The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 7, 1921, Page 18

' BATTLE FOR | REOPENED! ‘Soutfiern Pacific May Not Get Half-Billion-Dollar Grab After All BY #. B, HUNT WASHINGTON, Jan, 1—Half a Billion dollars’ worth of off lands, apparently forfeited by the govern: Ment to the Southern Pacific rail Toad thru refusal of Attorney Gen- @ral Palmer to appeal a government @uit to the supreme court, may yet Be saved to the people. A suit brought by private Interests 20 years aro, raising the question of Gitle to the land, is still pending. Now steps are being taken to press: BE to a decision. The attorney general May be directed by Congress to in- © terplead in this case. _ *RAKER INTRODUCES — -@OINT RESOLUTION A Joint resolution, introduced by Representative John E. Raker of California, presents for congressional | @onsideration the questions on which he believes the supreme court would @ustain the government's tue to these lands. Tt ts admitted that « patent had Been granted the Southern Pacific @overing the lands th question, under grant voted by Congress to induce the building of the Texas Pacific in 1871. " However, the act specifically ex ed “mineral lands” except tron coal, giving the road the right to select other lands, not mineral, in Place of such mineral sections Because oil had not been discow ‘at the time the patents were the railroad claims—and Pal- seemingly has agreed—the gov- ‘@rnment forfeited its Ute, ON OPEN “The supreme court, however, has passed on the prime question Divoire which Raker declares to _ Be this: “Is a patent, immed by an admin: ro officer of the government violation of specific provisions laid by congress, legal an¢ bind on the govermment?” agtion by congress will be to avoid complications that t follow transfer of the lands ‘the Southern Pacific. ‘The railroad plans to have the Properties held and operated by @istinct corporation, which it is ng. ‘The situation has been laid before t Wilson and Secretary of , Daniela, who is interested | the possibility of getting back the lands for naval fuel. | Daniels openly differed with Pal — on the latter’s action in allow- . the government's suit to be lost default, and will support the to reopen the case, TER AND EGGS LOWER A Beent G@ectine in wholemle but Prices went into effect Friday. today are quoting bricks at and cubes at 49 cents a eggs eased down another and are now selling at 53 cents , due to the non-arrtval freight train reported delayed @ wreck In the South. hothouse rhubarb was at 12% cents a pound. wutdoor, per Cal, per We, won me 5 aes Peppers. ute ‘Tahati—Per dor. berries—Local, oer 2 box Rastern, -Per box . Oranges Fer case pples—Per crate ites—Per box . Prices Paid at Wholesale Is—Per th. - Per tb Bilherte “Pert. jalnute—Cal . Peanuts Virgin Japanese ; Pecans—Per m. - . + DAIRY PRODUCTS Brice Paid to shippers fawe reali ranch , Pullets ... ‘MUk—Per owt DAIRY PRODUCTS Prices Vaid Wholesale Deulers Local creamery cubes, 509 82 “a 40 10 Brick . Fresh ranch . Pultets Or. triplets sees. jsconain creain brick pburger POULTRY Prices Paid by Wholesale Dealers to Shipper a Ship News| Tides in Seattle FRx eary mDAY Met” ich Tite Fie” ie Tide G08 A my 218 TL [5140 & om, TLE tt First Low Tide | 10:02 a. TO te | 1040 Sectnd High Tide Second Pp ThA ft, | 3:94 pm, Second Low Tide | Second Low LOT pM, 0.8 Me 110/40 pm, eee TO HAVE FISH DINNER Puget Sound Maritime circle wit! enjoy a fish dinner Friday night at the invitation of George Broom, the sailmaker, Broom received a box of extra large choice mackerel from Boxport, Me, 06 t SEND NEW MOTORSITIPS Two new motorships will be dis patched from Norway to Puget advices recetved Thursday by W. | Grace & Co, agents here for the Johnson line of Norway, The two new carriers assigned to the Seattle Scandinavian run are the Balboa and the Canada, eee NEW SHIP LINE COMING Plans for placing nine 15,000-ton steamships tn the Puget Sound-Buro- pean trade have practically been comWNeted, according to Col, BE. J. M U. & and Canada of the powerful Royal Mall Steam Packet company of England. The vessels will be equipped with refrigerated and insulated space for fresh fruit and fish, eee Weather Bureau Report TATOOS ISLAND, Jan. ra barometer; cloud: 12 an hour, Passed int A steamer at 5:50 pm Pamed out: Str Admiral Dewey at 9:20 o'clock Inst night. January €—11:20 A. M—Rain equatia: wind southwest, 4@ miles an hour, Passed tn: Str Bi Dorado at $40 a mi: str Phyllis at 9:30 a im Wind south, 26 miles an hour, PORT ANGELES, Jen. 1—# A. M— Arrived: Bur Li LA Lovejoy during the Bight Arrived Jewenre 9—Gre Yalen from Boston vis Prita ‘Sas fact Arrivals and Departures | Racte Harbor at ® CRY from Ban Francisco at his a m a via < im otr Ba Ban Janvary #—#tr Governor from San Pe Gro via San Francisco and Vietorta, D.C, Jat 1:40 p. m.: str Admiral Rodman from Ocean Faille, Bi. Weat Keene from datyr Wilitam Jones from sea cruise via San Francisco at 10a m Alicta from Antofng co and Tacoma at 7 Vessels in Other Ports Ban Francteco—Satled Jancary 4: Str Admiral Bvans for Seattle at 3p m.; atr Weat Cayote for Seattle via Vietorta, Giveruse trem teas mand ouleed Prince Ber Atiaa tor’ Beattie Rieated by Wireless C, and Vancouver, B.C. at ¢ pm. ‘Vietorta, BL C.—Arrtved January @: Mtr jor Baa Pedro via San Francisco at 1:45 m. 1s Rupert, PB. C—fafled January Tacoma-—Sailed January T: Str Santa Alicia for Seattio at § a. m. Canadian Governmen January ¢—Atr City of Seattle off Rew Vessels in Port at Seattle Smith Cove terminal—ftr Eastern Lead- str Maquan, str Weet Hartiand. {Northern pler—ftr Toyama Mara. | Pier 2—Str Alameda, str Santa Ana, str Jefferson. Grand Trunk @ock—tr Yalsa, str fipo- terminal—0) ® § Surveyor, U 8 CG Bear, U 8 CG Algonquin, Prer B—-Str Admiral Goodrich, Pier D—Str Governor. Pacific Coast coal bunkers—Str Griffen Alaska Steamship moorings—#tr way. | Pacific Coast Engineering works—#tr Ieontum, str Westward Ho, str Nils, atr Went Norranus. Connecticut at. terminal—tr Yosemite Stacy st. terminal—U # C # Bur Lander st. terminal—dtr Wert toda deyaoe Columbus, str Alicia, ste Admiral Rodman. str Lake Union Mulla Abilia, Abnoba, Aby- doa, Addison, Allenhurst, Almti Bertrand, Pexuta, Puyallup, Cardia, Cenina, . ‘Chesterfield, Chaicis, Cineas, Cosian, Cola, Cio Eliasa, Electra, Endymion, Fort #an- wiz, Fort Harrison, Fort Jackson, ort Union, Imurka, Leoti, Kitan Ames yards—fitr Roosevelt. k—-Bte" Valden, wtr Cor. ona, UB C&G B Ly- ‘aprart Deytr William Jonea, 4 the and op Brollers—All weignis Geese . | Tarkeyo—Live - Belgian Hares—tive . POUL mi Prices Paid Wholesalers Dacks—Drensed | Brollers——Dresged | Hens —Dreased | Geese Turkeys—Dreased 200.22 MEAT Stockyards 2.012.509 100@12 9.008 B60 9.00@ 11,00 ough Pigs Caitlin Bont steers. m to Best cows and helfors Balls Calves .. 2750 9.95 00@ 6.00 7.00@ 13.00 Prime lamba + 7.50 8.08 Yearlings « Wethers Ewes eetvescere HAY, GRAIN AND F Wholesale Price Per T Barley Whole Rolled Oats} | Whole ‘ Corn—Whole . Cracked ... Chop |Ground’ iione’ Wheat—Mixed eed Alfalfa ‘ Alfall Keratch Feed Wheat | Cocoanut Meal 9 Cotton Heed Meal +i14-00/ 0.00 | 4.00! Linseed Meal . 00 | Een Producer Meat and Hone | Leeal , | Meat Serape—Local - ‘Oyater Boyan Bean foya Bean Meal | Flour—Per bbi, . Rr} Nash, “epectal representative in the! 6 P. Main: | $ wheat was off Wo ‘New York stock exeh aftér the stock @ low of 70 siderable opening of 15 up % at Tt quoted at 82% Opening price up Mi * ways up Mi win Le Southern [highs for the m Amer n Woolen | Sound early this year, according to,” FORCE DROP IN GRAIN PRICES . Wheat Loses Two Cents. Befor CHICAGO, Jan. cago Board of low opening the easy and fell of that too much tr attached to Sena Opens Without Rush NEW YORK, Jan. 1 Aside from this activity the market « nounced trend developed in the early Pan-American 74, 6 8 Further advance THE SEATTLE STAR. York Exchange ~~ BANK CLEARE Seattle | Clearings « Balances ... Spokane | | Ulearings .... Crucible featured the opening trading on the New| | Balanc i The firat sale wae at 85, up \%, and there-| | Tacoma 7 is in comparison with @ recent! | Clearings . | Balances . | Portland Clearings . 11 Balances ange today uickly ran up to 87 a whole was quiet pro The ols were withatand pressure. Mexican Petroleum wan up & point at the Ten minutes later tt was below 16%. Pan-American was | }common waa up \ at the opening of 82% and was later| dealings Tetall Stores M%) United | United States Rubber 68, off %: up 4; Central Leather 40%, up up Mi Willys-Overiand 8, unchanged; Southern Rall Crucible Steel § New Haven 19%, up ‘4; up %; Union Pacit . up %: General Motors 15%, | fic 99%, up %: Ar an Woolen 65%, up 1%; Bald . up MW) Sinclair up 4 # in early afterndon trading ran some stocks to new These included almost the entirg industrial let 14% to 68 im Included Jedaker 50, Name and Residences Stoch, Jul! Toete, Marie Taylor, Gilbert Les, White, Geraldine M. Martin, Vietor, Seattle JOwen, Gertrude, Seattle | Moon, I Ralph Jt. Paris, f Pr Ben Ke pnth. n adva' eee N. Y. Stock Exchange (Thareday’s Quetetions| Peratehed by, ! 1, Swan hecond Avenue Mish ” heridan, | Moliza beth, Harvey, 1 May, Seattle . Efetathios Ciraoh, on Kachime attle fn Btock — Atoniaot Julia 3, leorge Joneph, Elizabeth 8 Amer Me Amer Amer Amer Weat I ‘aroline, $4,470,090,54 | + 2,081,269.00 « 4,900,643,00 | Vital Statistics MARRIAGE LICENSES Selling Dignity to Business Men Her Livelihood Rats on Liner Turn ‘Reds’ and Rout Army of Cats nw YORK, Jan. 7.—An army of rate on board the for mer army transport Leviathan the biggest whip in the world, b turned bolshevik and no longer submnita to the authority or sup posedly superior power of its erstwhile masters, The verse! is populated with hundreds of large «ized rats, Fumigation failed to rive the rodents away, Then an army of cats was turned loore, They made some headway t first, but thon the rats turned eds” and now have the upper hand. Port Officials Talk Uniform Port Rates Whether the North Pacific ports! will eontinue to charge present wharfage rates was the motion dis-| cussed Friday morning by delegates representing all the porta of Oregon, Washington and British Colum! ‘The delegntes met in the Port of attie’s assembly room on the Bell st, fock. ‘The deliberations of the gathering of port authorities here will be pre- sented at the special seaxion of the Pacific Coast Association of Port | Authorities at San Francisco on NGS 589,915.79 818,970.00 691,875.00 115,075.00 814,092.00 ttle . tue. nd. . a, tela, & ranch, Seattle ‘CAR HITS BOY; CRACKS SKU 8-Year-Old Child May Survive Injuries Homer Hoffman, §, was etit al in Columbus sanitariur today, may die, His skull was fi when he wan struck by an outbo Phi ave, street car at Ph ave. N. 424 wt, at 620 p ne and | Thursday. The motorman of the car sald Homer suddenly darted in front Homer's parenta live at | Phinney ave. Thursday wag Hoffman's birtl Mra. Hoffman had baked a bi eake for bim and had sent Hom a near-by store to buy candh It wae while he ay to the store that he was the car, {| General Ladendorff, former A of*taff of the German armies, f now private in the Bavarian home guards e Close T—Ceneral selling preasure forced declines on the Chi Trade today. After market continued fractionally. Belief mportance had been tor Penrose’s action regarding the tariff bill and absence of any demand were the influencing factors tn the br much as te befor: pared with yesterday were also off. I to gain on « hig March wheat 2% and drop $1.66% and deel! close oak, Wheat lost as © the close as com Corn and oats rovisiona continued her hog market opened off t\e at ped Mo later; 3 ned 1Ke before the May corn, after opening off We at lost 4 uly. ¢ and |Chicago Board of Trade}: (Friday's pened at te rn pubsequently ed at an advance of 4 t later opening of 47 4 in later tract was down Quotations) Chicago Car Lots (CTharetay's Quotations) 7 1. Bh — ace Bevond Kee Chi ago @ reer 0G 9.90; Fe Heceipte, steady. Mort, $11.60 ~ | ewes, #2 N. Y. Coffee and Sugar Foreign NEW YORK, Jan. change opened firm. marks 1.2¥6 nee Cone eta. LAr, ‘ a “8 ’ . a t Live Stock ne Recetpts, one 16,000 head @127 ot ° 7.—Sagar— t%e per iby No. im Exchange 7.—orsign es erling $2.62% lire 24%e, Ca 15.624, Kronen 16.1ba Chicago CHICAGO, Jan. BAN PRANCIAC tras, @7o per ib; py Kere—Txtraa, @ firmts, 666 per dor dos Cheese—Caltfornii LAND, Jan. Hutter Kees Cheese Hens Triplets, 25@220 pe Denver Live DENY 100 head; market tows and baifer |feoders, 4665 tess: to ite higher $9@0.2) Shecp—Recetpts srengrn. Lambo $4.50, tee ore, in Hardi A campaign to ol) Tanioe F107 San Franc ‘0, Inn undersized pulleta, No. Live Stock 1-H @ 8 o-—Reoetpt | high e market « 6@ 12.60; isco Produce Dutter—Ee rime extra Ste per be per Se per dow extra pullets, io in Mats, fancy, 250 per Portland land Market Status Bic per Ty Fit Stock Market | 200 hend; market tn ing Cabinet place Jane Addams lin the president's cabinet was inst! tuted by the Wi club at the annua | Thursday night. |were: Mrs. © dent; Mra, F dent; Mrs. Doroth tary, and Miss ¢ LOOKIN Mr. Multirox—t a very merry lif rtha Harris, ‘omen'a Comm 1 election of officers Officers Lightfoot vi Simonton M hy am pbell AHEAD treasurer an't promise you @ as my wife. Me, as an old man, with one foot in the grave. Miss Mainchance—Oh, right. I'll make other foot slipy that's all up for it when your i tm 4640 per | rejal | Victor ¥ 4, Marie, . Ronald, Magrom se. Vithel, Beattie Caldwell, Vernie By Yakima Cullen, Bile DB, Yakima Larsen, Fred i. Hobart Gunderson, Emma # Segnl, Sam, Seattle ne al Motors. te Kiouff, Anna, Seatt! eat Northern... dustrial Al Lackawa Mexican Petr Mixsourt Pacif ; | BACK NEW PRODUCTS Support of the work of the Pactfic Northwest products committee was | vigorously urged by ite chairman, J A. Swalwell, president of the Union | Nationa] bank, at a luncheon at the Butler hotel Thursday, More than $i |200 Seattle manufacturers attended the meeting. Inepir ant! Blanche Wright. Now she sells “dignity*—in the |form of an office address for men) | who want a private business office but haven't enough business to war rant the expense. Her clients include traveling sales men, politicians, leginiators and CARS PLENTIFUL NOW Seattio rafiroad men are urging riods thruout the year. |shippers to take advantage of the | | | Bho recel¥es their mall, has them present eurplus of equipment and se prompt movement of their com. | conducts transporting goods, | palgna, ete, th " ——— ne present time} = o. o | Great Britain has 1,700 cemeteries American forces in Germany t & thruout Burope for her soldiers, \member of the American Red Cross. thelr advertising cam modities by when pomsible, at lowa's most Ingenious business wom- | That's what they call Miss E/ others in Des Moines for short pe Usted under her telephone number, | January 17, Shanghai Firemen Use Wireless Phone SHANGHAL— By Mall.) —Wirelens telephony has been put into practic use in China and today every fire |truck in the Shanghai International | Settlement fire department is equip- ped with a radio outfit with which to communicate with the stations to which they are attached. The pri- | mary cause of the tqnovation is the poor local telephone pervies. Cross Sea to End Life by Hanging in Cemetery ELIZABETH, N. J, Jan. 1—~ The body of a man hanging by a picture wire from a tree was found in Fairview cemetery. A note signed William J. P. War- burton, II], read: “Pardon me for coming 2,000 miles to use your cemetery. This is my reason for returning to my native country 43 School for Dancing Broadway and Madison Classes now being formed for adults and children Stundard Dances Taught PHONE EAST 102 LIBERTY noNDs Wich Lew Cie! o20e 9nte) “ue 4 sits Piret 24 Pivet 4 Recond 4s Firet 44's Recon 4h"s Third «X's ‘ Pitty 2% Fifth 44s "Public | Markets | | i8e @ alle 20-23, ter, Ste Tm; fresh tor freak peanut bu Rome ty Ptatt 14 trean Olympia oysters, fie pt Finnan haddie, 260 tm; iSe; emeita 3 fhe. boiling beet, ae eat iard. 30 | boson ae ibe tb, crabs, 2 for dtc: $5.50 “Billy Buster” Copper-toed Shoes, sizes 9 to 1314, cut to..........s00e $5.50 Tan Army Shoes, sizes 214 to 6, Cut tO ....eeececees tees esceceee $7 Hi-top Boots, sizes 214 to 544, $6.50 Hi- -top Boots, sizes 1114 to 2, cut to... $4.50 Heavy Grain Shoes, sizes 11 to 2, CUE tO... eee eecccnceeecee $5.50 Shoes, black and brown, Neolin $5.50 Brown Elk Shoes, sizes 9 to 134% cut to..... $6 Brown Calf English Last Shoes, sizes 2 to 6, cut to. . $5.50 Black Shoes, English ‘last, sizes 214 to 6, cut to.......+++eee. $5 Heavy ‘Storm Calf Blucher Shoes, sizes 9 to 1314, cut to.. $7 Tan Calf Shoes, English last, sizes 21% to 6, cut to....... $4.50 Shoes, black and brown, sizes 9 to 1314, cut to..... $4 Heavy Calf Storm Shoes, sizes 11 to 5g, cut to... ..eceeececes $4.3 $4.45 $4.95 $3.95 $3.45 $4.45 $3.95 $4.45 $3.95 $3.95 $5.45 bottle eatenp, ord's gloss starch, 3 The PIKE PLACE 3 10-1, L hb lares ranch exes, doxen, | mullet ees, doxen, bbe: very all 120—1 810 pairs of button and lace Shoes, fancy and plain tops, sizes from 8 to 5, that have sold for $6, $7 and $8, for tomorrow and Monday, $1 95 e peaches, a ee ee eee ece cece esce coe , LUMBER OUTPUT DOWN "umber production in Oregon ana | Washington for tho week ending | y 1 was 75 per cent below nor ording to the bulletin of the | Coast Lumbermen's associa. | EXCHANGES IN 1406 2nd Ave. Final figures on army casualties of | American soldiers in the World war | | list 34,249 killed and 224,089 wounded. | $3.45 | $2.95 | PLYMOUTH SHOE CO. PLYMOUTH SHOE CO. 1406 SECOND AVENUE at Our Great Semi-Annual Sale Girls’ Growing Girls’ $8 Black Shoes cut to. $11 Growing Girls’ Tan Calf Shoes $9 Tan Calf Growing Girls’ Shoes CUE £0. cc cecveccccccccccsccrcccose Misses’ $6 and $6.50 Chocolate Calf Shoes, cut to ...... Misses’ $5 Black Calf Shoes cut to.... Misses’ Brown Calf $6 Shoes" CUE tO. ce cecrercecccccecccccccccce Child’s $4 Tan and Black Shoes CUE CO. cw cevcsccccescesacccccscccece Child’s $3.50 Tan and Black Calf Shoes cut to.... ° Child’s White Kid “Top $5 “Lace Shoes Cut WW. ...ccereces seecescce Child’s Red-topped $3.50 Shoes Child's Skuffer Last ‘$3.50 Shoes, black and brown, cut to............ Child’s Skuffer Last $3 Shoes, black and brown, cloth tops, cut to........... Infants’ $2.75 Fancy-top Shoes cut to ....c.0c $6.25 $4.95 $3.95 $4.85 $2.85 $2.65 $3.45 $2.45 $2.35 $1.85 $1.75 290 pairs of brown and black kid lace Shoes, with suede and leather tops, sizes 8 to 5, that have sold for $10 and $12, for tomorrow $3 95 e — \ tee cee cewcoeen EXCEPTIONAL SPECIALS FOR WOMEN and MONIAT os: oscios covers saceute NO REFUNDS MORNING ONLY 1406 2nd Ave. Hotels and Institutions, Take Notice A SPECIAL PURCHASE of Towels, Sheets and Pillow Cases at below mill prices, to ONE-HALF REGULAR PRIC Below are a few of the many items we offer: TOWELS PILLOW CASES 590 dozen Cotton Huck white borders—dozen red or . $1.50 Towels; size 17x34; . BATH TOWELS Bleached Bath Towels; size 19x38; dozen LARG 200 dozen extra heavy Face Towels 18x36; dozen size per $1.75 2a¢ 90¢ AND HEAVIEST BATH TOWEL M We have 75 dozen, size 26x51; they are $1.50 each—do ‘ 100 dozen heavy 19x38—dozen ‘owellng——by 12x20. Huck 'T Cotton Dentist Towels; size NAPKINS extra heavy 17-inch heavy the bolt, dou rd. D Bath Tow A021. seeeee BL25 Mail Orders filled on all of the above. accompanies order. Phone, write, 17x17 cotton Napkins; or call for prices on Sizes not listed above. 100 dozen PEQUOT Pillow Cases; size 42x36—doxn $4.50 good qualit 60 dozen extra large. Bath ‘Towels; size 20x40 “dos. $4.25 go . sale Saturday (Tomorrow), January 8, at about TABLE DAMASK HEAVY CHECK PATTERNS-- T2inch, per yard and 58-inch, 64 45 inch, per yard ber yard ......... HOSPITAL GAUZE Standard Count, 36 inches wide By the bolt, yard..0¢ PEQUOT SHEETS X99, Per JOON... .ceeeeeee seeds e senescence $20.00 1ADE worth - 88.00 tine 84, 4 Parcel post or express charges paid on all orders amountiftg to $10.00 or more when cash or check ALASKA DRY GOODS COMPANY PHONE: ELLIOTT 4318 1512 Fifth Avenue BETWEEN PIKE AND I