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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1921
Page
10
Washington reports continue to criticize the government for maintaining more than 40 ships termed revenue cruisers in the Atlantic and Pacific. The piece argues these ships, largely obsolete naval cruisers, perform few current tasks and waste taxpayer money, suggesting abolition and replacement by regular Navy destroyers.
In Salem Oregon A G Cook of Durant California finds his son-in-law Walter Patty at the state hospital for the insane after years of searching Patty had disappeared from a ranch near Durango during a fit of respondency His wife had remarried Patty, despite insanity, chatted for about thirty minutes Cook did not seek removal and then left for California.
Yakima August 27 C J McLean who lay speechless for nearly three years after inhaling gas in the Argonne Forest has regained his voice. Surgeons here removed blood clots from his bronchial tubes. McLean is a veteran of Soissons Beaumont and the Argonne.
Weather and tide data from Tatoosh Island note a rising barometer and cloudy conditions with southerly winds. Entries list vessels passing in and out including the schooner F. Leop and the three mast schooner taem, with time stamps and tide phases referenced.
A dense list records ships entering and leaving ports, vessels in ballast and underway, arrivals at Seattle and San Francisco, and port facilities active with destroyers, motor ships, and freighters. Entries name ships such as Admiral Redman, W. F. Burrows, City of, Jane Doe none. ports include Seattle, Balboa, Yokohama, Hamburg, San Francisco. dates span Aug and Aug 26 with multiple times and statuses.
Charles W. French and his alleged 50 million dollar swindle gang were arraigned before U S Commissioner James R Glass on charges of using the mails to defraud and conspiracy. State banking law violations and a confidence game are also expected. Rudolph Kohn agreed to testify for the state after turning on French.
Mrs Katherine Motz granted guardianship of six minor Dettling children by Judge Everett Smith. Dettling sister of Motz had been confined in a sanitarium for years. The father is deceased.
An information was filed Saturday charging N F Swemn with stealing iron piping valued at $24% from Fiorito Bros. Coning and Building Co. on February 12. He will plead to the charge Monday.
On the New York Stock Exchange, Studebaker led the advance with an early rise and continued gains. Numerous motor-related issues followed, including American International, United States Steel, General Electric, and United States Rubber, with mixed percent changes and several notes of unchanged prices.
Fruit and produce sold well with scarce fancy apples keeping prices firm. Cantaloupes traded at 1.76 per standard crate and Barrel Gem at 2.00. Grapes showed strong demand from 1.50 to 1.75 per lug, Malagas and Muscats 2.25 to 2.50 and Morocco 1.00 per crate. Tomatoes stayed firm at 1.00 per box, celery steady 0.90 to 1.00 per dozen bunches. Dairy market unchanged with butter firm and eggs weak.
Thick demand for wheat by commission houses lifted prices on the Chicago Board of Trade in a short session. Other grains closed irregularly as supplies and cattle and hog markets showed varying strength and decline.
Denver live stock market shows unchanged prices across categories. Sheep receipts total 100 with ewes at 5.50 and feeders around 3 to 5.50, market steady for the period.
Portland Ore August 27 meat trade reports steady markets with best steers around 6.50, fair to good steers about 5.64, cows and heifers 2.50, calves scarce. Hogs and lambs listed with top veal and lard prices. foreign exchange opens lower with sterling near 3.68 and francs at 0.0425.
T Fortin of Shields Livengood Motor Co was thrown from an overturned auto at Iowa avenue and Spokane street early Saturday morning. He was taken to City Hospital and later released.
Captain C. B. McMullen of Seattle commanded the steamship West Cusetta operated by Struthers & Dixon out of San Francisco, when she sailed for Europe. Cassel officials are using poison gas to Rid the city of bugs.
Fragmentary notes show TL Manning & Co and Batier Motel Recta Cont, with mentions of wheat and iron quantities priced around 5 a year. Estimations for tomorrow include 160 cars and 475 cars for unknown commodities.
Percy Livesey of Bellingham named president of the Northwest Renal Real Estate association at the Paradise Valley convention. Ira High of Kobe and F. S. Barrett of Spokane become Washington vice presidents. others named include Crows of Victoria C C McKenna of Portland Roche of Billings Murphy of Caldwell Farman of Calgary and Brockman of Portland. The association rename reflects BC and Alberta inclusion. Spokane won best speech prize and Vancouver top achievement prize.
Berlin reports that Mathias Erzberger was shot while walking with a companion in the Black Forest. President Loebe warned that the crime is political and could trigger a national upheaval against reactionary forces and military parties.
The body of Mrs. Alice Stanwood Parrott, who died Friday aboard the U S Saturn, is held for shipment to Oakland for burial. She had been fighting paralysis for five months from McGrath on the Kuskokwim River to Seattle.
Mrs. Dolly Johnson and her two daughters Oro and Frances have been missing from Everett since July 29. Their family friend Oscar Ward, who left Everett the same day, is also missing. J. W. Johnson, the husband and father, is actively searching for them.
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