The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-08-04

4 Will you please give me a definition
i of treason2
Treason is defined by the constitu-
/ ton of the United States, and this def.
milton cannot be changed except by the
1 passage of constitutional amendment
i passed In the usual manner This def
4 milton is:
Treason against the United States
shall consist only in levying war against
them or In adhering to their enemies,
4 giving them aid and comfort"
| What constitutes ''leyying war" and
giving them aid and comfort" has been
defined by the courts repeatedly
We are told in the news papers that
the political and other offenders sent
i to Siberia by the lately oyerthcown
i Russian government have now return
4 ed to Russia. At the same time we
are told that there is a great future
for Siberia. What seems to be the
/ promise in that land which we have
been accustomed to associate with icy
conditions?
Siberia is of great extent, covering
an area of more than 100000 square
| miles, or more than one and One-half
times that of the United States 1t is
estimated that S00,000,000 people can
/ live plentifully out of its rich, black
/ soil. Besides the rich agricultural pos
sibilities of Siberia, it is said to be par
ticularly rich In minerals. especially
gold, silver, copper, iron and coal We
4 have thought of Siberia pretty much
! as we have of Alaska and for the same
\ reason-its projection into the arctic
! circle But much of this vast land is
! no farther north than nine-tenths of
| the populated portions of Canada. All
the staples may be grown In Siberia
! between ATTITUDES so and 81, and up
to the beginning of the present war
100000 settlers year were pouring
into it, taking up cheap sites. The
\ present population is estimated at
/ about 100000
What was the population of PhiIadeI-
phia previous to the Revolutionary
WARP
In 1853, 500; 100, $500; 1853, 14,563;
176O, 1876; 1863, 2s,042, and 1778,
l21,769.
II What are the standard points for q
psanortioned Woman's figure?
N The dimensions and descriptions OF
the perfect woman, as approved by a
New York sculptor, follow: Height, 5
feet Z inches; weight lat pounds;
color of hair chestnut brown; color of
eyes. hazel; waist measure 241, inch.
es; bust SO inches; hips 10 inches;
thigh, % inches; knee, II inches; calf,
IL inches; ankle, 8 inches; wrist. 61a
inches; size of glove, 81 size of shoe,
81h.
What does the phrase containing
force" mean?
A body of troops charged with the
duty of holding in check a body tgen-
orally numerically superiorl of the enc
my while the main efforts of the army
are directed against another portion of
the hostile forces
I, Can you give any information about
rattiesnake on flag with the motto,
HDon't Tread on Me" We think It
was about 1775 and that later South
| Carolina adopted Il.
The ''rattlesnake flag" was widely
used during the Revolution. 1t was
white and bore the image of a rattle
snake either coiled up ready to strike
or cut into thirteen pieces, each of
| which was marked with the initials
of colony. When the snake was
| coiled it bore the legend beneath 1t
Don't Tread on Me- and when the
snake was depicted in sections the leg
end United or Die"
Figuratively the serpent was sup
posed to signify wisdom and vigilance
and the thirteen rattles on its tail the
thirteen colonies. Another rattlesnake
flag is said to have had field of red
and white stripes with the rattlesnake
extending across them. The snake flag
/ was used by the southern states from
| 1776 to June, 1777, but we cannot find
1 that 1t was ever adopted officially by
South Carolina.
Which is the larboard side of vss-
SELF
The Iarboard side of vessel is the
| left side when one stands with his face
toward the bow or forward part. The
opposite term, starboard, is the right
hand side as one looks forward. The
term larboard, however, has given place
to port in sea vernacular.
! note that the union jack 10 the
correct British flag to be unfurIed by
those who would so honor that coun-
try. Please give brief history of this
4 FLAG.