Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1925-01-09
Worlds News

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organizations through which groups
OF producers or consumers band them.
selves together TO deal in commercial
markets has become "one OF the most
prominent features OF the economic
structure OF the world" the Federal
Trade Commission declared in n spe'
cial report, a description of the co
operative situation in 10 foreign coun'
tries, prepared largely from data col
lected by Chairman Thompson and
Dr. William Notg, chief OF the com.
missions export trade division, was
given in the document
NEW YoRk,--'lhe attempt OF the
Scientific American TO discover by
experiments at New York University
how to transform quicksilver into
gold has brought from the American
Chemical Society statement that re.
ports of DR., Adolf Miethes' success in
similar experiments in Berlin appear
unfounded.
JUNEAU, Alaska-New fishing reg.
ulations applying to Southeastern Al
aska are unnecessary and destructive
OF all hopes Of the herring industry,
a. j. Gailwas, mayor of Douglas, told
the Chamber OF Commerce here. a
committee was named to prepare a
protest to Secretary Hoover.
WASHINGTON. - To finance new
equipment, the Great Northern Rail
road asked the Interstate Commerce
Commission to approve an issue oil
S4,25G000 in equipment trust certii.
Gates.
AT western headquarters of the
Great Northern in Seattle it was said
that the equipment trust certificates
referred to in the foregoing dispatch
will be issued in connection with con-
tracts recently let by the road for
$500 new freight cars, President
Ralph BGdd announced the letting OF
the contracts when in Seattle recent.
ly.
NEW YORK, - Railway equipment
orders aggregating S6,0O0O0O were
placed by the railroads during the last
week, Railway Age reports. These in.
cluded Al locomotives, 1,4O0 freight
cars and % passenger cars.
Observation-Disclosures of the Pu-
get Sound Telephone Company here
to the number OF 9O5 have been re
eeiging checks this week rebating
overcharges incurred during the pc.
riod the telechronometer was in use
experimentally in Everett. Checks
ranged from ten cents to $3.50, and
the total refund was S5,01S.S4. Per
mission to make the refunds was
granted by the state board OF public
works.
WASHINGTON. : The New York
Times has offered to make a gift OF
100000 Tor the preparation of die
tionary OF American biography under
the auspices OF the American Council
OF Learned Societies. The Times
would have no control over the prof.
ect and is only advancing the money,
it was stated by Adalph S. ochs, the
published.
NEW IoRK.-The Nichols medal
for 1925 has been awarded TO DR.. Ed
ward Curtis Franklin, professor of
organic chemistry in Leland Stanford
University, California, the New York
section of the American Chemical So
ciety announced. The medal was
established by DR.. William H. Nichols
for the research published during
the current year which, in the opinion
of the jury, is most original and stim-
ulatiVe TO further research"
BELGRADE.-The Belgrade news
papers print advices stating that a
column of Albaaan insurgents enter
ed Tirana, the capital, recently. They
also state that Scutari has fallen. The
occupation of Tirana followed a battle
at Chafamour, in which the troops OF
Premier Fan Noli were beaten by the
rebels under command OF ex-Premier
Ahmed Bey zogou. The capture of
Tirana by the rebels, if confirmed,
marks an important victory for the
insurgent government 1t is about 20