The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-09-27

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Since the disarmament confer
ence what is the strength OS
! Japarg fleet United States and
I Grea. britain? How does Japan
/ compare with the United States
! in the number Of ships ana the
whole fleet i'm general?
Japan has ten capital ships; high
speed cruisers under ten years ola,
IS, and building, 10; modern de-
stroye"s. Sc. and building, 81; long
radius submarines above 600 tons,
/ .. and building %, coast defense sub
marines 81. building is: Japan has
no airplane carriers. but is build
ing .. United states has : high
speed cruisers ten years old and Is
building 3; modern des,royers, PA;
long-radius submarines. above 1000
/ tons, 5, and building 8; coast de-
Tense submarines :. and building 15;
airplane carriers 1. and building ,.
Great Britain has IS high-speed
cruisers under ten years old, and
building 3; modern destroyers. 1G6,
building 8. long-radtus submarines,
above 1000 tons. 10; coast defense
submarines %. building 3; airplane
carriers 3. and building 3.
What nationality are Richard
Loe5's parents? What is their
religion
Richard Loeb's father is a Jew
and his mother n Christian. We
do not know what church hey at
tend,
Is there a Commercial Art
School in indianapolis? If so,
where IS it located?
Yes. Art Association Of Indian.
apolis. Sixteenth and Pennsylva-
mia SITS.
Give date Worlds Fair, held at
St. Louis.
In 1904.
Since the flexible tariff has gone
into effect. has tariff on any art
icle been reduced by President
Coolidge?
President Coolidge has made four
changes in the tariff law. The duty
on wheat. barium dioxide and so
dunn nitrate was raised; the duty
on mill feeds was reduced.
Did Senator La Toilette vote
against prohibition?
He voted for the submission Of the
Prohibition Amendment to the Con
stitution, but voted against the Vol
stead act, as. in his opinion, poorly
drawn.
I enlisted under an assumed
name; how can get my name cor
rected in the Army records?
Write to the Adiutant Generals
Office, War Department, Washing
ton, D. c., asking that the correction
be made.
We're the old or new style quar-
ter dollars coined in 1916?
Both the old and new; S,32S. 500 of
the old type and $1,000 of the new
type.
yybo+ - 49, o,,,a,,r+ 20 T1d;o-,
blood in a person whose great
grandmother was an Indian?
One-eighth.
When did the wartime prohibit
ton act go into effect?
The wartime prohibition provision
was signed by the President Nov. 81,
1918. and went into effect July I,
1919.
What is the, highest degree of
heat that has been produced by
man?
The Unied States Bureau of Stand
ards reports that temperatures of
10000 to 1900 degrees Fahrenheit
have been obtained in the electric
furnace.
What is the length of life of
swans, squirrels, buffalo?
Swans live 200 years, squirrels
seven years, buffalo from fifteen to
twenty years.
What was the date Of the presi-
Dental election twenty-one years
ago?
There was no presidential election
twenty-one years ago this fall. There
were presidential elections Nov. 6,
1900, and Nov. 8, 1904.