El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-29
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m IS Dr. Hnrry Gnrdeles me AneA
" administrator. related to the
Z former presidenf. and what buslness
was he connected With before he en-
tered the governments serTieef W. r.
A. Dr. Garfield Is the eldest son
OF he former Republican president.
7 James A. Garfield Al the time Of his
appointment as fuel administrator he
was president Of Williams college.
WuliamstoWus Mass which position
he still holds. He has been head o.
the college since 1905
q IL there a war tax on ChrlEtuaas
parcel post packageaf j. J.
A. a war tax Of i cent VIII Be
charged for each Christmas parcel
I post package on which the postage
amounts 20 25 cents and another
cent for each additional IS cents.
O. How much did the world var
cost Fruneef y. q.
a IL Is estimated that the total
financial damage suffered by France
during the five years OF var was
nearly seventy billion dollars. OF
which more than forty billion was
TWeuty-slE blnou Was actual cost
as compared with q Gust o. twenty
two billion 70 the United States.
@ u the salary Of the lord meu-
tenant OF Ireland greater llal A1lA
OF the president Of The Unlfed statess
A The lord Lieutenant receives a
yearly salary OF fg7.4 400. aside from
household and personal expenses
while our president Is paid $4,000
yearly. and allowed f25.eoo for
travelling expenses
@. How many officers called into
the service during the war VIII De
retained In the organization OF the
regular armyf T. IL
a. The war department says t1ar
there VIII he $500 emergency officers
retained IN the regular army 9l
these. approximately 1900 are n me
air service. There are about lto req
lar army officers IN the air service
@ How nay woolen socks tndt are
too large be ahrunki 8. NJ A
A. Wooden socks may be snrunl-
BY washing them first IN hot and then
e what was the total debt Of the
- me treasury department. SAYS
, that the highest point the clvll var
debt ever reached vas fz.s44.olQ,l-5
on August 81, 1850
e What Is TIE Rosetta stonef J.
A L 6 a slab OF black asphalt
bearing an Inscription which vas the
key 10 the Interpretation OF Egyptian
hferoglyphics- II was found IN 4ts9
BY a French officer Of engineers near
Rosstta. Egypt and IS now IN the
British museum in London
O Which state IN the union has
the largest negro populafionf Z. $.
A. The estimated census Tor 1915
showed that Georgia. vita 1,256.770
negro inhabitants. has the largest
negro population. Mississippi ranked
second and Alabama third The total
Nero ponulatIou Of the United states
At that tine was 1o,196.f19-
q. what was the name Of the first
club 10 play h--ebam in the United
sfnteEs n. y. j.
al The KnicEerhocker club, or
rauiEed IN 1915. was the lrsr c-up
"a nfav that game. which has sincs
dereloped into baseball. The CLUB was
IA existence for nearly 80 years
Q. What state has tEs greatest
electric railroad u.ilcaEei > 2; G.
A. New York has 553l miles y
electric railroads. While Pen15g lFania
IS second with ISIS Ohio ranks third
with f28o niles
a what Is the length and otter
dimensions o. the Panama e1nnlf
A. ne Panama canal from deep
water 20 deep water ls sos miles
long. Ihs maximum width Of the
bottom IS 1000 feet Minimum 800
feet. The greatest depth e % leer
while the minimum depth ls A. feet
q What was the rreElheutal vote
In New York IN 1857 "a. h
A Hughes carried the state. his
vote being ss5.951 as compared With
In 1912. Wilson carried the state. re-
ceiVlnE 665.455 votes In the same
year Taft poled asses while
Roosevelt ran third with 5eo.Q-1 votes
O. How much coffee End tea f.
Imported annually into the United
sfuteIf W. ID. p.
A. The department OF commerce
says that In 1917 there were 1s1--.-
05S,525 pounds o coffee iuPorted IN
this country While tlera were lll.-
a64.410 pounds OF tea brought In dur
ing the same period The consump-
ton OF coffee per capita based upon
the net imports was 1893 pounds.
The per capita consum ptio1 or tea
was less than one pound
g What nre the gems which are
symhOlic % the II monfhss F. G.
A The birth stones authorized By
the American jewelers. association
amethyst; March. aquamarine or
bloodstone; April. diamond MAJ.
emerald. June, pearl or muoustone-
July. ru1ys August. moousrone or
peridots September sapphire October.
opal OF tOurmaliue5 November. topaz
December. turquoise or lapls laIulL
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