BRISBANE THIS WEEK _____ » 160,000 Hones A New Democracy Thin Men Live Longer Must We Have War? The well advertised Queen Mary, looking very big moving up to her xsew xorg aocK, represented in reality the quin tessence of com pressed power. On the way over she developed one h-mdred and sixty thousand horse power. That number of horses hitched in pairs, one ahead of the other, would make a “team’* Arthur Brisbane more than two hundred and fif ty miles long. Still more remark able power compression Is that of the flying engine, which compresses the power of a 1,000-pound horse Into less than three pounds of metal. The government offered for sale six hundred millions of 2% per cent bonds, four hundred millions of 1% per cent notes. The whole Issue is oversubscribed. It is a comfort for those that have money and want no risk to Invest even at low interest rates, free of Income tax payments. Such an investment Is much sim pler than running the risk of a business enterprise with pay rolls and jobs attached. To tax heavily the man who uses his money and brains to give work to others, and free from taxation those that buy bonds and take their ease, is a brand-new kind of democ racy. Men of middle age and older may learn from Civil war veterans in the Memorial day parade, some ninety and some ninety-three; one, who led New York city’s G. A. R. procession, past ninety-six years of age. All the old soldiers are very thin men, averaging In weight less than 140 pounds. Had they been fat they would be in the grave, not in any parade. General Pershing cut a big birth day cake with a general's sword, Mrs. Roosevelt looking on, and on Uemorial d$y ho? warned America against another war. v-To believe that this country can be dragged Into a war without a repetition of our big war folly Is not complimentary to those In charge. No foreign nation would force war on the United States, and thus put United States resources, and any fighting qualities that Amer icans may possess, on the side of that foreign nat^n's enemies. t ( The unfortunate Congressman Zloncheck, from the Northwest, Is locked up In Washington, his san S. Ity to be Investigated, after he vis ^ lted the White House with a pres l; ent of empty beer bottles for the • \ President The unfortunate congressman’s f" antics are;not important In them , selves, but you wonder what quall ties were seen In him by voters that S '* sent him to congress. ' The United States Supreme court declared unconstitutional a New York state law that would permit New York to fix a minimum wage for women and children. Chief Justice Hughes, who did not agree with the majority opinion, wrote: “I find nothing In the fed eral Constitution which denies to the state the power to protect wom en from being exploited by over reaching employers.” ’ Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., who ought to know about American Industry, says enormous building operations are needed in the United States to re place out-of-date equipment, and that the door Is wide open for “plenty of jobs and then more jobs.” American cotton growers fighting the boll weevil will sympathize with Argentine growers, attacked by vast swarms of devouring locusts far worse than any weevil. The Argen tine ministry of agriculture an nounces 110,000 tons of cotton de voured, 60,000 acres Invaded. Farmers fight the locusts by erect ing walls of sheet iron or digging ditches, into which the locusts swarm, to be sprayed with gasoline and burned. Tons of the pests are thus destroyed. Mayors of Arab cities in Pales tine warn the British that they I must Stop Jewish Immigration and the sale of land to Jews in Pales : tine. The British answer to the dng will probably not be satis factory to the Arabs. It Is re ted also that the central commlt ; tee for Palestine of the “Commu nist party” is distributing literature British soldiers In Palestine i mutiny. President Lewis of Lafayette col wars would end if mon wbo voted for It were put In trenches. That might pre wars, not all. Pontifical Mass Marks Another Tercentenary At Leonardtown, Md., where Catholic prlesta landed 300 years ago to bring their religion to the North American continent, more than 10,000 persons gathered recently at a solemn Pontifical mass to celebrate the historic event. Leonardtown, that now has a popnlation of about 1,000, was the spot at which Lord Baltimore and a small band of Catholic refugees landed In 1634. Michigan Quadruplets Celebrate Sixth Birthday Four Girls Mark Their Sixth Milestone Four famous children, the Morley quads, are here shown on their sixth birthday, in their home in Lansing, Mich., with books received as birth day gifts, and dressed in their new birthday clothes. Left to right are: Edna A., Wilma B., Sarah C„ and Helen D. Morley. The middle ini tials of the quadruplets form the first four letters of the alphabet. Bearing a striking similarity to each other and dressed identically, the quadruplets are difficult to distin guish apart. Even their parents have a hard time. Bar Couple* on Faculty Logan, Dtah.—Utah State Agri cultural college trustees decided re cently that when a man and bis wife both are on the faculty, the one most capable will be retained and the other dismissed. Fair Warning to All Motorists The town of Randolph, Mass., doesn't wish to have any Injured mo torists on Its hands, for there is not a single hospital In the place. Travelers are warned to be careful by this sign at the town's border line. Dr. Macfarland President of Women Medics Dr. Catherine Macfarland of Phil adelphia Is the new president of the Medical Women’s National as sociation which held Its annual con vention In Kansas city. Varied Projects Aided by PWA Allotments Here are three examples of the many and varied projects that have beeta made possible by allotments 01 funds from the Public Works administration: 1—New barleas state prison colony at Norfolk, Mass., which re ceived $763,000. 2—Storm drains in the orange country of California, being constructed with PWA money. S Tbe new Point of Pines bridge carrying Mew England resort traffic from Lynn to Bevere, Maas. ; Scenes and Persons in the Current News 1—Scene In the Socialist convention at Cleveland, Ohio, where Norman Thomas was nominated for Presi dent of the United States. 2—President Mlgnel Mariano Gomez oi Cnba, behind the chair, accepting the trans fer of oftice from Provisional President Barnet in Havana. 3—Impression machines in the bureau of engraft ing and printing in Washington stamping the official seals on the bonus baby bonds. i Kiwanians Make Plans for 20th Annual Meeting Harper Gatton of Madisonvllle, Ky., president of the Klwanls Inter national, who will preside at all ses sions of the service organization’s twentieth annual convention to be held In Washington, June 21 to 25. Delegates from ever; state, in the Union and from foreign countries will be present at the convention which will be addressed b; na tionally known speakers. Paying Homage to the Conquerors Led by their aged chieftain, these conquered Ethiopian natives give an awkward attempt at the Fascist salute as they greet the smartly garbed, general, Rodolfo Grazianl, leader of II Duce’s southern armies in Ethiopia* “Wall Paper” Stocks Come Back Stock certificates which had depreciated to the point where they were good only as wall paper and which were used as such In the “Mllllon-Dol lar Room” of the Union League club of Chicago, are being removed from the wall and returned to their donors, since some have "come back” In value. “Gold King” of the Philippines Visits Washington John W. Haussermann, so-called “Gold King” of the Philippines, at* rived in Washington from Manila. Declaring that the island common* wealth is the richest country In th» world, Mr. Haussermann expressed the hope that the United States gov* jj ernment would be liberal and help ful during the first years of the commonwealth. Commemorative Exercises on Dewey’s Flagship Philadelphia, Pa.—Part of the crowd that watched the Dewey dap parade also Joined In the eserdaea ' aboard the (lagablp Olympic. Manila hay The ceremonlea commemorated the thirty-eighth anniversary of the battle

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