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THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE, 1NEW YORK, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1928.r 2 of experts into the extent of the traffic in women and children. The League Pushes Plans to Crush States far behind some countries. Thus, the Netherlands has gone so far as to pass a law by which films have been subdivided in th int.t FEDERAL CONTROL NEEDED TO FIGHT White Slave Trade and Limit Tombstones in Dog Cemetery Bear Sentiments That Reveal Man's Love for Canine Friends problem are now being studied by ei, perts. An examination of the shows that much earnest work is be- ing done which promises well for the future, but that the difficulties ara great and that new problems are con- stantly arising, such as the attenfpt of certain manufacturers, since mor-. phine has been subject to control, '-tor" find substitutes.

A permanent and militant world- wide effort seems to me to be the onir wav to make anv headway. Th Drug Sales Throughout World League is performing a valuable service in this field. GERMANY WOULD RESTOR OLD MUSICAL STANDINC Berlin, Oct. 13 (TV-To re-establish Germany's former musical prestige, a "German academy of music for for- aitmart" I tn ha founded in tha. Russian Far Famine Menaces World Trade Leningrad.

Oct. 13 W) Many of the fur-bearing animals whose pelts are sent out of badly dressed Russia to adorn and warm the luxury-loving women of capitalist countries are threatened with extermination by hunters. Squirrels, sables and polar foxes become scarcer each year. The famous Kamtchatka beaver has almost disappeared. The Academy of Sciences recently asked the government authorities to provide funds for taking a census of fur-bearing animals In the vast domain that is Russia, which receives about $40,000,000 a year for its fur Of Protection Of Children Intn suitable for exhibition under fourteen.

Manv connfriM vov controlling admission, of minors to cinema performances. The statement in me report oi the Child Welfare Committee, of March 19, 1928, is that there are nracUcnllu ii in the TlnirH Rratno nAMfnAmK i i wuuiuutug admissions to cinematograph perform- ui. innui purpose oi wnicn is the protection of children, although the official censors in certain places state that, when reaching cisions, they endeavor to take into ac count ine enect oi tne cinema on children and young people. The traffic in opium and other dan-serous drues armfha. ji vision and comes under a separate committee, with a separate section of the- Secretariat acting as Its Secre tarial.

The effort In that rilrantlrin man summed up as an attempt to build on the work accomplished before the League was organized and especially t.n KMnira t.hn rat.tf1nnt.inn nf tha n. neva Convention of 1925 for the sup pression oi tne illicit drug traffle. Prmrrpca Viaa haan rIav rlna tn tha necessity of reconciling different in- tarnata an.1 rliffarant tlaaa nuf th. work is going on and progress has been made. Seek Control at Source.

An especially interesting suggestion came from Colonel Arthur Woods of New York. He pointed out that the principal trouble was that a quantity of drugs, far in excess of requirements, was being manufactured; that there were only about forty factories situated in eight countries making the drug. He suggested controlling the drug at its source. This suggestion as well as others for dealing with the spacious interior of the former royal castle of Charlottenburg. Prominent German musicians and music lovers who are co-operating to make this new institute one of the foremost attractions of Berlin are negotiating with a number of international artists to obtain their services, as teachers for the first summer term of the academy in 1929.

The funds, for the new undertaking are being contributed by a number of influential German musical patrons. By GEORGE BOOCHXVEK. At first blush, humanitarian and social work seem somewhat out of place In what la usually conceived by most Americans as a league of European nations designed to preserve the results of the recent war and to re- vent a recurrence of such a conflict. But that is a miseonsentlnn. rin tn the failure to understand what is stressed so much by every one with whom I have come in contact in Geneva, and that is, that the real nope oi uiose interested in the League is that war will be Drevented bv the development of a spirit of mutual un- aerstanaing and good will and bv sirengmening me Donas of peace.

World problems, such as the traffic in women, the protection of children and the traffic in opium and other nsoit-iorming arugs properly come, therefore, within the scone of the League. In fact. Article 23 (c) of the Covenant of the League of Nations expressly states that the Members of the League, "will Intrust the League with the general supervision over the execution of agreements" with regard to tnese things. Problems Recognized Before. These problems have been recog nized and attempts were made to deal with them in an International way long; before the League was formed.

But lt Is quite obvious that a League maintained and suprjorted bv most of the nations of the world and with a permanent secretariat which gathers me tacts, prepares reports based on careful study by experts and, through periodical conferences between the representativeso of the nations of the world, attempts to deal with these problems is an agency which is much more capable of securing relief than a voluntary organization without facilities or support. Ana so lt is proving to be. The nrst Assembly of the League, which was held in November, 1920, required the Secretariat to send a questionnaire to all governments to ascertain the measures taken or proposed in the various countries to combat the traf fic in women and children and also invited the Council to convene an International Conference which, after co-ordinating the replies of the Governments to the questionnaire should "endeavor to secure a common understanding between the Governments with a view to united action." The Conference which was neld in the summer of 1921 made a thorough examination of the subject and concluded its deliberations by adopting a Final Act containing a number of recommendations for action by Governments. The Final Act was later approved by the Council and an International Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Women and Children resulted, which has been ratified by most of the nations participating in the Conference. The work has continued and Is continuing.

Its latest phase has been the study of the subject by a special body of experts whose thoroughgoing report of last year brought the facts Into the Ugbt as they had never been before. That beneficial results have been accomplished is unquestionable. That such results must necessarily be slow must also be remembered, for deep- rooted conditions cannot be eradi cated over night. The fact that constant and intelligent effort is being made to deal with organized vice is reassuring to those interested in Its suppression. Officially, the United States has not played an especially prominent part in this work.

That is due, in large measure, to the fact that under our form of constitution each Indi vidual State is supreme as to acts committed therein. Unless, therefore, there is interstate or foreign traffic, Washington is powerless. The League deals with nations, not with parts of nations, such as our States. United States Reports Cases. Under the terms of the Interna tional Agreement for the Suppression of the White Slave Traffic, signed by the United States In Paris in 1904, It reports the information relative to the procuring of women and girls for immoral purposes.

That -report is confined to the results of prosecutions under the White Slave Traffic Act (the Mann Act). But we are not signatories of the Conventions of .1910 and 1921, which are much more far-reaching than the Agreement of 1904. That seems to be a serious omission which it Is difficult to understand. Non officially, we have a much better record. Miss Grace Abbott, Director of the Children's Bureau In the United States Department of Labor, who was designated by our Department of State to attend a Conference at Geneva in an "advisory and consultative capacity" in 1923, suggested an inquiry by a committee the thouitht of loyalty is uppermost, 'Disillusioned by the world and its ingratitude, these owners of beloved dogs, some of them rich and some of them poor, have eagerly expressed their appreciation of the fidelity shown them by their dogs.

The cemetery has a little building In the center of the grounds where Mr. Hatha way has his office and there is also a room with hundreds of photographs of the dead dogs. Photographs are also under glass on many of the tombstones. There are some few cats buried in the cemetery. "Echo," a champion silver Persian, has ms grave in a sunny spot with his picture on his headstone, and "Joffre," a Persian cat, is also Interred there.

There is one bird, a canary named "Pete." CONCRETE BLOCK GARAGES Council of the League adopted the suggestion. The American Social Hygiene Association made an appro priation oi so.uuu lor tne purpose Dr. William V. Snow of New York, di rector of the association, served as chairman of the committee of ex perts who made an intensive study oi tne suDject and produced a most illuminating report. Prof.

Bascom Johnson of the association served as director of the investigation. States Should Participate. In view of the serious gap created by the separation of State and Fed eral powers, lt suggests itself to me that the individual States, as well as tne Nation, should be brought in loucn witn tne program oi ne League. The American Social Hv glene Association is probably cover ing the field, but it would seem as if the various States might be brought into closer touch with what'is being done and with the possible measures tor improving unnappy conditions in this field. The protection of children- was found to Involve special problems.

So the original Advisory Committee on Traffic in Women and Children was divided into two Committees, a "Traffic in women and Children Committee" and a "Child Welfare Committee." As an Indication of the work being done by the Child Welfare Committee, at its fourth session in March 19-24, 1928, lt took up the following questions: Legal age of marriage, the cinematograph, recreation, Juvenile courts, the execution of judgments relating to maintenance payable on behalf of children by persons responsible for their support who have deserted them and gone abroad, illegitimate children, blind children, protection of life and health in early Infancy, family allowances, feeble- muiaja cmiaren. Legal Age for Marriage. The subject of the legal age. of marriage has occupied the attention of the committee because of the Important bearing on the physical welfare of persons of both eexes, if fixed too low. one oi tne revelations in Margaret Mayo's much-discussed book "Mother India," which shocked, especially, American sensibilities was the existence of child marriage In India.

It was equally surprising to me to find that a study made by the committee of the age of consent in the -United States showed States with limits as low as ten and twelve years. There is need of much housecleanlng at home. While we pride ourselves on our advanced legislation for the protection of children, in the field of moving pictures, which has been the subject of special study by the committee, a comparison of regulations for admission to cinemas shows the United of low 2Sky One-Car (Garage Oaly $390 D. F. BRUiSIE, IBitatlUHtd Coney Deserted by Crowds Though Big Resorts Remain Open for Winter Visitors Cement Block and Stucco Garages, All Types, Driveways, Walks, Etc.

All Work Guaranteed PLANS AND Pmifrra rURNIBHXD-COWVINUtMl' TIMS PATMim ARRANGED 615 East 28th St Between Flatbush Ive. and Farragat Rd. necraaled for Value 1 in the field GRIME IN AMERICA Ex-Scotland Yard Man Urges Central Bureau for Detection Work in States. London, Oct. IS CP)-etrik at the top, use the lash and eliminate delay in administration of justice, urges ex-Chief Detective Inspector Arrow, formerly of Scotland Yard, In writing In the Dally Express on how be would clean up Chicago.

Arrow resigned from Scotland Yard to take up a special appointment un der the Spanish Government as chief of the detective staff at Barcelona. I had to clean up Chicago," he says, I should start at Washington. Washington must first be made to realize that criminals should be punished and not pampered. The ma chinery of the administration of Justice needs a drastic overhaul. Murderers must no longer be allowed to escape capital punishment as long as their money lasts.

Justice must be speeded up. The inevitability of the English criminal law would work wonders if lt were applied in America. "Politics should be divorced from police work. There should be an end to graft in high places. It clogs the wheels of the machinery of Justice." Ex-Inspector Arrow suggests one criminal Investigation department for the whole United States and one central records office for the registration of criminals "Instead of a multiplicity of police forces that often work at cross-purposes and fall to pool their resources and Information." "It Is essential," the former Scotland Yard man says, "that legislation should be passed and enforced so that criminals will no longer be able to buy and carry weapons with Impunity." constantly arriving and New Yorkers are fast learning that Coney Island institutions are open the entire year and offer the same service as other resort spots.

The surf is perhaps one of the most beautiful sights to behold In the winter time, and yet, of the one hundred thousand people who reside In the Coney Island district, hardly any, it would seem to an observer, care a whoop about what happens to the water. Their activities keep them Indoors playing pinochle, bridge or going to the movies. It has been suggested that either Steeplechase or Luna Park convert their chutes and other down-hill contrivances into tobaggan slides, and to build skating rinks on which races and hockey games could oe neia. This, the dreamers say, will bring out winter-sports enthusiasts. JAPANHVESPOETIG NAMES TO WARSHIPS Big Destroyers All Winds, Others Called for Trees.

Toklo, Oct. 13 OP) After seven years of severe practicality the Japanese navy Is returning to poetry In the nomenclature of its destroyers. In 1921 the navy department decided that all destroyers built thenceforth should be designated by numbers only, Instead of the more romantic names given vessels of this class up to that time. By a recent order this ruling Is reversed and all destroyers are being given names Instead of numbers. First-class destroyers of Japan's navy, of 1,000 tons or more, all bear "wind" names, that is, each name ends in "kaze" or "wind." There Is "Mountain Wind," "Shore Wind." "Wind of the Waves," "Fog Wind," "Snow Wind," all names expressive of destroyer speed and of the Inherent Japanese feeling for natural forces.

Second-class destroyers, under 1,000 tons, bear the names of flowers or trees. Thus one little engine of death and destruction bears the name "Cherry," another is "Bamboo," another "Wisteria," "Pine," "Plum Blossom" or "Willow." In the naming of its larger war vessels the Japanese navy, like the American, draws from the geographical names of the homeland. Asked Is $325 tions have been coming In recently at the rate of several hundred a week, with the average loan around $32 The demand for the loans has been 1,000 percent of expectations, officer! in close touch with the situation assert. The downtown office at S3 Wall st and the uptown office at Madison ave, and 42d Manhattan, are the con centration points of loan seekers. A staff of interviewers is on duty at both branches to care for the flood of applicants; which during the noon hour trequently Becomes so heavy at the uptown branch that numbers are assigned the prospective borrowers.

Medical Bills Chief Season. Every conceivable reason for borrowing is given by the applicants. While medical bills are the most fre quent cause listed, many persons arrange loans ior nousenoia improve ments and others state frankly that they wisrt to repay otner loans bearing higher interest rates. The most popular amount Is $200. although any amount between $500 and $1,000 may be obtained.

Six percent discount is the only charge made, and although the actual interest rate figures somewhat more, due to the fact that repayment is made on the instalment plan, this is partially offset by the fact that the instalments paid draw compound interest at 3 percent. Losses so far have been quite small. officers disclosed. About 97 percent of the borrowers have made their payments on time, and of the remaining 3 percent only a very slight norMnn ban rnrpntri artital Ha. 8,000 Graves in Plot Near ly All Marked by Headstones Mayor Walker's Pet Buried at Hartsdale.

By FLORENCE T. COX. All the world loves a dog. Herodotus in speaking of the affection and veneration showed for the dog by the Egyptians of his age. stated that when a canine member of an Egyptian family died the members of the household went into mourning by shaving themselves.

This doting affection he ascribed to a material cause, gratitude for the protection given a man's goods by his dog. The annual overflowing of the Mile, with the suosequent enriching of the soil along its banks, was always pre ceded bv the appearance of a star, Sirius, which when seen was regarded as a warning to remove the flocks to zher land in anticipation 01 an in undation. This star became the dog star in recognition of the fact that the dog warned his master zealously of any danger. In Ethiopia dogs were elected kings. Pythagoras, who taught transmigra tion of the soul, would hold a dog be fore the mouth of a dying disciple so that the departing soul mignt entei a favorable habitation where the moral attribute of fidelity would be prolonged.

Mrs. Browning's Tribute. The dog's fidelity has followed him down the ages, in "As you Like it Shakespeare put the following words into Adam's mouth, who, when he rebukes his young master for calling him an old dog, declares, "is old dog my reward? Most, true I have lost mv teeth In your service." Mrs. Browning paid this tender tribute to ner dog Flush: "But of thee It shall be said. This dog watched beside a bed Day and night unweary, Watched within a curtained room Where no sunbeam brake the gloom Hound the sick and dreary.

"Other dogs In thymy dew Tracked the hares and followed through Sunny moor or meadow. This dog only crept and crept Next a languid cheek that slept. Sharing in the shadow. "And because he loves me so. Better than his kind will do, Often man or woman.

Give I back more love again Than dogs often take of men Leaning from my human." 8,000 Dog Graves: That dogs are still faithful, loyal friends whom neither poverty nor disease can drive away from the masters they love is attested by group of some 8,000 graves In the Hartsdale Canine Cemetery at Hartsdale, West chester County. This cemetery is located on a sunny hill, up which white marble steps lead to a grassi summit. At the head of these steps is the most imposing monument in the cemetery, that to We war dog. II shows a police dog in bronze looking out fearlessly from the top of a huge boulder. He has on a band bearing the lnsigna of the Red Cross.

At his feet lie a bronze water bottle and a leather helmet. The Inscription reads: "Dedicated to the memory of the War Dog. Erected by public contribution by dog lovers to man's most faithful friend for the valiant services rendered In the World War. 1914-1918." Beside this monument are paths, some running upward and others along terraced banks, to where lie the graves. Almost every little grave is marked by a stone bearing thr departed dog's name, his owner's name and a suitable inscription.

Passing along the paths one reads of "Rex, faithful unto of "Rube, our faithful of "Muckie, the faithful friend and companion el John and Mary of "Sport, a true and faithful of "Sin Sin, our devoted of a bull terrier, "Jerry, Mommie's only baby, Bright Light of Love, burned out ever of "Prince, a beloved and faithful of "Dash, the loving companion of Mr. and Mrs L. C. of "My darling Doodles, beloved pet of Mrs. G.

L. of "Our puppy dog beloved member of the family for 13 years, dear old gentleman, property of Lt. Commander and Mrs. Paul H. Basledo, U.

S. of "Ah Sin, who traveled 66,000 miles with his master and missy. Colonel and Mrs. L. of "Bluch, a veteran of the World of "Laddie Oliver, son of King Crackerboy, a little thoroughbred, friendly and affectionate." Where Walker's Pet Lies.

In the spring the graves are covered with pansies "for thoughts" and later pink begonias bloom on every grave. The management, under R. J. Hathaway, the superintendent, has a regular corps of gardeners always at work cutting the green trass and planting flowers in the summer season. One of these men directed the writer to the more notable graves, which include a little grave with a plain granite headstone on which was cut the name "Bunk" and underneath "Jlmmie Walker." The Mayor's dog Is not the only celebrity, lor there Is a large plot be longing to Irene Castle which is surrounded by a hedge and has a gray stone monument bearing the name of Castle on a scroll.

There are six graves marked by headstones in this plot and bearing inscriptions to dogi fnd monkeys as follows: "Here lies mv beloved pet, Poudie of Montreal, died at Ithaca, N. "Rastas, the smartest, mast valuable monkey that ever "Sweetie, the smtrt-est little black "Kikt, my first griffon. We all mourn the loss of one of the Here lies Punchinello, killed by a fall, July 18, 1917, two vears old and beloved by "My iiiouwH a Belelan eritTon. died May 8, 1924. A piece of my heart is buried My aaorea aiea Aimust, 19H." llt Evelyn Nesbit also has a plot with a dark gray monument with the inscription: "In memory of my beloved little griffons, Mlra, Nenette, Refugel and Caminette." Another notable plot has a large white marble stone with tr Inscription: "Beneath this stone Is buried the beautiful young Lion Gold-fleck, whose death was 6incerely mourned by his mlstrers, the Princess Lwoff Parlaghy." Dog Mausoleum.

The most imposing monument to a departed pet is a huge mausoleum of granite which the workers about the grounds call King Tut's Tomb and which has such a heavy slab at the top that when lt Is opened for an Interment lt takes a derrick to raise the stone. It is the property of M. P. Walsh. Carved In the top of the stone Is an Inscription to "Sally and Toodles, my djar little true loving hearts who would lick the hand which had no food to offer," Again By JO ANSON.

Coney Island sleeps soundly in the fall and winter time. The buzz of scant human bees disturbs not the snore of the boardwalk and hardly wakens the ghosts in wax museums. Carrousels, whips and scooters are now tired machines on Surf ave. The island is sleepy and too tired to pay any attention to its few winter vis itors, for the summer has been a feverish one. Coney Island is strangely quiet, unagitated and lonesome.

Across the way a brisk and brutal gust of wind has torn down a huge painiea sign from a dime museum boasting of the best waxen reproduo nuiia ui iamous murderers, in their favorite haunts. Horoscope doctors and professors have gone South for the winter, and a turn bits (no more, no less) nhntoorranh shop employee sits on a soap box munching on a custard ice cream cone. The skee-ball parlor owners have slapped on the shutters, but two rifle shooting gallery boys still insist on shouting to the sea about the charms of hitting moving ducks and swinging pendulums. Deserted Boardwalk. It is 8 o'clock OH fin Ortmhftp va.

ning. The sky is shot full of stars. and the boardwalk creaks under this reporter's tiny steps. In the crevices and corners of dark spots couples murmur vaguely. The benches facing the ocean are vacant.

All this, an un like the Coney Island of a few weeks ago, when hundreds of thousands pushed, crammed and shoved their way into the cubicles of recreation. A drunk leans over the Iron railing and curses somebody across the sea. An empty train rumbles on two blocks from Surf ave. What has happened to the passengers? Where are the damp and soggy bathing suits, and the blocks and blocks of children? The tinny music from an open penny arcade plays monotonously. Three nude youngsters have built a fire on the beach and are drying their bathing suits.

1 Forgetting all this impressionism, Coney Island could do better in the winter time, if it only tried a little harder. The bigger and more reputable Coney Islanders are mak ing a determined effort to keep open all year round. There is a big one on Surf ave extending to the boardwalk quite optimistic about attracting crowds during the winter. The restaurant has installed more heating facilities to cope with the cold weather and the sea food department is to be kept open day and night ready to serve the gentry who dare brave the sight of the ocean. At a modern beach hotel guests are pi SSI False U.

S. Banknotes Baffle Cuban Police Havana, Oct. 13 WCuban police are puzzled by the recent prevalence of counterfeited United States currency in Cuba. There are 15 bills copied with extraordinary cleverness and a number. of $10 gold certificates which can scarcely, be detected.

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KLEIN. While stock brokers are paying over 7 percent interest on loans to run for a definite period of time and consider themselves lucky to get them at all, hundreds of wage earners are obtaining loans in Wall Street every day at only 6 percent discount with ample funds available. Tills financial paradox existed last week as the National City Bank's per sonal loan department entered its sixth month, with applications running 10 times as heavy as had been expected when the service was inaugurated last May, according to officers. When the National City Bank, the nation's largest banking Institution, announced its intetion of entering the salary loan field, the action was hailed as one of the outstanding banking Innovations of modern times. It was described as a long step toward breaking the power of the avaricious "loan shark" over persons with small incomes and, on the other hand, was viewed with 6ome skepticism bv con servative bankers, who failed to see how any profit could be made.

Profits Still DoubtfuL The profits, however, are still a matter of uncertainty, officers say. and will not be definitely known until the end of the year, when the books will be checked up with a view to determining this question. Although the exact total of personal loans made by the bank to date has not been revealed, it is estimated to; be many millions ofdollars. Applica- Other De Soto Six dealers are located at forty additional points in the Metropolitan Area. Ji PRODUCT OF CHRYSLER faults..