Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-06

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@. Did Tunney ever fight in pre-
liminary when Dempsey was staging
championship fight?-L. A
A. On July ?. 1921. at the Dempsey
Carpenter fight. the fifth preliminary
was between Gene Tunney. former A.
E. F. light-hcavy weight champion, and
Soldier Jones Of Toronto. Tunney
knocked out Jones in the seventh
round.
@. Is there tunnel from Detroit to
Canada ?-F. r.
A. Detroit is connected with Windsor.
Canada, by the Michigan Central Tun-
mel under the Detroit River The tun-
mel consists of twin tubes parallel and
circular, with interior diameter of 20
feet They are placed together with a
distance apart of 26 feet inches on
centers. The tubes are formed by a
continuous exterior shell of 38-inch
| steel plates. inclosing a lining of con-
! crete 20 inches thick. which is rein
/ forced by longitudinal rods The tubes
! arc surrounded by a mass Of concrete
| SIS feet inches wide at the top and 30
! feet 10 inches deep. so that there arc
| virtually two tubes in solid monollthic
| structure.
O. What was the national average
| for physical reflections of drafted men
| during the World War?-L. l..
A. The national average was 81 pei
cent. Maryland had the fewest, only
494 per cent.
@. Should the word between be used
when more than two persons are being
! considerable. f.
A. Between" should not be confused
with among" Between is used OF
| two persons or things; among IS used
! of more than two.
| @. What part of the grocery field dc
! chain groceries occupy?-B. Z. NJ.
| A. Chain store grocery sales average
| 81, 900 600 900 per year, or 10 per cent
| of the total in the grocery field. There
are about $4,000 groceries in the
| United States: 1852 wholesale ano
| 10000 chain groceries.
@. Are orchids easy to raiSe?-P. E.
| A. They are not easy to raise. 1t takes
! a great deal of experience. However
| florists say that it is easy to cross then
and produce new and unusual varieties
@. Who was Kaspar Hauser? =
L. H. K.
A. Kaspar Hauser was born April
| 30. 1872. Mystery surrounded his
birth. At the age of II, he appeared
in Nuremberg with a letter to the
Captain of the Schmolisher Regiment
from peasant who had sheltered him
| since babyhood He was turned over
to the police and imprisoned. After
| a short time interest in his parentage
was aroused and belief that he was OF
noble family followed The lad told
an imaginary tale that he had spent
his life in tiny cell. The municipality
| provided his maintenance and educa-
| ton. In 1888 he was either murdered
| or committed suicide.
O. Please give me information or
the building of the Statue OF Liberty
D. G. C.
A. The Statue of Liberty was designed
bv Bartholdi, the French sculptor. and
presented by the people of France to