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Voice of the Press Canada, The Empire and The World at Large CANADA FARSIGHTED From Kimhcy, Alta.. comes a re- port of a local ai<eiit who has sold IS pianos in the district this Kali. That is a crcat uplift to the poultry busi- r -.sii too, as IS piano boxes would riean 18 pood chicken coops. â€" Stratr ford Mcacon-Herald. CAR THEFTS IN TORONTO The Ottawa Journal reports 504 motor ears stolen in that city in two years, and all but two of them r©- covf-rcil. The Toronto record is 2,842 in two years, which, in a city with five times Ottawa's population and seven timi-s it motor rpgistration, may be reirardcd as a fairly comparable fig- ure. In Toronto 51 of the cars â- were .'till mi.s.<?'np when the chief con-table's report was Ls.sucd In the following year, but some have doubt- le.-.f been recovered since that time. In a large city it is much more difficult to trace automobiles when they disappear, and probably a larirer perccntaKc are stolen "for keeps" as di.stinct from those which «;e merely appropriated for joy ri^..s. â€" Toronto Star. A NEW SPECIES A dog in Florida climbs trees for or.-in:4C3 and grapefruit, and also cats banana.s, apples and cabbages. Ah! A .'ialad-hound. â€" Woodstock Scnti- nel-Keview. A DANISH PAPER There is a romance in printing a licu>paper â€" whether it be a metro- politan daily or a smaM i-ural week- ly â€" that captures the imagination of nio.st everybody. And throughout the world there are ventures being liv- ed, even today, in newspaper pub- lishing. One of the.se is on a farm near Kentville, Nova Scotia, where an en- terprising Danish-American, Mr. Udm Kuntze, prints the bi-montniy "IJan.ske Herold." He has a lino- type machine and a flat-bed press »nd a few racks of type, and witn this modest equipment, plus a maxi- mum of ingenuity, he issues his neai eight-page publication, full of Can- jida-wide Danish new.s sent in by a email army of correspondents, and tastefully brightened by illustrations. The subiicription list, and this is an «xcellent indication of the value of "Danske Herold," is not only Cana- dian but it also extends to Denmark, â- where the paper enjoys great popu- larity among the "home folks" whose fion.s and daughters have settled in a new land. His readers find it a source of plca.;ure and in.struction, and there Is no doubt that the paper makes a genuine contribution to Danish Jifi! in Canada. â€" Winnipeg Free Press. ARMIES AND ARMAMENT The building of armaments is a provocation of war, not because ar- tillery provokes an irresponsible ur'^e in the breasts of peaceful burjchers to blow up bridges and knock down church steeples, but De- cau.^e the.se inanimate things require an army to operate them, and if an army is to be any good you must love it.â€" Hamilton Herald. A NEW HONOR? Earl Willingdon, it is reportcfl, is to he made a Knight of the Garter. The fine service rendered by this former (Jovemor General of Canada as Viceroy of India during an ex- ce uingly difficult period fully en- titles him to this honor. â€" ^BrockviUe Recorder. THE AIR-MAIL A London corre.^pondent of The Ottawa Journal has some .significant comment on air-mail development in the British Isles. Such is the growing volume of business mads now being carried by air between London and Gla.-gow, he writes, that It is merely a (juestion of time be- fore a regular direct service is in- stituted. Tiip present .sen-ice, which dehv- er.s ie tors at one end one the even- ing of the .same day that they are airmai'-'d from the other, is not a direct line, but takes a zig-zag route to .s^rve oth-r cides, but he is told that "our po. tal experts regard the business between London and (Ilas- grow, which are after all the first and second cities of the Kingdom, if not of the Empire, as amply justi- fying a direct individual .enice." And these observation.s apply with equal force to this country. The basi.; of commercial aerial develop- ment in Canada mu.st be the air- mail; and as Foon as the btat<! of the public finances permit, air-mail ser- Yices will undoubtedly be . stabKshed on an extensive scale. â€" Halifax Her- ald. TOUGH FOR THE FISH We read of a naturali.st who has diflcovcrrd fish that live on lan.l. it â- â€¢ems foolhardy, consi<l<;ring thatex- ^rienred farmers ran hardly do it. â€" Regina Leader-Fcst. RISING INCOME There is great cause in. satisfac- tion in certain New York figures re- leased recently and having to do with the income of the American people. Leading trade analy.sts, it is stated, place tile 1934 income at around jy.OOO.OOO.OOO more than last year. In r.>2'.> the national income was e»- tinmte<l at |8G,10C,000,000. The deprosidion starting late that year, pulled the total down in rapid fash- ion. In 1933 it was believed to have been reduced to approximately $49,500,000,000. â€" Horder Citiea Star. TAX ON PYJAMAS We are reliably infonned by one of them that farmers do not wear pyjamas, and along with this news conies the suggestion that city feli- lers should pay a stiff tax for doing so. This may be meant as another "nuisance" tax on the rich. As an Algoma man is behind the idea, this column is for it, or for anything else that will irritate the social strata who have forsaken the good old nightshirt which is also an outgro^wth of an effort to achieve culture as we gather from the ex- perts Why should anybody effect the modern gewgaws that the sissy magazines flaunt in our faces in a variety of gaudy patterns?? Should any man put on esxtra style merely to hit the hay? For science tells us (and what science doesn't think it knows can be put in your left eye), that the normal man shifts every few minutes when he U asleep, thus revealing that the nocturnal fight with the bed clothes is a sign of a good day's work. Whether a man retires as a squir- rel does, without brushing his teeth or doing his daily half dozen, or Bleeps in his clothes like an occa- ional lumberjack, there seems to be no real excuse for pyjama making except as a relief measure. As for the reasonable needs of the women folks, we refrain from expressing any view. â€" Sault Ste. Marie Star. Finish Oi World's Greatest Air Race RECKLESS DRIVERS Men who never lost sight of safe- ty when at work become careless and reckless when they get behind the wheel of a car. Men who would never think of taking a chance In handling a piece of factory machin- ery will try to save five minutes on the drive home by cutting corners, passing on curves and at intersec- tions, or doing one of the many other things which cause our annual automobile death toll to increase. â€" Chatham News. THE EMPIRE METHOD SOUGHT TO KEEP DANUBE OPEN ALL WII^rrER Soviet Plan of Keepin? Rivers Free of Ice to Be Studied IKre are the first pictures to be received of the finish of the London to Melbounie air race m which two British fliers won with a margin of days over speed fliers from many other countries m the sensational time of less than three days. In th e upper picture the winning plane is seen being run into a hangar. The lower picture shows Sir Macph erson Kobertson. the donor of the prizes, congratu- lating C. W. A. Scott and his co-pilot, T. Campbell Black, on their remarkaMe achievement Un t>ir Macpherson Robertson's left is the Lord Mayor of Melbourne (Sir Harold Gengoult i'lmth), chair- man of the centenary celebrations, and standing behind is the Acting Premier of Victoria, Mr. lan Macfarlan. is work for all. We enjoy a peace- ful form of government. There is need for dispersing such elements of disturbance as exist in our poli- tics. When men are busy at worn; they have no mind for trouble. The rapid development of Empire trade is opening up new prospects of business and employment. We must accelerate that development. It is the only way to prosperity. DRESSY MAYORS Bulgaria Insists Mayors Be Fashion Plates on $3.S to $100 a Month. A MUSEUM FOR FAKES The British Museum authorities are understood to be considering the establishment of a museum of forg- eries. We hope that they may see their way to create such a collection, as it would be of undoubted interest and value to the public, and would act as a deterrent to the forger, who has in many instances made large sums out of clever impostures. â€" London Daily Mail. FIRST AID TO LITERATURE An Advertisement in the London Morning Post. Would any one like to send out Coue thoughts for the success of a girl who has just finished the open- ing chapter of her first novel? â€" Her Mother. 178 KILLED IN ONE WEEK The sharp rise in the graph of I fatal roa<l accidents in Great Britain is as puzzling as it is disquieting. During the week ended on Saturday, 178 people were killed or (lie<l from i their injuries â€" a total which is only i two below that for the first week in I July, the worst return since these reconis were first introduced in I March. A relatively heavy death- 1 rate in midsummer can be under- stood if it cannot be excused. But what are we to say about e(iually I grim returns at the beginning of 1 November, when a large number of I cars have been withdrawn from the | roads? â€" Glasgow Herald. Sofia, â€" Fron now on Bulgaria Is to have only white-collared mayors. One of the chief ideals of the new Government is to find ways In which the village masses may profit from the knowledge an<l ability of the edu- cated people. And one of these ways is held to be the appointment of uni- versity graduates only to the posts of village mayors. Hitherto the mayor has been a lo- cal celebrity. He, the priest, and the teacher were the ruling triumvirate. In many cases the mayor was neither educated nor cultured. He aomotlmes ruled as a local deai>ot. The new Government however has set out to regenerate peasant life. It has decreed, also, that the mayors should be lawyers. And In addition to performing their administrative work they are to serve as judges. Their salaries also have been fixed. In communllis of less than BO Inhabi- tants they win receive $35 a month and In the larger villages $40. City mayors are to receive as high as JlOO monthly. The plan is that the mayor la to be a village fathej. He Is to be a teaober and missionary. His family is to serve as an example to all. But opponents of the scheme can- not imagine white collared lawyers doing all this lor $35 a month! QUEER WORLD SAVE THESE MOTHERS in the last ten years science has , advanced at all points, but the most | important point of all; while the birth-rate has fallen the toll of mothers' lives has increased. Life- saving in most other fields of human activity has become a national con- cern but mothers have been allowed to die unheeded except by those who mourn them. For a great m '.jority i of the.-:e deaths .sheer neglect alor.e is responsibleâ€" neglect to take advant- age of modem methods, to .seek new methods, to dispel ignorance and sup- erstition, to ensure proper pre-natal care, to warn mothers againstt im- proper feeding and other danger.-!. â€" â-  Manchester Sunday. | EMP.RE FREE TRADE We are the happie.st nation in the world. In this country there is work for many, as the rising figures of employment teB. We require to ad- vance the movement so that there A thirty-year old dealer, called to give evidence at Barnet (Herts) County Court, told Judge Tudor Rees that he could not read. A postcard has taken more than twenty years to travel from Ports- mouth to Slough, Bucks, where it has just been delivered with an apology stating that it was discover- ed in a disused letter-box. It was sent by Mr. A. Gallap! The tooth of an animal believed to have lived 200,000 years ago has been discovered in the Kwangsi Province of China. Rones of pre- historic animals, stone axes and utensils used thousands of years ago have r1.-io been found. HIGH TANKS AND QUAKES The Building of Water Tow- ers a Subject for Research When an earthquake rocked Long Beach, Calif., last year, elevated water tanks were damaged, some so badly that they had to be taken dowm. Parts of the city were dry. Here we have the inspiration for the studies that A. C. Ruge is mak- ing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to discover how water tanks should be built. The first thing that Ruge does is to make a scale model. A. 60,000 gallon tank about twenty feet in diameter and weighing half a mil- lion pounds becomes a miniature imitation five inches in diameter, weighing five pounds, and holding two and a half quarts. The slowest artificial quake that can be pro- duced shakes such a model much too rapidly. Ruge allows for that. The artificial quakes are produced by shaking a table on which the model li mounted. All the motions are magnified and photographed. What do the records show? Water tanks are not built to resist earth- quakes. Paradoxically enough, mod- erate strengthening does more harm than good. All that is usually expected of a water tower is resistance to wind pressure and strength enough to carry the load of water. This is good enough in regions where earthquak- es are unknown. In shaky regions of the earth another type must be designed. What this is Ruge has still to discover. NEWdRCUIT BREAKER Speed Mrs. Nellie Smith sent her wash- ing to the laundry at Reading, Mas- sachusetts. When the bag was open- ed B sheet jumped out and scamper- ed across the floor. In packing the wash Mrs. Smith had included her cat. and Economy Claimed For Power Line Device Unusual features are embodied In a new high voltage, large capacity oil circuit breaker for electric power lines. Radically different In design, each 3lngIe-i>oIe unit of the new breaker Is shaped like a cross In con- trast to the tank-like construction of conventional equipment. Among the claims offered for the new equlpmenti which was developed by the General Klectric Company, are higher break. Ing speeds and short arckink times and the use of very little oil. Only ninety-six gallons of oil per pole are stated to be required by a breaker with an interrupting rating of 1,500,000 kilovolt amperes, at 138 kilovolts, compared with about 1,700 gallons per pole for a conventional breaker of an equivalent Interrupting rating. NKW TYPE OP CONTAINERS. Horizontal containers, not much larger than conventional bushings, enclose the interrupting mechanianis. Tliese containers are mounted on ver- tical central supports which, in ad- dition to serving in an insulating ca- pacity, also house current transfor- mers when such equipment Is re- quired. The operating mechanism is locat- ed In the base of each slngle-i>oIa unit and an insulated operating rod passes up through the central sup- port to the container. The Interrupting elements consist of several sets ot contacts in a line, and the inside of eaob container is so arranged that oil driven by a plstoa. Is positively directed across the arc path of each of the several arc breaks per pole during circuit Interruption. GALATZ, Roumania â€" Efforts are to be made to maintain freight traf- fic all winter on the Danube River, between Vienna and the Black Sea, according to a decision of the Inter- national Danube Committee at iti sitting here. Since the realization of this plan requires that a track be kept fre« from ice, tralTic experts are to b« sent to the Soviet Republic to studj the methods used by the Russians for keeping their navigable riven open in the winter. The movement of freight up and down the Danube is much cheapei than shipping it by train and no less than six states profit from thii waterway, but for several monthi each year traffic is stopped by th« Ice. It is realized that great difficultiei have to be faced in undertaking th« scheme to keep the river open be- cause usually the river does no( freeze over solidly, but is covered with large quantities of loose ic« floating rapidly do-wn stream. It il not easy to see how ice breakers can keep a channel open under such con- ditions and ordinary freight boat cannot long withstand the strain ot this floating ice. If this attempt at defying winter here does succeed, it will greatly fa- cilitate trade in southeast Europe. King John'* Treasure May be Buried in Castle Grounds British Generals Of 1917 Criticized By Lloyd George London â€" Mr. David Lloyd George, Britain's chief "elder statesman," has followed up recent sharp crit- icisms of his late naval and civil colleagues with an equally out- spoken indictment of British gen- erals, in the latest volume of his lively "War Memoirs." Mr. Lloyd George finds in par- ticular that the whole series of military operations which were con- tinued for a number of months in 1917 in the quagmires of Passchen- daele in France were "one of the blackest horrors in history." He supports this allegation with voluminous extracts from official records. He brings forward also personal evidence so detailed and so well documented as to be caulculated to keep official apologists busy for a generation endeavoring to dis- prove his thesis. "It is," Mr. Lloyd George says, "one of the bitterest ironies of war that I who have been ruthlessly as- sailed in books, in the press and in speeches for 'interfering with the soldiers' should carry with me as my most painful regret the memory that on this issue I did not justify that charge." It is thought in some circles here that nothing is to be gained by re- calling such grim events as those to which Mr. Lloyd George refers. On the other hand the view is a'.so widely held that ;uch light a? he is now endeavoring to supply may help prevent the recurrence of such happenings. Mr. Lloyd Georga thus has warm supporters as well as fierce ass ;il- ants in the cor.trovery he has started. History books telling how King John's treasure was lost in the Wash may soon have to be rewritten. Documents have been found in ancient Rockingham Castle revealing that the crown and jewels were hid- den at Rockingham Castle, then a royal residence. It was from Rockingham Castle that John set out on the journey which took him across the Wash. The documents, which are in code, have been decphered and point to the actual part of the grounds where the treasure lies buried. The Rev, 0. R- Plant, rector of Rockingham, told the reporter these facts. With the consent and assis- ance of Lady Seymour, mother of Sir Michael Culme-iSeymour, owner of the castle, he has for several months been making investigations in the ANCIENT TUNNEL "I had always thought it unlikely that the king would have taken his crown and jewels with him on a dan- gerous journey," said Mr. Pla.'.it. "Besides these documents I found the blocked-up entrance to an old tunnel, where, I believe, is hidden a great deal of gold and silver plate and coin which disappeared from the castle chapel about the same time as the treasure. "I could open that tunnel in tea minutes if I had Sir Michael's per- mission. He is now in Canada. "The tunnel appears to lead from inside the castle right down to the village. "I feel sure that besides King John's treasure will be found the original Magna Carta ... It w»j drafted at Rockingham, and the king had it with him here." OUTSIDERS BARRED The rector said it was unlikely that further researches will be made until Sir Michael CuIme-iSeymour, who is acting as aide-de-camp to Lord Bessborough returns to Eng- land next June. "He will aljv.ost certainly wish to be present when such histoiicui finds take pla.e on his own lands," said Mr. Plant. "If peimisr.ion is given to dig be- fore Sir Michael returns, we shall wait until public interest has died down. We sliall e.'iploy no v.'o!rk;nen or outsiders. Only myself, Lady Seymour, and some friends will take part in the work, and it will be done in the greatest secrecy." The Zulu-Kaffirs require a man to stand at a distance when he address- es his mother-in-law. He may not ad- dress her by name, for such fami- liarity might imply an authority over her. A midget has conimilted su";'d^ ;'.' Waterloo, Iowa, by jumping o i ciear box. TcH of Preventable Diseases (Brantford Expo.sitcr) Every year thousands of Can- adians die for diseases which could be prcvente<l. The Canad'an Social Hyi^iene Coi'teil i? authority for the statentnt that on a averafja one person in tbrse thus dies .nhrr.1 ot his t;r>ie, and nn ai'alysis of Ontario si«'isti."s would indicate that the average for th's province is even higher, with 3-1 per cent, of all deaths postpoi'able. Again, it is con- tended that from two to three per cent, of Iha popu'ation of the popu- lation of Canada is continuously on the ri'l: li t a'ld that more than half of all d'-."b!irg sickness could be prove'^tcd. ,