Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-28

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Q. How many foot ball games did
Notre Dame lose in its winning streak
from 1919 to 1924?-C. r. j.
A. In Notre Dame the six years from
1919 to 1924 represent a success which
may never be approached in major COM
petition in foot ball. Notre Dame won
SO games, lost 3 and tied l.
Q. Do crocodiles shed tears?-H. J.
A. The Department of Agriculture
says that crocodiles do not shed tears.
There are Secretions in their eyes to
keep them moist just as there are in all
animals.
@. What is the nature of the investi-
cation ordered by Congress into the
real estate financing corporations in
Washington?-F. c. S.
A. A sweeping investigation by the
Senate of real estate financing opera
lions in the District of Columbia was
proposed by Senator Brookhart, Repub-
lican, of Iowa, in resolution intro
duced in the Senate May 10, in which
he made charges against the F. H.
Smith Co. by name. This resolution
says, in part: Whereas, it has been al
legged that some of the real estate and
finance operators in the District of Co
lumbia, and particularly the F. H. Smith
Co. and it's subsidiaries, have been de-
barred from selling bonds sponsored by
them in the States of Pennsylvania and
Ohio, and that the said F. H. Smith
Co. has been denied membership in the
Real Estate Board of the District of
Columbia because of alleged irregular
practices consisting of pyramiding of
values for the purpose of securing eX-
cessive loans, of having irregular and
excessive appraisals made by favored
and partial agents and of publishing or
causing to be published advertisements
intended to deceive the public as to the
real value of the properties securing said
mortage notes or bonds; ."
@. How many embassies and lega-
tons are there in Washington
M. v. B.
A. There are IA embassies and 81
legations in the Capital.
@. Should one say, Data is sub
mitted" or Data are submitted"?-
N. B. K.
A. The word data is merely the
Latin form of our English word de
tails" It is the plural of datum" Just
as one would say "Details are" so he
says Data are"
@. How many elements are there?-
A. According to the modern belief
of chemists, there are 90 elements. OF
these, still remain unidentif1ed-Nos.
IS and 81. Many of the named are
known to be elements, while others are
tentatively assumed to be so.
@. Where is the longest nonstop
railroad run made?-A. G.
A. The longest nonstop train run
in the world at the present time Is
made between London and Plymouth,
England, by the 1890 limited, in 247
minutes over distance of 1854 miles.
@. When and by whom was Agui-
naldo captured?-J. A. H.
A. Aguinaldo, the leader of the
Philippine instruction, was captured
March %, 1901, by Brig. Gen. Frederick
Funston at Palawan, Province of Isa-
BELLA Luzon, and brought to Manila on
April 19, 1901. Aguinaldo formally took