New Britain herald., 1926-01-23
QUESTIONS ANSWERED

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 c. What is the meaning of the | name McDaniels?
 A. It Is an English name mean ing "son of Daniol;" Daniel in turn means "a judge"
 e. Were there any paper half dollars with picture of Abraham Lincoln issued by the government in the year 1868?
 A. No. But paper half dollars bearing the picture of Abraham Lincoln were issued from July 14, 1869 to February 15, 1875.
 Q. Is a special permit required to enter Soviet Russia? Is there any reason why naturalized American of Russian origin should not be al lowed to enter?
 A, A person is not permitted to enter Russian territory without spe- cial permission from a soviet repre- sentative abroad. Such permits are sometimes refused to naturalized Americans of Russian origin on the ground that their naturalization in ] the United States is not valid ac- cording to Russian law and that ,. therefore, such persons remain Rus sian citizens under their laws. Q. Where was the helium with which the Shenandoah was filled obtained?
 A. From the helium production plant at Forth Worth, Texas, operat- ed by the federal government.
 Q. Has Jesse Pomeroy, the mur- derer, ever been released from pri- son? Has any effort been made in that direction?
 A. Jesse Pomeroy was sentenced by the courts of Massachusetts to life imprisonment and although he is now a very old man he is still in confinement. The defense at the trial was that prenatal influences caused him to become a murderer, and it was shown that during preg- nancy his mother worked in butch.
 CT shop. Nevertheless, he was found
 guilty and sentenced. Every means
 allowed in legal practice was taken
 to get his sentence commutcd, but , without success. The only way that
 he could be released now is througl a pardon from the Governor O. . Massachusetts.
 O.. Can you tell me something
 about the fund left by the will 0 ! Lotta Crabtree, the actress. for dis
 abled men of the World War? A. The Lotta Crabtree fund O $2.O00,000 to aid men and womel ? veterans of the World War wa
 created by a section of her vii , which declared that the fund was t . he used to assist men and women il
 the service of the United States dur D ing the World War who were dis 6 abled, wounded or sick, and this as [ sstance extends to their dependents
 The trustees of the fund are Major , General Clarence R. Edwards, '. ! A. retired, Judge William Wait c ; the Massachusetts Supreme Cour T and William A. Morse, a lawyer C - Boston.
 . Q. Who were Diogenes and Sc ' crates?
 A. Famous Greek philosophers.
 Q. Why do people shake hand when they meet?
 4. Self preservation, the fir:
 luw of nature, was the fundamen ~ al principle of all primitive ct ;a quctte. Every man must be read u. at all times to defend himself frol '> man and beast. He was suspicio,
 of others. If q man was at his merC ', unarmed then surely he was h o friend, for this meant that he cou " do no harm. Therefore if one sa' . age wished to prove his fricndsh
 for another, he advanced with h
 right hand extended in greetin
 Thus with his weapon hand empt
 he could not be dangerous, TT
 other man who wished to respond t. his greeting. in turn stretched o NJ. his right hand. The clasp betoke d. ed mutual trust and understandin cd This was the beginning of our soci ok handshake.
 Q. What countries were repr IT, sented at the conference that drt cd up the Locarno agreement and wh
 were the main points in the agre i'd mcnt?
 b. A. The countries represent ,e- were Great Britain, France, B. on gium, Germany, Italy. Czechos lst vakia and Poland. Seven separs 'ut treaties were drawn up and sign' tn. One of the treaties provided tf in there shall always be a wide st,
 of land between France and c, Ne many in which there shall not his any army or forts or any kind
 military activity. Two other treat ire provide that if a quarrel arises X tween Germany and Belgium or in tween Germany and France, ger must be settled by arbitration a lc- not by war. Two other arbitrat treaties were made between G