Evening star., 1939-02-06
Huskin's Answers
To Readers Questions
By Frederic J. Hasktn.

~ FfeGeTtc J. H1Sktn.
A reader can get the ans,0er to any
question OF fact by 1Dr!ting The EDe-
ming Star Information Bureau. Fred
eric J. Hosktn, Director, Washington,
d. c. Please inclose stamp for reply.
@. When did Theodore Roosevelt as
police commissioner of New York City
place Jewish guard over German who
was speaking against the Jews?-M. P.
A. The following account is from
Theodore Roosevelt" by William Roscoe
Thayer: "A German Jew batter, Rector
Ahlwardt, came over from Berlin to
preach crusade against the Jews.
Great trepidation spread through the
Jewish colony and they asked Roosevelt
to forbid Ahlwardt from holding public
meetings against them. This, he saw,
would make a martyr of the Jewish
prosecutor and probably harm the Jews
more than it would help them. So
Roosevelt bethought himself Of device
that worked perfectly. He summoned 40
force and ordered them to preserve
order in the hall and prevent Ahlwardt
from being interrupted or abused. The
meeting passed off without disturbance:
AhlWardt stormed in vain against the
Jews; the audience and the public saw
the humor of the affair and Jew batting
gained no foothold in New York City,"
@. Is there magazine for horseshoe
pitchers?-L. F.. G.
A. The Horseshoe World is published
at London, Ohio.
@. Where were the first consolidated
schools in the United States?-C. A. r.
A. The first State to pass an act per-
mitting the consolidation of schools was
New York Union School Law of 1853,
amended and incorporated as title TX
of the Consolidated School Act of 1864.
In 1874 the law was put into operation
for the first time by the town of Quincy,
but it was not until 1890 that the move
ment gained much headway.
@. Are there many homes in the
United States without baths?-L G.. H.
A. Government surveys show that there
are 100000 dwelling units without
baths.
G. Where in the Bible does it say that
unless you hate your father and mother
you cannot be the Lords disciple?-A.
F.. w.
A. Luke xiv26 says: "If any man come
to Me, and hate not his father, and
mother. and wife, and children, and
brethren and sisters, yea, and his own
life also, he cannot be My disciple"
@. How much money is there in the
railroad retirement fund?-L. E. S.
A. The total amount of the railroad
retirement account in the United States
Treasury from July l, 1887, to June 80,
1888, was S146, ,4O2 5871S.
@. When was the word "American-
ism" first used?-J. H. M
A. The term was first used BY John
Witherspoon, president of Princeton
University, in 1881.
@. What became Of Sir Walter Raj
eighs head?-E. H. S.
A. The body of Sir Walter Raleigh
was buried in the chancel Of st. Marga-
ret's Church, Westminster His head
was embalmed and kept by his widow in
a red leather bag as long as she lived.
Her son inherited the bag, which never
left his mothers side, but the fate of the
head of Sir Walter after it came into his
| possession is not known.
@. Do many persons enter the United
States from foreign countries by air
| plane?-T. H. R.
A. During the fiscal year ending June
30, 1888, 45,847 persons entered the
United States from foreign countries by
airplane.
@. When was Rodgers and Harts song
II Married an Angel" first played on the
radio?-B. w. D.
A. Benny Goodman introduced the
song on the air on May 10, 1888.
@. When did Congress appropriate
| money for bombarding the clouds in an
| effort to bring rain?-F. A. B.
| A. In 1891 Congress appropriated
| $4,000 for experiments in producing rain
artificially. Most of the experiments
| were conducted in Texas under the di-
| rection of Gen. Robert Dyrenforth, as
| special agent of the Department of Ag-
| riculture. Dynamite and hydrogen
| oxygen-flled ballons made the noise, and
! little rain did fall, but according to
meteorologists this was only that which
| was due to fall in the regular and undis-
| turbed course of the weather.
@. What is the value of chewing gum
sold in the United States?-J. H. F.
A. In 1887 chewing gum sales in the
United States amounted to $56721 ,746.
@. At what race track was the last
scene In the picture Kentucky" taken?
j. H. G.
A. The picture ends with actual photo
graphs of last years Derby at Churchill
Downs.
@ When did Pancho Villa, the Mexican
bandit, capture Juarez, Mexico?-T. L. A.
A. Pancho Villa captured Juarez, Mex
leo, on November S, 1918.
| @. Is there available an inexpensive
map pertaining to the geography and
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