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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-16

quarters are examined and counted and
put up IN packages Of 100 sheets each,
stitched through the margins, secured
with paper bands, sealed and delivered
TO the vault Of the Postage Stamp Dr.
vision for delivery to the Post once
Department when ordered.
@. Since Egypt was well known %
the ancient world, why was the rest OF
the continent Of Africa unlnoWn?-S.
@. T.
camel IN the seventh century AID. the
desert was an insuperable barrier be-
tween the countries along the Medt-
terranean and those south Of the desert
@. What would be the equivalent N
rainfall Of 5 or inches OF snowfAll7--
r. E. +.
A. Ten inches of snow are usually
taken as equivalent to inch OF rain,
On this basis inches Of snow would
equal n inch Of rain.
Q. What became OF the Indian boy
thaE Andrew jackson brought up?-
A. Among the incidents of Tallus-
batchie," says Augustus Buell. in "His-
tory Of Andrew Jackson, - was the cap
tl1re Of little Indian boy not more than
2 years Of age, both Of whose parents
4s
charge Of him, provided him with cloth
ing and made captured colored
woman, a slave of the Greeks, nurse
him. He subsequently sent him and his
nurse to the Hermitage. The boy, to
whom jackson gave the name Of Linz
coyer, lived on the generals plantation
until he reached the age Of 20. when
he died Of what was then called quick
consumption pneumonia"
@. What does the English expression
ito take silk" r1ean?-L. K.
A. To take silk means to become q
Kings or Queens counsel, whose official
robe is Of silk, while that Of barrister
is Of stuff.
@. How big bin must I have TO hold
three tons Of hard Goals. w.
A. Hard white ash Pennsylvania
anthracite, egg size, occupies about 1875
cubic feet per ton Of 2,24o pounds.
g What is Gen. Pershing's ren-
gion?-H. w.
A. He is an Episcopalian.
G. In what meter is "Enoch Arden
A. It Is written m iambic penta-
meter.
O. Why does circle contain greater
area imam square GKlaL mas peFlmeISr
equal to the circumference of the cir=
cle?-J. NJ.
A. In the circle every part Of the cir
conference Is extended to its farthest
point from the center, thereby inelosing
the greatest area.
@. How many shorthand reporters are
there for the House Of Representatives
and the Senate in Washington, D. Co.
w. II. w.
A. There are six reporters in the
House Of Representatives and six In the
Senate.
O. How much money did George Pea
body devote to benefactions2-E. A.
A. This eminent philanthropist gave
between 100000 and 100000 to
community benefactions Of one kind or
another. Most Of it was devoted to
educational advancement.
@. Which Is the darkest hour Of the
NIGHTS. F.
A. The Naval Observatory says that
no light Is received from the sun when
it is 10 degrees or more below the hort-
ION and during those hours there Is
/ ka% de- IaylxT he Iarlx0cf
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-16

From the Charlotte Observer.
Talk about hard times, the Post once
Department Is custodian Of about $12,-
000,0 900 in good money that is awaiting
call by people to whom it belongs. The
department was holding that sum at
the end Of the year, waiting to be
claimed by drawers or payees Of money
orders more than one year old who had
failed to demand the money due them
by virtue of owning a mon ~ order
This money has been accuraula ting since
July Of 1894, when by an act Of Con-
gress, effective as Of that date, money
was first appropriated to pay for money
orders more than a year old from the
date Of drawing. The holders fail to
demand payment Of their money orders
probably because they have either been
lost or stolen and the owners cannot
provide SUFFICIENT Identification or de-
Scriptton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-16
All-Night Auto Parking
Held Bad as Billboards

TO the Editor Of The Star:
Are the disfiglring "billboards' along
the highways coming into Washing
ton any more unsightly than the streets
Of the city, beginning early In the eve
ming and all night, lined with auto
mobiles, trucks, ice wagons and huge
moving vans, displaying their signs and
using the streets for garages?
If the all-night parking were elirni-
mated there would be fewer cars parked
downtown all day, as people with a
short distance to go would rather walk,
take a bus or street car, than to bother
with getting a car out Of garage.
o. M. BLUNDON.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-16

1t may be a careless friend who is
seeking to present Gov. Albert Ritchie
with presidential boom thus early in
the electoral season. A presidential
prospect may suffer If allowed to nnger
and become familiar to a public that
rather enjoys slight element of drama
in its politics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-16

There is always crowd for a par
ticularly horrifying session of the law.
The morbid streak in human nature Is
still as conspicuous as it was when an
execution in public square attracted
all who could manage to take a holi-
day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-16

It IS to be assumed that Senator Nye
has every respect for a man who dis
tinguished himself as. a hard-workine
youth. But the fact that James J.
Davis was once toiler arouses no
prejudice in his favor when there is a
black ban that may be east In the
United States Senate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-16

A motion picture actress weeps in
court as she tells Of dispute with her
secretary. An enterprising director
would have had camera man at hand.
Real tears of q genuine motion picture
star when permitted to flow idly repre-
sent great waste of natural resources.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-16

No matter how great the intellectual
task suggested, there are always volun-
teers. A surprising number OF persons
indicate willingness to proceed single
handed to a rewriting Of the U. s..
Constitution
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-16

Any one who doubts the soundness
Of the old advice about going West
and growing up with the country has
only to listen to the great voices that
are heard from the Rocky Mountains
all away across the continent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-16

Responsible speakers do not hesitate
to denounee communism. And it is
safe to say that in a little while the
communists win be denouncing one
another.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-16
Pay Day in Spain.

From the Cincinnati Times-star.
SPANS lottery has just been drawn.
Which explains why the rebellion ended
so abruptly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-16

Russia is subject of especial
curiosity on two points; how she got so
much money and what she intends to
do with it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-16
Strictly in Order.

From the Worcester Evening Gazette.
In Panama they're such stickIers for
legality that they insist on q resigna-
ton by the President, if they have to
put him in Q cell to get it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-16

From the Duluth Herald.
Gangsters get some pretty fine flu
nerals, but no sculptured marble has
yet been set up in their memory That
honor may be reserved for the last to
perish.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-16
A Need for TeIevision.
an telek1sion conaes At last


When television comes at last,
A fond ambition Of the past
VIII be made possible to me,
For then IN Be allowed to see
Just how, when reading from his books,
A radio announcer looks.
I long to see the joyous face
He wears WAaen due TO make the pace
with Hello, Everybody" clear, :
To bid . listening world draw near.
It win be well worth while to meet
One with such genial charm repleteI
"De more = man knows" said Uncle
Eben, de better on he IS, unless he's
been careless In piclzin' up de kind OF
knowledge dat might interest de police. "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-16
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-16

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-16

Q. How much money did George Pea
body devote to benefactions?-E. A.
A. This eminent philanthropist gave
between 100000 and $4,000 900 TO
community benefactions of one kind or
another Most Of it was devoted to
educational advancement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-16

@. What does the English expression
ITO take silk mean?--L. K.
A. To take silk means to become q
Kings or Queens counsel, whose official
robe is Of silk, while that Of barrister
Is Of stuff.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-16
Literary Crime

LlGckdry OFlne.
u don't admit" remarked Bill the
burg, that crime doesn't pay"
do you recall q case where it has
been profltable?"
Eyes. The last mystery story hit
read was so defective In plot and so
erratic in English that I'd call 1T q
crime"
THE world has need Of philosophers, {"
said Hi, Ho, the sage Of Chinatown.
They are often misunderstood and
laughed at. But laughter is q precious
thing indeed"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-16
Precedence.

The rights of precedence we learn
Must be observed in everything.
The snowbird has to have his turn
Before the hooking bird can sing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-16

@. How big a bin must I have to hold
three tons Of hard GOALS. w.
A. Hard white ash Pennsylvania
anthracite, egg size, occupies about 39.6
cubic feet per ton Of 2,24o pounds
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-16

@. How many shorthand reporters are
there for the House Of Representatives
and the Senate in Washington, D. CO.
W. H. W.
A. There are six reporters in the
House Of Representatives and six In the
Senate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-16

@. Which Is the darkest hour Of the
nights. F.
A. The Naval Observatory says that
no light Is received from the sun when
it is 10 degrees or more below the hort-
zon and during those hours there Is
none that is regularly the darkest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-16

No doubt you have had to consider
some delicate questions"
Many Of Them" answered Senator
Sorghum. But they have never caused
me the slightest embarrassment. It IS
always possible to meet one delicate
question with another still more delicate
and let the other fellow do the guess
ing"
Jud Tunkins says he has told folks
plainly that he doesn't want a certain
ONCE In the hope that they'll get in
terested and try to force It on him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-16

G What Is Gen. Pershings ren-
gion?-H. w.
A. He is an Episcopalian.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-16

Q. Why does circle contain a greater
area than a square that has perimeter
equal to the circumference Of the cir=
cla2-J NJ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-16

G. In what meter Is "Enoch Arden
written?-R. w.
A. It Is written IN iambic penta-
meter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-16

A. In the circle every part Of the CIR
conference Is extended to its fartheSt
point from the center, thereby inclosing
the greatest area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-16

1t would seem as If the American
people talk ,less--at least by telephone
when times are bad. At any rate,
the American Telephone g. Telegraph
90. announces that the net gain Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-16

Q. What would be the equivalent h
rainfall Of or 6 inches OF SNOWFALL
r. e. +.
A. Ten inches Of snow are usually
taken as equivalent to inch OF rain.
On this basis inches Of snow would
equal u inch OF rain.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-09-10
GRAIN PRODUCTION
ESTIMATE LOWERED
Put Wheat Yield at e65, 900
and Corn at 2,715,357,.
600 Bushels

Washington, Sept. 10.-Q1-A total
wheat production Of 88S. a.. 900 BUSH
els and q crop Of ANS 57 900 bushels
Of corn were forecast Thursday by the
department Of agriculture, compared
with forecasts of 500, $50 900 bushels
OF wheat and ATS, 30l 900 bushels Of
corn q month ago.
Last years production was 612,
268.000 bushels Of wheat and $685.
$4,000 bushels Of corn.
OF the wheat crop, winter wheat
production this year Is 775,180.000
bushels, a. compared with 6l2,268,0 900
bushels last year: and the forecast
of all spring wheat is 110,463, 900
bushels, compared with 1l8.402, 900
bushels last month and PSI, 1852, 900
bushels last year.
Durum wheat production was fore
cast at 19,647.000 bushels. a. against
23,062,O 900 bushels last month and ST.
los 900 bushels last year.
Other spring wheat was forecast at
o0,8l6,000 bushels, compared with 95,-
$40. 900 bushels q month ago and 1884,
057. 900 bushels last year.
The condition on September l Of
the various crops, on which the fore
casts Of production were based, were:
Corn CO.'S per cent Of normal:
durum wheat 37.5, other spring wheat
36.5, oats 66.7.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-09-10
HOPE OF NABbING
KIDNAPERS FADES
Victim Fails to Identify Mem.
bers Of Group Arrested in
illinois

Chicago, Sept. 10.-R)-FIope that
the perpetrators Of q series Of kid
napings had been captured went
glimnering Thursday with the fall
ure Of James Hackett, Blue Island
roadhouse proprietor, to recognize any
Of five men as those who took SIS, 00o
for his ransom.
Hackett had gone to Decatur, Ill.
Wednesday to attempt Identification
Of the pisoners. The fact that Fred
J. Blumer. Monroe, Wis, brewer, and
Ralph Wehrenberg of Springfield, Ill.
had been released by their kidnapers
near Decatur had made the reported
arrest Of the band there seem plausi-
BILE.
Wednesday Patrick Roche, chief in
vestigator for the states attorney
here, announced that Hackett had
identified Moore as one of his cap
tors. Roche further announced he
had information that unnamed police
had accepted a $50,00o-bribe from the
kidnapers.
It developed Thursday that Roche's
announcement was erroneous. Neither
Hackett nor Lieut.. william Cusack OF
the Chicago detective bureau was per-
mitted to see the prisoners at Deca-
tur.
Arriving here, Hackett looked at the
men and could not recognize them
Roche has not disclosed the source
Of his report Of the alleged bride.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-09-10
Columbus, N. D., Man Is Happy at
Prospect Of Returning to Prison

Minot. N. D., Sept. 10.-R-
Oscar Benson, aged A, Of Col
umbus, N. D., Is going back to
the North Dakota penitentiary
for a second time and, If he Is
to be believed, he is happy about
it.
He pleaded guilty in district
court here Wednesday to q
charge Of third-degree burglary
and was sentenced by Judge John
g. Lowe to serve from one to
five years.
In 1911, Benson was committed
to the Bismarck prison to serve
q little more than four years for
manslaughter in connection with
the killing Of a man in q drunken
brawl.
Benson told the court that
several weeks ago he decided he
wanted to 60 back to prison
where he could be assured OF
three meals q day.
He robbed q filling station at
Columbus so he could be arrested
and was disappointed when no
one even suspected him. He
pondered his errors In CON-
hitting 4 crime that couldn't Be
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-09-10

solved and evolved another.
He told some friends he was
going to rob q couple OF stores
in Columbus. The next night he
did. The sheriff investigated.
His friends told the sheriff what
Benson had said. The sheriff
looked for Benson but didn't find
him and left town leaving word
with deputies to apprehend him.
Benson, who had been waiting
In . shack all day for the sheriff
to arrest him, sauntered down
town and learned the officer had
been looking for him.
He arranged q telephone call
which reached the sheriff before
he got home to Bowbells and the
officer returned and got Benson
who told Of his crimes and asked
for assuranc e that the sheriff
would help get him into prison.
II wonder how many Of the
boys are still there?" unused
Benson after the court had i'm
posed sentence. TITS going to
seem good to meet them again.
I'll tell them how lucky they are
not to be out In these kind Of
times"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-09-10
MORE CHILDREN ARE
ATTENDING SCHOOL
REP0RTD|SCL0SES
Census Bureau Finds Sharp In
crease in Number Enrolled
In Classes

Washington, Sept. 10.-(F-As mil
lions Of children throughout the coun-
try Thursday answer the toll Of school
bells for the fall term the census bu-
reau Thursday reported more young
sters in classes than q decade ago.
The bureau found, in its 1880 count.
that Of 38,3e7, 032 persons between
five and 20 years old, 2 .849. $3.50 or 69.9
per cent were attending school. Ten
years ago, 81, 373,978 or 64.3 per cent
Of 33,250,870 between the same ages
were pupils.
An increase in older children at
tending classes ove the number ten
years ago was shown.
The largest increase In older stu
dents was reported In the II and over
division, which showed 1,034,782 In
school, against 344,78 ten years ago.
The total Of eligibles in this division
was not given.
Girls and boys were about equally
divided In the total school citizenry.
OF the 19.112,883 girls, 13,327,871 were
in school, while 1881, 768 Of the total
Of 19,274,l49 boys were enrolled.
OF the urban population between 5
and 20. 1913 per cent were In school;
rural farm districts, 66.4 and rural
non-farm or villages. 69.3 per cent.
The bulk Of students 81 and over came
from the urban areas, accounting for
1873, 1893; 1928 In the rural sections,
and 1927 in the villages.
The report recorded 97.5 per cent
Of foreign-born while children be-
tween 7 and 13 in school. and 1878 per
cent of the negroes. The number IN
the age groups Of foreign-born and
negroes likewise declined as the chill
dren grew older.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-09-10
DRY AGENT
dies IN bRAWL AT
MINNEAPOLIS Home
Another Man Is in Critical Con.
dition As Result of Duel
With Guns
Survivors Says Both Had Been
Engaged in Rum-Running
Business in State

Minneapolis, Sept. 10.-R-A form
er prohibition agent died Thursday
with four bullets in his body and an
other man was In q critical condition
following . fight in an apartment
Wednesday night.
Dwight Rains, 81. who six years age
resigned from the federal prohibition
force here, died with two bullets
through his chest. another in his alb
domen and one in his arm.
Danny Mcleod, formerly Of Fargo
N. D., was in q critical condition with
two bullets over his heart. He told an
incoherent story Of the gun duel In
which Rains was killed and he was
wounded.
Several witnesses were being ques-
toned by police.
According to McLeod's story, Rains
another man named Emil, and he
together in the afternoon. They
had been drinking and were to keep
an appointment at an apartment.
TT was a dead steal to murder me-
Mcleod said in q statement to detec-
tives.
He tried to hijack me and
wouldn't stand for It," Rains told de-
tectives in a dying statement.
According to McLeod's statement
Rains displayed a gun.
II had to take the gun away from
him or he would have murdered me
right there" he said.
Later, the three went to another
apartment. I'VE were going to meet
some girls. He invited me In" Nc.
Leod's statement said. tAeS
"'And what do we do?' I said, he
said you Scotch so-and-so you are II
q trap now I realized he was nuts
HE pulled q gun and shot mi
twice, I fell L had the gun I hat
taken away from him at the Other
apartment and / pulled It," The
statement was not signed.
Mcleod said he went to the apart
ment of Mrs. Julia Ford after thu
shooting. He told Mrs. Ford to cal
q doctor and the police.
Mrs. Ford said Mcleod came in anc
put q gun On the table.
The caretaker of an apartment sale
he heard someone say we're still
friends, aren't WEI" then two shot.
rang out. In q few seconds four more
shots were fired, he said.
Mcleod denied he had hijacked o.
attempted to hijack Rains.
He said he met Rains In North Da-
kota where he said both engaged ir
liquor running.
They met in Minneapolis again 9
few days ago, he said, and agreed te
20 on q drinking party.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-09-10
FEARS OF TRAGEDY
PROVE CR0UNDLESS
AS BOX IS OPENED
0dor Of Decaying Flesh Caused
Removal to Undertaking
Establishment
NOSE KNOWS THEORY FAILS
Anxious Group Lifts Lid to Dis.
close Large Quantity Of
i Spoiled Figs

Bsmarck's officialdom Thursday
solved . trunk mystery" and proved
groundless fears that a grisly tragedy,
enacted on the Pacific Coast, was
about to be uncovered here.
About 10 days ago the trunk which
caused 50 much concern arrived at the
Railway Express Agency here. It was
consigned from California but to no
definite person or address in Bis
marck.
No one came to claim It but this
did not cause any undue concern I'M
til Wednesday, when an odor which
was described by express officials as
similar to that from decayed animal
flesh began to emanate from the box.
Then the officials got busy. Under
the official sanction of George s.
Register, Burleigh county states at
torney, and DR.. G. E. Stackhouse, city
health officer, the trunk was moved
to the undertaking establishment of
w. E. Perry, Burleigh county coroner,
in anticipation that the box might
contain the body Of q human being.
Going on the theory that the nose
knows, the officials were more than
half convinced that they were about
to discover the victim Of an atrocity.
Such things have been known to hap
pen before.
Shortly before noon Thursday the
officials gathered at the coroner's es-
adjustment for the official opening of
the box. In the group were DR.. Stack
house: G. j. Martineson, chief Of po-
lice; A. H. Helgeson, Burleish com
ty deputy sheriff; and w. 8. Smith.
special investigator for the Northern
Pacific Railway company.
The trunk was not locked and the
other three officials watched, silent
and intense, Is DR.. Stackhouse slowly
lifted the cover.
But the mystery box gave up no
human remains.
The four officials glared at the on
tent-a quantity Of spoiled figs.
It was learned shortly after the
box was opened, Martineson said, that
the figs vel sent by q woman, who
has not yet arrived In Bismarck to
claim them.