The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 14, 1921, Page 7

MONDAY, MARCH 14, 1921 BUSINESS IS NOW ON UPGRADE! : Railroads Handling Increase of Freight; Money Value Is Increasing BY ALBERT APPLE Railroads are handling almost as Many care of freight as in 1919 In the first six weeks of 1921 @atest figures obtainable) the num- ber of cars loaded with freight on all American raiiroads was 4,796,883. Compare this with 4,927,453) cars Joaded in the corresponding period mag? of 1919. Pessimists retort that the average car may be only partly loaded Here's something they can't ex plain: BANK CLEARINGS MOUNT HIG These are averaging jess than a bank from United to clearings in Christmas - $73,586,000,000 -$88,111,000,000 . $89,333,000,000 Tn addition, prices are lower now @md@d $100 in a bank check repre Sents as much business transacted “AS 8160 did two years azo, accord: | Ing to Bradstreet’s price charts. | Last week's clearings were two 7 S24 a half times as big as the same Week in 1915, Busines: is slowly ‘Feturning to normal. _ EYES Year ago but bigger than 1919.) Ship News, Tides in as Ht pm, ANOTHER SHIP SERVICK Another overseas pteamship #ery fee is brought to Brattle with ar fangementa by the Willlams Steam ship Lines to connect with its Amert ean Intercoastal and Canadian trans atlantic fleeta. SHIPYARDS SUIT DISMISSED Suit aguinat the United States shipping board by the Slean ship yards corporation, which asked [ss 20,000 damages for seizure of the Yards during the war, was diamissed Saturday afternoon by Federal Jude Neterer. The court held that the shipping board is an arm of the gov ernment, and therefore ie not sub- ject to coauit without its express consent. bd cee FLEET COMING TO SOUND Two divisions of Uncle Sam's larg eat battleships are to drop anchor at the Bremerton navy yard this spring | for repairs and overhauling, Bight of the floating fortress@s are expect ed. The first of the battlersto arrive here will be the Idaho, scheduled to cee BIG; WENATCHEE RECEPTION | Arrangements for an elaborate re ception for the steamship Wenat ches, scheduled to arrive in Seattle harbor on her maiden voyage April} 4, are being completed under chairmanship of Capt. J. §. Gibson The port commission and beading |e eivic. bodies will turn out to greet the Wenatchee. She will sail for) the Orient April % arrive March 21 | the | o/ -acaye | HEAD LETTUCE IN FROM SOUTH Spinach and Onions Arrive; Asparagus Due A car of Imperial Valiey head let tuce was recetved on the local wholerale market Monday. A car jot Walla Walla epinach and green onions also arrived An expres: order of asparagus was selling at 40 cents a pound, A shipment, by steamer, which was due Monday, will be selling at 35 to 40 cents a pound, ‘There was a good supply of fen sonable commodities on the avenue with quotations steady Potato buyers from Texas ot California are cleaning up No. grades of Yakima Germes, ‘ctmutat- ing that market ‘The epuds are being sold from $30 to $40 a ton ples, The market is firm. All dairy products were steady | Monday Neste. rer Breceotl OF Caulifiower—Cal Cotery—fan Diego he An TIL het house, per dow. Per ® Green Peas—Cal, per Green Peppers Morida, per T Florida, pert joreeradish- Ver T eeks-Local, per bunel Lettuce Impertal Valley, per ora coal hap owen, per otal Walla Walla, green, dx buchs Onion Sete—OF., per Parvley Cal. per Pevcore » |Petetses—Per too— THE SEATTLE STAR \Traders Are Wary as N.Y.Exchange Opens NEW YORK, March 14 York Btock Mxechan | continuation The A number of at lower leve |. Unite | 41. off jolt | 50% Southern Pe States Rubber, 66%, off Sti, up M: Union Pacific fle Crucible 14%, Off Me; | ‘GRAIN FUTURES: |. STILL TUMBLE | g CHICAGO. Maren 14 fain prices | ined sharply on Chicago rd of Trade today eral depressing | reported imp | conditions over th advanced stighthy due to buying for export, but the |decline started shortly after the opening. Provisions were March wheat opened 91.6044 and dropped bye inter Wheat opened up 2 nd Theat on Pp at $162% and y pened UP Me at 69% 6, tor. July corn pening unchanged at 71%. ¢ later oats opened up te at 4% before the close dropped quently Reed ne Teplogie flome atrength was manifested on the New! but Waders were wary and prepared for a rh opened. wlightly 86 Atook | Atehivon as (SHINGLE KICK TO BE HEARD Railroad Rate Protest Up Tuesday 4 lant week payments, requiring some rail and packing Indus | finished their drive of Complainta by shingle manufac turers, representing 100 mills, charg ing that the railroads of the coun try are discriminating against their product, have led the interstate com Net opening higher reacted quickly to Sinclair OF) 146%, up iar, 90M nl Amphalt M%; United motive, Fruit, 101 1 Mexican Keading up 1% Vennayiva: N.Y. Stock Recut ndart qreotations) 2 cae Raidwin 1 naeig. Ub ie | merce comminsion to grant a public |hearing in thin city Tuesday, ‘The shingle men ciaim the new tariff rates ought to be made at Prt-lieast ae low ax thone on lumber from the North Pacific coast to all points in the United States, At present the average differential is 24% cents per 100 pounds. { 7 ao Close CREDIT MEN COMING The annual Northwest conference of the National Association of Credit Mon will be entertained by the Seat tle asnociation, Monday, March 21. J. H. Tregoe, secretary-treasurer of the national association, and a lead ing authority on credits, in pcheduled to peak before the credit men, | Fines Druggist $250 for Having Liquor Odiion J, Secord, Seattle drug ne Bugar rodweta 5% | before Judge Neterer to illegal pow | Monday when he pleaded Mica ot booze. wyivenia RR. 6 REE BEERS iron’ & Wteai 4 Tallway ret! rowat 4c T™); leaf bere Lan be pke. medium . F% | lamb, 140 T.; roast veal, #9 lard, 60 tb. Mall 105, 6 |noap, S6e; washing powder } a, 100 can, Stall 192, 2 pkes 1 . the; balk coven, lbe ™ | | | | gist, was fined $260 in federal court) guilty | tha | t FREDERICK & NELSON FIFTH AVENUE AND PINE STREET " Two Exceptionally lalareatinn Groups of New Spring Hats $7.50 and $10.00 HERE is hardly an outline or trimming effeet with the approval of fashion that is not to be found in one or the other of these groups. The naive pokes just now on the crest of the | STEEL United States Steel Corporation's bd bd Ms are 40 per cent shut down. PRAISES NAVAL DEFENSE Gary i» not as emphatic in “Masterpiece of naval base archi that he will cut prices.| tecture” is the comment of E. B.| Months ago his companies | Johns, naval publication expert, now | surveying defenses of the Pacific, on the Puget Sound navy yard at Brem erton, e . : “ >: aie a washing powe atc. Sta | Rhabert—Local hot house, I © ‘ * - mith, sie can, 8 bars Sa ea ‘ ve | Olympic pancake flour ~ cane. ? Les Ange! fashion wave share honors with Chinchin sailors, tri- cornes and drooping-brim affairs, many of them bear- ing spring flowers or fluffy with ostrich, and styles just as numerous with loops of velvet ribbon and grosgrain ribbon trims. New high colorings lend gaiety to the displays, among them golden nasturtium shades—Plati- num-gray and Harding-blue are included—and there is a profusion of the familiar costume colorings. Two diversified groups—$7.50 and $10.00. -—THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE Gray and Sand Shades in Jersey Suits at $25.00 ADDITION to these distinctly Spring color- ings there are Suits in Reindeer and Delft-blue, also in heather mixtures, Rows of tucking on the pockets and stitched belts cover- ing the inverted plaits in back lend particu- It’s All Plain Sailing in the Home Laundry, lar interest to the POU LTRY Suit pictured. March 14—8tr City of Brattle from South- After You-Install / Atnaia af 11098, ss tr Phyl] cmundiatees ~~~ weal a The skirts are cut le from San Framciaco, at oom March | mechs .. \ gees eit) ! amply full, and are The 1900 Cataract Electric Soh setae Washer This is the type of suit that may be put on in the morning and worn OMEN are delighted with the way the 1900 works, No bother, no paisa fuss—just turn on the switch and the 1900 goes about its work efficiently, swiftly—in fact just about four times as swiftly as it can be doné by ordinary washing processes. Kibo May . cr eens Arkansas--Per hamper Tomatecs—-Mexican, per t Ternige—t. —Local, per sack CASH WHEAT CHICAGO, March 14.—Caab No. 2 red, $1.46@1.70 1.69%; No. 3 wer t Chicago Car Lots (Maturday’s Quotations) Fernished by L. B. Manning & Matler Hote Peitaing hice telling each other: “Watch steel. When its prices col- - 2 8 TEACH NAVIGATION An advanced course tn navigation for Meensed men will be opened at the University of Washington Apri! of dusiness faltures in|1 under the supervision of the} 1.512. This was fewer) United States ynipeins board. oe same month, 1915 and 1916. seed potatoes, $1.60 per sack 1196 Yamo-—Tean., ert hamper. yRUITS Wash. ... Loca) cookin Nut margarine merits, 4 Tbe fresh 0, red snapper oe. Btalle mutton, 16e T.; pot ton chops, ike Th; lean bacon, 306 Bb. SANITARY baking powder Piret ¢ Recond First 4\"s treat When the steamer Alameda salle | pe for Anchorage March . she will Figs inaugurate the earliest opening of| Cook's Inlet since 1916. Tenperial valley Wheat, §¢ cars; corn, 376 cars; oats, 86 eee HeneyCom>. pet crate are Mrained. per >. - £6 Limes Carton ot Chicago Live Stock Limes—-Carton of 0¢ Seanged—Per ease: « CHICAGO, Maren 14—Mome |Fisrapotee Per crate ‘The S4foot tug Creosote, butlt | T for the Pacific Creosoting Co. by the Ballard Marine Railway Co their Salmon Bay plant, launched Saturday oe ESTIMATED TOMORROW British tramp steamer Daybreak is en route to Seattle with a cargo .|0f ore from South America. eee The New red ‘anapp river emelta ¢ tbe the dos. ECONOMY at Ihe cane was can ripe oa re marmalade Cheat : s °| N. me Coffee ana Sagat Preusdaery enesnnet = Fitmerte- NF YORK, March 14—Sugar @uil. | he sell pac Steamer Iowan, of the United | welnate—Cal | " | Raw rh ugar pean 160; « fine prune Americana lines, ie reported on ber | Feseute-—Virgisie —_aae p. 13 te te lower ~ wiee AN — . “4 oom oi way to Seattle She is due Tues | Japanem i tae | Syery aot + aay Pecans Fer » | oT! — : DAIRY PRODUCTS | Denver Live Stock Market fan st, Same ‘ENVEM. March be Queen ated. $7 het iprpet Kio, 6@t Ke: Ma & REDU cK LUMBER RATES New reduced lumber rates from | ta. | Beattie to Chicago, St. Louls and Sue's « ;|Minnourt River points may be at | sat minced into effect in 10 days, To that end cutieta, ite Th; pork roast t#e|the interstate commerce comminsion |'iberty steak, 2 foe the Stall $0, Make lie being asked to waive the require. | White ic ™. 3 Ths. ee; Gem Nut mar |ment for 30 days of publication. Me «mal 12 $7.00 per nck Geate, 50; 2 tal eer Schooners Alten and Omaney, first of the Seattle fishing feet to make catches off the Portlock banks, arrived in Prince Rupert last Friday roule ket @ior Market lower henge he os earine, 260 Th, 2 Te She; 2 Ms peanut pipes butter, te. ‘The motorship Kennecott, built a the Todd shipyards at Tacoma, is to have her official trial trip this week. eee Arrivals and Departures Arrived Block exis Wash. triplets INVADE CITY Some time early next fall Seattle Francisco, at TS a m, etr Hedondo ch from Ban Francisco, at $:20 « m. message bron of Mexican busi- » headed by Fernando lovelo, president of the Con- Chambers of Com- spent Saturday and Sunday in the city. “We have come to look into your he eyes,” said Novelo, “and create an tanding of amiability.” Seattle is invited to Mexico City! ‘The invitation was extended Sun- , thru the Confederated knowledge that one is appropriately dressed, Priced at $25.00. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE 125 Middies Reduced to. 95c Bes they have become slightly soiled from display, these Middies are greatly underpriced. They are of white galatea in all-white or with rose or blue sailor collar and braid trimming. Sizes 16, 18 and 20; 36 to 44. Reduced to 95¢. 19 Tet 9T5@10 S168 1.25 doo@iise Modiam ‘heavy tchtkam——Mareh 12 Rough heavy leda, southbound, at ? Vessels in Other Ports Landon D—Arrived, str Chan via Tacoma, San THE MAGIC “FIGURE 8” MOVEMENT of the 1900 Washer is the factor that makes for more speed, more efficiency, and eliminates wear and tear of fabrics. The distinctive oscillating motion of the roomy copper tub forces the hot, sudsy water through and through the clothes in a figure eight movement—four times as often as in the ordinary washer. Netx June the first international convention of the World’s Chambers |»), of Commerce will meet in Mexico) City. Seattle has accepted the invi- |» tation and will be represented at the |‘ convention. ye Seattle received the invitation from | President Obregon's "good will com- | 84° for Hes a a Te misison,” which arrived here Satur: | “Wan” Pedro_ March Quinault from Tacoma. Portland Market Status fan Francisco—Maroh 12—Arrived, atr jueen from Heat Sa m. Ralled,| PORTLAND, March 14.—Cattle—Re- | eripts. 2.434. Market sic weak. ehanged Mexico for Seattle via Crivto str -Bllver| 12—Arrived, ore L Lackeabach for Beattie via Port: | r Anne Hanity for Puget Pp. m.; atr Romalle Ma Port Angeles via Seattle and) atr Admiral Dewey —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE New Jersey Silk Petticoats, $4.95 TS cheerful colorings of Spring are exploited in new Petticoats of an especially good quality of silk Jersey—often with plaited flounces showing con- trasting inserts or ribbon banding. ; Smart foundations for the new suits frocks, very attractively priced at $4.95. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE: Bed Sheets, $1.45 ULL-SIZE Seamless Sheets of a quality that gives long service and launders well—size 81x90 inches —low-priced at $1.45. y for Tacoma, at 2 & m. for Beattie, at 3 8. m. Reported by Wireless Canadian Government oa March 13—Atr Alameda, 354 miles from Coconmut Meal Beattie, southbound, m.; str Ca | Cotten Seed Meal nadian Prompecto Fiattery, inbound, at # p. m. U, & Naval Communications March 1%—Str Horace Baxter, Sea pign, $1011.60. Receipts, 2,242. Market dragey, When the clothes are taken out there are no torn buttonholes or torn-off buttons, for DINGR RATES REDUCED there is nothing in the tub to cause wear ib iitcllons a¢ Son 46 to 3 per and tear. = gent in dining charges on the Great |» 20 rranciaeo, 60 mil Northern railway have been an-|q+ ¢ p. m.; #tr Eastern Glen, San Fran gounced, Claude Meldrum, assistant | cisco for Beatt! 0 miles south of Cape general passenger agent of the road, | "attery at ms pre-war prices rad. a ————— Vessels in "Port at Seattle | Oc EAN D | oroese btertee 'Dentist Attacks . || fi NSERVICE | Restraining Order To Women are delighted, too, with the reversible wringer, which also works electrically. It swings from washer to rinse water, to blue water, to clothes basket, and it is unnecessary to move or shift the washer an inch. and terminal--Str Tajima U8 CG Cedar Sir Aa- M Rell Street terminal Grand Trunk Paeifie terminal miral Watson. Pier 14—8tr Protestiaus, Pier 4—Mtr Phylila 2—ftr Redondo. A~Btr Admiral Goodrich, str Ad- frail Rodman. Leon Noble, Seattle dentist, was scheduled to attack in federal court Monday afternoon, a restraining jorder secured against him by Prose |cutor Douglas, for practicing den ltistry without a leense, He claims -/ the law upon which he is attacked is | * | unconstitutional Convenient Terms of Payment May Be Arranged so that there need be no delay, under any circumstances, in taking advantage of the great assistance the 1900 Cataract Washer is ready to extend to the homekeeper*. TRICAL GOODS SF )OWNSTAIRS STOR FREDERICK & NELSON FIFTH AVENUE AND PINE STREET Connects to any light socket. Just put the ate ee clothes in the tub, pull the lever and in from Cal i fo rnia 8 to 10 minutes out come the clothes, spot- : lessly clean, without rubbing or boiling. SAN FRANCISCO & PORTLAND ° STEAMSHIP COMPANY Yroet Portiaat hiaswertn Dock ROSE CITY A. M., Meh. 16 ° A. M., Mi —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE " You are extended a special invitation to | call any day this week—any time between nine and five o’clock—-and see the 1900 in action. Then you can judge for yourself its simplicity, its honest workmanship, its re- markable efficiency. USL 8 Co- itr Oramt. tr Vietorte, Pacific Coast Coal Runkers— jumbia » Pacific terminal bt | | THE WIFE OF of La Grande, Ore. jcording to a telerram received by | police Monday frou J. D, Heiden reich, of that «ty Mars is sup at Soceee posed to be here, but could not be Todd Dry Docke-fitr Voreat King, ate | joc polic | ‘Admiral Bohiey, UHC & GB Burveyor, | 1ocated by police Puget Sound Brdage & Dred: Co | 54, Hull Rainbow, str Patterso ' Amen Yard—Btr Roosevelt Nettleton Mill Dock—Htr Went Torn Hotternan Dock—U # C % G & Wawona, 40 &G 8 Algonquin, atr Jefferson, r Kotchika | Bay Shipyarae—Bchoomer Fanny | ard. Mill—Str_ Keorett Oil and Vinegar Cruets, 25c pass pattern of clear glass, as pictured, six-ounce size, unusually good value for 25¢. Went Jeseup, Lemon Reamers, 10c Glass Lemon Reamers to fit on top of cup or glass—per- forated so that juice can rungthrough, 10¢ each. BANK CLEARINGS | Seaitle - $7,201,348.61 2,360,463.9 } | Clearings .... Balances Chilberg Steamship Ageoey 902 Hecond Ave, Heattle, Wn. Elliott 628 W. B ELLIOTT, Gen. Agt. Oregon-Washington Station Main 6923 Beattie, Wash. - 1,981 Spokane ‘ . 167.00 , ‘acoma —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE. Civilized Indians have been very 689,809.00 reluctant to give up thefr pelief in magic, 56,215.00