The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 22, 1920, Page 14

Soar rn gts teic tan aacieta meee eeaniooant tekentooremavagre-neugaaanaal PAGE 14 ~ LUMBER IS | ‘Ship News. NOT GOING "= MONDAY) TURADAY First lew Tite Fist Low Tide e exchange pr os i . ga nde ti taton St ble 88, us So Say Men Interested in ions Coming [= vem Trade; Think Present | On 9: Oe eee trom New |! Prices Must Advance 9 rage A one . ai ndacmeies ipping apes a camanhip Neveral made new highs PORTLAND, Ore, Nov Up. | Wenatohes wil carry 7 f mth | eading Yeas other commodity va hould | Honaire tourists of New Ac | “Shortly after 2 o'clock call mon @rop to a tevel at which w wou wétag to reports. The va lowest rate since November 3, 1919, 3 sell for only a bushe tg gh th Panama ¢ Ar /On December 3 the rate was low as cg whe prices, oni Fala Blog | ‘The market closed higher ; Pacific can manu ‘ 4 fucturers aff erate for any Santa Claus Ship ANOTHER DROP ji one vary material rednetion takes; Of Way to Hawaii place In the cost of supplies, as well) With the misison of making @ | IN GRAIN PIT 3": q as labor. mas merry in Hawall, the enter This is the concensus of opin hoard’s big steel steamship Holly: | of lumber manufacturers is w en re at oy on ad. i is Pacttic noruhwee Pacific wiana, ladon with, $0-0°* | Quotations Go Still Lower at they do not anticipate any other fre ee Chicago duction in the cost of Jabor aa to permit of Blue Funnel Liner | eineaco in quota der existing market ¢ y . sl tions say wholemle prices must advancs| Here on First Trip! i) because, taken on the average, It) Arriving here Sunday on her firet | Trad: costs morp than $30 to preduce 8) vores to Puget sound, the Blue ~ thousand feet of lumber, whereas the | runnel | Stoenihed ta saw ia ® average price obtainable for fir at| perth in the south alip at F present is less than $: ne came from Liverpool an For the past several weeks, the cow, via Panama, San Franciace market has been exceedingly quiet | Astoria and British Columbia, | tim all linea, includin shingles, but “* «© | some improvement is now n¢ im . jk the tone Inguinies beine more erst, Unload Equipment : than at any time since last fall when H rn. after © ean ak any time since wat fall when) for Alaska Railway | .>wenic: ores g20 Six flat car bodies, 55 trucks and| Qc at the opening, 1i\e, & waiting game ~ her equipment, representing the} "TILE RE PE AP st contribution of the Panama | yore v4 ine ae we Mes Many manufacturers and whole | “2%*! Zone to the government tore ¢; May oats up miers who were interviowed today |‘ Alaska, were unloaded we} opening. «8%a" and late called attention to the heavy curtail. | “* h cove ter uinal Saturday eres . ment in production as a result of the . . CHICAGO, Now Cash wheat shutting down of mitt born in weet. Isthmian Liner Here [vo 2 bart se ern Oregon, where fir and spruce are the principal preducta, and in Wash With Iron and Steel of the Chicago Board of Trade ington and Idaho, where western amship tanger Monday's Qaotathons) pine forms the bulk of the o ut. nahip tines, berthed at) wherer— Opes High Lew Close In the Willamette valley, Ore the § ty dock Saturday. | Dee HT Tew TY Hem more than half of the mills have | Include er enrgo war 1,600 tona| Maren. 3 Ma Ls shut down, while those in oper » of iron, steel and other products. Dee 4 48% are running short shifts of only four | FS . | May... mh is ar * wos. 10 Ships Arrive in». rrr In eastern Oregon several pine | atay ‘te 1% mills bave already ahut down, others Port Over Sunday Gre preparing for an idle winter| ‘ten yeusels most of them from |""I 14 weve Period, and a few are operating 60 | forwien po docked at Seattle’ Sat-| Ja Nominal) sant ~ rie te warning le sounded by | Sty Right and Sunday. They are a dicen that when swworertcd Admiral Schley and the Alameda | Enh Festva, 3e With ceoult i another | {Tenn One Frenciocs, the Lane Vist! N.Y. Coffee and Su ar Funaway market because everybody | ‘TO tne weet const of Bauth Amer |_ NEW TORK, ¥ SPO want umediats delivery evea et | ot Maaiia Maru and ‘Taiime Mara | Ieee noes “ rom the Orient, the steamsbipa Ge affes v Ebnoutscturecs have hoped, would be | 807 and Morning Star of the Const-|« Bintes, 19% 911 Grolded because coneriones nus | wise trade, the Prince George from | Foreign Exchange NEW YORK, New ‘The foreign ov arket. chery higher than the ing reached tse, marke 1.48 Vancouver, th» liner Jette from taught that a steady market with , the least fluctuations in valuce in, | AM#*® and the Union O company | after all, the most satisfactory.’ | “Ker, Washtenaw. the banks with full cargoes of hali- | but. hia for that popular fie have! Sensational Drops Are Re- 124 ernie a pound for No. 1 and | * to 7 cents for Ry ported in East reel 1913 on the local market today! Capt. A. J. Storrs, formerly port |! quotations ranged from $10.78! captain for the Pacific Steamship |» Prices Show Drop |“ IN HOG MARKET 2: <s*-sscrun INDIANAPOLIS. | Ind, Nov. to $11.40. pening que 49%, france and Cane | San Francisco Produce RAN FRAN 1m per th xtras, Be per doe 0, Now, 20.—Batter— per dow unde extra pol fete, aed pulleta, . per don Cheese—Callfornia fate, 2246 per Ite Portland Market Status TLAND, Ba ttl ete Port Capt. Storrs With fishing vessels arriving from eaensig Halibut is now Perry at Hoe. prices reached the lowest levels Given Promotion company, has been promoted to ma rine superintendent, with jurisdiction of all floating property of the com pany, market tbe oe ] “ . KANSAS CITY, Mo. Nov — Hog prices reached a new low level on the Kansas City market today. At the gpening losses of from 25 to 40 cent# were recorded, the average sales being at $10.40 to $11.15, a new low for the last four yearp gThis in @ break of $12.25 from the OB, mark Of July, 1919—a drop of mor: than| of steamship lines engaged in a Marine Rate War An the result of a conference here the | Phytite er 60 per cent. | Oriental trade, possibility of a stash eee ing rate war in the transpacific CHICAGO, Nov. 22—Hog prices | Toutes has been averted womber 99 continued sensational declines on the) Mitsul & Co. has returned to mem Chicago market today. With 32,900 b*Tship in the Pacific westbound con Teceipts, the market opened off so | ference, composed of the majority ents and continued to drop during | th¢ big lines operating on th» Pacific the early trading. There was little |#04 the Blue Funnel interests have bidding. The average sales were at |®PMOUnced that they will work with Hailed November tle at 2 «8 Qu from $11.40. | the conference in keeping shipping see | prices stable. BUFFAIA, N. Y., Nov. 22.—A new | from feattle via low price for hogs on the F st But |New Ship Lines Are mber 22: Str Ad falo market was made tod when miral Mehiey for Be the hest grades sold a: $1150, the| Benefiting Seattle| oa ime since 1910. | That the new steamshi nat the new steamship services ; a |established from Puget sound ports | Reported by Wireless d SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 22—Hogs|are bringing enormous benefits to| adian Government dropped a half cent on the local mar-| Seattle and the reat of the North-| sisitenaner a1 ket today. Best grades sold at 14c.| west is evidenced by statistics com- | i piled ‘here Satur Various fleets | at # p handled by the General Steamship corporation are transporting than 20,000 tons of Northwest ducts to Austratia. more ! pro ew Zealand Public Markets ' Qs em QUEEN CITY gan 6, amb chops, the %.; steak, 1.1 fiver, ¢ fe, 16¢ Java, Europe and the East coast this | Fr Fatine ayrbank month alon according to the |‘ Stall 1, 2h ge ~~ marine sia: hee galmon, 10¢. Stall £0, 6 Royat etal White soap, 2 | - ra | Weather Resear Report Stalls 14-17, 2 Ts, bulk crackers, ss¢;|__ TATOOSH ISLAND, No 1AM 16e can 6 bare Nw Rising bare eth Stall 1¢4, home made east, three milena Btali 10 stear anted an; butle coed Replay tating | Vessels in Port at Seattle | wae thee % from | ways Te. etait 116 ; , 180 thes Win Dur, Phased in: A steamer at sre |Sroith Cove terminal—Ote Maquan, str 4 Stall 129, Lipton’s last night: @ two-masted steamer at 7 Eastern Leader, atr Eastern Swora, mMatoes, ce; Reltianm coffee. a.m. Passed out: @tr President at 9 Inet str Edmore, str lconium, str West sawinaarr night; str Stanwood at 8:3 ward He. tall 45, Dromedary han Paulson at 8:50 a. m. Pier 14—8tr Myrmidon, motor schr We We pke: 2 pkes new te that str Tajima Mar kena. it. leanwer, ihc: Zhe can Libby's apple but- | Wind east, 30 miles an hour $—str Manila Maru Iabel tea, #8 i ee 2—Atr Banta Ana, str Jefferson, Olympic | pancake | Arrivals and Departures 1—wir ham, str Morning Star Stall 10. fresh herring, 2 Tha. ihe, 4 Toa Asrives H T Heather, str Admiral Watson. i i a Ae Atr City of Beattie, SE cavemen sesoey Mea f : a ncitic terminal—Atr Yosemite tive mitk, 4 4 Wathionnw. trae Connectiout terminal—ttr Mtoe ’ str Tajima Maru bo | t, Finke vet A Wrtn and. Victoria, | AlA&K® steamahtp mooring—Btr Victoria, | rou. AFk® trom Ban Diewo via Ban Francisco at 6 matoes, ide can. fitall tr Went 200 '%.; shoulder lamb, s0¢ | ASOD ports Ok & @. maj str Mantle Str Juneau. ty 4 Maru from Manila via ports and Victoria oy n. ¢ at 11:40 @ ™m.; str Morning Star Motor sche Libby 4 str Lake Filbert from Antofagasta Mtr Kastern Mariner, ete} y fre ie B.C, via porte at 4:16 p, m Bs Sailed | Movember 22—U # wea duty at 8:16 a. m 4 " Biall 79, p November 21—Str Argyl for Port San , Btali 1626, Oregon Luis at 7:10 , mi wehr W. J rrr 9 |, Per wack $1.46; tal for Tacoma, towing, at noon; ate Ad-| nal ioe: large can pumpkin, 100, | miral Schley for ‘Tacoma*at 3 p. m,; ate] aimed E Btall 1622, halibut cheeks, 200 Ib.; fresh | Prince Georke for ¢ c.| ah, j salmon, dic Mh.; amelts, 100 Th via ports at 11:40 p. Alesh, ote ee . anginak, ate Canada's purchases in the United ue Har States have reached unprecedented Vessels ir in Other Ports old ¢ pia: i propor’ ond . 14; Str Bu | Ames yards rr Rooneve! tions 4 are constantly €N-| rydamia for Hoatt nd ports. | Puget Hound Bridge & Dredging works Hongkong—Arrived November 16; Str! ste Patterson, hull Kainbow, etary ne te 6 agate ABBA So M44 astm mn THE SEATTLE STAR Local Garden Products Con- | Navy Dept. tinue Unusually Late 4 higher on the New York at “ted American Sugar *& up %4;| Due to the mild weather so far ss Akeoniie AA ieudbnaeds Ameria ee ee flower, celery, ou 166, up 1; United States Mubber 62,/than usual. About the only v CO estee rein, Gn ter fre. tablen that will have to be brou in ‘om the outside for this year's during the early trading, but the|Thankagiving dinner are tomatoes nt. Tobaccos were capecially strong, | #4 lettuce ft the afternoon, with the Stecis| The spud market was tending to ¥ ward easier Monday, with males of ar 4 to per cent. This is the Yakima Gemma from $40 to $45 a ton. i rth ve oe 18 (8° | Growers till maintain thelr demand arene a0 for » $38 @ ton, however, and . lenles on the strect of tons than $48 te t jon ic On N. Y. Stock Exchange tweuy! (Raturday's Quate Butter and eggs hold steady in Vornshed by 1.2 Massing @ Ose | ori Fic cemredeix senate a by LM price, with movement reported Rtork Nigh lew Olome © 20d. Ateniaon " oo sas ren meg meat AOE iste Local Markets ar & Wary 2% #119% 189 Prices Fed Whicieents Oraters ations: “a us ons voguenses end rven Amer ae oS Artiohehes Pe se. 30 rei ie 8 oN ' Satimere & ‘ * 14 Naldw le as . . Mamet “oS ee ackhawanna oe “es Leosl, per &. Tvoernong oe Me age Sally sRbomereePer te” " e um . . w mare uy ot ‘ Pan-A r am . ™" PrereArvew Seu one Poawivass hic. 8 ae ia tem ek cee silwey... 860 ROS 4% ah 48M tee te 6% 425 44% | eckloberrian lus ’ lemons Per bow % Orangee—Per cane * wor, ie0 | Potmenranmtee ayo | Hige Olives—-Per lug cn lew Denver Market Status DENVER. Nov. att 1,000 heads’ market cows and he he ere and feeders, 16.508 @49 50. Hoge tae Necetpta, 1 lower, Top, $11 hee ‘ 15,000 head : a He market te) dui of eaten, | market Form Corporation to Boom Commerce Almed at the promotion of direct trade between the Pacific South China, the Asia const and Commercial & Deveiopemnt company was incor. porated in ¢ nent Seattle by ympla Friday by promt iness men An or ganization of the same title has been portions will work as U. B& and China. ned in Hongkong. The two cor a handling merchandise between the | Sete Mareo—tive, per f. 2. unit in ‘Seattle Realtors” Seek New Members {fee 9 Mae —Freah rane @ 27 FesucteViretais Keveteus, th Japaneses per ® .. Pocase Per DAIRY PRODUCTS Puttete Mik Per owt. . DAIRY PRODUCTS Prices Paid Wheieenle Deniers Matter-Local creamery, cubse, Bricks . Fresh ranch Vutlete " Or. triptete Wisconsin cream brick Decke Hens Under « ha 2 4 the and © . a0) | Resstere | Goeee— Live Live “Terbeye— Dressed | Canvassing for active members T among real estate dealers, associate Priece Feld to Shippers members among property owners | Mege—Fancy eheee "@ 2 and individual members among real | Veal-Faner 4 1 estate salesmen will be conducted by| MS ccs as" eacastoe ei ommittces to be a by and means committer of the Seattle Real Estate ammociation. Bureau Considered| Pata bureau to make sctentific tion of all municipal problems, similar to tions in other large Cition ishment of a city reeearch | investign organisa in the ob. jebt of the Municipal league O.-W. Portland Train” . Schedule Is Changed |." w Eliott, Union Pacific nounced today that former 8 system ly left 8 is now leaving at land with tions for necta at F t Lake trains. thru sleeper California. as well as BANK CLEARING Seattle Clearings Balances . Spokane Clearings Z Balances Clearings Ralances “Mamma, when cattle they th at with eat more my I dear, right “We always have n when we have company In the village of Fengghi, the sole industry is the earthen and chinawa) that the O,.W magazine other and fatten mor gueas general agent for the here, an m The train con rtland at 10:20 p m. with California 6,286.00 | 9,616.00 + 6,146,827.00 1,83: 563.00 oJ waye that attle , then we must be » what do you mean?” © to eat China, | making of | county | train | ¥ ttle at 10 a. m 50 p, m. for Port {] alves one 12.00@13.60 me lambe 1$0@ 9.00 nee 7 | Weathers dies 7 Ewes 2.00@ 250 HAY, GRAIN AND FEED eet Price Per Tea. City Prise Whole be 00 5800 68.00 53.00 54.00 54.00 Cracked Chop Ground Hone Mined Feed |Meat and Mone-—Waatern “Bread Lines” New SPOKANE, Wash, Nov, 22 Rread lines in Spokane and Inland Empire cities this winter were pre dicted today by local employment agents, who asserted that there now are from 1,500 to 2,000 idle men in the city. Bread Prices in Tacoma Reduced TACOMA, Nov, 22. were cut 1 cent downtown bakeries today, presaging neral reduction, The new retail » for the 1%-pound |) cents and the one Reductions tn tries also were announced. oe Bread prices by two prominent Spokane Bread Is to Be Cheap Now SPOKA Nov, drop back to a dime for a 160un loaf here Wednesday, bakers an. nounced today, The price of the founce loaf will be reduced to 15 nts. Prevent prices are 11 and is cons 22 'Tobaccos Strong As ILD WEATHER BOAT’ SEIZURE New York Market PROLONGS TRUCK CAUSES BATTLE Gains on Opening | crew sued for back wages " LOST CHINESE seme M@ $5) nese millions, was positively identi. | . 82@ 29 | fied at the sheriffs office Monday | 44) morning by 4h | Fatkenbers & Co, 4 : eo ” for Siao's father in Shanghai 0 | Shepherd, merchants’ patrolman. Fear During Winter | —Bread will! and Federal Court Here at Outs Two great departments of the fed al nt er volved in a tense situation and high officials of the U, B, navy department are threatened with political extinetion ax the result of th ranted seizure of the L, Harvey out of the hands of the t marshal here Friday The trawler, a former subchaser purchased from the navy, was held in libel by the U. 8. marshal, when 4 navy tug, manned by 60 blue jackets, ate r and die , marshal in We have orders from Secretary of the Navy Daniels to take this boat,” the lieutenant in command of the navy boat is alleged to have de clared going | take it if we have to blow up the city.” BOAT TAKEN OVER FEDERAL MEN'S PROTESTS Over the protests of the federal officers, the navy men took the trawler back to Lremerton with them. The taking of the boat in this al leged high-handed manner has put thone responsible in a position to be 4 for contempt of federal t ‘The matier ta being investi gated by United & « District At torney Saunders and a re f the affair will be sutymitted to Washing: | ton. The George L. Harvey was former ly a navy subchaser. On May 21 1920, she wan purchased by the Sent tle Traw! Fisheries association; was paid down and the navy depart ment accepted a mortgage on the vensel to cover the balance. On October 9 G. McLaughlin & Co. | brought a Dill for repaire and the ‘The total ely aime $4,000. VESSEL LIBELED, HELD BY U. S. MARSHAL The duly Mbeled at United States marshal fer from Federal Judge Neterer The naval officials, it is said, have made a report to Secretary Daniels, | and aiting instructions. No action has been taken in the jeral court yet, but attorneys for the lbellants declare that they are golng to carry the fight to the United States supreme court, if necemary Government officials characterize the action of the naval department as entirely unwarranted, and wholly | without legal foundation. amounted to approxim: ver the orders nel wan a HEIR 1S FOUND ‘Youth Found Wandering in| Daze on Streets With a S0-cent piece In hin pocket. Mington Siac, minting heir to Chi- M. J. Falkenberg, of | Seattlo agents) The youth was picked up Sun-| day night by Marshal Fred Mo- |Cumber of Aubum and Ralph | At midnight Sunday night he was seen strolling up and down the streets, He appeared frightened when the officers approached His mind seemed to be wander ing, and hix answers to questions | | were not sufficient to establish hit positive identification. In the sheriffs office Monday Siao said he visited Tacoma during | the last two days to see what the jtown was like, He went broke. |'Then his difficulties began. According to Falkenberg, Siao's } father is one of the leading cap. talists of China, belng worth up: | warts of $100,000,000. The boy was brought to Seattle recently en route home from the University of Virginia, having been foreed to discontinue his collegiate courme there because of a nervous breakdown. He disappeared from the New ington hotel last Tuesday. Fatkenberg left the sheriff's fice in search of Goon Dip, ul «here. He said | would be escorted home father by local Chinese. GASOLINE TANK EXPLODES; 9 DIE Two Women and Seven! Children Are Burned 22. w of Chinese the boy to his consy QUEBEC, Nov —Cause of the| explosion of a tank of gasoline that | resulted in a disastrous fire in the Village of Padoue last night, burn: | ing to death two women and seven) children, was a mystery today. ‘Dalton May Be New Justice of Peace Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Charles C, Dalton, now acting as divorce proctor, is prominently men- [tioned as the possible appointee of the King county board of county commissioners to take’ the place of; Justice of the Peace Otis W. | Brinker, who was to send in his resignation Monday. Justice Brinker | was recently elected to the superior court bench and will take office anuary 10 /'Tax Installment to Be Due on Nov. 30 November 30 will be the last day for paying the second installment of King county taxes before the inter- { est rate of 1 per cent a month, | retroactive to June 1, will be im: | pose unty Treasurer William A. Gaines has announced Tacoma Boy Hailed as Singing Prodigy Robert Murray, 12, of Tacoma, lone of the greatest singing prodigt of all time, according to far-flashe reports fram a private rehearsal wit- nesyed in New York ‘Thursday by noted Yooal teachers, critics and singers, oe emerge MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1920. Northwestern and Can Yielding 7% to : 9% $23,000 6% Improvement Ronda City of Vancouver, Washington Local Improvement Distiret No, 161 Yielding 7% tron tac" | Dated October 1, 1920. Due October 1, 1921 to 1920, Optional os and after October 1, 197) Prices from 92.94 to 97.46, Denomination $600. $27,500 Improvement Bonds City of Seaside, Oregon 0% General Obligation Bonds Yielding 7% to 7.60% November 1 Prices trom 1921 Denomination $500, Maturing to 1981. 41 to 9858 Dated serially from ‘The Unsold Portion City of Edmonton, Alberta Province MH Gener! Obligation Geld Notes Yielding 9% Kixempt From All Demiaion Government Taxation Dated September 1, 1920 Due September 1, 1922. Denominations $100, $500 and $1,000. Principal and semi-annual interest payable in U. 8 Gold Cotn at designated places and at the offices of Morris Bros, Inc, ‘Telephone or Telegraph Orders et Our Expense MORRIS BROTHERS, In jeipal Bond House” Cage ne NTHAL BLDG, 2640 metows Price 95.06 “The Premier M SEATTLE, WASH, NO. ALN 7227—K Tacoma, Wash. Videlity Ballding. Other Offices at Portiand, Os, and San Francisco, Calif. IMPORTANT Union Pacific System Announce new train service now in effect between SEATTLE and PORTLAND as follows, from— Oregon-Washington Station Direct Connection Made at Port- land for Salt Lake City Equipment, Seattle to Portland—Coaches, Onoerene tion, Parlor and Dining Car. Solid steel train. 714 Second Ave. REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE ——_OF— Seattle, Washington at the Close of Business, November 15, 1920. RESOURCES Loans and Discounts ... Overdrafts ‘ Customers’ Liability to Bank for Let- ters of Credit and Acceptances United States Bonds and Certificates of Indebtedness Other Bonds and Securities. State, County and City Warrants Stock in Federal Reserve Bank : Banking House Furniture and Fixtures. Other Real Estate ............... Interest Earned but not collected. ..... - $12,656,777.47, 4,723.80 677,309.12 1,145,018.00 7 1,319,780.02 | 508,173.41 45,000.00 640,851.30 2,041.51 43,457.24 " J Cash— In Vault . . . .$1,880,825.73 ® In Banks and with U. S. Treasurer ... «+» 4,620,021.29 5,950,847.02 $22,988,973.39 LIABILITIES Capital . ais eae os eas Vane «+-$ 1,000,000.00 Surplus and Profits ... ‘5 +» 879,172.48 Reserved for Taxes and Interest see 227,247.88 Circulation ....cccccsessvcewsccacion 227 Letters of Credit and Acceptances. .... Bonds and U. S. Certificates of Indebt- edness Borrowed ...........seeeeee Due Federal Reserve Bank............ 478,379.16 | 260,000.00" 1,950'395.17 Deposits— Individual os + $14,857,591.86 Banks .... teeeeee 8,062,840.28 1 U. S. Government. . 43,846.61 17,963,778.75 [a4 $22,988,973.89 f ®