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Evening star., 1924-05-07
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN
How old was Beau Brummell ado

Q. How old was Beau Brummell
when he died? John Barrymore por-
trays him as a very old mani. c. C.
A. He died in an insane asylum at
the age of sixty-t.Eo years. He was
born in London, the son of Lord
North's private secretary, and was
educated at Eton and oxford. From
his father he inherited about 100000.
Through a chance meeting with the
Prince of Wales. afterward George
IV, he became a court favorite. set
many years. The last few years OF
his life were passed in abject pow
erty, the asylum in which ne dled
being for the mendicant insane.
Q. Where is the largest office build
ing in the world?-M l..
A. The Equitable Trust Company
building, in New York city, is said to
be the largest office building at pres
.ent.
@. Who invented the self-actlns
steam engine?-E. ID. N
A. In l717 Henry Beighton invented
q system Of hand gear" which rem
dered the steam engine completely
self acting.
Q. What would happen if an ire
sistibIe force should meet an I'M
movable body?-G. T.
4. The bureau of standards says
that the existence of these two con-
ditions at the same time is impossI-
BILE, according to all known laws. As
the very existence of the two condl-
tionS at the same time cannot tdhe
place, it is necessarily impossible 10
state what would happen II the con-
dition did exist
G. How is Russia goVerned?-H' H. }.
A. Russia may be described as
union of soviet socialiSuc repnp-
lies. The all-Russian central execu-
tive committee on July 4, 1873 III
Moscow unanimously approved or q
new federal constitution. The high
est authority is the All-RuSSlah
Congress of Soviets, made up of the
representatives of the towns, sovletS
and of provincial congresses Of
soviets. The congress elects the
central executive committee OF 800
members, in whose hands lie the SI-
preme legislative and administrative
powers, and which is the controlling
body of the state This central
com tnittee forms council OF peoples
commisSarS for the general admin
istraGon.
Q. Do the Philippines have Labor
day?-W. J.
\ May is celebrated as Labor
day in the Philippine Islands.
Q. How long should garrison
flag be?-R. j. F.
\. The proportion of the blue field
in the American flag iS- Width,
7-13 of the hoist. The dimensions of
the flag vary. The War Department
says a garrison flag should be 3S
feet fly and 20 feet hoist. The post
flag should be 19 feet fly and 10
feet hoist The storm flag is feet
8 inches fly and feet hoist
@ What are the most beautiful
words in the English lauguage?-
A NJ.
4. While this is matter of opinion,
the twenty words which won in
voting contest are: Melody, splendor,
Evening star., 1924-05-07
Walkers vs.. Motorists.
Former Detroit Man Says Pedes-
trians Need Education"
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
Being a. reader of your paper for
a number of years and having read
in your columns recently a great
deal about the traffic situation, would
like to make a few remarks regarding 6
the proposed boulevard system as
suggested by some people, as con-
Germs the District recently returne ed
to this city after a sojourn in the
middle west and speak, as both q
motorist and a pedestrian
In Detroit, where this system is in
vogue, you will notice that the acci-
dent rate is exceedingly high. Speak
ing from the pedestrian point of view
I would say that IL the people of this
city were as cautious and careful as
the people in Detroit, the toll of life
from accidents would dwindle to
naught.
On the other hand, speaking as a
motorist, / will state that this system
tends to. promote reckless driving, ex-
cess speeding, carelessness. etc. on
some of the through streets" in
Detroit, heavy commercial trucks or
the like are prohibited from running;
on this score the traffic will not be
slowed up" and the streets will be
preserved. for longer period.
L drove a car in Detroit for three
months and when / first started j
never went more than eighteen or
twenty miles an hour. But after be-
coming acclimated to the conditions
I was keeping up with the rest of the
gang and twenty-eight or thirty
miles an hour was a minimum rate
of speed. Some people may ask,
What about the police; don't they
ever bother you?" Very seldom did
I ever see any one stopped for speed
ing in that city, and only then in
the downtown section of the city,
whore speeding has to be curtailed.
Some one suggested, 1 think, to
inaugurate system here by having
the speed of vehicles left to the dis
cretion of the driver In this case
there would be very few citizens left
here, because in short time they
would be resting peacefully.
The crying need is for the educa-
tion of the pedestrians; l. e., to have
more pep" and life while crossing
streets.
Only yesterday / was standing on
the corner of 18th and F. streets when
a man walked across the street read
ing newspaper and motorist
stopped to let him pass, asking him
if he wouldn't like a chair to sit
on The chances are Eve to one il
this bird" pulled that OF in Detroit,
he would be with the angels today.
JOHN z. DURYER.
Evening star., 1924-05-07
COURAGE
81 ON, the master OF my fate,
/ an, the captain OF my sont.
HENLEY.

Early in his career as prospect tor'
Edward l. Doheny vowed TO make
s1e0. 900, and several times ne was
near his goal, but when he was forty
he did not have $40 to his name For
twenty years he had sought unoer-
ground riches, and. after hunting ana
being hunted by Indians, after belng
manned in a mine and crippled by
mountain lion which he killed with a
knife. he found himself in middle life
stranded in Los Angeles
At Fond du Lac, Wis, where he was
born, he was graduated from high
school at fifteen. although he had
yorlxed the greater part of each year.
He went with a surveying party 10
oklahoma when he was seventeen.
Then, going to New Mexico, he made
$4,000 dealing in horses captured from
marauding Indians, but lost every
thing on a prospecting tour IN the
Black Hills. Another venture 1alled
and he began the study OF metaliursy
and geology in earnest
He discovered and developed the sll-
yer district at Kingston. N. NJ, In
1880 and quickly SaIuei cu Poo,"Vo- ~
twenty-five he was mine owner and
operator and partner of c. A Canheld'
mining wizard For a few years he
prospered. Then he fell down a mine
shaft and broke both legs. In the
hospital he studied law, and at the
end of six months was admitted TO
Partnership in a law firm.
In 1892, in Los Angeles, he took a
handful Of greasy dirt from a wagon,
grasped the meaning of it, and dis
covered his first we'll, which was in
the heart of the city. 1t failed. but
with S4OO ne and Garfield bought an
other property and found oil Again
making money fast he was refused
funds by bankers and had to trustee
his property to escape bankruptcy.
At forty he was broke Within two
years he had his properties back In
1900, prospecting in a private car, he
discovered the Tampico oil fields, in
Mexico, which was the start of the
gigantic Pan-American Petroleum and
Transport Company. OF which he is
president.
His wells have produced more than
a billion barrels of oil and have made
him one of the worlds richest men,
fcnpyright 19z4A
Evening star., 1924-05-07
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Pro Bono Pub.

It's always lofty moral ground
That men assume to hold.
Whenever they are looking round
A reason to unfold
For going on selfish way
Where they most pleasure find,
'@The things that we enjoy" they say,
'fWill benefit mankind"
And so the king put on his crown
And grabbed heavy tax
He bade delinquents kneel them down
To intercept the ak.
The princes-and the peasants, too
Advantage strive to take,
And VOW the course that they pursue
Is for the pub1ic's sake.
Evening star., 1924-05-07

auoratlon, eloquence, virtue, innocence
iLodesty' faith, joy, honor, nobflitv,
SyInpathy, heaven. love, divine, hope
4fAi liiohy' happiness, purity and liberty.
f. z. There are concrete pillars on a
ba.d.I tat Ia near mere with a metal piece i'm
Itaieu Ieot which warns people not 10
eesIroy them. What are the pillar.
tor!-H. T..
"A. The coast and geodetic survo,
SAYS that the concrete pillars men.
TONED IN your letter are triangulstjou
aldtlohS OF the coast and geodct ,.
-, 9ui Wy. IheSe stations are establshrd
~ ~ make q survey of the latitude and
aongltude for use by the United State
soEernHent, city, state and COUNTY
oIlcials and local engineers TO frd
tSactly What latitude and Longitude
tHey are IN. They are very important
TO the United States government. and
there is a flne of $500 for destroyjsc
these monuments
Q; What does tale quale" mean
A. Tale quaIe is 4 Latin term mea,
ing Snch as. and is used TO den0.r
that cargo is presumed 70 correspora
WIN sample. and that the buyer taxi
the risk OF deterioration
Q. Did Julius Caesar build a roae
in Engiand?-A. J..
A. There is Il famous Roman roag
IN Eng gland, now known as Watltn.
street, which was built by Julr.-
Caesar during the Roman occupatf.a
Q. Please publish a recipe for tca
cream with fruit in It's. NJ. l..
a. A Simple foundation for f~u.
ice cream is one quart of cream T.,
which one-half pound of sugar aud
an egg have been added. Remove PIC.
lngS and seeds from four large yrF.
FiDp uaarbpS prpeS thrpryrrl
add 10 cream when half frozen. Three
bananas may ue substituted o~ "a
scant quart OF strawberries, taElr-
care to strain through sieve .Tt.
egg may be omitted Il preferrca. Z.
Q. What causes the putting SOME
that locomotive makes?-H II. \
a. The putting" sound emitrea by
a smokestack on a locomotive eng rc
is caused by the used-up steam ftr~h-
nically known as the "exhaUst'') from
the cylinder which is fired into the
creasing the draught, and thus d.
verted from a more natural outlet
1t is the firing of the steam III this
unusual way that causes the deprss-
sion which makes the sound. TX
haust steam is also in some engines
condensed and carried into the ho.-
water pipes
Q. What Is the difference between
an octopus and a devilfsh? How
large does each grow ?--E. u. @.
\. The bureau of fisheries say
that there is no difference between
the devilfsh and the octopus. u
some parts of the country where thr
devilfsh is abundant, it ranges from
seven to nine feet and weighs from
fifty to sixty pounds.
(An4i reGder can get the dnSlrer To am,
question bV LDTiting The star Ijfo7'.r .p,
Bureau, FTedCTIc j. HGSEib. Director.
1920 North CAPITOL street, Washington. n
c. This offer applies strictly TO in formation
The bureau cannot give GdU5ce on irgrl
medical and JIr,GncidI matters. II doe
not attempt to settle domestic tr0a!bles.
nor to undertake eThGaLSttDe research 40,
any subject. Write yO4tr question pLIisjs
ard briefly GtDe fun name and Gdd~e>s
and 4nclose cents in stamps for retnrs
postdJe)
Evening star., 1924-05-07

There is sentiment in favor of es-
tablishing world conditions that will
render it unnecessary for any nation
to have a navy. Until these conditions
are attained every nation naturally
feels inclined to have as large a navy
as it can afford.
Evening star., 1924-05-07

D'Annunzio failed to get $4,000 each
for his manuscripts sold at auction.
He has had better luck dealing with
the publishers than with the public
direct
Evening star., 1924-05-07
HumOr and Pathos.

The comic pictures that disclose
Strange sights evoked my glee.
A man misformed like one of those |
One day / CHANGED to see,
With features 80 namely greer
And crooked hands and feet,
And then I shed human tear
Of sympathy complete.
Evening star., 1924-05-07
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Evening star., 1924-05-07

According to his political friends,
Robert NJ. La Toilette has not merely
recovered his health, but is ready to
go into training quarters
Evening star., 1924-05-07

Whenever Nicky Arnstein fails to
put in an appearance as legally sched-
uled the idea is jumped at that he is
engaged in making a fortune-one
way or another.
Evening star., 1924-05-07

While seeking to erase some lines
of investigation, Mr.. Harry Daugh-
erty is willing to supply others to take
their places
Evening star., 1924-05-07

A Paris author is to fight three
literary reviewers. For purposes of
the sword is mightier
than the pen.
Evening star., 1924-05-07

Speeches on tax reduction cannot
be made sufficiently impressive to
make figures of speech as popularity
interesting as plain arithmetic.
Evening star., 1924-05-07

The primaries have enabled Presi-
dent Coolidge to claim a record for the
earliest landslide in any presidential
year-
Evening star., 1924-05-07

One of the Coolidge traits that seem
to appeal to Republican leaders is his
evident determination to avoid the
precarious fame of the "speIlbinder. :"
Evening star., 1924-05-07

Monarchists continue to assert that
the only way to run a government is
10 make some one man uncomfortable
and often a little ridiculous.
Evening star., 1924-05-07

A large German vote in favor of Mr..
Dawes has no effect worth mention
ing so far as he is personally con-
cerned in an American election
Evening star., 1924-05-07

1t would not be surprising to find
biologists limiting that the oil supply
will give out before the oil fnvestiga-
ton does.
Evening star., 1924-05-07

A Light Beer" party-wuuld
probably have about as much actual
influence just now as the Prohibition
party used to have.
Evening star., 1924-05-07

The Evening Star. with the Sunday morning
edition. is delivered by carriers within the
city at so cents per month; daily only, ~
cents per month; Sunday only, 20 cents per
month Orders may be sent by mail or tele
phone Main 5000. Collection is made by car
TIers a the end of each month.
Evening star., 1924-05-07

An ancient theory of old-world
diplomacy was that the object of one
war was to finance the next.
Evening star., 1924-05-07
Sweet COndeScensiOn.

: ''Were you not proud Of the cheers
that greeted you on the street?'
"Ah, yes" answered the motion pic
ture actress. "I was glad to be gen.
erous and give the dear people a
chance to look at me and applaud
without paying anything"
Evening star., 1924-05-07
BY REN McKELWAY.

Three buns, hard-b boiled from the
crowns of their heads to the soles
of their feet, stand detected on deck,
leaning over the rail and watching
the Seminole's officers searching their
captured speed boat for evidence. This
evidence turns up in a package of
letters addressed to various cities in
Europe. One of them, written in
Swedish, recounts the writer's adven-
lures abroad, and how he shipped
aboard the Norwegian steamer An
$4,000 cases of grain alcohol. "We
left Antwerp and got here after
twenty-five days at sea" the letter
said. I'VE expect to get rid of our
cargo by the middle of May. Then
back to Antwerp or Halifax for more.
The shore is only twelve miles away,
and we can see il when it's clear. Our
officers are good and let us drink all
We want to. II you see anybody from
the home town, don't tell them what
I'm doing"
Boarding 4 foreign vessel at sea
without the necessary clearance pa
pers for engaging in foreign trade is
a misdemeanor. The three men
caught by the Seminole had been
aboard foreign vessel. The letters
they had TO mail ashore testified to
that. So they are held and their
boat is added to the Seminole's tro-
phies for the day. Letters such as
the ones quoted above help the prohi-
bition authorities to keep tab on
what's doing in Rum Row. This let
ter. for instance, said the Andora ex-
pected to dispose of her cargo OF
Il. 900 cases of alcohol within a month.
Fifteen thousand cases from one yes
sci. and there are about fifty an
chored along 200 miles of the Atlantic
coaSti
Evening star., 1924-05-07
Only a Fishing Boat.

Our small boat heads for Montauk k
Point to search the little bays and
inlets which lie between Long Island
and the mainland. 1t is fine hunt
ing ground for bootleggers, pirates.
highjackers and other cut-throating
gentlemen who wish to make use OF
it. a glance at chart bears TINS
out. There are countless little bays
and inlets, which make fine harbors
and hiding places for small craft,
while the islands scattered in Gardi-
ners Bay, Nepeague Bay and BLOCK
Island Sound are lonely and desolate,
with few inhabitants. We round
Montauk Point and cruise along be
hind GARDENERS Island A boat IS
heading out into the sound OF from
shore, and we change our course 10
intercept il. They catch slght OF us
and speed up. We may be pirates or
highjackers, for all they Know anu
thew seem TO be taking no chances.
One of our crew cannot resist the
termination to stand up in the stern
and examine the fleeing craft through
the sights of his Springfield.
Our officer pulls his throttle Wlde
omen. and twenty-five yards or so
astern the other boat we show our
flag. The pursued craft swings about
and heaves to and two men board her-
Nothine but fish and two scared fish
ermen. We ask why they ran Be
cause we chased her, the fishermen
explain, and point to the man with
the Springfield They didn't know
who we were until the revenue flag
was shown.
We run up GARDENERS Bay and sight
a speed boat ahead, making for Long
island Sound. With throttle open we
begin closing down on her. she
either slower than we are, or else she
doesn't see anything to run from
she probably recognizes the boat as
a r1,In-runner and she keeps on her
conrse without any attempt TO get
away, The Old Mans rabolt 1901
Evening star., 1924-05-07
Speed Boat Is Armed.

The speed boat captured from the
gentIemanly Canadian looks sea-
worthy and she has already given
evidence of her speed SO her tanks
are filled with gasoline and the junior
officer gets aboard with three men, a
coast guard flag, Lewis machine
gun. three rifles and four 40 auto
matics The Old Man gives this
writer permission to go along and
we leave the Seminole six or seven
miles off Montauk Point. Our rendeZ-
vous is New London, Conn, some
time that night
The junior officer of the Seminole
is good at small boat work. 1t Is not
without it's dangers. a few months
ago, while on such cruise. his en-
gine went bad, and he and his three
man crew spent the night in the OPEN
the sea running high. the tempera-
ture several degrees below zero, and
every wave dashing its frozen spray
over the gunwales. They were pick
ed up half frozen late the next day
after an all-night search by the Semi
mole and other cutters.
Evening star., 1924-05-07

S'De man dat don't have muffin but
kind words foh everything" said
Uncle Eben, 'gits reputation fob
pore judgment an loses his infiu-
ence.~
Evening star., 1924-05-07
SeIf-HeIDfuIneSS

Nations, like men," said the ready
made philosopher, ''should, when in
difficulty. be expected to help them
selves
True answered Senator Sor-
ghum; +but what are they going to do
if no one provides money for them to
help themselves to-
Evening star., 1924-05-07

Jud Tunkins says he hopes the Con-
gressional Record won't be called on
to print so much scandal that it'll
have trouble in getting through the
mails.
Evening star., 1924-05-07

The Evening Star Newspaper Company
Business Once, 11th st. and Pennsylvania Ave.
New York Office: 1l0 East 42nd st.
Chicago Office: Tower Building.
European Office: 16 Regent ST., London, England.
Evening star., 1924-05-07

Q: Did julius Caesar build roae
in England?-A. l..
A. There is a famous Roman roag
in England, now known as Watlfn.
street, which was built by Julu-
Caesar during the Roman occupalfaa
Evening star., 1924-05-07

Q; What does tale quale" mean
A. Tale quale is 4 Latin term mea,
ing Snch as and is used TO deno.r
that cargo is presumed 70 corresno,,
with sample. and that the buyer taxi.
the risk of deterioration.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-07-31
Famed as Fighters

A famous Confederate body of indie
pendent fighters known as Mosby's
Partisan rangers, was terror to the
Union troops during the Civil war, do
ing much damage in cutting off means
Of communication and destroying sup
/, ply trains, capturing outposts, etc.
Theirs was guerrilla style of war
fare, says the Detroit News. Suisse
quently Mosby's force was pressed
into the regular Confederate army.
The men were dispersed and con-
cealed when not engaged In raiding
and Mosby had In force perfect sys-
tenn of reassembling them on the
shortest notice.
Probably his most brilliant exploit
was the capture of Brigadier General
Stoughton, United States army, at
Fairfax courthouse in 1868. To ac-
complish this he made raid inside
the Federal lines. One of his most i'm
portant raids resulted in the capture
of Sheridan's entire supply train.
Mosby became a Republican after
the war, and supported General Grant
for the presidency. He Is said to have
originated the phrase, "The solid
South"
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-07-31

A description of how football Is
MAYED In America provoked mirth in
an assembly of Danish students, ac-
cording to letter received at Column
bia university from John Dyneley
Prince, American minister to Denmark.
he lectured to the Copenhagen Uni
yersIty Students association on "Stu-
dent Life in America" *
II went into the subject Of haz-
ing" says Professor Prince, ''and gave
them a view of some freshmen newly
painted, and / also endeavored to de-
scribe a cane rush, for which there Is
of course, no expression In Danish.
All this caused much laughter, and one
Of the professors expressed the hope
that 1t might not set bad example !
"Of football, as we play it, they
know nothing SO / showed some illus
trations and gave brief lecture on
our methods. They asked whether we
did not have to have field hospital
and stretcher bearers, and on my re-
ply, OF course, the whole halltwent
into spasms Of laughter
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-07-31
Saved Landing Loss

Almost every imaginable business
depends in some way on the weather.
A sheep raiser was ready to send q
flock of rams to the range lands, but,
having previously suffered losses at
Landing time, inquired of the local
weather bureau station of the United
States Department Of Agriculture for
weather conditions on his range IA
DAYS from the date of the arrival OF
the rams. The weather could not be
predicted that far in advance; but
curves showing mean daily minimum
temperatures and latest spring killing
frosts indicated period of relative
safety beginning shortly after May 70
His previous losses had occurred when
the lambs were dated prior to May
is. as had been warranted on another
range. Since that injury, two success
full seasons have followed In those
herds, the lambs being brought In late
May or early June, as suggested by
the weather records.