Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-13


| financial matters. IL does not attempt 20
settle domestic troubles nor 70 undertake
exhaustive research on any subject VITO
| fulI name and address and enclose two
cents IN stamps for return postage. MI
replies arc sent direct to the inquirer
q. How much has the Government
paid to World War veterans TO dateY
AL. |
A, According 10 latest figures made
public by the Veterans Bureau the
payments made 10 and money spent
on account OF the veterans 81 the late
war amount TO more than 81 $40 ,0oO,- |
600. This compilation n as OF August
| 1 last. The items OF these expendi-
lures are: Vocational training, 1884,
4ls 900. insurance. s346.473.000; COM
ponsation. 1893 $4,000: alIotments.
1901 1876. 900: allowances. $685., 375,0o0;
marines and seamen's insurance. $780,
| 093 900: medical and hospital SER
vice. s13s 1000; hospital facilities
and service, 1898. 900; administrative
expenses, $780, 900. Government in
surance policies TO the number OF
570,b70 and to the value of more than
81 .194, 900, 900 are now in force. The
number OF former service men receiv
Ing compensation is 174,S6i. while
259,2S3 have received hospital treat
ment and the medical examination Of
l1.t9f,4S1 has been ordered by the
bureau. or the 2G,364 former service
men now receiving hospital treatment
i0.779 are tuberculosis patients. 1897
are neuropsychlatric and 1888 are
general and surgical
O. Where wac Henry Ford's father
born? @. r.. NJ.
A. Henry Fords father, william
Ford. was OF English ancestry, al
though born near the town Of Bran
don, Ireland. He ernigrated to Ameri-
ca at the age OF 20 and settled on a
40-acre tract In Greenfield township, s
miles west OF Detroit.
O. Is Mount Rainier 10000 feet high
or ID, 40S feet high?
, A. This mountain rises 10000 feet
above its immediate surroundings and
it's peak is 1d.40s feet above sea level
= Q. Is It warmer in summer and
. colder in winter, six miles above the
I, surface Of the earth? l.. NJ. w
A. The Weather Bureau says that
according to the fullest records they
. have, the temperature Of the atmos.
phere at the elevation of six miles is q
e few degrees higher in summer than ir
% winter. This appears 10 be due, n
% part at least, to the greater amount o.
T radiation in summer than In winter
h from the earth and lower atmosphere
a The average temperature six mile.
above sea level at latitude 40 4
= roughly. co. r.
o q. Is there a law compelling rail
j. roads TO do away with wooden passen
= ger coaches and use steel cars only
y j. d. G
IS a. The Interstate Commerce Com
: mission says that there is no law com
e pelling the railroads to use steel pas
'e senger cars only. However, there is
Z Postonice regulation stating that stee
n cars must be used for mail purposes
} Q. What battleships arc in the Pa
n ciflc fleet? A r. "
A. The California. New Mexic,
u New York, Texas. Oklahoma. Arizon;
u Nevada, Mississippi, Pennsylvani,
Is Tennessee and Idaho comprise I'll
= Pacific feet. The Maryland has bee
10 assigned to It but has not joined We
- Thirty-eight destroyers are attache
- to the fleet.
- O. How many women living o
farms never get a vacation? A. Met
~ A. A recent survey of 10000 rur.
" homes in 33 states shows that 81 p.
=, cent Of the women on farms new,
have any vacations.
20 Q. What IS the Bar Sinister
e. p.
a. The Bar Sinister IS herald
- symbol used on a coat-of- arms to 1,
dictate by the fact that 1t turns 10 u
left the irregular descent OF the perss
upon whose arms it is shown. II
indicative Of an illegitimate birth.
Q. What is the weight Of an En-,
lish stone? TIE.
A. The legal English stone eaua
IA pounds avoirdupois.