Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-20
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

A. The Navy Department says that
application should be made 20 the Board
OF Survey, Appraisal and Sale, Navy Re
crtrting Station, Great Lakes, Illinois.
@. Is man with a wife and one child
and an income of 81, 100 per year required
TO make an income tax return? NJ. r. q.
A. The law requires that married
man living with his wife must make an
income tax return when his income
amounts to $1,000 or over, yearly, regard
less Of the fact that the 5000 exemption
TO which ne is entitled for each dependent
child, may make his return non-taxable.
O. How much silver is there IN a billion
doIlars7 @. E. ID.
A. To coin billion dollars il would re-
quire 81 $50 tons Of silver, and 2 0s3 freight
cars would be required TO haul IL 70 the
mint. Set edge to edge these dollars would
stretch from New York City TO Salt Lake
City, Utah.
o. How many automobiles are stolen
in the United States each year? X. l.. w.
A. Figures compiled by the National
Automobile Dealers Association covering
10 index cities show that there we're 81,
24o automobiles stolen in 1919, compared
To 25.6l3 for the same cities IN 1918.
A. Can cast iron be cut by an oxyacety-
lene torch? A. t.
A. Recent experiments indicate that
this can be done with commercial sue
cess. In one case four cuts were made
through cast iron 81 inches thick, each cut
being IL inches long, yet each was made
in 6I5 minutes, requiring only "a cubic
feet Of oxygen and cubic feet Of acetylene
O. Where is the nearest place 20 De
troit, Michigan, for civilian 20 apply
for surplus naval supplies which are for
sale? NJ Z.
Q. Is Jimmy Wilde, the 1yweight cham
pion of the world, an Americsn2 V. +. T
A. Wilde was born in Pontypridd,
Wales, in 1892, and is, therefore, OF British
nationality.
o. Who are the Muggletonians7 y.
K. A.
A. This peculiar sect was founded by
an English tailor named Muggleton in the
seventeenth century. Muggletonians, one
of whose chief beliefs is that the place
Of hell will be this earth when sun, moon
and stars are extinguished, still meet in
London and Derbyshire.
O. What lighthouse fash can be seen
farthest at sea2 A. NJ. o.
A. The optical apparatus of the light
house OF Galita, an island of the coast
OF Tunis, is entirely of metal The great
mirro1mn any lighthouse, IS Of Clded
bronzd feet, inches in diameter, with
a focal length Of 26 inches, and its 100000
candlepower fash can usually be seen
30 miles at sea.
Q. Are the women Of Illinois eligible
to jury service? /. ". y.
A. The Illinois constitutional conven-
tion has decided that the women OF that
state are eligible TO jury service but can
not be compelled TO serve.
O. Who IS the champion woman ham
mer thrower of England2 j. L. G.
A. The champion woman hammer
thrower of England is Miss NJ. Young.
who has thrown the eight-pound hammer
distance of SO feet, 7 inches.
O. Does an alien VINO has been legally
dopted by an American citizen have 70
take out naturalization papers? t. E. T.
A. 1t Is necessary, since such an adoption
does not provide that the person shall
have the right OF citizenship without
naturalization.
Q. What is the cost Of q submarine
chaser? r. d.
A. The Navy Department says that
the standard type OF submarine chaser
costs between $4,000 and $4,000 20
build.