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THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN. FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 6, 1921
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FKID A T MORNLXG MAY 6, 1321
The grandest operations, both in
nature and grace, are the most silent
and imperceptible. Cecil.
The Shipping Strike
The stand which was announced in the Asso
ciated Press dispatches of yesterday as having been
take-fen by Chairman Kenson of the United States
Slipping Board against the plan of Secretaries Davis
and Hoover for the settlement of the controversy
with the marine organizations was forecast in a
statement made by Admiral Benson a week ago
ia a conference of marine workers, steamship owners
and shipping board representatives in an effort to
forestall the strike.
Admiral Benson called attention to the alarm
ing decline in Hie movement of ocean freight result
tag tn the tying up of many ships and the unemploy
ment of thousands of men.
There was, he said, liquidation on every hand
ad it was the duty of all citizens and all classes to
bear their part in it. So far the marine Industry
bad been untouched. It was still in enjoyment of
the wages which had been fixed when the purchasing
power of the dollar had dropped to its lowest point
during the war and when a readjustment of wages
waa necessary to meet mounting living costs.
That condition the chairman pointed out was
being overcome and the value of the dollar was
rapidly returning to normal. He also brought out
the fact that the wages of those engaged in the marine
industry had been increased beyond those of any
other industry.
In the course of his 'remarks he said: "The
Snipping Board as a government institution must
stand for that equality in its relations to the gov
ernment which ia guaranteed to every citizen by the
constitution of the United States. It is my opinion
that any act of congress, until definitely repealed
or modified, so long as it stands rjpon the statute
books ahould be enforced by the department charged
with such enforcement.
We now come to the point of determining what
la a reasonable basis for readjusting wages and con
ditions in the marchant marine. I have given much
thought to this matter. I want to be fair to the
interests of the men and officers who are manning
our ships, the operators and owners who are run
ning them, and to the people of the United States
who look to the Shipping Board to protect their in
terests in the merchant marine. All of us should
consider the interests of the private ship owner in
foreign trade who is manfully carrying the burden
of competition unassisted by the government4 I
have weighed this matter carefully and long, have
taken advice freely, and have come to a mature and
wen considered conclusion.
"I have come to you with figures in excess of
those which I think should really be put into effect
ia order that we might trade together. This would
not only be impossible when you are dealing with the
government, but would also be repugnant to my
sense of fairness. I will, therefore, tell you that I
am convinced that the economic conditions at the
present time fully warrant a reduction in marine
wages. I am convinced that the amount of this
reduction must be not less than 15 per cent of the
present wage scales. I am convinced that the
maintenance of overtime which has been subject to
such notorious abuses and which is so foreign to the
spirit and customs of the sea is improper and that
it should be virtually eliminated.
The Shipping Board as trustee of the money
of the people of the United States, cannot compro
mise a vital principle. It roust insist upon equitable-
readjustment of the present wage scale and working
conditions in order to efficiently operate its ships.
The United States is determined to have a merchant
marine and the Shipping Board, so far as is possible,
is endeavoring to have its ships American manned.
I make an earnest appeal to all of you who have the
interests of our merchant marine at heart to come
with me and the Shipping Eoard in making the
above basis effective and in cooperating to secure
a readjustment of these conditions in line with those
of other American industries."
they would rather that people believed they were in
such a conspiracy than that they were simple enough
to believe Bergdoll's story of his hidden gold.
A Misleading Phrase
One can always get a "kick" and food for
thought out of the Congressional Record. We notice
that a week and a half ago Senator John Sharp Wil
liams of Mississippi arose and said, "Mr. President,"
Senator Reed of Missouri was speaking and,
following the usual courteous custom of that body,
and others, the vice-president asked Senator Reed
if he would yield to the Senator from Mississippi,
and Senator Reed said, 'I do."
Then Senator Williams began, but again got no
further than "Mr. President" for Senator Reed in
terposed, "I yielded for a question. Does the Sen
ator want to ask a question?" It seemed that the
senator in question did not, so Senator Reed said:
"Oh, well, I shall be through in a moment." To this
Senator Williams replied that he thought the senator
had quit, and Senator Reed replied that he was, in
truth, about to sit down but, as a matter of fact, had
not as yet sat down. Upon this Senator Williams
remarked that he thought Senator Reed hud quit
because he had said "in conclusion."
Perhaps the senator. from Mississippi spoke in
jest Unless he did, his observation of men and
events has been strangely different from that of most
of us. It does not take attendance at many ban
quets or other functions where men are not prevented
from arising to their feet and addressing their fel
low men to know that the words: "in conclusion I
would say," "just one word more," or "a final re
mark and I am done" usually mean nothing at all
and are but the preface for an added string of plati
tudes and bombast quite as lengthy and as dull as
what has been said up until that moment.
Perhaps at the first public dinner held in the
stone age a gratified cheer arose when the after-
dinner speaker; the visiting statesman, the great
savant from abroad or a local celebrity uttered those
splendid words. Perhaps then, that being the stone
age when men were apt. if we read II. G. Wells
aright, to give fuller vent to their emotions, the
speaker saw the wisdom of sticking to a literal in
terpretation of his remarks. Stones were plentiful
and practice had made the aim of the thrower more
or less sure. .
But since that day such epilogues are but snares
and delusions, forming, usually, what Andre Tre
dieu and other psychoanalists have termed the begin
ning of the second wind.
And, strangely enough, although the Congres
sional Record's report of Mr. Reed's speech disclosed
the fact that he said "I do not intend to delay the
vote except for a minute" and "I desire to say just a
few words," he did not in the course of his 800 and
more brief words say at any time 'in conclusion."
PRUNING IT
A BALLADE OF TASTES
By Berton Bra ley
Just gimme some pitchers that's pleasant an" pretty.
(Some Harrison Fisher or Underwood dame)
A few photographs of our beautiful city,
An' mebbe some calendar pitchers to frame;
Some nice homey stuff is my choice, an' I claim
It's better than Dutch things by Hall or Van Dike
(I ain't seen their works but I know 'em by name).
I don't know no art but I know what I like!
Take music; I'm strong for the kind of a ditty .
Like them that gave Dresser an' Harris their fame,
Or Irving Berlin, for you gotta admit he
Is there with the jazz he's a wis at the same..
To me all this Wagner and Mozart is tame
I can't seem to fclier a tune that they strike.
An' though that may show that my culture is
lame,
I don't know no art but I know what I like.
For books, I hate stuff that's all gruesome an' gritty
That pictures this life as a sin an' a shame.
An' I don't get fellers that's terribly witty
Lake Wilde an' like Shaw I don't savvy their
game;
It may be their genius sizzles like flifme,
But Harold Bell Wright has 'em beaten, sure Mike!
Of all of the authors he's creme-de-la-creme.
I don't know no art, but I know what I like!
ENVOY
So here's the conclusion to which I have cams
While ploddin' along on life's commonplace pike,
I'll just please myself, an" I'll take all the blame;
I don't know no art but I know what I like.
SONGS
There is a song for happiness.
With movement soft and eweet;
There is a chant for might and power,
Of strong and sturdy beat;
There is a hymn for hope, that sounds
AH plaintive in the ears;
There is a song for loneliness.
And a saddest one for tears.
Yes, life would tell its thoughts in eons
And speak in' melody; k
For singing words alone reveal
The heart's intensity.
The stumbling sounds are awkward, cold,
And hollow as they fall.
Until they find that perfect strain,
And music's voices call.
There i-s a song for sorrowing;
There is a song for pain;
A song for .sadness and for care;
A tender, easing strain;
There is a song for faith and joy;
Then let the lips repeat
The melody, the harmony
That doubles all their sweet.
Alfred Arnold.
The Passing of the Bergdoll Buck
Tie i -quiry into the circumstances of the escape
ct Orover Bergdoll the rich draft dodger has so far
thrown no light upon Bergdoll's flight, and has ex
culpated no one who was supposed in the begin
ning to be to blame. If the investigation should go
on for a thousand years it would produce no other
result than that of fixing the blame upon all who
have been already mentioned in connection with the
affair. It might it is true eventually show that
Bergdoll gold actually in hand paid, and not merely
lying cached in the West Virginia mountains, figured
in the escape.
The attorneys for Bergdoll and the military
authorities who were in charge of the draft dodger
may pass the buck back and forth but it can not
be pushed aside to the clarification of the character
of either of them. .
It was of course inexcusable on the part of the
authorities to permit Bergdoll to set out on such a
patent wild goose chase. We do not know if we
were one of the authorities whether we would rather
the imputation should rest against us of having re
ceived money to contribute to the escape of the draft
dodder. Most people would rather Vie considered
dishonest than idiotic.
The attorneys lor Bergdoll who guaranteed his
return will always rest under the- suspicion of hav
ing contrived his escape and of having connived in
it and we think that for their leputatiou as lawyers
AFTER NINETY YEARS
"Burope's tottering civilization" has become a
stock phrase of current editorial discussion. But it's
not the first time that it has seemed to be tipping
over while the horrified spectators look on helplessly.
See what Thomas Carlyle wrote in 1831:
"Sad to look upon in the highest stage of civiliza
tion, nine-tenths of mankind have to struggle in the
lowest battle of savage or even animal man, the bat
tle against Famine .
"In one country we have seen lava-torrents of
fever-frenzy envelope all things: government suc
ceeds government, like the phantasma of a dying
brain. In another country, we can even now see in
maddest alternation, the peasant governed by such
guidance as this: To labor earnestly one month in
raising wheat, and the next month labor earnestly in
burning it."
Caiiyle might have been describing Europe today,
and the Europe he spoke of i-eemed no whit less
hopeless than the Europe that seems tottering now.
"Society, were it not by nature immortal, and
its death ever a new birth, might appear, as. it does
In the eyes of some, to be sick to dissolution, and
even now writhing in its last agony."
The "dying" Europe of Carlisle's time got well and
flowered into a civilization that made the nineteenth
century the most progressive of the ages.
The lesson of history is the consolation of despair.
ALL NON-REFILLABLE NOW
"There gentlemen," said the host with a smile,
"is the first non-refillable whiskey bottles that I
have ever seen."
"But that's just an ordinary bottle." said one of
his guests. "It can easily be re-filled."
"Can it?" retorted the host. 'Then, my friend,
take it out and when you have succeeded in getting
it re-filled with liquor bring it back to me and I
shall reward vou handsomely." Detroit Free Press.
JUST FOR TODAY
BY DR. FRANK CRANE
(Copyright, 1921. by Frank Crane
ABOUT THE STATE
Revival of Prospecting
PRESCOTT Between 50 and 75
new mining claims have been located
in the Walnut Grove and Turkey
Creek mining districts since the first
of the year, according 'to County Re
corder E. A. McSwiggjn, who sees in
the increased recording of new claims
a tendency toward a revival of pros
pecting in general and an indication
of the approaching revival of the min
ing game in particular. Most of the
claims located in the Turkey Cjreek
district were silver prospects. Loca
tion work. Recorder McSwiggin stated
yesterday, is increasing all over the
country. Journal-Miner.
Will Re-Open Camp
MIAMI Division Engineer James
II. Parker of the state highway de
partment, announced to a Silver Belt
reporter this morning that he intend
ed to have the Geronimo road camp
on the San Carlos reservation re-es
tablished by the end of this week. Mr.
Parker says that of the some BO men
employed in this camp, most of them
have been engaged except a few tor
mer members of the crew who are
requested to report to him at once.
Silver Belt.
Fire Under Control
TUCSON With the fire in the Mt.
Lemmon district completely ur.der
control, and with bright prospects for
its being entirely extinguished with
in a few hours' time, one of the worst
forest fires that has ever occurred in
this district has become practically
an affair of the past Word from Mt.
Lemmon this morning was to the ef
fect that every fire had been headed
off and that while there were a few
flames still burning, it would be put
a short time before they would burn
themselves out. A rigid patrol of the
devastated area 'will be maintained
by the forest service to prevent any
latent sparks bursting into flumes
and starting another conflagration.
Every possible precaution will be
taken to prevent a recurrence of the
fire and the slowly dying flames will
be kept within the fire lines now
buIU.-CItizen.
Movie Company at Work .
TOMBSTONE That the Border
Feature Film corporation, incorparat-
ed, will start the shooting of pictures
in Tombstone either next Monday or
Tuesday, was the word brought here
today by representatives and mem
bers of the company who were here
today on location work preparatory
to bringing the company of actors
and equipment here.
Grant Merrill, a native Cochise
county cowboy who has been play
ing in pictures in Los Angeles for
the past year, is the tar of the com
pany. He appeared in a number of
pictures as double for William b.
Hart, is an expert horseman as well
as with the lariat, and i rated as one
of the crack shots of the country.
Prospector.
Exports, Imports decrease
DOUGLAS Both exports and im
ports through the port of Douglas
fell off during the ast montn, ac
cording to a statement made public
Saturday night During April the to
tal imports were valued at $492,974,
and the exports at $170,707. Con
sumption entries amounted to $310.
098; constructive warehouse, $19,491;
in transit 13.390; domestic merchan
dise irk the expont. 813S.022: foreign
merchandise, $1,584; and In transit.
$33.101. Dispatch.
No Permit Cards
DOUGLAS The Mexican consulate
in Nogales is issuing border permit
cards to Americans there, according
to Information reaching Douglas. Ives
O. Lelevier, the con-ut here, received
instructions some time ago not to
Issue such permits here. It couta
not be learned today what was the
reason for variance In the orders.
Dispatch.
To Resume Work on Boulevard
FLAGSTAFF J. W. Weatherford.
resident of the San Francisco Moun
tain Boulevard, says work on the
road will be begun within the next
ten days, and from information we
have received the work will be kept
going during the entire Summer.
This promises, when completed, to
be the greatest attraction of the many
In and around Flagntaff. Leader.
Fields in Mexico
It was reported nere this week
that T R. Fields, late Justice of the
peace, charged with the murder of
James R. Hannahs on April 20, was
seen at Caborca, Sonora, Mexico.
, Corper News.
trips in wild country and carry side
arms with them.
How It Would Work
Not more than three, probably, of
this 100 men are criminals. Now the
effect of the law like the Shields bill
say its opponents, is to disarm this
entire 100 men in the hope of disarm
ing the three criminal members. The
30 who would otherwise buy revol
vers for self-defense will be discour
aged from doing so by the expense
and risk of prosecution. Then men
who use their weapons as means of
recreation, and who are valuable for
their sSill in case of war, will be
more relunctant to give up. but they
too are law-abiding men and do not
like to follow a hobby which involves
contempt of the law.
The only men of the 100 who will
completely and gladly disregard the
law are the three criminals. Thi'
habitually disregard law anyway.
They are experts in breaking it Their
lives depend upon the ownership of
guns: It is almost certain that they
will succeed in obtaining them. And
they will be the bolder in the use of
them by reason of knowing that their
intended victims have been disarmed.
These men argue that the way to
prevent the abuse 6f any privilege or
right is not to take it away from ev
erybody, but to take it away from
the man who abuses It not to de
prive the 97 law-abiding citizens of
their rights, but to make it hot for
the three crooks.
This is not being done, they say.
Our police systems have come in for
so much criticism lately that It is
hardly necessary to repeat any of
it Unsolved murder and theft mys
teries are the order of the day. Our
criminal law is a notorious farce. T,he
statement is made by authorities that
a man is seldom convicted of murder
in this country if he has plenty jf
money or a political pull. The way
to stop murder is to catch and pun
ish the murderers, and the way to
disarm criminals is to catch them
I and take their arms away from, them.
argue these opponents of the prohib
itory principle.
If there is to bo any federal leg
islation bearing on the crime wave
these men say. it should have for its
purpose the creation of a federal po
lice bureau. This is badly needed to
act as a clearing house for informa
tion about criminals, to raise the
standards of police work In America
and to study European police meth
ods with a view to introducing them
In this country.
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Here are ten resolutions to make when you avaKuJ
in the morning.
They are Just for One Day. Think of them not
as a life task but as a day's work. j
There are two kinds of pleasure one from yield-;
ing or receiving, the other from effort or overcoming.
Only the latter kind need reinforcement by the will. ;
These things will give you pleasure. Yet they re-i
quire will power. You don't heed resolutions to do
what is easy. :
1. Just for Today, I will try to live through this
day only, and not tackle my whole life-problem at one). -I
can do some things for twelve hours that would ap
pall me if I felt I had to keep them up for a lifetime.
2. Just for Today, I will be Happy, lhis assumes
that what Abraham Lincoln said is true, that "most
folks are about as happy as they make up their minds
to be." Happiness is from Within ; it is not a matter
of Externals. ;
3. Just for Today, I will Adjust myself to what
Is, and not try to Adjust everything to my own desires
I will take my family, my business, and my luck as
they come, and "fit, myself to them. :
4. Just for Today, I wall take care of my Body. 1
will exercise it, care for it, and nourish it, and not
abuse it nor neglect it; so that it vail be a perfect ma
chine for my will.
5. Just for Today, I will try to strengthen my
mind. I will study. I will learn something useful, I
will not be a mental loafer all day. I will read some-;
thing that requires effort, thought and concentration. -
6. Just for Today, I will exercise my Soul. In.
three ways, to wit. -
(a) I will do somebody a good turn and not get
found out. If anybody knows of it, ft will not count, i
(b) I will do at least two things I don't want to
do, as William James suggests, just for exercise.
(c) I will not show any one that my feelings are!
hurt. They may be hurt, but Today I will not show it;
7. Just for Today, I will be agreeable. ' I will look;
as well as I can, dress as becomingly as possible, talk
low, act courteously,, be liberal with flattery, criticise
not one bit nor find fault with anything, and not try,
to resTilate nor imDrove anvbodv. !
8. Just for Today, I will have a program. I wilt
write down just what I expect to do every hour. I may
not follow it exactly, but I'll have it. It will save me
from the two pests Hurry and Indecision. "
9. Just for Today, I will have a quiet half hour,'
all by, myself, and relax. During this half hour, soma
time, I will think of God, so as to get a little more;
perspective to my life. ' '
10. Just for Today, I will be Unafraid. Especial-j
ly I will not be afraid to be Happy, to enjoy what is
Beautiful, to love and to believe that those I lovej
love me. i
DISARMING A NATION
By Frederic J. Hsakin
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 5. A
measure which would make it diffi
cult foe anv citizen of the United
States to obtain a revolver or pistol
without breaking the law is now pro
posed by Senator Shields of Tennes
see as a remedy for the crime wave.
It is agreed by all that something
must be done. The country is over
run by armed thugs who shoot down
a few hundred citizens every day,
take their cash and jewelry, and es
cape in $4,000 cars, which tbey have
stolen from other citizens without
much trouble.
Senator Shields believes that the
way to remedy this situation is to
make it as difficult as possible for
any one to obtain a revolver, pistol
or other firearms small enough to be
concealed about the person, and he
has introduced a bill which is to ac
complish this by barring such arms
from interstate commerce. The stat
ed purpose of the bill is to "suppress
the sale of pistols, revolvers, etc.
that is. to make it as difficult as
possible for any one criminal or oth
erwise to obtain such an firm.
This bill has provoked s.harp dis
cussion. Many legislators favor it
On the other hand, students of the
crime problem say that is will be
wholly ineffective. Some critics of
the measure say that it is typical of
a whole school of legislation in this
country, designed to suppress vice
nnd crime, and which has the oppo
site effect.
Senator Shields says that this
measure is modeled after the prohi
bition law. Prohibition, he says, was
ineffective as a state or iocal meas
ure as long as liouor could be man
ufactured in neighboring states and
shipped into dry territory. In like
manner, he says, the effoi-ts of police
to control the sale of firearms in a
given city are futile as long as any
criminal can send away and get a
revolver bv mail or express.
Hiii opponents say that this whole
theory is unsound. They agree with
him that his law is exactly the same
type of the prohibition law, and they
assert that, while prohibition has re
du;'ed the consumption of alcohol
which may be a good thing, it has
Questions And
Answers
-a
ly medicated port wine containing 18
per cent of alcohol at many small
stores, and be can buy all the ma
terials for making home brew at sev
eral places, together with tdi direc
tions for the making. The effect of
this law. they contend, has been to
restrict the consumption by making
it inconvenient to obtain alcoholic
beverages, but it has hot made it im
possible for the man with an abnor
mal alcoholic thirst to satisfy it.
Will Not Affect Criminals
In like manner, they say. the gun
prohibition law will greatly reduce
the number of persons owning weap
ons by making it difficult to obtain
them, but it will never prevent the
man who really needs one from get
ting, it. There will inevitably be
bootlegging In guns, just as there is
now bootlegging in whisky. A whole
new class of criminals who engage
in this traffic will be created, lust as
liauor prohibition has created a class i was inaugarted by General John A.
of criminals. And the taxpayer will S I-ogan. commander -in-chief of the
be saddled with another burden of j G. A. R.. who on May R. 1&6S, issued
(Any re:ler can get the answer to
any question by writing The Kepuo-
lican Information Bureau. Frederic J.
Haskin. director, Washington, D. C.
This offer applies strictly to informa
tion. The bureau cannot give advice
on legal, medical and financial mat
ters. It roes not attempt to settle do
mestic troubles, nor to undertake ex
haustive research on any subject.
Write your question plainly and
briefly. Give full name and address
and -enclose two cents in stamps for
return postage. All replies are sent
direct to the Jnquirer.
Q. Please tell .me the origin of
Decoration day. J. H. A
A. The custom of decorating In
memory of the dead Is so ancient
thnt its origin is lost. Since May 5.
1S6S, certain states have obserced
May 30. as the anniversary upon
which the graves of war veterans
should be decorated. This custom
expense in the effort to enforce this
law. It will disarm the peaceable cit
izen, but it will never prevent the
criminal, who needs the gun in his
business, from getting one. He is
used to getting things by theft and
craft. He is well acquainted in the
underworld. He will get a gun under
gun prohibition just as easily as he
gets liquor under liquor proh'bition.
The law-abiding citizen will he dis
armed by such legislation, but not the
professional gunman.
Take for example, they say. a
group of 100 citizens. Perhaps 50 or
mote of these never thought of own
ing a gun. Perhaps about 30 of th"m
have purchased guns which they keep
in bureau drawers for personal pro
tection. Many a burglar and hlsch
wayman has been foiled by n armed
citizen. The keeping of arms in the
house for self -protection is a recog
nized and VBluahle aid in the sup
pression of crime. I there were a
loaded revolver In every bedroom in
the country, with a person who had
been properly trained in the use of
it. burglary would be gre:ttly discouraged.
In this 1"0 men there are perhaps
Of Course You Must Have Yctur -r
White Carnation For Mother
By WILLIAM E. BARTON
The price of white carnations may
go up on tne eve ox jhoiow a j-a.
but we can arrora tor one pvc
Motherhood itself is expensive. That
is one reason why it is so precious.
Three years ago. General rersning.
who. as you may happen to remem
ber, was in France and did not come
back until it was oer, over mere,
issued this proclamation:
To all Commanding Officers:
1 wih everv officer and soldier in
the American expeditionary forces
would write a letter home on Moth
er's Day. This is a little tning ior
each one to do, hut tnese letters wiu
carry back our courage and our af
fection to the patriotic women whose
love and prayers inspire us and cheer
us on to victory. '
"FEUSHlU.
Reams and reams of letter paper
were used uo on that day, and who
can doubt that every soldier was a
better man for the hour he spent in
writing home to motherT
In the Pacific Garaen Mission in
Chicago, Harry Monroe, himself a
man who had been a drunkard and a
pugilist, kept a great fresco on tne
wall where every man who entered!
had no choice but to read it, if ho
could read at all
HOW LONG SINCE YOU WROTB
TO MOTHER? I
He said that question did as much
good as any verse of Scripture oii
the walls, and that he never found
any man beyond hope who still loved
the memory of his mother. ;
Of all people who are shaping this
world's tomorrow. its statesmen!
teachers, preachers, editors and alt
the rest, no group is so potent as the
mothers of the race. '.
Henry Drummond. In his lecture
on "The Ascent of Man" pointed ou
the moral significance of the suJ
premacy of the Mammals In the world
of living things. , and said, "God's
crowning achievement as Judged by
the ascent of life, is the evolution of
motherhood." i
White carnations will come high;
but we must have them.
And please remember the younll
mothers, who. were schoolgirls a few
years ago, and who have entered int
the wonderful experience- of mater
nity that has transformd them inte
women. White carnations for them,
also !
an order appointing May 30 of that
vear as the day for decorating the
craves of Civil war veterans. There
is no national law on the subject, the
states which observe the day having
adopted th custom singly. It Is prob
able that May 30 was chosen to com
memorate the date of the discharge
of the tast union volunteer of the
Civil war.
States, with the possible exceptions
of the Rio Grande and the Colorado.
Each year it carries 381 tons of dis
solved" and suspended matter for ev
ery square mile of country drained
by it, or more than 123.000,000 tons
most of which reaches the Gulf of
Mexico.
Q. Hew can I join the Royal
Mounted Police? D. A. T.
A. It would be necessary to apply
to the office of the commissioner of
the Royal Mounted Police at Ottawa.
However, only British subjects are
being engaged for this service.
Q. Where is the constellation
known as the Little Dipper? C B.
A. The Little Dipper revolves
around the north star, this star be
ing in the end of its handle.
Q What does "Aix" mean in names
such as "Aix-les-Chapelle?" R.K. Q.
A. "Alx" is from the Latin "aquas
meaning "springs' or "waters."
Q. Of the soldiers who died over
seas, how many are still unidenti
fied? A. N. J.
A. Of the 75.6?2 dead overseas, on
ly 1 240 remain unidentified.
' Q. When a recipe calls for a tea
spoonful of baking powder, ahould the
spoon be filled level or heaping? M.
F'a' The spoon should be levelfull
tbe refine sv "heaping."
Q. How many bills were presentee
than a nine-spot The odds againtl
one holding this hand are 1827 to 1. '
Q. How many motor cars are li'
censed yearly in the United States t
A. A.
A. A total of 9.111,293 motor carl
were registered last year In thi
country. The fees collected for reg
istration and licenses for cars, chauf
feurs, operators and dealers amount
ed to more than $100,000,000.
Q. Why are turkeys so oalled?
And how did guinea fowls get their
name? T. H. H.
A Turkeys were so named because
It was believed that they were native
to Turkey Their original home waa
North America. The guinea fowl
was a native of the west coast of
Africa, as its name implies.
Q. How does the number of immi
grants admitted in 1914 compare
with the figures of 1920? B. S. K.
A. There were in 1914. 1.218,450
immigrants admitted to the United
States, and In 1920 there were 400.001
immigrants admitted.
Q. Of the boys and girls of col
lege, age, how many attend college?
W. E. P.
A. According to the latest statis
tics available, which are for 1S18.
there are 8.29S.897 boys anrLgirlA of
college age (19-23), and 37 5,00 W
these attend college.
Q. What is the price of radium?
Q. How many bills will it take tOjto tne last congress and how manywh,t ar. it. principal uses? F. A. G.
weigh as much as a silver dollar? H.
E. U.
A. Twenty and one-half bills weigh
practically the same as a silved dol
lar. Q. Which of the states of the un
ion are commonwealths? W. M. A.
A. Kac'h of the states is a com
monwealth, but Virginia. Missachu
settes. Pennsylvania and Kentucky
are officially designated as common
wealths. ...
Q. Why is a receptacle for holding
tea called a caddy? H. E.
A. A Chinese "catty" Is a specific
weight equal to one pound and a half
were passed? J. P. H. a. The price of radium is about
A. Nearly IS.'iuu ouis unr i $90,000 to $100,000 a gram. Radium
. . Anv..As.D f which i . . ,, . . .
sentea to me oom . i is employee successfully ior tne rer
(.A Ka.tti. laws
Q. What percentage of the dead
soldiers will be brought home? M.
E. M.
A. Of the deceased soldiers about
40 per cent, it is estimated, will lie
permanently overseas, and SO per cent
will te brought home at the request
of relatives.
Q. Is tobacco good to keep moths
away r rvi . c. n
A
avoirdupois A "caddy" is a corn, p- cedar """tar-re
tion of the Chinese word catty - . 'n
i also used to desiarnate small pack- 1 n1 r' . .
moval and prevention of certain
forms of cicatrices, removal of hairy
and pigmented moles, corns, warts,
rodent ulcer, and some forms of oi
ter and of cancer. '.
Q. How many stars can be seefi
by the naked eye? A. M. P. i
A. It has been estimated that the
number of stars which can be seen
j by a person of average eves!ght is
7000. The numncr visile tnro-'gh ir.p
Tobacco, camphor, naphthalene, i tejpS,.opt. has been estimated 1
!I repenams ior , at -or,(,n.(loo and bv Pro
aires of fine km made up fir export
not prevented anv man who really 10 who own revolvers as means of Q. Which is the muddiest river in
w ants alcohol from getting it. He can I protection. They are members of i the United States? N. S.
Eet it from hoftlecgers. Furthermore, j target shootine clubs w hich ericonr- j A. The Geological Survey says
iii ia i;iiiit;i((ii. tux 01 inp mui I nrr i . . . i" w - . , , n , ,.,.-; - . . , , ...,.. n Brri hipi
caiiipina sill th.ii, anv olner m i nni" u.m wih-i.
mr.ib :id moth eggs.
' Q. What are the possibilities of a,
! oerson holding a Yarborough? H. '
i E. T.
V A Yarboroueh is a hand at
Cewcomb and Imni; at lno.OOU.i'
NO PIKEF.S WANTED
Mamie ! you beiieve m f:e
lov.
'orflilv of cities, he can buy a slight-'or they are men who mai.
Maude Naw. I want
t-.'t afraid to spend
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