Plans to finance cotton during war relief effort
Washington reports plans for southern relief from war market disruptions. A Southern Cotton Congress will open to shape financial measures with Southern lawmakers and federal experts. Proposals include licensed bonded warehouses to store cotton and issue emergency currency, with federal reserve support for warehouse receipts as collateral.
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Washington
South
Southern Cotton Congress
Department of Agriculture
Senate
Hoke Smith
House
House Agriculture
Bs Commissioners of Agriculture
Watson
South Carolina
Cotton Compress
Federal Reserve Board
R Kane
Agricultre
Texas
Graham
Worth Caroina
Hollingsworth
Georgia
Conditions Are Bad for Lumber Workers in America
Seattle Washington August 12 Lumber workers suffer worse conditions than any other laborers in America J G Brown president of the International Union of Timber Workers told the federal industrial relations commission Wages are low hours long and the work hard He said Workers are recruited by employment agencies with near constant movement between camps and jobs Ordinary laborers earn about 26 a month with board Married men receive 10 for board Singles are charged 20 for board When penniless men are sent to work their baggage is held for transport and fees apply Once they earn enough to recover baggage they may switch to higher paid night shift work in shingle and timber mills where they are paid 20 for ten hours of work
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Memphis Cotton Exchange
W Pabbs
Unwn
South Carolina
South Carona
Steckbridge
Atlanta
Wear E Stockhidie
Southern Paralat
Department of Agriculture
England
Germany
Coun
Knoland
Auston
Uni
Canada
India
United Sates
Houge Agrcultural Committee
Georgia
Regional Reserve Bank
Tennessee
Alabama
Texas
Stockbridge
W L. Peel
Joseph A. McCord
H G Hasting
Hoke Smith
Stoelbridge
M’adoo
Washington
Europe
McAdod
Houston
Federal Reserve Board
Treasury Department
Department
Foreign Exchange
Enuropean
Seattle Wash
America
J G Brown
International Union of Timber Workers
Federal Industrial Relations Commission
Gray 5 Harbor
Treited
Brown
New Orleans Contends With Plague Outbreak
New Orleans reports to federal health authorities today two bubonic plague deaths and two suspicious cases in the port. Dr W C Rucker and assistants say infection source traced near Liverpool dock area. In eleven days no human cases, 40 724 rats captured and examined. rat cleanup aids plague control alongside federal efforts.
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New Orleans
Liverpool
W C Rucker
Bailey Threatens to Run for Senate in 1916
El Paso Texas August 12 Former United States Senator Joseph W Bailey will be a candidate for the nomination as United States Senator in 1916. He announced at the democratic state convention that he would defend the party platform against national prohibition and woman suffrage and propose campaign finance limits if the resolutions fail. The resolutions were defeated 61 to 107 as the convention approved the executive committee action.
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el Paso
Texas
United States
Joseph W Bailey
Gav Nie Bailey
Ett Wcbemere
Dallas
Ww P Lane
Ausha
Amory Found Dead in Office Pool of Blood
Chicago August 12 Edward P Amory secretary of the Western Railroad association was found dead in his downtown office with two deep head wounds. Police suspect murder as papers and books lay scattered, indicating a struggle. Employee Mo Thompson found the body and was fingerprinted. stenographer Tanet Schobten Amory was unable to enter the office.
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Chicago
Edward P Amory
Western Hailroad Association
Lato
Mo Thompson
Police Bureau of Identification
Paris Opera Bass Pol Plancon Dies After Illness
Paris reports the death of Pol Plancon a bass singer aged about sixty six after a period of illness since June He debuted in Paris as Mephistopheles and sang at the Metropolitan Opera in 1892 alongside renowned artists including Melba Calve Eames Nordica and Joan Sutherland He also appeared at Covent Garden London and was a noted figure in late 19th to early 20th century opera.
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Paris
Pol Plancon
Pol Plancan
Mephistopheles
Metropolitan Opera House
New York
Melba Calve Eames Nordica
Joan Ang Edouard Ue Roarke Plancon
Yor
Covent Garden
London
New Rates on Cotton Are Given Approval
Washington August 12 The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized the Alabama Great Southern railroad and connecting lines to begin a tentative schedule of cotton rates from Polata on the Great Southern to south Atlantic and gulf ports Virginia cities and other southeastern eastern points and Ohio river crossings ignoring the long and short haul clause. The commission reserved the right to set aside specific tariffs in the new schedule if future complaints are justified.
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Washington
Alabama Reat Southern Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Polata
Great Southern
Mrs Borden Harriman Seriously Ill in London
A London cable reports Mrs Borden Harriman seriously ill with ptomaine poisoning while she and her husband are refugees from Paris. Harriman serves on the commission on industrial relations and was among the first women named to a federal post by President Wilson.
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York
London
Borden Harriman
Paris
Harriman
Commission On Industrial Relations
Srst
Wilson
Foraker Defeated in U S Senate Nomination
Columbus Ohio August 19 Former Senator Joseph Boraker conceded defeat for the Republican nomination for United States senator He telegraphed congratulations to his successful competitor Warren G Harding of Marion
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Columbus
Ohio
Joseph Boraker
United States
Warren G. Harding
Marion
War Prices For Food In The United States
Washington reports three resolutions calling for information on war price increases for foodstuffs in the United States and urging the Commerce Department to explain why prices rose after export was halted by the European war. Armour disputes claims that war is driving meat prices up and cites lower hog slaughter and market disruptions. New York prosecutors announce an investigation into food price hikes and possible dealer conspiracies to raise costs.
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Washington
United States
Redfield
Adamson
Houge Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
Department of Commerce
Kelly Moore
Sar
Pennsylvania
Department Age Commerce
House
Howard
Georgia
Armour
Chicago
Packerga
J Ogden Armour
Armour & Co Armour
Armour & Co
Hvs
John ‘F kKussell
Mister Butchers
Presiint Wilson
New York
Whitman
John Doe
Tomact
Warburg vows to sever all ties to join Federal Reserve
Washington reports Paul Warburg testified before the Senate Banking Committee that as a member of the new Federal Reserve Board he will divest from every financial interest including Kuhn, Loeb & Co, his Hamburg firm, railroads, and educational or philanthropic associations. He said his motive was currency reform and serving the public trust, noting the sacrifice would be large and that President Wilson asked him to take the post.
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Wilson
Clearing House
J . S .Alexander
William Woolward
New York
John I Arnold
WGP
Deans
Joseph McGarrach
Chicago
David
H Francis Bregkenrlage Jones
Festus J Wade
St Louis
G Crowell
Kansas City
National Foreign Trade Council
James J Hin
St Paul
Franklin
Clarke James A Farrell
Washington
Paul W Warburg
Senate Banking Committee
New
Federal Reserve Board
Kuhn Loeb & Co
Hamburg
Alhances
Warburg
Baltimore and Ohio
Senator Reed
Aldrich
Wartburg
Uprising in Ecuador Prompted Deployments Near Coasts
Reports from Guayaquil on August 12 describe troops dispatched to the Manabí coast to quell an uprising. Observers expect the rebellion to be crushed soon as Congress in Quito re-elected Alfredo Bagguerizo Moreno as senate president and chose Aguatin Cuabez as house president.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Menabi
Congress
Quito
Alfrado Bagguerizo Moreno
Senate
Aguatin Cuabez
House of Deputies
Reductions in Freight Rates Reported by Commission
Raleigh August 12 The open freight rates commission today filed with Governor Craig its report cutting reductions in interstate rate from 35 percent to 18 percent. The decrease over existing rates is about 13 percent. The rates were cut at a special session of the general assembly last fall. It is not known whether the railroads will resist.
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Raleigh Nay
Opevnal Freight Rates Commission
Craig
Justice Interstate
General Assembly
Worgan
Consdla
New York
Kronnrinzessin
Ottawa
J T Morgan & Co
Kronprinzess
Cecelle
Canada
Bank of Bing- Tand
Cireles
Yates
Cotton year to begin in August amid market shifts
New York reports the cotton exchange will shift the trade year from September 1 to August 1 starting 1916 to align with rising August harvest activity and faster ginning. Reports from Atlanta New Orleans and Liverpool detail spot prices receipts exports and stock movements across the cotton markets with weather notes on Arkansas Tennessee and adjacent regions.
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New York Cotton Exchange
Augusta
New York
Conference of Cotton Exchanges
Au- Euata
Atlanta
Coltod
Galveston
Charleston
Norfolk
Philadelphia
Cotton Seed Oil Market Mixed as Prices Drift in August Trade
The Cotton Seed oil market opened firmer then eased, with prices broadly down 7 to 34 points amid an undercurrent of supply and prospective lower crude cuts. Trading reached 13 100 barrels with spot and futures quoting modest losses across August to March deliverables, while the market closed with firmer sentiment in late session.
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York
Catton
Dcattersdiquidaion
Cruna Peices
Ateadien
Aimuis
Big warships to leave Vera Cruz by Septembers first
Washington announces the Atlantic battle fleet will be withdrawn from Vera Cruz and moved north by September 1. Secretary Daniels says only small craft for patrol or local needs remain in Mexican waters while Rear Admiral Fletcher takes command at Hampton Roads around September 1 succeeding Rear Admiral Badger. Navy officials deny ties to the European situation.
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Washington
Vera Cruz
Daniels
Gulf
Dominican
Haitien
Fletcher
Hampton Roads
Badger
Navy Department
New Haven Directors Face Prosecution Under Sherman Law
Washington reports that criminal prosecutions under the Sherman law will not be delayed by a civil settlement in the New Haven railway merger case. The Department of Justice gave no official statement but indicated that the directors' acceptance of terms permitting an agreed decree for dissolution will not stop the government’s push for criminal actions as soon as possible.
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Washington
New Haven Railway
Department of Justice
New Haven
Atlanta Produce Prices From Local Market Ad
Corrected by the Dideity Fruit and Produce Company listing prices for EGGS PLANT SQUAD 26 PINEAPPLES ORANGES GRAPES FRUIT BEANS CABBAGE ONIONS CELERY POTATOES PRACHES OKRA TOMATOES CORN OYSTERS AND VARIOUS PROVISIONS. Includes meats, dairy, flour, cereals, and household goods with per bag, per crate, and per case pricing. notes corrections by ROCERIES and almaby Grocery Company. Prices cover Georgia stock and national brands with special market changes in Atlanta.
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Dideity Fruit and Produce Company
EGG
Joe Cartaloufls
Pollery and &Ggs
Roceries
Almaby Grocery Company
Aste Grean
Diamond
Hemmer
Georgia
Tennessee
Patsy
Purina
Victoria
Sacha
Arab Horne
King Corn Horse
Jira Horne
Victory Horse
Atlanta Aubiet
Moix Land
Sugar market climbs with new price highs in August
New Fork reporting August 12 notes the sugar trend remains upward with refined sugar quoted at 6.00 to 7 cents and centrifugal 96 test at 8.8. Raw sugar, molasses, and refined products show firm demand at home and abroad as prices surge, while eggs, butter, and poultry receipts hold steady or rise in major markets including New York and Chicago.
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Guba
New York
Chicago
Kansas City
St Louis
Naval Stores. Savannah August sales report
Savannah market report shows turpentine at 46 percent of sales with 217 shipments and 79 stock units. Receipts 678 and shipments a total. stock 128982 AB valuing at 850 CD and 38 53 percent EF. Includes figures for G W I 36 and 415 MW 450 N 600. Window engines, water white and other prices 635.
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Savannah
Cotton goods purchases for bagging in New York market
A New York report notes large buys of cotton bagging substitutes and cloth prices. Deliveries of 40 inch yard sheeting rose on a 7 percent basis, with fine goods in stronger demand and silk active for fall delivery. Worsted yarns remained firm while van yarns were quiet.
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New York
Wheat Decline Near One Cent in Chicago Trade
In Chicago August 13 wheat prices fell nearly one cent amid a mixed market. No. 2 red winter and hard varieties showed modest losses while corn and oats fluctuated. Wheat stocks in the U.S. and Canada rose by 6.128 million bushels, while European holdings declined by 6.8 million. Provisions slid on lower hog and dairy prices as futures eased and hedges were released amid volatile foreign trade signals.
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Chicago
United States
Canada
Europe
St Louis
Bank of England to ship gold to Ottawa as remittance plan
London reports the Bank of England will not open a Ottawa branch but plans to send about ten million dollars of specie to Canada for payments against gold deposits with Canada's finance minister. The move aims to enable North American remittances to London without shipping gold across the Atlantic and may extend to other regions under potential enemy control.
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England
Ottawa
London
Bank of England
Canada
Atlantic
Bank of Board
Kronpringessin Gecelis
North America
Trading In Securities Must Be On Cash Basis
New York August 1 clerical notes show securities trading restricted to cash basis amid high level exchange activity. Brokers contemplate limited private sale cash trades. clearing house scrutiny and price clarity drive offers, with exchanges closed and grain markets awaiting reopening. Government actions and currency movements factor into market caution.
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New York
Arocle Exchange
Exchange de Tring
Yuy Securitie
Live Stock Receipts and Prices Across Markets
August livestock receipts show hogs and cattle mixed with declines in some markets. Hogs total 14 600 head with lower packers bids. cattle receipts include steers, cows, and stockers with varied prices. Sheep and lamb listings reflect numerous bids and regional price movement across cattle and hog sectors.
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Chivaza
Tuk of Sale SR Ise
Ettlea
Southern
Vluckers
St Louis
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Raim
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