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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1920
Page
13
The Ames shipyard reports no current contracts after the West Jappa was launched and christened by Mrs. George L. The plant superintendent notes no new orders and expresses hope for securing work soon. Edgar Ames states the yard is through with current business.
Readings show high tides at 5:63 a.m. and 12:06 p.m. with sea level around 33.5 and 29 feet. Also notes a second high tide near 110 feet and a low tide around 46 dollars per unit.
In Hawthorne New Jersey on February 20 a funeral is planned for Henry Pineau. He reportedly fainted on a train after hearing a newspaper account of his death, reflecting only part of the story.
A transpacific voyage by the liner IA BC was encountered in port two days. One lifeboat and the port were washed away with substantial damage reported. Charity is to woman what veracity to a man.
An upward trend in the local orange market was reported by wholesalers Friday with California buying prices up 4 this week. Movement of apples should improve due to the higher orange market as wholesalers say they are cleaned up on cheaper apples but hold large stocks of fancy and good grade fruit. Negotiated dairy prices remain firm as butter steady. merchants completed a 100000 pound butter deal from Manila, marking one of the market’s largest outside purchases.
Wholesale market prices listed for fruits vegetables dairy poultry meat and hides. Includes values for spinach rome beauties almonds filberts virginia peas virginia keystone japanese pears country creamery Wisconsin cream Limburger Young America and various livestock and hides with price ranges per unit or per hundredweight.
Bank clearings reach 6 296 659 41 with 1 989 985 95 in balances reported. Clearings balance skeptics note 767 067 80 in the six cents range. The figures reflect localized transactions and currency totals in the period.
The New York Stock Exchange opened the day with a buoyant market led by speculative issues. General Motors and Mexican Petroleum moved higher while United States Steel lagged, as overall prices rose and a reported high in the energy sector boosted sentiment.
New York graphs show pound and franc gains with sterling recovering to $1.47 and the euro area currencies firming. In Chicago the grain pit faced a setback as Argentine shipments reduced demand. February corn opens at $1.42 with later gains and July corn around $1.31. Portland reports modest dairy and cheese prices at local markets with creamery products listed by weight.
Ships arriving February 6 include Manila Maru from Manila via Victoria B C at 11 20 p m Aredia Maru from Tacoma at 6 30 a m West Jester from Tacoma at 6 15 p m Apex from Anacortes at 2 45 p m Governor from Tacoma at 11 00 p m and Arabia Maru bound for Hong Kong via Victoria with listed times.
Lists numerous vessels and ships moored or dockside at Seattle ports including Great Northern, Manila Maru, Admiral Prana, Victoria, Eastern Ocean, West Campgaw, Roosevelt yards and various drydocks, amid a cluttered inventory of ships, terminals, and related facilities. Includes stray agricultural and livestock terms and garbled lines interspersed with pricing and grain notes.
The Senate Commerce Committee approved a bill to bar sale of former German ships by the Shipping Board until Congress authorizes a merchant marine policy. The panel backed a nine to three vote, with Republicans Edge Nelson and Fernald opposing. The board would recondition and operate the ships using available funds until action.
New York reports a surge in cut flower demand due to the influenza epidemic and cold weather. Roses fetch four to ten dollars a dozen while carnations rise from five to six dollars, up more than one hundred percent.
Paris reports plans to use airplanes to move gold from St. Laurent du Maroni in French Guiana. A 100 mile forested belt separates mines from coast towns, replacing prior canoe transport. Elsewhere, Chicago market reports varied receipts for cattle and sheep with prices and categories listed.
The list details stalls and goods at Pike markets including milk 1% and 7% fat, seedless and unseeded raisins, halibut, butter, lard, salmon, coffee, canned vegetables, and dairy items. Prices range from 12¢ to $1.60 per unit with numerous stalls (Stall 2 4 12 16 27-29 30-32) offering meats, baked goods, and pantry staples.
A fragmented market listing details stall numbers and assorted goods including mackerel 49 cents each, beans 25 cents, cocoa 80, soap and cleanser items, milk 80 cents, matches 8 boxes, ketchup 8 bottles, fruit such as Yakima apples and Winesap apples with prices per box, and various meats like pot roast and lamb stew with per pound or per item pricing.
Wood alcohol in a drink sent A Hozendobler of 1411 Fifth Avenue to the city hospital Friday with serious poisoning. The same Friday morning a fractured leg from falling timbers at the East Waterway dock left J. J. Daoust, 50, in the city hospital.
Hugh M. Caldwell sent a letter to Mayor Shitemerald denouncing Duncan as unrepresentative of labor and unsuitable for city leadership. Caldwell warns a Duncan victory would bring factional control and unfavorable notoriety to Seattle while urging civic action and voter turnout.
A letter from mayoral candidate James A. Duncan proposes six large public meetings in Seattle before election day to let voters compare the candidates. Duncan suggests each candidate name three members to form a citizens committee to arrange halls and details.
Chicago February 20 Smiling Jack O Firien retained his smile to the last as he was hanged for the murder of Policeman Richard Burke The hanging was delayed an hour to allow Cook County grand jury members to witness the execution Sheriff Charles Peters plan to have other prisoners observe was ruled legal by State s Attorney Maclay Heyne All prisoners were kept from sight of the scaffold
Portland police seek Mra Emma Lorentsen in Seattice. She wears seven skirts and had $1,600 sewed in the lining of one of them when last seen.
The defense closed today in the Frank A. McCormick murder trial of Charles Brown. Final witnesses were Lloyd Sligar and H. W. Evans. Prosecution plans to call Irvin Ward on rebuttal. Arguments were to begin this afternoon and the jury would receive the case by noon Saturday.
The Prince of Wales will depart next month for Australia and is slated to land in San Diego on March 31 before heading to Honolulu on April 4. He travels aboard the cruiser Renown, the same vessel used on his recent U S and Canada trip.
Washington officials said President Wilson's latest note on the Adriatic settlement is regarded as final. One official noted he thought no further correspondence would be necessary.
M. J. O'Neil of 1015 Second Ave sustained a badly bruised ear when his car collided with R. L. Saunders of 800 Fairview Ave at the intersection of Valley Street and Fairview Avenue late Thursday afternoon.
While running to catch a street car KR L Smith of 2753 Washington was struck by a truck driven by A L Freeman of 1114 Cherry at Fourth Ave and Dilling Dr Friday noon. Smith was taken to the city hospital with cuts and bruises.
The steamship Alabama near the Chicago harbor submerged on a concrete superstructure. A fifty thousand dollar cargo was removed early today while the vessel took on water and reports indicated damage in all holds.
Stanley In Krebs of New York opened as principal speaker at the Western Retail Lumbermen's association convention in Boise Idaho. Delegates from Idaho Washington Oregon and California attend the event which runs through tomorrow night. Former Spokane Mayor Hindhey Douglas Malloch and Ralph S Hinman of Chicago are slated for today’s program.
Ed Hunter, 34, could not satisfactorily explain the presence of a California license tag on his car and is in the city jail while he works out a defense.
It is estimated that in Colorado there is sufficient shale in beds three feet or more thick to yield 20,000,000 or more barrels of crude petroleum.
Mayor C B Pitewerald issues a proclamation urging all firms to observe Monday February 25 as a legal holiday honoring George Washington. The Retail Trade bureau of the Chamber of Commerce and the Retail Jewelers' association have already decreed the day a holiday. The closing remark notes a general sentiment about women.
United States customs officers halted a smuggling attempt as two men, P. J. O'Donnell and Joseph O'Donnell of the Aristo hotel, were arrested after alighting from the Great Northern Vancouver express at Ballard. A cab awaited to take them into town with 40 quarts of Canadian whisky.
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