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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1919
Page
7
Star readers submit funny family anecdotes in response to Edmund Vance Cooke’s boastful challenge. Entries feature quips about geography, baby mischief, and parental wit. The Laugh Contest closes Wednesday with cash prizes for top stories and runner ups.
Washington May 27. Congressmen from California Washington and Oregon form a permanent organ to influence shipping yard policy. Kahn of California chairs the group with McArthur of Oregon guiding work to adapt slipyards for 120000 crews across 18 yards. The panel seeks a policy statement from the Shipping Board on future yard use and workers’ conditions.
The damage suit of Union Timber Products Company against the States Shipping Board Emer Fiecet Corporation for alleged to obtain shipbuilding contracts was stricken from the trial calendar. The action followed the indictment of U L president and C W Scarf treasurer for attempting to secure contracts by fraudulent means.
The steamer Fort Smith will reach Seattle Tuesday from San Pedro and proceed to Ballard to load feet of railroad ties for the coast. This vessel is the first of six in its fleet assigned to the mill to load ties. The Anahkeena is also expected Tuesday to load lumber at the mill in San Pedro.
The Island report notes multiple ship movements near Cape with vessels passing in and out of Seattle Ketchikan and San Francisco along with arrivals at Vancouver Victoria and Port Townsend. Admirals Schley Rodman Farragut Evans and others appear in tow or on voyage. Weather shows cloudy and south winds up to 38 mph with rain and mist in places.
Nome harbor is now open to vessels after ice began breaking earlier in the week. Telegraphic advices from Fort Gibbons report that the ice began to drift out Monday night and the floes can be seen on the horizon from the harbor.
Washington May 21 United Press. The Shipping board tonight ordered Uncle Sam merchant ships measured in gross tons instead of deadweight tonnage. Deadweight tonnage equals cargo capacity but runs about a third higher. The change, adopted during the war to mislead Germany, moves to gross tonnage for standard measures.
Sumitomo Bank Ltd Osaka announced the appointment of Masayuki Kawatatsu as manager of its Seattle office succeeding Toyotara Nomura who moves to Hankow. Also note a 1919 maritime report from Capt Olson near a shoal 100 feet wide with three fathoms water depth.
Local dealers report a 1 cent rise in eggs Tuesday morning due to unusual consumer demand in interior Alaska. Orders for hundred case lots pour in for every northbound boat. Butter remains firm while California price drops ease buying power here. cheese stays steady. strawberries, asparagus steady. cherries bid at 15 cents a pound.
A dense OCR list of grocery items with per unit prices and locations. It names numerous vegetables and fruits such as Artichokes Asparagus Beets Lettuce Spinach Tomatoes Bananas Apples Oranges and Pineapples with scattered place names and price figures.
Cattle receipts 148 head slow market with varying steers and cows and heifers priced across ranges. Prime mixed pork and lamb figures listed with calves stockers and dairy items including butter cheese and creamery products noted with local references and prices.
The page catalogs ships arriving and departing Seattle on May 26 and lists numerous vessels at various piers and yards. It notes routes from Seattle to Alaska, San Francisco, Portland, and Vancouver with mileages and times. It also records dock assignments at Skipper terminals and mentions a final humorous proverb about fools and angels.
The data shows clearings and balances for several cities. Spokane totals include clearings and balances reaching tallies around 1.48 million in clearings and 984 thousand in balances. Portland reports 4.962 million in clearings and about 923 thousand in balances.
The New York market showed strong early strength with wide advances across sectors. General Motors surged about 3 percent to around 3.07 on first trades while United States Steel opened near 1.084, Studebaker gained around 1.6 percent, and Mexican Petroleum moved between 1.53 and 1.44 percent amid a fast pace that cooled later.
New York markets report lists coffee futures at 19 and centime readings, with a notation for motives around the day. Prices for sugar and centrifugal products show variations, headed by a $7.24 figure.
Chicago reports generally favorable weather and active buying after early hesitation. May corn opens higher and fluctuates. July corn opens up and gains. September corn and oats show firm to higher prices with mixed intraday moves. Aggregate futures show steady to higher closes and lingering upward momentum through May contracts.
Frisco market notes show California butter at firsts and extras, Idaho and Washington onions at 2.75, Oregon burbanks 2.62, Washington round white 1.76, new potatoes 4 50. Brockton and Crystal wax prices listed. various commodities including cheese and fruit value figures appear in the report.
Market stalls list diverse goods from Kristoferson dairy to Laurel milk and Carnation products. Items include 10¢ quart milk, 6¢ pint milk, 2 quarts kraut, 2 white navy beans at $1.00, Blue Ribbon tea, Palmolive soap, fresh mackerel 16¢, shad 30¢, Ice cream 45¢ a dish, Libby’s soup 1¢ can, corn flakes 2 packs 25¢, Flour and sugar varieties, and assorted fruits. Stall numbers indicate dispersed vendors including Kristoferson, Acme, Royal, and Ned Seal Grocery Annex.
Sanitary Stall 21 offers fresh cottage cheese and pimento cheese with low prices. Stall 112 features potato products and cabbage salad, while Stall 22 advertises Auto Club coffee and bulk coffee at reduced rates. Stall 30 lists boneless corned beef and varied produce. stalls R-13-15 show matoes and home grown strawberries. miscellaneous items include Crystal White soap and coffee products.
Food stalls list mixed produce and prices including fresh green peas at 5c per item, salt cod 10c, fresh halibut 20c, lamb steak and mutton dishes, canned goods, potatoes, shad, and shad at 160 H. per unit, with stall numbers and locations such as Stall 106, 131, 144, and 192 in Kennewick and nearby.
Corner stalls list items for sale including sugar, milk, fresh peas and cucumber, salmon, halibut, peanut butter, honey, and sauces. Coffee varieties Golden West and Supreme Blend are priced, with assorted bulk items and bottle sizes noted.
A reader mentions Boldi's eateries with locations at 1414 3rd Ave uptown and 918 2nd Ave downtown inviting patrons to dine.
The city intensifies a campaign against speeding drivers who flee after crashes. June Francis, 26, a bookkeeper, was knocked down at Pike and Melrose, while Benjie Lafferty and Helen Galloway were dragged by a car on Second Avenue. Several motorists were arrested for traffic violations.
William Tilghman Jr alias F B Wilson admitted attempting to kill Deputy U S Marshal Albert Rooks on May 10 with prosecution deferring sentence until Thursday. Trial dates set for June 5 for others amid multiple pleas guilty or not guilty in related cases.
Toronto on May 27 United Press reports a special union meeting gave a 15 member committee power to call a general strike at 10 am Wednesday. A 95 percent yes vote supported the move, though letter carriers did not vote and streetcar workers were undecided. The strike would back metal workers demanding a 44 hour week and full union recognition after a rejected 48 hour proposal.
President Wilson weighs plans for national conferences to resolve domestic problems. One proposal calls for an industrial and economic conference to draft a new bill of rights by capital and labor, with a general industrial court modeled on the war labor board. A second plan envisions a broad gathering of movements including suffragists and antis to blend factions into a single effort, though critics fear a chaotic may not unify.
''Know Who This Is'' caption notes a family album snapshot of Dr. Tiffin the King County coroner as a five year old. The image shows him as a crack bonesetter for spring robins that faced a thaw.
Money on call in New York at 5 and six months 6 percent. Mercantile paper 544. Bar silver in London 62 1 2 percent. Demand sterling at 4.63.
Fortson-Thygeson post and other Veterans of Foreign Wars groups will have members speak in Seattle schools on Memorial Day Thursday May 28. Tom Kennedy urges selection of speakers. the list includes many school names and speakers across districts such as Ballard Franklin Queen Anne Central and University Heights among others.
Twenty nine mounted photographs by Will H. Smith the Skinner & Eddy cartoonist show the several periods of a ship’s construction at the Seattle plant. Drawings feature D B Skinner J W Eddy H G Seaborn and David Rodgers in the collection.
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