Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1924-11-07

complaint against the Knickerbocker
Knitting Mills Company Of Cleveland,
Ohio, In which 1t was charged that the
companys corporate name created the
erroneous impression that It owned,
operated or controlled knitting mills.
The complaint was dismissed for the
reason that the respondent company
has amended its articles Of incorpora.
ton 50 as to change It's name to
"Knickerknit," Inc.
CHICAGO.-After passing through
a year which brought the heaviest
meat production of its history, the
meat packing industry apparently Is
entering upon a period Of lighter hog
receipts from farms, which indicates
a return to normal production, accord
ing to Charles E. Herrick, president OF
the Institute of American Meat Pack
ers, in an address made before the
nineteenth annual convention OF the
Institute.
NEW YORK.-A movement is on
foot to establish and develop direct
shipments of meat from Australia to
Great Britain, according to the Bank
ers Trust Company's British Informa-
ton Service. New Zealand meat in
terests, DESTROYS of direct trading
without the intervention of trusts or
vested interests, have formed a meat
board, and Australia is now following
this example by organizing meat
council which has the same object In
view Delegations from these associ-
atoms are now in Great Britain inves-
tigating the cold storage and other ia
cilities required to enable these do
minions TO successfully compete in
the British market with meat ship
ments from South America.
LOS ANGELES.-A survey OF the
state dairy herds conducted by the
State Department of Agriculture, esti-
mates the total value of all herds at
sci, 403,296, according to figures made
public by the bureau of animal indus
try Of the chamber OF commerce here.
The survey estimates the total num-
Der of purebred cattle at 27,771, with
valuation OF $1,S63,775, which in the
opinion of cattle experts will give
strong foundation for the rebuilding
of the dairy industry from its losses
suffered during the hoof-and-mouth
epidemic
DALLAS. TeX.-A pardon for Chas.
Cline, serving life sentence in the
Texas state prison, is being urged on
Governor Pat NJ. Neff by the Ameri
can Civil Liberties Union and others
interested, on the ground that ii is "a
political case in which the conviction
for manslaughter was obtained on cir
cumstantial evidence" Cline, an
American citizen, and five Mexieans
were charged with participation in a
shooting ARRAY in 1914 along the Dor
der when their party attempted to
cross over into Mexico to join the
revolutionary army. A deputy sher.
if was killed.
VICTORIA, B. Greeted at cost
of 100000, new marine terminal
owned by the Canadian Pacific Rail
way recently was completed here.
The main building is 122 feet long, 50
feet wide, and is of three stories, with
a fourth story erected centrally over
the structure. The structure is OF
stone and is distinct acquisition to
Victoria waterfront already en-
HANGED by the architectural beauty Of
the Provincial Parliament buildings
and the Empress Hotel.
HoNOLULU.-The 1924 Hawaiian Is
lands sugar crop is valued at $7S,OOO,-
600, according to an estimate made to-
day by the Hawaiian Sugar Planters
Association. The estimate shows the
sugar crop yield-71O,0OO tons-wfll
be the largest in the history of the
Islands.
WASHINGTON. = The German-Am.
erican mixed claims commission re.
Gently allowed claims of $4,000 each
to the relatives of Mrs. Margaret
Baldwin, Harry B. Baldwin, and Pat
rick Callan, all of whom were lost in
~ n;, &c ba I