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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1920
Page
6
Washington reports the total value of all important U S crops for 1920 at 9.149 billion dollars, down from 14.088 billion in 1919. The report lists values by crop and provides 1920 production figures for major crops.
Ferdinand E F Chavez twenty, a Spaniard, is missing after allegedly abducting his four year old son in Portland. Investigators say he likely left Thursday and reached California by Sunday. Authorities report a man matching Chavez boarded a Pacific Steamship Co steamer Thursday night after leaving a postcard stating he was bringing the boy. Portland officials suspect the abduction as revenge for a fight over draft-board support and exemption.
Oscar Atkinson, manager of 261 Rastlake, and D Roy Joynson, manager at Seventh Ave W and McGraw St, thwarted identical robbery attempts Monday night by locking cash inside and returning the key. Both stores were robbed but nothing was taken.
The record shows a crowded Pike Place Market with stalls offering flour 4.50 per sack, butter 57 cents, sardines six cans, beans priced, walnuts and pecans, various meats, dairy and fresh produce. The note concludes with the total women voters estimated at over 15 million in the recent presidential election.
Fragmented maritime brief lists tide times at Seattle with low and high tides and related observations. It mentions first low tide, second low tide, second high tide and accompanying clock times and feet measurements.
The steamship Oesagumeick arrives Tuesday night for annual inspection and overhauling at the Grand Trunk dock. Capt. KB P Bartlett, who will command the new transpacific liner Keystone State when commissioned, is in charge.
The Harbor Marine Co. Ltd. of Victoria seeks a contract to build four steel tankers of 7,000 tons each for Peruvian interests. If obtained, the work would provide employment for several hundred returned soldiers.
The steamship Spokane of the Pacific Steamship Co. is expected to arrive in Seattle by the end of January. She is currently operating on the Manila to Batavia Java run.
PORT TOWNSEND Dec. It. The steamer Jim Butler en route to Santa Rosalia was forced to shelter here after three failed attempts to pass out through Capt Flat tery. Each attempt was thwarted by heavy weather driving her back. A two-masted schooner and a freighter passed earlier, as weather reports noted.
December notices show multiple ships departing via Vancouver and San Francisco routes. Entries list Queen and Cordeva lines from San Pedro to San Francisco and Vancouver, with times around 7 30 a m and 1 20 p m. Also sailing details for Manua vy Victoria and Admiral Evane bound for San Diego and Tacoma, with arrival and departure times in December.
Alaskan vessels bound for Jefferson encountered a halt near December at F2¢ p. northbound and southbound movements disrupted as crews report unclear conditions and revised routes.
A rough log lists vessels arriving and sailing for Beattie through December with ships from Seattle and Puget Sound ports. Entries include the Arabia Maru and Weet Inekip arriving from Seattle via San Francisco, and the Santa Ines sailing to Puget Sound.
Wireless dispatches report ships off California and Oregon coastlines bound for Seattle and Beattie with positions from Bellingham to Cape Flattery. Pacific Coast vessels including Westward Ho and Weatleon docked or bound for Seattle as harbor repairs and dredging progress through December.
The joint board of higher curricula completed the first draft of its report for Governor Louis B Hart ahead of the legislature. No agreement yet on recommendations to boost attendance at state normal schools. The board will also propose readjustment of the tax levy for higher learning institutions.
In early New York trading on December 1, a broad advance led by steels and oils with rail shares mixed. United States Steel and Union Pacific advanced while Mexican Petroleum and Baldwin Locomotive showed early losses but recovered.
Frosts finish the season for local outdoor cauliflower lettuce cabbage and celery with east of the mountains reporting the same. A shipment of sweet potatoes from the Booth was due in Wednesday and jobbers forecast 5 to 6 cents. Yakima Gem market steady to a touch firmer while good spuds move briskly. Hubbard squash offered 2 to 3 cents a pound. grain prices show mild weakness with no major changes noted.
Chicago livestock receipts reach 20 000 head with higher bids for cattle and cattle prices listed for beef, butcher stock, calves and cows. Sheep receipts 15 000 head with a dull market. Poultry and meat prices paid to shippers noted. British wage regulation history referenced in Europe.
Chicago December grain prices fell sharply amid the bearish crop report. Opening selling drove declines across wheat corn and oats with profit taking by shorts and futures sliding through the trading day. December wheat opened at 1.66 and later fell. May and July contracts also declined. Continuous selling pressured oats and corn across multiple months.
Fifteen prosecuting attorneys and five trial lawyers should be employed to prosecute shipping board frauds. Martin J. Gillen urged oath requirements for ship officers and company officials, abrogation of current contracts, renegotiated sales, and removal of inefficient board members. He called for separation of the shipping board from the emergency fleet corporation and new regulatory shipping laws.
Fragmentary OCR lists produce terms and prices including pullets, cheese, and various market phrases. The legible items reference San Francisco and California produce pricing but lack coherent context or complete sentences.
New York prices list raw sugar at 4.65 per pound and granulated sugar at 44 OKe per pound. Coffee No 4 Santos sells at 4 ile per pound on the spot market.
A two day convention of the Washington Creamery Operators Butterland Cheese Makers' association opened Wednesday morning at the Hotel Frye. More than 50 delegates attend the session which closes Thursday night.
Port land market status lists cattle receipts totaling 32 head with unchanged market, Hoge receipts 550 head steady to lower, prime mixed at 10.50 to 11 dollars, heavies around 10.50, pies at 8 to 10, receipts 100 head steady to unchanged, Rutter pentle Keue 59 490 per der, Cheese triplets Ib per Mb, hens 26e per lb.
Denver December 15 Cable Receipts market stream shows 400 head cattle top at 9.15 per cwt with bulk sales around 6.50 to 8.76. Sheep receipts 2600 head note steady market with lambs near 9.95 and feeders averaging 4.25 per unit.
A Senate report urged prosecutions of employers and labor leaders guilty of conspiring to raise building trades prices. It called for reforms including tax changes, abolition of the cost plan, and statesponsored trades schools. The report tied New York housing graft to high prices and urged Justice Department action. Senator Kenyon floated possible federal mine nationalization as a remedy.
Ma David T. Mason of Washington DC, head of the timber section at the Internal Revenue Service, will discuss problems lumbermen face with federal taxes at the New Washington hotel around December 16. Major Mason plans a three day stay before heading to Portland, Oregon. A new three story US timber testing laboratory building on the university campus is nearing completion and slated to house the facility. finish is expected by March 10, 1921.
Southern farmers press to revive the war finance corporation measure in the House to aid relief and open foreign markets for farm products. Senate passed the bill without record vote. many House leaders oppose swift action.
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