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Questions and
Answers

How much revenue did the United
States government derive from the
sale and manufacture of tobacco in
1919?
The total revenue from tobacco
in 1929 was $434,445,0 900 divided as
follows: Manufactured tobacco, $751;
$4,000; cigars, $22,872,OO0; cigarets,
$342,034,000; snuff, $7,542,O00; spe-
cialtieS and miscellaneous, $4,000.
On what date were the former
car of Russia and his family ex-
ecuted?
They were executed July 10, 1918.
What is a phOtometer and a po-
tentiOmeter?
A photometer is an instrument
for measuring the intensity of
light. A potentiometer is an in
Strument for measuring or compar-
ing electrical potentials or electro
motive forces.
Why is the present French Re-
public called the third republic?
Because it is the third republican
government that France has had in
her history, and it dates from the
establishment of the Government of
National Defense in 1870,
Who composed the words and
music to the song TN the Good Old
Summer Time," and when was it
published?
1t was published in 1902 by How
ley, Haviland & Co. The words are
by Rem Shields and the music by
George Evans. 1t was in the score
of the operetta, 1.-THE Defender"
Where are the Blue Ridge noun
tains?
1t is a long mountain range in
Virginia and North Carolina and is
the southeasternmost ridge of the
AlleghanieS and Appalachian noun
tainS.
What percentage of automobiles
sold In the United States were
Fords and ChevroIets?
In 1880, 4011 per cent of the total
new car sales, according to new car
registrations were Fords, and 23.56
were Chevrolets.
Was Knute Rockne an American
citizen? How could he ACCEPT
knighthood from the king of Nor
way?
He was naturalized American
citizen. There is no law to prohibit
American citizens from accepting
titles from foreign potentates il they
do not hold an Office of profit or
trust under the United States.
Is there a lake in the United
States named Charoggagogman-
chogagog? Where is 1t located?
The lake is in Webster, Mass. It
is an American Indian name,
meaning fishing place at the boun-
dairy"
How far from the earth Is the
moon?
The distance varies, but the mean
is estimated at 238.84O miles.
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NJ. E. Tracy
SAYS:

W estern Civilization II q s
Done a Thorough Job IN
Selling It's Ideals to HW-
nlanity.
NEW YORK, June 26.-Whether
IN Post and Gatty complete their
trip around the world, they already
have done enough to make them
selves immortal.
Without rejecting on their skill
and courage, it is only fair to re-
member that their performance was
made possible not only by thousands
Of years Of scientific progress, but
by the development of better
understanding among all people.
The fact that two young Amer
leans feel free to drop down on
Moscow unannounced is quite as
significant as is the fact that they
could get there in three days.
We talk a lot about the strange
ness of Bolshevism, but whatever
may be its faults, it leaves the Rus
slams no such strangers to us or to
other people as they were under
czariSm.
Though we still have plenty of
differences to overcome, they are
not as deep as they used to be.
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The World AWakens

THROUGH Russian Communists
Il pretend to despise our form of
government and economic system,
they are doing everything they can
to duplicate our industrial structure.
In the end, they will find out that
one goes with the other.
Though the Chinese pretend that
certain oriental concepts are SUI
perior, they are striving to form a
republic patterned on that of the
United States.
The big idea back of it all is this:
Humanity has come to an agree
ment on certain basic principles,
has recognized the advantage of
scientific knowledge, the benefits of
mechanical power, and the wisdom
of making life healthier and hap
pier for average people.
Such philosophy can lead to but
one end.
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A New Era DaWnS

MO one can read the entnusi-
IN astic reception of President
Hoover'S proposal for moratorium
without realizing that new era is
at hand.
Here is the world ready to assist
a beaten foe only thirteen years
after the greatest conflict of all
time.
You can find selfish motives for
the move if you are that kind, but
even SO, you must admit that self
ishness has grown intelligent.
If the nations concerned are
moved by a desire to help them
selves, they have learned that the
best way to do so is by helping each
other.
That represents a big improve
ment over the reasoning which pre-
vailed 1000, or even 100 years ago.
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Tolerance Winning

EFFORTS to substitute a reign of
IL law for the rule of force have
met with many a failure.
One can find plenty of ground for
jeering at the League of Nations,
the world court, and the Kellogg
pact.
1t is regrettably true that there
are more men under arms in Eu-
rope than there were in 1914. that
raw spots exist, and old hatreds sur
Vive.
Notwithstanding all that, how
ever, new and better attitude to-
ward national controversies, racial
peculiarities and religious differ
ences is developing throughout the
world.
Mussolini and the pope ultimately
will get together, India will obtain
reasonable concessions from Eng
land, without conflict, and Russian
trade not only will be tolerated, but
ENCOURAGED
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Martin Dissents

Refreshing, even though it be found in
a dissenting opinion in the supreme court, is
the declaration Of Judge Clarence Martin
that the writ of habeas corpus can not be
suspended except in a state of war and then
only in emergencies.
That gives hopes that the Bill of Rights
still has a chance to survive the encroach-
ment of technical Interpretation Of law. 1t
may be possible, if this writ the result OF
centuries Of battle of the suppressed
against the powerful be protected that the
rights of free press, of free speech, OF the
invioability of homes from governmental
shoppers and chekas, of freedom of worship
can also be guarded.
The opinion in this question is linked
with a protest against the court itself. Judge
Martin calls attention to fact often repeat
ed in this column of The Times that delay
by the high court in deciding case before it
can amount to denial of justice
What may be the ultimate decision, If
there be an ultimate decision in the case OF
D. C. Stephenson, is not so important. But
what happens to the constitutional guarantee
of speedy justice is very important.
Judge Martin calls attention to the fact
that since January, 1928, the appeal of
Stephenson has been before the court,
briefed and submitted, awaiting only de-
cision by the court itself on the legality OF
his conviction for murder
Stephenson is in the penitentiary II
legally entitled to new trial, his imprlson-
mont for these three years becomes an illegal
act bv the state itself. What can happen to
Stephenson can happen to any other citizen
of the state.
AS matter of history, it was because
moharchs and the politically powerful had
The habit of arresting men and throwing
them into prison, refusing trials, that re-
volts brought into Saxon Jurisprudence the
writ of habeas corpus and into the Consti-
tuition of the United States the guarantee
of quick justice
Three. and a half years had seemed to The
Times to be beyond any reasonable interpre-
tation of this part of our fundamental law.
In this Judge Martin not only concurs but
writes his declaration into the records of the
courts
Stephenson, once the dictator of Repub-
lican politics in this state, holds the key to
the closet in which many political skeletons
.idangle. He could, if he chose, probably put
a lot of crosses on the political map to mark
the spot where the Goodies are buried"
This fact makes his case unusual. But it
does not lift it out of the principle involved.
Every citizen, no matter how powerful or
how humble, has an equal right before the
law.
One of these rights is decision by the
high court on the legality of Imprisonment.
If that be denied by undue delay all law
crumbles and we have the door open to
every form of tyranny and oppression.
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SCIENCE
BY DAVID DIETZ-

"Up From the Ape" Is q
Book That WI Not Please
Members Of Authorization
Groups.
MO reader who has an interest
IN in the origin and ancestry of
the human race can afford to miss
reading up From the Ape" by
Earnest Albert Hooton. (The book
just has been published by the Mac
MILAN Co. at So
DR.. Hooton is professor Of anthro-
pology at Harvard university and
curator of somatology at the Pea
body Museum of Harvard univer-
Slty. That is sufficient guarantee
OF his scholarship and his authority.
But readers of the book will find
That he also possesses the ability Of
making his meaning clear to lay
men. He can write of technical mat
tiers without becoming technical.
There are, Of course. many pas
sageS which require the close appli-
cation Of the reader. But in each
case, the reader will find the an
phcation decidedly worth while.
AS the title indicates, the book
VIII not be pleasing to the members
OF authorization organizations. For
the book is marshalling of the EVIL
dence for the evolution of man from
some pre- human stock related to
that OF the anthropoid apes.
The first part Of the book is titled
Mans Relations" and deals with
the lemurs, tarsiers, monkeys and
anthropoid apes.
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would make no motion whatsoever
until the head of Ajax whirled
about, and then, belatedly, he would
duplicate imperfectly this others
gesture of attention.
Every faculty in Pandora seems
dormant except an inconsiderable
gift for imitation. She is complete
in nothing but different and blum
dering plagiarism. When Flagg
rises to his feet, Pandora does like
wise.
To me there is something morbid
ana not quite healthy about this
Pandora. There is a weu-authentf-
Gated rumor that she once was OBJ
served rolling in a bed of catnip
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All One Family

TRANSOCEANIC flights, debt
4 holidays to relieve worldwide
depression, inventions that hold
just as much promise for a Zulu as
for a Norwegian, and a conception
Of progress that can not be realized
without the Improvement of living
conditions everywhere, all point in
the same direction.
People can not develop a type of
life which makes it not only posi-
BILE, but necessary for them to talk
with each other across continents,
which makes their dinner table and
workshop depend on products from
the other side of the world, without
realizing that they belong to one
family.
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SSzZLx1S
97doA1F IB1TF4G7
! ANNIVERSARY
64ss2
ARRIVAL OF U. S. TROOPS

ARRIVAL OF U. S. TROOPS
June rs
NN June rs, 1917, the first con-
~ tingents Of the first United
States army to fight in Europe ar
rived in France, under the COM
mand of Major General William L.
Sibert.
News that the Americans were
arriving spread rapidly and by the
time the troop ships arrived along
side the wharfs where the men
were to debark, thousands of per-
sons were on hand to greet them.
A wild welcome was Shrieked BY
whistles of craft in the harbor and
the welcoming throngs burst into
song.
The American soldiers -spontane-
ouSly were dubbed "Sammies' by
the excited French crowds, to dis
tinguish them from the British
'Tommies."
General Sibert took I'D his quar-
tiers at camp not distant from the
coast as commander of the first
United States force sent abroad,
under General Pershing as COM
mander-in-chief.
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DR. GEORGE E. SHAMBAUGH
- has emphasized the existence
of a vast amount of congenital
deafness. Marriages where there is
a family history of congenital deaf
ness should be discouraged.
Progressive deafness in adults is
largely due to otosclerosis, a locking
of the bones and ligaments involved
in hearing. Where there is a fam
lily history of this disease in both
parents, there is reason to believe
that a considerable number of the
children will be affected. In bring
ing such children to life, the parents
assume a responsibility which they
should realize.
Deafness is not due to any single
cause and any program for it's con-
troll must be based on a thorough
understanding of all of its causes.
The answer to the problem of oto-
sclerosis is more reseahch. It is true
that palliative devices and various
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The Primate Order

IN the early part of the book, DR..
a Hooton explains at considerable
length the characteristics of the So
called primates and why man is
classified among them. He writes,
in part:
The most outstanding character
istic of the Primate Order is the
possession of prehensible hands and
feet, adapted for aboreal life. Most
arboreal animals maintain them
selves in the trees by embedding
their claws in the bark.
"Primates grasp the branches by
opposing the thumb to the fingers
and the great toe to the lesser toes.
when you grasp an iron pipe Of
so large a diameter that your fin
gers can not span it. you place the
four fingers on one side Of the pipe
and the thumb on the other side
and grip the pipe between fingers
and thumb.
1.-THE ability to oppose the thumb
to the fingers in this way, and not
only to grip rounder surfaces in the
clrclet OF the thumb and fingers, but
also to bring the ball of the thumb
into contact with the tops Of the
fingers, is a prime requisite for all
OF the delicate movements of the
hands which have resulted in the
mechanical supremacy of man.
The primates can, as a rule. on
pose the great toe to the lesser toes
IN similar fashion. But man can
not do this.
"Savages and people who 20 bare
foot often retain considerable
mobility Of the toes and to some
extent the power Of prehension. But
tney never are able to oppose the
great toe to the lesser toes.
Nevertheless, as we shall see. the
foot Of man gives evidence in its
structure and development of hav-
ing been derived from the graspine
foot such as the primates possess,
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Beautiful but Dumb

PANDORA tiptoes about the house
l. like well-fed cat. After bit.
the strain of her vociferous silence
rags your nerves. You feel like cry
ing out to her say something, be it
every so simple.
1t is a painful thing to see any
living being wholly under the sub
lection of the individuality Of an
other. And that is the relation
which exists between Pandora and
Flagg.
Once upon time I was the tenn
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We Make Progress

TN spite of all the plumbers, sneers
l. and wisecracks, we are making
progress.
AS matter Of common sense,
those very revolutions about which
We talk so gloomily are rooted in
desire for improvement.
Western civilization has done a
thorough job in selling it's ideals to
humanity.
People everywhere want the kind
of living conditions which prevail
in the more advanced countries of
Europe and America.
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Well Illustrated

THE book is illustrated excel
4 lently with twenty-nine plates.
The plates are particularly good.
showing photographs of the animals
who DR.. Hooton designates as
mans relations" and photographs
OF individuals Of the various races
Of man.
1t is possible to trace the develop
ment of man, as it is seen by the
advocates of evolution, in these
plates.
First there is the lemur. He Is
the most primitive of all the pri-
mates, as the group of animals
which include man are named by
the biologists. The 1emur has char
acteristicS, partly like those of the
monkeys, and others more like those
Of the other mammals.
Next comes the tarsier. He has
his eyes directed forward like those
OF man. He is a strange creature.
DR.. Hooton calls him the spectral
tarsier."
Next come the various types OF
monkeys. the 'old world monkeys
OF Asia and Africa. and the new
world monkeys" of South America.
After them, come the anthropoid
apes, mans first cousins, according
to the biologists. They include the
gibbon, the orang-outang, the CHM
panzee and the gorilla.
Then comes man. Before discus
sing the modern races Of man, DR..
Hooton deals at great length with
the fossils of ancient man, the Java
ape-man, the Heidelberg and Filt-
down fossils, the remains of the
Neandertal and Cro-Magnon races,
and the other races Of the stone age.
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ideals and opinions expressed
in this column are those of
one of Americas most inter-
esting writer's and are pre-
sented without regard to their
agreement or disagreement
with the editorial attitude of
this Daper.-The Editor.
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1T SEEMS TO ME BY HF FEg229

porary owner of two love birds
which seemed to operate upon a
similar slave and master compact.
When I called Good morning" or
anything else into the cage, Hector
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What is the derivation of the word
Negro and to what race does it
refer?
1t is derived from the Latin,
niger, meaning black. and refers to
the woolly-haiTed races Of people.
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What is the pragmatic sanction
In later European history?
1t was an ordinance of Charles VI
OF Germany, issued April, 1713. bv
which he bound all the leading
powers OF Europe to a sort of agree
ment that in case he should leave
no son, all his hereditary dorninions
should descend to his elder daugh-
ter, Maria Theresa.
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TN observing other dogs I grow
l. convinced that hitherto I have
been unfair to Captain Flagg. He
is not what I should call a bright
dog, but I doubt that there are
many of any very high degree of
intelligence.
OF course, I have known those
who could speak for their dinner or
shake hands or play dead, but, with
the exception of this last accom-
plishment, none of these fascinate
me much,
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No Glands

MOT the intelligence of F1agg,
1 y but his elan inpresses me. He
lives more vigorous and crowded
life than any other mammal, in
Guiding man, whose activities have
come under my observation.
To be sure, his excessive vigor
sometimes crowds those around him.
But, nevertheless, it is stimulating
to watch the extraordinary ANNA
ton of his waking day. And he
sleeps but briefly.
His persistence passes all belief
and sometimes inpings upon pa
tience. Flagg's duel with the echo,
for instance, just about wore me
out.
Rambling one day at the head
Of the lake, he began to growl out
of sheer good spirits, and from the
wooded hill his voice came back.
This seemed to Flagg to consti-
tute an issue. This emanation from
out of his own personality he chose
to regard as a challenge. And as
the sound returned to him he
growled with still more volume and
verocity.
Each time the echo met his raise
and tumult mounted. It was not
within the intent of Flagg to track
the phantom hound to his lair.
Holding his ground seemed to sat
isfy him, but he did insist upon
having the last word
Persistence
TOR time it seemed as if the
Il bicker must necessarily prove
interminable. I tried to drag F1agg
away, without success, and then
contemplated cutting down the hill.
Finally, with assistance, I man
aged to shove and carry him to
spot where the acoustics were less
active, and he yelped out final
rs that sol" which brought no an
swer.
Upon that, he was satisfied to
keep silence for a full half hour
until the vegetable man drove up.
Now, none of this is set forth as
an evidence Of intelligence. But /
do think it indicates character.
Though often bored by F7agg's
barking. I appreciate the way in
which it rounds out his personality,
for recently I have been in close
association with a silent dog ana
that is still more dreadful.
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Being locked out at night is a minor misfortune
compared to the piano player who forgets his keys
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Daily Thought

L know that there Is no good IN
them, but for a man to rejoice.
and to do good in his Iife.-Ec-
clesiastes 3:12.
Goodness is beauty in its best es-
tate.-Marlowe
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In Borneo, it is said, a wife can be obtained for
six large cocoanuts. In this country men after the
same mission are also inclined to go nutty.
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The former emperor of China is reported taking
vocal lessons. Peiping event. as it were
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Radio waves says scientist, soon may be tuned
in for heating purposes When the time arrives some
listeners doubtless will complain of cold receptions
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New slant to modernistic art: Drawing long pri-
sentence
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He called them his golf socks because they had
eighteen holes.
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In the old days used to boast of the clubs
he belonged to, now he's more concerned with those
he takes to the links.
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'All work and no play" as the actor sadly said
when his show failed
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AS far as the farmers are concerned foresight con-
sists of saving up for a dry day.
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BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN

Editor. Journal of the American Medica
Association. and of Hygeia. the
Health Magazine
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A race horse in the east has been fitted with tor
toise shell -blasses. So that he who may read,
probably
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New York dramatic critic wrote piece on in
ternational politics All the worlds stage to him.
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All a man has to do to get the low-down on some
good stocks is to look at todays quotations.
The Washington times., 1931-09-30
.ESTELLE WANTS
CALIFORNIA
DIVORCE
Willing Jack Dempsey Obtain
Freedom, But Considers
Reno Decision "Just Paper"
BY JAMES L. KILGALLEN


copyright 1891. ny International News
ServiCe.l
CLEVELAND, Ohio. Sept. 30
Estelle Taylor still feels. ~he said
in an interview today. that she is
very much married" to Jack
Dempsey. The Reno divorce de.
cree the former champion OBJ
tanned 10 days ago is in her eyes
only "a scrap of paper
Not that she wants to hold
Jack. On the contrary, she is
just as eager that he should have
his freedom as he is, but, she in
sists, they must be divorced in
California, their legal residence.
Due in so Days
Her California counter suit for
divorce, charging cruelty, will
come up for preliminary 'learing
within so days.
The dark eyed. exotic Miss Tay.
lor laughed at the suggestion that
it was now perfectly all right for
her to go out with hoy friend"
and replied:
Il haven't got one now, and,
anyway, / feel just as married
rs ever"
Will Fight Again
Miss Taylor fears Dempsey is
going to fight again. She regrets
that he is contemplating another
big fight. She isn't with him to
advise against such a procedure.
If she were, she would say:
"Jack, don't do it-fOr your
healths sake. Your health is
worth more to you than money"
Dempsey is worth "about mil
lion dollars" according to Miss
Taylor'S estimate.