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Newspaper
Steubenville Herald
Location
Steubenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1914
Page
2
A clipped remark urges readers to travel through rural districts to see that opposition to the Warnes law has not died out. The speaker implies continued dissent among locals and promotes firsthand observation of sentiment.
Representative Whit Acre states he will campaign before the August primaries. Vice Republicans insinuate he may challenge Governor Cox to a joint debate.
The latest dope from the Executive department claims the Governor’s chances are improving. Sources note the Governor and his allies rely on the Columbus Dispatch and the Ohio State Journal for political information.
The governor dominates lawmaking by discarding initiating petitions and now under new statutes controls appointments and sets salaries, though the legitimate authority to set pay lies with the general assembly.
Rural Republican press accuses Cox chosen appointees on county boards of complaints under the Warnes law of being disguised Coxites rather than true Republicans or Progressives.
Columbus Cox papers report 364 persons at the Garfield Garford Bull Moose rally last week with 101 Bull Moose voters. 143 sent, including women reporters outside contingent and Republican observers. Cleveland Plain Dealer Columbus correspondent says Democrats join Republicans in denouncing the petition requirement of the new primary law as a nuisance. John T. Rourke notes Cox appointees blamed for tax law tinkering and failed bond issues in four of five Cuyahoga special elections.
President Wilson will appoint John H. Clarke to the United States District Court for the northern district, removing him from the senatorial race. Clarke, a delegate to the Gold Democratic Palmer Buckner convention, supported Murphy for Parker at the Baltimore convention amid partisan intrigue.
Report from Bogota says the United States apologized in a new treaty for Roosevelt era acts. Washington denies the document, and the Senate has not seen it. The Colombian senate passes the unity act sending its text to papers, pledging twenty five million dollars to Colombia and perpetual exclusive canal rights in peace or war.
The campaign will center on tariffs and Coxism as the main issues. Willis and Tod both spoke in Cleveland last week and demonstrated strong public speaking skills, signaling a hot race no matter which is nominated.
C B Galbraith, former state librarian and Republican candidate for secretary of state, attacked Governor Cox from Cleveland. He said Cox’s administration disfranchised students, robbed people of local elections, trampled the referendum, expanded appointive offices, boosted salaries, and denatured the constitution, building a vast machine with the governor at its helm.
The piece asserts Congressman Whitacre can persuade many that Cox aligned agents, especially state officials, used brazen acts to destroy his petitions and block his gubernatorial bid. It links these alleged acts to broader Cox machine behavior and calls for removing the governor to break the spoils network.
The Wall Street Journal notes stockholder lists are used to mail costly security pitches. Ohio enacts a taxation law expanding county boards powers to require stockholding returns from shareholders of corporations incorporated outside Ohio, prompting firms to supply lists and authorities to pursue noncompliant holders.
Historical clippings criticize the Warnes law in Clermont County. The piece cites a 1914 county meeting where $3,000 was borrowed to fund the County Tax Commissioner and staff, arguing the extra salaries drained the defunct county fund and that a referendum might have prevented the law.
Rivaling in cafidor some of the newer Southern statesmen whose bluntness embarrasses the Democratic party now and then, Senator Tillman has been harpooning the President in public remarks.
A 1912 Panama Canal repeal dispute, voiced by Senator Tillman and President Wilson, centers on party interests and timing. The debate questions whether deferring action until after elections would have protected national welfare or merely served Democratic advantage.
The Cincinnati Enquirer voices exasperation at Wilson administration weakness in foreign protection for citizens abroad. It cites Tampico, Veracruz, and Manzanillo incidents where Americans relied on German or other protections, urging decisive action to shield travelers, merchants, and ships from hostile mobs and hostile powers.
A reflective piece exploring coping with grief and finding solace in shared human warmth. The author contrasts personal sorrow with the comfort of others’ happiness and faith, urging gratitude. Subtle humor and poetic asides punctuate the meditation on solace amid hardship.
A jumbled column comments on grass widows and patience, jokes about a corkscrew finding a point, and notes on Carranza. It mentions non skid shoes for dancing, dress reform by the Women's Federation of Clubs, and puzzled views on gun carrying versus motorcycle safety.
A patchwork of wry opinions on religion gender politics and manners reflects a midcentury newspaper voice. Observations on churchgoers, show business figures, marital advice and Democratic politics mingle with colorful phrases about manners and debutantes.
A prominent female dancer links beauty of steps to beautiful thoughts while noting fierce thoughts may lurk. A report cites a husband’s moonlit beatings of his wife in the eastern country, with crude irony on sexual encounters. Democrats tout a huge wheat crop credited to Wilson and Bryan amid social gossip. A figure named Wise High Brown remarks that women’s kisses mean little, though eight kinds span adoration to treachery.
A compilation of real estate transfers lists buyers and sellers across townships and city districts. Many parcels include metes and bounds or lot identifiers with nominal sums, such as $1.00 or $10.00, and several entries show larger amounts like $2,800.00 or $7,000.00 for residential or undeveloped property.
A compiled list of property transfers and deeds across Wayne and Harrison townships, Am sterdam, Mingo, and surrounding areas. Transactions include lot buys and ad d additions, various pay ments from $1.00 to $2,700.00, and several large parcels in Island Creek and Warren townships, involving numerous individuals and local estates.
Town parcel transfer records show Tacky and wife selling Lot 2 Reserve Plan Velle View City to HS Co ble et al for $1.00 with total consideration noted as $1,700.00 in the township records.
A prolonged labor dispute between the Colliers workers and Wellsburg management reached a settlement, ending weeks of strikes and securing terms on wages and conditions. Union leaders hailed the agreement as a step toward stability for both towns.
After nine months of conflict in Colliers Wellsburg and surrounding areas, a conference in Pittsburgh produced an arbitration pact. The accord sets wage and working terms for the West Virginia-Pittsburgh Coal Co. and allows checkweighmen elections, with returning workers and a 1916 end date. About 500 miners are to resume work across Colliers and Wellsburg mines.
Twenty six children at Smithfield Bethel are slated to be moved to the new Children's Home. The transfer plan aims to consolidate care arrangements and provide updated facilities for the youngsters.
Bert Callender arrested on a non-support charge in Squire Lawler's court. Robert Yeater taken to the workhouse on a cruelty charge.
Steve Kallai versus W M Duncan Receiver of Woe Ser suits fee damages arising from a flood and detective bridge settled. The agreement ends all claims between the parties with no further action.
Pearl Smith sues Floyd Smith for divorce alleging failure to provide and extreme cruelty. The couple married February 19 1902 at Charleroi and the action seeks a division of property and legal relief.
James R. Hoffman aged 22 of Pittsburg to Mary Florence Mackinan aged 18 of Steubenville obtained a marriage license.
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