Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-08
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

This Is q special department devotes
to the handing OF inquiries. You hav'
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Send to The Evening Star Information
Bureau. Frederic j. Haskin, Director
Washington, D. C.
q. In what country are the most mo.
tor cycles In use?-L. T.
A. Germany now has the largest mum.
Der Of motor cycles. 2l,237 being reg.
istered. This was o gain of 1885 In
single year. Formerly Great Britain
led the world and was known as the
home Of the motor cycle" but the
comparative number for Great Britain
now is 698.s78. Ninety per cent Of thu
machines are made in Germany. Some
American cycles are imported.
@. Did q Republican President ap-
point Justice White to the United State.
Supreme Court bench?-S. H.
A. Chief Justice Edward Douglass
White Of Louisiana, Democrat, Roman
Catholic and ex-Confederate soldier,
was appointed in 1894 as associate jus.
tice Of the Supreme Court by the
Democratic President, Grover Cleve-
land. In 1910 President Taft, Repub-
lican, Protestant and Northern Presi-
dent, appointed Associate Justice White
to the chief justiceship. Chief Justice
White was considered to be one of the
foremost jurists that the Nation has
produced.
@. How many airports are there in
the United States?-N. K.
A. In 1880, there were Lila municipal
atrports, 354 intermediate, 240 auxiliary
So Army, II Navy and Z miscellaneous
Approximately 10000 airplanes are be-
ing operated in the United States,
5000 Of these being in the hands OF
private owners, individuals and COM
panies outside Of aeronautics.
@ What is the title Of Queen Will
helmina's daughter?-H. w. B.
A. The Princess Juliana bears the
Duchess of Mecklenburg.
Q. When was Jefferson Davis in
Washington as q public Servant?-V. D.
A. Jefferson Davis was q Representa-
tive in Congress, 1856, when he re-
signed on account Of the Mexican War
in which he participated. He was ap-
pointed 10 Cne senate IN 1881 anu eleCC-
ed for the next term. He was Secre-
tary of War in the cabinet of President
Pierce from 1853 to 1857 and elected
again to the Senate, l857-61. when he
resigned on account Of the Civil War.
O. How did the custom start Of tell
ing time on shipboard by ringing a
bell?-J. A. X.
A. Ships bells are said to date from
the period when the hour glass was used
to indicate the passage of time. The
glass was empty every half hour and had
to be turned over. the ships bell being
struck to mark the time. At present
bells are the signals for a change in
the watch.
@. Who said Corporations have no
soulS"?-N. P.
A. This is attributed to Richard Coke,
famous British lawyer. They (corpo-
"etions) cannot commit treason nor be
outlawed. nor be accommodated, tor
they have no souls" Hence the phrase
Corpora tons have no souls to save and
no bodies to kick"
@. What proportion Of the members
of Phi Beta Kappa is found In Who's
Who"?-F. C. H.
A. The Phi Beta Kappa Key states
that 10 per cent of all the names In
Who's Who" are members Of Phi Bets
Kappa. About 10 per cent Of all Phi