Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1925-03-20
Worlds News

OF Gutzon Borglund for destroying
models OF the Stone Mountain Me.
mortal after he was dismissed as
sculptor, collapsed when the State of
Alabama Withdrew It's demand for OK.
tradition.
SALEM, Ore,-Mrs. Laura NJ.
Pierce, wife of Gov. Waller M. Pierce,
died here. She was graduate OF
whitman college, Walla Walla.
SANTA ROSA, Cal. - Luther Bur,
bank celebrated his 10th birthday
here last week.
LOS ANGELES. - Testimonial of
aircraft efficiency in attack on naval
detectives was recorded in bombing
maneuyers conducted recently hare in
the harbor when 20 aerial bombs fell
from height of $500 feet with I'M
erring accuracy to their mark
FALLS CITY, Neb.-It was reveal
ed here recently that Cora Dupuis, 1G.
year'old Indian girl, outfooted do
tall OF officers who came to an Indian
reservation near here to return her
to the Kansas Industrial Home at Be.
lott, by taking off her shoes and stock,
ings and running over. the ice and
snow.
NOME, Alaska.--The Alaska Yukon
Pioneers have addressed tribute to
the Nenana-to-Nome mushers, declar.
ing that these heroes OF the North
nave added new and lasting glory to
the name OF Alaska and its hardy, SIM.
pie, Sourdough Pioneers. Civiliza-
tion still finds its finest product-real
unselllsh manho0d--on the far from.
tiers among the elemental forces OF
nature"
NEW YOllk.-A gift OF 100000
from members of the McAlpin family
to the Union Theological Seminary
has been announced by Dir. Arthur G.
McGriifert, president OF the seminary.
The gilt is to establish the McAlpin
library foundation in memory OF the
late David Hunter McAlpin, New York
hotel man, who was director Of the
seminary from 1872 to his death in
1901.
PORTLAND, Ore.-Portland is to
nave brotherhood cooperative ma
tional bank, which opens here today
with an initial capital and surplus OF
S25O,OOO. The Portland bank is the
fifteenth financial institution in the
United States established by the rail-
road brotherhoods. Although adher-
ing to the policies OF the Brotherhood
Of Locomotive Engineers cooperative
national bank OF Cleveland, of which
1t is to be a correspondent, it is
separate organization under its own
national charter. 1t is a member of
the Federal Reserve system. George
o. Bernhard, retired railroad engi
neer, is president.
WILMINGTON, Del.-The first
court appearance Of John w. Davis,
recent Democratic candidate for presi-
dent, was in the patent infringement
case of the DeForest, Radio Co.
against the Radio Corporation OF
America. Davis represented the radio
corporation. Immediately after the
November election Davis left for Eu.
rope and retmne donly recently.
NEW YORK.-An increase OF So
per cent in new business during 1924
was announced in report made to
the Department Of Commerce by As
life insurance companies which are
said to control 81 per cent of the total
legal reserve lie insurance in the
United States. Using these figures
as basis, the report, issued by the
Association OF Life Insurance Presi-
dents, estimated that the total new
insurance written by all the legal re-
serve companies in the country dur
ing 1924 was 100000 and that
the total amount OF life insurance now
outstanding was $64,000,0O0,O00.
WASHINGTON.-By vote of Al to
80 the United States Senate rejected
confirmation OF Charles B. Warren OF
Detroit as Encouragement of the Uni
ted States.
SAN FRANCISCo.-Regents of the
University of California have been
discussing plans for the proposed new
Southern University of California to
be located in the southern part Of the
state, possibly at Pasadena.
CHICAGO. = Professor John Fill
more Hayford of Northwestern Uni
versity died here last week at the
age of 81.
LOS ANGELES.-Th government
has filed suit here against b. l.. Do
heny and associates and his son and
wife for 100000, alleged unpaid in
come tax in 1919.
ToKYO.-A two.plane flight from
Tokyo to London is planned in May,
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