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1S CALLED of Nations Hopes to Solve International Money Problems BY MILTON ‘ON BRONNER DON, Sept. 22 tions has called an interna. | a financial conference to be} held in Brussels on Friday. A special invitation has been tmmued to the United States, asking tt to tyke an important part. Tb enemy states — German ustria, Hungary and Bulgaria Deen asked to send representa | | tives. Russia and Turkey have not os AVOID iG INDEMNITIES burg, Finland, and Lithuania, have been to send delegates who will “= @ hearing when their par: | situation is discussed. Phe one thing that will not be up ia the matter of indemni enemy states will have to pay @ubject will be dealt with sole the reparations committee of Allied and Associated powers, conference has invited the famous economists to be Professors Bruins of Hol Cassel of Sweden, Gide of Pantaleoni. of Italy and of Great Britain, financial and economic situ: of each country will be exam- and for this purpose the dele- from each state will not only it written statements, but will @ verbal declaration of their and difficulties. RE-ESTABLISHING CREDIT this there will be general on public finance, currency exchanges, international trade osed schemes of interna ‘action. The latter will in- for the re-establish- of international credit, the ity of international loans mM sfeorry expedients for facill- i commerce. &@ remedy for sae ter the riage finan. credit gly trade une Be presiding will be Gustave Ador, former of the Swiss republic. ORD ALARMS _ AUTO MAKERS manufacturers here were still today by Henry Ford's an- nt of a return of the price! his autos to a pre-war basis. Few fi were able to say! “whether general reduction of auto) “prices would result. here believed a yneral cut follow. Manufacturers of ced autos, however, will ig- the Ford reduction, they said. auto dealers will suf- ter losses, it was believed. Many large stocks purchased at high and are unable to sell them Jess than the new price of un- used cars. ‘ ee CAR PRICES INLOS ANGELES Little Reduction Here, Deal- ers Declare ’ LOS ANGELES, Cal., Sept. 22.-— Blashing of priced of second-hand | automobiles was begun by dealers there today following the reduction ip prices of Ford automobiles an. Bounced yesterday, At the same time dealers predicted that the cut fm price would have far-reaching ef- _ fect on the automobile market, in- @luding both cheaper and better grade new automobiles. While price drops were not ex. tensively press agented, dealers de. elared the value of second-hand cars dropped from $100 to $150 overnight. New gr prices must be readjusted to meet the drop, they admitted. “It surely will knock the bottom out of advances being contemplated by some manufacturers,” was the consensus of opinion along automo- _ bile row. “One of the ultimate effects will be _ to drive out of the market some of the newest manufacturers,” said H. J. Hilgen, sdles manager for médium priced car agencies. ee With a single exception automobile dealers today Seattle Poadsters and limousines. ‘The A. T. Smith company, Scripps Booth distribwors and dea in sec- ond-hand cars, advertise a big re- duction in the price of used cars only, but do not prophesy a drop in the price of new machines. That the drop in prices of Ford ears will have little or no effect on the market here is the belief express- ed by big dealers, many of them pre- @ieting advances in their particular ear before the end of the month. Compile Arguments on North Cable Line Exhaustive data substantiating the strategic and geographic advantages of the proposed cable route to the Orient by way of the Aleutian te foreign trade bureau of the Cham ber of Commerce. The report will be ‘submitted to the international cable conference in Washington, D. C., in October, For teaching anatomy, 4 British surgeon has designed motion picture . films showing the operation of the bones in & human skeleton, ~The League’ Brings | Kashima ature, Nippon Yusen Kat | call yesterday. Bean asked for either information oF) steerage passengers. Esthonia, | can liners. & quarter of an hour to} predicted ; advances in prices for touring cars, | lands, is contained in a report of the | %” Ship News| Tides in Seattle WEDNESDAY bet MSDAY SEPT, 92 am 43 | Piest Low Tid 12:37 « ° 20 am, 10 First Low Tide | nM & } Fest Migh Tide sro HE pom, 104K Segond Low Tide | THT om, 68 Ml sat Dp. KASHIMA MARU, JAP LINER, IN 257 ; ~ Passengers, Some Alleged Deserters ‘hevond Law Tide m, 62 ft, sha liner, Capt. K. Ituno, reached sattle on her regular schedule of In addition to 5,000 tons of freight to be shipped Bast, the ashima brought 97 first bin passengers, 26 second cabin and 135) About 31 of the latter are Europeans left in the Orient for violation of ship regula tions as part of the crews of Amert ‘Those classed as desert | ers will be heard in court by the United States shipping commissioner DIES AT SEA OF STARVING : Insane Mexican Expires as Boat Reaches Seattle Starvation, self-imposed, hi brought death to Felix Belmonte, 27, Mexican laborer, Wednesday, Two weeks ago, in Alaska, Belmonte be came insane and refused to eat. He was sent South, on his way to a Portland sanitarium, in charge 6f United States Marshal Tom Dalgity. As the steamer Jefferson, of the Alaska Steamship Co., steamed into Elliott bay, Tuesday afternoon, Bel monte, who Was on board, died. Butterworth & Sons took charge of the body, pending funeral arrange- ments by the Mexican consul. eee KITSAP CO, TO TAKE OFF BOATS -n| Says Ferry ‘Kills Profits on Harper Run Pointing out the difficulty of serv ing the towns of Southworth, Har- per, South Colby, Colby and Man chester during the winter, the Kitsap County Transportation Co, has filed a complaint received yesterday at the board of King county commis | sioners, stating that the profita of the run are reaped by the Harper. Seattle ferry in the ir, while the increased cost ot Wperation of all vessels during the winter is carried | $1,000 per month, due to ferry com that the people of these districts may | petition, | Suggesting service supplementary to the ferry by means of @ launch, | not be left entirely without servic | the Kitsap company, in its letter, an | nounces its intention to discontinue ter months. The board hae decided to remind | the company that the ferry arrange | ment was agreed to by it, and that « coastwise ferry service in another | county is Bapenaibie weer the law. Last Jap Built Vessel Now Here The liner Eastern Sword, now anchored tn Elliott bay, is the last of the vessels built In Japan for the shipping board that will come to Seattle. eee From Weather Bureau TATOOSH ISLAND, Sept. 22.—8 A. M. aining; wind our. Paseed i ef night: a two- | board steamer at € a | a Farragat * ember 21-11-30 A. M.—Raining: | wind south, 25 miles an hour, 1:30 P Passed tn: Str Archer at 12:20 p.m. 5 P. M.—Cloudy; wind southwest, eight miles an hour, cee Arrivals and Departures Arrived September 22—Str Klkton from Yoko- hama via San Franeisco at 10:10 a. m. September 21—Str Kaskima Maru from | Hongkong via ports and Vicfhria. B. C., at 10:20 a m.; str Jeffergon from South eastern Alaskan ports at 12:30 p. m.; str Amur from British Columbian ports at § [pm ] Salted September 22—Str Queen for Tacoma 12:40 a. m, September 21—8tr Haynie for United Kingdom ports at 5:20 p. m.; motor achr Batinda tor Valparaiso via Port Riakely at 6:55 p. m.; #tr Admiral Farragut for San Diego via San Francisco at 1 p. m.; jatr Admiral Watson for Southwestern via hat | Southeastern Alaskan ports at 11:40 a. m.; str Amur for British Columbian Ports at 9:50 p. m, | eee Alaskan Vessels Potorsburg—Sailed September 21: City of Beattie, northbound, at § a, m, Ketchikan-—Balled September 21: Str Princess Alice, southbound, at 10 & m. oe Vessels in Other Ports New York—Arrived Beptember 21; Str Haymon from Seattle via Tacoma and| ports. { Arrived September 19; Str Ban- ta Flavia from Bajbon—fatied September 14: Str Ora. tor for Seattle via San Francisco, Str Tacoma via fan Fran- Ban Pedro—-Arrived September 21; Str Admiral Dewey from Seattle via Ban taco. Arrived September 20; Str Fred Baxter from Tacoma. Ban Francisco—Halled Beptember 21: Steam schr F. 8. Loop for Seattle at § p. m.; str President for Seattio at 11 a. m. Port Townsend ed in September 22; Btr Delwood for Taco str Bikton for 8 a September 21 south of Seymour Narrows, so at 9 a. m.; str Bpokane in southbound, at 11 a. m. S. Naval Communications | ber 21—Btr Went Ivins, Kobe for | Boattle, 2,936 miles from Cape Flattery | at § p.m; str West Keats, Orient for! Portiand, 2,590 miles from Columbia River at ® p. m.; #tr Wawalona, Kobe for Portland, 4,744 miles from Portland p. m.; str West Inon, Kobe for Beattie, 1,400 milen from Seattle at ® p. m.; att W. #8. Porter, Everett for Gaviota, 412 milen from Everett at # p. m.; atr Del- | wood, Han Francisco for Tac 12 miten south of Gane Flattery at & the service thruout the ensuing win- | * Tobacco Stocks Are Strong; New High 1s Made; Oils Selling NEW YORK, Sept. 22—The atock market opened irregular to slighty lower today were Ohio 42%, land 14%, off The mark: Chandler $1 f “i f Y%; Union Paciti et Wan a tworal dwin 112M, loan Petroleum, which was active yesterday with a net gain of 11% suffered a loasfof 14 at 199% at the outset ; Central Leather 46%, Other opening prices off %) Baltimore & off Ye; Stool 89%, roff My; Willya-Over- unchanged, ition into the second half hour. Traders continuéd to sell ole and equipments. On the other hand, tobacco stocks wore strong and American Tobaceo “Ii” made a new high During the nd hour pressure continued tn oils, Mexican being the pa Tuesday's hi rt eh, ular target Pan-American The stock sold ¢ wn tol points fre 0%, off 6% from rencted 4 Tuesday's high. Raldwin was also off at 111% againat the week's high of 116, Closing prices were Southern 93%, off Mi ble 131, up f 1M: Willy GRAIN BOOSTED AGAIN :: September Corn Shoots Up! 12 3-4c CHICAGO, Ing of Sept youter traders who the present Pacific 97%, up ew Haven 36%, United States Steel 89%, up \% Mexican Petroloum 1 Prie 20, off. %; Reading off Mi Cruet- Pan-American 92%, off nehanged; Union Pacit off ntral Leather 46% NM, off 3%; “i lverland 13%, off a Se MARKET believed th: downward had been reached. and cle opening, higher: Dece: at opening, $1.04%, later increasing ry September oats, after opening at S5K0, off % cember oats opening unchanged at 59\%0 showed a gain of Seo at the clone, eee % CHICAGO, Sept. 22—Cash whoat—| 7: % No. 1 red, $3.5 dhard, $2 Ne % $2.37 G2 * Union Pacific * United Retall Pores, 71% Chicago Board of Trade | ®t nunver ne High Lo@ Close || & Biter! 238 82.30% | Utah Copper ase 3338 w is 122% 1 Willys-Ove 106) 1.68% 106m | ‘Total at san ad a Sept —— (Nomina!l)—— ers Oct 2435 2475 «3408 Bats | E lard } ‘pt . 0 som 1 1996 Oct - 1988 2008 ot] toes Kibo itenn Bept....s. —(Nominat—— 37.10 [Finn shee 1 ite FL14h, ~ ite . » were higher. t, closed mi be c, cloned up 1 17.30 7. Chicago Car Lots by L. B. Manning & Co, 619 Second Avenue change war lower at the ‘gues today. | we orate Keeta Cont. Ketd Ltr. | Storing demand 2.46%. weors © 402 82.47%; france, demand 6.76<, . wore 1202/6710: lire, demand #at0: | Oates. ~ 1 88 BA | marks, demand Ite, cables 1.876; Ca- eee adian dollars, demand #95 Chicago Live Stock oy the Kitsap company at a loas of| CHICAGO, Rept 11,000 head Bulk of sales, $15.25 17.6 Portland Market Report PORTLAND, sider pigs, $14.6061 Bheep— Rece steady lamba, $604.50; yearlings, 96.600 wothers, 1606.50; ewes, 12.2506 tter—66e per Ih. S8@48e per don Hens—20@ 300 per Ib; broflers, 28@226 per Ib, 4 Prime tambe, $9.50@10 market 360 $15.65@ 17.60 packing, $15.25 pigs, §16.50@17; Lamba, $912.55; fept. 22-—Cattie inners, $2.75 @13. pts, 9.60; ‘ pts, 489 by Checee—Triptets, 94@38¢ per Th. TOTTENHAM, Ene. Sept. 22.— }lad of 19, charged with street ete j The magistrate slips taken from him should be returned | to enable the boy to pay the bets he | ting, was fin | directed that lost. rrr Waterbury, fan Franciaco for Seattle, 123 | miles south of Awitts Dp. m.; wtr Admiral Watson, Se: Ketchikan, off Act! Admiral Parragut, Seattle Adn | 720 miles from Seattle Vessels in Port at Seattle | 90 mile ed $50, the 60 betting from Seattle at oe $2.—-Teee—Recstpts, market | buteher 227 head: market te ° Lightship ot N. Y. Stock Exchan Furnished by. 1. 619 Hecoud A ee. Black ans THE SEATTLE STAR ICANTALOUPES ARE EASIER Inferior Stock Affects Them; Other Fruits Steady Due, jobbers of inferior stock, cantaloupes were the eaaler with the top a Were virtually Potate on sare ed wil to 6 cents, at which prices nome j bere claim they are losing money Tomatoos, ane, are cheaper, 60 cents a crate being t ewe Gre firm at iw unchanged. Local Markets Prices Patd Whoieente Dealers for Vegetabics and Freit Means tacal, areen, par per t. Green Peppers Per ry ¥ Ground Cherries Lettuce. twin Lacomotive uid Heth. Steel “Hi 410) | Ontons—Per th [Canadian Pacific Pickling Onions - | Potatoes nwa Local Pumpkine oral Motors... Gaodricn Great Northern Industrial Aleobol |Inapiration . Total salen ‘Fikte | Foreign Exchange MEW YORK, sept Money on Call NEW YORK, Sept. 22. —Money on cant, | 7 per cent; six months, ¢ per cent; m cantile paper, 8 per cent {ome N. Y. Coffee and Sugar NEW YORK. sept fio, # Kaw, 10.160 per Ih; granulated, | the per ib Denver ‘Market Status DENVER, Rept 1 Top, $18.25; bulk of sales, $16 Lambe, $12.50@13; ewes, 0; feeder rah ge $12.50@ 12.85, | Public | Markets | || Bags 2° inate, 8) fruit 5 Lipton's yellow PIKE PLACK pe 4p. tehikan for hikan ttle for Shanghal, t 8 p.m. . Beall 66. tani Stall F, Van ¢ Libb ean © pork Stall #1 cheese Bar siiver—London, 00; New York, pte, 400 Weal; market bo) $ P—Rereipte, 2.500 head: marker | Fastern | Prices | Dacke—Dreseed Hrotiers Dressed * (or) nartey Smith Cove terminal—Str Kdmore, str Stall 19, Clty of Spokane, atr Wheatland Mont. Stall 62, men's Pier 14—str Fulton. $00: Indien’ halt Great Northern dock—Str Toyama Maru, Stall tr Kashima Maru. ntwloupjea, Pier 5—-Str Banta Ana, Pier 2--Str Vietoria, ete Alameda, str) gegis, 94.96 pomNE® Pier Str Morning Star, bee i liver 3 tom Sher allo, > 4 | ally , Ibe Th : Pacific Coast Engineering works—Btr |}, King satmon, astern Lender ey (Stall 115, bananas, | Milwaukee Ocean dock—BStr West Ivan. | Quaker pu Stall 110. Hanford st. terminal—Str Northweatern. | Jy "i? Pier B—Str Mpringti Stall. 3, Bkinner & Bd Ache A. ¥. Comte | ige th Btacy at. termi U8. 0. Bi srenk' sakes Spoka Main hie yards Aword drydock: Elthu Pacific Str Patterso Ames yards at Clearings Balances . | Clearings . | Balances .. terminal— Waterway Ate Griffau, tr Ma terminal—str o—fitr Westward ‘Thomson. Const Bridge & Dredging plant— Str Roosevelt. 1,043, ie 106 Portland Motor we i ‘Lanvy | Ho, atr + 2,942,661.00 0.00 808,253.00 full cream cheese brick cheese, 330 Tb . ECONOMY ery butter, Delle Th. 2 thx. $1.00 Redondo. ribs, 12%e ™, Stall 27. De sue Lake Union—Hulla Abilia, Abnoba, Ab-| fer ise th othe be yaou, Addison, Allenhurst, Ahmik, An-| honey. pt ia; th Hayden, Bertrand, Bingn " utter, 206 ae * apple Biscayne, Black Wolf, Blanford, Oel- T.; lamb roast wie Boughton, Pesute,, Puyalivp, |1s0 fei> tnaite "pees tee, Cabacan, Capraria, Cardin, Cenina, | fee, 440; 2 phere. Kellen Ghacus, Chestectiola, Chalets, -Cinean | ton, intone nenase om Ginyras, Corus, Cosian, Cols, Clone: |e enh core een Elisa, Blectray Bndyraion, ort Bare | wie tour 10 a tae aceite, rison, Fort Jacks Fort Btanwix, | tha, 45 wa oa] Fort’ Union, Imufka, Leotl, Kitan, WESTLAKE ! Stalls 16-17, Olymple pancake flo 280; 6 bare ‘No-Run’ Napth 2 large cans tomatoes, Stall a6 Riuing powderiotte fot a” toe ees H a | | Clearings . $6,228,180.07 aR mp den, et | Balances . 1,372,380,12 Ine, 9 Tom. $1.00; 2 tbe, 6 of friends and relatives of a d take turns in coffin to the burial place In some parts South Wales, ased person carrying the | 4 Pummer Aweet Com—L Sweet Potators Tomatore Green, Turnips per M, Loo Yaune—Cal, per Oregon cling Martiett Y pice Cra Rradaba: 18. Walnate—Manch: Cal... Sweets are Local, per crate Local, per to. 110% | Resbare, Per ® a {Ss Per sack Hubbard Local, outdoor , (per sack Vegetable Marrow nay, to the presence market Wednesday, t $2.25. Other fruits unchanged. qnoted at 2% cent ith 2% cents earlier in) ing at 6% he best figure quoted 72 cents, Bytter Tengitah, erete Por ib p Per %. ™ und, Peter, 2711 i Hodalph, Charle wink Hriatensen, G, pital irl, Brown, Thoma 61 Fite pital, Loomin, ' Martin, irl Stewart, Providence boy » Kalph, 109 N. 85th, 1 Freeland, 640 W harlen, 2463 Irwin, 4024 J, 10 Pitt Mideukawa, U., $17 Stovens, Morris, Beattie ( pital, girl Walker, Joyne Paxton, Bin Tath, 2608 Brandon, Beattie Ge J. M., 2209 rl ‘aul, S411 Lakeside, Broderick, Thoma 7 pital, boy Te nahoe, F on, William, Swedish ho: Madinon, Ly B. 1743 68th W., Johnaon, Martin, 4123 42nd Je m, Co 1 04 24th Nagarro. Chr 4 2th 8 Contralto, Dominic, 42 girl Lines, Robert, Swedinh » hi, Beverin, Swedish h rick, Swedt Morrill, David, JA Reynolda, 1413 N, ba, One ar, Name and Ketidence. Raltazer, Frank, Seattle . Wilson, Bllzabet J., Beattie P. é n, Edith M., Beattie 1, Charles J. San Franci« French, dys M., Seattle Vannier, Walter, St. Marion, Ida! | Dean, Selma, Beattle Ander: ard rker, Andrew W. rrigon, Alla, East Seattle toral wer . per erate ria Kegs—Vresh ranch .. Pullets coon Or. triplets Wisconsin eretan brick Limburger ... Young America .. ta male es to Shippers Meos,-tGnaer «Toe Se zy SIE, fancy, Arte fen tte | Belgien Maree-—Live, per POULTRY Paid Wholeeaters Hene— Dressed | Sheep— Prime spring Trariings Wethers Ewes pecan Turkeye—Drensed 2° Ty ene it tary 19. 28@11.60 ruee s HAY, GRAIN AND FEED Wholesale Price Per Ton. City, Price Whole Cupp Oat» Whole Corn— Whole Cracked Chop |Fish Meal Yakima | PR Ly | road } | Peasants, Grits . Marble Linseed Meal due: Shell Meal—Cal spaces alongnic tracks a PUGET In some parts TAKE THE BOAT TO TACOMA BOATS LEAVE COLMAN DOCK At A. M., A, ERY DAY. best cheapest way te ge ROUND aie. B¥00 sim SINGLE x 55.00@58.00| 57.004 60.00 | 00 00 00 of Europe, Je and between rail- re cultivated by the 19 P.M. 60° VD NAVIGATION © —FARE the! «irk neral b h hospital, Hinitenton, Charles, Swedish hompital, 9 Third RY Mn . bo a7 +f Vital Statistics BIRTHS gq" E., King county hor- homas, King county hos- Columbus panitar- ‘gir |, Charles, Providence hospital, hon- girl hw fh Latona, girl trl, on » Glen, 1927 First ave, Queen Anne irl. Providenge ho lin ‘August, Minor hospital, boy. | trick, £627 Yesler way apit boy i Seventh #, | spital, boy. | ital, | 67th, girl "MARRIAGE LICENSES | ho mn, Arthur W. Port Or- Be. ttle Ther, Ada Ge ut ney SEPTEMBER 30 kenbill, George P., Beattie Legal) Lewal NOTES NEARLY ALL SOLD Puget Sound Power & Light Company's Five-Year Gold Coupon 8% Notes Dated September 1, 1920; Due September 1, 1925 Dexter Horton Trust & Savings Bank, Trustee Price $100 and Interest—Yield 8 Per Cent Announcement A MILLION DOLLARS was the limit set: The demand for these notes is so strong that they are nearly sold. We are now NEARING THE END, and can promise nothing from hour to hour except what we can deliver from whatever may be left of the issue. We will be unable to sell and deliver a single note over and above the amount set as the limit for this issue. IT IS YOUR LOSS IF YOU MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY Full Information May Be Obtained at Any Office of the Company CONSULT YOUR BANKER Puget Sound Power & Light Company boy. tage! WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1920, -\COAL STRIKE SEEMS SURE Status of | Frisco Market BAN FRANCIBCO, Wxtras, 66 %e per Ib, Rept. 22.—Butter per ib, prime firsts, Wxtras, The per dow, er doz; extra pullets. derwized pullete, 49% ¢ Airties Mo, 644% per per ai Cheene—-Callfornia fiat, fancy, 16%e Ber Ib; firwts, 260 per Ib antiome | Hammill, Albert 1s. ‘Tacoma r~vai|Little Hope Seen for Settle- owe neo, Bacramento ster, Arthur J, Beattie. ment of Trouble 5 Gunbull Beattle a Lunn, Paul N., Beattie Ostberg, Laura H. Beattie” 39| With both miners and mine oper odmen, Koes, Auburn 24 | ators waiting passively, if not place Covey, France bo Auburn ss+s--19lsaiy, for the coal strike scheduled DEATHS to go into effect Thursday morning, Anderson, Ruth, 78, St. Luke's hos-| ttle hope was seen Wednesday for pita DIVORCES RAN a nettlement of the difficulty. ‘The G TED walkout will affect nearly 3,000 men, » Hazel 1. Marie from M. it is @laimed. ‘The controversy hinges on the re fusal of all but two companies to make recently swarded increasem | retrouctive to August 16. ster J. from Grace ¥. helwyn Hilda from How- | p | Malberg, F ard La Wemps, J M. from isa. SEATS ON SALE TOMORROW At Sherman, Clay & Co., Third and Pine MINNEAPOLIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA EMIL OBERHOFFER, Conductor FLORENCE MACBETH, Soloist Of the Chicago Grand Opera Company “The World’s Greatest Orchestra” PRICES: $2.00, $1.50, $1.00 and 75¢e—Plus Tax A R E N THURSDAY EVENING | | | Sizes, $100, $500 and $1,000