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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1919
Page
7
Alice Brady, noted stage and screen star, wed James L. van Actor, son of the Rev. Dr. Crane, in a New York ceremony reportedly held Tuesday evening. Details of the wedding and participants were released by United Press.
Inar A Pedersen new port commissioner aims to run the port on a business basis collecting daily reports on docks and ship calls. A card file will track ships and cargoes to gauge conditions and determine tariffs based on actual handling.
Report from the Hydrographic Office Seattle notes a charted rock near Nise Island in the Southgate group. Depth at low water is nine feet with a conspicuous cone topped summit on Herbert island in the mainland area. Coordinates place it near 69 54 54 N and 112 44 W with Berth island and Fraser Island nearby.
Officers plan a Leschi park pavilion fundraiser to send the Seattle Police band and escort to the Portland Rose Festival. A formal invitation from the Rose Festival Association confirms details for June 11 12 13 parades with positions for the police band commander calor bearer chief and Mrs two sergeants and honors.
In San Francisco on May 22 United Press reports organizers plan a meeting to discuss forming a single marine workers council. Representatives from six major unions covering masters mates pilots engineers sailors firemen oilers cooks and stewards will attend, representing over 75 000 members on the Coast.
Maritime log from Tatoosh Island detailing barometer drop and winds, ships passing in and out of ports including Mayfair, Ayaka Maru, Chicago Maru, West Hembrie, Admiral Knight, and many others. Reports arrivals at Port Angeles Seattle Tacoma and Vancouver with a long list of vessels, times, and directions.
Shipment of Kennewick strawberries arrived in poor condition with many jobbers pocketing flaws. Olalla, White Salmon, and California cherries show varied quality and prices, while top cucumbers and asparagus hold steady. Dairy quotations unchanged and poultry market remains slow and firm to stronger.
Wholesale price list cites prices for artichokes asparagus cabbage carrots cauliflower celery corn cucumbers garlic onions and more from Nevada Washington California Oregon and local markets. It notes per crate per ton per bag figures, with figures for green peppers radishes spinach strawberries tomatoes grapes oranges apples and bananas, plus dairy and poultry price references and a grain and feed section.
The report lists Clearing balances and related totals. It includes figures such as 7 617 995.00 for clearings and a Portland balance of 728 783.00 along with other numerical entries. The text appears as a fragmented financial ledger snippet with multiple numeric entries and irregular formatting.
Fragmentary OCR shows items listed with prices and seed descriptions including Timothy seed and straw quantities. No clear event, person, or location beyond agricultural goods and costs.
New York May 2 stock market opened with firmer activity after several slow days. United States Steel rose to 102% then 101, American Car and Foundry gained 1.02, General Electric up 1.62, Marine back to 47, Southern Pacific 1.04 off, United States Mies at 103 then 102. Oil shares attracted attention, high trading in Hueyre and Sin clair, a Washington bill aiding chemical and drug trade sparked interest. Prices steadied near noon and Marine strengthened to 45 as United States Steel spurted to 1.03. Market closed irregular due to fluctuations.
New York markets report coffee futures at 144 cents per pot, with centrifugal sugar at 7.28 dollars per hundredweight. No additional details or entities provided.
Weather remains unfavorable in the corn belt and light receipts support futures after an early drop. May corn opens down to 1.78 and later rises. July and September show gains with varied opening quotes for corn oats and rye. Provisions resales trigger a temporary market downturn while overall prices move in narrow swings.
Liberty bond quotations today show the 4s at 95.62 for the first issue and 94.00 for the second, with increases of 20 cents and 84 cents for specific series. First 4 1/4s are at 95.26, second 4 1/4s at 94.12, third 4% at 96.95, and fourth 4s at 95.20 reflecting small gains.
Portland Oregon May 23 cattle receipts 117 head market weak with steer prices few ranges from 9.50 to 12.50 per hundredweight and cows from 5.50 to 11.50. hogs and sheep show weak to steady activity with prime lambs at 14 to 15 and yearlings 11 to 12. Butter eggs cheese and poultry prices listed for city market items.
Frisco market report lists butter extras at 63 4c 63 0c, cheese California fancy flat 21 1 2c, Idaho and Washington potatoes at 2 10 2 per cwt, Oregon burbanks 24 2 5, Washington round white 1 75, onions new red 4 10 f o b Brockton Bermuda 4 75 for crate, crystal wax 2 50 7 50, market unchanged overall.
Denver market report shows cattle receipts of about 4500 with a slow weak market. Steers 12.50 to 15.00, cows and heifers 8.50 to 12.50, stockers and feeders 9.75 to 12.50, calves 13 to 16.25. hog receipts around 900 with prices near 20.40 top, 20.00 to 20.20 bulk. Sheep receipts 1100 with lambs 17 to 17.65 and ewes at 13.00.
Charles Edward Bird, 40, arrested in Omaha for complicity in a garage robbery and theft of a dozen high priced tires. He has spent more than half his life in prison and says his crimes yielded less than $100 in actual cash. Bird has three prior convictions in Council Bluffs for thefts and robberies.
Acting Mayor W. D Lane weighs vetoing a $30,000 appropriation for further test borings and investigation at Diablo and Ruby on the Skagit river power project. He says action would come only with a conclusive report, and notes the measure will become law without his signature in ten days unless he acts. The decision hinges on whether the work is essential or if Gorge Creek work should precede more sinking.
United Press reports Budapest issues a manifesto urging the workers in occupied areas to seize weapons and sabotage counter revolutionaries as the anti soviet government at Szeged fights to uphold soviet rule. Devaceark rebels are suppressed and three leaders hanged. A separate plot near Ushely leads to 20 year sentences.
Thornwald Ort Carl and Edward Aho arrive in Seattle as government witnesses in the Frederick Hansen case. Hansen, first mate aboard the Edward R West, is accused of throwing his second mate Charles Hannan overboard. Federal grand jury meets in secret, findings due by noon Friday. The trio sailed aboard the Edward R Werten from Tacoma February 15, 1918.
The case of the government against Dutton Miller, alleged moon shiner, went to the federal petit jury in Judge Cushman’s court Thursday morning. Miller was arrested May 2 by Deputy Marshal Edwin Tobey.
Public markets listing prices by stall and grocer. Items include milk 16 cents, strawberries 2 cents per box, rhubarb 4 for 15 cents, sweet potatoes 2 for 50, macaroni 15 cents, corn flakes 25 cents, toilet paper 4 rolls, matches 6 boxes, Carnation or Borden milk 12 1/2 cents, Naptha 2 cents, sardines 20 cents can, ice cream 4 cents per quart, good coffee 30 cents per pound.
A market page shows stalls offering items such as strawberries 2 baskets 25e, asparagus, olives, rice and 5 cents, milk 2 cans 25e, farina 25, halibut 20c, walt herring 2 for 5c, round and sirloin steaks 24c and 12c, sugar Crystal White soap bare 30c, rolled oats 25c, potatoes 5c.
A fragmented OCR segment shows stall by stall grocery pricing. Items include peanut butter at 18¢ per pound, milk at 2 tall cans for 43¢, halibut and cod and salmon trout priced around 20¢ per unit, and various other meats and goods with per unit or per pound prices.
The advertisement lists stall numbers with assorted goods and prices. Items include fresh pasteurized milk at 16 cents per quart, large canned tomatoes, fresh peanut butter, sauerkraut, ling cod at 25 cents, rock cod, fresh mackerel, tenderloin of sole at 20 cents, oranges at 20 cents a dozen, strawberries by the box, new potatoes at 10 cents a pound, local creamery butter at 60 cents, and buttermilk at 10 cents per gallon.
Readable items show stalls listing sugar flour pancake mix Royal baking powder fresh milk cottage cheese and vegetables. Prices include beets potatoes tomatoes and artichokes with several 4 for 250 deals and 10¢ items.
A fragmented grocery stall list shows items like Marigold margarine Badger brick cheese Royal baking powder and Swedish potato sausage with prices per block can and per pound. It references stalls 22 41-23 and 24-26 with various products including oats beans oysters fish cakes salt salmon backs citrus powder Ghirardelli chocolate sugar and boneless brisket corned beef.
Chairman Hurley of the Shipping Board outlined three national needs at the Washington shipping conference. He urged a San American world ocean merchant service a centralized wireless telegraph system for safety and commerce and a training school for officers. He also urged equitable ship distribution if government ships were sold and a fifty fifty cargo split between American and foreign bottoms.
The transport Leviathan steamed through fog to Hoboken dock delivering 12 000 soldiers home from Europe. Brest-bound Imperator carries 3 000 more troops, totaling half of 30 000 due. Harbor craft and officials Governor Allen of Kansas and Major General Leonard Wood greet the ship.
Seattle considers entering the jitney business as the utilities committee recommends accepting Magnolia Bluff residents offer of two buses to serve as feeders for their car line. If taken, the buses will operate under Superintendent Thomas F. Murphine's department and must pay for themselves. Other feeder requests from different districts are under review.
The fifth floor of the county city building is wrecked by a gang of carpenters. They speed up work to clear room for municipal street railway accounting, legal departments, and a broader reorganization. Completion is expected by June 1 with the railway offices moving from the traction building at Seventh and Olive.
Loren Johnson aged five from 2531 15th Ave West was bruised when an auto driven by Fred Kreitle of 2835 West 57th Street struck him near 15th Ave West and Ray Street. Kreitle says he swerved, causing the car to rise on two wheels as he avoided a lumber truck backing away.
A terse saying argues that deeds prove character more than loud talk by those who boast. It notes that people may undercut actions by constantly talking about them. The remark emphasizes silent achievement over verbal self-praise.
The city railways will stop exchanges with the Greenwood system after June 1. Superintendent Thomas F Morphine cites no reply from Western Washington Power Co. to a demand that transfers share 80 percent of receipts. He notes 15,000 transfers monthly and says the deal loses money as the exchange has been 50-50.
Perry I Powers of Michigan delivered the principal address at a noon Thursday luncheon of the Young Men's Republican club at Bird’s cafeteria. He spoke on Years to Come and reviewed the current administration’s work. Powers has held offices including auditor general, labor commissioner, and state central committee member.
R B Raymond aged 37 of 349 FP. 38rd St. was a driller at Skinner & Eddy's yard when he fell 35 feet from a ship late Wednesday. He was taken to Seattle General Hospital with a fractured hip and bruises.
A nod to The Star’s role in advertising, highlighting its influence in shaping campaigns and consumer reach. The note underscores brand prominence and the paper’s position in marketing narratives.
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