Arizona republican., 1920-02-21
QUESTIONS AND
 ANSWERS


 c. Is there any town in the United States which has no moving picture theater? E. Nj. L.. A. Harrison, New Jersey. has none. | The town council passed an ordinance placing the cost of a moving picture | license a s10,00G. thus making it pFo- hibitiVe for a movie theater to open there. The mayor of the town intro duced the ordinance, and admitted that the purpose was to prevent moving pictures from being shown there. O. hat animal is the fastest on ! foot? D. w. S.
 A. The National Museum says that for short distance running the cheeta 1 is the fleetest of animals This ami mai belongs to the cat family. and is long and slender of body It is found in India and Africa. and is trained to run down antelopes.
 O. What is the religious belief of the chaplains of the House of Repre- sentatives and the United States Sem ate? R. A. Nj.
 A. The chaplain of the House of Representatives is Presbyterian. while the Senate chaplain is a member of the Episcopal church. O. How many Popes have there been since Peter? C.. E. J.
 A. There have heen 25O popes Of Rome from Peter to Benedict KY. who OIllCe the present tune.
 O. What is the meaning and oriqin of the word ''vamP"? F. w. Nj.
 A. Vamp is an abbreviation of the word vampire which means per son who preys on others. According to a superstition existing among the Slavic races of the lower Danube. the vampire is a spectral being with human body which leaves it's grave during the night and sucks the warm h ne twin md F1-rr !, tLey sleep. The term has been pop ularized by Kipling's famous poem. The Vampire"
 o. As used in connection with ship ping, what do the abbreViations IF. A. s." and "C. I. F." stand for? c. A..
 A. The initials 'F. A. S." stand for free along side" and the other abbrev- iation stands for collect insurance free.
 tion picture shown in the UniteG States? H. H.
 A Miss Jerry" the first motion picture, was produced in October, 1894. Alexander Black was the author. see mario writer. director, camera man and title writer of the picture. At that time only five steroptican slides a second could be shown, but sixteen pictures are now flashed on the screen per second.
 O. How do oysters grow their shells? D. L. T.
 A. Young oysters float on the sur face of the water for a time, then sink and fasten themselves to the bot tom. Thus attached, they extract lime from the water and deposit it as shell about their bodies.
 O. Is there any specie of whales which weigh as much as fifty tons? G. D. M.
 A. The largest specie is probably the sulphur bottomed or blue whale. which reaches a length of ninety feet or more. and approaches seventy tons in weight
 O. When Balboa discovered the Pa cific ocean, why did he call it the South Sea? L. C.
 A. In the locality where Balboa first saw the Pacific ocean the coast runs named the ocean Mar de Sur, or South Sea. because of it's position.
 O.. When did the Dartmoor prison massacre take place? O. O. F.
 A The original purpose of the Dart moor prison. at Princeton. England. was to receive French prisoners. On April 6, 1915. some American prisoners who were confined. together with 5000 Frenchmen. were fired upon by the guard, who killed seven and wounded sixty. It was explained that the guard feared mutiny. or attempt at cape by the prisoners. A joint com mission declared the shooting justi- fla ble, but acquitted the Americans Of attempting to raise a mutiny.