Evening star., 1924-12-08

". What mum Der and percentage
of Washington's traffic accidents oc-
cur in the area designated as con-
gested?-W. d. c.
A.. The Metropolitan Police Depart
ment says that during the month OF
October 455 traffic accidents occurred
outside of the congested zone, OF
1928 per cent, and 230 occurred in
the congested zone, or 1877 per cent
Q. How large was the city OF
Alexandria. Va, in 1860?-W.
A. The Bureau OF the Census say.
that in 1860 the population of Alex
andria,. Va, was 1862.
y. Are the plans complete for re.
surfacing the Conduit road, after the
conduit is complete?-L n. G.
A The District engineers office
says that no plans and estimates
have been given in regard to the
resurfacing Of the Conduit road in
the vicinity Of the new water main
Q. Does the Government bury the
widow of soldier?-M. C. L.
A. The War Department saws that
there is no appropriation by the
federal Government for the burial
Oh soldiers widows. In cases where
soldier is buried in National
cemetery, and it is anticipated that
MS widow wishes to be buried In
the same grave with him, arrange
ments are made with the War De-
partment so that tho grave will be
maze deep enough that a second
casket can be placed upon the SOL
uier casket in the same grave.
y: What was Johnson's record for
s'Iiheouts in one game?-E F. S.
n. Johnson's best strikeout per
Iornance for nine-inning game is
- strlkeouts, made in a game against
ST. Louis in 1910
". VINO pays the Government for
the coins struck for the Stone Noun-
tain fund.- l.. X.
"a. The Government furnishes the
bullion out of which the Stone Noun
tain memorial coins are made. but
the stone Mountain Memorial Asso-
ciatlon viii pay the Government the
face value of the coins before thew
are delivered from the mint. These
CONS bear the images of Jackson and
Lee. They will not be coined until after
the Christmas holidays.
.. What will remove oil stains
from concrete f1oors?-S H
a. The Bureau of Standards saws
that 1t knows of no method that will
entirely remove oil stains from con-
crete. The stains can be partly re-
moved by soaking the concrete with
gasoline, then taking up the excess
by means of a porous material like
blotting paper. BY repeating this
process several times at intervals a
good portion of the oil can be re-
moved.
O. What was the so-called i'm
mutable system" invented by Pytha-
goras ?-U. E Z.
A. About $50 years before Christ
Pythagoras, the noted Greek philoso-
pher and mathematician, invented a
musical scale which consisted of
seven tones corresponding to the
seven plenets-Moon, Mercury. Venus.
Sun. Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. He
also conceived a similar analogy be-
tween color and sound. He regarded
the seven colors Of the rainbow as
corresponding to the tones of the
scale.
Q. Is it possible to remove ink
from newspapers?-B. V. A
A. Such a process has been de-
veloped at the Forest Products
Laboratory. 1t consists of washing
the old papers with bentonite, a very
fine clay which carries the carbon
black off with 1t after 1t has been
loosened by the use of aIkalis
Q. When was there a postage
stamp having a picture of Andrew
Jackson ?-J. D. NJ
A. The Post Office Department
says that a two-cent stamp printed
in black bearing the full portrait of
Andrew jackson was issued July 6,
1863.
Q. Who was the Chinese who ap-
peared on Redpath Chatauqua pro-
gram in the Summer of 1923 *. V.
A. The Redpath Lyceum Bureau
says that the name of the Chinese
who appeared on its program in