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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1915
Page
4
London reports indicate a wartime cabinet meeting will decide whether conscription is needed or if the voluntary recruitment will continue under reform. The Times notes possible resignations from anti conscription ministers if unity fails. A general election could be a fallback solution.
A North Carolina murder case unfolds in Tryon where a young farmer named Sfayes is killed by buckshot and a second man Frank Poster is killed by authorities at a roadside patrol. Details remain partial as two young women present in the scene are not named and the public record is incomplete.
The undersigned will receive bids up to 10 o'clock a.m. Saturday January 5 1918 at the office of Bhreese & Indaen Architects Ogden Utah for the construction of a hospital on county property north of the city. Plans and specifications are at the architect’s office. Each bid must be accompanied by a certified check for at least 5 percent of the amount bid. Bids must include time required. The county will require a satisfactory bond. Plumbing and heating will be supplied by the general contractor. Signed Board of County Commissioners Weber County Utah Chairman Munster County Clerk Starry Bales. First publication December 16 1918 Last publication January 7 1916.
A Copenhagen telegraph report states the Ford peace party members refuse Copenhagen headquarters and abandon broader plans. Delegates public meeting criticized the project as abortive with statements of mismanagement and lack of a coherent program. The group failed to form a unified organization before departure, leaving supporters skeptical.
Delegates funded by meals to delegates and illness hinder week, with Rev Charles F Aked and Judge Lindsey urging advance. The plan aims to form a permanent committee from a few representatives of each prewar country to adopt ways and means at The Mague.
In Almatess Oklahoma a few hundred white militiamen ringed the county jail while 500 armed Black residents guarded a trash lot across the street. They planned to fire on the jail if the two Black men accused of killing Patrolman Sam Neal were taken inside. Oklahoma Army National Guard Company F arrived, fixed bayonets, and repelled an assault with a rammed deer and rail. Rumors of a Cherokee posse forming in Tahlequah to avenge Neal’s death added to the tension. The two suspects William Green and Mathis Foreman were moved under guard to a city edge, then to a waiting car toward Tulsa. As word spread that Green had been removed, the mob dispersed and the vigil ended.
In Christiania Norway skilled labor is in high demand due to munitions and cartridge production. Foreign cannons fire demand draws workers abroad while domestic opportunities remain limited. Iron workers are few have gone to England for plant work, affecting emigration to the United States as war orders rise.
Under the county board of commissioners and County Attorney Joseph E Evans, Justices Courts will enforce delinquent poll taxes. Sheriff will deliver all amounts due, with 20 cents mileage per call, potentially raising costs for nonpayers during holidays. The 1915 poll tax stands at 2 dollars. Ogden City Treasurer Wallace Foulger to pay warrants 16786 through 33093 after December 23 1915 if unpresented, or they accrue interest.
Jandon December 26 A British officer who lost his left arm in action received a new grafted stump from London surgeons. The doctor rebuilt the stump by removing a bone segment from the leg, attaching muscle and skin flaps, enabling a harness of an artificial limb. The officer recently returned with prisoners from Germany after weeks of recovery.
The 9 year old boy, held by local police after being taken away on Christmas, was reunited with his mother when Deputy Sheriff II transported him home. The boy, anxious for two days, cried tears of joy as he left the custody at the Shelley police station and headed home with the officer.
In San Francisco on December 26, Dr Cary Rica Montgomery of Columbus Ohio aged about 50 shot himself at the Buena Vista sanitarium where he had worked as a special nurse to Paul Friedman a retired San Francisco merchant. He had long treated with medicine in Ohio and had come to San Francisco six months ago. He expressed despair and planned to obtain a revolver from beneath his pillow. A hospital attache attempted to summon him but he shot himself before help arrived and left a letter to his daughter Grace Adair in Columbus indicating his despondent mood.
New York reports a historic storm with rain snow and thunder creating a gale up to ninety miles per hour. Seven deaths occurred locally with wires down and railroad damage as ships and boats were driven ashore near Sandy Hook. Rescue efforts saved families aboard the boat crews and others along the coast while vessels reported leaks and panic miles offshore.
A barge sank near the jEde tellroad while autos were aboard and multiple deaths occurred from the storm. Firemen and bystanders were injured as alarms sounded. A wagonsman was killed at Tottenville when blown in front of a train. A cyclist died after colliding with a car in Mineola. his wife injured. An elderly man died in Newark from a skull fracture. In Pennsylvania two people died as blizzard conditions snarled traffic and cut roads. heavy snow and winds blocked country routes and disrupted trains and utilities.
Stars Anda fine as Carol Danforth in a western tale where Black Pete the gambler menaces, Paul Ainsley protects, and Carol awakens to love as fate drives Pete toward revenge. The plot follows a frontier hotel, a deadly confrontation, and a climactic realization of true feeling.
Lenton December 26 reports minimal fighting on European fronts while Britain sees growing newspaper attacks on the government. Conservatives dominate comment with some support for Lloyd George, and calls rise over wartime policy and the Dardanelles.
Delegates from the Engineering Society met in London this week to press relaxation of union rules and allow entry of unskilled labor. In Saloniki espionage chatter swirls over Entente plans amid rumors of German Turkish alliances. In a separate incident, Coles displayed a pistol in Biandandile and a duel erupted near the Carbon hotel, ending with Armandara prevailing in the shooting match.
Constantinople December 26. Official dispatch reports success in the Kutel Amara advance with bombardments and shelling of enemy positions edged by artillery. An enemy cruiser and torpedo boat were driven off after shelling near Kiretch Tepeh and Ait Bijou. one enemy aeroplane was shot down near Filrelaabe with the pilot captured. One United Lieutenant observer killed.
A duel erupted near Carbon hotel in Price just before midnight Saturday between Frank Gojen and Frank Armandaris over longstanding feuds. Goren suffered four bullet wounds to his right arm shoulder and back but is expected to live. Armandaris fled after firing and is being hunted by officers and sheriff EL J Derry says the clash stems from long standing enmity.
London dispatch reports Prince Firman Firma named premier by the shah and added to the Persian cabinet in November. The move follows a cabinet shakeup after British and French ministers visited, replacing two German-aligned ministers with Firman Firma and an envoy. The report notes Firman Firma as a Rusophile and a strong diplomatic victory for Entente powers.
In Molena Georgia Dre Heaton shot and killed Stribbling after the man attempted to shoot Miss Heaton who had postponed their wedding scheduled for next week. Heaton exchanged shots with Stribbling. the girl and Heaton were returning from a dance when the fatal confrontation occurred. No arrests have been reported.
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