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GERMANY AYS THRU U.S. BANKS : America Protests Scheme of ~~ Reparations by Drafts on ' _ New York Houses ~ WASHINGTON, June 20.—Repre- Pentations have been made by the “United States to the allied repara- ey commission to prevent Ger sa iy from paying large reparations vith by drafts on New York banks ie using American financial insti { 3s as a “credit fulc rum,” ‘The reason for the request ts that the recent action of Germany in paying huge sums to the allies thru banks has played havoc the exchange situation to the / ment of American foreign com: Svamarce, it was said. Fast week's drop in the price of t was blamed on the exchange mations caused by the German Rs 5 Y Authorities here say that no bene ig derived by the sudden purchase huge sums of dollars and then _ the gradual withdrawal of credits gotten. IANT LINERS DUE THIS WEEK State and- Silver State Near Port * palatial “steamship Keystone sister ship to the liner We . and second of the five new ng board vessels allocated to Pacific Steamship company, ts to berth in Seattle on day, according to a telegram ved from her commander, Capt. a. T. January. The Keystone State 4 in San Pedro Saturday. third steamship of the new wntal fleet, the Silver State, is to arrive here June 25, next Sat , She is commanded by Capt. ‘ELF. Barvett. “The Seattle Chamber of Commerce ‘and Commercial Club is planning a e n for the masters and crews the two big liners upon their ar HIS MAIDEN NAME | “They know you ir Portland as ‘ Brown, in San Francisco ‘Obadiah Jones and in Seattle Malachi Smith—teil the jury your name is,” said an at- to a negro witness in J. T. Ronald’s court Mon- ts Mose.” ‘went to jail for 90 days in escaping a crowd at a hall. [MUNITY APARTMENTS tenant will own his own in a new $200,000 commu- y apartment house to b= complet Broadway and E. Prospect st. winter, by George W. Stoddard. oats, 4 ‘s chocolate, 0c; Search- matches, 37c carton; large pke powder, 22¢. Stall No. 50 Rainier Spectal fou: white beans, 26c; 3 id meats, 25c; Parowax, 20¢ pil Foll mops, 2 for ise; ho: i 2 Ths. 150. + Luna Whit 1, 3 10e each; butterhorns, 3 for Strawberries, 2 box » string bean: Deiter, 386 MSc; salnd ‘off. $1.23 gallon. SANITARY sM1 109, ost cane sugar, # Tha. S5e, per 100 Tha; fresh milk, 9¢ at tall 111, home made potato salad, 20c P ome baked 16e pt.; comb 250. Stalls No. 10 pa $1.30; Campbell soups, ‘6 shaker salt col ze 102, 2 cans Co-operative miIk, 20¢; can Golden West coffes, s4e Auto Club coffee, 2%¢, Stall roast, 10c Ib.; hams, 200 tb D2 the. 26c. Stall 14, fresh salmon, 156 ling cod, 10c Tb.; small salmon, 6ve ECONOMY wy ae am: cane sugar, 96.90 1 , 3-1, can 946 White soap, 25¢; $1 broo: pte, larae 2% cans 2fe tor Seem B88: now crop Uncle. Sam’s new commis- Bioner of education is John James Tigert of Kentucky fs ert was professor of psy- oiogy at the University of Kentucky, THE SEATTLE STAR ‘Ship News | Tides in Seattle wonpay JUNE First High ‘Tite TUESDAY 0 412 & om, Virst Low ‘Tide Ltt am, 11 ft | Second High ‘Tide |o:58 pom, 116 M] Second High Tide | 6:25 pom. 11.2 ft Second Low Ti ° MOVE PERISH. ES BY WATER Agriculturists are proposigg that a meeting be held here to™discuss plans for the movement of perish able products to the East coast by water, eee FORM MILK SHIPPERS’ At a meeting held Saturday, 150 i dairymen formed the Milk Shippers’ association, the first organization of the kind to be formed in the state | under the co-operative marketing act| passed by the last legislatiure, eee MILLS TO REOPEN With operators optimistic over the fall demapd for lumber, approximate: ly 65 per cent of Northwest lumber operators now closed will resume work in July and August, according to an announcement of Seattle head quarters of the Loyal Legion of Log: | gers and Lumbermen, eee SERVICE IS RESUMED Steamship Meriden en route to Co lumbia river points from San Fran elsco. General Steamship Co, suc ceeds in resuming its service from of South America, a service inter rupted by the recent marine strike. eee TEUCER UNLOADS CARGO ¢ Completing her last voyage from the Orient this year, the steamship Teucer, Blue Funnel line service, is docked in Seattle Monday, unloading her cargo, which was brought here Saturday. Upon returning to the Orient the Teucer will pe relieved on the transpacific run by the steam ship Lxion, ‘ vee OLD LINE REVIVED Two big passenger ships have been placed on the Pacific coast-South America run by W. R. Grace & Co., thus reopening a line that this com: pany has not operated since the | ginning of the world war, The first is the Colusa, which was due to sail Monday from San Francisco, som. ing to Puget sound ports to com plete her cargo. She will sail for the Southern continent June 28. The South America about July 15. eee WENATCHEE STARTS HOME The shipping board steamship We natchee, In the service of the Pacific Steamship company, sailed for Seat- Ue Saturday for Seattle. She is ex- pected to dock at the port commis sion's Pier B, Smith Cove, June 27. rig ey WEST JESTER DUB ‘The steamship West Jester, Frank Waterhouse & Co, service, is due in Seattle this week. She will discharge 1,000 tons of Philippine hemp at Vancouver, ¢n route, eee EDMORE ON WAY HERE is scheduled to berth here about Sat: |]; urday. r eee SPOKANE LOADS LUMBER Several hundred thousand feet of lumber are being loaded at Port An- geles by the steamship City of Spo- kane. She will finish her cargo at Tacoma, sailing for the Orient the latter part of this week, ° . Weather Bureau TATOOSH ISLAND, June 20.8 A. M. —Darometer falling; reining; wind south- cast, 16 miles an hour, Arrivals ial ind_Departures June 20—Str ge from South- went, via Southeastern Alaska, 7:05 a. |m.; str Del Rosa from Arica, 10:40 a m, June 1%—#tr Admiral Dewey from Han Diego, 1:45 p. Prince Rupert from Prince Rupert, 1:46 p. m. failed 20—Str Adiniral Dewey for Ta- 30 a. m. June 19--8tr Prince r Prince Rupert, 11:45 p. m.; n for Nome, 2:30 p. m.; str Watson for Anchorage, 6.30 esis Alaskan Vessels Skagway—June 19 — etr Princess Ena, ere ngoene, Vessels in Other Ports Liverpool—-June 17—Smiled, str Steel | Maker for Seattle. Kobe--June 11—Salled, ete Afriea Marn for Senttie. Yokohama—June 11—Salled, str Ed- more for Seattia Boston—June 1s—Arrived, str Artigas from Beattie. Valparaiso—June 16—Arrived, str Jep- tha from Seattle. Honolulu—June 19—Arrived, US A T Dix from Seatgie. New York Pine 18—Salled, str Henry 8. Grove for Seattle. Galveston—June 17—Balled, str Annis- |ton City for Seattle. Ban Francisco—June 19—-Arrived, str Admiral Schiey from Seattle, 6 p. m. Salied, str Cape Romain for Seattle, 6 p.m.’ June 18—-Arrived, str Santa Ros. alla from Beattie, Reported by Wireless Str Edmore, Yoko! for Seattle, 2,120 miles from Beattie at § p. di Seattle for BL. Michacis, ich Admiral am miles went of Cape Fiattery at & ltr Delight, Seattle for Yoko miles m Anacortes at § p. Alameda, 75 miles from’ at 8 p. 20 m.; str ttle, south- r West Ison, Kobe attle, 742 miles from Seattle at 8 str Cross Keys, Seattle for Yoko- 39 miles from Beattie at & p. m esident, Seattle for San Francisco, 2 miles north of San Francisco at § atr Lyman Stewart, Seattle for P. m.; ate Admiral Sebree, San Francisco for miles south of Cape Platter; i tr Queen, Seattle for Sa Johanna Smith elsco at § p. m. 340 mfles from San Bran- Vessels in Port at Seattle Smith Cove Terminal—Pier B, str Suwa Northern Terminal—Str Maru. Plor 14-—Str Teucer. Pior 2-Str Alameda, str Jefferson, str touche, Pier B—Str Admiral Rodman. Pacific Coast Coal Bunkers-U 8 L ® Swittaure. U, & Shipping Board Moormgs—Str Yo- vemite, str Tippecanoe, wtr Anna EK. Morse, str Weatward Ho, atr Iconlum, tr astern atr West Hartland Steamship Moorings—Str Ke- dondo, Btacy Street Terminal—U & 8 Rurnalde. Todd Dry Docks—Str Weat vis, schr Ad- miral Mayo. Ames Yard-—Str Roosevelt. Standard Roller Works—Sir Patterson, Nettleton Mill Dock—Schr Spokane. mm Dock—Str Valdez, str Juneau. Ship Chillicothe, Winslow Marine Itailway Varge Coquitlam City. Genoa Bktn Monitor, Don't | tell your children how very good you were when you were young. They may doubt your veracity, 10.3 tt. |) ASS'N | | Pacific coast ports to the West Coast | | steamship Santa Cruz witt leave for) 'Canadian Pacific ]s Lowest in 20 Years NEW YORK, June 20 4, a new low for the year. ral Asphalt quickly drop rouly es mor nt Mexican ¢ re | urday’s ails were slightly lo Opening prices inc nuded General Motors, hanged eral Asphalt 50 : New off % he lawin 67, off Ponnsyivan ew Yor ifie fell to Wta lowest to 101 between sales. Foreign Oer rails followed. Union around two points, the latter dropptr ement by its president that the r 1 charges on July 1, ran up ab Despite United States Steel's lower ©: market shor * of Sincl stood up well coke reacted which opened strong, to a new low for the y % points, Unite ing 6 yy off 1; 118, oft 15 DECLINE HITS GRAIN MARKET CHICAGO, June 20—Grain prices ined on the chicago Hoard of ade today, the result of surplus supplies and the lack of buying pow- er. Provisions were higher uly wheat, opening at $1.27 ec additional wheat declined pening and drop- Houston Ot © at the opening ped Ke additional at the clone. plember corn, opening At 63 yc, remained unchanged thru- jout later trading. | July oats, off We at 38%c. decliged ditional %e later, SeptemBer | oats opened at 39%c off ec, and dropped 4c later oe CHICAGO, June 20.—C No. 2. red, red. $1.34 3 $1.42; No. yiske v spring. a JOG LI Board of Trade | OK Nominal 18.10 18.00 15.00 10.00 10.35 10.40 19.65 sees Nomi ase 10.70 10.70 10.62 eee Portland Market Status : June 20.—-Cattle—R res, $3 10. Hogs—Receipts, 679. Market steady, Ste _bigher, ‘ Prime eet, Tiseet ia 2308. @6; cull lamba, $496.75; wothers, $34.60; ewes, ee, 8.758 Market steady. c gi 27¢ dos. soo ec ant Chicagg Live Stock Hoge— Receipts, t 10¢ to 10¢ up. Bulk of 5: butehers, $8.15@8.40; | STAG@AIS: Ment, $5.1508.60; Digs, $7.86 @8.25; rour Cattle— Re. 5 7.80. Market tbe butcher stoek, sree; stockere and | 12769 6.60: “Market 600 to re" igher. Lambs, $560@ 12.76; ewes, ne. | eee N. Y. Sugar and Coffee NEW TORE, Fene 90.—Ouser, Gal Granulated. $5.60. Coffee: Santos, 04 @ aS i». Foreign Siuttieny e NEW ct June ferrin change opened strong. 8 r Rilo, spot, 6c Ib; No. « ‘ San Francisco Produce BAN FRANCISCO, June 10.—Ratter— Mxtras, 37c Ib; prime fireta, B40 ib; No. 1 dirtien, ee doz; un- Cheese—Callfornia fats, fancy, 18%e Ih. $$ $$ $$$ $$_______—___3 PORT BUSINESS GAINS With a total of $26,918,814 clearings recorded by the port warden for the 28 working days | in May, Seattle has continued | | her claim to a million dollars a | day port business. Passenger | | traffic also is shown by the lat- | est report to he on the increase, | with 162,777 persons outbound 164,103 inbound during May. nae eTTe! | SPOKANE, June 20.—James Hy- land, 29, is in jail here on charges of being implicated in the Addy bank robbery. Hyland was identi- fied by Clarence Ostrum, cashier of the bank, and Mrs. Ostrum, as the leader of the gang which held them captive half the night of June 10, and robbed the bank vault of $3,900. Four other suspects have been arrested in confection with the robbery, R. SMITH while the Smith name is.upheld i. 1. Smith of Idaho,, pe ~The stock market was heavy at the openin: United Slates Steel was off % at 73%, and almost immediately od below 49, United Brates Teabver. 56%, off Texas Com The ¢ were offered dow 44; Balgwin 2% toe Top> price nearly 30 points fro: "iat 67, Studebaker wi opened up 6 at 74%, ine an a Ay year's divid La at fractional ‘advenc wher. 0 was off one to nd in the over Sat- Hore hj Goo rich up javen 10%, up “ rihern Pacif Hout halfway kw ore We lt i Bincialr 19%, unchanged: United la 33%, up agar 6F central 6th. orf i Royal Dut Price in 20 years. It dropped from selling was believed to be behind the acific and Reading enc J ng to 62%. Now oad will meet interes ut two points from Saturd . pening, ther ateels were firm. tly before noon, carrying steel com~ the target for the bears. ‘018, Moxican Pertoleum any 31, ort group Ww Kk market became almost demoralized here today, and early in after withetanding ney attacks sold off & pe t Southern | tar, 64. Mexican Petroioum d States Steel hit a new low at 71%. off 414i Chandler 65, off 1%, 5 Th Product ort Ceticloie big. a Ba or vie off Hd ‘Lig; Cahadian Pacifie 102, 4 a “7 Prt ety 109) = 10T) 109 ESTIMATED MONDAY Wheat, 40 cars; corn, 240 cara; oats, 65 tare eee N. Y. Stock Exchan, e ‘Set © Quotations Amer. Car & Fay Amer, Internation Amertcan Sumatra American Locomotive 76 Amer. Tel. @ Tel.. Anaconda... .... 6. Balt. & Ohio Baldwin Locomotive B Steet "Hi Pacific... 108 Leather. !... Southern Strombers Btudebaker... Texas Company Tease Pasife Railway italian Britian British Britian Britian * Britigh Ref. 4s. . Belgium Restor. 5 Relgium Premium. German W. L. 6s... Rerlin W. L. 40 Hamburg W. Le w. Latpaig 4M mom. Letpeig Se. Munich Munieh be ' | Frankfort a P Angio ‘ United Kingdom Sigs, 1 United Kingdom 6a, 1 United Kingdom Sige, 1 United Kingdom 6's, 1 eee Railroad Securities sted by hie Quotations) B. Manning &@ Ca Ohio Gold 4s.. Bethiehem Steel Ref. ba. Central Pacific lat © B. & Q. Joint « St. Paul Gen. 4s Reading Gen. U, PL Gen, 49., U. 8. Steel &. F. be... y 4 Penn. Gen. 4\% CG. & 0. Conv. ba O. BL. Ret. 4m... TROY, N. Y.—Air liner of Hnd- son Valley Air Line Corp. crashes, killing Don Campbell, the concern, waterwheat. mechanic, and Haney Battee of Schuyler Mocharie, injured, ADDISON T, SMITH ~ Out of 10 Smiths, only one in each house of congress sur- vived the elections last November. Smith of South Carolina is the lonely Smith in the senate, Senator Ellison De Rant E, WASHINGTON Red Onions “Also Arrive; Butter, Eggs Steady ‘The | first shipment of Hastern Washington peaches arrived on the! street Monday. The peaches were of tho Mayflower variety and were being sold for $2.25 a crate. Bing cherries were selling at 15 to 20 cents a pound, and the Royal Annes at 106 to 16¢ ‘There was a dull demand for straw: | berries on account of the rain. $1.75 a crate, Cantaloupes were a little easier a $3.50 to $4 for standard crate, $ flats. ‘The first new California red onions were on the market and were whale saling at $1.75 to $2 a sack, Some houses reported a temporary shortage of new Garnet potatoes, Butter was steady on the Seattle 'dairy market Monday at 35 cents a pound for the elty creamery bricks. Bags were also steady at 26 cents 4 dozen, Green Pews— local per tM. Horsaradish—Per To. .. LettuceLoca! outdoor Local hothouse, per lone ® Crystal Wax Local Kreen, dor, bunches Parsiey—Loval, doz bune per , . °° Potaters—New Garnet, Cal, i. 46G04% H, Wash, ton ... @40 Local white, ton Redishes—Local, don bunches, Rhubarb ° Spinach Sweet Potatore— La, 60-Ib, box Imp. Val 4-basket orate . Local hothouse, ‘ bow al Vbasket erate. rb. Pontes Pinte Cherries © Bings, tb Hiack Tartartans, Cocoanute—Per 106 Tehau-—-Per dow . Wetee—Per case tige—Dried, per Gooeeberries —Local, |. English, th. | Grape Prait | Cal. erate ; Royal Anne . box per i. “Fis, box | ssteszsz Cuban, per © Plume Cal ¢-barket on Strawberriee— | ocu! | Watermelon—imp. Val. NUTS Medium heavy Rough my . Pigs... Cattio— Best steere ... +005 Medium to ch: elivery « - ors IN AND FEED le Prices, tee ree Whole yellow, 120-1. Cracked, 100 . eacks president of | £5 Wheat—Mized, feed, Coconnat Meal ott SEATTLE ELKS will combine their annual Flag day exercises with the annual picnic. The outing will be held at Silver Lake, on the Ever ett interurban railway, next Sunday. TO COME HERE DIRECT Struthers & Dixon expect their steamship, West Ison, now on her way to the Pacific coast from the Orient, to come to Seattle direct, ar- riving this week. in the lower house by Addison -$4941,427.78 PEACHES HERE "ne | aKes berries were quoted at from $1.50 to| “laitning he was not allowed to wit | race, 75 | RO cause for to $3 on the ponies and $1.75 for|~ ++ 1,882,462,2 Switchman Attacked and Robbed of $65 Roy Sampson, a switchman em ployed by the Great Northern, was held up by two gunmen and robbed of $65 at First ave. 8. and Lander ot, early Sunday. The two bandits were hiding behind a telephone polu and suddenly attacked him, one of the men holditg a revolver on Sampson while the other searched him. Two men, Harry Desmond, 28, and RK. J, Desmond, 30, were ar- rested as suspects, John 1H. Hamilton, colored, lost hin sult Monday in Judge J, T Ronald's court, in which he asked $10,000 dam. from the Pantages theatre, | ness a performance be The jur ause of his returned a verdict of Harding Returns " From Yacht Cruise WASHINGTON, June 20.—With an extra shade of tay on bis face and walking with a springy step, Presi- dent Harding, accompanied by Mrs. | Harding, returned to the White House today after a week-end cruise | onsthe Mayflower, the presidential yacht, Vacation Schools Here Are Organized Vacation schools were organized in the Broadway, Franklin and Lincoln | high school buildings Monday, All high school students will attend | Broadway Ductile tungsten, a new metal to double electric lamp efficiency, costs from $50 to $150 a pound. Garbage Collection Can Be Cut, Repor€ Seattlc is receiving good ser from the present system of gar’ collection but the work can be do at a lower cost to the public. These” are the findings of a committee ot the local chapter of the American | Association of Maginegre made pul» Uc Saturday, Masked Thugs Kick In Door; Take $300 Two masked bandits early Sunday morning kicked in the door of @ house occupied by Bonnie Peters and Joe Owra, at $18 Jefferson st, and, after flashing revolvers on the twa lmen, robbed them of $300 in clr ‘rency. A Special Sale of Demonstrating Lower Prices in Our Mid-Year Stock Adjustment Sales 150 Cottom Felt Mattresses $14.50 Quality for $8.75 Full 45-pound Cotton Felt Mattresses. These are very close- ly tufted; finished with heavy roll edge; Imperial stitched sides and ends, and covered with splendid quality ticking. Sizes to fit single, three-quarter and full size-beds. yourtn rioor The China Departinent Is Being Closed Out To Clear the Way for Important Store Improvements to Be Made The Entire Line Will Be Disposed Of At Sweeping Reductions We need the room for other departments which have out- grown their present floor space and which are more important to our progress and development as a dry goods store. The China Department has no essential relation to the “dry goods” idea—hence to give us the necessary room to expand we have found it necessary to discontinue this department. To Accomplish This Quickly Everything ' Is Marked Drastically Low! Present selling price and cost are of minor consideration— our one object is to clear the whole China Department out of the way at once. Dinnerware Fancy China Glassware Cut Glass THE ENTIRE CHINA STOCK TO BE SOLD AT TREMENDOUS REDUCTIONS ! mae Floor Special Price Basement Basement. Coats of velour, polo, tricotine. lined with novelty silks. The season’s want- ed colors. Suits of Ehglish homespun and wool Jer- seys in brown, blue and heather mixtures. Silk, satin and tricotine Dresses for wom- en and misses, with particularly good selec- 176 At $14.95 tions for smaller women. The following extraordinary special is an example of the great savings possible, during this sale, in the Special Price COATS — SUITS— DRESSES IN ONE BIG LOT TUESDAY, | Formerly $19.50, $25.00, $29.50 and $35.00 iar Fully $14.95 $14.95 $14.95 1 SRO