 70 be manufac-
tured and distributed only to police
authorities and others with legal war
rant for its use against disorderly
assemblages and criminal attacks. While
the gas itself can perhaps be made In
any small laboratory, the apparatus for
its use is not easily fabricated or imi-
tated. There has evidently been a leak
from the source Of supply. and this Is
a point which calls for searching tnves-
tigation.
Evening star., 1933-08-05
Counterfeiting.

One OF the meanest and most con-
Semptable of crimes against government
b that Of counterfeiting Analysed to
1ks basic roots, it is found to be an
approximation of treason. Obviously
4 has the social significance Of theft
70 cheat a person of his money is as
yeprehensible as to pick his pocket. The
hw recognizes the full enormity OF
The offense and the penalties are ap-
propriately severe The difficulty in the
circumstances is that of apprehending
the SPONSORS and distributors of the
epurious currency.
At present. competent authorities say.
HERE Is a vast quantity of fake bank
botes and coins In circulation. The
eountry is flooded with the product Of
Illicit engraving plants and mints.
Nade-to-order ten and twenty dollar bills
and lead half dollars and quarters are
being passed from hand to hand, and
some of the frauds are so skillfully de-
sgned that they are not readily de-
tected. Their perfection. however,
serves but to add to the danger which
tH,eir existence constitutes. Any threat
10 the stability Of accepted methods
Ind instruments Of exchange is to be
resented, but deliberate, conscious and
Nillful falsification of those media is
especially perilous and therefore should
be the object Of organized public op-
position.
Bank clerks, trained to detect coun-
terfeits, rarely are deceived. It is
rather busy cashiers in large stores and
E-lall tradesmen who are victimized.
The rogues who specialize in the fake
money racket generally operate during
the rush hours, when hurry creates an
atmosphere Of confusion suited to their
purposes, and they prefer to work in the
Evening star., 1933-08-05
Bumble Was Right.
Prom the Rochester Times Union.

Prom the Rochester Times Union.
The story of Foster Lewis, q rep
utable citizen Of Evansville, Ind, re-
calls the famous saying Of Mr.. Bundle
that "the law 10 an ass" Some time
ago Mr.. Lewis found In his yard q
redbird with broken leg. He carried
it into the house, mended its broken
leg and nursed it back to health. The
bird was grateful and would not leave
its benefactor. Indeed. 1t followed
him about whenever possible.
But Mr.. Lewis was arrested by
Edwin w. Alison. deputy game warden.
for violation of the law against pos
sessing migratory birds. He pleaded
guilty and was bound over to a Fed
eral grand jury In bail Of $3.50.
Mr.. Lewis did q kind deed. He saved
the life Of o bird, and the law Is de-
signed to save bird life. But the law
says he must not possess . redbird. 30
MI. Lewis Is arrested. Mr.. Bumble
was right. The law sometimes is IAN
ass"
Evening star., 1933-08-05

Qrsae y peculiar stun.
At this time Of year bare spots, iu
some cases brown, appear In lawns
especially under trees.
The recent heavy rain seemed Il
produce thsse detective places. instead
Of helping the grass, as might have
been expected BY ths unwayy. W.
August u a dimcult month for It.
Not only must 1t stand the parchine
heat. 1t Is forced to bear up under
drenching rains.
This is coupled with q distinct slow
ing up In the rate Of growth.
The net result Is disaster, In the eye
Of the lawn enthusiast, unless special
care Is taken.
Right here 1t may be said that sps-
cial care, In lawn making. follows sps-
cial care.
Fortunate persons who happen to
possess varieties Of grass which hap
PLY Withstand anything which weather
vagartes can bring against them can
not appreciate the viewpoint Of him
whose grasses are otherwise.
There Is field here for wide investi-
surface only has been touched In gar.
dening as elsewhere.
Much remains to be learned about
the conduct Of plants IN the garden.
4 y -
exhausted.
Any amateur who possesses the abil-
ity can step into the fields and in q
few years produce things totally new.
The whole world Is waiting for q
variety OF grass, which, like Peter Pan
would never grow up, but where Is the
horticulturist to produce It?
Imagine, II you can, a deep. rich
sward, which grew to q height o1
8 to I inches-and stayed there for the
remainder of the year.
It would require no cutting at any
time. this dream grass.
Lawn mower manufacturers alone
would condemn 1t.
Householders would look out on a per.
petual state of affairs, in so far as theil
lawns were concerned.
There would be no cutting, raking
trimming.
Having attained its maximum height
every blade would remain In place q
neatly as If held down by some invisible
slicker.
A world Of trouble would be savet
and every lawn would be at its maxi
mum the season through.
4
We can imagine no more silly scenl
to watch from an airplane than q sub
urban community with various lawn
mowers going clickity-clack.
The clickity-clack would be lost o.
that height. but the backward and for
ward motions Of the absurd insects be
low would be plainly visible.
Every week, or maybe every i've days
the same scene is enacted. all for NJ
purpose except to keep the silly grasl
from getting too high"
To make lawn, indeed. Is not tht
aim of grass The lawnmaker mus
bend 1t to his will. That Is why 1t re.
sents it-keeps on growing, causing end
less moving.
Still 1t would be nice, would 1t not
to see the grass grow up and then quit
remaining perfect for long time?
Even this state of perfection, perhaps
would not remove the problem Of what
to do about grass under trees.
Varieties that do well in such situa-
tions are those which have fine Leaf
structures. Many are almost hairlike
in character, as usually grown, although
possessing nice color, and apparently
plenty Of texture.
Evening star., 1933-08-05
Victory for the N. 4. A.

The National Recovery Administration
k deserving of unreserved congratula-
mons today on the greatest single VIC
tory 1t has achieved since the begin
ming of the New Deal. The dramatic
truce effected between warning factions
ON the traditional battle-ground OF labor
disputes-the coal fields-puts into the
background temporarily, and 1t may De
hoped permanently, a serious menace to
the recovery program. The truce an
nounced early today applies to the coal
fields. But there are indications that
Il will be broadened and applied to all
capital and labor disputes.
II this is done there will have been
hemoved at one stroke the ugly specter
of widespread capital-labor war which.
permitted to develop, would have
eclipsed the aims of the recovery pro-
gram and perhaps destroyed its very
foundations. The President and Mose
who labor with him are leaning heavily
on the psychology Of the New Deal to
help them win through. Had this
psychology been changed from one re-
decting the confidence and faith OF the
people in better times to one marked
by bitter disillusionment over the ap-
parent impossibility Of assembling a
united front in the common war against
the depression, the results would have
been serious indeed.
And when the history Of these NOV
ing times is set down, one Of the in
tsnsely dramatic incidents will record
the conference that took place here In
Washington yesterday between that
good right arm Of the President Gen.
Hugh s. Johnson-and those who rep
nsented the opposing sides Of the bat
de that had already begun to rage in
the Pennsylvania coal fields. It Is said
that on Thursday evening there was
1ttle hope Of any agreement and
lerioas strike, involving perhaps 200. 1000
pen and tying up industry In many
parts Of the country, was In prospect.
But yesterday evening shortly after six
o'clock Gen. johnson stepped into a
plane with proposed terms Of truce and
otter q flight that may become one Of
the epic themes of an era laid it before
bis chief.
Never In history has . strike Of such
threatened proportions been settled 80
quickly and 20 generously" said the
President. And seldom in history has
eny leader been able to write down vic
tory in place Of defeat under circum-
stances that may be depended upon to
count SO much toward later gains. In
the revolutionary readjustments now in
progress, with established concepts be-
ing ditched right and left in the pur-
suance of a new and bold objective,
no single class Of employers or en-
ployes may expect to stand In the way
for long. The Nation has started on
q new course, and one Of the certain
lies of the situation Is that for the
time being there will be no turning
back Only an optimist can believe
that the truce in the coal fields means
the end of labor troubles in an industry
where labor troubles have been no.
torious. The truce does mean that both
sides have wisely agreed to suspend
hostilities until the nature of conces-
sions, necessary on both sides. can be
worked out, and until the cards of the
New Deal have been dealt. This re-
Quires time. What has been done in
the coal fields can be done, and prob
bbly will be done, In other fields.
Evening star., 1933-08-05
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

Stop Q minute and think about this
fact. You can ssk our Information Bu.
rssu any question Of fact and get the
answer back In o personal letter. u
- Q great educational idea introduced
into the lives Of the most intelligent
people In the world-Amsr1can news
paper readers. It u . part Of that
best purpose Of newypaper-service.
There s no charge except three cents
In coin or stamps for return postage.
Do not use post cards. Get the habit
Of asking questions. Address your let
ter to The Evening Star Information
Bureau. Frederic J. Haskin. Director.
Warrington. D. G.
g. What annual horse race has paid
the highest average purse for the past
live years7-F. I. l.
A. The Belmont Futurity.
9. How far can child one year old
see. A two year-old? A tiaree-year-
old?-M. NJ.
A. children one, two and three years
old can see as far as adults. They
have not learned, however, to correlate
the visual impressions Of distant OBJ
jects (Which naturally cover Q very
small surface Of the retina) with mat.
tiers Of interest to themselves 20 well
- have older children.
q. What are ricohet words?-R.
A. They are such compound words
g shilly-shally ttp-top, ding-dong,
helter-skelter and harum-scarum.
Q. Did K. K. Kawakami, author Of
Ia L~ f.
this country7-M. p. 8.
science ut the University Of Wisconsin
In 1904.
@. How much water will the Boulder
Dam reservoir hold?-C. w.
A. It will hold about 30,500 acre
feet when full. An acre foot Is the
amount of water that will cover one
acre one foot deep. The water In the
reservoir would cover the State Of Con-
necticut to . depth Of ten feet.
q. What u the family name Of
Queen Wilhelnina and Princess JUN.
ana Of the Netherlands7-s. @.
A. Nassau y their family nans.
G. Why = . cabin On Q boat called
. state room?-H. A.
A. winston Churchill relates that 0
Capt. shreve, In the early Steamboat
days On the Mississippi, was the nrst
to put wooden partitions between the
sleeping quarters. He named each room
for State Of the Union A passenger
would ask. Which State am IMP" and
soon all such quarters were known a.
state rooms.
Q. Are there any places where
money Is not used?-E. N.
A. There are primitive localities
where money Is not used. It Is Gus
tomary for travellers from civilized
countries to take with them weapons,
tools and ornaments to use in barter
with the natives.
@. Aside from plays, did Shakespeare
write anything Of importance?-H. M.
A. He Is celebrated for his sonnetS
and narrative poems.
Q. Where did bed bugs originated
A. They are believed to have been ma
tive to countries around the Mediter-
ranean Sea and were known to ancient
civilizations. They are not known to
have appeared in England before the
seventeenth century.
@. AS a young child. was Beethoven
fond Of practicing?-H. P.
A. His father began to teach him the
violin and clavier hoping to make him
wonder child" like Mozart, but 1t is
said that he even shed tears over his
music lessons. Nevertheless, he was
Evening star., 1933-08-05

The assurance by w. C. Teagle, presi-
dent of Standard Oil Of New Jersey,
chat he will do all in his power to carry
out the policies Of President Roosevelt
carries a convincing force. 1t is not
usual for Standard Oil to seek associa-
Nion with q business policy that does not
prove a success.
Evening star., 1933-08-05

Ballots cast by Louisiana voters on
constitutional amendments last Novem-
Der are only now being counted. Com
plants have often been made of COM
plicated voting system, but the delay
in its operation has seldom been 60
great as In this instance.
Evening star., 1933-08-05

Fighting will be done in the air In
case of another war, but there Is no use
of being caught without Navy In case
some strategic move brings old-fash-
ioned equipment into play.
Evening star., 1933-08-05

A new deal may incidentally provide
a system of economics based on ethical
understandings, making it needless to
spend too much time auditing expense
accounts.
Evening star., 1933-08-05

Delay Is encountered in getting in re-
ports of retail beer sales Such rapid
service to customers may have been de-
manded that there was no time for
clerical details.
Evening star., 1933-08-05

A Philadelphia coroner has attributed
ten deaths to alcohol, thus registering .
melancholy contradiction Of the theory
that 80 beer would entirely divert in
terest from hard liquor.
Evening star., 1933-08-05
Immune.

Another compensation Of the poor =
to know that their relations with kid
napers &c likely to be confined to read.
Ing ai,- 1t hem In the newypapeTS.
Evening star., 1933-08-05

Records are usually interesting, but
a hot wave record fails to appeal with
any satisfaction, even to the most alert
sporting inclination.
Evening star., 1933-08-05
Almost Forgotten.

From the Springfield (AassD Daily Republican.
One trouble Is In drawing the boundary
line between profiteering and making .
profit when many business men have
long been strangers to PROFITS Of any
sort.
Evening star., 1933-08-05
South Africa Reports
Increase I'm Crime.

lections indicate, and he comments:
"The Intellectual vacuum left by the
elimination of men like these viii not
be nlled overnight"