Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-02-09

Harry r. HiggiliSS, for 23 years identi.
fled with Tacoma newspapers and for
the last five years managing editor
of the Tacoma Daily Ledger, died, fol-
lowing an operation earlier in the day
for meningitis of the brain.
The Puget Sound Mills and Timber
company of Port Angeles exported H.
O48,017 feet Of lumber, lath and
shingles during the thirty-one days Of
January, 1923, exceeding any previous
record made by over 100000.
Inclusion Of the Veterans Bureau
hospital, for which contract has been
let by the government, to be construct
ed on part of the Camp Lewis canton
ment, ran Tacoma's building record
for January to the S1,5O0,OOO mark.
Beatrice SAINT, charged with perjury
in connection with her testimony at
the Maurice Codd murder trial in Spo-
kane, pleaded guilty and was given q
suspended sentence of two to Is years
in the state ponitentiary. In the mur,
der case trial she testified for the
state.
Charles A. Sullivan, formerly cap
tain in the Seattle police department,
who was suspended over charges that
he had misappropriated money, was
convicted of grand larceny. The jury
found that Captain Sullivan had mis-
appropriated a check fer S595 sent to
the city by the government to pay for
care Of seamen.
Mystery surrounding the disappear
ance of the thousands of pounds Of
meats, vegetables and other stores
from the Puget sound navy yard at
Bremerton during the last few months,
has been cleared, yard officials de-
clared, with the arrest Of ]. B. Pear
son, chief commissary steward, on q
charge Of theft.
Held up by pair Of robbers near
Roseburg, Ore, and relieved of be,
twee2 $500 and S400 and forced to
drive through the night while covered
by the bandits guns until they reach
ed point three miles south Of Oregon
City, when the highwaymen left them,
was the experience of Mr.. and Mrs.
Clifford Smith of Sumner, Wash, ac-
oording to report they made to Sher-
iff Wilson of Oregon City, Ore.
Congressman J. Stanley Webster
will be named after March 4 to sue
coed to the United States district
judgeship formerly held by Frank Rud-
kin, now circuit judge, according to
word received by high state Of
ficial from Washington, d. c. The
appointment would be deferred until
March 4, it was intimated, to avoid any
embarrassment that might be caused
by requiring Senator Poindexter to
vote upon confirmation in the senate.
Wives have no right to show peace
officers where their husbands liquor
stocks are hidden unless said husbands
specifically authorized them to do so,
Superior Judge Oswald of Spokane
held in ruling out as evidence samples
Of alleged intoxicating liquor seized
In raid on the home of AL Cham
pagne. 1t had been shown that Mrs.
Champagne had telephoned the police
station and invited officers to go and
get the liquor The court upheld the
defense's contention that Champugne's
constitutional rights had been violated,
as Mrs. Champagne had not boon act
ing as authorized agent of her husband
when she called the officers.
An appeal to the state legislature
to reopen investigation of the proposed
Columbia basin irrigation project in
eastern Washington, construction Of
which with gravity flow was recon-
mended by Major General George w.
Goethals of the United States army,
was made in a letter received in Olym-
pia by Lieutenant Governor w, j..
Coyle from A. e. Wiltsie, secretary Of
the Seattle chapter of the American
Association Of Engineers. Mr.. Wiltsie
asserted that General GoethaIs had
no opportunity to examine report on
the project made by Willis T. Bache.
lor, Seattle engineer, and called
attention to controversy waged
around proposal to pump water for
the project which received wide pub.
licity. MIR. Coyle turned the letter
over 10 the joint committee of the
on reclamation and irri-
CATION