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Q.-Has an international memorial
day been decided upon.-B. o. e.
A movement has been started
TO establish such n day. A plan has
been proposed for a short cessation OF
all activities at the noon hour on May
30. while the world pays tribute to the
hero dead
Q.-What name Is given TO Greek
secret societies that are not honorary
or professional societies?-H. @. b.
A-Such organizations are usually
spoken OF as esoteric fr~aternities.
Q.-who was the original OF the
painting known rs tho Countess Pc
tocka?-H. Y.
A-The original of the famous pic.
ture by Anton Crafts was Sophie de
Witt Countess Potocka- She lived
from 1866 until 1922. She was the
daughter OF a Greek shoemaker at
. ITnnEFnnNNnnn1 -a-1rA Dw.--f--
general. WAS divorced and married q
Count Potocki.
Q.-Who was considered the best
Latin grammarian?-L. ii. q.
A.-Priscian was the most noted of
Latin grammarians. He belongs to the
early part OF the sixth century, teach.
ing Latin at Constantinople, probably
at the Imperial court. since he re-
ceived a government salary.
Q.-What Is meant by n lizard SPOT
in the stock market?J. A..
A.-Strength in portion OF the mar.
ket as a result Of considerable buying.
is called a hard spot"
o-Hsve the capitalists of the
country an organization which corrc-
spends to the American Federation of
Labor?-S. c. w.
A.-The national Industrial confer
ence board may be said to bear this
general relation to capital
Q.-Are there any statistics as to
the total number of divorces In the
United States during the last 10 or 20
years?-V. T.
A-Bishop Moreland say that l..
$4,000 divorces have been granted In
this country in the last 20 years. The
bureau of census has not released its
compilation on this subject for 1890.
Q.-To settle n dispute-do plants
containing ~chlorophyIl grow at night?
20. L. ID.
A.-Chiorophyn is found in all
plants except those of the fungi class
n a few OF the seed plants, espe-
cially those which live as parasites or
saprophytes. These plants do grow
at night. though not SO much as dur
ing the day.
Q.-What is an humblebeee-R.
S. S.
A.-Humblebee is a form of humble
bee commonly heard in Great Britain,
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Q.-What is an humblebces-R.
S. S.
A.-Humblebee is a form of humble
bee commonly heard in Great Britain,
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What is the use of all the furore about what WON.
en- wear? It is too insignificant to fuss about.
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Q.-ro settle a dispute-do plants
containing ~chlorophyIl grow At night?
q II N
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A--Chiorophyn is found in all
plants except those of the fungi class
and a few OF he seed plants. espe-
cially those which live as parasites or
saprophytes. These plants do grow
at night, though not sc much as dur
ing the day.
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Q.-Are there any statistics As to
the total lumber Of divorces In the
United States during the last 10 or 20
years?-V. T.
A-Bishop Moreland says that l.
sS3'ooO divorces have been granted In
TINS country in the last 20 years. The
Sureau of census has not released its
compilation on this subject for 1890.
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Q.-who was the original OF tn,
painting known rs the Countess Pc
tocka?-H. Y.

Q.-Who was considered the best
Latin grammarian?-L. ii. q.
A.-PrisciRn was the most noted OF
Latin -grammarians- He belongs to the
early part of the sixth century, teach.
ing Latin at Constantinople. probably
at the Imperial court. since he re.
ceived a government salary.
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Q.-What Is meant by n hard spot
in the stock market?J. A.
A-Strength in portion of the mar
Ret as a result Of considerable buying
is called a hard spot"
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Q.-Has an international memorial

Q.-What name Is given to Greek
secret societies that arc not honorary
or professional societies?-H. @. b.
A-Such organizations are usually
spoken OF as esoteric fraternities.
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o-Hsve the capitalists OF the
country an organization which corre-
spends to the American Federation of
Labor?-S. c. w.
A.-The national industrial confer
ence board may be said to bear this
general relation to capital
New-York tribune., 1921-02-21
Athens Press Pleads
For u. S. Recognition

ATHENS, Feb. 17.-~References to the
possible recognition of King Constan-
tine by the United States are being
made repeatedly IN the Athens news
papers.
The Kathimerini, the government or
gan, quotes NJ. Gounaris, the Minister
Of War, as saying that the question
does not present difficulties. 1t is
further stated that in reply to re-
quests by the American government,
an official declaration regarding Con
stantine's resumption of the throne
will be made to the effect that Con-
stantine never ceased to be King: that
his royal duties were merely inter
rupted, and that he has been invited
70 continue by plebiscite of the Greek
people.
1t is understood that action will be
taken by the National Assembly to
legalize the acts of the former govern
ment which, it is hoped, viii meet
the technical requirements OF Wash
ington with reference to the payment
Of the balance on the loan of $50 O00,
600
New-York tribune., 1921-02-21
Freighter Freed After
Grounding OFF Coney
U. 5. Shipping Board Vessel
Also in Distress 35 Miles
Southeast of Barnegat

The Naval Communication Service in
Whitehall Street early yesterday morn
ing picked up the distress signal of
the first ship to fall afoul of the storm
which has been raging for several
miles out to sea.
This S. O. S. call came from the
United American freighter Cold Har-
Dor, which in the binding gale, had
been swept perilously close in shore.
Shortly after receiving this call, the
freighter was reported around off West
Fifth Street. Coney Island
Two wrecking tugs which were rushed
to the assistance of the freighter sue
ceeded at high tide last night in work
ing the vessel, which reached this port
last Saturday from Bermuda, off the
shoal. The ship was picking her way
along the New jersey coast when she
was swept off her course.
Later in the day the United States
Naval Communication Service picked up
a second distress signal from the
steamship Wyoming, of the United
States Shipping Board. The report
said that the ship had lost two blades
from her propeller and was making
port at greatly reduced speed. She
gave her position as thirty7fve miles
Southeast of Barnegat.
The Wyoming, which is vessel of
600 tons, left Naples via Bizerta,
January IL and was forced into Ber-
muda on account of boiler trouble.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-21
Foot-Deep Snoao Blanket
Falls Oucr New England
Unemployment Makes Many
Avnilable to Attack Drifts;
T,Co Barge CreWs Rescued

BOSTON, Feb. 20.--New England was
buried to the tops of ,its fence posts
tonight by the first real blizzard of
the winter. Snow that began TO fall
about daybreak continued we'll into the
night until the precipitation in shell
tered places measured more than foot
and in districts where the strong
northerly gale could work unhampered
roads were badly drifted.
Railroads serving this section gen,
orally reported little difficulty and serv-
ice for the most part was normal
Unemployment came to the rescue OF
the roads, for there were many men
available for shoveling out yards and
switches. Forecasts from the weather
bureau said "fair tomorrow and re-
ported that the storm would gradually
blow itself out. The mercury was
dropping tonight.
Vessels off the coast snuggled closely
to their berths, having received warn
ings of the storm in time to find
refuge, and the only disaster reported
came from Cape Cod, where the barges
Rutherford and Tuckahoe broke away
from a tow and were bu6eted by the
heavy seas off Highland light. The
crews of both were rescued by coast
guardsmen by means of the breeches
bUov
New-York tribune., 1921-02-21
Heolth Omciats CoLIed
To (onforoncn on I'vn[ns

BOSTON, Feb. 2o.-Dr. Hugh s.
Cumming, Surgeon General Of the
United States, visited the quarantine
station on Gallup's Island to-day and
inspected the facilities for examining
immigrants for traces Of typhus. He
said that re would recommend that
these facilities be jncrea8ed.
Later Dir. Canning conferred with
DR.. William H. Bryan, Of the public
health service; Dr. William O. Wood
ward, city health commissioner, and
Sidney J. Jackson, manager of the
White Star Line at this port. 1t was
announced that all steerage passengers
on the steamer Mancaur.a, due frvm
Danzig tomorrow, would be landed at
Gallup's Island and deloused and then
transferred to city buildings on Deer
Island for twelve days for observation.
A conference Of health officials Of
Atlantic seaboard states and principal
ports will be held at Washington next
Friday to consider the typhus situation
New-York tribune., 1921-02-21

more was drifting over him. He was
removed to the Reception Hospital suf-
fering probably fatally, from exposure,
The storm was indirectly responsible
Tor the death yesterday afternoon OF
Mrs. Julia Aamodt, fifty years old, OF
869 Fifty-ninth Street, Brooklyn. Her
husband and her son we're witnesses
OF the accident.
The trio had just entered Prospect
Avenue station of the Fourth Avenue
subway line when Mrs. Aamodt heard
subway train. approaching. She hur-
ried forward, and as she did so parti-
cles of Ice which had chung to the heel
OF her shoe caused her TO slip. She fell
directly into the path of the train
Death was instantaneous. The body
was wedged in the forward trucks OF
the car. and it was necessary to call
hremen from Hook and Ladder Com
pany 1O9 before the body could be re.
moved
Patrolman George f. Smith, forty
six years old, of 206 Highland Place
cypress Hills, attached to the Classon
Avenue police station, Brooklyn, suf-
Tered Injuries yesterday afternoon
which caused his death when he was
struck by Graham Avenue trolley car
at Ryerson Street and Flushing Ave
nue. He was taken to the Cumberland
Street Hospital suffering from injuries
to the head, and died there without re-
gaining consciousness. John F. Lynch,
motorm&n, Of "a Lexington Avenue,
Brooklyn, who was in charge of the
car, told the police that heavy fall of
snow prevented his seeing the police
man. After questioning him Lynch was
released.
Miss Anna Bailey, sixty-hve years
old, of 101 Washington Street, Jamaica,
had scarcely seated herself in her
pew in st. Monica's Roman Cath
olic Church yesterday when she was
seized with heart attack which doc
tors attending her say was caused by
undue exertion in reaching the charch.
Against the advice of relatives and
friends Miss Bailey had insisted upon
going to the church, and when no suit
able conveyance could be secured for
her use she insisted on walking through
heavy drifts and over slippery walks,
which caused extreme exhaustion and
resulted in the heart attack
New-York tribune., 1921-02-21

II thought he was out Of bis b..
had been drinking, but conssn.sai 1ssa q
put on the head gear and lisfsnn !.
could hear voices, evidently pes,5.,ie. ~ !
ing over the telephone and coni5+ az
out distinctly what they were ss-.; S mac
81 listened to a fellow In
geles order sack Of potatoes oS A.
his grocer; heard the lsneSt lSss
women VINO were gossiping t 6!
their neighbors; and heard eIes,, VIZ
turns. ! picked up the voice fs'oa ~ Z.
who said that Harding was a.. ne,
the election. He was talking n nan, tais,
ness acquaintance and seenes os,
very much elated over the wav y ;:
test was going. Wireless exne%4s sSl.
me that hearing Of voices by u,;s !'s
apparatus aboard a ship Is naa1:.g maSeeii
bat only under unusual condit{ {gess'0i. -
"All | have to say 5 that vea
better be careful while talk;5n' u.
the telephone from a sound nro"s we
and imparting deep secrst oo'a
friend. Ships at sea may hesr 70 70 4
word you say" ' even
New-York tribune., 1921-02-21

normal conditions this morning. Most
of the delays and complete tie-ups yes
terday were said to be due to the freez-
ing of interlocking switches. By the use
of oil trackmen have been able TO thaw
out the switches, the company said
The Newark branch of the Hudson e.
Manhattan Railroad, operating tubes
from the Hudson Terminal, was sus-
pended beyond Grove Street, Jersey CITY.
because of drifts in cut near the sta
ton. Traffic was diverted to Thirty
third Street, Manhattan through the
Pennsylvania Railroad tunnels to Man
haitian Transfer.
Previous Snow Records
Record-breaKing snowstorms recorded
by the Weather Bureau, with the amount
of snowfall for one day, were: January
9, 1886, 11.9 inches; March 12, 1888.
16.5 inches; March is, 1892, 1877 inches;
February 26, 1894, 10 inches; November
26, 1900, 13 inches; January IA, 1910. -
inches; December "a, 1912, 116 inches;
March |, 1914, II inches, and December
is, 1916, II inches,
A large force of men employed bv
the city and the Downtown League
were kept busy ell day in an effort to
keep open the market lanes over which
the bulk of the city's food. supply is
transported, Experience of last winters
memorable blizzard, when the snow
was permitted to freeze in great piles
on those small but important down
town streets which lead from the piers
on the waterfront to the wholesale
market centers, had taught officials of
the Street Cleaning Department the
great necessity of keeping these streets
clean of snow from the very start of
the storm.
David Robinson, of the Downtown
League, said late Yesterday that ali
the efforts of his organization we're
directed to clearing the section below
! Canal Street. South of this point, he
SAID, his organization had nearly a
| Thousand men at work. The Street
| Cleaning Department, he said, put trac-
tors to work on Washington Street.
over which much of the city's food is
carried. This street was cleaned and
kept clean. Men of the Downtown
League did the same with West Street,
NJ the foot of which most OF the Jersey
terries land.
With the exception Of the ferries,
which despite the snow and heavy
winds, maintained senblance of their
/ regular schedules, very little craft
was moving in the harbor yesterday.
Because OF the storm conditions the
entire waterfront was deserted.
/ The naval communications in White
/ hall Street reported the Cold Hafbor,
an inbound freighter operated by the
/ United American Line, IN distress Two
tugs have been sent to the assistance
CT this freighter, which, owing to a
/ light cargo, is reported to be having
considerable difficulty in the heavy
seas.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-21
Broadway Snow ScuIptor's
Hopes Blasted by Police
Youth Forced to Retreat When
Washington Bust Admirers
Grow Too Numerous

A nameless 'aspirant to fame as a
sculptor, driven north from the habitat
of nameless sculptors in Greenwich
Village by yesterdays storm, hatless
and wanting clay and the usual tools
of his art, was so successful last night
in impressing pedestrians on upper
Broadway with his talent that he final
y incurred the wrath of the Police
Department.
The young sculptor, timely in the
choice of his subject, alighted from a
northbound Broadway car at Broadway
and Fortyninth Street, and, stopping
before the highest drift, rapidly began
to carve bust of Washington out of
the SNOW.
So deity and so rapidly did this
young man work that before long the
striking likeness to the first President,
which literally grew out of the snow
bank, had attracted a large crowd.
AS the work of art began to ap-
proach completeness the admirers had
70 thered in such large numbers that
the traffic policeman was forced to
threaten to arrest the young sculptor
unless he moved along. To the great
disappointment of the admiring crowd
he decided to move along
New-York tribune., 1921-02-21
Cat i'm Distress Calls
Police Aid by Telephone
Knocks OFF Receiver Struggling
TO Free Foot From Ice Box
and Onerator Hears Cries

CHESTER, Pa, Feb, 2O.-The cries
of pet cat into the mouthpiece of
a telephone at house on West Third
Street to-day brought out big detach-
ment of police and plain clothesmen,
bent on frustrating a burglary and
possibly saving a life.
A telephone operator at the central
exchange called the Police Depart
ment and informed the desk sergeant
that cries of distress were coming
from the telephone at the Third Street
house. patrol wagon full of police
men was hurried to the scene and
surrounded the house. Repeated knocks
at the door brought no answer and
the officers forced an entrance. They
found the cat with one of its feet
caught in the ice chest. In its strug-
giles to get free it had knocked the
receiver from the telephone, which was
lying on the floor, and was crying di-
rectly into the mouthpiece for help.
The family was away from home.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-21
Exposure, Ouer-Ererti0n and Acciderts
Cost Lires Of SIX in Nenr York Storm

Tie deaths of five persons. which
were directly attributable to yester-
days storm, have heen rer orted to the
police.
Thomas j. Dunn. forty-four years
old, retired fire captain. was found
lying on the sidewalk in front of his
home at 1865 Topping Avenue by a
passing pedestrian yesterday morning.
He carried Dunn unto his home, and
DR.. George S, Raynor, who was sum-
moned, pronounced Dunn dead from ey
posure. a snow shovel was found be-
side Dunn, and Mrs, Alice Dunn, his
widow, said that her husband had gone
out to clear MS sidewalk and work up
81 hearty appetite for his breakfast.
Captain Dunn was Il member of the
Fire Department for eighteen years,
serving with various Manhattan COM
panies until he was transferred to
Rockaway, from which station he re-
tired because of declining health
three years ago. He is survived by
five children, ranging in age from
three to eleven years.
Overcome on Beach
Adam Fink, forty-two years old. Of
u,
William, left Manhattan early yester-
day morning for his home on Staten
Island, In spite of the protests of his
son, Fink attempted to cross the snow
drifted Midland Beach About one
fourth way across the beach the father
was overcome by exhaustion and died
of exposure before his son could bring
assistance to him.
John McAyoy, fifty-fvc years old,
who lived at the Bowery Lodging
House, 258 Bowery, was found dead
last night in a snowdrift by John Pur-
cell, truckman, in front of Purcell's
office st 80 Spruce Street A snow
shovel which the man clutched in his
srozen hand, led the police to believe
that McAvey was doing his small bit
10 clean the streets of the city when
overcome.
AT an early hour yesterday morning
Patrick Healy, twenty-five years old,
no home address given, was found in
front of 251 East Fifty-seeond Street,
between Second and Third avenues, He
'Yas partly covered with snow, and
New-York tribune., 1921-02-21
Army Cigarettes Burned
10000 Pounds Are DESTROYED
i'm Paris

PARIS, Jan. 22-(By MaiD.-Ameri-
can cigarette smoke obscured the north
ern horizon of Paris for forty-eight
hours this week, when $4,000 pounds
of cigarettes, originally brought here
for the United States army, were
burned.
Relays of eighteen policemen were
needed to keep off raiders who had
ardent desires to burn the cigarettes.
one at time, in the usual manner
1t was an American Red Cross sacri-
fclal tire-lighted under compulsion.
There were 632 metal-Iined cases of
cigarettes burned. They were con
demned by French authorities and de-
stroyed according to law. They we're
part of two lots rain-soaked in ship
ment through faulty metal lining in
the cases. Many cases, not too badly
damaged, were salvaged when the
French authorities could be convinced
that a moist cigarette would be more
smokers
New-York tribune., 1921-02-21
Ship 1000 Miles Away
Listens 10 City Chaite1

SEATTLE, Wash, Feb. 20-Captair
Thomas W. Holmes, Master Of the FIVE
masted sailing schooner John ". Wells,
now loading lumber in Port Blakcley
for Australia, reported to-day that
while he was 1000 miles off the Cali
fornia coast he heard the chatter of
the City Of Los Angeles over it's te e.
rhone wires by listening III with the
ships wireless.
my attention was called to the wired
phenomenon by the wireless operator,
who had tuned his apparatus down to
900 meters and had been doing sona
experimenting" said ,Captain Holmes.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-21
Ships in 48-MiEe Wmd
Seek Shelter nt Norfolk

NORFOLK, Va, Feb. 20.-A severe
storm was sweeping this section of the
coast tonight, and vessels were seek
ing shelter in Lynn Haven Bay and
other points. At Cape Henry tonight
the wind reached velocity of forty
eight miles, blowing directly from the
north
Reports indicate that the schooner
Carroll A. Deering, which went ashore
on Diamond Shoals three weeks ago, is
breaking up under the lashing of high
seas. The crew of the steamer has
never been found, and their fate be-
comes each day more likely to be added
TO the list of mysteries of the sea.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-21
Britain Believed Responsibl.
For Arrest of Lincoln. tba 6

VIENNA, Feb. 20.-The arrast ~
Yesterday Of Ignatius Tribich f;,tlssf' asf'
international spy and chief EN- D.,,,'!if,
der the short-lived Kapp reyolutia,..s., ",
regime in Germany, was naae ~
eXtradition warrant Of "a fore;gn, "a a
ernment," presumably Great BT5,ts.i ger
1t is understood that the Ans...
government also viii bring sIs CTS
against Lincoln, alleging force ~ !.
documents in connection with b;s =
cent activities, and also accJsi5y 80 q 2
OF residing in Vienna under ~, ~
names.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-21
Chinese Sell Daughters
Famine Causes Sale of All Be-
tween 9 and Ia in VILLAGES

PEKING, Jan. IS (By aiD.-Tbe en-
glneerlng department of the American
ked Cross famine relief organization
reports that uD to the end of Decem-
ter 300 Chinese had been EMPLOYED
IN railroad construction, The men are
IN charge of division engineers-ser-
geants from the Peking guard, who
have as assistants privates from the
guard.
The line under construction extends
rom IRON Iehchow to Lintsing on the
Chihl-Shantung border.
In one district census of families
showed that before relief arrive dali
girls between nine and fourteen Years
Of age in two villages had been sold
shipment of foodstuffs brought by
the United States transport Merritt
was moved from Chinwangtao to Teh-
chow with little DELAY.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-21
China Imposes Income Tax
Proceeds Go for Educational
purnoses

PEiKII7NG, Jan: 20 (By MaiD.-China
mas fallen in line with other nations
ana Tor the first time in her history
January l The Ministry of finance
has posted notices about Picking an
rouncing the fact
Merchants with capital invested
amounting to $4,000 or more must
contribute l per cent of their>1et nrof-
1T at the end of each year. 1t ia spe-
cited that the proceeds can be used
only for educational and Industrial
purposes.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-21
Canadian Believed Lost
Al Sea on an Ice FLOe

ST. JOHNS, N. F., Feb. 90
a shift in the wind is believed to
have caused the death of Theo-
dore Squires, of st. Phillips, yes
terday. Squires started to walk
across a six-mile ice foe in
Conception Bay, but the wind
changed, sweeping the foe sea-
ward A steamer searched in
vain for him to-day.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-21

inches fell here--the heaviest of the
season. The Baltimore & Ohio Rail
road has been running snowplows east
and west, and snow tractor is being
used by the State Roads Commission
to open the national pike. The forest
ilres have been eXtinEuished. 81
New-York tribune., 1921-02-21
u. S. GOVERNMENT
Bungalows at a Sacrifice

These bungalows. built for the
Government. according to their rigid
specifications, are 28x25 feet. Con-
tain three rooms, porch, French case
ment windows and hardware.
Because they are in sections, they
can easily be erected without the aid
Of skilled labor
Shipment immediate. or you can
secure one on deposit for Spring
delivery.
Call at our Office if possible, where
you may sec photographs and obtain
data. y
The Price is $4,000 Each
Freight paid to your local freight
station.
We also sell portable garages.
United Portable Building Mfg. Corp.
lis Broadway, New Yorlk.
Phone 1865 Rector.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-21

continually without result. A great
many things are needed at Ellis Island.
But chiefly VIC need additional inspec-
ton quarters and increased bathing
facilitiesN