White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-02-29
Worlds News

Sl1CdD IA1b Year, Va uvSo14V 04vSOHVS
which were formerly made only
abroad, marks the great change since
those old days when not only fabrics.
but the weavsrs themselves were I'M
ported by nation" said Horace B.
Cheney, the fabric expert.
NEW YORK.-New York State will
celebrate the three hundrsdth ami
versary OF its foundation next May.
At the same time other Middle Allan
tic States will celebrate the three
hundredth anniversary of the coming
Of the Huguenots and Walloons.
For some time 1t was uncertain
whether the celebration should be In
1928 OF in 1924. Historians were un-
able to agree just when the state was
founded, but the consensus Is that
May, 1924, marks the three hundredth
anniversary of the settlement OF New
Netherlands, now New York.
Now the matter is settled. Cover
nor Alfred e. Smith of New York has
issued a proclamation calling for the
observance of the anniversary during
the coming May. 'sUncle Sam" is is
suing a special commemorative coin
"a SOC piece. Congress passed spe-
cial bill authorizing 1t.
President Coolidge has accepted the
honorary presidency OF the Huguenot-
Walloon New Netherland Tercenten-
airy Commission instituted by the Fed
eral Council of Churches. In fact,
there will be four honorary presidents.
including the Queen Of the Neither
lands, the King of the Belgians and
the President of the French Republic.
WASHINGTON. Rear Admiral
Selfridge, retired, died at his home
here recently Of heart disease. He
would have reached his 8Sth birthday
had he lived another day. Admiral
Selfridge and his father, who bore the
same name and attained the same
rank, served the Navy for los years,
the elder enlisting in 1918. The young
er man achieved fame in the Civil
War.
BOSTON.-Inoculated with toxin,
anti-toxin," against diphtheria, Is stu.
dents at the McElwain School, at
Bridgewater, and 10 at Concord Acad.
envy, have become infected and are
dangerously i'll. The serum had been
frozen during the late cold spell, and
then thawed out, which was RESPONSE
BILE for the serious results that fol
lowed its administration. The physi-
clans think that there will be no last
ing bad results to the victims.
MIDDLEsBOROUGH, KY. - Gus
tave Salomez refused to leave the
poorhouse recently to claim $1,000,
900 estate he has inherited. II don't
want the money! have been lodging
it for 80 years." Salomez told John
| Salomez, nephew, who came here
from Louisville and identified the
heir. He told his nephew to 60 bach
to Louisville alone. "You can have
the million-I don't want it," he said
NEW ORLEANS. - For the frs
| time since 1895 the dripping foun
| tain at the Old Absinthe house has
stopped. The marble slab under the
faucet, worn almost through by the
constant drip from the siphon, is dry
No gentleman ever drank absintht
linked with spoon. The absinthe hat
to be placed in a glass and then slow
ly dissolved by the drip from tn,
fountain.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Herber
Levermore of New York, student o
international relations and forme
college professor, was announced re
Gently as the winner Of the $100,00t
prize offered by Edwsrd w. Box
Philadelphia publisher, for the bes
plan to preserve peace among the ma
tons of the world. Halt Of the prize
was awarded to Mr.. Levermore a
once; the other half will be given /
the plan is accepted by the Congress
of the United States.
| CHICAGO. - The resignation o
Grosvenor Dave, secretary of the
Wheat Council Of the United States
took effect this month. Mr.. Dave, whit
had charge of closing the wartime
work of the Y. M. g. A. In France q
the close OF the war, was formel
editor Of the Nations Business" and
was secretary Of the National Whsa
Conference called by Governor ]. A
O. Preus of Minnesota, in Chicago
last summer when the Wheat Council
was organized to aid in solving the
production and marketing problems d
the wheat farmers.
4 WASHINGTON nationwide in
quiry by the Federal Trade Commits.