White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1925-01-23
Worlds News


the Sahara The trips will be made
bi-monthly over route across the
one-time almost impossible desert OF
North Africa, southwark into the rlch
district of the Niger Valley, the heart
of equatorial Africa. Hotels and camp
ing places will be constructed. Inc
automobiles taking the place OF the
camel caravans will be 15 horsepower
engines, equipped with both wheels
and caterpillars.
WILKESBARRE, Pa. = Declaring
that "he has all the money he needs"
and would like TO work for everybody
for while, Charles E. Cliff has start
led his friends and neighbors here
in announcing that he has resigned a
job paying $125,O00 a year to take on
a $4,000 city job. Cliff rose rapidly
to wealth with the growth OF the
WoolWorth 5 and 10-cent stores. Feb
ruary he ceases to be an executive
Of the most gigantic merchandising
organization in history, and becomes
commissioner of health and of city
parks for the city of Wilkesbarre.
BUENOS AIRES The population
of this, the largest city Of the south
ern hemisphere, is approaching the 2,
900 900 mark Although no census has
been taken since 1914, when the popu-
lation was 1,575,000, stastics based on
births, deaths, immigration, em1gra-
ton and other factors, kept by the
municipality, give a population, on
August 81 last Of 1,817,000. Buenos
Aires street cars during August car
ried more than 4S,000,000 passengers
and its subway nearly 5,2OO,O0O.sg
MANILA. = VICENTE Lumanug de-
serves the palm for honesty, modesty
and unsalfishness. He is a customs
inspector at salary of $35 a month.
Recently big steamer, carrying an
excursion party around the world,
touched at Manila Vicente, busy with
his duties on the docks, found purse
that contained $4,000. A card inside
revealed the owners name and vi
cente sought her out on board her
ship and returned the property. Furth.
ermore, he persistently refused re-
ward of $500. The inspector said
nothing of the incident and it never
would have become known had not
the grateful woman sent letter tc
the customs authorities, compliment
ing them upon their honest servant
UNION, Oregon.-Mrs. Elizabeth
Godfrey died at the home of hel
daughter, Mrs. Sarah Kicker, recently
at the age Of los years, s months an6
l6 days. Mrs. Godfrey was born ir
what is now the State of Maine, or
April 5, 1919. The last so years Of
J. her life were passed on the Pacific
Coast between Oregon and California
: BERLIN.-President Ebert's remov
: al from office Is demanded by the Ger
man facisti in resolution introduced
in the reichstag recently, in whicl
, General Ludendoff's party declare
the Judgment of reasonable actio
.. passed on the president in the recen
Magdeburg libel suit trial makes hi
further tenure of office incompatible
: with the dignity and interests of tn
German Republic. The resolution d.
mands the executives remove
through plebiscite, to call which
two-thirds majority vote in the reic1
stag Is necessary.
CHICAGO.-Product of meat /
the United States during the yea
equaled if it did not exceed the ret
ord-brealling production of 1928, az
cording to a statement by the Inst
through it's president, Oscar G. Maye
Of Chicago.
| BEDFORD, Ind.-F our thousan
dollars has been appropriated by th
| Indiana Limestone Quarrymen's A
= sociation for use in research work
be carried on by the engineering e.
III pertinent SLallOn OIL GufQue Un1Vo
sity. In the forward sweep of til
| building industry many problems r.
!! quiring scientific research have bee
developed. Progress in such researc
= work at Purdue has been particular
gratifying. For this reason the ass,
citation has increased it's appropri;
ton Is per cent for 1926
III PARIS.--A copy of the "Cosm,
graphiae Introductio," in which tn
name Amreica was first given to th
J continent recognition by the autho
:. of the claim of Amerigo Vespucci tha
he was it's discoverer was sold at au,
ton here recently. The town of Sair
Die, department of the Vosges, /
which the book was printed in 150'
was the purchaser. The price wa
$4,000 francs. There are about do,
en- copies in existence of the tire
' editions nriuted Tho ono sold cam