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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1919
Page
7
Ad lists multiple rental units including 42 outside meteor rooms and 28 outside rooms with modern features. Mentions a lease at 660 deposit and a full price itemized at 5000. Seller Fred Sharp at 216 Union St notes heat and hot water included.
An 186-30 room furnished lodging near Westlake district near square with high income figures. Potential barber shop and cigar store add on. price 1750. Income around 200 per week net. figures show 10 to 18 daily net. Contact H Rogers 3230 Burke Main Texas 611. Leases on force holdings in new oil field in Duval County Southwest Texas offer investment in five-year leases. Large Texas acreage available at 3 to 5 per five-year term. Written inquiries to EX-MEX OO Lease Co Building San Antonio Texas.
Classified notices show properties for sale or lease including a brick apartment house with long lease and strong income, a hotel on Third Ave with long lease, and a shop on Union Street. Also listed are farm and real estate loans, wage labor ads, boarding rooms, and a legal notice of a civil suit filed by Star Publishing Co. against W J Bryne Co with a March 1920 filing.
The article reports Gabriele d Annunzio's decision to hold a referendum among inhabitants of the city to decide whether he should continue occupation. Earlier negotiations led to surrender, but he reversed course and chose a referendum.
General John J. Pershing may visit Seattle in January as the guest of the city in a major municipal event. Mayor Fitzgerald extended the invitation after a Veterans of Foreign Wars committee request, with Col. Marshall indicating Pershing would accept after camp Lewis inspection if Seattle sponsors the visit. A state armory welcome is planned and a civilian and soldier committee will organize details to greet every ex service man in Seattle and the Northwest.
A habeas corpus petition filed with Judge Jeremiah Neterer came too late to prevent the deportation of James Douglas a Canadian. Douglas was rushed to Vancouver British Columbia by immigration officers where he was later taken into custody by the Winniper sheriff on a charge of wife desertion and possibly other offenses.
County offices closed in the courthouse after noon in respect for Miles C. Moore the last surviving territorial governor. His funeral was held in Walla Walla and attended by local officials.
The Seattle Star offers ad space and listings for legal services patent attorneys massage and bath houses loan brokers transfer services and shop ads. Readers are invited to place want ads to expand trade and hire staff such as maids.
A child urges Santa to obtain hundreds of dolls from the Red Cross at Fourth Ave and University for Mother Ryther's child home. The dolls come from a Dolls' show at the Arena, held for charity, with proceeds benefiting Mother Ryther's organization.
George Kiens and Frank Holmes were sentenced by Superior Judge King Dykeman to 10 to 20 years at hard labor in Walla Walla penitentiary for beating and robbing J L Oleon at Eighthave and Weat lake on July 21. They faced additional charges for a second robbery. Kiens had earlier attempted jail escape. The men, transferred from California, pleaded not guilty to the pending robbery charge.
William Clarke, 40, escaped from San Se penitentiary in Oregon after two years of an 11 year sentence. Seattle detectives identified him from California authorities photos and arrested him in the Imperial hotel lobby. He faces return to California while Alberta police seek him for motor vehicle theft and forgery prior terms.
Washington December 20 the house sent to the president the bill extending powers of the sugar equalization board through 1920 It adopted a senate amendment to end the licensing system of sugar producers and large users on July 1 1920 The senate concurred in house amendments to the McNary bill.
Three bags of laundry disappeared from the back porch of W. W. Hailey at 144th Ave Saturday morning. Police reported the burglar was described as wearing spotless linen and inquired about the contents. Hailey noted pajamas socks and other items were missing.
A lone thief returned to the Putterworth Weatherby station at Fifth Avenue and Virginia Street, taking $60 from the cash register while Carl Ellerbeck, the only attendant, stood watch. A second incident in three weeks shows the robber was calm and unhurried. In another note, the Emergency Fleet Corporation says its coast ship building material sales exceed $2,000,000 in the last two months.
Puget Sound coast guard to assign four submarine chasers to aid federal authorities in stopping international smuggling. Plan under review by Washington officials, with a decision due within a week. Chasers to work with Collector Roscoe Drumbeller to enforce navigation laws and curb deep water lawbreakers.
James Thompson, believed to be the only man at large with new Interstitial glands, escaped from a Glendale hideout with Eugene Loomis after parole at San Quentin. Parole officer Whyte reports Thompson, once dull, has become highly restless since release.
The Nati Wholesale Grocers Association refuses to drop its suit against the big five packers before the Federal Trade Commission. Clifford Thorne says action only ends if a detailed statement of agreement and proof that meat packers permanently withdraw from groceries is produced. Armour & Co. plans to sell its interests and discontinue related lines. The Chicago Stockyards company and Union Stockyards entities will be dissolved. U S District Attorney Charles F. Cline says the grand jury probe into the packing industry has been dropped.
W. B. Johnson, 19, a sailor, sits in a city jail tank practicing thoughts on gunnery after being arrested for flourishing a revolver in front of an unidentified woman at a local movie. He is held for a probable charge.
Seattle dentist Dr. Robert T. Royal was arraigned before U S Commissioner R W Mc Clelland and discharged for lack of sufficient evidence after being accused of altering war savings stamp certificates.
Frank Turco 27 acting president of the Metal Trades council and delegate to the Central Labor council from the Miackemiths union faces a police court trial Monday on charges of distributing band bills without a license. He was arrested Saturday night by Sergeant P F Keefe’s red squad and released on 25 bail. Also noted is the West Ison steamship completing an Oriental voyage and docking Friday night, operated by Struthers & Dixon for another Orient trip.
Tecal wholesale poultry dealers plan higher market this Christmas with prices at least a dime above Thanksgiving. Despite a bare street, dealers expect large shipments by Sunday or Monday and predict brisk trade with better gobblers due to two weeks of cold weather. Cranberries are scarce locally. late Eastern berries cost 20 per barrel. Shipments from the East due Monday. butter and egg quotes hold steady as stockyards report 267 cattle and 286 hogs received.
Wholesale prices listed for fruits vegetables and dairy products. Items include Jonathan apples 2.00 to 3.26 per unit, Newtons AG grades, oranges Navels per box, Almeria Florida peaches, Emperora variety, and dairy goods like milk per cwt butter country cream cheese and lardy prices. Also notes on eggs ducks live poultry and meats with per unit and per standard measures.
Chicago December grain trading shows a lower cash market and subdued demand. Cash corn and provisions slip with mixed price moves across December January and May contracts, while pork and other futures also ease amid the broad downbeat.
Alien H. Shears extradited from New York to the county jail faces charges after misappropriating 3600 dollars while acting as an agent for Eastern insurance concerns. An information was filed in superior court Friday as he pursued habeas corpus proceedings.
The steamships Wheatland Montana and Seattle Spirit race home across the Pacific with the Spirit 17 miles ahead in the latest reports. Both vessels belong to the Admiral line.
The navy will transmit commercial messages to Vladivostok in the future. Messages must be filed in the naval radio office in the L. C. Smith building personally.
The steamship West Jena was delivered to the Shipping Board by Ames Shipbuilding and Drydock Co for the 22nd reusel. On her trial trip she achieved 13.954 knots on Friday.
H. C. Cantelow assistant general manager of the Admiral line and J. D. Gilmour port engineer test on the President Friday pilat for California where they will spend the Christmas holidays.
The schooner Bianca built by Elliott Bay Shipbuilding will depart Chemania B C early next week carrying 1 900 000 feet of lumber to Delgoa bay South Africa.
Arrivals and departures listed with ships such as Klamath Weet Ison West Jena Rainier West Aleta President Rome via routes to San Francisco Kobe Cardiff Rotterdam and Hamburg. Includes times 10:28 a m 2 m 4:16 pm 9:30 pm 6:20 pm and 6:65 pm plus December dates and voyage notes.
Wireless U and Naval communications log lists vessels with garbled routes and positions. Beattie bound for Yokohama sails from Seattle area 2,406 miles at 5 p m, with Beattie for Vladivostok 2,606 miles from Cape Fishery, and other ships including Kobe bound for Seattle and Yokohama bound itineraries noted near Cape Flattery and Port Townsend.
A list of ships, yards, whaling vessels, and docks in Seattle harbor. Notable entries include Smith Cove terminal, Great Northern pier, Skinner Eddy yards, Admiral Nicholson and Admiral Dewey piers, Todd drydocks, Ames yards, and multiple motor ships and tugs. The notation names several vessels by hull, yard, and pier, reflecting busy port activity.
Washington officials debated permitting Vladimir Voehmetroff to travel to Washington after immigration authorities released him at Angel Island San Francisco. He is identified as a representative of the Central Union of Consuls Societies of Russia rather than a Bolshevik government envoy.
In Omaha 19-year-old Carl Pratt, who wed a girl in August, told his wife he loved Ruth Mondeau and could not bear to see her leave town. He drank poison and died last night. Mondeau learned of the death just before her curtain call and continued her burlesque act despite grief.
Clearings and balances show Seattle and Portland activity with figures for Spokane and Portland areas. Notable totals include Seattle Clearwater balances and Portland totals, with several large clearing amounts and dates implied by the OCR.
New York market opened with gains across several issues as the foreign exchange market strengthened. United States Rubber led with a fractional rise while Republic and Mexican Petroleum posted notable upticks amid broader gains in steel stocks and other issues. The session closed firm.
Chicago December 26 market for cattle hogs and sheep shows mixed results Receipts include 15000 hogs 2560 cattle and 2500 sheep Market strong for hogs with various classes priced from 12 75 to 15 90 per head Cattle receipts steady to weak with beef cows calves heifers and steers priced across a wide range Sheep market noted as steady with lambs and ewes trading in moderate volumes.
Portland market report shows mixed cattle demand with weak overall tone. Receipts 267 head. prime mixed cattle priced at 16.25 16.50, cows and heifers 7.60 5.50, calves 3 14, hogs strong with heavy types 18.25 13.75, sheep steady with valley lambs 10.50 11.60 and yearlings 9.60 10.50. Eggs 60 70 cents per dozen. broilers 28 23 cents per pound. cheese 26 cents per pound.
Frisco market notes list various dairy and produce prices with items including extra small pullets, cheese, and flats. Rutter-Extras at 9 percent per pound, Diego-Ratras at 740 per doe, 64 cents per dozen for undersized pullets, and California flats at 330 per pound.
Denver market notes cattle receipts zero head with steady prices and ranges for steers cows and heifers mockers and feeders calves and hogs. hog receipts 600 head up ten cents with top at 13.76 and most 13.40. sheep receipts 12 000 head with lambs at 14.76 to 15.70 and feeder lambs 14 to 14.75.
The Manard Rental Agency announces a newly observed housing rental policy at 1726-7 L. C. Smith Building. The rules outline criteria for tenants and method of applying for residences.
Owners must provide access keys and list rooms, location, and contact details. No competing real estate offices. sign not required. Directory will publish rental listings on the 1st and 15th of each month starting December with about one hundred houses and store properties, plus upcoming buildings for 1920.
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