Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-06-12
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.. Do you know the name of the
oldest active newspaper man in the
world? f. j. 7.
A. This honor belongs to M. A.
Maille Saint-Pr X. French jour-
nalist, who is now 101 years old.
He still contributes to a weekly
newspaper under the pen name
Jean Damably.
Q. When did the labor move
mcnt for shorter. hours start In this
country? j. p. NJ.
A. Agitation for a shorter work
day, stated concretely as a demand
for a 10-hour day instead of the
dawn-to-dark day, was begun in
the United States in 1880.
Q. Who was the first woman
called to the bar in England? ".
A. ID.
A. Miss Joy williams, lecturer
that honor. She was called to the
bar on May 10th of this year.
E. V. D.
A. Occasionally compass need
! les will show much greater varia-
ton than the usual minor oscilla-
| tons. When the needles CONTINUE
ally move about irregularly, mag
netic storm is said to prevail. They
are associated with auroras and &C.
cur all over the earth at the same
time. One of the greatest mag
netic storms occurred october 81,
1903, when needles varied three de-
grees from normal.
Q. For whom was the Walter
Reed hospital in Washington NAM
ed? d. ". III.
A. During the American occu-
patton of Cuba following the war
with SPAIN Major Walter Reed, of
the United States medical corps,
demonstrated that both ordinary
malaria and deadly yellow fever
were spread by the bit IS of mos
quitoes. In recognition of this con-
tribution to mankind the army
hospital in Washington was given
his name.
Q. What percentage OF the peO-
pie own or control the wealth Of
the world? o. S.
A. Prior to the World war, the
economists, while agreeing that ac-
curate statistics were not obtain
able, estimated that nine-tenths of
the worlds wealth was held by
one-tenth of the population. No
recognized authority has under
taken to fix the ration of distribu-
ton since the war.
Q. How many German subma-
rines came TO this country during
the recent war? y. NJ.
A. In 1916. prior to the en-
trance of the United States into
the World war. one commercial
submarine and one war submarine
brought the German flag into
American ports. The first was the
Deutschland, which landed at Bal
timore. The second was the U-53
which entered Newport harbor and
after departing sank five CONNER
cial vessels off Nantucket light
ship.
Q. What was the first noun
tain observatory In this country?
s. X.
A. Charles H. Hitchcock, while
state geologist of New Hampshire.
maintained during the winter Of
1870 a meteorological station on
Mount Washington which was the
earliest mountain observatory
in the United States.