Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-10
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q. What countries come next to
England az purchasers Of our auto
mobiles? -. g. A..
A. People In England buy more Of
our passenger cars and motor trucks
than in any other country. British
India comes second as buyer OF our
passenger cars. but Canada Is second
as a purchaser OF motor trucks.f
O. Could you inform me where the
relic OF tho Battleship Maine is siow
located? Oalkwood. ..
A. The steering wheel OF the Maine
is In the National Museum at Wash
lngton. The mninmast liz at Arline-
ton National Cemetery. The wreck
proper was sunk in 600 fathOms Of
water on March 10. 1912. after appro-
pirate ceremonies had been observed
q. What is the origin Of the Alhan-
ians, and what language do they
speakY T. S
A. The Albanians are supposed 10
be descendants Of the earliest Ayran
immigrants. MacedonIans, Eripots, and
| illyrians. They divide themselves In
70 Tosks and Ghegs. The language
and alphabet is mixture from vari-
Gus sources. Latin characters are
used by the Ghegs, Greek by the
'rosks. The people are mostly litter
ate and the spoken language is a mix
ture Of Latin. Greek, and Slavic
| tongues.
| q. Please inform me the number Of
Protestant Chaplnins and the number
of Catholic Chaplains in the Army
and Navy Of the United States w. V.
/ w.
a. The War Department says that
there arc 80 Catholic ChapIains In the
Army at this time and 142 Protestant
Chaplains, making a total Of 1Sf. n
the Navy there are 30 Chaplains. Of
WHICH 10 are Roman Catholic and the
rest Protestant.
| @. Does the carbon I'm the soil from
the carbon compounds In plants? J.
II. NJ.
| A. An authority on fertilizer says
The carbon Of tho soil takes no di-
rect part in forming the carbon com
irounds of plants. II is not necessary
70 apply carbon fertilizer to produce
the carbon compounds Of plants. be.
cause the carbon dioxide Of the mir ie
the source for crop production It is
estimated that there are 30 tons OF
carbon in the air over every acre OF
the earth's surface. The carbon in the
soil is an indirect element of fertility
because It Is usually combined with
other elements. as nitrogen, and phos-
phorus. which are absolutely neees-
sary for crop production.
| q. What were the names Of tse
chorus girls i the original FIoradora
| Sextette? A. G..
a. The original F1oradora sextotte
was composed Of the following girls.
Margaret Walker, Mary Wilson
Daisy Green Agnes Wayburn. Mar
Jorie Ralyet and Vaughan Texsmith
Q. DO common house flies have
/ lungsR s. II. NJ.
! A. Houseflies have lungs.
q. Where on the Thames Enbank-
II ent is Cleopatra's Needle2 W. NJ s
A. The Obelisk, Cleopatras Needle
is located on the right Of the Victoria
Embankment by the Adelphi Terrace
in the rear Of Westminster Bridge.
Q. TO settle an argument win you
publish which month OF the year tn,
Harvest Moon occurs? o. X.
A. The September full moon /.
called the Harvest Moon: the Octobei
full moon, the Hunters Moon.