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Newspaper

Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Oct 13, 1919

Page

5

Elks Salvation Army Drive Seeks 125000 Yet

Seattle charity fundraiser faces slow start with $125000 still needed to reach the debt to the Salvation Army. The drive had raised half of its $259000 quota during a week of campaigning by the doughnut lassies, but momentum faded. Organizers vow not to quit, expecting the remaining funds to come in within days as City official W. H. Klepper urges united support for a quick wrap up.

Beattle Salvation Army Elks’ Drive Elks-Salvation Army Committee W. H. Klepper Seattle

League of Nations Convention Opens in London

King George urges support for the League of Nations as the convention opens at the Mansion House. A Lloyd George message calls for unity to promote international order and peace, while Norris of Nebraska continues a prolonged Senate speech opposing the Shantung clause in the peace treaty.

London Uni Press Essages Kingsandler Lloyd George Sup League of Nations Mansion House Lloyd-Cgeorge Union Washington Norris Nebraska Shantung Senate

Freedom Eludes Inmate Who Escapes Almshouse

Ernest Warren, an elderly man removed from the city jail to the King county almshouse, fled on the same day taking another man's overcoat. Police report the escape and are seeking Warren.

Ernest Warren King County Warren

Fruit Market Forecasts High Prices Across Winter Fruits

Local commission men predict high winter fruit prices with apples at current levels likely to rise through the year. Bananas remain around 9 cents a pound with expected declines, oranges up to 6.75 dollars per box, while grapes cantaloupes and melons show mixed movement. Butter and eggs stay scarce though storage and exports rise, signaling firm markets ahead.

Concord California Washington Department of Commerce

Local Markets Review Wholesale Prices for Produce and Livestock

Survey of wholesale prices includes cabbage celery peppers and tomatoes by the sack crate and box plus meats dairy and poultry. Listings cover almonds walnuts peanuts and nuts, prices for butter, cheese, and various beef and lamb cuts, as well as hides wool and tallow.

Stockton Yakima Nes Nancy Hall

Egg men meet at Cleveland convention on profiteering claims

W T Selbels Chicago business manager of the National Poultry Butter and Eye association denounced the inclusion of butter egg and cheese dealers among profiteers in foodstuffs. The group aims to educate public opinion and back legislation to foster trade and protect consumers. Dealers at the convention discussed acting together to push freight-rate reductions to lower prices.

Cleveland Ohio United Press National Poultry, Butter and Eye Association W. T. Selbels Chicago Setbela United States

U S Shipping Board Controls 34 Ships

Only 34 of the 512 requisitioned ships remain in government control, according to reports received by the local shipping board office. The Santa Rosa, a 9,400 ton steamer, was formerly operated on the Seattle West Coast route by W. R. Grace & Co.

Shipping Board Santa Rosa Seattle West Coast W. R. Grace & Co

Baron Kondo Sets Sail for Nippon on Kashima Maru

Baron Kondo president of Nippon Yusen Kaisha sails for Japan on the liner Kashima Maru Sunday. Accompanying him is his son Renji Kondo Jr. Kondo served as Japanese industrial advisor at the peace conference.

Baron Kondo Nippon Nippon Yusen Kaisha Japan Kashima Maru Renji Kondo Jr Baron Kondo

Indian Victim of Weird Attack Near Muskellunge

Midh Oct 13 Joseph Kywondaway Chippewa Indian returned from a fishing trip and reported being attacked by a giant muskellunge that tore slivers from his skiff and leaped from the water. He beat it off with a paddle. relatives seek confinement for observation in the state asylum at Newberry.

Hessel Midh Joseph Kywondaway Kywondaway Kyondaway Newberry

Local Public Markets Feature Stall Listings and Prices

Market listings show stalls with varied goods from meats and dairy to produce and canned items. Notable prices include fresh milk at 66 per quart, tomatoes 16 cents, apples at 1.73 per bushel, and canned salmon 15 cents per can.

Stallen Jonathan New York Oregon

Market Stall List Brings Prices On Beef Fruit Milk

A fragmented grocery stall listing shows items such as beef cuts including pot roast and round steak with prices like 12 or 5 cents, lard 36 cents, lamb chops, lemons 26 cents, oranges 20 cents, potatoes 4 to 10 cents, and notes on apples and honey, plus cooperative milk and canned mincemeat.

Local Grocery Prices Hit Variety of Canned Goods

OCR reads list of assorted canned foods and pantry items with prices including flour oats coffee beans and vegetables. Items like pancake flour 35¢, pears 25¢, string beans 26¢, tomatoes and peas shown with multiple price points. Some words are garbled but the overall grocery price rundown is clear.

Ficoonomy Stalla

VESSEL MOVEMENTS DEEP SEA VESSELS AT CAPE AREA

Cape area report lists numerous movements with dense fog wind and speeds. Ships passing, arriving, or sailing include J. A Moffett, Megmaw, Chas Nelson, Thoe Emigh, Faginaw, Norwood, Admiral Redman, Kashima Maru, Prince George, and others. Calls show tug and barge movements, ferries, and U boat traffic noted along Puget Sound and nearby ports.

U. & Weather Mureau Tatoolm Island Tnto J. A Moffett Daniel Kern Bee No O. Boofield Port Angeles Megmaw Bee Chas Nelson Mukilteo Birth Emigh Atr Baginaw Faginaw San Francisco Lovejoy San Pedro Norwood Alaska Ovteter Lyman Stewart Port Han Lule Ats Pom Uo & Rider Point Welle Admiral Redman Prince

Tariff Seek on Japanese Beans Prompted by Competition

California bean growers urged the house ways and means committee to impose a tariff of two to four cents a pound on beans to curb Japanese imports. Aaron Sapiro, attorney for the growers, said domestic costs run seven cents a pound while foreign product sells at six, aided by low Orient labor costs and grain corporation preference.

Wasitington California House Ways and Means Aaron Sapiro San Francisco Maid Sapiro Orient Sapiro United States Grain Corporation Altho

Gompers denounces New York longshore strike

Samuel Gompers condemns the unauthorized New York longshoremen strike that halted city shipping. He calls it a violation of AFL principles while 60,000 strikers and 50,000 others await a government arbitration decision before a vote on returning to work.

New York Samuel Gompers T. W. O'Connor International Longshoremen’s Union Gompers American Federation of Labor Porta

New York Stock Exchange Closed on Holiday

New York's exchange closed today for a holiday and the Chicago Board of Trade also shut for the holiday as markets pause.

New York Stock Exchange New York Chicago Chicago Board of Trade

Portland Market Status

Cattle receipts total 21, ending market steady with Good to choice steers at 9.25 to 9.75, fair to good 5.70 to 8.25, common to fair 5.50 to 6.50, cows and heifers 5.76 to 6.75, canners 2.75 to 4.50, butchers 7.75 to 12.78. Sheep receipts 1,025 with prime lambs 11 to 12, yearlings 7.50 to 9, wethers 7 and up, ewes 4.5 to 7.5. Other prices: hogs 6.0 to 7.0, eggs 20c, cheese 1/2c, cheese Tripleta 12 to 14c.

Portland Maerket Weady Owen

Denver Market Report Mix of cattle and livestock prices

Denver market notes show 6 000 cattle receipts with gains of 25 to 60 cents for steers and cows, sheep at 25 cent higher, and various prices for lambs, feeders, and calves. Multiple stock names, ship lines, and industrial mentions pepper the column alongside general market tallies.

Denver Colo s#eotch Marine Cire Diam Marlin and Ratiine K. W

Brides Neglect Obey to Endow in Future Marriage Rites

Detroit reports clergy at the Protestant Episcopal triennial convention debate abolishing the phrases with all my worldly goods I thee endow and obey from the marriage service. Clergy argue the lines are obsolete and civil law protects a wife's rights, but two more conventions must approve changes to the Book of Common Prayer before 1022.

N. EB. A Detroit Protestant Episcopal Church

Surplus Shipyard Equipment Offered For Cash Sale

Surplus from shipbuilding program, mostly new with some second hand mill and shop equipment. All sales cash, prices FOB cars at present warehouses. Items inspected and meet specifications. Detailed inventory available from Head, Sales Section, US Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation, Philadelphia and district offices in New York, Philadelphia, New Orleans, Chicago, and Portland.

United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation North Broad Street Philadelphia Northeastern District Broadway New York City Eastern District N. Broad St Phila Hibernia Bank New Orleans Central District Edison Bldg Chicago, Ill Western District Northwestern Bank Bldg Portland, Ore

Robbers Take 500 Cigarettes From Seattle Delivery Truck

Sneak thieves robbed a truck belonging to the General Cigar Company at Third Ave and Union St just before noon Monday. They took 500 boxes of cigarettes valued at $75.95, the largest consignment of that brand in Seattle, blamed on Eastern tobacco factory strikes.

General Cigar Company Third Ave Union St Seattle

Man who judges neighbors' faith should mend his own

A reflective proverb warns that those who attack others' religion ought first to examine and repair their own beliefs and behavior. The saying emphasizes personal humility over judgment of others' faiths.

Are You Laboring Under the Delusion About Title

A periodical note warns that an abstract shows title history only and may be good or bad. It advises securing a Half Million Dollar Company's guarantee to ensure a guaranteed good title. Readers are invited to Seattle agencies for details.

Seattle

Strange impulse kills sweetheart in London asylum ruling

Henry Bohle, a former soldier wounded four times, was confined in an asylum after killing his sweetheart. He said the act was due to an irresistible impulse, with no apparent reason for the crime.

London Henry Bohle Bohle

Saloon Habitues Strike Over Rising Cairo Bar Prices

In Cairo on October 13 saloon habitues unite to go dry until principal bars cut prices after a notable hike, signaling a local protest against drink costs.

Cairo Egypt

Yale Opens Law School to Women This Fall

By order of Yale University trustees women are admitted to the Yale law school beginning this fall. Any woman who is a graduate of a recognized college may enroll in the course under the new ruling.

YALE Yale University Yale Law School

Colorful fashion notes highlight silk and satin trends

The piece comments on bright silks chiffons and dress trimmings. It contrasts married life with perfect pairing, suggesting unity in appearance mirrors harmony.

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