Arizona republican., 1920-02-08
QUESTIONS AND
 ANSWERS

o. How many members of congress were in the military service during the late war? H. M- A.
 A Ten members of the house of rep resentatives took an active part in the world war. They were Carl Hayden Of Arizona, Royal C. Johnson of South Dakota, Albert Johnson Of Washington, Tom Connolly of Texas. Victor Heintz of Ohio Marvin Jones OG Texas, Guy Helvering Of Kansas. 4. r. Gardner or Massachusetts. John J. Rogers Of ] Massachusetts and FlorellO H. La Ciuardia of Texas. There was no United States senator in active military ! service.
 o. Was former President Taft ever ! a rnerrber of the United States supreme court? T. [. L.
 ] A IIe was not but he twice declined to accept appointment from Presiden- Roosevelt as associate j5;stice of the supreme court
 c. What was tile greatest amount of money coined in single year m the United States r1irts? C. G. 4. Tne r-cor1 amount Of money turned out hv -e United States hints was in 1e3{. wien $25o. .zSl.5S9-50 was coined. Tn c-.s- includes gold silver nickel and copper coins. and Is eNeia- sive of all paper currency o. Hcw many federal statutes have been held unconstitutional by the United States supreme court2 '. A. S. A BotWeea 17Se and 1912 the SUI preme court declared unconstitutional % statutes of congress, 223 state Sta1- utes and g municipal ordiaa nces- O. Where is Downing street2 E. l. E.
 A. It is a street in the southwest district of London. in which the off cial residence of the British prime min ister is located. The foreign office and the colonial offices also are there and the name is frequently used as con- Ter-fr ernment.
 o. When was the Dutch West India company formed. and for what pur- pose? G. D. L.
 A It was a trading company. estab- lfshed in 1921. to which was granted a. monopoly of trade on portions of the American and African coast IL also had the right of colonizing and main taining military and naval forces which latter it often used to plUnder the Spanish and Portuguese settlements IL established the Dutch colonies of BraziIS New Netherlands. Guiana, the " est Indies and the Gold Coast
 O. U nder the Sweet amendment to the war risk insurance act. how much compensation does a soldiers widow with two chiloren receive? E. w m-
 A. She is entitled to S4s-5O a month from the government. in addition 10 ay government insurance that is due ner if her husband was insured
 O. What foods are the easiest to di- gest? M- G. P-
 A. Some of the wholesome foods thar are easily digested are boiled rice. boiled fish, raw apples. boiled aspara- gus. and slightly cooked eggs. These foods remain in the stomach from one to two hours RoasI pork and veal are among the hardest ts digest. re- maininS in the stomach about five hours.
 o. What are some Of the most fam ous duels ever fought in the United States? o. N.
 A. They were Burr Hamilton. ISOs, Barron Deca tur- 1S20; Graves-CilIey- 1898. and Terry -BrodericE. 1858 Burr killed Hamilton; Barron and Decatur wounded each other the former seTi- ously and the latter fatally: Graves killed Cilley. while Frederick was killed by Terry.
 O. Were there any American briea- dIer or major generals killed in the world war? E. R.
 A. The war department says that there were no officers Of those ranks killed in the recent war. There were a number of colonels killed
 0. What are cultured pearls? C.M.H.
 A. The kind that are produced arIi- ficially. particularly by the Japanese The pearl is a growth inside the mol luck to protect it from some irritant- By artificiaIly introducing an irritant into the mollusk shell the Japanese cause it to grow pearl. These are rarely of the quality of natural pearls
 O. How many men so far have been in President Wilson's cabinet7 SEW.
 A. Eighteen men to date have served in President Wilson's cabinet
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