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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1920
Page
7
A scanned page fragment shows varied small ads for legal services chiropractic care furniture repair loans jewelry pawn and loan services optician and remedeal loan listings. Mentions include Hoge Building Annex free consultations rooms for rent and various repair and loan offerings with incomplete addresses and contact numbers as read.
New York May 1 The government failed to buy the Cuban sugar crop at 9 1 2 cents per pound as recommended last summer. Megane testified before the Lusk Committee naming the president attorney general and other cabinet members as responsible for the delay.
Oscar Wall of 2711 East Madison street complains to the police on Tuesday about neighborhood chickens invading his garden. He says he wants protection from the birds as they begin to come he says.
Chicago May 25 The issue of fuel supply for the United States merchant marine and others draws urgent attention as speakers including Macauliffe of the Colliery Company address the International Railway Association in session.
Poor transportation and inability to obtain raw materials plus strikes forced shoe and textile plants to close across New England. Reports from Boston dated May 125 indicate ongoing closures in multiple states.
Chicago May 12 5 Rail wage increases and agreements secured under federal control were urged to be wiped from state records for a fresh start by railroad executives before the railroad labor board. The board heard the industry’s case on demands from about two million workers for a large annual pay raise.
Senator New of Indiana prepared an amendment to the army appropriation bill to ban the sale of foreign built airplanes in the United States at below cost. The move aims to prevent foreign nations from flooding the market with obsolete aircraft and undercutting the American airplane industry.
San Francisco officials report evidence of a ring manipulating jury panels in San Francisco superior courts. Foreman William H. Harrelson stated the grand jury heard the case last night, with Vincent Riccardi supplying details as part of a broader probe into corrupt court practices.
The Methodist general conference defers action on uniting the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Methodist Episcopal Church South until 1924. Both bodies will study merger advisability and prepare proposals for the next meeting. The move follows a committee's suggestion to reexamine the subject. Also noted, the 1940-ton Wert Mahwah ship was delivered to the Shipping Board by J. F. Duthie & Co.
The Methodist general conference announces a broad bishop redeployment. Assignments include E G Richardson to Atlanta and F H Hughes to Portland with numerous transfers to Chicago Cincinnati Denver Detroit Helena Indianapolis New Orleans and Philadelphia. Also listed are bishops in Asia Africa and Latin America with several in China India and Liberia and others in Europe and South America.
Seattle theatres join a new recruitment of businesses to promote buying Seattle made products. Slogans urging purchases of home goods will appear on major showhouse programs to bolster local payrolls and support regional industry.
William Godwin, 17, was completely exonerated of any connection with the theft of a car found wrecked at E Marginal Way and 14th Street on Saturday night. He had been invited to ride in the vehicle by two acquaintances and did not know it was stolen. He was injured when the crash occurred. his two companions were later taken into custody.
Oakland on May 26 reports Patrolman O Neill captured Jimmie Fargas age 8 and Dan Morando age 16 as they looted a safe in a city crime. The youngsters pale in crime as the two youths were taken after the theft of $15 from the safe.
In Chicago today the appeal of William Haywood and four co defendants from prison sentences for espionage act violations will be heard in the United States appellate court.
Frank Helm, shipping broker, demanded a new trial after a jury awarded him $13,500 for breach of contract. The court granted a new trial and the jury then decided he was not entitled to any damages.
William Jennings Bryan declared against a mandate for Armenia, saying any mandate is impossible, placing him directly in opposition to President Wilson’s foreign policy. The remarks were made in an interview dated May 25 in Washington.
Ashland California May 25 Police Chief Tony Hinkle resigned after a burglar stole his trousers and jail keys. He remarked I can make more money in the restaurant business anyway.
Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford will depart Los Angeles for a six weeks trip. They will spend a few days in Arizona before traveling to Chicago and New York on business and leisure.
Chicago May 5 relief from the freight car shortage was expected after a conference of a three member committee appointed by Middle West railroad executives to determine radical steps to end the transportation tie up.
W. Wilson Finn was arrested in Spokane on May 25 for attempting to buy a gun in a pawn shop, asserting he was Woodrow Wilson and that the current President was a faker.
Bank clearings show 1,659,859.00 with balances 396,100.00 at Portland eons. The record also lists 274,900.15 and 1,169,817.20 as figures, indicating financial totals across accounts.
The New York Stock Exchange opened with railroad securities showing gains while steel shares lagged. Pan American Petroleum led gains with several issues advancing, United States Steel rose, and the market ended strong with continued demand for Pan American and related stocks despite mixed early activity.
Tide readings show low tides near dawn and later in the day, with high tides occurring at standard intervals. The excerpt lists times and measurements for Seattle, indicating typical coastal fluctuation and the influence of lunar cycles on water levels.
The Tufts College club of Puget Bound announces a free scholarship for study in either the liberal arts department or the engineering school. Applications should be sent to George F. Forster at 2715 4%th Ave. 8. W. The program is conducted in conjunction with school authorities.
Associated Students of the University of Washington lack funds to send the oarsmen to the annual regatta in New York. Graduate Manager Darwin Meisnest announced that the Washington crew will not participate due to financial shortfalls for travel and lodging.
The cost of high living dropped fifty percent as aviators reduced the price of pleasure trips from one dollar to sixty six cents per minute.
Corporation Counsel Walter F. Meter rendered an opinion on a council amendment making it a misdemeanor to falsify a child’s age on free line travel. The case mentions the freighter Yosemite and a Parker line ship moving from Pacific to Atlantic service as grain shipments bound for the Atlantic coast via the Columbia river or local loading points.
A sprawling list of items and prices from a public market stalls section. It mentions Carnation milk, Del Monte products, walnuts, anchorage coffee, sardines, mackerel, halibut, cod, salmon, beef cuts, rice, fruit, butter, sugar, and canned goods with stall numbers and unit prices, reflecting a dense inventory across many vendors.
A shipment of California green peppers hits the local wholesale market at 60 cents per pound. Prices for Gameta peppers from California reach 12 cents, Yakima Cem prices rise to 160 dollars per ton, and Kennewick strawberries sell from 6.25 to 6.75 per crate. Asparagus remains scarce at 20 cents a pound while butter and aye markets stay steady. Meat receipts show 207 cattle and 191 hogs at the stockyards, with a steady market across divisions.
May corn advanced to 1.44 3/4 with gains on the Bull side as commissions and shippers viewed a firmer market. July corn opened at 1.62 and edged higher, while September followed with further climbs and oats rose likewise. Provisions also moved higher on the session.
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