Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-06-12
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

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6SssSssi S nst;:ss. Y doss mot sttcmps 20
ssytls domestic TROUBLES nor 70 indcftakc
,oS, r", 3" az :sa by y:
hull nome aud address and enclose two
cents In stamps for rsturn postage. All
replies arc scnt direct 20 tho inquirer.
q. DO you know the name Of tho
Oldest active newspaper man In the
world7 F. J. T.
A. This honor belongs 10 M. Al
Maille Ssint-Trix, a French journal
Ist, who IL now 1o1 years old He
etill contributes to n weekly news
paper under the pen name Jean
! DamabIy.
q. When did the labor movement
for shorter hours start In this country
J. p M.
A. Agitation for n shorter work
day, stated concretely ~ demand
for n ten-hour day instead of the
dawn dark day. was begun In the
United States In 1890.
O. who was the first woman called
| TO tho bar In England al. a ~.
A. Miss Joy williams. a lecturer ct
oxford. was the FIRST TO receive that
honor. She was called TO the bar on
May 10th OF this year. -.
q. What is magnetic storm7
f. v. d.
| A. Occasionally compass needles
Will show a much greater variation
than the usual minor oscilla tions.
when the needles continually move
about irregularly. a magnetic storm
In said TO prevail. They are associated
with auroras and occur all over the
earth at the same time. One Of the
greatest magnetic storms occurred
October 81, 1908. when needles varied
|, three degrees from normal.
For whom wns the Walter Reed
Hospital I'm Washington named
u. ~. RI
, A. During the American occupa-
tlon OF Cuba following the war With
Spain, Major Walter Reed OF the u
s. Medical Corpe. dcmonstr ated that
. both ordinary malaria and deadly vel
. low fever were spread by the htes ot
, mosquitoes In recognition Of thi.
hospital In Washington was given nj,
, name.
! a. What percentage oS the peopl.
g own or control the wealth N tht
world7 o.
, A. Priur 20 tho World War, tn,
, economists, while agreeing that 40
/ curste stetistfrs were not obteinss,ie
, estimated that nine-tenth1 Of IN,
worlds wealth was held nv one-ten,l
I of the population. No recognized al
= thcrty has undertaken 70 TX tho rs.t
y Of distribution since the war.
4 .. How many Germsn submarine
= came 10 thi. country during the recen
= war; p. M
A. In 1915, prior 20 the entrance O
. The United States into the World Was
ono commercial ~,bmerlne and on
war submarine brought tho Gerna
l. flag into American ports. Tho 1rs
q was the Deutschland. which landed q
,, Baltimore. The second was the Us
J. which entered Newport hert,or an
= after departing sank nve comrne~cle
= vessels on Nantucket IiEhtship.
i q. What ws~ r1pe nrst mountain or
" servstory I'm tbLs country r. X
. A. Charles II. Hitchcock, Will
l. State Ceoio9sst OF New Hempehir,
l. maintained during the winter y, 1877
II a eoroloe,cai station on Mour
a Washington which wss the .ar4,e.
II high mountain observatory IN N
= United states
10 q. How long is the curst line
ID the Great L~kes7 NJ. x.
n A. Tho shore line of these lake
" comprises S.aoo miles. They have
AZ water surface area of more than 9s
/. 900 square miles. From Montreal. n
d head Of ocean navigation 20 the hes
20 OF Lake Superior. tho calling distan,
NJ Ia about i,340 miles
In q. At what height do airplan,
of usually 6y7 r. II.
I. A. The Air Service says that n
10 altitude FOR cross country flying
a usually about two or three thousar
NJ fett.