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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1916
Page
3
In a letter to the editor, Bishop O. M. Sanderson defends his stance on prohibition and political neutrality. He denies urging Democrats to vote in Republican primaries and clarifies he has no personal hostility toward Governor Spry or any candidate.
Brigham City hosts a baseball game Saturday as the local Peaches face the Kansas City Red Sox on the city diamond. Cy Morgan will pitch, Jensen will play in the infield, and the club aims to extend a nine game stretch against top state teams. A second item notes George Eli Morris, a local welterweight wrestler, issuing a challenge to any welterweight for a finished match.
Provo reports say Charles Jackson and Louis Olson, two railroad workers, were thrown from a train near Midvale while traveling with a conductor Jesse Manwaring. Authorities warn of danger as a safety scare unfolds with word of more riders coming from Salt Lake City.
A government Union Pacific safety train will stop in Salt Lake City on August 19 and 21. It will feature exhibits from the coast guard, war, navy, interior, agriculture, commerce commission, and Red Cross, explained by traveling government experts. A separate incident recalls a person thrown from the same train, presumed drowned after disappearing into a stream while others searched.
An advertisement touts Week End Excursions via Oregon Short Line after the sinking of the Deutschland. It promises greatly reduced round trip fares every Saturday and Sunday with a returning Monday option.
The Lyceum screens Secret of the Submarine today with a read about Iba Clasetfted Adz.
The Or den 1914 Marvest Featleal and Fash ion Show leaders met at Weber club to finalize preparations for a big parade and campaign events. Headquarters will open at Weber club next Monday morning to begin public campaign and material work. Community groups including U A TL and Spanish War Veterans, Boy Scouts, local fraternal and civic clubs will march in regalia, with about 2000 expected. The parade ends with a Continental Congress at Alhambra theater and draws directors Fred G. Taylor and T Earl Pardoe.
New York Aug 4 railroad employes numbering 400600 supported by majority vote threaten to strike if eight hour day demands are not met. Leaders confer to decide course of action while President Wilson may intervene if deadlock. Washington talks with Judge Chambers yield no formal government action yet. Nashville movement seeks congressional action to avert nationwide railroad strikes. Newlands resolution tabled amid mediation efforts.
Won act to take up the subject off the pay and house of service of railway employees. It was deemed inadvisable to add to the present duties of the Interstate Commerce Commission, which is over loaded with work.
Private Howard of Company G Twelfth United States Infantry was hit in the leg by a sniper bullet fired from the Mexican side while on sentry at the International bridge near Novales Arizona. He returned fire but it is believed without effect.
More than 1,000 children killed by infantile paralysis epidemic and nearly 5,000 stricken. Health department daily bulletin reports continued headway. In 24 hours ending 10 a.m., forty-five children died. Across New York City five boroughs and 175 new cases, largest daily total yet. Since June 26, 4,659 cases with 1,050 deaths.
Miss Dora Stars of the Roosevelt team arrives in New York for an extended tour promoting suffrage across multiple states. She plans stops in major municipalities and will speak at rallies aimed at boosting support for the suffrage movement.
An advertisement advises weight loss of 16 or 20 pounds without starving. It promotes “bar of Off of Korean capsules,” taken after meals and before bed, plus weekly weigh-ins, claiming a pleasant, reliable, harmless method to remove stubborn fat. The claim targets general readers seeking rapid results.
Misa Stevens will establish headquarters in Colorado Springs to mobilize voters in favor of the Republican candidate. She will meet with Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage organizers already in place and later travel to San Francisco.
Berlin dispatch reports an official statement on Germany's food status during the wartime economic hiatus. It compares harvests of 1914 and 1915, praising bread and corn distribution, consumption, and storage. It denies famine, notes ample meat supply and a pork arrangement with breeders, and says 80 grammes per head weekly is sufficient.
New York Aug 4 a national group of patheologists and bacteriologists arrived to aid the infantile paralysis epidemic. They spent the morning observing the health department’s work on care and quarantine methods for patient homes while awaiting further guidance. A Staten Island clinic league letter urges that polio is spread by flies feeding on filth as the prevailing expert view.
London August 4 3715 p m The talent blacklist of neutral shipping issued by the Admiralty Trade division lists 152658 tons of steamers and sailing vessels unavailable to British charters all sailing vessels Flying the American flag Clara Davis Fannie Potter and Oat tley Curtis cited as unneutral service Letters Not Detained Driten foreten office today published A denial of the allegation about postal trafficking of money to Ine
The foreign office said that American Jetters addressed to Ireland passing censors were treated according to policy. The ground for refusal noted that such transmissions were detained by British authorities and not allowed to proceed.
Washington reports representatives of the department of conciliation say the garment workers strike in New York is largely settled and about 60 000 workers are expected to return Monday President Wilson was notified. In Oklahoma literacy test vote in the state primary appears defeated as returns from counties show 16 293 for and 26 976 against.
The piece notes sleep routines and clothing needs, highlighting inexpensive blouses in voile and organdy, with linen options. It mentions models priced around two dollars, emphasizing practical wardrobe additions for a neat, affordable morning ensemble.
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