The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-02-20

commission pan OF CITY governments
How many cities have adopted il?
Have any large cities?
The object Is to secure better city
government and especially to do away
with the evils of partisan government.
More than $50 cities have adopted the
plan. including several of more than
100000 inhabitants. and many between
10000 and 100000. The list includes
New Orleans. 100000 population; st,
Paul. 214.000: Lowell. 100000: Birming-
ham. $4,000; Memphis. 49, 900: Oma-
ha. $4,000: Spokane. l04. 900: Oakland.
Cal. 10000. Some of the cities of
less than 100000 which have adopted
the plan are Des Moines. $4,000; Law
renee. Mass. $4,000; Trenton. y. j..
10000: Mobile. $1,000; Springfield. ILL.,.
$4,000; Kansas City. Kan. $4,000: Dat
las. Tex. $4,000: Fort Worth. Tex, 49,
600; Tacoma. $4,000.
Where were the parents of President
Wilson born?
President Wilson's father. the Rev.
Joseph f. Wilson. was born i'm Steu-
benville. O.; his mother Jessie Wood
row, was born in Carlisle. England.
Is it true that once during the Revo-
lutionary war the British captured
Mount Vernon?
No. but they levied tribute on it. In
the spring of 1871 some British war
ships entered the Potomac. levied con-
tributions on several places and
menaced Mount Vernon Washington.
of course. was mt the front. and in or
der. as he supposed to save the build
ings the manager consented to fur
nish Il supply Of provisions. For this
Washington severely censured him. 1T
would have been less painful cir
cumstance TO me-" wrote Washington.
Ito have heard that, in consequence OF
your noncompliance with their request.
they had burned my house and laid the
plantation in ruins
In how many different was may this
president of the United States treat
bill passed by congress and submitted
to him?
~ He may sign it, CO sign it with n
protest though that is merely matter
Of record; (3l if presented more than
ten days before the close of the session
of congress and he takes no action at
the expiration OF ten days it becomes a
law without his signature; l4) IL pre-
scented within ten days of the close of
the session and he fails to return it it
does not become law, and this is
termed a pocket veto. the bill being
quietly killed without reason assigned;
(5) he may veto it. giving his reasons
to congress. The pocket veto always
has been held in disfavor as an exer-
else of rather arbitrary power and has
been little used I'm recent years. Jack
son pocketed seven bills. Neither
Cleveland nor Harrison pocketed any.
though both vetoed many bills, giving
reasons therefor
What was the date of the Browns.
vile (Tex.) riot in which coIorsd sol.
diers Of the Twenty fifth infantry kill
cd q citizen?
Aug. IL. 1000
Why was tho government OF the Dis
triet Of Columbia made different from
that of tho states?
In establishing the government 1t
was important that the national capt.
tai should be located in national terri |
tory and not within any particular
state. So when it was decided to
establish what was called IA federal
city" the states of Maryland and Vir-
ginia each ceded a body Of land on OPP |
posite sides of the Potomac river for
the site of capital. over which con-
gress should have exclusive jurisdic- |
ton, as 1t has over the territories. or
the cessions thus made congress ac-
copied sixty-four square miles from
Maryland and thirty-six square miles |
from Virginia, but in 1916 congress |
ceded back to Virginia the portion &C.
cepted from that state. AS now con-
stituted the boundaries Of the District |
are marked by stone mile posts in |
scribed on the side facing the district |
Jurisdiction Of the United States"
and on the opposite side maryland"
AS congress exercises exclusive juris- |
diction over the District it prescribes |
the form of government for Washing |
ton and at present 1t is governed by |
appointed by the presi'
dent.
Do recent statistics show any de- |
crease in the number of horses in the |
United States?
On the contrary. they show steady
increase at least Of horses on farms. |
except in one period. From 1890 to |
1900 the number decreased from H.
pa, 900 TO 13.J3SO00. but since 1900 the |
increase has been steady to 1TUJS.OOO |
i'm 1905. 20,277. 900 in 1911 and 2O,06I.-
900 I'm 1913.
Where does the expression occur
about a man being fearfully and won
derfuIIy constructed?
The One Hundred AMI Thirty-ninth |
Psalm. verse IA, 81 will praise thee. for |
| am fearfully and wonderfully made
What is the nature of the action OF
oil in calming waves at sea, chemical
or mechanical?
1t is mechanical. The philosophy OF |
tho aparatfn ic that tho thin covering /