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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1918
Page
4
In Wasatch Forest a large sheep herd owned by Smith Brothers of Alpine Arab suffered extensive losses after a forked lightning strike. About 604 of roughly 1250 head were killed and many injured, with an estimated $10,000 in damage. Herders were sleeping nearby and unharmed. some injured animals to be euthanized.
A. A. Imus, assistant superintendent, leaves tonight for Smith era Idaho to inspect mail train service. He cites a local clerk who invented a gas mask worn over the nose with a strap to guard against shag fever caused by dust from side strains. The nose attachment contains cot unsaturated with menthol and camphor.
David S. Clark takes the role of trainmaster succeeding W B Law who sails to France as a captain in the galland engineer corps. W W Brannon becomes chief dispatcher, Gerald W Mills named assistant trainmaster for all within Ogden city limits. All appointees have extensive railroad experience with prior Utah Idaho Central service. -10- Gosh! Downs In Maryland inoyue notes peanut sellers must fight or work.
Weber county chapter of Hed Crags with Supt. Tell of the terminal company plans enlarging the depot canteen. Current space is too small for the many soldiers passing through. Canteen to move south end of platform with a permanent winter booth. A heating system will be installed. Red Cross workers will run a first aid station with the canteen. Public thanks pour in from soldiers who have used the service.
A former Ogden resident Harry Summers, formerly circulation manager at a local paper, was reported killed on the French front. Summers had joined a Avalon section of the army and was said to have sailed for France after leaving the Salt Lake papers. The death was noted in press dispatches this week as American news brightens. Villa raid mentioned.
A Bell system memo from New York on government oversight of telephone networks, noting postmaster general support for preserving service and property for owners with fair compensation, and urging continued loyalty from Bell companies. Also an entertainment blurb promoting May Allison in A Successful Adventurer at Utah.
Commissar Chey Figware of the water works announces restrictions on lawn and garden watering citywide. The city is split into two zones with time limits, aiming to ease low pressure and conserve Ogden's water supply for about 125,000 people.
Marguerite Snow stars in a feature bill at the Alhambra tomorrow with Sessue Hayakawa. The program includes The Eagle's Bye and The Hidden Deeds, a ten part serial, promoted as a notable dime production series. The act features Snow and Hayakawa with a German spy foe theme in America.
Police raid near the navy yard investigates alleged immorality at a dance hall. Sailors and soldiers were examined for involvement as officers search for drinks amid rumors of prostitution and vice.
Workers at the gold storage plant completed a canteen room in the depot hotel to provide fruit, ice cream, red fruit, and letters for soldiers. U Aiken cooperates with Red Cross for supplies. thousands of cards and letters are mailed daily. Soldiers are not urged to eat jelgorets as misreported.
Zena Keefe, among the era’s youngest screen stars, headlines Shame a human interest feature by John W Noble. She plays a dual role of a young mother facing social law violations and her daughter bearing the family’s burden.
A course of instruction to organize an efficient first aid society starts under the Weber county Red Cross chapter with Ogden physicians. Classes will be held in Ogden Huntsville and North Ogden directed by Dr. Morrell Dr. Nelson and Dr. Robinson. Possible enrollment capacity for ten more girls announced at Weber College Wednesday evening August 7 at 8 o’clock.
Twenty young men enlisted at the Ogden office during a ten day period, with names Roy J. Anderson J Glen Eapleston Rekind Malwitz. Anderson to depart in a day or two. Eapleston and Malwitz assigned to Port Logan Cato with Eagleston in the signal corps and Malwitz in the signal corps.
Associated Prose confirms the wounding of Peter L. Baker of Ogden on the western battle front in France. Government telegrams notified his family two days ago and his name appears among covertly wounded in today’s casualty list. Baker served in Company HK Fifty-eighth Infantry and likely fought in the July 18 counter offensive. His brother Harry Baker works at Nye plant. family residents of Ogden include Mrs. Gertie Tenis and Mrs. Chiu Der.
The Zionists bureau of New York sends a communication to every member of the House and Senate urging action on making Palestine a national center for Jews. Fingland France and Italy express sympathy, with Justice Louis J. Brandeis named honorary president of the bureau.
William Simpson was found guilty in police court of selling intoxicating liquor. He admitted owning at least one case of whisky containing 24 pints and had paid 30 dollars per case. The judge set a fine of 150 dollars or 96 days in jail, noting profits could not be determined.
The New York Evening Post has been sold to Thomas W Lamont of J P Morgan and Co. by Cecy Garrison Villard and stockholders. Lamont placed control with current editors and a board of three trustees including Theodora Vail Henry S Pritchett Ellery Sedgwick and Rollo Ogden to remain in charge of the editorial page.
Hantley Wage, noted designer of bombing aircraft, may be credited by historians for aiding the war effort as his planes drop the most bombs on Berlin and evade capture. Martha Springer, age twenty months, daughter of John E Springer, reportedly holds a world reading capacity and word vocabulary, while references to holidays and property losses appear amid scattered, tangled lines.
Nine American congressmen touring London report pride in Americans fighting on the front. They heard a wounded soldier tell home folks that they may not all return, but that they are winning the war. The visitors, from the naval committees, described the war as a shared effort and expressed appreciation for the courage of the servicemen and the nation.
Fragmentary line from a wartime report references an aim to crush German military forces. The text is incomplete and lacks clear attribution, dates, or fuller context.
Valparaiso Chile August 1 A heavy gale last night wrecked several small steamers in Valparaiso Bay. An American steamer adrift collided with harbor vessels causing damage to itself and others before narrowly missing destruction. For expert needlework or sewing, see Reims Selssons pocket.
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