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BRISBANE THIS WEEK Th« SoaU of (>7oUn in the Coffin, Ho Paya Polly Haa a Tombatono Suicide la Folly i Mr. Kokichi Mikimoto, able Jap anese gentleman, once a peddler of noodles, is now gigantically rich, thanks to his oys ter pearl idea. He makes real pearls by forcing the oyster to work at pearl production. In stead of diving for oysters, hop ing to find one with a pearl in it, he puts little, ir ritating grains of sand inside the shells of millions of oysters, and each oyster proceeds to deposit the pearly substance on the sand to escape its irritating scratching. These pearls are “real.” Al though experts can tell the differ ence, they annoy jewelers and have hurt the value of the other accidental pearls, but they make it unnecessary for the unfortunate pearl diver to “go all naked to the hungry shark,” as the poet has it. Mr. Mikimoto has been obliged to kill hundreds of millions of oysters, which is serious: his Buddhist re ligion teaches that each has its little separate soul—in fact, the soul of his great-grandmother might have resided in one of the oysters. /in American who recently died left a fortune of between twenty- five and thirty million dollars, chief ly in tax-exempt securities on which the owner, while he lived, paid no Income tax. Now that he is dead, inheritance taxes will take about two-thirds of the many millions. The lack of a "deed-or alive" tax- exempt securities offers opportunity to some able lawyer. If the govern ment has no constitutional right to take any income from tax-exempt bonds, how can It legally take half merely because the owner is in his coffin? A green parrot, with red tipped wings, buried in a respectable grave, will have a granite head- atone with "Here lies Polly Cod- dington. sixty eight years old." en graved an IL Exactly how old Polly was, no one knows Bom in Brasil, she was presented to the grand mother of Mrs Joseph E. Hunt, sixty eight years ago Parrots, kike eagles, elephants and other intel ligent creatures that eat wisely, often peas one hundred A higher race thinks up foolish thing a for Itself Gruesome details which no one seema to have put Into a movie or a horror story are published to connection with a recent suicide The unfortunate victim, convinced that life was not worth while, hanged himself, and then, still conscious, found he was mistaken and made desperate unsuccessful efforts to cut the rope. Those that think of gutcida should remember that they must lesve the world soon in any case, and might ss well remain to see what will happen. While there is fife, there is hope Chiang Kai-Shek, dictator of the Nanking government, warns China, "No nation can ruin us unless we flrat nun ourselves." emphasizing the fact that the short road to na tional ruin is neglect of preparation for war. Some patriotic American "radio sponsor" might arrange to broadcast that talk in Washington, D. C. We need it hers almost as much as China needs it. England fears that quarrels among union men may cause strikes in airplane factories and delay Britain's effort to get ready for her next war. Such strikes wrould prob ably bring welcome orders for planes to American factories; never theless, it is only fair to remind British workers, quarreling among themselves, that when foreign bombs begin dropping on their families any strike against national safety will seem to have been fool ish, in retrospect. And those words, "chiefly women and children,” should be recnembered. Borrowed money is cheaper, and it ought to be, since the dollar is only worth 59 cents. A cheap house or cheap dollar should bring a cheap reni. Even so, it surprises you to learn that Mayor LaGuardia borrowed from J. P. Morgan & Co. thirty million dollars for the city, spread over a five-year period, for one and one-tenth per cent interest. Here, Myron C. Taylor, head of "Big Steel,” greatest steel company in the world, announces increases in wages, also rusumption of full dividend payments on the preferred United States Steel stock, also earn ings in three months of more than thirteen million dollars, biggest in six years. Thirteen million dollars in three months msy not be "big money.” but “it is better than be ing hit on the head with s share atone ” # S>m rMlarw U* WHO Car* Arthar Brlsbana News Review of Current Events the World Over Tremendous Victory ^of President Roosevelt Gives Him Electoral Vote of 523 to 8 for Landon—Con gress More Strongly Democratic. By EDWARD W. PICKARD ® Wcttern Newspaper Union. ••TIT’E LIKE your New Deal poli- V » cies and have complete con fidence in your administration. Go as far as you like.” That in effect was the message sent to Franklin Delano Roosevelt by more than twenty-five mil lion American men and women when they voted to con tinue him in the Presidency for an other four years. It was the most tre- m e n d o u s victory ever scored by a Presidential candi date since the days of James Mon roe, for Mr. Roosevelt captured the 523 electoral votes of 46 states. Only Maine and Vermont, with five and three electoral votes respective ly, were won by Landon and Knox, the Republican candidates. Their popular vote, when all returns are in, and tabulated, may be fifteen and a half million. The amazing New Deal landslide is looked upon by most unbiased observers not as a Democratic party victory, but a personal triumph for President Roosevelt, an expression of confidence in him and a recogni tion of the improvement in the coun try's business and industry. It was so overwhelming that the President may well consider he has been given carte blanche to do as he pleases in carrying his policies on to their logical ends. What he may please to do depends largely on pending decisions by the Supreme Court of the United States on New Deal legislation. President Roosevelt, moreover, will have at his command a con gress more heavily Democratic than were the last two. for the lingering hopes of the Republicans that they could capture enough seats to en able them. In conjunction with con servative Democrats, to put up ef fective resistance to New Deal measures, were not realised. The New Deal majority In the new sen- I ate will be about five to one. and in the hojee it will be almost four to one. The few Republicans will be permuted to take part In debate, but when It cornea t«> a vote the congress will be virtually a one- party affair. Governor Landon and Colonel Knox, his running mate, accepted their defeat gracefully and sent to Mr Roosevelt congratulatory tele grams promising to support, as good Americans, his efforts for the wel fare of the country. The President responded with wires expressing hts confidence that "all us Americana will now pull together for the com- > mon food.” The Republican party, despita Its terrific drubbing. Is not dead Its national organisation la Intact and ft. and such organisations as the American Liberty league, the Sen tinels of America and the Volun teers. will continue their efforts to keep the ship of state on an even keel and headed in the right direction. William Lemke. candidate of the Union party, failed to carry a state and his popular vote was not im- pressne, but he was re-elected to congress from North Dakota on the Republican ticket. Incidentally, John N. Gamer, who mas scarcely mentioned during the hectic campaign, was re-elected vice president and will preside over the sen ate again. He took no real part in the battle, just riding along with his chief. Among the well- known , Republican senators unseated by the upheaval are Daniel O. Hastings of Delaware, Lester J. Dickinson of Iowa. Jesse H. Metcalf of Rhode Island and Robert D. Carey of Wyo ming. The one gain by that party was the Massachusetts seat won by Henry Cabot Lodge II, grandson of the noted senator. He succeeded in defeating Gov. James M. Curley, Democratic boss of the state. The Michigan seat of the late James Couzens was won by Representative Prentiss M. Brown, who beat For mer Gov. W. M. Brucker. William E. Borah of Idaho, Arthur Capper of Kansas and Charles L. McNary of Oregon, all listed as Republicans, were re-elected; and so was George Norris of Nebraska who ran this year as an independent with the approval of Mr. Roosevelt. Min nesota Democrats meekly accepted the wrecking of their state ticket by New Deal orders and helped elect Ernest Lundeen, Farmer-La- borite, to the senate. New Hamp shire, the only state in which the Presidential vote was at all close, sends a Republican to the senate in the person of Gov. H. Styles Bridges. Other governors who won in senate contests were Theodore Francis Green of Rhode Island, who defeated Senator Metcalf; Clyde L. Herring of Iowa, victor over Senator John N. Garner President Roosevelt Dickinson, and Ed C. Johnson of Colorado, who defeated Raymond L. Sauter. Among the many Republican members of the house of repre sentatives who failed of re-election were Isaac BaCbarach of New Jersey, Chester Bolton of Ohio and Mrs. Florence P. Kahn of Califor nia. George H. Tinkham of Mas sachusetts and Bertrand H. Snell of New York, minority leader, re tained their seats. The new house will have five woman members, one fewer than in the last session. Oregon elected its first woman rep resentative, Nan Wood Honeyman, Democrat and close friend of the Roosevelt family. A T LEAST 25 states elected Dem- ocratic governors, and the num ber may be 27. In only three were the Republican nominees winners. William Langer, independent, won the governorship of North Dak ota, from which he was ousted some time ago. Elmer Benson, Farmer- Laboritc, was victorious in Minne sota, and Philip F. LaFollette, Pro gressive, in Wisconsin. New York re-elected Gov. Herbert Lehman, but he ran far behind President Roosevelt. Gov. Henry Homer of Illinois, Democrat, also won, but his vote, too, was far less than that for the head of the ticket. P RESIDENT ROOSEVELT, leav ing Hyde Park for Washington to “try to balance the budget," as he said, authorized the announce ment that on November 17 he would start on a cruise on the warship In dianapolis for a rest of about four weeks, and that It was possible he might go to Buenos Aires. Argen tine, to open the Pan-American peace conference on December 1. He may also visit Rio de Janeiro. T AMES A. FARLEY, manager of J the triumphant Roosevelt cam paign. resumed his office of poet- master general, attending the first poet-election meeting of the cabinet. He said he would serve out his terra but refused to comment on predic tions that he would not be In the next cabinet. Mr, Farley la about to leave foe a short vacation In Ireland The Democratic national chair man. commenting on the election, called attention to hie exact fore cast that Roosevelt would carry every state except Maine and Ver mont. end added "We would have earned Maine if are had put forth the same effort there aa are did in the September election." PkEFENSE MINISTER EDOUARD ^ DALADIER sees a possibility of a swift attack on Franca by Germany, so he urged upon the chamber of deputies army committee the immediate fortifica tion of the Belgian and Swiss frontiers and the speeding up of manufacture of war materials. He asked the commit tee to recommend an appropriation of 500,000.000 francs to fortify the borders with another "Mag- inot line” of steel and concrete "pill boxes” and un derground passages. Obligatory physical training for cil Frenchmen, beginning at the age of eighteen, was proposed by Daladier as an aid to building up the French army. The number of professional troops in the army, he asserted, has been increased in the last few months from 106,000 to 144,000. Edouard Daladier ING EDWARD VIII, making his first parliamentary appearance since he succeeded to the throne of England, opened parliament with all the traditional ceremony. His throne stood alone in the house of lords and beside it rested the crown which has not yet been placed on his head. Robed in crimson and gold, the monarch read his address to the nation, beginning with his affirmation of the Protestant faith. "My relations with foreign powers continue to be friendly,” he said. “The policy of the government con tinues to be based on membership in the League of Nations.” He took up in turn the points of his government’s proposed pro gram. It would, he promised, work with other nations through the league, for peace. It would “per sist in efforts” to build a new Lo carno treaty and to extend the ( naval armaments limitations treaty signed last March by Britain, France, and the United States. The government, he announced, will call an imperial conference in London next May, and that after his coronation he would go to India to be crowned emperor. Mrs. Wallis Simpson, the king’s American friend, had a choice seat in the diplomats' gallery, being ac companied by two other women S PANISH rebels continued their bombing of Madrid by airplanes, and on the land were rapidly forc ing their way toward the capital. Their vanguard, at this writing, was within four miles of the city and their artillery was preparing to drop shells in its center. The left wing of General Varela’s army was on • hill dominating the Cuatro Vien- tos airport. It was apparent that a decisive battle for possession of Madrid would soon begin, and ob servers had little doubt of the suc cess of the insurgents. However, the loyal militia were rushing to the front to meet the attackers, and the citizens, though greatly alarmed, displayed excellent dis cipline. * The international committee for nonintervention acquitted soviet Russia of nearly all the German charges that it had broken the com pact by providing the Spanish loyal ists with munitions. ZHANGS of young toughs in Lon- ^ don, taking advantage of the political unrest marked by the rows between Sir Oswald Mosley’s -Fas cists and the Socialists and Com munists, have been terrorizing the parts of the metropolis inhabited chiefly by Jews. Houses and shops occupied by Jews have been stoned and pillaged and Jews are insulted and attacked on the streets. The cost of insurance against damage due to r^ots in the east end is rising rapidly. Many traders and shopkeepers who have not pre viously been insured against these risks are hastening tq obtain cover. P\OWN in Peru they have their own methods of handling polit ical matters. In the recent elections Dr. Luis Antonio Eguiguren, nom inee of the Social Democratic party, had a plurality over the three othei presidential candidates. But his can didacy was not favored by the exist ing government, so the constituent assembly, by a vote of 58 to 17, declared the votes cast for Egui guren and the Social Democratic candidates for vice president, sen ators and deputies were invalid. T* HIRTY-SEVEN thousand msri- * time workers on th« Paciflq coast went on strike, and im mediately the trouble spread to the Gulf and Atlantic coasts. In the west about ISO vessels were tied up In porta and others heading that way faced walk-outs by their crews on arrival. In New York members of the International Seamen’s union voted a "sit down" strike In defiance of their national offi cers, and maritime workers tr Houston and Port Arthur, Texas, quit their Jobe and picketed the waterfront. Federal officials were trying hard to settle the dispute# between the unions and shipping companies, chief of which relate to control of the hiring halls, wags Increases and shorter hours. A»> slstxnt Secretary of Labor E. F. McGrady was in San Francisco and In lima led Ihe government might In tervene. "When any group, whether bank ers. employers or labor, take action endangering the welfare of the na tion they are assuming a position that Ihe government must challenge to protect the state and the people." McGrady said. "The free flow of water-borne for eign and interstate commerce has become paralyzed. This will involve directly or indirectly the lives of the citizens of the whole nation." San Francisco had the added dis tress of a strike of 1,000 warehouse men who demanded higher wages, and Mayor Angelo Rossi was mus tering his forces to meet both this trouble and the maritime strike. He expected violent warfare along tha waterfront and said he would taka the necessary steps to protect pub lic interests. The police set up head quarters in the Ferry building. Admiral Harry G. Hamlet, as a member of the federal maritims commission, opened a fact-finding hearing in San Francisco. C ECRETARY OF STATE HULL ^ and seven other Americans were named by President Roosevelt as the United States delegates in the forthcoming inter-American confer ence in Buenos Aires for the main tenance of peace. The conference is to open on December 1, and the American delegation is on its way now to the Argentine capital. Mr. Hull’s colleagues are: Sumner Welles, assistant secre tary of state in charge of Latin- American affairs; Alexander W. Weddell, ambassador to Argentina; Adolf A. Berle Jr., chamberlain of New York city; Alexander F. Whit ney, president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen; Charles G. Fen wick, professor of political science, Bryn Mawr college; Michael F. Doyle, Philadelphia lawyer, and Mrs. Elsie F. Musser, Salt Lake city, member of the Utah state senate. C APT. JAMES A. MOLLISON, English aviator, established a new speed record for trans-atlantic flights when he landed at Croydon airport, near London, 13 hours and 17 minutes after he had left Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, in his Amer ican Beilanca monoplane Dorothy. The previous fastest west to east crossing was made in 1932 by Ame lia Earhart in 14 hours, 54 minutes from Harbor Grace to Londonderry, Ireland. IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL S UNDAY I chool Lesson By REV. HAROLD L LUNDQU1ST. fimta •( tha Moody Bifelo laotllaU C WRatoro NSMaaptr Wftra. Lesson for November 22 AN AMBASSADOR IN CHAINS LESSON TEXT—Acts 28:16-24, 20, 21; Romans 9:6-11. GOLDEN TEXT—I can do all thin** through Christ which •trengtheneth me. Phil. 4:13. PRIMARY TOPIC—In the World * Great est City. JUNIOR TOPIC — An Ambassador in. Chains. •INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC —A Prisoner Speaks for Christ. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC —Chained But Not Silenced. A Peaceable Man A peaceable man doeth more good then he who is well-learned. A passionate man turneth even good into evil, and easily beUeveth evil. A good peaceable man turn eth all things to good.—Thomas A. Kempis. Week’s Supply of Postum Free Read the offer made by the Poa- tum Company in another part of this paper. They will send a wa week’s supply of health giving Postum free to anyone who writes for it.—Adv. Interesting Silence 4 There are some silent people who are more interesting than the best talkers. — Earl of Beacons- field. The rescue of Paul from the Jew ish mob by the Roman authorities resulted in consideration of his case on their part to determine what manner of man he was, and why his words and actions provoked such violent reactions among the Jewish subjects of Rome in Judea. When it appeared that Festus, who was procurator, was inclined to turn him over to the Jews at Jerusalem, Paul, knowing of their hatred, makes I. An Appeal to Caesar (Acts 28:16-19). ' It was an act of great signifi cance, and largely determined the course of Paul’s life and ministry until his death. It is a question upon which there is no little dif ference of opinion whether Paul was right in making this appeal. Per haps Dr. G. Campbell Morgan has best gathered up the truth of the matter in saying, “His way was that of an attitude revealing for all time what the duty of the Christian man is—to be true to his Lord, to be true to his conscience, to be loyal to the powers that be, and to make his appeal to them where necessary, for protection, in order that he may continue his work in accordance with the will of his Lord." Paul made no appeal to save his own life, but he did want to continue his ministry. And this he was permitted to do, for after he had come to Rome we find him to be II. A Prisoner Preacher (w 20- 24. 20. 31). He was chained, but not silenced He was anxious that those In Rome should “see" and "speak with" him (v. 20). They knew of the Christian “sect" only by rumor ss one "which everywhere is spoken against" (v. 22). He now proclaimed the truth to them, and with what results? j "Some believed . . . and some disbelieved" <v. 23). Again, we see that the greatest of ell preachers met just the same encouragement and discouragement that we face. The witness and mesrenger to not judged by the success that crowns his efforts, but by the faithfulness with which he discharges his duty. | Let us not condone our own car*-1 leasness or inefficiency by saying that even Paul was unsuccessful. but If ws have been faithful and diligent, let us be encouraged even though some disbelieve. Verse 30 Indicates that Paul either had a large measure of liberty, be ing permitted even aa a prisoner to dwell in a private house, or that he was tried and acquitted and con tinued to work in Rome for a period of years. Whichever may be true we cannot but admire the faitliful testimony of this man upon whose body time and trials had borne heavily, but whose spirit was aa young and aa powerful as the mes- sage he presented. And what was his message? We And it in his epistle to the Roman church. It GENUINE QUICK-ACTING Bayer Aspirin l^A TABL»f Bayer Tablets Dissolve Almost Instantly watch a gaaahia BAYES A*irta tablet atarta la dMatefrala aad go to work. Drag a Bayer A^tria tablet la te a glaee of water. Bf the tbae It hit* the het- tea* ef the glaee It U dleiategratlag. What haggeaa la thla glaee For Amazingly Quick Relief Get Genuine Bayer Aspirin You can now get Genuine BAYER ASPIRIN for virtually If a tablet at any drug More. 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What a beautiful word — “saved!” Brought back to God, “reconciled to God through the death of his Son” (v. 10), we are indeed saved if we have accepted him as our Saviour. This was Paul’s message, and it is our message to a lost world. Count Your Mercies Be on the lookout for mercies. The more we look for them the more of them will we see. Blessings brighten when we count them. Out }f the determination of the heart the eyes see. If you want to be gloomy, there’s gloom enough to keep you glum; if you want to be glad, there’s gleam enough to keep jrou glad. Say, “Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his oenefits.” Better lose count in his enumerating your blessings than *086 your blessings in telling over your troubles. - “Be thankful unto nim and bless his name.”—Maltbie D. Babcock, D. D. A True Life One truly Christian life will do more to prove the divine origin of Christianity than many lectures. 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