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O:-Can you please give the Toll the Panama
Canale C Ed.
Al merchant vessels carrying passengers or CARGO
dollar and twenty ($l2O per vessel oneach
hundred (10O cubic feetof actual earning capacity.
g. On vessels in ballast without passengers cargo,
forty 4O less than the of tolls for vessels with
passengers cargo.
g. Upon naval vessels other transports, GOLFERS.
hospital ships and supply Ships fifty O displacement
a. Upon Army and Navy transports, GOLFERS hos
pa ships and supply ships dollar and twenty 20)
per on the vessels be measured by the rules
employed in determining the tonnage of merchant vessels
The Panama Canal of 1912, providing for the per-
manent of the Canal Zone and other regulations
amended in bill signed by the President June 49, 1914,
known the "Panama Tolls Exemption Repeal BILL where
by the clause exempng American coastise vessels from pay
ing tolls repealed.
OWL you kindly let me know who originated the
international language Esperantol Also give any further
information the subject that space your query column
afford. B. T.
A:-Esperanto is an artificial language invented by the
Russian DR.. L. L. Zamenho of Warsaw, Poland 1t has only
subject in vew namely, international aux-
larry languages it in the least expected replace the
national languages The first book in the language
published in 1887.
The Esperanto words mostly in Latin, but
also of AngoGeman origin the first glance
has, Of
The great of Esperanto, which is and
studied all the world, is chiefly due the facility with
which it may be mastered. The pronunciation is strictly
phonetic, making the study of spelling unnecessary The
grammar does admit of exceptions the rules and
so logical and simple that be learned completely few
hours by any who familiar with the grammar of his
mother tongue The vocabulary consists of about
words, large majority of wch is known any
language contains great number of Latin instance
English.
In spite of this small number of words Esperanto
been made rich words and expressions by the adoption
certain axes and certain methods of word combination By
these simple and considerable vocabulary may
obtained Esperanto is we'll sounding language when spoken
Esperanto is used for all civilized purposes by many
hundreds of thousands of in all civilized countries
made its appearance the United organized
in 1906 when the first society for its study formed in Bos
ton and this followed by New
York and Philadelphia. 1t is promoted by large
fourishng national association the Esperanto Association
North America
Esperanto has large literature hundred periodicals.
including number in the United States, being published and
large and powerful Universal Esperanto Association
ans regular system of cousulate all the world faci
the transaction of all kinds of legitimate
members by of the tongue.
International of Esperantists held
Bouogne Geneva Cambridge Dresden Barcelona, Washing
Antwerp Cracow Berne and San Francisco Delegates
representing the Eperant of forty different nations and Ian
guages have been in attendance.
Tho hoyoo chad
office from which be obtained without CHARGE any desired
information of the Address Esperanto Office
West Newton Boston Postal DISTRICT, Mass.
Q-Please tell me what B. T. u stands for when speak
ing of heat? "A. c. H.
Alb. T. u is abrevaton of 'Brtish Thermal
meaning that stands expressed
in abreviation.