Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1923-03-23

peterson, mas Teen indicted 81 4 I'D
eral grand Jury Il Seattle
The body Of en- unidentified man
tied e an overturnsd launch. waB dis
covered BY members Of the crow o.
the Canadian Pacific steamahip Prin
cess Charlotte, of Port Townsend
Members Of the Elk, state executiv,
committee. meeting e Everett with
local COMMITTEES. have selected August
-. Il and Is &c dates upon which the
1923 state convention OF EIks wili 5,
held in Everett.
Public hearings on the appIloatfdn.
OF three companies operating auto )
bile freight lines between Everest ~
island points or through Everett, WI
be held By the state department Of
public works at Everett.
Objections Of the state Of Washing.
ton to the issuance Of federal license
for . power project on FIatAesd creek
were filed With the federal power com
mission. but previous plans for q hear
ing on the question were cancelled.
Charles Watts, a real estate dealer,
has been named receiver for the
smith-Reynolds American Legion post
Of Vancouver. The receivership was
asked by the legion in order to pay
off liens totaling more than $4,000.
Three hundred forty-one courses will
be offered at the University Of Wash
ington summer session this year. The
university has secured 81 prominent
educators of England and the United
States to give instruction, In addition
to the regular faculty. bf
William M. Short, president Of the
State Federation of Labor, has been
rendered the compliment Of more than
80 per cent Of the votes Of local labor
councils In the biennial nominating
primary election. Short received the
domination for reelection from 70 of
the 81 local unions which sent In their
vote.
Fred M. Lathe, formerly port war
den of Seattle, has been advised Of
his appointment as United States ship
ping commissioner for the Seattle. dis
trict. succeeding James N. Neil Of Ia
coma.
Fear of mob violence against George
Edward Whitfield, charged with the
murder Of Anna Nosko, II years old,
near Vancouver last week, caused viii
liam A. Thompson, Clarke county
sheriff. to remove Whitfield to the
Pierce county jail at Tacoma for safe
keeping.
The first indictments ever return
ed at Spokane for aerial bootlegglng
were filed in United States district
court there, naming Frank Kepl and
Benton Warner, arrested last month
after an airplane, declared to have
been used for liquor running, hd1 eeen
forced to land.
To stimulate interest in health edu-
cation, and to give opportunity for dis.
cussion Of problems in physical edu.
cation, are purposes OF a state physical
education conference which viii be
held at the University of Washington
June 81. 20, and 20, in connection with
the summer quarter.
Indian hogs are road destroyets. It
was decided by Whatcom County Com.
missioners Baxter, Miller and Brown
after they had made a trip Of inspec.
ton over the Lummi Indian reaerva.
ton road. They found the road rooted
up in a number of places and much OF
the drain tile dug up by the tough.
shouted animals.
Timber tests, comparing the strength
Of various types Of Washington trees
for use as telephone poles, have just
been completed by C. W. Zimmerman,
lecturer in timber physics at the Uni.
yersity Of Warrington The tests we're
made in the university timber test.
ing laboratory for the United States
government forest service.
Industrial insurance agencies Of
Washington must pay approximately
$4,000 to Alien Property Custodian
Miller to meet Industrial accident and
kindred claims held against the state
by former enemy aliens as a result
Of the affirmation by the United States
circuit court Of appeals at San Fran.
cisco Of decision by Judge 3. e. Cush.
man OF the federal court at Tacoma
several months ago.
The Tacoma school board has de.
cided to put before the people Of the
district at the coming combined mu-
nicipal election. May 8, a plan for
relief of the crowded condition Of the
city schools. The plan viii include
adoption Of the intermediate school
as a part Of the school organization
and construction of the necessary
school buildings, financed by bond
issue of s2.400,0OO.
| Demand for reopening the telephone
/ rate hearings and. an enfiralv nan