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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1921
Page
10
The local ore market rose Thursday with California gains noted. Prices for French ranch fen moved to 4 ents a dozen, with some sales as low as 52 cents and others at 86 cents, while Vallet eyes ranged mind cents to 45 cents and most sales at 43 44 cents. Butter held at 44 cents a pound, vegetables and fruit dull, and Christmas trading expected in about 10 days.
The notice lists hourly tide times and heights for the harbor in a period format, noting first low tide at 6, high tide around 2.25 am, and second low tide in the afternoon with corresponding depths. It reads as a maritime bulletin of navigational timings for ships.
The Bay State, fifth of the $95 liners, arrived Wednesday, steaming Seattle from San Pedro in 65 hours. Norton Lilly & Co. shows unusual activity with eleven steamships scheduled to dock in December. Albert Bartlett, famed Puget Sound ship chandler and stevedore, died Monday night after three weeks in Los Angeles for health reasons. The port commission approved extending Gray Rosenbaum Grain Co. access to the Hanford grain elevator for another year. Weather and harbor reports note cloudy conditions and sailing movements in Pacific ports including Portland, Seattle, and Tacoma.
A list of ships and moorings at Seattle ports including Smith Cove Pier A and B piers, Bell Street Terminal, Pier 14, Pier 7 and 2, Port Angeles, Jefferson, Victoria, Northwestern, Queen, Star Tr, Virginian, Walkawa, Rosalie Mahoney, West Hartland, Delrosa, Deight, West Cahokia, Western Knight, Ison, Mont Cervin, Valdes, C Burnside survey, Hetjin Maru, Kip Chillicothe, Forest Friend, Kenkon Maru, Roosevelt, Admiral Rodmann, Redondo, Forest Pride, Forest Dream, Morning Star, Griffon, Coquitlam City barge fleet, J. W. Cline, Belfast bark, and other listed vessels and moorings.
Six homes in Seattle were burgled early Thursday and overnight, netting thieves over $750 in cash and jewelry. Victims include W. Erickson who reported a wallet with $200 stolen, and others listing smaller losses such as $200 loan, $105, $20, and various items.
Wall Street Journal notes early trading with mixed moves across sectors. Steel and independent steel drift lower while Famous Players leads specialties with solid early volume. Regional rail and utility issues show small shifts as prices move within narrow ranges.
In London on December 9 a roof fly-trap at the zoological gardens captured 18 barrels of flies. The insects were used as food for birds and reptiles in the zoo.
Hugo Stinnes, prominent German capitalist, has acquired a large timber tract in Hayt and will establish several factories to produce quinine. The move signals a push into pharmaceutical manufacturing and raw material control.
A Yakima Japanese man, age 17, was arrested as he left a Great Northern train and held in city jail as a suspected robber. Detectives Jamen Doom and D J Mc Lennon found $26.31 on him, part of the alleged loot.
Roy Kennedy, alleged member of a house thievery gang, changed his plea from not guilty to guilty on the burglary charges and stood ready for trial before Superior Judge Everett Smith Thursday.
The death of prominent West Coast lumberman Doud is reported from Tacoma. He was a leading figure in the regional timber industry and his passing ends a long career shaping coastal forests and trade.
Frank A. Vanderlip told a New York Bend Club luncheon that the United States can resolve Europe’s troubles by backing grain exports to Bulgaria and waterpower projects in Italy. He warned Europe needs relief and notes debts tied to wheat and Allied claims have stalled the relief effort.
Residents sue the Cornish School of Music abatement case in Seattle Superior Court. Testimony from neighbors and society figures, including Mrs. M A Matthews and Mrs Henry O Phillipa, frames the dispute over the school's noise near Toyst and Harvard avenues. Judge A W Frater and Judge Thomas Burke are involved.
Principal Carl F. Adams of Lincoln High School spoke to the Young Men's Republican club denouncing crowded public schools and insufficient facilities. In Everett, Arthur Garrison, 65, of Tacoma, was seriously injured after a fall from the C. M. 4 St. P. railroad bridge at Ebeyslough.
Mrs. Frieda Katz, nearly 107, danced three old fashioned dances at a Talmud celebration in Hartford and showed surprising vigor. In Snoqualmie, Sheriff William Sheppard was removed from office due to insufficient funds to maintain the post, effective by Sheriff Matt Starwich.
In Barcelona Senor Fernando Bienko, ally of King Alfonso, was trampled by a prize bull before his wife rushed to his aid and drove the animal away, saving him from death. In Ellensburg James Nelson of Roslyn faces manslaughter trial in superior court over the death of a crippled boy at Ronald last October.
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