The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 11, 1924, Page 4

PAGE STOCKS ACTIVE AT OPENING High-Priced Rails in Fore- + front for New York 4 WALL STREET JOURNAL FINAN Crk REVIEW MYSTERY GRAVE HOLDS SECRET "Female Stranger’ Unidenti- fied After 11 Years WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.—What ts (More intriguing than a true un-| @ilved mystery ry? There is a cted grave in an @id cemetery in historic Alexandria, ss and over it is a white bearing the Stranger A man and woman came to Gads 8 tavern in Alexandria in | ® 1816, and took lod; y would not tell their | Woman seemed very ill On the fourth of October she died $ m then the man would not give . Hoe wrote an inscription for} Woman's tombstone and told who questioned him that it Gontained everything he and | Woman wished the world to know INE HINTS AT | RD TALE Abd so the world knew this, and ing else: | |*To the memory of a female| ger whose mortal sufferings | IMated on the fourth day of . 1816, aged 23 years and $ ths. This stone is placed here her disconsolate husband, ‘whose arms she sighed out her la words, “The and the date “ names, th. | | For more than 100 years men and| _— have wondered about the girl| wished so desperately to blot her identity. Tourists visit her| We today and stop to think about P4@s speculate as to who she was.| pHome of them guessed that she ‘Thepdosia Allston, daughter of im Burr, who disappeared in And that is the only guess} im enough credence to survive these years, yet known facts in lives of the Allstons seem to dis- 2 ‘Credit it. (NY MOTHERS NED HER "Whoever she was, the Btranger” for years way mourned! By hundreds of mothers whose own @aughters were “somewhere.” Her story is the whole story of| frony of life. | ) S Longing for obscurity, determined | she should be forgotten as tho/ had never been, the “Female| ‘Btranger” succeeded only in attain. | immortality for herself. Her| 6 on the tombstone or a fic-| | Hitious name would, without doubt,| Thave been forgotten many years) 2° go. As the “Stranger” she will! Bever be forgotten. tholic Conclave Slated for August ; IENTO, Cal.,Au g. 11—Rt. i Bishop Patrick J. Keane, eof Sacramento, and other high church-and fraternal dignitaries | the Catholic church, will take an part in the coming fortieth grand council of the Young| 's institute, accordipg to Chair-| John Stachan of the committee ng for the approaching visit thousands of institute members, will be in session here August to 20. E hop Keane is to celebrate the tit high mass, following the iT street parade with which the d council is to be formally open- on Sunday morning, August 17. bishop will be assisted by Grand laplain Rev. T. J. O'Connell of Oak- Cal. iness sessions of the Grand cil will start Monday morning, 18. It is expected that near- thousand accredited delegates | cha" ll attend these deliberations, repre- Y¥..M. I. councils from all of Oregon, Washington and ornia. S. Sardine Pack Growing Rapidly N PEDRO, Cal., Aug. 11.—Sar- Pilehardus—the high-sounding of the lowly sardine—which Made into a most acceptable preserving in oll, is fastly becom- @ major product of the fish and food canneries of San Pedro and Béach, Cal., according to a re- survey made by the California The sardine puck in this vicinity “for the 1924 season amounted to} pounds, the survey discloses, | represents # considerable in- over previous years. Govern- s consider the supply is ‘practically inexhaustible here and larger packs are anticipated Francisco, Monterey and San e nters of the sar- which has an annual value of $15,- 10,000, according to the survey. Factory Planned CORNWALL, Ontario, Aug, 11 ruction has commenced here of $1,500,000 factory buildi ; nish r leted in expected to give Maployment to 600 hands at. the out wet: Tho factory 1s being erected ptem-| Guide books and local histor- |! “Female|°'S, Ship News Tides in Seattle TURSDAY Ava. La First MONDAY AvG, 1h First Mige Tide Piret First Low Tide cond High Tide | Second Migh Tide Second Low Tide | Second Low Tite Weather Bureau Report Arrivals and Departures Arrived—A Nailed a ed at 8. m for New ¥ Vessels in Port at Seattle Madison, Arabia Afar Co's Terminal—tr Warwick rminal—ere Ad Rogers Homer, | ¢ Coast Coal Bunkers—U, & S. Re Ipping Board Moorings—strs IUUULUUUN USUAL nal—Sty Minnesotan, | Rotler Works—Str Manta Ana eo Ocean Terminal—Str Gover- Power echr, Ruby. Street Terminal—Ms Dr tor—tr Kongosan U. & & Cayuma, Neches, Arctic. GRAINS SLUMP: TRADE SAGS Dull Day Closes Chicago's Board of Trade Week AGO. Aug. 9.—Gri mn the board t moved wit avy arrivals eo and buyer ue of gir? 2 & result of whi ent corn down ather conditions vorable and offers from the d grains. Chicago Board of Trade! Satarday’s Quotations | Wheat— Open Close Sept. . 37% S1.29%/ Moe 131% 1am! May 1.36% 137% a perl 14% 1M 114% 1.05 1.06% 49% M Gt Sep’ TT om 31 M . 93% 97% LOL 1249 1.01% 12.40 13.65 Seattle Wheat Saturday's Quotations No. 1 hard white .. 0. 1 soft white 13.65 1 western white ‘0. 1 hard winter . No. 1 red winter . Liverpool Grain Saturday's Quotations Wheat— Open High low Oct 108 114d 108 11% 108 11444 100 11 De. 10s 11 gd 108 11% d 108 11% 1081144) fay) N. Y. Sugar and Coffee Satarday’s Quotations Sugar—Firmer. Raw, $5.75; granulated, $6.40@6.60. | Cottee—» Rio on spot, 16%¢; No. 4! Santos, 20% @20\%8. wanes NEW YORK, A change closed lower 0. UNFILLED TONNAGE NEW YORK, Aug. 9.—United Steel corporation unfilled tonnage on July 31 amounted to 3,- 187,072, a decrease of 75,433 from the Previous month, This compares with 2,26: on June 30, 1924, and 3,- 628,039, on May 31, 1924, eee Denver Live Stock Saturday's Quotations Cattlé—Receipta, 1,840. Steady, Reet steers, $8010.50; cows and heifers, $3.756@9.50; calves, OEE; stock~ era and feeders, $4@7.50, Hoxs—Roceipts, 450, Steady. Top, $1601 bulk, $9.50@9.60; pigs, 71@ Sheep—Receipta, 2,800. Jamba, $12@12.76; $10.50@11.50 Steady. Fat feeder lamba, ewes, $5@6.60, g #—________y | BANK CLEARINGS 4 Seattle | $5,888,707.22 | 974/815.84 | 8, 142,209.09 | Clearings | Balances .. | Week's clenrings Portland Clearings «125°. ..++.,780,891,00 Balances «1... . 5,177,682.00) Tacoma | | Total transactions... 2,539,000.00 | | %-——-———— al . Canadian Exports Show Big Growth OTTAWA, Aug. 11-—Canadian ¢ ports to the United States for the to the United States for the 12 ronths ending with April, 1924, show an Inerease of something more than G English firm which manufac artificial silk from wood pulp. MMMM THE ! Cm nn SEATTLE STAR INN STARTS TODAY Read, investigate—then you'll admit it’s the greatest offer ever made on highest grade Electric Ranges anywhere—made possible by enormous de- mand, and conducted by YOUR CITY LIGHT for the benefit of Seattle homes, It’s YOUR SALE for YOUR PROFIT. HUNUTUUUEOUGUUUUAUEUONE UAL HOTPOINT - matic.” WESTINGHOUSE Automatic—“The Range With the Clock.” UNIVERSAL and the “L. & H. Elec- trics” Automatic. The “Super-Auto- Balance in Very Easy Monthly Payments — Charged on Your Light Bill four of the highest type E on the market, all of the lat guaranteed by your CITY LIGHT fc penable Serv all in one special offer! 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Electrics IUUUUASUQELECHOQEEUOCGUEREEUCAGUEAUAGGUUEOUGAQUEEUUGOGUUCUUGOOUEOUOGGEUEUUAAGUEAAUAOUEU OOOOH =y iT) = ie or Local Market Prices DAIRY PRODUCTS Prices Paid Shippers Butterfat— A grade, Seattle delivery... #—Canen included! tra or white shell ) | Carrote—Per wack ......,. , 5@1,50, Pate 2.00 | Sugar- 00 : — Hens—Live, 4 tbs. and up. Medium to good , . . : ‘25 | Goose f oR | Medium, ‘itve, 3 to 4 Ib i : Yair to mediun Imonds—T, X Veodera .. es A r Peeans—Per tb. Mixed Nuts—Per fb. . HIDES AND WOOL (Buying prices f. 0, I, Seattle) Salt Mides—Lp. Bulls Green Hides Bulls Reh 2.00) Calfskins, green or salted No. 1 Firata or mixed colors PUNCS 6.500 s0008 Milk—Cwt., f.0.b, Seattle suppl: ¥, 0. B, condensory.. ‘ Prime, light Smooth, heavy Rough, heavy a Lb, Pinenpples—Cave Phums--Crate Raspberr 24-oup crate Strawberries Local + | Waterme! Uh 0 Vakamines, crate @2.00 No No. 2, Filnt, dry ‘hide | Pint dry « Horse Hides, triplets vo... onbin cream brick Washington triplets . HAY, GRAIN AND PE Homegrown. ' (Prlery on ME al he ps—Hnek al, do to Shipper, ) PRUITS Pald Wholesale weutors . ow, 120'8 ment foes given tern by wh nonal oxveptl n be fleured naportatto ly 16 welling oe fy new Ib, Per anok Dacks—Live, old, per Medium, clean, Young, Br Coarse, heavy, pelts, 1oo's Barley--W hole 5 Oate—Whole feo’ | Hons ed } parey Tight ie Cash Wheat Ag CHICAGO, Avg. M—Canh wheat |. Wax, cattle; 219) Hewts No. $48,000,000 over the corresponding period. bunehew ke Por Ib Homo Aitatnl Cherrlew Muck 9 rod, $1.90%: No, 9 $10) Lamberts, hard, $1.20 %4 qt, 40 ee a iom No, Soya Bean Mealb—t orm (05 | FLOUR AND SUGAR + AV0@ 1.99 | Wlour—Loeal blends Hise an, nvedtum Brat Matted rate