Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-10-14
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new questions
Ais there book in the Bible
that does not contain the word God?
2-Is there a town in the United
States named o K?
3-What distance out to sea does
the jurisdiction of this country OK
tend?
4-Does a car consume more gaso-
line at thirty miles an hour than at
fifteen miles an hour?
,5---Are there any prohibition laws
similar to the eighteenth amend
in Honduras or Cuba?
6-What is the religion of Gov
ernor Cox, the Democratic nominee
for president?
7-How many newspapers are
printed every day in this country?
8-Has the secret of the mystery
ships" of England been revealed?
I'm God We Trust?"
10-Please give description of
the first airplane that actually flew?
~ Questions and Answers
1. Q.-Is the number of silos in
use increasing?
A.-Basing an estimate on a report
from Indiana, the number has nearly
trebled in five years. In 1913, there
was one silo to every twenty-five
IdIllS. III lJlo IH6T0 was one S1lO IOr
every nine farms.
2, Q.-How long will it be before
there will be comet that can be seen
with the naked eye?
.A-The naval observatory says
that predictions as to the naked eye
visibility of q comet during one of
it's periodic returns are always uncer-
tain.
8. Q.-Would like to know the date
the first A. E. f. troops landed iii Eu-
rope, and at what point?
A.-The war department says that
the first military unit to leave the
United States for France was base
hospital unit No, 4, from Fort Totten,
n. Y, which sailed on May 5, 1917,
on the steamship Orduna, and arrived
at the port of st. Nazaire on May IT.
A. Q,-I would like to know how
will average in flying 40 miles?
Adjoining pigeons have been
known to fly over thirty yards per
second, but the average velocity Is
less than half that amount. The
course of homing pigeon is usually
direct, and would probably average
about thirty miles an hour, taking
about six hours flying time to make
the ITO miles.
5. On speaking of pine forest,
is it understood that all the trees are
pine?
Ali DEdCClc6, d lOT0SL III WHICH
80 per cent of the trees are of one
species, is called by the name of that
species.
6. Q.-How does kerosene compare
win coal for heating?
A.-Kerosene contains more heat
ing energy than coal when considered
on a weight basis.
Z. Q.-How many acres are under
contract with factories for the rails
Tag of corn, peas, tomatoes and snap
beans?
A.-The total acreage contracted
for in 1920 for these four crops, and
reported, was 400,4S2 acres.
8. Q-What kind Of a constitution
was drawn up for the Southern Con-
federacy?
A,-The constitution, adopted on
March II, 1851, was largely literal
copy of the constitution of the United
States. 1t departed from the orig
inal in several passages. and section
the institution OF slavery.
8. Q.-How many anarchists were
deported last year?
A.-The bureau of immigration
says that of the 2,762 aliens deported
during the fiscal year ending June
80, 1920, 314 were of the anarchistic
or kindred classes
10. Q.-Are thunderstorms more
likely to occur at certain hours?
most frequently at specified hours OF
the day and night, particularly to
in the afternoon, 8 to 10 in the eve
ming and sometimes at or in the
morning. This is not true on the
ocean, where thunderstorms occur at
all hours of the day and night with
equal frequency.