Evening star., 1935-05-13
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

A reader can get the dnSuer to
any question OF fact by Urtttnq The
Euening Star Information Bureau,
Frederic J. Hdskin, Director, Wash
tngton, D. C. Please incloSe stamp
for reply.
O. Do any boys enter c. c. c. camps
who cannot read and writer's. H.
A. There are many. More than
2.300 are being taught to read and
write.
@. When will the Government mar
cotic farms open for patients?-R. C.
A. The Public Health Service SAYS
that the first United States narcotic
farm, at Lexington. KY. will not be
open until on or after May 90 Plans
for the second United States narcotic
farm, at Fort Worth, Tex, are being
drawn up at the present time and it
will probably be about two years be-
fore it is open.
O. Was the assassin Of the Arch
duke and Archduchess of Austria ex-
ecuted?-H. N.
A Prinzip was arrested and died
soon afterward in prison.
Q. Where is Edith Cavell buried?-
S. A S.
A. In 1919 her body was removed to
Norwich Cathedral after memorial
services in Westminster Abbey.
@. Please describe the Perry Vic
tory Memorial.-H. K F.
A. The Perry Victory Memorial
at Put In Bay, South Bass Island,
Lake Erie, Ohio. is the worlds second
highest monument. 1t is constructed
entirely of Massachusetts granite and
is in the form Of a Grecian Dorlc
column, 352 feet in height and As
feet in diameter at the base II has
a spacious and beautiful rotunda and
a spectators gallery at the top. ac-
commodating 300 people. It's physical
setting in a park of IA acres. with
Lake Erie on both sides, gives it the
appearance of rising from the water.
AT night it is Illuminated by food
lights.
@ Can holly be used for hedee?-
G..
A 1t is often so used, as it bears
clipping well.
Q. Who is called the father of
American bOtany?-R. c., Jr.
A. John Bartram, eminent Ameri-
can botaniSt Q699-177O, is fire.
quently called the father of Ameri-
can botany. He founded the first
botanical garden in America, and
Iinnaeus termed him the greatest
natural bontanist in the world"
@. When was the friction match
invented?-W. NJ T.
A The first true friction match
was not invented until 1927 by a man
named John Walker Of Stockton on
Tees. Durham, England Ignition Of
sulphur and PHOSPHORUS BY friction
was discovered by Godfrey Haukwitz
in 1880. but it was $50 years before
this discovery was applied to matches.
@ When did Jersey cattle first make
their appearance in the United States?
T. H w
A. The first importation OF Jerseys
was made in 1850. A few more were
brought over about 20 years later. and
from 1870 to 1890 there were numer-
Gus importations. Since 1890 many
Jerseys have been imported every year
@. Why is the sign or symbol which
looks like a star called an asterisk p
s. E
A 1t is from the Greek and means
little star.
G. How did the World War veterans
get the bonus which they now want
paid in full?-N. B.
A. Congress passed the bonus bill
over President Coolidge's veto II
gave the veterans. not cash. but paid
up endowment insurance policies. the
so-called adjusted compensation certi-
f1cates, maturing in 20 years. In 1881
Congress passed law, over President
Hoover's veto, permitting veterans TO
borrow up to so per cent of the face
value of their certificates. The pres
ent agitation is to permit them to