Arizona republican., 1921-04-20
Questions And AnslUers

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 O. Please name the presidents cabinet. giving the religious affilia- ton of each member. E. q.
 A. Members of president Hard ingss cabinet and their religious af- fiHations are as follows: Secretary Of State Charles F. Hughes, Baptist; Secretary of the Treasury Andrew F. Mellon, Presbyterian; Secretary Of War John w. Weeks, Unitarian; At torney General Harry NJ. Daugherty, Methodist; Postmaster General Wiil H. Hays, Presbyterian: Secretary of Navy Edwin Denby. Episcopalian' Secretary of Interior Albert B. Fall, no particular church, but likes good sermon; Secretary of Agriculture Henry C. Wallace. Presbyterian; Sec retary of Commerce Herbert C. Hoo yer. Quaker: Secretary Of Lapor James Davis, Baptist
 c. Win transformer for alternat- ina current of the capacity of 1lo volts, 60 cycles and 90 watts operate q wireless transmitting set7 J. G- E.
 1f0 will OD9rate a wireless transmitting set for dis tance of 800 to 800 miles.
 c. have an old clock with wooo- en works. Is this uneommonf |. D.
 A. Clocks with wooden works are not at all uncommon. this form or clock having been developed by the carly clockniakers in this country about 1920 Clocks with handcut brass works usually antedate those with wooden works. The machine cut brass movements eventually su- perseded both of these styles.
 O. When was the Johnstown f'ooo! H. Nj. B.
 A. The date of this destructive flood was May 31. 1889.
 o. When an altitude is quoted as so many feet above sea level, does 1t mean low tide or high tide7 w. J. l..
 A. Sea level is the level of the sur face of the sea at its mean position, midway between high and mean low water. adopted as standard for the measurements of attitudes, etc, and called also mean sea level"
 O. What is the calibre of the Springfield rifle now used in the U. $. army? What is its range and pen etration7 Also the range and pen etration of Winchester 3o-3o? E.W.S.
 A The ordnance division of the war department says that the ealibre of the Springfield rifle now used in the United States army is 30 and II has a range of about $500 yards. The penetration of this gun at a distance of 50 feet Is 60 inches in pine board 10 inches in moist sand, 6.3 inches in try sand. 20 inches in loam free from sand. and 34 inches in seasoned oak, cross grain The penetration Of S0-30 Winchester rifle is 43.75 inches in a pine board. Is feet from the mug gle The range is approximately the same as that of the 80 Springfield. O. What is a treaty port? k.V.S. A. A treaty port is port open to l commerce with certain nations in ac- cordance with the terms of a treaty which is not open to general trade | Shanghai was one of the first such ports to be opened in China in ac- | cordance with the Nankin treaty of 1S42 | 0. # soldiers widow drawing in | surance renaarries will the insurance stop? w. T. w.
 A. If the widow of a soldier re- ! marries she will continue to receive the benefits of his war risk Insur-