The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 21, 1921, Page 4

The Star’s “Weekly Review, SS Market Is Easy as |GRAINPRICES |THEY'VELOST | N.Y. Trading Opens Tides in Seattle TURSDAT ‘sams INTO PORT TOWNSEND NEW YORK, March 2h the opening of the New side fro ractioable, feeling that the selling. ea Diehly [averable reserve bank & Sitincnty Sulteh | ih Sccting ruled trading at far Tactor in There was some belief alno that call money would continue United Staton How acttye, opened with a bi Saturday's clove of 2% g tions 9, off Mi r k of 2,000 shares from 62% to ed: Central Leather, General Nephatt, in hich, & pool is wainat ‘|aton houses bow; TAKE A JUMP Wheat Crop Su Suffers From Lack of Rain CHICAGO, March %1.—4ratn prices advanced on the Chicago Board of Trade, due to reporta of the wheat crop suffering beeause of lack of rain and lack of offeringd. Commis- ‘t freely. Trade THEIR FERRY Officials Admit She’s Run-| ning; Don’t Know Where ‘| ah | Answering a communication from Attorneys Roberts & keel, asking #0 that the ferryboat Aquila be leased to persons whom they had inter. ented, BANK CLEARING Beattie Clearings oo. oo reali) Balances .. . 2 440,745.99 Portland Clearings 5,853,993 00 Balances ..... ..... 1,790,929.00 | | Spokane | ++ 2,199,328.00 + 1,072,448.00 Balances .. Clearingn .oce sense 976,922.00 | | 449,248.00 | Title of va Novak's “The airt| and the Goose” has been changed | four covet of the world's the county commissioners to “Dhe Smart set. Howatt Appeals From Convict TOPEKA, Kan. March 21 | ander Mowatt, district prenident ¢ the United Mine Workers, today] pealed to the Kansas rupreme from the decimun of the lower eo in which he was convicted of ing an injunction of the Cra leounty district court in calling Karl Missmash protest strike Vebruary. The United States uses more thaw = Bixty-ceven @aye out from Nukue-| wa |tofa, Tonga islands, South Seas, the schooner Charies R. Wilson, one of the real old-time sailing vessels, reef. | ed her sails in the harbor at Port Townsend Saturday. " oe LAUNCH SCOUT CRUISER | Scout ‘cruiser Milwaukee, second veasel of her type to be built for the U. & navy in 13 years, will be launch, ed Thursday from her ways at the Todd shipyards in Tacoma. eee WENATCHER NEAR CANAL ‘The finest vessel in service in Pa- cific waters, That's the new ship- Ding board steamship Wenatches, now one week on her way from New York to Seattle, Monday she was epeeding toward the Panama canal from Kingston, Jamaica. The We natchee was built at a cont of $5,000. 000. A mammoth reception ts arrang- ed for her stay in Seattle from April 4 to % eee BRINGS AUSTRALIA WOOL More than 1,200 tons of Austra Han wool were brought by the Can- adian government merchant marine steamship Canadian Prospector jwhich is berthed at Pler 14 eee CHARTERED FOR GRAIN CARGOES Three big veeseia have been chartered to carry flour and grain cargoes to Europe. They are the |Kayseeka, Westward Ho and Bast- 40%, a 0 Miantle aule b i By po inption of oll, ; unc! : tar. sions were irregu- nerican noeieeal Monday sald the Aquila was at § Present in use, but claimed to be uncertain as to just where she ts plying the watern, It in understood that the whole ferry controversy t# being held in abeyance until the county can get & decision from the supreme court of the state, Baby Is Born After Mother Dies; Livi les; Living RACINE, Wis, March 21.—The brought into the world after its mother’s death, the baby daugh ter of Morris Wald, president of a Milwaukee manufacturing company, is expected to live The infant was brought into the world thru an operation sev- eral minutes after the mother, who was fatally injured in an automobile accident, had died. ‘The mother lost her life when & passenger train struck the automobile in which she was riding. Her husband and five others were injured. of Nationwide Conditions | in Business BY ALBERT APPLE ‘The cost of living is going to go Jeower than any one six months ago Delieved possible. Talk to this ef fect ts being heard among business ‘men in every trade. It explains why Dusiness is improving more siowly than the experts predicted. » Last autumn, bankers and econo mists realized that the present bust Tess” depression, which began 10 Months ago, ts simply a price de ia, that business stagnant until prices Teach bottom and stop falling. PRICES TO FALL TO _ LEVEL OF 1913 Prices are going to fall to what ' they were in 1913, according to the Wational Bank of Commerce, New | York. March wheat opened i “Me at w and savenced te before the May wheat opened up le at and gained an additional sc ic” Mo later on 4 May cornsepened up We at &7Mo lowest since January, 1850 my: Me eae el Tot closed irregular prices and advances States Sterl, for Raldwin Locomotiy » t gpened Wo Ne at Polke and advanced ‘ore ened up Ke at sie 4 in later trading. Ju © at dike and Gained Norehern Sh, tained States | Apter. TS. oft ne the toremoon qragion, and 1 ead the mari ur 8 free AR einaae Ke went U y om | and gaine opened up aM ates Rubber, 72, up % ee later, len, 66M, Off Me. Chicago Live Stock 70.60 UP SOON Imperial vaney wy head lettuce da advance about 25 cents a crate in two or three days, and ts expected | rin snd’ of Apri jobbers reported Mton.| N, Y, Coffee and Sugar end of April, jobbers reported Mon NEW YORK, Mareh 1.—fugar— Kaw day, A scarcity due to the ending ot | Its season, and a strong demand for say, $6.26; refined, aay: srapulated, # 1 Rie, epet, O46 be; No. ¢ Me iA off Mi United . off ie; American W Bradstreets’ business experts add Bp the wholesale prices of one each of the 96 leading com ‘Modities This total averaged $9.22 for the year 1913. Jt jumped to a Bigh point of $20.87 in February, It had dropped to $11.86 1921. That's near the the stock are given as the reasons, | 900. Local spinach wag neliing at $1.15 | santos, & box, while Walla Walla was moving slowly at 15 cents lower, Cauliflower was gelling for lew, $1.75 for a half-ernte, with the extra fancy selling as high aa 8 be Jumble Winesape are selling at $1 a bor There was a good demand for all cheaper grade apples Monday. NEW YORK, March 21.—Poreian cloned ay ” the world is estimated to be 15,430 009. It now sells at 12 cents That's balf a cent lower) Forstgn ex: | Bering wae) Lire, 0404 W YORK, Mareh #1.- change opened firm today. Highest in wartime ts, Lead is at four cents a pound— in 15 years, with one excep AND STEEL AT WAR NORMAL Iron and stee! industries are pro- ‘@ucing almost as much as before the world war. But their produc tive capacity was increased 44 per Gent during the war and that in- ‘time during last five months. Banks’ rates on loans tend down ways Secretary of Treasury } more than ern Leader. eee Sitk valued at close to $5,000,000, brought by the liner Suwa Maru » today speeding East via Great Northern express, . . San Francisco customs report for January, 1921, shows @ loss of $24, $23,000 over January, 1920. Waab- ington district lom for the ame period is anaarar® bok $14,681,000, New steamer Turd State, ae signed by the shipping board to the Pacific Steamship Co, Is to » sail from New York ane 3. ee The new motorshig? Kennecott, Alaska Steamship Co., will load tum- dairy products were steady. here TH het house, ver én Per > Geome Peas Cai ber in Port Blakeley for her maiden | Ostes trip. She goes to San Pedro. eee Steamship Pert Said Maran, en route from the Atlantic? coast to Yokkaichi, Japan, ts filling her coal bunkers and taking on additional cargo In Seattle Monday. eee Feeder service of the Pacific Steamahtp Co.-in the Philippine islands has teen Increased by the assignment of the former German steamship Weigand, now known as the Midget, by the U. & shipping board. eee Appointment of Capt. Donald 8. ‘consumption | Am#. Seattle shipbuilder, to the U. nited owned by the Harriman inter. and the Oxska Shosen Kaisha, the K. cut will handle shipments be Seattle and the Orient, while United American will take them New York via the Panama can: ‘Thru bills of lading from the Atlantic Coast to the Far East are iseued. MERCHANTS TO MEET Retai) merchants thruout the state Will discuss distribution of merchan- Gise at the second annual meeting of “the Washington State Retailers’ as- @eclation in Tacoma April 4 and 5. LUMBER WAGES SLASHED Normal lumber operations are be ing resumed thruout this state, but ‘wages have been badly cut. This re- Port will be made by officers of the International Union of Timber Workers to the fourth annual con. Yention of thelr organization in Public Market | ye 126 Mall 141 wtraw- ut butter, 16¢ Th » 8] 200 Th. i 21, Tes Garden marmalade, 260 M.: © made mayonnaise, b0c tb. CORNER Shoulder lamb. 100 t.; B.; picnics, 19%0 tm soup, the lamb chops, 160 Stal 11%, 10 bars laney prunes, 3 tbs, 30. NOMY vr, 2 Me Ife, 4 the 49, ground” choco- i the cotter, 2 Abe; 40¢ . 1% The, bbe; cocoanut, te Im Mall 69, choice pot Foast. Lio th.; choice ork roast, tc m Bi pure fresh Wilk, 100 qt, Stall 22, haliout, 250 Mm Peek cod, lic ™.; 2 the. ibe PIKE PLACE Stall 17, best American cane sugar, 4 fs 6c, # a Tze Stall 62, tall can Gernetion milk, 10%6. Stall 1625, Ma ona tomatoes, % cane 6 pall Karo syrup, 35 1. pa an Maid sredions raisins, Zbe $, Karly Rose seed potstors lemons, 20e doz. large cane pineapple. 270. $1 66 broom, 96¢ a > aga ory ‘ cottee & bare Royal W 49-t mack Rex t1 operative milk, 20¢ se; beat ranch oes cy prunes, 260. tbe 6 roll horn baby chicks, 2be each, $18 per 100 WESTLAKE i Biue Stem patent flour, Seas 17, value broom, 986 1 opm, 200 th.; bacon, 200 bait 105, 4 Ibe white navy beans, 260 Ts. rolled oats, Zhe Btall 192, No. 2 can Sliced beets, 100; cocoa, Ibe th. Btall 131, 8660 potatoes, $1.75 per 100 Ibe; Yakima Geron, 91.25 por 100 tos, stall 120, ton’s ten, 70 Ib; Carnation milk, 10%~e can. Stall 129, fresh butter, 450 fresh cottage cheese, ibe Ib, 4 largest Japanese lines. The | @ Columbia river ameita, | Lip- | mercial hi | S. shipping board, m urged by the Neptune. club, mariners’ organiza tion, Steamship Alameda ts scheduled to | OPE, sail Tuesday morning for Cook's in- let. out. biack stack >. nor, at 94 | Meamer, at Fras ac nsw crsseiy eh jam eee Arrivals and | Departures March 21—Str Toucer trem Mantle via igkong, | mtr City of Bpe- from Tacoma via Everett, at 10 & m March 20-—Mtr Rainier from San . at midnight; rom flan Diego via San Pedro and San Franciaco, at #1 m.; str Prinee George from Prin: via porte, Pm; str Redondo from Ladyemith, Tajima Maru from March 21—@tr Admiral Evans for Ta- coma, at 5:15 am. March 26-—tr Prince George for Prince Rupert, at 11 p mi or indo for Tacoma, via Tacoma, at 6:20 a mj; ete Lyman Stewart for Cloum, at ee Junean— March 2)—Balled, atr Princess southbound, Ba mM atr Admiral Watson, w m. Cordova—March 16—flatled, str North- Western, southbound, at 3 a. m eee Vessels in Other Ports jHongkone-—-Marcn 17—-Arrived. str ‘om Seattle via Vanco Mos and Shanghal, March \e-ceal ma Maru for Seattie via Shang- 4 Yokohama, March — 17—Arrtved, via Vancouver. March 16—Salled, str Henry & Groves for Seattle via Cristobal, fan Pedro, Ban Francisco, Portiand and Astoria, 19—Halled, atr OH. ome for Beattie via Cristobal, Ban Ban Francise fan Francisco—March 20—Arrived, str from Beattie vin Tacoma and . at T p. m.; str Carmel from Ta- via Everett, tr Ad a mi Tacoma Arrived, ate KL Luckenbach from Beattie via Tacoma, at SD. m. March 20. polo from Seattle via o- Arrived, atr Will- Reported by Wireless Received by U. & Naval Radice March 20—Btr Quess, fan Beattie, #78 miles from’ Beavtlc ar fp Brash, Ben Francioco tor Beatie miles trom Cape Plattary at's p.m Canadian Geverument Maren 20-—tr Admiral Rodman, miler from Beattie, & p.m Death Toll in the Armour Plant Is 4 CHICAGO, March 21—The death list in the explosion of Armour & Co. grain elevator in South Chicago, reached four today when two un. identified bodies were removed ffom the debris. Two bodies were found yesterday. The other men are believed to be under tons of concrete and t a6 ‘Wenatchee Com- Club and other civic or. ganizations to greet steamship Wee, balchee at Seattle April 6 Kage—Preah ranch . Putlete Milk—Cwt. by local | DAIKY PRODUCTS Prices eid Whelenaie Dealers Batter — Local — i" Pirtex Frean Pullets ... Cheeee— Or. triplets Wisconsin cream brick” Wash triplets Po MEAT Quotations at stechyarde Medium to chotee . Best cows and Bute HAY, GRAIN AND FEED wi lenale P Whol Onte—Motled Whole Corn— Whole Cracked... Chick Feed Chick Mosh Chick Developer’ Chop ‘ Ground Bone Wheat Mixed Feed: Aifalta Alfalfa Meal Rerateh Heed V het . Cocoanut Ment Moinsses Dalry Feed hel Mewl-—Cal Oyater ... toys Bean Meal Vlour—Per bbi., pa Chamberlain Named to Fill Law’ '. Pos t ridfowlous and d absurd. 21—J. Austen Chamberlain today was unanimously | Four bandits held up elected leader of the unionist party, the Commonwealth succeeding Andrew Bonar Law, who) bank today and | LONDON, March resigned france, 0604 | Canadian doliary 4785) | San Francisco Produce FRANCISCO, March 21.—Thutter- | Denver Live Stock Market DENVET, March 21.—-Cattlo-—Recetpte. Lambe, a, 14h E TE | Portland Market Status Catto Ne 32 fss5ss2 Market weal 9.25; cull lame, 16 60@T56; wethers, be owen, LGR Aon ta, 16@2Te NEW YORK, March fi-—-Money on sah 04 per ein monthe, 1 per paper, T4@T% percent | woke, t%, New York, Want Ads Make These Signs Disappear Like Magic Phone a Want Ad to The Star apd note how quickly you get re sults. For Rent and For Sale signs do not stay up long when there's a Want Ad in the paper pulling for you. In fact, you don't need a win ow sign at all if you advertise A want a4 in The Star will rench the very people who are looking for what you offer. When you want to WANT ADS COPPER MINES CLOSED REDDING, Cal, |Mammoth copper mine at Kennett, Shasta county, was closed today on | |account of depression in the copper | jmarket. The mine ts one of the largest producers in the state, and has turned out over 3,000,000 tons of ore. The duration of the shut- down is indefinite CREDIT 3 MEET Delegates to the annual Northwest $$ conference of the National Associa. on of Credit Men opened their see sion Monday morning at the New 7 | Washington hotel. Several meetings Were acheduled during the day, The conference will close with a dinner and business seasion tn the evening at the Masonic club, Arcade building. "|What's It? What’s It? Cleaner! Oi, Oi! Its label reads “BOAOYHARO 96% %aBoAa.” Sits on George Wilkinson's desk in the customs office. “Looks like Russian or Greek,” says George, “but it's Duteh to me.” Says it ts grain alcohol. He'll une it for cleaning purposes, Yea, bo! Mrs. Stillman Is Gaining Defense BUFFALO, N. ¥., March 21.—Mre. “Fifi” Potter Stillman won a new and powerful npion here today H. Phelps Clawson, banker and prominent in society, declared he was |ready to go on the stand when the voree sult brought by her hus. °lband, James A. Stillman, president |of the National City bank, is brought |to trial Clawaen and another Ruffalo man. whose name is being kept secret at | present, will testify that Stillman and his wife were living torether at elr country home in Pocantico Hills n the early part of 1918 Guy Still |man was born in November ofthat |year, In his suit, Stillman is alleged |to charge gthat Fred Beauvais, French-Canafian guide, is the father of the boy. In a@ statement today, Clawson characterized the charges brought by Stillman against his wife, as ‘Talse, DETROIT, Micn, March 21,— ® branch of Federal Savings escaped with more | than $3,500, March 21.—The/ Special Price Basement This special lot for Tuesday’s selling is an indication only of the great savings possible on many other items in the Special Price Basement. An Easter Sale o High Grade —Canton Crepe and Crepe in straightline, blouse and tunic models, smartly trimmed with rib-. de Chine bons, braids, rosettes buttons. —Colors: | re ]| bisque. —Sizes 16 to 42. Navy, brown, gray, black, and combina- ||, tions of navy and rust- navy and gray, brown and Silk Crepe | Frocks Unusually Low Priced at and pT te TM tii iit iin for You These washers are slightly shop-worn. Every one guaran- teed good as new and in perfect ywork- ing order. The en- amel on some is slightly scratched or dented and some have been used a few times for demonstra- tions. cash. Blue Bind Present price on Blue Bird Washers is $210.00— but, while these last, you can get them for $148.50 nst Hardwate 6 I Ms Happy Hours of Freedom ~w 8 (Only) Blue Bird Washers $148.50 = = = = = = = = = = = \VENUE and PIKE STREET & Qliseum Tiesto ) Dili ea ata me Extraordinary Values in Three Special Sale Groups —Hair bows; sashes for children’ dresses; sashes for street costumes | and evening gowns; ribbons much — in demand for bags and fancy work, 2 3 SALE GROUPS GROUP NO. T —Ribbons regularly $1.25 to $3.50.. GROUP NO. 2 —Ribbons regularly 7T5c £0 BL.2D. oc 0sesese0 enum GROUP NO. 3 —Ribbons regularly 39c 00 TEC ov oveccecs coon con . soeoe SPECIAL FOR TUESDAY ONLY i 1,100 Yards Unbleached Muslin 22c a Yard —86-inch unbleached muslin of very fine quality, price. smoothly woven. Especially desirable for aprons, | house dresses, art needlework and children’s wear. —Second Fleer AT PRE-WAR PRIGES 72 Comforts $3.45 Each —A special purchase of 72 comforts filled with pure white cotton and covered with a good quality of silko- line in attractive shades of pink, blue and yellow. All are full double bed size. For Tuesday only at. this A SPECIAL-PURCHASE SALE | 600 Yards White Ratine 39c a Yard —A special-purchase price which enables us to offer 86-inch white ratine at about one-half the regular price. This is a quality very desirable for women’s and children’s wear. At this price for Tuesday only. Second Floor SPECIALS ON TUB SILKS Striped Crepe de Chine— Shirting Tub Silk $2.50 —White grounds with a variety of colored stripes— pink, blue, lavender, tan, brown and gray. Broadcloth Shirting Silk Special at $1.50 —A special purchase of silk in a beautiful range of colored stripes; 82 inches wide. —The lowest price in years, —First Fleer