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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1916
Page
2
An independent newspaper reports that Tie Stardari pleads for calm during daily training sessions held every evening except Sunday. He trains without a muzzle or a club, focusing on disciplined routines and formal drills to maintain sportsmanship.
Ogden contests a clean city award but critics say the city falls short in street cleanliness and sanitation. They cite clogged East Washington Avenue curbs, dirty pools near Twenty-first Street, blocked sidewalks with barrels and hoses, and unemptied garbage cans creating odors. A Weber Academy meeting highlighted needed eliminations to qualify.
A local Ogden resident and sound citizen calls the Blanderd to question why boulevards are planned on skyways or mountain tops when the city’s main artery is neglected. He cites North and South Washington as poor examples, noting the rocky South Washington block and urging road work funding to improve the principal thoroughfare from ocean to ocean.
Former Texas Governor Colquitt suffers a decisive loss in the second senatorial primaries as Senator Culberson defeats him by about 75 000 votes. The defeated figure, a sharp critic of President Wilsons Mexican policy, sought Democratic nomination amid border issues and inflamed prejudice. The outcome marks rejection of Colquitt in a battle over Mexican policy and war rhetoric.
A fragment stating Colquitt is among many men with broad interests who would gain from U S control of northern Mexico. It accuses others of seeking open rupture with Blextco and portrays such border tensions as driven by selfish motives.
Romania has joined the war on the side of the Entente, widening the conflict and threatening Austria-Hungary through Transylvania. The move strains the Central Powers, with Turkey endangered and Bulgaria looming under Romanian invasion forces. The shift symbolizes a potential turning point and increases pressure on Germany and Austria.
The passage argues that imperializing undermines freedom and liberty for both the rulers and the ruled. It warns that imperial power relies on force, concentrates control in powerful minorities, and betrays core American ideals. It questions whether political security justifies such a price.
The Orpheum theatre drew large audiences to see William Farnum in a Fox star vehicle. Strong supporting company and the feature held tense interest as the motion picture screen unfolded the tale at the Inst uleht theatre.
Washington reports indicate European builders are constructing steam powered submarines resembling the navy’s 25 knot concept. The general board opposed the design, arguing submergence would be slow and vulnerable. Congress had not authorized experimental work, and American designers pursued steam turbine options to meet speed goals. Two 20 knot class subs were authorized, while a 25 knot plan faced technical and safety questions. Charlie Chaplin in The Floorwalker opens at the Lyceum with a Mutual program and a two reel western.
A Utah stock summary shows trading in mining shares with Emma Copper at 50 cents, Iron Blossom at 1.50, South Hecla near 1.82, and Tintic Standhard around 24. Quotations from J A Hoxla & Co list Albion, Crown Point, Emma Copper, New Quincy and many others with bids and asks across metals and banks. The piece also notes late market activity in wheat, livestock, and sugar prices, plus a political note about Irish reform and neutrality.
World markets report a sharp intraday drop in New York with steel futures leading losses plus declines for Motors Witlys Overland and Republic Steel. Crude materials drop while leading rails ease and bonds slip. copper holds firmer but Marines retreat from early gains. Fractional rallies appear at midday as the market trends lower overall.
Wheat prices fell broadly as war declarations by Romania and potential U S railway strikes weighed on sentiment. Traders priced in quicker European war resolution and possible open of the Dardanelles with Russian wheat competing against American supplies. Opening quotes showed declines, with some rallies later, while corn and provisions also weakened amid overall market softness.
In Athens a mass rally before Venizelos’s residence, with about fifty thousand Greeks in attendance, urged sending a committee to King Constantine to back the government and prepare the army for possible rupture of relations with the Entente. Venizelos urged unity and support for the current government and a potential mobilization.
A. B. Corey announces extensive improvements and an added store room. He says the garage and Corey apartments, once expansion is finished, will be the largest in the state and the west, with space for about a hundred automobiles. The Dew garage showcases modern auto business precursors. Separate note: the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen plans to move its headquarters from Peru to Cleveland.
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