Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-12-21
Worlds News

and former newsboy, is fasting for
his health. After the twenty-sixth
day cf fasting, he said: 81 am feeling
better every day."
Eight women have been elected to
parliament in Great Britain, three
Conservatives, three Laborites and
two Liberals. Three peeresses won
seats-Lady Astor, the Duchess of
Athol, and Lady Terrington.
Dr. Frank Crane says that "the
Imperial Hotel at Tokyo is one Of
the most beautiful structures in the
world--it is absolutely new in every
particular; it is first beautiful, and
second practical and appropriate"
Nine high customs officials and
heads of chemical firms are under
arrest in Hamburg, Germany, in con-
nection with the issuance of expert
licenses, the plot being to attempt to
smuggle quantities of aspirin, CO.
caine, chemicals, dyestuffs and drugs
into the United States. The plot was
discovered at the port of Hamburg.
Mount Vesuvius is spouting fire
and streams of incandescent lava
boil over the rim of the volcanoes
crater. Flames shoot up from the
interior The activity is increasing
and the people of Naples are dis
turbed; but Professor Mulladra, lead
ing scientist observer of Mount We
Suvius, has issued reassuring CON-
minique, stating the situation is not
alarming.
Arthur Brisbane, in writing of the
international Livestock Exposition in
Chicago, says "You forget all about
politics, war, freight rates, finance,
when you see that wonderful cellec-
ton Of 1000 purebred animals and
the earnest men that breed them,
concentrating on food production.
They deal with realities that do not
disappoint them
Senator Massabau, concerned at
the low French birth rate, has intro
duced bill providing that no man
can be elected to public office unless
he has three children-his own or
adopted. Should this be made law,
such men as Premier Poincare, Aris-
tide BRAND, Rene Vivian and Louis
Barthou would be ineligible for pub
in col in, a
smallest township.
Yokohama families, victims of the
earthquake, are living in drygoods
boxes and under sheets of tin
propped up on stills. The Japanese
have restricted erection of buildings,
permitting erection of those that will
stand no more than three years. At
the end of that time those built in
the meantime will be torn down and
work started on permanent recon
struction of the city.
Minor German officials may be in
volved in strike against the new
pay schedule in gold proposed by the
government. The lowest ranking Of
1icials would get less than $3.50 a
year, while high non-political officials
would draw less than $1,000. The
expenses OF wife are put down In
the schedule at $45 year, child
at $35 to $40 year, which is added
to the salary of married men at the
same figures for all ranks
Capt. Edward H. Watson, found
guilty by general courtmartial on
charges of unskillful navigation grow
ing out of the loss of seven destroy
ers and the death of twenty-three
bluejackets at Point Honda on the
night of September s. may not be
dismissed from the navy. The navy
department has sent orders to San
Diego that Captain Watson, who
commanded the ill-fated destroyer
squadron, be assigned to duty as as
sistant commandant of the Four
teenth Naval district, with headquar-
ters at Honolulu
Richard Hunter, known as Deck.
hand Caruso," sang popular songs
allaynig the fears of the crowd on
the San Francisco ferryboat "Eure.
ha," when the walking beam crashed
through the roof of the boat There
was a near panic among the com.
muters, but the singing of "Deckhand
Caruso" helped to quiet their nerves
and although the ferryboat was
adrift for an hour before a tug
towed her to the slip at Sausalito
nothing worse than few faintine
women resulted from the accident.
An American woman received one
of Frances highest honors, held
heretofore by Nine. Curie alone
when Mrs A. Murray Dixie, president
of the American committee for the
relief of the devastated regions, was
elected member of the French
Academy of Agriculture in Paris re.
Gently. The election was to reward
Mrs. Dixie for her leadership in the
work of rebuilding many ruined
towns in the agricultural districts.
Mrs. Dixie is the second feminine
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