Evening star., 1924-07-24
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. RASKLN

Q. How many delegates did the
District have in the Baltimore con-
vention which nominated Wilson,
s.. T.
A. Twelve delegates represented
the District, each having one-half
vote.
g. Which of the three leading can
est?-A. r. D.
A. Senator La Toilette is the old
est He was 69 years old on June "a.
Calvin Coolidge was 81 on July 4. and
John w. Davis was 81 on April 1S.
Q. What part of the country has
the fewest foreiEners?-R o. f.
A. The Manufacturers Record says
that the lowest proportion Of foreign
stock in any section Of the country is
in the East South Central States of
Kentucky. Tennessee, Alabama, and
Mississippi. Here only per cent of
the population Is foreign stock and
but s per cent foreign born.
Q.-Please give available details re-
garding the loss of the building fund
Of George Washington University
about Is years aco-A l. s.
A. We assume that You have refer
ence to a building fund which was
proposed for the George Washington
a sssus in II 1.sr, Of age ss
and contributions toward that fund.
The site was to be the present site of
the American Building. For
some reason the plans were not car
ried out and each person who had
either sent gift or pledged money
toward the fund was asked if he pre-
ferred to have the money returned di-
rectiy to him, or to transfer the
pledge to the general expense of the
university. All the money on hand
was taken care OF in this way with
out loss OF funds.
Q. What are the duties Of our
United States Treasurer?-S. II.
A. The Treasurer of the United
States is charged with the receipt
and disbursement of all public mon
eys that may be deposited in the
Treasury at Washington and in the
national bank repositories: is re-
demption agent for national bank
notes Federal Reserve Bank notes
and Federal reserve notes; is trustee
for bonds held to secure national
bank circulation and public deposits
in national banks and bonds held to
secure postal savings in banks; is
the custodian of miscellaneous trust
funds; is fiscal agent for paying in
terest on the public debt and for
paying the land d-purchase bonds of
the Philippine Islands. principal and
interest. is treasurer of the board of
trustees Of the postal savings sSs-
tenn. and is ex-otticio commissioner
of the sinking fund of the District
Of Columbia.
.. What is the altitude Of West
Point, y. Y."-C. II. z.
A. 1t is about 100 feet above sea
level.
@ Name some famous dogs i'll
modern history.--R. y.
A Several famous dogs are: Barry
the st. Bernard that saved 40 lives
Greyfriars Bobby. that guarded his
masters grave for II years, and
Ouney. the post Office dog that tray
eIed all over the world. Ten thou
front as Fed Cross dogs, sentries
patrol and messenger dogs when TIM
armistics was signed.
pay cut for road Improvements: >
r Q. G.
A. The Federal Government has
collected $5S9, 600. .000 since 1917 in
taxes for motor vehicles and has paid
out S264.000. 900. or +5 per cent Of
this, for Federal and highway funds.
G. Is Emilio de Gogorza an Ameri-
can citizen?-F. T. l.
a. The baritone singer has been
naturalized. His parents at the time
OF his birth were travelling i'll Amer
ica. He was registered at the Span
ish consulate as Spanish subject.
After studying abroad he returned to
this country, where he took out his
papers,
Q. How long did il take Noah 10
build the ark A. :. NJ.
A. There Are no actual data to
the time il took Noah to build the
ark. but Prof. James Orr. editor-in
chief Of the International Bible
Encyclopedia, estimates the time at
100 years
Q. What is German silver made
of"-W. \. D.
A German silver is a white alloy
composed OF nickel copper and zinc.
The best quality consists Of four
parts copper. two parts nickel and
two parts zinc but in this proper
ton it is diffcult to work. For some
uses a small amount Of lead is added.
c. When was the first roundtrip
flight between cities made by an
airplane?-E. =.
A Charles n. Hamilton made the
first round-trip between-citie flight