South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-10-09

@. Does the government pay old
age pensions?
A. The government pays dlsa-
bility pensions only to ex-federal
employees who have served at least
fifteen years and have retired for
age or disability, and to sailors,
soldiers and marines.
@. Are any pensions paid to con-
federate veterans?
a. Not by the L. s. government,
but there are state pensions raid by
the states belonging to the southern
confederacy.
Q. What animals kill trees by
eating off the bark?
A. The mammals which kill
trees by girdling them are the mead
ow mouse and the cottontail rabbit.
The beaver gnaws around and
around until the tree falls.
O. What is the largest game pre-
serve in the United States2
A. The National Bison Range,
located near Dixon, Montana.
@. What are Hudson seal furs
really made from; also Electric seal
and French coney?
A. Hudson seal is made from
dyed muskrat; the domesticated
rabbit skins when clipped and dyed
are sold as electric seal, and in their
natural form or unclipped and dyed
they are sold as French cOney.
Q. How long is the Southern Pa
cific railroad?
A The Southern Pacific owns
/ 547.72 miles of track and operates
7.119.S4 miles.
O. What is the horsepower of
/ the Indian motorcycle?
A. II is rated at seven horse
power. but is stated TO develop as
high as Is horsepower.
/ CORRECTION: A typographical
! error in this column gave the length
of the st. Gotthard tunnel as 1.25
miles; It should be 9.25 miles: and
the form Of the answer did not
I clearly indicate that the tunnel is
/ located entirely IN Switzerland.
Q. Can silk be produced in the
/ United States: If so, why do we not
have silk culture in this country
A Fundamentally silk culture
i
where mulberry rlants or other
vegetation thrives suitable for silk
/ worms 10 feed upon. AS mulberry
trees grow in most sections Of the
/ United States. ii follows that the de-
/ veIopment OF silk culture would be
! possible here provided American la
| Dor could compete with the cheap
/ labor in such countries as Japan,
\ China. India and italy. where silk
reeling IS carried on. There IS a
/ tremendous amount OF labor In the
! preparation OF the cocoons and In
/ the unreeling Of the silk from the
|cocoons and re-reeling for COM
mercial use. II is due to this large
factor OF labor in the preparation
OF the raw silk that American fun
I damentally cannot compete IN silk
culture with other nations
Q. Is a Japanese baby born in
/ the United States a citizen or not?
A. Yes, a child born of Japanese
or any other rarentage in the United
4 states IS a citizen OF the United
/ States.
Q. What IS the fastest train serv-
\ ice between Buffalo and New York =?
a. The fastest passenger service
I between those cities is the Empire
/ state Express operated by the New
I York Central railroad: the time go
J lrg from New York City 10 Buffalo
IS nine hours and from Buffalo 20
/ New York City nine hours and ten
minutes. The fastest freight serv-
/ ice is over the New York Central
and the Lehigh Valley. Both afford
three day service between Buffalo
and New York City.
Q. Is Tom Mix married and II
so. 10 whom?
4. Tom Nix married Victoria
/ Forde
O. Where was the G. A r. Ma
tional Encampment held in 1898
I and on what day?
\. At Cincinnati. Ohio, Sept. S
and g. In 1888.
Q. Did woodrow Wilson obtain
a permit 10 transfer a stock Of
\ liquor from the White House when
he went out OF office, and where can
\ I get a copy OF this permit?
A. The Prohibition Enforcement
Division states that IL cannot give
out such information. and II such a