City reduces 1922 budget by six hundred twenty nine thousand
City councilmen say a 750000 cut will meet the Smill levy reduction with estimates filed by major departments. No city salaries will be raised and automatic raises are suspended. Officials expect savings near one million while departments push drastic cuts to operating costs.
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H. M. Strouse
Caldwell
T Department
Barber Patrol
Steees Treasurer's Office
Corporation Counsel
Trollers Lose In U S Court Challenge To 1920 Fishing Law
Trollers argued the Neah Bay three mile rule harmed their packing and shipment to Seattle. Federal judges Cushman Neterer Gilbert denied the preliminary injunction sought by Union Fishermen's Fishing and Packing Co. and John Johnson against Enest Seaborg Darwin and Wyckoff. The suit claimed the regulation was unconstitutional and favored fish trappers by forcing haul to Seattle.
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Neah Bay
Seattle
FE. E. Cushman
Jeremiah Neterer
William B. Gilbert
San Francisco
United States District Court of
Union Fishermen's Fishing and Packing Co
John Johnson
Ernest A. Seaborg
L. H. Darwin
M Wyckoff
Troilers
King County Ordered to Pay School Districts 6789.22
Judge Jeremiah Neterer ruled in federal court Monday that King County must pay 6789.22 to School District No. 1 on behalf of all King County districts. The amount is the remaining share of one fourth of national forest receipts allocated for schools and roads.
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King County
Jeremiah Neterer
National Forest
Trade Proposal Sparks Java Seattle Commerce Link
A letter from Surabaya in the Dutch East Indies offers to boost trade between Java and the United States through Seattle. The note arrives at Seattle's foreign trade bureau of the Chamber of Commerce as an effort to build up commerce between Java and the U S via Seattle, noting that normal times sustain Steamship links between Seattle and Java.
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Surabaya
Dutch East Indies
Seattle
Foreign Trade Bureau
The
Chamber of Commerce
Java
United States
Auto Stage Firm Leases Site for New Terminal Building
Auto Stage Terminal Company secures a ten year lease on a building site along Western Avenue east of Pikest and plans a three story $30,000 station building. Henry Ewing Company arranging the deal to support a new auto stage house and terminal.
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Western Ave
Pikest
Auto Stage Terminal Company
Thru Henry ©. Ewing Company
Auto Stage Termin
Ship News Tides in Seattle
Tide details for Seattle report two high tides and two low tides. First low tide at 4 51 a m, 2 2 feet. First high tide at 10 56 am, 4 0 feet. Second low at 10 46 pm, 1 8 feet.
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Seattle
Seattle Built Steamer Western Front Destroyed Off English Coast
The steamer Western Front built in Seattle, six miles south of the Bishops off the English coast, burned beyond aid on Monday afternoon. The crew were rescued by the fish steamer Early. Western Front left Jacksonville, Florida, June 83 bound for London and Hamburg. Built in 1917 by Skinner & Eddy as Mikkesan Maru, it was taken over by the US Shipping Board at the war’s start and renamed Indiana before becoming Western Front.
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Western Front
Seattle
Bishops
Lloyds
Merchants’ Exchange
Jacksonville
Pla
London
Hamburg
Skinner & Eddy
Vessel sold at marshal sale for twenty six thousand five hundred
John F. Blaine and associates purchased the Chillicothe fullrigged vessel for 26500 at a federal marshal sale conducted at the federal building by Deputy Marshal Tom Waters. The ship had belonged to Victor Fox of New York City who paid 140000 when he acquired it. The Katherine R motor boat fetched 1251 from Joseph Colman of Everett. Weather and port notes follow with arrivals and departures across regional ports and market quotations for cattle and produce.
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United States Shipping Board
Chillicothe
Federal Building
Tom Waters
Victor Fox
New York City
Fox
Katherine R., & Motor Boat
Joseph Colman
Everett
Fairbanks Asked to Buy Kaiser’s Yacht Meteor V
Los Angeles reports William M Hohen insolvent estate offers the private yacht Meteor V from Kiel for 170000 dollars. Hans Sarnow of Nord Deutsche bank, Hamburg, offers delivery to Douglas Fairbanks who says the ship is too large for his Beverly Hills home and studio, preferring to pass.
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Los Angeles
Cal
William M Hohen
Zollern
William
Kiel
Douglas Fairbanks
Hans Sarnow
Nord Deutsche Bank
Hamburg
Fairbanks
United Press
Beverly Hills
Bill
Claims Bank In Tacoma Was Insolvent Before 1920
In a suit against Charles Drury chairman of the defunct Scandinavian-American bank of Tacoma Charles Peterson attorney for the J C Miller estate testified that the Scandinavian American Bank was insolvent before September 20 1920 He added the bank should have been placed under a bank supervisor at least six months prior to its failure.
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Tacoma
Charles Drury
Scandinavian-American Bank of
Charles Peterson
J. C. Miller
Peterson
Mexican and Pan-American oil shares rise in early trading
In New York, Mexican and South American oil stocks moved higher after Washington reports that President Harding would oppose any oil import tax. Mexican Petroleum touched 100, then 102 1/2, Pan-American near 60, Atlantic Gulf over 26, and asphalt around 51, with United States Steel and other industrials also advancing.
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New York
Washington
Harding
Pan-American
Atlantic Gulf
Baldwin
United States Steel
Aire
Raila
First Turlocks Reach Seattle Market in Fresh Start
The first cantaloupes from Turlock California arrived in Seattle on Tuesday. Market reports show melons from the Turlock district priced higher than others with standard crates at 4.06 and ponies at 2.76 per crate. Honey Dew melons commanded 3.60 per crate of a dozen.
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Turlock
Cal
Seattle
Street railway debt persists into 1922
Rail chief D W Henderson estimates 1922 operating and maintenance costs at 425 262 with bond interest redemptions and depreciation pushing debt higher. About 1 327 755 more must be paid in 1922 for interest and purchase price payments than in 1921, while the coming year faces 6 898 085 in total outlays. Revenue remains uncalculated and unlikely to cover the sum.
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Altho
D. W. Henderson
Henderson
War Costs Dominate U S Treasury Year End Figures
The treasury reports show 4.0 billion spent on war in the year ending July 1, with total war outlays at 8.63 billion and tax receipts at 5.12 billion. Defense pages list 947.6 million for the War Department and 619 million for the Navy, plus 659.7 million interest on debt, and 131.8 million for the Shipping Board losses. rail obligations total 728.6 million.
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Ralph Couch
Washington
United States
Treasury Department
War Department
Army
Navy Department
Defense Departments
The
Shipping Board
Labor Federation Hears Resolution On Puyallup Fair Board
Vancouver July 12 A Washington State Federation of Labor session opened with a resolution to place the Puyallup fair board on the unfair list. President Short read that the board employed non union carpenters at 40 cents an hour. The measure was sent to committee as the morning focused on the Denver national labor convention.
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Vancouver
Wash
Puyallup, Wash
Washington
Chicago Live Stock Market Totals and Price Ranges
Chicago live stock receipts totaled 30 000 with market mostly active and lower by about 10 cents. Cattle receipts 7 000 with strong trade. hogs top at 10.10, bulk sales 8.80 to 9.65. veal calves 9 to 11.50. sheep receipts 14 000 with market steady to 50 cents lower. lambs 4.75 to 11.50, yearling wethers 5.60 to 6.60, ewes 2.90 to 5.60.
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N. Y. Stock Exchange
L. J. Manning & Co
Sumatra
Tel
Kennecott
Mo Cents & Lackawanna Ete Eerneee
Mexican Petroleum
Missouri Pacific
New Haven
Cn Ae Heane
Rook Island
Sinclair Oil
Southern Pacific
Maliway
Mromberg
Studebaker
Tesas Company
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Union Oil of
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United States
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Utah
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Wahadiam Steel
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Merced
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Lecal
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Renee le
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Sacks
Chicago
Arket
Teady
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Lamba
Japs Hired No Jobs for Yanks at West Seattle Mill
At the Nettleton Lumber mill opening in West Seattle Tuesday Walter B. Nettleton president says most returning veterans are being rehired while many other applicants are turned away. He notes the plant employs about 180 workers and dismisses the ex service tag as overdone.
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West
Seattle
The
Star
Walter B. Nettleton
Nettleton
Nettleton m
Woman Hugs Sheriff as Alleged Blackmail Victim Cries for Help
Mrs E Johnson of Canyon station Lake Burien sought Sheriff Matt Starwich alleging relentless blackmailers. She cried of coercion claiming she is forced to smoke a pipe and stabbed with a needle before being taken to the county jail on an insanity charge.
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Matt Starwich
E. Johnson
Canyon Station
Lake Burien
Charlies Jerrett
Asakura Sues Seattle Over Alien Pawnshop License
Asakura files suit Tuesday against Seattle, city comptroller Harry Carroll, and police chief William Searing. He says the July 2 city ordinance blocking an alien from obtaining a pawnshop license violates the 1911 U S Japan treaty. He seeks a temporary restraining order to stop arrests and a license authorization.
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Asakura
City of
Seattle
Harry Carroll
William Searing
United States
Japan
Washington
King St
Searing
Morphine Arrest Reported for 1111 W 53rd Street
Narcotic squad officers Baerman and Anderson arrested A Beskaky of 1111 West 53rd Street after allegedly finding 10 packs of morphine in his possession. Beskaky was held on an open charge for investigation following the alleged sale of morphine.
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Narcotic Squad
A. ‘Beskaky
W. 53Rd St
Baerman and Anderson
Beskaky
Trade reports on China to be shared by Seattle chamber
Government gathered data on China’s financial and trade conditions will be available to Americans through the foreign trade bureau of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce. An arrangement with the American Chamber of Commerce in China based in Shanghai will provide regular access. Facts in the reports are tabulated by Julian Arnold, American commercial attache.
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China
Foreign Trade Bureau
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
American Chamber of Commerce
Shanghai
Julian Arnold
More Money in Banks Declared at Detroit Eureka Convention
A Saturday Evening Post statistics representative told Eureka Vacuum Cleaners delegates in Detroit that money in banks nationwide is higher than ever. H. C. Poole of Poole Electric reported the claim and noted the end of the era of watchful waiting, as discussed by attendees from around the globe.
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Detroit
Eureka Vacuum Cleaners Company
Statistical Department
Saturday Evening Post
H. C. Poole
Poole Electric Company
Poole
Four Sailors Face Robbery Charge In Naval Case
Monday complaint names W. L. Powell O. A. Irvine N. K. Coffman and A. Sena sailors in the United States Navy accused of robbing W. Opdyke of $70 by violence on July 9. Opdyke says he was invited to the room at The Right hotel 712 First Ave where he was attacked. the defendants claim Opdyke came to sell them liquor.
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W. L. Powell
O. A. Irvine
N. K. Coffman
A. Sena
United States Navy
W. Opdyke
Opdyke
First Ave
Former Mayor Hanson Secures 60,000 Acres in Mexico Oil
Mrs Hanson says former mayor gained rights to 60 000 acres of Mexican oil land. Hanson and family will move to Los Angeles to be nearer the drilling operations and site.
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Hanson
Mexico
Los Angeles
Hig
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