Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1925-04-10
Worlds News

LONDON. - Former Premier Ram
say Macdonald Header of the oppo.
sition to his majesty's government"
is Ill with influenza. His condition is
reported not serious, however, and he
expects to return to parliament in a
few days.
RICHMOND, Va, - The merger o.
the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad into
the great Nickel Plate system has
been approved. By vote OF 506,5i2
TO l52,S1S, stockholders OF the C. and
o. voted to enter the mammoth rail
road consolidation being promoted by
the Van Swerlngen brothers of Cleye
land
LIVINGSTON, Mont,--Loss in the
fire at Mammoth Hot Springs In Vel
lowstone Park last week was esti.
mated at close to 100000 by Super
intendent +. ~ Kammermeyer. Nine
ty.seven passenger buses We're burned
with loss of $4,000. A wire from
President Harry w. Childs of the
Park Transportation Company, win.
tering al Lajolla, California, stated
that orders are being placed for ten
passenger cars to replace those burn
ed. The new cars will be brought
here ma special train.
WASHINGTON.-Fo Following his ex.
pressed Wish to return from the diplo
matte service to private life, AleXan.
der p. Moore, American ambassador
to Spain, has resigned and will return
to the States. it was learned here.
LINCOLN, Neb.-Governo McMul
len has announced that he had signed
the gasoline tax bill which provides
for tax of 2 cents on each gallon.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of the
Womens National Democratic Club
have placed 4 wreath on the tomb of
Waadrow Wilson at the National
Cemetery here. The tribute was ar
ranged in place by Governor Nellie
koss of Wyoming.
BUTTE.-Strikes of high grade
gold and silver ore in the Orphan Girl
mine of the Anaconda Copper Mining
Company, in the Midwest mining
properties and the Minnie Jane mine
here were reported by mining com.
pany officials. The ore assays to
higher percentage OF the valuable
metals, the reports indicated.
NEW. YORK.-Views on arbitration
Of commercial disputes were aired re.
Gently and reports given at confer.
ence called for this purpose at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Aston.
Senator Thomas ]. Walsh of Montana
said he thought the federal CONNER
cial arbitration lay signed by Presi-
meeting the emergency and did moth
ing to relieve the burden on state
courts.
WASHINGTON. - Amateurs who
operate wireless telegraph sets have
been authorized by Secretary Hoover
to use a new wave length band be-
tween .7477 and .749G meters. The
American Radio Relay eLague asked
permission for experimental purposes.
Few people realize the immense
number of operating channels that lie
in the low wave length" Secretary
Hoover's statement said. "lf it ever
becomes feasible to conduct broad
casting on these frequencies, it would
be possible to place within the band
mentioned 100 broadcasting stations
and all the stations in the world at
present could operate in the upper
half of the one meter band"
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah.-Dlsabled
service men and orphans and widows
of service men are not to be neglect
ed, declared James A. Drain, national
commander of the American Legion,
in telling about the legion's $5,O0O,O00
endowment fund program. He ad.
dressed representatives of legion
posts from Western states gathered
here to learn about the plan
SWAMPSCOTT, Mass. - President
Coolidge will begin his summer vaca-
ton here June 10, according to word
received from Washington. He will
maintain his summer capitol at White
Court, recently leased by his friend,
Frank w. Stearns, and early June
an advance party of White House at.
taches will arrive here to prepare foy
the coming of the President and Mrs
Coolidge.
BOISE, Idaho.-United States Sena
tor Frank r. Gooding of Idaho an
nounced here that he would be can
didate to succeed himself in the Idaho
election of 1926. He was elected fnl
n siy-year term in 1920. He is a Re