The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 27, 1920, Page 13

‘ wit om the movies and paid| goa trvaccke—Atr Tides in Seattle WEDNESDAY SULLY 6 Fivet Migh Tide i CS, 02 Mipit a m, 1 tt Se See sor omd Tide FUCK Se oO AL 10.9 tt. were Sor we Te SOPHIA INQUIRY ENDS IN JUNEAU Witness Says _ Passengers Could Have Been Saved JUNEAT, Alaska, July 27.-—-From RUNS: P DUTIES = If Ap Applied Would Have Doubled 1919 Customs BY HARRY B. HUNT INGTON, July 27.-The ex. fo which the merchant marine 1930 becomes a high tariff May best be visualized by ita provisions to American for the past two years and the results with the in| im customs receipts following of the Aldrich tartff act \g oe A, High Tide ‘tar anwg oo ft. eS teamer Princess Sophia got into a Ufeboat alongside the wrecked veanel and then returned to the ship. This was the testimony of Dr, EB. H. Kaser, owner of the Eatebeth, one of the craft standing by the stranded Sophia. Kaser testified in| the hearing of claimants here yester- day afternoon, The witness declared that two of a Sophia cong | appeared tariff provisions of the! deck directly above the lifeboat, oe act of isa0 hes, he was unable to any whether they ports brought /#ave orders for the return of the tn 1909 amounted 711, In the year following revision they amounted 8,683,445, an increase of slightly lag He declared all [have been hanovedl oo 0 on October 2 The Sophia ran aground v derbilt reef, Lynn canal, in Obtober, 1918, and 280 lives were lost when the no sank later with ail on <a Deartog tn Juneau ended to NAVY VESSEL :| Six Destroyers 7 Take Supply|“* “Reaming up the coast to Astoria to- day while officials of the of! company | * this | were in conference to determine pany | $478,684,231 came in by rail move they would make. ition. American| The situation represents a climax “earried $875,002,857 worth. /in the controversy between the navy , amounting in value and the of companies of California | carried in ves-| over what the navy is to pay for oll. | fm registry. Had a 10 per! The navy @fers $1.72, which is the| valorem duty been applied, |fixed price. and the companies de- customs 4 to mand $3 per barrel. -* ave been $174,158,451. near this approaches a 100 | pany was given an order to fill the! fmerense is shown by the ship company, began ties, which will.be & cargo totaling over 5,000,000 feet of lumber for the United Kingdom. A part cargo of lumber was taken aboerd on the Columbia river, 1,000, 000 feet of ties will be loaded here and the remainder at Bellinghem. In port the is managed by Struthers & Dixon, a Pacific coast affiliation of the Green Star com- pany. HINGTON, July 27—Under |), conditions the condition of qalmon fishing will become fn = few years in British according to an interna: Conference held on Canadian States matters. state department made the public today. A treaty be this country and Canada cov- question now is before ‘The senate treaty is consideration for reciprocal pr to the fishing vessels of } country. Steamship Watson Goes North Later|= Diverted to Skagway to bring down a number of passengers having reservations on the steamship Spo- kane, the steamship Admiral Watson | will not be able to clear for the North Thursday as scheduled, ac cording to Pacific Steamship com- pany officials. Saturday night or Sunday will be the new sailing date, ft is thought. eee West Himrod Loads West Jena’s Cargo ‘West Himrod, United States ship- Ding board's steamship, is due to ar. rive here tonight and will commence loading local cargo intended for the steamship West Jena, now in dry-| dock for inspection and overhaul She will sail about August 2. The West Jena is expected to get away) about August 1 eee Ship Is Sold in S. F. for $96,100 WASHINGTON, July %7.—The shipping board today announced the sale of the Iris, a 2,500 deadweight ton iron ship, to Swayne & Hoyt, of San Francisco, for $96,100, oe Fastest Liner Cuts Speed to Save Coal NEW YORK, July 27.—-The Cu- narder Mauretania, fastest liner afloat, has cut her speed from 27 to 22 knots per hour to save coal. ere Machine Works Is Awarded $2,572.88 Judgment for $2,572.88 was award- ed the Seaboard Machine works in their suit against the Liberty Bay Transportation Co. by Federal Judge Frank H. Rudkin, Monday. The suit was inatituted to recover the amount claimed due for work done on the steamer Liberty. eee Vessels in Port at Seattle Today Smith Cove anchorage-—Rge Henry Vi lord. IRENE 4£& iss Irene Lee, 19, lina Pittsburg eds the judges in the Pitts-\ pier js—it morgen." SehT Wakena. g local salesgirls’ beauty) min Cove torminai—str Ramore. test declared her the pret Siren Northern dock—Btr Fushimi M t salesgirl in all the Smoky} ,, st! ey She's entered now in’ boi a trees: tition ri Aid gears and 100 others in t ‘ u peat national sales irls’ | ™ nner @ Bees Zeseeccae mew contest, The pe inner| Bantora st. termmat—Bte Mast ai otr Northwestero. m a trial on stage Dutnie'y rae our we n Can company—Str City of /§, @ Culgoa { le ne ood. Eastern Importér, str Hpokane, ety West Jona, otr Othe, otr Ioonium, mtor schr Ormo, | @ week for 12 weeks— told, Aconlum, motor sche Osme Late yeaterday the Union Of! com. | P°! \Leading Issues in tHE SEATTLE BSTAR New York Trading Suffer Big Losses NEW YORK, July 27.—Leading teeuce suffered subst opening of the stock market to The slump whic! Itho considerable support came into t at th opening at 88%; Studebal um, 180, unchanged; Crucible, 144, off 1%; ) Baldwin, International Paper, 78%, off 1; Sout! wots, 91%, off Mi Py 15, ion! 1; Bethlehem Ste tack upon prices cont ak ma new ldwe on the 4: 110, off &; Vanadium, 75, unchanged; horn Rallway, 27%, up \%; Corn Prod- n-American, 95%, up %; Royal Duteh (New York), the firet hour and the entire ped to 66%, @ full point below the previous low of the year, made in May last. Mexican oll stocks also were hard hit. ‘The rapid fall in prices of Mexican ofl stocke wan explained by the speculative long account, which has been active in these issues during the last month. Kelly-Springfield sold at 87, compared with last year's high of 164. The market much as 3 poin low close to 17 common, after touching 87%, got up ‘The market closed higher. ied sharply in the early afternoon 15 to 20 passengers on the ill-fated) wich carried prices to new low levels. The recovery amounted to as In most active issues, Mexican Petroleum, after an early fot up to 179. Pan-American railied 2 points and Stee! fter the slump to 8%. Stocks opened weak under a rush of selling which continued with lit- tle or no in ption til! midday, b: some signs that the readjustment of prices had go time being. Trading was the heaviest in weeka A eh trend of the market occurred in the dropped t® 8 per cent = SHARP DECLINE IN CASH GRAINS Losses Range ge From Five to Ten Cents on Cash Oats CHICAGO, July _37.-—Ger ral ai ‘u riene opening on the. Chicago j@ today. ‘The loss ranged from bert. 10e an ca oats to te to 36 08 heat wa: agra following encouraging e wheal cypp wer by traderk, icaag, J is selling today on t if tri reed 27.—Continued » board with no support bon on met the same face nome profit- downward swing reflected the grais od at $2.4: 7% July corn, down We cloned at $141%. dor corn opened at , and later lost To Tige off at the 27%. subsequently te opened ing. 3M, ¢ up at to show for the PD reversal in the last hour, when the cail movey rate ¥ which time the list be) seeee 1,260,444.00 | 278,707.00 | Clearings . | | Batances New French Loan to Be Free of Taxation PARI&, France, July 23.—It ts re- reported that the next French loan, |which will be inyued in the fall, will |be free of income tax and will be at between 4 and 4% per cent interest. Pme riace Stal 17, fine aranuiated suer, 2 The, fTe, 6 the, 94g 4, tall cane Care nation mith, a tors, sack, $5) new pot Ting cherries, crate, ‘e sstmon, ®. & ¢ galinon, tb, for 286, fitall 27, pare tard dotting beef, | ioe. Mtal) wo packages Kelloge's co fakes we ar, in bulk, wal, a ‘ederal mith, = a and Vater Kost bye: . od A. T. Burnie, | £ the. une jroan # for see, GANTTART MaM 11, 1-td. Gare strawberry 3 French mustard, jar, 180; 1-1b, jare se marmalade, ite; Map of Tisiy ot, pint, Me; eweet corn, can, 200. 1, new potatoes, 2 Ibe, ihe; larse eantaloupes, @ach, 100; eterenalene, 1b. Set apricot, erate, $1 apples, 3 iarge lemons, owen, Bhg, Balle faimon trout meat, Ib, #8e; me 2 Ihe, She; halibut ‘ Tie, unchang it the close: ¢ at the opening. Bel tt TRY it hard Sa t60248 at dropped to oe! O%e, closed at age ‘ash athe Tis . | snapper, iheww 13 38 elm, ogee, 4 190, bulk coffee, Ih. salt pork. pare ribs Ib. Ihe; lamb Stall 45, Hite MOS ih, ib bare Patmolive or, Bheep—Receipts, 20.000 hei Lambe, New York Coffee and wager Quotations _ TORK, July Rio, iat Th 18% @ 206 . a e 1.29, 2 the iy” wo Cotten, 4180; dull eweet chocolate, bbe. WESTLAKE dotling toot, Mm, 1246: t»., » to. Bhs. Mare 10-11, lamb choi . | Stall 104 open! sorting. : four packages large package Albers rolied three packages corn flakes, White, 2 Ibe, 650. 192. imon. ean, Ihe; large can Bobilling’® coffee, 1.28, bulk cocoa, id, 366, } CORNER freah peanut butter, 31 under the new #y jem ad rating; Hires, 6.52%, unchanged; ‘ mar, i $2.79. op up 10 centimes 102, tke ri i» coipts, 1,200 head; mar ie lower, Top, $15; bulk of Receipts, © a4; market amas, 914@14.50; ewer, 8 G10; wethers, 198.50, Status of Fri co Market BAN FRANCISC! 27.—Mutter— per i yin frets, 590 herring, 2 lbs ameits, ib, 180, Mtall 2, p th, 2 Mxtras, Sic per doz; ne per dor; undersine e "ne doz; dirty No. 1, —Call fancy, per Ibs) fr Steel Corporation Declares Dividend NEW YORK, July 27—The regu: lar qtiarterty dividend of 1% per cent on common stock and 1% on prefer Fred Stock was declared today by the United States Stee] corporation, During the quarter which ended June 40, 1920, the net earnings of the corppration, after the federal tax had beers deducted, were $43,155;706, ; the jar Hip-O-Lite, 2he; 26e K against $42,089,019 for the preceding| Peking powder, 190; two cana tomat quarter, ani 1,301 in the June, |} 1919, quarter, ae We) phort ribs nod beef, lamb shoul steer steaks, Ib. der, ib, 200; pure lard, 2 tull’ cream eheese Stalls 37-08, 160 cane tte Olymple oll, 360, 65a, 00, 81.80, Mason fruit jars, pints, #0¢, qua inck cod, # Ibe, Ibm, 26¢; skinned jaiman, Ib, 200 1c, Stall 40, 40¢ on olive oll, Ib,, 300 40 can 2 young b Unfon Pacific dock—#tr Hetmet Puget Sound Bridge & Dredgin J. 8. & Patt Lake Union-—Hutis Broxton, Laota, Endy- mion, Fort Jackson, Addison, Bough- bahia Ibe; tenderloin of or 2 Ibs, pints, $1.65 shredded ¢ Royal baki Common sense Is the base of all laws, but the foundation is often out of sight achra Henry motor sche Alice, Oregon. iettleton inili—8ir Areus, ames yards-—Btr Roosevelt. 6. B. Idaho, ° Seattle Arrivals and Departures Arrival July 27—Atr Queen from fan Di 26-—6tr Northwestern from There is roomer waiting for just the room you have to rent. But he has not the time nor the inclination to #alk up one street and own another trying to find your home. A Sure Way To tell him about that room is to put a email Room to Rent Ad in The Star, Phone Main 600 Now and get in touch with the many people who look thru Star Ads every day. p.m; ety Admiral Ferragut from Ta- a at 7:36 p. m.; str Fulton from ‘Tacoma at 7 hip Azmo from Tacoma at § p. m.; U. 8. B. Culgpa from cruise at noon. on. tr Kongo Ban Maru for Dat- ren via Portland and Kobe at 7 p, m.; str Admiral §ebree for Tacoma at mid- night, motur ship Aamo for Tacoma at 1) = (GET CARLOAD OF [Andy CANTALOUPES Turlock “Season in Full Swing Now Shiro plume, from California, and peach and Red June plums from * & & y Is Unhappy Coon!) * & & * & & Caged for Father’s Sins Wenatchee made their initial appear: | ,| ance on commission row Tuesday morning. The Southern variety sold for $2 crate, the peach plums for $1.50 and the Red Junes for $2 Turlock cantaloupe season in in full swing now, with the arrival of the first cariond lot Tuesday, Thies fruit to of excellent quality, and com. mands @ somewhat stiffer price than the regular standards, The potato market holds firm at yesterday's prices, Green corn in a ttle easter, Green peppers are plentiful at 20 centg a pound, Peay are firmer at 6 cents, Butter and egg markets steady. ’ soe Corembers.-Nothouse, Rag Flaat—Fia. per '. Aoete— Eastern Washington . Green, par helf-dox Public Markets | /Sa=- Piacaople Plame oe] Jasxy Anéy may be an American|and now Andy comes along and gets Pty | Andy and Ernest Tuttle | do A | Andy te in for life, and his father It ‘being caged up for life, just because hig nearest relatives stole some sand wiches once. “I'd Uke to bite @ finger off this Ernest Tuttle for dragging me around here to be ghotographed. What tha’ dickens do they want a picture of me for, anyway? I didn’t it.” Andy is the baby raccoon at the Woodland park 200, and Ernest ‘and mother are all to blame, accord- ing to Gus Knudson, head keeper. “Aéolph and Biddy didn’t know a good thing when they had it,” he ays. “When lunches at the park! begun to disappear, we thought! jsome boys were stenling them. John) Parsons, park policeman, hid behind| @ log one day and watched some baskets of lunch, and pretty soon along came Adolph and spilled them alk out and began carrying the food the ‘coons up @ tree and) mock them down They've been here about two years, ISAN JUAN nocturnal carnivore, as the diction-| sore, and aays this ‘free and equal’ PAGE 13 ITNEY HEARING UP WEDNESDAY; Drivers Get Writ of Prohibl-': tion Against City the jitney bus controversy. The instrument Probably will re sult in the abandonment of the hears on application of the city for the vacating of a temporary injune tion held in favor of the jitney men against the city, which was due to be heard Tuesday. The writ of pro” hibition was made returnable Aw | gunt 20, before the supreme court, ~ ‘The cane is scheduled to be heard on its merits Wednesday, , “Will Prices 29 Is Ad Club Subject At the regular meeting of the Se attle Advertising club et the Bow Marche Tuesday noon, H. R. i of King Bros., spoke on the “Are Pi Going to Drop?” Graves, int of Cheasty’s and CANADIAN): PACIFIC |. | Wieorie & Vanoonver, 8.6.1 DAILY DAYUGH) ExCURSIONS : ae ISLANDS tnx S\EGGS SHIPPED PARCEL POST WASHTNOTON, 3 July 27.—Millions of eggs are now being sent by parce! post. In fact, eggs rank first among # farm products in being marketed -M4) thru the postoffice. To make pin money now, all a 00 Ni] farm woman needs is @ bunch of 3 | good laying hens, honest and regular Pilterto—Per Welsete—| Pesesto— Japanese, per ® Pecane—Per DAIRY PRODUCTS wae Prec renee. In other words, to com- plete this cycle, an honest farm woman must get in touch with honest city folk, then she sends the 4 eggs reguiarty, and the city customers “oe | send her checks regula The department of agriculture hag issued the following Instructions for sending eggs. by parcel post: Eggs for direct marketing, if the trade requires it, or if it can be done without any disadvantage, should be assorted as to size and color. Exge irregular in shape, those which are isp |unusually long or thfn shelled, or 40] which have shells otherwise defec- tive, should be kept by the producer for home use. se@ 21] Average hens’ exes will weigh {1} about 1% pounds to the dozen, or 4 At] two ounces apiece. The weight of a single dozen of eggs in « carton, 17.28@17.25| Properly pecked and wrapped for 16-28937.38 maiting, will run from two to three +1480) pounds, depending on the nature of 13.49] the particular container, the size of the eggs and the packing and wrap- ping used. A parcel containing twe dozen 2 |eees will add perhaps 2 cents to the ¢ | postage, tho sometimes only 1 cent, [depending on the nature of the con+ o|tainer and the packing and wrap- ping. ‘The larger the parcel (within the size and weight Umits, the cheaper 72.00|'* the postage, as the first pound of Tiselevery package costs 5 cents within othe first and second zones, while each additional pound, up to 50, costs oj but 1 cent. for eggs. ai oe Geese Brigion Marce-— Live.’ ber AUG, » Wed, Sat. ONE WEEK Alt Bern! Be not wise in your ewn conceit and never mistake the conceit of others for wistom, | Probably the happleat man in the world is the one who has just pur-| chased his first wedding ring. THE FAMOUS GEORGIA MINSTRELS Band & ORCHESTRA ivikiy“ott i. Hale Sane" WATCH FOR THE BiC STR7FT PADAD OWLY SHOW oF ITS ROUND$400 ROUND +0 60° RINDI IN THE WORLD N te $1.00 *THune. MAT., 260 and S@e TAKE THE BOAT TO TACOMA i SINGLE FARE ary mys, but he is darned sore at | stuff may be all right when you're talking about men, but it sure is the bull when it comes to ‘coons.” Andy ts only @ few weeks old, and he has ® most unpleasant disposi on, He lives with the rest of coon family in Feregee we eagies, and they tree to hide tn, “! hen Berl I suppose,” Andy CO-OPERATION All that a strong, service-giving bank can do to help its customers is done by the First National Bank. It has long been a dependable counselor and assistant of local business men and concerns. «ain Our officers would be glad of the “ opportunity to discuss our service with you and to co-operate, if pos: 0" sible, an og wee ag 166 Fist Ave at James WANTED Several bright boys, about-13 or 14 years old, to carry papers. A number of our carriers are going away forthe | summer and this is the time to secure | a good route, Routes open in differ- ent parts of the city. ‘Apply to Seattle Star Circulation Department 1307 Seventh Ave.