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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1918
Page
5
The canteen at Ogden relief unit eased grim news with oranges for injured soldiers on the casualty train. Officers note the gifts comfort crippled and bedbound men, as families and locals urged more donations of desserts and comforts despite cost. Many wounded, some near recovery, received a Christmas box and an orange.
To the Editor, an old experiment hints at growing oysters in the Great Salt Lake. A 25 to 30 year attempt by Utah locals and Washington biologists failed as salt water dissolved oyster shells. The writer doubts briny lake waters can sustain oysters and argues their true home remains the Atlantic, noting limited success in the Pacific.
Jone Butcher, jailed sixty days for drunkenness, asked the judge to remit the sentence and let him pay a fine to depart for San Francisco for Christmas. Judge Roberts ordered a $100 fine with a commission to ensure he could board the train to his destination.
All members and Visiting Knights urged to attend the Christmas observance at El Monte Asylum at 9 a m. by order of Eminent Commander.
Lawrence Keough known as Lawrence Far under various names targeted elite Canadian and U S stores during holidays. He posed as a Canadian gentleman buying top merchandise with phantom drafts from 200 to 1000 dollars, cashing change, then vanished. He swindled real estate buyers and bank drafts across the country and operated solo. He was already infamous in the Intermountain region.
The report notes Reho as a pugilist tied to avine Nota and records second boxing bouts in Butte Salt Lake and Denver. Farrell resumes dwindling operations and passes a draft in Pittsburg. The Drinker ton's National Detective agency is alerted and succeeds in a Keough arrest in Altoona Ba with prosecution planned for multiple crimes.
Privates Lionel C. Ainsworth and Loyal A. Weal, longtime detail at the Ogden city exemption board, will leave Ogden for Salt Lake City then Fork Laggan to be mustered out of service.
The city case against Homer Ly Greenwell before Judge Taberts 1 Municipal Court was postponed indefinitely. The delay follows the state case against the defendant, who is to appear in district court soon to answer a charge of using a deadly weapon on two boys for the city.
Leslie Wadsworth sustained serious injuries to head and eyes when a minor explosion at Drigham Auto Supply battery room blew a charge into his face. He is hospitalised at Dee hospital, but can walk and see fairly well per initial reports.
The Rev. John L. Hyslop to conduct a midnight service at 11:90 p.m. featuring choral music and Cruickshank setting. Congregation and choir will sing well known Christmas carols. A Christmas morning service of Holy Communion follows at 10 o’clock.
Over thirty Utah men arrived last night from Fort Winfield Sent San Francisco after being discharged from service. Ogden men on the train were J J Dallenger J H Cannon C B Anderson Peter Christensen and B O Shay. Ballers returning home on a furlough were Marcellus Smith Clarence Anderson Harry Reeves.
Charles Cheel of Brigham City received word that his son Father Leonard Cheel had been taken from a train in San Antonio Texas suffering influenza. He was en route to Fort Sam Houston after furlough with relatives in Leigham. Latest reports say he is improving.
The Four Minute Men in Ogden end their program A Tribute to the Allies with talks and patriotic songs at six theaters excluding the Orpheum. Certificates of appreciation from the public information committee will honor theaters aiding the effort. Speakers include Rev Godfrey Matthews Mildred Ware George S Barker Fr S Hinckley Leale Saville Robert J Burton T Pardoe M West W S Wherry and Joseph Chee. The Orpheum program features Mrs J Lynch Frank N Driggs and soloists. The four minute men plan a formal closing around January 15 at the Weber club with a dance and discharge ceremonies for about fifty members.
Former Grasing Examiner L. J. Palmer and Bryant F. Martineau of the district forestry department are in the city on holiday Mirgoyah from San Pedro naval station. They had been granted leave to the war department and are expected to resume forestry Service duties around the new year. Copper dividend cut noted as Anaconda Mining declares 1.50 quarterly payment due to copper market uncertainties.
The Ogden Post Office will complete ten deliveries on Christmas Day with extra personnel and teams added to handle the load. Assistant Postmaster Garner says all packages are being processed as quickly as possible and officials hope to clear the entire mail today or tomorrow after Monday’s peak volume.
Early communion services not on Christmas day at Ogden Lutheran Church with English and Swedish sermons. Special singing and public invitation. Sunday school program on December 29 at 7:39 p.m. featuring the cantata Agaralion.
O. Lemon from the chief clerk's office reports the Ogden terminal processed heavy overseas mail for Cali Sumniz plane. The volume is higher than any wartime period and daily applications of ammonit are expected to rise through the holiday season with likely continuation for the next year.
Several complaints were heard from employees of the Oregon Short Line that the promised salary increase effective today did not appear. One receiptier stated he was paid on the old scale, and the matter may be taken to the Industrial Council in Salt Lake before nightfall.
Assistant City Attorney David L Sting moved to set aside a $50 bail forfeiture for Juha Pribia who failed to appear when his case was sealed. The defendant, a Mexican national with limited English, was not aware he was being called as the court day drew a crowded vestibule. Pribia currently serves a sentence for an assault on Joan Garcia on the Gregan Short Line.
Vienna reports a ruinous Christmas as shops close early, homes lack heat, and over 50,000 unemployed strain on families. The article notes famine prices, wartime losses, and rising hardship since the armistice, with wealthier class access contrasted by broader deprivation.
The text notes a sweeping fall in the prices of clothing and goods once claimed nonexistent yet still unaffordable for most. Food prices remain high or prohibitive with milk nearly unobtainable. Reports say 69 000 people waited at meat markets on Saturday and 10 000 stood all night for auctions. Turkey meat priced at 36 a pound, beef 3 and pork 5. Christmas fruits are described as exorbitant.
Paris Den 24 Hayas The Germans have not fully complied with the armistice clause for surrender of submarines, per Matin. It cites the submarine cruiser U-187 off Trondhjem on the Norwegian coast, a recent 1800 ton vessel said to have cruised four months without port visits.
Berlin and the German general staff reached an agreement keeping Field Marshal von Hindenburg and General Groener in their posts. Berlin reports parties in elections to the national assembly failed to unite and Independents will nominate candidates in all districts. Stettinius returns to New York from France after duty in supply procurement.
Millions gathered in New York to witness Thursday’s naval review as the returning battle fleet, led by Secretary Daniels on the Mayflower, passes the Statue of Liberty at nine. Vice Admiral Grant acts as master of ceremonies, coordinating with Admiral Mayo aboard the Pennsylvania.
Paris December 24 Major General Chartes B D Rhodes was injured when his plane fell 1,900 feet while flying from Treves Germany to Calais. The pilot and another officer were killed. Rhodes showed great improvement during the night. The crash occurred northeast of Paris at Louvree. An army officer, Ald WH, was killed in the fall. The plane was a military aircraft.
Four men robbed Ane Arinan Jewelry Company in Minneapolis early today, forcing a clerk to open the vault. They took about $50,000 in diamonds and $850 in cash, and left the vault with the loot as police were notified.
Congress opened its Christmas recess with the Senate delaying work for three days until January 2. A quorum issue halted a rivers and harbors bill vote while Sinn Fein claimed victory in Dublin with Professor John Mace Nell elected as the Dublin University representative to Parliament.
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