The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 10, 1921, Page 8

Y BOR y WEEK ac} Thruout Nation Indicated by Latest Of- ficial Report BY ALBERT APPLE average factory worker ts about $25 a week. is shown by the latest offi Feport covering all factories tn York state, which is considered ntative of avernge factory in the whole country. In June, says the report from the York State Department of La- factory wages averaged $26.71. was $5.06 a week less than bed go. The tendency continues) rl and the average wage is around $25. ING AND PAPER ING HIGHEST industry paying the highest was printing and paper goods. an average of $20.33 a week, | the report. The lowest was the trades, averaging ty cents an hour is the new scale for common labor in of the large independent steel | The pre-war rate was 19% an hour. The highest average | tv the war boom was 46 cents} hour. Wages have been slashed right Jeft in the non-unidn bituminous qines. This has enabled the n operators to undersell the | miners and set the price. of 49,000 coke workers in Connelisville, Pa, district have reduced a tenth. 10 per cent wage cut has just gput Into effect by many ore companies in the Lake Su- region, where a 20 per cent cut went into effect May 16. @ deflation began, wage cuts arenert about a third, the | Da} Ande ts being hired as low 15 to 18 cents an hour in many the large Eastern cities. king members of the Interna Typographical union are con nearly $1,000,000 a month ‘carry on the fight for the 44-hour says the last bulletin from headquarters, The union has 75,000 members, of which ‘were out earty in August. Kansas Court of Industrial is proving a success, ac to the claims ‘of Governor He says: “Each of the 28 and judgments of the court thus far has been accepted oth sides of the controversy, ex- u the last, which is now pend. OM appeal before the state su- eme court.” . YORK, Aug. 10.—Four sur- ‘were expected to determine to- an immediate operation P. Davison is necessary. ee he. financier’s ceaaae we become ni adhe ert his pnt mye where he was the active ed of the American Red Cross. ——_—_——__ PACKERS FROM FRUIT WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.—The de of the District supreme court it the big packers from in California fruits will be itted to that court for modifi Attorney General Daugherty ted yesterday. Daugherty favors @ modification to allow the Califor: a fruit gg to market their thru the packers’ marketing Market —______—_-4 PIKE PLACE 17, pure American cane sugar, 4 Tos S6e. Stall 7 sah en. Stall 12, Grape Nuts, 3 pkgs ifc can. Stall M. J. a's sardines in ofl, 2 Mh jan 3es7. pore J i%e i“ Stalls 27-29, boiling beef, oe, Stall 43, lbe M, Stall 1511, sliced salmon, og Zhe, Stall 36, fresh salmon, 30¢ + pure lard, ene, ‘ORNER Stall 36, fall cream cheese, 26c M.; bert Th, 2 Ths. S5e; ‘strictly fresh Stall 18, dig can sweet oxes Lhe; M14, fresh silver | salmon, 30¢ each. fe D best fresh batter, 4 6; 49¢ Auto Club ‘coffee, , 2 The, tenderloin of 6. nt American cane sugar, $7 White soap, 6 ‘5 sardines, 1 be. Stall 411, ; home made mayonnaise, Stalis 20-24, boneless brinket beef, 20¢ th.; cottage butts, Z5e ih Lynden butter, 45¢ iE Se pt 4c th. 600 ™.; gor Maia of ter, Abe Th bars Bob 260; Hill's Gottse, 420, $1.6, SOUTH EXD Stall 1, bread, 2 loaves assorted Nes, 16e doz; doughnuts, 20¢ doz, ead cheese, 250 fh.; jelited ™.; Swedish potato ‘salad, boiling beef, 196 b.i shoulder jamb, 100 Tb 0¢ Th.; beat corn, 756 Se Th, Stall 20, 60-%. salad oil, 366 ati Stall 84, amit pork, ise Mara, 2 Tha. 250; lamb stew, be Ib, WESTLAKE Stall 195, 4 bars White laundry sonp, Bhe; 3 tall cans milk, 5 “beans, the: 3 te Tides in Seattle Tay RSDAY AUG, a Lew Secund Law Tide | ‘Aecomd Law Tide 2:65 in 40 6 Seco 10:08 pm, 113 tt. }10 10.8 eee bsp. mn. Sailings of two Pacific Steamship company vessels on the Alaskan run have been postponed, The steamship | ; Admiral Watson will leave August 18, Instead of August 15, and the Spokane will sail August 15, instead of August 13, as originally an nounced. eee ABERDEEN, — The Japanese steamship Kaisha Maru has cleared from Hoquiam with 1,600,000 feet of lumber, eee The Panish motorship Austra lien is berthed at Pier 6. She will take on additional cargo before clearing the latter part of this week. eee Capt. Charies G. Hansen, master of the steamship Admiral Schley, was married recently in Oakland to Miss Muriel Hiester. The secret’s just out eee VANCOUVER, B, C.—Steamship |“ Princess Maquina dented her plates l yesterday on a rock at the entrance to Quataino ba. ee The lindeite ‘West Canon can- |not handle all the cargo waiting for her this voyage, and George FR. Walker, resident agent for Struthers & Dixon, operators of the vessel, has Petitioned the shipping board for assignment of another ship. ee ‘The steamship Canadian | porter, wrecked off Willapa harbor will be sold as she lies, according to instructions received by Edward M. Cherry, Lioyd’s agent at As torla, eee PORT ANGELES, Aug. 9.—A ro vival of business and industry is seen here with the reopening of several concerns, including the Puget Sound Mills & Timber Co, Crescent Box Board Co., Olympia Cooperage Co. and others. CLAIMS HE CAN HEAL THE BLIND BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Aug. 5.— The restoration of lost eyesight by the simple expedient of transferring the eye of an animal to replace the one whose optic power bas ceased to function, is declared by Dr. John R. Brinkley to be_due for accom plishment In a,very short time, Dr. Brinkley, who is a recent addi tion to the surgeons of this city, having been formerly a practitioner in Milford, Kansas, lectured before a number of medical men on the feasibility of his theory for healing the blind and pointed out that he has successfully transferred eyes from one animal to another, and is Now perfecting his plans to extend the scope of his operations inthis direction so as to benefit human beings. Dr. Brinkley said he pxpect- ed to be in @ position to apply his system to men and women within six months, GIRL FINED FOR EXPOSING NECK ZION, Ii, Aug. 5.—-Mrs. Sarah Johnson, 19, has been fined $5 and costs for violation of the town's dress ordinance. She was charged with exposing the neck lower in the juncture of the neck with the collarbone, and the shoulders, more than a third part from the neck to the shoulder tip, with exposing the arms above the middle of the forearm, and with wearing a “peekaboo” or mosquito net blouse. Mrs. Johnson on the witness stand contended it was a pink corset cover that officers saw thru her waist and offered to produce it in court. ‘The total expenditure of the Unit- ed States during the year ending June 30, 1921, was $5,115,000,000, Royal Bather The Prince of Wales com- ing out of the surf after a dip at Brighton, England, where Veribest 46¢ Mb.; pul- s|he has been spending a quiet summer vacation. The prince an Soper swimmer, fe rx THE Industrials Heavy When Market Opens NEW YORK, Alig, 10—Dfeaviness im industrial stocks featured early trade In the stock market today United States Stee! opened off & at 73%, and Raldwin made an early low at 74%, the low of Tuesday. Studebaker ex-dividend, of $1.75, opened % off at 7h. Other were heavy, Declints extended to the Fr and Northern P . ven, 16%, regenee od; Aap’ halt, 60% Baldwin, 1o%, Bi Mest ean Petro- babar excdividend. 15, off Mt; American, Woolen, 64, unchanged; Sinclair, 19%, unchanged; Great 1, & Steel, 144, Crucible, 53%, off etroleum, nt Pan-Amer, 40%, a UL & Rubber, : Kelly-Springfield, $2%, of 2%} pid, 23%, off Mi Western Uni General Blectric, 694 “& oft 4; Stud Crucible, Northern, ptd, 73%, off % Closing prices include: jdwin, 74, off Studebaker, 73 f Ame SLUMP HITS GRAIN MART 2: CHICAGO, Aug. 10.—The govern- ment report of ab tions and a slump rain market f export busi » lower the prices up} » n 16, off 6; up r ba eee N. % Stoste eaceenee output in the Reaction from ins made last week was an other ntributing factor. Provisions were irregular. September wheat opened at§ ‘and closed off 2%¢; December | cy pened up eo at $1.29, and Slesed de lower September corn opened at §8%4c. up % 4 closed off ed at S840 bie « .M. & at F 4 Cane Sugar Products Motors. rien Norther, ue ks Petroleum September oats opened “eo higher at 27 %c and closed Le lower: Decem= fackawan ber oats opened up ke at 40%c and | werican Petre closed off 140 “sees ° | Minsourt F 4 |N Chicago B Board of 1 Trade, Haven thern Pacific Petroleum “ a 19% Iron & Steel 47 3 ou ‘ |Houtherm Pacific. . [Mouthern Ratiway ~u n tae 140) 1008 Nominal ee Cash Wheat Aug. 10.—Cash wheat No. = hard, $1.24 . SLFIGLI; No. se Chicago Live Stock Today's Quotations Hoge—Receipts, Market 159500 $10.60; medium common, $4.26@7 San ieasiee Produce ‘Teday's Quetations tras, 42 %e Th te, 22%e Th tras, 45¢ Gon: extra pullete, Ie Undersized pulicta, ae dom ° $4.46; granulated, pot, Oe Ib; No. @ c Baatoa, Swetsne hn Wheat, 309 cars; care on Call NEW TORK, Aug. 10—Money on eat 4 per cent; six months, € per cent; mer cantile paper, 6% per Bar silver—London, Me Demand storting—#1.65%. GOPHERS RUIN WALL NACHES, Aug. 10.—That the breaking of the walls of Hubbard ditch was caused by gophers tunnel ing thru x declared by B. F. Young, president, after investigation, Seek Relatives of Man Killed by Logs PORT ANGELES, Aug. 10.—Au thorities are awaiting the arrival from Seattle of bargage belonging to Matt Clement, killed at the Merrill |& Ring lumber camp No. 2 yester day by falling logs, in hoped that it will contain clues t© relatives, Tax Equalization ore Prime, mixed? $12.5 41150) ples, Hig! Receipta, Falr to good tame, 95.8 6.5 CENTRALIA.—-Work commenced on paving between Grand Mound and by canes Re Government Paint Notice Auction Sale Thursday, 10:30 a m., one ear load of paint from Puget Sound Navy Yard to be solg at auc tion, any quantity, at opening of Mike Cohen's new home at 1014 Ping St. between Terry and Boren, 3 blocks up trom Post - Intelligencer. Paints, trunks, suitcases and general merchandise, Simpson Auction Company 1014 Pine Street. Thursday at 10:30 a. m. Come in and see your old friend MIKE COHEN (Established in 1906) PORT ANGELES, Aug. 10.—Clal |lam county equalization board has adjourned unti] Saturday, after con sidering the tax situation brought about by the destruction of a large | area of timber by storms last spring ELECTRIC AUTO IS RUN IN DENVER BY AN AIR GENERATOR DENVER, Aug. 10.—Local eleo- triclans today were puzzled over the invention of J. E. Ammann, Spokane, Wash. and C, KE. Am mann, Denver. The invention i# an automobile driven by an “at mospheriec generator.” The brothers removed the bat teries from an electric automo: bile, placed their mysterious “gen erating drum” on the car and pro pelled it 20 miles an hour over the city streets, What's inside the drum known only by the brothers, The invention ig “marvelous,” according to Denver engineers, The power is drawn from the air, the Ammann brothers de clare. Special Sale TENTS, TENT FLIES AND U In 1920 the premiums pald on auto- mobile protection in this country amounted to $185,000,000. 8x10. 10x12. -$3,717,324.16 | 491,863.11 | | + 1,412,889.00 | 626,580.00 | Get Ready for the “Fall Rain New Tent Files, to fit 8x10 tent. . $4.70 New Tent Flies, to fit \ 10x12 tent 5.00 New Tent Fle 12x14 tent... 8.50 w Wall Tents, 9.50 New Wall Tenta, 11.55 Tarpaulins, 8x10. 2.50 All cther sizes very low prices Reclaimed 16x16 Army $20, $25, 830 Canvas by the yard—all weights Camp Lewis Wireless Mfr, of Tents and Canvas Goods Surplus Army Supplies | Clearings 904 Thi Ave. Balances . 84 University St.—on bridge be tween First and Western Aves, 435,802.00 All Mall Orders Sent Promptly, | Balances . 64,498.00 -] SEATTLE STAR LOWER PRICES ON CANTALOUPES Heavier Arrivals From All Points Causes Decline Cantaloupes were easier on the local mart Wednesday, Yakima standards were quoted at $2.50 « crate and the ponies at $2 a crate. Rurre! Gems were priced at $3.26 to $3.50, ax compared with $3.50 Tues day. Turlock cants were quoted at $2 to $2.25 for standard crates, $1.75 for the ponies, and from 90 cents to $1 for the flat crates, Heavier arrivals from all shipping pointe was the | cause for the dectines. on the price of bananas, which be fact that there are many varieties of fruit on the market at this time of the summer Bananas are quoted at 9% cents a pound, and on crates shipped out the price is 10% centa, A shipment of Turlock watermel which are arriving on the mar. |ket datly, were being sold at 2% conta a pound, Another shipment of Thompson shodiena grapes was on the market Wednesday, The two preceding ar rivals were quickly enatched up by | the retailers, The price on the last arrival is remaining steady, at from $2.50 to $2.75 for a 24-pound box California sweet potatoes are mak ing a stronger showing on the mar They are gelling at 12% cents a boxea n Was even $3 a crate, at 4, | which price it was moving weil, | Butter was firm and eggs steady to firm Wednesday. Ls 2.00 +99 s| et ort 100 BH 22% ine | Carrants—Red, per crate . Dates—Fer cane... Vige-_Freah, per box . Goeceberrice— 1. Grape Fruit--Fia, box . Beaches per box Local Pears. i artiste Wash. al. ai’ DAIKY PRODUCTS Trice Paid te Shippers Seattle Getivery . Buttertat— A sr mR iie MITC, £6. Seattle suppiy ¥. O. B. condensary, ewt..... DAIRY PRODUCTS Prices Paid Wholesale Better Local creamery, cubes. s a O38 a) 21 1 triplets Tillamook triplets POULTRY AND MEATS’ ; Board Ends Meet |cx: Medisim, 140-170 toe. a0, heavy, 176-200 The. POULTRY AND MEATS |_ Heavy, a Veal—Dressed, light, fancy, Medium, drereea . Heavy, coarse | Belgian Hares—Live, per | ®.: Dressed erp Prime tambe Yourlings Pat, 4-4’, city delivery ......6 HAY, GRAIN AND FEED City, Wholesale Prices, Fer Tea Cora—Whole, yellow, " Cracked, 100-1, aks. Feed Meal, 100-Tb, aka, Whole, f 100-™, oka... The reason for the 1.cent decrease | came effective last Monday, waa the | SHIPPING BOARD EXODUS IS DUE Everything Up in Air With! Administration Change By J. F, Richardson (Formerly special investigator for the | congressional investigating ¢om- mittee on shipping board opera | tions, and an expert on marine af-| fairs.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.—From good authority I learn toiday there) ig noon to be an exodus from tho! operating division of the shipping board, In keeping with past practices in the board for each new incoming ad miniatration to change the personnel, | displacing men whose education has Joost the government huge sums |with men whose education will coxt the government as much more, the new board of operating directors | |componed of J. Barnston Smull, Wil- liam J. Love and A, J. Frey will make radical changes in the present operating staff. The work of the department ts at a standstill, because no one know! | who is to go or who ts to stay, con | sequently none can make plana or begin new work. | It is understood the new operating | directors intend to assume plenary | powers with regard to the operation of the Meet. Just how they expect | to do this until the present operating | agreement is abrogated tg not stated. Jt is believed in shipping board eir- cles that agreements 3 and 4 will be scrapped and some entirely | new scheme @f operation undertaken. Anxiety is felt thruout the board that the recent expressions of Chair-| man A. D. Lapker as to the condition | of affairs may cause congress to | refuse the $300,000,000 he is asking. | The first of the important depart. | mental heads to recelve the ax was | Merman Laue, manager of publicity und advertising. Strangely enough, news of his release reached him at banquet tendered him by newspaper men in New York, at « moment when | $| Admiral Benson, former chairman of }the board. was praising Laue's work, and telling what he would accom, plish In the forthcoming year. PLAN BIG LOAN FOR RAILROADS: $500,000,000 Is to Come From Government WASHIGTON, Aug. 10.—The ad ministration’s railroad relief plan} | aeons in effect to a loan of $500,-| 000,000 to the roads by the govern-| nent, Eugene Meyer, chairman of} phe war finance ¢ orporation, admitted | $j today, under sharp questioning by | members of the senate interstate commerce committee. Committee members, by their ques- tions, drew from Meyer a series of statement, which, summarized, amounted to this: That the government has already loaned the railroads $590,000,000, for which securities have been taken, and now proposes to provide $500,- 000,000 more by the sale of the same securities, that there will be, there- fore, no net Hquidation of the rail- roads’ obligations. ‘ areerteenclintince STEEL TONNAGE DECREASES NEW YORK, Aug. 10.—The un filled tonnage report of the United | States Steel corporation today show- | ed a decrease of 287,544 tons on July aL ‘The unfilled tonnage Joly 31 was 7 | #839,526 as compared with 6,117,868 sjon June 30. On May %1 the /mfilled tonnage amounted to 5, ‘On July 31, 1920, the tonnage was 11,118,468. FUNERAL SERVICES for Mrs. Kate Sprenger, 67, 7107 Carleton / ave., will be held Thursday, at 2 p. m. from Georgetown undertaking estab- * lishment. ceo ‘The average annual fire loss in the United States has been put at $300, A YARDSTICK TO MEASURE WITH ays all lines of business we are used to standard units of measurement Business could not be conducted with- out them. But in dealing with land titles we heve lacked, until fairly recently, a standard unit by which to measure title values. Lawyer A’s opinion on the title was not standard because Lawyer B might dif. fer with it—and the buyer took the risk. Now Title In- surance supplies the lack, The Insured Title is the Standard Title. WASHINGTON TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY “Under State Supervision” SEQUND AVENUE AND UNIVERSITY STREET ‘AN EVENT IN RIBBONS! ‘An Extraordinary Special Purchase of 18,000 Yards of Ribbons On Special at Half Price All Kinds of Ribbons— —Wide Ribbons and narrow Rib- bons. —Bright colors and dark colors. —Satin, taffeta, moire and gros- grain. —Plain colors, stripes, plaids and novelty patterns. Ribbons for every purpose at One-half Today’s Prevailing Low Prices. Regularly prices are from 8c to $10.00 yd. Sale Prices Exactly Half! Sale starting Thursday. —First Floer Special Price Basement Where good quality merchandise is presented at striking savings. Smart, New Styles in 105 Summer Frocks Exceptional Values at $5.75 Organdies in attractive shades of pink, rose, maize, Nile, orchid, as well as white. Figured and dotted effects. 1 Voiles in light patterns or dark figured effects. Ginghams, checks and plaids, with — white or- gandie collars, sashes and pleated frills. Sizes for women, 36 to 44; misses, 16 to 34. More! — Martha Washington Apron Dresses Very Special at $1.69 “The Apron that fits like a dress.” ‘A splendid assortment of small plaids and attractive fig- ures. Large, medium and small sizes; 200 in the lot. Co-operation with Industrial Progress ROGRESSIVE business progressive banking and credit facilities, To manufacturers and merchants seeking a strong banking connection, we offer the advantages of an organ- ization equipped to undertake e “phase of financial service. Mi yf The National Bank of Commerce of Seattle Second Avenue at Spring