Nitro and Pyro Float in New Dock Opening
The Tremer ton navy yard opened a new crave dock on Tuesday at 11 00, flooding the dock. Later the two 11 000-ton ships Iwo and Pyro floated from the works. Mrs Luther EB Gregory and others assisted in flooding and launching the ships. The dock is described as the largest stationary on the Coast, 950 feet long and wide enough for full draft.
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Tremerton Navy Yard
Iwo
Pyro
Luther EB. Gregory
Gregory
State University
Guy A. Bianett
VESSEL MOVEMENTS Cape waters chart busy December listing
Special from U. and Weather Bureau notes limimited activity at Cape with multiple ships bound for Seattle and Puget Sound ports. Entries include Rainier Brockdale Glynden Admiral Evansworth Admiral Dewey Queen J. A. Moffett and others passing, arriving or sailing from Manila Vancouver and San Francisco. Details show wind, rain, and schedule updates across ports including Tatoosh Island Port Angeles and Tacoma with numerous docked vessels and merchant steamers.
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U. & Weather Bureau
Tatoosh Island
Port
Anoqeles
Str
Brockdale
Manila
Rodiett
Seattle
Yorohmama
Monteagte
Vancouver
B.C
Marashille
Prinsessin
B. C
Ban Francisco
San Diego
Admiral Dewey
Capt
A. FP. Lucas
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Klamath
J. A. Moffett
SanMiego
Queen
Frank MH. Buck
Everett
Burydamua
Bellingham
Rainier
Victoria
Blc
Kobe
Hongkong
Yoatietam
Ancotver
BRC
Btw
Profestians
Beattie Port Townsend
Croekdale
Heattle
Geffney
Gaffney
New York
Tacoma
Giynden
Beattie
Alaska
Port land Market Prices Reported for Dairy Goods
Portland markets list Prices for butter and cheese including butter at 46 61e per lb and cheese at 16 77c per lb. Hens and broilers quoted around 20 25e per lb and 130 per crank.
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Portland
Butter Prices Jump On Local Market Amid Shortage
Dealers on the local wholesale produce market boosted fresh cream ery butter prices two cents a pound Tuesday afternoon and are now charging grocers at 11 cents. A shortage in production cited as the main cause. Butter fat prices rose to 75 to 80 cents per pound. Eye markets remain easy with local production creating a surplus. Fruit and vegetable markets show increased shipments from California with lettuce cauliflower and sweet potatoes on hand. Lettuce at 5.76 per crate cauliflower 2.50 to 4.50 per crate and sweet potatoes 5% cents per pound. Potatoes high with Yakima Gems 78 to 678 per ton and locals 62 to 65. Naval oranges plentiful at 4.50 to 5.50 per box. Stockyard receipts Tuesday: 130 head cattle and 78 hogs. hog top quotations down 25 cents while other divisions held steady.
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California
Yakima Gems
Local Market Prices for Vegetables Fruits and Farm Products
A dense list of wholesale prices paid by dealers for produce and farm goods. Items include carrots onions lettuce peppers potatoes pumpkins radishes cabbage squashes and apples with per unit and per crate rates. Dairy poultry and meat prices are shown for buyers and shippers, alongside hides wool and other farm commodities.
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D &E Abbege
Danteh Ball
Colery
Hubbard
Bank Clearings and Balances Across Northwest Cities
Seattle, Tacoma, Spokane, Portland report clearing totals and balances. Seattle clears 108,016.88 with 195,416.56 balances, Spokane 308,944.00 clears and 11,946.00 balances, Portland 6,820,266.42 clears and 1,768,904.09 balances.
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Tacoma
Spokane
Portland
Status of New York Stock Exchange on December 17
New York stocks opened strong with gains for Central Leather at 44, Mtudebaker around 1064, United States Steel about 124, Reading at 15, Republic near 111, Southern Pacific around 102, and American Woolen higher. Foreign exchange gains lifted demand as Mexican Metroleury dipped, Pan American moved to 104, and General Motors neared 110 while Southern Pacific rose above 164.
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New York
Central Leather
Mtudebaker
United Mates Mubter
Up & Reading
Repeblic
Southern Pacific
Nethieheom Mteet Oh
S&s
Sora Mates Mee
General Motors
Pan America
Ratte
Chicago Live Stock Market Report Dec 11
Chicago offers a slow market for 20,000 head of cattle with butchers bidding around 12 to 12.50 per hundredweight. Receipts include 11,006 cattle and 20,000 sheep with steady to slow trading. calves near 16 dollars. Average prices cited include Lambe at 11.25 for ewes and mixed cattle categories ranging 5 to 6 dollars for stockers and feeders.
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Chicago
Chicago Grain Market Rises on Demand and Rail Shipments
Chicago Board of Trade prices advance as demand grows and disruptions ease. November shipments prompt supplies a warning, with corn futures fluctuating from opening gains to mixed later levels while December corn remains near the unchanged mark. Pork futures show modest movements as traders weigh feed demand and seasonal factors.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
United States
Sterling gains in New York exchange markets
In New York early afternoon December 12 7, demand for sterling rose to $1.91, jumping nearly 10 cents from Tuesday. Later quotes showed $24.74 and around 1:30 p.m. demand slipped to $5.46 amid a generally heavy tone, with other exchangers not following the rise.
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New York
Ealt
Frisco Market Status and Livestock Quotations
Frisco market notes list butter prices at 8 1/2 cents per pound and various cheese and feed items with per unit rates. Stockyard quotations show primes, medium to choice cattle, and cows and heifers priced from 1.00 to 16.00 with several entries around 14 to 18 and average market figures across beef, pork, and feed products.
Jury Box Grows as New Trial Opens in Los Angeles
On December 17 the second day of the trial of Mary New for the alleged murder of his sweetheart, Frieda Lesser, began with 11 temporary jurors in the box. Peremptory challenges may trim the panel. several women were excused for fear of capital punishment, while one man was rejected. Senator Harry New of Indiana, alleged father figure to the defendant, looms in testimony. Frieda Lesser’s mother Mrs. Alice Lesser is to be called as a witness but stays away to conserve strength.
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Angeles
Cal
Prieda Lesser
Harry New
Indiana
Senator New
Alice Leaser
Brace and Bit Burglaries Bother Seattle Police
Seattle police hunted for a pair of burglars nicknamed brace and bit who have been active in Ballard and Fremont these last two weeks. A. A. Read reported his grocery at 7108 Woodlawn Ave robbed of flour sacks and groceries, while HL Sundan of Green Lake Shoe Store reported multiple shoes stolen. The thieves bored holes around the locks in both cases.
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Seattle
Brace and Bit
Ballard
Fremont
A. A. Read
Woodlawn Ave
HL Sundan
Green Lake
Devel Seized Offshore After Grounding Near Tokyo Bay
Japanese craft stand by as steamship Devel lies ashore ten miles from Tokyo Bay after grounding Monday. Bound from Seattle to Manila via Hong Kong and Shanghai, the vessel is commanded by Capt. William Reed of Seattle and operated by Struthers and Dizon.
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Devel
Tokyo Bay
Merchants’ Exchange
Beattle
Manilla
Hongkong
Shanghai
William Reed
Seattle
Veasel
J. D. Duthie Shipbuilding Co
Struthers & Dizon
Denver Market Status Denver Dec 17 Cattle Receipts
Denver market report shows cattle receipts at 3,000 head with strong steers at 9.56 per cwt and cows and heifers around 19. stockers and feeders traded 6 to 10.75. Top cattle brought 10.50 to 10.75. Sheep count 5,900 head with lambs around 14 to 16.10 and ewes near 9 to 9. field notes indicate feeder lambs at 12.75.
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Denver
Codera
Leeteaty Lambe
Public Markets Westlake Stalls Sell Groceries at Varying Prices
A chaotic market listing shows stalls at Westlake offering meats, dairy, grains, and produce with prices like prime rib steak, pork, apples, milk, oats, and coffee. Shoppers encountered diverse items from dried peas to herring and luetefisk as vendors advertise bargains.
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Jonathan
Deans
Fragmented grocery list with prices and items
Readable items include stalls and prices for flour tea hot sauce milk and produce. Several entries show specific prices such as 49 percent sack Olympic flour $200 and 26¢ for a large bottle ketchup. Some terms are garbled but indicate typical market line items and a station layout.
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Ofc Dow
World Ends For Albion Co as Ceiling Crashes Down
Albion Manufacturing Co employees feared the world ending. a Japanese restaurant above flooded, causing heavy plaster landslides that covered desks and people. Chief stenographer quips she predicted the end as the dust settled and nerves calmed after the collapse.
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Wray
Nemaon
Stenog
Rainy Island Boys Detained After Rowboat Escape Plan
Two boys aged 11 and 12 were brought to the Central police station after trying to flee Mercer Island school by a rowboat tied to the Mercer dock. They planned to cross Lake Washington to Beattie, but were spotted and stopped before Christmas. Police notified school authorities as the boys faced return to the school and meals at the jail cook.
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Central Police Station
Mercer Island
Lake Washington
Mercer Dock
Beattie
Madrona Park
Weat
Seattle
Tokyo Gripp ed by Tram Strike Spreads
Tokyo reports thousands of reservists in training and ready to break the street car strike. The Yokohama Tramway company faces wage and pension demands, with service dwindling as attempts to compromise fail.
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Tokyo
United Press
Yokohama Tramway Company
Ite
Spokane Weather Warms But Ice Clings To City
Spokane residents faced a treacherous morning as drizzle froze into a slick ice cover after a drizzly night. Commuters skidded on icy streets while forecasters predicted warmer temperatures ahead and officials noted relief in the fuel situation despite a six hour business day restriction remaining in force.
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Spokane
Wash
Newspapers urged to cut space due to paper shortage
The house post office committee urged publishers to immediately reduce newspaper size by 10 percent to prevent widespread destruction of papers in smaller cities and towns and to avoid irreparable injury to the communities served by them.
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Washington
House Post Office Committee
No Confirmation on British Massacre Report
London dispatch says the war office had no confirmation of a Moscow wireless report that 1 900 British soldiers at Meshked were annihilated by a population uprising. The office noted a recent report that Holohevik elements planned to attack the British garrison.
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London
War Office
Moscow
Meshked
Holohevik
Bolsheviki Recapture Kieff and Kupvanak
Moscow wireless reports Bolshevik forces have captured Kieff and Kupvanak in southwestern Russia from anti Bolshevik forces. Earlier dispatches stated Gen. Denikin had captured Kieff from the Bolsheviki, with Kieff described as Ukrania's principal city, noting frequent changing hands.
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London
Kieff and
Kupvanak
Russia
Moscow
Denikin
Kieff
Bolsheviki
Kteff
Ukrania
Opium Swindle Involves Wooden Blocks Sold In Montreal
Wong Tong sues two white men for $500 alleging they sold him 45 wooden blocks wrapped in Chinese wrappings as opium. In New York counties women reportedly cast up to 60 percent of primary votes.
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Montreal
Dee
Wong Tong
New York State
Centralize Fair Price Inquirers Plans Meshing District Committees
R C Saunders VA district attorney announced centralized fair price committees to cover Seattle for the Northern district and Tacoma for the Southern district. Miss Ethel Dean leads the reorganized work. He just returned from Tacoma where the grand jury is to indict I W organizers in raids on red meeting places.
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R. C. Saunders
Saunders
Seattle
Tacoma
Ethel Dean
Red
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