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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-25
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS,
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

row form, has near the gullet Q reser.
votr for water capable Of containing sew
eral gallons, while peculiar muscle
connecting the windpipe and gullet en-
which may then be sucked from the
mouth into the trunk and squirted over
the body or at some offending man or
animal.
Q. How large is the largest rabbitry
in the United States7-E. z. NJ.
A. The Hillcrest Rabbitry, at Alta
Iona, Calf, Is the largest This farm
contains 80 acres, with IS rabbit sheds,
each housing 2,50O rabbits. These sheds
are 22e feet long by 2e feet wide.
Q. Which is the Oldest state univer-
sity?-N. T.
A. The State Legislature Of North
Carolina provided for State univer-
sity In its constitution, 1776. The
money was not appropriated, however.
until 1888, and 1t was opened in 17e5.
This is believed to be the Oldest.
Q. How long did Paul Dubois work
on his statue Of Jeanne dare, a copy OF
which Is in Washington, D. CT. S.
A. Fifteen years.
@ Where is helium usually fcund7-
A. The Bureau of Mines says that
helium Is usually found along with nat
ural gas.
O. Was Edgar A. Guest born in this
country?-T. r. W.
A. He was born in England and vas
brought to this country at the age Of 10.
G. Does 30 Mcmillan prohibit pro-
family on the Kansas Agricultural COL
| leRe foot ball team?-R, C.
A. Il Is said that 30 MCMILLAN, the
former star Of the Praying Colonies"
at Centre College, still abides by the
strict moral rules observed at that in
stitution, and allows no profanity among
the Kansas Aggies, whom he Is now
coaching.
Q. How is lampblack rade?-
A. Lampblack is SCOT, produced on q
commercial scale by the imperfect COM
bustion Of various materials, such az
coal, tar or pitch. petroleum. rosin, etc.
These substances are burned In fire-
place, the dense smoke coming through
long hrickwork flue into the cham
bers where the SCOT collects. The finest
quality Of lampblack is deposited in the
last Of these chambers. This portion of
the SCOT may be used directly for max
| ing printers ink and for similar pur-
| poses, DuC 70 render IL Mt Tor making
water colors the lampblack must be
subjected to a process of publication.
This may be effected by digesting the
SCOT with a. hot sulphuric acid, then
washing with water.
Q. Who was instrumental in reviving
the Olympic games?-H. B. S.
A. Largely owing to the efforts Of
the Baron Pierre de Coubertin, a num-
Der Of individuals banded themselves
together and organized an international
athletic committee, which held its first
meeting In Paris in 1898. The object
Of the COMMITTEES was to re-establish
the Oiympian games by organizing q
series Of athletic meets, to be held once
in every four years. The first games in
the modern series were held In Athens
in 1895.
@. Is Natural Bridge. Virginia, over
a river?-R. q.
A. The stream under the bridge Is
dignifed with the name Of Cedar River.
It is, however, for most of the year little
more than a rapidly flowing creek.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-25
"Joe" Grundy, Lobbyist.

A senatorial investigation was not
needed to learn that Joseph r. Grundy,
president Of the Pennsylvania Manufac-
turers' Association, has lobbied In
Washington for the protective tariff.
Mr.. Grundy, indeed, is the veteran
lobbyist of them all. He makes no bones
about it. In his statement to the SEN
ate lobby committee yesterday he frank
ly said that he had been in Washing
ton during the consideration of tariff
legislation since the days Of the Ding
ley bill in 1897. He has never missed q
tariff bill since that time. When the
Democrats were in power with danger
of low tariff duties, Mr.. Grundy was
here TO fight to prevent as far as posi-
BILE reduction in the schedules. When
the Republicans were in power, as now,
he was here to fight for higher duties.
Mr.. Grundy's appearance IN Wash
ington when tariff bills are under con-
alteration by congressional committees
and by Congress has become as natura
as that a sunfiower turns toward the
sun. There has been no more secret
about what Mr.. Grundy has been here
seeking than there has been about Wha'
the legislative committees and oficiali
Of the Anti-Saloon League, the Amer
lean Legion and American Federation
of Labor have been after IN the way
of legislation. The interests Mr.. Grund!
has represented, in the minds Of many
have been more selfish. That seems u
be about the only distinction. But Mr.
Grundy takes the protective tariff
theory seriously. He has admitted tina
1t amounts practically to religion will
him. He attributes to it the great build
ing up Of industry in this country.
Mr.. Grundy does not appear in tn
guise of a paid lobbyist--that is, a mai
outside Of the business for which he !
lobbying, and for pay. He is a manu-
facturer himself. He is reputed to b
wealthy even as wealth goes in thi
country. He pays all his own expense
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-25

The answers 10 questions printed hers
each day are specimens picked from the
mass Of inquiries handled by our great
information bureau, maintained IA
Washington. This valuable service Is
for the free use Of the public. ASK any
question Of fact you may want 70 Know
anS you will get an immediate reply.
Write plainly, tnclose cents IN coin
or stamps for return postage, and ad-
dress The Evening Star Information
Bureau, Frederic J. HaSkin, director,
Washington, p. C.
@. When did Theodore Roosevelt say
that We must speak softly and carry q
A. In his address at the Minnesota
State Fair, September 2, 1901, Roose-
welt spoke as follows: There Is q
homeiy old adage which runs, Speak
softly and carry q big stick. You will
60 far If the American Nation Will
speak softly and yet build and keep at
pitch Of the highest training q thor
oughly eficient Navy, the Monroe Doc
trine will go far
g. What Is the weight of the rain
and snow fall for year?--H. N.
A. The precipitation Of snow and rain
over the entire world averages le,ooo,-
900 tons second.
Q. When are general visiting days at
Sing Sing?-A. H. G.
A. The warden says that all general
visiting has been discontinued, due to
overcrowded conditions and the new
building program.
@. When was chaulmoogrs oil FIRST
employed In treatment OF leprosy?-
E. g.
A. Chaulmoogra oil has been in use
for hundreds OF years by the natives OF
India in the treatment OF leprosy. 1t !:
only recently. however, that general
public interest has been aroused in 1t
This is due to the successful treatment
Of the disease with this oil by Drs. Holl-
man, Dean and Mcdonald In the Ha-
waiian Islands.
@. What is the largest privately
owned yacht in the WORLDLY. w.
A. II is the 3,40o-ton Orion, owned
by ]. Forstmann Of New York.
O. Where is the best specimen Of the
mound builders work?-T. E. B.
A. The finest specimen Of earthworks
In existence built by the mound build
ers is said to be Flint Ridge, and is just
east Of Newark, Ohio.
@. What can be added to brown
sugar 80 that it will not curdle milk If
making candy?-C. L. T.
A. A pinch of cornstarch or houl
mixed into the sugar will usually pre-
vent the curdling. The acid in thu
brown sugar is responsible for tht
curdling.
O. Does the Government employ In
spectoYs Of income taxes?-P. .. w.
A. There are no employees known a.
inspectors. However, there are audi
tors employed by the income tax unit.
@. May half slice Of bread be but
tered at the table or should 1t be
broken again?-J. T. G.
A. The correct procedure Ii TO breal
from the piece of bread single morsel
which Is then buttered.
@. How does an elephant drink
water?-J. B.
A. An elephants trunk Is Q weapon
of offense and defense. The elephant
drinks by means Of his trunk by suck.
ing up q quantity of water sufncient
to fill it and then discharging the con-
tents into the mouth. The stomach
which Is of a very heightened and mar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-25

ordinary, save big crowds, Of which they
were part. and much hurTying about. in
large part caused by their own blocking
Of the passageways.
The disposition to be ION the scene"
is due to native curiosity. 1t is in
stinctive ana uncomfortable. Only the
strong arm uf the law can keep order
when the mob becomes inquisitive and
looks for excitement. Yesterday in Wall
Street was a striking example Of this
peculiar human trait,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-25

Edison has said he needs no sleep.
After the splendid demonstrations In his
honor, he may admit certain amount
of natural human fatigue and consent
to having the old alarm clock thrown
out Of the window.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-25

Prices tumble in the Stock Exchange
Original and reliable values are undis-
turbed. The Spectator is often per-
son who allows his imagination to run
away with his Judgment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-25

Another Endurance Contest.
From the Bangor Daily Commercial.
Even the man who watches the clock
dose more work than the man who
watches the thermometer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-25

A good pacifist may be regarded as
impractical; yet no more impractical
than a man who demands war as q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-25

A good airplane pilot is willing to
keep a crash secret What the true
aviator looks for Is applause and not
sympathy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-25

Washington, D. c., as recognized
metropolis must expect the anxisties
which all big cities experience in reg
ulating police affairs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-25
Rather Risky,

FYGm the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
We will 60 so far as to say that we
shall not aspire to o job as sky trAffle
cop when the rocket becomes frequent
transport vehicle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-25
An "Airy" Suggestion.

From the Dayton Daily News.
Now that airplane mergers are being
reported, let's hope they get together
on the ground,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-25

A lobbyist is now recognised as the
most Inodernly developed example Of
the high-power salesman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-25
Try This on Your Keys.

From the Buffalo Evening News.
Few writer's Of fiction get rich, but
think OF the fun they have describing
acquaintance they don't like.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-25

It has not infrequently happened
that the affairs of the District Of Co
lumbia have been the means Of making
Congressmen famous.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-25

A -million-dollar condagration
suggests the need in Hollywood Of Are
men aS well as screen artists.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-25
In Chicago. 1t Happens.

From the Illinois State Register tspringfeldl
Monotony of doing the same thing
all the time Is wearisome. A Chicago
bandit fell asleep while in the midst
of a robbery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-25

Annoyances.
DO the children annoy your" asked
the aunt who came a-visiting.
mo-" answered the anxious parent.
I'VE desire sleep and turn Of the radio
so often that we fear we annoy the
children"
mo man." said Hi Ho, the sage Of
Chinatown, "attains wealth sufneient 10
withstand assembIages of money that
assert superior power"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-25
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANpER JOHNSON.

Night Before Christmas.
The Night before ChristmaS!" But, In
the big town,
The house of the poet is being torn
down.
The Santa Claus reindeer are hidden to
roam
Afsr from the spot which they once
thought was home.
THE Night before Christmas!" Well
hear the old rhyme
In future DEFENDERS for many time.
And the house of the poet forever win
stand
A palace for children in Memory Land.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-25
Fair Enough.

New aspirations seem but fair
As thoughtful nations perSsvers,
We wish to guide them over there
They seek to guide US, over here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-25

LEAD us not into temptation said
Uncle Eben. "An' dat is why is gettin
rid Of nay chicken coop"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-25
Nfember Of the ASSOCIATED Press.

The Associated Press y exclusively entitled
patches credited to II or not otherwise cied-
tied in this paper and also the local news
special dispatches herein are also reserved.
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Not Running.

Not Running.
Are you still running for Congress?"
Running" repeated Senator Sor-
ghun. mot at all. have matters so
arranged that can depend on winning
in a walk"
Jud Tunkins says he reformed and
quit playing the horses, but somehow he
manages to go broke, just the same.
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Welcome, Realism!

Welcome, Realism!
went to see the noviesl
I heard the tall1ies new
A. cop drew near with human cheer
With a harsh word or two.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-25

q. Is Natural Bridge, Virginia, over
a river?-R. q.
A. The stream under the bridge Is
dignified with the name Of Cedar River.
It is, however, for most of the year little
more than rapidly flowing creek.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-25

Q. How long did Paul Dubois work
on his statue Of Jeanne dare, copy OF
which Is in Washington, D. CT. S.
A, Fifteen years,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-25

@. How does an elephant drink
water?-J. B.
A. An elephants trunk Is Q weapon
of offense and defense. The elephant
drinks by means Of his trunk BY SUCK
to fill IL and then discharging the con-
tents into the mouth. The stomach
which Is Of a very heightened and mar
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-03
The Working Woman
Published; Special
Issue Is Out n O w

On December LIST, the Working
Woman, published by the National
Women's Department of the Commu-
mist Party of U. S. A. reappeared,
and will be published regularly
every month.
The December issue Of the Work
ing Woman is a special Russian
Revolution Anniversary number tell
ing about the Five Year Plan and
its effect on women workers, show
ing the contrast between the free
dom enjoyed by the working women
in the Soviet Union, and the extreme
exploitation and misery of women
workers in he United States and
other capitalist countries.
Many of the women workers from
the stes' mills, the electrical and
radio plants, automobile factories
and many other industries have
written to the Working Woman, tell
ing about the long hours, the speed
up, the wage-cuts, and the miserable
conditions in their shops and fac
tories.
Bundles Of the Working Woman
for shop, factory, club or organiza-
ton can be ordered from the Work
ing Woman, as E. 125th St., N. Y. G..
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-03
Gastonia Defendants
at Banquet Dec. Is

Fred Beal. Clarence Miller, Red
Hendryx, William McGinnis, Jo-
seph Harrison, Louis Mclaughlin
and George Carter, the seven Gas
toria defendants, will be the guests
Of honor at the big Gastonia and
Ahti-Terror Banquet, to be held
Friday evening, December IS, at
7;30 p. M, in Stuyvesant Casino,
14O Second Ave. The banquet,
which will also be combined with a
gala entertainment, has been ar
ranged by the New York District of
the international Labor Defense and
affiliated organizations.
The banquet will also celebrate
the opening of the District C6nven-
ton of the |. L. D., in Irving Plaza,
18th st. and Irving Pl., on Sunday,
December Is, at 10 a. m. Working
class organizations are already
sending in credentials for their
delegates, and many of them will be
present at the banquet.
AS all reservations must be made
in advance, tickets should be bought
at once at the office of the New
York l. l.. D., T99 Broadway, room
422.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-03
Guiding SERVICE
WORKERS CONFER
ON STR u c Gle
To Push Industrial
Union Friday

Steps to organize New York's
225,000 building service workers
into a fighting industrial union will
be taken at a conference called by
the Amalgamated Building Service
Workers Union and the Window
Cleaners Protective Union at Irving
Plaza, 18th st. and Irving Pl., at s
p. NJ, Friday.
Delegates from the building serv-
lee locals of the corrupt A. f. of L.,
whose officials split the Window
Cleaners Union will join unorgan-
lied workers in launching the new
organization.
After selling out the window
cleaners strike, the A. F. of l.. Off
Gals and the right wing in the
Window Cleaners Protective Union
set up a company union, styled Lo
cal 2. The organization of the new
union under rank and file control
and affiliated to the Trade Union
Unity League will make impossible
such betrayals.
The Window Cleaners Union,
aided by the Workers International
Relief, is conducting a drive for
funds for the relief of strikers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-03
35 Dental Mechanic
Strikers Arrested
on Picket Line

Two hundred and fifty striking
dental mechanics left strike head
quarters in Irving Plaza yesterday
morning to carry on the second
week of the strike of the Dental
Laboratory Workers Union. They
carried large signs, and went to man
the picket lines before the more dis
tant shops. First results obtained
was the joining Of the strike by DO
more laboratory workers.
Police terrorism failed to halt
mass picketing yesterday by the
striking dental mechanics, thirty
five of whom we're arrested while
picketing struck shops in the Union
Square, Time Square and Borough
Hall, Brooklyn, sections. One of the
strikers, Horokitz, was released on
S25 bail, and the others in the GUS
tody of the strikers attorney, for
trial on Friday. The strike of the
dental mechanics is being extended,
the Dental Mechanics Union reports.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-03
caucasian Lone" Among
Soviet Film Top -N0tcheXs

The feat of the Georgkino, the
film trust of the Caucasian Soviet
Republic, in producing SO great
film as Conflict" or Caucasian
Love-" as it has been flaringly
titled by the Film Guild manage
ment, speaks more than words can
convey in testimony of the great Gull
tural benefits the people of the eau
casus lave gained since they joined
the family of Soviet Republics form
ing the U. S. S. r.
If it's actual Caucasion love you're
looking for, you're going to get
stung when you see Caucasian
Love" at the Film Guild. But, love
or no love, this film is right at the
top, among all the top-notchers of
the Soviet films, when it comes to
scenic beauty, fine direction, swift
ness Of action, and great acting.
In addition, it is historically one
of the most important of the Soviet
films, in that it gives a hitherto in
accessible picture to American
workers, of the inroads of czarist
imperialism on the fertile lands oc-
cupied by the tribesmen of the
European-Asiatic borderlands.
1t is adapted from the Georgian
novelist Kazbek's "Elisso," one of
the outstanding writer's in race
which under czarist repression had
hardly developed an alphabet, let
alone a literature. And here we see
these same Caucasians producing a
first rank film.
Briefly, Conflict" to use the
name it deserves, and not the
hoped up American sensational
title, deals with the dispossession of
the tribesmen of Caucasian village
near the Turkish border, in order
that the Russian imperialist govern
ment may populate the border with
Cossacks, the mercenaries who
acted as the shock troops for czarist
imperialism's robbery of neighbour
ing lands.
The defiance by the villagers Of
the cars troops, climaxed when all
the unarmed villagers seat them
selves on the ground while the cos
sacks horses threaten to trample
over them, the setting afire of the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-03
Traitor HalOnen Gang
Attacks Nc Laughlin,
Stops GastOnia Speech

SUPERIOR, Wise, Dec. BY
intrigue within the Superior Work
ers Club, and by a direct fascist
attack on the speaker and members
of the Communist party who ac-
eompanied him, the renegade George
Halonen and his right wing gang
sters prevented Louis Mclaughlin
from speaking before the club.
Mclaughlin is one of the Gas
tonia defendants, railroaded through
the mill owners court at Charlotte,
and sentenced from ~ to 10 years
in prison because Gastonia strikers
defended their lives and their fam
lilies against raid on them by the
chief of police and the Manville-
Jenckes Co. Halonen is one of the
right wing elements who objected
to the self defense issue in the Gas
tonia case, recently published a
slanderous attack on the Commun-
list Party in the Cooperative organ,
pyramid Builder" and led a gang
to raid the Tyomies print shop to
seize copies of the Pyramid Builder.
During the attack Halonen sup
porter assaulted Carl Reeve, the
Communist Party district organizer,
McLaughlin's speech had already
been arranged with the Superior
Workers Club when Halonen en-
tered the case.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-03
7R union TAKERS
I'D BOSSES IN
BARRING NEGROES
Firemen Misleaders
and Bosses Agree

CHARLESTON, S. c., Dec. e.
The labor takers of the Brotherhood
of Railway Firemen have signed
new agreement with the Atlantic
Coast Line road, which in its race
discrimination features again shows
the Negro workers that reactionary
A. F. of L. has nothing to offer
them.
Under the new contract 81 per
cent of the firemen on the Atlantic
Coast Line holding jobs must be
white. 1t is understood that at the
Brotherhood takers request the rail-
road has agreed not to employ Negro
firemen even though they are Bro
therhood members and in the future
new vacancies will be filled only
with white firemen.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-03
SOCIALISTS Sell
IRON STRIKE OUT
N READING MILL
Mayor, A. F. L., Bosses
"Arbitrate"

READING, Pa, Dec. with the
socialist" politicians, Mayor ]. Hen
~ Stump and Councilman Jesse
George, acting as arbitrator, the
1000 strikers of the Reading Iron
Mills were advised to return to work
today, and were told to leave the
abolition of the Bedeaux efficiency"
speed-up system and the adjustment
of other grievances "opep for and
discussion and settlement by nego-
tiations between the management
and an employees committee" in the
words Of the Socialist" arbitrator.
In other words the strikers, who
displayed great militancy in their
struggle which started November IA,
have been betrayed by the Socialist"
politicians and the officialdom of the
Amalgamated Association of Iron,
Steel and Tin Workers, who evident
Iy stepped into the strike expressly
for this purpose.
The unorganized men at the Iron
Mills, forming the greatest part, by
their great militancy succeeded in
bringing out the organized workers,
the members Of the A. F. of L. craft
unions, despite the advice of George
and the A. F. of l.. misleaders that
the organized men stay at work.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-12-03
Workers School Forms
Labor Sports Club

The proletaiian banquet arranged
by the student body of the Workers
School was a huge success.
The Students Council now an
nounces the formation of sports
club, consisting of the following
branches: ice-skating, hiking, chess
and checker clubs. The hike as ar
ranged for Dec. 1 was successful,
another is now scheduled to be held
on Dee. 8, place to be announced
later. A scientific tour to museum
will be held Sun. Dec. Is at II a. m.
under the leadership of an expert
enced guide.
All students are urged to join
some of the branches of the sports
group. Winter being here, ice
skates ought to be sharpened and
students enrolled.