Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-03-31
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under the Industrial insurance act,
will be determined In test suit
filed In the superior court of King
county by John II. Dunbar, assistant
encouragement.
Frederick Hansen, formerly mate Of,
the barkentine Edward H. West, who
was tried and acquitted at Seattle In
1913 on the charge Of numbering Chas.
Hammer, seaman, off Cape Horn in
1913, was again arrested at Seattle by
Deputy United States Marshal Bur-
rows. and held for the United States
marshal at San Francisco, where he is
said to be wanted for murder.
State Land Commissioner Savidge
advises that compilation of reports
of cruisers who rechecked the blocks
of timber in the Hob and Clearwater
sheds in the Olympic peninsula, which
are to be received by the state from
the federal government in the land
exchange, show the damage resulting
from the great storm in January, 1921,
TO be 95 per cent of the total stand.
S. W. Thompson. a realtor of Van
couver, introduced a resolution at the
Southwestern Washington Cooperative,
Real Estate Dealers conference In Ia.
coma favoring the state of Washing
toms taking over the Columbia River
interstate bridge, connecting Vancou-
yer with Portland, and making it n
free bridge, and paying Clarke county
all that It has cost. The resolution
was adopted unanimously.
Three important railroad announce
ments at Tacoma are: The South Ia
coma car shops Of the Northern Pa
cific will not be moved; trunk line
two miles long will be built by the
Northern Pacific along Lincoln avenue
to serve the tideflats district and
quarter Of million dollars will be
spent by the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul Railway company in improve.
ments along the line connecting Ia
coma and Seattle.
A record for conviction, believed by
Tacoma court officials to surpass any
thing ever recorded in the federal
courts Of the country, has been estab-
lished during the past week in the
United States district court at Tacoma
as the result of the federal and city
campaign against the peddlers of mar
cotics. OF 20 men indicted by the fed
eral grand jury at its special session
March 9 and 10, every ore has been
convicted, and all but one have been
sentenced to prison terms.
r. A. Long, chairman of the board
of directors of the Long Bell Lumber
company and other officials, inspected
properties at Kelso and considered
proposals relative to the Cowlitz coun-
ty development plans. Company of
ficials in the party included ]. F. Ban
mister, president; J. D. Tenant, vice.
president in charge of production; NJ.
B. Forsman, director of the company;
S. M. Morris, manager Of one of the
company's operations; Jesse Andrews,
attorney, and J. c. Nichols, Kansas
City realtor and architect.
Allowing husband alimony, suit
money and attorney fee in divorce
action brought by the wife was the
basis on which review by the supreme
court was sought in the case Of Agnes
Jacobson versus John Jacobson. The
action comes up from Judge Joseph
B. Lindsley's court in Spokane coun-
ty, being the first of this character
ever to reach the supreme court Of
the state. According to Jacobson's
showing in the lower court, his wife
persuaded him to transfer to her as
separate property, all of his holdings.
He later asked for alimony and the
lower court granted it.
Raymond Clifford, assistant attor-
ney-general, and o. o. Calderhead,
rate expert Of the department Of
works, will represent Washington
state at the interstate commerce com
mission hearing at San Francisco
April 10, on the application OF the
Southern Pacific railroad for fourth
section relief by reducing rates be
tween coast terminals in California
and the Portland and Puget sount
terminals. The hearing involves al
states west Of the rocky mountains
In addition to the state represents
tives, Seattle and Tacoma commercial
organizations will send representative
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