Arizona republican., 1920-04-28

Q.-Who are the leading president al possibilities of the two great parties ". D. N.
 A.-Republican: Major General Wood, Herbert Hoover, General Pershing, Senator Hiram Johnson, Governor Lowden, Ser ator Warren G. Harding. former President Taft, Governor Coo Hdge, Nicholas Murray Butler and Sen ator Poindexter. Democratic: President Wilson, William Gibbs McAdoo William Jennings Bryan, Governor Cox, Cover nor Edwards. Attorney General Pal bassador Gerard. Secretary of War Baker. Champ Clark and Vice -Presi- dent Marshall.
 Q.-What is the proper time for vac cination against smaIIpox-B. B. A.-The Public Health Service advo- cates vaccination during the first year of life, and again at about the age ot ten years. After two successful vac cinations protection usually lasts a lifetime.
 Q.-How long IS the boundary line Canada ?-T. E. R.
 A-The boundary line is three l thousand miles long, sixteen hundred miles by land and fourteen hundred through water.
 Q-How much of the English Ian- guage is Anglo Saxon?-A- Nj. p.
 Alt is estimated that the fraction which is Anglo-Saxo in modern Eng fish exclusive of scientific and provin- cial terms is five-eighths; in the vo- cabulary of conversations, four -fifths.
 Q.-What is the German national debt?-O. L. E.
 A-Minister of Finance yVirts lately informed the finance committee of the German national assembly that the l~l@& l.sI marks and the floating debt one hun dred five billion marks. At the present rate of exchange this total of one hum dred ninety seven billion marks would be worth about three billion, two hun dred thirty million. eight hundred thousand dollars in American money. Tn normal times it would be about forty nine billion, four hundred mil lion dollars.
 Q.-What was the Gordian knot?- N. M. |.
 A-This expression has it's origin in the tale of Gordius, a Phrygian peasant, owner of a yoke of oxen, who became king. He dedicated his car and oxen to Zeus, ard the knot of the yoke was tied so skillfully that an oracle declared that whomsoever should unloose it would be ruler of Asia. When Alex ander the Great came to Gordian, he cut the knot in two with his sword and applied the prophecy to himself.
 Q.-Is it possible to go from New York to Buenos Aires by rail?-E. C. D.
 A-There is a South American pro- ject under way for a Pan American railroad. In fact the building of rail- roads across a few stretches in Bolivia. Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Central America would make this dream a reality.
 Q-Where was the silk substitute commonly used in this country first made?-D. C. V.
 A.-The artificial silk principally produced in the United States is com mercially known as viscose and was first prepared in 1892 by Cross, Bevan and Beadle of London.
 Q.-Where are the Apostles Islands? w. A. T.
 A-This is a name of q group of is- lands near the western end of Lake Superior. They belong to Wisconsin and are also known as the Twelve Apostles. This group of islands was settled by French missionaries as early as 1880.
 Q.-What is vingt- etun and how is the word pronounced?-R. O. Y.
 A.-Vingt- et-un is the French name of card game and is nearly the same as the American game called Twenty