Arizona republican., 1921-03-26
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 O. Just what territory does the Near East consist of. as regards the Relief that we have sent?-J. w. c.
 A. During the calendar year of 1913, the Near East Relief conducted ac- tivities in the following areas of the Near East: Constantinople and the adjoining territory in European Tur- key. Anatolia, Armenia, Cilicia, kur- distan, Syria Palestine (for Armenian refugees only), Mesopotamia, Persia, Trans Caucasia (Russia). including the Armenian Republic, Georgia, and Azerbaidjan.
 O. Can members resign from the English House of Comnons7-A. M. w.
 A. Technically, this is not done "A member wishing to resign asks TOT the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds Having been appointed to this post. he soon resigns. The practice began about 1750 It's legality has been dis puted but numerous precedents have este blished it.
 e. How tall is General Pershine and how much does he weish7-N. B. H. A General Pershing is exactly feet tall and weighs 200 pounds. O. Can airpIanes wireless to sub marines that are under water?-G. C. A. The air service says that an air plane can send wireless to sub | merged submarine.
 O. Did Handel write any operas!- A. B.
 A. George Frederick Handel was famed particularly for oratorios. or l these he wrote 27. but he also wrote | 40 operas, 30 concertos for various in struments, many anthems and several | cantatas.
 O. How are time balls in dffIefehf cities operated?-H. F. A. By arrangement with telegraph company all the time balls are. at given moment just before noon. thrown l into the same electrical circuit With relay that is controlled by the mean | time block at the Naval Observatory. Exactly at noon the clock, by means of | a competent mechanism, closes the | circuit which acts through electro magnets to release the suspended time balls. one follow suit or may he play joker
 at wili7-M. A. w.
 A. In five hundred, the person hold ing the joker cannot trump with 1t as long as he can follow suit, but when he has none of the suit led, he can
 trump with the joker if he likes | e. Kindly give me a formula for fly
 paper7-l. |. T.
 A. Flypaper that is non-poisonous
 can be prepared as follows: Make
 mixture of 1 dr. of ground pepper; l dr. brown sugar, fluid dr. of milk or
 cream Saturate absorbent paper with
 the mixture and set on plate with little water where 1t will attract flies
 a. What arrangements do countries have with each other regarding pat
 ents?-E. K. E.
 A. The United States Patent Office l says that the International Bureau for
 the Protection of Industrial Property,
 which has it's headquarters at Berne,
 Switzerland has a membership in
 most countries of the world It is the
 ruling of this organization that all | foreign countries must file patent | within F months from the date the | original patent is filed in the original
 country where the inventor has taken
 out the patent.
 O. Is there tiger shark?-F- R. V l A. The tiger shark is the largest fiercest and most formidable of the West Indian sharks. This fish Is brown in color and covered. when young. with small dark spots. These spots disappear with age