The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 17, 1920, Page 13

ent i SEATTLE san_TvPsp Ar, FEBRUARY 17, 1920. Famous French Pianist Coming Had Trouble in Leaving for Ccncert Tour | TRE FLORENCE CO. legeeds to Government Cabinet | SECOND AVENUE AT UNION aT yi ili i 9 SHIP AUCTION IS CALLED OFF Sale of Former German Vessels Postponed WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.—The auction of former Germin bby the shipping board here today An hour after bidding opened, “Commissioner Scott closed it, Up to w time there had been only one q of $550,000 for the Otsego. Beott announced that all the bids be submitted to the senate ; committee before being on, but this is regarded as formality since all the bids today and yesterday were that there ts little prospect the board will accept any of liners collapsed os end of the auction, shipping said, was due to the action the senate in passing the Me- resolution’ to defer the sale the ships. Shipping men did want to “show their hands” the sale was still uncertain. will be sold 4 sealed yee © Tecetvable et ¢ barca of location may be ascertained Commandant of the district | = Fy be obtained ing trip for inapection. Bent be for cash to the high- rs. Ten per cent de = with bid. Right to Feject reserved. logs of le ofan Lew apt eg ne concerning the the terms of sale, ob- the bureau of Sup- Commandants = Navy. will be sold "Brent pt receivable at the fureas wae Kecownta, Washington, if Selock Boon, 2$ February 193 t MACHIAS, now aie, the Twelfth Naval | country. o-|Alaska’s Balance for cash to e the s ap- Catt to resect all jog of Bale and ints, or copmentant eae the bVe district, JOSEPHUS of the Navy. Dual and upward WMAN BUILDING Elitett 1324. “Peoples Savings Bank Want Canvente SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES Al) sizes, BA to Ver Year Title Trust Co. Second at Columbia No stairs to «limb $30 | ber PALMER TO LET S. P. | GET 500 MILLIONS IN _- OILLAND BY DEFAULT WASHINGTON, Feb, 17.—One hundred and sixty milton acres of Valuable oi] lands will go to the Southern Pacific railroad by default action on the part of Attorney General Palmer The off lands In question Inctude| some of the most valuable fields in the United States, Included tn them jare 18,000 acres of United States! | navy petroleum reserves | Attorney General Palmer has an-} jMounced that he will not appeal from | A decision adverse to the government | of the district court at Loa Angeles, rendered August 29, 1919, In a gov! jernment suit to recover these lands | from thé Southern Pacific, They are| jdeciared to bo worth $506,000,000. | |The morning after the attorney gen- era)'s announcement Southern Pacific | stock jumped 14 points on the New | York Stock exchange. | THE PROSPECT ‘Normal Supply If Cuban Strike Doesn’t Interfere going down tn price in March or/ April— If the strike tn Cuba doesn’t in- tertore; If the Porto Rico crop reaches ex- Dectations; President Wlison has decided not to exercise the authority conferred by the McNary sugar act of Decem- If the sugar board should appear now in the Cuban market as a pur- chaser of sugar, it Would have to buy | in individual lots, to compete with private buyers, and the tendency | would be to strengthen the market and further increase the price. Fur- | thermore, It would have to buy at a | time when sugar prices are highest, }and thus risk @ very considerable low. | ‘The refiners’ price ingenuary was 15.20 cents per pound, wholesale, a considerable reduction. ings of refined sugar for February deliveries are at 13.50 cents pre pound, wholesale, Still further reduo- tions are in aight for March. Of the Cuban crop of 4,800,000 tona, It ts estimated that the allied govern- ments will take approximately 1,250,- 000 tons, leaving 2,550,000 tons for the United States, Last year the United States consumed over 4,500, 000 tons of sugar. The crop for Louisiana, the West, Porto Rico and | 5 Hawaii will aggregate approximately ¢ | 2,000,000 tons. Together this is 50.000 | tons more than the United States }used in 1919. In 1919 the United States used 696,000 tons more than in 1918, and 300,000 tons more than were ever used in the history of the | ett It sems, therefore, that the supply is ample, and if normal conditions obtain, prices to the housewife should go lower In the spring and summer months, Trade $31,000,000)" Thirty-one million dollars, or $1,000 for each white inhabitant, represents the balance of trade in favor of Alaska for the past year, according to a report of the Alaskan customs service, received by Henry M. Black- wood, special deputy collector of cus-| toms, Monday. This ts a larger vol ume per capita than in any other district the world. |Destroyer Lea to Sail in Few Days ‘The destroyer Lea, recent arrival from San Diego, will safl again in three days. Lieut. Robert L. Mitten, | commander, | brother, Frank, 1429 E. Prospect st., during the vessel'n stay in port, Leave This Port Steamship Eastern Guide, for Honolulu, and steamship Higho, for China, were sailings of Struthers &| Dixon Co, Tuesday, The steamship | Brave Cover is loading for Orient. Three other ships of the company are due within next two weeks. Resigns to Take Government Post) Tjesignation of Louis J. Titus, ro) |eently appointed a member of th |shipping board by President Wilson | was in hands of Victor H, Elfendahi, |secretary of the Skinner & Eddy| companies, Tuesday. Titus was Eastern representative and vice| president of the Skinner & Eddy cor- poration. ‘Says Strap Is Here to Stay! | LONDON, Feb. 17, nglishmen may as well become accustomed to strap-hanging in omnibuses and rail way carriiges,” declares Sir Albert Stanley, president of the Under | ground railways. “It's here to stay.”’| LIBERTY AND VICTORY BONDS If you must @ELL your Liberty or Vietory Bonds, #MLL to UB If you can BUY more Liberty or Vietory Bends, Buy from UB. Monday, February 16, 19 . They ate the governing pric the world, and the It. Always know ti Victory Bonde. We advertise these prices daily 1 w York market and the exact order that you value of your Liberty 24 ard 4th Victory Victory 440 448 440 She 4%8 $90.40 $99.10 $90.89 $97.70 $97.72 109 179 346 ry $91.49 $94.59 $92.26 $9 4 in a $80 bond and $2.60 on a $1,000 bond. We atl at the Now York market plus the accrued interest, MORRIS BROTHERS, Inc. The Premier weet Hood tire (ONES: Main 7227; Killott 2640. House. my Peet ‘One ‘Milles Delare lished Over = Quarter Century. CHEAPER SUGAR || t not | And If nothing else happens to die- i turb the sugar market. : 20, so far as purchasing the! |" | Cuban crop is cencerned. is residing with his!|, Palmer's decision not to appeal ix in spite of the fact that a previous case—the so-called Hik Hills case against the Southern Pactfio—previ ously decided against the govern ‘ment in the lower courts, was decided in favor of the government in the supreme court on November 17, 1919 The district fudge, in the decision of the case now belng dropped by Pal | mer, said that it was parallel to the | Ik Fills case, It was assumed that Palmer would appeal the pending case a8 a matter of course, The original Southern Pacific railroad excluded ot! land, It was on the basis of this grant that the government sought to recover possession of these lands. ‘The attorney general alleges that the case is weak and if appealed can not be won. ‘The case was conducted under direction of former Attorney L399 687.61 Hi 1,601,544.00 | Balances Clearings . — “— WASHINGTON, Feb, 11.—-Sugar’s| | med weak today. There was con- liquidation tn General Motore and 1st : American Woolen +P : United Bates + 4D Si Pan-American Ra OM, Off ei man up: Northern and Texas at 178%, oat money renewe 7 # point and Texas 5. ‘The ma The offer-| we: demand. coup irked stump im the export trade, breught the drop. Febroa: + and Veter gained Nc: Mey opened off ye, at $1.35, and held at that figure; July began Se off, at $1.21%, and inter lost Qe. May onts opened Wo off, at 91%0, later | ue Foo. and today at $2.44, off Ke from yesterday's close, In the first half hour sterling moved She 0 $2.35, France opened at 14.860, off 7 centimes, and lire 18 ts timea, flats, fancy, 300 per + firets, 2640 per Ib, land grant to the BELL PEPPERS REACH MARKET Offering Placed on Market at 35 Cents Per Pound A shipment of bell peppers, reach: ing the local wholesale market Tues day, was & novelty at 35 cents per Dealers reported a good nent on all vegetable offerings. ful ing at 5% cents per pound, with wi yetoad at 6 cents, Fancy let tuce, in canes containing 6% to 6 dos en, are bringing $10.50 per case, Orange prices remain high. Apple Movement was reported to be on the increase, with quotations way below orange prices, Grapefruit trade is slow. Butter and egg markets showed a | firmer undertone Tuesday, but prices remained steady, Recei: at the lo cal stock yards were 341 head of cat- Ue and 456 hoks. Cattle market was weaker, while hogs held steady. Walnsts— Manctur! Tegaste—Virgiewe Eeyewan, ®. ay | brs | Mags sirietiy: tres F Chicago Live Stock eee reeererss, CHICAGO, Feb. 11. oad at 8 lower Hutk ters, 8: at $6.75@11.60; cows, § t7.75@11 Aoeep sor yas 11.76; calves, 10.006 ngoss aortr DENVER, Feb. 17.—Cattle—Reeetpte, @17, Receipt, low and lower. ‘Top, $14 lamba, $18@ HAVING BOOZE tn sion, was the charge against Albert Faber when he was arraigned be fore Commissioner R. W. MeCiel. land Tuesday afternoon, He was | held for further hearing. Cops on Qui Vive - as Zero Hour of Hop Approaches Election may have the city of Seattle hog-tied in the throes of civic excitement {n the majority of public places Tuesday, but this excitement can't touch a candle to the feverish temper of police headquarters, “Oh, Captain,” cooed a mweet volee over the telephone, “we are two girls and we want two hand some coppers to take us to the policemen's ball tonight. They must be brave, tall and South ern.” Capt, Hana Damm gallantly at tempted to fill the bill, but at a late } he couldn't locate a cop who had lived farther south than Ashford, Ore. 18 you MUBT sel! yours, Get what they're worth 4 tae. NATIONAL BANK OF Com oy) $000 head; market 19} |. hia posses: | Rent ateare .. Medium to choles mon to good cows and ineiters Barley —-To Ground | Altelta: Meal Keratch Pood ftraw ... Wheat ......, New York Coffee and | Sugar Quotations J, W. Bayre, Seattle concert mana ger, today announced hin signing of & contract to bring here, on March 25, Alfred Cortot, greatest of the French pianixte, under minister of Meaux Arts of the Freneh republic head of the piana department of the Paria connervatoire, chevalier of the Legion of Honor and pomsensor of numerous other titles and decorn tions from his country for his serv foes in war and peace “Cortot had to take an odd means of getting to this country,” said Sayre. “Ie wanted to visit the United States for a brief concert tour, but he holds so many important government positions that the French cabinet waid he could not possibly have a leave of absence, So he + |calmiy pulled certain wires and had »|himeelf ordered to America by the French government in order to ¢ ment the relations between the two republice and to demonstrate the high standard of music in his native land to the citizens of the Btaten, “What I like best about bringing Cortot here in the fact that it\ will be hin first visit, In the 10 or 12 years I have been presenting ocon- cert attractions here I have offered singers of world-renown, like Sem brich, Nordica, Schumann-Heink and of course, DANDRUFF or ITCHY SCALP Ask Your Hairdremer or Druggiss —ROOMS— We are able to give you an kind of @ room you desire. Ali our rooms are outside, with good light and air, ates $1.60 per week and up. Call now and get located. Waldorf Hotel Seventh and Mike Moin 2867 AMUSEMENTS _ METROPOLITAN New, Until Wed. Night WALKER WHITHSIDS ten “The Master of Nallantrac” Rv 50c to $2.00. Rareatn Mat ‘ed, Bi $1.00. s. (except Mats. (except Matinees 2:30; PANTAGES Mate 208, pi oP aig mT Mats. Wed., Sat. “POLLYANNA’’ with MARY THORYE Nights ic to Tic. Mats, 320 to 1c Dainty Morsels Only the finest ingredt ents are used in our bakery products — that's why they are so delight: ful. Six where can get good things to stores you Secon, United | Alfred Cortot whom everyone wanted to hear. Rut I feel that @ concert manager, eape-| | y in city ike Seattle, far re- moved from the world-capitals, ia of the greatest service to music-lovers when he gives them the opportunity of hearing artists whom they have not before heard, but of whom the musical world is talking. Among the notables Sayre has brought here for the first time are Anna Paviowa and Mikail Mordkin, be superb Russian dancers; Modest Altechuler’s Russian Symphony or- |chestra, the Diaghileff Ballet Runse, |the greatest concert organization jever brought across the continent; Anna Case, Mabel Garrison and Carolina Lagzari, stars of grand opera, the two latter just before | thet Metropolitan opera house de-| | buts, and the Isadora Duncan dano- | ers and George Copeland, the pianist. | Now Cortot is to be added to this Ust of musical celebrities, Among his other Seattle concert at- tractions of recent years have been Walter Damrosch and the New York Symphony; Clara Butt, the English singer; Josef Hofmann, the pianist; Joan Gerardy, foremort of the cellists; Alma Gluck, the American prima donna, and Mischa Elman, the vio- niet TWO MORE DRY LEADERS NAMED [Headquarters of Booze | Squad May Come Here Appointment of Capt. C. C, Kling- ¢l ap chief of the federal prohibition agent in Washington was announced Tuegday by Donald A. McDonald, head of the government anti-boose forces in this district, Capt. Klingel ts @ veteran of the Spanish-American campaign. Dar- ing the late world war he was head of the military police of the 18th divi- ston, stationed at Camp Lewis. He will be In charge of the field agents of the prohibition forces, with head- quarters either in this city or in Ta- coma. ‘ Announcement also was made of the appointment of Gordon 8B. O'Hara, a returned service man, to the position of field supervisor, With the arrival in Tacoma, next Saturday, of Dr. J. P. Marstella, spe- celal field prohibition supervisor for the United States, and A. A. Kelly, supervisor for the Pacific coast, or- | ganization of the Washington prohi- bition district is expected to be com- pleted, according to McDonald. It will be determined at the Tacoma conference whether prohibition head- quarters for this state will be in Ta- coma or Seattle. Boy Marksmen Breaking Windows Seattle police launched an of- fensive Tuesday against schoolboys who carry slungshota, Proprietors of the Electric Heating & Manufac- turing Co., 1812 Ninth ave. 8, com- plained boys were breaking the fac- tory windows with rocks from slung- shots, while the janitor of the Harri- son st. school made the same com- plaint | FUNERAL SERVICES of George W, Nicholson, 62, who died Bunday, were held at St. John's church, West Seatfle, at 2 p,m. Tuesday. He lived at 5212 42d ave. S. W. Burial will be in Forest Lawn cemetery. Nichol son was junior warden at St. John's church Dear Mr. Hutchison: To Percy Hutchison, Maq., “The Luck of theNavy" Co., Upstairs OFFERING NEW DRESSES —FOR— WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY ee GREAT REDUCTIONS —29 beautiful Dresses of Georgette, Crepe Me-. teor, Taffeta, Satins. The very latest styles in short and elbow sleeve; most all shades—former prices including $85.00— For Clearance $39.75 —45 Dresses of Georgette, Taffeta, Serge, Tri- cotine; cleverly styled; every one just in—for- mer prices including $49.75— For Glearance $24.75 —38 Blouses of Georgette, in Flesh, Hague, Navy, Beige, Sunset; trimmed with beads and embroidery. Russian blouse style. Former prices including $15.00— For Clearance $9.75 SPRUCE CAMPS |i a BRANDED WASTE Probing Committee Files Report in the House WASHINGTON, Feb. 17—Two re VICTORIA SEATTLE Wednesday, Feb, 18 , 8:30 P, M. Sharp ADMISSION: not called for by 2 o’clock on day of game will be | canceled and resold. Read What Her yn aaa of ee: THE LUCK ‘OF THE NAVY Beckingham Palace, 23rd October, 1918. I showed your letter to the Queen, and Her Majesty was glad to have the oppor- tunity of speaking to you at the Palace Theatre. The Queen greatly enjoyed the performance of “The Luck of the Navy,” and thought the play moat intereating and admirably acted, Her Majesty is gratified to learn that the proceeds for the Royal Navy Prisoners of War Fund proved so satisfactory, and she congratulates you ond the other artists on the successful results of your efforts. I am, Yours very truly, re See WALLINGTON, Secretary to H. M. the Queen, Queen's Theatre, London. NOTE—The above letter was sent to MR. HUTCHISON by the Queen of England after a “command” performance of “The Luck of the Navy” had been given by Mr. Hutchison and his company before Queen Mary and the British Royal Family, The same identical performance by MR. HUTCHISON, with the same company that appeared before the Queen, will be at METROPOLITAN THEATRE 3 Nights—Commencing Thursday, Feb. 19 $3 POPULAR PRICE MATINEE SATURDAY The Complete Cast and Ps and Production Having Been Brought Over From Lon- Seat Sale Now—Prices: for This Special i oe koeaccion Me Beil 50c to $1.50