Show FREDERIC REDERIC U. U HASKIN SAYS 4 S Here Heres Here's 5 Your Answer 1 Q Are there any Oriental ruglIn rugs In the tho White House D. Houlet-D. D. D K KO O. O A. A There are a number of Ker- Ker and rugs rug In Inthe Inthe inthe the White H House we nse One or two were gifts and s some me were weri pur pur- chased They are are scattered through President and land Mrs Roosevelt's living quarters qua Q What Is Is' t the l correct name namo of Stanford university o. O. O P. P A. A President of ot the University Ray Lyman Wilbur says that the tho legal and official name Is Li the Leland Stanford Junior city sity For ordinary purposes on university publications and stationery stationery sta eta the tho shorter more convenient convenient con con- title of Stanford unIversItY university sity is Li used This Is seems particularly particularly particularly advisable since the development develop develop- ment mont of f the the- junior high school arid junior collego college movements in order to avoid confusion in the minds of those unfamiliar with tho the fact that tho the university as 83 a a. memorial to Leland Stanford Jr Q Why didn't ancient Rome b become a commercial city B BC C. C A. A as a capital to which tributes and taxes were sent Foodstuffs and manufactured manufactured manufactured goods were produced in inthe the provinces and sent to Rome over the fine fino roads which were provided provided pro pro- vided for for this this purpose and for protection by the Roman legions Q If U two twe- cars ears with the same samo weight air resistance and friction friction fric trio tion were avero turned loose from the same plane or hill with ith one car having larger diameter wheels wheel J J Telegram readers can get the tho answer to any Question of tact fact by writing The Tho SuIt Salt Lake Telegram Information Bureau Frederic J. J Haskin Director Washington I D. D C. C Please three 3 cents cent for tor reply 1 which car would descend faster and why why why-M. BL S. S A. A The national bureau of standards says saYI that the tho one one with the larger wheels will descend more rapidly because it rolls roIls over uno quail tics more easily and the tho wheels make make- fewer revolutions in ingoing ingoing ingoing going a given distance Hence there is b actually less friction de developed developed do de- even though the friction of ot the tho mechanism is the same caine Q How much money was Russia's war debt at nt tho the close of tho the World war D. warT D. D H. H A A. The Th war debt contracted be between between be- be tween Aug August st st. 1914 and November Novem Novem- her ber er 1917 by the imperial and pro and pro visional R Russian lan government it estimated at oT Of f which almost aImo eighths t. t five eighths was du sUI Great Britain Well VeIl over halt half o othe of the remainder was due duo the United States Japan and Italy The Tho grind grand total of at Russian war wr was approximately ely six billion do dolar deF doK lar lars lame The Tho amount due dua the United S States ates was t Q Is 15 tho Saturday Eve Post the outgrowth of Poor BI Richards Richard's Rich Rich- ards ard's M. l M. M D. D H R A. A It is not As founded b by Benjamin Franklin in 1723 1728 th the th periodical l now known as the S Sit t Evening Post yas the tha Pennsylvania Gazette Thi name namo was wa changed In 1821 to tb avoid confusion because at thit thet time time- there were six other pa n in Philadelphia using wing the tha ward Gazette in their titles t i J. J Q When Captain Cook explored ex el ex Antarctic regions how ho did he travel and how lon long did H n take J take J. J H. H n. n A. A He left Plymouth England July 13 13 1772 and returned there there 1 July 25 1775 reckon reckonIng ing from the Caps of Good Hope Hop and back covered more than leagues or nearly th equatorial circumference of at the earth s' s 4 |