Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-01-04
Worlds News


francs yearly by the Chamber OF
Deputies. The pension reverts to
Madame Curie's two daughters upon
her decease.
Two Danish princes are about to
take American brides. The princes
are the youngest sons of Prince Wal
demar, and the prospective brides
are the daughters Of DR.. Green OF
New York and ]. R. Booth of To
ronto.
The recent heavy earthquakes in
South America and Mexico have
caused great loss of life and prop
erty. At least 5000 persons are re-
ported dead, and more than $4,000
homeless in the wake Of the earth
Frontier.
Awards aggregating nearly $2,0OO,-
900 were made recently by the Ger
man American Mixed Claims Com
mission to American firms which sus-
tanned losses in Germany as result
Of the World War. The largest
award, 100000 with interest at S
per cent from November II, 1918,
was made to the Standard Oil Com
pany.
The Dowager Countess Of Carnar-
von, widow of the Earl of Carnar-
Won, discoverer of the tomb Of Tut
ankhamen, was married recently to
Colonel Ian Onslow Dennistown, for
merly an officer of the Grenadter
Guards The Earl Of Carnarvon died
on March 20, 1928, from an insect
bit, which poisoned him and coused
his death.
The Congress-" one of Americas
best-known hotels, and where many
political conventions have been held,
and which carries on its registers
the names of notables from all over
the world, is to be replaced with a
$22,000,0O0 structure, 80 stories high,
which with its annexes will have
5000 romos, and banquet and con-
vention hall seating 1000 persons.
Dairymen of Caldwell and Parma
spent some time recently with Reid
Murray. secretary of Wisconsin
Dairy Breeders Association, and
Charles Gignoux, agricultural agent
of the Union Pacific, comforting upon
the advisability of bringing large
oq c{v lott limo 1,
to this section, to serve as founda-
tion stock Mr.. Murray paid great
compliment to the dairy herd of the
University of. Idaho saying that the
university has the finest herd of
dairy animals owned by any college
in the country.
Finland is country about which
we in the United States hear little.
but it is nevertheless on the map
speaking. Although
accurate statistics are difficult to get,
the latest reports indicate that there
are in Finland about $4,000 tele-
phones and considerable number of
interurban toll lines, all operated by
private companies. In view Of the
fact that the population of the coun-
try is only 100000, this represents
a creditable telephone development,
one which in fact exceeds that of
France, Italy or Belgium.
Owen D. Young. chairman of the
board of directors of the General
Electric Company, has been named
a member Of the commission to bal
ance the German budget.
1.-The Eye" an appellation given
to, William Allen Pinkerton by
man who had absconded with large
sum Of money and was captured
after a relentless hunt over all parts
OF Canada and the United States. is
closed now foreyer-William Allen
Pinkerton died recently and was bur
led In Chicago, although. Los An
geles had been his home lately. His
father organized the first secret SER
vice Of the United States, and his
SON William was trained in this SER
vice under MS ratner, VINO entrusted
him with much important work while
still young. Criminals held "The
Eye" in deadly fear. 1t was Pinker-
toms proud claim that his agency
never let up on case until the Grim
inal was either in jail or dead.
Among Pinkerton's greatest exploits
are the recovery OF '"The Duchess of
Devonshire." a painting by Gains
borough. stolen from the London Art
Galleries; the recovery of the jewels
valued at $4,000 stolen from Lillian
Russell; and the running down of
the man who participated in the "a
nous English bank robbery Pinker-
tons fortune is estimated at $751;
100000.
Gregorio Carmichael, Filipino
boy. has recently arrived in Seattle
on his way to Oklahoma to claim his
share Of the oil estate, valued at
millions of dollars, left by his father
Dougal Carmichael, an American SOL
der who fouth with the American
army in the war with Spain. helninr