The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 31, 1921, Page 12

fecond Low Tide seer p m, 20 tl eee’ m, PORT CUTS OUT WHARF CHARGES, Eliminating a whartage and handitng charges, the port of Seattle filed a new tariff with the publie service commission Thursday | ‘The tariff will eatablinh Seattle as the cheapest port on the Pacific) Coast and one of the most economical in the world. | Cargo dispatched thru Seattle on a thru bill of lading may be sent with out any terminal charges against the shipper. ‘The tariff ts the opening gun of Se attle terminal Interests in their cam. paign for increased transportation Wages B Battle to Fi- ure Looms u Meth ager no are again struggling to devise for disposing of the $17,000,-) ond imue authorized by the tt two years ago for finan tate industries Donda must be sold, or the program, termed by league “state socialism,” is at an goes, chances are the program he league will go with it. UE SIDELINES THE SEATTLE STAR Bears Raid Market | During Early Hours NEW YORK, March #1.—Heare raided the stock market qyring, trading today, Several stocks # any particu * believing that after the earty eling aid new low of the year at oh showed alight ly a! Blool at Ait wan dows two pointa above strength were International F yesterday's low, and Prices were lower at the op ed Central Leather, 36%, off United State r, Of Beare Roebu up © ble Steel, ey ott Hi United States at %. off ms ne iG Off Mi Chandler. off W . plorn, hlehe ] Bite “Hh” 67% TM, off Mat A pha, Roel, at oot antic Gulf, GRAIN PRICES | ARE SLUMPING. CHICAGO, March 31—Grain prices geclined on the Chicago Board Trade today, to the ot A | conditions in Mareh deliv ery found ligh New low riees for © ere reached Provisiona were UB Mat 6nh f the stock market today and inolud Internatic i Mexican Petroleum, Studebaker, t4, off fy? yt N. Y. Stock Exchange off Mi Car & Fay International We futu rket irremular. March wheat, opening up Me at oH 65, declined We in later trading wheat opened off at 1 we ping Shipment y Wan selling at $5.50 a crate, [TP Mar Market t] — HEAD LETTUCE IN BIG DEMAND”: ren 1 @ Norval | \ ihe | tan “of Asparagus |: Comes to Market ° Only @ few crates of Imperial Valley lettuce were on the whole: | ale market Thursday, Top quality 3 | seeds an chocolate, bbe th Stall 4, pure lard, 2 oe 1, Btalin Ao ftall 6a, four, 62.16 1, wack t Atolls 16-17, 2 large eane bull , ood Weal There is @ strong demand for head lettuce, and with the arrival) of some Los Angeles stock this de-| mand will be relieved. This new stock will be selling at $4 to $4.60) a crate, Laval been moving fAst all week. Khubarb was easier at 6 to T cents a pound. A shipment of asparagua arrtved on the avenue Thureday, with quo tations lower, at 17 to 20 cents @ pound A shipment of strawberries was due to arrive before Friday morn ing. Dairy producta were steady Thurs day, with the exception of cheese, on which @ drop was expected, VEGETABLES | Artichokes—Cal., hot house leaf lettuce has | vor Webb's nee” ‘aver coffee, 400 TM. CORNER Mall 14, salt herring, 9 for 10; 2 kip. | pored salmon inned soles, 3 | ; best fremh soda erackers, 1%9 HCONOMY } |erop production and prospects fine in | fictals DEPRESSION sidelines are beginning to the’ effect of the business de- brought about thru the conflict between the | and its leading organized op- the Independent voters’ as. Consumers’ United Stores Co. ff the business enterprises under auspices of the has filed an application for _ votu recetvership. hy, company operates 27 co-opera- storea, It hag collected $2,000,. farmers. over local piers. A publicity campaign will also be launched to boont Seattle's wnsurpass- ed port facilities. WENATCHEE ON HER WAY NORTH LOS ANGELES, Mareh 31.- |more stop—at San Francisco—and the new transpacific shipping board perhaps the mont liner Wenatchee, | feted vensel that ever made the At- ‘tantic.Pactfic voyage via Panama ca- ‘| nal, will steam straight for Seattle when demands were made’ by Bank of North Dakota for state | These | ot using & jury tiller e 1. the that if the 1922 the peo- of this am J. F. T. tie candidate for last year, and William republican candidate for the _ Romination for > nari at the last OL IS-FOUND IN MONTANA WELL WINET, Mont, March 21.—A _ @¥ndicate composed principally of Beattie and Chicago business men and known as the Central Montana Petroleum Syndicate, has brought in a well producing better than 360 barrels of high grade oil a day. ‘The syndicate, headed by L. B Manning & Co. and John L. Hal! and | ‘nial and _Departures| 3. 1. Hall & Co., both of Seattle, commenced operations in December om an 80-acre tract in the Cat Creek field, one of the newest petroleum producing districts in Fergus county, | Montana. In the last six months an average production of 5,000 barre day has been reached in the field. 1 well of the Central Montana makes the 26th producing well. It thas been cleared out, and ofl is corm- Ing over the top. Hall is here per. gonally superintending operations. ‘The property of the syndicate is lo ented in the heart of the district, With producing wells on all adjacent tracts. Drilling will be soon com- Menced on well No. 3, and operation continued until the whole tract is de- veloped, Hall says. Commodity Rates to South Suspended WASHINGTON, March 21.—I’ro- Posed increases in class and com. Modity rates from New York and Allantic seaboard territory to Louis. |* fana and Mississipp! were ordered suspended until August 29 by the in- terstate commerce commission to- day. ‘The operation of a tariff to re @uce from 60,000 to 23,000 pounds the minimum carload sugar weights in the West, Southwest and Middle West, was ordered suspended until |. July 20. _ Seattle’s Bid for Hospital Up Today|"" WASHINGTON, D. C., March 21 ‘Presentative John ¥. Miller, of ‘te State of Washington, will present the board of public health sur- BPMs Seattle's request for a howpital for former service men. King coun ty OMmmirsioners have tendered a ite at the Willows, with the provision that & hospital of 500 bede for the| of nervous diseases be {away in a storm, [Standard mee The Wenatchee anchored off the San Pedro breakwater yesterday on | schedule time, pausing long enough |for customs and health Inspection, jthen proceeding to her berth at the | Witmington dock of the Pacific Steamship Co. ‘The firm passenger down the gang.) plank was Samuel Hedges, former president of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce. Of the 125 who made the trip thus far aboard the Wenatchee, 80 are going on to San francisco and 60 signified their intention to complete the voyage to | Seattle, where they are scheduled to arrive next Monday. ‘The voyaguers were unantmous tn their praise of the vessel, and of Capt. J. EB. Guptil and bis corps of officers and crew. eee |Damaged Schooner . ; in Frisco Port SAN FRANCISOO, March 31. —Her rudder head having been carried the schooner Fred J. Wood arrived here yesterday after. noon from Faisi, Solomon islands, to hold to her course. She is owned by the BE. K Wood Lumber Co. of Hoquiam, Military supplies and horses for Manila wil) be loaded by the U. & transport Dix, which arrived here Wednesday afternoon from San Fran- JAP CONSUL TO SAIL Morinobu Hirota, Japanese consul in Seattie, will be among the passen gers on the Suwa Maru, Nippon Yu sen Kaisha liner, which sails Friday for the Orient. Hirota has been re Ueved of his post temporarily be cause of il! health. T, Sato, vice con sul, will act. eee ESTABLISHES NEW ROUTE SAN FRANCISCO, March 11.—The steamer Venezuela will leave here June 1, inaugurating the new Balti more-San Francisco service, the Pa- cific Mall Steamship Co. has an- nounced. The Ecuador and Columbia will run later. BREMERTON, March 31.—Fully equipped and manned, the U. 8. am. munition ship Nitro, one of two such veusels owned by the government, was scheduled for a trial over the navy speed course at Three Tree Point today for a 24-hour test run She will then return to the yard here for minor adjustments, and will be put in commission April 15 under Commander R. W. Vincent. . D, March $1.—8 A. M. i cloudy; wind west, Pansed tn, 8 destroyers N 70, 8:40 a m March 31—Btr Clty of Beattie trom Southeastern Ainska, 6:45 a m.: US 8 o n from Puget Sound Nav tion, § a m. Port San Lule, AT Dix from San Franc Bie U8 LM T Heather duty, 6:10 p.m. fatied March 11—Str Admiral Dewey for fan Diego via flan Francisco and San Pedro, noon. . Alaskan Vessels |, Ketehikan—March 10-—Halled, str Jf. | forsom, southbound, 4:30 a. tp. norage—March 20--Salied, str Ala- southbound, 10:30 a. m. eee Vessels in Other Ports Mottle—Mar 29—Aalled, atr Colin &. Livingstone for Beattie vin Cristobal, Ban Murch 30—Arrived, ate Seattle via ‘Tacoma and str Port Angeles from Seat |tie via Port Angeles | dro—March 20—Arrived, t from Seattle via Vietoria neinco, 33 nm March 20-—Balled, str 3p, m.; #te Daven- Phyllis for, Beattie. | port for Seattle, 4p. m Astoria—March 30—Arrived, from Beattie, & a m. os Vessels in Port at Seattle Smith Cove Terminal—Btr Eldridge, ireat Northern Terminal—str | Maru. Union Oll Dock—#tr Lyman Stewart Bell Street Terminal-—Str Kamchatka, U 8 C & G 8 Surveyor. Pier Atr Fulton, atr Teucer. 0 % Pier & Pie str Orant Suwa Str Northwestern, str Junoau, str ‘dove, lor Mehr Maid of Orleans Pier BoBtr Bpokane Pier D—Htr City of Bonttlo Pacific Const Coal Bunkers—Str Kaatorn Hen Union Pacific Terminal Pasific Coast 1 John A U. 8 Shipping Board Yarde—str We: | Ward Ho, str Himrod, str toontum, ate falapamtr Yousrlte Alaska Ateamahip Moorings. str Sante Ans, atr Skagway Mi Co.'s Dock—U 8 8 O'Ban Str Floridan Engineering Worke—Schr Str Victoria, One! passengers | TEST MUNITION SHIP TODAY) Weather Bureau Report ua eo at 60O%e duly corn 4 dropped May corn and deciined opened off in additiona September jot Ko before (we at (Mo and al We subsequent eate opened clined an addit ly. Wh Mare May duly Corn May July Hep ang, Board of Trade! own us Keploule Republic Iron & Btee! Rook Istana oe ns em 2% act Products im OM of Delaware 204 Union Pactft United # 28% | United Mtatee Steet Th Pork — May Laro— May July tobe May.. July. Nominal 40 oat 1LTH 1h ee CHICAGO, Mares 0 No. t red. $1.64; No. 2 red. 2 hard, tht . a -s Car Lots ations) i, Manning aCe, bts 2 Hietei Batiding Beets Cont Reta. LA Yr +18 ry 10 uu ft) ESTIMATED TOMOKROW Oratn— Wheat a. | Wheat, 25 care) corn, 118 cars; cate, 40) joars, ° Chicago Live Stock 14,000 16.10@9.26. canners and cutters, 2.760 WIFE STABS calven, 404 | Vanadium HER HUSBAND Because he handed hin wife butcher knife when they quarreled, Wednesday night, George Sprague, 22, in in city ho«pital In serious con- Mrs. Bertha Sprague, 28, called po lice after «he had stabbed her hue band at their home, 511 Sixth ave. Sprague and hin wife quarreled, it| |1s alleged, when she accused him of marrying her for her property. She }threw a hairbrush jhim and hit him, ‘If you don't care any more for me, here’s the butcher knife, Use ir Mra. Sprague, handing her the knife. She stuck him in the back. “It's my fault," Sprague said Thursday. “If 1 die, don't condemn | or accuse her.” Stacy Street | Todd Dry Docks Admiral Mayo, str Weat Notus, Puget Round Bridge & Dredging Co,— | ‘atterson Marine Iron Works— Str Expansion. ernan Dock—atr Ketehikan ate Al- ship W, 1 Flint y Shipyarde—#ehe Fanny Du- Bark Teifaat Lake Union—IMulia Abfila, Abnoba, Aby- doe, Addison, Allenhurst, Ahmik, An thon, Bayden, Bertrand, Bingamon, Riack Welt, Blantord. | Countess Williamowitz- |Moellendorff of Sweden is touring United States in |Kuropean child relief work, |She says two-pound babies are common in Europe, dition with a bad wound in his back. | at him, kicked on } | Sprague is alleged to have told | tion with that firm Wedn |aalmon was Utan Copper Atwet (Wedneeday's Quotations) by Lm & Co.'s Pri; vate Wire, Batier i: Dalkding rou Pitth 34's hinh ¢hs N. Y. Coffee and Sugar NEW YORK. March 3} met Exchange NEW YORK, March 91 No. 1 Girtion tee don; Upder- steed pulleta, 840 don Denver Live Stock M Market | DENVER Colo, March #1 Receipta 1.000. Market steady ‘ and heifers. ore and feeders, $6.60 2 Cuttio Bteors, | Portland Market § Status PORTLAND, March, #1-—Cattle—-Re arket athe, weak aa hethoon bulla r%, 52.5095; Market BKheep--Market nominal, unchanged. FORMS CHARTERING FIRM H.W. viee pre mt and general manager of the Thorndyke Trenholme Co, resigned his connes day to or gunize the Rows Chartering Co. with headquarters in the Smith building. This gives Seattle its first exclusive chartering concern. Rosa, SALMON SHIPPED EAST Altho the first car mild ehred sbipped East from Seat le Wednesday, more than a month ahead of former years, no unusual activity is reported in the canned sal mon market fish are meving briskly Kansas Boasts the HAZLETON, Kas., Mrs. C. H. Westfall has a Plymouth SRock of regular shape, that weighs one quarter of a pound, and measures 8% inches by 6 inches. March of a1 Hazelton hen's ¢ Government chemists in the Phil. | ippines have adopted a paring gas from,cc method of -SAVE MONEY- Travel by steamer TACOMA SAFTY - SPEED - corr DAILY, 9:00 11:00 A. 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:00 P. 500 for One Ticket Wc for Two Tickets VICTORIA RT ANGELES - STRAIT POINT DAILY AT MIDNIGHT SAN JUAN ISLAND POINT! 12:00 Midnight, Bunday, Thursday BELLINGHAM-ANACORTES PORT TOWNSEND MAIL CONNECTIO NEAH Bay & WAY Ports OLMAN DOCK woe! eat Higher grades of red | Largest Hen’s Egg | Aeumenas Oat, Nets Per mack Yer ™® Crees Poona. per ™ Tmperial Vatiey, ™ ver Imperial Vatley, per orate lowe! 3 howes, per erate | Ontome — Local, green, don bunches Walle Walla, green, dn bucke Onion Rete-Or., per T Crt) Parser per on bunches Fepeere—-Per M ... :. The Posters Per tem mo Wash as | Lacal whe : don, Dances Loon), eutaide Ver sack | Rptnach-— Local, per bow Walla Walla, per bex Per se Freie Imperial valler . Comb, per ersl Strained. per ™. « | Mtrewherries La. per crate Fireapnice Per crate . Taagerines Ver care Mik —Cwt, by ideal dairies DAIRY P“ODUCTS Prices Paid Wholesate Dealers Local creamery triplets POULTRY Prices Paid by Wholesale Deniers to Bhippere Docks Live Live, wader 4 the 4 Te and up Dressed ws and heifers Calves Light Exes 2 MAY, GRAIN AND Fhbw | Wholesale Price Per om, Gy | Barley Whole. DANY Chair: iw dent. R. V. ANKENY, First Vice President P. B, dent 14 President. K, G. AM KELLEHER, SPANGLER, Presi. TRUAX, Vice Presi NEWBERGER, Vico Vice President. extra fine broom Established Thirty-One Years Resources, Last Call, $23,477,962.12+ OFFICERS 1m omima 1 pancake flour, RANITARY beat cane sugar Crymt 10« Beall 1 treat # a The White iarge salt American eane fresh pear Mall 39, seed potatoes, Sheth astern Oyster .. Wertern oy Hoack fore ean Pieer—Fer voi Vieur— Patent DISCUSS CHINA TRADE Importers, exporters and manufac turers interested in the China trade were scheduled to meet shortly after noon Thursday at the banquet hall of the Butler hotel, in order to form a unit of business men who will work for the furtherance of China trade. The meeting is under the general aus- | ploes of the Chamber of Commerce. j WE SMILE NOW when we read the words of Charles Gide, famous Frenen economist, who wrote in 1900 that “in Eng- land, for instance, it is customary for wealthy people not to keep any money in their homes, but to deposit it all with their bankers. This seems amus- ing now, but there are still some people who overlook the benefits of bank protection for their funds, If you have, let us show you the advan- tages of a bank ‘ac- count, whether small or large. THE National City Bank of Seattle SECOND AT MARION H.C. tor Cc, lL. Cashier K. RET EY 4} Asedalant MACDONALD, Cash. LA GRAVE, Assistant Cashie C. W. MORE, “Assistant Cash. ler. WwM Cashier. 3. Cashier, KAHLKE, Assistant MINER, Assistant Have you exchanged your Liberty Bonds of the Fourth Issue? It will be to your advantage to secure permanent bonds before April 15. Second Avenue at Columbia jeredits that | purchase. WORLD TRADING | | GROWS SMALLER | Production Is G Greater, Ex- WASHINGTON, March 81.—The world is producing more, but trading lees than ever before, a survey of government reports from all coun tries dinclowed today, ‘The business barometer ts low tn every land, this information reveal. ed. At the same time, agricultural basic wealth is high everywhere and with the exception of Ruania, sec- tions of Central Europe and the drought regions of Asia. Vor that reason government of- who watch world business conditions are optimistic. When | transportation and credits are cor rected world business will ewing into shape, they said. That will take | time and trouble, but will be done “It ts the first time world over- production ever brought about world business depression,” said Herbert Hoover, secretary of commerce. | Hoth exports and imports of Bas- land and the United States show de as do thone of virtually untry in current reports, al- | the same surveys show ad- ditions to raw material production. The surplus stocks are piling up until they can be moved at @ trans portation charge the traffic will bear | and until manufacture in justified by will make possible their | | | creanen, every tho Efforts here to help the solution are along there Ii 1, Creation of European eredits to be handled thru private agencies; government assistance in promoting long-time credits for cotton farmers, | until, Burope, by credit extension, can take American cotton. 2, Government action the railroad problem. The high freight rates have hampered both domestic and foreign business, altho even at these mites railroad earnings | are diminishing. 3. Revision of world trade ship- ping routes and development of trade | with the Far East. to relieve foodstuffs for the least at ~Advertisement, Brent Boldt Right in Clearingn Balances Clearings Balances . Clearings «+ Consolidation of the ‘Trost & Savings Bank ant ees Bank 'of Seattle under ft “Northwest Trust and State Bank® waa announced Wednesday by the of ficers of the two institutions. merger will be in effect April 18, the new bank will occupy the quarters of the Btate Bank at ave. and Madison at, ‘The activity on this beauth ful suburb development been much appreciated — pring by the many who have been fortunate enough to pass that way. It is very gratifying to see that there are so many inter- ested in and availing ox nelves of the opportunity to acquire some ef this splendid acreage for the culture of — berries, fruits, vegetables and poultry ] We have acre and halfmere — tracts that are cleared and plowed, and many that can © be easily cleared for immedi ate cultivation. There is water piped to every tract. Our branch office om the property at East 110th St, three blocks west of the Both. | ell Highway, is open every day. Our maps, prices and il will be kindly pe application. We will take you by auto at any time to see this property, ments can be made by ing the GOODWIN REAL . * ESTATE CO., Ine. the City A city home property embracing every. feature of country home, and all-the-year city home, waterfront summer A view property that cannot be surpassed. embraces everything from Mt. Rainier and of Cascades to the extreme limits of the range, with all the water panorama intervening, For the business man who wishes a little work and play; for the family man who wi healthful and beautiful home environment for his © family; for the family who wish to grow some gar- den, berries and fruit on a large piece of rich land, Carleton Beach is the place to buy. i Considering ground area, prices on Carleton compare with prices on property miles further No property in the city of Seattle havin available from Carleton Beach can be bou, the view t for si AMERICAN SAVINGS BANK & TRUST COMPANY — American Bank Building Second Avenue at Madison Street Capital and Surplus Paid up— $700,000.00 Savings Department— 4% Paid on savings deposi! posits made up to April will draw interest to July 1st at cent. Exchange Department— We are spuparet to quote and sell ex- change on tations received Safe De 5,200 private bo: ed vault in the. . | l parts of the world. Quo- twice daily. posit Department— spite he) the best protect- tion will.convince you. ‘Rema: re per annum. : Commercial Department— _ We are prepared to extend credit to” pve! el lways Welcome OFFI J. A. Murray, Chairman of, Board J. P. Gleason, President George B, Baker, Vi President John K. Bush, Cashier B. 7 a Secretary F. L, » Assistant