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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1921
Page
4
Reports from industry leaders and analysts describe factories reopening and orders increasing as 1921 approaches. Officials claim durable gains in steel, textiles, coal, and farm machinery amid falling prices and strong banking activity, with forecasters predicting a pickup in manufacturing and consumer spending.
A catalog of items and prices from Westlake Public Markets including rib shoulder steak. pot roast. TV. rice. apples. bulk foods. milk. beans. butter. tea. soap. corned beef. veal. bacon. sugar. oats. and other groceries arranged by stalls 2 4 5 7 17 20 21 27-34 46 66 106 116 1625.
Maritime notes list low and high tides for Seattle with times and heights across the day. The record shows low tides around morning and evening, with a second high tide in the afternoon and notes on tidal amplitudes and days.
The Princess Sophia wreck case is reopened as the Canadian Pacific Railway Co. faces a limitation of liability hearing before Judge Jeremiah Neterer. Heirs of 200 victims seek $2,000,000 against the shipowners, while CP Railway argues liability should be limited to passenger and freight receipts.
Ships arrive and depart with routes and times. Admiral Dewey leaves San Diego for the west coast at 4 20 a m. Africa Maru sails to Yokohama Kobe Shanghai. Admiral Schley departs Tacoma for San Diego at 6 p m. Saginaw and Cordova movements noted.
Honolulu notes arrivals January 17 include Str Queen for Seattle at noon and Str Richmond towing No 86 from Seattle at 9 am. Vancouver reports Str Alabama Mary from Seattle via Tacoma arriving January 17 at 7 am. Tacoma lists Str Adrial Sedley and Str Norwood from Seattle arriving January 17.
Wireless Canadian Government dispatches list multiple ships reporting positions on January seventeenth. Admiral Rodman off Boat Harbor sails south at 7 p m while Admiral Bebree near Baimon River goes north at 9 a m and Jefferson abeam Cape Mudge sails south at 10 45 a m. Anyon passes Pig Bay for Anyox at 8 15 a m with further moves noted for BB Brookline and Jefferson from Norfolk toward Puget Sound off East Point at unspecified times.
A dated listing details vessels and terminals at Seattle ports including Smith Cove, Great Northern, Pacific Coast, and Puget Sound facilities. Notable ships mentioned include Fushim Maru, Africa Maru, Santa Ana, Admiral Goodrich, Admiral Achley, and Admiral Dewey alongside drydocks and dredging works. Lined with numerous vessel names and harbor segments such as Pier 14 and Pier 5, plus lake craft at Lake Union and various moorings and bunkers.
The early trading session showed weak demand with many stocks posting small declines. Reading ex-dividend rose to 86 while New York Central eased to 82 percent. steel and Mexican Petroleum fell, Baldwin Pan American Republic Steel and United States Steel seen lower. California Petroleum rallied to around 2 percent. The market closed higher after a tentative rise.
Chicago brief notes wheat after a weak start as export demand supports prices. March wheat opens at 1.76, May at 1.68% and climbs. corn and oats slip amid selling. Cash wheat prices listed, live stock receipts and quotes also reported for hogs and cattle.
Grain and grocery rates show Uncle Santos and other brands with per pound pricing in cents. Coffee quoted at 63 cents per pound and 10 cents per pound for granulated sugar. Rie and other items listed with minor price differences.
Foreign exchange rates opened firm in New York with the dollar at 2.76 francs 4.6 lire 140 marks 87.374 Canadian dollars and 14.306 kroner.
Portland market news converts cattle and hog markets as steady and unchanged. Sheep and butter show minimal shifts with butter at 1 cent per pound and cheese at 25 cents per pound. Prices at Keane are 60 cents per dozen, details reflect steady overall conditions.
About 300 hardware men attend the Pacific Northwest Hardware and Implement Dealers association meeting in the Elks temple. Delegates from 490 to 700 arrive as the four day event begins with round-table discussions and a banquet planned at the Masonic temple featuring Prof. Clark P. Bissett of the University of Washington as the keynote speaker. Frederick A. Ernst presides over the Frnet Hardware and Plumbing Co. session.
The semi annual sale by the last and found department raised twenty seven dollars. Fountain pens sold as low as sixty cents and a pair of women’s gloves brought twenty five cents. The proceeds will be turned over to the Stadium fund.
W Kelly general superintendent of motive power for the Great Northern railway passed through Seattle Monday afternoon. He conferred with other line officials regarding rail equipment in this region.
A fragmentary OCR list mentions places such as Fort Stan wix Fort Harrison Fort Jackson Fort Union and Imurka with various names like Elissa Electra Endymion and Amon yarde Atr Roonevelt plus references to Jeffernan dock GB Lydonia Wawona and US Surveyor atr Ketech ikan.
A surprise shipment of Japanese oranges reached Western ave commission houses, selling at 2.25 a bundle. The orange market eases slightly with top quotes around 5 and many sales near 4.75 a crate. Lettuce, butter, and various vegetables show mixed receipts and steady or firmer prices.
New York reports rising living costs and falling production costs yet show a sharp price spike for news print. The January to March 1921 contract price reaches 6.50 per hundredweight, the highest ever sold by contract, with spot prices higher.
The Alderwood district unveils the W. A. Irwin school a brick building costing 35000 with six classrooms and two large open air playrooms. It will teach practical poultry raising berry and fruit growing and crops for profit aimed at keeping children in rural life and providing independence. Irwin founder of the district lauds the program saying no other grade school offers these courses in the United States and they will cultivate interest in farming careers and lifelong health and happiness near nature.
Allin prepares for the university semi annual student officer elections set for Wednesday. Thirteen candidates compete for six offices in the campus race.
Dr Stevenson Smith, head of the university psychology department, will teach a 12 lesson extension course on childhood beginning next Friday night in the Henry building. In Chicago, three fake policemen robbed Mrs Sigmund G Livingston of jewelry valued at 30000.
The list presents wholesale and city prices per ton for hay grain and animal feed products including ground bone meal oats corn bran linseed meal soy bean meal coal items and various meals. Prices shown vary by item with figures such as 8.00 64.00 37.00 67.00 and 114.00 per unit. some entries are partially garbled.
Eastern Washington fruit growers report buds already on trees raising concern of premature blooming and possible fruit stunting. In nearby Oregon, farmers form a cooperative non profit to market wheat wool and mohair. London buyers paid 2.99 dollars per box for Oregon Jonathan apples last week.
Harmon Rice and Jacob R. Drake pleaded guilty in federal court to failure to extinguish fires they started in the Bnoqualmie National Forest and each was fined ten dollars by Judge Cushman.
W. FE. Hoffman sues Jens L. Hanson for 10000 damages, alleging a bread box fell from Hanson's truck and struck Hoffman at 6 a.m. February 2, 1920, at the Republican and Harrison streets intersection near Fifth Avenue. Hoffman says Hansen skidded and hit the curb, causing the injury.
President elect Harding will delay all cabinet announcements until after conferences during his Florida vacation. He has not formally decided on appointments, with Charles E. Hughes seen as a possible Secretary of State. Harding returned from Cleveland before noon.
Olympia January 18 A proposed act would require all state banks to support a depositors guaranty fund and aid failed banks. The measure, by A V Fawcett, ties funds to 2 percent of average daily receipts and allows certificates to secure claims against the fund and bank capital. National banks would be exempt under the plan.
Births include Paluso Ravine 151 ith ave boy Metanghiia Co Vv Broadway 1531% girl and multiple other local names with residences. Marriages listed include Crandall Fred C Tacoma Onterberg Singa Chilean John Williams Beattie and many partners with ages and Seattle Gig Harbor and Vancouver B C connections.
Four corporations and eleven individuals pleaded guilty to violating Sherman and trust laws by conspiring to fix sand and gravel prices in New York for building purposes. Judge Hand fined $5,000 per corporation and $1,000 to $4,000 for individuals, totaling $40,000, and dissolved the sand and gravel board of trade used in price fixing. The case arose from the federal grand jury investigation into the building trade.
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