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The answers to questions printed
here each day are specimens picked
from the mass Of inquiries handled By
our great information bureau main
tanned in Washington, D. c. This
valuable service is for the free use OF
the public. Ask any question of fact
you may want to know and you will
get an immediate reply. Write plain
ly. enclose two cents in coin "
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dress the Bismarck Tribune Informa-
ton Bureau. Frederic ]. Haskin, Di-
rector, Washington, d. G.
@. Which member of the W&h-
ington family is helping to furnish
the replica OF Mount Vernon in
Paris? r. M.
A. Miss Anne Madison Washing
ton, great-great-great niece OF the
first president of the United States,
is at present in Paris, where she is
supervising the furnishing and dec
orations of the replica Of Mount
Vernon which is being erected in
Paris for the International Colonial
and Overseas Exposition to be held
from May l to October 81, 1881.
Q. When was the first radio pro-
gram received in the United States
from Italy? j. r.
A. The National Broadcasting
company says that the first interna-
tional program e broadcast from
Italy to the United States was staged
on January l. 1881, when Premier
Benito Mussolini, speaking from Fa-
scist headquarters in Rome, sent his
New Years greetings to America
through coast-to-coast networks. This
was the first program eve heard in
this country originating on the 1tal-
ian mainland. Twice before, how
ever, listeners had heard programs
from Italian waters-from the yacht
of Senatore Guglielmo Marconi, the
father of radio, anchored off the
coast of the peninsula.
@. What book of John Fox's was
published shortly after his death?
S. j. B.
A. John Fox, Junior. died in 1919.
The year following, his book called
Erskine Dale was published.
@. How far inland Is Canberra,
the new capital Of Australia? j. l..
A. It is seventy miles inland, but
is connected with q land-lo"kcd bay
by q railroad.
@. How many students can West
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Editorial Comment

Editorials printed below show the trend OF thought
BY other editors. They are published without regard
to whether they agree or disagree with The Trib-
unes policies.
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strength OF the United States Naval
Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, is
2743.
Who planned the seal of Virginia.?
L. w.
A. The design of the seal of the
state of Virginia was proposed by
George Withe. It consists of q fe-
male figure representing Virtue, her
foot resting upon a figure represent
ing Tyranny. The motto-S.c Sem
per Tyrannis-describes this allegor-
ical representation.
@. Does the heat Of the sun pro-
duce sunburn? /. w.
A. It is not the heat Of the sun but
the ultraviolet rays which produce
| sunburn.
Q. What percentage of church
membership comes from Sunday
schools? E. NJ. K.
A. It is estimated that at least 70
| per cent is recruited from the Sunday
school.
@. How was cooking done in the
under it? M. L. H.
A. The ~old-fashioned outside oven
had a domed chamber built of brick
and heated by means of light wood
and sticks burned inside. When the
bricks were well heated the ashes and
emberS were raked out and the floor
swept and the food to be cooked in
troduced by a flat, wooden shovel
with a long handle and the door was
then closed.
@. Please give the dimensions of
the clock on the Houses of Parlia-
ment. E. T. r.
A. The dimensions of the clock IN
the Houses of Parliament are as fol-
lows: -Four dials, each % feet square;
figures two feet; minute hand II feet.
The famous bell Big Ben weighs 1872
tons.
@. Where did Hannibal cross the
Alps with some elephants? o. w. C.
A. Dorothy Giles in The Road
Through Spain says: This meant
that we must reach the frontier at
LIE Perthus and cross the pass-the
same by which Hannibal brought his
army and his 20 elephants on that
amazing march on Rome ....."
@. OF what wood should chessmen
be made? w. c. D.
A. The Forest Products Labora-
tory says that the best chessmen are
probably made from genuine box
wood. This wood is imported in rel
atively small quantities because of it's
scarcity and high price. It probably
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with benefit use At least n meat
meal a day and in some cases I have
DR.. Mccoy will gladly answer
personal questions on health and
diet addressed To him. care OF
The Tribune.
Enclose q stamped addressed
envelope for reply.

mt small children on an almost x
elusive meat diet for a week or Two IN
order to cure them Of the anemia
which existed because OF a diet too
low in protein.
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HOPEWELL CLARKE DIES

HOPEWELL CLARKE DIES
st. Paul, Feb. 4.6P-Hopewell
Clarke. n, noted for his contributions
to the development of mining in
northern Minnesota, died at his home
here after q long illness.
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@. How many students car West
Point and Annapolis take? w. c. K.
A. The authorized strength Of the
! United States Military Academy at
| West Point. New York, Is 1874 cadets
and four Filipinos. The authorized
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You can't fool the American people unless you're their
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@. How far inland is Canberra,
the new capital Of Australia? j. L..
A. It is seventy miles inland, but
is connected with q land-lo"kcd bay
by q railroad.
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strength OF the United States Naval
Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, is
2743.
Evening star., 1931-04-16
DEPRESS|ONS HELD
STOCK CROOKS AID
Better Business Bureau Head
Says Low Periods Provide
Rich Soil for DefrauderS.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DAYTON, Ohio, April 16.-Experi-
ence has shown that periods of depres-
sion provide the richest soil for the
predatory activities" of financial crooks
James G. Auchincloss, president of the
Better Business Bureau of New York
said in speech here last night.
Addressing the annual meeting of the
Better Business Bureau of Dayton, Mr.
Auch1nclosS, who also is q member OF
the Governing Committee of the New
York Stock Exchange said the. fact is
easily understood when it is considered
that the people who suffered the severe
reverseS ''are the readiest to seize upon
desperate eXpedients to recoup their
losses"
Urges Efficiency in Fighting.
"Such people" he said, "lend a ready
ear to the patter of promises Of the
plausible promoter Therefore. let me
urge upon you the necessity. especially
at this time, Of co-ordinating the work
of all fraud-fighting agencies to the end
OF maximum efficiency"
Mr.. Auchincloss pointed out that
there was a close relationship between
fraud-fghting in the financial field and
cash-drawer receipts of the merchant.
Provides Legal Check.
ITO greater or less degree in every
commercial center" he said, wherever
the mercantile and financial interests of
a city combine forces through the nat
ural agency of a better business bu-
reau, experience has proven that the
material interests Of both enjoy sub
Stantial protection against the insid-
1ous activities of financial crooks.
NIT the detection of fraudulent pro1no-s
tionS, but it also provides an efficient
agency for promtly calling to the at
tention of the appropriate public Off
cials such fraudulent activities in time
to check them by the machinery of the
law before serious and irreparable dam
age has been done"
Evening star., 1931-04-16
CRITICIZES SOVIET
Chilian President Calls Conditions
of Masses in Russia "Tra agedy."

SANTIAGO, Chile, April I6 P).-In
q telegram to the Nuble Province Labor
Congress at Chillan today President
Carlos Ibanez severely criticized Soviet
Russia, calling condition of the masses
there tragedy
The telegram, which was in accept
ance OF honorary presidency of the or
ganization, praised Chilean workers for
their solid ideals of patriotism and said
that they showed excellent Judgment in
view Of the example of false achieve
ments" which Russia offers.
Evening star., 1931-04-16
U. S. ORDER WILL PERMIT
NIGHT BORDER CROSSING
Lowman Plans to Keep Entry
Ports Along Mexican Frontier
Open "a Hours a Day.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HOUSTON, Tex, April 16.-Plans to
keep ports of entry along the Mexican
border open "a hours day were an
nounced here yesterday by Seymour
Lowman, Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury. He did not reveal the date
on which the order will become eff
fective.
Automobile travel between this coun-
try and Mexico is increasing by leaps
and bounds Mr.. Lowman explained.
Heretofore the 6 pm. closing time took
care of things. But now we find that
is unsatisfactory and SO we are going to
make it easier. We are going to keep
the ports open "a hours day"
The change will be a boon to Ameri-
cans who cross the border to revel at
resorts on the Mexican side and fish to
return at night. Under present regu-
lations they find themselves locked out
Of the United States until the bars are
lifted In the morning, unless they are
clever enough to sneak across.
Evening star., 1931-04-16
Chicago Policemen
Polite, Reporters
Making Probe Find
Traffic Officer Tells Time
to One With Clock
i'm Plain View.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, April 16.-Chicago po-
icemen are radiating politeness.
A group of newspaper men posing as
strangers looking for information gave
traffic policemen ample opportunity to
sneer, but reported back that their in
vestigation had revealed nothing but
courtesy.
The newspaper men made their in
quiry following publication of state
ment by Mayor Anton j. Cermak that
he wanted Chicagos police to be the
most courteous in the world"
Say, cop" one of the reporters said
to one policeman, what time is it3"
Despite the fact that clock was in
plain view of the questioner, the police
man turned traffic aside, unbuttoned his
coat pulled out his watch and said:
cts just 11:15."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-23
FREE LOT AWARDS
SCORED BY COURT
Decision Cites Code of Ethics
of Realty Boards in U. S.
on Agents Duties.

The code Of ethics of the National
Association Of Real Estate Boards was
Incorporated in a decision rendered
April 20 by the commissioners Of the
Wisconsin State Department Of Agri-
culture and Markets In putting free
lot operator out Of business.
Scoring the practice of selling real
estate by giving away lots that are
really not gifts at ALL" the Wisconsin
commissioners called the methods used
by a concern ian unfair trade practice, !"
and ordered the company to cease and
desist" doing business along these lines.
The case was reported today by the
National Association Of Real Estate
Boards, which condemns the free lot"
method, under which usually the lucky
winner" of q free lot finds he must pay
for search Of title. attorneys fees, ana
SO forth. which in the Milwaukee case
amounted to $50. Then, the association
reports, the prize lot winner Is asked TO
trade in his free" lot for a larger one,
priced at o much higher figure.
In rendering decision against the
free-lot operator, the Wisconsin COM
missioners quoted the following from
the national realtors code Of ethics:
"It Is the duty of every realtor to
protect the public against fraud. mis-
representation or unethical practices In
connection with real estate transactions.
Property should be offered by q realtor
solely on its merits, without exaggera-
ton, concealment OF any form Of decep-
ton or misleading representations"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-23
BRITISH HOME GROUP
TO CELEBRATE IN U. S.
Oldest Building Society Will Mark
150th Anniversary in
Philadelphia.

One hundred and nifty British
financiers have chosen America for their
celebration this Summer of the 150th
anniversary of the first building society
in England, a plan Of financing homes
similar to building and loan associations
in the United States. The celebration
will take the form OF the Third Inter-
national Congress of Building Societies
and Building and Loan Associations, at
Philadelphia August 1914.
This year marks the centennial Of
Americas first building and loan asso-
citation. and the centennial convention
Of the United States Building and Loan
League viii be held in Philadelphia
at the same time. Germany. Australia.
New Zealand, Austria and Switzerland
are expected to send delegates, as well
as Great Britain.
The British delegation will be headed
by the chief Of the largest building So
ciety In the world, Sir Enoch Hill,
president of the Halifax Building So
ciety, an institution with assets in
English pounds sterling equivalent to
$341 600, 900.
The United States League will be
ofncially represented by delegation OF
is, to be chosen. Each Of the state
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-23
REALTOR RECALLS PROGRESS
OF CAPITAL IN PAST 10 YEARS
John A. Petty Predicts Future Fields of Opportunity in
Address on Boards Anniversary.

Progress made In the District Of
Columbia during the past decade was
cited by John A. Petty. secretary Of the
washington Real Estate Board, this
week in an address before the realtors,
concentrating the tenth anniversary
Of their organization.
Ten years ago." Mr.. Petty said,
there was no coming law, with its re-
strictive requirements. Chain-store or
CARNATIONS had just begun an upward
stride. The Federal Government build.
ing program was still in the stages Of q
dream. Radio was hardly more than o
novelty. Talking pictures were I'M
known.
Aviation had yet to feel the impetus
Of Iindbergh's feat. The home unit OF
mechanical refrigeration was just be-
coming known. Less than As, 900 auto
mobile tags were issued In 1921, whereas
172.0O0 were issued last year.
Many of the garden home spots Of
Washington were still undeveloped acre
age. The extensive development Of
high-grade apartments and apartment
hotels was hardly under way. Modern
accounting. listing equipment and other
important office methods were known
only to q comparatively few real estate
offlces.
THE scientific progress made in the
fields Of appraiSing and property man
agement, together with the ever-in-
creasing completely and specialization
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-23
PARAMOUNT-PUBLlX
ORDERS WAGE SLASH
Five to "a Per Cent Cuts Affect
All Employes-Three Million
Saving Expected.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May % CR.-Para-
mount-Publix Corporation has notified
employees throughout the country Of q
reduction in salaries ranging from to
IS per cent, according to the salary.
The notice said the cut affects en-
ployes from Adolph zukor, president.
down, and the reduction applies to
executives under contract, who have
voluntarily accepted. The new scale
will remain in effect until at least
September /, 1892, and is expected to
effect saving Of from 100000 to
So, 900 900 annually.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-23

In financing. community development
and construction, coupled with the rapid
changes in transportation, communica-
ton and mediums OF publicity and ad-
vertising will provide unlimited oppor-
come"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-23

building and loan leagues which are
members Of the United States League
will be entitled to one representative.
and all registered delegates TO the Gen.
tennial Convention of the league viii be
permitted to sit in on the congress
aaeefOS4s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-23
BRYAN IS NAMED
Roanoke Man Given Virginia EN-
ployment Service Post.

Walter w. Bryant Of Roanoke has
been appointed Virginia State d.
rector of the Federal employment serv-
ice by Secretary of Labor Doak. His
headquarters will be In Roanoke.
Howard T. Colvin Of Alexandria, who
recently was appointed State director,
has resigned to enter the Labor De-
partment's Cancellation service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-04
Y. w. c. A. Business Group
To Meet at Dinner TUESDAY,

Opening the new year, the business
and professional women of the Young
Women's Christian Association will
hold their monthly dinner melting on
the fourth floor of the Administration
Building, Seventeenth and X streets
Tuesday evening of this week at $40
O'Clock, the general subject of the
meeting being Japan, with Mime. Miura
and Miss Yuri Kawakami among the
guests Of honor.
Mrs. William Adams Slade, teacher
in the Tsuda School in Japan, is to be
guest speaker, and will take for heI
subject New Year in Japan" A fea-
ture Of the program will be the rendi-
ton Of japanese music appropriate to
the New Year celebration
Miss Elizabeth Haney, chairman OF
the business and professional women's
department Of the Y. w. c. A, has
recently returned from a Christmas va
cation spent in her home at Webster
City. Iowa, and will preside at the
dinner. The Advisory Committee in
cludes DR.. Elizabeth Kittredge, Miss
Jessie La Sale, Mrs. Sallie v. H Pick
EFT, Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt
and Miss Mary Jane Winfree
Tuesday evenings at the Y. W
c. A" is rapidly becoming the habit
with more and more of Washington
| business and professional women, many
of whom are joining the study of sun.
! dry subjects with such outstanding
leaders as Mrs. John Haase, Mis-
Mary Dashiell, Miss Dorothy Latham
Mrs. Charles Bache and Miss Mary
M. Burnett.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-04
Honor Tea Is Scheduled
Bv Women's CITY Club

Mrs. Archibald Hopkins and Mrs.
Lulah T. Andrews, president of the
United States Housing Corporation, will
be the guests Of honor at tea given
by the Women's City Club on Wednes-
day, January 7, from 4 to o'clock.
Mrs. Hopkins will speak to the club at
5 o'clock on THE Inhabited Alleys of
Washington"
The following special guests have been
invited because of the wide interest in
the subject of Mrs Hopkins address
and pending legislation affecting the
subject; Mrs. E. A. Hartman, president
of the League of Republican Women;
Mrs. o. L. Veerhoff, president of the
American Association of University
Women; Mrs. Porter Dale, president of
the Congressional Club: Mrs. w. w.
Husband, president of the Twentieth
Century Club Mrs. Borden Hartman,
president of the Women's National
Democratic Club; Mrs. Edgar B. Merritt,
president of the District of Columbia
Federation of Women's Clubs; Mrs.
Fulton Lewis, president of the Wash
ington Club Mrs. Bruce Baird, presi-
dent of the Political Study Club, and
Mrs. Robert j. Burdette, prominent
club woman of California.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-04

Conner, mrs. Harry A. Buckley, Mrs.
Harry A. Buckley, ST.; Mrs. LunSford e.
Oliver Mrs. Jane Putnam and Mrs. #.
Russell Lyons.
Lieut.. and Mrs. D. A. Watt, who for
merry were stationed at Fort Hum
phreys, were luncheon guests Tuesday
OF Lieut.. and Mrs. Frank II. ok.
Col. Edward M. Markham and Lieut..
and Mrs. Edward M. Markham, jr, were
visitors on the post Tuesday.
Mrs. w. M. Conner Of washington
and Mrs. William M. Common, jr., Of the
University Of Virginia were guests FRI
day of Lieut.. Norman A. Matthias.
Capt. and Mrs. Reading Wilkinson
had as week end guest Mr.. Fred Mullen
Of New York. Capt. and Mrs. Wilkin-
son entertained ct dinner before the
last hop Mai J. Moultrie Ward, Mrs.
Sam Lockwood, Lieut.. and Mrs. Henry
Berbert.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Herbert B. Lopez
as guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. John N. Opie
of Baltimore.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Norman A. Matthias
had rs dinner guests recently Lieut..
and Mrs. Emil J. Peterson, Lieut.. and
Mrs. Carl r. Jones, Lieut.. and Mrs.
Theodore A. Weyher and Lieut.. Arthur
A. @. Kirchhoff.
Lieut. and Mrs. Louis w. Prentiss
and Mrs. Edward H. Bowie were tea
guests New Year day of Mrs. William G.
Prentiss Of Washington.
Lieut.. and Mrs. G. L. Hahn Of Fort
Dupont were the week end guests OF
Lieut.. and Mrs Claude H. Chorpening
Miss Nancy Farnsworth of Hollands
School was week end guest of Capt
and Mrs. Harry A. Buckley
DR.. MILFORD w. Wilson of Ithaca, N
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-04

Y, was q guest Of Lieut.. and MRS. Louis
w. Prentiss on Sunday. DR.. N Z. Dor
sey Of washington was dinner guest In
the home Of Lieut.. and Mrs. Prentiss
Tuesday night.
Mrs. Lunsford z. Oliver and mrs.
Jane Putnam gave . bridge luncheon
Wednesday, with Mrs. O. Rumaggt Mrs.
Harry A. Buckley, ST., as guests.
DR.. PerSis Putnam, who has been WIS.,
ting Mai. and Mrs. Lunsford =. Oliver,
returned Friday TO her home In Phila-
delphia.
Maj. and Mrs. Emery H. Gist enter
tanned at dinner Friday night before
the post bridge party for their daugh-
ter, Miss Mildred Gist. Their guests
we're Mai and Mrs. Lawrence K. An
derson, Lieut.. and Mrs. Emil J. Peter
son, Miss Carolina Schulz, Miss Jean
r. Neil, Lieut.. Ernest w. Carr, Mr.. Jack
Service and Mr.. Stuart Gee.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Godfrey Of New
York and Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Long Of
Richmond, who have been guests Of
Lieut. and Mrs. James N. Kruger, left
Sunday.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Kruger had as their
dinner guests New Year day Capt. and
Mrs. Harry A. Buckley, Lieut.. and Mrs.
George @. Reinhardt and Mr.. John De-
Witt Of washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. william Jewell of
Washington were entertained Sunday
night at supper by Maj. and Mrs. VIII
liam e. r. Covell.
Mrs. George G. Reinhardt attended
the luncheon given yesterday at the
Army, Navy and Marine Corps Country
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-04
New Year Receptions
Feature of Holidays
At Fort Humphreys
c. m m a nj da n t and Mrs.
Schulz Hosts to Officers
and Ladies-Dinner Par
ties and Club Meetings
Scheduled.

FORT HUMPHREYS, Va, January
3.-The commandment and Mrs. Ed
ward H. Schulz were at home to the
officers and ladies of the post New Year
morning. Thursday afternoon the ON
GERS and their families attended the
New Year reception given by the Sec
rotary of War and Mrs. Patrick j. Hur-
ley at their home, in Washington.
There was no formal New Year eve
party at the post, so many Of the ON
GERS having celebrated at dinner parties
elsewhere. Capt and Mrs. Harley Lat
son gave watch party" in their home
and had as their guests Maj. and Mrs.
Lunsford E. Oliver, Mrs. Edward H.
Bowie, Capt and Mrs. Albert C. Lieber,
jr., and Lieut.. and Mrs. Louis w. Prem
tiSs.
Mrs. Lunsford e. Oliver entertained
at tea Monday afternoon to meet her
sister, DR.. Persis Putnam. Her guests
were Mrs. Edward H. Schulz, Mrs. Nor
rill w. Marston, Mrs. Harley Latson
Mrs. Albert G. Lieber, Mrs. Hubert s.
Miller, Mrs. Henry Berbert, Mrs. Louis
w. PrentiSs, Mrs. Charles w. Stewart
and Miss Caroline Schulz.
The post Bridge Club met Friday
night in Harris Hall. Mrs. Bennett H
Bowley and Capt. Morrill, w. Marston
were hosts. Lieut.. and Mrs. Louis w
Prentiss entertained at dinner before
the bridge and had as their guests Mai
and Mrs. Richard T. Coiner, Maj. and
Mrs. LunSford E. Oliver, Mrs. Edward
H. Bowie and Mrs. Jane Putnam.
! The Afternoon Bridge Club met Tues
day in the home of Mrs. Wilson B. Hig-
gins. Mrs D. A. Watt, Mrs. Harley
LatSon and Mrs. Bennett H. Bowley
were guests. Following the bridge Mrs
Higgins had as tea guests to meet hel
mother, Mrs. Crittenden Marriott, the
following ladies: Mrs. Edward H. Schulz
Mrs. Henry A. Finch, Mrs. Henry F
Pipes, Mrs. Robert B. Lewis Mrs Ed.
ward M. Markham, jr.; Mrs. Charles F
Bash, Mrs. ]. j. Mckinley, Mrs. Will
| liam e. r. Covell, Mrs. M. L. Henshaw
Mrs. G. Rumaggi, Mrs. Richard T