Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1922-11-03

From 5000 to 5000 cars ara needed
within the next two weeks to move
part Of The north central Washing-
ton apple crop, according to the views
of representative growers and ship
( pors Warehouses all over the district
are oiled to capacity and only one.
half the crop II gone, Il is declared
/ The FIRST step toward the erection
Of q million dollar station or whole,
sale distributing plant at Seattle for
the Associated Oil company was taken
according to an announcement made
In San Francisco by A. c. Mclaughlin,
vice president Of the company, by the
purchase Of a valuable piece of Sc,
attic waterfront property,
| shop workers of the Spokane, Port,
land & Seattle railway win receive in,
creased pay, in excess Of that estab,
|lshod by the labor beard, according to
an announcement made by President
Turner. The increase was brought
about by negotiations between the
management and delegates who re.
Gently perfected the new system or
panization Of shop crafts.
Deep slashcs in electric light rates
for all communities except Belling.
ham, served by the Puget Sound Pow
er X Light company in Whatcom
county, ana the Pacific Northwest
Traction company, in skaglt county,
are provided in tariffs filsd with the
department of public works, effective
on November / Both residence and
commercial lighting is affected.
An obstacle was put in the way OF
another grand jury session in King
county this year when County Clerk
Grant announced that the money al
Lowell for grand jury service had al
ready been spent and deficit created
by the long session last spring. Mr.,
Grant said the expenses of another
grand jury could not be paid unless
specially authorized by the county
commissioners.
What purported to be new facts
in connection with the death at Camp
Lewis in October, 1918, of Major Alex
ander p Cronl,hite have come to light
at Tacoma following the arrest in the
east of Roland R. Pothier and Robert
Rosenbluth on charges of murder. The
two men were arrested on warrants
/ issued as the result of the secret in
dictment returned last week by fed
eral grand jury.
| Proposal to amend the restrictive
immigration law to prohibit absolute
ly admittance to the United States
to those who cannot become citizens
of this country, will come from the
committee on immigration of the house
of representatives at the next session
of congress, Albert Johnson, chair
man of that committee and member of
congress from the third Washington
district, said in an address at Olympia.
Regular officers of the state high
way patrol covered 39,279 miles and
made 1874 arrests, resulting in the col
lection of lao fines, totaling S209015,
during the month of September, L. D.
McArdle, director of the patrol, an
nounced upon completion of his Sep
TENDER report. There were 81 regular
officers employed during the month,
10 of whom were motorcycle officers
covering the greater part of the mile
age.
Architects will begin drawing plans
for Seattles new $2,SOO,O0O community
hotel within the next two weeks, as
the result OF the signing of the lease
whereby Frank A. Dudley, president
of the United Hotels company of
America and Roy Carruthers, manag-
ing director OF the Waldorf-Astoria,
New York, will operate Seattles new
hostelry. The operating company will
be known as the Olympic Hotels COM
pany, and the new community en-
terprise will be known as the Hotel
Olympic.
Apparently the interstate commerce
commission feels that no good can be
accomplished by acting on the sug-
gestion of Director Z. V. Kuykendall
of the state department of public
works that the commission assume
control of the nations freight car
supply This is the deduction of o.
o. Calderhead, traffic expert of the
department, now at Washington, d. c.,
in letter to Director Kuykendall, Mr.
'Calderhead said the commission evil.
IDENTIFY felt conditions differ mater
tally from those heretofore experience
ed during car shortage periods and
that the carriers are working in alb
solute harmony with the commission
EARLY Improvement in the situation is
not expected by MIR Calderhead from
information gathered in the East and