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BRISBANE
THIS WEEK
160,000 Horse*
A New Democracy
Thin Men Lire Longer
Must We Have War?
The well advertised Queen Mary,
looking very big moving up to her
_ New York dock,
represented in
reality the quin
tessence of com
pressed power.
On the way over
she developed
one h indred and
sixty thousand
horse power.
That number
of horses hitched
in pairs, one
ahead of the
other, would
make a “team”
Arthur Brisbane
more tnan 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,
vrho 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 *- general’s sword,
Mrs. Roosevelt looking on, and on
Memorial day he warned America
against another war.
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 nation's enemies.
The unfortunate Congressman
Zioncheck, from the Northwest, is
locked up In Washington, his san
ity to be investigated, after he vis
ited the White House with a pres
ent of empty beer bottles for the
President.
The unfortunate congressman’s
antics are not important in them
selves, but you wonder what quali
ties were seen in him by voters that
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- 1
. 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
tibie 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 10,000 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
must stop Jewish Immigration and
Kof land to Jews In Pales
le British answer to the
will probably not be satis
to the Arabs. It Is re
Iso that the central commlt
Palestlne of the “Commu
ty" Is distributing literature
British soldiers In Palestine
it Lewis of Lafayette eoV
s wars would end If mon
i voted for It were put In
trenches. That might pre
i wars, not all.
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 Miguel Mariano Gomes o- Cuba, behind the chair, accepting the trans
fer of office from Provisional President Barnet In Havana. 3—Impression machines in the bureau of engrav
ing and printing in Washington stamping the official seals on the bonus baby bonds.
Kiwanians Make
Plans for 20th
Annual Meeting
Harper Gatton of Madlsonvllle,
Ky., president of the Kiwanis 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 every state In the
Dnlon and from foreign countries
will be present ,at the convention
which will be addressed by 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 Grazlanl, leader of D Duce’g 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 snch In the “Milllon-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, ar
rived in Washington from Manila.
Declaring that the island common
wealth Is the richest country In the
world, Mr. Haussermann expressed
the hope that the United States gov
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 day parade also Joined to the exercises
aboard the flagship Olympic. The ceremonies commemorated the thirty-eighth anniversary of the battle of
Manila bay. -.
Pontifical Mass Marks Another Tercentenary
At Leonardtown, Md., where Catholic priest* 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 th»
historic event Leonardtown, that now has a population 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. Horley. 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, Utah.—Utah State Agri
cultural college trustees decided re
cently that when a man and his
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 Une.
Dr. Macfarland
President of
Women Medics
Dr. Catherine Macfarland of Phil
adelphia is the new president of
[the Medical Women's National as
sociation wblcb 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 been made possible by allotments of
funds from the Public Works administration: 1—New barless state prison colony at Norfolk, Maes., which re
ceived *763,000. 2—Storm drains In the orange country of California, being constructed with PWA money. 8—
The new Point of Pines 'bridge carrying New England resort traffic from Lyni^ to Severe, Maas.