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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-03
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

or sidereal time and of the latitude of
the observer, and that therefore 1t does
not come from the sun or any particu-
lar region among the stars. The term
applied to this radiation by Millikan is
coSrnic rays. cts wave length is about
0.00001 Angstypm) DR.. Milikan has
suggested that these rays originate in
the depths Of space by the transforma-
ton of radiation back into atoms.
G. When will the Jewish New Year
come this year?-F. A. L.
A. On September IL.
@. How many human beings are now
being held as slaves?-A. j. H.
A. Only an estimate is possible. There
are probably about 100000 or $780,
600. They are chiefly found In China,
Arabia and Abyssinia.
@. What is the official name of Ger
many?-A. H. M.
A. Deutsche Reich Is the official Ger
man designation of the Republic of
Germany.
@. Please give short quotation from
George Washingtons writings showing
lis attitude toward farming-R. F. S.
A. Agriculture is the most healthful,
the most useful and the most honorable
employment of man."
@. What proportion of the railroad
mileage of Europe is owned by the
various governments?-W. s. H.
A. Of the 227,581 miles of railway,
1888 are state-owned.
q 9; Have Have the crown jewels of Russia 4
A. They have not. They are carefully
preserved in the Kremlin in Moscow.
O. What is meant by a pollarded
tree?-N. B. A.
A. The crown Of the tree has been
removed to promote the growth of
dense head of foliage.
@. Is much oil produced in Great
Britain?-B. G.. II.
A. Great Britain produced practi-
cally no oil and the only country in
Guided in the British Empire producing
considerable quantities Of oil is British
India.
@. Was Old Ironsides used in any
engagements during the Civil War;
@. P.
A. The U. S. S. Constitution (OId
Ironsides) did not partake in any con-
f1icts during the Civil War. In 1855 she
was laid up at the Portsmouth Navy
Yard, but used sometimes as a training
ship. In 1877 she was again partially
rebuilt and took her last trip across
the Atlantic the next year.
@. Is it true that salmon after run
ming up stream to spawn return to
their native haunts and die?-H. S.
A. The only salmon that die after
spawning are the five species found on
the Pacific Coast of the United States.
Salmon of the Eastern coast return to
the sea after spawning 1t has been
found that any of the five Western
species when transplanted in Eastern
waters die after spawning. even though
they spawn but few miles from the
sea. 1t is supposed this Is to provide the
young fish with food, since they do not
go to sea for six months or year after
emerging from the egg.
Q. Which wing of the Capitol was
built first?-E. A. ".
A. The north wing of the Capitol
was finished for the occupancy of Con-
gress in 1900. The south wing was not
completed until 1911.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-03
Wheat.

Through Chairman Stone, the Fed
eral Farm Board has attacked the grain
trade and laid to that trade the criti-
cism of the Farm Boards declaration
of policy to limit sales of wheat held
by the board to 100000 bushels in
any month. In the view of the Farm
Beard chairman, the grain trade, desir-
ing to injure the board as a first step
toward preventing further organization
of co-operatives among the farmers
themselves, has undertaken to discredit
the policy just advanced by the board
in connection with its wheat holdings,
bought by the board during the last
two years to stabilize prices.
At the same time that Mr. Stone was
leveling the finger of criticism at the
grain trade, attacks upon the an
nounced policy of the board and de-
mands that all its wheat be kept of
the market this year came from other
quarters, supposedly very friendly to the
farmer. For example, Vice President
Curtis and Senator Arthur Capper of
Kansas came out for withholding the
boards wheat from the market now and
for definite policy to that effect. Ac-
cording to reports, the Vice President
and Mr.. Capper are coming to Wash
ington to take the matter up with the
beard and with President Hoover. Sen
ator Borah, out in Idaho, is demanding
also a statement from the board that
all the wheat 1t now holds is to be held
off the market at this time. If the grain
trade is back of the move to keep the
boards wheat of the market, 1t GER
tainly has some strong political backing.
The Farm Board doubtless acted In
what 1t considered the best interests OF
the farmer when 1t made its announce
ment of policy following suggestion
from President Hoover that such a
statement of policy would be helpful. Il
the wheat holdings of the board are to be
retained indefinitely, it is obvious that
they will continue to menace the mar
ket price of wheat and to hang like a
black cloud over the market always
with the possibility that these millions
Of bushels might be turned loose. It
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-03

This newspaper puts at your disposal
corps of trained researchers in Wash
ington who will answer questions fol-
you. They have access to the Govern
ment departments, the libraries, mu-
, seums, galleries and public buildings
and to the numerous associations which
maintain headquarters in the Nations
Capital. If they can be of assistance
to you. write your question plainly and
The Evening Star Information Blu
reau, Frederic j. Haskin, director,
Washington, D. C.
@. What Is a hebdomad?-M. E.
A. It Is a period OF seven days-a
week.
@. How many cathedrals are there in
New York City?-P. B.
A. There are three cathedrals-St.
Patrick's (Roman Catholic), the Cathe-
oral of st. John the Divine protestant
EpiscopaD and st. Nicholas (Greek
ORTHODOXY.
@. What was the name of the act
ress whom Richard Mansfield mar
ried?-C. H. y.
A. Richard Mansfield's wife and lead
ing lady was Beatrice Cameron.
@. What is the national hymn of
Belgium?-W. A.
A. The Belgian national hymn is
LA Brabanconne." The music is by
Francois van Campenhout Q780-1848)
The words were written by Jenneval, a
French comedian, who was playing in a
theater of Brussels when the rising took
place which resulted in Belgium's in
dependence from Dutch rule in 1880.
Three other versions of La Braban-
come" were written-one by Lonlay, in
l848, another by Campenhout and one
by Hymans, In 1852-relating to polit-
ical situations in those years.
O. How does Walt Whitman's Leaves
of Grass" rank in American literature?
M. l..
A. Carl Sandburg says: I'm certain
particulars it stands by itself and is the
most peculiar and noteworthy monu-
ment amid the work of American lit
erature. Walt Whitman is the
only established epic poet of America.
He is the single American figure that
both American and European artists
and critics most often put in class or
throw into category with Shakespeare.
Dante and Homer" As opposed to this
view, it should be stated that this same
volume still has its critics who claim
that it Is the most deeply damned book
that ever came from an American
printing. press.
@. How long has mourning been
worn? What colors other than black
have been uSed?-M. E.
A. The custom of wearing mourning
is of the greatest antiquity Allusion
is made to it In the first chapter of
Genesis, and throughout the Bible the
shaving of the head, wearing of sack
cloth, the sprinkling of the body with
ashes, the rending Of the garments are
mentioned. In China the mourning
color is white. In early Egypt it was
yellow; Ethiopia, brown; Turkey, violet.
@. What is the cosmic ray?-J. H.
A. Since 1902 it has been known that
the air is being traversed by a form of
radiation capable of discharging an
electroscope and having greater pene-
trating power than x-rays This radi-
alton is capable of penetrating a lead
block Is feet thick. Experiments with
balloons indicate that it comes from
outer space, and it has been found that
its intensity is independent of the solar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-03

A seat on the Stock Exchange has not
an immutable value. Whether its price
goes up or down, it Is good easy chair
for a man who is willing to collect
brokerage fees and avoid gambling on
his own account.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-03
Humility.

"You never assume any airs of great
ness despite the frequency with which
you have been returned to Washington. F"
mo-" replied Senator Sorghum. "I've
got TO be extremely deferential to every
body. When the good people out home
elect a man to Office they have way
of making him feel his inferiority."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-03

As the season for normally high tenn
peratures progresses and the thought OF
vacation becomes one Of great human
importance there is a cheering hope in
the dirigible journey to Iceland. When
rapid transit is regularly established
that small but historically important
spot should be highly popular as Sum-
mer resort. It's name has publicity ad-
vantages that will prove irresistible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-03

When Jules Verne wrote Around the
World in Eighty Days" he was credited
with breaking the speed limit even for a
flight Of imagination. An aviator who
would demand eighty days for the trip
would be regarded as preparing to loaf
on the Job.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-03

Fourth OF July celebrations are now
expected to remind the Nations youth
not only of the spirit of independence,
but also Of the need of restraining ex-
plosive tendencies so that others will
not be interfered with in the pursuit of
happiness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-03

The fact that Secretary Andrew Mel
Ions European pleasure trip seems sud-
denly to have turned into a business
one probably does not bother that
statesman at all. With Mr.. Mellon
business Is always pleasure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-03
The Squeal of the Loser.

From the Kansas City Star.
Democracy" says a New Yorker,
who should know what it is-"democ-
racy is stupid. Democracy chooses the
worst element in society to govern it."
This complaint sounds suspiciously like
that OF a defeated candidate for public
Office
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-03
Not the Whole Truth.

Hiram" said Mrs. Corntossel, "you
oughtn't to tell the Summer boarders
those stories about the wonderful fish
that has been took out Of this stream.
You know there amt any hshin' what
soever."
!. cts all right" replied Farmer Corn
-tossel. "I amt sayin' thing that amt
so. sAll I'm doin' is to refrain from
mentionin' dates. Them fish was
caught by Indians long before you an
me had any interest in the place"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-03

The honeymoon of Prince and Prin-
cess Takamatsu of Nippon. just re-
turned to their homeland, lasted four
teen months. Sometimes it seems that
the average American marriage does
not last much longer than that.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-03

There Is nothing new under the sun
In Kish, ancient Persian capital, have
been discovered ruins of temple that
in arrangement bears a startling re-
semblance to a Christian church. 1t
probably at one time had a church
debt, also.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-03

. St., Louis has never yet won an Amer
lean League pennant. Soon she will be
sympathizing with some nation or other
that is the only one not in proud pos
session of a transatlantic flyer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-03

Gangsters are organized without diff
Guilty by AL Capone. He will not find
officers of the law, including perhaps
some of his own attorneys, so easily
persuaded to risk rather desperate
sacrifices.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-03

In seeking commercial advancement
Russia does not stress ethical or humane
considerations in the production of mef-
chandiSe. 1t requests attention only to
the price tag
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-03

Important tourists now go to Paris not
for pleasure, but for big business that
concerns the world. Paris, additionally
gay" can, when occasion requires, be
the most serious town on earth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-03
Specialization.

Jud Tunkins says sometimes a pro-
lessor doesn't seem any wiser than
ordinary folks when you get him to
talkin' on any subject except the one
he's professor of.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-03
Greek Still Needful.

From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
Even If they were to abandon the
dead languages, the colleges would have
to teach enough of the Greek alphabet
to enable the boys to name their new
fraternitiss.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-03

Would It not have been awful II
Mussolini had been the one who OBJ
jected to President Hoover's meritoriouS
moratorium plan?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-03
Cruel Accuracy.

The big thermom declares it's hot.
The fact is undeniable.
We sometimes wish that it were not
So fearfully reliable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-03
The Mermaid.

The mermaid is merry elf.
We must admire her more and more
She swims, and doesn't enjoy herself
BY promenading on the shore.
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Moscow's Moratorium.
from the Lynchburg News.

From the Lynchburg News
Moscow doesn't think much Of the
Hoover moratorium proposal, but then
Moscow declared its own moratorium
and then made u permanent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-03

Every man." said Uncle Eben, "hab
a fool streak In him, an de men we
calls smaht is dem dat recognizes it an
keeps it under cover"
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-03

Q. Is much oil produced in Great
Britain?-B. G. II.
A. Great Britain produced practi-
cally no oil and the only country in
India.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-03

"Wl,at world it Is. to he rlirel"
exclainls the Birmingham Eews. While
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-03

Q. What proportion of the railroad
mileage of Europe is owned by the
various governments?-W. S. H.
A. Of the 227,581 miles of railway,
1888 are state-owned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-03

@. Have the crown jewels Of Russia
been SOLIDS. B.
A. They have not. They are carefully
preserved in the Kremlin in Moscow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-03

@. What is meant by q pollarded
tree?-N. B. A.
A. The crown of the tree has been
removed to promote the growth of
dense head of foliage
Imperial Valley press., 1931-11-03
REVISED VOTING
LINES APPROVED
BY SUPERVISORS

BY a unanimous vote the Imperial
county board OF supervisors this
morning adopted a map revised vot-
ing precincts in the county. sub
mitted by Edward H. Law, county
clerk.
The voting precincts were drawn
along old supervisorial lines, which
means no change will be made in
county supervisorial districts at
least until after the next general
election.
BY changing some voting pre-
cincts, and consolidation in many
Instances. Laws plan of revised
precincts will save the county sew
eral thousand dollars each elec-
ton.
In El Centre alone the number
of precincts is cut almost in half.
The supervisors this morning also
received from directors of the
Twenty-second annual San Bernar-
dino Orange Show an invitation to
enter an exhibit. with map show
ing where the exhibit will be placed.
The letter was referred to the
board Of trade for action.
Another letter was received from
the Spanish American War Veter-
ans OF El Centre thanking the SUI
pervisors and Romeo Smith in par
ticular for their hand in construc-
ton Of the Veterans Memorial hall.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-11-03
Man Killed In
Bootleg Feud

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 5. U.P)-An
asserted bootlegger feud in which
Allen A. Maxwell, 81, took the fall
for his brother and was fatally
shot, today caused police to search
for George Whitley Smell, assert
ed bootlegger. who is accused OF
killing Maxwell.
Police said that Smell and Max
we'll met in front of store at 1926
South Vermont avenue last night.
Witnesses told authorities that Smell
and Maxwell had an argument and
Smell ran into the store and got a
shotgun. Allen assertedly chided
Smell as the latter stood with the
gun in his hands and Smell fired
the fatal shot.
Ernest Maxwell, brother of the
dead man, arrived at the scene
shortly after the killing
"The beef was between Whitley
and me; Allen took the fall for me.
police quoted the brother as say
ing.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-11-03
Ten Celestials
Booked At Jail

Each one tagged and duly regis
tered. 10 Chinese took up their
abode in the county jail today af-
ter Ernest Clay, deputy sheriff,
spent 10 strenuous minutes getting
their names onto the Jail record.
Some grinning broadly, others
with the Stolid countenance usually
associated with Orientals. the Chi
nese were herded into the county
jail by two immigration officers.
who arrested them in two groups
near CaleXico.
None of the prisoners said any
word. each one presenting his tag
at the window. climbing onto the
scales. and being led to the immi-
grafton tank, there to mingle with
their countrymen already held.
Names of the 10 present an Ori-
entail symphony queer to Occidental
ears. They were Hum Boy Moon,
so. Jong Soon, 25, Huey Bell Harng,
54. Chin Heang, As, Lee Sue, 81,
HON Yit. 40, Cheng Lay, As, May
Dung Foon. 80. May Dung Quing
40, and HON Quong Fong, A.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-11-03
Two Men Sought
AS Dynamiters
OF Water Line

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 3. (UP)-Two
disgruntled employees were sought
in the desert east of Owens Valley
today for the dynamiting of Sec
ton of the Los Angeles aqueduct
which carries water $50 miles from
Owens River to the city.
Investigators learned that two
men formerly employed by the bu-
reau of water and power placed a
case of dynamite under the huge
nine foot siphon at Jawbone cam
yon late Sunday night and fled into
the desert. Their arrest was ex
pected today.
Five million gallons of water q
minute poured from the conduit
onto the valley floor before it was
turned off at Hawaiee reservoir.
Damage was extensive but did no;
inconvenience the city, which had
ample water in storage. The Siphon
will be repaired within four days
1t was announced.
Fortunately, a manhole at the
top of the siphon permitted air &c
rush into the pipe, preventing COL
lapse of the pipe.
The dynamiting was another OF
long series of outrages agains;
the water project which have flared
up periodically for the past &c
years.
Opposition of Owens Valley farm
ers to what they called the city'S
steal of their water was the
cause of the original sabotage. The
ranchers, however, were not blamed
for Sundays blast.
For years they have seen then
lands dry up as more water was
taken from the Owens River. IT
desperation. they were forced &c
sell their lands TO the city at prices
they declared were robbery.
A long guerilla warfare against
the city was carried on.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-11-03
SELECTION OF
PANTAGES JURY
MOVES SLOWLY

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 3. U.P)-
The state was threatened with loss
of one of its most important wit
neSses today as attorneys continued
attempts to get jury at the re-
trial of Alexander Pantages. ac-
cused of asSaulting Eunice Pringle.
Contending tnat he was iobless,
Frederick Wise. who gave damaging
testimony at the showman's first
trial. said in a letter to Superior
Judge Clair Tappaan that he was
considering leaving Los Angeles
despite the insistence of the prose-
cution that he remain.
Neither Judge Tappaan nor Chief
Deputy District Attorney Robert
Stewart would comment on the let
ter although Stewart revealed its
contents.
At Pantages' first trial when he
was convicted of the charge against
him. Wise told of being one of the
first persons to reach the then IT.
year-old Miss Pringle after she ran
screaming from the conference
room" of the theaterman's office.
PantageS attacked her when she
went there seeking an engagement
as a dancer on his vaudeville cir
cult, the jury at his first trial de-
cided.
The second trial was made neces-
sary when the supreme court ruled
that Superior Judge Charles Fricke
erred when he refused Pantages
permission to enter evidence con-
cerning Miss Pringle's character.
Miss Pringle remained in the dis
trict attorneys office during the
questioning of veniremen today and
she said she would not appear in
the courtroom until it was time for
her to repeat her testimony of the
alleged assault
The former Southern California
coed denied printed reports that
she was engaged 10 marry a Santa
Ana newSpaperman.
Hes Just a good friend she
said, we're not engaged
Pantages sat quietly in the court
as questions were propounded TO the
prospective jurors.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-11-03
Statement Given
By Federal Judge
In BrittOn Case

TOLEDO, O., Nov. 3. U.p)-Fed-
eral Judge John M. KillitS halted
trial of the $4,000 libel action OF
the Nan Britton here today. had
reporters summoned, and when they
appeared, issued a statement deal
ing with some publications on the
trial.
He had before him marked ex-
tracts of news reports of yester-
days proceedings in which it was
said that while the judge had rem
dered no verdict he had said one
statement in the book, 1.-THE Answer
to the Presidents Daughter " was
libelous. Miss Britton is suing q
hotelkeeper for alleged libel for cir
culation of the answer.
With adjournment taken at l:3C
p. m, the judge issued his state
ment. He was represented as
aroused at the report.
Killits yesterday barred press and
public from the hearing.
Judge Killits denied in his state
ment that he had stated anything
which would be inferred to show 4
preference for Miss Britton in her
suit against c. A. Klunk. owner OF
the Marion hotel, Marion, Ohio.
whom she charges sold copies of
THE Answer to the President s
"aDughter, a book which she said
contained statements damaging to
her reputation.