Evening star., 1925-09-07

on the volume of air used in venti-
lating the workings.
Q. Can a man who steals an auto
mobile be prosecuted under the Fed
eral laws?-T. R.
A. The Dyer act. passed by Con
gress in 1919. was designed 10 punish
criminals caught transporting stolen
automobiles from one State TO another
Q. Are there figures which would
compare the amount of ammunition
fired to produce a casualty in the
World War with those of the Revolu-
tionary War and the Crimean War
J. f. H.
A. Statistics compiled do not diff
ferentiate between the artillery and
the small arms ammunition fired in
order to produce q casualty in any war
Out of 1.40o .000, 900 rounds, small
arms ammunition Of the firing line
and target practice included. our casu-
alties of 2S6, 900 (which figured about
one-third higher than the German
casualties) required approxims teIy
10000 to 10000 rounds to produce a
casualty in the World War. In the
Revolutionary War there were ap-
proximately 4,S00 rounds OF ammuni.
ton per casualty. Roughly, it re
quired a mans weight in shot TO pro
uuCc oIiS casually III iHt
| War there were approximately 25,000.-
000 rounds of ammunition and less
than 25 600 casualties, which would
require about 1000 rounds per cas-
ualty.
O Is there a tunnel between the
Smithsonian Institution and the New
National Museum?-J. w. F
A. There is such a connection. made
primarily for electric wires and ras
pipes. but of sufficient size for use
as an emergency passage.
O. When were Pekingese dogs
brought out of China?-M. G.
A. The first specimens were brought
to England in 1860. Admiral Hay
found them in the garden of the Sum
mer Palace where they had been
abandoned when the court fed. The
PekinSese are the sacred temple dogs
of Peking, and were once so care
fully guarded that their theft was
crime punishable by death.
O. What does il mean when ii
says that a prisoner will serve two
sentences "concurrently "2-E. s r.
A. 1t means that the sentences VIII
both be served at the same time and
that on the expiration of the longer
time the prisoner will be at liberty.
Q. Why is a ship spoken of as
Shea. s.
a. In some of the older languages
such as Old German. from which
modern languages have been derived,
all inanimate objects were given mas
culine or feminine gender. In this
way the moon was feminine and the
sun masculine. and among other
things, ships and other vehicles were
generally spoken of in the feminine
gender Modern languages have
adopted this same idea. therefore, the
reason for speaking of a ship and
train as she"
@ What is the quotation about
gold that says lit dissolves every
doubt and scruple??-P. T. B.
A Gold is q wonderful theater Or
the understanding. 1t dissolves every
every doubt and scruple in an instant.
II accommodates itself to the meanest
capacity, silences the loud and tremu-
| lous and brings over the most obsti-
nate and inf1exible Addison.
O. Who are the best paid writers
of today?-E. w. T.
\. There are six well known
writer's whose annual income ranges
from S100,000'to $500, ,00O-H. G. Wells.
w. Somerset Afaugham. George Ber-
nard Shaw and f. Phillips Open
helm all 100000 per year. Sir James
Barrie has an income of S220, 600 and
Sir Hall Caine of $4,000
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