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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1914
Page
11
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Western bankers anticipate a broad conference addressing not just banking mechanics but the general economic posture after the war. They favor careful Fed reforms, note limited emergency currency demand, and expect automatic price adjustments as farm markets stabilize. The West remains buoyant with cautious restraint guiding gold movements and credit conditions nationwide.
The piece argues that Britain and Japan threaten Pacific balance and warn the United States to build a navy as strong as Britain and Japan combined. It links European war to Pacific strategy, urges naval expansion, and references Democratic tariff, tolls, antitrust plans guiding Republican campaign alignment with Root and Saratoga reforms.
Pope Pius X, known as the Papa of the poor for his humble origins and gentle, tolerant leadership, dies amid Europe’s war shadow. His 1835 birth and rise from parish priest to pope highlight merit and unity among Catholics and beyond.
A wartime tribute to the Red Cross as the universal link binding nations beyond nationality. It lauds nurses, surgeons, and volunteers who aid the wounded, call the organization a beacon of peace amid battle, and emphasize its apolitical reach across lines of race and creed.
The Saratoga convention speech aligns with the New York Republican platform proposing practical reforms to curb delays in justice, reduce officials with a short ballot, simplify impeachment, and distribute government functions more orderly while avoiding radical measures. The national campaign is framed as an attack on entrenched governance issues.
Resolutions by the National Association of Retail Druggists denounce a proposed war tax on drugs as harmful to the sick and to hospitals' dispensaries. They warn price spikes from European war cut supplies and hit the poor hardest, urging humane revenue ideas instead.
A recount of Giulio Cesare Montagna moving from Tehran to become King Victor Emmanuel's minister plenipotentiary in Norway. It notes his marriage to Countess Maria Logothetti, plus brief profiles of Don Livia Caetan and Don Roffredo Castani, with Caetan family history and ties to Rome. It also covers Field Marshal Baron Colmar von der Goltz, his long German military career, and views on eastern front strategy.
The senate received the nomination of McReynolds to the Supreme Court and discussed the Clayton antitrust bill. Various war risk, currency and legal tender measures were introduced or referred, with sessions recessed and committees continuing work.
Dan J Callaghan, chief steward at Hotel Severin, recalls a plan to serve champagne soaked watermelon to a Kansas and Iowa farmers convention at Planters Lewis. Officials, strict teetotalers, reportedly pocketed seeds from the wine infused fruit.
The New York Times reports on European emigrants stranded in port cities as steamers to America delayed or canceled. With scant belongings and no influential allies, they face harsh indifference from host governments and uncertain futures, unable to stay or proceed.
W J Loughlin entered the house of James Hildreth at 24 South Clinton Street Oak Park to iron and crease trousers. He set up an ironing board and used a gas stove irons before neighbors alerted police. He claimed intent to press his trousers and was arrested on burglary charges.
A swarm of bees at the east entrance of the county courthouse killed many drones and made entry unsafe. About a thousand bees lay scattered on the courthouse steps after the clash, per the Greeley dispatch reprinted from the Detroit Free Press.
In a West Randolph and North Clark street armchair restaurant a noise dispute over soup escalated between John J Shaw and Ezra Cohn after gurgling sounds drew comments. Colin Shaw leapt up, a quarrel followed, chairs, hats, and lunch toppled. One man was arrested and the other released.
A unique craft named The Hummer will ascend the Chariton River early next week to serve as an encurgion boat for the Macon county annual reunion. The air propeller powered by a 6 cylinder airplane engine provides 50 pounds thrust, expected to push the boat 10 to 12 mph downstream and 8 to 10 mph upstream under favorable navigation.
The French bark Colonel de Villadors Mareuil battled westering winds and squalls off Cape Horn. A black cat named Mimi went overboard and the weather then cleared, allowing the ship to press toward Pacific waters. Crew members credit the cat’s disappearance with sparing the vessel. The bark departed Hamburg 143 days ago.
An eccentric reader-like rant imagines MutI and Ivglorious Wellington enrolled in a debate with Abner Biggs. The speaker mocks European rulers and proposes taxing to end wars, claiming Europe would calm in an hour. He criticizes authorities for inaction and suggests strategic maps and regiments to settle conflicts, while noting politicians are preoccupied.
A fragmented poemic piece describes a man and a mule and a cricket as agents of noise and satire. The text moves through sounds of kick, crash and bang, ending with the cricket making music as Joy’s ears prick. The piece blends mythic phrasing with playful mishearings.
London Chronicle reports colorful socks found in Antinoe ruins dating to the third and fourth centuries. Four children's socks retain vivid hues while adult socks stay sober, with toys and a fragment of red-bordered pile carpet thought to be from the sixth century. J D M Jahmson led the excavation, now exhibited at Burlington House.
Anxious neighbors report Mrs Mia Bailey of Isleta way and Kendal street to police and Deputy D A Richardson claiming she fasted sixty days to cure asthma. Police find her active, weighing 101 pounds after dropping from 124, saying she follows a self-devised method with medical supervision and denies intent to harm herself. Dr Frank J McCoy has attended her during the past month as she uses prolonged fasting as treatment.
James Bardsley 25 was arrested by Police man Barnett for striking matches in a room he occupied at 8 North Second street Camden with intent to start a fire. Detectives say he planned to end his life by fire after a history of suicide attempts and melancholy since his mother's death. he was committed for investigation.
The crew of the oil steamer California captured a whale and found ambergris worth $1000. A following school of whales prompted a rough harpoon attempt with a poker-like tool from the stern. After securing the carcass, disputes over the ambergris division nearly sparked a fight.
Bishop Gaylor of Tennessee visits pastor Samuel Watson in the American Church here to distribute meal tickets for French and American sufferers. Some cases are peculiar including a French woman who refused meal tickets for her dog and cat, saying she had saved for her funeral.
The Sun and Tide table notes high and low tides and sun sets. Weather bulletin reports a low pressure area with thunderstorms affecting the upper Mississippi Valley and eastern states, showers in the Dakotas, Colorado and New Mexico, with generally fair conditions elsewhere. Temperature trends show modest changes with cooler readings in the Ohio valley and warm in the Southwest. River bulletin cites a clear Potomac River and a cloudy Shenandoah.
Former New York mayor Seth Low discussed Saratoga and the Republican state convention, praising war risk measures and commenting on New Zealand meat trade and dairy exports. The piece also covers views on New York business, living costs, and German railway conditions as observed by travelers.
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