New Buying Movement Forecast for 1921
The federal reserve and business groups predict a revival starting in January with a new buying surge by early 1921. Slumps are not seen as serious, though prices fall. steel rails may set records, and foreign markets shift emphasis to the Orient as Europe underbids in Argentina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Reserve
States Chamber of Commerce
Ged
Gray
Union Pacific
Europe
Orient
China
Argentina
Germany
Seattle
Hotel men yield on 18 dollar wage for women
Washington Hotel Men's association will not appeal further the case involving the minimum of 18 dollars a week for women employed in hotels and restaurants. The minimum wage law becomes retroactive for six months, releasing back wages to employers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Hotel Men's Association
Taylor Eyes Senate Pro Tem Amid Rising Support
State Senate race heats as 27 of 42 members back Howard JD Taylor of Eagle Gorge for president pro tem. The backing signals momentum for Taylor's bid and outlines the party’s initial lineup for the next chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Senate
Howard JD. Taylor
Eagle Gorge
Senate
Olympic Division Superintendent Dead
William H. Melcher of Port Angeles, superintendent of the Olympic division of the Chicago Milwaukee and Puget Sound railroad, died at the Knickerbocker hotel Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Melcher
Port Angeles
Olympic Division
Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railroad
Knickerbocker Hotel
Lehigh Valley Railroad Request Denied by Supreme Court
Washington December 20 The Supreme Court denied the Lehigh Valley Railroad's request to modify its decree dissolving the coal combine. The action leaves in place the recent court order ending the railroad's coal consolidation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Seattle Ship News Tides Report
Tide and height readings for Seattle harbor listed with first high and low tides, second high and low tides, and associated times. Data shows multiple stages including 4 ft and 6 ft low tides and 7 ft high tides, with times around morning hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Harbor wireless crisis prompts finance committee session
The harbor department faces a wireless station crisis as a special finance committee session is set for late Monday. U S District Radio Inspector A R Redfern orders Port Warden Fred M Lathe to accept a restricted license or surrender the current license. The city cannot engage in commercial wireless work, threatening the valued service to shipping through wavelength restrictions. Mayor Caldwell sought protection from Senators Wesley L Jones and Miles Poindexter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harbor Department
U. S
A. R. Redfern
Fred M. Lathe
Caltwell
Wesley L. Jones
Miles Poindexter
Two Ships Arrive From South America for Seattle and Tacoma
Two steamships named Rotarian and Silverado docked Saturday carrying heavy cargo from South America. Gillespie & Co. act as agents for Rotarian, while Silverado operates under General Steamship Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
Rotarian
Seattle
Tacoma, Gillespie & Co
General Steamship Co
Steamer Svea Strikes Coos Bay Spit Resumes Voyage
MARSHFIELD Ore Dec 26 Steamer Svea which struck twice Saturday night while getting out of Coos Bay has been reported proceeding south, apparently not seriously damaged. She lost her deck load after grounding on the spit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshfield
Svea
Coos Bay
More Orphans Due Today From Poland
Bringing more than 130 Polish orphans, victims of the work war, the Japanese liner Suwa Maru will dock here Monday night or Tuesday. The children are sent to the Polish American Relief Association in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Maritime Movements Include Beattie Vessels and Puget Sound Ships
Dockside notices record sailing and arrival times for ships including Kahulus Sailed, San Pedro and San Francisco entries. Ships Admiral Watson and Norwood from Seattle Beattie movements appear with December 18 to 26 timing along Puget Sound routes and Alaska service. Admiral Dewey and Valder voyages listed with afternoon departures.
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Admiral Schley
Tacoma
Horace X. Daxter
San Francisco
Mandesan Mary
Kobe
Prince George
Porte
Nome City
Admiral Schrey
San Diego
San Pedro
Kahulus
Weat Keene
Beattie
Stanwood
Puget Sound
Norwood
Seattle
Unalga
Ste Admiral Watson
Arkansas
Puget Sound Naval Station
Valder
Queen
Beat
Ste Hollywood
Honolulu
Heattie
West Ison
Charlie Watson
Ste Elkhorn
United Kingdom
Maritime Navigation Log From December 1 Report
Wireless Canadian Government reports positions of ships near Alaska British Columbia and Washington. Vessels include Jefferson at En trance Island northbound at 9 p m off Ketch ikan southbound at 5 a m Anger off Pine Island Attias 294 miles off Juneau Atlas 624 miles south of Juneau and multiple other vessels with courses north or south and times from 4 p m to 10 p m.
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Wireless Canadian
Jefferson
Entrance Island
City of
Beattie
Ketchikan
Anger
Pine Island
Attias
Juneau
Atlas
Capt
A. F. Lucas
Sand Heads
Ste
Vessels and Docks Activity at Seattle Port and Nearby Yards
Shipping items and vessel names appear at Seattle Smith Cove and adjacent terminals. The list references multiple docks and piers including Nome City Pier 6 8tr Weat and Banta Ana Pier 2 tr. Additional names include Alaska Steamship mooringe Str Skagway Cordova Union Pacific dock Silverado Nile and several yards such as Duthie and Horace with creosoting works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Smith Cove
Eastern
Ste Maquan
Ate Westward Ho
Atr
Martland
Nome City
Weat Ivan
Ater
Alameda
Hellet
Surveyor
Algonquin
Fulton
Smith Cove Anchorage
Grand Trunk Dock
Spokane
Pacific Coast Coal Bunkere
Alaska
Mooringe
Skagway
Cordova
Union Pacific
Silverado
Pacific Coast Engineering Worksa
Ftr
Nile
Sconium
Weat
Admiral Sehley
Duthie Yard
Griffdau
East Waterway
Weat Joneup
Weet Himrod
Rotarian
Coleman Creosoting Works
Horace
Paster
Tedd Drydocks
Gwhr
Columbia
Kia
Wheat Prices Falter as Holiday Trade Quiet on Chicago Board
Wheat prices declined on the Chicago Board of Trade amid light selling during the holiday period, while corn edged higher on strong demand. Wheat futures opened near unchanged and retraced some losses, with December and May contracts posting minor moves and oats showing modest gains as cash prices for wheat firmed at 3 1/15 to 3 1/5 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Fresh farm produce joins New York scene and Chicago markets
Fresh supplies of sweet potatoes cauliflower lettuce and tomatoes from California reached over the weekend and were distributed to holiday trade. California fruit quoted at 4 50 a crate tomatoes 3 50 a crate sweet potatoes 4 percent to 5 percent a pound. Chicago markets report mixed livestock activity with cattle receipts around 16 000 head and pork product prices steady to lower on December 26.
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New York
Kentucky
Thomas J. Wilson
The
Institute of American Meat Packers
California
Western Ave
California Caull
Amer Oar & Fury
Amer International
Amer Humatra
Amer
Amer Tel
Haltimore & Onienms
Perth Veldwin
Canadian Pacific H. Wash
Iti
Lecal
Central Leather
General Motors
Bamper Am
Lackawannse
Ae Menic Petroleum
New Haven
Northern Pacific
Pen-Amer
Petroteum
Pennsylvania
Oregon
Mineleir
Cee Renee
Mouthern
Pacific
Feres
Crete
Terae
Chicago Board of Trade
Trion Pacific
Brook Rapid
Juneau
Liberty Benne Almende
Tate
Acta Peanoteireinia Keystone
Shippers
Vital Statistics Marriage Licenses and Births List
The record lists marriage licenses with names and residences including Milton G Gage and Hazel Colton Seattle, and many others across Edmonds Beattie Tacoma Bremerton Port Ringsted and Beattie. Birth announcements flag numerous newborns with parents and addresses such as Porter E M Seattle and Wileon KR Seattle. several entries note girls and boys with specific streets.
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Gage
Milton Gerard
Seattle
Lambert
Hazel Colton
Reece
Rl W
Edmonds
Willapa
Legal Blythe
Florence
Beattie
Legal Duckworth, Omer
Bremerton
Pater
Fay
de Vasconcellos
Charlies P
Port Ringested
Hagovald A
Ans
Geneta
Seeees Lagel Rolie
Astrid
Legal Lewis
Filbert
Legal Sarginnon
Fern
Peterson
Violet
Galesburg
Iit
Nina B
Loule Legal Krueger
Albert J
Portland
Lwoker
Mary Is
Winter
Myron
Bothell
Nicholson
Mabel
Danielwon
Olof Wilhelm
Larvon
Emma Kristina
Benson
Harvey
Tacoma
An Verna
Wilburn
Legalell
Mabel Muriel
John L
Penek
Charlies E
Grey
Marguerite Jane
Schods
Shipping and Steel Stocks Fall on New York Exchange
The New York stock market opened irregular as shipping and steel shares dropped. Major names like American Can, Crucible, American Locomotive, United States Steel, and International Paper moved lower, while others such as New Haven and New York Central posted gains or held steady amid a broader market slide influenced by the year’s low industrial averages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Can
Southern Railway
New Haven
Crucible
Tobaccco Products
International Paper
American Locomotive
Atlantic Gulf
United States Steel
United Metall
Southern Pacific
General Motors
American Sugar
Mexican Petroleum
Sas Anaconda
New York Central
Caldwin
Toth Republic
Dethlehem “Hi
American International
Houston
Foreign exchange and market notes from New York and Portland
Foreign exchange opens lower with sterling at 2.45 and other currencies slipping. Money on call 7 percent. Commodities: sugar around 4.86 per lb, coffee roughly 4 1/2 to 5 1/2 cents per lb, butter 5 0 6 per lb. Portland cattle, hogs, and sheep receipts and prices listed with a steady to unchanged trend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
France
Money On Call
Mercantile Paper
Har siner—Leondon Cc
Denver Live Stock Market Report Rebounds Shows Mixed Prices
Denver markets show cattle receipts at 1600 head with mixed action and lower tone for steers and cows while hogs hold near steady and sheep receipts at 4900 head with slower sale and lambs trading around 8.50 to 9.25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Wadman Denies Illicit Alcohol Possession
A. B. Wadman pleaded not guilty before Federal Judge Neterer to illegal possession of alcohol. Trial date to be set January 3. Co defendant T. J. McNally pleaded guilty and was fined for storing Aquor in his office in room 733, Henry building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Wadman
Neterer
Wadman
T. J. McNally
Aquor
Henry Building
Aran Islands Raid by British Forces Reported
Dublin dispatch reports British military forces raided the Aran Islands in pursuit of Sinn Felnera. Clashes left two fugitives dead, three wounded, and seven captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aran Islands
Dublin
Sinn Felnera
Irrigation Institute Expands to Logged-Off Lands
Washington Irrigation Institute enlarges its scope to reclaim lands logged-off or diked, stated by G B Costello of the state development bureau, after returning from a meeting at Millenaburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Irrigation Institute
G. B. Costello
State Development Bureau
The
Chamber of Commerce
Mllenaburg
Muny League to Hear About Water Supply
John Lamb statistician for the city water department will discuss The Status of the City Water Supply at Tuesday noon meeting of the Municipal League. The session will be held at Meves' Cafeteria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muny League
Municipal League
John Lamb
City Water Department
Meves
Architect Heads New Building Commission
A. H. Albertson, Seattle architect, was chosen chairman of the new building code commission at its first meeting. James E. Blackwell, superintendent of buildings, was selected vice chairman. The panel will redraft the citys building code.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Albertson
Seattle
Building Code Commission
James E. Blackwell
Shingle Decision Under Advisement Promoted Thickness
The Red Cedar Shingle Congress has decided to promote a thicker shingle than previously manufactured. The issue is to be taken under advisement by the shingle branch of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cedar
West Coast Lumbermen's Association
Advertising City Brings a Nibble In Socks Plant Plan
Seattle Chamber of Commerce conducts national advertising campaign to attract a heavy woolen sock plant. Information favorable to an eastern manufacturer has been sent in response to his inquiry seeking location data and conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Rumor Names Harriet T. Upton for Education Head
Rumor in Washington circles points to Mrs Harriet T Upton of Ohio as the likely first head of a newly proposed department of education to be created by President elect Harding upon congressional action. Upton active in woman suffrage and author of several books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet T. Upton
Ohio
Department of Educcation
Harding
Conigreas
Booze runners in Omaha clash in gun battle
Two men were badly wounded in a pitched gun battle between rival booze running bands at a fast Omaha roadhouse. About 20 men fired several hundred shots as police search for the wounded victims who were removed by friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha, Neb
Omaha
Public Markets Feature Wide Goods And Bargains
Queen market stalls offer creamed sugar white beans pineapples butter milk corn meal and canned goods. Various stalls list prices for soap canned peaches Jell-O Crisco crackers Carnation milk and breakfast cereals with emphasis on fresh dairy and dried goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crry
Westlake
Ghirarcdelli
Kind Words Fail to Impress This Judge
In San Francisco on December 20 Alphonse Collet a street preacher lost his bid to convince a judge by calling him beloved. His wife sued for divorce on the ground that he forced her to live on milk only and the divorce was granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Alphonse Collet
Temple to Offer Scenario Writing Course
Philadelphia December 20 Temple University will offer a new course in scenario writing next year. The program will be named in honor of Stanley V Mastbaum a pioneer in motion pictures and exhibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Temple University
Stanley V. Mastbaum
CAS Hearing Begins Page One Report On Energy Rulings
The article notes CAS hearing coverage starting on page one with focus on lowering energy standards. Officials say companies offered full cooperation to aid the investigation. Vancouver B C cites B T U levels cut from 600 to 620 in July 1915 as war emergency, then to 460 in November 1919, with further investigation ten months later. Prof Whipple details visits to other eastern sites where the experiment proved satisfactory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
B.C
Prof. Whipple
Convicted Robbery Suspect Given Jail Time In City Case
Frank Taylor alias Bob Lee, 25, arrested by Detectives L C Harris and A A Brown, held with a loaded revolver. Police Judge Gordon sentenced him to 15 days in jail and $50 fine for carrying concealed weapons, total 41 days with nonpayment. linked to a store robbery report at 127 4th ave. &. Four other arrestees Henry Taylor EA Turner George Boyd and George Wilson received 20 days for disorderly conduct cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Harris
A. A. Brown
Frank Taylor
Bob Lee
Gordon
Lee
Taylor
Y. Iki
4Th Ave
Henry Taylor
EA Turner
George Boyd
George Wilson
Four Charged in Borgia Plot Murder Case at Macon
In Macon Georgia on December 20 four members of prominent peach growing families face a preliminary hearing for the murder of Fred D Shepard the millionaire peach king. The defendants include Mrs Pauline Elmer widow of the slain man and her sister Mrs Jane Henry along with Ernest Hopson and Mrs Annie E Cutts. The case centers on a alleged poisoning conspiracy dubbed a Borgia plot with Mrs Alice Crandall as key accuser claiming Paula orchestrated Shepard’s murder.
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Macon
Fred D. Shepard
Milionaire
Peach King
Cabal
South
Matthews
Pauline Elmer
Jane Henry
Ernest Hopson
Annie E. Cutts
Elmer
Paula
Shep
Shepard
Army to Enlist Whistlers as New Seventh Recruit Depot Band
Army creates a new corps named the Seventh Recruit Depot Band to be stationed at Columbus barracks Ohio with Frank J. Weber of the St. Louis Symphony as director. The ruling allows anyone who can whistle a tune to enroll as a bandeman and join the ranks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frank J. Weber
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Seventh Recruit Depot Band
Columbus
Ohio
Anti-Drug Ordinance Move Advances In City Council
Councilman Philip Tindall proposes an anti narcotics ordinance to curb sale and possession of habit forming drugs in Beattle. The draft mirrors a state bill and would require physician prescription registration and new city regulations. The measure goes to the public safety committee after Monday’s council session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Tindall
de Fetall Druggiers’ Association
New Arrest Expected In Dope Probe
Federal agents held two men including a railroad conductor and his wife in Seattle after a Saturday seizure of opium and about two pounds of cocaine on a Great Northern train. A third arrest was expected Monday as investigators pursue the drug source and passengers tied to the case.
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Itue
Seattle
I Regan
Federal Prohibition
Great Northern
Vancouver
Ja Rue
Ferndale
Mra. la
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New England
Brooklyn
Lehigh Valley
R. R
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Poland
Weather Bureau
Tatoosh Island
Wird
Paseed
Johan Poulson
Drake
Mandasan Mary
Oreves
Str
Latouche
Southwestern
Be Oh
Ketchikam—Salled
Princess Mary
N. Y. Stock Exchange
Becond Avenue
Moses
Be Ag Perey
I Be
Porter E. M
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Bop
Wileon
Meldrum
C. W
Cushman
Irk Gray
W. G
Silverman
Max
Aiog
P Ayther
Queen Anne Ave
Rivereng
10Th
Walnut Ave
Hoglund
A. C
Epeelith W
Wirl. Cer
Eldridge
Alden
Halliday
Gladys F
Fred
Otey
Arthur C. ‘Sheehan
Alice C
Frank J
Wisconsin
Lamboreot
Wheissale
Bhippere
New York Exchange
N. Y
Rio
Ban Francisco
Ance Ridge
Wheatland
Mont
Lake Union
Julie Abilla
Atoba
Abydos
Addison
Allenhurat
Ahmik
Anthon
Kayden
Mertrand
Kingamon
Hincaya
Black Wolf
Planford
O«twin
Boughton
Pesuta
Puyallup
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Charus
Chesterfield
Chatets
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Cinyras
Corus
Conxtan
Cola
Clone
Eliesa
Electra
Endymion
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Fort Harrison
Fort Jackson
Fort Union
Imufka
Leoti
Kitan
Air Oregon
Ames Yard
Bir Patterson
New Building Commission
Harriett Upton
Wardines
MT. Tall
Ella
Cas
Cunman
Edwin J
Columbia St
Dec
Murphy
Montgomery
Ney
J. J. Haag
Andrew Hamilton
Seaboard Mildeath
Hamilton Beach
Cadillac
Pioneer Electrical Appliance Co
Union and
Pike
Fifth Ave
Fifth Avenue
Elliott
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