El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-28
| UESTIONS
AND
ANS WERS
\ La william Gibbs McAdOo. for
nIer secretary Of the treasury, q
: member Of the Roman Catholic


hers Of the British house Of CON-
I monaf Il. c.
a The members Of the house Of
commons are paid 400 pounds sterl-
ing, or approximately $1,000 per year.
| Those members who already receive
salaries as officers Of the house, as
| ministers, or as officers OF his ma
1esty's household get no pay for their
/ services in the house OF commons
q From what spuree does New
/ York city obtain its water supplyf +.
p. 5.
A The water supply OF the me
I tropOlis is obtained from the CrOtOn
| river and watershed, supplemented by
the Bronx and Byram watersheds
/ There are seven reservoirs TO i'm
| pound these waters. the largest being
l the new CrOtOn- An additional sup
/ ply OF water IS being developed in the
! Catskil region
G. Is the mortality less among
breast-fed babies than among bottle
led babiesf L c. II.
A The United states public health
! service says that Of every hundred
l bottle fed babies Is die in the first
| year. while Of every hundred breast
led babies only six die In the first
year.
live which has been deadenedf B. E.
A. A tree, the bark OF which has
I been cut all around, is sure TO die IN
| less very delicate operation is per-
| formed on it. SklIul nurserymen
Z have found that Il is possible TO graft
a twlg, or a number OF twigs, into the
Z bark, above and below the wound.
and that the sap viii circulate
! through these twigs and carry nour-
] lshmenr 70 the tree
O. what Is meant By the word
aealiber7 as applied TO small armEf
\. T. r.
A THIS term refers TO the diam
[ eter OF the bore, expressed In one
/ hundredths OF an incn- Thus, p
/ caliber revolver has bore equal TO
[ OF OF an inch.
q. Can a foreign inventor obtain
a patent I'm the United Stntesf c. ID.
Ii.
] A. A foreigner, who has patented
I his Invention IN his own country, may
obtain a patent in the United States
for the uneXpired period which his
forelgn patent has 10 run
Y. what - meant By right Of
A This is a legal term which
/ means the right OF a widow % a life
/ interest in one-third OF her deceased
husbands land Dover does not re-
fer 70 personal property. some states
have abolished dover
@. How much does the United
States pay its ambassadors and min
/ fHteraf D. l.
A. Ambassadors are paid 1880
I per year, while the ministers get &los-
600, except in China Cuba, Szecho-
Sloyakia, Netherlands. and roland
where the salary is s12s500; and in
Liberia. where IL is 5000
q. Do Wild animals live longer In
their Wild state than IN captivity
G. II
A. Some wild. animals are 50 fret
full IN captivity that they shorten
their lives materially. This is true
{ Of foxes and monkeys Elephants and
snakes do not seem 70 suffer much
from captivity perhaps because tnsy
are so strongly inclined 70 long lives
The mortality among the wild AMI
mails in geological parks IS very high
q What territory did the United
States acquire from spain BY the
Paris treaty, terminating the Span
lsh-American Egurf p B. 9.
A The Paris treaty, signed De-
cember 10. 18s6s provided ror a money
payment to spain OF f-Auuys0vg LOT
relnquishlng claim to Porto Hieo,
Guam and the Philippine islanos-
These territories were thus acquired
O. What Is the Jewish population
OF the United Statesf T. H
A II is estimated that there are
100000 Jews in the United states.
OF morethan one-1itth OF the entire
Jewish population Of the world
About one-half OF the total Jewish
population in this country lives IN
New York city.
a. How much would universal
military training I'm the United States
a Representative lIondell. Repub-
lean leader OF the house, estimates
that Il would cost S1s00osoo0i0Oo dol
Of universal military training
O. Who are the Christadeiphinnst
A. They are members OF a religious
sect, which was organized py John
Thomas. an Englishmans IN 1854. The
Chrfstadeiphian reject the doctrine
of the Trinity, practice lnInerslons
but have no ordained ministry. Mem
bers are to be found in the United
States. Canada, and Great Britain
suffrage amendment how old does n
woman have to be before she can
voter n D.
A. she can vote at the age OF
twenty-one- In England. woman
must be thirty years OF age 10 vote
q Did Nathan Hale, the American
patriot, succeed in getting the IN
formation concerning the British army
before he was capturedf f, n. II.
A Hale entered the British line
at New York dressed as Dutch
school teacher and was returning with
valuable military Information when
he was captured on the following
morning he was hanged By the Brit
AsLa ElAs AAAaA hQE4e were NAA-
regret that / have but one life 70 lose
Tor my country"
q What f. the value Of an ounce
Of Eoldf v. l.. II.
A The mint value Of gold does
not fuctuate, but remains constant at
S2o-67 per ounce Of pure gold The
unit IN weighing gold is the troy
ounce
O. What Is the greatest single fact
In the world todayf H. y. W.
A. Opinions would differ on this.
Of course. but a POSTMASTER at a dip
lomatic dinner in London, Just before
the war, asked this question The
French ambassador responded by say
ing that the greatest single fact IN
the world was the fact that there eL-
listed across the Atlantic q single,
homogeneous people OF a hundred mill
lion strong. all speaking the same
language. No other diplomat was able
to produce a single fact that seemed
to equal this one.
q. Can you give me some facts
about Eugene Fieldf l.. $.
A llr. Field was born In St Louis
IN 1850. He married Julia Comstock.
was a member Of the editorial staff
OF The Chicago Daily News
q VIII you please describe the
Paul Jones dancer +. II.
A. In the Paul Jones. the dancers
start off as they would in a regular
one step. A whistle IS blown and the
partners separate 20 form one large
circle. SIN keeping the circle, they
walk 70 the right, about once or
twice around, when the whistle Is