White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-12-28
Worlds News

Worlds News
In Nogal Canyon. Is miles rom
San Marcial, N. NJ, 300 motorists
were recently marooned by snow.
The snow is 20 feet deep in some
places. Twelve fatalities occurred
during the storm.
Four University of Colorado stu
dents were killed and two possibly
fatally injured recently when, an au-
were riding four miles east of Boul-
der.
President Coolidge has ordered the
release of all remaining imprisoned
violators of war laws. About 81 per-
sons will gain their liberty as a re-
suit of this order as soon as the
warrants reach the federal peniten-
tiaries in which they are incarcer
ated
At the 18th annual exhibition of
the Great Midwest Poultry and Pet
Stock Association, held in Chicago
recently, $4,000 was paid for 16
chickens. The chickens were blood
ed Black Minorcas and were owned
by Charles G. Pape of Fort Wayne,
Ind. The purchaser was Frank q.
Page of Medina, N. Y.
Great Britain has recently made
her first payment on the principal of
her $4,000, 100000 debt to the United
States Twenty-three million dollars
will be applied on the debt. In adj
dition, Britain will pay $69,000,000
interest In a semi.annual payment OF
that character. The $92,000000 will
be delivered in Liberty bonds, as au-
thorized in an agreement between
the two countries.
Apparently due to disintegrating
moral and economic conditions, drug
taking is growing In Germany. Hos
pitfalls complain that many of their
nurses are joining the ranks of the
morphine and cocaine users, and that
they do not hesitate to deprive the
patients of the medical drug or to
steal it from the hospital supplies in
order to appease their own appetites
for the drug
The Horseless Age has not yet
been reached, accordlnf to William
r. Phillips of Philadelphia S. P. c. A.
Today there are more horses on the
streets of Philadelphia than there
were five years ago. The increase
in the number of horses is due to
the discovery that horse-drawn vehi-
cles are more economical for short
hauls within the city limits Involving
many stops.
SHINES, the master commercial
mind Of Germany, has made an
agreement with the American Sin
clair Oil Company, assuring raw ma
terial supplies for his organization
SHINES has an industrial system
which includes nearly all other raw
materials, including wood, coal, iron,
together with elaborate plants and a
merchandising organization With
ships going to all continents. His
merchant fleet is made up mostly Of
oil burners, so acquiring the raw oil
is a great asset to his business.
Harry Comstock, 81 years old, of
San Antonio, Texas, was recently
rescued from the hollow OF giant
oak tree, where he had been imprls-
oned for 10 days. He had climbed
into the tree for shelter, but fell
into the deep hollow OF the tree In
such position as to make 1t i'm
possible for him to get out. At dn-
tervals during the 10 days he had
shouted for help, and was finally
heard by someone walking through
Otto Reilly's ranch. The cry was at
last traced to the oak tree, and 1t
took half an hour to hew into the
trunk Of the tree where the man
was imprisoned. He was so weak he
could hardly speak.
Representative James A. Frear of
Wisconsin has returned from Russia,
| where he was sent as head or the
unofficial congressional commission,
with four other senators and repre-
sentatiyes, to try to find out the
| truth about Russia. His report Is a
very favorable one as to conditions
there, and he advocates recognizing
the Soviet government and again
opening up diplomatic relations with
Russia. Twenty or moro govern
ments are receiving trade advan-
tages with the country that are re-
fused our own business men. In a
few years Representative Frear
thinks that things will be almost
normal there, and the people gener-
ly seem satisfied with their govern
ment.
From Oberammergau, in the Ty.