BRISBANE
THIS WEEK
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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