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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1919
Page
16
Mayor Gerald urges appointing a single police commissioner with full command of the department. He cites conditions in underworld quarters found during a slumming trip, noting locked rooms and heavy doors hindered inspections. He argues a centralized, steady administration would better police the city across its large territory.
Twenty or more business leaders and city county officials meet in city chambers Tuesday at 3 PM to draft an ordinance creating a city zoning and planning commission. The aim is stabilizing property values and removing obnoxious businesses from residential districts.
County commissioners trimmed the 1920 budget by 620000 during Thursday’s session. They eliminated one new 100000 ferry, plan to sell the Marien and Robert Bridges ferries, and withdraw the Vashon Island run with the Washington substitution. Hospital appropriations were reduced earlier in the day.
Fifty workers from the city utilities department were discharged by Superintendent Tom Murphine for not reporting they would be off work on Wednesday to join the Mooney protest strike. Murphine said the action followed an established rule and would be repeated if workers fail to notify. The discharged group worked in construction.
Governor General Harrison of the Philippine Islands is urged to assist Seattle in establishing a fast passenger line. A joint telegram from the Port of Seattle and the Chamber of Commerce was sent Friday after a conference with James J. Rafferty, commercial agent for the Philippines.
In Amerongen on October 10, reports say Wilhelm Hohenzollern has grown unusually long chin whiskers. Photographers reportedly hid on a hay wagon and photographed him smiling through his whiskers at his wife Mrs. Hohenzollern. He reportedly offered a large sum to suppress the pictures fearing public view of his facial hair.
Col. C M Saltzman and Maj. W S Kelly signal corps will be called before the committee on commerce to refute Lieut P B D Nagle's claim that floating ice would interfere with a transpacific cable laid via the Aleutian islands. Senator Wesley L Jones notified the Chamber of Commerce by telegram Friday. Capt. Harry Winter master of the cable Burnside also probably will be called.
The steamer Lassen reached Aberdeen on Thursday morning from San Francisco and is loading at the A J West mill.
In Yanco Australia on October 16 84 year old Sam McCaughey pirate millionaire attributes his long life to a diet of rice and milk for ten years. The article also notes timber for a temple in North Japan hauled with ropes made from hair of local women. one beam was 17 inches thick and 1400 feet long.
Little change noted on the local wholesale produce market with dull trading. Cabbages plentiful and priced 2 to 20 cents per pound. Yakima rutabagas $2.50 to $3 per sack. new parsnips brisk at $3.60 per sack. Florida grapefruit weak at $9 per box. Concord grapes firmer up to 40 cents per basket. Butter and eggs steady with outlook for price rises before moulting ends.
Prices listed for wholesale produce and farm supplies with items such as cabbage beets lettuce sweet potatoes and cucumbers. Also shown are apples cider almonds walnuts fruits and livestock prices along with feed hay and grain costs and stockyard quotations.
The 4600 ton steamer Waban will be ready to load for the Orient within a few days per Pacific Steamship Co. announcement. Kalkiki is scheduled to load ties for the United Kingdom on Monday. Windber departed for the Orient with 1,600,000 feet of lumber on Thursday.
Public Markets listing at Weatlake Mall shows items including Carnation milk Van Camp pork and beans and pure aluminum cooker priced around $1.76. Also noted are toilet paper butter washing powder onions cucumbers and produce with various brand names and prices throughout the stalls.
A fragment lists dairy and canned goods at Irr Place stalls. Items include pure fresh milk, Carnation milk products, fresh black tea, Alaska herring, Columbia smoked salmon, and various cuts or brands with prices and pack sizes. The text is garbled with several unreadable portions.
A garbled OCR list shows various groceries and prices such as oysters, milk, batter, eggs, citrus powder, Jello, laundry soap, flakes and other items. Specific names are fragmented and many items are illegible, yielding an unreadable catalog-like record.
Cape sighting log records southeast winds and cloud cover at 10 miles per hour with vessels passing and arriving hourly. Notable entries include the Admiral Bebree and the Bainbridge in tow, plus multiple ships heading to Tacoma Seattle Victoria and San Francisco with dates from October 6 to October 16. The report lists numerous yards and docks along Seattle harbor with details on ships and motor schooners in port or under tow.
The notice lists items such as Crystal White soap at 17 cents, Yakima honey in bulk, premium margarine, Gem Nat margarine, peanut butter, Crisco at 36 cents, and other kitchen staples with prices shown in cents or dollars. The fragmentary ad reads like a typical mid century grocery circular with multiple items and unit prices.
Readable fragments show assorted grocery items with prices including creamery butter at around $1.15 and various meats and seafood such as pork and beans, steak, veal, bacon, fresh hams, salmon, black cod, red snapper, and ling cod. The text resembles a grocery list or market ad with multiple stalls and item codes.
PORT TOWNSEND, Oct. 10. Three Japanese schooners, the Sobo, Namba and Shikawa, arrived here Thursday and were towed to Ana cortes to discharge their cargoes of salt codfied. The steamer Meridian sailed on the Honolulu-San Francisco triangle run Thursday night.
United States Steel Corporation reports unfilled tonnage figures for steel production as of the latest period, indicating ongoing output levels and potential impact on supply schedules. No further specifics provided in the brief notice.
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