League warns freight rate hikes will not justify higher prices
The Security League issued a ruling rebutting predictions that Interstate Commerce Commission freight increases will raise living costs. It cites shoe and coal costs, explains feasible per item rises, and urges restraint against profiteering while noting overall U S production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Security League
New York
Aus
United States
1 Security League
PD. Orth
Fun
Interstate Commerce Commission
King
Air Shoes
Pomaget
Pohiaite
Say
Sugar Prices Stable at 23 Cents Amid Market Fluctuations
The prevailing retail sugar price held at 23 cents per pound on Thursday with most merchants quoting that level. A few sellers as yet had no stock and some offered special sales at 22 to 26 cents a pound on select lots, signaling uneven supplies.
Australian Seamen Would Prevent Wars
The Federated Union of Australia supports an international conference to unite unions worldwide to prevent future wars. A circular states without consent and cooperation the calamity of war cannot fall again upon the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bydney
Federated ‘S Union of Australia
Clearing Balances for Spokane Tacoma Totals
Balance figures show Spokane 958,456.00 and Tacoma 198,357.00 with aggregate 2,050,951.00 and 556,167.00 in the record. The data presents two location figures alongside overall totals for a financial accounting entry.
Ship News Tides in Seattle
Tides and times for Seattle harbor reported with high and low tides listed. First low at 1 a m, five feet deep. Second high around 4:08 p m, with depths noted. Second low at 7 p m, shallow readings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Jones Shipping Bill Receives Backing From Shipping Board
R A Dean general counsel for the shipping board in Seattle promotes the Jones bill saying American ships will gain cargoes in foreign ports on equal terms with foreign vessels or foreign ships will be barred from American ports. He praises section 28 granting a preferred rail rate and argues the law empowers the merchant marine to build ships and establish trade routes. He predicts American ships will soon be in every port to carry cargoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Washington
R. A. Dean
Shipping Board
Dean Js
Seattle
Merchant Marine of
America
Burchard Named Head of New North Pacific District
Dudley W. Burchard, district agent on Puget Sound, received notice that he will head the newly created North Pacific district of the Shipping Board. The Seattle headquartered division will cover Western Washington and the Columbia River, separating them from California. Burchard has 22 years in Puget Sound shipping and has served with the Shipping Board since April 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Pacific
The
Shipping Board
Division
Seattle
Dudley W. Burchard
United States Shipping Board
Puget Sound
Washington
Columbia River
California
Burchard
Weather Log from Tatoosh Island Dispatches
From Weather Bureau Tatoosh Island Augul 4 A M Falling barometer clear wind 14 mph. Passed in a two masted freight steamer at 4 P M Passed out Sir Horace X Baxter 6 26 A M August 11 10 45 A M Passed in A Japanese steamer likely Tajima Maru at 10 A M str Lyman Stewart 0 0 am Paewed out A two masted steamer gray hull black sack 10 40 am 11 36 A M Clear wind south six mph Passed out A steamer at 1940 2 mm possibly Mount Finc FPM Cleedy wind south eight mph Passed in two masted steamer with red stock and black top 5 20 P M It appears the schimm Rowden ashore anchored near Quilleyate river U S& 8 Bnohomish has gone to her as at ance
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Tatoosh Island
Horace X. Baxter
Lyman Stewart
Quilleyate River
Atance
Port Ship Movements Across Pacific Coast Ports
Ships arrive and depart from Hongkong via Victoria and Vancouver to Southeast Alaska and Prince Rupert. Vessels include Tajima Meru and Alameda with calls at Seattle Anchorage San Diego Tacoma and Honolulu. Sailings list times August 11 12 and connections through Bellingham and Union Bay with several routes via British Columbia ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alameda
Anchorage
Alaskan
Queen
San Diego
San Francisco
Ketchikan
Tacoma
Detwood
Honolulu
Bellingham
Prince George
Prince Rupert
B.C
Pert Atilp
Shipping Movements and Arrivals Across Pacific Ports
A series of vessel movements includes Shanghai arriving August 5 with M. M. and Dollar via Vancouver to New York arriving August 16 Str Corona from Seattle via ports and San Pedro August 11 Admiral Dewey from Beatle via San Francisco and Eurydamas from Beattie via Vancouver August 11 Tajima Maru sailing from Victoria August 11 and Port Townsend Strait Steel Trader for Beattie August 11 12 and 13 Admiral Goodrich plus Deltwood Ketchikan and other ships reported docking or sailing in August between Seattle Tacoma Bellingham and nearby ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Btr
M. &Dollar
Vancouver
B. C
New York
Corona
Heattle
Porta
San Pedro
Fte
Admiral Dewey
Beatle
San Francisco
Eurydamas
Beattie
Victoria
Union Bay
Steel
Port Townsend
Seattie
Hellingham
Deltwood
Tacoma
Maritime Traffic Report From Pacific Northbound Vessels
Wireless Canadian Government reports multiple ships moving northbound along the Pacific coast on August 11. Admiral Evane near Kee Inland and Beymour Narrows, Farragut en route Seattle to San Francisco, Celilo toward San Francisco from Columbia River, and W P Herrin moving Portland to San Francisco with positions ranging from 60 to 377 miles from key ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wireless
Admiral Evane
Kee
Ater
Heattie
Beattie
Atr
Beymour Narrows
Ports of Seattle Vessels and Dock Names Listed Incomplete
A partial OCR list names vessels and piers at Seattle harbors including Amith Cove Endicott Cross Keys Horaisan Maru and Tajima Maru at Pier 120. Other entries mention Kator Maru Yonemite Jester Pacific Coast coal bunkers Umatilla and Kaetern Laader with multiple yards and terminals from Gedney to Westboro and Lake Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Amith Cove
Endicott
Cross Keys
Horaisan Maru
J. H. T. Heather
Great Northern
Tajima Maru
Kator Maru
Yonemite
Weat Jester
Union Pacific
Btr Fastern Victor
Pacific Coast Coal Bunkere
U. @ I. &. Umatilla
Etr
Kaetern Laader
Eastern Temple Pacific Conant Engineering Workse
Kaatern
Lander
Gedney
Duthie Yards
Westboro
Weat Jonsup
Atr
Wena Jena
East Waterway
Motorachr Apex
Todd Drydocke
West Togus
Teenivm
Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging
Patterson
Amesgarde
Str Roonevelt
Lake Union
Halle Broxton
Leota
Endymion
Vort Jackson
Addison
Boughton
Howesmont
Hourneyville
Allenhurat
Abilia
Adria
Capraria
Eleatra
Delwin
Atydon
Arcademia
Acadena
Pezuta
Black Wolf
Uickland
European Dispatches Disturb Trading on New York Exchange
New York opening for the stock market shows weakness as foreign news unsettles traders. Prices slip for United States Steel and others, with the session closing firmer despite early declines. Call money eases to 6 percent as dealers react to overseas developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Exchange
New York
Tt York Stock Exchange
United States Steel
Baldwin
Baltimore & Obie
Bethlehem “BP
Anaconda
Tradera
Vanadium
American Locomotive
Mexican Petroleum
Pan-American
Studebaker
United States Rubber
Meading
Southern Pacific
Wheat market rises on European unrest and Russian crop reports
Chicago trading showed wheat advancing as the European political situation and rumors of a half reduction in the Russian crop boosted prices. December wheat opened higher at 2.40 and finished around 2.45, with March and September contracts also rising. Corn and oats moved up variably while hogs and provisions posted gains in a firmer market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Europe
Russia
Brouth
Tike
Chicago Market Reports Urgent Cattle and Sheep Trade
Chicago August 1 market receipts show 19000 cattle with steady to lower prices. Beef and butcher categories range 14.00 to 18.60 for meat, with feeding stock at 6.12 to 12.40. Sheep receipts 34000 head remain firm with lambs around 11.5 to 16.0.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mazda
Status of Frisco Market
Butter Bautras, ie per th Peee-Batras, 9 per dor, dirtier No. 1, S2%e per dos, extre pullets, Sie per dos, undereieed pulletse, 24 per dow Cheese California flats, fancy, Toure per Ib.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Foreign Exchange Opens Steady as Sterling Rises in New York
Foreign exchange markets in New York opened steady with demand for sterling up to 82.47% and gains in European currencies. France and lre showed slight increases while Canada saw demand at 14.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foreign Exchange
New York
Ava
France
Commodity prices for coffee and sugar in New York
New York August 12 report lists coffee and sugar quotes with Rio and Santos beans priced per pound. No. 1 Rio coffee at Xe per lb and No. 4 Santos at 1540 18% per lb. Raw sugar at 184 16 2 per lb and granulated at 11 22% per lb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Y
New York
Rio
Money on Call and Rates in New York Market
On Call New York rates show money on call at 7 percent. Six months at 9 1/4 percent. Mercantile paper cited at 5 percent with Harstiver-Looden and others listed in the New York market report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mercantile Paper
Western Public Markets stalls list and prices
A dense catalog of market stalls and prices from Westlake and Pike Place sections. Items include cereals, canned goods, fresh produce, meats, dairy, and specialty foods with stall numbers and per unit costs. Includes Honolulu pineapple crop note and shipping assignments.
Washington Shippers See Major Rail Rate Savings
A state public service commission report notes that Washington shippers save over 1.6 million dollars yearly thanks to Interstate Commerce Commission rate divisions. The ICC allows Western territory increases of about 25 percent for the Northwest, splitting the Western region to reduce burdens on Northwestern carriers and boosting Northwest revenue less than a full Western raise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olympia
Washington
Public Service Commission
Interstate Commerce Vision
National Capital
State Commission
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington Commission
Northwest
Atlantic Seaboard
South Territory
Federal Commission
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
United States
Commission
Western Territory
IFS to Rule Wheat Price by Edwin D. Rider
Kansas City report notes wheat prices hinge on Europe’s demand and a projected U.S. surplus of about 200 million bushels. Bankers and farmers split on potential movement, with forecasts around 2.50 to 2.60 dollars per bushel and hopes for a possible decline this winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Europe
United States
D. T. Piagzek
United States Grain Corporation
J. W. Perry
National Bank of Commerce
H. Co. L
F. Swinney
First National Bank
Swinney
Capper
Kansas
Cantaloupes Slide in Market as Turlocks Drop in Price
The cantaloupe market trends downward with Eastern Washington highs at 4.50 to 4.75 per standard crate and California Turlocks dipping to 2.76 to 8.00. A Florida alligator pear lot briefly sold at 12.00, melon business remains steady despite minor shifts and butter trade shows no major change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
California
Florida
Eastern
Kce
Local Wholesale Prices for Fresh Produce and Dairy
A historical market list shows wholesale prices for fruits vegetables and dairy by crate per bushel and per unit. Notable items include cauliflower lettuce strawberries raspberries grapes apples peaches and greens with meat dairy and nut prices provided for wholesale buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ereen
Abiess
6000 Diseased Cattle Slaughtered in England
London August 11 report states that over 6,000 cattle have been slaughtered in the past three months due to foot and mouth disease outbreaks, according to the board of agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Eng
Board of Agriculture
Vital Statistics Births And Marriages In Beattie Area
A compiled list shows births with multiple names and addresses across Seattle and nearby towns, including Kumagal M a boy and Makino Hitowh a boy. Marriage licenses issued list couples with residences Beattie Mount Vernon Everett and Seattle with ages and legal status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Igart
Mhiniehi
Yester Way
Wey Harrell
Carl W
Belmont Pl
Boy Hawke
Paul
Boy Houdig
Leslie LL
Boy J Galt Peter
Boy
Otierg
Alfred W
Wallingford
Wint Campbell
Albert A
Beacon Ave
Bey
Womasete
Redmond
Wash
Vaughan
Howard M
Bohrne
My Koenig
Carl B
23Rd Ave
Samuel D
Gothat
Albert D
Broadway N
John H
MacDonald Angus D
Beattie
Macdonald
Effie
Snyder
Gordon
Dabl
Clara Smith
Heaudett
Ernest L
Hattie Edenia
Hall
John KY
Legal Dorgen
Mildred BE
Everett
Legal Holmen
Lester J. Beattie
Werner, Norene
Beattle
Gibbs
Gertrude
Legal Ver Mart
Neattle
Legal Grimm
Grace M
Olympia
Legal Leith
Lillian L
Seattle
McCully
Joseph Osborn
O'Sullivan
Cecilia Mary
Vancouver
McDonough
George T
Legal Mats
Matifida
Legal McKinley
Henry
al Rathe
Wood
Eoes Muttan
Arthur O
Leban
Waeh
Sturtevant
Francelia M
Eckloff
Mabel H
Timberman
Guy C
Monroe
Montgomery
William PP
Seattie
Conve Legal
Cooper
Phania H
Graham
Goldie
Minning
Joseph F
Legal Kreete
Elizabeth A. Coeur
Alene
Idaho
Legal Landaus
Cornelius
Payor
Clyde Darnest
Legal Francia
Hallene le
Parma
Heard
Baward N
Keno
Nev
Legal Juel
Opal L
Kerman
Hilma
Hutchins
Sheldon F. Beattle
Clarke
Frances J
Vailender
Beatthe
Hurchell
Menry
Pitegerald
Martha Ella
Mikey
Arthur David
Aitin Bere A
Portland
R Elisabeth
Warner
Henry Otto
Beattie Lattlefield
Agnes M
Garrison
Rupert
Gray
Dorothy Geneva
Mowatt
Annie
B. Dobnaon
Jack N
Vagal Moran
William
Carlson, Ned
Thane
Alaska
Noone
George H
Auto industry hit as banks tighten credit
In Indianapolis on August 12 leaders warn banks’ refusal to extend or renew auto loans will force a shutdown across the motor car industry. Monroe, Nordyke and Marmon, and National plants cut jobs or halted production as buyers vanish and dealers struggle to obtain financing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indianapolia
H. C. Deming
William H. Small Company
Monroe
Nordyke and Marmon Company
National Motor Car Company
Death notices from Seattle area involving multiple individuals
A list of death notices and related details appears for several Seattle residents including infants Weed and Anthony, ages 2 months and 2 months respectively, and adults John Weins, George Conrade aged 71, Josephine 66, Ora Davis, Franklin, and Herbert B. Johnson among others. The notes reference addresses in Seattle and nearby locales and include affiliations to legal sections and Beattie. A line notes the US government paid 2,000,000 dollars for a canal rights crossing Nicaragua.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weed
John Weins
George Conrade
California Ave
Josephine
E Franklin
Robert Anthony
23Rd Ave
Proved N G Warrant Sworn In Grand Larceny Charge
Prosecutor Fred C. Brown filed grand larceny charges against ER H Young. Witness BR Judd says Young bought an automobile for 1660 dollars, paid 1250 in cash and gave a remaining check that proved worthless. Young reportedly has sold the car since.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ER. H. Young
Fred C. Brown
Young
BR. H. Judd
Judd
Also Mentioned on This Page
New Ma
Spokane
Ship Board
N. P
Tajima Meru
Hongkong
Porte
Steel Trader
Dtr
Ay Oea
Westlake
Stelle
de Ghirardelli
Lipton
van Camp
Jethe
M. J
Abe
the. M
Pike St
Pike Place
Kellogg's
T. H
U. S. Shipping Board
Raetine
Planford
Agron
Anthon
Fort Harrison
Fort Stanwix
Imufka
Kiton
Loots
Dione
Cagnacan
Coxian
Cinegras
Cardia
Eliswa
Sehre
Henry Wilson
Baivator
Alice
Sehr
Oregon
Heffernan Drydock
Motor Sehr
Challambra
Bpokane
Sucam
Chr
So Public Service Commission
Hart
Edwin D. Rider
White House
Norway
A and Pruit
Hananaeler
Mack
Snaeeeee
Thempeon Eeediene
Cnn Ne Goode CO
Virginia Kerstons
Japaneer
Fem
Wisconsin
Bartley
M. Best Dud Te Ge
Ag PT
Mo AE
Conrad
Carl
Legal Erickson
Emelinda
Haberbush
FPB
Helden
Mrs
Auziene
Johnson
Herbert B
EOE
Widen
Turrell
Claria
McCauley
James V
Legal
Davia
Ora
Nicaragua
Victory
Ling Price
Seu
Rais Bro
Toe
Hal Newspa
Third Avenue
Inon Newspa
N. G
Colman Dock
Marion Street
Leave Beattie
Victoria, B. C
Pert Tewnen
Anaciece
Meamer Tel Duc
Tupmownaena
Ange
Tacoma Direct
Mtearn
Port Tewnem
Fipertal
Tttamite
Pore Townsend
Port Gambie
Leaélew—Flagier
Kingston
Hynes Iudliew
Egion
uryiFlegier
Townsend
Quaday
Barclay \Haneville
Fan Suen Islands
Heed Canal
Kingston Monda
Puget Sound Navigation OB
Tishet
Colman Deck
Phene Main
San Jufln Islands
Wer Aaste
Hood Canal
Whatcom
Fr. BK. Eno
San Juan _ San Juan Islands
Union City
Order of Pioneers
Voyanday
the & S. Sioux
Colmgh Dock
Puget Sound Navigation Company
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