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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1917
Page
11
Birth announcements from Hiverdale and Ogden families highlight a newborn girl amid community reports. a photographer notes the theft of a velvet robe from a car near Twenty fourth and Adams. A court case on animal cruelty unfolds in Ogden, while church bazaars, weddings, and public notices pepper a busy local page with social and civic activity. Signed by local observers for the week.
Ogden railway mail service plans to add about 100 uncertified clerks to handle increased holiday mail. The extra staff will be assigned to terminals and railroad mail routes as the heavy Christmas workload fades back to normal. The division covers Spencer Idaho to Sparke Nevada and Chand Jhio to Green River Wyoming, with nearly 200 clerks in normal times.
Utah Power and Light reached a settlement yesterday with Petar McFarland et al in a condemnation suit over land in West Weber to build a power transmission line. The agreement accepts a $3,900 offer, affecting much of McFarland’s property as the line would run longitudinally across it. The jury viewing the Terucca farm area related to the Porucce case inspected the land as part of ongoing proceedings before Judge Agee.
Anonymous letter to city officials complains about a line of poles on Twenty fourth Street from Madison to Jackson. Commissioner Flygere says the poles will be removed soon by the telephone company as work begins and more crews are deployed once materials are available.
Ogden high school's annual football banquet will be held in the school cafeteria tonight. Players may feast on turkey plum pudding and other dainties as they celebrate the season and bid farewell to Coach C L Dutt and Assistant Coach B H Dunaway who leave to join the army tomorrow. Attending officials include Supt H C Johnson Principal J B Beeson Dr Retnold Kanzler and team managers and officers. A captain will be chosen for next season and speeches will be given by coaches and teachers. The list of attending players includes Captain Harry Dagley Teula Boyle Donald Tolstad James Brown and others. A War Department note mentions a committee seeking $20,000,000 for housing government workers on the front.
Parisian style clubs and social groups host a French society gathering at Weber academy tonight at seven. The event includes a short conversational period followed by a banquet and a featured musical program. Also listed are the Children's Aid Society meeting and a Drama Club program with readings and French plays. A Friday evening benefit dance is announced with jazz orchestra, plus a First Presbyterian bazaar and supper. Switzerland notes neutrality recognition by the United States.
Ogden unit of the Red Cross reports a push to exceed its allotted Christmas box quota. Despite a target of 600, the local chapter shipped 1,000 boxes and seeks an additional 1,000 to cover nationwide shortages. Messages from Rev. Ton Edward Carver and John W. Morey indicate the Western division expects a 25,000 extra boxes. Noon counts show early progress with boxes containing mufflers, helmets, wristlets, socks, and other gear. The drive continues as Ogden aims for a strong showing and laurels for the Red Cross effort.
A Halifax report notes a large fire this afternoon brought under control in a city hit hard. Richmond is cited as the destroyer with hundreds killed and thousands wounded. No home escaped damage as debris and shrapnel were found miles from the waterfront. Prices for major goods rose sharply by 31 percent from August last year to August this year per the federal labor bureau.
A Texas report recounts Jaman ty Rvetman praising Senator Reed Smoot as a patriot during a critical wartime era. The piece notes the Republican stance and hopes of party leaders, with references to German-American communities in Brenham and anti war positions, while detailing a 1937 congressional trip by a party delegation aboard Southern Pacific and Union Pacific lines.
Mayor A. Ti. Hoywood leads response as dozens of cases of dependent families of soldiers are reported at cantonments. Soldiers are advised to remit alimony but many checks are held by army officials. a destitute widow requests support for her child after a decree awarded alimony which the soldier has not paid. Mayor Hoywood to urge cantonment authorities to act.
A municipal court conveyed mercy to a 35 year old man who admitted starting a fire at a shack behind an old hotel. He asked to stay employed, receiving a 30 day sentence with suspension possible if he finds work. He will be kept in jail until he secures a job.
London report says Lieutenant Campbell Ross son of A. Johnston Ross of Union Theological Seminary New York died of wounds at a casualty clearing station on November 30 after serving as a lieutenant in the field army. The notice confirms his death on the Western Front and notes his family background and affiliations.
Concord N H Dow Toulléy lng Ja hla onn defense delay at hie trial for the murder of Mrs Amand King Gaston B Menhe told the story of a German agent who claimed he discovered and repaired to govern ment the German plot to restore_liberia to a distanty in Moxic bring on war between Mexico and the United States and at that same time propaganda The information steam-loatited be gathered while working for a vague selective Agency's carian cliente but under their expressed adgulation that he would report any information of the United States government Menna told his story at the beginning of his testimony which will cover his connections with the time he became man of bushesa for Mya King Engaged In Probe Means and we was engaged in its investigation five or six months the speaking being the discovery that reports were not based on fantasy and the Hamburg line woe eo informative.Win next investigation he said was to ascertain if submarines were being built in the United States or if all his parts were manufactured in the United States shipped to Montreal and there assembled
J W Morey head of the mountain division of the Red Cross will address Ogden Red Cross workers at the city station tomorrow evening. A delegation will greet him and he will review all city relief efforts, then speak to the assembled workers on Red Cross operations in Utah and the Mountain division.
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