The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 8, 1921, Page 22

RAILROADS SOON TO GO ANKRUPT? Member of Harding's Cab- inet Says Federal Aid Is Necessary BY H. B. HUNT WASHINGTON, April §.—“Unless some relief Is found for the railroads, they are headed straight for receiver: ship, possibty by July 1." This opinion, yotcea py @ member of the Harding cabinet who probably ‘understands the railroad tangle in all fts aspects better than any other man in the official family, indicates the serious concern the nation’s transportation problem is giving the Rew administration, What can be done to avert that re- sult? “Cut wages,” say the railroad ex- eoutives. WAGES CANNOT BE SLASHED OFFHAND But an offhand slashing of wages fs out of the hands of either the Tailway operatives or government of- ficials. Definite machinery was set by the Esch-Cummins bill for the Bettiement of railroad wage dis putes. To date its functioning has Mot promised the roads any great re- Nef thru the reduction of wages. At the White House the statement ts made that nothing the adminis tration or the cabinet can do can clarify the situation. The only re course is to impress the interstate commerce commission and the rail- Toad labor board with the importance ‘of finding some way out. And that President Harding has done by con- ference with Chairman Clark of the commission and Chairman Barton of the boart. More efficient management, labor Jeaders contend, wil! bring relief. In disputing the statement of the raik Toad executives that lower wages will save the situation, they point ut that these same executives not Jong since contended increased rates ‘would turn the trick. Rates, wages, management—those are the three horns of the railroad dilemma. ADMINISTRATION TO KEEP HANDS OFF WAGE ISSUE The administration, despite reluc tance to see the roads thrown into re ‘ceivership, will keep hands off the wage issu: That will be left with the railroad labor board. At the White House, it is Indicated that the whole issue of wage agree Ments may turn on a question raised by B. M. Jewell, of the raitway em- in a telegram to the presi- urging the chief executive to _ @all a conference between the rall- aA ‘Way executives and the employes. Jewell raised question whether @r not the nai agreements in- YVolving wages extended beyond the of national control. This, of- studying the situation declare, toucl®: the very fundamentals of the involved. Since January 1, the railroad situa- has been growing worse, with A Ukelihood that the present year fee operating and other exp>2nses up that no more railroad legisiation Reeded, it seems certain that the will be the subject for a ' “The whole railway question must ome up for review. No one wants to Gee government ownership. _*% “But unless some way out ts found that is not now apparent, the rail- headed straight for a re- and that would be vir- the same thing.” IMPROVEMENT IS FORECAST While improvement tn business conditions is slow thruout the coun- ‘try, there are some evidences of an @wakening that is to come within _ the near future, according to Brad- _ Stret’s report for the week ending April 2. The persistent effort to clear ‘Up the railway transportation prob- Jem {= one of the things cited as in- Gicative of better things to come. The report for Seattle states that ‘the shingle and lumber markets re- Main inactive, with about one-half the milis still closed. Building quiet. Coal movement slow. Flour fairly @ctive. A slight decrease in employ- ment Is noted. There is every indication of a heavy apple crop, according to the forecast of the report. Public Market a ! —s QUEEN crry Stale 28-24, solid pack peaches, 2 cans ; Sitty cake, 240 phe; large bottle Monte catsup, 29¢; large pkg. sun Faisins, 26¢.' Stall 27, salmon, 200 i halibut, 260 T™.; black cod, Ihe Th in haddie, 24c T. Stall 16, crackers, Be ™.; Country Club cottes, tic mB. PIKE PLACE halibut cheeks, 26¢ %b.; red i Ming cod, 2 ta. 260 2be. Stall 1523, King salmon, : kippered , 266 Th, Stall © cane sugar, 8 The , pure fresh milk, 90 qt Stall 62, Carnation milk, 10% can ECONOMY Stall 36, Bbc pkg. Quaker oats SANITARY Stall 45, Campbell's soups, 100 can; 2 Be boxes matches, 10¢; Federal or (o- Operative milk, 100; 4 Ths, best rolled ats, 24; 6 barn Royal White 230. Btali 109, pure ° sugar, 6 wack; cube wugar, 2 Ihe. 240; brown ir, 2 The, 200; § The, can fresh ‘milk, 9¢ at CORNER Stall 14, red mnapper, 2 ths, 260 cod, 100 th.; black cod, 2 tha. 250 Ban haddie, 20¢ Tm, ean pineapple jam, Biatoes, 10c. Stall 116, lamb wtenk, 260 .; steer steak, 20c T.; veal chops, 266 %.; lamb Foast, 206 WESTLAKE Stall 53, pure cane sugar fat stall), 5 49-1. wack Blue Mtem patent Stall 16-1 fn off, 260; 5 rolls tollat #4, veal chops, 200 1b TM," Stall 196, ‘tomatoon, hot aa) 2he, Stall Dottie: gunpowder tea, 320 Th © eans corn, 360; peaches, 11¢ oa 104, None Buch mincemeat, 100 pk 4, Webb's Lest Lver coffes, 200 Stati Stall Ship News NEW YORK, A market waa reflec time First Low Tide ha tt Nigh Tide a, 1nd p. Telit bt p. . SEATTLEHAS |: B, C, WORRIED Abolishing Wharf Charges Alarms Vancouver VANCOUVER, B. C, April &- Shippers bere are much disconcerted over the action of the Seattle port commission in abolishing wharfage charges there. ‘That can be done tn Seattle, where the wharves in question are the Property of the city But here a'l docks are prt ty owned, and & no-wharfage measure could not be enforced by the harbor board. Shippers naturally will favor the port at which they can load and unload cheapest, eee VANCOUVER NOTES VANCOUVER, B. C.--Including in her cargo 2,000 tons of sulphur from Galveston, the shipping board | steamer West Haven, operated by the Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific Steam ship Co, is unloading here today Steamer Tatsuno, N.Y. K. freight-| er, will load pulp and lumber here for the Orient upon her arrival from Seattle, April 19. Freighter Steel Ranger, of the Isthmian line, left port Thursday | without her cargo of shingles. She waited a week, but they were not ready, Steamer M. S. Dollar ts due in port April 13. In addition to sugar, the steamer Mont Merwyn will bring to this port @ liberal quantity of French wines and perfumed ar a ar TEUCER SAILS SATURDAY a. A full cargo of lumbér, cotton, | 5.1, steel and canned goods will be car-| | Lard ried by the Blue Funnel steamer bad Toucer when she leaves Seattle for|"“Wiy” the Far East on Saturday, eee May... July. ELDORADO COMING Steamship Eldorado, now loading at San Francisco, will arrive in Se] cmrcaco. a attle from South American ports|red. $14 about the middle of this month. eee STATESMAN HERE SATURDAY Coming from the United Kingdom, the steamship Statesman, Harrison Une, is scheduled to arrive in port] gp, Saturday, via Vancouver, B.C. Here) Whea she will load lumber, flour and a canned goods, and will start on her return trip the middle of next week. eee START NEW SERVICE Regular service between Yokoha- ™Ma and Alexandrovek, Siberta, and from Yokohama to Nikolalevak, wil! be commenced this month by the Kita Nippon Kisen Kaisha, eee ti Northern I Souther of Hritatn. ning prices | ldwiny kos aker, 75 American dum oft i; Mexican Southern F ba. up Dutoh, TRADE CHICAGO, Apri slumped in’ tradi grain market to sluggish demand. lower is, and slumped up May jand droppe loorn opened Se at the opened up Me pM at Wheat " 16.00 10.40 (Thereday’s Fernished by 1. care, CHICAGO, April hauled at the Mistubish! dockyard | $7, *"4 fost" at Kobe, according to N. Y. K. offi-| | sneep- cials. She will leave for Seattle | lambs about April 10. ° GRAYS HARBOR LID OFF ABERDEEN, Wash., April 8.—|Rar With the repeal of district circular] , (2) 9, shipping board vessels may now enter Grays Harbor without restric. tion or penalties, it was announced today by H. M. Delanty, who has! coy Just returned from a conference with | meriing. shipping board officials at Seattle. |¥ ‘The port charges in Grays Harbor | " will not now exceed those tn other — eee BRINGS COFFEE CARGO Large shipments of coffee aboard the Pacific Argentine-Brazil Line steamship Rotarian, scheduled | 7“p. ,t'.**;, to arrive here early in May, accord-| Lambs, 17¢5 ing to information received Thursday. eee NEW INTER-COAST SERV! The opened el 92.90%; rs DENVER, rit AD’ ateady, pia, 20 apts, 7 ~ BAN FRANCISCO steamship Colin H. Living-| Bxtras, Te Ib.) prim: stone, inaugurating the coast-to-coast} Cheese—California service of the U. S. Transport Co.,|,,@ae*—Ertr™ will arrive here frém the Atlantic! sized puilets, coast about April 20. The next vew sel, the Anna Morse, will leate the Sound about the middie of May. se, A nominal. weak, unch DELAYED BY STORMS Roae—Recetpta, 4 Delayed by storms, the steamship | "i007, Uncnanees Fushim! Maru of the Nippon Yasen| steady, unchanged. Kaisha, was due at Smith's Cove at) Mutter—39e Ib. 7 p.m. Friday with a good cargo] PeKr 820° and 200 passengers, oe PORTLAND, Apri for. . With a large cargo of hemp, the Blue Funnel Line steamship Talthy- bius, from Far Eastern points, is ex- pected to arrive at Pier 14 Saturday afternoon. BERLIN, April child had its inn at Halle. A fair produced and the with “kiddies.” plece silly and drenses eee Port Captain U. Osawa of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha opened perma- nent headquarters on the lower floor of the west shed of Pier B Thursday. eee Weather Bureau Repo TATOOBH ISLAND, April $—8 A. M. Rising barometer, clear; wind orthes 24 miles an hour. cae Arrivals and Departures Arrived April %—-fitr Tatauno Maru from Van- rand Union Bay, B. C., 8:15 & m.;| * President from #an Pedro via San the police arrived at, |broken up most o' PARIS, ing an April Be a symptom of sual eansd French doctor. April $—Str Wenatchee for Tacoma, 7| ‘he disease, or It &. m.; str Africa Maru for Vancouver, B, (Self after an appe C., vin Tacoma, 7 @, m.; ate Went for Hamburg via Tacoma, Portian Francisco, San Pedro, Baiboa, Liverpool, London and Antwerp, 4:30 p. m.; Us & Swallow for Alaska, 10 a, m. Alaskan Vessels —April 6—Halled, str Clty of Se- southbound, 10:20 p. m April 7—Halled, atr City of hound, 11:20 p. m, Balled m5 Tough o WASHINGTON, Charlie P: House ge darding Marion, Jun attle rdener brought | after is Str Jettor- atr Cordova, on the he the exte x feet,” oe Vessels in Other Ports | Londom—April 6—Arrived, str Collegian from Seattle via Tacoma, San Francisco, | Ban Pedro, Balboa and Norfolk. | Giasgow—April 6—Arived, str West ‘ote from Beattie via Portland, San neisco, Han Pedro, Liverpool and Lon Fi don. Hongkong—April 6—Salled, str Tyn dartus for Seattle via Shanghai, Kobe and Yokohama. | Clearings Balances , Yokohama—April 3—Arrived, atr Ma- niin Maru from Seattle Yokohama—April 6—Halled, utr West Jappa for Heattie via Vancouver, B.C. | New York—April T—#alled, str Liber-| ator for Benttle via F Han Frei Clearings Balances . Clearings Balances . iste Bantu ia Balboa, San Pedro, San oliUand npene: oft off 1%; GRAIN MARKET 1010 16.40 vate Wire, Batier we dow. 28 se don; under- inadequate. ed their money back. hour or more, the patient very exhausted, may be sickness, via aBrbadoes, Balbos and Wina-|says Professor Netter, ~~ BANK CLEARI pril §.—THesltane ted today In the tie business rep Vation and the breaks in prices yeate ebaker opening at % up 4 irremul ol, 814 . oath ii. Me ‘ mac nt t up Penn one lows were i rate went to 7 per cent and there was feveriah selling below 75 and Chandler dropped to near 7, neluded off %; Pan-Am Pennsylvania otra, 73% Petroleu yacific, TAM, Up SL to $1044 ‘at t arted at $1.12 at th ary 66 4c ber and clo dat 39\c @ ber opened and closed down ka . Chicago Board of Trade (Friday's Quotations) 1D. Manning & Co's Pri-| Wire, Datler Metel Haliding. Wigs lew eu He Pere 4 Lt 1678 10.20 Wheat, 15 cars, corn, 60 cars, cate, 48) eee Chicago Live Stock Moge—Recetpte, weak. N. Y. Coffee and Sugar NEW YORK, April tly Denver Live Stock Market 4. —Cattio—- Receipt Bteors atocl ves es 0 Market 100 low bulk, $968.60. ‘000 om, 14 TEGESO. San Francisco Produce jutter— «fi fin’ April # 36% Th fancy, 12\%40 No. 1 dirt Portland Market Status Cattlo—Market 18 anged 4. 11. Market nominal, 1@32¢ hm Mone—26 @ 30 Ib. Children Tear Up Seats in Theatre §—The mode Ings in a theat: y theatre was ke They considered the the scenery @ f the neats. Letihiend You’re Doomed, It May Be last 8—Laughter which leav sleeping @ promine It may accompany may manifest rent cure. White House Lawn Is Feet n Hi April 8.—"Unc ten, the 79-year-old White whom Preside with him a “sit-down \"It's a right nice yard, but it’s hard said, looking ov sive White House grounds Seattle + eee -$4,086,631.76 soe 772, Boy ie + 1,278,272.00 +e 436,581.00 oma 648,728.00 44,619.00 PS May wheat opened at $1.36, down ios 4 1S 2 and feod~ Market steaay. Market nominal, play was being They demand By the time the children had THE swar Irregular Opening on N. Y. Exchange y of traders tn the New York stock irregular opening rts before the the Britian tn porated to make ning ay neement of the regular divt roleum rallied @ point after was % down at 76%, MKeading war the ats. Other carriers wore fractional tay. They included United States Kub r 3 U Anaconda. xic 139, off \merican ndustrial Aleohol, 65% , up tei General Asphalt Btude 37%. off Mw or, 72, up ts ° “ we of @ general strike declaration nade in final trading, ‘The call mw y Studebaker went Mexican Petroleum broke to . off Mt ftral Leather, 3 f 1%) Republic International Harvester, 54% off 1%; Royal in erican Petroleum, 68%, Btud a3 off 2% ; General Asphalt, 65 N. Y. Stock Exchange (Thursday's Quotations) Furnished by L. Bh. Manning @ Co.'s Pri- vate Wire, Batier Motel Muilding. Block — Atehison tess Amer, Beet Hugar Amer, Oar & Fay . Tnternath rican Buma’ rican 1 Amer, Tel A soe $8 ay he a y | Hatter nd up Pennsylvania MK Reading Replogle Kepubiic Iron & W a Utah Copper Vanadium Meal. . Wabash Fourth «4s Fitth Ne Fitth ¢% é Total bond sales, § ee F oreign Securities =, tock — Russian Se 197 Rusian bye, £9 | Hoomsian 50. 19 [French bs, Munich be. Frankfort Japanese 4s Japanese tet éye panese Ind 440 rie ited Kingdom Sie, 1031. . ited Kingdom 640. 1922 wed Ue “ tat BUSINESS MENDS A BIT Slightly better business conditions Prevail in the Pacific Northwent than In the Middle West, according to J. A. Swalwell, president of the Union National bank, who returned recently from Chicago. 1 io, BUY ICE PLANT The plant and equipment of the Racific Ice & Cold Storage Co. at Toppenish has been purchased by the local contracting firm of Jacobson & Mangrum, New York block. —_— CALL” FUEL OM BIDS Bids for 200,000 gallons of fuel of! were called for by the board of pub. le works Friday. The fuel is for the uxe of the Lake Union steam plant The price of the oi! has dropped from $2.75 to per barrel in the last month, according to elty officials. Vital Statistics MARRIAGE LICENSES Name and Residence, Lund, John, Seattle . Nilsen, Inga, Seattle Debljak, Lucas, Klobuehar, Lou Willlama, Henry, Osborn, Grace, Knun Pieardo, Aurelio, Seattle De Lagilo, Lucia, Seattle 2... Watson, Guy R., Tacoma . Star, Ina L., Tacoma ........ »leman, Monte R., Seattle . . Bonnie, Seattle ies Vernon W., Seattle Farmer, Gertrude M., Seattle Lait!, W. J, Seattle + tees Breasheare, Mary, Seattle BIRTHS Terao, 8. 721 Yesler way, hoy Chittenden, A. F., 4106 Burke ave, 3 23rd 8, W mm re ed nd on Legal nt it- girl McArthur, T. girl Kipper 2827 Joneph, 1922 Lander at., boy M. 0. 6711 Aurora ave. girl 1, 4015 11th ave, E., N ple Gordon, C. 2940 Wastlake, twin swirls, nt | Hartley, D. M., 6657 Virst ave. N. W., irl Aloha st. girl. 7 Beach dtive, boy. » 4112 47th 8. Wi, or Leach, G. M, 1129 16th ave. i, Franklin, 1107% Poulsbo, girl I sth § W., 4641 Hold DEATHS James, 48, Colonial hotel twe K., 41, 4514 47th & 86, King county girl r Fift a ifth ave., Twedt Cannon, Howard, H Niahisaki jek#on, Aurora Olympia. 716 ‘Seventh Girenee. Wa 30, 2819 B, Co- How av Marlin, Jumbi. el, Lilllan Go TLS STAR CELERY GOES STILL HIGHER San Diego Stock $8 Crate; Butter May Drop San Diego celery, what was left |the avenue Friday, was welling con sideribly higher at $8 a ¢ Lo Angeles stock of an inferior quality was selling high at $6 to $6.60 4 crate One wholesale house quoted ther t 45 conte a on were nak | Mlorida gre } pound, 0 to 60 cents is wan selling at 14 to 16 4 on top quality, Some that a second demoralizing ing Aap cents a pe jobbers complained grade of asparagus is the market 4 A car of tagged Elephant brand oranges was on the market Friday The fruit was selling rapidly at $3.76 to $5.76 All dairy products were ateady Fri day, Altho wholesalers refused to make predictions, they asserted that the prices of butter might go lower, VEGETABLES Whoiweale 116 % 16@1 69 1% 004 00 @ 30 " une, Ge 8 Ney ae, per crate Imperial ¥ Loe aise 1g 01% dos bunches. . * Walla Walla, ereen, dz. buchs | Onto Sete—Or., per Mm Parsley Turaipe— Wash rKoits Trmpertal valley Noney—Comb, per erate .. Cal ot. per Lemons—Per box .. Oranges Ter cane Pears ; w Peamute— Vir ‘gina Keystone, ©. by local Gairies. ... RY PNODUCTS Dentern Butter Local creamery rick... Wr Pullete triplets Biock frvtae . Wash. triplets socowces T.75@ 8.28 + 6000 7.25 +10,50@ 12.00 Prime tambes . Yearlings Wethers « HAY, GRAIN AND FEED Wholessie Price Fer Tes, City parte Whole “ ons. who Corn Whole a Rolled + 40.00 Burger Is Giréa Suspended Sentence Fred Melvey, 20, caught with a box of cigars after other boys had robbed a store at 1742 Summit ave., March 22, 1921, was given a suspend 4 sentence of one to 15 years when aded guilty to burglary in the ee before Presiding Judge eman Thursday, Carl BE. and Deputy velor both asked for leniency because the boy had no previous record. Melvey promised to live with his sister in the Bast. REPORT ON LUMBER OUTPUT Lumber production here was 45-per cent below normal during the week ending April 2, according to the weekly report issued Thursday by the West Coast Lumbermen's asso- elation COLGEN, 29, died h ave. N. B. and B 92nd st., Thursday. Funeral arrange. ments have not yet been made, What is said to be the world's greatest radio plant is now under [construction near Melun, Franca, CANNER GROUP FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1921. TALKS BANK ADV UKTISING “Advertining a8 a Means of B SEATTLEITES LOW ON NORMAL Martin & Wills, Seattle contractors, | submitted the low bid of $121,449 for | ing a Bank's Business” TALKS MERGER the erection of @ girls’ dormitory for | ject of a talk by Raymond ’ the state normal school at Relling the Seattle Advertifinna jham. George H. Moon, of Belling: | 4 ana the Women's Advert |ham, was @ close ne "| at Mahe cate Thursday Organization Commi ttee| a Oe ee Meets Here Presided over by former State Ben tor W. H. Paulhamus, a meeting | f the Washington group of the or ganization committee in charge of the Oregon- Washington cannery mer- «er was held Thursday afternoon at the Rainier club. Gordon C. Corbaley, who attended & meeting of the Oregon group Wed nhesday, reported that the Oregon f were making good progress in thelr selection of eight directors from that state. Corbaley also reported on the of negotiations for some tx that may possibly be secured | in that stete for operation this sum. mer Reports of widespread interest tn the canning merger thruout the Northwest started the discussion which was participated im by & H Hedgon, A. ¥. Anderson, H. C. Hen- ry, Reginald H. Parsons ana J, Ww. Spangler, all of Seattle, and W. R Rust, 8. M. Jackson and G. H. Re leigh of Tacoma, Mellon Would End Excess Profits Tax WASHINGTON, April &—Secre ary of the Treasury Mellon an- nounced today he would recommend abolition of the excess profits tax im- mediately after the assembling of congress in special session next Mon day Mellon warned that in revising the tax laws it will be necessary for con. ren to provide for expenditures of approximately four billion dollars an- nually, This is about one billion * was thease ler befor nd with $12 ees eeegqe cr pla A good Bumper is the cheapest insurance that Tt not ealy protects you, but the other fellow 5 fittings of these Bumpers are so arranged th. no drilling or mechanical changes are necessary. A good Bumper adds «rently to the appearance of any car. Bee us about one for your car PRICE FOR FORDS, $5.55. OTHERS, $11.75, aa well Are You Sure Your Brakes Are Working? “ee |comes from button factory sweep: | dollars less than will have been col- lected at the end of the present fiscal year, June 30. Green Lake Baptists to Rebuild Church Plans for erection of a new struo- ture to replace the Green Lake Bap- tist church which was destroyed by fire Thursday, were under way with- in a dosen hours after the fire, Dr. James A. Benton, pastor, announced Friday, Temporary quarters of the church are in the Gerrish building, B®. 70th and Fifth N. EB Services will be as usual, e Headlight Lenses let your lights You can get better by using « lens wit ‘increase and the rays. Be able to see the road behind it ts extremely necessary. A tne Rear- View Mirror, lected from our stock, will give you a clear cut view of the rear, Priced from 65¢ te $3.25 USE A FORD ACCELERATOR? Many accidents are caused by a slip of the foot from the brake pedal onto the accele tor. Prevent this by putting rubber pads on your pedals. We have them for all cara. Price pe: FORD, SPEC Merger of Two Civic Bodies Is Probable Success in the scheme to amalga- mate the Seattle Chamber of Com- merce and the Merchants’ Exchange | is highly probable, F. Rt. Hanlon, of the former organization, announced ‘Thursday, | The sparkle to some wall papers ings. To Shoppers THE BEST MERCHANTS ADVERTISE WELL Read their ads in both Seattle and Tacoma NEW, CRACK, NONSTOP SHOPPERS’ SPECIAL TRAIN INTERURBAN e ~ i H i ' i i i é i | ptenist; Max 3. Heart Born How to Secure Tickets Now Adéreas letter No Stops Between Seattle and Tacoma WEEK DAYS Leaves Seattic at 9:30 A. M. Leaves Tacoma at 4 P. SUNDAYS Leave Seattle 9:30 A. M. Leave Tacoma 9 P. M. ROUND TRIP $1.00 PUGET SOUND ELECTRIC RAILWAY | Pr. & Co. Seattia tax to ty ae ‘i! = so a In addition to the ore that is taken from western mines, the fruit and grain that spring from the earth, and the herds of live stock that on our plains, there flows from the soil of the West still another source of energy and wealth. The oil supply of the West is one of its most valuable assets. Those who pause to consider the future of the West will be struck, first by the fact that it is bountifully supplied with the fundamental re- sources needed by the world, and second by the boundless opportunities that the development of these resources offers to western enterprise. For years it has been the aim of this bank to aid in developing the resources of the West. THE BANK OF CALIFORNIA, —A NATIONAL BANK. Member Federal Reserve System Second at Columbia WASHINGTON