White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-12-21
Worlds News

Conservatives, three Laborites and
two Liberals. Three peeresses won
seats-Lady Aston, 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
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
suyius, has issued reassuring COM
minique, stating the situation is not
alarming. VI
Arthur Brisbane, in writing Of the
International Livestock Exposition in
Chicago, says You forget all about
niuh fin
when you see that wonderful collec-
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"
During the week ending Novem
Der II, the British Embassy in Ger
many advised its women and clerks
to return to England to avoid pos
sible hunger riots and other out
breaks in Germany this winter. This
is considered very significant &C
ton.
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 a strike against the new
pay schedule in gold proposed by the
government. The lowest ranking Of
ficials would get less than $3.50 a
year, while high no0-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 uilskillful 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 8, 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-
| tiers at Honolulu.
Richard Hunter, known as Deck
hand Caruso,' sang popular songs,
allaynig the fears of the crowd on
| the San Francisco ferryboat "Eure-
ka," when the walking beam crashed
through the roof of the boat. There
was 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
lowed her to the slip at Sausalito,
nothing worse than few fainting
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 a member Of the French
Academy of Agriculture in Paris re.
emily. The election was to reward
Mrs. Dixie for her leadership In the
work of rebuilding many ruined
owns in the agricultural districts.
Mrs Dixie is the second feminine
,eademician of France, Nine. Curie
,eing a member of the Academy of
Medicine. The Academy greeted the
American woman's election with the
Widest cheers
From Knoxville, Tenn, comes the
report Of an unusual occurrence. A
prisoner had escaped from the state
penitentiary at Ptros. Sam Haynes,
,rother Of the fugitive caught him.
urned him over to the authorities
md received reward Of $25 The
,fficers told Sam that II he would
waive the reward and allow the pris-
,ner to surrender voluntarily, his
entence would be lightened. Sam,
however, refused to do this, and de
parted for his home in the noun.
tains with the $25 in his pocket
Florence Easton, soprano, Of Metro.
Dolitan Opera fame, occasionally