Coal Shortage Fears Rise As Demand Falls
August 19 report from Albert Apple notes 150,000 soft coal miners idle and 70,000,000 tons short of 1920. Production runs 7.4 million tons weekly while need is 10.75 million. Demand is soft due to industrial slump and rail delays. risk centers on car shortages and winter demand rather than immediate coal scarcity. Anthracite supply appears adequate with prices easing slowly from wartime highs.
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Albert Apple
Pittsburgh
National Coal Association
Ccs
Hocking
Pocahontas Mine
Ship News Tides in Seattle
The Seattle tide chart lists high tides and low tides with times and heights. High tide at 4.20 am and 6:02 pm, low tide around 10:1 percent and 11:48 pm, with a 46 ft reference and minor fluctuations noted by PRIDAY ALG and Viret.
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Seattle
Hawkeye State Sails Aug 27 for Orient
Preparatory to sailing to the Orient on August 27 the Hawkeye State is due in Seattle from San Francisco Friday night. It is allocated to Matson but temporarily with Pacific Steamship Co and carries over 180 first class passengers on its outward trip.
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Shipping Board
Seattle
San Francisco
Matson Line
Pacific Steamship Co
Victoria
B. G. McMicken
Admiral Line
Hawkeye State
Silver State
Keystone State
Wenatchee
Sheriffs Stand Against Klan At State Convention
Sheriff Matt Starwich reported from the state sheriffs convention in Aberdeen August 16 17 18 that three resolutions were adopted. Washington sheriffs resolved to oppose any group taking law into their own hands such as the Ku Klux Klan and to push for a salary raise at the next legislature. They also asked for no term limits on sheriffs and to permit multiple reelections. Thirty six sheriffs from Washington counties attended the meeting.
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Matt Starwich
Aberdeen
Washington
Thie
Needs for Washington fruit belt outlined in Seattle
John A. Gellatly of Wenatchee, president of the Pacific Northwest fruit exposition, cites production transport and sane distribution as essential for the Eastern Washington fruit belt. He works on the exposition program set for Seattle this fall promising one of the Northwest’s finest fairs. Special off peak rates may be granted by the municipal lighting plant for industrials, not including freight.
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Washington
John A. Gellatly
Wenatchee
Seattle
Gellatly
Northwest
Council Utilities Committee
Turbulent Opening in New York Industrial Stocks
A heavy selling wave hit the stock exchange in early trading. Weat inhouse Electric shares dropped to 404% and Cuba Cane Sugar to 18% while American Car & Foundry and Pullman fell. Famous Players rose to 52% as the market opened irregularly and closed unevenly with several major issues down and mixed.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Weatinhouse Electric
Cuba
Kbyven
American Car & Foundry
Pullman
Steel
Stuker
U. # Steel
Mexican Petroleum
E. Texas Company
Pennsylvania
Art
Raphalt
Binelair
General Bicetrie
Baldwin
Studebaker
Reading
Wi Crucible
Pan-American Petroleum
United States Siee
Republic Steel
Atlantic Quiz
Chandler
United States Rubber
General Electric
Weatinghouse
Northern Pacific
Southern Pacific
Famous Players
Central Leather
Grain Prices Unsteady Amid Weak Market Signals
Chicago market shows irregular grain prices amid panicky speculation over general business conditions. Provisions and cash grain vary with no clear direction. live stock receipts and prices also shift with mixed gains and declines across hogs, cattle, and lambs. Foreign exchange closes with minor changes in several currencies.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Sic
Ste
Ealen
Slow Sales at Local Market Damp Tomato and Pepper Trade
Local market reports slow sales across meat and produce with demand lagging for tomatoes and green peppers. Prices show variados drops: tomatoes 40–50 cents per eight fifteen pounds. peppers 80–90 cents per eight pound crate. Hubbard onion baskets at $1.50 per ten pounds. Hubbard squash 5 cents per pound. Fruit weak but pears cheaper, Bartlett at $1 per box, greener pears up to $2.25. Butter firm, eggs weak. assorted produce prices listed alongside dairy rates.
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Hubbard
Mahoney Turns Sheep In Cell
James E. Mahoney bleated like a sheep from his county jail cell while alleged bride killer Kate Mahoney is referenced. The act spurred talk of another lunacy board hearing before arraignment in Judge Otis W. Brinker’s court on Monday. Mahoney’s lawyer Lee Johnston was unreachable to confirm plans.
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James E. Mahoney
Kate Mahoney
Mahoney
Otis W. Brinker
Lee Johnston
Johnston
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America
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Jack” Geraghty
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L. C. Smith Building
Seattle, Wash
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