The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 17, 1921, Page 7

AUGUST 17, 1921. Ship News Tides in Seattle Ps od YORK, Aug. Um had mt ri Dividend meetin SHIP MAX nr DELAYED Repairs to her stern frame and rudder post may delay the sailing of the steamship West Ivan, it is an nounced by Frank W Co, in which event anoth: Failures More Than Fee’: Showing Better Than Some Expected | BY ALBERT APPLE "One thousand, four bundred-elghty- _ tare business concerns in the United t ‘went into receivers’ hands goring July, says Bradstreet's credit ging agency. "Gale was adout 11 per cent more “gan in Jung when the number of was 1,529. compared with January, when Pie were 1,098 failures, it is a fpuch better showing than many ig experts had expected. t. , it had Been feared, would be BP ge month of greatest business mor f eredit_ mon, accordingly, now that the credit crisis was early in the year, In other that the process of weeding . “the weak sisters” is nearing wing pa caking to support t cargo. Steamship West Jappa is re- ported to making a record run from Yokotiama. She is due off ‘Williams head Friday. eee SHIP'S MASTER ILL Capt. A. Gronlund, master of the steamship Eastholm, is fll in Provi- dence hospital and will be off duty for & month, according to doctor's reports. His command is taken in the meantime by Capt. Nels Nilson. Qeneras 4 off we. December HIGHTOWER IN al pd eh ‘oe ire tak bee and Police Believe Murder of Priest Pinned on Him closed off ec. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 17— Authorities today believed they ‘had drawn a net of evidence around Wu. lam Hightower, charged with the murder of the Rey, Father Patrick Heslin, from which he cannot escape. What they considered the final blow to Hightower's defense was de- livered yesterday when Mrs. Marie Wendell, housekeeper for Father Heslin, identified Hightower as the ¥ receipts and lack demand today and pri considerably lower. sions were irregular, ember wheat . ned off 2c Decem- 1.23%, off Ka |S at S50, off | Cruel Great a table that shows number in recent months, also the Or excess of liabilities over Union a “muffied stranger who called the United jooks big. But in 1913 there | Priest from his Colma home on the we average of 1,276 failures a| EM Of August 2 to “minister to a dying friend.” Police expreased the belief that as far as Hightower’s story ts con. cerned, “Dolly Mason” is a myth, and said thef believed it could be Proven. ‘They did not deny that there is a “Dolly Mason,” but claimed that, whoever she might be, Hightower merely used her as a character In his weird story. Considerable time was devoted during the last 24 hours to tracing the character of Doris Shirley, whom Hightowér alleged had been his com, panion. Police found she had fved in Salt Lake City and Denw and Denver police claimed that she was known there as Edna “Mickey” Car. roll, and had been detained by them in connection with a $35,000 robbery Ps of the Stockyards National bank, but| cows and helt 2 months nearty half of later was released when she proved Sheep —Netelpea 18.000 total business failures) an alipi. others stead: Lamba, we tate cleatty alled wih A TT J. Z. Moore, Former ot heavy detia-| Judge,.Passes Away h was the first] SPOKANE, meat. And in 1915 failures averaged 1,716 emonth. In January of that year Dusiness firme went into the of receivers, the credit lightning struck je July, 1921, probably is as good a of the general business tren@ as you could find. Tha Bowh had the largest increase fe umber of failures, compared with month a year ago. Due to cotton situation. ‘All groups of states had increases: of failures. Also in Iia- compared with a year ago, exception of the Western! hich showed improvement. | wheat —No bteu eit Chicago Live Stock ‘Tetay's Quetettene Hoge—Receipts, 19.000 lower. Top, #19. U Willys il ot bulk of sales, seg ant wer heavy packing ‘| iret « Kecond Third 98 | bo ery Fourth ton, died at his home tn Spokan Tuesday, following an fliness of 10 months. Judge Moore was superior court judge from 18991 to 1897. He was a member of the convention that met in Ellensburg to ask that Washington territory become a state, 35; yeartings, $2566 ere, $903: ewes, $163. Ratsoe—43< 1h terns Ly » Heme—i7 @ 2h 1d. . Rerlin United United + | United jou; first extra pulleis, 37 hc 4 3, Ste G06.: wndercised pallets, Coeme—California fa in wore to w lo’ Jepansee ind the Parle to +e Noyal Du ti gar and New York Airbrake. ning pric included: Central Leather, i gh pehanges 6214, unchanged: United States Bteel, 19%, off MW; iY 46%, Off %) Bouthern’ Ps iets, 76h. ‘ ty Genel 1 Mlectric, 110%, off %) Bal wie, Nerikern Industrial Alcohol, . 100, Uniom Ol of Dew Pacific Retatl Stores Westinghouse Over! Liberty Bonds fea Quotations) i, Manning Detler 1 - German WoL. te Woe te w Kt Kt Kingdom e y eum deolir THE SEATTLE New York Exchange Prices Are Heavy, ENGINE FORCE held during the day Adverse action was American halt, 124 aK ‘penere! Het thruout the morning with a num jar weakness, Mexican PF at 89. Failure of the Mex! # stock ie causing no little eurpria N.Y. Stock ; Exchange roleum % % 1h Low Close Co. bid ioe Hy ~ iH Ty a4 4 1% Ms hal Railroad Securities N. Y. Sugar and Coffee ‘Tedey's Quotations va am Raw, 14.75; granulated, $6 Nona a THETMC Th; e tb. ‘ Grade Shoes at Such Low Prices BUY FALL PUMPS AND OXFORDS NOW 85 85 85 7 $ 5 .85 85 FOR MEN You cannot afford to pass up these prices on high-grade shoes Baxter’s Final Clean-U 'e Have Started Our Final Clean-Up—Your Last Chance to Buy High- We have gone through our stock and put prices on high-grade Pumps and Oxfords which seemed impossible to do three weeks ago. You cannot afford to pass up this opportunity. All high-heel shoes, former values up to $16.00, all to go at one price ON THE RACK broken lines all to ‘go at one Price BAXTER & BAXTER 1326 Second AVENUE No Refunds on Sale Shoes “Beautiful 1 Pumps, Sport Pumps and Oxfords, Made After 11 A. M. $3. 85 No Exchanges B. ¢ attention to duty, STAR SUSPEND SHIP'S | Hawkeye State Officers Are Found Negligent round guilty of negligence and in the officers of the engine department of the steamship Hawkeye State have been suspended by the United States steamboat in- spectors at San Francisco, and the big ship will sat! for Seattle Thurs day with new men in charge of the engines, This action occurred ag a result ot investigation of trouble in the en kine room that developed while the Hawkeye State was en route from Baltimore to San Francisco. The officers suspended are: Chief Engineer W. J, Rogers, 156 dayw; it Engineer W. F, C. Davia, 90 ys; Carl Hummel, third assistant, 90 days; Berry Sturgeon, second assistant engineer, one year ,|To Hold Meet Here | to Protest Tariff, Persons interested in the operation | |of the Fordney tariff bill and its ef. dustry are invited to attend a meet- Sling at 11 a, m. Thursday in the a» | sembly room of the Chamber of jected to by the meeting as against this district's welfare will be for warded to Washington, with @ supporting brief containing facts and figures, A committee which has been at 4 | work on this subject for the last few weeks will report. Persons who wish |to present any Commodity for con jnideration are asked to prepare a brief showing the facta and present it to the committees, so that it will i |be available for later consideration W. B. Henderson of Pacific Ports will preside. RAILWAY RELIEF :| PLAN DISCUSSED Financial Aid | Favored by Senators WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.—The ad ministration bill, extending financial relief to the railroads, was ordered favorably reported to the senate to {|day by the interstate commerce com, 4 | mittee, During the discussion of the bill Senator Kellogg said that Bugene M. Meyer, director general of the war finance corporation, ie endeavoring to interest big financiers in the Asued | formation of a syndicate to take over the financing of the railroads. Kellogg said it was a tremendous relieve the government entirely of the relief burden. er) to Picnic Saturday Beattie chapter, American Amo clation of Engineers, will hold its annual picnic and field day at Golden Gardens park, Saturday. Among the sports scheduled are a hollering contest, needie-threading contest, naildriving contest and standard athletic events. A ball game wil be started at 2 p. m. Luncheon from 6 to 7. HEARING CONTINUED Hearing of A. 8. Gilroy on liquor charges has been continued until Fri day by Robert W. McClelland, United States commissioner. ‘BUTTER PRICE UP TWO CENTS Caused by Falling Off of Cream Supply ‘The local butter market, which had tor a long time been very firm, ad- vanced 2 cents Wednesday. A short age of butter, which is dite to the; falling off of the cream supply, was the reason for the jump, The quotations advanced to 44) cents a pound for city creamery bricks and 43 cents for cubes, The egg market ts continuing weak at 42 cents a dozen for fresh ranch and from 33 to 35 cents a doz-! Jen for pullets. The wet weather has hampered the |sale of watermelons and ice cream |meions considerably, Many other fruits were moving slowly, due to the same reason. The demand for bananas was dull, that there isa liberal supply of many varieties of seasonable fruits on the market. Celery ts abundant on the street and {s arriving in excellent condition. | |1t is quoted at $1 for a dozen! bunches, Eastern buyers are bidding high | for Yakima Gem potatoes, for which fect upon Seattle's commerce and in. | Commerce. Protest on all items ‘ob | together | | | $4.75. due to the fact | Bam Casaba Coroannt head demand in the East is strong. 1.00 2.00@2.50 00@ 2.50 Colery. Core Toeal, sack . Cecembors — 160 25 Kea Fient—B, Wash., crate Garth e att 1% % bi Gems, cold stor. . 36, ek, per 1, Radithes—Local, dos, bunches. Splnach—tocal.. per box » y+. K +1,.9501.60 1.60@1,75 i Prices Paid Whelemle Dealers \"" ‘Wash, standard boxes . Gravenstein, Cal Oranges Per Feaches—Cal Lo Penton Hartiott Plame—4-dasket crate Paapherries-24-cup crate Watermelone— Cal, tb NUTS BDatterfat— A srede, Seattle delivery mh ranch ‘Pulle Milk—Cwt, fod, Seattle s F, ©, B. condensary, owt DAIRY PRODUCTS Bases buiieaiaian Prices aid to Shippere =, FREDERICK & NELSON FIFTH AVENUE AND PINE STREET [DOWNSTAIRS SINORIE| 125 New Autumn Dresses $15.00 —OF SATIN —OF TRICOTINE —OF VELOUR ‘THE smart new “Coat Frock” effect is ex- loited in this group of resses. All express the new styles for Autumn, COLORS: Black Brown SIZES for Women and Misses Favorite Braid, Embroidery and Bead Trimmings Navy The Black Satin Coat Frock sketched is trimmed with bands of imitation Krimmer fur, $15.00 ‘A Brown Velour-braided Coat Dress is also sketched, $15.00. THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE 100 New Autumn Hats Special $7.85 DRESS HATS TAILORED HATS SPORTS HATS —a Hat for every need in this exceptional group, and each Hat a remark- ably attractive value. —of French Felt, Hat- ter’s Plush, Duvetyn, Silk . Beaver, Velvet and Taffeta, in models distinctively becoming. cee. Thursday, at $7.85. Fine French Felt in white, bound with black and garnished with black grapes, is seen in the Hat pic- tured, special $7.85. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE “SMALL SIZE” Tapestry, Velvet and Axminster Rugs SPECIAL PURCHASE 104 TAPESTRY RUGS in conventionalized all-over designs, light and dark grounds; size 27x54 inches. SPECIAL $1.65. 104 VELVET RUGS with borders and center ef- fects; size 27x54 inches. 96 AXMINSTER RUGS in attractive combinations of colors, with conventionalized designs; size 27x 54 inches. SPECIAL $2.95. 62 AXMINSTER RUGS in the same effects as the above, with borders, size 36x63 inches. SPECIAL t Ty 126 6.00@7.00 Prices Faid Wholesale Dealers Butter—Loval creamery, 4a At SPECIAL $1.85. Thursday, "$1. 65. Also a Few Room-size Rugs as Follows: 17 (ONLY) VELVET RUGS, SIZE 6x9 FEET, SPECIAL $12.50. 9 (ONLY) AXMINSTER RUGS, SIZE 6x9 FEET, SPECIAL $18.75. ~-THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE Pullets |_ Local storage . Cheree— Or. triph Wisconat Block Swiss .. ‘Wash. triplets Tillamook triplets POULTRY AND MEATS Prices Paid by, Whelesale Dealers hi ppere Dressed, per 1b. . Broilers—Live, per 1. Roosters—Live, T. .. Cows—Country’ 4 medium age, heavy Fancy, 90-120 ta. Light, 60-70 the Medium, 140-170 Coarse, heavy, 17! POULTRY AND MEA Prices Paid Wholesale Dealers | Dacks—Drossed, per Tb. « Hens—Dressed, per Ib. . 260 | ne Live, per Ib... Geeso—Dressed, per ere Bei Cows—-Country dressed, ‘th. 08@ (10 Hogge-—Dressed, light fancy, 1. .16@ eased . MEAT Quotations at Stockyards one Primes... Medium R Cater Prime steers the outdoor man’s requiré- ments for hiking, camping and fishing wear, to ac- company heavy shoes. gray only; 250 pairs, at 50¢ Boys’ Pajamas, 95c with V-neck and one pocket. Sizes 8 to 14. Price 95¢. Boys’ ‘half sleeve, ankle length: knitted-on wrist and cuffs; ice Felt “Comiy” Shi ‘ “Comfy” unusual value at this price. Soft-sole style, with roll collar top bound with braid. Featured in Brown and Oxford-gray WOMEN’S WHITE FLOUR #) | rat, 4-4°s, city delivery .. ing Feed. Growing Mash— Ho. * Fen Mash—No Beratch Feed: Wheat—Mixed |Goccanut Meat Men’s Hey Sox 50c Pair HESE heavy Half-hose |] “ (wool - and - cotton) fill In pair. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE F fine checked nain- sook, neatly tailored, PERCALE PA- JAMAS, with black, blue or lavender pencil stripe; V-neck, with one pocket; sizes 6 to 14. Price $1.45. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE Men’s Union Suits $1.35 LAIN, practical House Suits in white or ecru; 1.35. —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE Special $1. LAIN, practical House Slippers, Daniel Green make, offering Sizes 214 to 6. Special, THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE * 2 « 75 PAIRS OF CANVAS FOOT- WEAR REDUCED TO $1.00 PAIR —THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE Medium to ehoice Common to good Best cows and heit Medium to choice Common to good . Calves—Ligh Heavy Bulle . HAY, GRAIN ‘AND FEED. City Wholesale Serecee 2