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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1921
Page
4
City light warrants called for payment announced by City Treasurer Ed L. Terry. Railway warrants issued April 11 will be cashed on presentation. This marks the first cash basis for current city funds in six years. March receipts totaled $564,498 with daily car-line receipts averaging $15,196.
Secretary of State Hughes sent a formal note to the principal allied powers protesting their stance on mandate territories. The note, likely to Great Britain France Japan and possibly Italy, states the U S position on two disputed issues. Yap island should not be included in the Japanese mandate. The U S protests the San Remo agreement for oil division in Mesopotamia under British mandate.
CHICAGO, April 5. The international joint conference council of allied printing trades failed to reach a wage agreement for the 44 hour week starting May 1. Each local union and shop should set its own wages. Officials urged workers to speed production to approach similar pay as the longer workday.
In Preston England on April 5 a wife recounts her husband's troubled diary of desertion. She claims he "lays in bed until 3 in the afternoon" and never works, always taking cigarettes and a novel with him since their marriage.
A long OCR list details numerous market stalls with items and prices. It names stalls by number and location such as WESTLAKE and QUEEN CITY, listing foods like sugar, canned goods, butter, bacon, salmon, tomatoes, peaches, coffee, jam, and produce with price tags and quantities many in cents per unit or per can. The fragment reads as vendor stalls and product offerings rather than a narrative.
Scandinavian students at the university announce the May festival to be held in Penn Hall on May 2. They describe a program of cultural displays music and food reflecting Nordic heritage and student groups coordinating the event.
Coastwise trade features Kennecott 6000 ton lumber carrier on maiden voyage from Bellingham to California. Yale and Harvard resume Los Angeles San Francisco passenger freight service May 2. Floridian to North Atlantic ports April 16. Congress liner C H Livingstone sails from Mobile for Puget Sound March 29. Charities figure Ware Jr among intercoastal shipping pioneers. Schooner J W Cline returns to Port Townsend after years away from Puget Sound. Weather notes from Tatoosh Island include barometer, wind, and vessel movements.
Navy dispatch lists multiple escort movements for ships including Wenatchee from New York via Havana and Panama to San Pedro and San Francisco. The note mentions Admiral Watson guiding Wenatchee and Phyllis with escorts around April, and plans for transit to Southeastern Alaska and San Pedro via Tacoma and San Francisco.
Maritime column lists several vessels with origins and routes including Kobe Yokohama Shanghai Hongkong Manila Singapore Aden Port Said and Seattle. Entries note arrivals at Yokohama Philadelphia Chican Morace X Baxter and others with April dates and tug Hero from Beattie. various west coast and Atlantic ports referenced.
April 4 reports note two trawlers, D Kingsley and others, in Beymour Narrows and Queen Charlotte Sound with northbound and southbound movements. Entries show times 9:25 a m and 4:10 pm respectively and a 1:19 pm movement near Millbank Sound.
A roster of ships and docks in Seattle including Smith Cove Temmnal Pier A and Pier B Wenatches, Great Northern Terminal Tatauno Maru at Pier 14-8tr, Admiral Rodman and Admiral Evans vessels, Pacific Coast Coal bunkers, Alaska Steamship mooring, Stacy Street Terminal, East Waterway Dock, Todd Dry Docks and multiple Lake Union ship names. The long list also names Marine Iron Works vessels Expansion and Weat Laon and a large roster of ship names ending with several Fort and Addison entries.
The case against 13 Japanese charged with conspiracy in connection with an alleged smuggling of Jap a into the United States on the Alabama Maru last November is set to come up in Federal Judge Cushman s court at 2 p m Wednesday.
Calvin Lunceford and Nelson Shuman faced trial in Judge A W Frater's court for robbing William D Streets on February 27 1921. They allegedly took a 500 Canadian Victory bond and one Canadian dollar valued at 90 cents. Attorney KE I Kienstra said he cannot locate the bond.
Stocks open with strength across sectors led by motor and specialty shares. Studebaker rises to 76 after opening near 70. Mexican Petroleum slips then rebounds to 198. United States Steel holds at 80 with mixed moves across rail and chemical issues.
Chicago trading shows declines across grains as favorable crop reports reduce buying. Wheat opens down and closes lower. May corn and oats move modestly with mixed early gains fading. Cash wheat quotes slide while livestock receipts and prices show mixed directions.
In New York on April 6 demand and exchange figures show the lire at 6.615 per dollar, the mark at 6.167, Canadian dollar delivering 0.5972, and Kronen at 0.1788 on the market.
In New York on an April day the market showed quiet activity. Raw coffee traded near 4 1/2 dollars per unit and granulated sugar at about 4 dollars. A spot listing for Coffee No 7 appeared with minor price variances and regional notes.
A fragment from a San Francisco market listing shows various produce items and prices including cheese and pullets. The text is garbled with illegible portions but references extras, weights, and assorted poultry items.
Market reports show mixed movement in Portland with cattle receipts at 94 and sheep receipts at 222. Cheese and butter prices noted with slight changes. Prices quoted per pound include putter and other dairy items, reflecting a generally steady to weak market tone.
Market steady for cattle and calves with cows and heifers at about 5.50 to 6.50. Stockers and feeders range from 5 to 8. Lambs around 7.75 to 9. Sheep receipts about 1.8 market steady. Ewes priced around 4.50 to 5.65. Top cattle near 9.20 and bulk around 9.4.
J. H. Hinton, a laborer, was pinned by sacks of cement at the city asphalt plant, 815 Boren Ave. N. He was crushed about the hips and back but his condition was listed as not serious and he remained in City Hospital Tuesday after the incident Monday afternoon.
A shipment of California commodities is due Tuesday with a second batch of California garnet potatoes among receipts. Prices show thin stock at 15 to 16 cents a pound by the lug, Yakima potatoes at 30 dollars a ton for fancy stock, and Los Angeles celery crates at 6 to 5.50 dollars. Butter firm on temporary scarcity, rhubarb firmer from cold, and overall prices expected to hold steady, jobbers report.
Creditors of the defunct Morris Broad bond house of Portland will gather Thursday at p m in the Frye hotel assembly room to hear how they may recover 100 cents on the dollar. A M Panning of Portland, chairman of the reorganization committee, will explain the process to Seattle creditors.
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