White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-07-18
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Lake Louise, once the most beautiful
summer hotel in the Canadian Rock
les, is a heap of smouldering ruins.
Fire, which originated in the staff
quarters, RACED the original chateau
to the ground and was checked only
when it reached the fire doors and
fire walls of the new addition, built a
short time ago. Six persons, all mem
bers of the staff, were more or less in
jured when they jumped from the
roof. The damage is estimated at a
quarter of million dollars.
BEDFORD, Ind. - Political uncer-
tainty which has prevailed this year
probably will be followed "by large
constructive industrial projects" &C
cording to mid-year report Of the In
diana Limestone Quarrymen's Asso-
citation.
"Cross currents of recent months
have made difficult the precise analy-
sis Of the building construction stu
ation," the report declared. 'There
can be no doubt that the political stu
alton has been factor. The initiation
of any vast industrial developments
is unlikely until after the results of
the various national conventions have
been carefully weighed"
CAMBRIDGE, Mass>John D. Rock
efeller, Jr., gave half million dollars
to the division of fine arts of Harvard
University in honor of President EN-
eritus Charles W. Eliot.
NEW YORK-The John Fritz Gold
Medal, the highest honor bestowed by
the engineering profession in this
country, has been awarded for 1924
to Ambrose Swasey, engineer, manu-
: facturer and philanthropist of Cleve-
land, Ohio. The award was made, &C.
, cording to the announcement, "for the
building Of great telescopes, the found
ing Of the Engineering Foundation and
, the invention and manufacture Of fine
machine tools, precision instruments
and military and naval range finders"
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. = Bishop Will
liam Lawrence, chairman of the COM
mittee to extend the service Of Har-
ward University, has announced gift
, Of 5000, 900 from Arthur Lehman, New
1 York banker, '94, to be used for the
erection of an administration build
: ing.
CHICAGO. - Women's desire for
, trim ankles and we'll dressed foot is
!, responsible for turning one hundred
million dollar hosiery industry into a
quarter of billion dollar business in
period of less than 20 years, accord
: Ling to report issued here by the
Real Silk Institute of America Of In
dianapolis. Women's whims with the
aid of fashion are responsible for the
increase, the report says.
LONDON.-Miss Alice Astor, sis
t ter of Vincent Astor and daughter of
) Lady Ribblesdale and the late John
t Jacob Astor, is engaged to marry
Prince Meletsky of Russia.
WASHINGTON.-T firm of Lyon,
Hill & Co., which purchased from the
war department the spruce production
Corporation railroad in Clallam Coun-
ty, Washington, was given a clean
bill by Secretary of War Weeks re-
Gently, after a three-months investiga.
ton of charges of alleged mismanage-
ment Of the road. The probe into the
complaint by residents of Port Angel
les, Wash, that the firm was evading
the conditions Of its contract resulted
in the showing, according to Weeks,
that all the terms Of the sale had been
lived up to.
ATHENS-The American Red Cross
depot at Pireaus was destroyed by fire
recently. The depot contained food
land medical supplies for Greek refu-
gees.
WEMBLEY, England. = A Moro
phone, by which fly may be heard
walking, is one Of the scientific won.
ders that has attracted much atten.