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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1914
Page
1
Samuel Untermeyer delivers a sensational address before Salt Lake City's Bonneville Club detailing government pressure on big business. He argues for limits on government interference and emphasizes constitutional protections for the business sector.
Samuel Untermeyer urged government regulation of business at a Bonneville club talk in Salt Lake City. He criticized current railroad control and called for stronger oversight, board representation, and even direct government control of boards to curb abuses and protect minority stockholders.
The text outlines proposed measures including the Reyburn railroad securities bill the Owen stock exchange bill bans on local agency agreements for interstate securities and requires sales under federal commissions It also prohibits corporate deposits in private banks and restricts national banks from investing more than 25 percent of capital and surplus in bonds.
The casualty list dated October 24 and 27 reports twenty three officers killed including Captain The rion Monck of Cold Stream guards and Lieut Col W Loring of Royal Warwickshire. Also listed are forty wounded and seventeen missing with ranks from Scots Guards Cold Stream and Royal Artillery among the named.
Washington reports a complaint that border military authorities favor the Maytorena faction at Naco over constitutionalists. Rafael Zubaran, head of the constitutionalist agency, accuses officers of barring General Hills men from crossing the border while Maytorena supporters are admitted.
New York reports ongoing domestic financial gains with stronger investment demand and a $10 million six month loan offer at 5 percent from foreign interests. Short term issues remain active while money markets ease. Cotton contracts face unsettled Liverpool negotiations, interior banks withhold support, and United States Steel cites trade gains amid uneven bank clearings and a bullion rise at the Bank of England.
Desperate men driven by starvation may march against authorities in Belgian cities. Unclear specifics point to possible unrest and bloodshed if relief actions fail to quell the mood.
Telegraph from Rotterdam reports Captain T. F. Lucey warns Hoover that starving Belgians may attack authorities. He cites 3,000,000 fed by charity in Brussels Liege Namur Mons Dinant with only four days of flour left. Urgent need is for wheat flour, with Iris set to sail carrying 1,400 tons of grain and legumes.
A Delayed dispatch reports a session in Aguas Calientes where delegates aligned with General Villa and General Zapata pressed for immediate division of large landed estates. The coalition of delegates effectively controlled the meeting as plans for drastic reforms were debated.
The Russian embassy reports Turkey has opened war on Russia. Turkish cruisers bombarded Theodosia causing damage to religious buildings and a branch of the Bank of Foreign Commerce. one soldier wounded. In Novorossiysk the Hamidieh demanded surrender and threatened bombardment. Turkish officials were arrested before the cruiser withdrew.
A Rozendaal dispatch says 14,500 Belgian refugees returned to Antwerp on Tuesday and 12,850 on Wednesday, but 5,500 left the city again for Holland. The report is filed from Amsterdam via London at 10 p.m. local time.
Leaders in the iron and steel industry gathered for the American Iron and Steel Institute annual banquet in Birmingham. Elbert H. Gary of U S Steel presided as James Bowron of Gulf States Steel and George W. Conners praised the Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Co acquisition as a new epoch, while Conners criticized the government suit to split the Tennessee company from U S Steel.
Secretary of State William J. Bryan predicted by Christmas pace treaties will have been signed with nearly all civilized nations, making war between the United States and others almost impossible. He urged Iowans to support President Wilson and closed his Iowa campaign in Des Moines before heading to Omaha to begin a Nebraska tour.
A Reuters report from Constantinople warns the Great Britain Turkey dispute is growing daily more strained and nearing a breaking point. It notes allied setbacks in European theaters, especially Poland, could unleash a stronger war party among the Turkish ranks.
A Petrograd dispatch reported Breslau, the former German cruiser now under Turkish flag, shelled Theodosia. The alert notes the vessel’s altered allegiance and damage during the incident.
A heated national convention erupted when twenty six Zapata representatives arrived seeking credentials. The floor clashed over the plan of Ayala as delegates contended, revolvers were drawn briefly, and order was restored by Generals Obregon Hay and others.
Official reports from Washington say General Carranza has 16,000 troops stationed at Leon twenty five miles south of Aguas Calientes ready to stop a southward Villa advance if the Aguas Calientes convention fails to settle Mexico’s difficulties peacefully.
Six hundred Mexican forces arrive in Nogales Sonora on October 29, including 300 infantry 200 cavalry and 100 artillery units with four machine guns and field gun. They are reportedly bound for Naco to aid Governor Maytorena.
San Antonio October 29 General Benjamin Hill leading constitutionalist forces readies an offensive against Maytorena troops as soon as the Aguas Calientes conference ends, a message from Naco Arizona reported tonight.
The war’s two main features are Turkey's possible entry and Prince Louis of Battenberg stepping down as first sea lord. Reports say Turkish cruisers bombarded Theodosia and threatened Novorossiysk while Britain urged removal of German officers from those ships. Across Belgium and northern France fighting continues with stalemates and shifting aims as allies defend Dunkirk and Calais and Russians push in Poland.
General Hill states he has sufficient men and artillery to push a campaign from the border town to Ward Hermosillo. Beltran reports a loan effort backing the Maytorena cause by pledging revenues of Guaymas and Nogales customs houses.
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