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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1914
Page
2
Former Speaker launches bid while sparring with Democratic factions in Wisconsin. Indiana Republicans plan to flood state with Britain speakers. Illinois judicial elections show Republican gains.
Amid European news, Midwest Republicans rally in six-state conference. Leaders press a Progressive image while rank-and-file drift back to old party colors. In Illinois and surrounding states, judgeships swing, with Boggs and Deselm taking key districts. Former Speaker Cannon pledges formidably for Congress, blaming tariffs. parties brace for possible legislative deadlock as nominees shuffle in Cook County and across the region.
Report outlines intensified Democratic rift in Wisconsin involving Davies and Karel with calls to back Hastings for Senate and Bray for governor while Indiana and Nebraska politics brace for primary battles. Republicans push briskly with campaign plans as Moose movement weakens in the West and GOP efforts gain momentum.
Harvey D. Hinman of Binghamton, a Republican candidate for New York governor, emphatically denies any trade or deal with Col. Roosevelt. He says Roosevelt volunteered his support without solicitation and that he will not use office to aid Roosevelt or any other person.
A Akron to Cleveland Limited trolley hit an Electric Package Company baggage car near Bedford south of Cleveland injuring eleven people, four seriously. Motorman Tobesson suffered internal injuries and may die. Ibbesson denied orders. About 59 passengers aboard, many women, were injured in the head on collision on a single track.
Unclear OCR text notes a New York money market item with figures 3179,225,733 and 15,504 E01. The readable portion lacks a coherent event, dates, or identifiable entities to summarize a concrete action or outcome.
Pennsylvania representatives Farr Moore Kelly and Donohue pressed for investigations into flour manipulation and food price hikes amid record crop yields and limited exports. Farr urged a special inquiry on flour pricing, while Kelly sought broader probing of value manipulation by speculators at the Chicago Board of Trade. Donohue proposed a House select committee. Underwood urged requesting a report from Commerce Secretary Redfield on price trends despite bumper crops and reduced overseas sales.
In Buenos Aires on August 11, the funeral of Dr Troque Saenz Pena drew 15,003 school children, Acting President De la Plaza, cabinet ministers, the diplomatic corps, South American society representatives, and other officials. De la Plaza gave the oration over the late president’s remains.
In Schuyler Nebraska the mutilated body of 18 year old Mia Louise Mick, abducted from her home Sunday night, was found in a cornfield north of town. Frank Heldt, a farm laborer, is jailed on suspicion after the assault and kidnapping. The mother and aunt were bound with wire during the nighttime abduction.
House naval affairs committee heard Rear Admiral Blue argue that a fleet plan using older cruisers for South American freight would be costly. The Weeks bill, approved by Secretary Daniels, would create royal mail and passenger service to South America and possibly Europe. Democrats favored, Republicans opposed.
Vicente Conths presided as Colombia swore in the new president at a ceremony in Bogota. He immediately announced his cabinet: foreign affairs Mar bo Fidel Suarez. interior Miguel Abadia Mendez. war Inalap Lujan. finance Bernardo Recolar. treasury Daniel J. Reyea. public construction Carlos Cortex Lee. public works Aurelio Rueda Acosta. commerce and agriculture Jorge Enriqui Delzado. Concha, now president, is noted for long political prominence and previously served as minister to the United States.
The New York Post reports a broad rise in living costs due to European war. Butter up, sugar at new peaks, hats up 15 percent, dress goods 46, tea 25, and Turkish tobacco scarce. Imported wines and stoves rise. toys from Germany threatened, fuelling shortage worries for Christmas.
Chicago reports warn of higher food prices blamed on war demand and farmers restraining hogs and cattle. A council on public markets will investigate price increases with state officials and economists. Retail meat costs rise. wholesalers blamed by merchants. U S district and state attorneys to probe for possible price manipulation.
The cruisers West Virginia and South Dakota, returning from Bondula, arrived today in San Francisco. They towed each a submarine and roade the Hevwatian Glands last month, a curious operation noted by observers.
Fragmentary Philadelphia market notes show steady wheat and corn quotes with minor fluctuations. Poultry and butter prices are listed with names and numbers, but the text remains garbled and incomplete.
A historical analysis details how American bankers used foreign exchange to avert gold exports during 1895 and later crises. It highlights figures like J. P. Morgan, August Belmont, Fred I. Kent, and John A. Gardine, and explains mechanisms of bills, cotton, wheat, and gold transfers to stabilize payments for the Panama Canal and U.S. obligations under the Spain treaty, with expert consultation during European war jitters.
Baltimore protest against Richmond as a Federal reserve city was brought to Washington by counsel for the Baltimore banks. The Federal Reserve Board advised the appeal be filed after organization of the board. Senator Hitchcock urged setting a date to hear Nebraska's claims for inclusion with Chicago.
New York reports rumors that the Bank of England plans a Canadian branch, alarming financiers over potential gold drains. Officials say no confirmation exists, while markets show mixed reactions with rates 6 to 8 percent and lenders seeking reserves amid credit concerns. Ottawa officials confirm no official word on the plan.
New York market notes August 1 show butter receipts at 140, creamery butters with varied grades, cheese and milk products across Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, poultry values including dressed and live meats, and steady to firm trends in sugar, flour, beef, lard, coffee, and cottonseed oil futures. Highlights include butter and cheese indices, flour and meal steadiness, beef at 29 to 30 dollars, lard around 5.70 to 7.85, and coffee irregular graded quotes among regional buyers.
Chicago hog receipts 21 000 weak buyers show mixed bids around 7 50 to 9 65 per cwt for light to heavy weights. Cattle receipts 4 500 with cows and bulls steady to lower. Sheep and lambs receipts 22 000 with prices around 6 15 for sheep and 6 75 for lambs. New York reports belves calves and sheep markets with limited trading and prices near 6 60 to 7 00 for lambs and 5 00 to 6 40 for sheep.
The House adopted Special Rule 18 forcing five administration conservation bills to finish before adjournment, with a plan to develop water power and lease Alaska coal lands. Republican Mann condemned the move as arbitrary, while the rule opens a path for immediate action on a proposed war tax bill. The bills cover water power, Alaskan leasing, public lands for mining and oil, radium prospecting, and extended reclamation pay, with four hours of debate for each before five minute amendments.
New York grain prices show weakness in wheat with spot ranges soft and September futures around 93, December 205. Corn remains easy with No 2 yellow near 2c, oats show spot softness for standard white, rye remains strong amid mixed export demand and supplies.
Chicago grain markets show sharp price swings as embargo signals disrupt shipments from the United States. Wheat and corn futures traded unevenly with limited clarity on daily closes. traders monitor domestic and international factors as prices moved in a narrow, unsettled range.
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