Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-05-13

ilmltlHB tne SAFE OF the medicine
Jesse A. Aldridge. struggling to save
his little daughter who had fallen off
log into the water, was drowned In
slough off Lake Sammamish, nea'
Seattle. Sunday afternoon. The girl.
Dorothy, years old, was rescued
Decision to demand a flat rise OF
SIS month each in salary, to take
effect June !, and an additional rise
Of $40 each effective January /, 1921
was reached at a meeting of represent
atiyes OF all city employees of Spokane
Captain John C. Badger of Toledo
has just completed and launched q
boat for service In the Cowlitz river.
1t Will be equipped with high.pow.
| cred engine and will be capable OF
carrying 30 passengers and load of
| freight.
Ralph J. Hennessey, former teller at
the Bank of California, of Seattle,
pleaded guilty to a charge of having
embezzled 1874 Of the banks funds,
and was sentenced to serve Is months
at the United States penitentiary at
Mcneil island.
Judge R. II. Back of the superior
court Of Clarke county was chosen to
sit In the trial al Chehalis Of Elmer
Smith and Mike Sheehan, charged with
the murder OF Arthur McElfresh at
the Armistice day celebration In Cen
tralia last November.
Hospitals in the state of Washing
ton may not lawfully possess and dis
pense intoxicating liquors other than
| alcohol for medicinal purposes, At
torney-General Thompson holds in an
opinion transmitted to the prosecuting
attorney Of Kittitas county.
Farmers chautauquas are to be held
In Spokane June % and "a. It
was announced by A. d. Cross, sec
rotary of the state farmers union,
under whose auspices they are to be
conducted A number of prominent
agricultural experts OF eastern states
will appear on the program.
Increases in pay approximating 5000
each for every public school teacher
in Seattle, beginning September /,
were authorized by the school board,
but the same officers announced that
in order to raise the money special
election must be called to vote on the
question Of an increase in the tax
levy.
Plea Of former acquittal in the case
of Elmer Smith and Mike Sheehan, al.
legged Industrial Workers Of the World,
charged with the murder of Arthur
McElfresh. Centralia armistice day
parade victim, was entered by defense
counsel. Ralph s. Pierce, when the
two men were arraigned in Lewis
county superior court at Chehalis.
Burcham Brothers have completed
piling work on the bulkhead at Robin
son Bend on the Lewis river, where
the county and road district are pro-
tecting the Lewis river road and the
Pacific highway from encroachment by
the river About 1900 feet of p1ling
bulkhead was driven and the county
has crews busy rlp-rapping the front
age and putting in other protective
work.
For the last two or three months the
mills in Western Washington and
Western Oregon have been producing
approximately their full normal capa-
city of lumber, according to the week
ly report made by the West Coast
Lumbemen's association. The out,
put of 115 mills contributing to their
report last week was Still, $3.50 feet,
which was only 1,243,17O feet, or 15
per cent below normal.
Tacoma and Portland will be asked
to Join with Seattle and Spokane in
the fight to put over the Columbia
basin irrigation project, as the result
of meeting between committees of
the Seattle and Spokane Chambers of
Commerce at Seattle. 1.-THE Columbia
basin project is not Spokane affair.""
N. w. Durham, chairman Of the In
land Empire delegation declared, but
magnet that will draw attention to
the whole Northwest"
Seattle housewives will be required
to pay virtually two cents more
pound for sugar. as result OF de-
cision announced by the King county
fair price committee, allowing both
wholesaler and retailers In sugar addi-
tional profit Wholesalers were auth
orized to charge profit of $3.50 on
100 pounds, whereas Sc cents has been
the profit previously allowed. The
margin of profit to retailers was In.
creased from two to three cents
pound.
Members OF the Industrial welfare
conference, called to meet at Olympia
May IS and 10 to consider an adequate