Evening star., 1925-08-15
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

@. How many passengers has the
Leviathan carried on a round trip?-
E. o.
A. The flagship of the United
States Lines made her banner trip
In July, leaving New York City on the
4th and returning from Southampton
on the 14th. She handled on this
round trip 1874 passengers. The
receipts for freight and passengers
totaled over s7ee,o0o.
Q. How great was Santa Barbara g
loss in public buildings due to the
earthquake?-S. n.
A. T. M. Storke, publisner OIL the
Santa Barbara News, says that the
loss to public buildings and charitable
and quasi.charitable institutions is
enormous. The losses in schools
alone amounts to 100000. In order
to build for the future a much
greater sum must be expended. The
courthouse, Jail, hall of records,
county hospital and poorhouse, Sis
ters' hospital, outfall sewer. ocean
boulevard, as well as scores of minor
public works and buildings, are prac-
tically total losses.
Q. What player was the originator
of dropping ny ball in order to make
a double play?-W. p. w.
A. Dicky Pearce, shortstop on the
Atlantics of Brooklyn, was the orig
inator.
Q. What per cent Of farm land
is used for the production Of food for
human consumption?-M. p.
A. About two-tenths Of the 365 ,0O0,- :
900 acres of land in the United States
4.
census year 1919. or about 5000 900
acres. produced food for human con-
sumption: seven-tenths or approx
nately 257.000.o00 acres were used
to produce forage crops and one-tenth
was used for other purposes, prin-
cipally to produce cotton, fiber fax
and tobacco.
Q. Do dialects appear in the Indian
language as in other languages?-
H. T. T.
A. The Smithsonian Institution
says that there are about As stocks
Of languages with approximately 800
dialects.
Q. How deep is the Arctic Ocean?
F. c. V.
a. Its greatest known depth is
13, 200 feet.
Q. Please give q brief sketch of the
history of ST. Marys Church, Annap-
oils. Md.-B. 6. K
A. This church was erected in
1859. Connected with the chuEch was
the College of the Redemptorist
Fathers, which forms part of the
curriculum in which candidates for
the Catholic priesthood were educated.
The college and church stand upon
the grounds donated the order for
religious purposes by Mrs. McTavish.
wife Of John McTavish. and her three
sisters, all the granddaughters OF
Charles Carroll of Carrollton.
Q. Who succeeded Washington
Gardner as commissioner OF pensions?
g. r. E.
A. Wilder S. Metcalf of Kansas was
his successor. The present commits.
sioner. Winfield Scott of Oklahoma
succeeded Commissioner Metcah.
@. Why was Palestine so-called?-
NJ. B. C.
A. 1t is derived from the Hebrew
'Pelesceth, meaning the land OF the
Philistines. 1t was first applied only
to the southwest part of that coun-
try extending along the coast of the
Mediterranean, and was first used in
an extended sense by the Greeks.
Q. If the soil of China is SO fer.
tile, why does a drought cause a fam
ine?-C. j. S.
A. The soil of China, while extreme
ly fertile. is too porous for successful
irrigation, and the crops depend en-
tirely upon favorable rainfall.
Q. What was the amount Of money
grants made by the British govern.
ment to Field Marshall Haig and Ad.
miral Beatty?-M. B. B.
A. Each was granted 100000 and
given the title of earl. Other British
leaders of the land and sea forces were
also literally rewarded with titles and
money.
@. Who were the original "bucca.
neers IN. r.
A. The name was given TO piratical
English, Dutch and French adYen
turers, united in their opposition TO
Spain, who maintained themselves
chiefly in the Caribbean Sea during the
seventeenth century. The first OF the